THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , AUGUST 15,1902 ,
'A Bqucnklng windmill doesn't seem to
some men.
'An Irrigating plant In Arizona costIng -
Ing $3,000,000 has developed farm and
orchard lands worth $30,000,000.
Sick hens and sick sheep aru best
killed as soon as possible , and wo are
inclined to put the sick hog with them
also.
"More and better work and less
land" Is the motto which should bo
hung up In one-half of the farm homes
pf the country.
Orchard cultivation lifter the 1st of
July should be avoided , as It tends to
Induce a growth of wood which cannot
fully mature before winter.
What 'food ' thirty sheep will eat on
the average farm would largely be oth
erwise wasted. The only trouble about
keeping them Is the question of fenc
ing.
We know of a young fellow In the
country who has rigged up his harness
{ with as many as forty rings , and ho
can get all the girls ho wants to go
riding with him.
The state of Now York has placed a
ban upon the shooting of live pigeons
by the sportsmen's tournaments , some
thing which will meet with the ap
proval of all humane people.
The strikes among the different
branches of federated labor are almost
( wholly an effort to restore a reasonable
'balance between the wage of the la
borer and the Increased cost of living.
Yes , we would salt nil the hay which
; we put In the mow of the barn. It
.makes the hay more palatable and
tends to check excessive fermentation.
A half peck of salt to the ton Is about
right.
It takes a robin and , In fact , most
other birds which build any sort of a
substantial nest about three days to
do the work. A sparrow will build
a nest In twenty-four hours and have
an egg In It.
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A two pound spring chicken will
bring the grower at least 30 cents , and
If kept until It wears spurs and a red
comb In November It will not bring as
much money. The good dlo young In
the case of roosters.
Of the starch produced In this coun
try 99 per cent Is made from corn. A
little Is made from potatoes , but unless
they can be secured at less than 20
cents per bushel they are not avail
able for this purpose.
In no other country does modern
machinery cut such a figure In the
production of farm crops as In the
United States. With this machinery
one man is enabled to accomplish as
much work as ten men In many of the
bid countries.
With seven dollar hogs In sight and
a big crop of both pigs and corn al
most assured , an outbreak of cholera
may be reasonably looked for , for the
young pigs will be stuffed with new
corn to get them on the market as
soon as possible , and somehow that al-
jways makes trouble.
The best preventive of the cabbage
[ worm pest is to plant very early or
very late. The early cabbage can be
matured by the 1st of July and the
Jato ones planted during the last half
of July , which enables the plants to
dodge the period when the cabbage
butterfly does the most mischief.
Normally wet and undrained lands
should not be cropped , but should bo
kept in grass , either pasture or mead
ow. Thousands of acres of choice'
land In the west will bo utterly unpro
ductive this year because of the fail
ure to observe this fact , the cultivated
crops upon them being simply drowned
- out.
The question is pertinently asked
, why a dog should bo a free commoner
more than a cow , a horse or a hog.
Many a dog allowed to run at largo will
do more damage than over could a
three-year-old steer In the corn. Dogs
may bo very easily trained to attend to
their proper business , and a man who
docs not know enough to so train his
dog has no business to have one.
If wo were a young man Just starting
on a stock farm and bad only $ GOO to
invest In stock as a starter , wo had
rather put the money into ftvo head of
. well bred and registered heifers than
into twenty twenty-five dollar scrub
cows. The first three years the scrub
animals might make us the most mon
ey , but at the end of that time they
.would . not bo in It at all with the thcr-
eughbrods.
One-half of the world's crops are
by Irrigation.
A good test of modern athletics Li
to bo able to lift a farm mortgage.
If you have 11 horse to sell , fatten
him. Fat hides a imiltltmlo of faults
In a horse.
There Is one thing ln fnror of blue
grass-It Is always ready for business
when there Is moisture enough.
It costs about ? 200 to take a Pasteur
treatment for hydrophobia , and there
fore It tloou not pay to take any chances
on dogs.
