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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-27
HARVEST
OF DEATH
Twenty-Five Lives We're
Lost in the Great
Electrical Storm

OMAHA. May 81 Reports from
various portions Of tbs state. cspe-
ciaily the eastern section. show that
AL day yesterday amaA tWisters and
heavy rains marked the phenomenal
atinospheFicai conditions tn Ne
hFaska, The total ioaa q life ~ FAR
reported Il ~
At Springfield the rain VAS -
heavy that turtle creek overlooked
in two houns flooding houses aiong
is banks with four fseg % water.
This Ice house was washed away and
the fair grounds destroyed
The main Storm divided into five
cycienea. which sravsfsd sinults
nsousiy IN FUNNEL shaped tnistsrs.
The terrific rafse 81 tiess = ~Aues
ey many bodies which we're crushed
to = pulp.
Pauline. vas scattered fcF dis
tAnce Of thrcs miies One iarsa
piece picked up WAS the bottom Of
a chair. one % sis AZ = dinner tnhie.
All the occupants we're horribly
nAnglsd.
Mrs. MummAs body wan nude and
aisemhoweied A string II beads
and pair ef shoes were the 0aiy
articles uf clothing left
The path % the storm Was - mar
row at Pauline that eye-WttnssseH
say that had the victims ss.u the
approach % the storm thsy could
have taken a few STEPS and escaped.
The Storm eliminated this morn
ina IN a veFitAhin cloudburNt In the
eastern raftioa % the stats, Il
reached cyelonic proportions IN Tan
easter county. Reports received this
forenoon say that IN ne tesu ef
Archer ak houses Nere dstnoiis he'd
aud seven persons Killed.
pes MONIES. lows. MaY - a
cyciune struck saa Home fcH Fcshis
Minded, kt gleuwesld. last night. Ths
roof 81 the airAaa a4HEuitafs 49,
, $. !. = -. ., = . =. 80;
mates were crushed hensMth tie
debris. Two young kirls are dead
and IL othsrr aFe seriously luiuFas.
but Wiii recover The Wirra aFe eli
down and additional particulars are
anstisina BE.
OKLAHoMA CITY, May - The
hixh water continues and pc houses
are fiSo.tesi Trains have tsru
. hsuapHsst. FafineSa vii sustain
great damage.
ST JOSEPH. No. Nay - Great
damage MAS dane hY an electrical
storm witch sNeFt nVef the city lass
night Nany buildings wsfu an
Fg,0vzhf,ii bnfu bfnniuHfn ummfne
funfed Rnf new buildings Nfsrkea
There we're no easualtlsa.
OsKALee0SA. May IS a cyclone
ztruek Hnxtan. fasa, asst night. ds
strnxlng tso dwellings and several
F tiEht buildings. Two persons were
killed and 20 othsfs inarr or less In
f tureA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-27
A WINNER
Cup Defender Beats Old
Yachts in a Strong
Sailing Breeze

dLEN COVE. May "a, over "A 10.
mile course to-day, the trial yacht,
were favored by strong Wind al
10 knots The starting gun va
nred al II no o'clock. The Helianc'
crossed the line three seconds later
the Columbia follow luE ~ eight SEQ
0ndn and tho Constitution In ~
shortly atterwafd the Constitution
passed the Columbia. eofkiuE vel
up to windwsr Al ~ 20 ahe had
Eatued considerable on the Reliance
which Htiil held the lead.
1,ha Reliance rounded the flfni
mark. which IL sis and ono hall
miles out. al ~ tg a. Tho Con
sttiutioh rounded "a seconds later
ana the Columbia y min, later
The iteiianco's crew were slow "a
breaking out het bAluoner, hnd ths
Constitution crrpt up stiil closer.
The Reliance finished a 90,
Constitution, 40 o. The Column
hiR was a long way behind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-27

May Sc. 81, =, Pare and one third
for round triR via the Scenic
Route Great Northern Hallway
city Ticket oflcs. gta first ave- 80
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-27

HARVEY a SONS. Props.
Cor. 81 ave. a Vine st
Both Phones
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

