The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1896. VANGLED CORPSES LAID IN GHASTLY ROWS Over Se¢venty Victims of the Victoria Disaster Identified. MANY WERE BORNE OUT TO OPEN SEA. Bereaved Relatives Throng Im- provised Morgues to Claim Their Owan. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES FROM THE DEATHPOOL. The Actual Number ef the Killed May Never Be Known—An In- vestigation Begun. Mrs. J. A. Trout of-Seattle. Mrs. G, H. Woodhouse, Seattle, Gabriel Marotto, Seattle. Giuseppe Mauro, Seattle. Valentine Dido, Seattle, Mrs. Dr. Prevost, Seattle. B. W, Murray, Seattle. \ Mrs. Adams, Victoria. Frederick Adams, Victoria, Mrs. Edmonds, Victoria. Miss Nathan, Vietoria. Mr. Bossi, Victoria. Arthur Fullerton, Victoria. Mrs. Heatherbell, Victoria. James Wilson, Victoria. Miss Annie Keast, Victoria, Captain Leveridge, Vi ctoria. Mrs. G. 1. Post and son, Victoris. E. B. Carmichael, Victoria. Mrs. E. B. Carmichael, Victoria. Archie Bigger, Victoria. Miss Bigger, Victoria. Frank Orestat, Victoria. Miss Minnie Robertson, Victoria, Miss Alice Smith, Victoria. Miss Sophie Smith, Victoria, James Laurie, Victoria. William Pearson, Victoria. Miss Furner, Victoria. The two Misses Bowness, Victoria. Miss F. Jackson, Victoria. Giuseppe Rowe, Victoria. A son of Sergeant-Major Muleahey, Victoria. Miss P. Elford, Victoria. Miss Grace Elford, Victoria, Mr. James, Victoria. James Thomas Patterson, Victoris. Miss Flora Jackson, Victoria. H. Talbot, motorman, Victoria. George Farr, conductor, Victoria. James H. Tyak, Victoria. W. J. Crowell’s son, 10 years old, Victoria. Robert Holmes, Tacoma. diiss Ida Goodacre, Tacoma. Mrs. D. L. Ballard, Providence, K. L. Mrs. Thomas Physle, Vancouver. J. B. Gordon, Vancouver. J. A. Vanbokkelen, Port Townsend. Miss Birt, Anacortes. Mrs. Priestly, Minneapolis. Mrs. Edward Hoosen. Clarence Hoosen. Emma Olsen. Mirs. Lester, Jackson. Miss Alice Smith, Victorla. Mrs. D. L. Ballard, Providence, E. L Mrs. Thomas Physick, Vancouver. Mrs. Simon Pearson, Victoria. Mrs. Priestly, Minneapolis. Miss Nellie Priestly, Minneapolis, Mrs. Dr. Preston, Seattle. Six-year-old son of Mrs. Hooson, Vic- tor! ¢ Miss Frost, New Whatcom. Miss Lester, Victoria. Ten-year-old son of W. J. Crowell, Victoria. VICTORIA, B. C., May 27.—The fore- going list includes the names of fifty- seven victims of the Ellice bridge disaster yesteraay, while a number of bodies—cer- tainly enough to maintain the first esti- mate of sixty-one dead—had not been identified up to 4 o’clock this afternoon. Many were injured, some seriously, but it will be many days before the details of the dreadful work are learned. But for the fact that there were many boats in the vi- cinity of the accident the death list wou'd have been much larger than it was., Very many of those who were on the bridge as pedestrians were rescued in this way. Twenty persons known to have been on the wrecked bridge are missing, and it is supposed that they have perished. The car register shows ninety fares, ana it is probable that over 125 people were on board. Some escapes among those who were on the bridge in carriages were remarkable. Not one-tenth of them have been told. A lady and her children were hurled into the water. The horse and carriage were swept no one knows whither, but the four occu- pants escaped unhurt. " Among the people ou the car wasan elderly man named Harmon, a profes- sional diver and a swimming expert. ‘When he felt the car lurch he forced his way through the crowd and sprang into the water clear of the wreck. He came promptly to the surface, and, swimming toward the wreck, rescued upward of twelve people from death. Duke Prig- more of Whatcom, who sprang into the water from the car, saw a little chiid float- ing away from the fatal spot and picked her up and carried her ashore absolutely un'armed. General Roberts, United States consul at Victoria, was one of the first to reach the scene of the disaster and was very active in his assistance. He said last night that he bad in bis possession a pocket book taken from the dress of a lady and evi- dently the property of a Mrs. Priestley of Minneapolis. It contained a smallamount of money, a promissory note, a receipt for bouse rent and a notice of the death of Mr. Priestley, with which was wrapped upa lock of hair. Upto thattime he had been unable to find any one who knew of such a person. William Burnes pulled fiveinto his boat, and many other lives were saved by the swarm of boats that came to the spot. Reyv. Canon Paddon, a passengeron the ill-fated car, was among the first rescued. He had received terrible injuries about the head, and was placed iu the house of Cap- tain Grant ciose by. In another room of the same house was James Jackson, who had with his young daughter been inside of the car. The father will live, but the young girl is beyond recov- ery,' 'Downstairs in the drawing- room of the Grant House was a poor old