Hutchinson News (Newspaper) - May 7, 1900, Hutchinson, Kansas THE XV MONDAY MAY 151 TORNADOES FORM A DEADLY COMBINATION Funnel Shaped Clouds Strike the Earth in the Neighborhood of A Large Amount of Property is Houses Demolished and People jured But Only One Great Bend had allOf his buildings lev to the ground and household goods scattered for a mile His sisterin Miss Nannie who there at the time escaped by down a well until the storm had The pump was snapped off at the top of the ground as easy as though it had been a pipe Much hail fell in various parts of the county and did a great deal of the extent of which be esti mated at this PUSHING FORWARD Beginning to Look More Hopeful for the DESTRUCTION OF EVERY BONE IN BODY BROKEN The Storms Was Accompanied by Hail Which Did Considerable t Damage to Growing Crops and Trees Are Blown Down and Lightning Causes Several Fires In May storms of wind and rain that swept through Louis and vicinity the past two days has been the of the resulting in considerable damage to In this city the damage is confined to the blowing down of trees and of houses and sign Lightning has caused several fires here and in East St Market gardeners and fruit grow era in this and adjoining as wel as east of the river in have suf ferod greatly as the of the heavy downpour of rain and At Monroe lightning struck the telephone burning out destroying the switch board an set lire to the V The Track Extended Through Barton and Pawnee Scott Suffered Considerable at Other i May A whole family of Kansas 7 According to visited various sections of the Star specials no loss than fourteen country north of here yesterday afternoon shaped tornado clouds wore seen yester at about 5 1 day afternoon iu Central ranging The day had been hot and ami though about 4 ominous clouds gathered iu the south aud As the storm approached Ellinwood the outer edge of clouds seethed and twisted in a for bidding North and northwest town various funnel shaped clouds descended to the no less six of these terrible monsters being from One tornado struck tho ground near tho Saint Peter and Paul Catholic six miles north of It missed tho church only about Barton aud Pawnee So far as learned William who lost his life in tho destruction of his north of Ellinwood the fa Over twenty people are reported slightly injured near Tho first storm formed iu the neigh of Peters and Pauls five miles north of at 5 oclock in the It destroyed the Helfrick home completely and dam aged several other farm houses and out A TEXAS TORNADO Wrecks a Building at San Antonio at a Los of May wrecked the SanAntonio and Trus Companys steel and terra cott building Loss about The winds velocity was sixty miles Two box cars were blown across th tracks of the Pass railroad in th yards hero and caused the wrecking of incoming excursion train from Corpu The fireman was only on THE ON A SAME OLD STORY Blues Again Fall Down at Critical Dispatch from Lord Roberts Re ports the Boers Retreating Toward BRITISH ARE OVER THE VET SATURDAYS GAMES SEEMS TO Emporia Defeats Washburn and Marys Wins from the BE ALIVE Reports Regarding Death Seem General Young Reports That the Insurgent Chief is With the The Boers Show Resistance But are Driven A Gallant Dash by the Provin cial Troop Led by Cap tain forty The path the storm was then due striking the home of Almost simultaneously another onehalf mile north of the formed about four miles east of Great onehalf The barn and all out building were utterly the debris being scattered for hundreds of yards John and the father and who weve visiting wore both badly nearly every bone in body He from these last The old man suffered a gash in the back of his head and three of his ribs He will WnA and child and Jake a were also seriously The storm crossed the a half mile TV 9 farther north and to the farm of Carl f lower story of the big barn was the up per part being deposited and roof blown the iray in the Three were killed at this The was blown down and the The cyclone circled the but did not damage The storm then into the Cheyenne destroying er house in its i Another of the hit the ground about three and miles northwest rooting up part of the or and demolishing of Frank This twister entered the bottoms at narrowly missing the Tin deer were driving in a which was upset and the couple considerably Still another cyclone descended on the farm of John Komareck five mites west of the edge storm picking up ail out house and throwing it over a tenc 1 The force of this twister spent itself in ploughed