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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
LAST NIGHTS WIND STORM,
Was a Regular Typhoon Carrying De
structiOn In It's Wake.

salt Lake experienced a 4s-mllos an
hour wind storm at o'clock last
evening, which did considerable dam
age In the Dooly block. The wind sud
denly came 40 from the west and
northwest un1ccOmpanied by any rain.
enyeloplng the city in vast swad-
ding band Of dust, sending street signs
lying, and playing havoc with w0mens
attire. Presently the gale blew into the
postoilice lobby which It could not
have done had the doors opened out
ward Instead Of inward and IN a few
seconds the 9x65 feet OF window sash
ON the east side Of the lobby went down
with a grand crash. the glass and par
tltion supports dying all over the Of
ilces OF the Inspector, postmaster and
assistant postmasteD and the depart.
ments OF cashier. money order clerks
and stamp clerk. Fortunately no one
was within gunshot' and so nobody
was injured, but the clerks who were
working in the rear Of the office
thought the day OF doom had come.
Postmaster Thomas was Immediately
notified, ana as soon az possible he had
carpenters repairing the damage. which
VIII amount 20 several hundred dollars
The weather office could not account
for the storm az there were no indlca-
tlons Of IFS approach, and only the
presence Of high barOmetric area was
noticeable The wind died down by 9
o'clock leaving a falling thermometer
ana this morning II was cold enough
for an oYercOat
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Former Has Big Advantage Over Lat,
ter in Salt Lake.

The report Of the health department
for the month OF June shows NOR
tally In Salt Lake city corresponding
to an annual death rate OF SIC per
1000 ofthe estimated population, and u
birth rate equivalent 10 an annual birth
rate of 1910 per thousand
The total number Of deaths occurring
among residents was 81, Of which 81
were males and "a females, all whites.
Twenty-Five of the decedents were ma
tlVes OF Utah. % were single, n mar
rled, 6 widowed and divorced
Deaths among children under five
years OF age decreased two In compar-
ison with the month Of May, The causes
Of such deaths being measles, diph-
therla, meningitis pleurisy, asthma,
obstruction OF the bowels, burns from
hot water and four dying Of cOngenltal
debility or disease making n total Of
ii deaths as against 10 for the preced-
ing month
Among adults between % and A.
years Of age there was an increase Of
deaths and an Increase OF 3 among
ADULTS over 6j years OF age, This in
crease Is notceably due 10 greater NOR
tality In cases Of pneumonia, Brlghts
disease and organic diseases Of the
heart, and among those OF extreme hge.
Deaths from diseases considered com
munlcable were four less than the pre-
ylous month.
The births reported during the month
were Il less than for the month before.
there being ia reported, exclusive OF
still births, all the births being whites,
65 OF which were males and 81 females.
There are 90 cases Of contagious and
infectious diseases reported during the
month, as follows; dlphtherla, co. Is
eases scarlet fever. II cases measles. .
cases typhoid fever IS cases smallpox.
Z cases chickenpox, an aggregate IS IN
excess Of the report for the month Of
May Fify-nine houses, containing 2Gi
rooms were disnfected by Inspector
Woodland during the month.
Fift-slX samples OF milk We're sub
mltted to the city chemist for examn-
alton during the month and II were
found TO be deficient in solids as re-
qulred by the law Seven diphtherla
culture tubes We're also examined. five
showing positive results.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02

has been expended On the remaining
s. 1000 miles. and that the immediate pun
pose of such expenditures Is to make
The Union Pacific line direct route
through from Chicago 10 san Frauclsc1
by way Of Omaha nui ogden, for ihe
purpose OF making Il the main COMPETE
tor IN transcGntinenlal business OF other
transcCntinental lines. The result viii
be 90 give the Union Pacific haul
over rs entire line between omaha ln1
ogden aud the Southern Pacific 'niy
thc short haul between ogden and San
Francisco, instead ~ the long haul oter
It's main lines from New orleans Thls
would apply 20 all business ulgiHat
ing In the Atlantic Seabourl, as wen
as busiuegs diverted from ~ main lire
to the Union Pacific. or direct through
line. ana corresponding advantage 10
the Uuion Pacific In figures the plead
lugs 3how that since the Union Plcinc
management has assumed control ~
The Southern Pacific the systfin pfeVi-
ously In vogue of Keeping accounts of
disbursements has been discontinued.
aud that il Is impossible TO give figures
accurately II is estimated. however.
that out Of about $40 .4G5,0 0O expended
FOR betternents S2s .OOOOcO ls nov boiug
expended on the S7l miles OF the C,ll-
tra Pacific between ogden and san
Francisco, l6,6j0,0oO on the SouhIn
between san Francisco aGl Portland
~, 100000 on the 217 miles between So
ramentO and Bakersfield, on a t0tNl VI
$S5SjOOOO out Of Si3,46j, 900 on ,92O miles
of Southern Pacific system In whici
the Union Pacific is directly Interested.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02

