C ' 1 - f THE-DALLES, OREGON; FRIDAY, MAY 20,' 1892, NUMBER 23. VOL. II. TOE PRINTERS' HOME. Deflicatel fitli AppropriatB ; Imposin : -' Ceremony. . '. A MONUMENT TO HON. G. W. CHILDS. "The Printers are Jfot Indebted to Me, But I to Them" Says He. GATHERING A LIBRARY BEGUN, Review of the International Union r Work of Forty Tears It Great- est Worth. Colorado Springs. May 12. The Childs-Drexel Home for printers was " dedicated here today with appropriate ceremonies. The building is located a mile from the city on an elevation which overlooks the Gardens of the Gods Pikes Peak, Manitou and Cheyenne can yons. It is. built of white lava stone with red sandstone trimmings. It is lour stories high, 144x40 feet, with all modern conveniences, and costs (80,000, It is the gift of George W. Childs and A, J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, to the Inter national Typographical " Union. The - rooms in the building are furnished by the unions in St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and one by the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The gathering of - a-fine librarv has already begun. At the dedication today, Hon. Iva G, oprague, mayor of Colorado Springs, de livered an address of welcome on behalf of the city, in which he' spoke in eulogy of the printers and the printing trade, instancing many illustrious men, begin' ning with Horace Greeley, who had been printers. 'Gov. John L. Routt delivered an address of welcome on behalf of the state, congratulating Colorado oh being " . chosen by the donors, as the site for the . building and the donors for having selected the most suitable spot in the country. Hon. George W. Childs, one of the co-don orB of the institution, spoke briefly, saying : ''Forty-one years ago the International Typographical Union was established. Printers' unions not only spread the light of education and reason over this vast continent, but they have given -to labor a' higher dignity, broader independence,' and all those qualities which render it of greatest worth." Jhe speaker continued by say ing he had been more or less, intimately associated with printers from boyhood, and he - naturally sympathized with them, and what little he had been able to do to express respect and admiration had honored him more in the giving than the craft in receiving. - Printers were not indebted 'to him, but he to them. Aid 1 Urgently Required. ' Bosltn, Wash., May 12. The town today is deep in mourning, and there is scarcely a house in the place where - .heartbroken wives, mothers and sisters cannot be heard sobbing for those most dear to them. The utmost destitution -' prevails, and aid is urgently required, ' The work of rescuing the bodies is being carried on with vigor, and up to daylight this morning were nearly all recovered . or located. The city hall has been trans formed into a regular charn el house, and - wasjesieged by relatives and friends of - the dEad miners. As soon as a body .could be properly dressed and placed in .the coffin it was turned over to relatives, .who in most instances were represented -' by he several secret orders of the camp, and taken to the late, home of the de ceased. Today services were held in the Catholic church, African M. E. church and Unity hall, after which the bodies were interred in the cemetery, near the camp. The Northern Pacific Goai com . jny is defraying all expenses, besides supplying food to .the destitute families, ; and yesterday $500 worth" of supplies weredietnbuted from the company's storehouse. - ... . . . , r . " Changed Hands. ' ; ' Indianapolis, May ' 12. It' is an : nounced by the proprietors of Jthe In dianapolis News that the paper has been sold to Hon. William Henry Smith", gen eral manager,jind Charles R. Williams, assistant general manager of the -Aseoci-i a ted PreBS, William J. Richards, Francia T. Holliday,' and William 1 A; ' Holliday, the last three being' members' of the present firm. The -News.: . was the first 2-cent paper" established after the war outside : of the large 'seaboard ' cities, and has had a career of remark 'aile success.- - . The Contract System.. . - Washington, May 13. Yesterday Senator Dolph had a lively time in the committee, but succeeded in increasing the aDDroDriations for Oregon and the Columbia river $420,000. He also had inserted an 'appropriation , for ' (250,000 for the commencement of the boat rail' way at the dalles rapids, .with power given to the secretary of war to .contract for the completion of the work, a pro vision similar to that for the completion of the canal and locks at the cascades, The provision for the boat railway se cures the immediate- commencement of the work, its prosecution without inter ruption, and its speedy completion Under the provisions made, the boat rail way will probably be completed at the same time the cascade locks are finished, Senator Dolph says there is a misappre hension in Oregon "about the contract system.' Under - the provision adopted by congress, contracts are let for the completion of