Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-14
les have been found, is twenty-five, with
eleven still missing
THE STORM WIDESPREAD.

ihE SlORM WIDESPREAD.
CINCINNATI, May 13th-The storm O
last night which did such fearful work a
! Xenia, Ohio, was far-reaching. 1t is Iaarf
| of in Illinois, through Indiana and Ohio
ana at winchester Va. Here there la.
been an unusual electrical disturbance fo-
the past three nights. On Monday n;ob+
there was almost uninterrupted lightning
from II P. II. until g A. NJ. Tuesday nighi
a similar condition existed. accomponieC
by heavy rains and hail, the latter of very
narrow range Last night there was an.
other electrical storm, with wind and heavy
ram and hall. The Nenia storm. however
was much more fearful. The counties o
Montgomery. Clarke, Butler, Warren anf
Greene lie adjacent in Ohio. and form an
elevated plateau, with but shallow valley,
and low hills. In these counties are the
towns OF Dayton, Springfield, Hamilton
Lebanon and Xenia. In the eastern coun.
ties of Indiana, adjoining this district i,
Connersyille. At all these places the rain
of last night was of the heaviest volume
! ever known. At Dayton it measured a
inches IN about three hours. Xenia was
situated so as TO meet the worst results
Shawnee Run traverses a portion of tho
city adjacent to the Little Miami Railroad
which lies lower than the main
portion of the city. The railroad
embankment rises above the general
level, and the stream flows tbrough
it in large culvert. Last night the rain.
fall was entirely too much for the capacity
of that culvert. The water rose and ri
last swept away the embankment. and
with accumulated force rushed upon the
small cottages located on the low banks
and without warning bore them from their
foundations. AT Springfield the food was
l.af griNr al vol I,,. ~
was better. East High street bridge was
undermined, and is mass of ruins. In
the eastern and southwestern portions Of
the city many families were driven from
| their homes by the encroGching hoed. and
dozens of bridges over streams were washed
away. The loss cannot be estimated. bnt
Will be exceedingly heavy At Lebanon.
/ the Methodist Episcopal Church, Lebanon
House, grist mill warehouses and several
residences were unrOofed, and shade trees
nearly ruined. Nearly every railroad
across the State was crippled, and some
VIII require several days for repairs.
BARNES BURNED AND BRIDGES CARRtEr
AWAY.
HAMILTON (O.) May 13th.-The wind and
thunderstorm which passed over Butler
county Wednesday night has cut off Hamil
ton from all telegraph, telephone, railroad
and mail communication with the outside
world except with Cincinnati Report,
from the surrounding country come il
| slowly, and are very meager. Four barns
were struck by lightning, and the buildings
and contents burned. Seven bridges in thi.
county were carried away. Two of the
bridges on the Cincinnati Richmond and
Chicago, and two on the Cincinnati, Hamil.
ton and Dayton were demolished. and nc
trains are running on either of the roads
named. SO far, no loss of life is reported
VIOLENCE OF THE WIND.
INDIANAPOLIS Qnd. J, May 13th.-A storm
passed over kempton, 80 miles east of La
tayette, on the Lake Erie and Western
Rallroad, about $50 o'clock last evening
unrooting houses, tearing down trees and
carrying everything before it. One man
was killed and number are reported seri-
ously wounded. There were several wash
outs below here on the Louisville. New AL.
bany and Chicago and the Wabash roads
and trains are from eight to twelve hours
late. A number of buildings were struck
by lightning, and considerable property
was destroyed.
KILLED AND INJURED.
INDIANAPOLIS Qnd) J, May 13th.-An At
tica special to the Journal gives the follow
ing list of dead and injured from yester-
days storm killed-Mrs Jet Davis. Fa-
tally injured-Mrs. Morehead Mrs. Abe
Nathan, William Fandeventer, James Idle
Seriously injured-Mrs. Kirby and son,
Reed Brady, Bob Paris, Mrs. Moore. Court.
ney Morehead, the last named son of Mrs
Morehead. The loss will exceed S20,0G
FIVE MILES OF TRACK WASHED OUT.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 13th.-The railways
leading east from indianapolis are seriously
! crippled. On the Panhandle it is said the
amount of track washed out between here
and Bradford will aggregate five miles
The damage on the Bee line is also very
heavy, and the eastern division of the In
dlanapolis, Bloomington and Western is so
crippled that the company viii not attempt
to move trains before Monday.
TIE SITUATION AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, May 13th.-The excite
ment caused by Tuesdays disaster has sub
sided. The search for bodies in the ruins
has been discontinued, as it is considered
certain that all have been recovered. A
large number of funerals We're held to- day.
One or two of the injured are still in q
critical condition.
TOWN WIPED OUT.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 13th.-The Journal.
Greenfield (lnd) special reports that news
has reached that point from Wilkinson,
fifteen miles distant, on the Indianap.
oils, Bloomington and Western Raj
way, that the storm veterday
blew down all the buildings in the
town except three. Samuel White was
killed and his wife was fatally injured A
boy named Shafier was also killed, and
about twenty persons seriously hurt. sew
eral of whom will die The wires are
down, and direct communication is cut off.
a SCORE or FARM-HoUsEs DESTROYED.
DANvILLE (Ill), May 13th.-A cyclone
passed over this county last night. Sde-
stroying a score of farm houses and de-
molishing the United Brothers Church
and school house. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Miller and the infant son of John A. Shaw
were killed Shaw himself was fatally
injured. The path of the cyclone was six
miles in length and 150 yards wide.
limited States Senate
WASHINGTON, May 13th.-The general
pension bill was placed before the Senate.
and Blair explained the provisions of the
bill.
Vest obtained the floor, and after an ex-
ecutive session, the Senate adjourned
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, May 13th.-The House in
Committee of the Whole resumed con-
sideration of the Chinese indemnity Joint
resolution.
At the close of the debate the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
Several amendments were offered and
pending further discussion, the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
Senate Combinations.
WAsHINGToS, May 13th.-The Senate to-
day made the following confirnaations :
]. II. Putnam, of Ohio. Consul General at
Honolulu. Receivers of Public Moneys-
l.. I. Boyd, at bayfield,, Wis; IL. S. How
ell, at Helena. Mont. Registers of Land
Office-Wm. G. L. Bears. at Wa Keeney.
Kan; s. w. Langhorne, at Helena, Mont:
Il. G. Shields, at Las Cruces, ~ NJ; j. B.
Webb, at La Crosse, Wis. Collectors of
Customs-A. Y. Seeberger. at Chicago. III.
Conrad SeiRo, at Milwaukee,. John Cad
wallader, at Philadelphia, Pa Robert Bar
nett, Collector of Internal Revenue of the
Fourth District of California. D.. Yost.
Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise at San
Francisco; J. L. Tucken; Assistant Ap-
praiser OF Merchandise at San Francisco.
Postmasters-R. 2. Mence, at Bozeman,
Mont ; K. B. Glover, az Olympia, w. II.
New Judicial Circuit.