Show INY ARE YET MISSING One Hundred and Twenty Persons Being Anxiously Inquired For SYSTEMATIC SEARCH MADE Work of Relief Being Rapidly Pushed Ahead I Continuous Rains a Great Drawback Draw-back to the WorUers Xnniher of Those Seriously Injured is Many Fold Larger Than Those Who Did Not Live to Survive the Awful Experiences of the Storm and Many of These Must Succumb to Their Injuries ST LOUIS June 1The work of clearing up the debris and repairing i the damage left by Wednesdays storm continues with unabated vigor despite de-spite a drizzling rain making it uncomfortable un-comfortable for workers and victims alike All day teams donated to the use of the storm sufferers helped many to move from their dismantled homes to places of security and shelter Great numbers are receiving at the relief depots de-pots food clothing and household necessities nec-essities that have been donated by the charitable of St Louis The best news of the day was that occupants of the demolished city hospital I hos-pital forty or fifty of whom were reported I re-ported still under the ruins last week are all accounted for A roll call disclosed I dis-closed this fact today I A list of 120 persons missing in St I Louis since the storm is in the hands I of the police Many among them are people from outside S1 Louis who were f visiting here or who had business in I r I town A search is being carried on I for all these among the ruins of I I wrecked buildings r MANY OF THE THOUSANDS I I I from the surrounding country who I i came to St Louis yesterday to see a great city partially destroyed by the i I I I storm have left for their homes but I hundreds still remain repain In East S1 Louis it is estimated that I at least 100000 people visited the ruins There was a terrible crush at the depots de-pots Sunday night when they started to return home The trains were inadequate I in-adequate to accommodate the multitude I multi-tude and many had to remain there I over night I I In East St Louis the work of relieving I reliev-ing the many homeless and destitute I persons is being carried on rapidly r and everywhere buildings are being I repaired and debris removed to facilitate facili-tate the reconstruction of residences I stores etc A official estimate of the loss to shipping has not yet been made and will not be made until the submerged t r boats have been examined The first estimate of 2000000 has dwindled down to less than 500000 and the I chances are that these figures will be reduced materially Five persons were certainly drowned and probably others I The continuous rains are a great drawback to the vigorous efforts that are being made to start the street lights lightsRETARDING THE WORK Supervisor of Street Lighting OReil ly says that the state of the weather was not only greatly retarding the work but is a menace to electricians j that they dare not tamper with recklessly i reck-lessly For this reason it may be weeks before the city is lighted as heretofore i I here-tofore The number of seriously injured is I many fold larger than those who did I not live to survive the awful experience exper-ience of the storm and that many of I them will succumb to the injuries in flicted1 is quite certain for each hour I the mortuary clerk is presented with new requests for burial permits Many animals of all descriptions were killed in the storm and their putrify ing bodies are becoming a menace to those living in and about THE DEVASTATED DISTRICTS These are being removed In the past few days 130 horses and mules and five cows have been carted away The bodies were mashed in every conceivable manner and were found in all kinds of places A similar work will be done in East St Louis where the numerous animals killed are becoming be-coming offensive Among the subscriptions received is one of ssoo from Cates Son Co of the National Bank of Scotland In London England and 1000 from Helen Hel-en M Gould The telegraph companies havE repaired re-paired the damage done their lines by Wednesdays tornado and are again handling the business of the public without delay delayHE THE MISSING Following is a list of persons reported report-ed missing in St Louis since the storm of Wednesday Charles and Eddie Appel 8 and 6 years Louisa Arnica j t John Brouthers J 1 i Henry Reichenbacher 1 C 11 Brown i I L John Bergest I Carl Brandenberger John Connelly Springfield I Alphonse Koening Earlington Ky I William Crooks Mamie Conrad Charles Coles William Cook Joseph Dorsey Joseph Detzer Mrs Florence Davis Stephen O Davidson > j t Philip Damat Wheaton Ill t I Jean Decker r I Fayette Eastman J I I Teleph Felb Edward Felb I 1 Henry Forfit Decatur Ill Jere Fruin Morris Fischer Hardin Ill Sidney Foster Mrs Gogar Hardin Ill Nancy Gingels Beaver Creek Ill Odolf Goodman Maggie Goodman L P Goodline Adolph Goodman Walter Gruenewald Maggie Hickey Jacob Harris j Isabella Home 1 J Charles Huss George Hess Joseph Heenan 5 George Howard Minneapolis Albert Hardy Logansport Ind E T Jean Bertha Jacobs J W Johnstot Samuel Jones Birdie Jacobs Jeremiah Ray recently from Belleville Belle-ville 111 4 vie Ill l Jenecks May Keiffer J t j iJ I i > Lizzie Keim Jfc 3 i Charles Keiffer i > 1 E F Kelley Chicago I J L Gerhardt Knoll Sadie Knrpper James Klein s Charles Anthony Lambkin Cincinnati Cincin-nati T nwtiCal Cal McCarthy James McClellan Vebster Grove Josie McCarthy Memphis Tenn G Meyer Hamburg I Joseph McLaughlin George Moser jj Dora Myers Chicago j tL i j I A J Indianapolis Neismger Indianapols t John OLeary f I William OMeara James