Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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<ocal physicians who have the in
jured persons in charge outline the in
juries as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Lif
tog and Mr. Hoogeterp all have bad
Injuries about their heads, due to being
struck by flying timbers, but there are
no fractures; Bertha Hoogeterp was
struck in the hip by a splintered board,
causing a deep gash: Mrs. Hoogeterp
suffered inluries about the head and
body, none of a dangerous nature.
The house and barn on Fred Grest's
farm, four miles southwest of Hospers.
were completely ruined, Kate Popma
received minor injuries. There was no
stock killed at this place.
PAULLINA MAN HAD
GOOD VIEW OF TORNADO
C. C. Cannon, of Paullina. who is in
Sioux City today, was on the train be
tween Granville and Paullina last night
and plainly saw the tornado clouds that
caused the damage at Sanborn and
CHAUFFEUR FOR THAW
MEETS INSTANT DEATH
North Stratford. N. H.. June 6.—
Frank Cantln, the chauffeur who drove
Harry K. Thaw in a wild flight from
Norton’s Mills, Vt„ across the state line
to Colebrook. N. H... after the Mat
teawan fugitive had been deported from
Canada, was instantly killed when an
automobile he was operating was
wrecked today.
Hospers. The formation looked like
the real thing, he said, and all of the
passengers on the train were viewing
Altnn m31 With aPPrehension. A*t
H-am tw a411"0? connected with the
train that brought down the injured
persons from the Allen farm, near Hos
P®rf' According to passengers in that
train it was only the fact of being
?rba°iwflVe rnl,nut£'s Iate that kept the
train from being in the direct wake of
ah tofnado’ as the train came to the
Alien farm, where so much damage was
wrought, only about five minutes after
the second twister had vented its fury.
♦I? Passenl?ers on the train felt
that they had a miraculous escape.
After viewing the wrecked buildings
they had little doubt that the train
would have been wrecked had it caught
the full force of the tornado.
HIGH WIND CAUSES SOME
DAMAGE AT SIOUX FALLS
Sioux Falls, S. D., June 6 —High
wind, of hurricane proportions, swept
over this city and vicinity at an early
hour today, tearing awnings to shreds,
breaking many plate glass windows
in business places, partially wrecking
some small buildings In the city and
vicinity and breaking down a number
of trees. The wind was so fierce that
many of the most substantial buildings
trembled and rocked. Since yesterday
afternoon an aggregate of 2.21 inches
of rain has fallen In this vicinity, ac
cording to the government gauge, mak
ing a total of 2.76 inches during the ,
past 36 hours. Many basements in the A
business district are flooded. /
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THURSDAY NIGHT STORM
REGISTERED IN EASTERN IOWA
Muscatine. Ia, June 6.—A windstorm
which swept over Muscatine Thurs
day night caused thousands of dollars’
damage along the Mississippi river
front, where scores of pleasure boats
were swamped by high waves. A num
ber of them have been lost. The waves
and wind, together with a smalt cloud
burst which followed, caused a wash
out of levees and embankments along
the Mississippi river here. The storm
was the most severe In years, and re
sulted in many small buildings In the
rural districts being demolished. Sev
eral serious fires resulted from light
ning.
Cedar Rapids. Ia.. June 6.—One of
the worst storms in recent years passed
over this vicinity Thursday night.
Tents and paraphernalia at "The
World at Home” carnival grounds were
ruined, causing loss estimated at 37,
500. Damage caused by heavy rain In
Bever park will amount to 32,500.
RELIEF FORCE SENT FROM
MASON CITY TO SANBORN
Mason City, Ia, June 6.—Calls for
assistance at Sanborn, Ia, stricken by
last night's storm, were received here
today. A wrecking train was sent
west to assist in repairing damage, and
all available wire repair men in town
were taken along.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WIRES
SYMPATHIES TO TOWNS
B. H. Kingsbury, president of the
Commercial club, and W. E. Holmes
secretary, today sent the following tel
egrams to the mayors of Hospers. Ia,
and Sanborn. Ia, both of which towns
were stricken bv a tornado last night:
“Sioux City sympathizes deeply with
you and your people in the losses and
suffering incident to the storm. Is
there anything we can furnish, or can
we help in any way? Do not hesitate
to call on us.”
FARMER NEAR MARCUS
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Marcus. Ia, June 6.—William Mc
Daniels. a young farmer living north of
Marcus, was killed by lightning last
night.
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ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED
TOLD TO KEEP GOING
Fort Wayne, Ind., June 6.—Sullen
and resentful over their arrest and de
tention over night in the Fort Wayne
police station, 51 members who consti
tute the bedraggled remnant of (Jen- k
eral Kelley's California army of the \
unemployed, were marched under po- 1
lice escort across the east city limit
today and warned to keep going.