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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

CHICAGO, July 19.-Another appall-
ng crime viii be laid at the door of
z. H. Holmes, the notorious insurance
swindler and the alleged murderer of
the Pitzels. That Minnie Williams, Of
Fort Worth, Tex, met her death at the
hands of Holmes there is scarcely any
doubt.
That she died in this city in violent
manner has been proven almost con-
cIusively.
Late tonight the police found in a
stove IN the three story brick
F. building at No. 7O1 Sixty-third
street. which was built by Holmes,
and in which both he and the
Williams girl lived, a quantity Of
charred bones, and buttons known to
have been or dress owned by Minnie
Williams, ana a partly melted portion
of a watch chain, which was positively
identified as being the property of
the girl. The chain was instantly
recognized by c. Z. Davis. who Cccu-
pies a. portion of the store formerly oc-
cupied by Holmes when he was IN The
drug business, as one that he had seen
Miss Williams wear and which ne had
on two separate occasions repaired for
her. Davis also claimed to recognize
the buttons as those he had seen on a
dress worn by Miss Williams.
The CHASTITY Discovery.
The CHASTITY discovery was made late
tonight by a force of detectives, who
had all day been ar work searching the
building from cellar to garrett The
floors were takeu up in parts, the
walls were sounded, and the big iron
vault carefully inspected. The walls
of the vault were found to be heavily
packed with asbestos, which the police
think was placed there for the purpose
OF deafening the sound.
The search Of the house was under
taken when the police, this morning,
received a communication from the
Philadelphia. authorities
On the top floor in the room which
was nsed by Holmes as an office
stood On immense stove, fully eight
feet in diameter, with a. door suffi-
GENTLY large for the admission of a
human body into the interior. This
stove had, in the former examination
of the house, never been looked into.
Inspector Fitzpatrick opened the door
end poked carelessly among the debris
with his cane.
Human Bone.
Almost the first thing he turned up
W, q. human bone badly charred. He
hastily jeFked it out and found it
was beyond ali question a human rib
of aA adult. The contents of the stove
were then quickly dumped and other
portions of bones, too badly burned to
admit Of possible Identification as be-
longing to any particular portion of
the body, were also found.
a number of small buttons, said to
have been worn on the front of Miss
Williams dress, were picked up, as
was also about six inches of a gold
watch chain which she wore. All Of the
ashes and debris removed from the
stove were carefully preserved and
taken to the police station. where a
mora careful examination viii be made
of them tomorrow. The police are now
of the opinion that not only 7dinnie
Williams, but her younger sister,
Anna, and the boy Howard PitZel met
death in this house.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
Pierpont Iorgnn is Great.

Just now Pierpont Morgan is a great
er man than any Of the trun ne
presidents. Only the other day he flat
ly announced to the presidents of the
eastern roads that the presidents
agreement was made to be lived up to,
and hereafter no rate cutting would
go. Furthermore, he coldly announced
he was in a position to have any one
of their designations called for in the
event they failed to see through the
same glasses as he did on such prop
osition. This marks a. new era in the
railway world. Will the presidents
stand it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
POLICE COURT.
Young Harrison Adjudged Not Gull
~ of Hurting the Girl.

On account of the attendance of the
officers at the circus, little was done
in police court yesterday and contin-
uances were taken in many important
cases.
The trial of young Charlie Harrison
on the charge Of too fast riding and
knocking down and dragging little
girl on Second South street. was taken
up Harriet Hunter and Eliza Wilson
who were witnesses of the accident,
were positive that young Harrison
was guilty.
H. c. Harrison, father of the boy,
said he knew his son had not been
guilty because another boy had con-
fessed that he was the one who did It.
When asked the name of the other
boy he at first said he rad promised
not to divulge it, but when ordered to
do so by the court, he said he had for
gotten the name, but would bring the
boy in this afternoon. Two compan-
ions of young Harrison, named Charley
and Albert Alt, testified that he had
been with them at o'clock and had
then gone to fix a girls bicycle. When
he came back half an hour later he
said he had been accused of hurting
the little girl. Judge Smith dismissed
the case.
Dowd Up For Vngrancy.
Jack DoWd, the belligerent man who
was in court for having the fierce and
dangerous dog with a special appetite
for bicycles. was not destined to be
left in peace. Early in the day he was
arrested by officer Johnson and
brought into court on the charge of
vagrancy, for being out late at nights
and being an idle and dissolute char
acter. He pleaded not guilty at first.
but later Attorney McGurrin appeared
and withdrew this plea and another
will be entered today. In this case
Judge Smith fixed the bail at $40. This
is the second time during the week
that the court has gone below the
$50 regular bail for vagrancy. The eff
feet may be to hurt the police in their
work,
Fred Breig, found sleeping in an R.
G. W. boxcar, was adjudged rather
inoffensive fellow and was discharged.
On account of the serious illness of
Captain Bywater the trial of Charles
Splain was postponed until Monday.
The trial of John McNamee was post
poned until today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
TEMPEST IN 4 TEAPOT.
Chairman DOremus Has Superinten-
dent Smith Arrested.

