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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
KANSAS SWEPT
BY T0RNAD0ES
Town Of AIicsViIIe Is Practically
Demolished.
LIST OF DEAD INCOMPLETE
FIVE FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUDS
AT ONE TIME.

Il MPOBIA. Kan. Oct. Three per
sons were killed outright two fa-
tally injured and fourteen others
more or less seriously hurt, besides
enormous property damage. as the re-
suit of tornadoes that prevailed near
Hamilton. Greenwood county. and near
AliCeViUe. in Coffee county. kan. las.
night The town Of Alicevnle, which
has 200 inhabitants, was practically
demolished. Wires were Frustrated and
the extent of the storm was not learned
until late today. The list OF casualties
may yet be incomplete.
Near Hamilton
Dead-Edith Bailey. 16-year-old
daughter OF W. J.. w Bailey; Mr.. Gil
man. father of Mrs. John Bailey; un-
known man.
Injured-W. Z. Bailey, two sons and
two daughters; one son. Ollie, fatally
hurt; II. Heberlin. wife and child, f.
$. Manis and wife.
Aliceville and Vicinity.
William Bruce. fatally injured; fou-
members of the family of John Earl
wine, none fatally; young daughter OF
j. w. Whorton. seriously injured
Heavy rain and windstOrms were
q
Kansas last night. With the exception
Of those near Hamilton and Aliceville
and vicinity, only minor damage was
done. In Greenwood and Coffey couu-
ties five distinct funnel-shaped clouds
formed at about the same time. The
two largest of these clouds struck near
Aliceville. and. travelling southwest
destroyed buildings and crops over "a
strip a quarter of a mile i'm width. At
d. o. 1na
in town was either totally wrecked or
moved from its foundation. The two
general merchandise stores there, one
owned by u. G.. Jones and the other
belonging to ID. r. Grant, were totally
wrecked, and the entire contents de-
stroyCd. On the opposite side Of the
street two blacksmith shops, lumber
yard and the Methodist church, as vel
as the Missouri Pacific depot, were de-
moIshed
Crushed by Falling Timbers.
At Alicevine but one person, William
| Bruce. was seriously hurt, He was
/ crushed by falling timbeTs and viii
probably die. Southwest Of Aliceville
! in Coffey county. heavy damage was
/ done to farming property. The farm
! house of John Earlwine was town I,
/ pieces and four members Of the family
injured, but none dangerously. A baby
was blown a distance Of fifty yards
and suffered only slight bruises A
school house was blown down and the
I house of j. w. Atherton blown away
/ All the members OF the AthertOn family
/ except a young daughter escaped IN
/ jury. Her leg was nearly severed by
I flying timbers, and she is in a serious
/ condition.
/ The other injured lived four miles
! west of Hamilton. where within a linn
/ tied locality nine farm houses wer-
. destroyed. Many small buildings were
( turned over and hundreds Of stacks o.
} hay and corn shocks scattered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
CLEVELAND WILL ATTEND.

Princeton. N j.. Oct. 7.-Ex-P President
Cleveland win attend the funeral Of for
n7er Postmaster General Bisscll at Bu4-
faio on Friday. Mr. Bissell first studied
law with the law firm with which Mr..
Cleveland was connected in Buffalo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
SHOT BY MASKED MEN.
Attempt to Assassinate Witness
Against the Deweys.

Topeka. Kan. oct. Allen Shafer, one
OF the states chief witnesses iu the
Dewey murder case was fired az by
masked men and one of the bullets
passed through his arm. inflicting a dan
gerOus wound. Shafer was on his way
from RaWlins county this week 20 Bird
City. in Cheyenne county. when the at
tempted assassination took place. The
word reached the attorney generals Of
flee today. Enemies of the DeWeys are
blaming the attack on some one connect
ed with the Dewey ranch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
TOOK A HEADE
AND WENT BELU
LangIsy'S Airship Plunged 10
the Potomac River.
EMERGED A TOTAL WRECK
COMPLETE FAILURE AFTER
YEf.@as OF STUDY.
IT IDEWATER,

