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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
COURSE OF THE STORM.

1t FOUNDED and ~Iteboundcd, Striking the
Earth at Intervals, and Leaving Death
in Its Wake.
According to the testimony of those who
witnessed the storm as it first gathered in
the vicinity of Snail Lake, several miles
northwest of Lake Gervais and about eight
miles from st. Paul, it first began its work
OF destruction about three miles from the
Schurmeyer and Good cottages by demol-
lshlng q barn and several wiudmills. After
this 1t seemed to bound into the MIR.
striking the earth again near the hamlet of
Little Canada, where the first serious dam
age WAS done. Again it skipped a space of
about G mile, aud once again lowered to
the earth and resumed its work of destruc-
tlon' Its fury eliminating near the shore
or lake Gervais, where five deaths were
caused. Once again the storm seemed to
rebound into the air, only to regain the
earth half a mile further on, where the
ruins OF the Gaetzke place and bruised
inmates were left to bear witness to its
power. Here its force seemed spent, and
as 1t proceeded eastward it seemed simply
IN the nature of n high wind, accompanied
py a thunder storm. Hail stones as large
as olives fell at White Bear lake. A nun
Der OF other cottages on the lakes were de-
stroyed and several of the inmates we're in.
lured, but none fatally. Besides the
houses destroyed, q number of farms and
WIND mills Were blown down. No estimate
can be- made yet of the amount
OF damage done to property. All sorts of
rumors as to the killed and injured are fv.
Ing around. A party of 22O seekers is
known to have been out in boats near Lit
tie Canada before the storm came up and
they are reported missing.
1t is also reported that several boats left
the dock near the Schurmeyer residence
before the storm and not one had returned.
Ihls report, however, lacks confirmation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
SAD SCENES AT RED WI,
Tho Town in Mourning and th.
Search Continued.

No words can describe the 4
these days following the Pepin las4
ter. Mourning is in the very al:
little town of Red Wing, among
lately happy people death has ID
heaviest blows. From the best ot
facts, the figures now place the au1
deaths from the wreck of the Sea
about 100. This, however, can
called an approximation for ,hs
the excursion party is necessarily
plete. Oaly In the course Of
can the missing and unrecoveted'
numbered. Down at Lake City,A
along the shore for a considerable
there are still kept patrol partits;4
take up the bodies washed ashore,
parties are out in boats looking
dead that may be found floating
public buildings are drapea Ia
Many merchants and private cI;i-t
display mourning emblems. l@y
saved from the wreck are yet 81
from nervous prostration. The loa
bodies found up to this time 81
four.
Funerals have been held right at'1
ing the day, one Of the DIV
professions passing a.ons
street every few minutes. D.
houses were generally closed
mourning garb while the whole Fl
has an air of olssul
grief. Coroner Kvllo went u
Lake City to view 'De
of the disaster. He will hold 'ns.
once on the body Of d. A. johnson,
kota, who was to have been mafI'ta
day and whose betrol1,u
also one of those W..
ished. It lis stated that the p'OS
attorney of Goodhue county aSVsJ
opinion that the disaster is suo]''
action by a coroner's jury, but sp0D1
before the grand jury at once
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

The agreement of the cigarette COM
bine to abolish the practice OF giving
pictures of scantily clad beauties and
athletic heroes of the ring and base
ball field is doubtless intended to molll-
fly a hostile public opinion as we'll as to
a V 50. 600. 600 annually on the outlay
for picture advertising. 1t has always
been claimed that the pictures found
in the packages We're one OF the chief
allurements that led boys to buy them.
If this is really the case il is not prob
able that the agreement will last long.
That most of the pictureshad a demora-
lizing effect is undeniable, and if their
withdrawal results in a diminution of
the cigarette-habit among boys it
will be a matter of congratulation.
1t is not probable. however, that any
great loss of trade is anticipated. The
rising generation will continue to buy
cigarettes and court the narcotic intln-
ence as usual.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
TICKLE FORTUNE.
"A Broken st. Louis .%'Plunger" on 'Chanp,
Finds u Gold M.ae,

