Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1892 — Page 6

| ©he E* ! ''-r‘*CATUIt,INU. F B» fijLAOOUBMX, . PuaMSHaa. ■ty *“ —"“” ’ FEMALE STAGEJIOBBERS : - \ K Six YOUNG WOMEN, IN MALE ATTIRE, CAPTURED.' x Hamit at Roma at the Town Klnotlonn i*n Ohio and Michigan—Congi-nss Taanon’ the Caines* Exclusion Hlll-Tlidou'* Batata—tour Trainmen Killed. FEMALE ROBBERS. E . Bls Young Women, In Malo Attire, Carry on a guooeeeiul Stage Robbing Business. Salmon City (Idaho) special: A few r - days ago the fact of numerous stage hold-ups in this section of the country r? was noted, and the belief expressed that sensational developments would follow the working of a cluo which the Sheriff was following. These develop’ments have come, and there now board with the Sheriff a man and seven woipen, or rather one woman and six girls. The belief was strong that old man Harvey and his faintly were responsible for the numerous robberies, and this belief has now become a certainty, for the girls were caught in the act by a clever scheme worked by the B . officials. It was found that the stages ■- were robbed on the side of Harvev’s, from that ranch after they had left there. An east-going stage would be robbed east of Harvey's, while a west- , going one would be held up on this side. The Sheriff concluded that the old man and his girls had more to do with it than any one else, and so set a trap which worked well. There were certain spots along the road where the robberies were done, and in one of these places the Sheriff, with ten men, waited while the Stage stopped at the house, the driver being previously instructed to betray fear of robbery because be carried a money box. The bait took, and when the stage people were eating dinner the girls disappeared, and soon the Sheriff and his party in ambush saw six young men sneak into the little canyon and hide themselves close to the road. When the stage camo along the bandits went forth and stopped it at the point of their guns, but the Sheriff was also there and took in the whole gang, which proved to be composed of the girls who had left the house. When the arrest was made, one of the girls weakened and told the whole story. She said she never liked the work and was glad they were caught They were trained to it by tbbir father and mother, and the proceeds were shipped East for sale, so as not to excite suspicion in the country. OHIO ELECTIONS. Sennit of Some or the Town Contents, At Cincinnati the Republicans elected ten members of the Council and the Democrats five, making It stand twenty Republicans and ten Democrats. The Republicans gain three in the Board of Education and also elect Fred W. Moore, Superior Court Judge by a majority of 4,796. At Dayton the Republicans elected Joseph A. Wortman Mayor by a plurality of two votes. They also elected W. C. Dale for Police Judge by 445 plurality and re-elected John Tessiman for Water Works Trustee by 571, the Democrats electing their candidates for Clerk of Police Court, Wood Measurer, and Infirmary Director by pluralities ranging from 184 to 385. As a result of redistricting the City Council will stand: Republicans, 10; Democrats, 4. At Columbus the Republicans carried their ticket, electing James H. Bliss as a member of the board of public works by 375 majority, the two magistrates, Fritchey and Parsons, and a majority of the City Council, and Board of Education. The Democrats elected two police commissioners, Overly and Pfeffer, who had no opposition. The Council wjll stand, eighteen Republicans, twelve Democrats, and the Board of Education ten Republicans and five Democrats. Zanesville went Democratic by 200 and the candidates of that party were all re-elected. The Democrats gained three Councilmen. The Republicans elected Chambers, their candidate for Common Pleas Judge, by 1,000 majority. Michigan Elections. Additional reports from the Michigan election give accounts of Republicans’ victories in Ishpeming. Port Huron, Coldwater, Saginaw, Hillsdale, and lonia. The Democrats elected their tickets in Adrian. Negaunee, and Dowagiac. The result in Saginaw was a surprise to both parties. The city is strongly Democratic but the Republicans made a clean sweep and carried everything. The landslide was due to a light vote and local issues. Fonr Trainmen Killed. A freight train on the Iron Mountain railroad went through a trestle near Arcadia. Mo., and four of the train crew were killed. The trestle has been undermined by the heavy rain storm, and when the heavy freight engine run on the structure the trestle gave way and the locomotive and a dozen cars were piled in a heip in the ravine. Tilden’s Estate Appraised at *5,200,000. The appraiser of the estate of Samuel J. Tilden has filed his appraisement in the Surrogate Court, New York. His report makes the total amount otsthe lortunc $5,200,000, which, after deducting bequests, expenses, etc., is $3,208,000 to be divided among the heirs. Goes Up For L’le. William Barnett, the Chicago bookkeeper, who murdered his wife at Morris. 111., last fall, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Penitentiary for life, Rio He Janeiro’s Boom. Adyices from Brazil state that on the Ist of February there were 10,000 new buildings under construction in the city of Rio De Janeiro. Anti-Chlnese. The Chinese exclusion bill, as ft passed the House, absolutely prohibits the coming into-United States of all Chinese persons, except the Minister from China, his attachces, servants, etc. Trltcliard Challenges Mitchell. Pritchard, the well-known English pugilist, is after Charley Mitchell.. tty has Issued a challenge to him to fight for $5,000 a side and a purse for the championship. Vessel Cut in Twain. ° London special: A collision, resulting In the loss of fourteen lives, occurred off the Isle of Wight The British bark. Falls of Garry, from San Francisco to Havre, via Queenstown, came into collision with Dio British steamer Thetis. The Fails of Garry was cut nearly in two and sank almost immediately. The crew of the Thetis hastened to assist the wrecked seamen, who were struggling in the water, and succeeded in saving sixteen bf them, Fourteen were drowned., The Thetis wall considerably damaged, and made signals for assistance. The tug boat Bios, which had been engaged In taking the Eider from Atherfield o——■0——■- - - --- — - -- — Xl •'

