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Show NOW THAT THE STORM IS OVER YOU WILL WANT READ ABOUT IT. TRY THE OF ISSUE STATE JOURNAL FOR THE NEWS. 4hIS : , ; ilnhltsljri Daily at (Ditiru, lltalf VOL X. No. 253 MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1906 y DAMAGE DONE WILL EXCEED ONE peonage charged UNITY OF PURPOSE IS THE JECT IN VIEW. LOOK OUT FOR GRANGER HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE OB- Grangers Will Work to Raiao tho Prico of Whoat and Cotton This io Calculated to Moko Lota of Pooplo Sit through concerted action they could easily raise the price of wheat at least Up and Taka Notice, five cents a bushel. The promoters of this plan point to the success of the farmers unions of the south in main(Special to Tho Journal.) taining the price of cotton, and declare TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 11. Par away that similar action on the part of the south, In the land of cotton, aa well wheat growers would be equally sucaa from tho com belt of tho middle cessful. weat and the wheat flelda of tho great Representatives of numerous societies producing apples, north, delegatee are congregated here today to participate In the ft rat aeaelon potatoes, flour, grain and other comof the Farm era' Bualneaa modities are here and the numeroua congreaa The preaent meeting had ita commercial transactions bid fair to be origin In a call laeued by Jamea Butler an Impnrant feature of the congress, of thia city, and received the tndorae-men- ta it la expected that many carloads of of the farmers unlona of the Missouri and northern apples, Minneeouth and numeroua Other agricultural sota and Oklahoma potatoes and Kansocieties. Among the atatea represent-e- d aaa flour will be sold to southern coat teh congreaa are Kansas, operative unions as a result of tha Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, present meeting. This will be doubly Louisiana, Mlaaiaalppl, Alabama, Geor- beneficial, since the growers will get a gia, Kentucky, Illinois Nebraaka, better price for their products and consumers will profit by reduced prices. Iowa, Mlnneoota and tho Dakotas. Another matter which will coma up The object of tho congreaa, according to the atatement of Secretary Butler, before the congress Is the establishlo to unite the cotton plantera of tho ment of union markets In all of the south and tho grain and fruit growers great labor centers, thus affording the of the north for the purpose of control- union workmen of the city an opporling the price of all farm products and tunity to buy the products of union to secure legislation favorable to the fanners without paying a profit to tha agricultural Interests of the territory middlemen. It a beleved that by carrepresented. To accomplish this end rying out such a plan of mutual co. tho new organisation will depend of operation would do much towards esthe various a late legislatures a Just tablishing relations of social solidarity and equitable law covering the subject between the workers of the shop and of farmers societies. tho workers of the farm. When thla la accomplished it will be Many prominent officials of tho Farthe aim of the society to organise co- mers and Educational rporative farmers exchanges, clearing union, which now haa nearly 800, 90S houses, banka, elevators, cotton glna members in the southern states, will and warehouses, telephone lines, pack- address the congress and will explain ing houses and Insurance companies. tha methods adopted In the conduct of One of the Important movements In- that union, the most successful organ -augurated today was an attempt to satlon of farmers ever attempted. form a combination of the among the farmero of elevator companies in order to raise tho northern and western atatea lo now the prim of wheat Many of the dele- conducted along haphaaard and often gates favor the project, and It la ex- Impracticable lines, and tho promoters pected that some definite action will of the congreaa believe that the exhe taken before the congress adjourns. planation of the businesslike methods There are now about MO elevators op- adopted by the southern unlona will be erated by wheat growers In the Missis- of Incalculable benefit to the prheat and sippi valley, and It la believed that com growers. Mla-aou- ri, SALT LAKE CITY A HEAVY soon. The fire started In the aouth end of the building. Ito origin lo unknown, nd no reason can be suggested, aa the Place was entirely away from all the machinery. From this place the fire worked Its way into the lard house. 8 ni from the lard house Into tho part f the building containing tha machin- ery. In addition to the plant proper, three bnuees occupied by workmen and a jtS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE FEDERAL COURT BEING HELD. THOUSAND TRUST SALT LAKE CITT, OcL 22. The storm caused a great deal of damage In this city, and doubtless will exceed SOn.noo. The biggest loss la that to the Utah Packing company, the plant of which, located north of town, near the Pavia county line, was destroyed by fire at midnight Saturday night. It burned to the ground In two hours. The building coat 1100,000, and was Practically ready for occupancy. Dur-n- s the past few days the plant had been receiving a thorough testing and It was expected to be put in operation IN TENNESSEE darkness, which added to the confusion. Later the reserve plant was put Into operation, which alleviated the situation somewhat Shortly after the storm struck, all