Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1883 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. MONDAY.—I.oeaI rains, followed by clearing: weather, stationary or lower temperature. Brood not over lost opportunities; bury from sight the misfortunes of the past, preserving only such memories as may serve to guide you in the future. Grasp the present; the past comes not back again. If you have failed to take advantage of the golden opportunities that are being scattered broadcast by the WHEN, and have been for eight years, don’t bemoan your fate, but “catch on” now, and make the most of life that yet remains in your possession. When? Now! ONLY AT TUB W HEIST RACES AT EXPOSITION GROUNDS INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 30,31 HONE 1,2. $4,000 IN PURSES! BY TIIE CRAWFORDSVILLE TROTTING ASSOCIATION. BP 3 The largest mooting ever given in the elty. Over one hundred horses entered. Special attraction for each day, OBITUARY. Death of Hon. Horace Heffren at Salem, Yesterday. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Salem, May 20. — At 10 o’clock to-day Hon. Horace Heffren died, aged about sixty years. Horace Heffren was born in Tompkins county, New York, May 27, 1831. His father was a farmer, and his mother was a sister of Hon. Cyrus L. Dunham, who was at one time a very prominent figure in Indiana politics, being one of the leading atttorneys of the State and representing it in Congress. Mr. ' Heffren spent his early life on the farm, receiving but a crude education, and at the age of seventeen began teaching school. In 1850 he emigrated to Brownstown, Jackson ' county, and in the following year began the study of law with Mr. Dunham and J. K. Lord. In 1852 he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law at Salem, where he resided until the time of his death. In 1856 he was elected to the State Senate, and at once became prominent in the deliberations of that body. In 1861 he was elected joint representative from ■Washington and Harrison counties and received the vote of the Democratic members of the House for speaker. In the same year he was commissioned major and . afterwards promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. In October he was transferred to the Fiftieth Indiana and left the service in 1862, returning to the practice of law at Salem, So much has been said and written of Mr. Heffren’s war record recently that no detailed comment upon it need be made at this time. A bright and promising career was blighted by his connection with the Sons of Liberty and similar organizations, and at one time he was under arrest for treason. The circumstances of the arrest and trial of Mr. Heffren and his associates have become a part of the history of the State. So far ns is known he attempted no public defense of his conduct until last winter, when he denied, in n measure, many of the most serious •charges that had been made against him, and the truth of which had been generally accepted, in the absence of directcontradiction. Upon his return home he continued the * practice of law until his death, his only diversion from professional pursuits being a compilation of the history of Washington county, which was published asa serial in the Salem Democrat. His last public position was as representative in the last General Assembly, where he was the recognized leader of the Democracy in all matters of political legislation. His course in that body was such os to recall his career during the war, and a revival of that subject gave him great prominence throughout the State How he conducted himself under the severe catechism to which he was subjected and how he answered it are well remembered. Mr. Heffren was a man of much force of character and well marked ability. He was Influential In his party and in the Legislature on account of his experience in such matters. When he left here, at the end of the session, I he was in ordinarily good health, although he complained somewhat of disease of the heart. No intimation of liis illness had been made public, and nothing concerning the manner of his death is known here further than the meager facts given in the dispatch announcing it. Charles Avery. Utica, N. Y., May 20.—Charles Avery, professor of chemistry in Hamilton College from 1834 to 1800, died in Clinton to-dav, gcd eighty-seven years.

