The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-18

Grant opera house Is completely demol-
isheA The roof and west side OF the soV,-
roof Of the high school is gone The
steeples OF the new Methodist, Univer-
aaiist and Catholic churches were scat
tered to. the four winds.
twenty-five residences are RACED to
The ground. and buildings innumerable
,inroofed Three children of James
oheerard were killed. The west half OF
the village Of Bayleyville was swept
away. but none were killed. The dam
ere In this city II over 5000, 900.
49,, IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May ia special
n the Courier Journal from Benton, KY,
a terrible cyclone passed over the
northwestrn corner Of this county this
morning, doing damage to everything
IA its path. AT Elva 1t bore down on the
house of Anderson ones and killed the
entire family, consisting of Jones, his
wife. two sons and two girls Jones was
q poor man and had only lived in that
community about six months. Five cof-
fms were sent to Elva today and the
Jones family were buried in the same
crave. The tornado came out OF Graves
county, via Symphonic, where two stores
were demolished, two churches and
'uAop uMsIul sLeM esnou Ioouos quo
besides barnes, stables, fences and leay-
Ing ruin in its path. There was consid-
cradle damage in other parts OF the
county. The damage done at symptom
n Is severe, but no lives were lost.
HAMLETS SWEPT AWAY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May ia cpec-
ial from Concordia, Kas. says:
Another cyclone visited North Central
Kansas this afternoon. 1t is impossi-
BILE to gather the details because tele-
graph wires on the Missouri PACING are
down. Thu cyclone started in the north
ern part of Clay county. seven or eight
miles south of the little town of Palmer,
and passed in a northeasterly direction
through Riley county and into Marsnal
and Nehama counties. 1t crossed the
Ilue river at the junction or the MIS-
souri, Pacific and Union Pacific and
passed near the town of Axtell. The lit
tie hamlet of Bodaville in Riley county
was entirely swept away. Tonight sew
eral are reported killed there and many
injured. but nothing definite can be
learned.
At Spring Valley. six miles south of
Barnes. the storm demolished church
in which $50 people were worshiplng.
Many were injured. The pastor, rev;
Mason, suffered a broken leg. Surgical
aid was asked from Barnes and neigh
boring towns.
THE storm formed about S o'clock al
most in the track of the one that visited
this section three weeks ago. me cy-
clone was followed by heavy hall ana
rain storm and great damage was done
to crops.
The valley of the Blue river, Marshall
county. is one of the richest in the state.
and thickly populated. 1t is expected
that reports in the morning Will tell OF
the death of many persons and the de-
struction of great amount OF prop
erty. "
AFFAIRS AT SHERMAN
SHERMAN, Tex, May 17-No more
bodies have been found in the track OF
the tornado today, although many thou
sands have followed it from one END TO
the other At a. m. a detached arm
and hand were found in ravine near
the Washington avenue bridge IL is pc,
lieyed to belong to the badly mutilated
body of one of the colored victims who
was killed in Houston street, four blocks
away
hospitals in the last twenty-four hours
Miss Sophia Pierce and Matte Lake,
colored.
Interments of storm victims were
made today at the following cemeteries
respectively:
Miss Pierce and Matte Lake at West
Hill; Mrs. NJ. L. Lyman at st .Mary's;
Rev. j. D. Shearer and wife at Mount
Ararat.
Sympathetic visitors to the cemeteries
have fairly covered the graves of the
victims with garlands and flowers to-
day. Rev. Ben Williams. chairman of
the, relief committee, was this afternoon
informed by the sister superior of St.
Joseph's convent that she had instruc-
lions from Bishop Dunno of the diocese
of Dallas to turn the convent into
hospital and do all she could to alleviate
the suffering of the wounded.
Chairman Wilson wired his grateful
acknowledgements of the great kindness
of the bishop. stating, however, that
adequate hospital room was already
provided. Religious services were gen.
orally abandoned today, the clergy and
their respective congregations being en-
gagged in the hospitals.
A VILLAGE DESTROYED.
HTAWATHA. Kan. May 1.-Two
couriers who have Just arrived from Re
serve. a village in the northeastern part
OF this county (Brown) report that ev-
erything in the village of Reserve was
demolished by the cyclone which swept
over Marshall and Nemaha counties
this evening. They report that many
people were injured at Reserve. ten or
twelve seriously. Six surgeons have left
here for the scene of the disaster Moth
Ing further can be learned here Of the
disaster at the present time.