Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. BON MARCHE, 314 AND 316 7TH. We clos: at 1 o'clock Decoration day! At the Candy Dept. tomorrow you can buy 25e. Chocolates (all flavors) for I4e. pourd. t the Soda Fcuntain—Crushed Straw- bertles with Ice Cream Soda, for Sc. To induce you to shop Friday so as not to overcrowd the store, the half « Saturday, we shall offer the following bargains: Duck Suits, $2.98. are tan striped and check one style with lace-trimmed pet Pique Skirts, $1.48. ese would be cheap at $2. Linen Skirts, $1.98. Crash Skirts, $1.48. Plaid Skirts, $1.98. se are small shepherd's checks, In t navy brown, lined through- velvet ound. Cheap at $2.50. Straw Hats, r4c. f the Untrimmed Straw Hats, wlium and large shapes, black La See Ve $5, $6 and $7.50 CAPES, $1.95. _ a ees. $6, $7.50, $10 & $12 CAPES, $4.59. out Balance of the Si 1 Velvet Novelty in black, cardinal, &e. Were $6 to = $4.59. ite Belts, 25c. e Leather Belts, Wh jg variety of W! an kes or genes: 25¢. ve. a Se a . 25¢. Silk Belts, 19¢. ney ape oti: TOC, Tou row asc. Leather 1 colors in these, and all kinds of Bu 65 amples” Parasols, SI the manufacturer's sample ly half pri ¢ Varasols at lot comprises Dresden Parasols, : s, and All-White Is 2 and ban- mad» to sell for $1.50, $ 2 und $2.50. Choice... ig I ‘Outing Hosiery.” morrow we will sell 25e. - 8c. StS, 43C. Swiss Ribbed net yoke qraltty. ilors, 39¢. ° hort-back Bernina Rough vilors, in black, 1 brown, were meee BOC Hdkfs. “Jobs.” have just closed out from an otter fol ing lots of Handker- and will put them on sale to- morrow at about half price. Drop-stitch Hose, iu and black, for.... ss zen Ladies’ lid Colored Hand- ker-hief*, with white breldered scal- loped the newest thing out. sell for yy 19. _Ou fer AC. ©) dozen Men's White and Colored I 6%, ‘dren's White Handker- chiefs, lar 129 dow Scalloped varte Ladies’ hroldered: y of patterns. and SSc. Our price . BON MARCHE, 314 & 316 7th St. “Wet Goods” For 30th May. xtra Fine Linen Handkerchiefs, Regu Have a supply of Claret and Hoek on hand for the entertainment of your friends Or save yourself and order from us & READY-MADE PUNCH. This is a Particularly grateful “quencher” this time of year. A gallon $2.00 TO-KALON WINE CO., 614 14th St. *Phone 998. my23-2d A Crawford - Bicycle at $75 Is not surpassed in appearance or con- struction by any bicycle on the market, Models at $60, $50 and $40 are the best that can be bought at these prices. Sales rooms over 9th street wing of Cen- ter narket. mh17-3m,20 Get Your Gowns Ready $ For summer wear. If any are crumpled or Boiled send for our wagons. We'll “de them wa fresh and dainty 93 new. Reasouable Prices. ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St. _ my2T-84 CTOR &. ADLER’ 923-925-927-929 7TH ST. NW. S FAR-REACHING THE PRICES WHICH PREVAIL AT OUR GREAT REBUILDING SALE me known: far beyond the Distr t Limits. of Maryland, Old Virginia, West Virginia and Oh{o. Whilst this 1s excecdis + we do not hesitate tc aver that we greatly prefer these RICH and RARE BARGAINS should Orders have been recelved and filled from var- ly gratify- find thelr way into the homes of those who have loyally stood by us in our struggle for success. We confess to a certain degree of nervousness. as we witness the rapid preparations to gs and remove the fronts and partition walls. ‘jack up” yo up" the bufl Now, what we want you to do is to courage and attend this THE GREATEST OF ALL CLOTHING SALES, And * Jack out” these elegant SPR! ND SUMMER § ATS for Jugt ON! “HALF thelr value, G.AR.SUITS,$7.50-9.50 : Men’s Suits - - $3.50 Gray Hair-line and Dark Cord Weaves. Just the things for working purposes. Men’s Suits - - $3.98 We beg you not to judge them by the price named. These are the old reliable Oxfords, und are cheap at $7.5 Men’s Suits - - $5.00 Bive and Black Cheviots—strictly all wool—silk mixtures; Steel Gray Cassimere nd pin checks In Tweed. i Men’s Suits - - $6.50 Blue and Black Serges and Homespuns, all wool and fadeloss, Men’s Suits - - $7.50 Fifteen styles newest sng and best make. Must be seen to be Pe tated. : sperecta Men’s Suits - - $10.00 Suits to suit verybody to fit y! to e eye, to tickle the fancy, ina or with on n uch el: ments can be sold for so small a sum as $19. Youths’ Suits $2.98 Biue and Gray and Brown and Black Mixtures. Excellent materials, well made, properly finished— hence they fit properly. We may safely say that ho such sults as these were ever shown on this market for twice the price we name. 9 7. Boys’ Suits Innocent of even the smell of wool, but very tough and, therefore, durable. Those at $1.00 are about one-half wool. ‘Those at $2.00 aro ALL WOOL and equal to any $4 suit ever veen fa these parts. Juvenile Suits from $2.50 If you want your boy to look Ike a Mttle prince bring him here. We take ce handsome “little man’ andsoimer still. Boys’ Long Pants from $1 Boys’ Short Pants from 2gc Men’ Th 's Pantaloons fr’m$1.25 hat 2 $7.75, $7.50, $7, $6.75, $6.50, $6, —have been reduced to $3.00. Celebrated Clothing for hot weather wear. Victor E. Adler’s TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE.. Open tll CFOFFICE Ci p.m. ATS—25 CI MR. COBB’S INTEREST | ee ae He Represents the Central Congres- sional District in St. Louis. eS WHERE