Bismarck daily tribune. [volume], March 10, 1909, Image 1

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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR.
It
Many Injured
in the l-
kllog ef an Eye
CuthberL, Ga... March 9.—The north
western Section -of Cntkiberit'' was
struck by a cyclone at 8:^0 o'clock
tonight and almost totally destroyed.
Many buildings are In ruins and it is
exceedingly difficult to get details, as
total darkness prevails, and owing to
the damage to the electric light plant.
It is known that one man has been
killed and many have probably been
injured.
There were about thirty^ loaded
freight cars on the track and these
were all destroyed.
Between 75 and 100 dwellings and
business houses were ..demolished,
most of the razed residences being
in: the negro settlement. Among the
business houses destroyed are sever
al brick buildings which were liter
ally demolished, including four of the
largest establishments in the town.
Six negroes are dear" and thirty are
seriously injured. One white .man
was killed and half a dozen more or
leBg injured.
The cyclone came up. suddenly from
the southwest and threw the popu
lace into a fever of excitement. The
telephone wires are down and it is
impossible to ascertain the damage
in the outlying districts.
Government Offers Some Dry
to Settlers ID
nf 320 Acres Can Be Had
Washington, I). C\, March 9.—-By
an order of the Interior 'department
about three million acres of land in
the counties along the eastern bor
der of Wyoming are to be thrown
open at once to homesteaders, who
who will be allowed to take either
160 or 820 acres.. The land, cannot be
irrigated, and will be of Usey there
fore,:for dry farming only.
Those who take the full 320 acre
entries must make an attempt to cul
tivate the land, while those who go
in on the smaller holdings will not
be compelled by the law to do so.
The throwing open of this land is
somewhat in the nature of an ex
periment to settle inch lands.
Cause 8f Anemia in Horses
Found to Be a Viras so
Minnie Ttat It Will Pass
Thronihthe FinestPoree
bin Filter
Washington, D. March 9.—After
much investigation, by the bureau of
animal industry of the United States
department of agriculture the cause
of infections anemia or swamp fever
of horse* has been definitely deter
rnhted as an invisible virus which is
capable of passing through the pores
of the finest porcelain filter, like virus
of yellow fever, hog ehotora, and sim
ilar diseases. The disease is found
to be most prevalent in low lying
and badly drained sections of the
country, although It has been found
Is altitudes a* high as 7,600 feet, on
on fMet.)
Montgomery, Ala., Streets
Closely Resemble tbe
I Canals of Venice
Heavy Rainfall Has Flooded
Test Section -Eity Is
in Darkness
Montgomery, Ala., March 9.4-r
Heavy tains have wrought great
damage here and tonight the situa
tion is serious. Several homes in
North Montgomery have been, aban
doned and the inmates carried to
safety in boats. The Grand theater
is flooded and the damage will be
heavy. The. water tonight rushed
through the streets towards the river
with a tremendous Current. In the
business district, Dexter avenue pre
sented the scene of a wide creek In
the Advertiser building the water
damaged paper valued at approxi
mately $1,000 and the press room was
partially flooded.
The city is In total darkness.
The weather bureau estimates the
rainfall, which ceased shortly after 7
o'clock tonight, to be five and a half
Inches in as many hours, the highest
record for Montgomery in over twen
ty years..^'..—- .: 'v\
UNWRITTEN LAW
Thrown About the
Southern Aristocrat
With 8 &QD
Says It's
No Crime to Mill aa
Nashville,Tenh.. March t.-r-The un
written law was extended today to
cover editors) who attack private
or public men, by General Weeks, of
counsel tor defense in the Oooper
Sharp trial for the murder of former
TJ, "i.1 Senator Osrsaack.' The senaa
(Ooatiausd oa sage I.)
BI8MARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEONE$DA#|^ORNING, MARCH 10, 1909.
HE SIDESTEPPED
CongressSeek tn Gain
Taffs Support
President Did Not Annoonee
Where He Was at in
the Deal
Washington, D. C, March 9.—
President Taft' was given an oppor
tunity today to declare himself on
the insurgent movement to revise the
house rules. Diplomatically he side
stepped announcing how he stood,
but in doing so, he missed luncheon
and about half the concert of Mme.
