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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-06
Death in various Forms.

Pittsburg. Pa July 5.-A telephone mes
sage from jeanette received tonight says
that from fifty TO seVenty-fiVe men. Wo-
men and children persisted by the cloud
burst at OakfOrd park today The ma
iOrity wee drowned or had their lives
beaten out against the rocks in Brush
creek. but quite number were electro
cuted.
Today at least 500 persons were at the
park seeking relief from the heat. When
the storm burst the greater number
sought the hillside preferring the shelter
of the forest trees to the park buildings,
because they did not care to be below
the level of the dam and but little above
the dry season level of Brush creek. When
the dam broke a solid wall of water
twenty feet high rushed down and com
uleteIv filled the narrow raVine with its
car tracks, car barn and restaurant. In
front of the car barn stood a car con-
tanning from fifty to seventy passengers,
many of them seeking to return TO jean
cite. others using it as a temporary
shelter.
with the immense body Of water be-
hind IT, the crest of the flood bore down
with irresistible force As il swept down
the narrow raVine il carried with II the
loaded street car and the crowded res
taurant The flood was filled with men
women and children struggling for their
lives. The poles carrying the heavily
charged trolley wires were uprOOted ana
streWn along the ground. In a number
OF ins1ances-how many Is not Vet known
the victims Of the flood Erasping any
thing that might save them from the fury
of tie water. seized the trolley wires and
met death by being electrocuted instead
of drowned Several bodies have already
been recovered that show that death was
the result of this cause.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-06
RAT UNEARTHS STEAL
Big Rodent Leads inspectors to
Stolen Registered Letters and
Causes Arrest of Two Men.

Philadelphia. July 5.-As the result
of a chase after rat at Seventh and
Filbert streets evidence has been Sc
cured which led the United States pos
tai inspectors to engage in a hunt aft
err three men suspected Of stealing
valuable registered letters from the
mails. The rodent escaped, but the
two men, Bertram LayCOck and his
brother, Albert LaycOck, of 1926 Hilbert
street. were less fortunate and fell into
the trap set for them Much import
ance is attached by postal inspectors
70 the capture Of the Laycocks, owing
handled every day.
On Wednesday morning an extra
ordinarily large rat ran across Filbert
street towards the arches underneath
the Pennsylvania railway. r. j. Nc
Carthy, foreman of the toolroom of the
Bell Telephone company. gave chase.
Observing a large rat hole, he secured
q stick and poked. No rat appeared.
but when the stick was pulled out il
brought with il two letters. McCar-
thy was surprised to see they We're
registered and addressed to A. J. Cas-
satt and William J. Thomson. Nc
Carthy notified Chief Dickson of the
postal inspectors. Suspicion fell upon
Bertram Laycock and he was arrest
ed. His room was visited and a num-
Der Of registered letters were found
He has made a confession, in which he
has implicated another man, whom the
inspectors are now after
The detection and capture Of Law
cock is the quickest work on record at
the local Office. the inspectors catching
their man twenty-four hours after thew
started TO make an investigation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-06
Special stockholders, Meetinp

TONOPAa & SALT LAKE MINING
cOmpany.-Notice is hereby given that
special meeting of the stockholders Of
the TonOpah & Salt Lake Mining com
company, rom No SIG Progress building,
Salt Lake City, Utah. on Wednesday, the
Sth day of July, 1903, at the hour of 3
o'clock y. m. of that day 60 consider and
pass upon the following questions and
matters which viii be brought before The
stockholders:
The sdvisability of consolidating and
merging the property of the Tonopah &
Salt Lake Mining company with the
property Of the Gold Hill Mining company
and the Ionopah Fraction Mining COM
pany upon the terms and conditions which
viii be explained and submitted at said
meeting.
The advisability of amending the arti-
salt Lake Mining company in the follow
ing particulars:
Amend Article VI Of said articles of in
corporation so as TO read as follows;
VI.
THAT the amount OF the capital stock
of said corporation shall be five hundred
thousand dollars. which shall De divided
into five hundred thousand shares of the
lace or par value of one dollar per share
and that two hundred thousand shares
thereof shall be placed in the treasury of
said corporation and shall be disposed Of
by the board of directors for the purpose
Of atfording and providing a working
caDltai to carry on the mining oper atoms
OF said corpora ton and discharge its debts
and obligations
Such other business as may properly
come before the meeting will be con-
sldered and disposed of.
A c. ELLIS. JR.. Secretary.
BY order of the board of directors.
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Pointed Paragraphs.
(Chicago News.)


