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One Year, cash in advance, $1.25,
Six Months, cash, in advance 75 Cents.
Entered at the North Platte (NebraiiaJ postoffice as
secona-ciass maner.
SECDEE IREIGATED LAND.
The records of the local signal
office show that for the first six
months , of the present vear the
precipitation amounted to 9.73
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penoa it was i.vl mcnes. ii :we
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were ro nave as mucn ram or snow
during the last half of the year as
wehadthefirsthalf, the total for
the year would be 19.46 inches. But
as a rule the last half of the year is
more dry than the-first half, and
the probabilities are that tne precip-
.itation, tor xwo win nor exceea
eighteen inches., In western se-
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braska, where we are suojecttonot
winas, tnas, amount or precipuciupiL
is insumcient to insure a crop, ana
it must be plain to all that only
through irrigation can farming" be
made profitable in this T section un
til the climatic conditions become
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more favorable.
The ."dry iarmer .is leading a
forlorn hope his expectation that
each succeeding year would prove a
better one for crops than the one
past has been shattered almost
continuously. They have fought
hard and won nothing, and it is not
strange that many are about ready
to give up the fight. "While the
prospects for a fair crop of corn on
dry farms are good up to date, it
will at the best be only sufficient to
keep soul and body together, and
few farmers who are in debt can
expect to clear, up tneir incum
brances.
This is not said to discourage
tne nara warning larmer, out to
ii. . 1 J , r . i j
impress him with the fact that he
should not let pass. any opportunity
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iW!5Cmre mnu wmcn can ue
gatea, or to put m an irrigation
plant, if such is possible.
Iast spring a number of farmers
moved from hill and table lands
to the valley and leased ditch land,
the greater part of, which was raw
prairie, we nave talked witn sev
eral of these farmers and not one
has regretted his action. With the
completion of the several ditches
now under construction in the coun
ty, there wilFbe thousands of acres
of raw prairie to bebrought under
cultivation, and here is the oppor-
tunity tor the dry farmer to get a
footing. The industrious farmer
is assured, under any circumstance,
a good
living by tilling
irrigated
land, and the chances are ten to one
that he will not only secure a living
but make money. In view of this
we believe that it will be well for
the farmers on the uplands to se
cure land leases along the ditches
this fall, so as to be ready to go to
work next spring. There may not
be such opportunities for all, and it
will therefore be the early bird that
willl catch the worm.
This is a matter of interest to
farmers. Let them fully consider
it.
. Tite members of the democratic
state central committee who went
off in the bolters' movement last
year nave been bounced by
the "regular" state central
committee and the gulf be
tween the two factions is thus
widened. The "regulars" will hold
their state convention in Omaha
August 22d, and the "bolters" will
meet in Lincoln Sept 5th.
This year the assessed valuation
of real and personal property in the I
state has decreased $23,500,000,
which means a shrinkage in reve-
nues and a deficit at the end of the I
yean jl iie assessors in nearly
every county in the state lowered
the assessments on account of. the
prevailing stringency of the times
and have thuse placed the state in
an awKwara preaicament. it is
apparent that the time for the crea
tion ot the office of county assessor
is ripe.
Iowa heads the list of states in
acreage with 8.504.000 acres of corn,
and the condition of her crop is re- J
yvi lcu lu ue xvo. Kansas is a rooa
0.wuu im ottiu.w acres m ai- I
most as srood
i-nnfl? f?rn
averaornif I
104. Kansas' croo is well ad vancprf.
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and she may be counted on to pro-
auce xiie largest ever grown west of
imbMiun. Aiiotner state that is like-
!V TO hPnr her rprorH nc -i rn I
ducer is Nebraska.
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of her crop averages 95, and she has
nearly 8,000,000 acres. St. Louis
ixepublic.
Every one recognizes the defects
in the law which allows assessors
to fix the total tax valuation ot Ne
braska at 5171,000,000 when the
actual value of real and personal
property in the state is at least ten
times that amount. But
cent legislature ias refused to
unaerrake a tuoroucrli revision of
tne revenues and things have been
ii ww ,v itum uau li wurst!