the work, to be paid for as the appropriations are made. - The appropriations for the work thereafter are made annually in the sundry civil appropriation bill, and not every; two years in the river and harbor bill. The work must proceed - under the contracts without reference, to the ' .question whether the appropriations are made or not. " Contracts under similar provisions for other works have been let at a saving of from 25 to 33 per cent. He says, M he can hold ths senate amendment in the conference committee, the problem of opening the Columbia river is solved and secured for an early day. Advice for Hill. Washington, May 12. Senator Hill has been very active today and has had numerous conferences with well-known Cleveland men in both houses, as well as many close cenversations with his own fast friends. The different demo cratic papers have been advising him to mate the star play of his existence, and nominate Cleveland at Chicago, and then make himself -solid for the democratic nomination in 1896. It is possible' that Hill, seeing the drift of public opinion and knowing that it is next to impossible to elect a democratic president this year, will conclude to pull out and plav the magnanimous act, . put. Cleveland in nomination, and pose as a 'democratic martyr. He could do this and save himself from defeat. ' ' Results of a Combine. St. Louis, May 12. The furnaces and mills of the St. Louis iron, ore and steel company were today sold under a decree of foreclosure. The purchaser was the Farmers' loan and trust company of New York, the first mortgage bondholders, The indebtedness was $2,000,000. The property was bid in at today's sale by Charles P. Chouteau, one of the original incorporators of the St. Louis iron, ore and steel company, and one of its heavi est stockholders. Some years ago the company did a large and growing busi ness, but went into the combine, was closed down, and after a time, found it self entirely out of business and income, The interest on its bonded debt was de faulted in July, 1890, and in February last a decree of foreclosure was taken by the New York creditors. Today's pro ceedings are understood to be for the pur pose of relieving the company of .its fi nancial embarrassments and enabling it to resume business under favorable aus pices. ' Messrs. Chouteau, Garrison and others of the largest stockholders go to New .York tonight to complete arrange ments already agreed upon for the ad justment of the debt and the resumption of business. : The Rustler War Prisoners. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 16. Another demand has been made . upon Governor Barber for the rustler-war prisoners at rort Ausseii.. f Horrible Accident. Whatcom, Wash.,' May 13. Joseph Biggie was instantly killed by falling against -the' cut-off saw in the Dacan shingle mill at 4 o'clock.- The body was almost severed in twain from the right shoulder to the hip, every rib being cut off. He was 'standing on some shingle- bolts, handling the bolts, when the pile gave way. '- xh Missouri Bases. " Omaha, May 13. The. Missouri river is ten feet above low-water mark and is rising rapidly. It has cut away a hun dred acres on the west bank above the city. It is within fifty feet of Florence lake, and if it should rise 'another foot it would break into the old channel and sweep, down "through to Omaha, and hundreds of thousands of dollars damage will be done. .It would leave the manu facturing suburbs of Omaha on an island. At Independence much . valuable farm ing land is under water, and. all chance to raise a crop this year has gone, The river is changing its course to the south. Last night a strip over half a mile long was taken oft". - r - . .. . A PATHETIC STORY. In' PoTertj and Distress Life ' is ; Mm DEDUCED TO THE LAST EXTREMITY Hairing No' Money to Buy Poison With ' .. Decided Upon Drowning . RESCCED TWICS IN THE ATTEMPT. 'She Told Her Story to the Attendant 'and Went -Away" May Hare ' ...- Suicided. -- - St. Louis, May 12. The identification of the body of Mr. John..' Williams by his wife at the morgue' today , brought forth a pathetic story of suicide as a re lease from poverty. ' Mr. and . Mrs, Williams came to this city from War- reneburg, Mo., ; where they had been married two years ago. Williams cured work, but was discharged about a month ago, and had not been able to obtain. -employment, since.. All their money, was soon spent,-and they were forced to sell their household belongings to obtain . food. . Being -reduced to the last extremity, and thwarted in every attempt to better their condition r they determined to take their lives." Having no money to buy poison, they decided to drown themselves, - and "selected dif ferent points on the river to accomplish the purpose. - Mrs. ' Williams' went to the foot of Spruce street and threw her self into the water. Sane was seen by a boatman, who went to her rescue,' and caught her. just as she was sinkings third time. The woman was taken . to the hospital, where in a few days she recovered. A day or two later, thinking her husband might-have been rescued r she began a search for him, but failing in this she again on last Friday sought the river, where she made another at tempt to' drown" herself." . Again, she: was rescued by a boatman, who pulled her out of the water-with a boat, hook Having recovered from her second at tempt, Mrs. Williams went to the morgue today in search . of her husband and found the body on a slab. - She told her story to the attendants and went away When the -police were notified' -they be gan a search for the woman, but have not been able to. find her, and it is feared she has at last succeeded in' ending her life. ''.'