| Show BY TELEGRAPH KB UNION LINE AMERICAN CHICAGO this evening at 6 in accordance with the decision of the wholesale clothing manufacturers rs association of chicago a gigantic gantic el lockout was inaugurated nere here III AH the manufacturers notified their cutters that for the present no more work would be given out by this action nearly men and women have been cut off from work A committee of middlemen called today to day on the leading wholesalers to see it if some compromise could not be reached but met with no encouragement some of the who wholesale lebale firms have as much as 10 days cutting on hand but say that to yield to the demands which they figure figur e out as ranging from 35 to 50 per cent advance would be ruinous the middlemen will hold a meeting tomorrow to morrow to take action concerning the dilemma in which they are placed by the wholesalers lockout cincinnati 13 the storm of last night might which did such feard fearful ui work at xenia ohio was far reaching it is heard of in illinois through indiana and ohio and at winchester Winches va here there had been an unusual electrical disturbance for the last three nights on monday night there was almost uninterrupted lightning from 11 p in until 6 a m tuesday night a similar condition existed accompanied ace by heavy rains and nail hall the latter of a very narrow range last night there was another electrical storm with wind heavy ruin rain and hall hail the xenia storm however was much more fearful the counties of montgomery montgomer y clarks butler warren and greene lie adjacent lace in ohio and form an elevated plateau lateau with but shallow valleys and low ow hills in these counties are the towns ans of dayton springfield hamilton lebanon and benia xenia in tile the eastern m counties of indiana adjoining this edrict district is connersville Conners ville at all ot of these places the rain of last night was the heaviest volume ever known D dayton measured ay 4 inches in about three hours xenia was situated so BO as to meet the worst results shawnee run eun traverses a portion of the city adjacent to the little miami railroad which lies lower than the main portion of the fhe city the railroad embankment rises above the general level and the stream flows through it in a large culvert last night the rainfall was entirely too much for the capacity of that culvert the water rose and at last swe swept I 1 away the embankment and WIN with accumulated force rushed upon the small cottages located on the low banks and without warning bore them from their foundations at springfield the flood was of nearly equal volume but the drainage was better east laigh high street bridge was undermined and is in a mass of ruins in the eastern and southwestern portions of the city many families were driven from ther their homes by the encroaching cro aching flood dozens of bridges over the streams were washed away the losses cannot be estimated but will be exceedingly hea heavy at lebanon the methodist episcopal church the lebanon house tile the grist will mill warehouse and several residences were unroofed and shade treesa were nearly ruined nearly every railroad across the state was crippled some will require several days for repairs columbus 0 13 A xenia special to the springfield field evening gazette which has just been received says there was a terrible wind and rain storm at 10 last night with a wonderful electric display the water blocked up at the east end of the town to the bank against the panhandle railroad Bail road the bank gave way suddenly band and the flood came dashing bashin through the town along shawnee creek cree in waves 15 or 20 feet high and 8 swept ep away 20 or 30 houses and did 1 worth of damage the gas w works 0 r 8 are flooded and the town is in darkness and terror the cries of the people in the flooded district were awful to hear many sets acts of heroism in saving the drowning are reported bonfires were I 1 lighted bated and the people worked all night twenty bodies were recovered authere and there are still a number missing whole families perished in the flooded districts there was great damage to property all round the country and the extent of the damage cannot inow be even approximated of THE DEAD the following is the list of the dead mrs nellie anderson and sister mrs casey widow mrs samuel cochran aan two sons matt evans wife and child orrin morris wife and five children stephen dalton wm win powell wife and six or seven children lewis anderson and wife mrs ed lindsay dayton is isolated the telegraph and telephone wires being all down A storm of of wind and rain and hail struck dayton at 8 last night the small email streams became rushing torrents and the miami river kiver a mighty flood raising nine feet in three hours inundating dat 9 60 acres res ot of houses oases in the fourth war ward and drowning horses sad cows the merchandise in the cellars was ruined rained bridges in all directions were swept away farm buildings and dwellings n were swept away and all kinds of crops were totally ruined fairmount is a total wreck the charch at Beavers town where a prayer meeting was in progress was demolished but none of tile the panic stricken worshipers were evere seriously hurt the there own were twisted from roni wt MAI at the shaker village three