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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08
BABIES WHOSE PARENTS ARE LOST.
Nearly all the Wounded Suffered Broken
Limbs-Relief Measures.

Nearly all the Wounded Suffered Broken
Limbs-Relief Measures.
Several little babies have been found
alive and well, but II has been impossible
to find parents for them. Nearly every
injured person has an arm or a leg broken
or is terribly cut and bruised The death
list out i'll the country is heavy. Many of
the neighboring towns report many casual
ties. Fairfield reports swell the total
number of dead to fifteen Eight more
are reported killed at Storm Lake and
many other places give notice of one or
two deaths.
The arrival of company d, Fourth regi-
ment, of Fort Dodge, commanded by Lieu
tenant w. f. Chattand, forty strong, with
a full camp equipment was a great relief
TO the good women of Fonda and Fort
Dodge, who were doing duty as nurses to
the wounded, for hospital facilities were
not nearly large enough. The tents were
pitched and many sufferers were under
shelter for the first tine since the disaster
when they We're put in the tents. a death
occurred among the injured every little
while all day long. The number of those
who had expired of their injuries up to
the evening was placed at a dozen.
The National bank of Pomeroy was
ment. Here those willing to work or to
act as nurses were assigned to the various
hospitals and here also provisions, money,
bedding and clothing were received and
all of these necessaries rolled in rapidly
BY 3 o'clock in the afternoon the Office of
the bank was stacked clear to the ceiling
with food and clothing and boxes of each
We're arriving on every train. Governor
Boies arrived at o'clock and took charge
of the whole affair He was first driven
out over the ruins; then he visited the
hospitals and the morgue, and consulted
with those who had thus far directed
things
He then issued a proclamation setting
forth the needs of the sufferers and calling
upon the people of Iowa to contribute lib
orally The governor said the situation
was far worse than he expected and as
sured the people that nothing that would
add to their comfort and relief would be
left undone. He ordered more tents from
Des Moines and said he would have com
pany more of soldiers on the ground.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08
LIST OF THE INJURED.
Names of About Sixty Who Are Under tho
Care of Doctors.

Names of About Sixty Who Are Under the
Care of Doctors.
partial list the injured is given as fol-
lows: Mrs. Ruston, both legs broken; Bessie
Pope's baby, shoulder broken; Gust Yelm
and wife, seriously injured Minnie Storks,
left arm broken, head and face cut; T. J.
Brownell, bruised; A. Forche, aged IL, leg
broken; F. Forche, left arm broken: P.
Weigeroff, head cut; NJ. Randoll, badly
bruised; Edith Maxwell, leg broken and
head cut; Lille keefer. head cut: G. A.
Stewart, left arm broken; Mrs. g. A.
Stewart, head cut and back hurt: Nellie
Frost, back hurt; Ira Stewart, head and
face cut; J. L. Dallon, leg broken:
Mr.. Randall, lower Jaw broken:
Mrs. Fitzgerald, bruised; J. WiIler, hurt
in chest; Mrs. A. G.. Blomberg and two
children, heads and faces cut and bruised;
Mary Solderstrom, left arm broken: Linde
Olsen, right arm broken; Gilman Curl,
head badly cut; Mrs. J. p. Lungren, intern
ally injured; Adam Salzman, back and
head hurt; Mrs. Salzman, head and shoul-
ders bruised; A j. Wilkinson, leg broken
died during the afternoon): J. +. Wilkin-
son, chest hurt; Mrs. g. ky head back
and limbs bruised; Ada Guy, side and
shoulders hurt; Bertha Davey, head, face
and body bruised; George Guy, head cut;
Mrs. John Davey, badly bruised mot eX-
pected To live; Ludwig Lullaneder, crush
ed: John Reese and family, badly injured:
J. c. Scheipses, head cut; Miss Troup, of
Storm Lake, left arm broken; J. w. An
derson, wife and baby, badly injured; Tom
Harmon, left arm and legs broken; Nick
Frost, badly bruised Mrs Harmon, left
arm cut; John kuplance and WIFE head
and ribs crushed; c. u Kuplance, skull
crushed Mrs John Drummend. head cut:
George Drummer, ear cut off: Gust Linder,
wife and child, hurt badly; Bridget Ryan,
head hurt; Henry Millions two boys, badly
injured; Anna Simon, shoulder crushed;
Sam Maxwell, boy, badly hurt; D. NJ. o.
Brien, died during the afternoon. Several
that were injured died last evening; names
could not be learned.
Deaths at other points: Ten killed near
Aurelia, two near Quimby, fiue near Storm
Lake. At Quimby, Mrs. Molyneaux and
Mrs Lester were instantly killed. Five
miles south of Aurelia, Samuel Burch and
wife and three children were killed. Also
a farm hand named Johnson, Lulu and
Ella Slater and Swede girl were killed
John Peters will die. Five miles south
west of Storm Lake, J. Breeton and child
and man named Bottmann were dashed
to death. A family of five persons living
five miles south of Newell died in the aw-
full tempest. Mrs. Gorton and three chill
dren and John Detwiler were killed three
miles southwest of Fonda.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERROR.
bounded Along Like Ban-The Victim.
1t Rolled Over.

