Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE If ) , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY MO11NING , MAY 25) ) , 1899. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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WRECK IN A WASHOUT
Shifting Sand Leaves Rails Unsupported nnd
i Am Killed.
TWENTY FEEl AWAY
Five Bock Island ( loaches'
Mass in Ditch ,
EACH CAR TELESCOPES THE ONE IN FRONT
Ono of the Victims Journeyed to Meet His
Intended Bride ,
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN SAVE THEMSELVES
la Smoker riailx IlliiiNcIf
oil Hoof of Day Coach After the
Orimli ItcllcC Triilu Speedily
Scat to the becac.
WATERLOO , la. , May 28. The through
train from Chicago to Minneapolis over the
Rock Island , Burlington and Cedar Rapids
& Northern railways was wrecked at 1 15
Sunday morning at the crossing ot Sink
creek , about four mites southeast ot this
place. The train consisted of five coaches ,
including mall and baggage car , smoking
car , two passenger coaches and sleeper.
. Eight persons were killed and ton injured.
M * The list of dead Is as follows.
7 WILL SCHOLLIAN , traveling man ,
Waterloo.
E. L. ARNOLD , lumberman , Minneapolis ,
Wlnu. _
W. A. M'LAUGHLIN , Muskegon , Mich.
R. H. SOHWETTE , Alton , 111.
DAVID HALLO , Minneapolis.
. r. S. CARPENTER , St. Louis.
| | HAWKINS , Pullman conductor.
GEORGE WA1NWRIGHT , train con
ductor.
ONE UNKNOWN PERSON.
Among the Injured were :
S. E Bontly , Waterloo , la.
Reuben Odell , Waterloo , la.
Herman Klein Denet , Waterloo , la.
S H , Bashoor , Waterloo , la.
Miss Anna H. NJoss , from Norway , right
leg badly bruised.
Miss Ostrando Norredy , Norwegian , hand
nnd face badly bruised.
Ornon Norredy , Norwegian , serious injury
to chest
John E. Johnson , Norwegian , serious in
jury to head and face.
The above were all going to North Da
kota.
Jeremiah Murphy of Castleton , Bore ,
Ireland , going to Butte , Mont. , head Injurad ,
serious.
Mrs. N. E. Myers , Prentlss , WIs , h"ad
Injured , not serious
C. W. Matthews , Cedar Rapids , brakcman ,
bruised , not serious.
Ed Sknng , Van Burcn , Ark. , leg Injured ,
J. L Noel , Minneapolis , knee fractured.
R. L. Colvln , St. Louis , Pullman porter.
Bllghtly Injured.
B. W. Currlngton , Chicago.
T. W. Burke , Cedar Falls. la.
Corrlno Neale , Minneapolis
D. W. Fleming , Albert Lea , Minn.
Mrs. iMorgansteln , St. Paul.
Anna Berba , Tower , Minn.
George Pctroclz , Tower , Minn.
Arund Aslakscn , Norway , la.
Cniino of the \Vreek.
A cloudburst had washed the sand and
prnvcl roadbed , leaving the track unsup
ported for n stretch of twenty feet. The
rails nnd UPS hoi 1 together , end there was
nobbing to Indicate the Insecurity of Uio
road. The engine struck the washout
and was derailed In the ditch beside the
track , and behind It the cars were piled
In n confused heap. The mall car tipped
over , and was telescoped by the baggage
car behind , while the rear end of the bag
gage car In turn telescoped the smoker.
The loot of the smoker ploug-hed Its way
through the day coach , while the lower
falf of the latter crushed through the
sleeper.
The engineer nnd fireman jumped from
the train nnd escaped with slight Injuries.
Mr Sttiwette of Alton , 111. , was brought
to this city and died at D o'clock Ho was
badly cut about the head , and It was evi
dent from the beginning that his injuries
were fatal Ho was on his way to Minne
apolis , where ho was to be married today.
JIo _ _ asked his physician to telegraph his
fattier and his sweetheart. "Toll her , " ho
gasped , "that I have been detained by n
wreck and cannot keep the appointment on
time. Don't say any more. "
The news was brought to this city by a
mall clerk , tbo fire whistle was blown , a
switch englno and coach hastily prepared
nnd n relief train sent very speedily. The
Injured passengers were extricated from the
debris and brought here. Another relief
train soon arrived from Cedar Rapids and
took n number of the seriously Injured to be
treated In the hospitals in that city.
E."j , Day of Alton , a passenger , said :
"Tho train was running at good speed , and
at a point about throe or four miles from
AVntcrloo It left the track. The englno and
baggage car wcro thrown about ten feet.
The engineer evidently had his englno under
excellent control , as I never saw eucti a
Biiddon stop. The smoker , where I sat ,
telescoped the baggnge car , and I found my-
eclf with the brakeman on the roof of the
day coach , "
PaxioiiKor'n Ann I'hi neil Pant ,
Will Scholllen of Waterloo , who travels
for a St. Louis tobacco honso and makes
his headquarters In this city , suffered more
severely than any other of the Waterloo
passengers. Ho was found In the second
passenger coach , to which ho had gone after
leaving the smoker , his arm crushed be
tween the front end of the sleeper and the
side of the car , holding him fast In the
wreck. Ho did not lose consciousness , but
( begged that his arm be sawed oft so as
to set htm free. When It was found that
there was no possibility of saving the arm ,
this was done , the amputation being ef
fected by a common handsaw.
