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New-York tribune., 1901-09-04

Frivolous testers in European capitals are sug-
gesting that. as the friends of dumb creatures
are putting straw hats on horses in the worst
weeks of this Vesuvian summer. the principal
milliners Of Paris should rack their wits for
fantastic confections in equine headgear. that
parasols might be attached 20 the harness in
such way 10 protect the animals from the
binding glare OF midday. and that dainty shirt
waists might be designed for the most useful
beasts in mans service. while the victims OF
sunstroke are laid out in windrows. But all
the joking cannot make ridiculous the spirit Of
COMMISSION for animals that suffer.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-04

Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Dominick have moved into
their new house a Monmouth Beach. They have
had Mrs. Andrew Stout. who was Miss Ethel
DOminick staying with them.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-04

Mr.. and Mrs Columbus OD. Iselin and Miss Isa-
lin are among those due here to-day on board ,ba
Majestic. Colonel and Mrs William Jaw ana No,
Oceanic. F' Ol tue
New-York tribune., 1901-09-04

Miss Ruth Twombly made her debut In society
last night al dinner dance given by her mother
Mrs H. Nick Twonby at Vineland. her place
at Newport. The cotillOn was led by Robert L
Gerry. who made his first appearance in that role
and acquitted himself exceedingly we'll
New-York tribune., 1901-09-04

John r. DrexeI and Mr.. and Mrs Harry LAbr
were among those who attended the funeral YES
terday at Philadelphia Of John D. Iankenau vbo
was an uncle of Mrs. LehT. and whose death has
put her in mourning. ~ "dS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
Bear River Canal Property Sold
for S3OO,O0O


the state from Idaho and the canal that
has been constructed to utilize the
EVatRrurfuTl iTEtgating purposes. The
canal is some fifty miles IN length, be-
ginning near Collision, and is said 70
be capable of furnishing abundant
water for 5000 acres of land. The land
IS worth little without The water from
this canal, and. The company via shave
its Income from the water rental re-
ceiz cd from the farmers. yhe valley Is
eleye BY thirty-five miles iIl extent
and is said to be very fertile. The ca
nal was. originally built by Glen r.
Boutwell, and from him passed into
the hands Of William Garland under p
Hen. Il was purchased from Garland
by Do0iy and Evans. There has been
considerable litigation over the ma t.
ter. but 3he title TO the canal has been
Fixed 5yist9e supreme court
Nothing C8Uild be learned as to the
intentions of the purchaEers. The PIE
vailiug fdea vvas aanat the purchase
was made IN the interest Of the Utah
Sugar company aud that another sugar
factory would. be established IN that
valley as soon as there are people
enough there to furnish the help heed
ed Another idea was that il was p1r-
chased for colonization purposes and
stiIl another suggestion was that the
men named in the new company had
gone into it asa business venture on
their own resp0nsibihty -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05

The eardo house property was sold
last evening by President Lorenzo
snow. as trustee in trust for the
church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-eay
saints. to C6lonei Edward r. Holmes,
10. a price that approximates 34s.a00.
.The lot b 165 feet square and Fronts
on state and Brishan streets facing
the Lion house snd the Alta club house
THE deal was made through tuttle
Bros with Bishop ld =; Voice asso
ciated and 81 required but Jhfee niiil-
utes so complete the sale when the paf-
ties we're brought together.
colonel Holmes would not speak ldsL
eyenihe as to bis intentions with refer
ence to his purchase. He said he might
open the house up for a time as resl-
dence previous 90 departing for tuIohe
an an axta1ded tour next winter. The
purchase includes most of the lIrnl-
fure Il. the house which was purchased
for President TAYLOR at the tiine the
place u-as used as the official residence
OF the head of the Mormon church zen
years ago,
The Gardo house has en- interes ils
history IT was built by FTeslueilt
brigham Youug the carly T9s as me
home for his nineteenth ana taYoflte
vrife. Amelia Folsom fLrng. VINO rs
still li1t eng in salt lake The places vas
at first called ~Amelia's Palace. ana
if was IN fact looked upon IS a palace
fn those days. being Tar and away
ahead Of anyth,ng then in Utah in the
way Of q residence After Breslqent
yofrnes aeath iu1S77 MRS Young con-
tfnued the Gardo house as her residence
for a time she had "a N1ife estate IL
tine property. but this she subsequent
is sold 20 the church she rs no"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
M'KINLEYS TRIBUTE TO
DEFENDERS OF The ALAMO
Arrives at San Antonio and in Speech Eulogizes
the Patriots Travis Crockett and Bowie.

