The Saint Paul globe., June 14, 1899, Page 2, Image 2

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IN THE STRICKEN CITY
HOMELESS, HELPLESS PEOPLE OF
NEW RICHMOND FACING THEIR
FATE BRAVELY
HEROES ARE ON EVERY HAND
Shuck of Disaster Followed by
Speedy Efforts to Succor the l>y
liiK ii nd Rescue the Injured—
Story of the Storm Which Wiped
Out 'the "Business ("enter of the
• City—Work of Relief.
NEW RICHMOND, Wis., June 13.—New
Richmond, or what Is left of It, has
taken today to catch its breath after the
shock of overwhelming disaster. Now
that it has had time to count its dead,
number its Injured and reckon its dam- r
age, it Is bravely facing its fate, - and
with the meager means at its command
is repairing damage and relieving suffer
ing.
Fully one hundred corpses; twice as
many mangled people; forty acres of
bricks, shivered planks, scattered heaps
of household goods; smouldering fires
where houses stood but yesterday; and, in
the midst of all, shivered trees as bare
of leaves as ever they were in the middle
of winter and for the most ps»rt stripped
of bark until hey resemble the ghosts of
* wht they had been twenty-- four -hours
ago—this is what the storm of yesterday
wrought in the space" of three minutes
upo lithe town of New Richmond.
There may have been cyclones which
created greater devastation, some that
may have occasioned larger loss-of life,
but It was only because there -was more
material for destruction in their path
than this small village could afford. There
never was a cyclone that made a cleaner
sweep of what lay in its path than the
one of last evening in tha business por
tion of the town. Absolutely not one
building was left standing above the cel
lar windows. Everything above a foun
dation wall was shaved as clean as
though' it had been cut with a plane.
Enormous iron safes were blown into the
middle of the street, and the . largest
safe in the town was carried across one
street and half way over the square be
yond. ...■•'. -
There Is at present no destitution among
those who have suffered by the storm.
St. Paul and Minneapolis, Chippewa Falls
and other places have sent in bountiful
suplpies, and there is no suffering for
food or necessities, but the business of
the town is utterly wiped out of exist
ence and not one man in the place will
be able to resume business. The destruc
tion Is so complete that there Is absolute
ly nothing to be purchased "in the town.
Not a box of sardines, a pound of crack
ers or a pair of shoes.
The work of searching for the dead
was carried on during the night as well
as it could be done in a drizzling rain,
and with the aid of a few lanterns. It
was slow work and after dark the result
of the work amounted to practically, noth
ing. The police of St. Paul, under the
leadership of Chief Goss, who had guard
ed the ruins and preserved order during
the day. were relieved tonight by Compa
ny 11 of the Tenth Wisconsin battalion,
from Chippewa Falls, under the command
of Capt. Hartwe.ll. For the balance of
the- time the militia will be in control.
- .The business portion of the city, which
suffered most severely, covered a space
Of four squares each way and was solid
ly built .up of brick and- stone. This en
tire space was swept clear, foundation
walls, and, in some, places,. masses of de
bris alone marking where the business
places formerly stood. Trees that had
lined the streets of the neighboring resi
dence -streets were broken clear off or
iwisteci" "and uprooted. - --•- >^v --.-*>'■ v.-*.-*.-*
-. GAINED INTENSITY.
\ Tho tornado came .up the river . from
Hudson where the damage- was compara
tively slight. Following the general
■Course of the river and the branch of the
'Omaha road, the storm gained in in
tensity as it progressed'an*'was" at its
worst when it struck, the business center
Of New Richmond. Outlying residences
in the path of the storm were stripped, of
shingles and boards. Sides were blown
off or else„ as. mere frequently happened,
were torn asunder and the fragments
YERXA
SEVENTH AND CEDAR STS.
Tel. 732. Meat Market, 782.
Picnic Hams, 6 cents
Per pound for a nice lot of fresh smoked
Picnic Hams. -.;;...• 7 :;v.'f.-
Cabbage—3 cents
each for the very best new California
Cabbage.
25 cents
per bushel basket of good potatoes.
37 cents
a basket for very fancy California Ripe
Plums. These are very fancy fruit and
plump, full, baskets.
3 1; Cents
for one-pound packages Corn Starch. -
21
pounds of very light Extra C Sugar for
one dollar. •
D>|l*_-p Tbe A'"■?•" creamery in the Ail-
DUilCIf world, per pouud.... _£C
_l_iir The very best than made, we war
rillllli rant every grain of it. Aft ft A
" 98-lb. 5ack5....,.......;5_»UU
(Smaller sacks at proportionate prices.)
Dm,SI BJiiJa To close out an overstock,
CiaZII fIUTSi best quality. 7_
per pouud IC
Herring, StaaftS!?..;.: 43c
Navy Beans, ISS^SSI'M
Lemons, Good California, j IJ_
LemOnS- per dozen |4S
Cheese, K Kn ew.w. fu,. 1.. cre*m: I2_c
DronaraH Miieft-vil ln fancy table
Prepared Mustard, set*, each 7
r " only f C
IfiM_A-_y >*"re Cider, warranted |C_
■ IliSgar, full strength, per ga1.... |0C
Dar>_ American Pint "t
r IwlllS9, bottles assorted, each fQ
Deviled Ham, S£Sfc ..:,.. 4e
Duff or Fresh made Dairy Butter by the
ouiier, pound or fse to IBc
INTONINI TABLE OIL
Is the finest and most delicate-flavored
that la expressed from olives. Notwith
standing its lofty quality, we push prices
down to 29c-for half pints; 43c for pints
and 75c for quart bottles.
