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EIGHT DEAD, MANY INJURED AND
GREAT PROPERTY LOSS.
Over Score of Houses Demolished Many Victims are
Caught in Wreckage Work of Reconstruction Already
Begun Will Bear Financial Burden Alone Loss by
Fire Fortunately Suppressed.
Seward, Neb. Enght pcoplo woro
killed and many Injured by a tornado
which swept through Seward at supper
time Wednesday. The eight dead are
all that havo been recovered, although
the Y;t may bo greater than that.
24cmos were torn up and hurled long
dlstancos and the Injured will prob
ably be large.
The storm hit the city near tho fair
grounds park, and swooping In a
northeasterly direction, tore a path
from one to two blocks wide. From
here It- tore acrcES country In the di
rection of Germautown, northeast of
here. .
The storm struck tho fair grounds,
northwest of town, where It did minor
damage. It then followed tho line of
the Northwestern tracks through the
north edge of the city, Anally veering
off toward tho northeast as It trailed
out of the city limits.
Approximately one-fifth of tho town
was in tho path of tho storm. Twenty
two houses wore totally wrecked and
n huge list of barns and other out
buildings was added to tho tell of
property ruined by tho wind's fury.
It was. shortly after C o'clock that
tho big storm clouds formed in tho
west. Many people hurried home, but
others pronounced tin clouds harm
less and did not make any prepara
tions for a storm. At 5:30, howQvcr,
tho clouds appeared moro ominous,
and twenty minutes later tho torm
was, sweeping on its courso through
tho town. Had it como half an hour
or an hour later Ifwould havo claimed
a greater toll than it did. -
Seward, Neb. Awakening to a reali
zation of the catastrophe which
pounced upon, their city Wednesday
evening, Seward people began Immedi
ate plans for cleaning up the wind
swept district and for providing
shelter for those whoso homes were
wrecked by the tornado.
Mayor Calder, seconded by President
-Miller of tho commercial club, Sheriff
Gillan, W. H. Smith and a number of
other business men, took a hurried
eurvey of the damage wrought by the
storm and then announced that they
would endeavor to bear their burden
alone. Cleanlng-up squads were
planned and activities were undor way
nil day in connection with tho housing
of the homeless.
The day's reports "of tho patrols,
who havo been in the district continu
ally Blnco ,an hour "after tho storm,
showed that no more Injured persons
had been reported, no pilfering had
been Indulged In and that all suffer-
Ruins of home of F.
C. Frlcke. His
among ruins,
-ers were bearing their losses as optim
istically as could be expected under
such trjlng circumstances.
Devastation Grows.
Tho devastation resulting from
Wednesday night's tornado grows as
the ruins are carefully surveyed by
families and friends of the sufferers.
Tho cloud had tho usual cyclonic ap
pearance, accompanied by the roar
which made known Its nature. Tho
fact that a largo number took refuge
In cellars and caves accounts for the
comparatively small number of fatali
ties. Near tho fair grounds park and
the Northwestern railroad is located
Property Damage Over $100,000.
Tho property damage was estimated
at varying figures, but by conservative
business men It was believed that It
would total higher than $100,000. Twenty-two
houses wero completely de
stroyed and a like number wero mado
untenantable through tho ravages of
tho storm. Between forty and fifty
persons were said to be homeless.
The storm made a clean sweep of
everything In Its path. HouaeB, furni
ture, clothes, stoves, books, fences,
lawn swlnga, chicken coops, telephone
and electric light wires were brushed
tho Scholz homo, where two membors
of tho family lost tholr llvos. This is
where the cloud seems to havo first
dipped and close observors say that It
raised and lowered In Its mad pasaagj
up tho little valley.
Gustav Scholz and family ntartod
for the cave, but were struck before
getting far. Mr. Scholz was found
Wreck of homo of Henry Flgard. Barn was blown Into houso, but family
escaped serious Injury.
with his head crushed and a seven'
year-old daughter dead from flying
timbers.
Rushed to Cellar.
Many peoplo saw tho tornado com
ing nnd rushed to cellars. Others
thought nothing of the dark clouds
which camo rolling up and wcro at
supper when the twister hit. Crashing
through houses and tearing up trees
It swept through' tho city and thoso
who had not been watching tho clouds
had no time to flee before tho storm
was upon them.
