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Show Utah Connty Democrat (PROVO ... SWEPT OUR BUSINESS GUIDE. CLOSED DOWN Clin DARKNESS Lives Lost, Houses an-Earns Leveled and Enormous Damage Done to Crops. Governoi Cutler has Issued a proclamation designating Monday, June 15, as Flag day. Lucile Rebon, a Salt Lake child, was fatally scalded by falling into a pail o boiling water. Tom Lever of Ogden is suffering from severe burns which he received as the result of the explosion of a gasoline tank. About sixty dentists from all sections of Utah attended the state convention of dentists in Ogden last Friday and Saturday. For violating the federal safety appliance law, the Rio Grande Western railroad was last week fined $500 and costs on five counts. The fruit growers of Weber county pre organizing a county association, it with being the intention to the State Fruit Growers association. Considerable trouble and anxiety is being occasioned in the vicinity of the Manti national forest, owing to a bear which Is killing cattle on the reserve. The work of strengthening and reinforcing the fills in the is completed and the entire force withdrawn. For a year past the work has been in progress. Monday. June 1, marked the 107th anniversary of the birth of President Brigham Young, who led the pioneers into Salt Lake valley in 1847 and first established the white civilization in d Ogden-Luci- n cut-of- f Utah. Salt Lake jeweler, was run down by a street car while riding a horse to his place of business, the horse being killed, C. E. W. Bowers, a was seriously in- jured. William Anderson, a car painter, while intoxicated attempted suicide in Salt Lake City, stabbing himself in the left breast with a pocket knife. He is in a hospital and probably will recover. Charles as a Love, who served messenger for Admiral Robley D. Evans on the cruiser Brooklyn for three years, has been fined $10 by an Ogden justice for stealing a riding skirt from a livery stable. James B. Ewer, a Salt Lake man, fell from a window a distance of forty feet to the ground, falling head first upon a pile of boards, escaping with only a few bruises, lie was Intoxicated when the accident occurred. Walter Swetman is suspected of the murder of his wdfe at Park City. It is charged that Swetman gave his wife a terrible beating and left her Slone to die. Twelve hours afterward Ihe woman was found dead. A Japanese patient in an Ogden hospital suddenly became insane one day last week and attacked the nurses, only being restrained by the united force of all the attendants and nurses. He will be sent to the asylum. Ogden is expected to receive much benefit from the distribution pamphlets telling of the beauties of the scenery in and around the city, and the many advantages to be derived by ip vestments in Its enterprises. s In the annual readjustment of salaries the Utah postmasters r.t the following officers were increased $100 a year: Ephraim, Milford, American Fork, Beaver, Brigham, Lehi, Payson, Provo, St. George, Sandy, West Jordan. Salt Lake national banks, according to a statement made to the comptroller of the currency on conditions at the close of business May 14, had loans and discounts aggregating gold coin in reserve, $1,700,-043- ; individual deposits, $7,528,001. The old soldiers went on record as opposing races and games on Meanmorial day, at the twenty-sixtnual encampment of the Department of Utah of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Salt City last week, about 200 veterans being present. A special train, carrying six big oil tanks filled with briny water from the lake, is making regular trips up and down the Oregon Short Line road, north and south of Ogden, to destroy the vegetation which grows along the roadbed and between the cross ties. It is estimated that at least $250,000 will be spent in Salt Lake by visitors who visit the capital city on June 18, 10 and 20 to attend the celebration of the United Commercial Travelers. It Is believed that there will be 15,000 sight seers in the city on each of the three days. During the last three weeks Willard has received the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. This storm has been of inestimable value to the farmers and stock raisers. The arid land graiu is In a flourishing condition! and orchards promise an abundance of returns. T. F. Thompson, a colored mall carrier of Salt Lake City, committed suicide by taking laudanum last week. In letters which Thompson left behind, addressed to friends, he Intimated that the cause of the suicide was his inability to control his appetite for drink. Iians C. Anderson, whose home is r