Superintendent Smith of the Citi-
zens' Electric Light company, who
has been having the poles set for his
company. was ARE 19d on complaint
of Chairman Dorenlus>of the board
of public works for tearing up paved
streets without a permit and was re-
leased on his own recogniZanre. The
affair came up over the failure of
Mr. Smith to give a bond to secure
the satisfactory relaying of the pave
ment. A bond of 500 was put up
some time ago and when it became
necessary to put I'D another Mr..
Smith went TO the Office of the board,
but finding the chairman out he was
unable to get the necessary permit.
Being told it would &c all right to
go ahead, he did so, and was arrested
before a full understanding was ar
rived at. Under the circumstances
the case will probably be settled out
of cour+
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
Land Lists Approred.

WASHINGTON, July 1s.-Secretary
Hoke Smith has approved land lists as
follows:
Central Pacific railroad, as successor
to the Oregon and California railroads,
two lists aggregating 1921 acres in
the Reading and Maysville land dis
tricts in California. Northern Pacific
railroad, TIA, 400 acres in the Lewiston,
Qda.) land district. None of these
lands located is in parts of country
where mineral surveyors were ap-
pointed by the last Congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
Fruit Shipments East.

Sacramento right now is to the fore
on fruit shipments. Yesterday and
the day before trains of fourteen and
fifteen cars Of fruit from there went
through Ogden. AS announced exclu-
sively in The Herald, the new style
of ventilated cars are eminently sue
cess and the fruit men are ordering
them exclusively. The average carload
lot weighs $4,000 pounds and the rate
is S125 per hundred to Chicago. The
run is always made in 120 hours guar
anteed Each car nets the grower
from 81 900 to $1,000. Thus it will be
seen that both the producers and the
railroads are making money on such
shipments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

The expression take the cake"
which has been much discussed is in
terestingly illustrated by the following
quotation from Bartlett md Coyne's
Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland"
"a churn dish stuck into the earth
supported on its fiat end a cake, which
was to become the prize of the best
dancer The contention was carried on
for a long time with extraordinary
spirit; at length the competitors yield
ed their claims to a young man, the
son of a rich farmer in the neighbor-
hood. who. taking the cake, placed it
CALAMITY in the lap of pretty girl, to
whom, / understand. he was about to
be married.-Household Words.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Ry.

The Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix
railway, the new line recently built
from Ash Fork, on the line of the At
lantic & Pacific railroad, to Phoenix.
distance of 196 miles, is reported doing
an excellent business. 1t runs through
diversified and productive region,
and one admirably adapted to fruit
raising.
f. M. Murphy is president and gen
eral manager and r. r. Coleman is
superintendent of transportation.
Circular No. 80, received at The Her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
DENVER SUICIDE.

DENVER, July 19.-David J. Martin,
eX-member of the fire and police board,
committed suicide today by shooting him
self in the head. Martin was about 60
years old and formerly III the real estate
business. He was one of the commits
sioners WHOM Governor Waite attempted
to remove and who insisted upon holding
office until a decision had been obtained
in the courts sustaining the governors
action, thereby precipitating the famous
city hall warfare last year. Financial re-
verses and i'll health are supposed to
have caused the suicide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
e.DINkv TURNED OVER.

