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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
A Day Devoted to Burying Victims of
the Great Cyclone.

ST. Louis, May 3O.-East St. Louis
was yesterday and will be for several
days to come a city of funerals. In st.
Peters, St. HeEry's and the City eeme-
teries, as well as the cemeteries of
adjoining cities, graves are being pre-
pared for the victims of Wednesdays
disaster, and all yesterday solemn
corteges OF sad-faced people traversed
the streets of the devastated city, fol-
lowing their loved n to their last
resting places-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

lost her smokcstacks and her cabin,
and the Charlotte Boeckeler lost her
stacks and part of her cabin. The
roofs were blown from both of the ice
barges, the lone and the Snow.
Below Cass avenue, to the bridge. all
boats were gone, except the Washing
ton Avenue wharfbOat, which hung TO
its Tooring. There were above the
bridge: The Libbie Conger, the City
OF Quincy, the Dolphin No. ,, the Belle
OF Calhoun, the Bald Eagle and the
harhor boat and n tug, the Rescue.
There were also some sand barges and
wharfboats.
The Libbic Congcr went down side
wise and missed the piers, floating on
down the stream, stripped Of her tops.
The harbor boat struck the dump boat,
and was thus kept from striking a
pier. 1t passed through under the
bridge and was driven down the
stream. Both OF its chimneys were
blown off.
EALD EAGLE ~ RESCUED.
The Bald Eagle struck the middle
pier of the bridge as she went down,
and all of her crew, except the watch
man. climbed on the pier and were
pulled up by ropes 10 the bridge when
the storm had passed. The Waterman
went on down the river with the boat.
The Washington avenu dump boat
was torn from It's wharfboat, bat was
caught at the foot of Locust street.
The wharfboat came very neir being
ORR off, too, and the men on board Of
her jumped overheard and swan
ashore.
The City of Monroe is reported to
have had 50 people on board when
blown from her landing below the
bridge. She is now lying on the Hi
nois side with her chimneys and pilot
house gone.
The tug Rescue, which was lying
near the foot of O'Fallon street, is "
ing high and dry or the Illinois side.
The Virgins Ferry Co.'S bardges are
believed by the men on the levce to
have been sunk.
A barge belonging to the Hunting,
ton Towboat Co.. loaded with iron, "
ing above the bridge, is reported &c
have been sunk some distance below
the bridge.
During the earlier part of the storm
of the sand bargcs from above
the bridge was seen floating down
with Il wagon and team standing on it.
on TIE LEVEE.
The damage on land along the river
front was almost as great rs on the
river. if not more SO. buildings were
demolished, roofs blow off, trains over.
turned, mercantile stocks damaged by
rain. railroad trains ~blockadcd, and
all wires down in the streets.
The view across the river shows a
scene of utter disolation which ac.
centuatcS the evidences OF the disaster
on this side.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

The poorhOuse. which is situated at
the extreme southwestern limit of the
city, suffered severely. The entire
roof of the female pauper building
was torn of and flung hundreds of
yards away. The front porch of the
center building was utterly demol-
ished, the large posts being twisted
away from the walls. The main dam
age done ct the big institution, how
ever, was caused by the destruction Of
the new tower which stood upon the
top of the central bnildinp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

After the storm had passed the cleo
trio wire system of the city, including
the wires Of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies, the Bell
Telephone company, the Telegraph
Fire Alarm company and the Electric
Light company, was almost Il total
wreck. Hundreds of the poles sup
porting the wires were broken short
off, while the wires everywhere were
tangled and broken by flying debris.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
The CITY Hospital Wreck.

The damage TO the city hospital is
very serious. Division VI is complete
ly demolished. The west end of Divi-
sion No. Q is blown out. Division No.
10 is completely destroyed. The south
east corner of the west wing Is torn
out. The new erysipelas ward, under
construction, was RACED to the ground.
The dead house and the crematory
were completely destroyed. Division
q is wrecked. The third story of the
east wing at the southeast corner of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
LAFAYETTE Park Ruined.

