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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
WEST STORM SWEPT
TERRIFIC TORNADO RACES IN
NEBRASKA.
SOUTH DAKOTA TWISTER
Killed in Nebraska Storm-DetaiIs
Difficult to Observation-Disclosures
Measuring Ten Inches in Circum-
ference-HaiI in Dakota Also.

Omaha, June Especial dispatches
to the World-Herald from Naper. Neb.
coming via Stuart. beclIse Of inter
rupted Geographic communication,
tell of frightful work of a tornado
which visited that vicinity Thursday
night, the following details being OBJ
tainable only late last evening:
One of the most destructive lorna
does to human life that ever occurred
in Nebraska swept down Keya Paha
river, five miles south, Thursday night
Seven persons are known to have been
killed and several others injured If
whom two are believed to be fatally
hurt. The dead are Jacob GreeEing
and children, Margaret, Maggie, John
and Jacob, Ida Anderson and Clara
Anderson.
The injured are Mrs. Jacob Green
ing, Mrs. August Anderson, DOrtha
Anderson, Theodore Anderson. Grace
Greening, Mr. Herman, Mrs. Herman,
the family of Jacob Berg and the Metz
family
All communication with the outside
learn what damage the storm did along
the river, west Of where the Greening
and Anderson families were found.
The dead were removed to neigh
boris house and the wounded taken
care of by physicians from Naper.
Jacob Greening was found quarter Of
a mile from home badly bangled.
= a1o OH nj
o'clock and travelled down Keya Paha
river 1t travelled by leaps and
bounds, jumping over several houses
directly in the path. The tornado was
preceded by severe hail storm, many
stones measuring ten inches in cir
conference. Several horses anu cat
tie were reported killed by lighting.
Everything in the track of the storm
was destroyed. Trees were blown
down and barb wire fences carried
hundreds of yards. The Anderson and
Greening houses were completely an
initiated.
Rapid City, S. D., June ga lorna
do did great damage several miles
west of the city, totally demolishing
houses on the ranches, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives. The
storm overlook the mail carrier and
a lady passenger coming from Silver
City. The buggy was demolished and
the two travellers had a miraculous es-
cape. The horses have not yet been
found In the city several hundreds
of dollars worth of damage was done
to window glass, the hail being the
worst experienced here for years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27

years before the war it increased by
three millions and five millions year,
and If it could do this under the
Kruger government in a time of great
unrest, what might we expect under
an equitable government? 1t would
probably double itself.
Besides the mines, which ought
certainly to be forced to yield a large
revenue for the expenses of state
there remain the immense riches of
the "bewaarplaatsen," which become
practically the governments own
property, and at a moderate estimate
are valued at s20O,000,O0O. If that
sum were realized or if the ground
was retained in government hands and
rented on fair terms the proceeds
would go some way toward cheering
up the, most respondent of Chancellors
OF ExchuQuer. These are points Of
light in the financial prospect of
which, it appears to us, both Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach and Sir William
Harcourt have taken too little &C
count"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27

ing field marshal. Count Won Walder-
see, under command of Prince Henry
will leave Kiel early in July.
Serious riots are reported to have
occurred in Novi-Bazar, Servia. be
cause of the appointment of an I'M
popular Acknowledgements.
Sir H. II. Johnston reports that q
region of Uganda depopulated by
intertrlual wars is marvellously stock
ed with big game as tame as park
deer.
The pope has nominated Rev
Thomas F. Kennedy, of ST. Charles
Barromeo college, Overlook, Pa, fol
rector Of the American college in
Rome.
The London war Office authorities
have decided to construct an ad
ditional fortif1cation in Kingston
harbor, with a battery of modern quick
firing guns.
Three Itanan anarchists have beer
arrested in the Senftenberg mine:
upon evidence that they had been con
nected with Bresci in the assassination
of King Humbert.
Members of New York chamber OF
commerce who visited London sub
scribed $4,000 for a memorial tt
Queen Victoria and will raise the
amount to 100000
An American detective has arrested
Jose Frias in Mexico City, on the
charge of being one of the gang who
have been engaged in counterfeitins
American dollars.
A priest celebrating mass in The
Church of Nantes, Paris, was attacked
by a woman armed with a Ratchet a:
he knelt at the altar and fatally
/ wounded. She sought revenge for ex
pulsiOn from the church order.
The Japanese consul at Mok-Pho
Korea, reports that the recent mission
troubles at the island of Quelpaer
were caused by native converts
These persons so eXasperated the
| other natives that the latter surround
ed them and killed 500 of them.
The Diario de la Marina, in al
alarmist article, sees in the Gibralta
agitation menace by Great Britain
against the integrity of Spain. Tht
newspaper urges the reconstruction 0
the Spanish army and navy as thu
only means to ward off the threatened
| blow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
TENEMENT TRAGEDY
FOURTEEN PEOPLE KILLED AT
PATTERSON FIRE.
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS
Women With Clothes on Fire Leap
From Burning Windows, While
Others Hang From SiIIs Until
Rescued-Captain and Firemen
Buried Under Blazing Debris.

