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Barbour County index., 1899-11-22
SCHEME OF Selfish MEN.
Commissioner Jones Talks of the Plan
to Have Congress Purchase the
Lands of Indians in Bulk.
:OSTERED BY A MEXICAN PROMOTER.
the Indians Gould Move to Mexico and Set
Up Tribal Governments II They Could
Dispose of Their Lands-Output of Pig
Iron for 1899 VIII Eclipse All Pre-
vIous Records.

Washington, Nov. 10. Attorneys rep
esenting factions of the Cherokee and
Creek Indians are to come to Washing
aon to ask congress to buy the lands of
he Indians from them in bulk, instead
d compelling them to take allotments.
This would enable the Indians to carry
Dut plan which they have formed to
move in a body to Mexico and set up
lew tribal governments.
W. j. Lyon, the immigration agent
Tor the republic of Mexico, is said to be
among the Indians encouraging the
movement. Five thousand Cherokees
and Creeks are said to have entered in
10 the scheme. To carry out their
plan of removal it will be necessary for
The Indians to persuade congress to
purchase their lands from them or al
low them to dispose of them to some
syndicate. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs Jones was seen and asked what
he thought the prospect was for such
legislation by congress. He said:
do not think congress would consider such
proposition. Certainly such action will not be
recommended by the Indian bureau My idea
about 1t is that the whole thing is nothing more
than scheme got up by some men who want to
come on to Washington 10 represent the In
Ians and collect big fee from them for their
services. Congress has already provided for
the allotment OF the Indian lands in the Indian
territory in severalty and in such manner as
10 prevent the Indian from being swindled out
Of his allotment by unprincipled whites
Enormous Production of Pig Iron.
Washington, Nov. 19.-The blast fnr-
uaces of the country are now produ-
cling pig iron at the rate of Is, 457, ,416
gross tons per year. Last yeaS the pig
Iron production of the country was H.
1888 tons. The figures for .ast year
were 1900, 900 tons greater than in gny
former year.
1t is now certain that the production
for 1899 will eclipse any former figures.
The total for the year will, it is said,
be about Is, 394, TAI gross tons.
The price has advanced so rapidly
during the past few months that the
increase in the total value will be even
more remarkable thc,n . inero&se in
the amount produced. 1t is estimated
that the 13, 0O0, 900 tons and more-the
output for the year-will bring an av-
erage price of at least SIS ton, or SO
per cent. more than the price of last
year. The amount realized by the fur
uaces will thus be something like $780,
.OOO, 900, instead of S1l6, 200, 900.
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working for statehood.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Nov. 19.-The
Oklahoma statehood committee met
here with members present from every
county in the territory. In addition,
prominent advocates of statehood, not
members of the committee, were present
from nearly every county. In the dis
cussion the question of single or double
standard cut but little figure, the de-
sire being unanimously in favor of Sc
curing statehood with or without the
Indian territory attached. Senator
Sidney Clarke will go to Washington
about December 1 and will remain
there until the matter is presented to
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Evan-eli.t MOODY Improvinr,

Decatur, ILL.,, Nov. 19. Evangelist
Dwight L. Moody, who was forced to
give up his work in Kansas City, ar
rived here at one o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon. Mr.. Moody was bundled up
in blankets and sitting in a sleeper.
He had improved greatly since mid
night and is now considered out of
danger. He wanted to go through to
the dining car for luncheon, but was
dissuaded from doing so. He conversed
with acquaintances who entered the
train here
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He Married CIay's Granddaurhter.

