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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
MANY LOSE HEAVILY
Elaborate Preparations, Now Use
less, Involve Tremendous
Financial Loss.

London. June 25.-The business Sec
ton of London is slow in recovering
from the stunning effects Of yester-
days developments. While the bar
riers around Westminster abbey have
been removed. the decorations are be
ing completed for the benefit tomorrow
and Sunday Of the crowds. The demOli-
ton of the stands has begun and pro-
crosses slowly. The hotels and pro-
vision dealers are hit the hardest.
Thousands of pounds of perishable food
of the most expensive varieties are
crowding every refrigerator in London,
while orders for many tons more were
GEOGRAPHICALLY cancelled yesterday and
will remain a source of litigation or
compromise.
The caterers of the fashionable west
end establishments have announced
that they are willing TO share the
losses of their patrons who had given
larger orders for delivery tomorrow
and Friday. Few of the caterers or
hotels avaiIed themselves Of insurance,
the recently offered LlOyd's rate Of
10 per cent being considered too high.
Many prOprietOrs Of reviewing stands
were thus protected. But the import
ant question remains as to whether
the money paid for seats viii neces-
sariIy be refunded. Only few seats
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
Especial to The Herald1

AHERCUR. June 25.-The most COM
V plete list obtainable of the fire
losses, together with the insur-
anee. follows;
Palmer House hotel, owned by Adelia
Palmer. loss, 5000; insurance. 1,500.
NJ. P. Germo, lessee Palmer House,
loss $1,000.
Drs. Castleman, Osterman and Tate,
total loss 81, 500.
Miner printing Office, owned by E. J..
Warner, loss $1,000.
Miner plant, owned by n. Q. Dresser,
loss $1,000; insurance 5000
n, ?. Johnson, general merchandise,
building owned by +. J. Warner, loss
$4,000; insurance s., 600.
SpoOner block. owned by C. L. Treble,
loss on building $1,000; insured for
$4,000; occupied by OQuirrh hotel and
by J. w. Robinson. saloon; loss $4.5O0;
and Ben Steinman, clOthier, loss $10,-
900; insurance $1,000.
Union Mercantile company, loss $780,
600; insurance $51, 900.
Guy Bologanese, saloon, loss $1,000.
Salvation Army and bakery building.
owned by A. i. Gemmell, loss 81, 500; in
sured for $1,000.
A. Swenson. grocery, loss S1.50O;
building worth $1,000, owned by Cald-
we'll Bros; insured for $l,500; rOoming
house upstairs, run by Mrs. Rose Boyle,
loss $500
Star saloon, owned by John Sirene,
loss $1,000; partially insured.
Golden Gate bar, owned by Sig 81
mon. Salt Lake, loss. building worth
$l,500; insured for 5000.
Mint saloon, owned by Joe LiDpman,
Salt Lake, loss $500. partially insured
Z. c. Farley barber shop, loss $3.50.
Mercur hotel and bar, owned by John
Mcfarland, loss $4,000; insured for ST.
O00
L. D. Clock. jeweler, building owned
by Mccormick and Airs, loss s., 50O
partially insured.
Mrs. Hooper, restaurant, loss $500; in
sured for $500.
Store building owned by c. G. Hig-
gins. loss s., 500; insurance $1,000.
Frank Erath. grocery, loss $4,000; in
sured for $500.
Saloon building owned by Mahnken
& Whitwtemore, Salt Lake, unoccupied
loss $500
H. johnson, livery stable, loss $3.50 on
contents; building owned by Berry
Brothers, loss 81 800; insured for $500.
Ice cream parlor, run by Mrs. Wallis.
building owned by Mccartney Lumber
company, blown up to prevent spread
of fire, loss $1,000; insurance $500.
Prosser House, owned by H. Z. Wiley
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
THREE HUNDRED HOMELESS.

