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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
TEXAS TOWN SWEPT
AWAY BY TORNADO
Only Three Buildings Left In
Village of Bellevue.
FOURTEEN PERSONS ARE DEAD
Tornado Wa» Followed by Fire Which
Consumed the Wreckage—Report of
the Storm 6ent From Top of a Tel
ephone Pole.
Bellevue, Tex., April 27.—A*tornado
which swept through this place Thurs
day night, destroyed everything in its
path and as a result practically the
entire town is a mass of ruins, only
three buildings now standing, at least
eleven persons are dead and a number
are injured.
The tornado was followed by a Are,
which consumed the wrecKage.
i his report is being sent, from the
top of a telephone pole a mile from
Bellevue, but it is as close as a wire
can be had. The town of Bellevue con
sisted of over 200 houses.
Some of the Dead.
Among those who are known to
have been killed are:
R. L. Russell, wife and four chil
dren.
A. D. Card.
Tom Mount.
W. W. Bell, candidate for county
treasurer of Clay county.
Two members of the Gray family.
Seriously Injured. j
Two daughters of N. E. Smith, of
Bowie.
Mrs. Gault.
Mr. Gray and seven members of his
family, two of whom have since died.
It is expected a full report of the
casualties will soon be ascertained.
The fact that so few were killed is
accounted for by the fact that prac
tically every house was equipped with
a storm cellar, and the peopple ran
to them as soon as they saw the torna
do approaching.
Those who had no storm cellars or
who could not reach them were the
ones who suffered. Last winter many
lives were lost in the same neighbor
hood by a tornado.
Conservative estimates place the
loss betweensls9,ooo and $175,000.
r l he inhabitants of the town are not
only homeless, but without food or
raiment, and utterly destitute, all their
property being swept away.
Relief is being hastened to the ill
fated town from the neighboring
cities.
Wrecked Buildings on Fire.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 27.—A tel
egram from Bellevue, Tex., Clay coun
ty, Friday morning says after the town
had been wrecked by the tornado, the
buildings caught fire, and were still
burning.
A carload of provisions were sent
from Fort Worth Friday morning.
Tents and bedding have been rushed
fi-om Wichita Falls.
The latest report places the dead
at fourteen.
Knights Meet with Accident.
Columbia, S. C., April 27. —Apollo
Commandery, Knights Templar, of
Troy, N. Y., arrived in this citw Thurs
day on a special train on their pil
grim* ge through the south, after sever
al hours’ delay, caused by a collision
with some freight cars at Swansea,
21 miles from the city. Mrs. Joseph
T. Baynes, of Trop, N. Y., wad her arm
broken and the wife of General James
H. Loyd, also of Troy, suffered from
the shock. The Msitora were wel
comed by Governor D. C. Heyward, af
ter which they were given a typical
southern barbecue by Columbia com
mandery.
Meridian’s New Paper.
Meridian, Miss., April 27. —The
stockholders of the new morning pa
per perfected permanent organization
here with Krutcher Threefoot as chair
man, and Gabe Jacobson, secretary.
The board of directors are named as
George S. Heard, H. T. Og
den, L. C. Royster, K. Threefoot, M. R.
Grant, Gus C. Kendell, S. A. Neville,
J. M. Mcßeath, Walter Hodges, Frank
Helss, A. B. Ames, J. C. Redd, S. A.
Witherspoon, R. G. McCants, C. W.
Bailey.
Pistol Ball Ends His Life.
Ashburn, Ga., April 27. —Jake Roo
bin, shot himself with a 38-caliber
pistol near the heart. He was alone
in his store at the time. He lived
30 minutes. He leaves a young bride
here and several brothers In Cor
dele. Despondency was the cause of
his act. The remains will probably
be carried to Maer>n for Interment.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don’t Know it.
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
sediment or set
tling indicates an
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AMERICUS, QA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 28. 1906.
DOWNPOUR OF RAiN'
DRENCHES REFUGEES
Improvised Tents Afforded Poor
Protection.
THOUSANDS WITHOUT SHELTER
Jn Several Instances People In Houses
Refused to Admit Distressed Wo
men and Children and Militia Uncer
emoniously Broke Down the Doors.
Ban Francisco, April 27. —Many of
San Francisco’s homeless people camp
ed In the parks, squares and vacant
lots, were awakened early Friday by
the rain dripping through their impro
vised tents, which was their only pro
tection against the elements and af
forded poor protection against the
downpour.
The rain began to fall about 4 in
the morning, and continued several
hours. Drenched to the skin by the
rain and with bedding thoroughly
soaked, many persons were driven In
nearby houses for shelter.
