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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15
PAEuMONM CURED.

Gentlemen;--I had a severe case OK
pneumonia last fall, and have used aboul
ons dozen bottles OF your whiskey 70 puila
me up, and lind il does what you claim ior
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15

There are cheap baking powders,
made from alum, but they are es-
ceedingly harmful to health. Their
astringent and cauterizing qualities
add a dangerous element TO food.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE.
Arrangements Made for Deaf and
Dumb Temporarily.

Des Moines, May 12-Unexpected-
ly good arrangements have been made
by the board of control in The emer-
gency caused by the burning of the
Institution for the deaf at Council
Bluffs. Chairman John Cownie and
Judge Kline, with State Architect
Liebbe, visited the school. On their
return they were able to announce
that definite plans for tiding over
the emergency had been arranged.
Mr.. Cownie explained fully the
plans of the board shortly after re-
turning. The school will not stop.
The smaller children, about half Of
those in attendance, will be sent
home this week. The remainder will
be kept at school until the term closes
the latter part of June. When the
fall term opens, the first Monday in
October, the board hopes to have ac-
commoGations provided so that all the
pupils now at the institution, and
more, If necessary, can be looked
after
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
WATER MAINS 10 THE POST.
Judge .McVey Holds City Has Right
TO Lend $4,000.

YSS!SSNs
Des Moines May 12.-Judge A. H.
McVey, of the Polk district bench,
denied the application for an injunc-
ton in the case of ]. H. Phillips
against the city of Des Moines, bet
ter known as the army post loan case.
The city officials are now free to
transfer $4,000 of the municipal wat
er fund to the water works company
for the purpose of constructing a
main to the army post. The officials
are not yet ready to act, however,
preferring to wait to see whether or
not the case is appealed. Judge Nc
Vey's opinion takes up all of the
twelve objections made to the loan
ana argues them fully. He overreled
all. -.
This case was brought because the
socialists, who brought similar suit,
refused to have it tried at this time,
preferring to hold it off until the Sep
TENDER term of court. That case is
still pending, but Judge McVey has
decided all the points that were made
in it. The socialists tried to inter-
vene in this case, but the court re-
fused to permit this. They will insist
on having their case come up in the
fall and it may be that the city Of
ficials will refuse to transfer the mon
ey unit either the socialst case or
the case decided is decided by the
supreme court
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
OIL TRAIN ExPLoDES.
a ssore Are Dead and More Than
Hundred Will Die.

-
pittsburg, May 13.-The Sheraden
yards of the Panhandle railroad was
the scene last evening of one of the
most disastrous explosions and fires
known in this section for many years.
A score of lives were lost and about
two hundred persons were so badly
burned that, according to the judg,
ment of physicians in attendance, 76
per cent of them will die from the eff
fects of their injuries.
The cause of the catastrophe was
the explosion of a train Oh naptha
cars which were being switched at the
yards, and in the switching the rear
car telescoped a car forward. The
leaking naptha ignited from switch
light, causing an explosion which
threw the flames fifty feet high. Much
of the escaping naptha ran through
.Cork's run to Esplen borough, dis
lance of one and one-half miles, and
caused another explosion, blowing to
atoms the Seymour hotel and the Col
Inns on River road and badly wrecking
a frame building near by, in which
were congregated 200 or more sports
from Pittsburg and vicinity, betting
on races, baseball, etc. Few of the
occupants of this building escaped in.
jury, many being BADLY hurt. Mrs
Seymour and her daughter of the
Sheraden hotel were seriously burned
and it is feared fatally injured.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
ASKED CONGRESS TO APPRoPRl-
ATE 100000 FOR MARTINIQUE.
Sends a Message Calling Attention to
the Awful Disaster on the Island.
yNocbin uton Nov 2-Tho ,,raci id ont

