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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1909)
Wttpttt fc!?,,HlWteT- -v iJCr -$A tfaayftH'iiiHWlWKiVimWWKHWHWifctr immet M Rniitt4iiuiuiiiuiBMiWiaBL.vnn MK)WI'WMvi A TORNADO IN TEXAS Town o! Zephyr Is Demolished by a Twister. THIRTY-TWO PERSONS KILLED, Number of Seriously and Fatally Wounded Will Reach Flfty.Flvo Adds to Terrors of Elements Hill sides Covered With Bodies of Dead Animals and Human Beings Hun- , dreds Saved by 8torm Cellars. Brownwood, Tex., May 31. A tor undo of grent fury Btruck tlio little vlllngo of Zephyr, iti tho eastern por tion of Drown county, at 1 a. in. nnd loft a path of death and destruction ncltlom paralleled. Tho death Hat has reach n total of thirty-two and tho number of seriously nnd fatally wounded will roach fifty. A Bcoro nro mora or lens injured. Tho parU.il list of n'ead Is as fol lows: C. A. Cablcr and wife, Thnd Cabler, wtffc and two children; C. M. Cartor, wife and child; Gortrudo Hus ton, Oscar Ware, wlfo and threo chil dren, M. Q. Simmons, wife and threo children; Mrs. AV. A. Ilamsay and child, B. P. Drown and wlfo, Mrs. Tom 'Hart and child, Gibson Clcyo3, Tho storm formed half n mllo south west of Zephyr and swept down upon jtho village, cutting a wide swath dl trcotly through the residence and mini mcsB district. Nearly fifty houses woro entirely doniolluhed. Lightning struck v lumbor yard and started a conflgrn lion which ucstroyod ono untlro busi ness block. No effort was mndo to iflfiht tho fire, nB tho caro of the dead land wounded victims demanded all at tention. Hundreds of porBona direct ly in tho storm's path saved thorn 'selves by taking refuge In storm col lars. Moro than a dozen bodies woro horribly mutilated. A bjg Btono school building was awopt away. Dy daylight sixteen sur geons woro working on tho wounded. Brownwood hurried her Becond relief train at noon with provisions, cloth ing and forty nurses. Threo porsons aro still unaccounted for. Two children were found doad two mlloa from tho town. Tho storm swept tho earth for only a short dlBtnnco, probably less than a. mllo. Its fury Is considered the most terrific of any tornado ovor experi enced' in this section. Tho Burgoona who formed tho first party out of 'Brownwood found a dosoluto scono awnitlng them. Tho hillsides at Zoph tyr woro covorod with debria of all kinds nnd bodies of dead nnlmalB nnd liuman beings. Tho ruins, woro dimly lighted by tho burning buildings ana the cries of tho wounlod rose nbovo ,1ho sound, of tho olementB, which threntenod a Bocond storm. A hog roaming through tho debria strown fitreota was killed wlillo attempting to devour tho body of nn infant. Bod ies were found twlntod about trees nnd In every conceivable Bhapo. Peo ple walked tho streets almost nakod. Fifteen Hurt In Oklahoma Storm. , Oklahoma City, Ol.la., May 31. Lnto reports frcm tho storm strlclwn district near Kay West, Okln., aro to th,o effect that no lives woro lost, though tho number of Injured Is nbout Ilftecn, two fatally. Charles Branon, jmstmaster nt Dopew, Is not expected to live. MrB. J. L. Hart of Key Wost as also critically hurt. Tho property loss will bo largo. SIX DROWN IN BOSTON HARBOR Lose Their Uvea by the Upsetting of Pleasure Craft. Boston, May 31. Six mon woro browned In Boston harbor by tho up setting of pleasuro craft. Tiro dead nro: Raymond von Llmburg, a cigar maker, and two Brockton men, whoso names could not bo learned. Threo other mon nro believed to have lost their lives oft Apple is'.nnd. They were seen rowing and ft short time later the boat was found, floating bot tom upward. No trace of tho men could be found. Night Riders Again Active. Lexington, Ky May 29. A party of masked night riders visited the homo of Dennis Washburn nt Claysvllle, Harrison county, destroyod his tobac co beds and left a note ordorlns him to plant tho ground in corn. A your ego Washburn was takon fro:. his liomo by night riders and beaten with whips until ho was unconscious. Ho Las boon an Independent grower. Texas Gets Million Clear, 1 Austin, Tox., May 20. District Judgs Wilcox directed Recolvor Eck hardt of the Wntors-Plorce Oil com pany to pay tho stato $200,000 In aa'dl tlon to the flno of ?l,8i)Q.OO0 already raecdvod as tho cost to tho stato In tho prosecution of the corporation. Governor Haskell Indicted. Tulsa, Okla., Mr.y 28. Indictments. Qharglng fraud in the Muskogee town lot oases. vero returned by tho Unit ed States grand jury against Governor SCharios N. Haskell, p. B. Sevors. V. T. Hutchlns, C. W. Turner, A. Z. Eng lish nnd W. It. Eaton. Two Conductors Drown, Minneapolis, May 29. W. G. Conloy nnd George Geibbs, both conductors on the St. Paul road, wore drowned In Lake ChnnfcasBon by the