pIause), once more united. and forever
each having respect for the courage OF
the other and ali of US shaTiBg the
valor and the heroism which were
shown on both sides Of the line. We
know what stuff each other is made Of;
the men of the south and the men OF
the north, but we have but one side
We are solid only for the Union and
the flag
The sons of bOus in blue and sons
OF boys in gray fought side by side in
Cuba, in Porto Rico and in the Philip
pines and are today shoulder to shout
der, carrying our love, spOtless in its
mission Of liberty and emancipation.
Future of Republic Safe.
ut was a pleasure to me to be re-
ceived by the school children of this
historic city. As marched through the
line of more than 5000 and heard them
sing Ny Country, It's of Thee, Sweet
Land of Liberty. I knew the future
Of the republic was safe forever
II want to return my thanks in the
moment J. shall occupy, to the people
of this great empire state, not alone Tor
their welcome to me, but for their con-
trfbutiOn which they are making for
the advancement and prosperity Of the
republic No state was ever more
blessed by a kind providence than This
You have erything-StrOnE men. fair
women and your fields are fun Of the
DrOQuCIS and. WeaALh ,MalIln& the uses
and the cultivation of men. I cOngra-
tulate you upon this splendid heritage,
and join with your hOnOred mayor in
saying that we stand today one in hope
and in faith. one in liberty, one in des-
tiny, the freest republic beneath the
sun a republic (which the living and
those who are to come after win pass
alOng to the ages and to civilization.
At the conclusion of the presidents
remarks, Governor Savers, on behalf
of the people Of san Antonio. presented
to the president an oil painting of the
Alamo. Mr.. Mckinley gracefully ac-
knowledged the gift by saying there
was nothing ne would prize more high
IL. The train left at noon for FL PasO.
$40 miles away, the longest distance to
I be Travelled during the entire trip with
out q scheduled stop.
During the AFTERNOON the young ladies'
Of the party enjoyed a novel exDe-
rience- For about Twenty-Five miles
I they rode in the cab of the engine. Late
in the afternoon the route dipped
southwark, and fer a time ran along
the picturesque cliffs of the Rio
Grande.
At Del Rio 5ust before dark, the tr7iu
stopped to change engines and the
president shook hands with quite a
number Of people some or them Mex
leans from across the border.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05

to come viii be q. city of tents.
The relief fund raised by. citizens of
Jacksonville al a meeting this evening
amounts to $4,000. This was aug
mented tonight by a telegram from
the Armour company of Chicago, in
structing Mayor .Bowden TO draw for
81, 600 Other subscriptions are being
received from many places Jackson
for aid. There seems to be some oh
lection TO this, but ii is mainly based
on the assertion by many leading citi-
zeus that Jacksonville and Florida can
meet the emergency and care for their
own. The following telegram was re-
cetved from the governor today;
Tallahassee, Fla, May 4.ZMacWil-
Gams,. Adjutant General: Your call for
Gainesville, Orlando and Starke cDm-
panies approved. Have appointed L.
relief committee, placing $4,000 at theiI
disposal,
6signed) w. S. JENNINGS,
Governor
At O'Clock this morning Governor
Jennings declared the city under mar
tial law. Colonel Lowell of the First
regiment is in command of the troops
The following troops, in addition to
local companies, arrived during the day
and are on duty: Governors guards
Tallahassee: Columbia Rifles, Lake City;
SEwanee Rifles, Live Oak. and Gem
( City Guards, Palatka. Major Bird
shaw. under Colonel Lowell is in i'm
mediate command Of the troops.
Tents for the Homeless.
The city is patrolIed and the en-
frances to the burned districts guarded
+ by sentinels- Military headquarters
have been established on the vacant lot
behind the federaf postOfice buiIdingg
7 Passes are necessary to enter the lines
In any part of the city.
The suburbs OF Jacksonville stood out
today like 5oases in the desert of desc
latiOn. From Bridge stree TO Laura a
thin fringe three blocks deep stands
uninjured along the river front, but to
/ the eastward. nOTthward and westward
/ Of Henming park an unbrokeu bed of
ashes meets the eye, in which gaunt
chimneys rear themselves like monu-
/ ments in a forgotten cemetery
on every vacant lot in the territory
surrounding the burned district fam
I lilies are camped. Some had piled fur
( nlture about them, spreading over this
! blankets, making tent. In MANY
cases-this covering was only enough for
the baby. Some had brought frying
/ pan, some a coffee pot, some had
4 fCCnffnl7ed on Pare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05

