St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 15, 1909

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‘\WIDE -AREA COVERED AM SWEEPS 7 KNOWN DEA Tennessee Towns Suffer Heav- ily, Villages Being” Wiped From the Map.

* Property Loss in the South _. Heavy—Cotton Crop Seri- _ ously Damaged.

» CITIES ARE ISOLATED

rebel to the Post-Dispatch. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 15.—Reports received today indicate that the storm that last night swept over Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia killed 16 persons * in Hamburg, Tenn., and. the town of | Denmark, Madison County, was practi- f + to loss of ae * «* we pin cally, wiped out, fire , completing the work of destryction. vDexun by. the yn ail wind. : The storm blew down telephone ard telegraph wires in the’three states and _ for hours many. cities were isolated, The loss of life will btedly be heavy, while the monetary e to buildings and crops will: probably run into the millions, As communication is re-estab- lished nearly every town reports one or twe deaths. ‘Belated dispatches reaching Memphis early today confirm previous reports as life and property damage As to the monetary loss: an accurate estimate is as .yet impossible because ot the. interruption of wire communica- Bee Coun , Terni, Matioee- rg pees

- pe ‘ appliances, ‘an ah . fort w Panta dat on tiie Se Mttle avail. to The last dispatches frorn ballet | told of the fire gradually burning itself . out. .Albert Barnes and. his child are known to havé been Killed. At Whiteville, a factory. and Mhurch building were wrecked. At Buford Station the Loutsvilie & Nashville dépot and freight _ building were destroyed and several other struc- tures badly. damaged. . . Near Mulberry the dwelling and farm’ houses on the plantation of Robert Mat- tow were demolished. At Wartrace, a negro settlement was leveled. ‘ ' Gibson, Stanton, Dyersbure and Mer- * oer are other towns in Tennessee re- porting minor damegge. The‘storm played havoc with planta- tion property, the wind tearing the frail farm. buildings to bits. Numberless trees _ were, up-rooted and the hail and heavy’ dowtipour of rain leveled vegetation. Tels e and. telegraph companies } suffe materially, long stretches of wire ee torn from their fastenings. Thomas Helm was killed at Mulberry, Tenn. 3 , $100 000 se eee in Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. .1b6.—Unroofea houses, leveled trees and shrubbery and broken windows aré the extent of the damage in the wake of the terrific wind and‘haill storm which swept over — and surrounding country early last nigit. So far as known no lives were lost. The property loss is vari- og estimated at frpm $90,000 to $100,- At the height of the storm ‘street car traffic was stopped throughout the city tnd Vive wires, broker by: the hail, were at and severe’ lied at Bast Make, a suburb, ”

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‘| NORTHWEST WINDS Br BIVE PROMISE OF SOME COLDER MGHTS; SKY 70 BE CLEAR eit ane erence THE TEMPERATURES.

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pgumneurt—Gemerally.. fair tonight and Sat- ba slightly cooler tonight. Tilin 18-~Generally fair gr de ane Satur- day; slightly cooler in er in south .porti BASEBALL TEAMS TRAIN FOR FINAL WORLD SERIES GAME 9 Injuréd Players Are. Anxious to Play it Last Contest fot the Championship. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 15.—This was a day of rest for the two contesting teams in the world’s championship se- ries, but ‘both’ teams spent the day in preparing for the crucial game of to- morrow, which will decide the baseball

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he able 4: play. tomorrew, as he fears the memory of the former clerk. aii, bmproved today, Tom Jones, |) ‘Sas the “most seriously injured - thed neck and spine, in- out to Béhnett Park; ok only the lightest kin} s’ physician ‘says he ‘does | Hroit first baseman, will

a. reaction; because of TORE restless- ness. ‘Georee: Moriarty and Cliaries Schmidt were able to get around with some agility arid’ are: confident they will be able to viy in the big, game. COURTS ADJOURN AS MARK OF RESPECT FOR OLD EMPLOYE Ruane of Edyjund P. Walsh Will * Take Place Saturday Morning. The judges of the St.’ Louis Circuit Courts met Friday and decided to adopt @ memorial of respect to Edmund P. Walsh, which will be spread upon the records of the courts. All of the courts adjourned in the afternoon in respect to

‘Mr. Walsh, who died Thursday at his ‘home, 3860 Laclede avenue, had been employed at the Courthouse in various capacities for 56 years. At the time of hie death he was chief clerk in the transcript: department of thé. Circuit Clerk's office. The funeral will be held Saturday, at , from St. Francis Xavier's Chureh to Calvary Cemetery. All judges of the St. Louis courts who can leave their benches will attend the funeral.

