Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 15, 1881, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, (FIER THE STORM, Confirmatlont of Yestorday’s Re- ports of the Immense Storm Damage. jdditional Particulars of the Loss of Life and Property. qe Victims Being Succored by More Fortunate Neigh- bors. soney Being Contributed for tho Relief of the Suffering People Minnesota Visited by a Branch of the Widely-Extended Tornado. Jriona the Hottest Region in tho Country Yesterday—105 De= grees. Oppressive Heat in Alabama, Missiesippi, Lonisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, . KANSAS. BuRLINGAME, Kas., June 14,—The cyclone jnthiscounty was more serfous than tele- qphed froin Topeka yesterday, Tho cy- done frst formed between Arvonia and Oilvet, It then passed northwest, going outof the county in the direction of Pomera, Franklin County. In its course It kitied five persons, including John Rosencrans, Jolm Harper, nan named Brown, two colored eblldren, and a person whose name has not yetbeen learned. ‘Lhe houses of the follow- tngnomed persons were destroyed: J. Dov- Un, J, Rugby, Theodore Bence, Findlay Thome, K. Tompkins, Phillp Fine, Sr., Philip Fine, Jr, William Pickett, Joseph Pickett, G E. Manly, J. W. Sargent, J. G. Marshall (two houses), E. L. Marshall {tvo houses), J, C. Ranking (tenement house), W. Vanterslice, Andrew Wood, J. They, Mrs. Wells, W. Merriwenther, N. E. Young, Myers, H. L, Powell, Mr. Brown, Pillip Lotta, David Duffield, John Rosen- ennz, 9. ‘T, Martin, John Collyer, J. W. Bu- ger, Jesse Lee, Mr. Calkins, Mr. Bartram, dohn Harper, J. Riggins, and undoubtedly sany others. ‘These were all farm-houses in soldscttled country, aud many of them Anerealdences. AT QUENEMO tePresbyterlan church was destroyed and oneother bulking, Of the first twenty-seven tolldings enumerated a majority were won a road leading from the west ftoQuenemo. ‘This road divides two school disziets, and nll the families were absent at- tending thelr Sunday-schools, which ac- toonts for the enving of life In that section. re is aiarze number badly hurt. ‘The tilens in buildings uninjured turned out, indall are comfortably cared for. ‘The loss of property Is enormous, but cannotbesafoly ated. One {neident uf the cyclone will give somo fea of It, the residence of 11, M. Austin Mt, Enos Hammond had just driven up and Mehed his team, Ale. Austin had an tuder- pound cellar nway from the house, to which esent his family, Austin and Jlammond rained at the house. Seeing the storm- Janel comlog directly for the house, bath unand tried to reach the cellar, but failed. Austio fet! under a hedge, and field on to the Dee emend foll at a fence-post and ME WIND THRASHED THE GROUND WITIL iM sreral times, but hie and Austin escaped Nithonly brulses, Hammond's buggy went Nith the house, and hasentirely disappeared. he two horses rematned Iiitehed to the post uninjured, For fifteen miles in the most densely suttled and best part of Osage County cyclone cut a swath of desolation auddenth, Entire farms have been stripped ofbulidings, cattle, and much of the vezota- ton, “At ono place only a plecn of tire a foot ong and a hub was loft of a lumber-wagon. OSAGE COUNTY. Ossor Crrx, Kan., June 14.—A. carottl ex- Anination of ‘the portion of this (Osage) cunty traversed by Sunday's cyclone dis- deses the fact that about fi ty houses were troyed, togetherer with other buildings, i orchatds, and crops. Whert in stack totally destroyed and corn badly damaged, blably the number of wounded will not farce thirty or forty,—some dangorousty, hy not expected to live. ‘fhe total Juss to rp Leonle of this county will not fall short fe 100,000, wilo many families have been t wholly destitute, Only, thres persons Were killed outright. The Town of Flora Mflered wore thin ‘any ono place, nearly ery house in tawn bemg destroyed or iy damaged, IsvieLp, Kan. Juno 14.—The people of thisclty contributed 8700 to-day to rollove Uetmmediate ne Selous at Flo ge MISSOURI. Sr, Louis, Mo,, June 14.~Additional ac- County of the cyclone in Northwest Missourl rad evening are that a very large amount Droperty was destroyed, a considerable Biber of lives lost, and a great many por- ie injured. ‘Those known to have been ult outright are 2. C. Nelson, C. E. May- ae Mrs. (i. Roberts and child, and a mat, ine unkDow2, ho injured, so far as reported, are: Miss al who will die; Miss Manquard, se ah y Injured; WiHam Miller, dangerously ared Robert Miller, serlously bruised; ral W oad, Injured; wife and children also hice Frank Burke and a company of ane bersons all injured and bruised; i a Cott and family, injured; William lajucg severuly Injured; Mrg, Ricks, fatally rans Mrs, Richards, right arm and ribs qulouses Were blown away belonging to root Boyles, near Flag Springs; Willlam hie i Uear the same place; Mra, J, Bon- lish ob Pleree, L, G. Dangertleld, Isatal rn tae ‘orge Purvlance, Israel Wood, 1, Sue cet It. C. Nelson, John Cott, Frank Homer Dungan, Dr. Dungan, Leo- tap, wfc, Mra. Melntiro, Willtam " Bon- ty cui evens, George Roberts, Ran- Bore yeaa, Wilkes Meoka, ‘Thomas Balt! if v i O; AiO ve “hiites, TL St. Wolf and seores of othore, iy Slestruction took'place at or near Kin Pand Flag poringa, | iE ter thy x dosed north of Savona for; fom Teeelved {tu} About e Is 8d hoved aa Utheast, teuring thnber, trees, hy eos until ft struck” the largo brick rs Me ‘athuniel Kallug, situated about a horth of town, which ft tore to On heats Kellogg and family were absent une at the the, and no doubt os tos ¥ ne injured. ‘The horses belonglue 86 ce oud, Which were ina fel near the Alle yn ct’ found in a field a quarter of a Supposed to have been carrled i pyeye! lone, It then moved east, and at this ufone’ Rout’ 160 yards wide, ‘The next 2 Hott, Uits Way was the tesldenco of Mr, Mri th SKuuted newr the toll bridge, It Be fount Corner of the house, moving it olf Ws yitlon and dumagiig it considerably, Be house had