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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
CYCLONES AWFUL WORK.
Details of the Havoc at St Louis
and East St Louis.
The List of Death Numbers Over 400
The Damage to Property VIII Cause
Loss of Between e4.O00.00O
and e5.00O,O0O.

Chicago. May 2s.-A cyclone struck St.
noon. causing death u ID ruin on both sides
of the river. The grand stand at the race
track was blown down. killing $50. Tho
east end OF the great Eads bridge was de-
stroyed, and IL Is reported that an Alton
trsin vent into the river. Steamers on the
river we're sunk with all on board. A sta
tion of he Vandalia I'm East st Louis was
destroyed. and IL Is reported 81 Ives were
lost. The roof OF the republican convention
hail was taken of. The two top stories of
the Planters hotel are gone. The Western
Union and many other buildings are
wrecked. Everywhere is desolation and
debris. The city Wednesday night was
In darkness. Fires broke out and threat
ened to destroy what the wind spared.
The wreckage hindered the fire department
I'm its work and made q difficult TO check
the flames. At Drake, ILL.,. a schoolhouse
Ia said TO have been demolished and so
pupils killed. Telegraph wires are down
and It is difficult to secure information
Heavy damage to life and property Is re .
ported from other localities.
Woe I'm St Louis
st. Louis. May ga pail OF gloom and
death hangs over the Mound City. Thirty
six hours have scarce been sufficient to
bring Its people to realization of the hor-
ror with which II has been visited and
they are yet dazed an stupefed. Save for
the fitful glare of the gas Jets In the win
dows OF the saloons and restaurants. and the
electric lights of the few hotels and>other
concerns that operate their own plants
the entire city is still In darkness In the
devastated district the search for the dead
buried in the ruins is being carried on with
the aid of torches and locomotive head
lights. Details of police keep the crowds
at n distance, while the air is filed with the
shrieks and sobs and hysterical lamenta-
tons OF the bereaved Ever and anon the
changing of a gong is heard In the distance
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

depends the movement of hundreds of
trains. was made useless. Three small
hotels In the vicinity were DESTROYED.
wide residence section. mostly small houses
occupied by mechanics. was cleaned up II
is through this part that the majority Of
the fatalities occurred. The high dykes to
the west that shut of the waters of the
Mississippi were no protection and the frail
houses went down like houses of cards.
The viaduct across the mass of tracks east
of Cahokia creek was made useless. The
new Martell house. the McCauseland opera
house, the city hall. FlanniGan's hall. three
churches, the high school and residences
that covered IA blocks OF ground east of the
viaduct. We're demolished. Farther on to
the north and east. In the stock yards vicin-
ity. everything was swept away. The
definite limits Of the storm. indicated
above. may be clearly noted here. The
National hotel was uninjured. while two
blocks southeast house owned by ii. ID.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

PEARY is contemplating another jour
ney 10 arctic regions. this tune to bring
back a 4O-ton meteOrite he discovered
last year. This will be a welcome
change from the usual purpose of seek
ing the pole. An expedition armed with
derricls will inspire greater public con-
fidence and insure more speedy success
to the relief party in locating it later.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

The states of Iowa, Illinois. Michigan.
Kansas, Nebraska and Texas have felt
the fury of the cyclone this year, the
loss of life being reported at over 800.
Such occasions as these bring out into
bold relief the limitations of science
and mans inventive genius. The ele-
ments gather their forces at leisure and
sweep down on the earth, and not a bar
rier can be devised TO ward off their fatal
stroke. The best minds of the age.
trained in the developments of the past.
pour over natures book in a vain search
for signs of its changing moods. With
out note of warning, -out of clear
sLv." the tornado rushes on its victims.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

IT is reported that a concerted effort
&c capture the South American markets
is soon to be made by American manu-
facturers, and in accordance with the
suggestion made at the recent conven-
tion of the National Association of Man
ufacturers a number of representatives
OF America dUstries propose to make
n visit IL South American coun-
tries, to see what can I've done.
The total imports of these countries,
with their population of 5O.OOO,0OO,
amount to SI75. ZOO, 900 annually, and
OF this amount the United States
supplies not more than S7O.OoO.-
onn
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

\ NEW claimant to the title of
"meanest man" is in evidence, but tenn
porariIy in hiding. He attended a re-
vival of Chicago Free MethOdists, ex-
hOrted, sang. led in prayer, and was So
'peIniciously" devout the preacher
held a private session with him after
the meeting. When the session rose
and the preacher was alone with his
thoughts he discovered the contents of
his vest had departed with the newly
converted brother.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

1T has been learned that Tennyson
predicted the day of his death. Just
year before his death friends OF
the poet were visiting AldwOrth house.
The late Lord Selbourne turned TO Ten
nyson and remarked: You ought to
he happy here" All" sighed the poet,
81 have only a year to live" His hearers
laughed at the remark. but it was \
prophetic assertion that was verified
almost 10 the minute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

