SpSi'i’W*--!"***-*-"--—*—*-“
TOLU TOLU TOLU
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TMU Toll! Toll!
kid the black baario creep* along.
But where Is the Hying, loving soul
Chat sung life’s merry song)
Know that all things live
Ana death is the higher life. *
God only takes iiuny to give;
The prizo comes after tho strife.
Woep! Hut the winds rejoice.
Mourn 1 But tlio earth is glad.
Nature sings in the pine treo's voice.
Ye alone are sail,
Toll I Toll! Toll 1
And sigh on your bended kneo;
Hut down from the heights of otcrnltj
roll
Good tidinga The bIovo is free.
—Chicago Herald.
• ___
A NIGHT OF DEATH.
Col. Montfort and I enjoyod a suit
of rooms in ono of the best Hats in St
Paul and led a noarly idoal oxlstonco
for two such old bachelors ns wo wore.
The Colonol was an old Southern
man, and had noon servico in the
• 'Brothers’ war. ” Ho had earned his
rank by valiant and distinguished
service for tho Union forces. Ho was
a tall, well built man, with a com
manding presonco, and, although past
tho middlo ago, carriod his yours well.
I, on tho other hand, although
snugly put togothor and possossod of
unusual endurance, was greatly his
inferior in point of physique, and our
frionds at tho club woro wont to allude
to us as “David and Goliath."
•■That comparison is unjust,” the
colonel said one day. laughingly, “for
I am sure nelthor of us desires the
other's death.”
And we did not think then that one
ever would.
• ‘And it is extromoly doubtful that
this David will over inflict a death
wound to this Goliath,” Interposed a
friend.
We laughed at tho idea.
But the colonel rose with a yawn,
and again looking at hi* watch,
donned his wraps, and we went out
into the slippery streets.
“Not a beastly cab in sight." grum
bled my friend as wo peered ubout.
“And on such a night, too?" he addqd
with a grimace.
So we had to make the best of it,
and trudged slowly home through the
slush. The rain poured and beat upon
us, and the wind swirlod pitilessly
about our muffled heads.
• ‘Ugh, ■’ said tho colonel with' a
shake.
And “Ugh!” repeated I. But I
could not shako off the depression that
had settled upon me with the sleet;
and a foreboding of evil took posses
sion of me that I tried in vain to
dispel.
1 was possessed of very sensitive
nerves; and this .combined with tho
Llfo I led and the influences that had
surrounded me since my birth mado
me a coward in Borne things. And
never did I fool such an undeflnable
dread, and never wore my senses po
quick to make mountains out of mole
hills as at tho times when my spirits
were depressed and my nerves mado
jangling by untoward weathor. I was
veritably a coward in the dark.
Usually when I got in a well lighted
and heated room I could shake this
depression off, but not so to-night.
“You look excited, my dear Kano,"
said tho colonel as wo flung ourselves
in easy chairs and stirred up tho lire.
I rose and went to the looking-glass
in one end of the room, and started
back shocked as I caught sight of ray
face.
It was filled with a tense, suppressed
excitement that I had never seen there
before; my hair actually appeared like
bristles upon my head; and under my
eyes were large, dark rings.
The colonel and I occupied separate
sleeping apartments, as our suite was
large, using the remaining rooms to
gether. Until a day or two ago we
had a valet who attended to our wants,
but he had left us. and we had as yet
been unable to find a suitablo person
ta^ake his place. My room was quite
largefor a bed-room, but for that rea
son I preferred it to a smaller one, as
I was quite a qticklor on matters of
hygieno.
I undressed and went to bed. I
Anally heard the colonel leave the sit
ting room and go to his own apart
ment. A little later I heard the
springs of his bed creak, and knew
that he also had sought tho arms of
Morpheus.
I heard the clock in the hall strike
one, but I was still as wide awake as
I was an hour befora My nerves,
instead of becoming reposed, became
more and more susceptible to the least
jar. The cracking of an ember in the
fire-place in the next room caused my
heart to leap into my mouth and al
most stop beating. The creaking of
a board sent the cold perspiration to
my face. I lay still and scarcely
dared to breathe until my body pained
in every joint from lying in one po
sition so long.
I heard the colonel's breathing in
the next room. Then I heard a door
slam on the flight below, and with
difficulty suppressed a shriek.