Mr Scholllan displayed the utmost forti
tude , and after ho was released walked to
the adjoining farm liouse of Mrs. Caroline
iMorrlcle , where he was reeling quietly at
last report. He U much weakened by the
loss of blood , but he U not believed to have
sustained any other serious Injuries.
Mr. Day , In speaking of the cause of the
accident , said : "There must have been a
vatorspcut , for a powerful stream of water
washed the dirt out from under the track
for n distance , I thould think , of half a mlle
With the foundation gone there Is nothing
to hold up the tracks , and as the weight of
the train struck the weak spot , down and
ever we wont. "
Olllopmrrlo from Miitanian.
NKW YORK , May 28. Among the pas
sengers who arrived on the steamer l oucn-
tent from Mntuiuas were General Joseph
JP. Saugcr and Colonel George R. Cecil.
GREAT WESTERN IN THE DITCH
Another Sumlnj AloraliiK Wreck III
liiun llPHtiltN In OIK * Di-ntli nnil
Sovornl CiiMinltlo * .
OLEWEIN. In . May 28 The Chicago
Great Western parsenger train that left St.
Paul Saturday night nt 8 10 o'clock was
wrecked two miles north of hero this morn-
Ing. Richard Manning of Minneapolis , ttio
colored porter , was killed. Several men
nnd women on the train were mote of less
\vreck occurred. The rain was coming
lands , when the track began to settle and
the train was derailed.
Nearly all the passengers In the sleepers
wcro undressed In their berths when the
wreck occurred. The train was coming
down furiously , lightening was flashing nnd
thunder was pealing
The porter was crushed to death with the
forward end of Uio first sleeper.
12 W Scrlbner of Hoston , who occupied a
compartmnat In ono of the Pullman sleeper ? ,
Bald :
"I was awakened by a loud crash and a
lurch. Then 1 felt the coach I was In elide
over to ono side. I dressed as fast as possi
ble , but was unable to open the door to my
stateroom , so I got out of the window. It
was raining hard and the lightning showed
that the ontlro train was wrecked. Several
women wore rescued In their night dresses. "
The passengers were brought to Oelwelu
and wcro well cared for , most of them tak
ing the flrst train out. The damage to the
railroad company will bo heavy as the train
was an elegant ono and the coaches and
locomotive are almost a total loss.
PARIS'BOW IMPALED ON ROCKS
HITortn to Tow the Steamer Off Arc
Abandoned anilc ; > \ Plan Mant
lie I
COVERACK , Cornwall , .May 28. Another
attempt to float the American line steamer
Paris was made this evening and proved an
utter failure. The bow is absolutely Impaled
by the rocks.
Five tugs wore used in the endeavor to
tow the ship off , thrco others standing by
for an emergency. The boilers , excepting
those used for the pumps , were emptied to
lighten the ship.
The- effect ot the strain of last week's at
tempts is apparent in the Increase of water
In thq engine room. Efforts , to pull the
steamer oft will now be discontinued and It
Is proposed to concoct some now plan to
lighten the vessel.
The persistency of the attempts to tow
off the vessel has caused considerable sur
prise among experts here , owing to the im
palement of the bow , as removal by towing
must mean , In the opinion of experts , the
tearing off of the bow.
Storm lliirtN CroiiM.
LYONS , Neb , May 28. ( Special. ) The
hailstorms of Thursday and Saturday
nights of this week has done much
damage to the growing crops. For several
miles In width In a northeast direction from
hero to the Missouri river the hall has al
most completely destroyed the barley crop
and much of 4t will now be relisted to
corn. Much of the wheat nnd oats In tha
Blackbird country will have to bo replanted
to corn. Many of the farmers In this part
ot the country who mot with the greatest
losses by the hall were recently insured In
the Grain Growers' Mutual and Hall asso
ciation of Omaha and are jubilant. About
one-'thlrd of the corn upon the uplands Is
washed out , leaving the cornfields In very
bid condition. The report that Mrs. Bycrs
nnd child and Mrs Plfum wcro drowned
during the storm of Thursday night whllo
crossing a ravlno west of here seems to be
unfounded.
Callnvtii ) Ho ; Amoiipr the Ivllleil.
CALLAWAY , Neb , May 28 ( Special ) A
cablegram received at the War department
reports among the killed near Manila on May
23 , Harry L Do\seo of Company C , First
Colorado regiment. Harry Is the oldest son
of our townsman , H. L. T > axscc , and being
at work In Colorado nt the hreaklng out of
the war , enlisted in the First regiment of
that state , and was sent to the Philippines
Ho was raised In this vicinity nnd Is well
known about here. He was the only Oalia-
wav boy In the army , and his death U de
plored by all who knew him. The flags In
town were flown at half-mast on receipt ot
the sad news , and the whole community
sympathizes with the family here and
mourns the death of a bravo soldier.
Siiaailron TaKox I'nrt la laaiiKiirnl.
NEW YORK , May 28 The ships of the
North Atlantic squadron the cruiser New-
York and the battleships Texas , Indiana
and Massachusetts Admiral Sampson com
manding , sailed at 7 o'clock tonight for
Newport , R. I. The squadron Is expected to
reach Newport some time tomorrow and on
Tuesday will take part In the Inauguration
ceremonies of the governor of Rhode Island
The squadron will use Newport as the base
of the summer evolutions nnd will engage
In practice cruises , after which the fleet will
visit the cities on the New England coast ,
putting Into Boston harbor n short time before -
fore Bunker Hill day
Moio llnla laol ! > raxKa.
