Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1880, Page 1

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HIRDS, Eee’ Rinna KAEMP PPIs BIRDS WOCKING-BIKD F000, We pT wut Ca CHICAGO JOCKEY CLUB TRACK, THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 1880, Great 20-Mile Race BETWEEN Miss BMA JEWETT, of Minnesota, ‘Tho foarless and introp!t Champion of the North- west, and Miss MINME PINNEO, of Colorado, Tho bold and dashing Horsewoman of the Mucky jountaina, This contest will bo far more exciting and interent- ing than any running or trotting race over witnessed, AL pUnneavolls, Dubuque, and Lonisvitie it hna been witnessed by thousands of oxeited and dollehted Fpsctatora, and at Loulsyle the mes Inte be ropeate silane the (usnlees of tho Loulsvilia Jockey Ctub far SLU A aid. ‘whe contest in Chicago will ho for A Purse of $2,000, $1,000 to tho winnor and $00 to the second, and will Commence at 3:30 p. m. precisely, ON THE SAME DAY At 1:30 p.m., A Purse of $260 WILL BE GIVEN Fort 2:40 Horses, mile heats, best 8 in 5, in harness, ‘T0 CLOSE ON TUESDAY, Oct. (9. Entrica to bo addressed to If. V. BEMIS, UG SMon- rua-at, Chicago. ‘Tho management of this day's sport 1s entiroly in the hands of Messen. ILY, Bomls und ele itiehmonds Who promtge tu tuako tt the mot POPULAR SPORTING EVENT Of the Season! Price of Admission, 50 cts. All Refreshments at Hown-town prices, Madison-st. Cars direct to the track. For further information address . BEMIS Cenuon Ti, INSUIRANCE, GEO. C. CLARKE & C0, INSURANCE, {Gi & 163 La Salle-st. AGENTS FOR London Assurance Corporation, ENGLAND. Manufacturers’ F. & ML Ins, Co,, BOSTON. Hoffman Fire Insurance Co,, NEW Work. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co, PHILADELPHIA, Neptune F. & M. Insurance Co, BOSTON. People’s Fire Insurance C0, TRENTO. Ne Boylston H. Insurance Co, BOSTON. FIRE INSURANCE--Mer- chandise, Stores, Dwellings, Churches, Rents, and all kinds of Manufacturing Es- tablishments. OCEAN MARINE INSUR- ANCE--Imports orExports. Certificates issued, payable in London, if desired. ma LIVE INSU ANC! - Which Company issues the ONLY incontestable pol. écy on a man’s life? war REBOOT GARRY OPENING! F. L. GARDINER, B39 Monroo-st, (opposile Paluer Hoase, LIGIL-WHIGHT Waterproof tarments. REDUCTION FIVE DAYS ONLY, Tuesday to Saturday, Oct, 19-23, ' LADIES’ CIRCULARS, Super Orpde «+ iuait bene 800 Extra-Extra. ++$5.00 to $4.00 Extra....... + $4.00 to $3.00 MEN'S COATS. Super Grade. 3iB7389,t0 $6.00 (The vi ust fe i ind.) Extra-Extra. $5.50 to 34.60 Extra $4.60 to $3.25 OPTICAL GOODS, Fino Spuctactes sutted to all hts on sciontifie Principles. Upsra and ‘bleld Uluasus elsscopens M Croscopes, Baroluture o ompany issues the ONLY incontestable pot. dcy on.a man’s life? TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, The Fate of the Alpena Still Shrouded in Mystery, Men’s UNDERWEAR, LOSERY, Though All Indications Point to Her Loss, with All on Board. Several Vessels Sighted the Steamer Far Out of © Her Course. —}+— Experience of Fy Passenger on AND the De Pere During the CG OV S Hurricane. E " | Additional Details of the Loss sooo of the Schooner David A. Wells. The Schooner Grenada Wrecked on the East Shore with the Loss of All Hands: but One, ON BROS, 3, WS, 7 & 119 State-st Our stock of Fall airless ; St. Paul Isotated by the Storm’ and Winter Goods |* "indi tor twentysions is unusually large Hotes and attractive, in- Extraordinary Snow Blockade on cluding all weights the Line of the New York Central. and qualities, and of- ate ALERNA, fered at NASONUIL, PRN : Other Accidents Reported from Various Points on the Great Lakes. ATL INDICATIONS POINT TO HER Loss, «Ever sines the gale which set in at mfd- night Jast Friday and Jasted with such terri- ble force for some twenty-seven hours fol- lowlng, the minds. ofthe people have been Mied with forebodings that tho enstern shore of the lake, rapid communteation with whose prineipal harbors was cutoff through dam- ago to tho telegraph wires, would