And all the time 1 cursed myself for
my cowardice: cursed myself for being
such a child; and vowed that if I were
allowed to live until morning I would
•top drinking hot gins and smoking
stretogfClgarfe.
I heard the clock strike two, and
then must have fallen into a troubled
sleep. I dreamed-r-oh, Cod, what did
I not di%am? Would that all that had
happened that ill fated night had been
but a dream. *
For one thing I dreamed that the
last day had come, and that I. with
countless others had hurried toward a
large snow-capped mountain. There
word billows of fire behind us, and
mountains of fire above us. yet wc
hurried on—on—on—never stopping,
never turning. Clouds of. smoke and
flame rolled about us, yet through it
all could be seen that mountain top.
cold and serene in the midst of all
that heat and woe, and Its snow-docked
top seornod evor to beckon us on—on
—on.
Thousands ni.d millions died nt my
side, before and behind me. Hut I
eared not. 1 grew gaunt with hunger
and faint with fatigue, but still I hur
ried on. I crossed rivers of ico and
valleys of tiro, but they stoppod me
not.
At last I reached it. I started to
wards tho top. Wearily, night and
day, I traveled, and thoso who with
mo reached tho bottom of tho hoar
capped giant; fell off one by one. and
nt last 1 alone was left.
And alono I reached tho top. And
a fooling of indescribable ease and
poaeo came over mo. and 1 laid myself
down in tho cold, whito snow, and fell
asleep.
How long I slept in tho crystal
snow I know not. For thoro, too I
had a dream. I saw two forms ap
proach. One all whito and pure, with
peace and good will beaminiP in his
eyes; tho other black ns night; and
from his eyes gleamed forth tho fires
of hotl.
Tho fair one looked at mo sleeping
with a world of agony and sorrow in
his eyes: thon turnod his bond toward
tho sky. and looked up in supplication,
while great tears foil from his eyes,
and foil on tho cold snow. And
wherever a tear foil swoot flowers
sprang up, and the fragrance that was
waftod from them was not of earth.
Hut tho othor form approached mo,
until it stood at my very side, looking
down at mo with burning eyes. I
strove to move, to shriek, to pray, but
all in vain.
Then I saw him stoop and stretch
out his hund. It hung over my face
an instant, then fell on my forehead.
Then a great pain racked all my
‘ body and spirit, and at the instant I
heard countless voices give a cry that
boomed out from tho mountain top
and was heard ail over tho earth.
And this was what they said, and tho
words still ring In my oars, and never
leave mo wliilo life lasts:
"AN1> THIS IS 1) HA Til!"
And I uwoko. And, horrors of hell,
thut clammy, burning hand still rested
upon my faco, and those burning orbs
still peered into mine!
I did not faint. If I had I would
not now bo alive to tell this tale. lor
that clammy, burning hand had moved
down my fneo until it reached my
throat, and tho gleaming eyes shifted
and turned and moved with the hand.
Thon, with an all powerful effort,
with a strength that was not mine, I
clutched tho hand and flung it from
me and leaped out of tho bed.
To reach tho door and dart into the
sitting room was the work of an in
stant. 1 turned even as I ran and
saw those burning eyes follow.
"Colonel!” I cried hoarsely and
scarce louder than a child. And as
the dread thing approached I ran to
his room. Hut—oh, God!—the door
was opon, the room empty. And,
turning again, with the despair of
doath upon my brow, I saw those
burning eyes again. They wore the
eyes of n madman, And tho face ap
proached until tho hot breath hissed
into ifoy ears.
, And the face was that of CoL Mont
fort.
What happened then I do not know.
It is a year and over since that dread
night, and 1 am still an invalid. They
say I am mad at times, but what won
der! My nerves shattered, my life
ruined. Never can I efface one inci
dent of that night from my seared
memory, and even at night it haunts
mo in my dreams.
That morning, so they say, they
found tho colonel and myself lying on
the floor in his bed room, the colonel
with a knife in his heart and I lying
by his side with my hand still clutch
ing the handle of the knife. I was
dollrious for months, and from my
ravings they gathered the story. I
suppose now that at that- moment of
supreme agony and despair I grasped
a knife which the colonel always had
in his room, and, to save myself,
killed him.
