The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 13, 1893, Page 1

oe — - Weeki Cines, VOL. XV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY JULY 13,1898. Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Mone: does a General Banking B $110,000. Makes Collections xn DIREUTORS. Booker Powell, Frank Voris, c. H. Dusen Cc. R. Radferd, Oscar steeder, G erty T.C. Boulware, John Deerwester. H.C. Wyatt. WM _ E. WALTON. President w w JRE Jenkin. J. RS JENKINe, Cashier. DEATH INTHE TORNADO. Northern Lowa Visited by a Most Terrible Catastrophe. SEVENTY-FOUR KILLER. Half as Many More Are Probably Fatally Injured. POMEROY ENTIRELY DESTROYED Searcely a Buil the Town.—Fodies Hormbly Man- gleland Torn [nto Pieces. wz Left Standing in Pomeroy, Ia., July 7 —Seveuty- four dead, half as many more fatally injured and 150 with broken limbs, cuts and bruises more or less severe. This is what the tornado cf last night accomplished iu the matter of casualty in northern Iowa The town of Pomeroy is one of wreck. There is scarcely a house left stand ing. , Bindat 15 acres of debris consti tutes now what was yesterday a thriving village. Splinters are all that remain. Pomeroy is part and parcel of the prairie, the death deal- ing wind having left barren and des- olated everything as faras the eye could see. Scarcely a tree remains. Piles of broken timbers aud an occa- sional piece of furniture are all that can be found of what was once the largest buildings in the place. Two hundred and fifty houses were in all destroyed, and the money loss of these and their contents is placed at $200,000. Everywhere about Pom eroy to day were dead and dying people, a dozen men were digging graves and the hearse was kept busy carrying the victims of the storm to their last resting place Doctors: from a dozen or niore places hurried through the streets, and in their wake followed squads of soldiers carrying coffins. Special trains from all the surrounding towns brought thousands who were here to take part in the work of caring for the dead and wounded. Clothing, food and medicine were shipped by the ton. Soon order was brought out of chaos, relief corps were organized and things were going along in busi nesslike shape. Last night in Pomeroy was one that will never be forgotten by those who were there. Darkness “ollowed quickly in the wake of the tornado, and those who escaped were com- pelled to grope their wayamong the ruined homes, guided along by the ery of some poor uafortuuate who was pinned under the falling tim- bers. Almost every light of any de- scription whatever was destroyed, and the people from Fort Dodge and the surrounding places failed to brivg lanterns with them. The search for the victims therefore was LIST OF THE KILLED. It is imppssible to get a list of in- ured, but an almost complete list of the dead follows: Pomeroy: Mrs. Bessie Banks; Mrs. - Dahlgren; Mrs. Neary; Thos. Har- mand; A. J. Wilkinson; John Ander son and wife; Mr. Hughitt; Silas Buston and wife; Mr. and Mrs. Neil- ing and son; Mrs. Frank Johnson; Benj. Davie; Miss Lillie Kiefer; Roy ry w BES qe The only Pure Creaw of Tartar necessarily slow till morning came. | Banks; Miss Fiost; Mr. aud Mre Ar nold; Mrs. Marie Adams; Mre. Her Jand; Mrs. C. Ro Jorge; Ba O. Davis; Miss Olhe Lun een: Miss Katie Davy; Mrs. O'Brien and | child; Mrs. G. B. Hawlowe; Mes. Tabert; two children of John Beck ley. Three tiles east of Pomeroy the following: Mrs. Dilwith; J. P. Lundgreen; Silas Westen; Mrs. Da- Hilgren; Mr. Howlett and wife; A. Forkey; H. Geike; Mrs. Quinlan and baby, Miss Allie Maxwell. A short distane from Pomeroy the following dead were found: Miss Tillie John son; Baby Dahlgren; Grocer, Geo. and Della Black; Sam'l Maxwell; Ricbard George; uukrown boy. Five miles southeast of Forda five were killed: Mrs. Morton and three chil- dren; John Detwilter. Two were | killed near Quinby. About five miles south of Aurelia were the following: Sam Burch, wife aud three children; Lillie and Lelia Slatery; a Sweede girl; John Peters. Five miles souih of Newella family of three were killed, names unknown. It was not untib the first streak of light appeared in the East that the enormity of the disaster dawned upou the people. They looked where ouce a city stood and saw nothing but a timber strewn prairie. Pome- roy yesterday had a wealth of shade trees, but now nothing but twisted stumps are seen. Horses and cattle lay dead, pigs, cats and dogs were scattered about. Pools of human blood mingled with the mud, show ing where some victim had been tossed after the life had been crush ed out of him. The people seemed powerless to do anything for the sufferers, and it was not tll daylight that anything was done toward recovering the dead anc earing for the wounded. What is called the Postoftice build ing, but which has recently been used as a billiard room. was turned into a morgue, and hospitals were es the largest one being the Pomeroy hotel. morgue this morning was a_ ghastly one Billiard tables were turned in to slabs and on these the mangled rewains of the dead were