The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14

palm leaf fans lay in the wreckage I'M
blemished. A dead cow lay on top of
grocery store. A china plate, unbroken,
nestled against the wall of vault whose
door was warped and wrenched from its
hinges by the heat.
Beside a sleeping man In the emergency
hospital. that was the Congregational
church before the cyclone took its cupola
and weather Vane at once, q fearful
woman sat bravely trying to repress her
feelings. He was her husband. He lived.
At the Vestibule Of the church lay
small boys body. He was our Stephie,"
she said. Steve had come to town to
see the circus, she explained, to see the
circus and to have the doctor set his
broken toe. When they found the little
fellow his limbs were broken in a dozen
places. Hers the suffering.
One Of the most pathetic Incidents Of
the storm was the death of Charles +.
Tallmadge, a nephew of A. S. Tallmadge,
secretary of the st. Paul Jobbers' union.
Young Tallmadge, barely twenty-five.
was at the home of James Mccoy. the
president of the New Richmond bank.
when it was observed from the dining
room that the barn door was open. u
will shut it," volunteered Tallmadge, and
ne started for the barn.
The wind was blowing a gale. Lne
barn stands on the bank of the Willow
river. little below the dam. The Nc
Coy house is higher. The path between
borders the river gorge. The wind car
ried young Tallmadge over 1t and down
the grassy greensward. 1t also carried
with it section Of sidewalk They were
found together-Tallmadge and Fne side
walk.
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Tom McNally. There are, or were, four
of the McNalley brothers, and every one
in New Richmond. 1t seems, liked them.
Thomas was caught In the wreckage, pin
Toned down under some heavy beams
which locked his chest as in a wise.
When the doctors reached him he was
nearly gone, but they ho11d to save him.
from the results of the Infusion of tho
blood into the tissues surrounding the
heart. Strychnine, however, failed to
give the young man the relief that he
needed, and although there was hope
full turn for little while about noon. his
constitution was uvt1ble to resist the
severe shock
The circus lost E3ne of its men. per-
manently, nor none of its menagerie.
The menagerie consists of an elephant
and six cages Of animals. After the wind
overturned the cages, the animals there
in were comparatively safe. The ele-
plant trainer, however, took advantage
of the fact which may be familiar to
Agassiz and Conklin and let the elephant
find his own way in the storm. Agassiz
says that the elephant is all right as long
as he can go with the wind. This
elephants trainer let his trunk carrying
majesty suit himself. and after the
cyclone had gotten through cycloning.
trotted him back to the camp.
Supt Stuart, of the Omaha, perhaps
deserves as much credit as any one for
the propy% aid rendered to the New
Richmond people. Although tired from
the round trip to Mankato, before news
of the disaster was received, he accom-
panied the relief party to the storm
bound city, and then hurried the special
back when it was found how serious was
the condition there. 1t was the reports
brought by this train that enlisted popu-
lar interest and the people of New Rich
mond may well cherish the memory of
Supt. Stuart.
incidentally, Mr.. Stuart's services were
we'll Sunded out yesterday by those of
DivLl1on Superintendent Trenholm. who
put in a special track for the relief COM
mittee to locate their cars on before 1t
was discovered that they could pre-empt
the MOSnST mouse. IL was ldL0 III Iu0
afternoon before he succeeded in restor-
ing telegraphic communication with the
outside world via the Omaha line, but
the Wisconsin Central had restored q
more or less efficient service.
Word was received by the police de-
partment yesterday that John Anderson.
arrested in ST. Paul Saturday for forgery
and taken to New Richmond Monday,
was a victim of the cyclone of last night.
Anderson was quite well known to the
police. having served time for an offense
similar to the one with which he is now
charged.