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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-06-08

DR.. c. b. Foulkes, of Jasper has a
card in this issue. lie seems to be
quite popular.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-06-08
WHITWELL DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.

c. 2. CHURCH-Rey.W without pastor.
Meeting 3rd Sunday at 1900 a. m. and
700 p. m. Sunday school at 900 a, m.
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
No Pastor. Meeting 2nd Sunday at
II a N, and p. m Union Sunday
school Q a. m.
NJ. +. CHURCH, SOUTH-A d. Stew
art, Pastor Meeting LIST Sunday at
II a. m. and p. m. Union Sunday
school at a. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH,. Il. johnson,
Pastor Meetings Saturday before 4th
Sunday at p m. Sunday school p,
M.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-06-08
OUR CLUBBING LIST.

We club with the following pa.
pers at the following low rates, but
only for cash i'm advance.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-06-08

MAJ Tho. Fl Hin went 20 Jasper
"Wednesday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
Rain STILL POURING
THE Loss OF LAST SUNDAY
BY DELUGE DUPLICATED
AT WINONA
DAMAGE MORE THAN DOUBLED
on to Repair Roads and Railway
Tracks Wiped Out by the Second
DOwnpOur-Stream In the Vicin-
ity All Out of Their Banks-se-
FiOus Floods.

/ WINONA. Mimi. juno 13.-(Speeial)-
Since 5 o'clock this afternoon Winona,
with it's environs, has been the center
Of another downpour of rain. and from
present prospects the memorable deluge
of last Sunday promises repetition.
Today the officials Of the railroads cen
tering in this city put to work hundreds
of men repairing their tracks and making
new fills. From the reports received to-
night the creeks and rivuiets, already
swollen. to rivers, are pouring. their: mud
dy waters over the tracks and reducing
them to their former shapeless mass.
At O'Clock this evening the rain, for
nearly an hour, fell in torrents, defying
the storm sewers to carry 1t off. the flood
finding an outlet in the cellars OF resi-
dence and business houses. In the streets
the water was almost even with the
curbs and temporary walks had to be
erected by the authorities.
Woodlawn cemetery, the pride of the
city, suffered heavily, Sundays damage
being doubled. In the levee section many
sections of sidewalk were torn out and
flower beds ruined.
A telephone message from Stockton and
Minnesota City says the creeks there are
over their banks and rising hourly, the
waters finding an outlet in the valleys
below, and carrying everything movable
in front OF, them.
City officials estimate the damage of the
present storm and that Of Sunday at
about $4,000, while in the country it is
impossible to make an estimate. Rail
road officials say their damage will reach
5000, 00O while the storm now raging will
almost double that.
To the county the damage will be
heavy. Not a bridge is standing. The
rain Of two nights is tearing out roads
and washing away the abutments Of what
few structures still stand.
At 9 o'clock tonight the rain storm had
ceaseless downpour. The river has back
ed up and choked the city sewer, refus-
ing an outlet for the storm water.
The only road now running trains out
Of the city is the Burlington, and that
with very indefinite service. The rail-
roads. for common laborers, are paying
S. SO day, and for carpenters S. Even
at this price 1t Is almost impossible to
secure a sufficient number, the damage
in extent being so great. Mails are piled
UP at the postoffice, but are gradually
being gotten out. Stage lines were start
ed by some of the wrecked lines today
and passengers are being conveyed to
stations not affected by the storm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14

grade. said to the boy, there is the.
cyclone
in the southwest was a great black
cloud con-shaped, the apex In the
earth and the funnel in the sky. Already
far ahead of the center the air was full
of flying debris, splinters. boards. feath-
ers, bedding and everything. told the
boy to run and warn the people In the
house between us and the track. From
all sides the people came running beg
ging assistance. l took them and some
people from the parish school house and
hurried them into the cellar of my house.
"They begged for absolutien, and. l
knelt down ami gave it to them. Even as
1 prayed the great black cloud of destruc
ton was upon the village. Out of the gen.
eral and terrific roar ] could hear the
crashing and kissing sound as house
after house collapsed. I ran out and was
struck twice by pieces of flying plank.
Then the storm was gone.
at had come from the southwest. 1t
struck and destroyed all the residences
lying between it and the Omaha tracks.
The depot was right in it's path. AS 1T
crossed the track there 1t went right up
the main street of the town, destroying
every building In the business center
Immediately began the work of rescue.
1t was awful. God keep ME from seeing
the like again. Everywhere means,
shrieks and calls for help were heard.
The wounded cried out for prayers I
gave them absolution, while assisting in
the work cf rescue Catholics and Pro-
testants alike prayed for them"
Father Degman fastened to the CEN
ter of the town where the loss of life
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14

ceeo that figure. AS they were recovered
TO-DAY the bodies were drought to the
school house or to the Catholic or Con-
gresauonal churches. Thence they are
10 De taken to the cemetery, except In a
rev cases where homes are still standing
IN which the remains of the loved ones
can be Kept for few hours during which
the final tributeyof love can be rendered
by the bereaved families.
The bodies recovered were carefully
prepared for burial by the local and WIS.,
iting undertakers,l land as soon as 1deitfed
were marked and disposed of as their
friends requested
The Catholic priest Father Degmon.
who had spent sleepless night and day
in looking after the bodies and souls of
his parish was one, of the coolest and
best workers among the many who vol
unteered to aid on this awful occasion.
Nurses and physicians from st. Paul, who
had come down by special train on the
Omaha road as Soon as news of the dis
aster reached the Minnesota capital, were
of great help all, Night and day, and when
the day closed ALI the seriously injured
were believed! to shave been cared for.
Those whose; injuries were serious. but
whose chances for recovery were believed
to be good were Quickly sent to the hos
pitfalls Of ST. Patti and Minneapolis, where
the best of care can be given them. The
slightly injured and these whose cases
seem hopeless were kept here and were
given the best care possible.
The list Of dead gradually increased
during the day, and at dark 1t seemed
that 100 might be the minimum estimate
Of the dead. while the total of injured
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
STORM WAS INTENSE.
Severity of Its Nature Cannot Be
Exaggerated.

HUDSON, Wis, June 13.-The cyclone
which passed through st. Croix county
last night beggars all description. No
accounts are exaggerated. Wherever It
passed buildings are completely destroy
ed. At Boardman the farm buildings of
Mrs. Kate Hebron are destroyed and
Mrs. Heffron was killed. Pat Dorgan's
buildings are destroyed, but the family
was not injured. The grist mill was de-
molished. Hub Robinson's barns were
blown away. Hiram Toal lost all his
farm buildings save the house, which Is
badly wrecked, but all the family es-
capped with slight injuries.
The storm center seemed to strike the
farm buildings of Mr.. Spencer and Mrs.
Hurd. The buildings were numerous and
we'll protected by large elm shade trees,
now there is scarcely board foot long
to be found anywhere near. and the trees
that were not torn out of the ground look
like old timber slashings, the bark be-
ing completely twisted off them. Mr..
Spencer and family were in the cellar
and escaped with slight injuries. but not
so at Mrs. Hurds. She was killed. with
a little girl that was stopping with her.
A man named Neitge, from Deer Park,
who drove in for the storm to pass. was
also killed.
Dead horses and stock are to be seen.
everywhere in the line Of the storm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14

had been greatest 1t was hard to tell
where to begin work. The people who
had escaped turned out with tools,
wagons and horses to the work Of rescue.
The work was done Systematically.
Groups of distressed and broken-hearted
men were detailed to different buildings.
Wherever a cry for help was heard the
sufferer was warned to keep still for fear
of disp1acing some mass that would crash
him. The dead were generally taken to
the Catholic and Congregational church.
es, but many were taken to private resi-
dences. The means of the wounded were
mingled with the cries of the living, as
they found their dead
The seriously wounded received the
first attention of the four doctors of the
town T. w. Eply, P. McKeon, Frank
Wade, C. K. L. Knapp and Girard. The
doctors instruments and medicines had
been lost in the storm and the rudest
bandages were used, only the most gen
eral first aid could be given. The doc
tors were overwhelmed by the wounded,
who were discovered in the first few
houses. Some of the wounded were not
found until this morning, and the ruins
may yet cover many dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
BARRON FELT 1T.
The Storm Struck There and Did
Some Damage.

