Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 2 Saturday, April 3, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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NO DANGER
of being found with clothes that don't fit, don t
wear, no style to them, etc., if you insist on get-
ting the famous make of
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Spring Suits
with the famous label a* above.
Our Spring invoices
of splendid creations are now looking for
new owners—
Exclusive designs that are not shouted
all over town.
Here are garments that Insure you "Style—Ser
vice—Satisfaction," and at prices that are right—
we would be foolish not to have
them right.
Is a good Spring Suit,
made to order out of the
New Spring Designs.
But Two Buildings Left Standing In tlio Town—
Twenty People Killed and Over Two
Hundred Injured.
DETAILS OF NATURES AWFUL WORK!
Hull Million Dollars of Property Destroyed—Aid For
the Victims '.—Money, Tents, Clothing,
Food and General Necessaries
RAISED BY THE CITIZENS OF GUTHRE,
"The State Capital" Pep' rter on the Ground—Ten Thousand People From
Surrounding Towns and Country are On the Ground—The Awful
Story is Appalling—Presbyterian Church the Only Building
Standing—A List of the Uead and Injured—About
Forty Will be the Final Number Dead.
Chandler, O. T., March 31—[Spe-j dren are assisting in caring for the
(ial by Telephone]—The cyclone | unfortunate. There has been a great
struck Chandler at 5:40 last night.
Only two were
It scarcity of surgeons
started six miles southwest, sweeping'able to do anything last night. Dr.
everyta.nd it struck, a half mile wide
It struck Manvel avenue and swept
it from south to north. All business
houses and contents destroyed. Not a
house left in the town except the
Presbyterian church, and it is dam-
eged.
Eleven dead bodies have been found
and twenty-four more are missing and
supposed to be dead.
Ten of the injured cannot live
through the day,
Over two hundred are wounded in
every conceivable way.
The town is a mass of debris. About
half a million dollars of property is de-
stroyed. Fire broke out and burned
much property on Manvel avenue.
Ten thousand people are now on the
ground from the surrounding towns
and country.
There is no shelter for the people.
Houses, bed clothing and everything
gone.
The awful story cannot be made
too strong.
Relief of all kinds badly needed,
A Few of the Dead.
Among the dead identified are:
MB. AND MRS. JOHNSON and
their two children.
MRS. II. D. LEE.
ATTORNEY JOHN DAWSON.
BEMAR, the barber.
EMMA SISINUER.
MRS. TOM SMITH.
JAMES WOODYARD AND WIFE.
MRS. DEMONT.
D. E. JOHNSON.
MRS. E. tt. JOHNSON, bab« and lit-
tle boy.
MISS EMMA RITTENSTEIN.
I'urtlHl I.Ih', of the Injured.
Among badly injured are:
WILLIAM TILGHMAN, father of
deputy marshal.
DR. J. J. WALCOTT.
P. S. HOFFMAN.
DR. LEE.
M. W. SAWYER.
C. D. RAY, side hurt.
ANDY ASHER.
ED. ARNETT AND WIFE.
MRS. SARAH (JILESPJE.
GEORGE HERNDON.
MRS. FRANK McGRAW.
MRS. EMORY FOSTER.
MATT REAVES, shoulder hurt.
Walcott, with blood streaming from a
sightless eye, worked until he fainted
Physicians and helpers are earning
hourly from Guthrie and other towns.
The people were driven crazy by the
fearful calamity. Not until noon to-
day was there any organization of any
note toward alleviating the suffering.
The people are s'.ow to recover from
their terror.
The mayor, M. D. Kinney, is doing
all he can. The city has put to use
all its cash, about $700, for immediate
aid.
There are not ha'.f cofllns enough
here to bury the dead. The town is a
vast mass of demolition. Ten trees
have a house roof hanging
n each. Clothing and household goods
are scattered in the streets. Dead
horses, cows and other annials are
everywhere. A pile of ruins has a
fine piaDO on top of it.
Mayor Jones of Oklahoma City view-
ed the tornado from two miles west of
town. He says it formed in the south-
west.
How the Storm Looked.
The sky was clear an hour before.