havo a snd. story to tell ufter the winds had abated and the waves were once moro’ utrest. This feeling was shared by all, but: its hold upon those who possessed ~ experience in Inkemurine matters was’ strongest of all. Theso know that tho probability of grave disaster was excecding- BONDED LINE, en WERICAN XPRESS 6 “Bonded Line,” BY AGT OF CONGRESS, This Company the gale of wind does not fully convey an iden’of its destructive power, There are othor pecul- inritles of the wind with which thoy are fa- millar, and many a one of them grew more thoughtful while watching tho effect of the wind upon the water Inst Saturday. Thero have been gules of equal velocity during the pust summer, but none.of them Inshed tha lake into fury as did that of last Saturday. A watcher of tho waters from tho western shore could not have falled to notice that tho wind by fitful gusts swopt not along, but down upon the Inke’s surface, dashing It into seething waves, from whose tons it Hf{ted masses of tho green water, which it then caught up and dashed along In showers of Z spray. ‘This result of a wind of this kind is only Transportation | ssinlaly fnown among sation ag “spoon Line authorized to while is more full of danger to vessels than transp or t dutiable of the schooner David Av} Wells, In itself a. dire calamity, showed that the misgivings were not groundlessand that word of a more ariovous disaster might be expected. The knowledge, too, that the yory storm which, it was feared, had cansed disaster, had itself rendered the acquirement of intelligenco from tho eastern shore both tardy and uncertain, tended to augmont the fears of mon, and for once to bello the old proverb which has ft that *no nows is good news,” * Yesterday the whole city was in very pain- ful suspense, the news of the ouinous delay ofthe Alpena’s arrival having greatly in- tensiiled the general dread, and the prob- abiiitles of tho sthnch steamer’s having with- unappraised goods from New York and Boston in lots of less than carloads. Cir- cular giving informa- tion and instruction can be had on appli- cation to Agents of this Com an stood the fury of the gule and found a hayen In soma remote port were moro or this Lomipany. less hopefully discussed. Ilardly any LINE INSURANCE, steamer plying on tho.lake was bet- ter or more pleasantly known in Which Company issues the ONLY éncontestable pol- icy on a man’s life? ART ST and out of Chicago than the Alpenr. With Q popular suminor resort for her cast-shore Janding place, sho had conveyed thousands of Chicagoans across tho Jake, and no ono of these, remembering the pleasures of nsnfoly accomplished voynge, falled to ut once taken deep Interest In hor fate, ‘To them the do- lights of their pleasant evening Journey re- turned with rare vividness, and after tho pict- ure of the brightly Ht cabin with its crowd of happy passengers, of the cool walk on tho deck with a gon- tle moon shedding soft light upon tho waters, had passed away, camo another of the scone which must hnve provatled when tho terrors of the storm had converted all that was to them so delightful into 4 season of dismay and death, ‘To tho oxporlenced in lake matters It seemed like hoping against hopo to build theories of tho escapo of the steamer from that terrible.galo and maro ter- Art RECEPTION! rible sea, Alldid hope, however, and when Bi vands Si! Cudios the nows came that a detached portion of the On WEDNESDAY EVENING, Oct. | gallant steamor had beun scon tolling on tho #0, from 8 to 12, breakers upon the eastern shore of tho Inke, the EXHIBIT OF PIOTURES | it secmed as though nothing were lett upon will bo the finest ever shown on any | which tobaso a possiblilty of tho safety of like occaston. th el f any of her tivh The LADIES and GENTE | eee enn eee ne nauns, of Chicago, and Fisting Strangers | yp to this timo tho word which was passed are cordially tuvited, : from mouth to mouth was" What do you 2" FROM 8 TO 12, think of the Alpena?” or, ‘Is there any hopo GRAND Respectfully, EL. BRAND, for