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THE VERY FIRST I RESURRECTION Distinction Between Jesus' .Raising Dp and All Others. EASTER SUNDAY'S MEANING Psttor Rusiell Shows Scripturally the Difference Between Awakening of tin Dead and Resurrection of the Dead. Several Were Awakened Bofore Je sus, but He Was the First Resurrect edThe Church's Resurrection Ths Subsequent Resurrection of the World St. Louis, Mo., March 23.-Pastor It u b s c 1 1 spoke twice hero today. We report his ad dress on the Res urrectlon, from the text, "He should lo the first that should rise from the dead." Acta With startling clearness the speaker pointed out (but tils text meant nothing less than it said; namely, that the resurrec. tlon of Jesus was tho very first resur rection that no ono had previously beeti raised from tho dead. lie led his hearers back to Eden and let them hear the Divine words respecting tho pen alty for slu "Dying, thou shalt die." Do gave thorn tho further formula of Jehovah's curse, or sentence, In tho words addressed to Ada.n after bo had been east out of Eden: "In the sweat of thy faeo shalt thou cat bread, till tbou return unto the ground; for out of it tbou wnst taken; for dust thou nit; and unto dust shalt thou return." Genesis 3:17-10. Tho Pastor showed that this dying process operated In Father Adam for nine hundred and thirty years before its action was completed; that Adam's cnnaren, tno numan family, never were In the same perfection as Adnra in tho image of God that they were born on n lower plane, and weio fallen at the time of birth. lie quoted from tho Psalms: "Behold, 1 was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother con celve me." (Psalm 51:5.) This, he said, agreed exactly with the New Testament statomont, "Death passed upon all men because nil are slnnors"; and again, "There is none righteous (perfect, no, not ono" all "como short of the glory of God." Romans 5:1 8:12. 23. Next, the Pastor pointed out the meaning of the word resurrection, which In the Greek Is anaslasls. It means, he said, not merely an awaken lug from tho sleep of death, but t raising up again. Tho word ayain slg nliles a raising to a former standard tho one from which they fell tho Im ago and likeness of God, which nono of Adam's children havo fully possess ed, because he lost it While Jesus was of Adanilc stock, through His mother, His life and perfection came to Illm from Ills prehumnn state; and benco He was perfect, a Son of Clod, "holy, linrinless, undeflled. separato from sinners " "Not Possible For Him to Be Holden." St. Peter declares that It was not possible for Jesus to be hohlen of death. (Acts 2:24.) No cause of death was found In Illm. He delighted to do tho Heavenly Father's will. It was the Pnther's will that Jesus should demonstrate Ills loyalty nnd obedience unto death, "even tho death of tho cross." P.ut this did not Interfere with tho original promlso of life everlasting to the obedient. Hence It was -not possible for Jesus to remain under the power of death, as It Is not possible for God to chango Ills great purpose or to violate Ills agreement. Hence the Apostle says that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day. Jesus was perfect on tho spirit plane, beforo He humbled Himself to ex change the spirit nature for tho hu man, to becomo man's Redeemer. He never forfeited Uls right to life. IIo merely laid it down lu loyalty to the Father's will. Slnco Ho was unfnllcn, Ills resurrection would mean Ills ro- fiuscltatlon in perfection, Dut it was not God's will that IIo should come back to perfection In human nature. lie had already used that naturo for the purpose Intended. He was brought folly back from tho power of death to Uio very hlghost piano of spirit being; tamely, the Divine nature. Contrast this resurrection, or bring ing back to perfection from death, with tho experiences that occurrod in any awakenings of tho sleepers preccd lug. Jalrus' daughter was a member of the fallen race, imperfect; and tho awakening of her and bringing her back to what alio was before did not resurrect, or bring her again to the con rtltion of perfection in which Eve was beforo sin had deteriorated the race. Consider from tho same standpoint, the widow of Nalu's son and his awak ening, the awakening of Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, and tho nwakeulng