ledge, went to the assistance of the Thetis, and towed that vessel into the Solent ’ ■ MILZ4ONS AN SMOKE. Acree of New On can* Property In Ash**. New Orleans special: Millions of dollars worth of property went up in smoke . here, and many blocks in the heart of the city are now a ma.ss of charred and smoking ruins. Two Hies wore sacrificed to the fire fiend that fona time held dominion ovfir different parts of the city. An unusually quiet day was transformed in a few moments into a day of excitement and disaster. Smoko fills the . streetsand when the sunset that even- ' Lug the skies were crimson hued from thb reflection from tho burning buildings that cover acres of around in two different portions of the city, fully two miles apart The first fire originated in the cotton Compress district on Front street near Race, while the other was in the garden district Handsome residences, business houses, and’eotton presses were reduced to ashes in a remarkably short space of time. A high wind was blowing and made tho efforts of tho firemen to gain control of the flames almost useless. There was also a scarcity of water, and while block after block of buildings wore enveloped In tho embrace of the terrible fire, thousands of people stood watching the scene, unable to check the march of the element of destruction. Tho firemen worked bravely under the greatest disadvantages, and several were buried beneath the falling walls, to bo taken out more dead thaiy'SHvo. Ihe fire in the residence pdhlipn of the city was caused by the explosion of a coal oil lamp in tho hands of a little girl. The burning fluid was thrown over her and her infant sister, and both little ones were burned to death. The losses in all amount to about three million. The cotton loss is estimated at about 6,000 bales. This would mean a loss of $1,800,000 In cotton alone. Capt Dupre, Ladderman Shaw and Pipeman Bordeaux were caught under the walls of the fire proof press as they fell, and seriously injured. The loss by the second tire will reach over a million dollars, making the grand total loss over three million dollars. Several ifisurance companies are hard hit and some may go under, as all the property was insured. TWAS A HUMMER, A Disastrous Storm Sweeps Over Nebraska. Nelson (Neb.) special: A disastrous cyclone passed over this city. The storm came in the shape of a funnel, rapidly whirling It struck in the northeasterly part of the town, ruining everything in its path. Several business blocks were unroofed and about thirty residences completely destroyed. The loss is estimated at- SIOO,OOO. Five persons were injured seriously, but none were killed. Their names are: Miss Mary Brayman, Mrs. John Eaton, H. H. Williams, Alice Williams, a‘nd Johu Hiatt. The First National Bank, a brick building, roof torn off; Union Blpck, roof partially taken off; Opera House Block, brick, roof taken completely off; High School house, brick, completely unroofed. The following residences were wrecked; E. H. Dowland, unroofed; Miss Mary Bray man, totally destroyed; John Eaton, totally destroyed; Barnum, totally destroyed: Henry Popes, destroyed; J. H. Gammill, totally destroyed; Thomas Graham, partly destroyed; H. H. Williams, completely wrecked; Robert Greenwoods, partly destroyed; Geers, partly destroyed; D. Werters, moved from foundation; J. G. Foster, badly wrecked; J. A Devore, partly unroofed: H. H. Warren, unroofed; James Howard, unroofed; T. W. Cole, unroofed and moved from foundation; W. I. Templeton, totally destroyed; Jond McEnders, totally destroyed; W. C. McHenry, badly damaged; L. W. Fike, partly unroofed; K. L Wetzel, slightly damaged; J. R. Buffington, totally destroyed. Bock Island round house, unroofed, and Thomas Nichols, totally destroyed. Large numbers of barns were blown down and stock injured. The wind lasted about ten minutes, after which there was a heavy fall of rain, lasting five minutes. Consideraable damage is reported in the track of the storm through the country, the particulars of which cannot be had. A LYNCHING AT FINDLAY. A Murderous Brute Strung Up By the Best Citizen*. Findlay (Ohio) special: Great excitement has prevailed here since the attempt by Joseph Lytle to murder his wife and two daughters with a hatchet Threats were made upon the part of the people that Lytle would be lynched, but it was thought the law would be allowed to take its course. A little after midnight the other night, however, a mob appeared at the jail and demanded the keys. These were secured after some delay and the prisoner was taken out and strung up a short distance from the jail. As the mob entered the jail, Lytle called their attention to the ceil he was occupying as the one they were looking for. It took thirty minutes to batter down the cell door, when the doomed man was dragged out and then.ee to the Main street bridge. After the first attempt was made to hang Lytle, he was dragged by the neck through the street to the fatal telegraph pole. Shots from two score