placed. The floor was badly surken in the middle, aud here the blood, as it dripped from the tables, ran in small streams; soon with the assi tance of the water from the rapidly gore upto the tops of the atten dants’ shoes. On the slabs were bodies without heads and arms Bodies whose legs had been blown heads that had been crushed beyond recognition by the falling timbers. On oue table lay the remains of ‘an old lady, a hole as big a man’s fist torn in the rear part of her head. Close by a baby not more than a year of age, one of its legs gone and its little arm mashed to a jelly. IT WAS NOT A TWISTER. The tornado—for such it was— came from the Northwest. All those who saw it agree that it was not of the funnel-shaped sort, but came by there bounding like a huge ball. Tt was of a dark green color and was accompanied by a terrific noise. There are those whosaw it approach- ing when far out of town. the people became panic striken. They ran out of their houses and fied up the streets, crying aud shout ing tillstruck by the timbers or whirling trees. The cooler ones, Bakingé Powder. Powder.—No Ammonis; No Alum, Used in Millions of Homes—4o Years:the Standard , Struck this place | | i tablished in the remaining buildings, | then issued a proclamation setting | The scene in the improvised | melting ice, formed a puddle of} away by the cyclone and bodies with | Most of however, especially those who were near to them, made for the caves in the southeast part of the town, built for just such occasions as this. Into} one of these cxves collected 250 peo- | ple. All escaped w ithout a scratch | Itis pretty well agreed that the most toreible part of the storm of ‘The cycione was but a few min-| utes duranou und was followed by a| te:rilic tain sionm, which continued at intervals throughout the night. The path of the storm seems to be; an eighth of a mile in width and) twenty miles long. i Fuirtela, in Cuerokee county, was | Visited, sweaing Lue total number of | jdiud fifteen Eight more are re | ported kitied at Storm Lake, and many other places give notice of one or more deaths. It was not until noon to-day that the work of rescue really began. By that time there was a good supply of doctors, not large enough, however, to care for the wounded. The ladies of Fonda and Fort Dodge went out as nurses, and there was a plentitul supply of bedding and food. As rapidly as pos- sible the injured were taken to the improvised hospital and given medi eal attention. It was soon found, however, that the buildings used for this purpose were far too small, and efforts were made to lessen the bumber of patients in each This was no easy task. for there was no place to put them. RELIEF BY THE MILITIA. Abvut this time, however, Com pavy D. Fourth regiuuent of Fort Dodge, commanded by Lieuteuant W. F. Chatt. and forty stroug, ur rived with a full camp equipment. Their tents were close to the hogpit al and into this many of the sufferers were placed. They were not partic- ularly comfortable bere for the sun Was intensely hot and caused the thermometer to rise intu the 90s. .A death occurred every little while all along. The rumber of those who ex- pired of their injuries up to this evening was placed ata dozen. The National Bauk of Pomeroy was wade the headquarters of the relief move ment. Here those willing to work or to act as nurses were assigned to the various hospitals, und here also provisions, money bedding and clothing were received and of those necessaries rolled im 1upidly. By 3 o'clock this afternoon the office of the bank was stacked clear to the ceiliug with food and clothing, and boxes of h were arriviug on each train. Governor Boies arriyed and tuok charge of the whole affair. Hej was first driven out over the ruins, | then he visited the hospitals and the tuorgue, consulted with those who had thus fer ail directed things aud} | forth the needs of the sulerers dud | calling upou the people of Towa to contribute liberally. | The Governor said the situation} | was far worse than he had expected. He ordered more tents from Des Moines, aud said he would have a company or more of soldiers on the | grounds before tomorrow. The in-/ tense heat made it impossible to keép | the bodies of the dead, and those| who were uot claimed by relidtives} taken away by noon were placed in jthe graveyard by the officials. For- |ty graves were dug and filled with} dead up tu o'clock this evening. At that hour the flittering lanterns in jthe cemetery showed plainly that |the work of burial was still going jon. Hundreds of willing hands | dragged the dead and dying animals | | with which the ground seemed lit- | erally strewn, to points on the out | jskirts of the town, piled them in big | heaps and covered them with the re- | mains of houses and applied the torch. Fully adozen of these strange | bonfires were kept going allthe af-} ternoon. i THE WORST EVER KNOWN. | Des Moines, Ia., July 7.