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FEARFUL WORK
OF A TORNADO
Cleans Out Members of Two
Families in Nebraska.
SEVEN MET THEIR DEATH
Star Sulcata Baby Froai Mslker't Aran
a if kllk ll-Mrt. AierMaj, Wis El
caste, OIe Uratalc Accamt
I Her Eipericsca.
OMAHA. Jun 21. A special to lh
World-ll-rald from Nalwr. Sri)., via
Htuarl. Neb., tells of a frlKhiful lor
na ln hl h struck that vicinity luat
nljcli Detail are Ju.t romliiK In and
g ve the name of one fimlly, a-ven
In number, who were cleaned out and
two nii-tntM-ra of another family klllel
and 'rvrral other fatally Injured.
1.1 T OF TUB DEAD.
Four Out of the Two Families Km ape
With Injuries.
OMAHA. Jim Il.-jHvliil dispatch to
(he World-11. -r.iM from Napier. N-b .
tell of .-ven Uvea lost In a tornado on
Thursday night. The killed were mem
bert of ih Orenlni and Ander.on
famlllei. Th .'aaualtlra are;
JAf'iUI OniCCNlNU and wife, fatal,
ly Injured
(HUi'K OHDKNINtl. agel H. arrl
outly Injured.
MAROAHKT OUKKSINC.. aged 7,
killed.
MAWIE ORCKNISO, aed . klllej.
JOHN' (JHRBNtNCl. aed i. klll"d.
JAfOn OUEESINO, aged I. kllic-d.
Oui it the Andernon family of all.
two rhlldr-n. Ma and Clara, aged re-ap-etlvly
? and y'ira. were killed,
an.) the ni.'th-r and dAuaiter. lt.-nha
and n. Th.flire, (vd reaotlvely
10 and II. -re Injured.
One of 'he Andernon children haa
lire ll.-d.
Th fath.-r of the OreenlnK family
m found ii tuar:er of a mile from
the lioiiDe tui.l!)- nuuijtl -d. Utile ing
ale an I Jo t Oreenltif were found
pli hundred -arda from where the
houe utoxl.
The tivrti.i l naa ir,veded by a
vere hall t rm. Plonea fell thai meas
ured tn !neh In circumference.
Mrt. Andera.m t ok refuife under a
bank neir her home with three chll
ilivn. She mid: "I aw u cloud com
Inir and knew It w.u bad nnd I grab
bed the you'iKt child and took two
oih.ru wlih me. When the alorm
atrui-k It took u rlnht Into the olr
nnd that waa the laat of rt.
"I hurrl'd to my children but the
atorm tok two of them any from me
and killed them. I laid down and hel l
my baby. The wind alo took It away
from me."
TIVE COLD SREKBIIS PROW NED.
Wreck of the Stern Whil Steamer
Anaconda Condrmed.
SEATTLE, June !1.-The at.amahlp
Jennie arrived from Nome thla morning
w ith alxteen war-ngera. Word waa re
reived In Nome by J. Ooodyear, of the
Parflc Coa't Steainehlu Company,
which conflrmcd the drowning of Wil
liam Small, Henry Avery, Thomas
C,ipwe1l, Thomas Jonea and Abe AppH.
all of whom were well known to thoae
who ap?nt last winter In Nome.
They left St. Mlchaela with the atern
wheel ateamer Anaconda, and atartej
for Kiwkowlm. via Rrlstol bay, about
the middle of July. Word came from
a mlKDlotmry at Hcthel m!a!on that a
part of the hull of the Anictmda drift
ed on to the beach during the fall,
which conflrma the fear of their friends
that they have all loot their Uvea,
SETTLERS ARB DESTITUTE.
Thousands of People In Want Near In
dian Roservatlon,
KANSAS CITY. June Sl.-Thousands
of people, camping on the border of
the Klown-Commanche.Ap.irhe reserva
tion In Oklahoma, awnltlng the opening
cf that 'and to ettl-ment, ore In des
titute circumstances, according to D. J.
McKennn, who haa Just returned from
thfl scene.