Sends a Message Calling Attention to
the Awful Disaster on the Island.
Washington, May 13.-The president
yesterday sent the following message
to congress:
ITO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
"One of the greatest calamities in
history has fallen upon our neigh
boring island of Martinique. The con-
sui of the United States at Guadeloupe
has telegraphed from Fort de France,
under date of yesterday, that the dis
aster is complete; that the city of ST.
PIERRE has ceased to exist; and that
the American consul and his family
have persisted. He is informed that
10000 people have lost their lives, and
that $4,000 are homeless and hungry;
that there is urgent need of all kinds
of provisions and that the visit of
vessels for the work of supply and
rescue is imperatively required.
THE government of France, while
expressing their thanks for the marks
of sympathy which have reached
them from America inform us that
Fort de France and the entire island
of Martinique are still threatened.
They therefore request that for the
purpose of rescuing the people who
are in such deadly peril, anu threaten
ed with starvation, the government Of
the United States may send as soon
as possible the means of transporting
them from the stricken island. The
island of st. Vincent and perhaps
others in that vicinity, are also seri-
ously menaced by the appalling ca
lamity which has taken so appalling
form in Martinique. have directed
the departments of the treasury, of
war and Of the navy to take such
measures for the relief of these
stricken people as lies within the exc
cutive discretion and earnestly COM
mend this case of unexampled disas-
ter to the generous consideration of
congress. For this purposee rec
ommend that an appropriation of
100000 be made Immediately avail
able. THEO. ROOSEVELT,
white House, Washington, May 10,
1902"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
SCHOOL FOR THE
DEAF IS BURNED.
State Institution at Council
Bluffs Is Completely
Destroyed.
ALL PUPILS WERE RESCUED
Direct Loss VIII Exceed 100000 and 1t
Will Take Over 100000 to Properly
Replace the Building-state Carries No
Insurance.

Council Bluffs, May "a fire that
started at o'clock yesterday after
noon entirely destroyed the main
building and the chapel of the Iowa
school for the deaf, an actual loss
Of 100000, but necessits.ting the eX-
penditure of 100000 for new build
ings. The buildings were uninsured,
the state carrying it's own risks.
Fire Chief Templeton of this city
was twice overcome by heat and his
hands were badly burned. One wo-
man narrowly escaped being crushed
under falling walls, and the faces OF
three f1remen were severely burned.
There were 260 pupils and SO teach
ers, officers and employees in the build
ing at the time, all of whom escaped
without difficulty. The entire main
building, 300x75 feet and four stories
high, and the chapel, 125X75 feet,
and their contents, were burned, little
if anything being saved beyond the
personal belongings of the pupils.
Superintendent H. w. Rothert, whose
office was in the center of the build
ing, lost valuable library and other
effects valued at $4,000
The fire was first discovered in the
floor between the kitchen and the
chapel Immediately overhead, and its
origin is unknown. The institution is
located beyond the fire limits of the
city and depends upon an Independent
plant for protection. This plant was
utilized, but the pressure was insult
ficient, and when the city department
reached the buildings the flames we>e
beyond control. From the chapel they
swept north to the elevator shaft of
the main building, both wings of
which were soon in flames.
The fire department was helpless,
there being no engine, and the pump
ing station lacked power to force the
water through the line of hose laid
by the firemen.
Superintendent Rothert began re-
moving such furniture and the per-
sonal belongings of the pupils as could
be secured with safety, and the rest of
the building was permitted to burn
until the flames burned out.
The superintendent said that the
pupils would be sent to their homes
today. Last night they were tempo
rarily quartered in the school and 9TH
er buildings on the grounds.
This is the fourth state institution
to suffer. heavily by fire within two
years, the others being at Iowa City,
Ames and Glenwood.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
COUNCIL ADOPTS RULES.
Prescribes How the Railroads Must
Make Their Reports.

Make thetr Reports.
Des Moines, May 13.-The execu.
tive council has adopted rules and
regulations to be followed by the rail-
roads in making their reports for as
sessment purposes to lhe executive
council. These rules and regulations
are adopted under the requirements
of the English law, passed by the
Twenty-ninth general assembly. That
law requires that such rules shall be
communicated to the roads and go
into effect within thirty days after
re measure goes into force. Under
this provision the rules must be in eff.
feet today.
While the rules are not drastic, they
contemplate some important changes
from the present method of reporting.
Gross earnings must be reported
monthly. The report of gross earn.
ings for April of this year must be
made to the council by July /, 1902,
and thereafter reports must be made
every month. The rules will require
modification of the present methods
in computing net earnings. Tho
change required can best be under,
stood by an illustration. The new
rules require that in renewals of roll.
ing stock it shall be ascertained what
the engine or car renewed or one of
like efficiency would cost, and such
amount shall be changed to 'mainten-
ance" and any excess to better
ment." Under the system now follow,
ed the whole cost of renewal would
be charged to maintenance. 1t is the
position of the council that when re-
newals, repairs or improvements are
made that bring the standard
of the property to a point higher
than it was originally, the entire cost
thereof cannot properly go to main
tenance, but only so much of it as was
required to bring the property to the
original standard.
The council will receive no infor.
nation worth speaking of under the
new rules before the next assessment
is made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Saved the Banks Twice.

