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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-10
THE y. 2. STATION.
Today the Last for the Acceptance of
tue Franchise.

LNAt
Al IS meeting held August - the coGa-
Gil passed al ordinance conditSouaIy Va
eating 4 portion u Marion street FOR the
uses OF The Northern Pacific railroad.
which We're fully sci form at the time.
Is Well as ne intention ~ ne road 10
build q passenger an5 freight depot on the
properly 50 acquired There were c0nis-
tons imposed for the protection o. the
clty's interests II the street, ana the
terms were fully covered by those per
ions Of the ordnance which stipulated
hat tAa street should remain open 20 the
pualc Until the road should Re ready ,
proceed vf-d ne construction of the sta
ton buildings. Another provision was 70
the efTacL gha. under certain conditions
ana sp0n ne violation CT - agreement
with me ci.y. The roads interest in Ma
rion street should cease and the highway
revert % The city.
The ordinance was passed with another
condition t1Al within twenty days OF its
Passage the terms % The eisS~s stipu.a-
t.ons should hs accepted. The Word.nS OF
tAat part Of the or5inace was Rs follows.
Provided. thar his ordinance shall be
NJ no force and shall not operate As or
effect any vacation OF said portion of said
Marion street unless within twenty days
after tae passage Of this ordinance d
written agreement with The city Of Sc
attic, II consideration Of the passage Of
this ordinance and ne vacation az said
portion OF Marion street by The city of
Seattle. shall be entered into and hied
with the city comptroller Of said city. by
Andrew r BGr.eiEfl. as the receiver OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
IN behalf Of himself a. sucn receiver and
his successors and assigns CHE execution
and delivery Of such agreement on the
part Of said receiver shall De daily author
ICED by the circuit court 0f the United
States for the Ninth circuit. district Of
Washington. Northern aiytslon), before or
after ehe same is executed
Today the twenty days expires. and
when Mr.. Burle!gh WAS asked last evening
as % The disposition thas vhe road would
make or the matter. he replied that the
a,ceptan nee Of The terms OF The ordnance
would he fled with the comptroller some
..rr,l. .9riss-.sr ti.a
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1,..,4envf and the school children.

.er4ay afternoon n 81 RemenyL
the eminent v37I.n virtaoSo made his bow
20 ire children of the Academy Of Holy
Names. a. tne request OF ere SISTERS of
t8at educational institution 1is Winning
ma entertaining manner quickly Won the
hearts OF MS Juvenile sa5.enre, and after
saving arn8set thea win stories 0f his
cwn particular a1mor. he took ND His
Hahv7 = a9o violin ard more than De-
ra "a al present win his impr0visa-
slors = ts seldom ,aa- a school * visited
ny 50 renowned a musician. ard he chill
5reu responded % Ma numbers With me
most hearty apa5alse and shouts for
more.
Tnterz2e ~sed wstn tbs vsol5n selections.
Mss True sang she Ave Mara Mas
caEni tas maestro paying - violin
or3 !Eafo.
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u disgust a15 dateszasz0r-" re reser-e2
70 Palmer. Bragg. u he iron Brigade. anu
Sles}es. me eae-IeSgess hero Of t5@ttyS-
o4FS. whose names we're each cE1eereSs- and
tne.1 D. continued. IN az -aaE 41Ss
gathering you h@sr ~ nene Ike these.
j = rue ven hear Of tse-i- Hunter. q
Virginia. ana 81 Gen Jones' and glory
n lie .act tnat veu hear o none MAO
are wiling % saGarSe sas infamous ac-s
% ne Caicago convention. / must say 20
goa th2t I feel encogra cement n re
,AoNgas that We shall not forfeit Stat we
fo51Ea- fer and NON n the 9ays OF the
pas" tApplaase.l
A Letter From Mckinley.
A. Ire business meeting OF the league
President Lyman z Knapp produced a
Letter from Mckinley. dated Canton, Al
gust =. IS follows:
My Dear SIR. Nothing Is mere srasl
fy.ng during his campaign than She ear
nest and enthusiastic support Of me oid
soldiers, &nd ! ask that yoa convey gljs
expression q the members % your organ
.zaszon- Yours very gruly,
WILLIAM N kTNT.EY''
The committee consisting OF J. 2. Kin
ne-A-. W :, Harlan and ". ". Wiltshire
appointed - draft suitable resolutions IN
support and honor OF Mckinley, submitted
the following,
Whereas, our 6lstin gQisned co1aras3e
William Mckinley. has been honorsd by
iae Republican party with The nominal
ton for president Of the United STATES.
therefore.
Resolved. That we. tae Union yeser-
ans Patr1otsc League If Seattle. including
in - mem oersaip sons of veterans. extend
% aim our hearty cansra citations on tie
high honor conferred gpon ann by MS
nomination . Ire highest Office n the
gift Of the American people. and.
Resolved further. That We pledge %
him eur united support and our Votes %
elect him 10 chat Alga Office. ana ,hac
ws earnestly call On AZ cur comrades and
their sons wherever they may be. 20 stand
BY Conrade Il Mckinley w}lh rs II me
present struggle Gor 1ae aaaon's honor
ana credit, as IN she past we stood shout
der 10 shoulder - defense Of the nations
Unity ana integrity n the great Wax 81
tie rebellion"
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re superior c-1--- s1s-11. surveyor scaool
ssrra~s-.e-gs~rs. o1s county co- zsssiore-.
rse segsssatc-z
rea-~e-~-z*s--Csze Superior Judge. t-ezs1--
~ ---0s4s-rs-szg attorney, one 5lzs-sce 81 tze
49,. ans county CON missioner. .wo ssg-
ss1z t3rs-
.z5t,-s-s. s~-11ze superior Judge. auditor.
municipal 4c6rs, ore justice q =. peace,
tvo legislators.
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GEN. NILES ARRIVAL.


