Th§ O’Neil Frontier CX H. CRONIN, Publish** yNKiLL,NmmM March 17 was celebrated In the mid dle ages as tht day on which Noah en tered the ark. Noah's wife was always the typical shrew of the period. In the Chester cycle when Noah tells her of the coming flood she sneers at him for his credulity and abuses him for al ways bringing bad news. "Hidden hold her tongue." her abuse only becomes more stinging. Noah strikes her, she hits back and a good set-to ensues till the man retires to make the ark. When It Is finished she refuses to enter. "Wife come In.” says Noah. "Why standest thou there?" Finally her sons bring her In by force and Noah welcomes her. “Welcome wife, unto this bote." and for Ills welcome he gets a whack ing which makes him exclaim: "Horde that semen be crabbed aye! And non are meke, I dare well saye.” Hints on table manners have always been welcome. In the Ambrosian li brary at Milan there Is a Thirteenth century manuscript, entitled "Fifty Courtesies of the Table." by one Fra Bonvesln. Here are a few of the BO: "Ivet the hands be clean, and above all do not at table scratch your head, nor. Indeed, any portion of your body. Do not lick your fingers, which Is very ugly and 111 bred." In eating do not put too much upon your spoon at one time, for not only will you thue give much embarrassment to your stomach, but you will, by eating too quickly, offend those sitting near.” Again. "Wash well your hands and drink good wine.” In the early days of their craft com positors had no need to worry about quotation marks. Punctuation was then of the simplest, consisting only of an oblique line and a full stop. The first book to Introduce the colon and notes of Interrogation and exclamation ap pears to have been a Ha (anti us, print •d at a monastery near Home In I486. *Hle pages were also unknown In those •arly days. The books started straight off with "Here beglnr-eth." no author's or publisher's name being prefixed. This causes much difficulty in attribut ing early work to the proper sources. Kidnaping Is a perfectly respectable word, recognized by both British and United States law, and defined by Blackstoue us meaning the forcible ab duction or stealing away of any per son, adult or child, from his or her own country and sending him or her Into another. By derivation, however, It does not mean the seizure of a child ‘he ' flapping" or •'nabbing'1 of a Kid. I« there any other case of a word both constituent*! of which re main hopelessly slangy while the whole Has become legitimate. The people of East Fife, to whom Premier Asquith is appealing for re election to the house of commons, con eider that they have a share In the In the prime minister’s success. "Are you proud of your momher?” a traveler aaked a railway porter In East Fife. Aye, I am that," he answered, heartily then added complacently: “We’ve dune week by Malster Asquith; ho would never hae hen heard tell o' but for us." Visiting a small country town In Scotland, a deuf woman went to church *1r!r,e,l , wlth ttn ear trumpet. The elders had never seen one, and viewed It with suspicion and uneasiness. After a short consultation one of them went up to the lady Just before the opening cif the service and. wagging his linger at her warntngly, whispered: "one toot an’ oot ye go!" London Is divided into two camps over the proposition to widen Rich mond bridge over the Thames. Tha bridge was opened for traffic In 1777. Opponents of the Improvement plan point out that to tamper with ancient •tructure will destroy Its beauty. Hans Gyr Miller, of Fond du I-ac, WIs., has a 200-year-old watch which •till keeps good time. It Is an Inch In thickness, six Inches In diameter, and has a heavy fob made of several silver chains, with 10 charms formed from ancient coins. Three members of the Wore family, of St. Louis, were recently married in a triple wedding held in the office of a Justice of the peace. The six prin cipals stood In a circle and answered the questions in unison. In northern Arizona. Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho and western Wyoming, the fires on national forests set by campers have decreased In four years from nearly a third to approximately one-fifth. From American possessions 434 stu dents came to college In the United Slates: 10S from Hawaii; sir, from Porto Rico, and 111 from the Philippine Is lands. Iron ore exists In almost every Chinese province, but In only a few dis tricts is It mined on an extensive scale. The most disastrous explosion ever known was at Gravellnes In 1654. Threo thousand persons were killed. Ststionary steam, oil anil gas engine plants of the United States are pro ducing about 20.000.000 horse power. Experiments in cotton growing have been successfully made recently In southwestern Spain More than 100,000 pedestrians and 20. •00 vehicles pass over the London bridge dally. The oriental countries are being flooded with cheap phonographs from Germany. American talking machines and Ptanos are finding their way to Ceylon. Within the last 10 years gold has men mined In every Chilean province. There are more Islands In Lake Huron than In any other known lake. I’tah has six mountains which rise ■tore than 1,300 feet above sea level. Barbers In New Zeland have a mini mum wage scale of *14 a week. Paris Is said to possess more sundial* time any other city In the world. Nearly 400 women applied for pat •ob In England last year. Celyon in 1912 exported product* ■alued at *60.540.970. Oil fields are being developed In Ger man New Guinea. French 1913 exports were valued at dM6.950.000. Bydney, Australia, now hag a popula tion of 700,000 France has 3,200^00 bicycles In us*. Holland In 1913 had SSS labor strikes. India has 1.316,998 pupils in schools. 1 There are 1,080,820 hugs in Spain. STORY IN MAGAZINE INSPIRED NURSE TO COMMIT FORGERIES Woman Morphine User Fel Sure She Could Escape as Man in Story Had Done. Lincoln, Neb., June 8.—Miss Jennie L Qarclton, a nurse who recently came t< Lincoln from Ainsworth and Lon* Pino, is In the county Jail, a self con fessed forger. She told the county at torney that she had recently read } story In an eastern magazine that pur ported to be the true story of a for ger who had operated for years wlthou detection, although he was finallj Jailed, and she thought that she coult utilize his method often enough to go money to take her to Massachusetts where a home waited her. The woman Is 45 years old, and { morphine user. She said that shi learned the habit while a nurse anc had always found It easy to get th( drug. Sometimes she used as high ar HO worth a month. Recently she ha; be* n out of employment, and becam« desperate. She passed three check! aggregating J100 on local merchants She says that she knew she was do Ing wrong but that she had to hav« the money, having pawned all hei Jewelry and being without furthei credit. WHENCE CAME RESOLUTIONS? NO TYPEWRITER IN TOWN Lincoln, Neb., June 8.—It was not sc much that the democrats of Krankllr bounty. In mass meeting assembled yesterday. Indorsed the administration if Governor Morehead, but it 1h the typewritten resolutions that puzzle the lupporters of Mr. Berge, the rival ran ildate. The meeting was held In Ma tron and there Isn't a typewriter In the village. The resolutions spoke of Gov ernor Morehead as being big hearted inrd headed and courageous, spoke ol ils economy record anil told how 'scheming politicians were replaced by worthy sons of toil" on the payroll ol the state. Originally the contained an ndorsement of the governor's candi lacy, hut these had been penciled out Food Commissioner Harmon and one if Ilia aides were present, represent tig the governor, while Mr. Berge's law imrtner made two or three speeches ■ gainst, the adoption of the resolutions. 3ENATOR KEMP IN DOUBT ABOUT COURSE TO PURSUE Lincoln, Neb., June 8 —Senator J. H, Kemp of Fullerton is in Lincoln trying to decide w hether he will file as repub lican candidate for governor, make a try for the republican congressional lamination In the Third district or re tire to private life. Kemp was a ool ege mate and close friend of Former Senator Sackett of Gage county, who Is to be the progressive nominee for gov ernor, and this fact Is making II dlffl -ult for him to make up his mind. He and Sackett held a conference. Aft erwards Sackett said that lie is mak ng plain to all inquerers ttiat he is in :lie race to stay. Mr. Kemp declines :o take the newspaper reporters Into ils confidence. hut It is regarded as ’airly certain that he will run for gov ■rnor. —4— JNIVERSITY COUNCIL TO WAR ON FRATERNITIES Lincoln, Neb., Juno 8.