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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
A lust Rebuke.

From the State Republican.
The Detroit Evening News recently
evoked one of its convenient corps Of myth
ical correspondents under the name Of
s'Prominent party worker" and proceeded
to work off characteristic joke on Hon.
William A. French, candidate for renomina-
ton as state land commissioner. OF course
anything from that quarter couldn "turn a
hair" on ''Billy," but the Alpena Pioneer
takes up the cudgel, and proceeds to present
to the News a few primitive bedrock facts
as follows:
This 'prominent worker" accuses Mr..
French of being "trImmer," and Of not
booming Mr.. PiDgree as enthusiastically as
he should do, etc., and intimates that he is
not liable TO secure denomination TO his
present position.
We fail to see that Mr.. French Is under
obligation to work for Mr.. Pingree or any
other candidate, as he has repeatedly stated
that he was attending strictly to bis own
candidacy for the land commissonership.
We fail to see that Mr.. French, or any
other citizen. is required to even state his
preference for governor or any other officer,
as all loyal republicans will abide by the
decision of the state convention.
We, up here in the north, who know Mr..
French the best, know him TO be gentle
man of the most undoubted integrity, and
the utmost fairness. who Is entirely to be
relied upon In politics, business, and every
other phase of life, and we resent the insin-
nations of the News as unjust, unfair and
absolutely unreliable.
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SOME DETAILS OF THE CARNAGE.
Course the Storm Took Through the City
on Its Mission of Havoc.

Course the storm Took Through the City
on Its Mission of Havoc.
The tornado proper was preceded by
fierce blow from the east. Strong and
steadily the wind came and then it swelled
to hurricane and there were three dis
tinct attacks, which ripped up roofs and
commenced the general destruction which
followed. When this wind met one which
was coming from the southwest the tor
nado was born, and returning began its
work of destruction. 1t struck st. Louis
on the southwest at point just north of
Tower Grove park and traversed in
northeasterly direction till it reached
Grand avenue. From there it followed
Mill Creek valley clear to the river, veer-
ing slightly to the Enorth when 1t reached
Tenth street.
At the levee it swung around almost at
q right angle, and swept straight up the
river to beyond Venice and Madison,
where it veered to the east again. Judging
from the reports Of the greatest damage
done the path of the storm was on an
average of ten to twelve blocks in width,
The worst damage was done in path
about six blocks wide, extending east
ward from Grand avenue to Tenth street,
from Lafayette avenue on the south to the
railroad tracks on the north.
AT the Mggett g. Myers Tobacco works
ten were killed and twenty injured One
corner of the city hopital was blown out
and the building otherwise damaged. One
patient died from fright and two others
were killed by falling debris, with many
seriously injured, number. of whom will
die.
The Sidell g. Shenley building, at Sew
enth and Rudgar streets, fell in and it is
rumored that eighteen women are buried
in the ruins Engine house No. l was
blown down and all the fremen buried.
Every hospital in the city is filled with the
wounded victims of the storm and the
L, 1rgue is taxed to the utmost.
Among the identified dead are: Sophie
Demartina, killed by falling building at
Twelfth and Spruce; Robert Wilson,
killed by falling of Liggett g. Mayors
tobacco factory; Katie Claypool; Wallace
Bradshaw, colored; Charles Nee; julius
Gault; William Winkler Bush, killed
by street car rolling on him; Max
Weiss, driver for Eberle g. Keys
Livery company; Josephine Martin;
Jones, engineer Etna Iron works;
Frank Fisher Julius Gait; Booker Ep-
stein; Bernstein; Fred Zimmers, chief
engineer Union station power house; I'M
known child, about years old; j. Leme-
Ike, manager st. Louis BARRIERS Supply
company; unknown man, at A. b. Jones
broom factory.
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sna BRIEF dlsratoh, which is given

