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THE FORT MILL TIMES. 17TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1908 NO. 7 j , JL DEA1H AGENT Of Mrs. Guinness Has Been Locked and Will Soon Be TAKEN INTO CUSTODY jit Is Now Believed That Mrs. <*ii<jiiie?s, the Arch-Murderess, is Yet Alive and Every Possible Watch Is Being Kept Up to Prevent Her Escape. The "Death Agent" employed by Mrs. Belle Guinness to lure victims to her farm, has been located in Warsaw, Ind., and his arrest is expected soon. The capture of this man is expect etl to put into the hands of the authorities the real story of the murder syndicate whose operations filled ltiookaide farm with the bodies of a score of victims. It is further hoped to discover by this means the present hiding place of the arch-murderess, if. as is now, generally believed, she Is In concealment. for a chance to escape to Rurope with the money she must have accumulated by means of her schemes It is now considered certain that the death agent is the man who escaped with Mrs. Guinness in an automobile on the night that the farm house was destroyed by fire which consumed the bodies of the woman's three children. An auto carrying a man and a woman who answered the description of the arch-murderess was seen speeding through Hohart on the morning after the fire. Deputy Sheriff Gill declared the machine was running at a fearful rate, and that it came into Hohart from the direction of La Porte. He is confident that the woman in the machine was Mrs. Guinness. In fact there is little doubt now in the minds of the citizens of Laporte that Mrs. Guinness, the slayer of nerhans a srnrw nr mnro I and women and children, whose body was supposed to have been found on her "murder farm" escaped and there is little doubt that the three children who perished in the flumes were not her own. but were adopted as a part of her cunning scheme to herself appear a respectable well-to-do widow who would make a desirable wife. All La Porte is inclined to believe this man with whom she fled is one of her mysterious conspirators or confederates, and that she is now probably in hiding and waiting her chance to sail for Europe. On the day the house was burned Mrs. Guinness received a telegram of warning from an accomplice. It is believed that this man. fearful ( perhaps, that the w<?uan might be arrested and make a confession of the workings of the whole horrible "murder syndicate," hurried to La Porte early in the night in an nutomobile. The police say the plan of flight was formulated by Mrs. Guinness. She easily reconciled herself to the sacrifice of the children since they were only accessories to her game of murder. She induced Ray Lamphere to set fire to the house as the body of a headless woman had been nlaced so as to convev the Imoresslon that Mrs. GuinnesH herself had perished in the flames. Then she fled. Mrs. Guinness had several gold-tiled teeth and a search of the usher * of the houBe has l>een conducted for the purpose of finding these teeth. What was thought to he a gold tooth that was discovered, has turned out not to be a gold tooth at all. A dentist who examined it. declared it was an ordinary tooth, and had ^ never been filled with gold. * ANOTHER KIKE IN ATLANTA. One Hundred and Seventy- Five Horse* I In rued to Death. One hundred and seventy-five horses. two of them show prise winners, and half a block of buildings burned with a hundred thousan d dollars loss; n threatened panic in a crowded theatre nearby, and half a dozen persons Injured, none seriously summarizes a fire which started Monday night In the business section of Atlanta, and for an hour threatened to mak" a cleaner -sweep ' han did thflames the week before, which destroyed a million and a quarter doldars* worth of property in another section of the city. The block ir. which the fire smarted was made up chelfly of one Btory wooden and brick structures. The flames started in the Piedmont Stables on Marietta street. BRYAN C ALKS ON TILLMAN. The Nebrnskan Confers With South Carolina Senator in Washington. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says Hon. Wm. J. Bryan called on Senator Tillman on Tuesday In that cltv and spent some time with hint discussing national politics and the outlook for the former to receive the Presidential nomination at Denver in July This is significant hy reason of the fact that it was almost the only nail made hy Mr. Bryan upon any one since he reached Washington. V GUINNESS VICTIMS. Ml'RUERKHS AND CHILDREN AMONG THE SLAIN. Many Suitors for the Widow's Haud Pound a Grave iu the Garden Instead of a Wife. A dispatch from La Porte, Ind., gives the following as the known dead in the Guinness mystery. They number fourteen in all: Guinness, Mrs. Belle, the alleged arch-murderess, whose body was fntinri in tht> rnlno nf n - - ?