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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-07
WILSON'S REASON RETURNS
ALTHOUGH TERRIBLY INJURED,
HE WILL SOON BE OUT.
He Was Blown From the Tunnels
Mouth $50 Feet-Boyeter is Not
Doing so Well.

Jack Wilson, the ScOheld miner who
was blown from the mouth of the mine
by the explosion and thrown, it is said,
800 feet by actual measurement. viii be
the first man out of the hospital of all
the unfortunates who escaped with
their lives from that fearful accident.
With others of the injured, Mr. Wilson
was brought to Salt Lake and placed
IN st. Marks hospital for care and
medical attendance. His skull was
fractured and a hole was torn in his
side that made it seem impossible at
first to save his life, to say nothing Of
the terrible shock caused by the ex-
plosion. IN spite of all this he was Up
yesterday and the attendants affirm
that he will be the firSt out Of ali those
that were brought here for attention.
Mr.. Wilson was rational yesterday, too,
for the first time, but he has no recol-
lection whatever Of the accident. From
the time of the explosion till his rea-
son returned yesterday his mind was
an absolute blank. While he will soon
be out of the care of the doctors and
will be in a condition to be discharged
from tile hospital if he gets no set
back, he will never be able to do hard
manual labor again. His injuries are
Of such a. nature as to render him unfit
forever for hard work.
Boyeter, the poor fellow who was so
badly burned, is reported as doing as
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Kansas City. No. May 6.-Half q.
dozen distinct tornadoes occurred in
central Kansas this afternoon, follow
ing a day of exceedingly high temper
allure. Two people are known to have
been killed and three injured Wires
are down in the affected districts.
making it impossible to accurately sum
up the damage done. A Times special
from Fleetwood Kan, saws:
At $50 this evening tornado Wis
tied Logan township. It formed a few
miles south Of Fleetwood and passed
over the western portion of the city.
At the Cheyenne bottom, six miles
north, it divided in six different direc-
tons, and destroyed the residences Of
George and William Helfrich. George
Helfrich and wife were instantly killed.
William Helfrich, his wife and child
were badly hurt
The storm next struck the farm Of
Carl Schneider. destroying the out
buildings and leaving the dwelling I'M
touched. Further into the country a
number of others are reported killed
or injured. Il large amount OF stock
was killed.
4 special from Larned, Kan. saws.
"A tornado passed southeast Of here
at O'Clock this evening and struck
near PaWnee Rock, three miles distant.
me wires are down and it is imDos-
Able tonight to learn the extent of
damage done. Four separate funnel
shaped clouds are reported to have
been seen in the section Of Great
Bend
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A. E. wATsoN's FUNERAL.
Impressive Services Over Body of
Eureka Victim.
Especial Correspondence.J

