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LAST EDITION
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JUNE 14, 1899.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
VIGTORYAT LAST.
Filipinos Driven Back hy Reg
ulars Under Lawton
After Fighting All Day In the
Hud and Jungle.
SWIMMING THE IUVElt.
The Fourteenth Plunges In and
Carries the Trenches.
Filipinos Leave Sixty-five Dead
on the Field.
TIGHT DESPERATELY.
Insurgents Contest Ground
Inch by Inch.
They Don't Seem to Know When
They're Whipped.
Manila. June 14. S:13 p. m Before
dark last nipht the Fourteenth infantry
Euam the Zapote river, charged and
carried the trenches, a heavy fusillade
of artillery preparing the way and cov
ering the crossing. The insurgents
broke for the woods before the Four
teenth reached them. Almost at the
same time the Ninth and the Twelfth
crossed a bar of the sea and came up on
their left flank at a point where a body
of marines with Maxim guns landed
under protection of the ships" batteries
and fired upon the' enemy's left rear
with a demoralizing effect. The Twenty
first crossed the river by a bridge as
soon as it could be mended.
SIXTY-FIVE DEAD FILIPIXOS.
Sixty-live dead Filipinos were found
in the trenches, most of them shot
through the head. Several 5-inch
smooth bore guns were captured with
ammunition marked "U. S. XavyTard."
After crossing the river the troops were
withdrawn . with the exception of the
Xinth and Twenty-first, these regi
ments being left with four guns to
guard the bridge. As they were be
ing formed into companies the insur
gents commenced to fire volleys from
the bamboo jungle "GO yards away. The
regiments formed into line rapidly and
coolly, though under fire, and, cheer
ing, rushed to' the woods, driving "the
enemy a mile away, the Filipinos dis
puting every foot. The Fourteenth en
tamped on the river, the men caring
for many cf the Filipinos wounded.
Kight inisoners were captured. The
majority of the Filipinos wore red uni
forms. CROSSING THE RIVER.
The only means of crossing the Za
pote was by a small bridge, which the
Filipinos commanded with trenches
spreading V" shaped, whence they
could concentrate their fire on the
bridse. They also had the advantage
of the trees and jungle, so the Ameri
cans could hardly see ahead.
When the battle was resumed at 1
o'clock with the reinforcements, our
battery having silenced the enemy's
guns, the Americans, wading waist
deep in the mud pf the sand flats. slowiy,
and pouring steady volleys of musketry
at the rebels, drove their opponents be
yond the river. Then the two armies
lay facing each other across the deep
stream, the enemy practically out of
sight, while the men in blue and hahaki
lay in the main bushes, many of them
without any shelter, for three hours
Without a moment's cessation in the
firing, pouring bullets at the enemy as
fast as they could!oad. '
The thousand rifles blended into a
continuous roar, was vastly different
frum the intermittent skirmish-like rat
tle of most of the engagements.
FIGHTING IN MUD.
One battalion after another General
Lawton summoned from Las Pinas un
til only enough reserves were left in the
town to prevent the Filipinos from at
tacking the Americans in the rear. which
was feared, as they were creeping
around our left through the weeds, de
livering a flanking fire which put a
frreat strain npon the endurance of the
Americans, who were floundering in the
mud across the river, while on the right
the Filipino sharpshooters, hidden in
the trees, were peppering our men.
But. thanks to the poor marksmanship
of the rebels, our loss was not so great
as it would have been if the Filipinos
had shot straight. An army, however.
Has seldom fought under a greater han
dicap or more courageously than did
our regulars, a majority of whom were,
comparatively speaking, recruits, who
oould have been pardoned for retire
ment in the face of such a fierce fire
from their exposed positions.
The Fourteenth regiment lay to the
right of the bridge and in front of them
ws the Twelfth regiment, with the
Ninth on the right and the Twenty
first up the road, facing the bridge,
which was the critical situation. Ori
the bridxe were the bodies of two
Americans who had attempted to rush
across, and many wounded men were
carried from the open ground before
the bridge.
GO AS YOU PLEASE.
After firing In volleys for a short
time, the Americans were ordered to fire
when and where they could see the
enemy. It was every man for himself
and the best our men could do was to
aim at the faint mists arising from the
rebels' smokeless powder.
General Lawton. though exhausted by
the morning's light, rallied by sheer
will power, and was the commanding
figure in the battle. He went along
the lines directing and encouraging the
troops.
General Wheaton and General Oven
Fhlne were equally courageous. In fact
the generals were among the few men
on the battlefield who refused to take
shelter under the hottest fire. The only
approach to the fighting ground was by
a. narrow, winding road where the rebel
bullets dropped thickly around our men.