Lexington, KY, Nov. 10. Maj. Henry
Clay Dowell, probably the best known
citizen of Kentucky in private life,
died this morning after a long illness
of heart trouble. He served with dis
tinction in the civil war on the staff of
Gen. Rosecrans and since the war has
been prominent republican. He mar
ried Anna Clay, granddaughter of
Henry Clay, and purchased the historic
Ashland, Clay's country seat, in the
suburbs of Lexington, where he re-
sided
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D. ". RlEGER CONVICTED.
President of the Defunct Missouri National
Bank Must Go to PrisOn-R. Coving-
ton, the Cashier, Acquitted.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 19..-The jury
In the trial of Rieger and Covington,
president and cashier of the Missouri
national bank, brought in a verdict
Saturday afternoon. Rieger was found
guilty on one count and r. D. Coving-
ton was declared not guilty.
The penalty of Rieger was not fixed
in the verdict and will be assessed by
the court. Rieger's punishment may
be fixed at from to IL years in prison.
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HEAVY LOSS ON APPLES.
Three Weeks of Very Warm Weather IL
October Cooked" the Fruit and Conn
mission Men Are BewaiIing.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-South Water street
commission men mourn $500, 900 loss in
apples. Three weeks of exceptionally
warm weather in October, when the
cream of the winter stock was shipped
by Michigan, New York and Indiana
growers, cooked" the majority of the
consignments so badly that even cold
storage could not save them from de-
cay. The national loss on apples alone,
due to the summer weather which pre-
vailed between October 10 and Novem-
ber 10 will run past the 81, 600, 900 mark.
Shipments to England and continental
ports, they say, turned out so badly
that in many cases consignments did
not net the freight charges from or.
chard to wharf.
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Labor troubles In CHICAGO.

Chicago. Nov. 19.-Chicago contract
ors and builders made an open declara-
ton of war on the trades unions,
charging them with causing the pres
ent apathy in building operations in
the city and crippling municipal
growth. An ultimatum setting forth
the employers view of the situation
and stating the terms on which labor
must meet capital after January 1, 1900,
was drawn up and presented to the
Building Trades council.
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swindrInw Preacher Sentenced.

Cairo, ILL.,, Nov. 19.-Rev. j. Forest
Marston, in the United States district
court here. has been sentenced to a
year and half in the penitentiary for
swindling people all over the country
out of thousands of dollars, which they
thought they were contributing toward
an orphan asylum at Havana, Cuba
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sar. It Helns Farmer..

Chicago, Nov. 19.-George 81. Web
ster, president of the Armour Elevator
company, testified before the sub-com-
mittee of the industrial commission
that Armour and Charles Counselman
are in a combination whereby prices
for grain in the west and Missouri river
points are maintained. He said this
could not work against the farmer, but
rather helped him.
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Jumped Into the Lake.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Fashionably at
tired, unusually pretty, and with an
air that seemed to indicate she came of
q family of wealth and distinction, a
woman whose name the police have not
been able to learn, leaped into the lake
at the foot of Wisconsin street last
night and met voluntary death, while
four persons, unable to prevent the
suicide, watched her dying struggles.
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Homes for Tariff Conce.s,on..

Washington, Nov. 19.-Active nego-
tiations are proceeding to secure from
Brazil such tariff concessions as will
extend the market for American wheat
and American -four in that country.
As Brazilian coffee enters the United
States free of duty, the purpose of the
American officials has been to secure
tariff concessions on American prod
ucts going to Brazil, chiefly flour and
wheat
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Dynamite Under His wife,. Room

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Nov. 19.-Fred
O'Brien yesterday placed ten-pound
stick OF dynamite beneath his wife's
bedroom. A terrible explosion fol-
lowed. partly wrecking the house,
which is one-story building.
O'Brien's act is said to be because his
wife refused to live with him, she
charging cruelty. All the persons in
the house escaped injury. O'Brien is
now in iail.
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M Mnnk a ThIaf9

Trenton, Mo-. Nov. 19.-The grand
Jury indicted Benjamin Monk on a
charge of burglary and larceny. Monk
is young farmer of good family, and
is worth not less than $40, 900 in his
own right. 1t is said that Monk broke
into the house of neighbor while the
family was away from home a few
months ago. and stole a pocketboolk
containing about $40.
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Used an Ak On Hi. Neiehbor,

Springfield, Mo-, Nov. 19.-Robert
Vinton. well-to-do farmer, residing
near Elwood. this county, mortally
wounded his neighbor, Presley Rector,
in fight yesterday which grew out OF
dispute over some rental matters.
Rector was struck twice with double.
bitted ak in the hands of Vinton,
Vinton was arrested.
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Fifth Attempt at Suicide.

st. Louis, Nov. 19.-Nettie Gastorf,
aged Is, swallowed laudanum at a
dancing party because Frank Meyer
had broken his promise to marry her.
She tried suicide twice when 10 years
old, taking caustic soda both times,
and twice year ago, taking paris
green
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His Lungs Coated with Cement.

