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THE KKJ) CLOUD UllEF, JLW1DAY, JUNE 5,18U0.
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ANOTIIKHIIKAVYKAIN
MANY NEBHASKA POINTS
WELL WET DOWN.
Ilr.n.v Dimiipiitir. At i-iiiiiimiiIi-iI by Wlml
llrmiKlit TIiiiiikIiM of I'mMi-Mii Many
'J lir l'rc lill:itliin lli'lniM'ii
I'niir tin he Mull' Null'.
Hi rrii mill
lilNTMI.V. Neb., ''tllli' I. -Reports
irom many Nebraska points from us
fur west :is Modioli itil !- t that all re
cords forthlsund probably any previous
year were broken Saturday night,
when friiiu three l fmir Inches f
water foil us shown by ruin gauges.
Tho ruin whs accompanied liy consid
erable wlml. ami a foreboding sky
frightened many poujih Into collars.
Friend. Toonuisoh. Orleans. Itrndshuw,
Culboitson, Sidney. Met ook ami other
towns report tin' rninfall to lie from
I '.HI to'.'. II Inches, while llentrlco con
fi ssi-s to a full of throe inches. Vi'jj
tation is reported to bo having a re
markable growth, alfalfa lli'lils mo
ready for tin- llrst cutting, iiml small
grain, from present outlook, promises
ti large crop.
TEXAS PEOPLE GRATEFUL
limtniiir t'lillii-rtsim IUIiiiiI 'I liiuikx to
Ni'liriiskii Doniir.
i.im'oi.n. Nob., dune I. (iovornnr
Tlolcomh lias received the following
letter of tlinnUs from the governor of
Texas:
A I .-iin. Tex., May '.'S. HWi UN K.x
oolloney, Silas A. Ilolcoiub. liovcrnor
of Nebraska. Lincoln, Nob. Dour Sir:
Siiii'i- tip' r ipt of your telegram of
the '.'1st Inst.. In wlili-h yon so kindly
tendered aid to tin- bereaved stotm
stricken ami hiiiuo-wrcckcil people of
our stuto. (iovi-rnor Cnlbcrtson lias
ln'i'ii ntiavolilalily absent from tin1 cup
itol, ami Is so now, lint lias instructed
iin to express to yon. on behalf of tin'
oople of To.xus. llii'lr thanks for your
very generous ami benevolent idler of
assistance, ami to assure you that tin'
supic Is m-coptcd in a spirit of tin- pro
fniimlcst gratitude. The storm was
territio ami appalling, ami in the de
struction of lite ami property was the
most disastrous that has ever visited
our state; mid the people of Texas in
general mid those who were the im
mediate sulVrrcrs in particular, will
treasure in sacred rememhrauce this
iiimilfestatlou of sympathy and good
will on the part of yourself and the
hind, nohle hearted people of your
state. With assurance of the highest
.regard, I am. gratefully, yours,
.1. W. M vtUU:.N. Private Secretary.
CUT IN LIVE STOCK RATES
ICultrimils Viilinipirlly Ki-xlnri' I In- Olil
.Method ir CliiirKliu;.
"Lincoln'. Neli., June 1. The old
basis of live stock rates has been re
stored by the railroads, Notice to this
elli.'ct was received Friday by the statu
board of transportation. The old
method (joes into elVect .lime .". Some
time in .laniiary Nobrusku railroads
jjiit in force a new taritV of rates based
on cents per hundred pounds, instead
ofvdoIlurs per our. The new rate was
complained of us being an increase of
:.'."i per cent. The state board of trans
portation commenced mi Investigation.
The secretaries .secured a list of ship
ments from every station along the
main lines of roads and prepared find
ings mid recommendations. While
this investigation was polite; on it was
reported that the board had decided to
order a reiluoti.in of rates. It is un
derstood that the board secured an
innlcable settlement in the form of a
restoration oT the old method. At
any rate the board made no report.
The transportation department at
the state house is much pleased over
the restoration. The secretaries and
board members have been working a
loin: time to accomplish this and they
feel much gratified over the result.
COME TO LINCOLN NEXT.
Mri'tltiK if Hit' CoiiiiiilmlimriV mid Super
lotV .xiii'lntlnii.
