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) TOL. XVII.— PRICE TWO CENTS— { n*2SBSI } SAINT PAUL MINN.; SATURDAY MORNING, . MAY 719, 1894. PRICE TWO CENTS— {F^-.'ffi_. }— NO. 139. THE WORST IN YEARS. Eight Vessels Driven on to the Shore at Chicago. TEN MEN GO DOWN TO DEATH M 0..r Before the Eyes of Hundreds on Michigan Boulevard. RECKS STREWN FROM GLENCQE ' To South Chicago a Distance of Over Forcy Miles. LONG LIST OF CASUALTIES. Chicago, May IS.— The storm which today swept Lake Michigan was the most disastrous of recent years. Eight vessels were driven "ashore within the city limits of Chicago. Out ot their crews ten men are known to be drowned, and in every instance boat md cargo are utterly lost. One schooner, the Myrtle, was wrecked just outside the government pier,within > half-mile of Michigan boulevard, and six men of her crew went down to death in plain view of the hundreds of people who lined tho boulevard walks or Watched the awful storm from the win- Sows of the big hotels which overlook the harbor. The wrecks extended from Uleneoe, 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 at foot 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-seventh Utreet; crew rescued. Schooner Mercury, of Grand Haven, EIS tons, wrecked off Twenty-seventh Street; crew rescued. Schooner J. Loomis McLaren, of Chi- cago, 272 tons, wrecked off fweuty- Beventh street. Schooner Rainbow, of Milwaukee, 243 lons, wrecked off Twenty-second street; crew rescued. Schooner C. J. Mixer, of Chicago, 279 tons, wrecked off One Hundredth street; crew rescued. Unknown schooner, ashore near South Chicago. The fatalities are: ANTONIO GUNDERSON, of Man- istee, seaman schooner Lincoln Dall, drowned while attempting to reach phore. CHARLES CAUTLERS, cook on ichooner Jack Thompson, resided in Chicago, washed from a rope wuile at- tempting to reach shore. JOSEPH SPOLAN. Sturgeon Bay, mate of J. Loomis McLaren, struck and kiled by the tow post, torn nut when the vessel broke away from a tug. Entire crew of the Schooner Myrtle, six men. THOMAS KELSO, fisherman, washed off the govern pier and drowned. The first vessel to go ashore was the two-masted schooner Jack Thompson. The boat came from Garden Bay, Mich., and arrived off the breakwater early in the afternoon without a pump working. A lug made its way to her side, and of- fered her a line, but the captain refused it, intending to SAIL INTO THE HARBOR. The task whs too much for him, how- ever, and before he was fairly into the harbor he lost control of his vessel, which crashed into the Rainbow, carry- ing away the bow of that boat and smashing a great hole under her own bowsprit. She drifted rapidly south, a pitiable wreck. The anchor was thrown out, and for a time held fast, but break- ing out of the soft bottom of the harbor, this only hope proved ineffectual, and again the Thompson swept toward the Shore broadside. She struck bottom eighty feet from shore. The men were rescued by a lifeline thrown by the life- saving crew. The schooner Mercury, of Ludington, Mich., was wrecked off Twenty-seventh street. An effort was made to tow her into the harbor when she neared the breakwater, but the wind and waves were too strong. The Evening Star and Jack Thomp- son were already grinding to pieces on the breakwater, and thousands or peo- ple stood on the beach watching them. As the Mercury came nearer, her crew could be seen huddled together in the bow. They were frantically waving their hands to tho people on shore. When the schooner finally sliuck, an attempt was made, but in vain, to get a line to the crew. Then one of the sea- men on board. Tom Thurston, jumped from the vessel to some floating lumber, and, after several times going uuder the heavy breakers, was finally taken ashore. Two others took the same chances and got safely to shore. A line \u25a0was finally thrown from shore to the vessel and made fast. The crowd ashore held it tight, and, one by one. the four men, almost exhausted, climbed and SLID to safety. The last man, Ed Sterling, was about halt way down the line when the rope broke, and dropped him into the water and among the lumber floating about near the breakwater. Several persons rushed to his rescue and he was carried to shore amid the wild cheers of the crowd. The schooner Lincoln Dall, Manistee, was driven ashore at Uiencoe,and Anton Gunderson, one of the sailors, was swept board and drowned. After several hours of weary waiting the rest of the crew was rescued by members of the Evansion life-saving crew. When the life-saving crew finally arrived the wrecked sailors were well nigh ex- hausted. The life boat was finally dragged down the steep bluffs which line the lake at Glencoe aud the men brought off. The wreck of the Rainbow, a lumber- laden schooner from Racine, occurred late in the afternoon, and was marked by the heroic rescue of her crew when about all hope of saving them had been abandoned. She had thrown out her anchors aud tried to ride out the storm from a position just