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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
HEAVY FLOODS IN KANSAS.
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Wheat Swept Away.

Chanute, Kan, July 5.-The Neosho
river is out of its banks at this place
and steadily rising. The levees are
broken at several points and the bot
tom lands four miles up and down the
river are flooded. Trains on the NJ. K.
& T. railroad from Parsons and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe trains
from Pittsburg are compelled to go by
way of Cherryvale on account of the
flooding of the bridges. Thousands of
dollars worth of wheat in stacks are
floating down the river with barns and
outbuildings. The biggest flood in the
history of this section was in July,
1885, and the water now has nearly
reached that mark.
Humboldt, Kan. July Sit has
rained in this section for twenty hours.
The Neosho valley is flooded under six
feet of water. Many fields of wheat
are gone and the corn along the river
will be DAMAGED G. Brady, farmer,
was drowned while trying to save
some stock. 1t is feared the flood Will
exceed the one of 1865.
lola, Kan, July 5.-Al small rivers
in this section are out of their banks
and three bridges have been carried
away in Allen county. Considerable
wheat left in the bottoms was carried
away and the loss in hogs and cattle
will amount to thousands of dollars.
Moline, Kan. July 5.-Heavy rams
caused the bursting of the Santa Fe
reservoir near here. The reservoir
covered sixty acres and held thirty-hVe
feet of water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
BRYAN HAS LOST PRESTIGE.
Senator Brown of Salt Lake Has It
ALI Figured Out.
Especial to The Herald.)


Washington, July 5. = Ex-senator
Arthur Brown and President Jesse w.
Smith of the Wool Growers association
called on Land Commissioner Hermann
this afternoon.
The conference lasted nearly an hour.
They will have a hearing before the
secretary of the interior tomorrow. The
land commissioner listened carefully TO
their statement of objections to the
order prohibiting grazing on the
Uintah reservation but gave no assur-
ances as to what his recommendation
would be. Senator Brown was inter-
viewed today by a Post reporter He
said to the interviewer:
L can give you no information as 1
have no idea what our governors in
tentions are regarding the senatorship.
Probably he Will await the action OF
the senate, for if Mr.. Quay is not fad-
mitted there would be no reason for
appointments in other states where
the legislature failed to elect
Utah will, / think, undoubtedly be
in the Republican column in 1900 and 1
believe that Colorado will be found in
the same list. There is no question
but Bryan's popularity has been wan
ing in the west for some time. In
Denver the other day, l was assured
by any number of influential men that
Bryan would be unable to carry the
state should he be nominated His
loss of prestige, however, is so obvious
that l do not believe he will be the
choice of his party in the coming presi-
Dental struggle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06

San Francisco, July 5.-The United
States transports Ohio and Newport.
with members of the Oregon volunteer
regiment on board are due here within
the next two weeks, and preparations
for the reception of the returning SOL
dIers are being made. The Merchants
exchange has volunteered to notify the
residents of this city as soon as the
transports are sighted. So that the
people will know exactly when TO eX-
pect the vessels.
The shipping houses Will be notified
in time to have their vessels decorated
with flags, and TO prepare chartered
vessels for excursions To the heads to
receive the volunteers. Already many
vessels have been chartered. and a
large fleet of bay boats will escort the
trOOpships to their anchOrages.
The same reception will be accorded
the NebraskanS and Utah volunteers.
who are now on the way TO this city on
the transport Hancock.
1t is understood delegations from the
states named will visit this city in time
to participate in the reception.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
MORE HOPEFUL VIEW.
Another Account In Which Belief Is
Expressed of Small Loss.

