St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 July 1893 — Page 2

NINE WERE KILLED. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A CONEY ISLAND TRAIN. Fassengers Thrown from the Cars and Ground Against the Walls of the Tunnel, at Whose Entrance the Accident Took I’lace. Many Maimed and Mangled. Four passenger cars of a train of six cars were derailed 200 feet east of the Parkville tunnel, on the Manhattan Beach branch Os the Long Island Railroad, at 5:15 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. 'Nine persons were killed, and so far as Is known, at least half a hundred persons were injured. Several of those injured, according to the doctors who attended them, will probably die. The killed are: Cudly, J. Robert, New York, policeman. Daly, Patrick A., officer connected with the Third District Civil Court in Brooklj-n. Finlay, John. . „ , Hutchinson. William 8., ^ew York; crushed to death. Johnson, Fritz E., New York; both legs fractured and body bruised. Died at Seney Hospital. _ j . \ McGONNIGLB, ®X. Philadelphia. Died at 110 'i'a ..A Pringle, 11. Quinby, Utlea, N. Y., died on way nTTWF’ \pttal. Spink, Henry J., city marshal at Jefferson Market Police Court. New York. The train was composed of a Pullman oxcu^sion c-ni-s, steps ruuning ajong the sides. When Started from tho Sheopshoad Bay race track Capt. James Sarvis, of the police force on duty at the track, and some of his men, warned tho passengers not to I’ide upon tho steps; that they might bo thrown oft’ on turning a curve. The Captain’s injunction was not regarded. Every seat was taken, and mon and women crowded between the seats on the platforms and steps. The track is double, but in the tunnel the two tracks tome together on a single trestle. To the south of the tunnel about one hundred yards is a dead switch. This ’switch is operated from a tower on the (west side of the tunnel. This switch consists of two lengths of railSj and **^33 intended for use in preventing a coHfei on - Should the switch tender eee thaH^ trains were likely to collide in thettifinel he could throw the ■west-bound trails from the track into the ditch by meansof the dead switch. Switchman Whs Asleep. Switchman P. S. McGarry, 21 years old, was in charge of the switch tower when the accident occurred. A youth with a bicycle said that as the train approached the switch tender started |tip from a sleep and pulled a lever, and the rumble and jar of the four derailed cars was heard. There is a ditch on the ‘right-hand side of the track, and the embankment rises abruptly at an angle of about 50 degrees. The men who sat on the steps at the right-hand side of •tho cars were jammed against the earth and their feet and legs were caught under the steps. Engineer Banker felt the -jar and applied the brakes and shut off

If — —— steam, but the engine was on the other side of the tunnel when it stopped. The first three cars traveled about 150 yards from the switch before they stopped. The last three cars broke from the first car"and stopped wedged up against the embankment. All along the sides were men held fast by their feet and legs under the broken steps and under the wheels. The third car remained half upon tho trestle, the rear of it swinging around against the jsido of the tunnel, and thumped against the brick walls. Steam escaped from the broken pipes. The passengers of the last three cars who were unhurt sprang to the assistance of the mon Jield under the steps and wheels. The passengers stood upon the side of the ■embankment and .putting their hands up against the side of the cars lifted them after many unsuccessful attempts and pulled the pinioned and suffering ■out. When the car was lifted one-man drew out iiis legs. The feet were cut off, but they hung by shreds of flesh and clothing. Wompndainted and men became panic-stricken and trampled !them and the children under their feet In their mad flight for safety. When the train finally stopped the coolheaded immediately began to render 'assistance to the wounded who lay along the track, and the injured wove" gathered up and stretched out upon the ,grass on the embankment. The physicians that were arriving attended to their wounds as best they could. One hundred persons, it is said,' found upon (this green plot a temporary hospital. Switch Operator P. S. McGarry was arrested and taken to Gravesend. ' A reporter talked with Operator McGarry after his arrest. He assured the reporter the signals and switches were all right a moment before the crash, and he could not account for the mishap, and was as much in the dark as anyone else. LIZZIE BORDEN IS FREE. The Accused Sinks Insensible When the Verdict Is Announced. Lizzie Borden, charged -with the inurder of her father and stepmother at Fall River, Mass., has been acquit-

ted in the New Bedford court, and it took the jury just one hour and thirty minutes to reach that conclusion. The trial, from the beginning, has been of unusukl interest, and the scene in the ..court-room while the jury was being 1 polled and was announcing its verdict was an impressive one. The court-room was pack-

