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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
MOVED DURING THE NIGHT.
Books of Insurance Company Taken
to Pittsburu From New York.

New York, Dec. 31.-The books and poll
cies of the Washington Life Insurance
company of this city. which was recently
sold to a group of men who OWL the
Pittsburg Life q Trust company. have
been removed from this city. according to
Superintendent of Insurance Otto Kelsey
The company had assets Of 100000 and
$50 100000 of insurance written
The removal was accomplished last
night. Mr. Kelsey said he was informed
that ali the Washington Life policy hold
ers have been reinsured in the Pittsburg
company, but that he was not consulted
and that the PittsbUrg Life & Trust COM
pany has no right to do business in New
York state.
Pittsburg. Dec. IA ecording to the Of
ficers of the Pittsburg Life s Trust COM
psny they were fully cognizant of the
fact that Superintendent Kelsey would
make public a statement in New York
today concerning their removal Of the
books and policies They say the state
ment is merely formal one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
WHOLE FLEET MAY BE SENT.
Could Make the Trip From the Red
Sea in About Two Weeks,

Washington, Dec. Sl.-The great
American battleship feet. built for
purposes of destruction may after ali
nave to go down in history as one of
the greatest humanitarian agents IN
modern times. Not content with the
outpourinSs of private charity. it is
probable that the American govern
ment will direct this great fleet away
from its own maritime progress toward
nome to the stricken city of Messiria
and to the other Italian ports where deS
Vastation beyond the unaided efforts OF
the Italian people themselves TO repa,-
has been wrought by earthquake and
tidal wave. The matter of dispatchInys
the fleet on its mission of mercy is noS
under consideration. and a speedy de-
cision in favor of such employment =
eXDected
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
OPEN HOUSE THIS DAY.
Commercial Club Will Entertain
From Noon to Midnioht.

FROM noon until midnight TODAY tbe
Sale lake Commercial club will exten
the open no use hospitalities to its mem
time in the past. since this custom has
prevailed on the first day of a new year.
have more elaborate arrangements beer
made Tor the comfort. inwardiy and GU
Wardly, and the entertainment OF the
guests
The banquet hall will present A most
brilliant spectacle. Arrangements wee
Hia1e YESTERDAY whereby the dining hail
will be brilliantly Illuminated by means 81
the electrical fixtures used at the recent
big banquet Refreshments of cham
pagne. claret punch, roast Young pIz
fish. ducks, turkeys and other deIicacira
viii be served. A jolly. good. ENJOYABLE.
social tine viii be bad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01

inquiry from the United States. seek
ing information concerning Americans
believed to have been in the earth
quake zone, but it has been found I'M
possible to obtain any Information.
Even though they had escaped, Amer
lean visitors in that section of ,taiy
would find il impossible TO communicate
by telegraph with their friends on &C.
count of Interruptions to telegraph
lines.
Official reports from Reggie state that
the general storage magazines are being
guarded to prevent looting. Provisions
are being distributed Two bakeries.
which have been reopened at that place
are also guarded By soldiers. All the
cattle within reach have been requisi-
toned.
The sea is throwing up bodies on the
shore, and in some places they cbstruet
the railroad track along the coast
A Reggie Tragedy.
A tragic episode at Reggie was the
rescue of Deputy Dementrio Tripepi
mayor of the town. His family had cs-
caped. bat he disappeared, and MS
children felt certain that he was buried
under the ruins. They set to work %
/ find their father. and they struggled
with the ruins Tor twenty-fouT hours
without rest and without food. Only a
miracle. they thought. could bring him
back to them. Eventually. how ever, the
father appeared. although badly in
jured. The joy or the family was not
for long. for he died soon afteTwarG
Giuseppe Nalenti. another member o:
the chamber Of deputies, also is amOne
the dead.
The pope has sent to the bishops n
| the earthquake zone 800 900. lie Is alrC
sending special ENJOYS to report tnt
most urgent needs.
The pope has suspended all audiences
and solemn high masses viii be SAID
in the churches at Rome for the repc~r
of the souls of the victims, Thess
masses will be at the expense of the
pope.
Rescu, of the Survivors.
In view of the impossibility of proper
| iy housing and feeding the tens of thou
sands who have survived the disaster
the authorities have agreed that the
only course is to transport them as
/ quickly as possible out of the stricken
zone. Accordingly, il has been arranged
| that all the Italian emigrant steamers
/ shall go to Messina and various Other
ports for the purpose of taking off the
! refugees and distributing them 20 the
| different cities OF Italy.
/ King Victor Emmanuel today visited
all the wrecked villages along the 81
/ Gillian coast, everywhere meeting tbs
same scenes of desolation. Tomorrow he
will visit hamlets in Calabria.
People from Messina state that whal
| is most needed now is water bread and
/ light. The streets at night are in ab-
/ sc1ute darkness. and this condition ,;
/ taken advantage of by thieves and
| murderers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01

