St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 5, 1906

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SW KILLED AND ) INJURED AS EXPLOSION ————— ——— — Three Others Believed Buried | Under Wreckage of Phila- delphia Subway,

PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY

Accident Due to Escaping Gas From Improperly Repaired Main. BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSED {and —-—- Plate Glass ‘Windows Shattered for Blocks by Force of Concussion.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.—A_ terrific explosion of illuminating gas in the sub- way of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. umder construction at Sixth and Market streets today, resulted in the death of six men, the injuring of a doz- en others and caused property .damage that will run into thousands of dollars. Besides the seven men that are known to be dead, it is said that at least ‘three others are buried under tons of earth in the wrecked subway. Extraordinary efforts are being made to clear the ex- cavation, but it will be late in the day before this can be done. The explosion occurred. shortly before 7 oe’clock and in consequence of the early hour but a few workmen had gathered. The explosion was caused by a leak in a city gas main that had been improperly repaired last night. The escaping gas formed in a pocket in the subway and it is believed that a workman carrying a lamp into the great hole ignited the, gas. The corner of Sixth and Market atreets is one of the busy sections of the ality, but there was, fortunately, lit- tle traffic there when the explosion oc- ourred. About a dozen workmen were gathered near a large derrick and five men are believed to have been in the subway. Subway Is Wrecked. The force of the explosion wrecked the subway for half a block and all the heavy timbering and other struct- ural work. including tons of earth, fell into the excavation. A heavy rain dur- ing the night had slightly weakened thie wails of the excavation, and added to damage. Just as the gas blew up, a double team dirt cart was being driven di- rectly across the covered subway by a driver of the Millard Construction o., which is building the subway. The vehicle, horses, and man were biown in the air, and the horses and cart f into the hole. The driver landed in the street, and was only slightly hurt. Several workmen, who were standing near the derrick, were blown across the street and either killed or injured, and a number of pedestrians were hurt by falli giass and signs from the tall bulldings on both sides of Market and Sixth streets. | Those portions of the subwa, (‘hat were not covered with dirt, burst into flames, and for a time no person dared venture near the Fin for fear of fur- ther explosions. Firemen were quickly on the spot, but water was of little use owt to the fact that the flames were shouting from dozens of gas pipes and a large main. Dirt was then resorted to, in the course of a couple of hours all the. flames had been extin- auished except those from the large main. This wae not put out until near!) ten o'clock, and only after a hole had been dug in the street near the subwa) and the main peaeres up. As soon as the fire had been guished and all danger of a further ex- plosion had passed, hundreds of were put to work clearing out wrecked subway. “ While the damage done to the sub- way, the city’s gas and water mains, and the electric light and telephone condutte is considerable, it will not Line compare with the destruction wrought?) ===

/MUCH COOLER, SAYS THE MAN

Saturday Will Be Fair, How- ever, He Predicts. A lide fire in the furnace, to take the chill off. may not be out of place to-

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MY 60x AT THE HORSE SHOW ip Ao night. It is go- ing to be much cooler. An exira blanket will ajso feel pretts good. The officia. forecast Friday: “Partly cloudy and much cooler tonight: Satur- day fair and cool; fresh and brisk northerly winds; minimum temperature to- night about 46 degrees. There was a heavy and kill- ing frost Thurs- day night in Min- nesota, North South Dakota, Nebraska and the Rockies. It was below freezing Friday morning in the greater part of this re- gion. The temperature relatively higlg in the greeter part of. the Guit States, the Ohio Valley and the Eastern States. Showers have fallen in many parts of the country and the rainfall has been heavy in the Middle Atlantic States, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.

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——— -MAYOR’S AUTO HAS A BLOW-UP Crowd in Street “Rubbers” at Girls in Hotel. An explosion of gasoline in the muf- fler of Mayor Wells’ automobile, in front of the Planters Hotel, at 11 a. m.

l'riday was heard two blocks and at- |} tracted 2000 persons, | The chauffeur drove up to the hotel entrance with Mrs. Wells, who stepped into the Mississippi Valley Trust build- “ing across the street. As he sat on the machine, there came a deafening ex- plosion The force of the explosion swayed the auto, but did no damage. The chauffeur sat reading a newspaper while five policémen tried a ruse to get the crowds out of the street. ‘rom the fifth floor of the Planters Hotel pretty girls peered into § the street. McCormack and other officers gazed upwards. Soon everybodv's neck was bent like a giraffe's. The girls arew uninteresting at the angle from which they were admired, and soon the crowd tielted @way. And the chauffeur was still reading. Soon Mrs. Wells sepped into the auto and was driven away. The chauffeur returned with her when the crowd had gone. He said it was just an explosion in the muffler—something that’s likely to happen at any time. FRIDAY, THE 13TH, LUCKY. a

