Ll I , ,1 , . THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , JUNE 13 , IH02. Destructive Wind Sweeps Over Narrow Strip in Minnesota. FARM BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Property Loss Is Estimated at $100- 1 000 Track of the Storm Is Mile and a Half Wldo and Fifty Miles I Long Tornado In Iowa. St. Paul , Juno 11. A tornado of marked severity prevailed yesterday evening over sections of Clay and Becker counties and across the south- cm portions of the White Earth In dian reservation. It Is reported that fifteen lives wore lost , many people Injured and great damage done to farm property , many dwellings , barns and outbuildings being destroyed. The region throughout which the storm prevailed Is comparatively sparsely settled , and remote from telegraphic communication and details of the etorm are therefore meager. The list of dead Includes the fol lowing : Mrs. O. A. Berg , wife of a farmer living near Voss , killed by fallIng - Ing timbers ; four children of Andrew Holn , living north of Ulen , killed by collapse of their home. The storm seems to have first struck northwest of the town of Ulen , In Clay county , whence It traveled southeasterly across the northern part of Becker county , striking the towns of Foss , Atlanta and Walworth , along the lower edge of the White Earth reservation. At Atlanta , a largo Norwegian Lutheran church was completely de molished and a number of other build ings partially wrecked. The path of the storm was about a mile and a half wide and from thirty to fifty miles In length. A great deal of live stock was killed by the collapse of buildings. The property damage from the effects of the storm is estimated at $100,000. Lake Park , Minn. , Juno 11. A tor nado struck twelve miles north of hero sweeping a strip of land two miles wide and three miles long. It de stroyed nine frame houses and killed ten persons. The church at Spangle [ was demolished. WIND WORKS HAVOC IN IOWA. Houses and Telegraph Wires are Prostrated - , trated , but no Lives Lost. DCS Molnes , June 11. A tornado last night struck the Northwestern railway line one mile east of Jordan , forty miles northeast of Des Molnes. Over ai mile of telegraph wire was blown down. The storm is said to have been terrific In character , but no details are obtainable as to loss of life. At Grinnell a miniature repetition of the cyclone of 1882 occurred , blowing the roofs off the new and old opera houses and a livery stable and doing minor damage to other property. No one was Injured. At Oskaloosa an electric and wind etorm did considerable damage to property , practically unroofing a busi ness block , blowing down one house nnd prostrating telephone and tele graph wires. No one was Injured. The Chicago Great Western reports that it has lost communication cast , on account of t.e wires being blown down at Relnbeck. Officials are una ble to get any Information. ONLY ONE PASSENGER HURT. Entire Train Is Ditched and Coaches i Badly Splintered. St. Joseph , Mo. , June 11. A Chica go Great Western passenger train , due hero at noon , was wrecked at Dean , ai small station about seven miles north of the city. Only one passenger -was injured. He Is Henry Vanderbaugh , a traveling man , with headquarters in New York city. The entire train , consisting of seven coaches , left the track and rolled down a twelve-foot embankment. Nearly every car was badly splintered. It is believed the accident was due to the spreading of rails. The sleepIng - Ing car was completely demolished , but by the queer shifting of fate not a single occupant was hurt. | Flood In Neosho River. Tola , Kan. , June 11. The flood In the Neosho river reached its highest mark yesterday. The river hero Is a mile wide and many acres of wheat nnd corn have been destroyed. Sev- oral hundred feet of Missouri Pa cific track went out yesterday and passengers and baggage are being transferred across the miniature lake In boats. The city waterworks and electric light plants are surrounded , but are still safe. | Two Killed In Southern Wreck. Macon , Ga. , June 11. The south bound passenger train on the South ern railway collided with a north bound freight train near Juliette , iwonty-threo miles north of Macon , yesterday afternoon. Engineer Pitt- man and Fireman West of the passen ger train were Instantly killed and nineteen of the passengers were more or less severely Injured. I Town Is Almost Wiped Out , Port Dodge , la. , June 11. The en tire business section of the town of Earnuin , twelve miles west of this city , \m totally destroyed by flre yesterday. The town Is without flro protoctloa of any kind and the flames tnado rapid headway. Ten buildings ( were destroyed ana tne total loss is (25,000. Insurance one-half. ' Tornado Reported In Illinois. Chicago , Jun 11. Reports of a tor nado near Bloumlngton are current. 