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The Omaha Daily Bee the Omaha Dee Is the mint powerful business. (titer In th went, beratim Jt goog to tb homes of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. Fir Ncbrss ln I'nlr Kit Iowa Fair In tf'l port Inn. For weather report ere page VOL. XXXVII I NO. 'J54. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING APKIL 8, 1D09 TWELVK PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. revision will ;be downward Senator Aldrich Denies the Report That the Senate Will BV - Tariff Rates. GOOD PROGRESS BEING.", E s Says Taxes on Necessaries t win jse jieaucea. MANY' PERSONS WANT HARL Ohio Senators Introduce Delegation of Coal Producers. POTTERY AND CHINA SCHEDULES Impnrlrri Insist That Protection on Finer Grades Is Morh Greater Than Indicated In Tariff I.RTC. WASHINGTON. Anrll ". Onslaughts upon the sfte committee on finance by prominent member of congress liave be come so vigorous since H became known that the work of Inserting rates In the bill noon to bo reported hHS actually begun, that there is clanger of revision being de cidedly of an upward trend, It Is said, un less d"af cars are turned to Importunte In terests. The only persona now seen by the committee are senators, and delega tions Introduced by -senators, In the fore noon. Many other delegation wait about the corridors all day seeking the ears of Individual committeemen during the re cesses. In Spite of these conditions good prog ress Is being made und Senator Aldrich. the clmlriiMin. said today that he could predict that when the bill In reported It will be Bet) that the revlHlon has been downward, especially upon the necessaries of life. It Is probable that the aenute will be In session on Saturday In order to receive the Pa.vne bill from the house. A session of the finance committee then will be held In order to make up the amendments that have been decided upon and send the bill to the printing office. The democratic member of the committee will be called In and an effort made to obtain an agree ment with them that will permit the re porting of the bill by Tuesday. There are many schedules that will lead to much de bale In tha senate. Will Report Bill Tifidir. Many demands upon tha finance commit tee tor changea In tha Payne rate or for revision of certain paragraphs of the Dlng- loy law were , made today. Senator Dick and Senator Burton Intro duced a delegation of coal producers fiom eastern Ohio who ship their products to Ontario and other Canadian provinces, who rteslre to retain the reciprocity clause In the Fevne hlll.v ; .. ..,.. ,A number of concerns manufacturing gaa In the New England stalea oppose the pio vtslon which Indicates slack coal In the same paragraph With bttum'nous coat, matt Inn Inth dutUbh at 7 cents. This amounts to an Increase on alack coal from the present rate of 13 cents, and It la asserted that It would result In Increasing the cost of ana to consumers. The s'ack coal usually comes from Cape Breton. rotter and China Schedules. The pottery und fins china schedules were considered today. The views of the Na tlcftiil Association of WhoU'salo Dealers In lottery were represented by Jerome Jones of Boston. K. H. Pitkin of Chicago and George W. Kinney of Cleveland. They con tended truit the actual protection to Ameri can pottery manufacturers Is much greater than represented by the specified rales of 63 and Wt per cant because the packages in which the goods ar etmported are dutiable anil It Is claimed the actual protection amounts to per rent on decorative and 9t per cent on white china. They ask a reduction to 4(1 per cent ad valorem on white and 40 per rent on decorative china. Tit delegation had been received previously by President 'raft. Mr. Jones talked to the president about speeehca delivered by him In the recent campaign In Which the president declared that the pottery Industry needed greater protection. Tha delegation gained the Im pression from Mr. Taft that he was speak ' lug generally of the pottery Industry and had no special reference to the manufacture of fine china. It la enld there la a disposi tion In the senate to ttlll further Increase the duty on china. Gordon Dobson of Maine asked the com mittee to again take up the subject of carded woolens and provide for such modifications of the duties as would give protection on heavy shrinkage woolens. It Is said that this Indstry has suffered by reiMon of the Increasing demands for fine worsteds. IITY US COCO IIKDlTEn Vain asrt Means Committee Makes Chaaaea In Tariff Srhedales. V' HlNJTON, April 7 The ways and n.tiinr rommlttee today agreed to several Imuotisnt 0 itftendm'fits to the Payne tariff 1.111. The iluty on crude cocoa was reduced from I to i cents a pound. Hat ten was raised from 76 cents to $1.50 a ton, Paragraph relating to toys, was fti liken out and a hew one Inserted, ex cepting toys of rubber and porcelain, which are taxed at per cent ad valorem, provided that only those