Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-06-06
THOUSANDS KILLED.
Calamity at tho Czars Coronation
Free Lunch.
Hungry Peasants Rush for tho Tables and
Trample Thousands TO Dcath-cioud-
burst at seneca. Mo.--tiloomy
- Sunday In st. Louis.
Calamity ut n Russian Feast.


Moscow, June IA terrible panic,
resulting from tho great crush Of
people at the popular feast here Satur'
day In honor Of tho coronation OF the
car, caused the trampling to death OF
thousands Of people. In anticipation
of the grand holiday and popular ban
quet on the Hodynsly plain, tens Of
thousands. of people began trooping
toward the Pctrovsky palace, In front
Of which the plain is situated, during
the earliest hours Saturday. 1t was
at first arranged to accommodate 400, 600
people, but in view Of the immense
crowds assembled in and about the
city ut the coronation fcte, extra tables
aud benches were hastily erected and
every effort was made TO provide
seating room and hearty meal
for 5Oo,O people. By dawn the
mass OF peasants about the tables
was really enormous, and they were
all desperately hungry, some OF them
having tasted, by choice or necessity,
for nearly "a hours. The police did
everything possible to keep back the
crowd, but suddenly the masses, con-
trolled by some incxplicable impulse,
or impatient to get Mt the food, pressed
forward, swept everything before
them, and overturned tables and
benches us IL made of grass, trampling
hundreds under foot ind crushing the
life out of great number Of people.
The police barracks, to which the
bodies of tho dead were taken by the
authorities, are besiegcd with persons
bcsccching for news OF friends and
relatives The scenes Mt the barracks
where the process of Identification Is
going on are terrible in the extreme
1t is said the fatalities will amount
TO between 1000 and 5000, but 1t is i'm.
possible us yet to learn exactly tho
extent Of the disaster. An official
statement yesterday placed the num-
her OF dead recovered at 1896 aud the
seriously or fatally injured Mt ESQ.
hut in contrast with this official state
ment, there were 1,oss corpscs lying ut
the cemetery, besides the many dead
and dying that are known to have been
removed from the Inflated field by
friends.
Cloudburst mt Seneca, Mo.
NEosuo, No., June 1.-Two cloud
bursts occurred in this county Mt an
early hour Saturday morning, one at
this place and one ut Seneca. Sylves.
ter Wood was drowned ut Neosho by
the overturning of boat while being
taken from the flooded district.
Eighteen persons are missing at Sen.
cca und IL is certain that all have been
drowned. Fifteen bodies have already
been found. The lost nre as follows:
ii. Audrcas, wife and three children;
Carl Schmidt, wife and five children;
Mrs Henry Robinson and one child;
little Willie Dobbler and Archie Will
liams; wife of Rev Harry White. Rev.
Harry White occupied rooms over tho
Dispatch Office with his wife. The
building was entirely swept away and
Rsv. White and his wife with it. Mr..
White was found in drift, bruised
md insensible, but Mt last accounts
was improving and will probably re.
cover. The dead body Of his wife was
fonnd Saturday afternoon.
The condition of Seneca ia pitiablc.
II Is q town OF 1900 inhabitants, 10
miles west of here, and Is situated In a
valley. The water extended from
bluff to bluff and was from four to six
feet deep in every business house
Many buildings were washed away.
Tho Frisco railroad has two bridges
out near Dayton and Seneca, and mucl,
track washed away. The Kansas City,
Pittsburr & Gulf has washouts north
of Neosho.
Dismal Sunday.
ST. LOUIS, June livery rail.
road entering this storm-stricken city
ran excursion trains yesterday. They
brought scores Of thousands OF people
TO view the devastation wrought by
the awful storm of Wednesday. The
streets Of the ruined district were
thronged with visitors all day. They
came from almost every town and city
within n radius of 800 miles Nearly
all day cold. drizzling rain fell. Low
ering, threatening clouds covered the
sky and more dismal scene than the
ruined portion OF the city presented
could scarcely be imagined. And
through the crowded streets all day
came long fu neral professions Nearly
100 burial permits were issued by the
health department Saturday and
every hearse in the city was in con-
slant use yesterday carrying victims
OF the storm to their graves