4 cents
Per glass'this week for Ice Cream Soda.
Ice cream of higher quality isn't frozen;
cold soda water of greater purity isn't
drawn from fountain.
19 cents .
Per pound for the best hand-made Choco
late Creams, Bon Bons and French. Glace
Confections in the city. Do not pay 40c
and 60c when you can buy the same at
190.
YEBXA BROS. & CO.
were scattered to the four winds of
heaven. Trees were! uprooted and road
ways. blocked, .washed away or.. so ; over
flowed as to be made entirely unrecogniz
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What had been a prosperous, peaceful'
city ;of 2,500 people had In a few minutes
becomes a veritable city of desolation.
A circus was*ip town on; Monday" and
people had come In from all. the sur
rounding country to see the show. "After
the circus the people had crowded into
the city to do their shopping before going
home in the evening. It was at this time
the storm cloud came up from the south
west bringing death and .destruction In
Its path. The circus grounds were out
side, the path of the storm, but the peo
ple being in the-business places fell prey
to the all-devouring twisting wind..
As soon as the; news of tho disaster had
reached the ; outside world offers of help
and help Itself began to come In to the
city, St. Paul being the. railroad center
to which New Richmond is tributary
was first to learn of the storm and its at
tendant woes, and within two or three
hours started„ the first -relief-.train -with
physicians, nurses, hospital supplies and
commissary stores for the people of the
stricken city. A second and a third train
soon followed and speedily the neighbor
ing towns In "Wisconsin sent in all they
could gather for their needy sister city. -
The Omaha" and the Wisconsin Central
roads promptly carried through all the
supplies and- delivered them to relief
headquarters whence they were delivered
to the people of the city. - •
Supt. Thorn, of the Wisconsin Central,
was among the first to arrive and has
given his whole time today to doing what
he could to straighten out matters. Gen
eral Superintendent Scott, of the Omaha,
arrived with the first relief train today
from St. Paul. The Wisconsin Central by
the early;afternoon was able furnish
two 7 wires for. the great mass of tele
graphic business that had accumulated,
the Western Union office up town having
been part of that city: which was but now
Is not. , '
Full reports are yet- to be received
frcm the county. The path of the storm
was at least twehty-three miles long.
It Is estimated that 150 houses were de
stroyed In the village on the west side,
and 100 hundred on the east side, in ad
dition to about fifty business structures.
Reports from the country tell of scores
of farm houses crushed. •"
RUINS ON FIRE.
About two hours after the storm fire
broke out in the ruins of the stores, and
was still burning this afternoon. Ex
plosions of cartridges and ammunition
and liquor barrels began soon and still
continue,-making the search of the ruins
difficult. At 11 o'clock last night a relief
train arrived from Stillwater and was
vast assistance. At 5 o'clock this morn
ing another came from Chippewa Falls,
and during the forenoon "two more arriv
ed from St. Paul. The policemen from
St. Paul were of much assistance in ar
resting drunken men - and thieves who
were early- at -work. They- also scoured
the town, bringing in wounded and dead.
A fire engine from St.'• Paul rendered
great service in fighting the fire.
Those who arrived on the St. Paul train
today were:- Chief of Police Goss, Moses
E. Clapp, E. E. McDonald, Mrs. McDon
ald, Secretary Tallmadge, of the St. Paul
chamber of commerce; Coroner Nelson
and son, Lieut. Borner and twelve pa
trolmen, C. J. Herrmonn, H. Schllchtlng;
nurses' assistants from St. Joseph,
Misses Loft us, Kelly, Keough, Chrltlan
son and Galagher, and Mrs. Anderson,
St. Luke's, and Misses Cumatlngs, Hall,
Monk, Craig, Mrs. O. D. Brown and
daughter Edna, were also on board the
train, wishing to ascertain the where
abouts of relatives; Among the St. Paul
physicians on the train were: " Herbert
Davis, W. R. Ramsey, Judd Goodrich, J.
O'Brien, T. J. Powlln and A. L. Ohage.
P. A. Rockwell, chief clerk In the office
of Vice President G. T. Clark, of the
Omaha, was looking for his mother, who
was visiting at New Richmond when the
cyclone struck.- G. P. McClure, "of Min
h^apolls,' was r*also' the - victim l of- the i
gravest "apprehension for'his "father arid :
mother, residing in the 'stricken city.
Just before the train pulled out from the
St. Paul union depot the private cam of
Stlpt. -W. S. Scott, of the 'Omaha,'''was at
tached, and Mr. Scott, with George R.
Finch as his guest, accompanied the
party,, and, attended .■ to ..the needs ; and
Comforts of the ''little sband" of 'helpers. :
Chief Goss and his dozen patrolmen su
perintended the loading of the supplies,
which; were -donated in a great part by
Finch, Van' Slyke & Co., St. Paul, and
other business firms. The St. Paul Red
Cross society also donated liberally. -.
