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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
2
A long list of brief items notes heavy snow in North Dakota and career moves in Washington. riots and disasters from St Louis to Omaha. fires in London and St Louis. political shifts including Speaker candidates. labor disputes and wage debates. and social unrest with a Chicago protests against rent.
The Utah legislature adjourned amid protracted disputes over the code and numerous vetoes. The $1,000,000 appropriation bills passed, while conference reports were rejected and both houses stood firm on partisan lines.
The Ville de Saint Nazaire left New York March 7 bound for the West Indies and foundered after severe weather off Cape Hatteras. Of 82 aboard, only four are known to be saved, including Terry inspector Marie ship doctor Staule and others. The survivors endured a seven day eight night drift in open boats with little food or water. many passengers died or went mad during the ordeal.
The river steamer Sunol sailing from San Francisco to Vallejo collided with the bark Olympic from Philadelphia in the bay. Sunol capsized. crew and passengers were rescued by boats from the Olympic and nearby vessels.
A man identified as Brodie Withama of Atlanta reportedly leapt from a seven foot tower Tuesday night at Tugeday in Palm Beach County. He landed on the sand, fracturing his neck and became engulfed in flames inside a covered barrel. He was airlifted after five hours.
A William Priest household in Windsor Missouri suffered tragedy when a young child, terrified by a neighbor’s small pie and a hideous mask, reportedly cried for eighteen hours and died. Police and family seek answers.
In Houston this morning at 3 o clock Detective killed Walter Hughes as he tried to enter Frank Dunn’s residence. Police traced a kidnap plot to Dunn’s little daughter and found a revolver butcher knife and chloroform on Hughes. Mrs Hughes was arrested but silent as the crowd gathered at the morgue.
Washington reports that ninety two Americans imprisoned in Cuba during the war have been notified to the state department. Fourteen cases remain pending including five under consideration for speedy release and five found with arms. Two prisoners died in hospital after operations. Delgado died after surgery and We Ruiz’s death cause is under investigation.
A serious quarrel between the government and Japanese Shinshin Maru agents erupts in Honolulu after the steamer brings 670 passengers, only 136 eligible to land under the $5 entry law. The captain refused to repatriate disqualified immigrants, prompting a court challenge and a threatened bitter fight.
A morning collision between two engines on the Denver and Gulf railroad at Nineteenth street caused one engine to be wrecked and steam to escape. Two workers, Hugh McBride and Tatrick Casey, were overcome by vapor and killed. The passenger engine engineer was arrested for negligence.
Captain Alexander Adame a retired army officer died in a cell at the Sheffield avenue police station at 3 this morning. He was picked up unconscious on the streets about an hour earlier. His family lives in New York and he is said to have a brother in Vermont and a relation to Colonel Smedberg of San Francisco.
News from San Francisco dated March 18 reports the steamer Peru bringing word that Prince Yoohito Satutomiya crown prince of Japan has died. Officials intend to withhold details for state reasons while in Yokohama and Tokyo.
A battle yesterday in the Paysauda province between government and insurgent forces resulted in about 1000 total casualties. The article does not specify which side prevailed.
In Washington on March 18 the Navy Department practically settles Commodore Albert Kauz as chief of the navigation bureau, promoted from captain to rear admiral with Admiral Ramsey's retirement. The move aligns Kauz with Ramsey’s successor role in the important bureau.
Reports from the orient via the steamer Peru claim Prince Fulcha is the apparent heir to Corea’s throne. He is said to be imprisoned by political plotters aiming to dethrone his father and crown the young prince. Governor Bradley of Kentucky has received warnings from Cincinnati of potential assassination attempts.
A wandering painter, Loula Carr, hung thirty five feet above ground after a ladder slipped while he worked on a vacant house. His dog barked loudly, alerted the police, and patrolmen arrived to hoist the man to safety. Carr praised the dog and vowed to keep it.
The piece describes beggars in China, noting five cents a day as income and widespread begging. It mentions mutilated feet among women, child crowds, and groups following carriages to solicit alms, while stressing that families support their poor relatives and that many would work if jobs were available.
A leading aguthern firm uses rustless galvanized wire hoops on wooden paila and ice cream freezers. The ends are welded together by electricity and the hoop is sunk in a groove in white cedar wood to prevent slipping downward.
The case alleges that Skinleigh obtained valuable stock from Spencer under false pretenses. Ferguson questions how the arrangement occurred as Spencer asserts Skinleigh sold it this day believing it was absolutely worth.
A narrator recounts riding into the American West with a doctor’s prescription to rough it regain health. After horses seize, deputy sheriffs, rough riders, a barbershop end, a squire, and a jail stay, the tale ends with a claim overboard Delmonico rates and a stubborn departure before authorities.
The text references an oppressive tone, a deposed figure described as an angel, and a suggestive remark about removing a crown. A Detroit Tribune snippet notes twelve tons of Cucumabara sent south from Maine this year, indicating a scattered, miscellaneous clipping.
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