TALENTINE DEMOCBAT
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
VALENTINE. - . NEBRASKA.
EIGHTEEN ARE DEAD
POLITICAL RIOT IN TOWN OF OCT-
LAN , MEXICO , RESULTS IN
GREAT DAMAGE.
MANY STORES ARE WRECKED
Marauding Bands Made Up of Parti
sans of Opposition Candidates for
Governor Relatives of Gen. Diaz
Owners of Buildings Attacked.
Oaxaca , Mex. Eighteen were killed
and more than fifteen wounded in a
political riot at Octlan. Partisans of
Benito Juarez , one of the two candi
dates for governor , inaugurated the
riot by leading an attack on the mer
cantile establishments of Diaz Broth
ers , relatives of Gen. Felix Diaz , the
opposition candidate for governor.
Armed resistance on the part of occu
pants of the store increased the fury
of the mob , which han amuck through
the principal streets , breaking windows
dews of private residences and busi
ness houses. In a short time the par
tisans of Diaz rallied and their leaders
led them in a counter mob. Few of
either factions were armed with any
thing better than revolvers , clubs ,
stones and knives being the weapons
most frequently wielded.
The merchants and owners of stores
posted themselves in many cases on
top of their buildings and shot into
the attacking mob. Most of the deaths
are ascribed to them.
The opposition afforded by the mob
of Diaz supporters served to increase
the tumult in the streets , but also to
reduce the fury of the attacks upon
business houses. The local authorities
"were powerless to restore order and
the fighting continued most of the .
night. '
TWO BUCKEYE GIRLS ATTACKED.
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Unknown Assailant Carries One Away
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and Escapes.
Marion , O. As Miss Flora Spicer ,
aged 20 , and her guest , Miss Mary
Rogers , aged 22 , of West Mansfield ,
were Returning home from church
they were accosted on the street by a
man who struck both the girls over
the head and picking up Miss Spicer ,
who was unconscious , carried her
away. Miss Rogers quickly-summoned
several men who searched the rail
road yards a block distant , where they
found Miss Spicer with her face and
clothing torn crawling along the tracks
and unable to speak. Her assailant
escaped.
Miss Spicer , when she regained
speech , said the man threatened her
with death is she screamed. She is
in a serious condition.
Two Talk It Over.
Berlin. The Moroccan situation
was the subject of a half hour's confer
ence between the French ambassador ,
Jules Cambon , and Baron von Kider-
lin Waechter , secretary of state for
foreign effairs. According to a semi
official statement the exchange of
views shows that no cause for anxiety
exists , but that on the contrary there
is a sincere desire to reach an under
standing.
Stever Receives Orders.
El Paso. Col. E. S. Stever , Fourth
United States cavalry , commanding
the border patrol in this district , has
received orders from Washington to
concentrate his troops here. It is in
ferred from this action that the war
department no longer considers the
presence of troops necessary to pro
tect American interests , leaving that I ]
duty to the customs and immigration * cd :
officers. ce
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Offers His On Life.
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Fort Scott , Kan. Claude Winsby , a tl
painter of this city , has sent a letter tlt
to Earl Grey , governor of Canada , of t <
fering his life in place of Mrs. Ange tl
lina Napolitano , who killed her hus tle :
band to save her honor , for which V
crime she has been sentenced to be Vti
hanged. titl tiC
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Town Partially Burned. a
Ottawa , Ont. Two-thirds of Egan- e
ville , Ont , GO miles west of here , was e :
wiped out by a fire of unknown ori
gin. The damage is $250,000. Twen V )
ty-five houses , two churches , two flour a
mills and a sahh and door factory ad aR
destroyed. R
Sioux City Live Stock Market. BiU
Sioux City. Saturday's quotations U
on the local live stock market follow : ai
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Beeves , $6.00 @ 6.60. Top hogs , $6.60. n
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Advanced 5 Per Cent.
