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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01
City CREEK
IS BOOMING
Small Army of Men Necessary
to Control the Furiously
Raging Waters.
SOME DAMAGE IS DONE.
A Great Deal, Too, Has Been
AVerted.
SOME DAMAGE IS DONE.

Much More Trouble Looked For in
the Next Few Days, in Case of
Rains or Warm Weather-Jordan
Almost Out of Its Banks, and is
Backing Up All the Streams
which Usually Feed It-some
Good Work Done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01

MUCH in THE BALANCE.
Wisdom Should be Used at All
Times.

Friends of the Party Urged to Push
the Work of Organization With
All Possible vigor, the Purpose
Being to Unite For Action All
believers in Free Silver and Pros
perity-Have But Little Faith in
the Old Parties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01

CHICAGO, May 91-Philip w. Ayers,
the scientific phalanthropist of the civic
federation, has gone to East St. Louis
to see what charity is needed among
the sufferers from the tornado. He
was sent by the committee of the
organizations under which he works.
1t is the intention of this division to
offer to act as general distributing
body in case he shall report that the
stories that restitution and hunger are
not exaggerated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01
HOME HAPPENINGS.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, May 81
Petit & Co.'S lumber plant. near
Weston, burned last night. Loss over
$50, 00O in lumber and machinery no
insurance.
WASHINGTON, May 91-Hon- T. C.
PNatt arrived in the city last night but
left again at an early hour this morn
ing for New York Among those whom
he saw while here was Senator Quay
of Pennsylvania. but the latter de-
clined to say anything about his con-
ference with the ex-senator
SPRINGFIELD, O., May 31.-Rev.
Mr.. Crabtree, Prohibition candidate for
secretary of state and nearly all CO.
prohibitionist officers will resign to-
morrow thus necessitating, it is said,
a. new state and county convention.
This action is taken to join the new
party organized at Pfttsburg.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, May 81
The steamboat Ironsides struck a
large stone in the Ohio river fifteen
miles below here last night, and sank
in five feet of water at what is known
as the Lee Creek rifle. She was up on
the trip from St. Louis to Pittsburg.
Captain Gray, aged II, was in com
mand. He lives at SewicIzly, Pa. The
boat was owned by the Parkers Steam
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01

DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 31.-Genera1
George w. Jones, Iowa's first senator
who is now in his 92nd year. is very
seriously i'll and was anointed today
by Vicar-General Ryan. He caught
cold in Chicago on Thursday of last
week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01
ship company of Pfttsburg and was
worth S21 900.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, May 81
Members of the Dodge Light Guards
and High School cadets were given a
taste of real soldier life during Decora-
ton day exercises. Elmer Mathers is
a sergeant of the cadets and also a
member of the guards. The guards
were out in response to orders from the
adjutant general of the state, but
Mathers elected to march with THE
cadets. When he appeared on the
street his arrest was ordered as an
offender against military discipline.
The cadets protected him with their
guns. The guards were ordered TO fix
bayonetS and arrest him at all hazards
and Malthers was eventually captured
and locked UP in the armory. He was
released later
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01
THE FULL EXTENT

of the loss of property cannot be ascer-
tanned for weeks to come. Many Or
chardS have been destroyed, the houses
entailing a loss of thousands of dollars
The tornado was also a visitor in the
vicinity of Ashley, three miles south of
Richview, and demolished houses,
barns and orchards. 1t seems the storm
parted before reaching this place, one
half going north of it and the other
south. The farm house of William
Howard, three miles southeast, was
blown away
Oakville, eighteen miles south of
Carlyle, was visited Rain fell in tor
rents, swelling the small streams to
rivers. Shade trees were strewn in
profusion over the town. Large trees
are twisted and matted together. The
destruction of the residences of John
MaXeiners and John Ruckle is the only
damage. The main part of the storm
passed south of Oakville where
THE ROUTE OF THE WIND
is marked by twisted trees and broken
fences.
Emma Krouse, aged 10, died yester-
day. Her parents were killed This
makes the total number of dead fiji
teen.
The storm came from the northwest
a. New Baden and went southeast to-
ward Mascoutah. The territory be-
tween the two places was untouched.
AT New Baden it assumed a south
easterly course and destroyed that
place, but skipped Hoyelton, which is
situated between there and Richview.
There was a difference also in the
manner OF destruction. At New Bader,
the trees were twisted. while in the
other localities it was direct blow.
The storm disappeared few miles
south of Ashley.
The value of property destroyed in
New Baden, New Minden, Richview,
Ashley and Oakville and vicinity is
said to exceed 100000.
Those killed in this vicinity are:
Robert Foster.
Mrs. Cornell and infant
Farm hand, name unknown.
Samuel Oliver u s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01