Nnitrni.K, Neb., dune 1. The county
commissioners' and supervisors' usso
elation met here Friday. Major Hear
".tended the city welcome to the as
sociation and .1. It. Karnes addressed it
on the duties mid privileges of county
commissioners from a legul standpoint.
iJuiMions on roads ami their improve
ment, buying mill selling the materials
of bridges of limited cost and rates and
matter of tax assessments were freely
mid fully discussed. A. t'. Johnston,
(i. . Young and !'. W, Tucker wore
chosen a committee on program for
next meeting, which is to be held at
Lincoln on the second Tuesday of Do.
comber.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
It Is intimated that the North Platte
valley people are soon to hear souio
cheering railroad news.
Work has been commenced on (l0
llvi -story soap factory building for
luduliy at Omaha. When completed
the factory will give, work to several
hundred men and boys. It is e.pccted
that the building will be tinlslied in
u bout sixty days.
Thu ease of W.J. Lower In Justice
.Spencer's court, Lincoln, comes up to
day, when Mrs. Sutton returns from
Hamburg. la. Lower says that her
testimony is necessary for him to prove
Ms innocence of the charges inailo by
Mr. Sutton.
Ilayden Huberts of rem, while, tem
porarily deranged, wandered away
from home several days ago. I'rlday
he turned up at 1'itlls City, and then
rutiirited home.
Mrs. Klin Thompson, wife of a eol-
ired Pullman porter, living at PI'JS
'North i'lth street. Omiihn, died from
Hie eiTeuts of an overdose of inorphluo
powders, to which she was iict'itstomed.
S. P. Munn, noarpi'iitiir, iind n former
resident of Lincoln, moved to St. Louis
May HI in search of work. He nnd his
wills anil eleven of their children were
killed' in the roumit tornado, one boy
i barely escaping.
SAYS SUTTON WAS CRUEL
l.nwrr CI ilm He Mini no liilrntlon of
Uuplni; Willi HI' SMt-r.
Limoi v. Neb., May 'S. The sheriff
was iiotillcd Tuesday b the otlleials of
Nebraska City that W. . I. Lower, who
took I'rcncli leave of this vicinity with
the wife of P. II. Sutton of Mill pre
cinct, had been captured, ami a deputy
went ut noon, returning at midnight
with his prisoner. Mrs. Sutton ami
child remained at Nebraska City.
When Sutton was In ten lowed yester
day he told a pretty .straight story
about himself mid his sister, ami claims
that Mrs. Sutton was ill treated by her
husband; that on Monday morning aft
er thu assault, when Sutton had gone
for help. Mrs. Sutton hitched up to the
'"Kff.V. alM' taking her youngest child
asked him to get In and go w ith her as
she was going back to her father; that
they started to Nebraska city and
stopped lit a farm house the first part
of Hie night, but Mrs. Sutton was
taken sick and they had to 00111111110
their journey In the night in older to
got her treatment. Shortly after they
arrived in Nebraska City the marshal
arrested them.
When asked regarding his notions
with his sister, he said he wished Sut
ton would charge him with Incest.
Until could testify that there hail never
been anything improper between them
ami Sutton eoiild not produce any evi
dence which would show there had.
lie had only tried to take his sisters
part against a brutal husband.
The charge of assault and battery
ngai.il Lower will occur us soon as
Mrs. Sutton arrives from Nebraska
Uty.
DRIVE OFFICERS AWAY.
Oiciip.iiilt of 11 I'lultK Itltrr Ittiinil llofjf
1111 Atlilioiil ( uiKlitlile.
Ahiii.Ami. Neb.. May 'Js. Constable
Weaver, with four or live men. went
Tuesday morning to the Platte river
ami across to an island known as tiov
eminent island to look for stolen goods.
The island is occupied by two men by
the name of Seeley and it was believed
that it was the receptacle for many of
the numerous articles thai have been
stolen. When they reached the cabin
they recognicd some articles that hud
been uniting the things lost. They
read the search warrant to a woman
who was there, but before thev could
proceed farther the Seeley boy appeared
011 the scene with a shot gun and re
volvers and invited them all to wall:.
A consultation was held bj the invaders
of tlie island concerning the value of
the search warrant. It was concluded
that as the channel of the 1 Ivor was
west of the island the legality of a
sea roll warrant from Saunders county
was doubtful. Thev therefore till
marched back to their boats and left
the men in possession of the island.
The war is to be proeeiitcd, however,
and the end is not yet.
Illrctrlnil Slorm ut I'l.illtuiitiitli.
Pi.ATMMorin. Neb.. May ','. This
vicinity was visited by a severe electri
cal htorm yesterday morning, ami the
house of ox-Councilman Stumker was
struck by lightning, doing about S."(
worth of damage. The sewers were
unable to carry olV the groat amount
of water ami several oellars were
Hooded. The rainfall was an inch and
a half inside of an hour.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
The ninth annual banquet of the
alumni association of the Wahoo Mjh
school was held last evening.