tho Alpena? It was spoken on tho streat when friend casually met friend, and 3 in public and private ofices the momontary suspense from work was occupled with a hurried hunt for Sutelligence of the missing vessel. No onc supposed that anybody else's opinion was better than his own,-but tho anxious mind sought for a ray of hope, and was noé at all particular about: elther its Bource or quality, oes The office of the Goodrich Lino of steamora was besloged all day with the nervously-op- pressed suckers for information and comfort, and thore was but littlo of either to be und. BATS, zs | Aud, as if to intensify the forebodings of Fall Styles Gentlemen’s Dress Sill, | those who had gathered by tho riverside to St, and Soft Hats just received, | hwar news of the missing vessel, every now Kinest qualities and lowest prices at | aud thon the arrival of a storm-battored craft BARNES’ HAT STORE, 86 Madi- | would give evidence of the power of the sonal. (Tribune Building) _ 4 Slorm, Stanch and stoutly-bullt schooners nen ENE INSURANCES Which Company issues the ONLY incontestable pol. dcy on a man's life? LATS. ly great. To them the reported velocity of n- 1880—TWELVE PAGES, were towed by, whose tattered satls and shattered masts told the story of thelr strug. sie with tho tornado, and suggested how sinall x ehanee of escape the more fragite Alpena could have had in such o gale. Among the first reports was a not unfayora ble one from Sfilwaukee. It read ns follows! MILWAUKEE, Oct. 18—Have heard nothing diferent from stary tald by aay of the Irish, but have heard that somo Buffalo propeller ro- Ported Alpona at anchor nour the Manitous, Hynson, But very shortly afterwards camo anothor telegram, which seemed to dash hopo from the minds of all, Terrlblo in its brovity, it read: Guaxn Haven, Oct. 18—Man going north on Muskegon trait said he pleked up pail and step- Indder at Holland, marked Alpona, BAD CONFINMATION. And then tho anxious walters recelved n sad confirmation of the truth of the previous dispatch In one which, stlll more cruelly concise, rant Montague, dtich., Oct, 18,—Tho mail-carricr from Clay Hanks, who urrlved at this place at 11 o'clock this morning, reports that Just.as be was leaving Clay Banks with tho mali a Me. A. Re Wheeler told him’ tha deck of tho steamer Alpena bad been discovered on the beach at Stony Creek, several iniles distant from Clay Hunks, ‘The mall-carrior did not stop to get particulars, A RAY OF Morr. Tho following dlspatches were recetved at the Goodrich steamboat office at 11:80 Inst nights Gnanp HAVEN, Mich, Oct. 18.—Schooncr City of Grand Huven Just in, Was In company wit! Alpena up to Saturday noon twenty-five mites off Hacine, All right then, E.G, Winseiu GnANnp Haves, Oct. 1%.—Tho barge City of rand Taven just rin lack reports runnin through some wreck of tho steamer Trader Fri- day inorning off Grand Rivers. It waa most Ixoly her wreek on Stony Pulnt. She wns in campany with the Alpenu_atwo'clock Saturday worning thirty miles off Chienzo on hor course, but muking no head. Did not see hor after 8 d'clock in tho morning. W. S. Huararey, <A ‘Truss reporter had an interview dur- ing the day with Mr. Gootrich, who sald that he did not think the dispatches proved the bunt was lost; still, le feared that sho was. He expected to hear ‘from her soon, as he had men at all points watenlag, Superin- tendent Butlin lets last night for Montague. Mr. Goodrich’s impression wns that the steamer was disabled and Stonting about the Jake, as she was one of the stanchest of sea- boats and had an experienced Captain aud crew, Ife had telegraphed all over, and thought It strange that he had not heard from her. ‘The passchigurserister was on board, and there was none elsewhere, as it was not the custom to take the names of people before they went on board. Thecargo ‘Was probably light, as it had been running so of late, and consisted of woodenware, ete, de did not know tho names of the owners or the value of the cargo, MUCH OF THY