29 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
1
Utah sugar prices rise to 3.25 per sack while Rio Grande Western workers get a 10 percent wage increase. A flood of reports covers earthquakes, snow, drought, new rural routes, telephone projects, burglary losses, suicides, smallpox, new townsites, and irrigation development across Utah and nearby counties.
Herr Krupp great gun maker and richest German died suddenly of apoplexy at his Huegel villa. The Krupp works employed 43,000. he built housing on sanitary principles and charged moderate rents. His fortune was estimated around 124 million dollars with annual income near 10 million during prosperity. He earned major profits supplying armor plate for the navy and held interests in coal properties and shipping ventures.
A fierce campus brawl at the Imperial hotel dining room in Iowa City left several students injured and about $700 in damage. A sophomore reportedly threw a skunk from a window as eggs, broken plates, and damaged bric a brac were used in the melee. Police clashed with students, with J Ho King and W M Kaller among those beaten by medical students who overpowered officers.
A daring Chicago post office robbery netted about 810 000 from two registered mail sacks. The thief escaped unseen after leaving the unguarded wagon near the Masonic temple. sacks and horse were found later and no witnesses identified the culprit.
Carrie Nation created a sensation at a New York City horse show on Thursday by haranguing attendees about overdress, attempting to smash champagne, and being ejected by police. She targeted the Vanderbilt box, shouted insults, and seized a wine bottle before the caterer removed her.
Miners and operators press to resolve wage and working hour disputes outside the anthracite strike commission. A 10 percent wage rise nine hour day and trade agreements form the compromise basis. Weighing of coal by legal ton remains unsettled as conciliation continues.
John Taylor a longtime Western prospector and one of the oldest in Butte is dead at seventy. He reportedly killed two men in self defense. On September 12 he shot Patrick Carney, a watchman at the Cora mine, after Carney began shooting at him. Taylor, famed across the West, died after the fatal confrontation.
The flood situation in Texas remains serious with rain ended, passenger traffic severely disrupted and roads largely unusable. The Texas & Pacific and Cotton Belt expect to restore schedules after tonight with a general traffic resumption on all lines once weather clears.
A man died under mysterious circumstances after being insured by suspects in jail in Il Iaso Texas. Investigators allege the victim was buried alive, noting a torn coffin lid, an open mouth, outstretched arms and upward palms as evidence of a struggle. The case involves New York Life Insurance and defraud charges.
Aire Hudson of Trinitand, wife of a bandit killed in the Colorado Southern train robbery near Trinidad, Colo, is suspected of complicity. Police say she confessed enough to hold her for the robbery, admitting tying a red lantern signal to the rails. Coroner's inquest postponed awaiting developments.
Import merchandise excluding gold and silver reached 22,141,812 in fiscal year 1902, up about 2,000,000 from 1901. Exports surpassed all but two years in history, rising by 23,917,679 with the United Kingdom and United States each taking about 16,000,000 in near equal shares.
Augustin Chacon an infamous Arizona outlaw was executed by hanging in Solomonville after a career of brutal crimes. He led a gang that looted Morenci store owner Paul Becker and killed others, with his capture following a high profile manhunt and escape.
Immigrants arrive in San Francisco aboard the City of Pain after fleeing guatemalan plantations buried under ashes and pumice. They describe widespread death, looting by bandits, and starvation as Santa Maria crater erupts and evacuation spreads along Palmar San Telipe Puebla Nuevo and Setalhuleu.
European diplomats urge American minister Lowen to join in a declaration that the blockade of the Orinoco is ineffective, aligning with Germany England and Italy. Towen discreetly refuses to avoid jeopardizing American interests while Secretary Sussell reports gunboat Marietta's voyage up the Orinoco and finds the Ciudad Hollvar blockade effective.
The State Department reports Godfrey Hunter Jr son of the United States minister at Guatemala City shot and killed William Fitzgerald of Grand Rapids Michigan. Hunter seeks legal refuge and questions arise over his possible arrest exemption. Officials doubt surrender without protest and debate whether the minister may waive immunity. International law shields ambassadors and ministers from self surrenders in such cases.
Indiana Governor Durbin informs Sullivan County Sheriff Dudley that his office is vacant and the coroner becomes ex officio sheriff under law. A mob abducted Dillard a Black prisoner from the sheriff and hanged him to a telephone pole. The sheriff may seek reinstatement proving he was powerless to hold the prisoner.
Delia Mulligan who arrived from Ireland in October and worked as a servant in New York has been in a coma at Jlood Wright hospital for twenty three days. Doctors have no hope of revival and report delirious muttering when she spoke briefly. The case recalls Nellie Corcoran who died after a similar three week trance at St Vincent's hospital. The coma followed partial asphyxiation from blowing out gas and resuscitation efforts only restored appetite and vital signs but not consciousness.
Arthur Collins, manager of the Smuggler Union mine near Telluride Colorado, was killed by a buckshot fired through his office window on Wednesday night. A gunman dressed as a wiper was seen nearby, and Collins had warned his life was in danger after past labor conflicts.
The street car man of Bloomington Tils has won their strikes. Gompera is re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor. Speaker Mendelson predicts little legislation at the short congressional session. Multiple incidents are reported including jail escapes, robberies, fires, and deaths across several states.
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