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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
English Newspaper Blunder.

LONDON, May 29.-In some manner not
explained, but which is being thoroughly
investigated by those interested, the news
was circulated here yesterday on news
paper placards that the steamer ST.
Louis" was wrecked and "a thousand
lives lost" This startling announcements
spread throughout the city and caused
much excitement on the stock exchange
and elsewhere until IL was denied. 1t was
evidently contortion of the st. Louis tor
nado news
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
THE DEATH RECORD.

DIR. WILLIAM A. MCGILL prominent
physician of Erie, Pa.
j. Il. PEARMAN, well known physician,
at Champaign, Ills.
Miss JESSIE f. GREEN, we'll known So
ciety belle, at Chicago.
Ex-Congressman WALTER l.. SESSIONS,
at Lakewood, N. Y.
Rev. j. ID. RHEA, Methodist minister, at
Clinton, La.
JOHN p. FLICK, old and prominent mer-
chant of Ottawa, Ills.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
RUIN WIDESPREAD
Debris Of the Storm.Tcrn Towns
Thick with Corpses.
DEATH ROLL REACHES OVER 500

Estimates of the Loss OF Property as High
- $40. 100000 In st. Louis and It's Sub
urbs Alone-Latest List Of the Dead i'm
the Two Devastated Cities-Nct So
Many Lost on the River as NJ First Sup.
posed-Lists of Dead.
ct the rate of eighty miles an hour struck
St. Louis at 5:l5 last night and ragged for
half an hour with great fury. AS a result
hundreds Of lives were lost on both sides
Of the river; many buildings were blown
down, and several river steamers sunk
with all on board. At present il is impos-
sible TO estimate the number of lives lost.
The hospitals are full of injured and the
morgues contain many dead, while num-
bers of the slain lay everywhere among
the ruins of demolished buildings A por-
ton of the east end of the Eads bridge is
destroyed; the grand stand at the fair
grounds wrecked; the woman's portion Of
the jail blown down; the Waters & Pierce
oil works are burning and buildings in
The Plant -four mills, the St Louis Iron
and Steel works, are demolished, and the
immense Cupples block partially de-
stroyed.
AT East ST. Louis the destruction seems
greatest H. C. Rice the Western Union
manager at the Relay depot on the east
side, climbed across the demolished bridge
and reported that the National hotel, Ire
mont House, Martell House, DeWolf cafe,
Heel Milling companys mill, Horns
cooper shop and great many dwellings
east of there as far as Fifth street are
gone, and many people killed. The Balti-
more and Ohio and Vandalia roundhouses,
the Standard Oil works, East St Louis
and Crescent elevators and twelve freight
houses on the levee are demolished
ST LOUIS, May 29-It will be several
days before definite information can be OBJ
tain as TO the loss of life and injury of un-
fortunate people who happened TO be In
the path of the cyclone which swept over
portions of Missouri and Illinois Wednes-
day afternoon. In addition TO the killed
and injured in st. Louis and East St
Louis the cyclone moved down many peo-
pie as it advanced Dispatches received
by the Associated Press gave accounts of
serious loss Of life and maimings in quite
a number of places Appended is a table
showing q careful estimate of killed and
injured based on the dispatches:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
IN HONOR OF THE HEROIC DEAD.
Memorial Day Generally Observed All Over
the Country-At Shiloh Field.

the Country-At Shiloh Field.
CHICAGO, June l.-Observance of Mem
orial Day began in this city Friday in
the public schools, all of which held exer-
cises of a patriotic and demonstrative
character. Saturday the programme was
as follows: 9 a. m.-Decoration of dead
soldiers graves at the cemeteries by G.
A. X. posts; also at 10 and IL a. m. 3 D.
m.-Memorial Day parade to start. The
route of the parade includes the principal
down town streets.
The parade to include all the Illinois
National Guard regiments, together with
all the troops at Fort Sheridan, and
be reviewed by Major General Merrill, u
$. A, commander of the Missouri depart
ment; Mayor Swift, for the city, and Adj
jutant General Hilton, representing Gov
ernor Altgeld, for the state.
Reports by telegraph show that the
observance was general throughout the
country A particularly notable celebra-
ton was at the Shiloh battlefield, which
took place Friday, and honor was paid To
the memory of the gallant men who fell
In the battle. 1t was the first annual re-
union of the survivors of that famous
conflict. The orator Of the day was Sena-
tor Isham G.. Harris, of Memphis, who
was on the staff of General Albert Sidney
johnson, and who told for the first time
the true story of the generals death.
The feature of theprogramme for Satur-
day was the unwilling of the monument
dedicated to the memory Of the fallen
comrades of the Ninth Illinois infantry,
which lost 800 men-the heaviest loss of
any regiment that took part. Colonel
Lee, of Monticello, Ills, the secretary of
the association, has roll of 10000 names
of living survivors of the battle, and has
issued an appeal to every man living who
took part i'm the conflict north or south,
to furnish his name and present address
for a final roster.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
'olice headquarters;
Estimates of Loss Vary Widely.

