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CRYING NEED OF THE NATION
Most Important Question Now
Before American People.
PLANS SPEECH ON TOPIC
Republican Candidate Will Address
Lawyers of Virginia at Bar As-
soclatlon Meeting Gives Fore
cast of His Remarks.
HOT SPRINGS. Va., Aug. 1. "Speaking
generally, I believe the greatest question
before the American people today Is the
Improvement of the administration of
. Justice, civil and criminal, both in the
matter of its prompt dispatch and the
cheapening of its use." "
William H. Taft made this statement
today In discussing the address he is to
deliver here next Thursday to the Vir
ginia Bar Association, arrangements for
which were being made by President W.
R. Merldth of the association.
,-It Is a difficult problem," he added,
'"very difficult, indeed, to make the ad
ministration of justice alike to the poor
and rich. The difficulty la in the ad
vantage the wealthy man has in the em
ployment of counsel, and In the fact that
he Is able to stand the expense of litiga
tion and) the poor man Is not.
'There seems to be no absolute remedy.
The only thing you can do is to render
the administration of Justice as prompl
as possible.
Raps Demagogue.
"The- evil is in delay more than any
thing elso. One of the great demagogic
arguments for it is a demagogic argu
ment I have heard often in legislatures
when the proposition is made to have
only one appeal in cases Involving less
than $500. It is: Will you deny to the
poor man the right to obtain the Judg
ment of the Supreme Court of the United
States? There was never a more spec
loiw argument.
"The wealthy man can afford to wait
for rears for that toOO, and can afthrd
to carry the case on in the courts, but
the poor roan cannot. That 500 he needs,
and needs it at once. If he Is going to
get' It, and if not he needs to know that
at once and not be put to the expense
of trials and appeals. It Is better that
the case should be decided against him
at first than that he should lose for five
or six years sand finally win after he has
paid 'out more than the amount in at
torneys" fees."
Will Elaborate Tlicme.
Mr. Taft Intimated that he will dwell
some length on th subject In his speech
before the bar association. The meet
lng will begin Monday and Mr. Taft ex
pects to attend several of Its sessions.
Vice-Governor Forbes, of the Philip
pines, and General Clarence R. Edwards
chief of the Insular Bureau, have been
Invited to Hot Springs by Mr. Taft and
will accompany him to White Sulphur
Springs next Friday to attend the Green
Briar County horse show. Mr. Taft will
make no speech on this occasion.
This was congratulation day, so far as
Mr. Taft's mall went. John Long wrote:
"Tour speech of acceptance Is per
fect and ought to, as I cannot doubt it
will. Insure your election, for which I
earnestly pray."
Cnllom Lands Speech.
United States Senator Cullom, of Illinois,
wrote: v -
"I have Just read your speech of ac
ceptance and I cannot refrain from writ
lng to tell Jiow much I am delighted with
It. It rings true, every word of It. Tou
did not fall to meet every possible Issue,
and you have left the Democrats with
out a leg to stand on. Tour speech is
accepted here by the people and the press
of the Middle West as the utterance of a
great man of strong convictions and not
fearing or hesitating to express his mind
In every particular. Tour speech of ac
ceptance made your election a certainty.
Had It been less strong, had you, as a
weaker man might have done, wavered on
any of the great Issues before us, the
result would have been disastrous.
"I know your hands are more than full,
hut I could not resist the temptation of
writing you this note of congratulation.
Not only are you to be congratulated,
but the party la to be congratulated In
having you at the head of the ticket this
year."
Wilson Is Optimistic.
An optimistic view of the Republican
situation In Iowa and Colorado was
communicated to Mr. Taft by Secre
tary Wilson, who is in the West look
ing after the Interests of the Depart
ment or Agriculture. Mr. Wilson says
the question of the tariff protection on
farm products will have great weight
In Colorado.
Here Is a letter the candidate places
at the head of the list of those he ap
preciates: "My Dear Mr. Taft: Mr daddy thinks
a lot of you. and I like everybody my
daddy likes, especially when I have
never met them. And so I thought I
would find out how many tn our street
are going to rote for you. and when I
went around and asked I found 18 who
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Tossed in Bay by Picnicker, Found
by Prisoner, It Causes In
quiry Into Case.
SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. L (Special.) If
William Owens, a life termer at San
Quentin. finds his term cut short. It will
be because of a note found In a bottle
floating In San Francisco Bay. A few
weeks ago members of the Press Club and
their families gave a picnic on the bay.
William. Ahearn took out a card, wrote
on it "Good luck to the finder." put the
card In a bottle and tossed it overboard
thinking no more of the Incident. A
letter came later which announced the
finding of the bottle on the beach by a
San Quentin prisoner, a life termer.
"I'm glad to think that even an un
known wishes me good luck, for I feared
I had passed beyond the realm of luck
and wishes. I am Imprisoned here for
life."
Mr. Ahearn at the Press Club tossed
the letter to a friend, who happened to
be a State Prison Commissioner. Later
Mr. Ahearn received another letter from
his prisoner friend. It said:
"Perhaps your wish of good luck is to
bear fruit for me. Two lawyers have
been sent here to look Into my case. I
can say to you. knowing that I am tell
ing you the God's truth, that .1 am
perfectly innocent of the crime of mur
der. Through your noble action you have
changed my feeling toward, men, as I
thought them all unjust."
It Is not at all unlikely Owens will be
able to get his case before the Governor
for a review and possible pardon.
EDITORS ACCEPT COSGROVE
Eastern Washington Newspaper Men
Meet at Pullman.
PULLMAN, Wash., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the newspaper
publishers of Whitman and other East
ern Washington counties, held here
this afternoon, the candidacy of S. G.
Cosgrove for the Republican nomina
tion for Governor at the September
primaries was enthusiastically and
unanimously indorsed.
The meeting was called by J. C.
Round, of the Uniontown Press, and
originally contemplated only taking In
the Whitman County press, but other
counties, learning of the movement,
sent representatives, and the gather
ing included a number of other East
Side counties.
It Is evident that the country newspa
pers will follow out the Idea, which orig
inated at the State Press Association
meeting at Vancouver, and make & de
termined effort In behalf of the Pomeroy
candidate for Governor. It Is claimed
that more than two-thirds of the country
newspapers are lined up In favor of Cos
grove, and that a vigorous campaign will
be conducted from now on until the pri
maries. . ,
The delegates to the convention today
from Whitman County Indorsed the can
didacy of H. M Boone for Congressman
Ufrom the third district. Perfect harmony
prevailed and great enthusiasm was man
ifested. FORCED TO RUN GAUNTLET
Black Hills Miners Chastise Wife
BeaterWith Whips.
DEADWOOD. S. D.. Aug. 1. Accused
of wife-beating on the public streets,
George Corey, of Terry, a small mining
camp near here, almost lost his life today
at the hands of a mob. Corey had been
arrested and placed in Jail. A mob
quickly formed and broke into the Jail.
The man was taken to the highway,
where he was forced to run a gauntlet
of men with blacksnake whips. Many
men were in favor of lynching him, but
the women prevented this, and he was
driven down the gulch and warned never
to return.
HARRIMAN STARTS WEST
Reported Inspection Tour of Gould
Lines Not Coming Off.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. E. H. Harrlman,
president of the Union Pacific Railroad,
started for the West this afternoon on a
special train of five cars. Mr. Harrl
man boarded the train outside the city,
coming down irom nis home at Arden,
New York.
It was reported earlier in the day that
George Gould was to accompany Mr. Har
rlman on a tour of inspection over the
Wheeling tc Lake Erie, the Wabash-Pitts
burg terminal, and the Wabash line, but
so far air could be learned Mr. Gould was
not In. the party.
rnmoeni i naerwooa or tne Erie ac
companied Mr. Harrlman.. . .
GET TASTE OF HARDSHIP
Seattle Boys . Emulating Early Ex
plorers In Olympics.
SEATTLE. "Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
Elmer and Ernest Hemrlch. cousins, and
Andrew Hagen, 17-year-old boys, all of
this city, returned today from a pros
pectlng and pleasure trip of two weeks,
during which they crossed the Olympic
Range. They endured many hardships.