Mishawaka, Ind, Nov. l9.-Physi-
clans operating on Jebbilad johnson
found his lungs encased in a coating
of adamantine hardness nearly three
quarters of an inch thick. They pro-
nounced the case without a parallel.
The condition of Johnson's lungs was
caused by the constant inhalation of
cement dust. He has worked in the
cement business for 40 years.
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TO RAISE THE CHARLESTON.
A Wrecking Crew Left Hong Kong Satur-
day to Make an Examination of the
Inflated United States Cruiser.

Washington, Nov. 19.-The Cutgoa
started to-day from Hong Kong for
the wreck of the cruiser Charleston.
Naval officers here believe she carries
a force of wreckers in accordance with
Admiral Watson's directions and at
least sufficient plant to make a
thorough examination of the hull of
the ship. If she can manage to ap-
proach the wreck and lift off the big
turret gun, it is believed that the
Charleston can be foated. The main
source of anxiety is the weather which
at this time is likely to be stormy.
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ExpendIture. for Ordnance.

Washington, Nov. 19.-The annual
report of Gen. Burlington, chief of
ordnance, shows that the expenditures
for the year ended June 80, 1899 for the
ordnance bureau amounted to S23, 1885,
7S6. For the seacoast defences the
number of guns completed were 50
s-inch rifles and 6S 12-inch rifles.
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The State May Get Them.

Senator Harris telegraphed from
Washington to Gov. Stanley that the
chief of ordnance has consented to
hold the arms of the Twentieth Kansas
separate and intact until congress can
act on bill to give them to the state
for distribution among the colleges of
the state
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The screen law Con.tttutlona,.

By majority decision the supreme
court held the coal screen law consti-
tutio nal. In 1897 the legislature passed
a law prohibiting the screening of coal
before it is weighed. Before that, coal
companies always screened the coal be-
fore they weighed it to compute the
miners wages.
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Eleven New BattIeships for Italy.

Rome, Nov. 19.-The minister of the
navy has presented bill providing for
n renewal of the Italian fleet. Eleven
new warships will be built Immediately
at Genoa and Leghorn, costing 1,0OO,-
600 lire, payable half in cash and the
balance in ten years. The govern
ment will prohibit meeting to ex-
press sympathy for the Beers, being
organized by radical deputies.
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New Line to BE Opened.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 19.-Rock Island
officials announce that on next Mon
day the Enid & Tonkawa railroad, the
new line which the Rock Island has
been building for the last few months
In Oklahoma, east from North Enid,
will be formally opened for traffic on
that date. The first train running
over the entire line will leave Enid for
Billings at 1O:30 a- m.
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Skull Crushed In q Footbali Game

game of football between the senior
and junior students of the University
of Iowa, w. N. Stevenson, whose home
is in Des Moines, suffered fracture of
the skull and died before he could be
carried from the field.
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Long Sentence. for Jolntksepers.

AouB sentences TOT oOIntkooper9s
A recent decision of the Kansas SUI
preme court afirms the sentences
passed upon half dozen liquor dealers
at lola and Humboldt, by Judge Still
well, in an effort to drive them out of
business. Joseph Langley and Charles
Groth will have to go to the Allen
county Jail for 600 days each, pay
fines of $1,000 each and give
bonds in the sum of $500 each
to guarantee their good behavior
for two years. John Whittick goes
to Jail for 800 days and must pay 5000;
Joseph Nagley must pay s7G0 and be
confined S15 days; Frank limerick
must pay $500 and be confined 27O days,
and d. Whittick must spend 100 days
in Jail and pay S4O0. The men were
sentenced more than two years ago
and have since been fighting the cases
in the higher courts, which have de-
cided against them on every turn.
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SON DIED FOR HIS FATHER.
Strange Case of Filial Affection Revealed
in the Deathbed Confession OF a Man
Who Had Committed Murder.

Hamburg, Nov. l9.-In 1896 young
nan of the name of Breitruch was
hanged in this city for the murder of
little boy. After the execution Brett
ruch's father, who was a millionaire,
went to Spain to live, alleging that the
disgrace of his sons crime and igno-
minous death was too great to permit
him to remain in the community in
which he was so well known.
The father has just died in Spain,
leaving deathbed confession that he
himself was the murderer, his son hav-
ing admitted the crime and suffered
death purely because of filial affection.
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AKansan since 1886,

Solomon Edwards, who homesteaded
made his home there continuously,
died recently. He had accumulated
large property interests
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Freak of a Crazy Woman.

