KILLED IJY A CYCLONE
DEATH AND DEVASTATION IN WAKE
OF THE 8TORM.
Scores of Lives Are Lost In the Tornerto
Which Swept Over the Sections of Iowa
end Illinois Mnch Property Destroyed
by Hurricanes.
Chicago, May 97. The cyclone which
devastated part of Oakland, Meoomb and
Lapeer counties, Id the southeastern por
Won of the peninsula of Michigan, killed
about 50 parsons and fatally wounded
Dearly aa many mora. The property dam
age la eatlmated at 1790,000.
A Village lh-popnlated.
Oxronn, Mich., May 8 ft. A terrible cy.
olone struck the village of On k wood last
night and entirely wiped It out of exist
ence destroying nil the buildings and tear
ing death and destruction In Its trail.
Just weat of the Tillage the fluids were
atrewn with dead and wounded, a com
plete list of which cannot yet be given.
The storm also atrnck the Tillage of
Thomas and destroyed about a dozen
buildings. Many farm buildings are do
atroyed, but definite news cannot yet be
obtained from the country on account of
the roads being blocked with fallen trees
and delirli. It Is believed that the number
of dead and wounded will reaoh nearly
100. Physician have gone from Oakland,
Oxford and Motamnra.
The following names of the dead at
Thomas have been reported by their neigh
bors, who eaoaped with their lives but lost
their homes:
John Foorltt, Mrs. Joseph Bird, John
Mil key, K. K. Torrance, Mrs. Henry
Quick, Ephralm Qulok and two children,
Mrs. Alice Mitchell and two children.
Actual details of the devastation caused
by the cyclone are yet meager, but all ol
the witnesses agree that the atorin was a
regular western twister. Its first appear
ance at Thomas Station was from the
southwest in the form of a densely black
funnel shaped cloud, moving with almost
Incredible swiftness and seeming to tnko
long leaps. It seemed to have the elastici
ty of a glgantlo rubber ball and would
strike the ground, then, leaving a foot
print of devastation, bound Into the air
and travel a mile or more before again
touching the earth.
Coarse of the Storm,
Detroit, May 2fl. J. E. Weaver, one
of The Tribune's traveling collectors,
came to Detroit on the Bay City division
of the Michigan Central road and said
that the cyclone had followed the railroad
track very closely. As far as he could
learn from observation from the train and
conversation with people the cyclone first
struck the outer edge of Mctamora, but
did not do very much damage.
It then took a leap and struck a farm
house and barn between Metamora and
Oakwood, leveling them to the ground.
Whether or not the occupants wore kill
ed could not be learnod, but as they had
not been seen It was presumed that they
were.
Then the cyclone descended npon Oak
wood and leveled ecry building to the
ground.
Hera fire added its terrors to the terri
ble work of the oyclono and completed the
devastation. When the train passed
through there, not a person was to he
seen, but the flames had nearly completed
their work of destroying the wreokage
left by the twister.
A man named Doyle was at the station
When the train pulled Into Thomas and
related the details of one of the curious
freaks of the oyclone. He said that his
house, a two story balloon frame, was not
touohed, but every other house for two or
three blocks In all directions was totally
destroyed. There was one family whose
bouse was destroyed so thoroughly that
only small pleoes of It could be found
anywhere, and of whose members not one
had been discovered. The nelghburs had
looked for them under all the debris In
the vlolnlty that could be moved, but not
traoe of any of them could be found, and
It was presumed that tbey had been pick
ed up by the vortex of the funnel and car
ried some distance away. Besides those
reported dead there were eight persons
who lay around the depot and were at
tended by physlolans, who said that they
were all badly Injured, and It was expeot
cd thai some of them would not reoover.
In and Around Monnt Clemens.
Mount Clemens, Mloh., May 8a A
terrluo eyolone, accompanied by heavy
rain, struck this city. Borne 80 houses on
front, Butler and Inches streets were
blown down and many of them literally
torn to places, No death are reported, but
many people were Injured. The Hat of In
jured It a follows: Mrs. Anna Pohl,
back broken, oannot live; Adolph Pohl,
Injured; William Pohl, Injured; Mrs.
Russell Carter, badly Injured; Mrs. Orms
by, arm broken.
The bom of Mrs. Anna Pohl, a widow
with three small boys, was blown down
on tbelr heads, and the four members of
the family were pinioned In the wreok
age. It was some time before asslstanoe
arrived. When tbey were out, tbey were
taken to a neighbor's house, where It waa
found that Mr. Pohl's back was broken,
and she oannot live. Her boys, Adolph,
Henry and William, are more or less In
jured, but will reoover. Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Kraats were standing In the front
room of their house when the oyolone
truok 11 They made a rush for the front
door, and at the same time the building
wa torn to pleoes. They esoaped without
soratoh.
Many Live Loet la Iowa
Des Moines., May 88. Lata report
from sections visited by the oyclone lndl
eata that the damag I more extensive
and widespread than was at first believed.
The storm swept through the oountlas of
Polk, Storey and Jasper, oauslng great
devastation. In the district oovered by the
tornado not leas than 40 people were killed.
The village of Valeria, Mingo and San
tiago, Jasper oounty, on tha Chicago and
Great Western railway, between this olty
and Marshalltown, were nearly wiped
from the face of tha earth, and adjacent
eountle were laid waste, with considera
ble loss of Ufa and great dot iruotlon of
railway and other property. Fourteen
people were killed at Valeria, live at Min
go, four in the oountry a few mile west
of Bon Dorant and three at Santiago.
A terrible speotacl was presented In
en demolished house In Valeria. Several
members of a family named Fallous, fa
ther, mother and five children, were found
lying dead among the wreckage in one
room, exoept the mother, who la not ex
pected to live.
