THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IhA I.. DADK, Proprietor.
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NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF. I
Colonel Jolin S. Mosby, tho former
confederate guerrilla, has been ap
pointed Bpeclnl land agent for thi
Btato of Nebraska.
Hon. James A. Kasson has gono to
Poland Springs, Me., where, according
to bis usual custom, ho will remain
through tho Benson.
Tho comptroller of tho currency has
nuthorlzed tho First National bank of
Salem, S. I)., to begin business with
u capital of $25,000.
Tho flro loss of tho United States
for tho month of Juno aggregated $,
C!)9,000, against $21,281,000 for tlia
samo month In 1000.
Crown Prlnco Frederick received
Lloutcnant Commander E. N. Hughes
of tho MnssachuBotts school ship En
terprise nt tho palaco In Copenhagen.
A largo portion of tho business sec
Hon of Colcbrook, N. H., was destroy
ed by flro which broko out on Main
strcoL Tho loss is cstlmntcd at $1C0,
000. Sixteen school teachers from Porto
Rico wcro passengers by tho Red D.
lino steamship Caracas which arrived
nt New York from Ponco and San
Juan.
Epcs Randolph, superintendent of
tho Southern Pacific company at Tuc
son, has tondcrcd his resignation, to
tako effect at tho end of tho present
month.
Qlaaco Crews, colored, died nt his
homo nenr Whltovlllo, Tcnn. Ho waB
110 ycers old and up to n short tlmo
ago ho walked to town, n dlstanco of
two miles
Tho popo has sont a letter to tho
suporlors and generals of tho religious
orders and institutions, condemning
tho French exceptional legislation
against tho congregations,
Duko of Aosta, heir to tho Italian
throno, fought a duel With and severe
ly wounded a Russian, presumably tho
Duko of Luchtcnberg, who mado a
rjlghtlng remark about Queen Hclcnc.
Rov. Peter J. Muldoon hoa been ap
pointed auxiliary bishop to Most Rov.
Archbishop Fcenhan of Chicago. Ho
has boon for many years chancellor
of tho nrchdloccno and Is rector of St.
Charles parlBh.
Judgo J. II. Baker of tho United
States district court nt Indianapolis
announces that ho will not bo a cnndl
dato for tho vacant placo on tho fad
oral court bench caused by tho death
of Judgo Woods.
Delegates representing 8,000 work
Ingmou in all branches of tho leather
trado in this country and Canada, nt a
meeting In Philadelphia, formed tho
Amalgamated Leather Workers Asso
ciation of America.
Herbert L, Brldgomnn, secretary of
tho Peary Arctic club, and head of
tho expedition to tho north by which
It is hoped to discover tho fata of Ex
plorer R. 13. Peary, his wlfo and llttlo
daughter, has left Now York for Syd
noy, C. B., which will bo hla sailing
point.
Edward S. Martin, formerly lieuten
ant in tho United States army, plead
ed guilty beforo Recorder doff at Now
York to a chargo of passing a bad
check for $4G 011 tho Qorhnm Manu
facturing company. Martin was ro
ccntly dismissed from tho army on ac
count of Irregularities in hla cautcon
accounts.
Prlnco Christian, eldest son of crown
prlnco of Denmark, Intends to visit
tho United States on board his yacht
In tho spring of 1002, unless in tho
meantlmo tho king's ago should bring
about tho accession to tho crown
prlnco. Princess and Princoss Charles
of Denmark also cqntomplato,a trip
to America la 1902,
American and Danish capitalists pro
poso to start n direct steamship lino
from Copenhagen and Chrlstlania to
Chicago. American capital will bo
largoly interested.
Ex-Congressman A, N. Martin, dem
crnt, died in tho hospital at tho Sol
dlors' homo at Marlon, Ind of con
sumption, Ho represented that dis
trict In tho national hoiiso of repre
sentatives thrco terms, 1888, 1890 and
1802, during which tlmo ho was chair
man of tho committee on pensions.
Ho was 00 yenrs old.
Franz Ronz, leading circus proprie
tor of Germany, is dead.
