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Oregon City Goarier. A, W. CHENET, Publisher. CXEQOV CITY OREGON MS OF THE WEEK nhtsmtlnt Collection of Current Events In Condensed Form From Both Continents. "' In their next report to congress, naval , offloiali will recommend that several 'large drydocks be built. ? Frank Manninger, an aged painter, ill, penniless and proud, starved to j death in bis room in West New York, . . J. Angiolillo, the Italian anarch tut who murdered Premier Canovas, hai been tried by oourt-martial and entenced to be garroted. A Canadian Pacific train struck carriage containing five persons at crossing near St. Therese, Quebec, kill ing two women and injuring three oth ' ra. ' A special from Rome says it is report- ex! the pope will excommunicate Prince Henry of Orleans and the Count of Turin, as dueling is forbidden by the Soman Catholio churoh. It is stated that President MoKinley Jiaa expressed himself in favor of the admission of New Mexico to statehood A hill to that effect will be introduced t the next session of congress. I A. Southern Pacific freight train track burning stump that tumbled down the mountain side in Cow creek canyon in Southern Oregon, completely demolishing the engine and fonr cars and killing Fireman Robert McEwan and an unknown tramp. ' Secretary Sherman, Assistant Secre tary Howell, of the department, and he French ambassador will join in a conference on the subject of reciprocal tariff relations with France in the near future, and it is fully expected that a new and satisfactory agreement will be reached. Justice Stephen J. Field, of the United States supremo court, has es tab! i shed the record for the longest service on that bench. The servioo of Chief Justice John Marshall had been tl a longest in the history of till court, covering 35 years. Justice Field's service exceeds that of Marshall. He was appointed in 1803 by President Lincoln, and is in his 81st year. He has reached the age of retirement, but lie prefers to remain in active service on the bench, and there is no present indication that he will retire. Thomas Jefferson Suppington, an old-time resident of St. Louis county, Missouri, who saved General U. S. Grant from capture by Confederates, died near Sappington, a suburb of St. Jjouia. In 1864, when Grant came back to make a short visit to his farm near the latter city, Mr. Sappington, who waa first lieutenant in the Second Mix marl militia, learned that a number of the most radical sympathizers with the South had planned to capture General Grant and take him South a prisoner. Mr. Sappington determined to thwart the scheme. He hurried to St. Louis and met General Grant just as he was starting out for his farm. The result was a disappointment to the men who were lying in ambush for Grant. Mra. C. A. Shurte and her two chil dren were suffocated by smoke in their home at Arlington, Or. Word has been received in Now York from Calcutta that the Indian relief ex pedition which loft San Franuisco last June, has arrived safely. The cargo, it is said, will be more acceptable even than expected. A wind, rain and hailstom which passed over Northern Wisconsin did mora than $100,000 daniuge to the to baooo farmers on Coon pruirio, the heart of the growing section of the county. Fully four-fifths of the crop is destroyed. A rich gold find is reported from the fparta diitriot in Union county, Ore gon. The II ml has caused no little ex citement, and a big amount of quart! has been boxed up for shipment direct to the mint. It is estimated that it will go at least $40,000 to the ton. For a month or more people living near Bald Knob, Ark., have been find ing valuable pearla in a lake near that place. Hundreds of people have been iieninK mussel shells in search of the pearls, and some of the gems have been found, Bume being Bold for us much us 1300. Either crazed by liquor or laboring tindur a dolusion that lie was being per secuted, John Thomas, a prospector lately from Fort Steele district, started a fusilade witli a revolver on the streets of Spokane., which resulted in mortally wounding two men mid painful injuries to another man and boy. LIFE OF THE STRIKE Depends on the Deelslon to Be Rendered In the Iiijuuetlon Cue. Pittsburg, Aug. 18. Today was fraught with exciting incidents in mat ters pertaining to the miners' strike, Mutiny in the coal miners' camn murder in the deputies' ranks, filing of criminal and civil suits aitainst the De Armitts and the hearing of the injunc tion case against President Dolan and others, kept both sides to the struggle busy and on the qui vive all day long. The hearing in the injunction case before Judges 8 to we and Collier was perhaps one of the most impo mt and interesting ever held in the federal court. It was a hearing in which both capital and the rights of labor were in terested, and the decision is expected to have a telling effect on the conduct of the great cool miners' strike, which has been on since July 5. From the testimony adduced and from the expressions of the court, it can be lafoly said that there will be some sur prises. That the injunction will be materially modified there can be no doubt, which on its face would indicate a victory for the strikers. The