Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1876, Page 2

Jarough the six. The erash aod rattte of the ‘.s!li:gchimnu. ‘the shrieking_and creaking of ihe disrupted roof, lent s hundred terrors to the swfnl mnnte. A billion foet of air poured dovn ihe ventilator and swept through the corridors. T'be emashing and erashing of beams and scant- ling arose above the yoll of the wind. Then :ame the rain in f sbeets. There was no protection againat it, and it percolated through ‘he unprotectsd ceilings, and down upoo the 8. 3 x The patients were terror-stricken. _The build- ng waved and shook m $he blsst. TIn the Torr 3f the tempest and the tearing and crashing of the breaking timbers, all was forgotten but the Instinct of preservasion. A boy ot 15, in Ward 2, who had suffered ampatation of the legand rho had been delirions, shouted with delight as Ao heard the noise and ripping of the storm. A man in the same ward who had a brick huog to sisarmto straighten the arm out, picked the brick op andslid for safety. Patients whom, it was supposed, conld not” be eafely turned im ‘herr beds, became agile as cats aod dashed through the corridore. - The wards suffering the most were A, B, sod D, Ward H contsined sleven 'F‘H“u' and Wards E and D twenty sach. The torn roof was above them. As it was wrenched off, a8 many of the patients 28 coutd £find their feet rushed for tho door-ways, and the hall-ways wu:d fllledl with half-drossed, thoroughly frightened people. As egnn’ls the terror subsided, the patieots who belonged 1n the deluged wards were cared for. Bome from Ward H wers moved into the amphitheatre, and left to contemplate the rows of neats upon which the students sit when the dead patiets are cut up in the interests of science. Two or thres wers inclined to low spirits, but the cheerfal disposition of a deliri- ons individual in the last stages of typhoid re- Jieved the monotony. Some were taken info the Iing-in ward and left to roflect upon even great- r misery than their own. Around them were a sozen cryiog infsnts. A pale, weak baby of 4 fiays cried peevishly. Its mother 1ay in snother ward, dying of consumption. A yellow-harred gul with round, blue eyes. and white, beauti- Tol teeth, nursed a ~stranger two days fst his eyes would not open. A squad of girls, balf crazy with the approach of the myaterions time from which they all shronk with shuddering, pathered aronnd o little form. It was a 2 days’ old baby,—a hornble object. Its mouth was wide and the lips thin. 1ts eyes were long and nar- row and inflamed. 1ts nose was flat and broad. The bair grew down uron its forehead to the eyebrows. Asit moaned and tossed, there was pone to comfort it. Its aspect was too borrible £o0 win any sympathy for it. Across the room 1ay a black-baired girl, of fair complexion and sppenling dark blue eyes. fhe never asked for ber baby. Perhaps she bad seen it, and its very {ace had driven every drop of natural love from her heart. Her face was ghastly and her lips pallid. She had given to the world a practi~ cal illustration of the benefits of the Emancipa- t10n proclamation, and, baving demonstratea that miscegenation is pot impossible, she turned ber face from the frmit. The dark- faced, bairy baby stretched its wide moath till the epectators were sickened. It cried per- baps forits food. But whether she bad con- quered hature, or whether she paid no heed to tho milk that throbbed responsive to the wail, the mothar never looked. And during the even- g she pever lost the far-away gaze that baa settied on her eyes. Beyond all her sorrow she seomed to sce some promise, And when tho whispers aronnd her told her she must die, a gleam of pleasure shona through the anguish in her face. Above her the ceiling dripped with the sweet rain. The walls over her hoad were discolored. Around abont her were moans of pain, or expressions of disgust for ber child, but she paid Do attention. Beyoad them all she seemed to see the sky and the cioudy arms beck~ ooing her to the invisible Country far & TEE MORGUE was only alightly injured. Three or four cracks ran through the brickwork, and other walls io- side suowed signs of convuision. On the tables were stretched two flosters. One was s man found at the Illinois Central Bound House Dock, snd the other s Swedish woman who drown Fridsy. They were stretched out side by side,tho water dripping dreanly on the faceof each. Neither prasented a very attractive sight, but with the cracked walls and s pile of colling for absckground they did well enough for an ‘extemporaneous entertainment. . The damage to the Hospital is estimated by Commissioper McCaffrey at from 26,000 to $8,000. E. O Evans is the contractor who to keep tho building mn repair, but 2s his ‘contract does not contemplate the *‘actof God™ be will not loss by yesterday's raid. At 10 o'clock to-dsy the Board of Physicians will meet the County Commissioners to_discuss the mat- ter. The members of the County Board are urged to be present withont further inwitation, for from the pressnt sapect of affawrs active steps must be taken for the relief of the suffer- ing patients. E — . THE SOUTH SIDE. MICHIGAX SOUTEERN ¥REIGHT DEPOT. By far the most serious catastrophe of the ‘purricans ocenrred at the Michigan Southern ‘treight depot, long noted as the largest freight depot in the world. 1¢ is 800 feet Jong, run- ning from Polk to Tsylor strect and facing, on sne side, upon the riilrosd track, and on thé other upon’ Pacific svenue. In crossing the river the storm frolicked in and out among the farge lumber piles along the banks of the river suod faciog apon BSherman street, Many of - them were completely overturned, while others bad only the tops blown off and deposited in yards otoer than their owners'. After skip- ping over thess trivial obstacles in its path, the storm appeared for some moments to gather strength in the open space at the intersection of Tsylor street and the tracks, and then massing all its power it projocted itself against the south- western corner of the depot. A lightning bolt +ame to ita assistance, and, striking a portion of the tin roof, running down the wet slate roof, bent all its energies wpon the corner of the building. It crumbled like chalk under it, and » massive wooden door was transformed to BaW- dust and chips in an instant. With this advan- ‘tago the hurricans was not slow to complete the sonfusion. The building was lifted fromits foundations and dashed mpon Pacific zvenue, and the entire 225 fest of the eouth cnd of the structure was a most complete ruin. The depot was occupied at the time by s gang »f some & eventy-five men under the supervision of the fareman, Mr. J. G. Bowland, but fortun- stely for. them nearly all wereat the time en- _regod about the centre of the buildiog and im- mediately north of the catastrophe. Some ten or twelve of them had remained tocomplete a “job of work at the sonth end of the building, aod their shricks-for help went up with the tlfi- ing debris. Two of themmanaged to escape the -fafling rafters, while others wers caught and .buried beneath the heavy roof. A few escaped with slight scratches, and emerged from the roins more frightened than hurt. — Six of them were mare unfortunate, having been caught by the 111!;:3 walls, by which they were terribly man; Thga alarm for fire wes at onos sounded. The Bremen upon their arrival lent a willing hand 3o the rescue of the unfortunates, and ere long they were safein bumaniiy's fold. The rail- road company also came to their rescue, medical attendance was promptly furnished, and the men sent to their homes in carrisges. The first sxtricated was Jacob Dosche, who was found to be badly injured about the head and shoulders. He was iosensible when extricated, and only re- rived after imbibing etimulants. Larry Dunn was'found to be badly bruised about the body and legs: Frank Eiserbell was extricated in a smilar condition, Patrick Maher was taken from goder an immenss pile of brick and rafters, and was by far the worst injured of the party, His - head was cus open, his leg broken, & wriss dis- located, sad his body terribly bruised and mao- zled. At a late hour last nigfit the attending physicians despaired of his Life. Jacob Basley, “the assistant foreman, was next. faken out. Ho * waa badly bruised from the hips down, and his “left ankle was badly fractured. Richard Mec- Bride, the last of the unfortunates, was fonnd braised abous the chest and badly cut pon the head. When ths Fire Department reached ths scene 1t waa one of the wildest confusion. The buried men wers shrieking for aid, and the crowd were nuable to give is owing to the inextricable maas of demolished wares surrounding them, the whole covered by a largs layer of alate and glass fram the roof. th walls of the building had fallen in the same_direction—toward the weat— and the esstern slope'of the roof hzs slid like an svalanche clear across the street. The tin underlyiog a portion of the slates oa the roof was ripped from its fasteniogs and deposited 100 feet awayv. Sngar, varnish, woodenware, - doware, clothes-wringers, machinery, and all jorts of merchandise, were scattered far and mde. 1be ran poured down in torrents, and * sompleted the damsge which the hurricane had jets undone. The Fire Patrol wers early oo 3and, sod did good service in covering up such goods za were spoiable. All the evening the smployes of tho company wers busily engaged In remorving the merchandise to the old depot just oppoaits the demolished one. Iu this man- “per much demage was averted, and when it is ecmsideged that tho sigwers 1oss all; by reason of the regulations and rales of all rosds, the im- portance of this point will be appreciated. | The railroad company in this way paid in greast part for their foolishneas in the con- struction of the building, and it is a somewhat £ad commentary that the largest depot in tho world should be the frailest. The structure is but threo bricks in thickness, and even-these are placod all ope way with bat few or o bind- ersin cither wall. These were bound together with 10x12 boams, baving no support except their parchase upon either wall, and upon these bearus were placed. the 6x6 beamsa supporting the roof, together with 2x6 rafters covered by ~inch plank. Upon this was placed a mass of tlate, and here and there in the oentre of the roof were placed large skylights sur- monnted by _ ventilators, which were at all -times doing their best to catch the wind. Tlus was sltogether - too heavy & mass for the meagre. walls, and 80 it proved in the storm of lagt evening. The total damage to the building will foot up. close upon $15,000, and the damage o the stock will amount to abont one-balf asmuch. Thia total is still forther increased by the demolition of four reight-cars standing insido the depot-di- rectly nnder the west wall. These gore Enocked completaly out of shape, and entirsly destroyed. With the same gust of wind » piecs of the gal- vanized iron roofing, abont 60x40 feet square, was lifted off the main passengeydepot and dashed acainst tho buildings on the opposite side of the streot. Delaney’s livery stable and afew rookeries in the vicioity Wwere slmost chewed up by the ragred and cuiting edges of the roofing hurled against them. 4 E AT PAGE'S PUACR, ¥ Shortly after 5 o'clock, when the storm was at its height, the candy manufaciuring estab- lishmens of M. E. Page & Co., Nos, 211 and 213 Lake street. was the sceno of a bad sccident. A large chimney on the rear of the building feil with & crash, breaking through the roof, and, striking four girla employed in the sorting de- partment, buriea them in the pile of bricks and mortar. The chimney was 14 feet high, and golidly built. It sppears that tho girls had gons to that part of the top sidry to wash when the accident occurred. Katie Wood was the worst injored, and sho was congidered beyond recovery. Her log was broken, and her lefv arm was crushed in two places. Angelina Prader received severo cus in the head and ber body was terribly bruised. Maggie Tyrrell .was also severely hurt. Mary Curran escaped with the lightest injuries. The gixln wera quickly romoved from the ptle of de- ris. Eversthing possible was done for their comfort, and they were conveyed tq their homes. . The force of the storm oxpended itsclf on everything of a light and fragile nature, partic- ularly, that csme mthin its way. Buggies and light wagons wore tossed about &5 if they had ‘been 8o many paper parcels, and on Stato street and Wabash avenue this peculiarity of tne storm was particnlarly observed. In one instanco buggy was blown across the street-car track just 1n time fo receive a broadside from s pass- car, which of course frightened tho horse at- tached to the bugay, and one of the occupauts, & lady, was_throwa to the ground and severely injured. The other occopent escaped withous much harm, but the vebicle was afterwards found, a total wreck. Buggy-tops were blown inward, dashboards smashed, and general dostruction provailed during the brief time in which- the- tornado held eway. - Every- where it waa a scene of confasion, and after the hurricane had passed it was a melancholy ight to watch lugubrious-looking countenances contemplatiog the disastera and figuring up the cost of putting their vehicles jn shape once more. Trees, tres-boxes, and lamp-posts werc tumbled over without any speciel order being obsorved as to the way they fell.” It was all the work of & vary few moments, and what was done bad to be done in a hurry, and with little regard t0 how the results wouldlookin the oyes of order- loving people. TELEGRAPH WIRES. The storm also worked sad hayos with the police and fire-alarm -telegraph wires. Out in the southwest pars of tne city the telegraph was completely prostrated. The only connec- tion bad last evening wes with the North Side station, the lines to which were working toler- ably, and with the northwest part of the city. South of Twenty-second street the wires were not working at all. All communication betwecn the station-houses was thus cut off on the South Side. The wires will be repaired to-day. THE HOTELS. 5 At the Gardnec House considerabls dsmage was done. Five -chimneys were destroyed. Four fell on tho stone sidewalk on Michigan avenue, breaking it in several places and de- stroying & number of articles stored underneath. The other chimney broke in the roof, one of the rooms being renderod useless thereby for the g!:‘eaen: ‘I'wenty feet of the cornice on.the ichigan avenus front was taken away by the gale, ,and the lsdders which are kept on tho Toof -picces. The damage is estimated at $1,000. The Mattesor Honso was a sufferer to the ex- tont of 8150. Three chimneys were destroyed, two or three lights smashed, . and a small hole mzde in the roof. * The Palmer House also suffered from tho storm. A portion of the roof was displaced and geveral windows blown in. Stevenson's store, two doors sonth of the main entrance, was seri- ously damaged. In some unaccouutable manner the wind got inside and almost tore down the partition wall, wich has now to be supported by props. "The cornice was blown away from the Clsrenca ‘House, on State street, near Harrison. Windows aud Isttices ware algo baaly damaged, aud two chimneys blown down. avenue and Twentieth street, hed several chim- peys blown down and o large number of the windows broken. The window-frames played tag along the sidewalks in the windows. THE EXPOSITION BUILDING. The gale struck the Exposition building with great violence, but fortunately no damage of importance was done. A quantity of tin was torn from the sonth pari of the roof, and the glass in the Horticultural Department almost generally shaitered. The rods supporting the outer end of the gallery in tho somth paré of the building started a little, but an inspection ehowed that no serious results need be expected from this, About §500 will cover the whole damage. THE TIVOLL An United States Express wagon had backed up against the pavement on Clark street in front of tho Tivoli, a few minutes previous to the At the fit gust the fastenings to fthe canvas-cover of the wagon were shattered, and the second gust sent the canvasand frame throughone of the plate- glass windows of the Tivoli, smashing iz ioto pleces not bigger than a griddlo-cake, In the flight of the stuif it overturnedan eiegant show- case, which was located just within the window, and otterly smashed ita contents. The dam- agois estimafed at about £200. 