ltlng with the young ladies' aunt Mrs,
Thos, W. Jennings, Col Young viii
only remain a short time, golES to
Idaho on mining business next week
and returning at once 70 New York.
The young ladies' VIII spend the SUM
mer visiting with their aunt and other
friends
Col Young left Salt Lake five years
ago, and has only been back once In
the meantime, AS everyone remembers,
he was given command of an engineer
corps during the Spanish war and he
went to cuba taking charge Of the
vast improvements lnaugurated By the
government there, AZ their conclusion
he went into business In New York
city, where he has remained ever since.
He Is now Inspecting some Idaho min.
ms property for syndicate Of New
Workers. and viii return TO make his
report next week COT Young's wife,
and the remainder Of his family, still
live IN New York An regard Utah
as their home however and they viii
never be satisfied untll they return
here for good.
Cot YOUNG has been prominently
mentioned and strongly endorsed for
one OF the members Of the Colombian
canal commission President R0ose-
Welt Is thoroughly posted as 10 his rec
ord at West Point, and In the army,
but IT Is not thought the decision as
TO the appointment WIN be made for
some time 20 come Col Young Is
backed BY the senator's and represen-
taiiyes from the in,crmountaln states,
but California has also put forward a
candidate who is being endorsed by the
coast delegation to Congress,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
HURTS BUILDING.
Frequency Of Strikes Makes Business
Decidedly Uncertain.

The carpenters on the Holmes build
ing are still out on strike because OF
the striks Of the Hod Carriers union
and the carpenters at the Holy Cross
hospital addition were only prevented
from striking yesterday afternoon by
the withdrawal Of two uon-unlon Ia
borers Work on the Holmes building
will stop shortly. unless the carpenters
recede from what both architect and
contractors regard as an unreasonable
position, and quite a lot OF other me-
chanios viii be thrown out OF work In
asmuch as there are hot enough h0d
carriers to supply the demand and the
pay TO non-union men Is the same as
that given 20 union men, employers
fail 10 see why the unions should be-
striking A prominent architect said
this noon that building n the city is
gradually coming 10 % standstill on no.
count OF the uncertain actions OF Or
ganized labor-and right 100 the season
when the working man should De- lay
ing w money FOR the season 90 the year
when work Is by no means plentiful.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
BOYS GET STRIKE FEVER.
Messengers Take a Lay'0f and Bust.
ness Goes on Just the Same.

Fourteen message delivery boys Of
the Western Union Telegraph company
went out on a strike this morning, be-
cause the management reduced their
compensation from ~ cents to IA
cents The boys thought they were re-
ceiying little enough before and this
cut they considered the "unkludest cut
Of ALL Manager Moore was informed
of the prospective strike last night and
tried 70 keep the boys In line, but they
wouldn't line, and as he declined TO
restore the rate IA OF the "A boys quit
work this morning
Manager Moore, however. found that
10 Of the boys remained, and with their
assistance, and the aid of clerks, his
own good pair Of legs. the telephone
ana the mail, he has managed to pull
through the day and he stated this
afternoon, that by morning, the Office
would be IN running order again with
full complement Of boys MIR. Moore
said that the readjustment of the pay
was only IN conformity with the usual
schedule obtained elsewhere. one of
the strikers named simmons interfered
with a boy who remained and was ar
rested
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
LONG DISTANCE ORGAN RECITAL
viii be Instituted as Soon as New Wires Are Strung Between
Denver and Cheyenne Barely Possible That Big
Organ Nay be Heard in Old Mexico

