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THE WORST IN YEARS.Eight Vessels Driven on to

the Shore at Chicago.

TEN MEN GO DOWN TO DEATHM0..r

Before the Eyes of Hundredson Michigan Boulevard.

RECKS STREWN FROM GLENCQE'

To South Chicago a Distanceof Over Forcy Miles.

LONG LIST OF CASUALTIES.

Chicago, May IS.—The storm whichtoday swept Lake Michigan was themost disastrous of recent years. Eight

vessels were driven "ashore within thecity limits of Chicago. Out ot their

crews ten men are known to bedrowned, and in every instance boat

md cargo are utterly lost.One schooner, the Myrtle,was wrecked

just outside the government pier,within> half-mileof Michigan boulevard, and

six men of her crew went down to death

inplain view of the hundreds of peoplewho lined tho boulevard walks orWatched the awful storm from the win-Sows of the big hotels which overlookthe harbor. The wrecks extended fromUleneoe, on the north, where the Lin-coln Dall went to pieces, to South Chi-cago, an air line distance of forty miles.

Followiug is the list of wrecks as fai-

ls known at 10 o'clock tonight:

Schooner Lincoln Dall, 100 tons, driv-en ashore at Gleucoe, eighteen miles

north of Chicago.

Schooner Myrtle. 107 tons, wrecked atfoot of Harrison street.

Schooner Jack Thompson, of Chicago,

I'M tons, wrecked off Twenty-fifth

Schilmer Evening Star.of Milwaukee,EO3 tons, wrecked off Twenty-seventhUtreet; crew rescued.

Schooner Mercury, of Grand Haven,

EIS tons, wrecked off Twenty-seventhStreet; crew rescued.

Schooner J. Loomis McLaren, of Chi-cago, 272 tons, wrecked off fweuty-Beventh street.

Schooner Rainbow, of Milwaukee, 243lons, wrecked offTwenty-second street;crew rescued.

Schooner C. J. Mixer,of Chicago, 279tons, wrecked off One Hundredth street;crew rescued.

Unknown schooner, ashore nearSouth Chicago.

The fatalities are:ANTONIO GUNDERSON, of Man-

istee, seaman schooner Lincoln Dall,drowned while attempting to reachphore.

CHARLES CAUTLERS, cook onichooner Jack Thompson, resided inChicago, washed from a rope wuile at-tempting to reach shore.

JOSEPH SPOLAN. Sturgeon Bay,mate of J. Loomis McLaren, struck andkiled by the tow post, torn nut when thevessel broke away from a tug.

Entire crew of the Schooner Myrtle,six men.

THOMAS KELSO, fisherman, washedoff the govern pier and drowned.

The first vessel to go ashore was thetwo-masted schooner Jack Thompson.The boat came from Garden Bay,Mich.,and arrived off the breakwater early inthe afternoon without a pump working.A lugmade its way to her side, and of-fered her a line, but the captain refusedit, intending to

SAILINTO THE HARBOR.The task whs too much for him, how-

ever, and before he was fairly into theharbor he lost control of his vessel,which crashed into the Rainbow, carry-ingaway the bow of that boat andsmashing a great hole under her ownbowsprit. She drifted rapidly south, apitiable wreck. The anchor was thrownout, and for a time held fast, but break-ingout of the soft bottomof the harbor,this only hope proved ineffectual, andagain the Thompson swept toward theShore broadside. She struck bottomeighty feet from shore. The men wererescued by a lifeline thrown by the life-saving crew.

The schooner Mercury, of Ludington,Mich., was wrecked off Twenty-seventhstreet. An effort was made to tow herinto the harbor when she neared thebreakwater, but the wind and waveswere too strong.

The Evening Star and Jack Thomp-son were already grinding to pieces onthe breakwater, and thousands or peo-ple stood on the beach watching them.As the Mercury came nearer, her crewcould be seen huddled together in thebow. They were frantically wavingtheir hands to tho people on shore.When the schooner finally sliuck, anattempt was made, but in vain, to get aline to the crew. Then one of the sea-men on board. Tom Thurston, jumpedfrom the vessel to some floating lumber,and, after several times going uuderthe heavy breakers, was finally takenashore. Two others took the samechances and got safely to shore. Aline\u25a0was finally thrown from shore to thevessel and made fast. The crowd ashoreheld ittight, and, one by one. the fourmen, almost exhausted, climbed and

SLID to safety.

The last man, Ed Sterling, was abouthalt way down the line when the ropebroke, and dropped him into the waterand among the lumber floating aboutnear the breakwater. Several personsrushed to his rescue and he was carriedto shore amid the wild cheers of thecrowd.

The schooner Lincoln Dall, Manistee,was driven ashore at Uiencoe,and AntonGunderson, one of the sailors, wasswept board and drowned. Afterseveral hours of weary waiting the restof the crew was rescued by members ofthe Evansion life-saving crew. Whenthe life-saving crew finally arrived thewrecked sailors were well nigh ex-hausted.

The life boat was finally draggeddown the steep bluffs which line thelake at Glencoe aud the men broughtoff.

