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THE ST. LOUIS TORNADO IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. FIGHTING MOTH9 IN CARPETS., Liquids Which* Are Repugnant to tho Iftgtrtiyer of Woolen Goods. Carets were never cheaper nor bet­ ter than now, but until times are better we shall have to take care of old car- nets. The moth Is the great enemy to oe fought and defeated. There are efficacious remedies. One is to steep one-fourth of a pound of eayenne pep­ per in one gallon of water, then adding two drachms of strychnia powderv Strain and pour this into a shallow ves­ sel, such as a large tinned-iron milk pan. Roll the carpet up and set each end alternately in this mixture for ten minutes, or long enough to insure the saturation of its edges for about an inch. 'Qo this after beating the carpet, the ends should be likewise treated. Be ,sure the carpet is dry before tacking down, as the wet poison might Injure the Angers while tacking. When done with tho liquid throw where it possibly, cannot harm anybody, or bottle and label for future use, marking it "Carpet moth poison." This preparation will not stain the carpet nor corrode metals In contact with the carpet. ' Another mixture calls for one pound of quassia chips, one-fourth of a pound of cayenne pepper, steeped in two gal­ lons of water, strained and used as . above. • ; J •' • "C';« When the carpet to be treated is not to be taken up, spray ends, edges, mar­ gins and corners with an atomizer. Perhaps two or three < applications might be better than one with the atomizer. " • : .• • " , The carpet moth loves the bindings and margins of a carpet. Ingrains Or three-plys may be treated successfully while down by wringing a cloth out of hot water, laying it over the bindings and edges and ironing with a hot iron.' This ill destroy both moth and eggs. This method is not effectual with mo- quettes or other heavy carpets, as the heat will not sufficiently penetrate them, besides which, ironing injures the pile of velvets; still, the tacks can be drawn occasionally and the carpet laid over on its edge, one side at a time, and steamed on the wrong side. Then wipe the floor under the carpet as far as the arm can reach with hot cay­ enne tea. Also wipe the edge and bind­ ings of carpet with a hot rag, rubbing hard before renailing. Some recom­ mend sprinkling salt around the sides of the room before nailing down the sides of the carpet, but this seems wrong because the salt will surely at­ tract too much moisture. Be on tho lookout for the Buffalo car­ pet beetle as early in the year as Feb­ ruary and March; look out for them on the windows and window sills, and over all woolen clothing not in frequent use. The moth has a special liking for red -carpet. But the pest comes alsa later in the year, being sometimes brought into the house in flowers. It has a particular love for the blossoms of the splrea. It is a good plan, where the moths are unusually bad to satur­ ate the floor with benzine, or prefera­ bly, w<rthlnk7^wlXlTspIrfts^fTu^pentine7 which is not so inflammable nor vola­ tile, and then lay newspapers down under the cai-pet. This prevents an at­ tack from the underside. It is import­ ant to remember that the moth always abhors the light, which is'death to the eggs and larvae, and is really the best thjng with which to circumvent them. Corrosive sublimate and alcohol !n the proportions of sixty grains of the former to one pint of the latter is useful for treating the edges of the seams of the carpet where the pest is bad, but the poison is so deadly that great cau­ tion is required in its use, especially where babies are around. The moths deposit their eggs in the early spring. This, therefore, is the season to put away furs and woolen goods for the summer. It is not. the moth, but the larvae, that does the harm. Thoroughly beat the gtoods with a rattan and air them for several hours in tin; sunlight If possible. Furs should be carefully combed. Wrap up in a newspaper perfectly tight. If this work is done properly there will be uo need of an air-tight chest or cedar chest. Moths do not have any fear of cedar or motli balls, but they will not go through paper or cotton textiles. In­ deed, a cotton bag or other wrapping is just as good as paper. Once a month take out the goods and examine them in the sunlight and give a good beating. When the moths are not so bad, as in some seasons and locations, this month­ ly inspection may not be necessary. But this is really the fur dealers* se­ cret of preserving their stoek. Cam­ phor is bad for furs, as it impairs their beauty by turning them light. Cam­ phor may be sprinkled among the wool­ ens, but secure wrapping in pap^r or cotton is good enough. The above method may be used to preserve feath­ ers also.