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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-23
ESTIMATED THAT THE DAMAGE
WILL TOTAL FULLY TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.
SAD SCENE Of. DEsoLA1IoN
PATH or STORM STREWN WITH
THE SHATTERED WRECKS OF
ONCE HAPPY HOMES.

st. Paul, Aug. 22.-Eleven dead, 104
injured and a property loss of over
S. OO, 900 is a verified record of the
damage inflicted by the cyclone which
passed over st. Paul and vicinity Sat
urday night, leaving in it's path a
scene of de~solation and a calamity
stricken people.
Each hour Sunday brought addi-
tional tales of dead and injured, Of
families rendered homeless and enor-
NOUS property losses-the whole ag-
gregating an appalling list which will
go on record with the great and awful
catastrophes that have befallen the ma
ton during the past year.
Dealing death and destruction every
where in it's path, the cyclone has
devastated a territory thirty miles in
area. From outlying districts there
are reports OF whole towns swept
away, u scores Oh FAMILIES lett home
less 10 mourn the ueau n injured.
AT Waconla, a town OF 4VV inhabl-
tants, about IOrty miles southwest OF
st. Faul, Inc tury OF the storm was
not appeased until the death OF four
persons and the injury OF twenty Otn-
ers a been recorded.
st. Louis Park, a suburb of Mime
apolis, was plunged in he depths OF
deepest sorrow. Out OF q population
OF a few hundred three are dead and
over a score injured.
BY many it was supposed that the
reports Immediately following the
storm had been greatly exaggerated
and that with the coming of day and
the quieting OF excitement it would
be found that the loss both in life and
property would not be SO ~dreadfully
appalling. But with the sunrise came
notification of what had been thought
the widest rumors, and with each uc-
ceeding hour in the day the enormity
OF the disaster grew.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-23
LOSS AT MINNEAPOLIS
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AM
MUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY
DESTROYED.

Minneapolis, Aug. 22.-The storm
which visited Minneapolis caused DAM
age to the amount of several hundred
thousand dollars and cost a number of
lives.
One man was killed in Minneapolis
and three persons met death at st.
Louis Park. At Waconia, one OF the
towns beyond Lake Minnetonka, four
persons met death in the storm.
The only person killed in Minneapo-
lis was Richard Hilgedick.
Three persons we're killed and over
twenty injured by the storm which
swept over the st. Louis Park district.
Property valued at 100000 was de-
stroyed. The heaviest loser is T. B.
Walker. the Minneapolis capitalist,
who owns most of the twenty houses
which were overturned and some OF
the manufacturing buildings.
The dead are Albert Ohde, aged thir-
ty-two: Anna Haydo, aged six, and
six-year-old son of Frank Hedger.
When day broke in Minneapolis Sun
day morning there was a sorry sight.
In the business district there were
shattered store fronts, plate glass
gave way to tarpaulin, telephone and
telegraph wires trailed in the street,
policemen were on guard at all places
of business, bricks from shattered
chtmneys covered the pavement and
stocks Of valuable goods were scat.
tered about the street or else massed
in piles in the stores whose shelves
they had once adorned, saturated with
water and almost valueless.
Progress Difficult and Dangerous.
In the residence district trees which
lined the street were lying PROSTATE
IOcomotiOn in street OF on walk was
impossible, and dangling telephone
and electric light wires made progress
difficult and dangerous.
Considering the intensity Of the
storm, the fact that the residence dis
tricts of the city escaped with com
paratively slight damage is remark
able.
Although a few structures were un
rooted and the contents of the build
ings drenched with water, as a rule
the people of these districts suffered
no great loss.
While the wind carried down trees
which have withstood the storms Of
years, there was comparatively little
damage to the structures. Frequently
a house would be seen covered by hall
a dozen trees which had been thrown
upon it by the winds, but in many in
stances not even a light of glass would
be broken.
It was not until daylight that the
full extent of the carnage of the storm
could be realized. Then it was found
that on Nicollet avenue, from Fourth
to Eighth streets. there was a paucity
of plate glass AMI abundance or tar
paulins and boarded windows.
Pulverized glass. covered the entire
business section of the city, and men
were busy with shovels and brooms
collecting the mass which had accum
ulated on the sidewalks.
PERHAPS the greatest sufferer was
re rc-aldson Class block. The glass
in this building was almost all
wrecked. E
Five Minneapolis churches sustained
severe damage during the storm.
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SEVERE STORM IN CHICAGO.
Wind and Rain Cause Heavy Damag,
to Property,

