Washington County hatchet and Forest Grove times., August 19, 1897, Image 2

W A S H IN G T O N
THESE
V l «* w * o f
HAVE
BEEN
COUNTY
THERE.
LIFE
i 'a i i H t l la i i O f f i c i a l * R e g a r d i n g
the K lo n d ik e .
¡
OF
THE
DROWNED
STRIKE
Yellowstone Tourists Held
Up and Robbed.
Pittsburg, Aug. 18.— Today was
fraught with exciting incidents in mat­
ters |>ertaining tf> flie miners’ strike.
M utiny in the coal miners’ camp, a
murder in tiie deputies’ ranks, tiling of
crim inal ami civil suits against the De-
Arm itts and the hearing of tiie injunc­
tion case against President Dolan ami
others, kept both sides to the struggle
busy and on the qui vive all day long.
The hearing in the injunction case
before Judges Stowe and C ollier was
lierliaps one o f the most im p o * int 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 tellin g effect on the conduct of
the great coal miners’ strike, which
has been on since July 5.
From the testimony adduced ami from
the expressions o f the court, it can be
safely said that there w ill be some sur­
prises.
That the injunction w ill be
m aterially modified there can he no
doubt, w liichon 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 w ill probably be handed down
by noon tomorrow.
As near as can he learned, the strikers,
under tiie injunction, can inarch, but
not at stated times, as long as they are
not in company with any o f these de­
fendants.
The hearing in tiie equity case o f the
New Y ork & Cleveland Gas Coal Com­
pany against the United Mineowners of
Am erica was called at 10 o ’clock.
The affidavit on which the prelim i­
nary injunction was issued was made
by W illiam P. DeArm itt, president of
the N ew York & Cleveland Gas Coal
Company, ami set forth that his em­
ployes were under the contract, that
terms were mutually satisfactory and
both parties were ready ami w illin g 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 (aunts
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 the service
of water in tiie city o f Pittsburg. Offi­
cers o f the United Mineworkers of
Am erica were named in the hill and
the purposes of the organization are set
forth, together with tiie history of the
strike.
When court opened the attorney for
the plain tiff 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 o f order and
D eA rm itt was called to the stand. His
testimony did not m aterially d iffer from
the affidavits filed when the preliminary
injunctions were secured.
In addition to the civil suits entered
against President \V. P. D eArm itt by
his form er employes for wages, three
crim inal suits have been brought
against Samuel D eArm itt, brother of
the president.
Mrs. Anna Ooto, who
was evioted on Saturday by Samuel De-
Arinitt, has brought criminal suit,
charging assault and battery. She says
in her charge that her husband was not
at home, and that DeArm itt took her
by the shoulders and threw her out of
the house. She says lie held a hatchet
above her head and threatened to kill
her.
Her two children, small boys,
were also thrown from the house. John
Uoto, her husband, also sues D eArm itt
for laroenv.
He claims that, after as­
saulting his wife and children and
throwing his household goods from his
house. D eA rm itt took with him a small
keg of wine and a $16 revolver of
Coto’s, and has since refused to return
them.
W rits and warrants w ill be
served on D eArm itt in the morning.
Tw o deputies, Robert Kerr ami Frank
Anderson, employed as guardians of the
N ew Yortt & Cleveland Gas Coal Com­
pany, fought this afternoon, and as a
result Kerr oannot 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, lasting about five minutes, fol­
lower!. Anderson succeeded in drawing
his revolver and, placing it close to
K err’ s alxiomen, fired, the hall tearing
through the victim 's intestines ami
lodging in his hack. Physicians say
he w ill die in a few hours.
IN
THE
SURF.
T h e I ' n d e r t o w a t A t l a n t i c C i t y Cl ala
T w o V ictim s.
I l e p e m l * o n I h f l>* <' i«l o n to Hi* R e n d e r e d
in t h e I n j u n c t i o n l ane.