Celtic when she sailed today was d
large supply of foodstufTs for the earth
quarEe sufferers. including more than
100000 pounds of meat and great stores
Of canned goods and cereals of every
description. Soap. tobacco and naval
stores also were sent, but not very
large amounts of medical supplies.
Because Of the immensely of the dis
aster, the Italian government Viii
greatly appreciate aid from foreign
countries. Ambassador Griscom made
this communication to the state DEPART
ment today, having been notified TO this
effect by the Italian foreign office. the
officials Of which think that the esti-
mate Of 100000 dead is not exaggerated.
6Fisconn Going TO Messina.
Ambassador Griscom will go to Mes
sina tomorrow in order to avail himself
Of the opportunities OF getting trans
porta ton for two or three consular Of
ficers. and 10 profit By the special op-
portunites there for obtaining news.
He will take with him Vice Consul
Cutting from Milan. who viii be plscet
temporarily in charge Of the consulate
at Messina. He also viii take with him
the Interpreter Of the embassy at Rome.
and one of the staff OF the consulate at
Naples, also Winthrop Chandler. a pri<
vate citizen. to do special work search
'ng for any relieving American citizeas.
Mr.. Griscom says in his dispatch that
be would be glad to have a few thou
sand dollars for the possible relief CT
Americans
Lupton Also Dead.
1r. Griscom's dispatch says 'acaI
newspaper has telegram this morning
from Messina, which says that Stuart
X Lupt0n. the American vice consul
there. is dead. as well as Consul Arthur
+. Cheney and his family. whoss deaths
have lieen heretofore reported. Some
doubt is oppressed 1T tha STATE dep9rr-
ment rs % the correct ness of this re-
port because only re .sutl- a dispatch
presumed to have been sent BY LuDtou
came 10 the department from Malt.
The newspaper dispatches alS0 rccite
the death Of Vice Consul Pierce Snd
family. This. presumably. refers % the
predecessor Of Mr.. LUptDn. who has
been relieved by the latter recently. Mr.
Pierce, or Peirce. as his name is spelled
in the state department register. was
an Italian by birth
Further confirmation % he death OF
Consul Cheney and family has reached
the ambassador from tho i sphew OF zee
German consul at Messiua. who has
just arrived at Naples.
Mrs. Donald Mclean, president % the
Daughters of the American revolution.
issued a call to members If that or
gauizatiOn throughout thu country TO
contribute to a fund for the Italian
sufferers through the National Red
Cross society.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
ATTORNEYS START FIRM.
w. M. MeCrea and {. A. Rogers
Form a Law Partnership.

