Jamestown weekly alert. [volume], July 10, 1890, Image 1

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KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Lightning Invades a Fanner's
Home ami Claims Three
Victims.
Hail Desolates Crops for a Strip
of Country Ten Miles
Long.
West Bound Northern Pacific
Passenger Train Blown oft"
the Track.
Hail, Wind and Iiightiitng.
The storm that swept over North Da­
kota Sunday night was one of the most
disastrous to life and property that ever
visited the northwest. In the James
River valley there were high winds,
heavy rain and unusual electrical dis­
turbances. One streak of hail is report­
ed. It pounded out crops for a strip of
country four miles wide and ten or more
miles long. At least three lives were
lost by lightning in this county and an­
other hangs in the balance. Numerous
small buildings were overturned, dam­
aged or struck by lightning. There was
nothing cyclonic about the storm. It
covered a wide extent of country and
seems to have been more in the nature
of a tornado. It was most violent in the
Red river valley.
John Fosburg lives northwest of
Jamestown about 13 miles. He and his
wife and baby we're struck by lightning
and instantly killed. Another child, a
bey aged about five or six, was also
struck, but is still alive. J. J. Leisch, a
neighbor, came into the city early this
morning for medical assistance for the
boy and brought the news of the fatali­
ty. Dr. Baldwin went out to see if the
boys life can be saved. Full particulars
of the affair were not learned. It seems
tfiaTAucTrey Elhngson and wife were at
Fosburg's whfel- the storm came up.
Fosburg and wife gavfc VlV their bed to
the visitors and made a bed -r6i** them­
selves and the baby on the floor in a!5"
other room. They left a window and a
door open, thus forming a draft, and the
lightning was attracted through the
window. It is a singular circumstance
that the building was not struck and the
visitors and other members of the family
were uninjured. The bolt passed down
nto the cellar through the open cellar
door and lost itself in mother earth.
Fosburg was an industrious farmer who
is well known in the county. Several
children are left orphans by the fatality.
Lightning struck Fosburg on the
Bhoulder. The boy was struck over the
It is said that he cannot live.
eye.
Accompanying the wind and rain, hail
fell in 6treaks. In the city the fall was
not heavy nor were the hailstones large.
Oat in the country, however, there is at
least one streak where the crops were
literally annihilated. It is a strip of
country running from a point about
three miles south of Jamestown in a
southeasterly directiou to and beyond
Ypsilanti. Just what extent of country
was covered is not definitely known bat.
reports already received indicate that it
is four miles wide and at least ten miles
long. In this strip crops are almost a
total loss. Without the strip there are
many fieldB that are more or less dam­
aged. Among those whose grain was
pounded
out are Monroe ani Judson
Wright, Rives & Drum, Bush & Corwin,
O. T. Allen, Carl Deude, George Case,
Phillips, Morgan, Lawerence and a
dozen others. Munroe Wright says the,
hailstones yere as large as hen's eggs
They
chopped
the grain up and drove
into the ground and hardly a blade
be found standing in his whole field. 'Dae
windows were broken out of nearly
the houses in the hail belt. It is laid
that many of the hailstones were
melted at nine o'clock this raornin
the soft earth many holes three
inches deep and bigger around
dollar can be seen today, mute
to the size pf the hail and the fi
which it fell.
Chan a
itnesses
fee with
In the city and all over the
large number of barns and out
were blown down but no large
were demolished.
:ounty a
uildings
mildings
v0 1 Blown Off the Truck.
The Northern Pacific west Jund pas­
senger train. No.
1,
left
Fargo
about two
o'clock Sunday night when the storm was
at its height. At a po nt near the Fargo
shops, about two miles 'rom the depot,
the wind struck the train and blew all
the coaches off the track. All of them
turned over on their sides ,and the pas­
sengers were considerably shaken up.
There are various sensational rumors in
circulation today but it is impossible to
verify them. Ono report has it that
Superintendent McCabe hi id his collar
bone dislocated. Another report says a
number of people were seriously injured.
