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OFF FOR CHICAGO.
MESSRS DVRANT AND HOWARD, THE
CYCLISTS, BEGIN THEIR RIDE.
A Crowd was Out to See Them Off for Chic
ago—Mr. Howard Starts at 3 O’clock
aud Mr. Durant Leaves at Five.
Ed Durant and Walter Howard, the two
newspaper men who signed articles of
agreement to ride from Atlanta to Chicago,
are off.
They both left Brisbine park Tuesday
afternoon in the presence of a large crowd.
Mr. Howard was the first to leave and
was several miles on his hard journey
when Mr. Durant made his start, but that
did not affect Air. Durant at all, for he is
confident of winning the race and pulling
down the prize.
The announcement that the two riders
would make the start from the ball park
brought many of their friends out to see
them leave and to give them a send ell.
It was 3 o’clock when Air. Howard rolled
his wheel out from against the smoker
where it had been resting and as I injure
Harrington tapped the heli he mounted and
rolled up to the home plate where he raised
his cap to his li'iends. i hen he rolled
nround the diamond going to third base
first ami after making the circuit waved
his hands to his friends as he disappeared
through the side gate. As he went out of
sight he was given a grand send oft ami
those who were upon the top seats in the
grand stand stood up watching him as he
went out of the gate. As Air. Howard
disappeared from view, two friends spun
after hint on their wheels and accompanied
him for several miles on his trip. Just
what direction he took no one knows yet,
neither does any one know where he rested
last night. ,
Mr. Durant left the grounds at a o clock,
two hours after Air. Howard had begun his
ride. . , ~
The game of ball was going on when Air.
Durant reached the grounds and as he
came in he was given a gram! reception by
his many friends. The grand stand was
full of them and it was quite evident that
Mr. Durant would bo given a great send
off. He was attired in a bicycle suit which
fitted him perfectly. His machine, a Co
lumbia. was .'quipped with a pair of saddle
bags carrying all he will need on the trip.
He then rolled his machine to the pitchers
box ami at 5 o’clock Hacington, the um
pire. gave the word and Durant was oft
on his long ride to Chicago. He described
» circle or two and then turning his ma
chine towards the gate hit an even, easy
pace As he neared the gate he waved his
hands graceful!} to his friends and passed
out of sight. The grand stand gave him a
rousing lot of noise as he went behind it,
while the people in the bleachers yelled
lustily too. Durant rode out of the gate
and was joined by one of bis brothers,- Air.
Harry Durant, who made several miles
with him.
Terms of the Contest.
'flic articles of agreement governing the
ride of nearly SOO miles, arc as follows :
Atlanta, (la., April 21, 18*33.- We, the under
signed. hereby agree to leave Atlanta on our
j.icyeles on Tuesday. April 25th- Mr. Howard
tit ;1 o'clock p. m., and Mr. Jmrant two hours
liter for Chicago, the start to be made at
Brisbine park, and the signal to lie given by
the umpire of the game of ball to be played
that afternoon.
Wn solemnly and faithfully pledge our honor
to the obs< r'vnm-e of the following rules to
govern the contest:
1. That neither of ns will use in any man
ner xv'iats. ver any means or manner of eon-
veyanee other than our bicycles, and that the
i lovenu nt of our bicycles shall lie entirely nn
jii.b-4 bv any other force than our own, pro
vid 4. however, that this shall not prevent
eiib. ■- of us from walking when deemed ad
visable.
2. Wo a.cree to telegraph to Atlanta for daily
publication onr whereabouts, unless it bo flint
1 i the course of any day's travel wo shall
not be within reach of telegraph facilities,
provided, however, that each of ns shall tele
graph at intervals of not longer than furty-
< iuht jts). hon.rs ~r r!V!11 )1T
< hieago. al the Columbia hotel, corner Thiny-
,■ rs t . ■ Stat< sti ets, recelre from the
person in charge certificates of our arrival.
The winner of this coidi st to receive
f|oo. the loser SSO.
0, Each of th obligates himself
to use no other wheel during the journey than
that on which he le.av-'s Atlanta.
7. Each contestant w ill make affidavit of his
: rriv.il in Chi< ago that none of the provisions
of file above agreement have been violated in
nnv manner whatsoever.
.Signed in *>Plieate.), ATTER HOWARD.
E. M. DURANT.
Both gentlemen reached Rome Wednesday
liight and there rested for the night. Mr. I)u
--vnnt’s telegram to The Constitution tells
of his day's ride and of his experiences.
Here it is:
Durnnt Overtakes How ard.
Rome, Ga., April 26.—(Special.)-! arrived
In-re (his afternoon at 6:35 o'clock, just thirty
minutes behind Howard and Foote.
All along the route news of the contest had
j recorded me. old mountiueers, who looked
as if they did not know (he war was over,
iiad soim-how heard about the start of the
two Atlanta bicyclists for Chicago amt were
tin the lookout. In Rome a representative
flection crowd gathered around the Armstrong
Hotel d - waiting the arriva 1.
At Rockmart several drummers, leaving for
Home, got my route. and consequently
awakened interest in advance.
After leaving Austell this mottling at 6:30
o'clock i heard nothing of Howard until
f.-v.-ral miles beyond l owder Springs, when I
vaught his trail by mere accident. I stopped
to inquire my way ami was somewhat sur
prised when Mrs. Rokcstran, the lady of
whom 1 made inquiry, stated that site had
lodged three bicycle riders during the night.