Witty hoga Idlled, Jatt, te Mra another cyclone ounty, Fron tie Savanual i Anirew US. further on, Wis blown away, 7" wis rks severely injured. Heuman's Chur ae Sirled away, and the Baptist ita Near it torn to pieces, Sawn kahiln's house, further on, was over bleces, d The furnitn elothing, farted Rd contalued iu the house were “AUKIDUS GE Lowsehold goods trom the houses wore carried through the air, and the owners have not ns yet found any of them, Linn Roberts’ hose was destroyed ag well as thatof kt, Phillips, near Fishford, | From there the storm pagsed on to Flag Springs and King Clty, ‘Che eyelons was about & quarter of a intle wide, and was very violent, ‘Two-thirds of the families of the houses Dlown away wero away trom home, elther at chureh or visting, otherwise the loss of life would have been frightful, MINNESOTA, Boectat Dispateh to The Chteago Tribune, Brownspane, Minn, dune 14.—A terrific storm struck this section Saturday event at 7 atelock. ‘The wind, blowing with tremendous power, eamne from both south and west, and whero these two currents Jpined forces the chief damage was done, the Itne of greatest sovartty beiug from south- west to northeast, ‘Trees were blown down both towards tho north and east, and these Were genurally uprooted; but where the dlrection af thelr fall was northeast they were twisted, splintered, and broken of, and in many cases carrled ton constderable distance, showing thatthe uaton of tha twa currents lad given a gyratory motion to the storm, Half x mile north of this village Lhe road was completely block. aed by the tinber which had been carried Into it “A number of outbuildings were blown down, nud in some cuses reduced to Iindling-wood, and strewn far and wide over thepratrie. ‘The honse of a farmer named Vit Selfert, four miles southwest, a strong fraine butiding, 10 by 34 feet, was lifted from {ts foundation and carried six. rods, when it went to pieces, the eritire | lower floor, with Joists and one of the sills twenty-four feet Tour and eight Inches square, being carrled entirely o'er na straw. barn and deposited twenty rods ru-ther on, Boards were driven into the earth one or fo feet and broken off, A solfd oaken, iron. bound cheat was broken In pieces, ant $300 In currency contained therein was blown away, most of which fortunately lodged where It was afterwards recovered. | Seveuty bushels of wheat on the lower floor was senttered and ruined. The family, who were in the house ont tha the, escaped sertous Injury. A good deal of rain byt ell, 1 nn moro than the crops needed. Till is reported to have fallen In considerable quantities a few miles northenst. he severe part of the storm was but momentary, afl the damage resulting having been accomplished within tive minutes, KENTUCKY. Lousvitny, Sune 14.—RKeports from Shel- byville say n regular waterspout fell upon tho-wwestern half of the county Inte yester- day evening. Barley, wheat, rye, hemp, and even bluegrass were beaten fist upon the ground, and wherever there was the slightest shadow of a streamlet a raging torrent appeared and swept away fences. Land recently fallowed was in many places swept clean of soll as far town as the plow had run, and the corn planted all went with it. ‘The bridge on the Shelby Railroad, near Long: Run, was washed out and danaged to such an extent that the Louisville train had to return to anchorage, where tha pos- sungers spent the night in the ears. It is im- possible tu approximate the damage by such iraln-fall, but to the agricultural interests it iy very great, Bad-as ts the drought, it ts preferable to watersponts that wash away the very face of creation, In Mason County 2 rain-storm Inst night did much damage, Near Washington houses were unroofed, barns blown down, fences and trees leveled to the ground, and Jnnds washed In mimy places. Other parts of the county suffered also, but not so seriously, NEW ALBANY, IND. New Atnany, Ind, June 14.—The river rose ten feet at this point in twenty-four hours ending to-night at 8 o'clock, and is still rising. ‘The rise enna along so suddenly that ninety logs belonging to A. J, Kishler wero curried down streain, Capt. Irwin's ferryhoats captured most of the tuber, and returned It to the mill, — THE SIGNAL SERVICE. Orricy oF THE Cuter SiaNar OFFICER, Wasutnatoy, D. C., June 15.—1 a. m.—indl- cations—For the Lower Lake region, fair weather, westerly winds, beconting light and variable, stationary or higher teinperature,and. higher barometer. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, fair weather, light variable winds, and stationary or higher temperature.' For the Upper Lake region, falr wenther, light variable winds, and stationary tempera- ture, followed by falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis- souri Valloys, warmer partly cloudy weather, possibly occastonal rain, winds genorally shifting to southeasterly, and stationary or falling barometer, ‘The Chief Signal Officer furnishes the fol- Jowing specinl bullotiu: ‘: General rain has fallen in Now England, aud occasional rain in the Middle States, the Lower Luko Region, and ‘Tennessee, Else whore fair weather has prevailed, ‘Tho tem- porature has risen along the Atlantic Coust and the Uppor Mississtppland Lower Miasour! Valleys, it has fallen in the Lower Lake Rerion. The highest temperature reported to-day was 105 degrosa at‘Tucson. In Texas, Louislana, and the indian Territory the tem- perature hag bean nearly 1l0degrees ubove the mean for the inonth. Tho highest tempern- tures reported to-day cust of the Rocky Mountains are 99 degrees at Dodgo City and Eagle Pass; 08 degrees at Shreveport; 07 de- grees at Vicksburg: 98 degrecs ut Montgom- cry, Fort Gibson, Fort Sill, Corsicana, and Fort Concho. Westerly winds prevall in the Middle States and New England. Elsewhere the winds are hight and varinble, At 6 this evening the river at Cinclnnatl was thirty- three feut seven inches above the zero of the auge. ‘The river had risen five feet and one fret during the past twenty-four hours, and attha time of the report was rising two inches per hour, Fair weather Is Indicated for Thursday in New England, the Middlo States, the South Atlantic and the Kast Gulf States, i ae. Ohlo River wil! riso at und below Lou- aville. LOCAL OBSKRVATIONS, Cuicady, Juco 14~10:18 p,m, “Time, [are Ther, | iu) Wind, Ver] f0'n,) Weather Silie. m,lavat| oaal 68 [NW TUB. ni, | Pred oy AW, s0st8 0, mu, LR sD. BON 18 p, to, |O.O1U| hud. mane on “ten baromorar UTS, ean he rime HGiuust tempura, #0.0, a ; towed romporaturo, Gib, GENKUAL ONSENYATIONS, “—S Cittoauy, June 16—-1:18 p, ms Btation, jai} ar!