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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892. A MONTANA CYCLONI TP Jt Hailstones Fell Liie Bullets. Perforating 5 tne Leares.' V : SCANDINAVIAN CHURCH STRUCK. Colored People Holding a Convention For Mutual Benefit. ASKING THE PEOPtK FOB . s-TIC.'. Fatherly Advice rnn J. C. ltoblnaon The Race Connclltng; Industry. . Sobriety, etc Si-okaxk, July G. A terrific cyclone passed over Montana yesterday. The amount of rain and hail that fell and the frequency of the lightning were unpre cedented at Helena. In ten minute! an inch of rain fell, flail came down like bullets and the leaves of trees all over towu (-how clean, round holes, People who were caught out in the storm had to seek shelter until its cessation. The wind that preceded the rain and hail blew 50 miles an hour, leveling trees and fences. Lightning ."truck the Scandina vian chun.li, entering the steeple, when it divided into sereral holts and flew in aH directions. The steeplu and part of the church were wrecked, and the parsonage was badly damaged. Rev. Ifeury l,in dernian, the pastor, his wife and 4-year-old cliihl wereshocked, but not seriounly hurt. The child, has a distinct blue streak down one arm. Several jiersons in the neighborhood of the church were prostrated by the shock. The church was feet on tire, but the thimes were quickly extinguished. ',, the lot formerly occupied, as au engine house be disposed of, as soon .as a fair price can be obtained therefor, and that the proceeds be ued to cover the ex pense of a new. house. -1 would . further recommend that when a" new engine house be built that the City, hall and jail lie" thoroughly repaired, that they receive a new roof and new floors and such other repairs aa will make, the bnildhig safe and comfortable. . While aH of the interests of the city should receive great care and your best consideration, in addition to the fire de partment, to wbiclr I have called your particular attention. 1 shall be pleased to see you guard with the utmost vigi lance the finances of the city. You are chosen by the people of this municipal ity to look after and care for their inter ests; your ability to do this is unques tioned and I shall at all times take pleas ure in assisting you in the discharge of your duty. Hoping that we may at all times work together with harmony and pleasantly, I remain, Very Respectfully, - Robert Mays, Mayor. The mcssuge was ordeied to be plnid on file. The financial statements of the city were then read, as follows, and made a portion of the 'records of the meeting. AXKUAI. STATEMKNT. To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of Dalles City : I herewith beg to submit my report of the financial affairs of Dalles City, us shown by the records of this office, July 4th, 1802. Bal. Wntxants Otitptaniliag.JuIy 7,1S!1. .?2.',532 85 HASTY LEGISLATION. Fatal OrersiEht in Tne Senate Passing Tne Sifter Bill. . NOTES SAID TO BE DEMONETIZED. The House May Amend The Bill And Thus Prolong The Session. WILLIAM EAPU9 TO GO TO IIKTi"' Junketing Trip. From Portland to TVashiogton City by The Freej , . Bridge Committee. iH&ticd for salaries of city officers The Colored Peuple. t'uicA(ii), .Tolv . This appears to be the year of national conventions. The colored people now 5n session in Cin viunati are discussing matters of inter est to their nice. One of the sjieakers yesterday," J). A. Budd, discussed the situation with more than ordinary intelligence. A number of other speech fa were made recitingsouthcrn outrages etc. A resolution was adopted appealing to the American 7e6ple for justice; against mnrder and violence, robbery xtortior(. hasty and cruel judgements, .-ancd aainct fierce mobs; appealing to 'the .colored people to bear in mind their IM-oSrierety and advancements depend npon -tlK-mselvcs; they must practice industry, wonomy, sobriety; be orderly. Jaw-abiding and hone9t, that they niH.v win the reputation of good citizoiKs. The resolution declares that the intcreit of the colored people re quire the establishment of a literary academy, where colored youths may acquire a thorough practical and engin eering education. The resolution de clares that "Washington is best suited for tho location of such an institution, and the project is submitted to the consider ation of the United States. current exinscs. expenses! of lire department, hose hydrants, equipments., hose houses, etc improvements ot streets, cress walks, etc puymcatof night watchman, special policeman, feeding prisoners, ete. payment for lighting streets general fund . block 4, sewer fund Washington, July (j. It it be true, as representative Culberson of Texas says, that the senate made a fatal over sight in passing the silver bill, hi that it failed to reserve, in the repeal of the act of 1890, the legal tender quality of- coin notes issued under that act, and also de stroyed the authority of the secretary of the treasury to redeem them, the effect will be to demonetize more than 100, 000,000 of coin notes, and poitpone their redemption until congress authorizes it. The house will be compelled to amend the bill, and thus the session may be prolonged. 