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OPERATORS MUST PAY 69
CENTS.
Xatlonal rrmlilont Hiitrhfonl Present nt
the rittitinrjf Cnnfereiur, lltit Unyield
ing In llli 1'urposei All DUtrlct .Aline
Owners to llo Talknl to Toirrther.
TiTTsntino, I'd.. Aug. 21. Ml D
Ratchford, presldont of tho Mlno
Worker.' NiitIon.nl union, arrived hero
this morning fcr the conferenr-o asked
or by tho Pittsburg district minis op
erators and soon afterward lio nnd
Dolan, distrlot prosldcn t, and Wnrnor,
district secretary, met tho operators'
committee composed of J. C. Dysurt,
G. W. Schludenborg. J. N. O'Neill, J.
B. Zcrbe, V. M. Osborne, U. A. An
drews, W. P. llonnpy and W. P. Itcnd.
President Kutclif'ord said bo wanted
It distinctly understood that ho had
never been asked by tho operators to
confer with them. "Tho statements,"
said he, "that I had refused u confer
enne Is not correct. I am hore now at
tho request of Mr. Dolan. Wo will
only agrca to tho operator's proposl
tlon If they will pay sixty-nine cents.
That is tho lowest rate tho miners
will ncccp'. 1 1 must be sixty-nlnu cents
or the strike will bo continued until
the demands are granted. If tho
Pittsburg operators settle upon our
terms a general conference will not be
necessary."
Previous to tho conference a lurgo
number of operators mot In tho cor
ridors of tho Monongahcla house.
Many were opposed to breaking tho
ft'rlko by Importing men and qulto a
large number urged tho acceptance of
lb miners' terms. It was claimed
that it was not the Pittsburg operators
who wanted to compromise or break
'.tho strike, but that It was tho large
mine owners and lake shippers.
AN OPEN CONFI.IU.NCE.
The conferonce ended at noon, after
an agreement had been miidu for n
genernl conference of oporutors and
the miners' officials at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. Tho miners' officials In
silted on all the operators belug pres
ent and it wus decided to muko the
conference an open one.
The operators who had been kept on
the outside wero jubilant when this
decision was arrived at. Some said
they would favor tho granting of tho
49-cont rnto at tho opening of the con
ference if it was seen that tho miners'
officials would not consent to n com
promise to let out tho operators who
have contracts based oil a St-ccnt
mining rate.
From a rellablo sourci It was learned
rtbat if the operators start the mines
on the Jlneo laid down, othor mines
will also be started by the minors. It
Is proposed to select operators who
svre not represented at tho confeVonce
ud who art) friendly to tho minors.
Jliey will bo given permission to mine
coal at the rate demanded and tho coal
stored. Ily this means it is expected
4o get a fund from tho union miners
that happen to bo working, and with
W fund pay tho expenses of a light
SgaluBt Imported labor. Tho miners'
ofllcluls are making arrangements to
Jiavo a fund on hund to send foreign
labor home just as fast as it urrlves.
"With mines operated under tho juris
ditlon of tho labor lenders and with
operators who aro friendly who roup
profit, they hopo to lmvo an avail
table and n largo fund This plan has
becn outlined and will bo submitted
to the national officials If tho confer
nee proves a failure.
The striking miners encamped
about the Do Arm I tt mines experienced
less Interference from tho deputies
ihls morning than at any time slnco
tho decision of tho court in tho in
junction proceeding. Tho enmpors
were permitted to march In small
groups, but were not allowed to get
within speaking dlstanco of tho work
ing miners. Snmuol Young, who Is in
charge at Plum Creek, said to Cap
tain Uriah Helllnghum that no more
arrests would bo mado until after a do--clslon
In tho caso of tho five men ar
rested Saturday. llelllngham has
Tented a barn at Center, and will have
ifty mon quartered there all tho time.
TAILORS GO ON A STRIKE
fifteen Hundred CostiuakeM demand
Increase of Wage.