the telegraph and telephone lines were damaged. The press wire went down and communication with outsld towns was completely lost In driving to a fire the chemical engine of the fire department collided with a large tree. Captain Cahoon had a leg broken and waa otherwise hurt Homer Jay, who was fixing a sign In front of a saloon, fell off a ladder and waa badly cut about the head and face. The damage done la variously estimated. It is said. In some places, it will reach 200,000. It will doubtless amount to about 12S,OQO. or 150,000. Plate glass windows suffered severely. The Immense lights in the front of store were Mown In the Kelth-O'Brland the stock damaged somewhat by dust and debris. m number of small temporary shacks j (By Scripps News.) ' re destroytd. Only tha north wall BALT LAKE CITY. Oct 22. The the main bunding and tha walla of city waa again In darkness last night the engine room remain standing. to the storm. A car of construction material owing hours the wind For twenty-folanding on the track by tha building blew at tho rate of 80 miles an hour, also was burned. little while before The watchmen In the building and ' and abated only a midnight the workmen emplowed at tbe plant Two thousand trees have been blown and who lived In the houses beside It Telephone communication Is are aafe. The fire started at 12 o'clock down. and walla have fallen cut off, chimneys and communicated to the main buildand residences have been unroofed. ing an hour later. Three men are reported killed thla Manager J. W. West of the Utah afternoon. Pat king company says that the Th weather bureau reports the counla 10,000. between Farmington and Brigham try The stockyards were not destroyed aa having been the storm center, by th fire but did suqer from the City with Ogden as tho principal point of hish wind. attack. The storm reached this city about Automobllisto coming In report havf. 'clock Saturday Tha electric night ing seen haystacks carried for miles. ht and street car service was put nt of commission and the (Continued on Pago Five). city was in ur i SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS Prominent EVERYBODY SUFFERED, MORE OR LESS Cottage of the Humble and Residence of the Rich Gets It Churches and Saloons, Schools and Smelters Mike. man dead, several people Ina property loss aggregating 2111.900 in Ogden, telegraphic and telephonic communication shut off, railroad traffic suspended for houra and pandemonium generally, are ilia results of a destructive mountain hurricane that swooped down on thla city late Saturday afternoon and continued In ita raging fury until early thla morn' ing. While the hurricane claimed Its one victim and caused great pr(erty the realdenta of tha city may well con' gratulate themselves that fire did not break out In tho business district or In the more thickly populated residence districts, aa the greater part of Ogden might be a smoldering heap today. Victim of tho Storm King. It was while assisting a neighbor to brace up the side of a barn at Five Points that Heber Glbba, aged fifty years, met hlo death. The barn had been rocking In a dangerous mac.' as the result of the terriinr blows of the wind. About 6 oclock yesterday afternoon Mr. Glbba went to tho assistance of his neighbor In putting up props. A heavy plank on the root waa torn from Ita fastening and falling struck Mr. Glbba on the neck, producing Instant death. The deceased was a well respected rltisen of the community and leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. He waa a member of the Five Points volunteer fire department. Damage Was General. There waa hardly a house In the city but that Buffered damage to a greater or leaser extent Large plate glass windows In business houses were broken, beautiful colored glass In rhurches were smashed to fragments, roofs were torn off. trees uprooteo, signs and debris of an description scattered over the streets, and houses and barns, unable to withstand the terrific force of tha storm, were torn from their foundations and reduced to ruins. In many places over the city large trees had fallen across the sidewalks and pedestrians were 'compelled to walk In the middle of the street, that la, tha few pedestrians who ventured out In the storm. All day Sunday the streets were deserted, the people remaining Indoors hoping that the raging storm would cease. No services were held In any of the churches. The area of the storm was greater than In any of the previous storms that left destruction in their wake. It extended from Cheyenne on the east to Montelln, Nevada on the west, and had a width of over 100 miles. There was damage In Its .path everywhere, and It would be a hard matter to estimate the loss. Several Fires Good Work by Firsmtn. Tbe firemen at the fire department were on the alert from the time the storm started until It finally ceased, and without sleep waited with tingling nerves for the ever expected alarm. About 1:26 o'clock Sunday morning an alarm came In from tho residence of Jamea Hancock on Jefferson avenue, between Twenty-thir- d and Twenty-fourt- h street The boys made a splendid run, and when they got tfy re they found that Mr. Hancock had done much to keep the fire in check by the use of a garden hose. Shortly after 1 o'clock Mr. Hancock waa awakened from hla sleep by tha fierce shrieking of the wind. Upon looking out of the window he discovered that a fire waa eating Its way along a board fence toward tbe bouse. Without waiting to attire