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New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
RAIN FALLS IN TEXAS

Houston. Tex. July 21.-In the last three days
reports of good rains have been received from
about ten, counties in Texas about one-half OF
them in the cotton growing region. 4 group OF
large cotton producing counties in the central por-
ton OF the State have had no rain. but elsewhere
the fall has been sufficient the Immediate needs
of the crop. Picking will begin i'm Southwestern
Texas in the coming week, and the cottor is be-
ginning to open freely In south central Texas To-
days rain extended well over South Texas.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
HEAT RECORDS BROKEN IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. July 21.-All heat records since the
establishment OF the Weather Bureau in Chi
cago, thirty years ago were broken to-day. the
government thermometer registering lo2 de-
grees. Down on the street it was from 3 to
degrees hotter. and to add to the suffering
hot, sitting wind. like blast from furnace
blew all day from the southwest. From 8
clock in the morning, when the thermometer
registered II. q gradual rise followed until at
430 p. M. the top notch had been reached.
Shortly after that time the wind veered around
toward the lake, and caused drop to 30 at $50
o'clock. Prostrations were numerous and police
ambulances were kept busy taking care of per-
sons who were overcome in the streets.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22

ALL RECORDS BRoKEN-DAY OF PRAYER
FOR RAIN GENERALLY OBSERVED
st. Louis. July 21.-On this, the day that Gov
ernor Dockery designated for fasting and prayer
TO God that the present drouth might be ended
in Missouri, all records for hot weather In St
Louis were broken, the Weather Bureau ther-
mometer on the Custom House registering 1O6
degrees. On the streets and in exposed pla ces
the mercury went many degrees higher The
record broken was that of 104 made in the
early eighties.
AS early as a. the day gave promise OF
being unusually At that time the ther-
moneter registered 80 degrees, and from then
on until 800 p. m. the mercury steadily climbed
upward under the impulse of a fierce sun shin
ing from a cloudless sky. Hardly breath of
air stirred all day and the little that did crcu-
late came the draft from a furnace so in
tensely hot it,
The Governors proclamation was generally
needed nearly every church in the city holding
well attended services, given up to prayer that
the drouth which has prevailed several months
and threatens the destruction of all vegetation
might be broken.
This is the second proclamation of the char
acter ever made in the history OF Missouri. In
1873, a time of drouth and grasshopper pest
Governor Charles H. Hardin called upon the
people of the State to pray for relief This call
was also generally observed
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22

open.ng Of the mill would have helped the trust
and injured the strikers IN my district, which IS
comprised Of Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Youngs,
town, Canton. Massillon and few small Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania towns The strikers IN ms
district are standing shoulder TO shoulder, and are
prepared TO make the fight Of their lives. IL neces-
sary they Will remain Idle all winter. although
DO not think the trust will hold out that length or
time. Our demands perfectly just, ano with
public sympathy side will surely win III
the smaller trusts independent companies at
tempt aid the in this strike they will soon
find themselves crippled.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
THIRrY-Two DAYS OF HEAT IN KANSAS.

Kansas City, July 2l.-The heat to-day broke
all records, the temperature at p. being 1o4
degrees This is the thirty-second day of the
hot spell, and there is ro indication of change
Three deaths, due to heat were reported o-day
Prayers for rain were offered in nearly all the
churches in Kansas City to-day and generally
throughout Kansas. So far as heard no rain
of any consequence has fallen in any portion of
the drouth belt in the last twenty four hours
and conditions everywhere are discouraging.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
DIVER DID NOT COME Up.

Denis Gallagher, seventeen years old. of No
54' East Fifteenth-st. with number of COM.
panions was about to have a swim I'm the East
River at Fourteenth-st. yesterday. when he met
his death. Gallagher made one dive. and did not
come 10 the surface again. IT is supposed that
in rising his head came in contact with the
bottom of a rowboat moored near by.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
SHORTAGE OF HAY CROP.
MAY SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE CATTLE
SUPPLY OF THE COUNTRY