■•:■! ■"* AIMLESS WANDERERS.
All day today hundreds of people have
wandered aimlessly" through the streets
staring at the inconceivable ruins. The
residence section of the town on either
side of the direct path of the storm es
caped with little Injury and left asylums
for the wounded, whose number can't
be estimated except by the hundreds.
The Catholic church In the west and the
Congregational in. the east make: the ex
treme limits of the storm's,width about
1,500 feet. The path of absolute ruin was
about 800 feet wide. The five-story Nic
ollet hotel was In the path of the storm,
and lurched like lesser buildings to the
surface of: the earth. •• .. v :'.'7*?.
Congressman J. J. Jenkins, of this dis
trict arrived early on the scene and
promptly advised Gov. Scofield of the
situation and the need of relief. The
Western Union Telegraph company noti
fied the mayor that all messages relating
to relief and the needs of the stricken
city would be carried free.
Hundreds of morbidly curious people
from neighboring cities thronged the
ruined town today and crowded about
those whose hearts had been wrung with
an anguish too great for words. The
heavy rain drove these • people to shel
ter late In the day, and they returned
home much wetter than they came.
The desolate aspect of the New Rich
mond of today was one not soon to be
forgotten. Among the broken - fragments
of their homes the people wandered help
lessly, striving somewhat aimlessly and
hopelessly to gather together what had
been left to them. On the east and west
limits of the city many houses were still
standing, with little or no damage, and
to these homes the occupants welcomed
their less fortunate neighbors and
friends, giving them such aid as was
possible,, and the sympathy that means
so much to stricken souls.
The property loss cannot be estimated
at this time and may never be accurate
ly known. It was almost' total :; for ' the
Insurance agents report that no tornado
Insurance was "carried In the town," and
only on' the small number of places
where fire joined In the destruction of
property will the business ; men be at all
reimbursed for their losses.
A partial list of burned buildings fol
lows: '...;-.. '" .* ;* ; ::-
O. H. Winter, jeweler; Nicollet hotel,
Manufacturer's bank. Odd Fellows' hall,
John Hagan's Opera House block, Parden
& Co., grocers; Mrs. P. H. Ryan, milli
nery; T. F. Blgelow, jeweler; T. B. Phil
lips, harness shop; M. E. Starr, jeweler;
M. J. Scott, restaurant; B. S. Hedrlch,
druggist; Olson & Legard, tailors; Mul
roony & Co., seed house; J. B. Avery,
hardware; E. N. Glover, general mer
chandise; Mrs. Brockbank, Bee Hive
Store; Howell & Lounsbery, decorations;
. Lynch Bros., farm machinery; M. J.
Casey, furniture; C. H. Todd, jeweler;
C. Greely, saloon; Farmers' Alliance gen
eral store; Patton & Casey, "fine brick
block; William Fitzgerald, grocer; Casln
ova & Conrad, saloon.
FRIEST PLAYED THE HERO.
Gave Absolution to the Dying and
: Aid to Injured. v- >-
- NEW RICHMOND, Wis., June IS.—The
citizens. of New - Richmond are bewilder
ed, impoverished and bereaved. It is dif
ficult to get a r concise account of the
fearful catastrophe. Rev. Dr. Degman,
of the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, tells the most" concise story. He
says: ••-.■■.„"-"■ . zz. .*: , •.;. ■.;
"I was standing. in the porch of my
house, which is some three blocks west
of the Omaha station. My little nephewl
was with me. Pointing to the [threaten-
ing clouds, I said : to . him, . 'those clouds
are cyclonic.'* That was' about C:3O. Then
I heard ' a fearful' sound. It was like the
panting" of, fifty \ locomotives \on an up
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THE ST; PAUJL, GLQIiK,: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14} 1899
grade. I said to* the boy, 'there is the,
•cyclone.' •• -.•'.'" -,*7 -„'"''.'- '''
"In the southwest was a great "black
cloud con-shaped, " the apex In '.-the
earth arid the funnel In the sky."V Already
far. ahead of the center the air. was full
: of! flying debris,; splinters, boards, \ feath
ers, -;; bedding and everything, jI *! told the
boy to-run and warn the people In the
house between us and the track. From
all sides the people came running beg
ging assistance. I took them and some
people from the parish- school house and
hurried them into the cellar of my. house.
"They bogged for absolution, and ■, I
knelt down and gave it to them. Even as
I prayed the great black cloud of destruc
tion was upon the village. Out of the gen
eral and terrific 7 roar -1 could hear the
crashing and hissing sound as house
after house collapsed.;; I ran out and was
struck twice by pieces of flying plank. -
Then the storm was gone.
"It had come from, the southwest. It
struck and , destroyed- all the residences
lying between it and;the Omaha tracks.
The depot was.right" In its path. As.it
crossed the.track, there It went right up
the main street of tho town, destroying
every building In the business center. I
Immediately began ; the work of rescue.
It was awful. God: keep me from seeing
the like again. "Everywhere, moans,
shrieks and calls for.' help were heard.