2.2BS 91 2,627 10 70 S8 Total f.2,968 S2 Loss warrants redeemed since July 7th, 1S11 11,321 20 Vf'arraiits outstanding July 4th, 1S91. Less cash on hand Liabilities, not including interest on outstanding warrants . .. 25 311 56 Comparative Statement of finances on the first Monday of July, 1891, to the lirst Monday in July, D-92, the beginning and cud of the Uveal year: Cash on hand July 7th. 1S91 $3,868 12 Warrants issued July 7th, 1891, to July 7th.lS92 17,433 67 Total : CONTRA Warrants redeemed during said timcnotincludinginterest. .$14,321 20 Cash on band July 4th. ISM.. 3,333 96 6,764 00 1,1 61 After Major Handbury, '-' ui Poktlakb, July 6. The committee of 1,019 i(n citizens forcing conclusions for more free bridges, are arranging for a trip to Washington city to investigate Maj. Handbury. It is quite probable that the entire delegation will proceed in a body. A. D. Charlton, of the Northern Pacific Railroad company, has kindly tendered the use of a special car to con vey the delegates from Portland to Chi cago. He' will also make arrangements to convey the delegation from Chicago to Washington over the Baltimore and Ohio road. This special car has been ordered, and will be ready to convey the dele gation eastward tomorrow morning. The president has sent . to the son ate the nomination of William Kapus, consul to Sidney, Xew 26,617 S2 S.335 96 21,S0D 70 tl7,657 16 of Oregon, as South Wales: - KOK AS OPEN R1TKR. . " . . . The ' Futwre l'okltioa of the Tress An- tleipaterf. ' From the Spokane Review. " If political and other undue influences were entirely : eliminated, the Seattle ditch would not have an advocate east of the Cascade mountains. It has no general merit. The people of this sec tion would never have considered it, had it not been thruet upon their 'attention. Their direct interest In the river and harbpr bill is confined to the work of opening, the Columbia river, and they have set their hopes upon the comple tion of that work.. For these reasons they are protesting against the Seattle ditch. So far two papers in Eastern Washington have proved amenable to political influence and have lifted their voices in advocacy of the canal. In times gone by the editor of one of these has been quick to challenge the friendship of other journals to the work of opening the river. It is not surprising, perhaps, that he is now pleading for the ditch while the papers and. the people whose motives he questioned are standing loy ally by the river; but it is not creditable to him. The other paper is against the river because Portland is for it, and because "only that portion of the river in Oregon is to be improved." . The Columbia at no point en ters the state of Oregon, and as a matter of fact the pro posed b6at railway was to have been built in Washington. The truth is ap parent to any person of precept ion. Seattle desires the opening of the canal and the continued obstruction of the river; the people east of the Cascade mountains demand that , Seattle shall make her own local improvements, and that the government shall be asked only to make appropriations for works of a general character. Circulate a Columbia river petition in Seattle and find how many people would sign it ; circulate a canal petition this side of the mountains, and find how- many people want that project. . CARNEGIE'S REVOLT. A Reie 3f .Terror ia,(te'qjf "tie Great LocM PINKERTON DETECTIVES CRINGE. The First Bloody Fruits of aa Immense Crop of Bloodshed. URIAD KiSTJI.TS ' ANTICIPATED. Burning Oil in the Kiver to Capture Private Detective. Set on the laborer Trail. HaLaNCE. , . , 8,646 63 CASH EECEIVKD FROM ALL SOUKCKS. Team Licenses ,;.. 