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uuuti tuu cAi&umr'iwri5iation. J.ne
icmcuy ues in a raaicai cnange m
our metnoas ot tax administration,
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xue state ana countv official are
powerless until the laws are
WILL NOT LOWEK KATES. 1 V rWf ffr-i t-i
July19tl:
says: ijranu rates are.
now the
suoiectofv considerable5
anxiety on the part of the country
dealers living" in the northwest,
west and south, parts of the state,
and a committee of interested deal-
ers waited upon'tke i freight reprg-
pod'the
sentatives of the Union Pacific,
Burlington an&TSlkhorn this morn
ing, heacled by Jack MacGall, with
a view to securing" a lower rate
than at present prevails. The com
mittee of srrain men contended be
fore thefreisrht officials that under
1 existing- taniis tnere was a
dis
crimination whrch should be
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re-
m0Ved in order that the farmers of
Nebraska miffht realize, on their
L.ons 0 somewhat balance the
total faiiure Df iast . year and the
partial failure of 1893. They showed
that the rate on grain was nearly
twice as much as on livestock from
ujaiv r0ints in the state, and thev
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contented that this disparity was
against reason
The raiir0a.i people answered
lhese anruments bv showing that
as g-raia was a competitive com
modity the rates were made to meet
all possible contingencies that
might arise, not only in handling,
but in shrinkage in transportation,
That the present rates were made
at a time when the price of cram
was mtich lower than it now is, and
from present indications lower
than it is likely to go this year.
Under .these conditions, the rail
roads feel that the dealers have the
best of the situation. All of the
freight representatives seen stated
to the committee that no one line
would feel like takinsf the initiative
still lower rates, but
that all of them: would be willing to
go into conference with a view of
concerted action, should..it be
thought desirable toi make the
chanres in .the tariffs, aairreSted.
es in the tariffs stsgge
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While the committee was not
suc
cessful in the object- of its: visit, so
far as could be learned, assurances
were given that no road would hold
out ior present rates if it was shown
that present rates were- excessive.
"Wheat Prices.
From Chicago Inter Ocean.
"When wheat was jumping around
the eighty-fours and eighty-fives,
and making" delusive indications of
reaching the full dollar, the Inter
Ocean advised its friends, the coun-
trv sellers, to matte tne nest or a
good chance, and. then to get out of
the pit before itssidea-caved in. In
plain truth, we could "ee no good
I cause ot expectation of dollar wheat,
though, all conditions of trade being
rrnr txto nri nnf -f -tlira iv1ir tip.
neve tnat a dollar is an excessive
price. But all conditions ot trade
are not good, and therefore the con
dition of agriculture must share the
general adversity.
Farming is a trade that has world
wide nerves; it feels the buoyancy
of good times and the depression of
evil times. It now is demonstrated
with sufficient clearness to obviate
the necessity of further argument
that Liverpool does not "fix the
price." it neverdid; or, at any rate
it has not done so during the last
twenty-five years. American condi
tions fix the prices of American
wheat, and American conditions are
not good.
"We are importing manufactured
goods very largely. This means
that we are buying from Europe
what we ought to make for our
selves. It means that we are pay
ing men in Europe to do what we
ought to be paying men in America
to do. The free trader used to tell
the American farmer that when we
began to do this the men in Europe
would send the money that Ameri-
cans paid them for manufactured
goods back to America to be spent
in exchange for grain. This was an
impudent absurdity, out unrortun-
ately many American farmers were
deceived bv it. and voted for "low
tariff and large exports.1' The low
tariff has come, but the large ex-
ports have not. Thej will not. For
when the European has got the
American dollar he considers how
M j.n i ii 'ait -& i
to spend it with the most advantagefautJ" h
to himself, and he finds that he can
buy more: wheat from India, Russia,
or Argentina, than from the United
states with a iriven amount of
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er xnere tuan nre' consequently
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Uc huys; there. Consequently the
American farmer is crippled in his
home market and circumscribed in
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tariff tinkering. Consequently, ex
cept by reason of war, pestilence, or
shortness of crops approaching to.
famine, there is uO basis of expecta-.
tion of very T high prices for farm
products until the country returns
to its old policy of protection, with'
its sure sequence of prosperity.
