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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
SURELY A MISTAKE.

Poor Mike was very ill-almost as i'll
as he was short, and what that meant
those who know him can best say, for
physically he was hardly more than a
dwarf.
The doctor was called in. and after in
vestigation, informed Mrs. Mike that her
husband was suffering from actinomy-
COSTS. a name which appeared to strike
terror to the soul OF the anxious woman.
''Act phwat?" said she.
.'Actinomycosis, replied the doctor.
"Him2" cried Mrs. Mike, 'Ah. docther
how can yez say thot? A little man
Ioike Moikel couldn't hould the name OF
ut, much liss tn disease thot goes wild
ut!'-Harper's Drawer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
NORTHERN PACIFIC SUFFERS.
Ninety-F1ve Miles of Track Washed
Ont,

Tacoma, Wash, June 2.-Ninety-five
miles of Northern Pacific track between
Horse Plains, Montana, and Hope, Ida
no. are under water. Definite flood
news was received late last night on the
arrival of three delayed Northern Pa
cific overlands. Colonel F. D. Heustis,
the railroad builder. was a passenger.
He says the water was still rising when
lthe train left Hope. Hundreds Of farms
&along Clark's fork, never overlooked
before. are devastated under four to
six feet of water. Settlers rushed to
the high lands. hundreds of. horses and
csAtieSSwere drowned. Several bridges
hawe been washed out.
Overland traffic on the Great North
era is Suspended on account of great
wsshout west Of Great Falls, Mont
The Canadian Pacific yesterday be-
gan transferring passengers by steamer
on the Fraser river from Ruby to Mis-
sion distance Of thirty-nine miles
Between those points there are wash
outs and long sections of the track are
under water.
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Portland. Or, June 2.-The flood con-
Times TO come. and there is no indica-
ton of an Improvement in the situation.
At 6 o'clock this evening the water
stood 301h feet above low water mark,
and the meagre reports received from
the upper Columbia show that the river
and all its tributaries are still rising
Telegraph wires are Frustrated along
ishe Columbia. which makes it impossi-
ple to get at the true situation OF az
fars. The loss will undoubtedly foot
UP into the millions of dollars when re-
ports from all the flooded districts are
received
lands have been driven from tnelr
homes and scores Of houses can be
seen floating down TO the ocean.
The Union Pacific, tonight, sent out
the steamer Harvest Queen, winch VIII
attempt to ascend the falls at the cas-
cades.
The railroad on both sides of the riv-
or at the cascades is under water ana
communication with the upper river is
entirely cut off In this city this even
nsng. a violent thunder storm, acompan-
Ted by high wind adds to the already
demoralized condition OF things.
Gum Poofs of No Avail.
First floors of hundreds of business
houses are covered with Wacer, ana
many concerns doing business on 'front.'
First and Second streets have opened
Temporary offices on uptown streets.
False sidewalks or elevated platforms
have been built up and down the hood
ed streets, but owing 10 the necessity
for keeping the street crossing clear
for the passing of teams, it is impossl-
bic to reach any stores except in boats.
Gum boots are of no avail in large
portion of submerged districts where
the water is too deep for wading.
In many places, there is suocS
undertow. which renders pedestrian
ship dangerous even where the wafer
has not reached such a depth
The good nature with which the popu-
lace takes the inconvenience of the
food is surprising. Business men
smile at the rapid submerging of their
stores and appear to see a humorous
side to it, notwithstanding the conse-
quent loss by damage to their stock.
Free boats between convenient points
and Front and First street stores have
been provided by the proprietors for
the use of their customers. Large
forces of men are kept busily engaged
Gin removing stocks of merchandise to
higher elevations, raised platforms, etc.
High Temperature.
The temperature in the East Cascade
mountains is reported exceptionally
warm this morning and the immense
fields of snow are melting fast.
At The Dalles the river stands fifty
three feet and one-half above low-water
mark.
Almost the entire business portion of
the town as well as a large part of the
residence district is inundated.
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MAUD RUBEL's MURDER.
No Light on the Mystery Surround
ing as Yet.