revolvers were fired into the lifeless body. The- mob is said to have been composed of the best citizens, but was poorly organized and lacking a leader. Lytle displayed great gameness, and seemed to be satisfied that he was meeting with ■justice’. It is hardly probable that any attempt will be made by the authorities to bring the lynchers to justice. A STEAMER BURNED And Ten Cincinnati Excnrslonlsts Are Drowned. Cincinnati speceial: The steamer Golden Rule, which was due to leave her wharf for an excursion to New Orleans was discovered on fire. The flames spread with incredible rapidity and though every,effort was made to rescue the passengers, a number of whom had already come on board, several of them are believed to be lost. At least five persons are known to have lost their lives by the fire. Miss Nellie Malony, Frank Reilly, Second Mate Jim Madison, Mate Nat Homer, a white deckhand.and an unknown woman. Mrs. Easton of Addystone, a suburb of this city, is also missing, and it is feared she is Jost. Three or four others wpo were known to have been oh the boat, .but whose names were not obtained, are missing, and the death list may be increased to ten or more. None of the bodies have been recovered, although searchers are diligently at work. * " Kan Into a Switch. Princeton (Ind.) special: A terrible case of negligence occurred on the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis railroad. A train going East at a rate of twenty miles an hour ran into an open switch at Beck’s siding and dashed into some freight cars. The engine., with nine cars, was completely demolished. Following arethose injured: John Rosen burg, engineer, head cut and shoulders crushed. --— Petepelanoy, fireman, head apd face badlycut Harry Cramer, conductor, body rolled and bruised; not seriously. T. J. Roberts, brakeman, head and

o face badly cut, leg* and arm* terribly e crushed. Quit* the Thing. Miss Emma Fox (hot and killed herself at Altoona, Pa., because Miss Birdie • Boate, with whom she had fallen in love, - refused to return her affection*. The a young women are both of good parentage f and well to da Almost a year ago Miss 1 Fox began to show an unnatural affec--1 tlon for Miss Boate. The latter never - returned her love ano had lately tried te . avoid her. r Finally Miss Fox’* action I became such that M4m Boate became • frightened and never loft her home un- > attended. This worried Miss Fox and - ultimately led to her taking her owr i life. • ? ‘ Mother and Child Farlih In a Fira. i Fire started in tho millinery store the Misses McCurty, on South Main i street, WilKesbarre, Pa., and rapidly • spread to Kippie’s sporting goods store i adjoining. Mrs. Easby, a sister of Mr. i Kippie’s, who lived above the store, esI caped, nut forgot her 5-year-oid daughter • who was asleep in her room. She rush»_ i back, got the child and was returning when several kegs of powder exploded, killing her and the child. The loss P about $70,000, Including three other i small stores adjoining, which were i gutted. Election Crookedness. New Orleans special: A sensation wa» created when the committee of seven, which is counting’;the vote of the State cast at the Democratic primaries, discovered 100 fraudulent Foster votes in Sabine parish. They, were promptly thrown out on motion of the Foster committeeman. The count of the uncontested parishes is now complete and the contests will be taken up immediately, when surprises will be in store for somebody. So far the vote counted has not changed tho first figures. Threaten Revenge. Paris special: Threatening letters have been received by tho police commissary. who was in charge of the officers who arrested Ravachol. The waiter and restaurant keeper who gave information to tho police, have received similar missives. The police have learned that Ravachol has in some way obtained a permit in regular form to obtain 1,500 cartridges from dynamite stores near the bourse. The police are trying to find out how the permit was procured, the regulations on that subject being stringent Battle With Witu*. A dispatch from Zanzibar says: “Capt Rogers, of the British East Africa Company, attacked the Witu people on the 18th inst After several hours’ fighting Rogers failed to carry their stockaded stronghold and retired unmolestea with three killed and ten wounded, including a British subject named Thompson. A fugitive says the enemy had twentythree killed. All the wells were poisoned by the enemy, but no harm resulted, Rogers having been warned.” Will Take an Official Fart. The Italian Government, It is reported officially, may conclude to take an official part in tho Chicago World’s Fair, provided Congress will vote to Indemnity the families of the Italians lynched at New Orleans. Ohio Gerrymander. The Ohio Legislature has passed the bill redistricting the State for congressional purposes. This gives the Republicans fifteen and the Democrats six districts, just the reverse of the present apportionment Earthquake and Tidal Wav«u A serious earthquake occurred at Arica, Chili, and caused great alarm among its inhabitants. It was accompanied by a heavy tMal wave. The shock was felt at both Valparaiso and Santiaga New Antl-Optlon Measure. The House Committee on Agriculture will report a substitute for the Hatch anti-option bill and similar measures, it is understood the substitute will De acceptable to the boards of trade. Bendy to Moto. The Bellaire (Ohio) Stamping Company have closed their works and will begin shipping their entire plant to Harvey, 111. Four hundred men are thrown out of employment. No Joint Debate. The proposition to have a joint debate between Governor McKinley and exSpeaker Reed, ex-President Cleveland and ex-Governor Campbell has been rejected by the Democrats. Stole 810,000 Worth or Railroad Ticket*. Burglars stole SIO,OOO worth of OmahaSan Francisco tickets from the train agent’s office at thel union depot, Omaha. It is thought to have been the work of an ex-employe. Captain E. H. Fisher Dead.’ Capt Eden H. Fisher, a well-known politician in Northern Indiana, died at his home in Rome City, Ind., of paralysis, superinduced by Bright’s disease. Killed by a Horse. John Candman, living a few miles east of Carthage, 111., was killed by the kick of a young horse. Fife at Detroit. Fire at Detroit damaged George and William Lowries dry goods store $40,000. Cause unknown. • THE MARKETS. CHI 'AGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 83.50 @5.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 8.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Fair to choice 4.00 @ 6.75 Wheat—No. X 8ed....78 @ .79 Coen—No.2 .89 @ .40 Oats—No. 225 @ .26 Bye—No. 2?;. .j-.,., 77 @ .78 Butter—Choice < reamery2B @ .29 < heese-FuU Cream, f1at5...... .19)40 .18*4 Eoss—Fresh.l2 @ .13 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bn.... .40 @ .50 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 4.50 Hogs—Choice Light :'.50 ** 6.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed .85 & .8514 Cobn-No. 1 White ,38)4@ .8914 Oats—No. 2 White3o @ .30)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle. 3.50 @ 4.75 Hoos 3.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bedß3 @ .84 Cobn-No. 2 .85 @ .»« Oat*-No. 2 .28 @ .29 Bablby—Minnesota ,53 @ .55 CINCINNATI. Cattle. 8.50 @ 4.50 Ho* 3.00 @5.00 Sheep..., 3.00 @6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red.!»o @ .91 Cobn—No. 240 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 Mixed. .30 @ .81 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 HgGS 3.00 @ 4.50 Sheep.. 8.00 @ 5.0;) Wheat—No. 2 Red.3B @ .89 Cobh—No. 2 Yellow 39 @ .40 Oats—No. 2 White .31 & M TOLEDO. ’ Wheat—No. 287 0 .89 < orn-No. 2 Y«Uow3o @ .41 Oats—No. 2 White....,30 0 .81 Rtbß2 @ .84 1 BUFFALO. Beep Cattle 4.00 @ 5.75 Live Hogs 3.75 @ 5.2> WHEAT-No. 1 Hard .98 @ .94 Cons-No. 244 @ .48 , MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring .77 @ .78 Cobs—No. 3 37 ® .» > Oats-No. 2 White 29)40 .30)4 Hye-No. 1 .81 @ .83 Barley—No. 2...- 58 as .54 PoBK-Mess 10.00 @10.50 1 NEW YORK. Cattle 8.50 @ 5.00 , Pogs 8.00 @6.60 Sheep..... 4.00 0 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bad 99 @l.Ol [ Corn—No.. .49 @ .50 Oats—Mixed Western .84)40 -Mli Butter—Creamery. .90 0 -.30 I PoBK-New Me**. 1100 011,50

HAVOC IN ITS COURSE. & . J* FATAL WIND-BTORMS BWBBP THB COUNTRY. A Kanaa* Town Wiped from Off the Barth—Many Ar* Klli*d, While the Injured Reach mt* Ute Hundred*—Fatalltle* In Chicago, Rte. Work or Furious Wind. A tornado, attended by the greatest number of fatalities ever credited to a single storm In the State, swept over southwestern Kansas, leaving In its wake death and destruction. The storm seems to have first descended upon Kiowa, and jumped from there to New Haven, Sumner County, through which county It out a swath nearly a mile wide wherever it descended to earth. Jumping Sedgwick County the wind next bombarded Butler County, to the southeast, and almost obliterated the villages of Augusta and Towanda, leaving so little standing in ths latter that it is a marvel how a soul escaped. But one building was left intact in Towanda, a place of 300 souls. Five people were killed outright. Ten more are fatally Injured and a half hundred more or less seriously maimed. At Augusta three were killed. One of these was a child of Will Rhodes. The child was blown out of its mother’s arms, and its head and body were later Sicked up a hundred feet apart. Rhodes i fatally Injured, and fifteen others were badly hurt. At Kiowa, the Missouri Paoilio depot and a large number of buildings were demolished, but no loss of life is reported. Sumner county suffered largely both In loss of life and property. For fifteen miles everything the wind came in contact with was razed. Near New Haven Ben H. Maple and son, J. Morehouse and Frank Shephard are reported to have been fatally injured. South of Welllngton William Little’s house was blown to splinters, and Little and four children were killed. Joe Showalter’s house was picked, up, and, with Its thirteen occupants, carried 300 yards and dumped in a heap, all the people being seriously, some fatally, hurt. Near Portland John Bristow was killed. South Haven suffered severely from the storm, both In the way of material damage and in the number of lives lost. The house of John Moorehouse was leveled to the ground, and Moorehouse and one child were killed, other members of the family escaping. John Burmaster’s house was crushed like an eggshell, and the whole family was killed in an instant. They are: Johu Burmaster, wife and three children. Mrs. Frank Shephard was killed by flying timbers. A score of other people were injured in the storm. It is believed that not half the casualties have been reported. The wires have been down in all directions, and it will necessarily take some time to get full reports from the rural districts. Hundreds of farmhouses have been demolished, granaries overturned and grain scattered, and a large number of cattle and horses have been sacrificed. At Norfolk, Neb., the Episcopal Church was entirely destroyed. The Congregational Church was unroofed and its steeple ahd bell carried away. Wheaton’s planing mill was partly wrecked and fifteen houses and barns wepe demoralized. The cyclone swept a track through the city three blocks wide and ten blocks in