—The cy-! clone or series of cyclones of last evening were the most destructive! that ever struck Iowa since its set tlement. The storm was contined to| the northwestern quarter of the’ | State and its worst form followed | very nearly the line of the Lilinois {Central railroad from Le Mars to | |Mansou, a distance of 100 miles | | The loss f life in this section will! | reach eighty: but it will be imposs jible to give any exact estimates of | this or the injured, or loss of prop jerty to-night for the reason that no! | town, with the exception of Pomeroy | jsuffered to any considerable ex- tent and the destruction is spread over a widearea. Much damage was/ done to crops aud property east of} Souix City in Woodberry county and | other counties east, Chetokee, Ida, Beuna Vista, Sac, Calhoun and Poca- hontas were devastated to a great i degree. Some damage was done loutside of this territory, but not much in Toni ports twice as 1 injured at Pomeroy, the town which suffered the most} total destruction. Eight were killed and three fataly injured near Fonta, en. y about | ten or fifteen were killed in different | parts of Cherokee county and two | in Wright county near Clarion and others near Alta. Governor Boies went to Pomeroy to day to superintend the work of relief. He has ordered tents trom the quartermasters department at Des Moines and issued a proclama- tion calling on the public for aid. | Meetings are being leld in all the large cities and large sums of money ! will be raised. The destruction of | property especially growing crops | 13 very great but is not beimg con- sidered with the greater loss of hu- wan life A FIEND INCARNATE. Cash Capital. D.N. THOMPSON . EVE ‘\GHAM . SILVERS Solicited. | | Albert Baumberger Kalls His Un- cle and Aunt and Four Little Cousins in a Brutal Manner. Devils Lake, N. D., July 7.—D. S. | A full Line of Everything Kept in a First-class Drug Store. Your Patronage Solicited, Krieder, a farmer living within a mile of Cando, Towner county, his wife aud three little daughters, were brutally murdered at thei: home this morniug by Albert Baumberger, a nephew of Krieder who he had been employing at farm work. Baumberger went directly to his uncle’s room, shot him dead, then went to the kitchen, where Mrs. Knieder was preparing breakfast, and shot her iu the head. He then went upstairs where the four little children had fled and deliberately shot away with the shotgun until he killed them all. Baumberger return ed to the kitchen, took a potato knife from Mrs. Krieder’s hand, and near- ly severed her head from her body, and taking the kuife he proceeded upstairs, and finding one poor little girl alive he took her in his arms and cut her throat. Baumberger then went in search of the remaining three litle girls The eldest was the ouly one living, and he was preparing to fimish her when he re- membered that he had not had h’s breakfast. He ordered her to cook | one him some meat aud potatoes, which | she did. With one foot on the head of the dead mother he ate bis break- | fast, pulled out his watch and said: Well I done the whole job inside | , of 30 minutes His appease: immediate thirst for blood i, he took his little niece \and carried her to the barn, tied her firmly with a rope and returned to the house, where he searched until he found all the valuables the fam- ily possessed—gold watch and $50 in money—which he took and fled. or friends aud by them buried or! Sheriff McCune assisted by scores of | men is after the murderer. If Baumberger is caught he will be lynched. The only motive for the crime is a slight dispute over wages. Cherokees Taking Lands. Guthrie, Ok, July 7—Most of the Cherokees entitled to allotments on the strip met there to day and are making their selections. About two thirds of them take farms in the eastern neck of the strip east of the The rest will be near the Santa Fe railway. As the only thing left for the de- partment to dois to confirm these allotments aud issue deeds for them there is no reason why the procla- mation opening the country should Pawnee reservation. | not be issued within ten days Pension reform will uot harm a single honest pensioner. The out cry against the administration comes |from a class whose claims for gov- ernment assistance will not pass muster. —N. Y. World. Children Cry for | Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Receives Deposits subject to check, Lones Money, issues Dr transacts a general Banking business. > 2 NO. S BANK COUNTY, 4 $50,000.00 Your patronage respectfully H. L. TUCKER, Prescription Druggist. HANGED AND BURNED. A Negro Brute in Kentucky Strangled and Ilis Body Cremated. Bardwell, Ky, July 7.