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The Jones County News.
AI. C. GREENE. PUBLISHER.
ST. LOUIS IB BU1BS.
SWEPT BY CYCLONES UNO
RAGING FLAMES.
105 S OF lire IS APPALLING
Millions of Property Wrecked
by Storm and Conflagration.
RUINS BEING RANSACKED FOR
THE DEAD AND DYING.
Reports from Other Places Awaited
Wf til Anxiety—The Cyclone Sweeps
Doth Sides of the Mississippi.
St. Louis, Mo., was struck by a cy¬
clone of frightful fury at a late hour
Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of
people were killed, and tho property
Iobs is beyond estimate.
At 5:30 o’clock the clouds that had
covered (be city since noon broke into
a furious storm. Within ten minutes
tho winds reaehod a velocity of eighty
miles nu hour, sweeping with it dense
waves of rain.
The screeching of the wind throngh
electric wires, tho crash of debris that
it swept in every direction,tho electric
llulu e from tangled wiA* and crashing
thunder made n scene indescribable.
The loss of iifo is appalling. At 7
o’clock the lowest estimate of fatalities
iu East St. Louis and the city proper
is placed at 3 )0. East St. Louis Buf¬
feted probably tho greatest. Messen¬
gers cutno at 7 o’clock from thero ask¬
ing for physicians and nurses. Tho
steamer D. H. Pike, with' thirty pns-
tongers on board, bound for Peoria,
was blown bottom sido up in tho mid-
tl'e of the river and a number of per¬
sons killed.
Tlie sfenmer Delnpliin, with a crew
ol s x and twenty lady passengers on
b aa'd, was blown against the bridge
pi v and broken iu two. The ladies
and two of the crew clung to the bridge
stonexv rk and wero rescued.
The steamer Libbie Conger, with
only Captain Seaman, his wife and
three of a crew aboard, went adrift.
Tho wreck of a boat opposite Caron-
de’ot is stq posed to bo the steamer
Conger.
Oileneu’ri furniture store, at Broad¬
way and Solard, was demolished and
e x men reported killed. A saloon at
N G0G1 South Seventh street fell,
wilh nine men in tho ruins. Tho elec¬
tric railway line was burned out, as
well as tho electric plant. Fourteen
fire alarms were sounded within an
hour, ami three alarms were sent in
from the poorhouse, which building
has 1,200 inmates. The roof of the
poorhouse was blown off, and the
fatalities are great.
During the last race at tho fair
grounds tho roof was blown off the
grand stand. The crowd had gone to
t lie open field for safety and but four
men were killed.
The armory at Seventeenth and Pine
streels is beiug used ns a temporary
hospital.
At 7:30 o’clock tho rain, which had
ceased for a time, bogan afresh and
fell in torrents.
At 8 o’clock the eastern sky was
ail imo with tho light of fires in East
Sr. Louis. The metal roof of the
m rebants’ exchange was rolled up like
a scroll and foil into the streets.
Tho Louisville and Nashville east-
bound local passenger train had just
reached East St. Louis when the storm
struck that city. The train was over-
turneJ, but, miraculously, only a few
passengers were injured. They were
taken from the cars by railroad yard¬
men.
Tho Chicago and Alton eastbound
local passenger train was on the east
span of tho bridge, when the wind
picked the cars up and turned them
over on their sides. The iron spans
and trussen held the cars from toppling
into the river one hundred feet below.
Standard Oil Works on Fire.
Lightuing struck the Standard Oil
works and flames wero soon pouring
from a dozen buildings. The Are de¬
partment was utterly powerless to cope
with the conflagration. Among the
principal buildings already in ruins
aro tho National hotel, the Standard
Oil works, East St. Louis wire nail
works, t tie Crescent elevator, Hazel
tkvitor, all freight depots and stores,
(he Baltimore nnd Ohio and the Van-
Julia round houses, and residences on
St. Clair avenue.
There wero really two cyclones. One
came from the northwest and the other
from tho direct cast. Both met on the
Illinois shore of the Mississippi river
nnd joined iu a whirling cloud of death
and destruction. Tho list of dead in
St. Lents is bpyond present computa¬
tion. *
-Two Hundred Girls In a Factory.
A startling report reached police
hi a Iq iarti rs that 200 girls were in the
ruins of Liggett & Meyers’ cigarette
factory at Tower Grove park. Alarm¬
ing reports are received of great loss
of life iu the southern portion of St.
