Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 27, 1904, Page 7

ee By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. “Don’t marry a man to reform him” —unless he has a lot of money to pay alimony with. An eastern man has sold nineteen chickens for $3,400. That is some thing to crow over, Inventor Holland’s $10 fiying ma- chine may arrive ‘before Edison’s great storage battery. The average reader is curious to know how many decisive battles it will take to end this war. A watermelon may not be exactly a substitute for beef, but it enables you to forget it for a time. Lively Lou Dillon has begun her sunmer’s work of breaking records. She doesn’t need a wind shield. _ The woman who horsewhipped her 4-year-old son because he forgot to say his prayers is past praying for. The long-horned steer has become practically extinct. Even in Texas it has been found he takes up too much room. The next thing is to be a mirror trust. But this must not be taken as «nm indication that the trusts are go- ing to the wall. The poets are taking a strong stand against the eating of meat. It is only natural that they should lead in this great movement. We learn from the capital that lightning has hit the Washington mon- ument three times this season without being seriously injured. A revolution has been pulled off in Bogota. It is the first one Bogota has had this month, and must, therefore, be treated as quite an event. Von Plehve’s death was instantane- us, and presumably painless; but.for years he had suffered daily from the sickening terror of that bomb. man who invented the safety pin is an honored resident of Cleve- land, Ohio. Bachelors and babies ehould erect a monument to him. Russia seems to have the world’s visible supply of trouble so well cor- red that it looks like folly for Vene- a to try to break into the game. John W. Gates is at Saratoga. A te] am from Saratoga says all the gambling places are wide open there, but we merely mention this in passing. Sed poem on Chamberlain indicates that Rudyard Kipling is electioneering to become viceroy of India. It would be just like Ruddy to think he can get that. The feathers on a hen were counted the other day. them. Score another triumph in the great onward march of human knowl- edge. The Pike at the world’s fair has been vindicated. A party of Boston girls report that there is nothing there they would be unwilling to let their mothers see. When a man is always throwing out hints that he knows a good many things that he won’t tell, the proba- bility is that he has already told more than he knows. The chance is more than even that the “expert” who advises that wives be selected in the summer, as girls are best studied during vacation time, is a bachelor himself. A recent critic describes the women of New York as being less beautiful than those of Baltimore, but adds that “they dress better.” If they are plain, they have to dress better. Dr. Stowell of Worcester declares | that wearing smoked glasses affords complete relief in cases of hay fever. No hay fever sufferer is expected to “elieve this until he has tried it. A Paris newspaper thinks Roose- velt, Parker, Cleveland and Bryan have all been nominated for President. No | wonder France is alarmed about the increased consumption of absinthe. The New York Herald prints a pic- ture of “Reginald Vanderbilt talking to his chauffeur.” What we would really like to see, however, is a pic- ture of Mrs. Vanderbilt talking to her cook. Thomas Lipton’s letter to Dr. Draper declares that he could not rest content to leave the America cup in. present environment. We are so sO) that Sir Thomas isn’t going to be content. The announcement that alcoholism can be cured by wearing spectacles properly fitted to the eyes should not te dismissed lightly. Such spectacles might do away with that singular ten- cency to see double that is so confus- ing at times. The revival of the fashion of daguer- reotypes is not remarkable. Some of those gilt-framed pictures in the vel yet-lined cases are more lifelike, when you get them in the right light, than ' the best of the photographs that are taken newadays. ~ ‘erald- Review. TWIN CI | BY F URIOUS TORNADO Twelve Lives Lost in Worst Storm That Ever Visited This Seclion of the Northwest—Hundreds Receive More St. Paul, Aug. 23. — A terrific wind and rain storm visited the Twin Cities and surrounding country Saturday night, resulting in the loss of at least twelve lives, more or less serious in- jury to hundreds of others, and de- struction of millions of dollars’ worth of