Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-13
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a MsfeoroIoaECaT Riot in Peoples
Valley, AfiZ.

CGlIICS Ndl4St aI4LO11es5 was as
shaken up. The Republicans cor
respondent at Congress last night for
wartled to this Office a concise, but
graphic SOO-word account of a wild
war cf the elements three days after
peace was declared Still it is better
late than that the world should never
have heard Of it. The succinct dis
patch is as follows:
From RS AN WIN. 6S3 Col, n. P.
Congress, Ariz., Sept. u, 1899
ITO The Republican, Phoenix.
What proved to be the ssverest rain
and electrical storm ever known in
this region passed over Peoples Val
ley Saturday afternoon. AS the storm
clouds gathered and kept approaching
nearer and nearer from the north, the
beautiful. but thirsty valley seemed to
reach out and beckon with out
stretched hands for the much needed
moisture known 20 be contained in the
dark, ominous locking clouds as they
rolled over and over like volumes CT
black smoke lin a strong wind storm.
The beginning was certainly omi-
nous of all the ruin that was herein
after wrought. Then the correspond
emit proceeds briefly as follows to show
that the storm after having mOnkeyed
around on the mountains for awhile,
splitting on its hands, at last got into
the valley and seeing it was in for it
and that blufing would go no longer,
turned itself loose. The correspondent
continues:
The storm in its eagerness to sat
isfy the impatient demands made by
c11ffpT-Oo q nlifipd fhn
whitening and dropping plants and
shrubs, fastened on with redoubled
fury AS it came on and the valley,
hemmed in on both sides by ranges of
mountains, it became narrower, thus
combining the storm between two mas
siYe stone walls pointing heavenWard
and reaching even above the gathering
storm, there was no point of egress,
except to the south, and thither the
storm fastened, impaIled onward by
strong wind emanating from the
cooler atmosphere Of the north. Peal
after peal OF thunder passed along the
quiet valley, heralding the approaching
storm, only to be re-ra-echOed and
hurled back again by the mountains
which in vain attempted to stay the
furious advance Of the raging ele-
ments From out the dark, threatened
CdIle N1N1u dI1u
flashes Of lightning, until it seemed
that old Neptune had forsaken his
own domain and come landward,
where, in setting up a new empire. he
was to reign supreme. To the resident
people it seemed at first as though the
storm kept coming closer and closer;
that the elements were making a
grand effort to give them a panoramic
view Of Dewey'S noble victory in Ma
Mia bay
It would seem to not only the resi-
dent people," but also to non-residents |
and even foreigners unfamiliar with |
he English language, that the storm
was not only coming closer and closer, |
but was actually at hand. The phe- !
ncmena of the mountains pointing
leavenward instead of downward, as
hey usually do, and the lightning is
suing from the clouds instead of from |
he earth, as it invariably does under !
formal conditions, should not be lost |
sight of.
The correspondent still has strength |
o proceed: Looking with pleasure. |
Is was their wont to do, upon the ap-
)rOach of this, one IF the few rain |
storms so meagerly distributed over |
hat section, they began to realize |
lOwly that something more than the /
Usual was about to take place, and a
ceiling of awe began to take possession
# them; and as the first drops CT rain
)egan TO Shdtter in the dust places of !
heller were Immediately sought by
nan and beast alike. Then it was that
ne storm seemed to grow in fury; the
hunder became even louder, the fash
ngs Of the lightning were no longer
but continual, and in the
mount CT water falling, it seemed the
cry fountains of the heavens had been
pened."
The shower may be said to have be
Jun after the foregoing preliminaries
he correspondent continues with his
characteristic, but picturesque abrupt
ess:
Occasional sharp pea1s of thunder
old the inhabitants in the neighb9r-
God of Mr.. Genungs that the light
ing had made connection with some
bject which would undoubtedly be
cen after the storm had passed over
like Dewey's men, the clements
roved to be expert marksmen, for all
ncund could be seen solitary sent
els stripped of their uniforms. and
heir limbs scattered right and left
lot satisfied with waging war against
ne trees, the lightning directed her
otis towards things more real. At
Isl three head of cattle belonging to
If. A Herman were sacrificed to the
ngry elements, but not even these
ere enough to satisfy the demand.
Gated in the middle of their rude
vickiups," the more to shelter them !
rom the merciless rain which seemed
} have no scruple about entering and I
renching their almost nude bodies. !
at two native children-a buck and
is devoted squaw''
This is high tribute paid by the
to the intelligence Of
lie buck and the squaw. They were (
l the wickiup mainly to keep out CT |
le rain and not to avoid the blister {
lg rays Of the sun. 1t was an il-ad-
Used stroke of lightning aimed at i
lem when there are 50 many people, {
ere in Phoenix fer instance, who do t
OF know enough to 60 in out of the I
ain. Now comes the heart-rending {
im2X IF tho storm thu ruthless [