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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

Cards Of thanks, obituary notices, rsso,uso,.
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sats pr hne. No charge less than seventy. svs
ents.
All advertising announcements Of enter,.i,
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charged at the rate Of fifteen cents line.
Advertising notices. news form, will be exolude6
from our local columns. except such " Yefer -
advertisers occutvtng space In cur sdyertIsns
columns, and will be run under separate head ~
the local pages.
Subscribers who fan 70 receive the JougyA.
promptly will confer Q favor By potisvins ~.
1Hice immediately. ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

Martin Clancy, clerk at the Cony house.
was able to be on duty Thursday ST er
several days illness. t,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

VIM. Snow, one of the prominent lunl.
Der merchants of Skowhegan, was in the
city Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

A glut of the orange market in Boston
the past few days had its effect as far East
as Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO-DAY.

Lost-Parcel.
No.ice-Supreme Court.
Aunt Rehecca's Cou h Drops.
PLtant Medicines &c. ". Brann.
Red Figure Sale-w. +. Studley
Mil Winter txcnrsion--M. Z. Il r.
Wan,ed peop'c-Lotte +. Stafford
Wanted-Pupiis for piano and organ
See lit who spend thousand, year dvtitisipe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

The tramps seem TO be swarming into the
city. The police scooped in two Thursday
| Mt noOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

Ira Croker of Portland was among the
visitors to the Capital city Thursday on
business,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26

The Mitchell fight was topic Ct
discussion among the sporting men Thurs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
HE WOULDN'T VANISH
JUMPING JOE AS DESCRIBED BY THE
NEW ARTEMUS WARD

He Is Interviewed by n Stranger who De-
cides That 1t Ia Not Wise to .-inger and
BE Shot, So he Meets His Fate Elsewhere.
A Talk with His Brother.
was smoking my pipe at the mouth OF
my dugout in the Cherokee strip when a
Teller Gums gallopin up on an Arkansav
mule and nearly rides over me afore he
checks up to inquar-
Stranger, mebbe ye ar the reptile
what thinks he's got claim on these yere
90 acres of fertility spread out afore us?''
Il hev the honor to be that humble
worm of the dust, - SEE I, sizin him up as
a claim jumper and bad man.
How long will it take ye to bid good
by to that dugout and vanish from this
localitys''
Fur Why's
''Bekase this yere claim suits me, and
I'm goin to jump it
.'Haint you no feelin s for an orphans'
SEE rs 1 reached down and pulled up my
ole shotgun.
Mary one, and III gin ye jest five min
its to spread yer wings and fly" he ten
derby replies
What about the laws' SEE I, feelin
kinder lonesome to think might hev &c
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run him zip .A4l - rcshcaucu man.
oh, that's all right Ye felt Sc yer
dooty, and can't complain. We Can't be
stoppin to ask whose brother q man Is
when dooty is urgin US onward and up
ward. .
''Win your loss be his gain, stranger
asks as the surviyin brother continued
to look sorrowful.
I'm doubtful, - SEE he. Hes out q
Cherokee straight 'nuf but what sort of
kentry he's struck beyand / can't nRrer
on. Would ye hev any obieckshuna ro
stay to the funerali''
mot a one. I'll even help dig the
grave and be one o. the mourners.n
vs. found the tenderfoot's shovel and
soon completed the buryin- while we wero
at il the survivin brother observed that
Tom had jumped eight claims in two
weeks, but in the midst Of life he was CD
death. He said no would take up che trail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
BLACK LABOR SECUTED
To Take the Place OF Union Miners An
Wash1ngton State.

To Take the Place OF Union Miners An
Wash1Bgton State.
TACOMA, Wash. July ga train load,
bearing six hundred negro coal miners
bound fer the Roslyn mines, is expected
TO arrive here in a week or ten days.
In May 600 white miners at the Roslyn
mines, which are owned by the Northern
Pacific, refused to accept a reduction OF
about p per cent in wages, and quit
The company did not make any effort
to reopen until two weeks ago when It
gave the miners until last Saturday night
TO sign the contracts at the new schedule
of prices. The white miners still refused
though 80 or 40 of the negro miners
brought from the south at the time OF
the trouble in 1889 are willing to work.
Assistant Superintendent Little says
negroes viii be brought out to take the
miners places, but refuses to state from
what point they will come. He says they
can be hired in any one of half a dozen
states The old miners at Roslyn have
organized a branch of the National
Miners union
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THINK HE SET THE FIRE.

be the Cause OF she WashfngsOn Fire.
WASHINGTON, July 27-The police
have arrested w. T. Harris. an inventor of
a gasoline motor, on suspicion Of having
set the Knox building fire, in which three
firemen lost their lives and over a half
million dollars worth Of property was
destroyed. The motor is Intended for
street car use and the police believe that
Harris. while experimenting with II,
caused an explosion, which resulted IN
the fire
Harris denies that he is responsible for
the explosion, but admits that he was in
the building at the time of the fire. He
says there was an explosion and that he
was burned, but he left the building to
60 to a doctors while the watchman ran
to turn in an alarm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
NEW ATLANTIC CABLE LAID
IL the Largest Across the Atlantic, and
Laid In the Shortest Time.

