111 ED IN LONDON.
Ex-Gov. Pingree, of Miohlgan,
Passos Away.
nan a Notable l-'liture in American
Political Life for a Decade-Four
Time* Klected JTlayor ol I>e»
trolt and Served Two
Term* a* Governor.
London, June 19. —Ex-Gov. Pingree,
•of Michigan, died here last night at
11:25. His son was the only one
present at the time. The attending
doctor left Mr. Pingree's bedside at
about. 11:15, promising to return
shortly. JL S. Pingree, jr., who had
been watching at his father's side for
four days and who had not removed
his clothes during that time, noticed
a sudden change in his father's con
dition. Jle had hardly reached the
patient's bedside when his father
died peacefully, without speaking
one word.
Voung Mr. Pingree has wired his
mother and his uncle in the United
(States not to come to London.
The body of the late Mr. Pingree
-will be embalmed and taken to his
home.
Towards the end of his illness Mr.
Pingree suffered great pain and
weakened rapidly, lie was unable to
nourishment. During' the
HAZEN' s " PINGBEB.
whole of Tuesday he was practically
kept alive by injections of striehnine
and drugs administered to lessen his
pain.
Detroit, Mich., June 19.—Hazen
Senter Pingree was born at Den
mark, Me., in IS4O. in 1862 he en
listed in the First Massachusetts
heavy artillery and served until the
end of the war, when he located in
Detroit, embarking in the manufac
ture of siioes.
In 1889 the republican party nom
inated Mr. Pingree for mayor of De
troit and he was elected by over 2,000
majority. He was re-elected in 1891-
93-95, by increased majorities each
time. In 1896 Mr. Pingree was elect
ed as governor of Michigan by 83,000
plurality, running ahead of the na
tional ticket by 26,000 votes, lie was
re-elected governor in 1898 by about
100,000 plurality and served out his
term, which expired in 1900. Last
March he started on the trip to
South Africa which resulted in his
death in London.
Ex-Gov. Pingree, while he was
mayor accomplished many municipal
reforms, among others forcing the
gas companies to lower their rates
50 cents per thousand; establishing
the public lighting plant; organizing
the Detroit railway on a three-cent
fare basis; lowering telephone rates
-and breaking up a number of sewer
and paving rings that were thriving
■when he came into office. His potato
patch scheme for the relief of the
poor of the city was extensively
copied and brought him much fame.
While governor Mr. Pingree devot
ed his energies toward securing the
passage of a law taxing railroads
•and other corporate property on an
-ad valorem basis, instead of specifi
cally on their earnings. llis efforts
resulted in the passage ol a law along
these lines by the last- legislature.
Mr. Pingree is survived by a widow
and two children, a son and a daugh
ter.
CAUGHT IN A LANDSLIDE.
Two Women arc Killed by all Ava
lanche that Swept llown the Side ol
a violin tain.
Keyser, Va., June 19. —An ava
lanche unparalelled in the West Vir
ginia mountains occurred Monday
night at Hopeville, Grant county, 38
miles from here. Great sections of
the mountain side along the Potomac
river for two miles rushed down into
the beautiful valley. Thousands of
tons of forest trees, immense rocks
and earth came down and the home
•of Mrs. Andrew Ours, a widow, was
•completely wrecked. The 22-year
•old daughter of Mrs. Ours was in
stantly killed and Mrs. Ours is in a
dying condition.
A little grandchild who was spend
ing the night with Mrs. Ours was
grabbed by her when the first warn
ing came, but escape was impossible,
and when found Tuesday morning
the grandmother was buried to her
-waist in the debris, holding the child
in her arms above the chilly mud and
stone in which she was fastened so
tightly that after many efforts
neighbors found it necessary to lit
erally pull the bruised body out,
leaving her clothes buried. The
child will recover.
Miss Ours' body was found during
the day. All day hundreds of visi
tors went to the scene and other*
from far and near are going by car
rlage and horseback, there being no
nearer railroad point than Keyser to
visit the scene of the most remark
able mountain occurrence the stati
has ever known.
The I*enii»y Han a Clear Field.