*"? v? tuv VJUIUIIC09 home after the fire on April 28. Soronson. Myrtle, aged 11 years, daughter of Mrs. Guinness, also lost her life in the destruction of the residence. Soronson. Lucy, aged 9 years, youngest doughter of Mrs. Guinness, who likewise was burned to death in i the fire. , Soronson. Prilip, aged u years, son oi Mrs. Guinness, whose burned body was found clasped in the arms of the mother after the destruction of the Guinness home. Guinness, ennie Olsen, aged 17 years, daughter of Anton Olsen, of Chicago, whom Mrs. Guinness took to raise when eight years old, and whose body is believed to be one of the four found in a hole in the barnyard. , Guinness, Joseph, second husband of the woman, who died at the House of Mystery about four years ago. as n result of skull being fractured with a meat chopper. Wife claimed meat chopper fell from shelf. Budsberg, Ole. lola. Wis., suitor of Mrs. Guinness, who came here in March, 1907, and disappeared April 6, 1907. llelgelein, Andrew, Aberdeen. S. D., suitor of Mrs. Guinness; disappeared last January after lending her $l,r?00; body dug up and identified by brother, A. K. Helgeleln. Guinness, Swanhild, two-year-old daughter of Peter S. Guinness, died suddenly, six years ago, after physician had pronounced her suffering from bronchitis; no burial permit ever issued. Soronson, Mads, first husband of Mrs. Guinness, died suddenly in Chicago. several years ago. Lindhom, Olaf, 35 years old. of Wisconsin; employed by Mrs. Guinness three years ago; worked on the farm from March to July. When he disappeared Mrs. Guinness pave it out that he had pone to Norway to witness the coronation of the new king. Gerhall. Eric. 4 0 years old. of Wisconsin; succeeded Lindbon as handy man on the farm. He worked five months for Mrs. Guinness, when he disappeared Mrs. Guinness said he had left his trunk and overcoat and pone off toward Rolling Prairie. She afterward wore his fur coat. Moo. John, Elbow Lake, Minn., suitor of Mrs. Guinness. He came to the "House of Mystery" Christmas day, 1908, to "celebrate the holiday," and was never seen afterward. Berry, George, Tsucola, III., came to La Porte two years ago with $4 00 He wrote a letter on his arrival at the Guinness home, but has not been heard from since. CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS At Washington Came to an Eud on Last Friday. The first conference of the Governors of the States of the American Union ended at Washington on Friday. The final accomplishment or the Conference which had been in progress at tlie White House for three days, cannot be foretold with mathematical precision. That its immediate results are more than >111 pie is the expression of the President and the Governors who have participated Hon. William Jennings Bryan wa: >ne vf flv<* citizens invited by Presi'ent to take part in the conference. All of the five were present except Kx-President Cleveland. The conference issued a declaration as to things in general and about the welfare of the country. President Roosevelt presided at the last meeting of the conference and took an actjve part in its proceedings. At the close of the conference he introduced Mr. Bryan, who was most enthusiastically received by the Governors. .ir. Bryan acknowledged his obligations to President Roosevelt for the opportunity to participate in an historic eyent of the first magnitude. The discussion already had, he said, would help define the sphere of national and State control. He said he was Jealous of any encroachment upon the rights of the State, but it was entirely consistent with his theory to believe that it was just as imperative that the General Government should uiscuurge i n?* auiivs aciegitiKa iu n as It was that the States should exercise the powers reserved to them. 