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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-13
PERSONS
KILLED IN PANIC
Wild Stampede Takes Place
in a Chicago Hall.
UNFOUNDED CRY OF
FIRE CAUSED 1T
Women and Children Thrown
into Death.

Chicago. Jan. 12.-Seven persons
were crushed to death and over q
score seriously injured in panic,
which followed a mans uncalled-fo1
cry Of fire" late this afternoon in
West Twelfth street Turner hall.
About 500 persons were in the
place. gathered to witness the per
Torrance of a play entitled, 1.-The
Greenhorn."
The Dead:
Lindsey, Rebecca-
Goldberg. Annie, aged Z.
Millenbach, Regina, aged 4
Solomon. Annie, aged 81.
Shaffer, George, aged 9.
Mendelsohn, MRS. Samuel.
Sidmann, Birdie.
The injured:
Adler. Becky, aged 10, legs broken.
Adler, Bella, legs injured
Brecker, Joe, aged 6, body bruised
and internal injuries, taken home
Becker, Mamie, left arm badly
bruised.
Bloomgarden, Sarah, covered with
Commissions from being stamped upon
BIoomgarden, Rebecca, ear LAGER
ated.
Cohen, Mrs. Sarah, internal in
juries.
freedman, Louis A, conclusion of
the brain.
Goldberg. Sarah, right cheek cut
and badly bruised.
Hirschberg, Mrs. Nettie, body
bruised
Hoffman, Minnie, injured internal
", may die.
Jacobs, Fannie, confused, one eye
cut.
jacobson. Myer, injured internally
and leg severely bruised
Zimmerman, Abraham, ankle
crushed.
Zimmerman, Rose, internal in
juries.
Keal, MoIlie. badly bruised
Richter, Rebecca, legs crushed.
Crossman, Annie, aged 8, injured
internally.
Rissman, Bessie, aged 6, legs
crushed.
Rissman, Jacob, aged 10, left leg
injured.
Rissman, Mrs. Ida, badly bruised
The missing:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-13
THIS SALT LAKE CRATER
MADE BARREL OF MONEY
Gigantic Lottery SWindIe Successfully Engineered
From This City By A. Il. Curtis
Thousands of Dollars Rolled In From Victims All Over The
Country.