—The state uni versity council, which lias charge of he sororities at the state university, will hereafter lend its powerful efforts 0 crushing out high school fraternl tes and sororities. It has lust made 1 rule that no high sch,.ol girl, who be onged to a secret organization not iponsored by the faculty will bo per nitted to Join a university sorority, rhls rule will be later applied to boy’s, t Is stated. The state law forbids any lecret societies in the high schools, but he Llnooln and Omaha high school uithoritios have been unable to stamp hem out. —♦— HEW CHAPLAIN NAMED FOR LINCOLN PENITENTIARY Lincoln. Neb., June 8.—Rev. K. M. lohnson of Bethany, has been appoint 'd prison chaplain to succeed Rev. P. '. Johnson, who died some months ago. [’he place pays J50 a month. Mr. John ion has been In the ministry of the ’hriattan church for 10 years, and was ormerly stationed at Kearney. Fo» tome time he has been secretary of he state prison reform association, and s a penologist of repute. MURDERER DEFIES AN ENTIRE VILLAGE Budapest Hungary, June 8.—A mad nurderer, August Tomsics. has since esterday morning made an linpreg luble fortress out of the steeple of the llluge church at Hoetlany. Armed vith a repeating rifle and 500 car ridges. he took refuge in the steeple, tfter killing a farmer and his wife and founding tlieir daughter. Police tried to reach the criminal, •ut were repulsed with a fusillade vhtch killed two and wounded 14 ithers. A large force of police surrounded ho church today, but their com nander confessed he was helpless un it Tomsics decided to surrender of ised up his ammunition. A narrow itairway is the only approach to the iteeple. and whenever anybody has at empted to ascend it Tomsies hus been ible to force him quickly to descend ■gain. He tired 200 of his 500 car ridges yesterday and besides wound ng a large number of persons, de ilroyed the altar and pictures in the hurch. This morning he shouted from he steeple: "It is a good thing you let me sleep luring the night. Now 1 have fresh itrength. When my last cartridge is ;one 1 will kill myself." WILSON’S CHAUFFEUR FINED FOR SPEEDING Washington, June 6.—One of I*resi lent Wilson’s chauffeurs was filled $1( today in a country court on the out skirts of the capital for speeding with i White House party a few da\ s ago He pleaded guilty and paid the fine Tlte president has ordered the White House chauffeurs to observe all loea speed la ws. LANDS BETTER JOB. Washington. June 6.—William Kel ley. of the District of Columbia, for merly of New Jersey and now stenog rapher to Speaker Clarke, has beer appointed assistant secretary of th< Philippine commission. He will leav« for Manila July 6. TRAINS CRASH; THREE DEAD. Kantsack, Sask., Can.. June 6.—Three men were killed and four Injured, twe •reiously. when an eastbound Canadian Northern railway passenger train crashed head on into a westbound freight near here late last night. Both trains were running at high speed. NORFOLK LAD SHOOTS FARMER WHO REFUSED I TO DEAL FOR PiSTOL ; One of Two Shots Fired Lodge? in Man's Side and Causes Serious Wound. Norfolk. Neb., June 6—Jacob Wag ner. a well known farmer living six miles north of town, was shot and se riously wounded yesterday afternoon by Philip Kink, a J5-year-old Norfolk boy. Kink had been discharged by Wagner's brother during the day. He aUempted to sell a revolver to Wagner, and when the deal was not made he fired two shots, one taking effect in the I left side. WIFE MURDERER OFFERS CONDITIONAL GUILTY PLEA Lincoln, Neb., June 6.—Harry M. Stout, the ex-wrestler und prizefighter who killed his wife, tried to kill his wife’s sister and then cut his own throat, on a Burlington train a week ago, will probably not end In the elec tric chair. He has offered to plead guilty to murder In the first degree if the county attorney will not ask for the Infliction of the death penalty, but will agree on a life sentence. If this will not be accepted he will make a fight for his life. In view of the fact that in tO years there has been but one death sentence given to murderers in Lan caster county, juries being squeamish about the death penalty, the ( county attorney will probably accept the prop osition. Stout was brought Into court yester day on a cot, and arraigned. He pleaded not guilty, waived a preliminary hear ing and was bound over without bail. He is recovering rapidly, due to bis wonderful constitution. FRICTION CAUSES CHANGES IN RESERVATION OFFICIALS Walthill, Neb , June 6.