FRIDAY JULY 2,5,10Q2.
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A wet summer la usually folldwcd
by an early fnll frost and deep snows.
Dollar potatoes nro almost Invariably
followed by twenty-five cent ones tbo
next year.
This is a hired man's summer unless
ibo old man has plenty of work in the
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barn for the many rainy days.
Japan produced 230,000,000 bushels of
rlco last year , being twice the amount
of all other cereal crops grown.
It is a wise thing to fire the hired
man who persists In smoking around
the bare before he fires the barn.
An inch of rainfall weighs about 113
tons to the acre , and about 800 tons of
water are required to produce one ton
of dry matter.
The best strawberries are produced
on the year old plants. The two year
plants will bear some fruit , but the
three-year-old plant is worth nothing.
> Where there is a growth of daisies ,
goldenrod and sorrel * the soil is quite
likely to be sour , a condition which
may be remedied by the application of
, lime or ashes.
;
j The high price of corn has not affect-
i od the price of whisky , 20 cents' worth
- ' * o corn Juice now having the same
( power to raise , the devil as when corn
jvas 10 cents a bushel.
[ By sinking a bored well a foot in di
inmetcr in a slough it can often be as
[ effectively drained ns though it were
( tiled. If after penetrating the clay
eubsoll a gravel stratum Is reached
( euch n well will be a success as a
drainage system.
1 The growing of the legumes clover ,
, beans , peas and the plowing under of
| Buch crops In a green state furnish
nltrogen to the soil. Common wood
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.ashes are about the only home supply
of potash , while phosphates must be
secured from outside the farm. .
i Western Canada produced last year
00,000,000 , bushels of wheat of the
very best quality , and not a twentieth
part of its wheat producing area is
under cultivation. Western Canada
can easily furnish the mother country
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< wlth breadstuffs for years to come.
f It is estimated that the enormous
sum of $150,000,000 will be available
In the next thirty years for Irrigation
works under the new law -without
further appropriations. The wealth
[ contingent upon the expenditure of
( this money for this purpose can hard
< ly.bo estimated.
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r Many so called Impoverished soil
are poor because of lack of proper till
age , whereby the plant food contalne <
In them may be made valuable , am
they really need proper mechanlca
, trcatment rather than forced stimula
rvtlon. The plowing under of some green
.Crop in July and a later plowing In late
'August will often renovate such fields.
Hambletonlan was the most notec
elre America has ever produced. O
Ills 1,333 colts 40 were In the 2:30 :
.class . , 150 of his sons produced l,47i
trotters of standard speed , 80 of his
'daughers produced 110 trotters in the
2:80 : list , and it is estimated that 15,000
of the 17,025 trotters now in the 2:30 :
list trace' ' blood back to this famous
'horse.
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y Wo have found this season the Gan
fly strawberry to be n valuable varlet ;
to have In connection with others. It I
not a heavy bearer , but the berries ar
Jvery large and of the very highest fla
Ivor , and what makes it worth" mor
, than all else is that it Is a late berrjj
{ coming on just as the other varletle
era all gone and when every one' ha
'got an appetite sharpened up fo
strawberries.
* Wo know of a man who has thrown
r
tap a good farm and rented It and taken
a rural mall route to run at 5000 pc
[ year ; this because of tbo trouble in
( getting hired help 011 the farm.W
( would not have done this , but wouli
'have ' seeded the farm down , put some
[ Angus cows In the pasture and let tlty
jcalves do the dairying. A man'wlth'a
good farm Is a simpleton to run a mall
'routo ' unless ho wants office very badly.
? So long as a man is going to the ex
pense and bother of feeding and caring
jror an animal of any kind why not
jliave a good ; kind ? This applies to all
kinds of farm stock and crops as well.
In no line Is there BO much possible 1m.
proveuient and increase of profits as In
this. The difference in the price be
tween the best things and the average
things is so great that with high
rprlccd farm laud only the best can be
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8 vet corn ifl ono of the very best |
Int.1 fwiumor fora o pla.Us. All stock
liken It , and It Is very easily grown.
