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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29

auous task of recovering their
wrecked and disabled craft, at least
such portions OF it as appeared
to be worth saving. Eleven boats and
tugs are sunk, most of them beyond
repair They are as follows. Dolphin,
j. j. Odeu City of Quincy, Libbie Con-
ger, Bald Eagle, Belle of Calhoun, East
ST Louis. Andrew Chlsri. Henry L.
Clark and the tugs Baton Rough, Belle
and S. c. Club.
An effort VIII be made. however, to
raise some Of them With respect 70
loss of life the j. j. Odel was the most
unfortunate Five persons who We're
mem bers of her crew or passengers on
the boat were reported missing yester-
day, and as none of them were ac-
counted for by nightfau they were all
given up for lost
NOT MANY IN THE RIVER.
The number Of those who lost their
lives in the river is a matter of con-
lecture. 1t is not believed, however, that
the death list viii be very heavy.
on the jumbled masses of brick and
timbers ia Fest St. Louis scores of
dead horses and cattle are scattered
among the ruins and are adding a sick
aning feature to the already unsani-
tary condition Of the district
NONE KNEW THESE DEAD.
In the St. Louis morgue today there
were bodies still unidentified. The
stream of visitors has diminished, but
hundreds have viewed the mangled and
blackened remains in the hope of iden-
tifcati0n. AS two days have gone by,
it is likely that the nine viii be buried
as unknown as there is little chance
that the bodies would be recognized
even by intimate acquaintances.
Thomas Griffin, the ex-policeman,
who was killed at his home, was one Of
the 600 who survived the famous charge
Of the light brigade, at Balaklava dur
ing the Crimean war. While on the po-
lice force he won the title Of "Old
Sleuth of East st. Louis"
Up to noon today the coroner held so
inquests at East st. Louis. Henry Sex
ton. city official there estimated the
property loss at East St Louis at 500
000 600 but this estimate may be high.
There are three hundred families on the
island alone who are homeless.
Comptroller Sturgeon thinks the city
treasury viii be heavily taxed as a
result Of Wednesdays storm Hc says
it VIII take nearly $4,000 to repair the
damage done to the city buildings. 1t
viii cost the city, Mr.. Sturgeon said.
probably $1,000 to erect a new hos
pital 100000 for repairs to the poor
house and $4,000 for the work house,
ZOO for the house of refuge and 81. 900
for the female hospital
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EIGHT MILES OF RUIN.
J. T. Wilson Of this City Writes Home
Of the Storm.

Jones T. Wilson of this city who is
manager of the St. Louis Plaster COM
pany, and spends much Of his time in
this city. has written his family concern
ing the cyclone of Wednesday night
Mr.. Wilson was on the street when the
storm struck the city and took refuge in
q dining hall The roof and front of this
building were blown away by the
storm. but luckily no one was injured
Early the next morning Mr. Wilson
went out to view the Wreckage. and de-
scrihes what he saw as follows:
Thousands and thousands of people
were crowded along the streets home
less and soaking wet. and buildings for
miles wrecked in part or altogether I
crowded in with the great throng and
passed through the mOrgue where lay
scores Of the dead on the marble slabs
or on the floor. Crandfathers and grand
mothers. old and shriveled. strong men
and women. children and infants. all
side by side their faces bruised and
blackened The morgue presented a
most heart rending sight.
Along the river front could be seen
the partly sunken boats and the ele-
aant steamers dismantIed and wrecked
The great Eads bridge was broken in
two. and across the river were the ruins
Of what had been East St Louis. Beau
tiful Lafayette park seemed to be the
center of miles of total wreck Churches
hospitals. manufactures. mansions and
cottages were streWn along in undistiu-
guishable masses. the poles and wires.
fences house tops, wagons and horses,
filed the streets and alleys.
In places only the upper portions of
dwellings had been carried away 1eav-
ing the furniture standing in the lower
rooms At almost every pass Of ruins
men could be seen tugging at the wreck
age with the hope Of finding the bodies
of their loved ones. In other places Wo-
men and children could be seen sitting
on carpets or broken lumber all that
was left of their homes. 7 walked fully
eight miles, every block of which was
either partly or wholly destroyed 30
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29
A few of the Interesting
Things for Tomorrow are