BARRON, Wis, June 1S.-A tornado
struck here at $50 last night, wrecking
a dozen buildings. and severely injuring
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. w. Howard. Mrs. How
ards injuries are thought to be fatal.
Ten 500 freight cars were demolished
and the damages are heavy
: The Norwegian church is total wreck.
The Barron Heading company's mill is
partially wrecked and stock badly scat
tered. The residence of J. W. Gillett is
badly wrecked and penetrated in six
places by planks blown from an ada
cent lumber yard. Gus Soderberg's resi-
dence is moved off it's foundation, and
the kitchen roof penetrated by flying
boards. John Posts residence is badly
wrecked, his barn and sheds are down
The dwelling OF W. p. Howard is turned
over on its side. Mrs Howard is injured
so that recovery is doubtful. Mr. How
ard received slight injuries
The large, half-completed residence Of
Bert Finninore and s. F. Fillmore's is
entirely destroyed. Barns and buildings
without number are blown down or
wrecked. Nearly every store front. on
the east side of Third street was blown
in. The theater block and opera hall is
slightly wrecked. John Martins bicycle
shop is wiped off the earth The upper
half of the front of A. f. Horstman's
furniture store is all blown out Mrs.
l.. C. McNurlin's millinery store suffered
likewise.
The front of E.. Nelson's furniture store
in opera house blown in. Third ward
school house moved off the foundation.
Mrs. CrandalPs residence unroofed, nu-
merous dwellings and other buildings out
of plumb, as result of the storm. Elec-
trio light and telephone wires are down.
In the country dwellings are unroofed,
barns and other buildings down. Up to
noon no casualties reported. Thousands
OF trees uprooted. The aggregate loss is
great, but individual losses are small.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
ST. PAUL MANS STORY.
Mr.. Bruner, Who Was ON the Scene
Shortly After the Disaster.


MILWAUKEE,. Wis, June 10. = The
Wisconsin Central passenger train which
arrived in this city from the north at
noon today brought several passengers
who passed through New Richmond
| shortly after the tornado passed over
| doing Its terrible work
1t was the worst, the most terrible
| scene l have ever witnessed" said Mr..
| Bruner. real estate dealer of St. Paul.
who was passenger on the Wisconsin
Central train. 1.-THE Wisconsin Central
train was the first into New Richmond
after the tornado struck, and was de-
| layed for several hours, giving passen-
| gers ample opportunity to visit the scene
| OF devastation, while the train hands
were busy clearing the debris from the
| tracks. 1t will be many days before the
| exact number of lives lost will be known,
| and In the same way 1t will be days be-
] lore an accurante count can be made
| of the injured. 1t will take a long time
| to gather up all of the dead, for, in ad-
dit1on to the bodies supposed to Law be-
meath the ruins of once prosperous
town many are supposed to have been
hurled through the air by the force of
the storm. through the fields and the
woods, and where the bodies will lay un-
til searching parties discover them.
There can be no estimate given of the
frightful violence of the Storm
According to the stories told by Mr..
fsruner the body of a child was found
nearly one mile from New Richmond by
farmers who came hurrying into the
town. despite the severe rain that had
fallen. rendering roads almost impassa-
BILE.
Attracted by the peculiar aspect of the
clouds a number of New Richmond peo-
pie saw the approach Of the tornado, and
to this fact several hundred owe their
lives.
II talked with a travelling man." said
Mr.. Bruner. in the course of his story
He t9ld me he had gone out into the
street look at the clouds when he
quickly saw what was coming and. by
his presence of mind in sending an alarm
out nd congregating all Of the help and
thc guests in the hotel where he was
St opping in the cellar, undoubtedly saved
their lives. for there is nothing left of the
hotel now excepting a few of the tim
bers. In this way many persons saved
themselves.
ut was a most grewsome scene. One
Of the most pathetic scenes 1 witnessed
was rescuing party about to dig wom-
an out from the ruins of one of the
buildings. but, though badly injured, she
besought them to look after her two little
children and rescue them first before
they began to work at her. Both of the
lIttle ones were found almost unhurt,
but nearly frightened to death The
mother also was not badly hurt.
Buildings were heaped together, some
fiat on the ground. others piled together
looking more like big piles of rubbish
rather than the wreck Of buildings It
was just as if each house had passed
through big threshing machine, every
board torn and twisted apart and then
the pieces tossed and blown out just like
the chaff coming odt Of a threshing ma
chine"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
FLOOD AT LA CROSSE.
Several Lives Reported Lost In and
About That City

