black clouds appeared on tire northern hori
zon and rolled up until they covered the
city. There was considerable wind, though
nothing at all approaching a hurricane or :
I 1 tornado. The elemental disturbance lasted |
for nearly an hour and th--n became a slow, •
drizzling rain, which had increased tr, a j
I downpour at 10 o'clock this morning. The :
< work of clearing away the ruins is being '
carried on in a. more systematic manner
today, but the rain makes the work all the '
more diflieult.
Mayor Walbridg’e Hnnped in Eflipy. 1
St. Louis, June 3,—Tho wrok of r.-i sng ,
anil distributing relief funds fi r th- torn.i- ’
do sufferers is floundering in municipal ;
politics.
Honest differences of opinion upon th" r
advisability and legality of ;.ppr->prfat r:g
city funds for roll, f have grown Into bitter r
political warfare. Mayor Walbridge, a.
possible candidate for governor, has rose- ■.
