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The times., 1894-09-28
RAvAeEs IN KossUTH COUNTY.

Nineteen Dead Buried and Others to Fol-
low-Freaks of the Tornado.
Kossuth county, Ia, in which Algona is
situated. seems to have suffered the most
in killed. In that county yesterday was a
day of sorrow. Nineteen funerals weee
held, and others will be held today. The
death list of the county is as follows:
Robert Stevenson; Mrs. George Beaver
and child George Holman's child; Jacob
Dingman, of Fort Dodge; Mrs Fred
French and two children; child of Albert
Baken; William Sweppe, boy and girl;
Clguseden's child; Moses Caster and wire;
Thomas Tweed's mother, and two chill
dren; Rockwell's baby At least six more
will die.
The injured are reported at thirty-nine
in number, us follows: Mrs. Robert
Stevenson; Mrs. Carl Barrick-may die;
Carl Barrick; BarrIck's boy: three other
children in the same family; George
Beavers infant child and adopted boy;
Horace Schenk-will probably die; Mrs.
Myron Schenk and child; Mrs. Geoi ge
Holman and four children; Mrs. Clauseden
cannot live; w. NJ. Ferguson, wife and
child; Mrs. Peter Peterson, skull frac-
tured; Mrs. Swan Peterson, both arms
and both legs broken; d. Il. Ferguson
family all slightly injured; Tow Tweed,
severely hurt; Alex Tweed's wife and five
children; Mrs. Rockwell, badly hurt; j.
Eden, very badly hurt; Mrs. Il. Meyers.
Thomas Britton, a farmer near Wesley
is reported missing, and it is presumed
that he is killed. Professor A. j. Lilly,
of the northern Iowa normal school, came
in from Garner and reported thirteen
dead in Ellington township north of Gar
ner, twelve near Manley Junction, and
sixteen north of Britt. Coffius for the
dead are piled up at every station, and
scenes Of the widest grief are enacted.
The storm as witnessed from Algona was
one of indescribable grandeur. A funnel
shaped cloud of inky blackness swept
along to the northeast, illuminated by al
most continuous flashes of lightning.
The roar of the thunder was deep and
continuous. The opera house at Algona
was packed to witness popular play, and
almost panic was occasioned by the war
of the elements.
Robert Stevenson, living four miles
north of Whittemore, was the first victim.
He was hit in several places, and II stick
driven into his head. He lay unconscious
until death. His grove looked rs though
It had been moved down by q scythe.
Carl Barrick's house on Henry Durant's
place was made into kindling wood in an
instant, and all the fourteen occupants
except two children were injured. Mrs.
Barrick was hurt in the back by timber
and her spine so injured that her body aud
lower limbs are paralyzed. The house of
Fred Pompe was completely demolished,
but his wife and five children came out OF
the wreck unhurt. The force of the wind
was such that barbed wire was stripped
from the posts. At George Holman's the
roof of the house went, leaving the walls
standing, and the whole family was carried
mn from between the walls and away about
thirty rods, one child being killed.
M. w. Ferguson's family was carried
some distance through the air and all
but one landed in willow hedge. The
baby went little farther and was found
The times., 1894-09-28
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
Thursday. Sent. 20.


Senator Hill's name is now mentioned
h connection with the New York Demo
cratic nomination S,r governor.
j. B. lsmon, a prominent aud wealthy
citizen of Hudson, Wis, was found dead
in the yard of his son.in-law, William B.
Andrews. Heart disease probably.
The National Letter Carriers associa
tion, in convention at Cleveland, howled
down Chairman Powers, of the legislative
committee, when he rose to make his re-
port, because he is charged with gross
neglect of his duty and other offenses
Mary Desha, who is Representative
Breckinridge's sister-in-law, writes from
Washington to the antl-Breckinridge
women in the Ashland district thanking
them for their share in the defeat Of
Willie.
Professor Roux, of Paris, at the recent
hygienic congress ut Buda-Pesth asserted
that in the Paris hospitals rs per cent Of
the children inoculated with Behring's
antidiphthertine (serum taken from
horses), were saved, while of those not in
oculated 90 per cent. died, and only 40 per
cent. survived
The times., 1894-09-28
DASH FOR LIBERTY.
Four Prisoners Escape from the Criminal
Court at st. Louis.

Four Prisoners Escape from the Criminal
Court at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. PA daring attempt
to escape, and successful in the case OF
four, was made by the prisoners in the
docks of the criminal court room here.
The men had been brought up to plead,
having been indicted, and it was during
confusion occurring at the dock gate that
the dash for liberty was made with the
result that four got away while three
others who got out of the building were
recaptured. The recaptured men are
James McNamar and Ed Kelliher. burg
lars, and James G. Barton, alias Bryant,
the Chicago diamond nipper, who is also
under indictment for assault to kill as
well as diamond robbery. The four who
got away are William Blagdien, indicted
for assault to kill; Ed Carr, AL Harris and
James Foss, burglars.
The times., 1894-09-28
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THE DEADLY DYNAMITE GUN.
Recent Tests of the Tremendous Wcapo
Excite the Admiration of Experts.

Recent Tests of the Tremendous Weapon
Excite the Admiration of Experts.
The great guns that lately throw into
the air an acre of the Atlantic ocean arc
perhaps helping another cause than that
of war The knowledge of the power for
dreadful destructiveness that each new
Improvement gives causes even kings to
hesitate, while tho name Of war grows
more hateful to the people. improvements
in explosives and in small and big arms
have done much for the pence of the world,
and now n quarter of ton of dynamite,
thrown ~ miles out to sea and placed
with an accuracy that has varied only
slightly throughout tho tests, has como to
aid In the work of abolishing war.
The New York Sun, in an illustrated
description of this deadly weapon of war,
from which tho information here given is
The times., 1894-09-28
Monday, Sept. 2i.

George Walcott has been arrested at
Yankton, S. d., on charge of being con-
nected with the "grecn goods" business
All attempts to compromise the strike
in the Massilon (O) coal district have
proved futile and the mine owners will put
negroes to work in the mines.
BY the capsizing of boat in the Ohio
at Portsmouth, o., David Nutter Robert
Thompson, Daniel Harrigan, Ment Chester
and Ernest Thomas, were drowned, all
colored and single.
Rudolph Glende, 10-year- boy, did
not stop when an officer commanded him
to do so, and the officer shot him in the
foot. Happened at Milwaukee.
u Five acres of ground upon which were
twenty-siX dwellings have caved in
at Duryea, "a Pennsylvania mining town.
The houses are wrecked and the mine
beneaththe town is full of water, making
500 men idle until the water can be
pumped out.
There is a woman weighing only ninety
eight pounds Qrom Georgia, of course) at
New York, who can not be lifted against
her will. Sandow, the strong man, has
tried to lift her, and failed dismally, and
he can lift 5000 pounds.
The times., 1894-09-28

seated on piece of roof. The wife OF
Swan Peterson had her skull cut open in
two places, and the exposed parts of her
head were literally packed with sand.
plaster. hair and grass. Particulars are
coming into Algona all tho time which
indicate that half the terrors of the
cyclone have not been told. The de.
struction of property will not be less in
Kossuth county than 100000. Most of
the farmers are we'll to do with snug bank
accounts, and others are wealthy, but
numbers of the victims are renters, who
have lost everything-some even their
families. The permantly crippled will
make long and sorrowful list
The times., 1894-09-28
Friday, Sept. 81.

The opinion of the solicitor of the treas
ury regarding the date on which the new
tariff law went into effect has been pub
ished. He says that although the ques-
ton is not free from doubt, in his opinion
the date was Aug. 2S last.
Because Patrick Mcbride would not
take back n balky horse which he had i'm
posed upon William George in trade the
latter shot Mcbride fatally. Both men
are farmers near st. Joseph, Mo.
The Washington Republican state con
vention voted down resolution for free
silver at the old ratio by vote of 261 to
224.
The mayor of Chicago has ordered the
closing of all the gambling places in that
city. Meanwhile the Civic Federation
will continue at work. Thezsherif raided
the gambling den over the blouse of
David" and seized all the paraphernalia.
George Schmous was hanged at ALE
gheny, Pa, for the murder of his wife and
two children July 27, 1S93
The times., 1894-09-28
Wednesday, Sept. SO.

