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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13

Omaha, April 1.-THE Missouri river
has risen almost two feet at this point
iE "A hours. and is now higher than at
any time since 1881.
At noon, the government gauge
showed las feet above mean low water,
and the guage at the station several
miles north, where the channel is con-
fined, showed 1913 feet.
On the Iowa bottoms, north of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, the water is four feet deep,
but is held back from the city by
dykes.
On the Omaha side the factories
a;ong the river have taken precautions
against overflow. A portion of the
burlington tracks was washed out tbs
afternoon and tonight force is at
work trying to prevent further wash
cuts. The big Omaha and Grant smell
ter, and the Willow Springs distillery
are only a few feet above the stream
tonight
The threatened cut off at Blair has
been averted for the time at least The
Northwestern officials say their bridge
there is safe.
At Yankton a huge ice house was
floated against the Great Northern
structures are threatened with de-
struction. Heavy rains fell in all this
section last night, and the streams
emptying into the Missouri are all run
ming bank full again.
The river here will rise for at least
"a hours.
This evening the river broke over
into its old channel at Omaha, flowing
into Florence lake, which was formed
when the river changed. it's course
nearly 20 years ago. Tonight the water
is pouring down through the lake and
has flooded the bottoms in the vicin-
ity. All the houses in north Omaha,
200 or 300 in number, are surrounded
and the inhabitants have been moving
to higher ground. The Missouri Pacific
and Elkhorn tracks are under water,
the round house of the latter road be-
ing surrounded. The river is still ris-
ing rapidly, the engineer at the pump
ing station at Florence reporting that
it has risen a foot between noon and
10 p. m.
The water from the break into Flor
ence lake is finding an outlet at Cutoff
lake, and if the rise is much greater,
there is great danger that the river will
re-eStablish its abandoned course of 20
years ago. In this event the property
loss will be enormous, as there are eX-
tenive railroad plants, factories, etc, in
the line of the threatened cutoff.
1t is still raining here at midnight,
and there is no way of telling what
damage is being done in the darkness
by the unruly waters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13

Memphis April 1.-THE mighty
swoop of the waters south of Vicks-
burg has at last had its effect upon the
lower levees, and tonight a telegram
from Tallalah. La. reports that the
levee which protects Davis island has
given way and that the island will. in
ell probability. be flooded. Twenty-Five
hundred people inhabit Davis island.
which consists of about 1000 acres OF
land. The island is in Warren county.
Miss. Throughout the upper delta the
flood situation shows little change
since last reports. The work of gov
eminent relief has been actively in
augurated.
Many people are being fed and
housed at Greenville. Rosedale. Helena,
Friar's Point and other points along
the river The relief steamer is now
plying up the St Francis river with
food and forage for man and beast.
At Helena the river has fallen two
tenths of a foot in the past "a hours.
The weather observer at that point
says tonight that a steady fall will be
noted in the river, despite the rise at
Cairo and up-river points. The Will
hanson crevaSSe has Widened consider
ably, but the velocity of the water has
abated and no further breaks are
feared
At Greenville the river is stationary
tonight. Captain H. c. Martin, repre-
senting the secretary of war, arrived
al Greenville today and is now thor
oughly investigating the needs of the
sufferers in that territory and will base
MS report as TO the amount of ratiOns
20 be distributed in Washington county
upon the result of his observations
Fully 5000 negroes in Washington
county alone are penniless and must
be taken care of. At Memphis the
river is still falling slowly. The river
at Cairo and points north is rising.
Sioux City, Ia, April 12.-Captain
Gould of the government river service
has arrived in Sioux Citv after a trip
down the Mississippi from Pierre in
the government steamer Josephine. In
speaking of flood conditions ne said
The cutting Of the banks is most
serious at several points above Sioux
City. Large areas of farm lands have
gone into the current and should ex-
tensive changes take place in the chan
mel, as there seems now reason to an
ticipate, greater damage viii be done.
The river is so high now that it has
had little opportunity to undermine the
pdikS- w men II goes GOWN ana DeSlnS
cutting under them the worst is to be
expected
The Missouri was very threatening
Sunday afternoon but is stationary this
morning. and from reports above it is
expected TO fall soon.
During Sunday the highest water of
the season here on the Big Muddy was
reached. The water was even with the
top of the banks, and as many jobbing
houses are located on the river front
and a few inches further rise would
have brought the water three dOorsteps
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
"IN OLD KENTUCKY"
PROBING INTO THE BRIBERY
CHARGES.
Many Prominent Politicians Have
Been Summoned Before the Grand
Jury, and Others Will Follow.