send n brief dispatch, which Is given
above.
The Western Union Telegraph company
announced that because of its inability to
keep up its wires it would be impossible
to send out any more messages last night
from st. Louis or its vicinity.
The reports regarding the duration of
the storm are conflicting. About o'clock
the operator on the Wabash road at u
small station not far from East st. Louis
managed to get the operator at Decatur,
Ills, long enough to send him word that
the round-house of the Wabash road was
blown down, and that the freight house of
the Vandalia was wrecked and thirty-fiye
men were killed in the ruins. After he
had told this much the wire failed him.
Shortly after o'clock the Wabash oper-
ator at Decatur reported to the main dis
patcher's Office at Forrest Ills, that n cy-
clone had just passed through the coun-
try to the south of Decatur and it was re-
ported to have done great damage. In n
few minutes he sent word that n second
storm had passed through the country al
most exactly in the track of the first, and
that he was unable to get any more in
formation regarding it, but that it was
thought to have done great damage in the
country lying east of East st. Louis.
The operators on the Alton road were
unable to get any information from their
men in the neighborhood of ST. Louis, but
reported that just before all their conpec-
lions with that city were broken off they
had received word that there had been a
Severe cyclone at Rush HILL Mo-, which is
small town on the Alton road not far
from Mexico Mo. The dispatcher's office
of the Illinois Central was unable all
night to get any information from any
point on the lire south of Centralia. 1t
was reported to them, however that n
cyclone had swept through all the country
south of that point.
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WORST OF THE ABOVE CONFIRMED.
DIeagre Details Show That the Loss of Life
and Property Is Enormous.

Meagre Details Show That the Loss of Life
and Property Is Enormous.
, CHICAGO, May 2S.-One of the greatest
disasters of recent years overwhelmed the
city of St. Louis last night in the shape of
cyclone which began shortly after 5
o'clock and for thirty minutes tore it's aw-
full way through the city with n velocity
of over eighty miles an hour. Although
reports from there are very meagre, ow-
ing to the almost total destruction of the
telegraph wires, it seems certain that
the number of dead and wounded will
amount to fully 1000 and the damage
done to millions of dollars. The city hos
pital, which fortunately survived the
storm, is filled to OVERLOOKING with man.
gled men, women and children, and the
morgue within two hours after the end of
the storm, was so full of cotpses, that it
was necessary to provide other quarters
for the reception of the dead
Hundreds of Dead I'm the River.
In addition to those who were killed in
their houses and in the streets hundreds of
dead are beneath the waters of the Missis-
sippi river. OF all the steamers on the
levee when the storm broke out but one
is now afoat-all the others have gone
down, in many instances every soul on
board being lost, and in others not over
two or three being able to reach place
of safety. Among the boats destroyed is
the excursion steamer Great Republic, one
Of the largest steamers on the lower river.
Not man escaped from her, and 1t is
said she was crowded with excursionists
when the storm came.
Center of the City q Wreck.
The center of the city is wreck. Many
buildings have been demolished and 9th
ers are partially wrecked. The streets are
utterly impossible to street cars, and in
many places progress onfoot is matter OF
great difficulty. To add to the horrors of
the night the electric light plants were
rendered incapable of service and the gas
lamps are so shut off, leaving the city in
total darkness Fire also broke out in sew
eral portions of the city, and the fire dc.
partment was unable to make an effective
fight because of the choked up condition
of the streets and the large number Of fire
men who were engaged in the imperative
work OF rcscuing the dead and wounded.
The only authentic information from
the stricken city was sent out by tho agent
of the Associated Press, who managed t.
reach the outlying telegraph Office and
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
CHILDREN KILLED AND INJURED.
School Houses Wrecked i'm Audrian Coun-
ty, Mo.-Great Destruction.