property. Three persons were killed in St. Paul, two in Minneapolis, three at St. Louis Park and four at Waconia. Worst in St. Paul’s History. The storm was the most disastrous in the history of the city. The streets were rushing torrents of water and the wind swept trees, wires, bridges and buildings before it. The anemometer of the St. Paul weather bureau recorded a velocity of 180 miles an hour, blowing from the northwest for one minute, and then There were 8,120 of | broke. The rain gauge was demolished early in the storm, so that the precipi- tation will never be known. The center of the storm seemed to follow the Mississippi river from Fort Snelling to Bridge Square, where the greatest damage was done, and then To Spread Its Force in the wholesale district, Dayton’s Bluff and the northeastern part of the city. Two spans of the high bridge were crumpled into a mass of debris and hurled into the river. The Tivoli con- cert garden on Bridge Square was crushed as if it were an eggshell, killing two people and more or less seriously injuring a score of people. The porch along the river frontage of the Empire theater concert hall, on Bridge Square, was carried over the building to Third street, and the in- terior of the structure wrecked. Good Shepherd Injured. A frame annex of the House of Good Shepherd, used as a dormitory, was blown down, killing a girl, and injuring several inmates. The storm was particularly severe in the wohlesale district. Almost every window in many establishments was blown in, and the floors were flooded with water, that cannot be accurately estimated for several days. City Completely Isolated. The retail district, too, felt the fury of the storm, and suffered a severe loss in broken windows and conse- quent damage by water. The storm was by no means con- fined to the business portion of the city, however. Everywhere were dis- mantled houses, school buildings and churches. Communication with the outside world was absolutely cut off by the storm. Not a telephone or telegraph | wire reaching St. Paul escaped its fury. Railroad traffic between St. Paul and Minneapolis was made im- possible, nothing being heard of the trains due to arrive after 9 o’clock, and notrains left St. Paul after the storm until yesterday. Many Residences Damaged. Chimneys were carried away, houses ; Were wrenched from their foundations and roofs were torn off and outbuild- ings torn to bits. Windows were ‘blown in in every section of the city, jand the damage from loss of glass alone will reach many thousands of dollars. The flying glass, too, was a prolific source of injuries, and hun- dreds of people were cut, more or less seriously. Uprooted and shattered trees made the streets impassable. The water tore great washouts in the filled streets, and aided the wind in de- molishing sidewalks and bridges. Electric light, street car, telephone and telegraph wires were carried down, and wriggling among the tree- tops aided in Blockading the Streets. . The current in the wires was shut off promptly when the severity of the storm became evident, so as to min- imize danger from live wires, and few ; accidents were reported from this cause. The beautiful park system of St. Paul suffered damage that it will take KILLS HER WITH HEELS. EL SES One Insane Woman Alleged to Have Slain Another at St. Peter. St. Peter, Minn., Aug. 23.—Ingebrid Erickson, a patient at the insane asylum, was found dead in her room early yesterday. The woman’s face was battered in a terrible manner. Upon investigation it was learned that during the absence of the nurse another patient named Bertha Nichols had entered the room and, it is al- leged, had killed the unfortunate Business and Residence Portions of Minneapolis a Mass of Debris—Roth Cities Entirely Isolated From x Rest of the Covntry. entailing a loss, | patient. or Less Serious Injuries. Property Damage in St. Pavl Is Estimated at $2,000,000—Not a Section of City Escaped Devastating Breath of the Storm. years to repair. Magnificent trees were pulled up by the roots or snapped as if straws. Flowers and shrubs were beaten into the ground by the downpour of water and thrashed to shreds by the wind. Gul- lies were cut in drives and walks and the grass roots of hillside lawns were dug from the earth. Wreck and Ruin Everywhere. No quarter of the city escaped en- tirely. In that part of the business district which is adjacent within three blocks of the river and lies between | Wabasha and Robert streets is the} scene of ruin most startling. Out of a total of probably 100 buildings in