PHILADELPHIA, May 31.-Edwin
B. Filter, ex-mayor of Philadelphia,
and member of the well-known firm
of cordage manufacturers bearing his
name, died at his home in this city to-
night.
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WILD WINDS ROAR.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS OFF HAVOC
WROUGHT IN ILLINOIS.
Number of Deaths Appalling, Eclips-
ing Any Disaster Ever Occurring
in That Vicinity-SeveraI Towns
Visited.

CARLYLE, ILL.,, May 31.-Additional
reports received here of the havoc
wrought by the terrible cyclone
Wednesday evening continue to swell
the list of dead and injured. The num-
Der of deaths is appalling and eclipses
any disaster that ever befell this vi
cinity.
A rumor was afoat here that Rich
view, small place situated on the
Illinois Central, mad been entirely de-
molished, and twenty persons had been
killed, but 1T escaped with small in
jury in comparison with neighboring
towns northwest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01

City creek is booming.
That accounts for the muddy water
that has been served to customers Of
hotels. restaurants and bars, and even
at ones own table during the past few
days.
1t also accounts for the fact that
watermaster Wilcken. for the past
fifty-six hours, has not had time to
either change his boots or swap a lie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-08
A New Philosopher.

''Contound It," remarked Mr.. Brsz
sle. of Brooklyn. the other morning. as
he stood on his front-dooF step and
held his hand up TO catch the sprinkie
pt the rain, will have to 60 back ur
three flights of stairs and get my UNI
hrella? Confound IL, why are peOpls
SO careless? looked out Of my win
dow before / came down. having an
idea that 10 was umbrella weather, but
everybody. on the street was without
an umbrella, SO, of course, thought
there wasn't any need for me 70 bring
mine along. Now I've got to go back
after IL. Confound il, why don't PEG
pie who come out first IN the morning
bring their umbrellas when IL look
like rain? I'm glad 10 see them hust-
ling along now for shelter, and 1 hope
they'll GET soaked before they End IL.
II they'd taken little thought before
starting out they'd be al right now,
and I wouldn't have 10 60 back up those
stairs after my umbrella" and Nh
Brazzle, with objurgstions on his teL
low citizens, went back upstairs.-N. Z
Sun.
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OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The granger OF America need Be n
no loss for harTow,4 SCI patents having
been issued on these aids 10 agricultural
toll.
"A set Of triplets - years old are liv-
ing in the town OF Inez. KY, here they
were born They are finely built men
and remarkably alike II appearance u
every respect Two are married
The spider produces silk Of = far
quality, but the difficulty q rearing
spiders and the small quantity Of pro
duct from each insect has caused the
abandonment Of al efforts 20 produces
spider silk
Just 10 change his luck" Police
Eso Tobin, Of Chicago. pUrpoeeiy
2osled against = hUmp-backed woman
he soon sfterward discovered, wI-h -,
aid Of another Officer. that the hurnF
was formed Of package Of stolen siIki
and linens
At the tine OF his 6esth reosntly
Othliel Gayer. OF Norwich. Conn. va
Tie oldest town clerk IN the Unite
STATES 81 point Of continuous serTice
and perhaps also IL point Of sRe- lie
Wa - years old, and hal held osics
continuously for q iirtIe mere than =
yes1s-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-08
AN AeSENT-MINoE0 MAN.
why He Thought His Sandwich Was DRY
and TRsteless.