Mayfield, attempted suicide by hanging in the county jail at Manti, where he had been confined for the past month, lie attempted to hang h'mself with a cord, but the cord broke before he had succeeded in Itrangling himself post-piaster- h e AlHeavy Snowfall at Butte Causes most Total Suspension of Business. Flood Situation Alarming. i Two Hundred Buildings Destroyed, But Fortunately Loss of Life Omaha. The tornado which passed over 'southern Nebiaska and portions is Remarkably Small. of northern Kansas Fri lay evening was the most destructive and covered tlie most territory of any similar storm which has visited the state in Path of the Tornado Was About Ten many years. At least twenty-onperRods Wide, Buildings Being sons are known to be dead, five fatalTipped Over and Big Trees ly injured and a score of others more Torn From Their Roots. or less seriously hurt, some of them dangerously. In addition reports state that several persons were killed at the Charles City, Iowa. At 5 o'clock towns of Byron. Neb., and Courtland, afternoon a tornado struck Sunday towns which off been have cut Kan., from communication with the outside this city, demolishing about 200 residences and barns. One man, W. R. world. Beck, is known to have been killed, a the tornado hard rain Following find four children are reported misswhich lasted well into the night soaking. The path of the tornado was maked the sufferers, about ten rods wide. It started about ing their lot doubly hard. Many of them were absolutely without shelter three miles southwest of the city, tearand the storm occurring so late in the ing down farm houses, barns, and evening made it impossible for them killing many head of stock. it struck the city in the southwestto seek shelter or relief during the ern part, plowing a path ten rods wide night. to a point a quarter of a mile east of The storm that struck Phillipsburg, the bridge on the main street, and Kansas, destroyed the greater portion 'of the town, several being lifted the water almost clean from the people killed. The town of Courtland, Kan's., river bed. It passed in a northeastwas also a sufferer. erly direction, just missing the Charles City college buildinfs, and PLAGUE RAGES AT LAGUAIRA. spent itself a few miles northeast of the city. Several barns were tipped New Cases Almost Daily and Situation over while stock was inside, and in is Desperate. some cases tiie animals were killed were not injured. Big the pnd others torn Caracas, Venezuela. Although were tiees from their roots, and decree issued by President Castro jin some cases heaved through build opening the port of Laguaira to com- Ings. merce on May 29 has not yet been reFATAL COUNTY SEAT WAR. scinded, Laguaira is still shut off from communication with the outer Remove world because of the continuance of In Attempt to County the plague. There have been new Records, Two Men Are Shot. cases almost daily and the situation Eufuala, Okla. In a fight between Is desperate. The funds subscribed fifteen Cliecotah persons and citizens are and exhausted by the merchants there is no money for the destitute or of Eufaula Sunday afternoon on fho streets of Eufaula, F. M. Woods, depto fight the plague. uty constable of this place, and JoPreparing for Commercial Travelers. seph Parmeter of Cliecotah were shot. Salt Lake City Arrangements have Woods probably will die. He was shot been perfected for the entertainment once through the body. Parmenter'a of one of the greatest crowd's of wound Is not dangerous. The trouble in the history of the city on the started when Constable Woods atoccasion of the fifteenth annual out- tempted to disarm Parmeter. About ing and grand council meeting of the fifteen shots were fired in all. United Commercial Travelers, in this With rifles and revolvers the Che city on June 18, 19 and 20. Besides cotah men came to Eufaula to atthe delegates, it is expected that large tempt to remove the county seat recrumbers of people from all over the ords by force. The county clerk is west will be present. said to have furnished them the keys The committees having in charge the to the courthouse and the records were to in sacks and sent tc parade, the program of entertainment, Checotah beonput a special train which was those looking after the decorations, all arrive later. Eufaula citizens were report splendid progress, and every- to to prevent the removal, bething will be 4n readiness for three armed cause a temporary injunction had days of pleasure and profit for all been granted by the supreme court. visitors to Salt Lake on this occasion. e storm-stricke- vls-ilor- s Inter-mountai- n A Crazy Man and a