IL the Largest Across the Atlantic, and
Laid In fhe Shortest Time.
HEARTS CONTENT, n. F., July 81
The final splice of the Anglo American
Telegraph company's new cable was
made today at IL a. m, Greenwich time,
and the laying of the largest cable across
the Atlantic was then successfully com
pleted-
The time taken in laying this cable
was the shortest on record The expedi-
ton left Hearts Content July Is in the
afternoon and the Irish shore end was
laid in less than two days, the total time
being inside of two weeks
A noteworthy coincidence is the fact
that the final splice was made on the an
niversary Of the day on which the first
successful cable was landed At Hearts
Content in 1865, twenty eight years ago.
and not only on the same date, but on the
same day.
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MEN DISMISSED.
Lack OF Work Causes Dropping of . Num-
Der OF Shop Employees

Lack OF Work Causes Dropping of . Num-
Der OF Shop Employees.
During the past week in the neigh
borhood of twenty men have been dis
missed from the Santa Fe boiler shops
and round house. 1t is impossible TO as
certain the exact number but among
them are Il L Hastis Isaac
White. Tom Swain, Jesse Coop
er, Pat Todd, Jim Deaden
and VIII Grant These men
we're 'laid of" but were given their
time and some Of them have been paid
up to date. The general supposition is
that the layOff is caused ~ a lack of
work. VIM. Ramsey, w. w. Scritchfield,
Robert Doyle and several others were
called TO work Wednesday morning but
when they appeared were told that there
was no work for them.
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ar nearly over. ''''I'8 NJ COIN BACK Ho8fEf'
Did ye hev anythin agin him, stranger
Anythin powerful that We felt it yer
dooty to make him cease his prancin,''
'Oh, no. He called yere to jump my
claim, but 1ndin / was jumpin man my
self he rid over to bulldoze the redheaded
chap on the hill
And we've heard shootins''
Il hey. i was about to 20 over to see
who's gun went OF fust. If ye hain't
got no pressin Engagement, ye might go
along.
With all my heart, +" SCI he, and we
went.
When we got to the rise of the hill, we
seen the redheaded man about mile
away and headin fur Kansas. while thar
was sign in front of the dug out rcadin,
Jump and be burned, fur I'm goin back
homel'' A leetle ways of lay che chap
who had SO lately bid me a fond adev,
and seq to the Teller with me:
WAS the late lamented yer only brother
IN the worIds'
3. My only onel'' he sadly replies.
If I'd a-knowed that wouldn't hey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
TODAY's MARKET REPORT.