A I > LIZZIE BORDEN.

ed. Restless spectators drew their

watches and consulted them, and little knots discussed the probable result of the jurors’ deliberation. Suddenly, amid the hum of conversation, the door through which the jurors must come opened. Perfect quiet reigned. Slowly the jurors filed to their box and resumed the seats they had vacated when retiring. The clerk broke the silence with the poll of the jury, followed by the customary question as to whether they had j agreed upon a verdict. “We have,” calmly and clearly came the reply from Foreman Richards. Then followed a few seconds of awful suspense, while the assemblage leaned forward^nd listened to the next question. “Gentlemen, what say you? Is the prisoner guilty or not guilty.-'” “Not guilty.” For sixty seconds there was not a pound. Then the crowd of a thousand men and women broke into a cry of joy and approval that told the waiting thousands about the courthouse that

" ... .....A -.-3? — ■ Lizzie was a free woman. Lizzie had 1 stood while the foreman spoke. When he had finished she’ started, stepped forward, put out her arms as if she would throw them about the neck of Mr. Richards, and then sank to the floor lifeloss. The multitude swept from 1 the room in a minute, and there were ' left only tho judges, the jury, the lawyers, Lizzie Borden, her sister Emma and uncle, John V. Morses. Restoratives were applied to the unconscious woman. In ten minutes she was restored, but apparently oblivious to any 1 of her surroundings. This condition continued half an hour, during which the three judges patiently sat in their places and waited. An attending physician said the prisoner was capable of taking part in the formalities necessary. The judges nodded briefly, and in three ' minutes Miss Borden was free. Then ; Chief Justice Mason stepped down from his bench, and, reaching out both hands j toward Lizzie Borden, he grasped her । right hand and said: “Miss Borden, your trial was a fair one; your acquittal a just’ verdict. Let me congratulate ; you.” Judges Dewey and Blodgett shook hands with Lizzie. She walked out of the court-room with no deputy i sheriff at her side, entered her carriage .and was driven to the Old Colony depot, took a train for her home at Fall River;' Story of the Crime. The murder of Andrew J. Borden and his wife. Mrs. Abbie D. Borden, Is among the most — lri 'n fl "‘ Metory of tho country. &URI ver s?^" " man of I no inttr, MMH. His first wife thoranther of his two daughters Lizzie and Krima, died over I twenty years ago. and Mr. Borden married i again. On the morning of the tragedy, Aug. *, I D 9 there were five persons in the Borden I ho Bestead. Mr. and Mrs. Borden, Lizzie, the j servant girl, Bridget Sullivan, and Lizzie's tin- j cle. John V. Morse, a brother of the first Mrs. । Borden. Mr. Morse at 9 o’clock parted from I Mr. and Mrs. Borden, receiving tho parting in- I junction from the latter: "Be sure; John, and i be back for dinner." At 10 o’clock Mr. Borden ' quitted the house, returning homo about 10:30. ’ Bridget Sullivan admitted him by the ' front door and siys that alter a few moments Mr. Borden sat down in the sil ting-room. A ’ few minutes later Lizzie came through the sit- I ting-roopi into the dming-room with an Iron- ' ing board in hands. I urlmr this time Maggie j did not know where Mrs. Bos den was. Lizzie had told her that Mrs. Borden had gone out. ' At 13:55 Maggie went up-stairs t > lie down and had been there only ten or fifteen minutes when Lizzie called bet - . She hn: ried down and l izzie told her that her father was dead and , ordered her to summon Dr. Bowen, who lived within hailing distance of the Borden house. Dr. Borden and t wo otherneighimrs. Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Churchill, hurried over to the ' Borden house and stood speechless over the horribly mutilated body of Mr. Borden. The body lay on a conch iu the sitting rcon, with eleven gaping’wounds in the head : hiough which tlio blood was oozing. Tho left side of the face and head was hacked and chopped, the jaw was split open, and ole eye rested on t lie cheek. From the scene of horror the spectators turned, and one at them inquired about Mrs. Borden., "1 think I heard her come in,” wtft the reply of Lizzie, and two of the visitors went upstairs to her bedroom. There, lying face downward on the floor, the body of Mrs. Borden was found. Thirteen deep wounds disfigured her head, and a long cut laid open the left clieek bone. She had been hacked as a woodsman would chop a tree. With the exception of what Lizzie Borden herself tells, this is in substance all that, is known of the doings of those in tho Borden house at the time of the murder. Lizzie was arrested charged with the murder, and has been acquitted.