| Wind, |W} wee, « De be] Petts SSSECRESEESE SASELSSAVTESLRAE: WAsaSessenees BEERSAMTUTSES EN SAAB ERE VERE R ERASER Eee: LESSENS: SetensRseg! Yoo small lo tessuro, — HOTEL ROBBERS, Daniel Murphy and Kate Hyan, employed at the Palmer House ay iremau and respectively, were. tho instance of | Mr. red witl reeny, The 2 thot Murphy was found a few duya ago 4 a pale af shoes velonglag ta the Nev, Charles Smith, at Andover, Mass, ‘Tho inin Raye that the woman tempted hlin and hy fell. Although Murphy hus heen in his present position for the pant reven Senrs and bas never before heen de- tected In wny mixdoing, he und the Ryan womnn are declared in Mra. Howe's alidavit to ho guilty of the larceny of ahout $300 worth of property whieh hae heen mined from time to thine, The Accused wal have a hearing herenfter, —<——— =. FIRE RECORD. LUDINGTON, Bpretal Dispateh to The Chteago Tribune, Luninaton, Meh, June 14.—Losses and Insurance ara ns follows, a8 far os as: certuined: J. A. Gebhurdt, tallor, toss, $0,000; instance, 34,000; W. C. Hudson, painter, loss, $2,000; insurance, $1,000; Willlam Hey. sett, rigs, loss, $5,"00; Insurance, $4,500; Mrs, Birtlett, millinery, loss, $1,000; instire ance, St *. Dawland, building, loss, 870; insurance, 8600; Mes, Morgan, millinery, loss, $050; Insurance, $800; Mr. Shioumaker, sa- toon, loss, $4505; no Insurances I. Kuhin, ultding, loss, $1,000; insurance, $500; 2, Mendelson, etotler, loss, $3,500; Insurance, $10,000; M. Ziel, dry goods, loss, $0,000; In- xurance, $1,000; KF. Stevens, building, loss, ‘$3,000; fnstiran » $1,000; Thomas Dishor, dwelling, luss, $2,600; Inguraice, S600; J. Fairbanks, ‘eandy, loss, $390; * Inaure Adee, 8100; KF. Andrews," atutloner, loss, $4,000; {nstiranee, $1,000; Willis & Wheel er, hardware, loss, $0,000; insurance, $0,00. Miller, builui., 103s, $2200; insurance, $400 Jtccord, printing preases, fxs, $5,000; Insir- ance, $4,500; Claytun, building, Toxs, $0,000 Insurance, $5,000; 1. F. Alexander, dr logs, $19,000; ‘Insurance, $u,000; F, Ohlanc sitloon, “Toss, 81,503; insurance, 81,000; A, Voteht, building, loss, $5,500; {nsurance, $3,000; Drach & Co,, dry gouds, loss, $133,000; Insurance, $10,200; Sherman. Bros, statlon-. ers, loss, $2,600; Insurance, 8050, Urrnorr, Mich, Jung 1.—Little additional Intelligence has been received relative to the destructive fire at Ludington, ‘The original statements as to the losses nro repeated and ingurance placed wt $05,000, CHICAGO. ‘The alarm from Box 434 nt 1:40 yesterday afternoon was caused by a spark from a passing locomotive setting fire tu the roof a two-story frame building at No. 606 Thruop street, owned by Nichotas Ich, and occupied na saloon by Willlam Kusack, Dawage nit. ‘The alarm from Box 84 at 2:20 yesterday afternoon was caused by a fire fn the pantry of a two-story frame house ut No, tos Clark street, occupied by W, Felzeniiuuer os a shoe shop. Damage to building nomial, Cause unknown. ‘The alarm from Box 18 nt 6:20 Inst evening Was turned In by some ono who saw smoke ssutng from Louls Warner & Co.'s cominis- slon horse at No 217 South Water street, which was belng fumigated with sulphur. ‘Tho alarm from Hox 47 at $35 Jast evenin, was caused byt fire In Walker's restauranl at No. 212 LaSalle street. Damage $50, ‘The fire as caused by the expluslonof agusoline stove, A still alarm of fire to Engine No. 1 at 7:20 Inst evening was enused by fire in_F. I, Sechluegel’s wireworking ‘shop at No. 171 Madison street. Damage nominal. AT CHEBOYGAN, MICITI. Detnotr, Mich, June 14.—Sniith Bros,’ Planing-mill and sash factory at Cheboysan, this State, burned Sunday, with dryinz- honse and several other buildings, and 1,600,- 000 feet of lumber, Loss, $00,000; no. Insur- ance, BORDER RUFFIANISM. A Sample Brick on His Way to Prison, A Deputy United States Marshal frum the far- off land of Arizona reached this city yesterday with a leading-string attached to a rostioss-vyed Spaniard nutaed Ramon D. Manriquez, who Ison hia way tothe House of Correction at Detroit for instigating an expedition in Uncto Sam's do- minion, or, as the papers in tho caso read, * for setting on foot a military expedition,—un enteroriso acuinst a foreign power at with tho United States Goyern- A reportor sought and found the Tumpant Manriquez at a cetl in the Armory, and beheld tn bin a dark-skinned Spaniard of ‘about 5 years of axe, his eye in # fino frenzy, rolllug, and bis whote aspect indleatlve of excitement nroduced by pent-up emotions of patriatlant Communism,and border-rultianism, Hy the Judl- elous use of tho stnall smattering of balt-breed Spanish possessed by the reporter tho " Greneor” was dragged into a lnborions converantion, in which beimparted the informution that he had or- ganized a band of isdarmed men for tho purpose of overturoing the powers that bo Ju tha revo- futionary {tepublic of Mexico, and restoring to ex-President Diag the réins of governinunt, Manrlquez was so Intensely patriouc that the reporter sought and fourid tho afaresaid Dep- uty Muarabal, and Joarned from bim that the prisoner was one of a innrauding band that was organized somowhore In the Peainsuta of Lower California, and, atter traversing a part of old Mexico comniltting divers and sundry dep. redationa, emerged into Arizona, and thero i