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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-12
KANSAS is A HEAVY LOSER.
BY Reason of Failure in Crops
S200,Gn0,GG0 May BE Lost.
REPI,RIIC SPECIAL.

REPI.BLIC SPECIAL
Topeka. kas. July u.-Conservative men
who have carefully studied the disastrous
effects of the prevailing drought In Kansas
say the people of the State have suffered
loss in all crops. except wheat to the
amount OF nearly 500 OOO.O09 since July /.
They say that an estimate now of total
of 50,0O0.Ot0 bushels of corn would be the
top figure. With fair weather conditions
Kansas raises 2OO.060.0o0 bushels of this
cereal. Thus Il loss of 100. 600 bushels of
corn at, say, 80 cents a bushei means a loss
in money of S75.0eo coo alone.
The loss of the hay crop is another s25.-
100000. The loss of the potato and vegeta-
BILE crop Will run over S30,000.00O, while the
total failure Of oats and the destruction OF
pastures, which will force thousands of head
of cattle on the market, will amount to an
other S25.090(C0.
It is the worst affection that has befallen
the State in its history. and but for the
7O. coo 600 bushel wheat crop, Kansas would
be in a serious condition. There is no
change in the weather, and no prospects for
rair. -
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ILLINOIS,.
REruBLIc SPECIAL

REiuBLIc SPECIAL.
Chicago, Ill. July 11.-With Missouri
farmers gathering in villages and praying
for rain and dispatches from the Southwest
claiming half crop to complete destruction
of corn and oats in Kansas. there are great
possibilities Of price-disturbances in specu-
lative markets.
Chicago traders in close touch with the
terrible drought conditions since July I. in
the southern half Of the corn belt. have
done their share in marking up prices, es
the absence of rain has cut down prospects.
There was a greater bull demonstration
than ever in all grain markets to-day.
Brokers and conlmission-houses could not
fill the great volume of country buying
orders.
The scare is so great over the possible
crop failure in sections that the boldest
bears in the trade are afraid to sell. When
the great outside buying wave strikes the
pits as it did to-day the professional who
has been long for days and great
profits hastens to take them. This sort of
selling alone checks what would otherwise
be a runaway market
Very fancy prices were made in corn and
oats. while the buying was at its height
this morning. July corn sold at 1850 and
September at 51ikc. July oats sold at 3l1sc;
September at 32ssc. The advance over yes
terday's prices was 1l4c to 1s4c But this
is on top of gains almost daily for week
past. Since July 1 corn has climbed from
around 45c to the present figures. up in the
fifties. Oats ten days ago ruled around Csc
now fully &c higher.
Each day passes without rain. Each fore
cast sees nothing in sight to relieve the
drought, which has withered Texas and Ok
lahoma, crippled Kansas and Missouri. and
even threatens Nebraska. Iowa and Illinois
Experts disagree as to positive damage
done to date. Oats are lost in the far
Southwest, but the great oats States are
farther north. So. too. the greatest corn
States have so far escaped serious injury
except, possibly. Kansas. Corn price record
was not broken.
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drought since July / at Is per cent, and
regards this as a conservative figure. His
telegram Is based on letters he has received
during the last two or. three days from
counties most affected. Three southern tiers
of the counties are the only ones which are
especially suffering from the dry weather,
Mr.. True says. but those include the rich
est agricultural portion of the State.
The heaviest LOGS is in oats and corn. and
the hot weather of the past three days has
.hrunk these crops from Is to so per cent
in these counties. This entails Il loss hard
to estimate. but larger than would be gen.
orally believed Sixty per cent of the to-
bacco crop of the State lies in the arid re-
sion, and it is all in bad shape. Much of the
first crop has been replarted and most of
dry weather. Loss on all crops may be
Jumped at sl5,OO0, 900 in a conservative man
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COTTON MARKET HAD
DAY OF EXCITEMENT.
Expected Rains in Texas Did Not
Materialize, but Shorts Were
Reluctant to Give Way.
REpIrBLIc spEcIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. July 11.-Cotton prices to-day
followed a see-saw course during the early
session. though naturally disposed to do
better on the slightest encouragement in
the shape of investments support.
In yesterdays break the room dumped
over practically all of its long stuff. and
near the close became quite extensively
short on the story that to-day's map would
show hard rains in the Eastern part Of
Texas, and possibility a breakup Of the
drought in that State. Liverpool was ex-
pected to ease OF some 21a to points on
our close and to develop additional weak
ness Of its own under liquidation.
But in these two conclusions the talent
here went amiss. for not only did Liverpool
fail to follow our weakness Of yesterday.
but exhibited pronounced strength before
the closing there on generous buying for
the new accounts and demand from the
shorts. The wet weather in Texas was
confined to the coast country near Cal
weston. with the storm center itself pushed
off by the high pressure In the inter.a.
toward the central gulf coast, with the
forecast Indicating that this disturbance
would spend itself in the Atlantic of
Florida by tomorrow.
But. in spite OF the bullish news thus
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EFFECT OF HEAT ON FRUIT
AND VEGETABLE MARKETS.
Prices Steadily July Heavy
Over Same Period Last YearDealer Depend Largely
Southern shpmens-Inferior Stocks Bring Big Prices