--Good Housekeeping. He Sold His Stamps. There is a postmaster in a little town not far distant who is noted for the amount of authority he is inclined te show in trivial matters. A short time ago a business man of the place ap­ peared before the stamp window of the office and demanded 300 1-eent stamps, fc^Avliieh he laid down an equal number of pennies. Here was a good chance for the authoritative gentleman, and with a view of teach­ ing his importance he picked twenty- five pennies from the heap, handed out twenty-five stamps and shoved the rest of the money to the would-be buyer with the remark that pennies were not legal tender there in amounts of more than 25 cents. Expostulation was in vain, the. post­ master cited the law in the case and that seemed .to settle It. With a mali­ cious gleam In his eye the buyer swept the remaining pennies Into his pocket and mildly Inquired: "I suppose I can get a one-cent stamp here for a penny, can't I?" "Certainly." said the man at the window. "Then give me a one- cent stamp," said the other, laying down the money. It was handed to him, and he demanded another and an­ other after that. Several people had come in in the meantime, and were impatiently waiting their turn at the window, but the obdurate buyer kept on buying one-cent stamps on the In­ stallment plan. Seeing determination in the face of the other, the postmaster offered to arbitrate, but it was of no avail. He continued to buy as long as his mouey^asted, and triumphantly departed amid the approving smiles of the crowd.--Mount • Morris (Mich.) Union. Summer girls are really looking for husbands. Chicago has a scarcity of servant girls, and mighty few of those she has are Worth their wages. ' Frank Reisch, president of the Illinois National Bank, Springfield, and head of the brewing firm, of F. Reisch & Bro., died, aged 54 years. i In a quarrel over ten cents, wliich had been given a child to get a pail of beer, Venzel Eisenhamer Of Chicago shot and killed his neighbor, Jos. Hacerek. The preliminary trial of John Lemley, charged with the killing of Benjamin Ladd at Brooklyn on the night of May 3, was concluded at Metropolis. Lemley ad­ mitted tlie killing and said he did it in bfi^alf of Nora "LeSsley, a 14-year-old girl, who was holding tryst with Edward Lynn, who was tried and Held last week. Lendey said that the girl was pursued by Ladd. and ran to him for protection and that he did not shoot until: after calling to the man to halt. Lemley Was held under a bond of $4,000 to await the action of the grand jury. ( Mrs. Lily Lawler Smith, who died Mon­ day at Chicago from injuries received by falling from the third story of 1454 Mich­ igan avenue, was, the last of a family .whose members all died by accident. Mrs. Smith was leaning over a railing on the rear porch of her house) when it gave way and She fell forty feet, breaking an arm, a leg, a hip, and receiving i sternal in­ juries. She lived a few h6urs. Her first husband was Policeman.James MeKeon, who fell froiii a platform and died soon after, and her son was also killed by acci­ dent. „ Mrs. Smitli was the wife of John C\ Smith, a carriage maker. Two children were struck by lightning at Chicago Wednesday afternooni'. One was killed and the, other seriously in­ jured. Botli-boys fell as though shot, and when the frightened spectators ran to them they found .the .boys apparently' life­ less., Every effort was made to revive them, and physicians were sent for. When physioitfns arrived they found Willie Mc- Niehols was dead, the lightning having paralyzed his heart. ' Eddie Andrews showed signs of life, and was soon revived and taken to his home. lie was paralyz­ ed below the waist, but physicians think he will recover. The Illinois Central Railroad Company has come to the rescue of the State treas­ ury and has enabled it to resume the pay­ ment of warrants by advancing $300,000. Warrants were paid at the treasury Mon­ thly for the first time in more than a month as a result of this advance, which is the second that the Illinois Central has made since the deficiency in the treasury occurred. It is expected $1,000,000 will l>e paid into the treasury in July from the taxes collected this year, but there --will continue to^be^a deficieney until- the next Legislature meets and provides a working balance to tide over these situa­ tions. The new steel bridge spanning the Kal­ kaska river at Old Covington, fourteen miles north of Nashville, the original county seat of Washington County,-was dedicated and opened to the public Mon­ day. One thousand and five hundred citi­ zens of Washington and Clinton Counties assembled, densely packing the bridge from shore to shore. Judge George Ver- nor, of Nashville, made an introductory speech and introduced Miss Nellie Ford, of Carlyle, daughter of T. E. Ford, State Senator from the Forty-second district, who declared the bridge opened to the public, breaking on the iron rail a bottle of cream soda,--This act