Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-19

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May lathe latest
reliable returns from the special election for Con.
gresham in this Cthird) district give Snyder tdem.
ocrap at least fifteen hundred majority.
JOHN L KESNA
The Fearful Cyclone at Racine
| TwENTY PEOPLE KILLED AND ONE HUNDRED M,
| JURED.
RACINE WIS, May la--The first cyclone In tbe
history OF TINS city, struck Racine att O'Clock last
| night, passing through the extreme northwestern
portion OF the city, demolishing $50 houses and
barns and killing about % persons, beside injurng
100 others more or less seriously. The day was
| ushered in bright and COOL with a fresh wini
| blowing from the southeast Towards noon the
sky became overcast and about 4 O'Clock n shary
electric storm prevailed, although but little rain
fell The sun again came out for about an hour
during the afternoon. the temperature being
ABOUT IO deg Towards six O'Clock heavy masses
OF clouds again gathered In the west, portcn ting
storm, and the air was oppressively warm The
clouds, and II struck the earth with noise which
| might be compared with the noise and roar ana
rumnling OF thousand railroad trains thunder.
| DEsoIATIoN IN ITS PATH
The path OF the storm is little over half mile
| long, and perhaps quarter OF a mile wide. In
this territory building Is left standing here and
| there. Brick and frame houses alike collapsed
and their sites are marked only by heaps OF
debris. Many OCCUPANTS OF houses escaped hy
feeing TO cellars and other places OF comparative
safety, but the cyclone came with such lightning
| the cellars In only a few cases were houses
moved from their foundations. Those I'm the mid
\
| they had stood. Some nearer the circumference
We're turned around and IL is reported that some
light artcles,such as wagons were swept into the
lake. The cyclone as it moved from the city cut
upon the waters OF Lake Michigan presented
| GRAND SPECTACLE.
| The whirling columns or air seemed as they
| flew over the watery expanse, bearing with them
spiral columns OF water II no ship that encoun-
tered this monster OF the air could by any possI-
| bility escape destruction. All the physicians OF
the city responded nobly to the cali Tor assistance
and did what they could TO alleviate the suffer-
4 "a yNara of axyaA
TO St Luke's and ST. Mary's hospitals. The dead
were taken some to the houses OF friends and 9th
| ers to the court house. An Inquest VIII be held
/ to-day by Coroner Thomas.
THE LIST CASUALTIES,
50 far as they could be learned last night. is as
killed-Paul Kuhl. Albert Kuhl, a daughter OF
Barney Willing and an infant son OF August
Fatally injured-Mr Kurtz, Herman Kuhl, Mrs
McCarty. August kistner and wife. Simon Geise
and son and daughter, Fred. F Tx.
| injured, but not tdtally-Matt. Leavy, two chill.
drcn OF Mrs Barry, Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs. Flan-
nigan and three chi! ren, the four last named be-
| Ing dangerously hurt.
| DAMAGE IL JEFFERSON COUNTY
| WATERTowsN, WIS, May 19-The only damage
| done I'm Jefferson county by the eye ne was TO
orchards and window glass though IL Is rumored
that some buildings Mere blown down. The 10 9
viii aggregate several thousand dollars A por-
tlon OF the roof OF the Collegs the Sacred Heart
| at tn,S place. was blown OF. and the south WIN
dows We're broken by Lu se haiislones The st N
came from the south.
Terrible CycIene. in Illinoss
| HOUSES wHIRLED THROUGH THE ARA NUMBER oP
| PERSONS KILLED AND TWENTY WOUNDED
| CHICAGO, May ia train over the Galena div.
| sion OF the northwestern railroad, which arrived
last night, brought the following ineagre particu-
lars OF cyclone near Harvard, H.: ''Shortly be-
fore O'Clock last evening, dark cloud was seen
| hanging over Chemunga, q small village near
| Harvard. roaring sound was heard and su 4.
denly funnel shaped cyclone formed and swooped
| down on the place with fearful rapidity. Houses
were torn TO pieces like so many card boards and
| whfrled through the air. Large buildings were
ets m but an m s There are no dnte
persons were killed. and at least twenty wounded.
Passing to the east the storm struck Belvdere,
changed 70 the northeast, and widened TO mile
Lawrence. small station, six miles north OF
Harvard, was badly damaged, and the surrouno.
| ing country was desolated
| GREAT LOSS OF IIFE AT AND NEAR CLINTON.
| CLINTON ILL.,. May ia terrible cyclone passed
over this vicinity last night, doing large amount
OF damage and Killing several people. The Wind
creek, In this county, on the line or which many
houses were totally destroyed. About six miles
south or Clinton the wind tore down a house.
/ killing Peter Clifton his wife and eight year old
| daughter, and fatally injured another child The
members or family named Bennson were ser.
less injured whose names could not be obtained.
| The damage Is vers great
| SEVERAL LIVES LOST NEAR sTAuNroN.
sIAUNToN, ILL.,, May la-At one O'Clock Lass
night tornado passed about three miles east OF
| here. totally demolishing Livingstons fine frame
| residence ana dangerously in1uring Mr.. Livlngs.
ton. Other buildings ia the vicinity were de-
stroyed and orchards injured A construction
| crew OF about 25 men on the Springfield and ILL.,
nois southwestern Railway were camping neas
Mrs Olives house, some OF them sleeping in a
| large barn. All were seriously injured. Mr..
Cantwe!l, the contractor, and Ava Berns were I'm.
stantly killed. little girl aged eight years cam
not recover Telagrams for aid have been sens
| out