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.ii'-'i-. -J;iii.-'-J'-::- .-'.';.-... THE HOCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY. MAKCH 20 1S90. THE DAILY ARGUS JOHN W- POTTEK. 8ATCBOAT. Mabch 29. 1890. DEHOCKAT1C TICKET. C1TT. fc I'.tmn. - First Ward . CHRLE STRrPP eeood Ward CHAHLSSDCKMA'XN Third Wsrd JU-EPB GHIGER Fourth Ward HKNKY FKICK Fifth Wrd Stub Ward JOH ATKINSO Barents. Ward PAVL THIESES TOWNSHIP. Supervisor JOHS ASTER. AwlrUnt Bnperrlsors. ATtTHCR bTRRALL, GK'RGB BROWSER, WIS SLOW HOWARD, I 8. DA RAH. Assessor Jon BARGB. Co' lector DaVID fitzosbald. Constables. ' B. H. KIM B A Ms LOCI9 OHLWIILKR. JOHN FLAKMGAS. The Springfield RegitUr gives two err good reasons why it was best to dc ter the world's fir until 1S03. Fin-1, there waulJ not be sufficient time to ar range for the fair by the spring time of '92. which will be Us than two years from the time the bill will pass the sen ate; secondly, the political campaign will be held in '92. which will engross the attention of the people; and besides this in 93 it will be held under a demo cratic administration. The death of Hon. John C. Campbell, aside from causing widespread sorrow throughout the state, will prore a serious loss to the democracy of Illinos. Out aide of a few recognized leaders he was probably the moat conspicuous democrat in the state at the present, lime at least the central figure of its jhtnitical organi cation. A plain, unostentatious man. as Burning no pretensions to greatness be till exerted an influence in the councils of the party which more prominent men failed to command. An uncompromis fog democrat, ha respected the opinions Of his political opponents, and was so cially popular with all classes. He was a tplendid executive officer and an astute political manager, possessing a personal magnetism that drew men to him. Af ter bis relative and immediate friends the ' shock of hu death falls heaviest on his political associates, the members of the democratic state central committee, wLo to a great extent, relied upon the sound Bess of his judgment in matters requiring political sagacity and foresight. The democratic city-township conven tion held at Ottawa Thursday night. passed the following appropriate resolu tions: Whereas, It has pleased the Al mighty Ood to remove from earthly life John C. Campbell, of Streator, chairman cf the Illinois State Democratic Central committee; and Whereas, Bowing to the will of the divine ruler, we feel the loes existing in oar ranks, both state and lo cal, in the death of John C. Campbell Therefore, be it Retolved. That in the death of John C Campbell the democracy of Illinois has lost an eminent leader, the democracy of LaSalle county an enthusiastic worker and reliab'e counselor, and the commuii ity at large a true and good citizen. Be it further Retolced. That we extend to his family the earnest sympathy of this convention; and be it also Reiolttd, That a copy hereof be fur nished to the family of the deceased, in token of our esteem for. him and our sympathy with them in their bereave ment; and to the state central committer, and that it be printed in the press of this city and Strea'-or. Jons L. Maddest, T. C. Gibson, W. L. Seelkt, Committee. Mr. Campbell will be laid at rest at Streator tomorrow afternoon. A3BREV1ATED TELEGRAMS Armour & Co., the Chicago pork packers, re going to test the Virginia dreswtl lieef 7a w. A bigamist is on trial at Littla Rock, Ark., who has indulged tirnself in mx wive at once. Chicago people wild tuild an immense cold storage exchange which will cover several acres of ground. Patrolman Tiglie, of Clevelami, O.. was probably fatally ahot Friday night in a run ning fight with some-desperadoes. The body of Theresa Mettman. .7) years old, has ben found at Leavenworth, Kan., out to piece. She bad been murdered. Baron Hirsh, the wealthy German He brew, proposes to send 1 10,0 0 monthly to this country to ail Lis impecunious fellow Israelite. J. T. Waldrou. of Clinton. lin., who killed bis neighbor Lindlay last fall, hag been sentenced to the penitentiary for six teen years. William Stewart, recorder of West Bay City, Mich., has skipped to Canada, leaving a number of creditors to mourn, and short in bis city cash. . v Mrs. Harrison, m ife of the pres deit, re turned to Washington Friday witli the party wirh whom atie luu be;-n visiting Flor ida, and the south. The chimny of the Clark thread work, at Kearney, N. J., the highest in America, be ing 35 leet high, was struck twice by light ning Friday, slightly in juring it. The report is current at Chicago that Lieut. Steele was found guilty by the court martial of assaulting Private Wild, and punishment fizod at six months' suspension. In a tax injunction case at Dubuque, la., Tuesday capitalists swore that the stock of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City rail way was ouly worth 1 to 7 cents in the mar ket. Sergt. Dana, of the New York signal serv ice station, predicts a tremendous catas trophe on the Mississippi below Memphis, as the result of the recent storm. He says the whole country will be flooded. The Chicago Evening Poet company, at Chicago; to do a publishing and general mercantile