The wounded cried out for prayers.-.-I
gave them absolution, .while assltlng-ln
the work cf rescue. Catholics and Pro
testants alike prayed for them." .
Father Degman hastened to the cen
ter of the town where the loss of life
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r Plat Showing Section of the Town Which Was Wiped Out.
had been greatest. It was hard to .tell
where to begin work. The people who
had - escaped turned out with tools,
wagons and horses to the work of rescue.
The work was . done systematically.
Groups of distressed and broken-hearted
men were detailed to different buildings.
Wherever a cry for help was heard the
sufferer was warned to keep still for fear,
of displacing some mass that would crash
him. The dead' were generally taken to
the Catholic and Congregational church
es, but many were taken to private resi
dences. The moans of the wounded were
mingled with the cries of the living, as
they found their dead. -
"The seriously wounded received the
first attention of the fcur doctors of the
town. T. W." Eply, P. McKeon, Frank
Wade, C. K. L. Knapp and Girard. The
doctors' Instruments and medicines had
been lost In the storm and . the rudest
bandages were used, only the most gen
eral first aid could be given. The doc
tors were overwhelmed by the wounded.
Who were discovered in the first few
houses. Some of the wounded were not
found until this morning, and the ruins
may yet cover many dead.
-.7 • ; EARLY RELIEF. _
Special Train Sent From Chippewa
Falls Bearing- Provisions.
CHIPPEWA' FALLS, June • 13.—(Spe
cial.)—A special train with provisions and
clof-nng has gone to New Richmond to
day. Nearly all Chippewa Falls physicians
left' on flrst special this morning for the
scene, of the wreck, and "fifty citizens w4*nt
also- to help In the rescue work. Con
gressman Jenkins wired Mayor Cunning
ham from New Richmond that the town
was practically wiped out, and that pro-;
visions, coffins and clothing were badly
needed, requesting that help be sent at
once. -
Reports . now coming in from farming
districts show if: a large section . of the
country is devastated, and It is believed
that many have been Injured. . The cy
clone which struck New Richmond pass
ed to. the northwest; of this city, and was
plainly visible. The whole . city was
shrouded In darkness in' less than five
minutes, and for a time It looked as
if the city was. doomed. It Is still pour
ing rain, and all creeks and rivers are
rapidly rising.
DEATH LIST GROWING,
Several Names "Were Added to It
During 'the Day.
NEW RICHMOND, Wig., June 13.—The
highest estimates of the loss of life by
yesterday's cyclone are made by the old
residents of New Richmond. They claim
that hundreds, are missing, who were bur
led in 7 the ruins and* there -lnceiirated.
One such Is C. A. Nelson, who owned the
Columbian restaurant,,-located; on : Main
street. ■-*: His Z estimate :of ; the • loss 7 is ' 400
dead. He says that fully twenty people
sought' refuge In '■? his place when the
storm: came up and : that only four of
them escaped alive. Mr. Nelson says the
storm -~ came :up with great - suddenness
and sounded very . much like a railroad
train crossing a bridge. A moment after
the first of the noise the front of his
building -was crushed in as though •it
were an egg shell. - ; Z-z: Z ■■'?£. Z • "••"?•"
; . The blast which desetroyed New Rich
mond was certainly one of the . most dis
astrous on r record. The exact number of
dead is still unknown,. but It will proba-
I bly ; reach ! 100, and - may,; considerably ex-
ceed that figure. As they were recovered
today the ' 'bodies , Were brought ,to *.- the
- school -house*: or 7to the .Catholic" or • Con
gregational churches. ./Thence they are
;to be taken "to; the cemetery, . except In a
.few : cases- where homes are still standing
in;which.the; remains of the loved ones
can be kept for a few hours during which
the .final; tribute* of love .can be tendered
by the bereaved families.
The bodies recovered *■ were carefully
prepared for burial by the local and vis
iting. undertakfci'aj-and ras soon as ldeltfied
were marked and disposed of as their,
friends requested- ***"
The Catholic , Father Degmon,
who had spent' a sleepless ■ night and day
in looking affer the ■ bodies ' and souls of
his parish,."••vitas. ,0110 of the coolest"and
best workers among the many who vol
unteered to" aid tm this awful occasion.
Nurses and physicians from St. Paul, who
had come down by special; train on the
Omaha road as^oon'as news of the dis
aster reached the Minnesota .capital, were
of great help '•all* night and day, and when
the day- closed alii the seriously injured
were believed); to -have . been 7. cared for.
Those whose, injuries ; were serious, but
whose chances for recovery were believed
to be good .were' quickly sent to the "hos
pitals" of St. Paul arid" Minneapolis, .where
the best' of care can be given them. The
slightly Injured- -and these whose cases
seem hopeless.were kept here and were
given the best pare possible.
