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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-05
IOFA's TERRIBLE rWIsrER.
Revised list of Those Killed aud Injured
in the Disaster.

ReviSed List of Those Killed aud Injured
in the Disaster.
SIOUX CITY. Iowa, May 4-Fifteen
killed and two score more or less injured is
the revised list of the victims OF Friday
nights cyclone which swept Northwest
Iowa. Ten OF the dead and most of the in
iured lived in the vicinity of Sioux Center,
which seems TO be the eliminating point
Of the tornado. A reporter went over the
scene Of the storm to-day. Its path is al
most as clearly cut as wagon road and
everything in its way was demolished
barns, houses, trees, etc., strewing the
country for miles.
The killed and injured in the vicinity OF
Sioux Center are as follows: George Mars
den, teacher; Miss Anna Marsden, teacher:
Alice Roster, 5 years old; Tuens Verhoff,
years old; Jacob Jensen, Mrs. John Kos
ter. Miss Title Maggie. Maurice Coombs,
Child Mrs. Belknap. Sibley; Mrs. Water
man, Sibley; Rudolph Schwerdfegert,
Sutherland; Peter Simmer. Laurens.
The most seriously injured are: John
Waterman and son, Sibley; John Frey,
Sibley; NJ. Blackmore, Sibley; Rossbury
Brothers, Sibley; MinIa, Jennie and
Luella Coombs, Sioux Center; Nellie
Coombs, fatally, Sioux Center; Mrs. L.
Warie and baby, Sioux Center; John
Henry and Matilda Haggie, Sioux Center
1. D. Everts, Sioux Center; the two sons
OF 7. de Boor, Sioux Center; two children
OF P J. Smith, Sioux Center; a. NJ. Perry,
Hawarden.
Citizens of Sioux Center are caring for
the injured and destitute about the farm
houses wrecked. The property loss will be
heavy, but it can hardly be estimated at
present.
Much livestock was killed, the prairie
being strewn with the carcasses of horses
and cattle.
The only person killed in Osceola County
was Mrs. John Waterman, five miles west
of Sibley. A ioist fell on her neck. She
held her baby in her arms and her baby es-
capped injury. John Waterman, her hus-
band, was injured in the breast and face
seriously. William Waterman, his son,
had his right arm broken and left shoulder
broken. Charles Rossburg was badly
bruised. Henry Rossburg, his son, was
cut badly about the head. Mrs Charles
Rossburg was blown into a tree, but not
seriously hurt. Herman, Otto and Emma
Rossburg were injured, but not seriously.
Mrs Feldkamp was not killed as reported
last night.
The Melcher and Whitney schoolhouses
were both wrecked. Miss Marie Good.
teacher of the Whitney School, closed
twenty minutes before the storm struck.
John Coughlin, wife and ten children were
all saved by taking refuge in a cyclone
cellar. They lost their house, household
goods, barn and had horse killed. The
well pumps were pulled out at Rossburgs
and Freys. Wnburn's barns were com
pletely wrecked. The barns OF Pushak,
Kruger, Whitney, Herrin, Blackmore,
Hamblin, Waterman and Littlechild were
wrecked. The houses of Waterman and
Rossburg were DESTROYED
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DENVER ATHLETES ACTIVE.
VIII Put in a Bid for the Il. a. u
Championship Nert Year.

VII Put in Bid for the Il. Il. U.
Championship Nert Year.
DENVER, Colo, May A special to
the News from New York says: There is
every indication that Denver will put in a
bid for the A. A. U. championship of 1895.
Secretary Sullivan yesterday received the
following letter from A. G. Spaulding, who
is now in Chicago:
During the summer and fall of 1895
there will be held in Denver an inter-
national mining and industrial exhibition.
In connection with other features it is an
ticipated at this time that possibly the
various athletic tournaments that will be
held in the United States under the
auspices of the American Athletic Union
NAV be invited TO this city.
"WiH you kindly furnish me your
opinion concerning the advisa bility of such
action, and do You think it will meet with
favor with the officers of the association
named? will also be glad to have you
provide me with list of all contests which
are to be held during the present year, and
the cities at which they will take place"
Secretary Sullivan has forwarded the
communication to W. A. Curtis, president
of the A A O., who will at once CORE
spond with the managers of the exhibition
at Denver, and no doubt something will be
done there for the good OF amateur track
and field sports.
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FORCE A GUARD TO OBEY.
During the Battle That EnsueS
Two of the Escapes Are
Killed.
ONE OF THE PURsUERs SHOT.
After His Comrades Are Laid Low
the Third Fugitive Gladly
Surrenders.