prelim inary decree has been continued, pend ing a consultation of the judges, and an opinion will probably be handed down by noon tomorrow. As near as can be learned, the strikers, under the injunction, can march, but not at stated times, as long as they are not in company with any of these de fendants. The hearing in the equity case of the Tsew York & Cleveland Gas Coal Com pany against the United Mineowners of America was called at 10 o'clock. The affidavit on which the prelimi nary injunction was issued was made by William P. DeArmitt, president of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company, and set forth that his em ployes were under the contraot, that terms were mutually satisfactory and both parties were reudy and willing to fulfill their respective duties under it. The strikers by marching and other methods prevented many of the men from carrying' out their part of the agreement. It also recited the com pany's contracts to supply coal to points in the United States from Pennsyl vania, and the Pittsburg pumping sta tion with coal, which demands a daily supply in order to keep up tho service of water in the city of PittBburg. Offi cers of the United Mine workers of America were named in the bill and the purposes of the organization are set forth, together with the history of the strike. When court opened the attorney for the plaintiff filed a motion to make the preliminary injunction permanent. The defendants made a counter motion to dissolve it. Judge Stowe decided that both motions were out of order and DeArmitt was called to the stand. His testimony did not materially differ from the affidavits filed when the preliminary injunctions were seoured. In addition to the civil suits entered against President W. P. DeArmitt by his former employes for wages, three criminal suits have been brought against Samuel DeArmitt, brother of the president. Mrs. Anna Coto, who was evioted on Saturday by Samuel De Armitt, has brought criminal suit, charging assault and battery, She says in her charge that her husband was not at home, and that DeArmitt took her by the shoulders and threw her out of the house. She says he held a hatchet above her head and threatened to kill her. Her two ohildren, small boys, were also thrown from the house. John Coto, her husband, also sues DeArmitt for larceny. He claims that, after as saulting his wife and children and throwing his household goods from his house, DeArmitt took with him a small keg of wine and a $16 revolver of Coto's, and has since refused to return them." Writs and warrants will be served on DeArmitt in the morning. ' Two deputies, Robert Kerr and Frank Anderson, employed as guardians of the New York & Cleveland Gus Coal Com pany, fought this afternoon, and as a result Kerr cannot live until morning. It is not known what the men fought about, but they met on a bridge cross ing Plum creek, and, after a few words, Anderson was seen to hit Kerr, who retaliated, and a rough-and-tumble fight, lusting about five minutes, fol lowed. Anderson succeeded in drawing his revolver and, placing it. close to Kerr's abdomen, fired, the bull tearing through the victim s intestines and lodging in his back. Physicians say THEY FOUGHT IT OUT A Prince and Count Met on the Field of Honor. BOTH COMBATANTS MOUNDED Prlnee of Orleans Seriously Cut on the Shoulder and Abdomen, the Count Hllghtly Wounded on the Hand. he will die in a few hours. A special to the Toronto Globe from Ottawa Ritys that the Dominion govern ment has received several important leouioii8 in regard to the Yukon conn In Kaatern Priinaylvanla. Haaelton, Pa., Aug. 18. Twenty-five hundred miners of tho Lehigh and Wilkesbarre collieries, in the Honey brook district, went on strike this morning, and at a meeting tonight re solved in a body to stand together. This is the first defection among the miners of Kast Pennsylvania. Apart from tho wago question, the men de mand tho transfer of Superintendent Jones, and the feeling against him is so strong that he lias an armed escort and his house is guarded day and night. Eiploslon In a Laboratory. Madison, Wis., Aug. 17. Professor try, and the working of the gold fields Lincoln, of the state university, when there. It has been decided to appoint ! at worn in his chemical laboratory, an administrator for tiie district, who! W1,s thrown across the room by an ex will have entire churgo of all the Can-j plosion, and when found two hours adian officials there and be tho chief : later was still unconscious. He will executor for the government. Al a result of war between Atlantie ooast lines), freight is being carried from New York to Galveston for 3 cents at hundred! weight. t According to a dispatch from Copen hagen, received in London. Captain .Mortcnsen, of the bark Ansager, bound from Dublin to Onega, at the mouth of the Onega river, on the White sea, re ports that on July 13, when about two days' sail east of North rape, the north ernmost point of Europe, then being in Artie waters, he saw a oollaotted bal loon, which he believed to be Andrew's. be disfigured by the accident. Nanta re Train Held I'p. Kansas City, Aug. 18. The south bound passenger train on the Santa Fe road was held up near Edmund, O. T., at 13:15 this