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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20
underwrite property against them. It
has been estimated that, taking an av-
erape. each tornado costs one life.

underwrite property against them. It
has been estimated that, taking an av-
erage, each tornado costs one life.
No subject in the science Of meteor
ology is Of such absorbing interest as
that of tornadoes. Their performances
are so amazing, and the manifestations
by which they are accompanied are so
terrifying, that the mind has difficulty
in grasping the matter understandingly.
AS a rule, they give fair warning OF
their approach. The air is usually
very still and sultry. People feel de-
pressed without knowing why. Dark
and threatening clouds appear on the
western horizon, and the sky from west
to south takes on peculiar lurid or
greenish tinge. This tornado sky" is
a characteristic feature.
The Funnel-Shaped Cloud.
From the suspended masses of vapor
a sort of tail is seen to project itself
downward. 1t gradually assumes while
approaching, the aspect of a gigantic
funnel, with the small end toward the
ground. This funnel moves with enor-
nous rapidity, its speed being rarely
under forty miles an hour. AS it comes
nearer an indescribable roar is heard,
which has been likened to the below
ing vi IL IIlllllOu uldu UullS VI VIC run.
bling of 10000 trains of cars over as
many bridges.
Still the great cloud advances, black
as night, somewhat resembling an i'm
mense balloon, sweeping its neck round
and round with terrible fury and de-
stroying everything in its path. 1t
'whirls with almost incredible velocity,
sometimes leaving the earth for mo-
ment, then bounding back to continue
its dire havoc. The whole period of de-
struction may occupy only three or
four minutes, but in that time towns
are wiped out and fields are laid waste.
A few minutes later the blue sky ap-
pears, the wind turns to the south, and
all quiets down. No one would suppose
that terrible catastrophe had oc-
Cured, save for the devastation that
is all about and the cries OF the unfor-
tunates.
1t often happens that the funnel.
shaped monster is preceded by great
cloud of dust, produced by an outrush
of air before the storm, so that the ap-
preaching danger is not seen until it Is
| Immediately at hand. The mighty
| balloon of vapor travels twice as fast as
the tempest out of which it is engen.
dered. 1t is frequently accompanied
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20
WHERE ARE THEY.

What has become Of the cast of coats
That covered Will Shak speares back2
What has become Of the old rowboats
OF Kidd and his pirate pack?
What has become Of the mutton bones
That came with Sam Johnson's meat2
what has become Of the cobble-stones
That must have bruised Millions feet?
Where are the scarfs that Lord Byron wore
Where are poor Shelley's cuffs?
What has becoIue of that wondrous store
OF Queen Elixabeths ruffs?
Where are the slippers of Ferdinand?
Where are Marc Antony's clothes?
Where are the gloves from Antoinette's hand
Where Oliver Goldsmith's hose?
lido not search for the ships of Tyre
The grave Of Whittington's cat
Would sooner set nv spirit on fire.
Or even Beau Brummels hat.
And when think there are spots
In the world which can't And,
Where lay these same identical lots,
And many Of this same kind
I'm tempted to give a store of gold
To him that will bring to me
glass OF earth's myst cries to unfold,
And show me where these things be.
-Harper's Magazine.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

which called him to the door. On
opening it he Immediately discovered
bright cloud, which had precisely
the color OF glowing oven, apparent
ly the size of q half acre of ground,
moving rapidly in the direction of his
dwelling. The brightness of the cloud
illuminated everything about. There
was no lightning nor rain, but con-
tinual and tremendous roar during the
passage of the storm. The roaring OF
tornado has been described as q con-
tinual 100000 and whir-r-r-r.
Some OF the dOings perpetrated by
tornadoes are most astonishing. At
Wallingford, Conn.,, Aug. 9, 1878, q
storm of this sort blew stone monu-
ments off their bases. 1t was estimated
that the velocity of whirl required to
accomplish this was 26O miles an hour.
Children have frequently been lifted
hundreds of feet into the air and laid
down unhurt. 1t has been observed
that objects uplifted by this agency do
not drop with the ordinary force Of
falling bodies in many instances. A
whirling cloud at Pine Plains, N. Y,
June 10, 1885, caught q man on road
with q team and wagon carrying 2
hogshead of sugar. The hogshead and
contents weighed 1880 pounds. It,
together with the horses and cart, was
hurled over stone wall. The man
was blown in the opposite direction .
distance Of fifteen rods. Light object4
are sometimes transported q distance
of twenty miles. In one instance {
horse was carried half q mile and put
down uninjured.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