miles east many dwellings were unroofed A special train with superintendent tucker was wrecked near osborn tucker and six others were injured the north bound freight on the cincinnati hamilton drayton road dashed into the washout at possum ran bun five miles south of dayton and the locomotive was carried feet down the mighty mighty torrent before sinking at daylight il t a farmer a mile across the water liet no noticing i eing the signals of distress rescued the freight crew f from rom the tree asly tops the engineer and fireman were seriously injured the rainfall was four and a half inches in three hours additional disasters reported by country people are constantly coming in ANOTHER ACCOUNT columbus 13 the state Jou mals xenia special says about 7 last evening gooley clouds were seen gathering and the terrible lightning was followed by peals of thunder this lasted till 9 when an extraordinary tra ordinary clap seemed to open the gates and the rain fell in torrents people living in houses on water street escaped by every way possible the spout seemed to vent its f fury ury on that portion of the city for a stretch of yards the little miami railway was swept away the spout struck the houses on water street and tore them to pieces as if they were mere shells A resident of the street states that within two minutes after the clap of thunder he stood in water ahter to his waist he be being about 25 yards from the creek when the water reached the residence of aaron ferguson it was swept away with nine inmates and lodged against the bridge where they afterwards alter wards rescued the se next dama damage e was at the coal yard a rd of samuel C dark alar in which was located located a tenement house and occupied by a family of the name of powell nine in number up to 9 p in none of them had been heard from the next point of destruction was in what is cown known as the bottoms A dozen houses occupied mostly by colored people were liere here swept away dozens of horses were lost and the railroads leading out of the city were swept away so that it is impossible to hear from drom outside points points at least a dozen trains are here ere and within a few miles of the city telegraph wires are down and business has been suspended ted one family by the name of morris were swept away the last seen of them was at miami street bridge where the man wis was seen at the window by the terror stricken crowd waiving a lighted lamp the next instant the house collapsed and they were gone only one boy 13 years of age has been found fould the work ot finding the bodies still continues tonight the mayors office has been turned into a morgue and there are now 22 bodies there the scenes are heartrending whole families lie disfigured on the table aad floor the loss of property is great whole lumber yards and all their contents are gone completely the scenes in the devastated eva stated district are indescribable forces of men are busily engaged clearing a way away and hundreds of people surround the places strangers have begun to pour into the city from every direction the council has appropriated 1000 for immediate use in the burial of the victims and private subscriptions script ions have already reached into the thousands A committee is doing the city for clothing and bedding the rink has been turned into a refuge for the homeless who are many all aid possible is needed f from rom every source the miami railroad has about 16 miles swept away in addition to the above two more bodies were found this even ing but being children they are not identified the complete number of deaths whose bodies have been found is 25 with 11 still missing indianapolis 12 the east bound passenger train on t the Indi indianapolis anapo is loo n n ester railroad w which eh left here ere at 9 last night ran into a washed out culvert near newcastle toward midnight the engine baggage car and first passenger were instantly estan killed in the crush and the b ag ga ei killed e n a and n d conductor were 8 severely eve r injured n j red all of the passengers were more or less bruised but none seriously hurt the storm passed over kenton thirty nine miles east of lafayette lafavette on the lake erie western railroad ad about last evening houses tearing down trees and carrying in everything before it one man was killed killed and a number are reported seriously wounded there were several washouts wa shouts below here on the louisville new albany chicago and the wabash I roads oads and the trains are from eight to twelve hours late A number of b buildings were struck by lightning and considerable sid erable property destroyed an attica indiana dispatch to the journal gives the following list of tile the dead and injured from yesterdays storm killed mrs jet davis fatally injured mrs morehead mrs abe nathan william and james idle severely injured mrs kirby and son reed Beed bra Brady y bob paris mrs moore Court fley morehead the last named a son of mrs morehead the loss will exceed the railways leading east from indianapolis are beriou seriously ly crippled crippled pled on the panhandle pan handle it is said I 1 the e amount of track washed out between here and bradford will aggregate five miles the damage on the bee lipe lige is also very heavy and the eastern division of tire indianapolis bloomington