Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenze, Cor. 11th Street, by The Eveninz Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUPFMANN, Pres't, Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subsert efty by carriers, on their own account. rs in the 10 cents T week, or $4 cents per month. Copies at the ecenter 2 cents each. By ull—spywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prep: id—5v cents per month. Saturday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per rear, with foreizn postage added, $3.00. (Evtered at the Post Otlice at Washiecton, D.C. as second-class mail matter. EF All mati subscriptions mnst be paid in advance. Retes of advertising made knewn on application. A PUBLIC LIBRARY The Bill as Finally Approved by Congress Today. AONICIPALLY SUSTAINED INSTITUTICN History of the Movement Leading to This £p'endid Result. TEXT OF THE BILL Congress has at last given its approval to the Lill creating a muni free public library in the District of Co- umbia. The bill to this effect, which has today received the final legislative sanc- tion, will soon be in the hands of the Pres ident for his formal approval. The new statute creates the first free public library in the modern sense of the term which the -District ever enjoyed. This accom- pli culmination of the work has shment is the of several years. It represents hard-fought attles, the overcoming of s cles and temporarily powerful objection: The measure as der the title vide for passed by C “A bill to establish at the m ntenance of a free publi ling room in the District of hall be maintained . Which shall be rtand a iding in the maintenance id library; and the a District are further 4S component parts of books and y be transferred ho are perma- s of the Dis- ntitled to the nent trict privileg or th ing © charge of 3 shall purck ry truste magaziti ap- board m- a taxy rin and shall serve shall be ap- the Dis. hold office for at the first meet- mbers shall be classes. first members, shail ; the second class, hall hold ass, com- 1 hold office urring in the District board shall have gulations for its and government as it e ary. 4. That the said board shall have to provide for the proper care an ation of said library, to prescribe rules for taking and rning books, to assess and collect fines and penalties f ss of or injury to books, and to establish all other needful rules and regu- lations for the ma. nt of the l:brary $ s m proper. The shall appoint a 1 and superin ho shall be responsible to t for the impa dr ablished in relatio: i librarian shall as the board nduc to t such as- report to t ot Columb'a re library. ibrary shall be located e in the elty of ated by the Com- t of Columbia up- of on of the trust at In any mun erected in s: shall be g room st than 100,000 vol- t si provision ili d readi mmodate not le The Library Movement. The proposition sustained librar advanced in Th to create a municipally in the District was fir Star and serlousl¥ urged several years ago. There had been, prior to that time, several movements by public spirited citizens, the work- insmen, looking to the establishment of a ee library private subscriptions, but h practical was accomplished until rs proposition of a municipal li- taken up by the library com- mi eof t board of trade and adopte by the bo held on th of Marc at date represents the beginning of the active campaign for the free library, which has just been closed with success. At a meeting of the board held last November a report was made from the committee on public brary, con- ing of Theodore W . chairman; A. T. Britton, M. M. x ton Flint F. B. McGulre, James T. DuBois and Dan- lel Murray, which detailed the work of the year then concluding accomplished by this body toward the securing of legislation. In that report attention was called to the report of the year previous, when recom- mendations were made looking to the main- tenance of the proposed library at munic pal expense, as the public schools are su ported. This 1804 report was unanimously i by the board, and the committee ithorized and instructed to urge upon ress legislation which should create a the The bil the e and adopted by of s indorsed by the trict Commissioners, the school trustees, » local workingm S organizations, the Washington and other citizens’ or- jons—in fact, by every col spicuous zed representation of local public opinion. Approved by Congress, tion of the pror eve first Dis ict c ration < 1 con- reported dl vigor- re. In the House dit to be of an ind iding for the pro: the result asure Was referred to the com: buildings and grounds, where, in with numerous other pubiic build- s, it was buri nded until th ent public vas calied tee on ition to the committee ing autumn with “(Continued on Third Page.) Che Evening Star. | No. 13,491. WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1896-TWELVE PAGES, TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or postal card. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents fdr two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office te another shovld give the last address &s well as the new one. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Several Bills Reported Favorably by the Senate Committee. Those That May Be Acted on This Session—A Pension for Gen. Case: Widow. There was a brief meeting of the District committee of the Senate this morning, call- ed for the purpose of disposing of a num- ber of minor matters which had accumu- lated on the calendar. Several bills were favorably ccnsidered, including House bill 3610, for the relief of certain holders of Dis- trict of Columbia tax sale certiticates; House bill 8469, to authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company to enter the District of Columbia, and House bill 748), for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks, etc. The joint resolution recently introduced by Senator Gorman, Senate resolution 151, authorizing the Eck- ington and Belt railways to use pneumatic power on their lines, was ordered to be faverably reported. “An amendment was inserted providing that the improvements saall take place within two years. This resolution is regarded as expedieat in case the bill which has passed both houses and is now in conference should fail to become a law. A conferen to be held this af- ternoon on this bill, with Senators MeMi!lan, Froctor and Harris, representing the ate, and Representatives Babcock, Cu d Richardson for the Hou The e mittee took unfavorable action on Senai Lill 241, to Incorpurate the Unite: t Annuity Company of Washington. The ports thus ordered were made in the Senate immediately after the reading of the journal. Free Library Bill. Senator McMillan today early in the ses- sion of the Senate called up from the table the conference report on the bill to estab- lish and maintain a free public library in this city, to which the House agreed yes- terday afternoon. On his motion the re- port was accepted, ‘and the bill was thus finaily given the approval of Congres. enrolling clerk of the Senate had it sent to the printer, im order that it might be sent to the President if possible before adjournment today, but delays may cccur to prevent its being laid before the Presi- dent before Monday. The Grant Memorial. Senator Squire today intreduced a bil! for the creation cf a commission to select plans for designs for the proposed me- morial to General Grant in this city The bill app ‘Ss the Secretary of War, the chairman of the joint committee library and the architect of the as a joint commission t: select pl designs for ch a memorial to be ote in this city on ground belonging to the United Su s. The comunission y ad vertisement or ¢ ise to reque rem the leading arc ts or artists cf the country competitive uch a me- morial, and 310,000 | ated by the bill to pay the e: of this competi- tio! The commi: to report to Con- gre all the planus received, together with a careful estimate of the cost of the me- morial. Pay of Printers, A bill was Introduced today by Senator Hansbrough providing tuat all printers, bookbinders and skilled mechanics, such as carpenters, machinists, plumbers and Ss, employed in the government 5 office shall be paid at the rate of * cents an hour for time actually em- ployed. Thanks of the Citizens. Chairman Babcock of the House District committee has received’a letter from W. J. Hughes, secretary of the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Association, under date of May 27, as follows: “It gives me pleasure, in compliance with a motion unanimously adopted at a meet- ing of the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Association, to communicate to you and your associates on the committee on the District of Columbia, the earnest thanks of the association for your consid- erate attention to the needs of the section which it represents in the matter of the act which has just passed the House to compel the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company to modernize its ser- vice. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. Senators Decide the Order in Which Bills Shall Be Taken Up. The republican Senators held a caucus today and decided upon the order in which Lills on the calendar should be taken up. There was a general understanding that notuing should interfere with the consid- n of conference reports on the appro- priation bills, and that no obstacle should be placed in the way of reaching a vote on the Butler bond bill. Other bills are to be aken up and disposed of in the following order: Filled cheese, alcohol in the arts, fruit brandy, immigration, 5 per cent land bill, labor commission, election of Senators by the pecple, bankruptcy, contempt of courts, courts in Indian territory, reorganization of the Northern Pacine Rallroad Company, Alabama election investigation, animal in- dusiry, w iiampshire war claims. It is generally cbnceded that the list will be by no means completed before adjourn- ment, urd the prevailing opinion im the caucts Was that it would be impossible to dispose of more than the first three, though the friends cf the immigration bill wiil press it to consideration, if possible to du so. There was an effort to have the Pacific railroad refunding bill placed fourth on. the list ahead of the immigration bill, and a ion was made to this effect, but it was defeated, and a definite decision reached not to attempt to take up this bill until the next sion. On motion of Senator Nelson the caucus decided not to accept any amendments to the filled cheese bill. ————_e—_______ A Cable to Hawall. The Hous: committee on commerce to- day authorized Mr. Bennett of New York to make a favorable report on a substitute for several bills providing for a cable to Hawail, Japan and China. Under the terms of the biM the Postmaster General may in discretion contract with the Pacific Cable Company of New York for the con- tion of a cable between the United States, Hawaii, Japan and China, via the siidway Islands. The bill grants the right ci way over the United States, and pro- vides that the line can be controlled by the Fr went in time of war or other extra- or y emergency. A subs.dy of $100,000 is granted. If advantage is taken of the measure the line to the Hawaiian Islands inust be