The wreck of the Rainbow, a lumber-laden schooner from Racine, occurredlate in the afternoon, and was markedby the heroic rescue of her crew whenabout allhope of saving them had beenabandoned. She had thrown out heranchors aud tried to ride out the storm

froma position just south of the gov-ernment pier. The gale was too strongfor her, and at 3 o'clock she began todriftrapidly southward, dragging heranchors as though they were nothingbut fish-hooks. Seeing that her destruc-tion was inevitable, for she had left buta few tattered rags of canvass, insuf-ficient to give her steerage way againstthe gale, the

life-saving crewloaded their life line apparatus upon aflat car of the IllinoisCentral railroad,which runs close to tho water's edge,and kept pace with the doomed vesselas the wind drove her southward. Offthe foot of Harmon court the car wasstopped, the cannon tired, and the life-line misled the boat by thirty feet. AtTwelfth street another shot was fired,with the same poor result. At thispoint the tug Spencer, which had wal-lowed its way through the giganticwaves, managed to run up close to theRainbow and throw tier a line. Itsnapped like tow, but a second held,anu lour of her crew of seven men werehauled aboard the tug. The schoonerwas now so close to the breakers thatthe lug dared follow her no longer,and steamed away. The life-saving crew on the fiat carkept even with the boat as she rolledaround, and tried again and again tothrow a line across her, but failed everytime. At Twenty-tilth street the sailorscut loose on a small raft they had made,and Will/am 11. Uavill,a young elec-trical engineer, was held with a line andswam out to it, then about eighty feetIrom the shore. The lumber trom theRainbow's deck load was tossing on thewaves, and the young fellow, at theimminent risk of being brained by somefloating plank, was a long time inreaching the raft. He finally made hisway to its side, and called to Capt. JohnPew to jump overboard. Pew obeyed,Havillcaught him and the two menwere hauled ashore. A negro namedE. J. Willisswam out in like manner,and

SAVED ANOTHER MAY.This lett but one mail on the raft, and

Havill was taken on the flat care oncemore and carried two blocks south towhere ithad drifted, and again swamout and brought off Jacob Knudson, asailor livinginRacine. Botiimen wereutterly exhausted and were taken toMeicy hospital, where Pew. who is iv acritical condition from chill and ex-posure, had preceded them. The vesseldrifted ashore and was ground topieces. The McLaren was ground topieces 100 yards from shore. Her crew,commanded by Capt. K.Johnson, wassaved by the life-saving crew, thelast of them being taken off at8 o'clock, tonight. Her mate, JosephSpolau, was killed by the breaking ofa tow post. The body is stillamong tiie timbers of the vessel. Oneof the most exciting features of thestorm was the imprisonment of twenty-seven who were working on the waterworks cribs of Lake View one milefrom shore. Their only shelter wasa timber tower elected on the crib, anduntil that washed away at 2 o'clock thisafternoon the men were not believed tobe inany danger, ll was a close ques-tion for them, however, after that time,

as the water went over the criu againand again in blinding sheets. Crowdsof people lined the shore anxiouslywatching the crib, from which

A DISTRESS SIGNALfluttered at various limes during theafternoon. Tne contractors madefrantic efforts to get the men away, andottered the tug companies any amountof money to make the rescue, but thelug men said it would be useless tomake the effort, and would result onlyin the loss of a tug without saving themen. As night fell the men ou the cribhung up a red lantern, which was burn-ing steadily at midnight, and as thewind is gradually dyiug down itis be-lieved that all ot them willbe rescuedearly tomorrow mornin_.

The Myrtle, on which the principalloss of life occurred, not a single manof her crew of six escaping, was water-logged when she appeared off the harborin the afternoon. She attempted toanchor but was driven before the galeand struck the schooner Evening Star,which up to that time had been safelyriding at anchor. The Myrtle's jibboombroke off. and drifting awayfrom the Evening Star she struckthe schooner Gilford, and herbows being stove in she began to sinkrapidly. She drifted out to sea. hercrew being plainly visible as they werehuddled together on top of the cabin.One was washed away; a heavy wavebroke over her again and only threewere visible. One of them jumped ona plank and floated inclose 10 the break-water, where he lost his hold and wentdown. The two men on the boat wentdown with her. lt is known that thecaptain of the Myrtle was named Wil-son, but nothing more is knowu of thecrew

THE KUNKLE TORNADO.

Four Are Dead and Three Fa-mily Injured.

Toledo. Ohio, May 18.— The revisedlist of dead and iujured by the Kunkletornado is four dead and three fatallyinjured These are: Martha Daso.skullfractured. Charles Moore, twenty-fiveyears, both hips dislocated, several ribsbroken and internally injured. Mrs.Ella Moore, his wife, serious injuries tothe body. These three are all expectedto die. Besides these casualties. Mrs.Ella Evans, who lives a mile east of thetrack of the tornado, is missing. Shestarted from Kunkle for home an hourbefore the tornado struck, and has uo.tbeen heard of since. One of the mostgrueseme incidents was the finding of agory human heart lying in the ceme-tery between two overturned tomb-stones. Itbelong to Mis. Barrett, whosebody was torn to pieces and distributedover threo forty-acre fields. The tor-nado passed through only the southernedge of the village, levelingeverything between the tracks ofthe Detroit division of the Wab-ash, which passes . through thevillage. Much small damage wasdone to the houses in other parts of thevillage, however. Had the storm gonefurther north, it would have utterlywined out Kunkle,and killedthe greaterpart of the people. aKB

IN TWO STATES.

