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&c Wlichim gjaitg gaglc: aJMaflag f&oaithwf gtoclx 29, 1890. KST A D &H0GE3KG MUTILATION OP A MURDERED WOMAN. The Wliitechapel Crimes Fully ' Equalled by a Case at Leavenworth. The Body of Mrs. Mettman Pind on the Eiver Bank Dismembered and Disemboweled, MlvFlWn Continued from First Page. Every Limb Severed Prom the Trunk Eobbery at First Supposed to be the Motive Her Husband Sabse gneatly Arrested An Inva lid Lady of Pratt Takes Her Own Life Items. Leavet?ORTH. Kan., March 23. Two Ixjys made a horrible discovery this morn ing. On the river bank about a mile and a half north of this city they lound the mutilated lxxlv of a woman "of about 50 j cars. The body had bt-en quartered with knife -and disemboweled. Both legs had been severed from the trunk. Three deep hibs in the breast had left gapping wounds. There was a hole made by a bullet in the back of the head and fifty iounds of rocks fastened in a shawl were tied about her neck. The intestines and one leg were found about fifty yards from where the trunk was. the intestines lieing in a gunny hack. The body is supK)sed to le that of a Mrs. Mettman. who disappcaicd irom her home in West Longworth Satur day night. The murderer or murderers probably committed the crime in this city, then took the body to the river batik where tbey intended to cut it to pieces and then place each separate part in the river, thinking by so doing they could conceal their crime. Some accident must have interfered with this plan and the mtirder-r- comiM-dled to leave the body on the shore. An inquest vill be held when a mu of Mis. Mettman, who is a brakeman on the Hock Island returns from his run. The body lias been fully identified by her son. The" mutilated trunk was found f'o-iting in tlie river, partly lodged on the Miore. I he arms had also been severed f r ni the Iwdy. The woman's husband is i midoj ed as a teamster at the foi t. His Mettman was last mh?ii at the house of a neighbor, where she dictated a letter to enc of her daughter, who lives in Xew York. Ever since her absence the father and sou have sought for her between their 1 ours of lalnir but could find no trace of 1 or The love of money was nro'oably the l nit ive for the murder, as "$400 m cash a inch -was concealed in the house is gone. John Mettman, the husband of the murdered woman, was arieted this even ing on suspicion of iieing the murderer. Suspicion ms aroused by thediscovery of Mood spots on the sidewalk in front of Mtttman's house. SHOT A DISREPUTABLE WOMAN. Kansas Citt. Mo., March 2S. Homnie SH ens, a well known gambler, and Helen lli'th. a woman of questionable reputation, r ink) a quarrel eaily this morning at a it rt on West Fourth street which re si ill cd in the fatal shooting of the woman. S'iens accused the woman of stealing irmn him two diamond rings. This she t' njed, saying she had thrown them on t tie floor in the back parlor, where they m iv found after the shooting. Stevens is f ' I to lie a tough eilizen,havhig been tm d on twooccasiousfor ielouious assault. From Sixteenth down to Nineteenth, how ever, the destruction was terrible. By far the greatest loss of life at any one place was at the FalLs City hall. It is diffi cult to estimate the number of lives lost ar this point. It was currently reported at 4 o'clock p. m. that seventy-five bodies had been recovered here, but an Associated Press reporter found that the number did not exceed perhaps three-fourths of this number. The remains as fast as recovered, in the alienee of a morgue were distrib uted among the various undertaking es tablishments. One of the mot desolated sections of the devastated district is Chapel street, a nar row thoroughfare, one block iu length, extending from Maine to Market streets, between Tenth and Eleventh. Xot a house fronting on it but was torn to fragments and the debris lines both sides so that there is scarcely loom to pass through the ocnter of the street. The damage, however, was mostly confined to the portions of the homes and most of the houses above the first story. Strange as it may seem, notwithstanding the terrific force of the air and wind, being filled with flying missels of every description the members of but one family were injured to any serious extent. It seems as if the angry elements Iiact a special mission to wipe from the face of the earth Louisville's tobacco business, which is famous the -world over. Only three warehouses are left standing. Four teen were flourishing yesterday. Mr. Henry Glover, of the Louisville warehouse, said this morning that the business was stopped for the present. "We will not only lose our houses," he said, "but much of the stock, unless rain holds back. The losses of tobacco will not be gieat if we have time to move it. But the los by suspension of business will be consider able. We are now engaged in moving