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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
MOB WAS READY TO LYNCH
CONFESSED FIEND
City Filled With Threats Against Parry But Crowd
Lacked Leader.
Police Prepared to Aid Sheriff in Resisting an Attack Upon the Jail
Keys Were Hidden.

ganize a mob to attack the jail Some
spirited talk along that line was heard
among crowds OF men in several sa-
looms. and the police say they heard
rumors of an attempt to lynch Parry
whispered about the streets an the
evening. According 70 the statement II
one Of the officers, feeling against
Parry in the vicinity Of the Rio Grande
depot near where the crimes were at
tempted, was bitter, and there was
open talk Of lynehirg him.
Lacked a Leader.
An officer stated last night that he
learned from reliable information that
no less than 800 or 400 men willing TO
make an attempt to lynch Parry could
be gathered together within an hour.
The officer also stated that the same
authority had told him that the only
reason that an attempt was not made
upon the Jail was that those VINO were
willing to make the attack could set
no one to organize and lead the move
ment. When the officers learned of
the threats and talk last night they
notified the county jail authorities, but
the latter had already heard the ru-
mOrs themselves and preparations
were made to meet any attack. Jailer
Lewis stated last night that when he
heard of the TumOTs, and heard them
from the officers, he cached the keys
to the rotary cell where Parry is con-
fined and only kept the outside door
key in his possession. He also had
his weapons handy, and he stated that
if any attempt were made to take Par
~ he would open fire.
It was reported last night to some
of the officers on their beats that there
were a number of men going around
arousing sentiment against Parry and
attempting to get the citizens 10 rise
up and lynch him. but none Of the men
was found. Several of the officers
stated that they would not be surprised
to see an attempt upon the jail before
morning, and they kept close watch
for any signs of trouble i'm that direc-
ton in order to warn the jail authori-
ties and prepare to assist them.
Examined For Sanity.
Parry was examined yesterday after
noon to test his sanity. The charge OF
insanity was made by his father and
sister and the examination was cor
Quoted before Judge PrptempOre James
By County Physician Mayo and Dr. a..
c. Young. Detective Sheets and~- P0-
Ifcemen Hilton and Brown were. caINd
upon to testify as were also a NUM-
Der Of the relatives and acquaintances
of the accused Out of it all the ply
sicians concluded that while he was
possessed of d mania to outrage little
girls his type of mental irresDOnsi-
bility is not such as would warrant his
commitment to the state insane asy-
lum, and he was therefore remanded
to the county jail to await trial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
ROOSEVELT SOUND ON
IRRIGATION QUESTION

= Washington, Nov. 27.-Th0mas =
= F. Walsh. president, and General =
y W. A. Maxwell, secretary, OF the .
= executive committee Of the Ma p
= tional Irrigation association saw ?
= the president today They told >
= him that the expansion Of the in >
= ternaI trade and commerce of the =
, United States by the creation of =
4 more homes in the west was the p
\ object OF their association, and p
> that they fully indorsed the report .
= of Secretary Hitchcock on the p
= subject of irrigation. .
After seeing the president they ?
= said his attitude on the subject =
= was perfectly satisfactory 20 .
= them.
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DTRLIC sentiment reached 80

DUBLIC sentiment reached such a
high pitch last night against
George Parry, the man who con-
fessed in open court to the most brutal
attempts TO assault two little girls
that open talk of organizing a mob to
attack the county Jail and lynch the
confessed fiend was heard in every
quarter, and the police received in
formation that an attack upon the jail
was probably prevented only by the
failure Of the incensed citizens to get
a leader to organize and direct the
mob
The threats of lynching the prisoner
were so general and ominous that
Night JaiIer Lewis at the county Jail
in the absence Of Sheriff Naylor, cached
the keys to the interior of the prison
and kept two guns ready for action at
the first signs Of trouble. The police
officers, who heard threats and talk on
every part of the streets, were thor
oughly cOgnizant of the state Of af-
fairs and warned the jailer to keep
lookout, assuring him that if there
were any signs of an attack upon the
Jail they would afford all the assist
ance they could. Chief of Police Hill
ton was told last night of the threats
and he stated that If any efforts were
made to carry them into effect his men
and the rifles at the station would be
put into service.
Parry's Confession.
Strong feeling against Parry has been
hV -iF1cr sill h. IN,
Monday and, in the presence of fifty
or more men, admitted having at
tempted to assault little Ethel Madsen,
/ and confessed that he had also at
/ tempted to accomplish the same das-
tardly crime upon little Jeanette Cary.
The GOODNESS and apparent uncOncern
with which the man confessed TO his
! terrible crimes struck the spectators
speechlesS for a moment, and then
murmur Of horror ran over the crowd.
The confession had such a visible eff
feet upon the men who heard il that
an officer who was present declares
that if he had shouted Lynch. him"
every man in the court room would
have darted for the prisoner.
The news of Parry's confession and
the details of bis crimes spread over
the city. and Monday night the matter
was the subject Of discussion, II is said.
everywhere. About the streets and in
the saloons. according to the statement
Of both officers and citizens. men were
discussing the matter and freely eX-
pressing their opinion that such crimes
were outrages upon the community
that should be avenged by lynching.
Last night there was more talk and
rumOTs were rife in many quarters that
there was an effort being made to or
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Two Passenger Trains Come Together at Full
Speed on the Wabash Road in Michigan
and from 100 to $50 Persons We're
Killed or hjured--Fire Breaks
Out and Many Perish.