L' uis from the railroad tracks to Car-
ondeiet.
Excursion Boats Liest.
Tho greatest anxiety is felt for the
s foty of passengers on the different
excursion boats which were on the
r.vjr when the storm broke. The
steamer City of Florence, with an ex¬
cursion party, is reported lost below
Carondelcl. The steamer St. Paul,
with thirty passengers, left for Altor-
at 4 ..’clock, and it is believed to be
wrecked. The levee was packed with
people, gropiDg through the darknes.
and engeriy imploring information
from loved ones on tho river.
Course of tiio Storm.
Tho storm begun its work of devas¬
tation ai d death near Aloberly, Ran¬
dolph county, in the northenstern part
of Missouri, It then passed southeast
into Andrian county,whoro tho school-
house nt Rush Hill aud its occupants
were victims.
Tho eyclono moved slightly north
into Pike couuty, Alissonri, nnd then
jumped the Alissouri river iuto south¬
ern Illinois.
Tho Indies’ seminnry nt Drake, in
Green county, Illinois, was struck by
tho tornado which thou passed south
and east, following the Illinois rivor
until it joined the Alississippi, the
greatest point of destruction bciDg
reached at St. Louis, East St. Louis
and East Carondelet.
Tho direction of tbo wind storm
from that cluster of stricken citi< s then
appears to have been in a southeasterly
lino through Illinois, but no news of
dottrnction has been received from Il¬
linois towns east of tho big river.
The cyclone reached tho Ohio river
and struck Evansville in tho south¬
western corner of Indiana.
Tho latest reports compiled from tho
scene of destruction in three states
point t > tiio loss of over 700 lives nnd
tl e probability s are that later reports
will swell the total death list to enor-
tuem i proportions. received the
According to reports
death toll is divided ns follows:
In St. Louis, 300; East St. Louis,
300; Drake, Ilk, 80; Rush Hill, AIo.,
10; Kenick, Mo., 5; Labbadie, Mo.,
10.
Tho nnml.'or of injured is eitimated
to bo in the hundreds.
THE DEAD PASSED IJY.
Only the Wounded Are Given the At¬
tention of Rescuers.
Later dispatches state that shortly
► fter midnight the tire department se¬
cured control of tho conflagration at
East St. Iji uii and the members of tho
lepurtmeut began to i ssist the ambu¬
lance corps iu earing for tlie wounded.
No attention was given to tiio dead.
The streets were in Egvptinu dark¬
ness and searchlights were placed on
patrol wagons in the e ff rt to reach
the loot! ion of tiio injured. Tho am¬
bulances wero run on breakneck speed
and inside of one Lour nt least twenty-
live seriously injured wero carried to
ihe dispensary. Their wounds wore
dressed os rapidly os possible and they
wero carrio 1 to residences iu tho
neighborhood to await tho result of
their injuries. Tho scenes of death
and sulT ring in East St. Louis aro be¬
yond tho power of description.
News From Cincinnati.
From a train dispatcher’s office nt
Cincinnati it was given out that tbo
St. Louis cyclone struck that city from
the northeast aud passed off to the
southwest. No railroad trnius, so far
as known, have been nblo to get with¬
in twenty miles of St. Louis.
Judging from the news from tbo
surrounding country the storm center
was nt St. Louis aud tho cyclone’s fury
was spent there.
One report is that fully 1,500 were
killed, and auother that tiio number is
greater. These statements wero gath¬
ered from severul messBges that
reached tho city Wednesday night
from different towns fifteon or twonty
miles from St. s Louis.
Tho Death List.
Tho following statement was tabu¬
lated at polico headquarters at St.
Louis and given out Friday alteruoon:
Known dead in St. Louis... 137
Unknown dead in St. Louis 24
Fatally injured in St. Louis...... 15
Missing in St. Louis......... 25
Known dead in East St. Louis 138
Unknown dead in East St. Louis.. 3
Fatally injured in Ern-t St. Louis. 3
Total, 3GG
The list, prepared from police fig¬
ures, is rot accurate in detail, but is
said to be approximat ly correct. Tho
police believe, with .ivory one else,
that the total ia likely to In swelled
when work ou the ruins has been
completed.
As time goes on, it beejmes more
and more evident that the tornado is
the worst that ever visited St. Lems
or any other city ou tiio Noith Ameri¬
can continent, Horrors multiply
every hour aud the list of dead is ap¬
pal ling.