Pittsburg, .Tune 19.—Tt was an
nounced in Pittsburg yesterday that
New York financiers interested in
and friendly with the Pennsylvania
Hail road Co. had .secured control ot
the Fairmont coal combine and that
the Pennsylvania interests had ob
tained full control of the soft coal
carrying trade to the Atlantic sea
board. The plans are to develop
the West Virgin in coal fields and of
fer improved facilities for Wie export
ing of coal. This will probably in
volve the building of a fleet of trans*
Atlantic coalers.
PINGREE'S THREE PROJECTS.
K hey lCmhrured the I'lantlii!! of 1'or
o»l«, the < olonlzutlon ol liner* In
HllrlilKmi mid a Sjmeiii ol' » i«|> Ito
tutlon.
Detroit, Mich., June 20. —Tn an in
terview in New York yesterday with
a staff correspondent <>f the Detroit
Journal, Col. Eli J!. Sutton, of this
city, who was the traveling 1 compan
ion of ex-Gov. Pingree during his trip
through South Africa and Europe,
said:
"Hazen S. Pingree went to South
Africa largely for the purpose of
putting into practical effect three
gigantic schemes for the benefit of
the people of Michigan.
"First—The reclamation of the im
mense pine wastes in Michigan by
planting trees. lie went to the Ba
varian (Slack Forest to expand thin
idea and overworked so much that he
hastened his death.
"Second- —The rotation of crops in
Michigan. In pursuit of this scheme
he went to Egypt, where such system
is enforced by the government.
"Third —The transportation of
every patriot lioer and his family
who desired to come to the I'nited
States. lie quizzed British officials
on this subject, gained their appro
val of it and had an appointment to
consult with Kruger about it which
was only prevented by the governor's
illness,
"it was his idea to interest some
Michigan capitalists in the plan and
provide lands for the Boers among
the railroad systems. He thought
that these capitalists could secure
very low transportation rates from
tiie seaboard to the farms and he
proposed to let the British govern
ment in some roundabout way pro
vide ships for the Boers' transporta
tion from Africa to this country. A
number of English officers now in
South Africa and some eminent pul>-
lie men in England took this plan
seriously and thought well of it, pro
vided it could be carried out without
the British government's aid in the
matter becoming known.
"While studying the Black Forest
in the interest of his reforestation
idea Gov. J'ingree even secured ' the
names of a number of keepers who
were willing to emigrate to Michigan
and assume care of the forests he
proposed to plant."
REICHMAN'S REPORT.
It Tell* of What >l» Saw During
Sojourn with iln* Hucr Arm).
Washington, June 20.—The division
of military information of the war
department is preparing for publica
tion reports of different officers who
have recently had an opportunity to
observe military events and cam
paigns. One of these is ('apt. Carl
Ueichman, who went from the Phil
ippines to South Africa and for seven
months observed the operations of
the Boer army.
When he arrived in the Transvaal
lie met President Kruger, who asked
him if he had come "to see the tight
of one against five."
lieichman says ,inat the Transvaal
army numbered 20,411 and that the
Orange Free State had 14,834. In
the seven months he was with them
he became favorably impressed witJi
the Boer people as a whole.
lie found that good discipline was
maintained in the Boer army and
that the soldiers were equipped with
good arms and plenty of ammunition.
Bayonets were not used. Among
the foreign organizations in the I'aer
army was an Italian company of men
under ("apt. Kiccardi, who had been
with Aguinaldo in the Philippines.
He says there also was a body of
Irish-Americans from Chicago, who
went as a hospital corps, but took
up rifles as soon as they were within
l'oer lines. There was a small com
pany of American scouts. The
foreigners included nearly all na
tionalities. The Kaffirs cut consid
erable figure in the army, and were
subject to military duty for the
Transvaal.
A DOUBLE LYNCHING.
A Louisiana Jlob Slrlmrn l'|> Two Ne
l!ro«ii Accused ol' Complicity lu u
I*l u rder.