. . . . A Beautiful Ceremony. Portland; May 13. The beautiful and impressive ceremonies of the officia suprema at the obsequies of a knight of Kadosh, were solemnly celebrated at midnight last night over the remains of Hockey P. Earhart, in the, blue lodge room at the Masonic Temple. A casket containing the body of "the deceased knight was placed on trestles in ths cen ter of the hall, the room being filled with friends of the deceased.: The cere monies were conducted by Emminent Commander P. S. Malcolm, and occupied the hall an hour, and were listened to with interest by all present. ' No synop sis can give any idea of the touching and beautiful words of the ritual, which will be published in full on Sunday. This is the first time that the ceremony has been performed publicly on. this coast. The funeral took place at noon today from the family residence, under, the auspices of the grand lodge," A. F. and M., of Oregon, the grand commandery of Oregon ; Knights Templar acting as escort. ' -- -"--. - ,:- ;' .' - .. " A Talk With Hill. ; Washington, May 16. Senator -Hill says : "The statement that I intended to sound an alarm in the senate against the present proneness of the democratic party to. the' excessive expenditure of public funds, is absurd. From what I have learned, by keeping my ears open, I believe James G.' Blaine is the only man Harrison and 'his friends fear. The fact of the matter is, Piatt made a great mistake is not holding a mid-winter convention," Referring to the sharp criticism upon the omission of G rover Cleveland's name from the platform, of the New York state mid-winter conven tion. Mn Hill said: ."Why T should like to know,' ' should " the ' convention have mentioned the name of Cleveland? The convention, of neither . party lias been in the habit of dragging '.in out siders in that way. So far as the reason ableness 6t the thing goes, the conven tion might as well go back a few "years and commend the administration : of Buchanan." ... ...... Cola John McCraken Rewarded. ' Pobtxand, May 14. The treasury de partment has accepted the offer of Col Job n McCraken , and will take his block at $160,000 as the site for the new custom house building in this city. Other bids were fa below him; and the gift of a fine site in Albina, tendered by J. B. Mont gomery, was rejected. Col.. McCraken purchased the block which he sold to the government from Burnside & Ripley for a mere trifle in 1857. The deed to the property is dated- 'November 12, 1857, The surrounding country was then ' t wilderness. ; The block - was as far dis tant from town as some of the present suburbs, and many ' thought that Col, McCraken's speculation was not a wise one. At .that time, the block was covered wfth pine trees and brush. ,- Col. Mc Craken kept the property; however," and It steadily increased in value! . Burn' side & Ripley, who 'sold the block to Col. McCraken purchased it from Capt, John II. Couch.. 'J J in 1H7Z Vol. McUraken obtained a deed to the property from Capt. George H.: Flanders and wife, and the other heirs of John H. Couch. The deed was written on a large double sheet of fools cap paper, and is as almost numerously signed as a free-bridge petition. In 1860, Col. McCraken's present residence was built in the center of the block, and he has lived there ever since. In 1880 he built a large frame warehouse' on the northwest corner of the block, .and in 1889 two brick warehouses were built on the southeast corner. He has a large quantity of goods and merchandise stored in the -warehouses, and hopes that the government will give him snffi cient time to.remove them." . Struck by Three Tornadoes." Wichita, Kan., May,13. The 'forma tion of three tonadoes struck here about 6 o'clock this evening. - Two were about six miles south and another about the same distance ' northeast. A dispatch from Augusta, Butler county, says a northeastern twister struck there about tiLp'clock, demolishing fifteen houses and wrecking the Santa Fe stock pens. ' W. S-. Elflworth had a leg broken and Frank Marsh was slightly injured. I Nearly all the people in town saw . the storm ap proaching and sought safety in cyclone caves, which it is thought prevented great loss of life. : .', .-,'.'