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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
FARMS AND HOMES.
INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE
CENSUS DEPARTMENT.
Relative Position of Utah, Idaho.
New Mexico, Wyoming, and Okla
homa PeOpIc-A Big Idaho Mining
Suit.
Especial to The FIerald.l

Washington, D. c., Feb. S.-BefOre
adiourning until March 4, supreme
court set for hearing on that day the
case of the Last Chance Mining COM
pany VS.. the Tyler Mining company,
involving valuable claims in the Occur
dAlene region. One phase was ar
gued some months ago by Messrs.
Mcbride and Hepburn, and this hear
ing will end what has proved to be
very tedious litigation.
The census bureau has issued a
bulletin showing statistics regarding
the ownership of farms and homes in
the United States, in which Utah and
Idaho make very good showing, being
excelled only by the Dakotas and Ok
lahoma. OF every hundred families in
this country % hire their farms and
homes, II own them with fncum-
brances, and 50 own them free from
incumbrance. In Utah. 80 hire, own
incumbered, and 60 own absolutely
free. In Idaho, % hire, own incum-
bered, and 81 own free. In Wyoming
so hire, are incumbered, and 43 own
free. AS to the number Of farms
owned free from incumbrance, only
Oklahoma leads Utah. In Utah, only 8
farms are hired, owned with incum-
brance, and so owned absolutely. In
Idaho, II are hired, IA incumbered. and
Sc owned absolutely. In Wyoming. 21
are hired, 10 incumbered, and 50 owned
free. As to homes, Utah and Idaho
are led only by Oklahoma and New
Mexico. In Utah. 80 are hired, in
numbered, and sc owned free In
Idaho, AZ are hired. 4 incumbered. and
So owned free. In Wyoming, 62 are
hired, incumbered, and SO owned
free. All above figures are based on
the average 100 homes for clearness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
TRIPLE TRAIN WRECK.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE, BUT NO
LIVES LOST.
Particulars Are MenEre, But From
What Can Be Learned, the Only
Wonder is That There Was Not a
Holocaust.

Washington, Feb. S.-Three trains
were wrecked at Beltzville, twelve
miles from this city, today. Particu-
lars are meagre, but it seems certain
that the damage to the trains was
great, although no lives were lost. So
far as can be learned, the noon train
was stopped at BeltZville by snow
drifts.
The 210 train on the same line ran
into it from behind. smashing the cars
badly. While efforts were being made
to clear the track the 3:45 train came
up and ran into the other trains. also
doing great damage.
A little later the 40 train came up,
but was stopped by drift only a hun
bred yards from the spot where the
three other trains were piled up. But
for this, it would have been added to
the ruins 1t is shown that no flag
men were out. There were only thirty
five passengers on the trains, all told.
and none of them were injured. They
suffered severely from the cold. The
wires are down and no information can
be obtained.
Baltimore is the only city with which
communication is now open.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
WILD AT WASHINGTON.
Passing Through One of the Most
Severe of Cold Spells.

SSSVrc Oh VIII cpS1AS'
Washington, Feb. s.-The western biz
zard struck Washington yesterday after
noon with it's fullest force, and the city
is passing through one of the severest
spells OF Geld it has ever experienced
The snow began falling yesterday after
noon, and by nightfall the ground was
five inches deep in snow and the flakes
were coming down thick and fast while
a high wind added TO the intensity of
the cold which was near the zero mark;
The snow continued until o'clock and
drifted so badly as to. STOP travel on the
suburban street car lines and to render
transit about the city slow and uneer-
tain. The thermometer went down just
below zero in the early hours this morn
ing.
General delays in the postal service are
reported here as the result OF the severe
storm that has ben raging during the
past few days. Mails from the east are
delayed between six and ten hours and
no eastern mail is being dispatched on
time. All mails to and from Washington
are delayed. No southern mails have ar
rived or were dispatched up to o'clock
this afternoon.
None of the Washington & Alexandria
local trains are running and Baltimore
service is. irregular. New York trains
due. here early this morning will not
arrive until late tonight. All western
trains are more or less behind time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
PHILADELPHIA's PLIGHT.
Mercury VIII Reach Eight Below
This Morning.