Patterson, n. J., June 22-Four-
teen people are believed to have been
killed and number injured yester
day as the result Of a fire following
an explosion among a quantity of fire
works in the store of Abraham NJ. Rit-
.enberg. The store was on the ground
floor of the tenement building. The
cause of the explosion is not known
and the property loss will not ex-
coed S35 900.
The dead are: Mrs. Lucinda Adam
son, Mrs. Charles Williams, Charles
Williams, Harold Ritenberg, Henry
Elsasser, baby. Missing and almost
certainly dead are: Mrs. Bert Bam-
berg, Charles Bamberg, baby, Mrs. An
drew Elvin, Mrs. Mary Elsasser,
Joseph Elvin, baby, Mrs. Burns, Clar
Annie Lannigan and two newphews of
Mrs. Lannigan. The injured are: J.
Jessup, Mrs. J. Jessup, l. Bamberger,
Geo. Sodei, Nicholas Hillman, Fireman
Lingland, Mr.. and Mrs. John McGlone,
A number Of others received minor In
Juries, but were sent to their homes.
The explosion occurred shortly after
noon when many occupants of the
building were out at dinner
The building was a frame tenement
four stories high, with stores on the
ground floor. The middle store was
occupied by Rittenberg. Ten families
occupied flats in the building. So
Of no
that boy playing in the street half
block away was lifted from his feet
and hurled against an iron fence. One
of his legs was broken. A trolley car
was directly in front of the building
when the explosion occurred. The
burst of flame scorched the sides of
the car and singed the hair Of the pas
sengers.
A number of persons on the upper
floors of the building when the eX-
plosion occurred were either stunned
and then burned to death or found es-
cape cut off and were suffocated.
after the first explosion there was a
succession of smaller ones and then
came another big explosion prob
ably from the cellar. every WlHuoW
seemed to be emitting flame within a
| minute after the first explosion. A
woman, her clothing on fire, leapeo
from an upper window and fell to the
yard below. When the dead body was
dragged out of reach of the flames the
flesh dropped off from the bones. She
| later proved to be Mrs. Williams,
whose husband is a cripple. He was
| found burned to crisp on the bed and
| it is supposed that the woman persisted
| in attempting his rescue.
Some occupants dropped from win
dows and were bruised. Others hung
from windows until firemen came;
| twenty persons were taken down in
| this way while others dropped into life
nets. While the rescues were going on
and firemen fighting the flames, Cap
| tain Aliens men had hardly taken po-
sitions facing the building when, with
| out warning, the whole pper part OF
the building sagged outward and fell.
| The captain and two men were buried
under blazing debris, one man being
badly hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
China.

The foreign ministers oppose the
return of Chinese troops to Pekin
before August.
From Shanghai it is reported that
the dowager empress will establish a
new capital at Kaifongfu.
Sir Claude Macdonald. in an inter
view on China, declared the empire
will profit by the recent war.
Chinese troops on their way to
Pekin were stopped by the French, in
ignorance of Count Waldersee's orders
for them to proceed.
A Chinese military graduate named
Tien Lo Slang has collected a large
force of boxers and disbanded soldiers
and inhabitants of the numerous
walled cities and towns of Chilli. to
organize to oppose the taxes. 1t is re,
ported they have already defeated the
imperial troops in several encounters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
GOOD CLERKS ARE SCARCE.
Experience of London Merchant in
Search of an EmpIoye.