Chicago. Aug. PA severe wind
and electrical storm passed over the
city Sunday evening doing much dam
age in the suburbs.
Several small fires were started by
the lightning and the downpour of rain
was so heavy that many Easements
were flooded and much property dam
aged. Northwest of the city hundreds
of acres of corr were beaten down by
the wind and rain and much of it will
be lost.
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Agree to Maintain Peace.

Corinto, Nicaragua, Aug. 22.-The
conference between Presidents Es-
tonlan of Salvador. Bonilla of Hon
duras and Zelaya of Nicaragua came
to a close here Saturday night. The
three presidents signed an agreement
to maintain peace in the republics Of
Central America.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-23
INDIAN SLAYER is DEAD
George Salter of Pioneer Fame Dies
in Wisconsin.

New Lisbon, Wis. Aug. 22.-George
Salter, known throughout this sec.
ton as a bitter Indian hater who, dur
Ing his life killed eighteen redskins
to avenge the murder of his wife, died
Sunday at the age of seventy-six years.
Salter's wife al murdered in 1865,
and he is said to have slain the MUIR
derer of his wife and seventeen other
Indians.
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CROWDS THRoNGEp STREETS
TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING

And then, when it was evident that
danger had passed, crowds of anxious
persons fastened to the down town
districts to inquire for missing rela.
tives and friends. The streets were
crowded with wild, %hysterical ques-
TONERS.
Wild rumors of details of the calam-
ity spread about with lightning-like
rapidity. There was no telephone ser
vice to relieve the anxiety. The head
quarters of the police department was
converted into an information bureau.
The storm in st. Paul seemed to
center at Bridge square. where It
struck the frail structure of the TivOli
music hall and crushed it like an egg
shell, burying its 200 terrified patrons
in the debris. 1t was here that the
greatest loss of life in st. Paul oc-
Cured, and here the majority of Sc
rious injuries were recorded, for from
the mass of debris mangled forms
were borne by the score.
The House of Good Shepards was
badly damaged and n child was
killed and many others injured, none
fatally.
The two highest spans Of the high
bridge across the Mississippi river
were snapped off on the West Side
end hurled, a twisted mass of iron and
steel, down upon the shanties beneath,
the occupants of which had all taken
shelter In a cave and escaped injury.
Down Third street from Wabasha
to Sibley. up both Jackson and Robert
streets from Third to Tenth, and down
Seventh street from Broadway to
Bradley, the greatest destruction was
wrought.
Fort Smelling escaped without much
damage,
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Quiet Day at Rosemount.

Esopus, N. Y, Aug. 22.-Except for
q casual visitor, who introduced him
self to Judge Parker as "a New Jersey
Democrat" there was nothing to dis
turb the usual Sunday quiet at Rose.
mount.
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from the first visitation of the storm,
people rushed for cellars.
For probably o minute the. whlrllng
cloud of inky blackness enveloped ev-
erything, dealing death and destruc-
ton in it's path. 1t seized huge TIM
bers and hurled them hundreds OF feet
into the air. Bars of steel and Q
were twisted and bent like straws.
Roofs OF buildings were lifted bodily
into the street. Telegraph and tele-
pone poles, as well as trees, went down
like grain before a hail storm.
The effect was appalling. In the
first few minutes after the cyclone
passed people flocked from their homes
TO view the disaster.
Upon all sides the scene vas one OF
wreck and devastation. Where before
there had been beautiful residence
streets, shaded by lofty trees, there
was now a waste of debris. Homes
that but a few moments before shell
tered families in dryness and comfort
were now unroofed and in ruins.
Street car traffic was paralyzed.
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Map Of Coded Reservation.
Map Of coded part of Grow Indian
reservation will be mailed to any adj
dress by The Gazette on receipt OF
10 cents.
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PROPERTY LOSS FALLS UPON
THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE

The loss is an eve greater calam-
ity than would appear upon the face
of the statement, inasmuch as it is al
most total. Not the big insurance
corporations nor the firms which con-
troll millions are the greatest losers,
but instead they are the private citi-
zens, the heads of families struggling
for existence, the farmer, whose live
lihoOd from year to year depends upon
his crops-the masses.
In but few instances sc far as re-
corded are the losses covered by in
surance, as practically all Of the poll
cies held by owners of destroyed prop
erty did not contain clauses indemni-
flying against loss by tornadoes.
In st. Paul the dead number three;
the injured forty-five. OF those who
are hurt it is reported by physicians
that all will recover Following is a
list of the dead in st. Paul:
Lorin r. Hokason. $50 Brunson
street; killed at Tivoli theater.
George Kweton, 37S Toronto ave
nue.; killed at Tivoli theater.
Viola Robinson, fourteen years old,
orphan, killed at the House Of the
Good Shepard.
In the country adjacent to st. Paul
there are direful reports of the dis.
aster. Crops ruined, homes destroyed
and the occupants left homeless are
the tales that are repeated over and
yer again. The loss to farmers, while
rs yet impossible to accurately estt-
mate, will reach many thousands of
dollars, and probably In no case are
the losses covered by insurance.
At Saltwater the damage inflicted
by the hurricane totals 100000. LMm-
bermen were among the heaviest
losers. No injuries of serious conse-
quence, however, are reported in Still
water, though property in the city suf-
fered greatly.
CYCLONE PRECEDED BY STORM
OF NO VERY GREAT SEVERITY.
1t was 9:15 o'clock when the whirl.
wind passed owe the city. For thirty
minutes previous rain had been fall
ing with occasional flashes of light
ming. Though since early evening
clouds had been gathering in the north,
there was no indication OF a serious
storm.
With a d%eafening roar the cyclone
burst owe the city. Everywhere, amid
the crashing Of glass and the din of
falling timbers. people quaked in ter
rOr.
Rain fell in torrents, as, whirling and
swirling, carrying everything before it
In the black vortex, the cyclone swept
over the city.
The path of the storm seemed to fol-
low the river valley. The o as it
; swept along was terrific. And then
there came a lull. But the lull was
only for q moment.
with apparently increased force the
cyclone seemed to turn in its path and
seain passed over the city. The second
Visitation was nor terrific than the
Nrst. AT the weather bureau a wind
velocity Of 100 miles an hour was re-
corded.
The moments that followed were
moments Of terror. Panic stricken
nFH
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SMITHS
OFFICE
zoos Montana Ave.

Hay hands.
Dishwasher. M
Girl wanted, city.
Man and wife for ranch.
Man for ranch work.
Horses for sale.
Cows bought and sold.
Wagons for sale.
Pasture for horses and stock cattle.
House to rent.
Small ranch near city, improved,
$3.50.
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some, lOvemaking pigeons fitting from
cornice to cornice and building an ex-
celsior next against a background Of
$4,000 worth Of gold leaf "a a novel
ty to visitors. But the nesting opera
tions have taken on a more serious as
pect since then, for other pigeons have
pre-empted claims on the hooks and
corners Of the lofty dome, and it looks
as though Uncle Sam will Don have
a mammoth loft on his hands.
The City Trees.
The advance of the woodman into
Lafayette square, as planned, probably
will not occur until September, nor are
the other parks in the city likely to be
molested before that tine. A change
Of heart has not been experienced. but
the officials will hardly be able to plan
and execute their attack before Sep
TENDER. Much difficulty has been ex-
perienced in getting together the vari-
GUS authorities whom the president
asked to cooperate in carrying out
Forester Pinchot's ideas, and the end
Of the troubles is not yet.
To Suppress Red Lamps.
An endeavor will be made by the
commissioner to prevent the erection Of
illuminated signs any part Of which
shall be colored red. Red lights have
been adopted by the electrical depart
ment to indicate ut night the location
Of fire alarm boxes. and 1t Is not de-
sired to have other red lights on the
streets that may interfere Herewith.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14