All the doctors in tho city have been
busy and a call was sent out for un
dertakers from Lincoln to help tho lo
cal men take caro of the bodies. Prac
tically tho entire population is on tho
scene, of the accident, working In the
wreckage. A number of peoplo are yet
to bo accounted for.
Had tho storm struck a. little further
south It would havo crashed through
tho heart of tho city. As It was, It
wife was found unconscious In cellar
but uninjured.
swept through a portion moro thinly
settled than tho remainder of the
town. This will probably hold tho
loss of life down.
Only One Fire Started.
Twenty-two houses woro totally de
stroyed by the storm and numberless
barns and outbuildings. Only one flro
started In tho path of tho storm, that
being at tho residence of IC. C. Frnmp
ton. It was quickly extinguished by
neighbors, however, without the aid
of the flro department. A flro in tho
kitchen stovo whore supper was cook
ing Ignited a bundle of papers In tho
kitchon. Tho flro spread rapidly to
the wreckage roundabout but was dls-
aside, hurled, dashed and scattored in
every direction, Great trees were
torn out by their roots or were broken
off and strewn over tho sidewalks and
tho roads.
No moro dea.d havo boon reported,
although tho ruins havo been thorough
ly searched. The Injured are till being
cared for and It Is not believed that
moro fatalities will result.
Tho fact that so much of tho city
escaped the storm has been a great
factor In enabling the city to care for
Its own relief wqrk rapidly. All of tho
destitute wero at once taken Into the
covered by peorlo who woro starling
out to aid In rollo: work.
Tho storm was hoard approaching
for a consldorablo tlnto. Darkness
fell and the usual roaring accompany
ing a tornado gave many pcoplo warn
ins to go to their collars' or tornado
caves. Many lives were saved In this
way.
Tho storm was of short duration.
Then followed a scone of great ex
citement. The pcoplo rushed from the
main part of tho town to glvo assist
anno to those who had been more un
fortunate. Tho sight that met tholr
oywi In tho northern part of town wan
terrible. Homes were wrecked, trees
woro uprooted or denuded of loaves.
Many houses not in tho direct path
of tho storm were Injured. Some of
them lost roofs and projections.
Formed West of Sutton.
Sutton, Neb. Tho tornado which Is
roportcd to havo done consldorablo
damngo farther east and north of here,
seems to havo formed almost directly
west of Sutton. Tho clouds accom
panying the storm wcro a vory unusual
sight and woro watched by hundreds
of people. When It wes west of Sut
ton, masses of clouds wcro flyluR in
all directions, sometimes sinking nnd
sometimes rising, Only once, how
ever, was there anything in tho form
of a funnel observed from town and
that was when a great Minus of clouds
seemed to suddenly sink to the ground.
Forji time the main part of tho storm
seemed to be coming directly toward
town, but later changed Its course, go
Ing north and seemingly following tho
Bluo river. When tho storm had
passed to tho northeast tho funnol of
tho tornado was plainly visible to
many from here, but seemed to be
several miles ijorth. Excepting a few
gusts thoro was absolutely no wind In
Sutton.
Cloud Was Umbrella Shaped.
Thoso who watched tho Btorm de
scribe It a3 umbrella shaped and white
In color. A roaring nolso accompanlod
Its approach and many of tho town
people 'took refuge In cellars ' and
caves. This safeguard was tho means
of saving tho lives of most who re
sided In Its path who were not killed.
Trees were uprooted and thoso left
Btnndlng were stripped baro or twlstod
out by tho roo.ts.
Severe Hall at Valparlso.
Valparaiso, Neb. Ono of tho sever
est hall and wind storms of tho sea
uon, accompanied by a heavy downpour
of rain, struck Valparaiso and vicinity
Wednesday about G:30. The storm
camo up from the southwest, accom
panied by a terrific roar, and for a
little whllo It was feared that there
would be a bad tornado. Pcoplo took
refuge In tholr cellars and caves. Hall
fell so thick that tho ground was cov
ered In n short time. Thoro wero lots
of hall stones an inch in diameter,
which did lots of damago to tho fruit
and beat tho gardens down oven with
tho ground. Rain -fell In torrents for
about fifteen or twenty minutes after
tho hall.
