Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1895 — Page 6

Democratic press. DECATUR, IX’IJ. Democratic Pre** Vo., - Publisher*. DOINGS OF THE DAY. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eventful Happening* In Every Known Hemlaphere — Fire*. Accident*. Crimea, Politic*. Religion. Commerce and Crop*, Sandwiched with Minor Affair*. SMALL-SIZED RIOT Follow* the Con tenement of a Strike in South Uhicagcs A serious strike wa* inaugurated at the Illinois Steel Company -Work* at south Chicago. Wednesday, 1,200 men throwing down their tools and walking out. In the evening a tight occurred in the company's yards. The strikers stood their ground against the police department, but were soon defeated and driven from the premises. The men most seriously hurt were: Jack shepherd, machinist, struck on the head with a hammer by a striker, severe scalp wounds, rendered unconscious: Edward Shaks. striker, throw n out of tile machine shop by workmen, body bruises; Officer Liendeeker. hit w ith a coupling pin; Officer Patrick McCauley, bit in the mouth with a brick. Twenty-eight strikers were arrested. Shortly before 6 o’clock, a crowd numbering 1,600 forced their way past the watchmen and took possession of the property. They marched first to w here some laboring men were still at w ork and compelled them to join their ranks. As the machinists have a scale of their own, they refused to join the strikers, resisted them and assisted the police in the tight that followed. Looted by Tramps. The village of Granger, St. Joseph county. Ind., was terrorized by tramps recently. An armed posse is guarding the pcao of the place. Granger is an isolated station on the line of the Michigan diviwon of the Big Four railroad. The invasion of the body of belligerent tramps was the signal for acts of law lessness which terminated in the looting of stores and houses. The depraditions continued unchecked until the community was aroused. Men armed themselves and by force of isal-a- dre .e tin- raid-r* from the town. No arrests have been made, but serious trouble will follow any further depredation. Tlw tramps are w ell organized and dispatehes report active measures as having been taken to suppress lawlessness ol any character at points likely to be raided. Might Be Shot. The case of Manuel Fuentes, the corres[>ondent of a New York pajier, who w as arrested near Santiago, Cuba, on a charge of aiding the revolutionists, has been laid before the state Department with a request that a full inquiry be made to disclose the facts and that proper protection meanwhile be extended to Fuentes. It is contended that the charge against Fuentes, which is in substance that he endeavored to sell anus to the insurgents, is without foundation, and in view of the summary methods of Spanish eourtmartial, it is deemed necessary to secure speedy action. No More Price Fights. A special from New Orleans says the case of the state of Louisiana vs. the Olympic club, which has been pending in the various courts for nearly two years, lias been finally decided by the supreme court. The state asked for an injunction restraining the club from holding prize fights. The lower court found in favor of the club. The supreme court overturns tins decision and prohibits prize fighting in any form. The decision will have the effect of killing prize fighting in Louisiana for all time. Attempted to Board an Express Train. Train No. 14. carring the Wells-Fargo through express east over the Erie, was taking water at Spencerville, Ohio, and when pulling out an attempt was made by unknown parties to board the train. The express agents immediately fired upon the gang, w hich at once sought cover. The intentions of the gang are not known, but it is supposed robbery was the motive. The large Winchester guns carried by the express agents sounded like a whole regiment of soldiers. Crushed to Death. At the Blue stone quarry, near Dunbar, Pa., Michael Joy and two Italians, names as yet unknown, were drilling a hole for blasting in a ledge of rock. Suddenly the ledge gave w ay precipitating the workbien over a precipice where they were buried under tons of stone and earth. They were rescued by fellow workmen. Joy was dead, his body mangled horribly. One of the Italians was fatally injured while the other has a possible chance for recovery. Novel Means to Suicide. A special from Charlottesville, Va.. tells of a singular means of suicide adopted by Lewis Garrison, whose body was found near the University of Virginia. The' autopsy disclosed the fad that th, man I had met death at his own hands by inserting in his body a piece of gas pipe, filled with powder and slugs. This charge he exploded with a match. The body was terribly mutilated. Ship’s Crew Motlniea. Brunswick iGa.I special: The crew of the steamship Opia, loaded with naval stores ami bound for Amsterdam, mutinied just as she was ready to sail. United States Commissioner Lehman refused to issue warrants for the arrest of any of the parties, as all the sailors and officers are citizens of Holland. One Killed. Three Injured. The boiler in the-aw mill owned by John Bennett, north of Kokomo, Ind., exploited blowing the mill to fragments. James Catt, the fireman, was instantly killed, and Frank Dowing. Fred Phillips, and John Bush were badly injured. Fire at Saginaw. Forest hies are reported to be threatening the village of Greenwood. Mich. Partridge Bros.’ saw mill was destroyed, together with a large quantity of timber. It is said the dwellings of the settlers arc in a precarious situation. Victim nt Lightning. While John R. Baker of Raymond, Minn., was in his house playing with his children, he was struck dead by lightning. No other occupant of the house was in-| jured.