Mary Elliott Lumbal d, n prominent
club woman and wlfo of Jules Lum
bard, well known throughout the
country na a lawyer and singer, died
at Omaha, aged 00 years,
Ilordcrus department stores, consist
ing of eight-story buildings fronting
on three streots, woro practically de
stroyed by flro at Sydnoy, N. S. W.
Tho damage is estimated nt over
500,000. Tho Insurance amounts ta
394,000, mostly in local companies.
Mexico's' delegates to tho Pnn-Amcrl-Kress
have mot and elected commit
oca on International law, agriculture,
Industry and commerce, in mercantile)
law, patents and trade marks. Min
ister of Foreign Relations Murlscu
presided.
TOE DRY SPELL BROKEN
Crops Drink Up Brief Bhovors and Grate
fully Look Up for More.
MUCH BENEFIT ALREADY SHOWN
Thousands Upon Thousands of Dollar!
Raved to the Farmrs Mlnoarl and
Kansas Sprinkled Iowa and Nebraska
Alto Favored.
WASHINGTON, July 16. Relief for
the heat-stricken corn belt tomorrow Is
predicted by tho weather bureau to
night. No general rnlns, apparently, nro yet
in sight, but thunder showers, with
consequent lower tcmpcrnturo, nro
probahlo In Nebraska, Kansas, Mis
souri, Iowa and Illinois and possibly
Indiana.
Thcro Is a prospect of a contlnunnco
of theso showers Wedncsdny In tho
Ohio and Mississippi valleys and In
tho upper lake regions, bringing cooler
Tscathcr for tho tlmo being.
Today tho hot went her continued
throughout the corn bolt and over tho
lower lake region and upper Ohio val
ley, but temperatures foil considerably
during tho early evening over tho lat
ter district under tlip Influcnco of local
thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms nlso occurred In
South' Dakota, northern Illinois, por
tions of Ohio, Missouri and Arkansas
and nfforded somo relief from tho heat.
KANSAS CITY, July 1C.-A portion
of the drouth-stricken southwest has
boon rollovcd by rnln during tho past
twenty-four hours. Great good has al
ready resulted to crops and us thcro
aro prospects lonlgbt of a further
downfall, it Is believed thousands upon
tholisands of dollais will bo saved
fnrmerB on stock and crops. Novcrtho
Irs much grcutcr quantities of rain
must como beforo a lasting benefit Is
done. In tho portions of central and
western Missouri, western Kansas and
tho territories still untouched by rain
conditions romnln unchanged, tho tcm
poraturo ranging from 98 to 100, tho
latter nt Hutchinson, Kas. ,
Tho rnlns, which como nt tho end of
a drouth of from four to eight weeks'
duration covered southwestern Mis-,
sourl and portions of one-third of Knn
uns, tnklng la tho southeast corner of
tho Sunflower state from Riley and
Dickinson counties down to tho Okln
noma lino. The first break came Inst
night when fairly good rains fell In
Barton and Green counties, Missouri,
and on tho Oklnhoma border In Knn
sns, In Cowley nnd Chautauqua coun
ties, and along tho Union Pacific rail
road In Riley county. Theso rains
whllo good wcro sulllclcnt to plnco tho
burned crops out of dnngor. This
morning a heavy rain fell in tho vi
cinity of Joplln, Mo., and traveling
west, covered, portions of Montgomery,
Btitlor and Sedgwick counties, Kansas.
Around Joplln thcro was a heavy fall
for ten minutes. At 1:30 a Boaklng
rnln fell In Cliorokeo county across tho
lino In KnnsnB, preceded by hall, ben
efiting pastures nnd Bmall grains lm
meiiBCly nnd bringing rollof to tho
crushing plnnts in tho zinc mining dls
trlct. During tho afternoon a heavy
rain foil in tho vicinity of Coffoyvlllo,
Eldorndo uild Wichita. Kan, At Cof
fcyvlllo tho people held a Jublleo on
tho streets during the rain. Two coun
ties west from Kansas City, in Jeffer
son county, Knusas, a full inch of rnln
fell this afternoon, whllo in Kansas
City a tomporaturo of 101 provallcd
and hardly a cloud was visible.
