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The times., 1899-02-27
Under the head of The rise of maritime
Maritime Development.

Among the many directions in which the Ger
man Empire has been pushing its economic cx-
pansion a powerful European State in recent
years is more remarkable than the line Of
development OF its maritime interests in the
broad Of the term. which includes ship
building, carrying power and sea commerce,
together with its necessary protection and repre-
sented by navy. Sea interest and sea power
are the natural corolarics Of trade interests and
Industrial power, and they today take leading
place in German politics. whereas up TO quite
recent times they were of quite secondary i'm
poTtance 10 politicians and still less the nation
AT large.
1t is, however only since 1881 that moved by
national considerations, the German government
decided 10 foster the growth OF shipbuilding; but
The intention to do so did not take practical
shape until the first subsidy bill, Of 1855. By
this action they afforded material support to
the colonial and commercial aspiration. of the
Empire. Though the principle then laid down has
since been extended it is almost entirely due TO
the energy of private individuals that such high
level OF efficiency in this direction las been at
tained that at the present time the German
shpbuilding yards have been offered more OF
dprS thar, the,r c1r r,pesil,l,- fsary,- ,,,t
The times., 1899-02-27
.GERMANY'S SUCCESS
IN TRADE EXPANSION
Great Development of Her H.
dustriaI Interests.
Large Amounts of Capital Invested
Abroad.
Enlargement of the Empires Mari
time Facilities II Feature of
Its Policy.

THE Development Of Commercial, In
dustrial. Maritime. and Traffic Interests in
Germany. 1871 to 1898" is the title of a
special report by the British Commercial
Attache at Berlin MIR. Gastrell, made to
the British Foreign Office, a copy of
which has just been received by the Treas
ury Bureau of Statistics. This report,
which covers seventy-two closely printed
pages, contains a large number of extreme
ly interesting and suggestive statements.
Discussing the causes of prosperity Of
German commerce the report says:
The prosperity of commercial and industrial in
tcrcst has been great and may he said to he
the direct aud joint achievement of the tmincnt!y
satisfactory conditions in Germany Ot the methods
OF education, OF production and OF distribution
1t would seem as il the success OF the Germans
in competing in trade and industry with foreign
nations must be largely attributed to a distinct
superiority in special points under these three
heads,
The times., 1899-02-27
Hechts' Greater Stores.
Hechts' Greater Stores.

Introductory sale Of ladies' spring
suits.
The spring styles in ladies fahionably tailored will
their introduction here todayand that
verdict will We have gathered stock that
second the entire chat fad
OF fashona variety that possibly The
showing embraces imported novelties and will appeal
to careful womans skilled tailor here
make alterations desire Every will appreciate
this takes hand tailor
perfect fit tailors first produced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28

Every phase of domestic infelicity was
brought out during the proceedings, and
spectators were alternately moved to
laughter and to tears. The cases were
disposed of at a rate that was aston
ishing, and even appalling to the aver
age visitor.
The first case of any especial inter-
est was that in which the plaintiff was
Mrs. Annena Cory, wife of John w.
Cory. the lawyer. She told a tale of
shocking abuse by her husband that
aroused the sympathy of everyone IN
the court room. She is a pretty little
woman, evidently of gentle breeding.
she was married in 1898, she said, and
up to last summer lived on good terms
with her husband. But he drank heaV-
ilv. and one night in July of last year
he came home in a terrible state of in
toxication, and drove her out of the
house. She had to remain in the gar
den ali night in her night clothes.
did he ever use violence to your
asked her attorney, Frank ]. Gustin.
"Yes. on that night he took his re-
volver and shot at me.
"Did what?" asked Judge Hiles, sur
prised out of his usual equanimity.
.sHe shot at me,D reiterated Mrs.
Cory. and she went on to tell of other
occasions when she had to call the po-
lice in to protect herself from her hus
band. Her testimony was substan-
tiated by a servant
John w. Cory, the defendant, sat in
the back of the court room gnawing his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28