The Fear River canal property in BOX
Elder county. in the northern part OF
Ctah has just been sold by John 2.
tDooly and David Eysns % . company
repre- scented 5y Thomas II. Cutler Tor
SEQ. 00o. The dea' has been on for sarre
time past but was not closed TIL f,ri-
day nicht. ana yesterday the money
was paid. Iii WAS a cash transal q hi7nl
ME DaOly and Mr. Evans came INTO
this pr0perts about two years ago at
q cost of $t25.000 approximately, so
that they have cleared up profit Of
Sl75.000 on their venture. AT the same
fiu1e Mr. Dooiy says the plant is or1h
SlO00.G00 and ne was never 30 reluC-
tant in his life 40 let 30 OF a piece Of
property. and would not have done so
had 90 not been entirely out of his line
OF business. Mr., Evans also speaks in
the hiehest terras of t7e plant and
thinks there is a great forrune in It for
the men who have just bought it,
AS soBn as the transfer Of the prop
erty vas completed tie purchasers met
and organized a company BY eIecting
II. r cutter president, George Austin,
vice president. and Barlow Ferguson,
secret ary and treasurer These men.
with Wosiah Evans IF Lehi and John O..
Cutler constitute the board Of directors
of the company.
The property purchased includes the
water Of the Bear river as il flows into
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05

determined to build it and authorized
Mar. Houston to purchase the site The
building to be put up win be finer
one than the Equitable building i'm
Denver. and the total Investment vwilI
approximate $1,000 coo
when Mr.. Houston's offer for the
Cliff corner was refused he crossed the
street and offered Herman Brsacher
S150.000, or $1,000 per front foot, for the
st. Elmo. corner This has a frontage
of seventy-five feet on Nam street and
400 feet on Third South. Mr. Houston
made this offer on condition that he
could secure the o77z feet adJoi1inS the
ST. Elmo property on the cas- front
ing 5n Third South, which would give
him CVer 200 feet frontage on Third
South street Mr.. BriSacher agreed to
take the $4,000, but on condition that
ne could get the same piece ohpropeFty
to che east that Mr. Houston was at
TER and so the deal feel through.
Mr.. Houston is now figuring on 9TH
er properties. He says the people. he
represents are determined TO put up
-their buiIdirg in salt Lake and that the
failure to SEIZURE the corners mentioned
win not XIII the project.
The prices are given hel'e TO show
the drift Of the business OF the city
and the value that holders are placing
on good property in the business dis-
trict. Before the boom of 80 set in
fEris safe TO say that much, of this
S0uta Main street property could have
been epurchased for less than $500 a
front foot. The Burlington syndicate
purchased 232 feet frOntage on Main
street. with 14S feet on Third south,
h6fore the boom set in, for S65,000 or
less than $500 a front foot This VIII
give an idea of thc jump IN values
ia thas part of the city. and much Of
this is attributed 70 the location Of
the federal building or the corner OF
Main and Market
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
MAIN STREET PROPERTY
CANNOT BE PURCHASED
Promoters of Million Dollar Building Unable to
Secure a Site.
offered $500 per Foot for Gift House Corner and $4,000
per Foot for ST. Elmo


Property ~ Main street, in salt
Lake city, cannot De. purchaser for
money; that is, for any req sonabie
atnoJnt Of cash. So enorni ously have
values advanced that the construction
Of miiIiOn-doilar ONCE building can
not be commenced. because a deEirabie
site cannot be secured. The syndicate
that IS prepared TO erect this build
ms has offered 81, 200 per foot for prop
erty Oh thu east side OF Main street
and 50 500 ger foot for prcpefCy on the
west side and was unabll 70 secdfS
either site at this price. The property
for which $500 per foot was offered
IS the Clift House corner on Nain and
Third South. owned BY Francis D.
Gift The offer made him Mas $4,000
spot cash for the corner. wiki 'front.'
age of 821k feet Cir Main and a front-
age of 148 feet on Third South This
offer was made Dv j. W. Houston OF
the Houston Real Estate Investment
company Mr. Houston had arranged
matters SO that ne could have Dur-
chased the John r. Wiuder lot of BIZ
feet 70 the horth OF the Cliff property,
and another piece On Third South adj
joining the Gift property ON the west.
This would have Siven a corner with
eighty feet front ON Main and prae-
ticaIIy 165 feet on Third South Fhe
entire cost of the corner wonld have
been over $200.00o
Magnificent Office Building.
BIr Houston states that he was de-
sirous OF buying Ike property for an
eastern syldicate that he represents,
arid the object Of the syndicate is 20
build q regular palace of an Office
BuildinE Members of the syndicate
who have been in salt Lake this spring
were struck with the lack Of good Of
nces and the opening FOR a thoroughly
modern frepVOOf Office building. Ihey
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
RlCHFlELD MINER MEETS HORRIBLE
DEATH BY BEING GROUND IN COG WHEEL

