Show What Happened to Salt Lake When Jupiter Pluvius Cut Loose I Tho The star str reporter waded in from Salt Pala o last night and after niter dripping dripping dripping drip drip- ping a trail trai of 01 water from the front door to his desk relieved himself of tho the following parAgraph Blinding flashes of lightning mingled min mm- Intermittently with jagged streaks of firo that tha clovo a a sinister r I panoply of dark darl clouds in every r o part I of or tho the sk sky a a full fuU moon that tried to to thrust its It silver sl ol beams through tho the spreading fast fast cover and finally a a heavy downpour of oC rain startled started immense im- im Im Immense mense crowds and marked last nights night's display as ono one of ot tho the most remarkable ever cor witnessed in Salt Lake Durin During last nl nights night's htA storm tho the Utah Uth Light LIs-ht and Railways Railway's system was waa Wa put out out of ot business for tor nearly two hours hour The Tho street cars on every over linein line lino In tho the city were without power tho the commercial lights were wera out and the city was in darkness Crowds wore were driven from tho the ro- ro sorts sors or emerged from tho the theaters to find blinding flashes fhe of ot lightning a flood of rain that submerged tho the streets and a a confusion that accompanies accompanies panics a n wild ld disturbance of ot tho the element ele ele- do- do meats ments ment The confusion was wa emphasized emphasized sized by tho the lack of or transportation and until the thunder and lightning and rain had spent their force normal normal nor nor- mal conditions did not return Ono One of 01 tho the prettiest effects of ot the storm was the struggle of ot the moon to peep front under tho the spreading clouds Tho The fringe of ot light at tho the edges of or tho cloud and tho the reflection on the mountains before they too ivero wrapped In the darkness was a picture that will wi not soon bo be forgotten forgot forgot- ten Tho The rain was tho the third In a serJ series that started Sunday and it i perpetuated the habit of ot AUgst August electrical storms The fierce heat of tho the last week contributed contributed con con- mainly to tho the outburst of ot last nl night ht Considerable damage was dono done by bythe bytho bytho tho the rain In the lower portions of ot tho the city Streets and s were cl flooded and tho the overflow went Into Ino many ninny basements Tho The damage damase to tho the street car system was as only temporary temporary- One Ono of tho the unpleasant features of oC tho the storm la lay In the fact tact that tho different dif dit- dlf- dlf ferent theaters in the te city were several several sev soy eral oral times without light during tho the performance performance Makeshifts al of oC all al sorts were r resorted to In somo some cases with wih comical t effect At tho Orpheum tho thio spot light ht did duty all an by Itself for tor l something like 10 20 O minutes minute but the crowds were patient patent and nud thoro there was little or no Interruption of or tho tile per per- Ono One of or lie tho breaks occurred duru during the act of tho the monkeys which Is at present ono one of or tile the tle attractions of the tho Orpheum and tho little animals findIng finding find find- In ing themselves suddenly in III the dark did not hesitate to express their feel feel- fec- fec In ings Howls of or all al kinds punctuated tho blackness nes which however ceased as suddenly as they began when the lights came camo on again Most ost of or the rest of ot tho the theaters theater suffered similarly but hut the tho trouble was short lived short J and In nono of ot them liens wa was tho slightest uneasiness felt The people simply sat quIet quietly In tho the lurk dark and waited for fOl light which In most cases came cam a very ven few feu- mInutes |