Perhaps three hundred people homeless and they not home
neghbOrs cheeruy,
willingly gladly large majority the
hillside AL of these escaped the fire. and there plenty of them
for the fire sufferers The food supply proposition Many
and with plenty with which buy find sell
The relief from Salt Lake brought enough immediate needs,
food be MercUr the earliest possible
somebody viii suffer These people mendants; they asking
for charity from anybody but they have the food they willing
pay for.
Mayor George w Luft home late by long
Of aduO labor and excitement Mr. LUfs drug vanished with the
other business houses but he little thought to his losses As
the extent of the calamity he nauguad relief
and tonight he that need helped Mayor
luf believes the fire the blessing Mercur;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
L9SSES REACH $500, 10000
0sAd figures Showing All the Losers by Ksregrs Great Fire.
together With the Insurance Carried on Each
Piece Of Property Destroyed

I of Salt Lake and S Brown Of Ophir,
loss on building and furniture $1,000;
insured for s., 200.
/ Mercur Neat & Produce company,
$1,000; insurance 81, 500.
Gus Peterson, carpenter shop, loss
5000
/ 5. W. Sloan. gents furnishings, loss
/ $4,000; insurance 81 800.
William Billings, notion store. build
ing owned by q. c. Higgins, Salt Lake,
/ loss about $4,000, partially insured.
Stationery store, owned by r. j.
Fischer, loss about $1,000: building
owned by Woodruff Bros, Salt Lake.
Building owned by W. W. Mitchell,
occupied by Mrs. Hughes as restaurant,
and Fed Witch as a barber shop, loss
on building, $1,000: insurance $500. Mrs.
Hughes loss, $500, and Witdch's, $500;
insurance $500.
Wall paper and paint store. run by
i. Scherzinger, loss 500; building
worth $500, owned by Frank Hall of
Salt Lake; no insurance.
Washington Chinese restaurant;
building owned by Mrs. Z. NJ Shoe
bridge, Salt Lake, loss $500; insurance
$500
NAA Ii Us NoAu Hdllgr iuSo tosJUVs
Insurance $1,000; building owned by S.
NJ. HOrnbuckle, salt Lake, loss $500.
Jens Kirk, shoemaker, loss about
$500; insured for $500.
Duncan MCInneS. general nIerchan-
disc. loss $1,000; insurance $500, building
owned by Woodruff Bros. Salt Lake
City; loss on building probably 81 900;
no Insurance.
Sam Wing laundry, loss $1,000; no in
surance.
Tailor shop, building owned by
Frank Hall, Salt Lake, loss $500; par
/ italy insured.
City hall and jail total wreck, value
$1,000; insured for 1000.
Telephone building. owned by Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company,
loss 81 600. insured for $500
joys photograph gallery, loss $500,
insurance S125.
Postofice, in basement of Union Mer-
camille block, all letters saved, fixtures
lost.
r. ". Watt, furniture store, loss g, -
coo; insurance 81, 500.
Mccormick & Co. bank, Union Mer-
camille block. all valUables and money
in vault saved, furniture and fixtures
| lost; loss 81, 600.
W. H Peckhanl- shoemaker. loss $500.
/ Baptist church. loss about $1,000.
Catholic church, loss about So, 900;
partially insured.
DR.. Castleman, loss about 81, 900.
] 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26