Omaha, Neb.. June 2.-The mystery
surrounding the murder of Maud
Rubel. the 16-year-old girl whose mutt
lated body was found IN IN unoccupied
house, is still unsolved. The detectives
are following up every clew which
may throw light on the circumstances
which led to the girls presence in the
building where the body was found.
One of the detectives advanced the
theory that she wandered south 10
Tenth street and while under the via
duct, was met by some person or per-
sons who induced her to accompany
them into the vacant building. The
girls youth and beauty. he argues, to-
Sether with the sight of handsome
diamond ring, would no doubt have
prompted the deed. Whoever COM
mitted the deed at first decided to
carry away her cloak tne ether with her
rings. but before leaving he building
changed his mind, as the cape was
found in an adjoining room The
murder theory is accepted by the police
and every pawnshop has been ex-
amined with a view af locating the
girls rings and slippers.
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MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Nine Companies Now En- Route for
the Coal Fields,

indianapolis, June 2.-The governor
has ordered out the militia. Nine
companies, including one of artillery,
will start Immediately for the coal
fields.
The governor at noon received
message from the sheriff of Davies
county stating that all hopes of a set
lement of the difficulty had been aban-
doned- The acknowledgement was or
dered by the governor to call for nine
companies. A gatling gun squad from
this city was also ordered. The route
of the troops was kept secret to pre-
vent the interception of the soldiers.
The militia is ordered out owing to
reports from Shellburn and Washing
ton mining districts of the determined
stand of the miners to prevent the
running of coal trains in spite of the
governors warming
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REoAPTURED THE TRAIN.
Thieves Draw Knives, but Are
dubbed Into Submission

Thieves Draw Knives, but Are
dubbed Into Submission.
st. Joseph. Mo, June 2.-Sheriff Car
son and his deputies, accompanied by
United States deputies, recaptured the
train stolen by the Richmond miners
at Agency. When the posse reached
Agency on a special train, they found
but a. few men,. the balance having
deserted when they heard the officers
were coming. The deputies charged
those who remained, but they broke
into the timber and but five were cap
tured. The remainder were chased
over the country, and a dozen were
captured. but not until after several of
them had drawn knives and had to be
dubbed into submission. Those cap
tured were brought back to this city
at II O'Clock tonight, and locked up in
Jail. Armed parties are securing the
woods around Agency, and will bring
in the entire sixty before the hunt
ceases
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His Head Crushed In.

Minneapolis, June Near Adrain,
Mimi, the body of Frederick Loucks
was discovered with the side of his
head crushed in. Loucks resided at
Adrian last summer and left with a
companion three days before Christ
mas. Nearly $500 was found in a
pocket, but a. gold waten and chain
and other property was gone.
The authorities are searching for the
murderer
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Waite's Characteristic Ren,ies

Colorado Springs. Colo, June 2.-The
mine owners consented to pay the
wages demanded by the strikers, but
refused to employ none but union men.
When Informed of this Governor Waite
said:
When the mine owners appoint a
man to arbitrate. then 1 am ready to
do So I would not arbitrate with
every God damned lawyer in Colorado
Springs"
Sheriff Bowers served the governor
with official notice calling for troops.
Waite replying shaking his fist:
IF the God damned mine owners
want peace, they can have it in five
minutes
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GAINING INCH BY INCH.
Rescue of ImperiIIed Citizens Goes
BraveIy On.

Vancouver, B. c. June 2.-The Fraser
river is still rising. When darkness
came in last night the food during the
day had gained another inch at West
minister, three inches at Mission and
four inches at Langley.
AT Chiliwock the flood gained six
inches, inundating large area of land
that had been thought to be safe The
work of rescue still continues and it
is thought nearly all of the imperilled
settlers and as many OF their cattle and
horses as remained alive, have now
been carried to places of safety
a Funds are being raised and provisions
~collected for the homeless settlers. The
hot weather, and q great depth of snow
still remains in the mountains There
is every indication that the water will
rise much higher.
AT Yale the food is rushing through
the canyon at the rate of ten miles an
hour. There is little prospects of the
railroads resuning traffic for severai
days.
Telegraphic communication is also
shut off most Of the time.
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Tear Up the Track.

