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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. f9-Fopmer Cou-
gresham John l. Shafroth of Colo
RADIO. who resigned his seat because Of
election frauds in Denver. denies that
these frauds We're committed mainly
by women IN an interview today Mr..
ShafToth said:
"Of the persons implicated very few
We're women: not more than one in
ten at the outside The frauds we're
committed in the lowest part of DEN
YER. where not many women live. The
incident was not characteristic of the
Women's voting i'm Colorado. ana ii is
prep0ster0uS 10 make il an argument
against female suffrage. Everybody
knows there are bad women as well
as bad men, but what would any good
man think if it We're proposed to take
his vote away from him because a
few bad men sonleNhe had cheated
a. an election. In Colorado the 1vo-
men vote as generally as the men. and
fraud is much rarer among them As
a 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

injured. arrived about II o'clock. Twa
Of these were Engineer James Stanton
and man named Williams Their IFS
Juries are not considered serious. OF
the injured it is believed all viii recover
excepting the two Greeks mentioned
Officials Notified.
The county officials OF Box Elder
county were notified Of the catastrophe
and the coroner. together with pther Of
hciais. went out TO the scene or The nx-
plosion by special train about midnight
last night An inquest viii be held
over the dead this morning, after which
they win be brought to Ogden aud pre-
gives sixteen Greeks dead, besides the
Americans.
At the Ogden general hospital Drs
Gordon. joyce and Perkins. assisted by
the corps Of nurses. worked for hours
caring for the injured. AT 1880 a. IN
they completed their labors. DR. Per
kius. the Southern Pacific physician
announced that none had been badly
hurt One mans arm Is broken and
the others have been burned more or
less seriously. none of them fatally" he
said.
swathed in Bandages.
In number Of instances the entire
face was burned The whole head uas
swathed in bandages. the only holes be
ing for the eyes. Rose and mouth. the
cloth sheathing every inch of the f'saG
making gruesome and ghos.like APP
peaTance.
Tremendous Explosion.
The explosion was terrific. ana the
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
DCdth-DedIing Blast.
Many ldbOrCFS Injured, Two of Whom Will Die.
Jackson Station Wiped Out OF
Existence.

that hardly a 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 of 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. a
ftve-r0Om frame structure. was utterly
demolished. Car wheels, engine rods
and scraps of boiler plate were hurled
through the walls and roof of the struc-
ture aud the place reduced 20 kindling
wood.
Wreck Caught Fire.
Immediately afterwards the place
took fire, cars buildings. and everything
intiammable burning 10 the ground.
OF the five engines which were at the
siding when the wreck occurred hard
~ d fragment was left large enough
10 indicate what bad been its use.
Confusion reigned fGr a while but fin
ally the uninjured rushed TO the rescue.
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
caRooses on the way TO ogden over the
trestle,
Died on the Way.
OF these two died on the way in
They were George Derm0dv and Mail
Carrier ballard. DcTm0dy- died within
half an hour after the explosion aud
Hallard died just about as the train
reached Lake station.
a dozen carriages were lined up
along the platform when the train
came ini but an anxious but entirely
orderly crowd was ia waiting The
train arrived about 1890. Quietly the
doors were opened and a couple of silent
forms wrapped i'm blankets were carried
out 20 the vehicles Then a woman.
ner head and hand swathed in cotton
was slowly carried to waiting car
rlaEe. Now and then a swaddled figure
would be lowered to the ground and
would walk cut 60 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 AID 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
OPENED 800 LETTERS
AND LANDED IN JAIL

Reddine Cal. Feb 19.-Tom Bey-
nOlds q nephew of Postmaster J. i.
Reynolds. opened over 500 letters and
extracted what coin and paper money
he found in them during the past three
months while employed as utility clerk
i'm the Redding pOstofiice
He made a confession today when
arrested at the instance of Postofice
Inspector C0yne. After riflins let
ter. Reynolds would throw it on top
of high locker In the postofice used
by the mail carriers. Eight hundred
opened letters were found there on
Wednesday by Assistant Postmaster
Ed :. Reynolds, who reported the dis
c0very
Reynolds said that be obtained but
$50. and the fear of detection prevent
ed him from attempting 20 cash the
money orders he found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
HOBART BIRD DID NOT
SERVE HIS SENTENCE

