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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18

SABETHA, Kan, May IA cyclone
from the southwest struck Sabetha at
1880 O'clock this evening and tore an
ugly gap through the business and
residence portion of the town. A score
of buildings were destroyed and sew
eral persons badly injured, two of
whom will probably die The Rock
Island depot was RACED, together with
a dozen residences in its vicinity. Five
persons were in the depot at the time
but escaped without serious injury,
though Mr.. Austin, the telegraph oper-
ator, was carried several blocks by the
force of the wind. On Main street the
front of nearly every store building
was blown in. Tonight large force
of men with lanterns are patrolling the
streets and doing all they can to re-
lieve the homeless. G. a. r. hall has
been thrown open to the injured and
all the doctors of the town are in
attendance. The most seriously injured
are:
William Carey and wife and eldest
daughter, all badly burned, the latter
probably fatally.
Mrs. Eliza Murphy, colored, will die.
5. P. Hayes, buried beneath the ruins
of his house, jaw broken and serious
internal injuries.
The family OF Z. Horton were in
their big brick block when the whole
side was blown out and the walls came
tumbling down, but all escaped unin-
iured
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
BLAZES BRAvELY FOUGHT
Residents of fountain Towns
Flee From Their Homes.
Half of the Suburban Town of Blue
Island Licked Up BY Flames
Many Persons Have Narrow Es-
capes From Awful Deaths-Seri-
Gus fiagration in Atlanta,
Georgia.

DAVIS, w. Va, May 17.-All day
long hundreds of men from ali sections
have bravely. but Intellectually fought
the forest fires, which at O'Clock to-
night after continuing forty EIGHT
hours, are, if possible, burning more
fiercely than ever. Lumbermen, who
this morning estimated the probable
loss at 100000, now state that amount
has been exceeded and are unwilling
to make any further predictions of the
loss. The Middle Fork tract is COM
pletely wiped out, and the adjoining
forest is now burning. The weather is
still dry, the high shifting winds con-
tinue, and the air is sitting with the
smoke and heat. The women and
children from the mountain villages
are tonight arranging to leave their
homes to take refuge in the larger
towns. AS the fire started in several
places at the same time from no known
cause, it is now thought to have been
the work of incendiaries, who were
prompted by revenge against the new
owners. AS far as known no lumber
men or other citizens have been caught
in the forests.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
HALF THE TOWN GONE.

Blue Island Heavy Loser By Fire.
CHICAGO, May 17.-Nearly half the
business portion of the suburban town
of Blue Island, was destroyed by fire
today. Altogether twenty-six buildings
were consumed, entailing a total loss
of about $150,000 A shifting wind was
blowing; almost hurricane at the
time of the fire and it spread rapidly.
Three hundred people who were at
tending a dance in Saenger hall had
a narrow escape from death. The
building caught fire while the dance
was in progress and stampede en-
sued. Many persons were bruised,
though none were seriously injured.
The last of the escaping crowd rushed
through cloud of smoke and heard
the sound of burning timbers behind
them. In spite of the efforts of the fire
men all the buildings in Grove street
between Western avenue and Henry
street, the west side of Western avenue
between Grove and Vermont streets
and every building on the east side of
Western avenue were destroyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
SIX PEkSoNS SHOT.
SERIOUS RIOT AT MAG ADoO, PENN
SYLVANIA.
Caused By Gang of Italians
Charging Upon Baseball Players
and Spectators, to Avenge an
Alleged Wrong.

HAZLETON, Pa, May 17-Six per-
sons were shot and a number of others
seriously injured during a riot at Mac
Adoo, town four miles from here
this afternoon. The injured are:
Joseph Ward, shot in knee.
Thomas Kairns, shot in arm.
James Muldowney, finger blown off.
Burke Brennan, shot in shoulder.
James Brennan, shot in arm.
Mary Burke, shot in back.
Antonio Rizzo, nose broken.
Mrs. Rose Viechio, scalp wound.
A game of baseball was in progress
when a gang of drunken Italians
charged upon the players and specta-
tors with revolvers, clubs and stones.
Last night an Italian had been ar
rested for assault and battery. A
number of young men took him from
the constable and numerically beat
him. The Italians thea ring Of this,
threatened revenge. They fulfilled
their threats today. The first inning
had just been finished when there was
a pistol shot. 1t was followed in a
charge of fire arms. The crowd at
tempted to run away but the Italians
chased them, discharging their pistols
and throwing stones. The foreigners
were almost mad with rage and blazed
away necessarily until the police ar
rived Several of the Italians were
arrested and more will be taken into
custody tomorrow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE i'm;
preston is growing about the capital
that the silver men will soon take a po-,
sftion against final adjournment beforei
the national conventions. The move.
rnent embraces silver advocates in both
houses and of all parties. There basI
been no formal agreement so far. butt
there has been a general exchange OF
views and there is no doubt that sonnet
of the leaders hold the opinion that it:
will be wise to postpone adjournment
until there shall be opportunity to,
know what position the conventions,
will take on the financial question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
BAD AT ATLANTA.
Losses by Fire Reaches Into Hun
dreds of Thousands.