Nkw York, Aug. 21 Tho 1,500 op
erators on fine coats, members of Pro
jective Tailors' union No. 11 of tho
'(socialist section, wont on a strlko to
day. An increase of 25 per cent par
garment Is demandod, weekly pay
ments, tho recognition of tho union
and a nine-hour working day. This
titrlko will close 120 shons.
Two thousand oloukmukcrs, em
ployed by liaumann & Sperling, II.
YVeldorf & Co., tho Syndicate Clonk
eompony, Bernstein A Newman, Ku
bin Jt Well und Illoom Bros., uro on a
strike for an Increase of wages.
Three-Acre Tlnnt Hum.
Woodburt, N. J,, Aug. iM. The
main buildings of tho II. P. Thomas fc
8ons company, fertiliser manufactur
ers, on Mantoult crook, near Pauls
boro, were burned to-day. The loss Is'
-estimated at 8230,000, upon whloh
there is about 1100,000 Insurance. Tho
ulldings covered threo aeros and con
talned expensive machinery .
Kitted te Death by a Sluln.
BuBtiNBTOif, Kan., Aug. 24. This
juornlng James Douglas, u farmer and
took raiser, was kicked to death by a
asule while getting Into lit wagon at
fcls home on Big cree.t. He camo to
Coffey county In is57 lie was born
ta Manchester, England, In 1920.
Am Iowaa of Kote Kill Illmielf.
Davkkport, Iowa, Aug. 24. John
C Villa, ex-state senator and ex-mayor
.aad a leading lawyer of Iowa, com-
Sltted suicide hi shooting to-day.
i wm desafteat oyer falling health.
DOLLAR WHEAT TOO HIGH
Set-buck From Saturday' friers lie-
action In Chtrag-n.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. 24. Thore
were not enough people In love with
dollar wheat to tnko all that was
offered around that prlco In Chicago
this morning, and Scptcmbor dropped
to 05); cents beforo tho buying orders
were equal to tho offering. Tho prlco
reacted to lis cent, and for tho great
er part of tho day ranged around 07
cents, which, considering tho rapidity
of last week's advance, was looked
upon as a very small, reaction. Tho
market was very norvous, but tho vol
ume of business Was not largo?
Cash prices In Kansas City declined
more than Chicago prices. Tho re
ceipts here wcro 053 cars tho largest
of the season, and tho tables on tho
Iloor of tho exchange wero piled so
full of samples that buyers concluded
to take life easy und showed nothing
llko the nnxloty they displayed last
week. Nevertheless there was a lartro
demand and prices did not decllno as
much us some people expected There
wero hulos of soft wheat at 81 and
81.01, but later the price dropped to OS
cents. Hard wheat, which sold as
high ns l)"J cents Saturday, was pur
chased to-day at prices ranging from
Vi to Oi.W cents.
Tho first curb quotation in Chicago
for September wheat was 81.02);, nn
ndvance of 3 cents over Saturday's
closing prlco. At tho s:uno time 33?;
cents wus bttl for September corn, 2
cents over Saturday's close. December
wheat sold between 81.0 J and
81.00;, while 35; cents was bid for
December corn. Liverpool's oponlng
wheat advanco this morning was
equal to Cr; cents per bushoL Sat
urday's advnnce In Chicago was 7 cents
per bushel. Tho Liverpool advance
in corn, equal to 2 2-5:i 1-3 cents per
bushel, was considerably over tho
Chicago advance. Tho 1:3J p. in. Liver
pool cables showed a recession of 1
penny In some wheat futures nud on
this the curb prico for September
wheat hero dropped to 8I.00';."
All the buoyancy was out of wheat
when the opening boll rang upon tho
regular board. Tho highest prlco
touched In tho Initial trading was 09);
for September, the exacl quotation at
which tho market closed on Saturday.
