St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 12, 1898

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PRICE | teal 97' O42, Sot cca Th nent TWO nat oa wan ° f ; : : oo THERE (S NO (SENATOR HANNA |- RUIN AND DEATH a. “WOM WR) REELECTED, | gu AT FORT SMITH. ‘Thrilling Stories of Semi-| He Will Serve for Both Long | S eS ee aoe — a nole Uprising Untrue. and Short Terms. / : Ny Thirty-one Persons Killed, Many Injured, Scores of the Best ~ ‘DECLARED TO BE A FAKE.|/FORMAL VOTE AT COLUMBUS. 2 9 . s . ) Buildings Wrecked by a Midnight Tornado That Sw ept a an Over the Arkansas City. AN INDIAN AGENT SEEMS TO|HANNA GOT 73 VOTES ON JOINT HAVE LOST HIS HEAD AND BALLOT AND M’KIS- SENT OUT WILD REPORTS. 3 SON 70. uy i ‘ "3 Ey , > | se Ol UT WHILE THE = THE SOUTHWEST IS TRANQUIL, |MOTION FOR INVESTIGATION. | | Ys § Ns eae gu: | CEN FIRE BROK STORM WAS AT ITS HEI GHT g ‘Scenes of Early American History Are | The Opposition Made an Effort to Have | me SSS he ' “=, S 3 cS Be ; \ Down on Alma and Other Towns in the State. South McAlester, I. T., sends the follow- the long term. It was perfectly well un- . ing: The whole story of the Indian uprising derstood after the vote of yesterday that - . £s AAS : ap pe is a fake. The first account of the alleged | this would be the resu’t to-day. d 7, Z —~ae ; oA Special to the Post-Dispatch. affair was sent out by the agent for the} © the joint ballot Hanna received 73 : 7 a. : FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 12.—Thirty-one persons killed, many injured, churches, schools, homes and business ee G. votes and McKisson 70. Lentz got 1 and a A! ; 3 Z, or ' een f . . ‘ ° the ah 1H ee wettebore, 2. T., 0} one member of the Houses was absent, ‘e Z hey West? J buildings demolished, and hundreds of persons without home or shelter, is the appalling result of a tornado which swept ) traen dispatcher here. To-day all ac-| When the House convened at 10 o'clock, 4 Bij tin,’ over this city at 11:15 last night. Fire broke out in the midst of the storm and added its horrors to the terrors of the quainted with the situation give it as their | Representative Otis was promptly recog- Sb OT techie s , taate- te opinion that the story was a pure fabrica- | "zed on a question of privilege, He made a | Tee ee neg night. Most of the persons killed were asleep in their homes. ) long stateme egardi he Boye ibery ata Mies att i i i tion; originating with the railroad agent at om orale aan & arding the Boyce bribers | ioe oo: The damage to property will run up into thousands of dollars. Fine residences were razed to the ground. Owing arses. » said it was due the House N*, Se OE ; : , nets did i k in that rtion of the busi- ‘he SMEG. to the fact that the tornado, after passing through the residence district, did Its worse work in po Earlsboro United States Marshal Bennett and himself-to have an investigation before ness district in which the older buildings were located, the totals of damage done do not amount up very rapidly, although ’ of the Northern District arrived here this | proceeding further in the election of a morning and will leave for Earlsboro on the | United States Senator, and offered a res-, . \ Soef!. : — . olution accordingly. ae ffl! many buildings were partially or wholly ruined. Se oe Ee Wenner sme: HONS Sat st For this reason it is probable the sum of $500,000 will cover the loss to buildings and contents, including the new ly informed of any trouble. To-day as far | mediate consideration of ' . 1 yaa > diate onsic atis the refolution, the v4 an! ene F s - : , . Wi 4; $50,000 high school building, which was directly in the path of the storm and was badly wrecked. The debris of many of the as can be learned everything is quiet, at | Vote stood 52 ayes, 56 nays. On the motion = Sy ar? - ~~ a > a. oe | ec re , ‘ f : . . being declared lost there were cheers on | : y iy buildings which were in the lodgehouse district caught fire and those unfortunates, who were not at once extricated alive, the Republican side and in the galleries. The vote was precisely the same as all the perished, being burned or smothered to — PARLBORO, I. T., Jan. 12.