Heppner gazette., November 05, 1908, Image 6

A Political Vendetta
By
WELDON J. COBB
chapter x.
Three o'clock in the nftornoon of elec
tion day throe o'clock in a maelstrom, n
vortex !
Percy Kane had reached the acme, the
apotheosis, of his career at that hour, yet
here, amid turbulent, excited political con
freres, he was the coolest person in the
room.
It was at the central headquarters of
the party or rather clique which he
had chosen to boar him, the great trust,
ca to jviwer and fortune.
Wires, constant ticking, in other rooms,
the incessant jar of telephone hells mes
sages, telegnfcns, hurrying, scurrying pre
cinct leaders, more dignified officials, n
jostling, seething mob half exhausted af
ter a day at the polls in a contest that in
sixty minutes more would free or enslave
e great State !
There had been peculiar rumors afloat
fir.ee about dawn, for at 7 o'clock "mask
ed batteries" had appeared all along the
line.
Almost to a man the potent Amalga
mated, which Kane and his hirelings had
relieved to he servile under a spell of
dre.'.d and influence, had swims into ac
tion boldly massed for the opposition.
Then up from the southern tier of coun
ties came the rumor of a trade in candi
dates that meant the swamping of five
needed representatives. The western pre
cincts, too. reported strange and mysteri
ous defections among the ranks of the
faithful.
"I can't understand it," anxiously as
serted Kane to a powerful political boss
fit his elbow "it looks as though con
certed action had been planned months
and months ago."
It s a new play in politics, then," de
clared the other, "for we did not get a
h.nt of it in advance."
"Can they win out?" questioned Kane
seriously.
"With our lead, and our money?" de
risively smiled Che boss "well, hardly !"
It was a restless hour for the trust
uognate. He sat turning over accumu
lated reports on the table before him,
listening to the statements of new ar
rivals. The minutes sped by. It was
four o'clock. For weal or woe the die
was cast ; the election was over.
Kane arose at the striking of the clock,
passed some words with his managers,
and was driven to the principal hotel in
the town, where tho president of the trust
had agreed to report to him on company
matters that evening.
He found Worthington awaiting him.
A first sight of his wretched, twitching
face told him that he was the bearer of
no encouraging news.
That morning the misappropriated se
curities had been placed in the local
banks, the agency man hoodwinked, the
statement of new assets wired to New
York.
Then Kane had advised his partner he
had done his all. Pending strict undivid
ed attention to the political situation, he
must not be disturbed with news of the
financial outcome, good or bad, until the
election was over.
"What have you to report?" he inquir
ed, rapidly scanning his companion's face.
"The worst, Kane the worst !" half
groaned the unhappy president.
"Our stock?"
"It hasn't budged from last night's low
est figures."
"What ! The new statement, the heavy
buying we ordered?"
The president shook his head wearily.
"The public are scared warned. Kane ;
A blight has fallen upon us! Someone
with the eompletest knowledge of our
most secret affairs is directing this attack
upon our stock. The final blow "
"How I"
"The owner of the mixed metal process,
our biggest hold for profit, has gone over
to the Rlennerhasset combine."
"Impossible !"
"It's true. Kane, I'm frightened ! I'm
afraid in fact, I have learned that it is
leaking out that we have hypothecated the
rust securities, and "
lie paused. It was needless to go on.
Percy Kane's face was the face of a
man who knew that the final blow had
come, and ruin was tiheir portion.
In his mind at that moment was a
quick, wild suggestion he treasured for
final desperate action; to "run for it,"
with what of ready cash he could secure,
if the day ended with no change in the
situation.
Kane drank deeply the few remaining
hours of daylight. lie managed to eet
rid of his limp, weak financial colleague,
and sought more congenial company
H.vion? his political friends.
Seven o'clock found him one of a group
of half a dozen choice party leaders, oc
cupying a room in the hotel that looked
directly out upon a great blank sheet
on whifh the returns were to be thrown
from a Ftereoptieon.