The Morton house property at Ne
braska City was sold Tuesday under a
chattel ino'rtgage, the purchaser being
the P. S. Fire Insurance Co. The pt'ioe
paid was ST..MMI.
Dr. Dayton of Lincoln carries a
broken arm in a sling, the result of
colliding with another bioyelist. The
doctor was thrown violently to the
pavement, but the other bicyclist es
caped uninjured.
Prof. F. W. Taylor of the state
university, Lincoln, has received mi
additional brou.u medal of the vegiila
tltiu pattern from the Columbia expo
sition. It was awarded to the state
horticultural soeiety for its display of
apples and peaches.
Martin (iump. (Irant ;: Sweeney
mid James Fltpatriok have boon ar
rested at Omaha, the former for re
ceiving a bribe and the latter two for
acting in the capacity of goiievweens
It isorettv well scttleil tliat i.uinp
Is
tbe luror that hung the jury
tho
lirst trial of e.vClty Treasurer P.oll.i
Mr. IIiitI tn ltorclie.
Richmond, Vu., May 23. Arrange
ment were coinj leted lust night by
tiie Ladles' Confederate Literary As
sociation, in charge of the old W'h'.to
House of tho Confederacy for Mrs.
Jefferson Davis to hold a leceptiou
there during tho Confederate reunion.
This Is to take pluce oil Juno ul, the
opening day of the reunion. Mrs.
Duvls will be assisted tn receiving by
her daughters, Miss Wtuuie anil Mrs.
Hayes.
OUWhoiu I'or Itliliul.
Oiii.xnoMV Cn y. Okla.. May 28
Tho territorial Democratic oonventlon
closed Its session at midnight. Two
hundred and blxtyolght delegates
were present Resolutions favoring
tho free coinage of silver at 10 to ,
instructing tor It. P. llluhd fr.r Presi
dent ami refusing to indorse uithur
the uatlonal or territorial administra
tion were passed.
fUttern DWMIIt'rlo Mny C'tntn.
Nkw Yor.K, May 2rt. A meeting of
Eastern distillers of rye whisky will
Boon bo held at tho Waldorf hotel to
make an iron clad agreement to eloso
their distillcrleH during tho next
iivnlve months. This step is demand
ed by the wholesale liquor dealers
and jobbers, who complain thut prices
huvu been forcod dowu moro th.vu 20
per cent.
rillliiiHter iJiiiriulii K-tml.
I'mi.ADKLr-mA. May V". The slcatn-
Bhlp Laurada, which left New York on
May 0, has landed on Cubun soil all
the men and ammunttton she carried.
NATIONAL AID PROVIDED.
Until HniMiM of t'on;ri4 I'iki 11 Itrllef
Itriotiitliili Prompt Ai'lliin'r ilu'ii,
YV.MiiNfiiov, May '!'.. Alnost the
sole topic of conversation anting the
members of the House In-day was the
St. Louis tornado. Men staid about
In groups mid disenssed th details.
The St. Louis mt'inbers, Mesirv f obb,
llarlholdt, and Joy, and Murphy of
Illinois, who lives In Last M. Louis,
were almost frautie with anxiety.
Thev had no news of their families,
except such as oatne through the As
undated Press dispatches. In the
death list i.Iiiiv recogiilcil many
whom thev knew Mr. liarthohil,
whose familv lives within a block of
Concordia hall In .South St. Louis, was
csneoiallv solleitlous for news fioni
his family ( haplnlti L'nmlcu. in his
invocation, referred feelingly to the
sorrow and mi tiering in the grief
strickeii(li,rict.
As soon ns the journal had been road
Mr. liartlicult of Missouri asked unani
mous consent for the consideration of
a resolution prepared by Mr. .!oy,
directing the Secretary 'of War to
place at the disposal of the mayors of
St Louis ami K.ist St. Louis' a suf
ficient minib-r of tents to itlVord tem
porary relief fo the homeless in those
cities, and to give such other relief as
might be proner. etc He explained
thai his colleague, Mr. Hubbard, had
called on the Sooiotnrv of War this
moruiiiL' and had been informed that
if Congress wou'd give the authority,
eight or ton boats now near St. Louis
in the Mississippi river for improve
ment could be m'i t to the city to ren
der assistance am1 relief.
The resolution was unanlincusly
adopted.
