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THE OMATIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1003. i ' eee)lenCie of the situation, a well Ot ItS valus for farming, and In ronsequenc wer contemplating an early purchase of tha honee and land. Th destroyed property wss nnM by W. B. Sheldon of thla city, traveling represen tstlv nf an Omaha wholessie house, and ii valued at IJ.ino. Tha night befora tha disaster Mr. Sheldon examined hla pollsy and fnund that hla tlma ws about to em pire. Tha tornado Insurance was 11,000. Tha Interment of the ria!ne of John Mumma, Mra John .Mumma; Miss Gertrude Mumma, Ray Qulgg. Mies Florence Palmer and John ralmer. all tornado vlctlma. who were hurled from the love feast Into tha valley of death, marked the beginning of another atornt. but not one of auch a dlsas troua charscW ss wss that of Sundiy. l,ast night heavy rain awelled the creeks and streams that Tun Into the Little Blue mill It had risen far beyond Ita banka and became a dangerous atream which did con alderahle damage. In many placea where the atream hnd been ahallow there fiowa a river ten feet deep. 'The bridges are under water and only on wagon orldg can be crossed with safety. !n Hastings the hall smashed windows, whlla th wind damaged property In various parte of the c!ti The storm was reneral throughout the county, but hall did the meat damage to the wheat crop through the northern half and especially tha strip be tween Prosser and Hansen. Reliable far mers estimate that the wheat crop Is dam aged by bne-fiflh- . Wrecks Building at Ayr. The tornado which visited the vicinity of Ayr oh the 2Uh did the following damage: It struck the ground about two and one half miles, south of the vlllago and en countered tlrat the farm house of John Miller. Here it tore and blew away all the outhouses, the houae alone. In a badly damaged condition, being left standing. Continuing In an eastern direction It camo to the farm premises of Mrs. Waterman, and completely demolished all tha build ings. The family had sought shelter In a storm cellar or the tragedy of Pauline would have been re-enacted here. The tor nado here veered and struck the Reader school house which was utterly swept away. Then It proceeded toward the house of Adam Reader. The outhouses were swept sway and In demolishing the wind mill It pulled 100 feet of pipe out of the welK Leaving this place It leaf"! into the air and - proceeded eastward and shortly after lost Its fury. EXETER, Neb.. May : 28. (Special.) Later" reporta of the storm which occurred this morning have brought to light con siderable damage. The expensive new Catholic church located In the northern part of the town waaetruck by lightning and the Ull chimney knocked down, a great part of the bricks falling In and In juring the wide spouting. A curiously soaped alab of shingles was also torn from the roof In a line with the chimney. In the country north and northeast small out buildings were destroyed, large one were torn from their foundations and windmills were laid low, one man estimating the loss of his partially shattered outbuildings at 1500. Some houses were badly shaken. Hugh Wilson, a farmer living a few miles out of town, was picked up by the gain on hla way to his barn and deposited against a barbed wire fence. On regaining his feet he was again lifted by the wind and car rled some distance, being finally dropped In a great pool of water. It has been rain ing steadily since noon and the water, al ready, high, la rapidly rising. Stops Railway Traffic. FAIUBITRY. Neb.. May t.-Speclal Tel-egrans.r-The ' Little Blue river today reached the high water mark of 1902. The trestle approach to the Rock Island bridge hag moved' five, feet so no train can crosa on tha Nelson branch of the Rock Island, The treat! approach to the river bridge la trashed out leaving two trains stalled on tha west side of the river. All highway . bridges across the river are Impassable. "Tha river ta rising slowly and the rain continues. All crops on low lands are waahad exit. BEATRICE. Neb., May M. (Special Tel egram.) It haa been raining here all day and the flood situation la alarming thla Evening. The Blue river la out of its banka and Is rising at the rate of three Inches per hour. Many residents of the low lands are seeking places of safety on high ground. ' NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. May 28. (Spe cial Telegram.) The worst rain of the year . visited this place today. Twenty-four bridges were washed out In Otoe county and great damage was done to growing crops. Across the river the whole bottom Is covered with water. This) city is with out gaa tonight. A landslide north of this city on the Missouri Pacific prevents any train service on that road tonight. Five . miles of track on th B. A M. between, her -and Nemaha, when out ' thla afternoon and no trains are likely to com In ovar that division for some time. River Make New Record. HEBRON, Neb'.. May 26.