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CTION BY STORM
lo Sweeps Northern Nebraska and
Leaves Trail of Death
IE FAMILY IS SORELY BEREfT
rather and Children Instantly Killed In
Wreckage of Home Wind Strips
Bodies of Clothing Dwellings and
Other Bandings Torn to Pieces
NAPER Neb June 22 A terrific
tornado went down the Keya Paha
valley twenty miles nor of Stuart
Holt county at sundown last evening
and left death and desolation in its
wake Bight persons dead and several
others injured is the result of the
twisters trail
The dead Jacob Greening aged 55
Maggie Greening aged 12 John Green
ing aged 8 Mary Greening aged 6
Jacob Greening aged 3 Clara Ander
son aged 7 Ida Anderson aged 5
Bertha Anderson aged 10
The injured Mrs Jacob Greening
seriously Theodore Anderson aged 8
dangerously Mrs August Anderson
in a oritical condition Otto Metz se
vere bruises Henry Metz leg broken
The weather had been extremely sul
try all day and about 6 oclock storm
clouds gathered in the northwest and
soon were seething boiling black
masses Three funnel shaped clouds
formed one of which followed the
valley -in its mission of iruin and
death
It first paid a visit to the home of
Henry Metz It was seen aprpoaching
by Mr Metz and be and his brother
Otto went into a slough lay down
and hung onto the grass They were
picked up by a twister carried 200
yards and dropped then picked up
again and carried back then picked
up a third time and flung to the place
where they were first Otto is badly
injured Henry had a leg broken
The tornado then paid a visit to the
home of John Berg and scattered out
buildings and farm machinery around
but injured no one
From there it went to Jacob Bergs
upsetting a granary full of corn and
then came back and took another
chance at the corncrib reducing it to
kindling wood
Then it whirled to the home of John
Hauff and tore it up badly but hurt
no one
It then struck the dwelling of Ja
cob Greening killing Jacob Maggie
tfohn Mary and Jacob jr The only
one of the family to escape is Grace
Greening aged 14
Your correspondent today witnessed
the gruesome sight at the place where
twenty four hours before the Greening
family had lived in peace and happi
ness Not a vestige of the house re
mained while out on the bare ground
in the morning sun with only a blan
ket to cover their nakedness lay the
father and four dead children a bruis
ed and blackened mass of humanity
Four horses a lot of sheep and other
domestic animals were killed at this
place while a new mower was picked
up carried 100 yards and twisted out
of shape
From here the twister went through
big timber on the bottoms smash
ing it down like so many reeds and
struck the new bridge across the
Keya Paha The bridge was totally
wrecked
It then took a jump and struck the
house of August Anderson a quarter
of a mile distant Mrs Anderson was
home with her children the husband
at a neighbors Seeing the storm
coming Mrs Anderson thought the
chicken coop at the brow of the hill
a safer place and took the children
and went into it The cyclone wreck
ed both houses killing Clara and Ida
Mrs Anderson and baby were tak
en up in the air thirty feet and vio
lently dashed to the ground Mrs
Anderson is in a critical condition
while the baby was not injured in
the least Bertha Anderson aged 10
died this afternoon making eight dead
altogether Theodore Anderson aged
8 is dangerously hurt Mr Anderson
probably owes his life to being away
from home
Nothing was left around the An
derson place except wreckage and the
valley up and down a long ways is
liteered with broken boards and house
hold furniture in a thousand pieces
Girl Killed by Lightning
HAWARDEN la June 21 The 12-year-old
daughter of W A Brest liv
ing ten miles south of Ha warden was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed She was standing beside the stove
when the bolt entered tha chimney
and followed the stovepipe The rest
of the family were uninjured
Central Nebraska Wet
ST PAUL Neb June 22 There is
an abundance of rainfzll in central
Nebraska at present Copious show
ers have fallen nearly every night for
the past week the last measuring one
and one fourth inches The rainfall
for the past week has been in the
neighborhood of two and one hall
inches Small grain is in oxceMenl
condition and a heavy crop of wheal
and rye is absolutely assured Corn is
a little backward
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NOT AL0NTHE BOXERS
Chaffees Keport Shows Other Killings
Since Feklnfl Capture
WASHINGTON June 21 The re
port of Major General Chaffee on the