Both are probably exaggerated. The
wrecking train went out from here to
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set the cars upright and clear the track.
No. 1 was abandoned and there will be
no train from the east until No. 7 which
is expected to come in about 6 p. m.
The storm was of great violence in the
Red River valley. Numerous buildings
are said to have been damaged at Fargo
and it is reported that seven lives were
lost. Chief Dispatcher Blewett informs
The Alert that the North Dakota eleva­
tor at fidmunds was struck by lightning
and the elevator at Cobu.rn blown down.
Numerous buildings were damaged at
Casselton. At Wahpeton the roof was
blown off the Northern Pacific depot and
part of the roof was lifted off the freight
house at Tower City. One of the Dal
rymple elevators was blown off its foun­
dation.
Seventy telegraph poles were blown
down near Fargo and the wires are in
bad shape. It is impossible to get any­
thing but the most meagre report of the
storm damages.
Not Infatuated With Washington.
J. J. Frey, who is now in the state of
Washington looking the country over,
writes The Alert from Tacoma as fol­
lows. He is an old resident of Stuts­
man county—knows what farming in
Dakota is—and his views ought to have
weight with people who have a touch of
"western fever." He says:
It is warm today and I thought I
would improve the opportunity to drop a
line to you in regard to this so called
wonderful land of Washington, where
money is said to hang on trees. It seems
to me that it must hang on the tops
Of
cloud
of
dred and ty/'lollars to clear the wood
off it. The wVd ranch is very often
used out heAi1
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of
them where few can reach it except sa­
loon keepers and real estate men, of
whom there are many. This is quite a
nice climate, still I find the "buts,' and
"ifs" as plentiful as any where else—
Dakota included. If a person had all to
win and nothing to loose I should give
this country a trial, but as far as I have
seen of the slope I shall still cling to Da­
kota, for everything is higher heve than
in the east.
course in time that will
change, but at the present rent is high,
consequently they have to get more for
their
goods.
They say there is no wind out
here. That is true, but there
is
such a
dust after a wagor and it re­
mains in the air so long thpt the people
chew as much dirt here as they do in
Dakota, and think it is rather harder
to digest than that dark loam
of
the
James River valley. I hjive meta num­
ber
of
Jamestown people in different
places along the Pnget Sound, some
of
them are doing well wliile others are dis­
satisfied with the disagreeable winters.
It rains all the time and is worse than
'Qakota blizzards, ^here is plenty
of
government land to be taken as home
8teai
an(i
pre-emption, but
it
is rather
expen&ve to have it put it in shape for
farming?
It'
from
fifty
to one hun­
havo made
what size rnnP®*!
told that if {Pn
inquiries
there were and 1 was
aVer
had one acre cleared
and in potatfc* called it a ranch. I
am going ov* on a couple of days jour­
ney to loo)'
at
some hop farms and
then up into the British possession.
More important Than Politics.
Valley City Farmers Alliance: Ganter
de St. Cro*x» Walker & Co., of Duluth,
made
uPPhcation
to the Northern Pacific
and G'*ea' Northern railroads for sites
upon he right of way to erect elevators.
The nuhoad companies refused to grant
the ground. St. Croix, Walker & Co.,
then brought the mutters before the rail­
road commissioners and are now anx­
iously awaiting to see whether the rail­
road commissioners will decide in accor
^sgtice with the laws and in favor of the
farmers, or against the laws and in favor
of ithe railroad and other elevator com­
panies. The plan for this new line of
elevators is, simply, that each elevator is
tb have twenty bins holding 650 bushels
of wheat. To each bin there will be a
separate lock and key. A farmer is al­
lowed four days to fill the bin when it
will be transferred to a car and shipped
—it can be shipped to any firm the far­
mer may select, the whole charge for
elevator storage being 1)4 cents per
bushel and if shipped to St. Croix,
Walker & Co., to be sold, an additional
half cent—2 cents in all—will be all the
charges, specified as follows: cent for
local agent 1 cent for use of bin and
cent for selling. The freight trom Val­
ley City to
Duluth is eleven and one-tenth
cents per bushel for shipping your own
wheat.