this district scarcely one escaped without serious damage. Street car service in St. Paul was almost abandoned up till noon yester- day. The entire system of trolley wires is almost a total wreck and it will cost thousands of dollars to repair the damage. Railways escaped with but little damage from the tornado. The property loss in St. Paul is es- timated at $2,000,000. Hits Business District Hard. | No estimate of the damage in the j business district is likely to be more than the merest chance to come close to the actual figures. Hundreds of business houses suffered some dam- age. Most of them will be able to} count their losses below a thousand dollars; a number will go above that mark, but few will multiply a thou- sand to fix the real damage. How- ever, it is safe to say that the aggre- gate losses will reach into the hun- dreds of thousands. But the loss is so widely distributed that all business will go on as usual and no firm is hurt materially. Goods Soaked by Rain. The roof of the building occupied by Finch, Young & McConville was torn off on the Fourth street side, and the rain poured into the building in tor- rents, flooding the basement. The loss will be between $10,000 and $20,000. George Sommers & Co., Fourth street, wholesale notions, also sus- tained heavy losses. When the roof of the building was rent by a bolt of lightning, the water tank on the top of the building, used to supply the sprinkling system, burst and deluged the store from top to bottom. Goods Blown Into Street. The bricks that fell from the Finch, Young & McConville building crashed into the Fourth street windows of Lindeke, Warner & Sons, on the oppo- site side of the street, breaking ten large lights: on the lower floors. Sev- eral windows were broken on the up- per floors by the storm and a pile of goods was blown into the street. The loss of the firm will approach $2.- 000. Part of the roof of the Day dson block, Fourth and Jackson streets. was blown into the street and the brick fell on a horse belonging to the Wells-Fargo Express company and broke its back. A long stretch of the roof of the Mil- waukee freight sheds was lifted from the building and carried onto the rail- road tracks and the roof of the Rock Island round house was partially de- stroyed. Cars Blown From Track. A Rock Island freight’ train, that had stopped under the Robert street bridge, was caught by the terrific wind broadside and several of the ears were blown from the tracks. They slid down the levee and stopped at the brink of the river. Eleven or twelve large plate glass show windows of the Hub Clothing house were blown in by the wind and a large quantity of goods in show- cases was damaged. The loss is esti- mated at between $5,000 and $10,000. The roof of Warehouse No. 1 of Tibbs, Hutchings & Co., Seventh and Pine streets. was torn from the build- ing and thrown into the street. The; building was heavily stocked with dry goods. The loss is estimated at $10.- 000 on stock and building. woman. No weapon was found. An examination of the Nichols woman disclosed blood on the heels of her shoes, giving the theory that the lat- ter stamped the life out of the other The coroner’s jury so found and exonerated the institution from all blame. The dead woman was com- mitted from Slayton, Minn. Jewelry Store Robbed. . Osage, Iowa, Aug. 23.—The jewelry store of Becker & Klinger at Mitchell, lowa, was entered last evening by From the meager reliable informa- tion obtainable, in the absence of tel- ephone and telegraphic communica- tion, it is believed that nearly a score of persons met death in the storm. An estimate of the injured places the number at over 100. a ‘W. Savage being almost totally de- stroyed. The first Présbyterian church was seriously damaged, the spire being blown down and the building badly wrecked. The display of lightning before and during the storm was the most in- WRECK OF STORM PASSES. AWAY st. Paul Clears Streets of Debris and’ Restores Roofs. St. Paul, Aug. 24.—Undismayed by the storm which swept the Saintly City Saturday night, the city author-, ities and the residents of St. Paul be- From nearly every town and vil-| tense and continuous ever seen in | gan yesterday to repair the damage to: lage within a radius of thirty*miles from St. Paul there are reports of ruin and disaster. Farmers are reported as among the heaviest losers. In many instances en- tire crops were blown away as if by magic and the ground left bare. Railway trains were running on time schedules yesterday, but wires were down in all directions leading from St. Paul and traffic throughout the entire West is badly crippled. MINNEAT OLY BARE HIT. Two Persons Killed afd Enormous Property Damage Sustained. Minneapolis, Aug. 23.