, The list of dead gradually increased
during the day, and "at dark it seemed
that 100 might ;be l"he" minimum estimate
of the dead, while the total of injured
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will reach and perhaps exceed 200. .'-;'•
During the afternoon Patrick Keating,
the 14-year-old son of Nick Keating, was
brought to the Catholic church, the body
being horribly mangled. . A little girl of
a Mr. Williams wag brought to the same
place from the rums of her father's
home, near ther§llroad tracks... Walter
Farrell, a boy,' was.also laid among the
dead In that church Z Tom McNally, who
was given in. tj-.'e fiat of Injured, died
during, the day,-^nd^ at a late hour this
afternoon the rescuers gathered) together
most of the pie^e^.iif the mangled body
of Michael Heff '..and he .was added to
the list of the dead. '.'.. 77 ;". . :_.'4 :'-
During the day, scattered groups of res
cuers searched Jhej^ebiris where bodies
might be found-./ -4-1 fire company^ from
St. Paul kept two streams of water pour-
A THOUGHTFUL WRITER
Finds It Pays tol'Be Thoughtful.
"When I first "Yead in your advertise
ments the serious charges brought
against the old-style coffee, I knew them
to contain simple 7 and accurate state
ments of scientific fact which any physi
ologist or hygienlst could substantiate.
Still,, as an old coffee drinker, it was
hard to make up my mind to change tho
old habit, which had become seemingly
so fixed : a part of my 7 life. For many
weeks I allowed "myself to read your
sober warnings and stirring appeals to
the conscience and reason of the people,
without taking '; action, ; notwithstanding
the * fact thatVl had for years felt the
habit was undermining my nervous force,
impairing,; the": memory, ; : weakening the
sight and threatening even to soften ; the
brain. I had also come across numerous
Instances among rri'y acquaintance of dys
pepsia brought . about, or largely [ aided, ;
by the accumulated evils of dally coffee
drinking.- .*-.,'*•-• ■.-■■•-
An. old 7 restaurant man finally Induced
me to give Postum, a trial, he and his
wife , having adopted it • as one of their
household staples. knew. him to be
somewhat of ' a "toffee connoisseur, „ and
was the more imj>re'ssed by his sugges
tion. My first tjial was unsatisfactory
and I put it aw**}*, : fortunately I no
ticed your published warning as to not
cooking the coffeV sufficiently, and; I saw
then that I had not given'it' a fair trial;
so I went at It vgaSfo and this last trial
was sufficient to convince me that the
product is indeedna marvelous invention,,
and justifies all thY claims and more that
you make regarding ft !
' Since 7 that tlnrja'the Postum has be
come ■ a daily .bevjpTja-Be and a household
necessity with tlje wpole of. my, family.
The benefits; tha'tghava come to .us have,
been too many arid too subtile to' fully
specify. :In. my own. case I enjoy a sound
. sleep at night, •; waking ." thoroughly '■■ re- .
freshed; my eyes are stronger and bright
er, memory is certainly better!, and my
nerves and . digestion, immeasurably im
proved. It is my belief that coffee and tea
drinking is , largely responsible for much
of the domestic friction and : misery, ow
ing 7. to the terrible ravages .it * works on
• the nerves and digestion of those subject
to these unfortunate habits." W. Mlteh-
I ell, The Emporium,: San Francisco. CaL .'.*
ing on; the smoldering ruins, for fire had
been added to the horrors of the cyclone,
and a dozen fires .7; were sending their
smoke towards the sky until a heavy rain
at the close of the day just about extin
guished the ; flames. Some of the mer
chants organized" private. salvage corps
and managed to save some property. "*■«■.
ST. PAUL MAN'S STORY.
Mr. Bruner, Who Was on the Scene
>' ; 7 Shortly After -the Disaster.
' MILWAUKEE, "June 13. The
-Wisconsin Central passenger train which
arrived in : this, city from the north at
noon : today brought several passengers
who passed through New- Richmond
shortly after the tornado passed over
doing Its terrible work.
"It was the worst, the most terrible
scene I have ever witnessed," said Mr.
Bruner, a real estate dealer of St. Paul,
who was a passenger on the Wisconsin
Central train. "The Wisconsin Central
train was the first into New Richmond
«after the tornado struck, and was de
layed for several hours, giving passen
gers ample opportunity to visit the scene
of devastation, .while the train hands
were busy clearing ; the debris from the
tracks. It will be many days before the
exact number of lives lost will be known,
and in the same; way It will be days be
fore an accurante count can be made
of the injured. It will take a long time
to gather up all of the. dead, for. In ad
dition to the bodies supposed to lay be
ncath the ruins of a once ,- prosperous
town many are supposed to have been
hurled through the air by the force of
the storm, through the fields and, the
woods, and where the bodies will lay un
til searching parties, discover them.
"There can be no estimate given :of the
frightful violence of 7 the storm." .. -
..According, to the stories told by .Mr.
Bruner the body of a child was • found
nearly one mile from New Richmond by
farmers .who came hurrying into the
town,. despite ' the - severe rain . that I had
fallen, rendering roads almost impassa
ble. :•
Attracted by the. peculiar aspect of the
clouds a number of New Richmond peo
ple saw the approach of the tornado, and
to this fact several, hundred owe their
lives.
"I talked with a traveling man," said
Mr. Bruner, in the course of his story.
"He l*>ld me he had gone out into the
street *". look at the clouds when he
quickly saw what was coming and, by
his presence of mind In sending an alarm
out ->nd congregating all of the help and
th-. guests In the- hotel where he was
shopping in the cellar, undoubtedly saved
their lives, for there is nothing left of the
hotel now excepting a few of the tim
bers. In this way many persons saved
themselves.