length. Many were seriously injured by tailing debris. Telegraph wires all over the State are prostrated and It is impossible to obtain news of the extent of the cyclone. The storm traveled 150 miles over the richest grazing section of the State, dotted with small towns and villages. At Merrill, Wis., a number of children Jom 13 to 15 years old were assembled In the German Lutheran Church, when lightning struck the building, knocking four of them to the floor. Ottilie Olman had one shoe torn off and was badly burned and Lena Kunkel was burned from head to foot. The others were not seriously injured. All will recover. After leaving the church the current killed a horse in a stable near by. lowa was swept by the terrific windstorm. In- Des Moines damage was done to hundreds of buildings. The wind blew sixty miles an hour, and at brief intervals reached as high as one hundred. A section of the ornamental stone conjlce was blown from the Sneer Building and crushed to atoms at the feet of a pedestrian. Advices have been received from the towns of Guthrie Center, Panora, Dexter, Earlham, Greenfield, Menlo, Casey, Adair and other places to the effect that buildings have been unroofed and great damage done. A passenger train on the Burlington and Northwestern narrow-gauge road was blown from the traek forty miles west of Burlington while running at full speed. A baggageman, a mail clerk and two passengers are reported seriously injured. At St. Joseph, Mo., there Is hardly a house not damaged more or less, and many barns, outhouses and fences are leveled. The loss will aggregate $50,000. In Chicago. Death came with the storm in Chicago. A fury of rain and wind swept across the city early in the evening. At 14 and 16 Pearce street, on the West Side and close to the river, a tell brick building stood in the open, with little cottages clustered all about It. The seven-story giant, rising in the midst of the squatty frame buildings, was battered byjthe full force of a hurricane that caught the falling sheets bf water and tore them Into shreds. It was an unfinished structure, and the terrific gusts of wind pushed into the open windows and actually tore thi) fresh walls apart. The building fell. Great masses of brick crashed upon the houses all about and ground them to pieces, bringing death and ruin to a half dozen families. At least five people are known to have been killed. Ten were injured, two of them fatally. All night busy workers toiled at the heaps of debris, clearing away wreckage and recovering the victims. The killed are: Horace Mott, 5 years, 12 Pearce street, head crushed; Edward Mott, 2 years, 12 Pearce street, body crushed; David Hulett, 6 months, 18J Pearce street, head mashed by bricks; Mrs. James Gowan, 12 Pearce street, body not found; William GoWan, 10 years, body not found; Samuel Barsdale, mechanic, 214 West Harrison street, visiting the Gowan family, buried In the ruins; Mary Welch, Joliet, lit, cousin of Mrs. Gowan, buried in the'ruins. The building, a seven-story brick, fronted on 14 and 16 Pearce street, was 118 feet long by 50 feet wide. 1 : It was erected by Street, Young & Kent, manufacturers of brass work. It was practically completed, the roof having been finished the day before the storm. The doors and windows had not yet been put in, but the woodwork throughout the building had been finished and the company expected to occupy the building In a few days. ’ Path of th* Storm. That the storm was one Os the most ’ searching and destructive on record is borne out as fragmentary scraps of Information straggle in from the Northwest, the far Southwest over the badly crippled, almost unworkable wires which escaped the fury of the warring elements. • The justly famous though not popular “Kansas cyclone” seems in this instance to have comprehended a vast expanse of territory upon which to wreak its fury, and any estimate ’ approximating the amount of damage dime to property ut

the number of lives lost is out of tho question. The area of low ! barometer which has hovered so long over the lake region and Northwestern States seems to have shown this onward rush of high pressure, the weather map indicating two distinct storms, branching from a point apparently In Northwestern Texas like a huge “V," and taking their course ode northerly and one northeast. In the onward march northward In swirling, shrieking eddies “Bleeding Kansas” first fell under its mighty power. Death and destruction marked Its baleful progress from the moment It left the rolling prairies of tho Indian Territory. Grasping in its pitiless clutch the pretty little city of Towanda, Kas., It bounded on with ever Increasing volume, leaving In its wake a maze of shattered buildings, a score of mangled corpses, and a hundred torn and bleeding viqtlme. Wellington, Caldwell, Augusta, and JKiowa, Kan., then furnished their quota to. the death harvest. Passing northward through Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota the track of desolation, miles in width, marks its passage, and feeble walls straggle through fag ends of prostrate wires from Interior towns anxious to tell their tale of woe. Following the northwest prong of this remarkable atmospheric outburst the south and east portion of Kansas is shown to have been attacked with the same irresistible force that characterised the movement of tho disturbance in the northward tangent Kansas City was again forcibly reminded of the Lathrop school-house horror of 1886, in which many little children were crushed and numerous homes were wrecked and made desolate by the heavy h'and of death; when the building, at Fourth and Main streets, collapsed, adding five