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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

pole on the west side of the street was
broken down tie pole opposite. on the
east side. would share a similar fate but
the playful gale decided otherwise. As a
result. from Bremen avenue to Dock street
practically every telegraph pole on the
west side was snapped off. while with but
two or three exceptions the poles on the
east side were undisturbed
This freak of the storm is regarded as
exceptionally fortunate, had the poles
on the east side been blown down they
would have fallen on the houses. infiict-
ing considerable property loss and in all
probab bility killing and injuring many of
the occupants. As II was the street received
the brunt. and no one was injured. though
many spoke OF narrow escapes as they
walked with soliCitous care through the
M:szes OF wire. which. according TO the
police. We're popping with electricity
In two instances drivers in their wagons
checked their horses in time 70 avoid the
descending poles and neither they nor
their horses We're injured. though the
wagon was Naroonsd IN a network of
wires.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
SEEK REFUGE IN
FIREPROOF VAULT.

Lumber few in all directions in the
yards of the Thomas & Proetz Lumber
Company. southwest Of the Niedrin--
haus plant. and on the river bank. Hish
piles of pine and oak which covered three
acres Of ground were overturned like so
many building blocks. and the yards are
one mass of Scantiing and timbers
At the office perhaps the most striking
evidence of the force of the wind is shown.
Just at the height of the blow a board
eight inches wide and fourteen feet long
came sailing through the air. and. strik-
ing the south end of the office full and
fair. was driven through the brick wall
and was left there with two feet of its
length projecting into the attic of the
building. During the storm the off -
force sought refuge in the freproof vault.
The damage to Office and wards of the
companV npDrnXimaf tee g nSn
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
YOUNG MAN KILLED
BY FALLING BRICKS

Joseph Wesley. about 10 years old. whose
residence IS given as Fourteenth and Des-
trehan streets. was riding in wagon
driven by Conrad Bruck, an employe of
the st. Louis Star. living at No. 1927 St
Anse avenue. when the storm struck them
at Nineteeath and Destrehan streets.
Wesley Jumped cut of the wagon and
ran to the sidewalk for shelter from the
wind, when he was struck IN the head by n
falling brick. He was knocked down, and
as he fell other bricks struck him Snen
the wind has quit blowing sufficiently for
Rruck to go to the boys assistance he
found him unconscious on the sidewalk
He was taken TO the City Hospital. where
hS died at I'D o'clock.
Bruck's wagon was blown thirty or for
ty feet and was damaged slightly. The
horse was injured.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

cry Father Tracy, with his assistant. the
Reverend Father Berns. hasrened 70 tbe
wrecked plant TO render any assistance Ia
ne injured and those who might be diving
and they returned 10 the church 70 H1j
mat the tall spire. Weighing almost three
tons. mad been blown into the street and
destroyed.
me damage to the church and the pa
rochiaI residence ia estimafed at e an
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
I0-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.


Yesterdays bank Hearings were S.s33.'
'5: balances S%y@.Si3. Local discount rate!
were between ~ and per cent. Domes-
tic exchange WIS quoted as follows: New
York. &c discount bid. 10c discount asked
Chicago" 25C dIscoun; bid. iyc discount
asked; Cincinnati. Louisville and New or
leans. l0c discount bid. par asked.
Wheat closed higher 1T Sl.Goi4 Sept
Corn closed higher at 525sc ASKED Sept.
Oats closed at 33i.c sept.
Spot cotton was unchanged in the local
market
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
ONLY POLES ON WEST
SIDE BLOWN DOWN

In IT'S airy course over the city the gale
evidently determined to leave more eyi-
dences Of its visit on Broadway than any,
where else. and from all indications IL
gathered its forces along that broad
thoroughfare and wove its history in tele-
graph. telephone and trolley wires. as wei,
as poles, bricks and debris
Coming from the West il would be but
natural TO suppose that IL a telegram
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN

Policemen OF the Mounted District sus
pended while under indictment for neg.
lect at primaries, have been reinstatcG
BY the Board OF Police Commissioners.
The Coroner's jury charges f. L. RIGHT
and Charles Farthing with culpabie negli-
gence In the Helm case.
September wheat advanced to sLlO. the
highest figure since 1881.
Three are killed By dying debris in gale
which passed over the city yesterday.
One man met death by falling from wag-
On which was upset by the wind.
Greatest damage was reported at the
National Stamping and EnaIneling Com
panys plant. where the roof was torn
from factory.
The report OF the Public Building Com
mission was submitted to the Municipal
Assembly yesterday by Mayor Wells.
September wheat advanced to $1.10 a
busheI yesterday.
Samuel w. Pennypacker. Governor OF
Pcnnsyly ania, arrived with big party from
the Keystone State yesterday.
The Pygmies and Anus were driven
from their huts to the Indian school by
the storm.
Californians estimate that they will
before it is over.
a nileteen-pound steel projectile at the
United States Lifc-Saving Station few
wild YESTERDAY and injured three men.
Racing enthusiasts have exciting time at
Fair Grounds when long shots go over
and view OF storm IS afforded.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
STRIKES AT ST. LOUIS
AND JEFFERSON AVENUES

The storm followed a northeasterIy d.
rect!on. remaining at considerable height
and doing little damage outside of picking
Up loose timber and debris until 1t reached
the neishborhood Of Jefferson and ST.
Louis avenues.
AT Nos. ej1.A and 1888 Dodier street por-
tions OF the east walls of the dwellings,
were wrecked
The roof Of the fiat building at No. 25lo
HeDert street was carried into the street
Several frame sheds. trees and telephone
Hebert streets.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Captain Hobson condemns President
Roosevelt as being largely responsible for
the recent race troubles in the South. He
says the whole question has grown worse
and worse by the course Of the Roosevelt
administration.
The Congressional Convention at ST.
Joseph took 1000 ballots before adjourning
until this morning. Indications are that
James Todd Of Maryville will receive the
nomination.
Rust reports send the prices OF wheat at
Chicago and New York flying skyward. =
The rain was general in Missouri coun-
ties. Indiana. Nebraska and Illinois we're
also included in the rain belt. r,s-
Democrats are not only confident Of car
Ring New York. but hope to control the
Legislature and elect the successor Of
United States Senator Chauncey NJ. De-
pew.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

New York. Aug 1s-Sailed: Cedric, Liv-
erpool.
Copenhagen. Aug. 17.-Arrfved: Island.
New York. Christiansand.
Manchester. Aug. 1s.-Arrived: Boston
ian. Boston.
Liverpool, Aug. lp.-Arrived: Baltic. New
York: Carpathia. New York: sylvania.
Boston.
Mov,lle, Aug 1s-sailed: Ionian from
LverpooD. Montreal
Naples. Aug. 19-Afrived: Koengfn
y Luize. New York, and sailed for Genoa.
I Moville. Aug. 19.-Sailed: Anchoria (from
Glasgow, New York.
Dover, Aug. 19.-Sailed: Deutschland
Grom Hamburg). New York. via Cher
bourg.
Queenstown. Aug. 19.-Arrived: Campa-
mia. from New York.
Moville. Aug. 19.-Arrfved: Baverian,
Montreal. for Liverpool (and proceedeD.
Havre. Aug. e.-Arrived: La Gascogne,
New York.
Liverpool. Aug. 1s-Arr1ved: Republic.
Boston, via Queenstown. Sailed: Celtic.
New York. via Queenstown.
New York. Aug. 1a.-Arrfved: La Lor-
raine. Havre.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
MANY FIRE ALARMS SOUNDED
DURING THE NIGHT STORM.

Within thirty-six minutes during the
night storm nine alarms of fire were
turned in. They came in as follows: Ninth
and Arsenal. 7:i5; Broadway and Hickory,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
SPORTING.

The Browns beat the Roston in first
game of series by score OF 8 to 2.
Winners at the Fair Grounds yesterday
were: Kitty c.. Picture Hat. Algonquin.
wilIowdene, Bah and Juba.
The auto speed races scheduled for to-
morrow were postponed until Sunday.
August %.
The Hayes entry may win the stake at
the Fair Grounds this afternoon.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
80 Z - e<<<> . @ . . - o. % ~>>e .
BUILDINGS WRECKED BY THE STORM
AND ESTIMATED DAMAGE REsUJ TING