campaign in China has appeared for
publication at the xWar department
Among other matters it contains spe
cial reports upon the Russian Japan
ese French and British troops also
reports on equipment supplies etc
of foreign troops and reports on dif
ferent expeditions
These reports were made by United
States officers and from a military
view they are of considerable inter
est but all the main facts have hereto
fore been published Some of General
Chaffees comments are interesting
At one point ho says For about
three weeks following the arrival of
the relief column at Pekin the con
dition in and about the city and along
the line of communication was bad
Looting of the city uncontrolled for
aging in the surrounding country and
seizure by the soldiers of everything a
Chinaman might have such as vege
tables eggs poultry sheep cattle and
other articles whether being brought
to the city or found on the farms
indiscriminate and general unprovoked
shooting of Chinese in city country
and along the line of march and the
river all this did not tend as was
natural to gain for the troops the
confidence of the masses with whom
it is certain we have no quarrel but
who were in need of their labor
It is safe to say that where one
real Boxer has been killed since the
capture of Pekin fifty harmless cool
ies and laborers on farms including
not a few women and children have
been slain No doubt the Boxer ele
ment is largely mixed with the mass
of the population and by slaying a
number one or more Boxers might be
taken in
General Chaffee speaks of the re
straint he placed upon the American
troops The Japanese commander also
made it known that general war on all
classes was not intended General
Chaffee says he opposed entering the
Forbidden City unless looting was
prohibited This was agreed to and
he thinks but little looting has been
done there though articles have been
offered for sale said to have been
taken from the Forbidden City
SHOOTS AT BOSS SHEPARD
Mexican Assassin Attempts to Take lilfe
of Man of Prominence
NEW YORK June 21 A special to
the Times from El Paso Tex says
Word has been received from Chiahu
ahua that an attempt has been made
to assassinate A R Shepard who did
so much to build up the city of Wash
ington during the administration of
President Grant Shepard after
leaving the District of Columbia many
years ago went to a small settlement
in the republic of Mexico where he
since has been engaged in the mining
business On Saturday while Mr
Shepard was away quite a distance
from his mine at Batopilas he was
shot at by a Mexican in ambush the
bullet grazing his head Shepard beat
a hasty retreat in the direction of the
settlement the would be assassin fol
lowing and keeping up a running fire
Luckily none of the bullets went true
to the mark and the intended victim
finally reached the door of his house
Has to be Killed
ROCKFORD 111 June 21 A mani
as took possession of the Illinois Cen
tral depot here tonight and opened
fire with a revolver upon everybody in
sight Several persons had narrow
escapes Policeman Frank Sully at
tempted to arrest the man and was
twice shot at He returned the fire
and killed the madman sending a bul
let close to his heart From papers
found on the dead man his name ap
pears to be A G Peterson and his res
idence is Chicago What seems to be
a will was also found It is written
in Swedish and reads I give to my
daughter all that I have My secret
I carry to the grave
The Fortieth Coming
DES MOINES la June 21 News
has been received at the office of the
adjutant general to the effect that the
Fortieth infantry will sail from the
Philippines about July 1 This regi
ment has one commissioned officer
from Iowa Captain France of Tipton
and nearly 100 privates from Iowa
and its coming will be awaited with
anxiety by a great many Iowa people
Senator Penrose is Oat
TOLEDO Iat June 21 Senator E
G Penrose of this city has withdrawn
his name as a candidate for lieutenant
governor before the republican state
convention
Getting Beady for Krnger
NEW YORK June 21 Prominent
Boer sympathizers are actively prepar
ing to receive President Kruger when
he visits the United States a few
months hence A conference of pro
Boers lasting several days has just
been held in this city at which Chas
D Pierce consul general of the Or
ange Free State was elected chairman
of the reception committee Mr Pierce
said today that no definite plans had
been arranged up to this time
RED BOOMED INTO
The United States Government Bedews
It3 Poreign Eelations
COVERS THE SPANISH WAR PERIOD