was--reeeived- witli great applause and enthusiasm. A smooth-looking, dark-complexioned man appeared in Springfield and repre- «Rented himself as a Government official Tuesday. Entering several stores he de­ manded that he be shown the silver in the cash drawer. He said he was looking for counterfeit coin and in each place he took several pieces of money, which he pronounced to be bogus, and, giving a re­ ceipt for the coins, put them in his pocket. At Frank Hogan's saloon the bar boy, Matt Metformin, refused to give up the coins that the alleged ollicer had declared to be bad, and when the latter threatened to arrest him and pulled a revolver Hef- fernan instinctively grabbed a beer mal­ let and started after him. The supposed official lied and when the police arrived a few minutes later he could not lie found. He was tracked to a patch of timber west of town. The Board of Trustees of the Univer­ sity of Illinois awarded the contract for the construction of the library building to the H. M. R. Construction Company of Chicago. Upwards of fifty bids were handed in. The price at which the con­ tract was let was $131,000. Work will liegin at the earliest possible time, and it is specified in the contract that the building must be ready for use by June 1, 1807. Another important action of the board was the selecting of Dr. Louis A. Rhodes, of Cornell University, as assist­ ant professor of German, to fill the chair made vacant by the resignation of Prof. Edward Snyder, who had been a member of the university faculty thirty years. The board also ratified the work of the committee appointed to complete the transfer of the Chicago College of Phar­ macy to the university, and already pro­ visions are being made to push the new accession to a higher point of perfection. Richard Henry Carter and Mrs. Nellie Carter, of Alton, enjoy the distinction of having been three times married to each other without having ever been separated or divorced. They belong to the best col­ ored society of that community and are very highly esteemed. When, therefore, Mr. Carter applied to Deputy Clerk Quarton for a license to marry his wife, the official was duly astonished and re­ fused to furnish the paper until the mat­ ter was explained. The couple were mar­ ried as slaves nearly forty years ago and after the promulgation of the emancipa­ tion proclamation they were again mar­ ried according to the laws of Virginia. Hut the papers in this union were lost in a fire. This fact was painfully brought home to Mr. and Mrs. Carter by a late decision of the Supreme Court which holds that slave marriages are not recog­ nized as legal by the inheritance laws of Illinois. As they have children and prop­ erty they concluded to make everything safe and were therefore wedded the third' time on Saturday night. The battle between license and no li­ cense In Cherry7 Valley, which resulted in a tie vote in the Council a month ago, was settled at a special election, the wets winning out, electing L. A. Stringerd al­ derman over L. A. Brown by 16 majority. This gives license one majority The grand jury at Jacksonville has in- dieted the president and trustees of the Illinois College, the. German Lutheran Parochial School and the Roman Cath­ olic Parochial School for violating the flag law. The list includes the Mayor and about twenty-five other prominent citi­ zens. A man giving his name as William Carson was shot and captured while at­ tempting to rob the general merchandise store of J. J. Holliugsworth at Deer Creek. Judging from his kit of tools, he is a professional burglar. . George Bordenkircher, a farmer resid­ ing two miles east of Mount Sterling, and president of the Brown County Fair As­ sociation, was stricken with apoplexy while in- his field, and his body was hor­ ribly torn by hogs. His face, eyes, ea>s and nose, entrails and the flesh, torn from body to knees, being eaten by hogs. He was about 55 years old, and leaves a family. The body was found by his son Albert• SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. StornuStricken Cities Now Face the Future. Pioneers of '37 Celebrate Their Six­ tieth Marriage Anniversary at Bock- , ford--Grewsome Fate of New Minden --Twin City L»imited.in Peril. BRAVE AND HOPEFUL, Complete Sixty Years of Matrimony. Mr. and Mrs. liftvid D. Ailing, of Rock- ford, Friday celebrated the sixtieth anni­ versary of their marriage. The impor­ tant day was quietly observed with the company'of a few friends. The worthy couple are pioneer residents of Roekford. Mr. and Mrs. Ailing are natives of New Haven, Conn., where they were married. A boyhood friend of Mr. Ailing, v\*ho had gone West in 1836, prevailed upon him to emigrate to Illinois, and the young couple started for Roekford in the month of September. 