New York, Aug. 18.— A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says:
Secretary Gage lias received from Can-
ada a leport on the Klondike district.,
It is a condemnation o f the reports of
W illiam O gilvie, the Dominion land
T E N S E T I C K S F R O M T H E W I R E S surveyor, and contains matters from F I V E H U N D R E D D O L L A R S T A K E N
other officers of the Canadian govern­
ment who have previously visited the
la t c r e a t ln g C o lle c tio n o f It e m « F r o m
region or are there now. A t tbe outset T w o C o a c h e d S t o p p e d b y M a d k e d M e n ,
H i « M ow a n d th e O ld W o r l d I n a
the minister states that tiie report is
W h o R e l i e v e t h e Faddengerd o f T h e i r
published in response to numerous pub­
C o n d e n s e d a n d Comprehensive F o r m
V a lu a b le * and T h e n Edcape.
In their next report to congress, naval lic demands.
Yellowstone Lake, W yo., Aug. 17.—
"T h e object.” lie says, ‘ ‘ is not to in ­
.officials w ill recommend that several
T w o masked highwaymen held up and
duce
any
ore
to
go
to
that
country
at
large drydocks be built.
I .he present time.
U n til better means robbed tw o of the Yellowstone N a ­
Frank Manninger, an aged painter,
j of communication are established a tional P aik Transportation coaches in
ill, penniless and proud, starved to
j man undertakes serious risks in going the park this morning, relieving tbe
death in his room in West Mew York,
U p to 6
th re unless lie has sufficient resources tourists of about $500.
V . J.
to tide him over tbe long winter. A f ­ o ’clock this evening, the fugitives have
A n giolillo,
the
Italian
anarch­ ter September egress from the country not been apprehended. Tbe coaches
is t who murdered Prem ier Canovas. is practically impossible until tbe fol­ were robbed while en route from Can­
has been tried by court-martial and lowing June, and a person that has not yon Hotel to Norris geyser basin and
sentenced to be garroted.
been successful in locating a paying had covered but about three miles of
A Canadian Pacific train struck a claim has to depend for subsistence tiieir journey. A t the point where the
carriage containing five persons at a upon finding employment.
Wages are hold-up took place was tbe crest of a
crossing near St. Therese, Quebec, kill
at times abnormally high, but tbe labor- high hill, where the freight road
in g tw o women and injuring three oth­ market is very narrow and easily over­ branches from the government road at
a sudden turn. When the first coach
ers.
stocked.
came along, the robbers, with masked
‘
‘
It
is
estimated
that
up
to
the
m
id­
A special from Home says it is rejxirt-
faces and cocked Winchesters, com­
dle
o
f
May
500
to
600
persons
had
ed the pope w ill excommunicate Prince
manded tiie driver to halt.
W h ile one
H enry of Orleans and the Count of crossed the Dyea pass this year. Sev­
man kept the occupants o f the coach
T u rin , as dueling is forbidden by the eral hundred more w ill go by steamers
up the Yukon.
Whether employment covered, the other relieved them of
Som an Catholic church.
w ill be available fur all and for tbe their money. When all had been se­
It is stated that President M cKinley
cured, tiie driver was ordered to proceed
has expressed him self in favor of the considerable population already in the at a gallop.
district
is
somewhat
doubtful.
It
w
ill
admission of New Mexico to statehood.
Another coach was hailed as it drove
A hill to that effect w ill be introduced therefore be wise for those who con­ up, the preceding one being hidden
template
going
to
the
Yukon
district
to
a t the next session of congress.
give serious consideration to tiie mat­ from view by tiie intervening trees.
A Southern Pacific freight train
When tiie last coacli had been robbed,
ter before coming to a decision.”
struck a burning stump that tumbled
An extract from tiie report of A . K. the bundits departed for parts unknown.
¡down the mountain side in Cow creek
Tw o men answering the description
W illis, assistant surgeon-general for
canyon in Southern Oregon, completely 1895, is given, to indicate the clim ate of the robbers were tracked in a south­
demolishing the engine ami four cars
of the Klondike, characteristics of the erly direction along the eastern shore
and k illin g Fireman Hubert McKwan
inhabitants, and the mode o f living. of the lake. Troopers w ill attempt to
and an unknown tramp.
He also describes the kind of men that head them off by crossing the lake on
the government steamer. Great hopes
Secretary Sherman, Assistant Secre­ should go to the Klondike.
He says:
tary Howell, of the department, and
“ The clim ate is wet. During the are entertained of their ultim ate cap­
the French ambassador w ill join in a winter months the cold is intense, with ture. None o f the passengers in the
conference on the subject o f reciprocal usually considerable wind.