BrOt0erS, OF Wao0-
ington, and few lesser lights.
Another merchant prince of the west
is a figure and factor in the metropolis,
though in a way less known to local
fame than by a monstrous dry-goods
shop. The only man who owns an en-
tire block front on Fifth avenue be-
tween Madison Square and the new IL
brary is Marshall Field, Of Chicago. He
has just taken title to the last plot nec-
essary to complete an area Of 200 feet
on the avenue ard 164 feet upon the
side from Thirtieth to Thirty first street.
Seven years and more it has taken to
get together this parcel of land in the
heart of what was once known as MUIR
ray hill and as the choice abode Of
fashion, and what is now the center of
the hotel district. What it may cost
cannot guess; what it is worth is more
easily estimated. AT current prices for
similar property the lot should be
worth not less than 81 500 900, and prob:
ably a good deal more; for Fifth avenue
Is one of the few places where land is
worth more in big pieces than in little
ones. Elsewhere real estate men divide
parcels to sell; here they combine them
Mr.. Fields plot has come to him in ten
separate transactions.
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:
that it. concealed a secret fight Of
stairs leading down to the secret
chamber of retreat that has for 20
years been known only as a tradition.
What lay SO long concealed and is
now revealed was a moral indignation
cyclone cellar. The last time it was
used was when the doodle board"
gave away the franchise for street
cars on Broadway to Jake Sharp.
Such was the wrath of the citizens that
the aldermen disappeared. -. In their
cellar, they lay secure, cooked their
own food on primitive range and
played cards until midnight, when they
stole out and away.
One of these aldermen kept fence
where stolen goods were pawned. The
story is too long to tell, but it was
by the plucky action of a New York
woman who traced some household
belongings to his shop, and would not
be induced to keep silent about it that
the whole story Of Doodle came out.
Some of the aldermen went to Jail,
more went to Canada, and things have
been just trifle better ever since. =
In the orgy of indescribable corrup-
tion that ended in Tammany's defeat
in 1901, it was not the aldermen who
were the worst Offenders.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

/, aeroplane, being
equipped with four wings, two on each
side. These wings are about four by
|gsix feet in dimensions, made of the
finest oil silk and held upon delicate
Eswooden rods The wings are I'M the
shape of a tent. The Body of the ma
Chine consists II AN Intricate arrange
Sment of fine steel rods, with the cylin-
deras ,1otors and ilersg carefully bal
anced there9nls.ss sl7.9tW Between the two sets
Eof wings are pfaeegd tie spI1fopellors,
(Which are twos insnumberg u Each fitted
with tv0Sblad des.fs The steeringsg is
Bituated. III the rear and is constructed
Efrom materials similar sto that OF the
|swings.. The motor carried by the-ama-
Echine is. supposed to generate something
lin excess Of tWo-horse power. .s 5sS
According to all the scientists there
ifs no question about the ability Of the
machine to remain suspended in the air
after it has once got q start. While the
machine is being repaired the same pro
found atmosphere Of secrecy, which
even q newspaper man is not able to
penetrate, prevails about Prof. Lang
ley's houseboat, and the next fight sfs
awaited with unabated interest.
LOUIS A-8 COOLIDGE
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

stormy career. He has gone through
so many perilous experiences that he
is commonly known in his own coun-
try as s'EI Mocho' (the maihed one).
He has followers who would obey his
slightest call even though he led
them to death, and yet he has little
impressive or inspiring about to the
ordinary observer-just plain, unas-
suming, rather shabbily dressed South
American.
Hernandez has been q revolutionist
ever since he was 20 years old He got
his first taste of powder away back in
1868, and there has been few years
since then, that he has not spent more
or less time in the field. Venezuela
has not had president in all that
period whom Hernandez has not tried
to overthrow. His last attempt. was
against the present President Castro.
1t was only two days AFTER Castro
busted Andrade that Hernandez raised
the standard Of revolt against him, and
less than year ago the beaten leader
was wearing 60-pound shackles and
subsisting as best he could on banana
peels while suffering the imprison-
ment that Castro had sentenced him
to. Had it not been for the joint at
tack of Germany and England >, on
Venezuela last summer Hernandez
would probably still be in prison. But
in the face of the country's peril he
was, liberated by Castro, and he is now
regarded as one of the Venezuelan
presidents strongest supporters.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