The sbsent-minded man took hie scat
a The res;--,-,7t rarIe, and, as usual,
buried his face - once in newspaper.
A waiter placed biH-of-fare, a napkin
and knife and fork in front of him
and stood two or three minutes I'M
noticed before asking:
What shall 7 bring you, sir?"
whats that?" said the absent-mind-
ed man, starting up suddenly, not re-
membertng what it was all about
What do you want for lunch, sir?,
the waiter asked again.
"Oh! yes" said the ebeent-minded,
trying 10 collect his wits. Bring me
cup OF coffee and ham sandwich"
The waiter supplied the order and put
a large pasteboard check for II down
Oh the table, the absent-minded man
continuing to read his paper. The
Uaiter went away TO attend To the
wants OF other people. and about IS
minutes later came back.
DO you wish anything more?'' be
asked, politely.
YES" snapped the sbsentminded
man, somewhat viciously. go and get
me fresh ham sandwich. Theone you
brought me was as dry as bone"
"'Why. here is the sandwich 7 brought
sir" said the waiter, pushing the plate
toward him. you've eaten the check
Chicago Tfmes-HerAid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-08
THE HONEST DANE.
Not So Good When Abroad as When -.
Home.

Not So Good When Abroad When -.
Home.
81 like all the Danes, from the profes.
SIGNALS, as they are called, to the stoiid
little country children who cap so as
siduously to the stranger man. But
with this proviso: That they have no.
sdulterated their native character with
too much of the tincture of cosmopoli
tanism. The American Dane is often a
highly unpleasing specimen of q man.
He has assimilated, perfoEce, much oil
the vulgarity and dollar worship SC
common in the country of his adop
ton, and he openly despises his IN.
travelled compatriots for their sim.
plicity and contentment in that state OF
life in which circumstances and their
own want of enterprise have fixed them
The genuine Dane would, 1 believe
rather die than cheat his fellow man
and especially stranger. But YOU
emigrant Dane, homo for q holiday
from Iowa or Minnesota, or, worse still
returned as incapable, is quite another
pair of shoes. Withal, II English traders
in Danish butter and meat, and Eng
lish importers of cycles TO this excel.
lent cycling country are to be believed
in all honest dealing the Danish trader
is as keen for his own interests as he
ought to be for the sake of his self-re
speot."
I'VE are not rich here In Denmark
said to me a stalwart farmer who had
been coaxed into my room at q wayside
inn merely because he had little Eng
fish; shut we do not spend much, He
and his household "a large one) ate
margarine. All his butter went to Eng.
land. His pleasures at the inn of an
evening were not of the costly kind;
q penny cup of coffee or three-half
penny bottle of lager beer, with perhaps
a cigar at five for twopence. He disa,
bused my mind of the idea that bis
country is lightly taxed, and that il
knows next to nothing of trials like
ours under the poor laws. I was sorry
to hear, moreover, that there are wicked
old men in Denmark who assign theii
property to their children and play the
pauper, throwing themselves upon their
native parish. which is then bound TO
maintain them. They cannot be nu-
msrous, however. And the same may be
said of the privileged estates of certain
notorious individuals, which pay moth.
ing towards the burdens of the state,
The Dane loves fair treatment, and be
would feel moro affection for good iii
sdespotic) King Christian TX. if he
would remedy these undeniable griev
ances -Corrhi NIoOazipa
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CONCERNING THE TRANCE.
How 1t May Be Distinguished from Ger
tain Death

How 1t May Be Distinguished from Ger
tain Death.
According to Quain. a respectable au-
Shority, the onset OF the state of trance
is usually sudden. 1t may succeed an
lysteroid convulsion and in sope other
cases the onset has been attended with
Bn aura, resembling the globus hys-
Sericus, or the sensation which pre-
cedes hysteroid and epleptio fits, as
of ball rising from the abdomen TO
the throat During this state thecoun-
tens1loe is usually extremely pale. Che
limbs are relaxed. The eyelids are
usually closed, and may resist and
CULVER on attempts TO open them The
Eyeballs are directly upward in most
cases; they often deviate from the mid
dla Line and sometimes dierge slightly.
The mental functions seem in mpst
cases 10 be IN complete abeyance. No
manifestations OF consciousness can
be observed or elected by the most
powerful cutaneous stimulation, and
on recovery no recollection OF the state
is preserved But in some cases Volt
tion only IS lost and the patient Is
aware of ell that passes. although I'M
able To give the slightest evidence of
Consciousness. The usual condition Is
that of an entire absence of all evidence
of mental activity. The duration OF
trance has varied from few hours or
days 70 several weeks, months or even
b year. The diagnosis of trance rests
ON the impossibality of rousing the
sleeper. In case of death tranca, In
which no signs of vitality can be recog-
MED, the presence of life may be ascer-
famed by the absence of any signs OF
decomposition, by the normal appear
nnce of the frndus oculi as seen with
the opthalmosoope, by the persistence
OF the excitability of the muscles by
electricity. This excitsbility disappears
in three hours after certain death
BrooNyn Eagle,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-08
Mr.. GLADSTONE AT WORK.
a Busy HAN with a Passion for SavinS
the Minutes.