completed by January 1, 18us, and ded to China by the Ist of January, ———__-e. Over the President's Veto. The House committee on public lands to- day decided to recommend the passage over the President’s veto of a bill providing for a reduction of fees for taking testimony by registers and receivers of the gemeral land office. A favorable report was authorized on a bill providing for the improvement of the goverrment reservation at Fort Smith, Ark. o——____ Personal Mentio: Burns Post, G. A. R., of Westminster, Md., has invited Thos. S. Hopkins of this city to address it on Memorial day, and he has accepted. RIVERS AND HARBORS Bill for Their Improvement Vetoed by the President. HIS REFERENCE 10 FUTURE CONTRACTS Amount of Money Covered by the Appropriations. TEXT OF THE MESSAGE The fellowing is the text of the Presi- dent’s message sent to Congress today giving his objections to the river and har- ber bill: To the House of Representatives: I return herewith, without approval, House bill numbered 7, entitled, “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works en rivers and harbors and for other purpose: There are 417 items of appropriation con- tained in this bill, and every part of the country is represented in the distribution of its favors. It directly appropriates or provides for the immediate expenditure of nearly $14,000,000 for river and harbor work. This sum is in addition to appro- priations contained in another bill for similar purposes amounting to a little more than $3,000,000, which have already been favorably considered at the present session ef Congress. The result is that the con- templated immediate expenditures for the ebjects mentioned amount to about $17,000, 000. A rivation of Contracts. A more startling feature of this bill is its authorization of contracts for river and harbor work amounting to more than $4 000,000, Though the payments on th contracts are in most cases so distributed that they are to be met by future appro- priations, more than $3,000,000 on their ac- count are included in the direct appropria- tions above mentioned. Of the remainder nearly $20,000,000 will fall due during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, «and amounts somewhat less in the years im- mediately succeeding. A few contracts of a like character, authorized under previous statutes, are still outstanding, and to meet yments on these more than $4,000,000 must be appropriated in the immediate future, If, therefore, this bill becomes a law, the obligations which will be imposed on the gcvernment, tcgether with the appropria- tions made for immediate expenditures on gecotnt of rivers and harbors, will amount to abcut eighty millions of dollars. Nor is this all. The bill directs numerous surve and examinations, which contemplate n werk and further contracts, and whic! pertend largely increased expenditures and oblige tions. There is no ground to hope that in the face ot persistent and growing demands the cegregate of appropriations for the smaller schemes rot covered by contracts will be recuced or even remain stationary. For the fiscal year ending June 30, ISOS such appropriations, together with the in- staliments on contracts which will fall due in that year, can hardly be less than thir- y millions of dollars; and it may reason- jy be apprehended that the prevalent tendency toward increased expenditures of this sort and the conceaiment which post- pened payments afford for extravagance will increase the burdens chargeable to this aceount in succeeding years His Disnpproval. In view of the obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution, it seems to me quite clear that I only discharge a duty to our people when I interpose my disap- prova. of the legislation proposed. Many of the objects for which it ap- Fropriates public money are not related to the public welfare, and many of them are palpably for the benefit of limited localities or in ald of individual interests. On the face of the bill it appears that not a few of these alleged improvements hav been so improyidenily planned and prose cuted that, after an unwise expenditure of millions of dollars, new experiments for their acccmplishnent have been entersd upon. While those intrusted with the manage- ment of public funds in the interest of all the people can hardly justify questionable expenditures for public works by pleading the opinions of engineers or others as to the practicability of such work, it appears that scme of the projects for’ which xp- propriations are proposed in this bill have been entered upcn without the approval or against the objections of the examining engineers. I learn from official sources that there are appropriations contained in the bill to pay for vork which private parties have actually agreed with the government to do, in consideration of their occupancy of pub- lic property. Extravagance of the Measure. Whatever items of doubtful propriety may have escaped observation or may have been tolerated in previous executive ap- provals of similar bills, I am convinced that the bill now under consideration opens the way to insidious and increasing abuses, and is in itself so extravagant as to pecially unsuited to these times of dep ed business and resulting disappointment in government revenue. This considera- tion is emphasized by the prospect that the public treasury will be confronted with oth- er appropriations made at the present ses- sion of Congress amounting to more than $590,000,000. Individaul economy ard careful expen- diture are sterling virtues which lead to thrift ard comfort. Economy and the exaction of clear justification for the