More than 130 dead bodies linvo
been rescued in St. Louis, over 4)0
persons are known to have been in¬
jured. Mangle I bodies nre found iu
nuumsrablu places along the path of
the storm and are being taken to tiio
improvised morgues in tho el ff rout
pgrtious of the distressed districts. It
will be weeks before a complete list of
those killed can b) made, tint the list
of dead is climbing to the 200 mark.
Iu East St. Louis tho disaster was
complete. The western section of that
railway town being one vast charnel
house. Only a single dwelling was left
studding on what iH called tho “Island”
aud GOO families arc homeless. The
citizens have estimated tho dead at
fully 200 on Iho east side.
In ihc wake of the tornado earuo
grave problems, to meet one of them
— the protection of Ihe city in the ab
sencc of tbe electric lights—the First
Missouri regiment has gone on duty for
patrol service and tho polido commis¬
sioners will add 150 men to the force.
New Virginia University Building*.
The contract has been Jet for tl e
erection of fiye buildings <tf the.. Uni:
versify eSf Virginia at Chaflottsvitlo,
to take the placnof thr-so destroyed by
fire lust October. A Richmond firm
were tho successful bidders at a little
under #300,003. The buildings to be
erected are tbe rotunda, academical
buildings, physical and laboratory, boiler house. me¬
chanical laboratory
Work will commence at once,
GRAY, JONES CO., GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 4 , lSIMi.
THE 54T1I CONGRESS.
ROUTINE OF HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Iilll* and Resolution*
Presented and Acted Upon.
THE ROUSE.
In the house Wednesday a fooblo ef¬
fort or two to obtain unanimous con¬
sent for the consideration of private
bills withered and died under Mr.
Kern's objection, nnd Mr. Lnroy, of
Iowa, called up tho conference report
on the bill to relieve settlers on tho
Northern Pacific railroad indemnity
lands and it was agreed to.
Air. Cannon, of Illinois, called up
the general deficiency appropriation
bill and addressod the houso in oppo¬
sition to tho motion mado Tuesday by
Air. AIbIiod, < f Pennsylvania, to con¬
cur in the sena’e amendment appro¬
priating money to pay French
tion and war claims.
After a stirring appeal by Mr. Can¬
non to “turn down” this irregulnr
method of legislation, the vote was
taken on Air. AInhon’s motion to con¬
cur in the senate amendment, result¬
ing: Yeas, 111; nays, 97. Tho an¬
nouncement was received with up-
plauso.
Air. Cannon then called tho supple¬
mental conference report upon the
sundry civil bill. Without completing
the consideration of tho report, at 5:30
o’clock, the house adjourned, Air.
Kem, of Nebraska, having made tho
point of no quorum.
Almost tho sole topic of conversation
among the members of tiio house Tues¬
day was the St. Louis tornado. Alem-
bers stood about in groups and dis¬
cussed the borriblo disaster before the
house met. Tho chaplain in his invo¬
cation referred feelingly to tho sorrow
nnd suffering in tho griefstrieken dis¬
trict.
As soon ns the journal had been
read Air. Bartboldt asked unanimoui
consent for the consideration of a res¬
olution directing tho secretary of war
to place nt the disposal of the mayors
of St. Louis and East St. Louis a suf¬
ficient number of tents to afford tem¬
porary relief to tbe homeless in that
section nnd to devise such ether relief
as might be proper, etc.
Air. Bartboldt explained that lio
and his colleague* had called on tho
secretary of war Thursday morning
nnd had been informed that if con-
greeB would givo tho authority eight
or ten boats used near St. Louis in ilia
Alississippi improvements could be
sent to the Alound Oity to render as¬
sistance nnd relief. The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
The contested election case of John¬
ston, republican, against Stokep, dem¬
ocrat, from tho seventh district of
South Carolina, which had been under
debate in tlie house three days, reach¬
ed a vote Friday afternoon, but was the
not finally disposed of, owing to
dilatory tactics of the advocates of the
contestant’s claim to thereat, his right
to it being npproved by a minority of
tho committee on elections No. 3,
which considered the caso. By a vote
of 105 to 95, the houso rofused to sub
stituto the resolutions reported by tho
minority, declaring Johnston elected
and entitled to tho seat, and Stokes
not elected and not entitlod to the
seat, for thoso of tho majority to the
direct contrary effect. In order to
postpone further notion untii there was
a largo attendance, tho friends of John¬
ston resorted to filibustering tactics,
and so exhausted tho session.