At 4 o'clock there was an hour's lull
In the fighting and an artillery sergeant
galloped back to where two guns of
the mountain battery were waiting in
reserve and shouted: "Bring up those
funs."
The sergeant then tumbled exhausted
from his horse.
Twenty wounded men were carried to
a cjlsco (native boat) .waiting on the
beach which was rowed to Paranaque.
HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD.
It is impossible at present to esti
mate the number of Filipino dead.
There are many dead bodies In the
fields the Americans traversed. "
This battlefield incidentally was form
erly the scene of several of the greatest
struggles between the Spaniards and
the Filipinos. The Zapote was consid
ered impregnable and hundreds of Span
iards and Filipinos have been killed
while fighting over the same bridge in
former contests, for its possession. In
June, 1S97, Generals Pio Del Pilar and
Trias turned the scale of war on the
side of the Filipinos by deserting the
Spanish army there on the eve of a de
cisive battle, carrying native militia
with them and thereby breaking the
chain of defense around Manila.
WASHINGTON IS WORRIED.
Washington. June 14. The news of
the heavy fighting almost in sight of
Manila and adjacent to the navy yard
at Cavite where Admiral Dewey landed
his forces more than a year ago, was
received with intense interest here. It
is evident to the officials that the in
surgents are either far stronger than
has been realized or that they have
come to the end of their resources and
are making this last struggle in sheer
desperation. Otherwise it is hard to
understand why they should come
down to the shore of the bay and fight
the warships.
Adjutant General Corbin steadfastly
maintained his confidence in the success
of the present movement in Luzon and
said today that he felt encouraged at
the ads'ices that came from Otis, par
ticularly in view of Gen. Otis' state
ment that Lawton had driven the enemy
with heavy loss and that the latter
could not be reassembled in force. Still
there is great concern exhibited over
the conditions that confront the Ameri
can troops in this campaign and there
was a renewal of the inquiry as to
whether or not there is to be further re
inforcements of the troops or another
call for volunteers. The statement was
made in reply to this that Otis has or
soon will have all the men he estimated
and the opinion of Gen. Otis in these
matters is to determine the policy of
the president in the matter.
LATE CASUALTIES.
Washington. June 14. Gen. Otis re
ports the following additional casual
ties: Wounded Thirteenth infantry, June
9. M, Private Henry Masfelder, thigh,
slight.
Fourth cavalry, 10th, I, Private Wm.
Riardan, leg. moderate.
Ninth infantry. C. Privates A. F.
Portezeng, shoulder, slight: B, De
Forest Hutchinson, head, severe.
Twenty-first infantry, C, Private
Thomas Muller, arm, slight.
First Colorado. M, Private Joseph P.
Kearns. leg, slight: June 11, Private Ed
gar Pate, knee, severe.
TEN KILLED, FORTY WOUNDED.
Washington, June 14. The following
has been received at the war depart
ment :
Manila. June 14. Adjutant General,
Washington: Lawton's troops under
Wheaton and Ovenshine occupy coun
try south of Bacoor; have scouted west
ward and some distance southward on
line of Zapote river and Bacoor road;
eney appears to have retired to Imus,
abandoning bay country. The fighting
yesterday was severe; our loss 10 killed
and 40 wounded: majority at crossing
Zapote river. Enemy driven from
heavy and well constructed trenches,
to which they held tenaciously; their
loss several hundred, of whom fifty
were buried this morning. Will not
probably make any determined future
stand in southern provinces.
(Signed) OTIS. '
NAVY HAS USUAL LUCK.
Washington, June 14. The navy de
partment has received the following
cablegrams from Captain Barker, the
naval officer in command at Manila,
respecting the fighting there yesterday:
Manila, June 13. Secretary of Navy,
Washington: The insurgents fired at
navy yard. Masked batteries. Ships of
war shellejj position and entrenchments.
The Helena and Monadnock landed
forces to assist in maintaining the po
sition until reinforced by the army. The
movement was successful. Enemy was
routed. No casualties in the navy.
(Signed) BARKER.
Manila, June 14. Secretary of the
Navy: Regarding engagement of June
13, details of officials for special service
indicated was signaled. Appreciate as
sistance of the navy, which 1 shall ac
knowledge with pleasure officially.
Lawton.
(Signed) BARKER.
RETURN OF OREGONIANS.
Washington. June 14. Gen. Otfs
cables the following announcement
about the return of volunteers:
"Manila. June 14. Adjutant General.
