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Show HOUSE IS BLOWN AWAY AS FAMILY SITS AT DINNER ELGIN, March 29 Stories of j the freak stunts of the storm I are legion. The families of Lou-1 j is and Charles Henning' were , seated at dinner when the cy- j I clone lifted the house from ov- j ' er them without injuring any i J member of the family. Houses fGr a radius of three blocks in I that neighborhood were de- i stroyed. The first train into Elgin, leaving Chicago, reached here i shortly and was halted in the j i outskirts while workmen sawed and chopped away scores of ' trees which had been thrown 1 I ar.rncc t.Vio tracks. Tt. nroceeded west after a delay of more than j an hour. j Two reports of looting were '. received by the police. The window win-dow display of a jewelry store j was earned away. j Girls were reported to have looted the -window of a millinery millin-ery store, carrying away the display of sparing hats. , r SwirToT-prcvent.-to Price issued a proclamation i .placing the business district under un-der military Jaw. o |