Louisville , Ky. An increase of 5
per cent in the wages of the mechan
ics of the Louisville & Nashville sys n <
tem was announced here , the increase *
affecting about 8,000 men employed lcai
in the various shops of the system. ai
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Trial of Packers Set. tu
Chicago. Through counsel the
packers indicted for violation of the
Sherman anti-trust law pleaded not
'guilty. The trial is set for Novem at t
ber 20. The proceedings occupied but in
five minutes h
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COAL FIGH !
GOVERNMENT WILL ENDEAVOR
TO VITALIZE COMMODITIES
CLAUSE OF COMMERCE ACT.
LEHIGH VALLEY DEFENDANT
Test Case Is Filed in Attempt to Sep
arate Great Carriers From Control' '
of Mines Profit-Fixing IB Al
leged.
Washington. The government has
started a new campaign to "bust the ;
coal trust" A test case was filed in !
the federal court at Philadelphia1 '
opening another fight to dissociate
the anthracite-carrying railroads from ]
their virtual control of mines and thus )
vitalize the commodities clause of the ;
Interstate commerce law.
That the Lehigh Valley Coal company - ,
pany , Coxe Bros. , Inc. , the New York *
& Mlddlefteld Railroad and Coal com
pany and the Locust Mountain Coal
and Iron company are not bona fide
coal companies , but merely adjuncts
to the Lehigh Valley railroad , and are'
"devices for evading the commodity
clause" Is the government's principal
complaint.
It Is also alleged that the Lehigh
Valley railroad , with the object of re
moving competition , has caused the
Lehigh Valley Coal company to con
tract at a loss for the output of other
anthracite operators , has transported
the coal over its own lines and through
the coal companies fixed the price ID
New York and other markets.
The government charges that al
though the buying of coal from other
operators has been done at a loss to
the Lehigh Valley Coal company It
has enabled the Lehigh Valley rail
road to transport the coal over its
lines and profit from the freight
charges.
To support Its claim that the coal
company is merely the "dummy"
.through which the railroad engaged In
'mining , transporting and selling coal
in violation of the commodities clause ,
'the ' government cities that tha officers
of the railroad and the coal company
.are the same and that certain mem-
'bers of the directorate and the execu-
tlve committee of the railroad are
members of the directorate and execu
tive committee of the coal company.
Among these named are Eben B.
Thomas , George F. Baker , E. T. Stotes
bury and James A. Middleton.
Each of them , it Is charged , has1
been named to his position In the coal !
company because of his position with
the railroad.
It Is set forth that the coal company
uses the railroad company's offices
and does its business over the rail
road company's desks.
As a further allegation that the Le
high Coal company is an adjunct of
the Lehigh Valley railroad , the gov
ernment's complaint says that since
Ihe capital stock of the coal company
has been owned by the railroad It has
paid no dividends , that millions of dollars
lars have been advanced by the rail
road to the coal company which have
never been refunded , and that the rail
road has paid the Interest upon the
coal company's bonds , being compen
sated , the government claims , by the
earnings from transportation of coal
over its lines.
TAFT ATTACKED BY GRONNA
North Dakota Senator Accuses Presi
dent of Breach of Power In Fram
ing Reciprocity Bill.
Washington. Charging President
raft with attempting to override the
Constitution by assuming the posi
tions of executive and legislator , Sen-
itor Gronna of North Dakota made a
sensational attack on the reciprocity
Dill on the floor of the senate.
During his speech he clashed fre-
luently with advocates of the meas-
ire and was forced to give up , al
most exhausted.
"In having the btil framed and try-
ng to force it through congress , " de-
lared Senator Gronna , "the presl-
lent exceeded his constitutional pow-
jrs ; a decidedly serious violation , " he
idded , "because it vas in accordance
vlth a pledge given to a foreign na-
ion.
"The president has apparently come
o the conclusion th t he represents
he people of this country both as
sxccutive and legislator and that the [
wo houses of congress are merely
wo bodies of men provided for by'the
Constitution , wlhch he can , unfor-
unately , not get rid of , but which
.re to be ignored and coerced when-
sver he deems it necessary or expedi
ent"
He denounced the trade agreement-
srith Canada as a cloak to hide the
.doption of a new economic and in-
.ustrlal policy out of harmony with'
lepublicanism , a policy which , he
aid , the rank and file of the party
rould repudiate , and he condemned'
he policy of placing food products
nd raw materials on the free list and
etaining a protective duty on manu-
actures.