TOPE still Indulged in by the owners of the steamer was due to the high and well-deserved opin- Jon in which they held Capt. Napler, who was one of the ablest and best-loved com- mmanders on the lake. A thorough mariner, he was admired ay such iw all the sallors in’ port. who knew him, and as a gentleman he was’ remarkubly popular with all who_had_ traveled ns assengers on his bont- One of hissons, Ed vaplor, has, been for years a pilot on’ the river, In command of the tug 0. B, Green, and another is In command of the tug Asa Ransom, Both young men re possessed of their father's sterling qualltics, and have at times given proof of thelr courage by the saving of many lives. Mr. W.S. Benham, one of the ill-fated passengers, the editor of the Grand Maven divrald, was from 45 to 50 years of age, and had with him. iis wife, younger that ‘him- self. ‘They were coming to Chiengo to visit friends aud attend a wedding, They left two vehildren at home, Byoung nan ‘of 3h and p | sdanghter of 13, i ~, Asingular coincidence 1s noted in the fact that the body of young Grimwood, the Jour- ‘nal reporter who was lost from a balloon while crossing Lake Michigan with the fleronant. Donaldson, Aug. 17, 1875, wns found by a mall-ecarrlur at Clay Banks, Mich., tho identical place where the hurri- cine deck of the Alpena was noticed yestor- day. Clay Banks is situated In Oceana County, and is about forty miles north of Grand Mayen and fourteen miles north of Montague, ‘The Inke current here is strong and steady, and sets in shoreward from the southeast at Clay Banks, where thocrescent- like shupe of the shore causes It to retain débris which 1s cast upon il, Tue Tinyunn of yesterday printed a dis- pateh from Milwaukee, to the effect that the Captain of the barge 8, A. Irish had been in company with the Alpena for three hours early Saturday morning, and left her henit- ing toward tlie west shore, about ten miles off Kenosha. It is important that this fact should be borne in-inind, as tt has an ine portant bearing upon her subsequent moye- nents and ultimate fate. This will be: dem- onstrated by what follows. Yesterday about noon ‘the schooner Levi Grant was towed into our harbor, and in the course of A conversation with the reporter of TH ‘Tuusuxe hor Captain, Gilbert Nelson,'im- parted tho LATEST AUTHENTIC INFORMATION concerning the whereabouts of the steamor on Saturday, Capt, Nelson, stated ho had reached so well up toward Chicago with his yessel og to be able to discern the Grosso Point light when tho. gale struck him from south-southwest and rendered It necessar: to head the Grant down the Inke. While scudding before the storm, he found biniself rapidly drawing near a site-wheel steamer of the Goodrich Line, She was met about twenty miles northeast of Racine. ‘Tho Grant passed her at u distance of not over one and one-half miles to the westward, and Capt. Nelson, therefore, had an excellent opportunity to note the movements of the steamer, which was undoubtedly the Alpen. Iie says she was lying tn the trough of the sen, which was running heavily from south- southwest, and was heading about due south- west, lie observed that sho was listed over 80 badly as to carry her starboard guard deep in the water.” Tho probability — that tho steamer occupled an — oxtromely dangerous — position, wallowing — thus in the trough of the sea, and might neod us- sistance, led him to remark the fact to the minte and some of his crow. ‘The Intter treated the matter lightly, claiming that if thy stonmer was really In distress, of consid- ered by her Captain to bein dangor of found- oring, sha Would be fiying a signal of dis- tress, “Thoreafter Capt. Nolson paid but Ht- tle further attentlon to the eraft beyond observing that steam was issuing from some of the smaller pipes, thus indieal Lg that she could still help herself, le says, howover, that the large stack of tho steaindr emitted up smoke, which aay be necopted ay usig- nificant fact. Attor leaving Capt. Nelson the reporter