The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-04

than before. Cheap things are well enough.
but revenue tariff secures cheap things
at the expense of labor. Protection
saves and elevates labor. We never
sold so many products to Europe
In the same time as in the last eighteen
months You will neverg get wool and iron'on
the free list. because the Southern COnfed-
eracy controls the Democratic party. Since
we have had protection we have reduced
the national. State and municipal debts.
Protection Injuries only the foreigner. They
say il is selfsh. Every independent
government is organized for taking care of
itself; and If there was no s~elfshness we
might as we'll all live under one flag. The
Democratic Congress has been in session
four months and has not destroyed a line
of the tariff law yet. He closed with an
appeal for a solid Republican vote.
At the close of Governor McKinley's adj
dress Attorney-generai Burbank read the
following letter, addressed TO A. G.. Good
win. chairman of the Republican State
committee:
Dear sir-It will not be practical for me to at
tend your meeting in Providence April .. but L
wish TO urge upon the citizens of Rhode Island
the importance of retaining senator Aldrich
Constantly "a giaI grown ne in the See esteem "o of i has
colleagues and in his influence I'm the Senate.
It would be a great loss not only to Rhode Island,
but TO Republicans throughout the Union TO lose
him from the public service. Very truly yours,
JAMES O.. BLAINE.
Ex-Speaker Reed then spoke briefly on
the tariff issues and closed with q eulogy
on Senator Aldrich. Hon.. Roosevelt A. Horr,
of Michigan, was the last speaker and also
discussed the tariff at some length.
In an interview Governor Mckinley said
he thought Harrison would be noinina ted
by the Republicans and Cleveland by the
question would enter into the coming cam.
paign he said: II do not very well
see how it can be kept out. With
q majority of the Democratic party in ia
vhr nf thu fraa anInana nf altUar "a aVf.
denced by the vote in the House of Repre-
sentatives, and the Republicans united for
O good dollar, / should say iJ would be an
isaue."
Incidents of the Great Storm.
KANSAS City, Mo-, April 2.-Not until to-
day was telegraph communication restored
with that district of southern Kansas
which was visited Thursday by q terrible
cyclone and yesterday by q terrific tornado.
From present indications it is believed that
not less than fifty deaths will be the result
of the storms havoc.
The details of incidents of the disaster at
various points present many strange and
some horrible features. One strange and.
at the same time. horrible fate was that
which overlook the family of Albert Egg
gers, who lived on a farm near Wamego.
night when the storm struck the
house; The force Of the storm first
ton and dashed it to pieces On the ground
over one hundred feet from its original po-
sition, and then carried away the debris SO
that it was nearly impossible to tell where
its destruction had taken place. Portions
of the house have been found at distances
as far as O mile from its foundation and
pieces of the furniture are scattered all
about the place. One chair but slightly
damaged was found nearly half a mile dis
tant from the location of the house. Mr..
Eggers was the only member of the family
of four who escaped death. Mrs. Eggers,
who had been sleeping with her two chill
dren, was found nearly q quarter OF q mile
was her six-months-old babe. Both had
apparently been dashed to death on the
ground, and were crushed and mangled in
q horrible manner. There was scarcely an
unbroken bone In either body. The faces
of both presented the appearance Of hav-
ing been powder burned. Examination
showed that the force of the wind had
driven into their faces and under the skin
small particles of sand and dust.
Mr.. Eagers was found this morning after
the storm wandering aimlessly about his
farm. oblivi0us of the injuries that he had
sustained. His right arm was broken and
comfortable as possible by those who es.
capped injury. and soon recovered conscious
ness. When told, however. of the fate of
his wife and children his mind wandered
intelligence. 1t is not believed that he can
recover. and even IL he does his reason will
be gone.
James Taylor's house is near that of Mr..
Eggers. He had been but recently mar
ried. The storm destroyed his home and
carried himself and wife a rod from it, The
terrible force of the wind stripped them
of every vestlge of their night clothes.
They were obliged to gather from the fields
what remained of their scattered clothing
and make the best of il. Their neighbOrs
were nearly as destitute as themselves. and
every store in town had been destroyed.
Taylor could find no trousers until to-day.
and he was obliged TO do as best he could
with one of his wlfe's skirts.
AT Towanda the baby of James Blake
was one of the victims. 1t met death In q
terrible manner. Its body was not found
until Friday noon, and the searchers were
1t had been decapitated. but how has not
been determined. The head was found
fully one hundr yards from the body.
G0liiotine never made made q , neater decap,t ia
wounded said that the best master of the
scalpel in the world could not have sur
passed the winds operation. In the tenn
porary morgue the head and body were
laid together and q narrow ribbon tied
about the baby's throat would have entire
ly concealed the fatal wound.
Big Schooi-House Fire.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
.CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Ind. April AT 4
o'clock this afternoon an alarm Of fire an
bounced the burning of the central school
building. containing the Hlgh-schoOl. Two
tiremen were injured; John Bell was
pinned down by a falling wall and IN
hailed steam and fire. and James kennedy
was hurt by falling timbers.
The origin of the fire was from burning
SCOT, the janitor being at work cleaning
furnace fiues for natural gas. The structure
was of brick, three stories, with eighteen
school-rooms. The firemen, when they ar
rived. could not reach the flames. then in
the cupols. and by the time the
ladders were secured the entire roof
had fallen In. The water pressure was
only thirty pounds and a stream could not
he thrown to the second story. This left
the building at the mercy of the flames
and when the fire was finally checked it
had reached the first story. The trouble
with the water was that the steam in the
water-works boiler having been allowed to
run down the direct pressure could not be
used until over q half hour after the alarm.
There is great indignation among insurance
men and they threaten to sue the water
company. The building cost SIS, COO; IN
sured for SS5. 600. as follows: Three thou
sand dollars IN each of the follow
ing companies-Liverpool. London and