Furnished by w +. Esdermau, Broker In
Grain. Provisions and S.ocks. Real Es
Jackson Streets
CHICAGO, July 27.-In spite Of the fact
that Liverpool cables quoted wheat de-
moralized and one penny lower, the mar
ket opened firm and higher in sympathy
with the strength in corn in the belief
that the high prices for the latter cereal
will tend to increase the consumption Of
wheat The news Of the declaration of
war between China and Japan also had
a strengthening effect. Septemb Der open
ed &c higher, at 5234c, eased off to 52S5c
on sales by a number of small brokers,
then fuctuated between that figure and
the opening price
The failures Of the predicted rains in
the corn belt. with the continued blister
ing weather throughout that great
stretch Of country. with no relief in sight,
gave a fresh grip to the corn morket, es-
pecially the new crop methods. Corn
opened at 1880 and huctuated between
431zc and 431zc- May opened &c and
sc higher 1t 411z142c. and sales be-
tween 415s @42c, with a tendency up
ward
Oats were firm at 2s1s@2SA, against
28c at the close yesterday.
There was no early trading in Sep
TENDER pork, but lard and ribs received
some attention at an advance of 3 cents.
Receipts-Wheat 212, 600 bu-; corn $780,
OOO oats. $4,000.
Shipments=Wheat. $4,000 bu-; corn,
212,0O0; oats, $4,000.
Estimated receipts for Saturday: Wheat
APO cars, corn BIT cars, oats 10 cars. hogs
$4,000 head.
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Tom a-passin this
yere way on a
mewl7'
"Mebbe I hev, -
SEE I. Ar that
the late lament
eds animal over
thar on the hilli"
She sartinly
be, or I'm a poetl
From your Ian
gIlidgc 1 take it
that my brother
Tom hain's ca
vortin round on
top this airth as
much as he yvas;"
4 hain't sartin
about it, but I've
got an idea that
his cavortin days
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BE sHo1f risks with me
when thar's tenderfoot on the next 40
above who kin DO skeered outer his hole
with one hoot. All we've got to do IS to
ride up thar and hollcr once, and away
he'll fly. In fact, he's sick of the blamed
kentry and just waitin fur somebody to
tell him to 20. As fur me, I've cum to
stay. 1 hain't dangerous except on ono
day of the week, but this happens to be
the day. I dug this hole with q single
and hev got strong affection fur it, and
as fur these 90 acres Of land I've got to use
'em to grow my terbacker on
tWhooPeel" he yelIs as he makes his ole
beast cavort around and pulls out his
watch.
I gin ye jest two minits-in which t.
vanish
With that sees that he had no human
heard strings, and 1 lifts up my gun and
gifts far bead on his eye afore he drops
to the game. He looks very solemn fur
mint or two and then hulnbly asks,
Stranger, ar that bony fide gum"
She ar - SEE l.
whats the contents2''
Buckshot mostly"
And who might We be most every
day. in the week." he softly continues.
They mostly calls me Jumpin Joe.
Dye want my claim bad as ye did
mint or two ago2''
Il don't, - he seq, with great blandness.
sNo, I don't want nuthin ye kin help
me 10 Dy pullln on inc trigger OF Lndl
gum Humbly hopin fur yer fucher hap
piness and prosperity, 1 will now bid ye
FAREWELL
Won't ye linger and be shots''
''No, thankee, though I'm jest as much
obleeged. Once more adcw.'
He rides away in the direction of the
tenderfoot' s dugout, and purity soon thar
was the noise of shootin over that way. ]
was gittin ready TO go over and see If it
was q case of suicide when up Gums fell
Ter on white boss and looks all around
and peacefully SEE:
Stranger, mebbe ye'v seen my brother
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DRIMMERS LAY OFF.

No Use Going on the Road Until f. Rains.
ST. joseph. No. July 27.-The tenn
perature is 100 above today.
So great has been the damage to the
crops and 90 widespread has been the
extent Of the storm that many travelling
men IF this city VIII not 60 out on their
runs until rains have fallen throughout
the vast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
NEWS OF KANSAS.
The Death of Luther.C. Challiss
of AtchisOn.
The Leavenworth Labor Unions
DenOunce Warden Chase.
OTHER STATE NEWS.
An Emporia Thief Takes a
Watch "Just for Fun"

ATcHIsoN, Kan, July 2z-Luther G.
Challiss died here last night He was
one of the oldest citizens of Atchison
and Of Kansas He came to Atchi-
son in 1858 and was q member Of
the territorial council He was the prin-
cipal builder Of several local railways
In 1884 he was an operator in Wall
street and was rated u millionaire, al
though he died poor. He became edi-
tor of the Atchison Champion in 1888
and gained q wide reputation by his bit
ter fight on John J. Ingalls,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
LOCAL MENTION.

The Southwestern Winter Wheat Ml-
lers' association. Of which Thomas fHn
of Topeka, is a prominent memLer l-la
a meeting at Kansas City yesterday ana
discussed the advisability Of avoiding ths
trunk lines and sending their wheat DO
Europe via southern ports.
The charter Of the Swedish Evangeli-
cal Mission Association Of Scandla. Res
public county has been filed with the
secretary of state, The directors named
in the charter are. Per j. Larson. An-
dreas Yohanneson. Chas. A. Freeman.
Gust Linden and Andres Yohan Lofgren.
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per pound bounty on All their sugar above
30 degrees by the polariscopes said bounty
To cease June 30. 1898. There is to be no
differential duty for the rehners. Ha-
waiian treaty Of Jan 80, 1878, is to be
abrogated at once He was one Of II DEM
ocrats in the house who voted against the
Wilson bin and promises that al the sug-
or men Of both houses would vote for 10
with his aznendTaent-
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IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

