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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03

A vast throng OF excursionists from
the rural districts Of Missouri and I'LL
nois, as well as sightseers from ~.
Louis, made East st. Louis their Mecca
Sunday, and II is estimated that dur
ing the day fully 100000 people viewed
the ruins OF Wednesdays storm and
commented upon its terrible ravaees,
Not d railroad was there that did not
run two special trainsinto'thc city, and
trains were run hourly from this city.
The visitors were somewhat sur
prised at what they saw, for on
every side were carpenters and labor
crs busily engaged in clearing away
the wreckage and fashioning new
buildings on the sites of those
destroyed by the wind. 1t seemed
almost impossible that the debri'
could have been partially cleared
away in so short time, and the worl
of restoring the stricken city to sem
blance of its former self begun.
somber funeral cortegcs lined tn
streets of the city throughout the day
and no less than dozen interment
were made in the cemeteries of the cit
and adjacent country.
Death claimed three more victims
Adolph Anschel, Mrs. Helen Henness
and John Kelly.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03

e-President Bryan of the Terminal
association at once telephoned police
headquarters that the crowd had got
ten beyond their control, and asked
that Sd ratroiuten be sent to the sta
tion as soon as possible IN drdet that
disaster might be averted.
Although trains, crowded to ethe
guards, had been leaving Union sta
tion since three o'clock in the after
noon, the Jam seemed TO be an mex
haustible one.
By actual count there were 10000
passengers who arrived at and passed
out Of the gates at the Union station
during the day. Out of this number
however, there were, BY a conserva
tive estimate, about 100ooo passengers
who came from other states to go ovel
the wreck and ruin In this city. Th'
other 10, 900 passengers were those who
returned from East ST. Louis on Tins
trains of the Terminal association.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
CHAIRMAN HARRiTY
About Hopeless OF the Sound Money Men
C.,troilinx the Chicago Convention.

CHICAGO, June IA meeting of the
subcommittee of the Democratic ma
tional committee was held at the
Auditorium annex for the purpose
of receiving from the local COM
mittee sli 900. the balance OF
the $4,000 pledged by Chicago to
secure the convention in this city, and
arranging the details of the coming
convention. To reporter Chairman
Harrity said that II silver plank was
put in the platform he would accept
Il as the will of majority of the par
ty and he would stand by 1t.
at is my belief he continued, THAT
the entire delegation from Pennsyl-
vania will do the same. All the talk
that has been indulged to the effec'
that the honest money majority OF the
national committee will exercise it'
mower to unseat delegations is out o.
nlace. | still hope and believe tina
| there will be majority 0
sound money delegates in the conven
tiou. but am ready to admit that tn
silver sweep in Kentucky change
matters and reduces my hopes. |
NAV likely have some effect on tn
states that have not yet spoken in IA
yor of the white metal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
Executive Mansion, May 20, ls9e.


WASHINGTON, May 3O.-The managers
OF the river and harbor bill in the
house intend to move the reference OF
the veto message to the committee on
rivers and harbors, and bring it before
the house on Monday There are many
members out of town and the friends
of the bill do not wish to risk an at.
tempt to pass the bill over the veto
until more members arrive. The veto
message was expected by friends of the
bill, and during the past week they
have been at the department daily,
gathering information in the posses
sion of the army engineers respecting
the projects in the bill.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
GREENvILLE WASHINGTON COUNTY MISS WEDNESDAY 1885,

pie already COO prevalent, that their
attachment to our government NAV
properly rest upon the hope and ex.
peetation of direct and ESPECIAL
tayots, and that the extent TO which
they are realised may furnish an
estimate of the value of govern.
mental care. | believe no greater
dsnger confronts US as nation than
the unhappy decadence Amoung our
people of genuine and Trustworthy
love and affection For our government
as the embodiment of the highest and
best aspirations of humanity, and not
as the giver Of gifts, and because its
mission is the enforcement of exact
lustie and equality and not the allow.
ance of unfair fRvoritism.
hope may be permitted to sug,
gcst, at time when the issue Of gov
ernment bonds to maintain the credit
and finance and the standing of this
country is subject of criticism, tha
contracts cprovided for in this bill
would create obligations Of the Unite,
States amounting to s69. ZOO, 600 no les
binding than Its bonds for that sum.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, May 90, ls9e
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
Nearly Thousand Lives Within
Month.
kIrIrp AND INJURED DURING NAY.

