Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-25


 CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-A terrific cyclone 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon leaving the greater part of it ID ruins and killing from twenty Co twenty-five people, and InIuring ssl many more. Fire broke ous h all parts of the city and the flames spread rapidly, burning many who were imprisoned in the ruins Three-fourtns of the business portion of the clty is ID ruins, Five hundred buildings inolud- ing the county court house and Presby- ssrian church were destroyed, and many others injured The loss will reach half s million dollersL A large number of physicians went from neighboring cities and all that was possible vss done for the wounded The weather grew colder after the cyclone and many honels. peo- pie sufferd greatly.
 CKSrRALIA, IL, Feb. 20-The frsmen sent to Mount Vernon returned hhis morning and report thirty-sIx dead up to o'clock this morning.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2Q-An ere witness who saw the cyclone st Mount Vernon, Ills, from a Louisville and HEshvills train describes it thus: beheld fear tul cloud coming from the northwest it was in the shape of Q large inverted cone and could be plainly seen rsvolv- ing around an imaginsry sIis and 60 sometimes bouncing up sad down through the air vlfh wonderful and frightful speed. 10 grew dsnssr and th blsckness assumed 6erceness that vas appalling. The vind in our immediate vicinity was blowing with 6 most in- credible velocity. Men and women ID the streets were blown to ths ground at the moment 8 whirling cloud arrived st the town and could be seen dipping down here and there snd tear ing oil house roofs and then rising high er in sir sgsin like s svsying balloon. 10 would float along with lightning rspidi y but soon svoop down again upon the defenseless little town in another spot, raising houses and trees, licking the aide of buildings and tearing great holes m them, and leaving devastation along every part of its course. As the cloud would dip down and raise again 1t would carry trees upward in air and throw them to the ground with 8 mighty force, hun dreds of yards. Parts of house roofs, trees, boards, bricks. wIih all kinds of debris. were fly ing through the air, ss 6 fearful rate and left piled incongruous heaps along the track of the cloud. The passengers on our train were frightened and vsritsble panic ensued. Women screamed from fright as the cloud dipped down 0n the north side of our train and demolished e house, but just before it arrived at our position it arose and passed over us with magical swiftness, and dropped down on the earth south of the tram where ii destroyed another building, snd passed on to its work of destruction, The pas sage of the cyclone occupied about two minutes, and fully half the town vas totally wrecked. and to sdd to the horror of the wlnd. many fires broke out among the ruins. From the train ve could sec smoke and hsmes rising from 6 dozen different houses. A strange thing vss. that three minutes after the cyclone the sun was shining brightly and serenely on the scene of desolation.
 MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 20-The cyclone that visited the city yesterday afternoon destroyed nearly 300 residences and places of business, and unhoused from l200 to l5O0 persons. In the fall of the walls many people were buried under the debris, and 35 killed while twice as many were injured. Eight or ten 60 that their lives are despaired of.
 QUAY, Colo, February 20.-A prema- ture explosion in a mine at Mount Snef el this morning killed Buck Johnson, and seriously wounded Arthur Holland. Johnson's body was blown siI.y feet through the tunnel
 WAsHISGros, February 20-The senate has received copy of the treaty drawn up by the fishery conference. IL will be read in secret session this afternoon
 SAN FANCIsCo, Gal, February 20-Spe- cisl dispatches from Washington state that the California delegation, working 10 have the Democratic National Con vsntion held in this oiry, claim that San Francisco will receive nineteen votes on the first ballot of the committee Wed nssdsy and has been promised twelve re- cruifs on the second. Twenty-four votes are necessary for choice.
 LONDON, February 20-An unusually large amount of snow has fallen in the north and railroad traffic IS seriously de- layed. Number snoved up and much has been experienced by passengers. Farms and thousands of sheep are buried in the snow. A few persons have died from exposure.
 BAN FRANCISCO, February 2O-Gso. Smith, better known as Count Smith, for many years head clerk of ihe Palace Hotel, died this morning,
 John A. Benson has not succeeded in procuring the s60,OO0 bail ss required by Judge sawyer, and is still confined in the Alameda county lsil.
 LONDON. February 20-Advices have been received that thirty -six trains con veying troops have left Odessa and have proceeded in the direotion of kischi crieff
 WASHINGTON. February 2O-GsnerAl Sheridan stated to sn Associated Press last evening. that all talk about his being presidential candidate might as we'll end, as he did not believe there was the slightest probability of his being nominated, and he would not so- cept the nomination under any oIrcum- stances.