Show el SEVERE great damage is DOBS dena by a cyclone in eastern kansas TOWNS SWEPT OFF THE EARTH hail plays havoc in texas snow covers the hi highlands 0 blands and floods are ara every where PARIS tex april 12 A des truc ruc tive rain wind and hall storm truck struck here today the crook record co harris dry goods coin kompany om pany troy ragland siut cher herbon s on elliott lamar nd patterson hotel were badly damaged ila maged many residences and one church were wrecked no I 1 lives ives are arc known to be lost cloudburst IX IN NEBRASKA LINCOLN neb april 12 1 A tremendous cyclone struck nebraska and lo 10 loira wa this afternoon doing b great dit damage inage in some sections telephone and telegraph wires are arc down and it is impossible to secure details in the western part of the state the rains am mounted almost to a cloudburst CYCLONE IS IN KANSAS HIAWATHA kan april 12 meagre dispatches received cerelo here to nil nights oba from thi southern part of this brown county state that a cyclone passed ov over cr that part of the county and that three towns mills Vi ilis everest and Pow powhattan battan were laid in ruins As comman communication ica with those points is slow blow it is almost impossible to esti most the loss of life or property it seems almost certain that some lives were lust and it is fe feared ared but few in the villages named escaped injury hail broke hundreds oi of windows and it is feared the prospect t of lafruit a fruit crop this year near ne ar robinson Tl the 14 year old OIL son of F 11 I 1 Dol dolton tona a wealthy merchant was truck struck by lightning and instantly kill killed IOWA IN ITS PATH sioux CITY iowa april 12 A cyclone struck tile the town of akron iowa at 3 this afternoon many houses and business buildings in ings m s were demolished but there was no loss of life there the estimated property loss is tile the storm swept through the country to heetfield field S D and levelled bevelled level led many farm houses and buildings near westfield a I 1 man ind and wife n names ames unknown unknown I 1 were killed the storm crossed the missouri river river near that place anti and swept across nebraska to page ta miles west of here destroying much property on route at yae ya e much damage was done and cla clara ra mayers was killed and two chil children drell danger dangerously injured the storm por gressed i a distance of hundred miles in an hour and forty minutes particulars from the intervening country are arc meagre THE FRENCH KILLING CASE boisr BOISE ida april 11 A jury was secured in the french case today district attorney lays hays made the opening 0 address in which lie he said the state stale expected to to prove that fience had threatened to kill clatton II atton that at the time of the killing clatton was so BO weak from a bread aad water diet that ile he was harmless and at the moment of of killing hatton was supporting porting lihn himself self against the wall with nith ill his left to french not to strike him when french pulled his knife rushed upon him and stabbed him tile the application of the prosecution have convicts brought into court to testify provoked an argument and judge nugent tool took the matter under advisement ST LOUIS nas WIND 0 ST T louis april 12 thunder and lightning hail bail and wind combined ali this is evening to form tile the severest storm the city has had for years basements in all parts of tile the city are arc hooded flooded about 11 another storm came up tip the steamer 1 D 11 II pike was lying at ti the e wharf with no steam up and rive five men on oil board were blown ad adrift rift and as no trace can call be found of her it is ie feared feared she sunk with all on oil boa board rd the harbor boat w with a full crew aboard abona A was also b blown from the iamo s amo wharf and has not been hem headd d from boats anchored near by nici met it a similar ini ilar fite fate but it is be lievi d iio persons persons were on board no trape tra n ce cabi can be found of any of they boats although searchers are arc out everywhere trees roots roofs and 0 outbuilding were also blown down and seik several raio runaways are reported and ee veral persons s slightly injured Apor portion fion of an uncompleted structure wit s blown don doryn n call causing 19 illig ss A small building was blown mut out jinto into the street and d y 01 ac c NS WIPED tired OUT ap 1 l A KANSAS jolty CITY april 12 parker a V lown on the missouri kansas texas railway rail wiy was struck by bv a cycle ati 17 this evening tile the was torn up and made a com pleter reek as well as half the residence portion several persons are reported killed and a large wm number iber seriously injured no esti anale iati can bo be made of the loss at th lh el present time Sy cyclone struck in tile the northern of kansas about nine and after causing much daffia damage ge there switched off northie acinto missouri and