Now let use see how it works.
Herman Starke shipped a carload—
6C2 bushels—to St. Croix, Walker & Co.
The price of wheat in Duluth was 87
cents and the price in Valley City was
71 cents—a difference of 16 cents. Mr.
Starke loaded his own wheat here, paid
eleven and one tenth cents freight and
nine-tenth of a cent for switching and
commission, making 12 cents, and sold
for 87 cents, leaving him 75 cents net for
his wheat instead of 71 cents—the price
paid in Valley City on the day he sold.
It will be seen from facts, then,
that Mr.
Starke realized about §30 more on his
662 bushels by shipping instead of sell­
ing to the elevator combine.
It is all right for farmers to look after
matters political but here is a matter the
Farmers* alliance should combine on and
address resolutions to the railroad com­
mission—giving them to understand
their services will not be required longer
than their present term of office if they
refuse to grant St. Croix, Walker & Co.,
the right to build a line of the private
bin elevators in North Dakota—and
prompt action should be taken, before
the republican state convention meets.
»00 Acres Free.
1 will give the free use for 1891 of a
fine farm with buildings, near towa, to
any responsible party who will summer
faliow the land during the next 30 days.
E. P. Wells.
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VOL XIII JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY JULY )0 1890
DETAILS OF THE STORM.
More Particulars of the Hurri*
cane that Swept over North
Dakota Monday.
Tlie Democrats Select Six Men
to go to the Graml Forks
Convention.
Tlie City Council Decidcs to Issue
Licenses for Original
Package Houses.
The Hurricane's Work.
The storm of Monday morning was one
of the most disastrous that ever swept
over North Dakota prairies. It's extent
was also unparalleled. The western limits
do not appear to be known as yet. There
may be a great deal of damage, and some
loss of life not reported from the country,
The storm began as far west at the Mis­
souri river, and probably west of that
line. It passed eastward over the state
and its damaging path extended miles
into Minnesota. It greatest fury seemed
to be along the line of th Northern Pa­
cific road for a distance of from twenty
to forty miles on either side of the track.
In the southern portion of the state the
tornado was the most felt in the country
and the accompanying hail ruined the
crops of scores of farmers. The greatest
disaster in the towns appeared to be in
the Red River valley and the worst dev­
astation to have centered at Fargo. In
Barnes county hail is reported to have
covered a strip of from four to ten miles
in width, traveling a path that
has always been caught by
hail, when any fell at all, in that part
of the state. The neighborhoods ten or
fifteen miles south of Sanborn and Val­
ley City have never failed to get the
worst of hail storms for a number of
years. The clouds invariably have ap
peared to follow the Sheyenne valley and
to have deposited their burden of white
destruction to crops in about the same
locality, year after year. No estimate of
insurance or loss by acreage has yet been
made. The loss in the southern part of
this county came from the same storm
and is the heaviest of any year when a
big crop was to be destroyed. There
was little or no hail felt in Fargo, and
not much damage is reported south of
Cass county to crops! although the
heaviest wheat is in some cases badly
lodged, and blown about. A singular
feature of the storm was the[fact that hail
fell in the eight, something unusual.
The electrical disturbance that attended
the storm was very marked. The
heavens were quivering with flashes of
lightning occurring at such short inter
vals that a continual glare was the re
suit. The amount of electricity develop
ed was astonishing and the wonder
is that more house were not struck
and people killed that have b^en
reported. Reports of stock being killed
by electricity conveyed by wire fences
will doubtless be received soon. One
farmer in the northern part of this coun­
ty is reported to have lost a number of
cows and calves that were crowded
against a fence of this kind.
Lumber yards in all the towns along
the road are consolidated. The storm scat­
tered them very promiscuously—forming
a big trust as it were. The roofs of sever­
al elevators are damaged and that of the
railroad depot at Mapleton is badly torn
off. Graneries. barns, out houses and
wind mills generally are moved off their
foundations, and in many cases carried
several rods. Freight cars at all stations
were blown up and down tracks regard­
less of orders. This state of affairs is
found all the distance west of Fargo to
Jamestown.
