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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-22
WANT HIM BADLY.
CHICAGO POLICE ARE ANXIOUS TO
GET HOLMES.
Believe They Have Evidence That
He First Murdered the Williams
Sisters-Much Digging VIII Be
Done Today.

CHICAGO, July Git is the inten-
ton Of the Chicago police to make
every effort to have H. H. Holmes, the
swindler, brought here to answer the
charge of having murdered the Will
liams sisters. The local officials are
convinced that the murder of the
Williams girls was the first committed
by Holmes and they argue that in con-
sequence he should be required to
stand trial for it first. They also IN
sist that they will be able to produce
evidence that he did murder the Sis
ters. The police are by no means con-
WINGED by the analysis made by
doctor on Saturday, showing that the
substance found in the big stove in
Holmes house was fire clay and not
human bones They say that fire clay
would not become brittle in any kind
of heat, whereas a portion of that
found in the stove crumpled in the
hands of Detective Fitzpatrick.
1t developed today that the sub
stance on which the first report of the
finding of the bones of Minnie Will
liams was hinged was in the hands of
Detective Geyer, of Philadelphia. It
was said that he visited Chicago
week ago and when he left carried
with him positive evidence that a body
had been burned in the big stove in
Holmes office 1t was also learned
today that Detective Geyer would
come to Chicago after he completes his
search for the remains of Howard Pit
eel in Detroit, and will cooperate with
the Chicago officers in whatever may
be done hereafter.
In police circles it was said tonight
that the only hope of convicring
Holmes was in Chicago. 1t was said
that the Philadelphia authorities could
convict him of nothing more serious
than insurance swihlling, and that the
Canadian authorities would not go to
the expense of extraditing and trying
him. In the event that Detective
Geyer fails to locate the body of How.
ard Pitzel in Detroit. everything will
depend on the work of the Chicago po-
| lice.
No work was done in the basement
of the Engiewood house today, but
twenty-five men will be put to work in
the morning, digging it up. The work
that has been done thus far in this di-
rection has been without system, and
| it is just as likely that evidence of a
crime may have been more deeply
buried as that one might have been
disclosed.
The tank in which the explosion took
place Saturday has been filed with
water and it will require the services
of a fire engine to pump it out before
! the investigation can proceed.
: "A. Minter. nephew of Mrs. Julia Con-
ner, discredits the story that she and
] her daughter were murdered by
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SAN FRANCISCO, July N.-Interest
in the horrible Emmanuel church muir
ders, which shocked the whole world,
viii be revived tomorrow when the
tr-4 of Theodore Durrant, the young
medical student who is charged with
committing the crimes, commences.
Last April, San Francisco was
thrown into a frenzy of excitement
by the discovery in Emmanuel Bap-
fist church of the outraged bodles Oh
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams,
two young girls who had been mem
bers of the congregation.
Suspicion pointed to Theodore Dur
rant, young medical student and also
a. member Of the church. He was ar
rested and held for trial.
At the coroner's inquest and preli1n-
mary examination it was shown that
Durrant had been attentive to both
girls; that the day Blanche Lamont
disappeared he had been in her COM
pany, and that on that afternoon he
was seen in the church greatly excited
and in a diSheveled condition. 1t was
also shown that he had an appoint
ment to meet Minnie Williams on the
night she was murdered. and witnesses
will testify that they saw two people
resembling Miss Williams and Durrant
en.er the church that evening.
Miss Williams's purse was also
found in Durrants pocket after he had
been arrested. The police and attor-
neys for the prosecution say that Dur
rants conviction is certain.
On the contrary, DUrrant and his at
t0rneys are supremely confident, and
say that an alibi can be proved that
will shatter the case as soon as the
taking of testimony begins. The pre-
lininaries of the trial have all been ar
work Of selecting a jury will COM
mence
Owing to the widespread notOriety of
the case and the countless theories ad-
vanced by almost everyone. it is an
ticipated that there will be consider
able difficulty in securing twelve men
in San Francisco competent under the
law to decide Durrant's fate
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THE JUNGLE CLUB.
1t is the Seconee Pack and Its OFF,
GERS Are MowgfI and His Friends.