When you hear man complain because
he's fond OF doing nothing.
Some people waste all their sympathy
on others instead of reserving a few doses
for their own trials and tribulatiOns.
Fortune knocks once at every mans
door, but when misfortune calls it is for
the purpose of administering a few knock
out Drops
It's no disgrace for a man to be poor
unless he becomes so. because of idle
shiftless or vicious habits.
You can get more wind out of a 10
cent fan than you can out of a $40 one
and the same may be said of a 1O-cent
man.
Friendship is all well enough in its
way. but when mar wants to make
touch il is better to strike an acQuaint-
ance.
A magazine recently contained a poem
written by "A Man Who Thinks 1t is
believed to be the first poem OF the kind
ever published.
According to statistics only % per cent
of the players in football games in the
last ten years have been Injured The
managers will have to do better than that
If they are TO hold the crowds.
There's only one excuse for buying on
credit, and that i5 the hope that the mer-
chant viii forget TO charge your purchase
Some genius should invent a flying ma
chine that will enable a man to fly to the
pinnacle OF Success without having TO
climb the ladder round by round.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-06
HARVARD BOYS
AS HARVESTERS
Students Beat Their Way to Kan
SaS Wheat Fields.
SONS OF WEALTHY MEN
FARMERS MEET ALL TRAINS TO
SECURE HELP.

Kansas City, No., July 5.-When the
doors OF the state free labor bureau
Office were opened for business today
the van of the crowd of applicants was
made up of a party of COLLEGE ath-
letes- They came with rush in mass
formation, and tackled the man who
gives the application blanks.
There were twelve men in the party.
They were all Bostonians, students at
Harvard, and sons Of wealthy men.
They were travelling ;pcognito and wore
rough clothes and battered hats. They
had bummed their way to Kansas City
with plenty of money in their pockets
They spoke freely of everything except
their identities. On this subject they
kept mum.
I'VE harvest wheat, drive wagons.
carry water, eat bacon and corn bread
with the rest of them. We beat our
way here on freights, leaving Boston
early last week. We have had pretty
good trip. We got put off the trains
once or twice, but usually the brakes
permitted US to ride on condition that
we help load coal into the box. This
was easy.
you see. we have never been out
west before. and when we saw that
Kansas was bowling for men we got
up party and decided to come out
here We shall not stay in the wheat
fields all the time, but shall rove
around bit and see what the beautiful
west looks like
When the college boys had left Su-
perintendent Jamison was called out Of
the office by woman. She wanted to
go to the harvest district as a cook
and had a letter Of recommendation
from a banker at Larned, Kan Mr.
Jamison had to refuse her.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-06
ENDEAVORERS COMING
Denver Ready to Entertain
Christian Hosts-Expected
Clark Will Succeed Self.

