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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

DORTLAND one. Feb. IA defense
OF alcohol By DR.. Woods Hutchin-
son. secretary Of the state board Of
health. has created q scnsa ton i'm tenn
perance and other reform circles in
this city
Addressing the state conference of
charities and corrections, DR.. Hutchin-
son said
Two elements are necessary in race
progress. one the survival OF the httcst
and the other the elimination Of the
unfit. The influence of alcohol on the
race is both ancient and profound. Two
things stand out clearly about it. one
that it is absolutely universal i'm every
age of the world and I'm every stage
o. civilization. The other Is that races
pass through certain definite stages of
reaction to IT, First, one is free Of re-
action and the prevalence of drunken
ness. After a time an equilibrium is
obtained and the race becomes rela-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
One Woman and Three Children Are
Among the Victims of the
Dedth-DedIing Blast.
Many LdbOT0FS Injured, Two OF Whom Will Die
Jackson Station Wiped Out OF
Existence.

that hardly man Of them but had at
least $500.
Ran Into Powder Car.
AS near as can be learned the man
ner of the accident was this. a supply
train going from Ogden west was head
( ing in at jackson and was partly in on
the siding. A water train OF seven cars
coming east from LuCin ran into the
others, catching the car of black pow
der right on the frog. This car caught
FIRE and exploded touching OFF the
giant powder. Only q few seconds
passed after the collision until the ex-
plosion occurred. rending the earth and
Wrecking the buildings. The depot,
five-rOOm frame structure, was atterly
( demolished Car wheels. engine rods
and scraps OF boiler plate were hurled
through the walls and roof of the struc-
ture and the place reduced TO kindling
wood.
Wreck Caught Fire.
Immediately afterwards the place
took FIRE. ears, buidings.and everything
infiammable burning 10 the ground
OF the five engines which were at the
siding when the wreck occurred hard
~ a fragment was left large enough
to indicate what had been its use.
Coafusion reigped for while but fin
ally the uninjured rushed to the rescue.
a train was made up with the loco
motive from the gravel pit at Hogup
as the motive power, and in a short
time those seriously injured were in
caboOses on the way 10 Ogden over the
trestle-
Died on the Way.
or these two died or the way in
They were George DermOdy and Mail
Carrier ballard DeTmody died within
half an hour after the explosion and
ballard died just about as the train
reached Lake station.
A dozen carriages were lined up
along the platform when the train
came in; but an anxious but entirely
orderly crowd was in waiting. The
train arrived about 1880. Quietly the
doors were opened and a couple of silent
forms wrapped in blankets were carried
out TO the vehicles Then woman,
ner head and hand swathed in cotton,
was slowly carried 10 a waiting car
riage. Now and then a swaddled figure
would be lowered 20 the ground and
would walk out to the carriage. assisted
by comrades. One man was able &C
walk unaided though his face showed
burns and his clothing had been blown
to rags and hung in tatters down his
back.
Escape Of Trainmen.
Conductor s. J. Courtney, who was on
the gravel train, narrowly escaped
death. He was just passing from the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
DENVER ELECTION FRAUDS
Of the Persons Implicated Not Many
Are Women.

Washington. Feb. 19.-Fomer C0u-
gresham john l. ShafrOth of Colo
RADIO, who resigned his seat because of
election frauds in Denver. denies that
these frauds Were committed mainly
by women In an interview today Mr..
Shafroth said:
"Of the persons implicated very few
were women; not more than one in
ten at the outside. The frauds were
committed in the lowest part of Den
yer. where not many women live. The
incident was not characteristic of the
Womens voting in Colorado, and IL is
2 rep0sterous to make il an argument
against female suffrage. Everybody
knows there are bad women as we'll
as bad men. but what would any good
man think if it were proposed to take
his vote away from him because a
few bad men somewhere had cheated
"a an election. In Colorado the wo-
men vote as generally as the men, and
fraud is much rareT among them. AS
rule their election methods are hon
orable, and the influence of woman
suffrage on the state has been distinct
" for good"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
Especial TO The HeraId)