The Fargo Disaster.
The public is but partly familiar with
the effects of the great storm as it has
left Fargo. Telegraph wires have been
down and so badly tangled that full de*
tails could not be obtained from that
city. The wind blew in many glass
fronts of stores, demolished five or six
hundred chimneys, ripped off tin roofs
like paper, and carried them rods away
with great violence. The three electric
light towers were demolished and their
iron strands twisted and curled up like
strings. This has resulted twice in that
city and will probably end the experi­
ment of lighting by towers. The roofs
of buildings composed of shingles bhow
a peculiar effect of the wind. Patches of
shingles, generally but a few feet in
diameter, and nearly round, are ripped
off and blown, no one knows whither.
All the freight houses in the city are
more or less damaged, as well as eleva­
tors, round houses and machinery ware­
houses. The high board fences are pros­
trated in all directions. The Plymouth
Congregational church is a complete
wreck and the other church of that de­
nomination also damaged. The Episco­
pal church is damaged to the extent of
$1,000. The losses on the Northern Pacif­
ic round houses and machine shops
which had just been re-roofed, are esti­
mated at from $12,000 to $20,000.
The Overturned Train.
One of the most singular accidents in
railroad history was the over-turning of
an entire solid train, on the embank
ment crossing a slough west of the Fargo
round house. The train had left the
depot some ten minutes late and the en
gine could scarcely move against the
tremendous wind. Repeated stops were
made and renewed efforts at progress
amounted to but little. The train con­
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JAMESTOWN A LENT.
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sisted of 12 cars, every one of which was
toppled over by the force of the wind
which struck them while yet on the
embankment. The passengers were
thrown together in the suddenest fashion.
Those in the sleepers were in the greatest
confusion, the occupants of the upper
berths being hurled out of their beds
and deposited into the berths of those
underneath. The lamps had been ex­
tinguished in the sleepers owing to the
heat, and the wind had blown out the
lights in mo&t of the coaches. There
was no danger of fire, but had any of
the crowded sleepers caught fire
most of the occupants would have been
roasted before they could have escaped.
The darkness was intense, and owing to
ignorance of the nature of the accident
and the position of any means of exit,
few would have had presence of mind
enough to have found th«- way out
through the windows over head, the exit,
that was shortly afterwards used by all
with safety. Little personal property
was lost. The conductors and porters
were prompt in rendering every assist­
ance to the imprisoned passengers, many
of whom were ladies and children. About
fourteen persons were cut and bruised,
none seriously. A track was built
around the wrecked cars. Had the
other track across the bank been used
the train would have fallen down a high
grade, rolled completely over, and the
last three or four cars been partly sub
merged in water. This of course would
have resulted far more disastrously to
life and limb. Passengers shook hands
with each other over the fortunate fea­
tures of the accident. The damage to
the train will not be great. Supt. Mc­
Cabe was prompt and efficient in assist­
ing passengers. Every service was ren­
dered that was possible and the com­
pany was blamed by no one, but the ef­
forts to assist all were subject of high
and frequent praise.
"We Are Seven."
The only lives jost in the hurricane
were those of the seven McCarthy child­
ren, who, together with the mother, re­
sided in a frame cottage in the northern
part of the city. During the storm the
oldest girl of the seven children
then at home thought that it would
be safer for the little ones to be in a
small coal shed and "lean to" that was
built outside against the house. The
floor of this addition had been excavated
to the depth of a couple of feet only, and
was filled with coal. The seven illfated
children, five girls and two boys, crowded
together in this little apartment but a
few feet wide. The house was built upon
posts about three feet from the ground
and boarded down. The building had
been rocking and unsettling, which fact
had so much alarmed the eldest girl
Bella, and which had decided her upon
the plan of fleeing to the outside- They
had scarcely got huddled together in the
coal bin when the house lunged forward
upon them, crushing all in the coal and
settling down upon the entire number
with resistless force. They were
smothered and pressed to death, several
dying slowly and in the wildest of agony.