479 00 , 4,700 00 103 00 13 M SO 00 TO fW 43 fO 2IS 60 42 60 147 00 87 00 5 65 2,000 00 6,293 79 THIS It.tI.LVS FINANCES. Mayor Mays' Message Financial State ment, etc. The common council of Dalles City," '"met at 10 o'clock a.m. yesterday, Mayor Robert Mays presiding. Present, Coun cilman Knight, .folcf, Kreft, Iiner aud Maier. Bonds were presented and approved for the recorder elect, Frank Menefee ; marshal elect, Dan Maloney; and treas urer elect, L. Itorden. The following standing committees . . j T W V Aj'JlVtUlVU, mEciary Dufnr, Haight aiid Maier. " finance Maier, Joles and Kreft. fire aud water Haight, Lauer and doles. o . .1 " It i. rr r. tDufur and Laner. Mayor "Mays submitted his annual message as follows : One year has passed since I first as sumed the duties oi Mayor of Dalles City, and while I am not now prepared to make a detailed statement of the con dition of the city's finances, I deeire to .rail your attention to. some of the affairs of the city which seem to me to require attention it your bands in the near fa tar ek I shall, in the near future, present for your consideration a full, statement of the city's finances ; I feel that notwith standing the loss suffered by the great ire of September 2d, 1891, and the con sequent increase in the contingent ex "pensee, the city is in a good and healthy condition financially f. finr city warrants are; readily, dlsposea of at par and the regular contingent expenses of the' city, are-regularly .meC - Qur fire department is well equipped, sa far -.as .apparatus is concerned; but the fire department is in need of an en gine house -..with its appurtenances; I urge upon you the necessity of giving this your early consideration that this need may be supplied. I would recom .inend that if nu engine house be built that it be -placed upon the ground no'w -occupied as. -torn iiorsry charters; that Bar Show " Peddlers " . Hawkers " Billiard " .... IoK " ; Fines in Recorder's Court Ground rent Koad tax Impoundinc lines '. Delinquent city tax Insurance on engine house City taxes lor 18'Jl, per treasurer's reports ' Total ?M,S2i M Kespectfnlly submitted, Fkaxk Mknf.fke, Recorder of Dalles City. The election of street commissioner resulted in the selection of the present iucumbent, J. F. Staniels, on the first ballot. Policemen Con iiowe and G. C. Kills were retained in their positions by nnan animoua consent. Proposition for the purchase of a lot on Third street for an engine house was referred to the committee on fire and water. Petitions for rebate of taxes from Mrs. Lntinger and F. W. L. Skibbe were referred. An ordinance was adopted transferring moneys from the general fund for pay ment of outstanding warrants. Adjourned. torrent Topic. Not ao Bad Off. Wasco News. While it is an undeni able fact that the crops of Sherman county are in u bad condition, yet we do not believe that they are so far gone as some of our exchanges would "have us believe. Statements in some of our ex changes are to the effect that the wheat crops in this county are entirely burned up. There will be -considerable wheat threshed in Sheiman couuty this year, though not by any means the amount there was last year. Some of our farm ers claim that they will have wheat to sell this fall. Some, of course, will not raise seed, but there Will bo plenty raised to seed the county and some for export. The crops are short, there is no denying that fact, but there will be more wheat raised than many think. Those who know say that the prospects are better this year than they were three years ago. Considered a Freak. Chicago News. There was one "we-view-with-alarm" in the democratic platform, and its appearance was greeted with -derision. But how does it happen that the platform contains no " we-point-with-prides"? The omission of so es sential, time-honored and immemorial a phrase cannot but be detrimental to the democratic cause among the residents of those back counties where a platform without it is considered a freak. Greeting;. . Walla Walla Union. D. C. Ireland, one of the veterans of Oregon journal ism, has become editor of the Dalles Ciikosici.k. ' He will make it a lively influential republican) paper. Efforts are being made to unite the democratic and peoples -party of Iowa, by giving the peoples party tho elect oral ticket and the democrats the state ticket. The object is to help throw the election into the house, which it is thought would elect Cleveland. John Thomas, once a wealthy farmer of Ada county, Idaho, informed the as sessor that he should hereafter refuse to pay taxes on bis ranch. . Everv winter for the past four or five years the Boise river has played great pranks with Mr, Thomas' land, and now be has but twenty acres left from a whole half sec tion. Yesterday the university of Dublin began the celebration of the 500th anni versary of the founding of Trinity col lege by Queen Elizabeth, with a recep tion to guests and delegates from all countries. The occasion baa probably never been surpassed in thie generation as a gathering of men- distinguished in letters and science- The weekly report of the- Oregon weather bureau says: "Rain is badly needed especially for late sown grain, corn and gardens. The totn-1 wlieat