GOTHENBURG , Neb , May 28. ( Special. )
'H ' commenced raining hero last night
about 7 30 o'clock and continued for over
on hour. Fully three-quarters of an Inch
of rain fell. There was considerable small
hall , but aa there was comparatively no wind
it did no damago. Corn planting will bo
finished next week and the prospects for a
big crop tire excellent.
I.l'lll to ItONt ,
WAHOO , May 28. ( Special ) The funeral
of Mrs , Nancy Clirk , who died last Friday
evening , occurred from tlio First Baptist
church In this city this afternoon at 2 30
o'clock , Rev , Cullom the pastor offlcUtlng ,
Mrs. Clark w-as just past 81 years , and had
been a member of the Baptist church over
half a century
rouVISTIH > VITIII\NS.
orH of the CUM Wnrv Iloinoia-
lioroil h > the ( ienernl (5m eminent.
WASHINGTON , May 28. ( Special ) The
following western pensions have been
granted'
Issue of May 15 ,
Nebraska Orlglnar widows , etc. Media
Cooley , Lincoln. $8 ; minor of Warren N
Randall , Lincoln , $14 ,
Iowa ; Original I'reeland Dunning , Pow-
eravllle , $12 , Benjamin Fohr , Eldon , $12
John N Ellis , Cascade , $8 Restoration nnd
Increase Lev I Perkins , FarrainKton. $8 to
$17 Increase Special , May 16 Luke C
Warren. Maxwetl , $17 to $21 , Hosca W Atwood -
wood , Collins. $6 to $ S , James H. Swlnnoy.
Belknap , $ lfi to $17 , Jacob W Keffer New-
Virginia , $6 to $ S : Wolsey Hawk , Marble
Rock. $1C to $17. Ezra Ourwell , Creston , $5
to $10 ; James M. Swlsher , rarmlngton , $8
to $10. Original widows , etc. Maltha J
Burnlnon , Loon , $8 ; Delia M. Hcndernhott ,
Spencer , $8 , minors of Ivcr Johnson , Exlra ,
$12 ; minor of Albert Smith , Dubuque. $10 ;
Harriett C , Smith , Wnpello. $8. ( supplemental -
mental ) special May 1C , Kato L. IJrown ,
Leon. $2 ,
South Dakota ; Increase George Krug ,
$0 to $ S.
Wjomlng : Additional John R. Smith ,
Troblng , $6 lo $8 ,
.RAIN ROUSES REBELS
Insnrgenta Grow Mora Active with Approach
of Wet Season.
AMERICANS MUST SLEEP IN TRENCHES
Forced to Bo in Readiness for Sudden Attack
nt Any Hour ,
GENERAL LUNA RETURNS FROM THE NORTH
Trenches Around San Fernando Occupied
and Skirmishes Follow ,
OTIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISHEARTENED
rillitlmiM Conntrue- the > CKOtlatloan
UN Htlileaee Hint United Mate * In
Ilciul > to Unit Pauline 1
IiniieailliiK.
MANILA , May 28 8 p. m. The approach
of the wet season finds the Insurrection
seemingly taking a new lease of life. All
along the American lines the rebels are
showing more aggressive ncthlty , In their
guerrilla style , than at any time before slnco
the fall of Malolos. They keep the United
States troops In the trenches sleeping In
their clothing and constantly on the alert
against dashes on our outposts und they
make life warm for the American garrisons
In the towns.
The bands of General Luna nnd General
Mascardo , which retreated toward Tarlac
when they feared they would be caught be
tween General MacArthur and General Lawton -
ton , have returned In force to their old
trenches around San Fernando , where there
are dally collisions.
Opposite our lines on the south protect
ing .Manila , all the way around to San Pedro
Macatl , the Filipinos have thrco rows of
trencher most of the distance.
Reports from prisoners Indicate thit the
Insurgents construe the peace negotiations
to mean that the Americans lm\e had
enough of fighting. The Filipinos are also
encouraged by the belief that the Ameri
cans are preparing for an Interval of inac
tivity during the wet season.
This period Is sure to be followed by much
suffering Thousands of acres of land that
were under cultivation last year have not
been plowed this year and the government
will probably too obliged to feed thousands ,
just as It fed the Cubans.
nefuRecM ANk Chnrlty.
Friendly natives , amlgos , continue to pour
Into the American lines by land and river
routes , coming from the territory of Insur
rection Into the country where the passage
of the two armies has left no food and prac-
tlcaUy throwing themselves upon the charity
of their conquerors. Such able-bodied men
as are not In the Filipino ranks have been
kopf by the Insurgent leaders to dig trenches
and the old men , women and children form
the mass of the refugees. They are' doing
some plowing , but they will be confronted
with hunger before they can realize any sub
sistence from their crops.
CAPABLE OFFICER IS MISSING
\atl-\en Treaehcrounl ) AttaeU Signal
Coriin ami Captain Tllloy In M > t
Accounted ror.
WASHINGTON , May 28 General Greely
today received a cablegram from Major
Thompson at Manila , reporting that a party
landing for the repair of the cable at Es-
calante , island of Negros , had been treach
erously attacked by the natives , that Cap
tain George H. Tllley , signal corps , Is mlta-
Ing nnd that the worst Is feared.