And in tho colonel’s will it was
found that he had left.his all to "my
friend”—the man that killed him.—
Pioneer Press.
SHE PARALYZED THE WAITER.
Circumlocution of n llojton Young: Wo
man In Ordering: Truffles.
She was a dainty Boston lass, with
a soul above pork and beans and a
vocabulary above the ordinary, and
she carried them both into a Wood
ward avenue rostaurant with her.
••Waiter,” she added, after giving
her order, "bring mo also a few tu
berculous fuggi.”
• ‘A few tuberculous fungi, ” she re
peated with a supercilious elevation
of her eyebrows.
"What’s them, mum?” inquired the
waiter helplessly.
This time she looked positively
severb, yet withal pitying.
"They are a species of morbid ex
travasation of vegetable sugars anal
ogous to oak balls, or nutgalls, doubt
less originating as the latter from the
sting of some of the insectivorous fam
ily,” she explained lucidly.
The waiter was paralyzed.
••What’s the mutter with you?" in
terposed his partney at the next table;
coming to the rescue. "The young
lady wants truffles. You had ought
to been raised in Boston like I was."
The customer was served properly.
—Detroit Free Press.
Tlie Poacher’* Trick.
One of the most ingenious methods
practiced by poachers for the pur
pose of netting pheasants is that in
which a game cock is fitted with arti
ficial spurs, and then carried to the
preserves. Then the game bird crows,
one or two more of the cock pheasants
immediately respond and advance to
fight In. this way sometimes five or
six pheasants are taken, while tho
game cock remains unhurt
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
A REVIEW OP THE WEEK’S
DOINGS.
Wyoming citizens held a mass meet
ing at Casper and demanded the dis
continuance of martial law.
Chairman lirioe lias left Washingt on
and will call the national Democratic
committee together Monday, June 30,
the day preceding tl^ convention.
Thomas Cross, of Ottawa, Ont., com
mitted suicide by deliberately holding
his head under water.
John Hurgeson of Perry, Iowa, and
a man named Jefferson quarreled in
the miuing town of Angus, and the
latter struck Hurgeson on the head
with a hatchet, inflicting a fatal
wound. JefTerson was arrested.
Commencement exercises at the Iowa
State university begun at Sioux City.
Edmond Deane's chestnut colt Rneil
won the (irand Prix'of $20,000 at Paris.
Some of the Alliance men in Kansas
havo a plan to place Jerry Simpson at
the head of the ticket.
Miss Kate Marsden, who made a visit
to the lepers of Siberia, has formu
lated a plan to provide hospitals for
them.
Democrats in the House have an
nounced that they intend to expedite
legislation, looking toward an early
adjournment.
Excessive heat at Burlington, Iowa,
caused a number of prostrations. Ther
mometers registered 100 in the shade.
The last order issued by a Con
federate general has been received by
the collector of curios at the Iowa
State Hpuse.
Fireman Elliott of the Santa Fe rail
way was killed in a head-end collision
of cattle trains near Outline, O. T.
Government of British ColumlRa has
decided to warn sealing vessels on the
way to«licring sea to not enter those
waters.
Arkansas’ two crack military com
panies, the McCarthy Light guards
and Fletcher rifles, left Little Rock for
the international competitive contest
ut Omaha next week.
Frank Wallee, of the Acme Bicycle
club, Oakland, Cal., broke the world’s
record for twenty-four hours by 3 miles
144 yards.
S. Mcnnier of Milwaukee proved to
be the king sharpshooter at the Missis
sippi River valley shooting festival at
Dubuque.
John Redmond, responding to the
address of welcome of the I)Jew ' York
committee advocated a re-union of
Irishmen acting independently of En
glish politics.
Will Coleman and Dan Ryan, noted
safe blowers, are in jail at Dubuque,
Iowa, for robberies.
The fifty-second annual session of the
Fox River Universalists association con
vened at Joliet.
Levi Naylor and Eddie Todd, boys,
were drowned at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
while bathing.
The next Supreme council of the
Royal Arcanum will be held in Min
neapolis in June, 1893.
J. F. Fisk, a Chicago traveling man,
attempted to commit suicide at Osh
kosh, Wig., by cutting his throat.