A very remarkable club has its rooms
uptown, says the New York Sun. Its
purposes are "sociable and benevolent, ,"
so it is not remarkable in them. 1t was
begun some years ago. A good many of
its members were early readers of Kip
lfng's "Jungle Stories and Jungle
Book" made out of the stories and now
the club calls itself the Jungle Club
All the members but three are wolves, =
belonging to the Seconee Pack, for that
was the pack in the Jungle Book" OF
the three not wolves one is Mowgli, the
frog; another is Baloo, the bear; Ine
third is Bagheera, the panther.
When the annual election comes around,
instead of choosing president and sec
rotary, king, potentate, generallsslmo, re-
gent. primate or some other official OF
that sort or title, the Wolves OF the Jun
gle club choose Akela, the Lone Won;
who, in a civilized club, might be called
by one of the civilized titles detailed
above. Next TO him is chosen Father
Wolf, and the Gray Brothers come next.
Father Wolf acts as vice-president, WINE
the Gray Brothers are trustees or SOME
thing of that sort. BalOo is the treaSu-
rer, Bagheera the secretary In TINS pach
Mowgli holds a rather anomalous poSiCon
at present. He might be described az
chairman of the executive committee, put
a proposition is on foot to make Mowgh
president and to have the eX-preSloeh'
act as Akela.
No Shere Khan and no IaDaQul utNS
yet been chosen, and probably none VIII
be chosen; but a rule of the club. in pro-
viding for the expulsion of members.
speaks of the expelled members as Shere
Khan and Tabaqui.
The pack meets at Council Rock: Eacl
wolf wears a cap of wolf skin; Baloo ana
Bagheera wear caps of bear and panther
skin, respectively; but Mowgh wears no
"regalia" of any sort. This is because IN
the Jungle Book Mowgli is described as
wearing no clothes. The ritual OF the
club is based on the stories of the Jun
gle Book" When a member is Introduce
Alkela calls from his seat: Look well, {,
wolvesi Ye know the lawi Look We'll!
The club is prospecting famously, and
one of its members. who has moved 70
another town, is going TO start jungle
club there, affiliated with the. Seeonee
Pack of this city. The new club viii oe
called the Waingunga Pack If the orig
inators can get Mr.. Kipling to tell them I
how to pronounce the name what the
next packs are to be called hasn't been
decided yet; perhaps Mr.. Kipling will be
asked to name them. He is an honorable
member of the Seeonee Pack, even II ne
doesn't know it; but his membership
doesn't do him any good as yet, though
it will some day, the pack hopes
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HOW THERE ARE WOMEN PRIGs.

The single daughter of a house With
ont SONS is. of all women the most apt
to grow into a self-sufficing prig, and
q number of daughters without bro
theirs will often display, in less
degree. the same proclivity. There is
often. too, a furious spirit OF rivalry.
Brotherless women have had no
chance of learning, as children, IN
what. they can rival or SurpaSS men,
and in what they must tnfallibly' by
the operaition of the mere laws of ma
ture. be outstripped. They nave not
the opportunity Of learning, without
thinking, wherein men intend to rule,
have ruled from the beginning, and
will r1Tle TO the end. It is not, as a
ruls from the houses where there are
sons and daughters both, that man
nish women come, but from the houses
where there are no sons, or where the
sons are exceptionally weak.
The boys in a mixed household beat
the girls in all boys work 50 easily,
so continuously. and so permanently,
that rivalry in their pursuit dies away,
and the girls turn, without effort and
without much diSappo1ntment, 10 tnelr
own proper field. Above all, they learn
early and without pain the grand art,
first perhaps of practical feminine
arts. of putting up with things in
cluding a. certain amount of what
MANY women now describe as oppres-
sionEthe greater expenditure, for IN
Stance, on boys. who are destined to
maintain households; their greater lib
erty, which proceeds from unatter-
able circumstances and cannot DC
changed: and their much later intro
duction into the active life and bust
ness of the world. The girls with
brothers. we think, we may assert with
confidence, are as wives much less Ii
able to get Initiated with their hus-
bands than the girtls without them.-
The Spectator.
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~ Az rSCIIsH CRIMINAL COURT.