Frankfort, KY, April 12-The local
grand jury is going deeply into the bri-
berry charges against Hunter and his
lieutenants. Not only were the nomi-
zee and Mr.. FRANKIE, and ex-Congress-
nan Wilson, before the body today,
but late this evening a half dozen SEN
ators and members, including all those
who contended that DR.. Hunter was in
his room on the night of April l. were
summoned and examined. Later Cap
tain Gaines, who Swore that DR.. Hun
ter came to his house on the night
mentioned, was recalled, and after
ward his wife went into the jury room.
A part of Hunters testimony was a
reiteration of his public statement that
he had never seen Gaines, and never
was in his home in his life. The jury
adjourned for the day. without bring
ing any indictments or any report. 1t
is reported that the investigation will
take even wider scope at tomorrow
session. Meanwhile the harm, if any.
done Hunter by these charges and
their publicity are in a measure dis
counted by a break between the Black
burn Democrats and the gold Demo-
Gratis. The latter have been assisting
in breaking a quorum because of the
imminent chance of Hunters election.
They say that they will do so no lon
ger because the blackburn Democrats
wont help or agree to try to elect Mar
tin, or any other compromise candi-
date. and because they are pledged to
some kind of an election which will
be impossible so long as quorums are
prevented.
They promise to begin voting again
tomorrow on every ballot. This will
force all to vote and with all voting
Hunter needs but one really nominal
vote to secure his election. This. with
all voting, is liable to come at any mo-
ment from some of the three factions
opposed to Hunters election. The
Blackburn people. nearly always unit
in anything they undertake, have pro-
crossed far enough in their shrewdly
worked election scheme to be now cam
did about it and they now say: We'll
have no election, or force the gold
Democrats into being responsible for
the election.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
PASSED THROUGH OGDEN.
Baron" Was Not Arrested, But Goes
on With His Bride.


San Francisco, April 12-Mrs. Jean
ME Young, the woman who assumed
the name of Mrs. d. NJ. Delmas, is not
a baroness after all. The man she
married in Oakland on Saturday, and
with whom she is now speeding across
the continent on her wedding tour, is
not the Baron Robert Ludwig Won
Turkheim He is not a member of the
Royal Guards of Germany, nor does he
own estates at Mannheim, county of
Baden, Germany. He is plain Charles
J. Won Arnold, alias Baron Carls Won
Steinmotz, a private detective in the
employ of Charles ]. Stilwell
This rascal entrapped the woman
into a marriage with him. said H. W.
Hutton, attorney for Mrs. Young, in the
presence of Chief of Police Lees last
night 1T was a trick of Attorney
Delmas to get her out of the state.
Won Arnold was in Stillwells employ.
and the money he spent so lavishly on
the day of the wedding as well as the
$1,000 he paid the woman for her in
terest in the property Delmas bought
for her, came from Delfnas.
but the trick will avail Delmas
nothing. The wedding party will be
stopped at Ogden. or some place this
side of Ogden, and Van Arnold will be
brought back to Sacramento by order
of Chief of Police Drew of that city to
answer a charge of perjury. Once in
side this state, he will De held, if he
escapes the charge of perjury, to await
a requisition from Kentucky, where he
is wanted for a forgery committed in
Louisville The marriage ceremony
with Mrs. Young was Illegal because
Won Arnold made Misrepresentation to
her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
Another Nest of Plotters.

London. April 12.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times says it is
stated in well-informed circles that an
other nest of plotters was discovered
there a few days ago in Sergius street,
one of the most fashionable thorough
fares. The police raided a private lodg-
ing house belonging to well-known
Russian prince. The raid was made
during the night and the police found
a secret printing press. with mass of
proclamations and large quantity of
other revolutionary literature
A number of arrests have been made.
Most of the suspects are young persons
and both sexes are included There
are no students among those arrested,
but there is said to be at least one gov
eminent official.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
Rival to the Mammoth Cave.