themsclves “by ru upon “fodder — peng,” “ roate houses,” and herds of abvep ond cattle. Even the submissive inhabitanta of peaceful Arizona could uot be expected to remiio ene urely passive in the bands of such a mob, and the settiera “corraled” the band of thieving wtrloty, ond subjected the fonders,of whom Sianriques was one, {0 8 trial, whieh resulted in a conviction at'Theson of soven of the mun- ber, Thoy wero ali sentenced to tho House of Corrcotion at Detroit, und thither. they are onw by one wending thoir way to servo the Govern: tment for a term of two years. The deflant Manriquez in tho land of clvilization is not the fostive creature of the Fur Wost. His yroatcst fear now Is that bis conductor who fna fed him on 76 cont meals and ice-cream and bedied bim Inn Pull man berth, will lose hin berore Detroit is reuched. ‘Tho twain depart this evening, ————— JOEL HENRY WELLS. On Hils Way to Moutreal. Joel Honry Wells, whose trial: aud conylotion for insanity and whose subsequent escape from the Asyluin ut Kigin wero the subject of so much nowspapor comment nut muny months ago, is againotlarze.” ile tea self-styled fugitive from what be doos not say, Where Mr. Wolls bas kept bimself concealed alnce bis escape (and while bis pursuers have emphatically not bean looking for him) he docs not astute, Ho dovs ailirin, howover, that the ma will come when ho will be Awarded 9 hoavy Judgment for tho damages dono him by a fitceon monthy sojourn at tho Lunatio Asylum. Mo is now on bis way—be left this city yostorduy afternoop—to Montreal to attend a Convention of Superintendents of Iusanc Asyluins, and while there be proposes to submit bimscif to the Canvontion for a inost thorough aud search: ing exwtuloation, that he may vomoagaln before the world a sane man. The possibility uf a ro- vorso finding un the purt of the members of tho Convention fa a thing which bo bas nut antici ated, and which be will bo at a lows tw account for. He expressos tho iibcaaet ouriusity to kuow the exuct oundition of bis men tal atructure, While i Montreal Mr. Wells will report the proceedings of tho uforesald Con~ vention for avveral luading papers, so bo says, ‘Tho gentleman has lately, ho suid, been amis. ing himself at thu expense of Dr. Khwourne, the Superintendent of the Asylum at Elin, by TULANS OF postal-vards wrilton ta tho well-ro- membered Junatio murderer, Spirituallat Pike, who isa resident of the curative Institudon, ‘Theso misuives, the writer laughingly afirmed, never reached tho hands of Mr, I'tko, but wore fuateud read by Dr. Kilbourne. lu thom, or rather upon them, were luscribed full ine formation as to how the “abuses at Elgia’ be fully set bofura the world nrough | btty unde of snunuscript prepared by Mr. wale whilobo wasa sojourner at the ution, It mi ald that Sir, asl ay Wolla looke well, and ie In high feather over what bo conshlers his succoas in cluding recapt- prospects for 4 satiefactory adjust> 8 diMiculties which havy thus far bostrown bis path. ee AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE. Spyectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunte JAckKsON, Mich,, June 14.—Charles Parks, of Berryville, Ingham County, came to the Montgomery House, this cfty, yestoruay, Not feeling well, he took a room. Before golng to lls room he took a drink and poured xome drug juto it, This morning he w. found unconscious, ond a physician found iim under the intluence of opiates, Me dled at noon, Deceased was In the habit of taki worphine and opium, aud probably took an overdose, — IN MEMORY OF MATT H. CARPENTER, Spaclat Disputch tu Tha Chicago Trihune, MILWAUKEE, Wis, dune H-At the an- nual meeting of the State Bar Association, held at Mudison to-lay, a largely-slgned potitlon from the prominent Inwyers of the State was presented asking that a suitable nionument be erected to tha memory of the jate Senator Matt H. Carpenter, It ls pro- posed to ralse the necessary funds by a popu it suibscripion of the puople of the State at argu. NEW YORK. The Condition of tho Growing Grain Orops Puzzling the Spoo- ulators, No Prospect of a Settlement Between Brewers and Strikers. Discussing the Value and Impor- tance of Faure’s Sccond. ary Battery. Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Master Car-Builders’ Asso- ciation. Railroad Commissioner Fink An- nounces a Reduetion in Grain Rates, Commencement of the Trial of Vogel, the Blackmailer and Abdustor, WHEAT AND CORN. THE CONDITION OF TIE CloPs PUZZLING THE SPECULATORS Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tritune, New Your, dune 14.—Notwithstanding the reports which have been received at Chicago relatiye to the probable shortage of the wheat crop this season, and which have been derived matnly from persons who have the best of opportunities for Judging, and en- threly uncontrolied by speculative Interest, the operators here are making all sorts of et- forts to lutluence the market by favorable or unfavorable rumors. ‘These have their effect in turn, and find thelr way even to the stock market, Where the share Hsts are influenced in keeping with tne manipniations of the produce bulls and bears, The street npvenrs to be split — inte a multitude of Mars and syndicates, each one of Which strives to rival its opponent in either forcing up or depressing prices, Dis- patches received by telegraph from Chicago this morning atthe house of Franklin, Edson & Co, do not speak us favorably as heretofore relative to THE CONDITION OF THE SPRING WHRAT, and winter wheat is deseribed as “ very un- favorable.” In contradiction to this, how- ever, advices have been revelyed by David Dows & Co. showing that the spring wheat is In excellent condlion, .Mr, A. E, Orr, of the fatter house, says Chicago telegraphic news Is ut this period of the year more of a, speculative character than otherwise, The written advices from Titiyols and Kansas speak well of the harvest. in southern portions of those States, with Sing