Tilley's services in the Philippines have-
been marked by such ability , courage and
zeal that his superiors placed him In the
formost rank of subordinate officers. The
operations referred to are not thoseof the
signal corps , but of the Eastern Extension
Cable company that has been permitted to
repair and replace certain cables In the
Vlsayan Islands.
Tllley doubtless accompanied the expedi
tion as the representative cf the United1
Statrs , the supervision of all telegraph lines
and cables being a part of his duties , No
other casualties In the signal corps have
been as yet reported In this expedition. Til-
ley was appointed from California.
DEAD MEN'S NAMES ON ROLLS
; \o Coalliloneo I'lacoil la the Ll t
of Cuba UN Who le er > e
Gratalt > .
HAVANA , May 28. There were 111 appli
cants today for shares Jn the $3,000,000
which the United States has offered to the
Cuban troops Thirty were given $75 each ,
The others were not on the rods , although
they had guns which they were ready to
turn in and certificates of service ,
The United States military authorities con
sider that the rolls are very unreliable. In
deed , the opinion Is freely expressed that a
largo prportlon of the names are fictitious
und that the rolls omit a majority of the
names of these rightfully entitled to a share
In the gratuity. The object of this apparent
ly Is to discredit the whole proceedings and
to show to the Cuban public that a largo
number of the troops refused to take the
American money.
Lieutenant Colonel George M , Randall of
the Eighth United States Infantry , the com
missioner superintending the distribution
heie , went carefully over the rolls of one
battalion with Its commandant. Ho pointed
out thirty-four names of men who are dead
and names of others who had not boon
heard of outside the rolls Of those paid to
day twenty-five turned In arms Mausers ,
Remingtons and carbines , The other five
showed iccelpts fro intlie alcalde vouching
for the delivery of their arms ,
The payment will continue until noon to
morrow in Havana city , but Colonel Randall
believes It will bo nccefsary to have addi
tional days after a while here and extra
pay rolls for men who have undoubtedly
seen service Ho alto believes that were the
pa > ments to be continued In Havana for the
next three days at least 90 per cent of those
entitled to apply would do so , Most of
these who received shares today asserted
tint they only heard by accident that the
distribution was now actual ! ) taking place.
OTHER ISLANDERS ARE DOCILE
1'eoiilo of Vliiilnaiio Will > ot Oppone
llentrnco of Aniorlonim Half
hearted Outbreak oa ftoifroii.
WASHINGTON. May 29 The War depart
ment today made public the following dis
patch from General Otis , commanding at
Manila
MANILA. May 21 ? . Two battalions of the
Twenty-third Infantry are In quiet posses-
tlon of Jolo
Spanish troops have withdrawn from Zam-
boauga after K tattlllh the insurgents ,
with severe loss to the latter. Spanish loss ,
nine killed , twenty-seven wounded , among
whom was Commanding General Montero ,
who died from wounts ( , His body was
bilrncd hero jeslcrdayv
The Insurgents useif rifles , artillery and
ammunition raptured from gunboats , ex
pending major portion of ammunition
A conference followed between General
Rlos , who went from Manila to withdraw
troops , and the Insurgents The latter
stated to him tint they would not oppose
the landing ot Americans , but would accept
the conditions In Luzon. The Spanish troops
which have bein withdrawn are now hero
and win depart for Spain tomorrow
A feeble attack by insurgents on Inhab
itants In the southeast portion of Negros
necessitated sending a battalion of troops
from Manila there , which will soon restore
quiet
Insurgent falsehoods circulated In the
southern Islands ot overwhelming Insurgent
victories In Lu/on keep up excitement In
that section among the more Ignorant
classes , although Intelligent people know-
American arms have never met reverse nnd
they call for United States protection
I have turned over to the nav > , for use
on the coast of the southern Islands , a
number of the purchased Spanish gunboats ,
from which excellent results nro expected.
LEAP FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE
ThooMophlNt Thrnvtn Himself Over
ItallliiK < o Mien 1'iMvor of Will
la 1'reneri IIIK lloil ) .
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NEW YORK , iMay 28.-Howard Krotz , n
young man about 22 year.si.of age , who sajs
ho Id an art student of the Academy ot De
sign In this city , made UjStnrtling nnd suc
cessful leap from the Brooklyn bridge before
dusk this evening and came out of the river
uninjured. ' ' .
Just before 6 o'clock ! Kretz boarded n
trolley car bound for Brookljn. It was an
open ono and afforded nil the advantages
which ho was looking for. When the trolley
reached a point about 100 yards from the
first arch Kretz leaped f from the car and
like a flash vaulted oveV the high ratling.
Ho took no time to stfjady himself for a
perpendicular diop and snung some distance
out from the structure botoro 'he assumed an
upright position.
The passenger1 ? Jumped .from the car and
peered through the railing , whllo hundreds
of persons on the promenade tried hard to
get a gllmpso of the figure. Kretz's body
flashed through the air almost In a perpen
dicular streak. Ho struck the water foot
first , cleaving it Ilka an arrow. Ho disap
peared for some seconds and then shot up
into view again , only to disappear for the
second time. The waters had hardly closed
over him when he reappeared nnd Imme
diately struck out strongly for the New York
shore.
One of the deck hands on the steamer Vul-
ican , which was coming down the Eas trlver ,
saw Kretz flash through the air and disap
pear in the water. The deck" hand gave the
alarm and the Vulcan was headed for the
joung1 man , who was by this time swimming.