Castalia, o., April 12.-The discovery
of vast subterranean passageway
here has caused many visitors 10 in
spect a new cave the past few days.
The cave is situated at the source of
CastaIa creek, and extends underneath
this town. The entrance is as yet
made with difficulty, but the splendor
of the interior is marvellous when
shown by the illumination of torches.
The state biologists will inspect the
cave this week after which the open
ing will be enlarged. 1t is believed that
this cave is connected with Perry's
cave at Put-in-Bay, and also with Flat
Rock cave which would make it ex-
tend over an area greater than that
of Mammoth cave.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
General Alger,s Ideas.

Washington, April 12.-General Alger
is of the opinion that the worst has
been seen of the floods in the south.
He this morning sent the following
Geographic order through Adjutant-
General Ruggles to Captain Davis, the
commissary officer at Memphis, with
instructions TO forward the same or
der to all the officers now distributing
rations:
The secretary of war directs you to
use every possible effort to prevent
people who are receiving aid from the
government from gathering in the cit
les, for as soon as the water subsidies
their services will doubtless be re-
quired to move upon the levee and till
the fields, and besides it would be a
great expense to transport them back
to their former homes when needed,
even if they should desire TO do So
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
THE HERALD BULLETIN
PAGE ONE

PAGE ONE.
An Address to Democrats.
North Omaha Under Water.
Evidence of Bribery in Kansas.
Mighty Swoop of the Waters.
Fifth Victim of the Wyoming
Blizzard.
PAGE TWO.
Latest From Greece and Turkey.
Ship Samaria Probably Lost.
End of the Yuma Celebration.
Government in the Butter Business.
Jack Daily Whips Everhardt.
PAGE THREE
The Mining Exchange.
The La Cigale Mill.
The Markets of the World.
PAGE FOUR
PAGE FIVE
University Regents Meet
In Railway Circles.
Affairs of the County.
Fitzer as a Romancer.
PAGE SIX.
Nine-Juror Verdicts Illegal.
A Verdict For $4,000 Damages.
Strange Mental Alteration.
The Pioneer Jubilee.
Great Famine in China.
PAGE SEVEN.
News From Nearby.
Bishop on Public Highways
Daring Ogden Burglary.
Danger From High Water in Weber
County.
PAGE EIGHT.
Past Celebrations of Pioneer Day.
In the Local Political Arena.
Miss Josie Winberg Dead.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
(srecial to The Herald.}

Especial to The Herald.>
Cheyenne, Wy, April 12.-The re-
mains of the fifth victim of the biz
zard of March 30 were found this
evening 20 miles east of Cheyenne.
near Hillsdale. The name of the I'M
fortunate was James Johnson, a
brother of Dave and Edward Johnson.
whose bodies were found last week.
The remains will be brought to Chey-
enne tomorrow and Wednesday the
three bodies will be buried. These
three men left their ranch on Horse
creek to drive to Cheyenne with four
loads of hogs. They were caught in
the blizzard while miles away from
any habitation and must have suf-
fered terribly. The man whose body
was found today walked over 30 miles
in the storm before he persisted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
Army Orders.

Washington, April First Lieutenant
]. S. Oyster. first artillery. has been
ordered before a retiring board headed
by Brigadier-General Forsyth at San
Francisco.
First Lieutenant w. l.. Bodeck. Thir-
teenth infantry has been detailed as
military instructor a ST. Johns Military
academy, Delafield. Wis.
Commodore A. Kautz has been detailed
as president of the naval retiring board
in place of Commodore c. S. Norton.
Ensign w. Pottbone from Cincinnati
to the San Francisco.
Ensign E. ]. Hines from San Francisco
to Cincinnati
Ensign L. B. Jones from Cincinnati to
Minneapolis.
Chief Engineer R. Roetker to duty on
the inspection board.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13

baptisns were reported. The revelation
was introduced and read. The twelve ac-
cepted unanimously the seventy and re-
ported the unanimous acceptance OF
high priests. The elders We're adopted
with one negative vote.
The high priests, bishopric, teachers,
deaconS. delegates and membership was
accented by a small vote amid much
feeling. The revelation with that of
1894. was ordered on the record and will
be published in the next issue of the
Boo< of Covenants.
All. the candidates expressed acceptance
and their ordination was conferred upon
them by President Smith. Bishop Kelly,
President Derry of the high priests, and
four of the twelve except Kelly who was
set apart by blessing with great
solemnity."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
The Busted Globe.