CROP CONDITIONS IMPROVING. Reports Compiled by the Government Show a Good Out ook. The Washington weather crop bulletin reports indicate that the west portion of the cotton region, extending from Alabama to Texas, has been favored with fine weather, and cron* in Urie region have been iihprovcu, although in eastern Texas cotton has been injured by .wet we tthor. Sugar and rice plantations in some portions cf eastern Louisiana are being flooded, owing to recent breaks in levees. Generally the weather has been more favorable throughout the South, where crop conditions have improved. The harvesting of wheat is progressing as far north as Central Illinois, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio, and tho recent warm weather has produced normal seasonal conditions throughout *ne central valleys, but the season is retarded by from ten to twenty days in the northwest and on the Pacific coast. Special telegraphic reports: New England—Rain very l eavy; beneficial to all crops, but more needed. Louisiana —Generally favorable week for cane, cotton and rice; crops somewhat grassy and need a week or more of dry weather. Illinois—Condition favorable; cats and wheat maturing rapidly. Indiana— Corn growing rapidly and fields clean; wheat maturing fast: clover yields a good crop; oats, rye’and grasses nearly ready to cut. Ohio—Clover harvest prog-essed under favorable conditions; oats and rye doing, well; rain needed. Michigan—Wheat improving, though a light crop; pastures and grasses, potatoes, small grains, fruits and berries are iu prime condition. Wisconsin —Hay, corn and potatoes growing rapidly under hlvh temperature. Minnesota—Rain badly needed; wheat and oats doing fairly well; fruit prospects below the average. lowa—Corn has made rapid growth; oats and other small grain have made good progress. North Dakota—Copious showers the latter part of the week revived all grain, which is now in fine condition. South Dakota—Small grain suffering; corn doing excellently^rain needed badly. Nebraska—Corn has made rapid growth and Is in excellent condition; small grain maturing rapidly. Kansas—Rainfall unequally distributed, but very good for all crops in eastern counties; un- 1 favorable in tho west. Colorado—lrrigated crops in good condition; ! native grass short; rain badly needed. Washington—Favorable week in the eastern but unfavorable in the western portion; wheat and other grain thriving. California—Grain crop is below the average; hops rapidly vining; su.ar beets doing well, promising a large yield; good prospect for beans; fruit prospects favorable. How tlie World Wa,gs. Tilman McGillum was found murdered at Homer, Ind. Five bullets had entered his body. Two TRAINMEN were injured in a , collision between a mixed trainband a wild engine at Norwalk, Conn. In a row at Indian Creek, Ky., Sol Osborn, a desperado, used a rifle, and U4ll zl ~1

at one shot killed Joe Short and Jim Mullins. LOUISE Dabrosky, aged 6, fired her father’s barn at Bay City, Mich., while playing with matches, and was burned to death. The Pope’s*encyclical on the school question has been recc iyed by Cardinal Gibbons. Its contents are awaited with interest by the clergy C. W. Mosher, ex-president of the I wrecked Capital National Bank of Lincoln, Neb., pleaded guilty to falsifying the records and books. Through an error of government surveyors, a strip of Texas land embracing 75,000 acres was included within the boundaries of Oklahoma. An attempt of Kansas Farmers’ Alliances to regulate wages of farm hands was frustrated by threats of prosecution under the anti-trust law. As A result of a quarrel of long standing over a line fence, William Kuykendall, a Missouri farmer, killed W. H. , Smith and then shot himself.