Washington: Transports Ohio and
Newport, Oregon's first signal corps
and discharged soldiers from different
organizations, left for San Francisco
this morning via Nagasaki. Oregons
number 46 officers, 1.035 enlisted men.
Signal company, four officers. 32 enlist
ed men. The transport Leelawna ar
rived yesterday. OTIS."
The Oregon regiment which left San
Francisco for Manila had 957 men but
was afterwards recruited to its full
strength while serving in the Philippines.
30 PEOPLE POISONED
By
Eating Ice Cream
Church Social.
at a
Delton, Mich., June 14. More than
thirty persons are suffering from ag
gravated chemical poisoning, caused by
eating ice cream at a social given last
night by the Ladies' Aid society. Seven
of those affected are in a. serious con
dition. FIRST MEETING.
Of the Venezuelan Commission Took
Place This Morning.
Paris, June 14. A preliminary and
informal meeting of counsel engaged in
the Venezuelan arbitration took place
at the ministry of foreign affairs this
morning. The meetings of the Vene
zuelan commission will be held In the
apartment placed at the disposal of the
Spanish-American peace commission.
The first formal meeting of the com
missioners will take place at 11 o'clock
on Thursday morning.
Bland Grows Stronger.
Lebanon. Mo., June 14. Richard P.
Bland slept well all night and awoke
at 1 o'clock much refreshed and stranger
than for several days. He partook of
breakrast. eating more heartily than
usual. At noon Dr. Macombe called.
He found the patient asleep and thought
there was no change in his condition
from yesterday.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, June 14. For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Thursday except showers
in extreme east portion tonight; north
erly winds.
A HEAP0F RUINS
Little Town of Herman, Neb.,Is
Destroyed.
Tornado Swept Down on It
Last Night.
NINE PEOPLE KILLED
Few Buildings Were Left Stand
ing In the Town.
Many Lives Probably Saved, by
Timely Precaution.
Omaha, June 14. A Bee special from
Blair, Neb., says:
One of the worst storms that have
visited this section of the state dropped
down upon the little town of Herman,
Jocated 15 miles north of here last
night. For some two hours before the
storm took a disastrous form the clouds
were of a threatening color and the air
was hot and sultry. At 6 o'clock the
storm seemed more threatening and the
people were on their guard. At 6:15 it
was observed that the wind was blow
ing from the northwest and from the
southwest and with increasing vio
lence. At 6:30 the clouds took the funnel
shaped appearance and bore down upon
the town. The first damage done was
about four miles west of Herman at the
Hawkins farm.
Mr. Hawkins is dead and his bams
and outbuildings are in a mass of
ruins. In the village of Herman but
few buildings are left standing. The
business portion and the residences are
piled up in a heap. That any escaped
is miraculous.
The bank owned and operated by
Representative J. H. Chambers is in a
mass of ruins. It was a substantial
brick. His home, an elegant frame es
caped. Near the depot is a pile of rubbish
containing everything from a pair of
boots to dead and wounded horses,
hogs, cattle, etc.
The dead and wounded thus far re
ported are:
Two special trains have been sent up
from here and the wounded are being
cared for at the Clifton hotel.
The closest estimate that can be
made is that eight persons are dead and
:"0 wounded.
DETAILS OF STORM.
Omaha. June 14. A Bee special from
Blair. Neb., says: One of the worst
storms in the history of eastern Nebras
ka visited Aerman, Neb., last evening
about 6:30 p. m. The storm took the
form of a tornado about two miles west
of Herman and after traveling west a
short distance turned back taking a due
east course until within half a mile of
the town.
It then took a southeasterly course
covering a strip about 25 rods wide but
wide enough to clean out the entire
town of Herman. Two or three resi
dences still remain on the outskirts of
the town though in a much damaged
condition. The Methodist church and
the school building are the only other
buildings left. The Methodist church
is being used as a hospital for the
wounded and a place for the dead.
The following is near'y a complete list
of the dead and wounded, especially
those seriously wounded;
DEAD.
A. B. HOPKINS. Herman.
MRS. A. B. HOPKINS. Herman.
A. HOPKINS, son of A. B. Hopkins,
Herman.
MRS. KELSO PENDER, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins.
W. S. RICHARDS, postmaster of
Herman.
MR. HAWKINS, home four miles
west of Herman.
CHILD of S. M. Davis.
LOUIS CLAUSEN, machinist, Mis
souri Valley.
Died at hospital since the storm:
THOMAS HIKES, plasterer. Blair.
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
Miss Kelso Pender, head and face.
Ella Hopkins, face, bodj' and head.