—The shakeup of officials on the Omaha and Winne bago reservations probably marks the most thorough change in th.e history of the two agencies. The administration of afTalrs, particularly on the Omaha reservation, has been the subject of much complaint during the past two years. The policy of the department in exercising strict, fatherly control and supervision of the Indians has been extended somewhat to the white farm ers leasing Indians’ lands, all of which has brought about much friction be tween the local officials and the white farmers and Indians. The superintendent now in charge, John S. Spear, will be transferred to South Dakota, and n new' agent who will devote his entire time to the Oma ha reservation will take his place. R. A. Martlndale, clerk In charge. Is transferred to Colorado. O. O. Pres ton, expert farmer, Is transferred to Oregon with 10 days In which to make the change. ORD WOMAN CONVICTED OF ASSAULTING EDITOR Ord, Neb., June 6.—Mrs. M. O. Wil son was convicted on a charge of as sault and battery in county court here. Mrs. Wilson walked up behind Editor Davis, of the Ord Journal, and sub jected him to a whipping with a quirt. She stated that she was taking the law Into her own hands to punish him for an account that appeared in his paper of a suit that she filed against the board of education for wages that she claimed as a teacher after she had quit teaching In April, following some difficulties with the board of educa tion and the superintendent. Mrs. Wil son. who has been admitted to the practice of law In Kansas, argued her own case to the Jury and was assisted by her husband, un attorney and ab stracter. VIOLATES STATE LAW BY MARRYING HIS NIECE Lincoln, Neb., June 6.—John Brown, a carpenter living at University Place, Is In a peck of trouble because lie mar ried Ills niece, something forbidden by the laws of Nebraska. The girl come.' from the mountain district of West Virginia. She Is 17 years of age and Brown is 48. Brown's sister Is the girl's mother. When the girl's father died a few months ago Brown went back to help the family. He became enamored of the girl, but her mother forbade the marriage. He went back twice more, and the third time the mother said that if he would bring all of the family of six out to Nebraska he could have the girl. He agreed. When the neighbors found out that the two were married, they reported the matter to the authorities, and Brown's arrest followed. BEES TAKE NOTION TO RIDF. IN NEW FANGLED VEHICLE Lincoln, Neb., June 6.—A vagrant swarm of bees settled on the top of G. M. Uhrlstlan’s automobile, while It was standing on a street corner yester day. and for two hours traffic was seriously interfered with by the swarm of bee experts who crowded around with advice as to what to do in the mutter. Finally a little German shoe maker came along, coaxed the bees Into a hat. from the hat into a bucket and from the bucket into a box, and walked off home with them. During the ex citement one ijmn pushed into the crowd and wanted to know if the auto mobile man bad brought them in from the country. He was satisfied when told that It was customary nowadays for bet keepers to take their swarms for a*riile now and then. —♦— DOCTOR AND LITTLE GIRL BOTH MAD DOG VICTIMS Omaha, Neb., June fi. -Both 3-yeur old Margaret Dwyer and her physician. Dr. Rudolph ltix are now at the Pas teur institute at Chicago taking treat ments for rabies. The little girl is saitl to be In a serious condition. The little girl was attacked lty a bulldog owned by John Alporson, and was badly bitten about the head. Dr. ltix was called to the Dwyer residence and attended the little girl. Then he went to the A1 person residence nearby to see if the dog showed signs of rabies. The dog then attacked and bit the physician on the hand. BACK SUBSCRIPTION CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT Lincoln. Nob., June 5.