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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
CORN CORNER BROKEN
Spectators in the Corn Pit
Stampeded by Weather and
Heavy Receipts.
Bottom Drops Out Of the July
Option and the Corner
Is Smashed.
Decline Of 10 Cents During First
Hour...Fluctuates Cent
Each Trade. :

Chicago, July 15.-Bulletin: Genera
Company, made statement TO the
Evening Post. shortly before the closing
hour today. that a settlement was made
with the shorts in July corn and his
firm had no further interest in support
ing prices. This virtually ends the
July corner.
Chicago, July 15.-Corn spectators
we're stampeded Immediately upon the
opening of the board today. The bears
had the whip hand and drove the bulls
from the support of the so-called July
corner so sharply that prices of July
corn broke 10 cents in the first hour OF
trade. Such antics of the yellow cereal.
after having reached the fancy price OF
so cents less than fortnight ago,
caused all sorts of gossip. the principal
tone of which was that the Gates crowd
had been beaten and much fear of q
corner was broken. All natural condi-
tions and influences favored lower
prices when the opening gong started
business on the floor of the exchange.
Almost perfect weather in the corn belt
for the last four days and more prom
ised took all the ginger out of the bun
following. After being influenced to a
drop of 51s cents yesterday on excep-
tionally large receipts July corn could
not withstand the S21 cars of arrivals
that showed op the inspection sheet to-
oay. Private elevators that had been
aiding the bears in the fight against the
New York bull clique turned cut 116
cars and $4,000 bushels of contract corn
today This amounted to 414 cars and
$4,000 bushels of contract grade stuff on
the market today. Yesterdays offer
ings were over half million. With
the last day for July delivery still two
weeks off both the bears and bulls ar
que that at this rate there would be
enough corn forced on the market to
break any corner. The July option
opened very weak and demoraiized to
:: cents lower than yesterdays close at
so to 20 cents.
With one or two exceptions every
fluctuation was cent from the last
previous one. September options We're
tree and the general swing on the bear
fish sentiment prevalent broke July to "A
In few moments. There was a rally
to IS. but the heavy selling continued
end the bulls threw up their hands and
July shot on down to 70. In the mean
time September was weakening, selling
from 81 down to 60A. While most of
the trade thought the corner was
broken, some of the supposedly know
ing ones intimated that John w. Gates
and his bull crowd still had some cards
to play and that probably many traders
who go short now will be caught in a
trap The break today is one of 90 cents
urder the high price during the rainy
season.
Neglected by the bulls and with cash
corn slumping badly July corn contin-
ued to break all the session. Shortly
before noon 65A, as low price. was
reached. 1t closed at 65ls, having 6st
15A cents today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
TELLS OF VAST BANK FAILURE
AdoIph Schmidt, Who Secured s5o,ooo,-
GOO from Leipzig Institution.


| Berlin, July l5-Adolph Schmidt, the
| former managing editor of the Ire
lbertrocknung-gr drying-company
twhose collapse brought about the fali-
ure OF the Leipziger bank about a yeai
ago for Soo,00o,0o0 dominated the cours
at Leipzig today. which is trying the
banks directors. Schmidt, who was
searchingly examined for hours. dealt
with the intricate accounts of the IRE
bertrocknung company with an air OF
openness, truthfulness, and almost in
jured innocence.
His nimble mind had an answer
ready for every question. Tho pris-
oner, he was as much at his ease as
any one in the courtroom. He admitted
various Irregularities, like back dating
entries in books, but affirmed that all
of these We're simply devices to save
the company from the effects of news
paper attacks and asserted that the
unusual measures We're perfectly lie.
gitimate.
In the end Schmidt admitted with a
smile that for some time the Leipzigel
bank had unfortunately been the COM
pany's only source of revenue. and sale
his confidence in the ultimate success
of his alcohol distillipg invention was
based, during the critical period before
the collapse. on an agreement with his
American competitors going into effect
on New Years day. 1902, under which
he was to have control of the inter
national market.
Schmidt, who is 43 years old. has
for five years been a noted figure IL
central German business. His vast
operations had behind them. as it ap-
peared from the evidence submitted III
court today, his personal fortune OF
100000 marks and the fortunes of the
other directors of the company, aggre-
eating 2S.Oo0Ooo marks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
CORN POURING INTO CHICAGO.
High Price is Emptyins Corn Cribs Of
the Old Crop.