Red Cross on Ground.
Eugeno T. Lies, representative of
tho National Rod Cross society, ar
rived from Omaha at noon Thursday.
Ho chanced to bo in Omaha In con
nection with tho relief work there
whon the news of tho Seward disaster
reached him. Ho went over tho field
and says ho Is ready to' make any rec
ommendation to tho Red Cross for re
l!ef funds that tho caso may w;arrant.
Accompanying Mr, Lies wore two
trained nurses, Miss Florence Clark
and Miss Alice Barker.
Hurled In Ruins but Escapes.
ITonry Crelghton wns lying on a bed
in hl3 houso whon tho houso wont to
pieces, the sldo of the house blowing,
away anil tno contents of tho room be
ing loft Intact Other members of the
family In anothor room woro Wt un
harmed on account of tho roof lodg
ing In an angular position. A number
of the victims wero burlod In the do-'
brls nnd dug their way out with only
slight Injuries.
homes of noighbors and there Is noth
ing like tho suffering which would
havo followed had tho storm hit tho
city squarely.
The sheriff has sworn In a largo
number of deputlos, who wero at onco
assigned to duty patrollng tho de
stroyed part of tho tow nlo prcvonl
looting. Governor Morohpad notified
tho town officials that he had or
dered a company of state militia be
held In rondlnosB for servlco In the
ovent of Its presence being required
hero.
liNTncMm0nT
GARRISON WITHOUT
i'SflPTi3-s?jAiRfc n4B MftMiiEf 5. tU iCCvJwl
was managing editor of tho Albany
Aigus when ho became Bocrotary to Mr. Clovolnnd, as govomor of Now York.
HHhu Root mado a great secrotary of war and ho probably had taken Ices
Interest In military life than tho average citizen. Ho had constructive- Ideas'
and ho carried them out In tho reorganization of tho army,"
KING OF ROUIMNIA
King Charles of Roumnnln 1ms
granted an Interesting Interview to a
represontntUo of tho Echo do Pans.
Having now reigned forty-seven yenrs,
ho cxcrcIsoB a personal Inlluonco such
as no minister can liopo to attafh.
And ho wus elected by a plebiscite
and has not como to tho throno by
mere heredity, his Inlluonco Is all tho
greater. His paternal aunt wns u
Murat and his maternal aunt was u
Heauharnais, thus fihowlng-hls French
connection. And yet King Charles Is
tho head of tho houso of Ilohenzol
lern and tho Emporor William be
longs to tho Junior branch Ho )u
now soventy-flve, but Btlll very vigor
ous. Ho married Elizabeth, PrlncesB
do Wlod, forty-four years ago. Eliza
beth is tho queen who Is known In
tho literary world as Carmon Sylva.
Queen Elizabeth holds that tho
lot of kings Is a hard ono, becallso
thoy cannot roslgn nnd are released
from tholr burden only by death. To
tho representative of -the Echo do Paris tho king said: "Politics havo been
tho ruin of tho Turkish nrmy. Peoplo apeak of peaco, but thoro aro many
questions yet to be Bottled. For Instance, thoro Ib a war Jndomnlty which
Interests thoso countries that aro creditors of Turkey. I am in favor of threo
years' military sorvlco. Thoro Is going on at this moment lu Franco a vory
Interesting evolution. Tho law of threo years' military sorvlco Is necessary
to build up tho army. Hy hard work soldlors can bo formed in two years,
but It Is too short a period In which to mnko tho boat of tho material at
tho country's disposal."
NEW. HEAD OF CORPORATIONS BUREAU
Whon tho natlonnl commlttoo was
reorganized to bo in hnrmony with the presidential nominee of tho party,
Mr Davles wns ulo"cted secrotary, Later, aftor tho wostorn headquarters had"
bcGn opened In Chicago, ho was placed In chargo and dlrcctod tho campaign
for all tho territory between Indiana and tho Pacific coast.