south of the gov- ernment pier. The gale was too strong for her, and at 3 o'clock she began to drift rapidly southward, dragging her anchors as though they were nothing but fish-hooks. Seeing that her destruc- tion was inevitable, for she had left but a few tattered rags of canvass, insuf- ficient to give her steerage way against the gale, the life-saving crew loaded their life line apparatus upon a flat car of the Illinois Central railroad, which runs close to tho water's edge, and kept pace with the doomed vessel as the wind drove her southward. Off the foot of Harmon court the car was stopped, the cannon tired, and the life- line misled the boat by thirty feet. At Twelfth street another shot was fired, with the same poor result. At this point the tug Spencer, which had wal- lowed its way through the gigantic waves, managed to run up close to the Rainbow and throw tier a line. It snapped like tow, but a second held, anu lour of her crew of seven men were hauled aboard the tug. The schooner was now so close to the breakers that the lug dared follow her no longer, and steamed away. The life- saving crew on the fiat car kept even with the boat as she rolled around, and tried again and again to throw a line across her, but failed every time. At Twenty-tilth street the sailors cut loose on a small raft they had made, and Will/am 11. Uavill, a young elec- trical engineer, was held with a line and swam out to it, then about eighty feet Irom the shore. The lumber trom the Rainbow's deck load was tossing on the waves, and the young fellow, at the imminent risk of being brained by some floating plank, was a long time in reaching the raft. He finally made his way to its side, and called to Capt. John Pew to jump overboard. Pew obeyed, Havill caught him and the two men were hauled ashore. A negro named E. J. Willis swam out in like manner, and SAVED ANOTHER MAY. This lett but one mail on the raft, and Havill was taken on the flat care once more and carried two blocks south to where it had drifted, and again swam out and brought off Jacob Knudson, a sailor living in Racine. Botii men were utterly exhausted and were taken to Meicy hospital, where Pew. who is iv a critical condition from chill and ex- posure, had preceded them. The vessel drifted ashore and was ground to pieces. The McLaren was ground to pieces 100 yards from shore. Her crew, commanded by Capt. K. Johnson, was saved by the life-saving crew, the last of them being taken off at 8 o'clock, tonight. Her mate, Joseph Spolau, was killed by the breaking of a tow post. The body is still among tiie timbers of the vessel. One of the most exciting features of the storm was the imprisonment of twenty- seven who were working on the water works cribs of Lake View one mile from shore. Their only shelter was a timber tower elected on the crib, and until that washed away at 2 o'clock this afternoon the men were not believed to be in any danger, ll was a close ques- tion for them, however, after that time, as the water went over the criu again and again in blinding sheets. Crowds of people lined the shore anxiously watching the crib, from which A DISTRESS SIGNAL fluttered at various limes during the afternoon. Tne contractors made frantic efforts to get the men away, and ottered the tug companies any amount of money to make the rescue, but the lug men said it would be useless to make the effort, and would result only in the loss of a tug without saving the men. As night fell the men ou the crib hung up a red lantern, which was burn- ing steadily at midnight, and as the wind is gradually dyiug down itis be- lieved that all ot them will be rescued early tomorrow mornin_. The Myrtle, on which the principal loss of life occurred, not a single man of her crew of six escaping, was water- logged when she appeared off the harbor in the afternoon. She attempted to anchor but was driven before the gale and struck the schooner Evening Star, which up to that time had been safely riding at anchor. The Myrtle's jib boom broke off. and drifting away from the Evening Star she struck the schooner Gilford, and her bows being stove in she began to sink rapidly. She drifted out to sea. her crew being plainly visible as they were huddled together on top of the cabin. One was washed away; a heavy wave broke over her again and only three were visible. One of them jumped on a plank and floated in close 10 the break- water, where he lost his hold and went down. The two men on the boat went down with her. lt is known that the captain of the Myrtle was named Wil- son, but nothing more is knowu of the crew THE KUNKLE TORNADO. Four Are Dead and Three Fa- mily Injured. Toledo. Ohio, May 18.