Tho presentation of th) conference
report on tho naval appropriation bill
by Air. Boutollo put an end to the fil¬
ibustering, but it effected the same re¬
sult—shelved tho election case until
Eomo futuro day. agreed
The conference report was to
nnd a further conference ordered on
the item* still in dispute.
President Cleveland’s veto of tho
river and harbor bill was read and re¬
ferred to the committee ou rivers nnd
harbors. Air. Ilermnnn, republican,
of Oregun, stated that ho hoped tho
committoo would make a report thereon
not later tlinn Tuesday. By that timo
it is hoped to have in attendance a
sufficient number of friends of tbo
measure to pnss it over tlie veto. At
5:10 o’clock, under the rules,tho house
took a recess until 8 o’clock, tho eve¬
ning session being for tho considera¬
tion of private pension bills.
THK SENATE.
The bouBo mensuro known as tho
“filled cheese” bill camo up beforo tho
senate Tuesday under the lead of Sen¬
ator Sherman, of Ohio, who had re¬
ported it from tbe senate committee
on finance. Its object is to discourage
the manufacture and sale of an adul¬
terated article of food by imposing a
heavy license ou manufacturers and
whole) ale dealers, and its support¬
ers advocated its passage, not as
a revenue measure, but as a pro¬
tection to dairymen and the general
public. It had not been many min¬
utes before tho senato when it was con¬
verted from a merely nominal to an
actual revenue measnro by nn amend¬
ment, adding to it a section imposing
an additional tax of 75 cents n barrel
on beer, ale and porter. This amend¬
ment was off'red by Air. Dnbois, re¬
publican, of Idaho, in order to offset
Mr. Sherman’s criticisms of the senato
for proposing to adjourn without pro¬
viding a sufficient revenue for the
treasury. If adopted,this amendment
would bring into tho treasury, aeeord-
frig to Mr. Dubois statement, #25,000,-
000—about enough to supply the esti-
ina.cd deficiency.
Mr. Sherman antagonized tho
amendment as something tout wis in¬
tend* d to defeat the pending measure,
or that at least would have ihet iff-of,
nnd bo moved t» lay tbe amendment
on tbo tabic. This motion wo* do-
fented by n yea nnd nny vote—25 to
80—and it was postponed until the con¬
clusion of the morning hour, when the
prohibitory bond bill came up ns uu-
finished business.
Tho debate on tbo bond bill did not
present many points of interest. Mr.
Pritchard, republican, of North Caro¬
lina, was the first speaker. Ho inti-
ranted his willingness to vote for his
colleague's bill in a certain oontiu-
goncy, which contingency, however,
would not present itself if con-
pros would, before adjournment, vielj^
pass nil act that would pr a
a sullloiont revetitio on the k.v'#e
of protection to Atuei icau in-
dnstries. Mr. Lindsey, democratic, o t
Kentucky, opposed tiio bond bill ss a
measure that would within sixty days
produce suspension of specie payment;
and he expressed his belief that if con¬
gress adjourned without, providing rev¬
enue there would bo another issue of
government bonds at an early date.
The bond bill wont over without uo-
tion.
Tiio amendment to tho filled choose
bill for nn additional tax of 75 cents n
barrel on boor was defeated in tho sen¬
ate Wednesday by a vote of 27 to 13.
When the house resolution, iu regard
to offering relief to tbo St. Louis storm
sufferers, was received in tho senate.
Mr. Palmer asked immediate consider¬
ation. Mr. Vest interposed tho sug¬
gestion thnt whilo it might seem tiu-
graeious for him to iuterposo objec¬
tion, yet in viow of the into leports
showing tho usual exaggeration attend¬
ing the first hours of calamity, ho did
not consider this action necessary.
Tho people of St. Louis, he mid,
could take earo of themselves, and al
though the resolution coubl do no
harm, lie deprecated tho tendency to
rush impulsively to Federal sources for
relief.
Mr. Harris (Dem., Tenn.) said lie
fully sympathized with this view, al¬
though tho resolution beiug here, it
should bo acted on, nnd made joint in¬
stead of c incurreut.
