Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-14

Throughout the East killing
Frosts In Missouri
on Lake Michigan.
St. Louis, May 14.--The signal office
reports killing frost at Springfield ant
near there this morning and in this vicin
ity and throughout Missouri up to Iowa
1t is not thought serious damage to crops
resulted unless 1t may have been in thu
low lands. Dispatches to the state board
of agriculture report some damage tc
crops by frost Saturday and Sunday
nights in the northwest and north central
sections of the state.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
Chicago.-Heavy frosts occurred this
morning in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois
Indiana and Minnesota with seven inches
of snow in central and north part oi
Michigan. The temperature is to 1C
degrees lower this morning in lower
Michigan, Ohio valley, Tennessee and
Missouri and Is degrees warmer in the
Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
Wyoming and Montana.
SEVERE FRosTs.
Detroit.-Reports from the fruit belt in
the western part of the state are some.
what conflicting. but most of them agree
that no serious damage was done. Garden
truck has been badly nipped in some sec.
tions.
SAME IN IOWA.
Marshalltown. - There was severe
frost here this morning.
FREEZING IN Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, Pa, The weather here ia
cold and clouded with light dashes OF
rain. The lowest temperature recorded
was 80 degrees at $3.50 this morning and
freezing weather is predicted tonight
Damage to fruit and vegetables is great.
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
Mowaqua, Ill.--Heavy frosts last night
totally destroyed the fruit and berry croE
In this section.
SNOW IN OHIO.
Wapakoneta.-Its been showing here
all morning; Thermometer registering
90 degrees. Damage to fruit and crops
can not be estimated.
FROZEN STIFF.
Galesbnrg, Ill.-Everything was frozen
stiff this morning, ice a quarter inch
thick formed. The grape and strawberry
crop is killed. 1t is feared fruit Of all
kinds is badly injured. Corn was cut
down.
IN JERSEY, TOO.
Elizabethtown, N. 1.-THE mercury fell
TO 20 degrees at s a. m. to-day, fruits are
blasted and foliage dropping.
MANY WRECKS.
Chicago.-The storm which swept Lake
Michigan yesterday and last night waf
the most disastrous since the gale of last
May in which many lives we're lost. The
list of known wrecks to day WAS az
follows; Quickstep, wrecked off Racine
j. B. Kitchen, wrecked at Midland island
Viking, driven aground with three con.
sorts at Sand Beach. An unknown steam
barge is ashore six miles north of Sand
Beach. The steamer Unique was wrecked
at st. Clair. Three schooners were
wrecked off East Tawas, Mich. The
schooner Reindeer is reported starnded at
Black river. An unknown schooner IL
wrecked off Racine. A three masted
schooner is wrecked near Milwaukee.
GOLD IN NORTHERN OHIO.
Cleveland, O.-While the weather con.
tinues unusually cold, there was no frost
in northern Ohio last night as far az
Known. This is probably due to the
fact that the skies are generally cloudy
The conditions are favorable for another
heavy frost tonight. Reports continue
to come regarding the general destruc-
ton of all fruit and early vegetables
throughout this section by severe frosts
of Sunday night.
FROST BITES.
Whitehall, N. Y.-There was heavy
frost throughout Champlain valley last
night.
Peoria, Ill.-A very heavy frost in this
section last night did enormous damage.
Grapes and vegetables are all ruined.
Middlesborough, Ky.-snow fell in the
mountains yesterday.
Asheville, N. C.-Snov can plainly be
seen for distance of several miles ON
the mountains in this vicinity this morn
ing.
Oshkosh, Wis.-There was another
heavy frost last night and the destruction
of gardens, fruit and early grain is almost
complete.
Dunkirk, N. Y.-Damage by frost to
the grape crop in Chautauqua county is
estim at $15O,OO0 to 100000.
Malvern, O.-Considerable snow fell
this morning. Sandy Valley has not sx-
perienced such a cold snap at this sea-
son of the year since June s, 1858.
Police Re. e.Organisation Bill Lost.
Albany, N. Y, May 1.-THE New York
police reorganization bill has been lost
In the senate by vote of 18 to 81.
seven Men Killed.
Wellsville, N. Y, May 14.--By an ex.
plosion of a boiler in saw mill fifteen
miles from here, to-day, seven men were
killed. Those killed are: Claude English,
James Mover, Eugene Merrick, Lyman
Perry, Chas. Grover, Caleb Converse and
Albert de Grayot.
Metal Miners In Convention.
Denver, May 14.-The convention Of
the Western Federation Of Metalliferou ous
miners spent the forenoon to-day dis
GUSHING resolution providing for gen.
eral organization for the entire west in
stead Of an organizer in each state. The
indications are that it will carry.