capsizing of their boat. Illinois Bank Raided by Robber Band, Benbow City, III., May 29. Robbers armed with shotguns held up the cash ier of the People's bank tere and es caped with 2,500. FIGHT IN ILLINOIS SENATE. Blcod Flows In Clash Between Solon and Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms. Springfield, III., Mny 31. A fight In tho senate chamber, from which Son ntor Jnmos A. Hcnson of Decatur omorgod with blood running down his face, whllo a ring of senators held his opponout, marked tho closing hours of the Bcnnto. Thomas Sheridan of Lincoln, nn assistant Bcrgcant-at-arms, was tho other combatant. Tho doors of tho chamber previous ly had boon locked to keep tho mem bers In. It Is Bold one member liad succeeded In getting out, when Sen ator Hcnson, who twlco bad asked and had been refused permission to leave, took his hat and' started to go out. Ho wob nearly past tho door when Assistant Seargeant-nt-Arms Sheridan, who is young and athletic, caught him by the arm. According to Sheridan, Henson thereupon turned and struck htm In tho face. A moment later tho two woro Involved jn n rough and tumblo fight. At the steps lending to tho main entrance floor, both foil nnd were rolling nnd striking on tho carpet until they woro dragged apart, whllo Senator Heard of Qulncy, nn ox-Confodornto soldier, begged them to "remember Illinois" nnd not dta grnco tho senate. Senntor Hcnson, whoso face was bleeding,- Btnrted at Sheridan, but wns restrained by Sen ntor Dalley of Poorin. Later apologies wero mndo by oil concorned. REVOLT IN PERU QUELLED President Lenual, Captured and Freed, Defeats Rebel Forces. Limn, Peru, May .11. Following the exciting events of Snturduy, when bands of revolutionists) attacked tho palace nnd solzod President Loguai, only to be charged by the government troopH and compelled to liberate the prosldont, order has been completely re established. At lntorvnls during tho night the gunrds, which had been sot nbout tho city, found It necessary to flro upon groups of tho Insurgents and thieves, who attempted to loot tho Chinese stores. President Lcgual issued a procla mation thanking tho pcoplo for their r.ofusal to support tho revolutionary movement and nsklng their co-operation In tho way of progress. Tho presi dent nlso expressed his thanks to the army, which had remained loyal, and promoted tho officers who saved tno palnco from tho hands of tho revolu tionists nnd freed' Wm from tho mob In Bolivar squara. Many londors of tho factions which took part In tho rising have been ar rented. Pedro Rlvcro Plorola was killed In tho fighting, while Cnrlos Ploroln and Amndeo Plerola woro wounded. Tho editor of the nowapapor Prenznu wns Bhotnnd killed by tho troops. WIFE DEAD; HUSBAND HELD Mrs. Clcmlnson of Chicago Victim of Chloroform poisoning. Chicago, May 31. Mrs. Norah Jane Clomihson wns found dead from tho offects of chloroform poisoning iu bed nnd her husband, Dr. Maldnne Clomln Bon, who discovered her body and who says he Is suffering from tho effects of chloroform, Is being hold by tho police. According to Dr. Clemlnson, when ho nwoko lie was violently ill. Ho insists that both ho and his .wlfo woro tho victims of robbers, who chloroformed them. According to tho report of the hos pital, Dr. Clemlnson showed little ef fects of chloroform poisoning. Dr. Clcmlnson was graduated from the University of Iowa In 1902. STRIKE AT PHILADELPHIA Street Car Service of Quaker City Is Seriously Crippled. Philadelphia', May 31. There is practically no change In the strike sit uation In this city. Cars are running on ovc y lino In tho city, but the ser vice is considerably crippled. None of tho conductors or motormen who Btruck, the strike leaders say, has made application for their old po sitions. It Is claimed by tho labor lcadors that by tonight there will bo a complete tie-up. Street car ofllcjals, on tho other hand, sny three-fourths of tho cars will be In oporatlon. There wns but little disturbance. Georgia Strike Settled. Atlanta, Mny 31. Officials of the Georgia railroad and the Brotherhood ot Plromcn spent the day In confer ence ovor thobo points In tho strike agrooment which remain to bo set tled. The conference will be contin ued until nn agroemont Is reached or it Is loft to arbitration. Meantime train service on the Georgia railroad has reached normal conditions. Trimble Wins Denver Marathon. Denver, May 31. Choored by 5,000 Lpoople, Troy A. Trimble, running strong, crossed tho finish lino a win ner In tho first Marathon ovor at tempted at an nltitude of one mile Above sea level nt Overland park. Two hundrod and fifty yards in the rear, J. H. Cameron finLued soond. 