Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-05-07

MERIDIAN, MISS, April 81 A
heavy storm passed over Macon last
night blowingsway twenty-five houses,
including the NJ. d O. railroad machine
4hap r6und house, depot, telegraph
1kce and master mechanics office. |
Sixteh cars were blown from the |
track and seventeen persons killed and
twenty-five wounded. The loss Of
property is estimated at not less than
300, 900.
,IAdbs, Ca, April 27.-To-day cit
hsdsS Gosed their places of business
and devoted the day to caring for the
dead and wounded. Seventeen were
killed outright and forty more or less
wounded, some, perhaps, fatally. After !
the storm some Of the ruins caught |
FIRE, iet itrwas checked before spread |
ing d any extent. AT about 10
o'cleck perfect waterspout visited the |
scsns 70 make it more horrible. Men
and women were found today decapi- |
tated, limos torn from. bodies, and
otherwise mutilated, a quorter of a
mile from their homes, and stock all
killed. Mr. and Mrs. J. Horton,
Matte Jones ansi James Horton, a
whole family, Mrs. james Epps, Chas-
Epps, james Epps,s Mss Dephrena
Ramsey, Cicero Moss and three others
wsrelsoebadly mutilated that recogni-
ton is impossible. Also the following
colorcd were killed: Louis Barker
Williams' child, Ottawa Williams,
Clief, and one unknown man.
Sr. LOUIS, April ~. Specials from
Carlinville, Taylorville, Greenfield,
Springfield and other places in central
Illinois, say a terrific tornado passed
through Green, Christian, Sangamon
and other counties last night, and de-
stroyed an immense amount of prop
city, killed q dozen or more people
and Injured q largo number.
QUINCY. Aplil24.--A cyclone struck
the North line Of Adams county last
evening, doing great damage. Invent
from west to east. Twenty houses and
barns are known to be demolished, and
several persons killed and wounded.
Names unknown.
CHICAGO, April rs. Further reports
Of last nights storm are received and
show that it extended over the whole
northwest with frequent tornadoes and
like exhibitions. In Iowa on Friday
night a cyclone destroyed everything
IN it, path, which was half a mile
wide. Seven houses were levelcd to
the ground, . number Of outbuildings
destroyed and several persons serious
II Injured, Last night rain and light.
ming caused in the aggregate much
damage in Chicago, but only in small
amounts. Some half dozen persons
~ere injured by lightning striking the
houses. Rochester, near Springfield,
~. and Carlinville also, had severe
and heavy wind storm. @
- - ,ME4PHIs, April ga destructive
tornado. swept over the country in the
vicinity of Marion, Miss, last night
Telegraph communication is interrupt
cd and reports are meager. Severa
lives we're Lost.
Upon thu subject Of the above
storms the Oregonian makes the fol
lowing suggestions.
Our tslegraphic dispatches have re
Gently Been giving numerous reports
Of rsmarkahlc tornadoes in many part.
ofsths country, attended with grea1
destruction Of property and much los
u life These storms have been dis
tributed over wide range Of country
including nearly every county in Mis-
xeuri, = large portion Of Kansas, tn,
southern and western parts Of Arkan
-, southern and central Illinois, ans
portions of Minncsotx and Wisconsin
And nov another like tempest is re
ported 1T Macon, Georgia. By com
parison the storm we had in Oregon
last January seems Insignificant 1
tho frequency Of these storms due II
the Aperihelia" Of the planets on whicl
soOmany prophecies have lately beef
based, or Is something else out Of gea
II the solar system! It is beyond ques
ton that there has been an increasin,
frequency Of these atmospheric dis
turbAno1s lately, though whether o.
the whole they arc more frequent no,
during q given period than during an
similar period before s~ientifc obser,
aticns were so generally made, may b
doubted. Daily journalism now give
full account, and simultaneously il
I'll parts Of the country, of these TOT
nadoes and their consequences; an
hence they make more impression tina
formerly on the general mind.
Tho De Yssng Sensation IN New Yorl
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NEw York, April 26. The Tribun
says. San Francisco dispatches shoy
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