A merchant requiring a clerk
recently inserted the following adVer-
tisement in leading newspaper:
CLERK, smart, wanted. Good
chance for a man who understands
his work thoroughly. Shorthand a
recommendation State salary ex-
pected, qualifications, ETC., To-
The advertisement was published
every day for week in the same
journal, and the number of replies
was 103. An analysis of the applica-
lions for the position revealed many
interesting things. Out of the 103
applications ten were absolutely I'M
decipherable, and the writer's Of these
would without doubt call themselves
clerks. Another half dozen of the
replies were so smeared with bolts
and alterations that they might also
be included with the ten just men
toned. Out of the whole lot there
were no more than a score of really
good penmen. Over half of the ap-
plications were faulty either in spell
ing or grammar, or, perhaps, in both.
Two or three of the applicants were
under the impression that there was
only one "'p" in apply, while another
spelled it apple" There were two
candidates who, when writing in the
first person, used the small letter Il.
Possibly they were too modest to use
the capital when speaking of them
selves. The following photographed
arrorr uoro oIco noticnd sFSarvicoc
bookkeeping" ''comand," ''hopeing,"
'fknowlede," here" (for "hear''),
there" (for ''their"), Shorthand,
"reverences" (for "references'D etc,
One individual proudly boosted Of the
fact that he had slight knowledge
Of ..Frensh." Apparently he had also
a slight knowledge of English, al
though he did not mention the fact.
London Peoples Friend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
Domestic.

A destructive fire broke out in the
docks on Niagara river at Buffalo.
Mrs. Louis Busse was murdered ant
burned in her home near Greene, Ia.
Mrs. McKinley's physicians an
nounce that she is now out Of danger.
Benjamin H. Perrin, a civil wa
veteran, died at Virginia, Ill.,, aged 81
w. ]. Bryan left Lincoln for ar
extended lecture tour and pleasure
trip.
Former Governor Hazen S. Pingree
years.
Senator Plat predicts that Gov
Odell will succeed President Nc
Kinley.
The Episcopals of North Dakota
protest against the removal of Bishop
Edsall
Striking machinists and their former
e.ployers are determined to fight t.
the bitter end
Gov. Savage of Nebraska says that
NO blood shall be shed at the bull fight
in South Omaha.
Capt. George G. Whitcomb of Min
neapolis, a well-known Minnesota
pioneer, died.
Agricultural products valued at $420,
1879 SS were imported into the United
States in 1900.
Officials of the ST. Paul declare that
there is no deal on looking to the con.
troll Of the road.
The body of the Chicago boy who
was thought to have been kidnapped
is found in the lake.
A Minneapolis judge appointed a re,
ceiver for the American Mining and
Investment company.
Robbers looted the Office of the
mining inspector at Grand Forks, in
the Klondike district
Bert A Magee of Watseka, ILL.,
was arrested, charged with causing the
death of three persons.
The telediagraph is said to De
capable of transmitting photographs
by wireless telegraphy.
John Alexander Dowie told his
hearers that certain physicians are
conspiring against him.
The 21st annual convention of the
American Water Works association
was held in New York.
Train robbers drugged the
Reading signal men, but failed TO
derail the express train.
r. H. Mcintosh, a pioneer and
veteran of the civil war, died at Cedar
Falls, Ia, aged 70 years.
LiC~t- Martin, who was dismiss ed
from the army, was arrested on a
charge of check forgery.
Public ownership reformers, pop
ulists, and others met in Kansas City
to form a new allied party.
DR.. A. R. Taylor of Emporia, Kas..
accepted the presidency of Miliken
university at Lincoln. Neb.
Jenkins Lloyd Jones advocates the
organization of religious trust to
fight the battles of heaven.
Loss on the Kansas Ice Cold Storage
company's plant, Salina, Kan, destroy
ed by fire. is placed at s15O,000
Search for bodies in the wreck Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
South Africa

There are said to be 1929 persons
in the concentration camps" of south
Africa.
Beers surprised $50 Victorian
mounted ri1emen 100 miles from
Pretoria, and killed or captured all
but So, Selling two pompoms.
At a pro-boer meeting in London
resolutions were adopted demanding
that the government make peace with
the beers by Offering them indepen-
dence. A crowd of $4,000 attempted
to break up the meeting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27
Could Use Him.

Facetfous Assistant-"Aren'C you
afraid to take man on the staff with
a head as red as his?''
Editor (of New York Yeller, frown-
ingly)-" can use him, sir, in getting
up my red headlines"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-27

The part of Claude in Two Little
Migrants will be played by Miss Ray
Scott the coming season.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
REyNoLDsvILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING.
EmerickviIle.