the tobacco. Of course we can't get a cent of insurance. I could not estimate our los." The women, bless them, are doing a great work. In the daily papers here ap peals a notice that the women's exchange will be opened (fay and night to dispense hot soup and other eatables to the sur vivois. The boundaries of the districts swept by the hurricane as nearly as maybe describ ed by the streets are as follows: Coming from the south nest the wind began its de struction at Broadway, sweeping roofs be tween Eighteenth and Sixteenth. Thence northeasterly diagonally to Chestnut. On Chestnut the damage" is between Four teenth and Sixteenth, on Walnut between Fourteenth and Twelfth, on Green be tween twelfth and Tenth, on Jefierson be tween Eleventh and Ninth, on Market be tween Eleventh and Eighth, on Maine from Eleventh to tiie Louisville hotel in the middle of thesquare between Sixteenth and Seventeenth. Between Sixth and Eleventh the hurricane swept to the liver and thence leaped to .Teffer-onville. The Catholic buildings at Seventeenth and Broadway, where the sisters' home is, the parochial "school. Father Desiiey's resi dence and the Sacred Heart church. They were all blown down and Sister Pius was buried in the ruins. Shortly after when t.vken out by a rescuing party she was dead. Allot the other sisters, however, ooqied without injury. J'EC t'LIAK AXI) r ATIIKTIC IXCIDEXTS. Major Gait, of the Louisville & Nash- ilie, and family, who lived a two story brick house were sitting in an upstairs rooom when the building lietran roekine. Still they apprehended no danger and did liecome really alarmed until the walls fell in upon them. Major Gait succeeded in getting out without injury to himself, and then noticing that his wife was not with him he hurried back into the ruins to look for her. The unfortunate lady was found buried in a pile of bricks. By a superhuman effort her husband suc ceeded in extricating her and her uncon scious form w as carried to a neighboring dwelling that had escaped the general de struction, where she was resusicated. A plnsician was sent for and examination showed that she was not badlv hurt. The COMMITTED SUICIDE. PriAlT. Kan.. March 2S. Mr. T?o1nrf H UT.-1 commit ted suicide today by cutting shock to her "nervous sstem was 'great, h-r throat. She lost her mmd by sickness, however, and she is now lying danger- . ously ill. The house is a total wreck and THE MYSTERY OF THE TRACY FIRE, nearly all the furniture is dtstroj ul ut- . v Yokk, March 2S A Washington terly. "lal in a motning paper printed with Three lives were lost at the corner of 1 ir-re display says: "It is confidentially Eigteenth and Maple streets. The killed houe at the time and Xick Phyneman. the owner, escaped with his life alone, be ing badly burned nnd bruised. To a re porter he told the following story: "I was standing in the bar at the back of the store and was talking to the three men who are now dead and to two other men. About 8:30 o'clock we heard a terrible roar and a tearing sound and then the house rocked back and forth. Ben Scheildt had just said that he was going home, but he had scarcely said it when the door was blown to and we "Were caught. I tried to open it but could not. My wife and children screamed but ran safely out the back way, but they had scarcely gone out before that part of the house was blown down. We tried the win dows, but just then the floor fell in and Schieldt, Sullivan and Deemer went through to the cellar. I clung to the side of the house and escaped through a broken window with two other men. The screams of the men were terrible to hear as they were held in by the roof and the building rapidly blazed and burnt. They cried for help but we could do noth ing. We tried, but it was in vain, and crushed and mangled they burnt to death before our eyes. They were soon burnt to death, and their horrible cries for help weie soon stopped, but it was terrible.'' THE DEVASTATION COMPLETE. The warehouses of Patterson. Henrv &; Co., pork packers, at Fourteenth and Wal nut, will probably have to be raised and rebuilt. On Chestnut, from Thirteenth to Seventeenth street, almost the entire neighborhood was wrecked. The devasta tion through the streets surrounding Bax ter square was complete. St. John's church was completely wrecked, trees in the park were uprooted, fountains laid r A.... . I!... ..... . i. ,....,.,., Jl.Ui, -UU LIIU UTV IUUU 1IUI11 11113 MlCCl was dashed against the wrecked houses and walls. Brand & Bethel s tobacco house, on the south side of the square, is almost ruined. The freakish tornado took most of the Louisville City Railway com pam "s building at Twelfth and Jefferson streets, soutlnvest corner, leaving the north and south ends intact. It looks as if Ian immense scoop had taken out the middle. The trade or the tornado ended at Twelfth street, on Jef ferson, and while the destruction