The flag on every hotel in New York
was half-masted in honor of II. M. Kins-
ley, the Chicago restaurateur.
The Erie Pa.) car shops were burned.
Loss, $300.0D0.
Colonel Breckenridge announces that he
will resume the practice of law at Lexing.
ton, Ky.
Frank james, the ex-bandt, has been
appointed doorkeeper at st. Louis
theatre.
Latest war advices from Toxic say that
China is willing to compromise, but that
Japan insists on war.
Investigation into the bills for printi ng
allowed to J. G. Kelly, proprietor of the
Sioux City Daily Tribune, resulted in
filing of aflidavits by the experts charging
Kelly with drawing nearly $1,000 from
the county by short measure, overcharges
stuffed bills and the use of nonpareil type
on minion body.
James Van Allen and "Dick" Peters,
according to Newport dispatch, have
quarreled over the right of man to smoke
in the presence Of q lady, and duel may
result.
The times., 1894-09-28
ONE HUNDRED HURT AT cHATFlELD
Building In Which n Ball Was In Progress
Wrecked with Sixty Others.

Building In Which IA Ball Was In Progress
Wrecked with Sixty Others.
CHATFIELD, Mimi, Sept. "a. The cyclone
visited this place and did dire damage.
cutting a wide path through the woods
just on the outskirts and demolishing the
east side of the village. This the most
thickly populated part of the town. At
the beginning of the storm ball given by
the brass band was in progress at the
Opera House. This building was among
the sixty other that were wrecked, and in
it nearly all in attendance at the ball re-
ceived injuries more or less severe.
The list of wounded will reach 100. A
fire was started by the overturning of a
lamp in the establishment of Palmer 6,
Brown, and the hardware store of Smart
81 Baker and the Caswell hotel were de-
stroyed. The large general store at this
place was moved five rods from the founda-
tion and the three men inside at the time
escaped uninjured.
The times., 1894-09-28
DEAD AND FATALLY WOUNDED. !
Names of Forty-One of Those Whose Lives
Were Crushed Out.

Names of Forty-One OF Those Whose Lives
Were Crushed Out.
The list of dead and wounded are in
complete, but the following is the best
obtainable at this writing of the dead and
fatally hurt, At Cerro Gordo. Ia, the
dead are-D. Il. Haddon, Mrs. d. 4. Had
don, Ellery McKercher, John Patterson,
Peter Peterson. The fatally injured
Miss Maggie Baker, Miss Edith Bentley,
Alice McKercher, Harold McKercher,
James O'Neill, Sr.
At Spring Valley, Minn., dead-N.
Dodge, Mrs. N. Dodge, child of Frank
Mashek. Fatally hurt-Mrs. Louise Rose
and G. G. King. Charles Dodge. Mrs.
William Boree, Lena Rose, and Sallie
Williams were seriously wounded.
At Leroy. Mimi, dead-Mrs. Dunton,
Henry Finley, - Gilberson, drummer
boy; Joe Nelson, laborer.
Near Wesley, Ia, dead-M Casler, Mrs.
NJ. easier, j. w. Dingman, infant of Mr..
and Mrs. Eden, infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Rockow, Fred French, NJ. Schweppe, two
children of Fred French, two children of
Thomas Tweed, two children of M.
Schweppe, Mrs. Tweed
AT Britt, Ia, dead - jacobson, -
Griggs, Mrs. - Similton, Mrs. - Stug-
gart, child of Mrs. Similton, two children
of Mrs. Stuggart.
AT Cylinder, Ia, dead-Alexander Goul-
den, Mrs. A. Goulden, two children of
Alexander Goulden.
A special from Leroy says: The cyclone
sufferers are in very destitute condition.
The loss will exceed 100000 Thirty fam
lilies are entirely destitute, and many bus
mess men have lost thcir all. Money is
needed badly. The local relief commit
tee is doing all in its power, which is
1imita1
The times., 1894-09-28
Saturday, Sept. 22.