OMAHA MAN'S DIAL KILLING.
Ilnbort I'ruiige Simula Wife and Self at
Nt. Jon.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 1C. R.
Prango, whoso business cardii represent
him to have been manager of tho
Schlltz hotol, Omnhn, and mnnngcr of
tho Schlltz llrowory agency at that
point, murdored hla wlfo near Lake
Contrary Into ycatorday nfteruoon and
then committed suicide.
Ho mado careful preparations for
tho crlmo by destroying everything
about his clothing that would lead to
his Identity. Prango eamo to this city
yc3tordny morning from Omaha to look
for hla wlfo, who hud left him Boveral
days ago because of his alleged dls
Boluto habits and cruelty toward her.
Winnipeg U Rtnrni Swept.
WINNIPEG, Man., July 10. A ter
rific storm struck tho Pleasant Point
district on Carberry plains Saturday
night, doing $100,000 damage to crops
and farm bulldtngB. At Rat Portage
nnd Norman a tornado scattered lum
ber in ull directions.
Five Kilted on the Itntl.
PARSONS, Kan., July 10, A head
end collision between two local freight
trains on tho Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as railroad near Wymnrk, I. T., killed
flvo men. Thrco others were probably
fatally Injured,
Another Carnegie Library.
LONDON, July 10. Andrew Cnmo
glo hns offered 10,000 for tho erec
tion of a frco public library In Auncn,
Scotlund.
OBEY HIE ORDER TO STRIKE.
All Members of Amalcamnted Associa
tion Remain Away.
PITTSBURG, July 16. Tho Btrlko
of tho members of tho amalgamated
association employed In the tin plate,
shent and hoop mills, which was or
dered Saturday night as a result of
tho disagreement between tho confer
ees of tho United States Steel corpor
ation and tho amalgamated associa
tion, was generally observed In tho
Pittsburg district this morning. At
tho mills whero tho strike ordor ox
tended tho skilled workmen who nre
under tho control of tho union failed
to put In an appearance, or, if they
did go to tho mills, It was merely as
spectators and with no intention of
working. Early reports received nt
the general ofTlccs of tho amalgamated
association wcro meager of details,
but indicated that tho strlko order
was being observed nt all mills of tho
tin plate, sheet and hoop combines.
President Shaffer is in communica
tion with lodgo officials at all these
plants- and ho is confident that tho as
sociation will mako such a Btrong
showing on this preliminary suspen
sion of work that n general strlko of
nil tho mills of tho United States Steel
corporation will not bo necessary.
This latter proposition Is tho strong
enrd which tho amalgamated president
haB up his bIcovo nnd which ho has
threatened to play If an early ad
justment of tho difficulty Is not mado.
This Btrlko bcarB resemblance to tho
historical Homestead strlko In 1892 in
that It is not a question of wngeB, but
of recognition of tho amalgamated as
sociation. Tho association InslstB up
on unionizing all tho plants of tho
thrco companies In question. Tho
maufacturers rcfuso to grant this dc
mnnd nnd sny that tho Individual
contracts with workmen which are In
forco at a number of tho plants must
stand.
WILSON STILL OPTIMISTIC.
Thinks Iteports of Dumace to Crops Is
Ureiitly ICxngcnrntt'd.
NEW YORK, July 1G. Secretary of
Agrlculturo Wilson hopes that tho
corn crop of tho western states has
not yet been ruined by tho drouth,
says a Washington dispatch to tho
Herald. Ho Is disposed to bcllovo
that tho reports as to tho damago
havo been exaggerated. He la quoted
as follows:
"I do not regard the corn crop as
seriously damaged, notwithstanding
tho reports from tho western states.
On July 1 tho condition of tho corn
crop was moro promising than on tho
samo dato last year, and even If tho
prcs3 reports aro not exaggerated, al
though I am Inclined to think that
they ovorstnto tho real conditions,
thcro Is not as yet cause for gcnulno
alarm.