THE WORST WORK WAS DONE Something About the Two Bridges Said to Have Been Destroyed. THE CONVENTION BUILDING Representative Seth W. Cobb of Missouri is probably more deeply interested in the terrible catastrophe at St. Louls than any man in Washington. He represents the central of the three congressional dis- tricts in St. Louis, and it was through his district that the cyclone seems to have passed and to have done its most fearful work. Not only is Mr. Cobb interested in the welfare of the people of his district and his city, but his relations and friends are there and his anxiety can be surmised. Mr. Cobb's family is with him in this city and he is not so anxious on that score, but the family of his wife was liv- ing in what ts supposed to have been the path of the cyclone. Mr. Cobb's residence in St. Louis is op- posite Lafayette Square, and is within half a mile of the hospital reported to have been destroyed, and in whiclr so many lives are said to have been Jost. Both his residence and the hospital were in the path of the storm. This fact ma! Mr. Cobb deeply anxious. He tried every concciy- able way this morning to get news from Si. Louis, even going personally to the tele- graph offices of the Pen Ivania and other roads, where he thought he might Bather some information. He filed mes- Sages with the Western Union oiflces at the Capitol and down town, and was prom- Ised that they should be gotten through as quickly as possible. Cost of the Two Bridges. In addition to family ties Mr. Cobb ts heavily Interested in various business en- terprises threughout the city, being at the head of one of the largest mercantile con- cerns there and of several elevator con- cerns His cffice is at the Merchants’ Ex- change, corner of 3d and Pine streets, but this building dces not seem to have been touched. Mr. Cobb is president of the cor peration which built the big Merchants’ bridge across the Mississippi river. Mr. Ccbb said that this bridge cost $5,000,000. The Big Four road is one of the many rail- read lines crossing this bridge. If the bridge hgs been destroyed, as reported, the loss in that one instance alone will be mil- lions of dollars. ‘The other bridge report2i to have been destroyed or partially de- stroyed was the Eads bridge. This bridge, Mr. Cobb said, was the finest in the w lt was the great popular thoroughfare con- recting the two cities, and was used for all kinds of purposes. It originally cost $11,000,000. “Mil Creek valley, through which the storm is said to have passed,” said Mr. Cobb, “is where nearly all the railroais running into St. Louis center. It 1s also a center of the business. There are hunr- Greds of wholesale houses and manufic- turing establishments in this valley, which separates Central St. Louis from South St. Louis. The Grand Union station, which {s said to have been unroofed, cost’ $3,000,000, and was a splendid structure.” No Idea of the Loss, “Have you any idea from the newspaper accounts what the loss will foot up?” Mr. Cobb was asked. “I haven’t the least idea,” he said, “and can make no estimate until I receive more definite information.” Then Mr. Cobb mentioned the Cupple building and various other costly struc- tures said to have been destroyed, and said that if the reports were true there was no telling what the loss would reach. Mr. Cobb was asked about the St. Louis race track, where the grand stand is sald to have collapsed, and where several hun- dred are reported to have been killed. He said that as near as he could gather the facts the cyclone must have struck the race track as it entered the city. The race track, he said, while in the city of St. Louis proper, is a good way out. From there, he thought, the storm must have gone on into the city. Mr. Cobb was asked about the republican convention hall. He said that that was on 20th street, on the same square as the city hall. While the building was reported to have been damaged, he believed that the people of St. Louis would have it ready in time for the great convention. The City Can Take Care of Itself. Mr. Cobb was asked if Congress would be asked for aid He said that he did not know, but he guessed that St. Louis would be able to take care of itself. It is the strongest financial city in the country, he said, and there is more wealth there be- longing ¢o St, Louis people than in any city of the United States, It,was only a few days ago, he said, that St. “Louis raised $10,000 and sent it to Sherman, Tex., for the sufferers there. Mr. Cobb said that after leeving his dis- trict the storm seems to have gone into Representative Joy’s district. Representative Spencer of Mississippi,has a brother and his wife has a sister living in St. Louis, and he is among the many TRICPLY ONE F NTS. On sale every morning from TH STRE T AND MASSACHT B. SETTS AVE. N.W. Saturday til! 11 p.m. 7 to 10 o'clock. my28-2t others who are anxtously inquiring for news from the stricken city. Senator Vest was seen hy a Star re- porter, and said that he was in complete ignorance except from what he had sven in the newspapers. He was endeavoring as hard as possivle to get some news, Representative Bartholdt’s Grief. After seeing Representative Cobb, The Star reporter saw Representative Bur- tholdt, who seemed to be in great