Shreveport, La., June 20. —Frank,
better known as "Prophet" Smith
and F. 1). McLand, held at Benton for
complicity in the murder of John
(iray Foster, were taken out by a
mob last nig-lit and strung to a tree.
They were left dangling side by side.
The lynching occurred on the .vrkan
sas road, about one mile and a hall
from the jail. Both negroes made
statements before death, denying
that they had anything to do with
the killing. Smith, who was tin* head
of the "Church of God" movement in
that section ami was blamed as being
responsible for the sentiment against
the whites which led to the death ol
Foster, died praying. McLand was
silent as he was swung up.
As Smith was being led from the
jail prior to the execution he was
heard to say: "Lord, you promised
to be with me now."
There were about 200 armed men
In the mob and they overpowered
the sheriff and jailer, taking the keys
away from them. The lynchers
claimed that the execution of these
negroes was necessary to the preser
vation of the lives of white men in
this locality.
■ I'M L'|> to I'nele Nam.
Washington, June 20.—The fit na
tion as to the retaliatory tariff war
between the United States and Rus
sia is such that the next move must
be made by,the United States if the
contest is to be pursued.
A Dculriicllie Storm.
Booneviile, Mo., June, 20. —The most
disastrous storm of rain and wind
that ever fell in this section visited
Booneviile last night. Tobe Fisher
was killed by the falling walls of a
large two-story brick building. The
| roofs were blown off several Dusmess
I blocks and many residences. A large
brick foundry near the river front
, was completely destroyed. Hundreds
of trees were uprooted. Many
small craft on the river front were
blown adrift. The heaviest loser is
, the Bell Telephone Co., whose ex
change is practically destroyed,
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1901.
A GREAT CANAL PROJECT.
( 1* (Utterly Oppokcd by tlx* l uniii rt
ol Au»trla-91iin:;ary.
Washington, June 21.- A vast
canal scheme is now under consider
ation before the Austrian house of
representatives, according - to a re
port received at the state department
from Consul Ma bin at ltoehenburg.
The consul had previously reported a
distinctively Hungarian project
which favored the construction of a
canal joining* the Oder anil Danube
rivers, with a prolongation from the
latter stream to the Adriatic sea,
near Finnic, Hungary.
The Austrian plan contemplates a
canal from the projected Oder-Dan
ube waterway eastward to the Dnies
ter river, which flows into the Hlaek
sea, another westward to the Kibe,
and still another to join the Danube
and Moldau rivers. This would mean
a network of canals covering* .ie
principal provinces of Austlia, afford
ing cheap all-water routes to the
Adriatic, Rlack and Baltic seas, and
linking the navigable streams of the
empire.
The new measure was at first re
ceived with considerable enthusiasm,
the government fathering the project
and announcing that $150,000,000
would be appropriated for it, each
interested province bearing a share
of the financial burden.
Hut the agrarian element in Aus
tria has now begun a most decided
opposition to it, claiming that by a
cheapening of freight rates the
canals would flood Austria with for
eign food products. On the other
hand the project is strongly support
ed by manufacturing and commercial
interests.
AS OTHER SAW THEM.
American Ofllecru <ilve Their lini>rM
■lon* of Huxslaii mill JapaneMe Sol
dier* In China.
Washington. June 21. —E. G. Tews
bury, of the Congregational Mission
ary society, furnished (leu. Chaffee
the following list of damages done
by Boxers to Chinese Christians or
adherents of the American Congre
gational mission as a basis of settle
ment: Number killed 1 !>♦>. houses de
stroyed Ist, money 16,1 .">0 taels, land
formerly occupied by missionaries 'JO
acres, chapels 11', cemeteries 20.
Maj. AV. i„. Craighitl, reporting on
the Russian soldiers, says:"The in
formation gained of the Kuss-an
forces was meager and unsatisfac
tory. No reply was made by them to
a request for a statement of the lo
cation and character of their force
present in North China in connection
with the relief expedition."
He spoke of the excellent discipline
of the Russian troops, but »iys their
rations were of the simplest kind.
"They were industrious. They used
no tentage, but lived in huts made of
native matting.