— The revised list of dead and iujured by the Kunkle tornado is four dead and three fatally injured These are: Martha Daso.skull fractured. Charles Moore, twenty-five years, both hips dislocated, several ribs broken and internally injured. Mrs. Ella Moore, his wife, serious injuries to the body. These three are all expected to die. Besides these casualties. Mrs. Ella Evans, who lives a mile east of the track of the tornado, is missing. She started from Kunkle for home an hour before the tornado struck, and has uo.t been heard of since. One of the most grueseme incidents was the finding of a gory human heart lying in the ceme- tery between two overturned tomb- stones. It belong to Mis. Barrett, whose body was torn to pieces and distributed over threo forty-acre fields. The tor- nado passed through only the southern edge of the village, leveling everything between the tracks of the Detroit division of the Wab- ash, which passes . through the village. Much small damage was done to the houses in other parts of the village, however. Had the storm gone further north, it would have utterly wined out Kunkle,and killed the greater part of the people. aKB IN TWO STATES. Wisconsin and Michigan Suffer Severely From the Storm. Chicago. May 18.—Dispatches from many points in this section show that the ereat storm of yesterday and today was geueral, and a great detail of minor damage has been done. Along the lake shore, both in Wisconsin and Michigan, the storm was one of unprecedented severity. It is feared that many seri- ous marine disasters are yet unre- ported. . Michigan City, Ind., reports two schooners driven ashore. The crews were rescued. Green Bay. Wis., reports steam barge Edwin S. Tice driven ashore, but' crew safe. Much minor damage ou shore. i A dispatch from Latnoui, 10., reports a severe cold wave and probable dam- age to crops. -._'••' "jf p:\; At Moawequa. 111., the mercury dropped fifty degrees in twenty-four hours, and farmers fear much damage to crops. At Springfield, aud other points In central division of the state, a similar condition is reported. Laporte, lud., reports a cyclone near Kingsbury, which did much damage and killed Henry Sprigel. LOST ON LAIC!:* ERIE. Reported Sinking of the Colorado and All Hands. Port Huron, Mich., May IS. A heavy north gale is blowing. The schooner William Shupe, owned by Capt. Little, of this city, is reported waterlogged off Port Sanilac. The tug Thompson attempted to reach her this afternoon. After steaming against the waves fur two hours the captain was unable to reach the schooner until morning. 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 Erie with all hands. The Colorado left here Wednesday with grain for Buffalo. Her owners 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 prevailed all day. The tug Maxwell has returned from the schooner Ishpemiug, being unable to handle her iv the gale. It is feared she will be driven ashore. The American Union is still on the reef at Thompson's harbor. Her crew and the tugs have been drivtn from her by the storm. Tiie tug John Owen lost a 4,000,000-foot raft above Presque Isle this afternoon. The logs belonged to Albert Pack, of Alpena. "" t"E""*SCTTTE*ffJ_M l M_j i-L'Tff— *****— \u25a0 ' tt.«=i-fl--0W A Destructive Breeze. SnEBOYGAX, Wis., May 18.— A severe storm accompanied by a terrific wind struck this city today. The three- masted schooner Surprise, of Chicago, lies iv Lake Michigan, one and a half miles off this port, pounding iv a fear- ful sea. if her anclur chains break, she will be wrecked on the beach. Tele- phone, electric light and telegraph wires were blown down, small build- ings were wrecked, and several people injured by flying debris. 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 'the city, throuxh a local labor committee, but the mayor is opposed to their estab- lishing a camp in the city limits, and also to the holding of a meeting. He has given orders that the army get away as 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 and went on the beach at One Hundredth street. The Mixer struck the beach about 3 o'clock, aud the life-saving crew at South Chicago were immedi- ately noli lied of the wreck. There were seven in the crew and it was dark before the last was rescured. A Drifting schooner. Racine, Wis., May 18—The schooner Newlaud, whicli came to anchor in the bay early today, broke her chains aud is now drifting up the lake, and steer- ing badly. It is learned she has passed Waukeean, but it is feared she will go ashore 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 two days. The water in the bay has risen two feet, causing two sawmills to shut down. Heavy Mall storm. Rattle Creek, Mich., May IS.—Re- ports arriving from northern Calhoun and southern Barry counties state that the hail storm broke windows in nearly very farm house, trees being stripped of foliage and crops ruined. Took a Two-Mile Strip. Hillsdale. Mich., May IS.—The hail storm took a strip about two and a half miles wide, and there is scarcely a pane of 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 college burned today. Loss, $40,000; insurance, $10,000. -- 'Raging Snow Storm. Kiel, Wis., May 18.— The worst snow storm of the season is raging from the north. Snow has fallen to a depth of five inches. Falling Fast. Whitehall, Mich., May 18.