The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1902, Page 1

Tall, VOLUME XCII-NO. 46. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CORNER | ON CORN | BREAKS “Shorts” Effect Set- [ tlement With the | Gates Clique. Price of July Producti‘ Drops Fifteen ‘ Cents. '; [ Manipulators’ Profits | Less Than Was Expected. CHICAGO, w. an abrupt terminati July 15.—The Gates “corner” on July famous John corn came to | y when it be- | came known that to the extent of a good million had effected private settlement with Harris, Gates & “o., and that the deal was at an end so | as the steel magnate was concerned. e July prices responded to the settle- a drop of 15% cents to quick Later recovered a fraction substantially the and closed at 6% ts article bushels were subject 10 | mt probably never will | nor is there mugh chance identity of the “big fel- lows” in t trade who doubtless contributed liberally to the fortunes of the friends associated with will ever be positively s is at present in New York, | Bcotten, manager for the Gates-Har- se, would only admit the fact of a | by the outstanding *shorts. t of the termination of the mer P the shape of a corner could exist. NO FUROR IN THE PIT. No especial excitement attended the pre- bubble by the all in nothing in mature puncturing of the men whose property it was. The tra has all along admitted Gates’ ability to do what he pleased with corn, and if ke to close the deal a couple of week prior to the time at which it would have by limitation there was no one to only unusual thing in to the time at which it be- known that the corner was at an was the purchasing of July corn in wmal Pit trading during the day was not much | ove els. Manager Scotten would not discuss the settlement price. This price, how ever was mnot matter of d cided terest to the trade generall knowledge that Monday night's e was §1 cents and the open- the from 9 cents to 80 cents, s of opinion among the outsic Gates had demanded 81 cents from ough to sell 60 cents up. EXTENT OF THE “CORNER.” settled | either %4 those who we him corn all P the v from *“*The ngth of the line” of July fo horts” is 0 matter of more or less conjecture. Scotten said it was “several million bushel and that the length of the line had ver been overes- timat called as high | £ t more generally 20,- © [i ter of common ke e it became possible to liveries on July contracts the H: people have taken in and e about 00,000 bushels This leave settiements on some 17,000,000 Te timate of apparent profit ecessitate a knowledge eal wo of the average price at which the prop- erty was b This can ne be knowr later chooses to is however, by close observers of the trans sction that Gat will not exceed $1,500.000. This amount will be divided be- tween ten or a dozen millionaires who were interested in the deal. Mr. Gates &nd his friends have between 4,000,000 and £.000,000 bushels of cash corn which they | must dispose of before the “‘corner” c be called absolutely settled. This corn represents the “corpse,” which, in every corner ever negotiated, has been the| stumbling block to success, If the average | price of the Harris-Gates holding should | prove well up to the 70-cent point, the | clique has on hand several million bushels | of corn which cost its holders in excess | |and had breakfast with a logger | he shot and killed David Merrill, his com- | | angr CORPSE TRACY'S VICTIM Woman Finds Life- less Body of Merrill. Z Outlaw’s Early Com-| rade Killed in the | Forest. .‘ | Posses on the Trail| of the Clever | Fugitive. ‘ | Special Dispatch to The Calil. TACOMA, Wash., July 15.—A spe- I cial dispatch to the Evening News by courier says officers are hot after | Tracy, who is on Gold Hill trail, east ! of Buckley. He ate yesterday at the | Gardner ranch, on Mud Mountain, | named Clark this morning. He took the Gold Hill route in order that he | could secure rest, as he appeared very | tired. { ————— i TACOMA, Wash,, July 15.~—0uuaw§ Harry Tracy told more of the truth than the authorities and the public were clined to believe when he declared that| panion in crime in tiary. The body the Oregon peniten- | of Merrill has been in-| | Successor INCREASED POWER | FOR CHAMBERLAIN IN THE NEW CABINET Colonial Secretary Is Now Looked Upon as Sir Michael Hicks-Beach’s Probable as Chancellor of Exchequer, found and Tracy is saved | The notorious fugitive shot his partner | probably on June 2. Yesterday Mary Wagner and her 12-year-old-son,who live at Napavine, were out picking ber- ries and were attracted by the odor to| the spot where Merrill's decomposed body | lay | SHELLS ON THE GROUND. | Word was immediately sent to Chehalis at 9 o'clock last reputation for veracity night Sheriff De | Geler of Lewis County left for the scene, | and where he