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and will die. Odessa Lester, four year
old, leg and both arms broken-will
die. She was found many yards away
in the field. Arthur Lester, six year
old, leg broken in two places, above
and below the knee, and otherwise
badly bruised-will die. Willie Les
ter, five years old, slightly hurt. Says
he woke up long ways from home in
field, suffered from b all and rain.
Mr.. Ben Hope, white man near by,
brought assistance Immediately and
the dead and dying were taken to a
one room house belonging to E. G..
Edwards, son IN law. where they
were laid in bed in strange confusion,
unconscious, suffering, side by side,
the correspondent often installing the
living for the dead. Doctors Hall and
Wilson alone were attending the worst
hurt, while the wounded who were
able hobbled painfully and bleeding
about the yard in the rain, bemoaning
the fate of their relatives and friends.
Half q mile south Of this house, the
house of Mr.. Davis, white man, was
completely demolished, but with the
exception of few painful bruises, all
escaped injury. John Buffett's wagon,
near by, was blown away and much Of
it has not been found yet. The gran
airy Of Nick Harris, two miles east,was
unroofed. The house of Sallie Jones,
colored, was wreck ed and her four year
old daughter, Lorilla, was perhaps
fatally wounded by hail stones.
A passenger train passed just as the
cyclone swept by, narrowly escaping
it. All previous accounts of immense
hail stones and wind dwindle into
insignifcance. Many OF these blocks
of ice weighed from fourteen to eigh-
teen ounces, while others found as late
as 9 a, m. today, after warm rain and
warm weather, were larger than a
goose egg. Two OF these missiles
passed through the roof of G. E. Boyn.
toms residence, making hole like a
cannon ball, while fowls roosting in
trees were killed by the hundreds. A
COW belonging to Frank Lawson was
killed and stock bear many marks from
these ice stones. About three hundred
window lights were broken in this
place farm fences and fruit trees were
Frustrated for miles around. Full par
ticulars will doubtless swell the
casualty.
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His Precious Parcels.

The 81" train was overcrowded, as
az trains usually are at the close
of the day, says New York paper.
The young msn who was weighed
down with parcels had possession of a
seat. He was bashful, but chivalrous.
A very nice young lady was standing
before him. He arose, blushed, bowed,
and rendered her his place. She ac-
copied it graciously. But now the
young man suffered the great incon-
venlence in standing, for he carried so
many packages that he was unable to
support himself by means of the strap
The nice young lady noticed this,
"Let me carry your parcels while you
are standing" she said.
The young man protested at frat,
but at length he allowed her to relieve
him of portion of his burden. Every
one in the car had noticed the little
incident, and therefore she gazed
thoughtfully out of the window on the
right, while he looked in an embaras.
sed manner through the window on
the left. The train had passed several
stations, and the young man had be-
come absorbed in an aimless reverie,
when neighbor touched him on the
shoulder and pointed to a vacant seat
before him. 1t was the seat that the
young lady had occupied. The young
man looked about him in healpless
way. The train had just halted at a
station, and the lady was hurriedly
seeking to make her exit from the r.
He fastened after her and touched
her arm.
81 beg your pardon, mama" he ven
tured in a constrained voice.
She turned about with a naughty
glance.
"sir?" she said Was he presum-
ing
an ! parcels, mama" observed the
young man, humbly.
"Oh, ali" she blushed in turn and
handed them over.
The young man returned to his seat
and looked miserabEy conscious, while
the wicked passenger grinned.
Binans Tabules Danish pain
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A Famous COunterfeiter.