The returns were "mixed," and slow in
coming in. This gave Kane time for
hope time, too. for planning what h
would do if inevitable crash was not to
he averted.
If the election went favorable, it would
eujrs'-st one salient joint to his industrial
rivals; the trust would practically con
trol tie Stat a power, this, more valu
able tfiJu an unlimited franchise f-vr mo
iopo'y. A the fumes of liquor rose to his clar,
rteady brain, in reckless desperation Kan?'
encouraged a picture in which be figured
as a fugitive, but with an abundance of
stolen means, and a lovely bride to share
his forced sojourn in some safe and re
mote foreign clime.
lie and his friends adjourned from the
table to the expansive bay window, as it
was announced that the returns were be
ginning to come in with rapidity and reg
n'arity. One man alone, an old, experienced po
litical hack, remained at the table, pencil
and tab before him, ready to estimate a
basis of Iom or gain from the merest
-indication of
precinct or
county.
All were fairly hilarious ns they
first watched the flashlight figures.
nt
Rut in half nn hour each man of the
group was silent, anxious.
And then stupefied !
It was incredible! preposterous! Pre
cinct after precinct, county after county,
rolled in opposition gains, or opposition
majorities.
"Kane, it looks bad !" observed a seri
ous faced ringster, coming up to him.
"Yes, unless the tide turns, we are
beaten."
"Mr. Kane!"
The old professional had arisen fro;
the table, unsteady, but not at nil maud
lin. His tab was in his hand.
"Io you want nn estimate?" he in
quired. "I nm beginning to form a decidedly
adverse one myself."
"I can give you almost exact figures."
"And they tell?"
"The State will swing round to the
opposition by over 00,(0 majority!"
A hissing curse left Percy Kane's grim
lips, for he had confidence in the predic
tion. lie stepped out upon the balcony, to
get a reviving breath of fresh air, to be
alone, to cast un the chances ns they
now faced him, and act!
Slowly he buttoned up his coat, and
shook off the insidious lethargy provoked
by the liquor he had drank.
"I need a clear head,' he muttered.
"I must get to the treasurer's vault, I
must see her, arrange for the marriage.
flight, at once, if this last hope is indeed
failing me."
Again he glanced at the bulletin like
snapshot reproductions the returns were
Hashing out, a cheering mob in the street
below. Every new set of figures empha
sized the fact that boodle and bribery had
sustained a telling defeat.
"(five it up?" abruptly spoke a voice
at his elbow.
"Yes " short, definite.
"It's queer, though all the work we
did, so sure were we."
"There's been a mistake somewhere,"
drily observed Kane.
"Wrong there's been slick, secret work
of the finest description by some master
hand at politics !" retorted the other.
In politics as in finance, mused one
the full force of realization overcame
him.
Who had been undermining him and
whv?
As he stood thinking this over, it seem
ed as if he eoud vaguely trace power and
method behind the double assault on the
the company and the company's political
interests.
"Directed at me personally?" he mut
tered. "Pshaw! why? and by whom:
Only a turn in the tide well, I've had
my show !"
Out from the balcony a form had
stolen, noiselessly as had it glided through
the crowded room.
It was the "disguised" man Gideon
Hope.
He kept in the shadow, his eye fixed
strangely upon one.
Then, abruptly, he struck a match on
the balcony railing it flashed, went out.
It was a signal to a man watching the
balcony from the street below, who now
in turn signaled to the person who was
directing the stereoptieon.
Absorbed, Percy Kane had not noticed
the flash of the match, not even the in
trusion of the stranger upon the balcony.
His glance was turned for a final view
of the bulletin, ere he left the spot and
the hotel.
It was no returns that met his eyes
now. but a portrait
The portrait of a man, of a face lie re
cognized, was expected to recognize, by
the man tumult uously watching him two
feet away.
As an accusing wraith it confronted
Percy Kane as if a reply to the query
what the motive of "the hidden hand"
that has brought to him disaster!
