The Iola register., 1902-05-23
rXaS TORNADO
.1raf Destruction by Storm Last
sunday


70, sorfs.AiaRae Press Assn.
'' ToVns. May l0-The latest
report from Goliad, the scene of Sun
days tornado, places the number of
dead 81 ninety. and the injured at over
Do. .uudred. About hundred
houses we're destroyed. A strip two
"'"cNs VIDE and mile long was wiped
0u' Of the western part of the city.
:'.. storm lasted FIVE minutes. All of
the corpses have been recovered and
a'' he wounded are being cared for,
although there is still need OF physi-
clans and nurses.
Houston, Texas, May 1S.-Reports
received here by telegraph and tele-
phone indicated that the Northern or
Western portion of the town of Gro
Had has been swept away by a tor
nado and that from fifty to 100 people
have been killed.
The long distance operator at Hous-
ton was in connection with Goliad at
7 O'Clock but beyond the fact that part
Of the town had been blown away and
that many persons had been killed
and injured, no other particulars we're
obtained.
Considerable damage has also been
done at Beeville by high Winds. Both
towns are close to to the gulf coast
and all telegraph wires by two routes
are down.
A telegram from Superintendent
Forbes, of the New York, Texas &
Mexican, to General Manager Van
Week, in this city, says that eight
blocks Of business houses were blown
down at Goliad. Thirty negroes and
twenty-seven white people were killed
and seventy-fve or eighty others in
jured.
San Antonio, Texas, May 1S.-At
12:48 O'Clock this afternoon a terrible
wind and rain storm swept over San
Antonia, damaging property not less
than $50, 900, and it may reach $75, 900.
The wind reached velocity of seven
ty-two miles an hour, and continued
at that rate for nearly twenty minutes.
1t blew from the southeast, and then
shifted to the southwest, the greatest
velocity being from the latter point.
At Fort Sam Houston, government
property was damaged to the extent of
$40, 900, the doors being torn from the
officers quarter and barracks.
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The West End church was COM
pletely destroyed, loss $4,000. Hart
wells hotel was damaged $1,000; St.
Louis college was damaged $6,OOO;
Academy of the Lady of the Sacred
Heart was damaged So, 600.
Damag ge to private residences will
reach at least $40, 900.
Several person were injured, but
there are no fatalities.
The storm was a continuation OF the
one that swept over Coliad with such
terrible results.
HEAVY RAIN IN KANSAS.
Wichita, Kas., May lS.--A very
heavy rain fell over the wheat belt of
Southern Kansas today. For time
a tornado was threatened here, but
the scare ended in a downpour of rain,
which flooded the streets, the water
lowing into the first floor of the Man
haitian hotel. No damage to amount
to anything in an individual course
has been heard of so far. A cloud
burst was reported in Kingman county,
but reports at the Santa F'e headquar-
ters do not indicate any great damage
or loss of life.
Emporia, Kas, May 1S.-A nice
shower fell here this afternoon, fol-
lowed by heavy rain which continued
falling late tonight. The crop pros
poets in Lyon county are most encour-
aging at present. Every pond and
creek in the county is we'll filled and
there is more water than there has
been for year
Junction City, Kas., May 1S.-About
an inch and a half of rain fell here
this afternoon during shower which
lasted about twenty minutes. Thi
was followed by number of lighter
showers, making today's rainfall
more than two inches. 1t was the
heaviest downpour here this season.
Farmers consider prospects good for
a big corn crop. Wheat is heading
rapidly and many fields in this county
give promise of an average yield.
A BRIBERY CONVICTION
Jury in No Doubt as to Guilt, Finally
Decided to Give Lehman the
Minimum.
st. Louis, May 19-Julius Lehman,