"Throughout tho area of tho great
corn crop tho drouth has not been
sovoro enough to seriously affect that
crop. Hot weather Is not damaging
to crops nt this season. In fuct, high
tomporaturo at this season is 0110 of
tho requisites of corn dovelopment,
nnd so I think that wo had better
wait a whllo beforo wo say that tho
corn Is ruined.
"For myself, I think that wo shall
havo plenty of corn In this country.
Tho reports from Kansas nnd Nebras
ka aro, It course, discouraging, but tho
crop In those states Is not great, ex
cept In tho eastern portions. Tho
grcnt corn bolt of this country Is cast
nt tho Missouri river and west of the
Ohio. .
"I hnvo not yet seen anything to Ju
dicata that thcro has been a largo
amount of damago to this area of
country. I am going to wait, there
fore, until I hear whether tho drouth
has beon disastrous in Iowa, Illinois,
Missouri, Indlnnn, Michigan and Wis
consin beforo I become really alarm
ed." Wrons Time of Yenr for Knllstments.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., July 10.
Lloutcnant Johnson, In chargo of tho
recruiting ofllco recently established
In tho federal building, is not meeting
with much success in tho matter of ap
plications to Join Undo Sam's army.
In tho three weeks he bus received
only elven applications. Of theso
eight woro uunblo to pass examination.
Leo H. Craig and Donald G, Mad
docks, who enlisted n the field artil
lery, havo passed and has been sont
to Fort Riley.
Cleriunn Kiiilcnttlon Statistics.
BERLIN, JJuly 1C. Tho emigration
from Germany by way of Hamburg nnd
Bremen during tho first six months
of this year reuehod 112,96S, bb against
117,930 for the corresponding period of
last year.
Kdlann I'rotrrts Ills Nnine.
WILMINGTON, Del., July 1C At
tho Instanco of Thomas A. Edison,
Judgo Bradford hnndnd down a decrco
In tho United States court enjoining
tho Edison Chemical company from
using tho namo Thomas A. Edison
or tho term "Wizard" In connection
with its business, Unless sotting forth
that Thomas A, Edison Is not con
nected with tho company or its busi
ness. Tho company Is chartered In
Dclawaro and has ofllces in New York.
ROAST IN MANY STATES
Government Reports Eleven Sweltering
in tho Boiling Snn.
KANSAS CORN CROP CUT SHORT
Mast Ship Cattle to Market Decanse
Water Is (Jetting Scarce Pastures
Dried Dp and Fruit and Vegetable
Crop Almost Ruined.
WASHINpTON, July 15. Roports
to tho weather bureau show that tho
hot weather continued yesterday In
nineteen states and territories of tho
great corn belt, tho Ohio valloy and
vnrlous portions of tho south. Thcro
seems to bo no Immediate evidence
of abatement, except in tho south and
eoiMhwest, whero local thunderstorms
may cnuso somo moderation. Tho
states, affected lncludo Indiana, "Ml
nole, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iown, Mis
souri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ok
lahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Da
kota, North Dakota, Colorado and
Michigan. It hns becomo considerably
warmer also In tho upper lako region
and in Now England, Marquette,
Mich., reporting todny a record-breaking
tomporaturo of 102 degrees. Hope
of rain todny In tho region affected
by tho heat was not fulfilled, only
traces of It appearing In ono or two
sections, exebpt nt Galveston, Tox.,
whoro about two-thirds of an Inch fell,
and In eastern Texas, whoro there
woro local thunderstorms. Tho tem
peratures reported today show only
slight variations from tho extremes
of tho last few days, and theso aro
duo to local conditions entirely. In
Des Moines, In., today tho tempera
ture was 100, In Knnsas City 102 and
in Omaha 102, whllo at Davenport, la.,
Denver, Colo., Llttlo Rock. Ark., Now
Orleans, North Platte, Neb., St. Paul
and VIcksburg, Miss., It 'wns 96 or
higher.
KANSAS CITY, July 15. No rc'.lcf
camo yesterday from tho heat. It
was a repetition of tho past two weeks,
with reports from many plncea in
western Missouri, Kansas and tho ter
ritories of temperatures over tho 100
mark. At most places tho Bun shono
mercilessly with not even a fitful
cloud to break Its rayB nor a slight
breeze. In Knnsas City last night
proved moro bearable, a breeze from
tho north nllovlatlng tho condition,
but a day of intenso heat followed.