Prom the canvas it looked upon his
guilty face.
"From the dead that man : murdered
Everett Hope !" gasped Kane, reeling
lack like one stricken by a thunderbolt.
Guilt, dread, horror, were in his tones,
his face, his pose.
He turned to fly, for just avenging
Heaven seemed at his door at last !
At that moment he was checked.
From his concealment Fprang Gideon
Hope, his hands encircling the criminal's
throat stoutly as bands of steel!
CHAPTER XI.
An aspiration ringing as a hosanna
left the lij)s of Gideon Hope, as his steel
knit fingers met aliout the shrinking, quiv
ering throat of the man whom he had
hounded dawn.
The esctasy of a mighty passino sway
ed his soul, merging every emotion into
one all-absolving conception of vengeance
stern, swift, complete.
lie "had found out his enemy!" the
fruition of the task of the years was at
hand a self-confessed murderer writhed
in his powerful grasp, and at his mercy !
Refore his eyes there seemed to float
a biur of blood. In lightning-quick
Furies the chair-osruro of events p.-.'nted
the vivid pictures that grouped about this
rr-r"ViX tragic denouement a marvel-fringed
history of rare human interest.
For this man his victim, i:ow
wrecker, swindler, political master, mil
lionaire Gideon Hope had abandoned
ambition, yxtsition, happiness, peace.
He, Percy V. Kane, bad robbed him
of his brother and was about to steal
from him, too, the woman he loved!
And now, while the turbulent mob of
ward-heelers lind excited sensation-seekers
surged In the street below, amid the crash
of all his millions and the disaster of per
manent political obliteration. Kane lay In
bis clutch a broken, wretched, cowering
thing. t
-Listen H
"straw-
Close to tho marble-white face of th
prostrate man he had drugged to the flwor
of the balcony, Hope bent his hot, hissing
breath. At riot in his brain run nil the
formidable facts of guilt with which he
had invested his downfall. And the other
shuddered, for he felt that doom, suddeu
nnd sure, enmeshed his wily soul at last,
"Who nro yon?" he panted, struggling
to arise.
"Who?" a grinding laugh sardonic,
full of bitter triumph out the air,
"Dream! Guess remember: the avenger!
Go hock the years Chicago, your rotten
siock-jobbing swindle, the man you mur
dercd Irecnuso he had probed your secrets
and in nnother hour would have piven the
facts to the commercial world ray broth
er, my brother, Everett Hope!",'
The name was pronounced in a sob,
Religiously nt that moment Hope con
sidered hi'nsef the appointed instrument
of almost divine justice. Yet, the thought
revived of the sunny-faced brother, so
cruelly put to death, wrung his soul to
anguish.
"Your brother !" gasped Kane. "The
face on the transparency! It was you,
then"
His striving limbs fell inert, his eyes
were horror-stricken. Now he knew ; in
a flash he traced the hidden hand, the
motive, that had so fatally pursued him
from nftiuonee to ruin, from proud power
to the threshold of the gallows' gate !
"Hun down !" he nutrmurnied, in a lost
and helpless tone.
"Yes," came the prompt, discordant re-
spouse. "I swore it I have achieved it.
And you you have acknowledged all. The
face of the dead on yonder canvas Aye!
you remember it. It brought confession
to your lips! And I can only drag you to
jail ! That does not give me back my
brother poor, pitiful recompense. Rut
you shall listen, you shall know what tire
less resolve has done to rid society of its
worst foe. I have snatched the cup of
Croesus from from your lips I have un-
lermined your every ambition. Thus. I
have done it. Writhe, weep, rave, but
naught will nvail you. Your hour has
come :
So Gideon Hope fervently believed.
This was his moment of triumph. Into
the craven, crushed face he shouted his
story a record almost incredible. He did
not mention his helpers only of the
plain, strong facts he told, of the giant
strokes that had assailed the great wall of
power and wealth, and battered down ev
ery approach, destroyed every drawbridge
of escape.
