The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 21, 1908, Image 5
FIFTY ARE DEAD
*
And Two Hundred Persons Injured
by Louisiana Tornado.
MANY HURT WILL DIE.
The Tornado Destroyed Three Towns
and Left Many Wrecked Homes
and Huined Crops in a I'ath a Mile
Wide and About Fifty Miles in
*
Length.
A dispatch from Shroveport, La.,
says thirty dead, and 200 Injured is
a conservative estimate of the fatalities
caused by the tornado which
swept through northwest Louisiana
Thursday evening, destroying three
small towns and leaving wrecked
homes and ruined crops In a path a
mile wide and 1>0 miles long.
The dead at Gilliam, which had
About 200 Inllfl bit :?ntu n 11 t?i I"
while at Bolinger the known death
list is six. These two towns are
about 1 ) miles apart and nothing
has been learned of the work of the
storm in the country between.
At Elmore, a small town near Gilliam,
several houses were destroyed
and it is not known how many people
perished.
Several of the dead were brought
to Shreveport on the relief train from
Gilliam Eridav morning and the hospitals
and sanitariums sire crowded
with injured, several ot' whom will
die.
The dead sit Gilliam are: Mrs. Henry
Godfrey, Mrs. John Gardner, A.
Hapgood, John Simpson, nine negroes.
A. Lampkin, a fanner living in
the country near Gilliam, was killed,
together with his wife and 4 children.
At Bolinger the dead are: Mrs.
Hay, Mrs. Marshall Davis and four
negroes.
The injured at Bollnger numbers
about forty persons. Of these, is it.
believed that not more than three or
four will die.
Only two houses were left at Gilliam
where the force of the storm
was greatest. Of the seven members
of the Gardner family, none escaped
without injury.
Mrs. Gardner was killed by the
falling timbers of her home and the
oilier members of the family were
buried under the debris, hut were extracted.
A flood of rain following the
tornado made the work of rescue
very difficult, in the darkness.
A relief train was sent, to Gilliam
from Shreveport Thursday night and
returned Friday morning at daylight
bringing several of the dead and
many wounded.
Another train was fitted out Friday
and reached the stricken town
this afternoon, but has not yet returned.
Prompt, steps have been
taken to succour all who are in need.
Fifty Persons Killed.
A dispatch Friday night says the
tlnal count, of the persons who met
death in the tornado will roach fifty.
The number at present known to
hae been killed is 41. Eight wore
added to the death list Friday at
Red Bayou. All were negroes.
Relief headquarters have been established
in a bax car and left in
charge of Gilliam citizens, whose appeals
for help have been liberally
answered. Several dozen tents were
shipped from Shrevoport.
Shreveport negroes have held a
mass meeting and raised several hunH
, dred dollars to be used to help their
race. Mrs. Fi. L. Houston, John GodIf/
frey, W. M. Sour and John Gardner's
child, all white, who were injured
are in a serious condition at a
Shreveport sanitarium. *
MANY LOSE LIVES.
Death mul Destruction Wrought in
the Yang Tse Kiang.
News of ono of the greatest disasters
China has ever known, a sud
den tidal bore in the Yang Tse Kiaug
which involved a loss of nearly 10.000
lives at Hankow, was brought
<N by the steamer Titan.
A bore twenty-six feet in height
flooded without warning down tin
river overturning thousands of junks
sampans and small boats and wrecking
some large river steamers.
Some 3,000 cnineso wtirt?
in tlio sampans and small craft and
mat sheds and huts by the riverside
at Hankow and they were enveloped
by the great wave.
The scenes for many days after the
disaster were horrible, the river being
strewn with the dead and the
debris of the wrecked craft for man\
miles. "
Sailed for Europe.
It is now claimed that Mrs. Gain
ness, the La Porte, Ind., murderess
A has sailed for Europe, where we hop<
F she will he arrested and returned t(
this country.
SUBSCI
TALKED POLITICS.
TILLMAN SEES NO USE IX IN- ,
STltUCTlON.
Hut Thinks tin* Convention Should
Adopt the t'nit Utile, Which Would
(iive lleynn the Delegation.
Senator Tillman was in Columbia
on last Saturday on his way to Washington,
whence he will go to New
York. Senator Tillman expects to
sail for Europe on Saturday, May 16,
and will be abroad for some time, going
over u large part of Southern Europe
before returning home. lie will
be accompanied by l)r. W. Uabcock
and others with whom he has 5
consulted since hi srecent illness. I
The State says Senator Tillman si |
looking remarkably well and has L
gained in health considerable sbni>?l
his visit to Atlanta. Ho stated that
with the exception of a slight pain i
occasionally he is entirely free from '
any ill effects of the tingling sensations
which he thought were sytnp- 1
toins of nervous breakdown.
