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Office I 4 7X National Bank Building, UlLi un x, rA Eyes examined free. Exclusively optical. ZELAYA'S DESPOTISM Father of Leroy Cannon Appeals to Government For Vengeance. Americans From Nicaragua Recently Visited In Harrisburg and Told of Some of the Brutality With Which Leroy Cannon Had Been Treated by Some of Zelaya's Soldiers Inform ants Were Compelled to Leave Nic aragua. David K. Cannon of Harrisburg. Pa., the futher of Leroy Cannon, who was executed In Nicaragua for alleged complicity In the recent revolution here, declares he Is satisfied there is nothing In the story that his son had confessed orally or by letter to hav ing been a party to a revolutionary dynamite plot. The Cannons will appeal to the United States government to avenge the killing of their boy. Mr. Cannon will take up the matter with Congress man Olmsted. Mr. and .Mrs. PoIUbach, who former ly lived In Nicaragua and knew Can non well there, recently visited the Cannons und told of some of the brutality with which the Harrisburg boy had been treated. Mr. and Mrs. Poltsbaeh were at Cannon's house one day and were talking with Mr. Can non when of a sudden seven of Zel aya's soldiers entered the room, each armed with a rllle. Without any more ado they clubbed their rifles and be gan to beat Cannon. After the seven of them had terribly battered Cannon, they left, saying that he had been suspected of sympathiz ing with the revolutionists and that their treatment was a warning. The Poltsbachs, who were former residents of the United States, took up the matter with the United States con sular representative and because of their activities there they were sub jected to persecution by the Nicara guan authorities and were finally compelled to leave the country. They are now in Guatemala. USE OF OXYGEN HELMETS Aided Greatly In Rescue of the En tombed Cherry Miners. It Is believed by government offi cials at Washington that the 21 miners who were saved from death In the St. Paul coal mine at Cherry, 111., owe their lives to the work of the gov ernment's rescue corps connected with the United States geological survey. These men, who are stationed at Pittsburg, where the survey has an ex periment station for investigating causes of mine disasters, were rushed to Cherry as soon as word was re ceived of the catastrophe. Each member of the corps had been trained In the use of what is known as the oxvgen helmet, an apparatus that permits artificial breathing In the presence of deadly gases. Equipped with such helmets, the government's life savers were able to enter the fdiaft of the bt.rning mine and fight the fire at close range. Officials said that had the methods that have been in use in the past been employed there the mine shaft would have been sealed until the fire had been smothered for want of oxygen. This of course would have meant a delay BUfliclent to have caused the death of every man under ground. Geological sjrvey officials said that the ability of the government rescue corps to enter the mine, filled as It was with smoke and gas, saved at least several days time In reaching the entombed men. STANDARD'S DISSOLUTION Comment of M. E. Elliott, General Counsel For the Company. Outlawed by decree of United States circuit court at St. Paul, the Standard Oil company was ordered to dissolve within thirty days. Stocks broke sharply on the court decision against Standard Oil. M. E. Elliott, general counsel for the Standard Oil company, In com menting upon fie dissolution decision handed down on Saturday by the cir cuit court in St. Louis said: "I have not yet read the full text of the decision and cannot, therefore, comment at length upon the subject. I have telegraphed for a copy of the decision and when I receive it I may have something to say. In tho mean time I will say that the Standard Oil company is glad that the case has been disposed of by the circuit court. J will promptly take an appeal to the supreme court and will abide by whatever decision may be made by this, the highest tribunal in the coun try." Fatally Bitten by Pet Black Bear. Mrs. Martha Covalt of Wetzel county Is dying at the Glendale hospital in Wheeling, W. Va., from wounds received in an encounter with a pet black bear. The animal literally bit her to pleres. Neighbors drove the beast away with clubs. There are no hopes for her recovery. The bear had been captured in the mountains. Senator Cullom's 80th Birthday. Washington, Nov. 23. Uncle Shel by M. Culiom, sen'or senator from Illi nois, was 80 years old or 80 years young yesterday and he celebrated In modest fashion by remaining at home most of the time. DECLINE IN BIRTH-RATE Theoretically, There Will Be No Blrthi In 150 