At the session of the American Medi
cal association in Detroit the old quar
rel with tho New York State medical
societies broko out, but it endld in the
appointment pf a peace committee.
The Durham (England) miners have
issued an appeal for relief, stating
that owing tg the condition of the
mines only one-half of the miners are
able to resume work.
Postmaster Far well of Independence,
Iowa, has been notified that after July
1 the office would be placed on the sec
ond class list, which means a free de
livery system.
At a meeting of wholesale grocers in
New York an endeavor was made to
make arrangements with the sugar
trust, whereby reasonable and uniform
prices of sugar may be established.
At a meeting of tho executive com
mittee of the Trunk Line association
in New York, it was decided to ad
vance rates for first-class frights 15
cents per 100 pounds.
Joe E. St. Clair, wanted in many
places to answer to varions criminal
charges, was arrested at Sigourney,
Iowa, where he attempted to defraud
several secret societies.
Judge Dibell, at Joliet, decided that
the Desplaines river along the drainage
line was the property of those owning
the abutting lands and that such own
ers were entitled to sell it as though it
was land.
VV. E. Krause, a farmer living near
Mason City, Iowa, was instantly killed
while plowing. His horses became
tangled and in attempting to extneate
them they fell on him, crushing him to
death. >
Babbett’s distillery, regularly regis
tered, capacity twenty bufhels a day,
located near Somerset, Ky., was raided
add the proprietor arrested for taking
whisky from the warehouse to escape
the payment of taxes.
Engineer Williams has made an ex
haustive report on drainage and chan
nel routes from Chicago to Willow
Springs, and favored the canal line.
The report was satisfactory and was
sent to a joint committee.
Found for tho Lynchers.
Port Jervis, N. Y., June 13.—The
jury in the case of the negro who was
lynched here for assaulting a white
girl found as follows: “We find that
Robert Lewis came to his death in the
village of Port Jervis on June 2, 1892,
by being hanged by his neck by a per
son or persons unknown to this jury.’’
Last Body Found at Oil City.
Oil City, Pa., June 13.—The fifty
fourth body was found here yesterday.
This completes Oil City’s dead, all of
the missing having now been found or
accounted for. —
FOE MANSLAUGHTER
TWO CHIPPEWA FALLS PHYSI
CIANS HELD.
Malpractice Caunes the Death of a
Woman Patient—Train Robbers Go
Free—Negro Lynched In Okluhoma—
Two Men Drowned.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., June 14.—Dr.
E. E. Nusslc and Dr. C. F. Merkel were
arrested last night and confined in the
county jail, charged with manslaughter
in the fourth degree. One week ago
to-day they performed an operation on
Mrs. Lester Dallas of this city for a
supposed tumor. The woman died in
a few hours. At the instigation of the
husband and brother of the
woman an inquest and post mor
tem examination were held yester
day. The remains were taken up
and three physicians made the post
mortem before the jury. The physi
cians all testified that the operation
was unnecessary, that there were no
visible signs *f a tumor having been
removed, that the cuts were not pro
perly sewed up, and that it was the
biggest case of butchery thej' had ever
seen. They also testified that the
woman could not have lived even if
the operation had been successful, ow
ing to the wretched manner in which
the wounds were left. The jury ren
dered a verdict that Mrs. Dallas came
to her death by reason of an operation
performed by Drs. Nussle and Merklc,
incompetent surgeons.
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Two Drowned Near Maicoutah.
Mabcoutah, 111., June 14. — Fred
Kuhn, an unmarried man of Belleville,
aged 22 years, was drowned in Queen’s
lake, seven miles east of here, yester
day. He had been drinking and fell
out of a skiff. Tlie drowning occurred
in full view of 1,000 St. Louis people
who were picnicing at Queen’s lake.
The boat was some distance from the
shore, and it was impossible to get
help to the man in time to save his
life. The body was found late in the
evening. Jefferson Brown, a bache
lor, aged 40, was drowned at Ashley
last night while bathing in a pond.
Filled the Negro with Buckshot.
OftEENVlLLH, S. C., June 14.—Dr.
Bennett, a physician of this county,
shot a negro named R. Benson, at his*
home, near Batesville, yesterday. D^
Bennett was at his home and the negro
came to see him. A quarrel arose and
the negro started to leave, but turned
and picked up a couple of rocks. Dr.
