Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED Jl'KE 10, 1S71.
ONAIIA, HATPUI'JLV iMOBNING. JULY 13. 1901 TW12LE rAO.ES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CE3STT&
nil i)
Vtkss Ano'.h'r KI5 Advance on Chlcnjo
mi H.w YcrTt Markets.
BROKERS ALMOST SWAMPED WITH ORDERS
Farmer 1 Become EuIIj Whw Prfeionli
Becin Roa is ne. '
WHEAT, TOO, MAKES ITSELF CONSPICUOUS
Gini Com 01om Reoe in tbe Adraieei
of the Daj.
A7HER CONDITIONS NOW GOVERN ALL
Hull .Mnieiucnt In i:ntlrel Dependent
011 Wlint the Clement Do for tlic
LendlnK Corn Producing
Stnte.
NEW YORK, July 12, There was a scene
of great excitement In doth the wheat and
corn markets at New York today, the trail
ing aggregating one of the largest day's
totals In a year or more, especially as to
corn.
Triers Jumped 2 cents during the day
in corn, making 6 ',4 cents advance for the
week. Orders poured Into tho market so
fast that brokers could scarcely execute
thorn at the prices desired and the usually
email crowd around the corn ring was In
creased to such nn extent that at time
It almost outrivaled that In the wheat pit.
The farmers havo taken the bull side Into
their hands and In the face of heavy realiz
ing on the part of professionals have kept
prices going until thu cry Is for 60-cent
corn In Chicago. Where the present bull
movement will end depends a great deal
on weather conditions In the leading corn
atates.
Wheat also took an extraordinary Jump
today and from being In a position almost
entirely friendless at' once leaped into pop
ularity with tho bulls and gave corn a
close race for leadership In the advanco
for the day. Prices In New York closed
2 and 3 cents higher than yosterday and
practically at the top price. Professionals
were caught In this bulgo In wheat and
some of them lost about all tho money
they have made by selling long corn to tho
bull public. For woks and for months
wheat has been hammered persistently by
everybody In the belief that the crop would
be n record one tand more than enough to
mako up the foreign shortage. The result
Jiob been a huge short Interest, part of
which whs caught In yesterday's big ad
vance. Tho remainder Is In a state of anx
iety as to what tho outcome will bo, realiz
ing that a much greater upturn must mean
tho covering of a big line of wheat. Today
bulls were still further encouraged by re
ports that wheat In tho Rod river valley
was being Injured by excessive heat after
recent wet weather.
Same Way In Chicago.
ClUCAOCr, July 12. Today's' advices to the
Hoard of Trado grain companies are to the
effect that the heat and drouth In the south
West are unbroken. It Is aald that tho dam
age outside of Kansas and Missouri Is com
paratively slight, but that unless there Is
relief within tha next ten days tho corn
crop situation will approach a calamity.
A message from Topcka, Kan., says tho
prospects are for a crop of but 60,000,000
buBhels of corn, although last yoar's crop
was 163,000,000 and tho yenr before 237,000,
000 bushels. The Iosb of hay and potatoes
is also great, second only to thu loss nt
corn. It Is estimated that the fartnora of
Kansas and Missouri have already lost ISO,
000,000 by the torrldlty and drouth.
Tho stra'lts In the corn crop Is said to be
ewlng to tho Intense heat and lack of
moisture and is redacted In thr course of
prices of that cereal on tho .Hoard of Trade.
Corn for September delivery at the opening
today sold Elmultnneoucly from G2c to 2c,
compared with the closo yesterday at 51
51 Vic: shortly afterward It was quoted
t 62c, oi 0 cents higher than tho price
one month ago shortly botoro the heat nnd
drouth began to arouse misgivings as to
tho future of the crop. Not In years havo
Jiatural conditions attracted the prestnt
prices for corn, although .manipulation has
at times forced them higher. Thero was
a sharp demand from the country today,
but local speculators sold to realize profits,
claiming that nil damage so far had been
amply discounted by recently prevailing
prices, September oats today sold at 33c,
lMo higher than yestcrdny's close and 7c
higher than a month ago. Wheat, how
ever, Is lower than It was Juno 12, al
though tho September delivery nt tho open
ing today shuwrd an advance of lTftc over
the previous session's final figures,
RAILROADS FEEL THE EFFECT
nrpiirtn from Corn Melt Mend Prices
n( Ntoukn TiimlilliiK Down
AKnln,
NEW YORK. July 12. Prices of stocks
were set up only to bo knocked down again
this morning. Tha action of tho morkct
waB very feverish and erratic during the
first hour. Thero was a general decline
at tho opening, but determined and sys
tematic, support checked It and stocks wero
then bought with considerable animation up
to last ulght'a level und above. Net ad
vances of a point were reached by St.
Paul, Erie and Manhattan. Tho morning's
report from tho corn belt anil the strength
of the opening market sent prices of stock
crumbling again. The corn grangers led,
but tho whole list was affected, thn eas
tern trunk lines conspicuously so. Prices
were touched which showed losses from
last night In Texan & Pacific of Rock
Island and St, Louis & San Francisco, 4,
Iowa Central preferred, 1; St Paul nn
Lackawanna, 3V&: Union Pa lftc, 3H; K'ln In
Central, 3, and other leading rallroadt 2Q2H
There were large declines nniotig.M the In
dustrial group, Oenernl Electric losing
114 nnd Colorado Fuel ti,
Efforts to rally the market resulted In a
tow fitful and feverish' recoveries, but the
alert bears were easily ablo to cut tho bot
tom out of prices and dlslcdgo tho felling
orders placed nil through tho market to
top lueses, Margins were uncovered nnd
holdings were sacrificed unless additional
securities wero forthcoming to protect
brokers. In the bnnkH. the loan clerks
were kept at high tension scanning the
quotations on tho tape to guard ogalnst tho
reduction of tho margin of safety exacted
in the value of securities placed aB collat
eral for loans compared with the stock
market price. As prices of stocks de
clined stock brokers wore continually notl
fled to furnish mure collateral for their
loans o prevent the selling out of the
securities In the bankers' hands. The
tone of the market became decidedly de
moralized under tho procedure of forced
(Continued on Second Page.)