of tho dead mentioned in the Old Testament. To have resurrected any of these sleeping ones would have meant much more than was accomplished in them. It would have meaut to bring them up to full perfection in the image of God rs it was possessed by Father Adam. As It was, tho awakened ones merely find a few more years In the present life. Kid then fell' asleep In death again, to await ll t;!oi-iif Day of Meiuir Kinu'lMin. in which Adam's race will not only be uv;ikened, but be given every opportunity of gradually rising to full perfection The First (Chief) Resurrection. Further alonj; in Ills discourse the Taster demonstrated that tl Church of this Gosel Age is everywhere sepa rate and distinct from all others of mankind: they are neither Gentiles nor Jews. He made clear, however, that he dhl not refer to the 400.OtiO.miO pro fessed Christians or to any particu lar sect, or denomination, as the Church of CLri.-t. Ho gave Scriptures In proof of his contention that tho Church of Christ Is composed of all saintly be lievers in Jesus, seeking to walk In Ills footsteps not after tho flesh, but after the Spirit. Ho called attention to the fact that no denomination could claim a monopoly of this saintly class, ami that none could claim to be free from tares. In the I'nstor's opinion, tipparently, tht vast majority of the 400,000.000 of professing Christians are merely tares or worse. He cited numerous Scriptures to tho effect that tho heirs of God, Joint heirs with Jesus Christ are a "little flock," a "Royal Priest hood," a "holy nation," a "peculiar people," who "show forth tho praises of Illm who hath called them out of darkness into Ills marvelous light" The Pastor then declared that the Truo Church Is to be found in all the different denominations, and Homo of them outside all denominational fences. Ho showed that the denominational fences nro contrary to the Bible. After making clear who constitute "tho Church of the First-borns whose names are written in Ilenven," the Pastor declared that these are to have u share with Jesus In Ills Resurrection. He quoted St. Paul's words, "That I might know Him nnd the power of Ills resurrection, being made conformable unto Ills doath."-Philippinns 3:10. Tho Pastor seemed to glvo tho thought that in tho Dhino Purpose a foreordained number of the Church class must suffer with Christ beforo the Millennium could begin. Their suf ferings would not bo vicarious, as were Jesus' sufferings, nor necessary to tho redemption of tho world, as wcro Ills; but tho Bufferings would bo necessary in order to demonstrate their loyalty to God nnd to righteousness to provo them worthy of the high honor of Jolnt-holrshlp with Jesus, nnd shnrers with Illm in Ills Kingdom. Tho Church's suffering with Jesus, the Pastor Bald, is their dying to earth' ly conditions and ambitions, as no did. All who thus dlo with Jesus, willingly sacrificing earthly hopes, alms, ambl tlous, are counted as sharing in "His death." Such are assured In tho Scrip' tures that they will also in God's due tlmo share in "Ills Resurrection." "Ills Resurrectlou" was not only the First Resurrection, but also tho chief. tho best, resurrection to the very highest plnne of spirit perfection tho Divine naturo. Hence the promise to the Church to share lu Ills Resurrec tlon means that Ills faithful followers will experience n similarly glorious resurrection to n higher nature, tho Dl vino with Its glory, honor nnd immor tallty. This Jesus also avers, saying, "ltlessed n ml holy Is he that hath part In the First Resurrection. They shall bo priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with Illm a thousand years." Revelation 20:G. Easter and the Passover. Tho Pastor says that tho word EAST Ell occurs once In our Common Ver sioa Bible and is a mistranslation It should be Passover. Easter was n fes tlval honoring tho heathen goddess of Spring. The name was transferred to tho Passover celebration of the early Church In honor of tho Lord's resur rection. Doubtless tho nttetnpt was to divert the heathen toward Christianity, keeping thy festival, but altering Its significance. Whatever tho word meant then, it stands now to tho Christian ns tho synonym for the glorious resurrec tlon of the world's Redeemer from death and the human nature to glory, honor, immortality, tho Divine nature. So, said tho Pastor, the resurrectlou