Show telegraphic NEWS LONDON feb IS 18 much uneasiness prevails in political circles colonel Pos the queens private secretary has recently paid several visits to lord lora salisbury and W H smith government leader in the house of commons such visits are unusual except when a crisis is imminent after the cabinet council today balfour I 1 chief secretary tor for ireland walked to the irish office he was evidently greatly area aly excited although the weather was bitterly cold he be was hatless and walk walked e d with nis his hands clasped to his bis head he was followed by detectives los ANGELES pet feb 18 the trial of frederick An anschlag schlag who murdered charles B hitchcock and wife near santa ana january bath closed here today and the jury after fifteen min deliberation rendered a verdict ve dict of murder in the first degree the court fixed february as the day of passing the death sentence aesch lags motive tor for murdering the hitch cocks was to obtain of the deed to a ranch owned hy by them minneapolis MINNEA POLES feb 18 the jury in the silas barrett trial this evening brought in a verdict of guilty 0 of mur dor in the first degree both tae barrett brothers are now under conviction tor for the murder of cabdriver Car driver sax SAN feb 18 john A Bt banson indicted for perjury in connection with wit lithe the aile alleged ed vey of public lands arrived here today in custody of marshal franks his bonds have been increased from to yo CINCIN cincinnati NITi feb 18 in the federal court today motions for a new trial and arrest of I 1 judgment in the ease of ben E hopkins Hop sins were overruled hopkins will be sentenced when well enough to appear in court the indictment against director zimmerman Zimmer naan of the fidelity was hopkins in 6 la Is iu in jail suffering from dropsy and ad I 1 ic is said today lie he is expected to die at any moment he is a very sick man DENVER feb 16 18 L F lindsay a clerk in the united states land office here salci ded last night by taking two ounces of laudanum and then cutting his throat from ear to ear with a razor financial matters was the cause first given but today it was discovered his accounts in the office were short and it if Is now dow believed his I 1 inability to replace the money and the fear of discovery prompted him to the act NEW ORLEANS feb 18 F D pon poa part art confidential clerk of adolph I 1 treasurer of the cotton exchange is a defaulter for pon part had dad charge of the bank box which contained the money and state bonds belonging to the cotton exchange lie he pledged tile the bonds to three banks the germania national bank of gom corn merce and the Mutual national bank and squandered the money received in i lottery tickets suits were filed today against the banks for the recovery of the bonds bonpart and an accomplice george have disappeared pottsville spottsville POTTS VILLE pa feb 19 the substance oil of manifestations throughout the coal r region goes to indicate that the efforts of the disaffected railroad strike leaders will neutralize the corbin lewis agreement and the consequent resumption of order la is deR destined tined to failure SHANGHAI feb 19 A terrific earthquake has occurred is in the province of cunnan two thousand lives are re to have been lost BUTTE mont feb 19 the unknown man who was found frozen to death two miles west of silver bow has bas at last been identified as a well known old time resident of alder gulch wm win OO ogrady boorady rady he came front england in 1863 and is said to have wealthy relatives there ST sr PAUL feb 19 the pioneer boneer press has received via winnipeg further reports of terrible distress among amon the Indi indians iLus in th abe jar ar north rev W Unary S Pend love mis missionary has reached winnipeg from north of mckenzie Mc Kenzle river where he has been for nine years his journey down took nearly three months from peace river ile he heard of cases where the Inc indians lians had died of starvation and had then been eaten by their comrades deerhake deer have be been envery very scarce forthe for abe past two years there is much feeling because the government at ottawa has taken no notice of the destitution of these indians repeatedly peat edly brought to its attention SAN ANTONIA LN ToNziA tex feb 19 michael cazatt was arrested today on the strength of a tel telegram ekram from sheriff white of el paso the prisoner is charged with having stolen or assisted the postmaster of paso del norte mexico in stealing some worth of diamonds tat had been consigned to president diaz of mexico papers have been issued tor lor the extradition of ef ducatt and the arrival of the officer from el paso is awaited and alad left lett piled in incongruous heaps alon along the TRACK OF THE CLOUD passengers on our oar train were fright ened aud and a veritable panic ensued women screamed from fright the cloud dipped down on oil the north stort side of toe the train and demolished a house but just before it i arrived at our position it arose and passed over us with a magical swiftness and dropped down on the earth earthie the south of the train where it coro coin plemely destroyed another building and aim passed on its work of destruction the passage of the cyclone occupied about two at minutes fully halt the town was totally wrecked and to add