" ETROIT, Nov. 27.-From 100 to $50
persons were killed or injured to-
night in a wreck on the Wabash
railroad. Two heavily loaded passen-
ger trains coilided head-on at full
speed, enc mile east Of Seneca, the sec
ond station west of Adrian. The west
bound train. composed Of two cars
loaded with immigrants and five other
coaches, was smashed and burned with
awful loss of life ana fearful injuries
to a majority of its passengers. The
eastbound passenger train, the CONT
mental linn ted, suffered in scarcely less
degree.
The people on the westbound train
were caught like rats in a trap and
crushed. Then the wreck caught fire
and those who we're not instantly killed
were slowly roasted to death, none Of
the few spectators who hastily gath
cred from the farm houses near by be
ing able TO afford aid.
Consumed by Flames.
The immigrant train was soon con-
sumed by the flames and every. person
on that train, i is rumored, was killed.
dimefs residing along the track
rushed in on the blazing mass to rescue
those whom they thought might be
alive. The bodies hauled out OF the
wreck were taken to nearby farm
houses which were soon filed with
dead, and & large number of injured
We're taken 10 a hospital al Peru, Ind.
Along the track long lines IF burned
bodies lie covered with blankets. pre-
senung a gruesOme sight 1t NAV ne
possible that the exact number of
killed or who they are Will never be
known Many physicians from Detroit
have gone TO the scene.
The continental limiJsd, the east
bound train. vas driven By Engineer
Strong, and was in charge of Conductor
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coaches carrying immigrants. One
says there were but two. and another
says there were five or six coaches
carrying this class of tourists.
1t is not thought that any Detroit
people were injured, as train No. 8,
Immediately behind the immigrant
train. carried the Detroit passengers
for Chicago. The eastbound train was
made up of an engine and baggage
car, combination coach and sleeper.
Under Full Speed.
The trains came together one mile
east of Seneca, under a full head of
steam All but the two rear coaches
OF the westbOund train were demOl-
ished, and the coach on the eastbOund
train was telescOped. Five Of the cars
of the immigrant train caught fire and
are still burning. The loss of life is es-
timated at 100 on this train. The loss
of life on the eastbOund train is said
to be twenty-five.
One of the engines Of the immigrant
train exploded, and the eastbOund en-
CINE turned over into a ditch. Two
dremen and one engineer of the west
bound train We're killed, but the fire.
man and engineer of the other train
jumped and escaped.
As soon as the news Of the disaster
reached Division Superintendent Burns
at Detroit, special trains were dis
patched to the scene of the wreck from
Adrian, Detroit, Peru and Montpelier.
A special from Detroit carrying thirty
two physicians and surgeons started
for Seneca. and was given the right
of way. When it reached the scene of
the wreck the work OF succOring the
wounded was well under way, the
train having been preceded by a spe-
cial from Adrian bearing all the sur
geons in the city who had been at
work for an hour when the Detroit
contingent arrived. The flames. how
Continued on Pee o.
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G. J. Martin. The westbound immi-
grant train was a double header and
was driven by Engineer Work and En-
gineer Parks, the conductor being
Charles Troll.
Disobeyed Orders.
The eastbound train, it is believed
disobeyed orders in not waiting at
Seneca for the westbOund train, there
by causing the wreck. The track at
the point where the collision occurred
was straight. and at first the officials
could not understand how the accident
could have happened.
The WestbOund train, which OTdinar-
lily is due to leave Detroit at 2:3O
o'clock, was two hours later, leaving at
4;20 a. m. The two trains are sche-
duled to meet at Montpelier. o. but
as stated. had been ordered to meet at
Seneca. The blame is therefore placed
on the conductor or engineer of the
eastbOund train. as the accident would
not have occurred had this train been
held at Seneca.
Apparently orders to wait were dis
obeyed, and the probabilities are that
the true story of why viii never be
told IS the train crews undoubtedly
met Instant death.
Adrices from the wreck at midnight
state that the country for miles around
is lighted up by the burning cars and
that the flames could not be quenched
because Of lack of proper appara tus.
MdngIed bodies were picked up along
the track by the farmers before the
special train sent from Adrian ar
rived on the scene. In some instances
the bodies We're mangled beyond all
recognition. The bodies which the
rescuers managed to pull from the
burn:cE ruins Of the immigrant cars
were so badly burned that their iden-
titv win probably never be ascertained.
The westbOund train was 6 regular
train composed of seven coaches Re
ports differ as to the number of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
WILLIS MCCORMICK
INST, PETERSBURG
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
st. Petersburg. Nov. AN. A. Egg
bert of Springfield, Mass. and Willis
Mccormick of Utah. are here on their
return from the Ochinsk district of
the Yenisesk government, where they
have been prospecting for gold. This
is an old Russian gold field. Messrs.
Egbert and Mccormick. with their Har-
ward classmates of 1900, Brown of
New York and Porter of Niagara Falls,
are the first Americans who have
turned their attention to it. They have
spent a year and half in the gold
fields and are returning to utilize their
knowledge financially.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
SAYS THERE WILL BE
NO TARIFF CHANGES