,'l have taken little interest in State
polities, however," said the senator,
after speaking of his condition. "Since 1
my return to Trenton I have read only
the headlines in the papers and
have devoted my time to getting well.
I have been rather amused, however,
as to tin4 claims and counter claims of
the newspapers on the result of the
recent county conentions on instructions
for William J. Bryan for president.
"As I have said before. I do not
believe in instructing the delegates,
although 1 am heartily in favor of
Bryan and believe that he will be
the nominee. It is foolish, I think,
to tie tip the men who go to Denver
when we know that they would vote
for Bryan anyhow unless soma 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-controlled State and
were afraid of some political boss
might be able to deliver the votes to
any candidate he saw tit 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 thinks are the wishes
of the people."
The senator talked very little poll
ties, but showed great interest in
State affairs. He wanted to know
how the receivership matters of the
old Stale dispensary fund were progressing
and if any further moves
had been made by either side. While
offering 110 comment he believed that
it was an ugly snarl all around, and
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
the New York World, as that paper
had practically gone back on Bryan
years before when it supported the
gold ticket under Palmer and Bucknet*.
Naturally to see Mr. Bryan still
a leader of his people after all these
years was a bitter pill, but he did
' not believe the light would affect
Bryan's chances.
"The whole thing," the senator
concluded, "is foxfire, a beating of
l gongs and a lot of noise over notli
ing." The senator laughed. "Had this
' tight over Bryan not been brought out
by the newspapers there would never
have been any discussion on the matl
tor. Just what can be gained out of
it 1 cannot imagine. I do not believe
' the South Carolina delegation will be
controlled by Wall street or any other
1 influence of that kind and I believe
. they are going to vote for Bryan wit.li1
out instruction."
Senator Tillman did not discuss affairs
in Washington at all. He has
(iimnffiifi his views as eiven in
The State some time ago by a staff
1 correspondent, but said that lie 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.
KILLED WITH BROOM STICK.
That Is the Woii|K>n t'sed by Woman
on Husband.
9
Sarah Lawrence, a negro woman
about 22 years old, struck her hua
band, Scipio Lawwrence, across the
1 head with a broomstick on April 29.
* He died from the wound inflicted on
May 2 at his home at Adams Hun.
It seems that Lawrence came home
5 drunk on Saturday and was beating
* his wife, and sh ecaught up a broom
* to defend herself.
Terr I me i rime.
A dispatch from Fairfield, \V. Va.,
yesterday savs ttev. F. V. Coffman,
* aged 50 years, and one of the best
J known Methodlst-Fpiscopalian minis5
te rs in this district, killed his wife
> erfVly that morning, while suffering
from a fit of insanity.
?BE NOV
TWELVE KILLED
By Terrible Tornado and Much
Property ^ls Destroyed in
STATE OF NEBRASKA
I'lic Storm Swoops Over the Hasten)
Part of the State, Visiting and
Wrecking a Number of Towns. College
lltiildings Damaged and One
Hailroad Station Destroyed.
A dispatch from Omaha, Nebraska,
jays twelve persons are known to
have been killed and a score injured
by a tornado which swept the northern
part, of Sarpy County at 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. The storm, which
gained a velocity on its way south,
started in Onioha about 4 :0. At
Dellevue the college buildings were
damaged to the extent of probably
$5,000 and several persons injured,
none fatally.
The storm was the most severe that
ever struck Kastern Nebraska. The
damage to the college buildings at
Dellevue was heavy. The tower was
torn from Park llall and the building
wrecked. Lower Hall and Kaikin
Hall were unroofed.
The panic stricken students ran to1
the basement and in this way many
fatalities were probably averted. The
college stables were wrecked and all
the horses killed. A number of small
buildings and stores in the village
were blown down.
Moving south the tornado struck
Fort Crook, damaged several of the
barrack buildings, but nobody was injured.
In t In* town of Fort Crook,
however, a number of buildings were
entirely wrecked and other damage
done.
The storm lifted and dipped sit intervals,
continuing to move southward,
doing much dsimage to farmers'
property. The iirst town struck was
Papillion, 8 miles south of Omaha. At
that point the damsige was not great,
the funnel shaped cloud apparently
lifting sufficiently to pass the town.