Mr.Ctillom (republican, Illinois) said
lio felt from the last, report that there
was no necessity of tho passage of the
relief resolution and that tho respect¬
ive peoplo would bo nlilo to lake care
of their wounded. Yet, ns tho house
had acted, Mr. Cullom urgod thnt tho
senate should net on it. Tiio resolu¬
tion was amended to lie joint instead
of concurrent, 11ms requiring present¬
ation to the president, und was then
adopted.
Tho free alcohol repeal bill was re¬
ceived from the house and referred to
tho finance committee, after which iho
conference report on tho Indian ap¬
propriation bill was then taken up.
It mot determined resistance on ac¬
count of nn amendment contained in
it, nnd which had no bn is iu tho
bill as passed, providing*Mr tstand¬
ing the rights nnd duties of citizen¬
ship to the Indians of tho live civ¬
ilised tribes. Tho matter wont over
without action at 2 o’clock, when
the consideration of tho bill to
prohibit tho issuance of bonds
without tho consent of congress
was taken up, aud Mr. Dniiiol con¬
tinued the speech begun by him
Wednesday in advocacy of it. Mr.
Daniel’s speech was chiefly a review of
tho financial question and nn attempt
to provo that the long-prevailing Ims-
iueis depression wus tho result of the
monetary conditions in tho United
States.
Mr. Tiffer advocated tiro bill ns
something that was necessary to lio tho
hands of tho prosidont, who, ho snid,
was guilty of usurpation of authority
as to make him amenable to impeach¬
ment. Ho declared if that usurpation
wero not stopped, nnd if tho gold pol¬
icy were persisted in, tiio president
would bo driven to repudiation. Tho
object of tho bill was to prevent that
by taking tho power of issuing bonds
from tho president. At tho close of
Air. 1’etl’er’s speech the bond bill went
over without action.
Tho senate, at Friday’s session,
passed without nmeudmont two meas¬
ures of legislation that had their ori¬
gin in tho house, and that now only
need tho signature of tho president to
become law.
The first was tiio bill to repeal that
section of the existing tariff law which
provides for a rebate of tho tux paid
on alcohol used in tbo arts and in
medical preparations. Tho second bill
passed by the senate also had reference
to the tax on spirits; but its provis¬
ions simply were to include pears,
piueopples, oruuges, apricots, berries
and primes iu the list of fruits from
which brandy may bo distilled umb r
existing regulations. The present law
embraces only pine apples, peaches
and grapes.
The conference report on tho Indian
appropriation bill was discussed for
over two hours, but no result was
reached, and tho matter went over till
Monday. The prohibitory bond bill
was then taken np as tho unfinished
business, arid its author, Mr. Butler,
of North Carolina, made ari argument
in support of it. An agreement was
lmd that a final vote should bo taken
upon it before Iho adjournment on
Tuesday. Mr. Butler hud not con¬
cluded his speech when, at G o’clock,
tiio senate proceeded to cxxintive bn
iness, anil shortly after adjourned till
Monday.
According to Mr. Peterson, an expert
(log-lrniner In London, the life of ;i per¬
forming dog extends to alioul eight or
ten years. The education of ;i dog for
tlie stage, according to Mr. Petersen's
ideas, should not commence before tin:
animal is a year old, and generally lasts
for a year. Some animals, however,
are quicker than others,and a dog found
in the streets repaid his rescuers from
the lethal chamber by picking tip till
Flint was taught him and going on tlie
stage in three months.
The a'uras of New York City are be-
lag gradually swept out of existence,
WASHINGTON NEWS.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL IN
PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
Doing* r.f the Chief* and Head* of "ths
Various Department*.
Mrs. Cleveland, obildren and ser¬
vants will leave Washington in a few
•lays to spend tho summer at Buzzard’s
Bay.
Tho efforts to keep congress in ses¬
sion until after tho conventions seem
to have failed. Unless something un¬
expected turns up congress will proba¬
bly adjourn before tho 10th of Juuo.
Secretary Olney’s protost against
tho prohibition of tobaooo exportation
Irom Havana lias been successful. Ho
1ms been officially informed that all
contracts for Cuban leaf tobacco en¬
tered iuto before the publication of
tho order prohibiting its exportation
will be respected.
Mr. Morgan introduced a bill in tho
senate Friday, declaring nny agree¬
ment or conspiracy of two or more
persons, ouo or more of whom is nn
oflicor, agent or stockholder of a Na¬
tional bank, to bring nbuut any re¬
striction of 1 ho current circulation or
to refuse payment to depositors iu law¬
ful money, a felony, punishable by
fine nnd imprisonment. This bill was
road twice, nnd laid on the tnblo for
tho present.