New York. Nov. 27.-Congressman
Zeno Payne Of Auburn, n. y, chairman
of the committee on ways and means,
has just conferred in this city with
Senator Aldrich OF Rhode Island,
chairman Of the senate finance commit
tee, National Committeeman Joseph
Manley of Maine, Congressman Galu-
sha A Grow of Pennsylvania and 9TH
erS
'WiI there he any changes I'm the
tariff law at the next session of cons
gress2 a New York Times reporter
asked Mr. Payne
NO: in my opinion there win be no
changes in the tariff laws" replied the
congressman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
FORT DOUGLAS TO GET
TWO MORE BATTERIES

4 Washington, Nov 27.-Lieu-
= tenant General Miles, COM
y handing the army, has pre-
4 pared a general order providing
= for the distribution of batteries
= Of light artillery. as follows:
= Fort Sheridan. two batteries;
y Fort Smelling, two: Vancouver
= barracks, two; Preside Of San
= Francisco, two: Fort LeaVen-
= worth. three: Fort Riley. three;
= Fort sam Houston. two. Fort
+ Niagara, two. Fort Douglas,
= two: Fort Ethan Allen. two.
Z Fort Hamilton. one. Fort Myer
= and Philippine islands. three
= each.
II permanent accommodations
, can be provided at tn= stations
= named the following CjstTibu-
= ton Of field batteries sst1 pre-
= vail: Fort Sheridan. svei van
= couver barracks, two, Preside,
y San Fran-is-0, four. F'os- LeaT-
= enWOrth. t5gp. Fort Rilev, three;
= Fort Sam E3us:on. two; Fort
= Douglas. two. Fort Ethan Al
= len, two Fort Hamilton, one,
= Fort Myar one. Philippine ISL
= ands, three, Havana Cuba
= one: Fort Sill one, Fort Walla
, Walla. two. Fort b. A. Russell,
4 one: Fort Robinson, one.
= \ = y = + 4 , = 3 > = = =
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE
CAPTURED BY FlLIPlN0S

