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I i I l THE ALLIANCE HERALD W. 8. RAKER, Publisher. ALLIANCES, NEBRASKA. Hundreds o homosoekors nnd pros pectors arc flocking to tho Kiowa Comancho country to Boloct leases of tho pasture lands soon to bo opened for agricultural purposes. John Howltt, n whlto man of Adel, Ga., shot and killed his wife, shot her sister and brother, wounding them slightly and when surrounded by a posso of citizens shot himself. .Tames J. Hill, prosldont of tho Groat Northern railway, has provided money "for tho building of a handsomo chapol In Orange, N. J., for tho Sisters of St. Elizabeth's convonL Postmaster Gonornl Cortolyou has signed a convention with tho Jamai can government extending the money ordor system of this country to tho province of Jamaica. Tho board of directors of tho Play ers' club has elected John Drow presi dent of tho club to succeed tho lato JoBoph Jofforson. Wllllnm Dlalmm was elected vlco president. Sonator Clark of Wyoming, tho prospective chairman of tho scnato commlttco on tho judlclnry, was ad mitted to practice in tho supremo court of tho United States. Tho annual convention of tho Amal gamated Association of Iron, Stool and Tin Workers at Dotpoit, Mich., adopt ed tho wngo committee's recommend ation for tho restoration of tho muck nnd puddlo mill scalo of 1003-4. Whltelaw Held was tho guest of . honor at a dinner given nt tho Lotus club In Now York by his co-dlrcctors of tho Associated Progs In commom oration of his appointment as ambas sador to tho court of St Jnmos. Tho town of Manhattan, Kan., ad vortlsos as among Its attractions tho lltorary-'feasta nnd Intellectual cntor talnment afforded tho rcsldont by tho Stnto Agricultural collego situated .thoro. Tho woo! clip of Cosgriff Bros, of B00.000 pounds was sold at Rawlins, Wyo., for 22 cents por pound, this being tho highest price In tho stato (this season. This Is also tho largest Individual clip In Wyoming. Tho czar of Russia, it is said, has 125,000,000 Invostod In English se curities, and it Is also declared that ho would In an oxtrcmo crisis fly and llvo In England, as othor troubled monnrchs have tlono before him. On one Indiana youth tho now antl clgarotto law foil with crushing forco in tho shnpo of a flno of $25, with $10 costs added, all for his having somo cigarette papers in his pocket, though . ho had novor mndo ono or smoked ono. Frank D. Brnndego of Now London, member of congress from tho Third Connecticut district, wa3 choson United States senator to succeed tho lato O. II. Piatt, by a majority voto In each house of tho general assem bly. Mrs. J. W, Gray, n wealthy Chicago widow, committed sulcldo by shooting herself In n Now York hotel. Sho loft letters Intimating that unrequited lovo for Charlos II. Stonchnm, a prom . lnent Now York broker, Is responslblo for hor rash action. Major Georgo M. Wheeler, U. S. A., retired, died In Now York City. Ho entered tho military nccadomy from Colorado In 18C2. Ho was a prominent flguro In scientific circles, owing to his conduct of government surveys west of tho 100th merldlnni Henry G. Goll, tho former assistant cashier of tho First National bank of Milwaukee Wis., charged with cm j bezzling over $100,000 from tho bank, was admitted to ball In tho sum of $10,000. Goll's enso comes up for pre liminary hearing on May 1G. Officers of Bear Admiral Evans' battlosWp squodron coming to Wash- , lngton from Hnmpton Roads, havo brought some Interesting reports of tho use mado of wireless tologrnphy "while tho vessels were proceeding north from tho target grounds. A cablo dispatch received at tho Vatican nt Romo roports that tho con dition of Archbishop Aglus, apostolic dolegato to tho Philippines, who has been 111 with nntlvo fevor, is qulto gravo and that It Is belloved ho can not romnln In Mnnlla. Secretary Taft hai been Informed by Manager Falconlo, tho Apostolic delegnto to tho United Stntos that a number of claims arising from tho use by United States troops of church property In tho Philippines during tho period of military occupntlon, amount ing to $1,000,000 or $1,500,000 havo been presented. Flavlus J. Fisher, a noted portrait painter, Is dead at Washington, D. 0 aged 73 