a Busy Man with Passion for Saving
the Minutes.
Three writing tables stand in the
Hawarden castle library, and not one of
them is for show. At one table Mrs.
Gladstone writes many of her letters;
the second, standing between two win
dows, is Mr.. GladsJone's political desk.
1t looks now too neat, too tidy, by faT.
for the taste of any Gladstonian politi-
clan; the blotting pad has an unused
air about it; the pen-wipers, racks,
knives and other appurtenances stand
about with mathematical precision
which means want OF use, and there is
neither note DOT leatet to be seen. The
political desk, at ell events for the pres
ent, must be numbered among the IN
employed. But turn to the third, the
literary writing table in the niche by
the window, which is the most peaceful
corner in that place of peace. You may
there at any time during the day see o
sight that viii make your heart rejoice,
and that viii hnger in your mind while
pictures finger there at all.
The whole desk is covered with refer
ence books of all shapes and sizes, They
form a wall around three sides, and
there is only an opening in the front OF
the desk just wide enough to allow Mr.,
Gladstone 10 place the sheets of fools.
cap on which he writes. There at this
desk the G. O. NJ sat lately all day long,
with very short intervals, absorbed in
Bishop Butler" the man whom he
gives place among the best of men
who have ever lived. The number OF
volumes REQUIRED nv Mr.. Gladstone for
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references almost enulesss he has often
TO search through one bulky tome after
the other for some chance paragraph
that may help him to elucidate dark
place in the Analogy" There he sits,
absorbed in his work; now writing
rapidly and eagerly for some minutes;
now throwing down his pen and dip
ping into one of the books with which
he has surrounded himself. Some
times a specially favored artist has been
admitted TO take Mr.. Gladstone's por-
trait, but IL is on express condition that
the sitter" shall not in any way be dis
tracted from his work. Not once does
Mr, Gladstone's attention flag, though
you may perchance be sauntering about
the room in company with a member
of his family, or be privileged to have
chat with Mrs. Gladstone as. IN loving
pride in ell her husbands doings, she
points out to you this, that or the other
of the objects in the library 10 which at
taches special interest for him. Not
that Mr.. Gladstone is altogether indif-
ferent to violent Interruptions. In
fact, he objects to them strongly, and
he does not hesitate to say so. But
when it happens that he himself has in
vited you to come into my ROOM" he
forgive you If you appear while he is
at work, and works on, undisturbed by
your presence or your voice, with an
absorption in his occupation which is
nothing short of marvellous. Whatever
the work may be which he has in hand,
it takes hold of him so entirely that he
has to be aroused from IL as most people
are reused from sleep. Mr.. Gladstone
does not, as rule, care to talk of his
idiosyncrasies, since he holds the sim
cere opinion that he is very much like
the rest of the world. But he acknowl-
edges that his faculty of concentration
Is his special gift, the ore by which pc
is distinguished from other people.
Another reason why Mr.. Gladstone
gets through so astounding an amount
of work is his extraordinary habit OF
using up odds and ends Of time. One
day, not long ago, he was going out for
drive into Chester eftsr luncheon,
His pudding was very hot. so he went
away from the table, changed his
clothes, got ready for the drive and
came back and finished his pudding,
thus saving the ten minutes during
which his pudding cooled!
From ten a. m TO luncheon time Mr..
Gladstone spends regularly in the IL
brary hard at work. But when the
gong sounds he puts down his pen, for
promptneSs in everything has become a
second nature 70 him, and he is proba-
bly, in the dining-room before anyone
else arrives. Petz alone, if that little
creature can arrange it 50. is as prompt
as his master, for his two ruling pas
sions-love for his master and love for
his dinner-come into play at the sound
of the luncheon gong. - Westminster |
Gazette
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u Government 11onoporr.

