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street and Geyer avenue: two unknown
children, 1926 South Ninth street: Nal
achi Mcdonald, 30, single, 27i5 Clark
avenue; unknown baby, . years old,
picked mp at Twenty-second and Mar
ket streets; Robert Miller, Blair and
Benton avenues; unknown, picked M
at Third and Rutger: William Ottewad;
John Burgess; Wallace T. c. Butler:
Booker Epstein; -Bornstein; Fred
Iimmers, chief engineer union depot
power house; unknown child. about 8
years old, California and Ann avenues:
J. Lcmckc. manager St. Louis BARRIERS
supply Co.: unknown man, at \. b..
Jones broom factory: Josephine Mar
TIM; fifteen unknown men: one I'M
known woman: one unknown girl; John
Rafferty,: Harry Hess: Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
vid SADIE: George Woods, clerk in Van
dalia Office; Henry Stricken, Vandalia
railway: J. h. Kecne, Vandalia rail-
way; DR.. G. L. Neall, dentist; two chill
dren OF Mrs, Horace Trump. Litchfeid.
H.; Mrs. Richey; Joe Frank; Joe Mitch
ell; Phil Stricken; Charles Carroll, bar
Der; John Kent: Mrs. Scott Hayward:
Frank Rose; Ed K~avanaugh: Jacob
kurt2, Nincennes. Ind: Mrs. Clenden-
ming; Mrs. Bruce; Mrs. Emma Sullivan;
Robert Bland; John Reamer; Charles
MaitZ; William Suber; Henry Winter
man; - Anderson; Palmslov.
Miss Conley; Mrs. Slide: Charles
Waites, 1919 Collins avenue: William
Surber; Henry WATERMAN An
d%erson; Peter Walmsby; Miss Conley:
Mrs. Slide; John Hayes; Mrs. William
Hayes; Mrs. Pat Bean; j. A. Porter,
Broughton, H.; lagman of air line,
name unknown; John Hayes; Mrs. Will
liam Hayes; unknown boy: unknown
travelling man; Mr.. and Mrs. David S.
Sage; George Woods, clerk in Vandalia
office; Henry Spricker, Vandalia line:
j. Il. Heine, Vandalla line: DR.. c. T..
Null, dentist; John Kent: Mrs. Scott
Hayward; Frank Rose: o. Kayanaugh ;
Jacob Kurtz, Vincennes, Ind; Mrs.
~Clendennin; Mrs. Bruce; Mrs. Emma
sullivan; John Brames; twenty m
ployes of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco
company at Tower Grove Park: twenty
men employed In the st. Louis Wooden
Gutter and Refrigerator factory, at Sec
ond stree. ond Par venue
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the same time 1t Is relatively high in
the south, causing the warm, s~outherly
winds laden with moisture. to blow
from the gulf of Mexico. This mols-
ture has been held in suspense by the
warm atmosphere, and the humidity
consequently increased from day to day.
The mean temperature averaged from 3
to IL degrees above the normal each
day, while the humidity ranged from
Z to 20 per cent each mean, for this
season of the year.
"Wednesday morning, the weather
map showed the low pressure still over
lying the west with the center of de-
preston extending in irregular oval
from the Texas Panhandle through
west Kansas and Nebraska. Through
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Elscwhcrs In Missouri.

Baldwin. Mo-. special: a hurricane
accompanied by a terrific rain and hail
storm. passed over st. Louis County
about i:3O Wednesday afternoon. For
three hours rain fell in torrents and
hail fell to n depth of several inches.
Great damage was done to crops
throughout this section of the country.
Several buildings were blown down.
but so far as can be learned no n
in this section was seriously injured.
Moberly, Mo-. special: Ten people
were killed In a tornado which struck
the village OF Labaddie, Franklin
county, Wednesday evening. and the
town of Renick, ten miles from Mober-
ly, in Randolph county, was completely
wiped out. Nothing definite from eth
or place.
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List OF u Dead,

Inc following is a list of the dead,
according to the latest advices from
the stricken city:
Michael Bradshaw. ST South Jefferson
avenue; Katie Clayphal, aged q. and
Mrs. Clayphal, S1i South Jefferson ave-
nue.: Martin Mcdonald. 27i5 Clark ave-
nue.: unknown baby. Pas Clark ave.
nue.; Mrs. Cheney, 1ilj Mississippi ave-
nue.; John p. Pendy; Jennie Hahn,
Shrewsbury Park: Charles Nee, 4OG
South Seventh street; William Wrinkle,
Eighth street and Park Il James
Dunn, city hospital: unknown child,
9il Papin street; two unknown men,
Iwenty-seventh and st. Vincent ave
nue.; unknown woman, Thirteenth and
Soulard street; unknown man, Dallman
anu Park avenue; "janitor ST. Paul's
church: unknown man, Eighteenth
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mead AZ East st. louis.