to the nor hor of of the wind many F FIRES BROKE OUT amoas the ruins from the train we e could see the smoke and flames rising from tf dozen different houses A strange thing was that three oree minutes after the cyclone the sun wall wag shining brightly and serenely on the scene of desolation CENTRALIA ill feb 20 the firemen sent to mount vernon returned this morning and report thirty six dead up to 5 this mom ing ing a the flames are all extinguished FURTHER DETAILS the cyclone that visited the city yes beg berday afternoon destroyed nearly aw residences and places of business and uia housed from ato 1200 to per soul by the falling I 1 ot walls I 1 many people were buried under the debris and thirty five were killed while twice as many more were injured eight or ten so seriously that their lives are tes del paired of preceding the destructive wind was a heavy fall of rain for hou bau an hour which drove all the inhabitants to shelter this was followed by a slight hailstorm accompanied cwi iwi with lightning and then a furious blow which formed into a FUNNEL SHAPED CYCLONE LONDON feb 20 an unusually large amount of snow has baa lallen fallen la a the north of england railroad traffic li Is seri seriously onsy delayed and a number ot of trains are snowed up and much discomfort has been experienced by pu pas 1 Sell sensors gers Tho thousands asanas of sheep are an buried in snow A few persons have bay died from exposure the storm is general throughout the country OURAY colo feb 20 anis mora moni ing at nire nile as buck back aad arthur holland were working on oil the caribou mire mount Sn kneffler effler had sprung a hole and charged the same saje with tour sticks of giant powder tie the powder exploded and instantly mum killed johnson blowing his bis body sixty feet through a tunnel to the 00 dump and seriously coundi wounding holland who staggered out and tel upon P on the dead body of his dis partner ale the roof of the tunnel presented a sickening sight hair bair and blood being plastered along its entire length holland is now lying at the hotel in a pre carious condition johnson has a father living at Nali baliant nahant ant mass MOUNT ON ills feb 20 the following circular was issued this morning and aad is now being sent through the malls mails to mayors mayo s and cuzens cui ens mount bernon illinois wa ras visited by a terrible cyclone on yesterday afternoon which carried death and des destruction trac in Us its path about thirty people were killed outright and scores of of men women and children were maimed wounded and bleeding and about one thousand people 1 are maue made homeless by the disaster bomil of these houses are swept almost from the face of the earth among which are the county cow coin t house public school building methodist and baptist churches supreme court house round house of the Lou laville nashville railroad Kail road and many of the leading business houses are also a total wreck their contents being buried babied beneath the debris A raging lire are which broke out also destroyed much proper property which inight otherwise have been bc alvea av from the ruins weare wo arc SORELY IN DISTRESS i and are arc forced to call upon the charitable ofa f the country for money and such etheri other timely assistance as they may feel able to is needed more tw than contribute money is provisions J eions as there are a few buBi busin nesi esaf houses orovil auses that may be able to supply auppl 7 the ap da mand and send cash contributions if possie I 1 et to geooge accoe aco oe W evans chairman of thet finance committee signed H moss secreta secretary ly alighting at the L N railroad Kail road de P pot ot attention Is is first directed to the two story supreme court building bull ding i few yards from the depot without ij dome or roof but shreds ot of tin baugis ban siBe from its side making a pivot arouni a which tb the e storm seemed to awing alq else in this direction is untouched on e AJ few steps eastward along the railroad discloses to the southeast an appaU laj sight of devastation it is in this di the laboring classes classe ball no their little one story c cottages 0 O t al ae amons among the timber and here e we i avas was the cloud first dropped dow dewi in its whirling fury twisted im mense oaks oak the t he ground an am mashed the homes list flat then gather ing inc the clinging clio ginK pieces screwed strewed then the along toe the patti path tearing down fen fence and wiping out land marks hoi ho many houses were here cestr destroyed royd i not knows known for nothing nothing is left I 1 ii miLn laces to mark the lot ot fifteen fiete still remain in six ac acra formerly well built up but th thre houses are standing in the path of thi tb storm and these are wrecked on t tb right and left of the patk path the debris PLUNGED PLUGGED A in lathe the homes ot of the more m ore fort apati looking northeastward across tin railroad the ruin seems more terrial 1 there the buildings were large heavier and mo more compact and n awe wei 1 west for yards a cleab awat tore down fences and trees piled u up debris on either side an aal 1 I 1 left e t the naked fence posts and foundation walls to mark the spots of residences there still remain on tho fi either the path dismantled frame houses uses balf aalf buried with other