Galveston, Tex, July 5.-Congressman
Hawley has wired Governor Sayers to
ask the secretary of war for authority
to send boats from Galveston up the
Brazos river to rescue people caught in
the flood. Boats have already been
sent from Houston. Others have been
made on the scene of the flood. One
fact which tends to discredit heavy loss
of life in the lower Brazos valley il
that the planters knew the flood was
coming, and had time to warn their
hands. Outside of the disasters at Cal
vert and Brookshire there has been
about six drownings during the past
week at different points in central and
southern Texas, due to the floods.
The News Will not attempt to give an
estimate as to the crop damage, but
believes the rains have done more
good than harm. Crops outside the
flooded districts are in fine condition.
The waters recede rapidly and the
crops will not be total loss in the
flooded districts. Many localities will
replant cotton and have time to make
a crop. The railroads are heavy suf-
ferers, as many miles of track have
been washed out, and numerous bridges
demolished or badly damaged. Not a
single big iron railway bridge is down.
The News correspondent at Sealey
has just returned from the Brazos river
He reports 400 negroes destitute and
homeless, huddled on a mound. The
people of San Felipe have reached the
limit of their ability in assisting them,
and appeal for outside aid. Bacon and
meat are needed. A negro, who reck-
lessly attempted to swim his horses
acrogs the river, was drowned.
The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe road
sent a relief train to Thompson this
afternoon to rescue a party sent out
on work train to sandbag-the bridge.
The people of Thompson were also in
vited TO come that way. The train re-
turned to this city tonight after accom-
piishing its mission.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
Governor HOgg Didn't Know His
Speech Was Loaded.
IS SORRY FOR TAMMANY
HAD NO INTENTION OF SPOIL
ING THE MEETING.
Was Ignorant of Fact That the
Main Object of the Gathering Was
to Boost Judge Van Wyck's Pres
idential Aspirations - Senator
Brown Talks Politics.

New York, July 5.-Ex-Governor
James S. Hogg of Texas, who stamped
ed the Tammany Fourth of July mass
meeting for Bryan said last night:
4 did not know there was a Van
Wyck boom on. 1 did not expect to at
tend the meeting at all, much less to
speak. You know what those five
minute eXtemporaneous speeches are.
fellow never gets a chance to say all
he wants to say.
Il feel very kindly toward Tammany.
Its leaders have always shown me the
utmost courtesy and cordiality. There
fore 1 don't want anybody to think
that l was anxious to get an oppor-
tunity to spoil a Tammany meeting.
Nobody told me anything about Van
Wyck and how could l be expected to
know. What got me was the way the
is no use talking. Bryan and Stone are
the men for 1900"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
DEATHS IN PHILIPPINES.
General Otis Makes Regular Report
to the War Department.

Washington, July 5.-The war de-
partment has received the following
from General Otis:
Manila, July 5.-Adjutant general.
Washington: Following deaths since
last weekly report:
Typhoid fever, June %, Fred c.
Fritzon, company E, Thirteenth Min
nesOta; 2s. Paul ]. Rhode. company K,
Thirteenth Minnesota: Arthur frog
gait. company II, Ninth infantry:
Herbert Streator. company C. Thir-
teent infantry: 10Th. Fred Prezeikalla,
corporal company II. Ninth infantry:
July 1, Paul Pugh, company L. Fifty
first Iowa; from wounds in action.
June %, Harvey J. Lowe. company A.
Fourteenth infantry; 29th. William A.
Lapp, company l.. Twelfth infantry:
drowned accidentally. 22nd. Alfred II.
Koch, company f. Twenty-frst in
fantry; 18th. James Armstrong. COM
pany l.. Ninth infantry; tuberculosis,
24th. Thomas Corners, company NJ,
Twelfth infantry: dysentery, 22nd.
John Holman, company n. Seven
teenth infantry; pneumonia, 30th.
William Hussey, Fifteenth infantry,
variola, James Allen, company G.,
Third artillery
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
WILL ISSUE ORDERS TO-DAY.
Work of Recruiting Ten New Regi-
ments Begins In Earnest.

Washington, July 5.-The order di-
recting the enlistment of ten new regi-.
ments will be issued tomorrow. The
order was drafted after a conferences
this afternoon between the president
and Adjutant General Corbin and di-
reefs the recruiting officers to enlist
men under the law passed March =
1889. These regiments are to be num-
bered from twenty-sN TO -thirty-fve
thus retaining the continuity of the
present infantry organization.
Major Edmund Rice Third infantry,
today was appointed colonel of the
Twenty-Sixth the first selection made
by the president. Colonel Rice was ap-
pointed to the army from Massa-
chusetts as a captain of the Ninth
served throughout the rebellion. He
was breveted captain. major and lieu
tenant colonel for gallant services dur
ing the rebellion and at its close be-
came a first lieutenant in the regular
army.
Colonel Rice became well known to
all the visitors at the Worlds fair in
Chicago where he organized and COM
manded the Columbian guards. At the
outbreak of the war with Spain. he
was serving as military attache IN
Japan but FASTENED home and accom-
panied General Miles command to
Porto Rico. While there he was an
pointed by the governor of Massa-
chusetts as colonel of the Sixth Massa-
chusettS infantry. which he continued
to command until its muster out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
THE DISASTER IS APPALLING.
Half Has Not Been Told of the Ter
rible HAVOC Wrought