1837. The jouj-ney con­ sumed over thirty days, the greater part of which time they were coming from Buffalo to Roekford. They traveled by -steamer and canal, from N&w Haven to Chicago. Mr. Ailing is 83 years of age and his wife is 82. .They are remarkably well preserved and live, alone in a pretty home oii North Main street, where they liaye resided a quarter of a century. They bid fair to reach the' century mark. Illinois Town Laid Waste, New, Minden, fourteen miles .south of Carlyle, in Washington County, was near­ ly blown,away Wednesday evening. Out ' of the sixty houses fifty-five were dcmol-'l ished. Five .people were killed in the town and five in the country and nearly forty injured, a number fatally. The town has 300' inhabitants, all homeless and hungry. Tents have been imported for the use of the unfortunates. Over a hundred farm houses within a radius of five miles have either been destroyed or damaged. It will take $200,000 to make good the loss in property. The dead are: Mrs. Mary Heiidrickson, aged 34, and daughter Paulina; John King, aged 50; Tillie Rinnie, aged 10 years; three- nioutjhs-old child of Fred Koch, Ren Smith, aged 35. of Nashville; Ernest Brink, Jr., aged 21; a widow and two children living near Hoyleton, names un­ known. Complete list of injured: Ellis Roinhardt, William Rinnie, William Bonchniueller and two children, Justina Roinhardt, Simon and Lizzie Weiss, Mrs.' Jane Russell, Mary Koch, Louis Yul- broek. Louise Yulbrock, cannot live; Wil­ liam Yogt, will die; Martha Vogt, Martha Weasel. Lena Ellerbnsh. Fred Ellerhush, Louisa Horstmann, William Wuihe, Mrs. William Wuihe, Louise Kraelit, William Btircholz, wife and four children, Ernest Brink, wife and four children. The death of John Iiilmes is reported from German- town, caused by a stroke of lightning. His daughter is also badly hurt. Those killed near Carlyle, so far as known, are: Mrs. Conell and infant, Robert Foster; fa rm hand, name unknown; Emma Krause and parents. Samuel Oliver. Thousands Are Busy Clearing Away Wreckage. r8tory of Violence, Terror, Ruin, Deso­ lation and Death--Burying the Dead pnd Caring for the Injnred, Hungry and Homeless--Close Estimate of the Property Damage--Thousands Go to View the Storm's Work--Pen Picture of the Horrors the People of St. Louis Have Endured. Bruised and torn and bleeding, stagger­ ing from the force of the blow, but still, reliant jind confident in her own strength, the city of St. Louis is standing in the view of hundreds of thousands of visitors; a.beautiful picture even in her misery and, pain. Though 200 of her children were torn from her by the merciless wind, and scores are lying in the hospitals on beds of agony; she is rallying her superb, re­ sources-ready to-begin again the march Of progress. Property worth, millions was snatched from her bosom, and from the fair surface of her vicinage huge fac­ tories, beautiful dwellings, gigantic ele­ vators and thousands Of homes of the poor have been razed. Dazed and half bleeding, she has struggled to her feet, groping in the darkness of affliction. Her little neighbor is scarcely able to move. The full force of the storm that laid her waste was not lost in the long and remarkable voyage across the river. Out of a population of nearly three-quar­ ters of a million St. Louis lost two hun­ dred souls. East St. Louis has scarcely a family in her limits that does not num­ ber in its membership one dead or wound- all the victims brought in were complete­ ly nak<*d, stripped by the violence of the storm. Speed was necessary in treating them and The gentle, kindly words of the surgeon who has plenty of time were not spoken. It was hurry, hurry, hurry. A man with one fractured leg would give way on an operating table to a man with both legs fractured, or a woman with her tender flesh hanging in shreds." Little children, torn and crushed, were brought in and laid before the surgeons, their shrill cries and pitiful moans contrasting with the howls of the more powerful adults. They came in.a swift stream that seemed to be without end, all night long, and it appeared to those who handled them that the sights and sounds grew more terrible as the hours crept by. Among the Mangled. The scenes at the hospital were a repe­ tition of those at the dispensary. It was at the morgue that the full force of the disaster was brought to the understand­ ing. The little slate-colored building on Twelfth and Spruce was the magnet that drew a funeral procession, radiating from every part of the South Side. First, the slabs were filled in the usual way, one body to a slab, and then two slabs were placed together and made the resting place for four bodies. Still the corpses came. They were dumped in like grist into ~a mill.