roots to the southeast stands tte monumental ruins of toe the three storey brick flour floar mill the walls stripped down and the m machinery e 1 aery exposed on the north partially parti y surrounded by uninjured is the crushed baptist church and the large brick commercial hotel unroofed and partly torn down six hundred yards further on in the course of the storm brings you to the post office corner and in front stands the shattered court house with the dome thrown down over the entry the walls cracked and partially tumbled down w n and in the supreme court yard lie lies the tin tift and timber and roofs of adjacent buildings in front of the postoffice post office across benton street a brick building buil dine was razed to the ground and nearly all to the south and east fared likewise but uncle sams quarters were un no touched the streets here are broad but today are filled with the debris of the business houses of ef benton and washington streets along the eastern side of which not one house remains standing or even partially preserved unable to thoroughly tear asunder the framework of the buildings they were I 1 MASHED AND TWISTED in useless masses the roofs carried away and the fronts and rears knocked out several brick blocks of three stories give gave an air of to the streets the cyclone ground the walls to a level and the furnaces set fire to the woodwork wood work and destroyed the last plank evans bank on the corner exhibits a burning pit pir with the safe cracked by the heat under the ruins lie the charred remains of 3 0 murray owner of the block looking to the south and east from this corner the spectator will see the line of grog geries gerles warehouses and a few reputable places eleanine lea niner against each other ether hut but still hold the reputable pot coition tion of this adlock a bas baik ery caught fire and was consumed the other bakeries were wiped out of of existence and today to day not a loat loaf of bread was to be purchased in the town nor will such a state of affairs soon be remedied however no one suffers for want of food sli shelter elter er ar clothing along wash washington agton street I 1 just back of the court ourt house etwas it was bard to tell where one building began ard and the other left off toe the floors roofs sides of buildings and partitions were shut fled up in contusion confusion and crashed against a few brick walls that still re main standing every everything thing along here was a dead loss los not even the protection of fire insurance being available burton street east of washington was completely complete lv blocked by the walls wallis of stratton johnsons fallen block from the rear of which the destruction of large warehouses and handsome residences is much like an abandoned lumber yard and rubbish lot IA toe aole able corps ot of physicians that responded to the first call all I 1 were quickly organized and all daylong day long have been moving from place to place A ameleto complete ILIST LIST OF tue TOE DEAD and wounded has not yet been completed the property loss will aggregate nearly half a million dollars and falls heavily upon the thriving community the county buildings churches business houses stocks of goods aggregate a loss of fine residences totally destroyed floe fine residences injured cottages warehouses barns etc total other incidentals will increase abis As yet no BO arrangements have been made for the general f funeral some of loe bodies bave have been taken to other towns and some into the country the list of those INJURED SERIOUSLY ON slightly is very large several are not expected to live an efficient t corps of physicians and surgeons are on the ground around rendering all the assistance possible cash donations to the amount of 1200 have been received this evening and promises for much more none of the abe buildings have insurance against storms adjutant tie beneral vance has telegraphed thea he and the president of the state board of health commissioners will be here tonight governor oglesby cannot come tonight steps are now being taken to give a public f funeral tomorrow to all x hn h have not yet been buried or taken away springfield ill feb 20 governor oglesby 1 has issued a proclamation cal callin lin sr for money and supplies for the mt vernon epelone sufferers geo W evans mt vernon jefferson bounly illinois is chairman of the local loca flaonce committee and will receive money and supplies LONDON feb 20 in the commons this evening ferguson parlia parliamentary mentar y secretary of the foreign office declared there was no proof the report of any raili military tary or dwal action being taken or contemplated ao amsi venezuela chaplin minister of agriculture resumed the debate on the address in reply to the queens spee speech cri becom he commented on the prolongs 41 depression of agriculture and said the subject was of greater importance than the irish question many thousand acres acrea had gone out of cultivation there has been a concurrent decrease in c cattle W tle and sheep At another iother important effect of th the a depression was the increase of tile the masses unemployed what could the government do to assist to better the state of affail lord jahn manners admitted the fer tei trible condition of agriculture and said the covern government ment |