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OF WOUNDED.
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A Destructive Gale Tears Down the
Valley of the Mississippi at St. Paul
. and Minneapolis-Losses Foot Up
Into the Millions.
ST. PAUL , l\Ilnn.-Deatil to sixteen
persons and destruction to property ,
both private and public , estimated at
3,000,000 , r do on a screeching gale
which tore down the valley of the
MIssissippI at about 9 o'cloclt Satur-
day nIght from a point somewhere
near the confluence of the Minnesota
and Mississippi " 'rivers near Fort
Snelling. At about that poInt the
fury of the elements seemIngly di
vided and , with n roar , descended
upon the twin clUes and their envi-
rons. Of the losses , St. Paul Buffered
to the extent of about $1,000,000 ,
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Minneapolis Is estimated at $1GOOOOO
while In he outsIde distrIcts It is
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, feared that 00,000 [ ; will not cover
. , the damage done to crops and farm
propcrty.
BegInning at a poInt below Fort
Snelllng there Is the first known evi-
dence that the storm struck with
damaging etTect. it : came from the
southwest and howling In Its fury ,
uprooted trees and demolished buildings -
Ings In Its pathway toward St. Paul.
' " It tore off two spans of HIgh bridge
completel The brIdge Is connected
there with the high bluffs at West
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St. Paul and it Is 180 feet above the
river. This mass of steel was carried
to too flats below , where flying steel
gIrders and heavy planks tell on several -
eral small frame houses .of the fiat
dwellers and crushed them. None ot
V . , the occupants of these houses were
burt , they havIng seen the storm
comIng and taken refuge in the caves
In the h111sIde. The storm tore along
the flats , uprooted trees on HarrIet
Island and , with a deafening roar and
> the hIss and splash of failing sheets
of raIn , it struck the city at Wabash
street bridge. Here , at the brIdge
entrance and on opposite sides of
Wabasha street , were located the
ThoU concert hall and the Empire
theater , both of whIch were fairly
filled with men watchIng the per-
formances. Doth buildings stood on
the edge of the bluff overlooking the
river , with the sIdes of the buIldings
open , and were wreclted. The full
force of the tornado struck them.
The buildings began to sway and
rock and the audIences became banle-
IItrlclten. Men and boys rushed over
each other for the exits. The lights
went out and the sheet lightnIng
flashes , one followIng another with
gunfire rapIdity , illuminated a scene
of pandemonIum , whIch was intensified .
sifted by the crash of glass and the
tearIng ot timbers as the frame struc-
tures gave war before the tornado.
The damage to property was immense :
menso , conservative estimates placing .
tng It between GOOOOO and $1,000-
000. The downtown busines distrIct
was hit hard , many of the large office
and business blocks beIng completely
riddled and the stocks of wholesale
houses serIously damaged br the
floods ot rain that accompanIed the
wind.
. ' " The storm cloud , whIch came from
, ' the southwest , first hIt the ground
on the west side bluffs near the high
brIdge. Two spans of this structure ,
whIch Is of steel and whIch crosses
the MissIssippI rIver nt a height of
200 feet , were cut out as cleanly as
though done with a knife and thrown
Into the gulch below , crushIng in the
roots of a number of small houses
situated on the flats along the rIver
bank.
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. One Jap Cruiser Reported Sunk.
CHE FOO-It Is reported that the
Japanese protected cruiser Kasuga
y was sunk off Round Island In the re-
cant engagement. .
WAS HARD FIGHT i1 I ; I :
Japs Said to Have Been Slain by
Myriads.
CHIT FOO-A battle of hugo proportions -
portions raged around Port Arthu\
August 14 and 1i [ , and it was resumed
August 17. The Japanese , It Is reported
ported sacrificed 20,000 more men ,
bill gained important advantages 'In
the matter of posItion. The above
news was brought here br junks , one
of whIch , havIng on board three RussIans -
sIans concealed In the baggage of the
Chinese to escape from the Japanese ,
left Port Arthur Wednesday nIght
and was blown rapidly to Chic Fee by
a gale. ,
The main force of the attack was
directed against the left wIng and
resulted in the capture of the Pigeon
bay positions and some of the forts ,
at Llaotl Shan. At Palun Chang the
Japanese hastllr mounted guns , whIch
dId excellent service In aiding the
stormIng of the right wing , where
the Japanese are saId to have captured -
ed two forts of mInor Importance ,
mounting eight gu 1s-two siege and
sIx Qulcl.t1rlng.
1'he position that the Japanese occupy -
cupy on the Llaotl Shan peninsula Is
not clear , but numerous Chinese
sources aver that the Japanese have
been seen In force In that section.