“THE PEOPLE’S WILLIAM.” The Defeat of Mr. Gladstone's Government on the Affirmation Bill. The Hill in Advance of Englidl Public Sentiment—Tile Mnrt.es of the People Opposed to It. Unahated Excitement in Ireland Over the Dope's Circular. Arrival of the Czar at Moseoiv—Bismarck's Health—The Italian Government Get. a Vote of Coutldeuce. ENGLISH POLITICS. Great Hri-ialn Thoroughly Stirred pp- The Outlook for the Gladstone Government. Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. London, May 5. —These are atirriug times in England. My return from the Vnited States, charged with a special commission to investigate social matters, iinds the country in such a furore of excitement on the commanding political questions of the day that I feel I must turn aside from ray special work for this one eccasion, at least, and present to your readers a brief digest of the issues that are just now absorbing popular attention. By the small majority of three votes, with 581 members exercising their privilege, almost a full House, Mr. Gladstone’s affirmation bill has just been defeated. This measure was very simple in itself, but, from the circumstances under which it was introduced, it assumed in many minds a complicated and even dangerous aspect It provided that all duly elected members who objected to taking the oath should have the option of affirming their allegiance, a provision which extends at present only to the members of certain sects of religionists like the Quakers and Moravians. Such was the hill, and some of the leading statesmen of the land, men as eminent for their Christian character as.for their political sagacity, have eloquently maintained, both in and out of Parliament, that there was nothing in it antagonistic either to wise government or to true religion; that indeed the beet interests of both church and state demanded the passage of such a measure. Behind ihe bill stood the government, with a man at its head whose popularity with the masses has earned for him the soubriquet of “the People’s William,” and whose devotion to Christianity has won him a foremost place in the ranks of its modern defenders. That the affirmation bill sho'nld have failed with such backing will be inexplicable to those not familiar with the English character; but to those on the ground who comprehend the situation, the wonder rather is that it came so near adoption. The truth of the matter is that the masses of the people were opposed to this measure, and the more it was discussed the more their opposition took form and substance. That the bill was in advance of public sentiment, Mr. Gladstone candidly admitted in his masterly speech, last week. The fact was also clearly shown by the large number of petitions sent in against its passage, as compared with the few presented in its favor. In the indifference ot members to the speeches on the last night of the debate, contrasted with the grand stampede when the division was ordered, there is something peculiarly British and almost comical. When members of Parliament have made up their minds that they don't want to hear a fellow-member air his eloquence, they have a very decided way of putting their contempt into effect. They either, in such a case, drown the speaker’s voice with boisterous protestations, or they retire from the chamber. On this oceasion they pursued the latter course, most of the speakers having to address a beggarly array of empty benches, and one being so unfortunate even as to have to begin his speech with no one on the floor of the House but the presiding officer and himself, with not more than a dozen members present at any time during its delivery. But the indifference of honorable members at this stage of the debate must not be regarded as any index of the feelings of the people, for while the “House” was empty, the galleries were packed, and everywhere throughout the country the populace was on the qul vive for the result. The religious denominations, I feel tolerably certain, were placed in a false light in the discussions. It was contended that they mostly favored the bill, but this was not shown by any activity on tiieir part in presenting memorials for its passage, and the only thing giving color to this assumption was the fact that some of the leading members of these bodies had committed themselves to the measure. But that these were in advance of the sentiments of the bulk of the religious people of the realm would be admitted to-day, I doubt not, by those who were interested before the vote ill making it appear otherwise. And here we are brought face to face with the true explanation of the bill’s defeat. It was killed by tile ingrained and obstinate religiousness of the English