Gun. Dead as Result of Washington. After holding the poBad Air and Gas. lice at bay for six hours, Dr. Joseph men Silverton, Colo. Twenty-threare missing and may be dead in the Pospisiel, an employe of the pension shot himself through the brain Gold King mine at Gladstone, as a re- office, Sunday morning while insane. Laborthe of which the fire sult destroyed under a delusion that an attempt ing It was discovered was being made to murder him, he mine building. that three men were missing, and a fired at pedestrians and into the went into the mine homes of his neighbors and when the party of thirty-fou- r to flud them. The missing men were police came he reloaded his pistol and supposed to be on the fifth level, and fired upon them, preventing their near when the rescue party reached the approach to the house. Altogether ha fourth level they met wtih bad air fired about fifty shots in this way, and gas. Fourteen of them managed none of which, however, took effect. to reach the surface again, but twenty Shot by Divorced Wife. were overcome. San Francisco. Max W Zucker-man- , a well known member of the Forgot Sisters Names. Santa Barbara, Cal. In a will which real estate firm of Zuckerman & Co., has been filed here, Mrs. Mary Ryon of this city, died at St. Mary's hosleaves the bulk of her $50,000 estate pital Saturday, a victim of a gunshot wound which he claimed was received 1o three sisters, whose names and resago at idences she had forgotten. Two of from a divorced wife a week was rehis Zuckerman apartments. the sisters who have been located by moved to the several days hospital the executor are Mrs. Katie Whitney but attributed his injury to an and Mrs. Anna Doud, both of Brpok-lyn- . ago, accident. Following his death, a note The whereabouts and the married was found addressed to Dr. Aimer F. name of Bridget I.addy, the third sis- Veal by the victim, in which the alter, are unknown. leged facts of the case were set forth. Wyoming Soldier Wins Wife. King Edward Royally Welcomed. Washington. Douglas C. Cordiner, Kiel. King Edward, on board the Laramie, Wyo., who graduated Satur- royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, and day from the United States naval accompanied by ' Queen Alexandra, academy, eloped a half hour later Princess Victoria and a large suite, with Miss Frances Lipscomb of Washmet with a great reception here on ington, and the couple was married Sunday. Royal salutes were fired and Miss Lipscombs parat Baltimore. the German sailors cheered the Britents were not opposed to the marriage, ish monarch, while a guard of honor but had not intended it should take was brought up on the quay and the place until a month or two later. Cor- bands played, the British anthem. diner is assigned to the battleship Prince and Princess Henry of PrusMississippi, scheduled for the Medi- sia and their son paid a visit to their terranean station late in the summer, majesties and remained for nearly an when he and his bride will lie obliged hour aboard the Victoria and Albert. Twenty-thre- e Men e Directory for those wishing the of any of the following business men of Provo. ad-flr- ess m STATE NEWS while Mr. Bowers it e W FIERCE STORM UTAH Twenty-on- UTAH MINES S Butte, Mont. Eight inches of snow on the lex el, washed into slush by a driving rain that set in at daylight, cut off Butte from the outside world communicaon Friday. Telegraphic tion was not restored until noon. Overhead power wires were so badly tangled with light wires that Mayor Corby would not allow either street car or light power to be turned on, hence the city was in darkness and no cars were running on Friday night. The mines are also closed down. The railway situation east of Missoula is serious. The Northern Pacific has not moved a train between and Helena or Butte since Monday, and it probably will be weeks before the damage to the track can be fully repaired. Miles of the new roadbed of the St. Paul road east of here have been swept away, and it is estimated that it will require more than a month to repair the damage from this source. The Northern Pacific has assembled on this division all of the pile drivers from the west that It can get; it has taken from its own western divisions and has borrowed from other roads. The fight against the waters is being carried on by ten thousand men, but the water Is gaining steadily, and the rain continues to fall in torrents. C. F. Decker ft Co., Fruit and Produce. J. Beck, Windstorm Geneva IN TRAIL OF TORNADO. A tornado - S $l00,0QQt DIRECTORS: Johiv T. Ta.yIor, Reed Smoot C. E. Loose Groceries and Provisions Preildeot, Vice-Preside- nt, J. Wm. Knight, Geo. Farrer, Roger Taylor, gr, John R. Twelves. L. Holbrook, ft Watkins BercK Architects. JOS, T. FAR.R.ER., Cwshier, General banking business transacted Safe deposit boxes for rent. 335 So. Academy Avenue, Provo. 