Two score are missing in st, Louis
and East st. Louis, and in all prob
ability are dead.
Reports from remote points are un-
obtainable at present, and when the
truth is known, the list of dead aud
In iured may be materially increased.
In addition many have been killed
by lightning In the states named and
In other states.
TO sum up, it Is no exaggeration tc
saw that at least 1000 lives have beer
lost. and fully 5000 people were in
| iured
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
THE CURRENCY.
Ce,nag. and other Currency Items for the
Past Month.

WASHINGTON, June f.-Coinage exe-
cuted at the United States mints dur
ing May aggregated A,77s.22o, as
follows: Gold s2,s57, 200; silver 81
s2s. 400. of which sl.5oO.ooo was In
standard silver dollars. Seignior-
are on the standard silver dollars
to the extent of more than $500, 900 was
paid into the treasury and taken up In
mis- ellaneous receiptss The national
bank note circulation outstanding on
June ], was s225, ,2OO,843, an increase OF
81, ,sss, ,oo3 during May. The increase
in circulation since May J based or
national bank notes was si,sl2,6ue.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED,

Eugena Davis, daughter Oh 1llton
Davis, at Lexington, Mo-, was thrown |
from buggy and seriously injured.
The planning mill of the Poplar Bluff
(Mo.) Lumber Co was destroyed by fire.
The loss is $40, 900; Insurance small.
William Weeks, late postmaster OF
Hartshorn, |. T., was convicted in the
United States court at Fort Smith,
Ark, on the charge of embezzliug post
Office funds.
The body of Wood RIttenhouse, lost
In the wreck OF the Katherine at Cairo,
H., has been recovered. The boat IT.
self Is almost q total wreck. 1t was
brea ,hcd and pumped out.
Gov. Altgeld issued requisition on
Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio, asking for the
ex,raditlon K of Walter ). Bishop, who
is wanted at Clinton, ILL.,, to answer TO
the charge of embezzlement.
Nebraska railroad lines have volun'
tarilv reduced rates on live stock ship
meuts in the state nearly twenty per
cent, bringing them down to tho
schedule in effect last January.
John D. Wilson, a well-known insur-
anee agent, fell four stories through
the elevator shaft at the Vanderbilt
building in Nashville, Tenn. He died
half an hour after the accident.
J. R, Chandler and Miss NJ A. Farm
er rode 100 miles on horseback, TO
Clarhsville, Tenn, and were married.
They were too young yet to get a II
cense at their own home in Caldwel
county, Ky.
Gen. weyler has offered his resigna
tion because of the action OF the span
ish government in toning down his 10
: baeco order. Senior Canovas has 'toi'
S Wevler that he must remain in Cub'
for the present.
Hon. william S. McAllistcr, OF Gan
ton. Miss, against whom writ oil lu
macy was issued few days ago, ma
S been exonerated of the charge, and th
e action of the coroner's jury is gener
ally indorsed.
y Alta meeting of the male chorus o
h ,he Milwaukee Musical society II wa
It decided to hold a concert at oehht
y mark for the benefit of the st. Lou
" tornado sufferers. Fifty musicians an
ii n choous of 30 will participate.
NJ Hanotaux, the French ministe
It for foreign affairs, called upon Unite
g states Ambassador Eustis and eN
y pressed the regrets of the governmer
n ~ the terrible disaster which has o.
l. fallen st. Louis and East st. LOUIS
n Two officers of Indiana overhauie
shsnty boat, opposite henaerso
Kv.. and arrested its occupants, w
n. men and two women, who are eha.g'
st With the murder of man who
" drowned body was found floating
ic tbs river near Evansville.
of pirebugs destroyed the Third wa
a. nublic schools at Austin, Tex.' mae'i
ut The fifth incendiary fire WITHIN le
o. .h.r week. The walls and floor
We ,bs basement were saturated WI
p- kerosene and the fire could not pe
he rested until the house was al'"'
I'm Quilted. ..no hs,
20 Since NAV 10 foundlings have oe'
ay picked up by the police in precln' a1''
We contiguous to Central park i,e''.1 new u !
mt An Investigation has developed :
~ fact that nearly all the babies W. W
ars.sed alike, and it is believed u
10. ~ .hs ;nfants we're abandoned by :
or same person, probably the keeper Oh
,us h.hv farm in the neighborhood'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
COMMANDER WALKER
Urges the Necessity OF the q. A. h'' ~
Such, Keeping Out Of Politics.