A s soon as Il became known in this
n city that the fire had brought
financial ruin to so many of Mer-
ours business men, that scores of 9TH
ers were rendered homeless and the
entire mining town threatened with
famine. no time was lost by John Dern,
president of the Consolidated Mercur
Gold Mining company, Frank D. Kim
ball of Mccormick & Co.'S Mercur
branch bank and the Union Mercan-
tile company, and others. to institute
means for the immediate relief of the
distressed people. Time was precious.
but Mr.. Dern and Mr.. KimbaI worked
with a will
At ? o'clock Messrs Dern and Kim
ball met with Governor Wells and Glen
r. Boutwell, who has large mining
interests in the camp, and arrange
ments were Quickly made for a relief
train to carry food and other supplies
to the sufferers. All of the markets
and provision stores at Mercur had
been destroyed and the temporary re-
lief committee determined that the
first consideration must be TO provide
against the hunger of the sufferers,
which meant the greater part of the
inhabitants. Accordingly an order was
placed with the Z. G. NJ. I. for a lot Of
provisions and the markets were also
given rush orders.
Tents Not Needed.
Governor Wells offered to send. If
necessary, a company of national
guardsmen to act as a patrol and as
many Of the states tents as may be
be desired to shelter the homeless. but
these were not required, in the opinion
of Mayor Luft of Mercur.
In the meantime, The Herald posted
bulletins telling Of the dire distress,
and invited subscriptions to the relief
fund An early response came from
the Bamberger Coal company heading
the list with a contribution of $50. All
moneys received by The Herald for the
fund will be acknowledged and paid
over to the provisional relief commit
tee.
Through the generosity Of the Ore
gon Short Line railroad management,
a special train was provided to carp
the food and bedding supplies to the
stricken town, The train left at 4:5O
p. m. 1t consisted Of two baggage cars
and four coaches. the latter to con-
vey to this city free such Of the suf-
fererS as wished to come to relatives
and friends here. The special train
returned shortly after midnight loaded
with heart-sick, careworn end discour-
aged men, women and children.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
UTAH'S FAMOUS GOLD CAMP
SUFFERS GREAT LOSS
Blaze Started by an Explosion, LickS Up Entire
Business Section of Town.
One Hundred Homes Also DestrysdPropey Loss Will Approx.
mate 100000, With insurance of $85O0O-NO Casualties

ERCUR June 25Treo hundred thousand dollars vanished
MI smoke between o'clock and in Mercur today
" Not a drug grocery a shop,
establishment kind that
sentinel over blank ruins.
pu than this loss, because less easily repaired
of the residences than 100 didn't
much far outward but they
small
from the family Every stick told story
ef-cuia every picture evidence sacrifice
little anything the efforts Of every worker strong loyal will
ali futile That lives lost that
slightly injured the sole of sunshine in the gloom
tina hangs over onigh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
SENT TO SUFFERERS
Two Baggage Cars Loaded With Provisions Rushed to the Stricken
Town From Salt Lake When the Appeal
Was Sent Out

In the baggage cars that went TO
Mercur were a ton of -four. 900 pounds
of beef, 300 pounds Of sausage. fifty
bushels Of potatoes, LOIS pounds of
ham. 414 pounds of bacon. $50 pounds
Of cheese, LOO pounds of crackers,
twenty cases of lard, five cases of but
ter, two sacks rice. two cases coffee,
one case tea. five sacks sugar, fifty
cases of tomatoes, five cases eggs, one
case tea, two barrels of salt and four
cases of pepper. In addition there
were a dozen cots and beds The mat
tresses, a dray load, arrived too late
at the depot for the special train, but
they were sent down on the night fast
freight
John Dern and Mr.. Kimball accom-
panied by Fred Dern and George Airs,
went along with the relief train to di-
rect the distribution of the supplies,
much of which will necessarily go to
families of the so Cor more wage earn
ers Of MercUr. Many of these are en-
ployes of the Consolidated Mercur COM
pany.
Further means of relief will be i'm
perative today, and it is expected that
there will be a liberal respoVse to the
appeal for popular subscription to the
f-ld.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26

To this Sutherland
niely what he would do until o
In making poso practice
eptng the home cities believed
is understood in official circles that the advised the
trouble with
O %
Sutheands aeon the maTshshp the direct Of
the e department and at the White House has reduced
suhands viii
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
C0EDITION CONTINUES FAVORABLE.

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
Special to The Herald)

w ASHI5ToN D. G. June The Ogden matter today
Wv Of
Davis The nomination made direct disregard Of Congressman suth
erands
defiance Of the established that poe appontees shall be selected by
a ena
he
feeling declining discuss
president
His soreness shown when he informed by Postmaster General
If
has eve ftnessed
be a
his in
n a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26