business; capital stock, (150,000; incorporators Jam9 W. Scott, A. F. Hatch, and E. G. Hltcher, has been incor porated at Springfield, Ills. Edwards, superintendent of public instruo tion, of Illinois, has designated May 22 and 23 as the time for holding the examination in the graded and high schools of the state, for work to be exhibited at the state fair, and to compete for prizes offered for the best work. Rider and Bona Killed by Lightning. Sprixbfield, Ilia, March 29. At Machan icsburg, Ills., Charles Black, aged Vi yean, was killed by lightning Thursday evening during the storm. The horse he was riding was also killed. A little sLrtor riding with him was slightly injured. Considerable win dow glass was broken at Rochester and other points in this county, but not much other damage was done. Getxeln Goes to Boston. Bobtoic, March President Soden, of the National League club In this city, an Bounces the securing by the club of Getzein, one of the pitchers of last year's Indiana polis team, to play in this city the coming The model husbands tire the men who never marry. GHASTLY DETAILS Of the Work of the Furious Storm King. FAIR LOUISVILLE'S AWFUL FATE. Her People Bereaved, Her Streets a Waste of Ruins and Vocal with the Anguish of Her Citizens. The Descent of the Whirling Detnoi I'poia the Doomed City A Sod den Sweep That Left Htvoe and Death on All Vitlei. Dreadful Slaughter of Young and Old at the Falls City Hall-The Flnmes Take Up the Work and the Onlookers, Helpless to Suc cor the Perishing, Go Frantic with Grief The Lass cf Life Not Known; Loss of Property fc.stiir.atei at Over 61,000,000 Work of the Destroyer in Illinois Metrop olis Terr.tly Wrecked-Great Loss of Prop erty and Li.'e at Little Prairie Woeful News from Tennessee and Kentucky. LovisviLl-F., March 29 . The Falls City, which tat so pruuiiy oa th-j banks of the turbulent Ohio but twenty -four hours ago. giving no thought to danger, in mourning tbe less of t-0" cf her citizens whose lives weut out in ti.e twinkling of an eve; find her jns anJ ilau'iters are standin ty tbe bed sith of hundreds of others ho wvre in j-ired, many of tbem fatally, iu the terrible disas ter that has overtaken her. The talainity came w ithout w arnine and it found men and women engaged in their usual avocations. and many seeking pleasure only to find the hails of their gayety and mirth turned sud- u?niy into the most terrible of sepulchres. Omens of Coming Devastation. Early in the evening the clouds wewt and southwest of the city Lad a threatening asject, and a brisk wind and rain prevailed for two or three hours: but although the violence of the wind increased as darkness approacheJ no alarm was excitetL About 6 o'clock the clouds were seen to mass them seives to the scuthwest of the city. Half an hour later the blast cam with terrible effect, the culmination as it were of all its threatening of hours before.' Just west of New Albany the Ohio bends to tte south, and it was here, and on the Indiana side. that the storm assumed the proportions of a cyclone and started upon its cievatating course. The Rotator)- Terror Strikes the City. Crossing the river at a point just belo Sew Albany it struck the suburb cf Port land and unroofed several houses and ap parently fed by this partial destruction it struck the city at Seventeenth and Froad wav, and took a direct Northeast course, striking the sqnarv in its path at their an gles, and extending about oue and one-half squares in width. Each square brought it narer to "the Uisinesi portion of the city until it stru k Main and Eleventh streeti Here it track was broadened until it cov ered three squares passing out of "the city at Seventh street, whore it crowed to the Indiana side. The space traverse 1 was not less than three miles, and on every side wide spread destruction was visible. Massive buildings of brick and stone were crushed and scattered on every side, and hardly residence fell that some of the inmates were not killed or wounded. What the Morning Revealed. The storm struck the ci;y at j:2'. p. m. The whole thing was over in a minute and half. People living outside of the tr ick of the storm were unaware that anything un usual had happened, and where the cyclone had swept there was utter destruction, ruin and death. Tho cyclone departed as uick ly as it came. The gray daylight of the morning revealed a scene of desolation that was sickening to behol L Main street from Seventh to Twelfth is a ruin, and so is Mar ket street for th9 corresponding distance. Jefferson, from Tenth to Thirteenth; Wal nut, from Thirteenth to Fifteenth; Chr'stnut, from Thirteenth to Seventeenth; Broadway in the neighborhood of Eightecnth.and Nine teenth are iUled with debris and destruction THE MOMENT AFTER THE HAVOC. The I'eople Partly Irenzled and Partly Paralysed by Its Maguitude. The cries of the survivors and the groans of the injured mingled together and added to the appalling nature of the disaster. At first there could be no organized effort at rescue. Hundreds of homes had h?en de molished, husbands and wives, parents and children had been separated, and each know ing nothing of the condition of the others ran frantically from place to place looking for