Although the various camps were
better prepared for the storm than
tqjr several days past, hundreds of the
tents having been received and put up
since the last storm, still there are
thousands who are without proper
shelter and who shivered in their wet
clothing, vainly trying to get warm af
ter the rain ceased, by walking or run
ning around the camp. The least dis
tress and suffering was at the Presi
dio, where nearly all the refugees
have been provided with tents by the
quartermaster’s department.
A wagon load of picks and shovels
was furnished and trenches were
dug to carry off the water and the
ground banked around the tents, mak
ing them comparatively comfortable.
In “Cow Hollow,” at the rear of
Hart’s View, about 3,000 Italians from
Telegraph and Russian Hills and a
sprinkling of Chinese and Japanese,
are camped. Few of them have been
provided with tents and there was
much distress among the women and
children.
A chill wind was blowing Friday,
and the difficutly of preparing warm
food, added to the distress of the
homeless, especially floundering in the
mud in the low bottoms.
In LaFayette and Hamilton squares
comparatively few tents have been is
sued to those camped there, but the
ground is high and the drainage good.
Where the tents were made of
blankets, quilts, etc., the soldiers took
the women and children into the
houses, thus alleviating some of the
suffering.
A few who were not adequately shel
tered were taken into the large auto
mobile garages in the vicinity and in
to the Lutheran church.
In several instances people in the
houses refused to admit women and
children in distress from the cold and
rain, and the militia unceremoniously
broke down the doors with the butts
of their rifles.
Several thousand tents are enroute
here, and it is said that within a few
days fully 150,000 refugees will be
comfortably housed.
Trolley cars started to running on
several streets in San Francisco Fri
day. The cars will not run after 7
o’clock Friday night, however, and the
United railroad# wllltmaln aln a patrol
of one man In each block operated In
the burned district as a protection
against fire.
Over one hundred and fifty stores
were opened for business Thursday,
but before night numerous complaints
wer received that storekeepers had
rai*es prices to prohibitive figures.
Captain Rittenhcttße, U. S. A., com
manding the dlstriofe from Bush to Oak
and Fillmore to Division streets, call
ed at the Central police station last
night and requested that detectives be
detailed to investigate some of the
complaints.
The alleged systematic thefts of
several tons of ft©d Cross supplies
has been disclosed by the arrest of
Arthur Jacobs by Police Commission
er O’Grady and Detective Mathewson.
Jacobs is said to have made a confes
sion implicating several confederates
and revealed the place where he had
hidden the loot. Jacobs is a team
ster, and it vfent while hauling Red
Cross supplies that* he is albwed to
have done the looting durin# It \a
few days of the relief when it Wls ftdt
organized as It {a now. Under the
present system ol handling supplies
this would be practically Impossible.
Number of Casualties Over-Estimated.
San Franclsoo, April 27.—1 t Is the
opinion of General Greely that the
number of casualties has been over
estimated. “So many and grossly ex
aggerated rumors of the casualties due
to the earthquake have been sent out
that we have determined to make a
systematic investigation,” he said, “for
instance, it has been stated that there
were as many as 75 lives lost in the
"Valencia hotel, but so far as we have
been able to ascertain, the loss did not
exceed twenty. I believe that there
are Blmllar discrepancies which will
be discovered later after a thorough
examination of the Tecords and search
of the ruins.”
Students Ordered to Leave Town.
New York, AprU 27.—A special to
the Herald from K|gton, Pa., says that
because they were adjudged guilty oi
hazing the freshman class, 11 seniors,
one junior and two sophomores of La.
Fayette college, ha*© been indefinitely
suspended by the faculty and ordered
to leave town by 9 o’clock Friday
moaning. Members of the upper class
hav banded themselves to resist the
suspension and have requested the
faculty to reconsider their action. In
the event of a refusal, it is believed
the seniors, juniors and sophomores
will go on strike and refuse to attend
classes.
Beacon Rock Arrives at Victoria.
Victoria, B. C.’, April 27. —The Brit
ish ship Beacon Rock, long overdue,
with a oargo of general merchandise,
arrived Friday. The Beacon Rock,
which left Liverpool nearly a year
ago, was forced hack to Montevideo,
where three months were spent Ir
making repairs.
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DOWIE AND WIFE
GET TOGETHER
Mrs Dowie Visits Husband At
His Hotel.
DID NOT ENTER FATHER’S ROOM
Dowie is Said To Be Hi, but It Is De
nied that the Purpose of the Visit
Was for a Death-Bed Reconcilia
tion.
Chicago, April 27.—Following re
ports that John Alexander Dowie is
a very sick man, Overseer Jane Dow
ie, wife of the deposed head of the
Christian Catholic church, visited her
husband In his apartments at the Au
ditorium Annex Thursday.
