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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
SIX OUT Of ONE FAMILY
MET INSTANT DEATH

Frank. y. W. IT,. April 29.-An earth
quake happened about $3.50 O'Clock This
morning and the whole valley below
This town for over a mile wide was
shaken up Immediately after what APP
pears to be "a volcanic eruption which
took place on top OF Turtle mountain.
which oyerlo0ks the town. throwing
millions of tons of rock Out and cover
ing the mine entrance and the mine
buildings and buryiug them hundreds
of feet deep.
All the men employed about the mine
outside were Instantly killed and over
twenty miners imprisoned On the mine
with little hope Of rescue. Seven cot
tages I'm the town were buried under
rock The loss OF life is estimated at
over l00 mostly women and children
a. LeiJch. his wife and four children
are among the dead, his three girls es-
capped. The mountain is sim throwing
up rock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
MORMON COLONIES
FORTY NILES AWAY

The first reports indicated that the
eruption. or earthquake was in the
heart of the Mormon colonies OF Al
berta. Later information showed that
the nearest colony is over forty miles
away.
There are about 1900 Mormons In diff
fercnt settlements in Alberta. They
are scattered along the ST. Marys
river and vicinity southwest Of Leth-
bridge and southeast Of Frank. The
ST. Mary's River railway, running from
the Crows Nest branch of the Ca
madam Pacific. taps this region. The
first colony is Stirling, a short distance
from Aethbridge Seven miles to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
cLEvELAND's ARRIVAL.
Distinguished Guest Greeted by
President Francis.

Distinguished Guest 1feeleu by
President Francis.
ST. Louis. April 48.-Grover cleveland
arrived over the Baltimore 81 Ohio.
Southwestern at $3.50 O'Clock. His trin
should have come in al 5.2s. and a large
reception committee was waiting FOR
him over thirty minutes The commit
Jeemen were not allowed tu be la-=,
however. for The train from Washing
ton bearing the members of the dip.a-
matte corps. which WAS not expected
until J.l5. came iu thirty minutes DEE
fore the committee ue-. looked for IL
The diplomats were promptly taken u
hand by the committee and escorted Ii
the CHARTERS assigned them. q nnf-
ti0n of the committee remained l1 sfe
Mr. Cleveland whose train came l1
shortly after The diplomats had driven
away in their carriages.
AS he anghled from the train he Was
warmly greeted by President fai-ci7s
who had driven rapidly ODD inc sttlloh
after greeting President Eoos-.e.- il
FOrsythe Junction The members oL --e
committee crowded around ana Ai.
Cleveland was unable 90 proceed L'i
several minutes. SO lhirA was
throng about him. a passage was Al-
ally cleared. and with Presto 'al-
els De walked through the alsles FORMED
bv the crowd. and enter'ng carriage.
was driven to the residence at fr.I-
dent Francis. where President l,1dse-
Welt IS also a guest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
FRlRRS EXPELLED
WITHOUT TROUBLE

Paris, April 23.-The expulsion of the
friars from Ch3rtreuse monastery was
accomplished today without amy serl-
Gus difficulty. A battalion of infantry
and ID squadron of Dragons assisted
The police The large crowds outside
The monastery made "a manifestation,
but the rOCrs preserved order. H.
PichaJ member of the chamber of
deputies. ana 81. Poncel, lawyer who
were found in the monastery. were taxi
en- by the gendmmes with the twenty
three friars arrested to the police sta-
I-.u
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
LITTLE DOUBT AS TO
CAUSE Of ACCIDENT

Chicago. April 23-lnformation con-
corning the disaster was obtained from
Edward b. Iiagro of Frank who is m
Chicago. Mr.. LiaSre is identified with
the Lille cOllieries. located "a few hum
dred yards north of Frank 10 was in
mine connected with these cOllicries that
the catastrophe occurred. Mr.. LiaEre
said there was am explosion of gas which
burst out of the side of the mountain and
this led 90 rumOrs of volcanic eruption
and EARTHQUAKES.
Mr.. Liagre tonight received "a telegram
from Frank saying: Gas exploding in
mine completely destroyed the Frank COLI
liery.'
There was no volcanic eruption.
said Mr.. Liagre. Prank is a town of
about 1000 people. The mountain.
should say. is nearly 5000 feet high. There
are many Italians in Frank, but an ma
tionaiities are represented in tie popu-
lati0n.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
CONFESSED FIENDiSH MURDER
An sCOnvct Chooormsd His Wife, Clicked Her to Death Gov
cred the Body With Gasoline and Set
Fire to It,