—Snow is falling rapidly here. The weather is growing older. BES Blinding snow. Otsego Lake. Mich., -May 18.— A high northwest wind and blinding snow prevail here. _ IDAHO INDUSTRIALS. Judge Riner Orders. Their Re- moval From Wyoming. Green River, Wy6;, May 18.—Judge Rinfcr.accoiupaniedby United States At- torney Fowler, arrived from 'Cheyenne todayto give a hearing to the Idaho in- dustrials. Supt.Mallery.of the Wyoming division of the Uuion Pacific, has re- ceived a message saying that about forty industrials got aboard an east-bound freight train ai Echo, Utah, today. They were sidetracked and left. Deputy marshals have been sent fromEvanstoh to prevent them from getting on other trains. Judge Riner ordered the re- moval of the prisoners to Idaho forth- with. Two companies were detailed as an escort, and they left ou a special train for Boise at 3 o'clock. TO MEET IN MINNEAPOLIS. Labor Bureau Officials Will Hold a Convention There Next Year. Washington, May 18.— The officials of labor bureaus who have been holding a three days' convention here finished their work today and adjourned, to meet in Minneapolis next year, the date to be hereafter settled upon. A resolution was adopted calling attention of state authorities to the -e.irability of having investigations conducted into the whole subject 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 wire works at Braddock have closed down, throwing 450 men out. Furnaces I and 8.. of the Carnegie plant, banked down on Tuesday, were blown out yeste rday. About 550 men are thus idle. The lack of coal also closed j down the iDuquesne forge at Rankin last evening, I and 200 men are idle there. ROPES ABOUT THEIR NECKS THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A PARTY OF DULUTHIANS. \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 xx i ATTACKED BY 100 ANGRY MEN. """"""™"™"""~ """* .-rr 1 '* All Badly Beaten— Attorney Cook Escapes at the Point of a Pistol Ropes Put A bout. the Necks of Two Others -The Mayor of Tower Prevents a Lynching— by Homesteaders. Dulutii,May 18.— attempt was made at Tower this morning to lynch Harry Mcc, a Duluth land attorney, and a party with him. The attempt is the result of the bitter feeling which has existed for some time between settlers and tiiubermen. The settlers have alleged that Duluth attorneys were making contests against their home- stead filings, either to levy blackmail or to force them to give up their claims to wealthy lumbermen. Mcc has been interested in many of these contests.and there has been ' a particularly bitter feeling against him. There have been frequent threats of violence, but that of today was the first outbreak. With Mcc were 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 in numerous contests. The party was attacked this morning by 100 ' men led by Mike O'Keefe. All ' were badly beaten. Cook, who was the only one armed, forced his way through the crowd at the point of a pistol and locked himself in the baggage car. of a. tram made up tor Duluth. The crowd took Mcc and Morrison, put ropes around their necks and would have strung them up but for the intervention of Mayor Shepard, whe induced the crowd to desist. Mcc and Morrison were dragged to the depot aud put on board the traiu for Duluth. Mee's in- juries are serious. . - \u25a0 *•' WILL SLHEP IN A BARN." The Coxey ites rented Well by .- Lake City People. •\u25a0'.•'* '" Special to the Globe. 7 Lake Cit r, Minn., May IS. —A por- tion of the Minnesota contingent of Coxey's army, under command of ••lien." Wilson, -.arrived at Central Point, a mile above here, last evening. They were escorted through the city this afternoon by the" city officers to the state militia grounds, where they will- stop over night. They- will sleep in the ; large barn on the artillery ground, near the lake shore. The charitably dis- ' posed citizens furnished theiu**with din- ner and supper and will provide them.- with breakfast in the morning!. They , will depart tomorrow morning'tor Wa- basha. - Most of the men -have* a respect-, able appearance, and some are- quite; tidily dressed, and positively assert they will work if given a chance. ;* ;\u25a0 PAIR OP. EDITORS SUED. 7 Mankato 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 J action for criminal libel against Day & Aldrich, editors of the Martin County Sentinel, 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 in the issue of April 20. -X, > " TWO RISING UIVERS. X_X : * The Ruin and Mississippi Rivers Are Going Up. "\u25a0-;\u25a0 Special to the Globe. '" } Anoka, Miun.. May 18.— The Rum- river rose three inches in eight- hours today. It is the highest ' this- year, There is some danger of the dahifoingv out 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 still keeps going up. ' f Battleson Pleads Guilty, . ifi- Special to the Globe. ' if-., Fergus Falls, Minn., May. 18.