Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-11


est bidder. A similar sale had recent
ly been held successfully and Rev
John ID. Long interested himself in
the matter and decided to procure EN-
ployment for other destitute men In
this way.
The police stopped the sale by vir.
true of a section OF the penal code
which says that "An assemblage In
public houses or other places of three
or more persons disguised by having
their faces painted. discolored or con.
cealed is unlawful"
Although 1t was not absolutely nee.
essary to have the men masked. when
the church authorities saw the police
on hand they decided to call the auc.
tion off.
WHEATLEY, Ark. Mar. 9.-Resi.
dents of Brlnkley. Ark, which was
devastated by tornado last night,
are arriving here today. Six white
people are known to be dead and
probably fifteen injured The dead:
Porter Foote, ]. L, Sterritt. Henry
Hovald. Ir, Mrs. Phillips and two un.
identified men.
Brinkley was a town of over 5000
inhabitants, and refugees say that the
entire business section was demollsh-
ed by the storm and that probably so
per cent of the residences were razed
o. rendered unhabitable Relief trains
have arrived at the scene, but all wire
communication is interrupted.
Reports from southern and south.
eastern Arkansas say heavy wind
storm passed over those section of the
state last night doing considerable
damage TO small buildings, but no loss
of life is reported
l.. NJ. Kimmell the railroad opera
tor at Brlnkley. one of the first 10
reach point of communication to
summon aid for the devastated town.
graphically describes the scenes i'm.
mediately following the passing of the
storm. Together with several com
panions Kimmel was in the Rock Is,
land depot when It was struck AS
though II We're toy the substantial
structure was twisted and broken. oc.
cupants being caught among the fan
ing timbers, bruised but otherwise un
hurt Extricating themselves after
half an hours effort. they found the
town In darkness the street filled
with a terrorstrcken throng, their
shrieks mingling with the moans of
the injured Intermittent flashes of
lightning revealed wreckage every
where--a portion of a building stand
ing here and again only a tangled
mass of debris. as Kimmell and his
companion made their way through
the streets they Identified two of the
dead and stumbled over others who
were wounded Huddled about the
ruins of their homes, families were
standing in groups, clinging together
in terror. while here and thera
searcher was cropping about in quest Of
missing member of the household
LATER-This afternoon II is known
that thirty people were killed, half a
hundred injured and property dam
age exceeding a million dollars was
the story of the deviation done when
the cyclone totally destroyed this town
last night. The business district is
totally obliterated.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 9.-Secretary
Of State Philander C. Knox is one
cabinet officer who It is understood
does not appreciate the title of "Mr
Secretary" He much prefers being
called Mr.. Knox" Among other dem
ocratic tendencies of the new premier
Is his habit of early rising. Six O'Clock
is rather a late time for him to get up
WASHINGTON, Mar. president
Taft contemplates a long trip through
the west and probably TO Alaska this
summer. He spoke of his purpose to-
day to Senators Smooth and Suther
land, who called upon him to extend
an invitation to attend the forty-nintn
annual encampment of the G. A. r. at
Sdlt Lake aug. 10 IA. Inc INVITA-
tion came from the stale of Utah
and from the executive comp,ittee of
the G. A. X. The president said he
would like to accept the invitation and
would do so If possible. He wished
to make trip through the west. he
said. and If he could arrange matters
would stop at Salt Lake.
He has made no plan for the trip
and will not do so for a long tlme
He wishes to go to Denver and other
western points, then on to the Pa
cifc coast. winding up at Seattle to
attend the Alaska-Yukon Pacific expo.
sition at Seattle which opens in June
and closes in October.
ATLANTA, Mar. 9.-"Meat will be
cheaper this summer" said j. Ogden
Armour who passed through Atlanta
in his private car en- route from Palm
Beach to Chicago this morning.
Meat is high. too high, at present."
he continued, but this is because OF
the increased cost of feeding stock
Just now. 1t follows that when corn
is high meat is high. This summer
a.