articles should be taxed ss toys which are manufactured as playthings for children. Paragraph EH was changed so as to tax lite fabrics, or abrirs used for pneumatic tires at to per rent ad valorem. This meant to in long staple cotton used in the fab ric. The steel and Iron schedules, steel from f cent to . cent anj .4 to .S cent a pound. The ad talorem duty on boiler and plate iron or steel was stricken out. Some ef lotm were mado specific and others were slightly reduced. The paragraph of the Dingley law providing a duty of 50 per vtnt ad valorem ou silk bandings, which bud been consolidated with tha paragraph of the Payne bill which provides a duty of J per rent on laces was restored. Wet ticket Alllaae. ALLlANVH. Neb.. April 7. -Special Telegram.)-P. w. Harris, ss mayor, and the entire wet tu-ket, with the exception of It treasurer, waa elected here Tuesday. C. W. brttinan. en the dry ticket, was UV Utasuiss Charles Metz Draws Record on Shallenberger "I Will Not Run Unless Assured of Liquor Men's Support," He Said. "Now, Mr. Meu. I will not run for gov ernor unless ou can assure me that I have the support of the brewing and other Iqunr Interests. I am not in favor of ymtjr option, nor prohibition In any form, i I am opposed to making any revisions the Slocumb law that will Impose greater restrictions on your business and that of other brewers and liquor men." Charles Mets, president of the Metz. Brothers Brewing company of Omaha says Ashton C. Shallenberger made this state ment to hint before he was elected gov ernor and repeated Its Import after. "He was at the Taxton hotel." said Mr. Mets, "and sent for me to call and see him. I did not call on the first Invitation and ho sent a second one. Then I went and this is the promlite he voluntarily made. "I had asked nothing of him, nor hail I visited him or asked anyone to. The whole matter was on the volition of Mr. Shal lenberger. "Of course. It is putting It mildly to say that I, In common with other men engaged In the brewing business, am dumfounded at the governor's action In signing this daylight saloon bill. We had every reason to expect fair treatment from him because he pledged us his word that we should have it. "What are you going to do in a case like this? Leaving out of all consideration for the time the merits or demerits of the bill, what are we to think of our governor under such circumstances?" Baldwin Will Is Probated Estate of Late Turfman Is Valued at Over Twenty; Million Dollars. LOS ANGELES. April 7. As uneventful as the settlement of a toOO estate was the probation today In the superior court of the will disposing of the millions of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin. H. A. Un ruh, business manager of the famous turfman during his lifetime, and named by him as executor of the will, testified as to the making of the will, the sound ness of Baldwin's mind and his freedom from any sort of undue Influence when the lnstrumet was signed November 4, 1908. Mr, Unruh fixed the value of the real property at from $20,000,000 to $J4.tlO0, 000, and of the personal property about 1127,500. The net annual income from the property, said the executor, has been only $10,000. Attorneys for Mrs. Lilly Bennett Bald win, the widow, and Mrs. Zola Selby, a daughter by another wife than the mother of the surviving daughter, wero In court, but took no part In the proceedings. The attorney declined to make public any of the details of the settlement with Mrs. Bclby and with the widow, Mrs. Baldwin of San Francisco, which averted a pos sible contest of the will. The bond of the executor was fixed at $280,000. Banker Mosher in Iowa Falls Missing Chicagoan Said to Have Been Seen in the Iowa City Last Week. CHICAGO. Apll 7.-Speclal Telegram.) That Charles W. Mosher, the missing banker formerly of Lincoln, Is roaming the west in a deranged condition, as his fam ily believe, la confirmed by a statement from William Whltesell, a farmer near Iowa Falls, la. Ha writes that a man cor responding to Mosher's description ate at ns house last week. BOY GOES TO REFORM SCHOOL FOR EMBEZZLING TWO s?NTS Appropriated to His Owa Use Money Given II I m to Bar Stamp far Letter. KPRINGFIKLD, Mo., April 7 -Judge John F. Phillips In the United 8tates dls tdict court here yesterday sentenced Clove Isnd Carrol, s Bulaakl county boy, em iJojetl as s mall carrier, to six months In the Missouri reform school for embessling postal funds. Carrol is said to have ap propriated 2 cents given him to buy a stamp. Ha destroyed the letter he was to mall. Three Colonels Quit Staff Since Governor Signed Bill "And they shall beat their swords Into i plowshares and their spears Into pruning hooka." Shallenberger has lost three of his colonels by signing the daylight saloon bill Charles K. Fanning, V. F. Kuncl and Wil liam Kennedy. Mr. Fanning Is a contractor and leader of the Jim club, Mr. Kennedy Is advertising manager for the Krug Brew ing company and Mr. Kuncl Is a meat market proprietor. All