'No ' wires are working Into that city , Communication was lost suddenly. U. P. EXPECTS HOLO-UP. Gunrds Waiting on Special Train to Foil Any Attempt at Robbery. Cheyenne , Juno 11. Oinclals of the ' Union Pacific were advised that a gang of outlaws would attempt to hold up one of the Overland Flyers somewhere between Rawllns and Green Hlver and Immediately took " stops "to frustrate the plans of the robbers. Assistant Superintendent Whitney , who was at Rawllns , was In structed to organize a largo posse and equip a special train with arms , am munition , horses and saddles nnd pro visions and bo in readiness to go after the outlaws. Armed guards were at once placed on all trains and other precautions taken to prevent a hold-up. The armed train Is at Rawllns and will bo off the moment an attempt is made to hold up a train. FOUND GUILTY OF BRIBERY. Amanuensis of Minneapolis' Mayor Is Convicted of Accepting Bribes. Minneapolis , Juno 11. Irwln A. Gardner was found guilty of having accepted a brlbu as special officer to' procure police protection for shark' gaming establishments. Gardner , however - over , Is lost sight of In the scandal that his conviction unfolds. He was the amanuensis of Mayor Ames and the prosecution sought to show that such' bribes as no accepted were taken with at least the connivance of executive1 members of the city administration. Police Chief Ames , brother of the1 mayor , Is now under Indictment and' will be placed on trial soon. ATTORNEY M'GARRY CONVICTED. Found Guilty In Water Supply Scandal at Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids , Mich. , June 11. At torney Thomas F. McGarry was con victed by a jury In the Allegan circuit court at Allegan of the charge of bribery In connection with the Lake Michigan water supply scandal. He was granted a change of venue on the ground that he could not secure a fair trial in this city. The trial has been In progress for four weeks and the conviction was practically on the same testimony that convicted former City Attorney L. K. Salsbury and H. A. Taylor , the eastern capitalist , who furnished the funds. Parade of Shrlners. San Francisco , June 11. The nobles of the Mystic Shrine closed the festiv ities of yesterday with a parade , both grotesque and picturesque. There were Bashl Bazouks , cowboys , In dians , ox teams , Arab patrols In rich Turkish costumes , and floats repre senting various scenes. The Incon gruous procession marched down Mar ket street under a canopy of light , made by thousands of incandescent lamps suspended across the street. It is estimated that 10,000 men were in line. At an executive ssesslon of the Imperial council , Saratoga , N. Y. , was chosen as the place for holding themext annual meeting In 1903. Jessie Morrison Again on Trial. Eldorado , Kan. , June 11. The third trial of Jessie Morrison , who killed Mrs. Olln Castle , at the latter's home hero In June , 1900 , by cutting her throat with a razor , was begun here yesterday. The prisoner cried when Judge Aikman refused a change of venue. Attorneys for the defendant alleged prejudice. Miss Mprrlson , who was given a ten years' sentence at her second trial , secured a reversal of the verdict on a technicality. Strother Gets Fifteen Years. St. Louis , June 11. By agreement of counsel , William Strother , the ne gro Turkish bath attendant who was arrested last January for the murder of A. N. Cooper , the millionaire pro prietor , pleaded guilty yesterday and will serve fifteen years In the Mis souri state penitentiary. Formal sen tence will be pronounced later. Wealthy Farmer Shot by His Son. Princeton , Mo. , June 11. Daniel Porter , a wealthy farmer , was shot and fatally wounded here yesterday by his eighteen-year-old son , A dis pute arose as to which would use the buggy. As the elder Porter was climbIng - Ing into the buggy the son appeared with a shotgun and fired both barrels at him. Abbott Held for Trial. Kansas City , June 11. R. S. Abbott , arrested ten days ago at Duluth , on a charge of securing ? 1,200 from Philip E. Burroughs , former British consul here , on alleged forged bills of lading , was arraigned yesterday. He pleaded not guilty and was held under bond of ? 2,000. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The German Atlantic Cable company has decided to lay another cable from Germany to the United States. Brigadier Generals Suinner H. Lin coln and Samuel M. Whltsldo , recent ly promoted , have been retired. J. L. Cannon and C. N. Brooks were Instantly killed at Wlldman , Okla. , by the premature explosion of a blast. President Pal mat has signed the bill fixing the salary of the members of the Cuban senate and house of rep resentatives at 13,000 a year. Isaac Ryan , Thomas Johns and Ar thur Trogcmbo were killed Tuesday by an explosion of dynamite in the Aurora mine at Ironwood , Mich. A rumor that Great Britain intends to purchase the district of Lourenzo Marques , in Portuguoao East Africa , has caused a k Aciiement in Port ugal. Theodore Ros ยง , lor twenty-sevea years grand secretary of the sovereign grand lodge of Ue I. O. 0. P. , was found dead in bed t his home in Bast Oranje , N. J , Tuo day. Reduction of 2,511,000 Acres in Spring Crop. NORTHWEST SHOWS A DECLINE Present Average Condition Haa Been Exceeded Only Three Times In the Last Fifteen Years Oats Better Than Last Year. Washington , June 11. Preliminary reports of the spring wheat acreage Indicate a reduction of about 2,511,000 acres , or 12.8 per cent. Of the u no- toeu states reporting spring wheat , thirteen report a reduced acreage , \Vnnhlnnrtnti tmlnrr Mm nnlv atntn Ymv. Ing 100,000 acres or upward in this product that reports an Increase. There Is a reduction of 100,000 acres In South Dakota , resulting In the main from an Increasing tendency towards ' ' a greater diversification of crops , and ' a. reduction of 340,000 acres in Ne braska , consequent upon the gradual yielding of spring wheat to winter , wheat , which la going on In almost every section of the state. j ' The average condition of spring ' wheat on Juno 1 was 95.4 as compared , with 92 at the corresponding date last . year , and a ten year average of 92.0 J ' The present reported average condl- ' tlon has been exceeded only three times in the last fifteen years. Of the states having one million acres or up wards In spring wheat , South Dakota reports a condition of 100 , North Da kota 96 and Minnesota and Iowa 95. The average condition of winter wheat on June 1 was 70.1 , as com pared with 7G.4 on May 1 , 1902. The total reported acreage In oats Is about four-tenths of 1 pur cent In excess of the acreage harvested last year. Pennsylvania , Indiana , Iowa and Nebraska report a decrease , I which only in the last mentioned state exceeds 1 per cent. The average condi tion is 90.G , against 85.3 on Juno 1 , 1901 , and a ten year average of 50. Of the states having 1,000 acres or upwards in oats , Michigan reports 2 , Iowa 3 , Illinois 6 , and Wisconsin 6 points above and Nebraska 1 point below Its respective ten year average. There has been a marked Improve ment in the condition of spring past ure during the past month. An im provement of two points Is noted In Ohio , 15 In Missouri , 17 in Iowa , 19 In Kansas , 20 in South Dakota , 22 In Ne braska and 2G in Minnesota. NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS. Favorable Outlook Much Improved by Rains and Warm Weather. Lincoln , Juno 11. The heavy rains of the past week have Injured crops somewhat on low and on rolling land , but on the whole have been exceed ingly favorable for the general crop outlook in the state. Corn has been washed out some ; in a few Instances wheat and oats have been lodged some by the wind , hall and rain. Winter wheat Is filling well and continues to improve In condition. Oats have mate rially Improved during the past week , and In some localities are making a rank growth and promise a full crop. Corn cultivation has been delayed ; cultivation , however , had made such good progress just preceding the rains that few fields are weedy ; very llttlo replanting of corn has been necessary. Grass has grown we'l. Potatoes con tinue in fine condition and the early planted are large enough to eat. The first crop of alfalfa is being cut and was somewhat damaged by the rains of the week. WATER SLOWLY FILLS MINES. Condition Is Gradually Becoming Bad Since Strike of Pumpmen. Wllkesbarre , Pa. , June 11. The mining superintendents In this valley said there was no change in the con ditions at their collieries. Water is slowly accumulating In many of the mines throughout the entire region. Notwithstanding reports to the con trary , It is stated on authority that the mines are not in as good condition as when the