The Joy roMilull hi was at once sent
to the Senate, wlie:e unanimous con
sent was given to .onsidor It. Sena
tor Vest expressed Ills dissent to thu
resolution, sa,ingt'ie peonle of Mis
souri and St. 'Louis were able to take
care of the people and that later re
ports had shown that the first ac
counts of the terrible calamity had
been exaggerated lie said it would
do nc harm to pass the resolution,
however. Senator Ciillom expressed
the opinion that the States could take
care of the peonle The resolution
was changed from concurrent to joint
and passed.
In his prayer opening the Senato
the l!ev. Dr. MilbiiMi. the blind chap
lain, referred to the St. Louis storm,
praying: "(Hi, liod. we stand aghast
at the awful tokens of Thy power and
majesty. The earth is "shaken mid
trembles and the foundations of the
hills are shaken.'' Divine mercy was
invoked for the stricken city of St.
Louis, succor for the maimed and
alllicted, strength and aid to those
miulsterintr relief, ami protection
from another visitation of Divine
wrath.
The War department was dispose d
to do all in its power to aid the strick
en localities, but being without any
ollloial reports of the disaster, owing
pel Imps to the absorption of
all telegraphic facilities by the
presH, it was at a loss to 1,-now what
was necessary to be done. However,
to show its disposition to act in the
mutter without delay, the following
telegram was prepared by Assistant
Secretary Doe and sent to the threu
representatives of the engineer corps
nearest to the scene of the disaster
L. W. IHn,,' at Knelt Island. Assistant
Kugineer S II. Young at Osage Citv,
mid S. W. Fox at Chamois: "In thu
matter of the recent destructive storm
at St. Louis and other places, the as
sistant secretary of war directs that
all possible aid be given by the use of
.iny available government boats. "
None of these boats are at St. Louli
iust now.
EADS BRIDGE DAMAGED
The Dintcrn l'nrt (if t It 0 (it-rut striirt
ur CnlluM' A 'I lulu's i:pitrli'iirn.
Sr. Loci. May ''. A train had left
St. Louis just before the storm broke,
ind Knglneer Scott had only pro
ceeded u short distance when he real
ized the danger. The wind struck
tho conches, at llrst causing them to
surccn. At that time he was about
half way across the Kads bridge.
Overhead the poles were snapping and
tumbling into the river, while large
stones were shifting to ami fro from
their foundations end pluuciiig into
the water.
Keali.im; that any moment his train
m'ght bo blown into the water or else
the bridge be blown away, Scott put
on a full head of steam in an effort to
make tho east side shore. Tho train
had scarcely proceeded '.Ud feet and
about the same distance from lliu
shore when it 11 upper spun of the
bridge was blown away. Tons of
hugu granite blocks tumbled to tho
tracks, where tho tialu loaded with
passengers had been but a moment
before.
At about the same instant the wind
struck the train, upsetting all the oars
like playthings, Luckily no one was
killed, but several wore taken out se
verely injured.
Tho wi coked part of the bridge Is
ust mist of the big tower near tho
1 llinols shore and extends oast for
ibout .leu feet '1 ho entire upper por
tion, traversed by street cars and car
riages, was carried away, whllo the
trucks beneath were burled In the de
bt is, In some places eight feet deep,
20 DEAD AT ONE FlLACE
I1
I'rml .Slnitiilidlim-r'it Ti'iii'tntuit Itnzml
'I lit) lniiiiti'4 Alt l'rohilily lead.
Sr. Lot is, May '-".'.---No wmls can
do justice, to the horrors of tie scene
at seventh and Kutger strims. In
one wreck nlono It Is ktioeu that
more than twenty bodies Iro still
burled. Five mangled forms ivcro un
covered mid removed just before mid
night.
Fred Ilauoheliner kept u saloon on
the southeast corner of .Seventh and
Kutger, a three-story brick uildltig
tlltud up overhead as a tjuomont
house, mid no less than elghtluii fam
ilies called ll "homo." A fewininutes
after the tornado struck the Structure
It wns a mure pile of bricks wood
work and plustortng and beneath it
an unknown number of men, women
and children mot death.
Hauchoiiuer's wife and notltss than
twenty people probably mary moro
are known to bo pinioned milcr tho
ruined tenement.
('hns, Murray's blacksmith Mmp at
tirnnd Island was nibbed of several
valuable tools Saturday night
may ingui 1
t-mm w . jew-""-
SITUATION INKT.LOriK
NO MATERIAL CHANCES IN
CONDITIONS.