"Only Inst Monday," said Dr. Mi-Ken-nn,
"two friends and myself drove over
to the border from Oklahoma City, and
the sight that greeted ua was one of
terrible destitution. Twenty thousand
men, women and children are missej
on the border, nnd half of them ,are
utterly destitute. Only a small per
centage have even tents to Bleep in, but
huddle under wagons and aui-h shelter
ing place as they ran find. At least
5000 of them have been there a year
and a half. They went with possibly
2t0 or $300, and have made nothing
alnce they arrived. Simply waiting
waiting. The really pitiable thing about
It all la that there are hundreds of des
peradoes on the border, who have
picked out claims and will not scrap-
to kill (hit aucctimful ows In th
drawing ln,cae they have a lottery.
A rilsble merchant told me a few day
ego about a band of 100 uch dritlxra
dr who have scoured the re.ervatlon
for choice lamia and are determined to
have; them at any coat."
PRESENT TO THE PRESIDENT.
Haltle Man Hnda Bouvenlr of Bno.
quilml Kalla Prealdent'a R1ily.
WAHMINOTON. June 21-Oha. H.
Raker, president of the electric pow-r
eomnanv at Brittle. Waah.. t.May
nr-iwnted to President MoKlnley
handaomv aouvenlr at Hnwjualmle f
which aupply the city of Seattle with
power. The aouvenlr waa lo have b"n
tiroaented to the prealdent When he
reachM Seattle on hia recent trip to
the Pacific cai.
In ftf McKlnley epreed regr-t to
Mr. Haker on b-half of the people of
the NorthwcM, that the prenldml'a trip
rut abort. The ir'ldnt aald H
waa hie Intention Jo vlalt the North
west either early next year or the year
following.
A Yol'THFl'tj FIEND.
Palouae I.id MuaHM From Lynching
for Annulim 17-Tear-Old Olrl.
PAIrs.:. Waeh.. Jun 21-Ole
JohrMon, 1 yeara old, a youth who waa
releaacd f r rn the reform acho.4 laal
fall, la in the city Jail, guarded by the
marshal and cltlima to prevent lynm
Ing. He la cha'ged with aaaaulllng the
17-year-oM laugtiter of F. Twe;tmeyer,
a farmer living a mile from town.
Feeling runa nlgn and ihrean of
hanging ar freely made. Mlw Twelt
meyer la In a critical condition.
REPUTED TO BE A POXER.
Newly Appointed Chlnee M'nlmer to
Japan Has Unaavory Reputation.
PEK1N. June !I -Th emperor haa
appointed Na, Tung lo be Chinee mill
later to Japan. The appointee la from
Manchu and waa formerly prealdent of
the Tsun IJ Tamun. He la reputM to
b a Boxer and narrowly eecaped be
ing Included In 'he list of Chine of
fleera who wre beheaded at the de
mand of ?he oer. It la doubtful
!f Japan will acr?pt Na Tung ai min
ister from ("hint.
MET FEARFUL. DEATH.
Two M-n Have Their Hea ls Literally
Torn Off by an Explosion.
COLVILLE. Wash.. June 21-H-nry
Fish, son of Colonel J. M. Fish, Ket
tle falls, and James All Iredg-'. a brother
of IVm. Alldre lge. a well known m n
Ing man of the ?ame place were killed
bv an explosP.lon if dynamite In the
Acme nine, near there, last night.
AlldreOge was blown many feet from
the tnou:h of the 'unnel. and both had
their heads -literally torn off.
WORLD'S MINING OUTPUT.
NEW YORK. June SI The Engl
necrlng and Mining Journal w ill tomor
row publish complete estimates of the
gold output In the United States and
:n the world at large of last year. The
figures are. J11S.4S3.S62 for the United
StatM, and 25S.9:.4.6T4 for the world at
large (compared with J99.51S.718 and
1311.505.948 In 1S!9). These do not differ
mat rl illy from estimates of several
months ago.
UNDER ONE COMMAND.
WASHINGTON, June 21 It has
been determined to consolidate the
department of Alaska with the depart
ment of the Columbia, both to be un
der command of General Randall, who
Is now 'n command at Alaska. The
name of the department of the Colum
bia will be retained and the headquar
ters will be at Vancouver barracks,
Washington. ,
RURLINGTON EXTENSION.