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ou can get more for your money
in tne sure return ot health and en
joyment at any of the many resorts
un ine i in inn Knnnr ixrcforM
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lanvwnere else on this. nnf rpnf
See your nearest Uuion Pacific
ap - ent. Summer Tmir ,vt-fo
salp tA Rent 3nfi, - t. t,.,.
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Gen'l Pass, nnri T;t-nt a,,
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Italian "Stetmers
Collide
the Gulf of Genoa.
CRASH CAME HT THE .HI&HT.
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One Hnndred and Forty-Beven Utcs Taa
Only These Who Were On Daty at
the Time Escaped AVrecked Teisel
Sinks Qafckly.
Gexoa, July 22. The Italian steam'
ers Ortigia and Maria P collided offlsela
del Pint, at the entrance, to the Gulf ol
Genoa. Tha latter sank and 147 people
were drowned.
The Maria P was bomnd from Naples
to La Plata. Tkere was a crew of 17
and the passengers' numbered 172. She
was calling here enroute to her destina
tion. She. was entering the Gulf of
Genoa at J :80 o'clock Sunday morning,
when she met the Ortigia, outbound.
They only noticed eaoh other when a
collision was inevitable. The bow oi
the Ortigia crashed into the starboard
of the Maria P, penetrating six yards,
and ripping up the Maria P like wood.
The" water rushed in through the hole
and the Maria P sank in three minutes.
The majority of the passengers were
asleep at the time of the accident and
had no time to escape. They were en
gulfed with the "vessel. The Ortigia
remained on the spot until 6 o'clock in
order to pick up the survivors. She
rescued 14 of the crew and 28 of the pas
sengers of the Maria P.
Engines Reversed Too Late.
The sky was overcast at the time of
the accident and there was little sea.
Both captains were asleep and Third
Officer Bevello was on watch on the
Ortigia and Second Officer d'Angelo
was on watch on the Maria P. The
Ortigia was going at the rate of 11
miles an hour and the Maria P at the
rate of eight. Both vessels saw the
lights of the ether and continued on
their proper roads till the mistake was
made, it is not established by whom,
which brought the Maria P broadside
toward the Ortigia. Third Officer
Eevello of the Ortigia saw the danger
and ordered the engines reversed, buS
too late. The Ortigia struck the Maria
P, making an enormous gap in her side.
Although the boats of the Ortigia were
lowered and the crew rescued all they
could of the survivors, the latter, for the
most part, remain in such a state of
terror since the rescue that they are un
able to givo a single detail of the dis
aster.
Ga-nfcain Gorrara. who was R.ivfld.
said he was sleeping in his cabin when
he was awakened by cries and shouts.
He rushed on deck, to see the Otigia
breaking away. Seeing tnat au was
lost h6 jumped into the sea, where he
was picked up by the Or tigia's boats. The
survivors lost everthing. Second Offi
cer d' Angelo of the Maria P., who "was
on watch when she was struck, was
drowned. Among the saved is a child
8 years old, who is the only survivor of
seven who went down with the ill fated
ship. An inquiry into the catastrophe
has been opened.
Northern Paciflc-Great NortliernSettlement
HewYohk, July 22. Last week
Chairman Adams of the Northern
Pacific reorganization commitee and
Jacob J. Schiss, representing the Great-
Northern Bail way company held" sev
eral conferences with J. P. Morgan &
Co. at which a plan for the settlement
between the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern interests was about reached.
President Hill of the -Great Northern
Railway company left Chicago for New
York today in order to put the final
touches to the agreement. It is ex
pected, therefore, that the plan will ba
completed by the end of this week.
Ex-Judge Strahan Drops Dead.
Portland, Or., July 22. Hon. R.
Strahan, ex-judge of the state supreme
court, fell dead on the streot in front of
'tho Abingdon bnilding. He was
a very fleshy man, and in walking
upstairs brought on an attack of apo
ulexv which proved fatal. He was a
resident of Oregon for 30 years and on
several occasions was the Democratic
candidate for United States senator. At
tho time of his death he was a member
of the firm of Dolph, Simmons, Mallory
& Strahan.