Owing to the fact that several kinds %
fruits and vegetables have been completely
ruined by the lack OF rain. and thee aEa;
consequently not offered on the mA1keeI
this season. the full effect cannot be shown
by a comparative table Of prices. Thi1 -
especially true in the case OF homegrown,
sumbo. which q year ago was plentiful and'
sold at IS cents a peck, and consignments'
would not bring freight charges. while this
year there Is no homegrown offered, and,
consignments are selling at q cents TO q -
a small crate. Z.
Vegetables which are usually very plenti-
full at this season Of the year have been
an extent that II Is impossibis To o6tsin
choice stock. and inferior stock sells 1t
fancy prices. y.
The homegrown tomato crop has not
only been delayed by the long dry spell,
but the quality Of the crop 10 unusually
poor. and dealers are depending almost en-
States.
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. July LAS yesterdays corn
market was excited. speculation to-day be-
came almost demoralized as a result Of the
figures sent from Washington after the
close Of the market yesterday evening. Ow-
ing to the hot weather during June. and
the fact that the corn plant was not in con-
dition to stand severely high temperatures.
It was generally believed that the Govern
uent would report a comparatively low
condition as the situation on July L But
no one connected with the corn trade of
the country looked for the sensationally
low average condition that the Washing
ton authorities have reported. According
to the Department Of Agriculture the out
look for corn on July was poorer than Il
has been any time in fifteen years, with
the exception OF 1892, when the condition
was . lower than now reported.
Wheat and oats rose y of a cent to cent
per bushel Dispatches from the Western
corn belt continued discouraging. The
weather map showed no evidence Of rain in
r the. drought stricken district, and such
temperatures were registered at a. m. to-
day as 104 at st. Louis. 100 at Omaha. and
100 each at Des Moines and Kansas City.
Government Reports Discussed.
On the Produce Exchange the Govern
ments reports on the condition Of the
crops were actively discussed to-day. The
consensus OF opinion was that the esti-
mate on spring and winter wheat, show
ing. an increase in the condition of the
former OF SO per cent over last month to a
general average Of 95.6 is probably cor
rect representation Of the present condition
Of that crop, and likewise the condition of
winter wheat OF 1873 per cent, against s.. 8
q month ago.
~ general average condition Of the corn
crop on July 1. against ss.5 year ago. is
mot accepted as showing the present con-
ditfon OF the crop within to points The
severe drought and hot winds which have
prevailed in all the corn States, principally
In the Southwest. have caused further de-
terioratiou In the condition Of the crop since
July
no Relief I'm Sight.
Tho publication Of the Government low
average condition on corn on July 1 and
the fact that the drought in the corn belt
continues unbroken, with no immediate re-
lief IN sight, had the effect Of advancing the
price Of corn very sharply this morning on
the Chicago Board Of Trade nearly 20 pc,
bu to U3sc for the July option and 1ssc to
b1ssc for the Sept. option. In this market
the price Of corn options advanced Ike pc,
bu. to Estc Tor Sept. Here the trading was
unusually large.
Tho total acreage In corn this year was
&.SD.ooo acres, or 10000 acres less than a
year ago. The great corn-raising States are
Iowa, Illinois. Kansas. Nebraska. Missouri
Oklahoma, Indiana, Ohio and Texas. The
principal damage has been done to the crop
In Kansas, Missouri Oklahoma and Texas
which covers about rs per cent OF the total
area The crop in Illinois. Nebraska, Iowa
ana Ohio has been suffering the past ten
days from drought, and has undoubtedly de-
Perforated considerably since July 1.
Figuring ON Prospective Yield.
statistician Brown OF the New Yorl
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-12
CALIFORNIAN SOCIETY MEETS.
Invitation Extended to Andre W
Carnegie-Bard Elected.