WOODWARD, o. T., May A bold
jail delivery followed by the killing of two
escaped convicts and the serious wounding
of Officer Ben Wolfort, occurred here early
this afternoon.
About 1 o'clock Prisoners Hill, Waddell
and Heffen, the first two confined for lib
Grating prisoners about a month ago. Sc
cured a gun and forced the guard to open
the cage.
They then armed themselves with Win
chesters in the cell house and started for
the hills. Sheriff Oden Immediately sum-
moned a number of deputies and gave
chase.
Within a mile from town the trio were
overtaken. They were afoot, while their
pursuers were well mounted, and escape
was impossible. A demand to surrender,
however, was answered with volley from
the convicts, who had taken refuge behind
a large rock.
This was the signal for general firing,
which was kept up sharply by both sides
for fully half an hour. For the time being,
because of their barricade, the convicts
had the better OF the situation, and before
any OF them had been hit by the deputies,
Officer Ben Wolfort received a bullet
through the left arm and officer Prior's
horse was shot from under him.
When Prior's animal fell, the officers
scattered and surrounding the rock poured
shot after shot into the convicts. At the
first volley, which was given in concert,
Hill and Heffen were made to bite the
dust The firing was kept up and soon
Waddell, who had laid fat on the ground
and had succeeded in escaping the bullets,
gladly surrendered
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joint receivers of the two systems they
would agree to such appointment, and
would not ask for a separate receiyership
for the Oregon Short Line, the argument
on which petition has been heard during
the week.
Judge Sanborn agreed to allow all the
parties TO meet to consider the proposition,
and they met this afternoon and held a
long conference, but no agreement was
reached, and all interested in the case left
for their homes tonight. Judge Sanborn's
decision will be announced later.
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UNION PACIFIC TROUBLES.

An 4tteinPt to Settle An the controrersfe,
oUt Of Court.
81. PAUL, MINI, May Am attempt
was made 10 settle the Union Pacific re-
Ownership trouble out Of court TO-DAY. but
1t IS believed the case has failed. although
nothing positive is known.
Mr. Hyde, attorney for the American
Loan ana Trust Company, the trustees OF
'he oondhoiders OF the Oregon Short Line
submitted proposition that if the former
receivers We're discharged and S. H.
clark and John NJ. Egan appointed as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-05
SWEEPS OYER TEXAS.
Cyclone Does Great Damage Near Dem
f90n.

Cyclone Does Great Damage Near Dem
fSOn.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May A special to
the Republic from Denison, Tex, says: A
cyclone passed eight miles east of here this
morning. Barns, dwellings, fences and
forest trees were leveled to the ground.
Stock was killed. People had narrow es-
capes' but no casualties are reported. A
number Of valuable orchards were wiped
out OF existence. The cyclone crossed to
Inc indian Territory, where it is thought
lives were lost.
0hEFMAN, Tex, May 4.-This city was
VISITED by tornado to-day. Many houses
anu Darhs were blown down. Stock was
kAed IN the track OF the storm and there
mas oeen considerable damage to crops and
lIul'' 0ut nobody has been reported killed.
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Bonner,s SLAYER CONNECTED.

CHICAGO, ILL, May 4.-Emanuel
Baker was found guilty OF the murder of
his brother-in-law, Harry Bonner, in Judge
Freeman's court to-day. The jury as
sessed the penalty at life imprisonment.
At the time Baker killed Bonner he also
killed his wife, but has not yet been tried
on this charge.
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SUICIDE WITH A RIFLE.
In the Presence of His Children a Geor
Gtan Shoots Himself.

Gfan Shoots Himself.
ATLANTA, GA, May A special from
Quitman, Ca, to the Journal says: w. W.
Guess, citizen OF Brooks County, living
seven miles west of here, committed sui
eide to-day by shooting himself through
the heart with rife. He was accused by
his wife of being criminally intimate with
their eldest daughter, beautiful girl of 10
years. He had been threatening to kill
himself for some time. This morning.
taking his rife and accompanied by his
two children, he left home, saying he was
going to Kill an alligator. When he reached
the pond he sat down on a log and in the
presence of his children he deliberately
placed the muzzle of his rife to his heart
and pulled the trigger, dying instantly.
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NEW TO-DAY.


Ladies, during this month,
every afternoon except Saturday,
| will discourse from 2 to 4 on
How to Scientifically Treat the
Complexion How to Preserve and
Restore Your Beauty; On the
Neck and How 1t Should Be
Treated On Gray Hair and How
to Restore 1t On Dandruff and
How to Cure 1t; On Superfluous
Hair and How to Prevent Its
Growth.
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Killed Bhite Bear-Huntino.