The advance means more to Utah than
could readily be estimated.
If permanent it means the opening
of mines that have been closed ever
since silver began lowering below the
60-cent mark. 1t means the putting on
of additional men at the mines that
have been worked at a profit even un-
der unfavorable conditions. 1t means
the employment Of hundreds of men
and the disbursement among the mer-
chants of the state many thousands of
dollars.
Homes where half a loaf has had to
suffice, will have a whole loaf now.
The patient wife who has worn uncom-
plainingly her shabby dresses, will be
logged out in something new. The
children will have shoes and stockings
and suits, the grocer and butcher and
baker will be paid and all will go well
in the little cabin homes that dot the
| hillsides and cluster in the mining
camps.
If silver continues to rise or even
holds its present gain, Utah will en-
joy an era of the greatest prosperity
in her history.
Opinions as to the stability of the
rise are as varied as the sources to
which it is attributed. Nevertheless all
while they may and hoping for con-
tinued good fortune. Several promi-
nent silver men, owners and other in
terested gentlemen were seen yester-
day and asked to express themselves
regarding the advance.
John @. Packard's Views.
John @. Packard said he attributed
the rise to the general improved tone
in business of all descriptions. He
thought, also, that it would not be long
until Great Britain and the other coun-
tries which refused to go in with the
United States and France and estab-
lish an International ratio for the white
metal would be begging to have that
very thing done.
Ex-senator Frank ]. Cannon did not
care at this time to express an opin-
ion on what he termed an incidental
or accidental rise in the price. Yester-
days quotations hod not been received
at the time Mr.. Cannon was seen.
John ]. DAILY was glad to see the ad-
vance-it would mean much for Park
City and all sections of the west. 1t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
SALE OF THE CITY HALL CORNER
IF UNCLE SAM WANTS IT AND
COUNCIL IS WILLING.
A Syndicate of Property-owners De-
sires an Option On It For SIS, 1000
and Asks Renewal of Negotiations

Tuesday evening the city council had
of the old city hall corner on State
and First South streets at the price of
$75, 600, but by a vote of to s the
proposition was defeated. The scheme
was poorly engineered, or it might
have gone through. A special meeting
of the council will probably be held
this evening to consider an amended
and more intelligently prepared propo-
sition.
On its face the action defeated in the
council Tuesday evening proposed to
offer. for $4,000. the city's 165x1gO feet
of ground to the government as a site
on which to erect the 100000 post
office building. An explanation was Of
fered that the Brigham Young Trust
company would help Uncle Sam pay
the sum asked by the city if the site
were acceptable, and that George A.
Lowe would convey to the government
a fifteen-foot strip on the south to make
the site sufficiently large, but the prop
osition was turned down and, as many
believed, knocked out for keeps.
However it developed yesterday that
streets property owners would ask the
council, if n special meeting could be
convened this evening for the purpose,
to grant an option for thirty or sixty
days on the 165x190 feet at a price of
$4,000. With the option secured, the
syndicate would offer the tract and the
fifteen-foot strip on the south owned
by Mr.. Lowe to the government for 81.
or some other nominal consideration, as
site on which to erect the federal
building. TNeH, if the tender be ac-
cepted by the government officials. the
syndicate viii secure the deed from the
city upon payment of the $4,000. and
make the conveyance to the United
States.
Members of the council who favor the
project, promoted by Spencer CIawson
| and George A, Lowe are working for a
successful consummation of it, in the
hope that from the proceeds of the sale
the municipality viii get new Jail.
| police station and court room on either
the Thirteenth or Eighth ward school
sites, which may be exchanged for city
| property elsewhere and which the board
of education desires, and leave $25. 900
or more to go into the city treasury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
UNION MEN ARE ARMED
Alarming Reports Come From COeur
d'Alene Mines.
lSneciaI to mae HeraIdl

Boise. Ida, April 27.-News from the
Occur d'Alene country, the scene Of the
bloody mining riots of 1892, are of a
most alarming character. The situa-
tions seems to be even worse than was
depicted in today's press dispatches.
The union men are all armed, and it
is understood they have given it out
that their demands must be complied
with, or every mine and mill in that
section will have to be closed down.
The union is additionally strong in
the support of the federation of min
ers. Ed Boyce, one of the leaders of the
federation, is reported to be at the
scene. The union demands are increase
of wages and the discharge of all non
union men. Mine-owners Will grant
the former, but refuse the latter.
Governor Steunenberg has been in
communication today with mine-own-
ers, especially the Bunker Hill and Sui
livan people. The governor declines to
give out the nature of the communica-
tions, but it is understood an appeal
was made for assistance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
ANOTHER TOWN STRUCK.
Fifteen People Killed and Many In
jured In Newtown.

