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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
vICToRIA,s DISASTER.
Fifty of the Bodies Have Been Re-
covered.

SEATTLE. Wash. May N-On the steamer
Rosalie. which arrived from Victoria this aft
ernoon, were 101 sorrowful looking excur-
sionists, the horror of the catastrophe Tues
day being kept wildly before them by the
presence Of a corpse. The steamer had two
bodies on board when she started from Vic
torIa One was that OF ]. A. Van Bskkelin,
which was left at Port Townsend and tho
other that OF B. W. Murray, Of this city.
People up there don't seem 10 know any
thing more about the accident than they 40
down here" said Capt. G. w. AInes. OF the
RogaIie 1.-THE old building formerly caNi
Market SQUARE and used as center Tor farm.
ers coming in from the country with prod
uce has been turned into morgue, and as
fast as the bodies are taken from the water
they are carried into the inclosure. Up to the
time we left, about O'Clock this morning
fifty bodies had been recovered. All the peo-
Dla had been identified when | left, aid no one
was allowed within the enclosure where the
bodies had been laid out. seine was
stretched across the river to keep the eobing
tide from carrying out the bodies. and they
are using the steam power OF the pilo driver
10 work the drags. Estimates made by tho
peoDle there place tie number remaining in
the water at from Il to 100 1t viii prob
ab,y be some time before all are taken out
and probably some will never be found"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

by the agent Of the Associated Press,
who managed to reach an outlying tel
egraph office and send brief dispatch,
as follows:
tornado blowing at the rate Of over eighty
miles an hour struck st. Louis tonight, and
ragged for half an hour with great fury, and
as result,
HUNDREDS OF LIVES WE'RE LOST,
on both sides of the river. Many buildings
are blown down and many river steamers
sunk with all on board. 1t is impossible at
the present time to estimate the number OF
lives lost, as the hospitals are filled with In
jured and the morgue is filled with the
slain, while great numbers of the dead and
manned are lying among the ruins in all
directions. A portion of the east end of the
Eads bridge is destroyed, the grand stand at
the fair grounds is down, the woman's por-
ton of the Jail is gone and the immense Cup
pies block is partially destroyed. The waters
G. Pierce oil works are burning, and other
buildings in various sections of the city are
on fire.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany announced that because Of its
inability to keep UP it's wires, it would
be impossible to send out any more
messages tonight from st. Louis or its
vicinity.
The reports regarding the duration
of the storm are conflicting. About
8 o'clock the operator on the Wabash
road. at a small station not far from
East st. Louis, managed to get the
operator at Decatur, ILL.,, long enough
to send him word that the round house
of the Wabash road was blown down
and that the freight house of the Van
dalia was wrecked and thirty-fve mel
were killed in the ruins. After he had
told this much, the wire failed him.
Shortly after o'clock the Wabash
operator at Decatur reported to the
main dispatcher's office, at Forest, Ill,
that cyclone had just passed through
the country to the south of Decatur,
and it was reported to have done great
word that a second storm had passed
through the'country, almost exactly in
the track of the first, and that he was
unable to get any more information
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
Louis, but reported that just before all
their connections with that city were
broken off they had received word that
there had been severe cyclone at
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 line south of Centralia. 1t was re-
ported to them, however, that a
CYCLONE SWEPT THE COUNTRY
south of that point.
At East ST. Louis the destruction
seems greatest H. C. Rice, the West
ern Union manager at the relay depot
on the east side, climbed across the de.
molished bridge and made his way into
ST. Louis. He reports that the Nation
al hotel, fremont house, Martell house,
De Welt cafe, the plant of the sHexel
Milling company, Horns cooper shop
and great number Of other buildings
are blown down. Many dwellings are
wrecked and many of their occupants
are known to be dead. The Vanda1ia
,o,,ut9 house tha Van(1alia freight
house, IN which thirty-fve men are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
RUIN REIGNs SUPREME.
Death and Destruction to Be Seen on
Every Hand

