Wallace, Idaho, July ft. —Two
: masked men with shotguns held up
Sydenham Mills as he was crossing the
divide from Eancy Gulch to Murray
and made him give up $2,600 of gold
dust. Mills hastened to Murray and
gave the alarm. Xo clue to the high
waymen has yet been discovered.
Weather Too Cold for Cosm —a tno-
Thlrd Average Vield Expected.
Des Moines, lowa, July s.—This
week’s bulletin of lowa weather and
crop service says: The weather dur
ing the past week was too cool for the
rapid growth of corn, hut the con
ditions were generally favorable for
small grain. The daily average tem
perature was about 6 degrees below
normal The rainfall of the week was
in excess of the seasonable amount,
especially in the central and east cen
tral districts.
Corn is about two weeks late, and
needs warmer weather to mature. It
is doing fairly well and is generally
clean where it has not been too wet to
run the cultivator. With the most
favorable conditions in the future it
will be possible to make two-thirds of
an average crop in the State. Haying
and the harvest of winter grains are in
progress. The hay crop will be very
heavy but the quality will not be up
to the standard. Oats will not make
over 60 per cent of an average yield.
MOB RULE IN MADfIID.
Rioters Storm the Barracks and Resi
dences of the Old Spanish City.