distress. ‘The latest news by the Associated Press, he said, was that Concordia Hall had been lestroyed. “This hall,” he said, “is within one block of my home, and my family is there. T can’t get a word from them. 1 fear that something has happened. I live,"" ho aid, in answer to a question, “at 3319 South 9th street. I belley my whole dis- trict is in ruins,” Notwithstanding this, Bis Bartholdt was going bravely on, con. erring with his colleagues, Messrs. Cobb and Joy, about getting a r duced in the House providin, some kind for the sufferers, sald he had called on the Seer Nav in company with Representative Hubbard, and that the Secre y had sald that he could send tents to the sufferers. Re: ution for Tents Passes. Immediately after the opening of the House Mr. Bartholdt secured the adoption of a resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to send tents to the mayor of St. Louis for use by the sufferers, Then Mr. Bartholdt asked leave of ab- sence for himself and his colleague, Rep- resentative Hubbard. Mr. Bartholdt stated that he would leave at once for St. Loui Mr. Hubbard is a physician d gues to tender his services, Solution tntro- for relief of ir. Bartholdt tary of the Representative Joy's Opinion. Mr. Bartholdt’s district ts in South St. Louis, while that cf Mr. Joy is in the op- posite direction, Mr. Joy agreed with Mr. Cobb that after the storm passed through Mill Creek valley and struck the river it must have gune Into Mr. Joy's dis- trict. After learning the news as to Mr. Bartholdt’s district they didn’t know what to think, although Mr. Joy said’ he believed there had been three distinct cyclones, or the concentration of a number of them. “There are no large buildings in my trict reported to have been destroyed,” ho aid, “except the grand stand of the race t That was a splendid structure. The fact that this building was out of range of the real path of the storm makes me think that there must have been a sep- arate cyclone which struck ft.” In Mr. Halls District. “Judging solely by the newspaper ac- counts,”” sald Representative Hall of the second Missouri district, “the storm cut a wide swath through my district. My fam- ily is at Moberly, which is 148 miles north- west of St. Louis, and the storm is re- ported to have passed through there. I have been unable to get any news. From what T have read the storm must have started at Milan, in the upper end of iny district, and 233 miles front St. Louis. It passed through Moberly and went on to St. Louls, doing great damage in Randolph county Mr. Hall has a brother living in St. Louis and his anxiety 1s by no means small. At the House Weather Bureau. F. J. Randolph, in charge of the branch weather bureau at the House, was sur- rounded by members of the House through- out the morning. They were anxious for hews as to the track of the storm, its crigin, &c. Mr, Randolph explained that the storm was not the general storm which had been predicted, but was one of the many local storms indicated on weather maps by red arrows. Much information was also demanded as to the probable weather conditions today, and Mr. Randolph explained that the gen- eral storm, which originated at Concordia, Kan., is on its way out the St. Lawrence valley, and that it may be severe in the lake regions. Mr. Randolph secured proof sheets of the Associated Press reports received by The Star, containing news from the storm, and these were read with great interest by the members of the House, being the only in- formation of any kind that they could get. The proof sheets were passed from mem ber to member of the House, and every word was scanned with eagerness, WARDEN LEONARD WILL ANSWER. Has Received a Copy of the Charges Made Against Him. Speaking today of the charges recently filed against him, charging mismanage- ment of the prison, Warden Leonard of the District Jail stated to a Star reporter that at his request the District Supreme Court, by whom the warden {1s appointed, had furnished him with a copy of them. In due time, Mr. Leonard said, he would file his answer to the charges with the court, and he is wholly confident he will be able to satisfy the court that they are without foundation in fact. ——__. FALLING OF A WALL. A Laborer at the Site of the Recent Fire Injured. Steve Washington, a colored laborer, while working in the ruins of the Louls- jana avenue fire, was badly injured this afternoon by the fztling of a wall, which had been weakened by the fire. The la- borer was struck on the back by the fall- ing bricks, and partly buried beneath the debris. He was taken out and carried to the Emergency Hospital, where his in- juries were attended to. eS Saul’s plant sale, Williams & Co.'s auc- tion rooms, correr 10th and Penna. ave., to- morrow, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.