It again descended as the storm moved
toward Rich held, four miles south
of Papillion.
in its path was the farm of Otis
Leader, whose farm buildings were
partly destroyed, and his son, Charles
Leader, aged I I, killed outright. All
his live stock was killed.
lOdward Martin's farm was next
to be swept. Mr. Martin's homo and
all his barns and small buildings were
totally destroyed and Mr. Martin fatally
hurt by being crushed under his
home. The little town of Richfield
was almost blown to pieces, but the
casualty list was small.
At Louisville half the town was
wrecked and at least eight persons
lost their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester
was killed in her home. Seven who
took refuge in sand pits were killed
outright.. i no names are not available.
Two ni lies north of Pa pi 11 ion
Martin Teith and his son, James,
were driving along the Little Papio
Iliver, when their horse became
frightened by the hail and plunged
into the swollen stream. Hoth father
and son were drowned.
An officer from Port Crook arrived
in the city and stated that the damages
to buildings would amount to
$100,000 tit the army post alone and
the village is almost a tottil wreck.
A remarkable scene was enacted
when the officers realized that, a tornado
had struck the post. Six hum
dred troops of the 60th regiment were
brought to battalion formation and
in the midst of flying slate roofs and
other debris they marched across the
parade ground to substantial buildings,
where they were put "at rest"
and took to the cellars.
The roofs of several of the large
buildings were blown off and other
damage done.
STATION AOKNT POI ND DPAI).
Alleged Mystery Surrounds Death of
Voiiitir Mini in dfiirffiu.
J. T. Glover, Jr., agent for the
Augusta South Railway Company at
Spread, Ga., was found dead In his
bed Friday morning and announcement
was made later of sentational
developments as a result of investigation
of theflre Thursday, which destroyed
the freight depot and cotton
ware house of the railroad. It is
stated that young Glover, who is 2 7
years old, was short in his accounts
and expected the road's auditor Friday
to check his accounts. He was
seen wandering about the burning
buildings, apparently in a dazed or
intoxicated condition, lie is said to
have purchased a bottle of laudanum
and when found next morning it was
reported that he committed suicide.
Authorities of the road disputed this
theory and say they believe he died
from natural causes. *
V TO
BRYAN STRONG.
Captures One After Another of :
Supposedly Hostile States.
MASSES ARE FOR HIM
Polls Taken by New York Herald
I
and Other Papers Indicate Over* (
whelming Majority .Among Demo- 1
crats Favorable to Ills Nomina*
(
tiou?ISig States for llrynn?How j
They Stand. I
Tho Now York Herald of Monday (
says: in his contest for control of 1
the National Democratic Convention, 5
which meets at Denver July 7. William
J. Hryan continues to distance '
all competitors. The Herald's Im- (
partial summary of Die progress of
delegate getting for the week and its
estimate of conditions in various
States shows that the twice defeated
candidate is surpassing even tho expectations
of his friends.
Sympathy must be expressed for
t lie lOastern Democratic loaders.jmd
t ho gold Democrats who have been
dreaming of defeating Mr. Hryan.
They desire some other candidato intensely
and they say they are still
hopeful, hut there is little ground
for hope unless conditions change.
Mr. Hryan is rapidly subjugating
the "enemy's country."
The Massachusetts Democratic
sstate Committee declared against
him, hut ho swept the primaries and
the State convent ion this week instructed
the delegates to vote for
hint.
The Connecticut Democrat ic Stato
Convention refused to instruct the
delegates for him, hut when the
smoke of hat tie cleared away Mr. j
Bryan was found to control at least
ten of the fourteen delegates, and
had his old and devoted friend Col.
Alexander Troupe as the head 6f the {
delegat ion.
New York was supposed to he hos- '
tile to him, yet nothing is plainer
than that Charles 1?\ Murphy will '
have to vote for Mr. ltryan or run
the risk of having the McCarren 1
contesting delegates from Kings conn- '
ty. seated at Denver.
Vermont was classed as against
Bryan, and is still so classed,because '
the Bryan men are not prepared to
claim it; hut an inquiry from an ex- 1
cellent ond unprejudiced authority on 1
Vermont politics brought Hie reply:
"Vermont will not instruct, but
the delegates will unquestionably he
for Mr. Bryan."
Pennsylvania is classed against Mr.
Bryan by all the opposition, yet at
least fifty-four of the district delegates
were elected at primaries by
the Bryan league and against Col. J.
M. Guffey, the "boss" of the State,
and a majority of them are instructed.
The signs indicate that Col. Guffey
is beaten in the State convention
and that ho will surrender at discretion.
Alabama was claimed for Johnson.
The Johnson manager telegraphed
the Alabama members of Congress.
