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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01

New York, May 31-Nforris Schoen-
holz. who was arrested recently on a
charge of arson, has made a state
ment to the police which viii p4o5>--,-S2-.--'
result in the arrest of dozen or more
insurance adjusters. 1t is alleged that
Schoenholz confessed to firing at least
half a dozen houses in this city and
Brooklyn by prearrangemenr for the
insurance. One fire" in Workers vas
all prepared and ready when it was
prevented by accident. The fires that
panned out were all set with benzipe
on the bladder plan. This plan is as
simple as it is effective.
The doomed store or fiat is sprinkled
with alcohol and a bladder filled with
inf1ammable stuff is susI ended from
the ceiling. Then it is set on flre and
when the flames reach the bladder
there is an explosion which destroys
the property and every vtstige Of the
manner in which the fire was set at
the same time. \ similac result is
obtained by turning on all the gas and
letting one jet burn. TIE explosion
point is reached in due time. These
are the flash fires that so long puzzled
police and firemen. Morris SchOenholz
was the expert who did the business,
but was himself simply the tool of a
gang Of fire adjusters.
4 Dark Secret.
Another member of the gang named
Hirschkopf has also made a confess
sion The fire bugs, according TO
Hirschkopf are oathbound and have
regular headquarters. The conspiracy
is known as the Dark Secret and
each member was duly initiated.
Schoendolz is said to have been the
head or chief mechanic of the gang
which fired the west SIDE apartment
houses and whose headquarters were
in a saloon in Suffolk street.
According to Hirschk0Iif, who fed
to San Francisco at tie time of his
indictment several months ago,
Schoenholz tried to burn 10 death
Simon Rosenbaum, who was suspected
of betraying the conspiracy after
fire which he started ct Lynn, Mass.
Rosenbaum, who was formerly the
chief mechanic" of the Isaacs gang,
was the principal witness against Adj
juster Grauer in his trial last Febru-
airy. Rosenbaum then testified that he
knew one member of the gang who
was driven insane by torture by his
fellow conspirators who suspected that
he was a traitor.
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TROUBLESOME TURKS.
FRENCH, BRITISH AND RUSSIAN
RESIDENCES ENTERED.
Great Excitement in Diplomatic Cir
Punishment of the AIarauders.
Punishment OF the arauders.

Constantinople. May 31.-Advices from
Moosh state that the residence of the
French, British and the Russian ENJOYS
have been forcibly entered by Turkish
gen d'armes. who attempted to arrest a
servant Of the ENJOYS. They used abusive
language and were expelled with diff
Guilty. This news, coupled with the news
from Jiddah that the British consul and
vice consul. Russian acting consul and
the French consular secretary were at
tackled and shot outside the town, has
caused excitement in diplomatic circles
The shooting IS attributed to Beduoins.
Three British warships have been ordered
to JiGdah with instructions to protect
foreigners and investigate the killing of
the British vice consul and the Wounding
OF other consular officers.
With reference TO the report from
Jiddah of the attack on foreign consuls
the following particulars are obtained:
Yesterday w. S. Richardson, British
consul; The British vice consul; afr.
Brandt, Russian consul, and Mr.. Dor
vile, secretary of the French consulate,
we're walking near Town when apparently
Without provocation, they were assailed
~ eight Beaouih Arabs who, when only
lour yards away, opened fire upon them
With guns and pistols. The British vice
consul expired in ten minutes after he
vas shot The recovery of the other
hree IS doubtful. Fifteen arrests have
cen made and the greatest excitement
,ras1ra;iG
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01