The property loss In the track of the
eyolone Is eatlmated at tJbO.000.
Faetory Damaged by Storm.
Elgin. Ills.. May 88. The factory of
tba Elgin Sewing Maohina and Blcyole
company waa damaged by the storm to
the extent of over 1100,000. The wlud
worked havoc among. the tent of four
smallpox patlenta just outside the elty.
livery tent wa blown away, and the pa
tients, after several narrow escape from
death from flying debris, succeeded In
finding shelter In an old oabln, where tbey
war found. At Monroe Center two wo
men, mother and daughter, names un
known, were killed, the daughter's bead
being severed from her body.
Great Damage From Storm,
GALES A, 111., May 28. Tb storm yes
terday oauaed a property loas of 1 100, 000
la Union a. The river swelled . rapidly,
flooding several streets. It wns the heavi
est fall of rain ever known here. Not a
train Is moving on any of the four rnll
wny systems entering the city. Telegraph
and telephone service Is Impaired. One
fatality Is reported. Mrs. H. D. Strlok
land waa drowned In her house.
Poor Killed Near RoeVford.
RooKroitn, Ills., May gfl. Fonr killed
and many Injured, a number of them fa.
tally, Is the result of the eyolone which
swept through this section, besides great
loss to property and the complete ruin ol
oropa In the path of the storm.
FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.
Street Cars Go Thrnngh a Bridge, Drown
ing Nearly a Hundred I'eople.
Viotohia, B. C May 27. It Is believed
that between 60 and 80 persona lost their
lives when an electric onr fell through the
Point F.llloe bridge Into an arm of James
bay.
A sham battle at Macnnlay Point wa
on the programme as part of the celebra
tion of the queen's birthday, and nearly
the whole of the population of the olty
hnd gone out to wltnoss It. Victoria pro
longs the celebration of the queen's birth
day mors than the older cities and oele
brntes It enthusiastically.
The day was praotlonliy a holiday In the
olty. The electric cars running out to the
scene of the battle had been ovororowded
all the forenoon. Every car was full, not
only Inside, but as many as could do so
clung on the outside as well. The car to
which the accident happened contained
about 80 persona Even the roof was oo
oupled. In crossing the Point Ellloe bridge It
left the trnek, crashing through the rail
ings, and fell Into the water 75 feet be
low. The fall was so sudden and unex
pected that, all the passengers were carried
with It.
The car floated for a moment, and then
was carried down by the weight of the
metal work attached to It. Those Inside
were unable to escape and wero drowned.
Some of those on the outside escaped hy
swimming, but the rest, stunned by the
fall or unable to swim, were drowned.
It Is believed now that 50 or 80 persons
were drowned, but It Is as yot Impossible
to ascertain the real number. It Is diffi
cult to learn who were on the car when It
took the fatal plunge, and It la equally
dlllloult to learn how mnny escaped. It
will probably be several days before the
real extent uf the disaster can be learned.
ARREST OF KIECKHOFER,
Ijftte IMsbnrsliig Officer of the State Depart
ment Charged With Embezzlement.
Washington, May 85. Francis J. Kleck
hofer, late chief of the bureau of aocounts
and disbursing officer of the state depart
ment, was arrested on three warrants
charging him with embezzlement, as fol
lows: July 2, 1805, fl 8.220; Aug. 10, 1895,
2,B!IH, and Oct 83, same year, 918,837.
Kleckhofer was taken to police head
quarters, where a conferenoo was held be
tween the district attorney and Inspector
Hollinberger and Attorney Ferguson, rep
resenting the prisoner. The nature of the
conference was not disclosed, and subse
quently Kleckofer waa taken to the First
precinct and locked up. The complaint
on which the arrest was made was filed
by Edward I. Renloh, the ohlef clerk of
the department The prisoner said to a
reporter that h waa very muoh surprised
at his arrest, that be had anticipated noth
ing of the kind and was guilty of no
wrong.
Mr. Kleckhofer has been out of the office
for some time, but he has remained In the
city. The shortage in his accounts has
been stated to approximate 1 187,000.
Killed by an F.xpboslou.
Chicago, May Bfi. By the explosion of
a gasoline stove on Townsend street a fam
ily of six persons was almost exterminated.
Four are dead. The Of th Is so badly burned
that death is almost certain. The name
of the dead are:
Otto Malm, carpenter, 83 years old.
Slnna Malm, H years old.
Hllya Malm, 6 years old.
Otto Malm, Jn, 8 years old.
The Injured are:
Mrs. Ella Malm, H3 years old, burnsd
bout the hands, arms and face; will re
oover. Kllen Malm, 8 years old, severely burned
about the head and body; will probably
die.
Gens Sentenced to Death.
Jehsry City, May 88 PaulGenz, who
waa twice oonvlcted of killing his sweet
heart, Clara Arnlm, In Hoboken In 1804,
waa arraigned before Judge LlpplnooK In
this city for sentence. At both trials the
defense was Insanity. The judge read a
long opinion denying the application for
a new trial. (4enx was asked to stand no,
and the judge askod Dim If he bad any
thing to any why sentence should not be
pronounced on hlra. Genz replied, "There
Is no us of saying anything here." Gens
was then sentenoed to be banged In the
Hudson county jail between the hours of
10 a. m. and It p. m., July 18.
Penman Nlnger Pleaded Gatltj.
New York, May 81. Emanuel Nlnger
of Flngtown, N. J., the old man who la
ooused of making counterfeit United
States notes of large denominations with
pen and Ink, In the criminal part of the
United State clroult court pleaded guilty
to having made and passed the counter
feit bills and waa remanded until Friday,
May 8D, for sentence. Nlnger wa cap
tured Maroh 87 last, after having eluded
the government official for year. When
arraigned before Judge Brows) lait Mon
day, ha pleaded not guilty, with leave to
obange hi plea, and when again brought
up for trial be changed It to guilty.
