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Grand RaMe.

al the Meeker hotel yesterday.
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Many Illinois Towns Suffer.

Jacksonville, Ill.-There was a hard wind
storm here last night. Danvers, on the Alton
road, north OF this place. was reported wiped
out. At San JOSE: this side OF Danvers, a
ger reports show widespread damage in coun-
ties north.
Lincoln, 1ll.-This city and immediate local.
ity were visited at midnight by severe and
tories and residences were unroofed. and cleo
trio and street railway systems were badly
crippled Most OF the streets are blocked with
fallen trees and wires. The VILLAGES OF A.
county suffered heavy losses on elevators ar d
other buildings. Small grain is damageo to
"a considerable extent. ...-.
Paxton, In.-Great damage was done here to
shade trees. Cars were blown from the tracks
on the illinois Central between here and Lud-
low and it: is reported that two churches
were blown over at Clarence. seven miles
east.
Springfield, TILT is reported that the town
Of stanford, south OF Bloomington, was badly
damaged ry the storm, and that several ele-
vators on the Alton south OF Bloomington
were blown down
bridge on the Peoria division Of the Illinois
Central near here and freight train ran into
the hole. The crew was injured. but not Sc
riously.
public school and OF the new German Cath
olic school were blown off and in the bust
ness section plate glass windows generally
were demolished The. German Catholic
phone wires are, down and the street railway
plants have been compelled to suspend opera
lions. Mrs. Martha Hayworth, living on
Green street, died from fright
Laurel at noon that tn town had not been
swept away but had suffered considerably
from the effects OF strong wind. Several
roofs were blown off No one was injured.
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T0RNAD0ES LOOSE
Rowling Winds Cause Destruction
49, ~, 4fftttE %I 70 t5%29 =
in Iowa and Illinois.
FOUR KILLED AT MERNA. I'LL.
A Report That Laurel, Iowa, Was
Wiped out Proved to BE
a Mistake. 49,.

Chicago. June 11.-Meager reports re-
ceived here tell Of a destructive tornado
which last night swept from the southern
boundary ofs1Wisconsin through central
Illinois as FAR south as Bloomington with
ramifications west Of the Mississippi.
AT Merna. H., three lives. we're lost and
twenty people injured Laurel, little
town In Marshall county, Iowa. is said
to have been wiped out5b the fury OF the
storn' He's ~ iEe'srsf-s - - s5it+,2t Y
Bloomington, ILL.,, was hit severely and
:buildines in AT parts Of the city were
seriously damaged and traflc blocked.
So far as was known, early no lives were
lost in Bloomington Wires were blown
down in every direction and it was with
extreme difficulty that any definite in
formation was secured, Crews from the
telegraph and telephone Companies Of
fees left Chicago early 70 begin the work
OF restoring the shattered lines. .y,..-
The storm swept through the state
about midnight, accompanied by electrical
discharges of severe nature. For sew
eral hours Chicago could obtain no COM
muntcation With II II the cities In the path
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THE CASE IN BRIEF
Mhe Grand Jury's Indictment Vindi-
Gated by the Court.

ehe Grand Jury's Indictment Vindi-
: Gated by the Court.
t. Irwin A. Gardner was indicted by the
present grand jury, whose members are
Hovey c. Clarke, foreman; Erick G.
Erickson, Jacob D. Shelter, G. T. Doug
las, Lester B. Elwood Walter D. Boutell,
Edward H. Gregory, Henry Weiskopf, Ell
Emer e. Fisher, Charles S. Fay, Alexander
Mcneil, W. j. HELD, Charles ]. Waldron,
lSilas Overmire, A. E. Apgar and ]. Nc
michael.
[ The jury of twelve men who found him
guilty were: Louis HIGHLAND, James W.
lFalconer, John NJ. Dodgson, -Elwood Han
son, A. Edwin Zonne, Raleigh B. Ebert,
John A. Walters, Carter H. Galbraith, Will
f1iam G. Allen, Paul Take, Charles f.
Grady and Frank J. Halle. =. ,...-- d..
The Indictment under which a convic-
tion was secured accused Gardner of hav
4ng received a bride Of $500 from Billy
Edwards and Link" Crossman, in return
| for which he guaranteed them police pro
! lection in the operation of big mitt
games On the stand Edwards and Cross
man testified that Gardner told them the
money SO paid was to go to the mayor.
The case was called for trial May q
and several days were occupied in secur-
ing Jury. The work Of taking testimony
was begun Saturday, May 81; and on that
day BILLY" Edwards, the states stat
witness, was placed upon the stand. He
occupied two days in telling his story
Crossman, Edwards partner, also gave
important testimony, as did E. M, Con
ner Roche Prenevost and Robert Hill
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NORTH DAKOTA CROPS
Past Week Generally Favorable for
z Growing. 49,