her bed, and as she arose a negro
grasped her by the throat In the strug-
gle, her nigntclothes were torn to
shreds and her lower limbs and breast
frightfully bruised. The negro kept his
hand tightly grasped on the woman's
throat and she soon lost consciousness.
About this time, Mrs. Undertakes little
daughter, who was sleeping with her,
awoke and began to cry out, Mamma
mamma, as if she had an intuition that
something was wrong. Mr.. Pipllin, the
father of Mrs. Timberlake, was aroused
by the crying of the child. He called to
his daughter, but received no reply.
Alarmed by the silence, he rushed to the
door, to find it locked. He burst it in,
and as he entered the room he saw the
negrow crawling out of the window by
which he had entered. Mr.. Pipkin
struck a light and saw Mrs. Undertake
in a frightful condition. She was nude
and lying in blood which had flowed
from wounds inflicted by her assailant.
The little girl, who had crawled up on
the unconscious form of her mother, was
crying and was smeared with blood. Soon
Mrs. Undertake revived and told the
story of the assault officers were noti-
fled and the search for the negro was be-
gun. y rain had just fallen and it was
easy to track the brute. All day We'd
nesday the trail was followed, and late
in the afternoon it led to a cabin in
which were found four negroes. They
were arrested, and the guards started
to this place with them When the
guards reached lonely portion of the
road, masked men suddenly surrounded
them, and at the muzzles of Winchesters
ordered the negroes turned over to them.
The guards We're outnumbered ten to one,
and complied. The masked men then
disappeared with the negroes into the
woods. Not d member of the mob is
known, and the details of the killing are
not obtainable. The negro who was
beaten has been heard from in the west
ern part of the county, trying to make
his way out. He is terribly frightened
and refuses to talk about what happened
to his companions, saying the 1ynchers
SV-"TA they would kill him If they ever
heard Of his talking.
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state of terror which was augmented
when the ship having put out from San
Bias woman passenger from San Fran
cisco became crazed with fear and spent
the entire night on deck entreating the
officers to put back and praying heaven
for deliVerance.
When the vessel struck the pilots, all
on duty, under the direction of the ON
GERS, were steering straight toward the
Snow capped mountains. Inc passengers
rushed from their berths TO the deck,
screaming and praying in terror. as the
snip pounded herself TO pieces.
one woman named BraSslyn, the only
passenger who exhibited compoSure, pas
sea among the frenzied throng eXhortlnS
them TO reason. Many, deSpalrlng OF Sc
curing places in the boat, seized the lie
belts and cast themselves into the sea-
The first boat to be lowered with Its
burden of humanity, succeeded IN clear
ing the ships side but was engulfed hve
minutes later. OF the occupants OF TINS
boat only one, a sailor, escaped. AS the
last boat was lowered the Colima cap
sized.
A conductor on the National train from
ManZanillo, which arrived here tonight
says there are fifteen Americans among
the rescued. A special train bearing
rescue party including eco, has been sent
from here. The people of ManZanillo are
panic stricken. The bodies of the
drowned are being washed ashore there
in scores. Searching parties have recoV-
cred "a The weather is hot and there
is no means for embalming. Funeral ser
ging of separate graves is impossible, the
unclaimed dead will be buried in long
trenches
The Jefe Politico of Manzanillo has
summoned all the mounted rural forces
in the district to Manzanillo and the
garrison of soldiers has been placed on
guard to prevent robbery of the dead
and to dig the trenches.
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A FATAL SPOT.
Three Vessels Lost Almost I'm the
NeiEhbOrhOOd.

NeiShbOrhOOd.
The coast in the neighborhood of Man
zanillo seems a. fatal spot. Nearly all
the wrecks on the Panama route have
occurred within 100 miles north or south
of Manzanillo.
Three vessels have been lost in that
neighborhood, and these three are the
Only large vessels of the Panama line
that have been wrecked.
Another remarkable fact is that all
were lost in still weather, indicd ting some
peculiar condition of the currents setting
in at the point and driving the vessels III
upon the shore.
The first and most noted of the losses
was the wreck Of the Golden Gate, which
was burned and wrecked only q, few miles
north Of ManZanillO. IN this wreck the
loss of life exceeded 200, and 1t has gone
down in history as the greatest marine
horror of the coast.
The cause of this wreck has never been
definitely settled. 1t occurred in 1867
The Granada. went ashore on June y,
1850 at Point Teiupane some miles south
OF ManZanillo. No lives were lost, put
the vessel, which, in rounding the point,
went ashore, was total loss. The cap
tain always commended that some I'M
known current changed his course and
drove the steamer ashore.
The Nicaragua, one of the Mexican
coast fleet of the Pacific Mail company,
was driven ashore on the Salvador coast
near Acajutla by the wind and the cur
rents.
The steamer San Francisco was lost on
Tartar shoals in the early seventies.
These shoals are just south of Acapulco
and are perilouS TO navigation.
The Honduras was GrNen ashore off
Salvador and was lost during the early
eighties.
The steamer City of New York was
the last Pacific Mail steamer lost. Dur
ing heavr fogs she was wrecked in De-
tober, 1898. at the entrance of San Fran
cisco harbor.
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IN THE CITY OF MEXICO.
Most Impressive Decoration Exer-
cises Were Held There.