Newspaper Man Is Killed.
Cannonsburg , Pa. George Brown , a.
ewspaper man of New York , was
illed and Carl Palmer , sporting edl-
sr of the Washington ( Pa. ) Record , )
nd C. Guthrle , chauffeur , were seri- }
usly Injured when their automobile
jrned turtle near here.
John W. Gates Improved.
Paris. John W. Gates , who Is 111
a hotel here , was reported as being
nproved. The American financier
as undergone a series of operations :
ecessitated by throat trouble.
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WILL HE GET THERE IN TIME ?
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NEWLANDS ASKS FOR FEDERAL
BOARD TO REGULATE INDUS
TRIAL CORPORATIONS.
PUBLICITY TO BE REQUIRED
Would Compel All Concerns Doing
Business of $5,000,000 or Mor6
Annually to Register and Comply
With Law.
Washington. Senator Newlands of
Nevada In a speech in the senate ad
vocated an interstate trade commis
sion of five members to control indus
trial corporations , as the interstate
commerce body regulates the rail
roads.
He contended that the Standard Oil
and Tobacco decisions and the re
cent government report on the steel
industry demonstrate the need of "an
independent , quasi-judicial and admin
istrative tribunal of great character
and dignity , as far removed from par
tisan control as are the courts. " The
plan is to apply only to industrial cor
porations engaged in interstate trade
whose annual receipts exceed $5,000-
000.
000.Mr.
Mr. Newlands' speech was in ad
vocacy of a bill he Introduced provid
ing for such a commission. His meas
ure would separate the bureau of
corporations from the department of
commerce and labor and merge the
bureau into a commission of Inter
state trade.
This commission would require all
.industrial corporations having re
ceipts exceeding $5,000,000 to make
satisfactory statements as to capi
talization , finances and operations ,
such corporations to be known as
"United States registered" companies.
It proposes to make lack of such
registration an "indication of some
thing wrong. "
Mr. Newlands declared that If such
legislation had replaced or aided the
'Sherman anti-trust act over twenty
years ago this country would have ad
vanced as far in the regulation of In
dustrial organizations as it has in
railroad regulation. He referred to
recent expressions by Mr. Gary of the
Steel corporation and others as indi
cating that the great corporation
managers realize that public regula
tion is inevitable.
Mr. Newlands said his plan pro
poses that frequent reports be re
quired from the corporations , Informa
tion of public Interest to be published
from time to time , the commission to
be non-partisan , not more than three
members to be of one party , and the
term of office to be ten years. He
said that his plan makes no attempt
to give too many powers of correc
tion or punishment , nor the power of
fixing prices , but its powers may be
enlarged as experience shall indicate.
The measure proposed includes
these provisions : The commission
may cancel at any time the registra
tion of any corporation for Improper
financial organization , oppressive or
unfair methods of competition , accept
ance of railroad rebates , refusal to al
low access to records or noncompliance
ance with any judicial decree ren
dered under the Sherman act In ex
treme cases it may debar the offend
ing corporations from engaging in in
terstate commerce and It may require
correction of overcapitalization.
Troops to Leave Texas.
Washington. General orders were
Issued by the war department to all
troops of the maneuver division at
San Antonio , Tex. , to return to their
horn 6 stations. A few regiments will
remain to patrol the border.
Ottawa Rowing Crew Winner.
Henley-on-Thames , England. The
Dttawa Rowing club's crew defeated
Jhe redoubtable Belgian crew of
3hent , who won the trophy In 1909 , in
he third heat for thu grand chal-
enge cup.
PERJURY HUNT IS ON
PROSECUTION FOR FALSE TESTI
MONY IN LORIMER CASE.
Inquiry Is Adjourned , but Committee
Will Make Effort to Verify
Truth of Statements.
Washington. Prosecution for per
jury before the next meeting o !
the Lorimer investigating commit
tee on July 13 is regarded here as the
probable next development in the case
of the junior senator from Illinois.