= Manila, Nov. 21.-The insur- =
= gents have attacked a commits =
= sary wagon between Magdalene =
y and GaiayajaSa. seriously wound >
y ing d sergeant and a private of >
= the Eighth regiment and captuT- >
, ing Privates Dunn and Frenning, =
= two horses, three rifles and 800 =
= rounds Of ammunition.
= There has been a TecTudesCence ,
= of insUrgent activity at Tanauan, =
, province of BatangaS. southwest =
= LuzOn. An interpreter named AL =
, berto has been killed fin the mar =
y ket place for refusing go give >
y percentage of his salary 10 the in =
> surgents- Other government en- ,
y ployees have been similarly =
= threatened.
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Judge win be consulted as TO her full
wishes. an architect will be employed
and in the spring ground viii be brok-
en-, declared Bishop Seaman last
evening, and the kindly face Of the
aged prelate lit up with enthusiasm.
This is more than appropriate. There
is something ideal in the thought that
the wealth of the earth is going di-
rectly 20 the relief OF unfortunate hu-
manity-that the memory of a miner
is 10 be kept fresh through all time
through blessing bestowed upon
miners
"rhis is applied Christianity 1t will
accomplish more good than innumer-
able sermons however eloquent. I am
growing to believe more firmly every
cay that too many sermons are deliv-
cred and too little work done fDr the
relief Of the unfortunate. The better
ment Of mankind is the universal re-
ligion. Christ spent little time in de-
livering sermons. Sach actions on the
part of the rich lead others to an
awakening of the possibilities for good
in the wealth that is theirs. sNO class
Of people needs a haven of refuge more
than does the miner upon whom for
tune has frowned. 1t is not ours TO
ask what elements entered into his
failure-he is WITH US. wrecked in
health, perhaps. too old to work.
manned by an aceident-it is following
in the footsteps of Christ to make his
last days comfortable"
Confined to No Greed.
win the institution be exclusively
for Catholic miners?" was asked. The
face Of the bishop cl0uded and he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
ROOSEVELT WOULD
REDUCE DUTY ON SUGAR

Washington. Nov. 21.-President
Roosevelt in his message 10 congress
viii recommend the advisability of re-
ducing the duty on Cuban sugar i'm
return for trade concessions when the
independent government In the island
is set up and also the reduction of
the duty on sugar from the Philippines
as "A means of stimulating the prOduc-
ton of sugar in those islands.
This information the president con-
veyed to several prominent visitors
with whom he talked today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
PRICE WAS EXCITED
OVER A HORSE RACE
lspeeial t. 10 Herald.l

Price, Utah, Nov 27.-Fully $1,000
a side changed hands on the 400yard
race this afternoon between the Nernal
mare of Arthur J. Lee and lobe Whit
more's Paddy" horse, the latter from
Payson. The mare came out about
three feet ahead
On the track money was going beg
ging two and three to one on the Pay
son horse Baled hay oats and ali
manner of farm products were bet BY
persons who ran out of money.
Practically the population of the
town was out TO the races. and this
included every one from business men
to school children
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
ONE OF HOBS0N'S HEROES
GOES TO INSANE ASYLUM

= Vallejo, Cal. Nov. 27.-Among a z
= number of insane taken to the =
, hospital at Ukiah from the Mare 4
= island navy yard was Warrant 4
= Officer Osborne Diegnan. VINO vas Z
> with Hobson on the Merrimac IN =
= the Standardization war.
Diegnan was recently assigned .
= to Mare island, but served only a z
= few DAYS before being placed on 4
y the sick list.
. . > > < , , y y y = = = = = . = 4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
Prominent BOers Captured.

London, Nov 27.-LOrd Kitchener. in
a dispatch from Pretoria, dated today.
reports that General Knox has cap
tuIed thirty-six men of Buys COM
mand, VINO escaped after the recent
fight. The prisoners include Com
mandant Joubert, who is wounded. and
Field Comets Wolmerans and Died
r1Cks
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&c &c III 81. Iouie.

ST Louis. No. Nov 27-Fire tonight
destroyed the three-stOry brick build
ing at Main and Brooklyn streets 0c-
cupied by the Scarritt- Comstock Fur
niture Manufacturing company as a
finishing shop and warehouse. Loss
S20O, 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
TALE OF TIE KOHL MEISEN.
How the Senator From Weber Secured $500 Appropriation For
Importing the TitmOuse That is on the
Governments Black List

7 IsT To THE TALE of the kohl mel
seR'-how it viii not pipe its glad
lay within the confines Of Utah nor
pounce upon the Goblin moth and the in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
KILLED ~ a Train.

Centralia. H.. Nov 2I-Mrs. q
Coy. aged S.. and her son. John
aged 80, living on a farm near
were killed by an Illinois Contra
at RichvieW today.
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A Cruel Blow.