The Caledonian Society held Its quarterly
meeting at the Planters Hotel last evening.
Owing to Illness in his family, President
John ". Dick did not attend and John Hill
acted as chairman. The society passed a
resolution instructing the secretary, John
Monteath to invite Andrew Carnegie to be-
come its guest when he visits st. Louis mex,
autumn.
On motion OF Chairman Hill, N. Walter
At the close of the business meeting re-
freshmerts were served and the members
spent social hour. Peter Nicholson ad.
dressed the society and John Hill sang
SCOTLAND Yet" The meeting came to a
close with the singing Of Aud Lang
Syne."
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ty is suffering from the worst drought that
has been experienced here in many years.
Pasture land is mostly dead. and corn is
suffering badly for rain. Farmers in this
vicinity are trying to dispose of their stock
as fast as possible. and some are selling for
almost anything they can get. They are
panic-stricken and predict almost a total
failure in corn.
NO RAIN FOR TWO MONTHS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Herrn. ILL.,, July 11.-No rain has fallen
IN this section of the country for two
months. and the corn crop is practically
ruined.
CORN COMMENCING TO WITHER.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Carlyle. ILL.,, July 1.-THE growing corn,
which has withstood the intense heat thus
far. is now commencing to wither in the
fields.
CROPS AND FRUITS SUFFERING.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Murphysboro. ILL.,. July 11.-No rain has
fallen in this section for three weeks. and
the crops and fruits are badly damaged.
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FOREIGN CROPS DAMAGED.

London. July l2.-"There is no longer the
slightest hope says a dispatch to the
a moiety. of the crops in the Volga Govern
ments of Amara. Saratoff and Kassan, as
well as many districts of the neighboring
Governments. Over the whole region there
has been protracted drought, with tropical
heat, the temperature varying for seven
Weeks from 49, to 40 fahrenheit. Nearly
ming of June. The crops in Southern Rus
STA average about as usual.
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treme This was attributed to the fact that
the hot wave shows no sign Of abating and
no relief from the drought Is promised by
the weather authorities. 1t is feared that
more damage may be done before general
rains take place, and this fear was respon-
sibe for the continued nervousness and ex-
element of the day.
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CORN IS ALREADY BADLY DAMAGED
NEBRASKA,
NEBRASKA NOT SO BAD OFF.

REPE BLIC SPECIAL.
Lincoln. Neb., July u.-This was the
fourth day of abnormal heat and hot winds
in Nebraska, but the effect In damage to
grain crops is partly guesswork. That in
Jury has been done since the 1st CT July Is
not denied, but the proportion. compared to
the damage done by the drought in June.
estimate that half the oats and half the POI
tato crop is ruined Is. correct, it means a
yield in oats Of but s5,oOO,0O0 bushels. COM
pared with normal yield Of 70, ZOO, 600, a loss
In dollars of over $4,000. and cutting
down Of the potato crop from 100000 to
100000 bushels. representing monetary
loss Of million and half
Spring wheat is damaged to the extent
probably of three Mullins. Farmers, grain
men and statistical experts differ greatly
as to the condition Of the corn crop. the
consensus of opinion being that It has not
yet been appreciaoly hurt, or, IT at all; %
State not to exceed 9 million dollars. Loss
In hay and fruit probably amounts to an
all eleven millions
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Di.tinsui.hed Arlx.nsan N.med.

DistinRuished Arkansan Named.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Little Rock. Ark, July 11.-Governor JEFF
eral A. h Garland, who served In Cleve-
lands Cabinet as Attorney General and
General Thomas c. Hindman as Arkansas
most distinguished citizen 10 be placed in
the Hall OF Fame At the 81. Louis World s
Ea 49, = -.
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ONE EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT.
st. Joseph Restaurants Raise Price
of Meals.
REPURLIC SPECTAL

st. Joseph. Mo. July 11-city people as
well as the farmers are feeling the effect
of the drought. The managers of popular
priced restaurants held meeting this af-
meals from Is cents to 20 cents.
They say the dry weather has raised the
price of edibles to such degree that they
have had to take this action or quit bust
ness :
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ABUNDANT RAINS IN TEXAS.