SQUARE. = There q not the slightest
doubt that wealth mon went there
md cheeriully lost their monsy under
the inpr resaton thlt 1t was square,
They are playing ..brid idge' now ii prt-
vate houses. There is just as much
excitement, and at times nearly as
much money lost and won. DR.. Hunt
tngton, of Grace church, tells about :
young fellow-poor at that lost
9 years salary in one night in FASH
tonable house. playing ''lady's
game ...s SIS .ss2s )
II But Saratoga! Imagine Saratoga
with Daly's "hell" turned into harm
less restaurant! ..
I was in Saratoga during the brief
season, dozen years ago, when it at
tempted to he virtuous.s It was q sad
affair. The place was deserted. II
people were to be good, they apparent-
" reasoned, why go to Saratoga? !?
They might as well be good at home
and get the credit. The experiment
was not repeated next year, nor the
next, nor the next 80. =:
Yet there is one thing that will help.
There Is race track, Under the New
York law, betting at race tracks is le-
gal; betting anywhere else is a misde-
meanor. Under this law race track
gaming has become almost universal
I know whole families&of ordinarily
moral people who 60 down to- the
track once . week 5or so and back 4
horse in every rxce. 1t is q costly
amusement, demoralizing one. Sara
toga Is not forced to be good enough
to hurt while that law stays unre-
pealed. ..' "'= T.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

engine of sudden death does any mis-
chief, to shout out without pausing:
Send the bill to Mr.. Vanderbilt"
The complainant IN the case, now
celebrated by the seizure of the Wander
bilt horses, was brought by one Duffy
Who says he was kept in hospital three,
months by his horse taking fright at a
Vanderbilt auto. Service of a writ was
impossible, so the complainant did the
next best thing.
This question OF serving papers upon
very wealthy men is becoming COM
plicated. This same young Vanderbilt
kept away from New York for mouths
when he feared that the district attorney
wanted him to testify against Canf1eld's s
gambling house. Suppose the case is one
of sufficient Importance, how easy it is
to skip away merrily to Europe and
leave the complainant signing impo-
tently! A man can leave for England
at few hours notice and take most of
his household goods with him. A van
backs up at his door, the stuff is loaded
into it and the next the owner sees of
his furniture is when he walks into q
London apartment that is like home SO
far as it can be made so by the furniture,
pictures, bric-a-brac, books and the like
to which he is accustomed.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

her marriage to Mrs. cushman K. Davis.
the late chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee, the social feud
which that marriage inspired, the po-
litical fortunes which it made and
marred, all conspired to lend to it a
romantic interest. Added to this was
the interest which attached to the
woman herself in the long period of
her social prominence in Washington.
1t was as Mrs. Cushman Il. Davis
that she held her place in the life of
the capital, and it will doubtless be
by the same name that she will be re-
ferred to hereafter, in spite of the
ceremony which has made her Mrs.
Hunter Doll. While Senator Davis
was alive his wife played a conspicu-
GUS part, and this was especially true
after he became chairman cf the for
eign relations committee, which car
ries with it certain social prestige
belonging to no other craftsmanship in
either senate or house.
When the Davises went to Paris at
the time of the meeting of the peace
commission, of which the Minnesota
senator was member, Mrs. Davis be-
came easily the most conspicuous of
the women attached to the mission.
and her doings were chronicled on
both sides of the Atlantic throughout
the time of the sittings. Her recep-
tions were the most crowded, and the
number of notables in her train was
greater than that of any other Ameri-
can woman
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

Prominent Canadians have been at
Lockport, N. Y, for a fortnight, wit
Messing tests of the Marcus Ruthenburg
electrical process of manufacturing
steel, which, the inventor, q Philadel-
phian, claims will revolutionize the
manufacture because it reduces the
cost of production 20 per cent. and
turns out purer steel than the Bes-
semer process. The Canadians are re-
ticent, but it is reported they are con-
vinced to the extent of making COM
mercial test of the process in q large
steel plant on the Canadian side Of
the Niagara river. 81.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

The Kansas state board of agricu1-
ture issued crop bulletin devoted to
the wheat yield and the condition of
growing corn. Tabulated returns of
assessors for each of los counties in
the state show the total winter wheat
area this year to be 5,911,O81 acres
and that the yield for the entire area
will average slightly more than 1872
bushels an acre, or total of 90,27O,-
600 bushels. This years total produc-
tion is greater by 66 per cent, or
35:946, 200 bushels, than that of 1902,
and surpasses" even thu" yield OF 1901
ofs90 ,045,514 bushels, making the ban
ner crop in Kansas history.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

she T. at present
has Just been dis
covered at the city
hall.
Workmen are
going over the
b e a u tiful old
structure that was
put up a hundred
years ago with a
marble front and
a brown stone
back because "the
city would never
grow. above it."
In the rear of the
aldermanic cham
Der they found, /,
upon taking down
a great painting
of Andy Jackson,
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