-8pecial.)-Th l.lttla Blue river began raising rapidly last night at 7 p. m., and in two hour the entire bottoms in th south and west part of the city were under water. So quick waa the raise that th residents had very little time to move, in some Instances they were rescued In boats. , Th city waterworks is entirely , ur rounded by water and th large coal shed was carried down the stream. The water was on foot deep running through the storage room of WetheralJ Bros.' mill, causing quite a loss as thoy had a large supply of flour on hand. , Twenty feet of grade at the Rock Island bridge waa washed out No reporta have been received from down the river, but as th raise came in the n'ght it will causa a heavy loss ot live atock on the ranchea east of town. It was three feet higher than ever before known by. tha old settlers but is gradually subsiding. FREMONT, Neb.. May a.-(Speelal Tele grara.) A tornado thla morning at Colon la r ported. It la aald that several persona were killed. GIBBON. Neb..' May 2. (Special.) A terrifio rain fell here juat before day break thla morning accompanied by wind, hall and thunder. Th hall waa small and no particular damaga waa done aa far as heard from. Almost a Cloadbarst. CENTER, Neb., May !. (Special.) On of th most terrlflo rain and hall storms in the .history of this country visited her yesterday morning about 10 o'clock. Angry clouds rolled and tumbled over the Basil valley all morning and when the storm finally broke the effect was xlmply terri fying. Water descended at first in blind ing sheets, followed close by a deluge of hall, which left a sorry trail. Trees were stripped entirely of their foliage and the '.window of residences and business houses alike were demolished, th curtains riddled Easy and Economical to Use GORHAM Silver Polish Ckntaini no deleterious substance Doe not cak or adhere to tht surface ftlL rn"ibl.I as (MU a packag jwlrm keep It r and the building deluged with hail and rain. This was followed Immediately with another burst of rain almost Uk a cloud burst, which finished th work of filling the houses full of water. After tha storm was over so people could venture out the little village had the "appearance of hav ing passed through a modern pitched bat tle. The sides of buildings were scarred and In some places the siding was splin tered by the hail. Th Battle creek and th small trtoutarles above thla town began to lis and the water coming off the hills to the east made a veritable lake of the townalte. A team was drowned while at tempting to cross tha creek this evening: This storm following a previous rsln and snowstorm this spring haa completely de stroyed the fruit crop and the damage to the small grain cannot be estimated. The storm had a path of about ten miles. CHARLESTON. Neb., May (Special.) May 25 a..i 28, 2.60 inches of rain fell. This morning at 6 o'clock the wind blew the hardest for two years, causing great destruction to windmills and granaries. Elwood Thompson, living two and a half mllea east, had his large frame barn badly renched. No hail here. Corn badly washed; wheat, rye and oats are rank. LU8HTON, Neb., May 28. (Speclal.)-A heavy wind that waa nearly a tornado visited Lushton this morning between I and 5. o'clock, tearing down barna and sheds and other light buildings in ita path. Trees were broken off, fences and. porches destroyed and roofs blown away. The citizens were considerably frightened and many went Into outside cellars. HARVARD, Neb., May W -(Special.) Another heavy rain fell Sunday night, fol lowed by a pleasant day yesterday, and another heavy raifl last night, culminating in a hard wind thla morning about 5 o'clock that did considerable damage In unroofing small, poorly constructed build ings and windmills. The - roof of -one small house waa blown off In part, but the family having taken refuge with a neigh bor last night, fearful of a storm, waa saved from harm. Much Hall at Kearney, KEARNEY, Neb., May 2. (Special.) The storm which visited this section of Ne braska laat night waa the worst that haa occurred thus far. The hall 'that fell waa amall but very thick. No windows were broken in the city, but' there waa 'some damage at the Military academy. Trees were stlpped of leaves, young fruit was snipped off of the cherry and other fruit treea, and gardens were pohnded. The damage in the country waa in Spots, It be ing severe in one place and light in 'an other place near by. The hail 'extended from a few mllea weat of Odessa to two mile west ' of- Qlbboib Th Wood liver valley got the worst of it," especially at Amherst, but there waa more or less dam age all the way between Kearney and Mil ler. The alfalfa la badly beaten down. Rye will suffer more than any other crop. The wheat, corn