Washington, June 2.-Five hundred
miners at Cannellburg compelled the
conductor of a Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern to sidetrack forty car
loads of coal in transit from Cincinnati
to ST Louis. They derailed three cars,
upset one and tore up the track No
heed was given the injunction papers.
The sheriff telegraphed the governor
for troOns
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Poverty Caused 1t.

St. Louis. June Shortly after mid
night this morning Saturday. Mrs.
Lizzie Tocsner. a beautiful, woman,
was shot and killed by her husband,
who escaped from the house after fir
ing the fatal shot and had not been
unprecedented up to daylight. Tockner
and his wife are both Hebrews. The
murderer has been out of employment
for sometime, and dependency over
their poverty is thought to have been
his reason for committing the terrible
deed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Spokane Has a Lynching.

Spokane. Wash. June 2-News has
just been received from Colfax. of the
lynching, at 8 o'clock this morning, Of
Ed Hill and another man named Par
ker.
A mob went to the Jail, demanded
the keys, shot Hill and took Parker
and hanged him. Hill was tried for
the murder of Langford Summers at
Garfield, and Parker was in jail on a
INJURED charge.
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REsENTED AN INSULT.

Peru, Ind, June "A sensational af-
fair occurred at Upton this afternoon.
Rev. Daniel Cox. a prominent Dunk
ard minister, fatally shooting John
Goodnd ght, a prominent and wealthy
farmer Goodnight, it is said, made
some slanderous remarks about Rev.
Coxs daughter, which were resented
by the father. He became angry be-
yond endurance and shot Goodnight
twice. Cox is in Jail.
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remains were discovered. The deed is
supposed to be that of negroes, as two
of them were found to- be missing. A
company of fifty men, armed and des-
perate, started in pursuit of the fends,
but it is feared they will escape, as
Eden lies close to the sea and there are
swamps and heavy woods near by.
Miss Kaiser was an accomplished
lady and a member of one of the best
known families in northern Illinois.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
ROYAL NAVY CLUB Dinner,

London. June IA dinner was given
by the Royal Naval club at the Metro
pole hotel in honor of Admiral Erben
and Captain Mahan Of Chicago. The
admiral was indisposed and inabIe to
be present Admiral Sir Richard v.
Hamilton, president of the Royal Naval
college at Greenwich. presided,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Men, Women and Children Flee.

Atoka, L T., June 1.-Two companies
of United States troops have moved to
Lehigh. The miners have sent COM
mittee to Caddo to interview Governor
Jones today. He said it was not in his
power to do anything for them, the
whole matter being in the hands of the
Indian agent. The men, women and
children are fleeing to Lehi and Coal
Gate. Some miners are drilling to
fight Uncle Sans men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
is HE VON GROTTA9
Here Are Some Ear Marks That
Seem to Indicate 1t.

Kansas City, June 2.-Joseph Irvine
Potter, alias Honolulu who some
time ago came into prominence because
of his swindling operations while repre-
senting himself as IN agent of the
Hawaiian government, made a daring
attempt to escape from the fourth sto-
ry of the county jail early this morn
ing He tore up his mattress into
strings and made rope and slipped
down to the sidewalk from the window.
but was captured a few hours later.
He had been placed in the hospital
room owing to sickness.
When a man points out to his wife an
other woman who dresses, as he says, Just
the way he would like to see her dress, she
can usually get her revenge by telling
must cost.-Somerville Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
ronK CARBoLIC ACID.

st. Louis. Mo, June miss Ellen J.
Chase, aged %, living in the fashion
able west end. tonight swallowed the
contents of a four ounce bottle of car
bolic acid. She died half an hour after
taking the dose. which is said by mem
bers of the family to have been mis-
taken for some medicine the girl has
been taking. No reason is known why
she should commit suicide.
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win BE Better or Worse.

Pittsburg. Pa, June at is alto
gether probable that the developments
early next week will have much to do
in either settling the big strike or
bringing about radical change in the
situation. 1t was intended to keep
secret the fact that there would be a
meeting of the mine owners executive
board, but it leaked out in a dispatch
from Cleveland and was confirmed by
the local officials
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Sentenced to Fourteen Years.