Worms and Hot Weather Are Destroy
Ing the Corn Crop
PITTsBURG. Kan, July 27-The hot
winds and drouth are iniuring all kinds
of crops. Gardens are being devoured
by worms and insects, and everything
tends toward damage and ruin.
The thermometer is ranging every day
from 100 to 104- Those best posted claim
that if a rain does not visit this section
soon there viii not be more than half a
crop Of corn.
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WAL. I'd like NE ? ONA NllA-41.et .-
to say sunthin TO STRAIGHT Noff-
sorter console ye, " SCI 4, fcelin kinder
mean about things.
"Oh. don't menshun it. Don't mem
shun it, r. he answers as he rides away.
Fact is, ye've bin to SO much trouble
and bin 50 nice about it that I'm almost
ashamed to look ye in the face So long %
ye, and may We git yer reward fin the next
world If not in this. +
still sorter felt that I'd bin a leetle bic
hasty and owed somebody an apology or
sunthfn, and when felicr Gums along 0u
foot, carryin lot Of household truck on
his back and lookin mighty weary Of thls
life stops him and SCI.
Stranger, We might hev a brother ont
yere in this Cherokee strip2"
Yes, I hev, " he replied away down hia
dusty throat.
And that brother mig ht cum along and
try to jump my claim"
That would be him.
And he'd meet the jlmpincsf main 81.
Cherokee and fall dead with surprise.
''But what's the pint ye wantcr makci''
- Jest this: II I'd helped to dig his grave
and acted as ono Of the nourncrs and c---
pressed my sorrow to the survivin relH-
shuns would owe anybody anythin be-
sidesf''
.-Anythin as howl" he yells boginnin
to git mad
"Anythin as an apology"
~ e must be four boss idiot, ~ ho hcl-
lers as no kicks up the dust with bis fecr
No, Of course yc wouldnt Z. What sore
Of a knocl1kneed, chicken livered pilgrim
ar We that yc feel we've got 20 'pciogizc fut
shootin any cantankerous cuss who ycurus
fur yer claim Ye'd better sit out of ole
Cherokee We ar too powerful good Orb
rub agin the rest Of us critters, Sc ar.
And arter that felt heap better in ms
mind AUSTIN KETWE
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STRIKERS GET 40 DAYS.
Santa Fs Men Charged With Contempt
Sentenced by jude liro.seup.

Sentenced by Judge Grosscup.
CHICAGO, July 27.-Ricbard Lawrence
and Edward Rhodes, the first of the
strikers to be punished here for lawless-
ness growing out of the Pullman boy
colt, were sentenced to forty days in jail
by Judge Grosscup of the United States
court today.
The men were Santa Fe strikers at
Chlllicothe. Ills, and were charged with
contempt Of court in interfering with the
traffic Of a road IN the hands Of govern
ment receivers.
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Of the redheaded
man and try and
pop him over, and
as he was ready to
go and we shook
hands he said:
Don't go fur
to was tin any
grass seed on the
grave or usin up
lumber fur a head
board. we've bin
put to a heap O
trouble as 1t is.
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put q stop to his
prancing around
and be obleeged to
bury him to boot.
The law be
durnedt When g
Teller wants any
thing in this ken
try and has got
sand in his craw
to back him up, he
takes it. Are ye
comm out O. that
and take a skater"
" Stranger - sez
L, thlnkln L might
possibly touch his
heart strings and
realizin that I had
no shovel to dig
his grave with,
don't be takin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
RAINmAKERs GIVE N UP.
Kansas Is Too Much For Thsm and They
VIII Try Iowa


VIII Try Iowa
ABILENE, July 27.-Attached to the
passenger train on the Rock Island was
the Solomon rainmaker's car. The Her
ington and Marion cars Joined it aud the
three left for central Iowa, where they
will try their arts on Iowa skies Mana
ger Jewell says he has forty towns on his
list, all anxious to have them come and
willing 10 put up $500 each
kansas - too much for US, remark
ed Mr.. Hutchinson CT the Solomon divis-
ion this morning. Hot winds and 100
in the shade is a pretty hard combination
to beat
The visit of the rainmakers to the
county has been dismal aud unrelieved
failure but il was perhaps worth the 500
it cost Solomon to have the experiment
made.
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HOT WINDS DIE OUT.

