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"v. ::-.-'?;. ''vrv SSS : ''H i K 5ssa I The News 9 la Devoted to the j Upbuilding of S Polk County. :.Jt 4 rlOl' The News Is Unsurpassed as an Ad vertising Medium . . . . . . ' . . . Rates Low. v v Ay OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IPfiALL THINGS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL.IX. COLUMBUS, N . C, TJBLU RSDAT, JUNE i, 1903. NO, 8. . It.'- II I I I I - I 11 i I v . v r i At i BY FIRE AND FLOOD Death and Devastation in the Wake of High Waters. TALES OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING Inhabitants of North Topeka Cut Off From All Chance of Rescue Much Loss of Property. The City of Topeka suffered frightful lcsl of life and property last week by .both fire and flood. The story is told in the following dispatches of Sun day and Monday mornings: Topeka, Kans., Special. People who did not leave North Topeka Saturday nigh! when they had a chance, are now in the greatest danger of losing their lives. As far as can be estimated at this time, over 500 people are be yond reach of rescue. The Kansas river is rising at the rate of three inches an hour. Thirty are known to be dead and The list will be larger. Hundreds are missing. People are drowning and others are burning to death. If any por tion of North Topeka shall escape de struction by the flood, it seems as though fire would finish the work. The large lumber yards of Jonathan Thom as caught fire this afternoon and the whole block of houses were burned. Burning houses are floating through the streets and setting fire to others. It is reported that the Union Pacific r.epot and hotel have heen burned. There is no possible way of quenching the flames. The loss of life will be ap palling, and the property loss in the millions. Nobody can tell just what has been destroyed. The water extends around Shorey and other suburbs. Every foot of North Topeka,. inhabited by 10,000 people, is under water. The current is so swift that no boat can live in it. Seven thousand people have escaped to the southside and are being cared for as well as possible. The re maining hundreds have not yet been accounted for. They have been forced to the top floors or the roofs of build ings, and aro waiting for the water to subside or carry them down stream. They are safe only as long as the building remains standing." Below scores oC men are in tree-tops, ytng lor help. Thousands of revolver shots and screams have been heard on the north side, signals for aid.. Women cud children in the western part of North Topeka are standing on the highest points in reach and yet in water to their necks. Burning houses are floating abou setting fire to others. The lower 'sto ries of the burning buildings contain " 10 feet of water. The current is so strong that no boat can approach any of them. People are gathered on the tops of houses and will meet death either by fire or drowning. The cries for help can be distinctly heard a mile away. The whole city is wildly excited because no aid can be extended to the sufferers. The river at North Topeka is five miles wide. No possible esti mate of the financial Toss is obtainable, but it can be stated that it will reach into the millions. , North Topeka was the manufactur ing district of the city. Three large Sour mills, three woolen mills and other manufacturing enterprises are entirely destroyed. The water supply of the whole city has been cut off. The water from the river extends nearly a mile on the south side. The Rock Island depot has been abandoned, and more than five hundred people on this side cf the river are also homeless, but no loss of life has resulted in South Topeka. The Kansas avenue bridge is the only one across the river for miles and the approaches to that r bridge are flooded by thirty feet of water. A pontoon bridge is being erected, in an effort to reach the suf ferers. Seven thousand or more people are on this side of the river sheltered in ti:o public buildings. Topeka is now, able to take care of all the unfortu nates. The work of caring for the refu gees is being pushed with the utmost rapidity. From the State house as many as 80 fires can be counted in dif ferent parts of North Topeka. The en tire central portion of the city had Jioen burned out at 10 o'clock and it is safe to say that by morning not a house in that part of Topeka will be left standing. When it i3 stated that North Topeka has 10,000 inhabitants, the extent of the disaster can be re alized. People are sticking to the roofs houses and to trees, and many are siviug up in despair and dropping into the waters below to be carried away by the swift current. The dispatches of Monday morning give a fuller account of the loss. These follow: Topeka, Special. At 1 o'clock the number of drowned people was known