reside In Omaha. These aoldiei s of P' ace and progress will sell their uniforms to the tag-picker and folluw the tip of Isaiah. I he prophet, as to their Implements of war. These colonels believed the measure was unfair to the interests of Omaha and be lieved the governor should and would veto It. When he failed to d' S' they decided they could nu longer Hand with him In defending the old flag and holding up the arma of the government, so they have concluded to quit the army and return to the peaceful pursuits of life. "Just say for me that I am so disgusted with the governor and things In general that I could not atsnd It here any longer, and am going away to stay until after election," aald Alonel Panning. "That goemor of ours told us In a speech In Crelghton hall the night before election that If the governor went down to his little town of Alma and tried to tell theni how to run the town they would throw him In the river. But see whst 'be weut and done.' " NORMS LEADS OIL FIGHT Advocates of Free Crude Petroleum and Its Products Win Signal Victory. DUTY PLACED AT ONE PER CENT Countervailing; Tariff Stricken Out by Practically Unanimous Vote. COMMITTEE IS SUSTAINED Bailey Schedule Runs the Gauntlet Without Any Change. TEA AND COFFEE ON FREE LIST Taa on Baytes Is Increased Proas Seventy-five teats to a Dollar aad a Hall a Ton. WASHINGTON, April 7. This was a had dtiy for the republican organization of the house.- By a coalition between some re publican "Insurgents" and the democrats, the ways and means committee was bowled over and the advocates of .free crude oil and Us products won a signal victory whei an amendment by Mr. Norris (Neb.) plac ing the Insignificant duty of one per centum ad vplorem on these articles, was reported by a substantial majority. A decision of the chairman that amend ments could not be offered tithe oil schedule other than the one covered by the special rule of last Monday and which provided for the removal of -the counter vailing duty on crude petrolem and apply ing an ad volorem duty of 26 per cent was overturned and not even a fervid appeal by the Speaker, In an endeavor to rally the republican forces was sufficient to stem the tide avowedly against tho Standard Oil company. By a practically unanimous vote the countervailing duty went out as the commlUee had recom mended. On all other propositlona the committee was sustained. The barley schedule ran the gauntlet without change. Tea and coffee were placed on tho free list and duty on barytes Increased from 75 cents a ton to $1.50 a ton. A colloguy at first humorous, but later developing Into personalities developed be tween Mr. Stanley (Ky.) and Mr. Clark (Florida) and was terminated only on an objection by Mr. Crtmpacker (Ind.) that it was against the dignity of the house. The bill was laid aside and at 5:04 p. m.. the house adjourned. William Neville Dies in Wyoming Former Populist Congressman Is Stricken by Apoplexy at Home in Douglas, Wyo. NORTH PLATTB, Neb., April 7. (Spe cial Telegram.) Word has Just been re ceived here of the death at oDugtas, Wyo., of William Neville, formerly congressman from the Sixth congressional district snd an early resident of this city. His death occurred Sunday evening from a sudden stroke of oppoplexy, but owing to poor facilities his son Keith, who lives here, was notified only last night. Besides his son here he has a brother, James Neville, In Omaha. Mr. Neville served in congress from 1893 to 1903 as a populist. Previous to his elec tion, he had served sa member of the legislature, register of the land office and district and supreme judge, being elected to the last position In ISOfi. He was a prominent member of the Orand Army. Six years ago he went from here to Douglas to practice law and has been liv ing there since. LIQUOR MESSAGE BY HADLEY Governor Says I.eaialatore Should Apply Test of Psefalness to Pro hibition Amendment. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. April 7. Whether by submitting to the voters of the state a proposed constitutional amend ment providing for state wide prohibition and thus making the subject a matter of active controversy for two years, any use ful public purpose would be served, was declared byOovernor Hadley today to be the test by which the legislature should treat the measure. This opinion was expressed in a special message which the executive addressed to the general assembly and In which he discussed the liquor Issue at some length. "I hsve no further use for Shsllenberger," said Kuncl. Opposed to Colonels Fanning. Kuncl and Kennedy, Colonel Ed P. Berryman says he will not resign. Colonel Bd is secretary of the Jack club and the governor was formerly vice presi dent of that organisation. Colonel A. D. Fetterman. another Jack and member of the World-Herald staff, refused to say whether he would or would not resign, and Colonels P. C. Heafey and Sophus Nehle, said: "It is too bad." about the governor sign tng the bill, but declined