and spring grain generally Will suffer no Injury. .. SEWARD, Neb., May 26. (Special Tele- gram.) A terrlflo rain -and 'wind storm passed Seward at 8 o'clock 'thla morning, uprooting treea around town, but did not do much damage to buildings until it waa about four miles south, where It blew down the new house of E. Jaffa and several out buildings on the farm of .John Stevens. Near Beaver Crossing score of buildings were demolished, but no Uvea have been lost a far as reported. Th wind waa accompanied by rain which washed out the approaches to nearly all the bridge south of town, making th road impassable. ELWOOD, Neb., May 26. Special. )- During the entire mqnth of May It ha been raining until the ground I thoroughly soaked. Corn ha been put In between th shower, and Is coming up. The small grain is a Jlne-a it can; possibly . be and with the soli In the present condition. ,1s practically assured. La,at year ighat made from thrlty-five to fifty-seven 'bushels 'per acre in Gosper county and this on land worth only from 110 to $25 per acre. With such another crop in sight land is sure to take a big lump. ROSELAND. Nob., May 26.-(Speclal.)- Thls vicinity was visited by a heavy rain laat night about o'clock. Four and one half Inches fell and come hall as large aa hen eggs. Many in Roseland watched the tornado over near Campbell that killed three people and destroyed many farm buildings. CHICAGO WAITERS MAY GO OUT Hotel and Restaurant Keepers Will . .. Resist Demand Mad by Their Employes. . . CHICAGO, May 28. Every hotel and res taurant In Chicago will be closed At onoe-it the employes' union submits exorbitant de mands," said Joseph Belfleld, proprietor of the 8herman house, today, "and if we shut up the lockout will continue until the em ployea are thoroughly tired out. This ac Hon will surely follow a refusal of th union to recede from Its . preposterous ' de mand or a refusal to arbitrate," . Mr. Belfleld spoke for the Hotel Men' and Restaurant Keepers' association, re cently .farmed. A committee representing the 4,000 member of the union will submit tomorrow a demand that amount prac tlcafly to an ultimatum. Jt 1 a schedule of Increased wages that must be paid and af fect all classes of hotel worker. Th general manager of tha large rail road running into Chicago remained firm in their refusal to grant further concessions to the -freight handler and there are ap parently alight indication of weakening on the part of the union.. Several prominent leader of the organization favor delaying the matter until next spring, when it I be lieved th freight handler throughout th country will be better organised. "If the railroads refuse to grant wage increase th men will be In better hap to fore con elusions, but I do not thing this will occur until next spring, was th statement . of President Donnelly of the associatio n ST. VOUI9. May K. The strlk situation aa regard the warehouse men and freight handler remain In statu quo. Although a settlement of th international warehouse men' strike wss believed to have been ef fected, they hav decided to at and togther wtth the railroad freight handler and oft set th demand of th latter. Tha situation Is apparently rather mixed, aa th strikers declare the business of the freight house I completely tied up, while on th other hand th freight houae manager deny thla and assert they r doing almost th reg ular amount of business. , - Foar Killed ta Explosion. PITTBBC RO. Pa.. May M An explosion of gsa In the Charters Coal company' mine st Federal. Pa., today killed four men. Harilv humeri seven atiri Aliffhttv Inln,. - number of othera. Several more are missing and are believtul to be still In th mine. As the mine Is on fire It Is feared they will be burnea to aeam or aunocatea by smoke. i ne aeaa: Jimit wuson. wiuiam nelson, JtiaeDh ftalea. Jocenh Jonak. About seventv. five men were at work when the explosion uccurrcu. . . Soldier Kill a Prlaoaer. SAN FRANCISCO. May Charles A Hrut. a military prisoner, servlna a sen. tence for desertion from the coast artilUrv waa shot and killed by Private Charles Pew while attempting to escape from the guara at rort Mason. During tha Spanish American war he enlisted with the Twm tleth Kansas as volunteer, . serving for a yumr ana s. nan. Special Legislative Sesaloa. HELENA. Mont., May -Governor Toole tivilay Issued a call for a speoUl ses sion of th Montana legislature to set unon several appropriation lulls which failed of pasaag during th regular session. These bills Include a tiu.OOO aDoroDriatlon for ih St. Ixmis fair and I1A.00P for th LwU and i wra wmuw at rwiaoi PRESIDENT IN TWO STATES Puses Through Cheering Idaho Crowds to Washington Enthusiast. . CHILDREN STREW FLOWERS BEFORE HIM Arrive la Afteraeoa at Spokaee, Where Me' Throws Tlrt shovel of Earth From site of New Masonie Temple SPOKANE, May .