After having served in a public cana
city for some time past. w. NJ. McCrea.
assistant United States district attorney
and T. A Rogers. assistant city attorney
have formed a law partnership. and retire
from their respective offices to enter uDou
general practice They have secured Of
fees in the Utah Savings & Trust build
ing. which they viii open Jan. 2
Both members Of the new firm are well
known locally. being Salt Lake boys. Mr..
McCrea has been practising for ten years
and occupied his official position over two
years Mr. Rogers was admitted to pTac-
tice four years ago. and has occupied the
position Of assistant city attorney for the
na=t wear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
"BlLLY" SUNDAY NOW
CARRIES A REVOLVER

Spokane. Wash, Dec. 3i.-Evangelist
Billy" Sunday Is carrying a revolver in
his hip pocket and SO is every man in his
party. A letter from a converted ex-
convict has brought warning that two
yeEgmen named ''Brickyard Jimmie and
Kid Harrington, just out Of Joliet
prison. are believed to be on the way to
Spokane having been promised $3.50 if
they viii kill Sunday. The evangelist
and all the men in his party promptly
bought guns. They charge that Illinois
saloon men are trying TO put the revival
lists out OF the way to prevent the pro-
posed revival meeting at Springfield dur
ing the coming legislature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.

New York, Dec. 31.-Harry and Theo-
dore Mercer, brothers. 80 and "a years
old. respectively of Oakland. Cal. were
brought here tonight by local officers.
who had arrested them in California The
men were arrested on a bench warrant
issued in this city on complaint OF James
A. Howard. a lawyer. who charges them
with larceny of S4010 through a false
representation on settlement Of a street
railway accident case.
An additional charge of stealing 1ewelry
and clothing valued at S45 IS made
against Harry Mercer by a Spanish dan
Ger named Csrmine Rogers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
HER SHARE OF ESTATE.

san Diego. Cal. Dec. 31.--Airs. Bert Gil
bert. wife OF a bartender. received an ex-
press package at her home this morn
ing which she concluded was a beiated
Christmas present. She was therefore sur
prised to find on opening il that il con-
tanned currency Of the realm to the
amount of s347s0. in bank notes and
sreenbacks Of large denominations. The
accompanying letter explained that IL was
her share Of the estate left by her un-
Gle Henry c. Mnlligan of Quincy. III.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
DISSEMINATION BY POPE.

= Washington, Dec. n. - Mgr Fal- =
= COMO. papal delegate to the United =
y States, tonight announced that the =
= pope had given d dispensation from =
+ abstinence on New Years day. =
= which falls on Friday >
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
DEATH he PENALTY.

Spokane. Wash. Dee. 31.-Frank Bark
er. convicted Of the murder Of Ira Mes
senger at Medical Lake last July. was
sentenced by Judge HinkIemau today to
suffer the death penalty by hanging. The
date of the execution was not fixed. pend
ing an appeal 10 the supreme court.
Barker was a soldier belonging TO the
Third infantry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.

Lexington. Ky, Dec. 31.-Mrs. Anna
Major was killed mysteriousiy last night
At her home IN Girard county. She was
IN the midst Of party Of merrymakers
at a family reunion when pistol cracked
and she fell dead in the center of the
room There is no clue to the murderer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
NAT GOODWIN AT RENO.

Reno Dec. 3l.-Nat G. Goodwin and his
bride, accompanied by fourteen trunks
arrived in Reno this morning from New
York. Goodwin comes TO appear in the
suit brought by Warren Miller TO dissolve
the Nat c. Goodwin Brokerage company
of Reno The case is in progress in the
district court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
Mrs. Emily c. Cook.

New Haven. Conn, Dec 31.-Mrs. Emily
Chamberlain Cook. wife of Professor Al
bert :. Cook of Yale university. died to-
DAY following an operation for appended
it's Mrs. Cook was born near San Fran
cisco and spent her early life in Cali
fornia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
DEATH DUE TO
MORPHINE AND
CARBOLIC ACID
Continued from PAGE I.

