D itails of the Storm that Brought Destruc tion and Death. TEN DEAD TWENTY-FIVE WOUNDED Only SI* Ilnllriliiffi In th* Town I.»ft Standing—llnndred* of People llome and Nahjerta of Charity— M«a»ur«» Taken to Afford Itellef. HERMAN, Neb., June 16.—Special to the Omaha Bee: The desolation Is in describably pathetic. Such Is the uni versal verdict of the thousands of spec tators. ^vho have visited the site of the once pretty village of Herman today. Yesterday It was peopled by a hap py, prosperous half-thousand citizens as could be found In Nebraska. Today, with half a dozen exceptions, all are homeless, without a place to lay their hands or a table from which to eat. Yesterday they would have scorned charity. Today the wealthiest are liv ing on provisions sent by kindly heart ed citizens from neighboring towns. Days will pass before the debris will have been cleared away and the scene will have lost even a portion of the heartrending features which may be seen on every side. As a result of the storm, ten persons lie dead, one family having been al most entirely swept out of existence. | Twenty-five are Injured, some of them fntally. The dead: A. II. HOPKINS, farmer, Herman. MRS A. U. HOPKINS. Herman. ANDERSON HOPKINS, son of A. B. Hopkins, Herman. MRS. KELSO, Pender, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, whom she was visiting. LOUIS CLAI S8EN, machinist. Mis souri Valley. la., Injured bo he died later in Rlalr. W. 8. RICHARDS, postmaster, Her man; died from suffocation, as he was suffering with chronic case of asth ma. J. E. HAWKINS, home five miles northwest of Herman; blown Into barn and killed by lightning. THOMAS HINES, plasterer, Rlair; died from injuries after removal to bis home. CHILD OF 3. M DAVIS. EARL PETERSEN, son of farmer four miles west of Herman in Dane Hollow. The injured: Carrie Kelso. aged 7. home in Pen der; skull fractured, will probably die. | Ella Hopkins, Herman; face cut, head and body badly bruised. William Anderson, Herman; left side of skull fractured, may die. Mrs. William Anderson, Herman; back and side of skull fractured; body badly bruised. Ed Tucket, Herman, head cut quite seriously. E. (5., or “Caney” West, head and body badly bruised, nail run through foot, removed to Tekamah. Mrs. E. 0. Pegati, Herman, head cut and bruised about shoulders. Mrs. John Kltnkenbeard, Herman, head and face cut. C. Rankin, employe on Herman stock farm, picked up in street; in juries eonslst of bruises and cuts about head; suffering from nervous prostra tion. Karl Plpher, boy. Herman, temple and head cut, hand badly bruised. Fred Christensen, restaurant keeper, Herman, head cut, arm bruised. E. A. J’egau, merchant, Herman, head badly cut. "Grandma" Nosier, mother of Mrs. Hawkins, five miles northwest of Her man, both arms broken, internal injur ies. not expected to live. Mrs. J. E. tlawklns, fire miles north west of Herman, ribs broken and body badly bruised, injuries not fatal. Miss Hawkins, daughter of J. E. Hawkins, five miles northwest of Her man, back badly sprained and bruised. Peter I-eulg, farmer one mile west of Herman, arm broken and body bad ly bruised, injuries may prove fatal. Mrs. A. Anderson, Herman, head and face badly cut, arms said to be brok en, removed to Blair, injuries may prove fatal. H. H. Herzog, lumberman, head cut slightly, body bruised. George Buff ngton, an aged citizen of Herman, face cut and badly bruised. Fred Hurrell, farmer and splker, head cut. Oliver Lowe, creamery man, Her man, head bruised and cut. George Coyle, station agent, head cut slightly. Mrs, Louis Waehter, wife at imple ment dealer, Herman, bruised badly, causing a succession of fainting spells. Louis W'uch’er. implement dealer, Herman. Usly badly brill ed. Mrs. William llroe, Herman, left Shoulder badly bruised and l»ack sprained. Yesterday afternoon at fl o'clock Hi mins presented a peaceful scene. A little later clouds began to gather and before ti o'clock torrent* of ruin were deluging the streets The citizen* were not frightened at the appearance of the storm, because they thought It was simply a repetition of the heavy rain falls, which had vlaitnd that section previously At fl o'clock, however, opinion* cloud* I vegan to appear, un I little knots of |M-wple a***hibl*d In every part of the town to watch