After mature elaboration. it was de-
cided to advertise in New York Ger
man paper for somebody who could sell
a few kohl nielsen" Thus So Of the
$500 appropriated was exhausted Then
Senator Kiesel put his shoulder actively
to the wheel and found a San Fran
cisco house that was ready to undertake
the importation of the birds. All arrange
ments had been made but the other day
came a misSive that gave q shock Jolt
and jar to all concerned. 1t came in an
envelope bearing the secretary OF az
ricuture's inscription, and it proved 10
be from no other parsonage than Secre-
tarv Wilson.
You are advised that the so-caHed
kohl nielsen are on the blacklist. it
said in effect. and they can under no
circumstance be imported into this coun-
tTT-
That settled it. The board and the
senator sighed mournfullv al the thought
of the S497 good and lawful money of the
United States that remained in the treas
ury uneXDended. But they saw no re-
course.
And now comes the Ogden senator with
z confession. 1t is confession that
shows how much guile may Turk behind
pleasant smile ard swallow-tailed
beard.
You see.'' he explained Yesterday. "I
had to call those birds by their German
name because If I had called them BY
their English name / would never have
got the bill through -
What is their English name?" he was
asked.
t.'I'ituo71sa
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sects that get in their deadly work on
orchards in the state.
II came about that at the gathering of
the solons of the state last winter Ger
tain 5lithe. smooth and popular member
of the senate, who hailed from Ogden
Kiesel by name-introduced a bill. He in
PRODUCED several bills but this was his
pet.
The bill has become Chapter 50 of
the Laws of the State of Utah. passed at
the Fourth Regular Session of the Legs
lature of the State of Titan. Held at Salt
Lake City, the State Capital. in January.
February and March, 1901. It provides
for the importation into this state Of
the birds known as the German kohl
nielsen, makes provision for thee equtt-
able distribution of the birds by the state
board OF horticulture. for the issuance OF
bulletins for free distribution to the peo-
pie of Utah telling "aIl facts asCeruained
regarding the action of the kohl nielsen
as a protection to the orchards and,
more important than all the rest, Il ap-
propriated $500 to carry out the provisions
Of the act.
What is a kohl meisen?'" asked the
guileiess members of the legislature Of
each other.
"Oh, it's some kind of German bird
that eats the Goblin moth. was the usual
reply. ''Kiesel wants the bill 10 60
through. Let it pass.
Thus. without taxing his resources 20
any great degree, the diplomat and states
man from the Junction City sent his bill
sailing merrily through the narrow chan
mel between the rocks and landed it as
a law.
Horticulturists Perplexed.
Then the state board of horticulture
took hold. They had the money to spend,
but they did not know how TO spend t..
Senator Klesel was out of the state. and
nobody remained to tell them what the
several deuces d kohl nielsen was. They
were not sure whether it was variety
of alligator, elephant or eagle, although
they had heard a rUmoT that it was some
kind of bird and that it must come from
Germany. because its name didn't sound
Frenchy. The aid of the newspapers was
besOught, and anybody and everybody
was asked 10 tell them where they could
get a few kohl nielsen.
Meanwhile Senator Kiesel was lying
low. He was presumably spraying some
of MS orchards up in Oregon.
The board was i'm despair. Finally the
Ogden statesman and bird importer hove
i'm sight. and the board fell upon him
with questions as to where they could get
a kohl nielsen" or two
Il don't know, Cheerily 70 lied Sen
atOr Kiesel. In Germany / suppose
used to see them there when / was d
boy"
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Confined to No Creed.

win the institution be exclusively
for Catholic miners?H was asked. The
face Of the bishop clouded and he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-28
SILVER AND LEAD.

Silver, 547sc per ounce.
Copper, 153ic per pound.
Lead. A. S. & r. Co.'S price. $40; New
FORK exchange, S4.371z
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-26
Stage Burns.

Last Saturday evening while 3Ir.
Loveland was driving the Mont
pelier-Evanston stage across the
bottoms to this city, he discovered
that a bale of hay, he was hauling,
was on fire. Before he could do
anything but unhitch his horses
and save the letter mail sack, the
wagon and contents burned. One
mail sack was destroyed together
with some valuable parcels. Only
the iron work Of the wagon remains.
The fire is supposed to have started
from cigar stub dropped. by pas
senger.