ing into the big cogs of the gear
wheels lie was drawn in until the
heavy thigh bones blocked the wheels
Whipfier was about % years Of age.
he left.1no letters to Indicate where
he may have relatives, but left some
personal property, which A. -. Afc-
Lean has taken charge of and win
dispose Of according to directions oe
any relatives if they can be notined of
his death.
lie was a railroad engineer and had
worked on Pennsylvania roads. the
Canadian Pacific Oregon Short line
ana Utah Northern He was a saaem-
Der Of the B. L. E. 1t is supposed he
has a sister in Seattle, from which
place ne went to Pocatello AMI then
here. Mr.. Whipher's right thuusb is
missing and his hand crippled through
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
Colonel tiolmes Buys the Gardo
House for $4,000.

living modestly in a home built by her
father on South Temple and Third
West Streets
When the government confscated the
Mormon church property some years
property was seized and was afterward
turned back to the church. Still later
IL became the nome Of Colonel Isaac
Trumho and it is said that the colonel
expended $4,000 on frescOes and other
interior decorations. The original
cost of the. house is given at 100000
and several thousand more was eX-
pended Tor furniture. 4
For the past two years the property
has been the home Of Mr.. and MRS. a.
w MCCune, who have been paying at
the rate Of $500 a year rental for it,
1t is understood that they have the
privilege of remaining IN the hOcse as
main until their fine new home is
completed on North Main street. about
Dec. Z.
Mrs. Holmes. who purchased the fine
corner diagouallg acrossl trOm the Gar
do house, y likely to greatly enlarge
IT is stated on good authority that she
has a beautiful famils hotel in cons
temptation for that CORNER, instead of
q modern fat. as was ftt first suggest
ed Tt seems reasonably certain that q
hotel viii go up on the intersection of
upon which of the two lots purchased
THIS week it Is not possible to say at
this tir1e. 1T IS certain. however that
liz C,OiCnef and Mrs Holmes concIUde
to make the historic Old Garoo house
their salt Lake home IL viii be remOd-
designer would ot.reucgnize it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
MAD MOTHER KILLS
HER LITTLE GIRL

Des BIoines. Ia, May 4.-AIrs. George
Rankin Drained her 15-year-old daugh-
ter with a Ratchet this morning. The
deed Is. supposed to have been com
mitted in an insane frenzy brought on
by pr0tracted illness.
The husband had just departed Cor
work when the tragedy occurred. when
physicians arrived they found blood
and brains spattered over the walls and
floor of the kitchen, the scene of the
crime. No one Witnessed the tragedy
but a 14-year-Old brother Of the girl
was attracted by the screams and
sprang upon mis- mother in time TO pre-
vent Immediate death, The child died
later.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
COLONEL MAxoNs PosITIoE.
Why he Disregarded Message from
the Short Line.

Colonel n. 3. Maxson, who led the
Clark forces in the defense Of the grade.
win be in the city a few days, stopping
at the kenyon Colonel 8Taxson says
that his position in regard to the i'm
junction of the federal court has been
misunderstood.
There seems to be a general inn
preston that dehed the Injunction
Of the United States court and that
the other Clark men did the same" he
said yesterday. I've did not defy any
Injunction. April - we were served
three times with a sort eff IA way-biJi
Of the Oregon short Line, which we
refused to recognize. have che pa
per with me now. 1T is q telegram. with
an oregon Short Line head. sent by
r T. Williams, one Short Line Official
to County Attorney F. R. AIcNamee,
also a Short Line attorney, and ~ be-
gins this way
IF. r.. McNamee, Jvada--Xour
message just received; at same time re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
City Patrolled by Troops.
Cspecial b - 80