ap- propriation of public moneys by the serv- ants of the people are not only virtues, but solemn obligations. To the extent that the appropriations con- tained in this bill are instigated by private interests and promote local or tndividual projects, their allowance cannot fail to stimulate a vicious paternalism and en- courage a sentiment among our people, al- ready too prevalent, that their attachment to our government may properly rest upon the hope and expectation of direct and especial favors, ani that the extent to which they are reai zed may furnish an estimate of the value uf governmental care. I believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trust- worthy love and affection for our govern- ment as the embodiment of the highest and best aspirations of humanity, and not as the giver of gifts, and because {ts mission is the enforcement of exact justice and equality, and not the allowance of unfair favoritism. I hope I may be permitted to suggest at a t:me when the Issue of government bonds to maintain the credit and financial stand- ing of the country is a subject of criticism, that the contracts provided for tn this bill would create obligations of the United States amounting to $62,000,000, no less binding than its bonds for that sum. GROVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion, May 29, 1896. A Lively Debate Expected. That the friends of the river and harbor bill were fully prepared for the veto of their pet measure by the President, and that they do not purpose that they shall be overmatched in the logical discussion of the arguments submitted by the President as the basis for his action is evidenced by the fact that several of the members of the House, who have specially interested them- selves in the fate of the bill, have been at pains to collect from the War Department all of ‘the information in the possession of the engineers respecting the cost of the works, the volume of commerce affected by various projects, and the economy expected to result in each case by the adoption of the system of continuous contracts In such works. This is taken to indicate the liveliest kind of debate when the proposition comes be- fore the House to pass the bill over the President’s veto. Probable Action in the House. ‘The managers of the river and harbor bill in the House intend to move the reference of the veto message to the committee on rivers and harbors and bring it before the House on Monday. There are many mem- bers out of town, and the friends of the bill do not wish to risk an attempt to pass the bill over the veto until more members arrive. ‘Telegrams have been sent by members irterested in the bill to those who are ab- sent urging their speedy return to vote to override the veto. There is a general con- currence of opinion that more than two- thirds of each house will vote to pass the bill over the President’s veto. The ques- tion comes up, however, at an Iuopportune time, a very large number of those who are in favor of the measure being absent. Some have engaged to go to the Tennes- See centennial celebration, and will not be back until Tuesday; others are away to make Decoration day orations, who had not calculated on returning for a day or two, and again others have gone home, believing the session to be near a close and not expecting to return at all. To all these Messages have been sent recalling them, and it is the intenuon of the members of the committee on rivers and harbors to hold the bill until there Is a full attendance in both houses of Congress. The opponents cf the bill insist that a vote should be had on the question of passing over the veto withouc reference to the committee and without delay. The expectation fs, how- ever, that the committee will control and that they will be able to hold the question back until there is a full attendance. The matter is largely in the hands of the Speaker, and should he decide that a vote should be taken without delay without ref- erence to the committee, the friends of the measure would be considerably embarrass- ed. ——___-e; MR. HARRITY’S POSITION He States It Plainly in a Letter to Senator-Elect Money. He Thinks Every Delegate to the Chicago Convention Sheuld Abide the Decision of the Majority. Senator-elect Money of Mississippi, who is one of the delegites-at-large from his siate to the Chicago convention, wrote a letter to Mr. Harrity of Pennsylvania, chair- man of the demucratic executive committee, calling his attention to the widely-published reports that he (Harrity) was credited with having annovneed that an attempt would be made to exclude from the convention free silver delegates who might be suspecied of an intention to bolt i & the convention declared for gold. Mr. Money, who is an ardent free silver man, as a delegate, asked Mr. Harrity to make a frank reply to him as to the truth of thes: reports He re- ceived a response today, in which Mr. Har- of the conven expressed a purpose t0 bolt if the conven- tion does not favor in its platform the free and unlimited coinage of sliver at 16 to 1. In any statement made by me, either privately or publicly, I did not undertake to speak for the cominittee, nor any officer thereof, ‘What I did say was thai, in my personal judgment, no man ousht to enter or be ad- mitted in any political convention or caucus who is not prepared to abide by the will of the majority and acquiesce in its decision. And I further stated that, in my opinion, this ought to apply with equal force to those who oppose as to those who favor free co I, too, am a delegate to the Chicago convention, and, should a majority of that body make a platform