"It was a most grewsome scene. One
of the most pathetic scenes I witnessed
was a rescuing party about to dig a wom
an out from the ruins of one of the
buildings, but, though badly injured, she
besought them to look after her two little
children and rescue them first before
they began to work at'her. Both of the
little ones were ■ found almost unhurt,
but nearly frightened to death. The
mother also was not badly hurt.
"Buildings were heaped together, some
flat on the ground, others piled together,
looking more like big piles of rubbish
rather than the : wreck of buildings. It
was just as if each house had passed
through a big threshing machine, every
board torn and twisted apart and then
the pieces tossed and blown -out just like
the chaff coming out of a threshing ma
chine." , '••=• - . "-■
BARRON FELT IT.
Tbe Storm Struck There and Did
- Some Damage,
BARRON/ Wis., June 13.— tornado
struck here at 6:30 last night, wrecking
a dozen .buildings, and severely Injuring
M.r. and Mrs. P. W. Howard. Mrs. How
ard's 1- Injuries are thought to be fatal,
Ten -7 Soo freight cars : were demolished
and the damages are heavy.
"-; The Norwegian church is a total wreck.
The Barron Heading company's mill la
partially wrecked and stock badly scat
tered. The residence of J. "W. Gillett Is
badly wrecked and penetrated In six
places by planks blown from an adja
cent lumber yard. Gus Soderberg's resi
dence Is moved off Its foundation, and
the kitchen roof penetrated by flying
boards. . John Post's residence, Is badly .
wrecked, - his barn and sheds are down.
The dwelling of W. P, - Howard' is' turned
over on Its side. Mrs. Howard Is injured
so that recovery is doubtful. Mr. How
ard received slight injuries. '
-The large, half-completed residence of
, Bert Flnnimore and S. P. Fillmore's Is
entirely destroyed. Barns and buildings
without number are blown down or
wrecked. Nearly every store front, on
the east, side of Third street was blown
In. The theater block and opera hall is
slightly wrecked. John Martin's bicycle
shop Is wiped off the earth. The upper
half of the front of A. F. Horstman's
furniture store is all blown out. Mrs.
I*. C. McNurlln's millinery store suffered
likewise. N'.V-'-" i:- V..; --.V ■'■~Zr.
The front of E. Nelson's furniture store
In opera house blown in. Third ward
school house moved off the foundation.
Mrs. Crandall's residence unroofed, nu
merous dwellings and other buildings out
of plumb, as a result of the storm. Elec
tric light and telephone wires are down.
In the country dwellings are unroofed,
barns and other buildings down. Up to
noon no casualties reported. Thousands
of.trees uprooted. The aggregate loss is
great, but individual losses are small.
STORM WAS INTENSE.
Severity of Its Nature Cannot Be'
Exaggerated.
HUDSON, Wis., Jur.-3 13. -The cyclone
which passed through St. Croix county
last night beggars all description. No
accounts are exaggerated. Wherever it
passed buildings are completely destroy
ed. At Boardman the farm buildings of
Mrs. Kate Heffron are destroyed , and
Mrs. Heffron was killed. Pat . Dorgan's
buildings are destroyed, but the family
was not injured. The grist mill was de
molished. Hub Robinson's barns were
blown away. Hiram Toal lost all his
farm buildings save the house, which is
badly wrecked, but all the family es
caped with slight Injuries.
The storm center seemed to strike the
farm . buildings of Mr. Spencer and Mrs.
Hurd. The buildings were numerous and
well protected by large elm shade trees,
now there Is scarcely a board a foot long
to be found anywhere near, and the trees
that were not torn out of the ground look
like old timber slashings, the bark be
ing completely; twisted- off them. - - Mr.
Spencer and family were In the cellar
and escaped with slight injuries, but not
so at Mrs. Hurds. She was killed, with
a little girl that was stopping with her.
A man named Neltge, from Deer Park,
who drove in for the storm to pass, was
also killed. RH_3BSfeHßpS_{
Dead horses and stock are to be seen
everywhere In the line of the storm. "■:.'. .7
Photographs of your children taken at
regular, intervals make a record of de
velopment that will be. priceless in com
ing years. The work of the Haynes
Studio surpasses ordinary photography.
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A Curious Case.
A curious case is reported by a Ger
man dentist, Dr. Muhl Kuhner. One of
his r patients was a woman of - twenty
four, whose right arm and right Bide of
the neck had been paralyzed for two
years and a half as a result, It was sup
posed, of a fall and broken arm, and he
filled several ;of her teeth and • extracted
the much-decayed third molar, or wisdom
tooth of -the right side. The patient- re
turned next ; day to state that her paral
yses had disappeared. 7
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EXCURSION RATES TO EASTERN '
One Fare Plus Five Dollars for the
Round Trip. '
- From St. Paul or Minneapolis, via the
Lake Shore,and Michigan Southern. rail
way (the fast mall line) from Chicago.
Tickets on sale June 9, 10,12, 16, 17, 10,
good returning until September 4. Pull
particulars on application to local ticket
agents, W. B. Hutter, N. W. P. A., 12*3
Endlcott Arcade, St. Paul, or P. _"*. By
ron, O. W. A., Chicago., A. J. Smith, O.