struck successively the towns of matview mayview may view page 0 o cuy and along the route roul bouses souses nere were blown down out boio houses and fences destroyed an and d nunie tous cattle killed iril in and matview mayview may view the da magow s slight but pa iago oe city laid waste ln in tile the latter 4 policeman named walker a olt 0 bilgren bil I 1 dren were caught in the ruins y his house and all killed T Telegraph e I 1 e rap wire wires s allover all over that section n 01 of 1 st ataro down and communication is ise ex extremely t reme y difficult can call get no further details of the stor storms ins r 13 e afo adre re morning I 1 HANK DANK DREARS lo 10 lon april april 12 the english set scott tt ad australian chartered bank ha 4 railed with liabilities is said to pS WO 0 no estimate til nate of assets has yet been made but the they y are sul supposed posed to be large the band ws incorporated by royal charter in ii 1852 and claimed to davd a paid up capital of and a fund of of the suspended band has main branches at sydney adelaide Dr ant and melbourne and various lesser points in the colo colonies of new south II 11 wales ales victoria and south australia it transacted a banking and exchange business between great britian and j tt 4 gralian colonies and had largo large deposits the failure has added to the anxiety and consternation which tile previous recent failures of financial institutions institution 4 with australian con connections nee eions have caused tile the only reason given for the failure is is that there has been for several weeks a steadily increasing inc increasing reasin withdrawal of deposits TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE KILLED TUNICA miss april 12 the down train this evening e brings news that the toi town V n 0 of f robinsonville robinson vil ie was completely destroyed by a cyclone this afternoon not a house is left standing in the town of about inhabitants and as a finishing touch to the destructive horror fire started and burned all buil buildings dins which had blown down the night llight depot operators wife was killed and day operators wife badly injured the wires are d down own and is impossible to get details tile the cyclone swept the country east and west of the fated village and killed many people most mostly y colored one colored school house wit was s swept off and about children was killed and ms mibs ing THE WIND IN I 1 MICHIGAN DETROIT abich april 12 A tornado struck ypsilanti about 7 i this evening and caused heavy damage in afie alie business section by demolishing almost all buildings and several residences so far as can call be ascertained at present nobody was killed but quite a number received injuries it is impossible to obtain any news from tho town as all telegraph and telephone wires are down down A later dis dispatch P atch received from ypsilanti bays the city is in ruins A cyclone struck here tonight Ewe sweeping everything in its path and thousands of dol dollars are damage was done the storm took a strip through 0 the business portion of the town moving 0 houses hodis es from their foundations and razing others the cleary business collego and curtis carriage factly factory fac toy is is in ruins the II awkins house and occidental hotel is blija bli jl il un ged and roofs of half hair stories blown 0 kofl E REPORT FROM ILLINOIS KANSAS CITY april 12 southern and central illinois rip ringfield quincy jacksonville centralia Cen a olney vandalia cairo and other places report re port barns and other buildings destroyed destroy cil by the cyclone and much live stock killed kille arlone no loss of life is reported northern arkansas also suffered though not to so great an extent the property loss in this city wil will I 1 be greater aggregating over trains train 3 from fr om all sections are from one to three hours late today the death list for the state reaches rea cheis over twenty five and it cannot be foretold how much it may be increased until communication is reestablished TORNADO IN INDIANA indianapolis INDIANA april 12 advices advises from different states this morning tell ell ot of heavy demage 0 and loss 0 of f lefebv it eby the storm last night might and early morn morning i ng A tornado swept over tile the stith western portion of kokomos kokomo kok omo at 4 this morning delo lishing the machinery and the I 1 boiler rooms room S of the american straw board mills robert duglass was killed the financial finan c ial loss is the storm uprooted uproot cil trees and damaged other buildings serious wa v shouts harej are nort ona nuu her ber of railroads at it vari verious 0 us points po i ants the storm struck Green greencastle castle at 2 a ili the roof of the family dormitory of the depauw university was blown off and a number number of dwellings were served likewise much luch minor damage was lone done at Montez mua tile the riverside hotel was wrecked |