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A bull corner on corn never arouse *
the moral Ire of the granger who pro
duces the cereal. It 18 only bear cor
ners which set him howling.
Crop prospects are good in India.
The periodical starvation- Indla'u
millions as a result of drought Is the
most horrible tiling the world can
show.
Most of the people who have lived to
the great age of 100 years are to bo
found In county poorhouses and In
firmaries , proving that they have out
lived their time.
This Is a great country. In July ,
when the people of New Mexico were
praying for rain , Kansas , Iowa and
Nebraska were being flooded with a
deluge of water.
There has been relatively a greatei
advance in the fifty dollar farm landt
of the country than in the five dollar
unimproved lands of the western and
northern borders.
The sparrow when It has pre-empted
every available nook and corner of all
buildings for nesting places will then
take to the trees , preferably ever
greens , next bos elders.
The man who wants to raise fruit
and does not know enough to take care
of his trees Is a good friend of the
nurseryman. Not 10 per cent of the
trees sold In the west , at least , ever
live to bearing age.
A country community Is not educat
ed up to the right point when a couple
of slick peddlers can sell savcral hun
dred pounds of a concoction of brown
sugar and water as pure strained
honey.
Not one woman In ten knows how to
make a nice flaky pie crust. They can
make angels' food and cholera morbus
salads of a dozen kinds and all sorts of
fancy cakes , but the Ideal pie crust
beats them. '
The meanest garden weed wo have IB
the squlrreltall grass , or wild barley.
It is the most firmly rooted of any of
our common weeds and a monopolist of
the worst type. It will almost ruin a
nice lawn in a single season.
The Importance of tlie poultry busi
ness is not realized as it should be.
While but few can go into the busi
ness upon a large scale , It Is still pos
sible for many to take up the work In
a small way with profit.
The bicycle , automobile and rural
mall delivery are a trinity of agencies
which are combining In a wonderful
re-olutlon in the matter of building
better roads , the rural mall service
bringing about the most effective re
sults.
Some men hate on general principles ,
and one such undertook to prove that
sheep were as nasty and disagreeable
animals to care for as hogs , but was
shut up when asked If he ever knew
a sheep to eat up its dead grandmoth
er. Hogs will.
Bumper crops of oats and corn , a
greater than average yield of wheat
and liberal yields of rye , barley , hay
and fruits are indicated by the July
reports of the department of agricul
ture. This year bids fair to be ono of
abundant harvests.
Wo have never known of n case
where purely kind measures were
taken to break in a broncho. Men who
have this work to do say that force is
the only means which will tame it
This wo know some very cruel and In
human work is done In this line.
It is estimated that there arc 00,000
regular tramps In this country , which
cost the country to maintain not less
than $11,000,000 per year. The worst
feature is that they are nearly all able-
bodied men and Instead of being a
burden upon the people should be in
the ranks of the producers.
The overflow of the Nile river , which
rarely fails , not only brings moisture ,
put perennial fertility , to the great har
vest fields of Egypt. Its waters carry
in solution the stored fertility of the
mountain and tablelands of central
Africa and for ages has made Egypt
the storehouse of the orient.
It Is not easy to solve the problem
of how to make both ends meet where
a man with no capital save his hands
and , at his best earning not over $350
per year , has to maintain a home and
provide for a family of six. Such a
man , desiring to educate his children
and live In a decent way , has a hard
job on his hands.