A line was thrown to Kretz and he was
hauled aboard the ( freighter , which Immed
iately put in for its dock In the East river
on the New Yolk side.
When taken on the Vulcan Kretz placed
his hands on his abdomen as If in pain , but
when the boat reached Its dock Krotz sprang
from the boat upon the wharf. Ho was at
once taken into custody and hurried to the
Hudson Street hosplta > Not , the- slightest
Injury wad found on his person , but he was
suffering from shock. He was detained on
the charge of attempting suicide.
Kretz Is about five feet eight Inches tall
and weighs about 140 pounds. He lives In
ithls city. He said he had been reading a
( book on thpooophy and that ho w anted to
demonstrate that a man , by exercising his
will power , could do anjth'lng ho wished
without Injury to himself.
DEATH RECORD
IIiitehliiHoa ,
The following tribute Is offered to Miss
Luclla HutchhiEon , recently deceased :
"On Tuesday evening , May 16 , Luclla ,
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. D. Hutchinson -
inson , after a beautiful life , passed into the
homo land. But twenty-three yeirs of
service was given her hero and neither the
fond devotion and love ot father , mother
and brother , nor the skill of the best physi
cians could stay the 'unerring shaft. ' Her
life slnco her tenth year had been passed In
Omaha. Seven jears ago her health failed
and since that time change of scene was
sought to obtain health and her strong will
kept her until now. She was a young
woman of high aspirations , a student , a
worker in her church , Christian Endeavor
society and Sabbath school , everywhere
striving to honor her Divine Master. The
end came In the evening time like the
gentle mingling of the day into night and
her soul peacefully and quietly left Us
earthly house for a new life. "
Veteran NehranUa Joaraallnt.
COLUMBUS , Neb May 28 ( Special Tel
egram. ) Judge Parks , ono of the oldest
newspaper men In the state , died very sud
denly this evening at his residence from
heart failure. Ho had beoi > In his usual
health and had been rldin In his carriage
In the afternoon Mr. PaiKs was for many
years a resident of Greeloy county , where
he published a paper and was also county
judge tvo terms. Flvo years ago ho pur
chased the Tolegrnm of this city , which he
continued to manage until last September ,
when he retired because of falling health.
Ho was a colonel In the confederate service
and led a Mississippi regiment. He was
past CO years old and leaves a widow and
two children.
ThoiaiiH W. MoKlnalr.
COLUMBUS , Neb , May 28 ( Special. )
Word was received here this morning that
Thomas W. 'McKlnnle ' had died at St. Louis
He was a veteran < if the civil war and a
member of the Ono Hundred and Twenty-
sixth Ohio Infantry. His v/lfo , who was a
sister of M. K. Turner of this city died sev
eral years ago and was burled hero. The
remains of Mr McKlnnlo will bo sent here
and will probably .arrive Tuesday morning
IlrlKiullor ( icaoral Wont.
'ATHOL ' , Mass , May 28 Brigadier Gen
eral George W. West died at his home In
this town late last evening , aged 07 years
At the breaking out of the civil war he en
listed In the Fifth Massachusetts , but re
signed to accept a captaincy in the Tenth
Malno volunteers He became colonel of
Seventeenth Maine and was promoted to
brigadier general for bravery at the battle
of Antietam.
Karl } Settler of Stella.
STELLA , Neb. , May 28 ( Special )
Grandpa Crcod , ono of the early settlers
hero , died at his homo In Stella Saturday.
Ho reached a rlpo old ago before his death
and was burled at Prospect cemetery Sun
day afternoon ,
Verillet of .Not finllt } .
SOHUYLER , Neb , May 28 ( Special )
The trial of Rosa Ramsey was concluded
last evening , after four or five days' work
in court on the case , and the jury , at 1
o'clock , after being out two hours , returned
a verdict of not guilty In February a dead
babe was found iu the north outskirts of the
city , for the death of which the was chaiged
with murder la the first degree.
STRUCK BY CYCLONE
Hamilton County , Nebraska , Hard Hit by a
Severe Twister ,
SURFACE OF THE EARTH SWEPT CLEAN
Fifteen Dwellings and a Lot of Outbuildings
Completely Wrecked.
MANY HEAD OF STOCK KILLED ON FARMS
Trees Twisted Off nnd Debris V/hiiled /
Through the Air.
FORTUNATELY NO PERSONS ARE KILLED
I'roplc Seek Safety la Cellar * and
Jin ii > Have .Narrow KNUIIIION
Jseeac of DoMiNtatloa la the
Storm1 * I'll til.
CENTRAL CITV , Neb , May 28. ( Spcchl
Telegram. ) Probably the most destructive
c > clone that oxerlslted Nobrnska passed
through the northern part of Hamilton
county last night between 7 nnd 7 30 o'clock ,
destroying fiom $75,000 to $100,000 worth
of property , Including fifteen dwellings , one
church , one school house , two Iron bridges
across the Blue river , barns , corncrtbs , out
buildings , orchards , groves , wire fences and
stock.
The funnel-shaped cloud flrst struck the
farm of Potcr Jacoby on section 8 , township
11 , range 6 , completely destroying the house ,
barn and outbuildings. The cloud then rose
and did not again strike the ground for two
miles Here It descended and caught the
dwelling , barn , outbuildings , windmill , etc. ,
of W. P. Lantzen , leveling them flat to the
ground. It next struck the residence of
Joslah Fox , completely destroying all the
buildings.
