The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1901. BLLANCHE BATES WILL APPEAR IN IBSEN’S “HEDDA GABLER” AR LN “Garrett O’'Magh’ Will Open at the-Columbia Next Week---*‘The White Heather’” at the Grand Opera-House To-Night, ‘‘The School for Scandal’ at Alcazar and ‘*Michael Strogoff’’ at Central aordinary in thea vill be production Gabler” at the €olum- Frida H Hedda ar b ncisco owed its “The Doll's v David Belasco. will begin its fourth ~week to-night and v evening next one of this or any 1 Opera-house the preser novelty a drama by Hamilton, “The Great R avs of the one of nd Henry the \d has been m y of whom this season. its Theater to- mpletely reco and will con- trons with her try Girl, with James M. Bro- will be the Central week. The clever nounced and the opening ‘Aida.” wusually good bill “hevalier Enrico the famous ’cellis DL MENTHINK FUTURE BRIGHT ol i Business Conditions Are| Succeeding Boom 1 Period. | that condi- rable to them. many new par- | The solution Angeles hed concerning output is certain to have a &« The members of | D1l Producers’ Association of Los An- | ange for disposing of all their | five years' contract with the Oil | sportation Company for The Ofl Stor- | t Company and mpany offered about the terms for handling the ofl. No con- | be made unless 500 wells are ed. The Storage Company will sell 000 barrels of oil now on hand and | sell exclusively for the mem- bers of the Producers’ Association. The most interesting clause to the gen- eral public is that which provides that should the average price received for the 1 than sixty-five cents per barrel | he contract may be can- celed at or The Union Oil Company offered 1o store oil for one cent per bar- rel per month. | Work in the Fields. The San Diego Union tells of the pro- gress in pr: g for ofl on the coast nia. The place selected | for beginning operations is about four- teen miles south of the boundary line of the United States and is near Point Rosa- | rio. Lumber and machinery have been sent down by direction of J. M. Elwood, the contractor for drilling. | The Pacific Refining Company’s plant at | Gosford is soon to be constructed. Three | 600-barrel stills, with & capaecity of 1200 barrels per day, will be installed. | According to the Inyo Register the 50| Oil Company, which was organized to | operate near Owens Lake, owns no land | ro County thet can be found record- | the county records. The Register ! Manager Cooke, under date of June writes to this office that the date when operations will be commenced cannot be set, but that it is not far distant. ““We are nego- | tiating for & complete standard rig, and it 1s | possible and very probable t the entire out- fit will be on the cars or on the wagon road overland by the middle of August, 190l and headed for the Inyo County ofl fields.”” He sends & of San Francisco men who are in- terested. He thinks that as the chief expendi- | tures will be in this county, and the ultimate benefits of successful operation almost beyond | estimating, the pesple of Inyo should assist the venture by taking stock. To make the in- | test ent safe and to insure a he sug- | geste that people subseribe stock to the amount 57 $1500 or $2000, Aepositing the money with some trustee, to be paid when the complete | @rilling rig is placed on the ground Basis of Solidity. les Herald takes a view [ that will be generally by the knowing ones, saying; seems to be accumulating that the is rapidly settiing down to a basia | solidity than that of a vear ago. the actual boom in n California ished from its steady and sub- was short lived. boom wae an unhealthy th - It is not the what alwaye comes Y "of a great opportunt n acquisition of wealth. e some persons made fortunes, vily, but on the whole, the re- | al alike to the investors and large, the latter getting the immense industry born full | that period” of excitement has « stead we have some thousands ted in ofl property who are e the industry on the same | f they were producing food | ing for the public. | in some quarters to | tement of a year ago, but with | t & forelgn to the spirit of | is ready for the new - “work of developing xae and California is going and ie coming In for . and dden they eir i e cut in the sng of % per cent in | ge profits resuited. How | | i hen. that the time is ripe Nt of the production of California—a great ad- | ng? ga