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Show GENERAL. ibieavj Uaiu and iud Kloriu. j Chicago, 25. A wir.tl and rain Storm, wnich apparently started in the vicinity of Katund oily, is now raging in nor Ihwtjr-turn Missouri, over tlm emir K'.ate of Iowa, a Urge portion por-tion mt Illinois, and a section of Michigan. Telegraph wires are prostrated pros-trated in every direction. At Peoria the fiind lifted the tin roof of the chamher of commerce, and the rain is Hooding the interior of the building. Kovcre hail and lightning prevail. Along the line of the Northwestern railroad in Illinois the wind amounts almost to a tornado. The damage in Chirago will prob ably not exceed $20,(K)0. It cuiisista chiefly in broken glasses, unroofed1 houses, broken feuctH and signs and overturned vehicles. Five hundred trees in Douglass park were blown down. A carpenter named Fred KassnTwas thrown out of a second story by the wind. Btruck on his head and to-night is dying. Tho storm continues yet, but its (ury is considerably consid-erably abated. Francesvitie, Ind., 25. A terrific wind slorm at 1. BO this allernoon, destroyed Dunn's hay press and barn and did other light damage amounting amount-ing to $5,000. Toledo, O., 25. The storm was very severo in this vicinity, and some places report crops badly injured. The wind blew fifty miles per hour. |