Of nearly half a million were sold v-5th
any specific provisO on this point.
The manufacturers Of medals and,
souvenirs are badly hurt. One Of these
said that 10000, 900 medals, dated June
% and June q, already struck, were
now Valueless.
Altogether LOndOn's business loss IS
incalculabIe, and the people of Ports
mouth, where preparations involving
big expenditures had been made to
reap a harvest from the naval review
are simply crushed.
The streets Of London today seemed
deserted, compared with the beginning
of the week. The chief points Of in
terest were Buckingham palace and
Fleet street. At both localities crowds
Of people surrounded every bulletin
board and anxiously bought numerous
extras"
News Spread Slowly in London
A curious fact in this connection IS
that some Of the outlying suburbs had
no general realization Of the postpone
ment of the coronation until the resi-
dents read the morning papers. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
LONDONERS MORE SEEMLY In CONDUCT.

the
nights several kept their
which the residence For another feeling
a Alexandra,
the the
to
Africa
the S o
of
with the of
IOrdG
buckingham palace and they have arranged for
Joseph ister to the
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NEWS DRIVES MAN INSANE.

, Leavenworth, Kan. June 25.-An ,
= unknown man. evidently tempo 2
= rarily insane from worrying over =
= King Edwards condition, jumped =
= from a bridge over the Missouri =
= river here today and was drowned. =
= Just before making the leap ne =
= inquired about the condition Of the =
2 king.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
HOW FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED.
Men, Women and Children Given All
They Could Garry Away.
lsnecial ID - Heraldl

tSpeCidl TO The Herald.)
Mercur. June 25.-The special from
salt Lake took on about a ton of pro-
visions at Lehi Junction, which had
been contributed by the people Of
Provo and Lehi, and included sugar.
flour, bread and canned goods. This
made about thirteen tons of provisions.
As the provision train drew up in front
Of the old boarding house a mile above
town, it was met by crowd of Is men
and boys called together by the mayor.
and in less than a half hour the stuff
was unloaded and carefully stored in
the building.
Not only those who unloaded the car
were at the stopping place, hut as far
down the mountain side as the eye
could see men. women and children
were clambering towards the spot.
Some came to meet anxious relatives
who were aboard the train and assure
them of their safety. Others were
there to get aboard and leave the
stricken town, but the great majority
wanted food.
It was not a case of poverty. Many
Of the women rushed to the distributors
with offers of money, but, of course,
were given all they could carry away
Continued ON papa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
KINGS STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
BIDS FAIR To SUCCEED
Royal Patients Condition Continues to Improve
and Physicians Are Hopeful.
London Reaches the Appearance of Sobrey Once MursMu
tudes Await News From Without the Palace Gates.

ONDON June % AidightKng tonight even
l. more satisfactory than has been indicated bulletin
hopefI His majesty IS able to take nument He had scrambled
little
kilograms
The bulletin
This bulletin generally taken
these dispatches days possibility
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
SILVER COINED IN PHI
Special 20 The Herald.

YITASHINGTON. d. c.. June 25-Representative Shafr
w the Philippine bill is passed TO offer anne.
the house amendment for gold coinage in the \
inserting provision for the coinage Of silver dol
weight and fneness to the English dollars in Hg
the senate committee originally favorable to gold coin
to arguments by prominent hnanciers and commercial
interests in the Orient, unanimously reported
coinage best i'm the islands. and that the senate
consent, adopted this provision. He proposes an OF
which would mean the coinage of silver into OrienS
ment of per cent to defray the expenses. He say
been silver basis, and to change this to SC
furious TO their commerce. He believes if the hoT
his amendment it win be agreed in the senate, in
il is favored by the gold Republican senators. 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
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SPEAKS FOR AMERICANS.

: SPEAKS FOR AMERICANS. :
y London, June 25.-TOnights IS =
= sue of the official Gazette VIII =
y contain the coronation hOnOrs. =
= Among the titles conferred is a =
= barOnetcy on Sir Thomas Upton. y
= Cambridge, Mass, June 25.-In =
y opening his address at Harvard ?
= commencement dinner this after >
= noon. President Roosevelt said. =
y Let me speak for all Americans y
= today when 1 say that we watch =
= with the deepest concern and =
y sympathy the sick bed Of the ,
= English king, and that all Amer =
= leans in rendering their hearty :
= sympathy to the people Of Greatr
= Britain now remember keenly
= outburst of grief with Whic
, England last fall greete+
= calamity that befel us
= death of President AcKin-
y +4%+%@
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FIGHT WAS HOPELESS

Especial to The Hersid.l
Mercur. June 25.-Mercur has a fairly
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-07-10
SEVERE AT DIES MONIES.
Section Of the City Flooded and Elk
cursion Steamer Sunk.

