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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
NIGHT OF HORROR
Passed by the People Of Tornado.
Swept Chandler.
rwENTY:sIx ON THE DEATH ROLL.

Fourteen Wounded, Of Whom There Are
ITO, VIII Die, and Two Dozen Others Arc
Seriously Hurt-Frightful Work Of the
Flames-Half . Million in Property Lost
Not Half Dozen Bulfldings LEFT Stand
ing-Freaks of the Rotary Terror-In-
slant Help Needed.
Guthrie. o. T., April 1.-Chandler. an
INTERIOR boom town, fifty miles from
Guthrie, is a mass Of ruins. At 6 o'clock
last evening a cyclone dealing death
and destruction to everything in itspath
swept down upon the town and almost
completely swept 1t OF the face Of the
earth. Other 500 inhabitants twenty-six
were killed outright or burned to death
and fully 10 were injured. OF the latter
it Is thought that fourteen will die and
twenty-four others are in a serious con-
dition. The remainder Of the population
IL homeless. The Presbyterian church,
Mitchelrs hotel and two other buildings
are all that remain standing. These
have been turned into hospitals. The
property loss will aggregate $500. 900. The
storm came up from the southwest, and
sweeping across the town first demol-
lshed the business district, then laid low
the residence portion, and passing on
spent itself in theopen prairie.
Dreadful Work of the Fire.
The wrecks of many of the store build
ings took fire, and in q short time an
awful holocaust was in progress. Many
80 80. -;1l L.. -
were burned to death before help could
arrive. The fire broke out first in the
ruins Of the New York store and the
Lincoln bank. and spread to the ad-
Joining buildings. making 1t necessary
to fight the flames as well as rescue the
injured. Shortly before 6 p. m. q mass
Of dark clouds gathered in the south
west and then whirled north. They
soon developed into a funnel-shaped
monster and bore down upon the out
skirts of the town. AS the mass touched
the ground the roar was deafening. AL
most before it takes to relate the fact
and before, escape was possible the cy-
clone had passed through the town.
Tearing through the business district
stores were hurled right and left or
lifted high into the air and tossed in
everydirection.
Destruction Of the Court House.
Chief Justice Dale, of the Oklahoma
supreme court, was holding court in
the court house, which was crowded.
He ran with his wife to a hollow, and
the two were protected by a large boul-
der and unhurt. Others in the court
house did not fare so well. A moment
later the structure was twisted around
and hurled into the street complete
wreck. One of the occupants was killed
outright and a dozen others injured.
Further down the street the Lincoln
County bank building was toppled over
| and was soon enveloped in flames. Here
before aid could reach them five unfor-
| tunates were literally burned to death
pinioned down by heavy timbers. Still
| further down the street three children
suffered q like fate. A mass Of injured
people, dead and injured horses, wag.
ons and buggies from the buildings
transformed Main street into a funeral
pyre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01

A course Of Hoods Sarsaparilla
taken now viii build up the system
and prevent serious illness late;
on. Get only Hoods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01

Darwin and Tyndall proved what nat
uralists before their time suspected, that
the air is literally full Of plant germs
and seeds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
however. a train bearing physicians and
others left for the scene.