Chicago, April 12.-President Charles
w. Spalding of the defunct Globe Saw
ings bank arrived in Chicago last
night on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, coming from Grand Calumet
Heights. Ind, and leaving the train
before it reached the city depot. After
consultation with some of his friends
whom he met privately he went to the
residence of William T. Hail. justice of
the peace, where he gave bonds for
his appearance in court TO answer to
the charges of receiving money when
he knew the bank was insolvent. This
charge has been made by Frank F.
Stone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
CUCKOO" COLLINS.
Admits That He Robbed the Jewelry
Store of Gottesleben & Sons in
Denver.

Sacramento, April 12.-In an interview
published in the Bee this afternoon,
James Collins. now in Jail here, ac-
knowledged that he is Cuckoo Col
Inns, wanted by the police of Denver
for the robbery of the jewelry store of
Gotteseleben & Sons on March 9, 1896
The robbery was one of the most dar-
ing on record, a man having no con-
federates going into a store and boldly
escaping with a tray containing $4,000
worth of diamonds. Collins tells OF his
movements after his flight from Den
yer. He relates his adventures in Aus
tralian gold fields, and tells how
change in the charter of British yes
sci on which he was slowed saved him
from being captured by the Pinkertons
at Honolulu.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
BALFOUR IS PLAIN.
England Can Gain Nothing by an
International Monetary Confer
ence.

London, April 12.-Answering the
question regarding the prospects of the
government sending out invitations to
a bimetallic conference, Mr.. Balfour
reiterated in the house of commons to-
day that there was nothing in the sit
uation which would lead him to sup
pose that anything could be gained by
Great Britain taking the initiative in
promoting an international conference.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
Incidentally 1t Will Apply to
the Whole Country.
ALL REPUBLICAN
PROMISES BROKEN
Meeting of the Executive COM
mittee of the Democratic
Clubs.

The Party Which Had So Much Love
For the Poor Man Before Election
Now Preparing to Tax Him to
Pay Back to Corporations, Trusts
and Monopolies the Price of the
Accession of Mckinley TO Power
Dingley Bill Referred to as Mon
strous and a Fit Successor to That
Fathered by McKinley-An Inter
esting Showing of Democratic
Strength.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
PENAL SYSTEn.
First Steps Taken in Indiana to Re-
form It.

Jeffersonville, Ind, April 12.-The
first step towards putting into effect
the prison reform law passed by the
last general assembly of Indiana, hav-
ing for its purpose the reformation of
the penal system, was taken this
morning. when a train loaded with
convicts serving sentences in the JEFF
fersonyille prison started on its jour
Dey to Michigan City. The northern
and southern institutions are to here
after serve two distinct purposes. The
institution at Jeffersonville becomes
the Indiana reformatory, while the
Michigan City prison is to be known
as the Indiana state prison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
ALLEGED BLACKMAIL.
Some High Officials of Ohio May
Find Themselves Implicated.

Cincinnati, April 12.-The arrest on
Saturday of DR.. ]. w. Prendergast. the
city health officer and his associate,
Dr. o. " Limerick, on the charge of
Matchmaking the Frazer Tablet Trit-
urate Manufacturing company, caused
much comment Sunday. The prosecu-
ton is not made by the state food
commissioner, but by Mr.. Frazer,
whose tablets were in use in the city
department.
Mr. Frazer charges that ON March Is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
TRIPLE MURDER.
It Was Caused, It Is Said, by Dis
pute Over a Mining Claim.