The estimates upon the property loss
have grown wilder and further apart.
Guesses were made yesterday all the way
from s., 100000 to $4,000, 900 for st. Louis
and from 81, 100000 to $40, 0O0, 900 for East
st. Louis. The most popular estimate is
in the neighborhood of S25, 100000 for both
cities, including railroad buildings dam
aged. The building contractors of the
city have been overwhelmed with orders
for rebuilding and the work of wiping out
the havoc of the storm will be pushed
with all energy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
Flag Law Seems Imperative.

JACKSONVILLE, June THE Judge of the
circuit court has interfered to stop the
proceedings against the Catholic and
Lutheran parochial schools of this city
and the managers of Illinois college for
not flying flags from the tops of their
buildings according to the law of the
state. He succeeded In finding sufficient
flaws In the indictment TO quash it, and 1t
will probably not be brought up again.
Meanwhile brand new flags are floating
over these institutions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
AN ACCIDENT.
Mr. Ouintus Hummel, Of lis Michigan
Ave., Detroit, tells q War Story
Of his own Experience, and
the Result.
Iu.o... Dok-oSf Nesua


Our representative called at 118 Michi-
gan Avenue, the residence OF Mr.. Quintus
Hummel. Mr.. Hummel is a veteran OF
the hate war, and received In the campaign,
AN injury which has given him much pain
and suffering since. He belonged to
Michigan cavalry regiment and his horse
becoming frightened one day reared up,
throwing him backward. In falling he
struck his spine on sharp stone, inlet
ing deep cut over five inches long. The
injury affected the kidneys. About two
years ago the left kidney started TO bleed,
and has been doing SO ever since. Mr..
Hummel, in few pointed sentences, gave
our representative the following account
THE accident of my war days left
me in bad shape; pain in my back and
spine rendered me almost useless, and l
was compelled to give up work entirely.
| could not turn over In bed without assist
ance / have spent hundreds of dollars III
various ways trying to find relief. Physi-
clans have told me my spine was honey
combed for Is inches. / had given up in
despair, never hoping for relief, when Il
friend told me about Doan's Kidney Pills,
and they have done me a world of good.
The pains have disappeared from my back,
and the bleeding of my kidney has almost
entirely stopped. know can never be
entirely cured, as l would have TO be a
new man, but Doans Kidney Pills have
done more TO make me feel like a new
man than all the other things have tried
during past years. | have not had any
recurrence of the pain or bleeding since
taking them"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dea,-
ers Price so cents. by mail, from Eos
ter Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States. Remember
the name, Doan's, and take no other.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03

Peter Boienhaugh, Mrs. Peter Bolenbaugh,
two grandchildren OF the Bolenbaughs,
John MAXWELL (killed by lightning).
Killed in Jasper county-Charles Phalen,
Sr., Charles Phalen, Jr., Dennie Phalen,
Susie Phalen, Mike Phalen, Mollie Phalen,
Clarissa Dickie, Martha Dickie, Charles
Eakins and Mrs. Shell.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
VETO FOR RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
President Says 1t Is Improvident In Detail
and Generally Extravagant.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-The expected
happened when the president yesterday
sent to congress veto of the river and
harbor bill. In general his message
charges that the bill is wildly extravagant
In view of the condition of the treasury,
and referring to its details he says many
of the improvements provided for have
been improvidently planned. Action on
the veto will be taken next week and IL
will be passed over the veto. II possible
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
State Election i'm Oregon.