Sleeping in the, snow for two nights.
lost for two days, a thrilling ride of 600
feet down a snow-clad elope, and a fire
which destroyed part of -their outfit, and
forced them to travel three days in their
bare feet, are a few of tbe incidents of
their Journey.
AH the boys have badly blistered feet
and are still suffering from exposure.
Farmer Crushed to Death.
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) Two farming accidents, one of
which was fatal, occurred yesterday at
Chllliwack. Fred Laxenby was hauling
hay when he fell off the load ' and was
crushed to death, the wheels of the wagon
passing over his body. William McKensle
fell from the top of a load of hay, but his
wagon was standing still and a broken
collar -bone and arm were- till only injuries.
Strong Company Be
hind Big Industry.
INVESTMENT TO BE $1,200,000
Output at First of 1000 Bar
rels Daily.
WORK SOON UNDER WAY
Oregon and Utah Capitalists Will
Build Factory on 1 5 -Acre Site
and Ship Rock Here
From Roseburg.
Portland cement Is, at last, to be
manufactured in Portland.
A cement plant will be erected In a
suburb of Portland during the next
few months by a strong company cap
italized at $1, 200,000. Utah and Oregon
capital will build and operate here the
only cement plant In the Pacific North
west. Work on the new industry Will
be begun within two weeks.
The men behind the project are very
prominent financially, and there Is no
question of their ability to put the
project through. The announcement of
their plana is official, and they mean
Just what they say. Well-known
manufacturers of cement in Utah are
heavily Interested in the plant to be
erected here, and they are attracted
to this locality because of the large
market for the product on the Pacific
Coast, and the excellent supply of
material, besides the favorable con
ditions for manufacturing here.
C. W. Xibley Heads Company.
C: W. Nibley, of Salt Lake City,
president of the Union Cement Com
pany, Devil's Slide, Utah, who has extensive-
Interests in Utah, California.
Oregon and Idaho,-, is the head of the
project, and president of the company,
which has been Incorporated under the
laws of Utah. Mr. Nibley is thoroughly,
experienced in the manufacture of ce
ment, and his plant in Utah turns out
2000 barrels of the finished product
daily.
A site has been chosen in the sub
urbs, on 'the Willamette River, where
both rail and water transportation will
be available. The plant will cover 15
acres. The initial capacity of the es
tablishment will be 1000 barrels a day.
and It will be built so that the output
can be doubled with little additional
construction. Cement rock for making
the product will be brought here from
Roseburg, where the company owns 100
acres of land. The rock is a high -class
limestone that is said by experts to
be adapted to making a splendid grade
of cement.
Work Within Two Weeks.
Mr. Nlbley's two ions, A. and J. F.
Nibley, have been here since the first
of the year making arrangements to
locate the big Industry in Portland.
They are now out of the city, having
returned to Utah to bring their fami
lies here to reside, permanently, but
before leaving Portland, they made ar
rangements to commence the work of
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HARD
Ceremony Planned for December
Takes Place at Vancouver Bar
racks Saturday.
VANCOUVER - BARRACKS. Wash.,
Aug. 1. (Special.) Cupid's plans for a
December wedding in Army circles here
.were rudely interrupted today when Lieu
tenant Wood, Fourth Field Artillery, re
ceived orders report at once for re
cruiting duty at Nashville,. Tenn.
But the little love god was resource
ful, the bride-elect willing and the wed
ding took place before the departure of
the Army officer for the South.
The wedding ceremony' was performed
at the home of the bride's father. Major
George Bell, Jr., Inspector-General of the
Department of the Columbia, when First
Lieutenant William Seott Wood, Fourth
Field Artillery, was married to Miss Fan
nie Gibson Bell.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Wood were
showered with congratulations and good
wishes of the Army officers of -the Bar
racks and, bidding her father and mother
good-by, the pretty bride boarded an
east-bound train with her spldier hus
band and the happy twain were whisked
away to sunny Tennessee. i
HEAT KILLS OFF BABIES
Great Increase in July Death Rate,
Compared With Former Years. '
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (Special.) Enor
mous increase in the death rate among
babies last week put city health officials
on the anxious seat, and unless the wea
ther turns cooler a still higher point is
expected In4 the weeks to come. 4
A total of 206 children under 1 year of
age an average of more than 29 a day
died, according to the statistics of the
department. In the 22 preceding days of
the month the average rate was 18 babies.