Great difficulty is being cncounterel
at East st. Louis in the work of identi-
fying the dead. The latest adyices give
the following list:
David Langg and wife; Philip Strick-
Ter; George Roose; Miles Mitchell; Mar
tin Martel. proprietor Martel house;
three servant girls in Martel house;
James Kent; sixteen unknown dead ID
Vandalia freight house; twelve dead IN
Louisville 4 Nashville freight house;
seventeen dead in Big Four freight
house; five dead in Air Line freight
house: twenty dead at tho cast switch
house Of the Eads bridge; four dead
at relay depot; six members of a wharf
boat crew. Charles Carroll, barber;
John Kent; Mrs. Scott Hayward; Frank
Rose; Ed Kavanaugh; Jacob Kurt,
Nincennes. Ind: Mrs. C~lendenning;
Mrs. Bruce; Mrs. Emma Sullivan;
Robert Bland John Reamer: Charles
Maitz; William Subcr; Henry Winter
man: - Anderson; - Palmsley;
Miss Conley: Mrs. Slide; Flagman of
Air Line. name unknown; John Hayes;
Mrs. William Hayes: Mrs. Pat Bean;
John Valentine; City Collector David s.
Sage and wife; Philip Strickler. Jr., and
mother; Judge Faux. of Nandalia, ILL.,;
Mrs. NJ. Martell: All of the boarders at
Martell House except Judge Hope of
Alton. ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. John Hayes:
Will Hayes; Sixteen boarders at Ire
mont House; William Mitchell; Irene
Clendenen; William Sullivan and wife;
Mrs. John Reed; Patrick Dean and
family of six; John BuCharz; two
boardcrs at Stacey's boarding house;
Edward O'Brien; John Breen; Ida
Gladduc: Mrs. Roof: Albert Nolkman;
Joseph Mitchell; John sullivan: Will
lam Hickey: unknown man on Collins
vile avenue: son OF Mrs. Ira Kent.
Among the missing are: Eddie Bland,
supposed to be under the VIZ, ok of the
Nandalia depot; City Clerk Jerry Kahn:
Frank Bland: Frank Mccormick; AL
bert Nolkman; Earl Keene; George
Woods; Mike Kildea; W. f. Kiefer;
Alvin Mate; Will Murray; Dan Kelly:
George Romer; w. Frelink: w. Han
ford, all employees in Vandalia depot
and believed to be in its ruins.
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fcred In some way from the storm.
The wagon way of the Eads bridge
on the East st. Louis side Is a crumb-
ling mass OF mortar and stones, and
parts of the tower and pier No. l have
also been torn away. Thousands OF
dollars will not cover the damage TO
the bridge. An outbound acCOmmo-
dalton train on the Chicago and Alton
road was wrecked by "A broken rail,
but fortunately nobody among the pas
Bengers were hurt. The tanks of
the Watcrs-Pierce Oil company on
Gratlot street blew up, spreading
destruction on every hand. Three
stories OF the Coe Manufacturing com
pany's building, Ninth and Gratiot,
and nearly half of the WaiuVright
brewery were blown down. The Sum
mer high school, at Eleventh and
Spruce; McDermot's saloon. Eleventh
and Chestnut; the central cmigrant sta
ton on the opposite corner, and Jcre
Shohan's livery stable, Eleventh and
Walnut, were unro1fpd.
The roof of the republican convention
hall was blown of.
The scene In the river vas appalling.
Steamboats, mOored at their landings
were torn away, turned over and sunk.
drowning all on board. Many people
were seen clinging TO floating wreck
age, and piteously appealing for help.
At present it is impossible to estimate
the lives lost. The hospitals are full OF
injured, and the morgue contains many
dead, while numbers of slain lie every
where among the ruins Of the dcm0l-
ished buildings. Many OF the dead will
never be identified,
The Plant flour mills, the st. Louis
iron aud steel works are demolished,
and the immense Cupples block is par
tally destroyed.
a terrible feature Of the storm was
the blowing down OF Old City hospital.
The entire north wing OF the ramshack-
lie old structure was blown away. Two
patients were killed and a number Sc
riously injured. How many of the IN.
fortnnates of the city resting in thu
hospital walls at the time the storm
struck win die as a result Of the expo
sure to the elements cannot be conjec'
tired.
Returns from the st. Louis races are
received at the track at Lakeside. Ind,
and q few minutes after 9 o'clock the
operator sending the report Of tbs
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races stopped his work long enough to
remark: There goes the grandstand."
Then his wire collapsed and nothing
more was heard from him. In a few
seconds the same message was re-
ported from Lexington, Ky. with the
additional information that fully $50
people were dead. This information
was subsequently corrobOrated by the
operator of the Wabash road at DcCa-
tur. who said that in his second mes
sage received from East ST. Louis 1t
was declared that the grand stand at
the races was down and that fully $50