One of them had left a pair of handkerchiefs
behind, which turned out to be Mr. Howard s.
mid when I overtooK him In Rome I returned
lis forgotten propertv. From Mrs. Rokestran
J learn 1 that' Howard had reached her house
1- . mht at S o'clock as wet as a rat. having
came bv wav of Smyrna. I followed his
trail to Dallas. where 1 learned that lie had
, ~ ner-.ss the country via. Stilesboro from
Dallas to Rockmart.
Mv wav was over the mountains. I have
r-ad of i'ikos Peak, but never saw It until
today. I bad to almost drag myself up by
4- 'us of shillings jn man', places it was so
bteei> All day the mud has been terrible to
contemplate and at one point 1 took refuge
on the railroad track, riding six miles over
m-wlv-laid flint rock ballast, rather than
t ick! ■ the big road. The wonderful part of
t'Js is that I did W't make a single puncture
jn mv Columbia tire, though it seenu-d im
possible to get through without cutting it
literally to rieces. Indications now are that
tomorrow we will have another heavy rain
end immeasurable mml to eono-nd with.
E M. DURANT.
The Accident to Mr. Howard’s Wheel.
Th.- story of Mr. Howard’s accident is
told in a special from Rome. It says:
Rome. Ga., April 27. (Special. I The front
wheel *of the bicycle which Howard
was riding, was badly damaged coasting dow n
;i rocky hill a few miles from Atlanta. Rain
was pouring down. Foote was In advance,
le.ard the rash, looked back and saw that
Howard had run into a ditch. The rim of the
A Weak
strange as it may seem, is caused
from a lack of that which is
never exactly digested— fat. The
greatest fact in connection with
Scott’s Emulsion
appears at this point—it is partly
digested fat — and the most
weakened digestion is quickly
strengthened by it.
The only possible help
in Consumption is the
arrest of waste and re
newal of healthy
tissue. Seott's Emulsion
has done wonders in Con
sumption just this way.
Prepared by Soott A Cowpo. N. Y. Alldmggißte.
wheel spread and broke partly in two. The
wheel was in bad condition when Howard
reached Rome, where a new wheel from At
lanta awaited him. The damaged wheel was
taken out this morning aud a new one put in
and the other returned to Atlanta by express.
The rim seemed too weak for the heavy tire.
The Last from ouraut.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 28. —(Special.)
I reached Chattanooga this afternoon at
7 o’clock, Howard following three-quar
ters of an hour later. Aly Columbia is in
prime condition, though the wheels of both
Howard and Foote’s machines have been
repeatedly broken.
I am myself in better condition to make
mileage Ilian at any time, since the start.
Since leaving Rome it has not. been a
question of speed, but of the number of
hours spent in plodding through mud ten
inches deep. Yesterday and today fully
one-half the distance traveled was on foot,
and over crossties at that.
Routes look tine on the map, but close
inquiry among the wheelmen and others
who know, simws me that there is practi
cally but one course that can be followed
without losing vantage ground. Yester
day 1 followed Howard "out of Rome, and
in order to prevent a repetition of his tac
tics of the previous night, when he got live
hours the start of me by taking the road
in the middle of the night, slept in the
same hotel at Tryon, having posted the ser
vant to wake tm 1 if he started.
Again today 1 trailed Howard.
A heavy rain began falling about 10
o'clock and we took refuge in a barn. [
went to sleep on a pile of fodder and Foote
skinned out in the rain with Howard, leav
ing me.
At Chickamauga, five hours later I over
took them, at dinner, and passing on reach
ed Chattanooga three-quarters of an hour
in advance.
Since the two men left Atlanta Durant
has not only shown the better speed, but he
has shown the greater staying powers of the
two. Howard not only had two hours the
start of Durant when the race began, but
on the first night he got. out of his bed at
midnight and pulled away from Durant,
while Durant was yet asleep. This was
all right and Durant, could not object to it,
but it was a task on Howard's physical
ability. Then again, after the two men
had left Rome a rain storm came up and
both men were compelled to take shelter
in a barn. Durant had not been in the
saddle as many hours as Howard, but lie
had ridden faster when he was there aud
dropped off asleep from weariness. Howard
did the same thing, but Foote, who is a semi
professional, kept his eyes open and when
tie discovered that Durant was in a detm
sleep dreaming of his home and his wife
he quietly awoke Howard and as quietly ho
and Howard mounted their wheels and stole
away, leaving Durant to finish his slumbers
and his dream on the fodder pile. When
Durant turned over for his second nap he
opened one eye and, finding that he was
alone, opened both. and. mounting his wheel,
pulled out. The road was as bad for Du
rant as for Howard, but, Durant never
stopped until he had for the second time over
taken his rival.
catarrhTs curFd
Ouickcr, Faster and With Greater Certainty
in Warm Seasons.
Mo<t people alllicted with chronic catarrh
find themselves, during warm weather, more
or loss improved. This leads them to be
lieve that they tire getting better of their
disease, but as soon as cold weather returns
they find they are mistaken. The old symp
toms return with all and sometimes more
than their accustomed severity. Hawking,
running at the nose, fullness in the fore
head, offensive breath, sore throat, and.
perhaps, cough. These and many similar
symptoms come back each winter to con
vince the victim of ehronich atarrh that
the old disease remains.
