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DEiDLY WORK OF DISASTROUS CYCL0UES Towns In Wisconsin and Nebraska Are Almost Completely Swept Out of Existence. LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN STORM’S PATH WAS FEARFUL Not a House Now Stands Where Once Was Two Prosperous Northwestern Villages. A special from St. Paul, Minn., says: A terrific and long drawn out cyclone along the upper Mississippi river and its tributaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota has done enormous damage. Not less than three towns have been practically annihilated,over 250 lives have been lost and the flames added to the horrible conditions, the survivors being unable to rescue the bodies of hundreds of victims from the ruins being swept into ashes by the angry flames. New Richmond Devastated. The worst destruction was at New Richmond. Wis., where a frightful tornado struck just before 6 o’clock Sunday night. Fully 100 corpses, twice as many mangled people, forty acres of piles of brick, shivered planks, scattered heaps of household goods, dead horses through which the wind had driven sharp splinters of boards, smouldering fires whera houses had stood, is what the storm wrought upon the town in the space of three minutes. There may have been cyclones which created greater devastation, some that have occasioned larger loss of life, but it was only because tli'ere was more material for destruction in their path than this small village could afford. There never was a cyclone that made a cleaner s\v$ep of that which lay in its path than the one of Sunday even¬ ing. In the business portion of the town absolutely not one building was left standing above the cellar window’s, everything above the foundation wall tvas shaved as clean as though it had been cut with a plane. The towm was crowded with people who had come from the country to see a circus abnwincr there aud this fact added to the destruction of life caused by the storm, All the hotels of the village weie filled with guests. railroads and telegraph Damage to and telephone lines is widespread. The running of trains was interfered with and communication with points in the path of the storm cut off. Relief trains w r ere sent from Chip P eWft Falls and Stevens Point, and doctors and nurses were picked up along the route, as, in addition to the dead, there are hundreds of injured, of whom are in a critical condi¬ tion. Wisconsin New Richmond is on the line and on the Duluth, Superior branch of the Omaha road It is 36 miles east of St. Paul, and in the heart of the rich farming section of Bt. Croix county. It is near Willow river, on which are several large saw and grist mills,and is quite a business center. of It is one of the oldest towns western Wisconsin, and had many handsome residences. There wore two principal streets crossing each other at right angles, the more important ones running east and west. It was through this street the storm passed. The thoroughfare was three miles long, lined with trees, aud made a fine driveway. Other Towns Damaged. Next to New Richmond, the most severe damage done by the storm was at Hudson, Wis., and also atLaCrosse, Wis. In tho vicinity of the first named town four people were killed, residences unroofed and barns and outbuilding all along its path demol¬ ished. severest At LaCrosse it was the storm known in seventeen years. Nealy five inches of water fell. The river rose so rapidly that 400 people living in the lower portion of the city were driven from their homes. MINERS GETTING TOGETHER. In East Tenne.^ They Are Rapidly sociation and putting themselves m rpS^antlirra 0 ^" PI iH.“:.Ih”y vii> fully backup looked the miners at Soddy, who «e out because they are refused lecogui tion as members of the association. The movement has been progressing quietly for several mouths until now the plans are perfected. A special from Omaha says: A tor¬ nado struck the town of Herman in Washington county, Nebraska, Mon¬ day evening and wiped the place out of existence. Herman is a town of about 300 inhabitants, in the extreme northern part of Washington county. It is on the line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Mineapolis and Omaha A conductor on the evening train from Sioux City passed through the place not long after the storm, and he says not a building is left standing in town. He counted twelve dead bodies lying in the streets. The fatalities will undoubtedly run up to a hundred, if not higher. A special train left Blair, the county seat, ten miles distant, for the scene of the disaster within an hour after the storm passed, carrying surgeons and all needed supplies. Wires are all down north of Herman and it :s not known how much further north the storm went, but reports are coming in to the effect that a large por¬ tion of the country north of Herman is laid waste. The