Years If Present Ratio Continues. If the present decline In the birth rate should continue for a century and a half there would be no more births at that time, said Professor Walter F. Wilcox, the Cornell statisti cian, in a lecture at Ithaca. As no one believes that mp.nkind will become immortal, however, no one believes that births will stop. He warned against the volitional control of the births by the better classes. He Bald: "There hag been an Increase of per haps five hundred million In the earth's population Blnce 1750. This in crease was not due to an Increased blrth-r8te but rather to the decreased death-rate, secured by the progress of science and of government. Under earlier conditions famine, pestilence or war killed many persons and at the same time prevented many births. "During the last half century this reciprocal relation has given place to a decrease in both death-rates and birth-rates. The decline of the birth rate In the United States has probably been as rapid as In any country of Europe. This sharp decrease was nec essary In order to grip firmly and re tain the benefits secured by the de cline In the death-rate. "It Is nrt the decreased birth-rate that is disturbing but rather the fact that the decrease Is greater among the classes whose children would prob ably Inherit most social worth and ca pacity for leadership. Thus, figures from Harvard college Indicate that each 100 graduates produce In the next generation only 73 sons. The na tlvp American population, at least In New England and New York, loses more by death than It gains by births." RICHARD W. GILDER DEAD Editor of The Century Had Been Suf fering Since Nov. 3. Richard Watson Gilder died Thurs day evening at the residence of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 2 West Tenth street. New York, where he and Mrs. Gilder had been staying for the past few days. He was suffering from angina pectoris, or rheumatism of the heart, with which he was first attacked on the evening of Nov. 3 while he was delivering a lecture in Orange, N. J. That night Mr. Gilder was able to get as far as the ferry house In Jer sey City, where he was compelled to telephone New York for his son Rod man, who went to Jersey City with Dr. J. H. Hodgson and brought Mr. Glider to New York. At first it was thought Mr. Gilder was suffering from indigestion but the doctors soon learn ed better. His condition became better and last Monday he and Mrs. Gilder went to stay at Mrs. Van Rensselaer's owing to Borne necessary alteration in their apartments. HIS VERTEBRAE BROKEN New Jersey Boy Met Death In Same Way as Did Cadet Byrne. Snapping his vertebrae much th same as Cadet Byrne, Albert P. Wiblr alske, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wiblralske of West Or ange, died In the Orange Memorial hospital three hours after he had been admitted to the Institution. Wiblr alske was playing right halfback for West Orange high Bchool on the Wit sesslng oval of the Essex county park grounds, against the Trinity Chapel team of New York, when the fatal ac cident occurred. Young Wiblralske on a second down rushed the ball to the thirty-yard line of the opponents' goal when he was tackled low, falling head first, his head doubling under his chest and causing the neck to be broken. The unconscious form was picked up and hurried to the office of Dr. Frank V. Lockwood. who ordered him immedi ately removed to the hospital, where the boy died without regaining con sciousness. TAX ON OLEOMARGARINE Farmers Organizing to Prevent Any Change In Existing Law. The dairymen of New York state are combining to fight at the next con gress all effoits on the part of the manufacturers of oleomargarine tt secure legislation which will mako It possible for them to palm off their product for genuine butter. Professor H. H. Wing, president of ths New York State Dairymen's asso elation, has sent out letters to all farmers In which It Is stated that a determined effort will be made at the coming session of congress to modify existing laws in regard to the manu facture aud sale of oleomargine and to remove the tax of 10 cents pel pound now imposed on colored ole'o margarine. In order to prevent this Mr. Wing requests all to whom the notice Is sent to use their best efforts with the members of congress from this state to prevent any change In existing laws regarding the manufacture and sale ol oleomargarine. Air. Wing adds: "If each person In this state inter ested would contribute one cent for each cow that he owns to this cause the committee will have ample funds for this work." The body of Frank De Rosa, 5 year; old, who had been missing since Nov. 4, was found wedged In a chimney ai No. 322 East Sixty-third street, New York. 01 