WATERBURY, Conn. June Oscar
w. Cornish, Of this city, commander OF
the Connecticut department, q. a. H..
has received from Commander-in-Chiet
Walker, OF indianapolis, orders an
nouncing that the preparations Tor
the thirt'eth annual encampment az
st. Paul September i-s, are being ac-
lively pushed, with the prospect that
the encampment will be one OF the
largest ever held by the organization
The commander-in-chief lays great
stress on the absolute necessity Of
keeping the @. A. r. from political
action, and he Is much grieved to hea'
that some department commander
and grani army posts, as SUCH nave
recommended persons for elective ON
ces political in character.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
fAYloH N ILLINOIS.
rhs Missouri Mdsdesss RsesEalssd a.
Piatt by Citizens

CANTON, ILL.,, June IA spec 81 70 :,
Daily Register from Piatt, smaii
town ten miles west Of here, says ena'
Z triau PASSED through here Saturday
night going forth on Fulton .oun-
ty narrow gauge failfoadi wha
was identified by five citizens, I'd u
Triplett, Jas. McCreary, d. A. brown
Wiley Wright and James Wolirey
from a picture as George Taylor, MIS-
souri's escaped murderer. Taylor said
to souie that he was going to tales
burg, to others TO Falrview. lie earrie'
an old and dilapidated grip sack, sne
seemed uneasy and in great hurry
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
pHlLANTHRoPlsT AYERS
sent by the Chicago Civic Federation TO
East ct. Louis.

CHICAGO, June Phillip W. Ayers,
the scientific philanthropist of the Civic
Federation, has gone to East st. Louis
to see what charity is needed among
the sufferers from the tornado. lie
was sent by the committee of the or
uanization under which he works. IL
is the intention of this division to offer
to act as general distributing body in
case he shall report that the stories OF
destitution and hunger are not exag'
| perated
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
A steam nlcxeIe victim.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June Ill. ;.
Roper, mechanical engineer living IN
the Roxbury district, wa, almost in
stantly killed ut the new Charles River
bicycle park while experimenting with
steam bicycle. Hewas pacing Tom
Butler, the well-known professional
rider.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
.,.-. oIa.. Plants close.

ANDERSON, Ind, May so..fii'y.n,h. IN !.
~ the 90 window glass plants II n 'ns y,
., oa.,anal i association, including % ol
oft If the 81 Indiana plants, closed at moo. moon
Friday by agrsement o. .oo sne :, whom
Twenty THOUSAND men, l0.sOU O,e %
l,v. IN Indiana, are throwa out
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
HORSES.

eurcAeo--Ths Drover's Journals ofnslal
quotations arc as follows: Cattle-Receipts
i 400 head: market steady, strong, Fair TO pes.
besyes, s35od43j; stockers and feeders, y %
0sss; mixed cows and bulls y. oo9s %; reIas'
sss0ai 90. Hogs-Receipts, a'v,' ne.o, .s' :.
ms,sd for to-morrow, 5000 head; markes
,oc lower than Saturdays closing. Light.
ssmsa4O; rough packing, ss.7oaa.sSi mixed
and butchers. s2sbas25; heavy packing ana
shipping a. so03ls; pigs, ta5oassA sheep
Receipts II 900 head; Natives, ss5oaAlo; west.
ern, t3ooa4 10. Texas. t2.75a35o lambs $3.50
a s5; spring lambs, s55O@6iS
KANSAS CIrY-Hogs Light, Hpofso.N
medium, s2s5a2e5; heavy, s2soGxW' pigs
ao,. fair to good. .sooa37o; cows and heifcrs
best. ~ SOFAS IS; fair to good sl.soesso; bulls
A.. I01a2. so; stockers and feeders, s3.oo0deo
Texss and western, sssooa4o: calves, AOoe
p00
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03

A sadder city than st. Louis was
Sunday would be difficult to imagine.
II was the day on which she buried
hcr dead. There were 200 funerals in
st. Louis aud her sister city on the IL
linois side Of the Mississippi, nearly
every one of which was that of a tor
nado victim.
All day long these mournful
corteges, vending their way ST.
lently and tearfully to some
peaceful cemetery, were seen in every
section of the city, and on the avenues
leading to the principal burying
grounds one procession followed an
other SO closely as to make it look like
one long, unbroken line, miles IN
length. II was no unusual sight to see
two and even three funerals moving
side bs side on streets leading from th'
devastated district, and such vas
concourse Of mourners probably nevel
gathered in a modern city to witness
services SO sad.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
lyNCHlNG IN PhosrrS'
n, Georgia Negro who Asss'i'se
white Woman

white Womah'
oorunpus. Ca, May 8o.-A crowd Of
.aa, ,housaud persons has surround
ed the Jail where Jesse .,l.sa T. s,a.od' q .
~ u.oro, r who criminslly assaulted a :
white woman, is under heaVy s,,. a.
The militia has been ordered ous ..sy ~
detsud the jail. Judge Butt ana o'us. .o,.
auis s;,,ysns made speeches, advising ceol.
ness, but they had no enec. Zee ~. ~ ,sil, all
crowd. The militia surrounds inc ls,,' s,a'
and Is keeping the crowd at bay. e,a ~.
anu s..rlted Mrs. Howard Bryan, the
r,,ifs Of a Young farmer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03