COL. "J. HAM." LEWIS, THE VERSATILE
Now comes Colonel Jnmes Hamil
ton Lowls!
. Sounds Blmplo on the fuco ot It,
but Is one of the moBt bowllderlnSi
complicated and Bclntllla'nt facts of
recent political history. Col. Jnmca
Hamilton Lewis, now United Stnteu
senator from Illinois, has finally ar
rived. His coming has boen sched
uled, forecasted, promised, threatened,
prayed for nnd hoped against. And
he has come.
Old Multum In Parvo waH the
veriest piker alongside of Colonel
Lewis a Bort of Irroduclblo mini
mum, an example of Indlvlslblo sim
plicity. If you don't bolicvo It, pnuso
and gazo upon tho awesome inultl
tudo of Lowlslan accomplishments.
Ho Ih an nuthor, lawyer, politician,
Boldlor, Holf-confessed statesman, trav
eler, guldo, philosopher and friend of
various constituencies, law-maker and
last, but not least, tho exemplar of
tho last word aye, oven tho final
shriek In sartorial adornment. He mado Francis Ilacon his model In taking
nil knowledge as his province Ho Improved upon Lord Brougham In raising
versatility to its highest power. And he ndded to ull thlu an ambush of
alleged pink whiskers that would mako tho averago pralrlo flro hldo lta
diminished bend.
Colonel Lowls first saw tho light of day In 18CC, In tho state of Virginia.
Later he went to Savannnh, Ga. Thonco ho drifted to tho Btato of Wash
ington. In 1807 tho pcoplo of that Btate sent him to tho fifty-fifth congress
IlllonlB lu 1908.
Whon tho time was rlpo Colonel Lowls wont nfter the long term sonator
ship from Illinois, and after u remarkablo deadlock got It
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
"Sccretnry Garrison of tho war do
partmont has had no oxporlenco In
military affairs, but that Is no rea
son why ho may not turn out to bo
ono of tho best secretaries wo havo
had," aald a mnn who was at ono
tlmo closely associated with tho war
department.
"When I wns a young man I
thought tho Bocrotary of war should
know nil nbout military organization,
and all about tho munitions of war,
but, of courso, I know now that
Oxocutlvo cnpaclty Is what Is chiefly
needed If the secretary Is a man of
Insight ho soon selects tho right sort
of advisors.
"Secrotary Gnrrlson has been In
office nearly two months nnd ho
probably knows now onough about
details to rondor him elflclont. Tho
late Dan Lam out made an admirable
secretary of war and his training had
been In tho newspnpor office. Ho
LONG IN OFFICE
Josoph E. Davleo of MndlBdh, WIb.,
secretary of tho Democratic national
committee, has declined to bo gover
nor general of tho Philippines, nnd
has boon aelocted for commissioner of
corporations to auccoed Luther
Conant, Jr.
Mr. Davles was disinclined to
tako any federal post, but at tho
solicitation of nomo'of hla. political
advisors, took undor consideration tho
offer to be commissioner of corpora
tions, and called at tho oxocutlvo
offices curly tho other day to signify
his acceptance..
Mr. Davlos qualifies ns an. orig
inal Wilson man. Ho was tho Wis
consin momber of tho Democratic
national committee nnd succeeded In
capturing a majority of tho Wiscon
sin dolcgntes to tho national conven
tion for Wilson. In fact, long boforo
tho Baltimore deadlock ondeil tho
delegation was voting as a unit.
CEMETERY OF SACRED IBISES
Irda Embalmed In Jnra Found In An
cient Egyptian Rulno by Ex
plorers. Cairo. During tho season's work ot
tho Egypt oxplorntlon fund nt Abydos
tho oxplorors discovered a cemetery of
sacred Ibises n quarter of a mllo from
tho odgo of cultivation and adjoining a
human comotory, both dating from tho
Roman occupation ot Egypt, about 200
A. D.
Tho comotory contained about a
hundred largo carthonwnro Jars, mado
In most cases of unbaked mud, tho
mouths of which woro closed with
largo bricks of tho samo material.