Tonight thcro Is n prospect of rain,
In Oklahoma, but there aro no Indi
cations of a change In nny othor part
of tho southwest.
With no relief In sight tho fears for
tho crops that havo been expressed
aro fast becoming realities nnd tho
Bcnrcity of water nnd generally dry
most serious one. What tho real dam
most Berlous ono. What th crcal dam
ago to corn, tho crop most nffeoted,
will bo is problematical, but It Is prob
ably safo to say that half tho crop
will bo lost. Tho supply of water is
short in almost every direction nnd
tho shipments of cnttlo and hogs to
this market to save them must con
tinue. In Kansas City today tho gov
ernment thormomoter reached 102 and
at Mnrysvlllc, Kan., 104 wns recorded
against 100 yesterdny. Thcro wero
thrco prostrations nt Marysvlllo.
LINCOLN, Nob., July 15. Nebraska
again suffered from tho heat yester
day. Tho highest temperature report
ed by tho weathor bureau was 102 de
grees at 4:30, but tho thermometers
In tho business district recorded 109.
Tho mean tcruporature of tho day wa3
90' degrees, tho highest of tho year.
Tho' roportB show that no rain has
fallen in tho Btato during tho lust
twenty-four hours.
RoportB that reach Lincoln tonight
Indlcnto that rain falling within two
days will yet snvo tho corn crop. The
wind shifted to tho EouthonBt this
evening nnd tho ntmosphere Is some
what cooler.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 15. Tho
long continued drouth has resulted In
tho" cntlro ruin of tho corn and cat3
crop In this section of tho country.
Corn hns commenced to tassel only .1
fow foot high nnd no nmount of rain
would now bo of any benefit to thai
cereal. Tho fruit nnd vegetable crops
nro nlso complete failures, nnd tho
pnstures havo dried up bo that tho
fnrmors nro paying enormous prices
for hny and feed. Todny was clenr
nnd hot, with no relief apparently lu
Bight.
Minister Conger to Leave.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. E. II.
Conger, United States minister to Chl
nn, has nrrlvod, en route to Pokln.
Minister Conger will sail noxt Wed
nesday on tho steamer Nippon Muru.
Stable llor .Mule Desperate.
KANSAS CITY, July 15. A special
to tho Times from Newton, Knn., says:
Last night Miss Omn llocrfl, tho 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fo-nnk Doers, was shot and killed by
Herbert Shncklott, a stablo boy for
merly In the famlly'B employ, who nf
torward shot himself through tho
nenrt. Shaeklett becamo fascinated
with tho young woman, who did not
return his Infatuation. Tho bodies
wcro found iu the roadside.
OHIO BRYAN MEN DOLT.
Ten of Ills Democrttlo Follower In
Cleveland Deride to Act.
CLEVELAND, July 15. On July 31
Ohio democrnts who bellcvo in Bryan
nnd tho Issues which ho represents,
which tho recent democratic conven
tion Ignored, will nssemblo in Colum
bus nnd make up n Btato ticket. Ten
men met this morning In a downtown
ofllco building In this city nnd de
cided that a bolt should bo mado and
thnt n new party should enter tho field
of Ohio politics.
Tho attendance nt tho confcrcnco
was larger and represented a greater
area In tho stnto than, was expected
by thoso who called tho meeting.
A formal statement of principles was
submitted to tho conference and was
adopted. This will bo printed and
sent throughout tho state to thoso
who nro known to bo faithful to tho
Ncbrnsknn. A convention was decid
ed upon to bo held nt tho Great South
ern hotel on the last day of July. To
this convention may como nil thoso
who sign their namo to tho declaration
of principles.
START OUT TO FIND PEARY.
Kxpedltlon on the Steamer Erllc Balls
North to Aid Kxplorers.
HALIFAX, N. S., July 15. Tho
steamer Erik left North Sydney this
morning on its voyngo to the frozen
north. It Is to call nt Labrador and
then nt the various Esquimaux sta
tions In Greenland West, reaching
Etah under favorable conditions in
about threo weeks. At tho various
stations it will mako inquiries as to
news of Lieutenant Peary nnd the
Windward.