to say what they will do. These two pleaded for more time In which to make up their minds. t'olonel Kennedy attempted to get his brothers In arma together Wednesday morning ti discuss the situation, but the colonels failed to mobilise. Another at tempt will be made in the near future, but Colonel Fanning will not wait for the whole body to decide as such, but said he would "fire In his resignation" before lesv lug Thursday morning for Hot Springs. Ark. Unlucky as It may seem, there are thir teen colonels on the governor's staff In Omaha. This Is tha roster: Bd P. Berry man. T. C. Byrne, Charles K. Fsnntng, Albert D. Fettermsn, Edward Gotten. Patrick C. Heafey. William Kennedy, V. F. Kuncl. B. P. Marshall, Fred Men cedoht M. R. Murphy. H. W. E. Mac Daniels and Sophus Nebls kssr Til 4? ; : THE BUSINESS MAN'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. From the Minneapolis Journal. RUSH DEFENDS HIS ACTION Omaha Attorney Denies Charge Made in Haskell Case. DID NOT INFLUENCE WITNESSES Arsraments Will Be Completed Today on Motion to quash the Indict- snent Demurrer la the TULSA, Okla., AprU" 7.-When the third day's hearing of thro case of Governor Charles N. Haskell and the half dosen other Oklahomans under indictment charged with fraud In Muskogee town lots began In the United States circuit court here today, Sylvester Push, the special at torney for the government, made his argu ment for' tho prosecution. He directed his argument against the motion of the de fense to quash the Indictments on the ground that hq had conducted the grand Jury Investigation at Muskogee Improperly. Mr. Rush severely arraigned counsel for the defense and denied that he had acted Improperly or attempted to bias witnesses that had been called before the grand Jury. He recalled that the grand Jurors who testified yesterday had said his con duct had. on the other hand, been proper. Mr. Rush was followed by C. D. Stuart for the defense. It was believed today that the argu ments would be concluded late In the after noon, and that Judge Marshall would hand down a derision tonight on the motion to quash. If the court overrules the motion to quash attorneys for Haskell will file a demurrer. In fact, copies of the demurrer already have been submitted to attorneys for the prosecution. The demurrer will be argued Immediately if the attorneys fall In their (Continued on Second Page.) People don't have to be fooled into reading advertis ing. To most peo ple its as important as any news in the paper. What is more important to the average household than where they can get most for the limited amount they hare . to spend t Take the want ads, for ex ample. The advertiser who tells what he has to sell and why you should buy of him, gets returns far out of propor tion to the little he baa to pay for a want ad. Why do they bring so much business! Simply because people find advertising of live interest. Thty know reading want uls pay for the time spend a dozen times over. Havsj r!i re4 tsva vaat a4 Monster Petition Sent to Capital by Chicago Women Twenty-five Volumes Containing 350,000 Names To Be U'ed in Tariff Fight. i CHICAGO, April T.A new supply of amnrunillur. aft'itnat the Paytie tariff. bMl as It applies to hosiery Und gloves, a petition containing approximately 300,000 names which, when bound, will make twenty-five big volumes, was started for Washington from this city today. It left Chicago in the care of Mrs. Nnthnn B. Lewis, presi dent of the league of Cook county clubs; Miss Helen Norris, secretary of the peti tion headquarters; Mrs. E. M. Henderson, recording secretary of the Illinois Federa tion of Women's clubs, and Mrs. Freeman E. Brown. A committee of Washlnston women will welcome the visitors tomorrow, after which the Illinois congressional delegation will listen to some first hand Information con cerning women's wearing apparel and tho prices thereof. Taft Has Faith' in Payne Bill President Says New Tariff Measure as Finally Passed Will Fulfill Pledges. "WASHINGTON, April 7.-President Taft told Senator McCumber of North Dakota and other callers today that he believed the new tariff bill as finally passed by con gress would fulfill the platform pledges made at the Chicago convention last June and would be a revision downward. BUACKMAILERS AFTER MOON Letter Writers Threaten Family of Boy Drowned In Thread Pond. FLINT. Mich., April 7. Anonymous blackmailers who wrote from Delavan, Wis., have threatened the lives of the mother and sister of 10-year-old Harold Moon, whose body waa found last Satur day In Thread Pond, unless L. N. Moon, the boy's father, turns over 13,000 to them. The letter gave no directions as to how the S3.0OO should be paid. This causes some doubt whether It Is genuine. Wheat Breaks But One for CHICAGO, April 7.-On a sensational opening wheat on the Board of Trade today touched the highest point, with one exception. In more than twenty years. First sales of May wheat were at fl.