One of the principal agricultural pa
pers of the west on the 1st of July bad
n leading editorial on the Importance'
of the dust mulch. The article mast
have been left over from lort year , for
this season it was Impossible to raise a
dust in any of the territory where the ,
T > ap r circulated. An article on mud
blankets would have been more appro * '
IIL.V.M.VO A KAUM IIY I'llOXY ,
A friend who o\\na u nice. Improved
farm of 11K ) acres In ti wcstum state
and who Is HO situated that he cannot
carry It on himself , but who Htlll de
sires to kuup hla money wifely linibt-
ed In the farm , wishes to know which
IB the best method of handling It-
shall ho rent U for a cash rent , Bliull
he let It on shares , shall ho hlro a man
to run It ? The first plan will Insure
him the least trouble and the smallest
return. The second plan will be all
right provided ho can gel the right
man and make a lease for a term of
years. The third will prove the most
profitable If he will assume the gen
eral oversight of the farm work , stock
It up with good stock to the limit and
pay a good man what ho IB worth to
carry It on. He will find It hard to
pi't just the right sort of n tenant on
the Hlmro plan and Htlll more dllllcult
to got the right man on the salary
plan. The honest man may bo lazy
mid the hustler man who will steal
the owner blind.
TOO MANY KINDS.
On the average farm there Is fre
quently to bo found too great n variety
of animal and bird life. We would not
try to keep Jersey , Shorthorn and llol-
stein cattle In one farm herd , or try to
raise trotting horses and draft stock
together , or keep two or throe different
varieties of chickens , or nileo ducks ,
goose , guinea hens and turkeys all In
one happy family. Wo believe In spe
cialties for the average farm ono typo
of cattle , one of horses , pigs , chickens
then n constant effort to produce the
very best of the type selected. Wo
would apply the same rule to crops.
Even diversifying /may / bo carried to
an unprofitable extreme.
DEIIT ON THIS FAUM.
Wo are asked how much debt n man
with a quarter section farm should
carry. That depends. Assuming his
farm to bo worth $12,000 and the man
a hustler , turning his attention wholly
to the production of meat products o'n
his farm and not running a steam
thrasher , he might swing a debt of $7-
000 at 5 per cent. Still this will make
him sweat and grunt before ho gets it
paid. Wo believe it to be n mighty
good time to shorten sail In the matter
of indebtedness during those days of
agricultural prosperity and not load
up to the limit , as so many are doing.
The money loaners will have their In
nings again some day.
SHOULD MAKE 9100 A YEAH.
This is for the goodwlfo on the
eighty or a hundred and sixty acre
farm : If you are not making a clean
hundred dollars per year out of the
poultry which you may Just as well
as not kcop on the farm , something
is wrong , for this amount can easily
be made , just giving ordinarily good
care to a good breed of fowls , letting
them have the run of the farm , and It
can bo done almost wholly from eggs.
This $100 you ought to make and to
have to do with as you see fit Wo
know of plenty of women who nro
making from $100 to $175 ou't of their
poultry each year.
IMMENSE INCREASE OK WEALTH.
The boom In real estate , farm lauds
particularly , lias increased marvelously -
ly the wealth of the owners of such
lands. During the past four years
there has been an advance In the value
of good farm lands In Iowa , Kansas ,
Nebraska and the Dakotas of not less
than 20 per acre , which means that
the farmers of Iowa alone are over
$000,000,000 richer than they were four
years ago , and this Increase In wealth
has not gone Into the hands of spec
ulators , but each man has got his
share just In proportion as he Is the
owner of a few or many acres.
HEMS VAST HELP.
We have an old bachelor friend who
lives all by his lonesome self. lie has
a small house on a little farm and Is
really a good housekeeper , as men go ;
but , dear , dear , what u dreary old life
he lives ! He has only n cat and a dog
for company and no object on earth
to make him get a hustle on himself.
If ever woman could do a good Job , It
would be with him , but he is sort of
soured on the sex got left some years
ago , cut out by a likelier man , and has
elected to go it alone. One or two
pretty good women have tried their
hands on him , but have had to give
him up as a bed case.
COLORED FARM HELP.
A Kentucky farmer was telling us
recently about the peculiarities of his
colored farm help. He said they never
could be depended upon if there hap
pened to be a camp meeting or revival
in the neighborhood or any of the oth
er doings which are common to their
race ; would Just quit and go no matter
how badly their services might be
needed on the farm. Then they seem
ed to never have got over the notion
that what belonged to their boss be
longed to them , which brought about a
confusion nt times as to the ownership
of property.