Meyer. care Of general delivery. His
reason for doing this. he said. was that
he could not pay taxes on certain
property he owned just at that time,
and he did not want the officials Of
ogden to know that he was in the city
Flimsy as was the explanation, 1t was
not the place of the landlady to ask
questions. He left little extra money
to cover the expense Of purchasing
stamps and remailing the letters. and
then he faded from view. He told the
landlady he would return Christmas
day, and he wanted the mail sent to
him only up to that time.
This is the last seen of Curtis, but
his deeds lived after him. Since the
time of his disappearance the landlady
has received possibly d bushel of let
tiers and packages Of all descriptions
Until Christmas day she forwarded
them to J. r. Meyer at Ogden. as re-
quested. After that she simply sent
them back 20 the pOstOffice.
Some packages containing money
reached his address on Main street
through the express offices, and these
the landlady sent back They are still
in the office awaiting the claimant. as
is much of his mail Curtis did not
return to Salt Lake Christmas day
His Scheme Exposed.
Yesterday the story came out 4
letter was received in this city from
an Illinois town. asking for an inves-
tigation. and it contained a copy Of a
printed circular letter such as Curtis
has sent all over the country, pTinci-
pa1y to hotel keepers. The letterhead
reads.
office of the original Little Louisi-
ana Lottery company of Honduras,
Mexico. United States branch Office,
247 South Main street, Salt Lake City,
Utah. 4. H. Curtis, general manager
and agent for the United States. Cap
ital prize for January 1901, $4,000
The letter is then dated Salt Lake,
Dec. 8. 1900 and is addressed To Il hotel
BroDrietor in the town referred to.
Here is his proposition, fraudulent on
the face Of it.
Dear Sir-We would be pleased to IS
tablish an agency in your town and We
will agree 10 make il an object 10 YOU
~ our next regular monthly drawing.
Jan s. 1871 II you agree TO accept the
agency for one year, we VIII send You
tickets as follows for January drawing:
Twenty z5c. ten soc and five Sl-00 tick
we agree 10 send YOU on receipt Of SEQ
We GIVE YOU TEN 25c TICKETS
FREE OF CHARGE. AND ASK YOU To
KEEP ALL TEN OF THESE sc TICK
ETS.
For these reasons We are going 20 place
a prize of 500 in your town, therefore We
ask you to keep ali ten OF these Z5c
tickets as one OF them viii POSITIVELY
WIN THE PRIZE OF $500 on Tuesday.
Jan. s. 1901 Why Go we do this2 Be
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1t is not known just how many dol
lars A. II. Curtis separated from his
victims by means of the greatest lottery
swindIe ever engineered in the west.
He directed his operations from a salt
Lake lodging house, and the coin rolled
in by the busheI. It came in postal or
ders. registered and unregistered mail
and express orders, and he found vic
tins in every section of the Union. It
is certain that when ne suddenly faded
from view he carried thousands of dol
lars with him. He has amassed a for
tune from his daring scheme. The cash
kept right on coming after his depar-
ture. and he turned down a barrel of
coin by leaving the city.
salt Lake has been the scene Of many
a successful attempt on the part Of
grafters. but none quite 50 successful.
the chances are. as this fake lottery
game which A II. Curtis. alias J. z.
Meyer. has worked through Zion dur
ing the past sixty days. In this case
salt Lakers are not the victims. but the
city has been made the center OF a net
extending from one coast to the other,
into which perhaps thousands of suck
ers have fallen. The crook at the head
of it has made a fortune in less than a
month.
It was about three weeks before the
holiday season commenced that a
handsome. genteel-lOoking fellow-he
is the gentleman cTOok-applied for
lodgings at pa South Main street. in
this city. He engaged the best sleep
ing apartment in the house. but lived
almost the life of q hermit. He never
showed himself more than was neces-
sary and talked TO no one in the house
further than TO pass the time Of day.
About himself he was especially reti-
cent He did say he had come from
California and was working on an oil
scheme.
Money Rolled In.
Before he had been in the house d
great many days Mr.. A H Curtis be-
gan to receive mail. 1t came in bun
dies. sometimes as many as two dozen
letters a day. and the number in
creased rather than diminished. he
paid his room rent, sometimes in post
office orders or in express money or
ders. and the more mail he received
the more prosperous he seemed TO be-
come
on the Monday before Christmas
Curtis went away He told the land
lady he was going to Ogden and asked
her TO send all the mail that came for
him TO that place in the name Of j. =.
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THE HOUSE

g. .- William GIasmann of Weber
-.r.-- NJ NJ Steele Gar field
.r.r --.rIsn Irwin Of Salt Lake
-...- ,....5--F. J.. Heuder shot Of Weber
-', -r.-s-r -rov ZvooIey of Kane
t. lerlz-AIss Flora NTH of Utah. Misses Ellen Jones
5 stella smith % salt L axe
. arms d. s. Marsha Il Rich.
go. :. -easnt "a -arms-J V Gordon OF Tooele
-.-.. ..-.,r-A Andrew Morris of 3 eaver
" a.. ss.r.rsr-I A. Kelly of Willard
.r- ,r.sssrser-James r. NJ eels Of Wayne
.,-..lsfr- William stewart of SEWER
...-r..-..--A rn4r Lowry. % f Sanpee
.-. r...-.-sr.r-C G.. G.. of Box Elder
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THE SENATE.

. -..4--+- Abel John Evans Of Utah county
.-.rr-NobIe yyarrum, jrr of salt Lake
..-..-.- af-srras-JOseph Phillips Of Juab
~. ...7-R s. Young of salt Lake
,,.-.... t-Iarg-H IL. Blood of D avis.
-....- rr-rE-AIice White OF Beaver
-....rr l,srz-C Fuimer Of Cache
lrerls-Lou johnson Of Salt Lake Cat argeJ' "laih
ia .r Emery: George F. Felt of salt Lake
- .-.-.-- Captain We thereH of Weber
L r.-.v-- J. GuIbansen of Salt Lake
W ' Tsarf srnoot of Utah. NJ. H. Wrig' of Summit
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Vote for Senator.