.I11111I Kill KIII11I mill a.lllio liijiiri'd. Hun
dred SitIiiiisIj Hire HU.istcr hi i:nt
'l. I.1111U I'ropiTl)
',',-,,01)11,111111.
I.tm l.slliiutli'il at
Si'. Loris, Mo . June ! .The situa
tion In St. Louis, as viewed from thu
Kepuhiic's standpoint, is as follows:
St. Louis Idcntilicd dead. Uii; un
known dead, is. missing. :!'.; fatally
injured, lt; seriously injured in hos
pitals. 101; estimated injured outdde
of hospitals, t ,0tiil: property loss, esti
mated, SJO.'iiw.otm.
Last St. Louis lilent Hied dead. '.Hi:
unknown dead. i; dying, !; missing. Ill;
seriously Injured in lunnltnls, '.'no
t.slimnted injured outside of hospitals,
: unti; property loss, estimated. S..K).,
11111 It is believed that the deaths of the
injured mid the future iccovery of
bodies will bring the St. Louis death
list well up to '.'nil.
In Fast St. Louis the city ollieluls
declared that they have hope, that the
death roll on that side of the river
will not exceed l.'.O. but Hie ruins upon
which the rescuers have not yet begun
work may swell the total far beyond
that figure.
The building contractors of that
city have been overwhelmed with or
ders for rebuilding, and the work of
wiping out the havoc of the storm is
proceeding with much energy.
The ( ommereial KNchungo an
nounced last night that the audi
torium to be used for the Kepuhlieaii
national convention has been repaired
and now sh iws not the slightest elYoot
of the storm.
Although thousands of men have
been at work night and day clearing
away the wreckage in the path of the
tornado, they have scarcely made a
perceptible impression toward restor
ing the chaotic confusion to anything
like order. P.issjgeways have been
mule through tome of the principal I
thoroughfares, il is true, tint for the
most pat t the streets are still choked
with the battered remains of homes
and factories, hospitals and churciies.
The path of the storm is fully a
mile and a half wide It starts away
out in thu suburbs of thu city, where I
beautiful homes are located Tutting
.. . .
a
'Jitr.jiiir ,mtr,. It. iYIl.mi4 OfllVtl ,
through where tho densely populated
tenement houses are located, fully six
miles, and crosses the river,
At the extreme limits of the city to
the west is a quarter known as Tower
(irove park. It is populated by peo
ple of wealth, and the houses uro
palatial, willi beautiful grounds, etc.
To the southeast of this is another
region of wealth. The storm moved
its way through them both. Magnifi
cent residences in both places were
wiped oil" the face of the earth in
some cases, while in others roofs were
carried away, trees torn from their
roots and all tho picturesque beauty
destroyed.
The number of families left home
less by tlu devastation along the path
of the" storm will teach up into the
thousands, in many instances these
unfortunates have lost all their
worldly possessions Many will for
duys be dependent on charity and their
more fortunate neighbors for shelter.
There is a probability that one man,
whoso horribly mangled body wus
taken to the morgue, was not killed
by the storm. A gentleman who was
in the neighborhood of the I'liion
depot powerhouse just after the storm
asserts that some of the crowd there
assaulted u ghoul cuiurht thieving mid
be.it him to death. His story is that
whili viewing the wreck he saw-half
a docn men jump on a man who had
been Uniting about in the crowd.
Some one hit the man with 11 club,
felling him to the ground. Then thu
crowd jumped 011 the mu.11 and kicked
him until he was unconscious. .Some
one cried "lynch the thief." Then tho
crowd picked up his limp form and
carried It to Kussell avenue, whom
thev put it In a dirt wagon mid carted
it o'tV.
The ttusinoss Men's league Issued
the following announcement last
ulghl:
"The league indorses the action of
Mayor Walbrldgo in declining outside
aid. It feels grateful for the many
evidences of generosity In these hulp
nlYcriugs, but, having 'made careful
investigation of the storm stricken
district, which, though extensive, Is
almost entirely confined to the section
of tliu city outshiu of the principal
business area, it is Its dclihcrnto
judgment that the city will bu amply
able to fully providu for all the needs
of the alllicted.
Fi 0111 fur olT London Sir Henry Irv
ing, (llga Nothursolo and Wilson ltur-
reit have cabled money, sympathy and
oll'ars of benefit performances if
needed. Others are as -.'onerous, and
no doubt thousands of dollars could
bo raised in u few days If It were
necessary.
t'dimrr-niimii KiiIutI llltt III.