Fifteen columns or more of special in-
terest to the ladies. Numerous Illus
trations-The silk Industry Summer
Novelties r. Outing Dresses = Evening
Wear-silk Waists-Pietures and des-
criptions.
The Great Pleasure Resorts OF the
Rich. Where the Goulds, the Astors.
the Roekefeners. the Rforgans and the
Vanderbilts take recreation. Fabulous
sums they spend A million dollar club
house.
Silver Dick Bland. How he lives and
why he wants to be president.
4 whole page Of humorous cartoons
and items. Laugh and the world
laughs with you and you feel better.
The extra pages we run sometimes on
Saturday are for the benefit of the
regular subscribers-we throw that in
for good measure-and for. any adver-
tisers who desire to take the advantage
presented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29
OREGON FOR THE POPS.
Chairman Taubeneck Predicts a Pop.
uIist VICTORY MONDAY.

St. Louis May 29.-'It is curious. .
mused Chairman H z. Taubeneck at
the Peoples Party national headquar-
ters that the Populists of Is states
and three territories have held cOnven-
tions and elected delegates to our ma
tiOnal convention in st. Louis July p.
but none of them have instructed for
anybody for president.
1T shows that our nearly three mil
lion followers are interested only in
measures this year and not in men
by the way, I see that nearly eve
rybOdy comedies US the election in Or
egon. which occurs next Monday. and
which is for members of the legisla-
ture, two congressman and q supreme
court Judge. If we carry the legisla-
ture, Of course we viii get one more
Populist into the senate
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In PennsYlvania.

Amber. Pa. May 29.-The tornado
which swept through the lower part of
Montgomery county yesterday carried
death and destruction before it, Three
lives were lost and many persons We're
more or less injured, besides thousands
oI dollars worth OF property was dam
aged
Four men took refuge in a stone
barn. The wind struck the building with
cyclonic force burying Alfred NIofiitt,
Windeld Enslie, John Belts and Chas.
Spencer in the ruins The two former
were dead when taken out. but Belts
and Spencer escaped with few bruis-
es- The big stone crushing works OF
DR.. Wilson, a few yards further east.
were RACED to the ground and two men
badly injured
The summer mansion of Alexander
Knight was literally ruined. The wind
seemed to dive down and scoop the
center out of the building
Or. r. H. AIatterson's big barn was
torn down. The house of Charles
Aimen, near Fort washington, was
badly wrecked His barn left q rub
bish heap and four horses were killed
Three tenement houses on the farm Of
william Potts were rendered uninhab-
liable and the barn destroyed. The
JarrettoWn Methodist church and
school houses We're wrecked. John q.
Turner's barn was demolished and two
valuable trOtters killed
At LanghOrne George Wenter was
killed i'm a barn in which he had taken
shelter.
At PENIS Manor the barn, tobacco
houses and Outbuildings belonging to
James Lovett. Caleb Taylor, Andrew
Crosier Henry LOvett and Edward
KirkbTide We're completely destroyed.
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EDISON sUPr. ON TIE STORM
Says That All Electric Wires Should
be Put Under Ground.

New York May 29.-H j. Smith. gen
eraI superintendent of the Edison IL
Illuminating company. of this city. when
seen said. ..One of the most import
ant lessons taught by the disaster
W hich devastated a large portion of the
city of ST. Louis. is this-that all wires
in all cities should be placed under
ground
"If the companies had been forced. as
we were in New York, several years
ago. to bury an their wires. the city
night 7 venture to predict that with
in q year the city of ST. Louis viii take
this subject no in earnest. and it seems
to me that every city in the United
States should do SO as soon as posi-
b1eH
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$50 ANNUALLY.
Is Apparently the Rate at Which Wo-
men are Becoming Insane in
Tonalxa

Now that the women's wards in the
insane asy1ums are fun, more women
than ever seem to be going crazy. Hill
ma Anderson. aged %. was tried this
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the probate
court for her sanity. DR.. NJ. r. Mitchell
swore to the complaint.
There was no room in the Topeka
asylum for Hannah Ericsson, declared
insane last evening. and she was today
taken to the OsaWatOmie institution by
Sheriff Eepley. Under Sheriff Lucas ac-
companied the sheriff to Kansas City.
The Ericsson woman was violent all
last night and smashed things up III
her room. She threw her breakfast
dishes at the jailer this morning and
had to be handcuffed to be taken to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29

trustworthy love and affection for our
government as the embodiment OF the
highest and best aspirations Of humani-
ty and not as the giVer of gifts, and be
cause its mission is the enforcement of
exact justice and equality and not the
allowance of unfair favOritisnl- / hope
I may be permitted to suggest at a
time when the issue of government
bonds to maintain the credit and f1nan-
cial standing of the country is a sub
ject of criticism, that the contracts pro
vided for in this bill would create Obn-
cations of the United States amounting
to sixty-tWO millions of dollars, no less
binding than its bonds for that sum.
GROVER CLEV ELAND,
Executive Mansion.
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May %. 1896.
Seek to Pass It Over the Veto.