the lost. Thousands of oth?rs wer par alyzed with the immensity of the catastro phe aad knew not what to do. But not for long. Aif 'onaa the tirst feeling of help lessness had parsed away large crowds as sembled and began a search, but the means were inadequate, and the heartrending cries that broke the air completely uuiii'innej the searchers. The I 1b mm Filil-th the Work. As if to arid to the horror nr at once broke out in all parts of the devastated dis trict, and the bewildered firemen knew not which of the half dozen places to go to first. The Terrell & West house on Eighth street, Sims' furnishing house, the colored Odd Fel lows' hall, and SSeegars" saloon, all some dis tance apart, were on fire at the same time James McCullom was burned to death at Twentieth and Maple, and Nick Sullivan, William Dilmer, and Ben Chelt were caught in the timbers of Tierman's saloon and burnt to a crisp. When the remains were recovered they were so badly disfigured that Sulli van's father could not tell which had been his son. Six frame houses on either side of the saloon were also destroyed. The loss of life and property is at present incalculable. It will require long days of painful search and computation to reach a propar estimate, but it is certain that no such havoc has ever been recorded before for an American city from such a cause. Persistence of the Destroyer. The mighty stroke of the tornado fell with a suddenness that scarcely gave time for quickened heart-beats before those hearts were stilled in death. Twice before the wrenching asunder of Ufa and homes and castles of trade the force of the gale f-Tight Impatiently to accomplish it work Twice, for five furious minutes each, it strove and passed on. Then came a lull, but only for a little space, and then the tornado thundered over the doomed territory with lightning constantly ablaze. Estimate of the Losses Relief. The board of trade has appointed a commit tee of relief, consisting of fifty members. They divided the city among them and went to work at once. Estimates of the property lost vary from $2,J00,)0 to $3,000,000. The insurance is probably small. The board of relief issued an address to the people stating that a portion of the city 400 yards wide and three miles long through the business and residence districts had been devastated with a great loss of life and about $3,000,000 worth of property. The address states that while the calamity is great our citizens feel able to cope with it. Offers of relief have been received from all directions. A CENTER OF TRAGIC INTEREST. The Awful Fat of tho Occupants of Falls City HaU. , At the point where it seems the force of the tornado culminated, is situated Falls City hall The structure was three stories in height and when struck several meetings were being held within It. The loss of life at this place far exceeds tha: at any other one locality. The ground fl w of the build ing was given over to marker men, there be ing thirty butchers' and twet ty-fiva garden ers' stales. There was no one in this part of the buil iing so far as is k iown. Oa the second floor front were time small rooms. two of them for the toilet an d one an office. Nest back of this was a htrge ballroom, then the kitchen and then a s nail hall where Miss App taught dancing (tasse. On the third fl wr wera three large I idge rooms. Only a Few Left t It re. Miss App was teaching a d incmg clas of young children and there were in the room mothers, fathers and other at ten dan ts of the youngsters, aggregating sin y or more peo ple. Prolabiy a dozen of these escaped, and all the others are in the ruins with the ex ception of several taken out cead. In oneof the rooms on the second floor the executive body of the Romas Knights vaa in session. there being seven in attendance. Allot these but one escaped death, the unfortunate man being Theodore Engelmeier, an up holsterer, at Third and Chestnut street Oa the tbiri floor Jewel Lodge No. 2, Knights an I Ladies of Honor, was holding a meeting. This was one f the largest lodges of the order, and tber were over 150 members preswnt when the bi iiding fell. A mere hauvinil of these e-cired. On the same floor Humlx-1 It lodge. No. 11 . I. O. O. F., had gathered, iheir being e.ghteen members in the room. Hut a few of t hese are alive. and the few who escaped are ladly hurt. In the Crip of the Kite Fiend. At this point hundreds of pple collected. frantic with grief and anxiety, appealing to the men eng.ied in clearing t way the ruins to ascertain whether their ! ve 1 ones were safe. From the midst of the heap could b beard the heart-rending cris ol the living for succor. About noon the upper portion of the debris had be-u cleared away, whn the opening up of a cave in th i debris caused a current of air to penetnte the ruins. whereupon the smoldering ire broke out with tremendous fierceness. It spread rap idly and forcsd the workers to desert the pile. As soon as the fire gained headway. the groans of the imprisoned people became shrieks, and so great was th i horror of the ' moment that the watchers w. re frantic and screamed and ran about like w ild. the terri ble sufferings which tbey were unable to alleviate driving then to