San Angelo. Tex, July 11.-Abundant
rains OF incalculable value have been falling
breaking the drought Stocknlen say cattle
are worth s1.J0 to 81 per head more in conse-
Quence
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Wholesale

The foregoing table affords striking H.
lustration of the disastrous effect of the
long drought on the fruit and vegetable
crops In this vicinity. as there has been q
heavy advance in prices since July 1. and
in many cases prices are ten times as high
as they were a year ago.
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RUN1OR-DAY ON WALL STREET
MARKED BY HEAVY SlUMPS.

Violent Declines Since the May Panic Were Scored Yesterday
Reports the Market Excited and One Sharp
Break Was No Sooner Overcome Than New RumOr and
Fresh Liquidation Appeared Government Monthly Crop
Report the Only Legitimate Bear Influence Of Day.
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FRUITs ARE RAPIDLY WITHE

FRUITS ARE RAPIDLY wITHERING.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
O'Fallor, H., July 1.-THE drought and
excessive heat has destroyed the early corn.
The late corn. though damaged VIII make
Piums. cherries and grapes, in few In
stances have begun to decay, and the fall-
ing Of apples, etc, has decreased. The cher
ries are drying up for want of rain.
The high temperature has been very I'M
favorable to potatoes. Blight and rust nave
appeared and there are reports OF decay.
RAIN MUST COME SOON TO DO GOOD.
RE"UBL1C SPECIAL.
Fl6 RADIO, Kas.. July 11..All growing crops
rain comes soon the corn crop will be y
f..,ure. Gardens and pastures have dried
W.
FARMERS GREATLY ALARMED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Harrisburg Ill.,. July n-Much suffering
dens are burned up. and farmers are
alarmed over growing corn, which at pres
ent, being In tassel. cannot stand a drought.
SITUATION IS VERY ALARMING.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Alto Pass. ILL.,. July 1.-THE drought con-
tinues and is becoming more alarming
daily. Three-fourths Of the tomato crop
has already been ruined. and corn and
other crops are suffering.
CHTNCH HUGS AND DROUGHT.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
CarlinvilIe, Ill, July 1.-THE hot winds
Of the past two days Will reduce the corn
crop Of Macoupin County Gov fyo at least 10 Pc.
| days longer there will not be over 80 per
cent Of a crop, for chinch- bugs have al
ready ruined hundreds OF FIELDS
FARMERS ARE PANIC-sTRICKEN.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
.
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS SHOWING STOCK DEPRESSION


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NO RAIN FOR Two MONTHS.
CORN COMMENCING TO "
TEXAS.

TEXAS CORN CROP HALF DESTROYED
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Bonham. Tex, July 1.-THE long continu-
Gus drought is yet unhroken. There are
Signs Of rain tonight. but should it come
corn would be but little benefited. IRE
crop Is badly injured and is cut fully 30
per cent. Cotton is lnnlsino f;.1a
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WISCONSIN NAY LOSE s15, 900. 900.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Madison. Wis. July u.-Secretary J. N.
True Of the State Board Of Agriculture es-
Inmates the loss to Wisconsin crops by
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. GEN. REECE FRUSTRATED. =

q Springfield, ILL.,. July 1.-THE maxi
. mum temperature here to-day was
q 1O2. Adjutant General Reece was
. Frustrated by the heat while engaged
Q in review of the First Infantry,
q Illinois National Guard. at Camp
. Lincoln, and was under a PHYSICIANS
= care for several hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-04
THE HERRESHC-s.
The New Cup Defender Compared With
the Columbia.