Especial Correspondence
Eureka, May 6.-The funeral services
over the remains of Al E. Watson, one
of the victims Of the terrible mine dis
aster at Scofeld, were conducted at the
Odd Fellows hall here this afternoon
under the auspices of the United En-
campment of Odd Fellows and the
Daughters of Rebekah. The hall was
crowded to the doors and many people
were unable TO gain seats Rev. w.
Murphy of the NJ. E. church conducted
the services, taking for his text the
following subject: "A Time to Mourn"
MI. Will Shibly Of salt Lake City sang
beautiful solo and the other music
was furnished by Messrs. John Ivey,
John Morley, Arthur Low. Frank Nor
ley, Joseph Phillips and Misses Grace
Meyers and Kate Marshal One of the
selections, Il Need Thee, on. I Need
Thee" was rendered in a very impress
sive manner. The casket was profuseIy
decorated with flowers.
After the services large funeral cor
tege followed the body to its last rest
ing place in the city cemetery. where
the final sad rites were performed by
the lodges.
The deceased, who leaves a wife and
three children, was a brother of Sup
erintendeat Joe Watson of the Eureka
Hill mine.
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flame which caused all this havoc was
set off by the explosion Of the giant
powder, the caps, or the black jowder.
which were in possession of Isaac
Maxi. But with one accord, State Min
ing inspector Thomas Thomas Sned-
don, superintendent of the Diamond
vile Coal & Coke company, who made
an investigation while awaiting at SEQ
field the recovery of the body Of his
brOther-in-law. Adam Hunter; the sew
eral forenen from the Winter Quarters
mine and other properties of the
Pleasant Valley company and many
miners are satisfied that the explosion
took place on the Pixies Peak sIope
where Maxi was working. Some Of
them believe that an explosion of giant
powder was the original cause of the
coal dust explosion. Nearly ali of
them are at least satisfied that it took
place at this point. However, whether
the first cause was the explosion of
giant powder, black powder, or caps.
viii not likely be determined until the
immense amount of debris at this point
has been shoveled away.
It is undisputed that fifty-six sticks
of giant powder would have torn an
immense hole in even the solid rock
foundation Of the tunnel If such
thing is found it will be settled that
giant powder was the cause of the ex-
plOsion.
If there is no such evidence. other
causes viii have to be considered. Ac-
cording to the statements of mining
experts who have been on the ground.
Tiers may be three which would be
sufficient to produce friction Of coal
dust that would result in an explosion:
A windy blast of black powder. an
explosion Of the fifteen giant caps, or
a runaway car. which would stir I'D
so much dust that It would ignite.
CHARLES Z. DOWNING.
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was held in the T. D s. meeting house
at 1870 this afternoon. Many were I'M
able to gain admittance, so large was
the audience. The floral enablems were
numerous and beautiful. Bishop Cut
Ter presided The speakers. all Of whom
spoke Of the honesty and high charae-
ter Of the deceased. were: T. r. Jones.
Senator A. J. Evans. John Woodhouse,
Mayor Evans, Z. H. Davis and Bishop
Cutler.
Mr.. Kirten leaves wife and several
small children who looked to their
father and husband as their sole sup
port, so the loss TO them is very great
The family came from England about
four or five years ago, and prior to
their removal TO Scofield three years
ago, lived in Lehi.
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of giant powder. as has been stated by
Mining Inspector Thomas, as is shown
by the company records, and which is
further proved by the statement of the
surviving partner that Maxi intended
to do so.
The Partners Statement.
This man, forIorn and mourning at
the graveyard with the relatives of
many other Finnish victims of the dis
aster, told the story Of the amounts of
giant powder which he and his partner
had handled
He said, according to those that heard
him, that they had purchased III sticks
from the former contractors. Another
box of fifty pounds, containing about
$50 sticks. was taken on April %. He
said that when he quit work on Monday
night there remained at the place
where they were working in the tunnel
six sticks of this, three-quarters of a
key of black powder, about eighteen
pounds, and fifteen giant caps. These
caps have an explosive power of sey-
enty-flve pOundG each, and may be set
OFF with even less cOncussfon than is
necessary to explode giant powder.
Whether or not the statement con
corning the large quantity of giant
powder used. by this surviving partner
Of Maxi Is truthful, is questioned both
by Inspector Thomas and by Eynon.
the former contractor. Inspector
Thomas knew something of the guam
THY Of giant powder taken in by these
Firms, and he compared ii to the
amount which had been taken IN bv
Eynon and Jenkins. He found, and
his statement was corroborated by Ely
non, that 125 sticks had been used by
the former contractors in the twenty
four days previous to March %. and
he doubted that the Firms would use
so much more than the other contrac-
tors
Eynon himself did not believe that
the two Firms could have used such a
quantity as 451 sticks between April
Is and May 1.
Thus it is possible that there was a
much larger number than fifty-ones
sticks of giant powder at Pixies Peak
at the time of the explosion
It is, Of course impossible to say
whether or not the great coal dust
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REPORTERS OFFER THANKS.
Those Who Reported the Great Mine
Disaster at Scofeld.