—Advt. IN CYCLONE’S TRACK 1, (Continved from Eleventh Page.) ears essenger boy, on bridge; seven unknown Gead, in Dublin. House; Michael Kildea, Thomas Keefe, Bert Farrell, William Far- rell, Frank McCormack, Joseph Franks, unknown man abdut forty years old, un- known woman about thirty-five years old, on Broadway neary river; ex-Policeman Thomas Griffin and! family—three; Frank Rose, foreman at ‘Elliott's: works; Rob- ert’ Bland, Jo&n Valentine, “ Judge Faulk of Vandalia, Jll.; Mrs. Martell, ali of the boarders: at Martell’s house ex- cept Judge Hope of Alton, iL; Mrs. John Hayes, Will Hayes, all boarlers at the Tremont House, estimated at sixtzen; My- ler Mitchell, William Mitchell, at bridge tower, six unidentified bodies’ at electric 1ailway station, two of whom are supposed to be William Sullivan and wife; Mrs. John Reed, Patrick Dean and family of six, John’ Buchart, two boarders at Stacey boarding house, Edward O’Brien, John Breen, Ida Claddua, Mrs. Roofe,’ Albert Volkman, Joseph Mitchell, Joan Sullivan, William Rickey, unknown man on Collins ville avenue, son of Mrs, ira Kent, Jacob Koertz and sixteen unidentified bodies at Winslay Park. REPOR' OF SURVIVORS, Experience of Some of Those Who Saved Their Lives. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, May 28.—The Tut- tle House, 3d street, was like a hospital last night. In one room upstairs lay Wm. Cogan, one of the best-known members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He runs on the Baltimore and Ohio South- western, and was to have taken out the fast mail train on that road this morning. He was in a barber shop at 3d street and Missour! avenue when the storm came up. The building was completely wrecked, and the half-dozen people inside buried out of sight. Mr. Cogan worked his way out without assistance, and did not think he had been seriously injured. Last night he suffered intensely from pains in his back and sides, and it is thought he Is danger- ously hurt. One room at the Tuttle House was occu- pied by three young ladies. Maggie Her- bert of Washington, Ind., had a broken arm. “I was in the dining room of the Tremont House when the storm occurred,” she said. “A portion of the room blew off, and balf a dozen of us ran to get out of the way of flying boards and bricks. We ran into the kitchen and back into the dining room, and finally the whole house fell in. Mrs. Hays, the landlady, and two or three others were killed, and the rest of us badly hur companions in the room were Florence Reilly, a telegraph operator, and Josie Gallan, a typewriter. They were in the Illinois Central company’s freight office when the storm struck the building. They went down with the structure, but each escaped with a few bruises. On the second floor of the hospital was rs. Horace Trump. Mrs. ‘Trump was at he bedside of a sick sister, with her year- eld baby in her arms, her four-year-old daughter being near her on the floor, when she saw the storm; but {t was impossible for her to get out of the room, so sudden was its approach. he storm in all its fury struck the house and the flying missiles struck her, knocking down the walls of the buildiag’ over her and her two daughters, killing the baby and the four-year-old daughter instantly. Mrs. Trump is considerably bruised, and hurt internaliy, and it ts as if by miracle that she escaped death. Fifty special last night. deputies > appointed aracter was lism were re- evil doers were too much tricken by the magnitude of the atastrophe to attempt to ply their ne- us occupations, Standing on the viaduct bridge at mid- night last night one could hear the agon- ized screams of the wounded, who were still being rescued. Arrangements were made for rescuers to work in relays, but it will be several days before all the bodies are found. At 10 o'clock last night a special train was sent to Belleyife for fire engines to assist in fighting the fire. If it had been possible to get the St. Louis metropolitan fire department across the river much property might have been saved. There were, however, no boats of sufficient ca- pacity to carry the fite apparatus across. AN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. It is Estimated That Fifty Lives Have Been Lost. CENTRALIA, IIL, May 28.—The storm of last night passed through southern IIll- nois and spread destruction over a large extent of territory west, south and south- east of Centralla. Lew Baden, a village on the Air line railroad, west of Centralla, was completely wiped cut, only six houses remaining; thirty-six lives were lost. New Madrid, southeast of this city, also iffered great loss of life and property. even persons are reported killed and thir- ty injured. he cyclone pursued an casterly course king in the villages of Irvington, Rich- $ Z 1 and Dix. ouses Were blown down and persons killed in all these places and throughout the count Farm_ property, crops and orchards have suffered immen: loss, and it 1s estimated that in the counties of Clinton, Washington and Jefferson fif! lives have been lost It is impossible to give details, as all wires are down. While the storm was on all sides of Centralia, it did not touch this city. STORM AT ANDERSON, IND. Several Persons Injured and $2: Damage Caused. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 2 to the Times-Star from Anderson, says: A storm struck this cit irjuring several people and doing $250,000 damage. The new building of the Amerl- can Strawboard Company was leveled to the ground, with a loss of $25,000. The bulldings of the Anderson Bicycle Com- pany, the National Tin Plate Company, the Presbyterian Church and other build: ings were blowa down. The post office was among the many buildings damaged. In Evalyn addition a naw residence was de- molished, into which the family would have moved today. Part of their effects were lest. 50,000 A special UL, last night KILLED BY EXCITEMENT, Sudden Denth of the Captain of a Ferry Bont. QUINCY, IL, May 28.