Any spot on the farm where water
will stand for ten bourn after n heavy
rain should have cither surfacu or tile
drainage.
The grape Is produce on now wood
f the season's growth , which In turn
usually arises from canes of the previ
ous year's growth.
Tbo pcoplo of Utah are harvesting anew
now crop this summer * grasshoppers ,
for which they are paid a bounty of ? L
icr bushel dead or alive.
The leakage from the barnyard , if
permitted at.all , should be diverted ou
o the garden patch and not bo al-
owcd to'Und Its way Into'the creek. '
The mellow condition of timber soils
when first cleared and cultivated , la
owing to the humus In them , and the
source of this humus Is the decaying
forest leaves.
It Is n great help when trying to sing
n gospel hymn when milking lu lly-
; lmo to have a string so fastened to
: ho stall post that the cow's tall can
bo kept from switching and swiping
your face.
W.o had * a man work for us once who
used up fully half an hour each work-
ng day running his old corncob pipe ,
filling up , relighting and all that. He
would not work unless ho could smoke ,
and ho would smoke whether ho
worked or not
Extremes in weather frequently fol
low each other. The great northwest
suffered last year from excessive heat
and drought. This year unseasonable
cold and excessive rains are doing
more Injury to the crops than the heat
and drought did.
The land craze has reached a point
where suckers arc paying $0 , $8 and
$10 an acre for western range lands
where , taking an average of seasons ,
It will take from six to twelve acres to
keep the breath of life In one steer.
Oh. there'll be mourning by and byl
Different seasons bring different field
and garden and orchard pests. This
year there are no potato bugs , no aphis
on the plum trees , no butterflies In the
cabbage patch , but there Is the most
widespread attack of blight among the
apple trees which we have ever known.
Through a largo part of the country
today it is on the poor and sandy soils ,
worked by the shiftless and lazy own
er , where the most productive crops
will be produced. The good farmer enrich
rich land has produced too heavy a
growth"of straw for the good of his
small grain crops.
The man In the smaller towns is no v
kicking and growling because he has to
pay $1.50 per year for a box at the
local postofilce and run after his mal
four or five times every day , while the
old granger eight miles out in the coun
try lias his mall delivered right at his
door. These kickers should move out
Into the country.
The Increasing productiveness of the
agricultural sections of the west anc
northwest Is taxing the carrying ca
pacity of the existing lines of railway
to the limit during the crop moving
season , and the time is not far distau !
when the main arteries of such rail
way systems will all have to be double
tracked In order to do the business of
fered them.
If you are fool enough to bite at a
proposition which proposes on its face
to give you something for nothing , you
deserve to get stuck , as you most sure
ly will , and yet ten such suckers can
be fgund in every civil township In the
country. If you are one oC the ten
don't solicit sympathy when you go
pinched , but take your medicine and
profit 'by the experience.
The state Institutions of Iowa the
reformatories , Insane hospitals ant
asyldffls are being supplied" with
largo farms lying adjacent , It having
been found that the labor needed to
carry on such farms can bo obtained
from the inmates of such institutions
under skilled superintendence and utll
Ized to the profit of the state and the
marked benefit of tb6 Inmates.
The writer's strawberry bed was no
a largo one , covered only seven square
rods of the garden , but It' furnished an
unlimited supply of the finest fruit for
nearly thirty days , all that was needed
for canning , and enough berries were
sold to more than , pay for all work pu
upon the bed four times over. This
very satisfactory experience is possible
with any' man or woman who con con
trol that much garden space.
A milk denier arrested In one of the
large cities for selling milk testing bd
low the fixed standard In the matter
of butter fat sought to make a gooi
defense In court by Introducing ns ovl
deuce ten babies which were regular
patrons of his milk cans. The kids
were lusty and thrifty , but did not
count with the jury , as some of this
body were raising equally lusty and
thrifty calves on separator milk.