lady, Mrs. Bowness, who had been rescued and who begged some’one 10 tell herof the fate of her two daughters, one of whom was lying dead outside at that moment, the other at the bottom of the arm. A few feet away Dr. Hall and a number of ladies were trying ineffectually to bring back to life Miss Sophie Smith, while be- side her, utterly unmindful of her soaking clothes, stood her sister, who had fortu- nately escaped unhurt. All the doctors in the city hastened to the scene of the accident as fastas pos- sible and did noble service in the cause of humanity. . A big gang of men was speedily put to work clearing away the wreck. Mr. Handy. and another diver as soon asa hole could be cleared went down and brought from the death waters one body aiter another, which were taken ashore. It was only, however, the people who had been rescued a few minutes after the acci- dent who were saved. All the others per- 1shed. One of the first flags of Victoria to be lowered to half-mast was that over the consulate. It was lowered by Commodore Sander and Captain Hatfield. with the Consul’s permission. General Roberts said he would not leave the scene of death as long as there appeared to be anything he could do to rescue those {n peril or ald ihote who were in search of missing friends. On the North Side car line and at the city end of the fatal bridge are the beauti- ful grounds of Captain Grant, with a rich grassy lawn, a beautiful grove sloping to the water’s edge and bright parterres of flowers — an ideal home. Yesterday afternoon it was a scene of woe and sorrow, which is deeply engraved in the memory of all who looked upon it. A mournful procession of boats brought their loads of limp corpses to the grassy margin of the sloping grove. Lying cold in death in the middle of a beautiful grassy spot and beneath’ the shadow of a tree lay the body ¢ a girl. She could not have been more than 18.° Her face was covered. It had been lzid apart from others, for not only had death come in her case instantly, but there was not one among all the thousands who looked upon her who could ever recall having seen her face be- tore. Here was a group of people laboring with all that skill and effection could do to bring back life to another girlish form. At last the chest slowly heaved of its own accord, the heart beat freely. The blue eyes opened and gazed wonderingly upon the eager faces above her. Then they closed again. A gentle sigh escaped thé pale lips, the heart ceased to throb and the joy of those around her was turned into SOTTOW. Here lay a woman in the pride of her splendid physical beauty. Loving hands labored with her, and thea there was heard a hoarse whisper from one who had his hand upon her heart, saying, “Brandy, brandy, for God’s sake, quick! She is alive!” Here lay another woman. Her face was covered and beside her knelt, in agony which no woras can describe, her husband, pouring out his soul in tears. They led him away later like a man in a dream. Here lay a strong man, whose broad bared chest, with its thick mat of hair, showed that he was a giant in life, but though they labored long with him he was past all human help. And these scenes were repeated over and over again, while here and there were knots of weeping women, and through the crowd rushed parents seeking for their children, friends seeking for friends and on every face a look of dread. It was a pitiful sight to see some poor little child who had gone out a short time before with its parents to enjoy a happy afternoon laid still in death on the grass. There seemed to be so many little ones among the victims. Oune pretty little girl with golden hair lay with a graceful look upon her face, while close by was a gray- haired old man, his hands clenched and a set face as if he had fought hard against death. On the sloping bank near the landing were & whole row of corpses, among them J. E. Gordon, Miss Nathan, young James Tyack and four children, one of thema little fellow of 6 or 7 with his woolen gloves still on his hands and his eyes staring vacantly at the blue sky overhead. Every now and them an undertaker’s wagon would draw up at the gate, and body after body was covered up and car- ried away on stretchers to be placed in the vehicle for removal to the city, which had been turned into a morgue for the oc casion. g A sad sight was that when Mr. Bigger recognized the bodies of his little son Archie, aged 6, and his young daughter Julia, aged 9. Mr. Bigger, who had him- self escaped death, but had suffered severe injuries, worked hard with others to bring back the breath of life to his little ones. They were wrapped in blankets and taken into the house, but it was useless; their lives were ended and they were taken away with the other bodies. “I have been on many a battle-field,” said 2 Grand Army man as he scanned the faces in a long row of dead to see1if any one of them couid be identified, ‘“and have