Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-28
reLeosApnic NEWS.

LINCOLN. Sch. May % 49, Tho vi
lRRc at Pauline. fifteen miles from
Hastings. Is reported Ia have been de-
stroyed by a tornado. slS people are
said 10 be Killed. The wires are down
and mo particulars can be obtained
MosRre adyices state that the town
oi Normal was also visited by Tor.
nadu seven persons losing their lives.
a number oi houses around Fair
noid have been destroyed Eight
people are missing and It In believed
they were killed
Communication lY wires south and
Nosi Of her. il impossible
Tho dead AT Pauline are;
JOHN MuMMAW. farmer.
MRS JOHN MuMMAw
MISS GERTRUDE MuMMAw. .,,.
MRS HUGHES.
JOHN PALMER
RAY QroGC
Later information H. To effect that
the town escaped serious damage, but
farm property TWO miles east IL badly
wrecked.
LINCOLN, Seb.. May "a Between
anu ' - iif'h iitfh biFl mus
ragged from Norman, IN koarncy coup'
~. Ncb 10 Pauline. ~ Adams county
The i-rst reports placed the death list
at eighteen The greatest destruction
oi life aocenrrcd ut Pauline whore
sis are known 10 be dead
A. Norman three cntpscs were
fonnd aud the debris may reychl
more
In the territory about Fairfield the
storm wrought great damage and
eight persons are missing
Al Norman the known dead are
MRS. EARL BROWN
Mrs. wELLNER
JOHN MccUHpY
ROLEF. Ia May 2h The business
section OF this Town wac visited 10y u
cyclone this morning A Chinese
laundrSmon was killed. one child ia
tally. and several persons badly hurt
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 2s--The
nrst details Of the cyclone which Wis.
tied Carmen. Oklahoma, Saturday
were received today by the Mexican
a Orient railway
As first reported William Brown.
Wichita travelling man. WAS the only
man Killed everybody having songhi
refuge In caves when the cold and hot
air hiasis, altrrnated with absolute
calm for an hour previous to the
breaking OF the storm. Seven resi-.
Jcnces, postotice. a new hotel. botn
churches. three humber yards, three
livery stables. nine stores and lodH-
ing house were totally demolished,
while every residence In town WAS
damaged or moved on It's foundations
MARYSNU.LE. Mo. May ga
tornado struck the town of Elmo. near
here this morning. destroying several
houses No one was killed.
GUTHRIE. Okla. May 2b.-Contin.
ucd rains have swollen the rivers
beyond the danger line. The Washita
river has shut on service from An
drake. Mountain View. Hurbcrt. Foss
and neighboring towns. Extensive
damage Is reported from Foss and Oh
lahoma City, which places are pracii'
cally submerged The Cotton wood
river here rose six feet during the
night as the result of another severe
Tdui All ialllhnH ''ihhaht'H ~
watching their bridges. The Santa
Fe bridge over the Cimarron at cush
ing In gone.
SIOUX CITY. la. May 25.-Cloud
bursts above Merrill. added 10 recent
continued rains. caused flood In the
valley of the Floyd river, and that
stream is now mile wide Great
damage TO farm property resulted.
VIENNA, May ga Salonicn dis
patch tells of fight between insur'
gents and Turkish troops AT the VII
lage OF Soerdreh. which lasted thirty
hours. resulting In the burning OF the
village. After the hre was eNtinguish'
ed. one hundred and fifty bodies, the
dispatch says. was found
BOSTON. Mass. May 2b.-J u.
Horn will lay before the grand jury
written confession of the wholesale
bribery scheme mapped ont by by
Massachusetts men. involving seven
prominent legislators. The confession
was made by Boston merchant
member of the legislature OF 1901,
who disappeared. after making n
statement
VICTORIA, b. C.. May 25.-Reports
received here tell heart-rending sto-
ries OF suffering and death, the result
OF fTamine In Kwang. s. l. People are
starving and dying by hundreds. Dur
ing March and April 1t is computed
80 900 people were sold for brothels
ON the coast
Horrible stories are told OF people