The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-04-07

The money markets here and throughout
the country are abundantly supplied and
there is no sense of anxiety manifested in
any quarter.
The business failures far the past week
number 2iS, compared with 231 the previous
week. For the corresponding week last year
the figures were 243.
How the Zephers Played in Topeka.
Topeka was served with twenty-four hour
gale, commencing Thursday night.
The State Journal of Friday p. m. gives a
two column account mostly taken up with
mention of small damages done by the wind
through the middle of the day on Friday.
Telegraph communication with the outside
world was entirely cut off.
Awnings everywhere suffered; many went
to the country.
The roof of the east wing of the Santa Fe
was SO badly damaged that 125 mechanics
were compelled to quit work for the remain.
der of the day.
At Wsshburn college part of the slate roof
of the library building was blown of. One
of the big chimneys on Science hall was
blown down and the roof on the south side
of DR.. McVicars residence was torn of.
upside down; big pieces of timber were car
riod over into Fourth street like shingles.
This was stopped bya big force of men carry
ing railroad iron into the lumber yards, to
be used as weights.
A large plate glass window in the building
occupied by the Kansas City Piano company,
and Armstrong Il Priddy, at 825 Kansas ave-
nue., was smashed by the wind.
A plate glass window in the Metsker build
ing, 831 Kansas avenue, was blown in.
A large barn at the south end of Kansas
avenue, owned by j. S. Mcintosh, was car
ried off its foundation.
A big galvanized iron chimney blew over
Holmes il Waggoner's drug store. 1t struck
q man, on the sidewalk, in the back and
knocked him down, but did not hurt him.
Miss Mabel Morgan, cashier at the Capital
Grocery, narrowly escaped being struck by a
brick chimney, which fell on the sidewalk
behind her, as she was going to work.
At the fair grounds about one-third of the
the horse sheds along the north side are
blown over into Swift i Holidays field.
Wooden sidewalks tumbled about promis-
cuously.
A large amount of glass is blown out of
Lull's building on South Kansas avenue.
The list of chimnies blown off is very large.
A half block of lumber sheds at Henry
Strong's north side yard, Is total wreck.
The tin roof was blown off of Patsy Multi
gan's brick block on the avenue in North
Topeka.
The tin roof was blown off and part of
the north wall carried away of the brick
building in the rear of the carriage works on
Kansas avenue, near Crane street.
At L. H. Whitmer's residence, in Potwin
Place, large chimney was blown of, dam
aging the roof. Whitmer's large barn was
also carried OF its foundation and smashed !;
loss $500.
Hundreds of tile shingles are being blown
off of the public library building.
Thomas Hicks barn, in Potwin Place, was
blown fiat to the ground.
The chimney of the city electric light plant
was blown of, cOnsequentlythere may be no
lights for the next three or four nights.
The cornice and part of the tin roof is
blown off of the Armstrong and Priddy build
ing, 825 Kansas avenue.
Thirty-fve feet of the rear of the top of the
old cracker factory with roof was taken OF
by the wind.
Numbers of covered delivery wagons were
blown over in different streets, while making
their rounds.
The slate roofing of the Santa Fe round
house and paint shop was carried of in many
places.
The roof of the erecting shop of the Santa
Fee has several times been raised eighteen
inches or more, but is still on.
Two smoke stacks in the Santa Fe yards
were blown down completely.
A report reached here from Lawrence that
plate glass window at the university was
blown in, and Prof. Dyche's collection of
stuffed animals badly injured.
The unfinished twO-stOry frame house on
the northwest corner of fourth and Liberty
streets was badly wrecked.
One of the large chimneys on the Fifth
avenue hotel was blown over.
The wind mill at the natatorium on Tenth
street was blown down.
The starch factory, east of the city, loses
also some outside sheets.
The Quincy school building in North To-
peka, in which there is several large cracks
and has been considered unsafe for some
time, was thought to be in danger, and all
schools in that building were dismissed.
The Potwin schools were also closed, the
trouble at that building being large num-
Der of window lights blown in.
One of the most serious accidents occurred
at IL O'Clock at the Presbyterian manse, ad-
joining the church on Harrison street, oppo-
site the State house. The large chimney was
blown of and fell into the attic, carrying
with it almost the entire roof on that side Of
the gable. The family of Rev. Mr.. Anderson
were in the house when it fell, but none of
$50. " ''' n'Os' WIZ 'e 0e'"een ''0' ana
Numerous plate glass windows on Kansas
avenue have been broken and many others
would have been had they not been
protected by braces OF timber.
1t Is estimated that the damage in Topeka
will reach from $4,000 to $4,000.
The wind blew at the rate of eiQhty-i
miles an hour.
Injunction Suspended.
KAxsAs CRY, Mo-, April 5.-A telegram Ne
ceived from Commissioner A. S. Vaulandine.
ham, who 10 at Hot Springs, states that the
case of the Wichita Grocery company against