BETTER 0PINI0N0F THE BOERS
ntiKtlxli Military Circle Discredit
CliurKCH Hint They Slioot
Wounded llrltoiin.
(Copyright, 1M1, by Ptrra I'ubttthlng 7o )
LONDON, July 12. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Military
circle-!) attach no Importnncc to the i
chargo that tho lloeri shot nound-'
fd English soldiers at Vlakfon-'
tcln as printed by ths Jingo press.
fvlilnnfA lu ir.im nnA n n n I Pi, il I f I fl TV
'.'n'.v ...... i
'"(,., -idi frrtm thu Imtiprlnl venmanrv.
tj 'heir lives, nbandonlug guns,
con... "nd everything on the
first alarii. , ,ck.
A senration .. Uced In tho House
of Commons this ati. Aoon by n series of
inquiries saying that tho night after tho
Vlakfonteln fight tho Urltlsh, discovering
that the Doers wore surrounding their
camp, wero obliged to retreat, luavlng their
tents standing nnd their wounded behind
them. The question was put point blank as
to whether It was true or not that tho
llrltlsh wounded were abandoned. Lord
Stanley, financial secretary of tho war of
fice, declared that the war ofllco had no In
formation on the subject. John Dllllon
piled Lord Stanley with questions amid
cheers from the Irish benches until the
speaker named him, but after considerable
uproar a compromise was effected, Mr. Dil
lon giving notlco that ho will repeat his
question.
Colonul Recly, a tory member of Parlia
ment who served seventeen months In South
Africa, writes to the Times protesting
against tho charges of cruelty against the
Doers, whose kindliness nnd generosity to
the wounded, he snys, have been a striking
feature of tho war.
The only conceivable object of the Jingo
press Is to provide a pretext for refusing
quarter In tho hope of terminating tho war
In that wny.
The Dorrs attacked a constabulary post
at Houlkop July 11, Lord Kitchener reports,
capturing a seven-pound gun. The Doers
wero eventually driven on, the Drltlsh
losing three men killed and' sevrn wounded.
FRENCHMAN H0ME AGAIN
Senator -Sleiifrlrtt Una Wnrmet Word
of Irnle for United
Stntr.
PARIS, July 12. Senator Jules Siegfried,
thu former minister of commerce, has ar
rived hero from his American tour. In
an Intel view today M. Siegfried paid a
glowing tribute to the immense- commer
cial and Industrial expansion of the United
States, which, he said, would be further
Increased by the system of combinations.
Nevertheless, he added, tho people of Eu
rope must not allow themselves to be too
easily dazzled or frightened. He pointed
to the steel combine as an example of
capital Inflated to twice or treble the cost
of the amalgamated establishments and he
questioned whether dividends could be paid
on such Inflated capital.
"Americans," the senator said, "havo
changed In recent years. The Idea of
treaties of commerce is now dally gaining
ground. I met with considerable sympathy
In favor of a more liberal economic policy.
France mutt tnko Into consideration the
.amour propr of the United States; 'which
she had overlooked at the tlmo of the
Hlspano-Amcrlcan war."
Senator Rlegfrled also referred to the
great pleasure ho had derlvetvVfrom his
reception In Canada.
IT'S A MANAGEABLE BALLOON
'rcnohninn Sail Ilia Motor-Driven
Almlilp Any IMnrr He
W lulled In Purl.
PARIS, July 12. M. Santos-Demont's
cigar-shaped balloon, driven by n motor,
had a trial from St. Cloud across Paris,
around the Eiffel tower and back to St.
Cloud. The papers say the trip waa quite
successful and that the balloon ascended
and descended apparently at the will of
the ncronaut. Tomorrow ho will make an
official attempt to win tho prize of 100,000
francs offered by Henry Oeautsch for a
manageable balloon.
Scomlngly tho balloon was under al
most pcrfcs. control from first to
last, apart from the breaking of
tho ropo. The average speed was
forty kilometers an hour and tho ex
periment was raado at a height ranging
from 100 to 270 meters. Tho aeronaut
camo down six times on selected spots
without damaging the machine.
SCENE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Irish I.rmlrr Demands Information
About Miirm .Mnrderliiif
1'rlnoiifra,
LONDON, July 12. There was a noisy
scene In tho Houso of Commons today,
nrtslng from a question as to whether the
Drltlsh wounded wero left in the hands
of the Doers at Vlakfonteln. Lord Stanley,
financial secretary of tho War ofllco, de
clared tho War ofllco had no Information
on the subject, but John Dillon, Irish na
tionalist, backed up by the cheers nnd
shouts of the nationalists, piled Lord Stan
Icy with questions until the speaker Inter
vened. As Mr. Dillon declined to' give way
tho speaker named htm, but after consid
erable uproar n compromise was effected,
Mr. Dillon giving notice that be will re
peat his question Monday ,
R0SEBERY DESIRES TO SHINE
Coiineiieiit1y IIiin 'o TlinilKht,
.Sk-, of MiirrliiKf to Ducli
e of Allinii',
He
(Copyright, ll, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, July 12. (Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Lord Rose
bery, being tuked what truth thero was In
his repor'ed ongrgMiient to marry the duch
ess of Albany, replied; "It Is a rlJIcu'.oui
fiction, without an atom of foundation of
Any sort."
