St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-01
MANY LACK SHELTER.
Snow Enhances the Gloom Of
Hundreds of Homeless
Louisvillians.
Some Call 1t Beautiful, But 1t
Adds Much to Their Dis
comforts.
Firebugs and Thieves Operate
and Render Martial Law
a Necessity.
It Is Now Positively Known
That Only Ninety-Three
Were Killed.


LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 31.-With
four inches of Water-soaked snow,
which has slowly melted during the
day, the situation in the tOrnado-strick-
Ell district has been gloomy indeed.
Night is settling down, dismal and
dreary, upon the wrecked homes: and in
spite of all efforts, there are many
broken in spirit, though physical wants
are supplied. The lights cleaning
through a vapor-laden atmosphere serve
only to reveal pictures of desolation.
The streets are in many places ankle
deep in mud and water, and ice-cold
streams pour from everywhere. The
worst resultOf the wet is not so much All
additional injury toproperty and goods
as in suffering to Unprotected people.
Scores of families are sheltered only
by hastily put-up boards or canvas, and
they are wet and cold. Thanks
10 a generous and ntelligently conduct
ed relief, there is plenty of food, and
hunger is not now among the mlSerieS.
Much has been done during the day for
relief, and much more is being done to-
night. The relief committees agents
are actively supplying such protection
as is possible. The most
Needy Are First Supplied.
In the residence portion of the desc
lated district the snow has greatly re-
tarded repairs. Tonight very few of
the houses, even where least damaged,
are habitable. Much household goods
has been exposed to the weather, and
pTopOrtionally TO the total value in
VOlYed, much greater loss has been
caused by the snow to hOuSekeeperS of
moderate means than to business houses
on Main and Market streets, or even
the tobacco warehousemen. The latter
have all succeeded in getting most of
their property under shelter of some sort.
The household effects would not repay
the extraordinary measures taken TO
save stocks Of goods, and thousands of
dollars worth in the aggregate scat
tered through some thirty blocks of the
city will lie i'll the wet for day or two
longer. On Main street signs have been
put up in many partly wrecked stores
that orders will be filled as usual and
business has been resumed. "What
damage has the snow dOne?" a tobacco
warehouseman was asked. "NOne to
speak Of he replied. 'SnOw does not
hurt tobacco i'm hogsheadS like rain
head is exposed drives right through
and Injuries the tobacco. But snow lies
OH the hOgshead and gives it chance
to brush Off. Even when it is not
brushed OFF, in melting it slides Off.
You see those two hOgSheadS? Well.
they appear drenched through. Now
come and look at the tobacco IN them"
The tobacco was found only in good
condition TO handle, not in the least too
damp. In an interview to-day Mayor
Jacob said: ave have now about re-
covered all the bodies of those who were
destroyed by the recent tornado, and
am thoroughly satisfied that the total
number of those who we're killed outright
and those who will die from wounds
sustained thereby viii not reach
One Hundred and Fifty.
While the destruction Of property was
very heavy, still the greatest suffering
will fall upon our humber classes. who
were living in their modest homes
that had been accumulated by
years of toll In my judgment,
100000 will 20 far towards making
whole the losses of these poor people,
but such as these will have TO be cared
for, no matter at what cost. And as far
as the business is concerned, with the
exception Of the leaf tobacco market, it
has never been suspended, and even in
this branch of trade One-half of the
warehouses were intact, and all are now
ready for custom, as ample storage
room has been acquired in other por-
tons of the city. Notwithstanding only
two days had elapsed after the cyclone,
all wrecks and debris were removed
yesterday. l have never seen such
courage and recuperative power as has
been eVinced by all who have been af-
11iCted, and while recognizing, as some
do, that the fruits of life
time OF labor have been swept away,
still they bow bravely and with proper
humility to their fate. From the morn
ing after the cyclone they have been at
work repairing the damages they have
sustained. AS far as public quiet is
concerned, order has never been better.
and outside OF the narrow limits of the
district swept by the storm, no one
would know that he was in city that
had been scourged by fierce and most
deSolatng tornado" Three tobacco
warehouses held sales to-day, and the
trade IN the untouched portion of the
city has been So active that the clearings
for the day show nearly the usual in
crease over the total of a year ago.
While there have been fewer criminal
attempts than expected considering the
exposed condition of property, one OF
two Instances have proved the wisdom
of placing the district
Under Martial Law
and putting the state guard on picket
duty. Ed Myers, IsadOre Lowenstein.
A. Marks and Ike Edelman, Russian
Jews, are locked up iii central police
station charged with arson. They were
caught starting large fire in demol-
iShed store on Market street. between
Tenth and Eleventh, which is in the
midst Of the shattered district. The
fire was eXtinguiShed before it had
made much Roadway. Mrs. Barnwpll,
wife of the rector of st. Johns church,
was robbed of everything she had. Ali
her jewelry was found to have been
taken from Il bureau drawer, and box
containing Silverware was broken open
andlts contents taken away. Even the
body OF the dead minister was not sa-
cred, and his gold watch, which the
taken from his pocket. FRIDAY
two ladies visited the demoi-
ished house to secure Mrs. Barn
wells sewing machine for her. They
placed it on the pavement, and while
absent within the machine was carried
off. These outrageous cases are, how
ever, the only ones reported. The total
amount of the relief fund approximates
$4,000. The board of trade has to-day
received subscriptions amounting to
$4,000, while numerous checks have
been sent into the mayors Office and
the newspaper Offices. Among others,
the CouEier-JOurnal doubled its sub
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