New York, Feb. 19.-In a dispatch 70
the Associated Press from San Juan.
forto Rico, under date Of oct. %. 1903.
The fact was announced that Hobart :.
Bird. editor Of the San Juan News, had
been sentenced TO two months in Jail
Tor iibeling Judge PamOs, and had be-
gun TO serve his sentence. Mr.. 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 in the subsequent dispatches
and, in justice TO Mr.. Bird, this state
ment should have been made.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

- GDEN, Feb 19-The worst accident
in the construction of the Ogden
Lncin cutoff happened about $50
today at Jackson, a siding on the Og-
den-Lucln cutoff work, eighty-nine
miles west from Ogden and about ff-
teen miles eastward from New Lucin.
on the main line. Probably no less
than thirty lives were 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. Il so happened that the
accident occurred near the station anu
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 auuihlated,
father and mother. his brother aud
three children These were T. W
BurkS roadmaster: his son James.
agedb, a little daughter. aged l. and
baby boy These. Withfthcir mother.
were killed almost instantly.
". j. Burke. general foreman for the
COMPANY ma opened TO be Flsltlng his
brother Sad he. too. was killed.
The Dead.
T. ". Burke. section foreman, wife
and three children,
J. W Burke, general foreman.
IS. /. Haller, messenger. Andrews,
Iud.
Owen Dermoay, conductor Beaver
dam, Wis
Sixteen Greek 1aborers.
The Injured.
- LENA. engineer. slightly.
- Courtney, conductor, slightly
- Stanton, engineer, back, not Sc
rious.
- Taylor, telegraph operator. ard
wife, injuries about face and body.
Seven Greeks We're seriously injured.
About go the special train left Og-
den with Doctors Perkins. joyce. Cor
don and Topham- Another left with
three undertakes at p. IN.
The dead bodies viii arrive some
time this morning. Many Of them We're
so badly mangled 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, Tt Is said
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
HOSPITAL ATTENDANTS
RELIEVED FROM BLAME

New York, Feb 19.-The inquest in
the case of Adolphus Drucker. 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 100000 in the interest Of the
HoOleys Of London, and al the time of
his death complaint was made bv
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 Drucker-s death vas
due to causes unknown. and asked that
the hospital officials be relieved ~~om
any blame in the case This was done
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

70 sDlinters and then consumed in the
flames, and tsro engines Demolished. one
OF the engines being stripped of cab.
side rods and everything movable.
Scene at the Wreck.
Where the explosion occurred there
was q hole blown into the ground
large enough 70 bury train. Five
hundred Yards of track were displaced
blown down. The dead were scattered
for hundreds OF feet in ali directions
and q majority Of The victims had their
clothes blown of. One Greek was
found heaGless. ana the children of
Section Foreman Burke had their arms
ana legs torn of, s laborer was pulled
Gus Of the burning debris his lower
limbs on + e. The injured were Gov
erred with hood. and one heroic little
woman. her face scared with deep
gashes that poured ont stream of
blood. unmindful of her own injuries
helped gather Up the dead and dy-
in@
narrowing Sight.
A witness to the scene of destruction
said he walked cut to where the chill
dren We're naked in death, and threw
a few garments over them. 4 few feet
away was he mother and Just beyond
the father and his brother-a whole
family wiped out
OF forty-six persons at Jackson's
point when the collision occurred and
the carload of dynamite exploded, on
iy nine escaped without wounds. and
ave OF the fortunate were members of
a freight crew pulling into the station
about q quarter of a mile away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
ASHORE IN AF0G.
Belgian Steamer Has a Narrow Es-
cape From Destruction.