looked into the faces of dead men often, but’ never have I seen anything as sad as this. Men go to the battle-field ex- pecting death. To-day we all went out for pleasure and this is the end of it.” Bome of the bodies which were identified were removed to their former homes. Others were taken to undertaking estab- lishments, but most of them were placed in a long row in the city market, all care- fully enveloped in blankets and their faces being covered. The crowd was kept away as much as possible, but the police permitted those who gave any reasonable cause for desiring to inspect the bodies to do so. Very many bodies here were of children, both boys and girls. Some of the corpses were disfigured. All had a look of stony horror on their faces. One young girl, whose mother and two sisters were supposed last night to have perished, and who said she escaped she knew not how, said that- the clutching of hands and frantic movements of feet for a few seconds as the car went into the water, was something that words cannot possibly describe or even the imagination conceive. A hundred people wedged to- gethber in a huge box and dropping to their death is something so awfui that one searches in vain for a more dreadful or- deal. There was a surprising lack of any- thing like a panic, but this was probably due to the fact that the magnitude of the calamity stunned the people. The feeling of uncertainty was terrible, and it was pitiable in the extreme to see parents seeking among the dead for chil- dren and children seeking for parents, What added to this uncertainty was the fact that everybody 'at that hour was on the rush to the parade ground, and thus families became scattered, and so it came abou* that different members of the same household were looking for each other, each fearing that the others might be among the lost. It was by the merest accident that many | assistance and worked energetically who are now safe and well were not upon the fateful car. It was fhe last oneto crass the bridge before the beginning of the parade and many people sought to take passage on it, but were crowded off, and others missed getting seats simply berause they were a little late. These could be seen on every hand yesterday, congratulating each other and being con- gratulated upon their escape. : A wonderful escape was that of a party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jordan of Vancouver and Mr. and Mrs. A. S, Potts. They were driving in a buggy on the bridge at the time of the accident. Mr. Potts drew up to atlow the first tramcar to pass, and then followed it. The tramcar behind came along, and when just oovosite the bridge gave way. Down went the buggy into tiie water with the other wreckage. Potts managed to drag his wife to the bottom of the submerged car, and Jordan rescued his wife in the same way. None of the party knew just how it was done, as the whole thing seemed over in a minute. Then they were picked up by a boat and carried ashore. The .horse was drowned and the bugey was tangled up in the sub- merged car. James Wilson was in another buggy with his four children. They, too, went down in the wreck, but all were saved with the exception of one little boy, who was crushed in the broken ironwork of the bridge and was probably almost instantly killed. There were many sad episodes in the recognition of the dead. Arthur Keast came across the body of his daughter, Miss Ann Keast, lying on the green bank dead. ““Yes, that is my .daughter,” he said quietly, as sympathetic friends came around him. His great self-control in this moment of horror was more pathetic than outspoken grief. J. Trout of Seattle, engineer of the steamer ¥lier, who had escaped, but with a terrible gash on his temples from which the blood streamed freely, walked around in a dazed way. He could not account for his escape, but kept repeating in broken accents; “My wife is down there yet!” pointing to the place where the car had gone down. . Jamex McL. Muir was in the car sitting beside his friend R. 8. Holmes. When the crash came they realized the danger and bade each other farewell. “I don’t exactly know how it was,” said Muir in relating his experience afterward, “but the car seemed to settle down on the bottom, and as I knew how to swim I opened my eyes and made out the window opening. I managed to crawl out, getting a blow on the head as I did so, but then swam upward, getting fres of the wreck- age, and was picked up.” Mr. Muir has only a bruised arm and head, and was about again as soon as he had changed elothes, His friend Holmes was among the victims of the drowning. Pr. John Lang was standing on the back platform at the time of the accident, | and, though he was badly hurt about the head, it is expected he will recover. Another man who was standing on the back platform was J. E. Phillips. He | clung to the rear railing as the car went down, and though he received a