A heavy coaches were hurt.
¡tariff relations with Frunce in the near mist rising from open plains in the
A B L O O D Y RACE R I O T .
future, and it is fu lly expected that a river settles down in the valley in ex­
new and satisfactory agreement w ill lie treme weather. This dampness makes
T h r e e M e n I>ea<l a m i T h r e e I n j u r e d
reached.
the cold felt much more and is con­
Near U t ile Rock.
Justice Stephen J. Field, o f the ducive to rheumatic- pains, colds and
L ittle Rock, Aug. 17.— The bloodiest
U nited States supreme court, lias es­ the like. In selecting men to live in
race riot that has occurred in Arkansas
tablished the record for the longest this country I submit a few remarks,
eervice on that beuoh. The service of some o f which w ill be of assistance to in months took place at Palarm sta­
C h ief Justice John Marshall had been medical examiners in making their tion, 80 miles from L ittle Hock, this
evening. Three men are dead, another
t( e longest in the history of the court, recommendations:
covering 85 years.
Justice F ie ld ’s
“ Men should be sober, strong and fatally wounded and two others also in ­
aervioe exceeds that o f Marshall. He healthy. T li»y should be practical men, jured. Tiie dead are:
Harrison Korr, colored, shot
to
was appointed in 1868 by President able to adapt themselves equally to
Lincoln, and is in his 81st year, lie their surroundings. Special care should pieces; Charles Peters, colored, killed
Jias reached the age of retirement, but be taken to see that their lungs are outright; Charles Andry, w iiite, shot
lie prefers to remuin in active service sound, that they are free from rheuma­ through the heart.
The seriously injured are: J. T.
on the bench, and there is no preseiu. tism and rheumatic tendencies and their
indication that he w ill retire.
joints, especially knee joints, are strong Clark, jr ., a telegraph operator, shot
through the shoulder, probably fatally.
Thomas Jefferson Sappington, an and have never been weakened by in ­ D. H. Owens, deputy sheriff o f Perry
jury
or
disease.
It
is
im|>ortant
to
Old -time resident of St. Louis county
Men county, shot through the groin, seri­
M i ssouri, who saved General U. 8. consider their temperaments.
ously.
Grant from capture by Confederates, should be of cheerful, hopeful disposi­
Owens had a warrant for Korr,
tions
and
w
illin
g
workers.
Those
of
died near Sappington, a suburb of St.
charged with murder. When he at­
morose,
sullen
natures,
although
they
Louis.
In 1884, wiien Grant came buck
tempted to make the arrest at Palarm,
to make a short visit to his farm near may be good workers, are very apt, as
Korr opened Hre. The first shot struck
soon
as
the
novelty
wears
off,
to
be­
jthe latter city, Mr. Sappington, who
and Owens in the groin, inflicting u serious
'Was a first lieutenant in the Second M is­ come dissatisfied, pessimistic
wound.
Andry and Clark went to
m elancholy.”
souri m ilitia, learned that a number of
Mr. O gilvie, chief of the boundary Owens’ assistance, and five or six ne­
th e most radical sympathizers with the
groes joined in with Korr. A pitched
Mouth had planned to capture General survey, in a report o f a trip down the
battle ensued, in which over 50 shots
Yukon,
says
regarding
the
weather:
G rant and take him South a prisoner.
“ It Is said by those fairaliar with were tired. When the shooting was
M r. Sappington determined to thwart
over, Andry and Peters lay dead.
the scheme.
He hurried to St. Louis the locality that the storms which rage
Clark had gotten into his office, and
in
tbe
upper
altitudes
o
f
tbe
coast
and met General Grant just as lie was
fallen from loss of blood. Owens was
range
during
tbe
greater
part
of
tbe
starting out for his farm.
The result
lyin g in a ditch near the station. Korr
was a disappointment to the men whs tim e from October to March, are ter­
was found lying dead in the road a
rific. A man caught in one of them
w ere lying in ambush for Grant.
runs the risk of losing his life unless m ile away, literally shot to pieces.