Bennett raised his gun and fired. The
charge of buckshot entered Benson’s
neck, severing the jugular vein, caus
ing instant death.
Red Roek Robbers Go Free.
Guthrie, O. T., June 14.—The party
of thirteen deputy marshals have re
turned from the pursuit of the Red
Rock train robbers, having given up
the chase. They followed the robbers
over two hundred and fifty miles and
were obliged to give up because of
their horses giving out The thieves
had their route marked out and were
furnished relays ol horses. They are
now in No.Man’s-Land, bound for Col
orado.
Negro lynched la Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Ok. T., June 14.—Two
negro outrages were committed here
yesterday. One was caught at once
and lodged in jail. His colored com
panions threatened to reduce the town
to ashes if the threat of lynching was
carried out, and the prisoner was re
moved to the jail at Wichita. The
other negro escaped to the country,
but was caught about six miles out
and shot to death.
They Are Not the Lynchers.
Vandalia, 111., June 14. — Jesse
Burke and Walter Arnold, the two
young men arrested here last Tuesday
suspected of being implicated in the
Taney county, Mo., lynching were re
leased on an order from the Sheriff of
Taney county stating they are not the
parties wanted.
MILITIA UNDER ARMS.
Fears of Trouble from the Striking Dock
Laborer* at Tonawanda.
Tonawanda, N. V., June 14.—The
air is full^f war talk here. The strik
ing dock nrborers held|a secret meeting
at their hall, fully six hundred men be
ing present They say they will
resist any attempt to fill their
placea The mills have been closed
ana the proprietors say that they will
put the men to work on the barges un
der protection. The few stevedores
who went to work this morning car
ried guns with them. The sheriff and
police are making more arrests of riot
ers to-day. The twenty-fifth company
of militia is in the armory under arms
and ready for any emergency. The
State board of Arbitration is expected
here to-day.
Benevolent Order of Elk*
Buffalo, June 14.—The grand lodge'
of the Benevolent OrdeV of Elks will
begin a four days’ session to-morrow.
The indications are that the reunion
will be one of the largest ever
held and it is expected that
fully 5,000 elks will be in
attendance. Among those already
here are delegations from Grand Bapids
and Kalamazoo, Mich., Pittsburg,
Youngstown, Baltimore, Washington,
Louisville, Chicago, Cleveland, De
troit, Brooklyn, Boston and the Cincin
nati delegations with Grand Secretary
Allen O. Myers. Grand Exalted Buler
Edwin B. Hay came in with the Wash
ington lodge.
Twenty-One Tear* for Weems.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 14. —
“Jim" Weems, the negro fiend, was
brought into court to-day guarded by
forty armed deputies. Weems pleaded
guilty and was sentenced lo twenty
one years in the penitentiary. The
trial lasted just ton minutes.
KANSAS ALLIANCE MEN.
They Talk of Putting I'p a Hustings
Man ior Governor.
Wichita. Knn., June 14.—The
Fanners' Alliance Stale convention to
nominate a State ticket and a Con
gressman-at-large meets here to-mor
row. Already the city is full of dele
gates and visitors. There is a dispo
sition among the delegates to sum
marily squelch any candidate who
forces himself forward to a prominent
place. Fusion has advocates, and it
can be said that no one who
does not stand squarely on the
alliance platform will be recognized by
the convention. Jerry Simpson, who
was reported to have gone to North
Carolina to attend the funeral of Col.
L. L. Polk, says he got on the wrong
train and turned up here this morn
ing. Wlien asked about his guberna
torial boom he said it had died. A few
enthusiastic friends had asked him to
run, but he had always declined and
his name would not be presented to
the convention, and Dr. McLallen who
was present chipped in with: “We can
hot spare Jerry from the important of
fice he now holds/’
ALL QUIET AT GUTHRIE.
An Organization of Vigilantes Formed
to Preserve Peace.
Guthhik, Okla. T., June 14.—The
race war which seemed imminent last
■night has been averted and compare-*
tive quiet reigns to-day. The disarma
ment of the boisterous negroes and
whites had much to do with calming
the people, and no more trouble is an
ticipated. Helley, the negro who as
saulted a woman Saturday night, has
been removed to the Wichita jail. The
story of the other assault thatuponMrs.