Capetown, June 2-Dispatches from
Buluwayo say British Troopers Daniels
and Wilson, charged with appropriat-
ing 1000 which the late King Loben
gula sent the British authorities as a
peace offering. have been sentenced to
fourteen years imprisonment. The
troopers named are held morally re-
sponsible for the massacre of the Will
son party, as they suppressed the late
kings message, in order TO, conceal
their appropriation of the peace offer
ling
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
VIII Not Use yiolence.

shelburn, Ind. june "A special
train carrying Sheriff Mills ana forty
deputies was met today by 200 strikers.
The sheriff told the strikers he was
there to enforce the law, but violence
would not be used. The deputies re-
NAMED in the coaches.
The sheriff returned to Sullivan with
out having gained the purpose of his
visit The strikers and their wives
jeered at the men and as fast as pins
were supplied they would be removed
by the men and women.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
YOUNG LADY MURDERED.
Another DastardIy Crime by Some
Brutal Negroes.

Freeport, ILL.,, June George Kaiser
has just received news from Eden, Fla.
of the murder of his daughter, Miss
Catherine Kaiser. aged 2S years.
The young lady was at the home of
his sisters and brothers who own and
operate an extensive orange and pine
apple grove at Eden. She left the
house for a short walk and that was
the last seen of her until her mntilatea
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Ate Soap md Died.

Chester, ILL.,, June "A peculiar case
of suicide is given out by the authori-
ties of the prison here in the death of
James Murray, a. convict sentenced
from Marion county for larceny. Muir
ray resorted to all kinds of. methods to
avoid working. Last Monday he Sc
cured a large bar of I've soap. This he
ate and was at once taken with spasms.
He died q. horrible death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
State Troops Arrive.

Mitchell, Ind, June 2.-Five hundred
state troops arrived tonight under COM
mand of Adjutant General Robbins,
and Immediately. went into camp pre-
forty miles west of here, tomorrow. The
gatling gun was in the baggage car,
and in the ride from Indiana polls here
the militia took turns practicing with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Tacoma and seattle IsoI.ted,

San Francisco, June Tacoma and
Seattle are shut off absolutely from
Geographic communicat ton with other
points, as the result of the big flood
Neither the Western Union nor the
Postal Telegraph company have a wire
from any direction running into the iso-
Ia ted cities
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srGREGoR WELCOMED.
Received with Wild Cheering by the
Miners.

Leavenworth, Kans.. June To-day
marks crisis in the miners strike in
this city. Agitator McGregor was
forced to leave the city two days ago
and returned at noon today. Three
hundred Leavenworth miners received
him with wild cheering. Fully as many
deputy sheriffs and police met the
train, but no attempt was made to ar
rest McGregor. The strikers paraded,
causing much excitement At 4 o'clock
a committee of citizens and miners will
hold a conference The miners will
hold mass meeting tonight.
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United States Protection.

Cincinnati, O., June 2.-On application
of Receiver FELTON,. of the Queen &
Crescent, Judge Taft, Of the United
States court, issued an order TO the
United States marshal for deputies to
protect the road in case of a strike,
which seems imminent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
STOPPED AT THE LINE.

Denver, June Authorization has
been received here that the marching
coal miners who are en- route to Sopris
arrived at the Victor coal mine at
Hastings today and were stopped at
the lane of the company's lands by
Sheriff Radford of Los Animas county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Pence. at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth. Kan, June 2.-The coal
strike has been settled peaceably. The
conference between the miners and the
business men this evening resulted in
a. victory for the miners, all their de-
mands being granted and work will
be resumed Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
BIG FIRE AR sT. LOHN,s.

ST. Johns, N. b, June 3.-Fire broke
out at 1 o'clock this morning in the
block of buildings at Market square
occupied by large stores.
The building is Quilted and at a. m.
the fire is still raging, but is thought to
be under control
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Held Up RniIwny Mem.