The proper thing to do is to commence
and continue the proper treatment for chron
ic catarrh during the warm season. By
thus taking advantage of the disease, a per
manent. cure may be effected before the
catarrhal season returns. The I’erima
o>, wiinoui any interruption, until (he
symptoms disappear. Every person begin
ning this treatment should have a copy of
The Family Physician No. 2. which con
tains a complete guide to the cure of chron
ic catarrh. The diet, hygienic regulations,
local treatment and all other necessary de
tails in the treatment of this disease, arc
completely described in this little book.
Sent free by the i’e-ru-na Drug Alanufact
uriug Company, Columbus, O.
A STRANGE CASE
Os the Woman Who Died A iter Coughing Up
a Mouse.
Columbia, S. C., April 27. —(Special.)—
The ease of the negro girl Tina Richard
son, who died at the Blossom house in
ward 1, is attracting public attention and
has caused considerable excitement among
the negroes. The full particulars of her
strange death are as follows:
She had been ill for nearly two months
and arose this morning at tin* accustomed
hour apparently no worse than usual. She
was sitting near the hearth when she
coughed up a live animal about an inch
and a half long and resembling a young
mouse in some respects and in others, re
sembling another animal. She fainted, and
was assisted to a lied by a colored woman,
who ran to give the alarm.
A large crowd gathered in a short while
and every imaginable superstitious theory
was advanced. The little animal on the
hearth had been unmolested up to this
time. Some one poked it. with a stick and
it squealed ami squirmed.
The girl recovered sufficiently to say
that there was one still in her that was
choking her to death. She made frantic
efforts to get it out, sometimes almost
strangling herself in her efforts to get hold
of it.
All the time she was suffering agonies.
Gradually she suffocated t<> death. Before
her death she accused a colored woman liv
ing in the neighborhood of having given
her “this thing," meaning that she bad been
conjured or “hoodooed.”
in the meantime a small boy had been
sent io bring the animal which had been
carried away, lie came running and de
posited a bottle in the lap of an old “mam
ma” who turned it up and out came the
cause of all the excitement, a little red.
liXrless thing that squealed every time it
was touched.
The negroes in that section of the city
are excited and their superstitious fears arc
freely expressisl. A large crowd was con
gregated around the street door and on the
corner. People were continually going and
coming from every direction.
No reasonable explanation of this curious
affair has been given.
Dr. L. B. Folk was called in after the
woman had been dead for some time.
When seen by a reporter Dr. Folk said
he did not know whether it was all super
stition or not. as medical writers were di
vided on whether a live animal could live
in the human body, but that, the more re
cent medical works claim that such a tiling
is possible. He volunteered to look up a
similar case, but as the reporter was leav
ing he declined with thanks.
The “object” was taken to Dr. Kendall,
who pronounced it a young mouse. He
thinks it dropped from a crack overhead,
but the reporter observed the ceiling crit
ically and no crack could be seen.
The room is on the first floor and the
ceiling is plastered.
This seems to be an almost incredible
story, but these are the facts as gathered
from the woman who was in the room.at
the time of the occurrence.
A Carolina Affray.
Raleigh. N. C., April 29.—(Special.)
News reached hero today of a sensational
affair in Mitchell county.
William Blalock, a white man aged twen
ty, outraged the young wife of Philo Pritch
ard and ned. Pritchard pursued and friends
joined him in the pursuit.
Near Elk park the party came up with
Blalock.
As they came up Blalock began firing
with a revolver and killed Andrew Groer.
He then threw away his pistol and was
captured- He is in jail and denies the shoot
ing. claiming that Reuben Buchanan, one
of the posse, shot at him and struck Greer.
fHE WEEKLY CONSTITI A. GA.. TUESDAY. MAY 2,J893
MB. COMER 1<
From the Receivership <•
ami Augusta l>>:
Savannah, Ga., April 2
11. Al. Comer lias been dis
Pardee as receiver of th<
Augusta Railway Coinpar
This decision arrived la
is quite a lengthy one settii
arguments, answers and
lation to the same ami con
opinion as to why Comer,
charged, by saying nothing!
firmation of Averill's appoii.
The opinion of Judge Pai'll
the question of jurisdiction J
circuit court of Richmond eo\
appointment of Air. Averill,
did not require his consideraji,
court being the judge of its own pis
and it is assumed for the purje ol
application that Judge Honey com
fully seized of till the jurisdicu f
exercised. He states that. 1 lintel
States court is one of limited .ism’tmi
and it was not necessary to iuqui wie'her
Petitioner Averill pursued the pr<»r •our>e
in suggesting a want of jurisdiefi u Ue
circuit court. But the said courte»>ssa!i-
Iv noticed that fact. The claim Afoul,
lie says, is as to the right of the let .voyaJi i
to control its road as against thrigit >1
the court under the Rowena vr.t ba,
and that the Central has no n-tt )
possession ami control, save tbi'gh *
imate influence as a majority stoß- .
Further that the court has no m ..>nt
to the control than the Central In
Judge Pardee then stated th. D has
noticed the.showing of the Central Biom
and Banking Company, aut l
that in his opinion an
should be entered in the ease of
railroad vs. the Farmers Doan a In M
Company. releasing and ixhaig • »
Port Roval and Augusta railroad m prop
ertv and assets from the possession the
court and custody of the receiver.
