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MAD WORK OF WINDS
Another Cyclone Sweeps
Over an Eastern
State.
FRESH VICTIMS FOUND.
Ruin Wrought at the Village
of St. Charles in
Illinois.
IOWA'S TERRIBLE TWISTER.
Most Sickening of All the Horrors
Is the Wrecking of School
houses.
AURORA. 111.. May 4. -The village of
St. Charles was visited by a cyclone to-day,
with fatal results. The old stone postoffice
building standing on the east side of Main
street, occupied by Mr?. Church as a mil
linery-store, was blown down, and Mrs.
Church was killed. Two young ladies had
apartments in the building, and one of
them, who is missing, is supposed to be in
the ruins. The other, Mia rta An
derson, was killed. The falling walls
caught and killed a passing horse, and the
driver wa^ seriously injured. Two other
men were struck by flying timbers and
quite badly hurt. It is reported that sev
eral other persons about town received in
jnries more or less serious. A man named
Luther MeOau«!and had an arm and leg
broken. Andrew Johnson of Elgin had
k broken.
The killed are: Mrs. Hattie Church, St.
Charl< ' Augusta Anderson. St.
es; Charles Johnson. St. Charles;
Joseph Thompson, St. Charles: Luke
Coster.
The women who were killed had apart
ment? in the Osgood building. The men
who were killed stopped at the side of the
Osgood building, and were crouched in a
group to escape the fury of the passing
storm when the wall toppled over on them.
It is thought another man is in the ruins.
The Osgood building was a substantial
• ;re. but the force of the falling wail
utterly demolished it.
IOWA'S TERRIBLE TWISTER.
Revised List of Those Killed and Injured
in the Disaster.
SIOUX CITY, lowa, May 4.— Fifteen
killed and two score more or less injured is
the revised list of the victims of Friday
night's cyclone which swept Northwest
lows. Ten of the dead and most of the in
jured lived in the vicinity of Sioux Center,
which seems to be the culminating point
of the tornado. A reporter went over the
scene of the storm to-day. Its path is al
most as cleasly cut as a wagon road and
everything in its way was demolished —
barns, houses, trees, etc., strewing the
country for miles.
The killed and injured in the vicinity of
Sioux Center are as follows : George Mars
teacher; Miss Anna Marsden, teacher;
Alice Koster. S years old; Tuens Verhoff, j
4 years old : Jacob Jensen, Mrs. John Kos
llie Haggie, Maurice Coombs, i
Mrs. Belknap. Sibley: Mrs. Water
man, Sibley; Rudolph Schwerdfegert, j
-.and; Peter Stimmer. Laurens.
The most seriously injured are: John
Watterman and son. Sibley; John Frev,
Sibley; M. Blackmore. Sibley; Rossburv
Brothers, Sibley ; Minla. Jennie and
■. Coombs, Sioux Center; Nellie
Coombs, fatally, Sioux Center; Mrs. L.
- and baby, Sioux Center; John
Henry and Matilda Haggie, Sioux Center;
L. D. Everts. Sioux Center; the two sons
of T. de Boor, Sioux Center; two children
of P. J. Smith, Sioux Center; A. M. Perry,
Hawarden.
Citizens of Sioux Center are caring for
the injured and destitute about the farm
houses wrecked. The property loss will be
heavy, but it can hardly be estimated at
present.
Much livestock was killed, the prairie
being strewii with the carcasses of horses
and cattle.
The only person killed in Osceola County
was Mrs. John Watterman, five miles west
of Sibley. A joist fell on her neck. She
held her baby in her arms and her baby es
caped injury. John Watterman, her hug- :
band, was injured in the breast and face
seriously. "William Watterman, his son, j
had his right arm broken and left shoulder !
broken. Charles Rossburg was badly •
bruised. Henry Rossburg, his son, was !
cut badly about the head. Mrs. Charles I
Rossburg was blown into a tree, but not i
seriously hurt. Herman, Otto and Emma
Rossburg were injured, but not seriously. \
Mrs. Feldkamp was not killed as reported
last night.
The Melcher and Whitney schoolhonses
were both wrecked. Miss Marie Good,
teacher of the Whitney School, closed
twenty minutes before the storm struck.
John Coughlin, wife and ten children were
all saved by taking refuge in a cyclone
cellar. They lost their house, household
goods, barn and had a horse killed. The
well pumps were pulled out at Rossburg's
and Frey's. Wilburn's barns were com
pletely wrecked. The barns of Pushak,
Kruger, Whitney, Herrin, Blackmore,
Hamblin, Watterman and Littlechild were
wrecked. The houses of Watterman and
Eossburg were destroyed.
a WEEPS OVER TEXAS.