Guylten by Anthony Lawson and the
latter’s killing by a mob, is untrue.
Lawson attempted to break into Gto
ken's house, but was driven awnv.
There is nothing to show that he con
templated any further crime. A com
mittee of vigilantes lias been formed,
divided into three companies, each to
do duty eight hours daily. Their or
ganization is strong and together with
the officers they will be able to pre
serve the peace.
WAUSAU, WIS.. SCORCHED.
Property to the Value of 8100.000 De
stroyed by Fire.
Wausau, Wis., June 14.—It ’is five
months since Wausau experienced its
greatest fire. Yesterday a conflagra
tion almoit as destructive visited the
city at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and
over $100,000 worth of property was
destroyed. The fire originated in the
George. Ruder Brewing company’s
mammoth plant and spread with alarm
ing rapidity. The fire department re
sponded promptly and worked gal
lantly, but was almost powerless to
cope with the flames fanned into fury
by the high wind which prevailed. The
brewing company will rebuild the plant
at once on a larger and more complete
scale.
Mrs. Harrison to Go to the Adirouilacks.
Washington, D. C., June 14.—Mrs.
Harrison was able Sunday for the first
time since the beginning- of her illness
to walk unaided through the suite of
rooms in the south front of the Execu
tive mansion, though the little journey
required ten minutes. The plan of
taking Mrs. Hai-rison to the cottage at
Cape May has now been abandoned in
favor of a trip to the Adirondacks, as it
has been decided that mountain rather
than sea air is what is needed to build
up her health.
Resented the Charge.
Alliance, Ohio, June 14.—James
Miller, Jr., a prominent farmer, had
some grain stolen'Saturday night, and
this morning, meeting John Shafroth,
a neighbor of unsavory reputation,
charged him with the theft. Shafroth
resented the imputation by attacking
Miller with a sharp sickie, cutting
four horrible gashes in his face and
neck. Smith was carried home, whei-e
he now lies in a criticul condition.
Shafroth was locked up to await the
result of his victim’s injuries.
The Tin Plate Hill.
Washington, June 14.—It is the
present intention of the Democratic
managers to call up the tin plate bill
when the fortifications appropriation
bill is disposed of by the House. Tlia
consideration of the tin plate bill will
probably occupy several days, so that
it is doubtful if any other tariff mcas
will be called up during the week.
Several conference reports are expected
and, if presented, will occupy the at
tention of the House after the tariff
bill is acted upon.
Nancy Hanks After Sunol’e Record.
Philadelphia. Pa., June 14.—The
Belmont Driving club has made ar
rangements with Budd" Doble to trot
Nancy Hanks at Belmont Park, Phila
delphia, Thursday, July 7, against her
record of 2:09 for a special purse of
85,000, with 81,000 added if the recovd
of Robert Bonner’s Sunol, 2:08.*4, is
beaten.
Brick Yards Burned.
Valparaiso, Ind., June 14.—The en
tire plant of the Garden City brick
yards ht Hobart burned to the ground
at 4 o’clock tliis morning. The loss,
which includes the drying houses, en
gines, machinery, etc., will aggregate
nearly $25,000. The proprietors, Ivpi
sella & Co., are Chicago parties. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Increased Exports of Ureadgtufls.
Washington, June 14.—During May
the exports of breadstuffs from the
United States werd $19,410,349, against
812,330.231 in May, 1891; of provisions,
$10,501,592, against 7,068,000 in 1891;
and of mineral oils, $3,151,920, against
$3,585,27G in May, 1891.
Central lilluol* Turn-Fest Closes.
Decatur, 11L, Juno 14.—The turnfest
of the Central Illinois Bazirk closed
last night at Turner Park with the
award of prizes and a ball. The lest
ivas one of the most successful in the
iistory of the organization.
CYCLONE AT CHICAGO.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY A
HEAVY STORM.
A Small House Blown Down and Three
of Its Occupants Burled In the Ruins
—The Democratic Wigwam Unroofed
—The Storm Elsewhere.
Chicago. June 14.—All Evanston was
filled with the direst apprehension last
night. Over fifty merry-making grad
uates of the preparatory school, who
had just graduated, together with their
parents, instructors and friends, seven
ty-five passengers in all, haa embarked
on the pleasure steamer Juliet for a
lake trip to Lake Bluff and Waukegan.
