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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
LOOKING FOR HIS FATHER.
Pennsylvania Man Writes to Mayor
Morris For Information.

Mayor Morris today received the FOL.
lowing letter Of inquiry concerning the
whereabouts Of Michael Connor who was
in this city when last heard Of by his
relatives "Oil City Pa, Feb. !, 1891 My
Dear slr;-lf IL would not Inconvenience
you any | would like to have you help
me locate my father, Michael Conner.
When last heard of he was In your city.
but that was number OF years ago. and
ne has not cOrrespOnded with anyone
since, am az loss TO know Just what 10
DO II will certainly be 10 his interest
TO know OF this and / am sure IL he
knew wanted him he would be In mo-
ways backward about telling me whore
he Is.
II he has been IN your city lately and
you can give me any information regard.
INK him, your Efforts will be- greatly an
preclatcd III assure you. Re was a prOil
Client railroad man. that liz. ON track
WORK, and would probably hold good pO.
sltion boy this time he IN IS wears 6ld
feet, loi9 Inches tall plain face with
red complexion and would weigh In me
noighborhOod OF l@ pounds
Yours very truly,
MICHAEL CONNOR. JR.
Il West Sixth street
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
viii be Hard Fight to Save the Red Onion
License OF Notorious Dive Expired Today Renewal VIII Asked Council
Meeting Tonight HOLIDAY VIII
be W

II win be remembered that this is the
resort proclaimed against recently by
Mayor Morris who wrote special mes
sage TO the council calling upon 1t to
revoke the license Of the owners In or
der that there might be an end 70 the
vile and immoral practises that take
place in the dive. Since then the coun-
ell has considered II IN the committee
OF the whole. That was OH Wednesday
night. At that time there was a deter
mined effort to Ignore the mayors mes
sage and give the place certificate OF
clearly character. But a snag was en-
countered on the part OF the minority
members and after long and warm
contest the matter went over for one
week. In the meantime the license has
expired as stated II liquor Is sold
there after today IT win be In violation
Of law unless there Is renewal to-
night, Notwithstanding that public
dencncy and law and order cry out for
the suppression Of the place there Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

s. Hall & Sons, boots and shoes, 500,
COO.
Strauss Brothers. dry goods, s25OO00
A. c. Meyer 4 Company, patent med
icines, $4,000.
Strauss, Eiseman & Company, shir
manufacturers, $4,000.
North Brothers q Strauss $4,000.
Mcdonald q Fisher, wholesale, 500,
900.
Wiley .Bruster & Company, dry goods
aud +, w and +. Adam MANN, cloth
ing $4,000,
Henry ,openheim 4 Company. cloth
ing and Van SAINT, Jacobs & Company
shirts, $4,000
Lewis, Lawyer & Company, shirts
100000.
Champion Shoe Manufacturing COM
pany and briggs, Currln Il Company
shoes 100000
Mendes Brothers, ladies wrappers,
sl25,O0O.
Rlackenburg Gehrmann & Company,
notions, sl25,OOO
Leo. Keene & Company, ladies cloaks.
and Henry Pretzfelder Il Company,
boots and shoes, sl95,0O0
Peter, Rhoe q Company, harness
manufacturers, $4,000
James Roberts Manufacturing COM
pany Plumbers supply company, $780,
900.
a. ]. Anders & Company, boots and
shoes and James Robertson Manufac-
turing company, 100000
J.. Grief & Brothers clothing, $4,000
Mas & Kemper, embroidery and
laces, sl2j,0O0.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
SNOW COMING.
Another Storm is Due This Evening
From the Northwest.

There Is another snow storm threat
enIng from the northwest the orthodox
source Of all Of this localtys meteor
illogical Affections The cloudy advance
arrived early this morning. and the
snow Is expected early this evening.
This will make moro slelghlng which
has practically been continuous since
the middle of December and an old
resldenter remarked today that the
sleighing record for THIS winter was
ahead OF any previous winter that he
could remember The mercury fell this
morning to 20 above zero and while the
weather continues moderately cold
here II IS sim very cold UP north. aud
minus signs ON the weather map today
are numerous Il WAS 80 degrees be
low zero az Wlnnipeg this morning
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