morning. The robbers made an unsuccessful attempt to blow open the through safe. They finally left, after securing between $500 and $800 from the local safe. No further particulars are obtainable at this hour. A Lawrence, Kan., colored man, born a slave, died the other day worth $30,000. Paris, Aug. 17. The Count of Turin and Prince Henry of Orleans fought a duel with swords at 5 o'clock this morn ing in the Bois Marechaux, at Vacres son. H. Lentieff acted as umpire. The seconds of Prince Henry were M. de Leontieff, governor-general of the equatorial provinces of Abyssinia, and M. Ruoul Mourichon. The Count of Turin's seconds were .General Count Avugadro de Quinto and the Marquis Carlo di Ginooe. The fighting was most determined, and lusted. !!8 minutes. There were five engagements, of which two were at close quarters. Prince Henry received two serious wounds in the right shoul- derntnd in the right side of the abdo men. The Count of Turin was wounded in the right hand. Prince Henry was taken to the resldenoe of the Due de Chartres and received medical attendance. The condition of Prince Henry of Or leans this evening is as satisfactory as could be expected. The doctors, after a consultation, have expressed the, opin ion that no important organ was touched, but absolute rest is necessary for recovery. Owing to rumors at Naples and else where, the public had not expected a duel to come off. It was, therefore, quite private. The official account furnished by the seconds recites fully the circumstances leading up to the encounter. Tho Connt of Turin, considering the letters of Prince Henry of Orleans to the Figaro offensive to the Italian army, wrote to him on July 6 demanding a retraction. This letter could not be answered until August 11, the day of the arrival of Prince Henrv in France. He replied to the count's demand by telegram, maintaining the right of a traveler to record his experiences. The official account then describes the arrangements for the duel, gives the names of the respective seconds, and says that at their first interview they agreed that an encounter was inevitable. By common accord the conditions were settled as follows: The weapons to be dueling swords, each combatant to use those of his own country, but the blades to be of equal length; each combatant to be at liberty to maintain the ground be gains and each to be allowed the space of IS metres within which to advance or re tire; each assault to continue four min utes; the combat to be resumed in the positions occupied, and only to termi nate on the decision of the four seconds or the advioe of the doctors that one of the adversaries is manifestly in a state of inferiority; the conduct of the meet ing to be intrutsed alternately to the two parties, lots being drawn at com mencement. This latter feature of the arrangement was due to formal objec tion of the seconds of Prince Henry of Orleans to direction of the encounter by a fifth party. At a later meeting yesterday the seo onds deoided upon the rendezvous. The prooess-verbal then proceeds to describe the encounter. It says that in the first assault Prince Henry was hit in the right breast, though the weapon did not penetrate the thorax. On the strength of the report of the doctors, the seconds decided that the combat most go on. The second assault was stopped be cause the combatants came to close quarters. In the third assault the Count of Turin was hit in the back of the right hand, nut the wound was slight. In the fourth assault, the um pire, Major Leontieff, declared that the sword of Prince Henry was bent, and stopped tho engagement long onongh to turnish the prince with a new weapon. In the fifth assault, the combatants again got into close quarters, and were immediately stopped, Prince Jlenry jn a counter blow being hit in the right lower region of the abdomen. The doctors on both sides examined the wound, and declared thut Prince Henry was rendered by it clearly infer ior to his antagonist. Major Leontieff and M. Mouriohon proposed that the combat be stopped, and this was done by common accord. While his wound was being dressed, Prince Henry raised himself up on the ground, and extended his hand to the Count of Turin, saying: "Allow me, monseigneur, to shake hands with you." j The count extended his hand. The i physicians present were Dr. Tiupetand I Dr. llartmun on behalf of Prince : Henry, and Dr. Carle, on behalf of the ! Count of Turin. This account of the righting was signed by the seconds. The details of the duel show that j tho encounter was sharp and deter mined. Immediately on the crossing of swords. Prince Henry vigorously pressed his adversary. The Count of Turin retreated to the limit of the ground, and, resuming the offensive, touched his opponent. The third and fourth assaults ended in the long en gagements within guard. The Temps says that the wound in the aiMlomen ot .Prince Henrv is sen ous, but not alarming. Had THESE HAVE BEEN THERE. View of Canadian Officials Regarding ' the. Klondike. New York, Aug. 18. A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: Secrotary Gage bus received from Can ada a roKrt on the Klondike district. It is a' condemnation of the reports of William Ogilvie, the Dominion land