Philadelphia, Feb. 8.-A strong
northwest wind is blowing at the rate
of SO miles an hour tonight and the
temperature is rapidly falling. Fore
caster Day says that by tomorrow
morning the mercury will have reached
8 below, and the severe cold weather
will continue for several days. The
snow ceased falling after midnight, but
the wind piled it in drifts, practically
stopping railroad travel tonight.
Tonight, however, the local lines are
all running and gangs of men are
working against the wind to set the
railroad lines in shape. Throughout
the day but few trains were sent out
from either the Pennsylvania or Read
ing depots and all incoming trains were
several hours behind time. Mails from
the west and south are from five to
ten hours late and those from New
York and Washington are on an aver
age of four hours behind. News from
all points in the eastern part of the
state and from Delaware and Jersey
is replete with disaster and distress.
At Clearfield, in the mountain district,
the home of George Leopold was
burned during the gale with the Their
mometer below zero. The family barely
escaped and the town was saved only
by the most heroic efforts. From Hunt
ington comes the report that the mid
die division Of the Pennsylvania, the
Huntington. and the Broad Top and
East Broad Top. are all unable to
move trains. At Bethlehem the North
Pennsylvania is in the same plight.
John Honninger, an aged baker in
Lancaster, was frozen While delivering
bread to his customers. Coal mines all
over the Cumberland valley are idle on
account of snow.
Advices from Dover, Del, say that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
LEAPS FOR LIFE.
THRILLING ADVENTURE OF A MAN
IN NEW YORK,
Hemmed In Il Shot Tower Two Hum
dred and Twenty-Five Feet High,
BY Fire, He Reaches the Street,
But So Badly Burned He May Die.

New York, Feb. S.-A fire started last
night in the shot tower of latham
Bros, 225 feet above the street, and
Frederick Erickson, who found him
self made a prisoner at that height by
the flames, had thrilling escape.
Frank Foy, superintendent of the
shot-room, was with Erickson in the
tower. Foy descended the circular
stairway. AS he reached the head of
the tOpmost stairway an explosion oc-
CURED on one of the lower floors and
sheet of flames shot up. The fire
checked Erickson's descent by the
stairway and he ran to a window, but
started back appalled, It meant in
slant death to jump to the roof of the
main building, so he once more faced
/ the fire. Steadying himself for mo-
ment, he sprang through the flames to
the landing below. He was unhurt and
at once 1eaped to the next floor. A
second time he landed safely.
On the next landing the flames were
thick, but the desperate man never fall
tered for a moment. Below the next
floor he. saw safety and once more
leaped for life He landed in a mass
of flame, through which he rushed
madly ana sprang down the stairway
A@AC
ing for him and Superintendent Foy
/ and several other Workingmen soon
had his burning garments torn from
] him. Erickson was then carried down
the ten flights Of stairs 10 the street
level The men We're passed on the
way by a procession of firemen, who
climbed the ascent. dragging with
them line of hose that had to be
! heightened at every landing. The fire
men finally reached the landing be-
meath the fire and a strong stream of
water Was soon playing on the flames
1t was found that the fire was caused
/ by the explosion of an oil furnace, in
which the lead for shot is melted.
! The only way the firemen could fight
the flames was from the interior of the
shot tower, as a stream from the high
est adjoining building would not have
been effective. 1t is said that Ereck-
sons condition is serious. The loss TO
/ the property will only amount to q
couple Of thousand dollars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
MOST SEVERE.
Worst Experienced in New York For
Seven Years.


New York Feb. S-Dispatches to the
Associated Press from interior points
in the state report the storm is the
most severe experienced in seven years.
Railroad traffic is much impeded,
traffic on street railways in many
cases entirely suspended and country
roads are completely blockaded with
snow. In some localities the fall of
snow in the last Is hours is reported
to be as much as feet, and every
swhere the high wind which prevailed
has created drifts of great size.
At Middletown, four Erie trains are
stalled.
Throughout the length Of the New
York Central, trains are from one to
four hours late, and generally local
trains are suspended. On Long Is
land the storm was at it's worst, caus-
ing much inconvenience among the
poor and entailing great suffering.
In western New York the storm is
very severe. Late in the afternoon the
New York Central started out the
North Shore limited a through train
for Chicago, and every effort, it was
announced, would be made to get it
through without delay. During the
hours Of the early evening it was re-
ported to be running on time. The pas
senger trains have gone out on time.
Officials expect to get out through
trains regularly on Sunday, Local train
service has been established on the
Hudson River division.
At Sandy Hook the wind is blowing
nearly 90 miles an hour, and nothing
can be distinguished any great dis
lance from shore Direct Geographic
communication with Fire Island is
stopped the cable connection having
| been broken by the ice in the great
South bay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