DNEESJDE. Cal, April 29.-F. c..
n Fischer today confessed 20 Judge
Moves that De murdered his wife,
Clara Fischer who was found dead
last Thursday; that all his life he has
been criminal. and that his mother
before him vas professional thief
Fischer said the murder was nos pre-
med.Jated- He was getting material
ready for dyeing clothes when the idea
seized him Go kin his wife. Thereupon
he told her he would remove a growth
from her eyelid if she would take a
Few Whihs of chloroform. As soon as
the woman was partly unconscious
from the anaesthetic he threw her go
the floor chOked her TO death ana then
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
DESTRUCTION BY FLOOD
Is NOW THREATENED
Survivors Of the Terrible Calamity
Face Death in Another Form Ow-
ing to Damming Of River.

Vancouver, b. c.. April 29.-Over-
Whelmed by countless tons of rock this
morning shortly after 4 O'Clock. and
with probably ll2 OF its inhabitants
killed almost instantly. the little min
ing town of Frank, in southwestern Al
berta. Is this evening threatened with
complete destruction by q flood. The
Old Mans river which flows through
the center of the town. Is damned up
with fallen rock 20 the height of nearly
100 feet The waters of the river are
this evening damned mp for miles. and
the entire valley above the town is
flooded. A big body of water Is press
ing with force upon the sdam-the only
protection the town OF Frank now has,
unless the river finds another cham
mel. Should the impr0mptu dam break,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

covered the body with gasoline and set
fire % It,
FISCHER expressed no rem0rse FOR the
deed. In conversation with Judge
Noye5 ne said he had served Three
years term in Sing Sing prison. New
Iork. for grand larceny ard a year and
"a half IN Joliet. Ill.,, for robbing the
wife of Judge Gary of Chicago. who
had entrusted him with money He
also acknowledged the published rH-
port 60 the effect that he had married
widow and -ried 90 kim her for ier
money 90 be correct
according 10 his statement Fischer
served three years I'm an Illinois prison
for robbery of q woman. He owned 10
having two wives now living
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

coal mining there. In addition 20 this,
a French syndicate represented by
Messrs. EiutOt and Gebo are operating
boz gully about eight or ten miles
distant Frank is well laid out, the
coal company having recently erected
some very convenient cottages for the
miners. The population viii hardly eX-
coed 500. IL lies on the old Mans
river just az the mouth of the canyon.
which leads into the Pncher creek
mining country. about tWeuty-six miles
away. He is of the opinion thar the
slide may have started from an ex-
plosion in the tunnels which. driving
outward. started the face of the noun
tain which hangs az am angle of about
50 degrees t0 the valley.
A private dispatch received here says
Jack McNeigh, q umberman. and four
men were buried with their saw mill
beneath the falling rock at Frank
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
CMLE6 LOCATION OF FRANK AND SURROUNDING Towns.

this morning The wires TO Frank are
down and details OF the disaster are
not yet obtainable. The first announce
ment was that there had been "a vol
cauic eruption but this lis generally
discredited. the formation and history
of the country being opposed Co tie
volcanic theory Indirect reports from
Fsrnie. however. state that lava ana
ashes from the alleged outbreak are
choking up Jld Mans river, which runs
ing The water. Frank is a new town
OF about 1000 inhabitants and lies in
Jhe valley of the river at the entrance
OF Crows Nest pass. the tunnels of the
French Canadian Coal company being
across the river The coal company has
been operated for eighteen months. 400
tons being mined daily The mines are
gaseous.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
PEOPLE THOUGHT END
OF THE WORLD HAD COME

Seattle, Wash. April PA speciaI
to the Times from Vancouver says
BY an unexpected and Unprecedented
disaster the little town of Frank, Al
berta, has been plunged into MOURN
ing There are at least 1l0 dead and
further details may increase the NUM-
Der Of victims. The majority of tie
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

THEORY DIsCREDITED.