What was Lafayette park IS simply
q wilderness, and lot nor than Il
dozen trees still raise their heads sky
ward. The others lie fat, many hav-
ing been torn right out b. the roots.
while others we're snapped off like pipe
stems. The buildings in the park are
destroyed, ana the statuary is ruined.
Trees that have withstood the storms
Of years are gone, and deso!ation holds
sway.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
The Chamber of Commerce Eoof.

The roof ot the Chamber OF Com
merce building WAS ripped from its
fastenings and whipped about like a
rag in the wind. Great sheets of tin
We're hurled mp in the air and twisted
into shapelc,, masses. There was not
Il square foot of roof lett smooth and
when the Storm was over The roofing
was lying on the four streets sur
rounding the building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

The woman'S corner of the Jail was
blown down and bedlam turned loose.
The first known of the storm was the
violent shaking of the building. which
is one of the strongest and safes: in
situations in the city. There came
near being a dangerous mutiny among
the prisoners, but e strong force OF
police subdued the prisonersand quoted
them down.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

Mis-. LAKE 'FRONT.' know I've met that
Nh. Jaybird somewhere before. | told him
SO, but all he answered was that he knew
my former husband. The man must be an
idiot" Mrs. Hyde Park-"Why sO!" Mrs.
Lake Front-'T've had four former hus-
bands ,"-Cievcland Plain Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
Along the River.

The levee was the scene of the worst
devastation on this side of the river.
Before the storm. Il long row of steam
boats and wharfhOatS and bargcs were
mOOred from Biddlc street to Chouteau
avenue. These were swept from their
fastenings almost in Il solid phalanX
and cast adrift. Some were overturned
and sunk, others were blown across
and crushed against the Illinois side.
The Anchor line wharfboat and the
excursion wharf were the only craft
left between the bridge and Spruce
street. Both were showed MP on the
bank, indicating that the storm had a
rotary motion, as all other craft were
blown in the other direction. Some
were seen floating when the brunt of
the storm had passed, but in nearly all
cases the upper works were torn away.
The damage to shipping alone Will run
up into the hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
ANCHOR LINE BOATS MISSING.
Three boats of the Anchor line were
in port. These were the City Of Mon
roe, which: was ready to leave for New
Orleans. She had a large crew and
about ~thirty-tivc passengers. h was
badly wrecked in her upper works,
taken acros the river. The passen-
gers and crew are reported safe. The
other two boats were the City of Cairo
and the Arkansas City. They were
moored at the foot of Chouteau avenue
and Carroll street respectively. They
nyn Torn, lAAsn md lriftAI D.r,S- chs
river. Being temporarily out of COM
mission, they had but few employees
aboard. This company also had a
number of barges torn away and prob
ably sunk.
The St. Louis 6 Mississippi Valley
Transportation Co. had two boats, the
Exporter and the Harvester. the best
of the line, set adrifl, also the main
wharfboat and Il number of bargcs.
One of the boats was reported to be
sunk at the foot of Arsenal street.
The Henry LOurey. of this line, was
left at the wharf but little damaged,
also the wharfboat used for handling
cement.
The tug Rescue No. ., belonging 20
the Virgins Ferry Co, was sunk at the
foot of Olive street.
TURNED UPSIDE BOWS.
The Dolphin No. >, belonging to the
Dolphin Transportation Co., was
moored at the foot of car street. She
was turned upside down and sunk in
midstream, nearly opposite the foot of
Olive street. The boat swung against
one of the piers of the bridge, and
some of the members of the crew,
including the chambermaid, got off
on a projection of the pier and were
afterward rescued by one of the tugs.
ABOVE THE BRIDGE.
At the foot of Cass avenue four
boats and two ice barges were lying.
None of these was torn from its moor
ings, but the Polar Wave had her pilot
and part of her cabin blown of; the
Vinton's cabin is Gone; the Jack Frost
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
The Union CLUBHOUSE a Ruin.