years. Tho cznr proposes to moke a pll grlmago to tho tomb of St Scraflnat at Sarafsbaya to Implore tho bones preserved there to assist him in his campaign. A forest flre swept over a tract of 250 acres of timber land near South Weymouth, Mass., causing a loss of $10,000. David Moffat of Donvor Is tho wealthiest man In Colorado, which outranks all othor statos In per capita .wealth. Two prominent offlclals of thoStan (lard Oil company woro Indicted in ;PekIn, 111., for aliased sharp practlco ito drive out competitors. Prof. Ernest Haockel, In a rocont jlecture In Berlin, stated that In his 'opinion, It is absolutely certain that man Is descended from apes, aanaMiiMnnMnMMBnHBin Brief Telegrams KILLED OVER 100 AN OKLAHOMA TOWN DESTROY ED DY TORNADO. UIKETHIVE BOfalES RECOVERED Belief That the Death List Will Event ually Reach 130 Relief for tho Stricken Rapidly Being Sent For ward. 8NYDER, Okla.At 10 o'clock Thursday tho number of known dead as a rosult of tho tornndo has roachod nlnoty-flvo. Arrnngomonta hnvo boon mado to convoy all tho lnjurod who can bo moved to hospitals at Okla homa City and Lawson. GUTHRIE, Okla. Tho latest official roportB from tho tornadostrlckon town of Snyder, Okla., plnco tho list of dead at nlnoty-flvo. Othor rumors advance this flguro to 100. It Is highly probnhlo that tho death list when ac curately tabulated will roach 130. Of thofio Injured thoro nro various ro ports reaching from 100 to 150. Tho storm formed near tho Texas lino nnd Its path extends In a north easterly direction for over forty miles, causing dnmngo at Altus, blustoo and olher small towns and in tho country as well as at Snyder. Roports Indl cato thnt tho casualties outtldo of Snyder will aggregate over twenty flvo and may go higher. Relief Is being pent from neighbor ing towns. From Oklnhomn City 100 men went to dig graves and seek the dead still in tho ruins, and also a dozen undertakers with 100 coffins. Offers of flnnnclnl nsslstanco have como from numerous ciyes. Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma has Issued a proclamotlon calling atten tion to tho needs of the strlckon town. It is still difficult to obtain informa tion from Snyder. A single telegraph wlro furnishes an outlet, but U Is blocked with private messages con cerning tho dead and injured. To add to tho general confusion and distress nftor tho tornado had passed fire broko out and burned out many of tho buildings thnt remained of tho busi ness blocks. So far -It Is not possible to find out whether or not any bodies woro cremated, but It Is highly pos slblo thnt such is tho enso. An unidentified woman was picked up dead, having been pinioned to tho ground by a scantling which entered hor loft oyo nnd enmo out through tho back of her head. Clarence Donovan, railroad engineer, nnd Miss Nina Fes sonden woro to havo been married last night, but had JuBt postponed tho nup tials until this morning. Both wero In stantly killed. Fred Crump, a boy, had started to a collar when a flying tim ber struck him and sovered his head from his body. Dobrls was carried to tho northeast as far as Coopcrton. twelve miles, and It Is reported that thoro aro moro of tho frngmonts of homos at that town and In that vi cinity than arc In tho tornado path at Snyder. About sovonty-fivo head of horsos nnd cattlo woro killed on tho town Blto. A commltteo wa3 set to work this morning to romovo carcassos. Tho mnydr of Snyder Is having much troublo arranging for tho burlnl of tho dead. Tho confusion Is great, owing to tho fact that thoro still ro mnln a number of unldontlfled bodies at Uio morgues. There Is much suf fering owing to tho lack of provisions and places to stay. What houses re main In tho town nre In bad condi tion and nro unsafo for habitation. Bo sides, there Is not room enough to caro for tho homeless. Bedding nnd wearing apparel are both lacking, and despite tho effort to succor tho unfor tunates they are still In a pltlablo condition. CASSINI'S CHANGE GAZETTED Czar Walts News Before Naming Baron de Rosen for Washington. ST. PETERSBURG Tho transfer of Ambnssndor Ca.'