be tween Eleventh and Twelfth was so terrific, the block between Twelfth and Thirteenth was intact except tin unroofed house or two besides the city railway's building. The residence of Edmund N. Cibbs, the contractor of H'Jl West Jefferson, was a total wreck. In the house with him resid ed his sister, Mrs. Clarke and her children. It was reported that Mrs. Clarke was killed but the report was denied by neighbors this morning who may be supposed to be an authority on the subject. She was considerably hurt, however. SIGHTS OF SICKEXIXG nORHOR. The scene at the ruins of Virgil Weight's cigar store wreck this afternoon when the four mangled bodies of the Louisville hotel laundry girls was found simply ter rible. A huge mass of humanity actuated by curiosity, made a rush for the debris wiien it was announced that the bodies were protuding and it took the moral suasion of a squad of po lice armed with billies to keep them back. The four unfortunates weie found in the cellar directly in the spot tinder what was the second floor front room. They weie wedged in so tightly that suffo cation must have been swilt aud picks had to be called into requisition to remove them, so tight was the bricks and mortar pi essed around them. They were horribly cut and mangled. Maggie Ryan was sitting upright and her face was'first fully exposed to view by the removal of a piece of plank. She had the awful palorof death on her features and agony was written in every feature. Maggie Campbell was also sitting upright. Mary Ctowe was Ijing prostrate on her back and her hands xrerv elevated above her head as if to shut out the awful destruction which she saw impending. The posture was agonizing. Mary Mc Ginty lay as if she had thrown herself lace downward on the floor as if to shut I out the awful calamity at any cost. The women were all tenderly lifted and cared for. and their bruised ionns were as sa cred to the busy diggers as it they had worn silk instead of calico. Their removal concluded the work ot djgging for the present at the site of the cigar store And the saloon. The coroner and a corps of assistants he has pressed into service are assiduously working, gathering such information con cerning the dead and missing as can pos sibly be had in the awful confusion that exists. The reporters hnve assisted him greatly in the work, though there is scarce Lll iul lit fine rtitvlii. -!,,,. -.--, 4-A..-. ..K. -.I. t !! P VnwitMT tiT.rl .frt -t'Skiit.. l2r l.ii.lrin - ... ... 1...-.1... .nut,.,,.; iiiiux nim-ii -.--YV J N tj S-.-V Ti MV man in the terror stricken, gaping has surrounded the fire on the third of tfl 4 jean,, and James Piterakl a crowd that hangs about the ruins who win lcl.ru.uy last at Swretary Tracy's resi- neighbor. Emery 'kept a grocery at that tell an intelligent story or whose statement f. er.ee. at which his wife and daughter, as corner and at the time 01 tneaccirient there leLjardin" the misshi" and killed can be w il as a Swiss maid's servant, lost their w-ere in the store the proprietor, his xvli'ed upon 1ms is about, to be cleared up. There wife little daughter and Fitzgerald. At !-45 the rescuing party heard cries at ,w c sustained rumors that i he buidmg w-as a frame one tw o stories thereHrof the f(liie,i building. Twenty Budget Sweeney, the trusted old JjA. At the first gust of )Wind the walls !mxiol incn rushed to this spot! Beneath rrM,iL'-7h-i h?d "T1 m the ""(!T,I)anl1t,,c;i00,dr",1,r1 -" ,M" a mass of timber and iron roohng smoth- wrretarys family for fourteen years or Emery was crushed by the lallinc timbers i mi,i ti... ;7..,i , luiijuiiin ttic nuuu. j. lit- iiuttL. t fin liirnc. lias confessed that she filed thuhou w. th kerosene. Her statement is said to hi that she poured kerosene all over the ummg room paneling and as far up the K a rs as her stock of oil would go. She then lit the gas, set fire to the wainscoat Ufj; and then went to church. No motive is known for the horrible deed unless dur ing a fit of temporary insanity. DON'T GO OFF BEFORE YOU'R READY Particularly on a long journey. Be fully prepared. You cannot be. permit us to sa . unless you are accompanied with the i raider's and tourist's vade niecum, Hos tel ten's Stomach Bitters, most genial of appetizers, aoclimatizers and promoters of digestion. Against sea sicknes. malaria. ud was taken out a shoi t time afterwards His wife was extricated in an unconscious condition. Later in the night the rescuing jmrty saw a tiny hand protruding from the debris and the mangled form of "the baby girl soon lay beside its dead father. James Fitgerald, a Louisville & Nashville brake man, who boarded across the street, was missed this morning and a search in the ruins was made for him. About S o'clock his blackened and charred corpse was dug out of the ruins. The second story of Wonley's saloon, Eighteenth ami Broadway, was swept away, but the lower floor