- GDE%, Feb. 19.-The worst accident
in the construction of the Ogden
Lucin cutoff happened about $3.50
today at jackson, a siding on the Og-
den-Lucin cutoff work. eighty-nine
miles west from Ogden and about hf-
teen miles eastward from New Lucin,
on the main line Probably no less
than thirty lives We're lost, and prob
ably half that number manned. Two
carloads Of explosives, one of black AMI
the other of giant powder, ignited with
awful results. It so happened that the
accident occurred near the station and
one OF the trains there were a number
of Greek laborers. These two circunf-
stances aided in swelling the mortality
list. and yet it is a marvel that SO many
escaped.
The Burke family was annihiIated, a
father and mother. his brother ana
three children These were r. ".
BurzE roaamaster: his son james,
sgedb; a little daughter, aged 4, and a
baby boy. These withf their mother.
were killed almost instantly.
W. J. Burke. general foreman for the
company, happened 10 be visiting ms
brother sEnd he. too, was killed
The Dead.
T. W. Burke. section foreman, wife
ard three children,
J. w Burke, general foreman.
W. L, Halter messenger. Andrews,
Ind.
owen Dermody. conductor. Beaver
dam. Wis
Sixteen Greek Iaborers.
The Injured.
- LENA. engineer. slightly
- Courtney, conductor, slightly.
- Stanton, engineer, back. not Sc
rIous.
- Taylor, telegraph operator, and
wife, injuries about face and body.
Seven Greeks were seriously injured.
About 6:36 the special train left Og-
den with Doctors Perkins, Joyce, Cor
don and Topham- Another left with
three undeTtakers at $ p. m
The dead bodies VIII arrive some
time this morning. Many Of them were
so badly mansled or burned that they
may not be recognized.
The dead and injured Greeks had con-
siderable sums of money. on their per-
sons. They are thrifty and do not
keep their money in the banks. but i'm
belts about their persons. Il is said
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
MONTANA MURDERER
CAUGHT IN DAKOTA

Butte. Mont. Feb. 19.-George Vajga
has been arrested at Laramie North
Dakota, on the charge OF numbering
another SlavOni8u name unknown.
whose body was found near Stockett,
in the northern part Of this state yes
terday The dead mans pockets had
been turned inside out. When the two
men were seen together at sand CoU-
lee few days ago. the victim had
81 600 in his possession. The unknown
man and Vajga left sand Coulee to-
gether a few days ago. T2ere were five
bullet holes i'm the body
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
POLICE IN WITH
THE GAMBLERS
Riot at Madison. across the
River From ST. Louis.
SIX WOUNDED. ONE MAY DIE
OUTCOME OF WAR WAGED ON
PoOLRoOBIS.

ut. LOUIS, Feb. fin an effort TO
y close q pool room that has. for a
long time operated I'M the out
skirts of Madison. Ill, across the river
from St Louis. three constahies. aug
ing warrants for the arrest Of six men
connected with the pool room preci-
plated q riot late today which re-
suited in the shooting of six men, one
of whom may die
The Wounded.
Lee Harlan. druggist. probably NOR
tally
William schooiey Dosseman. shot in
leg
Edward Harris. spectator. not Sc
riously.
Edward Downs, seriously
Two unknown. not seriously.
Warrants had been sworn out be
fore a justice of the peace of Granite
city. adjoining Madison and placed i'm
the hands of Constable John G. Glass
and two other constables. for the ar
rest of Whitfield Brooks and Eugene
Wall OF Granite City, and Thomas Ri
ley Charles Greenfield. Thomas Man
ley and Martin Jones Of st. Louis,
charging them with being connected
with the pool room.
Police Were Inside.
The three constables appeared at The
pool room to serve the warrants. Two
policemen were within, and declared
they had arrested the operators Of the
pool room and We're guarding them. Bet
ting was going on as usual at the
time
The COBstables were ordered to leave
the premises. which they did after con-
siderable argument. Proceeding
through the neighborhood for the next
half hour the ConstabIes organized a
posse of armed citizens numbering
about fifty persons. The constables
and posse then returned to the pool
room and entered.
Shots Fired.
They were at once ordered out and
the doors were ordered locked. The
posse demurred and words followed.
One possenan, il Is stated, pointed @
shotgun at Policeman MCCambridge,
who fired a revolver pointed at the cell
ing. Firing then became general The
policeman was badly beaten. The
crowd in the pool room scattered hur-
rieGly. many fleeing into a waiting
Illinois Central train until il became
packed. When the fusillade was over
the constables and posse had posses
sion The bookms kers. however. to-
night asserted that the pool room viii
be open as usual tomorrow. Although
the pool room men are now CoustruC-
lively under arrest. the police say they
win not permit the citizens TO inter-
fere. Four possemen were arrested to-
night, charged with rioting-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