Tho Jars thomsolvoa woro olther cylin
drical or barrel shaped, tho larger
onoB bolng built In two or threo soc
tlons. Each jar contnlnod on an nvor
ago twonty-flvo birds. Most of thorn
hnd boon preserved with somo bitu
minous matorlal and then wrapped in
sovoral layers of linen bandages, tho
outer covorlng bolng in many cases
qulto n work of art, accomplished by
tho nkllful uso of narrow strips of
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Cemetery of Sacred Ibises.
black and brown llnon arranged In a
wonderful and varied aorlos of pat
terns, chlolly geometrical In design.
Many of tho most carefully bound
oxamploa woro found to contnln not a
complotcd bird, but only a bunch of
foathors; others again consisted of a
few bones nnd feathers mixed, and In
ono caso a Blnglo egg. Tho careful
preservation of not only comploto
birds, but of oggB, bones, and oven
odd foathors Is good ovldonco for
supposing that tho worship of Thoth
and tho veneration for tho bird, which
wnB sacred to him, still had a strong
hold upon tho minds and Imagination
of tho peoplo of Egypt, ovon as Into
as tho Roman period.
POLICEMAN DRESSED.AS GIRL
Has Trouble In Adjusting Finery, but
Dlsgulso Deceived Flirting
Adorer.
London. Drossod bb "a woman, a
froeh-comploxloncd young Wokingham
(BorkBhlro) policeman named Albort
3ollwood bo completely deceived John
Dutlor, a local painter, that ho did not
know until after IiIb nrrost that ho
had attempted to illrt with an offlcor.
At Wokingham pollco court rocontly
Butlor was sentenced to two months'
hard labor for sending objoctlouablo
lottors to Miss Bartholomew of Wok
ingham. Theso lottors, It was stated In court,
asked Miss Bartholomew to moot him
outsldo her homo. Sho did not road
tho lottors, her mother opening them
and her fathor informing tho pollco.
To identify tho wrltor and arrest him
Suporintondont Goddnrd concolvod tho
Idea of dressing Sollwood In clothes
belonging to Miss Bartholomew. So
dlsgulBed, Sellers kept tho appoint
ment mado for MIbs Bartholomew.
Sollwood told In an Intorvlow how
ho played hlu part. "I dressed at Miss
Bartholomew's houso. I woro a tight
fitting light brown sorgo skirt, a white
blouso, a dolly vardon hat, motor voil,
foathor boa and a long gray ulotor.
Dressing was not an oasy matter. Tho
skirt wns rather tight round tho waist
and tho movomonts of my logs woro
much restricted. Tho hat went ou
easy enough, but I had a llttlo trouble,
with tho blouso.
"Walking down tho drlvo, I found
mysolf tripping through trying to do
tho regulation 3G-Inch Btrldo. 1 Boon
camo down to olghtcon- Inches. I saw
Butlor standing near tho gato nnd I
wnlkod up to him. Thon I thought of
my volco, which Ib rather deep. I
pitched It as near to tho falsetto an
I could and Bald, 'Good ovonlng.' Ho
was dollghted to aco mo, called mo
'dearest' and suggested a walk, which
wo took. Ho nover doubted my iden
tity until ho was arrested later."
WOE FOR NUT IMPORTER
HIb Shipment Seized as Unfit, and He
Is Thrown Into Jail
Penniless.
Washington. Thoso aro tho tribu
lations of ono Importer of chestnutu
ns displayed by government records:
Moro than a year ago ho brought In a
consignment upon which ho paid $18
duty. Immediately tho department of
agrlculturo seized tho shipment as un
fit for consumption and ordered It de
stroyed. It has remained slnco lu
prlvato bonded warehouses, where $42
storago charges havo accrued. Comp
troller of tho Treasury Tracowell de
cided that tho cost of destruction
should bo paid from tho $18 paid to
tho government for duty and tho $52
should bo a ilea on any future Im
portations by tho Importer. To All
tho Importer's cup of sorrow, ho Is
lu Jail and penniless.
Three Dlo In Pralrlo Flro.
Soiling, Okla. Rev. John Lesllo, his
wlfo and tholr son wero burned to
death, when thoy woro overtaken by
a pralrlo fire which Bwopt a largo
soctlon of Major county. Their bodies
wero found.
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