—Minneapolis was Visited by the most furious and destructive wind and rain storm in its history. Hundreds of buildings were badly damaged, all the great wire systems were paralyzed, and thou- sands of beautiful shade trees de- stroyed. Two persons were killed and many more or less seriously in- jured. , The storm threatened long, the clouds gathering about 6 o'clock, and increased rapidly in fury until 8:50, when separate storms, which had gathered from north, west and east, met with a roa. above the center of the city, and Fell in Gloudburst and Tornado. For three minutes the wind blew at the rate of ninetv miles an hour, and rain and hail fell in torrents. Most of the widespread damage was wrought in three terrible minutes, during which roofs and church spires, walls and chimneys fell; every business block and thousands of | résidences were sent crashing inward, admitting tons of water; poles and wires fell, paralyzing the service of telephone and telegraph, trolley and electric lights. The center of the storm was in the ! down-town districts, and there 1s Scarcely a Business Block in the district bounded by the river aud Thirteenth street, and Hennepin and First avenues south that did not lose windows, signs or a portion of its roof. Nicollet avenue and Sixth street seemed the center of destruction, and the scene in the rain-swept, deserted streets was appalling. Tons of plate glass crashed onto the pavement from hundreds of windows, chimneys, fying fragments of roof, and signs dropped from the upper darkness onto the sidewalks and were carried along by the wind. In the big stores, crowded with panic-stricken shoppers, pandimonium reigned, as the breaking windows Gave Free Entrance to the terrific wind and rain. The crowds rushed for the basement stair- ways, children were roughly jostled, women fainted or became hysterical, and every establishment was the scene of a separate panic. Thousands of dollars damage was wrought to the Glass Block and the Guaranty Loan Building. Nearly all the plate glass windows of the former were smashed, and the rain, in almost a_ solid mass, blew completely through the building, ruin- ing beautiful fabrics, goods and fur- nishings of all kinds. The mammoth skylight of the Guar- anty Loan building Plunged Down Twelve Stories through the interior court, and ton upon ton of water fiooded halls and of- fices. The new addition to the city hospi- tal was completely destroyed, the probable Joss being in the neighbor- hood of $50,000. The operating room was also demolished, entailing a loss of $10,000. A span was torn away from the Tenth avenue bridge and dropped into the river below. The Garden theater, with its tents and seats, is mixed in one mass of confusion. The performance was in full sway when the mighty burst of wind struck the canvas and col- lapsed it. Streets Become Impassible. In many of the streets after the storm, broken glass was_ shoveled away like frozen snow, and thorough- fares which had been made imgassi- ble were roped off and closed to traffic. Many of the fine residence districts of the city suffered terribly, but the greatest and irreparable damage was done to Minneapolis’ beautiful shade trees. Thousands of them were brok- en off or twisted up by the roots, and severa] streets, celebrated for their beautiful trees, are left bare of foliage and shade. The south side of the city suffered most} Hardly a tree is left standing along Portland and Park avenues and the entire side of the city is a Mass of Splintered Trunks, fallen wires, broken windows damaged churches and homes. Lightning struck several houses in this part of the city, the fine home of and burglars and merchandise to the value of $700 was carried away. No clue to the robbers. HAIL STORM TERRIFIC. Stones Are 21-2 Inches in Diameter and Beat Down Much Corn. Redfield, S. D., Aug. 23.