himself In the regulation street drees he rushed out of the house and soon had the garden hoee playing on the flames. Hla wife telephoned the department, and upon tho arrival of the laddies the fire waa soon extinguished. It waa a very fortunate thing that Mr. Hancock discovered tha fire In time, for if it had gotten a start In the houses near the tier of blocks which takes In Wrights, Clarks, the First National bank and other buildings might have gone up in smoke. About :40 Sunday afternoon tho department made a run to a brush fire near Grant avenue and Fourteenth One jured, ls er street. Buildings nearby were In danger, but the prompt reaHmse of (lie firemen resulted In the flames being extinguished before damage waa dons. The frame resldeiiee of Jim Carr, near the corner of Thirty-fift- h street and Jefferson avenue, burned to the o'clock ground a few minutes before teat night. It la said that the cause of the fire wee the exploding of a coal oil lamp. Fanned by the hurricane, the flames consumed the house almost before the telephone had ceased ringing the call to tha fire department. When tha department arrived there the house waa nothing but a masa of dying embers. Tha firemen had great difficulty la making thla run, aa the streets were blocked with fallen trees and debris of all descriptions. Wires were down and there waa great danger from thla source. Two of tha boys were from their,, bold on the wwgon by hanging wires. Traffic Demoralized. care of an Oregon Short Twenty-fiv- e Lin northbound freight were blown off tha track a short distance north of Centerville, about 10 o'clock Saturday night. But aa the train was In motion at the time the cars were blown off, they were scattered In bunches of three or four at some distance apart. It la said that the caboose waa chained to the ralla by the train crew to keep it from blowing off: Just aa It was chained a large empty freight car next to It was hurled over onto the west side bf the right of way. Thla wreck blockaded the Short Line tracks, and up to noon today no trains were In operation between Ogden and Salt Lake City. Division Assistant Superintendent Ruth of the Oregon Short Line stated that in all probability trains would be running this afternoon between the two cities. The telegraphic communication between here and Zion waa rut off early Saturday night and no definite Information can be obtained from the scene of the wreck. One hundred linemen were sent down from Gooding, Idaho, and Montpelier, Idaho, and are now engaged in the work of putting up poles and stringing wires. Mr. Roth estimates that about nine miles of poles are down. Four trains, three delayed O. S. L. trains and R. G. W. No. 2. left use night about 7:20 o'clock rnr Fait Lake City. These were the first trains to leave for the south since Saturday night The Rio Grande Western didn't suffer aa much damage to their telegraph line as did the Short Line, and It Is thought that it will anon have ths wires connected up. There la no trouble with the Southern Pacific or Union Pacific tracks, and connections with other train is all that Is delaying outgoing trains on either of these roads. Union Depot end Yards Damaged. A conservative estimate of the damage to the Union depot, build! ngs In the yard and rolling stock la placed at by Superintendent Munson. Tile hurricane struck the' depot building with greet force. The clock tower was badly twisted, the clock broken, tin roof damaged, and the chimney of the south annex so badly damaged that It will have to be rebuilt With the damage to the old round house, the new round house, roof of the new power 'house, the ice house and the ears in the yards, the aggregate will easily amount to 10,000. Superintendent Maneon was over on the Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific when the storm struck. The storm out that way waa not nearly so strong as In Ogden and vicinity. There waa considerable snow and the wind was piercing cold, but the damage done at Sparks and other Nevada towns waa comparatively slight. al-to- rn 10.-0- 00 Men Charged With Working Negroes for Nothing Actus! Slavery and Many Murders are Alleged Against Them. Msiimm. hn came in from the west this morning over the take, siat-- s l tin t practically no damage at all lias been dune. A few rocka In the rip-ra- p founds) Ion were dislodged, but this did not effect the condition of (Special to The Journal ) the roadbed In tlie least. The fact that KNOXVILLE, Tcnn., Oct. 22. At the cut-o- ff us not Injured by the hurri- tlie aM'iHl session of the federal court cane is accounted for by the fact that convened today th Investigation of the course of the storm waa parallel the charge of peonage made by seven with the trestle work. Had the storm well known men In connection with come with equal strength front the the Marysville railroud contractors' northwest the damage to the cut-o- ff ramp begun. Half a hundred negroes would perhaiw have been great. The and several white men employed at tha estimate given by a morning puper of camp will testify aa to the alleged 20,000 damage a entirely wrong. slavery, cruelty and brutality meted out to the hapless laborers of the conBlinding Snowstorm at Evanston. C. T. Cullen of the General auditor's struction gang. Sensational revelaoffice of the Union Pacific at Omaha, tions of untold horrors. Involving even who ia now on a western auditing tour, the crime of murder, are expected to waa In the blinding snowstorm that result from the hearing. Tha