"A Broken st. Louis .'Plunser" on ,Chanp,
Finds Il Gold Mtae.
Lac ups and downs of fortune are being
ss:.-gely eNsmp.itied in the case of q once
~r~min- ut st. Louisian, whose brilliant
but short career as a ''plungec'' on Change
was the reigniEg sensation several years
ago, but whose existence has been a mat
ter OF doubt for some years. The publi-
cation on Tuesday of the wonderfully
rich discovery made in a mine at Tincun
Col, the reports of which have created no
end OF excitement in that district. has
brought the gentleman above referred to
once more prominently before tho public.
1he special telegram giving an count of
the rich strike in the mine stated that +
was owned by Messrs. Mccormack and
Lewis, but failed to state that the lew.
referred to was Benjamin w. Lewis. n
once prominent capitalist of St. Louis.
and n of the boldest specula.
tors on change during the year 1885.
In one deal his profits amounted to
over 100000. His success in this deal
was SO great that he made a bold attennt
to corner thu wheat market, but met his
Waterloo" on Friday, Feb 81, 1885. the
Black Friday" in the history of grain
speculation n the st. Louis Merchants,
Exchange. The crash which whe
MI. Lewis was unlocked for, and was dine
tQ an unexpected decline in wheat. which
oroke . cents q bushel in thirty six hours.
MI; Lewis was considered a wealthy man,
md was thought a%bundantly able to nav
margins on ell his long wheat, ana the an,
nouncement of his failure was the BIGGEST
sensation ever experienced on CHANCE
That the strike is bona fde is substanti.
ated In a letter received previous to tho
publication of the telegram by his brother.
in-law, Wayman McCreery, and in wb;ch
alr: Lewis informs him of his great eood
fortune. and states that saouli tho 49,
noid out he will have all the wealth n mar
can desire. "ao
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

WHILE Commander Davoust and
his comrades were steaming down the
Upper Niger toward Timbuctoo a
while ago they male a strange discov-
cry at one of the river towns. They
found a piece of European pottery that
was evidently quite old. 1t was fixed
upon the summit of a mosque, and the
Mohammedan natives told the travel
ers that it had been given to them
neal the beginning of this century by
a white man who was going down the
river. From all the information the
travellers collected they could reach
no other conclusion than that the donor
of this little vase was Mungo Park,
the pioneer of African exploration in
the past hundred Years. 1t will be re-
membered that he mentioned this
town of Sauna Markhala, where the
vase has been found, and he passed
through the place in 1905 on his last
journey, which terminated so tragicallv
at Boussa.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
ONE WHO WAS IN 1T.
Description of the Storm Mt Kohlman's
Lake by an Eye Witness.

Description of the Storm at Kohlman's
LAX by an Eye Witness.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.. Ronald, OF st. Paul,
we're out at kohlman's lake during the
storm Sunday and had a narrow escape
from injury. Mr.. Ronald's story is as fol-
lows:
My wife and l drove out there about 3
o'clock. We took a boat and went out fish
ing on the lake and half an hour later We
saw a storm coming up, but thought
it would pass north of US I pulled
towards the wharf, however, and had just
landed when the storm commenced and we
ran into kohlman's hotel and had no
sooner got inside than the wharf, 100 feet
long, was swept away and the boat house
turned completely around. The water in
the lake was raised in spray 90 feet high,
1 should guess. The hotel had over
100 people inside and they were badly
frightened. Some were crying and others
were praying. The edge of the storm
passed within fifty feet of the hotel and
struck the north side of the lake where
there were five or six houses. These we're
most all swept away. For half an hour
the storm lasted, and it appears to have
covered a tract of country about
one-half to e.quarters of a mile
wide. AS soon as it had passed a large
number of men went to work helping the
wounded and taking out tho dead on the
other side of the lake. Carriages of all
sorts were in use and a small tug
which had been blown ashore was hoated
and sent across the lake. I saw fourteen
people who were all pretty badly hurt"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
II DEATH s

