The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-05
ANGRY At WALBRIDCE
ct. Louis Citizens Hang the
Mayor in Effigy.
LATEST NEWS OF THE CYCLONE.

large Number of People who Are Miss
ing from East st. Lou supposed to Have
Been Drowned in the River-Eighty Five
Miles Of streets Obstructed by Debris as
the Result of the Tornado-Large Num-
her Of Burial Permits Issued.
ST. LOUIS, June "a movement has |
been inauguratcd 10 raise n fund of $3.50 !
DO or more To aid those who lost their |
homes i'm their efforts To rebuild. At the |
first meeting an impromptu one, held at
the MONDAY club $4,000 was contributed
by prominent business men, and this will
be increased II is proposed to loan tor
nado sufferers money on second mortgage
Mayor Walbridgc was hanged in efligy
"Wednesday night by u crowd of citizens
Who were indignant at his action in rcfus-
ing outside aid for St Louis The same
crowd passed resolutions dcnouncing him
hcrcely and vindictivcly attacking his
personal character.
Held Another Meeting.
1t was after the meeting at ~. Louis
| Turner hall called by south side
| merchants, adjourned that fifty two men
| who were dissatisfied with the result went
| to a hall over Flcschmans saloon and
| held another meeting G l.. Jones pre-
| sided and addresses were made by
( Barney Crow, John Leischman, Ed
| Moran, James Flynn and others. The
| speeches and dcnunciatory resolutions SO
| aroused the feeling against the mayor
that il was determined To hang him in
eliigy. The strngiug up of the figure was
| tnI x.rifh .haar- I.V flp fine the
work was complete crowd of several
| hundred spectators had assembled 20 view
| the proceedings. aud that they approved
the work was evidenced by the shouts
| which arosc al the sight OF the dummy.
On the front of the body were fastened
three placards bearing the following in
| s.riptions: 'In memory Of our mayor
"My motto: Down with the afflicted.
"Will wc have this man for our gov
ernorY"
wrath of the storm.
There has been just eighty-iiVe miles oil
| streets obSiructcd by debris as n result oi
the tornado All of these streets have
been nude pas,iblc and will be cleaned
up in ten days I'm the city there are iso
miles OF improved streets, so IL can he
seen to what extent the tornado interrupt
ed traffic The storm district, on its out
side lines. extended from the river on the
e,st IN Tower Grove avenue on the west
and from Olive street on the north To
Lynch street ON the south. This com
, prises an area of six square miles. The
extreme limits were three miles east ana
west and two miles north and south
! An adequate idea of the damage done can
, | bc formed when it is stated that II all the
houses damaged and blown down were
| on both sides of one street, that street
would be just righty-ive miles long. lh'
| figure is given 10y the street commissioner
+ who ha, been through the entire district
t and from the reports of his general super
y | intendcnt, who has cut IA roadway through
4 the eighty five miles of streets.
MAY Rave Found Watery Graves.
: 1t has been feared that u large numbe
i Of the people now reported missing iron
!. East St Louis found watcry graves IL
i the mast two DAYS two bodies have beer
if dragged from the Mississippi's waters
q The body of an unknown woman WA
c taken from the water near East Carondc
I. LET. Ii still lies unidentified. Tony Mes
Is sing. who formerly lived at 1896 Nortl
Nineteenth street, was found in the waite
near the PittSburg dixie, near the East ~
Louis elevator. In addition To this
4 large number of horses and other animal
e. have been found in the debris which ha
N rolled along the hunks \ number of thcs
u horses were fully harncsScd and as tn
Of storm occurred AT u time when the rive
lr front wns crowded with teams going {
IN and coming from It. Louis with the la'
nj load for the day it is thought that nun
H. Der of the drivers may also have bee
ne swcpt into the stream. There Is no WA
is to fully determine the number Of mis-
ing ID to date they number twenty-si'
No Additional Bodies Recovered.
., Burial permits To the number OF II
have been issued; one inquest has bee
)" held for which no permit was issued an
n there have been two additional bodi'
" found Injured in hospital numb
IL forty weight, of which seven can not liv
llS No additional bodies have been recovcr'
lF from the roads of the tornado strickt
IN district i'm 1t. Louis and only one ado
= tional dcnth has been reported. Those I
r. ported "Wednesday missing are; Jam
II McGurk. Cincinnati; George Mnllor
2S wears old. worked for Missouri Car ~
Foundry company; William Nolan,
cd vcors old; Julius Gohcring. - years IN
cbinists. Gustave Dertling. ~ years, 81
nd North Broadway A rccapitulation oi q
,b- casualty list in st Louis is as follow
Ks Burial pcrmts issued to date, l21;
I'd quest. no permit ISSUED, !; killed Don
nd not recovered ~; wounded in hospiti
-ed oo. missing people, - The total amou
YES of contributions received is sl6l ,65s.
Chief Clerk Of Pension Bureau.
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