Salt is n government monopoly IL
Italy and its cost is greater than that
of sugar. Every one uses it very care
fully, therefore. 1t Is only for sale
in the tobacco shops, and the privileg,
OF Keeping these is greatly coveted. be
ing a sort OF sinecure awarded to naer
who in other countries would receive
q pension for government services
The quantity contained in one of our
Io-cent bags of fine table salt would
cost in Italy so cents. In CONSEQUENCE
II this only very coarse rock salt Is used
in cooking. Ths waters of the Medi-
terranean being the source of the sup
ply, the government guards them most
jealousy and the whole coast is pa,
trolled by soldiers. With the water
C. the blue sea az the foot Of Your gr-
den terrace YOU may not dip from them
SO much IS a pint, You may hattie in
the surf. but you nav not I'll an ounce
Phial from which 70 battle your tired
eyes in your room, The American
tourist finds these restrictions partic.
ularly irkSome. There can D. nc
villas on the shores Of the Msditar.
ranean provided with salt water in
their bath rooms as are some OF our
luxurious Newport hones.-Chicacc
News.
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rl1ree Gays ola Uney leave theIr foster
mother and are sold, usually by auction.
TO the neighboring poultry farmers.
The species of chickens most sought
after are known as the Chow. These arc
small and white. A cock of this breed
may invariably be seen perched on the
coffin and forming cn essential part OF
the native funeral cortege.
On arrival at the cemetery the bird
is killed and offered as a sacrifice. 4
similar custom is also observed on tn,
Chinese New Year, when every fisher
MAJ sprinkles the Prov of his boa;
with the blood of the finest Chow cock
he can obtain, hoping thereby 20 IL
sure good luck for himself and safety
for his craft.-Chicaeo News.
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lNCU6ATO7RS IN CHINA.
Te Hatch Chickens by Artificial Mean. Ia
an Old Story There

an Old Story There.
To hatch chickens by artificial means
has been the practice OF the Chinese
practically from time imuenorial. The
method employed, however. is essen
italy simple and very different from
tho complicated apparatus that is in
vogue IN other countries. The ineu-
bsstcr, IN fact, consists of a long. low
SHED formed of bamboo frame tlicbIv
tlaacched with straw and plastered in a
manner by no means peculiar to the
ce!estials-with mud Both ends and
one side Of the building ere hung with
baskets deftly plated from grass sni
also rendered iniamDsbie by a coating
CT clay.
In these baskets the eggs to be
hatohef a-e placed. and a cover Of sim.
liar material is fastened TO the ton. .TbA
bottom of each nest consists OF = SingJa
tile, and on the ea-then 6oor beneath a
ser3es OF small fires are lighted. Ona
ot the doors Of the building is per-
foTated with holes rather smaller in
size than the eggs, which, af1er hav-
Ing been baked for few DAYS. are taken
by the attendsut and held ID 70 the
hight through these ePertures. This Is
II order 70 discover whether the ergs
aie likely 10 proTe Productiveo-r rot
As the tIne for Matching aporoaches
The oVsrsaer removes the eggs from the
nest and spreads then with infinite cara
upon shelf. where hey ere subjected
10 the rli.ce- warn a OF & thick cotton
ooFe-let- Il Is OF these shelves that
the chickens make their first apoesr-
elce from tie shells. Bzfoza ti.sr ara
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Entirely Different.

81 Railways call that dog of mine Lame
Conclusion" remarked the contrary
nsn. because"
II know" interrupted The smisble
usn- because he doesn't follow IA.
ia, Very good very"
Not 8. all. sir. Not az all / call him
that because he has broken tall
suaried the contrary nan.-Chlcago
frscae.
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Indispensable.

ct don't think I want a cyclopedia,"
said the woman of the house, but IL
you have got any nice book for chill
dren-"
Great Scott, madam" exclaimed TIE
unblushing book agent I'VE use this
cyclopedia for children's book q; our
houses altogether. They sit on Il at
tie table-"-Chicayo Tribune.