tearing up great clods Doubtless some other damage resulted as at least four the torna does were seen to strike the The only casualties to life reported are those at the home of This is the first time that this section has ever been visited by a Hail followed the but did not do much Many narrow escapes and thrill ing experiences are told on the formed about four miles Bend and moving in a northeasterly demolished fences and and tilled considerable live Here William Welchs farm honse and build ings but the family es Another storm at about the same time struck near Pawnee miles southeast of Great wrecked several buildings and destroyed Considerable with no loss of is also reported at and near in the north oast part of the county and at Frederick in the western part of Bioe Con fear and excitement reigned over the entire county and cellars were in great The cloud formation was something grand but Severe rain and hail followed the appearance of the tornado and the hail did groat damage to crops in some Near Elkhorn the storm completely de Houseman s farm buildings and almost ruined his growing wheat Next in its path was the farm where it uprooted the finest peach orchard in the and wrecked every building on the About half a mile farther John farm buildings were leveled to the North of Ellsworth the race ground sta bles and Cockrans stored full of wreaked and a wheat header was picked up and twisted and broken into a shapeless At Fort Scott the most destructive wind storm in many years pre vailed during the It blew down telephone lines and blocked street oar In the business put of town signs were scattered through the street and small buildings were At a small Sunday destroyed a dozen houses and and damaged Communication by Telegraph Cut Off and the Low Lands Along the Flooded May service to the interior of the state is pros by the wind and electrical storm of this The river is raging near and the low lands for miles on either side are It reported that the storm was of cyclonic but details are GOES II UL tv laek The Czar Orders All Precautionary Measures of the Police May special dispatch from that advices re from Moscow state that the czar ordered the chief of police to cease 11 extraordinary precautions for his safe saying I have come to see my peo not the police of During his stay at Moscow the czar has one about in an open without n and without the streets being leared for his AS SEEN AT GREAT One Climbed Into Well Until the Storm Hid Great May severe and wind storm passed over this yesterday afternoon about 5 The arm house of Hel north of was The owner and his wife were instantly killed and an elderly stopping was seriously injured four miles northeast o LeBo Sarsaparilla and Red Glover THE SPRING BOTTLE May capture of Win burg by the British is and the main advance on Pretoria continues with the precision and rapidity which has characterized all General Rob erts forward By the occupa tion of General Hamilton puts himself nearly parallel with General Roberts ami twenty east ward while holms tho advantage of being connected with his chief by means of a railroad that rims from Win erg load as it is sometimes allod to General Roberts is now nine miles orth of Vet and sixtythree miles north Evidently ho is not ettiug the grass grow under his In a dispatch dated Win urg road May says We crossed the Vot riv r this morning and are now encamped t Tho enemy is in ull towards the Vaal river A movement was made by mounted just before ark It was a very dashing The New South Vow Zealand and Queensland infantry vied with each other in determination to close with the of the Essex tho Third infantry in a very gallant The naval guns land artillery made particularly two live noh guns used for the first time with this We captured a Maxin and twentyfive Our casualties were very inly fifteen one killed aud hree Request Their Representatives in the General Conference to STAND BY THE DISCIPLINE Would Have the Church Mem hers Abstain from All Worldly May Methodists wired their representatives at the general conference the following request Wichita Epworth League Union o the Methodist Episcopal the imperative need of Methodism th world not only abstinence from all worldly a more sincere consecration to God and from all conformity to the do mos respectfully request that onr discipline o this subject remain unchanged and tha the most rigid enforcement ot its require be urged upon the church an most enthusiastically passe by four Methodist churches ot WEAVER SAYS HE NEVER SAID IT But It