80 prospective arrival ~ Gen u ez
has wskarass ire varfsffs comm tfees hav-
TIA t7e army F-a@- sire s. charge 80 hasten.
ana alb ase now working toE 1her WIN r
n~ u CLOSING -sa 5eas sp ard starting
vcrk 4 portion ~ sae deeds are rea4 v
10 tle Gansai over 30 sae government. ard
wae1 -he 1ears are resev and tae tract
4c ~rte3 {~rgar3eeEre aEs ssG begin al oree
i Eevv x0rAz1e1 arr already on gre ground
ur4er -2e SUPERVISION ~ Eanr. Eoo. nSyn
an ar rn@klHE ssxveys All GEARING a xnv
c2-t4i2 portions
Cance-. Y NJ - a Park Friday rizh..
Ut Nrt<sr ~ Oregon. 49, -a1e against
coast re--1~is Scr 1z4rser aaE Ant nile.
r-os. rrsnaasrsAr. fa2cy Iata1 e.ls5
zs-t. <1-.y sssoc.ae.9r ard = \. ~. Bass <
oaI i ~ 5ssscG- serts-
p@-sozs s-st purchase coai shou,s se~
tnas .1ey ge< @1zs -aey ors~-. = ysss
,=.epeo1s Sie~e7aees IessHerv Company
Cor 9er-ou Hsna2 Goa vo@ al zer ~
1es- II s1@ rsarks, Teeuno1e PIKE t5e.
- . Psata m Ef40a1 Grim rc.1x.zt.
aas 1s.ca sre3 reAe criminal I~zrasrs -
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Ninth Ward Republicans.

TIE Nfc.n Ward Republican Cls1s vi
mes II SOCIETY," nzf- E~egnc1r4 On Friday,
- ffza .rzr a. 9 scscck 2. n
TIE 3r@cg1re vice president. ard ccr.-
-ra.s.ee-uea are s5ec.ally requested "a Ne
-rsse1t sz1 arrange f9r the coming cam
.,szn : " CLARK.
President.
r VsHa-z Ss~rats--
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TIE Re- ~srs q the third yar1 VII
nee. n Brewers heIl Thursday evening.
SeD-e-n5 Der - a o'closzE. for The pur-
lose - forming a Mck4n.ey club Goo6
speakers VII b = 4rte11z1ce-
2 Y BOWEN com nl-teenaar-
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OLD SOLDIERS IN LINE
Union Veterans League out in
Full Force.
POPULiST PALACES EXPOSED
Nr. Craven. Mai. Cole. Col. Cl.v-ool
and Col. Scott the Speakers
Letter From Mckinley.