When business men and the banks
in the heart of the business district
OF Pittsburg attempted to open their
safes and vaults the other morning
but few would respond. Among those
that stuck fast was the big lock on the
Union Savings bank vault. An ex-
pert said heavy blasting on a new
building in the neighborhood caused
the time locks to change. Contractor
George Egan was arrested for violating
a city ordinance as the result of
complaint by the cashier of the bank.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

The demand for servant girls in
Kansas and Missouri is greater than
the supply. In the country the wives
of prosperous farmers are having al
most as much trouble in securing the
services of girls as the farmers are in
getting harvest hands. The scarcity
of girls in the country is not difficult
of explanation. The farmers and
townspeople are all so prosperous that
there are few who are willing to let
their daughters go out to service, it is
said.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

"A woman of New York who applied
for license as engineer was examined
in accordance with the law, and, hav-
ing been found qualified to act as
manager of stationary engine, a H.
cense has been issued to her. This is
the first license of the kind ever is
sued to a woman in this district. Her
husband is baker and does a large
business, requiring the use of steam
engine in the running of his establish
ment.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

Prof. Alexander Bell said, the other
day, that he expected to have a flying
machine in successful operation be-
fore the summer is over. II am con-
vinced that the flying machine of the
future will be one built on the aero
plane theory" he said. "A machine
capable of combating atmospheric con-
ditions successfully must be heavier
than the air, and, to certain extent,
capable of utilizing these atmospheric
conditions
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

ment than the an
nouncement of the
marriage of the
widow of Cush-
man X. D av i S.
For in the past Is
years there has
been no woman in
the : capital who
was more general
ly known and in
whose personality
g r e a t er interest
was shown. The
circumstances of
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

upon three of Re-
ginald Vanderbilt's
racehorses in a
suit for damages.
The y ou n 6 e r
.Vanderbilts ar e
such a swift lot
that a little matter
like a suit for dam
ages by a poor fell
low who has been
laid up in a hospital
by one of their au-
tomobiles is apt to
slip their memory.
It is the Wander
bilt custom, when
the White Ghost
or the Red Demon
or any other .ghast-
lY 60-horse mower
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

Elgin, ILL.,, is as noted for it's butter
as for watches. Last year the dis.
trict of which it is the center pro-
duced 45,121, ,360t pounds of butter val
ued at $10,SS7,7s4, and 5,S47. .4oS
pounds .of cheese valued at $467, 1872
In the 81 years since the Elgin board
of trade was organized the district
has produced 5S7,9S9,O45 pounds Of
butter and 193,631,354 pounds Of
cheese, the whole valued at s147, 7,361,-
PSI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

MS maCl1no as ~'
much a profund secret as possible. And
now the machine has been seen and
judging from its antics is more of a
fish than a bird, for it made straight
for the water after beginning it's fight.
Prof. Langley has been at work ON his
invention for over. 20 years. He is an
old man now and if after the damaged
machine is repaired it should still re-
fuse to fly it will prove bitterly disap-
pointing to him. He has devoted his
best energies and beside has spent
$4,000 of government appropria-
tion made for military purposes in his
endeavor.
About a month ago he sent his ap-
paratus down the Potomac in the keep
ing of party Of scientists and ma
chinists, there to make the all-impor-
tant trial under the most approved
conditions. They have a heuseboat
from which the machine has just made
its disastrous flight and all sorts of
other paraphernalia. In their trail went
representatives of every important
newspaper in the country. The scien-
lists have devoted themselves to keep
ing out of the way of the reporters
They have been living at the Mount
Vernon Ducking club, of which Prof.
Langley is member, and they have
relentlessly driven out everybody who
ventured too near the sacred precincts
Now it happens that there are other
members of the club than Prof. Lang
ley and they resented its monopoly by
the scientists to the exclusion of every
body else. Consequently one of these,
Truxton Beale, who was once United
States minister to Persia, notified the
professor of his intention to OCCUPY
the club with a few of his friends and
the friends he chose were the news
paper reporters who mad hitherto been
kept out i'll the swamp. Then it was
the scientists who had to shift for
themselves.
So much for the contest which had
almost eclipsed the interest in the f1v>
ing machine itself.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