Maj. ('has. H. Muir describes the
Japanese troops in detail and con
cludes by saying: "They receive al
most no pay, but are actuated by in
tense patriotism. If Japan can keep
her equipment on a par with her sol
diers she is a most formidable ally
and a formidable enemy."
CUBAN BONDS.
I'nele Saiu Trie# to Find Where They
Are and Mho Hold* Them, but
Falls.
Washington, June 21.—As an inci
dent to the consideration by the Cu
ban constitutional convention of the
proposition to redeem through the
government to lie established, the
bonds which were issued by the in
surrectionary party in Cuba before
the intervention of the United States,
the government here has been mak
ing some effort to ascertain just how
much of this indebtedness is out
standing. The results are so far
disappointing, for it has been found
impossible to learn just how many
bonds were issued by the revolution
ary government of Cuba, and it is
not even known how many bonds
were issued by the leaders of the
former revolution which terminated
with the peace of San Juan.
The inquiry has disclosed the un
dertaking by certain interests to
supply the Cuban junta with several
hundred thousand dollars in cash,
but it is not known how many of
these bonds were issued,or into whose
hands they drifted.
ANTI-TRUST LAWSUITS.
.flay lie llruiiKlit to Defeat Proponed
Coal Combine In Indiana.
Indianapolis, June 21. —The state
may try to prevent the organization
of the proposed coal trust in Indiana
by bringing suits to enjoin the oper
ators from disposing of their proper
ty in that way.
Deputy Attorney General Hadley
said yesterday tnat he intends to in
quire into the plans of the trust pro
moters, for the purpose of finding
out if they are violating any of the
provisions of the anti-trust statute.
It is not believed that the Coop
er anti-trust law, enacted at
the last session of the legis
lature, will reach this case, but Mr.
Hadley thinks that the law under
which the suits were brought about
two years ago to prevent certain
glass manufacturers in Madison coun
ty from selling their property to the
9150,000 Fire Lou.
Duluth, Minn., June 21.—Fire at the
sawmill of the Tower Lumber Co.,
near Hear Lake, in the northern part
of this county, destroyed about $150,-
000 worth of lumber yesterday. Most
of it belonged to Chicago owners.
Collvll*tell of Utiriler.
Pittsburg, June 21.—Edward Riddle
has been convicted of murder in the
first degree for the killing of Thomas
D. Kahney, the Mount Washington
grocer. The crime occurred in
Kahney's home April 12, last. John
Riddle, a brother of Edward, was
convicted on the same charge last
week. Walter Dorman, the third
member of the gang, pleaded guilty.
The jury was out 50 minutes. An
other charge of murder hangs over
Ed Riddle's head for the killing of
Detective Fitzgerald, who tried to
arrest him after the Kahney murder.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
Ai ICxprenn Sale !» Fount! by Flxher
aicii Nenr Toledo, ulili It* Hour
Niiiumli ell in.
Toledo, .1 me 21.—Thursday after
noon several fishermen while stroll
ing along the river two miles south
oi' the city discovered a large iron
safe on which was the name of the
I':.rifle Express Co. The door had
apparently been battered in with a
hammer such as is used in cutting
large pieces of iron. On the inside
were a number of empty money bags
and waybills. The men at once re
ported it to the police and the local
Officers of the express company were
also notified.
The agent, Frank Renedict, was
put of the city and the clerks refused
in make any statement. However,
they identified the safe as being the
property of the company. They stat
ed that such a safe was sent out of
this city X'uesday night in a through
far on the Wabash for St. Louis and
Omaha, but declined to say anything
as to what it contained.
There were six money bags in the
safe and four of them were marked
St. Louis, while the others were
marked Omaha. They do not indi
cate what their contents might have
been. n is believed, however, that
the safe was stolen Wednesday night,
because of the fact that near the
place where the safe was found a
•horse and buggy, which had been
stolen the previous evening, was also
found, and a grocery store located
about a naif mile distant, was bur
glarized Wednesday night. It is be
lieved that the men hauled the safe
in this rig. There is a rumor that
the safe contained $6,000 in gold.