OMAHA. June 21. On July first the
Rurllngton road will open the first
stretch of Its new extension from Tolu
ca., Montana, sou'hw.'st to Cody, Wyo.
It reaches Into a part of the Big Horn
country and almost to Yellowstone Na
tional Park, opening up a section of
Wyoming hitherto out of reach of
transportation facilities.
TLAOUE BECOMING ALARMING.
VICTORIA
was received
which arrive
Is becoming
where, up to
beginning of
R. C, June 21. News
by the steamer Victoria,
d today, that the plague
violent In Hong Kong,
the -nd of May from the
the year, .'.95 Chinese had
ns four other Asiatics and
died as well
five whites.
AMERICAN JOCKEYS WINNERS.
LONDON. June 21. The American
Jockeys rode winners In sis out of
the seven events In which they con
tested today.
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-Report re
garding Mrs. McKlnley's condition con
tinue of an Improving nature.
FOURTEEN PERSONS
LOSE THEIR LIVES
Four-Story Tenement in Paler-
son, N. J., Burned Down.
BUILDING BURNED FIERCELY
Maty Ptrteti Sates ay Hii(inf Freu Wig.
sow Sills lull Ituti lr FlrtsKt.
Wills Otkcrt Dresses' lit
LIU Net.
NEW YORK. June Il.-Fourteen pr
sons are believed to have been k!lled
and a number injured today ai the
result of a fire following an explosion
among a quantity of fireworks In the
store of Abraham M. Itlttenberg, at
Paterson. N. J. The (tore waa on the
ground floor of a tenement building.
The caue of the explosion la not
known. The pnperiy ! will not ex
reed 135.000.
The dead are:
MRS. LUCINDA A DAM SON.
MRS. CHAS. WILLIAMS, burned
while trying to aave her husband.
CHAS. WILLIAMS, a cripple.
HAROLD RITTENBERG. aixteen.
months-oil son of the keeper of the
fireworks store.
HENRY ELASSER.
A baby.
Those missing and almost certainly
dead are:
Mrs. Bert Bamberg and baby.
Mrs. Andrew Qvln and baby.
Mrs. Mary Elsberg.
Mrs. Burna and son.
Mrs. Enteman.
Mrs. Annie Lannlngan and ber two
nephews.
The Injured are: J. Jessup. Mrs. J,
J. Jessup. L. Bamberg. Geo. Soder,
Nlcholia Hlllman. G. Firemen, Ed.
Sllngand, Mr. and Mrs. John McGlone,
The building In which the explosion
occurred was a frame tenement, four
stories high. Ten families occupied
flats In the building. So great was the
force of the explosion that a boy play
ing In the street, half a block away,
was lifted from his feet and hurled
against n Iron fence and ono of h's
legs broken. A number of those who
were on the upper floors of the building
when the explosion took place were
either stunned and then burned to death
or suffocated.
Everj- window seemed to be emitting
flames within a minute after the first
explosion. Mrs. Williams, with her
clothing on fire, leaped out of a win
dow and fell to the yard below. Her
deal body was dragged out of reach
of the flames. Some occupants of the
rooms dropped from windows and
were severely bruised. Others hung
from wlndo sills until the firemen
citne and twenty persons were taken
down In this way. through fire and
smoke, while others dropped into life
nets.
GERMAN LIBEL ACTION.
Two Doctors Sentenced to Pay Fine
and Undergo Imprisonment.
BERLIN. June II. The libel action
brought by Dr. Uman, of the Leipslc
Neuste Nachrichten, against Dr.
Schmidt. Dr. Lock and the Cologne Ga
xette, arising from Dp. Llman'g asser
tlon that the De Beers Company sent
1.200.00 marks to Cologne for political
purp.wes, has resulted as follows:
Pr. Schmidt Is sentenced to pay a
fine of 100 marks or undergo ten days
Imprisonment, and Dr. Lock Is sentenc
ed to pay a fine of 200 marks or be 'm
prisoned for twenty days.