—During the storm yesterday afternoon the ferry boat Frank Sherman was blown against the Missouri sbore a shori distance below her regular landing. After she had laid at the bank tor a few minutes one of the crew went to the pilot house to see why there were not some orders from Capt. John Hustleby, who was at the wheel. The captain was discovered, lying partly across a chair, dead. His death {ig aitributed to heart failure, caused by excitement. EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. Wreck of the Steamer St. Louis Was Bulletined. : LONDON, May £8.—In some manner not explained, but which is being thoroughly investigated, the news was circulated here teday on newspaper placards that “Steam- er St. Louis” was wrecked and “a thou- sand lives lost.” This startling announcement, evidently @ contortion of the tornado disaster at St. Louis, Mo., spread throughout the city and caused much excitement on the stock ex- change and elsewhere. ‘The result was that the officces of the American Steamship Company in this city were besieged for hours, and the excitement became s0 great that the company was compelled to send out a notice to the effect that the St. Louls was mcored at her dock at New ‘York. STORY OF THE STORM. Greatest Damage Was Within a Three-Mile Strip Along the River. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 28.—When the fun rose on St. Louis and vicinity this morning it showed a sceno of terrible ruin and dis- aster. Wind, rain and fire had combined in a mission of destruction. The damage and destruction of prcperty will aggregate many millions of dollars, but the exact amount cannot be even estimated with any degree of certainty. The terrible tornado that caused this destruction struck the city yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock, and all parts of this city and East St. Louls felt its effects. The greatest damage on this side of the river was inflicted within a three-mile strip along that mighty stream. Many buildings totally collapsed from the force of the wind, others were unroofed, while very few in the city escaped some injury. Signs and- cornices were torn off, shade trees and everything else suffered from the strength of the: wind. Hours of depressing sultriness, puffs of wind coming by turns from all points of the comp: piling up in heavy clouds around the horizon, the flying hither and thither of light,’ mist-like formations across the dull, dark-colored masses, these were the characteristics of an aft2rnoon which brought to St. Louis the most dis- astrous storm in the city’s history. For hours the currents shifced, the wind blew hot and cold and the storm center developed. The fury of the elements was borne with- in the city’s limits. In the west a thunder storm developed. The early mutterings in- dicated nothing more alayming than a downpour, with the ordinary electrical ac- companiments. This rain cloud came up slowly at first from the west, beyond For- est Park. As the black rim mounted high- er above the horizon, its arc embraced more territory to the north and south. A strong wind from the east began to blow right in’ the face of the storm. It was a lower current. It raised the rain cloud and brought it forward faster and faster. Sud- denly the wind stopped blowing from the east, and there swept from the northwest a terrific gale, which made the best build- Ing structures tremble. With the hurri- cane, for that was the first form the storm took when it broke over the western part of the city, came a deluge of rain. For half an hour, from a few minutes before 5 until 5:30, this hurricane blew from the northwest. Then there came a lull. The current shifted. In the southwest there came into existence a storm cloud with the essential features of the tornado— the funnel shape. This second storm burst upon the city from the southwest. It came in on the south Side of Lafayette Park, struck the City Hospital, and from there tore its way through the city to the river by a north- erly course. It wrought such havoc as will long leave traces in that part of the city which lies east of 7th street and north of Cerre street to the Eads bridge. The boats at the wharves were torn from their moorings and capsized or sent adrift. The cloed crossed the river and demolisi- ed the upper work at the eas: end of the bridge and then it wreaked its fury on st St. Louis. hortly after 6 o'clock, with the sun more than an hour above the western horizon, there came upon the city clouds so dense that daylight quickly gave place to the arkness of midnight. That was the pre- cursor of the tornado from the southwest. ‘The hurricane from the northwest gave the western portion of the city its severe shak- ing up. The tornado from the sourhwest, Which is responsible for the loss of Hfe and untold destruction among the levee distric’ and in East St. Louis, followed the hurricane by about half an hour. What must be charged up to this double ation only tme c ‘Klof, n tell. Health Coz two hours after issioner $) the ternado