= Victoria, T. c.. April 29-Nr. 4
= Bayues Reed, superintendent Of 4
y The meteorological service here, 4
= has developed the film oil, the
= seismOgraph. which discl0ses not 4
= the slightest trace of seismic dis
3 turbauce. The reports of vol
> uauic eruption or earthquake at (
3 Frank. n. ~. T.. are utterly dis I
. credited by him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
PRESIDENT AND
EX-PRESIDEN1
Roosevelt and Cleveland Arrigs
in St. Louis.
STOPPING UNDER SANE ROOF
EXPOSITION WILL BE FORMAL.
LY DEDICATED TODAY.

q r. LOUIS, April 28.-Pres.deat
Roosevelt arrived here this aftar-
noon TO participate I'm the dedica-
ton ceremonies OF the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition. His train arrived as
Forsythe Junction at 8.-s O'Clock.
where be was met and escorted to tb5
Good Roads convention i'm Ode0n han
for a brief address.
Members of the national committee
of the Worlds fair. a reception come
mittee headed by President Francis.
and a crowd OF spectators were pres-
emit to welcome the president For au
hour before his train arrived troops
of militia and squadrons of police wera
stationed about the point OF disam-
barkal0n 10 prevent a crush When
the presidents train arrived President
Roosevelt accompanied by Governor
Dockery of Missouri who had Joined
the train at Keokuk. Ia, stepped 0E
the rear end.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

WIFE OK JAIL

: Sacramento April Ex-Governor
, Parde2 today Issued a warrant of
= arrest for Jesse RockefellOW upon
= the TeQuisitiOn of the governor 0f
= Utah ROckefellOW is charged
= with seduction. He Is now IN Jail
= II Bakersfield
%T&@@ . 2 . . -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
SHOT IN BACK.

MissOula Mont. April 29.-Harry
OBrien OF Th0mpsOn's Spur was brought
90 The hospital here today with "a bullet
I'm his spinal column. received az san
Point Ida OBrien was walking ON the
street when two men began fighting and
shooting The only bullet 20 DO any dam
age was that which struck OBrien- He
probably VIII die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
STUART ROBSON DEAD.
Veteran Actor Had Been on the Stage
Fifty-one Years.

%cw York. Aoru @.-Stuart Robson. the
veteran comedian. died tonight OF heart
disease at the Hotel Savoy. H" was B..
Years old and had been on the stage for
Hftv-ouc wears Mr. Robson was taken
ed early u March and was obliged tO rest
completely for two weeks He resumed
his euCa cement ou March Do. and AFTER
ulaviug iu New York and Brooklyn APE
pcared iU various towns iu the upper
part of thIs state A few days ago ne
was taken iI I'm Auburn. y. Y. and Their
was brought to this city. The interment
viii take place in Cohasset. Mass. Oh
FRIDAY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
DFcLARFD INSANE.

achieved notoriety from his testimony in
The investigation I'm Washington of tie
purchase of submarine boats. was today
declared insane by Justice Giegerich of
thc supreme court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
MINES AT FRANK WERE
KNOWN TO BE GASEOUS

Vancouver b. C.. April 29.-Private
advlces from Frank, Alberta state
that 40 are dead owing 90 the disas-
ter which occurred there at 4 o'clock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

Killed are women and children. About
o'clock this morning. as the night
shlft was preparing 10 come from work.
either an earthquake on a volcanic
eruption occurred on the top Of Turtle
mountain. which oyeTlooks the town of
FRANK. There was a tremendous up
heaNal. which awoke all sleepers, who
believed that the end of the world had
come The entire side of the mountain
was removed by the disturbance, mill
liens Of tons of rock scattered like
char over the town The mine build
lngs and mine entrance We're buried
under a pile of debris hundreds of feet
deep. Nine houses in the village are
buried under the rock Their roofs
were crushed i'm like egg shells. and
et--y one inside the houses persisted
miserably.
Instantly Killed.
All the men working at the mine on
outside jobs were instantly killed It
is supposed that 100 men We're thus
killed, although the exact number is
not known, for the records OF the Umce
and the payroll are buried under the
immense pile of broken rock Those
working IN the shaft probably mum
bered twenty eight or thirty. These
are now imprisoned by the debris and
they are undoubtedly doomed. It.Wil
take days TO dig down through The
pile of rock, and IL viii be Impossible
TO rescue them. II is not likely that
even their dead bodies Will be recov-
cred for two or three weeks.
No attempt TO compile a list Of the
dead in Frank has yet been made. The
people in the town are paniC-strickeu,
as the mountain is still scattering
rock, and no one knows how soon the
disaster Of daybreak may be dupHcat-
ed. The uninjured inhabitants are di-
vided between a desire 20 stay and
bury the dead and an impulse TO seek
a place OF safety before they, too, are
overwhelmed by a greater calamity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
MILLIONS Of TONS
Of ROCK DESCENDED
Roofs Of Houses Were Crushed in,
Men, Women and Children Be
ing Killed in Their Beds.
I VANCOUVER. B. O, April am