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Clobe MontffMtvry, Colored, Killed
Whites at Guntervllle, Ala.
by
GUNTERVILLE, Ala., June 21
Trouble that has been brewing between
the negroes and whites for some time
has culminated in the death of Clebe
Montgomery, colored, who was riddled
with Winchester bulhts. The shooting
grew out of the arrest of several ne
groes charged with burning a barn in
the neighborhood as a manifestation of
their llspleasure. towards the white pop
ulation. Sev?ral suspects are In Jail.
DRNIKS CARBOLIC ACID.
Sensational Suicide of a San Francisco
Cheropodlst.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21. "Dr."
Victor Popher, of this city, committed
suicide this evening In a sensational
manner Just after being arrested on a
charge of having caused the death of
Miss Viola Van Ornum. of Chlco, who
died at the receiving hospital this morn
ing, after taking an over dose of medi
cine. For several hours this afternoon,
Popher kept his home barred against
the police officers and In response to
several demands made upon him to un
lock his door and submit to arrest he
defied tin officers to forre n entrance
and declared that the police bad no
possible right to arrest him.
The police finally forced an entrance
and placed Popher under arrest. "Ex
cuse me a minute gentlemen." aald he.
at he turned frm the officers and
started toward the aide room. "I will
rejoin you In a moment." A minute
later Popher ataggered back and threw
an empty carbolic acid vial at their
feet. "I have fooled you," he cried,
and In five minutes. In iplte of all that
could be done, he died In the greiteit
agony.
"Dr." Popher appears In tb el'y di
rectory as a chiropodist.
Popher was about 75 years of age.
TERRORIZED THE- PEOPLE.
Large Mteor Falls Near Altar, In Se-
nor. Mex.
DENVER. June 21. A special to the
New from Tucson, Aril., says:
The largest meteor ever seen In this
part of the country fell between the
Pueblos of Los Moltnaa and Altar. In
Senora. il-'X.. on June 11, at 10 o'clock
in '.he morning.
The metor vas seen by Parties In
Tucson. Although the sun wa'b!gh.
the meteor illuminated the stay and
earned to .nave hurst at the horizon
El Progresj. a Spanish paper, received
in Tucson today, contains an article
describing .be shock at Altar and the
terroe of the people when the meteor
fell. It struck the earth at about 45
miles from Altar, but the shock there
was terrific and the people thought It
was an earthquake. An exploring Par.
ty will go out from Altar to try to
find the place where the meteor ML
FOUND HISTORIC RELICS.
Ship Ratal Savage, Commanded by
Benedict Arnold Located.
NEW YORK. June 21. A dispatch to
the World from Burlington, Vt., says;
J. C. Falcon, a diver has vlilwd the
spot where the schooner Rotal Savage,
commanded by General Benedict Ar
nold, waa sunk in 1771 by the British.
He found three gun carriages and
about thirty cannon ball and shot
Two of the former will be sent to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing,
ton, and the other ha j bsan given to
the City of Burlington. The relics were
discovered In about thirty feet of wa
ter. The carriages are made of wood
and Iron, the former bIng now petri
fied. ENGLISH CAHMPION HERE.
Jenkins and Cooper Matched in Mile
Heat Race.
NEW YORK, June 21. Sydney Jenk.
Ins, the English quarter mile cyclist.
will make bis American debut on Moo.
day night in Madison Square Garden
when he will meet Tom Cooper, the
Detroit professional in a mile heat race.
Jenkins Is one of the speediest of Eu
ropean sprinters and numbers among
his victims Jacquelln of Paris, who was
beaten by him in the Grand Prix last
year. This race .vtil serve as one of
the preliminaries to the 15 mile motor
pace race between Floyd McFarland
of California, and Johnny Nelson, the
world's champion.
GENERAL LAFUN' DEAD.
Won Distinction and Promotion In
Civil War.
HUDSON. N. Y.. June 21.-General
Byron Laflln is dead. He was a native
of Lee. Mass. Before the Civil War
he was an extensive paper manufac
turer and enlisted as captain of the
Thirty-fourth New York volunteers and
was promoted to the colonelcy. He
was brevetted major-general and be.
came provincial governor of Nor.h
Carolina. He Is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Dawes of Chicago and
Miss EUxa Laflln of Watertown, N. Y.