Really Dont Matter Whether He Di or May James A Weaver of was in Chicago on hi way to Sioux Falls to attend the nation Populist Asked about th statement attributed to him while Indianapolis iu case of the election of he expected a cabinet he said he had never made a statement that the report was that those who knew beat knew that he was incapable of mak ing such a AMERICAN v AT KANSAS The old story that is making up the Comedy of Errors the Kansas City ball team has been compiling was repeated at Kansas City yesterday when Mannings went down before and other drop was taken iu the rapid and successful race the Blues are making for the bottom of the Score B H E Kansas 35 U McGill and Kansas Gonding aud AT Indianapolis won the first game played on Detroits Scoro E H E 92 15 1 aud Shaw aud AT The Minneapolis team went to pieces in the seventh inning of tho game with yesterday afternoon aud the score tolls what Score It H E 8 10 0 17 i Mo Canu and Fisher Whoeler and AND PLANNING MISCHIEF Insurgents will Resume Fighting During the Rainy Two Americans Killed and Five Wounded in a Hot Fight in the Province of 4 8 5 0 0 7 0 7 0 10 0 12 4 9 402 May received from General Young report that Aguin aldo has rejoined the rebel ill the north and thoy havo reassembled a considerable force in the General Young desires to strike them bo fore the rains and asks for The tenor of the dispatches indicates that General Young is confident aldo is with Tino and It is presumed are planning to resume t the Company P the rogi tact and routed a band of the ene my between and province of April Two Americans wore killed and including two The Filipinos loat The conditions aud are re potted continually The lists to PopU BITTER AGAINST FUSION National Reform Press Associa elation Meets and Outline the NATIONAL AT The locals made six runs off Waddell in the first two innings today on six three a batsman hit and a passed A a passed ball and Beau monts third error gave Chicago the win ning run in the Score R H E 7 8 1 0 7 5 Batteries Callahan aud Chance Waddell Phillippi and AT Cincinnati jumped on Youngs curves in the ninth aud aided by Quinns error tallied three winning a game that looked like a sure Score R H K Louis 9 1 13 2 Batteries Young and OCon nor Scott and NATIONAL LEAGUE 10 L o 8 7 7 tl New 5 4 GAMES Chicago at Kansas Buffalo at MILLION DOLLAR FIRE The Mallory Line Pier in New York SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES May 7 The national conference of the Pop meets here next The National Reform Press which is an auxiliary to the meets here today and tomorrow To day and tomorrow will be taken up iu committee The opera house baa decorated elaborately with expressive of sentiments against other and especially those who formerly affiliated with the Peoples party and are now advocating fu sion The advance guard seem to be opposed to everything and everybody except the policy of the middleof who want no fusion and no com promise on It Is 5 0 8 K 8 H 9 MJ AM there will be about by tomorrow Wetther May Forecast For Kansas Fuir and Tuesday cooler tonight That New Location We have moved and are now ly located one blocs south of oW of In Call aud Me Indianapolis at Chicago ut Now York at Cincinnati at Philadelphia at Saturday K AT BOSTON Score B H E 2 12 7 AT Score E H E 10 1 3 00 AT Score B H E 5 73 172 AT Score B H E New 5 80 83 AT Only One That of a Nine Months Old is Now May ire at the rivor of tho Mallory line steam ship pier at the foot of Laue and and the East early yesterday morn completely destroying tho pier and its valuable The police place tho loss at Several barges which were moored near tho pier wore also destroyed and many rescues their captaina and of the members of tho fam ilies on board were Only one life was The 9mouthsold daughter of Captain Charles Lochs of the barge Sher wood waa Aro you insured against fire If better gee John PAPER MILL Score AT AT AT B H K 9 U 1 E H E 10 8 B H E 5 10 3 0 10 1 E H E 1 2 General Alter Wit One of tbe Lou Will Be May A dispatch from Grandmere gays the pulp and paper mill is practically destroyed by The mill had a capacity of 100 toils a General Algernon prominently interested with Canadian capitalists in the The loss will be very MURDERER He Was Convicted ol tbe Murder of Samuel IB May twice waa hanged to day in the Jail yard of the four He died He waa convicted of the murder of Samuel W a con ductor on tbe street oar July AT AT BBS 10 5 13 31 WHEN YOU VISIT HUTCHINSON AT THE MIDLAND HOTEL The Only Home In The Can PBM Urn