.ju1Cu LII u
Kansas City, Mo-, April "a special
to the Journal from Chillicothe. Mo-.
says:
"A tornado, probably the same one
that swept over Kirksville. struck New
town, small town in Sullivan county,
tonight. and caused terrible destruc-
ton. 1t is reported that fifteen people
were killed in the city, and that many
others were killed in the country near
there. A great number of buildings
were blown down. \ heavy rain fol-
lowed the tornado. adding greatly to
the damage. A Chicago. Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad bridge is said to have
been washed out.
only partial list of the casualties
can be obtained. The station agent of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul at
Newtown reports the killed and
wounded as follows:
Killed.
Sherman Besper, wife and three
children.
Labon Evans and two daughters.
William Havs, wife and child
Seriously Injured.
Three Hays children
Julia Evans.
A. j. Jones, wife and two children.
Slightly Injured.
Mrs. Mary Gregory and daughter
Mrs. Pierce and sister
Mrs. F'lagg.
Mrs. Herman Wilson.
Mrs. Limbiney
Dave Sanford, wife and three chill
dren.
Mr.. McQuiston and wife.
Nose Guvmon and wife.
Mrs. John Johnston.
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fortunateS to set fractured bones, BAN
dage the lacerated, and ease the pain of
anguished hearts. This work is being
superintended by Mayor Noonan and
Or. Charles e. Still, DR.. William Smith.
! Drs. j. Beard. David Littlejohn and
Henry Walters. From every locality
the cry comes up, Send surgeons
Awful Scenes Of Agony.
There are men, women and children
IN agony, and the rescuing corps are
hitting roofs and searching the base
ments OF houses all along the edge of
the death track not entirely demolished,
Tor the forms of the bleeding, dying
ana dead. Cabs, express wagons, pri-
Vate conveyances and stretchers are
all IN service, yet the supply is wholly
inadequate, and many needy ones are
llmplng out of the wreckage and MAX
ing their way as best they can to the
asylums.
Half dozen wrecked dwellings, took
IRE immediately after the cyclone had
passed, but there were none with time
to stop these isolated fires. They were
left to their own resources. Lurid
lights from these bonfires now illumin-
ate deaths wake, and are helping the
rescuers to carry on their errand of
mercy Kent's undertaking establish
ment Is being used as the charnel-
house, and score of the dead are now
there, some of them unidentified. The
homes just outside of the deaths wake
are open to refugees.
Reports coming in from the country
districts state that many farmers have
suffered severely, and that several lives
have been lost outside of Kirksville.
The home of Henry Lowe, three
miles north of town. was demolished,
and Mr.. Lowe and three children We're
crushed to death. Other members of
the family escaped. Other fatalities
are reported from the country, but no
names are given"
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nalls and looking decidedly i'll at ease.
Is all this true, Mr. Cory?" asked
Judge Hiles, when Mrs. Cory had con-
cluded, looking over his glasses at Cory,
who had come forward uncOmfortably.
Yes, it's substantially true" Cory
admitted, and Judge Hiles quickly
granted her the divorce prayed for,
with the custody of her child.
Fun in This Case.
The first bit of fun of the day came
with the case of William Griffiths VS..
Mary A. Griffiths. The plaintiff is II
years of age, and his wife 6S, and they
We're married in 1895. He asked divorce
on the grounds of cruelty He was a
little, mild old man, minus most of his
teeth, and with a little fish-tail beard
jutting out from somewhere under his
chin. His narrowing tale brought smiles
even to the face of the judge himself.
as he told how his wife got drunk and
chased him about the streets with re-
volyer or an ak, or whatever weapon
came handiest.
Did your wife get drunk very fire.
quently?" asked his attorney, Daniel
Harrington.
Good Lord, 1 should say so. Most
every day she'd get pretty well along,
and sometimes she'd be awful. Liquor
dr1VeS her crazy, and since she got
some money of her own for selling some
property, she's been drunk most of the
time
Did you never try to persuade her
to give up drinking?" asked Judge
Hiles.
"Oh. dear, yes, SIR with laughable
earnestness, but it didn't do no good,
whatever I'd say to her."
You ask for no alimony, of course ?''
asked Mr.. Harrington, in a moment of
forgetfulness. The court room Uttered.
''Oh, nor Griffiths replied, undis-
turbed, and Judge Hiles smilingly
granted him his freedom.
Edith Hansen, pretty, bright eyed
young girl, with beautiful black hair,
her face half hid in a great swathing
bandage, was given a divorce from Alb
raham Hansen, who, she testified
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
THE HERALD BULLETIN,