This Is the first time Dowie and his
wife, who are reported to have been
estranged, have seen each other in
several months. When General Over
seer Voliva assumed control at Zion
City Mrs. Dowie cast her lot with the
new administration and since then has
repudiated her husband publicly sev
eral times. Because of this state of
affairs those interested in the contro
versy over Zion City piace a great
deal of significance in the visit of Mrs.
Dowie.
Mrs. Dowie was accompanied to the
Annex by her son, Gladstone Dowie,
but the latter did not enter the room
occupied by his father. Mrs. Dowie
remained in her husband’s apartments
for half and hour, after which she was
again joined by her son and they re
turned to Zion City.
That Mrs. Dowie's visit to her hus
band was for the purpose of a death
bed reconciliation was denied by those
associated with Dowie, who assert that
she called on Dowie to arrange for his
proposed return to Zion City Saturday
and his reception at Shiloh house.
The report that Dowie was in a dy
ing condition was denied by all those
still faithful to him in the party at
the hotel.
E. C. Wetten, Dowie’s legal advis
er, declined to disclose the purpose of
Mrs. Dowie’s visit.
“One thing I wish to emphasize,
however,” said Wetten, “and that is
Dr Dowie is not as ill as the public
has been led to believe. He is In bet
ter health today than he has been at
any time since his return to Chicago
two weeks ago.”
* Mexicans Seize a Schooner.
Pensacola, Fla., April 27. —The fish
ing schooner Sallie Sterns, of this port,
owned by the Warren Fish company,
has been seized at Progresso by the
Mexican government, acording to ad
vices received here. The owners of
the Sterns have wired the American
consul at Progresso and have advised
the state department through Senator
Mallory of the seizure. Consul Diaz,
of Mexico, is without advices, but is
of the opinion that the vessel violated
the fishing laws by operating within
one league of the shore.
Robbed of Wife and Child.
Atlanta, April 27. —Asserting that
his own brother robbed him of his
wife and little girl, Charles Jones, of
Jacksonville, Fla., has been in Atlan
ta since last Friday searching the city
with detectives trying to locate his
faithless wife and heartless brother.
Failing to find the couple, Mr. Jones
decided to make publio tne whole af
fair and had printed, under the direc
tion of the chief of police, a circular
giving a description of his brother and
wife, and offering a reward of SSO for
their Rrrest.
SIOO,OOO for Repair Work.
Washington, April 27. —The house
committee on appropriations has au
thorized a favorable report on a bill
carrying an appropriation of SIOO,OOO
for repair work at the Mare Island,
Calif., navy yard, to give employment
to San Francisco mechanics and also
$70,000 to meet emergency expendi
tures in the postoffice department Inci
dent to the San Francisco loss. Presi
dent Roosevelt recommended $300,000
and the senate passed a bill for that
amount yesterday.
Make Aloohol from Sawdust.
Jackson, Miss., April 27.—Lumber
manufacturers in Mississippi predict
that the day Is not far distant when
every ounce of sawdust at the various
mills in this state will be utilized in
the manufacture of wood alcohol, and
that lumbermen will place a value on
sawdust second only to that of the
main product of their plants.
Franklin Celebration Held.
Paris, April 27.-2:80 p. m.—The
Franklin celebration, preceding the
unveiling Friday of the statue of Ben
jamin Franklin, presented to the city
of Paris by John H. Harjes, the Amer
ican banker of this city, was held in
the palace of the Trocadero this af
ternoon.
King Edward In Naples.
Naples, April 27. —King Edward and
Queen Alexandra arrived here Friday
from Messina, after a stormy voyage.
It is feared they will be unable, on
acount of the weather, to make their
proposed ascension of Mount Vesu
vius.
453 City Blocks Burned.
Ban Franeisoo, April 27. —A map Just
published here of the burned district
Os San Francisco, shows an area cov
ering 453 city blocks, 111 of which are
south of Market street and 342 at the
north «nd. It is estimated that the
buildings destroyed will be in the
neighborhood of 60,000.
Mrs. Standlfer on Trial.
Atlanta, April 27.—The trial of Mrs.
Willie Standifer, charged with killing
her sister, Miss Chappell Whlsenant,
Was begun in the criminal branch of
♦he superior court, Judge Roan presid
ing, Friday morning. Counsel for de
fense entered a plea of delusional in
sanity.
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• TO FACE MURDER CHARGE.
Mra. Ramsey Held for Mrs. Glover’s
Death.