people. They saw Brudlaqgh and atheism in it. It looked too much to them like opening the door of .Parliament to the principles of the secularist. The religions sentiment amounts almost to an instinct with the people of England. The present generation inherit a love for religious forms from ancestors who for more than two centuries have fought the battle of Protestantism, hatred of infidelity being now as much a part of their nature as their well-known pugnacity and love of beef and beer. ’Twas vain for Mr. Gladstone or any one else to raise the cry of justice; it appeared to them as though God was about to be set aside, and while they love justice they love their church more. Equally futile was the assurance, oft repeated by representatives of the government, that the bill was not intended for the relief of Mr. Bradlamrh; for while thev knew that that gentleman, though disbelieving in God, was now perpectly willing, and even anxious, to tnko an oath whose binding force consisted solely in a recognition of God, they still were well aware that the lSmdiaugh case was the cause of the introduction of the hill, and that if the affirmation door were opened lie would be the first to walk in [ thereat. Therefore they protested, and their protestations prevailed. Had the bill oome to a vote before the voice of the country had made itself heard, there is little doubt that, being a government measure and one which leading minds regarded as an net of justice, it would liuve gone through. As it is, the

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cause of religious liberty falls a martyr once j more to mistaken religious zeal. That the • government was right and the people wrong will be the well-nigh universal verdict of thinking people in the United States; but it should not be forgotten that the quality of religious conservatism which the English people possess in an excessive degree is one j in which the American character is some- j what deficient, and those inclined to i be severely censorous should consider whether, when grave interests are at stake, it is not safer to err on the side of too great j strictness than of too great liberality. Mr. I Gladstone can afford to wait. He has tried I to storm public opinion and has failed, but it is not the first time, and usually heretofore the positions that have resisted his first i assault have yielded to him later. In the I calm complacency with which, after the divi- j sion, when those who had accomplished his i defeat called uproarously for a declaration of ! his purposes, this really grand man, affect- j ing indifference to their clamors, went on I penning a letter he had commenced, there is a suggestion of one greater and grander than he, who was also in advance of his times, and who found relief from popular clamor on a certain occasion by ‘ writ- j ing in the sand,” as though he would prefigure thereby that while the demands of prejudice and the decrees of injustice would be washed away by the incoming tide,the eternal principles of right for which he contended would still survive, undisturbed as his own placid countenance and triumphant as his own lofty spirit. The scene of last night, when the House voted once more to not allow the subject of this bitter controversy to take an oatn which he has declared would be in its religious sanctions without force or meaning to him, was a necessary sequel to W’hat took place the night before, though the increased majority against the government is a truer indication of the feelings of the people than was the former vote. That many Liberals who voted in favor of the affirmation bill should have voted immediately afterwards to deny Mr. Bradlaugh the privilege of swearing, shows that while they were willing to admit him to the House, they were not willing to become parties to the deliberate profanation of a religious form which the people of the country have always held sacred. The gentleman’s .speech in his own defense hardly rose to the importance of the occasion, though it was ingenious and forcible. He denied many of the allegations brought against him during the debate. He had not published an obscene book, he said, and he quoted the decision of Chief Justice Cockburn, who said at the trial that “the defendant honestly believed that the evils that this work would remedy, arising from over-populacion, are so great, that if it were possible to avoid them this would be wise. That such was the honest opinion of the defendant we, who have read the book and heard what they have said, must do them the justice to believe.” As to the charge of having paraded his atheism before the House in a spirit of defiance, Mr. Bradlaugh declared he had not done