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Tlie Marlbol? Democrat r "DO THOU, eau AT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUH L1VKS IN THY POSSESSION HARPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL XXXII BENN ETTS V ILL E. St C., FRIDAY, MAY 22. 1908 F?T?T FIFTY ARE DEAD And Two Hundred Persons Injur ed by Louisiana Tornado. MANY HURT WILL DIE. The Tornado Destroyed Throe Towns mid Left Many Wrecked Homes and Knitted Crops in a Path a Milo Wide and Ahoill lilly Miles in Length, A dispatch fr?ni Shreveport, La., says thirty dead, and L'un injured is u conservativo estimate of the fatali ties caused hy (he tornado which swept Hi rough northwest LoulslaiTn Thursday evening, destroying three small towns and leaving Wrecked homes and ruined crops tn a path' a nillo wide and GO miles long. The (lead at Gilliam, which had about 200 Inhabitants, number 15, while al Itollnger lite known death I isl is si\. These two towns arti {?bout I :> miles apart and nothing has been learned bf tho work ol' the storm in the conni ry between. Ai lil more, a small town near Gil liam, several houses were destroyed and il is not known bow mau.v people perished. Several ol' the (bad wei, brough! to Shreveport on the relief I raia Hom Gilliam Friday morning and i he hos pitals and sanitariums are crowded willi injured, several (d' whom will die. The dead at Cilliam are: Mrs. Hen ry Codi rey. Mrs. John (lardner. A. Hapgood, .lohn Simpson, nine ne groes. A. La tu pk h), a larmer living in the country near (lillian), was killed, together with his wife and I child ren. At Holinger the dead are: Mrs. Kay. Mrs. Marshall ?Davis and four negroes. The injured al liol inger numbers about forty persons. Ol' these, is il believed that not moro thad three br four will die. Only two houses were loft at (!il liam where the force (d' the storm was greatest. Of the seven members of the Gardner family, none escaped without injury, Mrs. Gardner was killed by the falling limbers of her hobie and I be other members of tho family were buried under tin1 debris, bul were ex tracted. A Hood bf rain following the tornado made Ile work bf rescue very dlfllcult, in thc darkness A relief I rn iii was sent lo (Sillium from Shreveport Thursday night and returned Fridu.x morning al daylight bringing several pf the dead ami ninny wounded. Another train was ruled oui Fri day and readied Ile stricken town this afternoon, but has not yet re turned. Prompt Steps have been taken to HUCCOUr all who are in need, filly Persons Killed. A dispatch friday hight says tho ft tilt I conni of tin- persons who met death in the tornado will tech tilly. The number at present known ?<> hue been killed is ll. Right wore added lo tlc death list Friday al Ked Bayou. All woi'b negroes. Hoi lol' headquarters have been es tablished in ll bax car and left in charge ol' Cilliam citizens, whose ap peals for help have hoon liberally answered. Several dozen tents were Shipped from Shreveport. Shreveport negroes have held a mass meeting and raised several hun dred dollars to be used to help their race. Mrs. R. I,. Houston, .lohn Cod frey, W. M. Sour and John (lardner's child, all white, who were injured. ?ire in a SOi'ibuS condition at a Shreveport sanitarium. MAXY LOSI'3 LIV MS. Dent ll and Destruction Wrought in tito Yung TKO Khing. News of one or Hie greatest disast ers China has ever known, a sud den tidal bore in lite Yang Tso Kian:,, which involved a lois of nearly 10. f)00 live; al Hankow, was bronchi l?y the slea mer Titan. A bore t weill y six feel in height, flooded wit hotil warning down Hid river overturning thousands of junks, ?ampuns and small boals and wreck ing some large river steamers. Some JJ,(?On ch I u os? were sleeping in lite Sfliupliu and small crail and mat sheds and ..tils by Hie Hvoralda .tl Hankow am) .'ney were envelope! by (he g rea I wave. The Scene}* tor many days ft flor Hie disaster were horrible, the river be ing strewn willi lite dead and flin dohH.it of the wrecked crail for niati.V miles. Sailed toe lill lope. ll is now claimed thal Mrs. Guin ness, the La I'orto, ind., murderess has sailed for fOliropo, where we hope she will be arie:.led and returned lo this country. TALKED POLITICS. TILLMAN SIOIOS NO