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Show GREAT LOSS FROM TIDAL WAVE. American. Consulate and Some Documents Docu-ments Destroyed by Cyclone. WASHINGTON, March 5. Tho Stale department depart-ment today received tho following mossaco tivm W. F. Doty. American Consul at Tahiti, dated February 17. and sent by way of Saa Francisco - "Cyclono destroyed the consulato February S Records sa.vcd. but damaged. Library, stationery and consular forms laiL Governor solicits .subscriptions. Kstlinatol loss In French Oceanlca. f2,aO,rx)." Tho Stat-i department may ilnd some difficulty diffi-culty in re-establishing tho consulalo at Tahiti, Ta-hiti, which Is the most Important port In that quarter of the world, owIiik to tho falluro of Congress to allow lite appropriation of SJ0.CO0 wUKht to be Included In tho urgent deficiency appropriation bill, to prolde against such emergencies as this. |