had passed, believed that the dead would 1,000 juries. How Any Escnped a Mystery. The damage was done in a few minutes’ time and how any person in the path of the cyclone escaped is a mystery to all who passed over the devastated portion. The wind struck the levee just north of the East St. John elevator about 5:30. The west half of the Wiggins ferry was the first to suffer and it was thrown far upon the levee, After this partial jump it seems the wind again turned, tearing up the Van- dalia freight house, killing all inside. Huschle’s butcher shop, the Douglass School, Sticks House, Sullivan's and all buildings south of Crooks street as far down as the Koehler mills and east to the slough were leveled. The four square blocks were absolutely swept away, and many of the inmates are beneath the ruins, Freight cars stand in all shapes and forms about the yards cf the dwellings as well as the railway yards, and several were carried beyond the Van- dalia embankment and thrown into the slough. The Lake House, Gree’s building, the Tremont Hotel, Martel House, Vandalla round house, twenty dwellings around tt, the Howe Institute, the watch tower, Menge's building, Lynch & Beard’s, ali near the dyke, were demolished. None of the railroad yards escaped, from the Cairo Short Line up to the Wabash, and hundreds of cars stand in all shapes far away from their proper places. Two engines In the Vandalia yards were thrown down an embankment and destroyed. Far down along the levee, from the bridge, wrecks of steamboats are found. MEASURES OF RELIEF. Army Engineers Ordered to Render Any Possible Aid. Anxious Inquiries have been pouring into the War Department from western people in Washington, including Vice President on, as to what measure of relief could be extended by the department to- ward the sufferers from the cyclone at St. Louis. The department was disposed to do all in its power to help the stricker localities, but being without any official re- ports of the disaster, owing perhaps to the absorption of all telegraphic facilfties by the press, it was at a loss to know what was necessary to be done. However, io evidence the disposition of the department to act In the matter with- out delay a telegram was prepared by Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, and sent to the three representatives of the engineer corps nearest to the scene of the disaster, name- ly, to Col. W. R. King, at Rock Island, As- sistant Engineer S. H. Younge, at Osage City, and $8. W. Fox, at Chamois. The telegram read as follows: In the matter of the recent destrucilve storm at St. Louls and other points, the agsistant secretary of war directs that all possible aid be given by the use of any available government boats.” None of these boats are at St. Louts just now, so far as is known, and it Is expected that the officers addressed will use their Giscretion in the movements of those in their vicinity, so as to make them of as much service as possible in affording shel- ter, transporting supplies, etc. Up to a late hour this afternoon no word of any kind had been received at the War or other executive departments from the districts visited by the tornado. Repre- sentatives Bartholdt and Hubbard of Mis- sourl were at the War Department to se- cure the co-operation of the military au- thorities in measures for the relief of the people rendered homeless and helpless. ‘Tents and rations will be supplied in case they are needed, bat it is believed that St. Louls and the other places affected are well abla to look after all the people in distress. THE CONVENTION HALL. ach 200, and that not fewer than persons had sustained serious in- Some Speculation as to the Effect of the St. Louis Disaster, The reports of the great disaster at St. Louts raises the question of whether the holding of the convention there will be interfered with. Chairman Carter of the republican na- tional committee said this morning that he had received no information except through tke press associations. From these reports he Judged that the injury to the new convention hall had not been such as to make it necessary for the con- vention to go elsewhere. ‘As he understood, the building had been penetrated by flying timbers, the roof had been partly removed, and the interior had been disarranged, but, all told, the damages could be repaired in ‘two days. As to the suggestion that the great losses might ren- der it difficult to collect the fund subscrib- ed by citizens for the expenses of the con- vention, he said he did not anticipate any trouble of that sort. The St, Louis men in Congress concur in the opinion that the rreeting of the convention will not be in- terfered with. In the absence of d®tails, however, nothing is certain. Se Stricken With Apoplexy. Francis A. Colton, a clerk for Riley & Walker, living at 48 E street northwest, was stricken this afterncon with what Is thought to be apoplexy. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital and placed in a cot, the physicians belng unable to de- termine the extent of his condition. ee es Contractor Warfield Fined. Contractor Warfield was fined $5 in the Police Court this afternoon for obstructing South Capitol street with garbago carts, ceeseese BOS SSNS O3 CSSSOSSS SOMETHING NBW! Boys’ Tennis Slippers, 12) with flexible electric leather soles, outwear 3 pulre rubber bottoms—75c. A PAL. @ The Time SOSSSSS8 ron Nay pe) During Decoration week But better call at once—it will gate. Here are a few To Buy Your SUMMER SHOES. Shoe season—our summer stock is more complete than during any time later on—and this is therefore the best “TIME” to find the exact style and size you want. Watch the steady procession of well-pleased shoe buy ers that emerge from our stores, and ask any of them where is the “PLACE” to find the best shoe values for the least money and see if they do not direct you to our stores! Special Decoration-Week Offerings: and Place the height of our summer Ngo Sata Si Sana! Se? S seer sae ahd! a Si cost you nothing to investi- a and Kangaroo Shoes. The best and most comfortavle Shoes that any money will buy. We doubt Whether $5 will buy as goud Shoes any- where. We KNOW you could not get better ones if you pald $6. ? Men’s $3 Tan Vici Kid Shoes. We again have full assortments of these popular Shoes, both in low and high cut, wide aud pointed tocs. ‘Thelt equals not to be found in town for less than $4. Fien’s $3 Shoes Reduced to $2.65. ‘Those popular Wine Color Russia Calf 2 Wand-made Tew B goin hot special price tll Saturday only. 3B Boys’ and Youths’ Low Cut Shoes. tent Leathers 23 ne Black Viel Ki 50 Best Tan Leather. 50 1914 AND 1916 PHNNA. AVE. HONOR TO MELVILLE. A Bronze Bust of the Explorer to Be Unvetled in Philadelphia. In the parlors of the United Service Club of Philadelphia a reception will be tendered tonight to Commodore George W. Melville, engineer-in-chief of the United States navy, and chief of the department of steam engineering. A bronze memorial bust of the distinguished naval engineer and arctic explorer will be unveiled. This tribute is the thought of a number of his friends in and-out of the service. The order was placed a year ago with Ellicott, the Wash- ington sculptor, who designed the Hancock #tatue, recently unveiled. The bust arrived bin Philadelphia a few days ago, and rests on a beautiful marble pedestal at the United Service Club. The bust is life size, and shows Commodore Melville in his uni- form, with his medals on his coat. It is regarded as an excellent likeness. The pedestal on which it rests, some four above the ground, is of Tennessee marbie, highly polished. The friends of Commodore Melville will present the bust to the War Library Museum which is to be formed in this city by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 1t will be temporarily deposited in some other museum. A large delegation of preminent men are expected to be present, not only from Philadelphia, but from | Washington, New York and Boston. Maj. William H.’ Lambert will deliver the pre- sentation address, and it is probable that Commodore Melville will reply. A colla- tion will be served. The commi in charge of the arrangements consists of | Jackson McElmell, U. S. N.; William C. | Williamson and Frederick Shober. HIGH SCHOOL CADET PROMOTION Appointments to Dress Parade Thix A large number of changes will be made jin the commissioned and non-comm. ed company and staff officerships of the Central High School just before dress pa- rade on the White Lot this afcernoon, where the regiment will give its annual ¢ hibition drill about 5:30 o'clock. The a ntmenis to be read out are as follow: Wim. Hahn & Co.’s RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 AND 932 SEVENTH STREET. !The Chicago Sextet To be major of the first battalion, Will- | fam H. Von Bayer; captain of company A, | Fredrick A. Kummel; first Heutenant of | company C, A. Howe: second lieutenant of company C, R. A. McKean; regimental ser- | geant major, J. B. Bogan: regimental color | A, P, Tisdell; regimental ordnance sergeant, W. 8. Tisdell; battalion sergeant majo E. | T. Weisal; first sergeants, F. W. Albert, J. O. Gheen, J. T. Kelly, C. D. Young; second sergeants, S. W. Bogan, H. H. Hazen, C. F, Fuller ‘and E. K. Allen; third sergeants, W. A. Hellprin. L. "B. Craig, S. A. Sze and B. S. Edmonds; fourth sergeants H. Poole, R. E, Mueden, G. Sachs and Al Westlake; fifth sergeants, H. H. Par- sons, G. H. Chase, L. W. Herron and } W. Wild, and cerporals M. E. Higgins, W: Mervin and C. G. Bellinger. oe semmas To Be Promoted. Maj. Arthur MacArthur of the adju- tant general's department is on a visit to this city from his station at San Aatonio. He will be promoted to a lieutenant colonel by the recent retirement of Col. H. C. Wood, assistant adjutant general. ———qo# The Flag Union Down. “Uncle Jerry” Smith, who has charge of the flag on the White House, made a bad break this morning. He hoisted the flag union down, and the Impression got abroad that something was wrong at the White House, It was only after the receipt of several telephonic inquiries as to whether anything had happened to the President or his family, that the mistake in the hang- ing of the flag was maije known at the mansion and correzied. A Law Without His Signature. ‘The act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Helen M. Carroll has become a law without the President's signature. ————— 2. Naval Movements. The cruiser San Francjsco arrived at Mersine, Turkey, yesterday, from Naples. Tho gunboat Concord