School Houses Wrecked in Audrian COun-
ty, Mo.-Great Destruction.
MEXICO, May 2S.-Audrian county was
visited by terrific tornado yesterday aft
ernoon at $3.50. The total number killed
at Bean Creek and Rush Hill is about
eight More than twenty-five were in
jured. Houses, churches, barns and
school houses were RACED to the ground.
The storm was preceded and followed by
terrible rain and hail storms which did
incalculable damage. Full reports can
not be obtained at this hour, owing to
wires being down and high water
In the Bean Creek district a school house
was carried completely away and daugh-
ter of Joseph g.. Ware, was killed and
Lulu Eubanks and Hilda Baise, also
school children, were fatally injured.
Others along the route of the tornado in
this district whose names cannot yet be
learned are more or less injured.
At the Dye school house, six or eight
miles farther southeast, not pupil es-
capped uninjured and five children were
killed, three outright and two dying later
at this place. The school house was utterly
demolished, and several of the children
were blown great distance away and
were not found until several hours after
ward, and then in a mutilated condition.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
FRIGHTFUL WORK AT THE RACES.
Collapse OF the Grand Stand When 1t Was
Crowded with People.

Collapse OF the Grand Stand When 1t Was
Crowded with People.
One of the worst features of the disaster
is thought to have taken place at the race
track at ST. Louis, where races were in
full swing and the grand stand was
crowded with people. Returns from the
ST. Louis races are received at the track
at Lakeside, Ind, and n few minutes after
8 o'clock the operator sending the report
of the races stopped his work long enough
to remark, "There goes the grand stand"
and then his wire collapsed and nothing
more was heard from him.
In few seconds the same message was
reported from Lexington, KY, with the
additional information that fully $50 peo-
pie were dead. This information was sub
sequently corroborated by the operator of
the Wabash road at Decatur, who said
that in his second message received from
East st. Louis it was declared that the
grand stand at the races was down and
that fully $50 people were buried in the
ruins.
A few minutes after o'clock the opera
tor of the Associated Press at ST. Louis,
who was in the act of taking the usual re-
port, sent word that it was growing very
dark and asked for minutes delay that
he might provide himself with a light. In
second more the wire snapped and it was
impossible to get any further information
from him or out of the town.
AT midnight it was reported at the dis
patchers office of the Wabash road at
Forest, Ills, that it was impossible to
reach any point further south than Name
ok. The operator at that point said that
up to midnight it had been impossible to
obtain any definite information from St.
Louis, but it was certain that fearful
damage had been done.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
WHAT IS MAGNETIC HEALING
Is it Lasting Cure?---A Brief DeSerta-
ton on the Subject.

AS many of our readers have read
considerable in this paper concerning
the remarkable cures that are being ac-
complished by Madame DeBoushaw, the
magnetic healer now stopping at the
Merell hotel, we have taken a little
pains to enquire into the subject for the
purpose of finding out, if possible, the
answers to the two questions which APP
pear at the head of this article.
Magnetic healing, or laying on of the
hands, has existed from time immemo-
rial. The priests of ancient times werc-
endued with power from on high which
enabled them to perform remarkable
feats of healing the sick and afflicted by
the simple laying on of hands, and from
that day to this there have always been
more or less persons possessed of this
God given gift who have used the
powers thus given to them to ameliorate
the sufferings, allay the distress and heal
the diseases of those who might come
their way. Magnetic healing in many
localities has come to be recognized by
many as the greatest boon ever given to
suffering humanity from the fact that it :
is far superior to medicine in every re-
spect. The question first at mind when
an assertion of this kind is made would
be, "Why is this true?" The answer is
evident. Nearly all diseases are the
direct result of disorded condition of
the blood, coagulation in the veins or
sluggish occupation of the arteries or
capilaries. Magnetic healing introS
duces extra heat to the exterior and the
application of the hands to the parts
affected, coupled with asuperabundance
OF magnetism located in the operator,
causes new life in weakened systems,
rushes the blood through the veins and
produces new life. New life brings
health and health is the golden boon to
which the invalids turn with joy.
Is it certain and lasting cure is an
important question. Surely if we re-
move the cause the removal of the effect
must follow; hence a cure is certainty
and it must necessarily follow that it is
permanent unless the old cause should
re-appear.
Madame DeBoushaw successfully
treats tumors, thick necks, fits, scro-
fula, rheumatism, cancer, eczema, salt
rheum, female troubles, etc. A lady
now taking treatment at the hotel bears
witness to the Madame's healing powers
and callers at the hotel will find her
ready to answer them concerning the
treatment and benefits she has received.
Sufferers will do well to call and see
this lady while she is in the city and be
cured OF their besetting ills before it is
too late. The Madame charges nothing
for consultation and will courteously
entertain any and all who call to see her
relative to this wonderful gift. No
matter what your ailment my be or how
many doctors pronounced you incurable
| call and SEQ Madame naRo,,ohaxv III
there is any help for you she will tell
you so.
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The Horror mt Victoria.