-sinl from Washing ton to Madrid wa3 officially gazetted under dato of May 9, but tho appoint ment of Baron do Rosen to succeed Count Casslnl at Washington has not yet boon gazottod, In fact. Emporor Nicholas Is await ing n formal notlco that Baron do Roson Is nersona grata to tho United Statos before signing -bis decree of nomination. Not the slightest doubt exists hero thnt tho baron Is perfect ly nccoptablo to tho government at Washington, whoro bosldes his high reputation as a diplomat he enjoys tho porsonnl acquaintance of not only many officials, but of Prosldont Roose velt hlmsolf. Absconder Is a Suicide. OCONTO, Wis. Louis J. Rons, ono of tho host known men in Octonto, agent for tho McEnchren company, absconded. It Is 03tlmnted tho short ago will bo far above $100,000. His body was found in a barn three miles south of tho city. He had committed sulcldo by shooting. Cummins Calls on President. WASHINGTON Governor Cum mins of Iowa saw tho president Fri day boforo tho cabinet met. Tho Iowa governor when nsked what ho thought ought to bo dono to meot tho growing deficit of the treasury, said thoro wero many ways suggested but there did not soem to be any crystal lzatlon of sontlment on tho subject. Ho admitted that changes In tho tariff would bo ono way of bringing about additional revenues. Ho was not pro pared to say whether he believed thi3 way would bo adopted. A KANSA3 TORNADO, t,. Tears Path Across tho State In Iho Night. MARQUETTE, Kan. Whon dark ness fell upon this strlckon town Tues day night It was known that twenty nlno llvos had been lost In tho tornado that wrecked part of Marquotto early In tho day and did much damage In this vicinity and that forty-four per sons had boon Injured. Of tho injured thlrty-flvo woro seriously hurt and somo of them mny dlo. During tho day Carl Warnqulst nnd Mrs. J. A. Carlson died of their wounds. Several of tho othors nro suffering from broken limbs nnd Internal Injuries. In soveral cases cntlro families havo boon killed. A man named Swltzer, a night wntchman at tho railroad yards, lo3t his three chlldron. N. P. Nelson, with his wife nnd thrco children, wero found dead. Two other children wero not at homo and escaped Injury. Last night order had practically boon brought out of tho chaotic condi tion that provallcd," and n rellof com mlttco had begun dispensing aid. Among the relief sent from outsldo wero twenty-flvo pupils from Bethany collego, who acted as nurses. Tho tornndo seems to havo formed threo miles south of Marquotto and did not spend Its forco until It had passed many miles north of tho town. In Mar quotto tho resldonco portion, west o tho main si root, suffered tho principal damage. Houses In tho courso of tho tornado woro all with ono or two ex ceptions, wrecked. In this section there wero a numbor of modern resi dences, only ono of which wns left standing. Tho Swedish Lutheran and Methodist churches woro among tho first buildings struck and they, to gothor with tho pnrsonago adjoining tho Methodist church, wero complete ly demolished. Yesterday nfternoon had been hot and opproslvo, tho atmosphere loaded with electricity. Lato In tho evening a torrlfic rain storm broko ovor tho town. Tho rain continued to fall In torrents untl 11:55 last night when tho tornado struck. Within loss than flvo minutes It had wrought its terrible work and passed on. Telegraph and telephone wires wero carried down and It was several hours before tho outsldo world could bo Informed of tho plight of tho city. Marquotto is a town of 1,500 people, In McPherson county. It Is In tho exact conter of Kansas and in tho richest farming county In tho stato. OPPOSED TO RATE BILL. No Measure With Force In It to Bo Reported. WASHINGTON No railroad rato bill with forco In It will como out of tho sennto committee on ' Jntcrstnto commerce. Thoro havo boon sufficient developments In tho series of hearings now on to show that thero Is no In tention In this commltteo to frame o bill giving to a fedoral commission any kind of rato-flxlng power. Roprescntatlvo Townsend of Michi gan, ono of tho authors of tho Esch Townsond bill, which has been tho ob ject of attack by nearly every witness summoned by tho commltteo, has been watching theso henrlngs with no llttlo Interest Ho returned homo yesterday, thoroughly convinced that thero was no ohanco