PORTLAND, June AT the election
which is going on today one justice of the
supreme court is the only state officer
to be elected. Two congressman and mem
bers of the legislature which will choose
a successor TO Senator Mitchell in the
United States senate will also be elected
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
Dreadful News from Illinois.

VANDALIA, May 29.-News reaches here
that cyclone swept over Irvington and
Richview, south of here, on the Illinois
Central road, destroying everything in its
path and killing outright thirteen persons.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03

st. LOUIS, May 30-Forty-eight hours
after the tornado of Wednesday tore it's
way through the city there exists about as
much uncertainty as to the actual number
of people killed and the amount Of prop
erty damaged as on the first morning of
the disaster. Scores of dead have been
identified.
The following list has been tabulated at
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
Most Fatal in Our History.

WASHINGTON, May 29-Weather bureau
officials say the st. Louis tornado was the
most fatally destructive in the history of
the office.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-03
Methodist Conference Adiourns.

general conference got through its bust.
ness yesterday and adjourned sine die.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

Warrants were sworn out yesterday for
Frost and Blodgett, the two young men i'm
plicated in recent criminal doings, and they
will be arraigned in court this morning
the charges of burglary and highway rob-
berry.
The Hotel and Restaurant Keepers asso-
citation will hold a special meeting in the
immediate future for the purpose of con-
sidering the boycott which is being main
tanned by the Walters Magnolia union
against the Columbia restaurant.
Alice Henderson, colored, was arrested by
Officer Emmett Golf yesterday afternoon and
locked up at Central station, charged with
larceny 1t is alleged that the woman stole
a cloak and sold the same for $40 at a
secondhand store. She will be arraigned this
morning.
Carney won the second game and the tour
nament in the match between himself and
Bellatre at the Myrtle pool rooms last night
The score OF the game was 210 to SO, and of
the tournament 400 to 224, in favor of Carney.
This is the second series in which Carney
has defeated Bellaire.
Fannie Bolden, colored, about thirty years
OF age was taken to the city hospital from
her home on Pleasant avenue, Sunday night
IN delirlous state. She grew steadily worse
until yesterday morning, when she died. The
BODY was removed to the county morgue, and
post mortem examination revealed the fact
t1at death had resulted from heart disease
eFhree well-known Canadian politicians
two of whom were in Minneapolis nearly a.
month ago, passed through the city again
yesterday on the way from British Column
bla They are Andrew G. Blair minister of
railways and canals of the Canadian gov
eminent; Col. James Donville, NJ. p of
Rothsay, N. B., and William PugsIey. of St
Johns, N. B.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
PAIR OF BANKS QUIT
THE COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK
FAILS TO OPEN ITS
DOORS.
WASHINGTON ALSO GOES UP.
DEPOSITORS WILL NOT LOSE MUCH
MONEY BY EITHER OF
THEM.
SLIGHT RUN ON BANKS.
The Clearing House Committee Puts
It's Shoulder to the Wheel
Trouble About Over.

The failure of the Columbia National
bank to open yesterday morning, and
the closing of the Washington State
bank at noon caused considerable of
furry in financial circles, and there
were runs of some magnitude on sew
eral of the banks. The most extern
SiVe Of these was on the Farmers and
Mechanics bank, which has depositt of
several millions and more than mil
lion of cash in hand. This bank stood
a steady run of six days in 1898, and
is in a splendid condition now to stand
any sort of a run. The bank kept
open long after hours yesterday to
enable all depositors who SO desired to
draw out their money. The sixty-day
clause of it's bylaws was entirely
waived, and depositors paid all they
had in the bank if they desired it. Late
in the afternoon the clearing house
committee, composed of officers of the
Northwestern National bank, Security
Bank of Minnesota, Nico1let National
bank, First National bank and Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, issued the
following:
The clearing house committee deem 1t
their duty to announce to the public that
their investigations warrant them in advanc-
ing whatever sum Of money may be needed
by the Swedish American National bank to
meet promptly any calls upon them by their
depositors. This bank has an unusually
large available cash reserve, amounting to
about 55 per cent of its obligations, and its
bills receivable are of such class that We
have hesitation in saying that we will
make them the necessary advances to meet
all demands, and that we do not look for
further trouble among the banks of this
city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
LURLINES IN FINE FEATHER,
Enthusiastic Meeting of the Club NJ
the West.