W..siiiM,io.N, June 1 . Congress
man Robert llitlof Illinois, chairman
of tho llon.su committee) on foreign
nft'uirs, who passed through such a
serious sickness last summer, Is again
ill. He has been confined to his bed
for throe days. At his homo it w-:s
staled that Mr. Ilitt's illness was not
serious ami Is principally the result of
iv had eohl. Ho has not fully recov
ered from tho ell'ect of the nttack last
Rummer, which emtio, near to being
fatal, ami hts friends foai that in Ins
weakened condition his present ill
r.ess may prove more serious than it
wjuld under usual circumstances,
('rlllltli a CjiulliUto fur (onsrr..
Toi'i:K., Kan , Juiu I AUurt
liritlllh has announced himself as a
candidate for thu Populist nomination
for Congressman in thu Fifth disiriet.
He says that he will, if nominated,
challenge Congressman Caldorhoud to
a joint discussion over tho Uls.li let ou
thu money question.
m"m Mitdliy licrlhiut,
Kansas Cm, Mo., Juno :. Miss
Anna It. Shelby, who was chosen to
bo tho spnu&cr for Missouri at the un
veiling of Loo's monument July . and
2 at Richmond, Vn. , has deelluad and
tho pluce will bo filled by Miss Sa'.ccs
Kciunrd of St. Louis.
DAMAGE ABOUT MEXICO.
TI10 Deitriirttmi nf I,i unit I'rnpert?
l.t-M III 11 11 :n Itcpiirtril.
M i:iro. Mo.. Juno I. The result1
summed tip in this county Is as fob
lows: Six dead Kiley llagan 01 near
Kushville, a 7-yeur-old girl of J. (J.
Ware,
year-old daughter of August,
llliuc, Kulah Miller, Lose Hodge mid
a v-vear-old son of Albert K noble.
At Vandalla the resiliences of the fol
lowing iieople weie severely damaged
bin 110 one win killed; Aaron Me
Poke. Cass liluokbnrn, S I). Kly, A. L.
P.timgard, C. K. Coons, Kd Waters,
live dwellings iiulonging to the . i
Cobb estate, II. L. Kleshears and U.
P.. Moore. All the churches except
tbe Hani 1st are ilmnaired or destroyed.
The electric light plant was leveled to;
the ground and the Miami block was
entirely unroofed. The storm was
about ion to .Ida yards in width and
lasted about thirty minutes. Hetween
Truxton ami High Hill the tornado'
liassed. killing a woman and four
children, whose names are not known.
st. 1.11ns m:i:iis no ami.
r:ut si.
,oid, lliorcvor, It
Appe.illns
for A"lit.itn'c
Clin (.o, June I. The following
messages were received here by the
general manager of the Associated
Press:
St Louis, May L"i.
St Louis does not need assistance.
Mast si, Louis is appealing for aid.
The proportion of destruction to pop
ulation there is something' awful
C W. UNA it. L'dltor Kepublie.
St. Louis, May
St. Louis Is profoundly thankful for
sympathy and iirotTered aid, but is
1 atup.y a'lle to care for her siiltercrs.
KastSl. Louis, however, is worse hurt
I than we are, and help is needed badly
there.
A. Lwvson, Kditor Post-Dispatch.
In St. I.oidt County.
Si. Loi'is, Mo, June 1 . In St.
Louis county, Wednesday's tornado
left a continuous trail of destruction
and desolation The storm apparently
rose out of the Mississippi river near
St. Uiarlos. It passed of er Florrisant
and P.rldgeton and. sweeping down on
West Kml park, completely deitro.ved
that little village. j
In pursuing its southerly course,
with n velocity of more than seventy
five miles an hour, It passed through!
the towns of Strulmunu. Central,
Clayton, Hreiitwood, Kurtold, Maple-
wood and Shrewsbury nark.
Hundreds of houses, barns and out-
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trees a century old were uprooted.
However, but one person, u babe, was
killed, and no more than a do.ou
badly in.'ured.
i:ii'Vi'ii l!o;t licit rnyeil. '
ias rsi'. Loris, III., June 1 Tho
boatmen yesterday began the arduous
tusk of recovering their wrecked and
disabled craft, at least Mich oortions
of it a appeared to be worth saving.
Kloven boats und tugs are badly do
molished ami sunk, most of them be
ing thought to bo beyond repair.
t'lty l-nit. njuuio.oiio.
