Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-22

The Senate yesterday afternoon concurred In
the House amendments TO the Chinese treaty bill
and the measure now goes to the President.
The Senate yesterday afternoon passed eighty.
Dine private pension bills.
senator hddleDerger has returned from Viz
gfnia, and was In his seat to-day.
THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO.
Damage i'm Washington and Vicinity.
THE CAPITAL CITY ON THE EDGE OF TIE GREAT
CUBAN HURRIcANE-A TORNADO WITH ITS CENTER
FEW MILES NORTH OF THE DISTRICT DOES GREAT
DAMAGE IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WRECKED AND
PERSONS INJURED-A CHURCH DESTROYED.
The Cuban hurricane paid its respects to WASH
ington yesterday by sending over from its path to
the west Of US generous quantity OF clouds, wind,
and rain. All day yesterday the sky looked angry,
with a deep, heavy background OF sullen cloud
banks, leaden and unbroken, while closer to the
earth scurried lighter masses OF moisture, SEEM
ingly whipped from the banks by the strong gusts
that blew almost constantly from the southwest.
Occasionally deeper cloud would come rushing
up from the horizon and then, whirri down came
the rain In great drops. filling the cutters
and sewers. Amateur weather prophets, ignorant
or the cause or the storm, would promise clearing
up after each hurry as perhaps The sun came out
then the yawniDg clouds would close over the
welcome brightness and the sky would resume its
quiz monotony Of color, relieved only by Cloud
hueS
MANY CURIOUS PHENOMENA
were observed in the movements OF the clouds.
The air was filled with currents and counter cur
rents and cross currents and at times the general
mass OF cloud banks were moving steadily, grandly
eastward, When light, hlppant piece or moisture
would rebel and go sailing away Ia the opposite
direction. Near The Washington Monument these
oddities or movement We're particularly notice.
able; there seemed TO be a constant whirl In the
air, Win draugAtS rising and falling around the
great shaft, tearing the clouds into shreds and
"A WAY ErOr ha
Capitol dome the sight was q magnificent one,
aud very often the low-hying rain clouds would
envelop or pass below the spectator, hiding the
Capitol grounds and the city behind the gray mist.
1he storm contlIued all day, relieved by occa-
sional spells OF sunshine and the wind blew fierce
ly all night until early this morning. Before the
end came, however, considerable damage W S done
by the wind and rain throughout this city and
vicinity. The driving torrents washed out banks
and choked sewers, but the heaviest damage was
oone by the wind. AT about O'Clock In the after
noon the worst of the storm was felt, developing
into hurricane OF respectable SIZE with its
center about IL or Is miles TO the north Of the
city.
THE WORST OF THE TORNADO
was about five minutes In duration, during which
the wind blew at about 60 miles an hour. At Glen
dale, on the Baltimore and Potomac road the St
Georges Episcopal chapel, a frame structure
worLn about $1,000, was entirely destroyed AT
the store OF Mr. A. Jones, the back porch was torn
Irom the building. An orchard or about sixty
trees and thousand feet OF fencing on the farm
OF T. NJ. Hack were uprooted and toppled over. A
into the air and set down all right couple OF rods
away.
HOUSES WRECKED AND CHILDREN HURT.
AT Bowie the cyclone demolished the dwelling
OF Miles Fairfax injuring twoof five children who
were in IL at the time. One is thought 10 be
fatally hurt and the other had leg broken. One
Or The children was blown 80 feet from the house.
The home OF s. j. CHARTERS was also wrecked. The
schooi-house seemed 10 be in the center OF the
Storm and was moved 10 feet from Its foundation
The woodohed was thrown bodily against the VI.
+. church, crushing the wealher-oJards. The
church was moved from les foundations. AT Spring.
iieid the house OF Tnos. Middleton was destroyed,
his eldest daughter being seriously injured by fall
Ing tiInuerS grove OF oak trees each about Is
Inches In diameter, was levelled. The top OF a
freight car Was torn completely of. IL seems as
thougn the storm had begun near SeabrooS and
followed the Railroad track TO Glendale, where IL
turned and spent ITSELF The barns or Mr.. Clark
and Mr. CHARTERS We're demolished; both were
quite Large structures. While the general course
Oh the cyclone was northeastward, the eccentrici-
ties or the cyclone are seen in the fact that the
church at Glendale was thrown westward, the
schoo!-house moved southwest, and Mr. Clark's
Darn blown 10 the north.