Wm. Anderson, hurt about head.
Mrs. William Anderson, head and
bedy, seriously.
Ed Lacket. head cut.
Caney West, seriously about body.
Mrs. E. G. Bonneau, head.
Mrs. John K. Lingenbeard, head and
face.
Con Rankin, leg cut, body bruised,
seriously.
Earl Piper, head and arms.
Alfred Christensen.
Gus Peagan, head.
Grandma Naslor.
Mrs. Hawkins' mother, four miles
west of Herman, both arms crushed.
Mrs. Hawkins, ribs broken.
Miss Hawkins, back hurt.
Mr. Yenock. two miles west of Her
man, probably fatal.
Mrs. Anderson No. 2, head and face
badly cut. arm broken.
Mrs. Hopkins' body was not found
until midnight, having been carried 40
rods and dropped in an orchard.
The town proper is totally destroyed.
The train crew on No. 2 on the Omaha
road did some heroic work last night.
They pulled into Herman just after the
storm and began the work of rescue.
Nearly 100 were brought back to Blair,
where the train remained until this
morning, when it left on schedule time
taking relief and asistance to the home
less people, many of whom had been
out in the rain all night.
The home of J. H. Chambers escaped
with but little harm, but his brick bank
is in one mass of ruin. A large boiler
that required two cars to transport it
to Herman was carried over a block
and deposited in the heart of the city.
There was but one tornado insurance
policy in the town, and that was for
but a trifling amount. The balance
is a total loss.
The heavy rain that followed the
storm practically ruined what had not
been destroyed by the storm. The
storm came on rather slowly, giving
most people ample time to reach their
cellars. Instead of taking1 a straight
course, the storm seemed to zig-zag
back and forth. A delegation of Blair
firemen are on the ground doing patrol
duty.
A large number not reported are
slightly injured, while of those reported
one-half are looked upon as having re
ceived fatal injuries.
STRUCK DANE HOLLOW.
Herman, Neb., June 14. It is report
ed that the tornado which struck this
village, wrecked several houses at Dane
Hollow. Two persons were killed and
ten are reported severely injured. The
dead:
PETERSON, boy.
MRS. HANSEN.
ONE WHO WAS THERE
Traveling Man Tells the Story of the
Herman Disaster.
Blair, Neb., June 14. One of the best
descriptions of the storm at Herman
was received from J. A. Kelly, a Coun
cil Bluffs traveling man.
"With a number of other guests I was
dining in the hotel," he said, "when sud
denly the wind began to rise and grow
very violent. I hastened to the window
and looked to the north. I could see two
immense .clouds separated by ouite a bit
of sky, swirling and churning wrath
fully. We at once felt that a tornado
was" at hand. Our suspicions were con
firmed when we saw .that the two di
visions, of clouds wereTapldly converg
ing into the traditional funnel shape.
But while we looked it seemed to us
that the clouds would sweep to the west
and avoid the town. When it reached
a point to the northwest, we were terri
fied to see it suddenly change its course
and make directly for the town. We all
hurried into the cellar and saw no more
of the tornado but we knew by the
frightful din that it was working havoc
in the town. When it had passed we
emerged from the cellar and found that
the hotel had been wrecked and that
every building in town had been blown
down with the exception of an isolated
few on the outskirts.
"The tornado had swept tight down
the main street crushing the buildings
as though they were egg shells. The
only brick building of importance in the
town was the bank. After the storm I
do not recall seeing it and I presume
that it too was destroyed. The town was
a pile of debris soaking with water. In
front of us we could see horses, pigs
and frame buildings all heaped together.
I could not say how many persons were
killed or how many were injured. I saw
several dead and many wounded. Of
course there were many still alive after
the storm and they did all they could to
assist in the work of rescue. When the
first train left I came to Blair."
Mr. Kelly and several others referred
to one queer freak of the wind which
they had observed. At a point two
blocks northwest of the Burdick hotel
workmen had nearly completed a huge
tank which was to supply the city with
water. This tank weighed in the neigh
borhood of twenty tons. When the
storm had passed the tank was found
close to the Burdick hotel practically
uninjured.
The work of taking the dead and
wounded out of the 'debris is progress
ing slowly and is likely to prove a long
and difficult task.
GODDARD CONVICTED.
Slayer of Fred Jackson Sentenc
ed to 20 Years In Prison.
Jefferson City, Mo., June 14. Dr. Jef
ferson D. Goddard, who killed Fred J.
Jackson in Kansas City on April 2, 1897.
was convicted of murder in the second
degree in the circa court here today
and sentenced to 20 years in the peni
tentiary. The jury was out all night.