—Scouts sent aes a grb pattots for the sh¢rt 7 Vie: a Ei) ' Add to the fact that many of the people in the outside district were killed in the crash of the falling residences and | sa eT oS camer and long terms for Senator. There are (109 , aa ee 15'e . service } per Qe sS AA = it will be seen why the list of the dead rolled up so rapidly. All nurses and doctors that can be pressed into are afternoon train. He had not been official- Earlisboro and Mekuska, the center of the alleged uprising. out from here last night are coming back | members of the House. The 56 Hanna men | = ese | and report the Creek and Seminole Indians’ | 4!wWays voted solidly. Representative Cra- ree ~ ee ee | being utilized and there are scores of temporary hospitals through the city, in addition to the regular hospitals. uprisin fake. mer was absent and js still vegy sick. : oe oizzeez ae. xis a : : ; ; 7” qo , ws Representative Cramer was absent and ‘s ; = , : d The Morgue soon began to fill up and at present is taxed to its utmost capacity. Additional bodies are being : CLOT ON THE BRAIN still very sick. The other forty-six Demo- es i’ se ; | brought in every few minutes and the scene at this place is a sickening one. cratic members and the six bolti R b- > : . cle in eal weep ta =.” | The storm did its work in five minutes. It swept over the city from the southwest to the northwest, and left a track” lican Representatives voted together for an iA Cultured Man Deprived of the Power | ‘"Y*station before electing a Senator. i | | p Representative Stewart, one of the Hanna | 200 yards wide. of Speech. leaders, said there would come a proper pane THE DEATH LIST. | — time for the fullest investigation, but this LO . Th , ty-one people were killed. ey Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. was the time for electing a Senator. He a 3 7 3 Thirty peop NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—A prominent resi-| moved to.take a recess till noon.) The op- — dent of Brick Church, N. J., is relearning |-position moved to amend by recessing for iGo 3 Btw .. SILAS MINCER. his native tongue slow.y and from the | five minutes. There were calls of the House ——— , a } ‘| a w HARVEY RUTLEDGE. Bained a few words and a few broken and |/turn of the vote stood 56 to 52. The motion ” Zs ie — ee . 8 day morning and neces from bed to get a ACTION OF THE SENATE. | Got There, but They Didn't Do a Thing to Me! JOHN MARTIN. drink of water. He tr ed to speak to his Boon after the Senate Assembled Mr , J. J. RILEY. wife, but could not; but his mind was MT. GEORGE CAR clear and he seized pencil and paper and | Burke of Cleveland offered a resolution de- wrote. mandin £ resti In a little while, when he again tried to], " € pn ‘investigation ihto the charges MRS. MILT BURGESS. write, he could not. His fingers were then at $170 had been offé¢red by alleged UNKNOWN MAN, died at St. John’s affected exactiyv like his tongue. agents in the interest of Senator Hanna + bias ospital. Dr. Gray lagnosed the case as one| for the vote of Representative Otis. The that rare disease known as aphas'‘a. A . oo of blood had formed on a are of the | Tesolution provided for a commission of five, J. M. FOULSE. sg - 1A a > consisting of Senators’ Burke, Robinson JOB KYLE “Goo, goo,” he would say a rst, an > ‘ this cultured man of 8, again a child in| apy ouraid and Long. Senator Burke 3 TWO LE FEVRE BOYS. . afterward requested to have his speech, would strive frantically to utter] ctricken out, and that of Senator Sullivan MILE KAMPTON, JR. coherent words, but could only make baby-| was substitut . re: ish articulation in his big, strong voice, as | stituted cient of thtee Date pes a BUSTER LUCAS. oe oe Foe eee. ioe of his physician he | {¥° Republicans. A long and bitter discus- William Maxwell’s Leap From | Deliberate Attempt Made at| =p FARRELL AND TWO CHILDREN— . . sion followed, led by Senator R ‘ takes a short walk, accompanied by his | mediate sonshderntion as the ceamee pr Doge IRENB AND ROY. wife. He recognizes his friends and ac- wa . . . quaintances, but if they stop and offer to sensidintation ef thie ree eee a Trestle for Life. | St. Charles, Mo. JOHN ADAMS. talk with m he turns helplessly to his postponed by a vote of 56 to 6 : ’ 4 o , ” , . 