The mother had not reached the death
trap, but had been caught and pinned by
a falling window sill, and was thus com­
pelled to listen to the dying wails of her
children but a few feet distant. It was
nearly two hours afterwards before the
situation and the cruel calamity became
known. The oldest girl, Miss Bella, had
been for over a year the typist and
stenographer for W. E. Dodge. She was
a beautiful young lady of 19 years, cul­
tivated in mind and of a most loyal and
engaging disposition. Mr. Dodge speaks
of her only in the highest praise. She
was as competent as any court stenog­
rapher and took a strong personal in­
terest in every case tried for the Mani­
toba road by her employer. She exhib­
ited so marked an ability in office work
and such a degree of enthusiasm in the
success of the same, that it became
known to the general solicitor of the
road, Mr. Grover, who had a few days
before presented her with anew cabinet
typewriter as a mark of regard. The
father of this family, Captain McCarthy,
died last month. Miss Bella
had assumed charge of affairs di­
recting and planning for the family with
unusual foresight and ability. The ages
of the dead children run from three to
nineteen years. Two other children are
living at Hunter and escaped the dread
disaster.
Storm Notes.
Among the occupants of the sleepers
were Rev. N. D. Fanning of Minneap­
olis, and W. R. Kellogg of Jamescown.
Neither was injured. Mr. Fanning was
on his way to Livingston, Montana,
called there by the dangerous illness of
his married daughter. A gentleman
who was struck on the head and stunned
to insensibility fell into Mr. Fanning's
berth and remained prostrated for several
moments before he could be aroused.
Supt. McCabe, Will and Miss Mary
were on the train which was blown off
the track at Fargo yesterday morning.
They came home last night on No. 7.
Superintendent McCabe's friends are
glad to hear that the report that he was
seriously injured in th6 accident is a
mistake. His sister sustained slight in­
juries. Her ankle was sprained.
He Got His $15,000.
Mr. William H. Shupe, the gentleman
who recently won §15,000 in the drawing
of the Louisiana State Lottery company,
received the money last Saturday. Mr.
Shupe stated that the lottery company
was very prompt in sending the money
and looked after its transportation with
as keen an interest as he would himself,
for all of which he feels thankful. He
held the one-twentieth of ticket No. 21,
303, which drew the first capital prize of
§300,000.—Adelphi (Ohio) News, May 16.
Auditor Fralick, of LaMoure county,
says the gopher tails for April, May and
June foot up to the large number,
113,000, at a totalvalue of about 82,600.
About 33,000 gophers were killed in
April when tails were worth 3 cents, and
about 80,000 in May and June when the
price was 2 cents.
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THE LOCAL EVENTS.
The Catholic Entertainment at
the ltink Last Night a
Success.
The Commissioners of Railroads
Consider Various ltailroad
and Elevator 3Iatters.
Hicks Makes Guesses About
July Weather—Bad Storms
Predicted.
The Catholic Sociable.
The entertainment given at the hall
last night by the ladies of the pro-cathe­
dral congregation was a very enjoyable
affair. The attendance was large and
would have been larger had the weather
been more auspicious. It was rather
chilly for ice cream, but still the ladies
did a fair business in that line. The
rink was very neatly ornamented and
several stands of flowers brightened the
stage. The musical program and the
address of Bishop Shanley were the
features of the evening. A quartette by
Miss Bellivou, Miss Schwellenbach,
Frank Lenz and Chas. A. Klaus inaugu­
rated the musical part of the program.
Miss Maggie Schwellenbach rendered a
violin solo in a very creditable manner,
and was forced to respond to an encore
with another selection. She was ac­
companied on the piano by Mrs. H. J.
Ott. Miss Lena Bellivou sang a solo in
her usual unapproachable manner.
Mrs. P. H. Foley acted as accompanyist.