NEW YORK, July 19.-The district at
torneys office has turned over to In
spector Whitaker, of San francisco, on
requisition papers, ''Dink' Wilson, alias
Richard Davis, alias Robertson. The San
Francisco authorities have been looking
for him since 1885. He is wanted there
for burglary, grand larceny and petit
larceny He is accused of robbing a silk
firm Of $4,000 worth of goods"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
FERDINAND's ATTITUDE.

SOFIA, July 19.-Prince Ferdinand has
telegraphed that in view of the attitude
of Stambuloffs family and being unwill-
ing to expose his faithful servants to in
suit, he is compelled to forbid any state
official from taking part in the funeral.
Prince Ferdinand's decision is due to the
widow of Stambuloff having refused the
wreath ne sent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
U.p Annual outing Excursion.

The Union Pacific will. on July 30,
inaugurate the regular annual outing
excursion for Cache, Bear Lake and
Snake river, at very low rates. Trains
from Salt Lake for Brigham and
Cache Valley will leave at a. m.
For Brigham, oxford, Pocatello,
Idaho Falls, Market Lake, Soda
Springs and Montpelier, at 4:50 .. m.
Cars without change will be run
through for Soda Springs and Mont
pelier. Tickets will have limit of ten,
fifteen and thirty days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
The CoaI Combine.

AS the matter now stands, the diff
ferent parties intrusted in settlement
of the coal question on lines as FORM
erly existing, are not in the position
to speak authoritatively on matters
directly concerning them. Neither side
has yet got its bearings. Developments
must necessarily ensue before any
thing of a definite or lasting nature
will be evolved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

ternationaI evidence. The stomach
had not yet been analyzed.'
The inquest then adjourned until the
evening of the oath inst.
While this inquiry was in progress
an inquest was being held at the
morgue on the body of the child Mel
lie. After hearing evidence that the
body was the one removed from the
ST. Vincent street house, the inquest
was adjourned for one week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

Pure baking powders are one of the
chief aids to the cook in preparing per-
feet and wholesome food. While those
are to be obtained of well-established
reT ttion, like the Royal, of whose
PURIFY there has never been a question,
it is proper to avoid all others.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
QUALIFIED.

Stage Manager-Can you act?
Applicant-No.
Stage Manager-Sing?
Applicant-No.
Stage Manager-Dance?
Applicant-No.
Stage Manager-Make new Jokes?
Applicant-No-noth old ones.
Stage Manager-Good, You can con-
slider yourself engaged. You're just
the man the owner of the show has
been wanting for our new society
farce-comedy.-C chicago Record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
HOLMES WAS A
FIEND INCARNATE.
Startling Revelations in the
PitzeI Murder Cases.
BODY BURNED IN A STOVE.
REMAINS FOUND WE'RE POSITIVE
LY IDENTIFIED.

Grs. PitzeIs Trying Ordeal in To-
rODto-No Poubt But That Holmes
VIII BE Observation-Disclosures
Summing Up of the Career and
Crimes of One of the Most Cold
BiOOded Murderers on Record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

aid Office, announces that, effective
July 16, the name of Cottonwood Sta
ton. located a mile past 126, will be
changed to Date Creek
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
Sympathy From Francis Joseph.

sympathy from FRANCIS Joseph.
SOFIA, July ia telegram has been
received from Emperor Francis Joseph
expressing sympathy with Mime. Stambu-
loft in the loss she has sustained in the
death Of her husband.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
BODIES IDENTIFIED.
BIrs. PitzePs Trying Ordeal in To-
rontO, Canada.