He was in a frenzy as he spoke. lie
could have torn the wretch in his grasp to
pieces. He felt all his usual calm and
steady methods fly to the winds, but he
recked little. Here was the climax he had
striven for, this the final arraignment,
and he poured forth his soul.
"To your feet !" he shouted, suddenly.
Kane was brought upright like a child
in the grasp of a Hercules.
"And then? " chattered his prisoner,
incoherent with terror.
"Your' doom !"
"Stop wait !" hotly panted Kane.
"You can prove nothing absolutely. Let
us bargain. If money "
"You have none."
"I can secure it."
"Ha!"
Scorn, disdain cold and entire show
ed in Hope's eyes. He dragged his com
panion toward the open window, intent
on proclaiming his rightful character,
first to those who had been his friends,
and then to the mob in the streets below.
"Wait a moment, I say," pleaded Kane,
holding back.
"No !" thundered Hope.
"You must ! Y'ou shall !"
"Insult then defiance ! Y'ou scum !"
In hot anger Hope released the man.
but only to sweep him back with a swift
blow he could not restrain.
Roth power and frenzy were in the
movement, nnd the ex-millionaire spun
through the air, a plaything of caprice.
With a crash he struck the frail metal
railing encircling the bnlcony. Hope, too
late appraised of the full power of his
blow, and then appalled, saw the railing
give. It cracked, broke, brittle, and,
shooting the darkness like a falling clod,
Kane went speeding outward and then
downward, without time to even utter a
cry for help or of terror.
(To be continued.)
A DlJicnrtleil Throne.
On the eve of tho Franco-German
war when the Emperor Louis Napo
leon entered upon the' conflict which
ended so disastrously to himself and
his countrymen a couple of, strangers
appeared at a German town. They
brought with them a large packing
case, which on their arrival was car
ried to a hotel. Here the unknown vis
itors remained some time and eventu
ally disappeared without paying their
bill, which amounted to a considerable
sum.
The landlord, whose curiosity had
often been aroused with reference to
the possible con rents of the case, at
hist determined to ripen it, and on do
ing so found a handsomely designed
and richly upholstered state chair.
This was adorned with the French im
perial arms, eagle and Louis Napoleon's
monogram, and beneath it was a musi
cal box which played when the cushion
was sat upon.
It Js supposed that the throne foi
such it is believed to have been in the
event of success attending the French
army was to have been used by the
emperor at Rerlln after the capture of
the German metropolis. Fate, however,
spoiled tho Imperial plans ; hence the
sudden and precipitate flight of the
custodians of the chair. The widow of
the hotel keeper a few years later sent
it to England, where it eventually
found a purchaser. Stray Stories.
The manager of the flrst baseball
team which won a national champion
ship was Hicks Haysburst. He man
aged the Philadelphia Athletics In
1871.
The liumnn body contains enough
hydrogen gas to fill a balloon that
would actually lift the owner Into the
clouds.
Greatest depth of the Atlantic ocean
Is 27,300 feet;- Pacific ocean, 80,009
feet
Select Brood Sows,
Many put off selecting the brood sows
which 'they need for breeding next year
unti. late In ,rhe fall or right at breed-
lag time. When this Is done we are'
apt to take the best-looking individu
als, losing sight of ninny of the essen
tials f n real goml breeder. I believe
In keeping over alt the old sows which
have proved ginl mothers nnd whose
idgs are thrifty. Not nil sows which
bring big litters 'ire desirable breeders,
because sr.me litters lack stamina nnd
never become thrifty. Cut these sows
(nt. no matter If they do bring ten to
twe-'ve pigs. Then cut out the cross,
ill-tempered sows, and the chicken ent
ers, save every old sow that Is really
a g,od mother. Many of these old sows
suckle down to almost skin and bones.
but in doing that they, have given their
litters a mighty good start, and good
feed will fetch them up in condition
.uici;iy. 'ine selection or the young
sows I a much, harder problem. I nev
er pick for . "butter-balls." Thev sel
dom: make satisfactory breeders, and
after a few months thev are bound to
lose In condition. Take the rather
eontse, thrifty ones, coming from bi;
litters nnd from mothers which you In
tend to keep. I,. C. R., In the Indiana
nner.