SIGHTS IN A BIG TOWN. SOME PLACES OF INTEREST IN CHICAGO. The Gr.iat Meat Packing Industry and How It Is Carried On at the Stock Yards —Lumber Yards Along the River—City Prison, Etc. Garden City Gossip. Chicago correspondence: Southwest of tho business center of i Chicago lies a vast district given over mainly to industrial interests and to tho homos of tho humble artisan. There s are no imposing mansions, few stretches i of greenness, and the picturesque is not present, but tho visitor determined to “do” tho city thoroughly and well will bo surprised at the amount of in- ' formation to be gleaned and practical' benefit derived from a glimpse of this section, which has a great bearing upon tho social and commercial growth oi the World’s Fair metropolis. The South branch of tho Chicago ■ River winds its way through the drs- ■ trict in question, and influences its character to a largo extent. It is not impossible for an energetic talker to prevail upon some of tho owners or captains of the numerous, tugboats which ply the stream to allow a free trip from the mouth of the river as far

r —.—/ ——— _ ■ Im ' --Msg fe THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS,

south as they run. A groat panoramic view would l»o tho result. Docks, slips, quarries, tanneries, brink yards, tho expensive wood and coal wharves, the old canal inlet, the starting point of tho mammoth drainage ditch, which is to cost millions of dollars Ixifore it is completed, and mix tho waters Os Lake Michigan with those of tho Gulf i of Mexico would in turn greet the bo- j holder. Tho immensity of Chicago’s commerce will not be wondered at after such a voyage is made, and tho, variety of water craft to bo seen, from the mud scow to tho new whaleback grain steamer, pretty thoroughly display the best talent and ingenuity of the modern ship-builder. A like profitable trip may be made on tho Blue Island avenue street cars. These pn. : tL., \v> 1 .. ~,v. ’ works nt ttffd street, Immense shops | devoted to tho manufacture of agri-1 cultural implements, boilers, machinery { and malleable-iron castings, and the ' celebrated lumber district of the city j as well. Here tho visitor will find the I great central lumber.distributing point । of the Northwest, guarded by tiro i boats, covering milesand miles o£ river frontage’, and giving employment to many thousands of laborers. Just beyond the terminus of tho ear lino lies one of tho model workhouses of the i country —tho city bridewell- tho correctionary prison for the,punishment of light crimes and misdemeanors. In system, cleanliness and interest this institution fairly rivals the noted State penitentiary at Joliet. Its cell houses are built on the very latest plans for perfect ventilation and general utility, and its workshops give occupation to a motley throng well worth studying as truly representative members of the unfortunate classes of society. The Stock Yards. Another interesting point of importance is the Chicago Stock Yards. Thousands, almost millions, have come from all over the world to visit this center of the cattle industry, probably tho largest and finest in its lino in ex- j istence. They are accessible byway of '

—A — -1 IN THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

the South Halsted street and the State ’ street cable cars. Meat packing is the basis of Chicago's prosperity, for it is the oldest of all the city’s industries, the ; first lot of cattle ever packed in the county being slaughtered in 1832. They numbered on that occasion some 250 head, and cost $2.75 per hundred weight; about 350 hogs, costing $3 per hundred weight, being slaughtered and packed at the same time. Forty-eight > years later, the city received in twelve months no fewer than 7,059.355 live hogs, 1,382,477 cattle, and 335,810 sheep, since which time the proportions of the hog product of the country handled by Chicago have kept on increasing. In 1891 the estimated value of all cattle , handled was over $239,000,000, while 278,044 barrels of pork, 362,109 199 pounds of lard and 57,189,677 pounds of wool were shipped away. An inspection of these yards, which , front on South Halsted street just beyond Thirty-ninth street, and which have so interested the gaze of the world-wide tourists, will strike the average beholder with wonder. They comprise a city in their area and en--1 1 virnument, the enormous business done