Fire a Ltwlilvws, Pa.
Lkwibtown, Pa., May 88. Fire broke
out In th lumber yards of Franclscus &
Co., whiob were entirely consumed. . The
flames spread to the building of Wltman,
Schwarx & Co., wholesale grocers, which
was partly destroyed, and damaged a dux
en dwelling houses. The loss will reaoh
50, 000.
Gronnd Under aa Engine.
MlDDLETOWN, N. Y., May 85. William
H. Perlee, a well known druggist of this
olty, who waa also an Ontario and Western
engineer, attempted to Jump on a swiftly
moving engine to ride to the depot. He
missed his hold and was ground to death
under the wheels.
Three xfen Drowned.
Philadelphia, May 85. Three men
were drowned In the Delaware river, on
Petty' Island, by th oupslslng of theli
row boat. They were Joh n Fox, aged lit!
years; John Goldman, aged 84, and Theo
dore Cllnket, aged ill. With three compan
ions they bad gone on an excursion, and,
becoming hilarious, tbey upset the beat.
Th others were picked up by a oepalzlng
boat, but Fox, Goldman and Cllnket sank
and did not rise to the surface. Their
bodies were recovered. The drowned men
were unmarried.
A Whole Family Murdered.
AVA, Mo., May 85. The whole Sawyei
family, oonsistlng of father, mother and
grown up son, were discovered In theli
home, one mile east of this plaoe, murder
ed. The three bodies were found plied
together uuder a bed and oovered with
blanket. On th front door wa a card,
upon which had been scribbled the words:
"Wear gone to Osnrk. Will be back
Monday or Tuesday." This Is supposed
to have been left by the murderers. Tbt
object appears to be robbery. ,
TliECZAJtlSCROWNED
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD GRAPHICALL
DESCRIBES THS EVENT.
Commemorates Ills Coronation by Acts of
Merry Free Dinners Given to the Peo
pie Celebrated With Great Splendor
Throughout Southern Rnssln,
London, May 87. Sir Fdwln Arnold,
In his dispatch to The Dally Telojirnph,
approaches the task of describing the coro
nation of the czar with some npparent
misgivings of Its magnitude. He says:
"It Is difficult Indeed after seven hours
spent near the thrones to disengage one's
thoughts with any olearness for narration
and description from the condition of con
fused admiration and glittering inoohe
renoe In whloh so extraordinary a soene
must at first plunge It"
Proceeding then to describe the Cathe
dral of the Assumption, in whloh the oor
onatlon took plaoe, Sir Edwin says:
"The edifice Itself Is minute, but Its
Inner glories and snnotltles are snoh that
you feel as If you were standing at the
heart of some glided and jeweled cavern
of dreamland. To feel, however, as the
devout Busslan feels In this astonishing
plaoe, you must know something of the
overwhelmingly hallowed associations
clustering around It. The most Impres
sive moment was when all, Including the
THE CZAR AND CZAIilSA.
metropolitan, were prostrate on their
knees In prayor for the protection and
guidance of the czar. He alone remained
atandlng a lonoly figure In the thronged
cathedral, a lonely figure In his empire,
for at this Intense moment all of the em
pire Is praotioally on Its knees for him be
fore the throne of heaven. One can hard
ly bear to look upon his face at this pro
digious Instant, when 100,000,000 hearts
concentrate their thought and supplica
tions upon that single head. Imperial,
lofty, confident perhaps he is, but bow iso
lated, bow solitary, how alone! '
The Striking Feature.
"But now commences the striking fea
ture of the ceremony, which fills the mind
with inexpressible sympathy and almost
with compassion, the melting of loyalty
Into the family passion characteristic of
the Slav. With an exquisite softnoss of
voice nnd gesture the emperor called to
him his empress. A passing tremor seem
ed to shake the fair form which arose In
obedlenoe to the summons. But with all
dignity and grace she falls upon her knee
before her august lord a sight as touch
ing as It Is majestic her long hair loose
upon her white neck, her splendid gar
ments trailing in a sheeny glory, her un
gloved hands meekly clasped, every lnoh a
queen though not yet crowned."
Sir Kdwin then desorlbes the crowning
of the empress and continues:
"These two moments and the solemn
Interval when the ozar knelt and prayed
silently for his whole people, for his con
sort and for himself, while his mighty
empire outside stood erect, ohlefly affected
me as the more fraught with Imperial and
human significance.
"The soene then beoame somewhat te
dious with the monotony of th choral
ervloe or the boundless splendor of the
ceremony of the coronation.
"As the czar placed the smaller orown
npon the Boft brown tresses of the czarina
at his knee the bright spring sunshine
fell through a window upon It, making
It radiant and sparkling. It seemed a hap
py augury."
The Csar's Clemency.
Moscow, May 87. The curonatlon cere
monies of the Emperor Nloholos Alexan
drovltch and the Empress Alexandra
Feodorovna took plaoe In the Cathedral of
the Assumption, In accordance with all
the religious forms and anolent rites. The
weather was fine, bnt of the vast multi
tude present only about 1,000 persons, ac
tually witnessed the ceremony of the coro
nation. The scene outside, however, was
one of Indesorlbable enthusiasm.
The czar's manifesto, Issued upon the
oocaslon of bis coronation, remits all ar
rears of taxation In European Buasla and
Poland; reduces the land tax by one-half
for ten years and remits or reduces all
fines; quashes all petty convictions Involv
ing prison or fines up to 800 roubles, with
ths exception of persons sentenoed for rob
bery, embezzling, usury, extortion, fraudu
lent bankruptcy or offenses against honor.