This case was made interesting by
the testimony of the wife and daugh
ters of the dead man for the defendant.
It was proved by the state that inti
mate relations between the doctor and
the wife of the dead man was the cause
of the killing. The case had been
tried three times, the last time being
brought here on a change of venue.
ANDREE WILL RETURN.
Dr. Kjeller of Stockholm Believes the
Explorer is Alive and Well.
Copenhagen, June 14. The New York
Journal correspondent says: The Dag
tidende publishes an exhaustive article
from the pen of Dr. Kjeller of the
Stockholm university, in which the
writer tries to prove that Dr. Andree
and his companions are alive and well
and are now on their way back from
the north pole.
Dr. Kjeller declares that as soon as
Andree had completed his trip by bal
loon as far as to the extreme northern
end of Greenland he set about his jour
ney in quest of the pole. He is con
vinced that the balloon is anchored
somewhere in Greenland. Dr. Kjeller
confidently believes that Andree will be
heard from before the end of the sum
mer. SUREJF ONE.
Pennsylrania Democrats Hare
a Cinch This Year.
Harrisburg, June 14. For the first
time in many years the Democracy of
Pennsylvania enters upon a state cam
paign assured of the success of at least
a portion of its ticket. This is due
to the conditions governing the election
of two supreme court judges next No
vember to fill the vacancies caused by
the death of Judge Williams and the re
tirement of Chief Justice Sterrett next
January. No elector is entitled to
vote for more than one candidate for
this office, and as there will be two
elected each of the great parties will
get one. Governor Stone will prob
ably appoint the Democratic nominee
as judge as soon as his nomination is
certified to the state department, in
which event he would rank the nominee
of the Republican state convention,
which will not meet until August or
September.
Ex-Congressman Simon P. Wolverton
and Superior Court Judge Smith of
Scranton are leading candidates. The
selection of the candidates for the of
fices of state treasurer and superior
court Judge and the making of a plat
form has been almost entirely lost
sight of in the struggle for supreme
court judge. Ony a few of the score of
candidates are here, but each has his
political manager with a host of lieu
tenants and shouters. The best of
feeling seems to prevail among the
friends of the various candidates and
the rivalry thus . far has been very
friendly. Representative Wm. T.
Creasy of Columbia is almost certain of
the nomination of state treasurer. All
Indications point to a two days' con
vention. The convention was called to order at
12:10 p. m. by State Chairman Rilling.
Temporary Chairman. William H. Brin
ton of Lancaster made a brief speech
congratulating the Democracy on its
fight in 1896 and 1899. His mention of
the name of William J. Bryan as the
great leader of the Democracy was re
ceived with wildest applause. He said
the Democracy in the last legislature
(Continued on Sixth- Page.)
IN THEDEBRIS.
Number of Unrecovered Dead
at New Richmond
Estimated at From Fifty to One
Hundred.
SIXTYFIVE CHILDREN
And Many Adults Still Reported
Missing.
One Hundred Corpses Hare Been
Gathered Up.
New Richmond, Wis., June 14. No
bodies were recovered from the tornado
ruins last night, the work being aban
doned on account of the heavy rair.
which fell during the greater part of
the night and partly by exhaustion of
the working parties.
No organized movement looking to
the recovery of the dead or the distribu
tion of supplies has been inaugurated
as yet, but order is beginning finally to
show amid the chaos and demoraliza
tion which has been prevalent since the
storm.
Telegrams from all points of the
country, from San Francisco to Boston,
are pouring into New Richmond, . ask
ing for the safety of relatives and
friends. No official list of the dead and
injured has been kept and replies to
many of these inquiries will necessarily
be slow.
Many messages have been received
offering financial assistance.
The total amount thus far offered is
about $2,600.
The militia is patrolling what was the
business section of the town and nobody
is permitted inside the lines. It is ex
pected that today the task of looking
for the dead will proceed with greater
success than yesterday. The number
still in the ruins is variously estimated,
some estimates running up to 100 and
others being placed at fifty.
O. W. Mosher, who has been at the
head of relief work says this morning
that fully sixty-five children were still
missing and a large number of adults
as well. This estimate is generally con
sidered too large. The working party
expect to find anywhere from fifteen to
twenty-five bodies in the basement of
Williams' hardware store.