"We are going to carry this State for
Johnson and want to know where
you stand." The Alabama members
met and wired back that it was "too
late" for Johnson, and it, was too
late.
These are a few of the signs of
the times. As the chronicler of unbiased
political news and the promoter
of no booms, The Herald gives
the facts for what they are worth.
Coming down to figures, it Is
shown that Mr.Bryan already hos 300
delegates instructed for him. He
also stands to win 4 26 delegates in
State.3 where conventions or direct
primaries are yet to he held. The
nninstrueted delegates number 14 2.
If they were all ogainst. Mr. Bryan
there might be some encouragement
for the opposition. But it is estimated
for the opposition. But it Is
estimated that about one hundred of
these delegates will vote for Mr.Bryan.
In this calculation lie is not
glvon the four delegates elected in
Maine, the ten who may bo for hire
in Pennsylvania or the eight bound
by the unit rule in New Jersey.
One or rne mosi impressive ?v.-um
of the week was the Ohio State Convention.
It should he remembered
that this is the home State of Judson
Harmon. Mr. Harmon is a Cleveland
Democrat. He was also one of
the three men being boomed for the
Presidential nomination against Mr.
Bryan. The past tense Is used advisedly
hero. 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 tho Democracy
of the "Buckeye State" has
put its best foot forward at a time
when the Republicans seem to have
gone mad and are doing all in their
powor to lose tho Governor of Ohio
THE t
m
GUINNESS VICTIMS.
tUUHHICFItH A\l> CIIILIUIFN
AMONG TilK SLAIN.
Uany Suitors for the Widow's Hand
Found u Grave in (lie Garden Instead
of a Wife.
A dispatch from La Porto, Inrt.,
stves the following as tho known
lead In the Gultitioss mystery. They
lumber fourteen in all:
Guinness, Mrs. Hello, tho alleged
arch-murderess. whoso body was
ound in the ruins of tho Guinness
ionic after the lire on April 28.
Soronson. Myrtle, aged II years,
laughter of Mrs. Guinness, ulso lost
;ier life in the destruction of the residence.
Soronson. Luev. aged 0 years,
roundest doughter of Mrs. Guinness,
who likewise was burned to death in
tho the. ,
Soronson, Prlllp, aged years, son
of Mrs. Guinness, whose burned
body was found clasped in the arms
of the mother after the destruction
of the Guinness home.
Guinness, ennie Olson, aged 17
years, daughter of Anton Olson, of
Chicago, whom Mrs. Guinness took
to raise when eight years old, and
whose body is believed to he 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
a result of skull being fractured with
a meat chopper. Wife claimed moat
chopper fell from shelf.
Itudsherg, Die, lola, Wis., suitor
of Mrs. G u iniiohs, wlio oiimo hero in
March, 1907, and disappeared April
<?, 1 !>07.
llolgeleln, Andrew, Aberdeen, S.
I>.. suitor of Mrs. Guinness; disappeared
last January after lending her
$ 1 ,r?U0: body dug up and identitled
by brother, A I<. Ilelgelein.
Guinness, Swanhild, two-year-old
laughter of Peter S. Guinness, died
-suddenly, six years ago, after physician
had pronounced her suffering
from bronchitis; no burial permit
?ver Issued. ,
Soronson, Mads, first husband of
Mrs. Guinness, died suddenly in Chicago,
several years ago.
Lindbom, Olaf, .15 years old, of
Wisconsin; employed by Mrs. Guinness
three years ago; worked on the
farm from March to July. When he
disappeared Mrs. Guinness gave it
nut that he had gone to Norway to
witness the coronation of the new
king. ,
Gerhall, Eric, 4 0 years old, of Wisconsin;
succeeded Idndbon as handy
man on the farm. lie worked five
months for Mrs. Guinness, when he
disappeared Mrs. Guinness said ho
had left his trunk and overcoat and
gone off toward Rolling Prairie. Slio
afterward wore his fur coat.
Moo, John, Elbow Lake, Minn.,
suitor of Mrs. Guinness. He came
to the "House of Mystery" Christinas
clay, 1906, to "celebrate the holiday,"
and was never seen afterward.
Horry, George, Tsucola, 111., came
to ha Porto two years ago with $400
He wrote a letter on his arrival at
the Guinness homo, hut lias not been
heard from since. *
Tornado in locvn.
A tonado In Southwestern Iowa do-'
stroyod many far mhousos in Fremont
and Page counties, and killed.
Mrs. Will Flnley, of Northboro, in
Fremont county. *
as well as the twenty-throe electoral
votes of the State.
Mr. Bryan is being aided by a considerable
revulsion of sentiment.