Want YVIl.org Pardoned.
Representative Woodman, of Illi¬
nois, circulated a petition in tho Iioiiho
addressed to tho president, requesting
the pardon of Gaptaiu J. H.S.Wiborg,
captain of the steamer Horsn, who was
recently convicted in tiio United States
district court of Philadelphia for u vi-
olutiou of llio neutrality laws, and
which conviction was confirmed by
the supreme court of tho United
States.
Captain Wiborg was sentence to nay
a lino of #300, and to be imprisoned
for a term of sixteen months. The
petition is understood to lmvo been
prepared at. tiio headquarters of tho
Cuban junta at Washington. Mr.
Woodman was selected to circulate it
in the house because of his frequently
expressed sympathy with tho patriots’
cause. Within nn hour tho paper lmd
received one hundred and twenty sig¬
natures wilh i very probability that ull
tho members in the Iioiiho would sign
it if the opportunity were given them.
In Stutu (jmi.
iSinoo tiio introduction of his joint
resolution providing for Hie recogni¬
tion of tho belligerency of tho Cuban
insurgents, Senator Morgan has been
persistent iu bis efforts to have tho
committee on foreign relations make a
favorable report to tho senate. Tho
testimony given .before the committeo
by Dr. Alberto Diaz and correspond¬
ent Lawrence has only added to his
zeal for action on this subject. At tho
last meeting of the committee a sub-
oommiteee, consisting of Senators
Sherman, Lodge and Gray, was ap¬
pointed to wait upon tho president
nnd liuvo n conference with him on
the subject. That committee visited
tiro prosidont Thursday morning and
wero in conference wi ll the president
abi ut half an hour. No member of
tho committo will talk about tho visit,
but it is understood that the president
expressed tho winIi that tho matter bo
lejt just wiiero it is—in tho hands of
tho executive—bo believing that
through tho diplomatic channels hot¬
ter and more effective results can lie
secured than during tho periodic in¬
troduction of resolutions iu either
house of congress.
PREPARATION FOR VETERANS.
---V .'landsomely for
Richmond Will l ure
tlie Host of Confederate.
Tho following card lias been issued
bocausj of tho many inqniriti. ’•.■■s lo
concerning arrangement) for tiio en¬
tertainment of visiting veterans dur¬
ing tho reunion to bo held in Rich¬
mond, Va., Ju ue 30 th and July 1st and
2d.
“Richmond, Va., May 30, 1890.—
With a view of answering many inqui¬
ries iu connection with this letter, I
want to say that wo are preparing with
all onr might and main for tho grand
u sembly of our comrades, and with
all tli ) loving care nnd devotion of
which wo are capable. We have grown
neither too old nor too callous to love
tiio confederate soldier with all onr
hearts nnd strength, nnd ho will find
himself treated, not ns a stranger, but
as a brother, when he arrives.
“No one need fear to come for lack
of accommodations. The provisions
wo aro making in this respect we be¬
lieve to lie ample for every emergency.
“Wo aro frequently asked whether
wo will furnish quarters and rations to
veterans who will attend the forthcom¬
ing reunion. We some time since, in
nn open circular, promised quarters
for all visiting organizations that
might neeil them.
“Wo perfectly recognize the fact
that there aro many of onr dear com¬
rades to whom, for many reasons, it
will bo a great sacrifice to endure tho
trnvol here, nnd to whom, in times
like these, further sacrifices aro too
difficult. All such will bo honored
guests of my committee, and will be
lodged and fed to tho utmost limit of
our means,
“All others should provide for them¬
selves at tho very reasonable rates
which will prevail among the hotels
and boarding bouses, and the commit¬
tees would bo greatly assisted by their
engaging their quarters at nn early
day. this connection C. T,
“Address in
Loebr, Richmond, Vo.
"Peyton Wise, Chairman, Etc."
VOL II. NO. US.
FIVE HUNDRED KILLED.
Properly Loss Will Probably Reach
Thirty Million Dollars.
A St. Louis special of Thursday
says: Tiio awful sweep of Wednesday
night's tornado is marked by a dovas
tated district in tho ^southwestern por¬
tion of the oity a half mile wide and
four miles long with wrecked build¬
ings, tottering walls, debris, choked
streets ami reselling parties to toil tho
story of havoc and death.