-f 1.26V. the latter figure being J' to 3 cents higher than the close Monday. Opening figures for July wheat were IS 4)1 ic to '-S'aCic higher, sales being made at $1. 10ral.il. Bxcitement was seething in the pit before the reverberation clang of the great gong announced the beginning of the day's busi ness. Yesterday waa a holiday, owing to the municipal election, hut during the spec ulative idleness bullish news accumulated at a rate which insured a. record-breaking advance today. Lverpool advanced yesterday and con tinued today, being reported over Monday's closing prices. An English au thority startled the trade with an estimate that Europe would require SO.OOO.OUO bushels from America within the next four months. Where this Is to coma from no trade was found today to explain. As Indicating the shortaa-a of the domestic crop is it staled that Kansas City, a great shipping NO PRIMARY FOR ONE YEAR Nebraska Escapes Selection of Can didates for State Ticket. FREE FIELD FOR SUPREME COURT Uonohne Bill Will Iledaee Itaee for Highest State Bench to ".Non partisan" Scramble In Which Any Mar Ena-aare. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April 7. (Special.) Nebraska will have no state primary election this summer, though three supremo, judges and two regents of the state university will be elected this fall. This Is due to the passage of the Donohoe nonpartisan Judiciary and regents bill, which provides candidates for these offices shall go on the ballot without party designation. Thla year the platform conventions will be held July 27, the last Tuesday In the month, and at these conventions there will be promulgated platforms and state com mittees will be selected for each party. The conventions will be called by the state committees of the vsrtous parties, which shall also apportion the delegates allowed to each county, based on the vote cast in the presidential election. Each county shall have at least one delegate. This is provided for by the amendments to the primary liw passed by this legislature, which also pro vide that delegates to the state convention and county committees shall be selected by a county convention. The congressional. Judicial and legislative and state commit tees, according to the first section of the new law, are to be selected In a manner prescribed by the state committees of the various parties, but in another section It Is provided the state committee shall be selected by the state convention. A suggestion has been made to get a meeting of the delegates to the republican state convention to hold a meeting after the platform convention, or before, and canvass the situation in regard to can didates for suprjme Judge, and thla prob ably will he the procedure of the demo cratic state convention. The convention, however, would have nothing more to do than ratify tho choice of the democratic bosses. Under the Donohoe bill there Is nothing to prevent a great multiplicity of candi dates for places on the supreme bench, many of whom would be known probably only In their own locality. Should a con vention discuss the situation and candi dates It Is figured the strong points of the candidates could be brought out and (Continued on Second Page.) All Records Twenty Years point for winter wheat has been a heavy buyer at Minneapolis for her own mills. Kaln was reported quite general In the southwest today, but although beneficial, It Is, declared doubtful if the crop will be matured In time for delivery on July con tracts, owing to the dry autumn, which la said to have greatly retarded growth. How much the congested condition of the May delivery has to do with present prices can be explained only by the man who controls the market, and his only word Is that supply and demand, and not manipu lation are responsible for the advance. In any event, If the estimate of 60.ono.000 bushels needed for European consumption la correct. It Is said to be certain that that continent will have to pay a pretty penny to the American farmer to say nothing of the big trader who for months has been accumulating a line estimated at 26.0uO,0'0 bushels. The highest previous price for May wheat within twenty years was reached during the Letter deal in 1S9S, when the price reached $186. At that time the iice of bread In Europe, notably Italy, advanced so that the peasantry suffered. Latter, .however, lost heavily oil the deal. WIRES DOWN EAST 0FCH1CAG0 Windstorm Does Extensive Damage in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. SEVERAL DEATHS NEAR DETROIT Two Boys Reported Blown Into River From Dock. CLEVELAND ALMOST ISOLATED Navigation on Lake Erie Made Dan gerous by High Seas. FACTORIES DAMAGED AT TOLEDO Krore of Persona Injured la Vtrtnlty of Wabash and Pern, lad... Man Killed In Western Krnlarkr. CHICAGO. April 7. Wires east of Chi cago ar far as Pittsburg went down rapidly In today's gale, according to the telegraph companies. Wheeling, W. Va., reported every wire down cast of that o-lnt. OC the numerous leased wires running east of Chicago, but one was working this after noon and conditions already said to be gTowing worse. In this city by far the most freaking whim of th storm was to give a perilous ride to Samui-1 Holland, an rlevated rail road conductor. Holland was seated on tho runway of a box car on the Metropolitan F.lovated when the roof was lifted up by the gale. It maintained a horisontal posi tion and Holland went whirling away like a fly on a plrco of cardboard. He lit over 100 feet from the 'starting place, none tho worse for his experience. The roof settled to the ground with" comparative steadiness, considering Its weight. Friends among the train crew Insisted that the conductor must be internally Injured and took htm to a physician, but the latter confirmed Hl land's statement that he was unhurt, several Heaths In Michigan. DETROIT, Mich., April 7 A severe rain and electrical storm, which sweft over lower Michigan early last night was fol lowed by a wind storm of unusual violence and many accidents and two desths have been reported. Near Ionia, lightning shot into a farm house along a telephone wire and killed 8-year-old Benjamin Helmer and severely shocked two other children, while - tha family was sitting at the supper table. Interurban traffic out of Grand Rapids was delayed by the storm. Dozens of barns in western Michigan were struck by lightning. The wind has averaged from fifty to sixty miles an hour. One child was severely injured In Michi gan avenue here by a falling sign. At Brighton Ray Miller was killed and his brother. Guy, was severely Injured by being struck by the roof of a house which blew off today while the" bora were flrlv- . Ing by. Two boys reported to the police thst they saw two other little boys blown Into the river from a dock on Belle Islo, Late this afternoon It was reported that three Hungarians had been drowned In the river off Wyandotte by the capsizing of their boat in the high sea that Is running on the river. Cleveland Practically Isolated. CLEVELAND, O., April 7. The storm which prevailed In northrrn Ohio today practically Isolated Cleveland from com munication with the east. The sixty-five mile gale mado sad havoc in all direc tions. The telegraph and the telephone wires were reported down throughout, the state. The damage was eonflned to the wires, according to early reports. Nsvl gatlon on the lake was made liasardous by the high seas. The barge Norman Kelley Is reported to be adrift off Kelley's Island with four men and a woman on board. They have no power or provialons and ars In Immi nent danger o fbclng wrecked. Other boats have not succeeded In reaching the craft. Smaller craft upon the lake wero com pelled early to come Into harbor. Many minor accidents were reported In and about the city. Factories Dainasred at Toledo. TOI.EDO, O.. April 7. Hundreds of men out of work, thousands of dollars damage done and many persons slightly Injured sre the results of a hurricane that visited Toledo and vicinity today. , The wind attained a velocity of sixty- nine miles an hour in this city. Ths roof of the plant of Massll'.on Bridge company. ISO by Hn feet, was ripped off and hurled Into a field and SCO men were thrown out of employment until the damage can b re paired. Pedestrians were Injured by falling signs, parts of roofs, chimneys and limbs of trees. Many women were bowled over by the wind. In small towns near Toledo considerable damage waa done. Many bouses were struck by lightning and ths occupants stunned, but there are no reports of fatal ities. Tornado at Wabash. WABASH. Ind., April 7.-The only tor nado Wabaah has known In twenty-five years hit here last night, Injuring a score of persons snd doing thousands of dollars' worth of damage. The storm struck the city at 8 o'clock, passing through ths north east section of the town. A dosen houses were demolished. Mrs. Jsmes Hayes and four children were pinned beneath the wreckage of thslr home, which caught fire. The mother waa badly burned aud will die. The children were seriously hurt. William Shepard, wife and two children, were held beneath fallen ruins until neighbors extricated them. Wires went down and the city was In dark ness throughout the night. The entire sec ond story of the dwelling occupied by Wil liam Hlnea was carried awsy, leaving the family In their beds exposed to a drenching rain. The wind was followed by a cloud burst and the river rose, flooding low lands. Many bridges were washed away. The streets are impassable this morning owing to fallen trees. PERl Ind., April 7. A tomadu struok this town at 8 o'clock last night and de stroyed four factories and several school buildings and wrecked many small struo tures. Samuel Cornea was caught under the wreckage when his dwelling collapsed. H has three tins broken, a fractured arm and Internal Injuries, but may recover. Man Killed la Western Kentucky. LHXINGTON. Ky.. April T-Dsspatches ssy great damhage was done In western Kentucky by a tornado which swept over