and nomi- nate candidates not in accord with m views, I will abide by the result and give loyal and cordial support to the candidates. If I did not intend to do so I should consider it my duty not to enter the con- vention. Political conventions are called for the purpose of harmonizing or com- promising such differences as may exist and of ascertaining the will of the majority as to principles, policies or candidates. To hold that those who entertain fixed views are to be permitted to be so tenacious of them as to first endeavor to control and then to withdraw in case of failure is a long step toward contending that a mi- nority should govern. It is a sound demo- cratic doctrine that the will ef the m: Jority should govern. It Is usually so re ognized to such an extent In all political conventions that once the convention's will is ascertained the minority promptly make it unanimous. “Let me add that my attention has been called to a statement that appeared in some newspapers, notably in scme of those published in states where democratic state conventions have already deciared for free coinage, to the effect that I had announced that the national committee would keep out of the convention every contesting delegate who will not pledge himself in ad- vance to abide by the action of the com- mittee in making up the temporary roll of the convention. There is no foundation whatever for that Statement. It is a pure invention and was doubtless made in crder to annoy and irritate; and if some distin- guished democrats be correctly reported the author of the story has been successful in his purpose.” PAYING SUGAR BOUNTIES. Treasury Department Han Alrendy Begun the Work. The Treasury Department has already begun the payment of sugar bounties un- der the recent decision of'the United States Supreme Court. The claims so far paid, however, are for maple, cane, beet and sorghum sugar, produced under the bounty law of August 28, 1804, foy the settlement of which an appropriation, of $238,289 was made March 2, 1995. The claims under the $5,000,000 appropriation, numbering 502 and aggregating $0,111,505, have all been adjusted with a few ‘exceptions by the commissioner of internal revenue, and are about ready for transmission to the au- ditor for final examinatfon and approval for payment. As soon as all are passed upon it is expected that the Secretary of the Treasury will direct that each clalm- ant be paid his pro rata share of the ap- propriation, which will probably amount to about 85 cents on the dollar. It is now believed that all approved claims for bounty will have been paid by the end of the fiscal year, June 30. * ———__-e EEDS MORE MONEY. A Silver Party Committee to Con- sider the Matter. A special committee of the national com- mittee of the American @!ver party 1s to have a meeting: this aftergoon if the mem- bers who are looked for feach the city in time. Among those now$here are B. F. Keith, North Carolina; R, E. Defenderfer, Philadephia; J.” Battel, Vermont; I. N. Stevens, Colorado. The graveyard demeanor of Chairman Mott prevents even an idea of why the meeting 1s called being given the press. The matter of finances may be one of the things talked of. It is said on good au- thority that the headquarters here are hay- ing difficulty in keeping enough money on hand to meet the demands made upon them, COUNTING THE COST Damage at St. Lovis May Reach Fifty Mill ons. ESTIMATES BY BUSINESS AGENCIES Outside Aid is Not Needed by the Citizens, REPORTS FROM THE SMALLER TOWNS Distressing Scenes at the Hos- pitals. SYMPATHY IN LONDON ST. LOUIS, May 29.—Desola‘ion still reigns supreme in the tornado-stricken d's- tricts of East St. Louls and this elty. The day opened up clear and cool, and everywhere could be seen gangs of men deiving in the ruins for the buried victims, clearing the streets of dismantled poles, and general debris, repairing th As time goes on it becomes more and more evident that the tornado 1s the worst that the injured and homeless. ever visited this or any other city on the North American continent. Horrors multiply every hour, and the list of dead is appalling. More than 130 dead bedies have been rescued in St. Lous, and over 400 persons are known to have been injured. Mangled corpses are found in innumer- able places along the path of the storm, and are being taken to the improvised morgues in the different paris of the de- vastated district. It will be weeks before a complete st of those killed can be m but the list of dead is climbing to the 200 mark, Only guesses can be made as to the prop- erty loss on both sides of the river, but i de, mercantile agencies say that !t may reach $50,000,000 in this city alone, while in East St. Louis is will be several millions. In East St. Louis the disasier was com- plete, the western section of that railway town being one vast charnel house. Only a single dwelling was left standing on what is called the “island,” and six hundred fam- illes are homeless. The citizeas estimated the dead at fully 200 on the east side. In the wake of the tornado came grave problems to meet. One of them is the pro- tection of the city in the absence of the electric lights. The first Missour! regi- ment has gone on duty for patrol service and the police commissioners will add 150 men to the force. Beside this one, all previous calamitles of the kind seem trivial. Manfully the business men of St. Louis have taken up the work of relief. An ear- nest meeting on ‘change yesterlay was the beginning. There are thousands who can pull themselves out of this trouble. There are other thousands who lost all, and wito must be helped. A partial