St. Louis is dazed by tho extent of
tho calamity, and it will boa week be¬
fore tho total loss of iifo and the
amount of property destroyed will bo
known.
Tho estimates of tho number killed
vary from 200 to 500, with tho belief
general that the latter figure is nearer
oorroot.
Oorouor Waito said thnt tho doatli
list in St. Louis would probably would roach
200 and that in East St. Louis it
bo perhaps as large. .load in
At polico houdqunrtprs tho
St. Louis wore estimated at 800, and
in East St. Louis 200. Extra editions
of the local papers place tho total loss
of life at 501) or more.
Tim storm loft its path littered with
doad and dying, and patrol wagons,
ambulances and undertakers’ curs wero
busy all day long carrying tho idonti-
lied dead to their homes, and homes
of relatives anil friends or lonviug the
unidentified with tho city morgue
authorities. The property hiss is tcr-
riflie, estimates ranging from #20,000,-
000 to #30,000,000.
The Story of the Storm.
Tho history of tho storm’s move¬
ment is quickly fold. Wednesday was
nn oppressive day in tho city. Thero
had been no wind, and tho people
suffered from the heat, About 4
o’clock in tho afternoon the eutiro
western horizon was banked wilh
olotids. These wore piled one upon
tho other, with curling edges yellow iu
tiugo. and sudden
A light wind sprang up a
darkness came upon the city. This
darkness increased until tho storm
broko.
I t gave the first alarm to tho thou¬
sands of people in I ho streets, at tho
pleasure parks, iu the light craft on
the Mississippi or at work in tho great
mercantile establishments.
There seemed to bo tlireo separato
cyolones. They came from the north¬
west, tho west and the southwest.
When they reached the Mississippi
rivor they beoome one. It was a quar¬
ter to 5 o’clock when tbo Btorm broko.
Its descent was so sudden that the
fleeing women and children were
caught in tbo streots and hurled to de¬
struction or buried under fulling walls.
A CONTEST IN ILLINOIS.
The Gold Men Decide to Hold a Soper
ale Convention.
A Chicago dispatch says: Tho gold
standard men, at their meeting Thurs¬
day night decided to hold a separate
Cook county convention and send a
contesting delegation to the stnto con¬
vention at l’e >i’ia.
They resolved that if tho state con¬
vention turns them down, limy will
bolt the convention and hold another
one and knock at tho door of tho na¬
tional convention.
Tho meeting was composed of what
is designated as a committee of live
hundred. 11 is compos d of gold stan-
dard domncrals of Cook county nnd
any other demoera's who aro in sym¬
pathy with the anti free coinage move¬
ment. The meeting was held at tho
I’almer house nnd was largely attended.
Tho issue with He rn was whether
they should continue tho fight against
free coinage, Altgeld’s majority in
Cook county and the slide by organiz¬
ing a bolt from Tuesday's eon volition,
or to simply withdraw and permit the
machine to rule unopposed. decision
There was a lllianimoiH to
organize as the “Honest Money and
Holiest Primary Club of Cook Conn
!y”at once to hold a convention June
13Hi for Ihe | urposu of reorganizing
the organization of the pirty in the
county and to select delegatis to the
state and national c nventio .
KENTUCKY’S DELEGATES.
Will Carry the State for Free Silver.
Black hum Commended.
Kentucky declared for free silver in
her county conventions Saturday. ’I ho
following serios of resolutions wero
adopted in all the counties:
“Resolved, 1. That wo favor the free
and unlimited coinage of both silver
and gold as tho standard money of
this country at tho ratio of 10 to 1,
(his same to bo legal tender in the pay¬
ment of all debts, public and private,
great and small, Ibis to iso done by
tlic independent action of tho United
States government. financial
“2. Wo disapprove of tho
policy of President Cleveland and Sec¬
retary of tho Treasury Carlisle, because
we beliovu the sumo to bo hurtful to
the best interests of the American peo¬
ples tho action of Sena¬
“3. We approve
tor Joe Blackburn and commend him as
tho nominee of the democratic party in
Kentucky for ro-election to the United
States senate.”
FREEDOM FOR^RKFORM ICR a.
Prisoner* at I’retorln, Africa, Get a
Suspension of Banishment.
The colonial ( fli-in at London lias
received a telegram from tho British
diplomatic agent at Pretoria, Advocate
Closte, saying that all of tho Johan¬
nesburg reform committee prisoners
except the four who wero condemned
to death—-Hammond, Farrar, Phillips
and Rhodes—have been released.