Washington, May 29-The managers
of the river and harbor bill in the
house intend to move the reference Of
the veto message to the committee on
rivers and harbOrs and bring it before
the house on Monday. There are many
members out of town and the friends,
don't wish to risk an attempt to pass
the bill over the veto until more mem
bers arrive The veto message was
ing the past week they have been at
the var department daily gathering in
formation in the possession of the
army engineers respecting the projects
on the bill
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TODAY'S TORNADOES.
One at Pawn Ok, Kills Six People
Ravages of Other Tornadoes.

Kansas City. Mo, May ga special
to the Star from Perry. O. t. says.
Pawnee. 30 miles east was visited by
a hurricane yesterday and a half dozen
people were killed and wounded.
Hail four inches in diameter fell and
did great damage All window lights
facing north and west were smashed.
In the vicinity of Sheridan ten miles
from Hennessy. several houses and
barns We're destroyed or wrecked, but
as far as known, no one was killed at
that place.
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HERcULANEUm AND PomPEI1
London Papers Compare the St.Louis
Disaster to the Ancient One.


London. May 29.-An of the morning
papers here have editorials on the ter
lible disaster at st. Louis and all of
them express their sympathy with the
residents.
The Chronicle urges England to send
some prompt and effective expression
of sympathy.
tit is quite certain" says the Eng
lish Journal chat if it had happened
in England the sufferers would not
wait long for sympathetic words. or,
if necessary, actions from America
The Graphic says Not even the
stories of Pompeii and Eerculaneum can
compare with it in awful solemnity lit
simply nunbs the imagination
1.-THE later. sobarer accounts rather
strengthen the impression of unspar-
i9g devastation. Tine magluation can
but dimly depict the experiences. Tt
is characteristic Of the Americans in
domirahle force TO purpose that they
already talk of restoring the conven-
ton hall"
The Daily News says: "It would be
interesting to be able To speculate with
knowledge on the effect of this ever
present sense of the inevitable upon
the American character. It seems to
produce fatality of a certain kind, but
not of a passive order. On the con-
trary the race has learned to make
light of all calamities not positively
OVerW Ginning
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Mt. Vernon. H. May 29-In addition
to Mrs Margaret COrreu Mabel FOs-
ter and three King children and their
aunt. Miss King. it is learned a son of
Mr.. Correll was also killed at Jeffer-
son City ten miles northwest by the
cyclone Ten people were injured nine
miles east OF here. At least so houses
were destroyed in different parts of the
county
CentraIia. ILL.,. May 29.-The cyclone
that struck the village of New Baden,
20 miles west of this city Wednesday
evening left only five buildings stand
ing and the list of killed is reported all
the way from IS TO So. The storm COW
cred a strip about q mile wide and
swept everything in its path.
Near IrvingtOn. RObt- Foster was
killed in his bed and his wife barely
escaped death.
Thirteen people were killed at Rich
View. Irviugton HOylton, and in the
neighbOring county.
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Saturdays
Sixteen
Pages.

The enlarged edition Of the TOPEKA
DAILY STATE JOURNAL for the last
two Saturdays has struck such popu-
lar chord among readers and advertis-
ers that the feature-although expen-
sive-may be continued and twelve to
sixteen pages be published sometimes
on Saturdays. instead of the regular
eight pages. all for ten cents a week
At any rate. without making any prom
ises for the future.
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UNSETTLED WEATHER
For Tomorrow Does This Mean Rain
or Wind Storms?

The effects of the chill air which sail
ed into this territory Wednesday even
ing are still felt by the temperature. At
registered but 81 degrees above and at
o'clock this afternoon the mercury
had succeeded in climbing no farther
than 79. The strong variable breeze
which is blowing this afternoon is cool.
and serves to temper the suns heat.
The prediction of the weather bureau
today states that we shall have fair
so says that the weather will be unset
tied. AS fair weather" simply means
that no rain viii fall the unsettled
part" may possibly mean severe local
disturbances whisper it gently cy-
clones.
Throughout the state today the wealth
er is reported generally part cloudy. the
temperature ranging from 10 to IS.
In Colorado and New Mexico the
weather is reported clear and pleasant
and in Texas clear and warm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29
PROPERTY LOSSES.
List of Loses in Residence Portion
Over $4,000.

