The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, August 22, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI Subscriber’s Paper-Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LIGHT, VARIABLE WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1904. DAILY—17.00 A YEAR DEPI OP RUSSIA TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT iTHE CZAR'S CONSUL GENERAL FLATLY REFUSES TO DISARM ASK OLD AND GROZOVOI OR TO MAKE THEM LEAVE THE HARBOR AT SHANGHAI—CELESTIAL TAO TAI NOTIFIES MR. GOODNOW THAT HIS ORDERS ARE IGNORED AND HE IS POWERLESS TO EN- FORCE THEM, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS INABILITY TO GUARANTEE PROTECTION OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS. SHANGHAI, Aug. 21i—Shanghai was thrown into a fever of excitement this afternoon by the arrival of a Japanese torpedo boat. She passed Woosuqg at full speed and started up the river Ju for Shanghai. The United States torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey slipped her cable and followed the Japanese destroyer. The Japanese boat" was cleared for action. She an chored off the Cosmopolitan dock, where the Russian cruiser Askold Is undergoing repairs. The Chauncey came to anchor practically between the dock and the Japanese destroyer. A foreign pilot ship reports having seen a Japanese battleship and two cruisers sixty miles outside of Woo- "Bung. There are at present no Chinese men-of-war In this port, but .the tao- tal has telegraphed that a Chinese cruiser be sent Immediately. The Rus sian consul-general here flatly re fuses to disarm the Askold and the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozo- vol or to order them to leave the har bor. The taotal h.os notified American Consul Goodnow. who is the dean of the consular body, that China cannot protect the foreign settlemets. He contends that Russia Ignores the or ders Issued by China and that China has not the means of making her obey them. Consul Goodnow has. called a meeting of the consular body to take Joint action for the protection of for eign inhabitants. • The Askold has docked adjacent to the warehouses here of the Standard Oil Company, which are valued at over one x mlllIon dollars. The Standard Oil Company has demanded protection for its property from Consul Goodnow. The dock where the Askold lies Is owned by British Interests. On one aide of this dock Is German and Dutch property and on the other side Amer ican property. There are eight American, one Ger man. two British and four French war ships here. Japs Closing In. CHE FOO. Aug. 22, 11 a. m.—The Japanese have swept the Russians from Pigeon bay nnd captured the northern fort of the western line of inner defenses at port Arthur. The Russian artillery prevents the Jap anese from occupying the fort on Pigeon bay. LONDON SURPRISED. Official Circlos There Did Not Expect Uncle Sam's Intervention. LONDON. Aug. . fl.—-The *'nterven- _^IBn of the American squadron at Shanghai In the Japanese operations Against the Russian cruiser Askold cre ated considerable surprise In official circles here. The Japanese legation at first was Inclined to believe that the report that the United States tor- jpedo boat destroyer Chauncey steamed ''into a position between the Japanese torpedo boat nnd the Russian cruiser was a "Shanghai fake,” as It had un derstood that the American govern ment would not object to offensive ac tion against Russian warships In caso of their failure to observe Chinese neu trality. An official of the legation said: "If the report Is not untrue the 'American commander must haVe had good reasons for his action, such ns the protection of American Interests, which would have been endangered by flying shells. "Japan has beer very 'reluctant to «end ships Into the harbor, for she rec ognized the International character tt Shanghai and that the laws of neu trality demanded that China should order the .Askold and the Oroxovol to dismantle or leave the port, but she having given the order nnd the Rus sian ships having refused. It was then incumbent for Japan to net, thereby protecting Chinese neutrality and at the same time exerting her rights as a belligerent. It would never have done to permit Russian ships to remain in a Chinese port, deliberately and avow edly violating the neutrality of the country. Whatever reason actuated the American commander. If he really did as reported. It Is