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Only Only Evening Paper in St. Lo Louis With the Associated od Press News ST, LOUIS, FRI 3, FRIDAY _ EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1% 3909; .

NOMA ATHLETE NLS. SELF IN HAILOAD DEPOT _ Margaret. McCghe, Prize Swim- mer and Rower, Ends Life by Poison. eee WAS PSYCHIC STUDENT Parents ‘Recently Found She Grew Melancholy Without Apparent Cause. concn By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dicpatch. NEW YORK, Oct. 156.—Margaret Mc- Cabe, an unusually pretty young wom- an of 24 years, killed herself early to- day in the Flatbush avenue station of the Long Island Railroad, in Brooklyn, by swallowing ‘poison. Miss McCabe had won many medals and cups for swimming, rewing and riding. She «was well-known on _ the bridle path in Central Park as one of) the “regulars,’’ and she was always well mounted on a fine looking chestnut horse. She lived with her parents at 266 East Eighty-seventh street. When the po- lice questioned them early today, both her father, Robert. McCabe, a_ retired business man, and Mrs. McCabe said the giri had no love affair, and thev knew of no reason why she should end her life. They sald she had made an extensive study of psychology, and that of late she had seemed melancholy’ without apparent cause. Appears at Midnight. It was midnight when the few attend- ants on duty in the Flatbush Avenue Station first saw the young woman. She was well dressed in a tailor-made suit of black and white shepherd’s plaid. She wore a big brown picture hat and dainty ‘high-heeled tent leather shoes. ‘Her. figure and walk attracted attention among. the persons: waiting for late trains. sne paced up and’ down’ nervously for: a short time and studied the time tables. on the walls. Then she wathee: litte abe washroom, re utes. Those "ct she ‘was deadly bale. - She igaton.a bench . ‘and. ‘her eyes closed. It lookéd as if she had dropped oft'to siéep. © ‘\After’a time one of ‘the men stepped. up to her. “Are you waiting for a train, Miss?” he asked. There was no reply. He shook her shoulder lightly and the | young woman’s body slipped from the bench and fell to the floor. Tore Up Last Letter. The odor of poison hung about her lips, but its exact nature has not been learned. In the washroom were the torn scraps of a letter,. which, when pieced together, proved to be addressed to Mrs. N. Lynch of 1465 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. Mrs. Lynch told policemen that Miss McCabe was at Mrs. Lynch's home with [ an engaged young couple Wednesday night. She asked leave to write four let- ters and leave them with Mrs. Lynch. The letters are there, and Mrs. Lynch gave them to the police. WOMAN HANGS SELF IN HOSPITAL Victim of. Nervous Disorder Uses Towel as, Noose. CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 15.—Mrs. 8S. W. Block, wife of a dry goods merchant at Galveston, Tex., committed suicide in the Jewish Hospital here: today by hang- ing herself with a towel from’ the transom of a bathroom. Mrs. Bloct: was in the hospital with nervous trou- ble. She was 38 years old, and a sister of Judge Harry’ Hoffheimer. ui | $OSOEHOOOODGS St. Louis merchants

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mortesge —_ in it. were | ‘'. 6 C “oat e aS i “t % a tak “ee 2 ¥ es igs ee f ny > a ’ = . * i . Sty he. : , fo 5 Ng ie Z > ae ¢ ° ee ¥ Buick car in the race, was Philip Goets. ae in a Moon car. it is & half-mi le track 86 feet wide, and was slippery with: raud, ‘The Moon car was about half a length ahead,”’ Ireland told a Post-Dis- patch reporter, get the inner rail.’ Just as we rounded the curve at the south end of the track, near the entrance to’the grounds, the Moon car skidded, and to avoid colliding with it I turned slightly toward the outer rail. A hind whee] of my car slipped in a muddy place, ana I found myself headed diagonally toward the fence. “There was a tree beside the fence, and I thought maybe I could hit that, I threw off the power and tried to steer the machine into the) tree.” “But it was too late. =f was going a mile a minute when I tried to make the turn, and the car was uncontrollable, It jumped into the air, turned, and the high seat hit the tree. I suppose that was what saved my life. I was thrown to one side. I don’t know whether the car or parts Of the fence hit Mrs. Sawade, but when I picked my- self up I ran te her and held her’ head up from the ground until others came. Then I went to look for Fred Murphy, who was in the car with me. He was all right.’ The ear ran 150 feet down an em- bankment. It was-a mass of wreckage. Before the race in which Mrs. Sawad: was killed, Ireland won a five-mile race and a 10-mile cross-country drive. Mrs. Sawade lived at 98 South Sey- enth street. She died in an automobile on the way to @ physician’s office, with- out recovering conscioysness. Miss Agnes Feiner, Miss Adelaide Kappesser and several other spectators were knocked down and slightly injured. The racd was a feature of Automobile Day at the St. Charles Centennial. Mrs. Sawade went to the Centennial! as a guest of her brother, John H. Ro- bine of 89 South Benton street, S8t. Charles. She will be buried in St. Charlies Sun- day afternoon, following services at the Robine home. , TAFT 1S SPEEDING ON WAY TO MEET PRESIDENT DIAZ Will Tell Residents of New Mexico That He Will Aid Statehood Efforts. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct. 16.—Presj-. dent Taft today is sveeding toward fF) Puso, where tomorrow he wil! meet President Diaz of Mexico, going later to Juarez to return the call and making his second trip into Mexico in the éven- ing to be the guest of President Diaz at a state banquet. , The Presitent’s travels today lead ham | out ‘of Arisona, where he has spent. two days and a half, into New Mexico, where he will carry to the people of that territory his message of sympathy in their struggle for statehood and his pledge to do what he can to see that statehood is granted in accordance with the promise of the Requniage nationa! platform. At Laguna, in New Mexico, the Presi- dent will stop for helf an hour to wit-