this, but had simply avowed it in response to the demands of a committee of investigation “who he thought at the time were generous English gentlemen who would not distort what they had asked for into a declaration that I had paraded it here.” His next sentence was a stinger and is worth preserving. “I have never uttered my opinions in this House, and under great temptations I have refrained from saying any word which oor wound the feeling oi the most religious, although I have heard within these walls language used against me by professing Christians which I would have been ashamed to use in any decent assembly.” The excluded member’s remarks were listened to very attentively by all, the English love of fair play asserting itself sufficiently to secure this, and on the Liberal side many of his points were greeted with cheers, but it is doubtful if the speech made him a single vote. Thrice has this man been elected by his Northampton constituents and three times has Parliament refused to allow him to take the oath. It is scarcely possible a Parliament could ever be elected in England that would vote otherwise on this question, so that his only chance for taking his seat is in the passage of a bill such as that which was defeated on Thursday night But here again there seems to be little hope for him, for the more the subject is agitated the more do the people of the country declare their opposition to such a measure, and it is quite certain that if Mr. Gladstone were to appeal to the electors on this issue at the present time he would be defeated by an overwhelming majority. The other question of commanding interest here is the question of whether or not the United States will give up Sheridan and Walsh. The tone of the leading papers is temperate, but firm. They admit the necessity for the British government to make out a clear case, but when that shall have been done no quibble or fear of the Irish, they hold, should prevent extradition. Among trie people there is a feeling. I regret to say, that our government will keop them if it can find the slightest pretext for so doing, and a fear, too, that the judges may not be over-scrupulous in searching for such a pretext. In fact we are suspected here by very many of a latent sympathy with Irish grievances. One hears complaints of this on every hand, and it is really to be hoped, for the sake of the friendly relations that should exist between the two nations, that this matter will be settled justly and to the mutual satisfaction of both sides. h. t. TIIE IRISH. Carey, the Informer, Temporarily Released from Custody. Dublin, May 19.—James Carey, the informer, was to-day released from custody. Carey says he intends to remain in Dublin, and further, he will vigorously prosecute those of the tenants occupying his premises who refuse to pay rent since lie became an informer. Ever since Carey turned informer his house has been guarded by policemen, and on his liberation to day, the guard was doubled. It is announced this evening that Carey’s return to his home is only temporary, ami that the crown still holds him as a witness to testify in the case of Sheridan, Walsh, Tynan, etc. Excitement Over the the Pope's Circular. Dublin, May 19.—The excitement in Ireland over the Pope’s circular to the clergy is unabated. Justin McCarthy, member of Parliament for Longford, has sent a circular to a prominent Irishman connected with the Irish National League in London, suggesting the formation of an organization to assist in furthering the movement to raise a testimonial for Parnell. The town commissioners of Dungarvan, Ireland, last night, adopted a resolution of disapproval of the Pope’s circular, on the ground that lie counseled a disunion between the priests and people of Ireland, which would tend to promote the organization and schemes of secret societies. Trial of the Liverpool Prisoners. Dublin, May 19. —The dynamite conspirators, Kennedy, O’Herlihy, O’Connor alias Da ton, Deasey, and Flnnnagan, were arraigned in court at Liverpool this morning,