Among the counterfeiters of COM
paratively modern times the German,
Becker. sands prominent With in.
credible skill he engraved dies for up
ward of 800 types of coins, principally
Roman, and as most of these were
struck in gold-a metal that does not
change i'll appearance with time-he
realized large sums from unwary col
lectors. Becker was a man of resource
and with some sense of humor. How
to take off the appearance of novelty
from the freshly struck coins was a
question of difficult solution He
solved it thus He had small box
constructed which he partly filled with
iran filings and screwed to the springs
of his carriage, and in that box he
placed his newly struck coins and
then, as he expressed it, "took his old
gentleman drive" on the road be-
tween Frankfort and Offenbach. The
coins came out of the box still fresh,
but with the too glazing bloom of youth
judiciously toned down. At length
the market was overdone with his
productions, and Becker, having
ceased to counterfeit, now sold com.
plete sets of impressions in lead from
his dies to the museums and collectors
who had formerly purchased his for
geres, so that there might be no diff
Guilty in identifying what wat his han
diwork. Within the last few years
numbers of forgeries of extremely rare
coins in the British museum and in
private collections have been sold a
auction in London So good is there
execution that it seems probable tina
means have been devised for castinj
steel dies on plaster casts, or of hard
ening electrotype dies.
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Many Are Killed.

LONG VIEW, TEXAS, March 18.-A
cyclone swept over this place at l
o'clock this morning, accompanied by
hail stones of immense size. The
greatest fury was six miles east Of
here, where it struck the large country
home of John Cain, lately occupied by
large family of negroes. The house
was in an ancient grove of oaks, twen-
ty in number. Every one of them
we're torn up and piled up in terrible
confusion with dead fowls, dogs and
COWS, and five dead and eight badly
wounded negroes. Old man Alex
Lester was found fifty yards away
entirely nude, and dead. His old wife,
Sarah, was pinned under tree man
gled and dead. Alex Lester, Jr, vas
mangled and is dead.
Robert Lester, nine years old, was
found near tree without any mark
of violence, dead Jasper Collins was
pinned under large oak snugly COW
cred in he'd, with his head crushed and
limbs broken. dead. Beside him
crawled painfully out his young wife,
Mollie Collins, with an ugly hole in the
center Of her forehead She will re-
cover. Sl0Sv Lester, an infant, was
found in p fallen tree top with legs and
arms cru4hen, dead. Silas Johnson,
who va. yj-i.i"g, was bruised from
II ,sd - lc"t.but "hnnts broken will
rernvpr. FrH K D'rer, also visiting.
log hnacu h.'ow The knees may re-
CO !.
u * ~rnmons. who WIS in bed with
Al Lester, Jr bad his head bruised
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'tpBeI sGsMIg ere sanqeL sugd!T
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SANDOW VS.CORBTET
Rumpus at Long Range Between
the Two Champions.
SAndOW Denies That He Weakened,
But COrbett's Friends Say That
He Took Water.

Champion jim Corbett and Eugene
Sandow, the strong man, are at logger
heads, and though they are not likely
to come to blows, Eugene will proba.
bly, say less in the future regarding
his proves. Sandow vas quoted
as saying that if he engaged in con-
test with Corbett he could easily Grip.
pie the champion by simply parrying
the latters leads and rendering his
arm useless, in which event Corbett
would be at his mercy. Corbett evi.
IDENTIFY heard of Sandow's Boosting,
but he made no reply until last Sun.
day.
Corbett wac sitting on the veranda
at Mount st. Vincent's, in Central
Park, when Sandow and his manager
rode up on horseback. When the
strong mans manager espied the
champion pugihst, he walked over to
him and said that Sandow wanted to
deny that he had ever said that he
could defeat him (Corbett), or that he
could cripple him by parrying his
blows.
"Sandow's a lar" was Corbett's
quick reply, "and you tell him that I'll
bet 81 500 that | can knock him out
with a punch. He's a great big stiff
and please tell him that for me-"
Whether the message was carried
to Sandow is not known, at any rate
he sent no answer to Corbett.
"Corbetts statement that he told
my manager / was a liar and he could
put me out with single punch il
not true. My manager knows Corbett
He went over to where Corbett wal
sitting in the St. Vincent Hotel anC
told him that l had not said he wal
no gentleman" as was reported. HI
said Il know better Then if you
know better that's all there is to it,
replied my manager. That is tn,
whole story"
There would appear to be severa
questions of capacity and veracity be
tween these two gentlemen, bu
whether abnormal strength can cop
with pugilistic science is the most in
teresting and it is something tina
thousands of people would willingl
pay large admission TO see settled.
Sandow says; 81 don't need to z
into the fighting business to max
money" The weekly stipend he re
: ceives now may look like big none
to eyes more accustomed to German
pennies than United States dollars
but il the modern Samson can max
his words good and is able to "stan
, off" the champion round or so I
Madison Square GARDEN he can gathe
in as many gold pieces in one nigh
0 as he ever owned in copper pennie
i SandOw will never have like oppo
tunity again.
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WORKING-GIRL WIVES
They Are the Ones to Tie to in the
Long Run.
Being Accustomed to Look After Them
selves They Appreciate Any At
tentiOn Paid Them.