Simultaneous sales nt the opening
were au uio way tlown to U8X and In
a few minutes later sales wero being
recorded at 07 and oven 00;. Enor
mous quantities of wheat wero for
sale from every direction. It was hard
to sell, buyers being rolutlvely very
scarce. The lowest point reached wus
05 for September, a plunge of 1)i from
tho high point upon the curb. Corn
sympathized with the slump In wheat,
nnd the first regular trading was at.
33 and all tho wny down to Zt for Sep
tember, as compa-ied with 33?; on the
"curb."
INDIA'S PROSPECTS GOOD.
London, Aug. 24. Tho Times cor
respondent at Simla says that good
rains have fallen every where through
out India except in tho dlstiicts of
Hombay nnd Dcecan and the cropj
promlso to bo exceptionally large.
LARGE CROPS IN ARGENTINE.
Uiiknos Avkks, Aug. 24. It is offi
cially announced that a very largo
crop of grain Is anticipated in tho
Artrentlno Republic, tho grain under
cultivation covering larger areas than
ever before. Tho wool clip, It is fur
ther stated, will bo heavy.
INDIA'S REVOLT SERIOUS.
The 1'oirorful Afrldr. Up In Arim Kng
Hull Fort .tturknl.
Loxdox, Aug. 24. An official dis
patch from Pcshawaucr announces
that tho Afrldis attacked Ali-Musjod
this morning and ndds that they wcro
attacking Fort Maude at 10 o'clock.
Tho enemy's line Is a mllo and a half
long. Another body of Afrldis, tho
dispatch continues, Is moving toward
Kudam. All of tho Afridls are said to
have joined In tho uprising. This
probably moans a protracted cam
paign nnd desperate fighting. A gen
eral rovolt of the Afrldis was what
tho Indian government feared tho
most and it now scams to have taken
place.
Simla, Aug. 23. A largo force of
Afrldis has Just been reported to bo
advancing down tho Khyber pass, nnd
tho so-called mad mullah, or fanatical
priest, who is inciting tho natives of
that territory against tho British, is
said to have collected tho Mohraands
for nn nttack upon Mlchnl and Shab
kadr. Tho Roynl Irish regiment and
a representative native Infantry with
a battery of mountain artillery, have
been ordered to Kohat
THE WOMAN BANK ROBBER
Cora Hubbard of flnerlUe, Mo., Kalil
Notoriety, Not an Ideal nandlt.
.loru.v, Ma, Aug. 24. Tho two
Plnovlllo, bank robbers captured at
Weir City, Kan., Saturday, and
brought hero, wero taken to South
west City yesterday morning, where
they will remain until tholr trial.
Tho woman robbor, Cora Hubbard,
Is about 10 year of age, but claims to
bo 28. She is short In stature, with
black hair, cut short, black eyes and
a groasy, dark complexion. Sho Is
anything but propossosslng. She tnlks
freely and nt times admits participa
tion In the robbery by relating a few
happenings during tho raid. Sho han
dles a Winchester llko a man.
E. 1'. Ueaoon a Manl 10.
Boston, Mnss, Aug. & Edward
Parker Deacon was yesterdav nam.
mltted to the McLean hospital at
Waverly, a maniac. Ho belongs to an
old distinguished family of this city,
On Fobruury 17, 180?, ho killed Erallo
Abelllo In Mrs. Deacon's apartments
at Cannes. France.
Bpaln Heady for Reciprocity.
Havana, Aug. 84. A special dls
patch from Madrid says there Is no
doubt the Spanish government will be
willing to extend the commercial
treaty with the United State.
A REAL KLONDIKER.
He Htopi In Lincoln nnd TrIU About the
Now Klilorndo.
Klondike gold nnd n Klondike miner
hold tin Informal levee nt the Capital
hotel, Lincoln, last Sunday nnd more
solid facts about the region were ob
tained than in tho stories of the Pa
utile coast correspondents. Tho miner
was William Hillings, for twenty-two
years a resident of Fulls City, Neb.,
and for the past three years a resldont
of Alaska. Ho arrived hero Saturday
on his way to sec his wlte at Falls City
IIu is not it millionaire, but hu says ho
and his .partner brought out about
S3, 000 lu dust and they have six claims
located, tin ce quart, lodes and three
placers, that are rich and from which
they expect to take out much gold
next year.