victims to the list of fatalities, and when the great Hannibal and St. Joe bridge was blown bodily from its massive stone foundations into the treacherous Missouri. Reports indicate that another school-house has been wrecked, four unroofed, and untold lesser damage done, though happily no loss of life Is yet reported from there. Not a wire remains thence to the southwest, the damage and. loss of life being purely conjecture, though the wildest rumors are rife. OIL AND QAS. How a Well I* Drilled Thousand* of Feet In Depth. When a gas or oil well Is located, says S. A. Felter Hi the Indiana Farmer, the first step is to build over it.a derrick, which is a frame from 60 to 90 feet high, built of 2xß timber in the form of a square pyramid. In this is erected a “walking-beam,” or horizontal rocking shaft, pivoted in the middle 26 feet long, one end of which is connected to the crank shaft of the engine, to the other is suspended the “drill,” or boring tool. The drill “bit” consists of a steel chisel blade, obtuse but sharp, about 8 inches wide, with a shaft about 6 inches in diameter, about 6 feet long, weighing about 250 pounds. The lower or cutting part is of steel; the shaft is of iron. The “stem” is an iron rod of the same size as the shaft of the bit, into which it is screwed, and is 33 feet long, and weighs over 2,000 pounds. In the upper end of the stem is a ring by which the whole is suspended by a 2| inch manila rope. The drill is raised about three feet for a stroke, the weight being about 2,300 pounds, and let fall on the rocks beneath. The number of strikes average about forty-three per minute. The hole is 8 inches in diameter at the start, and the drill chops its way” down as far as possible—sometimes from 100 to 200 feet; when water or sand prevents further progress by caving, it is necessary to case the hole with sections of iron tubing, having an inside diameter of 5| Inches, which are screwd together and driven down to the bottom of the hole. Then a smaller drill, fitting the inside of the casing, is again set to work as loqg as possible. When again obliged to stop, the casing is withdrawn and a “reamer" or widening tool is put down, and the lower portion of the hole is enlarged to 8 inches. Then the casing is again put down to the bottom. In this way the work progresses until the desired depth is reached. The “sand-pump,” which is used to clean the sand and pulverized rock from the hole, is simply a tube 20 feet long and 5 inches in diameter, the valve being an iron or copper ball 4} inches in diameter. This tube is let down, and when filled is drawn out. The sand-pump is used about every five feet, and a sample of the rock cut is put into bottles, numbered, and labeled with number of feet and character of rock. FACTS ABOUT RAILROADS. Big Figure* Which Represent the Work Done by These Corporations. To gather statistics fr<wn the great corporations which operate the American railroads is not a simple work of a day or so, but takes time. It is only just now that we know, from the Government reports, what the railway business amounted to sot -the year ending June 30, 1890, eighteen months ago. The mileage at that time was 163,597, an increase during the year of 5,838 miles, says Harper’s Weekly. This increase, it is of interest to note, was greatest in that group of States formed by Ken-: tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, where were built during the year 1,370 miles, or 23 per cent, of the wljole increase. In the State of Georgia the increase was 438 mites, and this was more than in any other State in the Union. These roads are owned apd operated by 1,797 companies, but about one-half of the mileage is operated by forty companies. The gross revenue of these roads for the year mentioned woS sl,v>54,877,632, but 80 per cent, of this revenue was divided among seventy-five roads. Large roads must do cheaper work than smaller ones, as these seven-ty-five roads carried 83| per cent, of the passengers and 85J per cent, of the freight. To operate the railways required the services of 749,301 men. This was an increase of 44,558 men over the previous year, and added an average of twenty men to the operating force on every hundred miles of road in the country. In arriving at the capitalization of these great properties accurate statistics have been obtained on 156,404 miles, mhe capitalization of this mileage is • $9,437,353,372, or $60,340 per mile. At the same rate - the capitalization of all the toheage would bring the total up to about $10,000,000,000. This is certainly a great amount of money; but dividends were not paid during the year on 63.76 per cent, of the capital stock. The surplus from operating these roads was $12,070,383, a decrease of $7,387,155 from that of the year before. The passengers carried were 492,430,865, aft increase of 20,250,522, and the average journey of each passenger was 24.06 dies. . v