518 Dooly Block, Salt Take City. PROFESSIONAL. f PROVO. Do it Now See The Electric Co. D. D. HOVTZ ATTORNEY-AT-LA- Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Farrer Block Provo City, Ufah And get them to figure on wiring your house for electric lights. It ia the only clean,' safe and reliable JACOB EVANS, w. Attorney-at-La- 'method of lighting. Practices Law in the State and Fed eral Courts. Office, 95 N, Academy Avenue Both Phones 37-- 2 ILinjfs Office's, rooms 3, 4 and 5 Knight block, Provo City, Utah. in Nebraska Causes Death of Two Persons. Neb. Capita.!, Watches and Jewelry Mis-fsoul- a DEATH Provo City, Utah. MSWlJ NO. 91 V. TKLEPHONB which passed near Geneva late Friday afternoon caused two deaths, fatally injured two other persons and destroyed of worth several thousand dollars property. One mile west of Geneva the farmhouse of John II, Shively was Mr. struck and totally demolished. daughter Shivelys little and a young woman named Smith, employed in the family, were instantly killed; Mrs. Shively was injured so badly that she can survive but a few hours; a farmhand named Russell was probably fatally hurt, while Mr. Shively and a young son sustained serious Injuries. The storm wrecked a number of other buildings in the vicinity, including the engine house of the inSeveral dustrial school for girls. other persons are reported injured, but none fatally. ft KAIGHN State Bank of Provo THVRMAN W. II. Brereton, Pres., John Marwick, Cashier, ATTORNEYS-AT-LA- F. WALKER BUILDING D. Asst. Cashier, Alva Nelson, SALT LAKE CITY four-year-ol- BOOTH & CLUFF Auto Turned a Somersault. Brunswick, Germany. A fatal automobile accident took place near hero Friday. Lieutenant Commander Ashman and First Lieutenant Johannes Fritzsche were killed, and First Lieutenant Elmanhorst and the chauffeur, a man named Eicke, were severely injured. The automobile was a high power machine. As it was entering a small village the chauffeur endeavored to avoid running over a girl cyclist and , suddenly put on the full brake power. The machine is said to have turned practically a double somer-Bault- . Opposite the P. O. on ATTORNEYS-AT-LA- W ROOMS S Mid GATES-SNO- 6 BUILDING. Provo, Utah Avenue. Academy EGLESTON PROVOS LEADING SHOEMAKER Explosion on the San Pedro, Cal. A Tennessee. terrible accident occurred on board the United States armored cruiser Tennessee Friday morning while the ship was steaming at nineteen knots on a speed trial off Point Huenene, Cal., a steam pipe in the starboard engine room bursting, killing four men and injuring ten others all of the men in the compartment at the time. The explosion, the cause of which is unknown, occurred only a few minutes after Admiral Uriel Sebree, Captain F. B. Howard and Chief Engineer Robertson had left the engine room on a tour of inspection. Interest Paid on Time Drafli on Deposits. nil Parts of the World. HARVEY CLUFF A. L. BOOTH 123 N. ACADEMY AVENVE Farmers and Merchants Bank PROVO, UTAH OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. Thomas N.- Taylor, President; HVmer J. Rich, Vice President; J. D. Dixon, Cashier; James A. Loveless, Robert Bee, John J. SiCraner, Andrew Knudsen, mon P. Eggertsen, AVm. R. Wallace. General Business Banking Transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Safety deposit boxes for rent. Drafts issued on all parts of the world. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. I to part. Californian Kills Wife Because She Ten Yejrs for Stealing a Million. Refused to Live With Him. Pittsburg. For the embezzlement Sau Francisco. George Scott, a Deof $1,105,000 from the Farmers 23 years of age, clerk idrug posit National bank, Harry Reilier and morning shot and killed hisSunday wife John Young, former paying teller and 19, and then turned Blanche, aged auditor, respectively, were sentenced the weapon upon himself and comto serve ten yenrs each in the penimitted suicide. The tragedy took tentiary. Attorney Ferguson, repreplace on the sidewalk at the corner of senting Reiber, told the court the Golden Gate avenue and Webster shortage first started during the Leiter street. The couple had been married deal in Chicago in 1897. Young only a short time, but it is said had began this speculation and lost on account of In an effort to recover this loss frequently quarreled Both bodies were Scotts jealousy. the defalcation grew larger. taken to the morgue. wh-ea-t $10,-00- Convention