South and state streets while he went
to "a Commercial street restOrt to Dor
row the money. When ne returned 20
the corner the boy had disappeared
Seinsoth had been of such punctuai
habits that when he failed to return 10
the Office At closing time superintendent
Irwin felt uneasy. and shortly after 8
o'clock called up the home Of Seinsotn
at I21 Concord avenue
The boy regularity IVES carTied INTO
his home. and il was so rarely That ne
was later than 6.15 in arriving at his
home. that his parents also took alarm
at his absence. As the hours passed
without his appearance. fears for his
safety increased. and tbs police were
notified. and an ali-night search Nss
made by his father and bro1her-in-Iaws
aided BY the police The body was
found at $50 Thursday morning, lying
half-covered in the snow by tao Jc-.---
sters.
IN the meantime ID search was being
made for the Nero who had been seen
last with the lad. and when the bOCy
was found the suspicion cflnrTdeT was
Immediately created. During THURSDAY
forenoon. Washington. when ne heaN,
| Of the finding of the boy and learning
that he was under suspicion, voluntarily
gave himself UP to The police. He told
a ightforward story, which was cor
roDorated ia its details and on Satur-
! day was released.
OF Nervous Temperament.
Whiie a matter Of conjecture. the oniy
/ plausible theory as to the cause or mo
1 tive that prompted suicide is that of his
extreme sensitive and nervous tempera-
ment. His former employers and ssso-
ciates described him as a boy without
fault; he had no bad habits. and was
what is best termed "a home boy
| While not exhibiting to d great degree
a morbid or brooding disposition, ne
was abnormslly sensitive, and wore
would send him into tears. It was cato
after his death that for some time past
/ he had been subject to crying spells, IN
/ which he would seclude himself.
| 1t is the suppositiOn that while going
out with Washington to secure ile
money he had been the victim Of one Of
| his respondent fits, and that after the
negro had left him, this feeling had
been increased by the thought that q
/ trick had been played on him and that
/ the man had run away. Goaded Dy THIS
] thought, and mistakenly fearful to re-
turn to the Office without the money and
an explanation. he bTOoded until the
/ determination came to die. He presum-
/ ably took the poison during the meal
l and then wandered around until over
! come he sunk down by the roadside.
That the suicide was not the outcome
/ OF long generalization is shown by his
actions in the Office where he was en-
/ ployed. Up to the time he left with
l Washington he had shown his usual Ga-
meanor and diligence in his work.
1t has not been learned yet where the
morphine was purchased, nor at WIS
restaurant he secured the dinner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
PROPOSAL ACCEPTED.
Especial to The Heraldl

Especial to The Herald)
Washington, Dec. 2I.-The postoffice de-
partment has accepted the proposal of the
First National bank of Brigham to lease
the present postOffice quarters for ten
years from Jan %. 1909.
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tured forth. We passed over streets
that We're vast crevasses. and climbed
over great mounds of ruins and wreck
age that were all that remained or the
finest palaces OF Messina."
This refugee lost his two children He
arrived in Rome half clad. while HIS
wife was clothed in little else than an
old counterpane.
Maddened by Hunger.
Just as the British steamer Ebro WIS
preparing to leave Messina with ref
ugees an outburst of frightfuI cries was
heard from the shore The refugees On
board saw a crowd Of maddened per
sons Of every age break into the custom
house. some were naked. all were half
demeEted and they were injured and
bleeding. They sacked everything that
came to their hands, seeking food
drink and clothing. Revolver shots
rang out over the horrible din and cor
fusion. Finally tongues Of fame slot
up In the darkness. Messina was burn
ing and masses of flames in the DARK
ness showed where fire was completing
the destructive beginning Of the earJa-
quake. a few skeleton houses here AMI
there were all that remained Of the once
beautiful town. Choul-like figures fit
ted in the semi-darkness.
As the EbTo steamed through the
straits # was seen that many once
smiling villages on the neighbor.ng
shores had been completely obEiteraseO
or were nothing more than heaps OF
shapeless ruins.
Escaped Awful Death.
PaoIo Rizo. the mayor Of Caprioio
reached Rome today from Messina,
where he visited Monday. He wGs
awakened by the fearful force or the
first shock. The floor of his room felt,
and. half conscious, he was pfecipitated
into mass of rubbish. His body lodged
in a niche in wall and he was pinBsd
down by a heavy beam and nearly
smothered. The man lay in this posi-
ton for five hours, expecting death al
any moment. Once a man passed by
and the mayor called TO him. But just
at this moment another shock came and
the man ran away, leaving the mayor
again alone. Finally another man ef-
fpcfpd mis- release
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
WORST NEWS CONFIRMED.
italian King Visited Reggie and
Viewed the Smoking Ruins.