St Louis. May 29.-Following is
partial list of property losses in the
residence portion of the stricken dis
trict Losses under 5000 not given.
on Park avenue. Mccormick Kill
gen and Rule (syndicate). Sl2, 600. VIM
Couper. O.0O0, Anchor lodge A. F. and
"A. III. hall $4,000: III. Wiseman, resi-
dence, SIS 600; Rudolph Pude, livery sta
bic. $500; Henry Kiel and John Dams
residences. $1,000.
on ST. Vincent avenue Enos Short
man, residence. IS. 900; Chas. H. Snort
man. residence $1,000. NJ Frederick
residence, 5000. MI Sideu residence,
$500; wv. G.. Walters. residence. $1,000;
Charles Gottschalk. store. $1,000. p w.
Vaughn. residence. $1,000; Mrs. Mary
Martin. residence. SIG, 600; w. A. Beck,
brick row. $4,000
On PapiD street. L. Brusture col
ored school, $4,000, John Sanford, resi-
dence. $4,000; Robert Brown Oil COM
pany. $62,oo0s National Brewing com
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Boilers Take Action.

Pittsburg May 29.-AbOut seventy
five members, including the leaders of
the new National party organized last
night by the boilers from the PrOhibi-
tion convention, met al the Central ho-
tel today and arranged for a vigorous
campaign Nearly 81 600 was subscribed
to meet the expenses. Mrs. Helen Gou-
gar. Mrs. Richards of Ohio. T. p. Logan
of Ohio who acted as chairman Candf-
date Bentley Ex-Governor St John and
others made addresses.
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Cox Cats nLnthino

The jury found for the defendant in
Charles CoX's $4,000 damage suit in the
district court against the Rock Island
Cox was in a bridge gang and had his
hand smashed by a heavy timber while
working in Riley county. He was the
only witness in his own behalf while
the railway had number who testified
that the accident was due to Cox's own
negIigence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29

A Kansas City pottery drummer by
the name of Jagglin was arrested by
the police shortly after midnight last
night in a very Missouri condition. He
was fined s. in police court this morn
ing and is at work on the rock pile
pending the arrival of his expense
money which he has teiegraphed for.
with which to pay his fine
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SOME EXACT FIGURES.
Tabulated List of All Dead and Miss
sing Reaches 366.

ST. Louis, May 29-3 b. m.-The fol-
lowing list was tabulated at police
headquarters this afternoon.
known dead ia st. Louis, 157; un-
known dead in st. Louis, "a; fatally in
jured in St Louis. Is. missing in st.
Louis. %. known dead in East St.LOuis
13S. unknown dead i'm East St Louis, 8;
fatally injured in East St Louis, 80;
total 366
ae-,+rs- II 80 s7.1,- t i, 7+sI t,t q
said to be approximately correct. The
police believe with every one else that
the total is likely to be sWelled when
work on the ruins has been completed.
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s. W. M'ELB0Y FOR JUDGE.
He is Nominated by the Populists ar
Colby Today.

was nominated by the Popuhst conven-
ton for judge of the western division Of
the northern department of the appel
late court, on the first ballot. David
Rathbone received the next highest
vote.
The convention was harmonious
throughout and the best of feeling pre-
vailed
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TOmOrrOW's Issue viii
be more than usually in
teresting.
teresting.

We can't begin to tell you all it viii
contain We don't know ourselves. be-
cause thousands of words of news win
come as usual all day tomorrow and no
man can foreten just what it wih be-
but you can depend upon it the JOUR-
NAL viii have daily what's going on in
Topeka, Kansas. United States and the
World in General.
We don't make any great splurge on
advertising for tomorrow, but some
people want the space and we strive
to accommodate them an-at reason
able rates and we believe they all gem
orally get their money back. and more,
too.
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The Rockford Watch Co. Failure.

Rockford. III. May 29.-Assignee r.
vim French has filed q schedule Of the
Rockford watch company for record.
The assets are $265 900. There is a real
estate mortgage on the factory to Sc
cure the bonds the company to the
amount of S150,000, only two-thirds of
which have hean issIlal
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Among The st. Louis victims.