crop of Oregon in 1891 was f out teen mil lion bushels, this year it will not be over ten million bushels. The nearest to a failure is in parts of Morrow, Gil liam) Sherman and Wasco conn ties, where, in localities, not much more than seed will be secured." The London Star says that if the av erage of yesterday's gains are main tained it will give the liberals a majority of 150 in the next parliament, while there is practical certainty the average will be greater. Gladstone, is jubilant over the results, especially the return of John Bruce, liberal, from Greenock. Returns show the election of ninety-five conservativeSj forty-nine liberals and thirty-nine liberal unionists. The set gain for the liberal party and Irish home rule is eight seats. V" A St. Petersburg dispatch says the cholera is advancing toward Moscow. It has appeared on the other side iof the Volga, in Samaria.- The mortality is increasing at, Baku and Enburbs. The hospitals are totally inadequate to care for the numbers sick. Medicines and disinfectants are only obtainable at an exorbitant price, and the streets are be ing sprinkled with petroleum as a disin fectant. Steamers have withdrawn from the Batoum route on account of the epidemic. .The Russian frontier is closed against goods and passengers by wayjgf Ouzamanda. Twenty new cases are reported at Saratoska.. The disease is spreading - at , Astrakhan. At Romanoff, and there is disquieting news from Rybinsk. The greatest vigil ance will be necessary if cholera spreads to the shores of tbc Black sea, as there is every prospect of the present epidemic following the course the disease took in 1831 and 1847. ... ". Bekun, July 7. It is a great mis fortune that docs not drag a compensa tory good behind, it. Russia, for in stance, has been suffering from grievous woes, and it may yet appear that those troubles have inoculated all Europe against a greater woe. The comment excited by the czar's recent affability toward his various neighbors- has been generally based on the theory that Russia wishes to wake friends, bat not allies. Tiiere is an obvious advantage in keeping open several resources' fot getting assistance without definitely joining fates with anv one of them. It gives the bolder of Jhe resources an opportunity to select at the critical moment which one proves strongest. mis may pe one secret ot tne czar's good temper. But Mr. William E, Henley, a London editor, lias another explanation to offer, that the czar holds the peace of Europe in his hand and that Le really' desires to keep it in definitely.. Germany, says Mr. Henley, dare not attack France,'and France fears the triple alliance. And that alliance is, crippled, for Italy would be a weak fighter.' Italy can hardly pay her soldiers now. Russia would naturally be the factor most likely to disturb things, and Russia has on hand a famine, a financial difficulty and an ugly political problem to settle. Hence the czar's antipathy to fighting and hence his promiscuous chumming. The bedevilment of Russia is the safety of Europe, concludes Mr. Henley. Cer tainly Russia is very much bedeviled. But her misfortunes distressing as thev are may be simply warding off greater misfortunes. " THK DALLES FORTAGK. . A Good Streak of Speculation in Secur ing; the Bail. Oregonian. Captain George Pease, who is in charge of the work of remov ing the cargo of 2,500 tons of steel rails from the wreck of the British ship Aber- corn, wnicb went asnore just nortn ot Grays harbor about three years ago, is now. in Portland. He reports the work as being carried oat successfully. A wharf 1,500 feet long, and with a front of 140 feet, has been built from the shore out to thewreck, some of the piles being driven through the sides, of the ship. Two noisting engines and derricks are stationed on the end of the wharf, and as the rails are almost entirely under water several divers are employed to at tach the slings to them, and from one to five rails are hoisted at a time, about 200 being hoisted out each day and sent ashore on a tramway along the wharf. Nearly fhe entire cargo will be saved and will be hauled to Grays barber, six miles, for shipment. The rails were all coated with coal tar, or asphalt, and when this is removed are as bright as new. Owing to the rails having been cast away so longthere will be no duty to pay on them, and they will yield a handsome profit to Mr. Paul Mobr, of Spokane, who bought the wreck, some time- since. - It ia understood that the rails are intended' for the portage rail way at the dalles of the Columbia, which was begun some time since, v.