western is so crippled that the company will not attempt to maye trains before monday the Journal 1 s greenfield indiana special reports that news has readied reached that point from wilkinson fifteen miles on the indianapolis bloomington western railway F that the storm yesterday blew down all all the buildings in town except three samuel white was killed and his wife was fatally injured A boy named shaffer was also killed and about twenty persons were seriously hurt several several of whom will die the wires are down and direct communication is cut 0 off ff the aggregate losses at attica will be in ii the neighborhood of seventy houses were hit ranging from roin half demolished to annihilated and as many more were injured in various degrees sustaining damages of from a few to several hundred dollars one of the many losses will be in valuable shade trees the district swept over being almost entirely devastated in this reppe respect ct the funeral of the first victim mrs davis took place to today day I 1 every carpenter in the city was set to work at once and many of the unroofed houses are being repaired while hundreds of citizens are busy in clearing away the ruZ rubbish bish of their ruined homes hamilton ohio 13 the wind and thunder storm which passed over butler county on wednesday night has cut off hamilton from all telegraph telephone railroad and mail communication with the outside world except with cincinnati the reports f from rom the surrounding country come in slowly and are very meagre pour four barns were struck by lightning and the buildings and contents were lost seven bridges in this county were swept swe I 1 away and two railroad bridges on tte the cincinnati richmond chicago and two on the cincinnati hamilton dayton no trains are running on either of the roads named so far no loss of life is reported kansas city 13 the excitement caused by tuesdays disaster has subsided the search for bodies in the ruins rains has been discontinued as it is considered certain that all have nave been recovered A large number of lune funerals rals were held today to day one or two of the injured are still in a critical condition danville ill 13 A cyclone passed over this county last night destroying a score of farm houses bouses ard demolishing the united brothers brethers church and the schoolhouse mr and mrs joseph miller and the infant son of john A A shaw were killed shaw himself was fatally injured the path of the cyclone was six miles in length and yards wide DIGBY 13 the following notice was served upon those in possession of the schooner david J adams this morning to captain scott commander of the marine police and all other persons whomsoever concerned holding or detaining the schooner david J adams take notice that the undersigned undersigner under signed hereby protest adaist the illegal seizure and detention of the said vessel and her appurtenances and demand the immediate restoration to the lawful master and further take notice that the the he owners and parties interested in the vessel intend to hold the parties who seized the said vessel as well as those that may have her in custody or may detain ker her liable for all damages consequent upon her seizure and detention the above was signed by y captain kinney master of the adams and countersigned counter signed and concurred ta in by consul general phelan mr phelan left digby at noon to today day for halifax to enter his protest the captain and the crew of the schooner adams left here for boston in the steam steamship shi p secret via st johns thi this is evening the demand for the delivery of the vessel was made this forenoon but the authorities refused to deliver her up DETROIT 13 A special to the free press from mason says A cold blood ed murder was perpetrated in this city this afternoon gilman brown colored had trouble with his wife which resulted in her leaving thim him and going to live with her father this afternoon ter noon while mrs brown and her five year old daughter were alone in the house brown broke through the door and shot his wife with a carbine he then pounded her head to a jelly she is still alive at 7 this evening but cannot possibly recover brown escaped from town but will probably be captured lynching lunching Lyn ching is talked of newaygo mich 18 henry H miller a farmer aged seventy this moin ing burned down his hie house and barn and then blew oft the right side of his head with an old musket because his wife refused to mortgage the property now in her name the couple nave been married afif fifty ty years and mrs miller spent last night here for fear of her husband indianapolis 13 the eastbound east bound passenger train on the indianapolis bloomington and western railroad which lett left here at 9 last night ran into a washout culvert near newcastle towards midnight the engine baggage car and first passenger car plunged into the abyss ST louis la 14 the workmen in the belcher sugar refinery Ee finery struck yesterday for an advance in wages in the af afternoon after hoon several new men were engaged to fill their places to this they objected and collecting around the refinery attacked and beat every cew man mall they could lay their hands on Police policemen meu were summoned and dispersed the crowd who retreated utter ing in e threats of |
