22 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
1
Springville officials launched an aggressive, porous campaign against liquor sellers in the prohibition town as Bishop Louis M Grant, a noted figure across five states, died at Woods Cross after a brief illness. The report lists multiple local incidents and civic updates across Utah counties.
Reports from Guatemala City dated November 9 describe widespread devastation from Santa Maria with volcanic ash burying estates and homes. Hundreds killed and coffee plantations ruined, mainly affecting United States citizens and German owners as new craters form on the volcano flank.
An Italian man named Rubino fired three shots at King Leopold II as he walked toward the cathedral for a Te Deum honoring Queen Marie Henriette. No one injured. window of a car and the grand marshal were grazed. Rubino, arrested, claimed motive linked to perceived royal misconduct and to signal anarchists in London, but said he would have killed Edward II if not for popular support for the monarch.
General J C Hreckenridge, inspector general, lauds the army in the Philippines for faithfulness under hardship. He notes officers and men endure daily life in hostile communities, rely on the commissary, and strive to care for the innocent and feed the poor amid ongoing insurrection.
Two men rescued by the British steamer Penguin recount a 60 mile drift on a seven by twelve foot raft after the Llanfaime wreck. Only two apples divided into sixteen portions kept them alive until rescue. four others and the stewardess died of exhaustion and thirst during the ordeal.
A collision between a Western avenue electric train and a Chicago Burlington & Quincy freight train at the eighteenth street crossing in Chicago killed one man and injured about a dozen others. The motor and trailer of the electric train were crowded with passengers and a flagman’s error was blamed for the wreck.
Reverend Pablo Martino and several witnesses report an American archaeologist named Meverick led a party into the mountains near Lesca and found a cavern with Aztec images a burning altar and stored ornaments. Twelve burros carried the artifacts to San Blas for shipment to San Francisco.
Reports from London recount post coronation rejoicings followed by rising crime. A notable case involves a young woman who deliberately stabbed a stock exchange worker in the city’s busiest thoroughfare, highlighting a surge of such tragedies among the lower classes.
A Sydney dispatch reports an extraordinary dust storm sweeping Victoria and New South Wales. Darkness fell on Melbourne at noon Saturday as balls of fire fell and ignited several buildings, sending residents into panic. A red dust cloud hovered over Sydney and many inland towns yesterday.
The Central Federation of Labor of New York votes to present the Tampa union cigarmakers kidnapping and the mayor's abduction to President Roosevelt and asks for a report from the commission he appointed earlier to investigate the first case.
A lake of several acres at the CH mine in Joplin Missouri sank Saturday when the Grandby land cave in occurred. The mine remains but is abandoned as the surface settled a foot and cracks open around the site. Miners reportedly refuse to work near the subsidence due to ongoing danger.
A brawl erupted in the lower Austrian Reichsrat after German and Czech deputies clashed amid a debate on bilingual station names on Bohemian railroads. Herr Sehnal sparked the melee by shouting at German deputies who assaulted him, the fight lasting about a quarter hour despite a suspension.
A mob of about 500 men hanged John Davis a black man accused of murdering Robert Adair whose mutilated body was found near his home. The sheriff organized a posse but Davis was captured after being wounded twice and brought back to town. Local clergy and officials urged legal process, but the mob executed the suspect in the courthouse yard.
Survivors aboard the British steamer Flingamite, wrecked on November Sth near the Three Kings Islands off New Zealand, remain missing after a cautious search. The wreckage has drifted far from the loss point. Ninety survivors rescued two days ago endured three days on a barren islet subsisting on shell fish before rescue by a passing steamer.
Archibald Bryant and his wife Gertha quarreled at their Last Side home in Portland Oregon and threw carbolic acid at each other. Both burned about the face with Archibald more severely injured. Bryant is jailed awaiting an assault and battery hearing. Both are about 21 years old. Loth will bear scars for life.
The will of Max Lalande who died by his own hand at his saloon in Butte weeks ago was filed for probate in Judge McClernan's court. Drafted by M L LeClane in 1509 Lalande’s signature is attached though scarcely legible. The schedule lists ground and mining claims valued at about $11,000 plus several hundred dollars in personal property.
Washington reports say Castro proclaims victory after seven days of fierce fighting. Prisoners including General Bernandez and Dr Minos held at San Carlos Castle. 6,000 heroes defeated 10,000 mercenaries as 3,000 killed or wounded in a brutal revolt.
The enev al report of Major General Adna Chaffee closes Sept 30 and covers General Smith's Samar campaign and friction between civil and military authorities over Leyte. It defends officers, accepts responsibility for orders, downplays Filipino bands, and discusses concentration camps and arrests to suppress insurrection. It notes Civil authorities aided insurgents, and stresses the Moros in Mindanao and Jolo require time and patience to establish US authority.
Reports describe Stromboli eruption in Peru, Spain rains crippling rail lines and telegraph grids, and monarchs reshuffling cabinets. Bulgaria and Bolivia face shifts. U S marine deaths prompt troop moves. strikes and elections ripple across continents as crises unfold.
In Imporia Kansas Judge Madden in district court, City of Imporia v Prof Vanora et al, bars a proposed hypnotism exhibit where a wife would be buried underground for six days. The city argues the stunt endangers life. the hypnotist argues no legal prohibition on such exhibition.
Arrest report states R H Moffatt was taken into custody aboard the Japanese steamer during quarantine after arrival from the Orient and the Hawaiian islands. A cablegram from police alleges he is a fugitive from Leng Hong and an embezzler of 74000 dollars. The Hebrew government requests local authorities hold him while extradition is arranged.
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