them As the clouds grew liter*- dense the Ink) blackness appeared terrifying and the more timid sought storm cel lurs H» wn of people congregated in these cellars awaiting the appr»«chlag cyclone At ( IS It swept -town upon them rooting from the northwest with a frightful vehwlty Those who were still In position* to watch it* onward •weep mv that It saute from two di rection* and the appeal nto* of the town today would Indbate that a*- h waa the case Old tluo-ra who w -re rowler headed, however, think differ eniIt They twitete tt caate down from the northwest, apreadtng aa It atrve a ohatruettutia an-l converging when these were bo it mil of the way It required hut a few minut-* for ;he «|stn In do It* worh, althiB gb tt aeMoe-l I --III to the -illfof I unatvt pruned up In the *tor«n cave* lit It* n* via- are able to rasall their iMtprvssloaa dn eg the «i -rut. hi though suffering with Iwriuf, any that ns the wind passed over them it seemed like the flight of thousands of large birds, accompanied by the inter mittent crashes of heavy shells. They knew little of the havoc which was wrought In and around their homes When they emerged it was to And a scene of desolation which was abso lutely appalling. Houses were blown down In every direction. With few exceptions the citizens could locate their homes only by the cellars in which they had crouched or by a few familiar pieces of furniture which remained in the shells which formerly had been com modious and comfortable homes. As far as the eye could see, from south to north, no building stood to furnish a refuge for the homeless citizen. It required only a moment of con templation of the frightful scene to bring the citliens to a realization of their duties to each other. Parents be gan looking for children, wives for husbands and sons for their parents. As these were found unscathed the neighborly spirit took possession of them and they turned their attention to alleviating the sufferings of those about them. The dead were removed to the Metft odlst church In the north part of the city, which served as a morgue. The Injured were taken to a parsonage to be transported later on a relief train to Mlair. Belief trains came down from Tekamah and Blair with physicians clans and nurses to aid In the search for the Injured and dead. Ninety-six persons, Injured and uninjured, were sent on an Omaha train to Blair, where they were cared for in the Clif ton hotel and in tho homes of the citi zens. The night was made all the more disagreeable by the rain, whlrh fell on the houselem dtlzenH In torrents. It ceased only for an hour, apparently to gather additional force and make a second attack. Few thought, however, of seeking refuge from the elements, spending the night, especially the men, | in looking for the Injured. The women and children were sent to the school house and the other buildings which remained Intact. Tlie darkness or tne mgnt was i broken by brilliant, flashes of light ning. which added to the Impressive ness of the scene- The power of the storm appeared to have been Irresist ible. although Its ravages were not plainly observed until this morning, when the sun revealed them in all their hideouslness. As the hours passed and the returns from the Injured increased it seemed to the citizens as if every family in the town had suffered. After a sys tematic canvass had been made, how ever. It was discovered that those liv ing in the northern portion had suf fered most In casualties. It was there ! the storm had done Its worst, although j Its force was almost as great in the | heart of the town. The storm undoubtedly came down from the northwest. Its first effects j are reported from five miles northwest of the city, where the home of J. E. Hawkins was wiped off the earth. Mr. Hawkins was blown into his barn. Lightning seemed anxious to supple ment the cyclone In Its destructiveness and added a bolt. It struck the barn, setting it afire and killing Mr. Haw kins. If the force of the wind had not ended ills life previously. This morn ing ills remains were found charred to a crisp and unrecognizable. "Grandma” Nosier, mother of Mrs. Hawkins, was badly injured Inter nally and both arms were broken. It Is not believed she can survive. Mrs. Hawkins was badly Injured and her daughter had her