FOOLISH MOTHERS.
That is a very foolish mother who ,
taking the ground that it is more trou
ble to enow her daughter how to do
any kind of housework than it Is to do
It herself , lets the girl off. About a
year ago a young lady whom we know
was married. Her mother was one d
this sort The girl knew very little
about housekeeping , could neither
nmuo a lonf of good bread nor get up
a palatable meal. Of course she had
a time of It , and her husband did also ,
end , for that matter , they are having
It yet
Nebraska Shows Greatest Im
provement In Corn ,
ALSO LEADS IN WINTER WHEAT ,
Estimated Average Yield for State IB
Twenty-two Bushels to the Acre ,
South Dakota Heads the List In
Spring Crop ,
Washington , Aug. 12. The monthly
report of the ututlntlclan 01' the de
partment of agriculture shown the
condition of corn on Aug. 1 to have
been 80.5 , us compared with 87.G on
July 1 , and a ten year im > nuo ; of 81.
There linn boon an Improvement dur
ing the month of 10 polutH In I'onn-
uylvanim , 7 In Indiana and Wisconsin.
4 In Ohio , IlllnolH and Kansas , 3 In
Iowa and 11 In Nolmiaha. This uub >
stantlal Improvement In the inont Inv
portant corn ntaton would undoubted
ly have resulted In a marked Improve
ment In the " .Tvorago for the cntlro
country hut for the fact that fourteen
southern Htatcs iihow nn average
decline during July of 10.7 polntu ,
The statistician estimates the winter
wheat crop at about 380,000,000 bimh-
els , or an average of 13.8 IniHholu per
aero. The estimated avoraKO yield
per arm In the principal states In up
follows , the Htates bflnR arranged In
order of acreageIanBaa : , 8.T ; Mln-
Bourl , 18.2 ; California , 1G ; Indiana ,
15 ; Ohio , Ifi ; Illinois , 1C.C ; Nebraska ,
2 ; Pennsylvania , 15 ; Oklahomall.fl ;
Michigan , 17.4. The avorano condl
tlon of spring wheat on Aug. 1 wan
89.7 , as compared with 02.4 lanl
month. There was a decllno during
July of 2 points In Minnesota , 3 In
North Dakota ; 0 In Nebraska and 12
in Iowa. On the other hand the crop
of South Dakota Is reported at 1 point
higher than oven the high figure , 04 ,
reported last month , and the condition
In Minnesota , North Dakota and Ne
braska , notwithstanding the decllno
ahovo mentioned , Is still considerably
above the ton year average. The
average condition of oats was 89.4 ,
against 92.1 last month.
TO ABANDON MISSOURI RIVER.
Government Will Give Up Effort to
Make Channel Navigable.
Sioux City , Aug. 12. Deaton In Us
effort to control the treacherous
Btraam the United States is about to
abandon the Missouri river to Its fata
and give It up as a means of trans
portation. Railroads have grabbed
the freight , and steamboat business
has dwindled until It la evident con
gress thinks the expense of dredging
shifting Bandbars , pulling snags , and
trying to hold the roBtloss river in a
fixed channel is not justified by the
volume of business and will surrender.
Captain Chlttendcn , chief of United
| States engineers for the Missouri
river , who replaced the Missouri river
commission , believes the career of the
Missouri as a means of transporta
tion is at an end. The abandonment
of the Missouri IB foreshadowed In
I his annual report. In it ho says :
I "Tho dlBcontlmmncc of the Missouri
, river commission and the greatly re-
j diiced appropriations , as compared
I with former years , lor both upper and
I lower rlvors indicate an Intention on
the part of congress to abandon the
river altogether In the near future
Before the rendition of the annual
report for 1908 the officer In charge
will ho prepared to submit a compre
hensive statement ot the conditions
of the entire rlvor and the advisability
or nonadvlsablllty of further work
upon It. "
Cattlemen Resist Arrest
Quthrie , Okla. , Aug. 12. Deputy
United States Marshal Gundy returned
turned to Outhrle last night with ono
cattleman prisoner , Thomas Tyron ,
who is tinder ? 1,500 bond for partici
pating in the cattle war on homestead
ers In western Oklahoma. He Is one
of eight for whom federal warrants
wore issued. An armed posse of cat
tlemen prevented Jjio deputy from
serving more than two warrants and
he returned hero for advlco and help.