streets of Omaha were flooded and the play of the lightning was fearful. Advices received by The Bee (Oma¬ ha) up to 11 o’clock Tuesday night stated that every dwelling in the town was destroyed except the public school and a small dwelling, both of which are on the outskirts. The force of the tornado was terrific, as scarcely one piece of the many structures destroyed was left intact. The scene in the streets of the once thriving and beautiful little town was one of destruction. Wrecked build¬ ings and broken furniture are strewn all around, w’hile dead bodies lay in many places, the corpses badly disfig¬ ured and some of them recog- Many of the injured will die, but some of them received but slight in¬ juries. It was impossible at the time, on account of the confusion, to ascer¬ tain the number of dead, but twelve were kuown to have been killed, and and the list will probably run up very much higher. Jaynes, of the Oma¬ Superintendent Tekamah when he ha road, was at heard of the disaster and left at once for Herman on a hand car, taking two physicians along with him to assist in succoring the injured. injured mingled The moans of the w’ith the calls of the rescuers as they pursued the humanitarian task in the darkness and by the flickering gleams of lanterns. arrived The relief train from Blair about one hour after the storm and the work of picking up the wounded was begun. Willing hands did what they could to help the injured, aud in the course of an hour the train pulled ont for Blair with ninety-five injured on board. They were taken to Blair as there was absolutely no place at Herman at which treatment could be administered. All the citizens of Blair opened their houses to the wounded, and the unfortunates are be¬ cared for by competent surgeons. LUNA AND RAMON KILLED. Insurgent General Assassinated By Aguinaldo’s Body Guard. Information, believed to. be reliable, has reached Mauila of the assassination of General Luna and his aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Pasco Ramon, June 8th, by Aguinaldo’s guard at the headquarters of Aguinaldo. and it appears, went Luna Ramon, confer to the Filipino headquarters to with Aguinaldo, got into an altercation with the captain of the guard aud oue of them drew a revolver. The guard killed Luna and Ramon with their bayonets. _ _ JAPAN ASS1TS CHINA. Vessels Captured la the War Will B. SA«-■-s 1 r between the two countries are to be returned to the Chinese govern “rbj. by the J ^^tVhefnelgh- V ^ ^ poWers on _ that the only requirement to be made s that China invests so many to be buiIt airectioll9 . CONVENE — In Harrisburg, Pa., To Nominate Judges—Platform Is Fa¬ vorable To Bryan. Four hundred anti thirty-five repre¬ sentatives of the democracy of Penn¬ sylvania met at Harrisburg "Wednes¬ day for the purpose of nominating candidates for the supreme court judge, superior court judge and state treasurer. Shortly after midnight the conven¬ tion adjourned until Thursday morn¬ ing without having accomplished the first and most important piece of work laid out for them, namely: the selec¬ tion of a candidate for supreme judge. When adjournment was had there were elevev tndiuates in the field with votes ranging from 13 to 72, the highest being a long way off from the 218 necessary to elect. The deter¬ mined battle arose from the fact that the nominee is sure to be elected to serve twenty years. The platform as prepared by the ex¬ ecutive committee was adopted by the resolutions committee. Mr. Siebert, of Potter, moved to amend the plat¬ form by making a straight out decla¬ ration in favor of the Chicago platform. This was defeated by a viva voce vote. The report of the resolutions com¬ mittee was unanimously adopted. A synopsis of the platform follows: “The democracy of Pennsylvania in convention assembled, again renewing our pledges of fidelity and devotion to the sacred rights of the people; true to the faith and principles of our party as declared in the platforms of our several national conventions, aud proud of our matchless leader, William Jennings Bryan, realize that the issues involved in the coming campaign in Pennsylvania are honest government, clean politics and the redemption of our state from republican misrule and corruption. “The increase of public officials and clerks, and in salaries is denounced and charged with being payment for political obligations and causing a de¬ ficit of over §3,500,000 in the aud crippling charities, schools and adding to the burden of the taxpayer.” Continuing it reads: “We denounce the indecent haste displayed and the disrespect shown the people by the governor of the in the appointment to the vacafiey the United States senate of M. S. Quay, who to prevent a full tion before a oh-dtffb, the most serious charges of this appointment, in the unwarranted reduction of the appropriation to pub¬ lic schools and his unathorized veto of the constitutional amendment resolu¬ tion he has violated the constitution, usurped authority nowhere granted him and perpetuated wrongs against the people and the state that demand his condemnation.” reference The platform closes with to the war in these words: “We glory and rejoice in the patrio¬ tic devotion to the cause of our coun¬ try in the late war with Spain of the brave and noble men who periled their lives and shed their blood in or¬ der that a conflict waged for humani¬ ty's sake might be brought to a speedy and triumphant close.” TRIAL OF KIDNAPERS. The Barrows Arraigned--Nurse, Carrie Jones, Pleads Guilty. The trial of George Beaio-cgard Barrows for kidnaping Marion Clarke, who county, was was found begun in ^v^^York^Ved at New lork v\ea uesdav before Justice Furman. At ,»-■>* «* tasba A jssssq 4urii ' g H f. " called Barrow’s ease was Abraham Levy asked that his client, Carrie Jones, be called to the bar. She at once entered a plea of guilty by the advice of her counsel. Mr. Levy said that his client was repentant and would throw herself on the mercy of the court. He asked that she be re manded for sentence, aud this was done. The girl will be called as a witness against the Barrows. The work of impaneling a jury for the trial of Barrow and his wife occu pied the court until it was too late to begin hearing testimony aud adjourn meut was taken until Thursday. EVANS DOESN'T ANSWER. I Chargee Are Made Against Ex-Gov- I ernor of South Carolina. A committee’ Columbia S. C., special legis- says: SLe The S appointed by the penitentLry investigate the conduct of the 1 by Colonel Neal, C-SE. while superintendent,- and general Us »ork Tues- 1!:“ absence of letter Tillman and the any whom from ex-Governor Evans,against there is charged §175 for groceries on tho penitentiary books, besides other matters such as working a farm with convicts. AGUINALDO LED FIGHT Another Desperate Battle Occurs In Philippines. REBELS MORE AGGRESSIVE Insurgent Chief Enters Engagement At the Head of Five Thousand Filipino Warriors. A special from Manila says: After cutting the railroad and telegraph at Apalit, several miles south, for the purpose of severing connection, the rebels attacked General MacArthur’s lines at San Fernando at 4:30 o’clock Friday morning. They met with an unexpectedly warm reception,and were repulsed with a loss of seveuty-five men, thirty prisoners and many wounded. The rebels’ force is estimated to have been 5,000 men. They advanced stealthily from the jungle north of the city and then divided, with the evi¬ dent purpose of surrounding the Amer¬ icans. The outposts of the Iowa regiment discovered the enemy and retired to their lines, -where the entire division awaited in an intrenched position. The Iowa regiment and the Kansas regiment received tho first shock of the attack. Reserving their fire until the enemy was within 600 yards, the first volley of the Americans hit the rebels, who returned the fire wildly, the rent of their line failing to ad¬ vance. The Americans, -who thorough¬ ly enjoyed the novelty of the situation, awaiting the attack, sallied forth and the insurgents thereupon turned and fled into the jungle. Our loss was fourteen men ivounded, and the ma¬ jority of them are oyly slightly hurt. General Funstan’s brigade of Kap sans and Montanans; General Hale's ^brigade, the Seventeenth regiment and the Iowa regiment constituted force engaged. —*'® P er ' made for several days to uring troops trans¬ and others from Dagupan were ported by rail. Along the front of the Kansas regi¬ ment thirty-nine dead were counted. The first news of the Filipino advances was reported by a telegraph operator, who was sent to the bridg§.at Apalit to ascertain the cause of a break mone of the wires. He was compelled to beat a hasty retreat under fire. A Spanish officer who has been a prisoner in the hands of the lebels, and who was released by Aguinaldo, has come through our lines to Manila. He claims to have been a witness of the assassination of General Luna. According to his story, the rela¬ tions between the two Filipino leadeffl had been strained to the breaking point because of Luna’s attempts to assume cou trol of affairs, and the final rupture was forced by Aguinaldo provincial issu¬ ing secret orders to the otu s „ ml8 Q f the Assault. following cablegram was re at Was bington Friday afternoon from General Otis: Manila, June .. 