Shanghai. Feb. 19.-It is reported at
Wei Haieu (the most important city in
the province Of shan Tuns) that Ger
many has secured the right 60 maug-
qlrate a uniform police system in all
the cities of shan Tmg. The Chinese
received the announcement favOrably.
Berlin. Feb 1S.-In considering aga
item in the foreign Office budget pr0vid-
ing $500. 600 for expenses in the far
east. including the maintenance OF Ger
man troops at kiao Chou, shan Tuug
province. and the Chi II province. Chi
ma. some OF the members of the reich
stag appropriations committee today
objected 20 the expenses as being un-
necessarily burdensome.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
CLEVELAND DOES NOT
CARE WHAT BRYAN SAYS

Princeton. y J.. Feb fl don't
care any more about what Bryan says
than the wind that blows. I'm sure IL
does not bother me any. Let him talk. q,
said Grover Cleveland today, wheu
asked what he thought of Mr. Bryan's
remarks in taking exception TO what
Cleveland said recently in an article in
the Saturday Evening Post. Cleveland
declined 10 comment further on the
article, saving:
I think the article explains itself
ard ] have not snything more to say
about it,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

n REAT FALLS. Mont. Feb. ia
II desperate mau-hunt was begun in
northern Montana this morning.
when two posses of determined men left
Poplar and Glasgow. i'm Valley county,
TO run down the members Of the no
torious Jones gang. The chief of thu
band, Frank Jones, was killed near
Poplar last week by Deputy SheriHs
George Bird and John Morgan
1t is stated that six membsrs of the
Jones gang were seen two days ago
near the ranch of A. \. Tande. where
Jones was killed. These men were with
out horses. and the officers hope to
overtake them before they secure
mounts and make of TO their strong
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
GERMANY SECURES IMPORTANT
RIGHTS IN PROVINCE OF SHAN TUNC

Foreign Secretary Won Richthofeu
confdentialiy gave 10 the committee
certain information about far eastern
conditions. and he added in the public
session that Germany had 1889 men.
including uou-combatants. Great Brit
ain had 2.I35: France. 1.7S1. Japan. L.
PSI and italy. al men, in China The
present force iu Chi Ii province. the
secretary explained. was really 800
weak TO maintain internal order, while
the 600 reserves in Kiao Chou were q
slender precau1i0n for the preservation
of the neutrality of that district. This
was no time. he added. tn weaken Ger
man representation dipl0maticaiiy OF
militarilv I'm the far east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
OPENED 900 LETTERS
AND LANDED IN JAIL

Rcddine. Cal. Feb 19.-Tom Rey-
noIds. q nephew of Postmaster J. +.
Reynolds. opened over soc letters and
extracted what coin and paper money
ne found in them during the past three
months while employed as utility clerk
i'm the Rcdding pOstoifice,
He made a confession today when
arrested at the instance Of Post0fiee
Inspector Coyne After rihing let
ter. Reynolds would throw it on top
Of high locker i'm the pOstoffice used
by the mail carriers. Eight hundred
opened letters were found there on
Wednesday by Assistant Postmaster
Ed ). Reynolds. who reported the dis
CoTeFy.
Reynolds said that be obtained but
500 and the fear of detection prevent
ed him from attempting to cash the
money orders he found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
People of Northern Montana Determined to Rid the Country
of the Notorious Jones Gang of Thieves
and Murderers.

hold in the Bunch Willow region. near
the International line.
The posse from Glasgow, the county
seat. is headed by Sheriff Frank Cos
mex. and that from Poplar is IT, eharse
Of Deputy Morgan. The posses are
composed of picked men. The Poplar
party was equipped by the Indian agent
of the Fort PECK agency.
The Jones gang has terrorized Valley
county for ten years. becoming boldef
each year Horse stealing. raids on
stock ranches. burning ranch buildings
and highway robbery were their chief
offenses. although murder ard kidnap-
/ ing are also laid at their door. Should
the posse overtake the desperadoes il
/ is expected that d desperate battle viii
ensue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
HOBART BIRD DID NOT
SERVE HIS SENTENCE