0NLTT4B HOURS Said Coroner of the 38 Bodies Found In Second Level. More Than 100 of the Miner Expect ed to Be Found Alive In the Third Vein Fresh Air Has Been Freely Circulating Through This Level. One of the Miners Found In the Second Level Was at First Thought to Be Alive. Cherry 111., Nov. 23. Thirty-eight miners' dead bodies lying face down ward were discovered late yesterday in tfie last end of the Becond level of the bt. Paul mine, who the coroner stated, after examination, had been d;al less than 48 hours. Fire was ragiug in the vicinity. They had evidently died from the poisonous gases iu the col liery, after a desperate fight for life. The rescuers the third vein lute made desperate attempts to rescue more than 10U entombed miners be lieved to be alive in oue of its further most pockets. One of the miners discovered In the second level east end was thought to be alive aud his body was hurried to the hospital, where the physician de clared he had been dead several hours. Rescuers Tried to Reach Last Level. Until hujt night no attempt has been made to enter the third vein of the mine. The discovery of the bodies in the second level, together with an emphatic protest from the United Mine Workers of Illinois against the unwar ranted delay, caused the mining In spectors to rush a party of rescuers in to the lowest level. According to tho mine officials' estimates there are more than 150 miners yet unaccounted for. More than 100 of the miners are ex pected to be found alive In the lower vein. While it Is known that water liaj stood several feet deep in the third vein since the disaster, it is said there Is an overcast where hundreds of en tombed miners could live high and Iry. Fresh air has been freely circu lating through this vein. The experts admitted the likelihood of saving more of the Imprisoned miners. Captains Latimer aud Hall, in com mand of the troops at the collieries, wired Governor Deneen regarding the feasibility of placing the town under martial law, explaining that under martial law the rescue work would be greatly facilitated. The governor de cided not to issue such an order at prejent. There has been much dis sension over the way In which the rescue party work has been conduct ed, and experienced miners are cen suring the state Inspectors in charge. "Too Many Bosses." "I hope they will hurry the work aud rescue those miners if they are still alive, but there have been too many . bosses. That is the trouble." Thus spoke Captain Latimer of the state troops, discussing the proposi tion of taking control of the situation from the sheriff. The fact that these newly found bodies In the cast end of the second vein are those of men who died re cently has been kept very quiet for fear of inflaming public opinion at a time when there is much indignation among miners. ' Henry Smith, the first of the res cuers who found the men, returned to the surface and told a graphic story of how some of them were found kneel ing as If hi prayer, while others were lying face downward. Further on In the same tunnel the rescuers could see where the men must have- dug away an immense fall of earth with their bre hands. No tools were discovered near the fall, but the marks of fingers wer9 there to show how desperate a fight against death the men hud made. Marks In the hard floor of the tunnel told how the men hnd dragged themselves after days of hard digging through the rock and earth. TRUNK LINE FOR JAPAN 2,000 Mile Railroad Completed From End to End of the Empire. Tokio, Nov. 23. The opening of a railroad to Kagoshima on Klushiu, the most southerly island of Japan, completes a grand trunk line of about 2,000 miles running the whole length of the country from Hokkaido on the northeast to Klushiu on the southwest. It is all rail exo pt for ferries between itiojl and Shimcnoscki and between Acmori and Hakodate. The time between Tokio and Kago shima is now 10 hours, as against 62 days required In feudal times for the lords of Satsuma to come up to the Shoguns In the capital city, Yeddo. Vanderbilt's Stepdaughter Stricken. Sayvllle, N. Y., Nov. 23. It Is re ported at W. K. Vanderbilt's Idlehour at Oakdale, L. I., that Mrs. Vander bilt's 17-year-old dangnter, this sea Bon's debutante. Is ill at their town home In New York with appendicitis. She was a merry member of a house party at Idlehour a week ago Satur day and her illness will probably cause the cancelling of an elaborate Thanksgiving function at Idlehour. Mrs. Stetson's Withdrawal. New Yoik, Nov. 23. Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, pastor emeritus of the Flr?t Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, and who was excommunicat ed by 'the Mother Church In Boston, announced her resignation In a letter to the board of trustees of the local congregation. She also said it Is de llralile the annual payment should be lisccntlnued. BLED TO DEATH IN WOODS Franklin Citizens Find Boay of Formei County Treasurer Borland. Franklin, Pa., Nov. 23. A system atic search by 400 citizens resulted In the finding of the dead body of form er County Treasurer I. H. Borland, who failed to return from a hunting trip on Friday. He had accidentally shot himself below the left knee and bled to death In the woods, a mile from the nearest house. Appearances indicate that when he saw he was go ing to die he took a pencil and book from his pocket and wrote two sent ences as follows: "Accidental; Blipped and fell. Take care oi inmgs. It Is noi believed h than 20 afnutes. Mr. 1 well-knoR Republican served dmv term as cov care of things, It Is noi believed he lived more Borland was a politician, and county treasurer. He was aged 50 years. Besides a wife and one daughter he leaves his father, Dr. J. R. Borland; one brother, James B. Borland, editor of the Even ing News, and two sisters, the Misses Nettie and Mary Borland. HE ACCEPTS ALL DARES Bravery Puts Youth In Hospital With Fractured Skull. Pittsburg, Nov. 23. Clarence A. Riley, aged 17, of 1208 River avenue, Northside, received probably fatal In juries by plunging from the top of a two-and-a-half-story house near his home. Ho landed on his head, sus taining a fractured skull. Me was re moved to the Allegheny General hos pital, where the trephining was per formed. There is little hope for his recovery. With companions young Riley had been playing "follow the leader." The leader climbed to the top of the house, leaped across a narrow alleyway and dared Riley to follow. Riley refused to take the "banter." He slipped a3 he was about to make the leap. Fire men from Engine company No. 48 sent him to the hospital. SCREAM SAVES $250 Woman Scare3 Burglars, but They Take Jewelry. Br.ller, Pa., Nov. 23. "A burglar's In the house!" screamed Mrs. Florlan T. Niggol as she awoke with a start at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. An in truder fled, taking three diamond rings, three diamond brooches, a gold watch, bracelets and stickpins valued at $400. The empty jewel cases, tak en from Mrs. Nigol's room as she slept, were found In the kitchen. A pair of Mr. Nlggol's trousers, tak en from the head of his bed, were found In the hallway. A pocketbook containing $250 had been taken from the pocket, but had been dropped by the thle! in his haste. GOT BIG GAME Altoona Hunters Kill Four Bean and ' Capture Cubs. Altoona. Pa., Nov. 23. The most successful party of hunters near here this season Is camping at Karthus, Clearfield county. Already a four- pronged buck and four bears have been shot, while three bear cubs have been captured alive. The cubs were found In a cave to which the hunters had tracked the mother bear. An ef fort will be made to domesticate them, The party Is composed of James Condrin, John Schenk, Jacob Steir, Henry Doerr. William Bell, Charles Killetts and Jack Kllletts. Pittsburg Bride Heir to $200,000. Fond Du Lac, Wis., Nov. 23. When the will of Roger M. Whlnfield, who died of cholera at Koenlngsburg, Prus sia, July 21. was read It was found that, although drawn up one month be fore his manrlage to Eleanor B. Qutm by, the entire estate, valued at $200, 000, had been .left to her. Whlnfield contracted cholera at St. Petersburg while touring the world with his bride of a few months. The marriage took place at Pittsburg Feb. 23. U. S. Steel Not Affected. New York, Nov. 23. Judge E. II. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporatlonflbaid he did not be lieve the decision In the Standard Oil case applied to his comVny. "I think the time has come," h(r said, "when tho courts of last resort, as well as the public, believe the conduct of corpora tions is of more importance than their organization." Cost of Collecting State Taxes. Harrisburg, Nov. 23. A statement Just issued by Auditor General R. K. Young shows that there Is a wide range In the cost of collecting mer cantile and other licenses in the coun ties of the state. Last yeur $1,327, 474.60 was collected at a cost of $156, 2S3. This charge is less than the year before. Unlontown Girl Kills Herself. Unlontown, Pa., Nov. 23. Miss Anna May Keenan, IS years old, last night wrote: "Don't blame anvbody for this; I am heartbroken and have ended It." Bhi' then drank carbolic acid. A sis ter found the dead body lying on a bed. No cause for the suicide is known. Car Kills Oil Gauger. Butler, Ph.. Nov. 23. George E. Pol lard aged 2!), of Renfrew, ganger for the producers and Refiners' Oil com pany was 'struck by a Pittsburg and Hiitlei street car at