and formally charged with conspiracy to murder, as well as treason felony. Testimony was given bv witnesses showing that Kennedy, O’Herlihy and O’Connor were connected with Deasey and Flannagan in the conspiracy. The live prisoners were remanded until Monday. A KeHolutlon by the Parnell Committee. London, May 19.—At a meeting of the Parnell tribute committee the following resolution was adopted: •‘That wc deeply deplore the action taken by the Sacred ( ongregation with reference to the movement, that we believe the argument* advanced in the Pope’s circular are founded on misrepresentation, ami nor justly applicable either to the public life and work of Parnell or to an act of national gratitude to him on the part of the Irish people, and that we are determined to persevere In the work which we have undertaken and to obtain, to the- utmost of our power, the help of the people of Ireland and the Irish race in offering Parnell adequate recognition of his labors and services for the Irish cause.” The declaration was signed, among others, by members of Parliament Gray, Sullivan, Salor, Corbett, Sexton and Harrington and Lord Mayor Dawson. It is rumored to-night in national circles that the Irish members of Parliament will,on Monday, move to adjourn the Commons, in order to discuss Errington’s mission to Rome, Brief Information. Dublin, May 19.—The £IOO,OOO Parliament voted for promoting emigration from the distressed districts of Ireland has been expended. It is denied that an informer from America, possessing knowledge of the dynamite conspiracy is in Scotland yard. Kinzella, supposed to be a lunatic, who stated that he took part in the murder of Lord Leitrim, was discharged to-day and sent back to the workhouse. Seven persons have been arrested nearßarbille on the charge of being connected with the shooting of Mrs. Smyth, who was murdered on April 2, 1882. Tha crown proposes to distribute the reward offered for the detection of the Phoenix Park murderers among the informers. It is believed it will also send abroad forthwith all informers who desire to leave the country. Davitt, Healey and Quinn have been forbidden to receive visitors in consequence of their recent letter forwarding subscriptions to the Parnell fund and condemning the I’ope’s circular THE CZAR AT MOSCOW. His Arrival ami Grand Reception by the Populace. St. Petersburg, May 19.—According to the programme of the Russian coronation ceremonies, drawn up by an imperial commission, the Moscovites will be informed of the approaching event, during three successive days beforehand, by a mounted herald, generals, clerks of the Senate, masters of the ceremonies and trumpeters, escorted by two squadrons of Life Guards. Starting from the Kremlin on each morning, this party, in two detachments, will make the proclamation with a flourish of trumpets before each gate of the Kremlin, and at other places on both sid*e of ♦.! Moskva, each time distributing printed copies of the Imperial ukase among the bareheaded populace. At the same time the foreign embassadors will be officially notified by two masters of the ceremonies, driven in gilded carriages of state. The great procession from the Fetrofsky Palace, in the outskirts of Moscow, to the Kremlin will be in the following order: To the sound, first, of the bells of the Cathedral of the Assumption, and then of the other belfries of the city, the procession will move forward, headed by the mounted gendarmes of the guards; the personal escort or convoy of the Czar, consisting chiefly of Asiatic warriors and detachments of Moscow Dragoon Guards and Cossacks of the Guard. Then will follow mounted deputations of the representatives from Central Asia and the Cossack territories, after which will come the long train of deputies from the nobility, together with innumerable officials, partly in carriages and partly on horseback, interspersed with masters of the ceremonies and troops. His Imperial Majesty, with , his ministers and the Imperial Grand Dukes, on horseback, will be preceded by squadrons of the Chevalier and Horse Guards and followed by the gala carriages of the Empress, the Grand Duchess and the ladies ot the court. In the procession on foot from the Kremlin paiace to the Cathedral of the Assumption, on the day of the coiunation, the regalia will be borne by the following members of the Council of State: The emperor’s crown by Privy Councillor Titoff, president of the civil and religious department of the Council; the scepter and globe by General Count Adlerberg; the state sword by General Count Milutin, the imperial standard by General Count Schouvaloff. and the crown of the empress by Admiral Heyden. Thirty-two adjutants-general will bear the poles and cords of the baldachin over the heads of the imperial couple. The inhabitants of fit. Petersburg will be informed of the beginning of the sacred rite by an artillery salute and by the display of white flags on the towers, and of its full accomplishment by the running up of red flags and by a salute of 101 guns from the fortress. The Czar was received at the depot by a number of grand dukes, princes and generals. The national anthem was played as he drove in an open carriage to the palace, and great crowds cheered him along the route. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Bismarck Objects to the Issuing of Bulletins About nis Health. Berlin, May 19.