strike of the engineers , fire men and pumpmen began. About twenty-five men who were en-1 gaged In fighting flre at the Jersey mine of the Delaware , Lackawanna and Western- company deserted their posts. This Is said to bo a serious matter for the company , which is short of men. Wright Hears Both Sides. New York , Juno 11. Commissioner of Labor Wright had a two hours' con ference with President Baor of the Philadelphia and Reading , President Ollphant of the Delaware and Hudson and President Truesdalo of the Dela ware , Lackawanna and Western rail way yesterday. Mr. Wright said that the books had been opened and he had secured all the facts and figures and now had sufficient Information of both sides , which would probably not necessitate his going to the coal fields. Ho declared the Investigation was practically over. Strike Situation at Denver. Denver , Juno 11. The contractors and material men's convention last night proposed to the labor unions to go out of existence as an organization if the unions would dissolve the build ing trades council. This matter will have to bo acted upon by the unions so that several days will h vo to elapse befnra on anawor can be made. There are no other developments m the strike situation. Hottest of the Year. Des Molnes , Juno 11. Yesterday was the hottest day' in Des Molnes this year. At 3 p. m. the government thermometer touched 93. ! DIVIDING THE STONE RANSOM. Bandits Hold Congress to Parcel Out Proceeds of Kldnnplng. Snlonlcn , Roumellii , Juno 11. The Strnuniu , a nowttpupur published ut Kofltomllt , Htilgurla , miyn It linn trnnii- pi rod that a nocret congrosH of dole * Baton from KoHtundlt , Diilmttta nnd elsuwhoro mot In Sofia at the end of March and urrniiRed for the disposi tion of the money received as ran som for Miss IClk'ii M. Stone , the Amor lean inluuionnrv , and her com panion , Minu. Tslllm. Karapcoff , alliiii TchnerpeolT , the Iciulor of the bri gands which captured the mission- arles , was among the dolosatou who douldod to Bond bnnda Into Macedonia on a secret mission , German Warships Off for Venezuela , St. Thomas , D. W. I. , Juno 11. The German cruiser Fallto oallud for La- Guayru , Venezuela , yoatordny , and the German cruiser Oazollo sailed for the same port today , under hurrlod orders from Dorlln. Washington , Juno 11. In the ab sence of any official advices on tha subject the officials huro are In tha dark as to the reasons for the hur ried departure of Gorman warships ! for Venezuela , as reported In the St. Thomatj dlHpatch. Germany has a big claim agalust Venezuela that of the Berlin company of discount for tha non-porformanco of engagement which the Venezuelan government 1ms undertaken in connection with the great Venezuelan railway built by the government. One Inference Is that Germany lias sent her vessels to LaOuayra to force the payment ot the claim , as Venezuela has not at tempted to meet the obligation. Gaulols Reaches Lisbon. Lisbon , Portugal , Juno 11. The battleship Gaulols , with Homo mem bers of the French mission which went to the United States to attend the unveiling In Washington of the statue of Count Rochamhoau , arrived here yesterday. General Urugore , the coniinaiider-ln-chlef of the French army , called at the American lega tion here , nnd Francis U. Ix > omln , the American minister , handed him a most cordially worded cablegram , which had been received from President Roosevelt. General Brugero spoke en thusiastically about America/ / and the Americans and expressed hlmsolf as greatly pleased at the way In which the French mission had been received ! Baseball Scores Yesterday. National League Philadelphia , 1 ; Cnclnnatl , 10. Plttsburg , 4 ; Brook lyn , 5. Now York , 2 ; St. Louis , 3. American League St. Louis , 4 ; Boston , 5. Chicago , 4 ; Washington , 3. Detroit , 8 ; Philadelphia , 4. Cleve land , 10 ; Baltimore , 7. American Association Kansas City , 11 ; Minneapolis , 12. Toledo , 8 ; Louis ville , 11. Columbus , 5 ; Indianapo lis , G. Western League Milwaukee , G ; Pcorla , 3. Kansas City , 1 ; St. Joseph , 2. Des Molnes , 2 ; Omaha , 3. Denver , 7 ; Colorado Springs , 4. Independence Bell Home Again. Philadelphia , Juno 11. The liberty bell , which has boon on exhibition nt Charleston , was brought back to this city yesterday nnd replaced in its position in Independence hall. The train bearing the famous relic reached here from Washington at 9 o'clock and half an hour later It was hauled through the streets to Its old resting place , escorted by troops and