Battered females who weep. VINO nave
co, it through drink, who courtesy
with mouldy gentility when they get four
months: pianist at free-and-easy IN a
red shawl, who, merely to oblige a friend,
sold a stolen watch; a shy servaX girl IN
a broad straw hat, for breaking and en-
tering her late masters house and carry
ing off clocks and clothes; a decent post
mistress in black, with comfortable,
cooklike air, who, trade being bad at her
little shop, had been abStracting coin
from the letters intrusted to her. Counsel
delivers a fIowery debating-society har-
angIIe on her behalf. by which he makes
it clear that the real criminals are the
public for putting temptation in the way
of respectable officials by sending regis
tered letters. If there We're no registered
letters, there would be no thieves.
Counsel gives me the impression or
thinking a good deal more of the selection
of his phrases and the rounding OF his pc
ricds Than of his client, who, when at
last he sits down. gets twelve months for
his pains. Succeeded by a sturdy rogue,
who being benighted, broke into church
and drank the sacramento wine (any
port in a Storm. and, not content with
that, made himself up a bed in the yestry
on the crisp and immaculate surpllces:
Impudent fellowI Eighteen months. And
vet sacrilege seems a heavy gun to bring
TO bear upon a man Just for procuring
himself a nights lodging.-The Cornhill
MAGAZINE.
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ANOTHER MYSTERY.
II. H. Holmes Is Doubtless Respon-
sibIe for It.

sibIe for It.
CHICAGO, July N-The Tribune
says; To the long list of murders and
other crimes directly traceable to the
arch f1end. II. H. Holmes, must now
be added the mysterious disappearance
of Mrs. I. L. Connor and her 12-year-
old daughter, with a reasonable GER
tainty that they may have been dis
posed of in the same manner in which
the other victims met their death Mrs.
Conner and her child were last seen
in company with Holmes in this city
IN 1893. Since then all trace of them
has been lost, and the shrewdest de-
tectives who have been at work on the
case are now Of the opinion that the
finding of their bodies is the only pos
sible solution of the mystery. There
are circumstances which, while at first
seemingly susceptible of explanation,
now point in the direction of another
double murder at the hands of the
greatest villain of modern times.
Mrs. Conner came originally from
Davenport, Ia. where she married I.
i. Connor jeweler, nearly fifteen
Years ago. when she was a bout Is tn
them a child was born, and in 1889
Conner and his wife and girl. then Z
or s years old, came to Chicago.
Holmes at that time was just begin
ming to frame the sWindles for which
he later became notorious, and had
started a jewelry store in Englewood.
Conner went to work for Holmes and
moved his family into a fiat over the
store.
It was not long after this until Con
nor became aware that the relations
between his wife and Holmes were not
of a nature consistent with the laws of
society. and he soon left her. Before
long Mrs. ConnOr and the child dis
appeared, and no trace Of them has
s1nce been found.
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TRICK ON a GEORGIA DRUMMER.
The Boys Filled His Hand Grenades
With Turpentine.