Such an alliance would mean Rosebery's
oxtlnctlon politically,
30ERS TAKE ANOTHER GUN
Se veii-I'iiinuler In Their Ilrwnrd
Attiick nt lloutko Ten
llrltl'.li Shut,
for
LONDON. July 12. A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria and mado
public today, snys th'i Doers attacked a
nonstnbnlary post nt Houtkop July 11, cap
turing a seven-pound gun. They wero
eventually driven off. The Drltlsh lost
was threo killed and seven wounded.
Colored M'nmrn'a Prraldrnt.
Rl'FFALO, July U.-Mrs. J. R.. Yates nf
Kansas City won elected president of the
National Association of Colored 'Women
this evening, defeating Mrs. nnnker T.
Washington and Mrs. hruce of Josephine.
Miss. Mrs. Yates has been treasurer of
tho association four years.
IMSTOiVS OFFICIAL STORY
Derartmeit Uir i PnbHc Hie Account ef
Lip.nrt AfcUi&aido.
GENEROUS IN PRAISE FOR THE OTHERS
llTlilntns llorr Vnrlon Offlrer, Xi
tle nnd the Vlckfllmru Altcd
In CiituhliiK the Filipino Off
111m lliiiiril.
WASHINGTON. July 12. Tho War de
partment today made public Drlgadler
(lenernl Funston's report of tho capture nt
Agulnaldo, made under date of May 6.
This report prints In dctnlls nil tho facta
relating to the capture of Agulnaldo which
woro inaac public at that time. General
Funston shuns that his cntlro plan of
the expedition was submitted to tho com
manding general of tho Department of
Northern Luzon and then was sent to
General MacArthur, by whom It as ap
proved. General Funston goes Into details
concerning the captured correspondence
ffom Agulnaldo and the use ho made of
Ceclllo Saglsmund, who had presented
himself to Lieutenant J. D. Taylor of tho
Twenty-fourth Infantry with letter of
Agulnaldo that ho was to deliver to vari
ous Insurgent chiefs. General Funston
gives the following account of the forged
letters which were used to docelvo Agul
naldo: On October 24, 1000, while scouting In the
vicinity of Onpan, Nueva Eclja. I had sur
prised tho Insurgent chief LncJtia In his
camp und had captured, among other
things, some writing paper which liore his
headquarters seal. On this piiner two let
ter wore written to Agulnaldo over the
curefully forged signature, of Lacuna. One
of these letters wns dated February 21, 1W1,
at llueln, u place In tho mountains east of
Pannr. In It Lacuna acknowledged the re
ceipt of Agulualdo'ii letters of January 13
nnd 14 and thanked him for the cunllrma
tlon of his (Lacuna's) appointment us
brtgndlcr gennrnl, made some tlmo pre
viously by AleJandrlno.
It will be remembered that tho letters of
Agulnaldo referred to had fallen Into our
hands. Our letter Indulged In thu usual
rhetoric employed by the Insurgent chiefs
lit their correspondence and gave a glowing
account of the progress of tho campaign
from the standpoint of Lacuna.
Letter tlmt Undid AKtilnnldo.
Another letter, supposedly from tho same
place, but dated February 28. was prepared
stnllng that the writer had Just received a
communication from Hnldcmero, Agulnaldo
ordering him to send one of Ills best com
panies under u reliable chief to Emtllo
Agulnaldo In Isabela. In accordance with
these orders he was sending this force
under Lieutenant Colonel Hllarlo Plncldo.
The latter, he stated, had been captured by
the Americans u yeur ago, nnd after his
release ho had lived In Jaen, but recently
had taken to the Held ngnln when ordered
to do so by Lacuna. Thin was Included In
tho letter for fear that Agulnaldo might
huvo heard that I'lacldo had been cap
tured by the Americans and nnd taken the
oath of allegiance. Tho letter also stated
that Agulnaldo'8 courier, Ceclllo Sagls
tnundo, was with Lucunu and would ac
company the column.
These two letters were dictated by me.
but were written by Segovia. We wero in
possession of n number of samples of La
cuna, s signature and had previously suc
ceeded In executing u good forgery of this
uutogrnph at the end of each one of the
sheets.
Of the actual capture' General Funston
ays:
' The Maccababoa-Htarted up Into tho town
aim wu iirnru a. -iew snots, rollowed by
scattered firing. We hastily crossed the
f ve.r And running Up on the town found
moralized and firing wildly In. every dlreo-
' " j,' Bunco unucr control with
some difficulty. Agulnuldn'a guard of about
fifty armed nnd neatly uniformed men Irid
been drawn up to receive the relnforco
mcnts, and on being llred Into broke and
ran, a few of them returning the tiro ua
thoy retreated. Agulnaldo, with his oftl
cora, had waited in his quarters. I'lacldo
and Segovia entered tho house to report
their arrival, and after n short conversa
tion Segovia stepped outside the house und
ordered the Muccabebes. who hud Just coma
up. to open lire on tho Insurgents who
were standing In line at a distance of about
fifty yards. The Muccaliebea were so e-t-cited
and nervous that their fire was Ine'f-
.VrtheBr' rraZle" .JM Wthrw!
infBamS5lt?ogn!,,Mn r,neS an" rouJs
Opn I-'Ire on Oilier.