' THE POSITIVE TROTH I THAT ALL THB HOOSIER NEWS IS HERB. I l - I What Onr N*l« hours Ar* D*lns-M*tUr* ot G*n*ral an<> taeal Intel•*l—A*ol> ' donto, Crim**, Bulslda, Bl*. Minor Stat* Itasn* Montpkijer has a new oil well e»tl- ‘ mated at 600 barrels per day. ' 1 Gao. Colk Terro Haute, ha* s broken log. Pile of lumber fell on it Tkvis Jknninos, Scottsburg, eoes to the Pen. four years for horse stealing. A. O. Austin. South Bend, while trimming a tree fell and broke three riba A boy named Cody, Muncie, had a log cut off by the car*. He tried to catch on. Amos Babthoi.omkw was killed and his daughter fatally Injured by a falling tree, st Clark's Hill. The people of New Market, Montgomery County. have voted favorably for Incorporating that place. Boomkr Shock, one of tho eldest citizens of Monroe County, was found dead Id his bed at Steubenville. Stkphkn A. Burk, Connersville, became insane and nearly killed hts wife by beating her on the head. First sermon preached In Hamilton County was In 1820, by John Finch, in a cabin two miles from Noblesville. William Newcomb, who was bitten by a horse near Richmond last week, had his arm amputated at the shoulder joint While attempting to secure some valuable papers from bls residence, st Evansville, Judge R. Y. Bush was fatally burned. “White Caps” took Isaac Witherald, a Boone County man, out of his house, and whipped him. Said he circulated bad reports about a girl. Herby Vest, recovering from a long spell of sickness at Nabb’s Station, on the O. & M., attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat Ashley C. Perrin, auromlnentcltizen of Fort Wayne, died suddenly of heart failure. Mr. Perrin was one of the best known horsemen in Northern Indiana. Nathan Smith, of Thomas Smith & Son, quarrymen at New Paris, was killed by a falling derrick. He was 28 years old. and leaves a wife and two children. The pastor of the Free Methodist Church at Knox has resigned his pulpit rather than part with his flowing mustache, as the congregation had requested him to da Farmer James McElrath, near Rochester, awoke and found bis wife missing. Search revealed her lifeless body hanging from the limb or an apple tree in the orchard. The city of Wabash has authorized the Issuing of SB,OOO 5 per cent school bonds, running two and four years. They will be SSOO bonds and plaeed on the market tne Ist of May. Workmen at Greensburg while tearing down an old brick building on the public square, found an oppossum under the floor. It had escaped from its owner last winter and hibernated. The 4-year-old child of Charlea Woolen, an engineer on the Big Four accommodation running between Aurora and Cincinnati, was drowned at Lawrenceburg. Woolen’s home is on the river bank. Joseph Stevenson, who was injured through the carelessness of a brakeman on the Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati & St Louis railway, wa* awarded judgment at Lebanon for $4,000 against the railway company. John Williams of Wayne County, whose two-year term at Jeffersonville was up the other day. was so stubborn he would carry a 100-pound bag of sand on his shoulder for days rather than perform his task as molder. He hid by burying himself in the ground, and remained there for days, until starvation drove him out of his burrow. Luella, the 16-year-bld daughter of Thomas Holmes, of Lebanon, who, it is claimed, was abducted by Wm. Sicks and married recently, has applied for a divorce. Their marriage, his incarceration in jail and her application for divorce all took place within twentyfour hours. She claimed to have signed her father’s name to the article which favored the Issuance of the license, and now says she did wrong and is sorryj Sicks is still in jail under bond of S2OO. AiMUTANT-oeNERAL Ruckle called together at Indianapolis a number of artillery officers of the State Militia, in order to deliver some Instructions relative to th?lr branch of the service. The artillery battalions are to be given more work in the State drills. There were present from the Indianapolis Light Artillery, Capt. Gurtis and Lieutenants Thompson and Gerrard; from tho Zollinger Battalion, Fort Wayne, Capt. Mungen and Lieutenant Ranke; from the Rockville Battalion, Capt. Lambert. Tho Light Artillery had an exhibition drill at Mozart Hal). The next State drill will probably be held at Martinsville Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: Timothy L. Bozart, assignor to Yaryan Fifth Wheel Company, Indianapolis, fifth wheel; Thompson Dillon,’ assignor of one-half, to J. Caven, Indianapolis, mast-arm switch for electric lamps; Albert H. Gleason, assignor to Perfection Manufacturing Company, Warsaw, corn popper; Nicholas A. Hull, Peru, ornamented wood veneer; Andrew E. Jones, assignor to A. E. Jones & Co., Richmond, vehicle heater; Melvin L. Jones, Yorktown, wire fence machine; George A. Kerr, Columbus, centrifugal starch-reflning and separating machine; Zabby Laasor, assignor of two-thirds to C. C. Dunn and F. Moore, Stinesville, channelling machine; Addison A. Nanney, Evansville; steam actuated valve for engines; Henry D. Robinson, Cheater, tension device; John Speakman,’ New Castle, wire and picket fence. A freight train eon the Panhandle struck Enoch Mustard, one of the oldest citizens of Madison Counny, near Florida, a small station about nine miles north of, Anderson. The man is fatally Injured. On Salt Creek, In Brown County, Mrs. A. S. Swerlhe, whose husband was at work in a field, locked her two children, a boy and agirl, aged 2 and 4 years, In their residence, and went to visit a neighbor. She remained longer than she intended, and when she started back saw her home In flames. Before she reached the house her two children were burned to death and the burning residence was falling in on them. Mrs. Mary Bbown of Paoli, was divorced from her husband, William Brown, given her maiden name, Slaton, and, before the sun went down, had married Thomas J. Walk, thus possessing three names in one day. Patrick Conner’s residence, near Hooslerville, was destroyed by fire. Tho family was away from home, leaving Mr. Connor, who is crippled with rheumatism. alone In the house. He lay in bed vainly hoping for assistance, until he saw the deadly flames coming closer and closer to him. then with a great effort bo snccecdecMn crawling from the burning building, and was found shortly afterwards, suffocated. The loss will amount to $3,000; no insurance. J .

