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Newspaper

Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1903

Page

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Utah Coyotes Bounty Law Takes Effect And Utah News

A miscellany of Utah items reports a new one dollar bounty on coyotes starting last week while Spring City plans an electric light plant and a June operation start. Salt Lake Beach maintains a dry policy and liquor sales remain barred. Other notes include grasshoppers in Sanpete, Levi Green’s liquor related death, a Rio Grande dining car fall, wine grape potential, Bryant High School earnings, a Salt Lake athletic club bid, pest damage on farms, a Salt Lake piano tuner’s thirty day illness, Mt Pleasant waterworks survey, Francis Tiernan’s death, a Utahn gold find in a chicken crop, and the Steana cutters union settlement. Also covered are fishing season dates Utah Idaho, a Manti accident, Utah Christian Endeavor convention, Indian quarrel near Fort Duchesne, and the Utah State Medical Association choosing Dr G W Baker as president for 1904.

Utah State Medical Association Salt Lake City G W Baker Ogden

Soldiers and Outlawster: Miles letter and Guthrie jail escape

General Nelson A Miles argues in the Army and Navy Journal that Philippine campaigns must avoid cruelty and be ordered by higher authority. In Oklahoma Guthrie a jailed outlaw escapes, shoots a jailer, is wounded by the jailer’s wife, and is pursued by a posse as he faces multiple marriages and indictments.

Army and Navy Journal Nelson A. Miles Philippines Miles

Stage Hold Up Near Boise Returns Empty Pockets

A Boise to Idaho City stage was halted one and a half miles past a half way house by a masked robber. The bandit demanded the passengers surrender valuables and rifled the registered mail sack, taking only a small amount of cash and a rifle. Sheriff Agnew and Ada county deputies lead the pursuit with Postmaster Fenton, Inspector Ball, and penitentiary guards aided by bloodhounds.

Boise Idaho Idaho City Muller Gulch Charles Sullivan Agnew Ada County Sherif Fenton

Moonshine Whisky Fatalities In Arkansas Mountains

Three men Joe Adair Wash Turner and Dave Preddy died and John Spivey is grievously ill after consuming moonshine whisky in the Hot Springs and Montgomery counties region. Early tests indicate possible concentrated lye in the mixture as authorities probe the case.

Joe Adair Wash Turner Dave Preddy John Spivey Hot Springs Montgomery Counties Arkansas

Riots in Valparaiso Leave At Least 200 Dead or Wounded

Reports indicate no precise casualty count as rioting continues in Valparaiso with gunfire heard around the city. Censorship blocks telegraph lines while El Heraldo blames authorities for the outrages. foreigners in Valparaiso are reported safe.

Valparaiso el Heraldo Valparetso

Blizzard in Montana Knocks Out Lambs in May Storm

Montana reports from Dillon to Great Falls describe a deadly May snowstorm that killed thousands of sheep and young lambs. H I Wilson, a Portage range herder, is missing believed frozen. his horse was found wandering in deep drifts as searchers fail to locate him.

Montana Dillon Great Falls H I Wilson Portage

Skull in Snake Den Battle Ends With Injuries

C J Matthews and fellow workers were attacked by a den of rattlesnakes during a construction clash. The incident occurred amid a tense confrontation, leaving several injured and prompting medical aid at the scene. Authorities investigated the encounter and the dangers of the site.

C J Matthews Dis

Shooting on Thibeaux Street Claims Ex Lieutenant Governor Knoblock

Ex Lieutenant Governor Henry Clay Knoblock was killed in Thibeaux La when barber James Garault fired after an apparent struggle over a revolver. Autopsy found five fatal wounds. Garault surrendered and may receive bond. Knoblock had long served under Governor Samuel McDnery and practiced law in Thibeaux.

Henry Clay Knoblock Thiboreaux James Garault Garault Knoblock Bond Knoblock Samuel D McDnery United States Thibeaux

Lynch Threat Follows Kansas Town Drunken Row

In a Kansas town a violent confrontation after a drinking dispute left two people shot. Police said the incident may provoke further mob actions as residents react to the event and the suspect’s arrest.

Mystery Skull Found Near Boise While Sheep Work Continues

A human skull with two apparent bullet holes was found by six Yale undergraduates and other locals near Black Creek, Boise while the group hunted snakes. The skull’s origin remains unsolved amid a broader clash between union labor and Yale student interests.