w'as not injured and today he is ladling out liquors to his thirsty customers as if nothing had happened. His bar keeper. Joseph Pome, opened the door w lien the crash came and ran out. In id r iVnwim ..Kf 3 ii -i i "staiit the wind seized upon him and lift iter Sou,Win l,r 7w 1 bim i'' yned hfflVI '- i.;.Vr -. w i" "'!lrjev shop of John Reuther at 1SOH Mf lvJrlV w l,iMW" B(lwJ' wl,' the storm burst. The vo stands ii dremlnV T. wy2K awH' HOl tbe idt' 1K "" tnmbli in ii .1 sfoma Sir ,wJS,. m ,whentl,l,nienbrokethe windmv and ran baPMxs i iiiThetirjut Sfsuss and raiinns hastily bolted at railway res- " Yt, out the mui(Un0 was tolallj tinrants. is scmh, remedied bv the R"..trs "r.1?1 v" . , , , ., i is. i li.iini i:k xih (htijiiv wrn hi whn h trives a quietus also to rheumatism, kidney troubles and insomnia. Mrs. Fitxpatrick and family were gatneren in an upstairs room at 184 to work with a will. In an incredibleshort time the strong arms had dragged the heavy timbers from the rlaee unci rolled back the debris on every side. About seven feet beneath the level of the rurrounding pile the form of a woman was -e?n. A heavy timber lying across her stomach pinned her to theWreck. The other tim bers had formed an arch above her head and prevented her from being crushed to death. When the rescuing party reached her she was still breathing but was uncon scious. She was quickly rescued and placed in the No. 2 patrol wagon. None of the crowd knew her. Her face, head and shoul ders were badly cut, lint if she is not in ternally injured she will probably recover. She was taken to the hospital. AV AtTHOKITATIVE ST VTKMEXT. A considerable diversity of opinion as to actual property loss is expressed. The lowest estimates put it at $1,000,000, the highest at 3,000.000. and the Iest ground ed upon facts pre-ented plae it at 12,500, QM. There is almost no insurance. It was finally votecat the board of trade meeting that the chairman of the general committee should prepare a statement to be authoritive for the use of the Associat ed Press. It is as follows: "To the People: The calamity that has overtaken the city of Louisville by the cyclone of last night spread over a tern damaged portion bv request of the direc tors. He found that the stand pipe iad been completely blown down but no other damage had been done. This of ifcftlf however is enough for it will soon leave the city without water. No pumping can be done and there is only about enough water in the reservoir to last for five days. Crushed and blackened ruins mark the spot where onlj- last evening stood the splendid large union depot at Seventh and the river. When the crash came a Louis ville Southern train had just come in and the Ohio & Mississippi was ready to pull out, but both were caught by the falling mass and were, crushed like shells. Thtf wide river disturbed by the fury of the I tornado is yet angrv aud what was leic ot the depot by the" wind is inomentarily threatened by the strong waves that surge under and about the platforms. The lunch stand man, William Geisel. was in stantly Killed ty the iaumg timuers. aim six other persons were injured, but none fatally. Late in the afternoon Mayor Jacob placed tlie devastated district under mar tial rule. Jefferson street from Tenth to Twelfth, Market from Eighth to Twelfth, and Main street from Seventh to Twelfth. Shortly afterward Chief of Police Taylor ordered the department under his charge to arrest any suspicious character found upon the scene of disaster and every per son caught in the act of pillaging houses or robbing bodies. The members of the Ixmisville Legion on guard were placed under the chief's charge and tonight they are patrolling the streets in the wrecked vicinity in squads. GREAT DESTRUCTION IN PARKLAND. The entire western portion of the town of Parkland, which lies just beyond the southwestern limits of the city, was wrecked. The storm struck that place be fore reaching this city, and its course w-jis a most peculiar one. It did not move in a direct line, mowing down a path lxjfore it, but went at its dreadful work in a zigzag foshion. A numlier of houses were blown down but the inmates "were all up and had time to escape. Tlie frame school house was lifted from its foundation and moved several feet and utterly destroyed. Ths Daisy line depot was almost totally de stroyed and the track was covered with debris for several hundred yards. The churches escaped with the exception of the Baptist, which was twisted some. The track of the storm in Parkland was about three blocks wide but in such a zigzag manner that it is almost impossible to measure the exact track. To the west of the town from the direction in which the monster had come a path several hundred yards wide is mowed down, the trees being cut off like stalks of grain before the reaper's scythe. NO FATALITIES AT JEFFERSONVILLE. Jeffersonville was