Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
VICTIMS NUMBER THIR1Y.ONE
Twenty-Four Of Cyclones Dead Are Women
and Children.
FUND IS STARTED IN AID OF HOMELESS
Subscriptions Already Amount q
$4,000 and Present wants of the
Sufferers Are Abundantly
Provided For.

KIRKSVILLE, Mo-, April 29.-The cor
rccted list of those killed in the tornado
Thursday night places the number tonight
officially at thirty-one. The list follows:
BRIGHAM, THEODORE.
ELLINGTON, MRS. HENRY, AND
DAUGHTER.
BOWMAN, MRS. A. r.
SON AND DAUGHTER OF REV. BURR
ELLINGTON, BABY.
FEATHERS, SETH, aged eight.
GLAZE, A. j.
GLAZE, MRS. A. J.
GREEN, MRS. w. w.
GREEN, MISS BESSIE.
HoWELLS, DIR. w. B.
THREE CHILDREN OF HENRY LOWE.
LARKINS, ]. B..
LANE, GEORGIA.
LITTLE, MRS. CAL.
MAHAFFY, MRS. JOHN.
MILLEN, MISS ORA.
MILLEN, MISS zARA.
MILLER, MRS. ANN, aged 9s.
PANSCHoTT MRS. BLUE AND BABY.
RORABAUGH, MRS.
SHERBURNE, MRS. f. X.
WEAVER, JOHN c.
wHALEY, LEONA.
WOOD, MRS. JOE.
WOOD, MRS.
The number of injured now reaches
ninety-four and some of these are so badly
injured that they will in all probability
die. The search among the ruins still con-
tinues. In the above list Miss Georgia
Lane, aged IL, and Baby Ellington, which
was found alive in it's dead mothers arms,
passed away today.
Help for the Homeless.
Subscriptions aggregating nearly $4,000
were received today nearly one-half of the
amount being contributed by Kirksville res
idents. Contributions varying from S5 to
$500 have been coming in from all over the
country from individuals and corporations
Governor Stephens has sent contribution
of $50, with an offer to issue proclama-
ton calling for a general donation from
the people of the state.
Nothing is lacking. for the comfort OF the
sufferers. Mayor Noonan said tonight that
their immediate wants are temporarily pre-
vided for but that clothing and more money
will soon be greatly needed He has sent
call for financial aid to the mayors OF
Keokuk, Des Moines and Ottumwa and they
have assured him of a liberal response.
Funeral arrangements have been com
pleted and the dead will have been coh>
signed to their final resting places by to-
x.
union memorial service will be held at the
Methodist and Christian churches and
short biographical sketches of the lives of
the tornado victims will be delivered
Eleven of the dead have been shipped to
different places for burial.
Excursions from a great number of towns
in the vicinity of Kirksville are billed fof
tomorrow and there will be thousands OF
sightseers to view the ruins. Numbers OF
sightseers have already arrived and every
incoming train adds to the horde, among
them friends and relatives of the dead and
injured.
Old Soldiers VIII He Welcomed.
The annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Missouri L.
scheduled to meet in Kirksville on May 1e
for two days convention. This will nos
be declared Off as Mayor Noonan has sent
the following telegram to Department Com
niander A. G. Peterson:
1--WE stand by OUT guns, cast down, bu.
not dismayed. Kirksville will welcome the
Grand Army and it's friends"
Kirksville business houses were all closed
today and a mass meeting of the citizens
was held this afternoon. An active COM
mittee was appointed, including Mayor
Noonan, G. NJ. MCGUIRE, w. q. Inglehaw,
C. E. Ross, George T. Sence G. S. Brokers,
John Caskey and P. ]. Rieger. The work OF
relief is now we'll organized.
A peculiar feature of the cyclone was that
out of thirty-one killed in Kirksville,
twenty -four were women and little girls.
This is accounted for by the fact that the
path of the storm was right in the residence
district and at time when the men hae
not all returned from business. Many ter
ror- stricken women ran out doors when the
roar of the cyclone came and were either
KILLED or injured by flying debris