Wisconsin and Michigan SufferSeverely From the Storm.

Chicago. May 18.—Dispatches frommany points in this section show thatthe ereat storm of yesterday and today

was geueral, and a great detail of minordamage has been done. Along the lakeshore, both in Wisconsin and Michigan,the storm was one of unprecedentedseverity. Itis feared that many seri-ous marine disasters are yet unre-ported. .

Michigan City, Ind., reports twoschooners driven ashore. The crewswere rescued.

Green Bay. Wis., reports steam bargeEdwin S. Tice driven ashore, but' crewsafe. Much minor damage ou shore. i

A dispatch from Latnoui, 10., reportsa severe cold wave and •probable dam-age to crops. -._'••' "jfp:\;

At Moawequa. 111., the mercurydropped fifty degrees in twenty-fourhours, and farmers fear much damageto crops.

At Springfield, aud other points In

central divisionof the state, a similarcondition is reported.

Laporte, lud., reports a cyclone nearKingsbury, which did much damageand killed Henry Sprigel.

LOST ON LAIC!:* ERIE.

Reported Sinking of the Coloradoand All Hands.

Port Huron, Mich., May IS.—

Aheavy north gale is blowing. Theschooner William Shupe, owned byCapt. Little, of this city, is reportedwaterlogged off Port Sanilac. The tugThompson attempted to reach her thisafternoon. After steaming against thewaves fur two hours the captain wasunable to reach the schooner untilmorning. The crew Is in the rigging.It was reported here today that tne pro-peller Colorado, owned by Bat-ford &Co., of this city, was lost on Lake Eriewith allhands. The Colorado left hereWednesday with grain forBuffalo. Herowners have received no news concern-ing her loss, and discredit the story.

Schooner Ashore.Alpexa, Mich., May 18.—A snow

storm and northeast gale have prevailedall day. The tug Maxwellhas returnedfrom the schooner Ishpemiug, beingunable to handle her iv the gale. It isfeared she will be driven ashore. TheAmerican Union is still on the reef atThompson's harbor. Her crew and thetugs have been drivtn from her by thestorm. Tiie tug John Owen lost a4,000,000-foot raft above Presque Islethis afternoon. The logs belonged toAlbert Pack, of Alpena.""

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A Destructive Breeze.SnEBOYGAX, Wis., May 18.—Asevere

storm accompanied by a terrificwindstruck this city today. The three-masted schooner Surprise, of Chicago,lies ivLake Michigan, one and a halfmiles off this port, pounding iv a fear-ful sea. ifher anclur chains break,she willbe wrecked on the beach. Tele-phone, electric light and telegraphwires were blown down, small build-ings were wrecked, and several peopleinjured by flyingdebris.

Frye Frozen Out.Cincinnati. 0., May 18.—Gen. Frye's

industrial army, which reached the out-skirts of the city today, has asked per-mission to hold a mass meeting in 'thecity, throuxh a local labor committee,but the mayor is opposed to their estab-lishing a camp in the city limits,andalso to the holding of a meeting. Hehas given orders that the army get awayas soon as possible.

Went un the Beach.Chicago, May 18.—The schooner C.

G. Mixer, with a cargo of cedar ties,was driven past Chicago harbor andwent on the beach at One Hundredthstreet. The Mixer struck the beachabout 3 o'clock, aud the life-savingcrew at South Chicago were immedi-ately nolilied of the wreck. Therewere seven in the crew and it wasdark before the last was rescured.

A Drifting schooner.Racine, Wis., May 18—The schooner

Newlaud, whiclicame to anchor in thebay early today, broke her chains audis now drifting up the lake, and steer-ing badly. Itis learned she has passedWaukeean, but itis feared she willgoashore before reach Cnicago.

First Boat Out.DuLUTir,Minn.,May 18.— The steamer

losco left the port of Duluth this morn-ing, the first boat iv forty-eight hours,owing to the hitch sea of the past twodays. The water in the bay has risentwo feet, causing two sawmills to shutdown.

Heavy Mall storm.Rattle Creek, Mich., May IS.—Re-

ports arriving from northern Calhounand southern Barry counties state thatthe hail storm broke windows innearly

very farm house, trees being strippedof foliage and crops ruined.

Took a Two-Mile Strip.

Hillsdale. Mich., May IS.—The hailstorm took a strip about two and a halfmiles wide, and there is scarcely a paneof glass left in the houses in its course.Much damage was done to crops. .<;'•

Female Coliegs Burned.Hillsboro, 0., May 18.—The main

building of the Hillsboro female collegeburned today. Loss, $40,000; insurance,$10,000.

--'Raging Snow Storm.

Kiel,Wis., May 18.—The worst snowstorm of the season is raging from thenorth. Snow has fallen to a depth offive inches.

Falling Fast.Whitehall, Mich., May 18.—Snow

is fallingrapidly here. The weather isgrowing older. BES

Blinding snow.Otsego Lake. Mich., -May 18.— A

high northwest wind and blinding snowprevail here. _

IDAHO INDUSTRIALS.