Chicago. May PA special to the
Record from New York. says: James
g. Cannon vice president Of the Fourth
National bank here. is thought to be
among the missing in the St. Louis tor
nado. There is great anxiety over his
Whereabouts.
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pany. $1,000; Mrs. Helms, residence. S.
500
on Hickory street. Robert Neivert,
residence. 5000; Mrs Brenab, resi-
dence, S8OOO NJ. Kneesy, residence,
$1,000; St Henrys church and school,
SIS 600
On Chouteau and Jefferson avenues:
by Kemkamp, residence, $4,000; Dr.
ParsOn, residence, $5, 600; Chouteau hall
SO 5000
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A. II. ANDERSON SAFE.
Son-in-law Of DR.. a 6. Sample in the
St. Louis Cyclone.

A telegram received this afternoon
from A. T. Anderson of St. Louis by
DR.. Sample says:
House gone, lost everything, but we
are not hurt
Mr.. Anderson is ticket agent for the
Vandalia road in St Louis and has a
number of friends in Topeka.
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81. LOUIS NOT IN NEED.
It is East st. Louis That Needs As
sistance.

Chicago. May 29-The following mes
sage received here by the general man
ager of the Associated Press:
St. Louis. May 29.-St Louis does not
need assistance East St Louis is ap-
pealing for aid The proportion of de
struction to population there is some
thing awful (Signed)
CHARLES w. KNAPP
Editor of the Republic
ST. Louis, May 29-St. Louis is pro
foundly thankful for sympathy and
prOffered aid, but is amply able to care
for her sufferers. East St. Louis, how
ever, is worse hurt than we are and
help is needed badly there
ALBERT LAWSON
Managing Editor the Dispatch.
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Funeral ofB. \. Pavne.

The funeral of 3. T. Payne will be
held at the residence, northeast cor
ner Kansas avenue and Kious street,
Saturday evening at $50 o'clock
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Dr. A. P Sawyer: I have used one
box of your Pastilles. and they have
helped me more than anything else
most everything Mary Johnson, Bush
nell. III. Frank Sim, Pharmacist, GOT
Kansas avenue.
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Saturdays State Journal
will again be
10 PAGES, TOMORROW.

The regular circulation of the STATE
JOURNAL does not as a rule run any
larger for any one particular day in the
week than another, that is to say. the
subscribers. and that means practically
everybody in Topeka and a large num-
ber nearly everywhere in Kansas read
the STATE JOURNAL
every Day and Sun
day, too"
They can't afford to miss it a single
issue. because that is a day lost
They read it Monday,
They read it Tuesday.
They read it Wednesday.
They read it Thursday.
They read it Friday.
They read it Saturday.
They read it Sunday
That is
they read Saturdays issue Saturday
and Sunday. There is often SO much in
the paper Saturday that people cant.
or prefer not to, read it an on Saturday
evening, 50 they read it Sunday too
Todays paper is a "Great Trade Put
Ter" So is every days STATE JOUR-
NAL.
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seven 20 old Erortgars.

E. r. Worthington has begun fore
closure suit against eCOrnelfa Curry
ct al on a mortgage Of $780, dated De-
cember y, 1889, defaulted June u. 1895.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

c. w. Jewell to Mrs. Sarah NJ. Bod
we'll Ontario county New York, lots
253 and 255 Topeka avenue, 81. 200.
Elizabeth A. Moore to James A Swan.
lots 160 162 and south one-half lot 15S.
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HOW WE GROW.
In 1888 the circulation Was.-----... 500
January I, 1891, were printed.....- 3,lz5
Daily average for year 1891.-...--- 4.38o
Daily average for year 1S92-.--.... 5,o69
Daily average for year 1s98.......- 6.21a
Daily average for year 1894--....-- s,41s
Daily average for year 1895.-...... 9.217
Daily average for March. 1896..-.-1O.678
Daily average for April, 1ss6-.--.--1o s6l
Daily aver. week ending May 22...11.07o
Daily aver. week ending May o. -I,279
Issue for Thursday. May 2s, (St.
Louis storm editions. etc) c).......1s.22g
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Take no substitute nor imitation
Bremner's butter waters acknowledged
the best
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A Steady Growth.
HOW WE GROW

BY the way, to repeat a record ale
ready pretty familiar.
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Loss of Property Estimated as
High as S5O,OOO,OOO-