centering in f, of ground. Tl JJnfour hundred acres into sections are' divided off 1,800 of wliicCg^o include 3,300 pens, th us being 1M covered, provision cattle, 14,000 I-Bw l handle 25,000 hdad of one time. Th. yPP, and 150,000 hogs at of streets, tt®®, c °ntain twenty miles troughs, fifty l ^n|y miles of water and seventy-f miles of feed troughs, drainage pipj^v® miles of water and having an av/fc Five artesian wells, afford an am j'*B c depth of 1,230 feet, are also eig. f ® su PPly of water. There tracks, all • fc-Soven miles of railroad , cess to thf r e & roa t roads having accost of grow*^ st market. The entire over four i f "S and improvements was The mej lions of dollars. ried on inW packing industry is carStock Yar^^ndiato proximity to the terest maiho extent of this inthat a sin f imagined from the fact ' of the gr / 0 business controlled by one occupies® 4 P ack ing firms of tho city and • emy iventy acres of floor space Yards a^t J rs s>soo men. The Stock but a p<® lP 01 ^ to . v i s i tors at all times, in^s of flu 11 w i s hing to view the workr>lu'ntir® / packing houses, can, on ap^..hUvW*oo furnished with « guide, „ 1/ workman, in the establishTheW^ d - vqller in remote and unsetwko purchases a wholesomK^K A c»^eniont cun of prepared who rccei-.-og daily a oon^ — ><becf■ or

fresh and refrigerated, have tho great packing industry to thank for it all. It Is possible to follow a cow or a hog from the pen into which it is driven at moaning to the shapely loins of meat it forms a few hours later, by keeping it company and passing from section to section of the systematic handling lit receives. The cattle are driven 1 from the pens at tho Stock Yards to tho slaughtering houses, litre one swift blow dispatches the animal, and moving hooks catch it up, with scores of other carcasses followI 1 t ~ ■ a— l Ti t —*' — _ ~ ~ ——l ■■“-’’l EXTRAS, E TO THE STOCK YARDS. ———— — — ing. It is cleaned, given a bath in a steam vat to remove bristles, quartered, its various portions _sent to particular apartments, and then placed in the cooling houses. Equal care is taken iu the shipment of the meat, clean refrigerator cars being used, which deposit Chicago beef, pork, or mutton in New York City within forty-eight hours after the cattle are received at the Chicago stock yards. Mrs. Annie Schweigler, of St. Louis, confessed that she threw the i vitriol in the face of her husband. She 1 says he had been neglecting her foran-

other woman in whose company he was all [day. Mrs. Schweigler followed thep, and, becoming crazed with rage, bought the vitriol and lay in wait for them in an alley. When they were about three feet from her she attempted to throw the vitriol on the woman, but her aim was poor, and it went into the face of her husband. David Bryant, a street-car driver, was savagely kicked and beaten by Francis McCarton. a sergeant of police, at New York. McCarton was intoxicated and in citizen’s clothes. He got into a quarrel on a street car with the driver and caused his arrest. A policeinan of the court squad finally j umped in between Sergt. McCarton and his victim and the latter's life was saved. The man's screams were agonizing and penetrated to the court-room, causing excitement there. The Citizens’ Exchange Bank, of Grant, Neb., has closed its doors, the State Banking Board taking charge. Nineteen persons were prostrated i by h e at in Now York Tuesday.

REDS TURNED IOOSE. ANARCHISTS ARE PARDONED BY GOV. ALTGELD. Fielden, Schwab and Neebe Doff Their Prison Garb and Walk Free from Joliet —The Governor Scores the Presiding Judge, Jury and Detectives. Shed Their Stripes. ...Pim Chicago anarchists. Schwab, 1 r ielden and Neebe. have been pardoned ' out of ^he Joliet Penitentiary by Gov. >

Altgeld. The news of ' the pardon caused the ! most profound sur- ' prise at Joliet , accord- ‘ ing to a dispatch, but it is said to have been ! ^anticipated in Chicago by the friends of the i iinpri son e d men. I Schwab, according to ' the Joliet cor re- '

Michael schwab.

spondent, has been looked upon as ; one of the most dangerous men in ' the horrible conspiracy that led j wp to the Haymarket massacre; I Fielden was always considered a ’ misguided but honest man: and ' Neebe was looked upon as one of Au- i gust Spies' misguided tools. It would ' have caused no surprise to have pardonefl Neebe. In extending executive ! clemency the Governor seems to have acted without conference with or advice from anybody of influence or an- ; thority. The act Isnls alone, apparently. The pardon message contains 17,000 words. The Governor takes the ground that these men did not have a '-J'2^ zl I AJGOV. ALTGEtJ* fair trial and that the court was preju- 1 diced. He scores .Judge Gary and Chief of Police Bonfield severely. Schwab, Fielden and Neelie were ' sentenced to StatoL prison on the charge of complicity in the Haymarket j massacre on the night of May 4. ISSti. The details of the trial are too well j rememlK'red to demand recounting, i Spies. Fielden, Parsons, Fischer. Lingg, I