Judge Riner Orders. Their Re-moval From Wyoming.

Green River, Wy6;, May 18.—JudgeRinfcr.accoiupaniedby United States At-torney Fowler, arrived from 'Cheyennetodayto give a hearing to the Idaho in-dustrials. Supt.Mallery.of the Wyomingdivision of the Uuion Pacific, has re-ceived a message saying that about fortyindustrials got aboard an east-boundfreight train ai Echo, Utah, today.They were sidetracked and left.Deputymarshals have been sent fromEvanstohto prevent them from getting on othertrains. Judge Riner ordered the re-moval of the prisoners to Idaho forth-with. Two companies were detailed asan escort, and they left ou a specialtrain forBoise at 3 o'clock.

TO MEET INMINNEAPOLIS.Labor Bureau Officials WillHold

a Convention There Next Year.Washington, May 18.— The officials

of labor bureaus who have been holding

a three days' convention here finishedtheir work today and adjourned, to meetinMinneapolis next year, the date to behereafter settled upon. A resolutionwas adopted calling attention of stateauthorities to the -e.irability of havinginvestigations conducted into the wholesubject of taxation witha view to se-curing a more equitable system.

Iron Works Closing Down.Pittsburg, Pa., May 18.—Owing to

the coal strike, the Pittsburg wireworks at Braddock have closed down,throwing 450 men out. Furnaces Iand8.. of the Carnegie plant, banked downon Tuesday, were blown out yeste rday.About 550 men are thus idle. Thelack of coal also closed jdown the

iDuquesne forge at Rankin last evening,Iand 200 men are idle there.

ROPES ABOUT THEIR NECKSTHRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A PARTY

OFDULUTHIANS.

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All Badly Beaten— Attorney CookEscapes at the Point of a PistolRopes Put About. the Necks ofTwo Others -The Mayor ofTower Prevents a Lynching—by Homesteaders.

Dulutii,May 18.— attempt wasmade at Tower this morning to lynchHarryMcc, a Duluth land attorney, anda party withhim. The attempt is theresult of the bitter feeling which hasexisted for some time between settlersand tiiubermen. The settlers havealleged that Duluth attorneys weremaking contests against their home-stead filings, either to levy blackmail orto force them to give up theirclaimsto wealthy lumbermen. Mcc has beeninterested inmany of these contests.andthere has been

'a particularly bitterfeeling against him. There have beenfrequent threats of violence, but that oftoday was the first outbreak. With Mccwere W. H.Cook, who has made a rep-utation as a con tester in cases con-ducted by Mcc, and Finley Morrison,who has represented the lumbermen innumerous contests. The party wasattacked this morning by 100

'menled by Mike O'Keefe. • All

' werebadly beaten. Cook, who was the only

one armed, forced his way throughthe crowd at the point of a pistol andlocked himself in the baggage car. of a.tram made up tor Duluth. The crowdtook Mcc and Morrison, put ropesaround their necks and would havestrung them up but for the interventionof Mayor Shepard, whe induced thecrowd to desist. Mcc and Morrisonwere dragged to the depot aud put onboard the traiu for Duluth. Mee's in-juries are serious.. -

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WILL SLHEP IN A BARN."

The Coxey ites rented Well by.- Lake City People. •\u25a0'.•'*

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Special to the Globe. 7Lake Citr, Minn., May IS.—A por-

tion of the Minnesota contingent ofCoxey's army, under command of••lien." Wilson, -.arrived at CentralPoint, a mile above here, last evening.They were escorted through the citythis afternoon by the" city officers to thestate militia grounds, where they will-stop over night. They- willsleep in the ;large barn on the artillery ground, nearthe lake shore. The charitably dis-

'posed citizens furnished theiu**withdin-ner and supper and will provide them.-with breakfast in the morning!. They ,willdepart tomorrow morning'tor Wa-basha.

-Most of the men -have* a respect-,

able appearance, and some are- quite;tidily dressed, and positively assertthey willwork ifgiven a chance. ;* ;\u25a0

PAIR OP. EDITORS SUED. 7Mankato Man Wants Day and

Aldrich to Pay Him $5,000.Special to the Globe.

Mankato, Minn.,May 18.— Kneut-;son, of this city, manager of the Citi- j-zens' Fire association, has commenced Jaction for criminal libel against Day &Aldrich, editors of the Martin CountySentinel, published at Fairmont, in the:sum of §5,000. Defendants are accused,of calling plaintiff naughty names, and:referred to his insurance matters as a-,

rotten scheme. The offense -was com-mitted inthe issue of April20. -X, >

"TWO RISING UIVERS. X_X:

*The Ruin and Mississippi Rivers

Are Going Up. "\u25a0-;\u25a0 •Special to the Globe.

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Anoka, Miun.. May 18.— The Rum-river rose three inches in eight- hourstoday. It is the highest

'this- year,

There is some danger of the dahifoingvout here. if it should the damage'would be considerable, as several frame;stores would be directly in the water's?'path. The sawmills may have to shut'down tomorrow because of high water.;'The Mississippi stillkeeps going up.