Chicago, July 15.-The high price is
bringing corn to Chicago so fast that
the Gates pool, composed of Wall street
and western men. woke up yesterday
and found that they We're getting too
much of it. There were nearly 100000
bushels in yesterdays receipts, with es-
Inmates of 100000 bushels today's ar
rivals.
Even at this rate the bulls figure that
the bears wille be unable to get all the
corn in during the next fifteen days of
this month to fill all their sales. Corn is
is coming here from the Atlantic sea-
board, from all parts of the east and
from Ohio and Indiana. 1t takes some
time to set the machinery of the coun-
try going to get out corn, but when it
gets well under way there is such an
avalanche of corn brought here that in
all previous manipulations the bulls
have been pushed to pay for it, when
they had thought there We're not many
millions left in the country.
Dispatches from Boston said that
100000 bushels had been ordered re-
shipped in Chicago for short sales. The
railroads carrying the corn had to look
over their tariffs for rate, and found
none. as it is only once in years that
corn is moved westward. The railway
officias finally decided that the best plan
was to charge the same rates as for
eastern shipments.
No one wanted corn very badly yes
terday. The bull clique, which pegged
the market at Sc cents Saturday. pulled
1t out at the start, and not until the
price had fallen to S0k cents did they
again show their hands Then they took
all the offerings, and in the afternoon
had to pay for 100000 bushels of high
priced corn. The sensational feature of
the market was the drop of 10 cents in
prices of the lower grades which have
been bought to make the No. or con-
tract grade from.
Corn men We're not in unison in their
opinions regarding the petition to
amend the rules to admit of the delivery
of No. 3 corn in time of manipulation
of No. to a fictitious value. This will
come before the directors today. The
directors will also have before them the
request that a marginal price be fixed
for July corn. Action upon this will de-
pend greatly upon the market price to-
day,
The usual rumors about large settle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
DEMOCRATIC WAR HORSES.
Campaign Managers Planning to Get
Old Timers Into the Race,

| Chicago, July 15.-The Record Her
| aid says:
| Plans are being laid to bring some old
war horses into the democratic fight
for control of the next national house of
representatives. Horace Boies, former
governor of Iowa. may consent to be a
candidate against Speaker Henderson.
| The democrats of the Henderson dis
trict are reported to be eager for him.
John Lind. former governor of Minneso-
ia. is being urged to take the congress
| sional nomination in the ST. Paul dis
trict of his state. Elsewhere in the
| west, a swell as in the east, where
! Bourke Cochran is being urged to run
| in one of the New York districts, an ef-
/ fort is afoot to bring out as candidates
men who already have national repu-
1 tetions. - s-'~sss44 2 8
| The idea back of all this is that q few
such men in consress would be able.
even tho the republicans should main.
tain Il majority. TO do the party sreat
service as issue makers, since what
they might 90 or say would attract
more attention than the same things
done or said by men of less reputation;
also. that presidential timber for 1901
might developed among them.
These plans will receive further at.
tention when the executive committee
of the democratic national congression-
al committee gets into action. Ben T.
Gable. chairman of the executive COM
mittee. is expected to reach here the
latter part of this week and to settle
down for work.
The republican national congressional
committee, on the other hand. will con-
duct its campaign from New York
Congressman Babcocls. of Wisconsin
the chairman, said yesterday that mead.
quarters would be III New York instead
of Chicago, where they have been since
1896
Illinois promises to be an important
battlefield in this fight. both parties
having planned to bring some of their
heaviest artillery here. The republicans
are promised Senator Hanna. Secretary
of War Root and several United Stated
States senators. for the opening of their
campaign.
The democrats are trying to get Da.
vid IS. Hill, Richard Olney. Mayor Tom
l.. johnson, of Cleveland and r. E. Pat
tison. twice governor of Pennsylvania
and now candidate again.
In this connection Chairman John r.
Hopkins of the democratic state COM
mittee. accomranied by Roger c. Sulli-
van. left for Buffalo last night. They
will go to see MIR. Hill at Albany. and if
can be made will probably
see the others mentioned befor they re-
turn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15