Sehwab and Engel were sentenced to death and Neelx-. whom many thought innocent, to fifteen years in the penitentl<»t.y Tlia case was Cnrrirri rtp and fouuhl'l with great despera- . tion in the Supreme \ Court of Illinois by the prisoners’ lawyers, b it

th? court finally adjudged the verdict correct in ' x and the sentence of the । court was irried out in respect to : Spies. Parsons. Fischer, Engel ami Neebe. Louis Lingg killed himself ■ horribly with a fulminating cap in the ( jail on the day preceding that set for i the hanging. A determined attempt to secure a j commutation of sentence was made be- ! fore the execution. It was joined in by j many, especially in behalf of Parsons. : who was well known and popular, and it might have been granted if that wild ; fellow had consented to recant in his i faith. But he refused to do so. and ■ Gov. Oglesby was obdurate in refusing ;

to grant a commuta- ' tion to any who did not weaken. Spies, worn as his friends say by long confinement, consented to admit his error, but Iglcsby. considering him the leader, would give him no mercy. Fielden and Schwab

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I made terms and sentence was cut down ,to life imprisonment. Spies. Parsons. Fischer and Engel were hanged from the same gibbet in the north corridor of the jail in Chicago, on Nov. 11. 1887. They were buried on Nov. 13 in Waldheim Cemetery, where a monument in their memory has just been unveiled. The others were quickly taken to Joliet Penitentiary. For the last three or four years strong efforts have been made to secure their pardon, and an amnesty association was formed in Chicago, which has worked unceasingly to this end. Many petitions were presented to Gov. Fifer during his term of office praying for executive clemency in the case of these men. but he refused to listen to the appeals. Unveiled Their Monument. Sunday afternoon, in Waldheim Cemetery, near Chicago, a stately monument to the memory of Spies. Parsons, Fischer. Engel, and Lingg. the executed anarchists, was unveiled. It rested on the same spot which marked their several graves. President Schmidinger. of the society which erected the monument. delivered an address, reciting matters of interest in connection with the movement. About 3.000 persons witnessed the ceremony. The monument was draped in the red which the organization so fondly clings to as an emblem of its order, and the men, women, and children who were grouped around the monument wore red in profusion and talked of “martyrs to the cause of human rights.” Paymaster General Stewart has completed the statement of the expenditures of the Columbian naval review. The total expense of the review was $76,800 and the appropriation was $350,000, leaving a balance of $273.200. of which $250,000 will be covered into the Treasury, leaving the department ■ ; a balance of $23,000 to meet any eon- i | tingent expenses which may be re- ! ported later. j The Turner & Seymour hardware I factory at Torrenton. Conn., burned ’ with a loss of $85,000.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING SEVEN PERSONS STRICKEN IN A CIRCUS TENT. The Fluid Shatters the Centerpole of <he Canvas Structure and Scatters An.6ng Ten Thousand People—Scores Are Prostrated—Seven Killed Outright. Dealt Electric Death. A terrific thunderstorm raged in the vicinity of River Falls, Wis., Wednesday afternoon. Rain fell 'in sheets and great floods of water formed almost in an instant in the streets. Ringling’s circus was showing in the edge of a grove abouT a quarter of a mile from the center of the town. The circus proper had just finished its performance, and, as the concert was about to . begin, a number of people who did not cat e to attend the latter were makin< T their way through the menagerie tent*, > when a terrific bolt of lightning struck I one of the center poles of the menav- ’ ci ie tents, and more than fifty people : were prostrated. Seven were killed : instantly, and others were injured ।