The liquor license OF the Red Onion
gambling house, in which Bruce John
son, the notorious negro dive-keeper
is so heavily interested, and in which
he attempted to Kill white man few
weeks ago. expired today, II Is under
stood that renewal viii be asked for
tonight and that two members OF the
license committee. Councilmen Davis
and HOLIDAY, will not only recommend
that II be granted, but that they will
make deserpate fight in that drec-
tlon, These gentlemen comprise a ma
jority Of that committee. The other
member Is Councilman Barnes, who will
file minority report and Join In the
fight against granting further privi-
leges to the proprietors Of this law
breaking den.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
PRIVATE" DEN RAID.
Proprietress Of Rooming House and
Inmates Arrested by Police.

What the police ohu1cterlzo as a upr.
vate' house Of ill.iumo. on state street
between Fourth and Firth South was
raldoi by Sergeant Hemnol and Omeos
Give Palmer and Mooro last urht anI
he alleged ppopnrrrw aul fuur mmutos
ARRESTED and thrown iu an
a woman gylns Goo mmo of Mauio
emih' h accused M being tne Non.r I'd
th0 uN.,. and lhe women ahl t.r,
found WITH noe save tho.r mmm IT, Mn
Moore, JUDO Murf lnrr WnID. arl
Mll ilI0nu
rho n0Ic. doclora .hit ihH namrn
hn'e w iWnuE M. plo nf s1ma
uno ~ hlNr ur,er pllH H. tUt
might llfNlUm lHIm.I $3.50 M..U N....
M.m|m0n Wrnf tn ihH r n .Utrs
..NlhOH HnI l0mNnrI IN.E IH. .....
N'Nl' lN.N,n ~. HtN $40 IDH
HINH NH U
.NHNI NUIO
hl,4a Nn pna'ns "a h.H'Us oeon lults
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

danger Of another license being given
to 1t. AS stated, Messrs, Davis and
Holiday will recommend It, and that
the law and order elements In the city
want the den wiped out didn't prevent
Councilman Holiday getting up IN the
council meeting on Wednesday night
and exclaiming with a great flourish Of
trumpets.
You can't find one man Of good
standing who wants Bruce Johns0n's
license revoked. But you can find a
dozen tin horn gamblers who want II
revoked. What In the name OF God
have these men got against Bruce
Johnson"
The very reverse OF this statement IS,
as everyone knows, correct. IL Is al
most everybody but the elements Mr..
HOLIDAY refers to In language both r.
reverant and inappropriate, But ne APP
pears to be In the fight for the Red
Onion, TO the end, and the outcome IL
uncertain.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
FROM S0L0M0N'S TEMPLE.
Salt Laker Gets a Rock Said to Have
Been Taken from Niuth Arch.

Henry NJ Crowther, manager Of the
Conincntal-Alia mines, received a
piece Of rock this morning from 4
friend o. his which 10 Of considerable
significance IL is claimed that il
eamo from Jerusalem and was chlppod
on lhc ninth arch of solomons lempIe
while excavations were being made
there IN recent years The roCk o. OF
70 cream color and appgra to ht of "a
pocular limestone formation
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

1895 to March 81, 1902 must be denied.
according to the opinion rendered to-
day by city Attorney Dey. Tile chief
claims that he SHOULD be paid Sl5 per
month during the above time FOR SER
vices as Inspector The ordinance
passed In 1898 fixed the salary OF the
chief Of the fire department and In
spcctor OF street lighting ct 1880 PEI
year instead OF paying salary OF
ST. 200 for chief and SIS per month for
an Inspector
Chief Deyinc has been drawing the
Increased salary and IN addition To
that he wants the city 20 pay him SIS
per month for inspecting. as was done
before the ordinance OF 1885 was passed,
This the city attorney holds cannot be
done, Tor the reason that the chiel
elected to draw The salary provided In
the ordinance and hence rellnqGtshed
his right to collect according to the
old provision.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
GOVERNOR DECLARES A Holt.
DAY.
IN TnE BURNED DISTRICT.
II Is Now Fully Two Miles Square
In Extent.

