Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-29
ST. LOUIS DISASTER.
The sole Topic in LOODisS and Cloak.
Rooms Of Congress.
LEADERS DISTURBED
81 Thcm Would Prefer Now
90 "a Have Their Party Convcn-
don in the stricken cits-iio"m"n
ct,im Bencficiarics.

claim Bcnciicinrics'
distinction. ID. c., May 2S.-(spe-
..1-rhe terrlbly-disasirous cyclone at
-. fl,is yesterday was tho topic OF con-
...,, among congressman and sena-
d, che Hobbies and cloak-rooms Of
IN houses Of Congress during the morn
~. The wires sim being down, very
r.re information additional to that pub
,.t.5 GIN the morning papers could be
,.,,,8 and the anxiety Of some Of the
...ssmen who reside In the stricken
,.earilne their families and friends
mas very great.
r.,resentauye Bartholdts family, now
e.. 81 Louis. Is said to reside within the
.,,-ter I'm which he storm played sucn
l.l havoc. and within a square Of
,.-,,rli, Han. one Of the buildings re
...,,eI 10 have been lcvelled to the
-.,,,8. Nr. Bartholdt was in a state Of
.-.,t excitement and hung around the
..t..-anb.oflce all the morning, imploring
..., to get him some news about mis-
,..,rv. The telegraph officials assured
bio, chat nothing could be done until
,,mmanlcation was re-estabiished.
Az length. after hours Of torturing
-.,...y the Congressman received very
'..t.sr.te and brief intelligence 70 the
,r..t fhat so far as known. or could be
,...rfaIncd. there were no indications
a., amy members OF his family were
.--rr those killed or wounded. This
a.. au hc could get, and with this he
..m have 90 be content until Geographic
,.-.ourication Is again in good working
order I'll
.-.rHrie cyclone upon the nerves Of the
p.,ghlican congressman here, that some
~ -trm have been seriously considering
.s. r-1uricty Of calling the National Com
,-ftee together. ana changing the place
lfr1iding the national convention. Ihere
we're many inquiries as 10 whether the
convention building had been wrecked,
and some OF the inquirers secretly hOpeu
that 10 had been, 50 that there would %
l,aI.I reason for calling the convention
-..vhere. In the absence Of more au-
,tertIc information. the discussion Of the
matter was held over for a future day.
MANY hope the convention will be taken
from ST. Louis. as they do not care TO
t..t the wrecked and gref-stricken city
Dst now. Those cities which opposed 81
,Yis and which were so thoroughly
g.fasted by the latter city, viii now do
All I'm their power to act on the feelings Of
..-yoYs congressman and delegates to get
e. convention elsewhere. 1t Is quite
s,gbtfil If they can succeed, but the
CYCLONE al St. Louis is looked upon as
ls8 omen for .he coming Repuphcan
convention.
BOWMAN CLAIMS.
Tho General deficiency bill. which is now
ieflrc the conference committee OF the
ISL, houses. contains about &,OO,VO worm
~ claims placed there by the Senate, and
which are known as the Bowman
claims" which were investigated ana re-
r.rtei on favorably by the United states
Court of Claims. and the payment OF
which was authorized by the act OF March
@ 1Sg but which for some reason are
etu unran There Is, however, pro-
vision .n the general deficiency bill lot
IN. r4vncnt of the Bowman claims, when
,,4s rn8er discussion the greater portion
O.. tho dav Yesterday, and which nnally
,s.sol hv vote of yeas. III. nays. ~
rof voting. A. Among these claims are
large number in which Nirglnians are
Interested. and the final passage OF the
SIN authorizing their payment VIII De
welcome news IN many Virginia house
boil 49,. ron
Ou this Bowman provision OF the gen
eral deficiency bill the Virginia memoels
voted as follows: Neas-Messrs' Lhet''
Meredith. Otoy. and Walker; nays-Mr'
Jones. not voting, Messrs. lhorp' l"iH'''
tucker. Tyler. and swanson.
Mil be- benefited by the passage OF TINS
Bowman provision in the general DEN
aucy BID.
fonln ID Allen. Of Henrico, sl65l.
William II. Anderson. Of Frederick coun-
iy N0. mic.
sarah W. Brown, of Allegheny county,
30
Susan Brown. Of Culpeper, Sd6A4o.
William Bushby. OF Alexandra, Sl'2s.S9.
Martha $. Clark, of Amelia county >to'.
Alexander Donnan, administrators OF
Thomas Farrell. deceased, late OF Prince
seorge county. S.2o7. 800,
Elknah Fawcett, Of Winchester N'o'l'
John T.. Febrey, Of Fairfax county
10.
samuel w. George. ST., Of Loudoun
county S6l2
George w. Gunnen. administrator OF
Elizabeth Gunnen, deceased, late OF FaiI-
l4> county. S512i. ~,
Jesse Owings. trustee of Ann Z. har-
Dr.. OF Alexandria county. l,6so.
81 Clair d. Kirtley and Francis W.
Krtley. Of Rockingham county, 800
Mary +. Lewis. Of Clarke county N'VV-'
John Mulholand. Peter Mulholland' anu
Patrick Mulholland. OF Fairfax county
t,,.. -,.,.,,. o,,ocvtrfx If William II.
TAYLOR. deceased late Of Fairfax county,
Est. .
James 70. Russell, executor OF sampson
Dgchstone. deceased, late Of Frederick
bounty SLIPS.
Rowena +. Vaughn. Administrative OF
Walker Vaughn. deceased, late OF Cu'-
;c1er county. $50.
John Waldron, late of Green0rier couh-
4. &gs420.
v. Daus white. administratriX of Ben
hmln x. White. late Of Dinwiddie couh-
B Cz3
William II. Woodland. Of Shenandoah
bounty SIP
Matthew woodward. of Prince William
county 500
Furneybold Mercer. Of Jones county. n.
=. ga.
yOST-TUCKER CONTEST.
I'M the rush Of appropriation bills ana
fNer matters OF interest which always
road iu az the close Of a session. the con-
tied-siection cases not yet acted upon
",n % be almost forgotten Among 'nen
81 thc case Of YOst vs.. Tucker, Of VT
Er.a. in which there was report py
ta committee I'm favor Of Mr.. Tucker
te sitting member.
General Walker. however. who Is
member Of Elections Committee NO. o.
which passed upon the case. has Deeh
itching 20 get in "a partisan minority re.
Iot in favor OF Yost. He wants, II