- "I Shonla- Say Bo." Telegram. We iu Portland are not afflicted with dust aa much as people are who live in San Francisco, Walla Walla or many cities farther east, yet when there is a breeze there is frequently enough dust to be disagreeable. But the worst of it is that it is too often, not only disagreeable but deadly. . Chicago, July 7. The great lockout in the iron industry ifl this vicinity lias borne its first bloody fruits. Between a dozen and twenty Pinkerton officers and Iocked-out iron and steel workers ure either dying, dead or more or less seri ously wounded as the result of an en counter between them yesterday morn ing. About 300 Pinkerton detectives arrived at Pittsburg from the East, and marched quietly to Monongahela, boarded barges and started for the Home stead works, towed by the tug Tide. The locked-out employes were notified of this move, and when the barges ar rived at Homestead 5,000 people, includ ing men, women and children, were waiting to meet them. As soon as the Pinkertons attempted to land, they were warned off by the men, and a battle fol lowed. The Pinkertons were armed with Winchester rifles, and the opposing crowd chiefly with revolvers. The Pin kertons opened fire, and at the first vol ley two workmen fell. This enraged the crowd, and they bore down on the Pin kertons with resistless force. The Pin kertons fell back, but continued firing, and finally the crowd on the bank retreated, but soon again rallied, and a bitter war ensued, in which many were killed. Suddenly forty or fifty detect ives attempted to jnznp ashore. The strikers responded with a sharp volley, driving the. invaders back to the Bcmi- sbelter of the lower deck. The captain was carried to the pilot bouse of his steamed x One of his men informed an and let it run into the river, butn ad verse wind blew It away from the barges. The cannon are bombarding the lrg?8' evefy fev.mbmente, each shot carrying away, pieces of the veesels. The Pink ertons seldom return the fire.. The Pinkertons are in a drca'dfnl nnsitinn . exposed to a perilous fire of bullets, can non and dynamite. Workmen attached a hose to an oil tank, to sqnirt oil on th4 boat and set it on fire. They next laid natural gasplpcs toward the boat to senT strong streams of gas to envelop tho boat, and then light it witie a torpedo. Congress, and the state of Pennsylva nia, have awakened to a sense of the situation. Jn the house yesterday r'n.Z f -it;r - ; . .1 i ' v windfall, ui lit jrma. iinniuitiKU resolution authorizing the speaker to ap point a committee of five to investigate and report on the cause of the strike and Gov." Pattison is momentarily ex'-" pected. The Trice ef Beef. associated press man. that, although his wonnd was terioda it was not fatal: number of other detectives were more or less seriously wounded in this encounter. Then there was a lull in the battle, the Pinkertons gathering on the lower deck of the steamer and tho ..workmen on shore sending a committee to. scour Homestead for ammunition. . Fighting was renewed at 7. a. m., pre cipitated by another effort by the Pink erton men to land. The workmen built a fortification of steel bars on the river bank, and over 2,000 men are behind it, It is supposed several Pinkertons were killed on the boat. Before the second attempt was made to land, the officer in charge announced to the workmen on the bank that his men would land if he had to mow down everybody in sight, and then ordered them to advance, They were met by a shower of lead from the rifles and piBtols of the scattered workmen. The officers stood back for an instant, but rallied, marching eight abreast. They endeavored to get ashore, but were driven back. The people seemed crazed by the bloody work, men, women and ehildren running through the streets crying for revenge and blood. At 11 a. m. the strikers fired a car of oil standing near the works for the purpose of burning the boat in the river. In the meantime the cannonade on tne ooat continued, a. - steam noai was sent to take the Pinkertons off the barge. Firing was kept up from the strikers with fatal effect. Pinkerton s captain says : "The men were picked up in Chicago and New York. They were a very fair lot, and numbered 200. I gave them strict orders not to shoot until fired on. When we proceeded to land a whistle blew, and the strikers immediately commenced to shoot, and to protect ottrselves we had to return the fire. Seven or eight of -our men were hurt. I do not know their names."' The strikers are denounced, by friends of the move for their cowardly actions. They had a fortification and before any act was made by the Pinkertons, fired upon them and- shot them down like dogs. A flag of truce was displayed by the Pinkertons and was shot down. It was hoisted two or three