'There will he no 'twilight zone' between the nation and the State." continued Mr. Bryan, "in which exploiting Interests can take refuge from both, and my observation is that most of the contentions over the line between nation and State are traceable to predatory corporations, which are trying to shield themselves from deserved punishment or endeavoring to prevent needed restraining legislation." . * TALKED POLITICS. TILLMAN SEES NO USE IN LNSTRU CTIOK. But Thinks the Convention Should Adopt the Unit Itule, Which Would dive Bryan the Delegation. Senator Tillman was in Columbia on last Saturday on his way to Washington, whenoe he will go to New York. Senator Tillmnn expects to sail for Europe on Saturday. May 1 6. and will be abroad for some time, going over a large part of Southern Europe before returning home. He will be accompanied by Dr. .T. W. Bobcock und others with whom he has , consulted since hi srecent illness. I The State says Senator Tillman si 1 looking remarkably well and has ' i - - 1 Kinucu in neaitn considerably since his visit *to Atlanta. He stated that with the exception of a slight pain occassionally he is entirely free from any ill effects of the tingling sensations which he thought were symptoms of nervous breakdown. ,'I have taken little interest in State polities, however." said the senator, after speaking of his condition. "Since my return to Trenton I have read only the headlines in the papers and have devoted my time to gettlngjwell. I have been rather amused, however, as to the claims and counter claims of the newspapers on the result of the recent county conentions on instructions for William J. it'-yun for president. "As I have said before. 1 do not believe in instructing iho delegates, although 1 am heartily In favor of Bryan and believe that he will be the nominee. It is foolish, I think, to tie up the men who go to Denver when we know that they would vote for Bryan anyhow unless some almost unheard of think should happen. "I do not believe in the unit rule? that is, for a majority of the delegation casting the entire vote as the majority should decide, and if we were a machine-coutrolled State and were afraid of some political Ikiss might be able to deliver the votes to any candidate he saw fit I think the delegation should then be instructed as the people might desire. We are not that way in South Carolinu, however, and no man would vote c ii^uiuei ? iiai ur minus cut* ur- w imr^ of the people." * The senator talked very little politics, but showed great interest in , State affairs. He wanted to know ^ how the receivership matters of the old State dispensary fund were pro- ^ greasing and if any further moves j hud been made by either side. While offering no comment he believed that t it was an ugly snarl all around, aud A said that he had watched it with .much Interest. Then reverting to national politics ^ he remarked that the nomination of Bryan was peculiarly distasteful to c the New York World, as that paper had practically gone back on Bryan , years before when it supported the t gold ticket under Palmer and Buck- . ner. Naturally to see Mr. Bryan still a leader of his people after all these j ears was a bitter pill, but he did not believe the fight would affect Bryan's chances. "The whole thing," the senator concluded, "is foxfire, a beating of gongs and a lot of noise over nothing." The senator laughed. "Had this fight over Bryan not been brought out by the newspapers there would never have been any discussion on the matter. .lust what can be gained out of it I cannot imagine. I do not believe the South Carolina delegation will be controlled by Wall street or any other influence of thnt kind and I believe they are going to vote for Bryan without instruction." Senator Tillman did not discuss affairs in Washington at all. He has not changed his views as given in 1 I'he State some time ago by a staff ' correspondent, t>nt said that he had given little thought to these affairs, ' although he longed to get hack into { the fray. It was impossible for the ; present, however, and therefore he ' gave it little thought. STRYCHNINE IN AN EGG. Poison Intended for IM>g (Jets Into Marlboro Home. Mrs. \V. H. Peters, of Hennottsville, recently discovered among some eggs which she had bought one which contained strychnine. In breaking the eggs she noticed that it had a little hole in it and she broke it in a seperatc saucer. Her husband, Mr. \V. H. Peters of the Marlboro Drug Co. analyzed the mixture and found that it contained enough strychtne to kill utivftfii 1 tiPntil o Thbb(*i*pu nt th rn ntrh ivii.I rvv,?.v. ' r?p?' the hands of R. I>. Rogers &. Bro, and had been bought l>y them from the country. They were, of course, entirely ignorant of the whole matter and thought that the egg was fresh and bought it for such. It is probable that the egg had been fixed by the person who sold it for a dog and that it became mixed up in the number of fresh eggs which were brought to town and sold to R. D. Rogdrs & Bro. It is fortunate that Mrs. Peters discovered the mater in time, else there might have been ? .different tale to tell. * * t * ?. iv_ ' au e,. BRYAN STRONG. Captures One After Another of Supposedly Hostile States. MASSES ARE FOR HIM Polls Taken by