— ' Peter Battleson, whose capture was published yesterday, was indicted by" the grand jury this morning, arraigned and pleaded guilty of rape. He will receive a heavy sentence. The grand* jury spent most of the day investigat- ing cases of illegal liquor selling. in this city during the past year of no license and found one indictment, which is not yet made public. ,\ .-v .-..-. -5 il Well-to-Do Farmer Drowned. 1 Special to the Glohe. "8 Hancock, Minn., May 18.—Knute) Torison, a well-to-do farmer livingeight: miles east of Hancock, was . drb.wned| late yesterday while coming from Ben-; son. His team was found tied to the ; bridge. His hat is supposed to have blown off. and in trying to get it lie fell iv the river. \u25a0*- a. t-y, i- ... a.. Evans Mine Closed. -.7'"' f Dcs Moines, Jo., May 18.— The Evans* operators closed the mine here' last; night, ostensibly to make repairs, after eighty miners had gone out at the re- quest of a delegation from Beacon and other places. The .announcement was, made that the mines will be closed until Monday, but it is believed they will be closed uutil the strike is settled. . McCollam Bobs Up. Special to the Globe .-. ... :, Oiitonville, Minn., May IS.—Big Stone county has a lively candidate for a 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 the 1 murder of his wife about one year agi). ' Favor a New Court House. 7^7 Pipestone, Minn-, May 18. The; board of county commissioners decided J to 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; Tiie bonds are to bear 5 per cent interest,: and payable in twenty years. JTh&peti-v tion 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 a Normal School. . West Superior, Wis., May 18.— a special meeting of the common council tonight resolutions - were adopted strongly condemning the action of the state board of normal school regents in taking the normal school from the city. A bonus of .05,000 was paid to the state over a year ago for the school. Several costly sites were also offered. The res- olutions set forth that it was the duty of the council to proclaim to the people of Wisconsin that a public outrage had been committed by the regents upou 35,000 citizens of the com wealth. The council proclaims that it regards such conduct as almost revolntionary.as it will create a disrespect in the minds of the people for the official decision of public officers. The regents will be asked to show cause in taking the school away. \u25a0 LEO LOVES IRELAND. The Pope Sends a Message to the Archbishop. St. Cloud. Minn., May 18. -Dr. N. J. Penanlf, of this city, returned from au extended visit in Rome today. On April 2 he had an audience with Pope Leo, in which 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 without foundation. The pope asked Penault if he knew Ireland, who said he did very well. His holiness then said: "He is a good man. a great mau and a learned man. He has my esteem. When you meet him in America tell him you saw the pope, and that the pope loves him, admires him, encour- ages hiin, and tell him a great many complimentary 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 It was pay day for the street laborers and their foremen, and the pay roll, something over $500, had been approved by Aid. Norquist and McGrath. The men "had no kick com- ing,", but the foremen had. Their pay had been reduced from $2 to ?1.75 per day and they ."roared." lt is stated that City Clerk Harris' excuse for mak- ing out the foremen's pay roll at a lower fate than that ordered by the board of public works is the fact that they have uot been sworn in. aud therefore must bo - classed as .street laborers. The board of public works takes it as a direct personal slap . and will proceed accordingly. :-•-••' -. V "'" Won by Sioux Falls. Special to the Globe: *'.- '-.\u25a0; \u25a0;.-,- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 . \u25a0\u25a0.•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 SibUx \u0084 Falls; S." D., May / IS.— The intercollegiate oratorical contest which took; place this evening between " the champion orators of six ot the colleges of this state was won by Richard F. Locke, who "represented the Baptist university 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, i valued at SbOO, for the next year. A. L. Wilcox, representing the Yankton col- lege, won seeoud prize. The sports at the ground were very exciting, and the athletes of the Vermillion university carried off most of the prizes. Sunday School Meeting. Special to the Globe. St. James, Minn., May 1& The eighth annual convention of the Third District Sunday School association con- venes in this city May 18, 19 and 20. About eighty-five delegate have already arrived. The main leaders are F. A. Graves, of Bigelow; D. C. Holmes, of Washingtcn, and Judge Perkins, of Minneapolis. The couventiou promises to 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 the creeks and rivers in the neighborhood. The dam on Skunk brook, knowu as Pine Knoll, went out yesterday, also theJEsty dam ou Hilliuan brook. The dam at Rice's mills has - also gone out. The Platte river is higher than iv years and is still rising. It is feared that the dam at Rice lake will go also. Should it give away both dams here would lie in danger. :J "V : Suit for Bank Stock. Butte, Mont., May 18.