' fBattleson Pleads Guilty, .ifi-

Special to the Globe.'

if-.,Fergus Falls, Minn., May. 18.—

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Peter Battleson, whose capture waspublished yesterday, was indicted by"the grand jury this morning, arraignedand pleaded guilty of rape. He willreceive a heavy sentence. The grand*jury spent most of the day investigat-ing cases of illegal liquor selling. inthis city during the past year of nolicense and found one indictment,which is not yet made public. ,\ .-v

.-..-. -5 ilWell-to-Do Farmer Drowned. 1

Special to the Glohe. "8Hancock, Minn., May 18.—Knute)

Torison, a well-to-dofarmer livingeight:miles east of Hancock, was .drb.wned|late yesterday while coming from Ben-;son. His team was found tied to the

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bridge. His hat is supposed to haveblown off. and in trying toget it lie felliv the river. \u25a0*- a. t-y, i-... a..

Evans Mine Closed. -.7'"' fDcs Moines, Jo., May 18.—The Evans*

operators closed the mine here' last;night, ostensibly to make repairs, aftereighty miners had gone out at the re-quest of a delegation from Beacon andother places. The .announcement was,made that the mines willbe closed untilMonday, but it is believed they willbeclosed uutilthe strike is settled.. •

McCollam Bobs Up.Special to the Globe .-. ... :,

Oiitonville, Minn., May IS.—BigStone county has a lively candidate fora place on. the Republican state ticket!,in the person of lion.John McCollum,for twelve years register of deeds of:this county. ..*: \* *. \

For KillingHis Wife. 7^7|Astoria, Or., May 18.—John Han-

sen was hanged at noon today for the1murder of his wife about one year agi).

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Favor a New Court House. 7^7Pipestone, Minn-, May 18.

— The;

board of county commissioners decided Jto call an election June 20 for the pur-:pose of voting on the question of J bunds .to the amount of $40,000 to erect the'courthouse and jail in this city; Tiiebonds are to bear 5 per cent interest,:and payable in twenty years. JTh&peti-vtion given to the board had over JO

signatures of the most prominent farm-ers in the country. '**JEtei

WEST SUPKUIOK WILD

Because It Did Not Secure aNormal School.

.West Superior, Wis., May 18.— aspecial meeting of the common counciltonight resolutions - were adoptedstrongly condemning the action of thestate board ofnormal school regents intaking the normal school from the city.A bonus of .05,000 was paid to the stateover a year ago for the school. Severalcostly sites were also offered. The res-olutions set forth that it was the duty ofthe council to proclaim to the people ofWisconsin that a public outrage hadbeen committed by the regents upou35,000 citizens of the com wealth.The council proclaims that it regardssuch conduct as almost revolntionary.asit willcreate a disrespect in the mindsof the people for the official decision ofpublic officers. The regents will beasked to show cause intaking the schoolaway.

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LEO LOVES IRELAND.

The Pope Sends a Message to theArchbishop.

St. Cloud. Minn., May 18. -Dr.N.J.Penanlf, of this city, returned from auextended visit in Rome today. On April2 he had an audience with Pope Leo, inwhich the pope paid Archbishop Ire-land, ot St. Paul, a high compliment,which is proof conclusive that the re-cent rumors that Ireland was losing in-fluence in Rome are. wholly withoutfoundation. The pope asked Penaultif he knew Ireland, who said he didvery well. His holiness then said:

"He is a good man. a great mau and alearned man. He has my esteem.When you meet him in America tellhim you saw the pope, and that thepope loves him, admires him, encour-ages hiin, and tell him a great manycomplimentary tilings from the pope."

SUPEUIOK TEMPEST.City Clerk Bains Gets Himself

Disliked.... West Superior, Wis., May 18.—Another deal came to light iv the city,hallyesterday. J Itwas pay day for thestreet laborers and their foremen, andthe pay roll, something over $500, hadbeen approved by Aid. Norquist andMcGrath. The men "had no kick com-ing,", but the foremen had. Their payhad been reduced from $2 to ?1.75 perday and they ."roared." lt is statedthat City Clerk Harris' excuse for mak-ing out the foremen's pay rollat a lowerfate than that ordered by the board ofpublic works is the fact that they haveuot been sworn in. aud therefore mustbo -

classed as .street laborers. Theboard of public works takes it as adirect personal slap . and willproceedaccordingly. :-•-••' -.

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Won by Sioux Falls.Special to the Globe: *'.- '-.\u25a0; \u25a0;.-,- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 . \u25a0\u25a0.•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0

SibUx\u0084Falls;S." D., May / IS.—The

intercollegiate oratorical contest whichtook;place this evening between

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thechampion orators of six ot the collegesof this state was won by Richard F.Locke, who "represented the Baptistuniversity of this city. His subject was•'The Preservative Element in Amer-ican Society." He secured a prize of$40, and his college has the Drake prize,ivalued at SbOO, for the next year. A.L.Wilcox, representing the Yankton col-lege, won seeoud prize. The sports atthe ground were very exciting, and theathletes of the Vermillion universitycarried off most of the prizes.

Sunday School Meeting.Special to the Globe.