,iV2o!lfKn i18! sKi'o.Lhad given the order
he ran back Into tho house and opened fire
..5 m,Se,?8 surrounding Agulnaldo. Ho
wounded Villa and Alhambra. The latter
Jumped out of the house into the river nnd
was not seen again. Villa, on being wound
ed Hurrendered us did also SnntlSgo Uar
eclona, Agulnaldo's treasurer. Tho live re
malnlng .officers escaped from the house and
sw?n.' .t,ni,r,vejr- I'lacldo seized AgVtlnnldo
and told him that ho was a prisoner of the
Americans. At this Juncture the Americans
KTnT1 !?..,.he "'"e.nnd. irnve their atten
tion to getting the Muccabebes under con
trol and protecting the prisoners from them
One Maccabebe had a slight gunshot
wound in tho forehead. gunsnoi
In conclusion General Funston praises
generously all who had a sharo In tho ex
pedition, mentioning Captain Hazard,
Captain Newton, Lieutenant Hazard and
Lieutenant Mitchell, whllo especially prais
ing Lieutenant Taylor for the discretion he
showed after obtaining the Agulnaldo let
ters. He also speaks In high praise of
Commander Darry of tho Vlckaburg and tho
assistance tho navy rendered him.
INGALLS PRAISES FUNSTON
Hon of the Senator Say Americans
Now Are Safe Anywhere In
the IMUIIituliies.
ATCHISON, Kan., July 12. Captain
Ralph Ingalls, son of the late Johu J,
Ingalls, cx-Unlted States senator from
Kansas, who has returned from the Phil
ippines, says tho charges against Captain
A , S. Rowan at Atchison tor burning a
Filipino town have been magnified.
"I do not think tho damage amounted to
1160." he said, "and tho wbolo town, which
consisted simply of huts, could be rebuilt
in a day. Knowing Captain Rowan as I do
I feel safe In saying that he would not
havo destroyed tho town If he Had not had
eufllcleut cause.
"Oe-eral Funston Is tho central figure
In Manila. The nntlves flock around him
wherever ho goes to get a good look at
him. Before Funston captured Agulnaldo
on American was not safe away from the
protection of tho soldiers In northern
Luzon, but as soon as .ue capture wns
verified tho situation changed. Americans
are safe anywhere."
Captain Ingalls served In the commissary
department In northern Luzon,
SECRETARY R00J IN KANSAS
Salute of Seventeen Gnm to lie Tired
nt Fort I.envrn worth
Wednesday.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July 12. Lieu
tenant Colonel Jesse M, Lee, commanding
at Fort Leavenworth, has received a dis
patch announcing that Ellhu Root, secre
tary of war, will arrive at the post at
11:40 n. m. Wednesday next. He will be
recelvsd with a salute of seventeen guns
and the entire garrison wll", turn out under
arms in his honor.
During the afternoon the post commander
and officers will give Mr. Root a recep
tion. A reception will alio be given him
In the city at night.
KILLED BY AN OMAHA MAN
A. C. HoKcr or .South Ml. Joe Shot
Dcud ! A. . (Nipelnnil, former
llnnU Teller.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 13. (Special
Telegram.) A. C. Hogera of South St.
Joseph, Mo., was shot and killed at 7
o'clock tonight on Union Pacific train No.
0 near Wamautta, Wyo., by A, N, tope
land, formerly a bank teller of Omaha.
Copcland attacked Roger without warn
ing and fired three shots, nil of which took
effect before he was overpowered by Drake
man Schnmp, who had n narrow escape
from tho bullets from Cppeland's pistol.
Rogers never uttered a word after botng
shot.
Ills body was left at Rawlins and Cope
land was turned over to thu sheriff at that
place. ,
Copoland Is believed to be Insane. Ho
talks In n rambling manner about his trou
bles, but from his story It Is, fathered that
ho and Rogers wero In San Francisco to
gether, where, he toys, he was hypnotized
by Rogers.
Ho says ho killed his companion to save
his own life and break the hypnotic spell.
From papers found on tho dead man It Is
believed he was traveling fur Swift & com
pany of Chicago.
Copeland 1b believed to be tho man who
married a Denver belle two years ago and a
month later deserted his brldf'ln San Fran
clsco.
ALMOST HEADLESS, BUT LIVES
Jonrph Ilnrdlck'M rek a Wreck and
He Will Hare tn Cue
Mnte'H MlKnnla.
CHICAGO, July 12. Although his head
Is almost torn from the body, Joseph Bur
dlck Is still alive, furnishing. It Is said,
one of tho most remarkable cases known
to physicians. Burdlck's' head was all but
taken off by a huge.pieco of metal which
fell across his neck by thn overturning of
a flat car yesterday. The trachea and
larynx were completely torn away and the
unfortunate man was taken to a hospital
presumably to dlt.
By some fortune his neck was not
broken nor wero tho Jugular vein nnd caro
told artery Injured, although both were un
covered where the flesh was taken away.
At the hospital he waa quickly operated
upon and he was furnished with n device
for breathing which projects 4from tho
throat Just above tho collarbone.
Dr. Gary, In speaking of tho ensn today,
said: "Hunt, tbe medical authority, cites
only twenty-sovfo cacs of a character that
even approaches this and nlno of them ap
proach It In the completeness of the work
of destruction.