THE Founders and Makers of Amer
Tea is the name of Lew order. Every
body rush up and join something. Take
your ancestry in your pocket and be en-
rolled. You may never be great your
self. but just so your ancestors came
ever in certain shiII-that constitutes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

SARA BERNHAEDT impressed a SYRIA
cuse IN. " dramatic critic as having
a "slim, lynx smile, combined with ser
pentine sinuosity, ophidian grace. cat
like softncss. tigerish ferOcity and the
agility If the leopard" What more
could anyone expect for a single price
of Omission?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

REPORT comes from the SOudan that
the new small caliber bullet infiicts
wounds that are worse the second day
than the first. A wounded man who
keeps on fighting for "a hours is a
dangerous customer, and the new rifles
must be charged with an unexpected and
spriouS defect
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

The "Jim Crow" car laws are con-
stitutional. In test case appealed from
the lower courts of Louisiana the United
States supreme court has decided that
he state has the right to require rail-
road companies TO supply separate
coaches for whites and blacks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

IT is understood that the govern
ment of New Zealand will introduce a
measure for the exclusion If consump-
tive persons on the same lines as that
dealing with smallpox, making masters
of ships liable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

THE car, who was recently crowned
in Moscow, is 2s years of age. The Ger
man emperor is under 40. The young
men of Europe are coming to the front.
Meanwhile the prince of Wales is a
grandfather and still waiting for the
fhrnna
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

A FRENCH sayant thinks that by the
year 1000 spiritual chemistry will have
been discovered that should entirely
change human nature This viii be
greatly due to chemistry utilizing the
heat of the sun and tapping the central
heat of the globe. Under the reign of
chemistry the earth. we are told, will
become a vast pleasure garden, and the
human race will live in peace and plenty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

ings. statuary, etc, will however, swell
this amount nearly 100000 more. The loss
in shade trees and ornamental shrubbery
Is beyond computation. Lafayette park,
for two decades past the pride OF the
aristocratic French residents" Is but a
memory. Not a tree is left standing in all
its broad domain and II is surrounded by
a quadrangle of demolished houses-many
of which can only be located by the numbers
on the adjoining ones that escaped. The
following figures. showing losses. have
been obtained from persons In possession,
in almost every place. of personal knowi-
edge:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

and vehicles and street cars cor1e to n stop
while an ambulance dashes by to add one
more victim to the record of the dead at
one or another of the extemporized
morgues. The streets in the center of the
city, usually active with pedestrians until
midnight. are deserted. save for those
whose avocations keep them from their
families or friends. while the summer gar
dens and other points OF entertainment
are bare of patrons. Grief, mourning and
stupefaction have taken possession of the
city.
Have Lost All.
The total nu.nber of families who are
without hor e3 and whose every article of
household effects was swept away by the
storm IL variously estimated at from 600 to
Eco IL will be several days before COM
plete and reliable roster can be made.
Almost a reign of terror prevails In East
ST. Louis. Save for tug and few row.
boats, placed at the service OF officials,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
Hnu.a This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O. /
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by tbeIr firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDING, KISNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio:
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimo MAS
free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

The question is sometimes asked, will
not the rivers gradually carry the land
into the sea? Yes, but it will take long
time. Recent computations show that
the River Thames which is quite n mixer
of land and water. would require II .0O0.-
coo, 900 years TO level the tight little isle
with the sea. by this time, you know.
we will all be in glory. There is no use
in worrying about what your descend
ants 1900. OOO. 900 years from now are
going to do for a living. BY tina, time
they may be fishes and take delight in
the sea. or they may be salamanders and
take delight in-the fire. Sufficient
INTO the day." etc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
nefeaf for Woman SUFFRAGE

Newport, r. l., May 3O.-The senate
bill for submitting a woman suffrage
amendment tn the constitution was
Killed in the house. The Legislature has
adjourned until September.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

IT is reported from New York that ex-
periments by Tesla md Edison have
been rewarded at practically the same
time by the discovery of system or
systems by which the y ray may be
utilized as an illuminant more intense
and whittier than the are light. Tesla's
discovery is said to be the perfecting of
a vacuum tube system of electric light
ing without wires. and one that can be
made ready soon for practical CONNER
cial purposes. Edison's discovery is de-
scribed as the similar use of CroolOes
tube to produce illumination, and he
saws that practically all the electric
energy is transformed into light.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

CYCLONES are capable of doing re-
markable things. but we do not believe
the story of that Kansas man who says
n cyclone pulled him around its outside
so quick that he stepped on his own
heels
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

THE finest wire in the country is made
at Taunton, Mass. This metal cObweb
of minute diameter is exactly the one
fve-hundredth part of an inch in thick
ness-much finer than human hair
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

NEW York city has a mothers club.
Permit us to suggest that the lady's
slipper would be good flower emblem
for ~
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

WITu its politics. its cyclones. floods.
and its sunshine. that brought the roses
three weeks in advance of the usual
time, the year 1896 will be historical.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

A YOUNG farmer at Fryeburg, Me-,
has invented a four-wheel tip cart,
which separates automatically in case
the horse gets frightened and runs
aWaV
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
LATER NEWS.