however, q train bearing physicians ana
others left for the scene.
The night In Chandler was one Of
indescibable horror. With many Of its
inhabitants dead or dying. and the re-
mainder too badly injured or unable
from fright or because OF the darkness
to render assistance. no order prevailed.
Rain poured down in torrents. The in
jured in many cases unavailingly cried
for help and lay in the wrecks Of their
homes until daylight made 1t possible
for them to help themselves. or when
aid from surrounding towns arrived.
BY midnight some show Of systematic
rescue had been perfected and the dead
and dying were being released from
the ruins.
At l O'Clock twenty dead bodies had
been taken from the ruins. while dozens
more or less badly injured had been
removed to places OF safety. But one
Of Chambers physicians escaped unin-
jured. and even after aid from Guthrie
arrived there was a scarcity OF
surgeons. Only two were able to do
anything during the night. and one Of
these, DR.. Walcott, with blood stream
ing from a sightless eye. worked until
he tainted. Daylight brought hundreds
Of people from surrounding towns and
men, women and children assisted In
caring for the injured. Little progress
was made. however, and 1t was not un-
til noon that an organized effort for
alleviating the suffering Of the injured
was made.
Queer sights greet the eye on all sides.
Ten trees have a house roof hanging on
each. Clothing and household goods
| are scattered in the streets. Dead
horses. cows and other animals are to
be seen everywhere, while a pile Of ruins
| has a fine piano perched on top Of 1t.
Many of the citizens wander about the
streets, dazed at the calamity and al
| most on the verge Of insanity at the
loss of family and homes. Two or
three have gone stark mad. By night
| fall last night 10000 thousand people
had fiocked into the city. Many of
| them came to render aid, but the ma
1ority are there as sight-seers.
A great quantity Of clothing. bedding
and provisions has been sent in, and
the Guthrie club has raised $500 IN
cash. Hundreds of tents have been sent
from Fort Reno and Guthrie, and will
provide temporary shelter for the un-
fortunate. All are homeless. however.
and more substantial aid must quickly
| follow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
f1lrbusser Laur.da Seized Again.

Wilmington. Del, April 1. = The
Laurada was seized last night by the
customs officials Of this city on sus-
picion of having violated the provisions
under which she was allowed to sail
from Baltimore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01

Tns AseUs deli, sesd every even
ng at your doos st 100 wesk.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

the whites landed on the shores of
America. In fact, agents have seen
such mounds in process of construc-
tion by Indians.
The scientific discovery and disclo-
sures. of ancient Troy developed no
things more wonderful than these sci
entific explorers of the mounds; al
though the developments at Troy have
been of more historic value, because
they verify well-authenticated historic
data. But some very interesting ma
terial for historic development has been
found in caves. Tracing the Mississippi
river, six miles south of New Albin, is
great cavity in the vertical face of
the sandstone bluff, so feet long and
12 feet high. The walls and ceilings
are literally covered with rude etch-
ings representing quadrupeds, birds,
bird tracks and symbolical or fanciful
objects. The floor is spread to depth
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
FINDING SKELETON OF GIANT.

individuals in the central chamber.
Many tribes of Indians in ancient times
made a practice of removing the flesh
from the bones of the dead.
But all of these studies and discov-
cries have not given us anything really
historical concerning the people who
did these things. The officials of the
geological survey, of the Smithsonian
Institution, the National museum, and
other centers of science and philosophy
at the national capital, all agree
that the question as to whence
the Indians originally came is still
in dispute. and likely to re-
main so. There is no truth in the at
tractive notion that once a mighty ma
tiou occupied the valley of the Mis-
sissippi, with its frontier settlements
resting on the lake shores and gulf
coast. nesting in the valleys of the
Appalachian range and skirting the
broad plains of the west-a nation
with its system OF government and re-
ligion, which has disappeared, leaving
behind it no evidence Of its glory. pow
er or extent. save the mounds and what
they contain.
One thing is certain, and that is that
the mound builders continued their
work for some time after the European
discoverers and adyenturers came to the
shores of this continent and penetrated
irs terra incognita. it is officially re-
corded that agents of the bureau oi
ethnology have explored and made ex
cavations in more than 1000 of these
mounds. Among the objects found in
them were pearls in great numbers ant
some Of very large size, engraved shells
bracelets of drawn wire, silver brooches
pins. needles, a silver plate with the
coat OF arms of Spain. gun barrel, Z
Roman Catholic medal. a copper kettl,
and a fur-covered, brass-nailed trunk
OF course. many of these articles wert
obtained from the whites. They dem
onstrate that mound building and buria
in mounds went on for some time after
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
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THE MARKETS..
CINCINNATI, Nov.6.