back hurt. The house was razed to the ground, while not enough of the outbuildings could be found to fill the box of an ordi nary lumber wagon. Continuing its southerly course, tearing trees up by the roots, leveling fences, strewing barbed wire across the country and covering the earth with debris the cyclone next made Us appearance at the home of A. B. Hop kins, half a mile northwest of Her man. Here it wrought the saddest havoc, the happy family of the farmer being slain outright, with one excep tion. The bodies of Mr. Hopkins and h>*» wife were found 100 yards north of the house in his orchard after the storm They had been blown out of the house by the "wind, which, in its rotary motion, apparently whirled them out of its path as if angry at them for not having placed an ob struction In Its way. The body of Mrs. Kelso was found lying on a pile of debris near the for mer site of the house. Anderson Hopkins, the son of the owner of the farm, lay near In the last agonies of ;» terrible death. Back in the orchard holding to a small sapling as if her life depended upon the tenacity of her grip, lay Klla Hopkins, an elderly daughter, with her face and head badly cut and her body bruised. Near her little Carrie Kelso, granddaughter of Mr. Hopkins, was sitting on a stamp, dated and motionless, as if she did not realise what had happened, 1 he wind played strange pranks around this house, apparently delight ing in tliB destruction it was making The trees in the orchard north of the bouse were torn up by their roots Their tops pointed in a southwesterly direction «■ if they had lawn blown down by a wind coining from the northeast. To the West of the house I the trses were blown toward the I southeast, the wind apparently r* ’•timing Ita original course Not an I | outbuilding wa< left standing lied j clothing, wearlug apparel, furniture aud stock were scattered in every dt ’ nctlun • laving demolished everything about I lha Hopkins koniewtead, tu» death I dealing cloud sped Iip*»|, the town It 1 struck the Bret haus# in the extreme ! nurlhso stern portion t his was met*, i pled by l*#ter Chrtstutou n llardly a veetlae of the formerly comfortable ' cottage so lefl. It being carried away and smashed Into sw< h small frag Ro ute that Mr *'hrisiiai.< 0111,1 not find even th# lintel of t,n* of hie doors Again th# storm sremrd to ,|,,ir,, ■ vengeaae# upon an unintentional oh •ton la? Not ; i,!y did Mr 1 htisiian sen Imr hi# honor In llermah hut th* storm swept away hta hoose end lorn i *4. his farm four m!|«* west of the ; diy In what » blown *, I|| ,| low In th# same yard with Mr Chris llaasea wxa th# aware of Mis William Iw* fki had wry the storm #p pruathiua and had taken refog*, with her daughter. Mrs. Louis Wachter. In the cellar beneath the front porch. Mr. and Mrs. Christiansen came and Joined them, and it Is to this desertion of their home that the latter two owe their lives. The Bree house was torn from Its foundation and twisted to the south, leaving the cellar and Its occu pant* unprotected. A brick struck Mrs. Bree on the shoulder, while sev eral flying missies fetl upon Mr. and Mrs. Wachter, bruising and cutting them quite severely. Veering a trifle to the east, the wind passed between the Bree house and a dwelling across the street, leaving the latter unharmed, although It wss only fifty feet away. Right on this street la where the storm spread. Htrlklng the home of John Fitch on the corner of the street southeast of Wrs. Brea's ! home. It commenced the leveling pro cess, Its swath being two blocka In width. As If guided by a hand which believed In destroying everything pos sible, It backed up a trifle, crossing the hack yard of the home of Mrs. J. Stokes, the first bouse on the west side of the main street which was In jured. Only slight damage was In flicted here, however. Across the street from Mrs. Stokes It struck a house where dinner had evidently been ready when the storm approached. The table was set and even today the dishes are still un touched. It wus here that the Ander sons lived. They took to a cellar, ac companied by Louis Clanssen, which proved ho poor a refuge that all were Injured, Claussen so badly that he died several hours later after having been removed to Blair. The rest of the citizens between Sev enth and