TOwa's UnpIeasane Experience OF Thom
Over for the PresonE
Dies MONIES, Ia, July EFT is still
very hot and dry all over the state. There
has been no rain. The government Their
mOmeter here this afternoon registered
go. 1t registered 103 at the same hour
yesterday. The emperature Is about Is
degrees higher on the street The hot
winds died out last night The breeze is
cooler today. The barometer this morn
ing registered 5.U3 No indications of
rain
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THE MANITOBA WAVE.
A Goodness Reported North OF Us and
May BE Expected Here

May BE Expected Here
ST. PAUL, July 27.-The reports from
Dakota and Montana weather stations
all agree in announcing much cooler
weather. Bismarck reports q decrease OF
6 degrees from the temperature "a hours
previous; Minnedosa dropped 10 points,
hoorehezd 6. Huron 4, while at Pierre it
fell 20 degrees, being at 90 there at
o'clock this morning
This city was the center Of a hot wave
early today, recording so degrees at Z
o'clock. or degrees hotter than at the
cooler weather to the west is a hopeful
sign and a gradual decline is expected
before long.
Dispatches from Bismarck and North
Dakota points say that a heavy rain fell
during the night 1t comes, however,
too late to benefit anything but corn
Ayers Ague cure is q vegetable prePa-
ration, and warranted to cure all malaria
disorders
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Hogs-Estimated receipts Tor t0day23, OOO,
yesterday "a, $40; shipments yesterday 13.
2S2; left over 1000; quality fair. Market
rather active best grades 21zc05c higher.
sales ranged at $5.OO45.321z for
light; $475949O for rough packing;
&4.9J@5.3O for mixed; $495@5.2O for
heavy packing and shipping lots; pigs
$42O0495-
CatIIe-Estinated receipts for today.
5000; receipts yesterday 10.450; ship
ments yesterday 4.179 head Market
slow. easier.
Sheep-Receipts today 5000; receipts
yesterday 7,772; shipments yesterday,
1854 Market slow, prices steady.
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Kansas C1Ey 4IarkeG

Kansas Crrr. July % WHEAT -
1@1 cent higher. No. 2 hard, 44c;
No- 8 hard 421kc; No. 2 red, 441zc;
No. red, 42c; rejected, 40c.
CORN-1zG1c higher. No. mixed, 81 I
@3S1Zc; No. 2 white. 412 @4214c-
OATs-Firm. No ? mixed, 26@27;
No. 2 white, SOC
RxE-Steady No. 2, 40c
Flax SEED-Steady. $1.O5G107.
BRAS-Steady. 55457c.
HAx-Firm. Timothy $S.OOaQ 90;
prairie. $5.5OG6.50
BUTrKR-Aiarket firm. Creamery.
14QI5c; dairy. 12@14c-
EGGs-Firm- Strictly fresh Sc
Cattle Receipts, $500; shipments.
1900 The market was steady, but
slow. Texas steers $2.2O03.25; beef
steers .35G465; native cows, $1-15@
800; stockers and feeders. @20UN3.6V.
Hoes - Receipts. $500; shipments.
800. Market steady to sc higher. Bulk
of sales, $5.00@550. heavies. @495
65.OO; packers, $495@aO5; mixed,
$49s G5-2O1E; lights, $455g5O5; pigs.
S465eD5.OO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Receipts, 1920;
shipments 200. Market slow and steady.
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Now Anarchfsfs aIust Fly.

PARIS, July 27.-The senate today
passed the anti anarchist bill which was
adopted by the deputies yesterday. It
was opposed by NJ. FlOquet and Arago
The vote was POS to 81
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American Sugar Refinery. 1929: A. T.
S F., 4; C.. 3 & q, "A; Erie, Il;
Ian 45sk; Missouri Pacific, 23zS; Read
ing, 171z New England, IL; Rock Is
land, 65z; st Paul. Oh Union Pacific.
Ssx: Western Union. S4115; Chicago Gas,
1915; Cordage, 211z
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WAsHTSeToS. Kan, July 27-The hot
winds yesterday increased the damage to
corn fifty per cent This morning the
wind is from the southwest, the same as
Yesterday.
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BRooKLTN, n T., July 27.-In the
general term of the supreme court today
Justices Brown, Cullen and Dykman
denied the motion for a new trial for
John Y. McKane, the boss Of Grave
send. thereby confirming the decision Of
of the lower court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

ATcHIsoN, July 27.-The case Of the
state against Williams, the Muscotah
coIored boy. who was charged with muir
dering a white boy named Hughes, was
dismissed in the district court today for
want of prosecution. The shooting Oc-
Cured several months ago while the
boys were playing soldier. Williams has
since been confined in the county jail
Corn In Danger Along Central Branch.
ATcHIsoN, July 27.-Reports from half
a dozen Central Branch points indicate a
serious condition as a result of the hot
weather Corn is being damaged, but
rain IN a day or so will save it In many
places it is already damaged to such an
extent that 4 good crop IS not hoped for.
Hot winds are reported from LenOra the
end of the road. but from no other point.