VANCOUVER. b. g., April 29.-The
Y little town of Frank. situated AT
the foothills ON the eastern slope
of the Rocky mountains. was over
Wheimed with disaster about $3.50 this
morning. What was apparently vol
cauic eruption on the top of Turtle
mountain. overlooking the town, scat
tered an immense quantity of rock and
debris over the town. stopping up a
mine. impris0uIng the miners. crushing
q number of houses and killing ll2
people.
Wines Down.
The one telegraph line Immediately
went down and details of the disaster
obJalnabie have been meager. The en-
tire top of Turtle mountain was scat
tered over the sleeping village of Frank
Immense pieces of rock were thrown
high I'M the air and la descending
crushed iu the roofs of houses and
stopped up thr mouth of The Frank
mine. Most of the buildings Iu the
town were destroyed and many of the
houses were crushed like eggshelIs and
their inhabitants Instantly killed The
earth was opened up by a gigantic ds-
sure three-quarters of "a mile long. The
old Mans river which runs through
htN" N'N-ar ~ CAS- AIl|NNll AAAlLllArA AI
and the railroad track was rendered
impossible for distance of two miles
over One Hundred Dead.
At I.45 this afternoon it is reported
from Frank that masses of rock and
lava are stN being thrown from Turtle
mountain. The number of known dead
SIS now placed at I2 or these. eight
cen men are imprisoned iu the NINE
twelve miners working outside tho
mine We're killed by flying debris. and
glghty-tWU men. women and children
were crushed 10 death by the flying
rock as they lay asleep in their beds.
A list of those killed is NOT yet OBJ
taiuable. About sixty OF the dead are
said Co be- women and children The
survivors 40 Frank are m "a state OF
panic and are preparing for light. dn-
ticipatiug a big eruption tonight
Discharge Continues.
The mountain continues TO discharge
stones and lava at intervals but there
has been uo repetition of the original
disaster when immense rocks WeighinE
many tons We're hurled down upon the
sleeping town.
An appeal has been made from
Frank to the government and mounted
police are being hurried t0 the unfor-
tunate village. Aid is also being sent
from ucighbor.ng towns. but owing t0
she Interruption of trains ANA the
mountainous country 90 win De several
hours before help can reach the sJrick-
en- community.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

top of Turtle mountain down upon the
village below. To is now thought that
what was supposed 20 be the smoke
Of volcano was dust and that the
continued fall OF small bits of rock dur
ing the day was merely the aftermath
OF the original rock slide repetition
OF The calamity is now considered un-
likely
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
Town OVERWHELMED
BY TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
HOrrifying Disaster Occurs in the District of
Alberta, Northwest Territory.

Millions of Tons of Rock Hurled from Turtle Mountain Onto the Mining
Village of Frank--One Hundred Lives LOstEarth Opened
Up for Three-Quatcrs of Mile.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
Boston Stock Market.

Especial t0 The HCmidl
Boston Mass.. April Choppers firm.
with tendency to buoyaucy
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ROCK STILL FALLING.

' Victoria. B. e.. April 29-Private =
= dispatches received tonight from =
2 Frank state that rock is stiu fall =
? Ing The town was practically .
? wiped out by the falling debris, =
= The Frank board of trade sent a =
? message here in answer 90 proners .
? OF assistance, saying no help was =
? needed. nothing could be done. =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30

the entire village would be swept away.
a dispatch from Frank says.
An Awful Crash
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-30
The METALS.

Silver l3ic per ounce.
copper. l4c per pound. New
York fll.ol0li.6 per Il9 pounds.
Lead. 1919 per 100 pounds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-18
MILLER'S PAL AMMON
7 .a@'7o"7@ is 0UND. GUILT4
Franklin Syndicate Man Says He Isn't
Out of Nerve.