The magnificent Union club is n
complete ruin. This building, COM
pleted but a little over a year ago,w was
the meeting place of the elite of South
st. Louis society. 1t was an architec-
tural gem.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
The Loss of Life in St. Louis.

From reports received ut the office o.
Coroner Wait the estimate is made that
the immediate death list in the city
will aggregate at least $50. and there
are many injured who can not possibly
survive.
The list of identified dead up to noon
was 50, and p unidentified corpses re-
manned at the morgue.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

the building is blown in. The amphi-
theater is badly damaged, as is also the
surgical ward.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
Death and Desolation Reign
Rampant in st. Louis.
Frishiful Havoc Wrought by the
Terrible Tornado.
The Death List is Appalling, But
How Great is Yet Impos-
sible to Tell.

Days Of Toll Necessary to Olsen
tomb Many Of the Victims.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
SWEPT w STATES.

SWEPT TWO STATES.
Loss of Life and Personal Injury In
Missouri and uiinois-A Death List of
Over sixty People and ut Least 125
Persons Injured, Many of Them Fatally
These Are Independent Of Casualties
at st. Louis anG East st. Louis.
TT. Louis, May 29.-With the partial
resumption of Geographic communion
ton With the outer world reports come
IN that indicate there were other suf-
fcrers by the terrible atmospheric dis
turbanccs OF Wednesday evening be-
sides those in st. Louis and its imme-
diate vicinity.
Several towns in Missouri and Hi
nois suffered severely, and it is but
reasonable to :cSer bat the territory
adjoining each one mentioned has its
list of losses of life and property. Fol-
lowing is Il list of killed and injured
at various points, emitting details:
KILLED A BHKNER, ILL
James Greaves. his wife, Jeanette
Greaves: his daughter, Jennie G~reaves,
aged l3, and baby Lizzie Greaves.
Mrs. Thomas southern.
Frank Linkc.
Gertrude Boatman.
Frank Wurm.
INJURED.
Mrs. Williams.
Lottie and Bertha Boatman.
Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. S~hanahan.
Peter Linke.
+. VI. Foster.
Lottie Foster.
Frank Blindberry.
Florence Davis.
Tony Accord.
Grandmother Greaves.
KILLED AT NEW BADEN, ILL.,
I. 5. Meyer and daughter.
Mrs. Rust and little girl.
Peter kransz and wife.
Jacob Lee.
Ida Barnes.
Adam Peter
Little daughter of j. Feckloser.
INJURED.
John Barnes, wife and child.
J. Rust and little boy.
i. Speiscr.
;. l.. Ferguson, wife and child.
Emma krdnsz.
Mrs. Bachman and son.
An unknown peddler and MANY 9th
erN, whose names cOuldnot be learned.
KILLED Al HARMONY STATION, ILL
Henry Tankard, toll-gate keeper.
Myrtle Bowen, t years old.
KILLED AT BIECKENRIDGE, Ill
Mr.. Jenkins and II. Barnes, struck
by lightning.
KILLED NEAR MASCOUTAH, III
Johnnie Beatty. aged :.
Jacob Maiirich.
INJURED Al VANDALIA, Ill.
Mrs. Beaun and three children.
Mrs. Bemgard and four children.
KILLED NEAR CHAMoIS, NO.
Allen Howard. aged Il.
Nora Howard, aged ).
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Anna Howard, aged 8.
John Howard.
Mrs. John. Howard.
KILLED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILL.,
Mrs. Margaret Carroll.
Robert Foster.
Three children of Robert Foster.
Sister of Robert Foster.
Six scholars.
Mrs. George Lee.
INJURED.
Eighteen scholars.
Three children of Mrs. George Lee.
KILLED N AUDRAIN COUNTY. NO.
Eliza Ware, daughter of X. q. Ware.
llilda Blaz, 6 years old, died from
injuries last night.
Eulah Miller, 9 years old.
Rose Hodge, b years old.
Nine-year-old son of Albert Knoebel.
Miss Morris, 16 years old.
FATALLY INJURED.
Eugene Lott, : years old.
Pearl Hodge, 5 years old.
son Of Frank Erdel, 5 years old.
Miss Mary Blincoe. teacher; will die.
Felix Romingers; will die.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Clare Lierheimer, i years old.
Riley Eiagan.
Charles Deepke, about 81 years old.
Son of G. b. Nillingham.
Child of Rev. Jenrich.
Child OF Robert Walters.
Two children of Ned Fagans.
Lulu Eubanks, : years old.
ID. Harrington.
son of Frank Erdel; leg and arm
broken.
jeff Lofts, little son and daughter.
j. Il. Hodges son., arm broken and
in head.
From six to twelve other children,
names can not NOW he learned
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06