Shortly after the joint caucus was
question OF the vote for senator arose
and without any discussion IL was de-
cided that the candidates before the
last session should receive the C1mnli-
mentaTy vote Of the minority. on the
separate ballot in each house and on
the flrsS 5Ginr ballot The honor viii go
tF A. W Mctuue. who received the
highest number of votes two wears ago.
Judge King viii next De- recognized
then Judge Powers and Senator ?. J.
Cannon There viii De time after that
FOR the steering committee To- suggest.
so committee was named last night.
= number of other questions came up
Ton discussion. but nothing Of import
au,e was acted upon before the mem
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-13
MAYOR BUCKLE
REMOVES DOOLY
Asks Public Works Chair
man TO Resign.
GIVEN UNTIL MONDAY
TO VACATE OFFICE
Acting Mayor Alleges That Mr..
DOOly is Disqualified.

Acting Mayor Buckle has demanded
the resignation Of John +. Dooly as
chairman OF the board of public works
If the resignation is not forthcoming
by 2:30 Monday afternoon. il is prob
able that the executive viii remove
Mr.. Dolly from Office and ask the
councils concurrence at special
meeting to be called for Monday even
ing
The grounds upon which the resigna-
ton are sought are that Chairman
Dooly is disqualified BY law from filling
the Office by reason of his alleged in
terest i'm contracts for public work TO
which the city is and has been part,
and that it is contrary to public policy
for the chairman to occupy such dual
position
The acting mayor was asked last
evening by The Herald for a copy Of
the letter which he was reported to
have sent to Chairman Dolly demand
ing his resignation, but his honor de-
clined. stating that until Mir. DOOly re-
leased the communication he did not
feel at liberty to give more than the
substance of IL. Mayor Buckle ad-
mitUed that he had mailed the letter
during the evening but he thought il
hardly probable that Mr.. DOOly would
receive it before today.
Mayor Buckles Reasons.
When asked for a more specific state
meut of the question involved and the
motive for his act. Mayor Buckle said
il was a matter of common knowledge
that Mr. DOoly is a director in the Utah
Savings x Trust company which is
surety ON the contract bonds Of p. ,.
Moran. Keller & Rush and other con-
tractors for city work. that ne made
inquiry the other day at the bank of
the company of which the board OF
public works chairman is a director If
81 were not true that the bank is
furnishing and has furnished money
ts Contractor Moran 10 help him carry
ON his work and il was not denied THAI
such is the fact
Opinion from Attorneys.
Spea King further the acting mayor
said that he is fortified in his position
that the interests of the city are not
being conserved by having d chairman
of the public works board one who is
financially concerned in municipal
contracts for water pipe construction
and other work. by a written opinion
from Powers. Straup < Lippman,
which concurs in similar legal advice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-13
FINAL PREPARATIONS.
Arrangements Committee Holds an
Enthusiastic Session

Last night the arrangements commit
tee held a final session for the purpose
of getting the preparations for the con-
yention rounded up and everything i'm
shipshape for receiving guests. Presi-
dent John w Springer of the associa-
ton attended the meeting and gave
the local workers great praise for their
efforts. He predicted the greatest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-13
iFCISL4TIVE CAUCUSES
ORGANIZE BOTH HOUOlS
Evans for Senate President and GlaSmann for
Speaker Of House.
u,,um Selected for Secretary Of the Senate and NJ
Steele Chief Clerk Of the House.

ORGANIZATION of the Legislature.
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The legislators We're called 10 order
h- chairman Burton of the Democratic
state committee al mis- office about s
o'clock. I'm brief address ro the body
. h- expressed his satisfaction that the
= senate of the legislature is still Demo-
cratic.
81 have no doubt" he added. that
this part of t5r legislature VIII act
wisely IN all matters that may come
before it,
AS chairman ot tie state committee
have no suggestion In offer al this
Time as % me policy ol the party IN this
state There are many who feel Lis-
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Weather Today.

Forecast for Salt Lake Today is:
Cloudy; with occasional snow fur
ries; light change in temperature.
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.- VAS named for pre=i-
" opposition The
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
QUESTION ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale OF any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
Srandmothers never thought of using
anything else for Indigestion and Bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of appendicitis, ner-
vous prostration or heart failure, etc.
They used August Flower to clean out
the system and stop fermentation of
undigested food regulate the action of
the liver stimulate the nervous and
organic action Of the system, and that
is all they took when feeling dull and
bad with headaches and other aches.
You only need few doses of Green's
August Flower, in liquid form, to
make you satisfied there is nothing
serious the matter with you. For sale
by q. Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
\ Great Sunday School Tour.