X
NEW YORK, June 17.-Robert A.
iously receiving stolen money, the pro-
ceeds of the $40 per cent Franklin syn
dfcate frauds. The amount specifically
stated in the Indictment was $50, 500.
Ammon took the verdict nonchaIantly.
He said: -.eI-. - =. r
We'll I'VE got as much nerve with
me as Miller had"
Ammon's counsel made the usual
motions for acreversal of Judgment and
q new trial. Judge .Newburger denied
them and announced that sentence
would be pronounced on June 20. The
penalty may be imprisonment in the
penitentiary for not less than one year
nor more than five, or a fine of $3.50
and Imprisonment in Jail for six
months.
The case has been on trial for the
last two weeks, the feature of interest
being Mfller's appearance on the stand
against his former legal adviser and
his startling testimony regarding the
Franklin syndicate, Ammon's advice to
fee when the crash came and the
transfer to Ammon of the remaining
funds on hand. Miller is serving a
term in Sing Sing, butqlis in i'll health,
and the prevalent belief Is that he viii
be pardoned or receive a communication
of sentence.
Judgment for $9,575, has been en-
tered against Winfield AInrnon. wife
of An1mon, in the suit brought by Al
fred Hayes Jr., assigned for the benefit
of creditors Of Seymour, Johnson &
Co., stock brokers. - j.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-18
THE DUSTY MILLER"
And White Bread.

Most millers are bitter enemies of
Grape Nuts for business reasons, for
Grape-Nuts food is largely replacing white
bread, for Grape-Nuts contains the whole
of the health giving grains, while the
patent white flour in universal use today
Is made with the most healthful part Of
the wheat left out. exfr4
A miller Of Newark, Ohio. who has
studied the subject, says of Grape-Nuts:
II began by using the food once day.
months three times a day. and I con-
fidently affirm that I have received more
real substantial benefit from the use of
Grape-Nuts than from all the other things
l have tried. My trouble was indigestion
and kidney disease. -
II began to receive relief at once atnd
as | am practical millwright and miller
as well can see and understand the
philosophy OF such a nutriment as Grape
Nuts and why its use gives us such good
results. The continued use of patent
flour bread will produce injury sooner or
later because the true DEMONSTRATING and
life-giving elements Of the wheat berry
are eliminated in the manufacture of pat
ent flour. IL
dail5 naa4iSsSt f. az is to tSs
retains all the vitality of the grain. For
this very reason there is more direct
virtue in the daily use of Grape Nuts
than in all the medicinal tonics in the
world that crowd to overlooking the
shelves of drug stores.
The restaurant where / take my meals
Keeps Grape-Nuts on hand to accommO-
date me and others who eat to live and
enjoy life and health" Name furnished
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Grape-Nuts can be served in a variety
Of ways-.from plain breakfast food to
the novel and delicious Grape-Nuts Ice
Cream. See the little recipe book In each
package.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-18
King OF Big NIT
GANG DOES TIME
Billy Edwards Heard From at
WaSeca and Wanted i'm
--o+-a-
Duluth.

Billy Edwards, king Of the big
naitt" gang, but for whose able assist
ance the evil-doers of the Anes adj
ministration would hardly have been
brought to book, is still up and doing.
From Waseca, Mimi, comes the in
formation that Billy has just done
time in the county Jail for working
''con" game on an unsuspecting citizen
Of that community. He was sent up
for ten days and Immediately on his
before the authorities discovered that
he was the notorious head bookkeeper
Of the big mitt" ledger.
II the Waseca authorities had only
known this they would doubtless have
detained him long enough for him to
come within the clutches of the Duluth
police who want him for an offense
similar to that for which his COM
panion in crime, Cheerful Charley"
Howard is now doing time In the peni-
tertiary. Edwards is also under sub
poena to the district court of Henne-
pin county, and will be greatly in de-
mand If any of the municipal cases,
still on the docket ever come to trial.
1t was on the assumption of good
faith on his part that Edwards, who is
known from here to the coast was
allowed his freedom when there was
every prospect that Hennepin county
would make him pay for his misdeeds
with a good long sentence. 1t is safe
to say that no criminal in this city was
ever allowed greater latitude than Ed
wards. He escaped punishment by
turning states evidence.