Theji follows his orders which go J-o
far as to release from the I lilted ys
court the Port. Royal railroad and
property to be turned over to the 1 oiioj
al Railroad Company. .
The order further discharges ‘ 1
Comer and orders him to render t ac
counts of the Port Royal railroainfo
court, and states that upon their apoxal.
proper action will be taken to sett the
same.
Examining Receiver Coiner.
Receiver Oakman. A ice President 1 the) -
ford and Attorney Henry (’rawford the
Richmond Terminal, arrived in thceiiy
todav. Thev are here for the purpos-Mr. ,
Crawford says, of examining keeo’.w • o- !
met- and Cashier Cunningham, ol tbc<,en
tral railroad bank before Ala-ter in han
eery G. D. Owens tomorrow mornur-li • ,
o’clock,ami t deposinotis m igard j
to xvbv that SGtHi.oiH was borrowed lt"i tm‘ I
Hollins syndicate ami also in regard toyhat
disposition was made of it and why thqoan
was necessary. .
Receiver Comer returned from NewioiK
tonight and reports a satisfactory coni'fiiee
with the committee ami says enough -c-ip
ties have been deposited to insure
zation and to wa rra Ji I tin* (‘or.ii’.iitt (‘c 1 i <■'
fusing to further extend the time for tie h'- |
posit of tile same. He refuses io di.-eus, Ine
visit of the Terminal people of their obe-ts. ;
Mr. Averill in Charge.
Augusta, Ga.. April 2(’>.—(Special.i--lb>-
coiver Averill is now in charge ol thel’ort
Royal and Augusta railroad. The transfer
from the Central authorities took plate at
2 o’clock yesterday. Superintendent,
Moore refused (’ol.inel .\verill s first doji.ind
for the road, but after a good deal of quib
bling and telegraphing between Angilstl aud
Savannah, the Central authorities d<emed
to turn over the road. Everything is moving
along smoothly so far and reports will be
imide to Receiver Averill here in Augusta
instead of to the Central officials m Savan
nah.
Another Bond on His t!an<l»
The Fort Roval ami Western Carolina rail
road like the‘Port Royal and Augusta, has
passed into the bands of a receiver, t'olone
J. H. Averill is receiver of the Port Royal
and Augusta, and is also today name ! as
t tiMuro xj.v »*4*4*>k.’ i’ he jKjk 1 JA
to break the lease will be exncrienced in
getting charge of the Port Royal "nd Mosl
em Carolina, but there is no doubt it. will
finally be decided in favor of the bond
holders. The Port Royal and Western Car
olina road was formerly the August a and
Knoxville and runs to Spartanburg. Green
ville and Anderson, S. C.
I hey W ont Go In.
Savannah, Ga., April 26.—(Special.)—The
stockholders of the Augusta ami Savannah
railroad decided today against entering the
reorganization plan. There were 0.721
shares out of a total of 10,229 represented
at the meeting at Lathrop and Hulls, 3,237
voting against, entering the plan and 2,484 in
favor of it. The eleven curators of the Geor
gia Historical Society, acting as trustees
for the .Mary Telfair academy, owning 1.606
shares, refused at first to vote in the meet
ing, but it was found that their vote was
necessary to decide the question. The board
retired to consider the ma iter, and the vote
was live to live. General Henry R. Jackson,
chairman, who is a director in the ('antral,
voting against entering the plan. Ths de
cided the matter.
Mr. Gomer said this action would mt af
fect the plan, as those who wish to do so
may still deposit their stock and elite - into
it. Whether the road will be reorganize! will
then be determim'd by the reorgani atiou
committee.
Will Defend It.
Savannah, Ga., April 27.—(Specil.)—
The directors of the Central ruilroat held
a meeting today, and after a tong
discussion a resolution was adopted intrud
ing the attorneys of the Central to eiend
tne emit against the road brought b the
.Mercantile Trust Company on ceilil-ates
of indebtedness deposited with t hatcom
pany aggregating nearly .$300,006. The
attorneys were instructed to take all Joper
steps to defend the suit, and oilier tock
holders are given permission to elite pro
ceedings of defease if they so desir the
expenses in such cases to be paid by tern.
A letter was read from -Mr. John 8 Til
ii“y. of Orange, N. J., holder of .>OO tares ,
of stock, urging the directors to take joper
steps to defend the suit and asking i.ease
they refused to be allowed to defendiim
self in tin 1 name of the company. <fter
some discussion the directors decicl to
undertake defense themselves.
The case comi's up in the city cot on
Monday, May Ist.
Jtuyiiig lip Stock.
Savannah. Ga.. .April 28. —(Spccii)—-A
large New York banking firm, the use of
which brokers refuse to give, is buyg up
Southwestern stock from 'this poi in
large quantities. Besides other Cent! se
curities nearly 3,060 shares have h'here
on ’the order of that one firm will the
past week.
A FAVORABJ-E HEI’ORT
Was That Made to the Stockholders the
Union Pacific.
Boston, April 27.—Mr. Charles F. mate
presided over the annual meeting th e
stockholders of the Union Pacific roachich
was called to order at 10 o’clock thiuorn
ing in Horticultural hall. The meetiris to
elect directors and discuss the urobahleange
of by-laws. The directors’ ticket is tkame
as that of last year, with the excepi o f
George J. Gould and Sidney Dillon, . fill
vacancies caused by the death of Jajonld
and Sidney Dillon. After the accept.; of
the annual report balloting was begiand
a recess taken for two hours.