of Jesus is the guarantee of the resur rectlou of "tho Church, which is His Rody." It also assures us of tho world's rcsurrectlon-thnt an opportu nlty through Messiah's Kingdom is to eomc to all mankind, to be recovered from tho tomb nnd from all their im perfections mental, moral and pbys leal. Only tho willingly, intelligently disobedient will ultimately dlo the Sec ond Death, which St. Potpr describes as perishing like natural brute beasts. Resurrection of the Soul. Many Hlble students have failed to note that the IMblo nowhere speaks of the resurrection of tho body. Their er ror hns given color to the argumeuts of agnostics and others who point out the unreasonableness of such a proposi tlon. Thus the Resurrection doctrine is made to appear absurd, whereas the Bible presentation Is most logical. According to Science, our bodies are continually sloughing off materials and through food replacing these; so that a complete chango is effected every scv eu years; and thus a person fifty yenra old bos had practically seven different bodies. The argument is that tho mole cules of matter constituting tho body are not the man; that any other atoms would serve the purpose Just as well. if his Identity were preserved. Many are familiar with the story of the apple tree whose roots penetrated a colli n nnd fed upon the corpse so completely that the root, when dug up, resembled the human shape. The np pies were shipped In various directions and eaten by many people. Some np pies were eaten by boss which were killed, shipped and eaten Thus the substance of tho corpse passed into many bodtp In many places This started tfie ' query. How could those atoms of matter bo re-collected for the resurrection of that iodyt St Paul answers tho query, saying. "Thou sowest not that body which 6hall be." (1 Corluthians 15:37.) He declares that Id the resurrection God will give some a spirit body and others a human body. Ve aro uot question ing the Divine Power to do anything, but merely calling attention to the fact that what the Hlble says ou this sub ject Is thoroughly in harmony with rea son, and that our neglect of tho Bible testimony got us Into confusion charg ing absurdities to tho Word of God. Christ's Soul Not Left In Sheol. St. Paul's teaching Is that the resur rection for the world in general con sists of a re-awakening from the sleep of death, in a body similar to the ono which died; und that when thus awak ened, each member of the race shall have a full opportunity of being raised agaiu to tho Imago of God, in which our race was created, from which we all fell through Adam, and a return to which hns been provided for us through the death of Jesus. The time set apart for this work is a thousand years Mcssinh's Millennial Reign. St. Taul speaks of n better resurrec tion coming to the Ancient Worthies, who proved their loyalty to God. (He brews 11:35.) Their reward will be that instead of being awakened in an imperfect condition, to rise gradually with tho rest of the world, they will bo awakened In a perfect condition. Another class that will uot sbnro with tho world In tho gradual resurrection is the Church not the nominal church of mere professors, but the real Church of Christ thoso who walk in the foot steps of Jesus to the best of their ability. This class bad Its beginning at Pentecost There, through the merit of Christ's sacrifice, God began the acceptance of the Elect to be tho Bride of Christ Jolnt-helr in Ills MeRslanlc Kingdom. Their special blessing begins by their being begotten of tho noly Spirit con stituting their start as spirit beings. Thenceforth their portion is to becomo dead to nil earthly things nnd alive to all Heavenly hopes, ambitions, etc. As their chango of nature began when they received the noly Spirit, it will be completed in the First Resur rection, when they will bo given per fect spirit bodies. St. Paul soys, speak ing of this class, "Wc shall all be changed; for "flesh and blood cannot Inherit tbo Kingdom of God." (1 Cor inthians 15:51, BO.) This Is the glori ous hope set beforo us In the Gospel. Opportunity to gain a part in this First Resurrection Is limited to this Gospel Age. Only faithful followers of Jesus have any promise of a share in it-Revelation 20:4. Unbelief Stagger. 