ALL AFLAME. The l<u«ine«* Portion of New Carlisle. Ohio. Destroyed. A fire broke out in Charles Gardner's livery stable, at New Carlisle. Ohio, and spread so rapidly that in half an hour the business portion of the town was enveloi>ed in flames. The fire is throught to have been the work of an incendiary. The following buildings were entirely destroyed: Gardner’s livery stable, including two horses and several vehicles. Town Hall, including Mayor’s office and Police Headquarters. All the township records were destroyed. Staley’s Hotel. Sutton Brothers’ shoe store, George Kessler’s barber shop, George Collins’ shoe shop, John Metzger’s saloon. George Wilburton’s saloonJFrank Ulrich’s saloon, odd Fellows’ Hull and I . s. McGuire. Jr., shoe store were badly damaged. Several stables in the rear were destroyed. The springfield fire department was called Xupon, and assisted in subduing the flames. Anton Singer’s saloon and Max Holtzmilier’s bakery were entirely destroyed. The main portion of the Gem Opera House was burned. While Holtzmiller was trying to save his goods he w as caught by the flames, and before he was rescued he received terrible bums. His injuries are pronounced fatal. AHAIKS IN CUBA. Madrid I* Called Ipon For Twenty Thousand More Troops. Advices from Cuba bear out statements made in these dispatches that revolution is rapidly spreading. Gen. Martinez Campos evidently appreciates the gravity of the situation, for he has cabled to Madrid, asking the Goverument to send 20,000 more troopand hold 5.000 ill readiness. The Spaniards are begining to admit that the insurgents tight, and tight desperately. They admit their forces suffered terrible losses at the battle of Ramon de Las Jaguas a few days ago. Spaniards say forty of their men were killed and ninety wounded. Capt. Julian Miranda was one of the killed and Major Tejerizo. who was iu comiiiaiid was probably mortally wounded. The Spaniards numbered s<M>. The insurgents were led by Victortana Garcan, and numbered 700. The Spaniards were hemmed in in a cemetery and were being cut to pieces, when reinforcements arrived. These details came from the Spaniards themselves. OFF FOK CUBA. A Filibustering Expedition Ready to Leave Key Went. Fla. A special from Key West. Fla., says: This city has been in a fever of excitement over the report that a large filibustering expedition w ould leave for some point near here soon to aid the Cuban insurgents. The report was backed by excellent authority and there is no doubt that an effort will be made to send aid to the insurgents some time in the near future. In some way the United states authorities and the Spanish government learned cf the proposed expedition and are striving to nip it in the bud. Hundreds of Cubans have arrived from various points in the United States during the last three weeks. It is no secret that they have been taken in charge by the revolutionary leaders here and supplied with rifles. They have been drilled in the manual of arms on the south beach each night. A very prominent Cuban arrived here secretly the other night, and w ill command the expedition.