'A heavy sheet-iron smoke-stack on the Lake- side Building waa blown from its supports and carted bodily into the street. ‘The cornice of & block of buildingson the west sido of State street, near Polk, was quietly lifted off and deposited in tho street, without making any apology for the inconvenience which it oc- casioned. Y An express wagon, which was temporarily an- chored to the pavement mear the corner of La Salle and Randolph streets, was gently snaked more than half-way across the street. The cover was blown almost half a block. ~* A horse-car on the Randolph street line was liftod off the tracs, near tho intersection of La- Balle street. Fortunately thecar wascoming eastward, and as thera were only three or four passengers on board, no dsmage was dooe, A large portion of the fence on the State streot side of the base-ball grounds was blown dowp. Some of the boards—those which were insecurely fastensd—were camied some ten or twelve roda. THE RESIDENCE OF ¥E. JOHN B. DRAXE,, on the corner of Eldridge -conrt and Michigan- avenue, stands next to the house of Nat Wilder, whoso chimney was precipitated into Mr. Drake's bay window, much to the'damage of the window and eome furniture standing inside. FENCES. About 40 feet' of the fencs of St. Bridget's Church on Archer road was blown down, and one front window of the church was blown in. About 300 feet of fence on Fox strocs was blown down. Throe brick-sheds on Waterville street were blown down. A chimney at 1315 South Halsted street was blown down. Damsge about $25. The building was owned by J. K. Martin, About 14 feet of the roof of the elsvator- bogs:! g{ tgo bhnt»fnmlcg. corner of Archer. an and avenues, wis blown fr mfihe Bfi:lh end %t the bnndr'l PR s Rnh r. 508, who was g on Wabash avenus at the time of the storm, was nng lrlexn_:;ivsg EOme Augll:]t hmisex:' phtel; e show-case, valued at $200, w) riveted to a solid stand in front of E}nxm -;hC:.l': artificial flower stors, No. 156 Wabash avenue, was thrown down and smashed to pieces. £ A 1arge brick chimuey on Fint & T 1arge brick chimpey on Fli hompson’s elavatos. near Twelfth street, was blown some 80 feet away and landed upon the roof of a car standing on the track, completely demolishing it. A railroad employe, whose' uame could not be ascertained, wad slightly injured by the fall. ing bricka. . 3 - At 471 and 473 Bis‘o street tho corniso o THE CHICAGO TRIB windows in the Eccond and third stories were sant on home runs towards Wabash svenuo. Damage estimated at $200. . , The South Side Tivolt beer-hall, No. 578 Stato streot, corner of Twentioth street, had a portion of the roof uplifted and dumpedin the middlo of State streot. All tho signs and windows abont the butlding wera also blown away: - - A little girl of some 8 summers was canght in tho storm on State strec nesr Eldridge eourt, and grabbed a lsmp-post in _front.of the notori- ous ranche of Madame Herrick. Harry Fox gal- Iantly rushed out snd saved she little one, but in doiniz so was badly injured sbout the ¢heat by an uplifted sidewalk. The little girl escaped without a serateh, Tho sidewalk on State street opposite the Migely House, at the corner of Eldridgs court, ras uplifted and dumped dircctly across the car track, Several persons narrowly escaped injury. R. J. Smith’s block, No. 148 Fourth avenuse, porthwest corner of Taylor street, was badly doamaged. The windows, shutters, and cornice were transforred to other people's property. Martin Barbock, owner of No. 239 Fourth ave- g}:e,k‘loaeai #150 on glass and cornice on his oc . Astont and substantial sidewsik from 218 Third avenue to Taylor -stréet was lifted - like a paper shaving and dashed upon the sidewalk op- posite. The hurricanc strack a State atreet car at the intersection of Van Buren stroet, and carried the car and horses about 10 feot out of their ocourse. The car balanced evenly on the whaels, | and consequently no one was injured. A peanut peddiar doing business on the corner of Clark and Randolph streeis was henved, to- gother with his stand, nearly -half-way across the street. He was badly bruised, and for a timo wes insensible, but soon recovered end wended his way homewards. 4 , The Iarge smoke-stack mpon tho City-Hall, over the engine-room, was lificd bodily. from its heavy iron staplings and dumpod in an erect position soms 25 feot away, snd against the rear of the McNeill Block ldjoiumi. ‘To lift such an enormons weight was the work of an instant,— sosuddenly, indeed,that the base of the chimaey 1anded aquarely in the alley. . On Adams street, opposite- the City-Hall, the storm wreaked its vangeance on the grog-shops by smashing in the windows and casting chim- noys to the gronnd like a5 many feathers. A detective playing * poker dice™ inone of them had five aces blown intodwo pair, and lost the tarn. . The sidewalkt from 176 to 204 Third avenue was blown away ana deposited on the opposite side of the street. - At. No. 109 Fourth svenue a large pane of glass was demolished, and otner damago done to the extent of about' $100. The ealoon of Thomas Scets nt 138 Harrison gtrecs, corner of Pacitic avenus, had all the front windows broken in and other damsge dona to the inside of the building, entailing in all a loss of about $175. ‘A diminutive bar-ten- der was blown into an enormous burd csge, ths door of which was open. At the corner of Van Buren and Wabash avenne a carrisge owned by a gentleman named Strong remdiog at No. 832 Prairie avenue, Was overturned. The horses ran away, and the driver in holding on to them wasbadly injured. - Along Wabash and Michigan svenuca from the river a8 far south as Sixteenth street, a number of bugpies were overiurned, but nearly all es- caped with but slight damage. ; Four large trees on Wabash aveoue, noar Bar- mon court, ware uprooted and thrown across the roadway. The storm waa particnlarly yiolent at this point, but no serious damage was done. The four-story brick building on the south- eaat coruer of Adams and Fifth avenues had all the windows on the wost side demolished, and & number of large skylights in the roof were mixed up in an indiscriminate mess on the roof of the adjoining buildiog. * The four-story stone front building om the comer of Van Buren and Third avenue bad all away to *Long Branch.,” a dive on Van Buren streat, near Clark, The roofs of several-houses fronting on CUlark strees wers damaged in the descent of the wreck. . A largo pane of glass in Thomas Radigan's saloon, No. 255 Clark street, was smashed.into atoms over a colored individual's head. The sidewalk on Mouoros streot, to the extent wore landed on the avenne and smashed 10 /| and Killed s horse passing 2t the time. The Woodrufl House, at the corner. of Wabash' of 75 feet west of the American Expross Build- ing, was carried over to Wood's Mureum -a8a curiosity, and it was not half so stale as some of the other curiosities. Between Van Buren and Jackson streets, 100 feet of the sidewalk on Pacific nvenue, was. thrown scroes,the street, and Iaid upon tho walk already there. All the large poles .of the Westorn Union Telegraph Company, between "Twelfth and Eighteenth streets, were all uprooted, and laid trahsvorsoly across the street. Several houses in the vicinity were badly damsged by tho faling poles. One of the chimneys of the new Chicago Club, Monroe street, was blown down. It fell apon The damage on this building was thought to be con- siderablo. e THE-WEST SIDE, 5 LIGHTLY TOUCHED. It may seem strange, but in the extreme west- ern part of the city the storm did no dsmsage.to speak of, and it wasnearly the same in- the northwest portion of that division. Out