14 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
1
Utah city council offers a bounty of 1 per bushel for grasshoppers as Utah county records show a valuation increase of 77000 dollars. Reports detail various local incidents, fires, deaths and ongoing development across Manti Provo Salt Lake and surrounding areas.
A clash between three local residents and about thirty Italians at a Chicago Great Western camp near the end of Concord street car line in St Paul Minnesota left four men injured. Roberge Marcotte and Wayman were struck as shots flew from a shotgun and rifles prompting a brief street battle and retreat to a camp building.
The Palena reports Retabuten at Mount Tacona's base buried under lava and ash with about 1000 believed dead. Nearby Champanico and the town of Iapachulo suffered severe damage as the eruption occurred days before the Palena's arrival.
In Brooklyn a man teased an angry elephant named Topa with a stick. The beast lifted him, swung him briefly, then dropped him. The keeper arrived in time to intervene before the elephant could crush him, ending the peril.
Strikes and clashes between union men sympathizers and non union workers and police in Chicago on Wednesday left an estimated 100 to 150 injured. Drivers and packing house officials suffered extensive cuts while officers endured severe battering. At stockyards entrance George June of Anglo American Packing was knocked unconscious after a bat strike as stones rained down. Dozens of clashes occurred as hospitals ran at capacity with the injured.
Senor Buencamino testified on a committee that Aguinaldo’s confinement resembled a palace. The former prison, once used by Commissioner Worcester, cost $500 Mexican per month in rent and housed Aguinaldo, his family, a physician, servants, a carriage, and a food allowance. The witness credited American army humanity for his survival.
A riot between several hundred molders and nonunion workers in Granite City Til shot five men, two black nonunion workers and three white strikers, with two of the latter killed. The clash began at dawn when an incoming trainload of steel plant workers faced threats and stones, escalating to revolvers and gunfire in a narrow work lane.
In Chicago on a Tuesday clashes broke out as 1,200 delivery workers and non union drivers tried to move meat wagons from stockyards to downtown stations under police protection. Dozens injured, over fifty arrests, multiple rioters hurt, some seriously.
Wolves continue to roam eastern Wyoming despite state and stockman bounties. In Natrona county Sweetwater country reports heavy predation with ten cows killed in one incident. Laramie county stockmen consider abandoning ranges as wolf numbers grow. Wolf pelts fetch about $20 in eastern Wyoming.
The Chicago packing teamsters strike ended at 4:15 a.m. Thursday after a secret conference at the Grand Pacific hotel between packers and union representatives. The deal gives a partial victory to the teamsters with the packers agreeing not to discriminate against union members and sets wages 2 cents below the union’s demand.
Thanksgiving services for the return of peace were held in Pretoria’s principal square with thousands of townspeople outside the roped troops. The archbishop of Cape Town officiated as Lord Kitchener General Baden Powell and Lady Methven attended with other prominent figures.
After cabinet discussion President Roosevelt says there is no legal basis for him to intervene in the dispute between coal operators and striking miners. He notes the 1892 law authorizing a commission has been repealed and declines to assume the suggested responsibility.
William J Bryan released a statement Saturday night saying he is not a candidate for governor of Nebraska this fall and will not become a candidate under any circumstances. The statement responds to an interview with former Senator Allen who urged Bryan to be the fusion nominee.
In the French chamber of deputies M Largentainae a reactionary from Coles du Nord denounces republicans as swindlers and traitors and calls the president of the republic a thief. A scuffle breaks out as half a dozen deputies join the fray with heated exchanges.
Colorabian troops move from Colon Colombia where 1 200 men depart to Panama to join several thousand government troops. The combined force will attack insurgents by land and sea with General Pompilica Gutierrez commanding the expedition.
Sheriff O Brien calls fifteen men for juror service in the coming three months. The pool includes J E B McDonald J P Morgan J D Rockefeller William Rockefeller Frederick W Van Doerbett William K Vanderbilt and John D Archbold. combined wealth exceeds a billion dollars.
A June 6 dispatch from Fort de Trance notes Mont Pelee volcano produced a heavy cloud similar to the May 20 event, though less dense. Stones did not fall, and after spreading over Fort de France, panic did not occur. Observers at Fort de Trance link eruptions to lunar changes.
The Camorra, a British steamer with 600 native passengers from Madras to Rangoon, was believed lost May 6 in a cyclone. It has been located sunk at Naragua flats in the Irrawaddy delta with topmasts visible above the water.
A collision between a Clayton branch Suburban electric line car and a Missouri Pacific engine on the surface creasing in East St Louis injures forty five people, two fatally. Passengers suffer cuts from shattered glass while many aid others amid the wreck.
Lawrence Jones, 32, a notable Clermont county farmer, was found dead in the rear of Joe French saloon in Morrow Ohio after drinking two quarts of whisky. The last sighting was Wednesday evening and no cause has been determined, with potential self harm suspected.
A Pretoria dispatch reports the signing of the peace agreement on Saturday night with ceremony minimal. Lord Kitchener Lord Milner and Generals Dewet Schalk Burgher signed the document surrendering Boer independence, then delivered to King Edward. Camps rejoiced as psalms rose and women wept with joy.
Partial returns from 8 of 33 counties in Oregon indicate a Chamberlain Democrat 253 vote margin for governor. Complete results may take days and likely determine the governor as well as a Republican majority on most tickets. Legislature expected to tilt Republican in both houses.
High Salina Kansas flood waters caused two drownings Friday night as Jos Bass, a farm hand, attempted to wade a slough and was pulled under by the current. His body was found by core field in the morning. L E H McDowell slipped from a horse while crossing a creek and drowned. The Smoky Hill River ran six to ten feet above normal.
One death and four others bitten by a toad dog in Ellsworth Iowa. John Olson died in Chicago after transfer for treatment. Edwards Severn Algon and Mrs George Pearson and her child are in Chicago with hydrophobia. Little hope for recovery. The surrounding countryside fears more bites from the dog.
Senor Buencanmo continued testimony before a house committee on insurer affairs on Tuesday. He faced questions from minority members aimed at revealing shifts in his stance between favoring Filipinos and favoring Spain or the United States. He argued his motives served the best interests of his people and there was controversy over his Congress address advocating Filipino independence.
A tremor hits South Australia as cholera claims a death in Pekin barracks. Reports place 29 000 coal miners on strike in West Virginia while Kanaas Prohibitionists field a full state ticket. British troop ship sails for Dagland with 1400 men. Kruger ill in Utrecht. King Albert III of Baxony in critical condition.
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