Further, the manifesto prescribes that
all exiles In Siberia, after 13 years' exile
In the remoter parts, be, after ten years,
allowed to choose their plaoe of residence
except In capital cities and governments,
but their civil rights will not be restored.
Exiled criminal have a third of tbelr
sentences remitted ; life sentences are oom
muted to 80 years, and many other pun
ishments are lightened.
Amnesty to Political Prisoners.
Regarding political prisoners, tha min
ister of justice Is authorized to grant, ac
cording to the nature of tha offense, re
missions of punishment In addition to
those In the general amnesty and advlsa
the ozar to restore civil rights to those
who have led blameless lives since they
have completed their banishment and to
reoonslder the oases of those punished
summarily who by their subsequent be
havior merit Indulgence.
Political refugees are accorded Immuni
ty from prosecution, provided 16 years
have elapsed slnoo their offense.
The fetes were celebrated with the great
eat splendor throughout ths south of Rus
sia, and It wa made a general holiday all
over the empire. Over 800,000 free din
ners were given to the people In southern
Kussia, and at many theaters th enter
tainments were performed gratis to the
general public. Everywhere there were
holiday Illuminations. Th French offi
cers who are visiting Sevastopol were
given a splendid reception,
General Markets.
Maw Yobk. May ae.-FLOUR-Sute and
western weaker to dell: city mills patents, . si
CX. 46; wlnUir patents, t.Tuax.7ft; eltr mills
clears. $4.uvi,4.1fc winter straights, 1.8938.45.
WHaAT No. t red steady, but broke badl
under liquidation heavy world's shipments
favorable crop news and big opening wheat re
ceipts; May. Hvkjla? 8-lrto.; June, Sod U-lc
COKN No. was fairly active, stilling on
with wheat; June, ttirsHui July, 84 14-luu
86(40.
OATS No. dull and weaker, July. 23tc
track, white, state, Ko&ato.
PKK Dull; old to new mess, 8. 6048. 50
family, tlMUI-m,
LARD Weak and lower; prime westert
eteam. 50 asked.
hUTI tit-yule t; state dairy, iMZUlic
stats creamery, 10itl6o.
CHEEK; 8uady; state, large, tWrtic.
small. tw4"40.
fctiUtt-bteady: state and Pennsylvania, 123
124c.: western. 104 lXc
BUAK Haw steady: fair rennlns, 814:!.
centrifugal. Ml test, sc.; redned quiet; cj-uhusC
Otac: powdered., ft S-lSc.
ITKPKNTlNg-Bteadrat SAWVio.
MOLASriKo 8tadyi New Orleans. t&7c.
KlL'lC btaady; Oouteallc, Hiiitc Japan, 4
SHc.
TALLOW Dull and easy; olty. To.; oountry
Irso-
UAT-Dull; shipping, 103,T(U good to oado
to&voa.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday. Mmj 1.
The New York Ptate Association of
Pavings Bnnks unanimously adopted reso
lutions In favor of maintaining the gold
standard.
Thomas C. Piatt and Hamilton Fish
consulted with Governor Morton In Al
bany, but Mr. Piatt declared bis visit was
not of a political nature.
Nloola Tesla has porfeotnd his vaouum
tube light and with a three Inch tube
produced an Illumination of SS0 candle
power and took a perfect photograph with
only two seconds' exposure.
In New York, Tlllle Lock, a 19 year-old
girl, whose clothing beoame Ignited from
a gas stove, ran across a five story fire es
cape Into a neighboring flat, whloh her
burning garment set on fire. She died
later In Roosevelt hospital.
Freshman Otis of the New York uni
versity wa "hazed" by sophomores. His
comrades In revenge "ducked" Sophomore
Griggs and attempted to break Into the
room of Sophomore Baylies. Sprinter
Kemlngton, leader of the freshmen, was
knocked out with an Indian club.
Friday, May .
Chief Justice Snodgrass of Tennessee
was acquitted of assaulting Colonel J. R.
Beasley with Intent to kill.
The British yachting season opened- off
Gravesend. The Satanlta badly whipped
the Britannia and the Alien.
There will be fight in the national
Prohibition convention, to be held In
Pittsburg, over the currency question.
The ozar of Russia, in a most gorgeous
procession, mads his official entry Into
Mnsoow, preliminary to his ooronatlon.
General Sllverlo Martinez, one of the
most celebrated army oommandors of Mex
loo, died In San Luis Potosi, Mexloo.
Many advocates of free coinage repndl
ate the demand of ex-Representative Hoi
ford for a revolution In the west If silver
Is not placed on an equality with gold.
Lieutenant Cratghlll, adjutant of the
army post at Wlllets Point, N. Y., admit
ted that he ordered Private Abel Wallace
draggod over the ground by the heels to
the guardhouse.
A Washington dispatch states that a
high administration official who sees the
president dally said that Mr. Cleveland
has no Idea of seeking a third term, and
that If any Demoorntlo state convention
had Instructed for him he would have de
clared himself not a candidate under any
circumstances before this
Saturday, May S3.
The funeral of the Archduke Charles
Louts took place In Vienna.
The police of Rlchenberg, Bohemia,
fired Into a mob, killing two persons and
seriously wounding flvo.
The eighty-second anniversary meeting
of the American Baptist Missionary union
began at Ashury Park, N. J.
Samuel Cocharan, a former servant at
the Players' club of New York, was found
floating In the East river with his skull
fraotured.
There are grounds for the belief that
the body reoently washed ashore on Staten
Island was that of Mr. Charles Gant of
Toms River, N. J.
The German-Amerloan Sound Money
league waa organized and will support,
Independent of polltloal parties, the oandl
date who declares for gold.
A dispatch from Madrid says, on the
authority of the minister for the colonies,
that General Weyler Border restricting ths
exportation of tobacco from Cuba affects
only the better class of tobacco.