Frank and Edward Spears , brothers
and prominent cattlemen , resisted ar
rest , the deputy reports.
Drought In Australia.
Victoria , B. C. , Aug. 12. Advices re
ceived by the steamer MIowera from
Australia tell of terrible drought In
New South Wales and Queensland ,
which has devastated the eheep
ranches of that section of the south
ern colony. Millions of sheep have
died , and men formerly considered
wealthy have been compell6d to sock
employment. Samuel McCaughey , the
sheep king of Australia , lost over a
million sheep of his herd of a million
and a quarter and other largo herders
have been equally unfortunate.
Frost Damages lov/a Corn.
Dea Molnes , Aug. 12. A aovero
frost Is reported In the northwestern
part of Iowa. Messages received from
Oloverdalo state that the section about
Slbley was visited by a heavy frost
and that the damage to corn has been
considerable.
Ship Building Plant Sold.
Wilmington , Del. , Aug. 12. The
Harland Holllngsworth ship build
ing plant , located her * , wuo last night
transferred to the United States Ship
Building company. The price Is said
to bo J1.6CO.OOO.
Ex-Governor Cook Dead.
WtaBted , Conn , , Auff. 12. Former
Governor Cooli dlefl eariy this morn
ing. The cause ot death was given as
a shock received from an operation
performed on Sunday for Intestinal
trouble.
PYTHIANS OWN 'FRISCO.
Hold Lnccd Knlglita Take Poisccslon
of the City.
Ban FranclHuo , Aug. 12. Han Fran ,
cluco wiiu turned over to the Knlihlii
of Pythlau today , and gold lace nd
unlloniiH have ( alum pnBHOHHlon of the
city. Fully li.OOO visitors and 1,000
Knlulita of the Uniformed Hunk
reached the ( loldon Unto yontorday ,
many ot them having traveled over
a.OOU miles.
Gononil Unniiihnn ntatotl that , con-
alderlng the distance most ut the
I'ythliuiH nitiut cover to roach the
woatwn camp and the time coniuimcil ,
the present conclave would bo the
iiioBt remarkable In Pythian unimlti.
In a largo vacant lot ul Twelfth ami
Market Rtruetu UOO tents Imvu boon
pitched and u model military camp
uutubllHhud by the Uniformed Hunk ,
Tim firat formal exorcises In con
nection with the conclave were hold
yoHtenlay afU-rnoon. when an exhibit
of the produclH of the various countloH
of California wan opened In the Union
Kerry building. Mayor SehnilU extended -
tended the hoBpltallty of the city to
the visitors. A folMtloim response
was iiiiulo by Major Gononil J. U. Car-
uiiliun of the Pythian onlor.
At. 5 p. in. the military camp wan
formally turned over to Supreme
Chancellor Ogdou II. Kothorn , who at
once placed General Carnahan In com
mand. The American ling \VIIH then
unfurled and the duties of camp life
begun. JJarly In the evening the com
manding olllcoru of brigades and regi
ments assembled at the hcadqnarturn
of Major General Carnalum , at the
pavilion , to receive orders and In-
BtructloiiB for the general parudo. '
Later there was a reception In the
pavilion , which was attended by thou
sands of knights and citizens. When
darkncsB had fairly Bottled ever the
city the elaborate electric ( U'coratloiiB
wore revealed for the first time In
their full beauty. Never before has
San Francisco presented BO gorgeous
a Bpootaclo and words failed to ox-
preBB the admiration of the city's
guoalB. Today the grand lodge will
begin Its HCSHlons In an elaborate
council chamber , which has boon ar
ranged for the occasion at the Palace
hotel.