(‘harles F. Willlams of 1310 South Third street, based an alibi which freed him from the charge of highway robbery on the fact that Oct. 13, 196, fell on Friday. He was acquitted in the Cir- cuit Court at Clayton Thursday. Hi. H. and John W. Fife, brothers, identified Williams as the man who had robbed them of a small sum at the

World's Fair grounds on the night of Oct. 13. 1996. Williams testified that on the day in question he attended a card party at his home in St. Louis, and said the date was fixed in his mind by the fact that it was Friday and the thir- teenth of the month. His testimony was sitbstantiated bv that of his wife and several neighbors. SONG ACQUITS PRISONER. Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Oct. 5.—While the triai of Joseph Ager, an aged German, charged with assault, was in progress this morning a graphaphone

in an adjoining) Nullding began play- jing “Ask the Savior to Help You.” extin- } men: | i } ' } i i ' ? f melody. Raising his hands in = supplication the iawver for the dlefense called the jury's attention, fo the sentiment of the beautiful old song, repeating the words as the machine produced the There Were many bowed heads in the courtroom at the close of the dramatic incident. Ager was acquitted.

SS aS aa ee to gurrounding property. Between Fifth and Seventh sirects on' oOO—?™™rr'rr ean Market street and for half a square on Sixth street, net a whole pane of glass ig left. All the large plate glass win- dowws were broken and thousands of dollars’ worth of goods tn the show windows were damaged. Dozens 0 signs were torn from the roofs and walls of bulldings, and {ft is consider od remarkable that not more persons were killed. The vicinty of the explosion is roped off and business within the affected area Wue temporarily suspended.

TRIO HELD FOR INSPECTION. eee ee ee Iron Workers Locked Up After One Fires Shot. Three structural iron workers, with calouses wpon thelr hands, were locked up at the Four Courts Friday to be ‘held for the chief."’ There is nothing to base suspicion, except heir number carried a navy @ men give good accounts ves, but nevertheless are held : are Sylvester Carson, his brother. John Carson, Daniel Starr, who came here from English, 'Ind. five davs ago. They boarded at 2352 South Sev- enth street and are employed on a biuiid- ing at St. George street and the river. shot was fired at Broadway and Barton street Thursday evening and three policemen ran (there from as many directions. Carson stood there handling hia pearl-handled, long-imrreled revo!- ver. He had made no effort to OsCApe He told the police he ba fired a sho’ to see how it sounded. He hed bough: the revolver, he said, becaus> he had hear fouls was a “tough place,”’ where a man needed weapon for Relf-protectia;. he Other two were taken out hed after Svivertar Carson told the pollee where the: lived. They were moved gingerly up to headquarters and sweated by Assistant Chief Kee. +e They accounted for all their time th city However, Persons who Lesa ‘robbed = by have a of highwaymen | look at! % SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH SUNDAY MAGAZINE OCT. 7, 1906 CONTENTS, Page. Our Marienbad (in colovs)...... 1 St. Louis Labor Leaders Criticise the Government ... At Last! Men Entirely Dispensed With Making ‘rained (Chauffeur ............ 9 The Passing of the Political Boss. “Canned Music” in the Southwegt. “When I Was a Girl,” as Told by Rt. Louis Society Leaders Fall Dress for SchoolechbMdren__. “What to,Wear and See at the Horse Show,” by a St. Louis Society Woman The New Llectric Locomotive... 3 3

New Vehicle Carries Track On the St. Louis Stage Next Week (in colors) THE FUNNYSIDE. The Prodigal Son Panhandle Pete ' Pie pe Over the River for the Bantykin Brothera ...... The Kid: He Hel Nan $2 More for The Bad Dream That Made Bil] a Better Boy pal The Laughrble Looloos ’ A New Panhandle Pete Cut-Out... Gets Plenty. of ps Pop Take ‘f

Yens Yensen, Yan FIREMEN RECOVER FROM THEIR BURKS —_ -—_— > —-—--—- Man Who Carried Lighted Lan- tern Near Glue Barrels Loses His Life.