In comparison with this total of 206 Is
an average of 161 for the week ending
August 3 of last year- and 139 for the
week ending August 4, 1906.
An official explanation of the increase
will probably be made public tomorrow.
but, generally speaking, lack of proper
care during the hot weather was given
today as the cause.
DIES IN YUMA DESERT
Wealthy Automobile Manufacturer
Perishes; Companion Is Rescued.
YUMA, Ariz., Aug. 1. F. D. Spauld
ing, aged 45, an automobile manufac
turer of San Francisco, who, with T. P.
McCauley, of the same city, was on his
way to inspect some spines near Gila
Bend, perished on the desert, and Mc
Cauley was overcome by the heat. The
men left Yuma in an auto against all
advice Friday afternoon and plunged
Into the desert. They probably got out
of the machine to make repairs, as
they were found today unconscious be
side the car. .
McCauley revived, but Spauldlng
died Ave hours later at Blalskell.
SOLD PLANS OF DEFENSES
Two Japanese Accused of Treason
able Deal With United States.
VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 1. Charges
with attempting to sell detailed plans of
Sasebo's defenses and 15 other Japanese
fortresses and naval bases to a "certain
foreign embassy," by some papers said
to be the United States, S. Ishima, a
lawyer of Hakodate, and a surveyor of
the military general staff of Tokio were
arrested by gendarmes at Toklo on July
7, according to advices received by the
steamship Oanfa, which reached port to
day from Yokohama.
TO BEAT THAT KIND OF A
Forests Are Aftame in
Many Places.
SEVERAL TOWNS THREATENED
Large .Force of Men Fighting
Fire Near Marshfield.
FERNIE, B. C, WIPED OUT
Valuable Timber Falls Prey to Dev
. astating Fire Fiend Xo Rain
to Check Flames Forest
Rangers Overworked.
Forest fires at various points along the
Pacific Coast from San Diego to Puget
Sound threaten destruction of much valu
able timber, and in several Instances
towns and cities are In grave danger.
People of Marshfield are fighting a fire
which is rapidly approaching the rest
dence section of that city. Late last night
a strong: wind was blowing, and fears
were .felt for homes In the western part
of the town.
At Ukiah, Cal a desperate all-day. fight
was made against the flames which swept
in from the forest and destroyed several
barns ana other buildings in the suburbs.
A strong wind blowing m from the ocean
doubtless saved the town from a serious
conflagration.
Farmhouses, Swept Away.
Two hundred acres of fine timber has
been destroyed In the San Jacinto, reser
vation, near San Diego. Little hope of
coping with the blaze is held out by the
forest rangers.
Four farm houses were consumed in a
fire which swept the section east of Red
ding, Friday afternoon. The flames were
unchecked at last reports.
Fires are reported near the logging
camps on the Hoquiam River on Grays
Harbor and a score of men worfted three
days and nights to put out a fire which
originated in the mountains near Ta
coma. . .'
Hood River reports a serious fire in
the upper valley, J1400 damage having
been done to the farm of George T.
Prather. Fires are also-raging in tim
ber about Lost Lake and Green Point.
Valley Filled With Smoke.
Willamette Valley towns are filled
with smoke from blazing forests In the
Cascade Mountains. Just how great
the damage will be in Oregon it Is Im
possible to ascertain. No rain . has
fallen for weeks, and there is little
likelihood of a drenching shower dur
ing the month of August. Forest
Rangers- are making every effort to
backfire and to keep the flames con
fined to dead timber, but reports from
Albany were that volunteer fire-fighters
could not be secured.
Timber on the Pacific Slope is becom
ing more -valuable each year, and for
this reason destructive fires are all the
more serious.
TOWN OF FERXIE WIPED OUT
Sawmills Near by Destroyed Half
Dozen Families Surrounded.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
(Concluded on Pace 3.) .
