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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1896
Page
3
A powerful storm ravaged St Louis and East St Louis, leaving a devastated district, hundreds killed or injured, and property losses estimated from 10 million to 39 million dollars. Ships, bridges, factories, and city buildings were wrecked, with rescue and recovery efforts ongoing as officials assess the total death toll.
A cyclone swept across southern Illinois from Centralia through New Baden and surrounding areas on May 28, killing dozens and injuring many. New Baden was wiped out with six houses left standing. thirty six lives lost. Other towns Irvington Richview Ashley Boyd and Dix reported blown down homes and fatalities. Widespread damage across Clinton Washington and Jefferson counties with numerous farm losses and downed wires. Across Pennsylvania Columbia suffered a cyclone with one killed and a trolley strike causing fires and injuries. Anderson Illinois saw $250000 damage and multiple buildings leveled including the American Scaffold plant. Thirteen killed in the Irvington Richview path and relief funds raised in St Louis.
A compilation of quotations from Henry Clay Lincoln Blaine Hamilton Phillips Calhoun and others critiquing money as debt free markets and banking power. The excerpts discuss legal tender money gold standard taxation progressive property, banks as dangers to republics, and the danger of concentrated financial power.
The piece argues for government control of telegraph facilities under the postal service and urges workers and reformers to back this move. It recalls Southern antagonism to a postal telegraph, praising Sumner and Waite for advocacy while highlighting Walter Clark’s decisive support in the South.
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