St. James, Minn., May 1&—

Theeighth annual convention of the ThirdDistrictSunday School association con-venes in this city May 18, 19 and 20.About eighty-five delegate have alreadyarrived. The main leaders are F. A.Graves, of Bigelow; D. C. Holmes, ofWashingtcn, and Judge Perkins, ofMinneapolis. The couventiou promisesto be the largest ever held in this sec-tion. *'. . . J -. *-..'..

Several Dams Go Oat.Royalton. Minn., May 18.—The re-

cent heavy . raius have swollen all thecreeks and rivers in the neighborhood.The dam on Skunk brook, knowu asPine Knoll, went out yesterday, alsotheJEsty dam ou Hilliuan brook. Thedam at Rice's mills has

-also gone out.

The Platte river is higher than iv yearsand is stillrising. Itis feared that thedam at Rice lake will go also. Shoulditgive away both dams here would liein danger. :J "V:

Suit for Bank Stock.Butte, Mont., May 18.— An action

has been commenced here by James A.Talbott, administrator of the Davisestate, to determine the ownership of$1,000,000 worth of stock in the FirstNational bank, of this city, which is de-posited by J. P. Davis Jr., which heclaims was given him by his uncle.The administrator claims the transferwas illegal. - \u25a0' rve-*-.

Died of Lockjaw.- Sioux Falls, S. D., May 18.—RobertScatcbo, of Armour, S. D., a young manwho came to this state from Wisconsin,died there a few days ago in terribleagony from lockjaw. The young man.was leading a horse, wliich becamefrightened. The hatter caught in hisfingers aud tore them out. He was at-tacked withlockjaw a few days Inter.

High Water at Lake City.Special to the Globe.

Lake City..Minn., May 18.—Sincelast night the water inLake Pepin liasrisen nearly two feet, the outer end ofthe government pier beiug entirely sub-merged. A higher rise is likely tocause some damage to buildiugs whichsurround the shore.

Iron at Carlton. .Carlton, Minn., May 18.—In some

excavations being done by the NorthernPacific, three miles east of here, themachine struck a veiu uf gravel sofirmly cemented with iron that it be-came necessary tv change the course ofthe work by 300 feet. lrou Indications

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-Boy Cut In Iwo.7 Winona, ,-May 18.—Fred Kitzman,'oldest Son' of Conductor Louis Kitz-man, of the Northwestern, was killedat 5 o'clock this afternoon while tryingto get a ride on a freight train in theMilwaukee yards iv this city. He fell

. under the cars and was cut iv two.

'XXjpa Blind Pigs Nabbed. f% LiDGEinvoon, N.D.. May 18.— A mob-.raided "two" blindpigs last

*night, de-

stroying everything insight. The citi-zens threaten to take hold of them nextshould they start up agalu. BdM

DEATH OF JARED BENSON,WHICH OCCURRED YESTERDAY MORN-

ING IN ST. PAUL

A SKETCH OF HIS "LIFE.

Another Break in the Ranks ofthe Old Settlers— Five Sessionsa Member or the Legislature,and Three Times Speaker ofthe House— Surviving Membersof the Family

—Funeral To-

morrow Afternoon.

The rapid thinning of the ranks of theold settlers continues.

As business men went about theiravocations yesterday morning the wordwas passed about that Hon. Jared Ben-sou had died at 9a. in., at the residenceof his son, Jared I. Benson, 76 Ackerstreet.

His long residence and politicalprom-inence in the state, and the fact thatthe last years of his life were passed inSt. Paul in discharge of his officialduties, rendered huu a familiar figurein our midst, though bis home was atAnoka.

Mr. Benson was born at BiackstoneMass., seventy-two years ago last No-vember. He J. began J life as a farmer'sboy, and when he came to Minnesota in1856, and settled in Anoka county, hecontinued his agricultural pursuits, and,though occupying many oflicialstations,the farm was his life work. '•••..".

Before coming to Minnesota he tookan active interest inpolitics, and earlyin his Minnesota career became recog-nized as one of the Republican leadersof the state. As a politician he wasalways active and aggressive, and thisgave him a prominence which his parly ;early and properly recognized. \u25a0-. .*.'*\u25a0.;'

He had served as justice of the peaceand commissioner ot his county, whenin the winter of 1860 he was electedclerk of the house of representatives ofthe state legislature, a position whichin those days was one of much morei

prominence than it is at present, not-withstanding the growth of the state.In1861 he came to the legislature as

a member of the house, and his expe-

rience as clerk had given him so muchprestige that, though it was his firstterm as a member, he was chosenspeaker of the house. He served asspeaker in1861 and in 1862, AlexanderRamsey being governor and Ignatius

Donnelly lieutenant governor and ex-officio president of the senate.

Mr.Benson was also chosen speakerin1864. Itwas thirteen years before hewas again in the legislature, but in 1879his constituency once more returnedhim. The last legislature of which hewas a member was that of1889. Duringsome of the years intervening betweenlegislative terms he held the position ofdeputy collector of internal revenue.

While apportionments somewhatchanged the lines of his legislative

district it is notable that he was repeat-

edly sent to the legislature by sub-stantially the same constituency

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strong testimonial to his zeal andefficiency.