-president Roosevelt doubled back Into Washington state from th Couer D'Alene mining camp of north ern Idaho. The party -encountered Inclem ent weather. The greatest crowda ever gathered In Spokana greeted th president In thla city. After a long drive over the city th pres ident spoke to tho people of Spokan and surrounding counties. The president s train left a little after o'clock for Montana cities. Secretary Mooy made a somewhat ex tended speech at Wsllace. Idaho. Th president s ride through the city waa concluded with a triumphal procession down RJverslde. the principal street of the city. The broad avenue was beautifully deco rated with the national colors, solid walls of humanity pressed against the ropes that had been stretched along the sidewalks and across the side streets. Three com panies of the National guard patrolled the avenue, keeping the crowd beyond the ropes. Preceded by a platoon of police and th Seventh infantry, the president' car riage started down the avenue where tho waiting thousands welcomed him with roar of cheers. Behind him marched another company of th Seventh. More music and veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic were nest in line. A long procession of . bands, guardsmen and citizens surrounded th grand stand at the corner of Main and Lincoln to listen to the speeches of th day. One especially Interesting feature of President Rocfsevelt's visit to Spokane took place at the site of tho new Masonic temple. Here the procession halted for a moment.' The president left the carriage and seising a shovel, threw the first spado- rul of earth for the new building. No opech was made at this place, the cere monies being of the simplest character. Shortly after 4 o'clock the presidential party arrived at Couer D'Alene park. Here he was met by thousands of children sing ing a patriotic song. Some strewed flowers In his pathway as he passed through the ranks cf the young Americans. An Incident at Harrison, Idaho, was the presentation of flvo strings of speckled trout, for which the donors were thanked by the president. Disturb President's Rest. WALLACE. Idaho, May 28. President Roosevelt's rest was disturbed by another demonstration at Starbuck, when early this morning his train pulled into that place. The president and all the members of his party had retired, but they were awakened by the discharge of firearms of various sizes, fit blowing of horns and the shouting of people.. The secret service officer on duty did all he could to stop the racket, but the people refused to be quiet, even going to the length of knocking on the windows of the cars. The demonstra tion was kept up until the train left. The president did not show himself. President Roosevelt arrived here at 7:20 this morning during a heavy rainstorm. Despite the weather conditions, 10,000 per sons thronged .the street. x Aftw a recep tion at Senator Heyburn's residence, the "party Was driven t the city park.' There Senator Heyburn Introduced the president. who spoke for half an hour on good citizen ship as his text. The president stood on the rear platform of the train, acknowledging cheera until tha train had pulled around the curve on its Way to Spokane. HARRISON, Idaho, May 28. President Roosevelt stopped here for flv minutes this afternoon and waa greeted by a large crowd. He made a brief address from the rear platform of his car. IOWA ALSO SMITTEN (Continued from First Page.) rising and resident of the low land are being driven from their homes. At Oskaloosa four Inches of rain fell In two hours last night. Lightning, hall and water practically ruined crops and caused much property loss. At ..Shenandoah several houses were car ried away by the flood. MARBHALLTOWN, la.. May 26. 8peclal Telegram.) A tremendous rain fell her last night and today. Consldersble appre hension is felt that laat year's destructive flccdlng of low landa will be repeated. Th damage already Is considerable. Wreck Feeble Mlaaed Asylam. GLKNWOOD. la.. May 26.-(Speclal.) A tornado struck this place last night. doing great damage to the State Instltu tlon for the feeble minded children. Two girls were killed end eleven were more or less seriously Injured. The loss will ex ceed $70,006, Th killed: , MAjJCIR BETNER. HAZEL WRIGHT. Th Injured Mary Eckret. Anna Delaney. Myrtle Dickinson. Etta Newton. Hsrrtson Johnson. Roll Rathbun. Others who were Injured were not seri ously hurt. It is believed thst all of the injured will recover. ' The tornado struck the girls' dormitory, commonly known aa th old building, first. The roof was torn off and with a terrible crash fell back again upon the wrecked building. All of th buildings of th group, Including th hospital, dormitory, boys' FIRM FOUNDATION. Nothing Can Undermine it Id Omaha. People are aometlme slow to recognise true merit and they cannot be blamed, for so many in the past hav been