Cristelllo Urothera Found Guilty.
Aitkin, Minn., July 22. The jury in
the Cristello murder case after beinc
out 36 hours brought in a verdict ol
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Nicholas and Archangel Cristello.killed
Benjamin Genetti and wife March IS
last in a dispute arising out of a log
hauling job near McGregor, where Gen
etti kept a store.
Murder Near Lincoln, Neb.
.Lincoln, July 5J5J. ljewis McAtee, a
farmer, was shot and killed on his prem
ises near Zion church. The murderer
crept to the house in his bare feet and
committed the crime "with a revolver
He was tracked through the fields to
this city, where the trail was lost. The
motive is believed to have been robbery.
Dr. Egan Goes to Washington.
Sooth Bend, Ind., July -22. Dr.
Maurice Francis Egan, the well known
copied the chair of English literature at
Notre Dame for seven years, has. .ac
cepted a like position with the Catholic
university at Washington.
Defeated the Jleharets.
' -Aden, July 22. Advices received here
from the vicinity of Bebara, East Afri
ca, say that the English expedition (sup
posed to be that of Dr. Donaldson Smith
of Philadelphia) has defeated the
Reharet tribe, which "has been harrying
carnages.
Professor Robinson Is Dead.
Lawrence, Kan., July 22. Professor
D. H. Robinson, for 26 years dean of
Latin language - and literature at the
Kaiiaas university, died . at. his home in.
'tins city of typhoid fever".'
" Consul Sprague's Report;
WASEttNGilON, July-.' 22. Consul
Spragne at Gibraltar reports to tho-state
department that the removal" of the
Spanish customhouse from the border
has greatly injured business t there.
This action was taken to 'prevent-f rand.
He closes his report by sayings Ifo
merchant vessels have .called at. this port
during the-past quarter flying our flag,
but no less than eight steamers and' sail
ing. yachts have visited this harbor dur'
ing that period owned by some of our
wealthy citizens'."
J. TlbtofallfoLTeaven
Ab&qimteix pure
BRAKE DIS CUSS B8 THE 'XSStfZS.
Believes the Iovra Campaign Shpnld B
Made on Minneapolis Platform.
Dss Moines, July 32. a local paper
printed an interview with General
Drake, Republican nominee for gover
nor. The time is so brief ho believes
the campaign should be made.' on na
tional issues, such as currency and th
tariff, on the basis of the Republican
national platform adopted at the Minne
apolis convention. On state issues he
says he will favor the enforcement oi
law and tho control of corporations, and
advises the speedy enactment of laws
regulating lean and building associa
tions, which are now without regula
Dn the liquor question he believes the
iftate convention did. right in remaining
silent, on the ground that it means not
cowardice, but a recognition of the
wholesome Republican rule and rule by
majorities, xne present law was en
acted by a Republican legislature, and-
he is willing for the same sort of legist
lature to take care of tho question in
the future. On the question of mauu
facture of liquor he expresses no opin
ion of his own, but is willing for tho
legislature to settle the question.
Ptirchnfers Most Pay For Hands.
Washington, July 22. The district
land officers in those parts of Kansai
and Nebraska, where parts of the
former MiEsouri and Otoe Indian reser
vations are located, have beeu instructed
to inform the purchasers of these lands
that the balances due by them must be
paid within 90 days or their entries will
be cancelled. These lands were bough!
at public auctiou in 1803 at price?
largely in excess of their appraised
value. One-fourth of the purchase
money was paid down and the rest
made payable in one, two and three
years at 5 per cent interest. Having
twice extended the time of payment of
these deferred payments, two years
each time. In March, 1803, congress
passed a bill giving relief in case the In
dians would accept its provisions. The
Indians have refused to do this and the
department will enforce the original
contract. There is now $192,122 prin
cipalaud $89,000 interest due on the
lands.
Four Men Instantly Killed.