Bristol, Tenn., April 27. —The second
day’s investigation of the murder of
Mrs. Mollie Glover, who was found
dead in her bed with her head split
open and almost chopped from the
body on Tuesday night, resulted In the
arrest of Mrs. Jamine Ramsey, who ad.
mitted before the coroner’s jury that
her relations with Sylvester Luttrell,
in whose house the murder was com
mitted, and who was arrested on sus
picion of the crime, were for several
years of an intimate nature, but had
been severed.
Witnesses testified that Mrs. Ram
sey had Just previously declared her
Intention of murdering Mrs. Glover,
through jealousy for Luttrell, and up
on this evidence she was arrested, and
is now in jail.
The coroner’s jury is still in session
and hearing testimony of various wit
nesses, and as yet no direct light has
bees, shed on the mystery.
The police lean strongly to the opin
ion that the murder was committed by
a woman, through jealousy. Luttrell
is still held.
Adopt Decisive Measures.
Paris, April 27. —The police have
adopted decisive measures to appre
hend the element which is fomenting
disorder, and learn the sources of its
supplies. Early in the day a search
was made of the headquarters of the
confederation of labor and of its 50
branches throughout the city. Simul
taneously, the police searched the
homes of a number of royalist sympa
thizers who were suspected of encour
aging disorder in the hope of affect
ing a coup de estat. The offices of
La Croix, a reactionary paper, were
also searched. It is understood im
portant papers were found at the
homes of some of the royalists. The
search of the headquarters of the con
federation of labor brought negative
results.
Knox Gardner Can’t Be Found.
Macon, Ga., April 27. —Friends of
Knox Gardner, who late in January of
the present year, completed a business
education in Macon, are making a
close search, for him and believe he
has met with fould play. He left the
offices of L. C Miller in Danville early
Tuesday morning and has not been
heard from. He was a stenographer
there and was in good circumstances.
He had been ill and it is feared that
mental derangement caused the mys
terious disappearance. Police author
ities and officers here have been en
gaged In the search with no favorable
results up to the present. He is 19
years of age and has dark eyes and
hair.
Dragged To Death by Mule.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 27. —A horri
ble accident occurred on the Kennedy
plantation several miles south of this
city. Linn Jones, an 18-year-old boy,
was riding a mule across a newly
plowed field when the animal became
frightened. Being without saddle,
the boy lost his hold and fell under
the animal, being caught by the har
ness, which added to the mule’s fright.
He was dragged several hundred yards
through the field and into the woods
in the sight of his father, who was ut
terly helpless. When the mule was
finally captured, the boy, who was lit
erally battered to a pulp, had passed
away.
Woman Slain by Her Husband.
Memphis, Tenn., April 27. —Mrs. J.
W. Skinner, wife of the manager of a
local manufacturing company, was
shot and killed by her husbalh Thurs
day night while seated on the veran
da of a local club house. Skinner,
when arrested, claimed that the kill
ing of Mrs. Skinner was accidental;
that the bullets which struck the wo
man w-ere intended for Robert Simp
son, an expert golf player, who was
seated near Mrs. Skinner, and whom
Skinner alleges was responsible for do
mestic difficulties in the Skinner homq
Brltains Get Ready for Turks.
London, April 27.—The British gar
rison in Egypt is being strengthened
at the suggestion of Lord Cromer, the
British agent there, who considered
the action advisable in view of the un
rest of the Turks over the Tabah
boundary Incident.
I “If you want to know what smartly dressed men will wear
this season, ask to see Fechheimer-Fishel Smart Clothes.”
A Most Attractive Selection
Jflfe of highly exclusive fabric i —
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You will find an unusually
MgM&jjjf -4 Hf 1i Hidsooie assortment of griy
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aiit * t^ uoel caesimere, was never
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DO IT NOW.
When yonr house, barn or store has reaohd that stage where It is no longer
protected from the element?, it requires painting, not simply to hide the
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Don’t delay the job, bnt do it now and do it right, by using;
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Before deciding on the paint yon will use, no matter how much, please
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Picnic Season is Here and
SPARKS’ STORE
I* the place to fi 1 your Dinner Basket with the best. The
finest Canned Meats, Crackers, Cakes, Pickles, Preserves
Olives, Saled Dressing, Catsups; in fact everything needed
for the Picnic Dinner. Ca’l or phone us your orders.
Sparks’ Store, Ph 2 “”
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Bank of Commerce,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA
Ager aral banking business transacted and all consistent courtesies
•y tended to natrons. Certificates or deposit issued bearing interest.
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Whoop a La !!!
Spring days are here end
the roads are fine. Just
the time when yon would
enjoy a drive in one of
our easy riding buggies.
We have s n me good values to
G offer bicycle buyers.
w H. J. BAGLEY,
Manufacturer of Harness,
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