humbugged. Tbe experience ef hundred of Omaha residents expressed publicly through the newspapers and other sources places Doan'a Kidney Pills on a firm foundation. Mr. W. C. Thomas of 1120 Martha street, traveler for the Fremont Brewing Co. of Fremont, Neb., saya: "Th constant jarring of trains when I travel affect my back, and, I think, causes the severe pains which catch men In the loins, especially mornlnga, when I have awful work to get on my shoes. I thought sometime my back would break. Seeing Doan'a Kidney Pllla advertised I got a box at Kuhn & CO.' drug store, corner 15th and Douglas streets, and before using them many days the pains disappeared and I waa finally cured. I never intend t be without a box of Doan'a Kidney Pills la my grip. I can not speak too highly of -this valuable preparation." For aale by all dealers. Price (0 cent. Foster-Mliburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole egenla- for the United Stale. ' hemembei th nam Doao. s and tak B substitute. 1 building, custodian' building, far cot- I tage and the boiler' room, wr mor or j leea damaged' by thf Storm. Th superintendent thla afternoon placed the total loss upon th state Institution hers aa a result of last night' storm at PS.QCO. Thla report was made official and sent to the Stat Board ot Control, The hospital building was partially un roofed, but part of It Is still being used. Th boiler room 1 wrecked, but It is believed now that a part of the machinery ran be saved. Th girls who wer In jured are getting along as well' as could be expected. Thee will be no other fa talities. Th etandplpe of the Olenwood Water Works company at thla place, erected last year, was blown down last night. Th loss will be several thousand dollars. Several store fronts at this place were blown In. Two Killed at Traeey. BL'XTOr, la.. May 2.-(Speclal.)-Thls piace. suuaiea lour miles east oi iracey, a smalt town on the Albla-Dea Moines line of the Burlington and Wabaah railways, narrowly escaped complete destruction oy a tornado last evening. Two were kllleJ outright, one fatally Injured and eight se riously hurt. The killed: GEORGE BLAXELEY. HERBERT RHODES. Seriously Injured: Mr. and Mrs. Blakeley. Minnie Blakeley. Mr. and Mrs. Rhode. Addison Rhode. . Stewart Rhode. Luck Rhodes. Georgia Rhodes. . Mary Walker. Mrs. Rhode can hardly be expected to survive. The injured ar, almost without exception in a critical condition. Several of them have legs and . arm . broken, othera aro Injured Internally, and three of them are expected to die at any moment. They were caught beneath the wreckage of wreckid buildings or picked up after escaping from their homes and blown for great distances. One of them, Stewart Rhodes, wis car ried a quarter of a mile without touching the ground and hurled against a fence. About 9 o'clock last evening heavy storm clouds gathered swiftly, In the southeast, and soon a roaring sound, resembling the rumbling of a freight train crossing a bridge, announced the coming of a storm. Leaden clouds wore rapidly turned to for bidding black, and seemed to come neer to the ground. . Hundred of people, fearing a repetition of the Grlnnell tornado of June 17, 1S82, hastened to cellars or took refuge In the coal mines, the latter offer ing greater security. - . Many were lowered down the shafts, but In .a few minutes it . became evident the storm had struck not In th town, but a mile and a half-weat, at a point known as Junction No. 10. Soon th air was filled with flytng shingles, boards, rails, portions of houees, farm implements of all kinds and household effects. - - From Buxton th devastating power rtt the tornado was plainly visible by the con- stant glare of lightning. It csme from the southeast ami moved with incredible swift ness across the country In a northwesterly direction. Its path was about 300 feet in width and a mile and a half in length. The terrlflo sweep of -the wind did not last mor than five minutes, but in that brief time two persons wer killed, eight seriously Injured and an unknown number hurt more or lee. ' Ten or twelve houses were picked up. hurled from their founda tions and reduced to splintered wreckage. Horses and cattle were killed by the score and growing crops effaced from fields as completely as though devastated by fire. Thousands of dollars' , worth of property waa destroyed. ' Everything on the track of the terrifflo storm was 'wiped out, - the bar land being alone lr ft, , People at Buxton who stood In th streets and saw it say It waa a sight most terrify ing. After traveling the country for a mile and a half the- wind suddenly lifted and passed away without Inflicting further damage on the farm beyond. All th peo ple killed and Injured were colored, being employed about th mines In the vicinity. Klae are Dead 'at Elmo, Mo. MARVVILLE. Mo., May 24. (Special Telegram.) Eight persons