2 n a wife, and mutely asks her to make reply. | was a matter that concerned * ty optim phy MES, CHARLES MARUSS™ He looks at houses and people and trees, vag “he ae . and such simple words as “house,” and ae but that it had been pre- EXPRESS TRAIN UPON HIM DONE WITH A BRASS WEDGE FRANK RICHARDSON. “man’’ and ‘‘tree” have come back to him. é eae . *| __ RITTPR. A TORN His speech is rather indistinct, like that of THE JOINT SESSION, . BE . MRS TRACK OF THE ADO. of ey oe - weg gee inne roll of Me Peony was called first and WOMAN SUPPOSED TO ; eside m, as he sits In s room, isa ere was no changes frcen the vot "es- r , — ae omy _ po Se paged tries to rage (a for McKisson and 17 for Makes ST. LOUISAN’S TERRIBLE EXPERI- POLE OHSS STEERS VIGILANCE | Wid papas County, Arkansas ut in writing what he fails to enunciate. | as follows: AUIS SENGLE,. , hus far his success in this direction ts FOR HANNA. — = wae ee. . , N NAMED HOLDEN east bank of the Arkansas River, just north only on a par with his efforts at speech, Alexander, Sullivan, SPRINGS, MO, CHARLES KOHLIER. cee aaa ror satel MRS. . ~ ow » @ . ? — * RAR RIS ON Fort Smith ts the capital of Sebastion } full torce of the tornade waa first felt, @ ~ It ig situated on the in the heart of the retail district. The wrecked Baptist Church fs a litth of east of this point and the B * Voi of the Poteau River. The population !s 17,- | church, which was damaged, is @ little ‘ G, Blake, bh Pittsburg & Gulf Wreck. Cable. Wishtmen, WHORLBS 000, about 28 per cent colored. It is a manu-|of north. ‘The storm passed northeast from ~ Plummer, Williams, L. ‘ facturing town and one of the most thriving | Garrison and Ninth streets, apparentiy ae Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. ees sot es atly MILAN, Mo., Jan. 12.—It ts reported here | Dodge,” Sheppard, ene ta HELPLESS IN A FIERCE STORM.) TWO MEN UNDER ARREST. | an tne hospitals are filled with wounded. | in the Southwest. Before the United States | jumping about twelve blocks before sttik= inet ant on that another ot aait ene — The storm came from the southwest and | Court there lost criminal jurisdiction over | ing the High School, which is located 9 sais a Hl Sons ena | aa ehte os il- FOR M’'KISSON. 3 e Indian Territory it was the scene of more/ the northeast corner of the city, the new es Freight train No, 7 went through a bridge. | Brores, ee Suffering With Broken Hip. He | West-Bound Pasenger Train Narrowly cena amtnitastacinthacnin nr aite vince 3.5: legal executions than any other place in the} and fashionable residence neighborhood »« ~ : } - | Burke, Pugh, - ng | a roken e ‘ egale eyes vor wney’ Ons were wrecked. , ae is not learned — Pu a g | P, Wisesisen Sinkaer Desetiod % w damage was done in the region of Ninth tnited States. Great damage was done in this locality, — 7 ether any lives were lost. Cromley, “Se ag Schaeffer, Crawled Away From Rising pes Being Derailed by a New street and.Garrison avenue, in the heart of | qarrfson avenue ta the principal business | Alma, the town said to have been de sie Decker, Valentine. a adi THE WEATHER INDICATIONS, | ix’ ae ys. pale mae he ee streak, It rune cagt fom 1st etoveef tees males massaoaat at Se . ‘inck, i % : wholesale hougees are west oO xth street. i teen miles northeas As Total. 19. Break of Day. Obstruction. The greatest loss was between Eighth Ninth street and Garrison avenue, where the about 900 inhabitants, : FAIR AND COLDER. Senator Burke, the only dissenting Re- pe street and the Catholic Church, and it is | ~" —— ublican Senator, presented the name of | h . building is left standi i eee oe eee enerally fate Pi eleeten a ee eee mapenionn Mayor | ee ee “4 are meager from the country, several fires Baptist church completely demolished, — Sh oabeshe Y , , What seems to be a deliberate attempt ight and T of Cleveland, in a very forcible and in- William Naxwell, 46 years old, tried to a T ’ . ; oe er ee one Sheretey flammatory speech that commanded the ‘Save his life by a daring leap. to wreck a west-bound passenger train on Several WE ee ee have been seen Durning along in its wake Brownscome church steeple and front of en LD and the town of Alma, nine miles to the, building blown away. ey - w sd i ' Pela enw eae hooray ane coves Ratention. In one of his climaxes| He was taken to the City Hospital the Wabash road at St. Charles, Mo., was , - 4 ‘ r j » = ‘ a mad > elas m é } a>; ‘ c 3 % For Illinoie—Fair and colder Wednesday night ” oe A. Garfield. would have voted for | W ednesday morning, suttering with a wana sp eta wien a ered th ant as (he Oe ee — southeast, reports