Show DAVID WHITMER deaths door at his ahonso in missouri A FOUL f K n 1111 A bill for tho admission of dakota as a state terrific storma by wo urn asad prong to the herald holocaust in jacksonville jacksonville fla dec 17 in apito 0 of the firemen the fire winch broke out last night in hubbardd hubbards Hub bards the dock spread to the able block where is lo 10 bated the herald news paper and other offices the buildings in the rear on the wharf with their contents are destroyed tho hubbard loss estimated on building and stock is insurance benedict co on warehouse loss ablia block is badly gutted loss partly insured hacene bros loss insured herald newspaper loss partly insured a m at this hour it looks as if oilier lare bouses will be burned out the fire is abe most jacksonville ever had DAVID the lat of the three witnesses to the book of mormon at the pointon Point of death mo idec Whitroe rono of the founders of the mormon church village for almost half a century lies at the point of death at the family homestead are gathered the children grandchildren and areat giand dr enand beside liia bed ia the e d her life and fortune with his more than fifty years ago whitmer was born in pennsylvania in 1805 and lived for a number of years near watkins glen in new york state there in 1820 he aimea to have eeck the plates which joseph smith translated into the ook of mormon and to have been present during the work of translation whitmer became one of the apostles of the newchurch and moved with it to ohio when the church was driven from olibo it found a refuge in missouri ticer has lived in richmond ever since and has been mayor and councilman of the town lie owns what is said to be the cripi nal manuscript from the book of marmon was printed and has res fused an offer of a very large sum fur it from the mormon church whitmer always opposed A MANIACS DEED i V qa her house causing the death of herself and children PORTLAND or dec 16 the or domant olympia WT special baya that this morning at long prairie about eight miles from this place a deplorable event occurred the news of which waa received here tonight to night mrs mincer a relative of mr david chambers lias for sometime mani fest rd af insanity and acco report she saturated some papers with coal oil and distributed them la round house killing one of her children on inquiring what ehe was doing she replied that she was welting ithem with water early this morning she made e remark that she was about to destroy the whole of the family and her husband fe aring that ehe waa about to attempt liis lite proceed ed lo 10 put her out of the room but on opening ahe door he house was in flames reaching the front door with one of his children h found unlocked anil the key ef moved thereupon b e ran to the back up finally be and his little daughter ed in escaping through the window but wore both badly burned the woman with her four children were burned to death th survivors were taken to the residence of mr chambers for medical treatment terrific storm dec 17 haa been visited by a severe cyclone which did jt commenced on the ad dinst about 2 p m and the next day lulled but coin again with terrible Be verity all the in port put out to aea for safety they returned and had again to put but to property lias been very heavy and the loss to life most serious the following vessels were their crews holden kaman Jl lanche atwood arial ton stella and two others could not tio ascertained the tain poured down in torrents and terrible gale of wind front the northeast sel in the royal mail new 1 freight eluo was destroyed bythe erin 1 the ry is the rails having been torn tip and the earthworms earthworks earth works destroyed bythe force of th e tornado s aft MT to ie fire I 1 horree i dec fire in the suburbs of this aty in which the bodies of frank knox with hia wife children were burned now proves ai appalling murder thia crime was atna pecked yesterday of a revolver with all the cartridge car tride g discharged waa n the evidence then secured today noon a post morte m examination of odiea was cr adeana in proof positively that theory bullet holes and aj calabro call bro bullets were found in the skulls af both frank nax and liis difo aro allar lied to aa yet the funeral is afternoon AU fm oti bodies are being placed in one coffin |