.. '-.;' - The telegraph wires are down and the details are unobtainable. . Towanda, a few miles north of Augusta, was also visited by a tornado and half a dozen houses were demolished. Towanda was totally wiped from" the face of the earth by a cyclone in March, and a number of people were killed and injured. Citi zens who had courage to remain rebuilt their houses. . and these building were blow down this evening. "Inquiries at several points south of Wichita fail to reveal the track taken bv the other two storms. I - ..- - , . For an Open Rirer. ' Washington, May 13. Oregon and Washington senators and representatives feel very well satisfied over the amended river and harbor bill, the bill being in creased something , over " $1,123,000. Oregon and Washington together have $726,000 of this increase. The boat rail way was a good thing lor both Oregon asd Washington. There is an import ant amendment providing for - the im provement of the Columbia river, eo that deepwater ships may reach Van-, couver.. This improvement will be a benefit to Washington.' ;The proposed opening of the Columbia river .to. the in ternational. boundary line, for which; $10,000 is appropriated, is also import- j ant to botii states. : . - ' : Kentucky Base Ball. .. ' .' Louisville, Ky., May 13. At Cal houn, on Green river, on Saturday night, there occurred a 'drunken row- over a gape of base ' ball' played at" Calhoun that afternoon between the Calhoun club and the club 'made up of Green' river raftsmen. - The participants were mem bers of the two clubs.' In the melee i raftsman, a barber and a frc it-tree sales man and George Irving were shot and mortally wounded. ' - .- Causes of the Boslyn Disaster. RosLtn, May 12. Ex-Superintendent Ronald, when questioned as to bis theory of ihe,explosIon, stated that he was fully satisfied as to " the cause, but prudence directed that he should keep Bis opinion "to himself at this time.'. He will give his statement as a mining expert when' call ed upou by" the. coroner.:. The report that he had resigned the snperin tendency of the mines because he considered the slope dangerous and desired to shift the responsibility: other shoulders was em phatically denied. : - :i ::. : - : 1 r. ' - . , The "Christian . saloon' keeper," . Ed. McAvoy, one of the characters of Chic ago, whOj" if the country bad "more of them, would cause the bar room to lose its curse, was adjudged insane yester day. He has kept s bar on South Hal-' A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Trains Crash into Eacn Other with an . Awful Effect . ' . ' RUNNING TWENTY- MILES AN HOUR. The Iron Monsters' Meet-with a Roar Sounding Above- the Storm. CARS! SMASHED INTO . KIXDLIKG The Dead and Wounded Being Removed from the Wreck.- Miraculous . Escape of Bony. Keefe. . . Cleveb, O., May 16. In the , midst of a terrific storm of wind and. rain, two Big Four trains crashed into each other at Cleves yesterday morning with an awful effect, the full . horrors not yet known. Freight No. 44, north bound, was ordered to stop at North Bend to allow .No. 30, the cannon. ball specialjto pass. . The summer schedule went into effect yesterday and under the old schedule the trains passed some miles further . on. Instead of - stopping at North Bend, the engineer pulled ahead and- approached "Cleves, . running at the rate of twenty, miles an hour. As the train appeared, Charles Smith, the tele graph operator, rushed to the signal wires jind put up the danger signal Either it was pot seen or the engineer could not .control the engine, for -the train sped on.: At the same moment the, express came into sight, and the iron monsters crashed -into each, other with a roar , that sounded above the storm. Both engines were battered into a shapelesB mass and rolled off the track, The . cars ' behind were smashed - into kindling, and the track for a hundred feet was torn nip; .telegraph poles were broken, .and it was two or three hours before notice of the wreck was sent -out and a Bpecial train sent 'to the sne from" Cincinnati. ' People from the vil lage and surrounding country gathered and did all they could to rescue the wounded, many of whom were taken away.- The number cannot De aennueiy stated .tonight.' , It is claimed some of the wounded are in a dying' condition. Not a person on either train, escaped uninjured. , With ' the arrival of the special train, the work of taking out the dead began. " A most "miraculous, escape was that of Bony Keefe, a freight brake' man, who had just .reached the top of a car when the collision occurred, was thrown over a telegraph wire, forty feet, into a stream'of water," which saved his life.' . He thinks there are three tramps under' the wrecked " freight. -' Several passengers on the express train are posi tive several of their number were also, killed. It is certain they are missing, but it is possible they'are among the wounded scattered around town. . A fire started . in the wreck, but- the " people rushed to the scene and prevented a bolacaust. -Fortunately, the relief was prompt,- and everything possible was done ' for the . wounded. A pathetic scene was. the death of Brakeman Gib bons He lingered till - afternoon, and was conscious