Milwaukee, Feb. S-Two miles off Man
istee harbor. surrounded by large ice
fields that extend for miles into the lake.
are two large steamers helpless and
without fuel.
Aboard of them are about sixty men
and large consignments of merchandise.
They are the large car ferries Nos. and
2, of the Ann Arbor line. whose massive
crushers have heretofore been considered
capable of blowing through any part of
the lake in winter
The Ann Arbor line has asked l1ilwau-
kee vessel men to send relief, and ar
rangements have been made TO send help
TO the icebound vessels from Ludingtou
tomorrow. The boats have been fast in
the ice since last Friday. and every ton
of coal has been burned TO keep the
crews from freezing.
Today, Captain John Fitzgerald. of the
Milwaukee Dry Dock company, commit
nicated the condition of the ferries to the
Flint and Pierre Marquette company.
and as a result word was received here
this afternoon that a relief expedition
would be sent out from Ludington as
soon as possible
Coal, and possibly. some food, will be
taken to the ferry boats. The car fer
ries left Kewaunee February l, and were
bound for Frankfort. Both carry large
cargoes of eastbound freight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

London. Feb. S.-The Times tomorrow
will publish a dispatch from Shanghai
stating that the island of Liu Kung Tao,
in the harbor of Wei Hal Wei, was cap
tured by the Japanese yesterday. The
dispatch adds that the Chinese Warship
Ting Yuen was sunk by a torpedo and
that the remainder of the fleet dashed
southwark. The fate of the vessels that
attempted to put to sea is not known.
A dispatch TO the Times from Wei Hal
Wei via Hiogo says that the Japanese de-
string to attack the western forts and
those distant two miles along the shore,
which was covered by the Chinese fleet,
the advance guard was compelled to
make toilsome march on Friday dur
ing snowstorm and strong gale. The
march was made by circuitous route.
Eventually the Chinese were met on the
Che Foo road west of Wei Hal Wei and
severe fighting took place. The Chinese
loss on the Japanese side was 80 killed
and wounded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
DIAZ NOT HAMPERED.
Will HAVE BARRELS OF MONEY IN
CASE OF WAR.
News From Guatemala Indicates
That n PeaceabIe Settlement Way
Be acknowledgements With
Prudence.

City of Mexico. Feb. S.--There are no
new developments in the Nexico-Guate-
malan negotiations, which continue but
slowly. Some Mexican newspapers com
plain because the foreign press is better
informed on the Guatemalan news than
they are.
The story telegraphed abroad that Diaz
was hampered financially in case of war
with Guatemala is untrue, for the gov
eminent has been offered already more
money as gift than two wars might
cost.
News from Guatemala indicates that a
peaceful settlement will be reached. The
ues most hostile TO Guatemala, and are
anxious for war, but the government is
proceeding with great prudence, showing
the greatest forbearance toward Guate-
of this government to give Guatemala no
excuse to say that she has been forced
or pushed to a settlement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
Cold Snan RroISen.

Kansas City. Feb. S.-The cold snap is
broken and the thermometer is gradually
change, however. the low mark for the
last ten years for February was reached
when, at 10 o'clock this morning, the
thermometer showed 1215 degrees below.
at o'clock this evening it was 10 above.
Over in Kansas. also. the weather has
become warmer and the wind abated per-
ceptibly. Nevertheless, many trains are
still snow bound and will be for day
or so. Active relief is being put in opera
ton, aud as far as known there has been
no loss of human life.
The poorer classes, however, are still
suffering great hardships.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
Suffering and Inconvenience,

Erie, Pa, Feb. S.-The continued cold
weather has caused much suffering
and inconvenience here. Fully one-half
Of the buildings of the city are heated
with natural gas piped eighty miles
from the gas regions. The low tenn
perature has hindered the flow of the
gas as we'll as increased Jne consump-
ton. Coal and wood could not be re
sorted to, for in most cases the stoves
are built for gas only. Erie bay is
covered with eighteen inches of ice and
water pipes in all parts of the city
are frozen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
Now For Chee Foo.