— An action has been commenced here by James A. Talbott, administrator of the Davis estate, to determine the ownership of $1,000,000 worth of stock in the First National bank, of this city, which is de- posited by J. P. Davis Jr., which he claims was given him by his uncle. The administrator claims the transfer was illegal. - \u25a0' rve-*-. Died of Lockjaw. - Sioux Falls, S. D., May 18.— Robert Scatcbo, of Armour, S. D., a young man who came to this state from Wisconsin, died there a few days ago in terrible agony from lockjaw. The young man .was leading a horse, wliich became frightened. The hatter caught in his fingers aud tore them out. He was at- tacked with lockjaw a few days Inter. High Water at Lake City. Special to the Globe. Lake City. .Minn., May 18.—Since last night the water in Lake Pepin lias risen nearly two feet, the outer end of the government pier beiug entirely sub- merged. A higher rise is likely to cause some damage to buildiugs which surround the shore. Iron at Carlton. . Carlton, Minn., May 18.—In some excavations being done by the Northern Pacific, three miles east of here, the machine struck a veiu uf gravel so firmly cemented with iron that it be- came necessary tv change the course of the work by 300 feet. lrou Indications \u25a0ate good. -Boy Cut In Iwo. 7 Winona, ,- May 18.— Fred Kitzman, 'oldest Son' of Conductor Louis Kitz- man, of the Northwestern, was killed at 5 o'clock this afternoon while trying to get a ride on a freight train in the Milwaukee yards iv this city. He fell . under the cars and was cut iv two. 'XXjp a Blind Pigs Nabbed. f % LiDGEinvoon, N. D.. May 18.— A mob -.raided "two" blind pigs last * night, de- stroying everything insight. The citi- zens threaten to take hold of them next should 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 of the Old Settlers— Five Sessions a Member or the Legislature, and Three Times Speaker of the House— Surviving Members of the Family Funeral To- morrow Afternoon. The rapid thinning of the ranks of the old settlers continues. As business men went about their avocations yesterday morning the word was passed about that Hon. Jared Ben- sou had died at 9a. in., at the residence of his son, Jared I. Benson, 76 Acker street. His long residence and political prom- inence in the state, and the fact that the last years of his life were passed in St. Paul in discharge of his official duties, rendered huu a familiar figure in our midst, though bis home was at Anoka. Mr. Benson was born at Biackstone Mass., seventy-two years ago last No- vember. He J. began J life as a farmer's boy, and when he came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Anoka county, he continued his agricultural pursuits, and, though occupying many oflicial stations, the farm was his life work. '•••..". Before coming to Minnesota he took an active interest in politics, and early in his Minnesota career became recog- nized as one of the Republican leaders of the state. As a politician he was always active and aggressive, and this gave him a prominence which his parly ; early and properly recognized. \u25a0-. .*.'*\u25a0.;' He had served as justice of the peace and commissioner ot his county, when in the winter of 1860 he was elected clerk of the house of representatives of the state legislature, a position which in those days was one of much more i prominence than it is at present, not- withstanding the growth of the state. In 1861 he came to the legislature as a member of the house, and his expe- rience as clerk had given him so much prestige that, though it was his first term as a member, he was chosen speaker of the house. He served as speaker in 1861 and in 1862, Alexander Ramsey being governor and Ignatius Donnelly lieutenant governor and ex- officio president of the senate. Mr. Benson was also chosen speaker in 1864. It was thirteen years before he was again in the legislature, but in 1879 his constituency once more returned him. The last legislature of which he was a member was that of 1889. During some of the years intervening between legislative terms he held the position of deputy collector of internal revenue. While apportionments somewhat changed the lines of his legislative district it is notable that he was repeat- edly sent to the legislature by sub- stantially the same constituency a strong testimonial to his zeal and efficiency. He gave so much attention to public and political affairs that financial ad- versity overtook him in the latter years of his life, and since the death of his wife his home has beeu chiefly with his children in St. Paul more than at Anoka. During President Harrison's adminis- tration he served as deputy collector under Col. Edwards, retiring with the change of administration during the past year. For the past two or three years his health has not been rugged, and for several weeks he has been confined to the residence of his