people were buried in the ruins.
At East st. Louis the destruction
seemed greatest. Il. G.. Rice, Western
Union manager at the relay depot,
climbed across the demolished bridge
and renorted the National hotel, the
fremont House. the Martcll House, the
DeWOlf cafe. the Heel Milling ON
pany's mill, Horns cooper shop, and
n great many dwellings cast Of there IA
for as Fifth street. gone ana many peo-
pie killed. The baltimore and Ohio
and Fandalia round-house. the stand.
ard oil works, the East st. Louis ana
Crescent elevators. and lively" freight
houses on the loyep, are demolished.
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the water. Realizing that any moment
his train might be blown into the water
or else the bridge be blown away Scott,
with rare presence of mind, put on a
full head of steam in an effort to make
the east side shore. The train had
scarcely proceeded 200 feet and about
the same distance from the shore when
IN upper span of the bridge was blown
away. Tons OF hige granite blocks
tumbled to the tracks where the train
loaded with passengers had been but
a moment before. At about the same
instant the wind struck the train, up
setting all the cars like p~laythings.
Luckily no one was killed, but several
were taken out severely injured. The
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Sturgeon. Mo-. special: A cyclone
passed three miles north of Sturgeon
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. At
Renick three men were seriously in
jured, and a family OF colored people
were carried over a mile. two emil
dren being badly hurt. Friendship
church, north of town, was demol-
ishcd.
Mexico, Mo, special: A cyclone
swept across Audrian county Wednes-
day evening, doing great damage to
crops and wrecking many buildings.
Seven people have been killed in the
county and probably twenty-five badly
injured. In the Bean creek district a
school house was carried completely
away, and a daughter of Joseph b.
Ware, one of the pupils. was killed,
and Lulu Eubanks and Hilda Blase,
also school children, were fatally in
jnred. Others along the route of the
ornado In this district. whose names
cannot be learned, are more or less in
Jured. At the Dye school house, six or
eight miles further southeast, not Il pu-
pill escaped uninjured. and five children
were killed, three outright, two dying
later at this place. The school house
was utterly demolished and several OF
the children were blown a great dis
lance away, and were not found until
several hours afterward, and then in a
mutllated condition.
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out the state OF Missouri high temporal
ture and humidities prevailed with
south winds. The day would be popu-
larly termed warm, hazy. muggy.'
Although reports are missing. owing
to the widespread destruction, it is now
evident the storm area moved slowly
east during the day. The barometer
commenced TO fall at 9 O'Clock and by
noon 1t had fallen a thirteenth of an
inch. About this time the sky became
covered with dark, thickly-cumulated
strata, which by 6 o'clock formed a
mass of stratus cloud. which commenc-
ed to assume a light-grecn color in the
northeast.
This green color slowly advanced
from the northeast. spread more to the
west and north. At the same time the
temperature commenced to fall.
THE normal cyclonic circulation thus
brought winds of different tcmpera-
lures and humidities into an upper posi-
ton, with the results that a decided
instability was produced in the atmos-
phere and a violent secondary storm
center was created. The barometer
continued to fall rapidly and by ) p. m.
1t had fallen % of an inch since noon.
The wind was becoming variable, with
a tendency toward a northerly dircc-
ton until lightning and thunder had
commenced. at 1870 y. IN.
AT j:Oi p. M. the storm broke forth
III all its fury; the wind changed sud
denly to northwest, with rapidly in
croasing velocity. and the rain fell in
torrents. The green cloud still remain
ed III the west and north. but the storm
moved toward the southeast with large,
angry detached masses of cumulus
LIQUIDS crossing each other. At AS p.
m. the wind changed from the north,
having the greatest velocity in the his
tory OF st. Louis. About ; p. III. the
wind had reached about 62 miles and
later on it changed in its direction to
he southeast.
IRON J:Oi p. m. to Goa p. IN. LBS
inches OF rain fell. When the rain end
ed at 9:OJ y. m. l.53 inches had fallen
in all. The electrical storm was of UNI
uSllai volume. The sky was almost one
continuous blaze OF light and the clouds
extended far into the SOUTH
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Wild Face with Death.

