Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 49, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 May 1896 — Page 5

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MAN ABOUT TOWN.

The cyclones have been all around Terre Haute, but have not yet struck the city at least nothing the shape of a particularly destructive'tcfrnado has been here since the old Evansville & Crawfordsville depot was destroyed many years ago. Nearly everyone has come to believe that the city is protected against cyclones or tornados by the conformation of the land to the east and west of the city. In other words, that the bluffs diverts the storms from the city. Eight or ten years ago I printed this theory in a local paper as being put forth with much elaboration by a prominent old time citizen, who added to scientific knowledge his long personal experience with storms in this vicinity. I confess I was much impressed with the theory and for a few years watched the storms come up from the southwest and then pass around the city either to the southeast or the northwest. Then one day I happened to mention the theory to the old gentleman, thinking it would recall the interview I had printed. Much to my surprise he blurted out, impatiently: "That'sall fol de rol. I have heard that sort of talk for years and never bad any patience with it." He had forgotten the interview and I didn't remind him. Still, it is a reassuring thought that those bluffs are saving us from destruction. I think I shall cling to it closer now that I have seen what a tornado can do. I had read the stories of the fantastically destructive effects of cyclones and tornados and heard eye witnesses describe them but never fully understood the power of wind until this week when I saw the ruins in East St. Louis. One expects to see railroad cars turned upside down as a result of a wreck but the lifting of two or three box cars clear of the ground and setting them down agsin in another place some feet away, right side up with care, not even uncoupled, gives you a strange feeling, not unlike superstition. There wasawliole passenger train turned over, but not uncoupled, as if it had been carefully placed In position to give a new impression of the appearance of a passenger train. The Van dalia's two freight depots were merely a mess of debris. Often the pictures of storm Denes show parts of buildings standing. In East St. Louis the freight depots, hotels and other buildings were down as far as they could go, as if the pressure had been from above. In the business part of the city, which is two-thirds as large as Terre Haute, the buildings were not all down but all were damaged, more or less. An enterprising insurance agent put up a big sign the dtiy after the Iowa cyclone a week ago for tornado insurance. The mayor of East St. Louis owned six buildings. He concluded to patronize his friend, the enterprising insurance agent, and took a policy on one of his buildings. The building was the only one of the six not destroyed by the storm Wednesday evening.

The buildings totally destroyed in East St. Ijouis were not of a very high class and their actual loss will not be as great as reported. That the material loss will be very heavy is true but most of the structures totally destroyed can be replaced with bitter ones and at less than the old ones cost. In fact, the town will be a better built city in the end. The residence part of the city, that is where were located the residences of well-to-do persons, or the few rich who lived in the city, was not in the two or three miles breadth of the fury of the storm. It was not a cyclone, but was a tornado. It had the formation of a cyclone in the earlier stages. The wind blew In several directions and the clouds wer* moving back and forth and getting rea«Iy to le a "whirling fury." The resistance of the buildings of the two cities* prevented the completion of the cyclone. Had it not been that it was thus stopped, as It were, in five minutes more it would have been a "funnel fury" sure enough, and to spectators some miles away would have been a "cloud no bigger than a man's hand." The most reliable testimony is to the effect that there were three strong gusts which took down the buildings, the first being the strongest and coming from the southwest. The second was a minute or two later and the third a minute later than it. All the time, and indeed for twenty minutes, the wind was