resumption of the street car service has been effected. The east and west roads north of Market street are in operation, and also the Broadway and the Grand avenue of the north and south lines. The southern division of the Scullin system is the most badly crippled, owiag to the destruction of the power house, and the of- ficers venture no prediction as to when cars will be running. A partial restoration of the electric ight service 1s promised in forty-eight hours, but it will be a couple of weeks hefore the circuits are in order. The destruction of poles and wires along the path of the storm was complete. Inquests on the bodies of forty-two of the slain in St. Louis have been held by Coro- ner Wate, and that duty continues, A ver- dict of “shock and injuries, accidental, was rendered in each case. 200 Estimated Killed at East St. Louis East St. Louis has issued a touching ap- peal for aid, and the committee which pre- pared the manifesto estimates that 200 per- sons were killed, and that the number of injured will foot up in the thousands. It is known that a number of persons are sull buried in the debris on the southwest- ern end of the island, and in the ruins of Hallesey Hotel, the Martell House and Re- lay Retreat and the Durant Hotel. However, some conservative persons as- sert that the list will not reach the est!- mated total of 200, though enough persons are now missing to create a fear that the fatalities will approach that number. Many of those who have not been seen by their families since Wednesday are supposed to be stopping with friends or detained from returning to their homes by injuries that may not prove fatal. Street car traffic, telephone service and electric lighting facili- ties are entirely suspended. Men stand mute and aghast at the havoc that was wrought. All business 1s virtually suspend- ed. Every one agrees that months will fail to reveal the extent of the tornado’s devas- tation in the Illinois town. From the surrounding country thousands of men, women and children flocked into the city to view the scenes of ruin and death. Damage to School Buildings. The officials of the board of education are busily figuring out the enormous loss which the schools suffered. All the South End schools between Choteau avenue and Arsenal street were badly damaged. Some had roofs blown away and walls caved in, and others got off with ruined windows and chimneys. The schools which suffered most are the Clinton, Clinton branch, Peabody, Charles Hodgen, Pestalozzi, Grant, New Shepherd, L’Overture, Lafayette, \Long- fellow, Froebel and Madison. The Comp- ton, Marquette, Choteau and Garfield also suffered. The school board cannot repair the damage for less than $50,000, and per- haps a larger sum will be needed. Several of the schools will not be opened again until September. St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, 6th and Biddle streets, was Gamaged even more than was first reported. The spire was en- tirely destroyed, and a two-story brick building on the corner of 6th and Biddle. The organ loft of the church is a wreck, and the organ covered with bricks and de- bris. Despite this gloomy state of affairs, serv- ices will be held as usual Sunday morning. At the Hoxpitals. The Emergency Hospital at the old Good Shepherd Convent, on 17th and Pine strects, is running along in good shape, considering that it was only instituted in the present capacity Thursday morning. Some of the doctors took their first rest after midnight, but they were all up and busy by 6 o'clock this morning. There are nearly 300 sick in the Emergency Hospital transferred from the City Hospital after {t was demolished. ‘The clerk of the hospital has checked up his st. There are not more than four or five unaccounted for. Some patients who were prisoners from the jail, work house and elsewhere are known to have escaped during the confusion. The militiamen were on duty all night in watches. They have been of great assist- ance to the police. At St. John’s Hospital, on 284 street and Lucas, the wounded are being well cared for. One patient, Wm. P. Lenke of 18 Lafayette avenue, died. He was sent first to the Good Shepherd, via the Dispensary, and then to St. John’s. He was badly i jured internally, and had several bones broken. An unknown man is unconscious and on the verge of death. The others are doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, Many Offers of Aid. Local papers today tell of the sympathy offered by the whole country to St. Louis in its present state of woe. Offers have come to Mayor Walbridge from commercial or- ganizations all over the United States, and from the mayors of cities, large and small, to extend financial aid as the situation de- mands. Chicago was the first to extend offers of assistance, the city being repre- sented by the Union League Club, Com- mercial Club and Mayor Swift. It is not Ukely that Mayor Walbridge will accept these kindly offers, for, while the losses are stupendous, local citizens are going down in their pockets and have already estab- lished a large-sized fund for the sufferers, ‘The following messages were sent the gexeral manager of the As: Press at Chicago: ST. LOUIS, Mey 29.