The committee had been in session
but a few days when the testimony
which it was hearing began to sho\ ?
startling discrepancies.
Clarence S. Funk , general managei
of the International Harvester company - '
pany , testified that Edward Hines , mil
lionaire lumberman of Chicago , ap
preached him in May in the Unior
League club , Chicago , and asked hire
to contribute $10,000 to the $100OOC
Lorimer fund. Funk said there were
no other persons present at the con
vensation.
Wirth Cook of Duluth , Minn. , a lum
bennan , testified that Edward Hinet
had told him of "putting Lorimei
over. " He testified also that he heard
Mr. Hines talking over the long dis
tance telephone to someone In Spring
field , the day of Mr. Larimer's election
and swore that Mr. Hines said he
"would be down on the next train witl
ail the money that is required. " Mr
Cook thought Mr. Hines was talking te
Governor Deneen.
Testimony .obtained before the In
vestigatlng committee of the Illinois
general assembly several months ago
and substantiated by the sworn afiJ
davits of three men , was to the effect
that Shelley B. Jones of Marquette
Mich. , had admitted several times thai
Mr. Hines had boasted to him of "put
ting Lorimer over" at a cost of $100-
000.
000.That
That Is the evidence obtained or
the one hand. On the other , the tes
timony was just as positive but dif
ferent
Mr. Hines swore that Mr. Funk approached
preached him In the Union League
club , and asked for an opportunity
to contribute money to Mr. Lorimerfi
campaign expenses.
Mr. Hines said that three other met
all lumbermen , and two of them in
his own employ were present and
heard part of the conversation. The
one man who was not In Bines' em
ploy was trying to sell him $200OOG
worth of lumber at the time.
Two of these three men have al
ready testified. They told of the incident -
cident just as Mr. Hines recounted U
but on cross-examination they ad
mitted that their memories had beer
refreshed by Mr. Hines , as recently ai
three weeks ago.
Concerning Wirth Cook's testimony
Mr. Hines denied that he had spoker
of "putting Lorimer over. " Further , h <
said that he was talking to Senatoi
Lorimer in the famous long distance
conversation , and the dialogue , as he
gave It , was unimportant
To a great extent , the Lorimer cast
has narrowed down to a question ol
the veracity of witnesses.
Regiments to Quit Texas.
Washington. After a talk witt
Secretary of War Stlmson and Majoi '
General Wood , chief of sta2 of the ;
army , President Taft authorized the
withdrawal of four regiments froir
the maneuver division San Antonio.
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Tex. The regiments will be with
drawn in the next thirty days.
Negro Kills Police Chief.
Rockyford , Colo. Robert Harris , e
negro , shot and instantly killed Chiei
3f Police AB. . Craig and mortallj
wounded Jacob Kipper , night marshaj
here when the officers went to Harris
home to place him under arrest foi
causing a disturbance.
$10,000,000 8ilk Dyer Dead.
Paterson , N. J. Jacob Weidmann
silk dyer , Is dead at his home from
heart trouble aggravated by the heat
He was sixty years old. He left $10 ,
300,0000.
iVOLGAST IS ViCTOR
KNOCKS OUT OWEN MORAN IN
THIRTEENTH ROUND.
Champion Lightweight Fighter Wears
Down His English Opponent
by Heavy Slugging.
San Francisco. The measured
swing of Referee Welsh' * arm , tolling
off the fatal ten seconds over the
tvrithing and unconscious body of
Owen Moran of England , brought vic
tory to Ad Wolgast in the thirteenth
round of the International battle for
the lightweight championship. The
decisive victory wag clearly earned
by the terrific punishdng power of the
champion.
It was palpable from the moment
they hooked > up in the first mauling
match at close quarters that Wolgast
was the more rugged of the pair. He
may have been tired once or twice
during the contest , owing to the
gAielling pace , but there was a doubt
about it , whereas there was never an
atom of doubt as to the way things
were going with Moran.
He looked distressed during each
resting spell after the fifth round ,
while across the ring Wolgast , snap
py-eyed and nimble , was chatting to
friends in sound of his voice.