The other negroes fled, and have not
M r«. C. A. Shurte and her two c h il­ he can reach shelter in a short tim e.”
dren were suffocated by smoke in their
Mr. O gilvie, on this same trip, had been captured. The whole country is
home at Arlington, Or.
in a fever of excitement, and should
much difficulty with the Indians, and
K o rr’s associates be caught they w ill be
they
demanded
$30
per
hundred
pounds
Word has been received in New York
from Calcutta that tbe Indian relief ex­ for carrying bis goods. On being told lynched.
pedition which left San Francisco last that the party had a permit from tbe
A WILD ANARCHIST.
June, has arrived safely. Tbe cargo, Great Father in Washington to puss
i t ia said, w ill be more acceptable eveu through tbe country, and that tbe In­ C u t H I * W a y W i t h a R a i o r T h r o u g h h
dians would lie punished if they inter­
than expected.
P o llc « Guard.
fered, they reduced tbe price to $10.
A wind, rain and bailstom which i
Pittsburg, Aug. 17.— James Elbert,
Mr. O gilvie states there are alimit
passed over Northern Wisconsin did
supposed to be an anarchist, created
460.000
acres of land along tbe Yukon
more than $100,000 damage to the to-
excitement th ii morning at the police
and its branches that m ight ire used for
baooo farmers on Coon prairie, the
station by slashing five policemen with
agricultural
purposes.
Mr.
O
gilvie
heart of the growing section of the
a razor. One o f the officers, George
county. F u lly four-fifths of the crop gives the miners a had reputation. He McIntyre, had his face cut in a horri­
says:
ia destroyed.
ble manner, and his condition is seri­
" I may say that it is generally very
A rich gold find is reported from the difficult to get any exact or even ap­ ous. The others, George Cole, Janies
Sparta district in Union county, Ore­ proximately exact statements of facts McEvoy, W. E. Cories* and W illiam
Kenny, are badly hut not seriously cut.
gon. The find has caused no little ex­
or values from miners. Many o f them
A fte r cuttihg his way through the
citement, and a big amount of quarts are inveterate jokers and take delight
guard of 15 policemen, Elbert attempt
has been boxed up for shipment direct
in hoaxing. The higher the official or
to the mint. It is estimated that it social position of the person they hoax ed tik escape by jumping 30 feet from a
rear window. He was hotly ptirsued
w ill go at least $40,000 to the ton.
the better they are pleased.
1 have by the officers, while blood streamed
F or a month or more people livin g several times found that after spend­ from their wounds. A fte r a chase o f
near Bald Knob, Ark., have been find­ ing hours getting information from one several squares. Officer Cories* brought
in g valuable pearls in a lake near that of them it would lie all contradicted by him down w ith a bullet in the arm.
place. Hundred* o f people have tieen the next one I met.
The man fought desperately, and had
opening mussel shells in search o f the
“ Another cause o f difficulty in get­ to be o'.ubhed into insenaibility before
pearls, and some of the gems tmve been ting trustworthy information from them he could tie taken to the station. E l­
found, some being sold for as much as is that in a certain sense they consider bert now lies in the ja il hospital in a
$aoo.
every government official or agent their serious condition.
Elbert is an Austrian. He had been
Either erased by liquor or tailoring enemy, and that he is in the country
under s delusion that he was being per- to spy noon their doings and find out working at the Armstrong oork factory,
eecuted, John Thomas, a pros isn't or things which the great m ajority of but was discharged because o f his anar­
lately from Fort Steele district, started them are very much averse to have chist tendencies. He had threatened
Armstrong’ s life.
• fusil ado with a revolver on the streets known.”
o f Spokane., which resulted in m ortally
T o w u r tl* t ti m South I ' o l f .
T o t h * K l o n d i k e by H alloon.
wounding two men and painful injuries
Oakland,
Cal., Aug. 17.'— M. Ayer,
Antwerp, Aug. 18.— The steamer
to another man and boy.
Belgica with Carlatbe Antartio expedi­ a real estate man on Eighth street,
A special to the Toronto G lobe from tion on lioard, sailed at 10 o'olock this proposes to establish a balloon service
Ottawa says that the Dominion govern­ morning.
Crowds assembled to bid between Juneau and Dawson. K. A.
ment haa received several important farewell to the explorers, who were Hughson is with him in the scheme.
decisions in regard to the Yukon coun­ heartily cheered as the Belgica left port.