The best and happiest wife in this
and the next generation is and will be
the self-supporting woman, says Jesse
M. Burgoyne in DoRohoes Magazine.
1t is so evident that argument and
proofs seem supe,iluous. From Sc
verely practical standpoint, a woman
who has made her own living knows
the value of money has had experience
in making it g as FAR as possible, has
sown all the wild oats of small extrav-
agances and subsequent scrimping
that makes trouble in many new
homes. A dollar to her represents so
many hours work, not few coaxing
words to papa. She knows what kind
OF home it is pleasant to come to after
a firing days work, and what sort of
breakfast is the best foundation for
eightIhours' toll
She has been used for so long to
look after herself that it is almost
heaven to haye some one ask if she
had her rubbers on this morning, and
the trihing attention will be repaid By
devotion to socks and buttons which
the masculine mind will enjoy while
it may not entirely understand.
No matter how plucky and success
full she has been, the self-supporting
woman has been for years very tired,
mentally and physically, with the
weight OF responsibility she has car
ried. If one week has been brought
!. to a close successfully, in comparative
scomfort, and with no debt incurred,
she can only draw very short breath
before the next one commences. 1t
may be very selfish, but Isn't it deli
Cious to feel that some one else, whose
shoulders are stronger, has taken this
wearing burden from you, and carries
it easily, too? What can be more de-
lightful after years of rushing down
town Immediately after breakfast or
shutting ones self up in a study or Of
fee early in the morning, than to
draw comfortable, happy breath at
the table, and then set about domestic
duties? The sheltered feeling is indie.
scribable and one that can not be ap
preciated by any woman who has not
fought her own battles.
Men as a general thing ale good ma
tured and plea sant enough to women
whom they meet in business way
but however kind they may be, the
woman can never feel that she is a
her best outside other home. Do you
think a self-reliant, olucky breadwin
ner, who is sitter all the more woman
for all her brave march abreast will
men, is going to toss her head anC
give utterance to the hackneyed state
ment about not giving up her liberty
for tho best man living, and is there
anything particularly desirable in thu
liberty which consists in working da,
after day for food and clothes and
place to sleep, barely gained by wage
which will be lost the moment SOM
one else is willing to do the same worl
for less money? This applies to ever.
wage earning woman, from the CIR
who spends her weary days behin
the counter to the successful brai
worker, who is more envied becaus
less underst rod than any of the won
en- who eat their own bread
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Oueer Strike.

ANDERSON, IND, March 18-Three
hundred employees of the Pendleton
window glass factory went on strike
yesterday because the company would
not furnish them ice water 10 drink.
The company threatens to block the
f roc
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Another Coal Company.

NASHVILLE, March 19-The South
Jelico Coal company, of Campbell
county, filed its charter with the secre-
tary of state today. The incorporators
are E. M. McCraskey, w. L. Weicher,
Samuel Mckinney, G. Deadrick and
Leon Sourolmon.
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THE WILSON BILL ABROAD,
Opinion to Its Prospects Expressed
by the London Times.

