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Shortly before six o’clock last evening the storm signs were first noted. It. appeared southâ€"west of Omaha, coming toward the city with the speed of an express train. The roar of the whirling, twisting wind 00qu be heard long before the storm struck, and people in the abuthern portion of the city weer-tn ed they could hear the aineg rum- bfle when it struck the village of Ralston. The vanguard of the storm was a huge fanâ€"shaped cloud, dark, and lowering, which gradually narrowed into 3‘ funnel-shaped cloud that dipped earthward, and Wherever it struck it left a. wake of death, injuries and wrecked homes. Almost all over the city people stood and watched the storm ap- After- the tornado and the rain ca'me an even greater menace in the fires that brake olurb in a. score of placfls. At least 25 houses were de: st'royed by flames. To add to- the horror of the night, the electricity failed. Wire’s went down, and not, only tha residence, but/ the street fights- wenre extinguished, leaving only the fitcfuzl glam from hundreds of lantern»: to light, up the scenes of mev While the rescue ' pmtieas were at work. Thosa sections of the city which have reported the heaviest 105.5 of life are the dis- tricts surrounding the county has- pitals and the. child institute, the forgirtory near Twenty-fourth and Lake stream, and from them east. But from every point in tha pathof the storm, reports! were feceived all night of people killed, or burned in the ruins of their homea. They reach you fresh and- crispâ€"ready to eat from the package by add- »ing cream 'or milk and E sprinkling of sugar, if de- sired. TORNADO VISITS WEST map, the tornado swept past the county hospital to the west in a north-easterly direction, takin everything in its path. It trave-IJ east to the river, and lost itself in the Iowa. bluffs“ Buildings were blown down or picked u b the terrific force of the wing. zil‘reers were levelled, and smaller; struc- tures Were bompleteLy-wreoked by the wind, which swept a. path for itself through the mosh cesfly resih deuce. section, ae’ well as the most low-lying parts of the city. Some of the finest homes, those recently erected by Omaha’s wealthiest men, are today a. mares of ruins. Hun- dred‘s of families saw their homes swept away or (1th so badly that they were uninhabiteibole, and the occupants were forced to bear the torrential rain that followed the twister." ' ' Omaha, March _22.~â€"Afher a. night bit/error, in whichfloxrmn-amd ehi1~ dren, franticw with gribf, _: 'Walked :tfie. Streets cold and homeless,‘ Omaha, awoke to-day to a. scene M‘slmo‘sv’t, unbblievable devmtation. Entering the city from the south-west, after wiping Balaton entirely from the Hundreds Killed In Omaha,~ Nebraskaâ€"Communi- cation With the Stri‘cken' City. ,Cut Off Nourishing Toasties are a jolly good dishâ€" - .to-morrow morning. These sweet. thin bits made from Indian Corn are-cooked. toasted and sealed in tight packages without the touch of hu- man hand. Follows A Good Breakfast Try ddish of Mule by Pure Food Factofles of Canadian Post'um Cereal 00.. Ltd. Windsor. Onta'rio. A Jolly POSt ‘ Toasties Satisfying Good Day De‘ lldcus A 791x thousand egg incubator just opened in Morrisburg marks a. for- ward movemgnd; in the dsvelopment of the egg and poultry business in Eastern Ontario]. i Meeting Between Him and Dowager Queen 'Olga. ‘ A despabch from Salonika. says: King Cone‘oantine arrived here on Sunday and was axe-claimed by the populace- The foreign warships fired a salute of 21 guns. The King showed great grief, and the meet- ing between him and Dowager Queen Olga. in the death chamber was most affecting, both bursting into were. The body of the late King .Geor evlaidin stete on Mon- day, and ‘t e residents of Salonika were allowed to pass before the coffin. Government Secures Services of E. H. Strickland for Alberta. A despatch from Ottawa. 