There Js likely to bo before very
long a sharp comif tltlon between the
cow on the farm and the paper maker
as to which shall have the heretofore
wasted strilks of the great cornfields
of the west The silo and the shredder
have solved the problem of the conver
sion of these stalks into a palatable
ration for the cow , and the paper man
has found out > how to convert the dry
stalk Into an excellent quality of pa
per.
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rfoxt to loglbl.'t'.jn pvjvltlhijf for nu
Interoceanlc canal the law passed by
th Into session of congress providing
for a Hystomntlc plan of reservoir con
Btructlon and ttilgatlon of dcaurt lands
In the most Important Wo have come
at last to the point where the well wa
tered and fertile arable lands of the
country are all taken up and occupied
and very rapidly advancing In value.
There Is no longer any Iowa , Nobran-
ka , Kansas , Minnesota or Dakota fpr
the ever Increasing surplus of popula
tion to find homes In. True , there Is
and onougki still unoccupied and of
ho great6st fertility , but it lies In re
gions where there. Id no rainfall nufll-
clcnt'1 to mature * n crop. Water , the
product bf the molting silown of the
nountaln ranges , there Is In abun
dance lu many sections , but It runs to
waste In the rivers In the Hood Boaaons
and In not lu the clouds for distribution
n the form of rain. Tile Intelligent Irn-
mumlliig of these wasted waters by
substantial diuus erected under gov
ernment control and the irrigation of
tributary at able lands are the object
of the recent legislation. The land BO
jrought under Irrigation and tiuidn
productive will be sold and the pro
ceeds further applied to the extension
of the system. Most of these reclalma-
jlo lands lie within the semitroplcal
jelt , where ten acres under Irrigation
can bo made as profitable as forty
acres In the older and naturally wa-
icred portion of the country. The prog
ress of this work will be watched with
the greatest interest
TUB TllOM.KY RfTAD.
As a class farmers have not yet fully
awakened to the value of a trolley rail
way system located so as to be access
ible to their farms. They should , in
stead of being asleep and Indifferent to
such enterprises , be the foremost In
promoting them. Instead of reluctant
ly granting a right of way for such a
road It should bo cheerfully donated
and from $500 to $1,000 given as a bo
nus to the builders. We have In mind
the results following the construction
of such a line last year , a line sixteen
miles In length. It has practically dou
bled the value of all farm land adja
cent to It and has made living In a
farm home located along the line just
as desirable , to all intents and pur
poses , as living in town and In many
respects more so. If In your country
community there Is any effort being
made to Introduce this modern agricul
tural Improvement , don't bo an old
fogy and kicker , but off with your coat
and do your level best to help secure it
A FnUIT EXPERIMENT.
Thirty-five years ago when opening
up a new farm on the western fron
tier we wanted some fruit started on
the place. There were no nurseries
within a hundred miles , or railroads
either , and could the fruit trees and
vines have been reached there was ab
solutely not a cent to pay for them. Wo
did this : First prepared a piece of new
land in the best possible manner. We
then went to a timber track some dis
tance away and dug up 200 wild black
raspberry bushes in May , cutting off
the tops and planting the roots. These
were well cultivated that season and
made a fine growth. The next year we
had a most bountiful crop of berries ,
as good in yield and quality as wo
have ever obtained from the cultivated
and named varieties of this berry. Wo
had berries to eat berries to can , ber 1
ries to sell and berries to give away ,
and the experiment was a revelation
and surprise to all the Bottlers of that
community.
INTEREST IN ALFALFA.
While alfalfa has always been looked
upon asrspeclally suited to the semiarid -
arid portions of the country , it is only
within the past year or so that the
farmers where the rainfall Is ample
haVe had their attention called to the
wonderful value of this forage plant
andthis year thousands of men are
experimenting with alfalfa all through
the northern and northwestern states.