remained all night. The story spread around Chehalis and Centralia and a large crowd gathered around the place where the body was found. Sheriff De | Geler had difficulty in keeping the people | from disturbing the body until the arrival | of the Coroner. Three 30-30 Winchester | shells were found In the vicinity. One | | was behind a cedar tree and the other | | two ten feet fromy the road. = Ty v4 Aous tommission X to Heleww-th This leads | ¥iired a shot at Merrill from behind the tree and then °d the work from the open. Tracy first spoke of the killing of Mer- | ill to Frank Scott, in whose company he | spent all of July 2. Scott was one of the six men held up near Olympia and one of four that went down the Sound to Meadow | Point in the launch N. and 8. Tracy said | the quarrel arose over the fact that the| newspapers had given Merrill equal credit | or discredit with Tracy for crimes that | Tracy alone had committed. The two de- | cided to fight a duel, Tracy having taunted Merrill with cowardice and made him The duelists agreed to walk ten steps | in opposite directions, turn simultaneous. | Iy and fire. From his haggling over terms Tracy was convinced that Merrill would turn before taking ten steps and degided mot to let him get the drop. | When Tracy had taken eight steps he | d and shot, striking Merrill in the | Tracy finished Merrill with two | more shots. The finding of Merrill's body | puts to rest the belief of so many that | Tracy was telling of the death to aid Mer- | rill to escape. WOUNDS ARE THREE. | Deputy Coroner H. L. Meade of Che- halis took a jury to the scene at noon to- day. The bedy was removed to.Chehalis, v examined the corpse and a journed until 10 o'clock to-morrow. The | face is unrecognizable and the body is in a bad state, bt a comparison of the de- | scription of scars on Merrill's hand, his | foot and knee and the color of hair | checked with those on the body. | Warden J.,T. Janes of the Salem Pen tentiary would not swear that the body | was that of Merrill, but expressed the | opinion that it was. J. W. Studebaker of | Castle Rock, who had known Merrill | many years, said it was he, and Ben Mer- rill, his brother, expressed the same opin- fon. There were three bullet wounds in | the body. One was throuch the head, an- | other entered near the middle of the back, | and the third bail entered the left side, | passing through the body and coming out Mre. | | | ness. of the present market price. Right here | on the opposite side, breaking the right | is the sallent point. Will it be necessary | wrist. The only articles found in the | to market this large holding of corn at | pockets were a briar pipe and some smok- less than it cost? PROFITS ARE CURTAILED. The many “‘corner” millions at one point promised of profit, and the men whose well-filled cribs line the tracks of | Chicago | are held responsible for its disappointing nearly every rallroad entering ending. There were substantial reserves from the bumper crop of 1900 and the yield of 1%L This corn has been held for a satis- factory market. The holders did not be- gin to tske advantage of the situation when the price of July got up in the sev- enties, and when it finally reached 90 conts the Chicago market was deluged with cash corn. For a while the Harris- Gates crowd kept the market cleaned up, but steadily increasing quantities began coming and the prospect of loading up with a Jot of S0-cent corn which they might not*be able to dispose of at more than @ cents became somewhat appalling. Without warning they withdrew all sup- port, settled with the “shorts” and closed the deal. Children Born Six Weeks Apart. EL PASO, Tex., July 15.—A Mexican women in El Paso has given birth to two healthy children, the second one born six weeks after the firet. | ing tobacco, an upper plate with four | | false teeth and seven 30-caliber shells. The | ldier trousers which he was wearing had | | Been cut off at the bottoms, as they were | | apparently too long. He wore a soldier's | blouse, had on a red undershirt and his heavy shoes were slit as though they had hurt his feet. Mrs. Wagner and her son will claim re- wards amounting to $2750 for finding the | body of Merrill ! ———— | 1‘ TRACY HAS A MEAL. | | Outlaw Drops In on a Farmer, Dines snd Is Shaved. ENUMCLAW, Wash, July 15.—Word has just reached here this evening that Tracy had dinner Sunday afternoon with Morris Garner, on what is known as the Galnon farm, on Boise Creek, three and a half miles southeast of Enumclaw. Gar- ner's story has up to the present time been kept quiet by him through fear of the outlaw, who, he says, threatened him when Jeaving. Garner says that at or near 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon a man entered the house without knocking and | announced himself as Tracy, saying: “Gentlemen, I am Tracy, and want something to eat quick.” The Garners, father and three sons, had | gust finished dinner, so they told him to — BRITISH STATESMEN WHO ARE IN LINE FOR IMPORTANT PRO- MOTIONS BY BALFOU ONDON, July 15.