cises Were Held There.
City of Mexico, May S1.-Impressive
Decoration Day services were held
here yesterday at the American ceme-
try over the graves of American sold
iers who fell in the Mexican war or
who have since died in this capital.
When the street adjacent to the Gem
etery in the Xlapala quarter was
reached the members Of the post ac-
companied by visiting ex-confederates
were formed in line and marching two
abreast to the pantheon with Com
mander Mordough at the head and
Julius c. Busch as standard bearer.
The portals of the cemetery were dec
GRATED with the American flag en-
twined with floral and evergreen. The
procession wendell its way through the
gate to dirge music by the artillery
Mexican band. The services were held
this year at the grave of Frances de
Gress, who died at Rinconada, Vera
Cruz. Commander Mordough opened
the ceremonies and was followed by
prayer by the chaplain, Rev. T. Sloan,
Rev. w. H. Alexander then dressed
the grave with a profusiOn of flowers,
and the chaplain suggested that a
committee be appointed to repair to
Chapu1tepec as soon as the services
came to close to decorate the monu-
ment raised to the memory Of the ca
diets, who fell under American fire in
1S47, as a just token of appreciation
for their loyalty to the country. This
was afterwards done. America" was
sung and the ceremonies closed with
the memorial address by Rev. W. c.
Vans
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01
CHINESE INDEMNITY LOAN.

London, June 1.-The Times in its
financial article this morning referring
to the attempt to exclude London from
a share in the Chinese indemnity loan,
says RUSSIA still doggedly hangs to
the idea that the loan shall be confined
to Russia, France and Germany.
But, says the Times, on such terms
the loan cannot succeed. The only
possible plan is for London also to
have a proper share. Even this plan
is not politically satisfactory. as it
might involve mischevious Interior
ence with the Chinese customs duties,
to which British vessels contribute
over so per cent Of the revenue. In
any case, England will not allow itself
to be deprived Of its legitimate voice
in the settlement of far eastern affairs
merely because it wisely refused to
Join the three powers.
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Main Statements Already Made Con-
firmed.

San Francisco May 31.-An Examiner
special from the City of Mexico, says:
Official advice received today bear out
the main statements of the sinking of
the steamer CClima, as in the special DIS
patch 10 the Examiner from the City of
ColimG via shis city, with but the eXcep-
tiOn that tie wreck occurred below the
port and On the south bound journey,
Instead Of at the harbor entrance.
I'D to today the difficulty of getting
messages over the wires from the west
coast was unprecedented. George Her
bert manager of the AfanZanillo & Colima
railroad, wires your correspondent tonight
that il is thought the three passengers
rescued by the Romero Rubella belong TO
the family of ). Flor, and that the Pacific
1Iall continues its efforts to rescue all
possible and 10 every humane service
within its power.
The Romero has found at the scene of
the wreck the body of an unknown wo-
man, who is apparently of Mexican
origin. Mir. Herbert says the Barracaute
sailed yesterday from Acapulco to do
like service for the government All mail
11sSt' s dispatch says Later reports place
II scene OF the wreck thirty miles south
7 . ~ of ManZanillo and ten to fifteen miles
NJ the coast at Boca de Apiz, and is nov
,so reported One woman, a Guatemalan
was saved, and returned to San Francisco
py the San Juan.
Nany INQUIRIES have been received II
.5is city regarding the safety of individ
~ passengers, but all the saved appear
a. ne in the list already sent
prof whiting. of California, is eVi-
IDENTIFY among the drowned, as oiligcnI
search has revealed nothing of his where
aboats up TO tonight.
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THREE MORE.
ANOTHER AWFUL WARNING TO
NEGRO RAPIsTs.
One Man Committed the Crime, But
Three Suffered Death and One
Was Badly Beaten.