Houston. Tex, a ulE "a cOrreSpOn-
dent has just returned from voyage
through the flood district. Half has
not been told of the havoc wrought.
The disaster is so appalling that des-
cription is not possible. After this
flood will come sickness, undoubtedly.
What a week ago was the fairest part
of Texas. is now almost godforsaken
wilderness.
The waters of the Brazos have for
six days covered its valley to a depth
of from six 10 thirty feet. Where a
week ago there were on every hand,
fields of cotton and corn and thou
sands of acres Of watermelons and
cantaloupes, today there is Shiny mud
over all the vegetation, with the car
cssses of cows. mules, pigs, dogs and
cats. mayhap humans, for many are
missing.
Our party left Bryan at sunrise yes
terday morning. going TO the NaVasOto
bottoms. and 10 a point about three
miles from Millican. Here we eneOun-
tered everywhere an overflow from the
NavasoSa. which spread out fully two
miles oa either side of the Houston &
Texas Central track.
'-EYerythin~ is under water from
two to seventeen feet 1t looked on all
sides like a great lake and the water
vas so high that for vast area it
completely submerged the telegraph
and telephone poles along the line. In
truth, portions OF the Navasota bot
toms aye even now a perfect sea, eX-
tending four or five miles wide at Ger
tain points. l saw hundreds of houses
there totally submerged and as many
more were swept from their founda-
lions and destroyed. The planters of
the bottoms are still moving whatever
is left of their stock to places where
ran he cared for They are all
nobly helping each other and taking
refuge wherever they can, some of
them seeking safety on house tops.
'-All the planters stated that the out
side world has no conception of the
floods or losses incurred by the des-
truction Of crop, stock and buildings
Nearly every planter has built boats
and sent them through the flooded dis
tricts to render assistance 10 the peo-
pie and if possible save some of their
drowning stock. The flood district has
a length OF over 500 miles, a breadth
of probably fifty miles and in all this
vast space damage incalculable has
been done
.sThe loss to life will never be fully
known, perhaps the bottoms were
thicIs;y settled. mostly with negro
tenant farmers Among these has
been the greatest loss of life. To show
the damage done the following esti-
mates have been made by men VINO
in a position to know:
Lives lost from 100 to 300: loss TO
farmers. including crops as we'll as
livestock. from S7000,O00 to SO. COO 900;
damage to railroads and to country
bridges, 81, 600, 600 to $4,000, 600. These
estimates are taken in the whole area.
IT is known that more than sixty peo-
pie 7ave met their death; that many
bodies have been recovered. 1t is not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
DEATH OF RICHARD STAHL.
Succumbed Suddenly to Heart Dis
ease In New York.

New York, July 5.-Richard Stahl. mu-
steal director of Days theatre. died sud-
denly from heart disease tonight at his
home in this city. He became i'll while in
Chicago with the Runaway Girl conf
pany. Upon receipt of the news of Mr.
Days death. he was brought to this city
three weeks ago by members of the com
pany. His condition improved somewhat
during the last week. His family had no
fears for his recovery until tonight when
he suffered a relapse, and expired at S
o'clock.
Mr.. Stahl was for many years the mu-
steal director at Hoyts, now the Madison
Square theatre. and he wrote the music
for Charles Hoyt's farce comedies. About
a year ago he went to Roster & Balls.
where he remained until this spring. when
he was engaged by Augustin DAILY to con-
dust the Runaway Girl" He accompa-
MED the piece when it went on the tour.
As a composer. Mr.. Stahl's work was
chiefly confined to song writing. His most
pretentious work was the opera said
Pasha.' which was highly successful. He
wrote THE Sea King" He was for years
leader of the Tivon orchestra, San Fran
cisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
MORRIS CONfESSES.
Admits He Was Implicated In Sco-
field BURGLARY
By Telephone b Nc Herald)

By Telephone 70 The Herald0
Provo, July 5.-The officers here are
still working on the Strong murder
case. Frank Morris has confessed to
being one of the men who robbed
Hendrickson's store at ScOfieId on
June 10. He is the man who was ar
rested between Provo and Springville
on the morning William Strong was
murdered. He was held in Springville
three days and then brought to Provo.
He denied ever having been in Provo;
denied that he knew Frank COnnOrs.
the man who confessed to the Scofield
burglary, and also denied knowing
anything about that crime or the
murder. Now he has changed his
story. He knows Connors and says
they We're pals in the burglary. On
confessing this he took the officers TO
the Rio Grande Western depot and
showed where they hid their grip.
afterwards found by the officers Then
he took them down the track and
pointed out the way he 'went when
leaving for Springville. When asked
why they separated and tried to set
out of town. leaving their plumber be-
hind them. ne said that they heard Of
the murder and knew that the officers
were out and that they were afraid of
being found with the plumber in their
possession. Still the officers believe
these burglars. with another who is
still at large, committed the murder.
but as far as can be ascertained at
present they have no evidence that
will fasten the crime upon them. Morris
has been in Jail for eight days and yet
no charge has been preferred against
him.
Today Sheriff Storrs went to Mont
pelier, Ida. for a negro who it IS
thought answers the description of
the negro who had some angry words
with Strong the night before the muir
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE
IN The FLOODS OF TEXAS
Hundreds of People Perish In the SWrling Waters
of the Rising Rivers
Nearly 100 Drowned in One Spot YeSerday-Feared That
800 More Cannot Be Rescued.

st. Louis, No. July 5.-A special to
the Republic from Dallas, Tex, says:
All former flood disasters in Texas
the appalling calamity now central in
the vicinity of Selay and Brookshire.
1t is estimated that 200 lives have been
lost, and the number may be much
larger. The property loss will reach
SO far into the millions as to make the
Calvert flood appear insignificant by
comparison.
Tonight Deputy Sheriff Swearingen
made this statement TO the Republic
correspondent over the long distance
telephone from Selay:
Il am so dumbfounded by the extent
of the disaster that I hardly know how
10 talk about it. Fully twenty lives
have been lost within a radius of
twenty-five miles of Sealey last night,
and today nearly 100 have been drown
ed in the vicinity of what is locally
known as The Mound
This is small piece of high land
three miles from Selay, near old San
Felipe. At first when the flood rushed
down upon the negro cabins in the bot
toms of the BraZos, three days ago, the
alarmed black population ran for this
piece of high land for safety, driving
their livestock with them.
Their Escape Cut Off.
'"The rush of the waters was so sud
den that they could not get to Selay or
San Felipe. Gradually the water rose
and encroached upon their place of
refuge until tonight not more than half
an acre of the ground is out of water
and that not more than one foot above
cir S1Irr.OIInhir1p
miles. On this half acre mound are
huddled together tonight a raVing,
surging, gesticulating, screaming and
praying assemblage of 300 negroes,
death staring them in the face in vari-
Gus forms.
Drowning seems certain. but starva-
tion, exposure and exhaustion also are
doing fatal work. Crowded in among
these poor humans are cattle, horses,
hogs, mules and other domestic ami
mails. as frantic and uncomfortable as
the poor negroes. There is not a cabin
or bit of shelter-not so much as a
tree-on The Mound There is not a
mouthful OF food to eat, clear water to
drink. or dry spot where the weak
and sick can rest. The nearest point
of land is more than three miles away
and TO human can live in the raging
torrents who would try TO reach it.
Many have been drowned making the
attempt.
Doomed to Certain Death.
''The wild rushing waters are flied
with all kinds of floating bodies of
livestock, and with houses, outbuild-
ings, fences, logs. trees, lumber. farm
implements, furniture, merchandise and
other material Clinging to many of
these objects are negroes doomed to
almost certain death.
Il have given you the situation as it
exists in and about Selay; it is equally
bad at and around Brookshire, but 1
can give no details. as we are cut Off
] know there are at least 400 negroes
on a small island three or four miles
from Brookshire. in a condition similar
TO that on The Mound.
From present indications, the loss
of life is likely TO reach 800, unless re-
lief comes promptly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
WRECKED NEAR ELK0
Southern Pacific Passenger Train
Leaves the Track.
WERE NO FATALITIES
NUMBER OF PERSONS WERE IN
JURED, TWO SERIOUSLY.
Five Cars Filled With Passengers,
Including Three Sleepers, Were
Observation-Disclosures Was Caused
By Spreading Rails While Train
Was Going at Good Speed.