SUPPL4 OF THE COUNTRY.
st. Louis. July A.-Norman ]. Coleman, former
Secretary of Agriculture, who has been receiving
for the last week full reports the hay crop from
all the agricultural domains of Missouri and Kan
asserts that this is the disasterous drouth
that has visited the country for a generation a-,
He has advised the various farmers associa-
tions Of this State to begin sowing at once a sec
ond grass crop. which, 1t is recognized will be de-
pendent the drenchings of long rain The ad-
vice carries with it the significance of his state
ment that the first grass crop has been totally
eliminated. He says:
The conditions reported now are much more dan
gerous than they were one week ago. The failure
Of the great pastures Of the State feed the stock
Al for the market Mutton has suffered in the
same way, These products are poor and thin and
farmers are heedirg the advice 70 plant turhps
Il e sne OF o T the
rain. There is row felief for the pasture grass
been destroyea Nothing remains but to make ,s haS a5
attempt to stem the disaster by sowing second
supply of feed for tie etock.
INTENSE HEAT 1N ILLINOIS AND IOWA
Decatur. IL. july 2l.--Tl.s was The hottest dav
ever hnonn here The government thermometer
registered nc
FgeepeIt H.. July a-Tle heat was record
breaker to-aey f.o,n li0 ll5 in the shade being
through 1ls part of Illinois. To-day tic ther-
pofreter re&eiie6 lbs in the shade Crops are suf-
feEing for riin-
Sioux ciy. Iowa. Juls 2.--The maximum tenn
geeatusss s here io-aay was M Jos degrees. Fer six
Bes Moses. Iowa July 2l-Yesterday was the
hottest day OF the year here The government
Thermometer registered 1esa The humidity was
low. making the heat tearable. :, "a
Minneapolis. Minn.. July N.-Yesteraay vas the
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
MANY INJURED IN CHICAGO COLLISION.

Chicago. July 21.-Nlne passengers were seriously
and eight painfully bruised in the wreck Of
Madison-st cable car to-day. The train was run
ming at full speed when the grip was brought
10 a sudden stop, because of a defective cable
rope The trailer bounded from the track, rose
skyward and crashed with great force into the
rear OF the grip car. The shock was OF such force
that the passengers were thrown from their seats;
several landing in the street head foremost, aha E
Others falling against the seats and sides OF tne
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
SOLDIERS FRUSTRATED WHEN DRILLING

Indianapolis. July 21.-This the hottest day
in Central Indiana for several years. The official
record was 99.S. and IL l07 on the streets At
the drill grounds of the Indiana National Guard,
which is in camp here, it was 10 During brigade
drill this evening fifteen men fell from the heat
and were carried from the field by the ambulance
corps All will recover. There prostra-
he rif
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
MANY KILLED BY LIGHTNING,

London. July 2-An extraordinary number of
persons have been struck by lightning In storms
OF short duration. Eight Instances are reported In
England. six .In Germany and seven In Holland
While six tourists climbing Mount Tribulaun
IN the Austrian TyroI the lightning struck two
disabled. ' "''o
In Palan, France some children went TO ring tho
church bells, believing that they would thus avert
the lightning. but four were killed by bolt
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
~. CORN CROP WILL BE LOST.
VARYING VIEWS OF MINISTER'S ON PRAY
ING FOR RAIN IN MISSOURI
tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1Buxn.I

IBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBuNE.l
St Louis, July 21.-Throughout Missouri,
Kansas, Illinois and Indiana reports continue to
be received of rising temperature At Bowling
Green, Mo-, 112 degrees registered; at
Terre Haute, Ind, 1UT; at Abilene, Kan, los,
and at Galena, H., lis. The lowest reported
103, at Eldorado Kan. Farmers have
abandoned all hope of saving their crops.
and the loss in live stock will be appalling.
owing to the water famine and scarcity of feed.
Throughout Missouri prayers generally
offered up in the churches for rain, in COM
pliance with the proclamation issued by Gov
ernor Dockery that to-day be observed as a day
of fasting and prayer. that the protracted
drouth might be broken Many cergymen, how
ever, took exception TO the action of the Gov
ernor Especially this the case among the
clergymen of Joplin, where the Rev Paul
Brown of the Congregational Church, said:
The action of the Governor in asking for PRAYERS
for rain looks like spectacular attempt to make
tempest out of teapot believe in the efheacy
to induce God to slip cog in the universe just be-
cause some people can't raise crop. After three M
drouth can be looked upon as ST State calamity
prayer. '-
The Rev ]. B. weIty, of the First Presbyte-
rian Church. said he deprecated the Governors
action, because It would produce too much hur-
rah praying. but he would offer UP special
prayers for rain. nevertheless The Rev E. b.
Little of Maryville, pastor of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church, had already declared,
while the agitation in embryotic state
and before Governor Dockery acted on the al
legged demand Of the people to set aside day
for prayer. that he was against the proposition
es something in the nature Of class legislation;
that he did not believe the drouth was suffi-
ciently severe to any suffering among the
poor people and that the prayers for rain, If
answered would result in wealth being added to
the possessions of those already rich, and that
no direct benefit would be received by the poor
This was considered by many of his congrega-
tion 10 be rather poor logic, but the Rev. Mr.
Little has stuck to it since the proclamation was
issued, and at his service this morning practi-
cally reiterated the statement made before the
proclamation Issued.
.-- Pastors of the other churches seemed TO re-
gard the matter much in the same light as the
Rev Mr. Little. although not free to express
their views. The proclamation has been the
subject of a great deal of discussion, with, Of
course different opinions of the efficacy OF
prayer under such circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
TO RESUME WORK AT TOLEDO MILL