of a rato bill In tho denato commlttco along tho lines recommend ed by Prosldont Roosevelt In his last annual message." Colonel Hepburn, chnlrman of tho house commltteo on Interstate and for eign commerco, holds tho same view. Their opinion Is that tho fight, so far as Regulation of rates by a govern ment commission Is concerned, will havo to bo started again. HOT FIGHT WITH DESPERADO Captured After Shooting Several Men, One of Them Fatally. CHEYENNE. Wyo. Frank Davis, alias Black Mlko, tho notorious des perado, resisted arrest at Wolton, Wyo., nnd shot Deputy Sheriff Ho back. Black Mlko fled to a deserted cabin and held a party of forty sheep men nt bay until late In tho after noon. Over 100 shots wero fired Into tho cabin, and Anally, when tho sheop mon withdrew to Wolton for moro ammunition and rifles, Davis fled to tho brush. Tho sheepmen and officers returned nnd, shielded by a barrlcado of baled liny placed on two wagon wheels, they advanced upon Black Mlko. Over 500 shots woro fired down Into the can non In which Mlko hnd mado a stand. He returnod tho flre. Walter Knudson was shot through the neck and will dlo. W. J. Morton was shot through the arm, and Charles Skinner ro celvod a scalp wound. Black Mlko fin ally surrendered whon his ammuni tion gavo out Adds to Preferred Stock. SALT LAKE CITY Tho Union Pa cific Railway company filed with tho secretary of stato amended articles of Incorporation increasing tho amount of Its preforrod stock $100,000,000, as authorized on Fr'day last at tho spe cial meeting of stockholders held In this city. President to Conduct Inquiry. WASHINGTON Tho caso Involv ing Assistant Secretary of Stato I oomls and Herbert W. Bowon, Ameri can mlnlstor at Caracas, will bo taken un by tho president. President Rooso vclt will conduct tho Inquiry Into tho matter personally and both Mr. Loom I and Mr. Bowen will bo given what ever opportunity they may want to present tholr respective sides. Mr. Bowon Is expected soon and tho prob ability Is tho whole matter will bo takon up by President Roosevelt Mon-. day CHIGAG0STR1KE It may go on or possidly de SETTLED. MEETINGS ARE TO BE HELD Team Owners' Association Believe Teamsters May Reconsider Their Ultimatum Final Action to Be Taken on Tuesday. CHICAGO Unless compromises nro offered by all tho opposing Interests in tho fight now In progress In Chi cago between capltil and labor tho toamsters' strike will spread many fold during tho next forty-eight hours. Tho refusal of tho teamsters' joint council, roprcsontlng 35,000 union drivers, to accede to tho demands of tho Chicago Team Owners' association to hnndlo merchandise for all houses having contracts with tho members of tho owners' organization, without dis criminating ngalnst tho firms Involved In tho present strike, has brought tho controversy to a point whoro a speedy sottlomont will havo to bo mado to prevent an extension of tho trouble. Thoro Is a probability, however, that tho whole troublo may bo satisfactor ily adjusted without resorting to such drastic measures. After receiving tho announcement of tho teamsters' joint council refusing to obey tho ultimatum of tho Team Owners' association, a meeting of tho latter organization was held and It was decided to give tho teamsters more timo to consider tho proposition. At first it was tho Inten tion of the team owners to put their ultimatum into offect Monday morn ing, but believing that tho teamsters could bo Induced to chango their minds, they aro given until Tuesday to mako final answer to the proposi tion. Information which tho team own ers say they received that tho team sters' Joint council was not a unit, In Its determination to fight the owners, was given by tho owners as the reason for tlN postporement of tho enforce ment of tho ultimatum until Tuesday, That Saturday night's decision of tho toamsters will bo reconsidered wns evidenced Sunday when a call was sont out for another meeting of tho teamsters' Joint council for Sun day night In addition to this meeting of tho offlclals of tho teamsters' union nnother call was Issued Sunday for a meeting on Tuesday of tho executlvo commlttco of tho International Broth erhood of Teamsters. This commltteo Is tho controllng