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“Will You"— Rumble! Crash! —Justice Has to Shout the Ceremony. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MACON, Mo., Oct. 15.—The Town Board president,. leading merchant. blacksmith and ‘about 200 others © of Anabel, Macon County, and thereabouts, assembled in the ‘waiting room of the little depot last night when the night operator, Weldon R. Holt, who was to be married to Miss Célyn Summers, a novelist and musician of Edinburgh, Ind. Holt went 6n duty at 7 p.m. The Denver train was scheduled for 7:30, and the cereniony Was to be performed Cirectly after it passed. The bridegroom gave the train clearance orders, smoothed his hair and’ stood in thé-wait- ing room beside His bride. Squire Mears proceeded with the ceremony—— “and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?” A freight train, stretching from Brook- field to Hannibal, it seemed, began’ to roar by. The bride's response was. in- audible above the clanging of the train. “What did you say to that, Miss,” asked the justice. He is a copscientious man and wanted to make sure, “IT gaid I WILL!” cried the young woman, red as a signal light. “Ah, yes—thank you! .I heard that,” roared the justice; Sameer eaae as these two ple have" The bridegroom’s head suddenly raised. “Just a minute,” he shouted. “Dis. patcher wants to know about second, 5.8 Proceedings were stopped while the operator hurried to his instrument: The crowd waited in silence, none daring to disturb the holy: calm, but the ‘frreve- rent freight train, which at last thun- dered through with a final snarl. The bridegroom returned to his plice. “..consented : together in holy wed- lock, and have—" A long shrill whistle was heard in the east. The third section of an. in- terminable ‘freight train was about to roll tn. “Great Scott!’ ejaculated the justice; ‘Don’t they ever stop? Where was I? OQ, yes. I ptenounce you man and wife, That's as good as a mile of talk, any-j} how. Now, let the trains howl—you're

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News Says Af ' t Planned Assassination at El Paso Meeting. a, t By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—The cob ii nal today tells of an alleged plot'in Chi-}

cago against President Taft and, Presi- dent Diaz at E) Paso, Tex., when. the 2

two meet tomorrow. The story says: “Chief Wilkie of the Secret . service Bureau bas assigned many detectives to

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Chicago to learn the identity of the sim oe selected’ to kill. the two presidents, “For the past two weeks, by the anarchist groups in every large city of ‘the country, but the assassina- | according to Government , tion plans, agents, were completed in this city. “Fourof Chief Wilkie’s men, disguised as laborers, attended the socialist meet- ing here last night at which the execu- | tion of Prof. Ferrer: in Spain was. con- demned:”’ | The Journal declares that escret Service men have been brought here from. Denver apd other cities to sen in the investigation and that others hare beén rushed to El Paso, It is asserted of the heads of the, two governments was at the advice of Cole: Wilkie. WORKER FOR LOCAL OPTION ' DROPS DEAD ELECTION DAY Contest’ in Missouri Town Too Much for Anti-Saloon League Man. Special to the Post-Dispatch: © : ‘MACON, Mo., Oct. 16.—Frank Smith, aged 56, secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of Macon County and also of the city, who was prominently work- ing in the cause of local option at the election today, dropped dead this morning, a cirect result of over-ex-. ertion. He had long been.® prominent gro- cery man of this place and stood high in the community. ‘The “dry” leaders: 4

are not hopeful of the result’ of the] ing election.

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