Powder Mill Explode*. A special from Acton. Mass., says: An explosion took place in one of the jxiwder mills at that place, completely demolishing f it. The ruins took tire and communicated to a second mill, which also exploded. This »as soon followed by a explosion in mill No. 3. The property destroyed consisted of two kerneling mills and one press mill. Five men were killed—Nelson Morton. Fred YVinslow, Albert Estey, and Charles Estey. The explosion set the woods on fire and a large magazine is in danger. Nelson leaves a widow and four children: Winslow a widow: Charles Estey leaves a mother, and Albert Estey a widow and six children. The pecuniary loss will be from $12,000 to $15,000. The fifth victim was Charles O'Neill, jr. The bodies of Morton and Winslow were found about 500 feet from the mill. The remains of the others cannot be found, and they were probably blown to atoms. KHrain Shipped. Fully 7jXX) persons journeyed to the arena of the Seaside Athletic Club, Coney Island. N. Y., to see the twenty-five-round contest between Steve ti'Donnell, who has gained notoriety as Champion Jim Corbett’s sparring partner, and Jake Kilrain, the Baltimorean, who was a shining light it the prize ring five years or more ago. The announcement that Corbett would be in O’Donnell’s comer and John L. Sullivan would second Kilrain probably had some effect on the attendance, which was the largest seen at a fight there since the days when Johnny MeKane was all powerful and the recognized “czar” of that seaside resort. The men faught twenty-one desperate rounds when the referee stopped the tight and aw arded it to O’Donnell. The Business WorldDun A Co.’s Review of Trade says: Business begins May in better condition than at any time since the break down in May, 1883. It is smaller in volume than then, but it is not shrinking, but enlarging. The chief obstacle to more complete recovery is the anxiety of many to pluck the fruit before it is ripe. Holders of some staples have lifted them so far as to prevent their marketing; consumption of materials in some branches is checked byadvances which cannot be realized for the finished products, workers in some industries are demanding wages that cannot be paid ont of any business in sight. In spite of labor troubles and speculative excesses, the outlook brightens. John Brown. Jr.. Dead. Capt. John Brown, Jr., died suddenly of heart disease at his house on I’ut-in-Bay Island, Lake Erie. He was the son of “Old John Brown,” the hero of Harper’s Ferry, and was with his father at the time of his arrest. He has lived on the island for a large number of years almost a recluse. He rarely if ever referred to the arrest. conviction, and execution of his father. He supported himself partly by the raising of small fr-.iit. He never left the island but once since he has resided there, and that was a few years ago. when he went to California as the guest of the State of Kansas. He was 74 years of age. A Cloud Burst. Herrington. Kas.. was visited by a cloud burst recently. The town and surrounding country was flooded. Lime Creek, which has been dry for a year, was converted into a raging torrent and houses, horses, cattle and hogs were swept down stream. John Williams’ house was carried away and the family narrow ly escaped drowning, The house of .Samuel McManus was also carried away and wrecked by strikmo a

bridge. McManus escaped. but Mrs. Ml Minus was drowned. Iler body was found lodged in a tree in the park south of town. Tbk<* End* It. A special irons Managua. Nicaragua, Via Galveston, Texas, says: Nicaragua has authorized Senor Chn-tanto Medina. Salvadorean Minister to London and Faris. Acting Nicaraguan Minister in London, to accept the modified ultimatum of Great Britain. This modified ultimatum, it is understood here, was secured by the influence and through the intercession of the United States. Senor Medina is also authorized by the Goverument of N icaragua to pay the £15,000 in London, under protest, within 15 days after the departure of the British squadron from Corinto. What Waa Found There. David Kasliner. an old man, who has been keeping a resort on Saxton street.! anton, Ohio, was arrested on the charge of making the counterfeit gold pieces which Attorney John B. Michener.is charged with passing. Kashner’s place was searched, and. it is alleged, a complete outfit was unearthed, including molds, dies, and an electric plating device. He will betaken to Cleveland. There is undoubtedly an organized gang of counterfeiters located, and Kashner’s mint »» large enough to furnish a large supply. Instantly Killed. Near Ironton. Ohio, during a rainstorm lightning struck a tree under which three hunters, 11. 