'J'ho phrase that was oftonest on Mr.
Hillings' lips Sunday, und ho came
buck to it again 'and again, was
"tongue can't tell tho hardships that a
man endures ip there." lio also re
marked "I wouldn't spend another
winter In Alaska without 1 wus with a
crowd for all tho gold in the territory."
Last winter he and his partner spent
under forty feet of snow, twelve miles
from another soul and four months
without seeing another human fucc.
This partner was 11. H. Herman of
Chicago, who arrived in Lincoln a few
days later.
"You ought to bo chums," suggested
one, nearer.
"Well, I guess wo nro," responded
Mr. Hillings.
"What did you do till winter?"
"Wulktd buck and forth iu the cab
in, read a little, cooked and ato a little
and slept a little. No, we didn't play
cards unv, for wo didn't have any
curds. Never thought of cards when
we started. Wo had a tunnel out to
the open air which wo kept open, but
there was forty feet of snow over us.
There wasn't any door to our cabin,
but we kept warm by burning wood
ruthcr carefully, for we hnd to go to
the side hills for It, and after the snow
enmo there was danger of bringing it
down with us. We didn't care to bo
burled in that wny.
"If a man really wants to go to
Alaska, ho should wait till next spring
nnd take the first boat up next April,
lie should have provisions for two
years and money enough to get back
on. Get over th'o pass just as soon as
tho snow starts to melt nwa-. There
will bo patches of snow packed so you
can get across thoin. After the cliiim
is located, the summer from Mnv till
August can be put in getting ready to
work it, and fixing for the long w lifter.
It takes ono season's work to get u
claim in fix for work. Then when the
wnter begins to comu down in the fol
lowing spring, start in nud clean up
to bed rock. And when it gets Au
gust 1 you just hike out of there.
Don't suy It's a fair day today and I'll
go tomorrow. It's that season of the
year wheu the snow comes nnd you
tioirt want to get cauglit by It."
Mr. Billings loft tho upper Yukon
June 19. Ho says ho saw men rushing
to Klondike all the way from Dawson
City to Juneau. He believes this route
will be strewn with bleaching bones
by sprln".
Ho says the wnter from the eternal
snows on top of the mountains supplies
the .streams and makes placer mining
possible in the three mouths when
everything isn't froen tip.
Uiifurtuiiutt- I.lttlo Htf.rpt.
"Little Egypt," who sometime ago
secured notoriety through the famous
Seeley dinner nt Dolmonleo's, New
York, was arrested iu Omaha Satur
day iu company with several trumps.
She had run away from Chicago to es
cape n vllliatious stepfather nud was
on her way to her mother, whom sho
had scut to Kansas City. Sho was
dressed In men's clothing und had
passed for n youth nmong her malo
companions. Omaha officials kindly
secured her transportation to Kansas
City. Kho had been sick so long sho
was no able to earn the Milnry sho us
uully does, hence her present plight.
Speak Well of Xebrueku.
A party of seventy business men uu d
representative business men and farm
ers have just returned to Chicago from
a trip through Nebraska, where they
spent six days moving from point to
point in u special traiti placed at their
disposal by tho Burlington road. Tlioy
report the crops ns something phenom
enal. Farmers are paying off their
mortgages from proceeds of the great
wheat crop and will soon begin to har
vest one of tho greatest corn crops In
tho history of Nebraska. All say Ne
braska farmers are in excellent shapo,
anticipating a long period of pros'
perlty.
CONDENSATIONS.
Tho corner stone of tho First Con
gregational church at Hyauuis was
laid Saturday. Appropriate exorcises
wero held at the opera house. As this
wus tho first exercise of tho kind In
tho county considerable Interest wus
manifested.