OReilly J M Parker i Mollie Pauley Andrew P Probasco Mary Ridley Alton f I John Rose I John Raack I Ida Richards f Charles W Rutledge John Scott = Raymond Zeitner Peoria Ill J James H Smith H Charles A Sohoff Kate Schulter John Smith Lena Scanger Oharles Stein Reide Cincinnati August Schmidt Herman Mo F D StrudelS Strudel-S W Thompson Mollie Thurus M Mrs M Terrance > 11 I 1 I F H Woodell William Wind f Max Weis f f William Ward Louisville Ky Bertie Wetzel f Olga Wehrfritz Mary Wagner George Watkins St Paul l Minn Robert Wilson Oscar Whetsel John Wulfinger l Sim Woods John Young George Zeigler Frank Zalljigak jr Lizzie colored thought to be I under the ruins at > 2278 Russell avenue Chambermaid of the steamer f J I Odell iOdel Eleven persons names unknown supposed sup-posed to have beeh drowned on the i steamer Libbie Conger Carpenter of the steamer City of Vicksburg Four siihool girls supposed to be in the ruins of the Soulard market A SHARP DISAGREEMENT has arisen among the different members mem-bers of the relief Committee Many desire to ask outside assistance while others oppose it At a meeting of the executive comrnlfee e4th relief committee I com-mittee held today 1iuchime was given over to a discussion of the misunderstanding understanding that has gone abroad concerning the attitude of tire committee com-mittee on outside relief Dr Boyd was instructed to prepare a statement for the press that will make clear to the public and to the outside world the exact position of the committee on this question They will endeavor to show the gentlemen who called the meeting for tomorrow that at no time has any outside assistance ben refused when it was offered but they will strenuously oppose the issuance of any appeal from the city to the outside out-side world for help From a concensus of the opinions of the members of the executive committee it is the impression impres-sion of the men and women who have the work of relief in charge that St Louis is i perfectly justified in ACCEPTING EVERY KIND OFFER I of assistance With this end in view Secretary Morgan of the Merchants exchange has taken of care every check and draft arriving in the city from outside There are a number who believe an appeal should be made tp the outside world for help This is based largely on the assumption that the full reali ation of the enormity of the calamity which has overtaken the city has not I yet come to the people I i to find out just exactly what these gentlemen are going to do that we have appointed a committee to confer con-fer with them said Mr Spencer president presi-dent of the Merchants exchange We cannot afford to have any friction In the work of relief I am under the impression and so are my associates on the committee that the gentlemen I who sent out the mass meeting call have been laboring under a misapprehension misap-prehension From the tenor of the call they seem to think all offers of outside aid have been refused This was not contemplated when the word was sent out that St Louis is able to take care of her ow But St Louis cannot afford to go on record as egging eg-ging for funds We have nearly 112 000 collected already and it may get to 200000 long before that time we will have matters In shape to know approximately ap-proximately how much we will need If i becomes necessary to call for assistance from the outside we will do i but that is not yat apparent A Fruitful Theme CHICAGO June 1The St Louis disaster furnished the theme for many of the Sunday sermons in Chicago I Few of the ministers tried to explain I the phenomenon beyond natural I causes They stood appalled at the loss of life but tried to point out lessons of hope from the terrible slaughter I was the general verdict that the destruction de-struction was not a punishment for wickedness Dr H W Thomas of the Peoples church suggested that if punishment pun-ishment was dealt out in this manner for the violation of moral laws there would not be a large city in the world out of danger Reports were made by the ministers of various churches today regarding the damage to the different houses of worship The total reported was nearly near-ly 100000 The heaviest losses are Memorial German M E church 20 000 La Fayette Park Presbyterian church10000 La Fayette Park M E church 10000 Baptist Orphans home 3500 La Fayette Park Baptist church 6000 Aside from these a number of Catholic hurches were demolished or partly ruined The damage to S1 Peter and Pauls alone amounted to over 50000 Need of Help ST LOUIS June 1A mass meeting has been called for Tuesday afternoon to consider the advisability of appealing appeal-ing for outside aid for the relief of the storm sufferers The call was signed by prominent Germans South Broadway Broad-way merchants and citizens of the Continued on Page 2 > J IJ r MANY ARE YET MISSING Continued from Page 1 devastated portion of south St Louis I states that the loss of property is estimated es-timated at 20000000 that assistance i sorely needed and that the generous offers of this and foreign countries should not be declined Early this morning St Louis and East St Louis received a thorough drenching The storm came up from th southwest accompanied by low rumbling of thunder rand almost continuous con-tinuous flashes of lightning A few minutes later black clouds appeared in the northern portion and rolled up until un-til they covered the oity There was a strong wind though not appreciably a hurricane The elemental disturbance lasted nearly a hour and then became a drizzling rain |