11. Bazzell, T. J. Boldman. and Chilton O. Woods, had taken refuge, instantly killing Woods and knocking the others unconscious. The guns were demolished. Bazzell had a belt full of cartridges around him. nearly all of which exploded, but luckily the contents hit no one. Wood’s clothing and shoes were torn from his body. Boldman and Baz.zell's recovery is doubtful. Woods was married only a few days before. All parties live near Rock Camp. Baby Maided. Manic, the baby daughter of Xnthony Russ. of Port-mouth, Ohio, was fatally scalded recently. The mother was preparing to do the week’s wash. and had placed a tub of boiling water on a bench near the door. sh-left the spot a moment and meantime the little toddler caught hold of the edge of the tub and tipped it over on her. The child's sc reams brought the mother quickly, but it was too late. The ehild was frightfully turned from the neck down, the flesh sloughing aw ay in great rolls. It will die. A Michigan Town De«troyed. Laporte, formerly known as sand Lake, a hamlet twenty-five miles from Grand Rapids, Mich., on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, was almost totally destroyed by fire. Out of seventy-five buildings, cnly a dozen escaped. All those on the east side of the G. R. 41. tracks were burned. including the stores. Being without tire protection the fire burned with great rapidity, as all the buildings were of w<»«l and dry as tinder from long drouth. The loss is 260,000, with partial insurance. PiMenrer Train Ditched. The north-bound passenger train on the Chicago and Great Western Railroad was wrecked between Green Mountain and Gallbrook. lowa, by striking a tie placed on the track by unknown miscreants The engine and three coaches were thrown down a five-foot embankment and are now lying there in the ditch. The baggageman and brakeman were slightly injured, but the rest of the crew and the passengers escaped unhurt. Shot Ml* Companion. At Roann, Ind., Alfred Bonewitz. aged 8, shot and killed Rex Whitley, aged 6, while the two were playing with an old gun. Bonewitz had the weapon and pointing it at Whitley called to him to throwup his hands in bandit style. The latter complied and the gun being accidentally discharged the load took effect under the right arm, inflicting a wound causing death in 15 minutes.

Brigands Slaughtered. A band of nine brigands attacked a house at Air Castello. Sicily, and killed one of its occupants. A number of gendarmes started in pursuit of the brigands, overtook them, and in the fight which followed, six of the outlaws were killed. The remaining three were arrested. Two gendarmes were wounded during the affray. Killed by Lightning. During an electrical storm at Meilsville, Wis., Mrs. John I", Sutherland, of York, fearing the storm, retired to the cellar. Lightning struck the house, stunned her husband and killed her. Held for Murder. Theodore Durant was held to answer the charge of murder in the Superior Court at San Francisco, and bail was refused, THE MARKETS, Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to si>.st); bogs, shipping grades. $3 to $5: sheep, fair to choice. $2.50 to $5: wheat. No. 2 red. *>3**i<' t° corn. No. 2. 47%e to 4'J> oats. No. 2. 2S to 29c; rye. No. 2. 64c to 65c; butter, choice creamery. 16c to lie; eggs, fresh. 12c to 13c: potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 70c to 90c; broom corn, per fb. common growth to fine brush, 4c to 7c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3 to $6.25; hogs choiee light, .<3.1X1 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $2 to $4 50; wheat. No. 2,65 cto tSt-y-: corn. No. 1 white. 47c to 48c; oats. No. 2 white. 32c to 33c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3 to $6.25: hogs. $4 to $5: wheat. No. 2 ri d. 64c to 66c: corn. No. 2,46 cto 471-jc: oats. No. 2. 29c to 3<tc: rye. No. 2. 63c to 611.-. Cincinnati —Cattie, $3.50 to $6; hogs. $3 to $5.25; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75: w heat, -2 fifx- to flsilic; corn. No. 2 mixed. 48c to 49c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 30%c to 31%c: rye, No. 2,62 cto 63c. Detroit —Cattle. $2.50 to $6: hogs. $4 to $5: sheep. 82 to $4.75: wheat. N<a 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 49c to 49>2c: oats. No. 2 white. 34c to 34*20; rye. 67c to 69c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red. 67c to 67*4c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 50c to 5054 c: oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 3354 c; rye. No. 2. 661to 67 c. Buffalo —Cattle. $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3 to $5.50: sheep. $3 to $5: wheat. No. l hard. 72c to 73c: corn. No. 2 yellow. 53c to 5354 c; oats, No. 2 white. 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 65c to 6554 c; corn. No. 3. 49c to 50c: oats. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c: barley. No. 2. 51c to 52c; rye. No. 1,63 cto 64c; pork, mess. sl2 to $12.50. New York—Cattle. $3 to $6.50: bogs. S 4 to $5.50: sheep. $3 to $5: wheat. No. 2 red, 70c to 71c: corn. No. 2. 58c to 59c; oats, white Western. 38c to 41c; butter, creamery. 14c to 20c; eggs. Western. 11c to 12c.