to be at least 150 and a large number were yet missing. Several were re Ported burned to death, but this could not be substantiated. From all over pastern Kansas boats are being rushed hero for the rescue of the ; sufferers. Shortly after daylight nine boats ar rived from qttawa on a special train and they were put into active rescue service at once. Soon after reports of gowning began to come in. : A boat containing eight men was swept away n swift current about 7 o'clock a&d as fc;r as known all were drbwn- uther small boats were; not able to ! ve in the whirling current. North T t, peKa a scene of utmost desola l'3n. Not a square foot of land can be seen in any direction. There is but a small chance of any of the residences being left standing at the end of the flood period. Sherry Oakland, and the reform school north of Topeka, are all under the rushing waters, but the sit uation is favorable in these places compared with what North Topeka is undergoing. Nearly all the fires were put out by the heavy rain,, which fell nearly all night. The total loss of life is yet pure guess work. Other points in Kansas are suffering severely from the flood, and the damage will aggregate many millions of dollars. Sixteen Negroes Drowned. Memphis, Tenn., Special. Sixteen negroes, two families of cotton plan tation hands, were drowned in the Mississippi river near Pecan Point, 40 miles north of this city. They left the plantation afte.r dark in two skiffs. Waves from a passing vessel capsized the frail boats and all hands, save one, went down. A lad, Will Bell, es caped by clinging to an oar. He was washed ashore and reported the tragedy to Dr. B. F. Chiles, who brought the news to Memphis. Trouble in Shipping Circles. Norfolk, Va., Special. Present in dications point to a very serious tie up of shipping at the port of Norfolk Monday. The marine engineers have declared their intention of resigning their positions on steamers, if a scale of salvages they have adopted is not accepted by the owners by that time. The owners held a meeting Saturday and passed resolutions refusing to ac cede to the demands of the employees. It was decided to put out of service after Sunday, 26 steam vessels. Mere than 200 men will be idle. The Philadelphia Strike. Philadelphia, Speciall The general strike of the textile workers of Phila delphia, for a reduction in working time from 60 to 55 hours a week, will go into effect officially this week, and the leaders of the textile unions claim that fully 100,000 persons will refuse to go to work unless their demands are agreed to. The figures given out by the executive committee of the various trades aff acted are claimed to be too high. ,K Well Known Man Arrested. - Barnesville, Ga., Special. The sher iff ha3 arrested George Allen, a well known citizen of Piedmont, charged with the murder of George H. Worth en, whose body was found near the roadside May 19th: It is alleged that there was a serious quarrel between Allen and Worthen immediately pre ceding the murder. Anna Fambro, a negress, was arrested as an acces sory. Trial Postponed. Louisville, Special. A special to The Post from Jackson says: The hearing ot the cases of Curtis Jett and Tom White, under indictment on the charge of murdering Lawyer J. B. Marcuin, has been postponed. Their cases may go over to the next term of court, which begins next week. The delay is the result of the non-arrival of witnesses. The town is quiet. A strike of 100,000 textile workers In Philadelphia next Monday now seems inevitable. . Lumber Notes. The Pine Tree Lumber Co., of Beckville, Texas, has been incorporat ed, with a capital of $5000. The incor porators are Frank B. Brown, R. B. Chaney and D. J. Debbs. - The Stuart Manufacturing Co. at Stuart, Va., has been organized, with a capital of $6000 and privilege of in creasing -to $25,000. The promoters "of the company are j. m. JtiooKer, jm,-v. Stedman, J. Cj Adams and others. The Southwestern Lumber Co. of Kansas CityMo,, has been, incorporat ed with a capital stock of $30,000. The incorporators are Edwin L. Bruce, John A. Sarg-ent and A. J. Martin. W. H. Knox & Son of Dallas, Texas, will erect and operate a lumper mm at Rusk, Texas, with capacity of 100,000 feet per day, with planer, shingle mill, dry-kilns, etc. The Alahama Hardwood Co. of Bir mingham, Ala., has been incorporated by E. J. Bryan and George Welch. The company will carry on a general manufacturing business of hardwood finishing material. - Nineteen social clubs in Richmond have since February 7 paid the liquor license tax of $2 a member. The 14 white clubs have a membership of 1,931 and the 5 negro clubs 342. The State revenue is $3,480. . The Chief of Police of Leesburg ar rested on Tuesday three negroes Dan Jackson,: John Summers and "Cap" Veney on warrants charging them with selling liquor without license and conducting speakeasies in Leesburg. Since the local-option election in Lees burg district on April 9 these have been the only arrests made. v By dissolving a little gelatin in milk the milk can he carried in solid blocks, and would gain rather , than lose nu trient value. A TOWN WRECK! n. Seven Hundred Armenians Anion? i ; 1l .... ' "-.3? 