WILLIA3ISTOWN, Mass., July 22.
men were instantly killed while cross
ing the Fitchbnrg railroad track aboui
two miles from this place. A party o
six men w,ero riding m a two seated
covered carriage. They were struok by
a westbound express. Two of tha men,
Clarence Prin die and Edward White,
both of Wilhamstbwn, escaped by
jumping. Tne Killed, are: Oliver Und-
ley, Nelson Trutleau, Peter R6cke,
Joseph . Trayon. Ther were all ol
North Adams.
Found Dead in His Boom.
Massilux, July 22. Harry Barnard,
employed by the Zohring company, a
Chicago perfume house, was found dead
in his room at the Hotel Conrad. He
had suffered all day Sunday with stom
ach trouble. No sound was heard when
he wa3 called and the door was burs
open at 8-o'cIock. He was found dressed,
and had evidently died in great pain.
Foreman Peterson liadly Hurt.
Cheyenne, July 22. Charles Peter
son, foreman of the Union Pacific round
house at Sidney, Neb., attempted tc
stop a runaway team near this place.
He was struck in the abdomen by the
pole of the wagon, and was almost dis
emboweled. It is believed ho will die.
He was taken by a special train to the
Union Pacific hospital at Denver.
"Western Men Know Nothing of It.
El Paso, Tex., July 22. The custom
house authorities here know nothing oi
the government advertising for sampling
ores at El Paso. They say the adver
tising has been confined to the far east
ern papers, ana western men Know
nothing of it. If the government read-
vertises in western papers bids will be
sent in from local parties.
Umpire Heath Roughly Handled.
Quincy, July 22. Af ter the buseball
game Sunday the crowd " made an at
tempt to Lynch Umpire Frank Heath of
Pontiac, His., and was only prevented
by the police. It was claimed that the
umpire had robbed the Quincy nine ol
two gameg. He was roughly handled
before the officers could get him away
from the crowd.
Meeting of Coal Miners .
Pittsburg, July 22. The railroad
coal miners of this district are meeting
here today to arrange a uniform scale
of wages, if possible, without resorting
to a strike. At this morning's session
a committee was appointed to prepare a
scale for presentation to the convention
this afternoon. Delegates from 53 minei
are present. .. .
Forged Many Checks.
Rawlins, Wy., July 22. Ed Forrest,
who has recently been in the employ of
Stockwell Bros., large sheep owners,
victimized a number of business men
out of something over $100 by means of
forged checks. His checks becoming
too plentiful he was arrested.
"Heaviest Rain Ever Known.
Valparaiso, Ind.,. July 22. This
place was visited by the heaviest rain
ever known in this vicinity. In less
than an hour more than three inches of
xain fell, -flooding basements. The crops
'were badly damaged, corn and oats be
ing levelled to the ground.
Will Demand Holmes' Extradition.
Toronto, July 22. If the coroner's
jury finds Hdlme3 guilty of the murder
of the two Pitzel children, which is al
most a foregone conclusion, papers will
at once be issued demanding his imme
diate extradition.
A Engla Explodes.
Sedalia, Mo., July 22. Missouri Pa
Ciflc$ngine No. 85 exploded in the
yards here. H. M. Speedy, a machinist
at the shops, was so badly scalded his
condition is critical.
CUnton Firm Falls.
Clinton, July 22. Van Allen &
Abbott, dry goods, have assigned.
Assets, $IH,200; liabilities, about $16,000.
Baking
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Conflict at Jackson's Hole Jlore
Serious Than at FirsnReporteilJ
BAOT00KS HAVE KETUKNEE
Assert That They Only Came to th
Reservation for More Ammunition in
Order te Go Out Again and
KU1 the White.
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Pocatello, Ida., July 22. From
present indications the conflict between
tho settlers in the Jackson Hole country,
in northeastern Idaho and northwestern
Wyoming, and the Indians, is not at an
. end. Although news of the trouble baa
been suppressed it is now positively
. known that at least four Indians were
: killed. Just a week ago word was re
ceived at the Bannock agency, 13 miles
north of hero, that several hundred
Bannock and Sho3hone Indians had
come in connect with the settlers, and
all the available Indian police were sent
out to bring the hunters back. Today
the wanderers arrived and are once more
on their reservation, but are far from
being in as peaceful frame of mind as
when they left, for in a wagon accom
panying the returning band were the
bodies of four dead bucks. It has been
given out all along that only one Indian
was killed and the trouble has been
made light of as much as possible.
