The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-20
By Telegraph.
A CUBAN EXPEDITION
PREPARING AT NEW
YORK.
Chambers Singular ReSO,
luton in the Senate.
A Proposed Grab at
British America.
1 Tornado Abroad.
ITS VARIOUS FREAKS AND DAM
AGES.
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l Tornado Abroad.
ITS VARIOUS FREAKS AND DAM
AGES.
E'iIe at Cherry
Valley, Ills.
DR.. LIVINGSTON ALL RIGHT.
Decease Of Prominent Men.


most severe storms ever experienced here
ragged last evening, dong great damage in
city and country. The new catholic church
was prostrated by the storm Il was ~
ediice sixty by one hundred and sixty feet,
and when finished was to cost : 100000; loss
$50, 900. The Bloomington Manufacturing
CompanYs main building had its west gable
next to the chimney knocked ont bv light
ming. Ludingtou a Roods warehouse at
the Eastern depot was uureofed Daniel
Harwood's stable was unrooied, smashing
fine carriage and irj1ring horse.
Captain J. l.. Routt and DR.. Parke had
balconies blown away. A house on Prairie
street was moved from its foundation, aud
only saved from total ruin by IA large tree,
against which It brought up. Considerable
other damage was done. There is universal
sympathv felt for the catholic community in
the loss Of their cathedral.
ELGlN, H., April ia violent thunder
storm prevailed here, yesterday afternoon,
aud during last night. The house Of jerome
Wiltsie, in this city, WAS struck by lightning,
severely injurnR Il little boy, son Of Mr,
Wiltsie, aud also Ezra Rue, who was sitting
near the stove. The lightning came down
the pipe to the stove, and into the floor,
considerably damaging the inside Of the
house.
WAsHISGToE, april I9.-Senate.- the
Senate Mr.. Chandler offered resolution
that the President be directed to open nego.
tiations with England for the settlement OF
all the open questions on the basis Of the
surrender Of all the British North American
possessions TO the United States. Mr..
Chandler read a long extract from hisformer
speeches to show tlat he originated the pos.
ition now assumed by the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and insisted that If his
advice had been followed heretofore, the
AIabsmasnd all other claims would not now
remain unsettled, but that if the resolutions
he offered, looking to the withdrawal Of our
Minister, and no intercourse had been |
adopted, such claims would have been paid /.
in thirty days
LONDON, Apr! l9.-Accountq of the safe. I
ty of Livingston, the African traveller. have |
been received. 1t is reported he left ZanH
bar in January for England, going overland .
VIA Cairo.
New YORK, April I9.-The HeralIs /
Washington special declares that the Gov. |
ernment is making active preparations for |
war on the Cuba question; while the Trib |
une's special says the Government will pre-
serve a strict neutrality between the Cubans
and Spaniards.
CARLINyuLE, H., April l9.-The most
terrific storm ever known in this section
passed through the north part Of MacouPlu
county last night At Girard and Nird"n
the hail fell "us large as hens eggs On"
man assures US he measured one six inches /
in circumference, but We rnistrust he stretched /
either his measure or his story. In both /!
these towns th-re is scarcely whole pane /
Of glass on the northwest sides OF the build /,
ings. No ore here can rccoliect ever hav |
ing seen 80 heavy 6 fall of water in the |
same time. The storm was accompanied !
BY vivid and almost incessaut lightning, and |
the wind blew tornado The whole sur
face of the country ia covered with water,
which will still further delay our farmers,
already badly behind with their spring work,
DuBuQUE, Iowa, April l9.-During the |
heavy thunder storm which prevailed here (
yesterday afternoon, tornado passed over
the northern part OF the city, doing consid +,
cradle damage Mr.. kruscr, resident Of |
that part Of the town, was killed by the fsl |
AlIR Va MS uHtlIuE' IAid Hilt "hH b'AlVusiJ /
injured. Several houses were uuroOfed, |
among them the Iowa Brewery and the |
Fifth Ward School House.
The weather is warm and pleasant to-day. !
The river is rapidly rising. Boats are run. !
ming regularly.
CHBRRY VALLEY, H., April ly.-About
3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke
out in an unoccupIed buldlug on the busI
ness street in this village, and before 1t vas
discovered the flames had spread so that the
FIRE was beyond control. Almost the entire
business portion Of the village was Con5um'
ed, including Messrs Howe 4 Terry's brick
block, the post office, the dry goods store Of
b. b. Blaco's, Farley d Hovey's grocery,
Oscar Kings drug store aud Wm. Slater's
saloon, and an unoCcupied store, fitting az
grocery, by John Mckee, J. B. Lee Is grocery,
andan unoccupied building adJ dining, owned
by c, A. Dunwell.
The cause Of the FIRE is unknown. The
estimated losses are Howe 4 Terry, IF
teen thousand dollars, partially insured B.
B. Blsco, fifteen hundred dollars, insurance,
Eve hundred dollars Farley d Hovey, three
thousand insurance two thousand on stock,
Building not insured ; Oscar King, drug
store, loss OF building, $4,000,
insurance eight hundred; VIM. Slater, Sd
IsOn, oss, fifteen hundred no insurance.
John McKee's building, loss twelve hundred,
insurance eight hundred. J. B. Lees loss
twenty FIVE hundred, insurance two thousand,
in Lumberman's, Chicago, and Springfield,
Mass Building owned BY c. A. Dunwell.
Loss, twenty FIVE hundred dollars No in.
surAnce
New YoRE, April l9.-Tbe Hersld's New
Orleans special Gays:
"PreparHtionS are sct;vsly on foot in this