Toledo. Ohio. July a.-The Toledo plant Of tha
Republic Iron and Steel Company, which suspended
operations shortly after fl passed into the control
OF that corporation, about two years ago, will re-
operations in about three weeks or as soon
and material be secured. About four
hundred men win be employed.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
TROUBLE IL roo-KIEN

London, July 22.-"N Is officially reported
here says the Shanghai correspondent Of The
Etandard." thar serious secret society disturb
anoes have broken oct in the Hssns- Iva Dis
Ansst Of the Province If Foo -Eden."
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
HIGH RECORD IN NEBRASKA

Lincoln. Neb. July A.-Heat records were
smashed everywhere in Southeastern Nebraska to-
day The maximum of 105S was reached at 4
o'clock this afternoon This is the highest since
the establishment of the Weather Bureau fifteen
years ago. For over seven hours the tempera ture
remained at 100 degrees or above There were
three deaths from heat here to-day
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
ACCUSED of AssAuLTING A DETEcT1rE.
PRISONER, CAUGHT IN PHILADELPHIA sAIp TO
BE SERGEANT MURpHY's AssAu.ANr

Philadelphia July 2l-Joseph Manderfeld thirty
years old, of New-Yerk was arrested here toda,
charged with felonious assault and attempting to
XII DetecIlVe sergeant Jerry Murphy. of New
York, at Fourteenth-st and Tbird-ave oo.,,, =
Thursday morning. Sergeant Murphy. II IA said I.
fracture of the skull Pi'"i' WIN
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
DUFFY AND KRAEgzLEry wry

London. July 22-Arthur Dury. OF Georestot,a
University. IN the In1rary sports at Ieicester on
Saturday won the 100 yard dash in 0oa i-5 beating
Mclean the amateur champion Of Scotland nv
two yards. ~
KraeRgle.n, ef the uni,ersitr Of PENNSYLVANIA.
competing In the police sports in Dublin Won IN
lzo yards hurdle handicap from scratch In o15 S-s
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
THE wEIMAR RUNS INTO ANOTHER vEssrr
WHICH is REACHED

Flushing, July 21.-The North German I,lovd
steamer Weimar. Captain Fornes. which left Ant
Werp to-day for Adelaide and other Australian
Ports by way of Southampton. Genoa and Naples.
came into collision with the German stha,,.r
Caesar. from Ibraii and Gals.z. inward bound fer
Antwerp Both vessels were damaged The T'eesor :
was beached at Weilingen, Flushing
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
HEAT IN ST. PETERSBURG

St Petersburg. July 2l.-Phenomenal heat prevails
throughout all Northern Russia. The temperature
in st. Petersburg to-day was III degrees Fahren-
heit In Odessa II was 10G and the rate OF nortaIit
there is 20 per cent above the normal ''''
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
HOME NEWS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.
ASTOR-Dr. T. S. Green, OF Chicago. GRAND
John b. Roach of Chester Penn. IMPERlAl1-
Dr. ". o. Eastman. of Albany. MANHATTAN
IL. f. Lppett. of Providence. PARK AVENUE
Captain Turanowsky, of the Russian Navy. VAL
DORF-C. S. Francis. United States Minister 10
Bulgaria. Rumania and Servia-
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
NEM-YORK CITY