8ome. AH familiar wltb their Bible know well that the doctrine of the Resurrec tion of the Dead Is one of Its funda mentals. But their faith staggers at the thought of the Resurrection of the Dead, and this leads them to deny tho entire matter. They do not tell us tbnt they do not believe in tho Resur rection of the Dead; but they tench that nobody Is dead that when people appear to dlo they are really more allvo thnn they were before. DnwIIIlng to admit that the really dead could bo brought bnck to life, they claim that death is n transition from a lower form of life to n higher ono. After one takes this position, tho whole Bible becomes twisted. When ever we deny tho denth penalty we deny tho Bible, whether wo wish to do so or not. The Hlblo does not say that tho soul that slnneth sbnll experience transition, but "The soul thnt slnneth. It shall die." (Ezeklel 18:4. 20.) Tho Bible does not say thnt the wages of sin is transition, but "The wages of sin is death." (Romans 0:23.) God did not say to Father Adam and Mother Eve. Because of your disobedience you shall experience fronffon, but "Ye shall surely DIE." Whoever would be loyal to the Bible must face this question. If he repudiates the Bible position he gets more nnd more Into darkness. Thoso who say that death is not death, must logically nsk themselves. Where do those go who seem to dlo. but really become moro alive? Then como in human speculations; for the Bible declares thnt tho dead ore dead Jesus said. "No man bath ascended into Heaven." (John 3:13.) St Peter said that David the Prophet had uot as cended to Heaven. Acts 2:34. The Scriptures declaro thnt tho dead are asleep waiting for tho morning of the resurrection. The preaching of the Apostles In substance was that there is no hope of future life except by a res urrection of the dead; and that there could be no resurrection had not Christ's death made possible tho resur rection hope for mankind. 1 Corinth ians 15:12-22 Ood Able to Rail ths Dead. Whoever realizes God's Power as manifested in the creation should have no doubt whatever of His Power to resurrect the dead being, or soul. Ood Is so high and hns Power so much greater than ours that we ennnot com prohend Him. or understand the metb ods of His operations. They are so much beyond us that we call them miracles, though surely tbey are in no sense difficult for the Almighty One Each member of Adam's race has his own personality, and so great Is our God thnt ne knows all these. We may bo sure that He has promised no more thnn He can perform tho resurrection of the dead, both of the Just nnd the unjust-Acts 24:14, 15. Jesus Is Sled's great Representative and Agent in the bestowment of all the blessings He has for mankind. The Divine Power will operate through Jesus, first for awakening the sleep ers, nnd afterwards for bringing to per fection all the willing and obedient Only the wilfully disobedient will suf fer extinction In the Second Death. TORNADO l fiiie y dred opap bills FOLLOWS 10 STORE PAT Whirling Wind De molishes Houses. TAKES TERRIBLE TOLL Twister Rips Broad Path Through Gllys' Best Home District. Omaha, March 24. The most ap palling catastrophe In all Omaha's his tory befell the city Just beforo sunset on a beautiful Easter day. A tornado cwooped down on the city, coming from the nouthwest and ttarlng a path through to the north and east from two to three blocks wide and about four miles long. This was through thp best built residence section of the city, and hun dreds of homes were smashed to pow der or broken into bits by the terror i of the air. Following the passage of the wind, almost as swiftly as thought, fire broke out, and In the twinkling of an eye nlmost, homos of happy, prosperous people were turned into piles of blazing debris, from which maimed and crippled victims of the rtorm god's wrath were dragged by rescuers. Other hundreds were taken out, dead. It was some moments before the surviving could realize the nature of the terrible visitation, so quickly had It befallen. Those who were not caught in the course of the tornado, watched with fascinated gaze the pas sage of lis destructive power, hut even then seemed unable to grasp the fact that awful devastation rode with the wind. Firemen were first to realize the condition that existed, for calls from dozens of alarm boxes and from many surviving telephones came piling in In a confusion that was bewildering. But soon the department was set nt