times with like result. Men were, lying in wait on both sides of the river opposite the barges for the detectives to show themselves. Every moving objeet on the barges was fired on. " The conference bet ween the sheriff, Amalgamated officials and the Carnegies was fruitless. ' The outlook is far from encouraging. Flames from the burning oil in the river spread along the water front, and the mills were threat ened. Several explosions were heard, and people fled to the hills to escape the fire. The actions of the strikers is de moniacal. ' The Pinkertons raised another white flag at 2 :30. The arm of the man who raised it was hit with a bullet. - This afternoon the strikers cap- tared s 660-galIon oil tank, set it on fire Beef buyers lit Oregon have formed combination against beef sellers. Ttia. ifl what Tub Chboxiclk has for soino ximv I'a&raciunzeu as inc untchera truet." But they are liable to come to grief soon, as the Chicago market is ad-, vanclng rapidly. On the day after the 4th, 10,000 head sold in Chicago at an advance of from 15 to 40 cents per head. Choice to extra steers selling at from $5.706.20 per cwt ; fair to good .$4.50(3 4.90; Texans $2.25(32.30. This steady npward tendency ip theChicago market, has stimulated our Eastern Oregon stockmen to take the advantage of tho high prices, and large shipments, will be"' made in the near future. Our heavy dealers in beef cattle will meet the Port land "beef trust," and go them one better. . . - v Oregon I'ainta. -Grants Pass Observer. That the nat ural mineral paint of Josephine county is the, finest ' ever discovered in any country, Gen. Grant is cited as author ity for the statement that" the Rogue river Indians were the best painted and most neatly decorated tribe, in the country during the. time of , the war. These Indians used the natural mineral paints to embelish thoir persons with the insignia of war, and early settlers in these regions eay that these decorations were indelible, the skins of the Indians shining with such a glow a year after the application of paint that the palefaces could easily see to part their hair using' Jthe red men as mirrors. An Aatorlan in Kng-laad. r Ustorian. Jf. U hack Rn4 has many interesting stories to recollL't si h'l9 ex perience while back in old England, re cently. He says he - took an American ' made buggy back with him and the novel ty of his rig attracted universal attdntioa in the country where the gig is so uni versal as a light carriage, although the American buggy he had did not weigh i one-third as much. Wherever ho went and left his buggy in a town whilehe' was looking after his business', when he returned he would find a policeman or two in charge of his property and" the -street almost blocked with a . gaping crowd. The Clam of Karly Time. ' ' . Astorian. . A wonderful geological specimen was accidentally discovered by a IttKtT-nr rtn f !a ltTor!T atrfwt. era rl o In digging, his pick struck a round stone imbedded in the bank, the blow splitting inc Hvune open. iu me tarutrc naa perfect clam shell, both sides being shown, and measuring 3? inches in length by 3' inches in diameter. Con- sidering where it was found and the , heavy formation of stone, the clam must have lain in its stony home thousands of years. Squire And Allen Hedf;. ' Olvmpia Tribune: There is such a. howl going up all over the state against Seattle asking $200,000 for a canal and only $190,000 asked for all the other rivers and harbors , combined that the two senators in Washington are "hedg ing." Both have done double amount of work and talk for the canal than for all the other proposed river and harbor im provements. - ; Like the Butterfly. nAnw, ninVu. All tttia WAOt t . vwiiuuu V.Wtfl., .... weather has been extremely warm,. ith the thermometer buzzing around the 10f mark, like butterflies around the bung-hole of a molasses bar'I. For a Fact. Syracuse Dot. If the prohibitionists have so much trouble in getting a plat form to stand on they may well feel sorry for the parties which have enough red liquor in them to tangle, op their legs when they try to stand anywhere. Caught a Sucker. John Day Sentinel. One of our farm ers sent to Chicago this spring for a double harpoon hay fork. After waiting some time, it finally arrived at the stage office with $7 charges on it. E. Hav.es sells the sample article at $4- The Thin For Blood. Taeoina News : The worst feature in capital punishment is not effect on the victim but its effect on the community, in which it developes a thirst for blood that is brutal. It makes the people ltck. their chops 111 a thirsty tiger. The fleet of grain vessels coming to Oregon for fall loading is rapidly increas ing. .