Four ex-postmasters of Jefferson coun-
ty, Ala, have been indicted by the United
State court for embezzling postofiice
funds.
w. Il. Goetze, guard in the Ohio peni-
tentiary was stabbed in the neck and
groin by Convict William Moore, of Gin
cinnati.
The mayor of Chicago has now issued
an edict that all saloons must close at
midnight.
Rev. DR.. Parkhurst attacked Superin-
tendent Byrnes and the police system OF
New York and matters relating to them
in one Of the most severe speeches that he
has ever made.
( London doctors have decided no further
operation on Gladstone's eye is necessary.
Quarries located in Waukesha county,
Wis, valued at S320,0OO, owned by the
Hadfield company, are to be sold at auc-
tion on Oct. by the assignee.
Pittsburg merchant tailors want to re-
duce wages from IL to 20 per cent and
their employees threaten to strike in con-
sequence.
Mrs. Henrotin, of Chicago, president of
the Federated Women's clubs, is out with
an appeal to the women of Illinois to vote
for university trustees at the coming elec-
tion.
The times., 1894-09-28

ing made to match, while the gathered
folds over the shoulders are of the cloth to
correspond with the skirt Nothing could
be simpler in style than this, and yet the
effect Is excellent.
And pretty, too, Is that other dress,
made in red cashmere, with deep yoke,
cut low to show white woolen chemi-
sette with large frilled collar. The
sleeves OF this are also made Of the white.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
LAW FAILS
PROSPERITY q0TSST J9sB BACK
80 The LAND CT 4 JUMP.

on the Other Ean:, There is n SsSa-
eraf Dullress AID Il 81. Ia ', hish
the Commercial tGocCies 10
not Understand tut They
Hope ThSt The Country
VIII have = Stcrdy
aud Healthy lie
wal IN FdS-
mess.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
The Sweet BY and By

Nfr Bennett. a music writer, and Mr..
Webster were intimate FRIENDS. The latter
was subject 70 melancholy. He came in to
where his friend Bennett was as business
one day. while in depression Of spirits.
What i the matter now said Bennett,
noticing his sad countenance-
No matter. " SAID Webster 1T viii be
right by and b..
Yes That sweet by and by, said
Beuuerr. Would not thar ssutiment
make a good hymn. Webster
Maybe IT would replied Webster in
differently.
Turning 10 his desk, Bennett wrote the
three verses 81 the hymn and handed them
10 Webster. When be rad them his Whole
Gcmancr change5- stepping u his desk
he ls,s,.r 20 write the notes Having
finished thn1,l. he requested his violin ard
PLAYED the raelo.lv. In a few minutes
more he had The four paris = me chorus
josted down l. Vas nos over 80 minutes
from rbe frst thought 81 T1e hymn ts-fors
The two friends and two OfheF- . be bad
come IN in the mcaatifse wer9 singing "a
the rs.zrs rosathe-. A bysTantieT, who aaa
b-,n attracted l5y ghr mus.c and had Us
tined in silence. remarked - : llss' hsE-in =
inrnarr,l II Is nayy s.llE in cFc-y land
f-usl,.r -l.t sun l'ItESs3'-rz JsszsasrE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
TO INCREASE PACKING RATES.
Railroads VIII Try to Put Up Freight
On Provisions.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3l-An attempt will be
made within a short time TO have general
meeting of the freight agents and preSi-
dents of the roads of the Central Traffic
association TO consider the question Of
putting up the rates on provisions aud
packing house products, which have been
cut recently by the Atchison and the Erie
roads. The situation regarding eastbound
rates from the Mississippi river is conceded
on all sides 10 be very grave, and prompt
action must be taken to restore them 70
their former basis fthey are 10 be restored
a, all during the next three months.
The lines of the Western Passenger assO-
citation have agreed TO make u rate Of one
first class fare, for the round trip from all
points in the territory Of the Eastern com
mittee for the meeting of the Western
Democratic league at Denver in Septsm-
Der. The tickets will have final return
limit till September 10. y circular rate
has also been granted for the Irrigation
Congress. which meets IN Denver, Sept~m-
Der TO ~. For the meetIug OF the Kelly
league, which Will BE- held in Colorado
Springs, September - and Il. a rate Of one
fare for the round trip mas been granted,
tickets good for final return passage, fir
teen days from the date o, sale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
THE MAGIC or suslc.
How Remarkable Loss CT S-ereTy VA
Cured by Organ Nots<.