Sioux City, May 13.-Three robbers
attempted to gain entrance into two
banks at Neville, Iowa, at 2:30 o'clock
a. m. A citizen on his way home
heard strange noise at the rear win
dow of the Neville banA and called
out in the darkness. The robbers
fed. Half an hour later a Waterman
found three men tampering with the
windows of the Farmers bank. He
flashed his dark lantern and instantly
it was shot to pieces. The robbers
escaped on two horses. An old bicycle
was left standing alongside the Mo-
vile bank. Bloodhounds were sent for
from Sioux City.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
TAFT Isl TO VISIT ROME.
Will Consult Vatican as to Buying
Friars' lands.

Washington, May 40. Governor
Taft has closed up his business here
in connection with the affairs in the
Philippines and left for Cincinnati.
where he will attend to some private
business prior to his departure from
New York on the 18th inst. on his
return to his post at Manila. He will
stop at Rome in order to discuss the
question of the friars in the Philip
pines with the authority of the vati-
can. He will be accompanied in his
mission to Rome by Judge James f.
Smith of the supreme court of the,
Philippines and Major John B. Por-
ter of the Judge advocate generals
Office. These gentlemen were select.
ed because of their familiarity with
the questions at hand. e
The high priced beef will afford
another excuse to the church member
who likes to sneak out with his fishing
pole on Sunday.
Funeral of the Fords.
New York. May 12.--he double
funeral of Paul Leicester Ford, the
author, and Malcolm Ford the brother
who killed him and himself on Thurs
day, was held Saturday in the late
residence of Paul Ford. After the
ceremony in the house the Two bodies
were taken to Sleepy Hollow cemetery
at Tarrytown. They were buried in
different parts of the Ford family
lot. Bishop Edward Burgess of Long
Island, read the funeral services.
Vesuvius has taken to emitting vap-
or saturated with hydrochloric acid,
which, falling as rain" has done grave.
damage to vegetation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
POSSIBLE MURDER AT NEWTON.
Dishwasher Wounded Young Man but
Saws 1t was Accidental,

Newton, May 13.-Louis Wade. a
waiter at the Utopia cafe. was stab
bed by Miss Thomas, dishwasher.
The couple were quarreling about 9
p. m. Wade went into the kitchen
shortly after that and Miss Thomas
plunged five-inch butcher knife into
his abdomen. Wade is still alive, but
the physicians are not inclined to the
belief that he can recover. She ex-
planned it on the grounds that it was
an accident, saying they were merely
playing with the knives. Miss Thomas
was arrested. Wade is twenty years
old, the son of Night Waterman VIM.
Wade
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Preacher Is Exonerated.

Oskaloosa, May 8.-Rev. o. A. John
son, pastor of the A. M. E. church,
who was thrice wounded in a. duel
with a cripple recently. the cause of
saiu snoo'i dEa pein ni,oa aeel oy .ns
deal on the part of the preacher, was
today exonerated upon church con-
ference trial presided over by Elder
j. Will Jackson. Prior to the duel,
Rev. Mr. johnson was shot in his pull
pit one evening by a young girl who
charged him with having seduced her
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
FATHER AND SON Welded.
Their Brides are Mother and Daugh


Des Moines, May 12-John Dennis
and James Dennis, father and son,
both of whom are employed at the
Klondike coal mines, were granted
licenses to marry Amanda ]. Rawson
and Emma R. Rawson, mother and
daughter, and the marriages were
solemnized at Klondike. James Deu-
mis- acted as witness in procuring the
license for James Dennis and James,
like an obedient son, served in the
same capacity for his father.
The circumstance is one of the
most peculiar that has ever come
to the attention of the county clerk.
1t is doubtful if similar. ceremony
was ever before solemnized in the
state, where the father and son were
grooms and mother and daughter
brides
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
MCPHERSON Would Take 1t.