NEW YoRg, June | Money on call 1A@s
mar cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4n95 per
cent Sterling exchange quiet and steady with
actual business in bankers bills At fs1hgsa.A =
for eodays. and 4ss,.a 4ssA for demand. Posted
rates, assa4ssH. Commercial bills. tsoAG
is7. Exchanges, ti2s.os5,l ,l2s; balances, tetsz'-
ISL The Mercantile safs Deposit Co reports
silver bullion on hand, 42,os4 ounces; deposited
nothing; withdrawn, nothing; certificates out
standing. 42. Bar silver. 6sI Mexican dol
lars, bsx Government bonds steady stats
bonds dull Ralroad bonds higher
Stocks we're lower after Il o'clock, demans
fer the long account having fallen on Gem
nietslv. This was followed by sales by th'
room traders who had sought for turn, an'
| in the absence Of support, prices receded al
along she line. Manhattan and Cotton oi
oomrnsh we're weak. selling down to lu5'a an
| 10 RESPECTIVELY, while the osher promineil
stocks Returned to about Fridays Anal figures
| spesula,len,at noen was dull and rather wea
IN tsne.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03

sr. LouIs-cattle Fancy export, % 7S1l 90
,.,r 10 choice, ss.75aa75; butchers. % %
uogs-Packlng, i2s053i7h' butchers hogs
A dae), lights, s3iod3 2j sheep-Prlcs
rnnge at ss.7sds5); spring lambs, Hoog5io
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
. Mighty Throns Of sightseers.

Fully 100000 people visited the
.triclten district of st. Louis Sunday
10 view the wreck and ruin the tornado
had wrought. Half hundred or more
crowded excursion trains arrived at
the Union station before noon, bring
ing in the neighborhood OF 100000 peo-
ple from all the neighboring towns
within radius of $50 miles. Inc
strangers mingled with the residents
on a sightseeing tour in the storm $
wake. and all day long the mighty
thron9 surged through the streets,
Around the principal ruins where
there was loss Of life or particularly
heavy property damage the curious
Gathered till the streets were blocked,
and II was all the police could do to
leon the crowds moving. From every
street and avenue they poured INTO
streets where the storms fury was
greatest and gazed in open-montheo
smazement at the horrid picture pre-
scented. ,,,.a.s
Tbe crowd double discounted any
th.t has ever been seen at the Veilee
prophets parade, the fair, or the illu
mutations, and the estimate oil It's mum
hsrs was given at from 40O,0 to 300,
600 bv conservative men,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03

Quotations for mlddlins range as follows -
r,ouis e-tsc. New York. Lido. New Or
lcans 7xc; Memphis, no; Charleston, mo.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-03
r..,,,,. Crush Of Ercur.lonists.

rhare was a time at Union station
sunday night, when, for a few mo-
nents' Il looked as though the city was
g. he visited by another calamity, IN
S,rectlv brought about by the more
terrible catastrophe of a few nights
sgo A ielly-like, squirming mass Q,
,rsorn-out humanity was packed anu
tanned in the midway passage. nha
That massage, with its immense area o o.
ss 600 square feet, was practlcaiiy I'M,
oO'uOs h,a Women could be seen
i,tting on top of United states
slssi' ., boxes to which places
~ s safety they had been raised
hv relatives or friends Families were
ssrosd ~ apart; women were crying
ny Tbsrs was no room inside the build
;nr The spacious waitins-room
aas..rstairs ,hs and up we're but a repetl
.;or of what was taking place aiont
.ha M gates affording entrance 70 ens
.ne .ne,.s Women tainted. There wa
hanger of children being crusheo y
aeTs srs.re were fully 80, 600 people in tina
,N.a~a 20 feet wide and 6o6 feet !
S,h ,n..u Something had to be done
a ion lives The jam had become u
manageable.
The herald., 1896-07-10
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