New York, Feb. 3.-Fxpcrt yacht
men here attach great importance to
the fact that HcrreshoT's new cup de-
fender will have ut least five inches less
free board than has the Columbia
To the uninitiatcd a paltry five inches
looks trining, hardly worth considering
but nvc-inch reduction on big 90
footcr amounts to q great deal. A
prominent designer and builder said to-
day:
II am glad to see that Herrcshon
has at last decided to make this con-
ccssion to the advance Of yacht con
struction. 4 pioneer in nearly every
thing else pertaining to crack racing
craft he has chung to his high frccboard
with unusual pcrtinacty. There is no
doubt in my mind that the nov craft
will beat the Columbia. though sh.
served the purpose for which she was
built to every ones satisfaction, save
Sir Thomas Upton.
Ills decision to step the big stick
farther aft is n wise one ana ! am glad
he has worked out a way TO do so. He
has always wanted to make a chang
in this respect, but has been afraid To
risk it. From the increase in sail area
over Columbia in the new boat, il is
pretty plain that he has figured out the
big problem satisfactorily
Yachtsmcn are not in the least dis
concerted by the reports coming at in
terVals from Glasgow concerning Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II. They
think the rumorcd return to the Old
bluff bowed style Of boat is one Of
canny WatsonS wilcs 10 conceal the
real design from his keen rival at Bris-
tol. and expect to seen an improved
Shamrock ! when she comes over.
There Was much room for improve
mrnt on her" said one, "and Wat1on
no doubt viii make it,"
As to caution in giving out informa-
tion on the other side about the chal-
lengcr. the necessity for it has long
passed
The New York Yacht club boat is 50
far advanced that Herrcshof could not
adopt any Of his contemporaries ideas
even III ~ thought them valuable.
Work nn tho Bristol boat is progress
ing so favoIably that there seems TO be
no grounds for doubt as to her being
ready by April Is The construction IS
going on with automatic Hcrreshoff
secrecy but news about a cup defender
ike murder. will out. and those inter-
ested in the matter seemed to keep
abreast Of the situation.
The Bostcnans think the Crownin-
shiel boat will beat Columbia by five
minutes over the cup course, and have
hopes that the old defender marked
HerreShon's Limitation as builder.
Manager Duncan Of the New York
Yacht club thinks they should be sat
isfcd if their boat beats Columbia by
this margin of five minutes In speak
ing Of the matter he said: II shall b1
glad III my boats can leave the PIT
champion Columbia five minutes
astern.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-04
WATERVILLE.
DAVIS BY RECLAMATION.
Democrats Follow kepub leans Lead in Re-
nominating Their Legislative Candidate.

Tic Democratic caccus was a good ore
also. ii was pretty nearly as large as
the Republican and just as enthusiastic.
There were cries Of Hear. hear" that
were quite English. doncher know. but
they so surprised tho ma jority that they
were not repeated very often The gen
eral tone however. was vastly different
from the meeting Of Friday evening. At
the latter there. seemed to be "A spirit Of
good Fellowship and a general desire t.
show strong loyalty 20 the candidate.
There was, to be sure, the same loyalty
to the candidate il the Democratic meet
ing. but the general tone was that he had
been fairly elected once and now it had
to be done all over again on account Of
the COMPOUNDED Re public ans
+. w. Clair. Esq was chosen to pre-
side with little forI nality. OF course he
had to MAKE a speech He confined him
self almost wholly I" 4 discussion OF the
question Of whether or not the Demo
cratic party had enoL gh of the contest.
He was decidedly of { he opinion that they
had not. He allowed. however. that on
account % the great expense to the city
and the great inconvc nicnCe OF Il special
election. his party was willing to forego
the pleasure Of mere fight. He lanueu
with a duh thud on the newspaper that
had dared. yea even dared. to hint that
the Democrats had even Il faint longing
to throw up the slpngc. He's goo
Democrat and he o'7ght to know.
He threw down ne gauntlet with i
bang and with all tlrG experience Of fo~
mer countless defeats chg llenged the Re
publicans to come on ami do X again.
who ever heard of an untcrrifcd of
Waterville being afraid of an election
he asked, rhetorically ard pugnaCiously,
Then he passed on to MI Eaton ,ieclaT-
ing that he is Il good fcl low but he is a
Republican. and this bright hit brought
down the house in tuIr ult of applause.
Indeed. he well rev; rdcd with clap
ping and cheers all through his speech
and the Democrats really thought that
they were having a good time.
After this anspicious oLeninE the eau
Gus was ready for business. +. H. Crow
eli was chosen secretary. Mr. Wilson
was the first to Ienomnate Mr.. Davis as
the candidate for representative. and he
did it quietly and briefly. speaking highly
of Mr. Davis and predicting victory IN
der his leadership. DIR. J. W. Stewart
seconded the nomination with a few re-
marks along the same line.
G. +. Johnson. the bulwa.rk Of the local
Democracy, was then called upon. Every
time he speak; he makes his hearers
wonder why he ever alIi,si himself with
the Democrats. but he did and he is as
beacon light on a stormy sea. He began
by saying that he believed that Mr. Davis
had been legally, fairly, morally and
equitably elected. He then went into the
old question of the votes, reviewing clear
Iy and logically the Democratic position
His argument was an excellent one. lie
declared that the Democratic position in
the contest had not been fairly stated or
generally understood. He explained
many of the disputed votes, showing how
they had been thrown out or allowed He