surveyor, and contains matters from other officers ot the Canadian govern ment who have previously visitod the region or are there now. At the outset the minister states that the report is published in response to numerous pub lic demands. - , "The object," he says, "is not to in duce any one to go to that country at the present time. Until better means of communication are established a man undertakes serious risks in going there unless he has sufficient resources to tide him over the long winter. Af ter September egress from the country is practically impossible until the fol lowing June, and a person that has not been successful in locating a paying claim has to depend for subsistence upon finding employment. Wages are at times abnormally high, but the labor market is very narrow and easily overstocked. "It is estimated that up to the mid dle of May 600 to 600 persons had crossed the Dyea puss this year. Sev eral hundred more will go by steamers up the Yukon. Whether employment will be available for all and for the considerable population already in the district ia somewhat doubtful. It will At . . .. . tuereiore De wise lor those who con template going to the Yukon district to give serious consideration to the mat ter before coming to a deoision." An extract from the report of A. E, Willis, assistant surgeon-general for 1895, is given, to indicate the climate of the Klondike, characteristics of the inhabitants, and the mode of living. He also describes the kind of men that should go to the Klondike. He says 'The olimate is wet. During the winter months the cold is intense, with usually consideruble wind. A heavy mist rising from open plains in the river settles down in the vulley fn ex treme weather. This dampness mukes the cold felt much more and is con duoive to rheumatic pains, colds and the like. In selecting men to live in this country I submit a few remarks, some oi which will be of assistance to medical examiners in making their recommendations: Men should be sober, strong an healthy. Thy should be practical men, aoie to adapt themselves equally to their surroundings. Special care should be taken to see that their lungs are sound, that they are free from rheuma tism and rheumatic tendencies and their joints, especially knee joints, are strong and have never been weakened by in jury or disease. It is important to consider their temperaments. Men should be of cheerful, hopeful disposi tions and willing workers. Those of morose, sullen natures, although, they may be good workers, are very apt, as soon as the novelty wears off, to be- oome dissatisfied, nessimistic and melancholy." . . Mr. Ogilvie, chief of the boundary survey, in a report of a trip down the Yukon, Bays regarding the weather: "It Is said by those faimliar with the locality that the storms which rage In the upper altitudes of the coast range during the greater part of the time from October to Maroh, are ter rific A man caught in one of them runs the risk of losing his life unless he can reach shelter in a Bhort time." Mr. Ogilvie, on this same'trip, had much difficulty with the Indians, and they demanded $30 per hundred pounds for carrying his goods. On being told that the party had a permit from the Great Father in Washington to pass through the country, and that the In dians would be punished if they inter- lered, they reduced the price to $10. Mr. Ogilvie states there ore about 400,000 acres of land along the Yukon and its branches that might be used for agricultural purposes. Mr. Ogilvie gives the miners a bad reputation. He says: "I may say that it is generally very difficult to got any exact or even ap proximately exact statements of facts or values from miners. Many of them are inveterate jokers and take delight in hoaxing. The higher the official or social position of the person they hoax the better they are pleased. I have several times found thut after spend ing hours netting information from one of them it would be all contradicted by the next one I met. "Another cause of difficulty in get ting trustworthy information from them is that in a certain sense they consider every government official or agent their enemy, and that, he is in the country to spy upon their doings and find out things which the great majority of them are very much averse to have known." Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. DROWNED IN THE SURF. ITE1IS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cltlei and Towns af the Thriving Bitter States Oregon, The spring fishing season on the Co lumbia has closed. The pack will be a trifle over 400,000 cases. The city council of Marshfleld is con sidering the advisability of imposing a tax on business houses for the purpose or keeping the city's streets in repair. Subscriptions for Astoria's annual regatta are pouring in, and the necessary amount will be completed in a few days. A carnival queen will be elect ed this year. During the month of July, in Jackson county, warrants to the amount of $3, 073.84 were drawn, while scrip repre senting fa, 105 was redeemed during the same time. Harvesting is well under way and some wheat has already been hauled to market. The orop ia turning ont even better than was expected, and the esti mate of 8,000,000 