VOL. LXIX. STORM TORN HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST AT ST. LOUIS the Storms, Floods and Flames Devastate City —~Steamboots Overturned, A Crowded Factory Wrecked, St. Louis, May 27.—Deatl struction marked the path of a torna- tly Ihe do which passed over this city shor atternoon after five o'clock this The list of the dead in St. Louis can- not be estimated until alarming reports wed buildings can 8s i of loss of | in collaj At bodies have been found up to 10 o’cloe ie be confirmed. least forty life i "ne. If the reports are true that 200 rirls are in the ruins of a cigarette factory and that many were killed in St Louis the list city is in a state o will reach nearly i panic down and electric wires are in darkness. To add to the ce was followed by companied by viv ning which sti The fl scene i 113 iH pa bound loe reached East St struck the city. 1 turned but only a few pass injured. kK stru Lightning works and flames from a dozen buildin partment was cope with the confi feared nearly th great portion « will be destre re ady 80 by the Among the ready in ruins are the Nati the Standard oil ail il wire n works, the Hessel elevator, all freight stores and residencss on St. nue. At nige o'cle be obtained to sur ck to-night rounding in the western and northwestern tion of Missouri, but it is the Joss of life in these section The in St. Louis is est very large, spd wits damage prog imated at $1,000 (00x) Louis al- and the fire is still ast and the loss in | ready $2,000,000 ost. = ranging. There were really two eyelones. One | fromm the northwest the other from direct east. Both on the of the Mississippi | river and joined in a whirling cloud of death and destruction. The list of dead | in St. Louis is beyound present ecom- | putation, | A startling report has just reached | came and met Illinois shore 1 girls are in the ruins of Liggitt Meyers’ cigarett factory at Tower | Grove Park. Alarming reports of | great loss of life in the southern part | of Bt. Louis from railroad Carondelet, @ The Plant flour mills and the works | of the St. Louis iron and steel com- pany were destroyed, and the big Cup- pies block of buildings were partially demolished. The dead and injured are being tak- en from the ruins of the various build- ings and manufactories. CAS Miles Twp. Dots, Several large gangs of workmen tracks to were at work this week overhauling the main road through the valley from west to east end. elsewhere Reuben Stover, of the old Narrows hotel, has a century almanae, printed in 1846, by Ludwig Kurtz. In this the year 1506 is put down as one to be slim The almanac was purchased by Reu- noted for dry spells and n's father over Mr. Del. has a suu 7 forty years ago. wg, the popular teacher, g and romantic residence in t ' jue pod he is happy and contented as stered s Lavonia, where HL a prigoee, the and engages himself in “teaching young idea how to shoot. t finest Mr. end boasts ope of the that of ew and modern in style, I'he eas residences in the county Hawk-—i Daniel Brumgart, one of our esteem y Sut S am Durg citizens, is siighitiy un- 1 4 riz, the old-time Democrat- was calling on friends for Tre asurer, up support and rom mand a- Was a No, Who ‘ommandary to Deaths at Asemann. lied very a It May do as Mach for You of Irving, Ill, evere Ki lney Years, With severe and that his He tried but B.80 many clres without About a year ago he ctrie lief, tateme at, As I. One Price only D. Mur- - » -. Marriage Licenses, he following marriage licenses have been granted the past week: ward | wiier, of id Harr Spring riy, of Bel f Roe sd Linnie twp . lefoute, 0 k Sprimg, B. Ewing, Ciross and Louise Mau- ith Philipsburg. » »> -r Democratic Primaries. ¢ Democratic election The Th primary will be held on Saturday, June8, at the Dauberman has not selectesl his board for holding t will be he election, held at Bell the following hotel, Chairman The convention lefonte on Tuesday. - - - Married, On Saturday May 10th, at Tylers- ville, Clinton county. Jesse Susan A. Rhine, of Logan townseip, the peace, For every quarter in a man’s pocket there are a dozen uses; and to use each oneinsucha way as to derive the greatest benefit is a question every one must solve for himself. We believe, however, that no better use could be made of one of these quarters than to exchange it for a bottle of Chumber- lain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine that every family should be provided with. For sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville, R. E. Bartholo- mew, Centre Hall, inger, justice of NO FENCES NEEDED. | State Secretary Edge Defines the Law the Subject, Secretary Edge, of the Slate of Agriculture, has prepared the fol- lowing exposition of the fence laws: The fact that the the gencral laws 1700 1784 has completely reversed things so road ['nder these | is repeal fof of pnd far as outside or fences ure con- cerned, acts the owner was required to protect it against st su fler OC K road or dam mssing along the ALON, Since the repeal of these laws it ive stock on publie roads to prevent them from trespassing, and if trespas takes place the owner of the stock personally responsible to the own the land for any damages done other the or Crops or property, { ps had to be them from stock, and now i the old law protect stock must trained an owner is no supervisors see fit to resist Under fence laws, dition of +h the present cot our the lines whi wound the ights of public travel areas much pro- he farm owner and bis stock ould build tection to the as the best fence which he « and any live sto this line sai ng are treo passers, 1 for all damn ages done to crop farm yop erty. wnt address