Cyclone Does Great Damage year I)en
ison.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 4.— A special to
the Republic from Denison, Tex., says: A ;
cyclone passed eight miles east of here this
morning. Barns, dwellings, fences and
forest trees were leveled to the ground.
Stock was killed. People had narrow es
capes, but no casualties are reported. A
number of valuable orchards were wiped
out of existence. The cyclone crossed to
the Indian Territory, where it is thought
lives were lost.
SHERMAN, Tex.. May 4.— This city was
visited by a tornado to-day. Many houses
and barns were blown down. Stock was
killed in the track of the storm and there
has been considerable damage to crops and
fruit, but nobody has been reported Killed.
r-MO.V PACIFIC TROUItLES.
An Attempt to Settle All t, le Controversies
Out of Court.
ST.PArL.Miv-,,Mav4.-An attempt
was made to settle the Union Pacific re
ceivership trouble out of court to-day, but
11 is believed the case hag failed, although
nothing positive is known.
Mr. Ily.lp, attorney for the American
ff"k &r fu T , r , U!st Coni P an y. the trustees of
the bondholders of the Oregon Short Line
submitted a proposition that if the former
receivers were diacharged and 8. H. H.
wlarkaud John M. Egan appointed as
joint receivers of the two systems they j
would agree to such appointment, and ,
would not ask for a separate receivership
for the Oregon Short Line, the argument
on which petition has been heard during
the week.
Judse Sanborn agreed to allow all the
parties to meet to consider the proposition,
and they met this afternoon and held a
long conference, but no agreement was
reached, and all interested in the case left
for their homes to-night. Judge Sanborn's
decision will be announced later.
DESVER ATHLETES ACTIVE.
Will Put in a Bid for the A. A. U.
Championship Scxt Tear.
DENVER, Colo., May 4.— A special to
the News from New York says: There is
every indication that Denver will put in a
bid for the A. A. U. championship of 1895.
Secretary Sullivan yesterday received the
following letter from A. G. Spaulding, who
is now in Chicago:
"During the summer and fall of 1896
there will be held in Denver an inter
■ .A mining and industrial exhibition.
In connection with other features it is an
ticipated at this time that possibly the
various athletic tournaments that will be
held in the United States under the
auspices of the American Athletic Union
may be invited to this city.
"Will you kindly furnish me your
opinion concerning the advisability of such
action, and do you think it will meet with
with the officers of the association
named ? I will also be glad to have you
provide me with a list of all contests which
are to be held during the present year, and
the cities at which they will take place."
Secretary Sullivan has forwarded the
communication to W. A. Curtis, president
of the A. A. U., who will at once corre-
I with the managers of the exhibition
at Denver, and no doubt something will be
done there for the good of amateur track
and tield sports.
IT WILL BE A LOCKOUT
Mine-Owners Refuse to In
crease the Scale of
Wages.
Militia Hastened to a West Virginia
District to Prevent Fresh
Disturbances.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 4.-The pint
convention of miners and operators ad
journed sine die to-night without fixing
the price of mining. Although there was
only a difference of 9 cents between the
propositions of the miners and operators,
neither side would make any concessions.
A lockout now seems probable, as the
operators say they cannot operate their
mines and pay over 51 cents for mining.
They claim they cannot compete for lake
trade against the Pittsburg district at the
rate proposed by the miners. About 24,000
miners in the State suspended work May 1,
pending a settlement.
The operators will probably quietly await
the end of the Pittsburg strike, and in the
event of a failure to adjust the differences
there with the miners will declare a lock
out. The operators, it appears, have an
ticipated a suspension and a month's
stock of coal, it is said, has been accumu
lated.
ROANOKE, Va.. May 4.— ln accordance
with orders from Richmond the following
military companies passed through here
tnis morning en route to Graham: Two
detachments of the Richmond Howitzers
with two Gatling gun? and 5000 rounds of
ammunition, Monticello Guards of Char
lottesville and the Lynchburg Home
Guards.
They were joined by the Roanofce Light
Infantry and Machine Works Guards, and
it was understood that the Jeff Davis
Rifles of Salem and the military company
at Radford would pet aboard the train on
its arrival at the foregoing named "places.
All of the military carried three days'
rations.