Water Company now sup- | | sulphate of lead. | strata, | | | | | | | | i | « i i H | | | BLancHe | BaTeES | A3 "HEDDA . | GaBLER] | L 3 ¥ WELL-KNOWN ACTRESS AS THE HEROINE IN IBSEN'S PLAY, WHICH WILL BE GIV AT THE COLUMBIA AT A SPECIAL MAT- | INEE NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. | + " o the special attraction. Chevalier Scog- ions at Fischer’'s Concert-house. Charity millo is an artist of distinguished repu- artin and G. 8. Wanrell are rst‘mvofi ion and his performance alone is worth s of many weeks with F her's pat- t more than the price of admission. Then there is clever Etta Butler, with her fa- mous imper: tions, who bids farewe! 1o vaudeville this week: the Damm broth- who are not so black as they are ted; Charles Leonard Fletcher, mono- Goldie, the ever wel- g Clayton White and Stuart and the Prosper troupe of and some new biograph pictures te the good programme. &L ers S. Wanrell, Pletro Ciinton Mont- rs, Baby Ruth are the attrac- Charity Martin, G Buzzi, James the Kelcey ch's orchestra oot FLECTRIC POWER WITHOUT DYNAMD MBS, Chicago Chemist Invents a Coal-Consuming Battery. ST e A Special Dispatch to The Call, CHICAGO, July 14.—The problem of di- rect transformation of coal into elec- tricity without the medium of steam en- gine and dynamo—that will o' the wisp that has so long and successfully eluded chemists and electrical engineers—has at last been solved by Assistant City Chem- ist Hugo Jone, and his invention, a coal- consuming battery, has been patented, bearing date of June 25, 1%01. Speaking of the effect of his invention, Mr. Jone said to-day: “The shortcomings of the steam en- gine have been long recognized by engi- neers. The waste of heat energy in pro- ducing steam from coal and converting it into power is more than % per cent in some engines: even with the best it doe: not fall below 80 per cent. in my batter: electrical energy is produced by oxidation of lead and of ferrous chloride. The ox- idation -is effected by nitric acid, which after deoxidation is again regenerated by being brought into contact with air. The nitrie acid, therefore, is not used up. “Lead and sulphur dioxide are obtained by heating sulphate of lead with pow- dered coal in retort, the proportion of these . being twelve parts of sulphate of lead to one part of powdered coal. The retort is heated by coal ordinarily, though gas. gasoline or ofl may be used. “In ‘the battery the lead and sulphur dioxide, after having been utilized for the production of electricity, combine to form is can again be broken up by heating with coal and can once more be used for generating electri- city. The one feature of my battery is the conversion of heat into electricity.” INTENDING SETTLERS GATHERING AT EL RENO Accommodations for Feeding and Handling the Large Crowds Have Thus Far Proved. Ample. EL RENO, O. T.. July 14.—The trains to-day. have been bringing in moderate | crowds for registration. There are prob- ably 10,000 people at this time. and every- thing is quiet and orderly. Every one is comfortably situated and a large number more could be accommodated. The water supply is abundant, and every provision | has been made to house and feed the mul- | titude. The temperature has hung around the 100 point, and while every one has per- spired freely they have suffered no seri- ous inconvenience. TIndications now point to rain during the night. T i i e i i 2 e o ) plies seventeen drilling rigs and pumps water into four townships. Four and one- half miles northwest from Coalinga is the pumping plant of the Coast Range Water Company, which has two good wells. with | the capacity of 200,000 barrels per diem. Must Perfect Claims. Several thousand acres in Kern County are held under mineral claims which wiil expire January 1 unless the legal amount of prospect work is done unon them. This may stimulate leasing, There may be some excitement with jumpers the opening of the year also. In five months the oil shipments from Coalinga have amounted to 1443 barrels. The Arroyo Seco Company has succeed- ed the Salinas Oil Company, operating in Monterey County. The San Benito Crude Ofl Company ex- g:(‘(s to add three rigs to its present out- at The Corning Oil and Gas Company in Tehama has drilled 1100 feet. The grading on the Sunset Rallroad is rapidly progressing. Several miles of track have been laid. The road will