CINCINNATI, Nov.6.
FLoUR-Spring fancy, A.5064.7O; spring FAM
ily, $L0O04. 25; spring patent S1O14.5O; winter
patent, A.6505.00; fancy, A.250l4.5O; family,
s3.550a7o; extra, s295at3.25; low grade, s2.550
2s0; rye, northwestern, S3O003.i5; do. city
s30OS12I5
WHEAT-Sales: No. g red, track, 93c.
CoRN-No. p mixed. old, track, nominal at
26c; new ear corn sells between 220126c per
bushel. The price is unsettled.
OATs-Sales: No. mixed, track. 2lMc No.
3 white, track, 241ac; No. 3, mixed, track 2O1Sc.
HOGS Select shippers, S3.7o03.7211; select
butchers, 36713lD37215; fair to good packers,
s3.5003.65; fair to good light, S3.500a7O; COM
mon and roughs, S300l13.50
CATTLE-Fuir to good shippers. S4001465;
good TO choice butchers S4.006o45O; fair to
medium butchers, So. 25Gl39O; common, g. $50
800.
SHEEP-Extras, $1,000 10; good to choice
s325Q3.S5; common to fair, s.. 5013l5
LAMBs-Extras, $780, good to choice, s.. %
05.50 common to fair. I.00lb500
VEAL CALvEs-Fair to good light, IS 25G0
600; extras, 1925; common and large, So 5Oa5. 10
CHICAGO, Nov. q.
WHEAT-November, 93Ac; December new,
e3Ac; old, SOC; January, 92c; May, 9lac July,
S4c.
CoRN-November, 25%c; December, a6Mc;
May, 29Sc.
oArs-November, IsB9loAc; December, lsss
0isAc; May, 2l5c.
BARLEY-Cash. No. g. 26a43c.
RYE-Cash, 47c; December, 47%c; May,
40hc.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 8.
CATTLE-Prime asO04.90; common, 49, OO0
$50; bulls, stays and cows. s2OO0o3GO.
HoGs-Prime Yorkers and assorted mediums
$500; fair to good Workers., SO. sOG385; common
Workers and pigs, $3 7Ol13S0; heavy hogs 49, II
93.85; roughs, S2.50GDS3.60.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
Some Plain Facts.

Grave errors, injustice, wrongs of
greater or less degree, arise from lack
of knowledge of the truth, and more
frequently from deception.
The most infamous case on record
Of deception and injustice is the at
tempt to demonetize silver as money
of final redemption in the United
States.
There is no learned judge, skilled
lawyer, or court Of justice that is
capable of reconciling the effort with
the constitutional laws that govern
the issue Of money in this country.
The people have been deceived,
officials in power, chosen to admins
ter justice under the laws, have
ignored their sworn duty, and given
aid to the scheme that has paralyzed
industry, reduced property values
one-half, and beggared millions.
There is no authority of law, either
specific or by inference, by which
gold alone is made the only money
with which to discharge debts, either
public or private. The effort to
make it so is unconstitutional and
national calamity.
Plain and ample information, facts,
and truth, concerning this almost sue
cessful scheme to corner the wealth
of the people, is now being printed
in the Cincinnati Enquirer, news
paper which the combined power Of
money has failed to muzzle or buy.
The Weekly Enquirer is only 75c.
a year. The address is
Enquirer Company, Cincinnati, o.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
Reorganization
...SAL c..

In order to settle up our present bus
mess and prepare for a reorganization
of the entire business by January 1st
next. We will make great efforts to
reduce our present large stocks as low
as possible by that time, and to make
profta BILE and interesting to our Gus
toners we will make some prices that
will clear out the goods rapidly. This
is the season of the year you need the
goods. Come quick and get them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
G. & NJ. Excursion.

The last cheap excursion to Cleveland,
O., this season via the Cleveland and
Marietta railway will be given Thurs
day, Nov. 11th on regular train No. IL
leaving Marietta at $3.50 a. In. arriving
at Cleveland at 2:25 p IN. Fares for
the round trip from all ticket stations:
Marietta to Byesville inclusive $3.50.
Cambridge to Stone Creek INCLUSIVE
s2.OO. Canal Dover 81 SO. Tickets good
returning to and including Monday,
Nov. Is, 1897. Watch for posters giving
full particulars. E. w. Page, g. P. A.,
Cam bridge, Ohio.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
SHROUDED In MYSTERY.
The Origin of the Mound Builders
of North America.
Were They Perchnnce One of the Lost
Tribes of Isrnelf-Some Facts
in Support of This
Theory.
Ispecial Washington Letter.l