SEATTLE, May ga Victoria special to
the Post-Intelligenccr says: Fifty-three
bodies have been recovered from the Point
Ellicc bridge wreck, and there are known
to be three more beneath tho mass of TIM
bers and iron work. Besides this il Is not
known just how many there arc sub
merged, but it is believed there are close
co humanity
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

st. Johns Republican,: The candidacy OF
Hon. o. G. Tompkins, of Lansing, for
auditor general is meeting with gratifying
success in various parts of the state, and the
prospects for his nomination seem good.
Mr.. Tompkins' experience in state affairs
makes his qualifications for the office the
very best
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

CLANCY and Isabella Hamden, typewrit-
ers, were crushed TO death under the walls.
II. III. Sawyer, member of the firm, was
injured fatally. The St Louis Refrigera-
tor and Wooden Ware company's factory,
Second and Park avenue, was completely
destroyed by fire caused by lightning. The
loss is estimated at $50 ),0C0.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
HORRIBLE REPORT FROM ILLINOIS.
Not Confirmed, However, and It May Be n
Mistake.

KANSAS CITY, May 2S.-The train dis
patcher at the headquarters of the Alton
road here has report from the operator
at Roodhouse, Ills, that at Drake, Ills,
Just south of Roodhouse on the Alton
road, q tornado at a late hour yesterday
afternoon demolished o big school house
and that eighty children persisted in the
ruins No confirmation of the report can
no obtained
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
United Presbytcrians I'm session.

XENIA, o., May 2S.-The thirty-eighth
general assembly of the United Presby-
terians met last night with 300 delegates
present. Ex-Moderator DIR. J. B. McMei.
hard, of Monmouth, Ills, delivered the
opening sermon.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
Congressman Linton Renomlnated.

Congressman w. s. Linton was unani-
mously re-nominated at the congressional
convention held in Saginaw yesterday.
Hon. w. M. Fitzpatrick presented his name
to the convention in a forcible speech and
moved that the nomination be made by ac-
clamation. Supt. j. w. Simmons, of Owos-
SO. was chairman of the convention.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

The Michigan Republican Newspaper AS
socistion will hold meeting in jackson,
June 23d. Arrangements are being made
for a trip to Canton, Ohio, to call on Gov
Mckinley to congratulate him IN his nomi-
nation which will have been made before
that date.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
RACES Near Sturgeon, Mo.

STURGEON, May ga cyclone passed
three miles north of Sturgeon at o'clock
yesterday. At Rennick three men were
seriously injured and family of colored
people was carried over mile, two chill
dren being badly hurt Friendship church,
north of town, was demolished
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
that cate.

IN discussing the republican legislative
ticket in Ingham county the State Republ-
can says: Should Senator Fitzpatrick fall TO
receive the nomination for congress he Will
undoubtedly be given denomination to the
senate. Should he decline, j. L. Camp
bell, of Mason, has been mentioned as his
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
state school Corner Stone Laid.

CHARLESTON Ills, May 2S.-The corner
stone Of the $4,000 state normal school
here was laid yesterday by Grand Master
Owen Scott, of the Masonic lodge of Illi-
nois. Addresses were made by Governor
Altgeld, State Superintendent Inglis and
Others
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

BERLIN, May 2s.-Thc empress will re-
ceive Mrs. Edwin +. Uhl, wife of the
United States ambassador to Germany, at
the Schloss on Saturday afternoon.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
Ten killed in Kansas Tornado.