Every Hand,
ST. LOUIS, May 27-Death and de-
struction reign supreme in st. Louis
and vicinity tonight as the result Of the
most terrible storm that ever visited
this section of the country So wide
spread is the destruction in both ST.
Louis and East ST. Louis that it is
impossible to even estimate the amount
of the damage and loss of life. Build
ings of every description are In ruins,
and as a result hundreds of people are
reported dead and injured, but until
daylight comes and order is restored
it will be impossible to make any def
mite statement. Reports are in circu-
lation that seven steamers lying at
wharves on this and the East st. Louis
side Of the river have been sunk, with
all on board. The city is nearly in
darkness, as the electric light wires
are down. With one or two excep-
tions all the street car lines in the city
are at standstill. and thousands Of
people are compelled to remain down.
town or walk home. The storm broke
about o'clock in the afternoon, after
a most oppressiyely hot day, and rain
DeSdu 10 IdlI. IL S0Ou QeyelOpeU tIllO d
fierce thunderstorm. with the wind
from the east A little later the wind
had gained a velocity Of eighty miles
an hour, driving the rain before it, and
tearing loose signs, cornices, chimneys
and everything in its way. Many
buildings of every description were de-
molished, and others were set on fire
by lightning and crossed wires. The
fire department responded to fourteen
alarms
The streets were full of people go
ing home from work, and a panic en-
sued as soon as the storm broke. Men
were picked up and hurled against the
buildings, horses and carriages were
sent flying here and there, and falling
wires full of the deadly fluid added to
the horror Of the scene. Suddenly the
wind vered around to the west and
completed the destruction. 1t is as
serted by some of those who have ira
versed the downtown part of the city
that there are few buildings in St.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
IN AUDRIAN COUNTY.
Deaths and Injuries Reported onsAf1
Sides,

KANSAS CITY, May PA special to the
Journal from Mexico, Mo-. says: Audrian
county was visited by a terrific tornado this
afternoon at $3.50. The total number killed at
Bean Creek and Rush Hill is about eight
More than twenty-six were injured Houses,
churches, barns and school houses were blown
down. The storm preceded and followed
by heavy rain and hail, which did incalculable
damage Full reports cannot be obtained at
this hour, owing to wires being down, and
high water.
In the Bean Creek district school house
was carried completely away, and daughter
of Joseph G. Ware, one of the pupils, was
killed, and Lulu Ebanks and Hilda Blase.
also school children, were fatally injured.
Others along the route of the tornado in this
district whose names cannot yet be learned,
arc more or less injured.
At the Dye school house, six or eight miles
farther southwest. not pupil escaped unin-
jured, and five children were killed, three out
right, two dying later at this place. The
school house was utterly demolished and sew
eral OF the children were blown a great dis
tance away, and were not found until several
hours afterward, and then in a mutilated
condition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28


CHICAGO, May 27.-One of the
greatest disasters of recent years over
whelmed the city Of st. Louis tonight
in the shape of cyclone, which be-
gan shortly after o'clock, and for
thirty minutes tore it's awful way
through the city with a velocity OF
over eighty miles an hour. Although
reports from there are very meager,
owing to the almost total destruction
of telegraph wires, 1t seems certain
that the number of dead and wound
ed will reach fully 1000, and the dam
age done to millions of dollars. The
city hospital, which, fortunately, sur
vived the storm, is filed to overfowing
with mangled men, women and chill
dren. and the morgue within two hours
after the end of the storm was so full
of corpses that it was necessary to
provide other quarters for the recep-
tion of the dead.
In addition to those who were killed
in the houses and in the streets, hum
dreds of dead are beneath the waters
of the Mississippi river. OF all the
steamers on the levee when the storm
broke out but one is now afloat. All
the others have gone down, in many
instances every soul on board being
lost. Among the boats destroyed was
the excursion steamer Great Republic,
one of the largest steamers on the
lower river. Not a man escaped from
her, and it is said she was crowded
with excursionists when the storm
came up.
The center of the city is a wreck.
Many buildings have been demolished,
and others partly wrecked. The streets
are utterly impossible to street cars,
end in many places progress on foot is
a 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 also
shut off, leaving the city in total dark
ness. Fire also broke out in several
portions of the city, and the fire de-
partment was unable to make an ef-
fective fight on account of the choked-
up condition of the streets, and the
large number of firemen who were en-
gagged in the imperative work of rescu-
ing the dead and wounded.
The only authentic information from
..he stricken city tonight was sent out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
SEVEN KILLED.