Where did the Indians come from,
and who were the mound builders?
Men and women who read and study
the history of the continent have abb
sorbed and originated all sorts of the
ories concerning the aboriginal inhab-
itants of the new world.
The bureau of ethnology has worked
on this problem for the last 20 years
with great energy and earnestness.
The work has been thoroughly done.
and leaves no room for doubt as to the
accuracy of its results. 1t has utterly
exploded old theories as to more an
cient race of superior civilization which
was imagined to have been responsible
for the creation of the monuments in
question. 1t has been demonstrated
that the objects yielded by the tumuli,
which are not of Enthusiastically Indian
manufacture, were obtained from the
whites.
Maj. Powell, who was for many years
in charge of the geological survey, has
said that this investigation was as much
of blind study as the original efforts
to decipher the inscriptions upon the
stone wonders of ancient Egypt.
One of the quiet students of the sur
vey says: THE most interesting works
of the mound builders are the so-called
efligy mounds, representing birds and
many kinds of mammals, which are
confined almost wholly to Wisconsin
and a small part of Iowa. The whole
of the valley of Prairie du Chen town
ship is dotted with these ancient ami
mails in droves, all heading to the south
west like the river. They are enduring
evidences of a dense population and
long occupancy in past time. Some of
the birds have spread of ESQ feet from
wing tip to wing tip"
1t is matter of official record that
in digging through a mound in Iowa
the scientists found the skeleton of n
giant, who. judging from actual meas
urement, must have stood seven feet
six inches tall when alive. The bones
crumbled to dust when exposed to the
air. Around the neck was a collar of
bears teeth. and across the thighs were
dozens of small copper beads, which
may have once adorned a hunting skirt.
The latter were formed by rolling slen-
der wire-like strips of metal into little
rings. One skull obtained from mound
in Alabama was completely filled with
snail shells.
I'm another mound in Iowa was found
a central chamber containing II skele-
tons, which were arranged in q circle
with their backs against the walls. In
their midst was great sea she'll, which
had been converted into drinking-cup.
Smaller cavities in the same tumulus
were filled with fine copper-colored
dust. which. when first uncovered, gave
out such a sickening odor that opera
tions had to be suspended for awhile.
The dust was supposed to be the ashes
from burned flesh-perhaps that of the
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Special sale of Dress Goods-10O0
pieces to select from. Compare quanti-
ty, style, quality and prices with any
in the City and you will give us your
trade.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

We have sold a great many carpets
since our sale commenced, and many
new rolls have been received since
which will be sold at the same low
prices. Don't delay. No more after
this lot at the prices we. are making
12%c, 1sc, 25c to 49c for the very best
all wool ingralns.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

We wi l make Special Sale
Bargains for the next few
days on all classes of goods.
Don't miss them. They will
be winners for you at
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

See some of the prices 1--WE are MAX
ing. All classes of goods have advanc-
ed in the hands of the manufacturers
and wholesalers and are bound to go
higher
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08
Clothing for Men, Boys and
Children.

Hundreds of suits to select from.
We are making special prices to re-
duce stock for the reasons stated
above, and prices will not stand in the
way Of deal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Our stocks of all kinds are in good
shape for all the demands that can be
made ON them for Fall aad Winter
goods.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Ladies' Mackintoshes S1.75, S19s to
S3.9s. These are special prices. No
more in the market to be had at these
prices.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Grocery Department is equipped
with fresh new stock at prices not
made elsewhere. Seasonable stuff-as
fast as they are put on the market.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Umbrellas at 4sc, soc, Csc, 75c to
$3.50 Some of the best values we
have ever had. You will need them
now.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

CANDIES and CONNECTIONS at
low prices. Candy at sc lb, lozengers
at 1Oc lb, chocolate creams 15c lb.
Everything in these goods of good
quality.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Ladies', Misses and Children's Jack
cts, Capes and Refers. Styles, makes
and quality up to date. Prices lower
than the lowest.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Gents Mackintoshes at S2.25, So 9s
and $500, wooden faced, worth much
more.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Tinsel and Jet Dress Trimmings in
the newest designs at sc, Sc, 1Oc, 15c
to 45c yd-Special Bargains,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Queensware and glassware must be
reduced. The prices are now at the
bottom. Bound to advance soon.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Ladies' Muslin Underwear A large
stock to select from. Good quality.
Well made and newest styles.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-08

