The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-01-08

CISCO The bureau figures that its
greatest force was felt 1000 miles south
ana southwest Of Washington. The
hrst shock was at 6:04 a. m, the second
al o;US and the third at Gil. The third
shock was so strong that it threw the
delicate seismograph pen off the cylin-
der.
Mexico City.-An earthquake was re-
ported to the weather bureau here from
Dlcio Chico, in the province of Quin-
tana Roe, Yucatan, New Years day. 1t
occurred at AIS a. m. and lasted twenty
seconds. 1t was followed by a second
shock of less severity at 4:5O 1t is not
known whether serious damage was
done.
San Francisco.-The seimograph at
the observatory of the University OF
California at Berkeley recorded an
earthquake at approximately the same
time as the disturbance recorded by the
weather bureau at Washington. The eX-
! tent and duration of the shock has not
yet been computed by the authorities.
Albany, n. Y.-The seismograph at
! the state museum recorded an earth
quake. The oscillations began at sos
! O'Clock and continued more than two
| hours. the maximum waves occurring
at 6:19. Officials at the museum say the
disturbance may have. occurred some
where in Mexico.
St Louis.-The seismograph of the
| st. Louis university recorded an earth
! quake which began at 5:O6::42 o'clock
! New Years morning. The shock contin-
ued thirty minutes and thirty seconds,
the greatest oscillation occurring at $40.
! The principal motion was from the east
| to the west.
Trenton, Mo.-Spreading rails caused
! the wreck of the Chicago, Rock Island
&; Pacific passenger train near here, in
which three people were killed and for
! ty-three injured, according to a coro-
ners verdict returned tonight. Search
! today of the wreckage of the three cars
| derailed and burned here yesterday re-
vealed no further trace of bodies and
officials of the road definitely placed the
number of deal at three. The body of
! the unknown INeman was identified to-
day as that of Mrs. T. Hedricks of Chi
cago, aged %. She was on her way to
Kansas City on a visit. The body is
being held here awaiting the arrival of
Mr.. Hedricks. Bones discovered in the
remains of the baggage car proved to be
those of a dog.
All of the forty-three injured were
resting easy today w. l. Wilmington,
the engineer, is suffering greatly, but
it is believed he will recover.
Pittsburg.-W William Gibson, aged As
years, a resident of Munhall a suburb,
tonight shot and killed his wife. seri-
ously wounded a son, fred three shots at
his fleeing daughter, and then killed
himself.
London-A woman believed to be a
suffragette attempted New Years day
to destroy a quantity of campaign lit
erature at the political headquarters of
John Burns at Battersea with acid.
The clerk in charge was seriously
burned about the face and hands. The
woman gained an entrance to the head
quarters on the pretense of addressing
envelopes.
New Orleans, La.-Dr. Telmaco Lopez,
Zelaya's governor on the Atlantic coast
of Nicaragua, who was held prisoner
for two months by Genreal Estrada,
declared the next battle in Nicaragua
would be fought near Managua. He
said Madriz, the new president, will
fight to the last ditch, but he believes
Estrada will win.
St Louis.-All of the $50 workmen
who were imperiled when the false work
of the Mckinley bridge across the Mis-
sissippi collapsed have been accounted
for. The false work was torn away by
ice foes. The workmen today were
none the worse for their experience.
Montreal.-Twenty-t persons were
injured by the explosion which wrecked
the train platform at Place Vlgor sta
ton. the east end of the city. Most of
the injuries consist of broken legs. Mrs.
Charles Brunau of Montreal cannot live.
The explosion was caused by the ignit
ing Of an accumulation of gas under
the long wooden platform paralleling
the station The midnight train OF the
Canadian Pacific for Quebec was stand
ing on the tracks adjoining the platform
and an unusually large number of holi-
day travellers were bidding goodbye to
friends. when suddenly a score of them
were hurled into the air as if shot from
a giant catapult. Some went straight
up twenty or thirty feet Others were
thrown over the top Of the train ana
one man with both legs broken was
found on the roof of one of the coaches.
Detroit. Mich.-It was rumored that
Mrs Cook. wife of DR.. Frederick A.
cook. is in Detroit. The report had its |
origin in windsor, Canada, where it is
said a thickly-veiled woman called for |
mail addressed to Mrs. DR.. Frederick
A Cook" After receiving her mail she
FASTENED to Detroit. Postal authorities
at Windsor said the woman first ap- |
reared about the time DR.. Cook was re-
norted to be in London, Ont.
Georgetown. Ky.-Because he coulo
not remember part of the address which |
he was to deliver at banquet, Judge
John c. vows, SO years old, shot and |
killed himself. Judge vows. who was a |
member of the Kentucky bar and well
known as an after-dinner speaker, was
70 sneak at a New Years celebration.
when he arose to address the audience
his memory failed him, and after sew
araI attempts to continue he abruptly
left the room. Later the janitor OF the
b,iIding in which Judge vows cham
hers were located stumbled over the
body of the jurist.
Fresno. Cal.-For the first time IN SIX
taen years snow fell here early today
Fruit trees are bending under its
weight
Newburgh. n Y.-Mrs. Edward n:
Hartman has offered TO the state OF
vi CO.. ,,arl- nIIrDOses 10000 of |