to- wards Humboldt Park apd Milwaukeo avenue the rain beat heavily down, but though the wind blew hard, outeide of several chimnoys being toppled over and. 3 treo blown down in front of No. 424 Milwaukee avenue, no other accidents were reported mp to 10 o'clock last evening. Ont Western avenue the peopls experienced o heavy storm, but no particular damage was' The hovwever, southwest portion of the fared illy, and, unfortun- donse. city, ately, one 'person was koown to have boen, killed, and several more very badly hurt,- and one or two dangerously. e 'THE STOBX IN TIE LUMBER DISTRICT raged for s ehort timo with the most bitter and - terrible fary. A man who happened to be. out at the time on Twenty-second street stated to a TEONE reporter last evening that as 5 o'clock & sudden clap of thunder came, the wind at once blew up a hurricane, and it seemed as thoungh’ the heavens themsolves had beon let loose, the _water came down in such vaet quantities. There were not mere drops of rain, but they cams in one vast sheet, like the fall of eome angry, roaring ocean, which hed broken through from sbove. Al the eame time that the wind came up, loose boards, shizigles, and other stuff seemed to be mingled with the general din. and tumult. The storm seemed to him a verita- ble chaos, and for a fow minutes he was bewil- dered, but fioally be found a shelterin a nesgh- boring house. < _ . THE MOST MELANCHIOLY ACCIDRNT - which occurred out this way was the destruc- tion of the Reaper Mission. "This was a three- story frame bailding 20 by 60 feat, It was oc- capied on the ground floor as a mission church. The second was the sesidence of Michael Burns ‘and bis family, which consisted of himself, wifs, and_four 'childron: Eliza, aged 10; Edward, aged Z_; James, ‘sged 16; and Michael Joseph, Y The third floor was occupied by a fimil '?;TEM&'S'.’{ ozfil:li;fiug :; Mr. and y}[m. Knhn{ n 4; Kitty, ay Johany, Aged"]. n._n's < > t!- BERS, AL Mrs. Burns was not at home when the storm came up. Mrs. Runk and her eon Frederick, aged .12 years, wers on_their way to"do some work when the sudden flash of ligtitniog came down upon them, Thoy sought shelter in the ball-way of the Mismon Building, and ecarcely had. they entered it ere the structure was scat- tered to the four points of the compass by the sudden squall. Fred. Runk was killed instantly, his_neck being broken by &- plece of timber striking him, The mother was- also badly bruised, but not dangerously hurt. Lattle Michael J. Burns, aged 4 years, was. .very badly bort intercally, bu:bad no bonos -broken. The Burns family, including the in- i;r‘:ld l}sog;_n were_ n?::imdlu the County Hos- . - 8 is i the em) of Commiesi Bl}‘n‘{la! [T tgmls;ter. it e ittle Freddy Kohn was injured very b i:;’tveerrm.fl' L:ndgfi‘; mgvm that he willnele’- 2 o 8 el i nlilft‘ht sm;nk:hea. thy scaped with o few ‘The polioe from Hinman Street Btation wi “promptly on hand, and succeedsd in getting :hx: inmates from the wreck and preventing it from taking fire from the stoves. The body of the boy Runk was removed to the Btation, whers it was claimed by hia father and taken to his home, 42 Broad stroes, near Archer avenue. Mrs. Runk was aleo taken to her home. The building was not considered a Very safe one at |- best, and in each a terrific storm short time lsst evening, it was tl?: xfibxstdt: :;; cumb, Tho loss will amonat to about 4,000, A or{i““? :uuuou; ) large portion of the roof of the warshouse, No. 598 to 610 South Morglno :t‘:oere‘:,e was torn off. Abont €0 feet of the west wall also fell through to the second floor. The ma- chiuvery stored inside was rendered entirely use~ less. It1s bolisved that the wind fonad its way 'm - throngh the open doors, mmshed up the elevator ~ way, and - thy G roof, which was' & comnoslfia;numfm%ama‘ah: 0t $4,000. The business of the firm will not the cornice and a portion of the roof blown | SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. be interfered wif The roofs of several rail- rord cars ‘standing on the track noar by were torn off, and meveral men who were loadiog them were sent whirling along the platform. A chimney was taken at the West Twelfth- Street Tarner Hall, and, falling sideways 1n its course, mashed 1n the roof of 219 Twelfth streat, ‘occupied a8 residence by & man named Reilly. The damage is eatimated at 8125. i “SOHOENEPHEN'S DREWERY, 8¢ the corner of Canalport aveous sod Seward satreet, lay right in the track of the toruado, and was oartly nnroofad, portions of the roof falling on the house No, 723 Canalport avenue, and cauaing considerable damage. % THE SIDEWALES eams in for a goodly share of patronage. In fact, the tornado seémed to have but little dis- criminstion, and.attacked snythiog in its way that was at all weak or disposed togo Off With & protty strong gust of-wind. From 625 South Halsted street to the viaduct the planking was entirely torn up ahd hurled into the streety where it obetrnetad travel until a force could be get to clear the way. About 200 féet® of plank-walic was torn up and ynoked into the street at the south end of tho Canal street viaduct, aod about 100 feet was served in the same way at the cor ner of Canalpott avenuo aud: Jefferson street. A% the corner of Fifteenth and Sophia streets axother 100 feot ias turned over into tho Street. The schooner North Cape started from its moorings near the DanilleElevator, near the looks on Fuller street, and broke -two braces of Fuller strect bridge. . A SGMMER KITCHEN :°C in the rear of tho one-story brick bnilding cor- ner of Archer avenus and Greeley street, was biown abont 6 feet out of its place. This was a new omilding- not quite finished, and was owned by John Schroeder.. The damage was trifing. A TWO-STORY FRAME BUILDING - on Blue Island svenue, potween Robey and Lin- coln streats, owned by Timothy Cronin, and oc- cupied by William-Hawkes, and Patrick Collins, was blown down; but'none of the inmates sero hurt, Two women, Mary and Annie -McGee, who wero piseing at the time, were struck by pieces of the falling building and scriously in- jured abont the head and brease. The value of the house is about $2,000. THE ROOF OF THE CHICAGD ETOVE WORKS, near the corer of -Ashland and Blue Island ave- nues, was blown off, and a molder ‘named John Reid was suruck on the head by a piece of the falling roof, but .bis injuries are not con- sidered serious. . Tho damage to the building ia estimated at $3,000. The south watl of the West,Side Water-Worzs was blown down, causing a damage of £500. Aghédat_the corner of Wood and Nineteenth streets, owned by the Union Lime-Works, was upret by the storm, causing s damage of about £200. Tho front of the Gad's Hill drug-store, corner of Paulina and Twenty-second stroots, was blown in. The building is owned by Fred ‘Wissing, who estimates the damage at $100. - - . THE TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE No. 589 Blue Ialand avenue was blown dowa. It was owned and occupied by ‘Jobn Patterson, who puts the damage at $1,000. ' Mr. Patterson and his family were up stars at tho timo, bat, fortunately ecough, nobody was hurt. About 50 foet of the sidawalk in front of tho houze No, 587 Blie Jeland avenue was yanked into the streot, and the building itself was somewhat de- ranged by Patterson’s house falling against it. 1t was owned and ocoupied by Charlos Schaffer. Besides this, several lumber piles in the ad- jacent lumber-yards were blowo down, and the bosatds scactered in alldirections about the docks and streets. . The two-story fraine house at 636 West Bix- teenth streot, was blown away and moved about 10 feet, giving it a preity lively shaking up. Aa adjacent barn 20d some ‘shads were uiso blown dowp, causing & damage of “about €500. The house was owned and occupied by W. G. Wol- yerton, but no ons was bart. (S e Tha two-story frame house, 700 West Seven- teenth street, was blown down and injured to the extent of 8400. . Ic was owned ana occupied by Thomas Rosenke, but the inmates here .also escaped without injury. The telegraph wires were blown down oo Paulina streot botween Sixteenth And Seventeenth atreets, aud tuo side- waiks blown abous the- sirects to - the imminent. danger of psrsops passing’ in the vicimty. , Luckily, nobody was hurt. The wires last night in the vicinity of the IHarrison Street Station were mnot in working order, but thoy will Gonbtless be attended to to-dsy. Grent damage was done to g THE LUMBER-YARDS in thé Twenty-second street rogion, the lumber Dbeing.blown away by the sudden gusts, some of it laying in the yards, and the rest being carried 1nto the river, where it tloated along in great, ‘hurrying masses.’ It was estimated last- Dight that at loass 500,000 feet of lumber ‘were dis- posed* of in this way. The *'shovers,”who wera_off *on_s strike, probably escaped severe injuries from the falling piles and fiying boards. Phe conrse of tle toruado was here' from ‘tho .porthiest to'the southeast, taking evarytiog. in its course that seemed worth tsking without much trouble; and in =&n incredibly short space of time. The force of ths . hur- ricane. lasted in -no ome . place longer than ten minntes, leaving the peopls who observed ite effects’ mute in astonishment, It w23 renlly one of the ‘most sudden, sharp, and destructive storms ever witnessed in Chicago. 8 THE : RINE, z The work of tearing down the West Side Riak, which had been i progress for several days un- der the dirsction of the Bailding Inspector, was handsomely completed by the storm. What haa been left standing of the structure.was torn from its position by the force, of the wind sud strewn along Randolph_ strect, making the side- walk impassable for awhile. §A lady about seek- ing shelter from the rain in the building at the time dame very near being ctushed by the fall- ing of the outer wall. LIGHTNING. A house owned and occupied by W. W. Ground, on Franciscc street, between Lake and Fulton, was struck by hightning about 5 o'clock. ‘The chimuey was: demolishod, and the building ‘was otherwise damaged. The family were ia the house at the time, but escaped unhurt. A house owned by James Morgan, and located on Ashley strest,occupied by Enoch Jackson and Jloses McGowen, was struck by lightalng about 6:15, and was damaged to the amount of several hundred dollars. - Mr. McGowen was shocked by tho concusgion and otherwise slightly injured. A FREIGHT OAR, standing on the ede-track at the corner of Ca~ ed the Storm King to a froe-railway excursion for abont 100 feet ; but *bis royal nibs " became “tired of tho puny efforts of humanity and jump- | ed off disgusted. He had a much floeterteam of his own.: = : L ——— ‘RIVER AND LAKE. THR VESSELS ESCAPE. The fearfal whirlwind which passed over this mection Jast evening did & large amount of dam- age to the shipping at this harbor, and the ele- ‘vators and othor' buildings fronting the river. The equall camo like a thief in the night, quite unexpectedly, sad but for the Incky circum- stance that it lasted but about one minute the damage. would bave been immenge. Forthe last two days it bad been ruiniog incessantly, but the wind. was quite favorable, blowing mildly all tno time from the northeast. In con- sequence of this the lake was undoubtedly cov- ered with vessels, especially tho lumber fleet bound this way at the time when the squall came up. All the vessels that arrived after the squall showed - eigns of damage, espo- cislly . in the. sails; but . none thom bad seen any vessel in. distress. According to the statement of -the Captains-of these vessele, the squall was not as severc some distanco out in tho lnke as it was on shore. It 18, however, ‘feared that considerable damage has been done to the fleet outside, and that ‘many_deck-loads of lumber have been waslied oft: ~But few of the tngs ventured to go outside after dark, and butlittle information as to the. extent of the demage can be obtaiied until to- day, when = Iarge fleét is expected to come in. “The tug “Protection went outside shortly after the squall to render nssistance {o vessols that might be in distress, bat the vessols that conld -be seen seemed to ba all right. The arib seemed .to have suffered severely, and tho tower contain- JDg. . ) ~ THE!BIG ¥OG-BELL was swept oft. The tug, however, did not risk a landing. The' following: cable' dispatch from tiae crib, obtained throngh Air. Oregier, gives a full account of the fury of the hurricane in that vicinity, and the damage done to the structure : * As soon ag the hurricaua paased over this part of the city I telegraphed to Mr. Kallstroin, unb—kaefir.:o see if everything was safe ont there. ter calling the crib- some time I re- ceived an answer. Ho said'he had to hunt for his telegraph iustrament, things ware so do- ‘molished: About one-third of the root, and part of ..the.. crib,--1d in the Iake.. "The new. _and_ expensive fog-beil tower, in- cluding machigery to rivg the bell, and the large-bell itself, are among the relics at the bot- tom of the lake. When the boll-tower left the crib it took with it 2 big share of the roof, and completely demolished the large skylight. Half of his bedroom, iocluding his bed, also took a sail, and the debris very pearly killed his wife and little daughter: . Whilo hie woa telegraphing, . a flash of chain. lightoing it up the:heavens. The lightning took to my weat wire axd came'in the honee; snd'jumped. the lightning arrester, [ and made etright’ 6z the crib on my.east wira .nalport avenue and Twenty-second street, treat- | of' or cablo to the cmb. Mr. Kallstrom fiogor on somo of the brasawork of his rel: Whoa the lightning reached the crib it borat hi middle finger very badly, and paralszed his whole arm. It jumped from there to the top of his light-house tower, and scattered tho brick down on their heads through the broken ‘roof, and it then took to the lightning-rod, and melted that into one mass from the top of tower to thq bottom of.the lake. Alr. Kalistrom's ke i in a bad condition, and not fit to live in, especially if the weather continnes unfavorable. The damage in this vicinity (on shore) is very extansive. At the Water-Works the {ron fence was blown over, also s large house over a pair of scales, and part of the machine-shop roof. -Sidewalks, chimpeys, skylights, windows, fences, sheds, and many other|things, went. D. 0. Cre- gier's house, on Chicago avenue, opposite the Water-Works, was stripped of ita window-shut- ters. A large chimney at the rear of Mr. Ad- -ams’ residence, on Rush stroet, near Haron, was blown down, knocking in the whole of his roof, destroying much, 8o furnisbed that a tarpaulin had to be callodinuse. Trecs, lamp-posts, side- walks, by the acore, on Pino street have made the street utterly impassable. W. CEGIER.” ¥ ALONG THE RIVER the damage dono is very great,” and bardly s vessel escaped unscathed, Without a moment’s warnping the squall came up and turned the vessels round and round, breaking them nearly all adrift and jamming thém agatost each other, Where a moment beforo .everything.was peace snd quictness was transformed into couster- nation. Pieces of mmsts and sails wore flying in all direotions, snd the bricks from toppling chimneys and buildings endangered the lives of tho sailors. and the tugmon. In the lumber districts heavy boards were carriod by the force ‘of the galo from oue side of the river to the other, ~or dashed sgainst the vessels ly- ‘ipg in tho creek. In spite of all the iupheaval, damage, and confusion, fortunately no accident to seilors or tugmen on the -river at the time has thus far been reported. .The schooner J. V. Jooes, Jying slong_ tho Galena dock, broke adrift =nd was dashed against the barge Windsor, from whence she reboanded and rap agaipet the Kate Darley. ‘The Jones broke her jibboom and railing and was otherwise dam- aged. The Windsor's bowsprit was driven_into tho Rush streat bridge house, and the vessel lost her rail stacchions and main gaff, besides other damage, while the D“leiy had ber bead-gear torn into small fragments. The steam barge Michoel Graw, lying 10 the sama vicinity, had ber