prob- ably be completed in September, Workmen are laying pipe for the Chans- lor & Canfield Midway water system. The Bakersfield Californian says: Superintendent Hersey of the Thirty-three 0il Company has solved the question of in- creasing the capacity of any producing well by bailing out the eand and forming a cavity or e tacle at the bottom of the casing. In this way there is always a supply from which to draw Airectly instead of depending upon the seepage as it comes from the various T¢ has often been moted that weils w kept clear of sand gradually increase in | capacity as they are used, and tests which have recently been made prove that the theory set forth by Mr. Hersey is correct. rons, . . The two Lamonts, Lester Reeves and Ione are at the Olymbia. . e The Chutes has another strong bill this week. The newcomers who open to-day are Coleman and Mexis, expert and fancy rifie shots; P. J. Duffy, monologist; Kala- cratus, phenomenal juggier, and Adrienne Moore, in illustrated songs. The hold- overs are P. Richards, the famous ecar- toonist, and Spenser Kelly, the popular barytone. New moving pictures will also Ye show el el @ LONDON MARKET CONTINUES WERK . | Leipzeiger Bank Failure Causes a Great De- pression. LONDON, July 14.—There is little en- couragement to be derived from a re- | view of financial conditions in London at present. The conditions may be fairly described as bad and the most optimistic are forced to admit that the era of re- covery and prosperity, so often predicted, must now be postponed to a very indefin- ite future. ‘What had seemed a promising outlook has grown worse from the day of the an- nouncement of the failure of the Leip- zeiger Bank. While at first this seemed | an isolated event it now appears to have | involved Germany, Belgium and even Paris in a severe depression. Germany, | anxious to strengthen its financial po- | sition, threw securities recklessly on an | unreceptive market. Every fresh effort to realize only accentuated the downward movement. Following - this continental depression came the Argentine finance bill riots. Next came the most serious and most unexpected blow of all—the bad break in New York, just when the dis- bursement of a big crowd of impending | dividends, estimated at £130,000,000, led London to expect the strongest American support. Naturally the bottom dropped out of everything here. Consols touched | the lowest point since 1575 and home rails fell off 20 to 30 per cent from last year's highest figures. In the American section there was an immense decline, the greatest being in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, which fell off 17 points, and Atchison, which fell off 16 points. Union Pacific shares de- clined 14 points and other Americans shawed_proportionate losses. It i3 now rumored here that the decline was the result of a preconcerted plan by the lead. ers of the market to shake out the weak bull interests. Fortunately the local bul) raccounl is a comparatively small one, but tke moral effect of trading has been do. cidedly pressing. The money outlook for the future is quiet and easier. BERLIN, July 14.—Last with :} lrjxewt !‘nrv record of most industrials, many showi vi falls.” Complete pessimism m:%k;r‘lo‘?l?et trade of the week. The news from the industrial centers continued unfavorable. The newspapers generally concur in the opinion that the downward movement hay not vet been exhausted. All describe the tone of the market as extremely ge- pressed and hopeless. Many companies, In the course of the week, made discouraging reports and the air was thick with unfavorable rumors. Interest in Wall street revived. but trading was slight except in Canadians. Wall street's nervousness caused renewed apprehension and the papers are now cal- culating the probable effects here of a crisis in New York. The Kreuz Zeitung asserts that German speculators haye heavy engagements in New York, The money market continues to show a great abundance of money. call loany relaxing to 2% per cent. Discounts rec main at 3 per cent. The Prussian ‘State raflw ment has ordered 300 loe prices 2 per cent lower than last order. EXCITING COMB;[NATION RACE. McFarland and Cooper Are Shut Out on Their Heat. NEW YORK, July 14.