by the shock. The scene of ; consternation which followed when ' survivors realized the extent ‘of the fatality surpasses description. ■ when men ana women surged toward ■ the scene, and it was only by the exeri cise of rare presence of mind on the part of Messrs. Ringling and their employes that a serious and probably to- , tai stampede was averted. The sting- ; lings did everything possible to alleviate the sufferings of the injured. RougH canvusmen, stake drivers, and animal attendants vied with, one another in their attentions to the wounded. Stretched on the ground were four full- , grown men and three boys*, all dead, I and as soon as anything like order 1 could be restored they were recognized i as follows: The Dead. I Aldridge, Curtis, it year? old. I Dean, O. A, married, farmer, Kinnikinnick Township. I Glendenning, J. A., married, Town Clerk of i Oak Grove. , Glendenning, Leslie, 12 years old, a son of J A. Glendenning. Mapes, Clark, married, a farmer of Clifton Township. Reynolds, Eugene, unmarried, carpenter. Smith, Charles, 12 years old, a son of Wallace Smith. The bodies of the dead w ere taken to the village engine house. Some of the I bodies were badly scorched, but the I majority presented no external evi- ! donee of the shock. Death was abso- ; lutely instantaneous in all cases except ■ that of young Dean. Brute and Human Tvrror. j The effect of the shock was terrific. 1 For a moment after the echoes of the ' crash subsided there was an instant of : ominous and intense silence, more painful and impressive than the loudest ’ peals of thunder. Every occupant of the ! great canvas—bird, brute and human — was gasping with expectant horror. The , shriek of a woman was the first sound to i break the tense and terrible stillness, which, though but momentary, seemed prolonged beyond endurance. Then a little girl caught sight of the black- ' ened face of one of the dead boys—her I cousin—who had brought her to the circus and bought her the bag of peanuts and the bar cf candy which she still clutched in her chubby palms. Instantly she became a palpitant center of terror. Her incoherent screams, horrible lx?yond description, seemed to awaken every occupant of the tent from a state of somnolence to a vivid but confused realization that something awful had befallen them. A score of women started from their seats in the higher portions of the amphitheater, and would have crushed those below them, or fallen headlong, had not the press agent of the shew stepped into the ring and commanded them to sit Mown. It was a timely, clear-headed act which no doubt averted a serious panic. His example was quickly followed, by various men j Uiroughou* the, audience. The next moment, however, all was confusion again. Such a roar as few hm-e ever heard-from the mouth of a lion outside of his native den was sent forth by the king of the cage. He was joined by his entire family, and the terrible din was taken up by the tigers, I the hvenas, and apparently by every I beast in the large menagerie. WIND, RAIN, AND HAIL. Portl'cns of Missouri Visited by a Destruo* tive Cyclone. A terrific wind, rain, and hail storm ■ struck Stanberry, Mo., at five o’clock !in the afternoon; Judge Maston’s I house was struck by lightning and burned. William Cummings, a ■ farmer five miles southwest of the city, ! was instantly killed. Three members ’of John Doyle's family, in the same neighborhood, are reported killed. A destructive cyclone passed just ; south of St. Joseph^ Mo., late the same afternoon. At Lake Contrary, a sum* nier resort, several houses wore de--1 stroyed and tho growing crops badly damaged. Dispatches report a fearful storm in Polk, Nodaway, and Atchison i counties._ STANFORD IS DEAD. Heart l'aiiure Causes tlie Demis© of the California Senator. The death of Senator Leland Stanford, the most noted of Californians of ! the present day, occurred at his mag- ! nificent Palp Alto residence Tuesday j night. For”many months his corpu- । lency had increased so rapidly that it I was with the utmost difficulty that he ; could walk. He was warned some time j ago that he must enter upon the most I severe treatment of invite the mc^t ; serious results from a neglect to do so. ! But he shrank from beginning such a ! course and delayed it from month :to month until about six weeks ! a o°> when he suffered him- ; self to be subjected Mo a most ■ rigid course of dieting. From that time : until his death he was allowed to par--1 take of nothing-but chopped meat and i hot water. He was much encouraged I by the results of this heroic treatment i and began to hope that it would not be ' long before he might again return tp his 1 public and philanthropic enterprises, s Within a few days of his death, howI ever, a stiffness of his joints and in- ■ creasing * weakness warned him that his hopes of recovery might prove deceptive. During the afternoon of the last day of his life be ordered up his carriage, was driven about his stock farm, retiring at about 10:15 in the evening. At 12 o'clock the household was aroused by the Senator’s valet, who had gone to the Senator's chamber and found him fast in the quiet slumber of death. ! Heart failure is given as the direct cause of his death.

> bAMUEL FIELDEN. •