Fully one 'hundred corpses, twice as
many mangled people, forty acres of
piles of brick, shivered planks, scattered
heaps of household goods, dead horses
through which the wind had driven
sharp splinters of board, smouldering
fires where houses stood 48 hours ago
and in the midst of it all shivered trees
as bare of leaves as ever they were in
the middle of winter and almost strip
ped bare of bark until they resembled
the ghosts of what they had been. This
is-what the storm wrought in - the
space of three minutes upon the town
of New Richmond. There never was a
cyclone that made a cleaner sweep of
what lay in its path than the one of
Monday evening. In the business por
tion of the town absolutely not one
building was left standing above the
cellar windows; everything above a
foundation wall was shaved as clean
as though it had been cut with a plane.
Enormous safes were blown into the
middle of the street and the largest safe
in the town was carried across one
street and half way over the square be
yond. Tne day had been warn? and sultry
and during the later part of the after
noon heavy banks of clouds had hung
upon the western and southwestern
horizon, but nothing serious was antici
pated until a few minutes before 6
o'clock, when a dark blue cloud with
edges of a pale green was seen rapid
ly approaching from the southwest. In
a minute a long funnel was seen drop
ping towards the ground, and then, with
a savage roar the cloud swept down
upon the doomed town. A circus had
been exhibiting during the afternoon
and the streets were full of strangers,
and as the awful cloud bore swiftly
down there was a mad rush for cellars,
doorways or any place that promised
safety. Some of the crowd reached a
refuge and those who did not are
among the dead.
It will be several days before the
number of dead in New Richmond is
accurately known and it is doubtful if
the entire number of fatalities will ever
be chronicled. In the path of the storm
both to the northeast and southwest of
tiir city were scattered farm houses,
and where ever they were struck by
that awful wind there was nothing left
but a pile of boards and twisted raft
ers. How many were killed in these
houses wall not be known for a long
time. It is impossible to estimate the
property loss, but it is total in the best
part of the town, and to make the blow
more severe, not one policy of tornado
insurance had been written for the
place. What is gone is gone beyond
repair. There is at present no desti
tution among those who have suffered
by the storm, but the business of the
town is utterly wiped out of existence,
and not one man in the place will be
able to resume business. The destruc
tion is so complete that there is ab
solutely nothing to be purchased in the
town, not a box of sardines, a pound of
crackers or a pair of shoes.
The business portion of the city cov
ered a space of four squares each way
and was solidly built of brick and
stone. This entire space was swept
clear. Fundation walls and in some
places masses of debris alone marked
where the business places formerly
stood. Trees that had lined the streets
of the neighboring residence district
were broken clear off, or twisted and
uprooted.
The tornado came up the river from
Hudson, where the damage was com
paratively slight. Following the gen
eral course of the river and the branch
of the Omaha road, the storm gained in
intensity as it progressed and was at
its worst when it struck the business
center of New Richmond. Outlying
residences in the path of the storm
were stripped of shingles and boards,
or sides were blown off. or. as more
frequently happened, were torn asun
der and the fragments were scattered
to the four winds of heaven. Trees
were uprooted and roadways blocked,
washed away, or so overflowed as to
be made entirely unrecognizable.
STORM INCIDENTS.
Two Ken Instantly Killed by Flying
Boards.
New Richmond, Wis., June 14. Two
men met their death in the storm by
being cut with flying boards. They
were Nicholas Padden.' whose head was
severed from his body by the end of a
plank, and Michael Heffron, whose
body was found in his basement cut
squarely in half across the abdomen.
The sharp edge of some flooring was
hurled against him, going clear through
the body.
One pathetic incident was the death
of a little boy who as yet has not been
identified. He was coming down the
street with a kodak in his hand when
the cyclone swept through the city, and
later his dead body was found several
rods from where he had been last seen.
His kodak was still in his hand, not a
mark on it, but the head of the little
fellow was shockingly crushed.
The supply of coffins ran out early
and at present there are not enough in
the city to bury the dead. A sufficient
number are on the. way from St. Paul.
Chippewa Falls. Eau Claire and other
places and it is believed the supply will
be ample today.
A mass meeting of the clergymen of
the various denominations has been
called at the Congregational church to
arrange some definite plan for holding
the funeral services.
As is usual in cases of such disasters
there has been a large influx of disrep
utable characters and there have been
several cases of petty pilfering, but
they have not amounted to much. Al
though it is out of their own state, the
St. Paul police officers have done most
excellent work in checking general
thieving. A large number of detectives
in plain clothes are on duty watching
the ruins and it is expected that the
militia will soon have things so well
in hand that the police officers will be
withdrawn to their own state.
IN GROCERY WAGONS.