despair. Several lines of hose weres-ua throwing water on the fiimes, bui it ivaa more than an hour before the work coulti be proceeded with, and then it was carried on with much more diCioulty than before, on account of the beat. Thirty-Five Dead Taken Out. Up to 12 o'clock only abt ut thirty-five dead bodies and twenty-five wounded and dying were taken from the wreck. The corpses were laid in various houss across the street and in Dougherty &: Keenan's un dertaking establishment in the block below.' At the latter place the people pasted in and out, one by one, to look at th bodies, bunt ing for frien Is and relatives. One man said he was looking for Louis Lipp, and the very first sheet liftei reveaW the corpse of the of the person wante-L The mno cover 1 bis face, groaned, and would have fallen ha i he not been sustaine'L Monrning for Their Cl.ildren, At abo-it 1 1 ") o'clock the r xm where the chillren were danciug was reached. Mr. Lou s Simms Jr., of 1124 Market street, had for hour been moving about in an agony of grief in front of tt at portion of the wreck where this room ha 1 been, for his w ife and four little children wer there. When the room was reached Mrs. Simms was the first one found, and sb was fatally hurt. Then, within about fifteen minutes of each other, ihreeol the Simms children were recovered. They were unc. mscious, and there is only a faint possibility that they will live. Whii; the father was imploring the worker's to get his other child tire broke out, and work w a suspended. Tbe last man taken out alive before the flam -s started was John Hepden, of 102 West Broadway, anJ just previous to that a woman, who was un able to give her name, was recovered. Two Hundred Vet to Recover. There ere 'i'i or more paop.e still in the debris, ani th. probabilities jts that few, if auy more, would be recover! alive. Of those tak?n out dead only a small number were identified Everything was chaos. There was no srstem, aud un lr the cir cumstances n me could lie et peered. The loss of property on Market s- re -t between Tenth and K.evecth was gnater on the whole than that between E eventh and Twelfth, where Falls City hall is; but in comparison to the life lost at tha latter place it sinks into insignificance. INCIDENTS OF THE CALAMITY. Horrible Death f Kev. Barnwell and Sun Laundry tiirls Killed. One of tlie harrowing incidents of the dis aster was the killing of the R-v. Stephen E. barnwell, rector of St. John s Episcopal ctmrch, and his yonng son I) alley. Mrs. Barnwell was so badly hurt that she may die. St. John's Episcopal chur h, adjoining the doubie house, was shattered throughout and nothing but a mius of bricl.i and splin tered beams left to tell tbe tal. Tbe rec tory was next to this, and here the beloved rector met his awful death, side by side with his child Dudley. He was wit i his family reading when the death crash elded bis use ful life, and from his position t hen fouud must have been killed instantly. His bead was horribly crushed, his cher t caved in, and bis whole body bruised ani man gled almost beyond recognition His beau tiful boy, who was evidently sitting at bis father's kna, was ki!l?i by a terrible frac ture of tbe skull as 1 was als torn and mangled. Fire Girls at One Fell Crash, Five laundry girls employed a. tbe Loui ville hotel wore killed in their rooms. Tbey roomed on Main street, next to tbe hotel As the storm came without warning, those confined had no time to escape. The walls fell with a crash, and the screftins of the laundry girls coull be plainly heard above tho roar of the storm and the fdiinc debris. Mary iow and Mary j-urrall escape.!, and th rest wer iried tfc-nenth the ruins OTiear John Tnliy, ot the Central patrol wag ra, and Joe Baldwin heard the piteous appsals of a woir.au ' voice beneath the ruiu . Both set to wr.rk and with their hands threw away the bricks and timbers that kept the bodies pinned down. The body of a ma l was dis covered, and be after ai l pr ved to be Hon. T. Henry Mason, of Hawesvilie. The foot and hand of another were also uncov ered, and by this time Maj. Hugaes arrived from the Brown fire and put the hook and ladder men and the firemen of Engine com pany No. 2 at work digging for tlie men. Preferred Suicide to Agny. A man s voice was heard a me Tner and a light showed tha scarred face of Virgil Wright. lie was penned in wit i a mass of bricks and mortar. In his banc he hell a pistol, with which he was tryinf to end his sufferings. His arm was so bad ly bruised. however, that he was unable .o pull the trigger, and he was rescued quite badly wounded but able to walk. A Water Famine to Follow, The water work) are ruined T he big standpipe through which all tl.e water is forced into the reservoir, was detaolisbe d by the cyclone. The city's water sup ply is thus cut off, and it is not known how long it will take to repair the damage. Consequently a water famine is sura to folio'. All the windows of the pumping station trere blown out The standpips was ISO feet high, and was built of brick, iron, and wood, and was four feet in diameter on the inside. The Demon That Worked th.t Havoc, Sergt. Burk, signal service obs irver, says the storm possessed tbe