struck by the cyclone at S o'clock. It was very distinctly heard two miles in the country, where people wondered what it meant. Fortunately not a person was killed iu Jeffersonville, though some were badly hurt. The de struction to property is terrible tind it is estimated not lower than $500,000. The force of the wind was terri ble and carried everything before it. A skiff was lifted bodily from the river and blown into the second story win dow of the residence of W. A. Uorney. The terrible funnel shaped end of the cloud was seen appearing up the river by several persons, among them Walter Dean, who says that it looked like a black double funnel, with the narrowest part in the middle. Its roar could be heard long be fore it struck the city, and people were alarmed by it in time to escape. MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY-. St. Louis, Mo., March 23. The board of education of the state university elected Prof. W. G. Manlev, of Cambridge, Mass., to the head of the Greek department, made vacant by the resignation ot A rot. .Meet who intends founding a preparatory school and academy at Mexico, Mo. Prof. Man ley is a graduate of the University of Vir ginia, has had five years teaching experi ence iu the McCabe university school at Petersburg, Pa., and Mercer college Georgia, and is at present pursuing post graduate studies at Harvard univcr sity. "Another session of the curates will be "held tomorrow morning when the ques tion of choosing some one to the presidency of the university may come up for final disposition but th"e president of the board stated that in all probability no action will be taken as to this matter "until the June meeting of Columbia in commencement week. Additional dead. Peter Fuller, married, carpenter: Thomas II. Puff, married; Leopold Falkenstein. single; Mrs. Steider, wife of Qlon.o Stein, butcher: one unknown, a stout, bald-head ed man of about 3o or 40 years ot age; William Sabrio, tailor, single. 1 HE LOSS AT EVANSVILLE. LonsviLi n. Ky., March 2S. A Courier Journal special from Evansville, says the Fulton street brewery there was wrecked by the storm last night and four men were caught. One of these Ave re taken out dead. Three others, Charles Tille, Ed Kelley and i Joseph Vinegar are still imprisoned in the I ruins but it is believed will be rescued . alive. -v .Mr. nue ieiL jus wiie uuu miiiiv iu a house on piles on the river above rivans ville last night to come to town for protec tion. When he attempted to return he was driven upon the shore by wind and had to give it up. This morn ing he chartered a tug and steamed out to where his home hud been., The house had been carried away and his wife and baby perished. White tried to throw himself Irom tlie tug into the river but was held. He is now a raving maniac in jail. The Ix)uis ille and Nashville train southbound to Nashville ran into n tree across the road near S'ebree. Ky., and was completely wrecked. Peter Burns, the engineer, one j of the oldest on t he road, and W. W . Pow ell, brakeman, were killed. AILAILikJ O-DiT! HAlfUllT 1 li i 111 I j THE J j MA JLJ s I 'I II r I II L t1T kJ if i f4 M NTH h HSiHirn JL.& 1 J JLA sj a-t I i Our Store is Filled to Overflowing with a Grand Assortment of i ifew Spring and Summer Good OFFERS EVERY DEPARTMENT JAMMED WITH ELIAIEU i Jaokete, only i.00. Every table is filled with, new styles prominent, and powerful bargains. The extreme low prices we have put on these goods have I thrown rival establishments into a state 01 frenzy and while they are filling the air with wild lamentations of bad business we are filling our till with shekels for bargains of unequaled worth and merit. A tidal wave of business has struck ns and landed ns on top, and amid the cheers of a well pleased public we grandly unfurl our banner on which is written 100 Fall Beaded Wraps, only $1.38. 40 pieces fine, wide SaMnes, only 12 Cents. TODAY IS BEMNAIST DAY AT Never before has a spring season opened so brilliantly. Can not remember of ever oifering so many genuine bargains in all departments. We are dead sure that we are deserving of our great and rapidly growing trade. People like ns, and we like the people. Everybody likes to trade in a store where a gleam of sunshine is always seen in the faces of polite salesmen. Come in for a shine and be shown. THE OiTE-PRICE CLOTHIERS. 