were killed out- tight, seven were Injured, one of whom died afterwards, and two are fatally In jured and two persons are missing as th result of a tornado which atruck Elmo, Mo., Tuesday afternoon. The dead l C. C. CALHOUN, general merchandise. CA89IUS BELL, his clerk. MILTON HUFF, farmer. OUB HUFF, farmer. LEONARD BRAD LET, farmer. GEORGE PERRY, farmer. JEFF ALVI8. farm employe. DAN C. BARKER, retired farmer, died of heart failure. OREN SPANGLER, farmer, died of In juries. The Injured: George Huff, farmer, fatally. Elmer Morgan, unconscious. A. L. McElvaln, Wabash agent, slight. ' Ed Athsrton, Internal, fatally. Harry Morse, slight. C. Daniels, Internal. Missing: Ed Wiseman. . An unknown farmer. The storm came from the northeast and first struck the Wabash depot. The Ma sonic tempi wa the next building In Its path, and It waa demolished. On the lower floor of the temple waa located a general merchandise store, and in the store was gathered a number of the citizens of the tewn. The building waa torn to pieces be fore any warning was received and the victim were buried beneath the wreckage. Of the fourteen person In tha store only five escaped death, and these received in juries which In two or three cases may prove fatal. The storm passed on through the town, leaving but a few buildings standing. A relief party at one began the rescue of those In th run ot th tempi and nine bodies were removed to an Impro vised morgue. Flv other war taken out. some with broken legs and arms, and in each case serious if not fatal Injuries. Th storm came with great suddenness and bad destroyed the town almost before the people realised what had happened. After leaving Elmo It continued Intc the country In a southwest direction, and It I feared more fatalltle hav occurred. Several dwelling are known to have been blown to pieces, but the fate of their oc cupants 1 unknown. A deluge of rsln added It ahare to th misfortune of the stricken people and tonight th homeless Inhabitant are being cared for at the few remaining home that escaped th fury of th wind. Elmo 1 a amall town on th Wabaah railroad, running from Omaha to Bruns wick, Mo., and ha about ZOO Inhabitants. Heavy Rata at Sheaaadaah. SHENANDOAH, la.. May 2.-8peclel Telegram.) Thl plac was visited by th heaviest rainstorm in It history this aft moon. It cam down In a perfect deluge for fully n hour and on Msln street th water washed over tha curbing into th cellar filling many of tbera level with th surface of the ground. At Coburg, on th Burlington north of here, thre-quartr of a mil of track Is washed out. Just below here a 100-foot bridge on the Burlington is two feet out of line. Aftr th rln th water roe so rapidly In Four Mil crek tnai inr men were stranded on a bridge ana ware res. cued with horse. Wooden walk all over v. nr nl town are ailoat. Cal lax CUd, chlckao a&d pig drowned and In a few bouse the water ros a foot on th floors. No loea of life has been re ported so far, but tbe monetary damage is treat. FORT DODGE, la.. May .-(Special Tel egram.) Webster county was visited by a veritable cloudburst this morning. Rain tell In torrents In Fort Dodge and Aver the main portion of the county roads snd fields are submerged and railroad service hss been generally crtrpled. The llllnola Cen tral has suffered most. The track Is under five or six feet of water at Arion. Two hundred feet of track Are washed out at Wiilette, and there Is another big washout near L.igan. Th Swedish Lutheran church at Cal ender wa struck by lightning this morn ing and badly damaged. The Dea Moines river Is higher at this point than It has been known to be in years and great anxiety prevails among resident of the flats. Batter C'oanty Also Visited. WAVERLY. I., Msy 2.-A tornado passed throtigh Butler county today, doing considerable damage at Shellrock and Al lison. At the former place an elevator was blown down and four railroad workers who had sought refuge therein were badly Injured, one ot them fatally. The bridge spanning the Shellrock river waa wrecked and several dwellings and barns were blown down. Meager reporta Indicate that till greater dnmagn was don In other part of th country. Strikes Shelby Conaty. Iowa. AUBURN, la.. May 26. (Special Tele gramsAuthentic reports ar Just coming In ot a disastrous tornado which swept a wide strip through Botna, Shelby county. and about ten miles north between Mann ing and Templeton. The storm struck Botna about 8:30 In the morning, wrecking several stores and a large church. The new Great Western depot was turned al most around No one waa Injured. Many farm houses and barns wer destroyed In the path of the storm north of Botna. About two miles north of Gray, a telephone lineman named Lester reports, two children wer seriously Injured in the wreck of a farm house. Five, other persons were slightly Injured in the sam house. The Audubon County Telephone company suf fered a loss of nearly four miles ot line, while telegraph wires were also blown down. Soma damage waa done In Manning. Cloadbarat at Silver CIt. SILVER CITY, la., May 2.