"It Is safe to assume that tha injured
man will live and ha-will bo confronted "by
a peculiar condition. He will never bo
able to utter a sound, not even a groan. He
will have to 'acquire tho meoai of com
munication used by muton urt.o do this
ho wilt have to start In life otf'-'Jtie bottom,
Just as a child has to."
VINDICATES MRS. CONGER
iv York 1'nner Admit It Waa
Wrong: In It .Story of Ions
MlnUter'n Wife.
NEW YORK, July 12. (Special Telo
gram.) The wlfo of Minister Conger to
day forced a New York paper, the Evening
Journal, to publish her letter donylng tho
charge of looting In China, On Juno 26
that paper published a cablegram charging
Mrs. Conger and Lady McDonald with or
dering the Chinese storerooms. In the Pckln
pnlaco broken open. Mrs. Conger at the
time of publication wns In Ronton. When
her attention was called to the story sho
wrote a personal letter branding tho
chargo as absolutely false and demanding a
'prominent place In the paper for her denial.
Her letter was entirely Ignored. Mrs. Con
ger after waiting wrote again and receiving
no attention brought n libel suit for $50,
000 damages. Papers were served today
and In the most pomlnent place at the
top of the page with big headlines tho
paper publishes her letter of July 26 with a
profuso apology ending with the admlsstou
that the article referred to did Mm. Con
ger a great Injustice. This Is all Mrs. Con
ger desired and she will withdraw her suit.
EL RENO CROWD IS THINNED
Iltehardn Iteportn thnt Oklahoma
Land ItentMmtlon Job In Now Ile-
comliifr Coiniinrntlvrly Unny
I
WASHINGTON, July 12. Secretary Hitch
cock said today that the reports from tho
Oklahoma registration showed that- tbe
crowds tu that country had digested thor
oughly tha president's proclamation and
realized that thero was no chance for
speculators, Intruders, trespassers or gam
blers. "Tho people," said tho secretary, "re
alize that the lands arc bolng opened In
good faith to everybody qualified and that
what Is given them Is not transferable,"
Following Is the telegraphic report re
ceived at tho Interior dopartment today
from Assistant Commissioner Richards at
El Reno, dated last night: '
Registered here today, 6.600; nt Stilt yes
terday., about 1.10O. No report of nuTber
registered there today. Everything moving
smoothly nt both places. Crowd till ned
so much that we will only work from !i
until t tomorrow, unless a great number
come In,
OHIO JUDGE TAKES0WN LIFE
D, A. Itliaxrll nf Pnnierny, Prominent
tn State' AITuIrn, Shoot Him
self In Cliii'liiluitl.
CINCINNATI. O., July 12. D, A. Russell
of Pomeroy, Judge of tho circuit court, com
mitted suicide hero today, Judge Russell
killed hlmsolf In his room at the Pnlaco
hotel with a revolver. He was a prominent
republican and was a candldato for tho
nomination for supremo Judgo before tbe
recent republican convention In Juno,
Ho was vice president of the Pomoroy
National bank and Interested In several
other Investments, one of which, a gold
mine In Colorado, failed to materialize.
This fact probably prompted his sulcldo.
Movement of Ocrnn Vessel Jnl- 12,
At New York Arrived: Frederlch der
Gtosse, from Bremen.
At Boston Arrived: New England, from
Liverpool,
At Hamburg Arrived: Northeastern,
from Chicago and Montreal via London.
At Indon (July 11) Sailed: Mesabu, for
New York.
At Movllle Palled: Ethiopia, from Olas.
gow, for New York; Tunlsclan, from Liver
pool, for Montreal.
At Oenoa Arrlvrd: Werro, from New
York via Qlbraltar nnd Naples.
At Uheruourc sailed: Columbia, for
iiumuurg ana oouinampion, tor .New York,
HEAT ThUES MERCILESS
Wan atd Hit Crapi Both Fetl tha 1 fleet
f Iti ditjra
.FB3ASKA AND IOWA KEEP UP WELL
Both States Stilt lloprfnl nf Corn
Croi Kiiiisna mid Southern Com
munities Mend I. en Cheer
fill lienor!,
LINCOLN, July 12. Tho heat in Lincoln
and southeast Nebraska today was ono de
greo more intense than yesterday, tho max
imum temperature for this city being 102,
which was about the average for n largo
section of the statu. Sumo towns reported
107. Reports to grain companies here say
tho corn crop Is not appreciably damaged,
except thu early planted, which tins reached
n critical stago In Its growth. Oats and
potatoes nro lu a bad way and will not
make half a crop.
DBS MOINES, July 12. Tho government
thermometer registered a temperature of
102 nt 3:30 this afternoon, the highest of
tho year. Director Sago of tho weather
crop service says that owing to the grenl
amount of moisture- In the ground the Iowa
corn crop has not suffered 2 per cent.
BURLINGTON, la., July 12. The drouth
throughout southeastern Iowa was partly
broken this afternoon by light showers and
cooler temperature. The mercury nt I
p ""in 103.
TOPEKA, Kan., July 12. Tho weather
In Kansas continued very hot today, tho
highest temperature reported being 110 at
' Fort Scott. Tho heat was accompanied
by a light breeze from tho south, which
camo us from a redhot furnace, blasting
and withering vegetation of all kinds.