its task, nnd the work of rcscup wai under way. Damage Beyond Understanding. As minutes wore into hours, the ter ror of the storm's work grew. Elec tric lights were out of commission, telephones In the stricken section were not working, streets were block aded by debris, and torrents of rain poured to obscure the search. Cartful search was soon organized. The city police department was taxed to Its utmost, and later the companies of the Nebraska national guard sta tioned in Omaha were called into ser vice that aid might be given as quick' ly and promptly as possible, and that whatever of order might be restored could be had. So extensive and so complete Is the wreck, and bo difficult the task of getting the exact facts, that only guesses can be made as to the extent of the calamity. The loss or life will mount well into the hundreds; the number of Injured will be still greater, while the property loss will be millions. Work of Rescue. Hundreds on hundreds of volunteers aided during the night in the search for the victims. of fhe wreck; sur geons worked for hours at the hos pitals, or In private homes where the injured were taken, giving attention to the sufferers. Through the dashing rait) and in the mud and slush, the work of assistance was prosecuted. Families that escaped with their lives wore taken Into the homes of friends, or made their way down to the hotel district, there to seek shelter for the night. It was many hours before the homeless thousands were taken care of, even temporarily. Heavy Loss of Life at 24th and Lake. From 200 to BOO men, women and children In the vlclnty of Twenty fourth and Lnke streets were killed. and an inestimable number of persons were injured by the devastating wind which was at Its worst in that locality. Street cars were blown from the tracks and demolished while loaded and on their way to and from town; two nnd four-story brick buildings, theaters and churches were razed, residences stacked on top and littered amongst each other, and telephone poles, trees and debris Btrewn along Twenty-fourth street and through the neighborhood from Decatur to Locust street. At Locust street the wind seemed to have raised, according to persons living In the vicinity, and swirling high blew direct northeast to the Mis sourl river, scattering debris over the territory as it passed over. At Grant street, Twenty-fourth Mreet was blocked with the ruins north to Ohio street, nnd from these ruins fire men, soldiers from Fort Omaha and policemen, extricated the wounded and some of the dying, taking them to the nearest, residences and stores. Every home and every store In that part of the city was converted into a mortuary and hospital, while taxlcabs and trucks moved bnck and forth from town carrying the victims to the hos pitals and undertaking establishments. Most of the dead nnd Injured in the immediate nclshborhood of Twenty fourth nnd Lake streets were taken to the Webster street telephone ex change, which being the strongest huildlnc In the locality, remarkably withstood the c, though window? were blown out and small timber Hew in upon the ICO girls who sat val iantly at their stations. A small room on the first floor was converted into an improvised hospital where doctors attended the injured as the rescuers brought them in. As soon as they died, and many of them did, they were carried to rooms on the second floor, where later they were re moved to the morgues. The Diamond motion picture theater at the northwest comer of Twenty fourth and Lake streets was filled Then the wind carrying heavy debris knocked it flat Into the basement. Rescue work was carried on here for firee or four hours and ten or fifteen Men, women nnd children, dangerously injured, were extricated from the ruins. The remainder of the audience was covered by the bricks and inac ccssihle to the soldiers and firemen working there by tb" lights of dim Ian terns. The Irllewild pool hall. Twenty fourth nnd Grant streets, contained about forty to fifty negroes when the wind struck about fi o'clock. The two story building was raved in and im mediately after rescue work was s-topped by the breaking out of fire. -Many Lives Saved by Chance. Out of she thousands of personal ex periences It would be impossible fa single one and say It was most thrill ing, nor to say that any were not. in teresting. The number of