SILVER CITY, n. NJ, May An. D.
Hutton. Chicago Tribune reporter, was
killed when bear-hunting near ella Hot
Springs. His horse fell over cliff. Hut
tons neck was broken.
The herald., 1895-12-23
POMONA

POMONA, Dec. 22.-The city council at
its last meeting deferred action upon the
board of health suggestion regarding re-
form in the disposal of sewage until the
31st inst.
There will be three services held at st.
Joseph's Catholic church Christmas morn
ing, the first occurring al 80 am, the
second at y am, and the next, which vii!
be a grand high mass, will be celebrated
at o ru., and is Peters celebrated mass
in Nd" Its rendition will DO by .
select choir. composed OF the very best
local talent it is possible to obtain. The
Rev. Father Fisher will preach on the text,
"There was no room for them ia the inn"
from St. Luke, 20.
The Christian and Baptist churches hold
their Christmas exercises on Tuesday
evening.
The exercises of the Unitarian church
we're in charge of the children of the Sum
day school of that church this morning
in celebration of the Christmas season.
The Congregational church will hold it's
exercises this evening.
The herald., 1895-12-23
A DEAD HORSE SALE
A Purchaser Gets 0reengoods Circulars an
Some Interesting Letters

A Purchaser Gets 0reengoods Circulars and
Some Interesting Letters
New YORK, Dec. 22.-Among the lots
offered at a recent auction sale of UNI
claimed goods in the Abingdon storage
warehouse were two large packing cases,
the contents of which we're not known.
They had been brought there with several
articles of furniture by young man who
gave his name as George II. Lodwick
Hornbrook, who made bid which was inn
mediately raised by a smooth-faced young
man who the warehouse people think was
The original owner. The boxes were sold
to Mr.. Hornbrook.
When he went to the warehouse last
night and opened the cases he found they
contained thousands of greengoods cir
culars, newspaper clippings and telegraph
blanks. There was also list of names
and addresses, each one designated by q
number of several thousand sealed and
addressed envelopes containing circulars
and clippings. Among the envelopes was
one addressed TO d. Lamont, Washington,
ID. c. 1t was probably intended for the
secretary of war. 1t contained a full set
of greengoods literature.
One letter was from Robert Henry, of
Sault Ste. Marie. 1t was addressed to
Charles Martin at No. 40 Sixth avenue,
and in it the writer lamented that so many
mistakes had been made III their business.
He said he had borrowed $500, with which
to buy counterfeit money, and he had
bought a farm, intending to pay for it with
the greengOOds.
The herald., 1895-12-23
TRAMPS OR FALLEN MEN
Prof. Bell Defines the Tramp, and Tells How
Not to Be One

Prof. Bell Defines the Tramp, and Tells How
Not to Be One
A large audience gathered in Illinois
hall last night to hear Prof. Fred Bells
address on Tramps or Fallen Men. viii.
ley's orchestra rendered very pleasing
program, and Miss Rosina Rosin and A.
II. Lewis in solos we're roundly encornd.
Prof. Bell began his address by instancing
he var ious orders of plant and animal life
and how one species ranked above another
in beauty and usefulness, etc. "Just so,
is it, said he, with man. There are men
high and low in grade: there are men dis
tinctly marked by differences of taste,
habit and association, and one OF the
most marked of all classes is the genuine
tramp. He is more significant being
than he is imagined to be upon first sight.
l have found by observation that tramps
are the property Of no exclusive class.
They belong to all orders and strangely
enough 1 have found remnants of the
most marked ability and promise amongs'
them. The secrets of many failures in
life, the prostitution of fine capabilities,
to ignobls and degrading pursuits lies not
in the essential wickedness of the DISPOSE
ton of those who sin. but in that they were
badly started in life. They got q vicious
bent and did not get righted again. Gen.
uine tramps as rule hate work. To me
they are sort of dead men, who cannot
be buried. The prospects of their reforma-
ton are very remote. Disappointment,
sorrows and other causes sometimes crush
the energy of men until they become verit-
able tramps."
Mr.. Bell related a number of incidents
that came under his observation while in
charge of the midnight mission in New
York, and drew tberefIom the lesson. He
gave some excellent advice as to how to
avoid becoming tramp. In closing, Pro-
fessor Bell addressed his remarks to tho
young men in the audience, and said
Take life like man, take it as though it
was an earnest, vital, essential affair,
which it is. Take it as though you were
born to the task of forming a merry part in
it, az though the world had waited for your
coming and you were here to do good.
believe that man was sent into the world to
be q growing and exhaustless force. Dc
not get discouraged if tho sun goes down
look up to the stars. If the earth is dark
keep your eye on heaven"
The herald., 1895-12-23
For the Fourth Time the Jury
Disagrees
THE PRISONER DISCHARGED
History Of San Bernardino's Most geIe.
brated Case
Marriage Licenses Issued-The City Trustees
Inspecting the site for a Proposed
Electric Power House 3.