Monday, May 88.
Severe storms have done muoh damage
In Kansas and Iowa.
General Lucius Falrchlld, formerly gov
ernor of Wisconsin, died at his home In
Madison.
It Is reported from Mexloo that arms are
being supplied to the Yaqul Indians from
the United States.
Henry Seellg. who Is supposed to be tb
head of the swindling firm of "B. Blank,
brokers," was arrested In New York.
Moderator Withrow's sermon before the
Presbyterian general assembly In Sara
toga was a strong plea for peace In the
church.
Spain has yielded to the protest of the
United States, and all existing con t roots
between Americans and Cuban tobaoco
growers will be respeoted.
Bob Fltzslmmons, the prize fighter, was
arrested at the Hotel Bartholdl, In New
York, on a warrant sworn out by a tai
lor, S. Rosenberg, with whom he had a
quarrel. He la oharged with assault,
Tuesday, May SO.
General Frans Kuhn, a distinguished
Austrian soldier, is dead.
The Cuban-American fair was opened
successfully In Madison Square Garden.
New York.
Henry Seellg, Franz Seellg and William
Matzner ot 29 Murray street, New York,
arrested for Imposing on merohants as
"B. Blank," were held for examination
In (1,000 ball eaoh.
The supreme oourt of the United States
banded down a deolslon upholding the va
' lldlty of the sugar bounty appropriations
by congress and setting aside the doolslon
of Comptroller Bowler.
At last the jury that Is to try Mrs.
Mary Alios Almont Livingston Fleming
In New York has been completed, and her
actual trial for murder was begun this
morning. She Is oharged with having
killed her mother, Mrs. Uvsllna Bliss, on
Aug. 80 last, when, It Is alleged, she sent
poisoned clam chowder to Mrs. Bliss by
the hands of Grade Fleming, ber 11-year-old
daughter.
Wednesday, May 7.
Tb Baptist anniversaries In Asbnry
Park, N. J., cams to an end.
Tha now Methodist bishops were install
ed at the general oonferenoe In Cleveland.
A fund of 1188,760 wa raised for Johns
Hopkins university at a meeting In Balti
more. Tb oourt of appea'j of tb state of New
York unanimously upheld th constitu
tionality of the Raines law.
Secretary Olnsy received Information
that the Spanish government bad modified
General Weylar's tobacoo ediot in accord
ance with this govsrnment's request,
Miss Georgia Brock and her younger
sister, Florenoe, daughters ot a wealthy
New Yorker, were each held In 11,000
ball, charged with stealing dresses from
neighbors.
Warner Miller issued suother statement,
attacking T. C. Piatt vigorously and an
nouncing that a contest would be mad
to take the next state com in it toe out of
the letter's oontrol.
John Hall, a gateman on tba Sixth ave
nue "L" road, was killed at the One
Hundred and Thirty fifth street station.
In New York, while attempting to save a
drunksn man's Ufa,
The Rev. G. Heathoote Hills, rector of
the Church of the Holy Trinity, West
chester, Pa., has sued bis wife, the daugh
ter of James B. Pearson of New York,
for absolute divorce, naming an 18-year-old
choir boy as corespondent.
aaiueat ux aeaa.
Some Idea of the aaltnesa of tha wa
ter of the Dead gea may be gained
from the comparison made below. The
Dead sea in nituated In Palestiue, SO
xuileg east of Jerusalem. It la SB mi hie
luiig and from 10 to 15 miles wide, with
an average depth of 20 futhoiua(120
feet). Coniniou ocean water ouutairx
but HO parts of aalt to the 1,000. That
of the Dead sea contains 250 part to the
1,000, which makes the briny solution
exantlv one-fourth aalt.
MYSTERIOUS KILLING
REV. FRANCIS HERMANS ACCUSED
OF MURDERING WOMEN.
A Clergyman, Who Is How s Fugitive, Is
Alleged to Bave Slain Bis Last Two Vic
tims la His Chnroh Ths Police Look
ing For Him.
Balt Lakb City, May 8ft. This elty
has been muck aroused by the dlsoovery
that the Rev. Francis Hermans, pastor of
the Swedish Metbodlst churoh, is aocused
of th murder of two women, and that he
cremated the body of one of them In the
furnaoe of the church.
It la thought that Hermans, whose
whereabout are unknown, may Intend to
leave th oountry, and Chief of Polios
Pratt telegraphed to the police of New
York and all the leading seaport towns
asking them 13 look out for the fugitive.
Mis Clawaon, who wns a member of
Hermans' church and wns In his servloe
s a domestio, disappeared, aa near aa can
be ascertained, on Sept. 80 last year. How
the girl met ber death Is not known. It Is
believed that Hermans poisoned ber, as
several bottle ot deadly drnga hav been
found among his affects.
In the furnaoe bave been found th re
main of two razor and a oarvlng knife,
with which he Is supposed to have out up
the body, whloh could not hav been placed
In the small furnace without dissection.
The erematlon of ths body must bave taken
nearly all of one day, and even then some
ribs and other bones were not entirely con
sumed. The doctors say the bone are those of a
woman, and the friends of the missing
M Iss Clawson ar sure that the belt buckle,
garter buckle and remnant of Jewelry
found In th ashes were ber property.
Janitor Johnson of th churoh say that
at the time when It I supposed the ere
matlon ooourred Mr. Herman would not
permit hlra to enter the basement. The
minister said hs was going to build a Are
for the puprose of trying th pips, though
Johnson himself had always don anoh
work.
The minister used charcoal, whloh was
very nnusual, aa the furnaoe was built e
peoally for bituminous eosl.
The odor of burning flesh overoame
young man who room In aa adjoining
house. He tried to ascertain what was the
cause and asked the minister.