In- terviowed tha mate of the Levi Grant, who corroborated tho story of his superior ofleer inthe main, dis stated that when the condl- on of the steamer became a tople of conver- sation among tho crew he took very closo observations of her movements, and’ found that her list to starboard was so great as to carry the port wheel entirely out of tho water, Me then watched her walking-beam, and found It to bo moving, bit very slowly, Steam was escaping from her small pines, which he necepted us an indleatlon that her fires wore not out, and that those In charge still had control over her, ‘Tho nate and Captain unite in saying that they were In osition to haye rendered assistance had tt been solicited, Great risk would have, at tended the humane service, however, ‘They agreo in the observation that the ‘ . AUSENCE OF A FLAG cr mnetaired oe and oven of any one on the promenade or hurricane deck could properly be regarded ag evidence that the atuamer was all right, And yet the thought forces {itself upon tha reporter that the steam sven escaping mlght have proceeded from tho whistle, which avas being blown a8 & slat that the steamer was in danger of golng down, or that she desired assistance to fo sent to her from the nearest port. ight here comes the polnt to which at- tont n iscalied above. The Captain of tho bark 8. A. Irish joft the Alpena about ten iniles off Kenosha, heading toward the laud. Several hours later tho Alpena (for Jt could have been none othor than she) was passed by theschooner Lovi Grant about twenty: wiles northeast of Racine, ‘Chus Ina dis- tance of thirty miles down tho luke she had drifted to leuward, or directly away from the, west shore, fully ten imiles, Putting these facts In juxtapuasltion will readily lead an; one to thé conclusion that the Alpena bai 4 hitago Daily Tribune. | dropped into the trough of the sen, and contd not be got around so as to run before the storm down the lake, ‘hug situated It be- came a mere question of thine how long her timbers could bear. the terrible wrench Ing strain to which they must have been sithjected, partlentarly Uirough the medium of the guards, and oxn how long the pumps could hold tu cheek the water that must have entered the hold through the Opening of seats ane shipping of heavy sens, he Alpena niay have drifted well aerdss the Inke before she nally’ disappeared, carrying down all who remalned on board to” the Jntest moment, or she may have foundered in midlake, ‘The former theory Is rendered the oat plausible by the fuet reported yes- terday afternoon that the hurricane deck of the Alpena had been washed ashore at Stony Creck, Mich, As the wreckage was landed there by a west-southwest wind, she must have gone down Inn southwesterly dl- tection. ‘The pail and stepladder marked “Alpena,” which ure reported to have been found at Holland, Mich.. at least thirty miles south of Stony Creck, undoubtedly were swept from the hurricane-teck when the tornado first struck the unfortunate steamer early Saturday morning, INAURANCE, The steamer, which was worth $25,000, was insured ns follows: Mubattan....., tenes St. Paul Fire and Marine. Union of Philadelphi Funcull Hall. ‘Total... OFFICERS AND PASSENGHNS, The officers of the Alpenn were ns follows: Captain, Nelson W. Napler; First Oilleer, J. HL. Kell “irst Engineer, Robert Polton; Clerk, Arthur E. Haynes; Steward, Wiliam Shepherd ‘The list of passengers, of whom about sev- enty on board, owing to the fact that no duplicate Ist was kept on shore of those salle Ing on the vessel, Is still very Incomplete. It is “known, however, that nmong them were dirs, Bradley, Misses A. Land Kate Bradley, Santa: Fé, N. M.; W, S. Benham, editor of the Grand Haven Herald, and ‘wife: M Crossmun, Mrs. B, F. Curtls, and. tt. Vs Squlers, f Grand Haven; and Mr. John Oshorne, .nged 90, wife, and three ehitdren, of Muskezon, A'Miss Mattie Murphy, aged 1, of that piace, fs also supposed to have been on board, Her friends in this elty say that she was to havo starter to visit