Show THE WORK OF A TORNADO HARPER kau kan may 29 reports from the country through which the tornado passed priday friday demonstrates the loss lose to be greater than at first reported the course of the storm represents a perfect letter as S 11 1 1 and swept in that form a distance of at least fifteen miles nothing escaped its fury and great damage was not only done to house cro crol a and trees but thousands of dollars worth of stock block was killed and injured it I 1 is impossible at present to toti estimate sti mate the entire loss lose sustained by the surrounding country but it will not fall short ot half a million dollars not more than six out of eight or nine hundred residences in the city escaped damage and ald nearly one hundred and fifty houses are total wrecks and as many more badly injured while the remainder are slightly damaged the amount of cyclone insurance in burance in town was very slight while in the country it is ie comparatively nothing there in scarcely a residence recognizable as such on n central avenue from the presbyterian church north and practically all the stores in the northern half of the city are to in ruins ruing a d contents greatly damaged many people are not only destitute of shelters shelter but food and ami clothing as well A relief committee has been organized and ana the chairman today issued a call for aid ANOTHER TORNADO wellington kansas may 29 when the wichita excursion arrived this afternoon the members reported a bulletin posted by the sagle stating that conditions were favorable for another tornado at 4 the sky was a typical italian onland the report was treated as a jest at 4 however a dense cloud appeared in the south heavily charged with electricity tri city and great alarm spread among the people the alarm spread to the wildest terror wh when en four or five men came rushing into main street shouting I 1 ng to the multitude that a cyclone was approaching and to flee for places of safety A fearful rush was made for basements and stairways and it is a great wonder that scores of people were not crushed to death in the mad stampede the report was found to be correct for a small lut but fully developed twister was seen traveling rapidly in a northwesterly direction this increased excitement and terror the alarm subsided somewhat in a few minutes when the twister digap alk feared entirely A stairway between two buildings yielded beneath the weight of the people but no one was hurt A A heavy rain followed and the ala I 1 rm subsided entirely when the dense cloud pawed passed and was followed by sunshine again the cyclone passed to the northwest and about a mile west went of coralu in summer county but did no damage as far al as heard from alother AL other cyclone originating in the territory was seen west of caldwell but very small and did not touch the ground the search of the conrad ha house use ruins where it was reported the groans were heard was completed today no bodies were found A farmer wh has just arrived reports in south haven summer county rainfall is said to have been terrible but no news of damage had baj been received VISITING THE RUINS KANSAS CITY may 29 the journals journal s wellington kan special saye great crowds visited the stricken city today all the railroads entering eute ring town ran excursions and the people in the neighborhood flocked in it waa a common remark of those thee who had witnessed similar scenes that in extent and comple completeness complement tent as of destruction destructionist it surpasses anything any thing in their experience the miracle is that the loss of life was not four fold greater this is attributed to the tact the churches school houses house sand and business blocks in the tor bados track were partially deserted excepting two hotels where eight casualties were reported the death list remains at the figures given yesterday and all the injured are progressing towards recovery except mrs murphy and jesse brown the funeral of Mrs kitty strahn leonard adamson ida jones horton upson and professor james mayor mayer took place this afternoon from church james hastle was buried by the odd fellows and ed Por sythe wil will I 1 be burled buried tomorrow the bodies of thomas cornwall aud Frank Frauk Campbell have been forwarded to their homes home the ruins having been diligently search edthe dorkof work of clearing away the wreckage will begin tomorrow mechanics have been at work all day making the partially wrecked build tug ing habitable temporary shelter has haa been pro provided for the homeless and the relief organization is raising rabing the nece necessary geary funds to keep them from destitution the presbyterian and lutheran churches were well protected by cyclone policies and will be restored as an will be the schoolhouse which was also protected the insurance ou on resl deuce derice and business property is hardly worth mentioning the absolute loss loes is in the neighborhood of a quarter of ft a million dollar do llara PINE BLUFFS ark may 30 30 after incessant rains for two days a terrific ball hailstorm storm swept over this section today causing much destruction the floods are beginning to subside somewhat RANCHES UNDER WATER may SO 80 the sacra mento river made an opening feet wade ade in the levee ten miles from here causing some alarm at noon the river seemed to ta be slowly receding the damage thus far is confined to the sweeping away of a house and barn anda and a small tract of cultivated land and it is not expected to be serious rdward carragher arrived this afternoon from the scene of the break his hie crow levee in ig broken and several ranches are under water an enormous flow has set met in toward the town of washington and the losses may reach a quarter of a million MEXICO mo may 30 A cyclone devastated the northern part of audrian county last night barn and houses bouses were blown damn crops torn down orchards ruined and trees uprooted A cloudburst followed the cyclone flooding the devastated district the house of henry berry was leveled to the ground but none of the family were seriously hurt wm Bren tons house was demolished of eleven occupants cu pants alvin brenton and mrs W V 0 brenton were the only ones badly hurt and their injuries are not dangerous bakersfield bakerfield BAKER FIELD cal may SO 30 two girls of the family of J M phillips having been missing since yesterday morning were tracked to the bank of the river and are supposed to he drowned charles E jewett assistant cashier of the kern valley bank and two boys of the family of william greenville were drowned drow neil today in kern rawer the boys fell in and jewett attempted to rescue them WICHITA KOM may 30 80 two tornadoes pawed passed to the north of caldwell last night one mau man is known to have been killed much damage has boen been done to property details not received STERLING kan may 30 A heavy hailstorm some hailstones measuring several inches in circumference last night caused great destruction to crops |