characteristic feat ures of a genuine cyclone. There ere three distinct motions; an outward motion, at a rate of speed varying from twenty-five to sixty-five miles per hour; second, a spiral movement around a vertical axfe, with estimated velocity of from 200 to 1,000 mile an hour, and a third, a boundin I motion. with contacts with the earth at iriegular in tervals. THE HAVOC AT JEFFERSONVILLE. Approach of tbe Terror Iu Path of Destruction. Jeffersonvilix, In A, March 2ft The tornado left Louisville about 8 o' :lock and jumped to the Indiana line, apparently crossing tha great Ohio Falls brdge. De bris could be seen working np tl rough the twisting balloon cloud, and few ; moment. later it left the river a Dili cf foam and struck tbe bridge. It just missed tbe house of Mr. Lyon. Tbe tornado ranged eastward and almost completely cleared Front treet of its residea-.-cs in a few seconds. : Many Miraculous Escapes... The wonder U that not a soul was killed here. There were many hairbreadth escapes. C B. Fimmons heard the roar and go up to close the hall door of the parlor. To his consternation it blew to splinters in hU hand, aud when he turned around only the hall remained standing of his handsome res idence. His wife was found on top of the ruins only slightly hurt. It Dispersed the Odd rellow. Tbe fstratiss house, full of guests, was wrecked, but only the proprietor, Ed Strauss, was slightly hurt, though covered bv the falling wall. Excelsior encampment of Odd Fellows was in session when the tornado struck the building, and a panic en sued, the members fleeing for life, followed by falling roofs and chimneys. The wonder is that not a person was killed. Estimate of Loues The Injured. Among tbe houses blown down were many of the handsomest in the city, and the dam ages in buildings and other property will not be less than 500,000. At least 130 bouses have been wrecked, many families rendered Lomeiets and some penniless. The injured are: Miss Lellia Jewett, scalp wound; Ed ishauiss, scalp and arm hurt; John Cfl'mgs scalp wound, arm broken; Mrs. C. B. Simmons shoulder dislocated; an aged lady, name unknown, leg broken. DESTRUCTION IN ILLINOIS. Orand Tower and Metropolis Visited I-lfe ami I'roperty Destroyed. Grand Tower, 11L, March C9. About 4: Thursday afternoon a terrific cyclone, half a ini.e in wi-lth, passed over the city aud towns adjoining, laying waste every thing iu it- path aud spreading death and desolation in many houses. Grand Tower escaped with only the demolishing of a church. The worst of the storm was among the homs of thj poor colored inhabitants. whose shanties were not strong enough to stani i . Names of the Killed. The following were killed: George Meyer, a water-boy in a stone-qaarry, killed by fly ing debris while on his way borne be was IS years old ; John E. Bright, white, killed by a flying p!ir.t-r, dying whde it was being drawn from his h-ad; infant of Mrs. Jane Carter, colored, killed by falling timber in their home, which was demolished; Mrs. Connor, white, a widow, supposed to have been blown into the river. The woun led number twenty-two, mostly suffering with broken limbs. One family. consisting cf Mri Fowler and three daugh ters ail had iimls broken. Hevy Loss at Metropolis Metropolis, Ids., March i.). This town was visited Thursday ly the most destruc tive storm iu thi history of southern Illi nois. The property destroyed will amount to hundreds of thousands One peculiar phenomenon was w itnessed. As the cyclone reached the liver it rebounded ani in rising from the river a column of water followed the cloud iu the air for 300 feet. The col umn of a a.-r as it stretched from the river to the cloud was witnessed by hundreds of citizens who watched its approach with blanched faces. It seemed as if tbe river bad been t up perpendicularly and stretehei from the cloud to the earth. The river front was struck with blow that could be heard for miles Revolts of tho Shock, The risult of the shock was the utter de struction of IV) buildings, among them the First National Bank building, two-story wagon factory of O. C. Whitman, the jail and city building, Colby & CopeUuJ's liv ery stable, warehouse of John tsaepard, the Congregational church. The Baptist church. Empire flmr mill, and the Julian hotel, owned by Jude McCartney. Only Two Persons Killed. Up to last ev?nin6 only t wo persons were reported dead, one of a bom was kl led out right and the other died yesterday, from in juries receive!. our or Uve others were keriously- Injured and about thirty-five slightly hurt Among tbe seriously hurt is J. L. Glav-s, proprietor of the stone factory, who was buried in the ruins of his office with two other men, who escaped with slight in juries The Tempest at Little Prairie. Nashville, Ids., March 29. About i o'clock TViurslay night a courier came in on horseback from Little Prairie.sil miles south of this citv with the news that tbe storm bad done fearful d image in that settlement and that medical aid was urgently needed to aid the wi.ii-i lvl. AH the physicians in this citv iiiimiHiljitelv left f;r tbe scene. In f ramus oi atnc.it. lour runes long by three wide not a housj was left standing In its original position. Fifteen