before the Stale Mr clearly intimated that no matter how Ina re loard of Agriculture Stranahan the animals got upon the public road their owner was responsible, and that if they broke out and got into the road the owner was just as much ble as if he were driving them along the road at the time the damage inflicted. In referring to the repeal of {laws Mr. Stranahan spoke as follows: “These judges have held that we have | no fence law as to the enclosure of a { man’s land, and that every man has to these | not, and they get out and do damage | to his neighbor, he must respond in | damages. ”’ The Ideal Panacea, James 1. Francis, Alderman, Chica- igo, says: “I regard Dr. King's New | Discovery as an ideal panacea for Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints, having used it in my family for the last five years, to the exclusion of phy- sician’s prescriptions or other prepara- tions.” Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: “I have been a minister of the Methodist Episcopal chureh for 50 years or more, and have never found anything so beneficial, or that gave me such speedy relief as Dr. King's New Discovery.” Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial bottles free at J. D. Murray's Drug Store, i § : BOND INVESTIGATION Unanimously Adopted a ResolutionEndors ing Senntor Daniel for Dem. Vice Presidential Nemination { WwW (ley Presiden ord of bills, t« A? fh (FS {yr avagantiy INGTON, May 25 g i . i 4 . f RK Consistent rod refills. #1 ing to sign River and Harbor say nothing of the ext larg y appropriations already made by ; and the lack of Cong Fess pay } t the Riv sight to them, makes it certain tha hi record hy pi er and How in made ¢ {11 even riv} wr oof challenging 1 g or of challenging i on Repub ; ‘1 th ying Fhe MeKinleyiies kno om under the 3 v hhratiolit Les 1 igi Lod § 4 upon th Nations 1 good result bear nem bers of an tyv-one members are now announced | by name as having pledged their = | port to Mr. McKinley, the latest ing Senators Hansbrou North Dakota, and Sho the | por eruits bx 113 $30, return This w of his Republican op Jat McKinley, former having | ia visit to | the hoy that McKinley might be beaten by the out Me- Kinley delegates from all the states in destroys ponents or Ee) | National Committee throwin the to which there are contests, as i mittee will him wherever it can be done, now be certain favor Senator Harris, of Tennessee, Chair | man of the sub-committee which { says he favors conducting the investi- | gation in secret and making public its | result when obtained. He { stand not because he favors anything but because he is opposed to having the testimony by piece-meal as it is taken and comment- ed upon in the public press. The maot- ter will be decided by a vote of the Committee as soon as it is ready to be- gin work, which will be as soon as the statement of Secretary Carlisle, upon which Treasury clerks are now work- ing, is in the hands of the committee. The probabilities are that the investi. gation will not begin until after Cen- gress adjourns unless the session shall be unexpectedly prolonged. Direct information from Chairman Harrity, of the Democratic National Committee, knocks out the sensation. al report that Mr. Harrity had said that no delegate who gave advance no- tice of his intention to bolt the candi- date and platform, if they dida’t suit him, would be admitted to the Chica- go convention. Of course Mr. Harrity did'nt say so. Neither he nor any published other individual has the e admitte did ores of {say who shall | What he sald of sd vention, has been OLE ress that no threatens to bolt ought to the Convention. - oo. BPRING MILLS Ors The Millhelm Telephone ( Their Line I mpiaily Bo - LINDEN HALL Incidents after which they the will be done ECHO DOUsE be pre sent, | A number of our toys ted the 8B. 8, on Wednesday last, convention They have new ideas about a Sunday school, A number of people from: this pl are in attendance at the Ministerial I8. 8. and K. L. of C. E. Conv Lemont this week, Messrs, Wm. Zeigler and Harry Mil ler, of thia place, spent Sunday las [ Woodward with Mr. Miss Lucy Wareing, | visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, | Daniel Hess this week. Mrs. Wm. Gettig spent Sanday and Monday with friends and relatives at Nittany Hal’. Our friend Wm. F. has quite a reputation as an expert quet player. Wm. was strictly in it Grover has almost completed nego: tiations to sell Prof. C. E. Z. ntiol Miller's frie f ae Oi acquin d BPO patent has moved his place of business from Main street to Willowbank street, where he has erected a new smith shop. The U. E. 8 8 Is getting ready for Children’s entertainment, which will be held some time in the future, AA ANS 5 Sir. ~Subscribe for the REPORTER, $150 Mr. D. P. Davis, 1 inent livery. nerchant of Goshen, Va, rheu- man and 1m has this tos fiaLism mending experience that it will d i claimed for it. A year ago this spring my brother was laid up in bed with inflammatory rheumatism and suffer ed intensely. The first application of Chamberlaing Pain Balm eased the bottle com- sale by Wm. M. Swarts, Jartholomew, Cen- | pain and the use of pletely cured him. For Pealer, Spring Mills, 8. Tussey ville, BR. E. tre Hall. one Fire at Eagleville At Eagleville, Clinton county, Sun- day morning, the frame dwelling oe eupled by Mise Garberich and her aunt, was entirely deslroyed by fire | The occupants lost nearly sll their household effects, lpeluding their clothing. Miss Garberieh had a nar | row escape from being burned to death | as it was she recoived slight burns and her hair and eyebrows were scorched,
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