son, suffering from an attack of kidney and liver trouble, which, at his advanced age, proved fatal. lie had for several days been in a semi-unconscious state, sleeping much of the time.but having bright intervals. When death came it was as a peaceful, painless slumber. The only members of his family at his bedside during his last moments were his son, Jared 1., and his son's wife. J -He leaves five children, Theodore S., fiftyyears of age, engineer on the Great Northern; Jared 1., aged" forty-seven years, foreman in the Great Northern shops; Percy R., twenty-eight years of age, city editor of the Detroit (Mich.) Tribune i Charles S., attorney, St. Paul, and Mrs. E. J. Rouse, nee Mattie Ben- son, of St. Paul. '. The funeral will take place at 2 p. m. tomorrow (Sunday) from . his son's resi- dence, 76 Acker street, the interment being 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 was forwarded to Washington today asking Col. Breckinridge to withdraw from the race for re-election to con- gress from the Ashland district. .It bore the signatures of a score of old frieuds of Col. Breckinridge, who want some other roan iv his stead. Mrs. Josephine K. Henry addressed a large audience here tonight on woman suffrage. She cited the necessity of woman's suffrage in the Ashland dist- rict to prevent Col. Breckinridge from receiving the nomination fur re-election to congress. WALL STRKKT EXCITED. Rumored Defalcation in a Big New York Institution. A rumor originating in Wall street has it that there has been a defalcation in one of the institutions under the supervision of the state banking de- partment, and now out of business, lt is supposed to have been a trust com- pany. Confirmatory of this is the fact that Senator Lexow, Bank Examiner Preston, Assistant Bank Examiner Judson and a detective were iii the Jef- ferson Market police court this after- noon, and secured warrants. They re- fused to give any information upon the subject. iriij'.-f - . BELLIGERENT OPERATORS •*\u25a0 : '-v'V- Predict That the Strike Will Be '. '...'7 Prosecuted to the Knd. "Pittsburg, Pa.. May 18.—The Pitts- burg railroad coal operators who have attended the Cleveland conference have returned in a decidedly belligerent humor, and it is likely the great coal strike will be prosecuted to the end. The friendly operators are angry, and it is likely they will now join the fight- ing mine owners and inaugurate a test of endurance with the miners. To de- cide upon what course is best to pur- sue. Secretary R. J. Bailey Has called ' a special meeting of all railroad opera- tors in this district next Mon- day. A formal meeting of all coal 'operators of Western Pennsyl- vania has also been called. At that meeting the committee of which Alex- ander Dempster is chairman will re- port upon tho convention. It is not thought that any action will betaken except a declartion that the position taken before lhe Cleveland conference be maintained. The Monday meeting, howe ver, will be the most interesting, as then the policy of the majority of the rail operators will be 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 wliich the boys are trying to dry their clothes. Dr. Moorchead, mayor of Keokuk, says the citizens will furnish a tug to take the fleet to Quiney if the army will camp on the Missouri side and move to Quiney soon. This Kelly willdo. A Swarm of Locusts. 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 they emit literally drowns all other sounds. These insects, however, are harmless, except that in puncturing the tender twigs of young trees to lay their eggs they often do serious \u25a0 injury to young orchards, as every twig thus punctured dies. 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 this city yesterday. Inquiries made at the llairtnn residence elicited the informa- tion that no details of the death would be made public until tomorrow morning. Willie Wins at Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo, May 18.— William K. Vanderbilt has been spending a few days here, and left tonight on the steam yacht Valiant for New York. Mr. Vanderbilt, at his lasl sitting at the gaming table this evening, won 40,000 francs. * * " Coxey to Be Sentenced. Washington, May 18. Coxey, Browne and Jones have beeu again de- feated in the courts and sentence will be passed upon them tomorrow. After arguments lasting over an hour this afternoon, Judge Bradley, of the dis- trict supreme court,*- refused to grant the writ of certiorari for which appli- cation was made several days ago. A Heavy Snow Storm. Gayloki), Mich., May 18.