P. '_■„ ' Cleveland- :;•;-: ■■ V 7 '."•' 7 ■".'-. r ■
Field, Schiick & Co.
Suits for $9.oo—Dress Skirts for $8.00.
No end of good things in the Cloak Room. "And they're all
new.goods—not clearing sales of goods that remain unsold after
three or four months of vain efforts. :rr
SUITS. Twenty-nine Tailor-made Suits, about half of them
Sample Suits—strictly tailor-made of strictly all-wool materials,
made and finished in a strictly first-class manner. These suits are
positively worth from $15.00 to $20.00. Take your pick today for !
$9.00 Nine Dollars $9.00
a suit.
DRESS SKIRTS. Only twelve skirts are left out of that sam
ple line. To these we add 24 from regular stock--Creponi, Broad- I
cloths, Venetians, Plaids and Taffeta Silks. These 36 Skirts will!
go at
$8.00 Eight Dollars $8.00
each today.
Mid-Summer Sale of Muslin Underwear.
• Not half the good things find their way into the newspapers.
A large shipment ot new goods came yesterday. This will be ready
for selling today.
GO WN:> Bane Cambric Gowns.with ■* CORSET COVERS. Four style/
fine trimming-s insertion Aj Aft Nainsook Corset Covers—new French
and embroidery, regular VI 1111 shapes, trimmed with lace, _ft
$1.50 kinds for WIIUU ribbon or embroidery, /Til ft
GOWNS. New Nainsook and Cam- only-- TWU
brie . Gowns—all new ef- rfft I ft f* _„.„_. _, . .
fects, daintily trimmed, VI -IK o ,SKIRTS. Four styles of Cambric
best f 1.75 kinds 0r....: . $!1 J J ,Skirtß" c"tra wide, with {ft I rft i
DRAWERS Four styles* of Cam- Bl^eT_o«^S^SviS 1, JU
brie and Muslin Drawers, with Lawn *" ■ . ■ ,T.. T •'**
flounces or ruffles of em- Ift- CORSETS. New Batiste Corset*
f07.?.7.\??..?. 8 ......... 48u -»-W aadsL2s-
UNDERSKIRTS. Choice assort- New models in "ZZ" and "P. D. I**1**
meut of short Underskirts, J ft- » Summer Corsets, $2.00. ;V- ;
with Cambric flounce, /LHP
0_1y.......'V..-";.' Uw Corsets fitted by experts.
Field, Schiick St 60.
RAIN STILL POURING
THE LOSS OF LAST SUNDAY
BY- DELUGE DUPLICATED
7 AT WINONA .
DAMAGE MORE THAN DOUBLED
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Work Done by Hundreds of Men Pat
oh to' Repair Roads and Railway
- Tracks "Wiped Out by the Second
Downpour—Stream's In the Vicin
. ity All Out of Their Banks—Se
rious Floods.
I WINONA*.' Minn.. Juno ' 13.—(Special.)— <
Since 5 o'clock this afternoon - Winona,
with . Its, environs,", has .been the ■ center:
of another downpour of rain, and from ;
present! prospects the memorable deluge '
of last Sunday promises a repetition.
jj Today the officials of the railroads cen
tering in this city put to work hundreds',
of men repairing their tracks and making
new ..fills. From the reports received to
night . the creeks ,and' rivulets, \ .already
swollen to rivers,, ares pouring their mud
dy waters over the. tracks and reducing,
them to. their former shapeless mass. ".*
At 6 o'clock this evening the rain, for.
nearly an hour, fell In torrents.' defying
the storm sewers to carry It off. the flood
finding an outlet' In the cellars of ' resi
dence and business houses. In the streets
the water* was '. almost even ■ with the
curbs and ** temporary walks had to be,
erected by the • authorities.
Woodlawn cemetery, ; the pride of the
city, suffered heavily, Sunday's damage
being doubled. In the levee section many
sections, of sidewalk were torn out and
flower beds ruined.
A telephone message from Stockton and
Minnesota City says the creeks there are
over their banks and rising hourly, the
waters finding an outlet in the valleys
below, and carrying everything movable
In front of 4 them. *
City officials estimate the damage of the
present storm and that of Sunday 'at
about $20,000, while In the country it is
Impossible to make an estimate. Rail
road officials say their damage will reach
$200,000, while the storm now raging will
almost double that.
To the county the damage will be
heavy. Not a bridge is standing. The
rain of two nights is- tearing out roads
and washing away the abutments of what
few structures still stand.;,'
At 9 o'clock tonight the rain storm had
in no way abated and was falling in a
ceaseless downpour. The river has back
ed up and choked the city sewer, refus
ing, an outlet for the storm water.
The only road now running trains out
.of the city Is the Burlington, . and that
with a very Indefinite service.'• The rail-,
roads, for common laborers, are paying
$2.50 a day, and for carpenters, $3. Even
at this price It Is almost Impossible to
.'secure a sufficient number, the damage
in extent being so great. Malls are piled
up at the. poatofflce,: but are gradually
being gotten out. Stage lines were start
ed by some of the wrecked lines today
and passengers , are being . conveyed to
stations not affected by. the storm.