J. FRED PROBST, 642 WABASH AVE

blowing a gale and the rain came down in blinding quantity. It came in such volume that its own weight striking the ground, buildings or wreckage added to the terrifying impression of the wind. Five Vandalia trainmen sought safety in the ashpit in one of the tracks near the round house. Two of them crawled under engine 182, one of the big engines of the road which was standing over the pit. The pit was soon filled with water and debris, and the men were bruised by the flying pieces of timber. A conductor who was in the party said that he kept close to the south side of the pit. which runs east and west, and that the debris passed over him striking the north side and rebounding on him. With the second gust the flying stuff came from the north, showing the changed direction of the storm. Freight cars standing near each other were blown in different directions which leaves no doubt that the wind was getting up the rotary motion incident of the cyclone. Engineer Jack Van Cleave was on Broadway, one of the main retail streets, and thinking the storm was to be but a squall went into a store the doors of which were quickly shut and barred to keep out rain and wind. Mr. Van Cleave looked through the glass doors and saw buildings falling and then for the first time realized the danger, but the building he was in did not go do wn. Engineer Collar, of Effingham, was in the house where he rooms and when the house was blown away he found himself half running and half being carried along. He doesn't recall what happened but he found himself lying on his face under the viaduct in the approach to the bridge some distance away. Every round house in East St. Louis was blown away leaving the engines exposed but comparatively uninjured. A novel sight was a big pile of ice as it was packed in an ice house. The house was utterly removed the stacked ice resembling, at distance, a big exhibition of the stone masons art.

The Vandalia was the first company to send a train over the river after the storm. No. 21, which is the train that passes here at 2:20 in the afternoon for St. Louis, had arrived a few miles this side of East St. Louis at the time of the storm, and of course could not cross the Eads bridge Indeed, the train could not reach the bridge by a mile or more because of the wrecked freight cars on the tracks. About midnight the alert Vandalia people leanxed that the Merchants' bridge, which is the new railroad brjdge up the river a few miles above the Eads bridge, was clear, and No. 21 went over in a hurry Later in the night No. 11, which is the fast mail, got over, and in the morning the east-bound trains were started out on something like regular schedule. They came up to the junction at Venice over the Merchants' terminal line that runs up and around to the new bridge and then at this junction, which was the nearest point where the telegraph service was effective, Superintendent Miller, Trainmaster Raidy and other officials and the train dispatchers were present all day getting things into shape. The dispatchers, including Charley Riehle and John Davis, of this city, were moved from St. Louis to Venice. John Davis, who like Mr. Riehle formerly lived here and probably will again soon, climbed over the Eads bridge Thursday morning on the ties of the railway His house in St. Louis was badly damaged, but no one was injured.

The Vandalia had two long freight depots on the river front alongside the bridge One was for inbound freight and the other for outbound and in one of them were the offices for the clerical force of the East St. Louis agent, Mr. Creveling. It was here that the most lives were lost among Vandalia employes and among those killed there was Joe Frank, the yardmaster. He had called to some one to go with him out of the building when the storm was approaching, fearing it was not a safe place, but he did not get out in time. Frank had been with the Vandalia thirty years and was known to everyone in St. Louis and liked by all. Everywhere the next day the town people were mourning the death of "poor Joe Frank."

Lumber and building material was ordered by Supt. Miller before 7 o'clock that morning and orders given to work day and night to replace the depots. Orders were sent here to send to East St. Louis the freight clerks who recently had been laid off and for other help. Mr. Miller had gone with the wrecking train to East St. Ixmis with a large force of men, some of whom were telegraph linemen. The others were soon at work under Mr. Will McKeen's direction removing the wreckage. Then the Panhandle division was called upon for men and appliances and by night the Vandalia was ready to do business in East St. Ixmis. The road is fortunate in being the only east bound line which has a freight depot in St. Louis which fact enabled it to start its freight trains early in the day. Mr. W. W. Ray, chief train dispatcher, had his men at the Venice junction busy with what wires could be used and engines were brought out from East St. Louis to be constantly in readiness to take out trains which might be brought over from St. Louis. Mr. Ray had managed the night before to get infor-

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mation that his family were uninjured and Mr. Miller had learned that those dear to him had- escaped. Mr. Downing, engineer of maintenance of way, had received a message that his wife and children escaped but he did not learn until the next morning that his house had been wrecked. Mr. Creveling, the long time agent at East St. Louis, found his beautiful home in St Louis ruined. A Vandalia train dispatcher crawled over the bridge two hours after the storm and made his way to Venice. The railroad wire out there was the only one working east that night and a Chicago newspaper telegraphed to this city to get permission to use it. That dispatcher said he would not make the trip again over those railroad ties on the bridge for ten Vandalia roads.

Nothing has been heard lately from the glass manufacturers of the gas district who are seeking anew location but this does not mean they are not in search of cheap fuel and good shipping facilities. As a matter of fact they are on more or less of a still bunt. Their purpose is to buy several thousand acres of.coal land on which they will build their factories and create a model manufacturing town. It is not likely, therefore, that they would ring bells and, sound gongs while trying to buy the available land.

It has been demonstrated that the running races could have been held during the week of the Travelers Protective Association without inconvenience to the T. P. A. visitors. The objection was that the visitors to the races would occupy so much of the hotel accommodation that t|e T. P. A. guests could not be made comfortable. Doubtless there were not more than twen-ty-five guests of the hotels brought to the city by the races. The gathering of several hundred running horses does not bring the men that would accompany as many trotters. The trotting meetings attract gentlemen who spend several days in the city, stopping at the hotels. The strangers who come to see the runners were here but for part of a day and the owners and trainers boarded at the fair grounds with Mrs Boyce. _v "VhJ

The bicycle bell is not for the benefit of the pedestrian it does render a slight service to the wheelmen by signaling to one another. That is what a wheelman said The bell confuses the pedestrian, especially at night, and he or she is more likely to get in front of the wheel than if the bell hacf not been sounded. At best the bell is to warn the pedestrian to get out of the way of the wheelman and my wheelman friend asks why the law should not require the' wheelman to get out of the way of the pedestrian. The point is well taken. Th$ wheelman can avoid the pedestrian easier than the pedestrian can avoid the wheelman. Let the pedestrian proceed with the idea that he has the right of way and the wheelman will pass to one side of him. If he does not let him be fined. I think the great majority of wheelmen who are not cranks will endorse this solution of the problem offered by a wheelman. The reckless, smart fellows who want to fight for some' imaginary right—well, it doesn't matter whether or not they indorse it. In fact, it would be a good thing to fine all of them. I have noticed that these smart people have been doing more scorching'/, and trying to have fun ringing bells sinc£ the ordinance was passed, as if they would show their defiance. Terre Haute is not so populous that offenders of the law may escape arrest by scorching away from an officer. They can be identified and prose cuted althought not caught in the act.

Marriage by Tbeosophy. Claude Falls Wright and Miss Mary K. L. Leonard, two of the best known members and lecturers of the Theosophical Society, were married last week in New York according to Egyptian rite. In one sense this was unnecessary, for Mr. Wright declared he had known his bride for some 5,000 years, having frequently lived with her in the marriage relation in previous' incarnations. In this incarnation, how-* ever, he first saw the young woman in dream when he was four years old, and he has had visions of her ever since, thougtf the first time he met her was at Chicago in 1892. The ceremony would take too long to describe, but the following paraphernalia were used among others—a green sphinx, a seven pointed electric star with yellow at the center and violet at the points, a "Tree of Life," a purple velvet heart inscribed with mystic legends, an audience and mysterious music belonging to the rites and magic of antiquity, and a system of color in the matter of costumes and decorations "to start vibrations that will be far reaching in their effect and beneficial to all concerned." Mr. Wright is described as a blood-red whiskered enthusiastic Theosopbist, twenty-eight years old, five feet five inches tall, and weighing 185 pounds. His wife is twenty-four years old, and has been with the society for five years. Recently she has been traveling' through the New England states on lecture tours, and is the originator of the Brother^ hood suppers, at which Theosophists entertain their friends and discuss the principles of the society with them. Moreover, she says there is no doubt that at some previous incarnation she was a man.