The report is the most favorable tithe
stockholders have received for many n-s.
The company earned about 3 1-2 per < on
its capital stock, which was twice thtoek
holders’ surplus in the previous yen.and
compares with a deficit of $240,000 into.
Out of $2,009,759, surplus for the ear,
$1,986,000 remains in the form of aetuash
in hand December 31, 1892, being $3.f178.
The reduction in expenses has beetuite
general. The funded debt of the syt in
the hands of the piddle, less the curl re
sources due from Individuals and <.o»iies
outside the system, is $220,558,646, an
average per mile of $28,712. Cash ipts
in all land departments were $1.546,3T1-e
amount of stock in Massachusetts aile w
England shows a slight increase over ar
ago.
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;lIE TWISTING WINDS.
UNNEL-SIIABED TERRORS TEARING
VB THE COUNTRY.
ty-Two I’eople Killed in Oklahoma-Cis
co, a Texas Town, Wiped Ont, With
Twenty People Killed.
Oklahoma City, 1. T'., April -7.
stinct hailstorms, cyclones and a water
jout combined to cause great destruction
m Oklahoma last night. It is reported
that sixty-two. human lives were sacriuctci.
it is positive that forty were killed, win e
several were fatally and scores seriously
injured. The damage to property 18 1,1 ;•
timable. The names of the victims, so ft
as known, are? Rev. J. M. Corn, Mr.
and Airs. Perry,Air. and Mrs. ,7. ’” s
Ella, Jerry and Frank Banks, John O Con
nor, wife, two sons and two daughteis
and the whole family of Mr. Johnson, con-
sisting of five persons.
Orders for thirty-one cofltns have tn < n
received here and at Norman, and supplu s
have been. telegraphed for from other
” The brunt of the storm was laid upon tlm
prosperous little town of Norman, on the
S'inta Fe road, about twenty miles south
of here. At that point Thirty-one people
were killed, dozens injured Ind the town
almost completely destroyed. J nore a
pall has overspread the town, business is
suspended and everybody able to lemb 1
•mv assistance to the poor unfortiinalcs 01
towards removing the dead bodies. ‘’\ lt
senrehinz the track <>f the •
U'h- Dconle ar<‘ frenzied and cannot
any estimate of their loss :.r.d know noth
ing except, to care for the dead and nijnii 1.
Oklahoma Citv has .re, ,i om * d no ’b' S"'}
the mayor and principal ciozi. , j ,
a relief corps and are at the scene of de-
Further on the towns of ’
Keokuk Falls fared but luile better I
towns were nearly devastate<l : " I ' l
m-ile injured fatally am! others s .
hoLgh the loss of Um-, it at awn
not be as serious as at Norman. IhJu st
signs of danger were se m .an } •
afternoon in a pall 01 nlack clouds • ■
"1 dowing the northwest fm’ m.les around
While fisher away t<> -he wes . rush ng
across the botl’lsmu could be seen tin }
Men left their business places a. d
hurried to their homes, where all xdi"
could quickly sought the cyclone c.ai .
We.t'"VT INorinan eight nouses were de
molished and five or six people badly m-
‘ red Fast of the stricken town two men
I 'iiid two women were killed, similar i‘-
'"rts come from all around, but it seems im
possible to get names.
A Terrible Mght.
-n.e night passed by s
caned the storms ravages was irnl oils in
the extreme. Around Norman, aitei the
i toi had -lone its destruction, a fearful
! m." 1 ! and ’to mosi. of the injured and dying.
I feeble relief The would be rescuers cmtld
' he, the piteous cries of the unfortunate
here and there locate jbe jnpnsonm
I "f
' J „ .11 night were too faint when morn-
f»,
conscious till found by ' J‘r jej J J
Men irnl women and children i>s tm
vc\re who had lost their homes, and 111
. ncniv instances separated from their lam
i Hies’ stieiit the dismal night as a i ul., m
I ] e rain and amongst the debris, endoavor
", <‘ find ami help the loved ones. Them
1 .1. generally fruitless, for the stonn
I - it was ab.,dntelyjieees
] lliis was put scant, and when morning
came it found a sad and pitiable sight.
I Women carrying their babies and little
children crying lor their mothvrs couhl be
seen wandering around wet to the skin
and nearly ready to drop in their tracks.
As soon as it was light enough the meii
got quickly to work, and after providing
what, comforts they could for the women
and children, commenced the work of res
cue.
The poor victims who had boon impris
oned all night were carefully carried to
improvised hospitals, where all the care
possible was tendered them. But few
saved more than what they had on their
backs. As the dead and injured were
brought Into the hospital the scene was
most pitiable. Friends recognized their
loved ones dead, or too weak to return
their recognition. Help from neighboring
towns soon arrived, atid before nightfall
something like comfort was provided. Ev
erything, however, is in confusion and it
will be impossible to gain a correct list
of the casualties before tomorrow.
• lie track of Death.
Guthrie, O. T., April 2i. —Late reports
from the tornado swept portions of the ter
ritory make it certain that the number
of killed exceeds seventy-live, while over
two hundred persons were injured, many
fatally.