thein on the day of the Alpenn’s departure, and as she had always had a preference for that steamer they feel sure that she must have taken pas- sage by it, GRAND HAVEN, THE NEWS OF THE 8AD DAY. Gnasp Haven, Mich, Oct, 18—News reached licre to~tay that the steamer Depére, of the Goodrich Transportation Company, had put into Manistee some time Sunday, Soon after a message was recelved from Capt. S.C. Glover, dated Reed City, saying: he would be home to-night, thus putting all doubts as to the safety of the Depere at rest, as she was known to have left on Friday night. Mr. Glover says they tried to make Ludington harbor, but coutd not do so. NO DEFINIT NEWS has been received In regard to the missing steamer Alpena, The steamer Muskegon of the same line passed her soon after mid- night Friday night. She was then on her course, and almost half way between Grand Uaven and Chicago. Tha storm probably struck her before 3 o'clock In the morning, Afr. Bates, of Holland, went through here to- day, and sald he picked up a Indder and pail marked “ Alpena” at Holland this fore- noon. Soon after a message was received saying the mnail-carrier between Clay Banks and Montague reported that Mr. A. R.Wheeler told him the deck of the Alpena had come ashore at Stony Creek, twalve miles north of Montague. “Many anxiutts*Shes liave walted all. day for further jews, but the wires are down in every direction, and itis difleult to &et any news that Is authentic, THI BARGE GRAND HAVEN, Capt. Boomsliter, running between Ifus- kegon and Chicago, with lumbar, left Mus- kegon Friday. Capt. Boomstiter reports that he passed one of the steamers of the Goodrich ine heading from the direetion of Grand Hayen for Clitengo' between Wauke- gan and Kenosha Saturday morning about 4 o'clock, Ho was then about thirty-five miles out from shore. The steamer, undoubtedly the Alpena, did not appear to beemaking much headway. Tho Captain found hecould not make Chicago, Ho then shifted his course and made for Milwaukee Bay. This was about § o'clock In the morning, and. the Alpena was still heading for Chicago. ‘Tha Grand Haven was all day Saturday inaking Milwaukee, and the Captain thinks that if the Alpena did succeed In turning around to make for the Manitou Istands, as it was hoped sho had, he would have scan her, Capt. Boomsllter says he passed through A GOOD DEAL OF WRECKAGE Friday, consisting of a deck of a vessol, lnm ber, slabs, ute., which he thinks was part of the steam-bargo Trader, wrecked Monday ulght of Inst week, He.snys ho is sure It must be this wreek which lus been found at Stony Creek. Capt. Butlin, of the Goadrich ‘Transportation Company, leaves Chleago to- leht for Stony Creek. The followlug isa PARTIAL LIST OF TIM: PASSENGERS known to ‘have left here on tho missing steamer Alponn: Capt. Heber Sauer, Jr, Grand Haven, Mrs. L. F. Curtis, wife of Attorney B. F, Curtis, Grand Haven, Mr, M. Crossman, foreman of tho Stearns” Manufacturing Company of Grant Haven. W. S, Benham, editor of the Grand Haven Heratd, and wife, Mra. Newton Bradloy, Miss Lon Bradley, and Miss Kato Bradley, Santa Fé, New Mex., Who had been spending tho summer here. *C, Kusteror, Grand Mayen, ¥, Sparth, Grand Rapids. G, Haltinger, Grand Rapids, N. A. MGllyrny, St. Joseph, Mich, The following three are supposed to have gone: D, Peyton, New York, Harry L, St, Clulr, Chleago, W. ©, Pettibone, Chicago, Mrs, J. 8, Cole, of Mtinols, and Mr, Lane droth, of Muskegon, wero also known to bo aboard, ALL MAHINE MEN HERE AGREB that the wreel ut Stony Polut cannot bo that of the Alpena. ‘Cho general hupression {4 that she foundered some thine during tho forenoon of Saturday, not far distant from whore Jast seen by ‘the crew of the ba KO Grant Haven, though many of those having friends ani relatives wboard du not yet give upall hope, WHITH LAKE, MONTAGUE, Bpeclat Dispatch to The Catcago Tribune, Moxraave, Oct, 18—A mall-carrier from Bayona arrived hore-at 1 a.m, to-day, and reports the upper works of a steamer, sup- posed’ to bo the Alpena, ashore at Stony Creek, Mo received his news from tha Hon, A. It Wheeler, who §s areliabto man. Ie did not walt for. particulars, but started Ime tmedlately for this place, A man has been sont to Stony Creek to ascertain the truth of his report. 