—A terrific hailstorm struck this section Satur- day. The stones averaged two and one-half inches in diameter. Large quantities of window glass were de- windows in nearly ; | eity and warned not to return. Minneapolis, and was compared by several to the tropical electrical ef- fects that accompany typhoons and hurricanes. Waconia Is Wrecked. Authentic reports which reached the city late yesterday afternoon are that a portion of the town of Waconia is wiped out. Four persons are known to have perished. Over two score are injured and it is feared many of these will die. suburb of Minneapolis. The property loss there is enormous. At Waconia the storm was terrific in force. The depot of the Minneap- olis &-St. Louis railroad was blown from its foundations and destroyed. A large building occupied by a sa- loon was razed to the ground. ‘Numerous dwellings were wrecked. Stillwater Feels It. Stillwater, Aug. 23. — The dama\e done by the storm of Saturday night in the neighborhood of this city will exceed $100,000, although the destruc- tion of property within the city limits was restricted to the blowing down of shade trees in Washington Park and on private grounds. Athletic Park | had its high board fence flattened. The damage was heavy on the St. Croix and at South Stillwater. Scores the shores near South Stillwater. CYCLONE NEAR GLENCOE. Two Children and a Man Killed and Many Houses and Barns Destroyed. Glencoe, Minn., Aug. 23.—A cyclone ! passed through the county Saturday night about 8 o’clock within a mile of Glencoe to the north. Houses and barns are literally cut into kindling | wood. It is not known how many people were killed, but three are | known to be dead—two girls and one man. Horses and cattle are dead and mangled and grain is scattered every- where. Many barns that were in the track of the storm are gone and others not torn down are moved from their foundations. BUILDINGS RAZED. Cyclone Does Much Damage in the Vicinity of Hector. Hector, Minn., Aug. 23.—A cyclone struck ten miles northeast of here and destroyed a number of houses and barns, but it is not known whether there have been any fatalities. ; MUCH LOSS IN WISCONSIN. Reports Tell of Furious Storm That Damages Much Property. Hudson, Wis., Aug. 23. — A wind storm of unprecedented severity, ac- companied by a deluging rain, visited Hudson and the western part of St. Croix county at about 9 o’clock Sat- urday night. It lasted fully half an hour in its intensity and did much damage. The streets, sidewalks and lawns are literally strewn with the ruins of shade trees, electric light, tel- egraph and telephone wires, while a good deal of injury is done to dwell- ings and other buildings. Bad at Osceola. Osceola, Wis., Aug. 23.—One of the worst rain and wind storms of the seascn prevailed here through the night. Hail stones as large as a half- dollar fell. In the village signs, awn- ings “and minor articles were over- turned. Reports from the country are that standing grain and corn were damaged considerably. The local tel- ephone lines also were damaged. Severe Storm in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 23. — A severe wind and electrical storm passed over the city last evening doing much damage in the suburbs. Several small fires were started by the lightning and the downpopr of rain was so heavy that many basements were fiooded and much property damaged. Northwest of the city hundreds of acres of corn were beaten down by the wind and rain and much of it will be lost. CRIPPLE CREEK DEPORTMENTS. Nearly a Score of Men. Some of Prom. inence, Sent Away. Cripple Creek, Colo., Aug. 23. — mob of 2,000 citizens Saturday after- noon seized F. J. Hangs, attorney for the federation of mincrs; Eugene Engley, formerly attorney general of Colorado; J. Cole, former assistant ! district attorney; Mr. Hall, manager of the union store, and some fifteen others.” All were taken outside the The greatest excitement prevails in the district and citizens declare that none of the deportees will be allowed to re- turn. The immediate cause of yes- terday’s outbreak was the starting up of the union store under the name of the Inter-Mountain Mercantile com- pany, and the report that a number of deported union men were on _ their way back to Cripple Creek from Den- ver. rrr rrr reported. A party of thirty land seekers were caught in the storm and : Several were burt. J Hopkinton, Iowa, Aug. 23.—During | the thunder storm that passed over this section yesterday morning the barn on the A. L. Barker place, north- west of town, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The con- tents, consisting of hay, grain and farm machinery, several horses and a valuable Hereford bull, were also stroyed and severe damage to corn is} burned. Three are dead at St. Louis Park, a” of log rafts were broken loose along | public and private property, to re-. move the debris from the streets, to. place the public parks in an orderly; condition, and to restore to St. Paul: its reputation of being one of the} most beautiful cities in the world. In. a few weeks, possibly in a few days,' the