--The slabs were soon crowded and the ice boxes were put in use. It took but a short time to fill the boxes and the doors were closed for a few minutes, while a general shifting of the mutilated forms was made. The next time the doors were opened from six to eight bodies were placed on a slab and the boxes were filled to the toil, as a boy piles wood into the big box behind the kitchen stove. When all the receptacles provided for the use of the dead were full to overflowing, the tired morgue attaches laid the bodies on the floor, and those who came to search for loved ones were confronted by a spectacle well fit to stagger a grave digger. All night long St. Louis and East St. Louis were cities alone in their terrible desolation, almost entirely cut off from communication with the rest of the world, and without exception the streets of this city were dark tunnels, and her homes were the homes of fearful1 people. Dead and dying, death and injury, were the sole topic of conversation. To those who slept came dreams of rushing storms carrying the bloody victims of its fury in out­ stretched arms. To those who spent the night in work in the devastated district came a surfeit of sickening experiences that will haunt them for months to come. And in all the horror of the black night and its terrible developments reigned a feeling of dread for what might be dis­ closed by the day. When the lirst gray coloring in the eastern sky gave evidence of the coming of the light, the watchers gazed with mingled feelings of thankful­ ness and fear. Objects became discerni­ ble dimly as the sun mounted higher on the oourse of his daily journey, empha­ sizing the ruin that was rather felt than seen in the gloom of the night. A f t e r t h e S t o r m . The first reports of the great storm were considerably exaggerated, as is usu­ ally the case when such a calamity oc­ curs. It was impossible in the confusion and darkness to obtain definite informa­ tion, and the stories of havoc and fatality were magnified by the exciting influences of the situation. The number of killed, which was hastily estimated at 1,000, is now known to be less than 500 for St. Louis and East St. Louis, while the de­ struction of property may be put at not to exceed $5,000,000. It is impossible to tell how many were wounded, but the list is likely to be several times as large as that of the dead; and there are hun­ dreds of houseless and destitute families, thankful in their distress that they es­ caped with their lives. The work of suc­ coring the needy is' being carried on with all possible diligence and effectiveness. There was a quick response of public sym­ pathy and charity to the demands of the occasion, and well organized efforts of re- i lief give assurance that no suffering will as in a dungeon. Out of the west came another storm, resembling the first, and terrified mortals fled front it wildly and aimlessly. All the time the rain beat down desperately. •* Night came on a city thoroughly and pitifully demoralized. In all its vast ex­ tent there was not a man who knew what had been accomplished by the terrible wind. Ghastly Tales Told. Aboat 7 o'clock the eastern horizon took on a ruddy appearance, and through the blinding rain long tongues of fire could be seen. mounting high in the air. East St. Louis was on fire. There were fires to the south and to the east and to the west. The city was walled in with flames on three sides and the streets were impassa­ ble. Out of the confusion and chaotic spawn of rumors, it became soon apparent that the bulk of the damage had been done in South and East St. Louis. No one knew the extent of it and all feared to guess. That it was unprecedented was intuitive­ ly surmised. Up in the city, wh .-e the full force of the charge of the angry clouds was not felt, the ruin gave a faint indication of what it was where the tor­ nado had mowed a path through the solid evidences of the industry of man. A steady stream of travel took its way to­ ward the south and all night long- it ebbed and flowed out of scenes of misery and de­ vastation into scenes of devastation and misery. The rain did service in putting out numerous fires the firemen could not number of buildings destroyed or dam­ aged at East St. Louis will not fall below 500, which means a loss from which the Illinois town will not recover in many years. The tornado was not a respecter of classes, and made no distinctions. It swept away the palaces of wealth as well as the hovels of the poor. It spared neither institutions of mercy nor the mon­ uments of productive industry. While the money value of the damage is estimated in aggregate at not over $5,000,000, these figures do not convey an adequate idea of the tremendous losses sustained by the great efQnstrnphp,--The losses entailed by suspended business operations and the money that will be required to clear away the wrecked factories, blocks and dwell­ ings will swell the total loss to an incred­ ible figure. KILLED BY THE WIND. Nearly One Thousand Lives Blown Out in the Last Sixty Days. Nearly 1,000 persons have been killed by tornadoes and windstorms of lesser violence during the last sixty days. The figures at hand show the number of dead to be 795, a total that will undoubtedly be swelled to much larger proportions when the full loss of life at St. Ivouis is ascertained. > Illinois. Dead. Injured. Peru, May IS 1 . . . Mercer County, May 10 1 Elgin. May 1(1 1 4 Roekford, May 18. 