sixty-foOt steelN 1iit hyins
chine, the climax e2rs
haustive study i'm the eno
lessor Samuel r. Langley, s.
the Smithsonian institution,
the problem of mechanical
midair. was launched today
experiment. carefully plan1
layed for months. provedN
failure. The IMMENSE r shiS
rapidly along its - nty-foot
was carried by - own momentum, rr.-.
100 yards ana INnen fell gradually into
the Potomac III Eer, whence it emerEed
q total wreck
Professor CHARLES NJ AIanley. who
has been Protee sor Langley's chief n
slstant III the fork preliminary 10 tie
attempted hlgFFt made the ascent ID
the aerodromef and escaped with
ducking. AL Fo time was there Rnr
semblance OF flight. the initial
meutum, the 4ightncss of the MAG
and the timing surface Olf
wings furnishing the conditions
account for 4he hurdred-yard
os the air bigd from its si7Ry
walton TO thei water An a
ment. made latter the te
that the experiment was
hut asserted cOufdencd
success of The inventE
Airship Ia
The launching tool
o'clock this afternoon
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y-eved to tbe deck of the tug Bartholdi
TyIorc he avrhanwad his driDDiuC
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
FOOTBALL CASUALTIES.
One Death Yesterday and One Serious
Injury.

Injury.
Chicago. Oct. 7.-Gustave julius Becker.
a 16-vear-old bow VINO was injured in
footblu practice at Lake Forest academy,
died TODAY. His back was broken Sept.
IS in a collision with another boy The
hodv viii be taken 70 Belen. n. NJ, where
the bows parents live
ADpleton wis oct Irwin Church
OF Menominee Falls fmlnack oi the Law
renee football team was seriously injured
TODAY. ia a sCTimmage he WAS kicked on
the head and be remained unconscious
Ecrcra1 hour
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
Near Hamilton.

Dead-Edith Bailey. 16-year-old
daughter OF W. j. w Bailey; Mr.. Gil
man. father of Mrs. John Bailey; un-
known man.
Injured-W. +. Bailey. two sons and
two daughters; one son. Ollie. fatally
hurt; Fl. Heberlin. wife and child; f.
$. ATanis and wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21
HOTEL LOBBY CLEANINGS
WILMINGTON DELI OFFICIALS IN
sPECTING THE WATER PLANT.
The Delaware City VIII Expend $780,
900 on Water Works System
Stories from the Hotels.

A party of five men representing the city
Of Wilmington. Del, spent yesterday in
Indianapolis inspecting the local water
works plant. In the party were the three
members of the Wilmington water works
commission, Alfred Belts, president, Dr.
j. P. Pyle and James p Jones, Joseph A.
Bond, city engineer, and T. A. Laisen, as
sistant engineer. Wilmington is especially
interested in the filtration question, and as
a result of the visit of the commission and
engineers yesterday L. X. Davis may Sc
cure contract to put in a system of slow
filtration in the Delaware city similar to
the one which the United States Sand Fill
tration Company is putting in for the In
dianapolis Water Company
DR.. ]. p. Pyle. of the Wilmington COM
mission, said last evening at the English
in telling of the object of the visit to In
dianapolis:
Wilmington is confronted with the ne
cessity of eliminating the pollution of the
stream from which the city is at present
obtaining its water supply. This commits
sion has heard very fattering and very ia
vorable reports of the system of slow sand
filtration as designed by Mr.. L. K. Davis,
of Indianapolis, and adopted by the water
company of this city, and we came on to
inspect IL. We were very cordially received
this morning by Mr.. Davis, who showed us
over the water works plant of your city,
explaining carefully and very intelligently
it's every detail AS Wilmington is con-
fronted with the absolute necessity of
adopting some system of water publication,
and as the commission seems highly
pleased not only with the cordial reception
extended by Mr.. Davis, but with his sys-
TEN of filtration, which he so intelligently
explained, it is altogether probable that
Wilmington will adopt some such scheme
as is now in process of construction here.
'This commission has very carefully
studied the system of slow sand filtration
which is now in process of construction in
Philadelphia under the supervision Of Mr.
John w. Hill, chief engineer. 1t has also
given careful attention to the results of
similar processes as they are being con-
Quoted at Albany, n. Y, and at Lawrence,
Mass. The system appears satisfactory in
all respects and is just what Wilmington
needs.
ssIndianapolis is a fine city, judging from
what we have been able to see of Ii in one
day. and we should be glad to stay here a
few days. but it is necessary for us to re-
turn at once"
DIR. Pyle said that the improvements
which Wilmington contemplates in its
water works system will involve an ex-
penditure of some 100000.
The visitors were entertained at luncheon
at the Columbia Club by Mr.. Davis, and
during the afternoon they were shown over
the city They started on the return trip
to Wilmington early last evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21
LITTLE LIGHT ON MURDER
GRAND JURY'S PROGRESS IN DOC
LUNG INVESTIGATION SLOW.
Witnesses Know Little on Which an
Indictment for Murder Could
Be Based.