Apparently a crushIng attack , origInating -
mating at LouIsa bar , swept through
the PIgeon bay posItions Into the
peninsula , In the doing of which a
majority ot the lives of the attacking
force were sacrIficed.
On the night of August 15 the bat-
tle lulled somewhat , when the Japanese -
ese sent the terms of surrender to
LIeutenant General Stoessel. The
terms declared that the garrison
should march out wIth the honors of
war anti join General Kuropatldn :
that all cIvilians be brought to a : .
place designated by the Japanese ad-
mlral : that the RussIan warships in
the harbor and twelve or more tor-
pedo boat destroyers and four gunboats .
boats be surrendered to the Japanese.
Lieutenant General Stoessel is alleged - .
leged to have received the terms
wIth a burst of wonderful profanity , II
his habitual tacIturnIty deserting ,
him.
STATESBORO QUIETING DOWN.
Captain of Militia Company Will
Demand an Inquiry.
STATESDORO , Ga.-The town and
surroundIng country were quiet Saturday .
urday and no more dIsturbances have
been reuprted. The chief Interest
now centers about the attitude of the
Statesboro military \ company regardIng -
Ing Its part in the work of last
Tuesdar. Lieutenant Cone , who was
In charge of the local company , Is
reported to have saId that with his
forty men he could have protected
the two negros from the mob. Lieutenant -
tenant GrIner , second in command , of
the Statesboro company , is quoted to
the same intent. CaptaIn HItch , who
was in commaJ.d of the . troops at
Statesboro , will demand , It Is reported -
ported , a court of inquiry : of his conduct .
duct and that or hIs soldIers. Cap-
tale Hitch , In hIs official report ,
charges that SherIff KendrIck and his
deputies betrayed all his plans to the
mob.
WATSON AND TIBBLES.
They Receive Official Notification of
Their Nomination.
NEW YORK -Thomas E. Watson
ot Georgia , the people's party candI-
date for president , and Thomas H.
Tlbbles ot Nebraska , vIce presidential -
tial candidate , were formally notified
of their nomination hero Thursday
night at Cooper Union- The big hall
was crowded when , at 8 o'clock , the
two candidates , accompanied by Alfred -
fred G. Doulton of Brooklyn , chairman .
man of the meeting , appeared on the
plaUerm. There was much cheerIng.
ChaIrman Doulton at once Introduced .
duced General Samuel Williams ot
Indiana , who made a speech officially
notifying the candidates of their selec-
tion. .
IF : ARTHUR FALLS
THEN THERE IS A STANDING
ORDER TO BLOW UP SHIPS.
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Acute Anxiety Prevailing Regarding
the Situation-Ample Supply of
Ammunition and provision. Said
to Be at Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSUDRG-Acute anxiety
prevails regardIng the situation at
Port Arthur on account of the desper-
rate _ character of the fighting reported '
ported to be taking place. The war
office , however , does not seem to believe -
lIeve that danger of the all of ( he
fotres8 Is so ImmInent as Is generally -
ally asserted. AccordIng to advices
received by the war office there Is
still an ample supply of ammunition
and provisions there. While It Is
realized that the Jaflllnese probably
outnumber the defenders six or seven
fold the great strength of the fortifications . I
t1catlons , Il Is believed , vlll do much I
to make up for the disparIty in num.
bel's.
Upon one point there III absolute
unanimity here , namely , that It the
fortress Is so ImmInent as Is gener-
Into the hands of the Ja1)anese. On
this poInt the admiralty's instructions
are of the most Imperative character.
Vice Admiral PrInce OUktomsltY
has been ordered , should the worst
come , to sally forth for a death struggle -
gle and there Is no question here that
these instructions will be carried out ,
both In letter and In spirit , but It
for any reason a. final sortie praTes
to be ImpossIble the admIral Is to destroy .
stroy his ships and to make certain
that there theIr wreckage shall be
absolutely Irreparable.
In the meantime Vice Admiral Re-
jestvensky's Baltic squadron , includ-
lug the battleship Orel , IR standing
off Cromstadt with ateam up. It Is
popularly expected that the squadron
will sail at any hour , and It Is quIte
true that It Is ready for almsst immediate .
mediate departure , hut regarding the
question of sailing there Is a difference -
ence ot opinion among the naval au-
thorltles. It Is held 011 the one hand
that the Immediate sailing of _ the
squadron would be the best polley.
Should the squadron arrive within
two months In the orient It would
find VIce Admiral 'fogo's fleet in a1\
infinitely ! worse condition than It the
Japanese were allowed the whole winter . .
tel' to repaIr anti refit the ships.