Tho contract for printing tho bar
docket of tho supremo court was let bj
the state painting board to tho Wood-rult-Dunlap
company ut 46 cents per
page Jacob North bid the same nud
tho State Journal company S cents
higher.
All but fivo counties have now sent
In the mortgage record. From tho to
tals of forty-eight counties It Is es
tlmatcd that thero tiro 8400,000 moro
farm mortgages satisfied than filed.
As for city mortgages, the amount is
81,000.000 more satisfied than filed.
This includes mortgages satisfied by
foreclosure and sheriff's deeds.
A small boy named John Carpenter,
nged about ten years, who lives at Rod
Cloud, but who was visiting at. Frank
lin, fell from a horse Saturday and
broke his arm. It was a bad break,
the bono cutting through the flesh.
J. L. Paschal, foreman of the Platte
County Argus, returned to Columbus
recontly from a threo month's trip
through NebrnHka and Colorado. Mr.
Paschal traveled overluud with his
family and says tho western part of
the state Is in the pink of condition.
Nothing but favorable comment on tho
enormous crops aro heard on every
hand.
TO HOLD COMPANY CAMP3
No ltpgliiiriitul Kiirnmpiiirnt for National
(luarclit This Year.
The militia board was lu session
Wednesday ut the office of the adju
tant general mid decided that instead
of regimental encampments tills year
each company of tho national guard
shall hold a two days' camp of Instruc
tion at their home stations. Of course
if two or three companies wish to get
together at their own ex onsc, a bat
talion camp may bo enjoyed.
The motion ns carried by the board
wus:
"Moved that the companies of the
Nebraska national guard bo assembled
tit their home stutlons for instruction
in the authorized manuals of drill,
guard duty and target practice In com
pliance with section 31, chapter f.0,
session laws of 1807, for n period of
two days prior to October 1, 1807. And
that Uio officers and enlisted men of
tho Nebraska national guard bo al
lowed for such service such compensa
tion us is provided in section 37 of said
chapter f0."
This pay Is 81 n day and one ration
or commutation thereof for ull enlisted
men anil tho same pay as for officers of
the regular urmy for officers.
INTERESTING LEGAL POINT
Suit to Settle tho Ilinrllrlnry In Fra
ternal Iiiniiruiiee.
C. A. G afford, administrator, vs. tho
Royal llyltinders fraternal association
is the title of a suit begun in the dis
trict court tit Beatrlco Tuesday which
involves un interesting legal question.
Charles Seymour, who with his wlfo
was drowned while bathing in tho riv
er neat Wymore several weeks ago.
held a policy in the company for 81,000.
The association has approved the claim
for the death benefit and this suit is
for the purpose of establishing the le
gal beneficiary. Mr. and .Nlrs. Sey
mour had no children, but n son of the
former from his first wife is still liv
ing. Til'.- question nt issue is whether
Mrs. Seymour had more thnn a life in
terest in the policy and whether she
or her husband died first, tho latter
question being apparently ono uncer
tain of soiutidt). Administrators have
been nppoiuted for the beneficiaries of
both sides of the family.
FOUND ON THE TRACK.
Unknown Mnn Killed by the Cum Neat
llnkotu City, Neb.
Two tramps coming into Hubbard
about midnight Tuesday night report
ed seeing a dead man lying on the rail
road track just west of Hubbard. Cor
oner Murphy was notified early
Wednesday morning and went to the
place. The dead man was badly cut
up, having both arms and one leg cut
olt and a head bruise. He was about
thirty-five yours old, weight about 140
pounds, wore a dark mustache and
had on jeans pants and dressed as a la
borer. Ho wus seon in Hubbard dur
ing the evening and it is supposed that
In attempting to beat his way on tho
train going south, leaving Hubbard
about 11 o'clock, by ridingon tho brake
beam, he lo.st his hold and fell tinder
the cars. He was burled b3' the
county.
When Ormit Wm President.