Corn nnd Pens for Silo.
The corn Is most easily handled by
rutting with n corn binder and using n
silage cutter of n sufficient capacity to
nvold the necessity of cutting bands.
When corn Is fully tasseled It contains
less than one-fourth as much dry mat
ter ns when the ears are fully glazed
From this time to maturity the Increase
Is but slight. Records of the cost of
silo filling were kept by the Illinois
experiment station on ten different
farms nnd the cost was found to range
from 40 to 70 cents a ton, the average
being 50 cents a ton.
That silage should keep well the corn
should not be cut until most of the ker
nels are glazed nnd hard. If too ripe
the silage will not settle well nnd the
nlr will not be sufficiently excluded to
prevent spoiling. Corn seems to be the
best single crop for the silo, and by
combining It with cow pens or soy
beans the feeding vnlue Is grenter ton
for ton than of corn alone. Of 373
comparisons mnde between silage and
non-sllage milk, 00 per cent were In
favor of the silage milk, 29 per cent
were In favor of non-sllage and 11 per
cut Indicated no preference.
Desirable Poultry Ileuae.
One of the best arrangements for
nests which can be opened without en-
HENS NESTS ON THE OUTSIDE.
ttring the remaining house is shown
in the picture. The nests open directly
into the laying shod nnd a tight lid
will keep them perfectly dry In all
'-Jnds of weather.
Farm Standartlti Higher.
One thing that will cut considerable
Ice in the labor question : The man
who has been studying the lxmks and
good farm papers, and kept up with
the procession In new ways of doing
things will find that he has a better
grip on his Job thnn the man who has
not. Many a man has kept his posi
tion because he has taken an Interest
In his work and has learned how to
farm according to modern methods
when other men could have been hired
In his place for one-third less wages.
There Is no doubt thnt the standard
of farm labor is getting Into a higher
notch every year, and we have got to
hustle nnd learn about things by read
ing books, good farm papers and at
tending the Institutes. Get the hunger
for reading, boys.
Cure for Sheep Killer.
An Ohio farmer, after susiecting the
dogs of all his neighbors of killing his
sheep, finally discovered that the mur
derer was his own prize collie. As the
animal Is very valuable the farmer
did not kill him, but subjected him to
punishment which he believes has
thoroughly cured him of his killing
propensities. Every morning the dog
is placed In a tread mill which oper
ates the farm churn, washing machine
nnd other utilities, with a sheep pelt
hung directly In front of him, and he Is
coiniK'lled to work all day long in this
position. So keen Is the dog's grief
over this punishment that he howls
and cries when he is placed In the
treadmill, and It Is necessary to confine
him carefully to prevent his running
away. One day he was set to work
and the sheep pelt was omitted. The
dog was so overjoyed that he showed
every manifestation of pleasure and
worked vigorously all day, but on the
next day when he went to work and
found his nose rubbing the pelt ha
grief was uncontrollable.
Coat of Foedlnx.
From experience of feeders nt .the
experiment stations the pig Increases
with greatest profit until (t or 7 months
old, when If has reached the maximum
After that the gains require a larger
amount of graiu to produce a given
n mount of pork, nnd they should be
fattened nnd disposed of.
One bushel of corn hmde thirteen
nnd one-third pounds of pork at
months old, nt '7 months old one
bushel made 1,1.2 pounds, nnd nt 8
months old one bushel made 12.0
pounds.