Elko, New, July 5.-A serious railroad
accident occurred three miles from
here today when eastbound passenger
train No. l of the Central Pacific line
was derailed and badly wrecked by the
spreading of rails. The train was bowl
ing along at a speed of forty miles an
hour when the postal car jumped the
track, followed by a baggage car, a
first-class day coach, a second-class
car. the smoker and three tourist cars.
Five of the cars topped over and the
rest were thrown some distance from
the track into the sagebrush. The cars
were well filed with passengers, but no
one was killed.
The Injured.
Mrs. c. Lawson, Grass Valley, Cal,
bad scalp wound. severe nervous shock.
Mrs. Frank A. Cleland, San Francisco,
cut badly on head, severely shaken up.
Mrs. NJ. E. Hassell, Pacific Grove,
Cal, severely bruised about body, neck
badly wrenched.
Nelson Moore. Butte. Mont. arm hurt
and cut over eye.
G. a. Lynch. Denver. porter tourist
car. right leg badly wrenched hip to
knee.
Mrs. NJ. s. Endress. Coloma. Cal.
head cut and right shoulder consider
ably bruised.
E. D. Armstrong. Butte, Mont, face
badly bruised.
j. D: Irving, Oakland. Cal. badly
bruised
James Barnett. Milwaukee, left leg
cut, side of head bruised.
E. F. Whiting. San Bernardino. Cal,
left arm bruised and badly shaken up.
Miss Marian Amy Trerise, San Fran
cisco, left hip bruised.
John W. Grant. San Francisco, postal
clerk. right foot cut, left wrist sprained
and bruised in breast.
Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Cleland are the
worst injured. Mrs. Lawson's scalp is
laid open to the skull from the top of
her head to her forehead.
After receiving medical attention and
resting several hours the passengers.
injured and unscathed. left tonight for
their respective destinations. All the
injured are doing nicely. Mrs. c. Law
son, who received the severest injuries.
was taken to the railroad hospital at
Ogden for treatment, and Mrs. NJ. S.
Endress Will return to her home at
Coloma, Cal.
The track was cleared this evening
and all trains are now moving rgu-
larry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
LIKE RATS IN A CAGE.
Water Creeping Up On Hundreds of
Helpless Negroes.

Chicago. July 5.-A special to the
Tribune from Fort Worth, Tex, says:
Tonight telephone message from Dep
uty Sheriff Sweringen of Calvert says
that fully 200 lives have been lost by
the food within a radius of thirty
miles of Sealey. Last night and today
nearly 100 were drowned near the
Mound, a small piece of highland near
San Felipe, to which hundreds of ne
groes fed from the BraZos bottoms,
taking their horses and cattle. The
waters have gradually encroached upon
them, until only about an acre of space
remains, and this the water will prob
ably sweep before morning.
There 800 negroes are huddled to-
night, with death staring them in the
face. Drowning is almost sure. while
starvation is certain. The nearest point
of land is three miles away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
JONES WILL HOLD ON.
Has Not Considered Matter of Re-
signing the Chairmanship.

st. Louis, July 5.-EX-Governor w.
J. Stone, whom a rumor had APP
pointed to succeed Senator Jones
of the Democratic national COM
mittee, denied the story today. In
an interview he said that Chairman
Jones would not resign his position
and therefore nobody would be ap-
pointed to succeed him.
Ex-Governor Stone said he had re-
ceived letters from Senator Jones say
ing his health was much improved He
did not think Senator Jones health
was ever so poor that he for a moment
considered resigning his position.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
PEACE WILL Be PRESERVED
INDICATIONS OF SETTLEMENT
OF TROUBLE IN TRANSvAAL.
Special Conference Between Kruger
and Others Interested Has Result
ed In Compromise.

Pretoria, July 5.-The special con-
ference between President Kruger, the
members of the cabinet and Fischer, q
member of the executive council of the
Orange Free State, who was the bearer
of compromise suggestions from the
Free State in the matter of the dispute
between the Transvaal and Great Brit
ain and Hoffmeyer. the Afrikander
leader, has been practically concluded.
1t is believed the franchise proposals
have been accepted. and may he laid
before the volksraad tomorrow, and
that peace will be preserved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-06
WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY.
Mr.. Henry's Reference to Conditions
In Intermountain States.

Denver, Colo, July AN Associated
Press dispatch sent from Wichita,
Kan, at the close of the recent session
of the TransInississippi congress stat
ed that T. C. Henry of Denver, in his
speech, claimed that the intermountain
states and territories are actually re-
tarding and losing population because
of excessive and unjust freight rates.
depreciation of mining property and
products generally through monetary
conditions.
The checked progress and deteriora-
ton Mr.. Henry says he ascribed wholly
to the effect of the long haul rates
of the far off east and west coast rail
road lines. thus causing agricultural
and manufacturing in the interior to
be comparatively Improbable. He
made no reference whatever to none
tary conditions, or to the mining inter-
eStS.