The International Sunday School
Executive Committee has planned a
great sunday School tour which eN-
tends across the continent. Five prac-
tical Sunday school specialists start in
Virginia in February and visit eight
cen states, closing their work in Kan
sas, after having been to the Pacific
coast THIS involves over 10000 miles
of travel for each member. The en-
tire party will be present at our State
Convention at Colorado Springs May
70 1t will be rare opportunity for
and it is expected many delegates will
be present. For information address
A. 5. Rudd, Canon City. Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
NIGHT WAS HER TERROR.

i would cough nearly all night long,
writes Mrs. Charles Applcgate of Al
eXandria. Indiana. and could hardly
get any sleep. | had consumption 50
bad that if ! walked Il block | would
cough frightfully and spit blood. but
when all other medicines failed. three
$l.00 bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
cOvery wholly cured me, and | gained
5s pounds. Its absolutely guaranteed
to cure coughs, colds, la grippe, bron-
chitis, and all throat and lung troub-
les. Price 30 cents aud al.00. Trial
bottles free at G.. Lavrlle's drug store.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
REM ARKABLE CURES OF RHEE-
MATISM.

From the Vindicator, Rufordton. n. G.
The editor of the Nindicator has had
occasion to test the efficacy of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm with the most re-
markable results in each case. First,
with rheumatism in the shoulder from
which he suffered excruciating pain
for ten days, which was relieved by
two applications of Pain Balm. rub
bng the parts afflicted and realizing
instant benefit and entire relief in a
very short time. Second, in rheuma-
tisnl in thigh joint, almost prostratlng
him with severe pain, which was re-
leved by two applications, rubbing
with the liniment on retiring at night,
and getting up free from pain. For
sale by G. Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
Home Needle Work.

IDe'apfii Delineat0r. on sale iu the
middle 0f March. is out soon enough
to have its effect upon Easter gar
ments. The eighty shown foreshadow
the faSorite styles for spring and SUM
mer wear. This number is especially
strong in its picturing Of the new ia
brics and Of new designs in fabrics for
summer wear. The drcssmaking ar
ticle in the April number, from the
skilled hand Of Mrs. \. l.. German. is
devoted to lingerie, cutting, making
and trimming. 1t explains by word
and by diagram how women can sue
cessfuly make their own undcrgar-
ments.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22

service a postal Official said: There
is no branch of the postal service that
is more popular with the people than
rural free delivery. 1t was only Il little
while ago that rural free delivery was
looked upon by many as an experiment
that must result in failure, Even its
most ardent advocates had some doubts
as to its ultimate success. But the eX-
pcrimcntal stage has passed and the
service has now come to stay, and it
will probably be extended until it
reaches every hamlet and village in
the United States"
Under the impression that Com. Ev-
ans is to retire from the head of the
pension bureau, Colonel John Palmer
ex commanderi in-chief of the G. A. r.
and eX secretary of state of New York,
is being urged for commissioner of
pensions. Senator Depew and Repre-
sentative Southwck this week saw
the president in behalf of Colonel
Palmer The president did not init
mate to them whether Commissioner
Evans would retire or not.
President Mckinley issued IA proclu-
nation announcing the death of eX-
president Harrison. and ordering the
half-masting of all government flags
and prescribing the usual period of
mourning in the army and navy
The plans for the presidential trip
to the Pacific coast provide for leaving
Washington April 30 on a special train
over the southern route, via New Or
leans, and for the return from San
Francisco over the northern route.
with probable trip from Duluth to
Buffalo, where the exposition will then
be going on, through the great lakes.
During the entire trip an executive
office will be kept open on the train
and the president will be able to at
tend to important public business Just
as promptly as he does in Washington.
The party will consist of the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Mckinley, as many MEM
berS of the cabinet as Tan arrange to
go and the ladies Of their families, and
possibly four or five invited guests.
The number of places at which stop
Of any length of time can be made will
necessarily be limited as it is not the
present intention to have tile trip ex-
ceed six weeks.
MIR. Bryan is getting wary. He
spent day in Washington this week
ahd to all attempts to interview him
on public matters he replied that he
was combining his discussion OF public
matters to the editorial columns of his
paper. In other words, If you wish
to know what think about things YOU
must buy or subscribe to my paper"
Owing to his love OF hearing himself
talk. itmust be positive hardship to
Mr.. Bryan to thus hold himself in.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
An Easter Luncheon.