ELKS IN SESSION AT SALT LAKE.
Grand Lodge Convenes With Attend'
nnce of Twelve Thousand.
Salt Lake , Aug. 12. The flral meet
ing of the annual session of the grand
lodge of KlltB opened in the Taber
nacle thin morning , with 12,000 mem
bers of the fraternity on hand.
A drizzling tain , upmothlni ; almost
unprecedented In Salt Lake at this
llrno of year , fell occanlonally yester
day , but not with sufficient volume
to Injure the decorations or Interfere
with the slRhtaoolng. The buBlnoBs
district Is one mass of flaus and bunt
ing , the national colors and the royal
purple of the Elks being Intertwined
on nearly every business block in
town , whllo hundreds of residences
are also drapod. The electric effects
on Main and other business streets
are beautiful In the oxtromo. The
business district last night was ablaze
with thousands of Incandescent lights
in white and purple , draped across
and along the Bides of the streets and
hanging In festoons and gathered in
ImmciiBo fet pieces at various corners.
Special trains by the dozens
Jammed with ISIlts from every section
of the country arrived yesterday. The
time was taken up by the visiting
Elks with trips to Saltalr and other
rcBorta. Among the arrivals were
special trains from Omaha , Sioux
Falls , Kansas City , Baltimore and
other eastern points.
No News of Soyaca.
Colon , Colombia , Aug. 12. Nothing
has been heard of the government
gunboat Boyaca , which his been missing -
ing slnco July 29 , when sue loft Pan
ama with 300 men on board to rein
force General Bcrtl at Agua Dulcc.
No definite news has reached hereof
of the battle between government
troops and revolutionists at Agua
Dulco , but It IB said that General
Bertl. the government leader. Is still
holding a strong position at Agua
Dulco rind has boon able to break
through weak points of Can oral Her-
rera's line for the purpose of obtain
ing cattle.
Governor Charged With Libel.
San Francisco , Aug. 19. John D.
Sprockles , proprietor of the Morning
Call , lias sworn to a warrant In the
pollro court here charging Governor
Gage with libel The alleged libel
la contained In a statement published
Friday , In which the governor Bald
that charges against him recently
published in the Call were made for
the express purpose of attempting to
defeat his nomination. Judge CJaha-
nlss signed the warrant , which was
placed In the hands of a detective for
service on the governor.
Miraculous Escape 6f Passengers.
Harrlsbure , Pa. , Aug. 12. The flrnt
section of the express train on the
Pennsylvania railroad which loft
shortly before midnight ran Into the
Bide of an castbound freight train
near Dock street tower In this city.
Seven freight cars wore broken and
burned , but the Pullman sleepers com
posing the train wore unbroken. No
passengers ware hurt. The flroman
and engineer escaped. Moit of the
wrecked cars wore boxcars , loaded
with grain , and burned readily.
Five Hurt In Stage Wreck.
Georgetown , Colo. , Autr. 12. Tht
Grand Lakes stage waa wrecked near
Coulter and fire persons hurt , ono fa
tally. Tba Injured are : Louis Lafty ,
driver , internally injured , may die ;
Mrs. J. Throckmorton , Georgetown ,
wrist broken and knee dislocated ;
MUs Allie T. Tabb , St. Louis , left leg
broken ; Mrs. L. Bradley , Kansas City ,
three ribs broken.
Applies Torch to Five Buildings
in One Day.
OUSPECT r AC. near.
rhmeo nt Or- Time Threatened Bust.
i. . n c.irtu , jf City Livery Otablo
anu Ki , .teen Horses Are Burned
Firemen Kept Busy.