—Official bulletins respecting the health of Bismarck should be received with caution. It is asserted that the Prince suffers great pain, but he objects to the issuance of alarming bulletins. He is much affected by the political disappointments lie lias experienced, and it is said that the latest reports in regard to the negotiations between Prussia and the Vatican have been also a source of trouble. Confidence In tlie Italian Government. Rome, May 19. —After a week’s debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the internal policy of the government, raised by the extreme Left of the chamber, they passed—3lß to 29—a vote of confidence in the government. This majority, which includes the conservative opposition, creates an abnormal parliamentary situation. It is believed that Prime Minister Depretis will reconstruct the cabinet. Reviitlng the Extradition Treaty. London, May 20.—Earl Granville has instructed Mr. Saokville West, the British minister at Washington, to ask the United Spates government to consent to a revision of the [Continued on Second I*nge.J

RESULTS OF THE CYCLONE Over One Hundred Buildings Destroyed at ltaciue, Wis. Many People Killed, Hundreds of Others Severely Injured—Missouri Meets with Great Losses. The State of Illinois Has a Terrible Visitation of Wind. Over Sixty Killed and Two Hundred Hart— Indiana Has a Slight Blow— Scenes and Incidents. WISCONSIN. A Pitiful Scene Along the Course of the Tornado at Racine. Racine, Wis., May 20.—The scene along the course of the cyclone is pitiful and heartrending in the extreme. It was not generally known until yesterday morning that Racine had suffered a calamity without parallel in its history. Nearly the entire population of the north and west side of the river visited, during iast evening and night, the ruins, where the scene among the dead, wounded and dying was one painful beyond description. In many instances surviving relatives had lost all semblance of reason. Physicians were not numerous enough to give prompt assistance, and numerous bleeding victims were rolled tip in blankets while anxious relatives ran in every direction to secure medical aid. It is now estimated that fully twenty-live were killed and 100 injured. One hundred and fifty houses were demolished, and had the cyclone struck the business center the damage would not easily have been calculable. At the Western Union junction, seven miles west of Racine, many houses were wrecked, and one young man, named Webber, killed. The killed and wounded at Racine so far as known are: Killed—Willie and John Kastanick, eleven and thirteen years old; the little girl of Peter Dressel, six "years; infant child of August Kisner; the young daughter of Barney Willing, and a young son is missing; Paul Kuhl, Albert Kuhl, Mrs. Kastanick, Simeon Giese, Matt Lavin, two children of Fred. Falk, Mrs. McCarthy, Mrs. Kortz, infant child of Michael Jochiem, Mrs. James Decker, and Mrs. Wendel. Seriously injured—W. A. Snradel, leg and two ribs broken; Mrs. Spradel, hurt internally; Kate Lutz, seventy-six years, arm broken and head crushed; Mrs. Frederick Falk; Herman Kuhl, crushed about the head; Mrs. Rehuse, hurt about the breast and eyes; Fred. F’alk, hurt about the head and eyes; two children of Mrs. Barse: Mrs. Mistner, chest bone bioken and skull fractured; Mrs. Flannigan and three children, all seriously injured; Mrs. Mary Miller, daughter and son, all badly injured; Fred. Essmuss, leg and face badly bruised; Michael Dorrey, knee broken and one eye knocked out; chilcl of Mrs. Wendel, seriously injured, Michael Jochiem, wife and four children, seriously hurt; Mrs. Knudson, arm broken; family of William Garnold, bruised and cut; Wm. Deershing; head cut; John Lukes, seriously cut; Mr. Lichtfeldt, wife and boy, badly hurt; A. Krauski; Mrs. Howland was blown out of her buggy and badly injured; Wm. Sprado, both legs broken and thought to be fatally injured internally; John Strail, thigh broken; Mr. Miller, arm twisted off; John Riegelinan, wife and children, all seriously injured; Barney Willing and family, all seriously injured. Andrew Fox was buried in the ruins of his house, together with a small child. J. Luck felt, wife and two children were carried with their house fifty feet. The children escaped, but Luckfelt and wife were badly injured by the wrecking of the house, F. Court and a young man named Krengel were killed, and four others badly injured. INCIDENTS OF THE STORM. Racine has been thronged to-day with people from abroad, drawn here by curiosity and partly by a desire to render assistance. Work at the scene of the demolished houses has been going on by such of the sufferers as were able to be about, in