if destroyed, 1t tumbles in and buries'
people in the ruins. When the famous
acyclone" of 1890 struck Louisville
forty-four persons we're killed In the
wreck of Falls City Hall. That storm
wiped out seventy-six lives and %, $780,
600 worth of property in Louisville,
and in other towns fifty-nine lives and
81, O0O,0 900 in property. The whirling
cloud, which was described as shaped
like turnip, struck Louisville at about
7:45 in the evening. The noise it made
was compared to the passage of
heavy train of cars over bridge
thousand times intensified. All the
gas jets in the city either went out or
were nearly extinguished, and the
crash Of falling buildings added to the
appalling rumyus, while a terrific cleo
trio display served as an accompani-
ment, balls of fire playing alb out. APP
parently the lower end of tho funnel
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20
He Was Absent.Niinded

There was once an absent-minded
preacher in Maine, of whom a Cos.
siping lady tells the Lewiston Jour-
nal One Sunday he said excitedly
at the close of a solemn discourse:
1.-THE choir will now pronounce the
benediction and l will sing the Dox-
ology." The choir failed to respond
beyond faint soprano giggle and the
minister hastily exclaimed: mo,
no! / should have said, l will now
sing the ben edction and the choir
will will please pronounce the Dox.
ology." Before he could hazard an
other attempt the quartet came to
the rescue with 'Old Hundred" and
the parson sat down to recover his
wits behind the friendly shelter OF
the old-fashioned pulpit.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

did not touch the ground, the destruc-
ton being confined to the upper stories
of the houses.
The only place where safety can be
found against tornado is under
ground. In the region where storms
of this type are frequent prudent peo-
pie construct what they call Cyclone"
cellars" This is usually an excavation
made through the west wall of the cell
lar OF the house outward, so that no
part of it is beneath the dwelling.
The west side Is chosen because the
danger always comes from that direc-
tion, and, If the house is demolished,
the ruins will be thrown away from the
cave" The floor of the latter is made
level with the floor Of the cellar, and
the earth roof of the cave is supported
by heavy timbers and arched with
masonry OF brick or stone. These are
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

''There" said Joe. "You near,
Milly: That's soda water siphon.
He's at it again-so early"
But he didn't look as if he took
-" The sweet voice died away,
and I was alone with my sorrow and
my siphon.
To-day know something Of plot
and construction; and, as say. un-
derstand the veri-similitude of the
modern French farce. Yet would
sell all my insight for the single priv
ilege Of explaining to Milly (my
Milly-she has busted my room) that
l am not-indeed I am not-the viii
lain that Joe painted me.-St James
Gazette
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

front OF it, thinking to outstrip it in
the race. But it is fact that any
body who has once encountered q
"cyclohe" is always more than ready
afterward to promptly hunt his hole"
1t is not possible to determine with
accuracy the path of a tornado until it
is too near to be comfortable. save that
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

vast amount of property, one Of the
buildings reduced to complete ruin was
for public school. The tornado tore
it to pieces as easily as if it had been
SO much lath and plaster.
On the contrary, a building Of brick
or stone is q more unsafe refuge from .
tornado than frame dwelling, because,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

trolling them remain to a great ex-
tent unknown. They have come to
be recognized as among the most
destructive of natural phenomena,
SO that many insurance companies are
making it part of their business to
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20
DEATH IN THE STORM.
HOW WHIRllNG TORNAOCES
CARRY DESTRUCTION.
Manner In Which They Are Generated
Phenomena that Are MysteriOus-No
Building Is Safe from Them-Seeking
Refuge In Cyclone Caves.
Black Funnel Clouds.