Bounded Along Like n Ball-The Victims
1t Rolled Over.
The tornado, for such it was, came from
the .orthwest. All those who saw it agree
that it was not of the funnel-shaped
species, but came bounding along the
prairie like huge ball 1t was OF dark
green color and was accompanied by ter
rife noise. There are many who saw it
when it was far out of town. These gave
the alarm and many We're prepared for the
monster when it reached the village. Most
of the people, however, became panic
stricken They ran out of their houses
and fed up the streets crying and Shrek
ing till struck by the flying timbers or
whirling trees.
The cooler ones, however-especially
those who were near to them-made for
the two caves in the southeastern part of
the town, built especially for just such oc-
casioIs. In one of these caves were col
lected twenty-five people and in another
fifteen All escaped without scratch.
1t is pretty well agreed that the tornado
struck the town about ESQ o'clock A
half hour before this it was exceedingly
hot and sultrv- and save for few small
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08
The Local Markets.

GRAIN. ETC
wheaJ-7{G7Gc.
Corn-40c.
Oats-29G31c.
Hay-Timothy, S12 90; upland, SiOG11; slough
$500; baled, S1000111 90.
PRODUCE.
BUtter-FRir choice, 20C; creamery, 20c
Eggs Fresh, 14ls Is
Poultry-Chickens, 12Hc; turkeys ~
ducks, I21sc; geese, 1oc.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Appes-S4 90 per bbl.
Potatoes-Sj0I93c.
Ouons-S4 60 per bbl.
Turnips-60c per bu.
LIVE STOCK,
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fec steer $
4GfHc; COWS and neifeIs, 2HGt3Ac caIv $
4G5c.
Hogs-717hc.
Sheep-445C.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08
Cherokees Select Their Land.

GUTHRIE, o. T., July S.-All the Chero-
KEGS who are entitled to allotments of land
on the Cherokee strip met on the Cimar-
ron, in the eastern part of the strip, and
made their selections. As soon as the gov
ernment confirms these and issues the
deeds, the balance of the c, 900 600 acres can
be thrown open to settlement. There are
only seventy-one allotments of 16O acres
each
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08
INCIDENTS OF THE CALAMITY.

Burning the Bodies of Animals Killed
Some Horrible Features.
Hundreds of willing hands dragged the
dead and dying animals with which the
ground seemed to be literally strewn to
points on the outskirts of the town, piled
them in big heaps and covered them with
the remains of the houses and applied the
torch. Fully dozen of these strange
bonfires We're kept going.
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. 47y1
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CHAPTER Ill

