Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-02


open air Thursday night. The public build
| ings were thrown open for the accommoda-
ton of the destitute and unfortunate, and
these places were crowded to their capacity.
Food for the hungry was furnished liberal
| ly by citizens and keepers of restaurants in
the neighborhood of these temporary shell
tiers. All night and throughout Friday
morning hundreds, and in some cases
thousands Of people surrounded the tenn
porary morgues, and within were heart
rendin scenes enacted as relatives
came to take away the remains of their
loved ones and parties seeking to identify
| some of the unknown dead ma de the rounds
of the silent forms. Hundreds Of furniture
wagons. carts and in many cases buggies
and private vehicles are being brought into
| reQuistion to move away whatever of the
| personal property can be digged out of the
ruins or, at the risk Of the lives of the
salvage corps. can be gotten from the lower
rooms of residences, the walls of which are
tottering and threatening every moment to
bury those beneath. These scenes will be
reenacted during the hours of daylight for
days to come. Fortunately the weather is
fine and there Is no indication of rainy
SPELL Were the conditions otherwise the
misery and suffering would be intensified a
hundred fold, and the property loss In
creased by large figures.
Convention Will BE Held in st. Louis.
The Business Mems league Friday morn
ing issued statement to the country to
the effect that the disaster will in no way
interfere with the engagements already
made for the republican convention, or
for the housing and entertainment of the
delegates.
Despite the exaggerated stories that were
given circulation during the hours inme-
diately following the calamity, when the
impression was sought to be conveyed that
all st. Louis had been laid low, and that
the exposition and convention auditorium
had been wiped out, 1t should now be
definitely known through the country that
only narrow strip across the Mill creek
valley was devastated, and that the prin-
cipal business part of the city is un-
! scathed. The damage to the structure in
| which the convention is to be held is
much less than ut first anticipated, and
will not exceed 81 500, and repairs can be
completed by the end of next week None
of the large hotels have been injured in
any way.
Coroner Kept Busy.
Up to noon Friday Coroner Wait had
held so inquests on as many of the uni
| Identified dead. In each case a Stereotyped
verdict setting forward the fact that the
| deceased had come to his dea til or her
| death by injuries received as the result
OF tornado was returned About the
same number of inquests have been held
in East st. Louis the verdicts being in
similar terms. Workmen are busily en-
| SaSeQ III clearing away the WrecNdRe tne
| ST. Louis Refrigerator & Wooden Gutter
company at the corner of Fourth street
and Park avenue, in which 1t is believed
| over rs bodies lie beneath the ruins. The
mass Of debris is SO great, however. that
1t is not believed the basement of the
| building in which the bodies are will be
| reached inside of u hours.
| Out from the Jaws of Death.
While workmen were digging in the
ruins of one of the tenements at Seventh
and Rutger streets, where so much havoc
was caused. an infant voice cried out:
Please don't be so rough
| An opening was quickly made In the
| debris above the spot from whence the
voice issued and through its depths ten
year-old boy leading three girls about the
| same age, appeared. All were uninjured, al!
| though they were weak from hunger and
confinement for nearly 40 hours. A shout of
| joy went up from the crowd, and before
| the police could ascertain any names the
little ones had been carried away. Some
body asked the little boy as he was disap-
pcaring how he came to be so lucky, and he
piped in childish accents: I'VE Just fell
| in soft place."
The steamer City of Quincy. recently
purchased by the River club, composed OF
| ST. Louis millionaires. is reported sunk,
with Waterman, engineer and cook. Re
cent purchase and repairs involved an ex-
/ penditure of 100000.
Damage to Church Property.
The damage to church property in ST
i Louis, is estimated at s250,0O0 Most of
| these churches are located in the territory
south of the railroad tracks. east of Grand
| avenue and north Of Arsenal street. The
losses are about equally divided between
these denominations: Presbyterian, Meth
o6ist, Baptist, Unitarian, Episcopal, Con-
gregationalist, Christian, Evangelical.
Lutheran and Roman Catholic.
| Tn, oil edt in ba
the edge of the storm. ST. Henry's Roman
Catholic church on the corner Of California
avenue and Caroline street is totally
wrecked.
Trains Running Over Eads Bridge.
General Manager e. P. Bryan, of the
| Terminal association, announced at noon
| that all trains are running usual over
| the 1cads bridge, and that the upper, or
pedestrian roadway Will be in shape for
/ travel by Wednesday. He adds that the
| loss is not as great as at first reported, and
that the total damage to buildings, rolling
stock and bridges will not exceed 100000.
| No fault in construction, but purely the
| frightful velocity of the wind at that par
| ticular point was responsible for the dam
age occasioned
| A Generous Contribution.
Chicago, May 3O.-At a special meeting
| Chicago. May 29.-At a special melting
of the Builders and Traders e.;cange Fri
day afternoon resolutions We're adopted
| expressing sympathy with the sufferers by
the cyclone in st. Louis, and rendering $500
of the funds of the exchange to be ex-
pended by the Builders exchange of st.
Louis for the relief OF the suffering in their
city and vicinity.
A New Senator.
Baton Rouge, La, May 2o.-Ex-Gov.
5. d. McEnery was elected United
States senator yesterday by the legisla-
ture.
Convicted of Diamond Smuggling.
Philadelphia, May 29.-Herman Kccls,
diamond merchant, of Cincinnati. was