A careful perusal of crop reports from
all parts of tho state Indicates that Kansas
will not raise more than 60.000,000 bushels
of corn this year. The crop will thus be
less than n third of last yoar's yield and
less than a fifth of 1893. Tho late corn
Is all that will yield anything, tho early
product being given up moro than two
weeks ago. Late corn Is Just half as high
as It usually Is by this tlmo of year. This
fact Is proving Its salvation. If It had
attained Its growth it would have gone
soon after tho early corn. The fact that
thero has been no good rain for threo
months has retnrded tho late corn until
It Is no higher than It usunlly Is in May.
Opinions and reports differ as to tho ex
tent of the damage to corn. Secretary
Coburn of tho 8tate Board of Agriculture,
a recognized authority, ndmlts that the
crip Is practically a failure.
Wheat is nearly all In the stack. In
many cases It has been harvested, only to
be burned. As much as 20,000 acres of
wheat In the stack has been burned dur
ing the last two weeks. The fires started
from the slightest causes, so Intensely dry
Is everything, and when thoy are once
started there Is no water on hand with
which to fight them. Trees are showing
tho effects of the drouth. Leaves are fall
ing like late In the summer. Half gro.n
fruit Is shriveling, dying and dropping
from the trcos.
HOW THE SOUTH IS FARING
Cooler In St. I.onl, bnt Worif Than
Ever Before In the Iteirfon
of Memphis.
ST. LOUIS, July 12. No signs of a
radical change In tho torrid weather have
appeared on tho official horizon, but Gov
ernment Forecaster Hyatt believes that
conditions In and about St. Louis will soon
resolve themselves Into slightly coolcrl
weather. Today was not so hot as Thurs
day. Tho 'highest temperature was 101,
registered at 3 o'clock In the afternoon, ob
against 104 for the same tlmo yesterday.
Sovoral prostrations due to tho heat wero
reported today.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 12. Tho ther
mometer fell rapidly last night from yes
terday's record of 103 and at 0 o'clock this
morning stood at 80 degrees, with a pleas
ant breeze.
SELMA, Ala., July 12. Tho thermom
otcr, unofficial, registered 112 degrees at 1
o'clock today.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 12. This was the
warmest day of the year In tho central
southern states and parts of tbe south-!
west. Many places In western Tennessee,
Arknnsas, north Mississippi, Louisiana and
Tcxbb report that all beat records wero
broken during tho afternoon. In Mom
phis the official report was 102 degrees at
6 o'clock. It Is the highest temperature
ever recorded here. At Little Rock the
highest temperature ever recorded was of
ficially reported at 4 o'clock today, when
the mercury reached 106 degrees. No pros
trations occurred thore. Pine Bluff re
ports the warmest day on record with one
fatality. In Mississippi the heat was In
tense throughout tho day. At Jacksonville,
Vlcksburg and Natchez all records were
broken Crops, especially corn, all
through north and east Mississippi aro
drying up. Louisiana Is also In the hot
wave. Hhroveport reports the hottest day
In Its history, the government thermom
eter registering 90.8 In the afternoon. The
Intense heat has broken somewhat In a fow
counties In western Texas. San Angcllo,
Colo., Midland and Big Springs, all In the
extreme western part of tho state, report
a rainfall varying from one to three Inches.
Theso points ro In a section devoted al
most exclusively to stock raising. The
agricultural part of north and northwest
ern Texas Is still unrelieved from the
drouth. In somo places rain has not
fallen In two months. At Austin good
rnlns fell Wednesday nnd broko the long
drouth In that vicinity. San Antonio ro
ports i. rainfall of 1.76 Inches. The crops
In the southwestern section of tho stato
nro In fair condition. Showers foil at
Richmond and Sequin today nnd Houston
nnd Galveston report rains In the lart few
days. At Dallas rain has not fallen for
ntarly six weeks,
MARSHALL, Mo., July 12. The govern
ment thermometer stood at 108 at 2:30
thlB afternoon, tho highest temporaturo
ever recorded hero. Nothing Is being
raised, no corn, vegetables or fruit.
HITS CHICAGO PRODUCE MEN
rotator, Rreen Corn nnd f'nhliuito
All Avrny Up, Onlnit to
Contlnurd Drynr,
CHICAGO, July 13. The long continued
dry, hot weather has already mndo a
dearth and Is rapidly making a prospective
famine In farm produce, Potatoes nro 150
per cent higher than a year ago, when
new Early Ohio's fold from 27 to 29 cents
a bushel. Thoy aro now 05 cents to l.
Green corn Is 100 per cent higher. Dealers
could then buy It for 25 and 30 cents a
bushel. They are now required to pay SO
and 60 cents. New cabbage at this time last
year could be bought at fl per 100. The
prlco Is now 11.75.
CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nehruskn-Falr, Continued
Warm Saturday; Sunday Partly cloudy,
Probubly Slunvcrs anil Nut So Wuim ti
Northern I'oitlun; Southerly Winds, Be
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KANSAS CITYM0B AT JAIL
Would Tn he VenncniM'e on ,rgriie
for Axnniilt mi MIh timet
llnvh.
KANSAS CITY, July 13. 1 n. m. The
mob seems to have abandoned Us lynching
plan. Five hundred men, In squads of
seventy-five, ore raiding the negro quarter
lu tho north end, chasing and boating
negtoctf and smashing windows.
KANSAS CITY, July 12. A crowd of
2,S0i) excited men and boys surrounds thu
county Jail In this city tonight, clamoring
for vengeauco against three negroes who
criminally assaulted Mian Grace Davis
Wednesday night In a populous and highly
respectable neighborhood.