certain that no complications will follow." It Is believed at the Japanese lega tion that If Ihe American commander intervened to preserve Chine** neu trality the American government will take measures to enforce It. The for eign office has asserted from the time of the arrival of the Askold and Ylro- zovol at Shanghai that It was not the business of Great Britain to Interfere, but that tt was China’s duty to ob serve strict neutrality, and It has gone so far as to urge her to adopt this pol icy. In the opinion of the British con- fuI. should the Russian ships fail to dismantle they must take the conse quences. At the same time Interna tional Interests cannot be permitted to suffer the result of the misdirected fire In case of a battle, and it Is be lieved that the consul-general probably ■will be instructed to support the American consul-general In urgent representations to the taotal that he shall take measures to compel respect for Chinas* neutrality. Yang. The movements or the Japan ese and other information lead to the belief that they will rather try to force an engagement In the vicinity of Muk den. The rains have not damaged the railway, but have destroyed a number of bridges. A small fight occurred on August 19 Oil the Motlen road, «evne miles east of Liao Yang, but its results were un important. As the rains have rendered the lower grounds impassable, the maJ'/ Japanese armp has fallen back to'die hills. The Novlk Sunk. TOKIO. Aug. 21. fi p. m.—After a severe engagement with the protected cruisers Chitose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novlk has been vanquished. The fight occurred today. After It the Novlk, in a sinking codltion. was run ashore In Knrsnkovsk harbor, on the Island of Sakhalin. The detaljr. of today’s tight /ire not known here, but It Is eveuent that the Chitose and Tsushima caugnt up wtth the Novlk yesterday and that a running fight ensued. The contest was resumed and terminated early this morning. Cap tain Sukelehlro Tnkahashi. who Is In command of the Chitose. reported the en gagement In a brief telegram which reacheed the navy department here in -r afternoon. attacked the Russian cruiser Sat urday afternoon, and Sunday morn ing he inflicted heavy damage upon her. The Novlk nearly sunk, but she was beached at Korsakosk. A shell from the Novlk struck the Tsushima 1n a bunker. Temporary repairs, however, rendered the Japanese cruiser seaworthy. The Japanese suffered no casualties. It Is believed that the Japanese shins today completed the destruction of the Novlk. The Novlk has been splendidly handled and bravely fought throughout the war and Japanese naval officers the public generally have freqently ..... ....... _. toi from there the night of August 12, having • * - - * c -- twenty-four hours. lift remained less tnr... 8he then erroneously ported to have sunk forty miles from Tslng Tsu. She evidently, was trying to get through to Vladivostok. BOTH GAVE UP. nnel Attempt to Swim the English Ch is Again a Failure. DOVER. England. Aug. 21.—S. W. Greasley, the third man to enter the water In the attempt to swim the straits of Dover this year, and who started this morning, gave up the trial after at*, hour and a half,.owing 0 the temperature of the F. E. BETTS IS SLAIN IN ATLANTA BY A. A. WALINE Former Coach of Mercer University Team, Well and Favorably Known in Macon, Slain by Shipping Clerk of Florodora Tag Company, Who Was His Fellow Boarder, in Altercation Caused by Severe Reprimand Given by Former on Account of Latter’s Objectionable Conduct in the Hotel in Which They Lived. extrenr water. Holbein made plucky struggle nnd ATLANTA, August 21.—Mr. F. E. Betts, well, and favorably known in Macon as the coach of the Mercer Uni versity team, was shot and killed about 8 o'clock this morning by Andrew A. Wallne at their boarding house, 46 East Mitchell. Mr. Betts a short time ago was mar ried in Atlanta to Miss Jemlson, daugh ter of Col. Robert W. Jemlson-of Ma con. Mr. Wallne Is the shipping clerk for the Floradora Tag Company of At lanta. Ho came here from Chatta-. nooga about a year ago. Mr. Betts and his wife have been boarding where he was killed since their marriage. It seems that Mr. Betts and his wife and Mr. Wallne occupy front rooms in the house, the doors of their rooms being Just across the hallway. Recently Mr. Betts hns complained to Mr. Wallne that he was dressing and undressing with the