Chez Foo, Feb. S.-The japanese
army landed a force of troops near
here last evening. with the intention of
capturing this city. The landing was
made about ten miles eastward of
Chez Foo and an immediate advance
upon the city was ordered. AS this
dispatch is sent, the Japanese are at
lacking the forts defending the east
part of Chez Foo. Intense excitement
prevails. 1t is expected severe en-
gagement will occur today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

Senator Frye. who has been the espe-
cial champion of Mr.. Stevens on the Sen
ate floor and elsewhere. was very much
grieVed at the news of his death.
Speaking OF the deceased, Mr.. Frye
said:
IT have been convinced from the be-
ginning that he did nothing in Honolulu
which did not receive the endorsement
of his conscience, and may say that he
did nothing that my conscience does not
approve"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
CARRIED ALL
Before THEM.
Great Work Done by the Men
of the Mi
kad0.
WEI Hal WEI HAS FALLEN.
SkilfuI Work by the Japs in the
Harbor.

Troops Have Been Landed With the
Idea of Capturing Chez Foo, and
Heavy Engagement is Expected
at Any Observation-Disclosures Feel
ing is Growing in Shanghai, and
Missionaries Are Fleeing For
Safety.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
A Nntire of BROOKLYN.

Brooklyn, Feb. S-The news of the
sinking of the Chinese ironclads Chen
Yuen and Tien Yuen was received in
this city last night. Especial interest
attaches to the fate Of the Chen Yuen
because of the fact that her COM
mander. Philo McGiffin, was for years
a resident of this city. He has many
relatives who reside here at the
,a,.esarat time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

over them and on the track on which
the cars stood. The air was full of
it, making it difficult to see in any di-
rection.
Suddenly one Of the worEmen cried,
Look OUT! Coming up the west
bound track, was one of the sections
OF the Pacific express, which was
scheduled to arrive at 5 o'clock in the
morning, but which had been belated
almost twelve hours. Before the men
could get out of the way, the express
struck them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
TEN MEN RUN DOWN.
FOUR ARE KILLED INSTANTLY AND
OTHERS INJURED.
Were Working in a Blizzard, Clear
ing Railway Track, When u be-
lated Train PIoWcd Its Way
Through Them.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. S.--While dig
ging out a snowbound train on the
Pennsylvania road, near Lucknow,
this afternoon, ten men were run down
by a section of the Pacific Express.
Two were killed instantly two in
jured so badly that they lived but a
short time and the fifth is at thee hos
pital with fractured skull, his
arm being broken in three places, and
severe Commissions on the face. The
dead are:
John K. Darr.
Noah Nye.
Geo. NJ. Stroup.
John Crossley.
Injured:
Benjamin Otst.
Under the direction of Supervisor
King, the men were releasing two en-
gines which had been stalled by the
blizzard. The snow bound train was
on the eastbound passenger track,
with the men armed with shovels all
arc ind it. AS fast as they cleared the
STOW away, the wind would drive it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
Severe surering i'm Kansas.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. S.-Dispatches
from the territory tell of severe suffer
ing. The cold snap. accompanied by
great quantities of snow, still prevails,
and is driving wild animals from the
woods to the different settlements and
causing much alarm among the set
tiers. In * county, Oklahoma, last
night, Mrs. Abner Johnson and her two
children, while returning home, We're
chased by a pack of wolves but
reached shelter before the animals
caught up with them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
SITUATION IS
MOST CRITICAL.
Therefore, Another Bond Proc
lamti0n Has Been
Issued.
OVER SIXTY TWO MILLION.
Relhrve Will Stand Over One
Hundred Million.

al Least Half of the Gold to Be Oh
tanned Is to BE Supplied from
Abroad, and the President Looks
Upon This as Being a Very Inn
portant and Favorable Feature of
the TransactiOn-PrOpO loan
Said TO Promise Better Results
Than Efforts Previously Made,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
BAD IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Cold Weather Causes Much Suffering
Among the Poor.