The Lurline Boat club, once the pride of
Minneapolis, the crack social, as well as
aquatic organization of the city, was re-
juvenated at a meeting held at the West hotel
has had its ups and downs since those hal
cyon days when, ten years ago, to be
Lurline was to be a social lion. few
months ago the proposition made and
quite generally entertained to change the
name of the club and start afresh. During
nominated summer MEMBERS mere birds
of the season, have been permitted to Join
by paying initiation fee of S.. And by
reason of This transient element the club has
several times found itself heavily involved
1t has always fallen upon a few Of the old
stand-bys, many of whom have been In the
club since 1877, to pay up the bills and keep
the organization aioat.
1t this class of members who have
once more put the Lurlines back on the high
road to prosperity. All the debts of the club
nave been paid, and the initiation fee has
bee raised to $25. The dues remain the same,
$l2 year. New officers have been elected
the meeting having the designations of every
of1cer and director, in order to give the re-
organizers chance to start off afresh. The
Rand; vice president, j. F. Calderwood; sec
rotary, E. B. Clement; treasurer A. T. Lev
ering; captain, Col. c. McC Reeve: first
lieutenant PIatt B. Walker Jr.; second lieu
tenant E. w. Murphy; directors, Judge W.
a. Kerr. NJ. H. Boutelle, Charles E. Wales,
S. B. Semple, E. L. Sutton.
The equipment of the Lurline Boat club is
the finest, with one exception, Of any in the
country. Besides the boat club at Lake Cal
noun, there are at least S., 600 worth Of boats
and outfits in the clubs possession, including
four doubles and four fours The matter nf
Ior the rowing season were all put over until
the March meeting.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
HIGH REVELS IN THE NAVY.
An Episode at Rio, In Which Ameri-
cans and British Engaged.

well, said the retired naval Off
Ger, chuckling over his "reminiscences
the greatest bringing together in a
common cause Of the British and their
American cousins that 1 ever saw was
pack IN 1885, in the harbor of Rio,'
quotes the New York Press.
THE American flagship Lancaster
had been ordered over there from the
european station, and when she got
IN by the Sugar Loaf there was the
little British gunboat Ruby of the
gem class. The Lancaster had been
obliged to stop on the African coast for
some diplomatic reason before she got
to Rio, and her officers were glad to
be alive again.
mess of the Ruby that night to the best
dinner our cook could put up, and then
went ashore with the BritiSherS to see
the town. We saw it.
About 2 o'clock in the morning the
officers of the Ruby invited us to go
aboard their ship. Some idiot spoke
OF the time Charlie Beresford painted
out all the signs in Portsmouth. We
had no paint except that with which
we had been painting the town, so a
council of war was held, and we con-
cluded that it would serve every DUR
pose If we took all the signs in the
Rue d'Ovidor and carried them aboard
the Ruby.
This we did. A little police officer
tried to interfere, but we pitched him
into the gutter. The little ward-room
of the Ruby could scarcely hold our
spoils. AS it was late when we got
aboard, some fellows elected to stay
where they were all night. AS for me.
| never like to carry a joke too far.
and went back to the Lancaster, so as
to be ready for duty in the morning.
My, what noise those tin signs made
as we ratified them down in the Ruby's
ward-room. The captain of the Ruby ?
oh, he was all right. Our captain had
been entertaining him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
WASHINGTON BANK ALSO,
A State Institution Follows Suit Mt
the Noon Hour.

The Washington bank, located at the
corner Of Washington and Second ave-
rue south, has largely the same eli
entele that patronized the Scandal and
Columbia National banks. The sus-
the Columbia yesterday morning Gre
ated CONSERVATION among the patrons
of the Washington bank and such
run ensued that the bank was COM
PEELED to close its doors shortly after
noon. Depositors drew their checks
directly at the bank and through the
clearing house at such a rate that it
was evident that the interests Of all
the depoSitors demanded a suspension
Of business. The bank knew that its
strength would be sorely taxed, and
had made arrangements to get $50. 900
in cash which would have tided it over
safely, but the money was not forth
coming, and, after a vain attempt to
stand the demands, Cashier Brecke
telegraphed Bank Examiner Kenyon
that the officials had decided to close
the bank and asked him to take charge
Cashier Brecke stated that aside
from the matter of cash ON hand, the
bank was in excellent shape. Exactly
what will be done has not yet been de-
termined. 1t Is very likely that the
suspension will be only temporary. as
the resources Of the bank are in such
shape, according to Mr.. Brecke, that
its depositors can be paid In full in a
comparatively short time, and 80 cents
on the dollar within two months. In
round numbers the liabilities are $780,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30