ATLANTA. Ga, May 1.-THE most
serious conf1agration this city has ex-
perienced in ten years broke out short
ly before II o'clock tonight in a block
in the centre of the city bounded by
the tracks of the Southern railway and
Peoria. Decatur and Collins streets.
The Markham house, adjoining the
Union depot, and one of the best known
hotels in the country was destroyed,
involving a loss of about $4,000 on
building and furniture, covered by an
insurance of $4,000.
Milton & Patterson's livery stable, in
which the blaze originated, Patterson S
undertaking establishment, row of
small rookeries on Decatur street, and
a half dozen houses on Collins street,
occupied by the demimonde were con-
sumed.
At midnight the fire had made COM
plete sweep of the block and was
threatening to spread across Decatur
street The total loss on the Markham
house block is probably about $500 900,
largely covered by insurance.
BY diligent efforts the firemen sue
ceeded in stemming the rush of the
flames and about / o'clock had gotten
them practically under control.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
REFORM PRISONERS.
President Kruger Worried Sonsid-
erabIy About Them.

President Kruger Worried Sonsid-
erabIy About Them.
PRETORIA, May 17.-President
to exercise his influence to hasten the
decision of the executive council on
the punishment to be meted out to the
reform prisoners whose sentences have
been committed. His own sentiment
on the subject is also being constantly
sought. The president today consent
ed to be intervied by a representative
of the Associated Press, and in reply
to questions put to him on these sub
jects, he said no one was more desir-
Gus than he of seeing a decision in
regard to the sentences expedited. A
majority of the prisoners had petit
toned him on Friday, he said, to sub
stitute additional money fines for the
terms of Punishment and Imprisonment
which had been pronounced upon them.
The original fine was for $4,000, with
one years imprisonment and Danish
ment for three years. President Krue
ger was most favorably inclined, he
said, to this proposal to substitute
fines for imprisonment and Punishment.
The delay in the decision, the presi-
dent continued, was owing to the diff
ficulty of discriminating between those
who refused to sign the petition and
those who did so. They wanted all
the prisoners to be out of Jail, he said,
and had full confidence that the execu-
tive council would endorse his con-
illusions on Monday.
esid,snt Kruger is deeply dis
dressed at the suicide of F. L. Gray,
wllo Uut mis- throat on Saturday. For
week previously he manifested
symptoms of homicidal mania and the
officials are bitterly denounced for
their failure to have him watched.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
JUDGES SUCCESSOR.
Mrs. TfngIey, Handsome Woman
of 40, Now Occupies the Theoso-
phicaI Throne.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Adver-
tiser tomorrow will publish the follow
ing:
All the powers of theosophy, occult
and visible, have failed to preserve the
incognito of it's esoteric head. This
head of the theosophical society lives
on West End avenue, this city, and
her name is Katharine Alice Tingley.
1t was Mrs Tingley who guided the
phychical movement of the late theoso-
phical convention; it was Mrs. Tingley
who married Claude Falls Wright to
Miss Leonard still more recently and it
was Mrs. Tingley whom William @.
Judge appointed his esoteric successor.
She is handsome woman of 40, a
clever clairvoyant and much given in
the past to spiritualism. Since, how
ever, she has succeeded ITO the theoso-
phical throne, she. has thrown spiritual
ism behind her and, according to
President Hagrove. never has INDUCED
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
SCORES ARE HOMELESS.
FuaDeI-Shaped Cloud Sweeps Down
Upon Frankfort.