PAGE ONE
Divorce Record Broken.
Union Men Are Armed.
Cyclones Awful Trail of Death.
PAGE TWO.
Kautz Gets a Rebuke.
Flower of Rebel Army Routed.
In the Hands of Jury.
Baseball Games Yesterday.
PAGE THREE.
Unveiling of Grant Statue.
Fight to Secure Peace.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Seven Devils Road.
PAGE SIX.
Mining Stock Market.
Sunbeam Lode.
On the West Dip.
PAGE EIGHT.
Salt Lakes Population.
Cost of the Schools.
warrant for Glidden.
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Y Chicago, April 2s.-A special =
\ to the Tribune from Washing \
= ton says: Tt is reported here =
4 that General Otis has tele- \
\ graphed the war department tina \
= negotiations for peace are ac- =
= lively under way with Aguin- \
r aldo. The message conveying \
\ this information which, it is be- \
\ ieved, has been received from \
\ the commission, has been sent \
y to the president at Philadelphia. 4
= The message is to the effect that \
+ Aguinaldo has at last become :
+ convinced he cannot maintain \
\ himself much longer, and is 4
+ ready to sue for peace on the \
= basis of complete pardon and =
y some concessions as to self-gov- 4
4 ernment until congress acts. =
+ \ + =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
Reported Injured.
The Work of Rescue.

In the heavy rain that followed. the
people who had escaped turned out to
rescue the injured. For two hours not
much was accomplished. as all was
confusion, but by O'clock fortv-nine
dead bodies had been taken from the
ruins
1t is confidently expected that the
list of dead VIII reach between fifty
and sixty, if not TO exceed that. Al
most 4 thousand people We're more or
less injured. Daylight viii be neces-
sary before an adequate conception OF
the destruction OF life and property can
be had. Each blanched face rcports a
new calamity.
Intense darkness prevailed after the
cyclone, and the reScuers We're at a dis
advantage for a shcrt time until fire
broke out in a dozen places in the ruins
and shed light over the scene. No at
tcmpts were made to eXtinguish the
fires partly because the rescuers had
no time, and partly because of the need
of light. On both sides Of the storm :
path the debris was piled high and
burned fiercely. In all probability a
rumber of bodies have been inciner-
aIed.
The storm first struck the eastern
portion Of the city. near that part oc-
cupied by the boarding houses of the
students Of the American School of Os-
teopathy. the State Normal school and
McWaI1's seminary. 1t was Just sup
per time for the students, and il is
thought very probable the list of dead
win be well filed with students as a
large number Of these boarding houses
Were demolished. As far as known to-
night. these three institutions of learn
ing escaped the storm.
Leaves Trail OF Death.
''The storm then went northwest and
wiped out Parterson's nursery. pulling
the trees out of the ground and hurting
them through the city A second edi-
fion of the cyclone followed the first
twenty minutes later. 1t came as an
inky black cloud. widely distributed.
and covered the whole town. but passed
above the houses, doing no material
damage. and gathering fury as it went.
II undoubtedly struck the ground a
few miles out of Kirksville.
"The surgeons. professors, operating
staff and students, men and women, of
the American School of Osteopathy. to-
gether with all the drug doctors resid-
ing in the town, have formed rescue
and hospital corps. and. in the dark
ness and rain, are hunting out the I'M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
CHEYENNE'S TREASURER DEAD
T. j. Nichols Expired Suddenly In
Ogden Last Evening.

Ogden, April 27.-T. ]. Nichols. city
treasurer of Cheyenne and a we'll
known citizen of Wyoming. died this
evening in Ogden. at the home of
George w. Jones. on Twenty-third
street Mr.. Nichols has been in failing
health for some time, and for a week
or two has been ct the Ogden hot
springs for treatment. He came to the
Jones residence two or three days ago.
and last night was seized with hem
orrhase of the brain, resulting in his
death at about o'clock. The body was
taken to Richey's undertaking DarIors
and embalmed. II will be sent east
Friday to his old home in Pennsylva-
mia for interment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28

Judge HiIes' divorce mill yesterday
smashed it's record. Twelve unhappy
couples were separated in two hours,
an average of one every ten minutes.
One case was heard and decree grant
ed in four minutes, and another in five.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
sick Oficers Discharred-

Especial TO The Herald.)
Washington, April 27.-The following
officers are honorably discharged by
reason of physical disability: Captain
Louis d. Schattner, First Idaho: Sec
ond Lieutenant George T. Fast. First
wyoming.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
WIS BEHEADED
BEFORE DEATH
Horrible Fate of Ensign Mon
Afghan In Samoa.
%-
WAS CUT DOWN in
ATTEMPTING ESCAPE
Brave Sailor Fought Desperately
With Butchers.