LA CROSSE. Wis, June 1S.-One of the
most destructive floods that has ever
visited this section is. raging here. A
portion Of North La Crosse 5is under
water. and about fifty families have been:
obliged to flee to higher ground for. their
lives. Water is now slowly receding; but
a soaking rain has set In and it is thought
1t will rise again. F..-
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Larson, of Onalaska
five miles north of. here, were drowned
while viewing the debris. of a railroad
bridge, which had been swept away. The
flood had taken the earth from a portion
of the roadbed and in walking over the
ties, which suspended from the rails, one
gave way. They were plunged into the
sarging waters and swept away. A large
crowd witnessed the disaster. - ..iJss.c
Nearly every railroad and wagon bridge
within ten miles of the city has been
washed out The Burlington and Mil
waukee trains southern Minnesota divis-
ion) are the only ones running. The mills
at Bangor, West Salem and Holmen have
gone out. A man and boy were drowned
this afternoon in Lacrosse river opposite
the city. They were in boat, which cap
sized. Names unknown.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
ill reach and perhaps exceed 200.

will reach and perhaps exceed 200.
During the afternoon Patrick Heating,
the 14-year-old son of Nick Heating, was
brought to the Catholic church, the body
being horribly mangled. A little girl of
a Mr.. Williams was brought to the same
place from the ruins of her fathers
home, near the railroad tracks. Walter,
Farrell, boy, was also laid among the
dead in that church,, Tom McNally, who
was given in the list Of injured. died
during the day. tand at late hour this
afternoon the rescuers gathered together
most of the PIECES Of the. mangled body
of Michael Heffpo4, and he was added to
the list of the dead. 10
During the day scattered groups of res
cuers searched the debris where bodies
might be found; "A! fire company from
ST. Paul kept two streams Of water pour
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
+sE ,. ; -
A THOUGHTFUL WRITER
Finds Il Pays tol9 Be thoughtful.

when I first read in your advertise
ments the serious charges brought
against the old-style coffee. I knew them
to contain simple and accurate state
ments of scientific fact which any physi-
ologist or hygienist could substantiate.
Still, as an old coffee drinixer, it was
hard to make up my mind to change tho
old habit, which had become seemingly
so fixed a part of my life. For many
weeks I allowed myself to read your
sober warnings and stirring appeals to
the conscience and reason of the people,
without taking action, Notwithstanding
the fact that Il had for years felt the
habit was undermining my nervous force,
in.pairing the memory, weakening the
sight and threatening even to soften the
brain. had also come across numerous
instances among my acquaintance Of dys-
pepsia brought about, or largely aided,
by the accumulated evils of daily coffee
drinking. . 49,
An old restaurant man finally induced
me to give Postum trial, he and his
wife having adopted sit as one Of their
household staples.sTd knew him to be
somewhat of a itoffee eonnoisseur, and
was the more Impressed by his sugges-
ton. My first tEiaf was unsatisfactory
and I put it away; hat fortunately I mo-
ticed your published warning as to not
cooking the coffee sufficiently. and saw
then that had not given 1t a fair trial;
so went at it agal9a, and this last trial
was sufficient to convince me that the
product is indeedna marvellous invention,
and justifies all the Claims and more that
you make regarding It. {
Since that timSa .ths Postum has be-
come a daily beverage and household
necessity with the whole of my family.
The benefits that have come to US have
been too many and too subtle to fully
specify. In my own, case enjoy a sound
sleep at night, waking thoroughly re-
freshed; my eyes are stronger and bright
err memory is certainly better and my
nerves and digestion, UNNECESSARILY i'm
proved. 1t is my belief that coffee ana tea
drinking is largely responsible for much
Of the domestic friction and misery, ow-
ing to the terrible rayages it works on
the nerves and digestion Of those subject
to these unfortunate habits. W. Mitch
ell, The Emporium, San. francisco. Cal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
DEATH LIST GROWING.
Several Names Were Added to 1t
During the Day.