Exhaustive Summary of Official Cor
respondence Queen Listens to Pope
About to Decree lerminatlon of Cubam
Trouble
WASHINGTON June 20 The
American red book for 1898 compris
ing the foreign relations during the
eventful period of the Spanish-American
war has just made its appear
ance It contains an exhaustive sum
mary of the official correspondence
The Dupuy ed Lome incident and the
blowing up of the Maine are treated
under separate heads The first offi
cial notification to Spain that the Uni
ted States expected the independence
of Cuba was in a dispath from Sec
retary Hay to Minister Woodford on
March 28 1S9S The president had
previously instructed Mr Woodford lye
endeavor to have Spain grant Cuba
full self government Spain at once
asked the meaning of this term In
reply Secretary Hay cabled Full self
government with indemnity would
mean Cuban independence
It apepars that just before the war
broke out Minister Woodford sent
word that the qween regent yielding
to the request of the pope was about
to decree a termination of the war in
Cuba for a period of six months Mr
Woodford was hopeful this would
avert a crisis in the trouble between
Spain and the United States but this
hope was not realized as congress
soon after adopted the resolutions of
intervention The peace negotiations
both in Washington and Paris are
given in extenso When the acquisi
tion of the Philippines came up Secre
tary Hay cabled Mr Day baying The
sentiment in the United States is al
most universal that the people of the
Philippines whatever else be done
must be liberated from Spanish dom
ination In this sentiment the pres
ident fully concurs Nor can we per
mit Spain to transfer any of the is
landsto another power Nor can we
invite another power or powers to
join the United States is sovereignty
over them We must either hold them
or turn them back to Spain Conse
quently grave as the responsibilities
and unforeseen as are the difficulties
which are before us the president can
see but one plain path of duty the
acceptance of the archipelago
Early in the war the State depart
ment directed our ambassador at Lon
don to discreetly sound the British
government upon war vessels using
the Suez canal In reply it was stated
that the British government held that
we were unquestionably entitled to
the use of the canal for warships The
declarations of neutrality by most of
the foreign governments except Ger
many are given and as to Germany
Ambassador White gives a conference
with Baron von Buelow in which
the latter says that Germany has not
for twenty years issued a proclamation
of neutrality
NEXT MOVE IS AMERICAS
United States Must Load if Russian Game
is Played
WASHINGTON June 20 The sit
uation as to the retaliatory tariff
war between the United States and
Russia is such that the next inove
must be made by the United States
if the contest is to be pursued Sec
retary Gage in his letter raises the
questiou whether the Russian govern
ment has not infringed upon the
rights of the United States under trea
ty Article vi of the treaty of com
merce with Russia of 1832 reads No
higher or other duties shall be impos
ed on the importation into the United
States of any article the produce or
manufacture of Russia and nov higher
or other duties shall be imposed on
the importation into the empire of
Russia of any article the product of
manufacture of the United States than
are or shall be payable on the lige
article being the produce or manufac
ture of any foreign country
Heinze Gets the Mine
BUTTE Mont June 20 Judge Har
ney in the district court thismorn
lng awarded the Minnie Healy mine
valued at 10000000 to F August
Heinze deciding against Miles Finlan
and the copper trust Heinze bought
the property from Finlan who after
spending 54000 in working the prop
erty became discouraged and offered
it to Heinze for the amount expended
Corhin Starts Today
WASHINGTON June 20 Adjutant
General Corbin will leave here tomor
row for the Philippine islands where
ho is to make a special inspection of
military conditions and needs for the
personal information of the president
and secretary of war
Mrs McKmley Improving
WASHINGTON June 20 rDr Rix
ey was at the White House this morn
ing He stated that Mrs McKinlay
continues to improve
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STRIKES AT AMERICAN TRADE
Buss lan Government Impose High Tariff
Bate Upon White Resin
WASHINGTON June 19 The Rus
sian ambassador Count Cassini has
communicated to the state department
that in consequence of the action of
the American government through an