KANSAS CITY, May 27.-Specials to The
Times state that ten people were killed in
a tornado which struck the village of La
badie, Franklin county, last evening and
that the town of Renick, ten miles from
Moberly, in Randolph county, was COM
pletely wiped out. Nothing definite from
aitbar placa
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

1t is not doubt as to McKiDley's currency
view that is keeping his opponents awake
of nights. 1t is certainty as to his nominar
ton that robs them of their sleep and their
peace of mind.-N. Y. Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

Hon. Geo. A. Steel, Of st. Johns, shook
hands with Owosso friends Tuesday even
ing. 1t seems to be generally conceded
that Mr.. Steel will be the next state treas
urer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29
FRIGHTFUL HAVOC
ST. Louis Swept with a Bosom
of Terrible Destruction.
SIX HUNDRED SENT TO ETERNITY.
The Devastation at Jamestown Almost
Rivaled by the Awful Destruc-
tion of the Tempest.
BLAST OF DEATH REVELS IN RUIN.

More Than Thousand Persons Mangled
and Manned In the Bridge City and Its
Illinois suburb - Hundreds Dead and
Dying Among the Ruins-Fire Helps the
Cyclone in Its Horrible work-River
Engulfs Scores of Victims from Over
whelmed Observation-Disclosures Takes a
Wide Sweep and Leaves Gruesome
Path in the Country in Both Missouri
and Illinois.
New YORK, May 2S.-The following mes
sage has been received at the New York
office of the st. Louis Republic in The
Times building, dated st. Louis, Mo-,
May 2s, 8 a. M: Impossible to give more
than a rough estimate of the damage and
loss Of life here and at East ST. Louis.
Probably 500 to 600 killed; twice that num-
Der injured. We have rumors of cyclones
ut Moberly, Warrensburg and other towns
In Missouri, Thirty killed at Vandalia,
Ills. Local situation terrible.
"THE REPUBLIC"
ST. LOUIS, May SS,-A tornado blowing
at the rate of eighty miles an hour struck
st. Louis at 5i15 last night and ragged for
half an hour with great fury. AS 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 it 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 womans portion Of
the Jail blown down; the Waters & Pierce
oil works are burning and buildings in
various sections of the town are on fire.
The Plant -four mills the St. Louis Iron
immense Cupples block partially de-
stroyed.
Greatest Havoc ut East st. Louis.
| At East st. Louis the destruction seems
greatest. H. G. 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 company's MILL Horn $
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.
! Everything Afloat Goes Down.
The Great Republic and several more ex-
cursion steamers, with all on board, are
reported sunk in the river, and all steam
ers at the levee have gone down. A rough
estimate would place the number killed
and wounded at 1000 Both Western I'm
ion and Postal Telegraph companies lost
every wire out of the city, which is in total
darkness. 1t is impossible to get off any
more here at present.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

The democratic party started the Nc
Kinley boom when 1t repealed the Mckin-
ley Tariff.-The Press, N. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-29

The statement made by the Argus and by
its representative to the Detroit Free Press,
relative to the second choice action of the
republican county convention, is in line
with the course followed by its editor ever
since he assumed control of that paper.
The statement that "a delegate" attempted
to get the convention to endorse O'Donnell
as the second choice, and that 1t was hooted
down, is deliberate and malicious mis-
statement and is so recognized by the honest
and respectable republicans of the county.
A delegate did say that in case Col. Bliss
should withdraw or it became evident
that he could not be nominated 1t
would be we'll for the state delegation to
know the wishes of the party. The cCnven-
ton, however, believing that the naming of
q second choice would ipjure Col. Bliss
chances did not wish to instruct and made
it manifest. A very large majority of the
delegates were In favor Of Mr.. ODonnell In
case the Saginaw man cannot be nominated,
and we believe this fact will become more
and more manifest. This was clearly
shown when the convention refused to al
low a committee, which the delegates be-
lieved had been previously selected, to name
the state delegation, knowing, as we believe
they did, that the men, or at least a part Of
them, who would thus be selected to repre-
sent the county were pledged to support
some one else than O'Donnell in case OF q
break. 1t was clearly test and showed the
sentiment of convention composed OF
some of the best men in the county. The
delegates proved that they had mind OF
their own and refused to allow political
tricksters to tell them how they should
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