Mojave, Cal, April 12.-Varying ru
mors come from Panamint. mining
camp in the desert 100 miles east of
Mojave, regarding a triple murder
there. The reports from Garlock, the
most westerly station from which COM
munication can be had by wire, gave
information that three men had been
killed by 'Panamiit Tom" an old In
dian chief Later reports verify the
killing of one man named Langton OF
Los Angeles and the fatal wounding of
two other men, whose names cannot
be learned. The quarrel arose over min
ing property claimed by the Indian and
which the white men had jumped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
sUPREnE COURT.
A Couple of Decisions of Far-Reach-
ing Importance.

ing Importance.
Washington, April 12-The supreme
court. today. affirmed the decision of
the supreme court of Washington in
the cases from that state brought to
enjoin the state and county authorities
from levying upon the safes, time locks
and other personal property of banks
for the purpose of collecting tax upon
the capital stock of the banks under
the state law of 1891. 1t was contended
that the law was in conflict with sec
ton 5219 of the revised statutes of the
United States, but the court held that
such was not the case.
Justice Gray rendered the opinion of
the court in the case of Morris l.. Glad
son VS.. the state Of Minnesota, affirm
ing the decision of the state supreme
court. The case involved the validity
of the Minnesota state law requiring
all passenger trains on state railroads
to stop at county seats which are rail-
road stations, which today's opinions
affirms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
FORGER SANFORD.
Makes a Confession That Will Keep
Him in Jail For Some Time.

Jamestown, n. Y. April 12.-The for
ger H. ]. Sanford, who was arrested
here Friday. was taken to Fort Wayne.
Ind. for trial Before leaving he &C
knowledged that he had been engaged
in forseries and raising bank paper for
the past five years. He said his right
name was C. F. Moore, that his home
was in Cleveland and that he was
president of the United States Fuel
Econonizing company of that city. He
says that neither his business asso-
cistes or his family had any idea that
he had been engaged in these forger1es.
The detective who came here for the
prisoner had with him $4,000 in raised
drafts. which had been realized on.
The prisoner acknowledged that all of
them were his work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13

Dr. Prendergast threatened to pro-
nounce the tablets impure unless S10,-
900 was paid. He also charges that
DR.. Limerick was the middle man and
that the amount demanded was finally
reduced to $1,000.
Meantime the case was put in Pink
erton's hands and now startling de-
velopments are expected. The prose-
cution will be pressed, although it is
said some high officials will be in
volved in the transactions before all
is over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
MIGHTY
SWOOP OF
The WATERS
Effect Upon the Lower Levees
South of Vicksburg.
MANY LIVES ARE
ENDANGERED
WORK OF GOVERNMENT RELIEF
INAUGURATED.

Three Thousand Penniless Negroes
in One Solitary County Who Must
Be Taken Care of by the Public
Captain Gould of the Government
River Service Believes Much
Greater Damage Will Yet Be
Done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
Prof. Cope.

Philadelphia, April 12.-Prof. Edward
Brinker Cope, Phi. D.. died at his hene
here this morning from kidney trouble
Mr.. Cope was professor OF zoology and
comparative anatomy in the school OF
biology of the University Of Pennsul-
vania.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
CALLED HOME.
E. ]. Martin.

Chicago, April Pc. ]. Martin. vice.
president of the Union Stock Yards
company, confidential legal adviser TO
P. d. Armour, the millionaire packer,
died at his home in this city today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
COARSE WORK Was
DONE In KANSAS
Further Evidences of Bribery Are
Unearthed.
ABOUT HANNA'S
STOCK YARDS BILL
BRIDES SUGGESTED REACHED
INTO THE HUNDREDS.

Two Thousand Dollars Offered One
Man If He Would Block the Pas
sage of the Textbook Bill-One
Member Announces Himself as
Being Ready to Be Bought by the
Railroads, and Asks a Friend to
Look Out For Chances.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13

THESE parties passed through Ogden
yesterday morning and are now well
along east. The conductor on the train
stated to The Herald's Ogden repre-
sentative that the bride and bride
groom seemed perfectly happy and that
Won Turkheim was on good terms with
the little boy.l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
NORTH OMAHA
IS UNDER WATER
About Three Hundred Houses
Have Been Abandoned.
COUNCIL BLUFFS
IS THREATENED
WATER FOUR FEET DEEP ON
THE IOWA BOTTOMS.

Great Danger That the River Will
Seek Its Course of Twenty Years
Ago, in Which Case the Damage
Will Be Enormous, as the Water
Will Take in Railroad Plants,
Factories and Other Valuable
Properties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-13
A Scrap at Cheyenne.

Especial to The Herald)
Cheyenne, Wyo.. April Pat an early
hour this morning. kid Sweeny. of
Cheyenne. knocked Private Muldoon of
Fort Russell out in the second round by
a right hand swing on the jaw. The mel
are middle weights. The fight was
furious.