FLOATING THE INGALLS.
NEW YORK. June 21. The attempt
to float the capsized army transport
Ingalls at Brooklyn will probably be
made tomorrow. A crew of divers Is
working at closing the ports and hateh.
es. When this is done the hull will be
pumped out and the ship floated and
righted. The ship does not appear to
be seriously Injured.
WILL VISIT PHILIPPINES.
HASTINGS, Neb., June 21. United
States Senator Charles A. Deitrlch has
left for San Francisco, where he will
sail on the transport Hancock for the
Philippines, June 25. He will visit at
Honolulu, Guam and probably Japan.
He goes to study the political condl
Hons of the eastern countries and the
legislative needs of our new possessions.
He Is accompanied by his daughter.
BESANTS EXECUTOR.
NEW YORK, June 21. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London savs:
The late Sir Walter Beaant left his
business affairs entirely under control
of A. P. Watt and appointed him exe
cutor under his will. Mr. Watt Is al
so Besant's literary executor with the
manuscript of an autlblography, the
existence of which had not been sus
pected.
BOTHA SAID TO
HAVE SURRENDERED
London Paper Again Reiterates
Its Former Announcement.
KRUGER'S ORDER IGNORED
Believes at Fareiji Olllcs Act si Sirresaer
Has Occarrti-SecrtUry Hay WIN
Nstlfy EitsUTkat Ska Has
Acted Hastily.
LONDON, June 2L The Sun. this af
ternoon, again prints the sensational
announcement which It made June IS
that General Botha, the Boer com
mander, after the receipt of President
Kruger's decision not to concede any.
thing, decided to Ignore the former
president of the Transvaal and surren
der. The paper also says h is believed at
the British foreign office that the for
mal act of surrender baa already oc
curred. HAS ACTED HASTILT.
Russia's- Attitude of Retaliation Dis
cussed at a Cabinet Meeting.
WASHINGTON. June 2L-The most
Important subject discussed at today's
cabinet meeting was that Involving th
assessment of customs duties on pe
troleum, or its products, imported from
Russia, Aa a result of It considera
tion of the entire matter by the cabi
net. Secretary Hay will soon make
representations to the Russian govern
ment fully explaining the attitude of
this country and pointing out that Rus
ia has acted hastily and under a mu-
apprehension of the facta In her poeltoji
of retaliation. ' r "!
FILIPINO CIVIL GOVERNMENT. ' .
Order Issued for Its Establishment on"
July 4
WASHINGTON, June 21. -Secretary
P.oo: today Issued the order of the
president establishing a civil govern
ment In the Philippines. The order re
lieves the military governor of the Phil
iDDines from the performance of civil
duties on and after July 4, but declares
that his authority will be exercised aa
heretofore in those dls ricta in wh.ch
the insurrection still exists.
William H. Taft. president cf the
Philippine commission, U appo'.ated c'v
11 governor and will exercU; exclusive
authority In all civil affairs la the gov
ernment of the Philippines heretofore
exercised In such affairs by the mili
tary governor. . .
INDEMNITY CLAIMS INCREASED.
Germany Now Asks Two Million Pounds,
More Than Fcrmerly, v
feERLIX. June 21. It Is officially
admitted that Germany desires to In
crease her claim of Indemnity against
China from 12.000.000 to 14,000.000
because the first figure does not 'nclude
the expenses borne by Germany In
China from May to July.
It Is understood that Great Britain
backs up Germany In her Increased
claims.
ARMY LIEUTENANTS APPOINTED.
WASHINGTON. June 21.-The pres
ident today appointed sixty-eight en
listed men of the army to be second
lieutenants, thus providing for all en
listed men, regulars and volunteers
found qualified for appointment at the
recent examination.
WEEK'S FAILURES.
NEW YORK. June 21. Dun's Re
view will say tomorrow: Failures for
the week numbered 193 In the United
States agains 174 last year, and 14 In
Canada against 15 last year.
. SILVER MARKET.
NEW YORK, June 21.-Silver. 59.
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Baking Powder
Makes the bread
more healthful.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum baking powders are the greatest
mauctrt to health of the present day.
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