1t was close upon II when at length
he quilted the house. The mood of the
night had changed. A light drizzle filled
the air. A red vapor rolled across the
sky, broken in places and giving glimpsea
of deeper murkiness beyond. Fog horns
beloved from the river. Freight trains
like dingy serpents crawled past the
western boundary of the college campus
and went kissing into the fog. He paused
irresolute for a moment after the gate
changed behind him, then crossed the
street and entered the college grounds.
An unquiet spirit possessed him as he
strobe along the familiar paths. He was
only a trespasser in this place where
hitherto he had roamed at will, but
whether he was seen or not was Of little
consequence. He had escaped from his
quiet room into the wet, massy darkness
TO question himself. The vapor that
CARRIED every tree in ghostly robes, the
light sweep of the wind passing his ear
like woman's sigh, the peace here and
the reminders of life on the river and
market places beyond were all old and
dear to him. They had helped him be.
fore.
1t was not of his rejected play he was
thinking. Somehow the keenness of the
sting left by failure had subsidized. In
fancy he saw woman's Virginia's
face. 1t seemed to float before him,
sometimes the eyes hidden as with a
veil, sometimes the sweet, proud mouth
He was filled with this new feeling
that in the twinkling of an eye had
rushed over him. Was it love? Lovel
Oh, the ecstasy ringing in the soft VOW
els as he murmured them in a tender
semitonel
Hitherto he had written of love, had
believed that he understood it. But to-
night in every fiber he felt the illimita-
BILE, untranslatable difference. He had
been like a blind man dwelling on the
beauty of the light he had never seen-a
stay at home describing the marvels of
lands never journeyed through. His
heart had been sleeping while in his
writings he had prated of passion.
But this sweeping forgetfulness of self
CNCh III ~ DlbbCl4J OAlOlCdl uuOn6llJy lIll6
reaching out to and flooding immersion
in the personality of another; this mad
ness that shook him, trailing its seduc-
tive sweetness over his soul and making
him light headed; this insistent burning
in his blood; this yearning newly born
this was love.
He flung himself into restful position
against tree and looked over at the win
dows where at times Virginia's shadow
touched the shade. His face had grown
haggard; his eyes were alight Oh, he
loved herl Itseemed now he had always
loved her.
''To tell her-oh, to tell herl was his
unuttered cry. ooh, if 1 had something
to offer worth her taking-not my beg
gar's portion, not the ashes of my dreams.
Virginia-dear, tender, sweet voiced,
strong hearted Virginia, am not fit to
love you"
And now a state Of feeling beyond ex-
preston or definition assailed him and
held him as in coil. 1t was strange,
subtle. exquisitely sad. The mist and
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ateF' he thought, deep, warm pity rush
ing into his heart.
And he had been impatient with her
for telling him an unpalatable truth,
had ragged at one more defeatand turned
from her in bitternessl He had dared
to do thisl Had he forgotten how often
he had seen her smile in the face of de-
spair?
His repentance, like all his moods, was
quick and intense, the desire to make
amends tormenting, indispensable. He
wanted to tell her what a brute he felt
himself. He was conscious of sudden
warm impulse to fold her in his arms
and comfort her.
The physical helplessness Of woman!
What lovable misfortune it must al
ways seem to a strong mani Every move
ment of Virginia's young figure, the sub
dued expression of her proud little
mouth, the dauntless pose of her head
appealed to him, awaking the instinct Of
protection until it throbbed an impor-
tunate fire in his heart.
eff I could help herp' he thought, with
savage longing.
While regarding her more intently
than he knew, her eyes, those lovely eyes
more green than brown and tonight
more golden than green, met his in a
questioning, entreating fashion, and the
look stirred him strangely. A warm flood
poured over his heart His veins pulsed
heavily with an incomprehensible fever
never known before, and the pain of it
was nervous and sweet.
AS he had felt for brief moment when
he stood by her side in the mysterious
twilight, so he felt now, only the strange
ness, the pain, the delight, were intensi-
fled hundredfold. He drew his breath
with feeling of awe.
After dinner he sat down to read. 1t
was useless. His heaTtbeats were hot
and thick. A medley of indefinite spec
ulations crept between him and the
printed page.
He threw himself upon his bed and
tried to think what he should do, now
that he had forsworn the ministry and
the possibility of success as a dramatist
had shriveled under that days blight.
But that was useless too. He started to
his elbow and looked with excited eyes
into the darkness.
He felt he was not alone. II was as if
q presence stood at his side, new truth
upon its lips, gift within its hand.
"Doy you not know meY' avoice of crys-
tai sweetness seemed to whisper. 81
come to all men sooner or laterl Some find
me early and some when youth is gone.
come by strange ways. Iweave strange
spells. The heart that once feels my
lava touch is never the same again.
There is naught to Withstand me. For
am Love-"
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He stood with bowed head watching
the papers. They rustled In a swirl of
wind and flame, subsidized into spasmodic
chickering's, and nothing was left but
handful of charred fragments light as
thistle down.
"God, help me! Give me my dream"
he murmured, his lips scarcely moving.
A sustained burst of deep toned sound
from the organ foated to him through
the closed doors. 1t thrilled him to the
heart. He seemed to hear Virginia's
stanch words in their delicate intona-
tions:
~ believe in you, Tom"
Louder the music rolled, higher, sweet
er, one keen minornote transcending the
heavier volume and browning it like
star. The mans longing eyes frightened
as he listened The festival of harmony
augmented his strength. His love rushed
out to meet it like flood meeting flood.
Virginia seemed playing pean of sane
titled victory fit for crusader who holds
his standard aloft, though ranking
wound pales his lips.
He would accept her message.
Until the last vibration had sunk to
caressing whisper he stood entranced.
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rain were part of it, the blustery dark
ness, the troubled breath in the trees, the
longing and indecision in his soul, the
ache of passion, the ambition SO limitless
and unavailing, the dull acquiescence of
the conquered.
How merciless destiny seemed in that
momentl How empty the worldl The
race so long, so firing, ending-even at
the best-in whatt
He was stirred to an ecstatic sadness.
Something vital quickened in his con-
seriousness.
The serenity Of his fair, interrupted
years sank from sight, and he seemed to
look down an illuminated depth into the
very heart of life. Love and death were
there; agony and sin; joy, derision, temp
tation, despair; the curse of the suicide,
the laughter of young girls, the sorrow
that cries in the night. 1t was all so ter
ribly clear. 1t racked him, inundated
him, knitted itself to him.
One after another faces arose, young
and old; hands seemed outstretched. He
heard words that contained the glory and
fire of diamonds, so real they were, so
trenchan$. Oh, if he could but write
them as they thronged into his mind-if
he could tell the wonderful story that
unfolded itself before him like scroll
upon the darkness-might not some stand
and listen?
He shivered and looked around, emerg-
ing from his waking dream as from q
trance, and almost startled to find him
self alone.
What was this marvellous change? He
seemed on the threshold of secret, the
door open to his hand. He was as one
born again under new conditions, with
keener faculties for reasoning and feel
ing. A fire had touched him-a fire of
love. 1t lightened the dark places of his
nature, melted the crust that held the
currents of knowledge imprisoned, and
he felt stimulated to walk victorious
where before he had stumbled.
He thought of the play that but short
while since had been so dear thing to
him. Crude, false and sterile it seemed
now.
Andyett to venture again-dare he doit?
Even while he questioned he knew he
must. His fingers tingled to grasp pen.
The delight of the artist, the creator,
9uivered through him 1t was tempered
by sickening edge of dread, but still it
was delight.
In little while he was again in his
own room tearing the leaves of the re-
jected play to pieces. He flung them into
the CRATE and touched them with match.
"Virginia was right, " he said, his voice
broken, as if he had run long way, and
indeed his inner self had journeyed to
far, undreamed of heights that nigLS.
'You are false. Notaword of you shall
live"
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Having sod my dental practice to DR. A. Cut
er, a gentleman of experience and ability, l be.
speak for him the same liberal patronage that has
bean accorded me the past eighteen years
DR. S. b. PIKE.
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CHAPTER w.