-(8peclal.)- Silver City and vicinity waa visited by the worst rain storm of th) season last night, which assumed the nature of a cloud burst, the water simply falling In sheets. The stream northwest of town overflowed its banka, the water taking a shortcut for Silver creek, running across Main street through the business portion of town about two feet deep. Many cellars were flooded and walks washed out of place, and a vast amount of work will be necessary In order to put the streets In proper condition. Dur ing the storm the large hay and stock barn belonging to E. U. Anderson, north ot town, was struck by lightning and entirely destroyed, together with the granary, a large amount ot hay, corn, oats, harness, farm Implements and a number of fine hogs. By hard .work Mr, Anderson was able to save his horses. ' Mr.' Anderson estimates the entire loss at about 12. W0, with 11,260 Insurance. The fir was plainly visible from Silver City until a late hour. Balldlag Wrecked at Deeorah. DECORAH, la.. May . A heavy rain and windstorm did much damage her today. Three buildings were wrecked and many trees blown down. In fifteen minute th rainfall was one and one-half inches. Storm Doe Damage In Kansas. wept through Doniphan county, ' Kansas, last night, doing a great deal of damage to buildings, but no loss of life Is reported. . A special to the Dal'.y New aays the . brick Catholic, church t Severance, one of th largeat In northwestern Kansaa, waa ruined. The grain elevator and cribs at Morrill wer destroyed and dozen of barn wer blown down. It la roughly estimated that th damage will reach $j0,000. Th church at Severance cost 112,000. ABILENE, Kan., May 2. A cloudburst struck the northern part of this county last night. Mud creek valley from Abilene to Manchester was flooded and great damag done to crops. The flood reached here after midnight. inundating one-third of th city and dam aging much property. Cellars and lower floors were flooded. No lives were lost. Th water waa the highest In twenty years. Aged Man Washed from Baggy. FORT .DODGE. Is., May 2. (Special Telegram.) While his daughter stood help less on the bank, John O'Connor, an aged resident of Coalville, a small town near Fort Dodge, was washed from hla buggy by the rapid current of a swollen creek and carried down stream to his death this morn ing. The creek was swollen by a cloud burst, O'Connor And his daughter having crossed It only half an hour before. The daughter 1 almost crazed by the shock. The body was carried down the atream a quarter of a mile, where it caught on a barb wire fence and was rescued. Kansas la Consternation. , SAL NA, Kan., May M.-Thls city Is to night th scene of the worst flood in it his tory, fully 100 families being driven from their homes, and the damage la estimated to b hundred . of thousands of dollara. Another heavy rain fell tuiught, making four inches of rain that ha fallen her during tha laat twenty-four hour. Th Northwestern portion of the city is entirely submerged anil women ana children ar rescued from their home In boats. Th Missouri Pacific grade on the west Is holding back a large and threatening body of water. If the water succeeds In crossing the track tha entire western por tion of tho town Will be under water. A passenger train on the Lincoln branch of tha Union Pacific la held between two washout, two mile north or her. Th passenger wer brought to thl city en handcar. Th Union Paciflo track for three mile west of her ar washed out and all through train ar running over th Rock Island from Llmon Junction, Colo., to Manhattan, Kan. The Union Pacific station her la sur rounded by water and the railroad yard are flooded The entire district for mile northwest and southwest from th station Is flooded. As far a the eye can reach th wheat field have been transformed Into, a great lake of raging water. Crop are ruined aod home deserted. Sebsldlac la the Senth. TOPE K A, Kan.. May M.-The railroads report the high water in southern Kansaa and Oklahoma to be subsiding. Th Santa Fa'a Bartleavlll branch, wnlch was al most entirely covered with water yesterday, 1 now high and dry In that place. All ot th train will be running again. The Rock Island officials say that It will be lata to. night before train will be running on th Choctaw division. The track I covered with water along th main line from Chic- kaaha to El Reno, and that in condition of th track cannot bo ascertained before th water subsides. Wind Carries Family OaT. WELLINGTON. Kan.. May 26.