all the time. . He left a young wife an hour before the accident, and all his grief and talk was about her. In the agonies of death, till his tongue was stilled, he spoke only of her. Again and again he begged some one to pray, and an old colored minister responded to his pleadings and; knelt at his bedside.,- There was a scene of solemnity that - will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed , it, and - silent tear? moistened every eye. . ' ' ' : i'i ,--, Catholic Clergy Tourists. - .MoNTRBAt.' May-lo. A large-: party of Roman Catholic dignitaries and clergy left here today on a lour to the Pacific coast. Among the tourists are Bishop j Dahamel, of Ottawa; the bishops of Three Rivers', :" Pembroke, Brooklyn, Helena, Mont., and "Athabasca, and Monscigner Hamel, representing Cardi nal TascbereaUk -v.- - Highest of all in Leavening Power.Latest U..S.' Gov't Report. ' . sTS sj a aT m a m amnsnrnv- . DS3jjjnatf'r?2i2D: Spots on the Sun. Pbovidenck, B.'I.jfa'y 16. Observer Frank . "Seagrave has discovered a beautiful group of spots on the sun, distinctly visible to the naked eye. They . should be. central today. Auroral dis plays are likely to follow. . . Yellow Fever at Costa Rica. Poet Limon, Costa Rica, May 14. A " rumor has been . prevalent for several days of another serious outbreak of yel low fever at San Juan del Norte (Grey town.) The authorities. deny the report, . but it appears there are good grounds for believing it is authentic. . ' On the Northern Pacific. . Billings, Mont., May 14. On the Northern- Pacific road a special ' Presby terian train was crossing Montana today according to schedule. Rev. Mr. Moore came from Helena to arrange for the en tertainment of the guests, and services, will be held there tomorrow. At Fort Keogh, the officers, military band, and 100 soldiers were at the depot to greet the travelers. ' : An Orerstock of Litofuge. New York, May "16. The sheriff on . Saturday seized the property of the Lit-, ofuge company, valued at about $1,000 to satisfy a claim of $48,000 made against the company by the Baroness Blanc. The property seized was in charge of Baron Blanc, and that nobleman's conr tesy assisted the sheriff's officer in taking possession of the goods, which consisted of about 1,000 boxes of the material known as litofuge. ' - v ' One of the Conferred. Washington, May 16. It is settled that Senator Dolph will be one of the conferrees in the river and harbor bill, and this position will probably give him power to retain in the bill certain appro priatians which he has secured, includ ing the - dalles boat railway scheme. Dolph is confident he can hold this pro ject. It is not known who the other re publican conferree will . be. Seuator Washburn, of . Minnesota, may be selected. He is objectionable to some people, especially of the Pacific coast, as" he does not look very kindly'upon some of the increases which have been made by the senate commerce committee. - Carnegie to Amuse Himself. .' Pittsubg, May 16. The proposed con- solidation.of the Carnegie interests will be backed by about $40,000,000 and . will employ from 12,000 to 14,000 men. The capital stock will be $25,000,000. Andrew Carnegie will continue the largest stock- . holder, but will turn over the manage ment of the whole thing to Henry C- Frick. The intention of Carnegie is to devote the remainder of his career , to spending his millions in artistic, social and other directions, and it is likely he will take a more active part in, political affairs. In addition to their iron and steel interests, Messrs. Carnegie and Frick control 70 per cent of the coke- trade, or about $18,000,000. . Jones Wants Blaine. Washington, May 16. Senator Johir P. Jones, of Nevada, is strongly opposed to v the renomination of Harrison on personal grounds. He says:' "Let us nominate Blaine, and he will sweep the ' country. Blaine owes it to himself and to his country to accept the nomination,. even if he knows he would not like to serve out his terol. -What are a few" -years of .life to the gratification of a life long ambition? Mr. Blaine .has been striving for the . presidency for twenty- five years. Now he has it within bis grasp. ix you suppose lie is going to allow a little matter like a pain in his stomach' to deprive him of the great prize? There is not the slighest obliga tion imposed on Mr. Blaine, by reason of his position, to support the presi dent's claim for a second term. He is . not Mr.: Harrison's secretary of state,' but a representative of the American . people! The president does not own.the government.- The republican party can tender Mr. Blaine the nomination, and he can accept It without violating in the slightest degree any principle of honor." A struggle is being" wade for Hon. Jae. Lotan to succeed . K." . P. . Earhart, de- ; ceased, as collector for the port of Port- . land. ;' . - ..r : . ; ; : .' . '. . ; ; . :."; - Quite likely Hon.' B. B. Horr. will" make several speeches in Oregon' before . the close of the state campaign. :.' ; - Btea street xi years. .c