Baltimore Feb S--rhe burned dls.
grlet Is fuly two miles square SCORES
Of what were paatlal modern and so.
called hre'proof buildings yesterday
are ioday so many plies Of dohrle The
devastated portion Of tho cty h clnaely
pauollod By the police OF ths cts po-
llcemen nom Philadelphia q Wash
lnHloh IN state mllilRmon and several
CumpHoles of regulars from Fou Nj.
llonrY ani nn one Is allowed in enter
the plohlhted district except hv spoolal
pormslslon Outside Of this luo thon-
alnda eager aud anxious people are
Ounpfegalp1
fne common renayk VI eitisens IA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
Killed by an Automobile.

New York, Feb s.--While dense fog
hung over the city Mrs, Catherine Con.
way, so years old was run over and
fatally hurt by large touring auto
mobile driven by George Gordon, as
she was crossing Eighty sixth street at
Park avenue. The old lady was on
her way to church and failed TO see
the automobile as It bore down on her.
She was thrown into the mud and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
EXTENT OF DISASTER.
While 1t Is Enormous no One Can
Tell How Great IL Is.

baltimore, Feb. S-rhe News.IrnIon
~ us editorial today win sav
,o N,'es OF buildings, covering terri
sr more than hair a mile IN length
vor, 'iulu lhfee 10 six blocks In width
n.y. gvsuoyed In Baltimores great
Tb. Gen'h started yesterday morning
lpg NY Us sun burning aud consider
nr, Wv, nish wind and lnnammab'e ma.
~. "l tne buildings and material in
Manly u W. may continue 10 burn Cor
tbN ~ Si one can tell today the extent Of
v1 Sg ena can be seen NJ the presen,
u ii Ss ana 10 estimate The total losa
ID. we Wholesale dry aoods n,oa,s.
d,et mlppmg, Niroad ana nnanelai
as'tlW nave been deatr0ved notwlfh'
tb. Wk heroic efforts on th. nart ne
n.y.. wv department. rcinfofped M, a.
,l Numherlegs hreiaen fr,u, Ntsss
H'0h PHILADELPHIA. WIimingi,n N 's"
'''''''pNrS ana New Work city
WHERE FIRE BURNED
M, a'9lllng 20 me wholeaale stetlon m.
M NwNei out oyyry wholcsale honss
n N.lg pm the rlty, svant Mo-
l'N8h iho Baltimore ana n.re',e
.. itlAA stgllons. DESTROYED M the
'lNhi Once huIldnaa lfDsil'1
m iaA prpkerase onlcos as Nell "A,
.0.. '''ptl oi Commerce AMI aln0k ox.
lha hnnucal section. l,on
it.,i nm ,pfwsh lho Wholesale ana IN
' V''' AsvVtes e'rioiluv about b,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
spREAna EAsrwAnp

NW A. a.. rho Ore continues lo
spread eastward aud southwark hut "a
rot hplpipR as nnrfrn Hs ai daylight
ana hefs " hoae that "a VIII sponl d,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
MUST BIZ DENIED


rhe rlen of Chiof urplns on tha n.e
Department. ior Nn nr tsgucea as n.
spseWr of street. lighting 'rom p,b 4,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

self within a few hours The lumber
district near O'Donnells wharf has been
practically consumed and there Is little
material left for thhe flames 20 feed on
In that district. The monumental thea
ter on Baltimore street II threatened
and will probably fall q victim to the
confagratlon, All electric power has
been detroyed and no street cars are
running.
SWEEPS ALONG THE HARBoR.
HAS a. m.--The fire is speeding along
the harbor and flremen are taking the,'
vessels rapidly out into the middle OF
the stream. There are rs or 100 OF these
and they are anchored down the bay,
The buildings OF the Standard Red Sea
OIL company and the Buchanan Fruit
company are In flames.
FIREMEN WORKING BRAvELY.
Noon.--The burning area stretches
for blocks along the harbor In the
south west section, the old part of the
city. The iiremen are working bravely
but against fearful odds The area Is
enveloped In smoke that rises In great
V volumes ,hN ana rVi,s . away over lhe rest
Jones Falls il a host OF buildings Quilted
by the flames, From the Lombard
street bridge looking westward is a
were once large substantial structures
are now mass OF smoulderng debris,
~, lew wa,ls mere anu 'nere s'andins
nne sen',nels over tne runs. huge
pIles Vi prlcAs' .ahg'eu network OF
eies',,V W'Ies, Jew renl,lahls OF waits
anu mere anu mere teiesrapn poles
uuIneu, "le at, 'nat Ielralh 70 marx the
prosIess Vi tue coh'asrauoh III that
seT,lon;
ne nreileh gre uynali,luhg DuilIinss
Snu maIls al sne ourneu area an9 me
uetVna.lohs ol we sNpiosl9ns ana the
shrl,l Wn,slies o. lne engines add 10
t ,I ~, ser'panle norrcr OF the scene.
Every Few minutes tne lal, OF Walls
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
WIND AT MIDNIGHT.
COURSE or THE FIRE.

