The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-01
SNOW AFTER THE BLOW.
LOUIsVILLE'S SUFFERERS WET
AND MISERABLE,

The Relief Committee, However, Do
ing Much to Relieve the Distressed.
Mrs. Barnwslp House Robbed end
Her Dead Husbands Pockets
Looted-Danger of e Water Famine.
LOUISVILLE, March 81. NO more missing
are reported, and it is believed that the
total killed have been made known. The
injured are receiving every attention and
no deaths have occurred siuce yesterday,
although the condition OF several is ex-
tremely critical. The Knights of Honor
yesterday made careful canvass Of their
membership in the ruined district, and are
taking steps to give permanent relief The
water supply is running very low. Every
effort is being made to complete a tenn
porary standpipe and it will be finished by
Wednesday. Before that time, probably
by tonight. the city viii be almost entirely
without water. Strong appeals are being
made for all to observe the stictest economy
in its use. but they do not seem to be
effective. Enough water has been reserved
as protection against fire.
RELIEF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
$4S,000. This added to $4,000 from the
city makes $6S, 900 at the disposal of the re-
lief committee.
The ruins are still under police guard.
All the streets are now open, and the
electric cars are running. Business every
where was resumed to-day.
The Kentucky legislature adjourned for
the last three days to allow members to visit
their homes, several of which are in the
sections reported ravaged.
The largest subscription for the relief
fund was made by the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad this morning Ten Thousand
dollars is the amount.
The relief committees are doing all in
their power TO render aid.
At a meeting of the executive committee
of the board of trade relief committee this
afternoon the following was adopted;
Resolved In answer to numerous inquiries
from persons at home and abroad the board of
trade relief committee announces that further
liberal contributions from Louisville citizens
and corporations are greatly needed, and are
most earnestly requested. If tho contributions
from our own people are not sufficient to relieve
the distress of the sufferers by the storm the
committee will appeal for assistance from out
side the city and state Until then all voluntary
contributions Of money will be accepted and
used IL needed
Offers of aid come in from all directions
and are replied to with expressions of graft
tude.
The tobacco warehousemen feel very
grateful to the Cincinnati warehousemen
and chamber of commerce for tho substan-
tial aid rendered by them. aud the proffers
OF more that are so freely extended.
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
A Hartford, (Ky.l special says: "a mes
senger from the Duke neighborho5d, who
came to town Friday morning for
physicians, reports that the house of Farmer
Sid Combs of that neighborhood was blown
down, killing two children and SO
bruising aud injuriDg the remaining
five persons in the house that one
was reported to be dying, and the
others suffering with broken limbs and in
ternal injuries. In this neighborhood the
track of the storm was about half mile
wide, and every house and barn was
damaged, most of them being leveled with
the earth, and large tracts of
timber are fattened down, much
resembling field of tall grass
or grain after a hard rain storm.n
An Owensboro special says: SAT West
Louisville, Davies county, not a business
house was left standing, and but one dwell
ing can be seen. Only one person was
killed, little negro boy. The loss in West
Louisville is estimated at S100, ,000.n
The river is already at such hight that
the injury to the pumping station at the
water works cannot be repaired, and SO long
as the Hood continues nothing can be done.
President Long estimates that the reservoirs
now barely hold three days supply for the
city.
The last of the dead were laid away
to-day.
SNOW FALLING.
1t has been showing here since early last
evening, and this it is feared has greatly
damaged goods in the tobacco districts.
much OF which could not be protected
against the inclement weather. The heavy
snow has also interrupted the work of re-
pairing, which was actively pushed all day
yesterday, and has otherwise inflicted hard
ships on the homeless.
The worst result of the wet is not SO much
an additional injury to property and goods
as in suffering to Unprotected people.
Scores of families are sheltered only by
hastily put up boards or canvass, and they
are wet and cold.
HUNGER NOT ON THE LIST.
Thanks to generous and lntelligently con-
Quoted relief, there is plenty of food, and
hunger is not now among the mieeries.
Much has been done during the day for re.
lief, and much more is being done
tonight. The relief committees agents are
as actively supplying protection from the
weather as is possible. The most needy are
first supplied.
On Main street signs have been put up in
many partly wrecked stores that orders will
be filed as usual and business has been
resumed.
THE DEATH LIST.
In an interview with an Associated Press
reporter to-day Mayor Jacobs said: 1--WE
have now recovered about all the bodies
of those who were destroyed by
the recent tornado, and I am
thoroughly satisfied that the total number
of those who were killed outright and those
who will die from their wounds win not
reach 1907
Three tobacco warehouses held sales to-
day and the trade of the untouched portion
of the city has been SO active that the clear
ings for the day show nearly the usual in
crease over the total Of year ago.
AN ATTEMPT AT ARSON.
While there have been fewer criminal at
tempts than was to be expected considering
the exposed condition Of property, one or
two instances have proved tho wisdom Of
placing the district under martial low and
putting a state guard on picket duty. E.
D. Myers, Isadore Lowenstein, A Marks
and Ike Edelman, Russian jews, are locked
up in the Central police station charged
with arson. They were caught building a
large fire in a demoli5hed store on Market
street between Tenth aud Eleventh streets.
which is in the midst of the shattered dis
tricS. The fire was extinguished before it
had made much headway.