A rare old document was filed in tho
office of County Clerk Pohl at Colum
bus Tuesday. It was u patent from
the United States, conveying to Chris
Martens tho north half of tho south
cast quarter of section 8, town 18,
rnugu 2 west iu the county of Platte,
signed by Ulysses S. Grant, president,
per E. D. Williamson, secretary, and
attested by S. K. Lippiucott, recorder.
Tho instrument wns issued to cover ap
plication No. 218 from the Grand Is
land land office, nud has been in the
possession of Mr. Martens for more
than twenty-thrco years.
A lUlnbow at NlRht.
Citizens of Beaver City were the
other evening regaled with tho unusual
sight of u rainbow at night. It wns
just as tho full moon roso over tho
eastern hor'zon. A small shower was
passing south of town, but the sky in
the cast and west was clear. A per
fect rainbow wus reflected In the west
ern heavens.
Ono Fatally Injured.
The threshing machine ongino of C.
W Plpor exploded Wednesday while
at work on the farm of Squire Crosby,
.seven miles northwest of Benedict,
with desustrous results. C. W. Piper
wus so badly injured that his recovery
is not probable and a number of oth
ers wero moro or less injured.
Treparlns for the Convention!.
Renresentutlvcs of tho democrats.
populists and freo-sllvcr republicans
met at the state house, Lincoln,
Wednesday night nnd made arrange
ments for tho reception of tho dolcgatos
and their entertainment during tho
conventions to bo hold Sept. 1.
Death of a 1'Ioneer Nebrankao.
Mrs. Henry Holly of Plain viow, uged
llfty-nliio years, was burlod Tuesday
after tin illness of many months. The
Holly family wero nmong the first res
idents of the county, having sottlcd
thero nearly twenty-five years ago.
Thrown From lilt Wanon.
A. H. Stone of McCool Junction, at
ono time owner of the Stono mills, and
ono of the oldest residents thero was
thrown out of a wagon and it is re
ported that his arm Is broken, A cow
staked in tho road is what scared tho
team.
Cbitree of Jrortry to Fare.
L. M. Kelltir, a traveling salesman
who Is wanted In Knox county, 111., on
a charge of forgery, nnd for whoso
capture a reward lias been offered,
wus placed under arrest at Wilber by
Sheriff Dorwart Wednesday and Is be
ing held until the arrival of tho sher
iff from Galesburg,
Big Iron Worki ttcfume.
Wir.m.saToN, Del, Aug, 11, After
shut down of six weeks tho Delaware
Iron works at Nowcastle resumed op
erations yesterday, giving employ
ment to botweeo 400 and 500 person
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Fnrnlnlird by the (lotcriimmit Crop and
Wi'jllipr llurciiu.
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OENKKAL SUMMARY.
Tho past week has beon cool, tho
daily moan temporaturo bolng bolow
tho normal ovory duy of tho wook, and
the nverngo deflcianey bolng 8. The
daily maximum tomporaturoa wore
abovo80 generally on only two dajs
of tho weok, The minimum tompora
tureB woro bolow 50, and in many
plncoa wore botwoen 10 o and 45. A
vory light frost, doing no damago, Ib re
ported from a few placos.
Tho rainfall was confined to local
nhowers, and wan generally very light,
Tho amount of rainfall oscooded I inch
in Hurt and Lancaster countloa, and
oxcoodod half an inch in a fow email
areas Bcatterod through tho southern
and lustorn portions of the stato.
Tho weok has been unuaually favor
able for stacking, threshing and haying.
Stacking of small grain Is noarly com
pleted. Wild hay is being cut, and the
crop is gonerally good. Tho third crop
of alfalfa is being cut. Fall plowing has
continued, but tho ground is gdttlng
rather dry in most soctions, and in many
places the ground is too dry for fall
plowing to Bucceed.
Tho cool wook has boon rather unfa-
vorable for corn, but it has mado flno
progreEs in all sections. Late corn
needs moro, rain in many counties, and
all corn noeds warm weather.