smoke- stack ond whistle carried off, aod her upper works almoss. completely demolisbed. . Tho schooner Metropolis, lyinz ab the pier, broke adrift and lost her epritsail yord. At the lumber., market all was confusion, nearly every _veesel. lying thers. break- ing edrift and receiving some damsge. It " was fortuhate that the larger part of the lumber fleet had not arrived, or eles the dsmage at tais poiot would have been.fearful. Among tha vessols that broke adrift aud were jammed to- gether at this point-were the schoonors Madora, Glad Tidings, and Charloy Hibbard: The Ma- dors loat her boat, it being crushed to pieces. ‘The Glad Tidings lost her mainboom aund the Hibbard ber jibboom. The barks Summer Cloud aud Naiad, the schoooer Lows Day, sod the Darge Argozaat broke adrift during tho squall, and recoived more or less damage. The litilos schooner Persia was twirled round and ronnd like a top, and beforo she came to_a stop she found .hersolf minus ber jibboom. The schooner Maggie Dall, lying at the pier, was sadly shakea “up, and Jlost hor foreaail. The brig Pamlico, whice has gove through various vicissitudes sinco she left for Europe two years ago, and which wag ashors at Little Traverse all winter and relieved by tho Tom Brown s dsy or two ago, was. fortnonate enough to come in just previous to the squall, aud escaped this tims withont a scrateh. [t18 safe to say that there is bardly a vessel in the river which escaped unscatbed, and mnew Aails will be 1n great demand for the next fow daya. TILE DAMAGE TO THE ELEVATORS, miflls, and other buildings lining the river was also considerable. The building of the Union Bteamboat: Company, in course of orection’ between Washington and Rendolph streate. wis nearly demoiished. The front wali fell in, and the other walls received more or:less damage. It will cost several thousand doliarsto repuir the injury. The roof of the Star Crescent Mills, st Madison street bridge, was blown off, and the debrin flew in all directions. Thoe tug A. B. Ward, which passed at the time, hada natrow escape. The chimney of Armour & Dole's Elevator B, nearSixteonth street, was blown down, and fell oo & freight car, which was completely demolished. Neely & Hambleton’s Elevator, near Twenty-second street, had s small portion of the north end of the roof blown off. Workmen were msking 80mo repairs on it when the squall came up, but none of themwere burc. The business of the house will not bo ioterrupted by the accident, snd the damage can be repaired for 3200 'or 3300. The National Elevator algo had a part of ita roof blown away. The crew of the tug Black- ball, which was in the vicinity at the time, hod to seck snfuti from the falling tim- bers: in the hold of the .boat. At the pier, the outer wall of Meyer's planing-mill was completely demolished, and other gerions dam- sgo done to tho building. Several other ‘buld- ings along the river yere slightly damaged. Ifuch credit is due to tha little. tugs in:the river for their noble behavior during the calami- tous squall. Though tho debris from buildiogs and vessels was flying in sil directions, and fail- ing on to the decks of the little crafts, endanger- ing the lives of the crews, yst not for a moment did they stop in their efforts to pick up and se- care the vessels shich broke wdrift, and to pre- vent serious .damago from jams snd collisions. But for their exertions the damage on tho river would have been much larger than it is. SR THE NORTH DIVISION. A HAPPY ESCAPE. The North Division proved to be the favored one of the tempest. The only section at all in- jured by the wind lies south of Chicago avenue and enst of Clark street, where the destruction is almost generalin regard to trees and eide- walks. It is particularly noticeable mear the lake, whero the storm seems to have struck and 1aid low the many trees that have been set out this spring, and bsd not sufficient firmnees of oot nor suffciency of support, Trees on Rush, Superior, Pine, Huron, . Ohio, Indisns, North Stato, Erie, and Ontario streets aro lying around in promiscuous confusion. They fell, many of them, across the adewalk, and the police were busy all the evening removing the debns. But lit- tle damage was done by the fali of trees, nothing being 1n the way. The wreck of sidewalks was extensive. The walk on Ohio street, between Pine and St. Clair streets, was torn up, 88_was also that on Ontario street, near Pine: and on Michigan street,near State, about 100 feet of walk was raised and thrown fally 30 feet from its reg- ular position. The destruction of lamp-posts wat not a8 great asin other parts of the city. Tni one instance where a falling tree struck, the iron post was spapped io pieces. Many panes of glass aro broken, and street sigos twisted. The old wooden structure . shut bas heretofore ‘been used for service by the Catholic Church of “the Holy Name was much torn up. The north, ond of tho bmilding was blown aown, and cov- ered the sidewalk till romoved. North of Chicago avenue the gale was very lLittle felt. Washington e, the growing pride of the residents of its vicinity, was lefc untouched; the treos even did not loso a brancn, Farther north damage was almost nnknown. Windows without number wore broken ; chim- neys were thrown down, and in many instances tho whole roof was remoyed to the level of the street. On Pine and- Rush streets there sre numerons evidences of the violencs of the storm. The house of Mr: Henry W. King, on Rush street, hod abad handling. The roof wes ‘broken in and considerable” injury doue to the furniture. The damage done in this section, ;ho\lgh chiofly confined to trees, is still very oavy. —— LATE REPORTS, Tha roof of the Trinity Lutheran Church, on the corner of Kossuth and Hanover stracts, was badly damaged by falling chimneys, entailing a loss of 81,200 , - The ransway at McGregor’s coal-yard, No. 256 Archer avenus, was totally demolished, with a Joas of $2.800. The valuable scales wers tossad high into the air and alighted upon &_wood-pile. ‘The candle-factory of A. P. Bchneider & COo., .at the corner of McGregor and Wallace streets, +was damsged to the extent of 1,000, Theroof, geveraljchimneys, and some out-sheds, were all ;om awzy and tumbled into one dilapidated .hezp. Three chimneys on the Westminster Presby- terian Church, corner of Jackson and. Peoria streets, wore blown down, and damaged the roof of the adjoining houds, No.165 Peoris street, occupied by E. N. Nlegelson,- to the extent of §800. The roof of the church was also considera~ bly damaged. ————— ELSEWHERE., KANSAS AND MISSOURL LEAVENWORTHE SHAKEN UP. Spectat Lapsteh to The Chicace Tridune. * Leavexwontx, May 6.—A most terribla storm swept over this city this morning st about half- -past- 8 “o'clocks Largs brick buildings' were zazed-to the gmpna, houses unroofed, fencss seattered in every directior across tho street, and fof & few momonts geomed as though the. resurrection day had . The Odd-Fellows’ Hall, _dwned Connecticnt Mutual Life-In- surance Company, Was damaged to the extent of 85,000. Lobeustein's leather eatablishment was injured to_about - the- same amount, and the Leavenworth Carpet Factory, which cost $60,000, was completely domolished. Soveral animals wera killod, and one or two children struck’ by lightning. The total loss will probably be $150,000. Oné hiundred work- mon are repairing this afterncon, and every building will be rebuilt, Prof. Tice, when hero a week,ago, predicted such a etorm, ‘which was tolegraphed at the time to Tne TRIBUNE. ‘The dnmage to the orops is also said to be greet.- (Tothe Assgaiated rress.] Leavexwonrh, Kao., May 6.