USE IN IN STRUCTION. But Thinks the Convention SliouUl Adopt thc Unit Hule, Which Would (iivu Itiyun the Delegation. Senator Tilintan was in Cullimbin on last Saturday on his way to-Wnsh Ington, whence Ix- will go io Now York, Senator Tillman expects to sail for Ru rope on Saturday. .May li'., and will bo abroad for sonio time, go ing over a large part of Southern Ru rope before returning homo. Ho will lui accompanied by Dr. .!. w. Dnb Coek and others with whom ho has consulted since hi arcoont illness. The Slate says Senator Tillman si looking remarkably well and lias gained In heall h considerably since his visit to Allanta. Ho staled thal with ih.> exception ol' a alight pain occasionally be is entirely free from any ill effects of the tingling sensa tions which lc thought wore symp toms of a rv ons hrcakdow n. .1 have i alien lin le Interest in Slate politics, however." ^-; ? ? < I tho senator, nf tor speaking of hi;- condition. "Since my return lo Trenton I have read on ly the headlines in the papers and have devoted in> lime lo getting well. I have been rather amused, however, as lo the claims ami counter claims of tho newspapers on tho result of Hie recent county conditions on Instruc tions for William j. myan for presi dent. "As I have said before, I do not believe in inst rmi i nr. Hie delegatos, although I am heartily iii favor of llryan and believe thai lie will ho tho nominee. li is foolish. I think, lo tie np tho men who go lb D?tlVOl' when we know that they would vol?' for li ryan anyhow unless some al most unheard Of think should hap pen. "I do not believo in the unit rule that is. for a majority of the delega tion casting the entire vote as the majority should decide, and if we were a machine-i out rolled State and were afraid of some political boss might be abb- to doliver the vole., to any candidate ho saw Iii 1 think the delegation should then be instructed as the people might desire. We are not that way in South Carolina, however, and no man would vote against what he thinly ari- the wishes of the people." 'rho seiiator talked very little poli tics, but showed 01 eat interest in Slate affairs. Ile wanted io know how tho receiver: hip mailers of Ibo old Stale dispensary fund were pro gressing ami if any further moves had been mad" liv eil her side. While offering no coniiiicnl he believed thal it was an Ugly snarl all around, and said that he had watched it willi much interest. Theil reverting to national politics he remarked thai the nomination of llryan was peculiarly dislilHtefttl to the Wu York World, as (hal paper had prac! ically go 110 back On I'.ryan years before when it supported the gold ticket umiei Painter and liuck ner. Natural!*. ... see Mr. llryan ?tili a leader ol III? people aller all IhosO years was a Willer pill, bili lie did not believe the light would a ff ec I I try a n's chances. ..Tho whole illino,.'" the Kohat ot concluded, i'ts foxfire, a beating Of con;;- and a hu of noise over noth ing." The senator laughed. ' Had this light over Drylin liol been brought out by the newspapers there would never have beeil any discussion Oil t lie mal ter. .lust what can be gained om ol' ii I cannot Imagine I do no! believ e the South ('andina delegation will he controlled i>> Wall street or any tither Influence of thal kind and I believe t lt?.V are going to vote for Hi v an w it li on! inst i ncl ion." Senator Tillman did liol discuss af fairs in Washington nt all. He has not changed his views as given in 'rho Slate some lime ti go by a staff correspondent, bul sahl that be bad given linie though! to these affairs, although lu- longed to gel back into I bo f|*|?3 11 was iiapos- Iblo for I he present, however, ami therefore lie gave ii lin 1?' i hough!. KILLED W i l li ItltOO.M STICK. Thai ls tin Weapon I sed b.v Woman on Husband., Sarah Lawrence, a negro woman a bo a I '-'-' years tdd, struck lier hus bain!. Scipio I .a ww rem-e. across tho bead w|Hi ti broomstick on Ai ii I le died from t lie v oiuul InlUcted on May 'J at his hollie al Adams Uni?, li KOO hi s tba! Lawrence came homo dcb Ilk on Saturday and was bealiio' bis wife, ami . ii ocauglll up a In oom to tiefend herself. Terrible Crime. A dispatch from Kn lr Ile hi, W. Va., yesterday says (tey. H