As soon as the Colorado Bell Tele-
phone company strings the new and
heavy copper wires between Denver
and Cheyenne, II is the intention OF
General Manager u S. Murray TO
make the expected Salt Lake Taberna-
Gle oonnectons.so that Prof McCleIlan's
organ reCital5 can be heard and en-
Ioyed In the newspaper Offices OF colo
RADIO and New Mexico. The present
connections viii enable the newspaper
men in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and
Montana TO hear. ana when the Pacific
coast telephone company completes It's
new and heavy wire connections be-.
tween Wleser and Portland Pacific
coast people can have the pleasure of
listening 10 the Tabernacle organ con
ccrts Some Sunday afternoon imne-
dlately after service win be selected.
and both organ and choir can then be
heard and appreciated from Able
querque, N. ~ on the south, 70 Den
yer on the east, Great Falls, Mont, on
The north, and Portland on the west
And II the projected line between Al
bequerque and Las Cruces is complet-
cd In time, the concert can be extended
TO IN Paso, Tex, and over the Rio
Grande river into Cmdad Juarez in the
old country. Both General Manager
Murray ana Prof Mcclellan are very
much Interested IN this proposition. and
win work hard to make It success.
TELEPHONE EXTENstONs
The r. NJ. Bell Telephone company
made a net gain In June Of 20 tee-
phone instruments IN this city. with
two private business house exchanges.
The company Will have its second line
through to Billings. Mont by the 18th
INST the second connection being Via
cheyenne, whereas the first connection
Is via Butte and BoZeman The com
1any will also have les shoshone Falls
branch Of 80 miles completed by the
9th; and II is the intention to set a
phone close by the foot of the falls. !
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02

up ties ON u street with a view 70
louble tracking between South Temple
street and the first Third street switch.
This win gye d double track through
to y street.
Yesterdays lake level reading was 3
inches below the zero mark, the lake
having raised slightly in the last two
weeks. The guage at Garfield has
blown down and the government VIII
not set 1t up again.
During the absence OF John w Pike.
court stenogapher IN Judge Hall q
court Harry G. Twomey viii act as
stencgrapher Mr., Pike was granted
leave Of absence for three months
commencing July |, and win visit
Europe during that time. He left ihis
afternoon.
The board of education will hold a
special session at 1880 o'clock tonight.
The meeting was called of yesterday
afternoon owing to the inability 10 ret
& quorum together Another alt.wpt
was made to hold a meeting this morn.
ing at If O'Clock but 1t had to be called
OFF for the same reason,
Members Of troop A are considering
candidates for the captaincy. ANA one
Of the more prominently mentioned IL
Capt Wedgewo0d, The captain Is IA
Utah batteries veteran and among
others this morning, Col Park and
Capt ]. r. Game said he would make
a fine commanding officer for the troop.
There was a pleasant musicale last
evening at the residence Of Charles ].
Rood, where Mr. and Mrs Rood enter
TUNED their friends. Musical selections
were given by MIS- Vclmer Mrs Mcss
Miss Lcary, Miss JcSsup. Nh Vohuer
and Others, and Mr. Rood PLAYED a
number Of tine selections on his orches-
uelle. Refreshments were served.
The weather office reports heavy falls
Of rain all over the north and west and
up in British Columbia There was
fan OF I,SO inches In Galveston In As
hours, and apparently it is not through
there yet The temperature in this
city was II degrees lower this
morning han yesterday at the same
time and II was felt the more keenly
because Of the previous heated spell.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
TWIN FALLS OPENING.
Manager Filler Says the Crowd Was
All That Could be Accommodated.

w, c.. Filler manager Of the Twin
Falls Land and Water company. re.
turned this morning from the north
with Col Schuyler. the chief engineer
OF the company Mr.. Filler says that
while the number Of applicants may
have appeared small. there were all
mat could be conveniently tai.
en- care or lie said It required n
great deal Of time to make out the nee.
essary papers, and drive the prospec-
i've settlers over the country. and a
rush would have been too much for
ihem' Mr. Filler claimed that the man
hgement ana officers Of the company
We're well pleased with the start maj
had been made, and there would be a
steady stream OF settlers onto the com
panys lands. Several sections of the
siand canal have been completed and
construction Is being rapidly pushed on
the big dam A vast amount OF work
has already been accomplished.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
ANOTHER UR. RICHARDS.
Dr.. j. S. Surprises His Son Dr.. Ralph
With a Partnership GIFT.