prospects for spring wheat hi the north: ern portions, He lind no present fear of searelty, although there had been local dam- age in many pli ‘The wheat market was f puzzle to the boys this morimng, and for the first hour before Change they SCANCELY KNEW WHETHER THEY WERE ON FOUT ON HORSEBACK. This market opened half a cent up, then dvopped one cid a half cents, and recovered a half cent, allin hulf an hour and. before the first call, Many now Ineline to the be- Hef that Armour is practically out of the op- thon deal, having sald cut all bat his cast Wheat on the countrymen, who seem to have gone wild, as they did: In the autumn pre- ceding the great Keene wheat deal, which beat everybody in lt, Said a dealer to-day: “The bull movement. has got beyond shy nan or clique to control, and the country has fone nit on the short crop reports, be'they trucor not.” ‘The shippers In some cases are following the advance when they cnn get very cheap ocean freights, but, as a rule, shippers claim there ts no legitimate basis of Values between our markets and those of Europe, TIAPATCHES FHOM CITICAGO were received here to-day stating that an in- yestigation had shawn the corn in erlbs and. farmers! hands in fowa to be in very bad condition on account of Inte raius, and that very little was fit to ship. Chiicaxo” elevator = men now here state that they have heard no trouble of late from thelr ronds which ren. through Southora Iowa, but admit there muy be cause for complaint, ‘The large amounts ef corn lately recelyed and handled here by Edson befong to Lyon, it {1s said on ‘Change, who ts here dtstributing his cash corn between Ed- son and Hickox, and giylug Mazeltine his Pong deal instead of his cash corn, as be- fore, THE STRIKING BREWERS. NO PROSPECT OF A SETTLEMENT OF THE DIFFICULTY, Spectat LHspatca to The Caseago Tribune. New You, June t4.—The string brew- ery hands begin to realize that arbitrary and unnatural expedients to control the Inbor murket, however plausible they may be made to appear, can only eventuate in disappoint- ment, Acting under the advice of so-called Jenders, thoy refused the very Iiboral conces- sions offered by the brewers a weok ago, Theso offers have sinca been withdrawn, much to the discomfiture of some of the em- ployés, ‘Tho strikers hold their usual meet- ings at Wondell’s assembly rooms and one deavor to keep thelr courage tip by parading the streets with a band, ‘Ihe Brewers’ Assu- elation declure that they will not accede tu the obnoxious demands: of tha strikers, All of the breworles are, it {s reported, In good working condition, few of them need- ing hands atall, and none of them needing niore than from one to four, ‘There was A LULL IN THE STRIKE to-day, the umployers not holding uny meot- And, as the polley of the workingmen was one of Inaction, thare wore no new develop- ments, ‘Tho math element of strength of the strikers’ organization now fy the sympathy they expect from the combined trades-untons In boycotting saloons where Union beor 1s nob sold, As there are only about 300 of these Union beor-suloons out of about 8,000 suloons In the city, there does not ap- pear to ba much chanve that the boycotting Inavement will be either general or siccess- ful, ‘Phe Union, beer men have only about five small New York breweries at thelr back, commancntly their sain supplies must come from out of town, As Rochester, ‘Toledo, Lilwaukee, and Albany beor costs §0 a bur- tel, whily New York beer oly costs $8, It is safu to predict that tho sympathies of tho inajority of saluunkespers will bo with thelr pockets rather thin with the strikers, ‘The out-of-town brewerles could not supply. the demand, It ts sald, if it should oceur a majority of the saloons should DECIDE TO BELL, NOTHING KUT UNION BERR ‘The agents of out-of-town breworles are sending word that they have such and such a supply, aud the safoonkeepurs fu sympathy with the strike are illreeted to go there and uuuke thelr purchases, A communication was rocelved by the Saluonkeepers’ Agsovtation Grday from the Milfor Brewing Company of Milwaukeo, suugesting that a depot for the sale of beor be established ut the headauars ters of the Association, Thore ure also on hand nbout $00 kegs of College Polut beer, Sor & L. & Kuntz, nnd the New York agents of the Joseph Sehlitza Brewing Con pany of Milwaukee huye 1,000 kegs ih Naw i » besites 0 stack in Philadelphia, whieh, gan be drawn upon ath moment's notice, ————— ROTTLED ELUOTRICITY, THE COMPANATIVE VALUE oF ¥AUIE'S DISCOVERY, Sptelal Dispatch to The Chicagd Tribune, New Yous, June 4.—The report cancern- Ing tho wonderful results obtained in Europe with Fauro's secondary battery have within the Jast fow daya recelved greut attention from all persons Interested In sclonttfic mat- ters, on account of fragments ‘yecolved by cable of a letter sent to the London WYimes by the well-known sclentist, Sir William ‘Thom- Ron, expressing faith In the importance of Faure's fimprovenents, and giving somo figures concerning a secondary battery which JUNE 15, was charged in Paris and sent to himat Glasgow, Mr. Parke Benjamin said to ‘Tin These representative to-day: “People are pecting too much from this secondary battery of Faure, even aciultting that the extracts from Sir Willian ‘Thomson's letter have been correctly trans- initted, The subject of the storing of elec tricity Is by no means new, Jn 187, Gaston Plante, v Frenchman of sound selentitic at- {alnments, presented to the French Acadénile des Selences AN ACCOUNT OF BOME EXPERIMENTS, in whieh he showed that In certain conditions abattery could accumulate electricity from f constant souree of small power. Plante published in February, 1879, 2 book contaln- ing an account of his battery, together with suggestions for its use, 1t has been before the pubile for seven yenrs now, and hing heen found tobe of nu. great practleal value for several reasons,—the frrecularity of discharge, whieh began