The advocates of an immediate
sailing hold that the port of Vladl-
vostock Is capable of receivIng the
squadron , even should the entrance
In Port Arthur prove to bo Impracticable -
able , and they wish to treat the Port
Arthur squadron for the present aBa
a negligible quantity , letting the Baltic .
lie sea vessels meet the Japanese in
the present weakened condItion wIth.
out relying for any certain assistance .
ance either on VIce Admiral Ouk-
tom sky or Vice Admiral Sltrydloff.
'Comlng Peace Conference
NEW YOHi\--P : ! ' ( ! ' Idcut Beleya , of
IcRrngul1 i , st.irl'.l or. Thursday for
Corlnlo , says a Herald dispatch from
Manngua. He will prepare / to meet
the presidents of Salvador and Iion-
duras , who will arrive on Saturday
next to hold the proposed peace con-
ference. It Is generally hoped that
some practical results will ho reached
In thIs conference relative to former
Presidents Pollcarpo and Donl11a , and
several other political prIsoners , who
have been for over a month confined i
In 'reguclgalpa I
, Uncle Sam' Cash.
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ASHING'I'ON-'l'oday's statement
of the treasury balances In the gen-
eral fund , exclusive of the $160,000- .
000 gold reserve In the dIvision of redemption -
demption , shows : Available cash balance -
ance , 149,389,2G9 ; cold , U4lfS,4GG ) .
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HOSTS OF VETERANS IN LINE.
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Twenty.flve Thousand from Forty.
Two State. March In Big Parade.
BOSTON-Tuesday dawned clear
and fairly cool for the great parade
of the veterans of Grand Army of the
Republic and In honor of the ocoa-
lion the day was generally observed
as a holiday by all classes ot business. .
During the night ninny trains ca'tuo .
In with posts and delegations and
early In the day when the crowded
specials from points within 100 miles
of Boston began to arrive traffic at
both the big terminals became
choked. The people jammed the
train sheds and then , spreading ont ,
began to fill the sidewalk space along
the line of march. There was a ln os .
poet of warmer conditions IlS the day
should grow , but the clear sIdes and
bright sun cheered alike the hearts
of veteran and spectator.
Early In the forenoon arrived the
last dIvisIon of the Invading Grand
Army Prom California to Maine and
Massachusetts and from the states between -
tween , a host had come and at 10
o'clock , the hour set for the parade to
move , 25,000 men were In line.
In the formation of the parade Edward .
ward 11. Kinsley , host of Boston , was
given the place of honor , that of es-
cert to Colonel John C. Black , com-
mander.ln.ehief of the Grand Army of
the Republic ; Charles N. McConnell
was chief of "tatf.
Forty-two states and two territories
were represented In the column , be.
sIde the Potomac dIvision , made up
of the old guards of Washington , D.
C. Each state comprised a dIvIsion
with the exception of Massachusetts ,
whIch had two divisions there being
135 posts In line from this state.
New England posts numbered about
7,000 men : New York bad two battal-
Ions , West Virginia eighteen posts ;
Kentucky twelve posts , North Dakota - .
ta ten and Minnesota thIrteen -posts.
Tim Maryland delegation numbered
about 1.000 men and that from Ohio
about 750. California was represented -
cd by two posts and Oregon by one.
It was estimated that the column
would require about three hours Ito
pass one point.
At the junction of Temple Place
and Tremont street the veterans met
the most spectacular and picturesque
feature of the entire route In the form
of a "IIYIng flag , " composed < < l of 2,000
school chlldron. Alternating ranks ot
girls wearIng red and white dresses
represented the stripes , while a
square of blue gowned ones formed n. '
field In which forty.five carrring
white stars were placed In a way to
give the effect of resting on the base
of the azure. . . . . . .
ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.
It In indicated by Information From
Various Sources.
CHE FOO-That a general kind and _
naval attack was made on Port Arthur .
thur Monday Is Indicated by Information -
tlon from varIous sources. ,
The statement that the naval attack
was made at 4. In the mornIng comes
from an authoritative but not diplomatic
matIc quarter.
Junks which arrIved here say the
Japanese recently occupied the LIuutl
hills and Sushi yen , which 16 two Clr
three miles north of the fortress. Five
warships and seven torpedo boat do-
stroycrs , according to the junks , returned ,
turned to Port Arthur time night of .
August 10.
The receipt ot the official dIspatch
announcing the repulse of an attack
on Port Arthur August 10 , received
on Port Arthur August 10 revived the
bOleS that the fortress may prove 1m-
Ilregnable. General Stoessel's dis-
patch also dispelled the ugly rumors
current In the city that the stronghold z
had tallen.
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Town Threatened by Fire.
VANCOUVER , B. O.-I"orest fires
are burnIng In East Kootenaye. At
'crnle the coal mines are filled with
smoke. The flames are drawing
closer to MIchael and threatening to
sweep the town.
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