The List of injured Will Foot Up Hun
dTeds, But the Aggregate May
Never be Known.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
TURNED UPSIDE Down.
ABOVE TIE BRIpG

At the foot of Cass avenue four
boats and two ice barges were lying.
None of these was torn from its moor
ings, but the Polar Wave had her pilot
and part of her cabin blown of; the
Vintou's cabin is gone: the Jack Frost
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-06-06
John NOwak.

John NOwak.
August Neiderholtmeyer.
Herman j. Nowak.
w. II. Styles.
Mr.. Laughlin.
Unknown man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-04-24

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INQUIRIES sent out by committee
OF Massachusetts, collegiate alumnm
have brought out some interesting
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OF those who replied 3S9 women are
single, % married and 20 widowed.
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W'ashinatun Standard
SHE HAD 1000 DOGS
This old lady, who Lived near
Paris. Collected CANNES.

Paris. Collected CANNES.
Probably the largest asylum Tor
fri,nllcss dogs" in Paris or its suburbs
was broken up the other day owing to
the protests OF the people who lived in
the vicinity. The asylum" was the
freak OF an old lady, and her grief was
great when she found that she would
have to vart with all but two OF her
1900 pets, says the New York World.
This old lady, who is alone in the
world and possesses large fortune,
conceived the idea about two years
ago OF establishing a refuge for the
homeless CANNES that wander about
the streets OF Paris. For the purpose
OF collecting" hoarders" for her home
she and the men she employed used
to 90 out nearly every evening and
pick up every stray dog they could
vigorously excluded from the estab-
lishment, not even the pleasure
which the dogs could derive from
worrying them being deemed SUI
ficieut excuse for their admission.
The number OF dogs rapidly increased
until, as has been said, it reached the
other day the astonishing total OF p
600.
The eccentric old lady had to give
up 4 substantial sum each year to the
government in taxes on her pets, but
finally the neighbors were so annoyed
by the continued chorus OF barks and
growls that came from the "asylum'
that they complained to the police
They could stand the noise fairly we'll.
they said, except on moonlight nights,
but then it became somewhat terrific,
for every beast seemed to sit on his
hind legs and give tongue. The dis
cordance of the concert may he
imagined when it is stated that the
CANNES ranged in size from the
tiniest OF " toutous" or lapdogs, with
sharp soprano voices, to great mas.
tiffs and hounds whose voices we're OIL
the bass order.
Finally the edict went forth that
the old lady must relinquish all the
dogs except two, and as soon as the
news became public there was wild
scrambling among the people in the
neighborhood as we'll as among dos
fanciers in the city. who saw a good
opportunity for obtaining some choice
specimens out OF the collection. When
all these had been distributed there
still remained trifle over 1000 worth.
less dogs to be disposed Of. These the
municipality decided must be put tc
death, and they we're thereupon carted
away and despatched, some by drown.
ing. some by chloforming and others
by being simply knocked in the head
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THE biggest edible oysters in the
world are found at Port Lincoln, in
South Australia. They sometimes
measure more than a foot across the
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flavor.