Mr.. f. Weiser spent a couple OF days
in Pittsburg last week.
John Hatten, our west end grocer, is
wearing smile. It's boy.
We have been informed the Fuller
mines will begin work this week,
Mrs. Sadie Reed, of Big Run, is visit
ing her parents, Wm Moore and wife.
Our Baum school teacher, Miss Ida
NJ. Hutchison, spent Saturday in Brook
Vile.
Our pastor preached an excellent SER
mon Sunday from Hob. 18th chapter
and 1st verse.
Misses Millie and Ida Flcmming, Of
Reynoldsville, spent Sunday at the home
of d. w. Dinger.
There was railing match at this
place Saturday evening, when there
were some fine turkes disposed Of
Misses Edith and Annie Dempsey, of
Reynoldsvile, are visiting their aunt.
Mrs G.. L. Schugars, in east end.
Rev. Sydow has begun a series of
meetings at Port Barnett. He informed
us Sunday that much good is being ac-
complished there.
Quite a number of members OF Reyn-
oldsville Camp No. 26S, p. o. S. of A.,
visited No. 40 here. The visitors were
as follows: w. J. Robertson, G. f..
Schugars, G. w. Paterson, +. z. Best,
John Kellock, Earl Fink, Orrie Shees-
ley, Warren Truitt, Robert Frazier,
d. r., Yates, James Crotzer, David
Davis, Harry McMann, John Conners,
Harper Hiles, Frank Campbell, Frank
Stauffer, Malcom Mason, VIM. Blan-
chard. Members of No. 4l0 were much
pleased to have their Reynoldsville
brethren pay them visit and hope to
be able to pay visit to Reynoldsville
Camp in the near future.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
Wishaw.

Thomas Beatty has purchased fine
percheon horse.
Samuel Secrist was in Brookvile on
business Saturday.
William Dickey and wife visited near
Brookville last week.
Mr.. Hawkins has moved into John
McKillip's new house.
Garfield Sprankle, of Punxsutawney
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. Mandy Rupert has started a
store on East Main street.
We had very lively time with forest
fire in the south end of town last week,
G. w. Secrist and James McKillid
were in Reynoldsville Saturday even.
ing.
Miss Maggie Scott, of Sugar Hill, at
tended the party at Mr.. Veit's last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Secrist and
family and Mrs. Linney Smell, of Panic,
were guests Of the formers brother
Sunday.
A party was given at the residence Of
William Veit last week in honor oi
Mrs. Mary ]. Secrist. A good dinner
and good old time was enjoyed by the
women folks.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

Tuesday man, the basest of men, sat
down in chair amid the cxecrations
of nation and in moment OF time his
soul took flight to the world unknown
leaving only faint scent of sulphur.
Then they took his mortal body and
laid IL in commonest clay. Over a
month ago mighty one lay gasping in
death rattle and nation and world
held their very breath in reverence
while the soul Of sovereign was slowly
ascending. When he was cold they
mourned for him and thronged his pail
and called his memory blessed. After
which they laid his body in commonest
clay. AS to the prince, so to the fool.
"And there is no remembrance of the
wise more than the fool forever; seeing
that which now is in the days to come
shall all be forgotten"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
RathneI.

There were three families moved
from here to Helvetia last week.
Chas. Carr, OF Cartwright, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Brown, here this week.
Mr.. Martin, of Eleanora, visited his
daughter, Mrs. w. e. Mencer, here
last week.
VIM. G. Harris was called to Brock
wayville Sunday to attend the funeral
of his brothers wife.
G. B. Bowser and wife were at the
Pan-American last week. George says
there are a great many things there
to see.
Grandmother Bowser died Sunday
afternoon about 4:30 at the home OF her
son. Robert Bowser She was about
seventy-seven years old. Body was
taken to Armstrong Co. Tuesday for
burial in the old homestead cemetery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
Paradise.
Corn huskings are all the rage.

Corn huskings are all the rage.
Miss Sara Keller is attending school
in Reynoldsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. HI. Gallagher have
gone to Scranton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Norris visited in
Paradise on Sunday.
Wayde Breakey, of Bellview, spent
last week in Paradise.
Mrs. John Daugherty is visiting in
Brockwayville this week.
Inez Strouse is In Brookville visiting
her sister, Mrs. w. G. Murray.
Miss Emma Smith spent Saturday
and Sunday with Anna Norris.
j. M. Strouse slaughtered a porker
on Monday that weighed upwards of
400 pounds.
George Hollenbaugh was a welcome
visitor at the home of Noah Syphrit
last Sunday.
]. M. Sheesley and John Gathers at
tended the pie social at Dutch Paradis-
last Friday night,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
HOrmtOWn.