—Joseph Cham- belain, who severely cut on the head in a cab accident last Monday, is slowiy tmprov- | ing. He lost much blood that he has suffered from an intermittent pulse and cons =0 Complete rest and a change of air have been ordered. Interest political still centers this sphinx of the Colonial Office. It is regarded as a certainty now that Cham- berlaln expects to strive for the piace of Chancellor of the Exchequer, vacated by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and once hav- ing set his®hand in this direction there is little doubt that he will succeed in his ambition. The situation is especlally exasperating to the Irish members of Parliament, who regarded Sir Michael Hicks-Beach as a foil for Chamberlain. Now that the for- mer is out of the Government circle and Chamberlain bids falr to become powerful, the Trish members scent ger to their cause. Chamberlain has strengthened his grip upon the coalition party by the loyalty with which he has supported Balfour. Like other fathers, he is proud of his son and is anxious to have him get on, so the promotion of Austen Chamberlain, well as the Colonial Secretary, is prob- more dan- sit up and help himself, which he pro- ceeded to do, first ordering the two eldest sons to go to one corner of the room, di- rectly in front of him, where he could keep them covered with his rifie. At the time of his entrance the younger boy was shaving, but after the man announced himself as Tracy he ceased the operation and was unable to proceed, even when told by Tracy to go ahead and finish the shave. After eating his dinner Tracy said: “Young man, come here and shave me."” Upon the young man demurring on the grounds of not being an adept with the razor, Tracy said: “That's all right, T am not particular, and if T don’t kick, you need not,” where- upon young Garner lathered his face and proceeded to remove his beard. They state that he had at least two weeks’ quent weak- | around | as | able. Among the sheaf of speculative s the most likely one is that which | e Austen Chamberlain and George Wyndham into the reconstructed Cabinet. | Specuiation as to the probable personnel | of Balfour's Ministry continues to absorb the public. Many m2mes are mentioned, and ‘it is expected that the next week will bring several surprises in the way of resignations and appointments. { The Daily Telegraph clalms to have au- thority to deny rumors which are cur- | rent of the approaching resignation of Lord Milner, Governor of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony and Brit- {ish High Commissioner in South Africa. | There is, says the Telegraph, no imme- ciate prospect of such a contingency. PRI PR R BOARDS ROYAL YACHT. | King Edward Not Fatigued by His | Journey. | LONDON, July ing Edward left Victoria station at 11:35 o’clock this morn- { ing for Portsmouth to board the royal vacht Victoria and Albert. The King was conveyed from Buckingham palace to the rajiiway station in an ambulance drawn by two horses. The only other occupant of the ambulance was Queen Alexandra. The vehicle was drawn at a walking pace. Although there was a small crowd at the 15.— growth of beard with which he was very glad to part. After being shaved he help- ed himself to a pair of trousers that were hanging on the wall, putting them under his arm, and went out. This will materially change the theories | of Tracy's pursuers, as it has been thought all the time that he.came to | Bnumclaw from Palmer by working along | the side of the mountains south of the | Northern Pacific Railroad, and was first seen by Clarence Burk just east of the town. It seems though that he came down the line on the north side of the track until he came to or near the White River, when he worked his way south along the river, crossed the track near the ‘White River bridge and continued up the stream to the Garner home. The railroad company keeps a watch- station there was no demonstration, in compliance with the express wish of the Kink. The doctors and nurses awaited the arrival of the ambulance, and a party of bluejackets removed the King from the vehicle to a royal saloon car formerly vsed by the late Queen Victoria. Abso- lute privacy was obtaied by means of a Infty screen of red plush which sur- rounded the platform. King Edward arrived at Portsmouth be- fore 2 o’clock. His removal from the train to the royal vacht was safely accomplish- ed by bluejackets, and the King's couch was placed in a reception room which had been specially constructed on.the upper deck. The warships in the harbor fired a royal salute as the King embarked, and all the vessels dressed ship and manned yards or decks. The royal vacht steamed off al- most immediately after the transfer was completed. It was sald that the King bore the journey exceedingly well. COWES, TIsle of Wight. July 15.