One Hundred and Twenty Five We're
Drowned at Lake Pepin, and Five Killed
at st. Paul.
1t now appears certain that at least 1875
lives were lost in the disaster at Lake Pepiu.
About seventy bodies have already been re-
covered and it is thought at least ffty
more bodies are fast in the wreck
at the bottom of the lake. The list of The
killed and injured at st. Paul does not SO
far differ materially from that already sent
out, viz: Five killed and a dozen in.
jured.
From early morning q patrol of row
boats was kept up all over the neiehbor-
hood of the wreck, looking for bodies.
Several were found in that way last night,
and q small boy was found floating and
yelling three miles from the scene
of the disaster. Battery A., OF St.
Paul, kept up a ~cannonading during
the day trying to raise the bodies,
but without success. The little steamer
tug Wanderer tried unsuccessfully to pull
the wreck apart, and her the Ethel
Howard came up the river and with the aid
OF the Luella pulled apart the frame of
what had been the steamer Sea Wing up
out of the water. The Luella then pulled
releasing three bodies, one woman and two
young men. Alice Palmer, of Trenton,
was one of these, but the two men have not
been identified. This makes a total of
sixty-eight bodies now found.
A Narrow Escape.
j. w. Terrell and Miss VALDEZ, P. T.
Potts and Miss Lou Gleason, J r. Burk
and Miss Wheeler, j. N. Bruggeman and
wife, all OF St. Paul, who were camping on
the northwest shore of Lake Gervais, had
a narrow escape from being blown into
the lake. The wind took their tent and
horse and buggy and hurled them into the
water.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

The "gamelle," a kind Of tin mug in
which the French soldier receives his
r%ations. and which he carries on his knap
sack, has at last achieved notorietv.
When the young Duke of Orleans came
before the court, and exclaimed" g ask
for nothing but a gamelle," meaning
nothing but the treatment of a com
mon soldier, the public readily seized
upon the emblem. Scarcely three days
had elapsed before a great ieweler of
the Rue de 10 Paix had hundreds of "tin
mugs" in silver, gold and jewels as pins
and badges, which sold Immediately as
the "tin mug of Orleans" and were
orn all over Paris. A popular florist
designed a vase in the shape of the "tin
mug" and presented the first specimen
to the Prince, who sent it to his bride,
Margaret de Chartres, filled with roses
and lilies Of the valley. In the mean
while all Paris is sporting the soldiers
tin mug in the trl-color. and the young
Duke has left a fashionable ornament to
remember him by.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
Horny Stamlcy's Savings.

Stanley's sayings are chronicled at
great length by the London newspa-
pers. Among other things he is re-
ported to have said are these: accent
the German courtesies with scrupulous
politeness," he said, "but act as if you
didn't believe a word of them" OF
the Uganda mission, he declared that
in that quarter of Africa there was a
recruiting ground for 200, 900 black
soldiers, who might some day carry
"the momentum Of civilization" to Ber-
Der. He compared himself to the Pied
Piper Of Hamelin, because he had re-
ceived so many letters from small bows
who We're ready to follow him any.
where. IF this is the spirit of the
young generation" he asked, "whv
should the old generation hang back?"
Designedly OF not, Mr.. Stanley drew
q marked contrast between his charac-
ter and Gordon's. 81 carry out NV
Instructions" he said in effect, and
told a curious anecdote of King Leo
pold, who asked him if he would de-
stroy his stations and fotilla at the
word OF command from Brussels. II
would" said Stanley. THAT is your
commission" said Leopold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

A PARAGRAPH is going the rounds to
the effect that wild animals are COM
pletely fascinated and can be tanned bv
perfumes, and this story is told:
"There was a Mrs. Lee in India who
had a tame leopard that played in the
house with her children. He was very
inquisitive, as all Of the tribe are, and
loved to stand on his hind legs and.
with his forepaws on the window sill,
to look at the passers by. When the
children wanted the place for them
selves, they would all take hold of his
tail and pull him down by that. He
was generally very amiable, but some
times, his claws being very sharp, the
children were scratched. So Mrs. Lee
taught Sal to keep his claws sheathed
by giving him, when he did so, a little
paper trayon which lavender water had
been dropped. This would throw him
into transports Of delight. He would
tear the paper into bits and roll over
them on the floor. With nothing but a
bottle OF lavender water persons have
become the best Of friends with a leop-
ard, a tigress or a lioness in a me.
nagerie."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
FIXING TIE BLAME
A Storm of elimination nm,
Follows the Disasta,