door of his room open, and that such action upon his part was embrorrasslng to him and his wife. Mr. Wallne. It appears, paid no attention to what Mr. Betts said to him and continued to leave his door open, and In this way making himself objectionable. Wednesday night last Mr. Betts again spoke to Mr. Wallne upon the matter and informed him that if ho continued to expose himself in this manner he would whip him, or words to that effect. This morning Mr. Wal lne again left his door open while he the two men met In the hallway down stairs, Mr. Betts again got after Wal lne, calling hla attention to the fact that ho would whip him If he did not discontinue his practices. To this It is said Mr. Wallne answered: "Well, you may be able to do si, but it Is up to you to carry out what you said.” The men then grappled each other, nnd ns Mr. Mr. Retts hnd Mr. Wallne backed up against the wall clutching him by the throat Mr. Wallne drew a pistol and shot him In the head, the bail entering the left side of the neck and coming out at the back of his head, producing Instant death. Mr. Wallne then acted coolly by walking upstairs to his room and or dering his breakfast sent to him. He was eating his early morning meal when an officer came for him. lie was allowed to finish his breakfast before going to police headquarters. Mr. Wallne refuses to talk about the matter, further than to say that he was compelled to not as he did. A coroner's Inquest was held and ft verdict rendered in accordance with the facts In the case. The verdict im pressed no opinion but ordered that In ourt Full Dotails of tho Tragedy. The killing of Frank E. Betts by An drew A. Wallne at the Capitol house on Mitchell street this morning Is the talk of the town tonight, ttrd-mariy regrets are expressed at tho untimely taking Away of a most popular young man. had many friends here and MUCH WORK FOE THE COMMISSION THE CONDITION OF U. S. SENATOR HOAR swam well until darkness set in. but was dressing and a little later when quite popular with tne guests of the nt midnight sickness overtook him nnd he swallowed a considerable quan tity of sea water, owing to the breeze driving the wavelets Into his teeth. This, combined with the low temper- nture of the water, caused Intestinal catarrh, rendering Holbein unable to retain nourishment, although he was fed frequently. All this trouble, how ever, he doggedly kept to himself. Even when he begjjn to swerve badly from his course nobody thought he would give up. His attendants cheer fully encouraged him, but Anally at 2:30 this morning he appears to have realized the hopelessness of his task, and said pathetically: "I have been sick all night. I must come out.” He was then eight and a half miles from Cape Grla-Nez. He was lifted Into a warm cabin and soon revived and was able to walk ashore without aid when he reached Dover. THERE MAY BE MORE TROUBLE WITH PORTE Abdul Hamid Has Lost None of His Craftiness in Dealing With United States Minister Lcishman. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 21.—A note from American Minister Irish man, dated August 16, was handed to the Turkish authorities within twelve hours after the receipt by the minister of the Turkish note of Monday. In this note Mr. Irishman holds the govern ment to Its solemn undertaking, com ing direct from the sultan. respecting equal treatment with the other nations for the United States concerning the question of educational Institutions. This allusion to the imperial pledge apparently embarrassed the porte, Members Will Have Import ant Questions to Consider ATLANTA HAS A KICK Frolght Bureau Association Will A»k^ That Matter of Ownorohlp or CvfT* trol of Central of Georgia Railroad Bo Looked Into—Popo Brown's Pa,,- enger Rato Idea May Como Up. ATLANTA, Au*. 2t.—'The flats rail- road commla.lon, when It meeta Friday next, will find Itoelf up agalnat «ev- eral Important quMtlon* of *eneral interest throughout the ftmte. Juat what action will be liken upon any of them remains to he feen. Mr. Joseph M. Brown, the new mem ber of tho board, will be on hand 'and will take part In the bualneaa of tho session. Mr. Brown ha« been about tha office a number of tlmea «lnce hla appointment at a member of tho board for the purpoae of famlllarli- Inx himself with the work of the com- mlsalon. and when he *oe« Into harnefn he will be In condition to pull hla part of the load. The commlfilon will be esked by the Atlanta Freight Bureau Aaaoclatlon to again take up consideration of the mat ter of freight ratea so far aa Atlanta ujr emmrrnMea me pone, i , hlch had previously announced that I c °n cernp<1 « It would Ignore the formal verbal aa- I The association still contends that surance wh‘ch Minister Lelshman de- Atlanta is being discriminated against clared he had received. It la consid- In the matter of freight ratea, and that ered Improbable that the porte will re- the railroads do not stem to be willing ply to the minister's note, and. there- | a(JJUlt th) . 