1 ; the Victims. 2,500 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES; - j p - Frightened People Turn Their Stables Into Sleeping Apartments A Terri ble Shock. l;i v Constantinople, 'By Cable Advices Thursday from Asiatic Turkey show a terrible earthquake on April 9 atfMel azghard, vilayet of Van, eighty miles ioutheast of Erzeroom, on the ; i Eu phrates. The town was totally de stroyed with its entire population numbering 2,000 souls, including ! 700 Armenians as well as troops forming the garrison of Melazghanl. In addi tion, 400 houses in the neighboring vil lages collapsed. ' A somewhat severe earthquake was felt here this morning but jao damage was done. ''"fC'i Washington, Special. Vice Consul Ojalvo, at Erzerum, Turkey, reports to the State Department that an earth quake in the canton of Malasgird, dis trict of Bitlis, on the 29th ultimo, caused the death of 500 people and left the city in ruins. The shock was strongly felt in Erzucum, a journey of 38 hours, and threw the people into a panic. Many of them turned r their stables, which are built level with; the ground, into sleeping apartments' for greater security. I! London, By Cable -The Foreign: Of fice has received details from the Brit ish consul at Erseroom regarding the recent earthquake, at Malasgird, - ac cording to which a strong-shock, last ing thirty seconds, was felt on I the morning of April 29, throughout! the entire j district between Lake Van: "and the Russian frontier, and as far west as Karthput. The town of Malas herd, consisting of 500 houses, was: de stroyed and much havoc wrought In the surrounding villages. Col. Khalil by commanding the garrison Vf : Mel azherd, with his whole family, .three other officers and eighty soldiers. ;perr ished In the ruins. Lieut. CoL Tvili Bey, whose family ' perished, " became insane. The telegraph operator who sent the, news of the. catastrophe said he himself was badly injured and his wife and sister' were killed. The For eign Office has appealed for subscrip tions for the relief of the destitute Mohammedans, and the Christians of Melazherd district. U? Bequest to Catholic College. Salisbury, Special. By the terms of the will of John H. Buis, a life-long resident of Salisbury before going to Jersey City, where he died last" week') Belmont College, the Catholic institu tion in Gaston county, will receive! the bulk of his estate. Bequests to rela tives amount to about $2,000 apd $300 is left to Rev. Pather Joseph, of Salis bury, the former pastor of the f de ceased, for the purchase of a new organ for his church. Belmont College will receive the residue, which is directed to he devoted to the educa tion of four young men for the priest nood. The estate is valued at from be tween $10,000 and $15,000, depending upon the. prices which lots in Salis bury and Fredericksburg, Va., will bring. All the real estate is directed to be converted into money. j Jett and White Plead Not Guilly. Jackson, Ky., Special. Curtis Jett and Tom White were arraigned Thurs day for the murder of J. D. Marcum and, pleaded not guilty. After consid erable delay, a consultation among the attorneys was held. This consulta tion resulted 4n White and Jett filing Charles Dilke (advanced Liberal) to move Elijah Little on the -ground of prejudice. They allege that Little said they - ought to be-hanged. The; case was set for Monday, which is the first day of the regular term of court 'and there is a special term over Saturday. The grand jury is still working on 1 the Cockrell case. Roos:veIt Endorsed. if Cleveland, O., Special. The Repub lican county convention adopted es- . i ',. olutions endorsing the administration of President Roosevelt and recom mending his re-nomination and elec- - ' ' ;'i";i; tion in 1904. The resolutions also . it warmly . praise the records and- ser vices of Senators Foraker and Hahna and Governor Nash. Delegates to 1 the State convention were instructed to cast a solid vote for Colonel. Myron T. Herrick for Governor. Senator Hanna addressed the conventionrand paid a high tribute to President Roosevelt and his administration;! : !4 Killed and Taken Prisoners. ; j Manila, By Cable. Lieutenant Javier commanding a force of constabulary, has defeated 200 fanatical insurgents in the island of Cebu, killing 68. of them and capturing 29. The fight; oc curred iii the mountains Tiear' Tabogon. No details, of the engagement have been - recived, and the government losses are not known. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL A Large Addition. t The Manufacturers' Record of April 9 referred to the proposition of the Cherokee Falls Manufacturing Co. of Cherokee Falls, S. C, to increase capi tal stock from $200,000 to $1,000,000. A meeting of the stockholders has been held and confirmed the proposition of the directors. This $800,000 additional capital will be expended for further' de veloping the company's water-power and adding 50,000 spindles. A new mill will be-built, to hold 40,000 of these spindles, and the remaining 10,000 will be added to the present plant. Looms to suit, probably about 1500, will also be installed. The company's present plant' has 15,520 ring spindles and 548 narrow looms, manufacturing sheet ings, seamless grain bags and rope. Textile Notes. The report mentioned last week that Murphy & Bro., Sixteenth and Fitz water streets, Philadelphia,. Pa., con template locating a branch mill in the South was correct. But the firm pro poses buying an . established plant for manufacturing white and colored goods, and investigations are now be ing made; Their Philadelphia plant produces dress goods for men's wear; having 250 looms. The Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Texas, will erect a building and install equipment for its textile department. This department will -train young men in the actual work of the cotton mill, there being two courses, one of two years and one of four years. The first two years of the latter will be the same as the pres ent mechanical engineering course. About $30,000 will be expended for the plant. Hoskins Cotton Mill Co. ot Char lotte, N. C, incorporated last month with an authorized capital of $500,000, has organized and elected E. A. Smith, president and treasurer. A site has .been purchased, and probably an equipment of 15,000 spindles and "450 looms will be installed. Messrs. W. B. Smith, Whaley & Co. of Boston, Mass., and Columbia, S. C, are the engineers In charge. The recent dispatches referred to as stating that B. Frank Mebane and, as sociates had purchased 4,000 acres of land at Spray, N. C, were correct. They have plans in view for additional textile manufacturing plants, and "art now burning brick for new structures. Mr. Mebane declines to make any statement at this time. The Emporia (Va.) Land & Invest ment Co. has increased Its capital stock from $25,000 to $1,000,000 and re moved its main office to Petersburg, Va, It has purchased for $100,000 the cotton mill of the Ettrick Manufactur ing Co., and will operate same. There are 9784 spindles and 262 looms in the. plant. New machinery may be added. Messrs. M. H. Reed, R. M. Evans, W. H. Badger and others of Marble Falls, Texas, and T. S. Reed . of Beaumont, Texas, have purchased water-power rights and textile buildings on the Colorado river at Marble Falls, Texas. They contemplate installing an equip ment of textile machinery. Banna Cotton Mill has been incorpo rated, with capital stock of $100,000; Geo. Johnston of Newberry, S. C, pres ident, and L. W. C. Blalock of Gold ville, S. C, secretary-treasurer. This company has purchased the Goldville Manufacturing Co.'s mill of 5000 spin dles, and may increase the equipment. Springfield Woolen Mills Co., Spring field, Tenn., reported last week, will have a capital of $50,000. A two-set woolen-blanket mill will be installed, the machinery to include 1440 spindles and twenty broad looms. The company will be in the market for the machin ery about June 1. Steele Bros. Company, reported in corporated last week with capital stock of $100,000, has purchased and will operate the Laurel Bluff Cotton Mills at Laurel Bluff, near Mt. Airy, N. C. The plant has 3500 spindles, employs sixty operatives, and produces yarns and warps. , 1 ; 'Durham (N. C.) Hosiery Mills, re ported last week as increasing capital $100,000 to erect addition and install 400 knitting machines, etc., has award ed all necessary contracts for buildings and machinery. C. I. Underwood is the contractor. " There is a movement on foot to build a sheeting mill at Louisville, Ky., and several local capitalists are interested. Probably F. F. Gilmore, 125 W. Main street, can give information. D. L. Dawson will establish a cotton mill roll covering plant at Huntsville, Ala. R. P. Bos well of Penfleld, Ga., will build a knitting mill at Greensboro, Ga. ' ' '.. Pclham (Ga.) Manufacturing Co. will expend from $5000 to $10,000 to build and equip a dyeing and finishing plant. Its mill has 5000 ring spindles and 138 looms. - Graniteville (S. C.) Manufacturing Co. will improve its mill and probably install additional machinery. It now has 53,380 spindles and 1,674 looms. The Commercial Club of Pilot Point, Texas, is endeavoring to arrange for the establishment of a $200,000-cotton mill. : ; r ; - xr '-j ' -. The Commercial Club of Charleston, S. C., is endeavoring to arrange for the 'establishment of a- bleachery. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest To Short Paragraphs. Down in Dixie. North Carolina will spend $300,000 on its capital,) plans having been furnished for that purpose by a Co lumbia architect. : Curtis Jett and Thomas White were arraigned on the charge of assassinat ing J. B. Marcum at Jackson, Ky., the attack on the jail the night previous having been repulsed by troops. Mrs. Kate Taylor, charged with shooting her husband and chopping up his body, was a witness in her own behalf. ! At The National Capital. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Daniel V. Miller, Assistant Attorney in the; office of the Assistant Attorney-General for the Postoffice Department, charging conspiracy. Some of Senator Foraker's friends declare they believe Senator Hanna would accept the Presidential nomina tion, if so requested in- an emergency. Gen. Frederick Funston says the starvation reported among Alaska Es kimos .is due -to their,! improvident slaughter of animals and to indolence. At The Nortlt The Irish Agricultural I Organization Society was formed in New York. Strikes and lockouts in New York are the causes of 200,000 'workmen be ing idle. j ; j .... At least 15 persons are known to have lost their tornado. ' :! Contractor J. lives in a Nebraska B. McDonald stated to have the New York that he expected! subway finished jby Christmas Many Knights Templar. arrived in Philadelphia for the fiftl eth anniver- sary of the Pennsylvania! Grand Corn- mandery. : Charles M. Sheaffer, superintendent of telegraph for the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, estimates! the Pennsyl vania's losses in; its pole and wire war with the Western Union at $20,000. The Americanj college professor was declared to be only "a hired man In a cage" In a lecture by MJ Chicago.-" " ' ' !- - --- - - - Much damage! to life and property has been done to large areas on the western tributaries of the Mississip pi. . '.-; - Evidence accummulates in the pcotoffice fraud j cases, j Arrivals in San Francisco from Pa tagonia tell of the escape of 50 convicts who have secured arms and are terrori zing a large parti of Terre del Fuego. It is said ( there are no! Idle men in Kansas to harvest the wheat crop. From Across The Sea. Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford pleaded guilty in London to faseljt certifying a child's birth ! and was fined $50. About 150 Macedonians perished at the village of Smerdesh, which was set on fire during a fight with Turks. United States Minister Herbert W. Bowen arrived ai Caracas on his re turn from the United States. The Congregation of the Propaganda in Rome decided to recommend, divis ion of the Archdjocese of Oregon. According to Russian accounts dis order has followed the partial evacua tion of Manchuria. The Postoffice Department is investi gating the increase in salaries of assis tant postmasters and clerks. The sea, gulf and lake coasts of the United States have been apportioned into 13 districts for naval defense. It is eaid Secretary Root has decided the charge that Major R. L. Howze was cruel to Filipino prisoners was not sustained. J Col. Johnston L. De Peyster died at Tivoli-on-Hudson, aged 57 years. An earthquake in Asiatic Turkey de stroyed a whole village near Erzroom and killed practically all its 2,000 in habitants. Miscellaneous natters. President I Roosevelt is traveling eastward through Washington. Gen. Barnardo Reyes, Governor of Neuvo Leon? will, i i3 believed, be ex onerated by the Mexican Congress for his course in the riots of April 2 in Monterey, when the matter comes up The revolver factory of Smith & Wesson, was closed for the reason, it was said, that the men joined a labor union. j " Marguerite Boyenyal died at Thenel les, France, after being unconscious for over 20 years. A revised list of the casualties in mc first stage of the Paris-Madrid automo bile race shows that 6 were killed and 13 injured, j, j . j '- , Premier Balfour, in answering an at tack on Sir Charles Dilke, declared that there was no division of opinion between- himself and Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain and hints that he might favor protection. Lady Henry Somerset from the Presidency of Temperance Association bad. health. T - i has retired the British because of Andrew , Middlcton. colored, a line amnnvti hv the' Southern Stal s TelephoneCompany, was killed by electricity at Berkley, eWdnesday af ternoon. A wire he Was handling came in contact with a live wire. . WRECKED BY SWI Gainesville Cotton Mill is! Completely Demolished By Cyclone PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE ARE KILLED One Hundred Houses Blown Down at Pacolet Fearful Destruction By Force