Somehow the notion is getting abroad
that he may not be such a weak candidate
after all. Indeed the action
of Judge Gray in apparently spurn-,
ing the nomination has injured his
chances to get suport in the East,
and there is a feeling that if Governor
Johnson should win at Donvor
he would have to face the troublesome
statement that he was nominated
because he could poll the Scandinavian
vote in a mass, which might,
not lie a strong card to play in this
country, where race prejudices of
other imported races are easy to
arouse. Mr. Bryan himself believes
he can defeat Taft.
There has been an interesting test
of the Bryan strength throughout
the 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. 162; George
Gray, 75. The solid South voted:
Bryan, 1,363; J. A. Johnson, 173;
George Gray, 59. The Central West
voted: Bryan, 1,20b; J. A. Johnson,
160; George Gray, 26. The mountain
States voted: Bryan 351; J.
A. Johnson, 3 4 and George Grav S.
In all the polls Johnson led strongly
for second choice, nut In only one
State did Johnson load Bryan for
first choice. This was Minnesota,
I showing that tho demand for the
dashing Governor is local. *
10RRY H
DEA1H AGENT
Of Mrs Guinness Has Been Located
and Will Soon Be
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
jit Is Now Believed That Mrs. Guinness,
the Arch-Murderess, is Yet
Alive nnd Every Possible Watch Is
Being Kept L'p to Prevent Her Escape.
The "penth Agent" employed by
Mrs. Hello Guinness to lure victims
to her farm, has been located in Warsaw,
hid., and his arrest is expected
soon.
Tho capture of (his man Is expected
to put into tho hands of tho authorities
tho real story of the murder
syndicate whose operations tilled
hiookxide farm with the bodies of a
score of victims.
It is further hoped to discover hy
this means the present hiding place
of iho arch-murderess, if, as is now,
generally believed, she is in concealment
for a chance to escape to Europe
with tho money she must have
accumulated hy means of her schemes
It is now considered certain that tho
death agent is the man who escaped
with Mrs. Guinness in an automobile
on tho night that tin1 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 Ilohart on tho morning
after the fire. Deputy Sheriff QUI
declared the machine was running at
a fearful rate, and that it came Into
Ilohart from the direction of La
Forte, lie is confident that the woman
in the machine was Mrs. (iuin- *
Hess. In fact there is little doubt
now in the minds of the citizens of
Luporto that Mrs. Guinness, the slayer
of perhaps a score or more men
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 tho flames 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 mako a desirable
wife. ,
All La Porte is inclined to believo
tills man with whom she tied is ono
of her mysterious conspirators or
confederates, and that she is now
probably in hiding and waiting her
chance to sail for Mil rope.
On the day the house was burned
Mrs. Guinness received a telegram of
warning from an accomplice. It is
believed that tills man, fearful( perhaps,
that the woman might lie arrested
and make a confession of the
workings of the whole horrible "murder
syndicate," hurried to La Porte
early in tho night in an automobile.
The police say the plan of Might was
formulated by Mrs. Guinness.
She easily reconciled herself to tho
sacrifice of the children since they
were only accessories to her game
of murder. Site induced Hay Lamphere
to set fire to the house as tho
body of a headless woman had been
placed so as to convey the impression
that Mrs. Guinness herself had perished
in the flames. Then she fled.
Mrs. Guinness had several gold-filed
teeth and a search of the ashes
of the house has been conducted for
tlie purpose of finding these teeth.
What was thought to be a gold
tooth that was discovered, has turned
out not to he a gold tooth at all.
A dentist who examined it. declared
it was an ordinary tooth, and had
never been filled with gold.
MORE TORNADOES.
Four Dead and a Dozen Injured by
Latest Cyclone.
Reports reached Crawley, La., latd,
Saturday night of four deaths In tornadoes
near that place. The dead:
A. L. Chatinger, Henry .1. Young, a
child of Thomas Young. At Plaquemine
Ridge, two negroes.
About a dozen persons were injured
hut none fatally. The tornadoes
were small, according 10 reports, <mu
in some cases tlieir path was scarcely
more than the width of a houso.
Aside from the fatalities the tornadoes
appear to have done little harm.
Crop damage was reported as small,
while the destruction of only a score
of buildings comprised the total of
such disaster.
Negro Legally llungeri.
Porter Cooper, a negro, was hanged
at Sparta, Ga., Friday for th murder
of his wife last March. Cooper killed
his wife with an axe, cut the body
in three pieces and then burled the
remains nearby. He afterwards set
fire to the house, which was entirely
destroyed.
B
IERALD.
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