They w ill try to induce those interested
try. and the working o f the gold fields The expedition, it is expected, w ill in the scheme to subscribe $3.000.
there.
It has been decided to appoint land at Graham Land early in N ovem ­ Ayer, who has evolved the plan, is an
an administrator for the district, who ber. The crew o f the Belgica number old hallonist, and says the scheme ia
w ill have entire charge of all the Can- 31 men.
He says the trip from
The United States cruiser practicable.
ad ian officials there and be the ch ief San Francisco saluted the departing Juneau to Dawson C ity ought to be
executor for the government.
made in 94 hours.
Belgioa.
Aa a result of war between Atlantic
F i f t y In t h # W a t e r .
Aa ra fo rla a a t* Swim.
enact lines, freight ia being carried
Berlin,
Aug. 18.— A dispatch from
New York, Aug. 17.— The Times
from N ew York to Galveston for 3 cents
Dresden announces that a ferry steamer says that David Dalton, a well-known
• hundred weight.
According to a dispatch from Copen­ plyin g between the old and new towns swimmer, whose feats attracted atten-
hagen, received in London. Captain was oapsiaed yesterday evening by the tion'at the world’s fair; Fred Peters,
Mortensen, of the bark Ansager, bound wash of a large steamer, and over 50 of Nsw Bedford, Maas., and W alter
Seven Arnold, o f Boston, are misaing. Dal­
from Dublin to Onega, at the mouth of persons thrown into the water.
the Onega river, on the W hite sea, re­ people are known to he missing, and it ton, aocording to the Times, attempted
porta that on July IS, when about two is feared the lorn of life w ill turn out to swim from Coney Island to the
Sandy Hook lightship, a distance o f 14
daya1 aail eaat o f North cape, the north- to be heavy.
ernmoct point of Europe, then being in
A means o f renewing the d lament miles, the tw o men accompanying him
waters, ha saw a collapsed hal­ in electric ligh t burners has been dis­ in s boat. It ia faared that ail three
hawabaa
lo be Andraa'a covered.
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A Resume of Events in the
Northwest.
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News
«a llu re d
Our
In
N c ì r I i b u r i n a
m e n t N o t e d in i I
the
T o «v n * o f
State«
Im p ro v e -
A ll
ml ust rte »—O regon .
the Co­
Co-
T lie spring fishing season on the
lumbia has closed. The pack w ill be a
trifle over 400,000 cases.
The city council of Marshfield is con­
sidering the advisability of iirnosing a
tax on business houses for the purpose
of keeping tiie city’s streets in repair.
Subscriptions for Astoria’ s annual
regatta are (touring in, and the necessary
amount w ill he completed in a few
days. A carnival queen w ill he elect­
ed this year.
During tlie month of July, in Jackson
county, warrants to the amount of $2,-
073.34 were drawn, w hile scrip repre­
senting $8,105 was redeemed during
the same time.
Harvesting is well under way and
some wheat has already been hauled to
market. The crop is turning out even
better than was expected, and the esti­
mate of 3,000,000 bushels w ill, it is
claimed, be too low for Sherman county.
County Commissioner Kissell, of
G ray’s river, has discovered gold on
that stream. It assays from $4 to $8
to the ton. With a paity of Astorians,
Kissell w ill prospect the headwaters of
the stream. He is of the opinion that
better finds w ill be made.
One of the largest hay corps in the
history of Lincoln county lias just been
harvested. The quantity is large and
the quality is first-class. The excel­
lent haying weather that lias prevailed
lias 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, lias
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 he
put into the Valley towns for $0 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 lice in
this manner, and believes it is just as
effective as spraying, and much faster.
As soon as the lice strike the dust on
the ground they die.
One of the measures of interest to
Oregon which died in the late session
of congress before it could get any con­
sideration was a joint resolution intro­
duced by Senaotr McBride, directing
the secretary of war to cause an ex­
amination to he made of the harbor of
Astoria and to submit a plan for its
improvement by ¡licensing 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 inio the next river
and harbor appropriation bill.
X V a sh i n k ton.
The
shows
school
a year
school census of Chehalis county
there are 3,186 children of
age in the county, a decrease in
of 189.
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.
‘
Atlantic City, Aug. 17.— Two venl
tnresume bathers were drowned in thd
surf today.