At Norman, in the southern part of Ok
lahoma, thirty-four bodies have been cofin
ed ami prepared for burial. Nearly a dozen
people are still missing and it is expected
that live or six of the badly injured will
die. In the vicinity of Norman, w hich was
in the center of the worst storm, as far as
the eye can reach is seen scattered wrecked
buildings, furniture, implements and the
bodies of animals. A hundred and fifty
farms are swept clean of buildings, fences,
orchards and crops, and the people who
were not killed are left in poverty. In al
most every case where the people were
caught in their houses they were stricken
in death or badly injured.
The little town of Case, forty miles south
east of here, was visited by the same torna
do, which passed east of Norman, and al
most demolished it and five people in one
family were killed, while two men in a
store were crushed to death and a number
injured.
Another tornado struck Cimmarion City
in the afternoon and was much more dis
astrous than at first reported. Not a build
ing was left standing in the town, and
several people were injured, some fatally.
A man coming in from an insolated neigh
borhood of Payne county says a dozen peo
ple met death there by a third tornado.
It will be several days yet before the full
details of the storm’s ravages etui lie ob
tained, as the roads are washed out and
bridges gdne; consequently communication
and travel is greatly interrupted.
CYCLONE IN TEXAS.
One of the Funnel-Shaped Terrors Visits
Cisco, with Fatal Results.
Dallas, Tex., April 29.—The News's cor
respondent learned from passengers on the
east-bound train this evening that the de
struction by a cyclone at Cisco this after
noon was simply appalling. There are not
more than twenty live or thirty houses left
standing and up to the time the train pass
ed thgre about 2 o’clock this afternoon
twenty-one dead bodies had been recovered
from the ruins and there were ten or
twelve more persons missing. Strong one
story buildings with walls two feet thick
were leveled to the ground. A heavy freight
engine and a whole train of cars were
blown from the track aud demolished and
several hundred feet of side tracking was
torn up. The number injured is something
like a hundred. Dr. Coleman and citizens
from Weatherford went out this morning
to render any assistance possible. The
building which Frank Hickman occupied
was blown down and his five children killed.
Late this evening Mayor Levy received
the following telegram from two citizens of
Weatherford, who went to Cisco this morn
ing:
"The town is nearly demolished. Twen
ty wore killed and fifty injured, and hun
dreds are homeless.”
A telegram was also received by Mayor
Levy from County Judge Davenport and
Mayor Graves, of Cisco, that ( iseo has
been destroyed by the most destructive cy
clone that has ever visited Texas. More
than four-fifths of the peoplfind
houses. There V b urv the dead and
ed. Help is needed to burj 11< e
take.care of the wounded .1 d fjjy h:is
who lost everything. t • o f \Veath-,
called a meeting of the citizens 1
erford to take steps tow. id Mayor
A Gainesville sp» ual »<iJ • afternoon
Rollins received a county,
from Judge Davenport "fg for
and Mayor Graves, ol Cijo, appuu
aid for the storm sufferers. Atay
lins at once issued an appeal to the ciu
Z T^s^"oS e VaneT^f ‘hat
Imuses and doing much d.una v fr ' t . jgl ‘t
S oS U, tlm ‘sidetrack and
that i n twenty-one dead, persons had
K. found Over
counted. Aiming 1 , I j slr> Sims.
Cameron. R. M. » nitesm . ~,
Mrs. Charles Jones and child, Ah. • J
injllli <l. it.iiired.
' List of Dead and Injured.
The list, of dead and wounded as near as
can be obtained is as
Killed—Mrs. Jones an baby.
Dave Cameron, brakeman.
One child of Mr. Bowens.
Air. Bledsoe, brakeman.
Mrs. J. T. Thomas.
Airs. Porter.
lnjured-W lt ‘H. Sebastian, severe cut
head: Frank Vernon, bad ly wounded
will die; Airs Vernon. J? k \ Oweim,
Davis crippled 111 the back. Al. !>•
I n.ke 1 ■ Jirn Hayes, badly cut on head
Vila, gder of Mr<- Stephens, wounded
b.j'tred.’Mrs. R W. Jom’S f ji'w .
j, ire d: William \\ a ker he. J 1I;l ,._
Mrs lones. seriously hurt, section . bo. s.
arm and b :n’k injure.h Ah Jm ;inn
hT. J.nkle ' est’imate place
Ibi?number of wounded at ab-mt
The cvelono traveled nor.tlieast. "lox. m
down houses and laying waste arinj > 1
bl *>xvTi down miles
of Eastland, wa s kille<Ku.4 Ah’.
I -idd severi'lx- injured. iitners win n,
1
or ess hul l . J ' . !Hi(l )|is
r.ii'rned'?' The' xvii'idstorm h jter^ m>t ( more
hi'mvy rain . I,lll, T ,, 'b‘g, ra l'bh’' Communication
is practically cut
Os Interest to tbc I.a<li‘’“.
x< r < Hr Mnrv A. Brannon. OS N'’ 11 ' 1
AR.nm.Gm J>-r Mine: J.mr B-J
--in< nt fo’* ‘ 1r MiU‘d bv other
taiidy has no equal. 1 r ... ( .j ire( i by
,i,,H " rS ‘Jh V !nd’ win’glCdly recommend y-n
vour method amt xxllt M-my I .n<iiich to
to the ladies, and am g at J * a^J bink
~H„w yon to P nb ' irt b ladies who ntlli'-ted
it will induce 1! Ve v sincerely,
to avail 1 '“.''Vw.Nl’Y. Ruston. T.a.