NEW RICHMOND. Wis, June 13.-The
highest estimates of the loss of life by
yesterdays cyclone are made by the old
residents of New Richmond. They claim
that hundreds are missing. who were bur-
led in the ruins and there incenrated.
One such is G. A. Nelson, who owned the
Columbian restaurant, located on Main
street. His estimate of the loss is 400
dead. He says that fully twenty people
sought refuge in his place when the
storm came UP and that only four of
them escaped alive. Mr. Nelson says the
storm came up with great suddenness
and sounded very much like a railroad
train crossing a bridge. A moment after
the first Of the noise the front of his
building was crushed in as though it
were an egg she'll
The blast which destroyed New Rich
mond was certainly one of the most dis
astrous on record. The exact number of
dead is stills unknown. but It will proba-
bly, reach 100, and may considerably ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
PRIEST PLAYED THE HERO.
Gave AbsO1ution to the Dying and
Aid to Injured.

NEW RICHMOND. Wis, June 1S-The
citizens Of New Richmond are bewilder-
ed, impoverished and bereaved. 1t is diff
ficult to get concise account of the
fearful catastrophe. Rev. DR.. Degman,
Of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, tells the most concise story. He
says:
II was standing in the porch of my
house, which is some three blocks west
of the Omaha station. My little nephew
was with me- Pointing to the threaten
ing clouds, said to him. those clouds
are cyclonic.' That was about G:30. Then
1 heard a fearful sound. It was like the
painting of fifty locomotives on an up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
STORE WRECKED.
Lightning Plays Havoc at Rice
Lake, Wis.

RICE LAKE, Wis. June 13.--The big
department store Of P. M. Parker s. Co.
was struck by lightning last night and
the building partially wrecked The
stock was slightly damaged by water. 1t
was miraculous that no one was injured
by the falling of part OF the front walls,
as the store was well filed with custom
ers and clerks at the time the lightning
struck. Workmen are repairing the
building ard the firm will be doing busi-
ness again in a few days. The loss is
fully covered by insurance.
The storm did great damage in the
country. Eight buildings were delnol-
ished at Barron, this county. The post
office and several other buildings were
demolished at Cameron, a village seven
miles south Of here Great damage has
been wrought by the cyclone through the
country districts. No lives are reported
lost in this county.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
Curious Umbrella.

Many curious umbrellas are made O.G
seen can be taken apart and put in ones
pocket. The stick is of wood about an
inch in diameter. The cover can be
turned inside out, and folded into a small
bundle. BY touching a spring the ribl
come on, straighten out. and may be
placed In the hollow of the stick. which
Is then presentable walking stick. 1t Is
found very convenient by its owner, who
Is drummer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
EARLY RELIEF.
Special Train Sent From Chippewa
Falls Bearing Provisions.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, June 13.-(Spe-
cial)-A special train with provisions and
olotI,lng has gone to New Richmond to-
day. Nearly all Chippewa Falls physicians
left on first special this morning for the
scene of the wreck. and fifty citizens went
also to help In the rescue work. Con-
gresham Jenkins wired Mayor Cunning
ham from New Richmond that the town
was practically wiped out, and that pro-
visions, collins and clothing were badly
needed, requesting that help be sent at
once.
Reports now coming in from farming
districts show a large section Of the
country is devastated. and 1t is believed
that many have been injured. The cy-
clone which struck New Richmond pass
ed to the northwest of this city, and was
plainly visible. The whole city was
shrouded in darkness in less than five
minutes, and for a time 1t looked as
IL the city was doomed. 1t Is still pour
ing rain, and all creeks and rivers are
rapidly rising.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
Field, Schlick s. 60.

wrecking trains to the scene, but 1t will
not be known before night when traffic
through the storm-swept district can be
resumed. Northwestern company tele-
graph line at o'clock today was working
only as far north as Sparta, Wis, and tho
only information the officials have was
contained in meagre kilograms from
Sparta and points south. Several tele-
grams received this morning indicated
heavy loss of life. but no attempt at esti-
mates or lists Of names of dead and in
jured had been made by the company's
agent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14

The Union Pacific railway will invite
over three hundred colleges and uniVer-
stiles of the United States to send an ex-
pert geologist or paleontologist, with
corps of assistants, to Wyoming the COM
ing summer to visit the fields Of gigantic
fossil remains which are found in that
state. The invitations will offer in the
interest of science, free transportation
from Chicago on the east and San Fran
cisco on the west to Laramie and return.