1H , tr0 „ blc ,. Ano , he r fore, the question is looked upon helved pending the execution of the | natter that the Atlanta Freight Bu- process of recognition.^rhen It la con- | «“» w,l > brln * to th « » t, « ntlon ot th « sldered not Improbable that fresh dif- M Acuities will arise. The assertion of Izzet Pasha, the secretary of the pal ace, that 125,000 has been deposited a - Thi Dlsna at Saigon, ug. 21.—The foreign office con- report of the arrival of the ul«er Diana at Saigon French . France. It Is announced, will 1ctly the laws of neutrality in ind It is not anticipated that ty will result F. J. Harm and. minister at Tolrfo. has advised office that he handed the Rus- Will Frght Ne commission will be the question as to the ownership or controlling spirit of ths. Central of Georgia railway. .. , The commission may hear from the ^-compensation due to an American clt- ,, .. - . . , . _ fzen at Smyrna, for land illegally question of freight taken, la untrue, aa no such deposit I upon syrup from points In south has yet been made. | Georgia to Atlanta. It Is contended by the manuafeturers and shipper! south Georgia syrup that this product car be shipped to Birmingham, Iforrt- Refused to Work. GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Aug. 21 It Is learned that the majority of th Japa aborers recently Imported to * om< rk In the Rothschild, Copper, mines I at a Boleo have refused to work and will Th sent back to Japan by the Mexican- for panese Colonization Company. I Chat Ich imported them. under contract. I pass* e cause of their refusal to work, it I roadi understood, is that a majority of the [ cent* panese are farmers and unaccua-1 dcub by the company. Vanderbilt’s Turee other points In Alabama rate than to Atlanta, isslon may also take it ion the proposition of the to fha of the position at Lla WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 21.—At 6 clock tonight the following bulletin 'ns* Issued from the house of Senator Hoar: "The senator Is resting well and hns been rather more comfortable this af ternoon. He has taken a little more nourishment today than yesterday. The situation on the whole Is practically (Signed) "O. ROCKWOOD HOAR.” Early this morning the senntor Bald to hla son, Gen. Rockwood Hoar, and his daughter, Miss Mary Hoar: "Well, another day haa begun and 1 am still alive.” A great portion of the forenoon wns passed In sleep. The senator's mind is clear, but he is very weak physically. GENERAL FERREIRA THEIR PRESIDENT Paraguayan Insurgents Establish Pro vincial Government and Nominate Leader as Chief Executive, BUENOS AYRK8, August 21.—An artillery engagement hns been fought between the Han Jocomfno battery of the Paraguayan army and a body of revolutionists In which the latter suc ceeded in dislodging the guns of the government forces. The losses on either side are not stated. There has been no bombardment, of Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, since last reports. The Insurgents have established a provincial government, with the capital at Villa Delpilar (112 miles from As uncion). and have nominated General Ferreira, their leader for ^president and OonxAlez Novero for vice president. Four secretaries also have been nam ed. Or\e of.these. Deputy Holer, has started for Rio Janeiro and other cap itals to endeavor to secure the recog nition of the revolutionists as bellig erents by the various governments. This Is taken to indicate that the rapid operations of Insurgents have been im peded through the non-bombardment of the capital owing to the Interven tion of the diplomatic corps at Asunc ion. Despair Is felt in th* eapit d over the failure of negotiations. All Imports have been suspended and articles of .prime necessity are hardly obtainable at famine prices. The arrival «f the Argentine gun- boat, which was despatched last week for th*f Kc**n«* of trouble haa not been reported and a torpedo bout destroyer has been sent In search of the missing vessel. Appointed Att MEXICO CITT. Aug. |o ha, t*»n appnlnl-fl AZE*rigan taibttty in ft 21.