order of March last applying tariff re
strictions against Russian petroleum
imported into this country the Rus
sian minister of finance M DeWitte
has issued an order dated June 7 im
posing the high tariff rate of the Rus
sian schedule on American white resin
under article lxxxii of the Russian
tariff law and increasing the rate on
American bicycles under article clxxiii
or the Russian laws
This action is entirely apart from
that taken in connection with the Rus
sian sugar and is a new development
in the -discriminatory duties Imposed
by this government and the retaliatory
duties imposed by Russia The order
of the Russian minister is to take ef
fect next Friday or two weeks from
the date of its issuance
REVISION COMMITTEE BUSY
Expects to Put in a Week Working on
Doctrinal Statement
PITTSBURG June 19 The creed
revision committee appointed by the
last general assembly of the Presby
terian church at Philadelphia met
here today behind closed doors with a
full attendance of members It is ex
pected that the committee will be in
session all week
The meeting was opened with prayer
after which the action of the last as
sembly constituting the committee
was read by Rev Dr William Henry
Roberts of Philadelphia secretary of
the committee All action of the as
sembly as to revision was read and
discussed with difference of opinion
as to its meaning
The committee decided to get down
to business at once and make every ef
fort to do something at the first meet
ing Three or four other meetings will
be held during the year probably at
New York Chicago and Washington
Honors to Waldersee
BERLIN June 19 The squadron
to welcome the return of Count von
Waldersee under command of Prince
Henry will leave Kiel early in July
After tactical maneuvers in the
North sea Prince Henrys squadron
intends to join the returning China
ships and the vessel bearing the field
marshal and together the two fleets
will make the trip
It is officially stated that the whole
affair is devoid of political significance
and is primarily meant as an unusual
honor for Count von Waldersee
Bryan on a Lecture Tour
LINCOLN Neb June 19 W J
Bryan left tonight for an extended
lecture tour and pleasure seeking trip
Tomorrow he will made an address at
Estherville IaThe day following Mrs
Bryan and members of the family will
join him in Chicago and they will go
direct to Buffalo where some time
will be spent at the exposition Mr
Bryan will speak at Philadelphia and
other points
Consumption in Colorado
DENVER June 19 The discussion
of consumption was the feature of the
opening session of the Colorado State
Medical society convention Dr Henry
Sewall reported for a committee on the
subject Tuberculosis in Colorado
He said that in sixteen months to May
1 1901 1674 deaths from tuberculosis
were reported In 970 cases the dis
ease originated outside of Colorado In
4S0 cases the origin was not given
Two Kegiments Slow
WASHINGTON D C June 19
The new regiments organized under
the reorganization law are about com
pleted The two regiments farthest
behind are the Thirteenth cavalry at
Fort Meade and the Twenty eighth in
fantry at Vancouver but the enlist
ments of last week amounted to over
600 and it is expected that of the pres
ent week will practically complete all
the new regiments
Chilean Claim Settled
WASHINGTON D C June 18
The Chilean claims commission wound
up its labors today and expired by
limitation It has disposed of all the
business in the way of claims to which
it fell heir by reason of the failure of
the first claims commission to get
through with its work
Thirty First Mustered Out
SAN FRANCISCO Cal June 19
The Thirty first infantry U S V was
mustered out today
Rockefeller on a Lecture Tour
CHICAGO HI June 19 This was a
day of much activity at the University
of Chicago At noon the thirty eighth
convocation was held in the big con
vocation tent and the chief feature
of the program was an address by John
D Rockefeller founder of the insti
tution which Is now celebrating its
decennial anniversary A number of
addresses were made by members of
the university Fresident W R Har
per rendered his decennial statement 1
mmwm mill
Owners Have Decided to Close Up the
Manufactory
HAS BEEN OPERATED AT A LOSS
The Mill to Be Sold as the Future Out
look is Not Encouraging Outlook for
the Coming State Fair Said to Be
Bright Miscellaneous Nebraska News
KEARNEY Neb June 18 It has
been decided by the owners to close the
Kearney cotton mill For some time
past particularly since the closing of
the Asiatic market occasioned by the
Chinese war the mill has been oper