New York Herald I and Other Paper* Indieato Overwhelming Majority Among Demo- 1 i crats Favorable to His Nomination?Big States for Bryan-?How They Stand. The New York Heruld of Monday says: In his contest for control of the National Demnoratic VWUICUIIWII, ivhich meets at Denver July 7, William J. Bryan continues to distance ill competitors. The Herald's imlartial summary of the progress of ielegate getting for the week and its estimate of conditions in various Jtates shows that the twice defeated candidate is surpassing even the ex>ectations of his friends. Sympathy must lie expressed for he Eastern Democratic leaders and he gold Democrats who have been iiearning of defeating Mr. Bryan. They desire some other candidate inensely and they say they are still lopeful, but there is little ground or hope unless conditions chunge. Mr. Bryan is rapidly subjugating he "enemy's country." The Massachusetts Democratic Jtnte Committee declared aguinst lim, but he swept the primaries and he State convention this week initructed the delegates to vote for lim. The Connecticut Democratic State Convention refused to instruct the lelegates for him. but when the unoke of buttle cleared away Mr. Jryan was found to control at leust en of the fourteen delegates, and lad his old and devoted friend Col. Uexander Troupe as the hcud of the lelegation. New York was supposed to be hosile to him. yet nothing is plainer han that Charles F. Murphy will lave to vote for Mr. Dryun or run he risk of having the McCarren ontestlng delegates from Kings coun y seated at Denver. Vermont was classed us against Jryan, and is still so classed.because ? he Bryan men are not prepared to laim it; but an inquiry from an exellent ond unprejudiced authority on y ,'ermont politics brought the reply; ( ?"Vermont will not instruct, but y he delegates will unquestionably be j or Mr. Bryan." Pennsylvania is classed against Mr. Iryan by all the opposition, yet at east fifty-four of the district dele- t ;ates were elected at primaries by j he Bryan league and against Col. J. f. Guffey, the "boss" of the State, J1 ind a majority of them are inBtruet d. The signs indicate that Col. Guf'ey is beaten in the State convention ind that he will surrender at disxetlon. Alabama was claimed for Johnson, rhe Johnson manager telegraphed he Alabama members of Congress. H 'We are going to carry this State for '' lohnson and want to know where . ou stand." The Alabama members net and wired back that it was "too v ate" for Johnson, and it was too 1 ate. These are a few of the signs of ( he times. As the chronicler of un- s >iased political news and the promo;er of no booms. The Herald gives :he facts for what they are worth. Coming down to figures, it is ihown that Mr.Bryan already hos 300 Jelegates instructed for bim. He . A A II O P i n Also stanas iu win 1^0 ucii'^uvca n< States where conventions or direct I irimaries are yet to be held. The I intnstructed delegates number 142. 1 [f they were all ogainst Mr. Bryan 1 here might be some encouragement \ Tor the opposition. Hut it Is csti- 1 nnted for the opposition. But it is \ *stimated that alx>ut one hundred of \ :hese delegates will vote, for Mr.Bry- t in. In this calculation he is not i ;lven the four delegates elected in t VInine, the ten who may he for him in Pennsylvania or the eight bound by the unit rule in New Jersey. One of the most Impressive events i r>f the week was the Ohio State Con- s vention. It should be remembered " that this is the home State of Judsou Harmon. Mr. Harmon is a Cleveland Democrat. He was also one of the three men being boomed for tho Presidential nomination aguinst Mr. ( Bryan. The past tense is used ad- 1 visedly here. When the convention ' met there was no opposition to Mr. Bryan. The delegates to Denver ' were instructed for him. Then the Democracy of the State proceeded to annex Mr. Harmon as a good Bryan asset and nominated him for Governor. Thus the De ' "iiii/iiipve State" hits mocrucj *ji ?. ??