of the Wind. i , ' Gainesville, Ga., Special. Just afterr the noon hour, Monday, this city was. . struck by a terrific cyclone, killing probably 10 persons, unroofing the city hotels, other large buildings and de- stroying the Gainesville Cotton Milla , The greatest loss of life,, is in the de. struction of the cotton mills, where about 80 persons are reported killed! and scores injured. Eighteen persona were killed in the city between the center of town and the 'railroad sta--tion, where four large , st-Ores were blown down. The storm had driven; many persons, into these stores for refuge and they were probably- all kill ed. There were five hundred persons at work in the cotton mill when the cy-; clone struck. The mill was' a three story building. : The first Story was left standing but badly wrecked. The second and third floors were complete ly demolished and the employes caught under the wreckage and mangled. It . is now estimated there was at least IS bodies under the wreckage of the third floor. It is not known, how. many per- 1 sons on the second floor'of the building; were killed. The roof of the electric car barn was lifted and the building badly damaged. The railroad depot -suffered also. j Among the dead are:, Mrs. Marshall Camp and child;. Jack -Murphy, aged 12, son of widow Murphy; Ulah Jack son, Ethel Lyle, Annie Garrett, dan d Shedd. The wife and daughter of W. B. Sloan, a lawyer, were fatally In jured. Among others reported injured are: Mrs. Tally and daughter, badly hurt; Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Jonesv who keeps a grocery store near South ern depot, badly hurt; J." R. Logan, badly Injured; James. Simpson, MaiuV Gordon Simpson, Anna Schubert, Ola Miller, Bessie. Skinner,' Mrs. Doc Clarke, J. E. Summerville Alonzo) Ford, Doc Stovall, Joe Shubert, Mil ledge Hill, Willie Boone, Henry Con- " nor. . ' '.,.""' The Southern depot was blown down. The Gainesville . Iron Works were demolished and seevral people perished in the wreck. The Gainesville Cotton Mills were blown down. The Old Piedmont Hotel, how used as a school and apartment house, was razed . and half a dozen or more people were killed in it. The Richmond Hotel was wrecked and several perished along with it. One hundred and twent-five cottages, and a church were blown, away in the .negro settlement of the town. A brick building on the main street of Gainesville was demolished, Many other buildings are demolished. The cyclone wen; on to New Holland ' and it is believed that at least 75 peo ple are killed there. Neither the Ar lington Hotel nor the Brenau.. College was in the track of the tornado and they are therefore safe with their oc cupants. Within the space of two minutes a tornado dealt death and destruction to the city of Gainesville and en-' virons, killing at least 100 1 people, . wounding 150 more, leveling 100 cot tages to the ground vand. tearing twt stories off tte factory of the Gaines ville Cotton Mill. Of the killed prob ably two-thirds were women and chil- ; dren, who were operatives in the cot-, ton mills. The death list includes but" about six negroes. The storm came, from the south out of almost a clear sky, swooping down on the Gaines ville Cotton Mills, near .the Southern Railway station, fifteen minutes be fore. 1 o'clock. The furious wind next descended on the plant of the Pacolet Cotton Mills, at New Holland, two miles from the Southern station. This , is- dne of the . largest cotton mills in the South, em ploying more than 600 . hands. Tha storm spared the Pacolet factory, but entirely,, demolished a hundrec of' its cottages, standing nearby and tenant ed by its operatives. Here, the fatali ties were greatest, upwards or 35 per sons being buried in the ruins. ,The oodles of tbe victims were laid out in the yards and many of them picked up bore no semblance to humanity. The trunk of one young boy was found with the head decapitated as if by the guillotine. From New .Holland the tornadov swept onward to -the east in the 'di rection cf White Sulphur, a town of about 100 persons. The extent of its destruction . there cannot be told, but reports so far received Indicate con siderable loss of life. " . . Want Better Prices. Indianapolis, lad., Special. The American Society Equity has Is sued a bulletin to - farmers of the United States demanding an increase in the price of wheat, arguing that the -minimum price of wheat should be $1 a bushel and urging the farmers of the United States to sell for less than n- ; ..v. y-' .. - . Woman Killed by Lightning. Atlanta, Special. A furious thun- ' t cerstorm prevailed Sunday afternoon ia this city. Miss Eula Higgins was killed by lightning while standing on , the rear porch of her home on Mariet ta street. A small Presbyterian church, near Grant Park was struck and was Tery heavy. . . . . ,