ated at a loss The Kearney mill was
a direct shipper of special grades of
cotton goods to China The building
of nearly 200 mills during the last
year more than three fourths of them
in the south has overstocked the
sheeting market and it is understood
ther is now more than a years supply
of manufactured goods in storage in
this country The high price of cotton
has made it impossible to manufac
ture without a loss Eastern investors
hold mortgage bonds for 90000 bor
rowed to use as working capital The
mortgage is in process of foreclosure
and a decree is expected within thirty
days
The mill will then be sold It is not
improbable that the present owners
will buy the property and reorganize
but at this time it is not possible to
say whether the mill will be operated
again or not Considering the hard
competition and the condition of the
cotton goods trade the outlook is not
encouraging There have been various
rumors regarding the purchase of the
property by other interests and the
use of the water power and building
for other purposes but these cannot be
traced to a reliable source
A Series of Popular Concerts
The Bellstedt band widely and fa
vorably known by reason of engage
ments at the Trans Mississippi and
Greater America expositions Is giving
concerts at Omaha all during the
month of June Tha opportunity for
hearing this celebrated musical organ
ization may never again occur and
those who would enjoy a season of rare
entertainment should remember that
the engagement closes with the month
Concerts take place twice a day the
afternoon matinees being at reduced
rates of admission On certain days
railroads are offering a cut in fares
Bright Outlook for State Pair
LINCOLN June 18 Secretary Fur
nas has issued the premium list for the
thirty third annual Nebraska state
fair to be held at Lincoln August 30
to September 6 1901 The premium
list was prepared in advance of secur
ing a place to hold the fair and has
been held back awaiting the decision
of the board of public lands and build
ings on the old fair grounds site at
Lincoln The state fair has an en
couraging outlook for one of the best
agricultural and live stock shows ever
given in the state
Man Hurled Into the Air
ASHLAND Neb June 19 While
at work at the new stone quarry Roy
Dean lighted a match to Ignite a fuse
when the match broke and the burn
ing end dropped He struck another
match not noticing that the first one
had dropped so as to light the fuse
and before he knew of it the blast
went off throwing him thirty feet into
the air As he came down he fell on
the roof of a shed and the force of the
fall was broken He was badly
burned and bruised although no bones
were broken
The Miles Case
FALLS CITY Neb June 18 The
Miles will case is to be reopened in
the district court of Richardson county
at Falls City at the next term the bill
in equity for this purpose having been
filed The man who wrote the second
will the one refused probate by the
county judge has been found and has
made affidavit bearing out practically
all of the contentions of the attorneys
for the plaintiffs which they were un
able to prove at the trial held in the
spring of 1900
Knee Deep in Water
WINSIDE Neb June 18 The heav
iest rain ever known fell here Cellars
and all the lowlands are flooded The
damage to the crops will be great as
the ground was already thoroughly
soaked by the recent rains and fields
washed badly
Sentenced for Cattle Stealing
ST PAUL Neb June 18 Frank
Wayes who was tried by a jury in the
district court here last week and found
guilty of cattle stealing was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary
Returned for Trial
CENTRAL CITY Neb June 18
Dr Wood who figured last February
in a shooting affray here has been re
turned for trial He was located in
Sherman county Kansaa
THE IIVE STOCK MAOKET
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Choice beef steers 510c higher
others steady choice dressed beef steers
550590 fair to good 5OO540 stockers
and feeders 350 g490 western fed steers
450575 Texans and Indians 415525
Texas grass steers 300400 cows 2S0
450 heifers 350500 canners 200
275 bulls 325475 calves 350t500
Hogs Market steady to 2c higher
top 607 bulk of sales 585605 heavy
00O607 mixed packers 585605
light 560g590 pigs 525S565
Sheep and Lambs Marl3t strong west
ern lambs 435500 western wethers
325400 western yearlings 40O45O
ewes 325370 culls 200300 Texas
grass sheep 30O360 spring lambs 450
510
ROOT ISSUES FINAL ORDER
Latest Quotations from South Omtba
anU Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle There was a very light run