= - j put its best foot, forward at a time when the Republicans seem to have gone mad and are doing all in their power to lose the Governor of Ohio as well as the twenty-three electoral votes of the State. Mr. Bryan is being aided by a considerable revulsion of sentiment. Somehow the notion isgetting abroad that he may not be such a weak candidate after all. Indeed the action of Judge Gray in apparently spurning the nomination has Injured his chances to get suport in the East, and there is a feeling that If Cover's. HE DID.NOT SAY IT.. SENATOR TILLMAN'S VIEW OF GROVER CLEVELAND. Suys Ho Wa? Misquoted in The News and Courier?Says He Is For liryuii. Who Will He Nominated. In reporting in The News and Courier uu interview lie had with Senator Tillmon in Columbia on lust Saturday Mr. August Kohn make the Senator sav; "If the Democrats could get a Cleveland, not Mr. Cleveland in person. but a man who stood for the same thing, and could command the support that Cleveland does, 'it^would lie a shame to take the money' the way such a candidate would run away with the race, and be elected to the Presidency." Senator Tillman's Denial. Senator Tillman gave out a statement in Washington on Tuesday. The Senator said it was not his intention Lo say anything further 011 the subject of politics before his trip to Eu rope, but being so widely misquoted n reference to Grover Cleveland he liroke his intentions on Tuesday and expressed himself freely. He said: "You may set all minds at rest as .0 my opinion of Cleveland by saying hat it has not changed one iota since liy llrst speech in the senate denouncug him. 1 would rather the Democratic party would now be defeated :hun to be victorious with Cleveland )r any other may like him at its lead, and I am quite sure that no natter what the condition of his lealth, should he be nominated lie vould be beaten worse than Parker vas. I am at a loss to understnad ' low a man usually so accurate as dr. Kohn is, should have so misliioted nie. "So far as 1 now recall 1 never nentioned Cleveland to him the other I lay. I certainly did not say that un- 1 lor any circumstances I would favor 1 lis nomination or the nomination of 1 inv man like him. What 1 did say < vas that Wall street would welcome I tne of the old plutocrats as the Dcm I eratlc nominee, preferring to support ! uch a socalled Democrat than Taft, < rho will be the Republican nominee. 1 ir Bryan, who will be the Democratic 1 10 mi nee, and that if the Democratic tarty could unite upon one of tluse I Castem plutocrats, which it will of i ourse not do. then Taft would l?e < asily defeated. t "I am, of course, for Bryan as the l tomiuee at Denver, and I am satis- 1 led that South Carolina's delegates 1 ir 111 be for Bryan, but 1 am opposed 1 o instructing them because our con- I ention is not going to sena men to )enver who can l>e bamboozled or i ought and instructions are unueces- s ary ? "Now, having been goaded into this s hlng, I am going to tell you what \ think about this tempest in a tea < iot about instructing the delegation. 1 lonzales wants to make it appear j hat he is the biggest Bryan man in i he State so that if Bryan is elected ] he editor of The State can control i he South Carolina patronage. i "The trouble with Hemphill is, j hat he has never been able to see ( inything In Cleveland but a demigod i tnd he opposed Bryan in 1896, and | ic is of the kind who never changes lis mind. Hemphill was in the vrong then and to support Bryan low might appear an admission that ; le was wrong. That's the whole ause of the mighty racket over in,tractions." WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE. 'hiongo Woman Cast Her Two Children Out of Window. While temporarily insane, Mrs. Dmma Loftgren. ily years old, of :C5 7 v'orth Albany avenue, Chicago threw ler baby girl and her three-year old >oy, Arthur, from the second story vindow of her home at 10:15 o'clock ast night. Both children probably , drill die. The crazed woman was presented from jumping from the winlow herself by ner husband, who ran nto the room in answer to the boy's :ries of help. Spent Millions Abroad. It is estimated that American toursts spent $40,000,000 in Europe laM ;u in mo . lor Johnson should win at Denver le would have to face the troublesome statement that he was nominited because he could poll the Scanlinavian vote in a mass, which might not be a strong card to phi.v in this jountry, where race prejudices of sther imported races are easy to arouse. Mr. Bryan himself believes lie can defeat Taft. There has been an interesting test of the Bryan strength throughout ihe country this week. The Chicago Tribune has been making a secret poll of Democratic preference throughout the country. The thirteen Northeast States voted: Bryan, 371; J. A. Johnson, 16:2: George Gray, 75. The solid South voted: Bryan, 1.363; J. A. Johnson. 173; George Gray, ,'>3. The Central West voted: Bryan. 1,200: J. A. Johnson, 160; George Gray, 26. The mountain States voted: Bryan 351; J. A. Johnson. 