—St. Louis does not reed assistance. East St. Louis is ap- pealing for aid. The proportion of de- struction to population there is something awful. CHARLES W. KNAPP, Editor the Republic. to oclated ST. LOUIS, May 29. foundly thankful for proffered aid, but is ampiy able to care tor her sufferers. East St. Louis, how- ever, Is worse hurt than we are und help is badly needed there. ALBERT LAV Managing Editor the Post-L Falne Report About Bowling Green. A dispatch received this morning from Bowling Green, Mo., states that that pla . Louls ts the sympathy was not touched by the recent tornado. The dispatch comes from the agent of the St. Louis and Hannibal railrcad at Bowling Green, and adds that the twister struck eight miles from there, u ofin, the depot at Burryville, demolishing sev- eral houses and killing one woman, name not given. Capt. Tipton of the government snag bo: General Barnard had received rep: people on shore below the city t had from there been a severe of Hannibal and that Bowili en swept from the face of the earth. He could not obtain eny definite Inform tion of the catastrophe, as ali the tel phere and telegraph wires in that sectio of the state were down. Killed tn East St. Louls. Following are today’s additions to the identified death Ist in East St. tornado in Louis: Mrs. Patrick Bean and daughter, May Corrigan, C. J. Connelly (child), Trudy Connelly, Mike Dilligan, Edward Duty. Maria James ns, Willie Free, Henry Fleming, Mrs. Rob- Gladshaw, n, Hermann Humphreys, William Ha digan, J. E. Heine, John Hadley, Mrs. Wm. Hayes, Miss Schiida Haywood, Julius Hughes, James R. Kavanaugh, Mr: re, J. E, Keen, George Luc : Frank Jack McCall, Ciarence Morgan, F. W. F_ A. Nichois (res- idence, Cincinna Potter, LL. Por- ter and on, IL; Henry Rose, John Reems, W. A. Rice, Huntingbury, has. Roeth, Mrs. Belle Rickey, oh topple (child), J. A. Samuel, Mrs, George », Stella Stepher, Henry Sprecker, Mrs. i. Waidroi Ky; St. Louls Following are today of identified dead in St. Death List. Bowle Ulrich Beck! Wm. Blachek, Wm. Crook, M child of Mrs. Carter, Wm. Cr Dietrich, Joseph Eschler, Thomas Irvi: Fischer; child, three Anna Gardner, Ja Henry Gea J. P. Herman, Richa Kasper Fielder, — months’ Gott, Hyman, Mrs itenry Keuhiin, Anna Leva, Mr Maurscheimer, James Morgan Givern, Thomas Monagan, Jame Mrs. O'Neil, Miss O'Neil, Wm. Plank, Cath- erine Proute, John Richards: Rehnebeck, Arthur Rehrhn, Joh James Sudhoff, Bernice Steinkoeiter, Ed- ward Selp, Adam Steinkoelter, Wm. Taylor, Louise Vignelle, Sarah B. Woodruff, John Wagner, Gwen Waters, Max Weiss, Michael Woolsey, Robert Wilson, Lon Z:mp: SOME STRICK TOWNS. List of Dend and Injured in ler laces, 2.—Specials to the Re- Ss storm-swept towns in ois and Missouri furnish the following t of dead and injured: . Dead—Peter Kraus, Mrs. Kraus, Pierce Meyer, Minnie Rust, Adam Peters, Ida Born, Nellie Born, John Fergu- son, an unknown jewelry peddier, 1 St. Louis; Jacob Malerk. At Breckinridge, IL: the dence M. Jenkins, John Barnes. In Audrian county, Mo.: Rose Hodge, El.za Ware, Hilda Blaze, Eulah Miller and a son of Albert Noble. Injured—Emma Kraus, Emma Born, Mrs. J. Ferguson, Benjamin Spiezer, Jacob Bach- man, Mrs. Jacod Bachman, Lizzie S Mr. and Mrs. Bassler, Louis John Born, Mrs. Jon Born, Wi George Hurst, Wiiliam Htrst, jr., Johnson. At Jefferson City, Ill: Dead—Mrs. ¥ ret Carroll, Robert Foster, three children, unknown woman. - At Dye, Il: Dead—Four school childre: jAt Night Hill, Mo.: Dead—Mrs. George Zee. At Washington, Mo.: Dead—Rob't Thomp- son. In Audrian county, Mo.: Injured—Eugene Lott, Pear] Hedge, son of Frank Erdel, Clara Leirheimer, ‘Nellie Hagan, Charles Doepke, son of Wiliam B. Willingham, a child of Rev. Jenrich, a child of Robert Walters, Miss Mary Blanco, two children of Ned Hagan, Lulu Eubanks, G. W. Far- rington. At Mascoutah, IIL: Injured—George Lie- brack, Mrs. George Liebrack, Mrs. Koch of Chicago, John Beatty, Jacob Maler. ON THE BRIDGE IN THE STORM. One of the Passengers Relntes His Experience, SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 29.—Several Springfield people were on board the Chi- cago and Alton train which crossed the Eads bridge at St. Louis during the terrible cyclone Wednesday evening, and which was at first reported to have been blown into the river. One of these, Mr. Fred. C. Dodds of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Lou railroad general offices here, who has re- turned home, gives the following graphic description of his thrilling experienc “It_was about 5:20 o'clock when we left the Main street station on the Missour side of the river. It was then blowing a gale, and was so dark that nothing could be seen. The air was filled with dust and dirt, and some of us were afraid it s:ould be unsafe to venture on the bridge with the train, but there was another train al- most due, and the trainmen feared it would run into them. It was so dark they could not signal back, and they decided to take the risk and make the run across the bridge. We had gone about half w: over when we came in range of the cy- clone. The air was filled with debris that struck the car windows and broke them, With the crash of the first glass the pas- sengers began to crawl under the seats to avoid being struck by the clouds of mis- siles that were being thrown through the air. “All at once the train stopped. I un- derstood afterward that the force of the wind was so strong that the engineer, @J- though he put on full steam, could’ not move his engine in the face of the storm. “A moment later the train moved up and stopped outside the east pier on the approach. “By this time the storm was awful. The train was rocking like a cradle, and we were being tossed about under ‘the seats in a way that filled us with terror. The sensation was as if the train was running wild at the rate of a thousand miles an hour. What helped give this impression was the horrible noise. The great steel trusses and rods of the bridge were being torn and twisted from their places. Masses of masonry from the pier were crasht down on to the structure