All the newspaper men who have been
at Seofeld to report the great catastrophe
in the Winter Quarters mine speak vol
umes of thanks TO the Rio Grande Yves
eTn railway and Western Union en-
ployees for the kindness shown them.
These employees are Agent Z. w. Pitch
er, r. II. Stewart, manager of the West
eTn Union Office; W. r. Bent, operator;
r. E. S. Steinhauer, Rio Grande Western
clerk, and w II. FOwle, the special op-
orator sent down by Manager Fisher of
Salt Lake The railway and telegraph
offices were turned over to the newspaper
men every evening and they had passes
sion of ii until the very early hours of
the morning. Without this accOmmoda-
ton there would have been the utmost
confusion, for the nearest place where
the correspondents could have worked
conveniently was over two miles away
and to have worked that distance from
the telegraph Office would have been al
most impossible. Mr.. FOwle, the operator
did at least as much work every night
from Z in the evening until in the morn
ing as is ordinarily required of two OPP
orators in the same time, sending off sew
erai nights as much as 5000 words These
are newspaper men who express their
thanks TO the gentlemen who showed
them so many favors: Il. G. WINS of the
Deseret News; r. w. Crockett, A G.
Mackenzie, r. G. Taysum and Charles
Worthington, of the Tribune; William
Igleheart. Race Whitney, A. l.. Lovey and
Charles E. Downing of The Herald.
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ONE MORE ar PROVO.
Remains of Robert Langstaff Were
Buried Yesterday.
(special Correspondencel


Especial Correspondence.)
Provo, May 6.-The remains of Rob
ert Langstaff, father Of George Lang
staff, who was buried yesterday, vic
tim of the Scofield explosion, reached
Provo last evening. Mr.. Langstaff' s
body could not be found when the six
other bodies belonging to Provo were
shipped, hence it5 arrival here at a
later date.
Funeral services were held from the
Fourth Ward meeting house this after
noon under the auspices of the ward
bishopric. Impressive ceremonies
were held and the little meeting house
was packed with people. A long cor
tege went to the cemetery.
Deceased came from England one
year ago May 1, with a wife and a.
number of children. He was quite we'll
to do in England and was highly re-
spected in the community where he
lived. He left his native land a Nor
mon convert and came 10 America with
Elder WOrlton
The Langstaff family moved to SEQ
field not long ago where the father
and son could get employment in the
mines, but they had not much more
than reached that place and settled
down in their little cabin when death
entered their doOr-the father and son
are no more. The mother and daugh-
ters must struggle on alone
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RETAIN THE DOCTRINES.
Methodist Church Will Continue Re-
ligion of John Wesley.

Chicago. May 6.-The report Of the
constitutional commission to the Meth
oaist general conference, which Will
probably be presented this week, will
call for the continued maintenance OF
the religion Of John Wesley.
The episcOpacy may be abandoned
and other constitutional features
changed, but the articles Of religion,
the doctrines Of the church, are TO be
retained in their purity. The hereto Of
the future must leave the church as he
has done in the past. MethOdism will
not accept any departure from the the
ology of the fathers.
The changes in the section of the
book of discipline devoted to the gen
eral conference are very slight and in
the direction Of ampjificatiOn. The
commission, anticipating equal lay
representation, has incorporated it in
the proposed constitution.
-Four questions of popular interest
may be brought up during this week,
namely, the amusement question, the
fve-yeaT limit Of DastOrates. the con-
sOlidation of the Christian Advocates
and the consolidation Of the benevolent
societies.
The political aspect of the conference
will also begin to shape itself this week.
Elections MAJ come about May l..
Many delegates occupied local MethO-
dist pulpits today.
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HAIL LIKE BASEBALLs.
Driven Through Roofs CT Houses in
Nebraska Storm.

NeDfaSka storm.
Omaha, Neb, Nay 6.-A special 70
the Bee from Bever City, Neb., gives
further details OF the WilsonviIIe tor
nado. Many farm houses were de-
strOyed. The ha5lstOnes were as large
as baseballs and were driven through
roofs, The twister appeared after the
bombardment and took a northeasterly
course. It was funnel-shaped and did
damage over a large area.
Farmers west and north Of Wilson
vile were the greatest sufferers. Many
people fed to their cellars. A. Towers
large house was destroyed Tower, his
wife and daughter were seriously.
though not fatally injured. Houses
and barns of II. H Parrish, H H Cor
bett and II. A. Bourne were destroyed.
The latter was seriously injured A
daughter OF i. 2. Mcfarland was in a
summer house, which was lifted and
carried some distance without serious
injury. The residence of Rev. Lavine
was destroyed. His wife and children
were carried forty feet and not serious
~ injured.
Much livestock was killed by the
storm, and the damage to crops and
fruit trees was great. The amount OF
damage has not been estimated
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DAY OF MOURNING At SCOFIELD
Continued from page -