St. Loris, Mo.. June I. Comptroller
Sturgeon thinks the city treasury will
be heavily taxed as a result of
Wednesday's storm, lie says it will
take nearly Siiuu.uDO to repair the
damage done to city buildings
I'll -a St. I.011U
Two companies of the Illinois .-.tnti
militia from lircenvllle and Hello
villi. 111., hi all about loi) men, pa
trolled t lie levee district of Fast St.
Louis all day. Dead lines were es
tablished, and no one was allowed to
pass without a permit.
1 he oll'oct of those stringent meas
ures was soon seen in the greatly de
creased number of people in the de
vastated district. Over sixty suspects
huvu already been arrested ami were
scut out of town or locked up. Sev
eral pickpockets and eoulldeiice men
have also neon arrested, in addition
to the militia and police force, Chief
of Police (iunoy sworo in fifty depu
ties who were placed in different parts
of the oily. The property loss is hard
to estimate, but fc-.OOo.OOo to s:i,(Wo.000
are conservative figures.
Luto figures rather torn! to roduoo
the estimates of the number killed,
mid the probabilities are that il will
not fun iiinch over ISO.
Tho feature of the storm was the
lu"ge number of horses killed. On all
sides could bo seen the mangled bod
ies of these animals. The police do
purtment was busy all day removing
the carcasses, anil none too soon, Tor
tlie warm weather of the past two
days had already started decomposi
tion. The railroad yards aro generally
being cleared of dobrl.s rendering the
moving of trains once more possible,
but it will bo weeks before anything
like order can bo restored. At least
-KM freight oars were overturned and
eithir wholly or partially doinolUhoil.
and ns tunny of these were loaded
with merchundisii tho work of clear
ing tho tracks will necessarily be very
slow.
A Louies' relief corns has boon or-
ganlzcd, of which Miss LoulRa dross
of Kust St. Louis Is president, ami
?.lr. Ira S-.veet of Fast St. Louis is
vice president. Committees have lieon
appointed from ull ehurehes bo eiiiitlud toono day's 1 est in seven;
cityati.aroaotivolyatworksoliclti.g)no l(Ut. f(n,s M(1(, ,)() ,,,.,, f ;
aid and are mooting with go l m i..- heclriliu IIhlll0l,!,5 tho President,
cess. Tho now library bill 11 ng has' ... ,,rfcll,iltl, ,, s.,..ir o. .,,t.i 1..
!....., ...ml., i l..i .ii.Mtn vnl nf linnil.
IIUl'll IlltlWU Villi .'111 Ml 4Vt-
tituto and will need iinniedlate assist
mice. Many have not oven HUtlloleut
clothing.
A child KiiiiMi ny Hull.
Pk.iihv, Olc, June L Pawnee.tlilrty
miles east of here, wus visited yester
day morning by a hurricane mid a
halt iUuuii people were killed or In
jured. Hail did great damage, A
little ehlid was killed by hall stones.
All window lights facing northwest
wore broken out.
ChArlottn Uetx tlm (.'iiIIokc.
CiiaI'miitr, N. C, Juno I. Tho
Lutheran college to cover tlm South
ern states Iiiik fallen to Charlotte.
For some tlmo it has been hanging
butweiMi Cliurlotto ami Columbia, S.
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1 the ontersrlsc.
quarters llcUets will i.e. isirime u , ,, f ,, , -
to ho needy ones for fm d e tl lug f t, , , f ,, ' ,
and she tor. Mayor 1 ador ostim tes, t,VQ , rofl.mmiUi am, pmpm-t!onal
that at least SOO families tiro left lies- t.. ' '"'
BUTLER ON BOND ISSUES.
The Sc11.1t or SiicccstN l.ym IiIiik ii ti Iti'jii'
ily .1 Sdi:itlitiml spin h.
W vsiiinoiov. Ji
1 The Senato
peached an agreement to take a Hnal
vte on the bill to prohibit the Issuo
( bonds on Tuesday next before ml-
journtnent, Mr. Hill reserving tho
right to move to postpone the vote.
The hills repealing the law relating to
rebates on aloohcl used In the art",
and amending the law concerning tho
distilling of brandy from fruits were
passed. The latter authorizes the e.v
emotion of distillers of brandy made
from fruits from the provision relating
to the manufacture of spirits, except
ns to the tax thereon.
Mr. Hutlcr, Ponulist. of North Caro
lina, author of tiio bill to prohibit the
Issue of bonds, in n speech declared
that the gold element was about to
execute a skillful stroke of politics by
allowing tho Lhlcugoconveiitlon to be
controlled by silver, in order to weigh
down the eaiie with the evils of tho
Democratic party, which had become
a "streneh In thonostrllsof the Amur
lean people." He appealed to silver
men not to be deceived by this piece of
politics.
in answer to a query from Mr. dear
of Iowa us to what method outside of
the ballot could be adopted to correct
financial legislation, Mr. Hutlcr de
clared that tho time might come when
mi outraged people might swing some
man from a limb. The Senator said
he had seen men swung to a limb who
were less Infamous than those who
participated in these financial crimes.