The inspiration did not desert him. All
day and far into each night he wrote
with felicitous ease. No hint of his love
passed his lips to Virginia. Pride, with
promise of ultimate victory in its warn
ing voice, babe passion wait.
"You are nothing, you have nothing
now, but some day you will. Some day
you may dare ask her to add her love-
the richest jewel-to measure already
full"
And so the time went by with an out
ward seeming of eventful quietude, and
October came.
Virginia sat alone one bright after
noon. She was painting a panel for q
fashionable shop that was pleased to ac-
cept her work and pay as little as was
possible for it. Her head was bent low,
and a loosened strand of hair swept her
cheek. Her figure in its inclined posi-
ton revealed a supple strength and COM
plete repose.
The little maid who helped her about
the house had departed, and the room
was quiet, save that tiny white kitten
purred before the stove and the clock
licked upon the mantel. And how a
clock can tick in silent roomI CUES
ton it; it answers you. Sit mute, and
it voices your thoughts. Virginia laid
her brush down and listened to it. There
was something pathetically childish
about her as she sat there, her chin upon
her open hand, her dilated eyes couched
under the delicate brows, mirroring the
passionate regret that Of late had poi
soned all her days.
She was not in Toms confidence now.
She did not share his walks. The gay
familiar companionship so unutterably
dear was ended. He did not know--he
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CONTINUED. -CoMMENCED SEPT. STH.
"Ah, Tom," and he wagged his head
unsteadily. $50 you have come over to
us? welcome! A guest beneath my roor
is always welcome. Eth, Virginia. Why
don't you'smile and say yes? If we are
poor, my girl, we know what hospitality
means. We know that crust may be
divided among friends and taste the
sweeter for it, AS sure-as sure's my
name is Rufus Kent I'd rather-Pd
rather, by heaven, sit down with a
friend-mind, with friend, that's the
point-to dinner of herbs than in soil
tary magnifcence before a stalled OK.
My sentiments, young man. AS Touch
stone says, "A poor thing, but my own I"
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tons who contemplate such work. We also fur
nish Coming, Pipe Fence or other enclosures for
individual lots We handle North River Blue
Stone, Marble and Slate in car loads for walks,
curbing etc All our heavy work which is to be
set at poin's at distance from Bennington is
finished al the quarries, where we have practi-
cal duaryman and granite cutter In charge Of a
gang of men, and shipped direct TO nearest rail
road depot to the cemetery where IL is &c be set,
In carload lots at special rate In this way we
save the customer to 10 per cent in cost OF his
work.
Mr.. Z. Estabrook has had an experience Of 20
years selling and setting monumental work dur
ing which time he has travelled through the
Eastern, Middl, and Western States,and will con
tinue to do so; so that II parties In any part Of
the country wishing work will drop him line, on
his next trip through their town he will call and
show designs and give prices. Mr.. II. Esta-
brook his son, who is practical granite cutter,
viii have charge Of the shop at Bennington, and
parties calling there can see designs and get
prices. We hope by strict attention to business
and furnishing good work at reasonable prices, to
merit aud receive your patronage.
e, RSTABROOK, Manager.
r. II. ES1ABROOK. Sec,y and Treas
Residence go Union Street.
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DIR. B. G. JENNEY, Dentist.