Mexico, NO., Among the Places
Struck by the Wind.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 27-A spe-
cial to the Times from Mexico, Mo-,
reports that cyclone swept across
Audrian county this evening, doing
great damage to crops and wrecking
many buildings. The correspondent
reports that seven people have been
killed in the county. and probably
twenty-five badly injured, but Is un-
able to give any details.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
REPORTS In FROM MANY OTHER PLACES.
Seven People Killed at Mexico State of MIS-
souri,, and Damage Done at Various
Other Points.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 27.-Spe-
cials to the Times state that ten people
were killed in a tornado which struck
ty, this evening, and that the town of
Renick, ten miles from Moberly, in
Randolph county, was completely
wiped out. Nothing definite from eth
er place
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
St. Louis County swept.

BALDWIN, Mo-. May 27.-A hurricane ac-
companied by a terrific hail and rain storm,
passed over st. Louis county about 4:30 this
afternoon. For three hours rain fell in tor
rents and hail fell to depth of several inches.
Great damage was done to crops throughout
this section of the country. Several buildings
were blown down, but so far as can be learned
no one was seriously injured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
People Hurrying Home,

CHICAGO, May z7.-on all of the roads be-
tween this city and st. Louis special trains
have been started for st. Louis, carrying
the officials of the roads and many natives OK
st. Lcuis In a hurry to reach their homes
and obtain better knowledge Of the results
of the storm and of the safety Of their friends.
Fully 100 men who are residents of st.
Louis left here tonight on the special trains.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
EIGHTY CHILDREN
Killed In School House at Drake,
Ill


KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 27.-The
train dispatcher at the headquarters
Of the Alton road here has a report
from the operator at Roodhouse, ILL.,.
that at Drake, ILL.,, just south of that
point. on the Alton road. tornado at
a late hour this afternoon demolished
a big school house, and that eighty
children perished in the ruins. No con-
firmation of the report can be obtained
At the Alton headquarters the reports
that Mexico and Rush Hill, Mo-, were
swept by the storm are discredited
The railroad wires through these
places are woking, and no reports of Sc
rious damage have been sent in.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
EXCURSION STEAMERS WERE 6HP SIZED
Scores Drowned in the Black River With
None to Hear Their Pitiful Appeals
for SuCCor

Loui a
it.
of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
TWO HUNDRED DROWNED.
Alton Train Blown Into the River by
the Cyclone.

Alton Train Blown into the Rfver by
the Cyclone.
CHICAGO, May 27.-It is reported
that the limited train from Chicago to
ST. Louis over the Alton road was
blown into the river with a section Of
the bridge, and 200 lives lost.
ALTON TRAIN SAFE.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,. May 27.-The Chicago
C Alton limited is afe at Alton, having re-
turned from East st. Louis. Two Alton
coaches loaded with passengers few from the
approach to the Eads bridge. and were badly
wrecked, but no one was seriously hurt. The
Alton people know of no serious damage else
where on their road.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
rripp Coming Home.