Wolgast simply wore Moran down
In the close fighting , doing his best
work with a punch which is known
to the fighting men as "loop the
loop. " It is a right-hander which
curls around entangled arms and
lands on the face. Wolgast used this
punch with such force that Moran'3
lips were puffed , and blood dripped
from his nose and mouth.
When Wolgast was not working the
"loop the loop" be was hammering Mo-
ran's body with forceful rights. It
seemed that the closer they got the
harder were Wolgast's punches.
Moran caught Wolgast quite a num
ber of snapping right-handers in be
tween clinches and punched him with
straight lefts. While Wolgast was
working the 'loop the loop" Moran
used a left uppercut and did a fair
amount of damage with it But
neither In infighting or outfighting did
Moran's blo'ws carry a tithe of
the punishing force that did Wolgast's ,
and there was not a real chance for
thos'e who backed Moran to chortle
at any time during the fight
Wolgast went after Moran wltn
blood In his eye In the thirteenth
round. A couple of well-placed right
uppercuts failed to stop Wolgast , who
was on top of his man like a terrier
tackling a rat Moran was battered
along the ropes. His guard was de
moralized with right body punches ,
and he was sent down open-mouthed
with a couple of left swings on the
jaw. The fight ended right there. The
knockout was clean and Wolgast's civ-
tory most decisive.
TAFT DEFENDS RECIPROCITY
President In Speech Assails Critics of
Policy Which He Declares Is Re
publican Doctrine.
Indianapolis. President Taft In a
speech at the banquet of the Marion
club declared that reciprocity Is genu
ine Republican doctrine and that the
Canadian agreement now before con
gress is less radical than proposals byt
Blaine and McKInley. He referred to
the last Republican platform stand for
duties equaling the cost of production
abroad and declared that the Canadian'
proposal squared exactly with the
platform plank. He admitted that the
cost of living would not be reduced
by the adoption of the agreement He
said it would bring prosperity to Can
ada by increasing its population and
Its capacity for consumption , thereby
helping America. He said that while
free wheat would raise the price of .
Canadian wheat it would not reduce
the price of American wheat
The president's reciprocity speech
was a climax to his part In Indianapo-
lis' Sane Fourth celebration.
PUN A WORLD-WIDE TRUST 1t 1t
International Congress Approve *
Gary's Plan of Eliminating All E
Competition in Steel Trade. 1
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Brussels. Judge Elbert H. Gary's
plan for the practical elimination of [
competition in the manufacture of
steel was unanimously approved by
representatives of the leading steel
companies of the world at the confer
ence here. A committee was appoint
ed to consider a plan of organization
and report later.
In explaining his proposition for a ,
world-wide combination along the
lines of the American Iron and Steel
institute , Judge Gary said the object _
was "to prevent the destructive fluctu
ation of steel prices , " and maintain a ,
business equilibrium in the world's
steel industry.
Discussing the question whether
'such a world-wide combination could
be formed without violation of any of
ithe existing laws , particularly In the
United States , some of the representa
tives agreed that being an Interna t : ;
tional organization no nation could de
clare it to be Illegal. >
To Dine Farmer Editors.
Kewanee , 111. Illinois state board
of agriculture will give a dinner In
Chicago the latter part of this month
to the editors of all farm papers In
the United States according to arrangements -
c
rangements completed by President
George A. Anthony of this city.
Four Die in Mexico Riot * h
Mexico City. Four persons wer
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killed and five others seriously Injured
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jured during a charge by the police r
on a mob near the street car barns I
oear-Indianllla , just outside this city.
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ALL OVER NEBRASKA
Democratic State Convention.
Platte County. Fremont was chos
en as the place for holding the demo
cratic state convention at the meet
ing of the state central committee la
Columbus. The date will be July 25 >
Postal Bank at Blair.
Washington County Postmaster W.
J. Cook is in receipt of a notice from
headquarters that the Blair postoflice
will have a postal savings bank de
partment , commencing July 10.
Fire at Kenesaw.