—At the Vallsburg, N. J., track to-day the most exciting race was the combination one-mile race for professionals, in which team work was not only allowed but encouraged. The surprise of the race was the fact that McFarland and Cooper were shut out on | their heat. They were looked upon as likely winners. Frank J. Kramer and John F. Fisher proved to be too speedy for the others and won in the end. Kramer capturing first place, Cooper second and Kimble third. Half-mile handicap, professional—Won b I.°T. Fisher, Chicako (20 yards): Tom Cooper, Detroit (scratch), second; Owen Kimble, Lou- isville (25 yards), third: Floyd Krebs, New- ark (40 yards), fourth. Time, 1:00. One mile combination. professional Frank Kramer and J. T. Fisher; H. B. Free- man and Hardy Downing second; Lester Wil~ #on and Otto Mova third: Al Newhouse and Walter Badgett fourth. Time, 2:1L week ended quotations {n depart- motives at those in the MURDER ENDING TO QUARREL Young Driver of Milk- Wagon Is Stabbed to Death. Joseph Whalen Slays G. Welch, His Comrade, With a Pocket-Knife. ) fancuinary Tragedy at the Chutes Ends the Festivi- tics of the Day at the Pleasure Grounds. et | Murder brought the festiv- {ities at the Chutes to a tragic |close at 2;30 o'clock this |morning when G. Welch, a milk wagon driver, 19 years lof age, was stabbed to death | | by Joseph Whalen, also driver iof a milk wagon. | Both the murderer and his‘ |victim had gone to the pleas-| ure resort to participate in the French society’s celebra- | tion of the Fall of the Bas- tile. No one knows just how the fatal quarrel began, but the two youths had been| drinking. | The murderer used a pocket knife and | slashed and stabbed his victim in a dozen ! places before the horrified spectators could interfere. When yocung Welch fell b'eed- inz to the ground Whalen escaped in the | crowd, but was found hiding in one of [ the buildings half an hour latzr by Offi- | | cers Lord and Reed and placed undcr} arrest. | Whalen, who is not yet 2o years o'd, refused to ta'k. UNIONS WILL CELEBRATE LABOR DAY IN STYLE | General Committee Is’ Already Out | Moking Preparations for the Event. OAKLAND, July 14.—Organized labor is | preparing te celebrate Labor day as it | has never been celebrated in Oakland be- | fore. Labor is well organized upon this | side of the bay and it has been decided | to make this day a general holiday and | t) provide a serics of events that will | make it memorable. The Federated Trades has taken the initiative in this and has appointed a | committee consisting of . Rogers, State president of the Federated Trades, who is a resident of Oakland. and Messrs. Cole and Hopkins to have charge of the day. This committee will arrange the de- tails, consult with the various unions and the public officials and make the neces- | sary arrangements. Tt iz proposed to have the celebration | entirely within the unions and it is ex- pected that they will vie with each other as to the showing each will make. There is a general movement through- out the unions of Oakland to support the butchers if any of them should get into trouble with their employers through the | late strike e NOTORIOUS DESPERADO DEFIES ..UTHORITIFS Although Suffering From Several Bullet Wounds “Scar Face” Jim Refuses to Surrender. ARDMORE, L. T., July 14—"Scar Face" Jim, alleged to be a member of the old Dalton gang of outlaws, was located last night in a secluded spot twenty miles east of here sufferinz from bullet wounds. Last week at Sulphur he had a desperate fight with deputy United States Marshals, and was wounded but eseaped. The Marshals | had a narrow escape. To-day United | States Marshal Haller and several depu- | ties went after “Scar Face,” who savs he will not surreader. He is wanted for many crimes. iy EXPOSITION OFFICIALS CLOSE MIDWAY SHOWS. Guards Surround the Entrances and Refuse Admission to the Pur- chasers of Tickets, BUFFALO, July 14.—The vroprietors of tne Midway shows at the Pan-American Exposition made another effort to-day to open their concessions on Sunday. Two concessionaires were promptly arrested znd taken to police headduarters. No charge was preferred by the exposition officials and the men were released. The showmen returned to their concessions and again began relling tickets. A de- tall of exposition guards =oon arrived and surrounded the entrances, refusing to al- | low the public to enter. The shows were then closed for the day. g Sisters Ask for the Property. REDWOOD CITY. July 13.