A. B. Moore is i'll at this writing.
John Dean was at Emerickville Thurs
day.
j. b. Smith had corn husking Fri
day.
JOSIAH Shumaker was at Aliens Mills
Thursday.
M. M. Moore and son, w. j., were In
Brookville Tuesday.
Mrs. Josiah Shumaker called on
friends In Reynoldsville Monday.
The pie social, which was held In the
Horn school Friday night, was sue
cess.
@. A. Hetrick, who was working at
Harveys Run, will spend few weeks at
home.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
Tot Causes Night Alarm.

Zone night my brothers baby was
taken with Group" writes Mrs. j. c..
Snider, of Crittenden, KY, lit seemed
1t would strangle before we could get
a doctor, SO we gave it DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief and
permanently cured it. We always keep
1t in the house to protect our children
from Group and whooping cough. 1t
cured me of chronic bronchial trouble
that no other remedy would relieve" /"
Infallible for coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. soc. and $l00. Trial
bottles free at III. Alex Stokes drug
store,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
Only u Foot

But on account of small corn. it SEEM
ed like an acre. No use of going around
wearing a shoe that looks like basket,
Use Clydesdale Ointment and rid
yourself OF these annoyances. Your
corns and bunions can be cured In from
three to ten days by using 1t, Red Top
Jars, 25 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
Stepped into Live Goals.

"When a child I burned by foot
frightfully," writes w. H. Eads, of
Jonesvile, Va, (which caused horrible
sores for 30 years, but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve wholly cured me after everything
else failed" Infallible for burns, scalds,
cuts, sores, bruises and piles. Sold. by
H. Alex Stoke. 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

"Have look! Have look" is the
popular cry on the Midway at Buffalo
and the cry pays for he who has look
generally wanders into the show. 1t is
a treat in itself to wonder through the
Midway and listen to the rivalry Of the
different criers. Megaphones, COW bells,
tin pans, free eXhibitions--anything to
attract the wandering sightseet and
drown the cry of his neighbor. The
popularity of this branch of modern
fairs has led one critic to suggest that
in future the Midway occupy the main
grounds while the scientific, art and
government buildings take the side
streets. II toll ye wanst," remarks
Mr.. Dooley, that fur wan man that
goes to a wurruld's fair to see how boots
is made, theyse twinty goes to see the
hootchy-kootchy, an that's where the
wan lands finlly." There is n reason
for its popularity, for the greatest in
vention of human ingenuity is the hu.
man being, and the Midway is pre-emi.
nently the exhibition of humanity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

We are cutting our stock down and
will for the next thirty days sell lot OF
shoes below cost. Johnston e. Nolan.
The best underwear on earth for the
money for men and boys at H. w. Eason
x Co.
One hundred pairs Of ladies' shoes at
Johnston & N0lan's below cost.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

The thing that hath been, it is that
which shall be; and that which is done
is that which shall be done: and there
is no new thing under the sun. Life is
all so new to us, all so filled with things
we never dreamed before that we think
ourselves battling with questions our
fathers never met, but IL is not so.
Memory is short and history neglected,
else would we see the ever-recurring
phases of mems actions. In 1897 a
world-conference was held to promote
universal peace and men propEesied
the end OF war-only to witness at its
close war such as had not been for years
before, in Africa, America, China and
Egypt. All of which had its prototype
fifty years ago. At that time the
Prince Consort of England projected
a great exhibition at London, the
first of our worlds fairs, the avowed OBJ
ject of which was the mingling of the
nations and the increase OF friendship
until war would be banished. At its
close Europe, which had enjoyed forty
years of peace, became hotbed of war.
Recently New York newspaper repro
duced journal of fifty years ago, and
in it were articles on American friend
ship for Cuba, American superiority in
yacht building, ETC., just the topics that
interest us to-day. So it is in all affairs.
Every generation makes path for it.
self, but their paths are singularly
nlika
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

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for
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

We have few odds and ends that we
will sell cheap. Johnston Il Nolan.