SAN BERNARD1No, Dec. 22.-The cele-
brated Button case, the most noted in the
criminal annals of this county, is settled
ut last, the fourth trial of the case only re-
sulting in disagreement by the jury.
When the jurors filed into Judge OTIS
courtroom last night at 10 o'clock and an
nounced that they stood to for convic-
ton and that they could not agree, the dis
trict attorney moved that the case against
Button be dismissed and he be discharged,
and Judge Otis made the order.
The Button case has been in tho courts
of this county for two years and q half.
Button killed Gustave ohm In the noun
tains east of this city in June, 1893. Be-
fore sho citing him. Button had stamped
Bohm in the face. breaking a cheek bone
and inf citing injuries that might In them.
selves have proved fatal. Buttons de-
tense has always been that after being
thus blinded and injured, Bohm arose and
Button shot him. All of the members OF
the party were more or less under the in
fluence of liquor, except boy, and the
testimony has therefore been unreliable.
In the first trial Button was convicted OF
granddaughter and sentenced to serve seven
years. He appealed, and the supreme
court fonnd fault with some OF the in
structlons and ordered q new trial. The
second trial was held in September last,
and resulted in a disagreement, as did the
one ending last night. His trials have
been expensive ones to the county, and
public opinion has always been bitter and
divided, the German residents furnishing
funds to provide for assistant counsel for
the prosecution.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
E., J.,.o w Ubitt,kar and Sarah s.
Hartsell, both of Ontario, and John W..
Twombley of this city and Ida ]. Smith OF
Prescott, Ariz.
Miss Clara Keller, Miss Emma Colliser
and John Colliser came home from STAN
ford university yesterday, to spend the
holidays in this city. Miss Harriet M. Cur
tbs also returned from Berkeley.
The herald., 1895-12-23
THE TAlLORS' STRIKE
The Clothing Contractors Dispel All Hope Of
Dron1nf SeffIenaAnf

The Clothing Contractors Dispel All Hope Of
Prompt Settlement
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Whatever hope may
have existed on Saturday for speedy set
cement of the tailors' strike was dispelled
by the action of the Clothing Contractors
Mutual Protective association.
The contractors virtually decided to
make the present trouble the decisive
struggle between themselves and their en-
ployes, and babe defiance to the board of
walking delegates. The contractors held
afternoon and evening meetings which
were attended by 800 contractors. Re.
ports of committees claiming that every
contractor was loyal to the association
were received with cheers. and when Pres-
dent Marks stated that the following card
had been hung up in every contractors
shop in New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City
and Brownville, the meeting became very
enthusiastic. The card reads:
Rules and regulations:
This shop is open for such employees as
will suit our work.
No shop chairman nor walking delegate
admitted here.
Working hours from a. m. to IL m.
and from p. m. to p. m. daily.
All employees must be at their respective
places on time.
Anyone ten minutes late shall not start
ut work before quarter of a day.
All hands hired by the day only.
Pay day each Monday.
The proprietor is the only boss of this
shop and the management is under his
control.
BY order
Each contractor signed the card and
pledged the association to observe it to the
letter
The strikers passed a quiet day, mostly
In Orchard street, where they discussed the
strike and the new aspect given to it by the
issuance of the contractors card. Several
meeting will be held by the strikers in
Washington and Walhalla halls tomorrow.
They held no meetings today.
The herald., 1895-12-23
loss of the troops is stated to be insignifi-
cant.
The cane fields at Aguadita are burning.
A LUNATIC'S CAPTURE
Brought About by a Ruse Of the Madman's
Daughter