Tho Erik took 350 tons of coal and
Is provisioned for nt least a year. Tho
members of tho Peary Arctic club, who
went on tho steamer, nro Dr. F. A.
Cook, surgeon of tho expedition; Her
bert Stono nnd Herbert Berri, both t.l
Brooklyn; C. F. Wlkoff nnd L. C. Bene
dict of Ithaca, and L. C. Whitney
Church of Elgin, 111.
AMALGAMATED STRIKE IS ON.
President Shaffer's Orders to Continue
HtriiKElo Will Do Obeyed.
PITTSBURG, July 15; From pres
ent Indications It looks probablo that
President Shaffer's strlko order, Issued
last night to the Amalgamated asso
ciation members In tho employ of tho
American Steep Hoop company, tho
American Sheet Steel company nnd
tho American Tinplato company, will
bo obeyed nnd tho groat struggle be
tween tho Amalgamated association
and tho steel compnuics will bo on In
enrnest today.
In tho union mills of tho threo com
panies against which a Btrlko baa'
been declared It Is predicted that not
a wheel will turn. An effort will bo
mado also to closo down somo of tho
non-union mills of tho companies and
to crlpplo tho rest Tho Amalgamated
peoplo are very sanguine of success.
HAVE TO PROTECT THE WHEAT.
Farmers Around York Are Flonlnc Fire
Uunrds Sloce Itecent Dimes.
YORK, Neb., July 15. For miles
and miles along both sides of tho Bur
lington, tho Elkhorn and tho Kansas
City & Omaha railroads In this county
nro fields of winter whent shocked and
Blacked and tho long wheat stubblo is
dry, easily catching fire. Yestorday
morning tho Elkhorn train coming
from Henderson, this county, set flro
to wheat stubblo in Bovcn dlfforent
places. Tho train stopped each time
nnd tho trnin crew with shovels put
out tho Arcs beforo doing nny damage.
Yestorday nineteen shocks of wlntor
wheat wero burned up on Hon. An
drew J. Saridnll's farm east of York,
supposod to havo caught from engines
on tho Burlington. Nearly all of tho
farmers aro plowing flro guards bo
tween fields and railroads.
CELEBRATE PERRY'S VISIT.
American nnd ilnpniivso Hpenkrra Dwell
on Friendly Delation.
YOKOHAMA, July 15. Tho cero
mony of unveiling at Kurlhnma tho
monument to commemorate tho land
ing thcro of Commodore Perry, July
14, 1853, was performed yestorday by
Rear Admiral Rodgcrs, commanding
tho United States visiting squndron.
Viscount Kntsurn, tho Japanese pro
m lor, delivered the memorial nddresB
and a number of othor Japanese olll
clals of high rank woro present. Thrco
Ainorlcun nnd flvo Jnpuneso warships
saluted. Vurloim upeochca woro made
by AmorlcuiiH and Japanese, nil dwell
ing on tho t-loso relations between tho
two powers.
Votinci-r Druthers Are Out.
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 15. Cole
man nnd James Younger, who woro
grantod a conditional parole by the
board of pardons on Wedncsdny Inst
woro released from tho Stillwater pen
itentiary at 10 o'clock this morning.
For tho present they will mnko their
homo in Stlllwntor, and it has not yot
been docldcd whero they will bo em
ployed. Tho men spent their first day
of freedom upon a steamboat excur
sion that went up the St. Croix river.
COM IS SORELY KING
It Makes Another Big Advanco on Chi
cago and New York Markets,
BROKERS SWAMPED WITH ORDERS
farmers Decome Dulls When Profession
als Decln Deadline Wheat Conspicu
ous Dr Giving Corn a Close Race In
the Advance.
NEW YORK, July 13. Thcro was a
sceno of great excitement In both tho
wheat and corn markets at Now York
today, tho trading nggregaatlng ono
of tho largest day's totals In a year
or more, especially as to corn.