houses are com pletely demolished iu Llttie lYairie alone. I lever, Tenons Mortally Hart. The list i.i victims so far as ascertained. Is as follows: An unknown Polish woman, kill I; James Muukins. fatally injured; Henry Taylor, can not recover; Mrs. Henry lay lor, rrusbui Ly a tinibr, will die; Miss Maggie Simmons back injured, can not sur vive; J. C. Butler, internally injured, will flie; Frei Krum, head crushed, mortally m-ounjiHi; josepn fc.rusn, tatauy injured n bead; David Smith, crushed ty a falling tree, will die; Mary Smith, littla daughter af David Sxdth, fatally injure! in her atber's arms; John Krum, cut oa heal, wil; probaldy dit. Besides tbe above six others were mare or '.ess seriously wouude t. From Oilier Illinois Points. News has just been brought in from Oak Jale, a vil jig a in this cmnty about nine miles southa-jst of "hire, Ihst twenty-five nouses in that iiumemMe vicinity and in tba town were j artially wrecked, with some few completely down, but no one hurt to any great extnt. Near Murphysboro Mr. Linsley's dwelling was literally blown to j-iecex. his child killed and his wife dangcrouslv injured. At t."arlo,ti!:i!- the banking house of W. W. Wicks a uro.ifed an i several bouses more or less damage I. Cou'.tervii!-was via-tad ly a devastating cyclone. It came from the northwest and seems to have split iu two before reaching -be town, one-lia f going east and tbe other aalf almos thr:u i the center A number f houses were recked. RAVAGES IN TENNESSEE. )ver a Store of Casn titles and Heavy Lost of Troperty. Nashville, Tenn., March 29 The storm to this section of the state was the severest known in many years, and dispatches re ceived from various points tell of frightful havoc. Tbe damage done in Nashville was not serious, although a very strong gale pre vailed for nearly two hours, but surround ing towns suffered greatly. Scores of pri vate residences and business houses were blown down or partially destroyed, and some were consumed by flames originat ing from lamps that bad been overturned. The Loss of Life. Report are received of tbe killing of t wo persons at Fayettevil'.e, with eight severely hurt; four persons injured at Fosterville; four killed and two badlv wounded at Gal latin; three burned to death at Be J view. Ky., one killed at Knoxville, one at Ro- gana, and one killed at Hartsville, Tenn.. and one killed at Kelly's station, Ky. Two were wounded at Huntsyille, Tenn., and Caledonia, Ky., respectively. Several Towns Wrecked. The beet portion of the town of Fayetts- ville, Lincoln county. Tenn., was almost entirely destroyed. The storm struck the town of Rogana, a few miles distant from Gallatin, witb terrific force, blowing away every house, witb one exception. House hold goods and portions of buildings are scattered far and wide. Ail bouses beyond Bledsoe - up to Enlia Macon county, have been blown into atoms. Fully 100 people are crippled in that section and are under the car of doctors. Men, women, and children are in a terrible con dition in that section. The destruction to farm property is enormous. Ftrnck the Town at Mldalgbs. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 29. Report torBJldo GraysvCl G,, town eighteen miles south of tuts town, ThurJa u'ght. suortlv after midnight The people were sleeping, and were t erribly frightened. Th roof was blown off the Ursr figuring nulls. Two boiin belonging to John Woods ,.i..m4 iT T Wilson were .Moan down Several uarrow escapes are reported. At tuu It is imnossible to 'earn whether anybody has been kiileJ- The Bed Cross to tbe Hesrue. Washisotos ClTT, March 29. Miss Clara Barton, o! the Red Cross society, called at the White House yesterday and informed tbe president, who is the ex-ollh-io chairman of the governing board of that organisation, that it was her inteution to start for Louis ville and the devastate t district at once to giro what aid she could to the sufferers from Thursday night's disaster. Little Dam ace at Cairo. Cairo, Ills. March ?J The ga'.e here Thursday night on the river sunk several shanties and fish boats on tbe Ohio river and rendered navigation almost impossible. In tbe city it blew down one frame house from its foundation into the water. No one was hurt Tbe gale blew at the rat of sisty miles an hour. Harm Done at New Albany. Locisville. Ky., March New Al bany, from her situation under the shelter of the Silver hills whtch protect her on the west and north, escape I all damage beyond the blowing over of a few sijHis and break ing the moorings of several oal boats tliat were landed along tbe shore. DEVIL SH DEED OF BLOOD. A I'iemrsh South Dakntan Attempts a Triple Murder. Minneapolis M.iui., siarrt A e- cial to the Tribnna front Fauiton, 8. I) says: E. Eckert, a resident of this county living flit vn miles northwest of here, stabbed bis two sons and cut his wife's throat eariy yesterday morning. He was in custody of thj sheriff at this pi ac, having been bound over by Jus'ice B'ih to answer the charge of attempt to kid a neighbor about a week ago. Hb family testified against him at the preliminary examination. Tbursd.tv night h escaped from the sheriff. and went directly home w ith the intention of kiiliug off