Storm Victims Are Borne to the Cem
etery. New Richmond, June 14. All the
morning funerals were passing through
the town. There was but one street
passable from east to west across the
town, and this was a narrow, muddy
thoroughfare between the ruins of
buildings. Frequently there was a
blockade as a funeral bound east and
one going in the opposite direction
would meet. There were no hearses
and the dead were carried to the grave
in grocery wagons.
During the early part of the morning
there was a lack of men to dig graves
and it was found necessary to impress
laborers from the throng of sightseers.
No more bodies had been recovered up
to noon.
NEAR SINGLE TAX.
Michigan Cities Miss It by One
Vote.
Lansing, Mich., June 14. Application
of the single tax to Michigan cities es
caped enactment by the Michigan leg
islature today only by one vote. A bill
providing for the submission to the
people of any city the proposition to
assess city taxes upon land values, up
on petition of 20 per cent of the tax
payers of the city, which had passed
the senate, was defeated in the house
by a vote of 50 to 41. 51 being a majority
of the members elected.
FIGHT PICTURE A FAILURE
Electric Power Not Equal to the Num
ber of Lights Necessary.
New York, June 14. When James Jef
fries and Robert Fitzsimmon.H fought their
great battle for the championship of the
world at Coney Island last Friday night
an attempt was made to take vitagraph
pictures of the movements of the fighters.
The attempt, according to Martin Julian,
was a failure, and the promoters of the
picture arrangement may lose a large
sum. The inability of the vitagraih was
not due to a break-down, but to the ab
sence of the necessary amount of electric
power.
The electrician having" charge of the
lights in the clubhouse had agreed to pro
vide enough electric power for twenty-five
lights, the number neeessarv to take per
fect pictures of the battle. When the fight
began only enough electric power could
be obtained to operate five lights. The
picture men did not give up hope and did
their best to make desirable pictures, but
in vain. The films in some instances are
blurred and in others indistinct. Thev
may be patched up. but at best the pic
tures will be very poor.
OOJVI PAUJ WEAKENS.
The Transvaal Will Not Insist
on Arbitration.
' Brussels. June 14. Dr. Leyds. the
representative in Europe of the Trans
vaal republic, received today the fol
lowing conciliatory dispatch from Pre
toria: "The government does not make ar
bitration a condition of concessions. It
will continue to make concessions, even
as regards the franchise, indepenclently
of Great Britain's acceptance or non
acceptance of arbitration.
TO "BEAT CURTIS.
Mr. Cyrus Leland Tells Hqw It
May lie Done.
Cyrus Leland said today that the
fight in the First congressionaf district
for the nomination next year will, in
his judgment, be with Charlie Curtis ori
the one hand and Broderick and Bailev
on the other. Mr. Leland figures that
Broderick will carry Brown, Jefferson
and Jackson counties: that Bailey will
get Nemaha. Doniphan and Leaven
worth and that Mr. Walker of Atchison,
if he enters the race, will have Atchison
county.
Mr. Leland figures" that Charlie Cur
tis will have only Shawnee county.
"In my judgment," said Mr. Leland.
"Mr. Broderick will get into this race."
This announcement from Mr. LelamJ
has not frightened Curtis out this af
ternoon and he still says he is in this
fight to stay.
DEWEY OFF AGAIN.
Will Leare Singapore For Cej
lon Tomorrow.
Singapore, Straits Settlement, June
14. Admiral Dewey landed here this
afternoon from the Olympia, which ar
rived here June 11, and bade farewell
to the governor. Sir C. V. H. Mitchell.
The admiral sails tomorrow morning
for Colombo, Ceylon. He will probably
visit the hills of Ceylon for the benefit
of his health. The officers of the Olym
pia were entertained at dinner last
evening by the officers of the garrison
here.
IS SARCASTIC.
Leland Gives Peters a Gentle
Castfgation.
Why Newton Man Wants Leland
to Resign.
SUPPORTED HIM IN '9G,
Few Lines of Unwritten Politi
cal History.
Things For the Harvey County
Statesman to Think Over.
The greatest joke in political circles re
cently is Judge Peters' proposition to have
Cyrus Leland resign as pension agent in.
order to give Fred Funston a job when ho
gets home. Leland says that Judge Peters
is trying to get even with him because ho
supported Peters for the nomination for
governor in 1S6. Iceland's friends have
been "joshing" him about it ever since
Judge Peters made the proposition, and,
have been asking him if he haa his res
ignation ready yet.
"What is tne matter between you and
Peters?" a Slate Journal reporter asked
Mr. Leland today. "Didn't you want to
run him for governor in 1X96?'