China Rejects Opening Manchurian Towns in Trade Deals

China again informs the United States and Japanese ministers that including Mukden Harbin and a Yalu mouth port in existing commercial treaties is impossible due to Russia's opposition. The US envoy suggests opening these Manchurian towns to trade as a concession.

China United States Trussia Mukden Harbin Yalu

Riot at Bridgeport as company attempts nonunion run

A Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company effort to run cars with nonunion workers sparked a riot in Bridgeport. About 32 injured as crowds hurled bricks and stones at car barns with 4000 onlookers. Fire Chief Coffin ordered engine company 6 to assist, and the mob retreated after water from the line helped restore control.

Conecticut Railway & Lighting Co Bridgeport Conn Mulvahill Coffin Fire Department Bingham

Albanian Rebellion Faces Fierce Engagements Around Ipek

Report confirms heavy casualties on both sides in Albanian resistance to imperial troops near Ipek. Albanian chiefs blame a misunderstanding for the clashes. In Constantinople an audience with the German ambassador followed the sultan’s claim that pacification would follow Ipek’s occupation. Some Albanian chiefs at Ipek refuse submission and hold families as hostages.

Ipek Constantinople

Arbitration Ends Gaslight Labor War in Washington

The Spokane Falls Gaslight company and local unions settled last week by arbitration under Washington law. Findings force the Teamsters to end a boycott and deny any real union among the gasmakers. The award requires union plumbers only, recommends union teamsters after current contracts expire, and calls for reinstatement of striking workers as vacancies arise.

Spokane Falls Gaslight Company Washington Teamsters Tequire

Omaha Strike Developments End of Business Shutdown Near

In Omaha the teamsters strike nears resolution as 25 drivers return to work. A Sunday union meeting dropped the most objectionable demands though a lower wage scale is still sought. Restaurants reopen with colored help and laundries resume with nonunion workers.

Stiire Omaha Trades Uniomlats Teamsters Teamsters’ Union Son Union

Montara Miners Entombed After Cave at Drain Drift

Four miles from Helena Montana three miners are entombed in a cavern at the drain drift of the Egnol placer. A shaft is being sunk beyond the cave to reach them with hopes of rescue. The drift was driven to drain water and the passage lies 2,300 feet from the surface.

Egnol Helena Mont

Outlaw Smith shoots two officers in Douglas Arizona

Deputy Constable Tom Vaughn was killed and Constable Dan Graham wounded when outlaw Smith opened fire as they arrested him for suspected misconduct. Smith escaped and is pursued. both officers were shot on the sidewalk before drawing their weapons.

Tom Vaughn Dan Graham Douglas Arizona Smith

Plot Discovered Behind Roosevelt Oakland Stay Threat

Officials reveal a wartime style plot to assassinate President Roosevelt in Oakland California. A late night note named Charles Girardo and Antonio Polivinco claims they planned to meet at Girardon house to discuss the killing.

Roosevelt Oakland Cal Olney Charles Girardo Antonio Polivinco Austria St Stephen's Church

Miner Kills Rival in Cabin at Majestic Near Trinidad

Italian named Auguellol Garibaldi shot and killed a fellow miner in a Majestic cabin near Trinidad Cole. He fled but was captured by a sheriffs posse. A mob formed en route to Trinidad to lynch Garibaldi. officers protected the prisoner and three deputies drove him to Trinidad. No injuries confirmed.

Auguellol Garibaldi Majestic Trinidad Cole Sheriffs Possa Garibaldi 4& Team

Cheated the Gallows: William McCarthy Dies by Morphine

William McCarthy, intended to be hanged in Lexington Kentucky Friday, ingested morphine Thursday night and died at 8 15. Death watchman Alex McKeever sat within three feet all night and remained unsure when or how the drug was taken.

William McCarthy Lexington Alex McKeever McCarthy

Mabini Dies of Cholera After Guam Return

Mabini former minister of foreign affairs dies of cholera after returning from Guam and living in seclusion. Insurgent correspondence shows communication with Rizal province insurgents but letters not seditious. Filipinos and Americans regret the death yet no burial demonstration due to the disease.

Mabini Guam Rizal Province

Death of Argentinian bootmaker Baron von Kettler

George Kettler once held a major boot contracts for the German army and owned half a million dollars in Hanover. He was found dead in his Argen tine shoe shop with reports linking his demise to a blow from an unknown assailant a month earlier. The aging magnate arrived in Argentino six years ago after losing his fortune.

George Kettler Baron von Kettler Hanover Argentine Kan H Kettlers Katstler Argentino Azo Fortuna

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