the entire familv. After com mitting the deed he fled and Sheriff Cham berlain is in hot pursu t it is not stated whether the victims will die. Iowa legislature. Dies Moixes, Is, March 'f. The senate committee on cities and towns yesterday afternoon sgred by a vote of 5 to 4 to rec ommend for passage tbe Democratic caucus icense bill to regult- the sain of liquor. The committee stands politically five Repub lican and four Democrats but Senator Lawrence voted with the Democrats The senate pharmacy committee also agreed to report a bill which, if enacted, will liberal? ize the pharmacy law. It so changes tbe statute that druggists will n..t be r -q iired to obtain signers to a petition upon which to base their application for a permit. The school book question was postponed in the senate until next Fridav. The business of the houa was largely taken tip aith the passage of I ilU of a purely local character. The bill prohibiting fishing in tlie lakes or streams of the state bv othr means than book and line was passed, slik MrDonald's Wife. Chioaum March 2l) Th divorced a ife of M. I . ?cl).mald. af:er various trials and tribulation? an 1 nn alsnce of ei -ht months. has retn-TieJ to 1 hicago. Her avowed rea son for returning was not to see her former husland. but sh declared she was drawn by motherly instincts and affection to the side of her youug children, wh m sh deserted for the priest Sloysant soma time ago. aud for which adventure JU LMnaM recently secured a divorce. A Hsavv Oale at Kiio4tllle. lud. va.yvillIl, Ind, March The gale fhuri4y -lU'.t Uegaa in this viciaity about 6.30 p. ui. aa l continued all niht with slight abatement. The damage herd was not very gr-at, otue houses bemg ir.ore or less wrecked sat a wharf b: aula coal bareesunt Canm and Nsshnlle, I lis., are report! a ba-'.ly damped. It is reported that a train ou the L-wisvillj & Nashville road at Sebree, Ky., was '.down tra.u the fracit and two persons iililtsd. ALONG THE RAILWAY LINE. A Scene of Wreck and Knio . freak of tha Wind. Cincinnati, March ST.-Conductor K. B, Holbom.of tbe Louivitlcand Nashville trsin which arrived at IUi yetTlav morning, aid to a reporter : "Ail ulong the line com ing out of Louisville ttilegraph poles, wires snd timber are scattered in all directions. We were delayed for that rea-son. At l.a Orange, twenty-seven miles from Loui-ville. there is much damage doue. At Kmineuce, forty miles southvt of Iouiilie, several persons were killed The whold country coining out of Imi iiie i one ni.is of min gled i-oles. ti'iilnrs, tr-'es and other d dins. Port Royal, Henry ci.un'v, fettv miles from Louisville, i reported a? 11: . ntirely de molished. Vomcc of mn Insurance loltrv. "At Pendleton, thirty-three lr' m -ui viile, a $ irt.OuO insuiance policy a .is found hung on al. i'h near the railr.a l trark Tbe policy belongel to a mau in L niUvill and had been blown nil th.i way lvm the city. All sorts t t !othinr, pieces of tini tiers an 1 debris ot all sorts nerv "Watteit-J along the line"' Thi Wreck uf a Mret t ar. D. L. Ixw-kaood, tetcgAi;mater of the aaam train, was iu the torn ido 1 o He said: 'T was rtiling in a strwt cur on Jeffer son street, l-tt-n S-vt-nth and E ghth, when Ihe turnado tru'k the car. A heavy telegraph joU Wuwn across the car, mashing it, and nearly kiiline a lidy jwis wnger, whom I oarii-d in my arms to a place where meiical ai l couid be had. 1 was utiiii jured, but the poor car-driver wa blown away and n-ver heard of or s.rii since. It was an awful ight." A K spent-ii re In a Mliiilpool Denver, Colo., March 'JO. Lieut. Stunt.. n has returned from his survey of tiie lirand canon, having leen the aecond turn: to make the perilous trip. lie says a railroad through the canon is entirely practicable. I let ween tbe bead of the Colorado river and the end of the Grand canon he passed over rapids and in one of thetn his boat was cajisized in a whirlpool, and be himself drawn down ward into what seemed to be a lottomles river. He finally came to the surface fifty feet from where hs went down, and was rescued by his men. Rascn ut Kisliteeii .Men. Chicago, March Eighteen men were rescued yesterday from the. crib over tba middle caisron to tbe Ir.ke tunnel, two and a half miles out in the lake, by the Chicago life-saving cetv and win tugmen. Tba house had been battered by the naves and tbe men were in danger of being swept away, having been in their perilous position a great portion of Thursday night aud yes terday. - Conflrmtd by tba Senate. Washington Citt, March S Tbe senate in secret session has confirmed the nomina tions of VV". A. Van Buren, marshal for tbe eastern district of Michigan and S. P. Hsr oer, me ter of the mint, Denver, Col The nomination of Max Procht to be collector for Alaska, which has been hung up in the commerce committee since Dec. I", was re ported to the senate favorably. The Chicago Refinery Kiplo!o. Chicago, March 29. The total uutuber ?f Uvea lost by the explosion at the Chicago Refining company's starch bouse Thursday is nine, as follows; August Thieman, Frank Waliich, Mike Hrer. Henry Hobbaldt, Albert Heas, John Otto, Morns Plynn, Fred Qrof, and Albert Witzse. Eighteen others were severely burned ani 3theri