Brought About by a Ruse Of the Madman's
Daughter
WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 22.-John Lipgay,
prominent farmer living at Goddard, this
county, who went violently insane last
week and drove his family from home, was
captured yesterday after having stood the
officers off for five days. He was barri-
caded in his house and shot at every man
he saw, keeping the neighbors in terror.
The first sheriff's posse that left here
was unable to do anything. Yesterday,
however, Lipgay's oldest daughter became
desperate and went to the house with some
food for him, when the officers tried to pre-
vail on her not to incur the danger. The
insane man was ravenously hungry and
when he saw that his daughter had food he
permitted her to approach. When he put
his Winchester down to eat the girl
grabbed it, and the sheriff's posse rushed
in from the orchard and overpowered him.
The herald., 1895-12-23
CUBAN FIGHTING
The Battles Insig nificant and the Insurgents
Worsted

The Battles Insig nficant and the Insurgents
WOrsted
HAVANA, Dec. 22.-Oficial advices from
Colon of the engagement with the insur-
gents. which was reported yesterday ex-
clusively to the Associated Press as taking
place near there, as far as received convey
the impression that they were not of much
Importance and that the insurgents got the
worst of them.
General Navarro, who was reported as
leaving Colon for the relief of the Spanish
forces, encountered the insurgents at the
plantation of Antilla. He followed the in
surgents upon their retreat and overlook
them at the plantation Alava, the cane
field of which was burning. Here fierce
fight occurred and the insurgents were dis
persed with heavy loss. The number of
soldiers killed was seventeen.
The official reports from the scene say
the force now invading Matanzas numbers
5000, and that they have carried away
many of their dead and wounded. The
The herald., 1895-12-23
MISSOURI FLOODS
The Water Is Receding but the Damage VIII
Be Heavy

The Water Is Receding but the Damage VIII
Be Heavy
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 22.-A special to
the Republic from Neosho, Mo-, says.
The floods of the last few days have
gone down enough to permit repairs on
the Frisco to be made and today Neosho re-
ceived the first mail since Wednesday.
The tracks of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
& Gulf railway are much worse than at
first supposed. For fifteen miles north of
here, it is reported two-thirds of the track
is washed away, while many bridges are
washed out.
Trains are running between here and
Sloan Springs, Ark, but it will probably
be q week before trains can run 10 Kansas
City. The damage to the overflow districts
will be heavy.
The herald., 1895-12-23
A Hideous r1urder

LAFAYETTE. Ind, Dec. 22.-Hester Cur
It's, an aged woman living alone in this
city, was found dead at her home this
afternoon sitting upright in chair with
her skull crushed in and bIood-bespat-
tered bank book in her hand. che had
evidently been trying to convince her as
sailants, whose motive was no doubt rob-
berry, that all her money was on deposit in
the bank
The herald., 1895-12-23
Slow But Efficient

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 22.-The president
has decided, after considering the matter
some time, that the government cannot &C.
cept the ram Katahdin, because of her
failure to attain the seventeen knots speed
has accordingly introduced bill in the
senate authorizing the acceptance of the
vessel. The naval authorities are unani-
mously of the opinion that she is an eff
cent warship and is prevented from at
tanning the required speed only by pecu-
liarity of her model. for which the build
resDoDSible
The herald., 1895-12-23
Will Settle the Penegades

DENVER, Col, Dec. Decentralization
eral Frank Wheaton, who has just returned
from Arizona, holds the opinion that there
will be no more Indian disturbances. 1.-THE
country" said he, sis one of the toughest
in the world, and it is almost impossible to
follow trail. We propose, however, to
prosecute the search for the renegades as
vigorously as possible. and hope to be re-
warded with success. Detachments of cav
airy are now securing the country, and if
any Indian lie found off the reservation it is
likely to go pretty hard with him."
The herald., 1895-12-23
A Destitute Telegrapher

ST. LOUIS, Dec. pa dispatch from
Clinton, Mo-, says A. D. Thurston, who in
1885 organized the Order of Railway Tele-
graphers at Vinton, Ia, and was its grand
chief for seven years, is at the police head
quarters there with his wife and six chill
dren destitute and cared for by the city.
He is helpless from rheumatism and was
en- route overland to Springfield, narrowly
escaping drowning while camping near a
small stream,
The herald., 1895-12-23
Prompt Work

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Dec. 23.-S. Hammack
an attorney Of this city, has used Tip Top
Cough Syrup in his family and says he
knows of me other remedy thai equals il
for prompt and permanent relief" This
prompt and permanent relief feature is
characteristics with Tip Top. Price so
cents. All druggists sell it.
The herald., 1895-12-23
Look Out for Pickpock cts

Chief of Police Glass says that quite a
number of pickpockets have arrived in the
city, in anticipation of reeping a harvest
during the holidays. The public is warned
to look out for such individuals. Women
are especially cautioned to put their
watches and purses in a safe place while
shopping,