Will be Proclaimed. Guests Given Great Scare. Washington. Within a short time New York. Alarmed by the clangthe convention of 1902, to which the of fire bells and the smoke United States and nearly every Euro- ing into the windows, more than poured pean power were signatories, aimed a hundred guests of the Hotel Albert against the white slave trade, will be were routed from their beds early proclaimed by President Roosevelt. Scantily attired, many of Secretary Root is engaged In working them rushed down the stait's, carrying out the details whereny he hopes that suit eases and trunks, with the aid of the police of the cities, their toclothing, be assured in the office that In conjunction with the Immigration only next door the fire was in a officers, much can be done toward re- and that there wasbuilding no danger. The stricting the importation and exporta- blaze, which started in the factory of tion of the class of women the con- Carl Feinstcin, was extinguished with vention was designed to reach. a loss of $5,000. wh-ic- Sat-uida- y. in a Street Car Collision. . coi Annapolis, Md In a head-olislon between two special cais on the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric railroad, shortly before 8 oclock Friday night, eight persons were killed outright and a score of others seriously injured, some of them The collision was perhaps fatally. due to a confusion of orders, as the line has been running several cars extra each day in connection with the commencement festivities at the Naval academy. Both of the wrecked cars were specials. IHTEB-- H RIDER ASEflT Eight Persons Killed Brown and Bread Victorious Over Hoke and Hard Tack. Atlanta, Ga. With the returns practically complete from all counties, Joseph W. Browns plurality In Thursday's Democratic primary is 15,000. Governor Smith lost his own county, Fulton, and most of tho other larger counties In the state. Parades were held on Friday in Atlanta in celebration of Brown; mtory. Many of the paraders carried sticks with loaves of bread on their tip to typify the Brown campaign slogan, "Brown and Bread Hoke and Hard Tack. Negroes Shoot- - Sheriff. Oklahoma Okla Sheriff City, George W. Garrison of Oklahoma City was shot and killed, an unknown deputy wounded and a negro was shot in a battle that took place three miles east of Hitchcock last Friday evening. According to reports received in Oklahoma City by the local police department, seven negroes were In a party that opened fire on the sheriff when he attempted to arrest Alt Hunter, alias James Kingsbury, who killed Susie Pride, in Oklahoma City on the evening of May 10. sample Latest Model Ranger bicycle furnished hv mak.rg money fast. Write Jtr NO MONEY REQlJIftKp until you Ff rtf DTpVPtlWe ISrmsh iT fhAheA YOU WILL EE ASTCniSHEQ Kny XTfa0 f pure, (0)50 y0IJ . ? ,rK e arK everv"h tcuX'cvcle iwies a grade relv? 'if' ffist Wey,eaI BICVCUE rdeAfilk?theydSy douMaJour priors. CMSTEB-BSSSE- h.e,n IP i oo icnid" V ollneuZ is poss.we to r beautiful catalog te'b.c" cles't protit above factor) your 0wn name p C n, HECCETKOBn ' FSRCTUilE-FHOO- F 1 1 SELMIEALIBS TOES The regular retail price of these fires is SS.SO per pair, but to introduce we will tellyouasample pair for $t.$0kashwithorier$43S) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUKCTU2ES NAILS, air out. Jacks or Glass will not let the Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use DESCRIPTIONS Made to all sizes. It is lively nd easy riding, very durable and lined inside wit h a special quality of rubber, which never becomes which closes up small punctures without allow porous and . ing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from Notice the stating that their tires A and thick rubbei atrl haveonlybeen pumped and D, puncture up once or twice m a whole season. They weigh no more also rim strl than an ordinary tire, the puncture resistingqualities being given to prevent rim cutting tire will outlast any by several layers of thin specially prepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires isjit Soper pair, but for II make OFT, LLASTJ EASY HIDING, advertising purposes we are makings special factory price to the rider of only 4 80 per pair. All orders shipped same is received We letter day You do S"P C' not pay a cent until you haveexamined approval. tt We will allow a cask discount of s per cent (tl erebrmskinS UTr.'j repf thn CASH M e wl11 lso nickel Tires to be returned at OIIH evnUTiiif noraatf.fae.ory on examiSatioJ. We are m WeOZ.ntay0um nd u tdaio?dem wSl, he'ce Iff. IF YOU NEED TIRES I y n?,kind 11 41 L. 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