He and His Companion, Lieutenant
Lansdale, Were Returning When
Discovered By Native Chief and
Wife-Further Particulars of Bat
ties That Have Recently Taken
Place On the Islands-Germans
Furnish Ammunition to Rebels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
Divorced in Four Minutes.


left her in the fall of 1898. Mrs. Han
sens attorney was II. A. Smith.
Divorced in Four Minutes.
The record time of the day was made
in the case of Rhoda Dover VS.. Charles
Dover Judge Hiles consumed just
four minutes in untying their nuptial
knot on the showing of Mrs. Dover
and her young daughter. Failure to
support was the ground of the action.
The husband was ordered to pay her
$500 alimony in $50 quarterly Install
ments. Gustave Kroeger was plaintiff S
attorney.
Exactly five minutes was consumed
in dispatching the case of James Tuck
EFT VS.. Bertha Tuckett. The wife had
abandoned her husband two years ago,
and after brief questioning of the plain
tiff and his sister by Attorney Lipp-
man, Judge Hiles granted the decree.
Bertha Rowland a middle-aged, thin
Tipped woman, with an air of great res
olution, wished to be freed from Lyman
N. Howland. Twelve minutes sufficed
to tell her story under Attorney James
Stull's questioning, and she received
her freedom.
Was Not Extravagant.
Kate NJ. Logsdon was big, ener-
getic, red-cheeked woman, whose hus-
band, Halle H. Logsdon, had taken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28

The sudden and material rise in the
price of silver which has gone up from
59B cents to 6314 cents during the past
three days has been the cause of gen
eral rejoicing among men who wrest
their living from an unwilling nature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
FLIP P|NOS
WANT PEACE
EnliSSarieS of Aguinald0 En-
Route to Manila.
THEY WILL CONFER
WITH GENERAL OTIS
Are Tired of War and Would
Surrender.

\ y
4 Manila, April 90, 4:25 p. m. =
= The Filipinos will seek peace. \
= Colonel Manuel Arguelezes and =
= Lieutenant Jose Bernal, chief of +
= General Luna's staff, entered \
\ General MacArthur's line bear 4
\ ing a flag of truce. They are en- \
4 route for Manila by train to =
4 confer with General Otis re- r
+ garding terms of surrender. \
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-28
Another Would-be Speaker.

Atlantic City, n. J., April 27-Repre-
sentative d. B. Henderson of Iowa an
nounced his candidacy today for the
speakersbip Of the national house of
representatives.
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Injured.

George Furne, frightfully bruised;
viii die.
Mrs. George Furne, back crushed and
big splinter in the thigh; may die.
Harry Furne, aged Is, skull crushed:
viii die.
Lewis Larron, hired man on Furne
place, skin torn from face, some bones
broken; will recover.
Arnt. Amundson, cut about head. col
lar bone broken and one leg broken;
will die.
Peter Peterson, one leg broken. scalp
torn and skull crushed; injuries fatal.
The storm was the most severe at
the home of the Furnes. The family
had gone to bed. when they were
awakened by q terrific noise. The
house was raised bodily and dashed to
pieces. The boy. Leslie, was found
dead sixty feet away. Everything on
the place was wrecked.
The tornado formed its appearance
at the farm of George Swenson, in
Monroe county, and wrecked every
thing. The family escaped by taking
TO the cellar.
The storm then crossed over into
Crawford county and destroyed build
ings and stock on the farms of Rev.
II. ]. II. Joreham. Anton Hanson. Arnt.
AmundSon, @. w. Dryden, George
Furne and Lumley Peters.
Everything in the path of the storm
was carried off the face of the earth,
trees being torn up by the roots and
buildings scattered to the four winds
of heaven.
John Amerston was carried half a
mile and dropped into the river, but
escaped alive. A number of others are
reported to have been hurt, but their
names have not yet been learned.
The houses Of Peter Peterson, Amer
ston and Hans Severson were blown tc
pieces. as were also the other buildings
on their farms