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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
1
Sevier county graduates rise with record numbers as Utah Light & Power workers strike for union recognition. Incidents include a Rough Rider fall in Salt Lake, a $4000 safe crash, multiple injuries, smallpox counts, sheep losses, and a Price man found dead. President Roosevelt visits Salt Lake City praising agriculture, irrigation, and individual effort to build the state.
President Roosevelt's Idaho trip features a ceremonial arrival in Boise with a guarded procession. In Butte he addresses 2000 schoolchildren at the courthouse and later speaks to 20 000 at Columbia Gardens, with labor leaders and city dignitaries present before a banquet.
President Roosevelt toured Utah Idaho and Montana delivering a long speech in Tabernacle after a Salt Lake City arrival at 8 30 am He received a royal welcome with crowds in Salt Lake City and Ogden He spoke to school children in the tabernacle and later addressed audiences in Pocatello and other towns Highlights include a 30 minute talk in Pocatello with Indian guards of honor and a tree planting at the state capitol on completion of his Utah visit
President Roosevelt arrived in Butte on Wednesday afternoon and was met at the BA and P depot by Mayor Mullins, a militia company, police platoon, and Spanish war veterans holding their state convention. United States Senator Clark of Montana was among the first to greet him as he entered a car.
reports from Topeka Kansas describe relentless flooding of the Kansas River with hundreds dead and thousands displaced. fires rage among submerged buildings as residents crowd rooftops awaiting rescue while relief efforts rush aid and shelter offerings expand citywide.
Rescue workers describe scenes of people fleeing collapsing homes and then swept away by floodwaters. Some firefighters and victims reportedly vanished or perished in the blaze, with no reliable estimate for this category. The total dead remains uncertain, as many are missing and unaccounted.
A westward surge of water from the Kansas River flooded Kansas City Kansas and Missouri. The flood overwhelmed railroad tracks and the wholesale district, causing extensive losses in packing houses and the Union Depot. Millions of dollars in property and leases are reported lost or damaged.
The railroad and manufacturing town of Argentine on the Kansas River suffered extensive flooding. Ten to twenty feet of water left about two thirds homeless, with estimated damage around $500,000. Five bridges were washed away and factories and tracks submerged. Nearly 3,000 residents faced destitution as business halted.
Premier Snedden of New Zealand expresses full approval of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's Zollverein proposal calling Germany's stance toward Canada a blessing in disguise. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal leader in Parliament, drops his amendment as the financial bill's second reading will allow more debate.
Flooding at Des Moines Iowa has seven authenticated deaths. Communications with several city areas are cut off and unverified counts rise. Northwestern Railway operated one train out, with passengers ferried by boat. Water and power plants run by pumps and levees maintained by hundreds of workers.
Kansas City dispatch reports Ar mourdale a town of 16000 is deserted with only building tops visible. Seven fires burn, mainly box cars, from bluffs flames threaten submerged structures. Fire started by intrusion of the flood into a mine house.
A message from Kansas City reports twenty seven men were working on the Union Pacific bridge when it collapsed. All were drowned. witnesses saw the victims fall but could not aid them.
John Farmer and a young man named Whitaker were killed by an ambush near Bernstadt. A Whitaker brother was lightly wounded. A survivor, riding behind, heard shots, found the bodies, then was shot in the arm from shrubbery and escaped after four shots at attackers.
Kalispell Bent reports an Italian railway laborer and two companions were robbed after cashing checks at a Rexford saloon. A man named O Brien ordered the group to surrender. two men fled while the third was shot dead during the escape attempt. Authorities describe a fatal robbery on the Great Northern route.
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