A Storm of elimination IN,
Follows the Disaster
Another rumor that caused pr.,,
nation was that which accused tEs
of ordering the cabin door Nv.
keeping the people inside. IT,.
was blamed for penniug tho -.
where death was sure to come. + ~
gle Bartron, of Lake City, who v,s
those who were rescued a.
barge when it drifted n.,.
shore, says all tia
and children were ordered intotb
from the barge. 1t would be tss
thing for the captain to do this. a,
intensely dark, and the rain and
were falling made it extremelvdisa,l
to remain on the barge ut the mere,
elements. On the other hand.
gineer told City Marshal Tim
that the captain thought ,bs
safer than the steamer
sent the order down to the cabin
women and children to 60 on IN
Instead of carrying the order corr.
man told them to stay in the 6,
lock the door, which they did.
to that, most of the women had
barge for the steamer, telling the
that a party OF men on the bu
drunk and had been acting in an Oh
able manner and they would not stat
II these be the facts OF not, it \
tain that the doors were shut if no,
when the rescuers reached the steal
everything indicated that tley bal
closed throughout the gale. lid
sobriety of the engineer is quest.o
an old fisherman named Cook, wao
from tie wreck. The engluee,
says that when the steamer turn
he was on tie barge, from
he stepped upon the upturaa
and looked on all sides without i
ing any one, however.
Frank Way, of Trenton, says
twenty-five or more Others clur
steamers bottom after she turned
that he swan to q place Of sts
there, but his lady companion, Miss
Flynn, has not yet been recovered
of his sisters also went down aud \
body has been recovered.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
LOSS AT LAKT !
1870 PEOPLE THo,,a
THE NUMBER nnnI 4

borrowing Scenes Am,
Day of Funerals at Re-, NC Avs,
Inadequate To Describe y, Wing
eio'm--rryins To Fix til, n uns Il,
The lake shore was moa..
with the thunder of dyna,n !, 's's
brought into requisition in ,ss Wy
1t would help in bringing so.s s y
recovered bodies to the s0'a
country people, who drov s0' "a
directions, were again on ba., ~
dents of Lake Civ 'ua' y
there at an early hon. seA
the workers. The military sn,,, y
up oil night at the beach. N0a 4S \
sky IN no way reminded one a. s' y
horror that had come upon tbi VI y !
ton OF the state. Goodhps y
which Red Wing is the COUNT s.s ss1
to the edge of Lake City, and ' ys
occurred in the limits of TINT oa 'as
fact and the residence of most NJ !
tins at Red Wing, was VIM. VI ! |
bodies to that city at once, IL. J !
there taking charge Of and nr.s sss
forthe inquest. pa'''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
.ere drowned. sixty-two bodies have
been recovered up to I q. m.
A A STRUGGLE.
Litt!e Steamer Sea Wing Fights Brav
Nut in Vain

Litt!e Steamer Sea Wing Fights Bravcly
Hut in Vain.
The storm which resulted in such great
loss OF life at Lake Pepin, opposite the
W stern end of the little town, WAS &
stra ;ght wind blowing at a terrific rate OF
speed, and it completely overpowered
the excursion steamer Sea King.
Lake Pepin is an expansion of the Missis-
sippi. about thirty miles long and extends
east aud west. The steamer was returning
IRON the camp of the Minnesota National
guard, with II party of Red Wing people
aud running Into the teeth of the wind.
The gale was too much for the steamer
aud the boat was fast getting beyond con-
troll. Capt. Wether tried to save the lives
of his passengers by running the
boat aground On tie Wisconsin
shore. The boat was turned over and
quickly scores of people were struggling in
the waves, from which many OF them may
never be recovered. The vessel tried to
regain it's right position, but quickly was
seized once more and q second overturning
upset nearly all of those who still chung to
the vessel.
A few reached shore, but most of them
closed their eyes under water never to see
the light again. The search for bodies
was begun at once and over sixty had been
taken out by daylight. The scene of the
disaster is across the line from Lake City,
toward Red Wing, and as most of the vic
Tins were from that city, the coroner
was notified and ffty-eight bodies taken
there this morning after first being viewed
by him at Lakeside.
When the wreck of the steamer occurred
it was lifted over against the barge. She
lay over on her port side and was broken
almost into kindling wood, although
enough of the framework remained to hold
1t together and work on at 1920.
The bodies of a woman and child. to
which ropes had been attached,
were drawn from the water. The child
was a daughter of John Winters, of Red
Wing. Fred Sewers, a blacksmith, was
taken out q few minutes later. That
makes a total of sixty five bodies already
found, or probably about half the total
number drowned.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

CYRUS w. FIELD carries two watches,
n a cheap affair, which he uses, and
the other a timepiece worth S $4,000, a
gift Of a friend, which he never takes
from its fob, because, his friends say, he
aislikes vulgar show. People who have
read in the newspapers two-column ac-
counts ofthe dinners which Cyrus now
and then givesto a few hungry lords in
London, which accounts Cyrus cables
over very carefully at his own cost, will
be glad to know that he is SO free from
the petty vice Of vanity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
DROWNED BY HUNDREDS.
Tho Worst Feature of the Storm Fo nd y,
Lake Pepin.