REPORT BY COUNTIES.
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.
Butler Corn is maturing slowly, the
nights being too cool; throshlng pro
greBBlng rapidly; more rain noodod for
fall plowing; potatoes short crop.
Cass -Corn has made good progress,
nnd early planted is beginning to dont.
Clay Too cool for corn to do its best,
but good week for goneral farm work;
considerable whoat in shock and being
throshed.
Oago Good week for threshing and
plowing; ground in fine condition; corn
maturing rathor slowly; oarly corn be
ginning to ripen.
Hamilton Throshlng in progress;
spring wheat and oats yielding well;
corn looking well, but moat too cool to
mature fast.
JcfTorson Most corn will be fully as
good ae last year; some late corn needs
warm weathor; large yiold of hay.
Johnson Cool week, not very good
for ripening corn; late corn is filling out
good, but uoods dry, warm weather;
largo amount of winter wheat will bo
sown.
Lancaster Corn crop ripening slowly.
Nemaha Early corn doing well; nights
too cool for lato corn; fall plowing in
progress; grapos plenty, and coming
into markot; potatoes not moro than
half a crop.
Nuckolls Favorable week for corn to
mature; fail plowng in progress; somo
wheat sown.
Pawnee Continued cold and damp
weather keeps corn back; light frost first
of week, no damage; fall plowing well
along.
Richardson Corn doing as well as
can be expoctod with the cool nights;
late corn noeds three weeks of warm
weather; wild hay a good crop; a large
acreago of winter whoat will be sown.
Polk Rather cool week for corn, but
it seems to be maturing well; getting
too dry for plowing.
Saline Nice dry weok for threshing
and plowing, but a little too cool for
corn; late corn Is earing woll, but more
warmth and moisture are needed.
Saunders Wook too cool and dry;
corn making slow progress; pastures
suffering; too dry to plow.
Seward Still very dry, and corn is
not gaining vory much, crop is bound to
be very light; a large acreage of whoat
will be put in.
Thayer Lato plocee of corn in roast
ing ear; early corn gotting hard; fall
plowing in progress; threshing from
shock continues.
York Ground too dry to plow well;
corn is keoping good color but needs
rain; corn is two weeks later than usual.
nOUTHKASTEUN SECTION,
A ntolopo Week cool and cloudy; not
the boat weather for maturing corn, but
crop doing well; haying in progress;
about half the stacking of small grain
dono.
Boyd Corn still in flattering condi
tion; some early com beginning to dent;
threshing in progress; wheat fair yield
and of excellent quality.
Burt Too cool for corn, many late
shoots in all fields, and there will be
much soft corn; full plowing in progress.
Cedar Corn looks fine but needs
more hot weather; stacking dono; millet
being cut; a largo amount of fall plow
ing being done; throshlng in progrosa;
onta a good crop; wheat a light crop,
Colfax A favorable week for corn
and grass.
Cuming Threshing is progressing
lowly becauso of damp weather; corn
is maturing slowly and Is backward.
crop will be below rago.
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Dlxon-Stacking and throahing in
progress; corn improving; hay crop
heavy; flax poor.
Dodgo Corn is advancing favorably;
threshing from bIiocU about competed;
grain in Btack in good condition; somo
fall plowing dono; pasturos fair.
Douglas Corn, especially tho late
planted, has not made much progrosa
during tho wenk bocaueo of cool weath
or; pa tureB continue to improve; somo
fall plowing in progress,
Holt -Small grain being threshed,
folding bettor than oxpactod; corn do
ing woll but noeds warm weather, hay
harvest Jrawing to a closo. '
Knox Moro hay boing put up than
usual; sugar boets doing well; early po
tatoos fuir; threshing in progross; corn
maturing well but nooda warm weather;
much will bo securo in two weeks.
Madison Corn in good condition, but
woather rathor cool for rapid develop
mont of ear.
Piorce Corn doing woll and promises
to bo out of tho way of frost by Septom
bor 0
Platte A good wook for threshing
and haying; corn doing fairly well.