—A petition for a decree terminating the life ostate of William H. Clark in 205 acres of land near Burlingame has been filed in the Superior Court by FElizabeth M. Clark, Mary M. Clark and Charlotte A. Poters, all of Waltham, Mass. The petitioners are sisters to whom a deed of this property was made by Clark in 18%. in which deed he reserved to himself a life estate. Clark died a few months after making the deed and it is for the purpose of declaring his Aeath of reeord that the present nroceed- inge are bhrought. The property is worth about $60,000. Bishop Grace Confirma Children. RENICTA, July 14,—An impressive cere- mony took place at St. Dominic’s to-day, when the sacrament of confirmation was administered to 150 children and adults from the parishes of Port Costa, Crockett. Valona and this city by Bishop Grace of Sacramento. solemn_high mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father O'Connor, assisted by the Rev. Father Lamb. The altar was beautifully ‘decorated with ferns, palms and candles. After the mass the Bishop addressed the children. Found Lifeless in His Room. SAN JOSE, July 14—John Downs, for thirty years a well-known resident of this city, was found dcad in hizs home at 362 West San Balvador street this afternoon. Death i{s supposed to have resulted from hemorrhage of the lungs. His family is spending the summer at Pacific Grove. Et LB Another Offer From Carnegie. LONDON, July 15—Andrew Carnegie has offered £3000 for the erection of a free wublic library in Annan, Scotland. | and the shore is a sluice. HARVEY N. SLOPER DIES " AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS Popular Elk anci Business Man Stricken With Pneumonia, Brought On by a Chill, Passes Away After Three Days’ Sickness and Before His Mother Could Reach His Bedside | Unprecedented Drought & 3 THREE DAYS' ILLNESS. YOUNG BUSINESS AND CLUB MAN OF OAKLAND, KNOWN FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE CTHER, WHO DIED AFTER A — p, AKLAND, July 14.—The announce- I/ ment of th= death of Harvey N. Sloper tanis morning came as a shock to the community in which he had so many friends, for it was hardly known that he was sick. He was about his usual haunts on Wednesday evening, attended a meeting of the direc- tors of a company in which he was inter- osted, dropped into the Elks' clubreoms for a few moments and then went home to be taken with a chill that developed into pneumonia, from which he died be- fore daylight this morning at his home on Myrtle street. He was sick scarcely mare than three days and it was not even certain that he was sick enough to send for his mother, the widow of the late State Senator Ell S. Denison, who was summering at Lake Tahoe. When death came his mother and sisters were com- municated with and they left Truckee on a special train this afternoon and arrived in Oakland at midnight. His wife, one sister, Mrs. R. B. Ayer, and his brother- | in-law, R. B. Ayer, were with him at the time of his death. Pneumocnia of the most rapid type was the direct cause of death, Harvey N. Sloper was one of the most popular of the yvoung men of club and business life in Oakland. He was the step- son of the late Senator Eli 8. Denison, and When Mr. Denison died some years ago his business of supvlying the travelers on { the lines of the Southern Pacific Com- pany with literature. news and edibles was incorporated and Harvey N. Sloper be- came the secretary and manager of the e i e e o I BTHIG PATY SHEPT T0 DEATH Drown in Swift Current ‘While Making for the Shore. e SAVANNAH, Ga., July 14.—Six persons were drowned while surf bathing at a picnic of the Hebrew Gamahl Hasad at Daufuskie beach this afternoon. The dead: MRS. ABRAHAM DICKSTEIN, aged 23. ANNIE KRONSTADT, aged 10. IDA KRONSTADT, aged 17. LEAH SILVERSTEIN, aged 17. ANNIE HOROWITZ, aged 13. ISAAC SACHT, aged 22, A strong southeast wind was blowing and the tide was at flood. Fifty vards off shore is a shoal and between the shoal The party was bathing on the shoal. but finding the tide getting rather high the bathers concluded to go nearer shore. Almost at once they found the sluice over their heads, with big waves pounding and a sweeping cur- rent running. Of twelve who started across the sluice only six reached the share. Mrs. Dickstein’s body was recovered, but the others, re swept out to sea. FIRE LAYS WASTE FOUR BLOCKS OF HOUSES Department