Washington, May 10.-Judge Smith
Mcpherson of the United States Dis
trict Court, southern division, is a
candidate for judge of the circuit
court, Eighth district. Judge Cald-
we'll, who has been occupying this po-
sition since President harrison's adj
ministration, is about to retire. His
resignation will precipitate scramble
for the position, a number of appli-
cants having already announced them
selves.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Death in Peculiar Manner.

Mason City, May Engineer
Switzer, of the Milwaukee railway,
was drowned. The train broke in two
with the engine on the bridge,
Switzer slipped off and dropped into
the Ocheyedan river. His body was
recovered two hours later.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
FAST MAIL WRECKED.
Accident on Northwestern Railway
Near Ames,

Ames. May 9.-Fast mail train No.
10, east-bound on the Northwestern,
was wrecked at one o'clock yesterday
morning mile west of this place on
the grade just north of the Iowa State
College of Agriculture and Mechani-
cal Arts. The tender, two mail cars
and two express care left the track,
blowing into the gravel up to the
journals between the double tracks.
The road bed is torn up for a distance
of 200 yards, obstructing traffic on
both tracks. Mail clerk Griffin of Des
Moines was badly bruised and severely
cut on the chin, although not seriously
injured. An unidentified tramp was
killed outright.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
An Early Evening Robbery.

Waterloo. May 7.-One of the bold
est robberies ever attempted here was
that of the home of Mrs. Moses Richer.
Soon after s O'Clock, Mrs. Richer and
daughter being out, front window
was pried open and jewelry to the
amount of $3.50 was stolen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

Aged criminal (who has just goot a
life SENTENCED me lud, shall
never live to do it," Judge (sweetly)
Never mind. Do as much of it as
you can"
do you speak English, madame?'
inquired the interviewer Yer leetP,r
replied the operate celebrity, smiling
sweetly; "only zis: How lofe Amer.
1ca!,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Two NEGROES Sentenced.

Creston. May 10.-John Jackson
was sent to the penitentiary, fifteen
years for murder in the second de-
gree, and John Robinson for five years
for attempt manslaughter. Both men
are negroes, participants of street
fight in which Jackson killed Otta
Ohlschager, boy who was a bystand.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Drove Spout Into His Head.

Lacelle, May 13.-The 5-year old
son of j. B. Wells, living one mile
south of this place, was seriously in
jured in a runaway. The boy was
thrown from wagon, striking his
head on an oil can with such force as
to drive the spout into his head.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Admiral Sampson Laid to Rest.

Washington, May 10.-With a pomp
and circumstance exceeding that Of
any naval funeral in this country,
in recent years at least, the remains
of the late William Thomas Sampson,
rear admiral in the United States ma
Wy and commander-in-chief of the
United States naval forces on the
North Atlantic station during the war
with Spain. were laid to rest. Every
department of the national govern
ment was represented.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Horribly Burned at Play.

Onawa, May 13.-Nora Hogencamp,
the 6-year-old daughter of Newton
Hogencamp, VILE playing around
fire built out of doors, was pushed
into the fire by a companion and so
severely burned that it is thought she
cannot survive.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Fatal Accident in RUNAWAY.

Dubuque. May 12.-Patrick O'Mea.
ra, a driver Of the Pinewood wagon,
met instant death. His team ran away,
throwing him out. His skull was
orIshed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
HEDGE Renominated.

Washington, May Thomas Hedge
was renominated for congress from
the First district this afternoon The
nomination was by reclamation.
Hedge is now serving his second
term.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Natives Attack Boer Laaoer.

Vryheid, Southeastern Transvaal,
May 12.-Natives whose kraals were
recently burned by burghers attacked
Boer lager, in the vicinity of Schee-
per's Neck, May S, and killed 80
Beers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
She Hypnotized the Jury.

Ottumwa, May For ifty-six
hours twelve men and one women
gazed at each other across the inter.
vening space between the court house
in this city and the county Jail. The
men held the woman's fate in their
hands and she in turn wondered what
the verdict would be. The men were
jurors and were endeavoring to arrive
at verdict. The woman was Eva
Bliss, charged with numbering her
sweetheart. The woman's. vigil had
its effects on portion of the jury and
yesterday the twelve men returned
into court with no verdict. The case
will be tried again.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Texas Goats in Iowa.