FuaDeI-Shaped Cloud Sweeps Down
Upon Frankfort.
FRANKFORT, Kan, May 17.-At- 5
o'clock this evening a terrific cyclone
swept down upon the town of Frank
fort. from the southwest. Everything
in the north and west ends of the town
was completely wrecked. Probably
three score OF buildings were RACED
to the ground. Some of the best resi-
dences of the town were blown TO
atoms. Reports coming in from the
country where heavy damage has been
done, will materially swell the loss.
Many are reported painfully injured,
but so far as known, no one has been
killed. Many head of horses, cattle
and other stock have been killed.
were demolished and the Presbyterian
church was badly wrecked. Scores of
people were left homeless and are being
cared for touight in public halls and
il the houses of more fortunate citi-
zens.
Those most seriously injured are:
Henry Kennedy, nose broken and
badly injured.
P Cudmore, head buised.
Mrs. Moran, badly hurt.
Mrs. Arthur and two children.
Jack Rodgers.
Captain B. 3 Todd.
The small number of casualties is
accounted for by the fact that nearly
all the people fed to their cellars and
cyclone caves.
Reports coming in from Vleits and
Seneca say the cyclone was severe at
those points. The latest estimates are
that fully 100 buildings have been de-
stroyed in the town and surrounding
country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18

tory. dealing death and destruction
throughout the two counties. A dis
patch to the Times from Bern, Ne
maha county, reports that Seneca, the
county seat, was struck by cyclone al
o'clock this evening. One-third of
the residence portion of the town was
badly destroyed and five persons kill
ed and fifteen badly injured. The
county's magnificent new court house.
the towns big school house and the
Catholic church are among the build
ings wrecked. Five hundred of the
citizens of Seneca are reported to be
homeless tonight. The property loss
is estimated at 100000. The five dead
are two children of NJ. Everhes, two
children Of Mr.. Connen and son of
Peter Assemacher.
The cyclone also swept the towns of
Sabetha. Nemaha county and Frank
fort, Marshall county and the reports
indicate that many other smaller set
Elements have suffered but up to this
hour it has been impossible to get de-
tailed accounts of the damage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
DEEDS TO a DonAIN.
Prince of Wales Presents Them to
Lady Halle.

Prince of Wales Presents Them to
Lady Halle.
LONDON, May 17.-At Marlborough
house on Saturday, in the presence Of
a distinguished company, the Prince OF
Wales. on behalf of the subscribers,
presented to Lady Halle a silver ivory
casket containing the deeds to a domain
and chateau near Venice. The presen-
tation was in commemoration of the
jubilee of the violinist who made her
debut at Vienna in 1916 as Wilhelmina
Neruda, when only years Of age. As
Nine. Norman-Neruda she was a ia
vorite violinist in London for twenty
years and in 1888 she married Sir
Charles Halle, the distinguished plan
list
The subscribers TO the fund include
the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prin-
cess Louise, the king and queen of
Denmark and the king and queen of
Sweden, the Duke and Duchess of
York, Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Arthur Bal
four, the landgrave of Hesse, Baron
Revelstoke, the Duke of Abercorn, the
Duke of Westminster, Cardinal
Vaughn, the Archbishop of York, Sir
Augustus Harris, Madame Albani, Sir
Henry Irving. Sir John Mi1lais, the late
Lord Leighton, Baron Rothschild and
Mr. Alna-Tadcma.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
FAD BUTTER.
Analyses Show Where the STUFF
Comes From.

Analyses Show Where the STUFF
Comes From. /
WASHINGTON, May lin conf
munication recently received from thei
British board OF agriculture, by Actingi
Secretary of Agriculture Dabney, rel
turn is made of samples of importedi
butter analysed under the direction OF,
the board, from May, 1895, until Febru-
airy, 1886, inclusive. The total numbers
of samples so analysed was 995, repre-.
senting the products of twelve different,
countries. The countries in whose pro-
ducts adulterated specimens werel
found are as follows: Belgium, 5,
samples, adulterated Germany, 154i
samples, 43 adulterated; Holland, 250i
samples, Sc adulterated; Norway and
Sweden, 100 samples, 2 adulterated; !,
Russia, 40 samples, adulterated. The,
countries contributing samples anong1
which no adulteration OF specimens was
found are: Argentine, I samples; AUS
tria, 81: Canada, SO; France, 81; Newt
Zealand, q; United States, Sc samples.
In regard to the aduIterated products.
the noteworthy points are the ire;
mendous proportion of specimens, over
80 per cent from Germany; the large.
proportion, numbering over 26 per cent
contributed from Holland, and the facIi
that Denmark. by far the largest con-.
tributor of foreign butter to the butter!
market and enjoying hitherto an al.
most irreproachable reputation in thei
butter market, should have contributed
on a total of 1872 specimens, s adulter-i
ated, or nearly 5 per cent. In regardi
to the other countries, the presence oil
Argentina in the British butter mar
ket, even though no doubt to a very'
limited extent, is worthy OF note.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
SCENES AT SHERMAN.
Religious Services Abandoned, the
Ministers Being in the Hospitals.