—t\ J. Bowlby, editor of the Crete Democrat, has ap pealed to the supreme court from a Saline county court decision which said that tie could not collect $32.50 from the estate of John B. Voss. Bowlby says that he had a contract with Voss to send him the paper at the price of $1.50 a year, and that when Foss died in 1912 he was 20 years in arrears. The heirs would not pay. and the dis trict court said the money could not be collected. Bowlby will now see what the supreme court has to say about it. __I NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES LINCOLN—Oliver Dlmick, a retired farmer of Waverly, died Thursday, not knowing that his wife had preceded him two days. The Dimicks were the heads of » large family. They have been living in *Vaverly for years and neither showed the effects of age. Two weeks ago the wife became ill, and the following day her hus ?>ank was stricken. Both became worse, but the wife was the first to succumb. 3he died Tuesday while her husband lay unconscious in the adjoining room. YORK—Nearly every part of York county was visited by a heavy rain and electric storm Wednesday, as much as two inches falling in places. Lightning struck the residence of Mrs. Beck in York, but the damage was slight. Tt also hit a tree in the yard at the home of C. E. Messer, under which his daughter and two children wore standing. They were badly shocked but not lrrj<^red. TEC U MS EH—Charles M. Chamberlain, cashier of the failed Chamberlain banking house of Tecumseh, has been convicted of a fofgery charge In the superior court at Sjx»kane, Wash. Chamberlain was charged with signing the name of Theodore Rus terholz to a check for $171.50 given him by M. C. Gray to pay Rusterhilz for labor and depositing it in the bank in his own name. HOSKINS—Another saloon fight is on at Hoskins. Richard Winter has applied to the village board for a license to sell li quor. A remonstrance was filed and the hearing before the board resulted in Win ters securing the license. Notice of ap peal has been given and the case will be heard by District Judge Welch at Wayne. BEATRICE—Anna Merle Eden, of Lan ham, has Instituted suit in the district court of Gage county for $10,000 damages against Albert Durseh, a resident of the same neighborhood, for failure on his part to fulfill a promise of marriage. DAVID CITY—It is rumored here that Prof. T. C. Stech, superintendent of the David City schools, will be a candidate for the republican nomination for superin tendent of public instruction. PAWNEE-The meat market of John Saner was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The blaze was of uncertain ori gin. The loss is partly covered by insur ance. LINCOLN—A long pending suit to test the right of the state railway commis sion to order a physical valuation of the Omaha &. Council Bluffs street railway was submitted Wednesday to the supreme court. The company recently won a suit in the Douglas county district court, where it enjoined a seven for a quarter fare. The debate in supreme court was over whether the term “railways” in the valuation act covers street car compa nies. The Lincoln company voluntarily submitted to the commission. ALBION—A meeting of the Albion fire department endorsed the plans of Mayor Poynter and the city council for erect ing a 250,000-gallon reservoir for stor age on the Flannigan hill, one and one quarter miles south of the city. The pres ent system is daily being taxed to its capacity and the immediate need of more water is felt, it Is probable that the city will soon be asked to vote bonds to erect this reservoir. LINCOLN—The state railwa.v commis sion has a knotty problem that it has referred to the attorney general. It is whether the South Omaha live stock ex change has a legal right to charge ship per* 10 cents a car for insuring stock after they have been unloaded at the yards. Most shippers are willing to pay but some have entered vigorous protests The exchange is not a common carrier, and the commission wants to know if il has any jurisdiction. LINCOLN—John L. Kennedy, formei congressman from the Second district, has tiled for the republican nomination. H« will oppose State Auditor Howard. J. M. O’Neal, of Lincoln, has filed for