ments were heard last night. Rut a
large speculative market, as one trader
pointed out. has hundreds of traders in
and is not like private deal, where two
men together can arrange a settlement
in a short time 1t takes long time to
arrange settlement in times like the
present.
Fine weather is against the bulls. as
it has increased the gradins. gem
eral tie-up would be disastrous for the
men who have corn sold and expect IL
get it in before the end OF lne month,
and might lead to legal trouble which
would last for years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Contest for the Amateur Golf Cham
pionship Begun This Mornins-Prob-
able Winners.

Chicago, July 15.-Promptly at s this
morning N r. Roberts, of the Spring
| field Golf Club. Allen Hibbard, of
Milwaukee. drove from the first tee of
the Glenyew course. formally opening
the annual contest for the amateur
golf championship. AT intervals of six
minutes thereafter players We're sent
out in pairs over the course. but it will
be late this afternoon before the last OF
the aspirants for championship honors
are called to play. The list of contest
ants. tho one of the longest ever en-
tered in the amateur championship
struggles, does not include some of the
more noted golfers who have been
prominent in past years, notable eN-
ceptions being Former Champions
Findlay S. Douglas and Charles B..
Macdonald. The sudden illness of
NANNY" Holabird. the brilliant young
Glenyiew golfer. who has been strick-
en- with typhoid fever. has materially
lessened the chances of the champions
ship coming west, as Holabird had been
showing such beautiful form in recent
reaching the finals We're considered
very bright. Typhoid has also taken
Bruce Smith. of the Onwentsia. Hola-
birds schoolmate. out OF the lists
Walter Egan, Lake Geneva, last years
runner up. his cousin. Chandler Egan,
and Abram Poole, Jr.. all youngsters.
but brilliant players, are considered the
most likely western players. Few
doubt that the present champion. IRA
viss. has ability to reach the flnals, tho
the limit of eighteen holes match play
in the contests up to the Selnl-i1nals
may prove disastrous to the champion
in the game with one of the young
PLAYERS OF his ability to go the dis
tance in the trying 36-hole match how
ever. there is no question. and If Travis
is beaten it is the general opinion that
it must be done before the semi finals
are reached Friday. OF the players
starting today, those turning in sixty
four lowest scores will qualify in the
match play beginning tomorrow.
Clock-like precision was obtained in
carrying out the program. the players
arriving off at the schedule moment and
making the rounds in exceedingly good
time. A gallery of 800 followed Cham
pion Travis and Walter b. Smith, OF
Neither made especially
good drives but Travis holed in four,
one stroke under the bogey. number
of other players attracted small gall
leries.
Allen Hibbard the young Milwaukee
golfer who played with n. r. Roberts.
turned in a card of So for eighteen
holes. going out with a and in with ~.
Champion Travis made 40 for the first
nine holes. playing like Il machine.
The medal scores of 80 and below
We're: f. D. Frazier Glen View 80:
Max Bahr. Morris county. 81; N. f.
More. Onwentsia. IS: John ID. Cady,
Rock Island 50; W. G. T. Bristol. Mid
lothian. 50; Charles Zeublin, Midlo-
THAN. 50.
Ralph McKitrick, ST. Louis county
S4; Howard Griffin, East Orange. 20; r.
NJ. Byers, Allegheny, 81; Walter T..
E,san, Lake Geneva. S4: Travis fnlshed
his round with total of l9. coming IN
on the last nine holes with 80 1t is
quite probable this score VIII WIN the
gold medal for the lowest score IN the
oualifying round.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
GIRL BLOWN FROM A TRAIN.
Young Omaha Woman Tries to Pass
from One Car to Another.

Omaha. Neb.. July 15.-Miss Marie
karous of this city was blown from a
train running forty miles an hour last
night and was unnjured She was on
an excursion train running from Will
ber Neb to Omaha. While she at
tempted to pass from one car to anoth-
er the strong wind lifted her twenty
feet in the air and dropped her in a
cornfield. The fact that she was rot
injured is attributed to the condition of
the ground. made soft by recent rains.
When the train reached the next sta
ton friends telegraphed back to the
train following and the young woman
was picked up and brought to Omaha.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
SHIPPING IN NEW woRkMEN.
Union Pacific Railroad Fills Places OF
36O Strikers.