ANES WnAt
people in the West
call cyclones
have been cutting
up strange freaks
lately. But that is
a way they have,
says the Washing
ton Star. Science
has for a long time
been very anxious
to discover reasons
for the vagaries of
I h 9 s e wonderful
storms, but as yet
1 h q laws con
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

WHY doesn't somebody publish q
correct translation Of the ordinary
Railway Guidep i
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-20

be sure, Fan was rather too angular
for the soubrette-refusing tip
'And you're lady, too, Fan. /"
said I. "keep it. Few people re-
turn money. Still fewer dismiss pre-
conceived suspicious.
She Withdrew slightly alarmed.
I stepped into the hallway to set
down the empty soda water siphon in
the playe appointed. The door lead
ing to the landing was half open.
heard voices descending the stairs.
ale was really very nice, Joe,
about it. Said he had sister of his
own and laughed"
"H'mph. Then Pm sorry for his
sister, that's all. He drinks like a
fish. Why, only last night I found
him on his hands and knees on the
second floor, and had to help him to
bed"
The next chambers. AS / hope to
clear my character before all judges,
it was the man in the next chambers.
l had heard the Internal din of that
episode at 2 o'clock in the morning
and few of Joe's comments as he
left the drunkard. How should the
maiden know exactly into whose
rooms she had penetrated? and here
was Joe saddling me with my neigh
boris booted slumbers
| gripped the siphon head in an
agony Of wrath. The steps were al
most opposite my landing. There
was more soda water than / had
thought for in the tube, and the in
fernal concoction exhausted itself
with a fizzle, spit. and grunt. II
seemed to roar through the house.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Who Will Handle the Cash of Uncle
Sam for the Next Four
Years.
His Appointment as Treasurer Sent tt
the Senate-Jordan Assistant at
New York.
Daniel M. Browning Of Illinois for
Indian Commissioner-Other
Nominations.

WASHINGTON, April -Thepresident
has sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Edward H. strobel, of New York,
third assistant secretary of state, vice
William NJ Grinnell, resigned. Daniel
N. Morgan, of Connecticut, treasurer of
the United States, vice Enos II. Neb-
ektr, resigned. Conrad N. Jordan, of
New York, assistant treasurer of
the United States at New
York, vice Ellis a. Roberts, resigned.
Henry V. johnson, of Colorado, attor-
ney of the United States for the District
of Colorado. Charles B. Bellinger, of
Oregon, United States district judge
for the District of Oregon. Daniel NJ.
Browning, of Illinois. commissioner of
Indian affairs Frank G. Armstrong,
of Washington. assistant commissioner
of Indian affairs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Arbor Day Proclamation.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
Pierre. South Dakota.

In keeping with custom, and for the
purpose of stimulating the people to
beautify and adorn their homes by the
planting of trees and shrubs, I, Charles
HI. Sheldon, Governor of the state Of
South Dakota, do hereby designate
Friday the 2lst day of April, 1898, as
Arbor Day.
| advise it's general observance
throughout the state for the purposes
indicated. Hewho plants tree or shrub
or vine, and nurtnres it to healthy
growth is a public benefactor. Our
people are greatly encouraged with the
prospect of an abundant reward for
their labor. Let them add to the
happiness of themselves and their
children by each planting tree to live
after them.
Teachers and scholars in our schools
are admonished to observe this day.
Let the grounds surrounding all our
nublic institutions be beautitied and made
more attractive by planting and caring
for such trees as shall furnish a friendly
shade to the coming generations.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the state at the city of Pierre,
the capital, on the 3lst. day of March
A. d.. 1898. BY the Governor,
rsEA1..1 CHARLES H. SHELDON.
THos. -THoRsoN,
Secretary Of State.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14

A most amusing tale comes out from
Washington anent the recent appoint
ment of Judge Trip, in which it is
made to appear that Senator Kyle was
responsible for the same as he had been
urging on Mr.. Cleveland ever since
election that the Judge should be taken
care of. There is no reason to doubt
that Senator Kyle was very friendly to
the man who made him United States
senator, but when it is remembered
that Judge Tripp has been on a warm
personal footing with Mr.. Cleveland for
years, and that with him more than
any other one man does the President
confer in his South Dakota appoint
ments, the claim as to Kyle's "infloo-
ence" becomes decidedly amusing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14

Astrong protest has been sent to Wash
ington by the Democrats of Yankton
against the recent appointment of Col.
Hughes East to a place in the weather
bureau. He is denounced as morally
unfit to associate with good Democrats
or hold Office, and it is alleged that a
short time since, while under the influ-
.ence Of liquor in Yankton, he attempted
to assault crippled young woman who
was left alone in her fathers store one
evening. 1t is a pretty hard story but
when one considers the fellows conviv-
ial habits it is not difficult to believe
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Naneu tne Uapltol Commission.