Continued from page II
be the cost to the company. That it
viii be something enormous, greater
than any one Of half the corporations
in Utah could Withstand, nobody en-
tertains a doubt Assistant Superin-
tendent Williams says that the man
agement has not stopped 10 think of
figures as yet, and he would not at
tempt to make any estimate as TO ex-
penditures and loss.
1T is true" said he that we have
been shipping 1000 tons Of coal a day
from Nos. / and T. and of course we
have lost that in the last six days that
IS, our profits on about 1900 tons.
What we get for the coal varies accord
ing to the quality, and I cannot give
you an estimate in dollars and cents.
The cost of the funeralsI cannot
say will be less than S25,O60. Every
body was clothed in a black suit of
clothes, new underwear, shirts, collars
and gloves and laid in a casket worth
over SO. Then consider the cost of
transportation of these bodies They
went out over all roads. being scattered
from Montreal. Canada. to California.
ali through Illinois and Ohio. Eleven
have been sent out of the state and
the railroad fare of some person ac-
companying them and the cost of
transporting the corpse must be con-
sidered.
AS TO the damage to the mine itself
It is not so serious as we feared at
first. There is nothing to prevent our
going 10 work there tomorrow if we
had nothing else to do. We will have
to dc some timbering very likely, ard
Ilrst or all must get the men and dead
horses out. But there is no likelihood
or a coal famine, none whatever. We
viii have to have a couple of hundred
men after we do get started, cut not
now. There are no accommodations
tor them at present and it may take
some time to get place fixed up. But
Until that time the other mines which
nave been idle because the men had to
come here will supply the market.
Number OF Dead.
'The company people still maintain
that when this thing is all over with il
win be found that not more than 204
have been killed They say that Thorn
as Padheld, John Pitman and Edwin
STeet are the only ones left in the
mine, but in direct contradiction to this
the Firms at a meeting today made
count and declare that nine of their
cOuntrymen are not accounted for
Ihere are not more than three ''un-
khoWns IN the cemetery, and in case
they were all Firms, which is by no
means likely, for these people know
their dead, there are yet six whom they
claim are in the mine. The three men
VINO are in the cO1nDany's list are all
married and leave widows and children
ana according to the Films six of their
missing are married also Nobody will
ever know just how many persisted in
Ihls Glsas ter. At least it looks that
way now. HORACE n. WHITNEY.
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EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
Judge David B. Culberson Passes
Away in Texas.

Jefferson, Tex, May 7-EX- Con-
gresham David B. Culbers0n. father Of
United States Senator c. A. CuIberson
of Texas. died this morning shortly
after i o'clock. He had been suffering
from la grippe and for the last two or
three days was unconscious at inter
Val6.
EX-COngreSSman CulberSOn served
several terms as a Democrat in the
lower house of the national legislature,
and was at ole time prominent can
didate for the speakership. He was
for long time chairman of the judic-
iar committee Of the house. and was
regarded as one Of the best cOnstitu-
tiOnal lawyers in public life
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A SMOOTH SWINDLER.
Young Salt Laker Named Schroeder
Working the Northwest.

The Anaconda Standard publishes a
lengthy article, warning business non
throughout the northwest to be charv
how they allow themselves to enter into
business negotiations with a smooth
young man" who claims to represent the
CTeager iron and wire works OF this
city. His long suiC seems 10 be passing
checks purporting TO be signed By the
Creager company. He has been success
ful in this lie in Anaconda. and the
sleuths Of the law are on his trail. He
passes by the name of Roy Schrader
Communication with the Creager COM
pany has developed the fact that Mr.
Schrader has been simply using the firm s
name for the purpose of catching dupes
and that he has been up to the same
game IN this city.
The young swindler is described as Wen
dressed in d light suit of clothes and hav-
ing a blonde rFOustache anG fair complex
ion. He looks about e years old and is
GLIB taiker
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NOT MRS. WILSON.
Mistake as to the Name of One IN
fortunate.