The Worst Feature of the Storm Fond ut
Lake Pepin.
The steamer Sea Wing left Red Wing,
Mimi. Sunday afternoon with $50 pssen-
gers on board, bound for Lake City, where
the state encampment of the state ailitia
is in progress. At several small owns
along the shore of Lake Pepin cough
more people we're taken on board tomake
about $50 when the boat reached its lesti-
nation. A barge was in tow which CRIED
100 OF this number. Late in the afternoon
the party re-embarked for home an, was
In the middle of the lake off Lake City,
When a cyclone struck the Sea Wing. The
boat became unm%anagable at once. The
barge was cut loose, and after an lot
united to the shore with about twnty
people on board. The other 200 OF aore
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

SOME lakes are distinctly blue, 9TH
ers present various shades Of green, so
that in some cases they are hardly dis
tinguishable from their level, grass
covered banks: a few are almost black.
The Lake of Geneva is azure hued; the
Lake of C~ostannce and the Lake of Lu-
cerne are green; the color of the Medi-
terranean has been called indigo. The
Lake of Brienz is greenish yellow, and
its neighbor, Lake Thun, is blue.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

JUST after midnight, a compositor in
the office Of the Bombay Gazette, who
had been for three weeks on a spree,
imagined he heard a strange noise.
Looking at a window over his head, he
saw a huge cobra slowly entering the
composing room. He imagined that
the vision was caused by an attack Of
delirium tremens, and that the snake
was merely the product of a diseased
brain. Still he was so terrified that he
had to scream. His cry brought his
associates to his rescue, and the snake
was killed with an iron bar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
ROLL OF THE DEAD.

Names of Those Whose Lifeless Bodie
Wore Recovered from Lake Pepin.
The Minneapolis Journals Red Win
Special says:
The bodies of those drowned in LAX
Pepin Sunday night, tt the number o
e~ighty-two, were brought to Red Wing a
6 o'clock this morning. The whole tow,
is in mourning. Immediately upon tn
arrival of the steamer the bodies we're car
ried to the respective homes Of the de-
ceased.
Following is the list:
JOHN HFFFLER. wife and two children.
PETER GEVELET, wife and five childran
R BLAkER and two children.
MRS. HEMFOBLING and three childra,
MRS. SCHUELBERG and daughter.
MINNIE FISHER.
MARIE S. KOGLUND.
KATY DAILY.
MRS. +. sHERF and daughter.
FRED CHRIST.
ANNIE STEIGER.
FRANCIS STEIGER.
GEORGE NELSON.
JOHN BAHRUS aud wife.
CHAS. DI>sLAGER.
FRED SEWERS and daughter.
TOM LARSON.
ADD1E WING and sister.
H. REDLTS and two children.
FRED ~HATTEMYER.
MAMIE ADAMS.
HENRY STEFFNEY.
KATIE BURKHARDT.
A. o. ANDERSON.
EDDIE CHRISTOPHERSON.
HERMAN HYPER.
A. N. HYPER.
GEORGE HARRIS.
MRS NELLIE WoEHRN and son,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25
A GALLANT
He Rcscues Fifteen People, and Has Earne
n Commission.

ne 1sescues tlftcen People,, and Has Earned
n Commission.
Corporal D. L. Perry, of st. Paul saw
the wreck early last night and at once hast
ened to the spot to render such assistance
as was possible. Finding q man standing
near a boat, he asked to be taken out into
the storm to the overturning boat. When
refused, he threatened to kill him unless
his orders were oboyed, and with the help of
his unwilling assistant saved tie lives
OF fifteen or sixteen women. Adjt.-Gen.
Miller says the man has earned a commits
sion.
Under command of Adjt.-Gen. Miller
the military was put into service and the
men worked nobly at the wreck. The
boat had been wrecked back of the point
which is known as Maiden Rock and is
anchored there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-25

The telephone must have a new role
Of usefulness scored for it. Sir Hum
phrev de Trafford, near Manchester,
has, perhaps the finest kennels in En-
gland, the kennel-man's house adioin-
ing them. From each kennel a tele-
phone arrangement leads to the kennel
mans room, SO that when any dog is
noisy at night the keeper can speak to
him so as to be heard without leaving
the room.