The boat was to have returned by lo
p. m. at the latest, but it did not, and
it must have been far from any harbor
when the fearful cyclone of yesterday
struck it.
All night long fathers, mothers,
brothers, sisters and friends of the ex
cursionists paced up and down the
beach wringing their hands and pray
ing for the safe return of their dear
ones. The life saving crew started
northward in their boat for the miss
ing steamer, and the agonized people
on shore could do nothing but watch
and hope and pray.
Later—It is reported that the Juliet
has arrived safely at Waukegan with
the Evanston students aboard.
Death, terror and destruction fol
lowed in the wake of the terrible
storm which swept over this city yes
terday afternoon.
Several people were killed, many
others injured, buildings were blown
down or unroofed, trees were torn up
and thrown across the streets, and
damage was done in nearly all portions
of the city. Nearly all the big office
buildings suffered from the loss of
windows. Even the Democratic wig
wam did not escape, it now being
minus a roof.
Shortly after 3 o’clock the storm
leveled a small cottage at No. 133(5
Whipple street to the ground, burying
three of its occupants beneath the
ruins.
The house was built of brick and the
foundation rested on posts about six
feet from the ground. The basement
was not shielded by lumber of any
kind and it is thought that the wind
for this reason had more destructive
force.
MILWAUKEE BRIDGE IN DANGER.
Water Up to the Tracks at Earl tag—
Mosquito Creek Valley Inundated.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 14.—A
terrific storm occurred yesterday near
Earling, on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul, and last accounts were that
the waters are rising fast and the Mos
quito Creek Valley is again inunnated.
Wires are down and telephone con
nection is cut off. The telephone
exchange at Harlan reports having
received word that the Milwaukee
bridge at Earling moved when the
west-bound passenger train passed
over it, and trainmen report thjit the
water was up to the track and rising.
A report is in circulation here that the
water is up as high as two years ago.
Such a depth would cause a flood in
the entire valley. As the wires are
down the report cannot be verified.
Boone, Iowa, June 14.—A terrific
rain storm yesterday filled the water
courses and flooded the roads in a
shart time. A 3-year-old child of
George Hannume of Dodge township
was caught in the storm and drowned
in a pond made by the flood.
Ciieston', Iowa, June 14.—An exten
sive hailstorm yisited this section yes
terday. North of here the storm is re
ported as extremely severe and crops
are injured.
Dubuque, la.. June 14.—A heavy
rainstorm, accompanied by a severe
electrical disturbance, raged here for
several hours last evening. The wires
are down and it is impossible to ob
tain outside reports. In this city the
damage has not been great. Telegraph
operators say it is the most severe on
the wires of any known for years. It
is reported that a cyclone struck the
country west of here, in the neighbor
hood of Farley.
State Center, Iowa, June 14.—A
phenomenal hailstorm occurred here at
half-past 1 o’clock last evening. The
ground -was covered with hailstones
ranging from the size of small marbles
to rough and irregular chunks of ice
weighing two ounces. The damage
done in town is not great, there being
but little wind and the heavier stones
falling almost straight down.
CABS CRASH INTO A CABOOSE.
Blown Along by the Cyclone-Three
Trainmen Badly Hurt.
Joliet, 111., Jnne 14.—During the
storm yesterday three trainmen were
hurt. Edward French, conductor, will
die. His back and shoulders were
hurt, bis legs were crushed, and a
beam struck him in the abdomen.
Peter Randolph, a brakeman, had his
right leg crushed and his body was
badly bruised. E. A. Hazen’s
legs, breast and arms were crushed.
The men were in their caboose
at Brighton eating their dinner, when
the wind sent another train of forty
cars crashing into them, going through
the caboose. A special was made up
and the men brought here, where doc
tors were awaiting them.
Sandwich, 111., June 14.—This city
was visited by a small cyclone at 8:45
p. m. yesterday, which blew in the
front of the Free Press office while Edi
tor F. El Manley was in the building.
He escaped to the rear of the building
and was not injured. The front of the’,.
Wallace Bros’ grocery was also torn \
out. The inmates escaped before the
crash came and no one was serioualy
injured. Small buildings and trees
were blown down in other parts of the
city, ifo lives were lost.
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