very strong and ended very weak, and the cumbersome size of the apparatus, sume of the lend sheets be- Ing four or tive feet square. Another French electrician, Faure, has recently Intd before the Academy the results of some Improve: nents in tne Plante battery, and this fm p oved apparatus is the one about which we rear so ited at present, hat we know of ils performances is, however, go little that we nitist wait for AN ACCOUNT OF THE TESTS whieh Sir Willan ‘Tomson and others are mnaking. The English Journal of Engineer. tng lias in Its Intest number, just received here, an account and eritielsm of the bal- ery, Which toes not bear ont in any. degree the extraordinary stories we are receiving by cable. ‘The latest number of the Freneh Journal Le Electrician also questions the practical value of | Faure's improvement, while wbnitting that he fas aecomplished something, ‘The fact Is, that we must walt and see for ourselves, What we know Is that the enlef features of the apparatus are not new, and during the seven yeurs that Plinte's battery has been kiiowt no Important use has Seen made of them, If electrical energy has to be conveyed from one place to another it fs a matter of small cuommmereial Importance tn the. abstract whether it is conveyed by means of metallic conductors or stored up iu reservelrs and carried by road or rail, in this THE COMMERCIAL QUESTION INVOLVED being very much the same as that of the sup- plying of water py pipes or water-varts, We cannot ses that its commercial pplication upon a larga seale ean be ns remuner- allve to ils proprictors as itk promoters would wish to make the public belleve. In the saine number of Engineering a corre- spondent says, converning the transportation of a seventy-five ponnd box fill of electricity from Parls to Glasgow: ‘It would he well to remember that, had the great man who carried this box with so much eare also car rled seventy-five pounds of gout coal in hls portmantent, he could have transported that which, by burning, gives out about elit hundred ‘millions of energy, and whieh, if uppiied to an engine to drive eleetrleal appa- ratus, would have produced an amount of electricity very much in excess of that which was contained Inthe heavy lead cells de- scribed In the Timea?” GRAIN RATES, COMSMISSIONEt FINIC ANNOUNCES: A REDUC- ‘ro: New Yon, June i. ‘he following cir- cular was Issued this afternoon: “It having been shown that the established tariff on grain was not maintained by all the railroad Hines, Commissioner fink, under the agreement of March 11, lias authorized 0 general reduction of grain rates on the Dasis of 20 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to New York, If this rate Is not sulctly matntatned, a further reduction wil be ate thorlzed to meet the lowest special rate that inay be made, untll suet thie as all the roads: are willing to maintain higher rates, and minke them alike to all shippers between the same localitles, ‘This action Is taken to pres vent unjust discrimination between shippers of the same localities, No other classes of frelght except grain and the elehth class ure atfected by this reduction, Rates may be Ine crease without the previous ten duys’ to- CAR-BUILDERS. CONVENTION OF MASTER CAIGHUILDERS, New Youk, June 14.—The fourteenth ane nual Convention of the Assuciation of Master Car-Bulluers of the United States and Cuna- da opened to-day. Leander Ciarey,of the New York Central Railroad, President of the Association, called the meeting to order, und stated that tho meeting was for the purpose of discussing and adopting improvements, nad bring them as near unifurmity as possl- e. The various cominittees gppointed at the Convention held in Detroit last year subnilt- ted reports. . F. DAdams, of the Buston & Albany Ronit, reported from the Committee on Journal- bearings, iu whieh was recommended the adoption of a standard journal-box, Adopted. ir. Ortton, of the Cunnda Southern Koad, reported from the mitter on Screws ‘Threads, ete, and E, Garey am ® report from the Committee on Freight-Train Brakes. At to-morrow’s session, the adoption of rules governing the Interchange of ears will De considered, VOGEL. COMMENCEMENT OF IMS THIAT Fon AI . . btertux, New Yount, June t4.—Felix Albert Vogel, charged with attempted abduction, was placed on trial Tuesday, Recorder Smyth presiding, ‘Che court-room was crowded all day, and the greatest interest was manifests ed, ‘There are four indictinents ngalnst Vogel—thres for attempted robbery and a fourth for attempted abduction, Assistant Distriet-Attorney Beecher conducts tho ease for the people. The drawing of the jury for the trial began Monday, ut whe the panel was exhausted only nine jurors liad been secured, Au extra panel of fifty was ordered to beinattendance yesterday morning, but of that number ONLY THINTEEN ANSWERED TO TINIE NAME: Recorder Smyth said that, fs an example to other eltivens who might be stutioned ag Jurors lithe future, he would fine the absent thirty-seven jurors $1.50 each. In opens {ng ‘the ease District-Atturney Beecher briefly explained that the — prisoner had attempted to extort $80,000 from Louis Strasburger by writuye threatening letters, and that March 27 he atlempted to abduet Strasburger’s little daughter, Rosa, from the synagog school, Me also referred to the nian Snxert, who acted feoncert with Vogul, and related the cireumstances of his death at the hands of Detective Canipbull, ITEMS, JAY GOULD'S STOCK MANIPULATIONS, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yons, June L.—day Gould is twist ing the tails of bis Southwestern porkers and causing them to squent louder and fowler every day. ‘To-day Missourt Paclie contine ued its advance, and Missourl, Kansas & Texas enjoyed a moderate buom, Wabash common participated In tha upward move ment, of course, ‘The street Is full of all Kinds of propheefes, the bulls yelling them. selyus hoarse, so to speak. ‘The latest story fg that Wabash common Ie going ta par, that Missourt, Kansas & Loxas fs polis to 60, that Vavitic Mall will have a sharp advance this Week, ote, AN INJUNCTION WANTED, New Yous, Juno 4.