Sarpy -Much full plowing being dono;
rains havo hnlpod lato potatoos; corn
neods warmer weathor but is filling in
splondid shapo.
Thurston Nights are getting cool and
corn is maturing fast, moot of crop will
be out of tho way of frost in two wooks.
OKNTflAI. STATION.
Boone Corn ripening up well; stack
ing noarly all done; pasturos needing
rain.
Buffalo Corn is improving as a whole
some early corn dried out, and soma
lato corn in somo condition; small grain
yielding woll; too dry to plow; much
winter wheat will bo put iu the corn
uelds. ," "?1
Custer In consoquonce of no rain,
corn has mado ranid nrournun an in rl.
poning; rain noeded for fall plowing and
late pastures,
Dawson Stacking mostly dono; some
throshlng from shock yot; corn much
damaged excopt where irrigated; alfalfa
good; pastures short.
Hall Stacking small grain about
comploted; large crop of hay boing cut;
corn doing woll.
Howard Corn has made fair prog
ress, but too cool for rapid progress;
much plowing and threshing dono; many
are haying.
Merrick Some hay cut, crop very
short; corn filling nicely but would
stand more heat and moisture; potatoes
short.
Sherman Corn very backward and
would be benefltod by rain; pastures
drying up; too dry for plowing; wild
grass thick but short. '
Valley Cool and dry, but plenty of
moisture for corn; threshing progress
ing fust, yield good.
houthwestj:hn section.
Dundy. Corn coming out wonderful
ly after the heavy rains; the wottest
August in thirteen yoars; corn will bo
lato in maturing.
Frontior Haying in progress; thresh
ing making rapid progress.
Harlan Corn growing woll; somo are
cutting tho third crop of alfalfa; fall
plowing bolng pushed; wild hay light;
poachos a fair crop; pastures good and
all cattlo doing woll!
Hitchcock Corn doing finely; ground
vory wot and in good condition for fall
plowing; alfalfa, mlllot and cane doing
tinoly.
Kearney Too cool for corn to mature
rapidly; plenty of moisture and large
ears forming; threshing continues, yiolda
hotter than expected.
Lincoln Corn growing well general
ly; parts of county need more rain; pota
toes and hay good,
Perkina Prospect for best corn ever
raised in county.
Red Willow Corn is booming and the
prospect is for a full crop; grain all in
stack and threshing is going on.
Webster Corn doing well; weather
little cool; ground getting rather dry;
oata and whoat being threshed, yield
and quality satisfactory,
WK81KUN AND NORTIIWE8TBRN SECTIONS.
Cherry Small grain being threshed,
and turning out good yiold; too cool for
corn; haying progressing well.
Koith Good week for making hay,
crop good; early corn maturing; third
crop of alfalfa being cut.
Keya Paha Harvesting finished;
threshing begun; most too cool for corn.
Kimball Corn doing nicely, and in
about two weeks will be safo, ae none
but early variotloa raised; little throsh
ing dono yet, but prospect for good yield
of small grain,
Rock IlBying in progross; crops much
bettor than usual, but corn lato, and
aome would be damaged by early frost.
Scotts Bluff Wheat harvest nearly
completed; oats still being cut; potatoes
very fine; corn progressing finely; wild
hay a fair crop.
Thomas Corn best in history of
county; wild hay very large,
Q. A. Lovkland,
Station Director, Lincoln, Neb.
t.netgert' Trial ritcau.
CinoAao, Aug. 34. After two pro.
llmlnnry hourlngs and threo months'
conflnomont in tho county jail, Adolph.
L. Luotgcrt, tho wealthy sausago
maker, charged with tho murdor of
his wife, was put on trial before
Judge Tuthtll In tho criminal court
to-day. Both the stato and tho de
feuso bollovo that l.oou veniremen will
bo examlnod and thut u week will
pass before twolvo men acceptable to
both sides will be found.
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