Those ladies who want to give
dainty Easter luncheon will find help
in the April Delineator. The illustra-
ted cookery article for the month is
devoted to this one subject and is ex
ceedingly pretty.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
WORKING "a HOURS A DAY.

There's no rest for those tireless little
workers-Dr. Kings New Life Pills
Millions are always busy, curing tor
pd liver, jaundice, billiousnsss, fever
and ague. They Danish sick headache
and drive out malaria. Never grippe or
weaken. Small, taste nice, work won
ders. Try them. Only % cents at G..
| avelle'a
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Breezy Gossip on Various Topics
From the Nations apital.

government will take on account of
the rejection by Great Britan of the
amended lIay-Pauncefute treaty is
speculation and guess work. 1t is all
open question, and likely to remain
such for some time. as President Me
kinley takes DO important step, and
the next move of this government will
necessarily be an important one, until
it,sas been carefully considered and he
has had the advice of every man com-
petent to advise whose advice is avail
able: that is why no important mis-
take has been made by his
administration in dealing with num-
erous foreign complications. The vote
by which the senate amended the Hay
Pauncefote treaty shows the strong
sentiment Of that body in favor of the
abroyaticn of the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, and that fact will not be over
looked by President Mckinley when it
comes to deciding what the next move
Of this government shall be. 1t is as
certain as anything not yet done can
be that there will be an Isthmian ca
nal and that it will be controlled by
his government. The problem be-
fore the administration is how can that
result be best reached.
Senator Platt of Connecticut, auth
or of the amendment to the army ap-
preparation bill speciking the cond.-
tions that must be complied with be-
fore American authority is withdraw
from Cuba, agrees with the admins
tration in believing that the Cubans
will accept those conditions. Speak
ing on the subject he said: II feel
sure the Cubans will accept our prop
ositions. The CubanS will see in the
end that the amendments are as much
in their interest as they are in the in
terest of the United States. There
may be at the start Il little offended
dignity growing out of misapprehen
sion Of our purposes and aims. But |
have no doubt that the Cubans will
ultimately see the sincerity of purpose
which has ,actuated us in framing
those amendments. alike in their in
terest and the interests Of this coun-
try"
No wonder that TINS is the most
prosperous country on earth. Our
people are the most inventive and take
out the most patents The largest
patent soliciting business in the world
is done by c. A. Snow X Co. the Wash
ington patent lawyers, who have OBJ
tained more than 22.UO0 patents for
American inventors.
The more closely the record of the
honse during the tifty-sXth congress is
studied the more creditable il appears
One somewhat unique point to its
credit is that during the two sessions
Of that congress there was no. a single
working day upon which the house did
not perform some legislative work.
If any other house ever made such a
record no one in Washington knows
anything about it.
Postmaster General Smith IS very
proud of the success of the rural free
delivery, which has passed from the
experimental to the permanent stage
Iindar his nd m in CT ra inn NJ the poSt-
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22

Rheumatism.
Nobody knows all abour 1t;
and nothing, now known, will
always cure it.
Doctors try SCOTS Emul-
sion of Cod Liver Oil, when
they think it is caused by i'm
perfect digestion of food.
You can do the same.
1t may or may not be caused
bv the failure of stomach and
bowels to do their work. If
it is, YOU will cure it; if not,
YOU will do no harm.
The way, to cure a disease
is to stop its cause, and help
the body get back to its habit
of health.
When SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil does that, it
cures; when it don't, it don't
cure. 1t never does harm.
q The genuine has
h-~ this picture on it, take
EHS no other
A I'D If you have not
:: { !. !: :: !. !: : :: !.
AfEaN tried it, send for free
uN sample, its agreeable
Anon taste will surprise
MI II you.
III IN SCOTT & BOVINE,
M NJ Chemists,
~ 400 Pearl ST., N. Y.
SOC. and 81 90 all druggists.
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