Opinion as to It's Prospects Expressed
by the London Times.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Times in speak,
ing of the passage through the House Of
the Wilson tariff bill. says that the meas
ure will now be thrown into the melting
pot of the Senate. 1T is simply impossi-
ble." it adds, Ito predict in what shape it
will come out"
"Of it's ultimate fate" 1t says, at must
be expected that it will be keenly fought
at every stage and that plausible reasons
will be found for not allowing 1t to inter-
fere too summarily with the vested rights
and interests which have grown up under
the Mckinley law.
These sons will be aided by party
complications and indirectly by party aims,
Of which the writer hears SO frequently
as essential and important factors in de-
terminng the course of American politics.
I'm such situation of affairs and with
so doubtful future before them our mer-
chants and manufacturers would do well
not to expect too much from the Wilson
bill and should not be overforward in pre-
pairing for changes which it may or may
not effect"
In a prominent contributed article on the
political aspects of the Wilson bill the
writer says that it is a great prize, for
which politicians of all parties in the United
States are playing. This legislative game
Is not for the good Of the nation, but for
the upbuildins Of the party; not for a true
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-05
French Radicals Already Begfnni
to Make Political Capital Out of 1,

French Radicals Already BEGINNING
to Make Political Capital Out of 1t.
LONDON, Feb. ga Paris dispatch to
the Times says that the radicals are al
ready beginning to make capital out Of the
Gervais affair. Their policy Is the same as
the jacobins. 1t was under the pressure
Of the radicals and their socialist revolu-
tionary allies that for the last fifteen years
measures were taken against the clergy
and that civilians were appointed as min
listers Of war and marine.
The radicals now aim at an electoral
magistracy. and the attacks on the naval
administration are part of the same scheme.
The manifest object Of the radicals is the
overthrow of the cabinet. Had the de-
mands of the Agitators, of whom Lockroy
Is the mouthpiece been granted Lockroy
or Brisson could never have executed ma
val reforms as their speeches have demon
strated their incompetency.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that Admi-
raj Gervais was SO much irritated upon
seeing Lockroy trying to discredit the navy
management at the risk Of discouraging
the brave sailors and of impairing the
prestige of the navy.
The incapacity and restless ambition of
the radicals have led however, to the for
nation of a compact moderate majority.
and 1t may be hoped that this majority
will support the present firm cabinet
against disturbers Of public order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-05
ARMY TARGET RESULTS.
Troop X, Fifth Cavalry, II Awarded
the Nevada Trophy.

Troop X, Fifth Cavalry, il Awarded
the Nevada Trophy.
Major General Schofield has issued a gen.
eral order giving the results of the rifle,
carbine and revolver firing of the army for
the target year of 1898, and the comparative
proficiency attained by the different organi-
cations. The ten best sharpshooters In the
army. as demonstrated by last years prac-
dce, are as follows. according to merit:
Sergeant ]. W. Mayer. G., 18th infantry;
Private ]. Howell, G. 18th infantry; Second
Lieutenant ]. L. Donovan, 18th infantry;
Sergeant A. j. Merrill, F, 18th infantry
Sergeant c. W. Titus. A, 9Th infantry;
Corporal G. p. Garrett, F, 18th infantry
Sergeant B. Merwin, E, 18th infantry; Pri-
vate F. Leroy. F, 18th infantry; Private +.
Shea, ID, 18th infantry, and Private T.
Jones, G, 18th infantry
Troop TX" 9Th cavalry, having the high
est General figure of merit" for the year
is awarded the Nevada Trophy, and the
commanding officer, company C" 7th in
fantry, In whose possession the trophy now
is, will send 1t by express to the command
ing general department of Texas, who. upon
its receipt, will order the commanding off,
Ger of the winning troop to repair to his
headquarters to secure the trophy and hold
1t until the result of next years firing shall
have been announced.
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Ordered to Show Cause for Being til
"Prince Of Pnganism."