The Democracy of Illinois in their late
state convention took one important
step that was decidedly commendable.
Yielding to the demands of numerous
tax reform advocates throughout the
state, the convention adopted a plank
in it's platform denouncing the present
revenue system as "a monstrosity, and
declaring in favor of constitutional
amendment which will allow local op-
tlon in taxation, That plank In the
platform will undoubtedly insure for the
ticket a large number of votes from out
eide the party lines. Intelligent men OF
all parties and in all the states are be-
ginning to see the Importance ana the
Justice of permitting the voters OF each
political subdivision to decide what
kinds of property shall be taxed for
local revenue and what shall be eX-
empt.
In California the sentiment in favor Of
local option is very strong, and be-
coming stronger all the time. And yet
the state convention, by its platform
committee, refused to endorse or recon-
mend such measure. 1t was serious
mistake, as a demand for local option
would have greatly strengthened the
party with all classes of thinking voters.
Another mistake made by the conven-
tion was its failure TO demand repeal
of the iniquitous poll tax. AS reported
by the Associated Press, it appeared
that poll tax repeal plank had been
adopted; but the announcement was
premature. 1t seems that the commit
tee did adopt such a resolution, but sub
seQuently, while several members We're
absent, a SNAP meeting was held and
the resolution rescinded. When the
platform was reported to the convention
the omission was noticed, and attempts
were made to have the plank reinstated,
but the chairman failed to recognize
those who made the attempt.
1t is safe to predict, however, that a
strong pressure will be brought to bear
upon the next Legislature in favor Of
local option and against the perpetua-
tion of the poll tax outrage. If our legis-
lators are honest and anywhere near
abreast with the progressive spirit OF
the age, they will do that much toward
reforming our wretched taxation sys-
tenn. ,...-
The herald., 1896-07-10
Latonia Races

The following is the list of entries and
weights for the races to be run at
the Latonia track, today, which
are posted at the Los Angeles
Turf club, 212 South Spring street. Com
missions received on these races and full
descriptions of the events. Races COM
mence at II o'clock noon. Los Angeles
time
First race, selling, seven eighths of a
mile-Half Mine, Major Tom, Mate, ITO:
Glad, 105: Capt. Drane Rupee. 102; Hot
Stuff Mamie D.. Buffet. Miss s. 100; First
Purchase, Whileaway, Mary kevenaugh,
95.
Second race, nine sixteenths of mile
Walter Travelled. once More. Uncle Joe.
King Boleyn, Gray Eclipse, The Planet,
Jasper, Uncle Simon, Whaterlou. King
Morgan, 100.
Third race. selling, seven eighths of a
mile-Say On. 10; Joe Clark, Annie NJ.
Old Center, Cerro Gordo, 105; Jamboree,
Crusader, 102; Anna Garth, Miss Emma.
Lawrnda, Umbrella Matte Lee, 100
Fourth race. selling. three quarters of a
mile-Fontman, ia: Prince Imperial 113;
Chicot 112; Whteside,- 109: Stathreel. 1861
Enid Irish Lady 104; Hoffman, 103; Chat.
terbox 100; Moblaska, 9S Crimson Run, 95
Fifth race, selling, mile and half-Le-
banjo, Reimy,o Good Advice, 9G; Ondague,
90: Preside. 80.
Sixth race, selling, FIVE eighths Of a mile
Full Hand 107; Ethel Lee, los; Princess
Teck, 1903; Dulcenia, 99 Charlotte c., Annie
Amaiee, Callie Dozier. Frankfort, Gorla,
Black Bess. Henrica, Carrie F.. 81.
The herald., 1896-07-10

election, hurry to seek an investment
and will go actively into circulation.
"It will seek to invest itself in things
that are rising, for it will fall in value.
This is q law as inexorable as any of the
certain laws of trade. The wheat In ex-
istence is sure to fall In value when 1t is
known that large new crop is coming.
The effect is felt before the new crop is
harvested.
"Depreciating gold will go rapidly in
to circulation for favored investments
in the rising markets. By the time the
free coinage act Is passed the two metals
will have come together. Those who
fear disaster from a bimetallic standard
do not understand what bimetallism is.
or are selfishly interested in promoting
q dear money.
"The supply of the two metals is linn
tied. All the gold in the world avail
able for use as money can be put in the
first floor Office of the Examiner, and
all the silver in the world available for
use as money can be stored in the Ex-
aminer Mission street building. The
United States produces in single year,
from it's factories and fields, enough to
require all the silver in the world to pay
for it. Such a nation can maintain the
commercial parity between the two met
ais. II is the lack of knowledge of the
worlds production of gold and silver be-
fore and since 1873 that accounts for
errors into which the eastern people fall.
"Mr. Whitney's predicted ruin state
ment is threat of Wall street; and is
intended to frighten business men and
intimidate the people. If it is true that
the money power can do what is threat
ened, it is sufficient reason for the
overthrow and for treating 1t as an
enemy of the republic"