Packers all seemed to want a fairly lib
eral number of cattle and as a result the
feeling was a little better on all good
cattle There were about twenty loads
of beef steers Included in the receipts
and the market could safely be quoted
stronger particularly on the good heavy
weights Packers are not very anxious
for the common stuff and the light
weights and on that class the feeling was
not so much better In some cases the
choicer bunches sold 5c or even 10c higher
than yesterday but the situation could
probably best be described by calling it a
good strong market Practically every
thing was sold in good season The cow
market did not show much change but
still a little better prices were obtained
for the better grades of corn fed stuff
Prices are probably a dime higher than
they were Tuesday which was the low
day so that the market Is about back to
where it was on Monday The grassers
have not improved as much as the corn
feds but still they are selling a little
better than they were on Tuesday
Hogs The fresh receipts were fairly lib
eral and as there were several loads car
ried over from yesterday the supply on
sale was of good proportions The mar
ket opened very slow and packers were
bidding 2V2oc lower than yesterdays
general market Sellers did not like the
Idea of selling any lower and as a re
sult it was some time before much was
done and the hogs moved toward the
scales very slowly The bulk of the early
sales went at i587592 with some of
the better grades as high as 597 The
market however grew worse instead of
better as the morning advanced and it
finally took pretty good hogs to brimj -x f -
590 The most of the later sale3 went at
587
Sheep There were quite a few sheep
on sale today and the market on fed stuff
held just about steady A string of weth
ers sold at 565 and a small bunch of na
tive ewes brought 350 Fair to good
western ewes sold at 300 Taking every
thing into consideration those prices look
ed just about steady with yesterday
Lambs also sold in about yesterdays
notches Western stuff sold as high as
450 There were several cars of western
grass sheep on sale this morning but
packers were slow about taking hold of
them and the market could be quoted a
little lower
Publishes Presidents Proclamation Es
tablishing Civil Government
WASHINGTON June 22 Secretary
Root today issued the order of the
president establishing civil government
in the Philippines The order is as y
follows
On and after the 4th day of July
1901 until it shall be otherwise or
dered the president of the Philippine
commission will exercise the executive
authority in all civil affairs in the
government of the Philippine islands
heretofore exercised in such affairs by
the military governor of the Philip
pines and to that end the Hon Wil
liam H Taft president of the said
commission is hereby appointed civil
governor of the Philippine islands
Such executive authority will be ex
ercised under and in conformity to
the instructions to the Philippine
commissioners dated April 7 1900 and
subjected to the aproval and control
of the secretary of war of the United
States The municipal and provincial
civil governments which have been
or shall hereafter be established in
said islands and all persons perform
ing duties appertaining to the offices
cf the civil government in said is
lands will in respect of such duties
report to the said civil governor
The power to appoint civil officers
heretofore vested in the Philippine
commission or in the military gover
nor will be exercised by the civil
governor with the advice and consent
of the commission
The military governor of the Philip
pines is hereby relieved from the per
formance on and after the said 4th
cf July of the civil duties hereinbe
fore described but his authority will
continue to be exercised as heretofore
in those districts in which insurrec
tion against the authority of the Uni
ted States continues to exist or in
which public order is not sufficiently
restored to enable provincial govern
ments to be established under the in
structions to the commission dated
April 1 1900
ELIHU ROOT
Secretary of War
Hebrons New Court House
HEBRON Neb June 22 The con
tract for the erection of a court house
according to the plans of G W Bur
linghoff was let to Robert Butke of
Omaha The building will be three
stories with a tower and built of In
diana limestone at a cost of 56000
Andries De Wet the Boer leader
says he is coming to the United
States in the middle of July to lec
ture
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