Ordered to Show Cause for Being the
"Prince Of Pnganism."
CHICAGO. Feb. 5.-The Salvation Army
Is after Col Robert G. Ingersoll. Divest-
ing itself Of its militant character and as
Stunning for the purpose In hand the char
acter Of a civil tribunal. the army, through
It's head local representative, w. w. VIM
chell. has summoned the prince Of pagan
ism" to appear and show cause why he is
such.
The proposed mock trial will be carried on
exactly as II conducted before duly au-
thorizel court. Strict discipline and dig
nifty will be maintained A Judge and a
jury will be selected The plaintiff and thu
defendant will be represented by counsel
The summons for Col. Ingerson is in part
as follows: You are commanded to appear
at the court room. Princess Rink, 55S West
Madison street, the 9Th day of February.
1S94, at o'clock pm, then and there to
testify the truth in a matter in suit where
In the Salvation Is plaintiff, and the Satan,
alias the Serpent. alias the Devil, alias the
Angel Of Light alias Science so called, is
defendant. and that you then and there
bring with you and produce at the time and
place aforesaid to be used as evidence, the
Bible. which you blasphemed and the man.
uscript of the lectures. with which you up
hold the defendant and this you are to
omit under the penalty Of the law Of con-
science"
Several thousand subpoenas have been is
sued for other eminent sinners
When asked last night what he intended
to do to save himself from the attack
Of the army the colonel smiled one of his
blandest smiles and remarked. "Oh, have
no fight on with the Salvation Army 1t is
made up of good people. They mean all
right. but they are not worth arguing
with"
Sheriff winchell will have trouble getting
his witness into court.
In a lecture last night on What shall we
do In order to be saved?" Col. IngersoI de-
c!ared he had not torn down the hope Of the
Christian, but had merely endeavored to
trample out ignorance. His belief he de-
clared. was in the gospel of cheerfuness,
good nature, good health. good clothes. good
living, cleanliness and education: and he
was against crime ignorance and deprayitv
in every form.
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Five Year. I'm the P~ni,.pt,.rx

court today OF larceny from the person on
colored. was convicted in Judge McComas'
court today Of larceny from the prison on
June last. 1t was testified that Miss
Mary Jones and a companion were looking
at the ruins Of Ford's Theater when her
pocket book was taken from her pocket,
and she charged the prisoner with IL, and
Thos. McKeen, who saw the act, arrested
him ana turned him over to an officer
Barnes Insisted that ii was another who
took the watch. and said he was but fifteen
years OF age. On cross-examination he cd
mitted several convictions for larceny, and
that he escaped from Jail, going to Balti-
more and Philadelphia, where he was re-
captured. Judge McComas said. in passlna
the sentence of five years, that his guilt
was plain, and that he had added perjury
to his offense
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Meeting of Democratic Clubs.

Chairman Wilson of the ways and means
committee will probably postpone his de-
parture on his contemplated southern trip
In order 20 attend the annual meeting of
democratic clubs, which convenes in WASH
ington next Thursday. Air. Wilson is chair
man of the executive committee Of the or
ganization and the call for the coming
meeting was issued by him. He has taken
an active part in rationalizing the organi-
za:on and he personally organized the
clubs through the far northwest, and on
the Pacific coast prior to the last national
election. Since he issued the call for the
annual meeting responses have come from
all sections of the country. including such
remote localities as Arizona indicating
large attendance. Mr.. Wilson had in
tended to leave for the south Wednesday
hut owing to the promise Of a large gather.
ing OF club managers he Is likely to wait
until the meeting is over
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Objectionable Posters Torn Down.

BOSTON, Feb. DIT has long been the
custom for the various theaters here to post
highly-colored Autograph bills In frames all
over the town early Sunday morning where
church goers could see and reflect upon
them. Most Of them have been anything
but devotional in character Yesterday
morning the theaters fairly outdid them
selves and over 1900 pictures were scattered
through the church districts. But the good
people never saw them, for on an order
from headquarters the officers made a clean
sweep OF every one. Several wagon loads
were thus seized.