1t was into the small town of New
nan, several years ago, just after the
invention of chemical hand grenades
for extinguishing fires that young
man strolled with a va1ise full of
these globes to sell to the good people
of the village. Yes, SIR he told the
crowd that gathered around him, "a
half a dozen of these will put out a
whole house afire. The grandest in
vention of the age. In a few moments
gentlemen, I shall get a number of dry
goods boxes, set them afire and then
show you the workings of this re-
markable fire extinguisher." Now
Newman is famed the world over for
the astuteness of its practical jokers.
The valiSe had been left under a tree
in the publis square while the drum
mer went for the dry goods boxes.
An idea of genius took possession of
some man in the crowd. He wills
pered to a friend, the friend laughed
incontinently and ran over to the drug
store. coming back presently with
four-gallon can of turpentine. The
grenades were Snatched from the va
lise, uncorked and filed as fast as
these wicked men could pour the tur-
pentine into them. They had just
completed their task when the exhib-
TCIuIucQ vi PA1CQ 411SA
with shoe boxes.
Now, gentlemen" he said with a
busy air, Just be patient and We'll
start the circus" 1T was a difficult
matter for the crowd to be patient,
but the exhibitor came to the conclu-
sion that there never was such an in
terested gathering.
The boxes were heaped high, straw
was piled about them, and the hand
Ii - ? -
dampness of ardor and touched a
match.
NO" he said, 'wait till she gets a
little higher. 1 want to give you a
Now, look out, everybody he
shouted, taking up one of the gren-
AIDES and hurting it into the midst of
the seething flames. 1t struck. broke,
and a great flame shot up twenty feet
in the air.
THAT'S the way she acts Eome-
times" said the fire eXtinguisher. 1T
generally takes three or four"
With that he seized a half dozen
and hurled them in quick succession in
to the fire. Seldom, if ever, was there
so large and well fed a conf1agraton.
The exhibitor, in frenzy, threw his en-
tire stock into the midst of the boxes,
and when ne had completed the task
and stood pale, cnaSrlneu anu dsndSt'
a great shout went up from the New
nantes, and one of the best OF the
practical Jokes for which the town is
famous, had been successfully per-
formed. Shortly after this an inter-
view took place between the drummer
and his firm. The drummer told the
firm candid1y that he did not propose
to work for a set of damned rascals;
the firm told the drummer that he was
a poor fool-and the drummer took up
other lines of goods.-Atlanta journal.
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DOMESTIC DOTS,
of the Land Over Which the Stars
and Stripes Wave.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July H-Luck,
the man who cut his wifes throat and
then his own, died at 1:l5 o'clock TINS
morning from the effect of his wounds.
Mrs Luck is still alive and may re-
cover.
VALPARAISO. Ind, July. A.-The
heaviest rain ever seen in this vicinity
fell about noon. In less than an hour,
more than three INCHES of rain fell,
flooding easements. The crops were
badly damaged corn and oats being lev
eled to the ground.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 21.-TunneI NO.
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
situated between Turner's and English,
% miles east of here, caught fire last
night and is still burning. 1t is 900 feet
long and will probably nave TO be re-
built.
NEW YORK, July 21.-The United
States steamer Montgomery, Commander
Davis, arrived this morning with eight
members of the Nicaragua canal com
July 10th, and from Key West on the
Nth. All on board were well.
WIBLIIANTIC, Conn, July 2L-Bank
Commissioner Crofut created a sensation
tonight when he announced that his eX-
animation of the Dime Savings bank,
the institution is insolvent by at least
$4,000. John Walden, who for fifteen
years was cashier of the bank, resigned
last Wednesday at the request of the cor
pOrators and has not been seen here
since Friday.
PHILADELPHIA, July PA horse at
tached to a carriage containing an UNI
known woman became unmanageable
near the Poplar street entrance to Fair
mount Park this evening, and daShing
into the foot%alk struck down Edward 5.
Collins, aged s years, and his sister Nell
lie aged IL, who were walking with tnedr
parents. The hoy died almost instantly
in his fathers arms and the other child
is lying fatally injured at the hospital.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, July pa tor
nado swocped down on a grove west of
this city this afternoon where a camp
meeting was in progress. The attend
ance was very large. The wind pros
trated great trees. One was thrown on
Mrs. Glen Wilson and Mrs. George Des-
elm were killed by missiles hurled upon
them. A paby in Mrs. Wilson's lap was
saved. A son of Mrs. Wilson was seri-
ously hurt. The tornado was one hun
dred yards wide and spent its force on
the grove.
CINCINNATI, July 2L-Tonight Rev
]. H. Lord of the Central Christian
church resigned to become editor of the
Christian Standard. 1t was also an
nounced that next Tuesday Rev. DR.. a.
Mclean, corresponding secretary of the
foreign missionary society of the Chris
tan church would start for the Pacific
coast to make a tour around the world
visiting all the missions of the church.
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are located have been instructed TO in
form the purchasers of the lands that
the balances due by them must be paid
be cancelled.
These lands were bought at public auc-
ton in 1888 at prices largely in excess
of their appraised value. One-fourth or
the purchase money was paid down and
the rest made payable in one, two and
three years at per cent interest Con-
gress twice extended the time of payment
of these deferred amounts two years
each time In March, 1893, it passed a
bill giving relief in case the Indians
would accept its provisions. The Indians
have refused to do this, and the depart
ment will enforce the original contract.
There is now $192 122 principal and. $780,
600 interest due on the lands.
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CALLED HOME.
Ex-Iudge strahan.

PORTLAND, Ore, July 21.-Hon. r.
S. Strahan, ex-judge of the state SUI
preme court, fell dead on the stairway
of the Abingdon building about 9
o'clock this morning. He was a very
f1eshy man and in walking up the
stairs brought on an attack of apo
plexy. which proved fatal Judge Stra-
han has been a resident of Oregon for
thirty years, and on several occasions
has been the Democratic candidate for
United States senator. At the time CT
his death he was a member of the firm
of Dolph, Simon, Mallory & Strahan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-22
PALACE CLUB RAIDED.
Notorious Resort in London Where
Americans Were Found.

