The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-30

The destruction In East ~. Louis was
| mainly I'm the business portion. The fine
| residence sections on Pennsylvania and
| Baugh avenues. and Eighth, Ninth, and
| Tenth streets, are comparatively un-
touched. They are situated in lower
altitude than the island. which Is en-
tirely covered by wreckage.
There were a number or funerals To-
! day but relatives OF the majority OF the
| victims preferred 10 take advantage OF
| the fact that tomorrow is Dccoraton-Day
and a half-holiday. and therefore arranged
| accordingly for the intermenfs. AZ
| result the undertaking establishments
| were rushed" 20 an extent unprece-
| dented. So heavy was the pressure upon
| the funeral directors that In many cases
| IL was this evening found absolutely nec-
| essarv to defer many OF the lnteIIheh.S
untn Sunday. The number OF buriais
| Tomorrow. however. will exceed one nun
| dred The conditions I'm East ST. LOUIS
are precisely in accord with those Oh ,nis
city. The preparations and programme =,
the one are those OF It's nanesa~' "''0
neighbor across the river, .,oo 400
TO APPROPRIATE slOoWo.
At a regular meeting OF tne n,1' -
assembly tonight Mayor "aipriuse ,sa
mitted a special message askNs 't .ns
assembly TO appropriate sioo'0'o s,,,"n ios
ralief of the sufferers. THIS propoe'uo"
u.as favorablv received, but the exiseh-
cies of legislation will delay conciusVe
action for several days. The money -
10 ha at once available upon the passdse
- .Lo measure The committee report
,yiu no made tomorrow. Informal as
cussion was had, and II was agreed tna'
every appropriation for public improvs-
ment not pledged on contracts ma
should be diverted to the reflex Oh uao
sufferers The disbursement oi Nnls
fund VIII be under municipal coh1ro',
and will be independent OF othsr ie"e'
measures. a.,
Mayor Walbridge took occasion In his
r essage 10 point out that St Louis was
the only city In the country that hal
weathered safely the recent financial gaze
and II should not be said thai any as
turbance. physical or tnancAa1, couio
mako ST. Louis a mendicant c-Aing aims
This Independence OF 1e@ins seems
Universal here L. does not appear 10
be brageadocio, but serene confidence III
the ability and disposition of 81. Louisans
10 care for the storm vlctlms'
THE LOSSES.
FORGETTING every personal interest that
calashes with the work OF mercy, the
people Of this ciyt who escaped the Jury
OF the storm have incessanty ministered
Ia th. suffering OF the luckless ones.
Since the dreadful twenty minutes OF dls-
t.t-r "a ednesdady evening no Thought
has b,tr given 10 property losses. Inc
wOrs, Is now known. however, and the
work Of computing material losses has
begun. AS the world knows, the greater
number Of sufferers are small property
owners. The Individual losses are all
small but they aggregate the larger
part OF the whole. a survey Of the dis
trict. adopted to-day. shows that over
three thousand houses have been dam
aged 0r wholly estrOyed. These were
mainly residences of the middle class.
small shopkeepers and mechanics. The
damage TO losses TO churches:
Following are estimated:
81 John Nepomuka 10000: Lafayette
Park Presbyterian $4,000. Lafayette
Park Methodist, $1,000. lafayette Park
Baptist. 5000 Church OF the Unity
$1,000; Mount Cavalry Episcopal. $4,000;
Memorial German. NJ. t.. S2O.OJO. Holy
Cross. $4,000. Compton Hill Congregation.
$1,000; ST. Henrys Catholic. $4,000; 81.
iauls Evangelical. $1,000. Trinity Luth-
eran. $1,000: ST. Vincent Catholic. 81 .00O;
ST. Peter and st Paul. s2o go: ST. John
Episcopal. $1,000; Annunciation Catholic,
$4,000.
FALSE REPORTS.
irresponsible correspondents and sensa-
tl0n mongcrs have wired TO the outside
world preposterous and estimates OF the
losses here some reaching the absurd
figure OF Sl0e0.NO.
lu inspection made to-day gievs the
following:
ln the territory along the leyee Main
-. f In ff.I
ton 20 Market street, the loss will figure
.p fully 100000.
All the dist OF SourIand river west To
ihe city limits, the loss 10 residence and
BUSINESS property Is estimated at 81 coo Gf1
"oihf north and taking IN all the terri
lory mp TO the city Hospital. the damao.
Hsufes million dollars. In the lrnn,o-
olAie Vicinity OF the hospital another nil.
lion is reached. ii'H-
Do"h Choteau from jefferson avenpo
10 seventh street and north To the rail.
ioAn tracks 100000 Is the damaoe
-.io's F"IN avenue. from Tenth 10 Sew
'-.' 49, anu norm on Seventh TO Market.
St,0lDy VIII about cover the loss. Tho
distress and disaster throuhg this section
is appalling.
The remaining 100000 is scatter along
through the central and western and
northwestern portions Of the city. IL
includes damages TO churches ana public
buildings The damage TO school prom
erty Is 10000.
Nearly all South st. Louis is practically
destroyed. Wrecked buildings and those
partly wrecked cannot be repaired. II
VIII De fully two years before the effects
OF the hurricane are effaced.
SEVENTEEN KILLED.
CARLYLE, ILL. May GA terrific tor
nal0 struck the town u New Baden |
fifteen miles southwest OF here, at $50 !
ST e4uesuey afternoon Almost every !
building .n the town WAS destroyed, there |
being nothing 10 be seen but wreckage |
az every turn. Ten persons were killed |
ana large number injured.
NASHVILLE, ILL, May 29.-The little |
town OF New Minden. a few miles from |
here, was almost totally destroyed By |
NJ Nednesday's storm. SEEN people were |
killed and forty or atty injured. Scarcely |
d house was left standing.
HAVANA. ILL. May 29.-The steamer |
D. II. Pike. reported turned bottom side
UP in tornado at st. Louis Wednesday |
Night, arrived at o o'clock iast evening. 1
She was IN tho strm al Merchants
Bridge. but was turned head 70 WIND
lnd hugged one or the piers escaping