Finds It Necessary ‘o . Blow Up Buildings to Chack the Flames. ENID, O. T., July 14—Four blocks of business houses on the public square were destroyed by fire in less than three hours’ time by a fire that started after midnight 15t night. The water supply was inade- quate and it was necessary to blow up buildings with dynamite to check the flames. Owing to the continued drought everything burned like matchwood. A light_wind blew from the southeast and saved the eastern part of the town. The total loss is estimated at $180,000. The in- surance will be light. SHOT TO DEATHE BY LOVE-SICK STABLE BOY. Murderer Completes His Terrible Crime by Sending Bullet Through His Own Heart. NEWTON, Kans., July 14.—Miss Oma Beers, the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beers, was shot and killed last night by Herbert Hacklett, a stable boy formerly in the family's em- ploy, who afterward shot himself through the heart. Hacklett became fascinated with the young ladv, who did not in any way return the infatuation. The girl was shot four times and the surroundings indicated that she had made a terrible struggle for her life. p b h B Aeronaut Fatally Injured. SPRINGFIELD, Ohlo, July 14—Paul Hague, known as Professor Zeno, an aeronaut, was fatally injured this after- noon at Inland Park, falling 200 feet. His parachute failed to open. 2 3 A good many people secretly r the m‘eu!onuneyop tbglr rriends.y Siolog, at | menced, presumably e company He had always been the active manager of the news agency and he sim- ply became the actual head with the death of his stepfather. As such he was known from one end of the Southern Pacific Com- pany's system to the other. Mr. Sloper had always been much of a club man in Oakland. He believed in sup- porting the institutions of the towns and was a member of many, but his great in- terest was in the Elks and the Republican Alliance. He had been director and held different offices of the Alliance and was one of the wheel-horses of that organiza- tion, When a trip was planned for the Alliance it was always Harvey N. Sloper who made the arrangements and the plans, and he alwavs did it well. But it was to. the Elks that Harvey N. Sloper gave his best effiorts. member of Oakiand Lodge Na. he al- ways stood by the organization. When it was struggling for recognition in Oakland Harvey N. Sloper worked for it earnestly and to him as mueh as to any other mem- ber is due the fact that Oakland Lodge is to-day one of the leading ones in the State. No arrangements have vet been made .for the funeral, and none will be made un- til after the arrival of the dead man’'s| mother. The funeral services will, how- ever, be conducted by the Elks, as this was known to be his wish. Mr. Sloper was a native of Sacramento and 42 vears of age at the time of his death. He had lived in Oakland for about 25 years and leaves a widow and two chil- dren—a dauvehter. Miss Florence Denison Sloper. aged 18. and a_baby, three vears of age. He was married twice, his first wife hi;;rlnp: died. He had one child by each wife. WANT FRANCHIGE DEGLARED VOID Berkeley Trustees Wish to Forfeit Transit Line Privilege. LT, BERKELEY, July 14.—When the Town Trustees meet Monday night the proposi- tion will be brought up to declare void the tween East and West Berkeley, now held by the Oakland Transit Company. Cap- tain W. H. Marston, the president of the board, is the leader in the movement to disfranchise the road. When the line was purchased recently up the roadbed was immediately com- with the object of putting down a better track. Since then 20 ears have been run. This is contrary to the franchise, which calls for the “‘con- tinuous” running of cars. On this ground members of the board claim the right to make the company forfeit its privilege. ‘When the original fifty-year franchise pravision was made for the town to se- cure a percentage of the recelpts. For this reason the Trustees want the franchise forfeited and another one issued. Town from the board, is looking up the law on the matter. The old franchise has become valuable praoverty in recent vears. The road would make the copnecting 100p hetween the San Pablo and Groveestreet lines and would connect the business centers of Berkeley. RUNAWAY COUPLE MARRY AND ARE FORGIVEN Lloyd Elwell and His Young Bride Will Be Welcomed by the Girl’s Mother. BERKELEY, July 14.