I''. Coffman, aged *>'? yeal;, and Olia Of Ibo best known M el hod Isl - Kplscopa Han minis lo rt) ill this district, killed his wife early Hint morning, while suffering from a lit of Insanity. ?y Terrible Tornado and Much Property [ls Destroyed in STATE OF NEBRASKA Tin1 Storm Swoops Over tho lOustcrn I'art ot' (lie State, Visiting and Wrecking a Number ol' Towns. Col lege Buildings Damaged and One llailroad Station Destroyed. A dispatch from Omaha, Nebraska, says I wehe persons are known to have booti killed and a score injured by a tornado which sw eel (he north ern pail ol' Sarpy County al Ti o'clock Tuesda.v nfleruoou. The storm, which wained a VOlocily on its way south, started in Oinoha about 4:30. At llollevno lin- col loge buildings were damaged to the oxton! ol" probably nun and several persons injured, none fatally. The storm was the most severe that ever struck Kaslern Nebraska. The damage io the college buildings at Bellevue was heavy. The tower was lorn from Park Hali and Iiie building wrecked. Lower Itali and Raikin Hall were unroofed. Tin- panic stricken students ran to the basemen! and in this way many! fatalities were probably averted. The college stables wen- wrecked and all the horses killed. A number ol small buildings and stores in the village were blow n down. Moving south the tornado struck Kori Crook, damaged several bi the barrack buildings, but nobody was in jured. In the (own of Kort Crook, however, a number of buildings were enlireL wrecked and oilier damage done. Tho storm lifted and dipped at in tervals, continuing to move south ward, doing nundi damage to farmers' property. The lirst town struck was Papilliou, S miles south of Omaha. At that point the damage was not great, Hie fumed shaped oletad . :>paro?.tly lifting sulltclently to pass tho town. lt again descended as the storm m o Vi ed toward Kichllold, four miles south <>t Pnpillion. In ils path was the farm of Cns Loader, whose farm buildings were partly destroyed, and lils son. Charles Leader, aged I I. killed outright. All his live slock was killed. hal wa rd Marlin's tai ni was next lo he swept. Mr. Marlin's home and all his hai ns ami small buildings were tidally destroyed ami Mr. Martin fat ally hurt by being crushed under his hollie The lillie town of Richfield was almost blown io pieces, but the casually list wits niall. Ai Louisville hall Hie town was wrecked lind :,t Idas! bight persons lo.-1 their liv? . Mrs. Frank Hosier was killed ll) hoi' home. Bevon who look ref il gi* in sand pits were killed outright. The names ai'O liol avail able. Two miles north bf l'npillioii Martin Tbl th and his son. .lames, were driving alone, the Linie Rapio Uiver', winn Hedi horse became, frightened I?> (lie hail and plunged into Hie -wollen stream. Holli tallier ami soil wo iv drowned. An billi . ; from Kort Crook arrived in Hie ell J ami slated I It'll I (be tl a in - ages io buildings would amount te $11(1?,(lilli ai the army post alone and the village is almos! a lota! wreck. A remarkable seo nb was enacted win n tho oliicors ronli'/od Huit a tor nado hail idl'lick Hie P<?;t Six hun dred troops of (he iJOlh roghno'hl were brought to battalion formation ami in Hie mid i ol' Hying Killin roofs ami other d?lais they marched across Hie pjtHid< ground to' substantial build ing.-, where I hey were pul. "al rest" and look to tile cellars. The roofs ol' several (d' Ile' ?ai ge buildings were blown off and OtliOl dania)''' done. ST VI ION AtiK.NT ! <>l M) DMA?. \ Hoged Mystery Surround- Death ol \ omi:', Man in (ioorgill. .1. T. Clover, .H.. :?fA<'iH for lifo A (ig nid ti South Railway Com pa n.\ ai Spread. Ha., was found dead in hi. ind Ki-kia y hihrhtug and anhoiiuce iiienl wa made later of sctliat ional (|(w eiopmenls as a resal? ol hives! ign tloll of Hi. lire Thursday, which (le st royeil Hie freighl dopbl and colton Wa rt' lioiiso of Hie railroad lt e slated ?hal vonni', (Hover, who is L'7 > eas- o'. I. wa sholl in lils (iel Oil tl! and exp?.'