Denver, Colo. July 5.-The Christian
EnQeavor hosts have already begun to as
semble in this city and from now on until
next Ihursday, when the international
biennial convention is 70 be open, large
delegations from all parts Of the country
VIII arrive daily Nearly 1900 Denver
people have been working for weeks to
insure the Suece IS of the coming conven-
tlOn and plans have been made - care
LOT Z9,UOV VISITORS, though hardly 50 many
are expected to come. Fifteen acres Of
ground near the city park have been set
aside as a convention campus and the
general meetings will be held in a large
tent, christened Tent EndeavOr which
VIII give seating room for 1900 people
The big tent is surrounded by smaller
tents and the entire grounds viii be bril-
nantly lighted with electricity. Seven
Teen churches in the city will be thrown
open to the Endeavorers as the state
headquarters during the convention.
Inc opening session viii be held Thurs
day afternoon, following a meeting Of
the trustees. at which officers for the en-
suing two years will be elected. There IS
no doubt that Rev. DR.. Francis Z. Clark.
who organized the first United Society Of
Christian EEdeavor at Portland. Me- on
Feb. y, 1881, will be reelected president,
ma w lIllan shaw treasurer Inc pres
ent secretary is Van Ogden NOgt. who
was chosen by the trustees only a few
months ago, to succeed John Willis Baer.
President Clark Will formally Open the
convention. and addresses of welcome will
be delivered by Governor James Fl. Pea
body, for the state; Rev. Robert +. COyle
for the churches, and William +. Sweet
chairman, Tor the committee of 1905. The
song service will be under the direction
of Professor W. J. Whitemau. On
Thursday evening President Clark will
read his annual address. after which a
platform reception win be held by the
officers, trustees and state presidents
The four days following will be crowded
with religious services missionary rallies
and addresses on topics of interest. to
members Of the society by prominent
clergvmen and other Christian workers
from all parts OF the country.
The official programme gives an hon
Ored place 20 ChUcO Ogawa Of Japan. who
will officially represent the EndeaVOrers
OF that kingdom
There has been a steady increase in
CHRISTIAN EndeaVOr mem bership this year
and there are now more than 81 coo So
cieties. some OF which are in India Ia
pan, China, Norway and other remote
countries.
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had the effect Of greatly reducing the at
tendance there today and probably saw
ing the lives of many. of his hearers
ihe Hood kept on down Brush creek TO
about 800 yards east Of Jeanette Here
the Pennsylvania railroad embanSment.
which is very high at this point, checked
covering over twenty acres OF ground mas
been formed IL is here that II IS eX-
pccted the greater number Of bodies Of
victims VIII be found. There were
great number OF heroic rescues from
flooded homes which at any moment
were liable to topple over or be carried
away by the flood.
Town of Penn Reached
Here Bull creek joined its forces with
Brush creek, and together they contin-
Penn, a town but a short distance from
jeanette, was the next victim. Here, in
part OF this busy glass town. the water
was twenty feet deep. and here there are
known TO be three victims. Mrs. Liga,
coiored, with her four children, Occupi I'd
a small frame house. The building was
carried away and the mother and two
children were drowned.
Great destruction Of property resulted
at Manor and Larimer, and GreenSburg
suffered still more severely Inc greater
part of the latter little city was under
water. but no lives were reported lost.
valuable race horses were drowned AT
Irwin the freight depot was washed away
entailing a loss OF several thousand dol
lars. The total loss by the flood, il is
estimated. VIII reach SS0O,OUO.
When the news OF the disaster reached
Jeanette the mayor and other city Of
ficials took prompt action looking to-
ward the recovery of the dead and the
relief Of the living
Eight boys were playing cards I'm a
stable al Penn when the flood came.
George Whitman of West Jeanette was
killed and his body was washed away in
the water The seven other boys were
rescued James Westwood. aged So was
drowned after ne had done an he could
for his wife and three children, who were
also caught I'm the flood NeighbOrs
saved the wife and children. Mrs. Lew
Baker was in in bed when the flood
came and was drowned James McGusky,
aged 40, was drowned. George Williams
aged 80. was drowned. but his wife was
saved. Alexander Victor was hurled
against a tree and fatally injured me
Nigga family. consisting Of the T1other
and seven children. was caught ia the
flood and the mother and four Of the lit
tie ones persisted.
An unknown woman's body was FOUND
at Manor. Beside her was found the body
Of a child aged years.
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Notice 81 LevY 81 ASSESSMENT.

THE FREE SILVER MINING CON-
pany Of Utah. Location of principal
place of business Salt Lake City. Utah
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the board OF directors of the Free Sill
yer Mining company of Utah held on
the 4th day of June. 1903, an assessment
of one-quarter % of Il cent per share
was levied upon the capital stock Of the
said corporation. issued and outstanding
payable on or before the 10th dav Of
July, 1908. to Hugh Anderson, the secre-
tary of the said company, at his office.
upstairs No. 15S South Main street Salt
Lake City. Utah Any stock upon which
this assessment may remain unpaid on
the 10th day of July. 1903 will be deIin-
quent and advertised Tor sale at public
auction, and unless payment is made be-
fore, VIII be sold on the 10Th dav Of
August. 1903. at 2 O'Clock D. m. at the or
fee of Hugh Anderson, secretary OF said
company, as above stated. to pay the de-
linQuent assessment thereon together
with the costs OF advertising and expense
Of sale
HUGH ANDERSON
Secretary. Upstairs No. 16S South Main
street. Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-06
POETRY WAS TO BLAME
Passionate Verses Of Music
Teacher Bring Young Woman
Into Divorce Court.