New York Feb. 1S.-Iu a dispatch to
the Associated Press from San Juan.
Porto Rico, under date of Oct. p. 1903.
the fact was announced that Hobart :.
Bird. editor Of the San Juan News. had
been sentenced TO two months in Jail
for lbeling Judge PamOs. and had be
gun 10 serve his sentence. 8fr. Bird
made an appeal for a writ of habeas
corpus before the supreme court. which
was granted or the day following his
arrest. and ne was released from arresc
by order of the court. This fact was
not recited i'm the subsequent dispatches
AID. IN justice 10 Dir. Bird. this state
ment should have been made.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
ASHORE IN AFOG
Belgian Steamer Has a Narrow Es-
cape From Destruction.

London Feb. 19.-The Belgian stea-
mer Phillippeville. which left Antwerp
yesterday for the Congo. with 100 pas
sengers on board, went ashore off
Dungcnness. Kent. in roy today.
Life boats and tugs are i'm attau1auce
upon her. She was subsequently "A a
ed and proceeded for her ipstinn.i1!l
The British steamer Lake Michigan,
from St John. \. B.. and Haiifax for
London. has been jim collision and IS n
chored near Duugenuess awaItiuy
tugs She is seriously damaged amid
ships. Her engine room and stoke mole
became full of water. the captain sig
nailed that the water was gaining on
the cargo and the steamer WIS
Eeached IN a. sinking condition
The vessel with which ,he LaNe
Michigan coliided was the British barIS
Matterhorn from San Franciseo. Sci. c.
Is for Antwerp. She has passed Dover
in tow. with her hedd-gear gone and
her bows damaged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
HOSPITAL ATTENDANTS
RELIEVED FROM BLAME

New York, Feb. 1s.-The inquest IN
the case of Adolphus DTucker. the
English member of the parliament and
owner of mines in British Columbia,
who died on Dec. 10 last. was held to
day. Drucker's life was insured for
over S1.000,000 I'm the interest Of the
HOOleys Of London, and at the time Of
his death complaint was made by
James Murphy and William Otto, pa
tients in the same ward, that the man
had been cruelty treated by the nurses
at Bellevue hospital. After hearing
testimony Coroner Jackson directed the
jury TO find that Drucber's death ~as
due to- causes unknown. and asked that
the hospital officials be relieved rom
any blame in the case. This was done
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
RIOT AT SEOUL.

y Washington. Feb 1g.-United =
? states Minister Allen has cabled :
? the state department from Seoul :
> under yesterdays date that "a :
= company OF Korean soldiers at .
. tackled an electric carriage be- =
= longing 20 an American citizen =
= Wednesday. injuring the operator. :
= American seamen quoted tire dis =
= turbance. =
> = 49, y = =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
TACT OF KING EDWARD

19The O N
Roberts
another
exceedingly
public
utmaon of disappro-
followed
sent personally
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
PAST FAVORS RECALLED

Feb 19The house
the possible the Isusaapan
ton in the
Russia toward this during
great during
the the rebellion urges power should
carefully refrain from expressing
uHruiudfu II the
in the interest foreign conflict
should lot friendly rather
than commercially unfiendly = us
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
EMPRESS DOWAGER
Is REPORTED DEAD

London, Feb. ia special dispatch
from Canton says il is reported in Off
ciaI circles there that the doWager euI-
press Of China is dead.
The Chinese legation here has heard
nothing of the reported death of the
dowager empress, and discredits H.
Neither Canton nor Hong Kong are
reliable sources of news
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
B0L0 RUSH OF 500
FANATICS In SAMAR
Lieutenant MaCree and Siz Privates
Of the Constabulary Put


= Manila. Feb 19-Lieutenant :
, Macrae and six privates of the ,
y constabulary have been killed by 2
= a bolo rush of 800 fanatics. While >
> patrOiling the east coast of the =
= island of Samar Private Sala- =
> mon Of the Fourth cavalry, stu =
= toned at Jolo. has also been killed =
= by boioulen. =
%%%44%A& -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
LOVES QUEER ANTICS.
Nephsw Of Pierpont Morgan Marries
japanese Girl.