3873's: The GoVez-nment has secured the services of E. H. Strickland, an English entomologist, to oondust an investigation into an outbreak of cutwoi'm iii Sbuthern Albert&.. A. new variety of this pest‘destroyed from 30,000 to 40,000 acres of grain in Southern Alberta last year, be‘ sides doing serious damage to gar- den and root crops. Mr. Strickland enters the service of the Depart,- ment of Agriculture as a. permanent oflicial and ‘will ‘ go West next month. He is a. man of much dis- tinction inhis line and lately re- fused an offer of the position of lGovernment Entomologist in Cey- on. KING SHOWED GREAT GRIEF. At 1.30 am Omaha presented a, sorry spectacle as a. resuht 'of last night’s terrific storm. From the Field Club, which is in the westem part of the city, to the 0&rter Lake Club, situated at the northâ€"east ex~ tremity, is one mass of debris from two to six blocks wide. Federal soldiers from Fort Omaha. assisted the police in keeping looters and morbid curio‘sityaseekers at bay. The presence of tho soldiei‘s‘ givgs the city t-hq appearmme of being unâ€" der martial law. A moving‘picture show at 24th and Lake was destroyed. Ten dead and eight injured have thus'fam been removed imam (the ru'insg About fifty persons were in the theatre at the time of the disaster and it is feared that most of them are buried in the debris. The heaviest toll was exactedin the waster-n part of Omaha and in the Vicinity of 24th and Lake, and from there north-east, to 16th and Binney; This is the residentiale por- tion, and the destruction Wrought was Well nigh appalling. Whole blocks; of homes Were picked up and dashed infio’ a shapeless mass. Street cars were hurled from the tracks and demolished. Every policeman and fireman in Omaha, South Omaha, and Council Bluffs, was used in am effort» to pre- vent l‘oot-‘ihg of buildings and to aid in the rescue of the injumd and putting out; of fires. Before mornâ€" mg a. call for the local companies of State troops had been issued. The State troops will aid the regulars and the city officers in guawding the wrecked buildings and in searching the ruins for the and injured. Work of Rescue Begins, Although dazed for a. time by the svudde-nnese of the storm and the datum done, the people living in the wrecked portions of the city who were un-hurt and those residing nearby hastened to tha task of res- cuing the inju‘ruL With' a motor Wagon pressed into service: physiâ€" dams and nurses werra hastily sum- moned. Hospitals and other build- ings, turned into beliefi stations for the injured, and morgues for the dead‘ Every undert-a-ker’s estabâ€" lishment in the city, and even in South Omaha, was taxed to the- limit in caring for the dead; As the night were on the devastation wrought by the storm became: more and more evident, andmhe city com- missionerél, headed by Mayor Dahl- man, took personal chaxge of the relief work. proaolfi-ng, even when in its very path, some seemingly withoufl; the power to move, «or not knowing which Way to go; The streem’ in £119 shonn’s path were filled with deâ€" rlsx ‘ AFTER THE CUTWORM. President Wilgson Choosas Har- vard’s President Emgritus. A (165 ateh from Washington ’aays: C s. W. Hot, Presiéent emeritus of- Harvard University, has been decided upon b y Presidenrb Wilwn for ‘ Ambassador. to“ Great Britain. Close friends of the Premfi demb on Thursday night Wagraphed Mr. ~Eiiot congratulatin’gfirfimâ€"a/nd urging him to accept. - Mrs. Mary Duly, Aged 111, Dead at , Emmett, Michigan. A deepatch from Sarnia. says: Mrs. Mary Daly, aged one hundred and eleven, St. Clair COunty’vs old- est resident, died at the home of her son, one mile west of Emmett, near Port Huron, on the anniversary of her birth, on Tuesday evening. Death followed an illness of three weeks. Mrs. Daly was born in Ireâ€" land. When but a child she met Napoleon Bonaparte when he was in his supremacy. Until the end she recalled the Battle of Waterloo, and often narrated with interest thrilling incidents of the engage- ment. After the Battle of Waterloo and while still a. young girl she moved to Canada. This is the experience of J. P. Durand. a well known resident of Burton’s Cor- ners. In thousands of homes Nerviline is used every day. If a. little child has a sick stomach. just a. few drops will isumo/e. If there is any bowel disorder or ‘diarrhoea, only a. small dose is required. Inwarrdly or~ outwardly, whereVer there is pain or inflammation, Nerviline will al- waye relieve quickest and cure surest of any remedy known. Family size, 600.; small bottle 