bands of music. Thousands of people ple stood along the route of march and cheered as the precious bit of metal passed. At Independence hall Mayor Ashbrldge welcomed the bell homo on behalf of the city. Boers and British Fraternize. Pretoria , Juno 11. Boer comman does arriving hero bring reports of. fresh instances of fraiernlzatlon between - t ' tween the Boer and British troops. The surrender of a commando at Bal moral , Transvaal , was followed by a big "sing song. " The British soldiers stationed at the block houses between Balmoral and Pretoria in some in stances held up the trains and prof fered coffee and tobacco to their late enemies. The Boers generally hold unfavorable estimates of their for eign allies , except the Americans , whom they declare to bo crafty and great fighters. Young American Demented. London , Juno 11. A dispatch to a news agency from Rome , published on vo Mmf T > m 1 T oor lKnft r * young American , became suddenly de mented on returning from a hunting trip last night , presumably as the re sult of being bitten by one of his dogs. Mr. Easeltine rode into the court yard of the Altlerl palace , sur rounded by his dogs and persistently attempted to ride his horse upstairs. Ho was eventually overpowered. England to Borrow More Money. London , Juno 11. A parliamentary paper issued yesterday presents the revised financial statements for 1902- 03. It is estimated that the expendi tures will total 176,359,000 , and that the revenue will amount to 162,435- 000 , The agflclt win DO met out ot the proceeds of a consols loan of 29,920,000. American Polo Players Lose. London , Juno 11. Large crowds visited Ranelagh yesterday to see King Edward , Queen Alexandra and tha American polo players. It was a eort of exhibition game and was won by the Britishers by the score of 6 goals to 5. Two Boys Drown at Red Oak. Red Oak , la. , Juno 11. Fred Beaver nnd Arthur Nelson , nine-year-old boys , were drowned yesterday whllo in swimming. Arkansas Democrats Formally Turn Down Senator Jones. GOV. DAVIS IS RENOMINATED. Little Rock Convention Indorses Kan- ens City Platform Pcnnypacker'a Nomination for Governor In Penn sylvania Conceded by Opponents. Llttlo Uock , Ark. , Juno 11. The feature of Iho Democratic t\tato \ con vention , which opomxl ut noon y s tonlay , WIIH the ovation to ( onuor Governor JIUIIOH P. Clark , who wuu declared by the convention to bo the Democratic nomlnoo for United Htaton senator to uuccood Bmmtor J. K. Jones , The friends of Senator Jones opposed the resolution nnd It wan stated that Senator Jones demurred to the action of the convontlon. The resolution elution wan adoptnd by a vote of 420 to 73 , and the formal declaration wan then glvon , on the bufllu of the vote In tile Dunioonitlo primary elections of March 29 laut , malting Clarke the nominee for senator. Gov ernor Jefferson Davla was unanimously ronomlnatod , the nnmo of Colonel E. W. Hector of Hot Springs bring withdrawn. Governor Dnvla , In addressing the convention and accept ing the nomination , announced hlm self a candidate for United Stales senator to uuccood Senator James II. Berry , whose term oxplros In 190S. The platform Hays"Wo recognize the Kansas City platform an the decla ration of the national Democratic par ty on national questions until uup- planted by action of a succeeding national convontlon and as such we hereby declare a general endorsement of the same. " Hepburn Is Rcnomlnated. CrcHton , la. , Juuo 11 , W. P. Hepburn was ronomlimtod for congress yesterday by the Klglith con gressional district convention without opposition. Ho delivered an address which was largely In support of the administration. The resolutions were In support of the national and Htnte administrations and an endorsement of Mr. Hepburn's congressional career. The Judicial convontlon was hold nt the opera house and Judge M. M. Townor of Corning and Judge J. L. Parish of Leon wore renomlnatcd by acclamation. Pennypacker for Governor. Harrlsburg. Pa. , Juno 11. Judge Samuel W. Ponnypacker of Phlladol phla will likely be the nominee for governor of the Republican state con vention today. Senator Quay expects to succeed General Frank Rocder of Easton as chairman of the Republican state central committee and conduct the campaign this fall. Attorney Gen eral John P. Elkln Is still battling for the nomination for governor , but his most sanguine adherents concede Pcunypacker's nomination. Ohio Democrats to Meet. Columbus , O. , Juno 11. 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