Barnes, which he was scheduled to
attend in company with Mrs. Taft
and their guests..
Representative Payne of New York,
chairman of 'the ways and means
committee, sought the lupport of Mr.
Taft for the existing order of things
and the Insurgent cause was,advocat
ed by Representatives Gardner of
Massachusetts, -Madison of Kansas,
and Nelson of Wisconsin. The visit
of the insurgent delegation to the ex
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The Baseball Fan—Thank goodn
baseball this year.
PRESIDENT^fAFT AND HIS CABINET
STILL ANOTHER
HOMESTEAD EIiEVAl~R AT UN
DERWOOD WAS BURNED EAR
LY THIS MORNING.
Just as the Tribune was going to
press thin morning word was receiv
ed at the office that the Homestead
elevator at Unlerwood was burning
and would be an entire loss. It was
not thought that any other structure
would be burned. The origin of the
fire could not be ascertained.
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WILL BE COLDER.
Minnesota Fair and colder on
Wednesday and Thursday.
North Dakota Fair Wednesday
and Thursday with lower tempera
ture.
South. Dakoia Fair Wednesday
and Thursday with lower tempera
ture.
ess
I'm going to see my first game of
3%%^#: f^'S^
MORE BOARDERS
FOR HELLSTROM
•J\E Ml'liDERI.U A
ERS SOON TO COME FROM
DEVILS LAKE.
Twenty-one years in the state peni
tentiary was the sentence passed by
Judge Cowan Friday on Wm. Howard
who pleaded guilty to manslaughter
at Starkweather. The testimony of
two doctors was offered to show that
Howard is subjec *o epilepsy.
Joseph Boyer, forger. Freeman J.
Weaver and William J. Lindsay, burg
lars, and F. W. Pratt of Fargo, who
plead guilty to obtaining money un
der false pretenses, were each sen
tenced to one year in the state peni
tentiary.
SHOT BYLOVER
Mueller Claims He Killed His
Girl When Shooting
nt
Police Think His Story Gauzy
and He Is Held for
Baltimore, Md., March 9.-— Under
searching questioning by the police
today, John J. .Mueller confessed that
It was he who shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Regina Reed, last
night, and that there was no truth
in the story that he told immediately
after the shooting, to (he effect that
he and Miss Reed were held up at
a lonely spot near Mount Washing
ton, by highwayman, who, after
securing Mueller's money, demanded
a necklace worn by Miss Reed. Muel
ler stated last night that in response
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Little City of Brindley Was Wiped Out
N
FOUK OTH-
PRICE FIVE CENT*
place* 1
by side, facing up and, desm
stream. Jtten,,.ptanka^*«re
an* laid from the back of one
to that of another, and over I—-,
troops passed In safety, the
hie eltfeflanead heteg the
water which the elephants kept up W
rocking up the leftcebiug uiiunl nu
their trunks and teasing it
Catholic Church, Directly ii
Path of Storm, Alone
Left Standing
Some Sixty People Injured
in the Crash of Fall
ing Buildings
Aid Being Rushed to Strickn
City With Governor
in Command
Brinkley, Ark., March 9.—Thirtj
or more lives were snuffed out, sixty
people were injured, and property
estimated to be worth one million
dollars, was destroyed as a result
of the tornado which wrecked this
little city last night. Of the knows
dead, fourteen are white people.
The tornado lasted only a few min
utes, but its w«ik of destruction
was complete. The Roman Catho
lic cbJurch, directly in the path off
the storm, alone escaped damage or
destruction, an* stands tonight grim
ly in a scene of desolation. It has
been converted into a hospital. Mala
street and Cypress avenue, the two
principal thoroughfares of the town,
are now impassable, and are piled
high with wreckage from end to end
Every business house is in ruins,
and there is hardly a home that has
not a least suffered the loss of a root
or a window.
The Arlington hotel was totally de
molished. Eighty guests were reg
istered there, but all escaped unin
jured. The Brinkley hotel. Southern
hotel and Kelly hotel were all de
stroyed, without loss of life, Wow
ever.
Relief squads have been at work
all day caring for the dead and in
jured. The Rock Island and Col
ton Belt railways hare placed earn
at the disposal of the local relist
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