body of tho team sters' organization nnd It Is this body of officials that orders, or has tho final word, In tho settlement of a strike of Its members. Tho Chicago Liverymen's associa tion has become Involved In tho troublo and a strike of tho 2,000 drivers employed by this organization Is Immlnont. Tho troublo was brought about by tho union carrlago drivers refusing to carry patrons of tho asso ciation to tho strike-bound depart ment stores. A statement was given out by the association that, commencing Mon day the men would bo compollcd to carry all patrons to their destination and that a refusal meant immediate discharge. Tho officials of the Cab Drivers' union declared that their men would all bo ordered to r.trlko If but oven ono member of their union was discharged for refusing to obey the command of tho association. Should this strlko be called It will Involve tho hearso drivers, and It was said would necessitate tho uso of mounted gnurds to escort funerals to outlaying cemeteries, should It bo necessary to uso non-union drivers. NAN PATTERSON RELEASED Former Show Girl Charged With Mur der of Bookmaker Goes Free. NEW YORK After moro than eleven monlhs in prison nnd thrco mistrials on tho charge of murdering Caesar Young, Nan Patterson walked from tho Tombs on Friday n freo wo man. As sho left the great building which has been her home since a fow da'3 after Young wns found dying In n cab In lower New York, 2,000 peo plo greeted hor with cheors, for the news that District Attornoy Jerome would move for hor dismissal from custody had spread throughout the vicinity of tho courthouse. But tho accused girl had but a few seconds to soe and hoar the demonstrations be fore sho wns whisked away In a" cab with hor attornoy, Abraham Levy. Tho move to dlschargo Nan Pat terson came rather unexpectedly to tho public. It was an hour or so before noon when District Attcrnoy Jerome appeared before Recorder Goff In spec ial sosslons and announced that ho do sired to move tho dlschargo of the former chorus girl without ball and on hpr.pvn recognizance. This announce ment followed threo trials for murder. Tho second and third of theso trials the latter concluded but a few days ago resulted In disagreements; the first in tho discharge of tho jury be cause of the illness of a Juror before the caso bad been concluded. Not Frightened by Task. CHICAGO Theodore P. Shonts, prosldont of tho Panama canal com mission, declared tlwt In tho few weeks ho had boon nctlvoly at work in tho affairs of the canal ho had dis covered that while tho immensity of tho project Is likely to staggor even an enthusiastic supportor of It, tho obstacles presonted nro by no means Insuperable. Mr. Shonts loft for Wah lngton to resume his duties In con nection with tho canal. Ho goo to Panama to remain permanently about tho end of Juue. THINKS WELL OF PRESIDENT Bryan Glad Iroquois Club Entertained Him. KANSAS CITY, Mo. William J. Bryan was tho guost of honor nnd principal speaker at a dinnor given by tho Knlfo and Fork club of this city nt tho Midland hotel bore. In an lntor vlow Mr. Bryan said that he admired tho position of Prosldont Roosevelt and Secretary Taft upon tho question of railroad rato legislation. Whon ask ed If ho thought the president would call a special sossion of congress and urge upon that body tho necessity of lmmodlato rnllroad legislation, Mr. Bryan refused to commit himself. In rogard to tho recent Iroquois banquet In Chicago, nt which President Rooso volt was tho guest of honor, Mr. Bryan said: "I wa3 gratified at tho recent ex pression of good will of tho democrats In Chicago toward tho president nnd I am glad that tho domocrats of tho nation aro supporting President Roose velt in his position on tho railroad rato question. "Tho westerners llko Mr. Roosevelt I am glad to seo tho democrats greet ing him out bore. It shows thnt thoy nro supporting him In many of his policies. Thoy havo a regard and re spect that I am sure must bo pleasing to our president. Ho was given a big ovation by tho Iroquois club. But that which Is most gratifying to mo Is his outspoken policy on rato legislation. I nm heartily with him on his position. Secretary Taft has spoken a policy which