narrow es capes and close calls are only to be measured by the ' list of those who were in the path of the storm and es caped without injury. These, in many Instances, seemed to have been mirac ulously preserved from the death that was reajiinj: so rich a harvest on all sides. Survivors told with dull tones of the esc.ipe thnt left them In the land of the living; some were hyster ical. none scmed to more than granr. tho fact that they had been spared. Blazing Wires in Street. Blazing live wires writhed in the streets In the stricken district. Nu merous miraculous escapes from con tact with them aroused little notice at the time. Large trees were torn up by the roots and numerous telegraph and telephone poles were down. Whole sections of houses were blown down, and at the same time by peculiar freaks some left standing un harni"d In the midst of surrounding ruin. List of Known Killed. Dead: William Fisher, Forty-sixth and Marry; six dead in the vicinity of Thirtieth and Ames; Mabel McBrlde 4115 Farnam street; Nela Larson, 522 North thirty-sixth street; Mrs. Arthui Lavldge; baby Lavidge; T. B. NorrU 3307 Burt street; Benjamin Barnes; Mrs. Newman, head nurse at Child Saving institute; Mrs. Sullivan; Mrs. E. P. Fitzgerald, Twentieth and Miami Ftreets; about forty negroes in the burned ruins of the Idlewild pool Ifcl! 2307 North Twenty-fourth street; thir ty or more men, women and children In the Diamond Motion Picture thea ter, Twenty-fourth and Iake six bod ics recovered when search had to be abandoned; Jean B. Brooks, Henry Bleauvclt, A. 11. Stanley, Bert N. Fields, infant son of Morris Christen son, Mrs. E. A. Sawyer, Mrs. J. D. Hogg, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Bach, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy of Cedar creek valley, Mrs. Holm and baby daughter, brother of B. V. Barnes, C. B. Wilson, Henri etta Orleb, Helen Nowns, Cliff Daniels, wife and two daughters; Mrs. R. It Vandevan, and fifteen unidentified. Dead nt Council Bluffs: Mrs. Will iam Poole; ,T. Tt. Rice; Mrs. J. R. Rice; Mr. Schools; Mrs. Schools, baby Nor- gaard; Benjamin Bcnninghoff, Dutch Hollow. Dead at Ralston: IT. E. Said; Mrs. Mrs. II. E. Said; Bert Thomas; Mary Moran; Mrs. Edith Kimball; Frances Kimball, two years old. Injured: Miss Davis, Forty-sixth and Leavenworth, will probably die; Mrs, R. R. Van dc- Ven, unconscious from blow on head; Mrs. Edward Bag got of Chicago, badly hurt; Mrs. Mc Bride, 4113 Farnam; D. Dagat, head cut by flying glass; Mrs. Arthur Iav idge and baby, mortally Injured; M. N. Holm, badly hurt; W. H. McDonald; 2524 Burdette, bad scalp wound; Mrs Colpin, badly cut; Mrs. E. C. Sela. 3465 California street, Injured internal ly nnd gash on the head, still uncon scions; little Sols girl, bad scalp wound; Mrs. Griffin, 217 Poppleton avenue, internal Injuries, which are quite serious; W. D. Cruthers. rih3 broken; Isabel Doyle, Injured about head and face; Kenneth Patterson burned; Mr? Cotton, bruised; Anon H. Blgclow, chest crushed; Cecelia Bigelow, arms hroken and Internally injured; Patrick Ilynes, fractured leg; Mrs. Harry Chalice, severe bruises; nged mother of Herbert Daniels, Frank Guys, Watorloo, Neb.; Mrs. Patrick Guys: William Schultz. Elk horn. Neb.; Frank Bell, Elkhorn, Neb.; Mrs Cora Curtlss; seven-year-old daughter of Rev. Dunn, right knee crushed; Mrs J. C. Wright, foot crushed; moth er of Dr. D. C Bryant. Mrs. Mortln Meyer, scalp wound; Mrs. Eugene Meyer, nrm dislocated; Mrs. Irvln, Twenty-ninth nnd Franklin, broken ribs and burns; .1. Isaacovltz, badly bruised; Lawrence O'Connor, badly hurt; Willie O'Conner, Clarence Cady. may die; George Anderson, may die; Jack C'rlbbcn. lacerated and bruised; Mrs O S Finch, pioprletor of Dia mond theater, fractured, right thUh: Mrs. Johnson and mother both cut about head nnd dangerously pierced bv unlintera: Peter Vlrleh nnd Mrs Ulrich, L. Wicks, struck by 2x4 and lower limbs paralyzed; E. R. Wicks left limb fractured; Mrs. M. Hensman fracture leg and internal injuries.. Buildings Wrecked. W. F. Sheldon, 2428 Grant, bouse totally destroyed; Dr. Bryant, 3006 Sherman avenue, new house, totally destroyed; E. C. Bassett, 1801 Binney, house unroofed; Plymouth Congrega tional clwirch, Twentieth and Spencer, nothing left but the steeple; W. H. Eldridge, I9i3 Binney, frame house de stroyed; M. H. Redfleld, Twentieth and Binney, house