3: E " Ir. -MUSKUGON. ~ 3 . NOTHING, ie n Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune, Musxraoy, Mich, Oct, 18—Cun give you nothing reliable concerning the Alpena, ex- copting thé finding of portions of. the cablu near Stony Crock, ; 8T, JOSEPH, : REGANDED THERE AS A MERE RUMOR Hpeclat Ltepaten to The Chtcugo Tribune, >, Sr, Joseru, Mich., Oct, 18—Conslderble exelent has been ereatod here by the re- pRicu /& Goodrich Tine, of which Capt. “Naplet, of this place, was the commander, ‘Theta wore other members of the crew residents of this place, Capt. Napier hasan fonily ving here,‘ and ho was widely-known and esteemed. OTHER DISASTERS, THE DAVID A. WELLS.. TUE WRECK VISITED, Yesterday morning Mr. Jacob Kellar, wha owns a half interest in the David A, Walls, the other half belonging to Capt, Thierkauff, , visited the scene of her wreck in ong of Capt, Menry Blue's tugs. ‘The investigation dis- proved Mr, Keller's theory that the wreck * was the result of a colilston, ns there was no evidence thant another vessel ‘was, or had heen, In the vicliity of tho wrecl. During - his visit he made observations whitch satisfied lim that the sunken vessel was none other than the Wells, Z t Capt. Williun Iiggte yesterday advanced. the theory that the Wells must have gono down head-foremost, and that tho nir, rush- Ang aft to her quarters when, sho Pitched down, burst —her--to pleces?‘ Jn proof of this ‘ho’. cites..tho fnet that the jlbboom is broken off short and is stleking in such 1 position as to warrant the theory, and also that portions of tho vessel’s «itarters are floating about the Inke. As yet, , none of the bodies of the crew, eightin number, have been found. The insurance: upon the David A. Wells amounts to $8,000 upon a valuation of $10,000, Itis distributed as follows: Manhattan, $9,000; Phanix, $5,000; St, I’aul, $1,000, Total, $8,000 ler cargo of fron-ore Is owned by tho Union Rolling Mills Company, and insured for $2,000 In the Orient, CAPT. THIERKAUFF L resitled nt No. 150 Larrabee street, “A re- porter called at the modest little home last evening, where he found the sorrowing widow and her four fatherless ehifdren, the eldest ‘of whom $s but1! yearsold. Mrs. ‘Thierkaufl has giyen up all hope of seeing her husband allve, She stated that some of her friends have encouraged her to hope that the erew escaped from the doomed ves« sel in one of tho small boats, but sho says no boat cbhild have lived In stich a sea. During; tho lonely hours of Sunday night sho watched for the familiar step of hor hus- band, thinking that perhaps he might havo reached the shore exhausted, and knowing that if he had he would certainty return Imself or send word to hisfamily; but when Monday morning dawned and no word am rived, the watcher gave up all hope. Mrs. - ‘Thierkaufl says that in his younger days her husband sailed on salt water in the trade be-. tween New York and the West Indies, Sev- eral years before his marriage ho camo West and BEGAN SAILING ON THE LAKES, After safling before the mast for several years le obtained command of the schooner Mitehell, which vessel foundered eight Years ngo during ©. severe palo in the vicinity of the South - Manitou Islands. Capt. Thierkauf€ and his crew narrowly escaped death at that time. Lis next com- mission was as Captain of the Wells, After two prosperous seasons he was again overs taken by a gale when bonnd down the lake. . alta point about fifteen miles off Milwaukee, the vessel while running before a south-, Wester, was struck by n furlous blow and! dismantled," All the masts were carried away, and in.an effort to lower the two.sinalh. boats both were lost. The vessel drifted” with the wind, and when the east: shore was sighted, Capt. Thierkauff ordered