While there nre vnrylng conditions
that have their Influence upon the
amount of gain made, It Is a general
principle that after (S or 7 months the
amount of gain from n bushel of corn
Is on a decreasing scale,., and It has
been demonstrated again nnd ngnln that
the flrst hundred pounds costs less than
the second, nnd the third less than the
fourth hundred, nnd thnt to produce
the fourth hundred too often costs
double ns much as the second hun
dred.
Steel Frame for Ilnrna.
The picture shows a new style of
frame for barns. It Is made entirely
Il.UOf Fit A ME OF STEEL.
or steei. ueavy pianks are bolted on
to the frames, onto which are nailed
the roof and siding as In ordinary
barns.
Element Necemtnry to riant Life.
One acre of soil of medium fertility,
taken to depth of 0 Inches, would weigh
about 3,000.000 pounds, nnd contain
nitrogen, 200 pounds; potash, 0,000
pounds. There Is enough nitrogen to
provide for ten crops of corn, sixty
bushels to the nere, while the phos
phoric acid and potash would last
much longer. There nre fourteen ele
ments necessnry to plant life, nnd of
these carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxy
gen, phosphorus, sulphur, chlorine, sili
con, calcium, Iron, magnesium, potas
sium nnd sodium nre derived from the
soil, though several are also In part
derived from the ulr.
To (nre Warts.
The common wny of removing warts
by tying a silk thread nround too
often proves disnppointlng In that the
trouble returns In a short time, per
haps In a more malignant form. A
practical horseman declares this sim
ple remedy to be a perfect cure: Five
cents' worth of bloodroot and 10 cents'
worth of chlorate of zinc. Mix to
gether In a paste and put on twice a
day. After two or three applications
grease with lard until the roots come
out.
Tube tn Snpplr Air to Tree Iloot
An Inventor In Algeria, Africa, has
devised and had patented nn air tube
for supplying air to tree roots. The
tube is mnde of cernmicware, and Is
nlmost Indestructible. Placed In the
ground N'side n tree, with the top
slightly above the surface to admit the
air, the young roots find their way
through a number of holes. Kxjerl
ments have proved, says Popular Me
chanics, that the growth of vegetation
has been greatly advanced by Its use.
flenrliiK the (.round of SI limit.
There is no better way to clear land
from stumps then by first loosening
the soil about the roots with dynamite
and then using some kind of a stump
puller, of which there nre many good
ones In the market. It would not be
safe for nn amateur to use dynamite
without flrst working for a time with
some one skilled In Its use. Suburban
Life.
The Ileat V.Kitn.
There Is a constantly growing de
mandfor eggs that are both uniform in
size and color. Such eggs, while not
demanded, are generally the flrst se
lected and. nil other things being even,
they will sell more readily. About the
only way one can Judge of eggs offhand
Is by their appearance, nnd If nil nre
uniform in color nnd size they will be
more likely to command a better price.
When to Plant Cberrlea.
About the best time to plant cherry
trees Is In early fall or very early In
spring. It Is better to plant in October,
even before the leaves fall, stripping
the lenves off, thnn It is late, Just be
fore winter sets In. In fact, many trees
would do better than they do were they
set early, stripping their leaves, not
waiting for the leaves to fall.
Notes from the Dairy.
cpeam will never make
Rad
good
butter.
Use only salt that Is fine In quality
nnd grain for butter.
Cream left on the milk too long will
get bitter and rancid.
As a rule churning Is put off too
long In the winter time.
In the perfect creamery the animal
heat and odor are got rid of as soon
as possible.
The cream pot should have its con
tents stirred every day at least, and
every time any cream is added. This
insures an even ripening and better
quality of butter.
THE WEEKLY
1310 Cortex entered the Indian city ot
Tlasca.
1535 Cartier left his ship and proceeded
up the St. Lawrence in boats.
IG3S He Vries sailed from Holland on
his third expedition to America.
1071 Mediators between the colonists
and the Indians met at Plymouth.
10S!) Count Frontenac arrived in Can
ada to renssume the government of
the province.
1093 The Rritish army adopted the
ring-bayonet.