They were Thomas (J
Las well, aged 31, of Princeton, I n,l.J
and an unknown man, supposed to
an excursionist from Philadelphia.
Laswell came here this morning witJ
his friend P. M. Parrott, also fro d
Princeton, on his first visit to the seal
shore. The young men went into thd
surf shortly before noon, and LaswellJ
who seemed to be unaware of the i|an]
gerous undertow, was soon beyond hi]
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 wateJ
for about 15 minutes in full view ol
a()011t i UiooO people, gathered on th
j)jer> bnar,l walk and beach.
Parrott nearly lost liis life in at-]
tempting to save that o f his friend
and was taken from the water in an ex]
haunted condition. Late in the after]
noon the body o f Laswell came ashore]
It was turned over to a local under]
taker, who prepared it for shipment to]
Indiana.
When Laswell checked his valuable]
at the bathouse where he obtained hi]
bathing suit, he laughingly remark*!
to the clerk: “ I w ill 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 utj
hour.
The second drowning occurred abend
8 o ’clock, and the body of the man hail
not come ashore to a late hour tonight]
The surf today was the heaviest o ]
the season, owing to a gale which pre]
vailed, and between 25 and 30 persons]
were rescued, many of them women.
A
Young
NARROW
ESCAPE.
Lady Caught
on
a Railroad
T re s tle N e a r C h eh alia.
Chehalis, Wash., Aug. 17.— A young
lady who lives near Newaukum, wliild
walking on the railroad track tow aril
this town one afternoon a short time
ago, had a very narrow esca(>e fn a j
death under the wheels o f a passenged
train. She was upon the long treat la
south of town when the train camel
She started to run, hoping to reach thq
end of the trestle before the trail]
caught her, but, after running a shorl
distance, she fell. As soon as the en]
gineer saw her lie put on the brakes]
When the train came to a standstill]
the nose of the cowcatcher touched he]
prostrate body. She Was assisted td
raise and went on her way un harmed J
except for a few triflin g scratches]
When the train got under way the pas]
sengers Held a meeting and passed
resolution commending Engineer Joned
warmly for the coolness and prompt]
ness with which he acted.
THE
E stim ated
COTTON
CROP.
at N in e an d Th ree-Q uarte
M illio n s H ales.
New Orleans, Aug. 17. — H. M]
N eill, the well-known cotton statisti]
cian, has issued a circular on thd
growing crop. A fte r referring to thd
correctness of his estimate made ill
July, 1894, of the crop o f that season]
Mr. N eill says:
“ A t this moment for this year thd
promise is equal to any previous yeai
in every state but Texas, and even al]
lowing that Texas should fall short ol
her maximum product by l,000,00t|
bales, the outlook now is for a crop o l
at least 9,750,000, with 500,000 to|
1,000,000 more w ith in the range
possibility. This figure o f 9,750,000 id
very conservative. I f there are goo]
rains in Texas, her crop w ill also lid
near perfection, and tiie possibilities
for the total crop would then be some
thing enormous.”
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M in e * M u s t C lo se .
The assessed value of all property in
Denver, Ang. 17.— It is prohabi
King county is $48,318,409, as against tbat tl,e
silver mines of Creeds,
$42,739,734 in 1896.
The value of all Colo., w ill be closed down on accounl
property in the city of Seattle is $34,- of the low price of silver, unless thd
106,682, as against $30,142,648 in railroad and sm elting rates are re|
duced. Several conferences have beer)
1896, an increase of $3,404,494.
Whatcom countv’s hay crop this rear helJ, between the mine-owners and th
rill he simply enormous.
It is esti- 8mf ter aml railroad officials, and it n
mated that one ranch, having 160 acres said the latter evinced a disposition fi
in cultivation, situated about seven make every concession possible in ordei
miles south from Blaine, will produce to keep the mines in operation.
It is also understood that the mineri
about 500 tons. The value of this hay
crop is estimated at between $4,000 at Creede are w illin g to accept a rc-j
duction in wages from $3 per dav
and $5,000.
-ru .
. /
, .
eight hours to $2.75 in wet mines and
th e concrete foundation for the ight- to so
i
..
-v.