man who has been travelling in
Iowa has hit upo!1 an odd use of corn
cobs. He says: Il made a trip
through big part of Iowa recently
and I found several grain-shipping
towns that had corncob sidewalks. In
spite of what one would think about it
cobs make pretty good sidewalk.
They are a little rough at first, but
when the cobs become tramped down
the walk is smooth"
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

posely intensified
by those having it
in charge-has been
cleared by the view
which was obtain
ed from the press
boat which was not
more than 20 feet
from the house
boat when the
aerdome Left it in
it's aerial flight
a n d submarine
dive. 1t is con-
structed on the
principle of t b e
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

up In the news
in the report that
the divorced wife
of Duncan Elliott
will marry Wood
bury Kane.
Elliott and Kane
are both soldiers,
both members OF
the fashionable
New York set.
Elliott is now in
the Eighth cavalry,
regulars; K q n e
was one of Col.
Roosevelt's favor
ite officers in the
rough riders, q
bst g., powerful,
r,oSfor.1v fol1nu
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28
washington \ / |I| ! STORIES ] I 5
Glimpse Of Life and People at the
Nations Capital
HERNANDEZ, THE MANNED ONE
Extraordinary Character OF vene-
Euelan Minister-Mrs. Cushman X. .
Davis Marriage Causes Stir
Marine. Band GroyvinR Old.
Washington shington is to have
an acquisition to its diplomatic COL

Ony this, winter in
the person of Gen.
Jose Manuel Her
nandez, the new
minister from
Venezuela, q W h o
has just arrived
with his screden-
tials. Hernandez is
one of the most
e K t,r a o I'd mary
characters ] in all
S ou tn America.
There is no man
in all that turbu-
lent continent who
has had d more
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

A monster cheese, weighing two
tons, will probably be manufactured
in New York state and sent to the st.
Louis exposition next spring. New
York is the greatest cheese-producing
state In the union," said Agricultural
Commissioner Wieting, 'and the big
ought to grace our exhibit at st.
LOUIS <.f. IS
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

"her two greatest
N e. n BENJAMIN
Franklin, Of Bos-
ton, and Albert
Gallatin, Of Switz-
erland."
Were the W a 6
alive he might
compliment New
York Upon b e r
merchant princes
John Wanamaker, ,
O t, Philadelphia,
the Strauss Both
I, ,ers,, Of Germany;
siegel / and a. + h e
Coopers, Of Chica-
go; Greenhut, of
Peoria; the Saks
-yl
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28


It's members are all enlisted men IN
the marine corps, Including tho lead
er, who BY special condescension, is
allowed the pay and Communication Of 4
lieutenant. They are all, including the
leader, subject to the discipline OF the
corps, and with the exception Of the
leader none Of them receives higher
pay than a private in the corps ;13 a
month. ~3Es g. @55s
The only way in which it had been
possible to maintain for so many years
the superlative quality of the organiza-
ton is by the, dispensation that mem
bers may secure engagements private
~ to exc out beggarly income, and
the musical unions have been so. BIT
terly opposed to this that the band
has had to fight its way against preju-
dice and narrowness for many years
Only a few days ago, when they
were engaged to march in the 'elks'
procession in Baltimore, the members
of the union threatened to strike and
leave the procession without any other
music than the Marine band unless the
contract was annuled." However, the
contract was adhered to. and the bands
played on. 1t was as. leader. Of the
Marine band that Sousa made his rep
utation as the march king. He COM
posed his most famous pieces of, music
while drawing salary of $1,000 aIyear
as an enlisted man in the marine
corps.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

William Mackabee will celebrate his
Tooth birthday in September in the
Naval home in Philadelphia. He is
the oldest living veteran of the Ameri.
can navy. Mr.. Mackabee was born in
Baltimore in 1903 and joined the fri
gate Constitution in 1917. He served
nearly continuously in the navy until
compelled by old age to go to~s.the
Naval home. -'-'" "-S
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

The strip of land 40 feet wide be-
tween the graveyard of Trinity church,
New York City, and an alley has been
sold for $55,382 each Broadway front
foot. The plot upon which Trinity
parish church stands, exclusive of the
church itself, is now considered to be
worth $21, 100000. while the total value
of lower Broadway property in use by
Trinity parish is $35, 5,OOO. 900.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-28

At the tenth annual convention Of
the Savings Bank association Of Penn
sylvania the report presented showed
that in ten years the total amount due
to depositors had increased from some.
thing over $629,o00 OO0,~ to an aggre-
gate of much more than 81. .OOO, ,OOO, 900.