WASHINGTON. May 27.-Bartlcit TrtGo.
United States minister to Australia, with Ma.
Trip. Is in Washington fsr few days. on
his way to Yankton. Mr.. Trip - On his al
nual leave and there is nothing special In
his visit to this country ct this time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The appalling disaster at st Louis is
almost exactly seven years later than
that at Johnstown, Pa, which occurred
May 81. 1889. The loss Of life in the
latter. the greatest in the history Of
the country, was over 5000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Schiedam, Amster-
dam; Stuttgart, Bremen Majestic Liver
pool.
Observation-Disclosures: Edam, New York.
LIVERPOOL Arrived: Teutonic, New
York.
BREMEN-Arrived: Bonn, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON-Arriv st. Paul, New
York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The war in Illinois is growing in in
terest. Ben Gable has called Altgeld
an anarchist, and the next mail will
no doubt bring the former challenge
to duel.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The heads of the Democrats of Yer
mont are as solid as their maple sugar.
Their platform reads: I'VE demand
the maintenance of gold standard
of values
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The moon has been charged with
working up business for the storm
king, but the astronomers have cleared
the skirts of fair Luna.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

We have no objection to a McKin-
ley-Reed ticket if people will refrain
from calling them Tom Mckinley and
Bill Reed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The smallest man in Springfield, O.,
wants to be chosen mayor of the town.
He has a great head.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The Dunkards are plainly friendly to
the horse They have decided in ma
tional convention that it is not advisa-
BILE to own and use bicycle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Mr.. Cleveland will address letter
to the fish of BuzZard's bay before he
indites an epistle on third terms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Millions of bushels of wheat are in
the Chicago elevators, and yet a man
was permitted to starve. to death at
Joliet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The Methodist conference has de-
cided to go into the fire insurance busi-
ness, but will limit it's operations to
this world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The report from Pittsburg that the
Prohibiticnists are drinking so much
water that other people have to drink
milk and "other things lacks ccnfir-
nation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

If Gen. Weyler continues to wage
war by proclamations there will be an
opportunity for those who desire to
trade monographs for machine guns.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

An Indiana poet has sold poem for
100 bushels of potatoes. Whether the
poet or the potato merchant got the
worst of it is yet to be developed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Mormon agents are in New York 1t
is an evidence Of the size Of the Nor
mon cdput that he selects the most
promising field in the country for his
work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The Prohibitionist could hunt up Nc
Ginty and run him for president. He
didn't mind water
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

What might be known as "the cy-
clone ticket" could be made up of Ben
jamin Tillman and Mary E. Lease
Platform-Our voice Is our fortune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The chief of the rainmakers, old Ju-
piter Pluvius, is the most unpopular
man in the Northwest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Mckinley will make the mistake of
his life if he attempts to let PIatt,
Quay and Clarkson under his UNI
brella.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The czar Of Russia has his crown
The czar of the house of representa-
tives hasn't, by large majority.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
MoberIx Escaped.

KANSAS CITY, May PA special to the
Journal from Moberly, Mo-, states that to-
days storm did no serious damage at that
point
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Who said the times were hard? Cop
per has baen struck at Mud lake, gold
at Eau Claire and oil at st. Louis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Matthew Stanley Quay is conducting
himself with circumspection outside
the breastworks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The coupling of filed cheese and beer
in the senate was SO appropriate that
the senators defeated the bill
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Happily, the man who makes new
bicycle records is conspicuously quiet
this year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

The fine old Southern DAME Tennes-
see is 100 years old, admits it, and is
proud of it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
BULLETIN OF
TIE ST. PRUL GLOBE.
THURSDAY, MAY 2s.
Weather for Today
Local Rains; Westerly Winds.