..al Hie road's atldltoi fri day to . heck his accounts. Re was se n wand .rilli; about Hie hurtling Imihjings, apparently in a dazed or intoxicated condition. Ile is said lo have purchased a bott!'' of laudanum and winn found next morning il wa reported tim! he committed suicide Viithorilles of the i-oad djspiited lilli theory and say He y believe he die. lion? natural causes. BRYAN STRONG. - Captures One After Another of Supposedly Hostile States. - MASSES ARE FOR HIM Tolls Taken by New York Herold anil Oilier Papers Indien!?- Over" A\helming Majority Among Demo? e'als Favorable lo His Nomina? Con-.Hi? States for Heyan-How ''??ey Stand. Tho NOW York Herald ol' Monday sayfi! in h?s contest for control of the ?National Democratic Convention, which moots at Denver July 7, Wil liam J. lilyan continues to (Hst?ncc all compel Hors. The Herald's im partial summary of tho progress of I delegate getting lor I he wo-k and ils esti?iato of conditions in various Stalks shows that the twice defeated candidate is surpassing even (he ox-I peotations of his friends. Bwnpathy must lie expressed for' I he . Mastern Democratic landers and thCsgold Democrats ?who hin e heen dreaming of defeating Mr; luyan. They desire some other candidate In tensely and I hey say they are ell ll hopeful, hut (here ls lillie .mound for hope unless conditions chango. Mr. itryiin is rapidly subjugating the "enemy's country." Xhe Massachusetts Democratic state Committee declared against him, hui le. swept Hie primaries and the State convention (his week in structed (he delegales lo vole for him. Tho Connecticut D?mocratie State Convention refused lo lns,friiel the delegates for him. Pul when the smoke Of battle cleared away Mr. Bryah was lound lo control al leasl ten of the fourteen delegates, and had his old and devoted friend Col. AkfV?nder Troupe as the head of the de. iiion. .v.' Yprk was supposed to be hos ? i ?.fu'.,- yet nothing 1:3 plalno'p (han that. Charles V. Murphy will have to Wtto for Mr. Ilryan or run the risk of having the MrCarren contesting delegates from Kings coun ty sealed III Denver. .Vermont was classed as against l?ryan, and is slill s(> classed,because tho ilryan men uro no! prepared lo claim ii; bpi an inquiry from an ex cellent omi unprejudiced authority on Vermont politics brought the reply: "Vermoni will not Instruct, hut the delegales will unquestionably bo tor Mr. Divan." Pennsylvania is classed againsj Mr. Ilryan hy all the opposition, yt at Last llfty-four of the district dele gates were elected at primarios i>y llio Ilryan league and against Col. .1. M. Culley, the "boss" bl Ile* Slate, and a majority of them ?ire instruct ed. The sighs indicate Ililli Col. 0 lif fey ls beaten in the state convention I and I hill ho Will surrende; al dis cret lon. Alabama was claimed for Johnson. The Johnson in ann ger telegraphed Hie Alabama members of Congress. . We are going lb carry tills Slate for Johnson and want lb know where you stand." The Alabama members met and wired back that il was "too late'' for Johnson, and ii was loo Into. ! These are a few of the signs of the times. As the chronicler of un biased political news and the piv-mo lor of no booms, The Herald gives' the facts for what they are worth. Coming down io llguros, it ls shown thal Mr.Di van already hos 300 delegates instructed foi him- lio nise stand- io win ItiO del?gales lp Stales Where conventions or direct primaries are yet lo be held. 'I he nnlnslrucled delegates number l l:'. D' tliey were all ognllisl Mr. Divan lhere might he some encouragement for the opposition. Dm lt ls esti mated foi ?he opposition. Dill i( ls estimated that about one hundred bf these delegate? will vote roi" Mr.Dry nn. in this calculation in: ls hoi plvon Hi?' foin' delegates elected in Maine. Hie (en who limy be for him in Pennsylvania or the bight bound by the unit rule in New Jersey. One of the most impressive even's of the wCel( was Hie Ohio Slat'' Con vention. li should be rcniombored (hal this is lip! home Stale bf Judson Harmon. Mr Harmon Is a Cleve land Democrat He was also one pf (ho Hnee men being boomed for iho Presidential nomination ngalnsl Mr. I'.ryan. The past tense is u ed ad visedly here. When He- convention mel lhere was n<> opposition lb Mr. In-yun. The delegates io Denver w. re inst neted for bim. Then Hie [letnoertiey of the Slatef pioceodod lo annex Mr. Harmon as] a good Dwan a'sel and nominated him for (to ver nor. 