The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-21
LATEST NEWS.
Judge Rogers of Chicago Denounces
the Red Flag in His Charge to
the Grand Jury.
Devastating and Deadly Storms in
Ohio-Many Lives Lost and Much
Property Destroyed.

CHICAGO, May 18.-There was small
comfort for Spies and his fellow-pris-
oners in the developments of yester-
day. Their cases were given to the
grand jury by Judge Rogers, handi-
capped, as it were, with as austere a
charge as seemed compatible with the
judicial Office. The grand jury is pro-
nounced as intelligent body as is
rarely called to weigh the merits of q
case: and. in word, the indictment of
all the prisoners is counted upon as q
foregone conclusion. Public clamor is
loud for such an issue. and the judg-
ment of the thoughtful few is that the
public will not be disappointed.
The Court recited at length the stat
utes bearing upon the cases of the
Anarchists. AS cited by the Court,
the offenses charged against the pris-
oners, if proved, would subject them
to the penalties of the law for murder,
riot, conspiracy to commit an otfense
against the peace of the S ate, and q
refusal to disperse at the order of the
proper officials. The police. too, are
held guiltless of the deaths of any per-
sons innocent or guilty who were pres
ent in the riOtous crowd.
The Court paid a high tribute to the
valor OF the police. speaking in words
whose trembling tones were echoed in
the emotions Of all who heard them.
For the Mayor and city government he
had nothing to say beyond that they
had acted within their powers in taking
the vigorous steps they have since the
night of The riot. His tone, however,
with respect to the laXity which had
permitted the unconcealed organization
of so formidable an element Of crime
and disturbance was one Of tacit
criticism
"The red flag" the Court said. is an
emblem of blood. and must be sup
pressed. Time WAS when we smiled
at it as foolish and altogether harm
less. That time has passed, and recent
occurrences have Taught us to what
length of disorder it may lead"
FURIOUS WINDS.
CHICAGO, May lT.-In Ohio. terri
bic tornado plowed its way Friday
through 100 miles of splendid farm
ing country. leaving desolation in
its wake. Seneca. Wyandot, Han
cock, Hardin, AuglaiZe, and Mercer
Counties mourn the loss of millions of
dollars in property. and, above all,
scores, and perhaps hundreds. of lives.
In Mercer County, up to late hour
Saturday afternoon. thirty dead bodies
had been found, with many times that
number injured. Three persons were
killed at Wabash City. In Dunkirk,
Hardin County, five persons were kill
ed and twenty badly injured; and in
the vicinity Of the town five more per-
sons were killed and a number injured,
two probably fatally. In the Blanch
ard River valley the storm made clean
sweep ten miles long and one-half mile
wide, demolishing g1O0buildings. Wyan-
dot and Hancock Counties, adjoining
one another, were devastated. Carey,
prosperous town in the first-named
county, received II tremendous shaking
up. Seventeen buildings were COM
pletely DESTROYED and six persons killed
outright Bloomville, South Carey,
Wharton, and many other villages suf-
fered in like manner. Ten miles west
of Tifiin, the county seat of Seneca
County, q strip Of country half a mile
wide and several miles in length was
totally stripped of buildings, as, in fact,
of all else above the surface of the
earth. AT Kenton and Lancaster and
in their neighborhood immense dam
. age was done. Five persons were re-
ported killed and thirteen wounded
near Celina. Heavy storms also oc-
Cured at Lansing and Albion, Mich,
and Decatur Ind.