20S, 210 and 212 Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Kansas. E.K Powrix. PrcWnt. R.T. Ttzxs, V.Tros. '. W. WWulbr, Jr.. Cashier. Fourth National Bant WICHITA, ICtlXSAS. PAID UP CAPITAL, SURPLUS, - - - $20().000 16.000 PMAimLPhTS X JjLJLLEJlL&s JUJLJJL HAll S. W. CORNER DOUGLAS AVE. AND MARKETrST. ILJvS THIS WEEK ONLY 43 CENTS. The Regular Price of these Silks is 75 Cents per yard. DIRECTORS: R. T. Bean, B. P. PoTren. O. D. Baring U n. Co!, Ann Ife noak, F. XT. Wjdler. a. W. Larrtisr. Jal Morse. B. O. Graves. CITY MAJP. A twiHtcomfl UUiOCTADh man of thl Cltr. ranfaln. ins the names of all th uWta. varfcs. eeUeoi km! luliite bulMlnKS hotK etc , on lie CttOh. A cmptet twelve liv ridera tnehos, on llnea pr. win bo j4 m. una ujuco jar tu coats eao mp, ii R.E.xwm2cx,rrcs.. o.ytssasvsyir i J.A.JAnsoy.c4nter. ast SMe National Bank CAPITAL Paid Up, $100,000. A. KATZ. OLIVER BROS., -DEALERS IX- DAVIDSON & CASE Successors to John Davidson. Pioneer Lumberman of Sedgwick County. DIRECTORS: HtfeM M. SuMrtm, C. F. Ontenan. a B. Camp bell, L. Slmpeeo. J. AcDovWhi. B. I.OJIIMT1D, Jn, Presiiimt. J.r.Atrc, VU I'l-feriiient. I.D.SKUorR 0v!er. V.H jMviWWTOJf, AiwtolA Ctu&ier. State National Bank, OF WICHITA, JCiiV'. CAPITAL, SURPLUS. $100,000 SO.000 DIRECTORS: f r A,,s,,.Jt,F,H"lJitnJp.), .jffr. UnnlmtA. Jr.. Ir (Jetto. L. 5. SltJaaf, Haw Lmmhfutl, WICHITA, KANSAS. Yards at Wichita, Mayfield. Wcllinrr (on, Harper, Attica, Garden IMaiii. A ntlmny, Arkansas City, Andale and Haven. it i tory covering a ipace of jfrunnd sonw four dt'nioli.hwJ AT MEMPHIS. JIehphis. Tenn., March 2S A severe v.'iud storm set in at 10 a. in. yesterday and prevailed until a late hour la'sfc night. The velocity rea hed iva forty-eiiiht miles an hour. Some slitrht damage was done to nroneitv all over thecirv. consisting main ly of damaged roofs and broken windmv. 1 ,t uaufiun, lenn . several nouses were his two THE GALE IN BARBER COUNTY. Kiow , Kan . March 2. The -worst gale nr experienced m Barber count v com i euteuat davlmut and continued until l ifii. Many buiidiujrs have. suflered par ti d w reck, the tin roof upon tlie two priii t i.tl hotels have blown off. and awnings, siiiiis.-indout buildings are promiscously sr.ittered over the prairie. o injury ti) liii is yet reported. vers inlls are purely vegetable, per iW tly safe, do uot gripe, awl area splendid tonic A RELIEF COMMITTEE. IXDUSApolis. Ind.. March 28. Th was impossible for t hem to get out of the i hundred yards wide aud three mrter' in children and a young girl were killed by house at the first shock and they remained I length through the business :,nd residence , falling walls. Mrs-. Hibbitt .was seriously in the room terror st.rikpii Th lmuv... i i rwirt of the citv. The los of lit fs in f ho : Jilirt John Hibbitt, Tames Vatterson and Mrs. Taltuui a larue two story brick and the wills fell outward. It so happened that the floor upon which they -were standine: still held up. and after the Mind had siksuX its force thev weie able to got down. A thrilling experience mtis that of Mrs. Mary Roemel, m ho kept a dry goods store at Oolgan ami Seventeenth s-treets. ller houe m as a new brick. At the time of the storm her nephew, Willie Kilmer, was with her. When tlie walls began to .-hake and threatened to fall both of" tliem were nearly frightened to death. Without paus- vo inniK iney ootii rusneo. to tne lront neighborhood, it is believed. Ot some , WPIV "' injured and it is thought both seventy-five iersoiis. and the loss to the w rt,e- iv other people were severe city by the calamity in damage to houses ly injured. aim goods is believed not to exceed tsJ.OOG.- I rosvcvn i c oa croiriccM 000. While the cabvniitvLs a great one. our i GRAYSVILLE, GA. STRICKEN, citizens feel able to cope with it aiwlare! Chatt 3T00GA. lenn., March 2S.-Re-not cast down but will at once nroceed to : lrts reached liere this- uwruiug that a repair and resume in the channels now iu- t?K -triick lTrayvilte. O-a., a Iomti niht shortly after midnight. So far it lias been impo-ible to learn whether aoy Iwdy lias been killed. comers Midi tear dimmed ees lr LJlit"arrJl,;?r," nJ... , ' ""l". "" ""- v ...- -c -"'"J. J terrnpted. In all other portions of the citv business is resuming its usual chan nels." The streets are thronged with multitudes of sorrowing jieople. 1 hev stnd upon the awwjuwa'-.avmnwiiia pMssan. lt , mscnsMUg ue areaarut uirepiw or .u mrT eVervlKKly has decided that !. .. .-. v .. .: . - i XRinereu iu inmii oi rnem mwi rar. i ibov rrom one ooim oi ina wrMKen s- ,-.. ,.., , '- . ,lv . . tdrrTh"MffySfifflS ? ? Hir a dts-ltricttoahV-ing a, th...f .. Jwrij ifx. n iUapie rum. i iicrr wr ni irw n uuuurt-a lujuuit they were both hurled a&aiiist a homeless in the streets tliat were haimv l .t,, 1.. ,i.;. ..;.-... - .il " ". , ' iuce fir i ,in ;u. . ,.k - "5 sireci s lgical appliances. The colonel &ho nr Iji d -l.,VX iu ca.sh to relieve the iuuuediate wauio of the destitute and buffering. FRENCH COMMENT O.N TARIFF. P Kts, March 2. La Libert discussing the McKinlej bill now before congress ex pres&ed the opinion tiiat a tariff war with AnuTua must follow the adoption of the mtasure. IN NASHVILLE'S VICINITY. Xashviixk, Teau., March 3s. The storm ajrtiok this dcy about y o'clock hw night but beytKid iutr6Aning a number of houses und scarrerfag signs did no dam nxe The t.M-u of Fajetteville, Linenlu c mtv. fared lwdly, h nesro v man Ma. kilki outright bv falling walls and a number injured. '1 he prmciiMl stores of the town were wrecked and the stocks of eoods either hloM-ii away or rained by the niu that fol lowed. Many reejdeac ware also demol ished. The danae L, estunated t 1800, C0i. aud many of the poorer claso6, espec ial the negroes, are destitute. At Tresevaat the little S-vear-old child of E. E. Martin wns killed, seyeml persons in ired and many hottses wreckiti. Other t. wiis in the state report some oamaee, but nothing serious. 