—Dills of complaint n h have been tiled in the United States Court in the suits by the Western Union Telogra Company agalnat the Ameriean Rapid Rraph Company-and the Mutual Union graph Company and others for alleged ine fringement of the patents lela by the come plaining Company, being cortain huproves Jwents in? Induedon Apparatus and ln *clreult breakers,” of which Charles Graw- ton Page wis the Inventor. ‘The Western Union Company prays for Injunctions per- polually restraining: the American Mapl Jompany und the Mutual Union Telegraph: Company from in any way utilizing the Page patents. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTER The Convention of the Supreme Court of the Independent Order af Foresters was called to order towlay by the Supreme For- eater, The organization haa been in oxist. ehee seven year, and has pald ever $300,000 to Hts banetichities, at an average anneal cost to cach member of $7.40, Siek membars and at death the (THE WUOOKLYN RIDGE, ‘The expenditures on the Brookiyn Bridge 188I—TWELVE PAGES. thits far are $13,000,000, ‘The bridae will be completed within a year, The Cheese Receivers’ Proditee Exchange Approved’ Cher Teeoutmending — that agents’ cammisslons be fixed at one-fourth cent per pound on sales for export and one- half cent for home trade, outside the ustiat for packing, et Hh to sugeest p comtry markets the necessity of compelling sellers to offer goods for site at a nominal price ot ab public auction to the highest DEATILIN A BREWERY, er, it brewer at work ina brewery nite, wis killed by the explosion ead af lager, {STASVANGLED MANNER, The teachers of this Sits pave a rece tion to-night in the Frand Opera-House, celebrat- ing the 104th anniversary of the adoption of {he American flag, HOMEOPATINY, About 200 inembers of the American Instl- tute of Homeopathy were resent at the ovening of the amiual ineeting to-day at Coney Island, FINE, HOUSER SOLD, Eighteen Erleuhei yearlings, the proper- ty ors. Welch, of Chestnut Hi, Pa, have been sole at the American Horse ‘Exchange for $10,300, .., ALATILE GIRL ANDUCTED, Kattle Hennessy, aged & years, was nb- ducted this afternoon from the front of her residence, No. 102 Cedar’ street, Late toe night the pollee found the chill fy poss sion of the ian who abducted her in the upper part of the city, He was arrested and gave his name as George Walker, chemist, se yeurs uld, Ho refused to give his resi- denice, : BAILED YON EUROPE, Leon Duchate}, Freneh Viee-Consul at Chi- cago, sailed with tls family for Europe on the Amérique to-day, an sateen THE MAHONEY MURDER. Three More Crooks Arreated on Sun- pleso: Inasmuch as the police ure not wholly de- Spondent it would appear that they have some Uttle Information whlch they regard as credible regardiug tha murderers of Otlcer Mahoney. Whut thor pointer ts, or where it vomes from, they maintain a seeret, but tt Is safe to say that the suspectod men are tot yet under arrest. By: thoroughly seouring the district In whieh the tragedy oveurred a numberof Keraps of infor mation were picked up which are of vaing only to the detectives engaged in working thoense, For Instance, it. was ascertatned that two braces were among a lot of tools stulen the night of the murder from Fowler's packing- house at the Stock-Yurda, and it 47 quite possible that the brace which waa found beneath the murdered pollceman will be Identified as having come from there, Tofs might furnish an ale ditlonal clow. Tt ts thought: morvover that Mr. Jones, although be thinks the contrary, would bo uble to Identity the two men If they were brought before him in the same dress they wore that night, Tho great emt te which the pelle are working Is to get the twa men whom they most strongly suspect fito such a position that one will be sire to squeal on the other for feur the other will squeal fi ‘Thte Z but Uttle contidence th each otber, and It has frequently buppeved when two or more erlini= nals Inplicuted tu one erie have been locked Uput the saine thine, but at diferent stations eo they cout not converse together, that ane of thoin was found weak enoigh to bvelleve that the others were on the verge of squeniing, und were putting =o bim inte ine bule. The least particle of information which this weakling Jets fa may: Heed its A lever upon tho others, aud, by eneb prisoner will soon be try others in the way of making con eral captures were mado yeste important of which were the arrests of JJunn Gragy, Friday ‘ve and Charles Vule, Grady is one of the chaps who PLUNDENED SEVERAL JEWELRY STONES on Milwaukee avenue one sear agy lust spring. and made a desperate attempt to kill Oitie ‘Themus Beck n heaverbated them with the plunder, He jst cutof the Poultenttary at doliet after bi served m yeur. Friday Kel- Jey is anuther onvier, who sume years ago used to be contldered a dangerous professlonnl thicf and burgtiir, Vale was pleked up on very alight euepici« nd wis uoAble to duly necoutit Joc awateb whleh was feund upon lilin, Eddle Quorin bas nat heen arrested, aur wil be Ua, as en on his gond behavior, 3 TIAN EMENT,, to outde the fessions. Sev= lay, the most sestunlay. and ing the body, the 2th, when the Inquest will bo” beid at Central Station, The faneral, which tukes place this inorning. under the nuspices of the Anclent Orderof Hlvernians, will be very largely attended, Elegant floral offerings inive been mate by Centrat and other police stations, and by citizens to whom the de- ceased was knuwn nga falthtul policeman, adjourned untils o'clock AN ARKANSAS AFFRAY. A Negro Shot and Killed and a White Man Wonnded=The Man Who Did the Shouting Null at Large, Mauvenrs, Ark. dune H.