While the storm vas at It's highest
the passenger train on the Chicago &
Alton railway pulled out on the bridge
from the Missouri side. It. was IN its
way east. Engineer Scott had only
proceeded a short distance when he
realized the awful danger which threat
ened the train. The wind struck the
coaches. at first causing Them TO careen.
At that time he was about half way
across. Overhead the poles were snap
ping and tumbling into the river. while
large stones were shifting loose from
their foundations and plunging into
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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JUNE -, 1896.

wrecked part OF the bridge IL just east
of the big tower. near the Illinois shore,
The entire upper portion, travcrscd by
street ears and carriages, is carried
away, while the tracks beneath are
buried In the debris. i'm some places
eight feet deep. At midnight a report
cr penetrated the mud and debris to
the burning St. Louis refrigerator ware
house. Several injured firemen had
been taken from the wreck. AMI three
more were known to be in the ruins.
pire Adds to the Horror.
Fire addcd muCn to the storms loss
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Death and destruction reign supreme
In st. Louis and vicinity as a result OF
the most terrible storm that ever visit
ed that section. Buildings of every
description are in ruins. and. az n re-
suit. hundreds of people are reported
dead and injured. but, until order Is re-
stored, 1t will be impossible TO make
any definite statement. Reports are in
circulation that seven steamers lying
at wharf boats have been sunk, with
all on board.
The city was left in darkness. as the
electric lights and trolley wires were
blown down.
The storm broke out about 3 o'clock
wednesday afternoon after a most OPP
pressively hot day. and the rain began
10 iall. IL soon developed into "A fierce
thunderstorm. with the wind from the
east. A little later the wind had
gained a velocity of eighty miles an
hour, driving the rain before il and
tearing loose signs, cornices, chimneys.
n everything in its way. Many
buildings OF every description we're de-
molished, and others set on fire by
lightning and crossed wires.
Inc streets were full OF people going
nome from work. and a panic ensued
as soon as the storm broke. Men were
buildings, horses and carriages were
sent hying here and there, and falling
wires, full of deadly fluid, added to
the horror OF the scene.
Suddenly the wind veered around to
the west and completed the destruc-
ton. 1t Is asserted By some of those VINO
have travorsed the downtown part
OF the city that there are but few build
ings In st. Louis that have not sur-
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tho stream. ~ the same moment the
Dolphin's ropes parted, and the tug
began to ship water. The wind blow
her against the bridge. While this was
going on the women ana The other men
on the boat climbed TO the upper
decks.
When the boat struck the bridge
those on board had 10 dodge TO escape
the iron work OF the structure. The
mate saw there was no hope If they
stayed on board. Jennie Mitchell was
the first to climb on the ironwork. She
was assisted by two OF the men. whilc
the mate stayed on deck to help Emma
Nolan. AS she swung herself to The
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Dpscrihed by Brsnkcnfcid.

II. w. Frankerfcld. the St. LOuis
weather officer, vas q busy man during
and after the storm. In an interview
he said:
'For the past week the weather in the
vicinity Of St. Louis has been charac-
tcrized by low pressure, high tempcra-
lures. excessive humidity, and prevail
ing ~southerly winds. The pressure has
also been low throughout the west. At
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Eirhty pnniIs lkiiIch.

Kansas City, Mo-. special: Alton
train dispatcher reports eighty chill.
dren killed at Drake, near R%oodhousc.
H., by the cyclone, They were buried
in a school building.
Drake, whore seventy children are re-
ported killed. Is a small town in
Greene county. and 24o miles from Chi
cago on the Chicago, Kansas City and
Denver short line of the Alton railroad
II is Ave miles west OF Roodbouso a
junction point on the Alton road and
ll5 miles southwest of bloomington
and directly in the track of the furious
storm 1t Is approximately sixty miles
northwest OF St, Louis. and about MID
way between Chicago and Kansas civ
IL has a Western Union telegram sto.
ton, several churches and schools, and
is an educational enter for Southeast
ern Illinois.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-03-17
MILLEr AS Hay FoR SHEEP