Mr. Hutlcr presented a letter written
by Mr. (tear In ".s'.m favorable to free
silver, which brought out an cxplunu
tiou from the Iowa Senator that an
investigation of the subject had led
him to change his mind. Thu Senate
adjourned until Monday.
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t'ONTIIST CAST.
P.i'pidillnitu It.nlly Dlilili-d hi In tint Sr:it
lilK "f SIoUph of South CiirnllMil.
Wasiii.no ion, June I . The llousu
spent almost the entire day debiting
the Johnston-Stoke contested elec
tion case from the Seventh south Car
olina district. Tho Republicans were
badly divided. Those who favored
seating the contestant, Johnston, who
ran ou a Populist-Republican ticket,
finding themselves slightly In the
minority when tho voting began, in
augurated a filibuster which lusted
until the conference report on tho
naval appropriation bill came to the
rescue and the House recessed before
final action was taken. Johnston'
partisans were outvoted. tOS to liS, mid
lOH to 'Jli, tho first vote being on the
minority resolution declaring John
ston entltied to u scat; the second on
the majority resolution declaring him
not entitled to it.
An etfort will be mude to reconsldor
on Monday, ami if that falls, to unseat
Stokes and declare tlie seat vacant.
The river and harbor bill veto was
rcud and referred without debate to
the committee. Mr. Merman stated
that action on the motion to puss the
bill over the veto would probably be
taken on Tuesday,
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
rititfnrni of tin New Niitiiiniit Tarty f.u
lir.iccs ti Multitude of lsiir.
PlTtsmiio, Pa., June !. Ron. C. K
I-'. Rentloy, candidate of tlie Nutiona
party for President, speaking on thi
causes that led to tho revolt of tin
Prohibition party, said:
Tin: determined effort of Nutiouu
Chairman Dickie and management tc
cut down to the single issue of proiii
bition was not in thu iutctcst of tin
party und its harmony and growtt
and was inspired by bitter op positior
to full sutVrage, favoring tlie gok
standard 111 finance, fealty to the 1110
nopoly, protective turiiV and a lack of
sympathy witli and ignorance of the
general depressed condition of tin
fanner and wagoworker through cor
rupt legislation.
"Tho National party holds sutVrage.
finance, transportation, tariff, etc., as
moral questions demanding politlca.
treatment "
The platform adopted by the Na
tional party has thirteen planks. It
is unalterably opposed to tho liquo r
tralllo and rejects all plans for regu
lation or compromise; declares that no
eitien should bo denied the right to
vote on account of sex; ull money
should bo issued by thu government,
only and without tho intervention of
any private clti.en, corporation or
banking institution; it should be
bused upon tho wealth, stability and
Integrity of tho nation mid should bo
a full tender for all debts, public mid
private, and should bo of siitllciciil
volume to meet tho demand of the
legitimate business interests of tho
country; for tho purpose of honestly
liquidating all our oulstuudiugohligu
thins, payable in coin, wu favor
tho unlimited coinage of both sil
ver mid u'old at thu ratio of
lil to l, without consilium: any
other nation. Laud is a common her
itage of thu people, and should bo pre
served from monopolies ami specula
tion, asks for governmental control
of railioads, telegraphs, and all other
natural monopolies: revenues should
bo raised by equitable adjustment, of
taxation of the properties and inclines
of tho people; oontract convict system
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Viirner fur Srn itur,
Kansas City, Mo , June 1 Wurnoi
Republican clubs aro being organized
In every word in tho city, whoso
avowed purposo is to boom Warner
for Senator In the Seventh and
Lighth und tlm Third mid Fourth
wards these clubs huvu already boon
luroiuu.
South lUmp.int for l-llier.
Atchison, Kmi., Juup L 1. P. Wag
croucr. wlio low r,.tn.-.,,.,i f....... v...i.
. I L' luutiMi bv d Ircct votti of Mm iitnil.
I Ulll C.1UII bill IIUI.
ville, Tenn., says that uvery 0110 lrj.p'
nm .luiHit suums 10 ue lor ireo auvi t
and that they talk nothing else. l4.iV
thinks that ninety out of every IhijAV
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