—Aveording to reports here this torning at 1 otelosk, at a sawilll, five inlles from the ‘Lown of Ark adelphiny J. M. Grega shot and killed a negro, BU Mutter by name, and wounded RT. Justice. dusticn and Gregg have been partners hi the sawmill, {it is reported that from some cause conneeted with the former partuershfp the shooting occurred, A party composed of the Sheriff and a few of ourelt- izens started for the scene of netion, but they-returned to-night without gaining ma- terial Information or capturing Gregg, whats Lid. Utmost efforts will be made to enptare him,» Phystelans who are attending Justice pronounce the wounds notdangerous,—atlesh wound. The bath entered the left sule just under the nipple, coming aut unuer the “lett arn. “The taets of the case are not clear enough to give more minute details, A vere dict has as yet not been rendered as to the death of the nezre man, a CORONER'S INQUESTS, ‘The Coroner yesterday held an inquest at 2H Larraveo street upon Ernst Herzox, 3 years of age, who was accidentally run down by atrect-car No, i000 the Larrabee street tine, near Vedder street. At the Connty Hospital upon Coll 7. Macfarlane, a carpenter, 47 yours oF nye, who died of {ujuries racelved by woe eldentally falling from a runway twenty nd. striieing on a coal toul-yard atthe Nereh Pler. y-Coruner Hutson held an toguest at the Fortysthird struet and Ashland avenue upon Mathuriy Theorlun, 0 years of nye, who was accidently drowned Monday, by falling frome plunk used ase bridge acrosa a stream of ronntog watter In Purington’s brick-yard. nt iho corner of vers and ‘Thirty -nluth 6 His tttio, sf wed (1 yor, was with bint the thnv he fell, and went Inte the water up to hor waist trying to rescus bla. Sho tsa cutied to ber assistance a mau working In the yard. He Jumpod inte the water, and tally suve iu in rescue the boy, but tite was alrendy ne: extinct. — SAFE-BLOWERS AT WORK, During the early hours of Sunday morning tho furalture and house-furnisblug store of Dine ment & Co., nt No. 38 Tulated strevt, was ene tered by burgiurs, who rofled a medium-sized wufe out into the back yard, and blew open the doors with gunpowder, An inner steel door ‘batiled all thelr elforts to chisel lt open, and they consoyonty yot nothing for their pains, The ante contained several hunitred dollars’ worth of Jowelry, $200 in cash, and a number uf note and paporaof ureut valneta the tri. Entrauco to the sture was effected by forcing open a rene window, Allogethor tho Jub wis a bungling atfulr, and it 1s a grent wonder that thy thivves ‘wore not duteatod whilv at their work, en OHIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Conus, 0, June 4.—The Ohio State Medical Assoelution assembled here to-day, several hundred physiclans betng in attend: ance, The Convention was called to order by Vice-President doin Davis, of Dayton, who presented E, IL Plyatt, President-leet, ‘The Association. was welcomed by Mayor Poters, after which a uunber of papers of dntorest to tho protession were read. a _ SUICIDAL, Speciat Nispatch to ‘The Chicago Triduns, Tnmianavorts, Jud, dune 14.—A man whows name ls unknown, and whose appear ance denates that he Isa trp, threw hime self before a train on the &, PB. & C, Rattrond this pvening, about four miles north of the city, and was instantly kied, : SERIOUS FALL. At about 8:30 o’clovk lust night Ollleer J.D. O'Donobue found lying In B vacant lutat tho cornvr of Sixteonth and ‘Throop streets a man {nun Ingouside cundition, with several danger ous looking cute In bis head, one on the fore bend, and ony under the rightoye. ft la sup posed that, wolle Intoxicated. bo fell frou an eluvated sidewalk nt the above polit, and thereby sustained big injuries, He wae ut> tended by Dr, Talilaferro, who pronounced his wounds dangerous. [twas afterwards learned that the mun was George Wagner, of No, 146 Ilunry street, and thither he was conveyed, ————————— JUMPED THE TRACK, Bwitch engine No, 18¢ of tho Pittsburg & Fort Wayne Ralirond, while turning the eurve at the corner of Thirty-oighth and Uliman strecta with atrain of londed cars, jumped tho track. and waa ditched. The momentum of the train toteed tho tender from the trucke and caused It to telescopo the cab. By this ncchient Peter Wauner, tho fireman, had both lecs badly fractured, and Jotn Rolliy, the ongineer. ro- colved @ Rovere wound across the forehead. Wagner wan attended at bis homo, No. 104 McGregor street, by Dr. Leo, who amputated the lett leg below the knee. Tie war unabic to any bow the cago would terminate, Wagner is a German, 26 years ot ngo, and has wire and three children. UNSAFE. WItkrsnanne, Pa, Jung 14.—The exten: sive cnve of a portion of tho Diamond Mines, In this city, 1s hourly expected. Orders have been issued forbidding any employés to en- ter the mine, S Beginning June 20. W. C. COUP’S MONSTER FOUR-RING CIRCUS CIRCUS, With Three Cireus Companies, MUSISUM, With Autumntte und other Wanders, MENAGHIRIE, With Stare and Contly Animals, PARIS HIPPODLOME, With tomas Chariot, and Jockey Races. Larger and Grunder than any other Shuw In the World. ‘Tent xesting 1.00) Peante, Beuinntne Jude 3 on the Lake Front. Addulssion'ty 8 won GRAND OPERA-HOUSE D Clarkeat., opposite Court-Houne. SUCCISSIITY Vure, Yimple, and Uneaulrocnt. ACME OLIVETTE CO, Matinee ut 2 O'Clock To-Day, The Uistingulshed suuny vctoe MIL if Hilt. xupporied by OSE” WOOD, LEWE MURR, nd a very In the creat int A CEL MWVICKER'S TH SECOND AND LAST WEEK 0 E ORIGINAL AND ONLY VOKES FAMILY. Monday Eventox, Sune 14, end turing tinusnce by Kpecial dest BELL! th KY covsrs Jor. ‘rhe YOK ES tn he SATUNDAY--FAI Next week--Hare elatis, WIRD his GItA, mawertal Compu HEATED CARE EN Monday Evening, June 1--Matloees Wednesusy and Saturduy, Lunt week of HARRIGAN & HART and thelr standard Comedy Company. who will pres fent thot Inteat und greatest euceess—MULLIGAN'S SUV Ie WEDDING, ‘The Parade of thy “Ml Dezres i Moon, New musical compositions by Braiare, Munday, Sun a Hedy Company io thelr great puce . 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