London, Feb. S.-The cold weather
increased last night all over Great
Britain and was accompanied in many
places by snow storms. Trains on
railroads in the highlands of Scotland
have been abandoned. at Mark har-
Dor the thermometer registered u be
low and at Graves End at midnight
the Thames was frozen over from
shore to shore. At Leicester the mer-
curry was 10 below during the night.
There is much suffering among the
poorer classes here on account of the
cold, the temperature falling to near
zero last evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
DEBs, CASE ADJoURNED.

Chicago, Feb. s.-The Debs conspiracy
trial was adjourned today until Monday,
as Juror Cole is i'll with the grip. The
attorneys for the prosecution and defense
agreed to proceed with eleven jurors, but
Judge Grosscup decided it was the bet
ter plan to continue the trial.
Juror Coe has pneumonia. The chances
are the case will end in mistrials
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

EVEN FLORIDA A SUFFERER
General Paralysis Throughout
the State of New York.

Worst Storm Experienced For Seven
1ears-Wind Blowing Sixty Miles
an Hour at Sandy HOOk-COId Mt
PhiladeIphia-Iowa in the Clutch
of the Frost King-Fishing
Schooner Wrecked Tennessee,
Ohio, Kentucky, md other States
Also See Much Suffering.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
MART REGINA ROLL.
She Dies in the Hawaiian Village
of hOOIansIa.

San Francisco. Cal, Feb. S.-The Even
ing Bulletin publishes the news of the
death in the Hawaiian village of Koo-
lausla, on January 18th. few days prior
TO the sailing of the last steamer for
San Francisco, of Mary Regina Holi,
whose mother was Princess Marie Regina
of Spain. The latter, according to the
story, was aunt of the present infanta,
and married Chinese noble Ping Lee
ma Mary Regina was daughter of this
alliance and in 1867 married B. B. Holt. a
half-caste Hawaiian, but related to ex-
Queen Liliuokalani. Mrs. Holi lived in
comparative obScurity upon the large
plantation, and was an accomplished lin
guist and is said to have left many val
liable unpublished manuscripts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
bitter Mt Ronnoke.

Roanoke, Va, Feb. s--The cold has
been intense here since yesterday, result
ing in the stoppage of The electric street
cars and delay in the arrival of trains.
This morning at I o'clock; the thermome-
il marked above. Since o'clock, il
has been growing colder with a high
and bitter wind.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
The fact is never questioned that
Prices Cream Baking Powder is alb
SolutelY pure
Reached ~ Climax.

Marshalltown. Iowa. Feb. S.-The in
tense cold of the past week reached
a climax at 4 a. m. today. when the
thermometer indicated 221a to 20 be-
low. The same throughout the state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

New York, Feb. S.-The fishing
schooner Emma White was wrecked
by ice at Gravesend bay last night.
Captain Hanson and four sailors
reached the short in dory. -Four
other sailors in dory are missing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
Missionaries Leave.

London, Feb. ga dispatch from
Shanghai says there is an intense anti
foreign feeling on the Shan Tung
peninsula, and the American mission
aries are fleeing hastily.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
Two Large Steamers Lost in
the Ice Off ManiStee
HarbOr.
SIXTY MEN ARE IN DANGER
Arrangements Being Made to
Relieve the Sufferers.

Every Ton of Coal on the Vessels
Has Been burned tn Keep the Men
From Freezing. and it is to BE
Hoped Fuel and Food viii Reach
Them in Time to Save Many, il
Not All, Lives,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
LOrIs INCONSISTENCIES BoDY.

Lowestoft. Feb. S.-Anotiler body haa
been brought here by a fishing smack,
which has been. cruising near the spot
where the Elbe sank Cards found upon
the body bore the name of Louis Kurt
Kleinschmidt, metallurgist. of Helena,
Mont
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
THE COUNTRY,S CsSH.

Washington, Feb. S-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, SAP
Se5,571; gold reserve, S42. 7S3, $50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09
UTAH. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1895.

the Delaware road is completely
blocked and that no mails or news
papers can reach that city before Sat-
urday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

The eminent chemist of Ann Arbor,
Prof. Prescott, declares DR.. Prices
Baking Powder absolutely pure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-09

The Worlds Fair jury after exacting
tests found DR.. Prices Baking Powder
absolutely pure.