For pmH. idars wriie Jo Mrs. hr. Bramimi.
ANOTHER CYCLONE*' IN MISSOI RL
Damage to Builtlings and Crops No Loss of
I.ift! Kvportv‘l
Belton. Mo., April 24. A fmmel-shapi d
cloud appeared this ” aI J K
O'clock, both east and west of hrn -
Man
branch, near' Nexvington, Kan... are blown
to pieces, and much damage is <lon< 1 <>l
chtmls and fruit trees. ’1 he eimidjjmj• >
.,t over Hits town an I icappGiritl
i’iinkiu. tn Itaymore town-.liip. we-.» ground
to splinters. None of the family was injured
and no casualties are yet reported.
Considerable damage is report'd about
Greenwood and other points in Jackson
county. Hail as large as walnuts was plen
tiful.
AVhenTraveling
Whether on pleasure bent, or business
take on every trip a bottle of. Syrup of
I’lgs. as it. acts most pleasantlx- 'and ef
fectively on the kidneys, liver ami bowls
preventing fevers, headaches and other
’"'P’S-, 0 / sickness. For sale in. 50 cents
and ,'jil bottles by all leading druggists.
OLNEY ON LAMAR.
I lie Attorncy/Genera! I’ay* aGlowing Tribute
to tlie Late .Justice.
Washington, April 24.—Attorney Gen-Tai
Olney made his first appearance in the su
preme court of Hie f niied States today
save on the occasion of ins formal iutro
uuction to the court by his predecessor
The occasion that, called him out was the
presentation of the resolutions recently
adopted by the members of the bar upon
the death of the late Justice Lamar. In
anticipation ot this event, there was an un
usually large attendance of attorneys upon
the session of the court and the visitors’
benches were also quite well filled. Air.
Olney spoke easily and gracefully and was
listened to with much interest, not only for
his subject but for the manner in which he
led it. Attorney General Olney said in
part:
With Mr. Justice Lamar lias passed away
not only a. lawyer and a judge, but an able
historic figure. It may have been his mis
fortune as a lawyer, though his good fortune
as a man, that his lot was cast in tempestuous
times—in times which, however, adverse to
Hie acquisition of technical knowledge and
technical skill, always and inevitably develop
whatever there is in a. man of intellect, and
moral greatness. He was born when the
echoes of the sectional contest
over the admission of Missouri
into the union that issue which
startled Jefferson “like a. fire bell in the
night”—were still resounding through the
land. He was a mere youth when the Mis
souri compromise was succeeded by another,
and the specter of disunion was laid for ;i
time by the mingled firmness aud moderation
of General Jackson. He had hardly entered
upon the practice of law when the north and
south again came into violent collision over
the fugitive slave law and the extension of
slavery into the territories. Me went with his
section and ins state in the civil war, that
followed only ten years later, and supported
their cause with equal devotion on the battle
field. Always under all circumstances he was
a leader not merely followed and obeyed,
but implicitly trusted and sincerely loved'
He continued to lead even more decisively ami
on a larger field, when arms were laid down,
and to him more than to any other one man is
due the adoption by both victors and van
quished of those counsels of moderation and
magnanimity and wisdom, which have made
the edifice of our constitutional union more
impregnable to all assault than ever before.
But this eventful and stormy career.- these
engrossing and exciting occupations and
achievements of the soldier and statesman and
patriot necessarily interrupted and prevented
that exclusive devotion to the science of
jurisprudence and that constant familiarity
with its practical application in the adminis
tration of justice, which that jealous mistress
the law—inexorably exacts of all her fol
lowers.
I do not believe that Mi-. Justice Lamar
ever practiced law as his sole or chief occupa
tion, for any one term of five consecutive
years. I am unable to discover that lie could
have made the practice of law his sole or
principal pursuit for more than ten or twelve
years in all. And it is the highest possible
tribntr to his natural genius: to his legal in
stincts and) extraordinary intellectual" gifts
that, in spite of all the disadvantages under
which lie labored. Mr. Justice Lamar nor
formed his part as a member of this court of
judicature. not only to the acceptance of the
bench and bar. but with such intelligence and
well-directed zeal and devotion that only
failing health and strength could have pro
vented his ultimately attaining decided judicial
eminence.
Forged Kailroad Tickets.
Cincinnati. April 24.—General Passenger
Agent Edwards of the Queen and Crescent
received information today trough!* ids west'
ern connections that for a week past hundred*
of yellow tinted coupon tickets purported («
bo issued by the Sibly Lake I tris *
the Southern Railway of /oiiisiana h *ho' l l l
sold in Chicago. The coupons n?‘"
linos loading out of Chicago and also over ttm
Queen and Crescent. The simei-int ??7
of the Louisiana railway toleJraphs Vi.'.'’’J
wards that they are surged ‘ ;
have been presented vet on th,. ■
Crescent. Detectives ire after the Q forgers
SOUTHERN NEWS NOIES.
Jessamine, the cream
a firm—who pays on over
The female suffrages have a meet
lug of their flock to «keP>a< e gtat(j
Texas, and the newspapers 01
commenting unfavorably.
The Knoxville right* to <><cupy
Clay Evans has abo 11 . is u^ d ,Mistral ion as
office under a denmc Jic N( . w
the devil Ims to a flout sear
rusalem.