It ccmn'to be not so much a question
of climate'as of soil adaptation in the
euccessful culture of this plant. 'A
perennial forage plant as rich in pro-
'tola ' as'Is alfalfa cannot fall to be of
the greatest value to every , northern
fanner who can possibly grow It
A NEEDED EDUCATION.
Schools for the special teaching of
women In the art of cutting and fitting
women's clothing are being established
In many'parts of the country7 and are
doing1 a good work. The' education
which the- average girl is given has
never met this need , and she is turned
loose on a world which demands that
she be well dressed and leaves her at
the mercy of some other woman to do
It As between a smattering of music
and the know how to cut and fit one's
own dress any wise girl will choose the
latter. Her chances of marrying well
are better if she knows how to dress
well than they arc if she does not and
can only pump an organ or pound a
piano.
A VALUABLE TOOL ,
On all corn land where mullein , milk
weed , sunflowers' , morning glory , cockle-
burj wild roses and other deep rooted
and tall growing weeds prevail the
surface cultivator will be found an al
most Indispensable tool , Its long , sharp
knives slicing these plants off below
the surface of the ground and effec
tually annihilating them ; but It will
not take the place of the old four
shovel plow for the general cultivation
of corn. Llkti the disk corn plow and
the wecder , there art ) times and places
where It will do better work In the
field than any other tool.
Men in Anthracite Region Re
ceive $50,000 in Cash.
FIRST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Checks Forwarded to the Three Dls
trtcts for Their Respective Shares
of the Sum Appropriated by the
Indianapolis Convention.
Indianapolis , July 22. The first
financial assistance was Bout to thp
striking anthracite miners laiit night
when Secretary Wilson forwarded to
the secretary-treasurers of the three
anthracite dlBtrlcta checks for their re-
epectlvo shares of the $50,000 appor
tioned by the lecont convention to bo
applied Iminudlatoly to relieving the
wants of the strikers and tholr fam
ilies. Under the iccommcudatloiiR , the
money waa oideted to bo divided pro
tata among the districts according to
the numbui of minors In each field. All
of those muii who will receive this aid
are not members of the union , hut the
organization will take care of all those
on strike and their families , whether
they carry union cards or not.
Mr. Wilson does not expect largo
public donations to arrive for several
days yet , as some time will bo re
quired to got the machinery for mak
ing systematic collections In opera
tion.
President Mitchell spent a busy day
at his office hero , attending to office
business that had accumulated during
his absence. Ho said ho would prob
ably start for Wllkesbarro tomorrow.
Ills stay In the east this time will bo
until the strike is won.
GOLD BEATERS QUIT WORK.
Only 400 In the Country and They Are
All Members of the Union.
Philadelphia , July 22. A strike was
Inaugurated yesterday throughout the
country by the United Gold Beaters/
National Union of America. In this
city , according to Ellis Gray , president
of the local union , eighty-six gold beat
ers and forty apprentice boys are on
strike. This affects forty girls who
fill the moulds for the beaters.
The tleijp In this city Is said to bo
complete and reports received nt the
local union's headquarters from Now
York , Chicago and Boston Indicate that
all union men In those cities are out.
There are about 400 gold beaters In
the United States and all are members
of the union.
Mr. Gray said that the principal
complaint of the men concerns the
employment of women as mould fillers
at the rate of 18 cents , for which work
the gold beaters formerly received 90
cents. The beaters , he claims , can
earn only $12 and $15 a week. They
demand the discharge of the wome.i
fillers and that their work bo given
to the beaters.
STRIKERS TO FEDERATE.
Union Pacific Boilermakers , Machin
ists and Blacksmiths to Unite.
Omaha , July 22. The amalgama
tion of the bollermakers' , machinists
and blacksmiths' unions Into ono fed
eration as a means of securing a more
effective organization with which to
combat the Union Pacific in the pros
ent strike and protect the interests of
the three crafts In the future , is the
latest step contemplated by the
strikers from the Union Pacific shops.
The strikers have decided upon another -
other new method of waging their
fight. They will employ a staff of
, camera pickets , whose duty it will bo
| to photograph every man who goes
Into the Union Pacific yards to work
during the present troubles.
The four men on the big hammer In
the blacksmith shops struck yesterday.
MINERS OF THREE STATES.
Interstate Convention Is Being Held
at Plttsburg , Kan.
Plttsburg , Kan. , July 22. An Inter
state convention of the miners of Kan
sas , Missouri , Indian territory and Ar
kansas are In session hero for the pur
pose of determining what action the
mlnerq of the west will take regard
Ing the enforcement of , the demands
upon the operators. The wage scale
for the ensuing year has not yet been
1 agreed upon. The general feeling
among the miners is In opposition tc
1 a strike , especially since the action ol
the Indianapolis convention , unless it
1 should become necessary to thus en
force thcjr demands 'upon the opera
tors. Sept. 1 was set as the time when
some kind of settlement must bo
made. The Kansas conference will
probably be In session several days.
Warrants for Union's Officers.
Charleston , W. Va. , July 22. Upon
the application of the Collins colliery ,
Federal Judge Keller has Issued at
tachments for the arrest of John Rich
ards , president of District No 17 , Unit
led Mine Workers/ and thirty-five other
union miners who participated In
meetings held near that mine , Special
complaint was made against a moot
ing of July 17 as In violation of the
Injunction Issued In the suit aganst
National Secretary Wilson , "Mother"
Jones andothors. _
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Soldiers In Riot at Springfield.
Springfield , III. , July 22. About 300
members of the Third brigade , 1111
nols National Guard , from Camp Lin
coin , came to this city last night am
raided the tenderloin district , creat
Ing a great disturbance and becoming
so riotous that the police were unable
to quell the disturbance and sent to
Camp Lincoln for aid. General Glen
den sent down a provost guard of fifty
men , who at the point of tbo bayono
quelled the disturbance and finally RIV
rested a hundred of the rioters.
PISTOL DUEL IN AN ALLEY.
Watchman Kills Ono Suspicious Char ,
acter and Captures Another.
Chicago , July 22. In an alleged
holdup Uobort 10. MacMivhon , Hpuclal
policeman for the Auditorium Aiuiox ,
killed ono man , and , after a running
revolver fight , captured another , The
man Ink nu Into custody gave bin uumo
an Mack liny and said hiti companion' ) ]
name Wan Frank Milrphy , lie donle.l
there had boon any intention to hold
up the olllcor.
The IlKh't which ended la Murphy's
death took place bahlnd the hotel
Which MnaMflhbu was llntrolHuu. The
man wore lift-king In an 'alloy , tnippoi *
odty awaiting a victim. The officer at
( Irttt BIIW but ono man und ho was
feigning slcknosii. Suddenly a second
man arono from behind a box and both
men trained revolvers upon the officer.
MauMahon drew his revolver and all
three inun ( lied. Murphy was killed In.
ntantly. Hay darted down the alley
and from the darkness Hied ropontod-
ly at the ollicer , who guvo chase , Mac-
Mahon finally trlppod the fugitive and
took him to thellarrlHou street station.
CITIZENS AFTER A MURDERER.
Man Who Killed Another Near St.
Joe In Danger of Being Lynched ,
St. Joseph. , Mo. , July 22. Alfred M.
Ponton , a wealthy farmer of Hush-
vlllo , Mo. , was shot on the streets ot
that village by Mark Dunn lout night.
Dunn , who had been drinking , was
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arrested , but escaped from the olllcor ,
secured a shotgun and shot Ponton ,
who was passing In a buggy. Ponton
died from his wounds. The shooting
was nntlroly without provocation and
Dunn Is In danger of being lynched by
the citizens ot Rushvlllo. Ho Is In
charge of Deputy Sheriff Luther Mo-
borly , who In doing the best ho can to
protect his prisoner.