Eight biispucts, two of whom havo been
Identified, aro held at tho Jail. It Is
thought that Marshal, Maxwell nnd his
deputies will be able to protect the pris
oners. Tho crime which incensed tho citi
zens of the city is ono of tho most daring
outrages ever perpetrated here. Miss
Davis and her escort, Vornlo Newton,
wero walking home after having spent the
evening at Troost park. At Nineteenth
street and Woodland avonuo throe negroes
sprang upon them from behind. Nowton
was knocked Bcnscless and Miss Davis wns
dragged 400 feet Into a private park and
assaulted. When s'he recovered con
sciousness her escort was still Insensible
They aro both In a critical condition.
Tho rrowd now at the courthouse Is
largely composed of the rough element,
such as gathers oagcr for trouble of any
sort, but dozens of Influential citizens are
urging tho people to go home. It Is said
that six of the negro suspecta havo beon
spirited away to tho workhouse. Thu
ncgroos still tn Jail are the two who have
been Identified Joseph Roberts and Frank
Holland. There Is deep feeling over tho
outrago among all classes of the community,
which has been aroused already by tho
murder of Tom Scruggs, son of a promlneat
citizen, by a gang' of ruffians In Troost
park last month.
KANSAS CITY, July 18.-12:30 a. m. Tho
mob has taken to) boating negroes with
whom n quarrel can be provoked and ten
black men have been beaten. A number
of '-pistol shots have been fired, but no
ono wounded. The crowd hat begun to
diminish.
12:40 a. m. Thirty-five pollcemon hare
driven the mob from tho courthouso block,
but 500, men-remain., la..the streets sr block
aw.'"' Among these a rumqr Is current
that a big rcowd of stockyards men will
arrive at 1 o'clock prepared to storm the
Jail. Tho police ..scoff at this report and
say there will be no further trouble tonight.
OLD SOL SHOWS MISSOURI
Ron the Mercury Illa-her Thnn the
Southiretrrn I'art Ever Savr
It fio Before,
KANSAS CITY, July 12. This was the
hottest day ever experienced In the south
western part of Missouri. In Kansas City
for four hours this afternoon tho govern
ment thermometer registered 103, while the
mercury on tho street in the downtown
districts soared to 108 and 110. Lant night
was oae of the worst hot nights of which
Kansas CltyanB have any recollection.
Hardly a breath of air has stirred here for
the last twenty-four hours and great suf
fering has resulted, especially among the
poor In tho river bottoms. Five prostra
tions were reported In Kansas City, none
so far fatal.
At Joplln 105 degrees was reported. Pav
ing contractors found It difficult to keep
their men at work and men and horses at
many of the zlno mines were compelled to
quit at 2 o'clock for tbe day. But one rain
has visited Joplln and tho surrounding
country since May nnd several mining
plantn aro on tho vergo of shutting down
because of the scarcity of water.
At Springfield 104 degrees was recorded,
the highest In tho history of tho signal
service there, and four prostrations wero
reported.
ST. JOSEPH, July 12. Tho heat reached
Its highest point today, 112 in tho busi
ness sections of the city. There Is llttlo
corn damaged on the bottom lands In the
northern part of the state, but another
day like this one and all will bo boyond
the redemption of rain. Creameries are
forced to shut down because they can buy
no milk, the country supplies being cut
off. Live stock Is being hustled to mar
ket, but thero is talk of closing tho pack
ing houses until the Intense heat Is past,
as so many workmen are being affected.
LAWRENCE, Kan., July 12. The record
of tho weather kept by Chancellor F. H.
Snow of the University of Kansas showed
today's temperaturo tn bo tho hottest in
thirty-four yenrs, Tho mercury reached
105.5 degrees.
LONDON IS ALSO SIZZLING
I'roatriitlnn of Man nnd Meant Handi
cap Illinium and Mnim
ffiRtiirtnir. LONDON, July 12. The, heat wave hero
Is becoming more tropical. Londoners
wero not prepared for It, and, consequently
they aro suffering greatly. The official
thermometers nt 10 o'clock this morning
registered from 85 to 87 In tho slindn, hut
tho ordinary thormomotors showed several
degrees higher. Thorn wero many Btin
strnkci, prostrations and falntlngs in the
streets, which kept the ambulances busy.
Tho number of omnibuses running was
considerably reduced In consequence of tho
cxhautitlnn of tho horses, nnd the Iron
works and ship building yards were te
rlnusly handicapped on account of tho en
forced absence of tbe workmen who were
suffering from the heat.
ST. PAUL IS SURELY SAINTLY
Talk of Ciml flrrrne, n Temperature
of .Sixty DeKrer nnd Other
(irent Urllcnele,
ST. PAUL, July 12. The comfortable
weather of the laat few days continue! hero,
a cool brcoie blowing and the official tem
perature ranging from 60 to S8.
AGAIN IT'S COLUMBIA
j
x.rci far Supremacy In Dfni f tha Cup
Grows CiMplicaUd.
CONSTITUTION OVER TWO MINUTES BEHIND
.ripp!d Indiptedeioe Mtkt a UajuificHit
fchowiar to tha Eid.
WITH TOPMAST GONE FINISHES FAST
Keiton tat Dtmantratej It Ilts Yt U
B KeekoBtd With.
GREATEST CHEERS f OR THE 1899 DEFENDER
It SIumv finllnnt Intention to SH
Attain AHnlnM nn KiikIInIi Cluillrii
tter mid I'm Sew Herrrnohon
Craft to Severest Test.