heavy biow on the head he saved nimself by his knowledge of swimming. Twice he tried to rise to the surface, but finding himself be- neath the wreckage dived and swam under water until he was clear. Wnen he got his head above water he clung to a piece of timber and was on the point of fainting when Justice Drake came along in a skiff and saved him. The surgeons of the warships in port responded quickly to the call for medical in the effort to save life. John Cameron ofi7 Scoresby street was another of those who escaped. He was on the rear platform at the time of the ac- cident, and was hit on the head in the terrible drop from the bridge. He was completely dazed by the accident, and had no idea of how he was saved. Chief Deasy and the fire brigage did good service in recovering the bodies of the victims of the disaster. The Provincial police launch was taken to the spot very shortly after the accident and did good work. Diver Cook and thediver of the Royal Arthur worked all the affernoon, as well as Diver Mec- Hardy. Captain Hunter was of great as- sistance in recovering the bodies and so was Captain John Stael of the steamer Rainbow. Fred Huntér, son of M. Hunter, was on the front of the car when it went down, and received' a heavy blow on the head. He managed to swim to shore, where he was picked up by his father unconscious. A younger son of Mr. Hunter was hang- ing on to the crowded back platform, and by some wonderfully lucky chance his foot slipped and he fe!l off just in timeto | save himself from following the car into the water. Eliza Woodil, a girl of 14, was in the center of the car when it went down. She was picked up clutching in her arms two young children. All three were.saved. F. M. Yorke, the stevedore, was loading a vessel with lumber close to the scene of the accident. He at once took his whole crew to the rescue, and they did much to- ward saving the victims by breaking open the top of the wrecked car. . A man who escaped from death was Henry Twyman, the barkeeper on the Empress of India, who had come over to attend the celebration here. Twyman crawled through the window and swam ashore. The Provincial police launch picked up a large quantity of clothing belonging to the victims of the accident. The bridge where the accident took place was a little more than a mile from the Postoffice. It was about twenty-five feet above high tide, and the water there is always quite deep. On the western side there is 8 heavy grade, and the cars usu- ally run at high speed so as to acquire sufficient momentum to ascend it. The | car which went tkrough the structure is one of the largest electric cars on the coast, having three sets of wheels. Just how many people it had on board at the time of the accident cannot be ascer- tained. Superintendent McKilliken of the road said that the conductor was collect- ing fares when the crash came. As the conductor was drowned, and the motor- man also, it is impossible to obtain any official estimate of the number of people. The superintendent said that there might ‘have been 125. As near as he could esti- mate, and assuming that there were 125 people on the car, there must be twelve or fitteen yet to be accounted for, but he ad- mitted that this was not much more than a mere guess. : ————— WAS A FLIMSY BTRUCIURE. The Point Ellice Bridge Showld Have Been Closed to Travel. PORTLAND, Or., May 27.—Visitors re- turning from the Victoria celebration, among whom wert C. C. Crane, Pacific Coast agent of the Vanderbilt lines, and George Johnston and T. A. Kehoe, trav- eling men, all of San Francisco, agree that the Point Ellice bridge was the flimsiest structure they had ever inspected, and they exgun no surprise that the accident occurred when the bridge was loaded uowulth people going to the celebration grounds. <+ Mr. Crane has been chaperoning the little traveling party of George H. Daniels of the Vanderbilt lines in the East, and they passed over the bridge in earriages only a few moments before the cax. The span which gave way was the first one next to the approach, and it snapped off as cleanly and clearly asif the timbers in the structure had been cut in two. Mr. Crane says that he believes there must have been 200 persons who went down in the wreck, and the exact number will be hard to ascertain, owing t0 the fact that the tide carried many bodies into the sea last night. —— Trying to Place the Blame, VICTORIA, B. C., May 27.