Des Moines, a., July Grains were
general throughout Iowa during the
afternoon and evening. In Des Moines
IL inches fell in little over an hour
and it is still raining. Both the Des
Moines and Raccoon rivers are higher
here than since 1895. The false work
of the new Sixth avenue bridge over
the Des Moines river went out and the
street railway company's bridge is
threatened. The lower section of the
city is flooded and Easements are be-
ginning to fill in the business section
In this section during the past forty
eight hours the rains have greatly
damaged small grain and corn
During the evening the Des Moines
river broke over the levee in the south
west part of the city and score of
families were driven from their homes.
John Childs, cripple, was rescued
with difficulty and boats were used in
saving others. The steamer Lehman,
the biggest of the river excursion
boats, was sunk and is in danger of
breaking up.
At midnight more than 21h inches
Of rain had fallen in ten hours. The
Raccoon is two miles wide through
Dallas and Green counties and sweep
ing over crops on the bottom lands.
Reports from the upper Des Moines
and Raccoon indicate that the flood
has not reached it's greatest height.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-07-10
TEN THOUSAND DELEGATES.
National Educational Association lr
Session at MINNEAPOLIS,

National Educational Association In
Session at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, July 9.-The forty-frst
annual convention of the National Ed
vocational association was formally
opened at the exposition building dur
ing the afternoon, and the 10000 dele.
gates who were present were wei
coined in behalf of the state of Mime.
sofa and the city Of Minneapolis.
The meeting was opened with prayer
by Rev. Marion D. Shutter of the
Church of the Redeemer and the open
ing address was delivered by Governor
Samuel R. Van SAINT.
The meeting was not for active
work. In the language of the church
it might be termed an Experience
meeting where everybody was glad
they were there, and also because ew
erybody else was present to help them
enjoy the occasion to it's fullest ex.
tent.
The present convention of the Ma
tional Educational association is con-
sidered by those who are in attend
ance to be the biggest and best meet.
ing that has ever been held by that
organization.
The only feature that has occurred
so far to mar the success of the meet
ing is the illness of President Beard.
shear, who came to Minneapolis, get.
ting out of sick bed to do so, and
the suffering relapse after he ar
rived. He was taken to St. Barnabas
hospital upon order of his physician.
DR.. H. L. Staples.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-07-10
GATHERING EVIDENCE.
Illinois Attorney General Watching the
Beef Trust

Springfield. ILL.,, July 9.-Attorney
General Hamlin is after the beef trust
and has been for weeks quietly gath
ering evidence against the big six. -
He is watching closely the proposed
combination of the packers into a
giant corporation, and when he is as
sured such combine is in process of
formation he will bring proceedings
on behalf of some stakeholder on be-
half of the state of Illinois to restrain
the contamination of the DEAL
Mr.. Hamlin's Investigation has been
carried on with much secrecy, and it
is said that the evidence which he be-
gan to collect shortly after the govern
ment bill for an Injunction was filed
in Chicago in the middle of May, has
grown to such Importance that pro-
ceedings might safely be begun at any
time under the laws of Illinois against
trust methods of doing business in the
state
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-07-10
Cruelty to Chickens.

Farmers and others shipping poultry
this hot weather should be very care
full and not overcrowd the poultry in
shipping crates. At the depot last
Thursday night was crate of spring
chickens that were being shipped by
Sontiago man to Duluth. The chick
ems were crowded into box with no
ventilation other than what air the
poultry might get through the top of
the box and they were in poor shape
to stand the journey to Duluth. Chas.
Rines noticed the chickens were suf-.
fering for water and cooled them off
with few cupsfuIl. There must have
been several of the chickens dead
when the shipment reached its desti-
nation and the ones that were lucky
enough to get through alive could not
have been in fit shape to eat Parties
who are no more thoughtful OF the
comfort of dumb animals than this
should read the law on cruelty to ami
mails