'I luis ( ho I ?e mocracy of Hie "Duckeyc Slate" has ,,,,1 it-, h-st foi l forward at a Hine when the Republicans seem lo have gOllO mad and are dollig all In their power to lose thc Govornor of Ohio GUINNESS VICTIMS. MUKDEN URS AND CHILDREN AMONG Tl I IO SLAIN. Many Suitors for (Ho Widow's Hand Found a Grave in tho Garden In* ?tend of n Wife. A dispatch from La Porto, Ind., gives tho following as the known doad in the Guinness mystery. They ll u tn her fourteen in nil: Guinness, Mrs. Relie, the alleg ed arch-inurdeross, whose body was found in the ruins of tho Guinness nonie aller the lire on April 2S. So ron so il, Myrtle, aged ll years, daughter of Mrs. Guinness, also lost her life in the destruction of the re sid? 'nee. Soroiison, fairy, aged il years, youngest doughier of Mrs. Guinness, who likewise was burned to death in tho fire. . Sorenson. Prilip. aged 5 years, son of Mrs. Guinness, whose? burned body was found clasped In tho arms bf the mother after tho desi ruction of the Guinness home. Guinness, cunio Olsen, aged IT years, daughter of Anion Olsen, of Chicago, whom Mrs. Guinness took ti) raise when eight years old. and whose body is believed to be one Y>f the four found in a hole ill ll"' barn yard. , Guinness, Joseph, second husband of the woman, who died at tho House of Mystery il bo lit four years ago, as ll result of skull being fractured with ii mont chopper. Wife claimed meat chopper foll from shelf. Budsberg, Ole, Iola, Wis., suitor of Mrs. Guinness, who caine here In March, l!?<i7, and disappeared April ti. I DOT. Helgeleln, Andrew, Aberdeen, S. h., suitor of Mrs. Guinness; disap peared last January after lending her $1,500; body dug up and Idontiflod hy brother, A. K. Helgeleln. Guinness, Swanhild, two-year-old daughter of Poler S. Guinness, died suddenly, six years ago. after physi cian liad pronounced her suffering from bronchitis; no burial permit ever issued. , Soroiison, Mads, first husband of Mrs. Guinness, died suddenly in Chi cago, several years ago. Lindhotn, Olaf, years old, of Wisconsin; employed hy Mrs. Guin ness (bree years ago; worked on the farm from March to July. When he disappeared Mrs. Guinness gave it out thal he had gone to Norway to witness tho coronation ol' tho new king. Gornall, lOrlc, lo years old, of Wis consin; succeeded Lindboil as handy mau oh the farm. flo worked five month:- for Mrs. Guinness, when ho disappeared Mrs. Guinness said lie had lett his trunk and overcoat andi guim off toward Holling Prairie. Slid afterward wore bis fur coat. Moo, .lohn. 101 how Lake, Minn., suitor of Mrs. Guinness. Ho caine to the "House of Mystery" Christmas day. 1906, to "celebrate tho holiday," and was never seen afterward. Berry. George, Tsucoht, III., caine to La Porte two years ago with $-100 lie wrote a letter on his arrival at Hie Guinness home, hut bas not been heard Hom since. 'tornado in iowa. A lonndo in Southwostcn leva de stroyed many fa.- ni houses in Fre mont ami Pago counties, ami killed Mts. will Kinley, ol ?orthboro, In Krenioni county. * us well ns tho twenty-three electoral voles of Hie State. Mr. lilyan ls being aided hy a con siderable revulsion of sentiment. Somehow tb?' notion Isgottillg abroad that be may liol bc such fl weak can didate after all. Indeed the action of Judge Cray In apparently spurn ing tho nomination bas injured hi chances lo gel sn pori in tho lOnst, and lhere is a reeling that If Gover nor Johnson should will al Beaver j he would have lo face the trouble some statement (hat he was nomi li lt I ed because be could poll the Scan dinavian vole in a mass, which might not l>0 ll strong card to play Iii this Country, whore race prejudices of other I 111 pOI'l Od races are easy lo arouse. Mr. Bryan himself believes he ?an defeat Tait. There bas been an Interest lng tesl of the Bryan si length throughout tho country Ibis week. The Chicago Tri bil tie bas been making a sccrot poll of Democratic preference throughout ibo country. Thc thlr leen Noithea.-t Stales voled: Bryan, ST I.; .1. A. Johnson, 102; George Gray, 7 fi. The solid Soul li voled: Bryan* |?S(tS; J. A. Johnson, iv:1.; (iCoi'gp Bray, fill, 'rim Central West voled: Bryan. 1.200 ; J. A. Johnson. 100; George Cray. '.!.'