—The jury impaneled last evening to investigate the cause of the Ellice bridge disaster and place the blame viewed in all fortv-seven bodies, but then the inquiry was adjourped so that the work of recovery might be completed. DETH IR A CYCLONES:PATH, Continued from First Page. Bedling House and an old brick building used as the Vandalia' freighthouse near the east end of the Eads bridge, was com- pletely demolished, a8 number of persons having gone down in the ruins, The East St. Louis Journal building was also destroyed. A cyclone destructive of life and much property visited East St. Louis in June, 1872. The firincipal destruction was along the water front ana in the railroad-yards. Between sixty and seventy lives were lost, boats were blown from their moorings and sunk with all on board, persons were picked up on the levee and hurled to their death and buildings were scattered to the four winds, Old railroad men recall some freaks of the storm. A forty-ton Alton en- gine was standing in the yards when the cyclone struck that part of the city. The mass of iron and steel was rolled over like a matchbox. In the Wabash freightyards four tramps were sleeping under a line of loaded freightcars when the storm came. The line of cars were tipped over and the sleepers killed. The cyclone happened about two hours earlier than to-day’s awtul second visitation, as well as nearly the same time of the year. . A 24-foot section of the western wall of the city jail blew clear down, exposing the interior. 1t was during exercise hours, and the 200 prisoners who were exercising in the building were panic-stricken. They were too frightened to try to escape. Jailer Wagner was on the | scene in a moment, and with the aid of a number of detectives and policemen the prisoners were placed in their cells. The tanks of the Waters-Pierce Com- pany in Gratiot street blew up, spreading destruction on every hand. Three stories of the Coe Manufacturing Company’s building, Ninth and Gratiot streets, and nearly balf of the Wainwright Brewery were blown down. The High School, Eleventh and Spruce streets, and Jere Sheehan’s livery stable, Eleventh and Walnut, were unroofed. The engineer of the Etna Iron Works, Twenty-first and Papin streets, was al- most instantly killed. The walls blew in and he was scalded to death by steam. The Consolidated Wire Works, Twenty- first and Papin streets, was almost totally wrecked. Seven personsare known to have been injured seriousiy by this wreck and many more are said to bave been hurt by falling walls. The two-story building of the C. H. Sawyer Manufacturing Company, 1819 Choteau avenue, was demolished. John Sawyer, a member of the firm, and Emma Chaney and Isabella Hamden, type- writers, were crushed to death under the walls. H. II. Sawyer, 2 member of the firm, was injured fatally. The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden- ware Company’s factory, Second street and Park avenue, was completely de- stroyed by fire caused by lightning. The loss is estimated at $300,000. The steamer Grand Republic is safe and sound on the Illinois shere, with her 500 passengers, mainly Sunday-school chil- dren. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 28.—Shortly after midnight the Fire Department secured control of the conflagration at East St. Louis, and the members of the depart- ment began to assist the ambulance corps in caring for the wounded. No attention was paid to the dead. The streets were in absolute darkness, and searchlights were placed on patrol wagons in order to reach the location of the injured. The ambulances were run at breakneck speed, and inside of one hour at least twenty-five seriously injured were carried to the dispensary. Their wounds were dressed as rapidly as possible, ana they were carried to houses miles away to await the result of their injuries. The scenes of death and suffering in East St. Louis are ‘beyond the power of description. Men, women and children fell victims to the sudden swoop of the elements, and the clang of the ambulance only notifies the survivors of the fatal in- juries of another citizen. Railroad trains both eastbound and west- bound are stalled at the entrance of the Eads bridge, with no hope of proceeding farther for the next three days. Every ferry-boat on the river fell a victim to wind and waves and there are not over two crafts to-night that dare cross the Mississippi. Men bringing information of the condi- tion of affairs in the ill-fated city of East St. Louis are obliged to climb on hands and knees across the broken girders of the Eads bridge. Superintendent’ Jones of the Western Union Telegraph Company, with a corps of repairers, made the perilous trip at midnight, and reports the situation one of horror. The people are panic- stricken, and nearly 200 are homeless, In addition to this is the horrible fear that some of their relatives have fallen a prey to the elements. It is utterly impossible to get a record of the dead as carried to the Morgue. So far seveuty-four bodies have been found, and at this hour, 1 A. M., messengers are con- stantly notifying the authorities of the finding of lifeless remains of vic- tims in ditches, under trees, trestle work, railroad transfer depot ruins and in the demolished residences. At the east telegraph switch tower of the Eads bridge twenty unidentified bodies are placed in ghastly rows on the floor. Of these, it is assumed, every life was sacrificed to the fury of the storm. ‘The storm in this vicinity abated at 11 o’clock last night and inside of an hour the temperature dropped nearly thirty de- grees. At 2 o'clock this morning the City Dispensary had cared for 105 injured vic- tims of the storm.. Forty-nine dead bodies had been reported to police headquarters. No news from outside localities can be secured until daylight. The east end of the Auditorinm building in wkich the Republican National Convention will be held is a total wreck, but will be rebuilt immediately. : ¢ 8 £ op o 2] WAS FORETOLD. The Washington Weather Bureau BSent Out Warning of the Storm. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—"Oar information is very meager regarding the cyclone at St. Louis,” said Major Dun- woody of the Weather Bureau. *Our ob- server at that point has notified us that the city had been visited by a destructive thunderstorm which had done much dam- age. 3 g“Two inches of rain fell and the wind at- tained a velocity of eighty miles an hour. At this point we received a notice from the Western Union Telegraph Company to the effect that all wires to and from St. Louis were down and we have no further details. “This morning at 10 o’clock we sent a telegram to Observer Garriott at Chicago forecasting this storm in ’the following language: ‘Conditions favorable for severe local storms 1n States of the l6wer Missouri Valley, Southern and Western Illinois and Iowa this afternoon or to-night. It might be well to announce dangerous con- ditions in special telegram if you have not done so.’ “About noon a reply was received from the Chicago observer, in which he said: ‘Thunderstorms severe in localities fore- casted this morning for States of the Lower Missouri, Middle and {Upper Mis- sissippi and Lower Ohio valleys and this section.” “From these telegrams,” continued Ma- jor Dunwoody, ‘It is apparent that the Weather Bureau gave warning in good season to the people living in this sectlon of the approaching storm. : ““To be sure, we did not say a tornado or a cyclone was impending, for that would have had a tendency to stampede three millions of people in the localities affected. “Qur Chicago forecaster did well and his warning went to St. Lonis and other West- ern places, there was ample time for the peovle in that region to get into cellars or any other holes they couid find, these being the only safe places of refuge in such an emergency. ““There was not the slightest trace of the storm last evening, but when the observa- tions were made at an early hour this morning there was unmistakable evidence of its approach and due notice was ac- cordingly served.” MICHIGANS CYCLONE, Plans Formed for the Relief of Those Rendered Destittite. DETROIT, Micn., May 27.—Relief asso- ciations haye been organized at Oxford, Ortonville and Mount Clemens to relieve the distress cansed by Monday night’s dis- astrous cvclone. These famiiies liying in the path of the storm who escaped with their lives lost nearly everything they pos- sessed and are in_actual want. Governor Rich will have an organization perfected by to-morrow for the receiving of aid from the people of the State generally and pro- vide for its distribution. One of the injured, a Mrs. Stewart, died to-day and several more deaths are ex- pected. It is said the monetary loss will reach nearly $1,000,000. Fifteen of the unfortunate victims of the tornado were buried at Ortonwille to- day. —_———— A NARROW ESCAPE. Storm Passes Within a Few Feet of a Train Full of Passengers. DECATUR, Inn., May 27.—Passenger train No. 10 on the Wabash, due here at 8:50 this evening, arrived at 11:40 and is the only train expected to-night. The other trains cannot get out of St. Louis owing to the wrecked bridges. No. 10 left. East St. Louis before the cyclone struck the town, but at Bridge Junction, ten miles north, the passengers and frain- men saw the storm sweeping toward the city. It was within halfa mile of the train and appeared to be making directly for it. Fortunately, it swept toward the river, up- rooting trees, demolishing fences and leav- ing a track of waste behind. It was about 5:10 o'clock when they first sighted the storm. —_—— COMFORTING NEWS. Trainload of People Safe Who Were Thought to Have Been Killsd. BLOOMINGTON, Irn, May 27.—The Chicago and Alton dispatcher’s office knows nothing of a cyclone with a Joss of life 'at Drake and says there is no truth in the report. The Alton limited, which was reported wrecked between Alton and East St. Louis, is at Alton safe. It wentto East. St. Louis and was unable to cross and returried. Two Alton coaches full of passengers were blown off the Eads bridge east end approaches and smashed, but no passengers were seriously hurt. mmoTcETEY RUSH HILL DESTROYED. Fifty People Reported Killed—Falling Buildings. CHICAGO, Trt., May 27.