PATH OF THE STORM Fifty Persons Killed and One Hundred Badly Hurt. FARMS LAID WASTE. Property Worth Half a Million Destroyed. Survivor® of the Horror Deprived of Their Home* — Fair Villases and Fertile Fields Devastated — School* houses in the Fath of the Storm, and Teachers and Pupils Annihil* a ted— A Carpet of Mud Strewn Over Growing Crops in lowa — Work of Wind, Rain and Hail. Northwestern lowa s cyclone in Sioux, Lynn, Osceola and O'Brien Counties rost at least fifty human lives. A hundred others are injured, and the destruction of half a million dollars’ worth of farming property is a low estimate. The whirlwind. but half an hour in duration, while at its fiercest, swept over 1.200 square miles of cultivated farm land, and left in its wake a ruin rarely equaled in so short a period of time. The number of dead, although not so large as at first reported, is great enough to have plunged the whole of Northwestern lowa into mourning. A revised list, as accurate as could be obtained at the time this is written, reports the following: At Sioux Center and Vicinity. John Marsden, Miss Anna Marsden. Mrs. John Koster. Alice Koster, aged S; Miss Tillie Haggie, Babe of Mrs. L. Wynia. Mrs. Annie Postma. Jacob Jansen. Tewnes Verhof. aged 4: Maurice McCoombs. aged 4: Babe of W. Vlesma, Mrs. K. Waner and babe, A. Barblin, Mrs. L. E. Ost. Mrs. J. Post. A. M. Per ry. Mrs. F. 8. Fieldcamp. Mrs. Charles Waldron. Henry Smith, B. L. Smith, Mrs. L. Maretie and babe, L. D. Everitts, John Frize. H. Deboor. At Sibley. Mrs. John Waterman, Mrs. M. Blackburn. Mrs. Herman Belknap. At Laurens, Peter Stimmer. At Sutherland. Rudolph Schwordtfeger. At Creston. Everett Arnold. Many Fatally Injured.

The fatally injured are: H. Koster, aged 3; Minta McCoombs. Luella McCoombs, Mrs. L. Wynia, J. Deboor, Hattie Koster. Willie. Jennie and Grace Ccrumman. Maggie. Gertie. Jennie and Jimmie Welbard. Jennie and Eddie Brown. Ben Pry, John Herman, Henry Haggie, Mrs. Janies Warie. The greatest loss of life is in Sioux County, between Ireton, on the Hawarden branch of the Chicago and Northwestern, and Sioux Center, on the Sioux City and Northern. It was i veritable slaughter of the innocents. The children of tender years outnumbered all others in the mortality list, and that of those fatally injured. Upon the edge of a plowed road two little ones lay. their hands clasped together, their bodies torn and mangled. Beyond them in the roadway the leaves of an arithmetic fluttered in the breeze. Still further on and close to the McCoombs homestead was a battered dinner bucket aud nearby a reader turned back to the page where the old lines ran, "This is a cat; is this a eat?" In the wrecked school houses little feet protruded from plaster and broken boards. Sun bonnets lay in the pastures yellow with butter cups. In one child’s hand was clasped the broken slate and its another’s a reward of merit card given but half an hour before by the teacher, dead, also face downward, in the furrow of a distant field. From Sioux Center to I’erkms and from Perkins to Hull and George and Ashton there was the wail in the close of the spring afternoon of children, not dead, but dying, children with limbs torn apart, children who had been carried over fortyacre fields and hurled into ditches, children who called out for mothers already dead or beyond the aid of human help. Death Visits Schoolhouses. Abont 3 o'clock in the afternoon black clouds, with green fringes, appeared west of Orange City and five miles northeast of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. From the black mass, nine miles west of Orange City, as near as could be estimated, tentacles dropped, and at last a high, round ball, which appeared to strike the ground, rebounded and then touched again, just as football wages between goai and goal. Conductor Haian. on train No. 10 of the Chicago and Northwestern east-bound, saw the bounding mass of wind and