San Jose, Cal, July 5.-Clarence T..
Urmy is in trouble Incidentally he
is poet and musician, and in the
former capacity he wrote these lines;
REALIZATION.
Come home. for, OH 1 did not dream
How dear WAS your embrace.
What hope lay i'm your kiss and voice, ,
WHAT heaven I'm your face.
For now. when you are far away
Ny spirit aches and cries
For clasp of arms and touch OF lips
And balm for car and eyes
A woman told her husband that she
worshiped the author, and that's where
the trouble began.
Eugene r Russell, travelling repre-
sentative of an eastern manufacturer.
found his wife in tears one evening
i'm Boise City. Ida. In her hand was
"a magazine OF December 1902. opened
70 the page bearing Urmy's passionate
stanza Russell demanded an eXplana-
ton His wife, he declares. gave it.,
between sObs. and confessed Tar more.
all of which IS interesting reading in
a divorce complaint which Russell
flied in the superior court of this
county.
IIrny is the society musician Of San
Jose being for years director Of Trim
ity Episcopal church choir and wlthal
a nice young man and a bachelor.
This is the story in detail: Eugene
n. Russell was married to Laura F.
SDangler in san Jose in July, 1897.
Miss Spangler was highly connected.
residing with her mother q widow. on
South Third street. The marriage was
a society event Russell took his wife
east. but two years ago sent her back
10 SAN Jose on vacation. 1t was
while here then that she met Urmy.
she wrote back 70 Russell that she
desired 10 take piano lessons; that she
had found a professor whom she be
lieved was superior to any other on
the coast. and Russell forwarded her
the necessary money and urged her 10
STAY as long as she felt that her new
teacher was beuehting her Mrs. Rus
sell stayed. and Russell supplied the
cash. Urmy was the pianist of whom
she took lessons. Finally Russell wrote
for his wife TO return east. She did
So and the incident I'm Boise City, when
ne found her reading Urmy's poem.
was the first 20 arouse her suspicion.
Today John w. Sullivan. a prominent
attorney of San Jose fled the divorce
suit in which Russell seeks separation
from his wife. IN that confession in
Boise City Russell declares his wife
admitted that the relation with Urmy
had been improper. Then she came 10
her own home.
Russell followed his bride to Cali
fornia. He came declaring that he
would kill Urmy. and his friends say
that he was armed and determined to
accomplish his purpose. Wiser counsel
prevailed. however. and divorce suit
was the outcome. Russell swears that
his wife met Urmy at the latter's studio
FOR other purposes than that of study
ing music. and that so infatuated be-
came the poet and musician that the
stanzas in the magazine were the out
Dourings Of his real feelings. Urmy is
widely known here. and the suit has
caused no end of n sensation.
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Notice of Trustees Sale

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT
in and for the district of Utah In the
matter of Thomas Mathews. bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that PURSUANT to
an order duly made and entered on June
g. 1903, by Charles Baldwin, referee in
bankruptcy in and Tor Salt Lake City.
Utah, the undersigned will, on Saturday
July II, 1903 at u O'Clock noon. at the
west entrance Of the city and county
building. in Salt Lake City, Utah, offer
for sale and sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash. the real estate
situated in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
county. state of Utah. described as fol-
lows. tO-wit: That part of lot seven %,
block .ninety-nine (99), plat "A, Salt
Lake City survey, commencing at the
northwest corner OF said lot seven %.
running thence south ten rods thence
east five rods, thence north ten rods
thence west five rods 10 the place Of be-
ginning.
FRANK J. GUSTIN,
Trustee in Bankruptcy Of and for Thomas
Mathews
Edward McGurrin. attorney for trustee
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Notice of Special Stockholders Meet
ing