several houses blown Mrs. Clayland’s place blown down, catehe wilt and Thursday. MecKisson if he weré alive and a Senator broken hip. It is thought he also has in- atchman arles Kohlier discov © | i:ving purposes it is thought that there will reer Uk" deeens! aban ae " here to-day. ternal injuries and the chances are that he |4ttempt half an hour before the train was : en ( dead down, and it is thought several have been | ing the tamiy . the = Representative Roberts of Cleveland sec- be found the greatest nu er of dead, States Marshal's office In a coop. They « = Seyi : oF, % > POST-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. onded the nomination of Hanna and Repre- | Will not recover. due and prevented a dera'ling that would : killed there. y heel ag cone of Cleveland that of Mc-| Maxwell lives at the Erie House, Fourth each have dares in a loss of ilfe as well FIRE BREAKS OUT. TRACK OF THE WIND. made their escape through a chimney, i and made no seocndine dhacehen no name street and Clark avenue. Tuesday morning ‘Toucan their names as George To the horror of crashing buildings the The storm completely wrecked or badly Mr. Choniworth of the Marshal's ‘ A nips ecabah i _The Senators and Representatives rose to | sea sige its Diem ot gin and Harry Allen were arrested soon after | roar of the storm and the cries of the damaged everything it touched. The follow-| home blown away; injuries not known, ef | He was crossing the trestle of the Iron pt hace esting vee cae te places and the department was unable to | xijjed or injured in the ruins gives some idea | razed to the ground; injuries not yet - . ' Mountain Railroad over r ’ a at. " certained. aes. . OOOO EO ORO Oe ee) s‘s'e ° “ | phur Springs, ind pigs rg saad or await the report of agents of the Wabash cope with the new danger, and it is known of {ts ravages: 4 | structure when he heard the roar of a Secret Service, who are working on the/that one or more bodies were cremated. Mrs. King, two-story home on Twelfth] Breedlove home on Thirteenth wt 4 N EW F | R M S | N ST ey waren re he saw the headlight of | case. The handsome High School Building, just | street wrecked. ; The bakery on Fourteenth wiped out. ® ee t+ 4 + Ary the dark and fog. Kohlier was returning from attending to 4 at a cost of $100,000, was leveled Andy Hendrixs, mother and sister , The ho ‘(ER | oe eS i ] tile and manufacturing concerns ha din St. miles an hour. °XPFess, running 40] tne switch lights at 7:30 o'clock, Ten min- | *!shed ® ct, ee , , 2 a gp streets was wrecked and some of the fam-/ not yet known, ably fatally injured. Thetr | creek, 12 feet below th lightning played Shout! bie “ned trea Sujssed ujesy pue eupiue ey, yey) uopysod | HY injured. fe crashed overhead. Then came rain in tor- | over it must certainly be thrown from the/| Eyery physician in the city was summoned Thirteenth, north of Brecht's, swept away, Luther Hunter and wife, in the : rents and his clothing was saturated. tra : a roe cae wearing that the water of the creek would picked up the brass and managed | and all are now busy at work in dressing | #4 the woman occupant carried blocks se and drown him, he made a desperate to one & hen he ran ahead the wounds and binding broken limbs. The | ®¥Y; reported dying; two children, injuries effort to save himeelf and managed to crawl up the bank, Each move caused ex- iceman had th , dead were taken to the most convenient | Ot stated. cruciati : . ng pain, gt... J was broken the Cent places and left with their living, the » Marshal Stahl and family, in the Judge/ and one side of hi useless. Ste beeaeacned the railroad track and ean aie ta ee Parker home; roof lifted off the house, Mies; | | found at de | ¥ . . ae 2: a, 4 2 ee “4S ’ er. ~*~ . ¢ ae ro a tapi a Vor ree S a a ies n : . * > - 7 * 7 > _ o >. > > o.8.8 8.82 8 2.8 ae te " ** 2.8.2 .8.8.8@ The shanty which stood on the triangle of | white, supposed to be dead in the deb . o nw x ~ ~~ a si PEERY rt ED aa e80:.. ye we aig % ‘ ‘e ts ; : ad . > . ' 2.8 8 Se See PTwUS TO CT COCO CC eee eee £5555. SELLA eee Tt = Pewrrrerre te tet tet ee. eee a Eee rece ee 5 IN > ; Dus scedcccennsesccccescraicescses by John W. Young, Chief ¥ = Pao oa ‘ hs Ae on i> op SN ea a pS Cac Poh See = the = . . . "o*a* oa * oa *a* 7 a ee et Ot eB eS ae e 3m, Vato Dn: ome mat Meg ie) sags at ey