Said He Was Burning Garbage.
The latter replied that he had been
burning garbage wbleh a scavenger had
failed to haul away, and with thl ex
planation the young man wa satisfied.
Ths first dlsoovery of the bones, razors and
knife was made by another minister, who
was called to take ebarga of th churoh
during the absenoe of Hermans In the east.
He went down In the basement to look
after the furnace and found the remnants
there. He also discovered that th door of
th furnaoe wa smeared with blood. This
door was taken off, and an analysis of the
tain ihowed that they are human blood.
Miss Clawson, It Is said, wa In love
with the man. She attended churoh regu
larly and wa considered good Christian
girl, fcihe appeared to be a favorite with
the preaoher, at least during the summer
of last ysar.
It has been discovered that another do.
mestlo, a Swede named Annie Samuelson
haa also disappear 4, She was supposed
to have gone to hei aome In Sweden last
fall after tha dlaap)aarance of Mis Claw
son, but she has aot arrived there. A
searohof Hermans' trunk has brought to
light a number of evtiole that belonged
to Miss Clawaon ana Miss Samuelson.
A watch and a rjtg belonging to Miss
Samuelson have eue been found In a
pawnshop, where the nreaoher had pawned
them. The Rev. B. a Mork ot Rrlgham
City received a 1 sixer frost Hermans
dated Kansas City, afar 0, In which ha
lnolosed tbe pawn tlsftst. Jn this letter
he said that he did stMsxneot to llva muob
longer.
It wa discovered that the parson bad
used a barrel on whloh to cut up a body.
The barret with Its telltale blood stains,
was found In a corner of tbe basement,
where be had left It
Just before leaving for the east early
thl month Herman gave to Mr. John
son a box containing eight or ten vial of
poison and some bottles of ohloroform and
other drugs, among which waa a vial of
pills for producing abortion. He had told
Johnson that, having studied modiolus, he
fonnd many of these thing useful.
Miss Larson's Statement.
Miss Samuelson has an aunt, Mis Lar
sen, living In this olty. "Annie waa about
Si year old," said Mis Lnrsen. "She
came from Sweden about two years ago
and waa In tha employ of Mrs. Brinks
and then of Mrs. Harkness, In whose serv
ice she remained until tbe middle ot last
January. She told me that she wa en
gaged to marry the Rev. Mr. Herman,
whose church she attended. It was dur
ing th latter part of January that I last
aw Annie. She same to me and told toe
he wa going to be married shortly. She
waa to go to Ogden to visit for a few day,
and Mr. Hermans wa to join her there
and marry ber.
"On Feb. 8 I received telegram from
Ogden signed 'Annie,' seylng that shs
was on her way to Sweden. On tbe fol
lowing day I reoalved a letter purporting
to ooine from ber. It said that everything
between her and the olergymaa was oft,
and she waa anxious to get away from
soene that were painful to her. Mr. Her
mans, shs said, was ber superior socially,
and by agreement tbey bad separated. ' '
Since Mis Samuelsosj weat away noth
ing baa been beard from ass. She has
relatives living at Crookstoa, Minn., bnt
they know nothing of ber present where
abouts. Her people In Sweden have heard
nothing from ber.
Hermans oalled npon Annie's aunt
about the tlm sb received the telegram
and Utter, and ha also exhibited a letter
. purporting to have been written by ber,
and whloh wa to th effect that ah had
broken the engagement and started for
the old oountry.
The letter seem to have been written
by Herman himself.
Herman ha been married three time.
He first married In England, where hi
wit died suddenly. He married his sec
ond wife In Superior, Minn., and shortly
afterward she also died. He remarried
again, and hi wet wife died la this olty
about a ysar ago.
She gave birth to a ehlld, which died a
few days afterward. The mother, bow
ever, recovered, and wee apparently
healthy for aoase weeks after ber confine
ment, when suddenly she also passed
away la a moat mysterious manner.
It Is learned that Hermana obtained
mall loana from several persons prior to
his departure. A few day before be left
he entered Conbelxe'e clothing atore and
borrowed tO frontj?r. Cojnhalm.
Tb Malax Apple.
The ohia, or Malar apple, is a com
mon timber tree of the Hawaiian Is
lands, though not peculiar to that local
ity. On the inland of Maui is a mam
moth orchard of wild ohias, extending
from the sea to the mountain and
measuring go mile in length by from
6 to 10 tniloa In width. The tree are
from 40 to SO feet in height, aome of
the largest yielding nearly 60 pounds of
fruit, the total crop being said to be
sufficient to fill a fleet of 100 steamer.
The beautiful crimson, or white apples,
however, are nnilt for transportation,
as they last but a short time in a good
ondition. Popular Boieisoa ilouthly.
CUISINE SECRETS.
TRICKS OF THE COOKS AND TH8
MARKETMEN OF PARIS.
Counterfeit Babbles on Bouillon, Artificial
Ham Bones, stamped Cocks' Combs and
Tarnished Turkey lg Are Seme of the
Parisian Deception.
We often hear people who have paid
15 minute visits to Paris talk of the
boautios of Parisian cuisine. Here are
a few of them. Just as the Parisians,
like the cockney coffeehouse keepers,
have found out how to make coffee
without coffee, so have also the Parisian
restaurateurs found out how to make
bouillon, ot beef tea, without beef. At
the gargotes, the lowest class of Paris
restaurants, a species of very ingenious
fraud has now been common for over
half a century and maybe more. It con
sists in passing off warm water, colored
and flavored with burned onions and
caramel and into which some little
grease bubbles have been Injected, as
soup. It is true that bones which have
been twice stewed, first by the larger
restaurants and secondly by the inferior
claos of traiteurs and oast away aa done
with, are stewed in this water for the
third time, in order that it may be im
pregnated, if possible, with some parti
cle of animal substance ; but, as this op
eration fails to impart to it those little
greasy bubbles which the Frenoh term
"eyes," and for which the shrewd fre
quenters of these establishments invaria
bly look in order to satisfy themselves
that the broth they drink has been act
ually made from meat, a olever cook
got oyer the difficulty by blowing a
spoonful of fish oil, which, falling into
the caldron or soup tureen, formed the
eyes so dear to epicures.