of President Roosevelt and the repub-
lican party, hut in the near future his
name VIII be found with the ayes,
when action comes on the Panama
canal question Like Senator Nor
gan, he is dead. but does not know IT.
and only this, his good nature, inelines
us To give him the rocking chair near
the tircside, as long as he thinks he is
alive.
But. coming to Senator Piatt. of New
York. the many times deppsed leader
the republican party OF New York. this
physically weakened specimen of ma
chine politics. has little or no sympathy
among his followers, even at home.
His Machiayellan act of nominating
Roosevelt as vice. resident TO Kill
him Off now gives him a vision of
Banquo's ghost every day and hour.
1t will no: down" The cleaning
teeth of the man that was killed off"
have an added sense of ferocity when
the easy boss looks towards the
resident of the white house. II
curses like chickens come home to
roos,," If there is any such thing as
political etiibution. II mas come 70
the schemcr of New York City. While
not given To words, in fact his most
eloquent utterance is ascribed to three
short ones-"me too Plat his actions
are continued source of annoyance to
the republicans of New York. Com
monty supposed TO be behind the New
York sun. in its virulent attacks on
President Roosevelt. this decrept old
man continues to use his few remain
ing days in secret and insidious plans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW
The Three Grannies o. -. s.,...

oHi! Upon the assumption that the
american public has absorbed the
shiiiese characteristics OF respect for
ora age, can we explain the continual
liberation. shown not only by their
brother senator's, but by their constit-
uents, toward the three old grannies
of the senate. These men NOT only
have outlived their usefulness In tbei,.
respective positions. but each and all
are menace to good government.
Each heavy incubus on the political
party to which he belongs. SENATOR
ial courtesy" is the real reason WHY
these men, each In his place. have pow
err 10 block legislation. and to retard
the operation of putting into action.
the majority expressed sentiment of
the commonwealth. And that each is
filed with the senile conceit OF old
age goes without saying. To doubt
their sincerity is equally impossible.
Two OF them. garrulous with high
sounding phrases. think the world
waits on their needs. The other es-
teens himself the leader OF his party
in his state, while for the sake OF har-
mony. and to prevent INSCRIPTIONS
politicians using him, the real leaders
nominally acquiesce in his windy ut
terances.
or the trio. Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama. is by far the most mischieyous
in results. The evident softening of
his brain takes the form of speeches
two weeks in length. Notwithstanding
his constituents and fellow democrats
all over the south are in sympathy
with a republican presidents plans for
a Panama canal. this old man chatters
on. day after day, about Nicaragua
canal, perfectly (now) impossible
proposition. He uses the time and
Courtesy" of the senate in speeches
and motives all dilatory in intent, as
though some great principle was in
volved. and honor compelled him to
"dia In the last ditch" So near is he
(mentally) to that open sepulchra"
he does not know the world is Laughs
ing at the almost imbecile words and
actions OF the senator from Alabama.
For Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
one has softer word. more commits
Grating sentiment, and more charit-
able Judgment. While he talks and
talks. his cherubic old round face con-
argued in high sounding words for the
Fillipinos, he. like child that has re-
lieved itself of burst of passion. in
consistently votes with his party, and
against the sentiments of his own lab-
ored speeches. Just now he is taking
a high moral stand against the action
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14

open winter so that stock can feed out
in the fields, will greatly aid the far
mer in getting thru the winter. The
condition of the soil, the two bad
seasons having been in succession. and
the amount of thing done in the last
two years, makes the outlook for a
good crop in 1904 create confidence
that is stimulating to the farmers to
make the best of preparation 10 do
good farming this season. Another
thing that causes them to make an ef-
for. to work for a good crop is the
fact that many are in debt and need
all they can raise to help them out of
the calamity. The indication is that
this will be a dry year. Iowa can
stand dry weather and three years ago
when 1t was SO dry. that 1t looked like
there could not possibly be any corn.
the crop was the best for years. There
is always a calm after a storm and
there will be good crop after poor
one
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14
FISH OR CUT BAIT.