TORONTO, Ont, July 19.-Today
Mrs. Pitzel identified the bodies of the
two children found in the cellar on St
Vincent street as those of her girls
Alice and Nellie. The latter she identi-
fed b. her hair, and the former by a
popularity of the upper front teeth.
She was not allowed to see any other
part of the bodies. Both were in such
an advanced state of decomposition,
that it was thought the shock would
deranga her. AS it SwaS, Mrs. Pitzel
broke down completely and sobbed
throughout the trying ordeal and long
afterwards. The detectives and the
doctors were perfectly satisfied with
the identified ton.
A Case Complete.
The case which the Canadian
authorities now havt against Holmes
IS very complete ard much stronger
than that made out against him at
Philadelphia, which fact leads a great
many here to believe that the prisoner
will certainly be extradited.
SUmed up this is the case: Holmes
has been traced from the United States
to this city with the children. His
identity was established at the Palmer
house and that of the children at the
Albion. Then both murderer and vic
tins were recognized at the very scene
Of the crime not by one witness but
by several An immediate motive for
committing the deed is also clearly
shown being due TO the fact that Mrs.
PitzeI was in the city and might at
any time meet the children on the
street. Holmes borrowed a spade on
the last day that the girls We're seen
alive at the cottage or anywhere else.
giving as his reason for doing so that
he wished to make bin for some po-
5afoes. which statement was shown
20 be palpably false. All this and his
Going away the next day, are strong
eorroborative facts from which Holmes
will find IL hard TO escape.
The Inquest.
The inquest on the body of Alice, the
oldest girl. was resumed at the police
court tonight.
with his parents at No. $50 st. Vincent
street after Holmes had left the place,
was the first witness examined. He
fold how ne had found the snake toy
which Harold Pitzel used TO play with,
IN 2 satchel in a closet Of one of the
115 rooms Of the house. He did not
know what became of any other
articles, but because of its popularity
he had kept the toy.
Mrs. Pitzel was the next witness.
For the first few minutes of her ex-
animation. her voice could hardly be
heard, but as the inquiry proceeded it
canned strength and towards the close
she was speaking clearly. She told
rbe story of Holmes wanderings with
f51e children as far as she knew of
them: of her meetings with ,him: in
fact. the whole story that has been
made public through the press. Her
description OF the satchels spoken of
bv Mrs. Mcdonald tailed with that
given by the lady. She also stated
That the snake toy did not belong to
Reward, out was one of the treasures
of the girl Nellie, who always carried
If with her in the satchel
The doctc- making the postmortem
examination stated:
lowing TO the decomposed condition
ef the body it was almost impossible
20 make any statemeat concerning in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
PICKPOCKET ARRESTED.
He Was Operating in the Crowd
at the Circus.
HE WAS NOT A HANGER ON
HAS BEEN LIVING IN SALT LAKE
FOR OVER A MONTH.

Smith, of the Citi-
zens' Electric Light Company Ar
rested-GeOrge Barker, a Ten
Year-OId Runaway, Picked Up at
the Circus-YOung Harris Dis
charEed-Jack DO,Vd Arrested for
Vagrancy-Cases Postponed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20
EXCITING FLIGHT FROM INDIANS.
A FrontierSman Followed Six Miles
by Piegans in War Paint.


by Piegans in War Paint.
In August SO I was running a bull
train between Helena and Fort Benton,
on the down trip and at noon went
into camp where the house of John y
Brown now stands AT about o'clock
camp was broken and we moved on
toward Priest crossing, the water being
too high at Sun river. After going
about two miles I shot and wounded
an old doe antelope, accompanied by
two fawns, and I determined that I
would have all three Of those animals,
and I gave chase firing whenever l
could get within range, until 1 had eX-
hausted my ammunition. This was be-
fore the days of breech-loading guns.
I finally got the two fawns and tied
them on behind my saddle and started
to catch up with the train" l was as
much as six miles behind, without
cap or bullet, only two empty six
shooters and a rifle. I paced along UNI
til I came to what is known as the
Signboard Coulee. I noticed that my
saddle pony kept turning to the left.
Finally I looked over that way myself
and could see the head and shoulders
Of a person down in the coulee. l
spurred up into a gallop and in a mo-
ment could see that there were eight
persons instead of one, and also that
+
paint and feathers. They Immediately
gave chase, and for the next six miles
occurred one of the most exciting races
that I ever took part in. Seeing that
the weight of the fawns was telling on
the speed of my horse, 1 cut them loose,
and at the same time threw away my
overcoat, and taking the ramrod out Of
my rife I used it as whip and gained
a little on my pursuers. The last two
miles of the race was in plain view Of
the train. The train halted, and I
supposed that one of the drivers would
come to my assistance, but no relief
came. They dropped their whips and
jaws at the same time and waved their
hats and hands and haloed Run" l
was doing the best I could.
The Indians chased me to within
about $50 yards of the train, when Bob
Chestnut, now of the Chestnut valley,
came IN sight from the direction of Sun
river and opened fire on the Indians.
They stopped chasing me and ran the
other way 1t never occurred to the
drivers that they had guns until after
Mr.. Chestnut commenced firing. There
are many old-timers in Montana who
will remember this incident well-Sun
River Mont. Sun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