PAGE L.
Cyclones Awful Work at st. Louis.
Score of Steamers Go Down.
Ruins at East st. Louis AbIazc.
Havoc at the Race Track.
Cyclones at Many Points in Missouri.
PAGE z.
Host of Teachers Transferred.
Birney Sabin Safe.
Cupid Kept Busy.
News of the Courts.
AdVentists in Camp.
PAGE 3.
News of Minneapolis.
Stanley Hall Commencement.
Beer Tax Defeated.
Broad Gauge PrOhibs Win.
PAGE 4.
EDITORIAL.
CutcheOn Will Not Be Delegate.
PAGE 5.
Rain stops the Apostles.
MiIIers Beard the Tigers.
intercollegiate Field Day.
System of Paths for CysIists.
PAGE 9.
Law of Railroads.
Bar Silver, 6S 3-sc.
Cash Wheat In Chicago, 5Sc.
StagnatiOn in Stocks.
PAGE z.
Globes Popular Wants.
PAGE s.
Problem in Cinch for ChiIds.
Changes in Fire Alarm System.
Commencement at Stryker.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
DAMAGE AT RENIcK.
Five People Seriously Injured at
That Place,

STURGEON, Mo-, May PA cyclone passed
three miles north of here at o'clock this aft
ernoon. At Renick three men were seriously
injured and family of people were carried
over a mile. two children being badly hurt.
Friendship church. north Of town, was demol-
ished.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

NEW YORK, May 2S-The following
message has been received at the New
York office of the ST. Louis Republic,
in the Times building:
''St Louis, May 2S, a. m.-To Re-
public Bureau, New York: Impossible
to give more than a rough estimate of
the damage and loss of life here and
at East st. Louis Probably 500 or 800
killed, and twice that number injured.
We have rumor of cyclone at Mo-
berly, Warrensburg and other towns in
Missouri. Thirty killed at Vandalia,
Ill. Local situation terrible.
THE Republic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
WORK OF REPAIR
Already Begun by the Railroad Com
nanies

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nay 27.-General
superintendeh. Miller, Of the Pennsylvania.
arri-cd tonight by special train from his
headquarters at Richmold. THIS trkin was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
Reports of Accumulated Disasters Follow in
the Wake of the Blast That Wrecked
the City of St Louis
ALTON TRAIN BLOWN FROM A BRIDGE.

School House in the Path of the Storm
Eighty Children in the Structure
Said to Be Killed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
RUINS WE'RE ON FIRE

at East st. Louis; and burning fercely
but he could tell nothing more than
that. He had not been able to obtain
any information from any Of the Wa
bash trains that had passed his sta
ton since 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The report of the damage to the
bridge and the estimates Of the number
of the dead and wounded, he said, were
not confirmed with any accuracy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28

Confined ON Third Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-28
TOWN IS A WRECK

for blocks around and the loss OF life in that
region alone is estimated at from 200 to 2oo.
The vandaiia freight house, near the east
end OF the Eads bridge, was completely de-
molisned. 8 number of persons having gone
down in the ruins. When Mr.. Becker left
the scene men were engaged in digging out
the dead and dying and several bodies had
already been. removed. Melntz's grocery store
and whole row of brick buildings adjoining
II were razed 10 the ground but no person
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23

Along the shores of Petaluma Creek are
more homes of hermits tramps, craDks,
ETC., than in any other part OF California.
From the mouth OF the creek all the way
up to the little city bearing its name any
amount of queer individuals can be found.
The cause for this is somewhat hard to
discover, but most likely lies in the fact
that the shores of the creek are not built
up, and as consequence the cranks are
left to themselves.
Antoine the First Born, as he calls him.
self, is one of the social leaders of the col
ony. He is fakir of the old school, and
strange as it may seem, he makes living
out of it. He says he is a fortune teller,
and also claims that his business is legiti-
mate and has been recognized by civiliza-
ton for 10000 years. :.
According to Antone's own story he
does good business and large amount
of good in the world. But his fellow
cranks are not his "clients." Not they.
They have too much sense. It is the poor
bay fishermen, flied with the supersti-
tions of the south of Europe, who patron
ICES Antoine the First Born.
At any rate Antoine is making good
living and doesn't have to work. He has
a boat OF the most uncanny description,
and filled with all sorts of mysterious
objects. When he is ready for business
be has q skull mounted on stick in the
bow. In the center of the craft is an
incense burner. The whole vessel is