He gave so much attention to publicand political affairs that financial ad-versity overtook him inthe latter years

of his life, and since the death of hiswifehis home has beeu chiefly withhischildren inSt. Paul more than at Anoka.During President Harrison's adminis-tration he served as deputy collectorunder Col. Edwards, retiring with thechange of administration during thepast year.

For the past two or three years hishealth has not been rugged, and forseveral weeks he has been confined tothe residence of his son, suffering froman attack of kidney and liver trouble,which, at his advanced age, proved

fatal. liehad for several days been ina semi-unconscious state, sleeping muchof the time.but having bright intervals.When death came it was as a peaceful,painless slumber.

The only members of his family athis bedside during his last momentswere his son, Jared 1., and his son'swife.

J -He leaves five children, Theodore S.,fiftyyears of age, engineer on the GreatNorthern; Jared 1., aged" forty-sevenyears, foreman in the Great Northernshops; Percy R., twenty-eight years ofage, city editor of the Detroit (Mich.)TribuneiCharles S., attorney, St. Paul,and Mrs.E. J. Rouse, nee Mattie Ben-son, of St. Paul. '.

The funeral will take place at 2p. m.tomorrow (Sunday) from.his son's resi-dence, 76 Acker street, the intermentbeing at Oakland.

A PETITION* TO WILLIE.Breckinridge Is Requested by His

Old Friends to Resign.Lexington, Ky., May 18.— The peti-

tion that has been gotten up here wasforwarded to Washington today askingCol. Breckinridge to withdraw fromthe race for re-election to con-gress from the Ashland district. .Itbore the signatures of a score of oldfrieuds of Col. Breckinridge, who wantsome other roan iv his stead. Mrs.Josephine K.Henry addressed a largeaudience here tonight on womansuffrage. She cited the necessity ofwoman's suffrage in the Ashland dist-rict to prevent Col.Breckinridge fromreceiving the nomination fur re-electionto congress.

WALL STRKKT EXCITED.

Rumored Defalcation in a BigNew York Institution.

A rumor originating in Wall streethas itthat there has been a defalcationin one of the institutions under thesupervision of the state banking de-partment, and now out of business, ltis supposed to have been a trust com-pany. Confirmatory of this is the factthat Senator Lexow, Bank ExaminerPreston, Assistant Bank ExaminerJudson and a detective were iiithe Jef-ferson Market police court this after-noon, and secured warrants. They re-fused to give any information upon thesubject.

iriij'.-f - .BELLIGERENT OPERATORS

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'-v'V-Predict That the Strike Will Be

'. '...'7 Prosecuted to the Knd."Pittsburg, Pa.. May 18.—The Pitts-burg railroad coal operators who haveattended the Cleveland conference havereturned in a decidedly belligerenthumor, and it is likely the great coalstrike willbe prosecuted to the end.The friendly operators are angry, anditis likely they willnow join the fight-ing mine owners and inaugurate a testof endurance with the miners. To de-cide upon what course is best to pur-sue. Secretary R. J. Bailey Has called

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a special meeting of all railroad opera-tors in this district next Mon-day. A formal meeting of allcoal 'operators of Western Pennsyl-vania has also been called. At thatmeeting the committee of which Alex-ander Dempster is chairman will re-port upon tho convention. It is notthought that any action will betakenexcept a declartion that the positiontaken before lhe Cleveland conferencebe maintained. The Monday meeting,howe ver, willbe the most interesting,as then the policy of the majority ofthe rail operators willbe determined.

Kelly in Camp.Sand Prairie, 10., May 18.—Many of

the Kelly boats are far behind tonight,so Kelly decided to go into camp at St.Francisville, ten miles above' Keokuk,where roaring fires are now burning,around wliichthe boys are trying to drytheir clothes. Dr. Moorchead, mayor ofKeokuk, says the citizens willfurnish atug to take the fleet to Quiney ifthearmy willcamp on the Missouri sideand move to Quiney soon. This Kellywilldo. •

ASwarm ofLocusts.Bonne Terre. Mo., May 18.—Seven-

teen-year locusts are thick in this vicin-ity. Every bush swarms with them,while the '\u25a0 harsh, buzzing noise theyemit literallydrowns all other sounds.These insects, however, are harmless,except that in puncturing the tendertwigs of young trees to lay their eggsthey often do serious \u25a0 injury to youngorchards, as every twig thus punctureddies. Reports from other localities in-dicate that they cover a large area.

Mrs. Haggin Dead.New York, May 18.— E. J. flag-

giu, wife of J. B. ilaggiu, the well-known race-horse owner, died in thiscity yesterday. Inquiries made at thellairtnn residence elicited the informa-tion that no details of the death wouldbe made public until tomorrow morning.

Willie Wins at Monte Carlo.Monte Carlo, May 18.— WilliamK.

Vanderbilt has been spending a fewdays here, and left tonight on the steamyacht Valiant for New York. Mr.Vanderbilt, at his lasl sitting at thegaming table this evening, won 40,000francs.

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Coxey to Be Sentenced.Washington, May 18.

—Coxey,

Browne and Jones have beeu again de-feated in the courts and sentence willbe passed upon them tomorrow. Afterarguments lasting over an hour thisafternoon, Judge Bradley, of the dis-trict supreme court,*- refused to grant

the writof certiorari for which appli-cation was made several days ago.