IN MIXTURE ae BENZINE Inflammable Gases Formed and Caused Explosion and Slight Fire. Tne 14 firemen who were injured in a second explosion of gas in the base- ment of the building at 123 North Main street, were reported Friday to be out of danger. They were burned while try- ing to find and rescue Willlam Leahy, a printer, of 1424A Francis street, who «xplosion, }which set fire to the build- ing and who later died from inhaiing tue gas. Though the faces of eight oi the firemen are masses of blisters ex- tending down over the neck, none is thought to be seriously hurt. All were painfully burned, however. The fire is thought to have been caused by an explosion of gas from ben- zie which was contained in more than one hundred barrels of shoe glue stored in the basement by the Remmler Trans- fer Co. Leahy called on Louis Remmler Thursday evening in regard to a con- tract and later asked permission to see the hasement. He carried a lantern and the blaze ignited the gas when he reached the rear of the cellar. Remmiler was descending the cellar Stairs when the explosion occurred. Hé was painfully burned and was removed in a carriage to his home at 715 Short Street, East St. Louis, after giving the alarm. Firemen Caught in Blast. Patrolman McCormack, one of first to reach the fire, says the fireman had been at work for some time and had the fire about extinguished before Remmler, who was asked by the police- man how he was burned, told him that Leahy was still in the cellar. Chie! Swingley was at once notified and he sent firemen to the rescue. Fourteen nien hurried into the ~smoke-filled cel- lar and began groping about for Leahy, when someone carried a second lantern into the place. All the men were in the rear of the céllar. water, On which a scum of oil could be seen in the flickering light of the lantern. There was a sudden explo- Sion and the entire basement was filled with flame in a moment, while a. blast of fire raced across the water towards the imprisoned firemen. Thev tried to escape by the back stairs. The door was fast. They crawled and groped through the smoke towards the gratings in front, through which they had entered from the sidewalk. They all tell the same story of pull- ing down their hats to save their eyes; wf bending low and crawling along the floor, following hose lines to keep their direction and fighting for breath in the stifling fumes. As they crawled through the grat- ings they were sent to the Dispen- sary in the automobiles of Chief Swingley and Chief Glanville of the Salvage Corps, and ina patrol wagon. Alive When Rescued. The second fire was quickly extin- Sulshed and Leahy was found and brought out by Firemen O Donnell, Klein, Haustetter and Frain. He was still breathing, but died (‘hief Swingley’s automobile on the to the Dispensary. He leaves a wife and 2-year-old son. Assistant Chief Haines, one of the men burned, returned to the fire aft- er his burns had been dressed. The more painfully injured are: Charlies Toussaint of 2628 Caroline street, lieutenant No. 3 Hook and Lad- der Company, burned about face, hands and body; Sam Smith of 2615 Sullivan avenue, No. 3 Hook and Ladder, burned about face, hands and body; Louis P. Joerder of 2823 Caroline street, lieuten- ant No. 22 Hook and Ladder Company, burned about face and hands: W. F Steiner of 2854 Arsenal street, Engine Company No. 22, 3 body; John Johnson of 2220 Market street, Engine Company No. 22, burned about face and body; F. M. De Voto of 1000 Walnut street, Engine Company NO.-22, burned about hands and face: Michael Waters of 2919 La Salle street. Hook and Ladder No. 3. burned about the face, hands and body: Lieut. Charles Lowe of 508 South Garrison avenue. All are at the City Hospital. ee oe DOWDALL WANTS HIS CHILD. Former Police Sergeant Appeals to Circuit Court. Application was made to Circuit Judge the in way

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Withrow Friday by William T. Dowdall, former Sergeant of Police, for a modifi- cation of the decree of divorce «from him obtained by Mrs. Catharine Dow- dail, Feb. 28, 195, so as to enable him have possession of their 3-year-old L.. Dowriall, Catherine Leonora When the divorce was granted there was no order about the custody ‘of the child. Dowdall says he has since sup- ported the child, but has permitted it to be with Mrs. Dowdal!l about half of the time. / He alleges that only a small part of the sums of money given by him to Mrs.-Dowdall for the support of the child while in her care has been ex- pended for that purpose. He alleges that the child is neglected when in the possession of Mrs. Dowdall at the home Vas rendered unconscious by the first , The floor was ankie deep in} burned about face and /|§