Bismarck, n. D., June 1.-THE government
summary of crop conditions for the week
ending June 9 is as follows:
The past has been another favorable week.
generally speaking, for crops of all kinds. AL
though heavy th1lnderstorms. accompanied by
heavy rains passed over the state, but little
damage was done except in some sections. OF
the river bottoms, where the ground, already.
saturated, was made too wet Wheat is up,
and as a rule looks very fine, in most sec
tons as well, if not better than ever be-
fore at this time OF the year. On low land,
however, some of the crop has been damaged
by excessive rainfall and is turning yellow.
That sown early is up and in most sections
covers the ground. Oats are doing we'll Bar
ley seeding is in progress and most of the
crop is i'll. Flax seeding is in progress in
all sections being nearly finished in the south
ern portion. Corn has about all been planted,
and most of it is UT. and looks WELL. Millet is
still being sown as ( late forage crop Grass.
hoppers seem to be numerous in the Red
river valley. particularly in Cass county.
where it is reported they are doing some
slight damage and causing great uneasiness
on account OF their. probable action on the
crop. The grass crop is excellent; some, has
already been cut for temporary feed and the
prospects for large crop Of hay, seem un-
usually good.
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A TELLING PERoRATIoN -
Close OF: Al J.: Smiths address to
Gardner Jury. :.

In the closing moments Of his address.
before the Gardner jury yesterday, As:
sistant County Attorney Al j. Smith rose
to heights Of oratory such as he had sell
dom reached in former efforts. Abiding
to Norbeck he said that the officers
statement on the stand that he came from
Norway should. not reflect upon that land,
as the people Of Norway were sturdy
champions of law and order He then
closed with the following: = = ,.....-.:
Much depends, gentlemen OF the Jury, upon
your verdict in this case; the fame, the in
tegrity and the honor of Minneapolis is in
your hands at this moment. How could there
be any case that would appeal to you as
citizens more than this? Could there be any
case that would call forth every spark Of
manhood in you as citizens of this fair city:
any more than this case? The state asks
you by your verdict in this case to say not
only to the people of this city, but to the
citizens of Minnesota to the cities Of this
union and to civilization the world over that
corruption must cease. Will you say that,
or will you say, gentlemen Of the urjy, that
this man Gardner may walk forth from this
courthouse and commence his business over
again of bartering away for so much money
with criminals the life, the liberty, the prop
erty and the honor Of the citizens of Mime
apolis?" 80.
We all love our fair city. How can we
help IL! why saoulu any one man stand IN
the way Of an investigation of this charac
ter?: Why, the gun that pealed forth at
Charleston and Sumter did not create" could
not create more feeling than the act Of this
defendant. Let the memory of the men OF
| 81, who as young men and boys went out,
and, for the honor of their country, for hu-
man liberty, drenched the soil from Lookout
to the sea with their blessed blood, inspire
you to do your duty in this case. Let the
bells Of this courthouse, that since this trial
commenced should have been playing the
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LOSS OF 2,5l1,00O ACRES
GOVT. REPORT ON SPRING WHEAT
Wet Weather the Characterization
85.4 Compared With OF
Last Year.

Washington, June 10-Prelminary reports
OF tho spring wheat acreage Indicate a reduc-
ton of about 2,511 ,o00r acres, or 1873 per cent
OF the nineteen states reporting spring wheat,
thirteen report a reduced acreage, Washing
ton being the only state having. 100000 acres
or upward in this product that reports an in-
crease. -: ,--;
There is a reduction of 745, coo acres in Min
nesota and of 905, 900 acres in North Dakota,
largely due to unfavorable weather condi-
tons during sowing time in the Red River
valley; a reduction of 400, 600 acres in South
Dakota, resulting in the main from an in
creasing tendency towards greater diversi
ication of crops, and reduction OF $4,000
acres in Nebraska, consequent upon that
gradual: yielding Of spring wheat to winter
wheat which is going on in aEmos every sec.
ton OF the state. 50. - = 20.
The average condition Of spring wheat on
June was 95.4, as compared with 90 at the
corresponding date last year s7.3 on June l,
1900 and ten-year average of 92.6.
The present reported average condition has
been exceeded only three times in the last
fifteen years. .~--
OF the states having 1,o0o,o 900 acres or up
ward in spring wheat, South Dakota reports
a condition of 10O,' North Dakota So and Mill
nesota and Iowa IS: In Washington and Ore
gon, which together have over LOO, 900 acres
in spring wheat, the condition averages are
81 and SO respectively.
The average condition of winter wheat on
June was 76,1, as compared with 7S.4 On
May 1, 1902; SIS on June l, 1901; a2.7 on June
1, 1900, and 500 the mean OF the June aver
ages of the last ten years
The acreage reported as under barley ex
ceeds the acreage harvested last year by So
per cent. in the states having 100000 acres
or upward devoted to this crop, there is an
increase In area amounting to l per cent in
Kansas. per cent in South Dakota, Wash
ington and California; s per cent in Mime
sofa and IS per cent in North Dakota-the
increase in the state last named being most
entirely due to the substitution Of barley for
wheat in that section of the state where
wheat seeding was restricted by long con-
tinued wet weather.
The average condition Of barley is 93.S
against 81 ON June TO- 1901; 49, at the CORES
spending date in 1900 and a ten-year average
of $50.
The average condition of rye is ss.1, as
compared with e3.9 on June i, 1901: s7.S at
the corresponding date in 1soo and a ten-year
average of s9.3
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FIVE DEAD i.

Result OF storm In Becker Comfy,
Monday Afternoon.
Special. to The Journal.
Detroit. MINI, June 1.-THE list OF the
killed in tho Monday afternoon tornado
is a.. follows: Mrs. E.. o. Berg OF the
town Of. Atlanta, and four. OF the
children Of Andrew Hium-two girls
aged "a and IL. and boys aged s and
15.. The mother and. FIVE other children
were probably fatally hurt. The family
had taken refuge IN the barn., which WAS
demolished. Hum was not seriously In
jured. I.
The tornado formed In the township OF
Rockwell, Norman county, passing
through the townships -of Home Lake and
Ulen In Clay county, and. the townships OF
walworth and Atlanta In Becker county,
clipping the southwest corner ct the
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SOUTH OF PEKING, ILL. (. :
Three People KILLED at Kingston
Mines-Houaes Smashed.

Picking, ILL.,, June E1i.--A tornado passed
over Tazewell county last night, killing
three and fatally injuring two persons
at Kingston mines, south OF here. The
desd: ::
MRS: THOMAS MURRAY and infant "
WINNIE M 'ELWEE, aged 8.
Patrick McElwee and wife were fat
ally injured. The entire east end OF the
village OF 1000 inhabitants was swept
awsy - la ~ seorm ssIu g h,n st MINES
causing $4,000 damage. A. second storm
lid considerable additional damage at 80
a. IA. Physicians from Picking, Glassford
anG Mapletown were called. Houses were
blown down in, Groveland, Miner, Dillon,
Hopedale srd. Delevan. but 50 far no loss
OF lif,. In any Of those places have been
rupN:ted. -~.-t-
Opposite PekinE the river overflow ed
Its banks and cover ed $1,000 acres o. corn,
which 10 believed to have. been ruined.
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'Rogues' March" peal forth "Home, Sweet
Home,'' when you shall have returned your