must appeal to our citizens and President Roosevelt, In his customary manner, 'backs him up.' This question will como boforo tho people for solu tion." THESE MEN ARE SATISFIED Nebraskans Testify Before Senate Railroad Committee. WASHINGTON T. B. Hord, cattlo raiser, farmer and grain dealer of Cen tral City, Neb., appeared before tho senate commltteo on Interstate com merco to protest against tho proposed rato legislation. Ho said in part: "At tho present time tho ,ra!lroads In this stato glvo us good service. They grant all reasonable demands; wo havo tho railway officers among us and we want conditions to remain unchanged becauso wo aro prospering. I came hero at tho request of friends who agreo with mo becauso wo think It right to enter our protest." Mr. Hord said that ho knew of no complaints from the southwest about rates on llvo stock. "How do you happen to como here?" asked Senntor Foraker. Tho witness replied that ho had been Invited to come by friends. Peter Jnnsen, a farmer and sheep ralscr of Jansen, Nob., also was a wit ness beforo the committee. He otated that ho shipped soveral hundred car loads of sheop a year and pastured 20,000 sheep annually, and that ho represented a number of friends among stock 'raisers and farmers of Nebraska. "Wo do not want any rato legisla tion," said Mr. Jnnsen, "for wo feel that traffic managers aro nearer to us than any commission could over be, and wo aro satisfied that thoy aro always ready to meet any reasonable man half way, Tho present system of adjusting rates between shipper and carrier is perfectly satisfactory to us." INSANE MAN AT WHITE HOUSE Italian Who Says His Murdered Wife Is Inside Trle3 to Enter. WASHINGTON A man who said his namo is Daniel Costable, an Italian, wns arrested by Policeman Hopkins while trying to forco an en trance at tho rear door of tho whlto house, about midnight Friday. Ho was locked up at the pollco station. When questioned as to tho reason for being on tho whlto house grounds ho declared a spirit had entered his head and told him that his murdered wlfo wns to bo found In tho whlto house. Tho man was hatless nnd clad only In a coat of thin serge. Ho was first seen by a negro climbing over the Iron fonco surrounding tho grounds of tho white house nnd atten tion was attracted by the sound of an attompted entrnnco at tho rear door. Ho was tugging frantically at the door and shouting, "Franccsca, It is I." He was arrested and Jailed. CLAIM JEWS WERE AGGRESSORS Official Statement In Connection With Recent Massacre. ST. PETERSBURG Somo private reports from Zhitomir place tho num ber of persons killed at as high as forty. Tho govornor of Vholiny has caused tho streets of Zhitomir to bo placarded with notices to tho ef fect that tho troops havo reclved In structions to flre upon any persons In terfering with tho Jews. Tho Official Messenger's account of the Zhitomir outbreak attributes It to tho provo cative attitude of tho Jews, who It adds, used a portrait of tho emperor as a target In shooting practice. Awful Charge Made by Girl. CHICAGO Accused by his 7-year-old stopdnughter of having killed his wife and Infant child by pouring kero sene over tholr bodies as thoy lay asleep and then setting flro to the bed clothing, Joseph Loldlng was arrested here on Sunday and Is "being held whllo on Investigation of tho affair Is being made. Lolding, who Is a brass finisher by trndo, denies tho story of tno child and doclaros that his wife's dress caught on flro while sho was using kerosene to start a flre In tho kitchen stove. DEAD LIST GROWS THE TOWN OF SNYDER LOSES AT LEAST 125. MANY DEAD HTTHE COUHTRY Information From Outsldo Districts Now Coming In Hundreds aro In Jured, Many of Them, However, but Slightly. SNYDER, Okla. All eatlmaten of tho number killed by Wednesday night's tornndo In tho south of Snyder mako tho total at least 125. Tho tor nado traveled a dlstanco of thlrty flvo miles, cutting a path from a quar ter mllo to a half mile wide. The farm houses In this path woro demolished and the occupants killed or Injured. All the men avallablo aro needed horo to clear away dobrls, bury tho dead and caro for tho sick, and tho fnto of tho fanners struck by tho storm has not