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Explosion Occurred as Mrs. Auer Was Cleaning Hus- band’s Trousers, Mrs. Flora Auér was removed in city ambulance from her home, 1423 Cut- ter avenue, to her mother’s home. Se-- ond and Sidnev Friday, suffer- ing from severe burns tncurred Thurs- dav wuile cleaning her husband's trou- Sers, Mrs. was using gasoline to do the and some of it leaked wpon her clotiving. She stepped upon a match, which ig- nited the gasoline, and before her hus- band could extinguish the flames she Was severely burned about the lower part of the bodv. She was attended by Dr. 6778 Manchester avenue at her home. Believing she could be cared for better at her mother’s home, she was removed ithere Friday. The physician says the | chances of recoverv are against her. OVATION FOR MOODY. Massachusetts Republicans In- dorse Roosevelt and Tariff, BOSTON. Mass., Oct. 5.—An ovation wus given Attorney-General Moods when he arose to present the report on platform in the Republican State con- vention here todav, which was over by Ex-Gov. John IL, ' The platform reported this com- mittee praises the work of Gov. Guild. President Roosevelt and Secretary Roo: on the completion of mission to South America The resolution further declares herence to the policy of protection. tariff to be revised when the interests fof the country require it. and urge jrepresentation in (‘ongress | tin States. where here a fr the vote. The “rule of the ‘mob and the atro- cious crime, which frequently provokes ) condemned. The resolutions with the Jews in Poland and Russia, and commend ‘‘the efforts of President Roosevelt to devise A just and effective method for building up a strong merchant marine.” Oppo- sition is expressed to the ownership of railroads by Staite or Nation. The convention, by acclamation, nominated the following State officers Governor—Curtis Guild Jr. |ieutenant Governor—Ben 8. Secretary of State—William Auditor—Henryv M. Turner. Treasurer and thur B. Chapin. Attorney-General—Dana Malone, a streets, Blackmer of his ad- the

reduced suppression Pe ls >} are express sympathy re Draper, M. Olin.

| CITY LIGHTING PLANT. ' | It Will Be Considered at Busi- ness Men’s Meeting, The municipal, lighting plant question will be the principal topic for discus- sion at a meeting of the Affiliated Busi- Men's Association, which Will be at 1138 Chestnut Street Fridav night. It is expected that some action will be taken. Communications from City Comptroller and President O' Rejj- lv of the Board of Public Improvements telling $140,000 has not been xet aside for the establishment of ness held whit anni ill

of het mother, 3596 Laclede avenue. and that it is subjected to pernicious influ- ences, The application relates the circum- stances of Mrs. Dowda!! having recent- ly taken. the child from Dowdall while i corpus proceedings were pend- Judge Sale dismissed the habeas cor- us proceedings on account of Mrs. Sow I's action and declined to enter- tain @ motion for the modification of the decree, because it was not granted in his court. An order was issued by Judge With- row directing Mrs. Dowdall to have the _ in court at 10 a m. next Wednes- ROCKEFELLER IN MISSOURI? Reported Backing Syndicate Buying Joplin Land, Special to the Post-Dispatch. JOPLIN, Mo... Oct. o.-—The current here today that John feller is back of a big Rrabbed 202 arr

report is D>. Rocke- svndicate that has rich lead and gine producing land. The company tg bean Prospecting secretly for some time Rich strikes are reported. , Others attempting to lease property we ype ed that the syndicate had control 22 Joplin all land, which is just south se cecte or ebaecn hoes this a Fi Ything ever found In z= «af , sented, a municipal lighting plant will be pre- A resolution will be offered urging the pirblic officials to push the free bridge proposition and asking them the reason for the delay. The municipal garbage question will also be a principal topic for discussion and a resolution will be introduced in favor of the reduction plan against the incineration plan as ft is argued by cer- tain members that the reduction plan will be as cheap as the other Sugges- tions and the city will derive revenue from it, where the city would not un- der the incineration action. The Affiliated Business Mens’ Agso- ciation is composed of eight of the largest business men’s organizations in st. Louis. It is thought that the Eleventh Ward Improvement Associa- tion will file application for member- ship Friday night. + OCEAN LINER AGROUND. Passenzers of Bermudian Are Rescued by Tugs, YORK. Oct. 5.—The passenger Bermudian of the Trinidad tine round on Red Hook flate ua OK flats caved. : NEW ateimer which went a& today, can be The Bermudian, with passengers. Was bound muda when she grounded Hook flate, which on Red of her course, is : sof aiaer = Ov jermudtan’s known. EB dew off in four tug boats ang ona a several hundred iT} from RBer- How she got

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GIRL HOBO MOURNS HAIR SHE STORED IN HER PANTS POCKET Had Tresses Clipped and Wore Brother's Clothes to Get to Aunt’s Home When Stepfather Caused Her to Leave Terre Haute—Dodged Brakemen and Bribed One.