-A tor nado struck th farm of S. B. Borum. seven mile from her tonight, demolishing th bmj and seriously injuring th Inmate Mr. Borum and two grown daughter were carried several rods by th wind and lift unconaciou on th ground. On of tbu young women la ta tally Injured. I 1IANNA CEASES OPPOSITION Will Not rnrthfr Object to Ohio Endorse ment of Boonrelt NO PERSONAL OPPOSITION ACTUATED HIM Saa He Haa Received Telegram From President Signifying HI Wisne In Regard ta Aetlea at State Convention. CLEVELAND, May 2. Senator Hanna has decided to offer no further opposition to the proposed resolution in the coming republican stat convention endorsing th candidacy of President Roosevelt for an other term. This action was decided upon late thla afternoon. When asked if he had heard from President Roosevelt with refer ence to the decision concerning his attitude In connection with the resolution, Senator Hanna made the following statement: "I am In receipt of a telegram from Presi dent Roosevelt which indicate to me his desire to have th endorsement of th Ohio lepubllcan state convention of hi candi dacy. Of this I shall not oppos such ac tion, and I hav telegraphed th president to that effect." Senator Hanna positively declined to fur ther discuss the subject, insisting that ths brief statement above quoted fully covered th situation. - It is th general belief, however, among thos doe to the senator thst he still doubts the advisability of th adoption of a resolution endorsing President Roose velt's candidacy by this year's convention. But. It Is pointed out, in deference to the president's judgment and expressed wishes, Mr. Hanna demonstrates that his original position in the matter was at no tlms prompted by personal antagonism to Presi dent Roosevelt. Senator Foraker Gratified. WASHINGTON. May 28. When tha dis patch announcing that Senator Hanna would not oppose an endorsement of Presi dent Roosevelt at the coming Ohio state convention was show to Senator Foraker tonight, he dictated the following state ment: I am very much gratified to learn that Senator Hanna has withdrawn his opposi tion to the endorsement Of President Roosevelt's candldaey In 1904. Not on any forsonal grounds, for I have not at any Ime had any personal Interest In the mat ter, but solely because I think endorse ment good for Senator Hanna and the party, as well aa for President Roosevelt, who ha well earned a second term by the splendid administration he has given us. The result will be a harmonious conven tion and- an- enthusiastic endorsement for Senator Hanna for another term In the senate. Tho senator added that the votes of Ohio added to the states that have declared heretofore tor President Roosevelt give tbe president a majority, of the votes in the next republican national convention. Minnesota for Roosevelt. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 2. -According to Robert Jamison of St. Paul, chair man of the state republican committee, the Minnesota delegation to the next republi can convention will .be undivided for President Roosevelt's nomination. SENATOR GORMAN EVASIVE neither Deales aor Arlrnas That He 1 a Candidate for tha Prealdeaey. (Copyrlgnt'ed, 1S0S. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. May 2. fNw York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Arthur Pue Gorman, United State senator from Maryland, who Is now in London., said today respecting the 'possibility of his com ing out as a candidate for president: The election is a long way off. I h.tve not yet begun to think seriously a to what I shall do. The only coming I am now thinking about is coming out to have a good time. Any other coming out can wait. The democratic party haa not yet decided when It issue shall be raised. The silver question has righted Itself by th increased gold output. I can't, say whether expansion will come prominently forward." RELIANCE IS SUPREME (Continued from First Page.) vessel at all The only consolation would be that the superiority of British work manship was given so fin a testimonial. Farewell Dinner to Upton. GREENOCK, Scotland, May M. The cor poration of Crcenock gave a farewell ban quet today to Sir Thomas Ltpton. A dis tinguished company wa present. The chairmen. Provost Anderson, In toasting Sir Thomas wished him every success. Sir Thomaa, replying, said he waa convinced the cup challenger wa by far the best boat ever built on this side. He believed that if he brought back the cup he would bring with It the friendship of the American peo ple. ' Vice Commodore B barman Crawford, one of the speakers, said the trials here had shown that Shamrock I wa hopelessly out classed by the challenger. Owing, however. to having to pull the latter to piece and refit It after the ocean voyage tt wa neces sary to send over Shamrock I; so It should be determined If the challenger had the same priority after it had crossed th At lantic. Ntloa4l Salt Company Sned. WEST PLAINS. N. Y.. May 26. 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