Religious Services Abandoned, the
Ministers Being in the Hospitals.
SHERMAN, Tex, May 17.-No more
of the tornado today, although many
thousands have followed it from one
end to the other.
At 10 a. m. a detached arm and hand
were found in a ravine near the Wash
ington Avenue bridge 1t is believed to
belong to the badly mutilated body
of one of the colored victims, who was
killed in Houston street, four blocks
away.
There have been but two deaths in
the hospitals in the last twenty-four
hours-Miss Sophia Pierce and Matte
Lake, colored.
Interments of storm victims were
made today at the following cemete-
ries respectively:
Miss Pierce and Matte Lake, at
West Hill; Mrs NJ. Lyman. at st.
Mary's; Rev. ]. D. Shearer and wife,
at Mount Ararat.
Sympathetic visitors to the cemetery
have fairly covered the graves of the
victims with garlands and flowers to-
day.
Rev. Ben Wilson, chairman of the
relief committee, was this afternoon
IHIotIueu ny lue SISTER superior VI 81.
Joseph convent, that she had instruc-
lions from Bishop Dunno of the do
cese of Dallas to turn the convent into
a hospital and do all she could to al
leviate the suffering of the wounded.
Chairman Wilson wired his CRATE
full Acknowledgements of the great kind
ness of the bishop, stating, however,
that adequate hospital room was al
ready provided.
Religious services were generally
abandoned today, the clergy and their
respective congregations being en-
gagged in the hospitals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
COAL PRODUCTION.
Some Interesting Figures Furnished;
Rv the Stafisfician

Some Interesting Figures Furnished;
By the statistician.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Mr. E. W.,
Parker, statistician of the United
States geological survey. has completed:
the compilat ton of the statistics Of thei
coal production in the United States
during the calendar year 1895. The to-
tai output from all mines was 1Il,SO4,-
742 long tons or 1872, 421, 81 short tons,
having a total value at the mines of:
$751;, 572,477 This shows an increased
over the production in 1894 Of about
19,350,000 long tons, or nearly 2, 900,
short tons, and an increase in value OF
about 81, 900. The output of anthra.
cite coal in Pennsylvania increased !
from 46, 35S, IA long tons in 1894 to 81, |
5,122 long tons in 1885, a gain of over
100000 long tons. The value increased
only about 81, 800, GOO from SIS. ASS, 063 to ;
$50, 019, 272, showing that anthracite !
Goa was cheaper in 1899 than in 1894.
The product of bitumincus coal in.
creased from rs, ,405 short tons OF
1000 pounds in 1894 to 1874, Al, 974 short
tons in 1895, gain OF over 15,oO0,000
tons. The value increased about $1,000
900. There was an increased product
ton in all burt five of the coal prOduc-
ing states. Alabama and Pennsylvania
showed phenomenal gains Of more than
25 per cent, Alabama increasing fromi
4,397,17S short tons in 1894 TO 5,769, 775i
tons in 1895, with valuation off
$5,348,795, and Pennsylvania from 50, :,
81, 483 short tons to 5O,O17, 446 short tons,
valued at S35902.67S.
The states in which a decreased
production was shown were Georgia,
Kansas, North Dakota, West Virginia
and Wyoming The principal loser wa5i
Kansas. The decreases in the other
states were slight. The production
among the other leading coal states
was: Illinois, 17,7S5,S64 value, $14, 2S9,
157; Ohio, 1876, 1877; value, $40, 637, 500,
and West Virginia, 11,424, 1858; value,
S7,SS7, 12O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
Maryland Disaster.