Washington, d. c., June AT 4
o'clock tonight the long struggle in the
senate over the bill to prohibit the issue
of bonds came to an end and the bill
was passed by a vote 80 to 25. The bill,
as passed, covers only three lines, as
follows:
''Bc it enacted that the issuance of
Understanding bonds of the United
States for any purpose whatever, with
out further authority of congress. is
hereby prohibited.
A riot occurred in front of the Illinois
Steel Works, at Ashland avenue and
Thirty-second street, Chicago, the I'd,
and two men were shot. They were:
J. Sexton. laborer. employed at the
steel works; will probably die.
MichaelMartin, saloon-keeper; slight
chances of recovery. Martin was shot
by Sexton, and the latter was shot by
Policeman, Connolly.
An explosion of gas IN the mines at
Roche Bdlle, France, the I'd, killed rs
miners.
An eastbound passenger train on the
Northern Pacific road left the track at
a point near Grey Cliff, about so miles
east of Livingston, wrecl<ing the en-
CINE and five coaches. Three hobos
riding the blind baggage were instantly
killed and several trainmen were IN
jured. The passengers are reported
uninjured.
The house the I'd passed the river
and harbor bill over the presidents
veto by a vote of go to CO.
George ID. Perkins was renominated
for congress the I'd by the republicans
of the nth Iowa district.
Henry NJ. Smith. colored, was hanged
at Lexington, KY, the 81. for assault
ing Mrs Hudson "a year ago. Only SO
people witnessed the execution in the
Jail.
The republican state convention of
Maine the sd endorsed Thos. b. Reed
and declared against free coinage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

BnzIM-'srve found one good way to get
around the high hat nuisance when go TO
front row, of course. "-Roxbury Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
Work of Relief.

The actual work of relieving the distress
caused by Wednesday nights tornado has
been begun. Canvassers representing the
relief committee were busy all day Sunday
investigating the condition of applicants
for aid. Staid business men joined with
representatives of St Vincent de Paul ;
society and the Provident association, and
block after block in the stricken district
was carefully gone over In the search for
the needy. AS rapidly as IL could be as
certained what was needed by persons who
had suffered from the storm. steps were
taken to relieve them. In some instances
food and shelter were provided, while in
others clothing was given out.
What is needed most Is shoes, bandage
CLOTH children's clothing and ladies' under
wear Necessary furniture and cots, to-
gether with dry bedding. are also much
called for
In the meantime the work of soliciting
subscriptions was not neglected. and the
subcommittee appointed for that purpose
continued their task. A number of volun-
tary subscriptions were received, and the
that the beliefs expressed that the amounts
given by corporations and individuals
will pass the 100000 mark before DON to-
day Helen NJ. Gould has sent 81, 900 to be
credited to the relief fund
In East st. Louis.
u ty aroused by the suffering in st. Louis
is deepened to despair when the woes of
East st. Louis are contemplated. The bit
ing chill of the rain-laden air was poor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

MRs LAKE FRoNr-sI know I've met that
MIR Jaybird somewhere before. ] told him
so, but all he answered was that he knew
nv former husbar The man must be an
idiot.r Mrs HYDE Park-s'Iyhy sol" Mrs.
Lake Front-HIve had four former hus-
bands Cleveland Plain Dealer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

BRowx-'I am going TO challenge that
man who ran off with my wife" Jones
eWhy, that was six months ago." Brown
-"I know it, but he has sent her back
n V World
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
Missouri. outside of st. Louis.

Illinois, Outside of East st. Louis.
The total loss In Randolph and Audrain
counties will amount to 100000 additional.
Loss on crops and farm property in entire
state will swell total beyond 81, 900. 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

This table aggregates less than s4.00o. COO,
a total quite large enough. hut almost in
significant when compared with the fabu-
lous estimates. To this. however, must be
added the damage done to residence prop
erty throughout the city, which. while II
Will be very large, cannot in the nature of
the case amount TO as much as that done to
business property shown above. View
ing the situation In this light, II will be seen
that 900 should be ample to cover the
actual property damage. This estimate
has not included the loss and damage Of
furniture. This will never be known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04
E.tent of Torn.do,s work.

st. Louis. June 2-T'he extent of the tor
nado's disastrous work here and I'm East
St. Louis has overshadowed the losses sus-
tanned In adjacent towns I'm Missouri and
Illinois. and no accurate list of killed has
been made. A careful compilation from
all sources gives the following losses in out
lying towns by the tornado:
Missouri, Outside of ST. Louis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

A THING is never too often repeated which
is never sufficiently learned.-Seneca.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

SEIZE life where you win, it is interest
ir,g--(suelbe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-04

Losses at scores of other points. including
farm property and crops. may raise tho
total to over s.. 100000.
In the Two Stricken Cities.
At two O'Clock Monday afternoon the
Chronicle compiled the following table as
the latest list of fatalities In St. Louis and
East st. Louis:
Known dead ........................ 341
Unknown dead ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL
Fatally injured .......................... 20
missing
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1896-09-16


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