Sr. Louis, June 21.—Superintendent
Fuller, of the Pacific Express Co., was
seen last night and said that he had
received no advices from Toledo re
garding* the safe incident. If the
property of the company had been
tampered with, he said, he would cer
tainly have been advised of the fact.
The description of the safe found in
Toledo, lie said, did not. tally with
those used by the company on its
long runs. These are big steel re
ceptacles and are riveted to the floor
of the ear. The iron safe picked up
at Toledo might be one used between
way stations.
DEATH RODE THE STORM.
Three llooklern Killed and Several In
jured by Lilghtnln;;.
Indianapolis, June 21. —Three per
sons were killed and several injured
by lightning during the severe elec
trical storm which passed over Indi
ana Wednesday night. The dead:
ltert Hathaway, ldaville, Ind.
(irace Larkin, 16 years old, daugh
ter of Harvey Larkin, Riley, lnd.
Ira Smith, Youngstown, Ind.
Injured: "Mrs. James Langdon,
Kokomo, Ind., paralyzed by light
ning. James Parsons and son, Koko
mo, terribly injured by lightning.
Henry (Joodlove, ldaville, stunned.
The storm took on cyclonic aspects
at several places. At Marion the
First Presbyterian church was struck
by lightning and badly damaged.
Rowan's saloon was struck and
partially destroyed. Five men,
who were in the saloon, were knocked
senseless.
Three hundred windows were
broken. Several barns were burned.
The loss in and around Greentown
will probably reach $40,000.
At Roachdale the building occupied
by the Roachdale News was entirely
destroyed. The machinery and fix
tures are badly damaged.
At Monticello the barn of Bert
Hathaway was struck by lightning
and Hathaway, who had taken refuge
from the storm in the building, was
instantly killed. The barn and con
tents, including seven valuable
horses, were entirely consumed, caus
ing a loss of $5,000.
Hartford City was visited by a ter
rific wind and hail storm last night.
Fifty oil derricks were blown down
and several buildings were damaged,
causing a loss of $25,000.
MINERS CLASH.
Striker* and Non-I ulonlata at War-
Two Tien Fatally Wounded at .Hate
wan, W. Vu.
Matewan, W. Va., June 21. —The
trouble long anticipated has at last
taken place, and the strained rela
tions between the union and non
union miners have resulted in blood
shed. On Thursday several hundred
union miners who were on strike,
marched in a body against the Mari
time mines of this place, where non
union men were at work. They tried
to effect an entrance, but operators
with 20 guards armed with Winches
ter rifles behind them blocked the
entrance.
The non-union miners were headed
by Superintendent Albert, who after
having warned the union men not to
persist in their attempt, gave the
command to tire. Fully 50 shots were
fired. lSoyd Martin and Riley .John
son were fatally shot and Sam Ar
trip was dangerously wounded. The
union men did not return the fire, but
dispersed, waiting reinforcements
and swearing vengeance for the blood
of their comrades.
Ail the union miners throughout
Mingo county are collecting to get
here. Serious trouble is expected
when they again try to effect an en
trance to tiie Maritime mines. Sheriff
Hatfield, a nephew of the notorious
"Cap." Hatfield, is on the scene with
50 deputies and says he proposes to
do his duty, and unless the union
men back down it is hard to predict
the result.
ITryan lliiniin.
Chicago, June 21.—William .T. Bry
an, in a talk with Chicago newspaper
men yesterday, said: "1 am for
Mark llanna for the republican can
didate for president next time, and
hope the republicans will nominate
him, but I'm not sure 1 can control
their convention." "Who would lie
a good man for the democrats to
nominate?" was asked. "It is too
early to tauv about any man for th»
democratic nomination," said Mr.
Bryan. "I have ta! <*n up a line of
work and believe I have 20 yfars
ahead of me to carry it on."
EVELYN B. BALDWIN.
Korlh Pole Expedition t'mler EI lis
Co in inn ml W 111 lie W ell Supplied
Tilth Every Convenience.
A part of the equipment of the Bald
win-Zeigler north pole expedition will
be 40 large gas balloons, which have
been made in Quincy, 111., and have
been shipped to the supply steamer of
the expedition at Trunisoe, Norway.