BERLIN, Md, May 17.-Twenty-five
dwellings were destroyed by fire today
at Franklin City, Va, twenty-eight
miles from here. The fire started in a
frame building at the shore end of the
pier which was used as a depot by the
Maryland & Virginia Railroad COM
pany, a branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad. The people of the town
turned out and, forming bucket bril-
gade tried to stop the Roadway of the
fire. On the pier were a number of
cars which were consumed and the
road bed was torn up for a consider
able distance. Among the buildings
destroyed was the postofice and a
Methodist church which had recently
been erected. The loss cannot be es-
timated at this time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
TARIFF CONVENTION.
MUCH INTEREST IN THE NON-PAR-
TISAN IDEA.
Over One Thousand Delegates Have
Already Been Chosen-Many Or
CARNATIONS Will BE Represented

DETROIT, Mich, May 17.--It now trans
pires that the national non-partisan COM
mercial tariff convention. which meets in
this city June 2 will be considerably
larger than its projectors at first antici-
pated.
Secretary S. B. Archer, of the Tariff
Commission League, has received Gre
dentials already from commercial bodies
who have chosen lot of over 1000 dele
gates. There will also be some delegates
from laboring and agricultural organiza-
lions. AT least double that number of
accredited delegates are expected, repre-
senting boards of trade and chambers of
commerce and other bodies of like char
acter. Other persons who attend will be
entitled to vote on all questions excepting
those concerning permanent organization.
From letters received, the sentiment
favoring holding annual non-partisan
tariff conventions is almost unanimous.
The Santa Fe Womans Board of Trade,
the only organization of its kind sends
four delegates.
The convention committee, consisting
of presidents OF boards of trade, com
mercial bodies, and labor and farming
organizations representing various sec
tons of the country, will meet June l,
and arrange the final details and choose
temporary officers.
Auxiliary to the convention and de-
signed to facilitate discussion there will
be appointed four large committees.
Their province respectively will be to
recommend ways and means for taking
the tariff question, to suggest ways and
means for improving the consular SER
vice in the way of increasing our for
5ign trade, especially with the Central
and South American republics, to report
upon the ACCESSIBILITY of recommending
to congress the creation of department
of commerce, manufacturing and labor,
the chief of such department to be a
member of the presidents cabinet; to
make recommendations as to a perman-
ent organization and the holding of an
nual conventions for considering the
tariff and other national questions.
The convention is to be absolutely nom
political and all questions must be dis
cussed from a purely commercial stand
point. The convention will probably con-
tinue week or more.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
ATHLETES AT ATHENS.
Greece Preparing to Hold Quadren-
NAL Olympic Games, Beginning
in 1895.

ATHENS, May 1.-THE government
has drafted bill for holding quadren-
NAL games commencing in 1898.
This is the outgrowth of the decision
of the Olympic games which were held
in this city, to hold the next quadren-
NAL games in 1900 in Paris, leaving
the choice Of location for the next
games in 1904 open between New York,
Berlin and Stockholm. It was the in
tention further to hold the games at
a definite point in each succeeding four
years and SO carry the institution from
one country to another around the
world 1t is the purpose of the Greek
government, on the other hand to
hold the games every four years in
Athens in the stadion, which was re-
stored for this purpose by Mr.. Aver
off, and which he has determined to
rebuild in marble. The Greeks argued
that the attractiveness and signifi-
canoe of the games would be lost I'M
less they were held on the historic
spot and amidst the historic associa-
lions of the new stadion at Athens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
CRUMP'S CASE.
TT WILL HAVE TO HE TRIED OVER
AGAIN.
All Because of the Asinine Actions
of the Jurors, Who Intentionally
Violates the Rules Laid Down For
Them.


topeCldl 10 1 ne feTdIQ.j
BOISE, Ida, May ia special to the
Statesman from Weiser says: The
Cramp murder case went to the jury at
Ii o'clock last night.
During the night one or more of the
jurors escaped from the custody of the
bailiff who was in charge of them and
procured law book from which a GER
tain juror proceeded to expound legal
lore to his companions At o'clock this
afternoon the jury appeared in court and
reported that there was no probability
of their reaching an agreement. They re-
tired again for further consultation when
the court was informed of what had &C.
CURED. The jury was then recalled and
discharged, as any verdict which could
have been arrived at would have been
vitiated by the extraordinary proceeding.
The case is set for retrial on Thursday
next. Counsel, witnesses and officers Of
the court express disgust at the unex-
pected result of their labors during the
week, and the prospect of repeating the
whole long and tedious trial within a
few days.
1t is reported that at the time of their
discharge the jurors stood eight for con-
viction. three undetermined and one for
acquittal.