Marion, Ill, June AT Carterville
this evening, a mob of over a hundred
strikers assembled near the tracks
leading to the Brush mine and forcibly
prevented the railroad men from pull
ing out the loaded cars. The COM
mander of the local militia company
has received orders to be in readiness
for service
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Will Resist to the Death.

Canelsburg. Ind, June 2-12, mid
night.-Miners from surrounding towns,
hearing that troops are coming, are
massing here to aid the local miners,
in resisting the soldiers. Strikers at
tempted to burn coal cars tonight but
were prevented by citizens
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p WIPED OFF THE EARTH.
Muddy Missouri Fast Eating Up .
Village.

ST. Joseph. Mo-, June 2--As direct
result of the high water in the Mis-
souri, river, which will not begin to
recede for some time. the once prosper
Gus village of winthrop, thirty miles
south of ST. jos, on the Rock Island,
Hannibal & ST. Joe, Missouri Pacific
& Kansas City, st. Joe and Council
Bluffs railroads. will soon be wiped off
tie face Of the earth.
r.he Missouri river, when il first be-
gan its spring rise this year. began cut
ting the bank at the edge of the town,
and adjacent TO it. and today half of
khe place was melted into the river,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Cutting Down Employees.

Johnstown, Pa. June 2.-Noticas have
been posted on the Cambria iron works
company's department, that one-half of
the employees will be suspended indef-
nitely at once.
The cause of the cutting down is not
known
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
Armed with Guns and Clubs.

Bridgeport, O., June Rive hun
bred miners assembled here today,
with clubs and guns. A coal train was
started for Cleveland and the mob
forced the crew TO take it back to the
yards An effort will be made to start
two trains to Cleveland, and trouble is
expected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
MAY Go to Work Nondav.

Pana. Ill. June 2-Unless the rail-
road union and brotherhoods hauling
coal can be prevailed upon at a meet
ing tomorrow to strike, the coal miners
will all go to work Monday. Repre-
sentative miners left today Tor Peoria.
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Entire Family Suicides.

Berlin, June Carl Seeger, master
painter, wife and four children, COM
mitted suicide last night by taking
cyanide potassium. A paper signed by
all showed that they consented to die
by poison
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03
.NUTILA9ED AND 7HEN
HANGED TO A 7RBSTLE.
Horrible Work of a Mob al
Golden, Colo.
ANOTHER BLOT ON THE
CENTENNIAL STATE.
Negotiating With a Robber to Regain
Plumber.

Murder of Miss Maud Ru-
beI-Drugged and Robbed on His
Wedding Day-Fourteen Years for
Misappropriating MOney-A Das-
tardly Crime of NeSrOes-Suicide
Caused by Poverty-His Head Was
Crushed In.
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Phey Arc After Them.

Mcarthurs, O., June 2.-Sheriff Jen-
nings received word tonight, that 1000
miners from. Wellston and adjoining
townships had seized a coal train at
East -Hamden. The sheriff and marshal
went down
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old Story AT BraziI.

Brazil, Ind, June 1.-The moving of
coal trains tonight was prevented by
striking miners. The train crew,
finding themselves entirely powerless,
abandoned their efforts The action has
created much excitement.
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SGurn Boots Of No Account in
Portland.
NO INDICATION OF
ANY IMPROVEMENT.
River Thirty Feet Six Inches Above
Low Water Mark.

TWENTY-FIVE Miles of Northern Pa
cffc Track Washed 0ut-Fraser
River Gaining Inch BY Inch and
Hourly Adding to the Scene of
Awful DesoIation-Not Even n
Conjecture as to the End-The
Loss VIII Reach Many Millions of
Dollars.
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YE GODS!

object to Utah's Adj
mission on Moral Grounds.
Philadelphia. June 2.-The synod of
the reformed Presbyterian church at
todays' session adopted resolutions
against the admission of Utah to state
hood on moral grounds.
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Fired Into the Negro Quarters.

Macon, June 2-An hour after mid
night armed strikers poured forty or
fifty snots into the negro quarters of
mine No. 46. The guards returned 300
or 400 shots and the assailants fled tt
is not known whether any were hurt.