Moborly tried ' to bring Dunn to St.
Joseph on'the train which passes
Rusuvlllo at 10:30 o'clock , but the In
furiated citizens prevented the officer
and his prisoner from departing.
Many threats of lynching are uiado
and Officer Moborly has pressed BOV-
oral men Into service to protect the
life of the prisoner.
OEMS WORTH$250,000 GONE.
Miss Yohe's Jewels Said to Have Ds
appeared With Captain Strong.
Now York , July 22. A formal com
plaint of grand larceny was mada
against former Capt. Putnam Bradley
Strong last evening by May Yoho , who
visited police headquarters and thclo
charged Strong , who recently disap
peared from his hqmo at Hastings ,
with the theft of Jewels which she
values at $250,000. Her cgmplalnt was
entertained and a general alarm was
sent out for the arrest of Strong. Miss
Yoho's counsel said the safe In the
Knickerbocker Safe Deposit company ,
where Miss Yohe had kept her Jewels ,
was opened and It was found that her
jewels , valued at $250,000 , had been re
moved. - . f -
Shot from Court House Window.
Jackson , Ky. , July 22. Town Mar
shal James Cockrlll was fatally shot
from a second story window of the
court house yesterday by unknown
parties. There were six shots , two
hitting Cockrlll as he passed along
Main street. James Cockrill Is a broth
er of Thomas Cockrlll , whoso trial In
Breathltt county for killing Benjamin
Hargls has revived a desperate feudal
war. It Is said that the keys to the
circuit court room , from which the
shots wore fired , are In possession era
a Hargls man , the opposing faction
to the Cockrllla.
Circus Men Bent on Lynching.
Buffalo , N.Y. , July 22. Leo Bruce , u
teamster employed by Forepaugh &
Bolls Bros. , was shot and killed yester
day just as the afternoon crowd was
leaving the circus tent. Dennis Bowen ,
a switchman , is under arrest charged
with having fired the shot and nar
rowly escaped being lynched by the
circus attendants. He was terribly
beaten and kicked. It Is said that
Bowen intended the shot for J. K.
Shumate , superintendent of horses , '
who had reprimanded him a short tlmo
before. *
Former Soldier Fatally Shot
Jackson , Ky. , July 22. During a
fight last night. Benton Blanton , fort
merly a soldier in the Philippines , was
fatally shot , and Elijah Coldivan was
killed. The fight started between'
Blanton and John Oaks , a farmer. The
latter , after emptying his revolver ,
Crabbed Blanton'a pun , shooting Blan
ton fatally. Coldlran was killed by
a wild shot. Oaks was not hurt and
escaped.
Russell Sage Has Close Call.
New York , July 22. "Russell Sage
liad a narrow escape from serious In
jury this afternoon. While attempt
ing to board a Broadway car his foot
slipped as the oar moved ahead and
Mr < Saje fell * He was dragged a dlst
tanco of fifteen feet before the car
was stopped. Mr. Sage's secretary
helped the financer ( to his feet. Ha
was unhurt , though badly shaken up.
. . Robbers Giro Distress Slgntl. . .
Knoxvlllo , Tenn. , July 22. William
Delap was robbed of $1,100 and a gold
watch on the outskirts of Lafolletto ,
Tenn. , last night. He was riding
through the woods and hearing the
Odd Fellows' distress signal respond
ed to It. Three men accosted him ,
shot him in the shoulder and robbed
him. Ho wll recover.
St. Louis Bribery Case Called.
St. Louis , July 22. The postponed
trial of Henry B. Faulkner , member of
the house of delegates , charged with
perjury In connection \\lth the Sub
urban street railway franchise brib
ery case , was called In the circuit
court before Judge Douglas. A jury
Is bolng impanolod.
Height of Flood Reached and
Water Begins to Recede.
FLOODED REGION IS INCREASED.
