The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-05-22
GENERAL NEWS.

leOohC Souhly oh oiiS hcoA, "SoNN -
P. M, starting near the line between Os-
borne and Rookie counties, at the southeast
corner of Medicine township, and following
a westly course, dealing death aud de-
struction throughout the pathway of its
entire course. Nearly fifty persons were
injured. The loss at Bull City and Stock
ton consists of chimney blown down and
window glass broken by hailstone measuring
four inches in diameter. The damage in
Rookie county will probably reech 1000.
Dispatches from Independence that one
of the most severe rain-storms that ever
have visited southern Kansas occurred last
Friday, flooding Elk and Verdigras rivers,
drowning a great number of cattle. Six
persons were drowned on Card creek, seven
miles west of this place, among whom were
Mr. R1x Mrs. Wood and two children.
There is no telegraph connection with the
west On the line of the Southern Kansas
route greal damage was done to the railroad
and bridge.
RIOT AT DENVER.
DENVER, May lS.-The shopmens strike
on the Denver and Rio Grande road
| assumed very serious aspect to-day. In
accordance with an announcement made at
strikers meeting yesterday afternoon, at
which several ineendiary speeches were
| made about 50Omen and 40 or so women as
semEled in the vicinity of the workshops
this morning. Several inaammatory speeches
were made, songs sung and general demon
stration of defiance indulged in. One of the
yardmen returning to work was set upon
by the crowd, knocked down kicked and
| cut in most brutal manner.
Other workmen were escorted through the
crowd by the aid of posse of deputy
| United States marshals.
About o'clock 200 or 800 of the strikers
formed a line and marched to town. A
halt was made in front of the office of the
Rocky Mountain News, whi ,h had seen fit
to criticise the action of the men in striking
and to denounce some OF their designing
leaders. Here copies of the News were
burned by the mob, amid a pandemonium
of cheers and yells of derison and defiance.
The crowd then proceeded up Sixteenth
street. At Shedd's cheap store a halt was
made and Ethe same programme gone
through with. It appears Shedd recently
discharged saleslady who belonged to the
women's branch of the Knights of Labor
organization without asking consent of that
body. Circulars commading the readers tt
boycott Shedd's cheap store and boyeot thu
News were distributed every where.
Talks with large number of our bes
citizens to day prove that whatever sym
pathy the strikers may have retained NJ
to this time has been lost by the riotou
conduct of this morning. No arrests hav
> yet ueen made.
| RIEL CAPTURED.
RiePs capture absorbs all other topics
Riel says Lawrence Clark of the Hudson
Bay company precipitated the uprising
The half-b breeds were celebrating the feas
of ST. Joseph when Clark arrived from Win
nipeg. Clark first mocked their religion
and then told them that 300 soldiers wer
coming to join in the feast and would Civ
them all the wanted in the way Of ceremon
if they did not go back to their homes an
abondon their nonsense. Riel was absen
from Batouche at the time and on his retur
found that his people were in arms and hao
determined to plumber the stores before tn
troops mentioned by Clark arrived. Ri
denied that he was leader of the rebellio
and says he can prove he wanted to go bac
to the United States, but would not be al
lowed. He expects to be hanged and dt
votes the greater part of his time to fastin
and prayer.
:, LOUISVILLE, May lS.-The fourth day
meeting of the Louisville jockey club had
large and fashionable attendance at Churcl
i'll downs this afternoon. The weather wa
: fine, though the track was little dust.
The surprise of the day was the winning
the Louisville cup by the California hor'
Lucky B., who easily beat Swiney, the f
vorite.
-, POOR CROP PROSPECTS.
: Topeka, Kan, May lS.-Reports r
i ceived here from thirty-fve counties
e western Iowa. forty-six counties in eastel
v Nebraska, fifty-six counties in western Mi
I souri, and sixty eight counties Kansas. whie
i is solid territory OF 400 miles north al
J. south, and 300 miles east and west, al
d which embraces the larger portion Of Il
n wheat belt, show that the wheat prospe
o in the counties of Iowa and Missouri is
e per cent less than the crop of last year,
: Nebraska 60 per cent, and in Kansas
A. per cent less The delay in planting CO
ID is twelve days in Iowa and Nebraska al
I twenty-five days IN Kansas and Missoul
TX About one third of the corn crop of Kans
id has been planted and one half of it will ha
" to be replanted. A noticeable fact is tn
he corn is selling in this city for from forty
er forty three cents, while at several points
We this state 1t sells for upwards of fifty cent
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