—At half-past 3 o’clock this morning this vicinity was vigited by tho 'heaviést and most destruotive wind-storm Leavenworth ever experienced. -It had been raining almost incessantly for sixty hours, and 8t the time the wind-atérm struok the town the rain was still comiog down in torrents. Atan early hour last evening lightning began Iny across the sky. The whole sir seemed to Ea filled with electricity, flashes and * reports followed each other in such rapid succession that there was an . almost uti- broken glare of lightning and roar of thunder. ; At twenty-five minutes past 8 a dense black. clond was seen in the westorn: horizou, and in s few moments affor a suarp brécze came up from the edst, which oontinded not over a minute. ‘Then thers was & dead calm, apd the rainfall cessed entirely. Then began o be heard the distant roaring of & coming tornado. In s moment more the wind atruck us, and it seemed for a time thas every- thing above ground was doomed to destruc- tion. Just 28 the burricano struck the cit; came & blinding flash of lightning with a cra of thunder that made the earth tremble, This, with tbe terrifio roaring of the wind, which can- not be likened to any thing but itself, tho creak- ing and grosning .of trembling. buildings, the crash of falling walls and flying timbers, made an exhibition of the fury of the elements which those who witnessed® will never desire to see repested. The wind-cloud was fuonel- shaped, with the small end down. It moved with an_oscillating ‘motfon from west fo ecast, rebounding and scatteriog_rain in its pathway whorever it struck the earth. The loss to the city and county canpot be less than $150,000, and may reach a quacter of a million. The following are some of the moss damaging results of the storm: The Leavenworth carpet factory, with mdchinery valued at £50,000, was totally destroyed. The roof of the Qdd Follows' Hall, one, of the largest buildings in the city, was torn off, and the interior of the building ruined . by water. ot this roof fell on ths acricultural warehouse of Mobitt & Co., crushine the roef of that building, and another part of it being carried 200 feet distant, and crushed in-one endof a Inrge bosrding-house, buy happily without injur- ing any of the inmates. The roof of W. C. Lobenstein's larze ware- houso was blown off. The iron roof of the Union Dopct was blown . off; also, paré of the roof of the new market-house, part of the south - wall~- of Hoffman's liquor-store; part of the morth wall of the Leavenworth mill, and the entire roof of Harmon’s Block and” ten other large houses more or less damaged. Some thirty smaller buildings were unroofed or blown down, and almost innumerable lesser injuries inflicted. The line of the tornado was_directly throngh the heart of the eity, from west to esst, and extended in width from Onk to Shawnee streets. - . ' AT LAWRENCE. Speciat Dirvatch to Tie Chicago Tribune, - LaweeNce, Kan., May 6.—The severest thun- dor-storm for seversl years occurred hare Satur- day morning, between the hours of 12:30 and 130 ovclock. The storm was marked by incessans lightning, vouring rain, and smaall amount of hail. Tho . rain kept _on till noon, increasing the totsl rain falt of the first mix days of May to 4 and 8-100 inches. Several houses in ttis locality were either blown down or uoroated. Two valuable. thoronghbreds at the Kansas stud farm wora killed by lightning. Frumt-trees were bt slightly injured. 4 All the railroads leading out of Lawrence were badly disconcerted. - The Kansas Pacific traing got through belated, snd with great difficalty. Between hete and Topeka the track is sub- merged in several places. The Misgouri Pa- cific trains from Leavenworth to Xan- %as City were compelled ' to .make the trip by way of this city. The Atchison, Topoka+& Santa Fe track between Topeka and Eansss City was abandoned sltogether. In several places near here it is covered by land- glides and undermined by wash-outs. Santa Fe trains will muse -the Kansas Pacific track. ‘The incoming trains on the Pleassnt Hill Road were six hours’ late; and voue were gent ont. The Leav- enworth, Lawrence & Galveston trains’ were brought throngh, but were badly behind time. Tho Kansas River has risen 7 fect. The storm extended clear to Donver. Many old citizens an- ticipate a rise greater than at any time before for twenty years. ) - EXTENSIVE FLOODS. Specinl Dispatch to ‘Lns Chicago Tribune. 3 - 8r. Joseem, Mo., May 6.—There is no train‘in or out on any of the railroads entering this city. ‘Fhe flood i8 absolately without parallel. Tracks are_sunken on all the roads, bndges' dre washed away oOn some. =and great dam- ago is roported in_ nil directions. Tho roads in the Missouri bottoms and noar the river banks are especial sufferera. Rsin has fallen in torrents almost without intermission for twenty hours, and though a little cessation has now, st 9 p. m., taken ‘place, the weather looks unsettle 3 . Br. Lous, May 6.—Dispatches from different parts c:l Ceutral and Western Missouri and Kan- 828 note very heavy raius for several days pas| and in some localities high and damaging wfiid:: All the upper rivers are rising rapidly, and the indications are that thore will be freahets'in tha Upper Mississippi River. 5 - -KaN3as Orry, Mo., May 6.—There has-been an almost nointerrnpted and unprocedented rain- fall here during the Isst two days, causing im- mense danger and delays to 'ralronds: None of the roads centering here sent ont trains this morning on _time, and no. trains arrived except the Missonri Pacific and’ Alissouri & Fort Beott Roads. The Hannibal & Bt. Jo Road is blocked -near Cameron, and passonger trains are heid at Lib- erty, ‘Fhera isa serious break m. the Missouri Pacific between here and Leavenworth, near “Pomeroy, and also the Council Blufls road.near Parkvitle. The Eansas Pacific is interrupted by a- washout at Stronger, and- the Atchison, Topeka. & Bsnte Fe, near Desoto. ‘The entire railroad trafic st this point has boen deiayed and interrupted for twenty four hours, and it will be eeveral - days before the nanal order of things is restored. A serious land-slide occurred on Lluff street, by which the raiiroad track was covered, and all communication between the Union Depot and the railroad bridge is cut off,. which necessitates the transferring of passengers.by buses. ®@The damsge to private property and streota is lIready great.. -~ ° - The'rain ceased at 8 o'clock -this afternoon ‘and it is'noy clear. * The storm has been mn- precedentod in this rogion for fifteen yoars. No serious 0 to’ the wh bt danags e vr' eat-crop 1s re- ity - ILLINOIS. MACOUPIN COUNTL CARLINVILLE, IIl, May 6.—Last mftit a ter- rible wind and rain-storm, accompanied with heavy thunder and lightoing, visited Shipman, blowiog down geveral buildings, and doing aboat $4,000 dsmage. The storm io this city was not g0 heavy, the only damage being done to.shada and froit trees, etc. 'Lhe storm will be a geri dotriment to-the farming commanity. e $ DAYENPORT. ? Special Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune. ° DAVENPORT, Ia., May 6.—A grest rain-ang .| thunder storm has pravailed hers all day, doing great damags to streets, filling cellars, ef::. oNng FIRES. IN_CHICAGO. The slarm from Box 362 at 8 o'clock yeaterdsy morning. was caused by fire'in the two-story frame hui;ding 175 Liberty street, owned and occupied Corcline G i Srea nflny:in Do rady as a reaidence. The alarm from Box 871 at 8:35 yestardsy morning was caused by the burning of & chim- ney st 702 South Capal street. No damage. * AT WILLIAMSPORT, PA. 'Wmun.m*om, Pa., May 6.—At half-past 8 o'clock uun evening, another incendiary fire was started in tho extreme western portion of the Beaver Mills lumber-yard, and some 16 acres of lumber were burning. SUICIDE. Ciyersare, O., May 6.—CGeorgs Holt, of {te _firm or Yaz Wormer & Co;, of this city, commit~ “ed suicide by shooting himsolf in the héad this ‘morning. The cause is said 2. and sll ‘might long’ .| Toe Court, therefore, decidud to sl WHISKY. ‘Yesterday’s Testimony in by Jonas Trial in Mil. e o = WaUkee.. =% Production -of Important. Telogras . Bearing TUpon the Case, : Several Convicted Revenue Offcers Sene ’ tenced in-St. Louis. L . MILWAUKEE. “ TESTIMONY IN THE JONAS CASE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Lrwune, MiwAURe?, May 6.