"Yes," replied Mr. Leland. "that's th
trouble. That is one reason why ho
wants to even up with me he made such,
a failure of that race. He agreed to be a,
candidate for governor in April, 1SIK5. A
little later he declined, saying that he
was not a candidate; then along about
the first of June he backed into the race
again, saying that he became a candidate
in order to save the party. It was a mis
take for anyone to support Peters in pref
erence to Major Morrid. because everyone
who knows Governor Morrill knows him
to be a warm hearted man.
"Judge Peters has held office continu
ously ever since he has been m Kansas,
excepting a few years. He was a state
senator, and after that was appointed dis
trict judge, then elected to that position
for several terms. Then he was elected,
to congress for eight years. After he
left congress he was the government at
torney and receiver's attorney for many
national banks in Kansas for quite a num
ber of years. The salaries and fees he
has received from the state of Kansas
and the general government will amount
to at least SluO.uOO.
"His ambition was to be federal judge,
and if the bill passed dividing the state
he would probably have been appointed
judge for the southern district. Whn the
bill failed to pass, and soon after Mr. Me
Kinley was inaugurated, when the change
of postmasters was to be made at New
ton, Judge Peters wanted to be postmas
ter there, claiming that his health was
broken; that he was not able to travel
over the district and practice law. He
succeeded in securing the appointment
over an old soldier, J. "W. Johnson, who
had nearly all of one side of his face shot
away at Spottsylvania, and whom nearly
all the people of Newton desired to be ap
pointed postmaster. Last winter, when
Judge Foster had resigned. Judge Peters
rushed to Washington, and. holding the
office of postmaster at Newton, rtceive.i
on the ground of shattered health, wished,
to be appointed federal judge, not realis
ing that rhe acceptance of t he postof rice
and the reasons given therefor barred
him from any chance of receiving the ap
pointment of judge.
.-"Judge Peters has said I should resign
my office in order to make a place for
Gen-Funston. Since Judge Peters has be
come dispenser of federal patronage, does
he forget the unkind treatment he ex
tended to Comrade Johnson, who was left
on the field of battle almost mortally
wounded, and who is maimed for life?
Patriotism would suggest that Judge
Peters resign in favor of Comrade John
son. I fear that Judge Peters' admira
tion for Gen. Funston is prompted by mal
ice and disappointment rather than gen
uine patriotism. No man will go farther
or do more for the gallant and d.ishin
Kansas hero. Gen. Funston, than myself.
There is nothing too good for Gen. Fun
ston. "When Juilge Peters rushed off tr
Washington to get the federal juigeship
he thought he had a cinch on it because
he had served in congress with McKin
ley. I knew he hadn't any show, and,
when he came to me and asked me what
chance I thought lie had, 1 prompuy toM
him that he hadn't any. Since then he
has been against me on that account. Ha
doesn't seem to believe in reciprocity."
BIClVALKOUT.
Three Thousand Smelter Men
Quit Work.
Entire Mining Industry of Col
orado Is Involved.
Denver, June 14. The three thousand
employes of the trust smelters in Den
ver, Pueblo and Leadville walked out
at noon, today after having extinguished
the fires in the big furnaces and put
everything in perfect order for a sea
son of idleness. Within 48 hours. It is
predicted, most of the mines In Lead
ville. Aspen, Creede, Ouray and the
other mining camps of the state, withs
the exception of Cripple Creek, will be
closed, throwing thousands of miners
out of employment.
The low grade metalliferous mines of
San Juan county already have been
forced to cease operations by the strike
at the Durango smelter. All shipments
of ore and fuel to the smelters have
been ordered stopped. As a result
many coal mines are preparing to re
duce their production and some will
close. Almost every Industry in the
state will be affected.
The strike is due to the refusal of
the American Smelting and Refining
company to pay the same wages for
eight hours as it had heretofore paid
for ten or twelve hours, or, in. fact, to
negotiate with the smelter men's union
concerning a scale to be paid under
the eight hour law, which becomes ef
fective June 15. The smelter employes
rejected the offer of the smelter own
ers to continue work at the' present
rate of wages until the constitutional
ity of the law shall have been passed
upon by the supreme court. The Colo
rado law is a copy of the Utah law,
which has been sustained by the United
States supreme court.
The Boston and Colorado smelter
(The Argo) in this city and the large
plant in Pueblo owned by the Guggen
heims, at which higher wages are paid
than at the trust smelters, continue in
operation, the men working eight hours
a day,
Congo Denies It
Brussels, June 14. The government of
the Congo Independent state denies
having offered Spain 5,000,000 peseta
for the Canary Islands as announced in
a dispatch from Brussels to the Daily,
Mail of London.