—Seay J. Miller, the negro who charged with outrage and murder of Mary and Ruby Ray, was hanged at 3:27 o'clock this afternoou and the body burned after being horribly mut:lat ed. The negro mate a speech pro claiming his innocence, but it is said he afterward made a partial coufes sion. At 3:20 the negro was brought | from the jail to the principal street | A chain was around his neck and | many men were pulling and surging | at it. The crowd was wild and no one could guess at the fate of the | He was almost suffocated when the nerth of the depot was! reached and here the father of the girls relented to some extent and negro. suggested he be hanged rather than burned. At 3:37 the swung to a tall telgraph was | pole di rectly at the north end of the depot | and as he was drawn up his clothing | was torn from his body by the muad- dened mob. He was heard to say! just as they drew him up: “I am an | innocent man,” but there is a fully | authentic report that he made at least a partial confession as the mob | took him from the jail, but this con feesion implicated a partuer in some way and nothing positive can | learned. | The body was left Langing until | 4:25, during which time some of the | toes and fingers were cut off. The | body was finaily taken down and | carried about 300 yards to the rear of the town and Harlan’s mill jthat place the ears were cut off, |neerly all the remaining toes and | fingers were severed and the body | otherwise mutilaced. body be | kindling piled upon it ana then j enough wood to complete the job of | burning | Columbia, Mo, July 7--Rev. Dr. |W. Pope Yeaman of Columbia bas jaccepted the presidency of Grand | River Baptist college at Gallatin, Mo Dr. Yeaman is moderator of the State Baptist General association and last year was a candidate for the | Democratic nomination for Gover- prot At | The body was | |then placed between two logs and | WANTED: ual to take orders in th ler for the largest tailori ment inthe world. Par to order from $4.50 and upwards, suits te or der from 318.00 and upwards, large assortinent of fabric, superior styles. tine workmanship. Profitable business connections can be had by right party Address Nicoll the Tailor, 710 and 712 Olive St, St. Louis, Mo. 6-20.21 A merchant or individ ity of Bat tablis) Trustee's Sale. Whereas John Ringele and Elizabeti Ringele his wite by their deed ot trust dated March 19,1892, and recorded in the vecorder’s office within and for Bates county, Missouri, in book No. 102 page 4c0 cony dto the undersigned trustee the tollo gy described real estate lying and being situate in the county ot Bates ane state of Missouri. to-wit All of the south ha!f of lots number seven and eight (7 and 8) in biock aun ber one hundred and seventy one t7usin the city of Rich Hill, Mo, which convey- ance was made in trust tosecure the pay- ment of four certain notes tully described in said deed of trust and whereas detau!* has been made in the payment of the first note, which deta according the provisions of said de tru ders the whole of said notes ¢ Now theret< a re request oi and pursuant to the conditions of said deed oftrust,L wi proceed to sell the above ises at public vendue, g bidder tor cash at the st tront dec the court house, in the city ot Butler, county of Bates and state of Missouri, o Monday, August lth, 18% cK in the the UYposes Of sal- nd costs. ALLEN, Trustee Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, ¢ es County of Bates." § ** oe it re ered, That heretofore, to-wit. at regular term of the circuit court of Bate county, Missouri, begun and held at court house, inthecity of Butler, in county and state, on the second Monday in terward, to-wit: on the let yo 3, the same being the eigh- teenth judicial day of eald term, among others the following proceedings were hat and entered of record,to-wit:Eeuben Bryant, JM Biyantand 8 A McDaniel, partners under firm pame and style of B Bros, & Mc- Daniel plaintiff, vs. H T Li on. defendant Now at this day come the plaintiffa herein by their attorneys Parkinson & Graves, and hav- ing heretofore flied their petition and affidavit alleging annong other things that defendant. non is nota resident of the state of Whereupon it rdered by the court that said defendant votified by pab- lication that plaintiff has commenced a euit against him in thisconrt by petition and at- ment founded upon @ promissory note for nof $42 6. executed by defendant to plaintiff’ on the fret day of January. after date and besring interes ight percent perannam and ante property has been attached and that 68 the ssid H T Lamon ve and appear at this court, at the next term thereof, to te be- gun and hoiden at the court house in the city of Butler in said county on the 1th day of No- vember next, and on or before the third day of said term, if the term shall #0 long continue— fnot, then onor before the leet day of said term—anewer or plead to the petition in said cauee, the same will be taken as contese- ed and judgment will be rendered accordingly . And be it further ordered that a copy hereot be published, sccording to! in the Butier Weekly Timzs a weekly n paper printed and published in Bates county, o., for four weeks succes ly, the last insertion to be at least Siteen days before the first day of the next term ofthe circuitcourt A true copy ot the record Witness my hand and *EaL] th i of the circuit court of Bates county, this fret day of July, 13. JOHN tC HAYES, ireuit Clerk. © t torenoon noon of istying and five o'clock in lat day forthe d debt, inter FRAN atier- “ Reval ABSOLUTELY Highest of all in Leavening Power —Latest U.S. Gov't Report. Baking Powder