Mcltrlde and died befoie he reached the Butler hospital. NEWSY PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's News of the World. Happenings From All Parts of the Globe Put Into Shape For Easy Reading What All the World It Talking About Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches. The largest electric sign In the world will be erected on the roof of the Hotel Normandie and will illu mine Herald Square, New Tork. Application for a stay In the sent ence of Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison was denied by the su preme court in the District of Col umbia. Sir Wilfrid Laurier declared in the Canadian house nothing In the new French treaty could be construed as discrimination against the United States. Emil Victor, a young man, former ly of East Aurora, N. Y.. was hanged at Aberdeen, S. D., for the murder of J. W. Christie, Mrs. Christie, Mil dred Christie and Michael Ronayne, an employe of Christie. Thursday. John Drey fell to his death under the keen blade of a huge paper cutter in a paper mill at Whippaly, N. J. Between twenty and thirty persons, mostly children, were bitten by a suposedly mad dog, which ran amuck in the streets of Binghamton, Mrs. Jeannette Timmins Stewart was arrested at Cincinnati, charged with knowingly receiving thousands of dollars stolen from the Big Four railroad by Charles L. Warriner. The natives of Saranganl, a group of islands to the south of Mindanao island, are offering in barter young girls, each for one ounce of opium, ac cording to W. S. Lyon, a government horticulturist. Friday. President Tafl means to so broaden the work of the new tariff board as to make It practically a tariff revision commission. The treasury department ordered the revenue cutter Algonquin to search for Colonel John Jacob Astor's missing yacht, the Nourmahal. The Iowa supreme court has handed down a decision holding that a private business concern under the Iowa stat ute can legally refuse to serve a negro. Two Americans, Leonard Grace and Leroy Cannon, captured while serv ing with the revolutionist army in Nicaragua, have been sentenced to death by President Zelaya'a orders rnd it Is believed sentence has already been carried out. Saturday. Statistics of trade of the United States with Canada and Mexico show an Increase under the Payne tariff. William M. Laffan, publisher of the New York Sun, died at his home in Lawrence, Long Island, following an operation for appendicitis. Dr. Louise G. Roblnovitch of New Ycrk revived a rabbit and a dog which h?tl been shocked with elec tricity until physicians pronounced them dead. Collector William Loeb, Jr., an nounced the removal from the customs Bervlce of 73 employes and attaches of the weighing and other divisions of the customs service in New York. Canadinn statesmen declare the Do minion does n )t discriminate against United States products, and give fig ures showing Canada buys nearly twice as much from this country as flora the mother country. Monday. Yale won tho Intercollegiate football championship by defeating Harvard by a score of 8 to 0 and ended the sea son without being scored on. William P. Brown of New Orleans, recognized as a leader of the bull cot ton movement, predicted that the shortage In crop would result In 20 cent cotton. The trustees of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, were In a dilemma in the matter of ratifying the excommunication of Mrs. Stetson by the mother church. Twenty of the 300 miners who were entombed In the St. Paul mine at Cherry, III., a week ago, were found (live In one of the leads of the mine. They were all brought out and will re cover. In view of the settlement of litiga tion over the estate of Charles T. Yerkes and the proosed sale of the Fifth avenue house, his dream to erect a lasting monument In the Yerkes art galleries will not be reulizcd. Tuesday. Barney Oldfleld drove a 200-horse power Ben car a nillo in 64 seconds at New Orleans. The heaviest earthquake recorded since the shock of April 8, 190(1. was felt lu Salinas, Oil., early yesterday. A fifth crater has opened on the Is land of Teneiiffe and the five volcan oes are throwing out great quantities of lava. ( Total cost of the Panama canal In estimated at $.'175,201,000 In tho an nual reKirt of the Isthmian canal com mission. Murder of two Americans In Nicar agua by order of President Kelayn causes navy department to dispatch a transport. Employers' liability and compensa tion for accidents was discussed at the annual meeting of the National CWk Federation In New York. S A DARD OIL DECISION President Taft Said to Regard It of the Highest Importance. Washington, Nov. 23. President Taft does not. contemplate, It is as serted upon high authority, such rad