—Jose Cas- house where he wns boarding. The Capitol house Is kept by Mrs. Tucker, who hns thirty or forty bonrders, and as strange ns it may seem, there were only a few witnesses to the tragedy and these saw very little of It. By 'I Hi.-- t' i. t tint it was Sun.I iv only a few bonrders were out of their rooms and these were on the front hnlcony. One of the witnesses, a Mr. Dodd, who occupies n room on tho first floor, says that hearing a noise in tha hnllwny, ns if some one quarreling, he opened his door nnd found Betts nnd Wallne scuffling. The hallway, he said, was quite dark, nnd that it looked to him ns If Betts hnd Wallne against tho wnll holding him by the throat. A moment later he saw Wallne raise ft pistol and shoot Betts. Dodd snys thnt ns soon os he heard the shot he ducked his head hack nnd closed the door, ns he did not want to stop a bullet with hla head. A negro servant girl, who clnlmsthnt she snw the difficulty, snys that Betts had Wnllne pushed ngnlnst the wall and wns slopping him In the fnce with his open hand, nnd.thnt this proceed ing wns followed by the shooting. An other story Is going the rounds of the hoarders of the house that when Betts came down this morning about 7:30 he found Wnllne In the hnllwny on the first floor, nnd cnlled his attention to a conversation thnt occurred between them last Wednesday night, In which li'ttji In : i III t.. li ivr- inf.u rn.'.l Wnllne that If he did not keep his door closed when he wns undressed he would "whip h—1 out of him." From this ref erence to whnt hnd occurred last Wednesday night the Inmates of the house presume thnt Wnllne hnd Ills room open ngnln this morning. As re port goes, when Betts nlluded to this former conversation, Wallne answered by saying: "W(*ll. you mny bo nblo to whip h—1 out of me. hut If you want, to try, why it Is up to you." nnd thnt a moment Inter the two men came to gether and Betts was killed. Continued on page two. UNITED STATES IS FERSISTING Wants Russia to Rccognizo All Amenty - Passports BEAR SEEMS BACKWARD Ambassador McCormick Present* the Subject Again to Foroign Minister Lamedorff, Both Verbally and by Note, and It Is Hoped He Will Suc ceed Where Hla Predecessors Failed. -The RT. PETERRBURG, August 21 United States government hns again formally proposed to Russia the open ing of negotiations for the unrestricted recognition of American passports. In accordance with the law of the empire only foreign Jews of specified claries — merchants having business connections In the country, etc.—are al. lowed to enter Russia, but quite a lib eral policy has been pursued In making exception to the rule where legitimate reasons therefor are given. The ex ceptions, however, are seldom made In the cases of Russian Jews who have been naturalized abroad. The Inhi bition Is not against the United States alone, but extends to the Jews of every country. The United States government, on several occasions, especially while James O. Blaine was secretary of state, sought to open negotiations regarding this question, but the Russian govern ment always declined to begin such ne gotiations, on the ground that the ques tion involved the entire readjustment of the Internal policy of the empire towards the Jews. The basis of this proposition Is the joint resolution of the United States congress passed on April 23 last, which lends it additional weight aa being the expression of tiie united wish of the representatives of the American people. Both verbally and by note the subject has been presented to Foreign Minister Lamsdorff by Ambassador Mc Cormick. While under ordinary cir cumstances it (a not probable that Russia would even yield to tae extent of discussing a question affecting the Internal policy of the empire, and while a compliance with the American wish would probably entail a change In Rus sian laws, the more liberal policy re cently manifested towards the Jews of Russia seerhs to create at least the room for hope that Ambaasador Mc Cormick may now succeed where his predecessors failed. It Is understood that while the earnest wish of the United States government In this mat ter has been made quite plain to Rus sia. the Arnerlca'n note In