Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-06-05
WATERSPOUT.
An Iowa Village Deluged, With
Loss of Life.
A Family Poisoned By Eating Unknown
Roots SERIOUS Rattiesnake Bite
Family Burned FAN OF
Church.

Missouri VALLEY, Iowa, June g.
The village OF Loyeland, eight miles
from here, was almost totally destroyed
by huge waterspout Sunday.
Loveland is located in the Boyer vail
ley. in gully A terrific storm
amounting TO cloudburst passed over
the valley, breaking mile above town,
sweeping down tho street and leaving
hardly house in the town.
The loss OF life as far as has been
heard from includes Mrs. Sayles, an aged
woman and her son and others whose
names are now unknown.
One family was taken off the tree tops
tho next morning whore they had been
swept by the food. One OF the family
had been swept past and drowned.
The search for the missing bodies Is
so far unsuccessful.
Advlces later from the scene OF the
Loveland disaster indicate that tho first
reports probably overestimated its mag
nitude. Mrs. Saylcs is the only loss OF
life so far as known. The village Is a
small one and the material loss, there
AOAtf - HOA A0ikts lt iANtI Alae ohh-
sided 10 its usual channel, but an all
days search failed TO reveal any further
dead.
WILD rARsNIPs.
OTTAWA, Ont, June 3-Last Wednes-
day old man Campeau, living near Lake
George, forty miles from here, went
into the woods TO dig roots to make up
r.. -. Ia
gathered a lot, both OF the kinds he
wanted and Of some others he knew
nothing about. The lattor, he said,
tasted sweet, and thinking IL could do
the little ones no harm he gave them as
much as they wanted. The mother,
too, took some, and gave little to her
three-months-old baby. In a few minutes
all were taken with fearful pains. The
woman aud her baby were lying insen-
sible on the floor when neighbors en-
tered. The old man had fallen at tho
doorstep and near the bed one little
hoy was rolling around in dreadful pain.
On the bed was the eldest boy, about
nine years, dead, with little sister on
either side Of him. The second boy was
dead and the doctor says the old man
and the infant will likely follow. 1t
will be close call with the other three,
nut he has hopes that he can pull them
through. The root which the old man
had given them is known as wild par
snip'-a deadly poison.
RATrLEsNAKE BITE.
LEAvENwoRrTI, Kan, June Q George
Peeb, an engineer OF the Home coal
mine, with his family attended the
Decoration day exercises in the National
cemetery at the post Sunday. While
there he separated from his family 70
take walk through the grass just south
of the southern cemetery wall With
but a seconds warning from the sound
OF the rattles he received the fangs Of
an immense rattler into his left leg near
the knee Instead Of being taken to
the post hospital where immediate at
tenton would have been given him
he was conveyed TO the city for medical |
aid Before this could be given him his !
leg had swollen TO double its natural |
size The skin around the wound was |
removed and deeply cauterized and he
was conveyed 70 his home on North Da- |
kota street, Though kept filled with |
whisky the results usually following /
from such applications in the case Of |
snake bites did not materialize. Grave |
fears are entertained for his recovery. |
This is the first case Of rattlesnake bite |
that has occurred at the post for many 1
years.
INJURED BY A CHURCH's FALL
FREEroRT, H., June 3.-Part OF the |
roof Of an old church, near which new
one was being erected, fell yesterday,
with it five men, all Of whom
were seriously injured and two Of whom
may die. The injured are: John
Coughlin, leg fractured and face
crushed, dangerously hurt; Fred Hill,
spine fractured; Charles Rudolf. spine
injured; Peter Zimmerman, right leg
arm and back injured; John Pohkes,
scalp wound and internal injuries.
AN ENTIRE FAMILY CREMATED
DURANGO, Col, June 3-Mrs. Robert
Morrow yesterday afternoon attempted
10 light a fire with kerosene when an
explosion occurred, which set fire to the
'lothes OF herself, her four-year-old son
md her young baby. They we're all
.hree cremated in the house which
burned above them before any assist
lnce could be rendered.
EARrHQUAKE IN PERU.
LIMA, June 3.-The seyerest earth
quake shock experienced in many years
occurred about ten minutes before two
''clock yesterday morning. 1t was fol-
owed by two other shocks which were
nilder than the first which was of
'ery severe nature.
Fratricide Captured.
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