The receivers of the Norfolk and West
ern road have had notice that the recent
injunction granted by Judge Jackson was
intended for use in the coal regions. They
state that the company is in the hands of
the United States courts and warn all
persons at their peril not to interfere with
the property or traffic of the company.
The officials of that company regard Sun
day as the critical day. and all prepara
tions seem to have been taken witn a view
of preventing trouble on that day at Poca
hontas.
WELCH, W. Va., May 4.— Over 300
troops from Richmond, Danville, Lynch
burg and Charlottesville are at Graham to
night, awaiting orders to quell any dis
turbances that may arise in Pocahontas
between the miners now working for the
Southwest Company and the strikers.
They have brought with them two Gat
ling guns. All is quiet, but it is impossible
to say what a meeting of 10,000 strikers
and the men now working at the Browning
and Southwest mines at Pocahontas will
result in to-morro v.
RICHMOND, Va., May 4.— According to
| reports received at the Governor's office,
I there has been no outbreak as yet in the
: Pocahontas mining district. Governor
! O'Ferrall and General Phillips feel anxious,
j however. They sat up all last night re
ceiving and transmitting telegrams. In
explaining his orders calling out the
militia, Governor O'Ferrall stated to-day
that he was determined that the striking
miners from West Virginia should not be
allowed to overawe and force the Poca
hontas miners, who seem desirous of con
tinuing at work, to leave their jobs.
BVICIDE WITH A HIfLE.
In the Presence of His Children a Geor
gian Shoots Hitnself.
ATLANTA, G.\.. May 4.— A special from
Quitman, Ga., to the Journal says: W. W.
Guess, a citizen of Brooks County, living
seven miles west of here, committed sui
cide to-day by shooting himself through
the heart with a rifle. He was accused by
his wife of being criminally intimate with
their eldest daughter, a beautiful girl of 19
years. He had been threatening to kill
himself for some time. This morning,
taking his rifle and accompanied by his
two children, he ltft home, saying he was
going to kill an alligator. When he reached
the pond he sat down on a log and in the
presence of his children he deliberately
placed the muzzle of his rifle to his heart
and pulled the trigger, dying instantly.
Bonner's Slayer Convicted.
CHICAGO, 111.. May 4.— Emanuel
Baker was found guilty of the murder of
his brother-in-law, Harry Bonner, in Judge
Freemans court to-day. The jury al
sessed the penalty at life imprisonment.
At the time Baker killed Bonner he also
killed his wife, but has not yet been tried
on this charge.
Killed Hhile Bear-Hunting.
SILVER CITY, N. M., May 4.-N. D.
Hutton, a Chicago Tribune reporter, was
killed when bear-huntine near Gi!a Hot
Springs. His horse fell over a cliff. Hut
ton's neck was broken.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895.
FREEDOM AND DEATH
Three Oklahoma Con
victs Break Jail at
Woodward.
FORCE A GUARD TO OBEY.
During the Battle That Ensues
Two of the Escapes Are
Killed.
ONE OF THE PURSUERS SHOT.
After His Comrades Are Laid Low
the Third Fugitive Gladly
Surrenders.
WOODWARD, 0. T., May 4.— A bold
jail delivery followed by the killing of two
escaped convicts and the serious wounding
of Officer Ben Wolfort, occurred here early
this afternoon.
About 1 o'clock Prisoners Hill, "Waddell
and Heffen, the first two confined for lib
erating prisoners about a month ago, se
cuied a gun and forced the guard to open
the cage.
They then armed themselves with Win
chesters in the cell house and started for
the hills. Sheriff Oden immediately sum
moned a number of deputies and gave
chase.
Within a mile from town the trio were
overtaken. They were afoot, while their
pursuers were well mounted, and escape
was impossible. A demand to surrender,
however^ was answered with a volley from
the convicts, who had taken refuge behind
a large rock.
This was the signal for general firing,
which was kept up sharply by both sides
for fully half an hour. For the time being,
because of their barricade, the convicts
had the better of the situation and before
any of them had been hit by the deputies,
Officer Ben Wolfort received a bullet
through the left arm and Officer Prior's
horse was shot from under him.
When Prior's animal fell, the officers
scattered and surrounding the rock poured
shot after shot into the convicts. At the
first volley, which was given in concert,
Hill and Heffen were made to bite the
dust. The tiring was kept up and soon
Waddell, who had laid flat on the ground
and had succeeded in escaping the bullets,
gladly surrendered.
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