—Word reached the Chicago and Alton Railroad office this evening that the cyclone had demolished the village of Rush Hill, twelve miles from Mexico, in Audrain County. The cyclone struck the town a few minutes before 4 o'clock and blew down the schoolhouse, crushing its inmaves. The report was to the effect that fifty pupils had been killed and a number injured. THREE MEN INJURED, They Were Carried a Mile by the Storm’s Fury. STURGEON, Mo., May 27.—A cyclone passed five miles north of Sturgeon about 3 o'clock this afterncon. At Renick three men were carried over a mile and seriously iniured. Friendship Church, north of town, was demolished. The funnel:shaped cloud was seen by Lalf the people of Stur- geon. Bridges and fences are torn up for miles. S e R Trains Abandoned. EVANSVILLE, Ixp., May 27.—This city got the tail end of the storm that did so much damage through Illinois, but no damage is reported. News from Oakland City, Ind., says that city was nearly de- stroyed, and a dispatch from Mount Ver- non, 1nd., says that town was badly dam- aged with two and perhaps more fatali- ties. o All Louisville and Nashville trains have been abandoned. - Starting to Make Repairs SPRINGFIELD, L., May 27.—Officials of the Wabash and Peoria and St. Louis have gone to the scene of the cyclone, and wrecking trains are being sent down the Alton to repair the track, which is badly damaged from Carlinville southward. Bridges and culverts are washed away, so that no trains have been able to get over to-night. —_—— Death in « Schoolhouse. ROOD HOUSE, IrL., May 27.—It is sup- posed that eighty persons were killed in a schoolhouse at Drake, near this city, by the cyclone. 3 3 e e et The Storm in Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 27.—Reports of serious storms and much damage throughout Iowa are received here, but wires are down and there will be delay in getting information. In this section there was a heavy rain and wind storm. Re- ports of a cyclone at Fort Dodge are denied. Tt is reported much damage was done at Boone.. Towns in Ruins, KANSAS CITY, Mo., May.—It is re- ported here that a cyclone has swept has across Eastern Missouri from Moberly to St. Louis. All wires are down. was killed. Renick. Randolph County, Mo. blown away and seyveral persons Labaddie, Mo., is also destroved. Ten per- sons were killed there. ON THE DIAMOND. The Results of League and Association Games in the East. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 27.— Philadelphias 002033000-8 6 2 Chicagos. . .001000013-5 10 3 Batterles—McGill nad Boyle, McFariand and Kittredge. Umpires—Henderson and Campbeil. BALTIMORE, Mbo., May 27.— Baltimores. .102001500-9 .000000000-0 Batteries—Hoffer and Robinson, Breitenstein aud McFarland. Umpire—Lynch. BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 27.— 201005000-8 6 6 41‘001 1000-7 9 6 irim, Frazier and Miller. 300100010— 5 14 200022140-11 10 8 Batteries —Meekin and Wilson, Young and 0’Connor. Umpire—Sheridan. BOSTON, Mass., May 27.— * Bostons. ... 200210082-16 18 1 Pittsburgs.... 01012333114 17 1 Batteri es—! and Gangzel, Killen and Sug- den. Umpire—Keefe. e BAD FOR FAVORITES. It Was an Of Day for Them on the Chicago Track. CHICAGO, In., May 27. — Favorites fared badly at Lakeside to-day, as only one—Easter Eve—won. - Finishes in the majority of the races were close and ex- citing, especially the last, in which Pan- out, Hi Henry and Outgo crossed the finish heads apart in the order named. Six furlongs, Beryl Star won, Mildred D second, Cologne third. Time, 1:17%. Four furlongs, Easter Eve won, Vanmnesss second, Ethel Garrett third. Time, :49}%1 tin sec- 8ix furlongs, Bob Lee won, Lollie Eas’ ond, Lucinda third. Time, 1:154. Mile and a quarter, Sunny won, Jack the #('7'7 second, Dick ‘Tension third. ime, - Five and a half furlongs, Revenue won, Nannie D second, Excuse third. Time, 1:093;. Six furlongs, Panout won, Hi Henry second, Outgo third. Time, 1:153; e R Ll ON A FAST TRACK. Three Favorites Winners on the Oakley Racetracis. OAKLEY RACETRACK, Omro, May 27.—For the first time since the meeting opened the track was fast to-day. Ida Pickwick scored her first win of the season in the fourth event. Three favorites, two second choices and.one outsider won. Weather fine. Attendance 2000. JFive furlongs, Dulcenia won, Cappy second, Adowa third. Time, 1:033;. Seven furlongs, selling, Robinson won, 01d Center second, Clissie B third. Time, 1:27%/ Four and & half furlongs, Cavalero won, {ron Mistress second, Grayling third, Time, :56. Mile and a farlong, handicap, Ida Pickwick ;10“’ r;-;‘:mn second, Semper Lex third. m, 3 1ling, Ondague won, Lily of the West second, Elsie D II third. Time, 1:433. Seven furlongs, selling, Islin won, Chicot second, Springvale third. ~Time,1:28, e Qe v DEATH OF PIONEER NILES. Was at One Time a Mining Partner of John W. Mackay. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 27.