tho anchor lowered, and thus managed to ride out the gale, and save what wns left of his yessel, She , was towed to Chicago, and thoroughly repaired,. and her dauntiess commander agaln went to seu. “The vessel has sinee been regularly in service, and has been singularly freo from. Accident until the fatal Friday night of last week, when she took to the bottoin Captain and crew, und carried sorrow and desolation in her wake, P A-fortunate thing in connection with the. necident ts that the insuranco on the vessel ° will be saved, Capt. Thierkauff always kept lig insurance up,. and tho policy expired on Sunday night, just twenty-four hours after the catastrophe. tho Wells was oMlcored a3 follows: Cap- tain, Jolin Thierkauff; first mate, Junko ‘Taner; second mate, John Krohne; cook, Philp Bach, There wero. also four seamen, whose names could net he aseertained. = Inquiry was _ mado among the saflor boarding-houses on Kinzio: and Wells streets; and, while several persons were found who Knew the unfortunate men by sight, no one could reenll thelr names. ‘The Second Mate, Kroline, leaves a wife and three children, ‘Tho cook, Phillp Bach was a widower, and ‘aso leaves three chil dren, allot whom reside in Chicago, ‘athe Ing ia known about the faully of the First: Mate, Jake Taer, In conversation with an old Inke Captain, the reporter obtalned the history of a case very shuilar to / THY L083 OF THE WELLS, : Tho Captain sald: “Five years ago Cant. Sam Moran of tho canal-schooner Atlanta, ag sound and trim a vessul as ever sailed Into wort, walked into George Gilman’s on South: Water Street, and, after making several pure chusey, turned to knot of: friends present, and sald: Good-by, boys; Pm off for Butfalo, PN be buck in “about two weeks, and. propose iv Ue uF right here by the Wells-street bridge.” He shook handg with everybody, and went aboard his ship, ‘Phe Atlanta was loaded with wheat for Buffalo, and started on her journey withall hands in. coud spirtts, She was towed outside the harbor, and from that day to. thls netther Sam Moran, tho Atlanta, nor, ous of hor crew has ever -beon heard from, You ean sy thls, poune, man, and 1 belleve my states quent will bo substuntiated by every man who knows anything about tha subject, that nino out of every ten veasels which have foundered, on these lakes havo been canal-built schooners, : 1 don't know why this ls so, but iv the truth,” THE GENERAL GRIST. CAUSED A BENSATION, ‘ Tho news ‘contained in/l'nk Tamone of yesterday from Sturgeon‘ Bay and other points toward the lower lend of the lake” . created great excitement nimeng vessel» '. owners in this’ city, who all expressed tho decpest unxiety to ascertain news concorn- ing. tho fate of thofr “rospectiva vessels, Much surprise wag ‘expressed that so many veascls should havo been stranded In that locality while 4 south- west wind Was blowing, but liter. informa- tion shows that while the wind hud been on: that direction on the upper end of the lake,on - the lower end the wind was froin ‘the squthe southeast, which fully explains the matter, During the day fnforsiation of wumerous dlsasturs was received by private- dispatches, inention of which will be found in this cons ection. , a. ase gear) Peels SCHOONER MONTAUK. 3) ee, Yesterday afternoon Capt, Gundorson teles * graphed his family that tho schooner. Af tauk hud dragged ashore In North Ba! filled with water. Tho’ Montauk’ fs | id from Marquette to Chicago with’s carga’ of 600 tons of Sron-oro for the Union “Rolling | - . Mill Company, Tho cargo {s covered by ine surance, .The -vesgel fs also, fully, insured’ watnly in Bulfatocompanies. An additional risk of §3,000 was aan Marler the’: ‘ Great Western, represented by the Chicago : agency of Hibbard & Vance. ‘No difiguity will bo experienced In rescuing the vessol, .. although sho must have suffered consulem: able dainnge, i BCHOUNER D, As VAN VALKENBULG DI MASTED, - a i ported‘ logy of the stuawer Alpons, of the | By the arrival of the eteamrbarge Ueny, . 1