Ribbons, gloves and hosiery at cut
prices.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-17
CAsTo1IA
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Thirty years is a long time to fight
so painful trouble as piles, but Jacob
Mitchell, of UnionvIlle, Pa, struggled
that long before he tried DeWitt'S
Witch Hazel Salve, which quickly and
permanently cured him. 1t is equally
effective in eczema and all skin affec-
tions. Jones & Gibson.
''The latest folly in Kansas re-
marks an exchange, lis a movement
againstinordInate wealth." Nit-the
the latest folly in Kansas is an assault
on the state agricultural college. Fol-
ly. however, is hardly strong enough
term for this outrage. 1t is the latest
.crime.-K. G. Journal.
F When the spring time comes, gentle
ANNIE" like all other sensible persons,
will cleanse the liver and renovate
the system with DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, famous little pills for the liver
and stomach all the year round. Jones
& Gibson.
"What / can't understand" said
Wilbur, sis why in winter, when it's
cold and we'd like to keep warm,
we've snowballs to play with: while
in summer, when we'd give a million
to be cool, they give us fireworks on
the Fourth Of July.'-Harper's Round
Table.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-17

HERE is plain statement OF the
case that we have often felt like max
ing. but the Almena PlaindealeI
makes it better tnan we could hope
to do, says the Gaylord Herald: Go
back to 1890 and look over the Kansas
politician during the six years follow
ing as he yeered and OScillated. There
wasn't pop in all the tawny prairies
who favored 16 to /; there wasn't a
hundred republicans in the Sixth dis
trict or perhaps the state who had
the courage to say, as they actually
believed that the free coinage was
bigger fake than any of the iSms of
Union Laborism or Socialism. And
the Democrats. Like the Alabama
coon, they .'rolled and tumbled," first
here, then there. OF all the insincer-
ity, of the shifting, of the adopting of
vote-catching schemes, of the hypoc-
risv and can't exhibited, only one par
ty suffered from the vacillation-the
republican. 1t is the only one that
could suffer. 1t is the only one that has
any fixed principles; it is the only one
that is expected to be sincere, honest.
does things. 1t is the only party the
people really expect anything of. 1t
cannot henceforth afford to be insin-
cere upon any proposition that con-
fronts it. 1t must be conducted along
open, statesman-like lines; the veer-
ing, whirling. changing, acrobatic
methods of the politician must be en-
tOmbed. 1t must take up the good
things and push them along. whether
popular or otherwise. The rabble is
often wrong and it should not be
needed in its madness. The right
will prevail and the republican party
never lost ground when an open fight
was made for the right; but it did
suffer sadly when, during the past six
years, it listened to the cries of the
frenzied mob and yielded to its I'M
reasonable behests. 1t made Level
ling and Leedy possible. 1t partially
admitted direliction of duty. when
conscious of having fully performed
its obligations to the people. Skep-
tics were not slow to notice the aero
baltic featS of our conventions and
logically reasoned themselves out of
our camp. We made feint for fun
and got slugged under the heart. For
four years that terrible agony has
been expressed in our faces. and now
that we have got our second wind let
us not attempt to deceive ourselves or
ANYBODY else. Adopting the classic
term of Leedy's dog fancier, let the
party give the marble heart" to
dunn, dockage of piggy sows, interna-
tional bimetallism or what not. The
people have confidence in the party
and it should not be misplaced merely
to quiet the fears Of the trimmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-17
Business Locals and Exchange Items.

We think some people stupid if they
say nothing, and are glad to reverse
the verdict after hearing other people
talk.
Unconditional surrender, is the only
terms those famous little pills known
as DeWitt's Little Early Risers will
make with constipation, sick headache
and stomach troubles. Jones & Gibson
There is full compensation for fail
ure in every true life, and the highest
where the struggle and the loss have
been the deepest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-17

The fac II
a's ! zz<zI : ~

It's bad for the pasture and bad for
the cattle to put them on the grass
too soon. Every mouthful of grass
taken before the pasture has made
good solid growth, means five mouth
fuls less later in the season; and the
soft, watery grass contains little nu-
triment, and so physics the cattle
that they get very little, if any good
from it.-Farmer.