ical changes in the Sherman anti trust law as some of his advisers have Insisted were necessary and he hlmvelf was believed to have favored. Mr. Taft has been pleased greatly with the decision of the United States cir cuit court for the district of Missouri In the injunction proceedings against the Standard Oil company. He has told callers that he regards the decision of the utmost Importance. Although he is able to read only the newspaper accounts cf Judge San born's findings, the president has said he believed that through it the Sher man act will be found to be much more efficacious than Its critics have been willing to concede. Ever since his return from his 13,000 mile trip the president has boen talk ing Sherman law amendment to visi tors conversant with the subject. Al though today he continued to refer to the Sherman act he told several call ers that the Standard Oil decision has made a most favorable Impression on him. It is likely that Mr. Taft will refer to this decision in his annual message to congress, although before the por tion of the message which will deal with that law Is framed finally he will confer wl'.b congressional authorities on anti-trust legislation, Attorney Gen eral Wickersham and other advisers. Just now Mr. Tart thinks that this de cision shows what may be done under the Sherman act and he will be disin clined to change It unless upon read ing the finding in full he discovers that he Is wrong in his view. TWO COUNTIES RAISE $65,000 Cities and Villages Near Cherry Give Liberally For Widows' Relief. Cherry, 111., Nov. 23. Headed by two Individual donations of $1,000 each, made by F. W. Mathlessen, mil lionaire manufacturer of La Salle, and President Thomas F. Noon of the Illi nois Zinc company of Peru, ten Bur eau and La Salle county cities near Cherry have raised nearly ' $50,000 In cash to go to tho relief of the fami lies left destitute here. The cities in which the record col lections have been secured are Streat or, Ottawa, La Salle, Peru and Men dota, in La Salle county, and Prince ton, Spring Valley, Ladd, Depue and Burepu, In Bureau county. In addition to these ten cities a score of the smailer towns have raised more than $10,000. It Is believed that the total cash relief In these counties will be close to $(15,000. A number of the dead came to Cher ry from the mines at Streator, jl Salle and Spring Valley, and their names are known to many in these places. Duke Broke His Leg Fox Hunting. London,- Nov. 23. The Duke of Roxburge, who in 1903 married Miss May Goelet of New York, suffered a broken leg yesterday while fox hunt ing in Lincolnshire. He was thrown from his horse, which fell In leaping a fence. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market New York, Nov. 22. WHEAT No. 2 red, new, $1.25' f. o. b. afloat; futures closed higher, Dec. $1.17 . May $1.134. CORN No. 2 white. In elevator, 72c; futures lower, Dec. 71c, May 69 4c. OATS Natural white, 26 to 32 lbs., new, 44'4Ti 4flc; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs., 45'i48c. HAY Good to choice, 95c$1.05. PORK Mess, $25.75$26.00; family, $26.0ffi27.00. BUTTER Creamery, specials, 32ff(32c; extra, 31t3c; process, 25V4fi28c; western factory, 25c, CHEESE State full cream, spe cials, 16! 17;.c. EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 35 ('40c. POTATOES Maine, per bag, $1.60 1.90; state, per bbl., $1.601.75. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, Nov. 22. WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads, $1.10; No. 2 red, $1.24. CORN No. 2 yellow, 64c f. o. b. afloat: No. 3 yellow, 61ff61V4c 0TS No. 2 white, 41c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 434c. FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per bbl., $.25'(f7.00; winter family, patent. $5.75ii C.50. BUTTER Creamery, western prints, 23c; state creamery, 31c; dairy, choice to fancy, 29ffT30c. CHEESE Choice to fancy, full cream, lti4ff(lic; fair to good, 15 (!i lfic. EGGS State, selected white, 42 43c. POTATOES White, fancy, per bu., 60c; choice, 45048c. East Buffalo Livestock Market. CATTLE Prime export steers, $0.65 J7.00; good to choice butcher steers, $. OOfii O.r.O; choice cows. $4.50'!? 4.75; choice heifers, $.1.00 fi1 5.50; common to fair heifers, $ 4.00tft 4.75; common to lair bulls, $3.0iKi, 3.05; choice veals, $D.,Wi 9.75; fair to good. $9.00? 9.25. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice spring lambs, $7.15(ii'7.30; yearling!, $5.50Ti5.7.'.; mixed sheep. $I.25W4.SS. HOGS Light Yorkers, $S.00; me dium and heavy hogs, $8.208.25; pigs, $7.90. Buffalo Hay Market. Timothy, No. I nu track, $l.00!tf Jl.nO; No. 2 timothy, $15.00; straw, wheat and oat. $9.60
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