Dr. Ralph Richards. a notice Of whose
very successful graduation in New
York was given in the News" not long
since, arrived home yesterday. A pleas.
ant surprise awaited him on visiting his
fathers office. The first sight that met
his eyes was his own name painted
alongside his fathers on the Office doors
In the Deseret News building. This waa
the method taken by Dr. JOS. S. Rich.
ards to inform his son that he had been
admitted into a full partnership. The
younger Dr. Richards will remain In
salt Lake during the summer. I'm the
iall he viii return TO New York, where
ne is TO have a position In the big Bel
levue hospital, an appointment which
IN Itself is a high certificate of EN-
cheney Dr. Richards viii remain here
q considerable time gaining the valua-
Die experience which such a position
gives, and VIII then return to Salt Lake
to settle down.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
THIS CASE REVERSED.
Action of Supreme Court IN Ryan
Egan Litigation.

The judgment Of the lower court in
the case Of Patrick Ryan, Elizabeth
Ryan and W j Friday W. Timothy
Egan and Jane Doe Egan, appellants
Was reversed by the Supreme court
yesterday afternoon, The action was
brought IN the Third district court for
a partition Of an undeyeoped mining
claim situated In the Blue Ledge dis
trict, Summit county, IL was claimed
by plaintiffs that the claim could not
be parutloned By metes and bounds
and they asked that Il be sold and the
proceeds divided among the parties to
the action according TO their respective
interests.
Judge Morse who tried the case. held
mat an equitable division of the claim
could not be made and ordered it sold
and the proceeds divided according TO
the prayer Of the complaint The de-
PENDANTS appealed and the supreme
court, IN an opinion written BY Justice
McCarty and concurred IN by CHIEF
Justice Baskln and Justice Bartch.
holds that, inasmuch as the claim Is
undeveloped and the location Of the
"oln Is not known It will be no inius.
tice 20 partition the claim by metes
and bounds and orders such partition
made
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
FIRE Ar POCATELL0.
stacks of Cedar Posts Belonging to
o. ). L., Burned.
Special Correspondence.

special correspondence.
pocatello, Idaho, July LA big fire
that win damage the Oregon short Line
six or eight thousand dollars was
started this afternoon just before 3 o.
clock In the large stacks OF cedar fence
posts piled In the "Y' west Of the
shops.
AT that hour the switch engine gave
the alarm OF fire. which later on was
taken up by the huge shop whistle.
Both the city and shop Are companies
responded 20 the alarm. ana worked
heroically 10 eXtingush the blaze. 4
stiif gale Of wind. however famed the
flames furiously, and threatened four
of five strings OF cars that were stand
INK near the fire including a train Of
Greek OUTFIT cars.
The excitement was Intense. every
shop employe and hair the population
turned out
The switch engine managed TO ex-
tract the outfit cars, but could do no
more ON account Of the terrific heat.
George ~. Smith. foreman Of the rip
track then determined to save the
greater portion OF the rolling stock in
sacrificing three cars by lsolating the
same from the main string on track
No g. This was 0ccomp ished by
force Of men pushing the cars on tho lee
side Of the tire and through the burning
Inferno. The switch crew was thenNn-
abled 20 hook on ard pulled the cars
beyond the burning pile Of posts.
by holf past six o'clock the fierce FIRE
had consumed four or five hundred
loads of cedar posts. II Is still burning
az this writing, 1915 p. m. The few
dwelIinghouses IN the neighborhood Of
the Gre are comparatively safe and far
from the Ere The latter IS confined
entirely 10 property belonging to the
oregon Short Line
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
LATE LOCALS.

Tenants are moving into the remod.
elled Scott-Strevell building,
Guy Treasurer Morris Is TIE after
noon paying off the department pay
rolls Of the city for tho last half OF
June, amounting IN all 10 Sl1ff'.J5
General Manager d. S. Murray Of the
Bell Telephone company sprained his
ankle while IN Boise recently and Is
compelled TO walk with two canes.
The salt lake City butchers have
agreed to close their places Of business
al 1870 a. m. on Saturday and celebrate
tlc Fourth for the remainder Of the
DAY.
The county commissioners went to
Bingham today 10 Inspect the roads
and spHnkling in that section and also
70 investigate the matter OF putting In
additional electric lights at that place.
George Wood. who was to have taken
charge yesterday OF the business OF the
WilS0n-Sherman company, was unable
20 do &c. because laid up with appendix
citis. An operation may have 20 be per.
formed.
NCls A. Miller, q taller Of salt LaFe
today hled q petition IN bankruptcy M
The federal court HIS liabilities are
set forth as being Sl.519li with dssets
OF N.2o0 5000 Of which is ia lie IN.
surance.
The street railway company Is piling
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
Wife Of Prest George Q. Cannon
And Daughter Of Prest 8, Young
WAS A L0VEABLE WOMAN.
stricken Win Illness In canada He-
Gently, She Came Home aud Grew
Worse Till Death Came.