White Bear, captain of Indian police,
admitted that he brought back
the four dead bucks and that
trouble was regarded so seriously by
Indian Agent Tellore that he himself
went to assist in starting the wayward
hunters home. The band, of between
200 and 800, which arrived today, is in
a surly mood. Of course, they talk lit
tle to white men, but one of the bucks
said they were only coming to tho reser
vation to get more ammunition and then
they were going back to kill white men.
This and similar threats have caused
the present uneasiness among those in
authority, and unless the Indians return
quietly to their homes, Agent Tellers
will request that the Seventh infantry
from Cheyeune, or the Fifth cavalry
from Boise, be at once sent to this
point. The settlers in the vicinity of
the recent trouble are very much dis
turbed and many of them are leaving
their farms to get nearer to civilization,
or are banding together for protection.
They complain bitterly that Indians
have- no respect whatever for, their
rights or property. Crops are trodden
under the feet of Jhoir ponies and wom
en insulted, There ar 1,800 Baunook
and Shoshone Iudians on the reserva
tion. STUDENTS NOT HEARD FROM.
Fears Are Katertalned As to t7iSft
of Frlncetonlan Geologists. .
New York, July 22: Reports that
the party of Princeton studentsengaged
in geological exploration in Wyominff
had been captured by Bannock Indians
cansed much comment and apprehension
among the friends of the students in
this city. Robert F. Little, whose son,
Robert F. Little, jr., is with the expedi
tion immediately sent the following
telegram:
"Commandant Fort "Washakie: Tele
graph immediately if any truth in rumor
that Princeton lwys were captured by
Indians. R. F. LITTLE."
Mr. Little received the following- re
ply today:
"No truth In the report. Nothlngknown
here. Kramer, Commandant.
The last place the party were heard
from is Crow Creek, on Big "Wind river,
42 miles from Fort Washakie.
BeUeyes Them Safe.
Washington, July 22. P. B. Pierce,
father of S. E. Pierce, one of the party
of Princotonians said to have been cap
tured by tho Bannock Indions in Idaho,
received a letter from his son dated July
10 with a postscript dated July 15. The
postscript was written at the mouth of
Perry creek, about 60 miles from Jack
son's Hole, where the .trouble is said to
have occurred. Young Pierce stated
that the party was about to start for the
Yellowstone through the Union para.
Governor Richards' dispatch to the sec
retary of the interior last week fixed the
the fight as July 13. As the students
could not have reached the locality bo
fore July 18, Mr. Pierce entertains
little anxiety in regard to them. Pro
fessor Hatch is said to be experienced m
Indian ways and Mr. Pierce has full
confidence in his ability to handlo the
party safely.
Wyoming Settlers In a Paaic,- I
"Pocatello, Ida., July 22. Settlers in
the Jackson's Hole country in Idaho
and northwestern "Wyoming are in a
panic over the reported imminence of
an Indian outbreak. Disquieting
rumors were confirmed by J. C. Houtz,
a wealthy ranchman of Soda Springs.
He and one of his herders, while trying
to cross Salt river tor Houtz' ranch,
75 miles northeast of here, were stopped
with rifles in the hands of Indian po
lice. The police said the Indians were
on the warpath. Houtz says the police
told him the Indians had killed a white
man, his wife and child, but that the
settlers had rallied und killed 'six In
dians. Fire la the Utlca Mine
Angels Cam?, Cat, July 22. Fire
broke out in the interior of Utica mine
last night an l is still raging today. The
mine is beiig flooded. The loss will
probably be $100,000 or more.
Struck fer aa Xnttreos.
GLEnwoD, "Wis., July32. Five"hun
dred men employed in the Glenwood
Manufacturing company's plant struck
for an increase in wages . "and regular
paj-
Strike at Clerelaad.
Cleveland, July 22. Five hundred
men employed at the Lake Shore foundry
went ou a itrike today for an increase is
wages. . .
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