Local Utah Press Notes from Wernal by J M Barker
A brief Utah notice by J M Barker from WERNAL notes local events and community items. It preserves a succinct snapshot of a periodical reader context without extension.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
2
A brief Utah notice by J M Barker from WERNAL notes local events and community items. It preserves a succinct snapshot of a periodical reader context without extension.
Warm weather aids flock masters in Southern Utah while reports tell of injuries from revolvers and wagon mishaps. Exhumation of Indian agent J T Olive, excommunication of Dr Elen B. Lerguson from the Mormon church, and patents for mosquito face protectors are noted alongside calls for Mormon settlement missions and regional political alignments. The Salt Lake Tabernacle capacity is debated, and a theater incident involving a viewer resisting an usher is described amid scattered notices of pioneers and local history.
The Washington group led by Senator Procter of Vermont and Colonel Parker met Admiral Sicard after a Cuba trip to assess the Cuban situation. They described reconcentrado hunger, hospital conditions in Matanzas, and harsh Spanish restrictions while noting widespread fear of patrols and a drifting belief about who blew up the Maine.
Report from St Louis dated March 1 describes Teoaty Turn Owt The Queat in The Misdoued Cat and others arrested near Washington Missouri. Secret Service identifies a black man who escaped as real culprit and claims he manufactured a suspicious cola. Missouri penitentiary officials note a nine month timeline with females involved. Philadelphia Warehouse meeting discusses waterworks transfer and city votes amid graft charges.
Fragmentary account describes a shooting, a death in a Cheyenne room, and a person found dead in a Nashville area commerce room. A physician notes morphine likely caused death. Details are garbled with many illegible names and places.
Washington March 8 Chairman Cannen introduced a bill to authorize $50,000,000 for naval defense with broad discretionary use by the president. Congressman Boutelle noted talks with Secretary Long and a White House conference of top lawmakers to craft a general credit of $40,000,000 to meet emergencies, stressing nonpartisan national support and unity.
Dispatches from Cheyenne report the capture and lynching of outlaws connected to four murders at Browns Lath last week. Suspects include Johnson who killed Willie Stringer, and David Tant and William Lynch among others. several were recaptured or lynched as officers moved to suppress the gang.
Reports say the government is nearing a crisis with Spain, with unprecedented wartime mobilization. Officials, including Secretary Long and Senator Lodge, confer as navy and army preparations accelerate, while proposals to sell or seize warships are discussed amid indications of potential action with Japan and Brazil.
The report details fresh ore shipments from Chloride Point and rising activity at Mammoth Victoria and Hercules workings. It notes a 64 ounce silver find in the Baltimore shaft drift, a Grand Central mill output of 35 tons daily, and a new Stateline gold strike with strong assay values. Further finds include Ibex Detroit in 500 foot depth, Tagle Valley fissure veins, and improving fortunes for Florence and Walkerville mines with substantial bullion sales and dividends.
Congress united across party lines to approve a fifty million dollar defense appropriation for the president to deploy at his discretion amid the Spanish crisis. The vote was nearly unanimous with many members taking responsibility despite absences to support the administration and defend national dignity. In a separate item, Coroner J. WoW Schootday at Atlanta held an inquest into the death of Livzie Walker found at her home with her head in water. details await further findings.
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