Considerable property In Anne Arundel County
has been heard or as being destroyed by the
storm. In the neignborhood or Millersville the
house and barn OF q. I. Earle, jr, were destroyed
and his crops badly damaged. Hundreds OF trees
were uprUoted
HE RECOGNIZED 1T AS CYCLONE.
Mr.. Ingersol OF the Post-Of1lce Department who
has had some experience in cyclones In the West,
sound OF the approaching storm-like the escaping
steam OF myriads OF englnes-and looking out saw
IL coming. The first Thing which attracted his
attention was large branch OF a tree high I'd IN
the air being twirled rapidly along The general
course OF the storm from Glendale was In a north.
easerly direction, and 1t left It's mark IN demol-
tshed barns and fences and uprooIed and broken
trees Some trees ten or twelve inches In diameter
were snapped like pipe-stems. AT Glendale, be-
sides the damage above mentioned, 1000 feet or
more or the fencing OF Mr. L NJ. Hack, OF the
Critic, was demolished, and twelve OF his beeh1ves
We're lifted bodily and carried some twenty feet
An OffshOOt of the Cuban Hurricane.
WHAT THEY SAY AT THE SIGNAL OFFICE ABOUT THE
STORM IN THIS VICINITY.
The prediction officer at the signal ONCE agrees
with everybody else that the recent storm was a
severe one. 1T was caused" he said '.by the
hurricane that was discovered near the Cuban
Islands a few days ago. AS long as the storm
was on the ocean or the gull 1t was very
regular its circular shape being almost per.
feet, but as soon as 1t struck the Land, lust
east or New Orleans II became Irregular
in shape, elon In the line VI It's
headed for Lake Erie in the morning, so that I'M.
stead OF reaching Central Ohio and Western New
York, as was expected, IL went right through New
York City and New England and Is now near
Nova Scotia. In twentyfOur hours the
storm center moved from Louisville, KY.
to The coast OF Maine. The rainfall was very
center, while the winds were highest on the SOUTH
east edge The storm, you know, is caused by
lie
rections toward low spot-that is, o spot OF low
barometric pressure. In the West Indies such
q disturbance Is called hurricane or
q cyclone All storms have this circlfng Whirl.
ing characteristic, but their intensity deoends
upon the winds feeding them. The on-shooJ thar
shook up Washington and the country between
here and Baltimore was caused by q disturbance
in the direction or the winds. Such whirlS are
properly called tornadoes, ana are the result OF
wind, usually from the south, taking an errattc d.
rectiOn and meeting some other current. We have
received no or1cal reports OF the local trouble
The maximum velocity OF the wind here occurred
at go this morning. and reached 30 miles an
hour"
TIE HRAvIKsr RANFAIIs
occurred In the Southern states east of the Mtsss
sippi River and west OF Alabama, and In New York
Connecticut. anA Massachusetts, During the
progress OF the storm there fell at vicksburg
2.16 inches; at Memphis, asa inches; Cairo. l3o;
Nashville 2A; Cincinnati, 2.70; Louis
vile, 2Sa; Psrkersburg. 2.e6; washington,
Haven, a68; Boston, 34O. and Portland, L22
AZ ParkersourY, w. Va. the river has risen 14.2
Ieet, and at Cincinnati. 10 feet. u is probable
tnat there VIII be other rises reported OF consider
able degree, as the mountains received dread
ful deluge. This will tend TO bring the rivers
pretty high mark, but II is not likely that serious
results Will follow, Al the great river u now quite
low.
WIND vRLoCrTTKA
The wind was one OF the worst features OF the
storm, raging In some cities with An intensity sell
dom known. AZ various places observations were
taken OF the strongest gusts nve minutes In dura-
ton and on this basis the maximum velocities
were computed. Here are some OF those reported: