The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-20
LIGHTNING DALLIES
WITH MEN IN
WISCONSIN
Breaks Up a G. A. R. Card
Party and Performs
Strange Freaks - Floods
and All Varieties of Storms
in Sections Of the North
west.

BARABOO, Wis, March 19.-At
Delton tonight, while John Murray,
William Truman, Moses Crane, G. E.
Adams and Matthew Ritter, old SOL
diers, were playing a game Of cards in
the G. A r. hall, the structure was
struck by lightning and badly wreck
ed. The oil cloth on the cau6 table was
torn to shreds and the men knocked to
the floor. Some of their clothes were
torn from them and Adams had the
shoe wrenched from his foot. Matthew
Ritter was thrown several feet and
sustained a cash on the head and is
said to be In a critical condition. The
rest of the veterans, although badly
stunned, will recover.
Gustav Klebesat, president of the
Shawano County Agricultural society,
was killed by lightning at Shawano
while feeding stock in the bartl.
Fatality Near Appleton.
APPLETON,Wis., March 19.-Light-
ming today resulted in fatal injury to
one man and the loss of much property
throughout Outagamie county. Francis
Hohe, of Green River, was in his barn
when the building was struck and re-
ion narrowly escaped death in the
flames. About twenty buildings We're
struck and the damage will anA,unt to
about $4,000.
Lightning Burns Railway Station.
Special to The Globe.
WINONA, Mimi, March 19.-Light-
ming early this morning struck the sta
ton Of the Chicago Great Western
road at Utica, this county, and the
structure was burned to the ground
The loss is estimated at $4,000 and is
partly covered by insurance. Th1
heavy rains last night washed the
ditch at Minnesota City recently con-
structed as a new outlet for the Roll
ingstone creek.
Blizzard in the Dakotas.
Special to The Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., March 10
The entire northern portion of the
state has experienced a blizzard today,
and the storm Is still in progress.
Snow has fallen all day and the wind
has been very high. Report from the
West indicates a storm of greater Sc
verify, with lower temperature.
DEADWOOD, S. D., March 49,
Snow has been falling all day and the
6OlSIICS are Illl6u. "A SlGOHR WING mas
been blowing the snow into immense
drifts and railway blockades are an
ticipated. At Belle Fourche, the center
of the cattle district, 1t is thought loss
es will be small, as stock is in good
condition.
Frigid in Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 19.-The
blizzard has passed, but the tempera-
ture has dropped below zero and live
stock will suffer severely. Ralph
Friend, a. prominent stockman, who ar
rived here today, estimates that
throughout Southern and Central Wy
oming stockmen who fed lost from to
= per cent, and those who did not feed
lost from Is to 80 per cent of their
herds. State Veterinarian Seabury has
returned from Pine Bluffs and confirms
reports of heavy loss to live stock In
that section. Cattle and sheep were
terribly weakened by preceding storms
and persisted in large numbers.
Wisconsin Streams High.
MERRILL, Wis, March 10. - The
Wisconsin river is rapidly rising and a
flood is imminent. Train No. 2, on the
Milwaukee road, was unable to go
south tonight and had to return to
Tomahawk. Train No. 8, going north,
is unable to get any further than Wau-
sau.
LA CROSSE, Wis, March 19.-Con-
tinuous rains Of the past week have
swelled the tributaries of the Missis-
sippi badly, causing it to rise nearly
three feet within the past forty-eight
hours, gaining a foot since yesterday,
and the water is still coming up. Old
r1vermen anticipate a further rise of at
least two feet, and farmers on the low
lands are making preparations to va
cate their homes. The river is now
free of ice as far north as the foot of
Lake Pepin.