The most curious ir,ciSsc:Ss cosSec:Si
with memory are OF Cs-.sse - $3.50 l-S.r,
and such eases are nst ty aS= .-.ss-s 90
infreqUeat IS i geas<s1ss suppose. y Is
startling enough no 6cu5e - hear fs.lcx
creature asking another fellow cTsa.-ss -
tell him who he IS bEt such things sars
actually happened. InGssi * VS. ely
last yeer that case Of tAe kind VS. ca
gazing the attention of Melbourne pNycl-
clans. \ young man, about 80 year. CT Sss.
called at the police barracks and demand
ed 70 be informed as 10 his own identity.
At first il was thought that the rRxa was
a lunatic. but il soon became evident THAI
his statement a. 70 his memory having
failed him was perfectly genuine He Vas
taken into custody and kept in Nelbcu-ns
jail. where he was the object OF -auch a.
tention and curiosity on the part OF physi-
clans and warlens.
He persisted il the declaration that he
did not remember anything before the day
on which he visited the police barracks.
and several medical men expressed their
belief IN his statement, atUrloutiRC his
lack Of memory 10 masked epilepsy. Curl
OuSly enough the man ultimately recover
ed his SENSES through the music OF the
Jail sunday service. One morning he was
observed listening intentiy 10 the singing.
He was questioned about il, and said: Il
seem 10 have heard that before some
where. What is it," He did not under
stand when told il was music, but at she
close OF the service DR.. Shields took him
up 10 the organ, and, having shown him
that the sounds he had heard were pro
dueed by lingering the keys, seated him in
front of the instrument
The man struck several notes unintel-
Hgibly and then "a chord or two in har-
mony, and in an instant, with a look Of
pleasure, he commenced a selection from
The Creation, which he played correctly
and We'll. He used the stops and showed
that he was familiar with the instrument,
and in this way, rs already indicated. hs
gradually recovered his loss of memory
Gentleman Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
AFrenehman,s version.