couched in such terms as not to render a refusal on the part of Russia in any sense a gebtifl* TORNADO LEFT KUIN WHEREVER IT STRUCK FORTUNATELY BUT FEW LIVE8 WERE CLAIMED BY WIND8 IN THEIR RELENTLESS SWEEP, THOUGH THERE IS A LONG LIST OF WOUNDED, SOME FATALLY IN JURED — PROPERTY DAMAGE IN BUSINESS SECTION OF ST. PAUL IS IMMEN8E, MANY BLOCKS AND OFFICES BEING COMPLETELY RlDDLED—TIVOLI THEATRE ENTIRELY DEMOLISHED AND THE EMPIRE UNROOFED. SALE CONFIRMED BY MR. WILLIAMS Talks of Transfer of Sea board Air Lino Stock. BRICE WAS $15,000,000 Ryan-Blair Syndicate Now Owns About Ono-Third of Company's To tal Capitalization—Transaction Was Not Made Because of Lack of Con fidence In Future of the Railroad. RICHMOND. Vtu. Aug. 21.—John Skelton Williams arrived In Richmond this afternoon from New York nnd confirmed the reported salo of the Wllllama-Mlddendorf holdings of Sea board Air Line atock. To an Associ ated Press correspondent he snld: "Mr. 8.' Davies Warfield, president of the Continental Trust Company of Baltimore, endeavored n few weeks ngo to negotiate a sale of the fietibonrd stocks owned by J. L. Williams & Sons of Richmond nnd J. William Mldden- dorf & Co. of Baltimore to the Ryan- Blair Interests, which for the pnst six months or no have represented the majority on the voting trunt, but these negotattons fell through on account of the unwillingness of the purchasers to meet our Ideas ns to price, nnd wo hnd practically abandoned the iden of rank ing a sale to Messrs. Rynn nnd Blair. But Mr. Warfield, with his character istic deterrnlnntlon, decided that tho deni should g° through. While In Bal timore yesterday morning, I received a telephone meHHigo from Mr. Warfield, who was In New Yoik, and at his re quest I left for Now York on the af ternoon train and met Mr. Ryan at Mr. Warfield's office. I told Mr. Ryan that It would bo useless for us to dl«- cuhs the sale of Out* Moldings of stock at any figu bin the If he »d the to I stock It. The figu 1R Hi fo; the 25 for the preferred. Mr. Ryan as sured fho that neither the Atlantic Const Line nor the Southern railway would be Interested with him In the purchnse and that tho property, If purchased, would be maintained and operated ns nn Independent system nnd he said thnt Id* fully appreciated the Importance, both from the standpoint of tho rood Itself and of tho people of tho Houth, of operating tho Heaboaral Air Line independently nnd clear of control of entangling alliances with other systems. We sold him fourteen million dollars of the stock, about equally divided between prferred and common and 325 prof'■ rrc(\, Q tho sto paid for nt once. "Mr. Rynn told net persh; 'k to he dellve for the *d ant ing the stock < nnd that It thnt he wns buy- i his own resporiMlhUlt Id not be decided until vhoth* ot his dates, Messrs. Blair nnd Coolldg would he Interested with him lq this purchnse. I ndvI-.-d Mr. Rynn thn the sale would embrace nil of the atock owned by myself nnd my firm thnt I would desire to retire from the hoard of directors ns soon as tho stork should he dellv id paid for. riat desire to do the thing. "Ah the Ryun-BInlr syndicate known to have owned about sixty share* of the stock prior to this pur chase. the total holdlngfl now prob- nhly nmount to about 200,000 shore*, nr about one-third of the entire stock of the company. Of the balance of the company's stock, most of It Is held In MnrybTnd and the Houth and Is largely scattered among comparatively small hol/jera. If the eompj »d of a id able atlnt management In addition to the strong financial hacking which It enjoys, stcckholders mny confidently look for ward to handsome returns upon their Investment at no dlatant day.” Mr. Williams expressed satisfaction at the price which had been realized, which, he said, was the price he nnd his friends at the beginning of nego tiations had fixed for their holding* and from whloh they had made no concession whatsoever In the final trade. -The sale has been mad?.” said Mr. William*, "not because of any lack of confidence in the future of the Sea board property, but purely for the ren- son that my firm has thought it de- *!r.ih|e to real!-/*- on thin stock In oral to expedite the liquidation of It* nIT;« 1 and the payment In full, principal a Interest, of all obligations, which or.Hlder th Mr. 8. D vlll Warfield Three Presidents Want Peace. C'dUN’TO. Ni-.rj.am. Aug. 1 The conference between Preside I. .in of Salvador. i*r- Ident Bonl! . f Hot • I it r.