Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-06
THE FIENDISH FLAMES.
A Canadian insane Asylum
Burning With The Inmates.
THE GNFORTINATES PERISHING.
The Chicago Carpenters COM
prOmiSe---Shut Out at
Portland.
An ASYLUM IN FLAMES.


! Tongue PoINTE, Quebec, May 6.
; The insane asylum here is burn
. ing. There are between 100 and 15O
inmates who cannot be rescued.
MONTREAL, May G.-The insane
asylum at Tongue Point nine miles
from here, caught fire at nalf-past
ii O'Clock this morning. At .
o'clock the entire Institution was in
a mass of flames with no hope of
saving the building from utter de-
struction. As nearly as can be
calculated at this hour there were a
hundred to hundred and fifty in
sane inmates in the burning build
ing with no chance of escape. The
fire apparatus at the asylum is ut
terly inadequate, Several steamers
have been forwarded from here on a
special train. Intense excitement
prevails, and there is apparently no
hope for the inmates.
LATER.-The sights in the grounds
surrounding the institution are hor-
rible beyond description. Hundreds
of lunatics; n.ale and female are
/ grouped together gibbering and i'm
1 frenzied condition. Nuns are maxi
J ing every effort To control them and
allay fears, and rapidly as possible
( the poor creatures are being remov-
ed to places of shelter in the neigh
h0rhond, y few minutes past two
O'Clock Il detachment of the Mon
ireal fire brigade arrived Oh the
scene and is now doing good work.
THE CHICAGO CARPENTERS.
CHICAGO, Ills, May 6.-The car
peuters' strike was finally settled
here to-day, when the representa-
tives of the carpenters council and
the new boss carpenters association
signed an agreement reached by the
arbitration committee yesterday. 1t
now seems that there is no prospect
of settlement of the coal miners
strike, and according to the even
ing News, n general strike Of thirty
thousand miners is eminent. About
twelve thousand miners are now
out. The demand is for an increase
OF seven and one-half cents per ton.
STRIKERS REJECTED.
PORTLAND, May 6.-The contract
ors after holding meetidg last eve
ming have decided to stand by their
guns and let the striking carpenters
go. They will send outside for ne~
men and claim they can get enough
to fill the places inside of week.
Under the arrangement nine hours
will constitute a days work
MURDERER CAUGHT.
PORTLAND, Or, May 6.-An of
ficer of the Chicago detective force
arrived in this city last night with
requisition for w. +. Johnson (col-
ored) who was arrested here a few
days since on charge of having muir
dered Mrs. Biggar (colored) in Chi
cago last March. The officer says
there is no doubt but that Johnson
is the man wanted. He will return
with the prisoner as soon as the
necessary papers can be procured.
REPUBLICAN CITY OFFICERS.
OREGON CITY, May 6.-The city
election passed off quietly yesterday
the entire republican ticket being
elected as follows: Mayor, ThOs.
F. Ryan; recorder, L. L. Porter;
seven councilmen, c. II. Cautield,
Chas. Athey, c. J. Parker, w. H.
Cook, E. S. Warren, j. r. Trem-
bath. j. w. O'Connell; assessor
and collector, ). r. Green; treas
urer, f. C.Charman; attorney, A.
$. Dresser; marshal, G. +. Burns.
THE REPUBLICAN CANVASS.
Special to the Journal.
PORTLAND, Or, May 6.-Hon. ID.
p. Thompson and Hon. Phil. Nets
chan, the candidates for governor
and state treasurer, will open the
campaign in Baker City, May 18th.
They viii visit all the towns from
Baker City to Portland. From
Baker City they will go to Jackson
Vile and come down the valley,
visiting Grants Pass, Rosebulg,
Eugene City, Albany, Corvallis, Sa-
lem, McMinnville, HillsbOrO and
/ Oregon City.
Oregoniau: "Never in the history