.. Tho moun tain Stales voled : Bryan Sf) 1 ; Ji \. Johnson, S4 and George Groy 8. In all tho polls Johnson led strong ly for second choice. Dill lh only one Stale, did J oh ll SOI) load Bryan for lirsi choleo. This was Minnesota, showing that tho demand for tho dashing Governor ls local. * DEATH AGENT Of Mrs. Guinness Has Been Lo cated and Wiil Soon Be TAKEN INTO CUSTODY jit Is Now Believed That Mrs. Guin ness, tho Arch-Murderess, is Yet Alive and livery Possible Watch Is Heilig Kept lp to Prevent Her lis capo. Tlie "Death Agent" employed by Mrs. Delle Guinness lo lure victims to her lana, has Peen located In War saw, Ind., and his arrest is expected soon. The captare of this mau ls expect ed to put into tho hands of the au thorities the real story of the mur der syndicate whose operations lilied lirooksldo farm with the bodies ot a score of victims. li ls furl hoi' hoped to discover by this nunns Hie present hiding placo ' of the arch-murderess, if, as is now, generally believed, she is in conceal ment foi- a chanco to escape to Eu rope with the money she must have accumulated by moans of her schemes li is now considered certain dial tho denih agent is the man who escaped with Mrs. Guinness in an automobile on Gie night that tho farm house was destroyed by tire which consumed tho bodies of tho woman's three chil dren. An nato carrying a man and a wo man wiio answered tho description of the arch-murderess was seen speed ing through Hobart, on the morning after the Ure. Deputy Sheriff Gill declared the machine was running at a fearful rate, and that, it came into Hobart from the direction of Lu Porte, lie is confident thal thc? wo man in Gie machine was Mrs. Guin ness. Ja fact there is little doubt now in the minds of tho citi/.cus of Laporle that Mrs. Guinness, tho slay er of perhaps a score or more men and Women and children, whoso hedy, was supposed to hnvo been found on her "murder farm" escaped and there is little doubt thal the three children v-ho perished in the Hames were not her own, but were adopted as a part cd' her cunning scheme to herself appear a respectable well-to-do wid ow who would make a desirable wife, , All I,a Porte is inclined to believe this mun with whom she fled is ono of her mysterious conspirators or I Confederates, and that she is now probably In hiding and waiting lier chance to sail for litiropo. On tho day the house was burned Mrs. Guinness received a telegram of warning from an accomplice, ll is bel loved thal ibis man. fearful ( per haps, thal ibo woman might ho ar rested and make a confession of tho workings of the whole horrible "mur der syndicate," hurried to I.a Porto early in ibo night in an automobile. The police say tho pian of Hight was formulated by Mrs. Guinness. She easily reconciled herself to tho sacrifice of ibo children since (hey wore only accessories to her gamo of murder. She induced Kay I.amp l?en; to set lire to the house as tho body of a headless woman had been placed so as to convoy the Impression that Mrs. Guinness herself bad per ished in the Haines. Then she lied. Mrs. Guinness had Several gold-til ed toot li and a search (d' the ashes of Hie house has been conducted for the purpose (d' finding these teeth. What was thought to lie a gold tooth thal, was discovered, has turn ed emt not to be a gold tooth at all. A dentist who examined ii. declared ii was an Ordinary tooth, and had never been lilied with gold. MOHli TOUNADOIiS. lour Dead ?ind U Dozen Injured by Latest Cyclone. Reports real lied Crowley, La., lato Sat unlay night of four deaths in tor nadoes near that place. The dead: A. L. Chatinger. Henry .1. Young, a child of Thomas Young. At- Plaq uen! I t)C lildgO, two negroes. About a do/on persons were injur ed but none fatally. The tornadoes were small, according to reports, and in 'some cases their path was scarce ly moro than the width ol' a house. Aside from l he fatalities tho torna does appear lo have done little harm. Crop damage was reported as small, wlnle the destruction of only a scoro pf buildings comprised Ibo total of such disaster. Negro Legally Hanged. Porter Cooper, a negro, was hanged at Sparta, P.a.. Friday for th murder of his wife last Match. Cooper kill ed hi? Wil'C with an ave. cul Ibo body 'in throe pieces, and then buried tho romains nearby. He afterwards set 'fire lo Hie house, which was entirety I destroyed. I