fortunate.
BY an unfortunate mistake in names,
1t was made to appear yesterday that
Mrs. Sandy Wilson. who lost her
husband and twelve other relatives in
the Scofield disaster, was the woman
who remained with her young babe for
three days without attention, while
Frustrated by illness and the shock of
the calamity. James W. Wilson, a
brother of Sandy" Wilson, yesterday
stated that the latter's widow had the
best Of care, being attended by Mrs. r.
G. Wilson, Mrs. A. J. Wilson and other
relatives. All of her wants are sup
piled, and as soon as she is able to
travel she will be brought to this city
where James w Wilson, a brother of
her late husband, will give her a home.
Mr.. Wilson stated that he had heard
of case similar to that reported in
The Herald, and thought that in the
general confusion a mistake might
have been made in the name
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well as could be expected under the
circumstances. Yesterday he was not
SO well as he had been on previous
days snd uneasiness was felt on his
behalf. Still the attending physicians
consider that he has a good chance to
pull through
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One Of the six Evans boys 1.-TWO Of
whom were killed. was at work on the
face of the new branch of No. 1, which
spurs off to the right of the tunnel
about 1,5OO feet.
First I heard a terrible roar he
says, lasting all of two minutes, and
L suspected an earthquake. I called to
owen Rowe. who was working with
me. and we ran out in time but my
ears are effected so that I can scarcely
hear"
The Evans brothers are all profess
sional musicians and natives of Wales.
They have taken prizes at all musical
events in this locality and are the
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CordoVa. Mexico. May 6.--Gordon
Cook, a wealthy planter. was attacked
aud killed by Mexican bandits, one of
WHOM has been captured, tried and
sent 70 prison. Cook was formerly a
prominent resident Of Eagle Pass, Tex.
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TOOK DOSE OF POISON.
Mona Hilton Tries to End Her Life
This Morning.

A woman named Mona Hilton, living
in the Thompson lodging house on Sec
ond South street. near West Temple.
attempted to commit suicide at about 3
o'clock this morning. She took a
heavy dose of be1ladOna. and her con
dition was noticed by her friends i'm
the building, who at once summoned
DR.. Ellerbeck. who administered anti
dOtes She was still alive at an early
hour.
The woman once before tried to end
her life while an inmate Of a house on
Commercial street.
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The escape of Thomas Bell was sin
gular. He was a long distance back in
the mine. waiting for a car to come
along. His partner, Tom Parrish. re-
marked; You might as well go on and
walk out; that car isn't coming for a
half hour" Bell did walk out and had
gone half way down the hill when the
catastrophe came. Less than two hours
later he was washing the corpse of the
man who had. though indirectly, saved
him from an awful death.
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SWEPT BY CYCLONE
StrOus Storm Visits Central
Part of Kansas.
TWO LIVES WERE LOST
GREAT AMOUNT OF PROPERTY
WAS DESTROYED.

Several People Were Badly Injured
and the Death Rate May be In
creased When All the Returns Are
In-Hail as Large as Baseballs in
Nebraska.
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Monument to Jefferson.

Berlin, May 6.-Today there was
shipped 9. magnificent monument OF
Thomas jefferson, intended for Louis
VILE. The american artist, Moses
Ezekiel, is the sculptor.
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I went through The Abercarh horror
in Wales in 1882, when 240 were killed.
IT was a gas explosion in a coal mine,
but the scenes were tame compared
with these"
The statement of one of the Evans
brothers, as ne gazed on the rows of
mangled bodies in the charnal house.
HORACE n. WHITNEY.
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BRING VAR TO AN END
Webster Davis Appeal For
South African Republics.
SYMPATHY OF AMERICA
SAYS MASSES OF TIE PEOPLE
ARE WITH THE BoERS.

England Has Trodden Truth Under
Foot and .Trampled Honor and
Good Faith in the Dust-British
Cruelty is Proverbial-Use Lyd-
dite Shells and Dunn Dum Bullets.
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FUNERAL AT LEHI.
John Kirton, One of the Scofeld vic
tins, Buried.
slSpeoial Correspondenee.l

Lehi, May s.-The funeral services
over the remains Of John Kirton. who
lost his life in the scofield disaster.
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Zeph Thomas of Logan was on his
way here to visit his brother Joseph
Tuesday evening. He had heard rumors
at Salt Lake of an accident, but no
body knew at that time anything of its
extent. His horror upon going to the
Thomas home and finding an anguish
stricken widow and children was in
tenEiied when he learned that both his
brothers and two nephews had per-
ished.
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Captain John F. Guilfoyle of Fort Du-
scheme came in from the post last night
and registered at the Kenyon. The genial
soldier reports all. serene on the Du-
scheme. good rains and Poor Lo behaving
himself and giving no trouble to the
troops stationed at the fort.