the re publican nomination for auditor. PONCA—Dean Fales, a graduate of the high school class of 1914, was awarded the scholarship for highest standing in his class. This scholarship is awarded annually by the Nebraska Association of Colleges. PONCA—Mrs. Charles Lewis, wife of Rev. Mr. Lewis, pastor of the Lutheran church, has been taken to a Lincoln hos pital for treatment. LINCOLN—Two coal dealers are being sued by Warren Newburn for $60, the value of a horse he lost, because he says the. coal men piled ashes in an alley. There were nails in the ashes, and one of these entered the foot of Newburn’s horse. Lockjaw followed, the horse was unable to eat and had to be killed. The coal men say that the nail did not kill the horse, and that it was never very husky. WAKEFIELD—At a special election held here, Sunday baseball was defeated. There were 103 votes cast against, and 84 for it. The result makes it unlawful for ar person over the age of 14 years to play baseball in a competition game on Sunday within the corporate limits of WakefleM. LINCOLN—Governor Morehead has hon ored the requisition of Governor Clarke, of Iowa, for the return to Des Moines of Martin Peterson, accused of grand lar ceny. The charge is that he stole four tickets from a railway station there, and later sent a boy to cash in three of them •it their face value. NEBRASKA CITY—A man named Ash tin. who was a cook for an extra Bur lington steel gang, was run down and killed, on the east side of the river by a passenger train. His home is in Chi cago. WEST POINT—The last will and testa ment of James O’Connor, an aged resi dent who died at West Point some weeks ago, is being contested in the probate court by his only son. Hugh O'Connor, of Scottsbluff. The testator left several be quests aggregating over $3,000 and among them leaving the *on. Hugh, only $100, on the ground that he had already given him a farm. NEBRASKA CITY—Fire of unknown cause in the Brad ley-Catron Wholesale Grocery company’s building here worked damage amounting to about $100,000. The building, a three-story brick, was almost entirely destroyed, together with a com plete and expensive stock. The entire loss is covered by insurance. OM A H A—Albert Johnson, 1022 North Twenty-first street, left his wife and two small daughters, went into a coal shed in the bark of the fiats in which he liv"d, and committed suicide by hanging him self. His wife could give no reason for his act. He left no letters of explana tion. BROKEN BOW—At the last meeting of the city council definite action was taken regarding the establishing of a $10,000 Car negie library in this city and a resolution favoring the project, was unanimously adopted. HASTINGS—The Nebraska Telephone A* Telegraph Co., purchased the Presser Independent Telephone company at j. lit tle over 40 cents on the dollar at a special meeting of the stockholders of the latter company. HEBRON—James Monroe Rico, aped f»S years, died* of sachoma of the jaw* bone, lie has suffered for months. He came here in ls*uC. TWO KNOWN DEAD, SEVEN SERIOUSLY HURT AND ONE NIISSjNG IN IOWA TORNADO Fury of Storm Wreaked on the Town of Sanborn and on Allen Farm, One Mile West of Hospers. PROPERTY DAMAGE LARGE Citizens of Alton Plainly See Two Separate and Distinct Twisters—Second One the Most Serious. CALL SENT OUT FOR HELP Omaha Train Narrowly Escapes Path of Destruction and Takes Five Wound ed Into Alton. Sanborn. Ia., June 6.—Shortly before t o’clock last night a portion of this city "was struck by a small tornado which swept up from the southwest, carrying death and destruction In its wake.While minor reports of damages are coming in from various sections, the real fury of the tornado seems to have struck only here and at a couple of points west and south of Hospers. In this city two elevators, the city water tower, the electric light plant and one lumber yard were wrecked, two persons were killed, two seriously Injured and one still missing. There were scores of minor Injuries, none of a serious nature. Although It was feared that some dead bodies would come to light in the mass of wreckage, the certainty of fa talities was not established until this ♦ 4 4 FATALITIES AND INJURIES. 4 4 4 4 AT SANBORN. 