—Pioneer P. Niles, aged 81 pears, died at the home | of his son, Edward J. Niles, 425 Pleasant avenae, this city, lastevening. The deceased was well known and highly respected among a large circle of mining men and pioneers in Central and Northern California and Nevada. He was at one time a partner of John W. Mackay, long before the palmy days of the Comstock. He has been on this coastsince 1850. He is a man of sterling qualities, and, al- though prominent in the councils of the | Democratic party, never sought official preferment. Hes had been bedridden for many weeks before his death, but his mind and memory remained clear aud even brilliant to the last. The funeral wili take place on Friday from his late home. Deceased was the father of E. J. Niles, a well-known politician, who is himself a graduate of West Point. He is recognized as an able political organizer and worker. He was greatly attached to his father, whose energy and character he possesses in so large a degree. dls i Res el SUFFRAGISTS AT NAPA. The State Association Begins & Two Days’ Session. NAPA, Car., May 27.—The Woman’s Suffrage Association began a two days’ convention here this afternoon. Miss Harriet M. Mills and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Yates are here and Miss Anna Shaw will come to-morrow. 3 During the afternoon papers were read by Mzs. Dr. Maxon of the Rural Health Retreat on ‘‘Health.” and by Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Brown of St. Helena and Mrs. B. F. Taylor of Napa. Miss Mills deliv- ered an address. To-night Mrs. Yates spoke and was most enthusiastically re- ceived. A large proportion of the audience Wwas men. e '0 more reason why you should take a substitute for Joy’s Vegeta- ble Sarsaparilla than you should take your own life. When a man tries to force some- thing else upon you, be sure he is after the MON. Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla cures constipation, liver and kidney affections, TESTIMONIAL. The Edw. W. Joy Company—Gentlemen: I write to admit that, notwithstanding my misgivings, your Vegetable Sarsaparilla did all that you promised. I had tried so many presriptions to no purpose that I had come to believe that nothing would relieve my dyspepsia and headaches, but I have not bad a return of either trouble since I commenced taking your medicine. I believe I am permanently cured, but will, out of an abundance of caution, con- tinue to take it regularly for a while yet. You have my permission to make this NEW TO-DAY. “MAKE tains more truth than g g poetry. We will devote tiree days to our finest, ‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and when we say our finest, there’s no finer in Amer- ica; nothing finer in fabrics; nothing newer in the fashionable world and none more cleverly tailored than we show. Plainly speaking, we will offer on these three days our $5 and $6 lines, which are equal to other stores’ $750, $8 and $850 lines, at $8-50- ; Now “make hay while the sun shines.” While the sun shines,” an old axiom which con- In this offer we include the choicest of Middy Suits, long and short trousers; the choicest of those sweet Little anntfaroy Suits, and the cleverest of Reefer Suits, as well as those ver{ swell Double-Breasted Suits of ours for larger bays. Our picture above shows you a very swell Double-Breasted Suit, for lads between the ages of 5 and 15, made from those very clever English Homespuns, in those right swell plaids that are so fashionable and in such popular demand thess days with pa- rents who desire to dress their lads. right up to date. These clever Homespuns, including some awfully choice styles in Tweeds, pretty colorings, including some real swell Eng- lish “Worsteds, Twill Cheviots, in blues and blacks; in fact most of our $5 and $6 Suits for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at Now “make hay while the sun shines,” Those right swell Reefer Suits of ours, our very cleverest of Reefer Suits; there’s too many to attempt to describe 'em all; too many to write about the clever manner in which many of 'em are braided; they're all new styles, brand new and right swell at that. There’s blues, there’s blacks, there’s those rich Scotches in those pretty overplaids; some awfully bright things in Tweeds; some right swell things in Home- spuns; all stylisnly gotten up, for lads be- tween the ages of 3 and 10; $5 and $6 val- ues; you'll recognize it as soon as you see ‘em. . Thursday, Friday and Saturday om our big second door, devoted exclusively, as it is, to Juvenile apparel, at $3.50. Now “make hay while the sun shines.” Don’t you want our new book. *‘Hints from a Big Store” ? It’s a valuableaid to those that shop by mail. Your address please, and we’ll send it to you. ;fi)ap_/;ze/’ s ( .'nanr;wmicd); public, for I think that a remedy that will cure dyspepsia and prevent sick headaches should be generally known. Respectiully, MRS. M. FOWLER, 327 Ellis st., City. Che San Francisco Boys, 8, 7, 13, 15 Kearny Street.