Burlow, Fla, Nay S1.-Tuesday night,
Mrs. Undertake, a young widow who
lives with her fataer in the western por-
ton of this county. was assaulted by
negro while in bel with her little daugh-
ter Four negroes were arrested for the
crime. Last night they were taken from
the guards while en- route to this place
to be jailed, by fSslf a hundred men "fho
wore thick black masks and carried Win
chesters. The masked men disappeared
with the four negroes into a swamp
where three Of them Welt hiii ::,a The
fourth almost beaten 10 death and or
dered to leave the country.
The crime for which the three negroes
were lynched was a peculiarly brutal
one About 1 o'clock Tuesday morning,
Mrs. Timberlake was awakened by a
noise in her room She reached for the
matches which were on a table near
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01

City of Mexico, May 31.-The total num-
f7s~ of drowned from the Colima wre
off the coast of Manzanillo is now known
10 be 1S7 persons. Five more have been
rescued from the wreck, making the total
number living Is.
The snip carried 213 persons and TO all
appearances these nave all been drowned
with the exception OF the 20 The living
VIII be sent Lorth as soon as possible, ana
Il have already taken passage for San
Francisco. The accident is the most
frightful i'll its loss Of life which has
ever occurred in Mexican waters. ana
the Colima is a complete loss, unless
some of the cargo can be recovered by
divers, which viii probably be attempted.
The shlu was one OF the largest and
trongest of the Pacific Mail line plying
between San Francisco and Panama, and
was sunk by striking a coral reef il
hlenSe fog.
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representations to Japan was dictated
by the interests of France in view of
her position in Hindoo-China. and the
protection she owed to French re-
ligious missions in China. France
could not see the independence Of
China menaced by a permanent
Chinese occupation. If the empire of
China fell or was rudely shaken,
French interests would surely suffer
from the consequent disorder and
anarchy. Russia, he continued, held
the same view regarding the necessity
of maintaining the statu quo in China
in her own interests. and Germany,
likewise, had good reasons for acting
in unison with France and Russia.
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THE LATEST.
Now WaterspOut Does Great
Damage in Texas.

Waco, Tex, May 91.-A special from
Hillsboro; Tex, to the News says a water
spout struck near there last night. 1t
caused an eighty-acre lake to burst
through a dam. About 600 feet of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad tracks
were washed away. A similar loss oc-
Cured to the Cotton Belt railroad and
rails were twisted in all sorts of shapes.
All wires were down until this morning
between Waco and Hillsboro and com
munication with Fort Worth and Dallas
was cut Off Trains on the NJ. K. & T.
and Santa Fe are coming over the Waco
& Northwestern and the Houston q
Texas Central. The Santa Fe is also
washed out forty miles south from here.
several hundred cattle were drowned in
the blackberry bottom near Hillsboro,
and in South Hillsboro several families
were driven from their homes. One house
was demolished. No trains have arrived
at HiIlsboro at this time from the north
and all mails from that direction are
from five to twelve hours late. No esti-
mate can be obtained as yet Of the loss.
An unknown man was drowned near
TIillSbOrO
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SANK A STEEL STEAMER.
Canadian Flat Boat ColIides With
the Norman.

AIpene. Mich, May 31.-During a heavy
fog last night. the Canadian steamer
Jack, fiat boat bound down with lum-
Der, collided with the steel steamer Nor
mas Of Menominee, opposite Middle
island. The Norman sank Immediately.
The cook, wheelsman and fireman were
drowned. The barge Siscken picked I'D
the rest Of the crew. The Norman was
valued at 10000. insured for SIS 900. The
Jack is badly damaged. Tugs have gone
to bring her in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01
TO MRS. GRESHAM.
PAUNCEFOTFs SENDS
= LETTER OF CONDOLENCE.
Profound Sense of the Great Abiii-
ties of the Late SecretaIy, and
OF His Lofty and Unsverving
Spirit Of Honor.

Washington. May 31.-Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador
and head of the diplomatic corps at
Washington today forwarded to Mrs.
Gresham the following letter, express
sive of the feelings of the foreign rep
resentatives at Washington:
British Embassy,
Washington, May 81, 1895.
Madam am desired by the diplo-
to you tht. expression of their deep
sympathy n the great affection which
has fallen upon you and your family,
by the loss of your distinguished hus-
band, the la,e secretary of state.
"'The relations which he held in that
important position, with the foreign
Representatives at this capital were
such as to inspire them with a pro-
found sense, not only of his great abil-
ities but of the lofty and answering
spirit of honor, justice and Cancellation
with which he was animated in the
treatment of diplomatic questions
They will ever retain a. pleasing aEi
grateful remembrance OF his ;:;sIrvary-
.illg courtesy and kindness.
81 beg, madam, to assure you that
no one participates more fully than
20 in the sentiments which I am
charged to convey to you on This
rnonTmful occasion as sdean OF the
diplomatic corps.
II have the honor to be, madam,
rour obedient servant,
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.'
The letter was approved by all the
ambassadors and ministers at Wash
fnerton
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LEPRosY At CLEVELAND.

