Show THE CYCLONES WORK Terrible Destruction of Life and Property ARTIALLISTOFTHE CASUALTIES Daylight Discloses a Sad Scene of Desolation and Death Harper Ran Also Visited by the Cyclone WELLINGTON Kan May 23 Southern Kansas has again suffered a visitation from the dreaded cyclone which swept across Harper and Sumner counties leaving death and destruction in its track To add to the havoc wrought by the cyclone a water spout devastated the northern part of Harper county and lightning claimed its share of the damage Whole towns farm houses and barns S went down before the terrible force of tho C storm and human life was ruthlessly sacrificed Fifteen dead at Wellington seven at Harper Har-per and unverified five at Argona compose the list of the victims in the towns whilo f rcm the country districts come reports of six killed The list will probably be increased in-creased as complete details are wanting The storm burst with fearful suddenness sudden-ness giving no one an opportunity to I escape its furry At Rego the storm took the nature of a waterspout but details o f the damage dona are not received and it is n known whether lives lost vbetber any lves were lost At Wellington the Episcopal church was blown almost to atoms while the Lutheran Luth-eran church LuthS directly opposite opposie was turned upside down the floor resting resting on the roof and being otherwise other-wise unhurt The Wellington school house was completely wrecked and on top of the debris sits a heavy stove top oa sis upright and uninjured Freight cars were lifted from the tracks and carried a long distance In the air and deposited on the ground uninjured A I horso was carried to the roof of a two story house and deposited there while a baby was taken from a cradle in the same house carried 200 yards and laid carred Ied gently on tho ground only slightly hurt The loss of property in the city alone is hal a million dollars Nearly all large stocks of goods in this city were destroyed by the cloudburst which followed the cyclone Reports from all the country west are very discouraging While thero is no definite news the indication is that the DESTRUCTION WAS TERRIBLE I is safe to soy that 150 buildings were wrecked and as many more partially demolished de-molished l the casualties aro not yet known but the following are as accurate as can now ba made MRS SASnnn Miss STAND Mrs Sashers sister HENRT ADAMSON JAMKS WEAVER IDA JONES FATALLY WOUNDED CHARLES ADAMSON MRS CAPTAIN MAHAN MllS J TJlANNAH jiLts MUKPHV o CHARLES STONER Santa Fe conductor GLittle MAGGIEKINO ED FOIISTTHE HlLVA FORSTTHE ALTER FoitSlTHE ExSheriff TIIUALLS child Republican candito fur attorneygeneral leg and arm broken LIEUTENANT WILLIAM FRENCH and CADET SIMMONS of the Salvation Army MATTIE HODGES GUY COLUV DICK WEAVER CARRY MITCHELL E J FOHSTTUE son Missing Professor Nayer and Hart Up seriously Forty 01 nfty more aro injured bat not The greater portion of the city is completely com-pletely devastated and the entire commuu it y consisting of 5000 to 6000 people brown into consternation The shouts of rescuers mingled with tho cries of tho suf faring while the unhurt rushed from their homes partially dressed As soon as the wind subsided every ablebodied available man in the city ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF RESCUE under the leadership of George Whiter president of the council At 9 oclock tho C tornado descended on the town The Luth ran church was turned completely over the court house was demolished the Pres by tenan church was reduced to splinters splnters and of the Specknock block on the principal princi-pal street composed of half a dozen brick E buildings nothing is loft but a pile of brick mortar and lathes The Standard I block consisting of six brick buildings is completely wrecked The Wellington Dally I Daiy Mail and Sumner Jlaf County Standard were published in this block Their plants were C utterly destroyed as were the Monitor Press and Voice in the Specknocn block The foundry and stove works were leveled I to the ground On Washington avenuo every house on each side of tho street was unroofed The opera house is a wreck and Phillips hotel is ruined Over half a dozen or more bodies will be taken from its debris The principal church is in splinters and the school house is total a wreck Only ono telegraph wire is in operation Messages from Danville report a very disastrous cyclone at Harper Two hun dred men aro at work clearing away tho Phillips hcuse wreck At least two more bodies are expected to be found there A special tram brought twelve physicians from Wichita THE SEARCH FOR BODIES WS CONTINUED with unabated eagerness and at 1 oclock the body of James Mayor a piano tuner of Kansas city was found and token from the ruins of tho Phillips House Beside him was a biblo which he was reading at tho time the hotel was destroyed About thirty minutes later the body of Hart Upson a barber was found beside the chair in which ho was shaving Hasty when both of them were killed Immediately after the body of Upson was discovered the body of Tom Cornwall a farmer of Belle plain was found Lieutenant French of tho Salvation army and comrade are very seriously in urod and may die at any time At 5 oclock Jesse Bowers tho colored barber who was injured died and Ed Forsytho will probably not survive the night All dead bodies are now at the under takers and will be buried tomorrow THE WORK OF RESCUE The fro in the ruins of the Alliance exchange ex-change building has been subdued The clothing of one of the firemen caught fire frQ while he was malting a desperate effort to > rescue an unfortunate woman who was be hag cremated aud he came within an ace or losing his own life to saw the woman Mrs Sacher and sister and Miss Strah cried piteously for aid and Mr Sacher was maddened by the screaming that he endeavored to jump into the flames and dIe beside his bride of four months When ho heard that tho incinerated remains of his wife and sisterinlaw were at last recovered recov-ered from the ruins HIS MIND UNBALANCED and at last accounts ho was absolutely madTho Tho city council and executive commit tee of tie board of trade met today and decided de-cided to mako no appeal for aid although tho mayor admitted tho need of i and said l f ante y assistance graciously and sincerely an-te would be appreciated Up to 10 oclock tonight there wereno additions ad-ditions to the death list dibe Faint groans are alleged to havo been heard tonight under the debris of tho Conrad hotel and fifty men are tearing up the piles of brick and mortar in the hopes of being able to rescue somebody Tho city Is still in darkness but special policemen have been sworn in and citizens will be insured against any species of outlawry out-lawry |