—Miss Mae McCoy and Lloyd Flwell, who disappeared from this city Friday after telling Miss Me- Coy's mother they were going to attend an Epworth League meeting in San Fran- cisco, were married in that city on the same day. Rev. John Steohens, a Metho. dist Episcopal pastor, performed the cere. mony. To-day the young peonle sent word of their marriage to the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hearsch. who resides on O'Farrell street. San Francisco. and later met W, H. McCoy. Mrs. Elwell's brother, there. The grandmother and brother gave their blessings to the runaway couple and a speedy reconciliation all around is prom- ised. Mrs. McCoy has decided to welcome her new son-in-law to the family clrecle, The plans of the newly married couple have not been fully decided upon, but they probably will go to Riverside for the rest of the vacation and return here in August for young Elwell to complete his univer- sity education. —_———— Would Bar American Crews. LONDON, July 14.—William H. Green- fell, M. P., who is a well-known oarsman and a member of the Thames Conserv- arcy Board, writes to the Times to-day announcing that he has given notice to the stewards of the Henley Royal Rega of his intention to move a reys.nlutlon':: confine the entries to the British islands. His principal reason, he says, is that the regatta was never intended for interna- tional contests and is not suited to them. | 'BURLINGTON, A charter | franchise over the old horse-car line be- | by the Transit Company work of tearing | was granted some sixteen years ago no | Attorney B. A. Havne. under instruction | i MERGILESS AAS BLIHTING CAPS in the Southwest Yet Unbroken. Kansas Farmers Place Their Loss in Cornfields at Fif y P.r Cent. bk Gt KANSAS CITY, July 14.—No relief came to-day to break the almost unprecedented drought in the Southwest. The day was a repetition of the past two weeks, with reports from many places in Western | Missouri, Kansas and the Territories of temperatures above the 100 mark. At most places the sun shone mercilessly, with not even a fitful ciould to break its rays nor a slight breeze. In Kansas City last night conditions provag more bearable, a breeze from the north alleviating the conditions, but a day of intense heat followed. To-night there is a prospeet of rain in { Oklahoma, but there are no indications | of a change from any other part of the | Southwest. With no relief in sight the fears for the crops that have been experienced daliy | are fast becoming realities, and the scar- city of water and generally dry conditions make the element of fire almost a sevious {one. What the real damage to corn, the crop most affected, will be is problematic- al, but it is probably safe to say that half the crop will be last. The supply of water } is short In almost every direction. and the shipments of cattle and hogs to this mar- ket to save them eontinue. In Kansas City to-day the Government thermometer registered 102. and at Marys- le, Kans., 104 was recorded, against 100 vesterday. There were three prostrations at Marysville. ARDMORE, I. T., July 14—Reports from the cotton belt show that cotton is being injured by the arought that has prevailed in'the Chickasaw Nation for the past five weeks. Unless rain fall within the next few days crops will be cut short. About 80 per cent of the corn crop has already been ruined. The crop of other grains Is a total failure. ST. PAUL, July 4.—The hot wave con- tinues throughout Minnesota and the Da- | kotas, At Huron a child went ‘to sleep in | the sun and died from the heat. New Ulm, Minn.. reports a temperature of 104, with a number of prostrations. The State ag- ricultural experimental farm reports that the hot weather is doing great damage to wheat in Southern Minnesota and that chinchbugs are very numerous and are contributing to the destruction. OMAHA, July 14.—This State has had a very torrid dav. The thermometer here registered 104. The atmosphere was fresh, however, with an absence of anything that tended to hot winds. Reports from the State are to the effect that rain is needed, but with the absence of winds the crops will stand considerable hot weath- er. Spring wheat and oats in Nebraska are well nigh a failure. Towa, July 14.—To-day was the sixth day in succession that the mercury went to 100 and above. There are no signs of rolief. JACKSON, Miss., July 14.