This IS aFrenchman's version Of the fail
OF Adam and Eve. " VI. Adam be wake
up. He sees une belle dernoiselis aslip
in ze garden. Volai della chance, Bon
jour Nine " Nine " she wake. she
hole her fan before to her face. Adam put
on his eyeglass 70 admire re tablesuz, and
zey make Won promenade. Nine. " she
feel hungry. She sees appel on - arbre.
Serpent &C promeDe sur Psrbrc-nlaze
one walk on p tree. n. b. serpent.
says y, VIII vous not have zer b0Hte 70
peek me some appel > ais farm Ger
tainement. Mime. ", chsrl1es dc vous
voir-' -Hol3. mon ami, a--r-Tetez, vous"
SAYS Adam stop, stop, cue EonEez vous
faires Was madness s. zeas3 You FAUST
noJ pick n appel Il snase he take one
pinch OF s-hnuf Re say. Az, y Adam
do you not know how zerr Is Messing pro
heebct - ladis=ss Nine. is PRINT Tae 20
Offer you some Of zeese fruit Gefeudu-z~,sc
forbidden fruit u sae make orr rolr-
iesy IL snake he I'll Der parasol VIZ 70
appel. he says, Frisls sent Deus n
Adam he viii 81. y GPDsl. he viii become
like one Dieu- know - good and - c-ell,
but you Nine Is. cannot become UoTe
% 3 goodies than roo are Eow Al ~
flemish Nine Is. New YORK Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Louisville has released Smith and Fla.
herUy. The colonies are in bad way.
The sports seem to think there is a
chance for Corbett and Jackson TO get to-
gether.
Lovett, released by Boston. is pitching
winning ball for the Providences of the
Eastern league.
Jack McAuiffe says he is willing to take
on Jack Everhard next. overheard de-
feated Stanton Abbott III New Orleans two
weeks since.
Solv Smith and Frank Erne of Buffalo
have been mat ched to fight ten rounds for
purse or $500. The battle will be fought
IN Buffalo on October ,.
Archie Sinclair, the we'll known English
loug-distance walker, who competed ia VI
number of races in this couDrcy. died IA
London the other day. He was ne holder
of many records.
1t is said that Dowd, Miller and Shock
will play IN the professional foot ball
league. Shock is down to captain the
Brooklyn team. II these young men en-
gage in the festive game of foot ball this
tall there is 10. ge probability that they will
not be physically able to play base ball
next spring.
Nhe New York eleven which is TO meet
Lord Hawks team of English cricketers
will play at Stafen Island on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday, September Il,
Is aud 10. The following team has been
agreed upon: Z. q. Payne, Captain y. II.
Cobb, 7. F. Kelly, II. G. Wright and Tyres
of the New Jersey Athletic club; +. r.
Short, l.. Patterson, J. VI. Lampking and
Wright of the Staten Island Athletic club;
G. &. Brown of Brooklyn aud a. Smedley
o: the Manhattans, la addition to these
there re five substitutes TO NIL any posi-
bic vacancy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01
The Con.ented .TavanS.

The Javans live much in public. and
the poorer classes, instead Of eating their
meals at home as is the manner Of the
unsociable HindoO, seem usually 20 break
fast and dine c. one of the itinerant cook
shops 10 be found at every street corner.
More exclusive people may be seen buying
the small packets OF curry ana rice wrap
ped in fresh plantain leaves and pinned
with bamboo splinters. which are intended
Tor home consumption.
Tostroll down a village street and watch
the culinary operations in progress at way
side eating shops was an unfailing source
of amusement, and very clean and appe-
tizing they looked, though the smell was
occasionally somewhat trying 10 the Flu
ropean nose. The Javans, like all rice
eating people, are fond of pungent and
evil smelling sauces, and equivalents OF
the Burman gnapee ana japanese bean
SOY are in constant requisitiOn.
The natives and especially the children,
look fat and healthy and appear 10 enjoy
life under easy conditions, though they
are, generally speaking. of grave demeanor
and are not endowed with the unfailing Vi
vacity which distinguishes che Burmans
and japanese. During the six weeks that
we spent in the island we did not see half
a dozen beggars, and, except in cities, GER
tainly not that number of policemen
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-01

Special Dispatch 10 the Daily Eagle.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, Aug. 3L-Mrs. Colo
mel c. p. Packard of Devon, this county,
who was gored by a mad bull yesterday, il
still alive.
Details of the horrible affair were oh,
tanned today. Mrs. Colonel Packard is the
wife Of a prominent man of this county.
Mr. Packard was absent at the time be-
ing about seven miles from home baling
hay. In his absence the children started to
water the horses. One of them, little
girl, mounted on horse, rode out into the
cow lot, when the brute attacked the horse
which she was riding. The child screamed
with fright and Mrs. Packard ran
TO her assistance, when the mad
dened animal turned upon her
and ran his horns into her breasts. He
made another lunge and struck her near
the stomach and literally disemboweled
her, the entrails protruding and falling
outward. The injured woman gathered
them I'D in her arms and walked five blocks
to tie house. A physician was hastily sum-
moned from Devon, who placed the unfor-
tunate woman under the influence of ether
and sewed I'D the terrible gashes which
had been inflicted. At 10 o'clock she was
still unconscious. The people in the
neigh borhood have demanded that the
bull be killed. He has long been regarded
rs dangerous