34 and George Gray 8. In all the polls Johnson led strongly for seeond choice. Hut in only one State did Johnson lead Bryan for first choice. This was Minnesota, showing that the demand for the dashing Governor is local. * J ... &&& SEti. DRAWS BIG; CROWD. OVEK FIFTEEN* THOft SAM> PEO- g PLE VISIT llAHN YAItl) Where the Victiin.s of Mrs. Guinness Were Hurled After They Had llecn Most Mysteriously .Murdered All roads In Lapurte, Ind., Sunday T led to the farm of Mrs. Melle Guinness. alleged murderess of at least ten persons, whose bodies have been unearthed in the barn yard and now inougnt to have been burned to death with her three children in atlre that destroyed her farm house on April 28. Upwards of lfi.000 sightseers si visited the place of death before sun- h set of the first Sabbath to pass since the news of the mystery transpired. Nearly every able bodied resident of 01 I-aporte went to the Guinness farm ' and railroads and trolley lines P brought 1,000 non-residents to the s( city. B Mayor Iiarrow found it necessary d; to issue stringent orders that the $ Sunday closing laws should be strictly enforce. Hotels and restuurunts were overrun with patrons. Every ^ conveyance in Laporte was pressed di into service in an attempt to provide transportation to the farm, which is tc a mile north of Eaporte. Hundreds w were forced to walk. There was noth- H ing in the attitude of the crowd to Indicate that they were visiting a ti place where gruesome tragedies had f? taken place. Jokes and laughing c< romments were heard on every side tl and exclamations of joy from sue- l>! ressful relic hunters were numerous, w Along the roadside were several lemonade stands and lunch wagons. E At the gates were venders of souvenir hi postal cards, and those bearing a jr group picture of Mrs. Guinness and lu three little ones, who met death with ?'i her found readiest sale. During tin* d< rush to Laporte in the afternoon several farm horses, Heightened by utt- to to mobiles, started to run away. A w: buggy was upset, Mrs. Iteiijamln pi fcanelar, of Laporte, suffered a brok- Pi ?n arm. Several pirkpockets did a lli thriving business while the throng th waited for homeward bound trains, lil Investigation of the farm for more it bodies halted Monday. The sheriffs e?i ind other ofhcers were forced to be- of ronie spectators also. Several visitors, however, were seeking informs- I,< ion concerning missing friends ol ps relatives and some further informs- la ion regarding the possible identity hi >f the bodies on the farm resulted from their Inquiries. to The most definite information came al from Oiaf Lindaho of Chicago. He to said that liis brother, Thomas, work- al ?d for Mrs. Guinness three years ago. he ind the last letter from Thomas suit wi hat Thomas intended to marry Mrs. ea fiuinness. Olaf wrote to Mrs. Guinness and she replied that Thomas had w ;one to SJ* Louis, and that she had lo no word from him. Olaf Lindaho wi has not heard from Thomas since, to Sheriff Smutzer will continue his in- oi instigations at the Guinness farm, al ind the floor of the cellar may he iug up and additional excavations M may be made in the yard where ten w bodies have already been unearthed. It fr WAItMNG TO POSTMAKTKHH. in a i Merchants Kesort to Tricks to Have in Their Packages Delivered. ,)f Information Iiaving reached the * Postoffice Department of certain methods by which the postal laws in regard to the mailable and unmail- w able merchandise on rural routes n: have been evaded. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Degraw has taken steps 1,1 to prevent tutu re evasions. " Rural carriers are permitted to de- ?( liver as express matter ror hire, for 1" patrons of their routes, unniailahle merchandise and packages of mail- ai able merchandise weighing in excess of four pounds. An example of the ,v abuse of this privilege is that of a merchant who sent out by rural carrier as extra matter a pair of shoes to which he added a bag of salt to make the package overweight and " to avoid paying postage so that the carrier might carry the package for hire. In view of such abuses, Mr. Degraw has issued the following state- (j nient: "All packages of merchan- ? dise to lie sent out by rural carriers o by merchants of (he town should lie 5 presented at postoflice for inspection and in case it is found that extraneous (j matter not ordered by the patrons r; has been added to any mailable mat- B ter or package lor the purpose of p making such package matter unniailahle. postmasters should refuse to p permit the carrier to carry any such ,, matter or package for hire outside a of the mails, and rural carriers p should not receive any mail matter from patrons is unmailahle matter ^ for hire which they suspect has been {, made unmailahle by such devices as ^ adopted by the merchant referred to ? to. Soldier Kan Amuck. A telegram received by the adju- j, tant general from Manila Tuesday an- j nounced that Private Mike Reacham. of the First cavalry, ran amuck, kill- r ing three and wounding three of his c comrades, one mortally. All the kill- r ed and wounded were members of t troop V. First cavalry. Details of the , tragedy are lacking, but it is presum- j ed that Beachman was lusane < i TWELVE KILLED ly Terrible Tornado and Much Property js Destroyed In STATE OF NEBRASKA he Storm Sweeps Over the Kastern lhirt of the State, Visiting and Wrecking a Number of Town*. College lliiilding* Damaged and One Hailroad Station IH'strogrcd. A dispatch from Oniahn, Nebruska, tys twelve persons are known to ave !