bluck raged at Evanston yesterday. He said wltneaaea have been carefully guarded that It was the Worst storm he ever ex- by the government authorities to preperienced In hla life. In going from the vent any attempt at Intimidation, wild depot to the hotel it was necessary at ' lumora of which have been circulated times to wads through deep drifts of j for many days. snow almost up to hla shoulders. In Owing to the prominence of tho deths Evanston yards the snow waa fendants, ths case haa been the chief drifted over fifteen or twenty feet In topic of dlacuaaton throughout tha depth In places, and It waa necessary eastern part of tha atate for many to keep a gang of laborers at work weeka, and tha greatest intereat la shoveling a right of way, ao that op- manifested In tha result of tha federal erations might be continued In tha court trial. R. B. Oliver, one of tho la associated with hla defendants, yards. Man Killed at Bryan, brother, W. J. Oliver, a millionaire In During tha atom that raged at the contracting business. The Condon Bryan, a small station east of Evans- brothers, Knlbert, Holland, Burger and ton, a brakeman by tha name of Smyth Harrison, the other defendants, were waa killed by a- light angina. Ths employed at the construe tlon ramp of i bsakamu had ' bass ssiit - back to do the Olivers an Jiej positions some flagging, but tha snow came spnnslblllly. Tha Indictments against the men down ao swiftly and thickly aa to make a blinding curtain. 11s failed to see were the result of the Investigations the approaching engine, and the roar of of Detective Thomas of the United tha storm drowned all other sounds, Ft ales secret service, who visited tha with the result that he waa struck and neighborhood of tha ramp aa a supposed hnmeaeeker. Hla Inquiry unkilled. covered a condition of affaire said to Soma of tha Buildings Damaged. be the worat In the of the counNot a church in the city but what try. In the mountainhistory wilds of Tennessustained some damage. The beauti- see, in that region on ths ful colored window at the rear of the Little Tennessee river,bordering scores of blacks KupM-inii-iiili-- . ' I . (Continued ca Page Five.) (Continued WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The North American continent ias been fur forty-eighoura In the grasp of a aeries of lc storms. From the Atlantic to the and the gulf to Canada, gales and tllxsards have had undisputed away: A dispatch from Ellis, Kansas, says a snowstorm, passing eastward, swept all of the western portion of the state and eastern Colorado, covering the territory with a white blanket Cheyenne reporta a storm akin to a blizzard. Western Wyoming Is two feet deep In snow, and from all over the state comes a story of suffering to stock. Duluth reports that there Is snow all over northern Mlnneslta and Wisconsin, and that reports from the Jantto-b- a region are to the effect that the weather there la unusually severe. Communication la Interrupted and In ht Pa-fclf- on Fags Four.) and confirming the story told In tho Hcrippa dispatches last Friday about tha loss of bar'S loaded with working men. Tha number cannot be ostt-jnate- d, but It Is certain, that at least two boats, with 150 men each, are lost with ail on board. VERY QUEER SORT OF BRIDE Mrs. Burton Likes Her Husband tar New That He is Going to Than at Any Tims During His reer Gess Inside Tday, Bet- - Jar Ca- 8T. LOUIS, 0(4. 22. Burton arrived In St. Louis this morning and surrendered himself to the United States Marshal, for the purpose of beginning his six months sentence in the Iron county Jail at Irouton, Mo. Ha waa accompanied by hla wife and little niece, who will live in Ironton during hla Incarceration. During the interview with the marHurricane in South. MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 22. The steamer shal, Mrs. Burton placed her hand on Harold reports a terrific hurricane tha former senator's shoulder and which took place at Honduras, October aald: I never was so proud of my hus12, during which many vessels were wrecked. Buildings and towns were band aa now." destroyed and the damage done to the WHY HALF ONLY!. plantations will reach Into the milVALLEJO, Cal, Oct. 22. Secretary lions. Ten thousand bunches of bananas were swept into the sea at of tha Navy Bonaparte, has written i Cut-on Pgden-LuciRutan. The entire Carrlbean aea waa letter to Mayor Madlgan, orderlni Alright. him to take means to close half o: There was considerable apprehension tossed and the damage done waa enor- the saloons In thla city. Immediately mous. among rail toad official and the public under threat of closing down the Man generally about the condition of the Island navy yard and throwing 2,001 Ogden-Lucl- n cut-of- f. Laborers Ware Lost. It was thought men out of employment. that the raging hurricane which swept WASHINGTON. Oct M.--The weathThe letter was received here todaj across the briny waters of the great er bureau here today received nd reports creatd a sensation. Inland sea would lash it Into each a from Jupiter Inlet Florida, 1 K detailing pointed and admits of no fury that the dirt and rock fill and the the losses among the men working on trestle work might be serious damaged. ' the railroad extensions among the keys There are 92 saloons in Vallejo. ff a bad atate. A telegram from Amerallo, Texas, says the Pan Handle ia In tha grasp of a blizzard. Omaha reports a storm along the river and to the west, and says communication la In a very bad state. or |