William Steel's large two-story house was
the next object of the storm's wrath , all
buildings and trees being raveled to the
ground.
C. n. nastman's house was the next. Bo-
sldo the barn and outbuildings a number
of head of cattle wcro killed.
I. Isaacs' living Just across the road from
Eastman , lost his barn , windmill , corn cribs ,
etc.
etc.T.
T. L. Clothier's place was next , where two
flno dwellings and outbuildings were de-
strojed. Mr. Clothier lost two horses and
two cows. Big cedar trees , sixteen Inches in
diameter were bioken off or uprooted as
easily as corn hills.
HeftiKO la the Cellar.
The famlfy had taken rcfugo In the cellar.
\ \ lille In the cellar an old fashioned hay
knife stuck in the wall by the side of Mr.
Clothier's head. The knife had blown from
Eastman's place , a mlle away.
W. W. Shenberger's farm was the next
ouo visited. The farm was occupied by
George Noble. Here all buildings were lev
eled to the ground. The family had taken
refuge in the cellar , and while thcro a horse
was blown into the cellar. The horse was
killed , but none of the family were Injured ,
rive horses and two cows were Killed for
Mr. Noble.
The next farm was that of M. Llebert ,
ono of the finest farms In Hamilton
county. The house , barn , corn cribs ,
granaries and outbuildings were smashed
into kindling wood. A largo orchard Ib
ruined here. Cottonwood trees nearly two
feet In diameter are stripped completely of
limbs and bark. Some are uprooted and
others twisted off , showing the force ot the
storm. Seventeen flno brood sows , two
horses nnd a number of thoroughbred cat
tle weio killed. < Mr. Llebert's loss will
probablj bo $15,000. Mr. Llebert Is a
breeder nnd shipper of thoroughbred swine.
He has resided on this farm for twenty-six
jears.
Seatloreil Over the rielilN.
Hans Oleson's house escaped , but the out
buildings wcro wrecked.
The line residence of Peter Hcrnlngsen
with all outbuildings were scattered over
the fields.
The rtbldenco of Hans Luff , occupied by
Potcr Lewis , bhared the fate of Hcrnlng-
sen's.
A. R. Duck was the next unfortunate. His
flno house and barn are gone , the only thing
remaining was a pllo of ear corn. Mr. Duck
lost a number of horses and cattle.
The Danish Lutheran church , costing
$3,000 , together with a school house , parsonage -
sonago and largo barn belonging to tbo
church , wore scattered to the four winds.
Rev. Strandskow and family and the family
of Ncls Anderson , nineteen persons In all ,
took rcfugo In a 10xl2-foot cellar under the
parsonage. The large steel range was
dropped Into the cellar , but fortunately no
ono was injured. In the cemetery adjoining
the church every monument Is cither turned
over , broken or destroyed.
A little north of the church the Btorm
crossed the Dluo river , taking the Iron
bridge , carrying It a hundred feet or more ,
and twisting It out of all semblance to a
bridge.
Ilrlclc Hoimo Doiiiollxhoil.
R. Olson's brick farm house stood no
more show than a sack of feathers. Out
buildings shared a HUe fate.
Chris Hanson's house was loft , but all
outbuildings blown away.
Chris Rasmussen was the next unfor
tunate. Ills house and barn were blown
Into the Blue river.
L. 0. Anderson's outbuildings were dam
aged , but the loss will bo small.
At C. P. Nelson's a part of the buildings
were destroyed or badly wrecked.
George Cahayan lost his house , barn ,
sheds and all outbuildings , and was slightly
Injured himself.
A. P. Johnson -was the last farmer In the
track of the Btorm to meet with a loss. All
buildings , seven horses and fHo cows were
lost.
lost.The
The track of the storm mas sixteen miles
In length and about 100 > ards in width
During the storm a llttlo rain fell , accom
panied by ball stones as largo as a tin
cup. In nearly every case the families
sought shelter in cellars. While there
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Npbr kn
T.ltr nnd Cool , with Shifting WlmK
' 1 onttorataio | nt ( ininliii > riti'riln > ;
Hour. Don. Hour. Uru-
were many narrow escape' , strnngo to say
no ono was serloisly Injured The loss to
crops will bo slight , but groves and orch.it da
are ruined
'A ' majority of the farms were Insured ,
but It will bo Impossible for several days
to grt the amount of loss m etriy case ,
Housihold goods nnd clottiinn o all des
troyed. Probablj 0,000 peopio viewed the
sccno today.
HIT HARD BY HAIL STORM
IlaMhiKN nail Ural Her IIn > o a VUlta-
llon of Illu ; lee I'elloUVornt
Storm for .Miniearn. .
HASTINGS , Neb , May 2S ( Special Tele
gram ) The most destructive hailstorm
that has visited Hastings and vicinity slnco
the spring of 187" struck this cltj at 3 13
this afternoon and continued with Its ter
rific volley of solid Ice until I o'clock. Din
ing the fifteen minutes of the storm nearly
2,000 panes of glass were broken , fruit and
grain crcps destrojcd , chickens and birds |
Mllpil and wounded , and several people ,
slightly wounded. ,
It had been raining hut a short time when !
n long , pale , green cloud tinted with streaks
of blue , was noticed coming from the south *
west The cloud moved slowly nnd went
directly over Hastings , opening up Us bom
bardment quite unexpected , as the atmos-
pheio did not suggest a hailstorm.