—The royal yacht having on board King &d- ward, Queen Alexandra and the Prin- cesses anchored in Cowes Roads at 4:20 o'clock after a short cruise eastward. 1t was officially given out this evening that the King was not fatigued by the journey nor in the least distressed by the transfers, and that he expressed great pleasure at the change. man at this bridge, and he says he saw a man come up on the grade and cross the track shortly after the noon hour, and he is satisfiled he carried a gun, a$ he could see it glisten in the sunlight. This evening at 7:30 smoke was seen as- cending from a small gully in the foot- hills just east of here. As it has rained here most of the day, and at times very hard, it is thought by a great many of | the citizens that the fugitive is still lurk- ing in the immediate vicinity. If his past actions are to be an index to his future it is more than likely to be his’ camplire, as it is well situated on'a slope command- ing a good view of the main highway o the east and also overlooks the town. Any one in this position could keep a good watch and be in no great danger of a surprise. Looked at through a good | no communication with the section where | the most serious devastation is believed | left standing. This came from a Great | from the ruins and tapped the wires at | Forks and Larimore, had been destroyed. | | At Thompson, the Great Northern | tion lies a great mass of wreckage, di-| | residences are in ruins, and the main por- | tion of the town is leveled. ‘ PELIEVE INOCULATION CHAOS IN WAKE OF WIND Tornado Levels Three Towns in North- west. Meager Reports Indi- cate Ureat Loss of Life. Storm Lays Waste a Large Section of Country. ST. PAUL, July 16.—Tremendous dam- age and, it is believed, great loss of life were caused by a terrific windstorm which early last night swept in a south- westerly direction from the international boundary across the northeastern portion | of North Dakota. Three towns, accord- ing to the meager reports which were obtainable at midnight, were totally de- stroyed. Telegraph lines are wrecked and there Is to nave been worked by the tornado. The little town of Borup, on the St Vincent line of the Great Northern, is in ruins. The final report last night was that hardly a structure of any sort was| Northen telegraph operator, who, after his cffice had been laid flat, saved his key the nearest available point. He also re- ported the razing of a hamlet some miles distant, with destruction of a large| amount of property. From the St. Vincent branch came re- | ports that the North Dakota towns of | El Dorado, about seven miles from Grand | Forks, and Thompson, between Grand | sta- | rectly across the main line. Stores and | The popu- lation is about 200. Fragments of information come from El Dorado, and these indicate the de- struction of that town of about 250 peo-, ple. Neither of the reports from Thomo- son or El Dorado speaks of loss of life. | The reports indicate that the tornado | developed southwest of the Lake of the Woods country, and took a course down | across the northern portion of the State, traveling toward the southwest. pilabuniel s it RUINED HER HEALTH Friends of Emma King Say That the | Experiments of a Physician 1 Resulted Injuriously. 1 NEW YORK, July 15.—That Emma H. | King, who died from strychnine poison- ing at Lake Hopatcong, N. the same weman who was inoculated with alleged tuberculosis germs by Dr. George D. Bar- ney of Brooklyn was made clear by her | friends in this city vesterday. She lived in Brooklyn when Dr. Barney | employed her to demonstrate his con-| sumption theories. After his announce- ment that he had injected the germs of into her veins, the Board of | Health took up the matter. Miss King | was then sent to Jersey City. She re- mained there from last October until the middle of December. Among the effects of the dead girl were letters addressed to her in care of Mrs. Mauchet, Jersey City. Mrs. Mauchet said to-day: “Emma H. King was brought here by Dr. Barney just after the inoculation. He visited her almost daily for a time. She was not in good health, and 1 really believe that she never fully recovered from consumption.” After leaving Jersey City Migs King came to this city. Letters with a New | York address were also found among her effects at Lake Hopatcong. She had diffi- culty in obtaining work, and took a pesi- tion as canvasser for a loan agency con- ducted by Louis I. Sherman in Eighth avenue. “Miss King worked for me a month and quit six weeks ago,” said Sherman. “There is no doubt that she is the woman who died at Lake Hopatcong, and also the one who was treated by Dr. Barney.” SCORE OF POLICEMEN INJURED IN A RIOT tuberculosi l ‘Magazine Blows Up HUNDRED NINERS PERISH —_— Terrible Explo- sion in Park —_———e While Men Are Working. Fighteen Bodies Are Recov- ered and Rescuers * Must Wait. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 16. A telephone message was rPe- ceived here shortly after.1 o’clock this morning announeing that the magazine on the 1200-foot level of the Daly West silver mine at Park City exploded shortly after mid- night. One hundred and fifty men were at work in the mine at the time of the explosion, and it is believed that at least 100 are dead. Eigh- teen bodies of miners had Been re- | eovered at 2:30 o’cloek. Gases from the explosion fill the | mouth of the tunnel and render it impossible for rescuers to render as- sistance. It is thought that the emn- trance will not be clear of gas for at least two hours. £ special train, carrying medical supplies and all available physicians and surgeons, has started from this city. Park City is a town of a few thou- sand inhabitants, and is located about a hundred miles from here. The Daily West mine is one of the greatest silver producing properties in Utah. POPE IS NOT OPPOSED TO FRIARS’ EXPULSION Vatican Simply Seeking to Avoid the Responsibility for Their Removal. WASHINGTON, July 15.—The reply of Secretary Root to the demurrer of the Vatican the withdrawal of friars from the Philippines was a diplo- matic but positive refusal to change the instructions given Governor Taft when he went to Rome. The Government will not allow Taft to discuss the question of re- ligious teaching in the schools, because that would be a modification of the prin- ciple that the church and state must be absolutely separate, with the entire free- dom of each from the control of or inter- ference from the other. Taft will also drop the negotiations for the purchase of the friar lands unless the withdrawal of the friars is agreed upon. The Vatican_ it is said, does not object to the departure of the friars from the Philippines, but it does not want to be regarding a party to their departure by ordering their withdrawal. The Pope is willing that the United States Government or the Serious Conflict Between a Party of Orangemen and Nationalists I e e . in Ireland. BELFAST, Ireland, July 15.—A report has reached here that a score of police- men and a district inspector were injur- ed while attempting to quell a riot to- night at'Newry, countles of Down and Armagh. A number of Orange and Na- tionalist combatants also were injured. H. Bredin, a Presbyterian clergyman, was knocked from his bicycle and severely in- jured by a blow on the head with a stone. . b D = adw o Marconi Scores New Triumphs. LONDON, July 15.—Marconi, who is on beard the Italian flagship Carlo Alberto at Cronstadt, Russia, has cabled to his Lon- don office that he has received wireless signals from the Cornwall station, about 1400 miles distant, partly overland. Com- piete messages were received as far as Skagen. Denmark, about $50 miles from Cornwall. glass at 7:45 this evening it seemed as if one could detect a rise and fall of, the flames, as if the fire were being replen-~ iched with new fuel, and at one time one or two of the watchers insisted they could see some oné moving about. If this is true the man is probably the criminal, There is nothing there to invite a camp for pleasure. Philippine Commission should expel the friars, but he does not wish to offend the religious orders by assuming responsibil- ity for their removal. Taft will not expel the friars, and the President will not authorize him ta do so. The friars are now in convents and may remain there. It i3 largely a question of political maneuver, but Taft expects to have the Pope agree to withdraw the friars, or he will depart for the Philip- pines leaving the question of purchasing the friars’ lands unsettled. Orders Sale of Noted Hostelsye DENVER, July 15.—Judge Johnsom €3 the District Court made a decree this morning ordering the sale of the Brown Palace Hotel to satisty a mortgage for $633,333 given by Henry C. Brown to the United States Mortgage and Trust Com-~ pany, covering the hotel and four other pleces of property belonging to the estate of Jane C. Brown, late wife of Henry C. Brown. The other property is to be sold first. The date of the sale is not fixed. senapsf Missouri Republicans Name Judges. JOPLIN, Mo., July 15—The following were nominated for Judges of the State Supreme Court in the Republican con- vention to-day: Moses W. Hybark of Ballinger, Henry Lamb of Pettis and Ed- ward Higbee of Schuyler.