Parisians of a certain class are inordi
nate eaters of ham in fact, almost as
many hams are eaten in Paris as could
be furnished by all the . pigs killed
throughout the whole of France, even
allowing for both shoulder and leg be
big cured in aooordanoe with French
practice. The demand used- and may
be now to be supplied in this wise.
The dealers in cooked hams bought up
the old ham bones at a couple of sous a
piece and ingeniously inserted them into
pieces of picked pork, which they trim
med into shape and coated with grated
-crusts. In this way many bones did duty
hundreds of times over, lasting, in fact,
for years. They would leave the dealers
in the morning and frequently return
to them the same night, to quit them
again the following day. Nevertheless
the supply could hardly keep pace with
the demand. Only fancy the inconven
ience of having to wait for your ham
until your neighbor's servant took back
the ham bone which the charcutier re
lied upon receiving yesterday) It was to
obviate such a state of things that an
ingenious individual conceived the idea
of manufacturing ham bones wholesale,
and ere long he drove a thriving trade
at 10 bous a dozen, since which time
the stock of hams has augmented and
the delicacy has become less diffioult of
attainment. Much in the same way an
other ingenious individual, knowing the
immense consumption of cocks' combs in
Paris for ragouts, ooquilles of cocks'
oombs and vol-au-vents and seeing the
high prioes the said cocks' oombs com
manded owing to the limited supply,
set to work to minister to the demand
and duly established himself as a man
ufacturer of cocks' oombs. So extensive
was the trade done by him that he
found it necessary to set up a small
steam engina He was a great enthusiast
and was accustomed to pride himself
upon the artificial oocks oombs whloh
emanated from his atelier being great
ly superior to the natural article.
This is the way our artist went to
work. As the same method is largely
worked at this day in London as well
as in Paris ay, and in New York and
New Orleans we purposely use the
present tense for time. He takes the
palate of bullock, oow, calf, sheep or
goat either will do, though he prefers
the first. After having blanohed it in
boiling water he macerates it and de
taches the flesh of the palatio vault
without in the slightest degree derang
ing it and then places it under a stamp
ing machine, which punches out oocka'
oombs more perfect in shape than those
produced by nature, yet sufficiently re
sembling them to deceive the connois
seurs. Still, there is a way of detecting
the artificial production the oocka'
combs of clumsy nature havepapllba on
both sides, whereas those of art have
them only on one. Counterfeit oocks'
oombs are sold as low as 4 sous the
doaen in Paris to poulterers, keepers of
restaurants, pastry oooks, eta, and at 8
sous to oooks in private families.
Apropos of our subject, this man, in
his intercourse with poulterers, got to
learn that when they did not sell their
turkeys off at onoe they were obliged
to lower the prioe about one-fifth every
subsequent day or submit to a loss, al
though the turkey might present the
same appearance) of freshness that it did
when first killed. And yet no cook oould
be deceived, and this solely because the
bird's legs, which were black and shiny
on the day of its death, assumed a more
and more grayish tone as time went on.
This was quite sufficient for our man of
genius. The shrewd manufaoturer of
oocka' oombs hastened home and set to
work to compound a Tarnish whloh
should defy the attacks of time and
render turkeys' legs ever fresh and
youthful. In a oouple of days he return
ed triumphant to the market and fur
, niahed the best proof of his success by
deceiving the dealers themselves. Trials
were next made upon the public; and
turkeys with varnished legs were offered
to the cunningest cooks, who, deceived
by appearanoes, made their purchases
i without demanding the customary
: abatement, and the conservation of the
; brilliant luster of turkeys' legs became
from that time forward a regular trade,
which oertainly says little- for the hon
esty of the poulterers, less for the Judg
ment of the oooks, and least of all for
the assumed delicacy of taste of the Pa
risian gourmets, London Globe,
might send out canoe to prey upon hej
privateers.
Once mere Mr. Chatfield-Taylor:
"The favorite idea in Spain la that
the Americans are a commercial people,
and that as soon as stocks fall in Wall
street we will cry 'Enough I' "
Why, truly, the Spaniards who favot
this idea are too cute for anything. Wc
Invite them to come over here without
their guns and oast a glanoe at such
people as they may happen to meet.
CiSSAlrvMr. .Chatfield. Jay lorj
"So far as I was able to Judge, ther
Is only one sentiment in Spnin regard
ing the troubles in Cuba, and it is that
the rebellion must be crushed if every
drop of Spanish blood is spent in th
effort Oastclar, as well as all othoi
Spanish leaders, still adheres to the be
lief, or professes to, that the Cubans
now in Insurrection are simply bandits.
They all refuse to recognize a state of
war in Cuba. "
This one Spanish sentiment regarding
the troubles in Cuba has boomed ores,
the seas at the many times in which
Spain has had troubles in her othnf
American possessions. All the conn tried
of Spanish America that are now inde
pendent of Spain were told that they
would be crushed if it should take every
drop of Spanish blood to crush them.
In a number of oasos the boast was the
loudest Just when Spain was turning
from the sentiment which held the last
drop to the more discreet thought that
it was time to skedaddle. Fourteen ra
publics on this side of the Atlantio have
heard Spain's boast within our oentury,
and have come to know its emptiness,
Spain has blood in her yet, and some ol
it will be left after Cuba has driven het
out.