SALT LAKE MINING & IMPROVE
nent Association. Notice is hereby given
that a special meeting of the stockholders
Of the salt Lake Mining & Improvement
Association, a corporation. viii be had and
held at the office Of said association,
room No. 500 Mccormick building. Salt
Lake CITY. Utah. on Tuesday, the 18th
day of July, 1903, at the hour Of O'Clock
p. N. Of that day, 20 consider and Oass
upon the following matters, tO-wit;
FirSt-TO consider. ratify and approve
the action Of the board Of directors Of the
said salt Lake Mining & Improvement
Association. in authorizing and directing
the sale and conveyance of the property
of said association to the NipOnt Mining
Company upon certain terms and cOndi-
tions. which viii be fully explained at
said meeting.
Second-To authorize the sale and con-
veyance of the property of said associa-
ton to the Nipont Mining Company. a
CORPORATION. upOn the terms and condi-
tons which VIII be fully explained and
stated at said meeting, and to direct the
board Of directors of said association to
make a sale and conveyance of all the
property OF said association TO said Vi
pont Mining Company. corporation upon
the terms and conditions OF the PROPOSE
tfon heretofore made by said Nipont Min
ing Company to said board Of directors Of
said association and accepted by said
board.
III. PARK. President.
w. MONT FERRY. Secretary.
BY order Of the board Of directors
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swinburne and lac Baby.
kansas city JournaID

Algernon Charles Swinburne according
to the statement of one of his American
friends. made a systematic study OF ba-
bies before he wrote his admirable rondels
upon babyhOOd
Mr.. Swinburne. who is a bachelor one
day went on uptOe into the nursery of a
friends house and bent in reverie over
the infant that slept there. As he re-
garded II the slumbering infant smiled.
and in contemplation of this seraphic
smile the poets heart was filled with joy
and awe. But a voice-the voice of the
nurse-interrupted his ecstacy-
It's the wind. bless its heart" the
nurse whispered. Whenever they smile
in their sleep, sir. you may always know
they're troubled with the wind"
Mr.. Swinburne sCOWled and withdrew.
On account of the nurses remark he
never wrote a poem on the subject of a
baby's dreams.
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Pointed Paragraphs.
CChicago News.)

Some men are too lazy to catch snails
If you would get up with the lark 20 10
bed without one.
Hanging is too good for painting that
is badly executed.
Poverty develops either a woman 5
worst traits or her best ones
The patience of some people Is enough
to give a saint that tired feeling.
Unless a man has good backing he is
seldom able to put on a bold front
If a man doesn't know when he's well
off some Of his fool friends viii tell him.
When men mix religion with politics too
often the religion gets lost in the shuttle
Every man likes TO talk about himself:
consequently a good listener makes de-
sirable wife.
Every honest voter has a voice in local
government-and in some places that's
about all he does have.
If the public is the third party to a
strike, the other two parties appear to
80 on the theory that there is a crowd.
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Assessment Notice No. .

THE TETRO MINING COMPANY OF
Tintic. Location of principal place OF
business. Salt Lake City, state Of Utah
Location Of mine and works, Tintic min
ing district. Juab county, state OF Utah
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the board OF directors of said COM
pany. held on June 90 1908. assessment
NO. 70 OF ? cents share was levied
on the capital stock of the corporation.
payable Immediately to the secretary at
Club buii ling, Salt Lake City, state OF
Utah. ANY stock upon which this assess
meat shall remain unpaid on Saturday
linquent and advertised for sale at public
auction. and unless payment is made he
fore will be sold on Saturday, the 22d
OF August, 1903. at ] O'Clock D. m, to
pay the delinquent assessment. together
with the costs of advertising and expense
of sale. By order Of the board of al
rectors-
ERNEST WILLIAMS. Secretary.
Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20. 1903.
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SMELTER LOSS $4,000
Ore Frozen in Nine Furnaces in
Denyer-LegiSIaturs'S
Neglect Blamed.

Denver, Colo, July 5,-James b. Grant,
chairman Of the executive committee of
the American Smelling < Refining COM
pany, estimates the damages at the
Grant and Globe shelters, caused by the
unexpected strike of the employees. at
$4,000 to $4,000, All but two of the eleven
furnaces in use were frozen" and the
ore win have to be cut out before the
furnaces can again be used.
President Charles +. Meyer of the
Western Federation of Miners says that
he does not think it viii be necessary to
call out the miners of the state in sup
port of the smeltermen. The failure of
the legislature to pass an eight-hour law
is given by the strikers as the cause of the
trouble. and the company is accused of
using improper means to defeat legisla-
ton. A large force Of police is guarding
the smelters in this city and no serious
disturbance has occurred, though twelve
men have been arrested for disorderly
conduct and making threats