.hi
ir r . . , » - r ,, . m .-..b.,,,.—
» • * » —
It consists of a solid mass of concrete i
I n Enntffim P e n n s y l v a n i a .
The (
The W o r k o f W h lte ra p *.
Haselton, Pa., Aug. 18.— Twenty-five 40 feet square and 12 feet thick.
hundred miners of the Lehigh and stone and timber for the tower is about
Cincinnati, O., Aug. 17.— For thrd
W ilkesbarre collieries, in the Honey- ad cut to proper sizes and shapes, so months, a hand of wbitecaps has beeif
brook district, went on strike this that the building of it w ill now go causing terror in the vicin ity of Kent
eington, Ky., and a determined stand
morning, and at a meeting tonight re­ forward rapidly.
solver! in a hotly to stand together.
The state hoard of laud commission- Y H I be made against them. About twd
This is the first defection among the ere has rejected the application to pur-1 weeks ago, they called at the home o l
miners o f East Pennsylvania.
Apart chase certain lands in Chinook. Pacific ^ a r il Bolan, superintendent of Kenl
from the wage question, the men de­ county, made hv ( ’. 1!. Johnson et al., j *ington sub-division, and by force eoml
mand the transfer of Superintendent because of the fact that land lying lie- pel led him to go to the woods witlr
Jones, and the feeling against him is so tween the meander line ami ordinary them. There they whipped and beat
strong that he has an armed escort ami low-water mark was formed by ac- him in a most brutal manner. Latel
his house is guarded day and night.
cretion from water ami belonged to ti e they found a man named O ’ Hara camp]
state by reason of its sovereignty.
ing on Kensington lake,w ith a woman]
E * p l o « i o n in • I . a b o r a t n r y .
Madison, W is., Aug. 17.— Professor
Lincoln, of the state university, when
at work in his chemical laboratory,
was thrown across the room by an ex­
plosion, anti when found two hours
later was still unconscious. H e w ill
be disfigured by the accidenL
Alm ost every field of grain in K it-i
titas county is now said to lie beyond
any possihilitv of damage
has begun, and next week will be , „
der wav generally
There ¡. ,
of harvest h a n d o v e r the country The
yield about W aterville and B rih w .I!^
is placed at fu lly 1,000.000 hushi®.
*’ e c^*'ms wa® his wife, and they tea]
tbe n,an an<i w°m aii shamefully.
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Impure air is not always o f the
* e'ght’ there * * '" 8 varlon* 8ra,l<*
‘ ?*pnr,,y- . Bnt an absolutely pure
al*'a-Vs weighs .31 o f a deg. rain P<
The " eighin * of “ ,r "
It is estimated that there are 106.000
,tB
Wasco o
a
Kansas City, Aug. 18.— The south­ acres o f grain in Garfield couunty this
17.— Last ni*rJ
v W*800.’ -O f“ Aug.
bound (stssenger train on the Santa Fe year, and that Garfield conntT will oro
duce over 9,000,000 bushels oi * \\
ab°nt midnight, fire broke out
road was held up near Edmund, O. T .,
cereal this vear
■oM« “ a'«*ping tent in which the small ch.
at 19:15 this morning.
The robbers
dren
Mr. “ • C. — Huck’a
fam ily
Report* from Asotin prairie
,
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- I w*1
made sn unsuccessful attempt to blow
that
wheat
is
yielding
more
to
the
acre
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l7
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6
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on®’
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open the through safe.
They finally
bnrn*d nntil on,y th* .** „
left, after securing between $500 and than was expected. Some of the » » « ?M ' u
set pieces of wheat land which
! n,nk re®*>ned. T b e fire e n g iM “
$600 from tbe local safe.
N o further
thought
won
Id
do
w
ell
if
theT
went\*5
i™™,* lighted caDdl* whicb W."* '
particulars are obtainable at this hoar.
bushels to th . acre, averag«^ o
Z
*d ,t° burn 400 loW'
*1 "*
A Lawrence, Kan., colorad man, [ aml
ami one field went 97. *JU thi* r* t»
the cbnd. Mr. H o c k w n a o v e w r
...
**** by a a o k t and came m o t loamf
ara a alano, diari Uta < U mt day worth the beat M d a a * U * h M « >
»• the
40 b u .h .l,, llh,
H i] hande d
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. frigh tfu lly
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