London Feb. 19.-The Belgian ste5-
mer PhillippeviIie. which lest Antwerp
yesterday for the Congo, with 100 pas
sengers on board. went ashore eff
Dungenness. Kent. in a f0s today.
Life boats and tugs are in Attendance
upon her. She was subsequently a
ed and proceeded for her 1estinasicu-
The british steamer Lake Michigan,
from 81. John X T.. and Halifax FOR
London, has been i'm collision and is n
chOred near DIHgenHess aFattiuS
tugs. She is seriously damaged amid
ships. her engine room and -tok- hoIe
became fun Of water, the captain sig
nailed that The water WIS gaining on
the cargo and the steamer YVES
EeaChed III "a sinking condition.
The vessel with which the Lake
Michigan coliided was the British bark
Matterhorn from san Francisco. Sci.t
Is. for Antwerp. she has passed Dover
in tow. with her head-gear gone and
her bows damaged.
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 Slavonian name unknown.
whose body was found near Socket
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 al sand Cou-
lee a few days ago. the victim had
S1.000 i'm h.s possession. The unknown
man and Vajga left sand Coulee to-
gether q few days ago Taere were FIVE
bullet holes i'm the body
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. Isl don't
care any more about what Bryan says
than the wind that blows I'm sure 81
does not bother me any Let him talk. >,
said Grover Cleveland today. wher
asked what he thought of Mr.. Bryan' :
remarks in taking exception to what
Cleveland said recently i'm an article ia
the Saturday Evening Post Cleveland
declined TO comment further on the
article. saying;
J think the article explains itself.
and nave not anything more to sas-
about it,"
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 Richthofen
confdentialiy gave TO the committee
certain Information about far eastern
conditions. and he added in the public
session that Germany had 1889 men.
including non-combatants: Great Brit
ain had 2.735: France. Isl Japan. l.
2s7. and ITALY, al men, in China. The
present force In Chi Ii province. the
secretary explained, was really 100
weak tn maintain internal order while
the eco reserves In KiaO Chou were q
slender precaution Tor the preservation
of the neutrality of that district. This
was no time, he added, 60 weaken Ger
man representation diplomagieally or
militarily ia the far east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
POSSES ARMED TO THE TEETH SOBER NATIONS ARE STAGNANT
People of Northern Montana Determined 10 Rd the Country
of the Notorious Jones Gang of Thieves
and MuTderers.

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, in Valley county.
20 run down the members of the no.
torious Jones gang. The chief OF the
band. Frank Jones. was killed near
Poplar last week by Deputy Sherins
George Bird and John Morgan.
1t is stated that six members of the
Jones gang We're seen two days ago
near the ranch of A. y. Tande. where
Jones was killed. These men were with
out hOrse s. and the officers hope TO
overtake them before they secure
mounts aud make of to their strong
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

Shanghai. Feb. 19-It is reported at
Wei Haien (the most important city i'm
the province of Shan Tungl that Ger
many has secured the right TO inaug-
urate a uniform police system in an
the cities of shan Tung. The Chinese
received the announcement favorablv.
Berlin. Feb. 19.-Tn considering an
stem I'm the foreign Office budget pr0vid-
ing $500 900 for expenses I'm the far
east. including the maintenance OF Ger
man troops at Kfao Chou, Shan Tung
province, and the Chi Il province. Chi
ma some OF the members Of the reich
stag appropriations committee toby
objected to the expenses as being IN
necessarily burdensome.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
WANTED TN DENVER
For CRIME OF MURDER

Spokane, Wash. Feb. 19.-AIrs Fitch.
wanted in Denver 70 answer the charge
Of murder has been arrested by the Io-
cal police on a Geographic description
Of the Denver police, The woman is
supposed to be wanted for correction
with a criminal operation upon a
young woman. She Is expected TO re-
turn without extradition papers. 10 is
believed the woman arrived here a
week ago and opened an office. adver-
Using herself 10 be fortune teller
While here she went under the name
Of Benton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
Startling Theory Advanced by Oregon Doctor Who De
Tended the Use OF Alcohol Before the State
Board of Health

lively sober. The nations of Southern
Europe. the Greeks, the Spaniards and
the Italians. for example. through con-
tinued consumption of alcohol. have
gradually attained a level of compar-
alive sObriety. Today those races
which in the van Of progress and are
the dominant factors IL the world s
Work-the American. the English, in
Guiding the irish and the Scotch. and
the North fferman-are those la whom
drunkenness is most rampant.
Those races which are contributing
little TO the advance of the work, the
modern Greeks, the South Italians and
the Spaniards. are practically sober:
while those which are absolutely stag
nant-the Arabs, the Hindoes and the
Chinese. are entirely so. Alcoholism is
then an index of racial instability and
its chief action is that OF eIiminator Of
the unfit"
Most Of the theories advanced by Dr.
Hutchinson met with emphatic disap-
prevail Of his hearers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