New York, representing the Textile
Manufacturers association, appeared to
make general argument in favor of
return to specific duties. The subject
OF undervaluations leading to exten
sive frauds on the revenue, he urged,
should be carefully examined by the
committee. He said he had made an
extensive tour abroad last year to look
into the subject, and as result he ap-
pealed to the committee to look care
fully at every schedule to see if it
could not wipe away every loophole
by which the dishonest importer got
the advantage Of the honest men. Mr..
Hovey was also connected with the
board Of general appraisers in New
York and said he was more interested
in the administration of the law than
in the duties imposed. He expressed
the opinion that the specific duties
where levied were a perfect remedy
against fraud, but he realized that spe-
ciflc duties in many cases were i'm
practicable. In reply to questions by
Mr.. Dingley, he said that the duties
imposed by Great Britain, France and
Germany were almost exclusively spe-
cific.
II know Of but two countries" said
he, which cling to ad valorem duties.
One is the great United States and the
other is Turkey daughter)
Mr.. Hovey severely scored the "stool
pigeons to whom imported goods were
consigned, and declared that so long
as these stool pigeons were permitted
to receive goods for the real owners,
so long would the government be de-
frauded He personally did not see
why the responsible consignee could
not be made to go on record He gave
it as his opinion that on silks, owing
to underva1uations the government
received but 35 per cent, while the duty
was 45 per cent. This completed the
hearings for today and the committee
adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock
when the sugar schedule will be taken
up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
CRUSHED BY A CAR,
Sarah Duren Commits Suicide on the
Street Railway Tracks

A tragic affair occurred early yesterday
morning at Twenty-second street and Bloom
1ngton avenue, when Mrs. Sarah Duren.
sixty years of age, deliberately threw her
self in front of an electric car meeting in
slant death. The wheels of the car passed
over the woman's face crushing it beyond
recognition. The body was removed to the
county morgue, and an inquest will be held
Mrs. Duren resided with her married sister
Mrs. H. c. Kidder, Twenty-eighth street and
Seventeenth avenue south. For the past
month Mrs. Duren had shown signs Of a
weak mind, but it was not sufficient to cause
her relatives to become alarmed. During the
early hours yesterday morning Mrs Duren
arose without disturbing any one, and. after
dressing. stealthly left the house Shortly
after, about $50 O'Clock, according to the
story OF Motorman Sterling she rushed from
the crossing at Twenty-second street. and
threw herself upon the tracks, and before the
car could be stopped the woman he'd been
Killed. The features were so obliterated that
the remains were identified only by the
clothes.
Conductor Corwin and Motorman Sterling
mad charge of the car. The latter claims he
Stacked up as he approached the crossing,
but the woman rushed so suddenly in front
or the car that he had not the slightest
warning, else he would have been able to
lower the scrapers and prevent the wheels
from passing over her body.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
Scandal RECEIVER,
John f. Byers VIII Close Up the
Banks Affairs.

Judge Belden made an order yester-
day appointing John F. Byers receiver
of the Scandal bank, and approved a
bond in the amount Of $100, 900 given by
the American Surety company for the
faithful performance of his duties The
order was made upon the petition Of
Moses D. Kenyon, superintendent Of
banks, who filed a complaint in the
district court, in which he recited that
the bank has property valued at about
$4,000 and cash on hand of $8,063.37,
also personal property, such as notes,
etc, aggregating in value $4,000. To
offset this, the complaint recites that
the bank is indebted to sundry per-
sons in the sum of $3O8, 900, and that
it's liabilities over it's resources are
900. Upon the showing, the court
made the orders in question, and also
signed a restraining order which pre-
vents the officers of the bank from in
terfering with the assets. This order
was made in the face of a former
petition brought by a creditor asking
for a receiver, upon which an injunction
was secured.