bushels will, it is claimed, be too low for Sherman county. County Commissioner Kissell, of Gray's river, has discovered gold on that stream. It assays from $4 to $8 to the ton. W ith a paity of Astorians, Kissell will prospect the headwaters of the stream. He is of the opinion that better finds will be made. One of the largest hay corps in the history of Lincoln county has just been harvested. The quantity is large and the quality is first-class. The excel lent haying weather that has prevuiled has enabled the farmers and ranchers to care for the crop in good shape. An expert in coal mining, who has much to do with coal in the. East, has given the Evans creek, Klamath coun ty, coal a thorough test, and pronounced it the pure anthracite. The mine now shows nine solid feet of coal, and the slate streaks which were found when the vein was first opened are pinching out. It is said that the coal can bo put into the Valley towns for $6 per ton.,. A new scheme for getting rid of hop lice is credited to a Southern Oregon man. He goes out during the heat of the day, takes a pole with a hook on the end of it, hooks it over the wires on which, the hops are supported, and shakes the vines with all his might. He can shake off most of the lioe in this manner, and believes it is just as effective as spraying, and much faster, as soon as tne lice strike the dust on the ground they die. One of the measures of interest to Oregon which died in the lute session of oongress before it could get any con siueration was a joint resolution intro duced by Senaotr McBride, directing the secretary of war to cause an ex amination to be made of the harbor of Astoria and to submit a plan for its improvement by inoeusing its depth, width and extent, together with esti' mates of the cost of such improvements, It is proposed to appropriate $3,000 for the purpose. This proposition will probably have to go into the next river and harbor appropriation bill. The Undertow at Atlantie City Claimed Two Victims. Atlantic City, Aug. 17. Two ven turesomn bathers were drowned in the surf today. They were Thomas C. Las well, aged 21, of Princeton, Ind., and an unknown man, supposed to be an excursionist from Philadelphia. Las well came here this morning with his friend P. M. Parrott, also from Princeton, on his first visit to the sea shore. The yonng men went into the surf shortly before noon, and Laswell, who seemed to be unaware of the dan gerous undertow, was soon beyond his depth and calling for help. The life guards made a brave effort to save him, but the surf was so heavy that they were unable to reach the drowning man. Laswell struggled in the water for about 15 minutes in full view of about 10,000 people, gathered on the pier, board walk and beaoh. Parrott nearly lost his life in at tempting to save that of his friend, and was taken from the water in an ex hausted condition. Lute in the after noon the body of Laswell came ashore. It was turned over to a local under taker, who prepared It for shipment to Indiana. ' When Laswell checked his valuables at the bathouse where he obtained his bathing suit, he laughingly remarked to the clerk: "I will leave my ad dress, so that in case I am drowned you can send my valuables home." The jest was a tragedy in less than an hour. The second drowning occurred about 8 o'clock, and the body of the man had not come ashore to a late hour tonight. The surf today was the heaviest of the season, owing to a gale which' pre vailed, and between 25 and 80 persons were rescued, many of them women. A NARROW ESCAPE. Towards the South role. Antwerp, Aug. 18. The steamer ' Belgica with Carlathe Antartio expedi tion on board, sailed at 10 o'clock this morning. Crowds assembled to bid farewell to the explorers, who were i heartily cheered as the Belgiea left port. The expedition, it is expected, will ; land at Graham Land early in Novem ; ber. The crew of the Belgica number t 21 men. The United States cruiser San Francisco saluted the departing Belgica. Fifty In the Water. Berlin, Aug. 18. A dispatch from Dresden announces that a ferrv steamer the i P'ytng between the old and new towns Count of Turin's steel gone half a cen timeter deeper, the prince would have been perforated. At a recent wedding in India the entire week was given up to feasting and merry-making, and nearly 150,000 of the groom's tribe assembled for the occasion. was capsized yesterday evening by the wash of a large steamer, and over 50 persons thrown into the water. Seven people are known to be missing, and it is feared the loss of life will turn out to be heavy. A means of renewing the filament in electrio light burners baa been discovered. Washington. The school census of Chehulis county shows there are 3,186 children of school age in the county, a decrease in a year of 139. The board of control has called for bids to supply the state, for use at the state penitentiary, with 2,250 bales of jute, 750 by steamer and 1,500 by sailing vessel. The assessed value of all property in King county is $48,313,409, as against $43,739,734 in 1896. The value of all property in the city of Seattle is $34,- 106,632, as against $30,143,648 in 1896, an increase of $3,404,494. Whatcom county's hay crop this year will be Bimply