4 floor a by
p Granite Rolling Mills
{ probably insure
build
' building and roof blown Damag.
fourory brick building; blown
. a o sIrancc
ST louis Transit Company
anna
thomas ioetze Lumber Company streets damage
office building ed At
Bel Telephone
rotd"ay cables
be
no loss. -e''' WIN HH'-
ChuFch Our Good
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

which We had just completed Our busi-
ness Is not inconvenienced tn. least. and
me loss viii not be great. I think that
S5.Vo viii fully cover the damage"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

! unTooIsG. 1t Vas iITnmed against hOus-,
I "ccur.ed by Thomas Green and Mrs J
| Nhalen. Mrs. Whalsn was injured about
! 'ne head. hut the occupants of IN" other
! houses escaped with slight injuries
Mr7. Mary McIuturrf's home. > hocl,
awav and at right angles was the next
house struck. This was n two-story hous,
ana N2s moved ten feet Off its fourGl-
tons Tho entire rear OF the house was
cut OFT as clean as II Il rad been done hy
carpenter. John Cain Was asleep in
rear upstairs room. and wss almost blown
from his bed into the yard
Mrs. NcInturff and her five children
sought refuge ~ the dIning-roorn and wee
not badly hurt. The house WAS iamrneJ
against that occupied by Charles Refine.
which was partly unroof.d and moved
against that occupied by John Leonard.
which was also damaged
Two houses several hundred feet east
were then struck. The first house was
owned by the Madison Realty Company
and was occupied by Mrs ]. Vicar and
". Davis. II was practically demolished
The adjoining two-story houga occupied
by Mrs. G. W. Smith and owned by Wal
ter Mills. was turned almost completely
around. and after being moved OFF its
foundations was dropped mass of
broken boards and tangled household fur
niture
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

BY THE STORM.
Thr'e-story brick building. No.
-"S H"bert street. owned by Annie
Hhoppncrus: roof blown OF; dam
= aged sl.0cJ.
v I"o-story brick building. No. 800
= Palm street. owned by Philip Frei.e:
. roof ana wall damaged sl.ooo.
y Two-story brick building No. caOs ,
faim street. owned by Conrad All
y bright; 700. ard wall danaged sopo.
Two-story brick building. Nos.
Q 2,@'-Zi12-eJpi Hcbcri street: anaged
! . 500 .
- Two-story brick building. No 25l2 4
= f"b'rt street. belonging to Annie 4
= Richter: roof blown OF: damaged 4
. SaJ
. Two-etory brick building. No. g33 .
= Palm street. belonging to the Amer 4
. lean Chair Company: roof blown 4
. OH: damaged Sl0c. 4
T"o-story brick at Nos. c53s-.JS5 4
. Dodier street: side OF wall blown 4
. in. damaged 300. 4
. Building at Nos GOA -a07A Do q
der street. belonging to Joseph Z
ciarcn: wall blown in: damaged $50 4
Two-storr brick building, No Z
25l6A DoGier street. owned by Kate Z
= BrocchiinS: roof blown OF. dam .
= aged $50. q
. T"o-story building at Nos. Zoo .
. 2io2 Dodier street. belonging 10 Hen .
. ry Shutz: damaged $50 q
. Two-story brick at No. 1925 Des- Q
. trehan, owred by Mrs. Charles Car Q
. re;t: roof damaged $50 Q
. Two-story brick building at No Q
= le1 Destretan. owned by Mary q
. Clsbby; wall damaged $50. O
. Two-story brick building. No 15s3 Q
. Destrehan street, owned by Henry O
. Danruier: roof damaged SJH q
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20
MOTHER AND CHILDREN
sol CHIT REFUGE IN ROOM,