250., at all storekeepem and [l-ruzm'ata, or The Cmtarrhozone Cou Buf- falo. N. Y. sore. wheezy chest. I had a. mighty bad coldâ€"it. held me liken vise. but I knew what tosdo ..... I took half a. teaspoon- ful of Nerviline’ in hqt water and rubbed my neck and chest every half hbur dur- ing the evening. You would hardly creditvthe way Nervfline loosed up that tight, chest. enabled me to breathe like a. free man, gave me comfort in a. few hours." To .Easc Tight Chest And._.Curc a Cold Rub 0n Nervilinc \ No Remedy Half So Efficient. Private, Secretary t6 the.» King, who Will soon “retire. And Ferty to Sixty Persons Buried In Ruins at Medicine Eat. A despatch .from Medicine Heb, Alberta, says! The worst weiden’b in the history of Medicine‘Hat took place on Wednesday afternoon, when the Male/01m “Oafinmeries blew up, burying in the ruins a. large number of eople, estimated any- where from Barty to sixty Five are known'to be dead. ~The firemen, assisted by a large number of citiâ€" zens, are, nowdigging the ruins to save any others 4:11th may be alive. A dozen or more Were taken out when the wreck first occurred, and were rushed to the hospital. The number of dead cannot) be known for some time, as the whole ruins will have to be removed before the last chance of finding more will be gone. The disaster was caused by a leakage of gas. Among the injured are several firemen and a. few onâ€" lookers. Many had narrow escapee. The building was a. three-story brick structure. The dead: J. Brier, gas inspecâ€" tor; Wm.lS'tewa.1‘t. painter and Vol- unteer fireman ; John Rimmer, paid fireman; Harry Green, boy onlookâ€" er; an unidentified man. “I didn’t have to nuffer long with a FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. ELIOT AS AMBASSAD 0R. SHE' KNEW NAPOLEON. LORD KNOLLY S. A despatch fmm Ottawa; says: The revenue of the Dominion for ‘the fis‘cal year 'wiil' be clogs" ‘to $17,000,000, according to the fig- uras to date of the Finance Depart- ment, yTth represents an increase qf agiproximwbely thilrbyathl'ee mil- lqus over the revenue (xi/the pre- cedm'g‘ fiscal year. The total ex- ‘iaénd‘lture for the year is ‘éks’cmmd at between $153,000,000 and $154,- An Increase of About Thirty-Three Million Dollars This Year. A despatch from Chatham says: A ‘errific Windstorm passed over this district on Friday and thou- sands» of 'dollars’ wonth of damage has been done. The Central School in Chathwm was badly wrecked. A huge chimney wa.s blown down, crashing over the roof of a, corner tower. The tbp of the tower was blown off and landed on the street. The chimney crashed through the building and completely demolished a. room on the third floor and am- REVENUE OF DOMINION A despa’ooh from Guelph says: Thouls-ands of dollars’ worth of dam- age was done here on Friday by the werst tornado in the history of Guelph. The rain came. down in torrents all the forenoon, accomâ€" panied by a mild wind, "but about noon the Wind increased in velocity to an alarming extent, and contin- ued all the afternoon. The rain stopped about 1 o’clock. Reports from all parts of the city and out in the country tell of damage to property. Telephone and telegraph wires are down in the country, bad- ly crippling the service. Many tele- phones in the city are out of com- mission. ‘ ' A dezspatich from Hamilton says: Hamilton knows after its experi- ence on Friday something of the terrors of an, equinoctial gale. From one o’clock till a, late hour in the evening a, hurricane blew through this city, carrying havoc and suffer- ing in its wake. It is difficult to estimate the damage alone. No one suffered ‘to any, alarming extent, but the number of those affected will be in the hundreds. A conser- vative estimate is $100,000. In the morning it rained, and just before noon 3. very warm breeze sprang up. In an hour this was followed by a, perfect hurricane. The velo- city of .th Wind could not have been less t an 90 miles an hour. A despatch from Toronto says: This .city was in the throes on Fri- day of the fiercest equihoctial‘ gale thab has visit-ed this latitudxe‘in year-5.. From the south-west and West 'a. fiftyxmila Wind raged throughout the day. Numerous buildings in Course of confirmation were damaged. Shackswere (Werâ€" turned,' and roofs were liftedhff in the outskim of the city. Tress were “hp-rooted. Awnings Wem ripped from ashoreâ€"fronts; Windows were smashed. Signs were born from their hangings. Telephone electric light wires were; broken in all'parts of the city, and the emer- gency repair gangs of these public utility companies were kept on the run all day. The: lake, and even the bay, was piled into billows by the tremendous rush of the Wind. '03 the streets it was with extreme dif- ficulty that pedestrians could make progress. IN THE PATH OF THE GREAT GALE Wires Down. Buildings Unroofed. and many Narrow, -- EsCapes From Injury. A 5 Per Cent; Solution Catarrhal Fever and Influenza. under 1,116 microscope. "y. Given- on the Horse’s Tongue. it unites with the fluids 0% the nlimenbary canal, thrown Into the Blood, passes a mu: the Glands and‘expale the Germs of Disease. Absol sa. 9" and sure for Brood Mares, Duty Colts Ind all others. not- * depend on any pewder‘in this class of Diseases. Give it brood mares' in times of Distemper. Booklet. "Distemper. Causes; Cure Prevention." frees Drungésts eel; Spp‘nn’o Cure. ‘SPDHN MEDIGAL 0a., Bauerlolaxlsta, Goshsn, Ind. Chatham School. Wrecked. Damage at Guelph. 93 Miles an Hour. “Kill‘Germs’ or This Compound Will 000,000, leaving a, sfirplus of some sixteen millions over all expendi- ture-s, 9n bp-bh .Qonsolidated fund and caffital accounts. ‘Las-t ye-&r the tom ’02:; expenditure was $131,046,764, or some twentyLbhree millions ‘ " lé‘ss' than the Go‘vernment has Lsp‘ent'this year.' On consolidated fumdac- count this year the‘totagl 'efipggidiJ turev'will be abom‘, $11,000,000;~ and on capital and. .speei‘ufwwamfln/hs about $43,000,000-. 7 ~ A de-spatch from Sturgeon Fells gays: One fire-man was instantly killed and two others mortally hurt when the tower of the fire hall here‘ blew down just as rthe brigade were leaving to reap-0nd to an Valarm,1 when the storm was at its height on: Friday afternoon. The dead and injured ' Were: Dead,- Fireman, King, aged 16; ,fatally injured, Fireman Hertu, Fireman Sylves< ter. The horses drawing the reel were also killed. ’Dhe fire: depart- ment had been kept extremely busy. during the gale, answering no fewer than sixteen calls, but the fires themselves were not very serious. The town was hard hit by the stovrr'n,‘ r‘oofe being blown off and several small buildings blown down. , A despatch‘ from Owen’ ‘So-und>says: Wind, which at timas 5/04 tained a velocity of o‘ver’Bomi‘l'es an. hour, stripped the rbofs from manyI building's, smashed plate-glass win- dows, upset chimneys, and created havoc gen-eraly hero on Friday,1 causing damage to the exterfl; of‘ several thousand dollars. Though“! bricks and. heavy pieces of wood‘ were being constantly blown to the streets no one was injured. . l A despaibch from Berlin says: The‘ terrific gale which passed over this, vicinity on Friday cauSed considerâ€"V able damaga in the ' city. '. High winds tore The roof off St. Jerome’s? College and other buildings, and: the boiler house of Kimmelfelt Com-: pany suffered in a. eimilar manner» Windows of some of the business blocks along King Street and of quite a. number of residences were blown in, and had to be? boarded up. A despatch {foam Ingersoll says: Reports from surrounding districts tell of considerable damage from the high Wind that prevailedv for several hours on Friday. At times the Wind attained cyclonic propor- tions, and, although details from the outlying districts are very meek; gre owing to interruptions in. the telephone service, it is understood that several barns have been blown‘ down and much damage caused to; other property. Throughout the town considerable damage has re-‘ sulted. ' ' A deapatch from London says; Several thousands of dollars ‘d-amâ€"g age Were dons by a. very destructive- gale that swept over London and district all day on Friday, razing houses,» stripping buildings of chimneys and causing an infinite amount of dauixage Of a, more or less serious nature. . 7 other on the second floor. R. S: Dunlap, the janitor, was in the‘ building at the time but escaped. Houses Razed at London. Damage Will Be Heavy} Fireman Killed. Tore Off Roof. At Ingersoll. of DISTEMPEB PINK EYE EPIZOOTIO