electricity, as did also his brakeman. W. F. Dobson. This train and its valuable contents just escaped destruction. Annie Marsden, a young girl from Boscobel, Wis., had dismissed her twenty p-ipiis when she sow the approach of the storm. It was already 3:30 in the afternoon. She was conducting her second term of school and two miles beyond her jn the same section line her brother was conducting a county school. She boarded at the farmhouse of L. McCocmbs. the wealthiest farmer in the district. His home was a quarter of a mile distant from the school. Four of his children were taught by her. When she sent the other children home the four were frightened and refused to leave. Annie Marsden stood in the center of the little white school house and drew the four children, whose ages ranged from 5 to 14. about her and waited. An instant later the cyclone was upon the school house and the five hapless beings within. In less time than it takes for a watch to tick the seconds of a minute the teacher and one child were dead and two others fatally injured. The school house and its rock foundation was swept out of existence. At the Haggie school house, where George Marsden, brother of Annie, was teaching, not a vestige of the school house remained and Mr. Marsden was found some distance sway in a field, dead, together with two pupils. On the McCoombs homestead every building was destroyed but the house. . There was not a seeded crop in his fields I worth a picayune, and the honest accumulations of a lifetime swept away by a

half boor', .form. Hl* hundreds o. acre* of wheat, oat. and barley were buried in dust and debris out of sight forever His farming machinery was scattered for mile, abont hi. home. His cattle were dead or dying. At the little school bouse where his children had lisped their A B O’, there was a hole to mark the spot, and in his house a little one dead and three others praying for relief from pain. Beyond McCoombs’ the storm raged. Curious things were found in the field by the relief parties sent ont. In one field, on the crest of a furrow, lay an open prayer book. A clod of earth pointed to the lines. "Have mercy on me, O God. according to Thy great mercy.” On the fly leaf of the book was found the name of Eva Butler. Mrs. ButkA's home was three-quarters of a mile distant from where the book was found. Ix-aring the Butler’s, the storm attacked Herman Ripma, one-half mile north of the destroyed school house. Ripma had his arm badly crushed, his he se destroyed and his crops ruined. But shortly before this he lost his wife and two children through trichinae. Presented a Pitiful Sight. At the farm of L. Wylanga was one of the most pitiful sights of the storm. 55 ylanga was some distance from his houst when the cyclone struck his fields. He was picked up in the teeth of the gale and carried bodily over forty acres of land. He fell in a plowed field, practically uninjured, but frantic as to the safety of hi. own wife and children. The wind had lifted him over two wire fences, but on his return he had to cut the. down in order to pass. He found his house, barns, sheds and granaries gone. His hogs and chickens were lying in their yards Still searching for his wife, he walked to the southwest of his house. In a field tilled for an early crop of corn, he found her. face downward, unconscious. She had been carried before the wind until her strength left her. In her head was a terrible gash and from her hips downward she was a mass of bruises. Close to her bosom was clasped her baby, dead. Thus husband and wife met, with the rain beating down upon them and the ruins of their home. The description of the McCoombs and Wylanga property and school could be repeated on nearly every section iu the wake of the storm. Numerous victims were found lodged in the trees, where they had been hurled by the storm, and so seriously injured that death is expected momentarily. Two grown boys who had come from the field near Alton at the approach of the storm were injured in the barnyard, one seriously and the other fatally. Wires were completely- stripped from the posts, and in some places posts were all taken from the ground. Horses, cattle and vehicles were hurled through the air like chaff, and the country for three-quarters of a mile wide and many miles iu extent is entirely | »treked. 