ST. PAUL, April 12.-Governor Mel
son has submitted to the senate his ap-
pointments to the capitol commission,
and they were confirmed without ques-
tion. The commission consists Of one
member from each congressional dis
trict, as follows: First, H. w. Lam
berton, Winona, Democrat; second,
James M. G. Hench, Martin county, Re-
publican; third, George A. Du Toit,
Carver county, Democrat; fourth, Chan
ming Seabury, Ramsey, Republican;
fifth, John de Laitre, Hennepin, Re-
publican; sixth, G. H. Graves, St.
Louis county, Republican; seventh. 4.
H. Barrett, Grant, Alliance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
AN ExEcUrlvE SESSION..
Democratic Senators Overcome Re
publican Opposition.

Democratic Senators Overcome Re-
publican Opposition.
WASHINGTON. April 12.-The Demo-
Gratis succeeded in forcing an executive
session in the face of a combined Re-
publican opposition. AS soon as the
journal was read a motion
to proceed to executive busi-
ness was made by Mr.. German
and was antagonized by Mr.. Hoar. A
vote was taken by yeas and nays and
the motion was carried. 80 to 3e-a'
strict party vote, Mr.. PETER voting
with the Democrats
Transferred to Executive Session.
The fight in the senate relative to the
Roach resolution has been transferred
to executive session and is now in prog
ress. An effort is being made to put
the matter in shape agreeable to both
sides, but so far the effort has been un-
successful.
The senate, after nearly three hours
spent in executive session, adjourned at
3:15 p. M. Several nominations We're
confirmed
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
THE CITY AND SCHOOL TICKETS

The nominations that have been made
Tor the city and school tickets to be voted
ON next Tuesday certainly ought to
commend themselves to the citizens Of
Mitchell, regardless of partisan or per-
sonal considerations, as highly salts
factory. The REPUBLICAN, has recog-
nized the fact that there are no issues
in the coming election except the ap-
plication of the best and safest
methods to the business of the town,
and has exercised what influence it has
toward securing general participation
IN the several caucuses to the end that
good men might be selected for both
boards. The attendance at the prim-
aries and the results of each certainly
are encouraging to this view of the case.
A school board made up of men
like Preston, Quigley, Moses, Miner,
Blanchard, Seaman, Hitchcock and
Dean is thoroughly representative in
every sense of the term, and the highly
Important work which stretches out in
front of the educational system OF this
town can be entrusted to their hands
with the assurance on the part OF every
tax payer that all interests will be care
fully subserved. The nominations for
Aldermen are equally good. Messrs.
Logan and Reierson have made a
record highly creditable to themselves
and to their constituents and they are
fully entitled to the hearty endorse
ment each has received. Messrs. Pol
lard and Webber are thoroughgoing
business men whose successful conduct
of their own affairs and whose reputa-
ton in the community are sufficient
bond that they will serve the town with
equal fidelity and success if elected to
do so.
The nomination of N. L. Dawson as
school treasurer could not have been
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
SETTLES THE CASE.
Mandates win Issue in Favor Of Chi.
cago in the Lake Front Matter.

Mandates Will Issue in Favor of Chi.
cago In the Lake Front Matter.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE supreme
court, by Justice Field, delivered its
declaration upon the latest moves in the
Chicago lake front cases which settled
them as far as the court is concerned.
Justice Field announced that the Pc
tition Of Corporation Counsel Miller for
the issue of mandates to execute the
judgment of the court, exercised some
weeks ago, would be granted and mand-
ates issued. This disposes of the second
petition by the counsel for the railroad
company, presented last week, for re-
hearing of the case by the court. None
of the attorneys for the Illinois Central
were in court. Corporation Counsel
Miller, who has been in Washington
some days in connection with this case
will shortly return home.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Minister LincoIn,s Gin.
UNIVERSITY TROUBLE.
Seniors Suspended and other Stu
dents Refuse to Recite.