The clouds started southeast and then
whirled north. It soon developed
into a funnel shape. It touched the
ground and tore up trees like twigs.
The roar was deafening. A cloud-
burst precedtd it. The funnel
split as it struck the southwest
part of the town, which is on a hill
overlooking the Cow creek valley, and
half went through the town and the
other turned north.
John Golobie, representing Tiie
Statu Capital, L. G. Niblack, of The
Leader and the Star correspondent
are here getting full details.
The telephone line is down in town,
but is connected at a farm house a
mile and a half out, from where this
message is sent.
W. B. HERIIOD, arm broke.
An unknown baby two months old,
was carried .six blocks and was not in-
ured.
It is thought at least six of the
above will die. Parties are still sup-
posed to be in the ruins.
Chandler is literally wiped from the
face of the earth.
Only a few buildings standing.
Need Food.
Those standing are twisted out of
shape. - he court house is a mass of
ruins. Hundreds are homeless. Un
less supplies are received in twenty-j —
four hours many will be suffering for ' {^TsTLTwIitxciT^"
food. ' A'n
The Presbyterian church, Mitchell
hotel and two other buildings are all
that remain standing, or partially
standing. These have oeen turned
into hospitals. Men, women and chil-
Arkansas City Traveler: This morn-
ing George Dodson, of Guthrie, passed
through the city. Mr. Dodson had
been to Washington in the interest of
Hon. C. M. Barnes and was er. route
home. Mr. Dodson feels very certain
that Mr. Harnes will be the next gov-
ernor of Oklahoma. If that is the case,
Mr. Jenkins will more than likely be
the next secretary. While Mr. Dodson
expressed a very friendly feeling for
Mr. Flynn, yet in the face of the way
the political wind was blowing he
was confident that he stood no chance
ti be governor of Oklahoma. This was
evidenced by the appointment of three
members of the liarnes faction to Ok-
lahoma offices.
A remarkable instance of justice on
wheels has just occurred in Enid,
which is probably without parallel in
the country. The office of Justice of
the PeaceS. H. Bradley is in a small
frame structure, which he had ai rang-
ed to have moved to another lot, and
when the house movers arrived he was
trying a case. They raised the build-
ing, mit under the rollers and the
building rolled out placidly into a
street with the trial going on right in-
side. Once during the moving the
building passed up a street and out-
side of the district of the Justice, and
the proceedings were stopped for ten
minutes until it went back inside the
line again.
H. 11. HUSTON-
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Lawrence, Huston & Huston, \
A torneys-at-Law.
Office in S^hnell Bullking, Okla. Ave.
All Kinds of Legal Business
Prompt Attention.
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Call in and see the new Styles, both in Cloth and
Makeup.
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A Wedding in High Life With all the Neces- M
sities of a Happy Occasion. ^
Married at the Welcome Grocery, Saturday, March 13th, Miss
Chase and Sanborn's Coffee and Mr. U. S. Flour.
The contracting parties are well known to Guthrie people and
are held in the high esteem of all their acquaintances.
The ceremony was simple, yet impressive. The Rev. Fifteen-
Cent-Can Peaches officiating, assisted by the Rev. Welcome
Main Sweet Corn. The bride, s maids were the Misses Chili
Sauce, Pepper Sauce, Apple Butter and Chow Chow. Messrs.
Chinaware and Boots and Shoes were undoubteely the best men.
Miss Pearline played the wedding March, which was a composi-
tion fresh from the hands of Mr. U. S. Flour.
Among those present were the Misses Sweet Pickles, Sour
Pickles, Dill Pickles, Chow Chow and Olives, Corn Flour and
Quaker Pan-cake P lour and the World Beater Soap ten for a
quarter,
One of the best and most pleasing events of the evening was
the bride's rendition of the beautiful solo entitled "Buy All Your
Groceries at the Welcome Grocery."
The happy couple are to take a wedding tour and will be seen
in all the happy homes of Guthrie and vicinity.
VVher in need of good groceries call at
The Welcome Grocery,
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Greer, Frank H. Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 2 Saturday, April 3, 1897, newspaper, April 3, 1897; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275314/m1/3/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.