Blockton, May 12.-Dr. ]. R. Stand
ley has unloaded three cars (about
1000 head) of goats, brought from
Texas, and taken them to his farm
near Plettsville. The doctor has been
dealing in goats for several years and
has made a success of it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Nav -, 1902,

Des Moines, May 10, 1902.
The Ames Commercial club held a
meeting, at which Adjutant General
Byels was present, for the purpose of
considering the location Of the en-
campment of the Fifty-flrst. General
Byers looked over the proposed ground
on the college farm. The committee
of the club that was named to look
up available grounds assured General
]. R. Lincoln, colonel of the Fifty-first,
that he would be given full control
of the site, so that he might prevent
teams in camp and the erection of re-
freshment stands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15
Fire Starts in a spittoon.

Cedar Rapids, May Fire original
ing from a cigar stub in sawdust near
a spittoon damaged the stock in N. J.
Jordan's general store and poston ce
$1,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

It is asserted that the Des Moines
detectives have the club with which
the Peterson children were killed.
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-22
in THE AIR.
Aeronaut Spencer Tells of His
Adventures Above the Clouds.

London, Sept 20. Stanley Spencer
the aeronaut, who yesterday travelled
nearly thirty miles over London in an
airship of his own invention, today
furnished interesting details of his
flight among the clouds. He says:
cat one time feared an explosion
of the balloon, but the automatic
valve prevented catastrophe. The
engine also threatened to ignite the
gas of the balloon, but this l over
come.
'I had the machine under perfect
control and 1 could turn in any di-
rection The people in the London
thoroughfare looked Ss.ke black lines
of ants.
"When 1 alighted the machine
came down so lightly that child
might have been under it without be-
ing hurt. The distance covered was
much farther than first reported, be-
ing fully thirty miles.
II dropepd balls as 1 went along.
1t shows what an army could do with
an airship carrying bombs. My ship
differs from Santos -Dumonts' in that
it is propelled in front. Its speed is
seven and one half miles an hour.
my present ship is one man
affair, but 1 can make one to accom-
modate any reasonable number of per-
sons. ~
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-22
MADE PUBLIC.
Sixteenth Annual Report Of Rio
Grande Railroad.

The sixteenth annual report of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad com
pany has been submitted to the stock
holders. The report shows a marked
increase in the traffic, both freight
and passenger. June is the month
when most of the passengers were on
the road. During the month 14S, SS7
people travelled by that line. The
total number of passengers for the
year was 1856, OO1, and the proceeds
from passenger travel were 1854,
1856. 3S.
Most of the freight was carried
during December, when the report
shows $50, 139 tons The total income
from freight was $12. $50, OPS, IL. The
total income for the year from all
sources was SIT, 2O2, $50. Al. showing
an increase over the previous year of
1851, 205. 80.
The gross earnings from operation
were SIT, ,036, 1898. 4S, being an increase
of $677. 218.14. The operating eX-
penses were $40, 1915, 424 8. being de-
crease of $15. 594 Os. The net earn
ings were $6, 7O5, 2s6. 05, being an in
crease of $692, ,S12.2 90. The increase
in gross earnings from operations was
4 14-1OO per cent; the decrease in ex-
pense was 15-1OO per cent, and the net
increase in earnings was II 52-10O per
cent.
The standard guaging of the Rio
Grande railroad was extended during
the year from Monte Vista to Del
Norte on the Creede branch, dis
tance of IA miles, and over the Castle
Rock branch near Denver, 2.65 miles,
which together with small extensions,
has increased the mileage about 1S
miles.
There were issued and sold during
the year 81, 400, 900 of Denver g. Rio
Grande consolidated mortgage 4 per
cent bonds for the purchase of new
equipment.
There were ordered during the
year 55 locomotives, 30 coaches B, $50
freight cars for construction and road
repair service at total approximate
cost of $4.O720,OO. OF this equipment
there were delivered and paid for dur
ing the year locomotives and cars
amounting to 81, 1856, $685. 25.