The investigation of the alleged clews to
the detection of the murder of Doc Lung
the Chinese laundryman, killed in Indian
polls by some unknown person last May
will revert to the police department again
as the grand jury is meeting with little sue
cess, ia it's investigation. Prosecutor
Ruckelshaus said yesterday evening that
while much effort on the part of the grand
jurors and himself had succeeded in ascer-
tanning that Rufus Cantrell and Samuel
Martin knew something about the murder,
il had resulted in nothing that could be
taken substantiating charge of muir
der to be placed against either. The fore
man of the grand jury also said that he
believed the jury had done everything pos
sible thus far and he did not believe in re-
naming idle. Both he and Mr.. Ruckles-
haus said il would be foolish for the grand
jury to continue at the investigation wait
ing for something TO turn up and the best
plan would be TO bestir themselves in turn
ing something up. The police department,
with the detectives and other methods os
securing information not possible for grand
jury discovery. might be able to work out
a case on the clews obtained in the investi-
cation, ii was said and with complete in
structions from the prosecutor as TO what
has already been learned may be enabled 20
go ahead from where the investigation will
be ended by the grand jury.
All day yesterday the jury worked on the
alleged evidence which has been published.
Several witnesses were examined, among
them DR.. Frank Wright. physician ac-
cused of completely in their crimes by the
ghouls. who are now accused of murder by
several people and John o. Spahr, Wright's
attorney. DR.. Wright did not give the
grand jury much Information. His talk
with Cantrell over the telephone. in which
the oner was made by the negro 10 furnish
him with the body of a Chinese for dissec-
ton purposes, was given to the grand jury
in about the same manner that il Is al
ready known 10 the public. Nothing definite
was said by the witness and from his state
ments no definite conclusion can be drawn.
DR.. Wrights attorney, John o. Spahr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21
Is PREPARING
WILL GIVE ROYAL WELCOME TO
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.
A Unique Historic Badge for the
DeIegates-GossipA About Candi-
dates for the Offices.