"Rogues' March" peal forth Home, Sweet
Home when you shall have returned your
verdict, and my Country, TITS Of, Thee.
Sweet Land, Of Liberty I=say to you, as
men of Minneapolis, as men of Minnesota; by
your verdict maintain the dignity Of the flag,
the dignity of this great commonwealth Of
Minnesota, the dignity Of your city,: and by
your verdict say that that star on that flag
stands for liberty, for Justice, for proteetfon
to life, liberty, property and honor But.
gentlemen of the jury, if, after having heard
the evidence in this case You shall say that
this defendant Gardner may walk forth from
this courthouse to again, with the police de-
partment Of Minneapolis; barter away the
life, liberty and property Of the citizens OF
our city, then, gentlemen of the jury, let
that star on that star-spangled' banner chat
stands for the fair" state aofa Minnesota she
blotted out forever, but let the stripes re-
main as a badge Of her shame and degrada-
ton.
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.. FOUR KILLED, TWENTY HURT
Tornado Wrecks a Dance Hall at
'----"-c Merna ILL., ..-

:: -.s Merna, Ill. ''....-. j.:
Bloomington. ILL.,, June 11.-Three lives,
were lost and twenty people were injured
at Merra, ten miles: north, in the storm
that visited this vicinity about midnight,
The dead:
MISS LENA cAHAGAN aof Leroy.
i. MRS. EDWARD MARTIN Of Leroy.
MISS ANNE KELLEY, Of aMerna.- 49, :.
michael Cunningham Of Merna Is missing
About twenty others were more Of less
injured =. .':: - -. : ~
About 200 people. we're !. attending a,
dance In the town hall when the tornado
wrecked the building, lifting the roof and
crushing insthe wallis Other damage was
done. at: this point, but particulars. are
meager, 49,. r,;.s 49, ..
The storm in this s tty: was very severe,
but no lives were lost.~uo The Illinois
Wesleyan university was badly. damaged.
Many buildings were unroofed, plate glass
fronts blown in, telegraph and telephone
wires prostrated and the streets rendered
innpassable by fallingetrees. Street rail-
way traffic was tied*up: and all railroad
train e are delayed 'dr BY ~ trees blown across
At Clinton, the Chicago & Alton round
house was demolished but SO far as
known no lives were-lost. r., = s~,.4
[ At San Jose a grain. elevator was blown
across the Alton track, entirely blocking
traffic. = =
At Barnes another elevator was blown
down. "A large number of farm houses
are reported seriously damaged, but de-
tails are lacking. =. ~ 49,. =:
The property loss: was tens OF thou
sands Of dollars: There is no way really
Of estimating the loss at present, owing
to the uncertainty as to the effect upon
the growing crops which it is feared SUI
fsrei heavily. The saddest feature. how
ever, was the killing of three young wo-
mel who were attending the dance at the
town hall Of Merna.. When the storm
struck everybody rushed for the door. A
nun,i er OF young men held the doors to
prevent the people from escaping, fear
ing that they might be injured Or killed
il they gor outside. About halt Of. them.
however, escaped, and then the. building
collapsed The others were buried in
the wreck. .-...
Tho storm reached B1oon1ington about
II r. M, commencing with q furious cleo
trical isp!ay. Pain accompanied tie wind
and the business district suffered severe
~. Many plate glass windows were blown
in ard Tie stocks OF goods I idly daLsaged.
:IunJreds of the best trees in the city
were broken off and the streets are at
most imrassab le TELEGRAPH an:t :tele-
graph and telephone poles were broken
short OF and the wires added to the block
ade. Buildings alt. over thereby were
damaged, but no lives were lost nor was
anyone seriously injured. A man stand
ing on West Washington street WAS blown
900 feet, but escaped with only: bruises.
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White Earth reservation. Farm houses,
barns and granaries were picked up and
crushed into fragments, which were
hurled in every direction over the prairie.
The greatest damage was done in the
township of Ulen, but fortunately the vii
lage of Ulen escaped, the twister crossing
the railroad tracks about a mile and a
half north. - T. -. 49, -
: Thirty houses and as many barns were
destroyed, everything that sthe funnel:
shaped cloud struck being wiped out
completely. Many people took refuge in
cellars, which accounts for the compare
lively small death list. :,-E'. > go"
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i. G. Engineer Fatally Hurt.