Adams County. Kenesaw had one
of the most disastrous fires within the
history of the town. A close esti
mate places the loss at about ? 12,500.
Five buildings were burned to the
ground. ' '
Drayman Commits Suicide.
Seward County. Harley B. Robey *
a well known freight drayman , com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a 22-calibre
rifle. It is thought he did the act be
cause he was discouraged at the loss ,
of one of iiis patrons.
Farm House Burned.
Furnas County. Charles Button , ,
one of the prominent farmers living-
ten miles south of Beaver City , lost
his house by fire , burning all his :
household goods. The fire is supposed :
to have started from the chimney.
Denver Lawyer Dead.
Dawes County. Ralph Talbot , a
prominent criminal lawyer of Denver , ,
died at Fort Robinson of softening of
the brain , aged 61 years. The body
was taken lo Denver for burial , ac
companied by his son , Lieutenant Tal
bot.
Fired by Engine Sparks.
Merrick County. So dry have be
come the pastures and fields of grain
in Merrick county from the extreme
heat and drouth that fires along the
line of the Union Pacific , set by-
sparks from the locomotives , are art
almost daily occurrence.
Closed by Creditors.
Gage County. Mrs. B. E. Reynolds , ,
proprietor of the "Vogue" hat shop , ,
closed her store and turned the keys-
over to W. W. Duncan , a disinterested
party , who is to hold the stock in
statu quo until the creditors can agree-
on a way of taking the stock and dis
posing of it.
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Wymore Farmer Sues Burlington.
Gage County. Louis Fink , a farmer
living near Wymore , instituted suit
against the Burlington company for
$1,960 , which amount he claims is due
him by reason of his land being flood
ed from a ditch dug near his farm ,
which has changed the channel of
Squaw creek , causing it to overflow
on his land.
Child Burned in Barn.
Platte County. Frankie , the 3 -
year-old son of Edward Glenn , was
burned to death in a fire that de
stroyed his father's barn. For some
time the boys had been using "the
barn in which to play show and it is
probable that the careless handling of
matches was responsible for tha
blaze.
Weather Spoiled the Sport.
Merrick County. The frontier days-
celebration and bucking contest put
on at Central City by Idaho Bill's
troupe of cowboys and cowgirls , and
his collection of outlaw horses and
steers , was a meritorious contest , but.
the hot , dry weather seemed to melt
all of the enthusiasm for such enter
tainment and the attendance was very
light.
Runs Nude Through Street.
Custer County. John Hannah , a
Farmer living on the west table , who
was brought to Broken Bow for a
hearing as to his sanity , became en
tirely crazed while at one of the ho
tels in Broken Bow and ran into the
street without any clothing on , and
screaming that someone was after
him to murder him and his little girl ,
rhe hotel porter and others subdued
him and he was sent to the city jail
or safe keeping. He will be sent ta
Hastings.
Crimean Veteran is Dead.
Dodge County. John Hassett , a vet-
sran of the Crimean war , died at the
Fremont hospital at the age of 81.
He was born in Tipperary county , Ire
land , and was a typical son of the old
sod. For nearly 20 years he served"
in the British , army. He * was at the-
siege of Sevastopol during the Grim- ,
san war , in the Sepoy rebellion in In-
3ia and also in Africa. His regiment
was present when the Suez canal was.
Dpened in 1869. A few years later
le came to America , going to Idaho *
Fair Abandoned.
Furnas County. There will be no.
innual exhibition by the Furnas Coun-
y Fair association this year. It was
lecided to abandon the fair because-
f the crop outlook.
Barn and Machinery Burned.
Polk County. The barn of A. F. _
STordberg , who lives a half mile from
Stromsburg , burned. No stock was.
jurned , but a good deal of farm ma- .
hlnery was destroyed.
Wheat Yield in Pawnee.
Pawnee County. Mrs. F. C. Xorris
lad threshed of the new crop of'
vheat 1,071 bushels from 35 acres , a
art of which tested 63 pounds , the-
est 62 pounds per bushel. William
Binder , a mile west , reports a yield.
f 25 bushels to the acre.