In jured. " - Pretty Good Sort ot Consolation. London, March 29 The Telegraph, con, meriting on the disaster at Louisville and elsewhere on the Ohio river, says: "It U our sole consolation that we can at least give our money to help tbe ruined and homeless." T. K OF THE SPRING SEASON, 1890. .A.T jPOjPUJljA.II, PRICES. Is always to be found at Robt, Krause's Clothing Emporium, 115 and 117 West Second Street, DAVENPORT, IA. "Its the best Shoe for INSATIATE AliCHKlt He Who Looted the Treasury of Maryland. A Enor.TAGE OF $127,000 FOUND Tha Suspicious Predicting That the Steal Will Kua I p to Half Million 4a Affection for tha I net Main but I cinatliif Gaate of Poker tilvec as the Causa ot Such a lllg 'IHow In" "mc Transit.' Lie. Baltimore, March It is now rertaia that a very large portion of ti e $X.(sjj coupon bonds held by Treasurer Archer for the state have been deposited by him for collateral for private loans. The legislative committee which was appointed Wednesday night came to Baltimore yesterday aud ex amined the box in tha Safe Deposit com pany's buddiug lu which ihe securities Were kept They were met by a committed of the state treasurer's bomlaiuea. Some t'gly Rumors 4ou brme.t. The investigation was couducted witn tlie utmost privacy and at Its conclu sion the committee returned to Annapolis. Ugly rumors began to l circulated so u afU-rwar-1, however, which were borne out by tbe report male last night to tbe legisla ture. This was to the effect that the short age thus far discovered amounts to tfJT.lXA). As the books of the defaulter have not yet been examined the full -xteut of the deficit not known. Well-informed men now say they would not be astonished if u I sequent inquiry should show that f V"O.U"0 is miss ing. He ria.verf High at Toker. Gradually circumstances are coming to light that indicate where tbe money has gone. It was generally supposed that Mr. Archer bad alssolutely no vices. It would stnn, however, that he was very'fonlof puker and would occasionally fly h.s kite very hi;h. A well-known Baltimt fe l uiT ns mau saw him lose tU at Annapolis a little over a week ago. It is also state.! that after Archer returned from congress be hal absolutely no Income, bis bw practie - hav ing been shatter I, but tliat be has never theless kept up his home establishment sine in the accustomed way. His salary of 2.500 as state treasurer is regard-jd as baring been insufficient to mt his domestic exensea. He was also quite free in giving money to men who bad done (miitical work. Snrprised Archer's Friend. The announcement create I an iuteuse sen sation, as Archer's fricu Is hvl supp wed the amount of bends taken would not exceed f6.tW or MJU. Comptroller IUnglunaii has learned that Archer has lost l.irg. sum, at poker, and will probably bring suit for recovery against a numin-r of promineut men who hare be rj Archer's croiii.-s and are suppose-1 to hare received their winnings from the state's funds. Mr. Bsughman says the public will be surprised when the names of these men are revealed Absolutely Pure. This powder never vsrlaa. A marvel of narltr strenffta ana wnoieaosaaesa. Mora ecooomica thea tbe ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold la compentkm wita ihe maltitade of low test, short weigh anus or prpaoapaata powders, sotd anlm aoaa. Botai. Baarjia Fowoia Co., 10 WaQ bt-t Xi. T POWDER RAUSE'S GREAT OPENING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT Tailor Made Clothing EVER OFFERED IX THE TRI - Indies' 12.00 Kid Button Shoe railed the money in the city. 1622 SECOISTD JLVEISTTJE. -B. BIRKENFELD, 2011 Fourth Confectionery, Cigars and Toys, Doll Busies, Bojs' Express Wagon. Base Balls and BaU, Rubber Balls, etc. Also s foil line of SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Writing Paper. Tablets. Ink. Slates. Lead and Slate Pencils, Etc. BTJ1T ALADDIN! STOVES IMPERIAL ALADDIN RANGE for Soft Coal ALADDIN VENTILATOR for Hard Coal. The latest design of tl.e long series of ALADDIN Stores. This Is beautiful In its ornamental ion. novel in many of its features is bound to he a good seller Be sure and examine this stove and Icarn its good points for after sr eine it xoii wil' buy no other- . : I have of course a ur.ply of ihe cU t.rated ROUND OAKS This has beta so popular that ,t .being copied as far as tl.ey dare oT unscrupulous parties, but don t be 1eo ived-huy the Round Oak -made by P. D. Beckith. I am the so'e u.piib u wcu bb uuar Cor. TLird avenue -J. W. JOKES- Iea!er la Sew and Second Hand Goods or evekt DEscmpnox. The hU'he trito taid f.ir faoA of anv k.n Y. WiU trade, s 11 or buy Sbrthli,. No.4l5l2 Secur.4 A?ecUtS J". lL. CHRISTY, Steam Cracker Bakery, HABOFACXVaZR OF CB&CKERS A0 E1SCTJITI. Ask your Grocer for them. Tbey are beet. ajsrsperlaltia; The Christy "0T8TIR" and the Christy "WAFEE." ROCK ISLAND. ILL A, J. SMITH & SON, -SPRING STOCK- C ARP ETS, And Japanese Mattings. compare largrst stock of Carpeting, MaUincs and FURNITURE WEST A. J. SMITH & SON, 1S5 and ia7 wttX xwrd 8tree Opp. Masonic Temple. DAVINPORT. OF- CITIES, the TTA. Avenue, Dealer in- THE AND RANGES ut - siranie goods. Hardware, etc JOHN T. NOFTSKER, and Twentif th St., Rock Inland CHINESE- ATTINGS, OP CHICAGO.