comrade of Major May Post PA, of An
derson, gives a glowing account of what
the public-spirited citizens of that city are
doing for the entertainment of the State
Encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic May II, Is and IA. and the rest of
the week for those who will remain. "Our
committee says this comrade, has quiet
ly ascertained what other cities have done
in the way of entertainment and proposes
to do one better. The Andersonian who is
not taking a part in preparing for the pro-
posed entertainment of the Grand Army is
assigned to competent committees and Is
going on vigorously and tremendously We
are expecting great turnout. Why should
we not have IL, being so near to our great
suburb Indianapolis and near the cities
of Muncie. Kokomo, Marion? AT any rate
the Grand Army will not be permitted to
forget that Anderson is out for them in
earnest" Changing the subject little,
the visitor said: Anderson was never in
so good shape as now. We have got our
share of prosperity. Those who come to
visit us at the encampment will go away
saying that Anderson is one of the best
cities in Indiana"
Not much has been said about depart
ment commander, though these candidates
have been announced by their respective
posts. Taken alphabetically, these candi-
dates arc George w. Grubbs, Martinsville;
ISAIAH mCDOudlu, OOluI0Dld lily, HuS-
sell p. Finney New Albany.
Assistant adjutant General Smock, who
goes to Anderson frequently, is highly
pleased with what the citizens of Ander-
son are doing in preparation for the en-
campment The Department of Indiana is
In excellent condition. Recently a high
official in national headquarters congratu-
lated Department Commander Starr upon
the small decline in membership in In
diana and the efficiency of the organization
as shown by its reports. No department.
suit of the general effort to increase the
membership in this State cannot be known
until the next report of the posts have been
received. Posts have sent TO department
headquarters the names of several thou
sand veterans who should join the Grand
Army and circulars have been sent to
each of these.
The Anderson committee is getting up a
unique historic badge for the delegates to
local Woman's Relief Corps, wishing TO
honor a lady who has been State president.
has arranged to have her picture on the
badge for the w. r.. g. While there L.
precedent for this, two or three of the
leaders are very indignant and one of them
urged department headquarters to inter-
fere, but seeing no improperly in the
proposition of the Anderson corps and il
being no business of the G.. A. r. anyway.
the request was refused.
If there is any other candidate for presi-
White. of Rockville. the fact has not been
noised about.
1t is understood that Governor Durbin
will have some special guests at the en-
campment from other States, who will add
TO the interest of the occasion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21

who prompted the question relative to the
was also before the jury. Spahr did not
talk to the jurors. On the plea that all in
formation he possessed was given to him
confidentially by clients he was excused.
SPAHR TO BE RECALLED.
Spahr will be recalled to-day--he said yes
terday that he had no objections TO APP
pearing often wanted, and would do
his utmost to assist the jurors in the in
vestigation-and Dr. Wright, his client,
may be recalled. Spahr will be asked to-
day if the information which he possesses
was given him by DR.. Wright. and If 1t was
not, he will be forced to divulge the names
of his informants or else explain that they
also are his clients. If they are named by
him they will be subpoenaed and asked
what they know of the murder.
The only witness who appeared before
the grand jury yesterday whose testimony
helped to establish the theory that Cantrell
knows who killed Doc Lung or was party
Indiana avenue undertaken. Willis told
practically the same story to the jury
which has been printed. According to VIII
lis, Cantrell met him shortly after the
murder and, after accusing several I'M
named negroes of killing the Chinese, ex
hibited several Chinese coins, and said If II
was needed to corroborate his assertion
that he knew the murderers, he could pro-
duce some of Doc Lungs blood.
PatrOIman Al smith, MaTtln, Snerll
Metzger and other persons have been
named as men who have either heard di-
rectly from prisoners associated with them
that Cantrell knew something about the
murder, and they will be called and their
testimony submitted to the grand jury for
consideration at its worth.
An opinion expressed yesterday by a man
who is conversant with the cases of DR..
Alexander, DR.. Wright and Cantrell, and
with all of the known facts of the Doc
Lung murder was that there is little or no
truth in all of the suspicious directed
against Cantrell and Martin. He said that
the revival of interest in the case period
ically by letters from the Chinese consul
was responsible for the present investiga-
ton, and also the nearing of the time for
the second trial of DR.. Alexander might
have something to do with it. He said that
the majority of the witnesses who have
talked so freely to the newspaper reporters
who have interviewed them, and who have
so many blood-curdling stories of Cantrell 5
connection with the murder to tell, will
know little or nothing when they appear
before the grand jury, and that their
stories are based on hearsay. Most of the
men who have talked of knowledge of the
case have done so honestly, the attorney
said, but all the stories seem to have
sprung from Rufus Cantrells natural brag
adocia which asserted itself often when he
was working at his profession of body
snatching.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21
NEW BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Investments of Capital I'm Many Kinds
of Enterprises.