korced of her {home in Terre i home by the breaking Haute, Ind., seek her aunt in Reed Springs, | Mo., and having no money to pay her | fare, li-vear-dld Osha Mead, pretty and blue-eyed, had her long brown hair cut short, put on a suit of her brother's clothes, put her tresses in’the pants pocket, and started witl; him to beat their way on freight trains. ‘he tance ahead was 689 miles. treached St. tired and were arrested are at the Courts. up to with dis- They hungry, Four

Louis aud Osha is the daughter of Mrs. of 1615 Elm i lier father, George she was 4 vears old. jher mother married James R. Pruner 'Soon there was not enough at home for | Osha and her brother, William. - Osha’s aunt, Mrs. Lottie Howard of Reed Springs, wrote offering to care for the children. William made up his m(nd go. Osha wanted to go with him, but was told that he was going to beat Haute. when ‘Terre Mead, died ‘Three years later ner Street, his way. This did but she could not go girl's clothes. William suit of his clothes. She teok them, had her hair shtngled, and they started on their long journey, with but $2.6. They boarded gO, in a her desire to as a ‘“‘hobo” offered her not lessen

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last Tuesday morning and paid their way to Paris. Ili., about 4 miles. At Paris they spent 60 cents for lutich and waited in the railroad yards until! a west-bound freight train pulled in. There were only cattle cars in the train, and they climbed into one of these. Al Mattoon, fearing to ride farther lest a constable find them, they decided to leave the car when the train slowed up. William swung off sefely. Osha. unused to boy’s olothing, fell. She threw her body away from the wheels as she struck the ground and rolled down 4n embankment. She was unhurt and wulked with her brother into town. They pessed several men and talked with them, but Osha’s disguise was not detected. This Brakeman Grafted. To leave Mattoon they got into a coal car. It was raining, and before the train stopped long enough to allow them te crawl into a cattle car they were drenched. After they had entered the | cattle car they were found by a brake 'man, who threatened to put them off if tney did not pay him. ‘William gave

him a dime and offered him a =Ilarge krife. The brakeman accepted the money, nife. ched, eich they Carr street means of in The with

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reaching St. Louis Thursday afternoon. Their capital was reduced to 36 cents, and for bread and ham they cents more. On their way to Mountain freight ards they stopped by two polic@#men. 3 TORNADOES IN AND NEAR NEW OR MANY DEAD OR HUR - i el

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there. Although several deaths were report- ed in New Orleans immediately after the storm, investigation showed that probably not a life was lost here. Most of the injured persons were caught by the storm near Roberts street and the river front, where the Co- lurabia Ol! Mill and the Jefferson Saw Mill were badly damaged. A woman and child were injured when a house was blown down at irst and Magnolia streets, and a negro ifn Douglas Parish was reported to have been picked up bodily by the wind and earried several feet. He was badly bruised. The tornado entered the city near Audubon Park, having crossed the Mis- sissippi River from the farming country opposite that point. The wind was ac- companied by a low-hanging cloud and heavy rumble. It traveled northwest until it reached the best residence portion of the city in the vicinity of St. Charles and Napoleon averues. Here the damage was the lightest done in any part of the tor- nado’s course. From 8st. Charles the wind proceeded straight ahead to Ma- ringo, and Carondelet streets, where it veered sharply to the northward, and in this direction passed out of the city. The path of the tornado go Om ils € «el