Mrs John Albright, wife of sta
tionary engineer in Atchison, became
suddenly insane and took bath in five
gallons of coal oil, and also bathed her
four children. She then drank lot of
the coal oil and gave it to her children.
No harmful results came from the oil
taken internally
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Clicks Famou, EARN so,d.

Ex-Gov. G. w. Clicks famous Shan
non Hill farm, five miles west of Atch-
lson, was sold to John w. Knight, of
New York, for $50, 600. The sale in
cludes the Click herd of shorthorn cat
tie. farm implements, buildings, feed
on hand, etc. There are 500 acres in
the Click farm and it is the finest prop
erty of the kind in that section Of the
country. The herd of cattle now mum.
bers less than 100 head.
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Death of Mr.. z. q. Ross.

News comes from Albuquerque, N.
NJ, of the death of Mrs Edmund q.
Ross. wife of an ex-United States sem
ator from Kansas. She removed with
her husband to New Mexico from
Leavenworth in 1884 when Mr.. Ross
was appointed governor of New Mex,
leo by President Cleveland.
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what the Census once Needs.

Washington. Nov. 19. 9.-Director Mer-
tiam, of the census. in his annual re-
port estimates that there will be re-
quired for the census of 1900 more than
$4,000 enumerators. more than 2,500
clerks and more than 1000 special
agents.
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A Kansas Negro Convicted OF Murder
Paola, Kan, Nov. !9.-David Green
lee was found guilty in the district
court here of murder in the second de-
gree. Greenlee shot and killed Ed
ward Wall at Osawatomie October 8.
Both men are negroes. The jury was
out seven hours
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Mai. Henry Inman Dead.

That well-known author and ex-
plainsman, associate of Buffalo Bill''
and Indian fighter, Maj. Henry Inman,
died at Topeka recently, aged e2. For
80 years he had been closely identified
with the history of Kansas and the
frontier of the United States. He
served through the civil war and won
his majors straps for bravery. During
the Indian wars of 1868 and 1869 he
was brevetted colonel for gallantry.
He was associated with Gen. Custer,
Gen. Gibbs, Gen. Sully, Buffalo Bill''
and many of the famous Indian chiefs.
Major Inman served on the staff of
Gen. Miles during the time the COM
mander-in-chief spent in quelling In.
dian disturbances on the frontier.
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KILLED THE DESERTER.
Samuel Morgan. Who Was Trying to Get
Away from Fort Crook, Was MortalIy
Wounded by Officers at La Platte.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 19.-Corporal
Faire and private soldier of the Tenth
infantry, pursuing two deserters from
Fort Crook, overlook one of them,
Samuel Morgan, at La Platte last
night. He refused to halt when or
dered to do so and Faire and his COM
panion both fred. Morgan dropped
mortally wounded and died in few
miuufaS
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To reach More international Law.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Nov. I9.-In his
annual statement President ANGEL, of
the University of Michigan, dwelt upon
the growing need of an enlargement of
the department of International law,
which shall give training for the con-
sular service and for foreign commerce.
s'Such an enlargement, said President
Angel. s'would render most valuable
service to our country.''
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The week's Bu.In ess Failures.

New York, Nov. 19.-Business fall
ures in the United States this week
number 1s9, as compared with 1s2 last
week. Business failures in the Domin-
ion of Canada are 90. as against IS last
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Pas.ed : Restless NIxht.

Paterson. N. J., Nov. 19.-vice Presi-
dent Hobart did not pass very rest
full night DIR. Newton was with him
q number of times and had to admin
lister medicine 70 his patient during the
night
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One and the Same ThIp~

One of the technicalities which in
surance companies adopt to evade the
payment of losses was DESTROYED by the
supreme court last week, which holds
that the payment of money for policy
to an agent of an insurance company
is literally payment to the company
itself. and holds that the company is
Immediately liable
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Thev Made n GOOD HauI

Robbers entered the post Office at
Haddam the other night and blow ing
the safe door off secured 5000 in cash
and 81, 900 in notes.
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To Elect County Printer.