enormous. It is esti mated that one ranch, having 160 acres n cultivation, situated about seven miles south from Blaine,. will produce about 500 tons. The value of this hay crop is estimated at between $4,000 and $5,000. The concrete foundation for the light house, at Westporrt, is about completed. It consists of a solid mass of concrete 40 feet square and 13 feet thick. The stone and timber for the tower is about all cut to proper Bizes and shapes, so that the building of it will now go forward rapidly. The stute board of land commission ers has rejected the application to pur chase certain lands in Chinook, Pacific ! county, made by C. R. Johnson et al., ! because of the fact that land lying be ! tween the meander line and ordinary j low-water mark was formed by ac : cretion from water and belonged, to the 1 state by reason of its sovereignty. j Almost every field of grain in Kit I titas county is now said to be beyond I any possibility of damage. Cutting I has begun, and next week will be un ' der way generally. There is a scarcity of harvest hands over the country. The ; yield about Waterville and Bridgeport is placed at fully 1,000,000 bushels. It is estimated that there are 105,000 acres of grain in Garfield couunty this year, and that Garfield county will pro duce over 2,000,000 bushels of golden cereal this year. Reports from Asotin prairie state that wheat is yielding more to the acre than was expected. Some of the poor est pieces of wheat land which it was thought would do well if they went 15 bushels to the acre, averaged over 20, and one field went 27. At this rata the beet fields will yield over 40 buihelr to the acre. Young Lady Caught on a Railroad Trestle Near Chehalis. Chehalis, Wash., Aug. 17. A young- lady who liveB near Newaukum, while walking on the railroad track toward this town one afternoon a short time ago, bad a verv narrow escape from death under the wheels of a passenger train. She was upon the lung trestle south of town when the train came. She started to run, hoping to rcaoh the end of the trestle before the train, caught her, but, after running a short distance, she fell. As Boon as the en gineer buw her he put on- the brakes. When the train came to a standstill, the nose of the cowcatcher touched her prostrate body. She was assisted to raise and went on her way unharmed, except for a few trifling scratches. When the train got under way the pas sengers held a meeting and passed a resolution commending Engineer Jones warmly for thd coolness and prompt ness with which he acted. THE COTTON CROP. Estimated at Nine and Three-Qnarter , Million. Hales. New Orleans, Aug. 17. H. M. Neill, the well-known cotton statisti cian, has issued a circular on the growing crop. After referring to the correctness of his estimate made in July, 1894, of the crop of that season, Mr. Neill says: "At this moment for this year the promise is equal to any previous year in every state but Texas, and even al lowing that Texas should fall short of her maximum product by 1.000.000 bales, the outlook now is for a crop of at least 9,750,000, with 500.000 to 1,000,000 more within the range of possibility. This figure of 9,750,000 ia very conservative. If there are good rains in Texas, her orop will also be near perfection, and the possibilities for the total crop would then be some thing enormous." Mines Mint Clone. Denver, Aug. 17. It is probable- that the great silver mines of Creede, Colo., will be closed down on account of the low price of silver, unless the railroad and smelting rates are re duced. Several conferences have been held between the mine-owners und the smelter and railroad officials, and it is said the latter evinced a disposition to make every concession possible irr order to keep the mines in operation. It is also understood that the miners at Creede are willing to accept a re duction in wages from $3 per day of eight hours to $3.75 in wet mines and 50 in dry, rather than have tho mines closed. The Work of Whitecap. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 17. For three months, a band of whitecaps has been causing terror in the vicinity of Ken sington, Ky., and a determined stand will be made against them. About two weeks ogp, they called at the home of Ward Bolun, superintendent of Ken sington sub-division, and by force com pelled him to go to the woods with them. There they whipped and beat him in a most brutal manner. 'Later they found a man named O'Hara camp ing on Kensington lake.with a woman, he claims was his wife, and they beat the man and woman shamefully. Impure air is not always of the same weight, there being various grades of impurity. But an absolutely pure air. -1 ? 1 n . Biwtts weigns .ot oi a deg. rain per cubic inch. The weighing of air is a good test of its purity. Wasco, Or., Aug. 17. Last night. awin uiiuuigui, nre uroKe out in a sleeping tent in which the small chil dren of Mr. C. Huck's family were sleeping. One little one, about'e years old, was burned until only the charred trunk remained. The fire originated from a lighted candle which was al lowed to burn too low. In trying to save the child. Mr. Huck was overcome by smoke, and came near losing his life. Hi hands, feet and legs were frightfully burned.