55 here had stood fine residences could be found nothing but a cellar hole and in some cases a few twisted timbers, while strewn on the ground were portions of the buildings and furniture, bearing not the least semblance of their original form and useless except for kindling. Fields that were beautiful as green carjiets with the sprouting grain are now as bare as in the bleak months of winter. Trees are uprooted and all is desolation along the trail of the destroyer. In Osceola County Mrs. John Waterman. five miles west of Sibley, was instantly killed. A joist fell ou her neck. She held her baby in her arms and the baby escaped injury. The Melcher and 55'hitney school house* were both wrecked. Miss Marie Good, teacher of the 55’hitney, closed the school twenty minutes before the storm struck. John Coughlin, wife and ten children were all saved by taking refuge in a cyclone care. They lost their house, household goods, barn and had a horse killed. DESTRUCTION IS WIDESPREAD. Other Points Contribute to the Death List by the Cyclone. Aside from the cyclone proper, which was confined to the three Northwestern lowa counties, other sections of the country suffered from serere wind and electrical storms. On Saturday afternoon a : terrific wind at St. Charles, 111,, blew I down the brick wails that were left after ! the destruction by fire of the Lungreen & Wilson block. Next to the east wall was a small building owned by George Osgood, formerly used as a post office. It was occupied by Mrs. Hattie E. Church, milliner; John F. Elliott, justice of the peace, and the Anderson Sisters, dressmakers. The heavy wall crushed the small building, killing four persons aud injuring two others, as follows: Charles Anderson. Miss Gustie Anderson. Mrs. Hattie E. Church, Joseph Thompson. The injured were as follows: Luke Cranston, will die; Andrew Johnson. Elgin. Fred Cronkhite and his team were killed at Henderson. 111., by lightning. The storm was severe at Abington, unroofing the new wagon factory, causing a damage of SIO,OOO. Reports from the country indicate great damage. Everett Arnold was instantly killed by the storm at Creston, lowa. J. P, Smith's house near Lake Geneva, Wis.. was struck by lightning and totally destroyed. Loss about $40,000: well insured. Several freight cars were also burned. George Rhodes and James Ashford, who had taken refuge in a barn, were killed by lightning at Lancaster. Mo. Both men were farmers living near Downing, and each leaves a family. Three bams belonging to D. Ayres, about six miles west of Burlington. Wis.. were struck by lightning and burned to the ground, with a loss of about S3,(XX>. i Iu Racine the residence of James Murphy on Jackson street was struck by lightning and his little son was knocked senseless. Considerable damage was done to the house. At Superior, Wis., water came down in sheets, and a destructive hailstorm followed. Lightning destroyed several small buildings in the country. A cyclone near Huron. S. D.. took onehalf the roof off Martin Baum’s house and carried it half a mile. Lumber was scattered over the prairie. The graperies were also wrecked and scattered over the country. At their closing session at Carlisle, Pa., the Methodist Episcopal bishops assigned Bishop Merrill to the Pittsburg conference and Bishop s’incent to the Erie conference. Perry Bowse.-, a former inmate of the Soldiers’ Il at Dayton, 0., and who lived at Elwood, Ind., recently with hie family, lias dis; ppeqred and it is feared he has gvne insa c again.