Mr. AV. G. Cray, of Calhoum N. J.jSaYSjy
his actions, 1 can “'J:,*? last week,
wife.” He was mmind -b-. <>f hisj
about three weeks afti r u.w
first companion.
T 1 .....u flnod SB. including
Evangelist B. co urt at Knoxville,
costs, in Justice Br'"' ‘ |> f . c kv Lamb was
for assault and battuy; J • )jer rcv .
XJ ,r broth-
Willie Cavanaugh, of 5 ’’ il
Carolina, xvas , knife slipped arui
with his knife, who > dicd inside of
cut his baud so badly that ne u
five hours
At the monastery at. B< ’ lia< ’“ b ' S fa ,
li!, . il | mlw
and serious results are feared.
. ... ,vtm has a farm near
17";S"~'» »»>
by her.
, mov Dr Wylie’s throe.
At yi lot „<V llovod’two nickels an, hrs
year-01. son >. .dloxx
C ' ‘m-k ami a surgical operation
Will probably be performed.
Tll o Birmingham newspapers appla.j tlu-
111 . , « r Johnson lor the inmdiT
oonxnct.J of s( . n „ ,
Bvoniy-live years’ '.’nprlsoninejt Dm xe WB
( , llls it a just, and rtghti’ous xetdiit.
Mrs. Jennie Northern, of
r from nil b ' ,1? >
l'- was and J'’;
ninety years old.
. . como statesmen xvho have m v<T
Texas lias so jmeriug xvitli the majority,
yet been U' l ",; \ conspicuous examp' of
o'”." aLs He has held olliee nearly all Ins
’ 'J 1 * 17m 'fair to die in harness. He
mim known to take a stam: a
Aitkin to an opnionje Id by the mas-
• 1. n-v G 11. Kelley landed two
At Kay n m’ Moii'dav one of which had
‘:i l 1 small pig. Dm I’ l * tl-mT
r' 1 • V lost its life while trying m swmi • ••
b' l ' l ... l '. 1 ......tninlv ought to be a ware >g
[o jmrents not to allow their children to play
near the fishing
The flagstaff upon which the first soces- a
„ . hoisted in 8011th Carolina, when
fiag xxas ho - I m 1( lt
;1 •» |<» kc(T(l<‘<! ini’, 1 *
'is fastened with iron cuffs to the g.-.lj- •
b., ol 1 tori IO : : ' Skull Shoals po
llt is either poplar maple wood, ami is .a
I a good state of preservation.
It is remarkable, and none the less the tr 1
JI I!-» II Hl' ( <t t-i 1 t|
<'’ i ±; l ' l i'o’ I ’n'^\h ( N
a g nd
of worship, whose .imi
rears not one of wlu-.-q
"'j"' jess than eiahtv-five. In on- house
‘there live families of four generations.
A curious will Is to on tl ,'; ”!
filed.
An old negro man aged seventy-two ap
P ,h ‘“ ,O v'T wonkri 1 at‘least twenty '"-
to marry a woman .
. rm.- iwtw .c.ojnp.y.'iiee'! ,to„ n y,...'.
the name of his intended. He finally fine |
some one who knew it. ami sm-c j
securing the nece sary parchment.
Circulars of “green goods” mon have I” a
sent to parties in < 'hattanooga ami vicinity
by the hundreds. The Times says that if any
of the parties receiving them have been mi
wise enough to enter into correspondence wi'h
Hie counterfeiters, after the repeated warn
ings published, they are Hable to become de
iendants in eases which are to be brought in
tin- federal court soon.
Mike Branan, who is representing The Eu
faula Times nt Washington, w rites that paper
that he accosted Colonel W. C. Gates, just
as he was leaving M ashington for Annapo
lis en route by the Dolphin to the naval i -
view at New York, ami queried that genial
gentleman on the gubernatorial prospects in
-Alabama. The colonel is quoted as saving:
Should I receive the nomination I would
accept. I couldn’t decline it.”
tXoseph O. Lopex
Os Maynards, Md.
Younger and Better
A War Votoran’s Story
/food’s Sarsaparilla Gives Strength
ancl Overcomes Rheumatism.
‘ There Is nothing I have ever taken in my
life that did me so much good as Hood’s Sar i
parllia. I was in the Union army from ’6l to
65; was confined in Andersonville prison eight
months, and the diseases contracted there Fill
linger. I had chills and fevers for years, aud
my doctor told me that 1 must take 40 grains oi
quinine a day for a long time. I did <o but
after a time it did me no good, and then he
ordered hop tea, which was as bitter as gn 1
and made mo sick. Rheumatism then caught
me in my left leg and I could not move It. Th)
doctor said
I Had Malaria.
Hood's Sarsaparilla did mo so much good that I
have taken it ever since and it always does me
good. My fnends tell mo I look younger and
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
©LIfOS
better than I did ten years ago. This makes m»
leei proud and I cannot praise Hood’s Sarsapi
ruia enough. My case was a bad one, but Hood’s
Put Me on My Foot
and lam naturally very grateful to it. I re
commend It to all the ]>eople whom I hear com
plaining of feeling weak and tired and for other
troubles, and know of many who have been
benefited by it. I am a living witness to the
merit of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” Joseph 0. Lo
pez, Maynards, Md.
Hood’s Pills cure all liver ills,
jaundice, indigestion, sick headache. 2uc.