Promises made bv ne Urscr veterans
are Always re--ao-s. and c1s meeting gwen
by ne Patriotic League 4 he Seattle
Sat-onal Bank building ias- evening Vas
one of tde best 81 ne present campaign
EFe<E o- OF space vas oecu pied ara
Spectators unable % in1 seats gathered
IKE / fringe zroGn- ti1= group Of Grand
Ar-uy 17er- Tie speakers were Eerrxac-a
" Craven. Ma A. :. Cole. u WAagc0na.
Coz Charles e Clavpool. ot Tacoma. aa4
Col J. v. Scot. Of Por- Townsend. Chief
Justice joan ?. Eoys was al Interested
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III
.se essiazsaE ar@ connected VITA The or
esr;xarf5,. Jahn II 3ryaat. = y. Hal
ser Joseph y HiH Charles ? AInass-
3 rsaWolfp. Edward .. Graves. Pen
rszef.srlp 81 L. Terry. Granville o Hal
Ier. Thomas " Cirsen. Thomas 2. Hardin.
6;4orxs VI Paz~naH. Harry P Taleots. z.
r gaserwe
Tae meeting aFf9ss-ned 10 ryseas Sep EN-
s.- y q me r4rr@ hrs~ 4u4 n3ace.
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sstf-ss ogaa@ and I'll ne ares ard tricks
- ana .ge-era.s8ayrsr rszs5rse sf "a hv tszIr
sneakers were ts-GinnlEg 10 sail IA
Tsn rfear. faEseaf Auf ani~ discussion
- the vssea ~ $50 ssy by fae speaker
last aigat wss great eslsnge, nj e rare
treat compared % xas7 pass %'''fieiaf@s
Fave pBt M wtta from me Fpt'lSE A..
orators. large ans enin .''siio sldi-
eHee greeted WI a2p ai-@ ne rL-sl-
points ma. MAYOR george - 7ieaF' AZ
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49, s.,rss. ,,-e, never u,ssr1 mere US my
- -, ~ - a loss Of ia - -. - in /.
s.axse year.
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po>sEf & STEW ART. unaertaL~r~.
Parior~ corner Ell Third and
Columbia streets, seattle, washing
ton. Telephone No. IL.
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Democrats party sink into 7elsv.7r srr
Desired tse nrpserwa-son - r. party za-r1e
Egeeeaez sr fnss sane vein. azI a. r
Ssvor q ho85ing % t1e D@n0eraTac party
ssl preventing rs absorption - FoFlia.sss1
were made 81 X n II. Green. George
Eorrnor. James C7sn. Chzr3ss r.. Baker,
A ? aeFsxzr. D = pTs-ie, r G. ala
ban sri others. AlE1cS- a. present. n
<zcf. exSrnE.e1 their views. Judge BGTas
Fea4 ! letter fr9-n ByH4na. q Indiana, ac-
soeaEinz 4 third zsckef
( alaB FOL wss oge1e1. which 1nT citlZe7
ara Wi indoyss ere Indianapolis plat
farnI csa sign ard 5econae member q,
enc esssb Reside. fnoss pr-senf asst n.Eh-
.as TssiaRsaE ara connected vita the Or
ssrizari5a. John II. 3ryaat. =. y. Hal
ser Joseph =. HiA. Caar1es ? I1fsass-
r 2 Dewolfe. Edward o. Graves. Pen
Hszef.sne 81 = Terry. Granville o ktal-
ls,r. Thomas X Grsen. Thomas = Hardin.
George " PazeaAl}. Harry P Ta4eots. r.
r Has@rwe
Tae meeting adjourned 10 meet SepteTE-
Der = q ine same hoSr AMI place.
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Al vsHa-z. secrets-T-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28

while In others nigh. Jagged walls stand, a
constant menace to rasserS-by.
Every hospital in the city Is filled with
victims. and there Is lack Of nurses, ply
sic!als AMI medicines. but as soon as the
people get tfeir wits about them again the
work of alleviat!ng the suffering Of the in
jured will be proceeded with in a sys-
tematic manner.
The only telegraph ic advice had here of
the origin Of the storm is from Milan,
where late in the afternoon the dark. fun
nel-shaped cloud was seen. which descend
ed a little later upon this city.
The city authorities at midnight were
sending mounted police through the city in
an effort to ascertain. if possible. what the
loss of life and the number Of injured real
ly IS. So far as absolute facts are concern.
ed. nothing definite can be learned before
tomorrow.
Among the houses known to have been
destroyed are the furniture store of Fred
erick Ottene1s, at the corner of Broadway
and Soulard street, in the southern part Of
the city, where six men are reported killed
a saloon at GOA South It'll street, where
nine mel are reported in the ruins; st.
sPatrick's Church, at the corner of 9th and
Riddell streets.
One thing that binders the work of TAX
ing out the dead and rescuing the injured
is the fact that every electric light wire
and telephone wire IS down. This prevents
communication between the various parts
of the city. and the town being in absolute
darkness, the work of rescue is going on
with agOn!zing slowness.
To add. to the dismal situation. the rain
which fell shortly after the tornado passed,
began again about - O'Clock.
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SURROI SDIEG ST. LOUIS.
Efforts to Ascertain the Extent of
the storm.