Cheyenne, Wyo, July l5.-Nearly
fifty nonunon machinists, boiler MAX
ers, and others have been shipped in
by the Union Pacific. The company
is bringing in the new men so rapidly
that the strikers have pickets on duty
day and night, and the line of lookout
extends from the station far down in
to the yards. officials of the company
declare they are having no trouble
in handling the repair work at this
point. 1t is reported that the working
force now consists of about $50 men
The full force before the strike was
about $50 men. Frank Benolkin, a
machnists. is under arrest on a state
warrant for trespassing on Union Pa
cific land and intimidating non -unior
men. He broke thru the Gordon OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
Serv;ces for Pauncefote.

London. July l5.- Memorial services
Tor Lord Pauncefote, late ambassador o
Great Britain at Washington, We're held
"a. noon today in the chapel royal. St
James, palace. All the members of the
American embassy and many members
of the government were present.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
WINS FIRST ROUND.
treet Car Company Gets Injunction

Street Car Company Gets Injunction
Against Mason City.
Special to Times Republican.
Mason City. July 15.-The street car
company has obtained a temporary in
junction restraining the city from in
terfering with traffic and last night
shoveled off the track at the Milwaukee
bridge. where the city had filled up the
cut.
Four thousand visitors are here at
tending the annual national picnic of
the Modern brotherhood of America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
DR. BEARDsHEAR IMPROVING.
Physicians Will Let Him Go From Ho.

Physicians Will Let Him Go From Hos
pitaI in Wcek-Must Rest.
Special to Times Republican.
Minneapolis, Mimi. July 15.-When
DR.. Beardshear's wife arrived a his
bedside she found him able to sit up and
be wheeled out into the sunlight. He is
slowly improving but has been a very
sick man with a severe stomach trou-
BILE complicated With Il cold and i bad
cough. Not being a robust man the
danger was great but his physicians
state that they will let him leave the
hospital in week if he will go into the
woods and spend the remainder of the
summer He must rest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15

THE KING TAKES SHIP.
Goes on Board Royal Yacht at Ports
mouth TODAY.

Portsmouth. July liking Edward
arrived here from London at O'Clock
this afternoon. The removal of his ma
jesty from the train to the royal yacht
was safely accomplished by the blue
jackets and the kings couch placed in
reception room specially constructed
on the upper deck. The warships in the
harbor fired the royal salute as the king
embarked and all vessels dressed ship
and manned the yards or decks. The
royal yacht steamed off almost immedi-
ately after the transfer WAS completed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
SECESSION is THREATENED.
Suburb of Leeds May Set UP An In
dependent City Government.

dependent City Government.
Sioux CITY. July 15.-Sioux City is
Threatened with the secession of one
of it's most popuous suburbs. Leeds
situated on the northeast. is exercised
over a scheme to annex the second pre-
cinct of the third Ward TO 'he Leeds
ward, and has served notice thru lls
alderman c. A. Nuessle. that II the
plan is put into execution the suburb
will Withdraw and set up a town gov
ernment of its own. Leeds has a re-
publican majority and the second pre-
cinct of the second ward, which cast:
more votes than the Leeds ward. il:
democratic. The people of Leeds fear
the loss of their alderman and insist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
Minister Studied at Vale,

New Haven, Conn. July 15.-Yale's
books do not show that Sir Liang Chen
Tung. the newly appointed Chinese
minister to the United States. gradu-
ated from that university. 1t was said
that he was one of a party of Chinese
students, who studied at Yale about
twenty years ago. but who We're called
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
WHOLESALE sADDLERs MEET.
Two Hundred and Fifty Delegates
Present at Cleveland,

Cleveland, July 15.-Two hundred and
fifty delegates from all sections of the
country We're present when the four
teenth annual convention of the whole
sale Saddlery Association was called to
order today by President j. B. Denver.
of st. Louis. The convention will hold
daily sessions until Friday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
coLoRED KNIGHTS GATHERING
Large Attendance Expected at Pythia,
Convention at DanviIle

Danville ILL.,. July 15.-The advance
guard of the delegation to the stata
convention of the colored knights oi
Pythias arrived in this city tonights
The convention opens this afternoons
and by that time it is expected there
Among the prominent delegates now
here are George T. Kersey of Chicago.
the best known colored knight in Illid
nois. and s. w. Stark of Charleston, W.
Va. supreme chancellor and ruling ofs
ticer of the order in the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
DROWNED IN THE SKUNK.