Poorhi , Aug. 12. Tiio police and flro
( UipiirtmoiitH of Pcorla wuro kept on
the Jump yoalorday by the operations
of nn liictMiillnry. The torch wan ap
plied to live bulldliiKH during the duy
and through the actual II ro loan will
not exceed $25,000 , with an Inmirunco
of about $12,000 , the llaucH at oim
time threatened to sweep a largo nee
tlon of the city ,
The pollen arronted ICdward Flanaj-
gnu , twenty yearn of ago , on the
charge of arson. They claim to liavo
direct ovldunca niralnnt him. Shortly
after liln itrroiit the muttcrliiKS of the
crowd made It necessary to rumovo
the prisoner to the county Jnll for
oafo kooplng.
The first fire wan ntartod In the
Btoro hotiHo of the Vnl Ululz Ill-owing
company , at the foot of Harrison
Btrcot. U wiiB oxtliiKuinhcd Imforo RCS
rloim damage had been done. Flro
wan next BOOH In Doolcy Bros , coal
nhcdB , hut the datnairo there WAB nom
inal. Shortly after noon flro was rtlH-
covered In Nouralller'u llvory barn.
The flatnuB oprcad with nucli rapidity
that the nineteen homes occupying
the Imsctnont floor and all the rigs
wore dcotroyed. The flames nproad to
the iindortiiklnK establishment owned
by C. W. O'Loary , adjoining the llvory
barn. A general alarm waa Bounded
and every ploco of fire fluhtlng appar
atus In the city was called out.
Then came an alarm from the Hourlng
mllln of Horace Clark & Sons. Part
of the department wan rushed to thn
mill , hut the flamcti had gained ( inch
headway that damage amounting to
$8,000 was caused boforn the llameft
could bo checked. Whllo the depart
ment was fighting the Clark mllln
flro an alarm came In from the resi
dence of Mrs. IloBgy , In Warner ovc *
nuo , where damage of (400 w.ia caused.
The Incpndlary began his work In
Peorl * about April 1 and BO vigorously
did ho apply the torch during the
month of April that the city council
hold a apoclal Reunion and offered a
reward of ? BOO for hla capture ami
conviction. The flre underwriters' an-
aoclatlon offered an additional reward
of $500. Notwithstanding the fact
that the reward bad been doubled , ho
continued his work. Up to date ho
has succeeded In suffocating and burnIng -
Ing fifty-five horses and causing fire
damages aggregating many thounanda
Of dollars. When the Clark flro broke
out Flanagan was soon to throw some
thing Into the building and walk hur
riedly around the block. lie was
watching the fire when the police ar
rested him.
TRY TO TAKE WYOMING TOWN.
Citizens of Battle Rout Raiders Who
Seek to Avenge Sheep Slaughter.
Battle , Wyo. , Aug. 12. A crowd ot
Mexican sheep herders attempted to
take the town of Battle , with the re
sult that two of them were killed.
Several made their escape Into the
woods , ono man holng shot In the lep.
Ono citizen was hit on the heel and
Mlas Katell Sanders , a resident , woo
severely cut In the face by a window
pane broken by a stray shot. Every
man In town IB armed , fearing the
Mexicans will swoop down on the
town , as there are scores of them
in this vicinity.
The attack was In retaliation for the
slaughter of 5,000 sheep by the towns
people , who had ordered the sheep
men to keep away , as this territory
Is reserved for the cattle men.
Business Portion Wiped Out.
Fresno , Cal. , Aug. 12. Fire de
stroyed the business part of the little
town of Reedly. The loss is esti
mated at $75,000. The flames broke
out In Gosllne Bros. ' store and fanned
by a brisk northwest wind , spread
rapidly to adjoining buildings , the
only available means to combat them
being a bucket brigade. A man named
Webster , who was arrested some tlmo
ago for burglary and discharged for
lack of evidence , and who Is said to
have threatened revenge upon his
prosecutor , a tenant of the Gosllno
building , has been arrested , charged
with * arson.
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Price of Sugar Advanced.
New York , Aug. 12. The American
Sugar Refining company and B. H.
Howell , Son & Co. yesterday ad
vanced the price of soft sugars ten
points and that of confectioners' A
grade flvo points.
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