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.