casual visitor will see few evi-+ dences of the storm’s havoc. With the: exception of the trees blown down in’ the parks, along the streets and inj yards of residences, and the few; buildings that were completely de- molished, most of the property dam- age will be repaired in a short time/ and the city will present its original, aspect of prosperity and beauty. Near-, ly all the debris was removed from the | Streets Sunday and yesterday, and but! for the fallen trees the streets presenti their usual appearance. The storm~ swept districts of the city yesterday; presented an aspect of unusual activ: ity. Forces were at work on schools and churches repairing the damage; Hundreds of employes were busily en; gaged at the jobbing houses, manufac- turing concerns and retail and whole+ sale stores, unpacking damaged goods in storerooms, removing contents from: destroyed parts of the buildings and) placing everything in order. Hun, dreds of residents were at work about their lawns removing torn-up side+ walks and branches of trees, and, many carpenters and masons were, engaged repairing walls, chimneys: and woodwork. STORM’S RAVAGES EXTEND FAR, Reports From Minnesota and Other States Tell of Vast Damage. St. Paul, Aug. 24.—Further reports ; of the damage caused by the storm of Saturday evening in Minnesota and other Northwestern states shows that the total loss will -reach into the hun- dreds of thousands. Not only did vil- lages and cities suffer by the storm’s ravages, but also the country for many miles gives evidence of vast damage to growing crops. But when the terrific force of the wind is con- sidered, the loss of life where the storm struck seems nominal indeed. South Dakota, now the telegraph wires again are working, ‘sends a re- port of death and ruin in the north- eastern part of that state. Willow Lake is wiped out and Bryant is se- verely damaked. Two deaths are re- ported. Wisconsin and Minnesota districts where the storm struck also add to their reports of loss. However, most persons that realized the character of the storm, no doubt expected to hear of much greater ruin, especially in the loss of life. BOTH BRIDGES COLLAPSE. Threshing Machine Accidents Fata! to One Man. Fare’. N. D., Aug. 24.—Two thresh- ing machine accidents of an exactly similar character, one fatal and the other serious, occurred to Fargo men in Traill county. Nels Engen of Fargo was taking a Buffalo Pitts engine to a customer between Hillsboro and Tattan. In attempting to cross a new bridge the structure gave way and Engen was crushed to death under the engine. Anton Nyhus and Martin Thompson, two farmers in the vicinity of the ac- cident, had purchased an engine from another Fargo house. It was shipped to Hillsboro, set up and started for the farm. Their road was over the same route as that through which Engen had fallen, and they were compelled to go a mile west to. strike another bridge. It gave way under the same conditions as the other. Both men and the engine went to the bottom. Nyhus has a severe scalp wound and was severely scalded. Thompson’s back is thought to have been broken. Red Man’s Enemy Dead. Milwaukee, Aug. 24——A New Lisbon dispatch tells of the death there of George Salter, Sr.. who was noted as an inveterate foe to Indians. Back in 1863 his wife was murdered by a war party at her home. Slater, when he learned of it, vowed vengeance and killed eighteen Indians in revenge. He never got over his enmity to the race. Troopers Bound Over. Sturgis, S. D., Aug. 24. — The nine soldiers of F troop, Sixth cavalry, Fort Meade, arrested here last week on a charge of rioting had prelim- inary hearings yesterday. Seven were bound over to the next term of the Meade county circuit court and two were discharged, there being no evi- dence against them. Man and Horse Killed. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 24. — Ansgaard Hansen was killed by lightning on the Dill farm near Mapleton. With a number of other employes on the farm he had taken refuge in a shed during a thunder storm. A bolt of lightning struck the place, killing Hansen and a horse and severely shocking several men. ONE DEAD, ANOTHER MAY DIE. Tornado Kills and Maims at, Bryant, South Dakota. Sioux Falles, S. D., Aug. 24.—A tor- nado has visited Bryant, S. D., and vi- cinity. Many buildings were wrecked. Mrs. H. S. Hilling was _ killed, her daughter Nellie injured and may die. A number of others were seriousiy injured. Loss of crops is heavy. It is reported that Willow Lake was en- j tirely destroyed, but the report is unconfirmed.