Roughly speaking, the fire in It's
course described half circle on It's
northern and western edges, curving
from Lombard and Liberty streets to
Fayette and 1T. Paul streets and then
sweeping around toward Market place
and Lombard street.
The whole effect Of this course OF the
fire was TO describe an immense ques-
ton marx.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
BEYOND CONTROL.

At ~ o'clock Chief Of the Fire De-
partment McFee said that the Are was
still beyond control
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
RUSSIAN SHIPS SEIZED.

London, Feb. s.--A special dispatch
from Berlin says that a strong fleet OF
the way 10 Chemulpo, Corea, has seized
several Russian trading steamers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
SWEEPS ALONG THE HARBoR.

HAS a. m.--The fire is speeding along
the harbor and flremen are taking thei.'
vessels rapidly out into the middle OF
the stream There are rs or 100 Of these
and they are anchored down the bay,
The buildings OF the Standard Red Sea
OIL company and the Buchanan Fruit
company are in flames.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

Put an Ad. In the News IL you Would
Reach the Purchasers in This City.
Our Readers Look for Your Store
News,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08

change place, It finally brought NO a,
ne Falls, where II invaded the lumber
district This morning ths fire was
burning Hereby along Pratt street
from Light street 10 point not yet
deterininable' II had Quilted the Old
and new buildings along that thorough
fare and on the wharves, which housed
hundreds OF firms doing business all
over the world. It had swept away the
bridges over Jones Falls and burned
into the great freight terminals OF the
pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
railroads on President street.
Millions OF feet OF lumber have gone
up In smoke already and fire, stll burn
Ing. with the ilerceness which had char
acterlzed II since II had started threat
encd the vast manufacturing district,
following the harDor lines towards Can
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

er gets drunk, never goes to sleep and
never tells a lie.
Some time ago it became apparent
to the commission, through the reports
of its inspectors, that the railroads
were not paying sufficient attention to
the maintenance of their equipment,
so far as related to the safety appii-
ances required by law. Automatic
couplers and air brakes were permit
ted to remain in an imperative and
unserViceable condition, so that in
many cases men were forced to go be-
tween the cars in order to couple and
''Also the so per cent requirement OF
the air brake law was not observed in
practice. Our inspectors were directed
to secure proper evidence upon which
to base prosecutions in every case of
violation that came under their
note, and as a result l33 sep,
arate prosecutions were instituted
against the safety appliance law. Near
ly all these cases have been disposed
of, and in no instance has a railroad
company allowed one of the cases TO
come to trial in the courts. The suits
have been generally settled by the road
confessing judgment and compromis-
ing the penalties
w. B. Borland, the secretary of the
board of safety appliance inspectors,
greed with Mr.. Mosely in the matter
of causes for the increases of railway
wrecks and remedies, but went further
in the matter of extending the block
system. Mr.. Borland is himself man
experienced in practical railrOading and
at various times in his life has been
fireman, engineer, brakeman and con-
ductor. 1t is he, perhaps, more than
any other official of the commission,
who is urging that the train order sys-
tenn be abolished and the electric staff
system be established in its place.
The staff system is thus described:
The simplest and probably the most
certain arrangement for preventing but
ting collisions on single track railroads
is the staff system, which has been
used in England for more than forty
years. A train staff is a stick of wood
about twenty inches long, brass bound,
which is given to the enginema.n of a
train to signify that he has the right to
which are inscribed on the staff. With
out a. staff no engine can start from a
station"
AS bearing almost directly on the in
crease of railroad accidents in the
United States, a recent British report
on American railways is of great in
terest at this time. Lieutenant Colonel
H. A. Yorke, r. E., chief inspecting
officer of railways in Great Britain,
paid visit to America two years ago
this fall and thus reported to his gov
eminent on some of the defects in the
American system:
signaling in America is in an in
choate condition. there being no uni
formity of practice throughout the
country. Some portions of the principal
railroads are fully signaled, but on 9th
erS hardly any signals are used. Block
working is not so strictly interpreted as
it is in England. Two or more trains
are constantly permitted to be In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
paasengers are praetically insured from