The Peters Signal Company, of Knox.
organized to manufacture the Peters rail-
way signal. Incorporated yesterday with
a capital stock of 100000. The directors are
r. d. Peters. c. II. Peters. H. A Filing
son. J. c. Fletcher. Jacob Keller. c. H.
Aldridge and c. L. Wait.
The Veal Bros Reed Chair Company.
of Michigan City. with "A capital stock of
$4,000 incorporated. The directors are L.
G. Veal. John X. Veal and Il. F. Veal.
The Kinloch Oil Company, a foreign cor
poration. capitalized at $500 900, filed articles
of incorporation.
The Sisters of the Holy Cross Hospital.
Of Notre Dame University, Incorporated
yesterday for the purpose of establishing a
hospital The capital stock OF the asso-
citation is $4,000 and the incorporators are
Bridget O'Neill. Catherine O'Shea Mary
Sullivan.
The Landessvlle Rural Telephone Com
pany, with capital stock of $500. incor-
porated.
The Stag Club of Indianapolis. incor-
porated. The directors are |. Stone. Omer
Lucas and w. IL. Jackson
The Peoples Mutual Live Stock Insur-
ance Association. of Greenfield, incor-
porated. The directors are 8. A d. Beck
ner II. G. Beckner. E. +. Cant, Noah M.
Souoer and r. l.. Mason.
The Garrett Telephone Company. of Gar
rett., with a capital stock of $4,000, incor-
porated. The directors are John b. Mayer
J. n. Ritter. S. b. Mccullough. w. III
Coffinberry. II. W. Morritz and L. d.
The Orange Mutual Telephone Company.
OF Orange, Incorporated with $500 capital
stock.
The Amboy Home Telephone Companv
of Amboy. with 5000. Incorporated W
Il. Miller. w. A. Hauck, Robert Ridgwav
z. +. Cox and John Stancomb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21
Report that Option Has Expired.

The rumor of the purchase of the Odd
Fellows building on the corner of Penn
sylvania and Washington streets was re-
vived yesterday by the announcement that
an option held by the State Life Insurance
Company for the purchase of the building
would expire to-day. None of the officers
connected with the Odd Fellow order would
discuss the possibility of the sale yester-
day, and they denied that the State Life
Company had an option on the site.
Several months ago the intention of erect
ing a large office building in the near fu-
ture was declared by the officers of the
State Life Insurance Company. II was
said then that nothing definite had been
decided on, but some day the State Life
would own building OF its own. The office
OF the insurance company, which has q
constantly growing business and now does
a large business all over the country, is in
the Newton Claypool building, and the
company is rapidly outgrowing, its quar-
tiers. IL Is understood that IL an available
site can be secured the ground will be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21
DAVID KAHN'S DEATH.


Life of the City.
city, died yesterday morning at his home,
1901 North Meridian street, of stomach
trouble, after an illness of a months dura-
ton. Mr.. Kahn recently underwent an
operation at ST. vincent's Hospital and
was thought to be improving until a few
days ago, when his decreasing strength
gave the first warning of the possibility
of his death.
Mr.. Kahn was born in Bloomington in
1852 but moved to Indianapolis a few years
later with his parents and was reared in
this community. He was a student in But
Ter College when that institution was To-
Gated in the building now occupied by the
Indianapolis Orphans Home The school
was then known as the Northwestern
Christian University After graduating
from the school Mr. Kahn engaged in mer-
camille business and soon was at the head
of trunk mandatory in this city which
bore his name. After a successful manage
ment of the trunk factory for several years
he organized the Capitol Paper Company
of this city and was active in its manage
ment for some time. He retired from this
firm several years ago, but retained an in
terest in il. More recently he was con-
nected with the firm of Kahn, Fisher &
Co, investment bankers and stock brokers,
with offices in the Stevenson building.
During his life in this city Mr.. Kahn was
prominent both among his own people and
among the business men of the city In
Jewish circles he was considered one of
the most progressive and public-spirited
citizens OF the city. In the charities of his
church he took an active part and also con-
tributed largely to public charities.
Mr.. Kahn is survived by widow, Mrs.
Hannah Fisher Kahn and three children,
the Oldest of them being Ferdinand Kahn,
aged nineteen. The funeral will be held
from the residence. 1901 North Meridian
street. tomorrow afternoon and will be
attended by several civic organizations and
Jewish societies in which Mr.. Kahn held
membership. The funeral sermon will be
preached by his pastor. Rabbi Messing, and
the burial will be in the Hebrew Cemetery.