the hope of recovering some of their property from the debris so widely scattered. Both official and popular action has been taken, with a view to render aid to those to whom aid can be given. Mayor Fish called a special meeting of the council this evening, and a relief committee was appointed. A citizens’ meeting is called to be held at tiie Opera-house tonight, and bids fair to be very largely attended. Annie Willings, seven years old, was killed at John Nunn’s house. Gus Kissner’s youngest child was killed in its mother’s arms. An elder child of the same family who was missing has been found in the creek, dead. The Challapka children, girls, were found dead at 3 o’clock in the rums of a brick saloon. There were fourteen men in the saloon at the time, and not one of them received a scratch. The Challapka children were passing in the street, and the building fell on them. Among the peculiar incidents told of the cyclone is one to the effect that the house of Matt Lavin and wife, an aged couple residing on the lake shore, was picked up and hurled into the lake, leaving them sitting ut a table on the floor in the room uninjured. Three miles from there, and out of the track of the storm, a barn was taken up and three cows left standing uninjured on tiie floor. A little girl of five months was discovered, this morning, in a yard near by, with both legs broken, dead. A boy eight years of age was found alive, but badly bruised. Joseph Keipel, living in a house on the lake shore, saw the cyclone coming, and started for tho house of Mr. Hilker to get into the cellar, his wife and child being with him. When about half way across the lots the storm caught them, and Mrs. Keipel fell and lost her hold on the child, which was rapidly carried toward the lake. A large Newfoundland dog of Mr. Hilker rail ami caught the child and held it until the dunger was over, thus sav ; ng it from being carried into the lake. Mr. Keipel grasped his wife and saved her. When the storm struck the lake the water was thrown in the air to the height of seven-ty-iive feet. A house on High street before the storm is missing, and can’t bo found. Men are at work clearing away the debris, and women, clad in borrowed clothing, are hurrying about with tear-stained eyes bemoaning the loss of their homes and relatives and friends. The suffering is confined to the very northern outskirts of the city. THE INDIVIDUAL LOSSES. Among the laborers and mechanics who owned their little property, which was com-

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pletely swept away, as near as can be learned by a careful survey of the ground, the losses are as follows: Andrew Fox, one and one-half-story frame dwelling, completely demolished and his household goods scattered to tiie winds. Loss,sl,soo. Michael Doherty, small frame house, contents wrecked. Loss, SSOO. Wm. Lutz, saloon and (dwelling of two stories, blown from the foundation. Loss, SI,BOO. John Teturas’s brick dwelling, in wnicb were fourteen people, was reduced to a huge pile oi ruins, and not one of tho inmates was injured more than slightly. Two adjoiuiug frame buildings belonging to Peturas were wrecked. Total loss, $3,800. <\ Brown, frame, S9OO. O. Perptb, brick dwelling, one and one-half-fifteen feet and dropped. Loss, Albert Pehaunker, one and one-balf story frame, demolished, S9OO. T. Court, frame house, wrecked, $1,500. Ou a high bank of land, William Bauman's brickyard sheds were blown down, barns moved from their foundations and dropped, splitting to sphuters. A horse was taken bodily in the cyclone and dropped a hundred feet away. Loss, so,ooo. Burdick brickyards, damaged, $4,000. Two houses, names of occupants unknown, demolished, $1,200. G. Ilune, store-house and barn wrecked, S4OO. William Reigelraan, brick house, whole family of eight Injured and everythirg gone, SI,BOO. William Durstling, frame, smashed, SOOO. Charles Bartsee, frame, S9OO. Adolph Tate, frame house, S9OO. William Gomel!, Mrs. Dood, Mrs. Dollonr, Capt. Wilson, of schooner Bpeed; Simon Gries. Matthew I.atr, August Fischer, Peter Jacobson ami Fivd. Krupp lost buildings varying lu value from S3OO to $1,200. Joe Kansakouick, two-story hrlck,demolished! two hoys killed and the father aud mother eert* ously injured. Loss, $2,500. Joseph Hughes, two-story brick; wife seriously injured, and building, with contents, destroyed. Loss, $2,500. Mr. Hill, small frame, slightly damaged. Mrs. Kistner, a widow, frame shed and barn with contents, totally destroyed. Loss, $3,000, Now frame adjoining. Loss, S3OO. One-story dwelling, belonging to a Bohemian. Loss, SSOO. J. W. Ravnion, a harness-maker, stock swept from the shop. Loss, SSOO. Mrs. Kenner, a