—In the Jonas trial thiy morniog Bergenthal was recalled, to be examin- Lo to-| ed as to some testimony he had given respecting , the standing of the Rindskopis. He declmadto ' change hid testimony. ~ 3 Some conversation took place as to the tim: of closing the case, Alr. McKinney desiring the case to remain’opén_ubtil Gen, Hedrick conld be sammonea. to testify in his own behalf, * ~ LOUIS RINDSKOPF, ~ distiller, was next sworn. et defendants af Schoenfeld's in this city last July. - Crosby camy in on the evening tramn nd -attended the meey 1ng. He was brought by Sem Rindskopf. Wit~ neas Bargenthal ana Crosby, after some conven eation, went into another room, and there Croa by told his ‘plans, bamely: to got And Hage over to the whisky men'all the pavers and evi, dence in the possession of the ofiicers here. Hy anked $100,000 for the Borvite, but :afsarwands * came 'down to 270,000, itmess thought theys could not raise more .than £30,000, put the dacided to hold a meeting to discuss the mat. ter. Crosby snggested that Hedrick's brother-in. Iaw was conpected with the scheme, and Jak( Rebm Lad s hand in it. He pext saw the do fendants in Chicego. - Witness, Robern Kiewert, and Wirth went -there 28 a commities to settl, with tho Chicagomen. Kiewert was there bs foro the bther mewbers of the Committge, Th weot to look for Crosby at his office, No.a Clark strees, s railroad ofice. He was nos in atid @ mots was' left tolling Lim to go to-thy- ‘Sherman ' Ilouse., He did ot come, and th Comnmiftee then went in search of Jonas, wh was found ac his store, and all went together u Kiewert’s room st tho Sherman House: Then they talied sbont -the money.’ Jonas -ssid ti smallest sam required would bo $30,000; tha themoney ... . 3 ) MCST BE PUT IN S HANDS. . Witness wanted to have the money put inhii? bands. Then they ecparated, butmetin ths evening and went out to have_a social tima. meeting next morning, when Jonas brought: Crosby as well. Crosby repeated his old schetnt- which has already been .published in Tar ‘“Prisose). The Milwaukes men said they coul¢ pot ralse wmore than 923,000. Wirth .wantad each man should put in his share, ashaga clear, and finally it was sgreed .that before fun ther progress could be made 3 lawyermuss bt conenlted, and io the afternoon they broughtix: a lawyer (Shipman) who Kad with him s wrifter agreement, and soon after Wirth decided tohan nothing to do with the matier, aud the .otha: Milwavkeo 'men - returned . home'to sea if they. -comd raise the $30,000; found they couldn’s, and threw the .master up. *Goldberz told thea” wlien in- Chicago_they could - trust.Croshy; and. the moroy would be £are withr Jonas. Hewa to'met &n -office in Washingtou: for his shate- ‘This was the .material part of the examinauox | inchief. © - - - - - ° THE CRUBS-EXAMINATION. was generally of a most amasing cbaracter, Mr N.. 8. Mucphey bending all his- energies towards: eliciting replied favoring the theory of 4 “con— spiracy batween witness and McKinoey, to dam- age Gen. Hedrick, by coococtinz this' wholt story, and witness amployiug.‘all the powers - his mind in evading the-questions, aud 8o shap- ing hid replies as to give as little information’ar” every point raised 2s possible. Wituess ex- plained the part he understood Jake Rohm was to take in the conspiracy. Ho thought as Chiet of Police at Chicago, he'would know where to find . professionat . barglars’ who would "be proper instruments - to burglarizo. the oifices , here in which the Tecords of the case werg deposited. NG money was-ever deposited’ to seciire any person’s-services, and the whole thing_was-thrown ap o tho return of the party from Chicago.. One reason was, they could nol raise the money. Apother that they did- not altogethar : LIEE THE LOOKS OF THE TRANSACTION. His modesty forbade his Saying ‘they rofased becanse‘of -its immorality.” Only foar or five of the whisky men could pay money ; tho remaindes would have had “to be carried- by -witness and- the- other men ablo. to. pay.. .Whan the papars had- basn stolen they were to b returned to the owners. Did not understand that thjs mooey was to Tay Hedrick’a brother, who w28 & lewyer, forcoming into- court to des fend thom. All he understood was- that for the money referred to ths disiillers wete to get the papers in two cases ; ho did-not know by what ‘mesns. . Never heard of this being an attempd toinjure Charley Farwell, Gen. Logan, Gen. . Hedrick, and others'of tho samo stripe. Never told Goldberg he was a poor mao, and_betterga . to McKinney and testify ngainst Hedrick. - 2 SAI RISDSKOPYF was the next witmass. Ile identified a la number of letters and dispatobes betwean- fenaants and the Allwankes whisky men,.re< Imng to the" subject matter of the trial, which money was called * grain” and Crosby ‘*the Granger.” Ao smusing fentareof theex- amination was a stifily fought contest betwean ail the Jawyers s to whether copies of dis patches conld be received in evidence, McRin ney maintaining tuey.could,. and counsel for.de- fendants that’ they conld not, -snd thas tht originals must be obtained from Chicago. & thirty minutes’ -forensic fire, McKinaey- ended the discussion and created.a seneral laugh'by pulling the originals ont of his pocket. Sam was not examined further, sud the Court adjourned till 2 o'clock Aondsy afternooa- 2 SUDPENAED. i Special Dispateh Lo f'he Chicago Tribune, Broounseros, IiL, May 6.—Gen. Bioomfeld, Ex-Supervisor, and David Kern, Ex-Assessar; zre subpenaed to sppear at Milwaukee to testfy ta the signatures of A. ML Croaby in the revenas case there against Goldberg, Jonas, sod Crosby: Crosby formerly was a distiller in Bloomington- ST. LOUIS, - . _ CONVICTED PARTIES SENTENCED. . - . Lous, Mo,, May 6,—In the United Stal District Conrt this morning an: affidavis 8bo facts in mitigation of the- offenses of John Howard, Louis Killerman, John A:.Mead, sad B. B. Jones, Gaugars and Storekeepers, wera Yead to the Court. Brief remarks wera msde by - counsel for the defendanta and for the Govern= ment, but at the writing- of this repors the Court had nat passed sentence. LATER.—Sentence was then passed. 88 ol lows: Louis Kellerman, Gauger, six months it the County Jail, and $1,000 fine; John E. How- ‘ard, Gaugor; Johin A., Ward, Gsuger; B Jones, Storekceper, each fiftcon manths fn the County Jail, and 31,000 fine.. - P Judge Treat, before sentencing the Gaugers and Btorekecpers to-day, drew attention to the fact” that the etatutes under VBB thess ~ men -~ wera _indicted o heavier .pepalty than. those unds which far greater offenders were convicted:. For instance, in: the -case of Gen. Mclonald, 1b¢ maximum punishment was. thres yesrs impris onment, while m all the cases excepting 008 now before the Cour:, the msximum was fire years, The minimum in McDonald's cssa Wil aix months, while in these cases it was one el Tho_Court at- first bad thought the Fenh tentiary was the proper placa- - for this class of offenders, but i they were sent there the contrast between thelf punishment and the punishment inficted b the Circnit Gourt in two noted cases (8 to be those of McKee and Msguire) would. bs too grent. The spectsolo wonld be: preseated of the dupes and inferior officers B:‘ein% m with more severi! an the of 2 4 bstitate ibe County Jail for-the Penitentary, and lesa tothe sids of mercy, 5 s CHICAGO. . ITEMS. Two or thres individaals -ppsmdmb.: fore Commissioner Hoyne yestel noon to enter into bail for H. M. Couki® charged with crookedness in_connection Wil the Morris distillery, and now id .jai io defsalh . A critical examination into thewr real worth d& veloped the fact that they wore composxd Ve largely of straw. Hence their favors wers e fused, and ConKlin still pincs foran opporiusiiy 10 breathe sgain the air of freedom. = _. =i The intarnal revenuo receipts yesterdsy ¥er} $28,337.83.- Included ers $1957L40- fro® whisky and $3,250 from special licenses- —_— = MISCELLANEQUS. : PARDONED. - Wiasmxotos,. D. C., May B.—The Presidesy has pardoned James E. Marsh, Gauger, convisk ed in the Westarn District'of Missouri of Tl be ‘Gaporary | returns, on the ground thay thero was 5o 184 ty. A _tional fraud.