• * . ..| Pr< - d< nt ZeT.iy.i N1* .r f. 1 - night. The three pyesl'Pnts signed agreement to maintain P* Itt t republics ot Central Am " > dent- !•:■'-ralonand Bond' . l*d* f-.r th. racier five «. pi tala at 10 e'tlock RT. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 21.- The tor nado which lar.t night atruck this city cut a pathway about a half mile in width and eight miles In length through the business and residence dlatrfct, • leaving ruin and devastation in it* track. Fortunately the loss of life w*s not great, three persons having been killed, hut Ihe list of those injured Is a long one in which there are several who arc reported to fatally hurt. The property damage wns Immense, osti tes placing It between 3500,000 and >00.000. The down town business dis trict was hit hard, many of the big 0 f- . and business blocks being com pletely riddled, nnd the stocks of whole- lo houses were seriously damaged by the floods of rain that accompanied the Ind. The storm-cloud, which came from tho southwest, first hit the ground on the west side of tho bluffs near tho high bridge. Two spans of this struc ture, which Is of steel nnd crosses the Mississippi river at a height of 20n foot, wore cut out and thrown into tho gulch below, crushing In tho roofs of a number of small house.* 0 n the' flats along tho river hanks. The storm kept on across the river ln*nn oblique direction, leveling the numerous ahade trees mi Harriet Island wln-re tip. St. Haul public hatha are situated, but do ing lltlle or no damage to the buildings there. It struck the city proper near the Wabash street bridge, completely de molishing tho Tivoli theatre, which was fairly well filled. Two men were killed by tho fall of the roof, nnd about a doz en persons were burled jn the ruins nnd severely hurt. Across Wabash street the Empire theatre, a two-story brick house of the same character as tho Tivoli, wan unroofed nnd otherwise badly damaged. Nearly nil of the busi ness blocks on Third str • t between Wabash and Slble> r'- t : , distance of five block?. > i.- dun .ged. Roofs were blown off. plat*- windows shattered and hug.- signs < nt scurry ing *’ ' *"iuli ih» ili ."W. f e,i*pe r s The Mimierad ■ Inh. nt Hi" • m n»»r of Fourth Bio u lid in teen-story brick and steel rd corner of Fourth and Rob. was literally riddled l»y the flying debris. Nearly every the. south side .wan nhnttnrr the 1. Bart nd a hw skylight above t to pieces, the gb the corridors beneath. There was a stampede among the printers nt work In the composing room on the twelfth floor, many of them being cut by (ly ing pleocH of gloss. The Western Union Telegraph office, on the eleventh floor Of the building. WIIS flooded by tho sheets of rain flint came In through tho broken windows and tho operating force wa* com palled to make a hasty exit. The general manager of the |»io- Bri the hr damn i ny states that the building ’ The wholesale house* on Fourth Street for two blocks below Robert suf fered extensive damage. Tho storm then swooped across Smith's park, lev eling nil the shade tree*, nnd struck fho five-story hrFk building of Noise Bros, nnd Cutler, wholesale druggists, blow ing off the roof end carrying a wav part of the tipper story. The other wholesale houses facing on the park were all damaged to a great.-r or le« H extent On east Seventh street, between Warnutn. nnd KttsOn street*, r distance of seven block*, much damage was done. While the aggregste damage In this section will be heavy the Individual losses were comparatively small The Washington school building a* Locust and Eighth streets miffered consldera- ost the entire fop por- beln St. Catholic building f only sm.il copal ch.i *11 u« lure, The storr lifted silt a minor Nln Mary’* id Johr .••ge. St. Klgfrled’s Fpl n Eighth street. fmn leveled to the grown* Killed Four in Two Townships GLENCOE. Minn, Aug JJ A fornn- do struck the township* of Rich Valley and Morgen Saturday night, killing four person-. Man O’Donnell, ag.-d n. -I »lighter of Patrick O'Donnell; the 7- year old son of Anthony O'Donnell, and Frederick Ora** and hi* mother, and destroyed thousand* of acre* of gram and many barns, houses and shed*. The storm extended over many roun- ■raph ; all dir

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The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, August 22, 1904, Image 1