This concluded the musical program and
Bishop Shanley came on for an address.
He said the ladies of the congregation
were guilty of obtaining money under
false pretenses because they had adver­
tised that he would deliver a "lecture."
He was not aware until he saw the an­
nouncement on a yellow dodger that he
was expected to do otherwise than make
a few scattering remarks. In the church,
he said, after every great day they have
what is called an octave, that is, they
continue the celebration for a period of
eight days. This in the octave of the
Fourth of July, and he said he would
address to his hearers a few thoughts
suggested by that fact. The granduer
and duties of American citizenship were
touched upon, and the practice of voting
for a candidate for office simply because
he is on a certain ticket was gently re­
buked. The most of the bishop's address
was directed to young men and young
women. It was a plain, pratical talk,
that went right home to his hearers. He
did not express himself in stereotyped
expressions but dressed his thoughts up
in an original way, and said a good many
timely things in a new fashion. The
young men were exhorted to save their
money—but not to be miserl}*—to shun
the saloon and quit tippling—and to set­
tle down and get married. The young
ladies were warned against clove eaters.
Though intensely serious where serious­
ness was expected, the bishop indulged
in a little levity where levity was per
missable and made his talk just such an
one as everybody delights to listen to.
At tLe conclusion of his remarks the
small tables scattered around were
quickly surrounded by purchasers of
strawberries, ice cream and delicious
cake. A rushing business was transacted
in that line until a late hou r.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Matters of Public Importance Trans­
acted at a Late Meeting.
The railroad commissioners held a
meeting in Bismarck yesterday. The
charge of a refusal of railroad companies
to furnish sites for elevators, which com­
plaint was reported as coming from
Gautier Ste. Croix of Duluth, as repre­
senting an English company, did not in
any official way come before the board.
It had been stated publicly that the
Northern Pacific company had refused
Ste. Croix any sites in Barnes county.
No one appeared to demand anything
of the board in that connection and no
communication was received concerning
it. Commissioner Bartlett states that
the same charge had been made about
sites in Minnesota and the board of com­
missioners of that state would doubtless
act officially if the matter ever appeared
before them in proper shape. The clerk
of the board informed him, however, that
a letter had been received from Mr. Ste.
Croix stating that the Northern Pacific
railway had offered all the sites wanted
and the complaint did not attach to that
company.
The North Dakota commission has no
special authority to compel railroads to
grant sites for warehouses. A law was
passed last winter which giyes individuals
or corporations the right to rent or pur­
chase by lump sum the land on any rail­
road right of way for any public elevator
or warehouse site, and if not granted
upon reasonable terms, the matter can
be taken to the district court for adju­
dication and the property condemned, as
in other condemnation proceedings. This
is a law not in force in Minnesota and
one which several boards of railway com­
missioners have tried to get passed with­
out avail.
The board received official notice that
the Great Northern road would not put
in the asked for at Grand Forks. This
is apparently a factious and needless re
fusal, as the cost is said not to exceed
$50—and it would be a great acco
wsrmriflgiQi
M,iy
NO 49
inodation to shippers. The attorney gen­
eral was instructed to begin suit at once
to compel the road to comply with the
order of the commissioners.
In the matter of obtaining local freight
rates for Fargo and Grand Forks on the
same shipping basis as those in force for
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth,
the attorney generalhas rendered his
opinion, that no discrimination for cities
or towns in the state could be made, and
hence the rates can not. in his opinion
be enforced, if ordered made. In this
connection it is just to say that the usual
liberality of the Northern Pacific road
was manifested by an offer to make any
reasonable rate the commissioners saw
tit to request. So it seems that Fargo
and Grand Forks wholesalers will have
to go about securing their freight lates
in some other way.
The cost of putting in force the grain
inspection law for the four stations re­
quired, was ascertained and will amount
to 86,000, and to maintain the inspectors
for the time required it will cost 88,000.
As but $500 were appropriated for this
purpose it is very evident that t^e sta­
tions will not be established this year.