1 f you covet appetite, Heh, color, vigor, take Ayer's Sar-aparilhu Sold by drg- fence and remained t here n neon scions until they were found by the neighbors a few moments later. Ur. Anderson tias uin moned to attend them. He found that the Dr. Bull's Cough Svrup is the best remedy for coughs and colds and it's coming Cast into general use. Price 25 cents. Salvation oil is the lest pain destroyer of any age or dime. For the cure of neu ralgia and rlwumatism it bag no eqaaL Price oniv 35 cents. At a recent meeting of the Berlin Phyic Jogiai society Professor Moebius dcrfb"i a jieealiar fls'n Balfateg aculeatas which h hod met with in Maantivs. While on a visit to that island ho observed a bright, blue colored fish in the shallow waters of the harbor, which, when caught and held in the hand, emitted from its interiera most strik ing noje, lik that of a drum A careful ex amination of the animni failed to reveal any obvious movemoote, with the exoeptiii of on" part of the skin, lying just beyond the gilt'htf, wbieh was in coatiauoos vibration. The jjortioM of the skin which nbrata? ftretcbs from the clavieie to th broncinal arih: it Us provided wita four larjije, bouy plates and lws over th swim bladder, winch in this fish for the most part projects out of the trunk mnHtes. Behind the clavicle k a cunouslv soaped long bonr which is attached to the clavicle at one point in soon a way a to form a lever wiU two arsas. The Ion arm of this bony Icyer is imbedded 10 tb vontral trunk inoscles and in capable of easy movement to and fro The short arm afide dnrmg tais mor-meet over the roah iaoer sjd of th" rlivtrle and jrivog nxe to a crack ling noHe. This noiVe is then fateaaiftid by the swim bladder, wfcieh ls m ekmi prox imity to the fbert arm of the J-rer and aefar as a resonator. ?fewcktie Cnroux". ESTiU5LISHED :-: IN :-: 1870. Complete Stock of Pine Lrnnbor, Shinglos, Lath, Doors, Sash, etc., alM-ays on hand. TKH6 -eryTTfeJ"' eaJr- to Riiit iui ry s j-ocKrl IXHet," ni ivim) rn Offlr anil yard cm M"iy avmwe htweea Oomcla veno and Fli str!t Braack rarAt m Lntou City and OkloLojuu CHy. I. T. J. P. ALLEN, rug gist. Eyeryilfflij Kepi in a Firsklass Dmg Stat 10S HAST POCGLAS A.VH. WICHITA, - - - KAN. i tttt II I'll in aT e trl ivmI kv Lal lrr tm Eaolk, Wichita Ka J.O.DAVino.v,rr. 0,A.vXLKxn.V.r. Jokx Dmtiwr, CiuUer. CITIZENS' : BANK. PA TD TIP CAPITAL, - - $ 600,000 STOCIUrD'JtS LI ABn.ITY. 1 ,000)00 iMfttt PaM Oj OfHrivrMr k t M DIJlKCTOIiS: , w. -. ammmr.J. nk.JWa rya Tb '- y ftftii'iii'ii WmX tmtti U. w. Uwrr, ftm. titot0i"k'r- Wichita National Bank. jefenlay in the single possesion of their home-. Hundreds ot UiousaiHts of dollars worth of goods lay hvt night upon tlie bus iuess streets at the mercy of thieve. It lady was badlv bruised ami Dermaus hurt : now seems almost impossible to find . internally. Kilmer's right arm was , store houses for those vast amounts of i T Kp Arrafcc ui cft-rch. broken at the Mtist and ngbt sprained and merchandise. At many places towering ,,,.,. there ws a dep gash iu his scalp. No walls of brick are oscillating in tbe air ! Two ladws wre p-aswr? a sKall in i vital part was touched thonph and he Mill I rtdj' u desceud at any moment. The t ket, tom no of them sud: recover. The house was destroyed. points of daaer are guarded by the police j "'Ifare is where I boy my Sunday The resilience of Mr. Daniel McCullom. j aati a military company, called the lou- avinke." widte- tonner. 1&I0 Senenteeuth street. wa a large Iwick structure, yet it were swept awav as if it were paper. " The family escaped. M Culkun's stables were swept out of exist ence and the horses and wagons scattered and lost. " The estimate of furniture and other property ruined otn wot be made. It is cer tain that in almost all the damaxed houses vuie iiegion. woo drove tte sHrfang j crowns owe, at we point ot toe oayosets. . At the entrances of the various "dead rooms" stand a breathless mob eiamoring i for admfesiou but iavariably refused un- ' h-s It be to identify some reia-' live or friend. Occasjonally wbsu , oue of these enters a sound, half a , sob and half a muffied shriek, reaches the the furniture is nearly a complete loss j ontr doors. Coroner H. C Milier has owing to the heavy rain. It was ; ordered that no body be interred until it . fortunate that the cyclone struck before ' has been viewed by him This ha? ea-wed J eople went to bed or greater death would j some disrusswu by tho who wished to-' have resulted. j tke rmmediaxe charge at the remains of j THR- MEX HORBTBLT CREMATED. SrrfeSoae wires an all down and it At the corner of Sixteenth and Maeaxfoe j will t3ce ten days to gei them up and ine most, norn oie creznasion oi tne oodles i wortnie aram. rne aearen ror vieams Then she ffeeted s bnacb of Trrtersre-B leav-s from a bskei paefcei with tixma and hud dows fie cets. 