The outcry of government clerks
against the addition by the cabinet OF
half hour to their daily period of la
Dor is not likely to result in tida.
wave OF public sympathy. Instead of
six and one-half hou.s II has very
sensibly been decided that clerks IN
government employ shall comply with
the LAW and work the fun time of sew
en- hours daily. Already an organiza-
ton is talked of which shall endeavoc
to induce congress to reduce the seven
hour day to one of six and one-half
hours, and the threat is freely made
that no more work will be accomplish
Cd in this seven-hour day than has
been done during the shorter period.
In plain English the clerks threaten to
strike.
The government job is never q Sc
we're tax upon departmental clerks.
Seven hours work daily for better
salary than the same clerk has evey
Eeen able to earn on a ten-ilour bas.,
outside government employ does not
strike the average onlooker as seri-
Gus hardship. Farmers who manage
TO squeeze a days work into the time
between a. m. and 3 D. M. are no..
likely to be moved to tears over the
predicament of the seven-hour clerks.
It.
ard their clerks who Hustle for ten
hours daily are likely TO have no trou-
BILE in controlling their emotions. The
man who works and is willing to earn
tis salary is not likely TO grow maud
AIN over the tyranny which requires
another to do some thing Cor his money
The trouble is that government job
g looked upon rs a graft. It's soue-
thing the clerk has coming thru po-
11itdcal influence. payment made on
account By politicians at the peoples
expense. These Washington clerks are
kicking because the half hour disturbs
their social and business arrangements.
gome OF them are students at techni-
cal schools. some OF them are certain
TO be late at pink teas and other Inn
portant socisl functions. while others
are In business and need the time.
II is refreshing to the country in
general to know tina, business cabi-
net and business president are at
tempting to run the departments after
q business fashion. If tie clerks sol
der" they should be dismissed and
their places filed with men who are
willing to earn their wages. II the
work Is too hard and the hours too
Gong there Is not an authenticated case
on record where government clerk
Swas not permitted to resign. The order
o. the cabinet Will NEE, the enthusi-
astic approval of the country. Make
them work. Make them Ash or cut
bait.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14
Cured Afser Suffering Ten Years.

B. F. Hare. superintendent OF the
Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Com
.pany, Middletown. Ohio. suffered for
ten years with dyspepsia. He spent
hundreds of dollars for medicine and
with doctors without receiving any
permanent benefit. He says: zone
night while feeling exceptionally bad
was about to throw down the eve ming
paper when l saw an item in the pa
per regarding the merits Of Kodoi
Dyspepsia Cure. I concluded to try
Il and while had no faith in 1t felt
better after the second dose. After US
ing two bottles am stronger and bet
ter than l have been in years, and I
recommend Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to
my friends and acquadntances suffer-
Ing from stomach trouble" Sold by
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14

,nfi,;,s, ,,at,ar. ,r.,r,.ar oo,oarr-
;,c 49,, o,a.;a,, ,r, .s,o,,
co,.rss,,o,4,n., ae NJ u,.s ~,
organ is scarcely 10 be credited with
the intt.ative in outlining plans for a
Hanna eompaign. Notwithstanding
Mr. Hanna's repeated denials of presi-
dental ambitions the article viii be
taken as a declaration Of war against
Mr.. Roosevelt's eanEidacy ana an an
nourcement of Mr.. fianna's receptive
ty Mr.. Hanna has sulked in his ten;
ever since accident made Roosevelt,
an executive Senator Foraker has
Represented the Roosevelt interests in
Ohio. because Mr. Hanna refused to do
so. Now THAT Hanna has come out of
his tent armed cap-S,- pie and ready for
battle. the excuse that he is armed
against Foraker IN defense of his
friends Will not suffice. Few will doubt
that he is arrayed against Roosevelt
and prepared TO strike for personal
preferment Most people believe Han
ma greedy of the nomination. To want
things is Hanna habit.
If MI. Hanna wishes TO make a bid
Cor the highest office in the land IT is
his personal right to do so-,his is a
country where ambition is permitted
to all-but his nomination would spell
calamity 10 the republican party. With
al respec, to Mr.. Hanna's private
CITIZENSHIP and with proper Difference
{, his Qualities as leader. the west is
nnasterably opposed to his ambition.
He represents more than any one other
=, r,,sa, ,aaser those Aggressive corr
no,,ts interests of the country which
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14
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