We desire not trouble, but peace,
with Spain. We cannot, however, per
mit her to exterminate the people ot
Cuba. Whatever be her pride, her sensi
tiveness or her bluster, the American
people will surely yet give her to un
derstand that she must get out of Cuba,
New York Sun.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRE8S.
Bammary of the Proceedings ef geaate
and House.
Washington, May 91. In the senate
yesterday th fortlfloatlon appropriation
bill wa passed. Mr. Gorman's rider au
thorising the Issue of 1100,000,000 In cer
tificates of Indebtedness was defeated. In
the bouse th bill to Impose an educational
teat on Immigrants wa passed. Aa order
from the oommlttee on rule allotting
time was adopted after an exciting debate.
Wasringtok, May 28. In the senate
yesterday most of the day waa devoted to
the consideration of oonferenoe reports.
Messrs. Hill, Butler and Allen had a bit
ter personal altercation over the bond
question. In the house the bill to penstor
Francis K. Hoover waa passed over the pres
ident's veto. Dlsonssion of the labor com
mission bill was begun.
Washington, May aa In the senate
yesterday tha Butler bill to prohibit tbe
Issnanoe and sale of bonds was taken up.
In the house the report of the oonferenoe
on the river and harbor bill waa agreed
to. The oonferenoe report on tbe sundry
olvil appropriation bill was rejected.
Washington, May 84. In the senate yos
terday the filled cheese bill waa taken np
and three proposed amendments were laid
en the table. Mr. Allen spoke in favor of
the Butler bond bill. In th house Mr.
Howard Introduced resolutions uaesaoh
Ing the president, but they were rejected
by an almost nnanimous vote. Soveral
oonferenoe reports were noted on.
Washington, May 86, In the senate
yesterday the general deficiency bill was
passed after the appropriations made by
the house bad been about doubled. In the
house Dlstrlot of Columbia business and
a disousslon ot the bill repealing the alco
hol rebate clause of the present tariff law
oooupled the session.
Washington, May 87. In the senate
yesterday tbe filled cheese bill was consid
ered. Mr. Sherman' motion to table an
amendment providing for a tax on beer
was defeated. Debate on Mr. Butler's
bill to prohibit bond sales waa ooatlnued.
In the house the bill to repeal the free al
cohol section of the Wilson tariff lew was
passed. Several oonferenoe reports were
aoted on.
ELEVEN DROWNED.
Ferryboat oa the Mississippi Overturned
During a Storm,
Cairo, Ilia, May 87. The most terri
ble accident In the history of Cairo hap
pened when the ferryboat Catharine cap
sired and 11 persons were drowned.
Tbe names of the lost are:
Charles Gllhofer, Blohard Thurman,
Bertha Stanley, May Jones, all residents
of Cairo.
Mr. Shannon and baby ot Birds Point,
Mo.
An unknown colored woman.
Wood Blttsnhouse, superintendent;
George Davis, oolored, employed la paint
ingtbeboat; Lout Ball, oolored, fireman
Asbury Alexander, oolored, deokhand
all of tbe boat' crew.
Tbe boat left her landing at 8 o'olook
and waa near the Illinois shore about a
mile below here when a storm struck her.
She turned completely over and remained
In that position for some time, while her
oabln, ohlmney and th decks war car
ried away, nothing remaining but her
hull and engines.
Tbe oaptaia, John F. Hacker; tbe engi
neer, George Magee; dark, Stanley Po
sey, and Joseph Curry, a pa avenger, es
oaped from tbe wreck, and tbey assisted
Dr. Orr ot Wlckllffs, Ky., another passen
ger, out from tha debris, and tbey all
climbed upon the overturned hull! which
was partially submerged. They expected
every minute they would link, and Hack
er, Poaay and Curry swam ashore, wall
Magee remained with Orr, who oould not
swim.
Assistance waa soon at hand, and tb
rarvlvon were brought to this elty, while
work to Had th missing was eommeaosd.
Tbe boat ha alno righted herself and
He with her stern oeaslderahly sunken.
Dr. Orr was badly Injured about the head
by falling timber. B was standing in
tb eabln with Mr. RHtenhouee when tfci
boat turned over, and he oannot tall bow
he esoaped. Ma, Rlttenbouse and Mr. Q1U
hofer were both old residents ot Cairo.
nesntag Trial Cnder Way.
New York, May 87 The trial ot
Mrs. Mary Alloa Fleming for the alleged
murder of her mother, Mrs Bliss, drsw a
big crowd of people to part 8, general
sessions. The oase for the prosecution
waa opened by Assistant Dlssrlat Attor
ney Miller, who outlined the oouree of the
defendant's life, and also suggested the
motive for the crime she Is aocused of.
Tbe defendant, he Intimated, was in strait
ened elroumstances and took har mother's
life In order to obtain the IbS.tOO coming
so ber oa ber mother' death. Th evi
dence adduoed thus far la aot very im
portant. Tkree Mew Cardinals.
London, May 8a. The Cbronlole'i
Rome correspondent telegraphs that Mgr.
Ferrate, Mgr. Cretonl and Mgr. Jaooblnl,
papal nuncios respectively at Paris, Mad
rid and Lisbon, will be oreated oardlnali
at the consistory to be held on June It, A
publlo consistory will be held on June 86,
when Cardinal Satolll and the other who
were created oerdlnala la November will
receive the red hate.
Stop not; unthinking, every friend
you meet, to spin your wordy fabrio in
the street While yon are emptying
yonr colloquial pack the fiend lumbago
jumps upon your back. O. W. Wnlmoe,
- Men are so constituted that everybody
undertakes what he at another soo
eessful in, whether he has aptitude for
it or not Goethe.