Cleveland, May 21.-The local doc
tors are much interested in what they
believe to be case of leprosy which
has been found in this city. The vic
tim is Marie Carlson, 16 years old.
During the last few years all the small
toes have disappeared from her left
foot and there are other symptoms
which some Of the physicians claim to
recognize as having been noticed by
them in cases of lsprosy in China and
IaDan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-01
A PETROLEUM FIRE.
Thousand of Barrels Are Blazing
Most FuriOusIy.

Harbury, Germany. May S1.-F'ive of
the Bremen Trading company's petroleum
tanks caught fire tonight. The fire is still
raging and covers an enormous extent Of
ground Thousands of barrels of petrol
cum i'll addition to the five tanks of the
trading company have been destroyed.
all the available flre engines and the
whole of the pioneer battalion is trying to
able to protect the laborers cottages.
The Kaiser factory and the American
compaIy's petroleum are safe, as the
wind is driving the flames i'll the direction
of the EIDe The town is on the south
bank of the Elpe, about six miles south
of Hamburg and has a population oil
about $1,000
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His Inst voyage.

Los Angeles, Cal, May S1-A mistake
has been made in the identity of the
passenger c. a. z. Orme. who went down
IL the Col.ina. He was wealthy Eng
lishman "a member of the Junior Consti-
eler For six months before the disaster
he lived H. this city with a friend, F. 5.
Hutchins. lie purchased his ticket for
New York in this city and went to San
francisco to take the Colima. He has a
eis& Mrs. Wilson. in London, and
frIYds NAMED Blair, bankers, in San
Francisco. lie has been around the world
three times.
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STRAGE SUICIDE.

Dunkir5, n. Y, May 31-Mfss Elsie
Coleman, the 2O-year old daughter of
the late William Coleman, a wealthy
banker of this city, committed sui
eide last night by blowing out her
brains with a revolver after spending
a pleasant evening with her friends.
No cause is assigned for the deed.
She is said to have been the fance
of eX-FOrestry Commissioner NC
Lemon, of Pennsylvania
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GRESHAM'S SUCCESSOR.
The Subject Has Not Even Been
Mentioned Vet.

Mentioned Yet.
Washington. May 31.-The Baltimore &
Ohio special train conveying the presi-
dent and cabinet party from Secretary
Gresham's funeral arrived at 5:O4, exactly
on time. All the members of the cabinet
save Secretaries Carlisle and Morton, to-
Romero, representing the diplomatic corps,
returned on the train. The members OF
the party said they experienced little dis
comfort on account of the heat. None
OF the cabinet would express any opinion
as TO who would be the late secretary's
successor. Indeed. Postmaster General
Wilson declared the subject had not been
mentioned.
Carriages awaited the party at the
station, and they were driven to their
homes. The president went direct to
Woodley without stopping at the White
House.
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Probably Exaggerated.

Jacksonville, Fla, Ma "a erstai
to the CItIzeu from Barlow, Fla,
says:
The story sent out yesterday of
criminal assault on Mrs. Undertake
and the subsequent lynching of three
negroes and the whipping of another
for the crime is very much exagger-
ated, but true in some particulars.
The story, briefly. is: Some man en-
tered Mrs. Dora Undertakes room at
her residence. eight miles west of Bar
tow on Saturday night. His object is
not known. but is presumed to have
been theft. He was frightened away.
but was tracked to a camp, where
there were four negroes and all ar
rested, but no Identification could be
made. On the night following the
parties started to this city with all
four negroes and We're overtaken by
another party, who secured the prison
ers and took them away. Two of the
negroes have since been seen and they
say they were whipped and that one
or both of the others were killed, but
this is not believed. 1t is thought all
were warmed to leave the country and
obeyes.