inarrow zone was city was from 30 to 50 feet wide, strewn with bricks from demolished chimneys, detached ‘boards, upreoted trees, fallen telegraph | poles and an occasional roof. » ‘the ge 25 caused most of the injuries. e Iron | were lin the city was the fact When questioned, they said they were | 1 thelr way South, and Osha confessed | (y that she was a girl. Cattle Cars Jelting. In the Detention Room Friday Osha told of her impression of the journey. “We did not meet any real ‘hoboes.’ ”’ she sald, “and only one man beating this way. He got in the car at Mattoon, It's not such cattle cars. They smell were wet and hungry Belleville, and my in We reached riding jolt. when we brother did not stand the trip as wel] | very as I thought he would. He is nervous, and gets excited easily. “When I told mamma that I was go- ing to beat m& way to Aunt Lottie’s, she gave her consent, me to wear are about the same size, and they fit- ted me as though they were made for me. l had had fever some time be- fore and my hair was coming out, so I just went to a woman barber and had it cut close. I wish now nad it back on my head.” Her disguise as a boy was a good one. The trousers fitted her. and the jumper she wore made h/r look like a mintature trainman. Her soft voice made it difficult to pose long as a boy. She had intended to send for her own clothes when she reached Reed Springs, and had no girl's clothes with her. furnished By a young woman who heard her story. Osha applied at Mayor Wells’ Friday for transportation, presenting 4 ‘letter from the police asking that it be issued. Secretary McConkey Wrote a letter to Reed Springs, sceking to verify the story. If he finds ft is true he will issue the transportation, Ne says. In the meantime Osha will stay at the woman's lodge of the 8t. Louis Provi- dent Association, 1731 North Twelfth street. Her brother is at the men's lodge of the association, 173% South Eighteenth street. THIEF LEAPS TWENTY FEET. Negro Flees When Mrs. Scharff Turns On Light. Mrs. Adolph Scharff, wkKe of a whole- sale liquor dealer, had an exciting ex- perience with a negro burglar in her home at 4447 West Pine boulevard at 2:3) a. m. Friday. She was awakened by a noise in her roam and reached out and quietly turned the. electric switch, flooding the room with lighs. She saw a necro standing at the dresser ransacking the drawers, . evi- dentiv searching for her jewel case. She screamed and the burglar ran. He fied down Ue hall stairs, and haif way down leaped ® fect out of a side win- dow to the ground. The screams of Mrs. Scharff woke her husband, but by the time he got to the window the negro had d

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It was falling of these objects which feature of the disturbance that few per- sons within half a mile of the torna- do's path knew there had been a storm and the local Government Weather Bu- reau received the first intimation of a tornado from a newspaper r@porter. Forecaster I. M. Cline said the tor- nado was probably a local disturb- ance, Ruildings unroofed included the St. Tligabeth Convent on Napoleon ave- nue, the Mew Orleans Furniture Co. at the foot of Belle Castle street, the Jai Alai Roller Skating Rink, and the gas works at the corner of Pydras and Magnolia streets At the gas works a standpipe was blown down. . Other buildings damaged included the St. Stephens Roman Catholic Church, a market house in process of construction at Toledano and Saratoga streets, and the two mills previously mentioned. About 2% small houses and cabins were unsafe or blown down com- A peculiar rendered nletely. “BLIND” KELLY SPEAKS. Candidate for Prosecuting At- torney Addresses Meeting. A Demecratic mass meeting was held Thursday night at 8t. George Hall,

‘Third and St. George streets, which was lattended by upwards of 1000 voters, who office |

The clothes she put on Friday were |@ssembled to | William A. Kelly, listen to an address by or “Blind Kelly,”’ as he is hnown to his political friends. Kelly is a candidate for the office of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. He | has always espoused the cause of united labor. He spoke on the issues of the city and the Democratic party as op- posed to existing conditions. He was applauded at the end of his address. Kelly’s friends assert that his legal at- tainments have won for him the respect of the St. Louts bar and that if no out- side influences are brought to bear on the Democratic convention that he wil! receive such a vote as will convince the better class of St. Louls citizens of his fitness for the position, which he seeks, even if he does not get a majority of their votes. Kelly says that August A. Busch has camend te pay hie campaign expenses. TOOTH CAUSED DEATH Plyers Used, Fatal Cancer Fol- lowed Blood Poisoning. Special to the Post-IMspeteb. NEW YORK, Oct. 6—Unabdle to find a dentist, Frank Greenthaler, @ years old, of Guttenberg, N. J.. extracted an eaten I tooth with a pair of pl six mon ago. Blood potsoning ed, the doctors cured him, but a cancer de- veloped and fast night he died. G with ans.

i i _/_ — = Four Persons Are Reported Killed at Pont- chatoula, Fifty Miles From New Orleans — Tornadoes Travel Northward Through City and Along the Mississippi River. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. ot NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5.—A tornado passing through five" ~~ miles of residence and factory section of New Orleans today, in- ~ jured at least #@score of persons and, did fully $500,000 damage. There were at least three separate tornadoes in the vicinity of New Orleans, including that which struck the city. Be Half an hour after the tornado had left the city traveling in a northerly direction, a telegram from Hammond, La., 50 miles north of here on the Illinois Central Railroad, said that four per- sons had been killed in a tornado at Pontchatoula, a nearby town, Great property damage at Pontchatoula was also reported. A report was brought in from the neighborhood of Lake Pont- chartrain, outside the city limits, that many lives had been lost

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