Each balloon has a capacity of 4,000
feet of gas and has a lifting power of
150 pounds, exclusive of the balloon
itself and netting. One of the balloons
is much larger than the others and Will
be used for making scientific observa
tions. The other balloons will be used
for signaling purposes and for sending
EVELYN B. BALDWIN.
(11l Command of the Zelgler Expedition to
the North Pole.)
messages. With the balloons he will
take 400 small buoys, in the interior of
which the messages will be placed.
These buoys are spherical in shape,
about three inches in diameter, and
are made of copper and cork. There is
a small weight on one side, to act as a
keel when dropped in the water, and
a small metal flag on the other. This
flag or pennant rises about ten inches
above the buoy, and its purpose is to
attract attention. On the pennant
these letters are stamped: "Baldwin-
Zeigler, 1901." When one of these bal
loons is to be sent up ten of the buoys
are attached to it by a long cord, one
under the other. By an ingenious de
vice each buoy will automatically re
lease itself the moment it comes in con
tact with ice or water and will float
away. The buoys weigh about ten
pounds each, and the release of that
much weight on the the descent of the
balloon will cause it to rise in the air
again and drift for another long dis
tance. In this way the ten buoys, each
with a message inside denoting the lat
itude and longitude of the ship when
sent up, will be distributed over a wide
area. Evelyn Baldwin has sailed from
New York for Tromsoe, Norway. The
expedition steamer America is now at
Dundee, Scotland, being fitted out,and
is expected to reach Tromsoe by the
time Mr. Baldwin gets there. The sup
ply steamer Frithjof is now at Trom
soe, and as soon as Mr. Baldwin arrives
the two steamers will proceed to Franz
Josef Land. The start for the pole will
be made from there the latter part of
July. The expedition will consist of
40 men, 15 Siberian ponies and 400doga.
WILLIAM H. NEWMAN.
ffnv PreMilent of tlie Xfw York Cen
tral Im a TliorouKli I>' Trained,
Clever ltnllroail Man.
William H. Newman, who has just
actively entered upon the duties cf
his new post as president of the New
York Central & Hudson River rail
road, is, as may easily be imagined,
WILLIAM H. NEWMAN.
(Newly-Elected President of the New
York Central Railroad.)
one of the cleverest and most thor
oughly trained railroad men in Amer
ica. He has worked his way up prac
tically from the bottom. It is more
than 30 years ago since he began his
career in his profession as local ticket
agent on the Texas & Pacific. In
three years he had been promoted to
the post of general freight agent, and
ho was next made third vice presi
dent. The Chicago & Northwestern
offered him a similar post, which he
at once accepted, and in 18i)G the
Great Northern road elected him its
second vice president. Three yearn
ago he was elected president of the
Lake Shore, in which position he was
serving when called to the presidency
of the New York Central. Ilis knowl
edge tak.'s in all departments of a
railway.
Leif*ry Wanted to IJnnee.
"Legsey" is a one-legged beggar,
whose beat is on the Bowery, New
York. Lately, while overloaded with
alcoholic stimulants, he forced his
way into the Bellevue hospital. The
night superintendent, Mr. Rickert, is
also minus a leg. The beggar became
chummy at once with him, and tried
to persuade him to engage in a lively
waltz. The superintendent waltzed
him off to the alcoholic ward. In hla
pockets were $278 in money.
A FATAL TORNADO.
Swept Across the Country
Near Naper, Neb.
A BROAD PATH OF RUIN.
Tlie List of Dead and Dying In
cludes Nine Persons.
OTHERS IJADLY INJURED.
Everything; in the Track of the Tor
nailo iva» Destroyed —A Severe Hail
Storm I'rctrdi'd Hit' Hurricane—< at
tic ami IlorateM Killed.