unroofed; J. C. Viz zard, 2417 North Twenty-second, two story frame house destroyed; B. E. Jenkins, 1021 Binney, house unroofed; J. C. Neweomb, 1616 Wlru house un roofed; Hev. II. V. lllgbei','011 Maple, house total loss; Trinity Methodist church, Twentieth and Binney, total loss; United Presbyterian church 1 went -second and Etnmett, demolish ed; laundry at Cuming and Lincoln boulevard, wrecked by lightning; Al bin Huster, 4108 Farnam, completely demolished; A. J. Boyer, 4116 Farnam. completely destroyed; Will M. Mc Bride, 4116 Farnam. completely de stroyed; Rudolph - Koch, 1025 Haw thorrne avenue; C. II. Pickens, 112 North Twenty-ninth; eight brick houses nt Thirty-fourth and Cuming completely demolished; M. D. Came ron, thirty-fourth and Cuming, house twisted completely around; Howard Ealdridge, 134 South Thirty-ninth; O C. Redick residence, Thirty-ninth and Dodge, demolished family in Florida; C. E. Black, 3813 Davenport, home de stroyed; Charles R. Sherman, 132 North Thirty-eighth, house destroyed; Mathew E. Hall, 118 North Thirty ninth, house demolished; R. E. Harris 208 North Twentrythlrd, house de stroyed; C. W. AxtelJ, 418 South For tieth. Between sixty and seventy houses were cast away by the storm and rair in the neighborhood of Forty-fourtl and Jones. Ralston Destroyed. The town of Ralston was completelj demolished by the storm. Mrs. Kimball and her two children were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Hamm. Mr. Haram Is the post master. They were all In the postof flee, with some others, when the struc ture was blown down, injuring all, to gether with Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Mead At Ralston the Howard stovo works the automobiie factory, the ice housei at the lake, the postoffice, the bank the lumber yards and all the hotel! were laid fiat. . Six Killed Near Council Bluffs. Six people are known to have been killed and many Injured in the vicinity of Lake Manawa and along the Mos quito creek valley. The first loss of life occurred on South avenue, near the Iowa school foi tho deaf. The fine suburban residence oi Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rice, at the Rice nursery." was demolished and Mr. and Mrs. Rice instantly killed. Nearby was the cottage of William Poole and It was also destroyed and Mrs. Poole was killed, while her aged husband was badly Injured. The wreckage oi the Rice home caught fire, but neigh bors whose homes were outside of tbt stricken district hurried there and sue ceeded In getting them out before the flro had reached them. Both were dead. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Sehultz; near the old Green packing houses and on the Beno farm, was destroyed and both of the old people we-te killed. The residence of their son, a Bhort distance away, was entirely destroyed with the exception of the floor. Farthur up the Mosqulte creek val ley was the house of August Nor gaard, an engineer on the Chicago Great Western railroad, which was de stroyed, and a little baby in the arms of the mother was Instantly killed, and the mother badly injured. CONDENSED NEWS Willis L. Moore, chief of the weath er bureau, resigned. Governor Walter E. Clark signed fhn hill plvlne Hip lmllnt rn Inn wnm en of Alaska. Seven men were burned, four of them seriously, in a gas explosion In Superior mine, No. 10, nt Dugger, Ind. Mrs. II. K. Peters shot and killed Thoma3 McManns, a neighbor, and formerly a- member of the Chicago police force. In her ranch home near Keota, Colo. The German government, In order to cover the increased expenditure of the army, Is contemplating the estab lishment of government monopolies in the sale of cigarettes, ateohol and matches. The Jury at Topeka In the case of Rev. W. L. Beers, a Methodist minis ter charged with slaying his wife by forcing her false teeth down her throat, reported a disagreement and was discharged. Appeal after appeal was made un successfully to ' various members of the supreme court by attorneys for Claudo Allen for a writ of error to re view hlB conviction for participating in tho Hlllsville (Va.) court house shooting. Girl strikers employed by potters of East Liverpool, O., nccepted n prop, ositkm to return to work pending ar bltruiion or the difficulty. Girls will receive $1"" a day pending the arbi trators reaching a decision. The girls truck for $1.30 a day.