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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
1
Lehi to host a major July Fourth celebration. S T Whitaker named director general of Utah exhibit at the St Louis fair. News covers accidents, fires, crops, health concerns, and local incidents across Salt Lake City and surrounding towns.
A storm struck a new mine near Benecaville Ohio injuring many and killing six carpenters. Three thousand pounds of dynamite stored in the mine caused a major explosion as lightning hit a barn where workers sought shelter, destroying the structure and scattering injured men within nearby area.
Dispatch from Tangier through Madrid Telegrams states the Moorish war minister lost 6000 men in a clash with rebels at Anmiedinna. The Senhaya and Gremba Kahy forces surprised the sultan’s army, while the pretender to the throne remains unaware of the victory by his supporters.
The Alaska gold output, now 30 million dollars annually, is expected to rise with a new railroad from Resurrection Bay south coast northward to the Tanana river. The Reward Construction Company of Chicago secured the contract to build and equip 113 miles from Discretion Bay through Cook Inlet country to the Susitna valley, 150 miles above the Yukon junction.
The United States delays recognizing the new Serb government. Minister Jackson, also serving Greece, will not present credentials due to the lack of evident punishment for the guilty. No credentials have been prepared yet.
The article notes a steady rise in boots and shoes exports from _embellished years_ 1880 370074 pairs to 1890 87108 pairs to 1900 8010720 pairs and 1902 3966766 pairs, with the fiscal year about to end expected to exceed 4 000 000 pairs in total.
An Indianapolis dispatch notes a judge ruling a wife may kiss whom she pleases and as often as she likes without violating marriage. The decision calls kisses the wife’s personal property and says they may be distributed to friends regardless of race color or previous condition of servitude.
Neves reached Holbrook Arizona reporting a deadly clash ten miles south on the Apache reservation. Henry Barrett was killed and Prime Coleman was probably fatally wounded in a dispute over grazing on the reservation. Both men were long time Apache county cattlemen.
A Jackson Ky murder case heads to a Cynthiana trial after a venue change. Juror Curtis Jett would have convicted attorney J G Marcus, while most of the jury favored Thomas White Gothama. Rumors say Governor Beckham influenced the venue shift, and Judge Redwine declined to hear arguments on the move.
Willam Hardee, sentenced to hang in Glasgow Montana for the 1501 Culberson murder, escaped jail on June 6 and was killed by a posse about seventy five miles southeast of Glasgow. Charles R Filii, a posse member, died in the confrontation.
An ambush led to a failed attack as the unit pressed on under fire. After several shots, the party was uncovered in the ensuing fusillade. Hardee was killed during the clash while McKinney escaped.
The Heppner disaster death list grows as officials estimate 250 to 400 dead, with some bodies found in town cellars or washed to the Columbia River forty miles away. Workers uncover corpses miles from town amid frozen hail, many in horrible condition and stripped by the flood, making recovery grim and continuing.
A posse pursues escaped prisoners Hardee and McKinney after crossing the Missouri River. A fatal shot ends one man’s life as pursuit continues. Meanwhile Bridger Creek reports forecast grasshopper swarms may devastate Montana range this summer, threatening grain and livestock as hoppers emerge in clouds.
A grand Palm Beach hotel, The Breakers, plus the Casino and adjacent stores, suffered rapid destruction by a blaze last week. The fire began in the Casino kitchen and quickly spread, damaging the famed resort complex. Local fire crews battled the flames for hours as portions were left ruined.
Senator W A Clark told Salt Lake City businessmen that trains would run from Salt Lake City to the coast within two years. Salt Lake would become the road’s general headquarters with major shops and thousands employed locally. Branches are planned to Ploche Tonopah and to Utah nitrate beds with further connections as discoveries justify. The Oregon Short Line lines south of Salt Lake would transfer to the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake company with New York action expected next week.
Chief of Police Stone of Dillon Montana shot and killed the gang leader during an attack by nine hobos in the willows at the town edge. Stone knocked attackers aside, the leader fired a pistol grazing the chief, who then killed him and seized the revolver. Police later captured or jailed the others. one escaped.
A broad board of items includes U S Grant possibly running for vice president, ongoing Sunlight coal strike, a Sunday closing law test in Washington barber shops, and a deadly mine explosion in Blossburg New Mexico. Reports cover fires, drownings, a park shooting in New Rochelle, flood damage, and notable deaths including Major James G. Pond. The roundup notes international and domestic tensions, court actions, and emigration trends.
A Venezuelan government agent arriving at Laguayra reports General Rolando, lieutenant to General Matos, has proclaimed himself leader of a new revolution against President Castro Relando. Rolando commands about 2000 troops at Ciudad Bolivar and plans resistance if attacked.
Women express fear of another flood in Steppner Oregon and urge families to leave. Residents seek refuge nightly at public buildings and churches on higher ground. Blankets available and improvised beds fill floors as hysteria persists and business halts.
John Boyd a Butte mining man received a cable from England announcing his mother's death and a special delivery letter saying his father murdered Hood's sister. The shock caused him to collapse, and his wedding, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, was postponed.
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