'Wtwt nm do ya aiaht of thewr fatoarir d her fnnd. "Theepai-1 on SeitiaT. Jiy hwtenod cails tbem mr rbarcii .&-.' Tbey mreymry puaint. and ahwC utfH, on ae reugwu wiij pftvent any owe front oV-nrn." ftve aw re c-anV wrth." l tne friend. "!"- trti frryihtcg -&. iC tfcey wfti keep me awake I wiH rvmc o lo ehnroh withMBt tbea Ctaeflo Txpe. mree men occurrea. xnes- men were caught in the falling timbers of the rww fctory grocery and bar Joora of Xiefc Phyaeman tutd burned entirely to a black ened and charred mas. Tbey were Bnd Sullivnuaml William and Bra Schtaldt, tMlist two lahorsts and the latter an i--drukr. Seven people were in tfce going steadily oa ana earn nour aaoe largely to the already long list. At many j plaices the men labor in great dan-; aer of leioe buried beneath the totter-' ins walH at any moment and other1 accident are looked for momently. Chief Knefneer Meratanr vtstted tne water woriks this afraraooa and iaBpeted the t Pjnn.nft. OiM Wk mi a tjntcT Tnrl. la she medairf mrm-, Waakiagtoo, iknee are two kA all tracked Jtke a eonpfe of eeg so8 that had fa4a knecnad wigetnaf. They famterly helonged so a ewjpk of 5r ftdk CVa. aaf ms wfeo betted ear ontar as deetfe b-aanse a i-anuii cenkta'a itHlt, the ttro kho- Hfesd bafc St Le! Cfltjcorn Inj; Cr-n. Many years ago it vmm the correct tfrta for a monarch to wr the idestaeai Ktrrzi wnra by hn Bredoehori A knnj never wm formally crowpd on the ivj when he mto ceeded to the r"&-. bet the m eae'-iy wan always postpotMd or a wk ir te orler to have the crowa tlesroefhty reeovanML Dot thr a so deeht that tfce eott-ea of baawhgdown tjbna i; cr&vra from fra- tknt to gementkm bad its Asedr-efcupe. , th ar1 he, n rar3v frsfp-a the ts )tB- ha-re he of wwcJaaiy th- Mae an-, i and a a rule the -row winch Sued the j oricaati khnj lor whom it w acade a--r , Sued aej of hi ieee-enre, but aiwtvy j Hher tco larjt or too aav-li. Soeinf loo ! more abmu-d than a -rwj nwll -rw-i cocked j on nV head of avyle-f kaf. Seept f tiajK, a erewa wiMch Jacli tJarefor the waarer tttd eoeti Hy faito ever km er . Ther w, k m trm. -. eeruae re-r-o t astxrait- and iiibTtd r ,n'j sho-i b roftvm f ---iraHi; anew- aaar i "' " r . fane ii a-tl not be tnpoowd that aay bjobat resfiy kbed U. 2Ce BMNtser how xref- j ktoe mifcM hr bis nito-Vv crewa --er-1 , and refwtral, be aJweys UH fls be w i yaafiuf aaotner mas' ck3h. m to sfvak s for Onsen Tkaerta. it a 3 tew &e: ' t eroered a iear new art of crewa wrs ahe -kbm the torea-. r.-arM- ah J $re nn order at tr e 14 m ataeb rtrs far eeeae of aer mmi-" aayawty mf i as-, hut a ror .wwarteij mfUmg tiM fct ; ' oamoafaeVadtef ant-ttKq;Wfcfca ( eaf ejaa er se huwaVialia n At a rWt great bait at the ftoaana oonrx, all the ladif appear- in white, wnbeot aay other ornament Umm dMunoaia earh and tbfir own beanty. The em prom hemdf wa pr-ent and oanend te awwry mvwrj aaaee. The pece is said to hav been manrelooary j heeotifal The wh-te rooai in th Wmt-r j'alac. wh-re the ball wm bki. w htrfe that 3100 prorw oe-eed te'- eaae. Two weaitny Xataacn.. ..a women, j sharing the common impreMon the wo- j jijxs. - . . men eaanot understand immitKrmt, Jeft the ! managestent of their properly to a neph ew. He managed it ao wail that m a short thne he had forged taeur namee te the amount of 132.000, which the fcuNe paid ratiier than have a neated! ie the j family. AinV finaccier thai. IVamaa tut Mrrbc. f Yon can't ten aay aew-9 it a -eaiac before joe are toteii-i te hr tana yea eaa H Kaaa. A. . T f-ne.j( niitncTousi i.klba Do a Gnnerat I$anhhiff, CU 'Ittctln (j and Jitrohrtige JhtMndm. judg of t traaiisr f a pneaass "Una eat i.g of it It w BM i-etn-wy -at tMi vK of m peaftiec ; u Jadne of Me qoijt. ao rKr ti wi (laeiy t nw- a. ABn a 1 .Vum m fif to fa-artani w-i"- - - . -i'-"l, '' a Ufa. acaiyaa I --JL . of all diiawlaaa-aa bonrht anal nati SrjT ! vgw VIFT'S SPECIFIC FOR renevating the enttrr xyster elimhutfhig all Pa; tan; rem tktSlmd, -a.k!hr cf srpfwtlams mr mj.'ar; it erifm, tkts ep arat: in Aas tut equal. . . hit v-ansd "t 'tturf fkr ttrt ie S 1 S, W Ml turtd icr -c mjtmtmaUtT C . hkLcamea, fewaV-wt, Tex. T1ss.5aii-fa T swirr JN-eacCa, jSjm Wa a aaaMnajL 0w?sSral wm h . m iMc e m wm. m mmmtmrm t-a rrirm Wamt mi aaarii fer i mm w m , ii mm imr t Win law aM e-Wam tf tar SXan amu jitk.mtimm TWO Vmrnrn. oi cam CENT fHrK. A47 mir m -a.in rr '..'..SK I . .r mmr AS ninW - mm-wmmStm) i -W4t3B5 WafariP H a T