SUCCESSOR TO DIR. j. N. SCRANTON.)
- Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent
stry in a thorough and vorkmanlike manner. Per-
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas Or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
Iuired. Office opposite Congregational Church
Main ST., Bennington
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ALIENS SARSAPARILLD

The following letter from Mr.. ]. D.
Eastman of Danville, N. H., tells of an
experience which many people are pass
ing through, but which does not termin-
ate so happily for all. Those who follow
his example, however, need have none
but happy termination:
DANvILLE N. II.
Ny wife has suffered for many years from con-
stipation and Indigestion until at last il resulted
In nervous prostration. She has suffered great
deal for oyer two years, the greater part Of
which time she has been confined to her bed. She
would go over a week at a time without an opera
ton of the bowels, and went thirteen DAYS with
out passing water. She was treated by two of
the best doctors, and had taken about every
kind of sarsaparilla, but continually grew worse
Her friends had given her up to die, and my
courage about failed me- In some way / got
hold OF a sample bottle of Aliens Sarsapariila
and determined to try it. did so with surprs-
ing results. She continued to take it and grew
rapidly better. Two bottles have cured her of all
her old troubles. She is now in good bodily
health and is rapidly recovering from her nerv-
j. B. EASTMAN.
This grand remedy is within the reach
of all, and is sold by all dealers for SOC
per bottle.
THE ALLEN SARSAPARILLA CO.,
wOODFoRDS. ME.
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q. CUTLER, Dentist.


Successor to Or. S, Is. Pike.
Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and at reasonable prices
My aim will be give eitire satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
Office Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
3If Vermont
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"But you didn't buy any Of those love-
ly, useless things?" she interposed in
whisper. "You didn't, surely, dadP You
know the quarters rent
"Never mind the quarters rent, Vir-
ginia. You always will drag in these
purely private matters before our
guests"
With a delicate impotence he moved
10 the stove and held out his white
hands to the warmth.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.