lowering between life ana death for
some weeks Mrs Caroline Young Can
non, wife OF the late President George
Q. Cannon, and one OF The noblest Of
characters, passed away at 1850 p. M,
today at her residence on Cannon
Farm the cause Of death being heart
trouble. The attack which finally
proved fatal came upon her while Wis
itng in Canada with her son Mark,
and for time il was feared she would
not be able to return home alive But
Mrs Cannon had faith in her ability
to stand the trip, 80 at her suggestion,
It was made and she was soon In her
CNn home. This was between two and
three weeks ago since which time she
has been very Ill., so IN. In fact, that
II was feared death might ensue at any
moment However. despite statements
to the contrary, she fingered on her
children holding on to her TO the very
last INDUCING the hope that her az
illctlon would subslde and that she
would be permitted % tarry with them
for some years 10 come. But at noon
today the tide Of lie slowly ebbed,
and a short time later Mrs. Cannon
was no more
Mrs Caroline Young Cannon was
the daughter of the late President
Brigham Young ana Emily Partridge
Young, and was born in Salt Lake City
Feb. /, 1851, being therefore In her fifty
third year. She was the mother Of u
children, and the oster-mother Of viii
lard and Mary Croxall. Nine Of her
children survive her, Her son Tracy
is now on a mission In London, while
her son Mark Is a resident Of Stirling
Canada. Mrs. Cannon was most low
able woman and by her sweet nature
she endeared herself to q host of
friends who will grieye to hear of her
demise, She was the president Of the
Cannon ward Relief society, a daugh-
ter OF the Revolution, and a daughter
Of the Utah Pioneers. The time Of the
funeral Will be announced later.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
WENT To BINGHAM.
County Attorney Westeryelt Prosecut-
ing Cohen There Today,

County Atty Westervelt Is IN Biug-
ham To-Day prosecuting the case OF the
state VS. sam Cohen, who is charged
with receiving stolen property There
are hire. cases against Conen. In one
complaint DE Is charged with receiving
some copper bullion which was stolen
nom the Highland Boy smelter. In the
other two complaints ne Is charged with
receiving lot of brass and copper
trimmings which We're stolen from the
no Grande and Short Line rondA His
cpse was set before Judge Dlenl but he
tOck q change of venue to Binbhtm
ard Is being tried before Justice Lee.
Evans lngcbrctseu d Evans are hi
attorneys Russell @ schuldtr, second
dcslg1nt city attorney. having with
draWu from the defense
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
SPIKE AND RAIL

Fixing Of steel rail prices for next
year has been promptly followed by the
placing OF orders for over half mill
ION tons
a steamer is nov under construction
at Portland which will be- put into com.
mission at Gleuus Ferry. Ida. ana VIII
transport freight to and from the Bru-
1rau valley on the Snake river
The asst sheep has been shoared at
Mccammon THIS season The clip Is re-
ported to have been n good one. About
$1,000 sheen were shcared and Yielded
about 100000 pounds Of wool
AZ predicted the grade along the Luz
elm cut-of In Me vicinity of the mouth
of Bear river has backed the fresh
water up until there is now fresh
water lake on one side u the grade
and the brine of Great Sal, Lake
stretching for miles on the ether side OF
the track.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-02
ROCK ISLAND APPOINTMENTS
Number Of CiroulOrs Received Today
On Promotions and Changes.

Circulars announcing the following
appointments on the Rock Island were
this morning received at the local
agency:
The office OF assistant general freight
agent at Davenport, Iowa, is abolish
ed NJ. A. Paterson is appointed as
sistaut general freight agent on lines
west OF the Missouri river at kan
sas city vice r. j shubert. trans
ferred 10 Chicago as assistant general
freight agent DO charge Of the taud
bureau Vice George r. White. as
signed 10 other duties n n. Scaverns
appointed assistant general freight
agent at Chicago, vice j. VI. Allen, re.
signed 20 accept service with another
company O. b Albright appointed d.
vision freight agent at Davenport. la.