8 14 Monroe, Slay 24 2 <S L/eaf River, May 24 1 . . . Cairo, Mav 25 14 East St. Louis, May 27 150 300 E A S T . S T . L O U I S C I T Y I I A L L . ed. The list of victims to the fury of the wind runs up to 150, and to say who is injured would be to enumerate one-half the population of the bustling little com­ munity. Weaker than St. Louis, in that she lacks the size and wealth, she is strong in her own might. With the as- •istanct-Ql-Xhe.outside world she will re­ cover from the blow in time and her blocked streets will again be the thor­ oughfares full of teams and men they were before the terrible visitation. But Might Have Been a Disaster. Train No. 1, known as the "Twin City Limited." of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, which left Chicago at 0:30 p. in. Friday, when nearing Galena Junction, and running about twenty-five miles an hour, struck an empty box car and five fiat cars loaded with gravel. Rain was falling and the night very dark, and had the engineer not noticed the red order light hung out at the station terrible re­ sults might have followed, inasmuch as Galena Junction is not one of the stop­ ping places of the limited. As It was, no one was injured except the conductor, who was standing on the steps of the for­ ward passenger coach jieering ahead to learn why the train had begun to slow down at a point where it was not sched­ uled to stop only on orders. When the obstruction was struck it threw him from the platform and he went down a thirty- foot embankment, but he sustained only a few bruises. The train consisted of en­ gine 53, one baggage car and express car, one chair car. How these freight cars happened to be left on the main tra^k at a time when a limited train was a little overdue is a mystery. Had not the order light at. the station half a mile distant been shown the train would have been running very rapidly and a serious wreck and loss of life would have undoubtedly followed.-as the train was trying to make up half an hour's lost time. At this point the embankment is some thirty feet high. A T T E N T H A N D C H E S T N U T S T K E E T S , New Baden. May 2'i Hirkners, Mav 27. Boyd. May 27 Irvington, May 27. , Hoyleton, May 27. Maseoutali , May 27. Jefferson City. May Fairfield, May 27. . VIEW ON SIXTH STKKKT, ST. LOUIS--TYPICAL SCENE IN THE SOUTH WESTERN PART OF THE CITY. reach and then died slowly and sullenly, as though angry at being called upon to render any succor to the victims of .its allied friends, the wind and the clouds. To the Kescue. Brave men, with heads cool and hearts true, realized, as soon as the full fury of the visitation was spent, that there was work for them to do. The City Dispen­ sary naturally became the central point of news and succor. Every minute news of fresh horrors was received. Ambu­ lances began to reach the city hall loaded down with wounded and dead before any measures looking to their care could l>o taken. Physicians', full of energy, willing to do their part, came from every district in the city that had not been touched by in the history of the world, the disaster that overtook the sister cities will live on and on as the greatest of modern times. Birth of the Tornado, On that fateful Wednesday afternoon the clouds formed in conclave over St. Louis. For months, weeks they had been hovering in an atmosphere that made them worried and restless. They were surcharged with energy generated by ex­ cessive heat and they were surly. They thirsted for rapine and slaughter. Down below them myriads of mortals ran about the streets of the big city like ants, each carrying out his part in the daily journey of the world. Across the river dense vol­ umes of smoke arose and from the many railroad yards the shriek of locomotive' whistles mingled with the rumble of mov­ ing cars. The great stock yards and the rolling mills and the foundries were add­ ing their quota to the atmosphere that was irritating the vapory masses in the sky. Traitorously the storm crept upon the city, and even as the people wondered- why the shadows of vapor were behaving in a manner so unusual they framed their battle front and brought to being the tornado, the child of unusual atmospheric conditions, the concentration of the pow­ er of the elements. In less than ten min­ utes it caused damage to property that cannot be replaced in years and loss of life horrible to dwell upon. It swept a city from end to end, attacked a swollen river, lined with shipping, made of it a waste of muddy water, showing here and there on its surface a wreck, and