John Geccho an Italian bootblack. twenty-siS
years old. living on the fourth floor of No 2iS East
One -huhdred-and-eeventh yesterday fell out OF
instantly killed
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
CHURCH BLOWN DOWN IN SERVICE TIME

Columbus Miss. July 2l.--In a wIndstorm this
afternoon the Second Baptist Church was totally
destroyed. The Rev. w w Whitfield was holdinp
services at the time and large congregation was
present Several persons were cut and bruised
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Directors OF Seventh National Bank. morning
Racing at Brighton Beach. 2:30 D.
Young Women's Christian Association. East Fit-.
teenth-st-. recitas and impersonations. p.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22

others. The dead are Harry Umstaedter. eighteen
years old. killed outright and William Weslns.
crushed about the legs and died later at the hos
pital The injured are Raymond Pierson. legs IN
jured, and John Anderson and Daniel McGraW.
bruised about and hands.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
cnnutnuoun Excur,,oo.

$1,000 roand trlp BY ERIE RAILROAD, July &c. allow
Ing stopntr At Pan-Amer!can Exposition. Tickets good
for return until August "a inclusive.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
BOTS KILLED IN SWITCHTARD.

TWO DEAD AND THREE INJURED
Indianapolis, July 2.-While seven boys ranging
In age fron fifteen 10 eighteen years were sitting
on the track in the shadow OF a boxcar here this
morning switch engine with a string of cars
struck the car, which dashed into the group. kill
ing two or the boys and seriously injuring three
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
The Players Must Lose.


The most noted gambling resort in
the world, Monte Carlo, is owned by
stock company, and its annual re-
ports to it's shareholders are prepared
with fullness, precision and a
wealth of detail that some railroad
corporations might initiate with adj
vantage to those interested in their
operations. These reports show clear
ly that the expenses of the Monte
Carlo company are enormous, and
cover the widest imaginable range OF
outlay and subvention, but that the
profits every year are sure and large.
The percentage against the players is
constant and destructive. Study OF
the figures should convince even the
most sanguine of those who make
their wagers on roulette or trente-
et-quarante or rouge-et-noir that the
bank must always prevail over the
player in the long run.
Nevertheless, the deadly fascination
of these games will continue to allure
victims from all the world to Monaco
until governmental action closes this
glittering hell, as the superb temples
Of chance in Homburg and Baden
Baden were closed years ago.-N. Y.
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
HUMOROUS.

Fame and fortune await the man
will not only wake US up but make US
feel like getting up.-Puck.
Little to Say may be wrong, Of
course, but always make it rule to
say just what 1 think" She-s'You're
not much of talker, are you?"-Phil-
adelphia Press.
"Throat trouble, Ell? And you are
musician? Music is often very hard
on the throat. What instrument do
you play" 1.-THE bass drum, DOCTOR
Philadelphia Times.
HAS Robinson any grounds for in
sisting that Miller is an unmitigated
fool?" Certainly. A crowd of them
went fishing, and Miller forgot the
cards and chips" Town Topics.
Higgins-'I thought you said you did
not understand Russian? I saw you
talking to that Russian peddler." Wig
gins-"I wasn't talking. was merely
sneezing, and he answered BAL
timore World.
Took Himself Serious.-"What did
Gobang do with the money he earned
by writing articles showing how to
get rich raising chickens?" HE lost
it running chicken farm in New
jersey and Country.
His Training-'How did Spudkins
get his appointment as brigadier gen
eral? I never knew that he was con-
nected with the army?" "Oh, yes, by
marriage; his brother in law is Unit
ed States senator."-Town and Coun-
try.
Mr.. House-"It doesn't seem to me
that our new cook is great success"
Mrs. House-'Not as cook, grant
you; but she has lived in nearly half
the families in town, and her CONVERSE
ton is SO neutrality-suspicious.
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
r,e Frutt Bark Beetle.