Thousands of Acres Previously Unin
jured Inundated by Final Rush of
Waters at Southern Points Illlnol *
River Is High.
Kookuk , la. , July 22. The height ot
the flood in the Mississippi river waa
reached today south of huro Tua
ilvur fell an Inch and a half fit K o-
(
kuk yesterday , but a rise of a foot or
more In the vicinity of Canton , Quln-
cy , LaOiatiRu and Hannibal yesterday
can led the water over thousands of
anon previously unlnjun'tl. This rtau
extended the Hood clear back to the
highlands at the foot of the uluffB
and took out HOIIIO more wheat In the
Hhock , which provloiiHly mood with
Ha butts In wator. Extension of the
flooded dlwtrlct Incroanod the total
damage to a largo amount In dollara ,
although not a Very great Increase In
percentage over the previous dam-
ago. ' The farmers are Inclined to report -
port much higher figures than a few
days ago , but estimates of $1,000,000
to $0,000,000 In MIsHourl along the
seventy miles of river frontage ara
conservative.
The rlno compelled the Barlow
cultivator works of QUIncy to shut
down , but several other factories con
sidered high and dry got along by
pumping out the watar flowing In. The
river hbro Is full of debris , the most
northern point of the great flood , and
the rivers ahovo are pouring In much
drift from overflowed lowlands. The
flotsam Includes thousand ! ) of rab
bits as patmengors on logs , pieces ot
houses and other wreckage.
Terrific Hailstorm.
Hastings , Nob. , July 22. A terrific
hailstorm prevailed over a consider
able part of the farming country In
this cqunty yesterday afternoon.
Chunks of Ice weighing nearly a quar
ter of a pound fell for fifteen minutes.
Chickens were killed and young stock
Injured. Oats and corn wore driven
into the ground and are beyond re
demption.
Illinois River Still Rlolng.
Pcorla , III. , July 22. The Illinois
river continues to rise and Is standing
at 21.4 feet ahovo low water mark , the
highest murk reached in ton years.
The Western league baseball park la
four foot under water.
River Falling at Burlington.
Burlington , July 22. The Missis
sippi river fell half an Inch last night
The high water limit has been reached
and danger of a further rlso is consid
ered eve r r
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M'LAURIN REFUSES OFFICE ,
South Carolina Senator Declines Posi
tion on Court of Claims.
Oyster Day , July 22. President
Roosevelt Is In receipt of a , letter from
Senator John L. McLaurln of South
Carolina , declining the proffered ap
pointment to the vacancy on the Unit
ed States court of claims. Senator
McLaurln's letter was based In par
ticular upon a newspaper article whlcn
accompanied the letter. The article
said the senator had sold himself for
the purpose of getting such an office.
Root to Sail for Europe.
Washington , July 22. Secretary
Root will leave here this afternoon
for Now York , whence he will sail for
Europe in company with General Horace
ace Porter , ambassador to Franco-
Secretary Root is going to Carlsbad
for the purpose of bringing home Mrs.
Root and some of the children who
have been at that place for thetr
health. It Is ozpected that he will re
turn September 6. Assistant Secre
tary Sanger will have charge of the ;
affairs of the war department.
Kansas Bart American Book Company
Topeka. July 22. The supreme
court has Issued a writ ousting the
American Book company from the
Btato of Kansas and depriving It of
the , right to transact business In thta
state until it secures a charter. The
order waa granted upon the petition ,
of the county attorney of Shawnoe-
couuty and grows out of the fight for
the contract to supply the public
uchools of the state with school books.
Mob Drives Out Negro Family.
Wichita , Kan. , July 22. It wa re
ported here that a mob of 100 persona
drove a negro family out of Blackwoll.
Okla. . and burned the house rented to
them. No negroes have been allowed
to oven work in tbat'clty since it was
formed. A message received here last
night admits that a negro family at
tempting to settle1 there were ordered
away , but that their house was not
burned.
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