Second streets felt ths full brunt of the Mtorra. Across from John Fitch’s place, west of West street, his barn was razed, not a single shingle being left. A little further Bouth on West street the home of Mayor B. W. Burdic had the roof lifted off the east ern wing. It was not far front this point that Postmaster W. S. Richards lost his life. He sought safety in a cellar, put It proved Ills tomb. Ho was suffering from ehronlc asthma and it Is believed that this, augmented by the terror of the occasion, was the cause of his death, as there were no marks upon his body when he was found. Another was so seriously injured in the heart of the city ti*&t he died lat er. He was T. J. Hines, a contractor from Hiair, who had come to Herman during the afternoon to attend to some business He was caught under some debris which fell between two build ings and injured fatally. He was re moved to bis home in Blair, where lie died this morning. Mr. Hines was for merly a resident of Omaha, where he was well known and highly respected. He came to Nebraska early in the '60s. With the exception of the Central hotel and a residence a block north not a single building was left standing in the heart of the city. Both these buildings were fairly gutted by the wind. The storm came just as the evening meal was being served at the hotel. In fact, two guests were at the table when the proprietor, M. J. Ken yon, entered and advised them to ac company him and his family to a cave until the danger had passed. In this cave the ten persons composing the family of Mr. Kenyon, the help at the hotel and ten boarders and guests, found a safe shelter from the storm, as no one was injured. The Baptist church, several blocks above the hotel, was leveled, the wind scattering the seats about the streets and carrying the pulpit several blocks toward the south. Just below the church the Implement house of Louis Wachter was demolished. A large stock of buggies and farm implements was wrecked, the wind carrying the lighter portions of the vehicles away and, angry at the resistance of the more weighty rnacbbies, wrapping them up in coils so they would be rendered useless forever. The Plateau bank, the only brick structure in the town, was torn to pieces, the brick being scattered for blacks. Nothing but the vault was left standing, the wind driving a he:*vy rail through its side to remind the own er df its terrific force. Below the bank the general mer chandise store of E. A. P&gau, tb« millinery store of Mrs. M. Lenny, Hie harness shop of William Gray, the general store of Kenyon & Co., the hardware Btore of D. W. Harper, tha saloons of Sam Leaver, Ed Boanaau and Sam Barrett, the grocery of Ben Trueblood, the drug store of «. M. Lydick and the general store of M. M. Wallace were crushed to splinters, tke loss being almost total In wadi case. Mr. Lydick had Just put in a lutgd Hume soda fountain, which was dU figured beyond recognition, kits boss is very heavy, as he also had abotK fil.SOO worth of furniture stored In an other part of the cltj which wm to tally destroyed. In It* course sonthward the »*jnu struck the new waterworks of time edgy and demolished theai A great Iron holler sixty feet In length and weigh in* seventy tons was ruTlod a block. Nut unly did the sturui wrack alt the tmUdtngB on th* mam strait. hut It went put of Its wag to deal the rail road a pretty hard rap. The efca* yard*, apposite the Plateau bunk, warn raxed, the heavy fence and d* |Jy 1st tended pcikts proV.lig poor oUtw*. (Ulim to the wind Hack of them tbs l‘>«*c»r elevator ami the elevator of the tWaw ell drain ami l.umhsr somueuy awn trtbuted their roofs, thu upper partlM of the cupola leaving ta caoh mw Tba rontehts w> te thus c'.powod to tile rain which p >urcU down up m them in flood* all night. Along the limaha railroad i w. 4 kin • nr* aere blown over thetr tru- ka he lug twisted * ff ami carried |«« I, rt« or thirty feel away Two ,• *rw *«rw apparently picked up ftai* tf># trwk and set down three fe-t sway tkerwhy diving the impression that the wind 1 uad found them with their >-nd of ; grain too heavy f u further ir. upeu Uott l he railioad dap'a eogi ih«>bi ! itrd telegraph wires wers hi an dawn | 'he hook* of lh» iby.il Uli y eagrlsd I half a hlneg aw,iv ami h upon the bilk Up. t owd.ai j llanos estimates the i >*• to th* rail* ; < i ad slope at I** Men Over aero** the >#»lraly man who carried rprUm* inmtr vto's ta ths town This was )oh* f ar eot tfi ip.a fwrsmaa for if* . m<»c t j i ailioa l It i'*y t ,*rwon dc the pans .. li nrhia* he s t'h*. A kji family * **t bit*i at>» it*e*w4*d tu Ike ae* , u.