Hichheld, Utah. May IA horrible
accident, which resulted fatally, oc-
CURED at the annie Laurie mine on
Geld mountain yesterday morning
about half past 3 O'Clock AT that time
the big screen machine belt ilew or,
and when the engineer and an assist
ant attempted to put II back they
heard cries above Going up TO the
screen room, they were hofri1ied 10
see Martin Whipfler in the cOgs Of the
gear wheel up to his thighs. They OK
tricated him from his position and
found both legs ground to a pulp. lie
lived about three hours after the ac-
cident
He was unable to ten how it hap
pened but il Is supposed that in at
tempting IN renave an Obstruction in
a boxing, his feet slipped OF The box
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05

state that the oil wells springing up
through faults in the formation fndf-
cate immense @eservo irs of OIL under
heavy presSpres s
While the great rush of oil investors
has been to the piedmont district in
winch the Aspen tunnel gnSher is lo-
cated, the reimbursement that the test
Of the springs just discovered near
FOSSIL shows lubricafing. OBI has caused
the excitement TO extend to the new
fields, and Claims are now being s1aked
by many. locators-
The Evanston laid Office is q month
behind i'm tie work o recording the
claims,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
= .JoyfuI EsseepeIot1 il &c Lore Scar state.
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
is a BLgCKENED WASTE
Believed Many Lives Are Lost, But No List Can
be Secured---Loss Estimated at $lO.OO0,O0O.


Jacksonville. Fla, May 4-Jackson-
viIle's great IRE of yesterday has
burned itself out. one hundred and
forty-eight blocks of a beautiful city
have been laid waste. The loss viii
not be known. even approximately for
a week, but il is expected it viii amount
to Sl0000,000.
There are many irumors afoat that
many lives were lost, but as every un-
dertaker in the city Is burned ont. it
is impossible to obtain confirmation Of
the rUmors- One story. persistently re-
iterated is to the effect that a party of
men and women, driven TO the docks
into the water, and that several Of
them were drowned. Mrs. Hogan, a
negro woman. was burned IN her house
and her charred remains were buried
by friends this afternoon.
The burned district is thirteen blocks
wide and two miles long and extends
from the St. Johns. river where it
( burned ten docks To the waters edge
TO Catherine street on the east. Orange
on the north and Iayids or the west.
This immense area was swept as clean
as a floor. The city is under martial
law and all available state militia is on
duty in tbs streets of Jacksonville
Some order is. being brought out Of
Jacksonville is facing the emergency
calmly and has organized for relief
work Ten thousand people are home
less and many Of them left on after
noon and night trains for st. Augustine
AID other coast cities and nearby
towns, while numerous river craft took
many TO little places on the ST Johns
river supply stations have been es-
( tablished IN various parts Of the city.
/ and all day they have been thrOnged
by the hungry The prompt action Of
Secretary Of War Root in rendering the
use of the barracks near St Augustine
was received with gratitude on every
side The east coast trains leaving here
at o'clock this afternoon carried to
St. Augustine over 2,000 people, who
( hope to receive temporary shelter from
the government.
City Patrolled by Troops.
A committee was appointed at a
meeting of citizens this afternoon to
telegraph the governors of various
states to send all the tents they can
spare to Jacksonville. 1T win be weeks
before anything like permanent shelter
can be provided for the homeless thou
sands, and Jacksonville for some time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
PREsIDENE BURrs TRIP.
Contractors VIII Accompany Him on
the Route.
Cspecial to me Herald

T-vada. Utah. May 4-Presldent II. @.
Burt Of the Union Pacific and w. H.
and S. ID. fitzpatrick, the wen known
railroad contractors. arrived here in
superintendent YOUng's private car, at
tached to the regular passenger, and
shortly afterwards went down TO the
end Of the track, where a wei equipped
outfit was awaiting to take them over
land over the located line of survey
1t IS understood the inspection is with
view 10 makinE estimates on bids
for construction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
WY0aING FIELDS
ARE RICH III OIL

Ogden. s1ay 4-F. NJ. Phelps and
other CaldQrnians returning from the
Fossil OIL fields in western Wyoming,
report the discovery Of fnnunereble
springs pts lowing OIL which has been
determined 90 De a lubricant j. =.
Griffin ard s. A. Hubbeu from Ba6ers-
field, CALI 1vl-1-ha made locations he
the district and studied its geology.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
Going to Meet the President.

Phoenix. Ariz.. May 4-Governor
Murphy and a. portion of his STAFF left
in special car tonight to meet the
presidential party at El PasO.