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY BVBSrXG MAIL, MAY 30, 1896.

Pure Rye.

All Are Med

To make their headquarters next week at Dahlen's Music Store, No. 002 Main street.

Washburn Mandolins and ftuitars can be had only at R. I)ahleu\s Music Store, No. 602 Main street.

Willis Wright No. 424 Main street, is sole agent in this city tor the greatest bicycles on earth, the Columbia and Hartford. See him before baying a wheel.

NO. MAIN STREET.

Underwear Sale.

Underwear

50c A SUIT.

Schliier & Fonlkes,

^31 Wabash Ave.

Fancy Fruits at Eiser's.

I am closing out my present ^stock of Lamps to make room for a new line, and am making prices the lowest ever known. If you want a bargain in a good Lamp at a low price come and see me.

GEO. J. HAMMERSTEIN, 207 Main Street.

Refrigerators Rubber Hose,, Bicycles. W. D. Morris & Co. 421 Wabash Ave.

Always on Top.

Ebel's directory is like Terre Haute, always on top. Improvements come with each issue. The new one will be larger, better and handsomer than ever. It is a great advertisement of the city. The business public make it possible for the directory man ta keep up and ahead of the times. See that your ftftme is among the list of patrons,

If you do not call at 1105 Wabash ave. for your next pair of tan shoes, you will make a mistake.

MANTELS.

A complete line of beautiful Wood Mantels at Finkbiner Duenweg's.

The finest line of Haviland China dinner sets at Geo. J. Hammerstein's, 907 Main street, ever shown in the city, and at the lowest prices ever offered.

Go to 1105 Main for bicycle shoes.

"Big Four" to St. Louis, "Mo Tunnel Route." The National Republican convention will be held in St. Louis June 10, 1896. There will be many thousand people in thats city on that occasion. The "Big Four" offers to the public the most comfortable and luxurious line to St. Louis, with elegant through Wagner sleeping car service and unexcelled dining car service from New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Washington and all eastern and southeastern cities. Trains leave Grand Central station, New York Central Union station, Cincinnati, making direct connection with all southern lines without transfer and arrive St. Louis over the new Merchants' bridge, avoiding the disagreeable tunnel* -.Jd, it E. E. SOUTH, Gen. Agt.,

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D. B. Martin, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agent, E. O. McCormick, Pass. Traffic Mgr., Cincinnati, O.

Tan shoes at HO'V Wabash ave.

The City Directory.

Ebel & Co.'s twelfth issue of the Terre Haute city directory will contain all the old features that were good and new ones will be added. No place of business will be complete without a copy. A city map, with ward boundaries and voting precincts, will also be added.

The finest line of Haviland China dinner sets at Geo. J. Hammerstein's, 907 Main street, ever shown in the city, and at the lowest prices ever offered.

Refrigerators.

Geo. 8. Zimmerman has a large stock ot Refrigerators which he is sailing at very low prices.

H&ye you tried Taylor's tail shoes?

T. J. GRIFFITH'S PALACE SHOE STORE

Reports good sales this spring. We are selling a beautiful dark tan shoe for geiats at $2.00 & custom^ made shoe, Packard's make, at $3.00. To see these goods convinces anyone. Ladies' Hauslet kid, dark» shade, lace, new McBeth toe and tip, turn and welt, at $3.00. A gem of a shoe for $2.50 a very fair sb'co

for $L25. Our Misses' and Children's razor toe, even for the babies, are pictures indeed. Give us a calls 4 and we will thank you.

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T. J.ljRIFFITH, Proprietor.

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All kinds of linings for grenadines, organdies, etc.

ALL WOOL BLACK SERGES.

36 inch, nice quality ,m- ajjc 45 inch serge, 50c elsewhere, here 40C 45 inch black Clay serge, fine quality, only 50c Same in navy blue -.r 5c

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Prices Lower than Ever Before.

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