NEWS OF OUR STATE. A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. {That Oor Neighbors Are Doing-Matters of General and local Interest Marriage and Deaths — Accidents ana CrimesPointers About Our Own People. Don't Waste the Gau Prof. J- C. Leach, State Gaa Inspector, who has returned from a tour of the zm belt, authorizes the following statement, warning the public against the needles waste of gas: "There are many sections of the gas field that 1 have not visited at all, anti am. therefore, not sufficiently informed to give an intelligent estimate of the ga* supply; but judging from what data I have at hand, I believe that the statistic pressure of the gas field 1s decreasing. True, there are some wells that show j very slight decrease, if any, but this is the exception and not the rule. The belief in many places that gas will last forever, and flie extravagant use and waste eai—d thereby, are doing great damage to the •ommercial interests of the gas field; for no one knows better than the manufacturer, who is looking for a location for a faclory, that at the present rate of reckless wasting of this precious fuel, the time is not far distant when he will have to return to coak The gas companies have realized this for some time, and are doing all they can to hustmnd their supply, and I am glad to say that in some places the f>eople are awakening to these facts; are doing what they .-an to create a sentiment against the waste of this fuel.’’ Minor State News* Homkb Thomas was thrown from i horse at Elwood, and fatally injured. Svkvev for the new electric road between Elwood and Anderson has begun. Joseph Ellis. 20, while working in a field near Warren, was killed by lightning. The Dieterich syndicate has brought the Logansport natural gas plant forssuo--000. Earlham college museum has revei-"d a tremendous alligator from a Florula friend. Henry county fair association has decided to build a half mile track at New Castle. 55’orms are destroying corps, meadows and other vegetation in Clarke and Floyd counties. Oka Pickett, 10. Noblesville, is dead from injuries received by falling from a hay stack. FitF.n Yvaton. of Indianapolis, wai seriously injured in a runaway acc’dent at Columbus, The l»arn and four horses of Reuben Pierce of Sullivan burned. Loss, $l,50o: no insurance. Fulton county commissioners have the contract for a new S7B,(XX) court house, to be built at Rochester. A mad bull viciously attacked a horsidriven by James McCombs nearLogai - port. McCombs was seriously hurt. The Muncie architectural iron works were destroyed by tire recently, for the second tunc since construction. Loss SD--000. The county seat removal question is being revived in Lake county. Hammond disputing with Crown Point for a relocation. Mai> dogs have done considerable damage to stock in Morgan county. Many hogs have been killed suffering with rabies. A child was bom in Kokomo, recently that is the fourteenth daughter of the fourteeth daughter. Mrs. S. H. Burt is tbs mother. • Guy bHEPHERED was waylaid by footpads at s’incennes, beaten unmercifully, robbed and driven home in a buggy by the robbers. Homer Thomas, 15 years old, while horseback riding two miles east of Alexandria, was throw n from his horse and fatally injured. South Bexd will send a delegation to Washington to protest against the new public building in that City. The citizens are greatly dissatisfied w ith the plans. Mu Banta’s three children played with kerosine at sVashington, and one of them struck a match. The house was destroyed .and one of the children fatally burned. A Plymouth man returned a stolen dress skirt to its owner, accompany ing it with a note explaining in illiterate language that he stole it to clothe htsnaKed wife, but it was his first theft and bis conscience hurt him. James H. Chandler, running a restaurant at Indianapolis, was appealed to by a chambermaid for protection against three drunken fellows. Chandler undertook to remonstrate with his customers, and was hurled down asteepfligbtof steps, fatally fracturing his skull. Ezra Searles, of Muncie, has mortgaged his property for SSOO and gone to Now York to try and get his son. Arthur Searles, out of prison by making good the money the young man received by fraudulently representing himself to be an agent of an Indianapolis newspaper. At Lafayette, Judge Everett rendered a decision in ex-Attorney-geueral Smith'! suit to recover from the school trustees a considerable sum of money that had nol been expended for tuition purposes. The court held that the law of 1895 did av- .y with the law of 18S8 and that the attorn--y---general could not maintain a suit under the new law. Ex-Cot my Clerk Daniel W.Souder has arrived home at Fort Wayne, from South Africa after a mysterious absence of four months. His reiiuu greatly rclie-- - his family, his wife having become nearly crazy from suspense. He greeted Ifriends who met him at the trrain and went to his carriage, which took him tc his home. A reporter attempted to interview him. but he became excited, and. flourishing his cane, said: “No. sir; if it was not for these cursed newspaper, I wouldn’t I* here in this condition.” His friends hurried him to the carriage, which prevented an attack on the newspaper man. Josephine McCoy, the young daughtet of J. B. McCoy, of North New Jersey strC'-t 1 ndianapolis.was burned to death in a celler Her clothes caught fire from a natural ga= furnace. In attempting to save her tlw mother was badly burnetl. The other night Mrs. Savanna Dusan , who deserted her husband in Ohio fivl years ago. died in Fort Wayne. She was alone with 55'illiam Newman, her lover, at the time. The coroner's inquest developed the fact that the woman's neck was broken. ’ and while the funeral was in progrv-s ' Newman was placed under arrest on suspicion of being the cause of her death. The prisoner declares his innocence.