= - ~ ~ ~
japanese Girl.
Chicago Feb. 1q.-Ceorse u. Morgan
nephew of J. PierpOnt Morgan, and his
japanese bride have arrived at Chi
eago on their way to New York Mrs
Morgan cannot speak English, but
through the medium of her husband
it was learned that she likes America
from the viewpoint of a tourist, but is
not quite sure that she could ever rec
Gncile herself to the American style Of
dress for women. She says she would
look strange in an American costume
owing TO her small stature. Mrs Nor
gan was Miss YUki kato of Kioto. She
was married to Mr.. Morgan on Jan. %
Mr.. Morgan said they viii reside in
New York. His father is George Dali
ton Morgan, d financier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

. Defiance. O. Fep. i9.-The re
<-pubiican congressional convention
= of the Fifth ohio district nomin-
y ated " W. Campbell of Napoleon
. for representative. and by vote
= of % To 20 decided not 70 instruct
= its delegates to vote for President
= Roosevelt at the national cOnVeu-
= ton
A%44&%
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

town OF Terrace, fifteen miles TO the
north on the main line of the Southern
Pacific, was shaken a. By am earth
quake. The telegraph station at Colon,
flfty-five miles distant. had every win
dow pane broken. The explosion was
50 tremendous that the first knowledge
Of the disaster, instead Of being re-
eeiVed by Terrace and Lucin. operators
1T those points reporting 10 neadquar-
ters that d calamity had occurred. The
people OF Terrace. looking south. across
the old lake bottom - IS an immense
cloud OF white smoke ascend from Jack
son Point and spread out at a great
height and then flames bUrs- forth.
This information was given 70 Lucin
and q fireman was started out from
that station ON a handcar 30 inquire
into the disaster. and if possible repair
the dccCgo 20 the telegraph line. com
munication by wire over the cut -off
having been destroyed. He had not gon-
far when an engine and q caboosc was
met carrying the dying and wounded
from one of the worst disasters which
has ever occurred Oh the Southern Pa
cific.
News Sent TO Ogden.
When this train reached Luein a.
about 4.20 p. m. ogden time, the first
authentic news was wired into the di
vision superintendent office. inform
ing Mir. Scott that in a collision Of eX-
IRA train. engine 2ft6. eastbound. and
extra train. engine 1888. westbCuno. at
Jacksun's Point men. women and chill
dreu had been blown TO pieces, many
persons had been injured. telegra pm
station and eight ears had beer reduced
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
REV. YEAMAN pEAp.

St. Louis. Feb. 19-Rey Pope Yea
Ehan. fer twenty years moderator of
the 8Iissoui Baptist association. died
suddenly today. aged 4 years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
CATHOLICS JoININe ~.

Cettinie. Montenegro, FEB. 19.-The
Albanian Catholics are hsstenmg L.
large numbers TO Join their brpthr,.,,
ia the lighting ar Diakova. yrovircs.
Of Ipek, Albania against ShemsII
Pasha
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
WAR THE ONLY TOPIC.
Everything Else Has Been Cast Asic
in Russia.

ST Petersburg. Feb. ia.-teoay @'
tomorrow. the closing days or cail''f
week. viii be observed pIdetlc3llF on.
l,v a cessation OF work. There VIM
little rejoicing such caftlNat -it
is not remembered. There nave oef
no festivities and nc gay parties
the island Instead people gathet.
about the bands playing In the stree
or following the troops depaftll q
the front
None of the reports from abroad
renewed Japuese attacks on FofE 4
thur has vet been officially c0u1rme
although private advices continue
reach here of an attempted iandi0
which was repulSed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
- 80 Participate.

An official confirmation announce
Russia-s Withdrawal from partieiest g.
in tho ST. Louis exposition is publish
in the following terms.
..Tbe ministry of finance here
arfnrs TO the notice OF intending e
hil.;fors at st. Louis that in view
fbs refusaI Of merchants and manufa
f,1reTs. owing to existing eircumstanc
10 send exhibits to America the ri
san government has recognized
s,,eosssits- TO decline to participate
the aforesaid exposition.
The Nov0e Nremya, ln a leaalhs g
torial On Secretary Hey s proposal