girl OF Il and two boys of i2 and . years
sought refuge In the front room They
felt the house a. 1t was lifted in the al,
| and then dropped. They were all cut and
bruised. and II is feared that they were
injured internally. Neighbors assisted
| them out of the debris
Across the street the wind tore roofs
and chiunneys of half a dozen house.
| Owned by Walter Mills Peter Sunder-
| lands home was practically wrecked. and
| was moved several feet off the founda-
| tons.
Joseph Reynolds vas completing a two
story house on Third street. and the
| storm demolished It,
The Russian Schismatic Church Of Mad
isen was blown of its foundation. and
the Bell long-distarce telephone exchange
was damaged. The storm then Travelled
along the Edwardsville road, Swapping the
Dig telephone poles carrying ffty-four
long distance insulated copper telephone
wires Of the Bell Company for a mile At
intervals along this distance parts of roofs
ana chimneys on houses were torn off
lien the storm took shoot to the r!ght
ana struck the story and half home of
Mrs .. B!ehl. widow. In K with her at
the time were her children. Mrs Susie
s'atier. and son. Faust. and Lora RiehI
L. ana Clarence Biehi. years old. They
ran 20 the front room OF the house. which
was picked up by the storm and scattered
over ten-acre field
The three women and two cbtldre, r.,.
hurled In different directions. and y,s
biehl was picked up from a mass or
wreckage Of her home more than 1D v,ras
away. Parts OF tho house w.rs carr,.,
half mile
PARTS OF HOUSE
CARRIED HALF A MILE.
The others wers found uncon.c,ou, I,
the fields near the house where thev had
oeeh down by the fury OF the storm. Mrs
biehi was carried to a neiehbor's on .I,o
Eo"afosviile road. but she did not regain
consc'ousness and died before Doctor
NAser OF Madison reached her Doctor
haiser attended the other members of the
biehi FAMILY. all Of whom are seriously
hurt
Immediately after the storm broke. Mar
shal Patrick McCambr!dse of Madison or
dered policemen. with tho assistance of
the volunteer fremen of the American Car |
and Foundry Company. to assist the in
Jured ana to help the residents to cover |
their furniture from the rain. In this |
they were assisted by T. G. Shipley, gen
eral foreman at the plant Mr. Shipley |
also used his buggy as an ambulance, con- |
veying to his home Earl Wife. a boy. who |
suffered broken leg during the storm
After the storm huge planks and t.mbers
were found in Venice which had been car
ried all the way from St Louis
AT the new home of J. c. Burton Of East |
Granite City. Clarence Van Dorm had to
jump into the basement to escape a six
teen-foot timber which was deposited by
the storm in the yard.
The Reverend Father William II. Muir
ply. rector OF st. Joseph's Church Of
Granite City. who had watched the storm.
picked up hat in his yard which he saw
coming toward him for a distance OF half
q mile.
About .. m. the street car service be-
tween the tri-cities. which had been |
stopped by the storm. was resumed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-20

the Buck Stove and Range Manufacturing
Company and slapped few hundred
square feet of roof of the new nve-story
building Of that concern
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THREE KILLED AND
HUNDRED INJURED
IN SEVERE STORM.

Continued From Pnse one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Beauty, Size and SentiDent
of the Worlds Fair
1t Is Larger and More Beautiful Than Any Other
Exposition Ever Given.

When President Roosevelt touched
the electric key at the white house in
Washington, which set in motion the
machinery of the worlds fair at st.
Louis, he not only opened to the
world the greatest display of the arts
of peace the world has ever known, but
he gave to the nation fit climax of a
century of growth of that vast territory
west of the Mississippi-the Louisiana
territory.
When, at the swing of a lever, 10000
gallons of water per minute was re-
leased to flow over the beautiful cas-
cades in front of Festival hall, there
was completed the most beautiful ex-
position picture the world has ever
seen, picture that will live in the
mind Of every visitor to the great fair.
Chicago had it's Court of Honor, its
stately palaces set against a back
ground of the blue waters of Lake
Michigan: Buffalo had it's wonderful
illumination, it's dusk of evening
Frightening into day again as the
countless thousands of tWinkIing
lights brought back the effect of the
rising sun, but these pictures, beautiful
as they were, have been surpassed by
the glory of the cascades, the foaming
waterway, rushing downward from the
colOnnades surrounding Festival hall
to the great lagoons, with their myriad
colors, intersecting the wonderfully
beautiful grounds in all directions.
Just as this newest of expositions
surpasses all others in beauty, so, also,
does it in size. One thousand two hun
dred and forty acres, literally covered
with the treasures, the productions, the
curiosities of ,Ie world, tell the story
of the fair In a sentence. No one Wis
itor will ever see it all, though he
spent the full time the exposition is
open at the task. An exposition which
cost $50,000000 before it's gates were
opened to the public; an exposition
to which 80 nations from all cor
ners of the world have sent their
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
HOUSE AND SENATE.