STORE WRECKED.
Kb tiling* Plays Havoc at Rice
"Lake, Wi*.
RICE LAKE, Wis.. June 13.— big
department store of P. M. : Parker & Co.
was struck by lightning last night and
the building partially wrecked. The
stock was slightly damaged by water. It
was miraculous that no one was Injured
by the falling of part of the front walls,
as the store was well filled with custom
ers and clerks at the time the lightning
struck. Workmen are repairing the
building and the firm will be doing busi
ness ; again In a few days; The loss Is
fully covered by Insurance.
The storm did' great damage In the
country. Eight buildings were demol
ished at Barron, this county. The post
office and several other buildings were
demolished at ; Cameron, a village seven
miles . south •', of here. . Great damage has
been wrought by. the cyclone through'the
country districts.' No ! lives are reported
lost In this county. " *;-■ .*>.;
NORTHWESTERN BLOCKED.
Unable to Reach Any Point' North-"
west of Elroy, Wis.: : v7;
CHICAGO, June 13.—Northwestern rall
offlclals reported this morning that they
are unable to • reach ; any place north of : i
Elroy, Wis., by train. Tracks are washed !
out, bridges swept away and other dam
age done. Company has sent all available'
wrecking trains to the scene, but it will '
not be ■ known before : night when traffic
through the storm-swept district can be
resumed. ;• Northwestern company tele- j
graph line at 9 o'clock today was working !
only as far north as Sparta, Wis., and the
only information the officials have was
contained In meagre telegrams from
Sparta and points south. Several tele
grams received this morning indicated
heavy loss of life, but no attempt at esti
mates or lists of names of'dead and in
jured had been made by the company's
agent. .«__■£■
FLOOD AT LA CROSSE.
Several Lives Reported Lost In and*
About That City.
LA CROSSE, Wis., June 13.—One of the
most destructive floods that has ever -
visited this section is- raging here. A
portion of North <La Crosse is under
.water, and about fifty families have.heen;
obliged- to flee to higher ground for their
;lives. Water Is now slowly receding,' but
a soaking rain has set in and It is thought
It will rise again.• • ■ - . •:" - .-.-
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Larson,-of Onalaska,
•five miles north of here, were drowned
|While viewing 'the debris of • a railroad'
bridge, which had been swept away. .-The" 1
flood had taken the earth from a portion
of the roadbed.and In walking over the
ties, which suspended'from the rails, one r
gave way. • They were plunged into: the'
surging waters and swept away; - A large
crowd witnessed the disaster. s-v-fJ&so;?
Nearly every railroad and wagon bridga
within ten miles of the city' has • been
washed out. The . Burlington and • Mil
waukee trains southern Minnesota divis
ion) are the only ones running. The mills
at Bangor, West Salem and Holmen havj
gone out. A man and boy were drowned
this afternoon In LaCrosse river opposite
the. city. They were In a boat, which cap
sized. Names unknown.
For mortgage loans, large or small,
apply to State Savings Bank. No commis
sion. ■
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Fossils in Wyoming*. ,
The Union Pacific railway will invite
over three hundred colleges and univer
sities of the United States to send an ex
pert geologist or paleontologist, with a
corps of assistants, to Wyoming the com-,
ing summer to visit the fields of gigantlo
fossil remains which are found in that
state. Tfee invitations will offer. In the
Interest of science, free transportation
from Chicago on the east and San Fran
cisco on the west to Laramie and return.
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Lew Rates /or Teachers.
Now that the city schools are about to
close, teachers who Intend taking a va
cation trip to the East should call at the
ticket office of the Burlington. 400 Robert
street (Hotel Ryan), and Investigate the
low rates offered for June 9. 10, 12, 16. 17
and 19. If you cannot conveniently visit
the office, call up Telephone Main 36, and
your inquiries will be answered.
m
Curious Umbrella.
Many curious umbrellas are made. 0..«
seen can be taken apart and put In one'i '
pocket. The stick is of wood about an
Inch In diameter. The cover can b«
turned inside cut, and folded Into a small
bundle. By touching a spring the rib*"
come off, straighten out, and may b«
placed in the hollow of the stick, which
is then a presentable walking stick. It la
found very convenient by its owner, who
is a drummer.
"Every Well Man
Hath His 111 Day."
A doctor's examination
might"show that : kidneys,
liver and stomach are normal,
but the doctor cannot analyze
the blood upon which these,
organs depend. Hood's Sar
saparilla purifies, -^vitalizes
and enriches the blood. It
cures you when "a bit off"
or when . seriously afflicted.
Eruptions had annoying erup
tions caused by impure blood, and physi
cians' treatment failed to benefit.' ' Hoofs'
SarsaparitU removed them and I am no
longer annoyed." W. R. Hudson, Na
trona, Pa. ■
Z'- Poor Appetite — "Spring finds me:
with 'a. weakness and lack of appetite. ~'t
recommend Hood's SarsaparOU highly as
a strength builder and creator of appetite/ '
J. F. Ward, Labette, Ohio. ; ,
Hood* Plll» cure lifer ills; the noo-lrriutdog and
only cath-n-tlo to tske with . Hood** ■ hmrampi rills'