*al fsitar which h« had > ..h<,ortiuilty to come might see them The saloon men whose stock was bur ied under the ruins unearthed several asks of leer and set up their dlv rnentled liars Over theee they sold •fcelr drinks and kicked because cltl objected to the sight of drunken w«*a on the streets while their heartr wen* full from the misfortunes they 1 bad suffered. At < o'clock ’the beer ; wave nut and the saloon men were ! ft»rc>*d to vend cherry wine and pop. I which to them scented a sacrifice of | IIsis uvd much needed money Ihm &iihv i they might have done so mm h I. <'er : •n the brown liquid. ■*!>•«» Oljr Wenil* lt.tl.-f, SIOUX CITY June 1« atom nty j >»< MM today a*nt a Or aft of |:io to tl»e roller rummlltei at the atrlrki n too ii of Herman Neli Tht money am ranoit liiahle of «n hour ami the rom m M lee la at III at work More money will I** arat after the mm m I Me* hi* hail a I'kiiin e to do aome more anllilt line lamattona of rtottilu* ami M 4lew also ha\« i*«a > * i l » the i mm)or an l r»mm.. >r» to'iH* th* ta.h !’\MM June t«t |s«t»i*r' Inform •*l Iteei.leal l^iehet tht I'twalhf that he 4 | m* U*t acquired through the war with Spain. Several departments of the federal government, notably the war and agri cultural departments, are lending maJ terial assistance in the collectl()i of comprehensive exhibits from these countries. A contract has been closed with the the Pain Fireworks company of Chi cago for twenty marvelously brilliant spectacular performances during the landed Id this country by government trans deep, and the lake for the naval opera-* tlons will he 300 feet long and 7S broad. Performances will be given Tuesdays, Thursdays und Saturdays of each week. Following euch perform ance will be given a grand display of fireworks, including fifty-one spe cialties, all of which are novel. Thesi displays will far surpass anything evel seen In the west. MINKS AND MINING llUILDlNG. porta. The governmental departments I are manifesting an interest in this enterprise that ensures it a successful opening should other resources fail. Above all the people of the country are manifesting an intense curiosity concerning the colonial exhibit*, which, in view of the great question now peuding as to the policy to he pursued in the dispositions of lands acquired through the war with Spall will come as a response to the prayers American ingenuity and handicraft will be more graphically shown in the manufacturing exhibits than at any of the expositions of the past. Home of 4 the novelties promised are mentioned The Allen Chester Silk company of Patterson, N. J., will have in full oper ation every day three looms and t spooling machine. The same which took the gold medal at the World’s Fair, One loom will manufacture whits silk ribbon badges bearing colored pic FRATERNAL BUILDING. '—* of a perplexed people for additional light and Information on a subject needing elucidation. Special features of great Interest to every citizen ol the republic are being planned, and before the fall of 1S!*V» has passed into history the pilgrimage of the preced ing year to Omaha will have been re enacted. The Greater America Exposition fur tures of President McKinley, Vlc« President Hobart, officers of the expo sition and other celebrities. Another will weave silk handkerchiefs bearing pictures of exposition buildings and a third will turn out fine silk dress goods. The noncesslona being granted for Midway attractions at the Greater America Exposition at Omaha this l.AOOON ANI* KINK AHTH Ill'll KINO I'M will be the ltr«t In hlatory lit which large appropriation* of laipay efh money have not hern aaked from public Irnaaitrle* and it will «c||p*t In magnitude mol atne* il**n« ** any ot tu predecenaor*, with the riceptlou Mimmer already exceed thnae of thi Tran* Mt»i«al|>|>l Kxpoalkloo. ('an tiaa lieen turn lied to penult only tht nioa* tatereeUiig uovelllee to get * (•Wiling uu thl* yeura ruMunpolltiin VI Id waf. KAHT KNU OMANU CH>1 H f. A