>een killed and a score injured y a tornado which swept the uorthrn part of Sarpy County at 5 o'clock ucsday afternoon. The storm, which ained a velocity on its way south, arted in Onioha about 4:30. At el lev lie the college buildings were iiuiaged to the extent of probably e.000 and several persons injured, itne fatally. The storm was the most severo that rer struck Eastern Nebraska. Tho 11 niage to the college buildings at ellevue was heavy. The tower was >rn from Park Hall and the building reeked. Lower Hall and ltaikln all were unroofed. The panic stricken students ran to ic basement and. in this way many it a 1 it ios were probably averted. The illege stables were wrecked and all to horses killed. A number of small uildings and stores in the village ere blown down. Moving south the tornado struck ort Crook, damaged several of tho mack buildings, but nobody was Inired. In the town of Fort Crook, iwcver, a number of buildings were ltlrcly wrecked and other damage me. The storm lifted and dipped at inrvals, continuing to move southard. doing much damage to farmers' operty. The first town struck was iipillion, 8 miles south of Omaha. At iat point the damage was not great. ie funnel shaped cloud apparently riing sufficiently to pass the town, again descended as the storm movI toward Richfield, four miles south Papillion. In Us path was the farm of Gus ?uder. whose farm buildings were irtly destroyed, and his son, Charles jader. aged 14. killed outright. All s live stock was killed. Edward Martin's farm was next lw. M- Mn.tln'i, 1 " f"' I'v. i'u . tutu IIII o iivfuiu auu I his burns and small buildings were tally destroyed and Mr. Martin fatly hurt by being crushed under his >nie. The little town of Richiield as almost blown to pieces, but the snail v list was small. At Louisville half the town was recked and at least eight persons st their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester us killed in her houie. Seven who ok refuge in sand pits were killed it right. The names arc not availtie. Two miles north of Papillion art in Teith and his son. James, ere driving along the Little Paplo iver, when their horse became ightened bv the hail and plunged to the swollen stream. Hoth father id son were drowned. An oflieer from Fort Crook arrived the city and stated that the dam;os to buildings would amount to 100.000 at the army post alone and le village is almost a total wreck. A remarkable scene was enacted hen the officers realized that a torido had struck the post. Six hun ed troops of the 00th regiment were rought to battalion formation and i the midst of Hying slate roofs and Liter debris they inarched across the trade ground to substantial buildigs, where they were put "at rest" ud look to the cellars. The roofs of several of the large uildings were blown off and other iiningo done. MANV I,(>SlO 1.1 VKS. eutli and Destruction Wrought in the Yang Tho Kiaitg. News of one of the greatest disastrs China has over known, a sudon tidal bore in the Y'ang Tse Kinm,\ hicli involved a loss of nearly 10.00 lives at Hankow, was brought y the steamer Titan. A bore twenty-six feet in height, ooded without warning down the Ivor overturning thousands of junks, atnpans and small hoats and wreckig some large river steamers. Some 3,000 Chinese were sleeping rt the sampans and small craft and tat. sheds and huts by the riversido t Hankow and they were enveloped y the great wave. The scenes for many days after the were horrible, the river la ng strewn with the (lead and the ebris of the wrecked craft for many niles. Young t.irl Shot Father. At lluhurque, Iowa, defending her other with a riflf, Miss Madue Flemng. ?0 years old. shot her father, dont Fleming, In the head. He Is Hit expected to live. Fleming, ac:ording to the young woman's statenent to the police, was about to atack her mother when she fired. She vas arrested hut released on her own ecognlzance. The sympathy of the ;omraunlty is with the young woman.