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Show KANSAS HAS ANOTHER. Tornado Does Considerable Damage at Various Points. TOPEKA, Kan. May 1.1 A torn ad 0 this afternoon at Alts Vista unroofed a number of houses and did considerable ether damage Tho storm crossed tho Rock Island track only a few hundred feet ahead of the Golden State limited, which wae going at full speed A number num-ber of telegraph poles were blown down. VALLEY FALLS. Kan.. May 13. A tornado hers at 6:00 t hi afternoon did much damage to propertx. Nobody was seriously hurt The German F angelical Church, five dwelling houses and many farm buildings were destroyed. MAYETtA, Kan . May 13. A school-house school-house was demolished and ten farmhouses farm-houses more or less damaged by a tornado tor-nado that visited this place thin afternoon after-noon The telephone lines were, broken by tho wind and no particulars can be obtained of damage north of here. The tornado lifted a mile north of this city and went northeast, tearing off the tops of trees. JUNCTION CITY, Kan. May 13 An li.ch of rain fell hero today, causing more Of less damage In tho noutheastcrn part "f the county a small tornado wrecked pe vera 1 small buildings and damaged fruit As far as known no one was Injured BALJNA Kan . May 13. A small tor-undo tor-undo struck this afternoon at Llndsborg, wrecking two residences and numerous barns and outbuildings, The two daughters daugh-ters of J. O. Orndorff were hurt In the destruction of their home, but will re-I re-I over. These young women were at Mar-aiiette, Mar-aiiette, thirteen miles distant, on Monday Mon-day night, when a tornado destroyr-1 p.nrt Of that town, killing thirty persons and they had a narrow escape M PHERSON, Kas , May 13 A small tornado struck the residence part of Mc-Pherson Mc-Pherson this afternoon, demolishing ee --ral small buildings at the same tlmo another an-other tornado was seen northwest of the lt. It damaged farm houses. On account ac-count of tne rural telephone lines being put out of business tho full extent of tho damage could not be learned. ATCHISON, Kas . May 13. A tornado passed three miles southwest of Atchl6on rw tween 5 and 6 o'clock thl9 evening. It Is Impossible to ascertain the extent of the damage, but It Is known that the home of John Ham, a farmer, v. as torn to pieces. His wife, who was the only one In the house, has a fractured skull and other Injuries |