Omah:i, Neb., June 22.—Special dis
patches from Naper, Xeb., coining via,
Stuart, Neb., beeau.se of interrupted
communication, tell of the frightful
work of a tornado which visited that
vicinity Thursday night, the details
being first obtained last evening. The
following dispatches have so far
been received:
One of the most destructive torna
does that ever occurred in Nebraska,
crossed down the Keya I'alia river at
0 o'clock Thursday evening. A fam
ily of seven people were killed or fa
tally injured and out of another fam
ily of six, two are killed and the rest,
except the father, are seriously or
fatally injured.
Those killed or fatally injured are:
.Jacob (ireening, father, aged 40.
Mrs. Jacob Greening, mother, still
living, but not expected to survive.
Grace Greening, aged 14, seriously
injured.
-Margaret (ireening, aged 7, killed.
Maggie (ireening, aged !), killed.
John (ireening, aged 4, killed.
Jacob (ireening, aged 2, killed.
Out of the Anderson family of six,
two children, Ida and Clara, aged re
spectively 7 and 8, were killed, and
the mother and her daughter Ucrtha,
and son Theodore, aged respectively
10 and 12, were seriously injured.
The family of Jacob lierg were in
jured when their house was demol
ished, but not seriously. All com
munication with the outside world is
cut off and it is impossible to learn
what damage the storm did along the
river west of where the Greening and
Anderson families were found.
The father of the Greening family
was found a quarter of a mile front
the house, badly mangled. Both,
arms and legs and back were broken
and there is no chance for his life.
The storm cloud traveled down the
Keya Paha river. It seemed to rise
up and skip some houses and then
swoop down and demolish everything.
The tornado was preceded by a
severe hail storm. Several horses
and cattle are reported killed by
lightning.
Everything in the track of the
storm was destroyed. Trees were
blown down and the smaller ones
were stripped of their leaves. The
furniture that was in the homes of
t'he Anderson and Greening families
cannot be found. A trunk and pieces
of the table were picked up a half
mile away.
Another Presidency lor Newman.
New York, June 22.—At Friday's
meeting of Lake Shore railroad di
rectors \V. H. Newman was re-elected
president, and E. 1). Worcester vice,
president. W. C. Grown, general
manager of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quiney, was elected vice president
and general manager, with offices at
Cleveland. President Newman is now
one of the most important, figures in
the railroad world. Three weeks
ago he was made president of the
New York Central system. He now
controls 5,490 miles of railroad,
reaching from New York to Chicago.
Wanamakrr'a Latest Offer.
Philadelphia, June 22. —Following
his offer to Mayor Ash bridge last
week to pay to the city $2,500,000 for
the street railway franchises granted
to certain capitalists in this city by
the city council, to which he received
no reply, ex-Postmaster General John
YVanamaker last night sent a com
munication to Congressman Robert
H. Foerderer, one of the capitalists
to whom the franchises were grant
ed, offering him $500,000 for the fran
chises, in audition to giving to the
city the sum already offered a few
days ago.
Agonclllo Admit* Defeat.
Paris, June 22. —Agoncillo, the Eu
ropean representative of Aguinaldo,
has given up his apartments here and
left a week ago for Marseilles, it is
said he is returning t.o his own coun
try. Agoncillo had been in Paris for
a month. He was seen recently and
admitted that lie received but. little
news from the Philippines. He had
asked his principals to be allowed ti»
return to Hong Kong on private busi
ness. He evidently regarded his pres
ence in Europe as useless.
A New IllfteaMfi Anions Ilor«ea,
New York, June 22. —According tr»
Superintendent Hankinson, of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, a new disease, similar to
the grip, has appeared anvong the
horses here and is rapidly killing
them. The disease was first discov
ered last Saturday and fully 10,000
horses are now suffering from it.
Fltz and Itiililin to Wrestle.
New York, Jirne 22. —Boh Fitzsim
mons and (ius Kulilin were yesterday
matched to meet in a wrestling
match at Madison Square Garden ou
the night of July 2. They will
wrestle Oraeco-Roman style, the win
ner of two falls out of three to bt*
declared the victor.
Can Join .llilltury Uoillex.
Washington, June 22.—The print
ing pressmen in their international
convention here Friday decided
against the resolution requesting
members of the union to refrain,
from joining military organizations.
3