rushed on through the little city across the bridge, demolishing it most utterly. It left behind a long trail of blood and twisted ruin. When the force of the wind abated from every door and every place of shelter men and women swarmed With blanched faces and trembling lips. Every thoroughfare was a vista of broken signs, overturned vehicles, ground and shattered glass and twisted wires. Lights were snuffed out by the fury of the gale and the wonderful current that propyl? so many of the cars of the city was rendered useless. In the downtown business districts, where the damatre was slight, the streets were crowded with citizens anxious to get to their homes to reassure loved ones. All felt that a dreadful calamity had occur­ red, but none could say the extent of it. While the news of all the fatalities was being circulated in the manner that news was circulated in the olden time, when town criers were the chroniclers of the events of the day, night was falling rap- Idly. The telephone system of the city was useless and the rapid transit con­ veyances stood idle in the streets. Light was at a premium. Candles were called into requisition and gas jets that had not seen service for years were pressed into use. The streets were wildernesses of risk. On every hand the wires were spit­ ting and snapping and from roofs pieces, of debris were falling suddenly and with­ out warning. An hour before the usual time th# tewn was buried in a black pall Il l inois Bnnlcs . The Comptroller of the Currency issued a statement showing the condition of the 101) national banks in Illinois, outside of Chicago. The statement is compiled from individual statements received from the banks themselves. The individual depos­ its aggregated $44,991,392, against $44,- 808.525 in March last, and $47,713,204 last September. The loans and discounts amounted to $48,107,041. In March they amounted to $48,172,208 and last Septem­ ber to $50,1(58,024. The Illinois banks now hold $2,830,847 in gold coin, while they held $2,942,841 in March and $3,- 102.530 last September. They now hold 244,051 silver dollars, $327,426 in silver certificates and $190,270 in silver small coin. These silver holdings have shown little fluctuation in the. past year. The total specie now on hand is only $3,942,- 074, while in* March it was $4,010,341 and in September $4,194,701. The banks now owe other national banks $485,018 and State banks $1,859,250, while other national banks owe them $8,545,809 and State banks owe them $300,039. The av­ erage reserve held now is larger than it has been for a year, being 29.87 per cent. State News in Brief. Saturday, the second and final day of the third annual reunion of the blue and gray on Shiloh battlefield, the unveiling of the monument of the Ninth Illinois in­ fantry and the address of Judge Jesse J. Phillips, its former colonel and com­ mander at the battle of Shiloh, were the features of the day. The monument stands in a beautiful, prominent place in the southern section of the cemetery, and is of simple design. A man answering perfectly the descrip­ tion of George Taylor, Missouri's escaped murderer, passed through Piatt Saturday night, walking on the railroad track. The man seemed uneasy and was in a great hurry. He was identified from a photo­ graph by five prominent citizens. Col. Adolphus Kelley, the oldest mer­ chant of Camp Point, was found dead on the street Saturday morning. His mind had been failing lately, and he. rose in the night and left the house .unseen. How or why rhe died is a mystery. There is some suspicion of foul play, but heart dis­ ease is more probable. Judge Jacob Foulke, of Yandalia, judge on the circuit bench of the Springfield circuit, who was injured at East St. Louis, was brought, home. The judge is severely bruised, both externally and in­ ternally, but his injuries are thought to be not necessarily fatal. State's Attorney Sterling, of Bloomlng- ton, called a special grand jury to pass upon two homicides which took place in the county within a week. John Bullock, of Shirley, was shot and killed and four young men are in jail charged -with knowl­ edge of1 the .killing. William V. Cope was stabbed and killed near ^ooks.ville by Charles Conrad, and he, too, is in cus­ tody. 3VI issouri, St. Louis. May Audrain < ounty Iowa, Concordia, April 20 Fails City, May 10. Sabetha. May 1(5. . . Oneida, May li i . . . . Reserve, May 10.. . Emporia, Slay ' jo. . . . T o t a l 3 0 Indiana. Warsaw, May 27 2 Texas. Denton and Grayson Counties and city of Sherman, May 15.100 Colorado. Denver, March 27 1 Kentucky, Elva, May 1G 5 Oklahoma. Osage Reservation, May 20... 4 North Uako'a. Epiphany, April 27 3 Virginia. •Salem, April 24 2 Ohio. .Sandusky, April 20. 2 Nebraska. Pawnee, May 17..". 10 Pennsylvania. Jarrettown, May 28 3 Columbia, May 28 1 Total 4 Grand total . .795 The most famous dog- artist Landseer. j