Harper and Barton counties voted to
make the county printer an elective Of
fice-a privilege accorded by recent
law,
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Tried to Back ON the Track

Santa Fe train killed j. 81. Stew.
art. farmer of Gardner, at Corliss, q
flag station west of Kansas City. The
man was in an empty farm wagon and
was on the track before he saw the
train. He tried to back off, when by
whipping his horses he might have es-
capped. The wagon bed and part of
the gearing were carried 200 yards ON
the cowcatcher. The horses escaped.
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Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19.-The rumors
started upon the announcement that
Senator-elect NJ. L. Hayward could not
recover from his present paralytic
stroke, that Gov. Poynter would APP
point w. j. Bryan to fill the term be-
tween now and the assembling of the
next Legislature year hence. has
nrown.
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Leland Was a Heavy Loser.
Teachers, HolIdav Meet,np..

The Thanksgiving holiday meetings
of the various Kansas educational dis
tricts are announced, as follows: South
east Kansas association, at lola; north
western district, at Colby; North Gen.
trail Kansas association, at Manhattan;
southwestern division, at Wichita; Gen.
trail Kansas association, at Hutchinson;
northeast association, at Lawrence;
western association, at Tribune, and
the Golden Belt, recently organized,
will hold its meeting at Hays City.
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No Chance for Footpads.


House burglars and footpads don't
stand much show of securing pardons
from Gov. Stanley. Their only plea
for executive clemency which cuts any
figure is that they are in the last stages
of consumption or some other incur
able disease. Unless this can be clear
ly established by reports from the
prison officials convicts confined for
these crimes might as well save their
time and postage stamps. ga man
who will burglarize a dwelling house
or hold person up on the highway
does not deserve nor should he receive
executive clemency," said the governor,
after refusing half dozen pardons for
those offenses. ''These crimes are al
ways deliberately planned. In nearly
every case the question of possibility
of murder is also considered"
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Robert church,s ClaIr,.

Robert NJ. Church, of Olathe, pri-
vate in company H. Twentieth Kansas,
tirst Filipino in the present rebellion
q the Philippines.
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IntoxIcatIon. Not Humanity.

Robert Black, Topeka jointist, was
adjudged insane in the Shawnee county
probate court because he tried to butt
out his brains while confined in the
county Jail. just week later, another
Jury judged him sane. It was the opin-
ion of the last jury that Black was
never insane, but was suffering from
the effects of intoxication.
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People who Keep Dogs MUST Paw rax

Peopie VINO Keep Dogs Must Pay Tax.
j. w. Sugg, of lola, owned dog and
was arrested for failing to pay the dog
tax, being prosecuted under the city
ordinance. He appealed to the district
court, claiming that his dog was per-
sonal property and thereby not subject
to special tax. The district court
held against him and the case was
taken to the supreme court, which af-
firms the decision of the lower court,
and he must pay the fine and costs and
go to Jail in accordance with the pro-
visions of the local ordinance.
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Ottawa Wants the Reunion.

The Ottawa Commercial club, which
Is responsible, in large measure, for
Ottawa's big reception to her return
ing soldiers, gave the boys of company
K smoker the other night. There
were about 90 members of the company
present and and about so members of
the club. No speeches were allowed
except from the soldiers. Capt. Bolt
wood made an interesting talk, as did
many of the boys. Before adjourning
it was decided to make strong effort
to get the first reunion of the Twen-
tieth regiment at Ottawa.
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H1ut N"PPoE VIII 1hcfP lHfBs OOulus
Miss Helen Gould, of New York, has
selected Arthur Capper. editor of the
Topeka Mail and Breeze, as her chief
lieutenant in Kansas to arouse senti-
ment against permitting Polygamist
Roberts. of Utah, to retain his seat in
congress.
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Had 25.OoO Bu.hel. To s.,,,

Charlie Jones, of Brown county, this
fall sold 25,000 bushels of corn in the
field for 25 cents a bushel. His corn
land paid him S14 an acre.
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Boys Suspected of Stealing Horses.
Two 12-year-old boys. named Adams
and Mccormick. were arrested at Yates
Center charged with stealing a horse
near Savonb berg. Allen county.