oSAAOAS ouSpChuCu duu OGIlcr SCUsi
dents Refuse to Recite.
BRooK1NGs, S. D., April 1s.-The
faculty has suspended several seniors
for participating in the address to the
people scoring the management of the
state agricultural college, and an.
nounced that unless they left town be-
fore Tuesday they would be expelled
and would lose all marks and honors
which they have gained during their
course. The students met this action
by drawing up a paper refusing to at.
tend any more college exercises until
their friends were reinstated. They
also employed counsel and wired the
state board of regents, demanding a
prompt trial of the faculty. The feel
ing in the city is intense, and the class
rooms were deserted. In the three
upper classes nearly all are now in open
rebellion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Some Artesian Experiments.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., April 12.-Con-
gress at its last session passed an ap-
preparation for sinking artesian wells
at several of the Sioux agencies, Pine
Ridge among the rest. Work on the
well at the latter agency will be COM
menced shortly, and will be watched
with interest by the people in North
western Nebraska. This will be the
first attempt to sink an artesian well at
a point so far West, and if it is success
full scores Of other wells will be put
down in various portions of Northwest
ern Nebraska.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Millions of Imports.

NEW YORK, April 12.-The report of
the third, or warehouse division, of the
New York custom house, just issued,
shows that there is still held by the gov
ernment, to be paid out on goods in
bonded warehouses, the sum of $751;
694, 4,941. These bonds are made double
the value of the goods,so that according
to the statement, there are over $1O,-
600, 900 worth of goods nowin the ware
houses of this city and Brooklyn.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
More Acreage to Wheat.

TRAvARE, S. D., April 12.-Seeding
operations have begun in earnest in this
vicinity, and the conditions are very
favorable for small grain, as the ground
now contains sufficient moisture to
sprout the seed. The low price of wheat
does not seem to be causing any great
decrease in the acreage to be sown to
that cereal, as farmers seem determined
to risk it another year; and as the
greater portion of the lands broken up
last season on the reservation lands"
will be sown to wheat, the acreage of
Roberts county will be nearly doubled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
THE ELEVATOR LAW.
Probability That Minneapolis Grain
Men Will Fight 1t.

Men Will Fight 1t.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 1.-THE Mime
apolis owners of country elevators have
not yet determined upon any plan of
action in regard to the Peterson grain
bill, which became law through the
mistake of Representative Mcguire in
casting his vote. They are in no hurry
about it because the law does not go
into effectuntil Aug. /. Butinterviews
evidence unanimity of opinion that
the law is unconstitutional as well as
impracticable, and the indications are
that there will be a legal fight on
the measure It is probable that the
elevator men will simply refuse to take
out licenses. This will force the rail-
way and warehouse commission to in
stitute proceedings and wage the battle,
leaving the elevator men on the defen-
oivo
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14

One OF the very best appointments
yet made by Mr.. Cleveland, if we may
judge from the information at hand, is
that Of Judge Lochren of Minnesota to
be Commissioner of Pensions. And yet
there is no guarantee that he may not
be bounded and persecuted and lied
about as all his predecessors in this,
the most trying place in the whole ad-
ministration, have been.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Presented Harris Case.

ALBANY, N. Y, April 12.-William
F. Howe of New York city, counsel for
Carlyle w. Harris, was given private
audience by Governor Flower during
the morning. At its conclusion Mr..
Howe said the governor listened in
tently while he gave brief review Of
the case and the points on which he
thought clemency should be granted
Harris. The governor said, after Mr..
Howe left, that he could not tell how
soon he would render decision, but he
would carefully consider the case.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14

The spring elections in Kansas show
that the Republicans are regaining
much of their lost ground in that long,
suffering Populist stronghold. The
lines were drawn in all municipal cleo
tions between the Republicans and the
combined opposition, and the results
show that the people have placed the
responsibility for The late legislative
scandal right where it belongs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-04-14
Peru Is Sorry,

WAsH1N aToN, April 13.-The Peru
Wan government has taken the initia-
tory step towards complying with the
demands of the. United States that rep
aration be made for the outrage COM
mitted on one Of its consular agencies
in Peru. The government expresses
regret and promises reparation.