1737 'Hie Hebrews disfranchised by a
vote of the New York Legislature.
i;
i id i ongress appointed i.enjiuuiu
Franklin, Silas Dean and Thomas
Jefferson commissioners to the court
of France. .. .The new constitution
of Pennsylvania was formally pro
claimed. 177!) Paul Jones with the Ron Homme
Richard captured the Rritish frigate
Sera pis.
17S0 Americans under Gen. Marlon at
tacked a party of Tories at Rlaek
Mingo.
1780 Samuel Osgood of Massachusetts
became Postmaster General of the
United States.
1S03 First Catholic church in Roston,
Mass., dedicated.
1S13 Americans defeated the Rritish in
battle of Lake Ontario.
1815 First daily paper printed at Al
bany, N. Y.
1S28 A monument was unveiled in
Charlestown, Mass., to the memory
of John Harvard.
1S30 Treaty between France nnd Texas
signed at Paris.
1850 A Roston merchant paid $020 for
the choice of seats for the first ier
formance of Jenny Lind in that city.
1S54 A reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Canada signed by
the governor general. . .United States
sloop Albany sailed from Aspinwall
and was never more heard of.
1855 The corner stone of the Masonic
Temple was laid in Philadelphia.
1802 Gen. Nelson shot by Gen. Jeff C.
Davis at Louisville.
1S03 Confederate troops attacked Gen.
Rurnside at Knoxville.
1804 Union troops victorious in a con
flict with the Confederate forces at
Athens, Ala.
1805 The Rank of Concord, Mass.,
robbed of $200,000.
1S08 Gov. Warmouth'g veto of the
negro equity bill was sustained in the
Louisiana House. .. .Gen. McClellan
welcomed in New York upon bis re
turn from Europe.
1S70 President Grant paid a visit to
Roston.
1880 The judicial system of the United
States established by act of Congress.
180'5 A strike began on the Canadian
Pacific rtiilway.
1S00 Naval parade in New York har
bor in honor of Admiral Dewey.
IfMrj A $0'),(MM) fire in Stockton, Cal.
11MH Earl Grey was appointed governor
general of Canada.
1005 Robert Racon resigned as director
of the steel trust to become first
Assistant Secretary of State. ... Dis
astrous fire in the business section of
Rutte, Mont. . . .Highest court in
Canada denied the appeal of Greene
and Gaynor against extradition.
1900 Race riots continued in Atlanta ;
two negroes lynched. .. .Mayor Mc
Clellan of New York, announced that
he would support William U. Hearst
for Governor.
1907 Cuban agitators were arrested
near Havana.
FACTS FOB FARMERS.
In Norman county, Minn., wheat has
been threshing out 2(1 bushels to the ncre.
Rarley and flax nre exceptionally good.
The State land department of South
Dakota has made the first offering of
State lands in the old Fort Sully mili
tary reservation, which was practical
all taken by the State at the time it was
thrown open to settement.
While the South Dakota State veteri
narian nnd the government authorities
are watching the anthrax situation in tho
counties of the southeastern part of the
State, the Governor s tlice is yet receiv
ing complaints in regard to the situation,
and demanding something more in the
way of stamping the disease out. All
such complaints are turned over to the
officials who have the situation in charge
for investigation. From reKrts the indi
cations are thnt the situation in thnt part
of the State is of a serious nature, and
will require careful handling to get the
disease stamped out.
The Red river valley is being invaded
by representatives of seed houses in the
Southwest who are after the potatoes
grown in this section to use for seed po
tatoes through Kansas, Missouri, Okla
homa and Texas.
Following out his declaration of im
munity to any one defending lives or
property against night riders. Gov. Wil
son of Kentucky granted pardons to Wal
ter Duncan, who was convicted of shoot
ing and killing Newt Flailett at Jackson
ville, Shelby county, in June, and Riley
Ilarrold, who was Indicted as an acces
eorj to the murder;