A Heavy Snow Storm.Gayloki), Mich., May 18.— Ablizzard

has prevailed here since, early thismorning. Snow covers the .round, butas the weather is not cold, crops maynot be injured, although they are un-usually advanced.

PERISHED IN A WRECKFive Men Lose Their {Lives in

Lake Michigan.

SCHOONER CUMMINGS SINKS,

Dead Body ofa Woman Lashedto the Rigging-.

SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE WATCH

The Life-Savers Rescue th?Terror-Stricken Crew.

LIST OF THE DEAD SAILORS.

Milwaukee, May 18.—

Hanging tothe rigging of the schooner M.J. Cum-mings, just south of Milwaukee light-house, tonight, are the bodies of awoman and a man. the former the stew-ard and the latter a sailor. Four others,including the captain, have beendrowned, and one, Robert Peterson, asailor, is saved.It was the fiercest storm that has

swept the west shore ofLake Michigan

since the crib disaster two years ago,when fourteen lives were lost.

The Cummings and the schooner C.C. Barnes tried to enter the harborearly in the day, and failed to make thepiers, and were soon driving towardsthe beach on Jones island. An unsuc-cessful attempt was made by the lif*.saving crew to rescue all of the crew ofthe Cummings, but they were nearlydrowned in the attempt, the lifeboatbeing overturned, the crew escapingalmost miraculously. The crew of theBarnes escaped, and the vessel can bereleased, as she is light and on a sandybottom.

SIX THOUSAND PEOPLElined the piers and the shores ot Jonesisland and the mainland this afternoonwhen the tug Knight Templar, towinga scow bearing the lite savers, left thepier to make the rescue of the crew.One hundred feet of'lineseparated thetug from the scow, and back of the6cow was towed the empty surf boat.With bow to the waves, the KnightTemplar permitted the scow; to dropdown toward the wreck. When the surfboat

"was within fifty yards of tha

wreck a human . figure that had -beenclinging to the rigging was seen tothrow up its hands and fall back-ward into the boiling waves, being in-stantly lost to sight. A short timebeforeanother of those clinging to :the ropeshad also letgo his hold and perished.A groan went up from the crowd aseach body was lost to sight, ami then alleyes centered on surf boat as itdroppedback beside the sunken vessel. "Twofigures slowly descended the shrouds ofthe mizzen mast and clung to lines afew feet above the waves. Five min-utes passed as attempt after attemptwas made by the life savers to swingthe lifeboat near the waiting men.

A cry went up from the crowd onshore as one figure was seen to leapfrom the rigging and land in the boat.Two minutes later a man sprang farout, and as the boat 7-7. *-- •

ascended A -waveit was seen that there were five figuresin the boat. Then a cheer thatdrowned the roaring of the breakerswent up .from the throats on shore.Slowly the long line that held the surfboat was paid out, and the two rescuedmen were permitted to drifttoward theshore— oue moment lost to sight in thefoaming breakers, and again alive andsure of rescue as the boat rose on top ofsome mighty billow.

Along the beach of Jones island acrowd ran to meet the rescued men;willing hands were stretched out toreach them, and they were draggedfrom the boat to a place of safety.

the dead:

CAPT. JOHN M'CULLOUGII, Mar-ine City.

MATE TIMOTHY BOSOUR, Buf-falo, N. Y.

THOMAS TUSCOTT, sailor, MarinaCity.

\u25a0 UNKNOWN SAILOR. Marine City.SAILOR NAMED "JIM," Marine

City.

COOK (WOMAN) UNKNOWN, Butfalo, N. Y.

saved :Robert Patterson, Kingston. Ont.Frank Goerdes, surfman No. 0, Mil-

waukee LifeSaving station.'

Surfman Geordes, as soon as hiboarded the schooner, proceed to lashthe members of the crew to the rigging,but itis supposed they loosened theropes to change their positions, hopingto escape the force of tho blizzard oipelting snow and rain, but were so stillthat they could not make new fasten-ings and he could do nothing for them.

Captain McCullough was the secondman to fall, shooting down into tinwater as hundreds of field glasses wentrained on the scene from shore.

Tuscott fell first aud tho others soonafter the captain.

BUILDINGS WRECKED.

Heavy Destruction of Property inthe Hoosicr Stale.

Indianapolis, Ind.. May is.—Thastorm which prevailed in Indiana lastnight did much property damage, andreports received here today indicatethat the storm was general. AtMarion•hundreds of trees were blowndown. Aportion of the Stewart glass factory waidemolished, also the Marion brickworks. Acircus tent was blown downnnd a panic ensued, but there was nuone injured except' an employe, whowas struck by the center pole. At Wash-ington the storm was the heaviest ivmany years, many small buildingsbeing wrecked. The iron and steelmills three miles south of Elwood wenblown down, causing a loss of JJiT.OJJ.

Mercury at Thirty.

Mahkeson. Wis., May 18.—A heavieisnow storm than any during the .laslwinter prevailed here today. . The ther.mometer registered thirty degrees. A

i terrific gale is blowing from the north.

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