Much disorder prevailed in the house
one day while Representative Cushman,
of Washington, was making a speech.
Members were talking with one another
and four or five were at the speaker S
desk. Mr.. Speaker shouted Mr.. Cush-
man, Il hope Il am not disturbing the
house in submitting these remarks" 1t
was just this sort of protest that appeals
to Mr. Cannon, who brought the house
TO order in hurry.
Congressman Lacey sat for awhile
and listened while some colleagues from
various sections of the country told of
fine farming lands in or near their
homes. Finally he began to praise the
fertility of the HaWkeye state. why,
gentlemen" he said, there never was
such a fertile soil anywhere else on this
earth. 1t is SO rich that the girls will
not walk over the newly-plOwed ground.
They know it will make their feet grow. ="
Speaker Cannon does not trust the
great clock, which hangs on the beautl-
fully paneled wall above the marble
rostrum. He prefers to open the house
by the old-fashioned timepiece that he
carries in his own waistcOat pocket. One
day last week he entered the chamber
just before II. "Ah," said he, as he took
out his watch and gazed upward at the
clock, Il see the old clock is right again
to-day" Then he took his stand and let
the gavel fall Mr. Chaplain" he added.
in an undertoue, ''you may go ahead"
Mrs. Spooner, wife of the Wisconsin
senator, sat in a senate gallery few
days ago and watched proceedings on the
floor below. Two young women who
took pains to let people know they were
from New York sat near by. One of them
inquired of an attendant: who is the
little man with the tousled hair?" That
is Mr.. Spooner. of Wisconsin, ma'am."
Il might have known he was from the
west somewhere by the way his clothes
fit him" said the self-satisfled person
from Manhattan. Mrs. Spooner arose
with a determined air and proceeded to
the marble room. whittier she summoned
her husband. After telling him what she
had heard in the gallery, she said; Nov.
John, I've always advised you against
having your clothes made in New York
You just better try Madison tailor for
once"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

best for the people of the world
to look upon; an exposition two miles
long and one mile wide; an exposition
that is twice the size of any other to
which the public were invited; an eX-
position that is larger than the three
previous large American eXpOsitions
combined. Such is the exposition
with which st. Louis celebrates the
centennial of the Louisiana purchase.
But the men responsible for the ex-
position do not wish that it should at
tract by it's size alone. They have
builded for beauty, as well as for big
ness, and who can stand in the center
of the great panorama without being
aroused to a pitch of enthusiasm by
the beauty that surrounds him? 1t is
the beauty, rather than the size of the
fair, that first appeals to him.
Another thing that appeals to the
American, the man who loves his coun-
try, is the sentiment the exposition
stands for. 1t is sentiment that is
fully exemplified in the imposing he
role statues of the states that stand on
either side of Festival hall. These
statues typify. not the states of the
east, but these of the west, the states
carved out of the Louisiana territory,
the states that stretch from the gulf
to the Canadian border from the Mis-
sissippi to Puget sound states that
have within a century of time been
builded out of the wilderness. 1t is
for these the exposition has been build
ed; it is these again that have made
the exposition possible. The lesson
they teach is written deep in the his
tory of the nation.
To attempt an itemized description
Of the wonders this exposition has
brought to the doors of the people Of
the central west is impossible in the
space of a newspaper article. Twelve
thousand car loads of exhibits found
space within the great palaces. 1t is
almost impossible to realize what such
statement means until one has gone
from building to building, from ex-
hibit to exhibit. Nor is the space in
the building wasted. Every niche is
filled with something of interest, and
the demand was for almost double the
amount at the disposal of the author
tiles. Some idea of this may be had
from the statement that the breakfast
food manufacturers alone asked for
more space than would have filled all
the Agricultural building. covering 10
acres of ground, and with four miles
of aisles.
To pick even the more interesting ex-
hibits is almost an impossibility
though among them might be men
toned the largest pipe organ ever man
ufactured. with las stops and pipes
five feet in diameter and 80 feet long;
four acres covered with agricultural
machinery; the largest natatorium on
earth; ten acres of roses; ten acres of
live game; the largest engines ever
built; floral clock covering quar-
ter of an acre of ground. and of which
the minute hand weighs over a ton.
Such items but give the general idea
of the entire fair. 1t is all big, it is
all beautiful, it is all interesting.
The exposition management is not
Boosting of the pike" They wish