ST. LOUIS Mo, May 2S.-No reports were
received here by teleSr2 phi. and it is impos-
sible TO give an account of the extent of the
storm in the country surrounding St Louis
The storm did not vent all its fury in St
Louis. After working its chaos of destruc-
ton in South st. Louis it moved westward
and out in the country. leaving another
trail Of ruin in its wake. 1t is impossible
TO get the full list of killed or of casualties
at this writing.
AL clayton, the county seat, a new Pres
byterlan church was leveled to the ground
and another church was wrecked. Part of
the court house at Clayton was also torn
away. HOUSES We're unroofed or totally de-
stroyed In the path of the storm
The following IS list of killed and in
1ured In the county. as far as ascertalned:
Infant Child of Mr. ard Mrs. William
Beckmah, Crushed to death under wrecked
dwelling house
William Beckman, badly cut and bruised
and injured internally.
W lil.am Dousman. thrown from buggy
ana badly cut and bruised,
Mrs. James Creveling, found in uncon-
sCious cor clifton in her partly wrecked
home.
Charles Dunn. head cut and internal in
)urles received in wrecked barn.
Unknown man, head ard face badly cut
by flying timber.
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be no satisfactory estimate given. The loss
In extent and In character is beyond con-
ception. In the flash Of lightning last
night the City Hospital looked like a ruin
The new surgical ward was partially de-
mclished. Portions OF the Other buildings
were unroofed. Walls were cracked. Even
IN the darkness the physicians began the
removal of patients to temporary quarters
fearful that the strained structures would
go down In a general collapse. There were
45C sick people in the hospital when the
storm came. Some gathered strength in
tfeir fright and ran shriektng from the
place, finding shelter on the outside.
Thirteen were injured in one ward
Convention Hall and the four courts were
In the path Of the clold as IL passed from
the City Hospital toward the river Con-
vention Hall lost a part of the roof at the
eastern end. which was punctured In sew
eral places by flying emhers, and sustained
some arrangement of the interior. Ten
days work and the expenditure of 5000
will n IKE the hall good again.
A portion Of the brick wall of the jail
went down, and the prisoners were panic
stricken.
In the district between 9th street and the
river northward from Choteau avenue the
tornado tore a diagonal path. The district
comprises business houses, many Of them
OF the older type. Every building within
the path sustained damage. Smoke stacks
and chimneys were TOPPED over.
Walls We're leVeled. Roofs were lifted.
The pancs Of windows were smashed miles
VI ltt'-SA hpH anu tfl'iDlDrt wires We're left
In network on the ground Through the
city the streets are impossible They are
covered in places with debris ten feet deep.
Along the levee front the hawsers snap
ped, ard boats were sent adrift some to go
down, others to 90 ashore on the eastern
bank. The loss of l!fe which might have
taken place at this point was aYrrted bv
the hour at which the tornado cane A
little later the excursion steamers woGld
have been going out. None of them had
left their wharfs. Other river pass ger
boats had gone an hour before and al
though not heard from, probably hal passed
beyond the path Of the storm The Death
angle as TO strike and wreck the upaer
works a. the east end Of the Eds bridge.
and to sweep a part of East St Louis
The list Of the dead and in iured during
the storm on the river Mill not be cornuIate
until hours of daylight permit effective
search Of the river. Enough is known how
ever, n show that more lives have been
lost or the east side than on the upper west
SIDE. The list of killed may exceed fftv
Inc injured number hundreds
Perhaps the most impressive evidence of
the storm clouds force is to be seen in the
wrench or the eastern end of the Eads
bridge. There the tornado dealt with stone
masonry. 1t tore off and tumbleG down
tons upon tons of this masonry Beginning
with the big eastern pier and extending
to the foot of the incline cloud cut off the
upper part Of the structure as If il had
been a !iimsy trestle instead of a structure
or wcrld-famed masonry. What the tor
nado did to the Eads bridge will not he he
neVed unless the eyes see 1t.
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DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
II VIII Run Up Into the Hundreds Of
Thousauds.