— Ablizzard has prevailed here since, early this morning. Snow covers the .round, but as the weather is not cold, crops may not be injured, although they are un- usually advanced. PERISHED IN A WRECK Five Men Lose Their {Lives in Lake Michigan. SCHOONER CUMMINGS SINKS, Dead Body of a Woman Lashed to the Rigging-. SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE WATCH The Life-Savers Rescue th? Terror-Stricken Crew. LIST OF THE DEAD SAILORS. Milwaukee, May 18. Hanging to the rigging of the schooner M. J. Cum- mings, just south of Milwaukee light- house, tonight, are the bodies of a woman and a man. the former the stew- ard and the latter a sailor. Four others, including the captain, have been drowned, and one, Robert Peterson, a sailor, is saved. It was the fiercest storm that has swept the west shore of Lake 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 harbor early in the day, and failed to make the piers, and were soon driving towards the beach on Jones island. An unsuc- cessful attempt was made by the lif*. saving crew to rescue all of the crew of the Cummings, but they were nearly drowned in the attempt, the lifeboat being overturned, the crew escaping almost miraculously. The crew of the Barnes escaped, and the vessel can be released, as she is light and on a sandy bottom. SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE lined the piers and the shores ot Jones island and the mainland this afternoon when the tug Knight Templar, towing a scow bearing the lite savers, left the pier to make the rescue of the crew. One hundred feet of 'line separated the tug from the scow, and back of the 6cow was towed the empty surf boat. With bow to the waves, the Knight Templar permitted the scow; to drop down toward the wreck. When the surf boat " was within fifty yards of tha wreck a human . figure that had -been clinging to the rigging was seen to throw up its hands and fall back- ward into the boiling waves, being in- stantly lost to sight. A short timebefore another of those clinging to : the ropes had also let go his hold and perished. A groan went up from the crowd as each body was lost to sight, ami then all eyes centered on surf boat as it dropped back beside the sunken vessel. "Two figures slowly descended the shrouds of the mizzen mast and clung to lines a few feet above the waves. Five min- utes passed as attempt after attempt was made by the life savers to swing the lifeboat near the waiting men. A cry went up from the crowd on shore as one figure was seen to leap from the rigging and land in the boat. Two minutes later a man sprang far out, and as the boat 7-7. *-- ascended A -wave it was seen that there were five figures in the boat. Then a cheer that drowned the roaring of the breakers went up .from the throats on shore. Slowly the long line that held the surf boat was paid out, and the two rescued men were permitted to drift toward the shore— oue moment lost to sight in the foaming breakers, and again alive and sure of rescue as the boat rose on top of some mighty billow. Along the beach of Jones island a crowd ran to meet the rescued men; willing hands were stretched out to reach them, and they were dragged from 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, Marina City. \u25a0 UNKNOWN SAILOR. Marine City. SAILOR NAMED "JIM," Marine City. COOK (WOMAN) UNKNOWN, But falo, N. Y. saved : Robert Patterson, Kingston. Ont. Frank Goerdes, surfman No. 0, Mil- waukee Life Saving station. ' Surfman Geordes, as soon as hi boarded the schooner, proceed to lash the members of the crew to the rigging, but it is supposed they loosened the ropes to change their positions, hoping to escape the force of tho blizzard oi pelting snow and rain, but were so still that they could not make new fasten- ings and he could do nothing for them. Captain McCullough was the second man to fall, shooting down into tin water as hundreds of field glasses wen trained on the scene from shore. Tuscott fell first aud tho others soon after the captain. BUILDINGS WRECKED. Heavy Destruction of Property in the Hoosicr Stale. Indianapolis, Ind.. May is.—Tha storm which prevailed in Indiana last night did much property damage, and reports received here today indicate that the storm was general. At Marion •hundreds of trees were blown down. A portion of the Stewart glass factory wai demolished, also the Marion brick works. A circus tent was blown down nnd a panic ensued, but there was nu one injured except' an employe, who was struck by the center pole. At Wash- ington the storm was the heaviest iv many years, many small buildings being wrecked. The iron and steel mills three miles south of Elwood wen blown down, causing a loss of JJiT.OJJ. Mercury at Thirty. Mahkeson. Wis., May 18.— A heaviei snow storm than any during the . lasl winter prevailed here today. . The ther. mometer registered thirty degrees. A i terrific gale is blowing from the north. / til """^\u25a0•Sfl \u25a0 if -4 "

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TOL. XVII.—PRICE TWO CENTS— {n*2SBSI } SAINT PAUL MINN.; SATURDAY MORNING, . MAY719, 1894. PRICE TWO CENTS— {F^-.'ffi_. }—NO. 139.

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.

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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.

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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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