has been put out of ccmmission at Mare Island, Cal. The Charleston has arrived at Yokohama. Ad- miral Bunce’s fleet—New York, Raleigh, Cincinnat! and Montgomery—has reiurned from a short cruise at sea and will take | part in the Memorial day exercises at New ‘York. ——____+-e+_______ House Labor Committee. A subcommittee of the House committes ‘on labor has favorably reported a bill to prohibit the employment of prison labor on government buildings. The following bills were reported by sub- committees, with a recommendation that they lie on the table: To amend the eight-hour law so as to apply to all government work; to establish a dollar and a half a day standard wages for government laborers, and providing that none but full citizens shall be em- ployed upon government work. e+ Dr. Frost of Dartmouth Dead. | lowed the District of Columbia ly | that Dr. C. P. Frost, dean of Dartmouth Med- ical College, is dead. Ladies’ $3 Shoes Reduced to $2.65. 12. pre of Black an Finest Flexible W. Laced ai are having a big run on them, Ladies’ $2 Tan or Black Low Shoes U yubtedly the best Low Shoes that are sol anywhere in this city for even $2.59. All the popu- lar shapes, shades and styles, Ladies’ $1 Sandals or Oxford Ties. $1.25 and $1.50 a and handsomest Misses’ and Ch 75¢c. Sandal Slippers. Of whi lea ers. Mack or tan kid or p tyles and good wear- 3 PENNA. AVE. SE. DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES Preparing for a Meeting, An Attempt Will Be Made to Arrange the Differences Existing Between Them, An adjourned meeting of the six gentle- the District de mocracy at the national convention July, and the six others elected as a nates, will be held tonight at the office of Mr. John Boyle of the United Press, who hos been chosen temporary chairman of the delegation. The chief purpose of the meeting is announced to be the reception and consideration of che report of the com mittee on transportation, but it is exy ed rous efforts will be mad hary the differences which now ex- ist among the members of it. When The Evening 3: publi; proceedings of the sec the democratic deleg n Hotel, it was decl in er- to 1 some time ago the meeting held M et at the A by 1 tre ol- rats. who had ht to spea itatively tnat five of the delegates easily brougit to agree on some to he jliowed now and but that Mr. George Killeen declined to enter into any agreement seck- to contrel his individual action as a un Poked at the Pive. announcement was made mem- bers of the Jeffersonian party here hav j been poking a great deal of fun at th five gentlemen who were thrown into su a perturbed state the alle taken by Mr. Killeen. They ha asked maay qu 1s about their ¢ cn such things as the democrati ciple of majority rules, and other di interrogatories have been leveled at the until their lives have become somewhat a burden. A great deal of intluen ing brought to pear upon the m the delegation to upon to be followed at Chica ponderance of democrat vind be in favor of having the di cide that in case but two vot vention that each of the six del cast one-third of one vete. Effect of Continued Dickering. It is said that an agre at this time would assure at least the ad- mission to the convention of all six of the delegates, while continued bickering might cause the national committee to select two of the delegation for places on the com- mittee on credentials ard then influence committee and the convention itself to cowfine the repres ion from the Dis- trict to the two thus selected. TOMORROW NIGHT'S CONCEE ment of this ki de! tions to Be Played by the Marine Band. The program for ths official bene aid of the families of the firemen who los’ their lives bravely fighting the recent dis- me of the Se t in astrous fire on Louisiana avenue, which takes place norrow night at Allen's Grand Opera House under the direction of a committee composed of representativ from each of the daily papers of Wa: ton, is about made up and will inc certain numbers the Marine Band, the Capltal Glee Club and a male quartet from that club and Charles B. Hanford. Others will be selected to fill in the program this evening. The Marine Band, which has tendered, through the courtesy of Col. Hey- wood, commandant of the marine barracks in this city, under the direction of Prof. Fanciuili, will render either four or five numbers. ‘These the overture “Fest,” “Suite d'Or m from the opera of “M Verdi; a Span sererade Lolita” and the march ** Vld Hickory,” which was written by Prof. Fanciulli in honor ¢ which will be held in ‘Te The quartet will be compos Mel- ville Hensey, Leroy Gough, Ed. Asmu and Taylor. The other num: program will be up to the standa by the above, and as a whole, the benefit will be highly enjoyable, taking it entirely apart from the object for which it is given. >—-—— in’s First The Dol Trip. The dispatch boat Dolphin will leave the Washington navy yard in a few days for the purpose of taking Secretary Herbert and a party of friends to Annapolis to at- Z exercises at the al Na Ie The party will probably iz v members of the board of visitor to the academy. Secretary Herbert will do- liver the diplomas to the graduates. The Dolphin will return to this city next web and will probably be ordered to join Ad- miral Bunce’s flest at New York.