Twenty one petitions for railroad com­
panies to build platforms for loading and
unloading of grain, merchandise etc.,
were received and acted upon. The com­
panies were notified of these requests
and asked to comply therewith accord­
ing to the law.
Hicks' Weather.
According to the prognostications of
Rev. Irl Hicks the month of July began
with moderate summer temperature and
minimum of storm disturbances in sight.
The 3rd, and next days to it, brought a
marked rise in temperature, with very
manifest tendencies to storms—electric
and otherwise. From the 6th to 11th is
a regular storm period, in which, most
likely, we will encounter some of the
warmest weather of the summer. On
and about the Sth and 9th and 10th ex­
pect some very active developments. A
brief,respite from very high tempera­
ture is apt to pass eastward during the
dajs immediately preceding the reac­
tionary return to warmth and storms
about the 14th and 15th.
•Ti^6 J^aDe^ Veins is at her equinox,
with the new moon combined, on the
10th. Heat, thunder and hail are among
the results to be looked for. These
things, with the threatening storm
clouds rising from the northwest, are
sure to prevail in the regular period—
ISch to 22d. The 20th is the day when
the full strength of Venus will be com­
bined with "Vulcan, 'on that and the
two days next following to the eastward
watch their antics. A marked fall from
oppressively high temperature ought to
follow from about the 21st in the west
to the 24th in the east. By that time
the reaction will have started in the
west, growing warmer in the eastward
progress, culminating in some storm
flumes about 16th to 26th. The month
will end uot with a regular storm period
central on the 31st.
HAIIi LOSSES.
Over.300 Losses Supposed to be the
C— Result of the Late Storm.
CiHail insurance men are doing a big
business now. Applications came in
thick yesterday from those whose crops
escaped. A bout half the farmers hailed
out were insured. Later reports from
the hail district are to the effect that
many fields reported total losses will
yield half a crop. The hail line went
through some fields destroying every­
thing on one side of the line and leaving
the prospect but little injured on the
other. The fields of Rives & Drum
and Bush & Corwin are said to be in­
stances of this kind. John Romer's
crop of loOa.-res of oats and wheat?™"
ated about six miles southwest of James
ttM"?
a t0tal
l0?
insurance
The potatoes were also beaten down and
the yield will be greatly diminished if
not altogether destroyed. Mr. Romer
has six horses to feed and was just ban­
ning to see his way clear to better Umes
Among he others who lost in That
wlfife)0rtvW?r?
Me8S?r
VVilliamsandGer­
W lute. Mr. oigt, a well known
man fanner whose crop lav in the hail
belt, is among the losers. Monroe
Wright came in the citv to cet insnmH
Saturday. Some other matters delayed
his doing so until tbe office was closed
He intended to take out the insurance
Monday but Sunday the destruction
came. In Mr. Wright's case, as well as
in plenty of others, delays were danger
llie insurance in most of the cases
was taken in the Mutual Alliance com­
pany with headquarters here. The nol
icy assumes to pay for losses as high as
wan acre for a total loss. The losses
^I,f2'vle ^ece"lber
lsr
the notes
are due November 1st. Many
0
the best
farmers are insured this ay. Manager
Fancher has received reports of losses
from as far west as Stark county and of
several small ones in Burleigh and
Morton counties. The same hall storm
traversed a narrow strip of countrv ex­
tending over 2UU miles in length and
varying in width fro.,, a mile or two to
eight and ten miles. The direction of
the storm was west and east. The nnm
ber of losses resulting from the storm
will probably aggregate over 300. Of
these about (!0 from Barnes and Stuts
man counties have been reported to the
alliance company as having insurance.
aggregate about Slo.OOO in
money The management says the ad­
justments will be made promptly and
liberally and paid in full.
Estrayed.
One- bay horse 11 years old weight 950
pounds, harness galls on shoulder and
back rope or marks of rope on front foot
Any information leading to recoverv will
be suitably rewarded. I. W. Gilmfr
Windsor, North Dakota.