16 -“ A "J utant Gen ? . -i 3. j quickly repulsed and driven, leaving over fifty dead on field and large num her wounded; enemy in retieat. casualties fourteen wounded, mm-y very tack in slight. progress Preparation several day., Jor belie tl s at to be under personal direction of Agui naldo. Chicago Is Populous. Chicago's population, according to 0 f police Kiplfey, has finally ge(1 {]xQ two million mark and is 2) ’ 088,042. The figures are police a re ^ o tlie ceusus taken by the ’ FURNACES —-—. TO RESUML. IRON . Recent Purchase of a Georgia Mining Company To Start Up. The Southern Mining and Manufac turing company, of Georgia, is mi • ing preparations for opening its iron and coal property in Dade and an nounco that they will soon put the ", company i. a, S o preparing » put the old Chattanooga furnace blast. This property, *bicb bought a few days ago, has been for a number of years. It is to be completely overhauled and brought up to date. ARBITR A T 0 R5 MEET - They Will Endeavor To Settle the Dispute Over Boundaries In Venezuela. The Venezuelan arbiWmn^omW tee held its first formal meeting in Paris Thursday. There tvas a large and distinguished assemblage. Baron de Maartens is the umpire, and on oue bench were the arbitrators, Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer, of the United States supreme court; Baron Russell, of Kiloweu, lord chief justice of England, and Sir Richard Henn Collins, lord justice of appeals. The commission decided to meet only four days next week, omitting Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. By arrangement of counsel, Sir Richard Webster opened tho British case, the procedure providing for speaking by him first, then two Vene¬ zuelan counsel, next Great Britain, with possibly two counsel, then Vene¬ zuela, aud next Great Britain, Vene¬ zuela making the final speech. Sir Richard Webster made a geogra¬ phical aud historical review of tho boundary subject, entering exhaustive¬ ly into a discussion of the general question presented. MORE MEN FOR OTIS. Three Additional Regiments Will Be „ • Formed In the Philippines. Pursuing a policy determined upon some months ago, General Otis is organizing three regiments in the Philippines composed of officers and men of the state volunteers who de¬ sire to remain in the service. The army bill authorized this kind of en¬ listment in the Philippines. If the full complement cannot be made np from those discharged volunteers in the Philippines, the regiments will be organized and officered in skeleton form until recruits can be sent from the'United States to fill them. General Otis and volunteer officers in the Philippines have been consult¬ ing to see how many men will enlist. The number has not been very large, as there seems to be a desire of the volunteers to return to the United States with their organizations. These three proposed regiments of regulais will sail from Sau Francisco on the 22d and 24th and those under orders for Manila will give General Otis 33,000 fighting men.__«, w m be The "volunteer and regu¬ lar'’officers who have demonstrated ilieir special fitness to command and who have distinguished themselves in notion, SENATOR COCKE ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Embezzling th« Funds of a Bank. A decided sensation was created at Charlotte, N. C., .Thursday morning by the announcement that the grand jury of the federal court had found a true bill against William J. Cocke, of Asheville, for embezzlement, abstrac¬ tion and misappropriation of the funds of the National Bank of Asheville. Cocke was at one time cashier of this bank and it is alleged that these irregularities occurred during this period. ninety-two counts the There are m indictment and the bill is the largest ever drawn -in the state, covering twenty-five pages. arrested in Asheville Cocke was He while in bed Thursday morning. gave bond in the sum of §15,000. Cocke is one of the most prominent North young politicians in western Carolina. He is state senator from buncombe county,and was the young¬ est state senator in the last legislature. He was mayor of Asheville at the age of 21. . His wife died cir¬ cumstances some time ago and there were rumors of foul play, but Cocke was acquitted of all blame regarding his wife’s death. There was $30,000 in¬ surance on her life. All these things are being revived now that Cocke has been placed under indictment. OLYflPlA LEAVES SINGAPORE. Next stop By Dewey Will Be At Colombo, Ceylon. \ cable dispatch from Singapore s t a tes that the United States cruiser Olvinpia, with Admiral Dewey on board, sailed from that port at day light Thursday morning, The next stop made by the cruiser be at Colombo, Island of Ceylon, LI L , ST OF DEAD INCREASED. More Bodies Are Found Near Nevfc Richmond, Wisconsin. Reports brought to New Richmond, Wis., show that about nine persona heretofore unheard of were killed by the recent storm, The dead are fam ilies of farmers living along the Burk¬ hart road between New Richmond and Burkhart. About 200 farm houses and adjoining buildings along nine miles of that road are more or less wrecked. Lacey fam¬ Three members of G. s ily are reported as among the nine killed; also three members of a family named Ellis; also Mr. L. M. Hurd and two or three others. _