NORTLAND. one. Feb. 19.--A defense
of alcohol by Or. Woods Hutehin-
son, secretary Of the state board OF
health. has created q sensati on in 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 fttest
and the other the elimination Of she
unfit. The influence of alcohol on the
race IS both ancient and profound Two
things stand out clearly about it. one
that il is absolutely universal in every
age Of the world and in every stage
81 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 reIa-
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 odi-
cial circles there that the 5owager. en-
press of China is dead.
The Chinese legation here has heard
nothing of the reported death of the
dowager empress. and diseredfts f.
Neither Canton nor Hong Kong are
reliable sources of news
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

hold in the Bunch Willow region. near
the International line.
The posse from Glasgow, the county
seat, is headed by Sheriff Prank Cos
neg, and that from Poplar is ir charge
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 bulder
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 81
is expected that u desperate battle VIII
ensue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
TACT OF KING EDWARD

london Feb 1sThe o contained in the
special order
leave Of Lord Roberts commandments
the ministers exceedingly curt man
which the deeply ncense the
late by public
that attack on the
government in parliament disappro
val Of the office
ham palace where marked field marshal
This has been followed by army order which was
personally.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
RIOT AT SEOUL.

= Washington. Feb. 1g.-United
> States Minister Allen has cabIed
? the state department from Seoul I
= under Yesterdays date tltat q
: company of Korean soldiers at 4
: tackled an electric carriage be- :
longing 10 an American citizen I
? "wednesday. injuring the operator.
, American seamen quieted ire dis =
, turbauCe. I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
LOVES QUEER ANTICS.
Nephsw Of Pierpont Morgan Msrries
japanese Girl.

Chicago Feb. 1s.-George d. Morgan.
nephew OF J. Pierpont Morgan, and his
japanese bride have arrived at Chi
cagO on their way to New York Mrs.
Morgan cannot speak English, but
through the medium of her husband
il WAS learned that she likes America
from the viewpoint of "a tourist. but is
not quite sure that she could ever rec
Oncile herself TO the American style Of
dress for women. She says she would
look strange in an American costume
owing 90 her small stature Mrs. Nor
gan was Miss Yuki Kato of Kioto. She
was married TO MI Morgan on Jan. 90
M Morgan said they Will reside i'm
New York. His father is George Dali
ton Morgan. q financier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
PAST FAVORS RECALLED

Des Mone Ia Feb The federal relations
Of the Iowa legislature has received calling
the possible effects of the
on and commerce in the far Of kindly
RUSSIA toward this country during entire sympathy
Tor struggle Independence service 10 us during
the war OF The rebellion power we should
oeiuy refrain FROM sympathy indicate that
we unnindfa comes when it is neces
sa in the interest hand in the onaf
should power that is friendly rather
than commercially unfriendly t. us.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20

town of Terrace. fifteen miles to the
north Oh the main line of the Southern
Pacific, was shaken as by an earth
quake The telegraph station Ut Colon
HIty-fiVe miles distant. had every win
dow pane broken. The explosion was
50 tremendous that the first knowledge
81 the disaster, instead of being re-
eelNeo oF Terrace and Lucir. operators
II those points reporting TO headquar-
ters han calamity had occurred. The
people of Terrace. looking south. across
he old lake bottom - v an immense
cloud of white smoke ascend from Jack
son Point and spread out at q great
height and then flames burss forth
This information WAS given 10 LUCm
and fireman was started out from
that station or a handcar to inquire
into the disaster, and If possible repair
the dc--Sge 20 the telegraph line. com
munication by wire over the cutoff
having been destroyed. lie had not gou@
far when an engine and a ca boose was
from one of the worst disasters which
cidc.
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 Sir. Scott that IN q collision OF ex-
ira train. engine PIG. eastbOUnd ana
extra train, engine 2S35. westbound, at
Jackson's Point, men, women and chill
dren had been blown to pieces. many
persons had been injured. telegraph
station and eight cars had beer reduced