A pest discussed at some length
in a recent New York bulletin is the
fruit bark beetle. This was especial
" prevalent last season and did
much damage in peach orchards IN
western New York, and in some scat
tered plum and cherry plantations.
On peaches it's principal injury was
due to punctures of the bark on the
trunk and larger limbs, through
which the sap oozed and formed gum
nv excrescences. On plum and cher
~. however, more injury was done by
punctures in the twigs, causing death
of the foliage. The natural home OF
this insect is in dead bark, so all
brush piles and dead trees should be
removed from the orchards. caustic
washes upon trunks and branche.
serve as a preventive measure, and
cutting of and burning the infested
,wigs destroys many Of the beetlsA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06

glasses and scrutinized the para
graph. While he was thus engaged
the young woman explained that she
had four 1901 cents, and wanted to
know what made them SO valuable,
and where she could realize on them.
Then the fat messenger grew purple
in the face from suppressed laughter,
which finally exploded and seemed in
momentary danger of having an
apopleptic fit. He called the atten-
ton of the other messengers to the
paragraph, and then followed COM
bined roars of merriment. In the
meantime the young woman with the
four 1901 cents wondered if she had
strayed by mistake into lunatic
asylum. Finally the fat messenger
regained his breath sufficiently to
gasp: Its joke. Don't you see?
I'll give you $40 for 1901 pennies, and
I'll be a cent ahead of the game.
see?" A great light seemed to dawn
in the mind of the young woman. Il
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
USE OF PETROLEUM.
Experience shows That It Often De-
stroys Trees ~ Well - the In
sects That latest Them,

The varying and sometimes disas-
trous results obtained from the use of
refined petroleum on growing trees as
an insecticide, and especially against
the San Jose scale, have led to the sus-
picion that the crude product might
be less variable and drastic in it's eff
fects. But SO far as it has been used
itwould appear that we have yet much
to learn before we can with safety
recommend the application of the
crude product to the different varieties
OF fruit trees. That it is efficient in
destroying the San Jose scale if it il
brought in contact with this insect
seems now quite probable. But the
hundreds of dead trees that mark the
areas where it has been indiscrimin-
ately used, point very clearly to the
fact that great caution is necessary,
and no one is, as yet, able to say just
where safety ceases and danger be-
gins. Then, too, when no permanent
injury is apparent, as in the case of
the Seeding apples on the ground of
the Ohio agricultural experiment sta
ton, who can say that this unnatural
retardation may not after the first
application prove to be menace to
the life or general vigor of the tree?
1t is well known that, in nature, these
retardations sometimes occur, but
nature seldom, if ever, covers the bark
of a tree or shrub, and then oAly in
part, with vegetable growths like
lichens, and even these are known to
be detrimental, smooth, clean bark
being always desirable. In the use Of
refined petroleum one of the most per-
picking phenomenon observed was the
fact that equally careful applications,
made by the same person, with the
same grade of oil, would give almost
opposite results. Here recommends
ton of the refined product for general
use has, in many cases, resulted dis
astrously and brought no little dis
repute to the chronological fraternity
of this country. The most that can
now be said for the refined product
is that ten to twenty per cent. mix
ture with water constitutes a fairly
successful summer wash and destroys
the young scale, thereby checking the
increase and spread until applications
of whale oil soap mixtures can be
made.-Prof. F. NJ. Webster, in Farm
ers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
DEAF MUTES AT THE PLAY.
More of the UnfOrtunates Than Usual
ut the Theater During the
Past Season.

"One curious phase of the theatric-
al business of the past season has
been the number of deaf mutes in the
audiences" said the head usher of a
New York theater. For several
years good many deaf mutes have
been attending performances of pan
Dramas, spectacular plays and high
~ spiced melodramas, but this year
they seem to have declared them
selves in favor of high art, and have
patronized dramas that are short on
action, but long on talk. Deaf mutes
generally attend the theater in a
party. We have had them come to
our house in winter in squads of 20
or 80. Mute auditors of play al
ways buy good seats. Being deprived
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
SOIL MELLoWER.

which to stand when using the imple-
ment. Nail beveled board to the
under board to make a shoe so the
edge will ride over the soil. At CEN
ter of each cleat, b b, stout wire
about five feet long is attached. the
other end being fastened to a whifi1e-
tree.
In using, if the driver stands upon
the long board his weight will be suif-
cient to cause the implement to sink
to the right depth. The field may be
smoethed the width of the implement.
A field thus smoothed is in the best Of
shape for sowing seed broadcast. A
friend sowed an acre of cabbage seed
broadcast and sold plants from it for
months.-G. L. Slade, in Farm and
Home.