4 4 Known Dead— 4 4 MRS. B. L. FINK. 4 4 P. W. YETITMA. 4 4 Seriously Injured— 4 4 J. B. Long. 4 4 Mrs. G. W. Bonner. 4 4 Missing— 4 4 Patrick Boherty. 4 NEAR HOSPERS. 4 4 The Injured— 4 4 John Llftog. 4 4 Mrs. Llftog. 4 4 John Hoogeterp. 4 4- Mrs. Hoogeterp. 4 4 Kate Popraa. 4 t-mt-t morning when the bodies of Mrs. B. L Fink and P. Y. Yetuma, the latter i lad of 16 years, were found in thei> ruined homes. The general belief li that Patrick Doherty; listed as missing has also been killed. The tornado struck this village al most without warning, following a daj of intense heat. In addition to tht damage by wind, the lighting was ten rifle in some localities and there ar« unconfirmed rumors of deaths and property losses from that source. Advices received at Sheldon are thai the Wallace Wood and M. D. Finch homes, in the country east of Sheldon, were wrecked by the storm and that Mr. Finch was injured. Mr. Finch ha» a son practicing law in Sioux City. It is stated that the Rogenboom house, in the same neighborhood, was struck and burned to the ground. The furies of wind and lightning, re inforced by a torrential downpour ot rain, amounting almost to a cloud burrt in many localities. It is believed that complete reports will show ex tensive damage to crops and farm prop 2^.,,n_.the path of the storm. The Ilovd river Is on a rampage from the heavy rain of last night. following other rains of the past few days and i lowlands are flooded. ' Five Persons Badly Injured \ On Farm Near Hospers Alton, la., June 6.—Two separate and distinct tornadoes hit the Allen farm, about a mile west of Hospers, at 5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, complete ly destroying all buildings, injuring five persons, killing 18 horses, 12 calves and 12 hogs. The Allen farm is a large ranch of about 1,000 acres, partially owned by William Allen of Sioux City, and had three sets of building and improve ments. The work of destruction to these buildings was practically com plete. Those injured are the renters on this farm. Mr. and Mrs. John Liftog, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hoogeterp and Bertha Hoogeterp. When train number 24, on the Omaha, was passing the farm the trainmen and passengers observed the havoc that had been wrought and stopped the train to render aid. They took the in jured persons on the train and brought them to Alton for medical at tention. In an Interview with The Tribune correspondent Mr. Hoogeterp said that the three families, who live close to gether, came to his home when they saw the first storm approaching and all went Into the cyclone cellar for safety. After waiting for a considerable time and supposing that the fury of the storm had subsided. tjiey started to emerge from the cellar. Five of the number were outside of the cellar when the second whirl struck, proving to be worse than the first one. All five of those on the outside were caught up so quickly that they were powerless to aid themselves. Their injuries re sulted mostly from flying debris and none are of a dangerous nature. Trees were torn up by the roots and stripped of their branches, fences were hurled through the air at a terrific rate and havoc was wrought on all asides, m one case a board had pene trated clear through the body of one of the horses. The wreckage of the barns caused the large loss of live stock. On.e of the passengers on train No. 24 gave the following recital: "We were going past the Allen place when the train stopped and the sight that greeted us was of the wounded persons writhing on the ground in pain, and half buried in the mud. buildings razed to the ground, trees broken and twisted and horses, cows, calves, hogs and chicken-s strewn all around, dead and maimed." Th.e Allen farm buildings had a rather peculiar location, on the top of a knoll and it probably is due to this fact that these buildings received the brunt of the storm. Both cyclones were plainly seen in Alton, the second one being the most pronounced toronado formation. Even at a distance of four to five miles the twisting and turning of the clouds wa3 plainly in evidence and those viewing the clouds expected to hear of serious dwamage. The property losses of the farm own ers and of the renters will run close to $25,000. I