Rome. Dec. 31.-King Victor Emma
nuel, who left Messina last night with
Queen Helena, arrived early this morn
ing at Reggie, and after visiting the
town in company with the queen, ~
embarked on a warship and sent the
following wireless telegram to Premier
Giolitti:
Il return from Reggie. which I found
in a condition no less disastrous thai
that al Messina. The project of Reg
gio says that grave injury has ben
done to the communities of his prov
nce.
"A Russian waTship with 500 wounded
on board viii arrive at Naples this
morning. and everything must be pre-
pared for their landing and housing
Another Russian ship will carry wound
ed to Syracuse 1t is desirable TO pro
vide al Naples a hospital ship ana an
abundance of medical supplies"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
VIVID DESCRIPTION.
Experience of Young Doctor Who
Was Astir When Shocks Came.

Rome. Dee. 3f-A young doctor
named Rossi. at Messina. gives a vfvsc
account of his experience. The doctor
was preparing to leave Messina by an
early train the day of the disaster
Suddenly the profound silence was
broken by All extraordinary noise Ike
the bursting of thousand bombs" he
said. This was followed by rushing
and torrential rain. Then l heard d
sinister whistling sound that I can
liken 10 thousand redhot iron ToGs
kissing in water. Suddenly there came
violent rhythmic movements of the
earth and the crashing down of nearby
walls made me realize the awful TacJ
of the earthquake. Failing glaS
bursting roofs and a thick cloud Of dust
added TO the horror of the situation,
while the extraordinary double move
ment. rising and falling at the same
time, crumhled walls and impeTilied my
life / rushed into the room where my
mother ami sister were and succeeded
Sn rescuing them. I was also successful
in getting out of the house number OF
other persons who had given themselves
up for lost. Then some soldiers came
ADD helped me- and together we dragged
forth several women and children from
the tottering walls Of palace
Seemed Like a Tomb.
Another survivor of Messina says,
THE first thing 1 knew I was thrown
out of bed. The floor collapsed and I
fell into the apartment under me. Here
] found a distracted woman searching
Ger her sister and son, whom she found
dead. We remained in the ruins FOR
tyventy-four hours, entire ~ alone. with
out food or drink. our ears were as
sailed with the cries and means of the
wounded We were as in a tomb, with
sounds were heard from the street
there would come an outburst of pierre
ing cries for help from the injured
hidden and pinned down in the wreck
age.
TUESDAY morning we finally VEN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-01
Escape Of a Marquis.

MARQUIS Nicenzo Genoese. a refugee.
from Palmi, near Reggie, In telling OF
his experience at the time of the earth
quake. says that he was awakened by
a tremendous roar and a severe shock.
IL seemed as though the house was
whiTling around like the wings OF a
windmill. The wall of his dweliisg
cracked and through it came cloud
of suffocating dust Stunned, but m
injured, the marquis tried to escape 10
the streets, but at first he found this
impossible, as the stairs had collapsed
with the first shock After numerous
efforts he succeeded in getting ous Of
"A window and descending to the ground
from the third story by means of a
rope.
Agony of the Victims.
Walking. he says, was difficult owing
to the fact that the streets We're f1llec
with debris. He helped in the work OF
rescue and I'm a short time had assisted
in dragging from beneath the ruins IN
the street eighty-six persons, all or
them dead. The faces of every one or
them. he says showed the agony they
suffered In death. Many of them nae
their arms across their faces. as though
to protect themselves from the falling
debris.
1t was necessary to release the pris-
oners 1T Palmi, and many of them Sue
ceeded in making their escape.
The Marquis Genoese said he tried In
every way to enter the town of Regglo,
but his efforts were useless. He com
pared Mondays esrthshOck with the
disturbances of 1894 and 1865, and said
il was immeasur ably worse. In fact,
he declared. Palml was absolutely de-
sfroyed.