widow, frame, roof gone and household goods damaged. Loss. SSOO. Mrs. Seymour, frame, front smashed. Loss. SSOO. Fred Albrecht, frame, unroofed. Loss, S3OO. August Kisner, new frame, taken bodily from the foundation and blown to slivers. Kisner’a youngest daughter was killed and the oldest daughter and Mrs. Kisner seriously injured. Kisner was lifted ana oarried ten rods. Izoss. $1,500. Thomas Long, with his aged father and mother, were blown through their dwelling, a frail structure, and buried* in the debris, together with a small child. Mrs. Long is seriously injured. Everything lost. Loss, SI,GOO. Mrs. Miller, widow, frame, taken from the foundations and destroyed. Two girls, a boy anil the mother badly injured; $1,200. Tiui Long, frame; $1,300. Two new houses belonging to Mr. Yockam, oocupants unknown, swept from the face of tho earth; $3,500. Peter Dressel, frame, brokeu in bits, S9OO. Faultcntine Wins, frame, nothing left but cellar and splinters; Wins badly Injured and destitute, $1,200 J. Welch, frame, S9OO. August Flatee, house and sheds; S2OO. J. JSchroerter, story and a half frame, 6n17 the walls left; the furniture blown to bits: sl,400. Fred. Kutzberger, frame; SI,OOO. A. Tilly, residence property damaged; S2OO. A. Krauskc, two-story buck, total wreck: $2,000. Albert Weir, frame house hlowu down and the barn gone beyond sight: $l,lOO. Frame public school-house demolished; sl,000. John Mericc, roof gone; S4OO. C. Rowan, frame house gone; S9OO. Albert Kugel, frame house, property of Wm, Bosnian, a mass of ruins; s9uo. Where the Cyclone Formed. Milwaukee, May 19.—W. J. Johnson, who arrived on the Northwestern train, whi<;h left Chicago at sr. m., says he saw a cloud from the southwest meet another from the northeast anil sweep along with tremendous speed between the tracks of the Northwestern and St. Paul railways in sight of the train. About fifteen houses were demolished, and trees and telegraph poles fell across the track, necessitating that the train be stopped, and in one case a tree had to be cut to clear it away. A water-spout was formed on the lake and burst on the shore, deluging fields. Roofs were carried many rods distant, and the scene was one of general wreck as tiie train moved on toward Milwaukee. The Northwestern depot at Racine was demoL ished. At Watertown, Wis. Watertown, Wis., May 19.—The only damage in Jefferson county is to orchards and window glass, although there are rumors of buildings blown down, but no particulars can be learned. The losses will aggregate several thousand dollars. A portion of tiie roof of tiie College of the Sacred Heart at this place was blown off, and tiie south windows of the building were broken by huge hailstones. The storm comes from the south. ILLINOIS. The Fearful Destruction Caused by the Wind at Various Places. Springfield, May 19.—Tiie damage caused by tiie cyclone which visited this section of the State last night was more appalling than at first supposed. It struck tiie ground on Elijah Iles’s farm, south of the junction, and laid waste three dwellings and as many barns and outhouses. Mr. Iles’s house, a large twostory brick, was entirely demolished. It was occupied by Mr. Booker, who was considerably injured. An infant boy was nearly killed. Across the road from tho Booker place, Z. Ebulin Wilford’s homo was swept away by tho tornado, but no damage to life resulted. A quarter of a mile further to the northeast, the house of Mrs. English was torn to pieces, everything about the place destroyed, Mrs. English crushed and mangled by the falling timber, but there are hopes of her recovery. After demolishing Mrs. English s home, tho hurricane struck again four miles east of the city, where the little settlement of Round Prairie is situated, and made havoc of lives, property and farms. The best farm in the track of the storm was that of William Controll, occupied by himself, wife and hired man. They took refuge in the cellar, ami weathered the storm in safety, while tho house was torn down, and the outbuildings, fences and stock destroyed and killed. The homes of William Nostrand, Mr. Me* Vengh, Henry Hughlcu, Samuel Ashton, Janies Trotter, George Ray, Henry Furbre and Samuel A. Grubb were torn down, and great damage was done their other property. The killed and injured are: Mr. Booker and child, Mrs. English amt two children, injured seriously; Mr. Furbre, llenrv 11 tighten, Benjamin McVeugb and sou, Mrs. Trotter. B’rom Round Prairie the storm swept to Dawson, nine miles northeast, hut doing no serious damage until that point w reached. Here a number of homes were t int down and Mrs. Ferris was killed. At Buffalo, another little hamlet. Mri Thomas Chandler was killed by the falling