boon fully Investigated. Esti mates of the number killed outside of Snyder rnngo from twenty-flvo to forty. Moro" than 100 laborers brought hero by tho 'Frisco railroad, together with a big forco of volunteers, began moving and burning debris today. Two mon dead and another barely allvo wero found In a heap of rubbish piled against rnllroad freight cars near tho station this morning. They had been there' since last Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock, at which timo every clock In town stopped. Statements that 400 persons wero Injured aro correct, but most of theso suffered only Blight bruises. Forty-flvo persons are receiving hospital treat ment. On account of lack of accommo dations hero, tho wounded aro being takon to larger towns. J. W. Hudson, a capitalist, and his daughter aro at Lawton, nnd Mr. Hudson is reported to bo dying. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Mill er aro also at Lawton, and Mrs. Mill er Is not expected to survive. J. M. Eagan, tho 'Frisco Btatlon agent, and several other patients havo been taken to Springfield, Mo. Thero wero four members In tho family of William Hughes of Willow valo; three In that of J. D. Ralston of Olustee, and threo In that of Mr. Moore, In tho same neighborhood. All wero killed. At tho ranch of E. L. Peckham, president of tho Denver, Enid & Gulf Railroad company, sis miles west of hero, the tornado totally destroyed a $25,000 residence and a $10,000 barn. Every building In town bears evi dence of tho tornndo, and tho rain poured through roofs in torrents. Tho temporary hospital buildings, whoro men, women and children lay swathed In bandages and moaning In pain, and whero surgeons were performing op erations wero quickly flooded. Oil cloths were spread over tho sufferers, but this afforded only scant protec tion against tho water. Excellent order has been maintain ed, and only two or threo cases of pillaging havo been reported. E. C .Ray, sheriff of Kiowa, last night guarded tho town with thirty-five de puties. Pltlablo scenes of want and suffer ing woro seen hero on all sides. Much confusion still existed, despite the ef forts of hundreds of outsiders to aid tho victims of Wednesday's night's tornado. Last night many who had lost everything they possessed went hungry and practically unprotected from tho cold. Many bodies, lying In temporary morgues, remained unidentified, whllo among tho injured, dozens who suffer ed from ugly wounds or broken limbs, wero without proper medical atten tion. Others still wero missing, and an exact list of tho casualties was not to be had. FRENCH ARE ON THEIR GUARD Japan Learn3 that Russians Are Kept From Waters of France. TOKIO Tho following announce ment wns mado by tho Japanese for eign office: Slnco tho Knmranh bay incident tho French government has Instructed both the civil nnd military officials In Indo-Chlna to maintnln a close watch on tho coast of French territory and to warn belligerent ships not to en ter French waters. Whon It was reported that tho third Russian squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Nobogatoff, was ap proaching French waters, tho French government ngain instructed tho naval authorities to maintain a closo watch and take effective" measurp with all their power to provont a vio lation of neutrality, and it simultan eously notified tho Russian govern ment. v Tho Fronch government has notified the Japanose legation at Paris that it has received a telegraphic report that no Russian ships were sighted off Hon Koke bay May 9. 1 General Davis Sails. COLON Genoral Davis, tho retir ing governor of tho canal zone, and his two daughters, sailed for New York on tho steamer Alliance. Corn Hearing Is Postponed. CHICAGO-Tho Interstate Com- , morce Commission during Its "Corn Products" investigation hoard repre sentatives of California milling Inter ests who protested against reduction of the 10 por cent differential existing on corn meal rates over rates on corn from Nebraska to Pacific points. When the testimony of tho San Fran clsco manufacturers was completed Chairman Clements announced that the corn investigation would rest for the present and that the commission investigate woodenwaro rates. & 1