Prices Jumped 2 5-8 cents during tho
dny in corn, making 6& cents advanco
for tho week. Orders poured into tho
market so fast that tho brokers could
scarcely execute them at tho prices de
sired and tho usually Bninll crowd
around tho corn ring was increased
to such an extent that at times It nl
most outrivaled that In tho wheat pit.
Tho farmers havo taken tho bull Bldo .
Into their hands and in tho faco of
heavy realizing on tho part of profes
sionals havo kept prices going until
tho cry Is for CO-ccnt corn in Chicago.
Whero the present bull movement will
end depends a great deal on weath
er conditions In tho leading corn
states.
Wheat also took an extraordinary
Jump today and from being in a posi
tion almost entirely friendless nt onco
leaped into popularity with tho bulls,
and gavo corn a closo raco for leader-,
ship in tho advanco for tho day.;
Prices in New York closed 2 and 3
cents higher than yestorday and prac
tically at tho top price. Professionals
wero caught In this bulgo In wheat
and somo of them lost about all the
money they havo mado by selling long
corn to tho bull public. For weeks;
and for months wheat has been ham-;
mered persistently by everybody In tho!
belief that the crop would bo a record'
ono nnd moro than enough to mako
Hp tho foreign shortage Tho result
has been a huga short Interest, part
of which was caught In yesterday's
big advance. Tho remainder Is in a
stato of anxiety as to what tho out
come will bo, realizing that a much,
greater upturn must mean tho covering'
of a big lino of wheat. Today bulls
woro still further encouraged by re
ports that whent in tho Red river val
ley was being Injured by exccsslvo heat
after recent wet weather.
CHICAGO, July 13. Today's advices
to tho Board of Trado grain compa
nies are to tho effect that the heat
and drouth In tho southwest aro un
broken. It Is said that tho damago
outside of Kansas nnd Missouri is com
paratively Blight, but that unless thcro
is relief within tho noxt ten days tho
corn crop situation will npproach a
calamity.
A messago from Topeka, Kan., says
tho prospects nro for a crop of but
50,00,000 bushels of corn, although last
year's crop was 1G3.000.000 and tho
year before 237,000,000 bushels. Tho
loss of hay and potatoes Is also great,
second only to the loss of corn. It is
estimated that tho farmers of Kansas
and Missouri have already lost $50,000,
000 by tho torrldlty and drouth,
The straits In tho corn crop Is said
to bo owing to tho Intense heat and
lack of moisture nnd is reflected In
tho courso of prices of that coreal
on tho Board of Trade. Corn for Sep
tember delivery at tho opening today
sold simultaneously from 52c to 52c,
compared with the closo yesterday nt
51511(!c; shortly afterward it was
quoted at 52;4c, or 9 cents higher than
tho price ono month ago shortly be
foro tho hent nnd drouth began to
arouse misgivings as to tho future of
thi crop.
F.I Itenn Crowd Is Thinning.
WASHINGTON, July 13. Secretory
Hitchcock said that reports from tho
Oklnhoma registration showed tho
crowds In that country had digested
thoroughly tho president's proclnmn
tlon nnd realized that there was no
chnnco for speculators, Intruders, tres
passers or gnmblcrs. "The peoplo."
Bald tho Becretary, "realize that tho
lnnds nro being opened in good faith
to everybody qualified nnd thnt what
is given them Is not transferable."
Don. Klchnrd Hubhiird Drnd.
DALLAS, Tex., July 13. Hon. Rich
ard B. Hubbard, n former governor of
Tcxns nnd during President Cleve
land's administration United States
minister to Japan, died nt his homo In
Tyler, Tex., today.
Its a Mnimgenhle Dnllnon.
PARIS, July 13. M. Santos-Do-mont's
clgnr-shnped balloon, driven by
a motor, bnd a trial from St. Cloud
across Paris, around tho Eiffel towot
and back to St. Cloud. Tho paporB
say tho trip was qulto successful and
that the balloon ascended and descend
ed npp'arently at tho will of the aero
naut. Tomorrow ho will make an ofll
clal attempt to win tho prlzo of 100,000
francs offored by Henry Dcautsch for
a manageable balloon,