NUWronT, R. I July 12,-Columblft
again defeated Constitution lu today's raeu
by a margin In corrected tlmo of two nilu-.
utes and nineteen seconds, IndcpciidJiico
bolng oneo more lust, after losing Its top
mast at the very start. Tho IJoston boat,
however, sailed such a remarkably plucky
race after being shorn of Its top gear that
It Ib generally believed here tonight that
It would havo won todny's race but for tho
accident.
For twenty minutes after the start Inde
pendence sailed with tho wreck of Its club
topsutl trailing astern, while for six moro
It was motionless, luffed In (he wind, whllo
the crew cleared away the tangle. All this
tlmo tho two other yachts wero speeding
along under all sail, yet Independence whs
only beaten seven minutes and forty-two
seconds at the first mark and sailed the
sccoud leg of the triangle tn lets tlmo than
either of the other yachts, although they
carried club topanlls.
In the run homo tbe two Bristol boats,
under a great press of sail, beat tho Law
son yacht a llttlo over four minutes In
ten miles. This fine showing of Independ
ence did not In any wny detract from tho
Interest In tho contost between the two
Herrescboff yachts.
CalnmMn Never Headed.
Columbia was never headed by Constitu
tion, but tho new boat gave the old ono a
warm contest. Columbia had the best of
the reaches, but Constitution sailed tho
windward stretch a mtnuto and a half
taster than tho old boat. The result of tho
four contests by theso boata leaves much
to be determined, especially aa to their
relatlvo merits except In light airs.
Today'a race waa sailed in a flftecn-knot
wind, the northeaster today being much
atrongcr than the southwester of yesterday.
The accident to Independence occurred
within two minutes after the start, the
preventer backstay breaking tha cleat,
so that the topmast, with no support, broko
hart oft at tbe masthead. Fortunnlely
none of the mainsail halyards on the ataya
for the head anils -waif affected,' so that
when the wreck waa cleared away tho yacht
waa ablo to keep On.
All Heat for Ten Days.
Today ended the series and tbe yachts
wilt not meet again for nt least ten days,
Constitution going to llrlstol, Columbia to
Now York and Independence probably to
Now London. Of tbe four events under tho
Newport Yacht Racing association Constitu
tion won the first two In itgnt airs, bcntlng
the other yachts by a large margin, while
Columbia won tho other two In close fin
ishes. Indcpcndo'nco has lost In every race,
although qulto near the other two yachts
In the last two contests.
Official time of today'a race:
Cor-
Stnrt. Finish. Elap'd. rectel.
Columbia 11:11:M 2:09;3.1 2:67:17 2:Mi!1
Constitution .. 11:12:00 2:10:53 2:58:59 2:5 :5!
Independence.. 11:11:51 2:13:5-3 3:08:07 3:07:21
INDEPENDENCE SURE WINNER
That' the Opinion of All onV Hoard
tint for Time I,ot Through
Areldent.
NEWPORT, R. I., July 12. When Inde
pendence camo up Into the harbor after
the rare It was found that no one had
beon hurt by tho accident. When aaked
how much the accident coat Indepondenco
Cnptnln Haft said It waa certainly all of
that margin by which It waa beaten by
the winning boat.
Tho big clubtopsall was hanging and
dragging In tho water at loast twenty
mtnutcB and for nearly six minutes In
dependence lay to In order to get clear
nf tho rigging.
ATI this loss of time, added to the handi
cap caused by the absence of the big top
sail during nearly the entire rnco, was
more than enough to provont Independence
from winning.
This Is tho Judgment of all on board.
Mr. Duncan, manager of Constitution,
had nothing to say nfter tho race In ex
planation of Its defeat by Columbia.
LAWS0N SURE OF HIS BOAT
Fntrt Ship Atlont Is HI Admlrlnur
l.snxnsKt for the Vnfnrtnuate
Independence,
NEWPORT, R. I.. July 12. Thomas W.
l.iwson Issued the following statement to
night: "Topmast gono, leaking badly and four
times a loser, Independence nrrlved at
anchor tonight after Its flrHt nerlcs of
races, In tho hearts nf thoRo who have
been with It from Its birth, tho only ones
who really know tho rrnft, Unit noblo old
veteran. Captain Hank Hoff, hlB two nover
tlrlng officers, as good a crew as over trod
a deck, tho boat'B designer, Its sallmnker,
Its rigger, tho band of yachtrmen who havo
sailed on It and tho grizzly old polar bc-ir
that rlden Its main peak, tho fastest ship
that ever Balled.
"I say thin with no thought cir Intention
of takln from Conatltutlnn and Colum
bia, or thone who have built them, or
snlled th'-m, a Jot of that to which thy
are entitled, nnd I think thoro Ik tin on?
who given thorn inoro praise than I I
think thoy have shown themselves mag
nificent boats and after much curnful
thought and nfter many dlsnnpolnttnonu
nnd In my peculiar position, w perhaps a
llttlo bettor Insight than nny ulher, 1 nan
unhesitatingly ni- that my h'illnf, will li
has never wavered, In the ability of Inde
pendence eventually to show Its stern to
anything nflont, has been strengthen I by
everything It haw done whllo at Newport.
"I may bo wrong, but If I can procure
races for Independence throughout the nua
son, I believe It will make those who
Judged It hastily admit Ihelr error. I do not
want to make excuses for our defeat, but I
think It only fair to the boat tn touch
on one vital point Its trip around Capo
Cod almost wrecked It. Tim conditions