Tho sentence of banishment which
was imposed upon tho men released
has been suspended, upon their un¬
derstanding never again to interfere
in the affairs of the south African re-
nubile.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Jones County Covornment.
Judge Superior Court—J. O. Hart.
Solicitor Ooneral —II. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. II. Harrison.
Itopresonlativo—Hon. J. V. Andcr-
son.
Ordinary—R. T. Ross.
Clerk Superior Court—W. W. Rar-
rou.
Sheriff-R. N. Ethridge. Stewart.
County Treasurer—P. M.
Tax Receiver— J. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor— It. II, Runner.
Coroner—R. B. Trapp. O. Barren.
Judge County Court—J.
Junr Commirsioneiih —W. A. Card,
J. M. Middlebrooks, J. P. Barron,
John Qrosliam, E. 1 J . Morton.
County BoAnn op Education— D.
Anchors, Joo W. Barron, J. R. Van
Bnraii, 8. A. Hodge, J. W. Andorson.
County Scuoor. Commissioner—A.
II. 8. MoKay. P. O., l’lontitudo.
County Commissioners — W. F.
White, J. T. Speights, E. T. MortoD,
II. T. Moore, John T. Glover.
Mile Georiia & Atlantic R. R.
TIME TA8LE.
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JOSEPH W. PRESTON, General Manager.
KXPOS1IION ABANDONED.
As iiiranccs from Many Southern
States Not Forthcoming.
The Hi n them States Cotton exposi¬
tion in Chicago this year will not bo
held, notwithstanding statements to
tho contrary.
"The understanding from tbestart,’’
mid Mr. II. N. Higginbotham, “was
that Chicago should furnish free space
and have lull jurisdiction financially.
The responsibility for bringing tho
exhibits lure and installing them was
to rest entirely upon tho states
represented. The southern delega¬
tion organized an advisory commit¬
tee, with Patrick Walsh, of Augusta,
Ga., oh chairman. Wo organized a
committee to secure subscriptions, re¬
questing the advisory beard to inform
us ou or before May 1 as to what space
would lie required. On that date wo
had not received any replies of a na¬
ture to wurrnfat the belief that any
states would be represented.
“We wrote again stating Hint posi¬
tive asmi-niico would linvo to bo given
by May 25 as to the space required.
We got answers from Georgia, South
Carolina, A1 ibnma and Marylaiid,prom¬
ising to take from 5,000 to J 0,000 squaro
feet each. Communications were re¬
ceived from Tennessee,North Carolina,
Mississippi and Louisiana regretting
their inability to proceed, while no re-
lilies whatever enmo from Virginia,
West Virginia, Florida, Arkansas,Ken¬
tucky and Texas.
The following announcement of the
postponement of tho Southern States
exposition is made:
“The advisory board of the South¬
ern States Exposition company met in
Augusta Friday morning and declared
the proposed exposition sufficient off number for tho of
reason that a
stabs had not responded in uocord-
mice with tho agreement entered into
in Chicago in February last. This is
to lie regretted, because of tho liberal
offer made by Chicago nrAl tho great
opportunity which tho exposition
would present to advertise the south.
The advisory board feels that tho pro¬
visional committee of Chicago 1ms
complied with agreement, and < x-
presses tho earnest, hope that a south-
eru exposition will bo held iu that city
iu the not distant future.
“Respectfully, Chairman.”
“Patrick Wadhh,
V Kit MONT DEMOCRATS
Opposed (o Free Coinage Kxecpt by
I nterna tluput Agreement.
The Vermont democratic state con¬
vention for tho election of delegates at
large to Chicago, assembled at Mont¬
pelier Wednesday. Tho names of
Cleveland, Whitney anil Russell wero
cheered loudly. F. W. McGretty was
chosen permanent chairman.
The platform adopted declares as
follows on the money question:
We demand tho maintenance of a
gold standard of value as being for
tho true interest of all our people and
especially of those who aro obliged to
labor for what they receive, and we
are opposed to tho free coinage of sil¬
ver except under international agree¬
ment.
Judge Snodgrass Fined.
In the circuit court at Chatlanoogev
Chief Justice Snodgrass, of the state
supreme court, submitted the case of
pistol carrying, aDd on confession was
fined 850 by the judgo and was dis¬
missed.
It is not very easy for a person to
take his own time without taking tha
time of others,