1'rtnible's Urns was 3 hours 1G minutes I seconds. Dies at Age of 115. Bellofontalne, O., May 31. Mrs. Re bpeca Burns, who claimed that when a child she saw George Washington, died hero nt the age of 115 yoars. She attributed nor longevity to eat.ng oulous twice each day. For scores ot yeurs she made onions, which sho had grown In her own gardon, the princi pal part of her diet. Blind Organist Is Dead. Washington, May 31. Dr. John W. Dlechoff, the "blind organist" of Wash ington, who lost his sight when two Hears ot age, Is dead. HONOR BEGOLAI President Dedicates Monument at Gettysburg. ONLY ONE ON THE FIELD, Memorials of States to Their Fallen Soldiers Receive Formal Addition by the Nation Daughter of President Unveils the Shaft Veterans and Army Men In Large Numbers on Historic Pennsylvania Ground. Gettysburg, Pa., May 31. Standing near tho spot where Lincoln declared that tho mon who perished at Gettys burg had not died In vain, his sur cossor In ofilco, William H, Tnft, today dedlcnted a monument to the men of tho regular arihy who died that tho nation plight live. The monument nt Gettysburg, which was unveiled by Miss Helen Tafi, the daughter of tho president, 1b tho first in tin nroctml to tho memory of the Gettysburg martyrs of tho regular or- GETTYSBURG MONUMENT. gnnlzatlon. Practically all of tho stntefe whose sons fought In the bnttle erect od monuments to them on tho field which marked tho "high tide or tho re bolllon" long ago. Congress waited forty years to honor tho men whp rep resented nil the north without distinc tion of state. War Department In Charge. Tho matter of tho dedication of tho monument has been in tho keeping of tho war department, and ono of tho speakers at today's dedication was Secretary of War Dickinson. A spe cial committee consisting of Asslstnnt Secretary Oliver, Lieutenant General John C. Bates, retired; General J. P. Bell, chief of staff, and Colonel Nichol son, representing tho Gettysburg na tional park commission, has had charge of tho monument. Tho Inscriptions on tho four sides or the mouumont give details of tho losses of the regular artillery, cavalry and Infantry In tho battle and declare that It was "orected by the congress to commemorate tho services of that portion of the Army of tho Potomac composed of cavalry, nrtillery, infan try nnd engineers of tho regular army of the United Statea In tho Gettys burg campaign, Juno-July, 18G3." The monument Is a beautiful shaft eighty- five feet high, surrounded at the base by a broad granlto terrace. It stands a short distance south of high water mark of the battle. Efforts had been made to secure tho attendance at Gettysburg tof ob many survivors of the battle ns possi ble, and' several of tho leading men who helped to make history in and near the Httlo Pennsylvania town were present. Battlefield Graves Decorated. Pilgrimages nre being made to the prominent monuments, which have been adorned with flowers and wreaths. Memorial day is always a groat time at Gettysburg, but 'this yoar tho visit of tho president and tho army officials and veterans adds much to tho solemnity and dignity of tho day. Orders had been issued for tho at tendance of nbout 2,000 soldiers of the rogulnr army, Including a squadron of the Fifteenth cavalry, at Fort Myer, Vn.; a battalion of tho Third flold ar tillery, at Fort Myer; tho F.ifth rqgl ment of Infantry, at Plnttsburg Bar. racks, N. Y.; four compnnlos of coast nrtillery from tho nrtillery district of tho Potomac, band and four com panies of the coast artillery from thg artillery dlbtrict of Dclawaro and fivo companies of const artlllory from the, artillery district of Baltimore. Unveil New Lincoln Statue. HodgenviUe, Ky June 1. In tills quaint little town there was unvollod a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Tho ceremonies wero simple. Airs. lUn Hard 1 11 Holm of Ixiulsville, a olosa rel Btlvo of Mrs. Lincoln, pulled tho cool laat dropped tho drapery nnd sliywfd tho martyred presldont, fitting In a chair, his face bearing the old, oare woru, kindly expression familiar to the people of the entire world. Chauffeur Guilty of Manslaughter, New York, May 20. William E. Dar raugh, the chauffour who ran down nnd klllod Ingvaard Trimble, the fourteeu-year-old son of a prominent Kentucky lawyer here March 27, was found guilty of manslaughter In tho first degree. The maxjlmum penalty la tweuty years' Imprisonment. NOW IS THE SEASON OF COUGHS and COLDS lift lilt F. J. BKJiJNiNAN Notice On Juno i, '09, all coal and lumber will be sold F. O. B. yards and any one wishing same will have to pay the drayage. Coal will be 50 cents per ton less. Lumber will be Si. 00 per thousand less. Dikrks L111;. & Coal Co. Forhst Lnu. Co. S. A. Fostkr Liir. Co. Wm. James. 23-4W House to rent. Nebraska Land Co. 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