' THE NATIONAL SOLONB. BBNATB AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ) ,| I | I—— w ■■ ■!» — OnrNatioaal Lawnaakar* and What Thar Ara Doing kw th* *< the Cauniijr▼arion* Maaaerea Dl*ou**eds and Acted Upon. Doing* ot Congress. Th# silver bill being shelved, th* House on the 29th proceeded with the consideration of th* fr**-wool bill, th* entire d*y being devoted to debate. Mr. Stewart of Nevada gzv* notlc* In th* Senate that Im- , rredletely after the morning houron th* 4th pro*, ha should cell up bl* free coinage of silver bill, now on the Senate calendar, with 1 an adverse report. The nomination of John i H. Baker to be United States District Judge for Indian* In place of Judge Woods. Wise taken up by tho Senate in secret sotelon snd Confirmed. The Senate sl»o confirmed the nomination of Milo A. Jewett, consul nt Blvas, Turkey, and D. T. Hindman, of Britton. K D., agent tor the Indiana at the Blaaeton agency, a D. lhe credentials of Roger Q. Mill* a* senator from Texas were laid before the senate, together with a letter from Mr. Mills saying that he had transmitted hl* rtwlgnztiou ua a congressman to the governor of Texas. The senate by a unanimous vote ratified the Behring Bea treaty without any restrictive conditions The Springer free wool bill wa* the only subject of discussion In the Hous* of Representative* on the 80th. In th* Senate the Indian appropriation bill was resumed, and the discussion which was begun last week on the subject ot nrmy officers being assigned to the duties of Indian agent* was again taken up. After much debate, Mr. Hawley moved to amend the House provision by adding to it a proviso that whenever the President • shell be of opinion that the good of the service especially requires It, he may appoint a civilian. This aas agreed to, and without reaching a vote on the amendment , to strike ont the House provision the Senate adjourned On the 81st Mr. Morgan Introduced a serie* of resolutions directing the Committee on Finance to Inquire into the causes of depression In agriculture and business, and the effect of the silver act of HfflO. Discussion, by Mr. Sherman and Morgan. followed. and tho resolutions were laid on the table until the following day. In the House the pension luaulry took a decidedly political cast when Ir. Enloe asked Gen. Raum if the bureau was not used for political purposes. The Commissioner replied that ho never wrote a letter to a medical board or to examiners requesting the performance of any political act The most slgnUcant event in the tariff discussion was th* presence on the floor of ex-Ropresente-tlve McKinley, now Governor of Ohio, the author of the law against which ail the Democratic speeches were directed. He was warmly greeted by the members of both political partiee and paid close attention for a time to the speech of Representative Wheeler, of Alabama, in support of the teeo wool bill. The Senate accepted the recommendation of the House that army officers shall be appointed Indian agents. Tho Indian Bureau was badly defeated in this matter. After the transaction of routine business, the Ist, the House went Into committee of the whole on the free wool bill. Mr. Cox. of Tennessee, spoke In favor of the bill and in general denunciation of the protective system. Mn Mcßae, of Arkansas, described the abuses arising from tho protective tariff. Mr. Watson, of Chicago, expressed the sentiment of the third party on the tariff question. Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. criticised the Democratic policy and answered the attacks made upon the, McKinley« act At the suggestion of Mr. McMillin it was ordered that the general debate on the free woo, bill close with the session of the 2d. The Senate resumed consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Hansbrough offered an amendment for a commission, to negotiate with the Turtle Mountain band ol Chippewa Indians In North Dakota for the cession of the right and Interest Which they claim in their ’lands Agreed ta Finally the bill was reported to the Senate from the committee of the whole. Mr. Dawes moved to strike out of the bill the provision for tho assignment of army officers to the duties of Indian Agents, and consented that th* , motion should go over till the 4th. Men and Women. Uncle Sam boaste* two negro womed lawyers. To do so no more la the truest repentance. People who have to live alone never find out who they are. Salvation Army women have been forbidden to wear ear-rings. The man who lives only for himself la engaged in very small business. The woman with the prettiest face la not always the most beautiful woman. If you want to make a boy work without knowing it, get him a safety bicyole. The first woman to pass examination as a lawyer in Connecticut is Miss Mary . Hill. Two ounces of attar of roses represent the refined product of a ton of rosebuds. Thebe are nearly 1,700 lawyers in Boston, with scarcely enough business for 200. When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken. “How do you like school. Tommy?” “Pretty well, mother; but it’s such a waste of my playtime. ” The only woman delegate sent to the International Labor Congress at Brussels was from Poland. Parents tell others a groat deal about themselves by the names they give their children. The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself Is the one she will soonest wish to see. Miss Philippa Fawcett has been elected to the Marion Kennedy studentship of Newnham College. A Boise (Idaho) man has discovered, it is said, that good paper can be manufactured from sage brush. A Beckwith (Nevada) man kicked his horse so vigorously and earnestly that he broke his leg in tho work. “Officer, there’s a big row going on around the corner.” “Don’t, yez think I kin hear It, ye chump? Move on!" The Grand Duchess Sergius of Russia is so strikingly beautiful that she is known as “The Crowned Ophelia.* Club life is not in the future to be a male monopoly. A new London club has already some 800 lady members. Mrs. Rider Haggard, the wife of the novelist, is credited with having won ■ three prizes in a recent golfing match. Mrs. J. 0. Ayer has made a gift of thirty thousand dollars to the Home for 1 Young Women and Children in Lowell. Mbs. H. M. Stanley is urging her hueband, It is said, to write a biography 1 and tooff er himself for a seat in Parliament. ; The woman who wears diamonds lav- , Ishly always seems a vulgar creature to . the woman who hasn’t any diamonds to wear. Because a Fresno (Cal.) woman was in the habit of mixing dough without first washing her hands, her husband [ sought for a divorce. The prejudice against the wearing of whiskers is reported to be becoming very ■ marked in the leading clubs and resi taurants of Now York City. • , ! In the city of Buenos Ayres it is said there are sixteen men for every woman,' ' and that afly, decently good-looking I woman that'tbos there can have her ’ pick out of fifty eager suitors. i There are more men who sympa- ' thlze with the under dog in a light I than there are willing to pull the upper deg off.