passengers are practically insured from
accident.
Some of the light day coaches in use
on main line trains of most railroads
are absolutely unfit for such service and
it is a crime against the public to keep
them in service. For instance in the
Missouri Pacific wreck at Warrensburg.
The impact caused by the head on col
lision between the two engines was
emphasized by the momentum of the
heavy Pullman car behind. With no
bumper car between the engine and
the first day coach in the train the en-
CINE plOughed its way half way through
the car and the slaughter of human life
was terrific.
Some states have laws requiring rail-
ways to place a baggage car or express
car between the engine and the first
coach of every train, even If empty,
for the purpose of serving as bumper
car in case of a head on collision.
If there had been a bumper car be-
hind the Missouri Pacific engine in the
wreck referred to there would not have
been the loss of life which did result
from the accident.
A report issued by the interstate COM
merce commission shows that the total
number of casualties to persons on rail-
roads in the United States during the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1904. was 3d.
80. comprising 8. 7S7 killed and 81, 343 in
jured. This shows a large increase.
The total number of collisions and de-
railmentS was IL POI, involving IS, 3S3, 017
of damage to cars, engines and road
way. This is an increase of GAS collisions
and derailments.
The casualties were an increase of 233
killed and of 1856 injured over the pre-
ceding year. Four hundred and twenty
of those killed were passengers and
1857 railroad employees, and of those in
jured S,077 were passengers and 43, 266
railroad employees. Included in these
figures are the statistics for the last
three months of the year, which show
total of 677 killed and IL ,41S injured, a
decrease from the preceding quarter.
These figures do not include casualties
at highway crossings, trespasSers or
persons walking along the track, in
shops remote from the railroad or to
employees not actually on duty; nor
not prevent them from performing their
accustomed service for more than three
days, in the aggregate. during the ten
days Immediately following the acct
dents. The report says:
LAS the accident bulletins are issued
to furnish the public with facts, this
exhibit of the dangers of railroad travel
is an exhibit which the most conserva-
tive must agree should be termed
alarming and will not be made the sub
ject of comment In this place: but it
succeeding bulletin adds materially to
the mass of evidence going to enforce
the observations and commentators
which were made in the last annual re-
port of the commission"
Although the interstate commerce
commission can do little to check the
destruction of human life on railroads
and to insure safety to travellers, 1T
has the power to compel Observance OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

same section at the same time.
"On two occasions 1t occurred to the
train in which 1 was travelling to be
switched across from the proper track
and without any formalities other than
a train order. On both occasions we
Travelled in this way for several miles
at high speed, there being, of course, no
signals for the guidance or control of
the train. Such a mode of working
must be dangerous, as the least mis-
understanding the order of any negli-
gence must lead to accidents.
Single lines, which form the bulk OF
roads in America, are operated almost
entirely on the train order system, no
train staff or tablet being used, as in
tried in England and long ago was
abandoned as troublesome and dam
gerous, and believe that the American
train service would be conducted with
certainly with greater safety, if the
electric staff or tablet system were in
troduced on the single lines"
Conditions are so dissimilar in Great
Britain and on the continent of Europe
that no fair comparison of figures show
ing the accidents here and there can
be made With railways approaching
cities over viaducts or through tunnels
and with rights of way fenced in the
loss of life is wonderfully minimized
abroad.
In this country, which contains about
age of the world, the railway mileage
per hundred square miles is 6.51, while
in the United Kingdom it is 1885, in
Prussia 1871 and in Austria Hungary
SIS. Thus it is seen that in actual
density of railway mileage-that is, in
the proportion of territory-all the prin-
cipal European states exceed this coun-
try.