The first few minutes the stones were only
as large as big marbles , but before thr j
storm was on the minutes the slzo of the
hallBtones varied from three to ( ho Inchci
In circumference , the smallest seemingly
about the slzo of n sllvci quartos. The
stones came down with such force as to kill
chickens , knock birds out of tries , break
slats on window shutters nnd cut large
branches oft of trees. Had the hall been
accompanied by a heavy wind there Is no
telling what the results would have been.
It Is thought tl-at all the , winter wheat
that was struck by the stoim was beaten
Into the earth and killed. The corn nnd
other small grain is not up high enough
yet to receive damage from hall. Fruit
ticcs suffered severely , as the clieirlos , np-
ples and peaches were removed from every
tree. Garden truck Is badly cut up , but
will In all probability come out all right
within ci week.
At the IiiNiuie Amjlmn.
At the nsjlum for the chronic insane
there were 3SG window lights broken In
the main building and wings , besides 1,320
panes of glass in the greenhouse. The
amount of destruction doneIn the asylum
groennouso will bo considerable , as many
choice and nxro plants were cut to plocos
by the slones ana broken glass.
Mrs. J. II. Pcnflcld was standing In her
homo near the window when a largo pane
of glass was broken , a plcco striking Mrs.
Penfleld's left arm. The blood spurted four
feet from the wound , which bled freely
and caused alarm for fear an artery had
been se\ered. A physician was called , and
it was learned the wound was not serious.
Among some ot the damage done In Hast
ings was the beating down of the cornice
on the Lincoln avenue flats and the Union
block. Besides , twentj-iho lights wire
broken In the Catholic church , Including
the large handsome colored and figured win
dow on the west , thirty llqhU in the High
school , seventeen In the Congregation * !
church , twenty-six In the Westward school
building , thlrty-ono In S. N. Browning's
residence nnd all othei rciidences in pro
portion.
During the last few minutes , of the
storm the sun began to shine and hail
stones largo as hen's eggs glittered In the
heavens. The streets wcio completely cov
ered with ballh of ice. Many people
scooped hailstones up b > the bucketful and
fllled their refrigerators to the top. It Is
said that the storm extended as far east as
Carloton.
Jlrokon AVIatlon N nt Ileatrlee.
BEATRICE , Neb , May 28 ( Special Tele
gram ) This section was visited by ono
of the severest hailstorms early this even
ing ever witnessed here , The storm came
from the northwest nnd was precodcd by n
heavy , rumbling sound not unllko n railroad
train. It came up suddenly and hundreds of
people In carriages were caught , many
minor accidents occurring and se\eial runa
ways causing more serious damage.
Hundreds of window lights wcro broken ,
Including the stained glass memoilal
windows In the Episcopal and Methodist
church buildings , the court house and school
buildings. The noith end of the city suf
fered the heaviest , no half falling south of
the Rock Island depot , and the further
north the heavier the damage In the ex
treme north part of the city oven the board
sidings on the houocs were split Dead birds
are to bo seen all over the ( Uriels and
pavements are carpeted with loaves cut
from the trees. The storm continued for
about ten minutes. The demand for win
dow glass U so great that the loc.tl stocks
nro already completely exhausted.
The extent of the storm In the country 's '
not yet known , but It was undoubtedly more
sovcro for some distance out than In the
city nnd vegetation In all parls Is seriously
damaged Over 200 lights wcro brokrn out
of the liiHlItutkn for the feeble minded ,
many of them being large glass.
A team driven by Louis Cox n resident of
Northeast Beatrice , ran away thU afternoon ,
breaking Mr Cox's shoulder blade , cutting a
serious gash In the head of his 4-ycar-old
boy and severely Injuring his wlfo
GIRL SHOOTS FATHER DEAD
roiirtooa-Vonr-niil f lillil I'nilor Ar-
roMt for the Mnriler of Parent
la South Diil.ofn.
RAPID CITY. S D , May 28 ( Special
Telegram ) Sheriff Leedy returned last
night from the western part of Pennlngton
county with Lena Bouts II > ears old. and
a jounger brother , children of Frank
Bouts , a B & M. Railway company tlo
contractor , who was murdered by the
daughter with a rlflo Thurnlay. The
father Is said to have been cruel to the
family , making the mother and children
cut ties and live half starved Tbo girl
shot her father through the head whllo ho
slept and then , with her brother's help ,
got a big breakfast. The sympathy la
with the children
I'hjHlelan UiHlx IIU Oua Life.
KANSAS CITY , May 28 Dr Richmond
Cornwall1 , n prominent local physician , with
a varied career somrnltted suicide at the
homo of his brother-in-law Dr J C Whittier -
tier , todti ) , Bhootlng himself through the
head and dying almost Instantly Ho left
a note saying that despondency over finan
cial affairs prompted the act.
Seven Persons Instantly Killed by a South
Dakota Oyclone.
THREE OTHERS RECLIVE FATAL INJURIES
Oharles Peterson and Six of Ilia Children
Are the Victims.
MOTHER OF THE FAMILY LIKELY TO DIE
Disaster Occurs iu Country in Vicinity of
the Bijou Hills.
MUCH PROPERTY WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE
Tilth of the Storm In TueiiO Hoila
\ VliUanil Three Villon I.OIIK
VVIinl Aoootuiiaiileil hy
Until anil Hall.
CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , May 2S Spe
cial Telegram. ) Word Just reached town
this morning ot a disastrous nnd fatal
c > clone 'which ' passed across the country lu
Uio vicinity of Bijou Hills , Uvcnty-Hvo miles
south of this cltj , jcsterday af tut noon , bo-
twcon 1 nnd 5 o'clock , resulting In the death
of seven persons and the serious Injury ot
two others. The killed nro :
CHARLES PETERSON.
SIX CHILDREN , of Charles Peterson , the
latter being thrco boys and three girls ,
ranging from 3 to 15 jears of ago.
The wlfo nnd two remaining children wcro
so fatally Injured that they may also die.
The c } clone formed on a shoot section In
plain view of hundreds nnd moved In n
southerly course , the llrst place reached beIng -
Ing that of Art Codcn , which was totally
destroyed. The storm then destrojcd a
church and school house , after which It
reached the Peterson place , where the excu-
tlon done was simply appalling.
The dead und Injured wcro strewn all
about the promises , nil toeing biulsed and
maimed Jn n shocking manner , while the
buildings wcro smashed into spllntera.
After doing its worst here , the c ) clone de
stroyed the Crlegor premises , then passing
Into the range of hills , skirting the Missouri
river , where it appears to have been dis
solved. The path covered by the storm was
about twenty rods wide and about thrco
miles lu length. The wind was accompanied
by a heavy fall of rain and hall , the latter
being as largo as geese eggs.
The cyclone -was fearfully destructive ,
ovorj thing in Its course being completely
destroyed , a largo amount of stock also bu-
Jng killed. This is the flrst cyclone that
has ever appeared lu this section of the
country.
IIUII.IHMiS 1H.OWA DOVV.N AT MI.NGO.
Tornado I'anxrN Through the TOTVU
nail DOON Considerable Damage.
DES MOINES , May 2S ( Special Tele
gram. ) Word has bcc'ii bent in by the sta
tion agent nt Mingo , a small town about
twentj-flvo miles northeast of DCS Molnes
on the Great Western , that a tornado passed
through or near that to\vn about S o'clock
t.ls ! afternoon. Telegraph nnd telephone
wires wore all blown down und It has been
Impossible as yet to get definite Information.
The wires of the Bell Telephone company
at all the sui rounding towns and at Mlngo
are down and no seivlce can be had. The
CJieat Westein wires are working again ,
howo\er , and the station agent at Mlngo
says that while bevcral buildings wcro
blown down and much damage done by the
wind no one has been reported killed or in
jured.
lloiiflen Ploodeil at Sloax City.
SIOUX CITY , May 28 ( Special Tere-
Binm ) For foui successive dajs severe rain
and thunder storms have struck Sioux City.
Ono came at G o'clock thlb afternoon and a
icgular deluge of rain followed. The light
ning was very severe , but no damage Is re
ported. The storm of Saturdaj night did a
great deal of damage Perry creek , ( lowing
through Sioux City , lose twe'lve feet at 2
o'clock this morning nnd Hooded a number of
homes. The poll-o notified the pcoplo of the
Impending danger , BO there was no danger
to lives. The damage to crops is very so
vcro.
IIOIM > Itlllllh III Mill llllulOII.
BURLINGTON , la , May 28 ( Special
TeloFj-un ) This part of Iowa hoe been the
victim of almost ccasolpm downpours of
rain the last week or more. Great damage
has been done to oropa and bridges Rill-
roads have suffcrc'd considerably from
w-ushed-out culverts.
Tinnier Out of the TroopH.
SIOUX PALLS , S D , May 28 ( Special
Telegram ) The order of Socrotaij Algcr
that the troops of North and South Dakota ,
now In I ho Phl'lpplnos , m ly on their return
to the United Stairs , bo mustered out at any
point aprce-ablo to the mm themselves ,
gives satisfaction to the people of Sioux
Tails nnd South Dakota The citizens of
Sioux 1'allH have the ntrnnst confidence In
this city bring selected by the gallant men
of the rirst regiment of South Dakota vol
unteers as Its mustrrltig-oiit place , IIB they
wcro musteied In hero nnd this city Is the
most central point in the btate , so far as
railroad facilities are con erned , from which
the Boldlern , when disbanded , may return
to their homes in various parts of the state ,
Vleinoilal Service tit S > raotiNo.
SYRACUSE. Neb. iMay 28 ( Special Tele-
Eram ) The 'Memorial Sunday sermon by
Rov. Foster of the Congregational church
wait listened to by ono of the largest mull
em OH over assembled In the opera house
'I ho reverend gentleman was n graduate tit
Gettysburg \\lir-n General 'Moada wag In
charge and tcsnfled whereof he had seen
Rev Vanfloct of Nebraska City will deliver
the Memorial day address
Olmen anoo of llei'orallnn ! > > ,
YOUNGSTOWN , O . May 28 Ted post ,
Grand Army of the Republic , of thin city
lias adopttd rcsolntlonc protesting against
bdbo ball nnd kindred sports on Decoration
day and has appealed to the public not to
patronUo Dec-oration dii ) sporting events ,
claiming that U IB a doKccratlun of the xplrlt
of the occasion
The local base ball management saya It
will pay no attention to the protest nnd
will wiathor permitting pluy the two usual
gomes on Uicoratloy day.