\ subscriber living Mt Rossville,
Kan, asks rs if we cannot give some.
thing which will enlighten him upon
the subject of mlllet rs hay for
sheep; and after looking over the
facts which we have Mt hand, we find
ourselves bound to confess that we be-
lieve that some other grasses can be
used i'll its stead which would not only
make better hay for sheep, but would
be liable to give n much larger crop,
because of their ability to withstand
the elements.
Some time ago n leading agricul-
tural journal spoke cditorialIy in re-
gard to mlllet, and advised its readers
to steer clear of it because of their
having been discovered in its. compo-
sition, by well-known scientists,
poisonous element which was exceed
ingly harmful to cattle when the mil
let was given i'll large quantities; and
we have no doubt whatever but what
this would apply to sheep as we'll as
cattle. This, OF course, is no doubt
true, but nevertheless there are many
who claim n great deal for millet, os.
pecially the variety known as the
Japanese.
One writer claims for this variety
that it is distinct from the ordinary
millet, growing much taller ami
stouter, and recommends it especially
as fodder crop either for feeding
green or for the silo, as it yields from
zen to twelve tons of green fodder per
acre, and from seventy to ninety
bushels of seed per acre when thInly
sown III rows about foot apart. The
seed is relished by poultry, and
threshes very easily. For fodder, one
peck of seed per acre is ample; in
drills for seed, three pints to two
quarts. The land upon which it is
sown should be that which would be
favorable to other grasses, and the
same will apply to the fertilizer
Now for the main point i'll the query,
VIII 1t be suitable as hay for sheep?
This we cannot learn from any accu-
rate source, but from tables which we
are IN possession OF, giving the con-
stituents OF the different folders, and
from others which describe that which
is supposed to be needed by full
grown sheep iii order to keep it in Il
IhrlNIES couultloo, we ma That 1T
ought to be suitable as part of ra-
ton, but by no nouns should it form
complete ration, for it does not con-
tain all the elements which it is neces
sary for the animals to have.
Upon the whole we believe that it
might he used as fodder for sheen
with beneficial results, providing, of
course, that grain or roots were piyen
IN somo quantity, which in reality
would be the same course of feeding
which is generally followed by farm
ers, only that the millet hay be given
instead of the variety of hay which it
has been the custom to feed. New
York Witness.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-03-17
FARM AND GARDEN Norra

HINT out the borers in the young
orchard trees
Many orchards have their vitality
injured 10y too late and too deep Guilt
walton.
Manure may be drawn out and
spread whether the ground is frozen
or not. -s-. ..-.... :s..
A little limo-water applied to plants
occasionally will kill the earth worms
in the soil.
1t is n good plan to plant out few
peach and apple trees every year to
Keep up the supply of fruit.
Whenever meat animal ceases to
gain in flesh it is kept ot loss, and is
constantly eating up previous profits.
The best winter cucumber is tho
Telegraph. 1t will live and bear Gu
cumbcrg. al winter if rightly treated.
Because Alsiko clover has finer stems
and is therefore easily cured, it is
commonly preferred for feeding young
stock, as calves and lambs.
When your work is completed, i'm
prove your horticultural knowledge
by studying good papers ON every sub
Icct, and learn how to make the best
use Of your land next season.
Tonds arc sold by tho dozen in
France for the purpose Of stocking
gardens 60 free thcm from many in.
furious insects Tho toad lives almost
entirely on winged insects and never
docs harm 90 plunts.
I'm England tomato plants have been
grated ON potato plants, giving n
crop OF tomatoes above ground and
/ potatoes below. Potatoes grated on
tomatoes have produced flowers, to-.
mntoes and few tubers.
The best time for putting mulch on
the strawberry bed is when the Ground
is frozen an inch or two. It is not
necessary, or even desirable, TO cover
The leaves completely, but to cover
the ground around and among tho
plants.
No successful method has vet been
found FOR preventing the disease known
as twig blight, affecting apple and pear
trees. The damage may be greatly
/ lcssencd by carefully watching tho
trees during the season Of growth and
cutting of the affected twigs a foot be.
low the point Of injury. The cuttisqs
! should then be burned,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-03-17
WAYS To CATCH CIT WORMS.

The Florists Exchange gives the
following ways to catch cut worms:
'. Placing around the plants fruit
OF vegetable cans from which top and
bottoms have been removed. The top
OF the can should be three or four
inches above the surface of the ground.
The ends can be uusoldered by throw
ing the tins into fire.
:. Flowing the ground carly in
September, and not allowing weeds 10
grow.
3. Flowing The ground late in the
TALL or early in spring, keeping the
surface free from weeds by cultivation,
and not putting crop on same until
the middle Of May or first OF June
During the first ten days OF May, fresh
cut clover, grass or weeds which have
been dipped in water containing Paris
green should be strewn over the
ground each evening.
4. Collecting the worms each even.
ing while they are feeding. This re-
CURES good light and sharp eyes.
q. Each morning hunting Cor the
worms around the fresh cut plants.
6. Using light traps" at intervals
during the months OF June, August
and September. These traps are mad.
by filling Il tub or half cask two.thirds
iull of water, pouring little kerosene
over the surface and hanging lantern
over the tub.