—All over the State corn, cotton and other forms of crops have bezn seriously damaged by the long-continued drought. RAIN BBEA—KS THE DROUGHT. DENISON, Tex., July #4.—The worst | drought ever experienced in this section was broken this afternoon by a terrific rainfall of more than two hours’ dura- tion, the volume of rain being almost | equal to a cloudburst. The storm was ac- | companied by a wind of almest tornado force. Reports indicate that the rain is general in this vicinity. It has come just in the nick of time to save the cotton Tt will benefit the fruit erop and crop. | supply water for stock, lack of which | had caused much distress. | The Southern Methedist Episcopal Church, recently erected at a cost of $15,- 000, was partially demolished and a num- ber of small houses in the nerthern por- tion of the eity were wrecked. Shade trees and window glass throughout the city suffered. A tornado is reperted to have passed over the Chickasaw Nation, but there are no particulars here. | EUROPE SUFFERS FROM HEAT. | LONDON, July 15. | has completely dried up the country around Berlin,” says the Berlin corre- spondent of the Times, ‘“and all moisture has withdrawn from the soil to a depth of several feet. Fruit is falling from the trees before it is ripe and potato and hay crops have been seriously affected by the drought. COPENHAGEN, July 14.—Extreme heat continues throughout Denmark. Seven deaths due to heat were reported to-day. GENEVA, July 14.—There is no abate- ment of the terrible heat. At noon to-day the temperature was 9 degrees Fahren- heit. Numerous cases of heat prostration and slight sunstroke were reported. L BAEAKS RECOAD FOR PROSPERITY |Growth of Our Foreign Commerce in Past Year. A Special Dispatch to The Call. 1 | CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. | W., WASHINGTON, July 4.—All former records are surpassed by the statistics of foreign commerce of the United States for the fiscal year which came to a close on June 30. A preliminary statement prepared by the Bureau of Statistics in the Treasury Department shows that the combined val- ue of imports and exports for the fiscal | year amounted to $2.310,413,077, agamnst 244,424,266 for the year ending June 30, 1300, the largest previous record. The imports for the year amounted to $822,756,533, a decrease of $27,184.651 in com- “The intense heat | parison with the imports for the previ ous yvear. The exports amounted to $1.457,656.- 544. an increase of $93.173.462 in comparison i with the previous year, making the bal- | ance of trade for the vear in favor of the United States 364,900,011, or an increase of $120,338,113 over the balance of trade for the previous year. In addition to this there was an excess | of $17,901,139 in the value of silver bullion exported over the value of that metai im- ported. |~ Notwithstanding this large balance of | trade in faver of the United States, figures show that the imports of geld during the vear exceeded the exports of that metal 342,332 This means that the ance of trade between this country and the rest of the world was largely settled by other means. A certain amount of gold is carried | abroad by American tourists and return- ing Europeans. but as most of these carry letters of credit this amount is relatively small, A large part of the balance goes to pay frelght bills on American exports car- ried in foreign steamers and some of it to pay interest and dividends on American securities held abroad. The smail imports of gold in the face of a large balance of trade during the past year, however, is prineipaily due to the fact that American capitalists are now allowing much of their money to remain in Europe for investment and sales of bonds by foreign govern- ments in the United States have gone far toward settling the balance of trade. The prineipal items of American export are breadstuffs, live animals. provisions. cotton ard mineral oils. During the vear just cicsed the total exvarts of breadstuffs amounted In value to $267.487,239: cattle and hogs amounted to $36.5%7.082: vrovisions to $179.875.250. cotton to $313.283.572, a min- eral oils to 369,905,689 Each of these artl- cles showed increases, though while the quantity of mineral oils exported was greater than in the previous vear, the re- duction _in_ prices reduced the valvation nearly $5,000,000 below last year's figures.