The term ''fasco,' signifying a fail
ure, is said to be derived from the
italian glassblowers, whose easiest
task is the little bottle or 'Hfiasco" used
for salad oil. If an ambitious attempt
to make something higher results in
one of these pearshaped TASKS it is
readily seen how the world came to
imply a failure Of any kind. Another
explanation is that a celebrated harle-
quin named Biancotelli was intoxicat-
ed one night during his performance
and was Kissed instead of being APP
piauded as usual, whereupon he grave
ly informed his audience that it was
the ''fiasco'' or little bottle" that was
responsible. This amused the audience
and sit is the fiasco" became a catch
word.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-01
The Writers Froude Liked.

'-Whom do you rank as the first of
modern English prose writers?' asked
Mr.. Froude as we were strolling one aft
ernoon in Chelsea. Had Lord Tennyson
suddenly demanded to know whom /
thought to be the greatest poet of the
day / could not have been more dunn
founded. Noting my hesitation and per-
haps guessing its cause, Mr.. Froude
quickly added: "Ah 1 naturally thought
you would say Ruskin, who is certainly
master of descriptive writing, at his
best exquisite. Newman, too (and Mat
thew Arnold in lesser degree), had lu-
cidity and the gift of irony, but lacked
glow and color. To me he is always cold.
My own favorite is Charles Lamb. -
Seeing that was greatly interested,
he went on to point out the beauties of
dream Children" and then quoted the
lovely passage in 1.-THE New Years
Eve" beginning, "And you, my mid
night darlings, my Folios." That, he
said, was the high water mark of modern
English prose, equal to anything of the
seventeenth century, ''the English as
pure and beautiful as that of the liturgy
itself. -
Mr.. Froude was great admirer of
Bret Harte. Tennessee Pardner" and
1.-The Luck of Roaring Camp he used
to declare were of the immortals When
once said feared that Mr.. Bret Harte
was no longer the fashion, Froude mere
ly replied, $50 much the worse for the
fashion. " In this appreciation of the
American story teller, as well as in his
affection for Charles Lamb and his re-
spect for Mr.. Chamberlain, we see that
Froude was no thrall to academic con.
vention. Review.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-01
Haverhill,

On account of the illness of Mr.
George klmball, w. e Shaw has beer
IN town for the past week or two, car
ing for his printing business.
The family of John Blaisdell of Pier
mont, are having double portion OF
sickness the present winter. The
daughter has been very ill for nearly
three months, and now every member
or the household is stricken, with the
exception of Mrs. Blaisdell. Pneu.
monia seems TO have full swing al
their home at present.
Mrs. Ada Miller from So. Rovalton
IT., is visiting at DR.. Spaulding's for d
few days.
Mrs. W. E. Shaw and children OF
Maiden, Mass. passed the Sabbath
with her mother, Mrs Burgess Clifford
Alvah Beede and family are moving
to Oxford, where he has taken a fa IN
for the coming season.
MIR. Henry Tarleton is just alive at the
present wiring at the residence OF j.
Il Squires. Mr.. Tarleton is very aged
gentleman, and az the cause Of his i'll.
ness is heart trouble, no hope is enter
tanned of his recovery.
Mr.. E. j. Facey has the sympathy of
the community in the loss of his moth.
err. Mrs. Facey was stricken, on FRI
day Of last week, with pneumonia, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Blaisdell, passing away Monday even
ing at 10 so O'Clock.
-,.. .
Ed. Rogers # Piermont had very
narrow escape from a serious accident
last Sunday afternoon. He and his
wife had been at his fathers, Mr.. All.
bert Rogers, and started to drive home
about A 80. They had driven only a
few rods when the horse began to run,
and in trying to check him the bits
broke, leaving no means whatever of
controlling the animal. Mrs. Rogers
succeeded in alighting from the sleigh
without injury, but Ed and the horse
kept on towards Piernont at no slow
degree Of speed The bride still chung
to the steed's head, held in place by the
throat latch. Ed possessing good cour.
age and grit hung to the reins, riding
in that manner, to his home. The
sleigh kept right side mp, the bits be.
ing all that was broken, and taken all
together it was a very fortunate escape
from possibly serious injury.