ST LOUIS, May 2S.-The following boats
are known to have been sunk: s. c. Club,
Henry Stockman. Tug Rescue, Milliken,
Christy, Virgins, MediI and all the
wharves.
The Church ferry was the only boat
not damaged. and 1t was far up the leves
and immovable.
mayors lumber yard was completely car
ried away, as was the upper Louisville and
Nashville freight depot. All streets are
lined with debris of buildings Ii is as
serted that there is not a whole line Of
wire between any two points in the west
ern section.
The wharf was the scene Of the worst
fore the storm, along the river, steamboats,
and wharf boats and barges were moored
from Biddle street to Choteau avenue.
almost in a solid phalanx and cast adrift
ers blown across and crushed against the
other side.
The Anchor Line wharf boat and thu
excursion wharf were the only craft left
between the bridge and Spruce street.
Both were showed upon the bank, indicat-
Ing that the storm had a rotary motion as
all other craft were blown in the other di-
rection. Some were seen floating when
the bru:it of the storm had PASSED, but
In nearly all the upper works were torn
away The damage to shipping alone will
run Up into the hundreds Of thousands
OF dollars.
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CAME WITHOUT WARNING.
The Cyclone Ragged for Half an Hour
and Disappeared.


ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Yesterday's cyclone
broke soon after o'clock. coming directly
from the west, destroying first in the CITY
proper. then crossing the Mississippi to
East st. Louis, and, after raging for half
an hour, disappearing in the direction of
Alton.
There was little warning for the helpless
people in the streets. the thousands on their
way nome from work, or the inmates of tia
great mercantile establishments of the city
VINO had not yet left their posts of duty
Inc storm was circular. The day had
been very hot. with clouds in the west and
no wind. About o'clock the massing of
the clouds, one upon the other on the VEST
eln horizon' gave some warning OF what
was coming. but not one has been found
today who apprchended at that time any
thlng worse than a hard thunder Storm
Suddenly out of the cloud bank came a
Mhiriins tunnel. which dipped TO the earth
me storm was then east of Clayton a
small town a short distance from St LolJis
In the incredible time of five r,in,t,s ~
had traversed the distance from the west
ern limits of this city to the heart and
there it ragged.
The high buildings served to confine #
and until they were destroyed there was
no chance for it's escape
The river was literally raised from IFS
bed, with the hundreds of boats that were
plying up and down it, or were moored at
the wharves. Where the crossing was
made to East st. Louis the river Is almost
mile in width. but the leap was taken
with all the fury with which the cyclone
had struck the city proper
Once over the immense destruction of
railroad property began. Cars went rolling
one way, depots the other while the val.
liable cargoes of freight were scattered
beyond any possibility of future discovery
1t is evident that the tornalo pursued a
track of many miles in length
Scattered reports indicated that between
Moberly and here various small towns
have been wiped out, and many persons
killed in them.
At the time. the storm struck the town
and created such havoc the ACCOMMODATING
noise was terrifying. People were picked
up in the streets and dashed to the ground
or against the buildings as though thew
had been the merest straws
One thing which aided 1t In its course of
destruction was the valley which Separates
North and South st. Louis, along which the
railroads entering the city from the east
and west have their tracks and Yards. and
through which they have access to the
Union station at 21st street. This depres-
sion is some forty or fifty feet in deptb
a regular valley, in fact, and had the tor,
nado confined itself to this channel the
loss of life would not have been SO great
But at this point the streets slope down.
thus anording means of egress for the
great destroyer.
The city bears the appearance of having
been shelled by an enemy. In some places
structures have been entirely DESTROYED,
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THE CONVENTION HALL.
Contractor German Thinks Ii Can BE
Restored by June 1G.

ST. LOUIS, May Isl. A. German, the
contractor who has the contract for the
decorating of the republican convention
hall, says:
FROM my acquaintance with Architect
Isaac Taylor, who is in charge of the buill-
ing. and the contractor who did the build
ing work, | am positive that the Auditorium
VIII be repaired and ready for the con-
vention ON the 10th of June. As far as the
work of decorating is concerned I Will
Fave II ready on time, and l Will ship a
car load OF decorations from Chicago to-
morrow night to replace those damaged by
the Storm