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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1892
Page
1
An assailant named Thomas Keenan threatened Election Commissioner Micheal Schmersthal after losing money in the commissioner’s bank failure. Police captured Keenan as he waved a revolver, remaining defiant in custody and vowing to see Schmersthal fail while his family suffers.
A large theater fire in Philadelphia destroyed the Grand Central Theater and the Times building, causing losses estimated at over a million dollars. The report notes further incidents including a Mexican man killed in Trinidad and a Park City tragedy where Hope Fuelling was killed by her uncle Milton Trotturn while waiting on the Utah Central track.
The Vernal Express reports a Colorado near Utah line silver strike assayed at 4180 ounces per ton. A. C. Hatch and others discuss findings 114 and 4304 ounces plus $3.45 in gold, with claims staked across a thirty mile area and shallow diggings noted as easy.
A Chicago Tribune exchange highlights a burglary report where a caller notes thieves overlooked $750 in jewelry and silverware, while a city editor cautions about public perception of a gang raiding homes and finding only small losses.
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