Son of Prominent Mahaska County
Farmer Drowned Last Evening.
Special to Times Republican.
Oskaloosa. July 15.-kale Stephen
son. Il son of County Supervisor James
Stephenson. was drowned in the North
Skunk river Monday evening. He was
wading on a flooded grade and was
picked up by the current. The body was
recovered today
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
THE HlBERNIANs.
Biennial National Convention Of the
Order Reuun TODAY

Order Begun Today.
Denver. July 15.-With a paNlde ane
pontifical high mass the biennial ma
tional convention of the Ancient Order
CT Hibernians began this morning
Delegates. nearly 500 in number. assem-.
bled at the Coliseum Hall and. headed
by band. marched to the Sacred Hear;
church, where mass was celebrated b,
Bishop Matz and sermon preached by
Rev. f. j. Barry. The delegates ther
returned to the Coliseum. where the
first session of the convention was held
Addresses of welcome and response:
We're made. Adjournment was taken
Until tomorrow as IA token of respect t.
Archbishop Feehan. of Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
FOUR KILLED BY EXPLOSION.

Blast of Dynamite Causes Serious Loss
of Life.
Johnstown. Pa. July 15.-A blast of
dynamite caused an explosion in No. 4
mine of the Berwn- White Company
at Winber at noon today, killing four
men and injuring others. Full details
are not obtainable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
Disastrous Fire in Foundry.

Philadelphia, July 15.-F'ire today
destroyed the four storck brick foun-
dry building owned by Josiah Thomp-
son & Co. Valuable patterns and ma
chinery are rendered useless. The loss
is estimated at 100000, partly in
S,lrad
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
THIRTY RUSSIANS DROWNED.
Over Crowded Steamer Sinks in the
Luue River,

St Petersburg, July 15.-Thirty per-
sons were drowned today by the sink
ing of a small passenger steamer on
LUCE river, near Probroa Schenskaia.
The disaster was caused by over
crnNding
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
NAMED FOR THREE PLACES.
Lang Chen Tuns Also Minister {
Snain and Peru

London. July 15.-Sir Liang Chen
Tung. says a Pekin dispatch. whose APP
pointment as Chinese minister at
Washington has been announced, has
been named as minister to Spain and
Peru.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
GETTING sAlpYARD IN SHAPE.
Navy Department to Put In 100000
Electric Crane New York.

90 Y0VJVV0
Electric Crane New York.
Washington. July 15.-The construc
tion bureau of the navy department
is pushing the preparations at the
New York navy yard for building the
battleship there. Plans for the slip in
which it is to be built have been pre-
pared and an electric travelling Gran
is to be built at a cost of 100000. The
general specifications are expected to
be completed by Aug. /. All the steel
contracts are to be made thru the de-
partment here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
Floods Recede at Topeka.

Topeka, July l5.-The kaw river has
fallen two feet since midnight and bus
mess along the river front is resumns
normal conditions. All trains are run
ming again with slight delay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15
TRACY KILLED HIM
Body of Merit Found With Bullet
Wound in the Back. Which Proves
Tracey's Story of Duel.

Seattle July ia special from Che
shalis says: The body of David Mer-
rit who escaped from Oregon prison
with Tracy, June ., has been found A
bullet wound in the back reveals the
nature of his death and substant;ates
the story told by Tracy about duel in
the forest. The remains are in a some
what advanced stage of decomposition,
but still recognizable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-15

Washington, July 15.-The presiden.
tial postmasters: Illinois-P. S. Buntin,
Bushnell; George Y. Downing, Gang
Point.
Iowa-G. F. Peek, Algona