Mason City. Iowa, June IA tornado
struck an Iowa Central special between Kama
wha aud Corwith last night at 10 o'clock and
blew three coaches from the track, lifting
one clear Q: the right OF way. The coaches
were empty going to Algoma for the Wood
men were in the engine: and baggage car
during the storm and escaped unhurt. A
heavy storm at Winfield did considerable
Sured BY a beam falling on the cab OF his
engine and crushing 1t in.
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newspaper men; A. P. LOOMS, an at

newspaper men; A. P. LOOMS, an at
torney, and others.
To controvert these witnesses the de-
Tense called Mayor Ames, Chief of Police
Fred w. Ames, Irwin A. Gardner himself;
Detectives Norbeck, DeLaittre, Nelson,
Bracket, Harvey and Bahan, and Patrol
men Long, Zalusky and Rhodes.
The work Of taking testimony was con-
cluded Monday. Yesterday was devoted to
the arguments of COUNSEL and the case
was finally submitted late yesterday after
noon, verdict being returned not quite
four hours later.
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s-Sfe-r~--~---~-.5-r----- =.
! BURLINGTON VISITED (.
A. steamer Sunk and Much Other
Property Damage - a.

Property Damaged ~
Burlington, Iowa, June. 11s-Burlngton
has. been practically cut off from tele-
graphic: communication with the outside
world since 8 o'clock. last night, the
wires being down in ali directions Last
nights storm was the worst in years.
Two hundred thousand feet OF lumber
belonging to the Gilbert & Hedges Lum-
Der company, broke from It's moorings
above the city, part floating down the
river and the restzpNing up on shore.
Much other damage, to property re7
suited. Lightning struck in several
places. The steamer Comet broke in half
and sunk, but no slivesawere lost. Rob
RAJ, a pleasure craft, was badly dam
aged and washed ashore. Barges and
boat houses. were. allied. with water Of
blown high and dry on the bank.
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GARDNER; SIR, WROUGHT UP
Juror Hanson Reports a Conversa-
ton to the Court.

ton to the Court.
Gardeners father is naturally wrought up
over his sons conviction and this morning
he accosted Juror Elwood Hanson on the
street.
There goes the man that locked up my
son last night" said Gardner, Sr. "You
took the word of scoundrels against that
of respectable people,
II am father myself" said Hanson,
land sympathized with: you, but there were
other things to consider in reaching a YER
Dict
Gardner continued the conversation. In
such way that Hanson mentioned it to
Judge Harrison later in the day. It is
believed that Gardner simply let his feel
ings run away with his judgment for. the
moment. Hanson was not apprehensive.
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"CANAL VOL CANOES"

They Throw Up Dark Ugly Looking
Columns of vapor.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
Managua. Nicaragua. May 49, Dark.
high. ugly looking columns OF vapor. and
gas have within the last few DAYS been
arising from the cratered cones known as
Momotombo and Santa Maria on the large
mountainous range OF volcanic ejecta
west OF Lake Managua. causing an uneasy
feeling among many OF the people In the
adjacent towns.
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ECKELs A. MASTER OF ARTS.

Princeton, N. j., June 11.-At the exercises
of the one hundred and fifty-hfth commence
rnent OF Princeton university to-day largt
number OF honorary degrees were conferred,
among them the following:
Doctor of laws. Judge James H. Reed,
Pittsburg, Pa; doctor of divinity, the Rev.
Richard Davenport Harlan, president Lake
Forest university, Illinois; master OF arts,
James HERON Eckels, former controller Of
the currency.
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JURORS ON GUARD
They Were Much Pestered BY Over
-. -. :Of1lciOus Medd1ers. ':.-.7a

s:r::.s.->: :omc1ous Medd1ers. ,:::-7e
"A member Of the Gar dner jury. says
that the matters mentioned in The napers
as being referred to the court In regard
to tampering with the jury and: inti:ni-
dating its members in various ways are
ell true. Persons unkr own to them forced
themselves into line frequently as the
jury was being taken from place to place,
and it was necessary for members 1.-THE
twelve to drop back occasionally to rid
themselves of unwelcome intruders. The
trouble Increased to such an extent that
one was told that his mouth would be
slapped If he did not get out. = :. :.
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Mr.. QUAY'S SCHOOL.
..
Meeting Of the Pennsylvania Re-
:: = publican Convention. g..
=, $3.50 - -. = -
PENNYPACKER FOR GOVERNOR
Quay Is Unanimously Made State
. Chatrman-A Great
Crush.

Harrisburg, June 11:-Mr. .Pennypacker
was nominated for governor on the first
ballot. The vote was. Pennypacker 206,
Elkin 1852. "