LONDON, July 21.-It has developed
that a police raid was made upon the
Palace club on Thursday. A number
of prominent Americans were caught
in the raid. The club is one of several
fashionable night clubs in London
where the demi monde resort. 1t opens
at midnight and closes at a. m
Lately the Palace has been very
riotouS.
The club is elegantly appointed, hav-
ing twenty-five men servants and a
band playing nightly. A hundred men
and women all in evening dress were
captured.
Among them were a United States
senator, a congressman, a prominent
law official of an eastern state and
an American police official. All save
the proprietor and servants of the
club were released. They were re-
manded
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THE DIAMOND.

Chicago. July 21.-Chicago, 2; base hits
8; errors 5. Brooklyn, 4; base hits 6; err
rors L Batteries-Terry and Donohue;
Stein and Grim
Cincinnati, July 21.-Cincinnati, 6; base
hits 8; errors 6. Baltimore, 10; base hits
16; errors 3. Batteries-Dwyer and
Vaughn; Hoffer and Robinson.
st. Louis, July 21- St Louis, IS; base
hits q; errors q Washington s; base hits
10; errors ). Batteries-Ehret, Kissinger
and Miller; Mercer and MsGuire.
hits 6; errors 2. Cleveland, 8; base hits
>; errors 3. Batteries-Inks and Warner;
Knell and thinner.
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AID Another.

New York, July M.-The single screw
steamer Cancan cleared this port for sea
this afternoon bound on what is believed
To he p Cuban filibustering expedition
She few the flag OF the United States of
CoIocll.:a at the peak and the French
IA p ~ the stern. She is commanded by
Captain Rermphol.
The Cancan got her clearance papers
through the custom house last Friday.
The. suppos ton is that she will lay to
,eornewhere between this and one Of the
Cuban PORTS and take on men.
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FIVE wERE DROWNED.

Brooklyn, July 21-William Lunstedt,
of 81 Cossey street, with Fred and
Frank Sunbeim and Mrs. Fred Sun
beim and two Others set out for a sail
at o'clock this afternoon. At 9:15,
they were caught in the storm, their
boat capsized and all except Lunstedt
were drowned. The bodies were re-
covered by the tug John Temple, OF
New York.
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IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

ST. PAUL, MINI, July 21-A
Pioneer Press dispatch from Aitken,
Mimi, says: The jury in the Girls
tello murder case after being out all
night and nearly all today brought in
a verdict Of murder in the first de-
gree.
killed Benjamin Genetti and wife
March 10 last, in a dispute arising
out of a log hauling job near Nc
Gregor where Genetti kept a store.
The brothers will be sentenced to
morrow.
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CAPTURED THE oHILps.
no Doubt But she Is Cuban Fill
busterer.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, July 21.-The
tugboat Geo. W. Chnds cleared yesterday
for New York ana sailed this morning.
Immediately upon her departure, William
Lynch, noe Of her seamen, made oath be-
fore Collector Brown as to her late do
ings IN these waters, and stated that
there were wages due him and that the
captain had sailed to give him the slip
and beat him out of his wages. He stat
ed that the Childs took on ninety-three
Crbans at place in the West Indies
with arms and ammunition and proceeded
TO the coast of Cuba. After several I'M
successful attempts to land the marty
there. she landed them on one of the
Florida keys near there, then she came
here and coaled and went ID Jamaica.
ITslGn nearing the statement, Collector
Brown ordered revenue cutter 10 detain
fhe ChiIds The cutter gave chase and
fired a blank and loaded cartridge which
caused the Childs tc lay TO and the cut
Ter returned to port with her.
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1t is stated by the Russian correspond
ent to the Independent that he religious
movement know by the name ''Stundism'
is rapidly spreading throughout southern
Russia 1t is an evangelical organization
its followers seeking a knowledge of the
Bible and a more intimate acquaintance
with the principles of the Christian re-
ligion and the Protestant faith. Since the
persecution by the late car the Stundist.
have been scattered all over the empire
and they carry with them the seed OF
their belief Even the exiles in far-ofi
Siberia have been making converts.
Mr.. EPSON Downes Seated beside q
stranger in a street car)-What time is IL
by your watch, please?
Stranger don't know.
Mr.. Epsom-Bat you jusa looked at IL
Stranges-Yes: ] only wanted to see il
II was still there