below, and added to it all was the awful roar and hiss of the furious storm. The newspapers have not exaggerated it in the least. It cannot be described, “The rocking increased and got worse un- til_at last our coach went over. It was thrown on its side on the next track, and here it lay while a torrent of rain poured in through the broken windows. The coach back of us, which was the Jacksonville coach, went over on its side in the same manner that our coach did. It was @ miracle we were not thrown into the river and all killed. All the coaches went over. The structure above and behind us began to give a sway and was thrown Jown upon the tracks. Had our coaches been a few feet back, they would have been crushed in like ege shells. “My first thought vas to get out of the coach. This I did by crawiing through a window. I think I was the first one out. The other passengers followed, and we vent forward to the baggage and smoking , which were still s The crew of the train was a remar coo!-headed Like all of us, they were frightened but they stayed at their places like heroes and showed all the attention pos- sible to the p: The brakeman carried a woman over the bridge, crawling with her over the wreck and risk. ing his life to get her to t ity. “The r had to pass through a than any of us. While he ging to his engine he could see his cwn home in § t. Louis be and ¥ the storm = could look £0) down on i 2, Eupposed b bis anxiety over pitiful. He aid not wish to dos , and at che same time he was wild to know the fate of his wife and chil i y, he could stand the no lo: ing his engine over to his { ed for bis wrec 1 before he cam suspense It was not long with the in- safe.” AT LEAST TEN MILLIONS, running telligence that his family were ba Counting Up the Canned by the CHICAC Louls spe Tribune's St. morning say term of Wednes- timated at all the y the day night is variously « to the former figure is too small is ce and the latter is not much too high. The telegraph con > came in re of the | a wire was ay night district a mass cf broken poles Th s to the tele- graph companies is mated at $100,000, LONDON'S SYMPATHY. Editorial pressions of the English Press. May 20.—All of the morning papers here have editoriais on the terrible ster at St. Louis, and all express their sympathy with the residents of St. Louis. Chronicle urges to send prompt and effective e¢ seion of sympathy. “It is quite certain,” says the English journal, “that if it had happened England So} in England the sufferers would not walt long for sympathetic w« or, if neces- sary, actions from A The Graphic says: “Not even the stories of Pompeii and Herculaneum can compare with it in awful s ty. It simply numbs the imagination. TORNADO IN PENNSYLVANIA, Three Persons K doand Many In- jJured n Montgomery County. AMBLER, Pa, May 2%—The tornado which swept through the lower end of Montgomery county yesterday carried death and destruction before it. Three lives were lost and many persons were more or less injured, besides thousands of dol- lars’ worth of damage to property. The storm seemed to gather its destructive force just west of this place. It missed the center of the town by a few hundred yards, careened through the farming re- gion, leveling barns, fences and trees, until Jarrettown was reached, where the gveat- est damage was done ar men took refuge in a stone stable. e wind struck the building with cycle orce, burying Alfred Moffitt, Winfield Emslie, John Betts and Charles Spencer in the ru rhe two former were dead when taken out, but Betts and Spencer escaped with a few bruises. At Langhern George Wenterk was killed in a barn in which he had taken shelter. The storm left this county near Dasher- town, with most of its force spent. The loss of fruit trees and growing crops will be enormous. GREAT PIE ‘E OF WORK, Associated Press s m™m. WOONSOCKET, E. 1. says editorially toda: great destruction by the cyclone in St Louis and East St. Louis, as printed in the Call last evening, was the best bit of quick and accurate newspaper telegraph work ever done in this country. The Assoclated Press, which serves only the Call in this city, won new laurels for the way in which it handled the report of the appalling catastrophe. It was a report that gave our readers a corr impression of the scenes in the track of the cyclone. It was a great occasion for ance of work in the news line, a sociated Press again proved i ort of the Great May 20.—The Call “The story of the the perform- d the As- if the ban- ner news-gathering and new agency in the land. Our rea: best going, as compared with the behind- hand and warmed-over story from morning papers printed in sheets served by the lame and halt United Pr “We are proud of ion with the Associated Pres 2 our readers that in the futu ndid service will sery s ly, as it has done in the HAILSTONES LIKE s intelligent- BAS! ALLS. Great Damage at Pawnee, Okla., by a Hurric PERRY, 0. T. miles east, y 20.—Pawnee, thirty y a hurricane yes- terday and a half dozen people were 4 wounded. Hail four inches in diameter fell and did great damage. Ail window lights facing north and w In the vicinity of Sheric Hennes: hous i dor wrecked, but 8 killed at that p were Guilty of Smugeling. PHILADELPHIA, May .—Herman Keck, a member of the firm of Keck, terman & Co., diamond tmporte cinnati, was today fownd gull United States district court of aitempting to smuggle diamonds. TERE Ex-Congressman Shober Dend. SALISBURY, N. C., May 29.—Francis B Shober, a member of the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, and at one time secretary of the United Stater Senate, died at his home here today. ‘oe-