Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-18
Late Eastern News.

IHE III: lTH-DEAL;N CYCLONE.
TGr"" fCi-on- Il iilrd and uary iu;ur..
at "mU>a- tity---t.,r:.i Damage 10 pr"
perry.
kiN>A- CIIY. May Is A destruc
i've cyclone swept acres, the south
EN- rt!t of this cry shortly after
O'clock tins evening, unrop;iug 81
dt III il, IN. hui dang, Ton Il ii, al.r,
OF t"o nil",,, the track OF IN" -'u.:.
rang n5 from ii la hloc,l - e.,
h",'As III with i nrmpe. ii per
s"l> "trr III lurcd y l4e tattltn.
aye r"r"rci, hu; the loss Of life /
prohlhly hot 80 gltai as might b,
expected, III View II tnetAteut Of ne
destruction Of properly. \o.h"'.-
definite can be given yet, hut ~,
loss of property is estimated IN Ia,
hun':rcd, Of thDuSai,GN
LATrIK REPORT.
/ lhe storm mad" It's appearance
about / clock TINS afternoon. com
lnG from the direction of Wvandotte,
III the shape Of three lar4c, dark
funnel shaped c'ouds, rapidly sue
ceedlng one another. / he two first
did little damage. The last cloud
passed across the city at the stock
yards, unroOiin9 the exchange build
ing and damaging and destroying a
number of other buildings. 1t then
struck the bluff on the western line
of the city, and moved south until it
reached Nam street, whence it
veered to the northcas; until i,
reached the eastern limits of the city,
at which point its fo,ce seems to
have been spent.
THREE PERSONS KILLED.
At 80 to night three deaths are
| reported. Many more were INBRED
but only few dan erou,ly. The
loss of property is now roughly esti-
mated at $500 GOO. None OF the
finest residences i'll the city suffered
yet many houses of well-to do cit
zens are RACED. an cottages aud
shanties innumerable were torn to
pieces. Miraculous deliveries and
escapes are beyond number. The
English Lutheran brick church was
completely wrecked. Only fifteen
minutes before the storm struck the
church large Sunday school had
been dismissed. The walls of the
church came together, and
| FELL IN LIKE AN EGGsIELL
One family were at supper i'll the
basement when their house was
blown completely off its foundation,
leaving the family unhurt at the
table. A gentleman sitting at al
open window near the track of the
storm was blown ACROSS The room,
through another window and down a
passageway, escaping with little i'll
lrry. Another gentleman, with Il
little child in his arms. was blown 300
feet, and came down uninjnred.
One woman was blown against Il tree
and had her neck broken.
A number of familis are rendered
homeless. The mayor has issued a
proclamation for meeting OF ci.iz-
ems tomorrow, for relief purposes.
TWO MISSOURI TOWNS DESTROYED.
ST. LOUIS. May 13.-From very
meager information received here 1t
is learned that cyclone passed ove1
the lead mining region III southwest
ern Missouri, between 6 and 81 clock
tonight, doing great damage to the
little towns of Orange and Webb
City, on the Kansas branch of the
st. Louis and San Francisco rail.
road. 1t is said both towns were
nearly destroy ed, and number OF
lives lost. The telegraph lines are
down and no particulars can be OBJ
tanned.
THE STORM AT LIBERTY.
KANSAS CITY, May 13.-Specials
report that the storm did great dam
age at Liberty, Missouri, damagin g
large buildings and b.ow.n5 down
smaller ones. A large portion OF
one wing OF the Marshall Jewell
college was torn away.
Damages to Il similar extent are
reported from Pattonsburg.
Mr.. Willard Jubiiant over Crop Prospects.
CHICAGO, May 14.-Henry Willard
was III the city two hours yesterday
OH his way from the west to New
York. He SAID the Northern Pacific
would certainly be completed by
September l, ana the first train
would run over the line at about that
tire. The whole line would be
optned for business soon after
Bot 225 miles of the road remained
10 he com pleted. The Whole line
was graded, and all the ties were
distribu ed, and everything ready
for rails. Willard was jubllant over
the condition of the crops. He sad
the surplus crop that will be raised
from eastern Oregon and Washington
Territory this year would amount 10
300 900 tons. In Dakota the acre
age would be double what it was last
year; the acreage devoted to hop
growing in the Puyallup valley,
Washington Territory. this season,
WAS double that OF last yeal; Mon
tana had IS 900 square miles of graz
ing lands; Idaho, 81 600; Washing
ton Territory, 10000. and eastern
Oregon 80, 900. He found that i'm
migration to Puget Sound was ex-
ceedingly large, fifty per cent. of
the immigrants gong there, and
most of the remainder 10 tho grain
districts east of The Cascade noun
tains.
Consul Tanners Charges against the
| Germans.
New YORK, May 1.-THE German
papers have found another grievance
III the report recently sent to the
State Department ct Washington by
our consulat LII sc, Geo. G. Tanner,
aud we are ,oid That Il fitting answer