HAND
Sends Messenger to Offer Money oi
Bullet California Town Indig
nant With Doctor..
SAN FRANCISCO., Aug. 1. (Special.)
Stricken suddenly by severe illness
while on the way to San Francisco and
taken off the train at Saugus In an ap
parently dying condition last night.
Captain H. C. Barron, a wealthy Ari
zona mlneowner, ranchman and com
mander of the Gila Bend Rangers, had
a terrible experience because Dr. John
J. Morris, of Newhall, refused to at
tend him.
Captain Barron, unable to walk, was
clinging to a swltchstand at Saugus
when help reached him and James A.
Burnett, the signalman, made a swift
run with a motor car to summon Dr.
Morris, who declined to go. Intimat
ing that he was tired of chasing over
the hills to attend people and getting
no pay for his services. Burnett re
turned when the Arizona Ranger, him
self a frontier fighter of note, handed
him a revolver and $40 with instruc
tions to get the physician with either
gup or money. Burnett again went at
the doctor so vigorously that a fight
resulted. Morris had no-medicine case
In sight or would have been forced at
the muzzle of a revolver.
Another doctor was finally reached
by telephone and made a wild night
run through Soledad Canyon, relieving
the stricken man.
Intense indignation prevails in the
two towns against the stubborn phy
Blclan.
TAFT'S SHOE ON TRAVELS
Xo. 9 Brogan Has Presidential Chair
Attached at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 1. "Bill
Taffs shoe,'! which has been "on the
road" since last January and is estl
meted toiave covered, more than 10.000
miles, reached Louisville over the 111!
nols Central Railroad from New Orlean
today.
This pit of freight, which has attracted
attention among railroad men all over
the United States, is a No. 9 brogan
which originated at Sllvas, 111. Several
railroad employes . in Louisville attached
to the shoe a minature- chair, labeled
"The Presidential chair," and billed I
through to William H. Taft, Cincinnati.
INDEX- OF TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Pair and warmer; northwest
. winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 71
. degrees; minimum 62 degrses.
Foreign.
Castro dismisses Dutch Consuls and de
mands apology for Insults. Section
. page 3.
Pope will create ten cardinals next Fall.
Section 1, page 2.
Sultan goes on Constantinople streets unat
tended tor flrst time in reign. Section
page 2.
French government relentless against labor
rioters. Section 1, page
National.
Roosevelt reinstates West Point hazers to
be disciplined by faculty. Section 1
page 5.
. Politics.
Democratic subcommittee to make fight in
fc.ast and uryan to speak. Section 1
page 7.
Nebraska system which Hitchcock will use
in campaign. Section 1, page 7.
Taft says reform of courts is greatest need
of Nation. Section 1, page 1.
Domestic.
Four negroes lynched Jn Kentucky. Section
1, page 3.
Immense power gained by Harrlman
thaough alliance with Gould. Section I,
page 10.
tgxnausuve reports snow good crops
tnrougnout country, section 1, page 1
California doctor refuses to attend sick man.
Section 1, page 1.
Message in bottle may cause pardon of life
convict, section l, page 1:
George Wlngfleld marries secretly and dis
appoints pretended wlte. Section 1,
page
Mysterious poisoning of young man In San
f rancmco cab. Section 2, page 1.
Sports.
jfaaino coast League scores: Portland 8.
San Francisco 0; Oakland 3, Lo Angolas
2. section i, page I.
Beavers leave tonight for games In South.
section 4, page tf.
Long automobile trips have become popu-
. lar. bectlon 4, page tt.
Reception, to Oiegon athletes will be not
able one. Section 4, page 7.
Fine Shetland ponies entered in Country
Club livestock show. Section 4, page 6.
Seattle will send many horses to Hunt Club
show. , Section 4, page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Forest flies in Pacific Coast States threaten
great losses; several towns endangered.
Section 1, page 1.
Three v ashlngton Democrats enter race for
Gubernatorial nomination. Section 1,
page ft.
Washington Supreme - Court upholds law ex
empting credits from taxation. Section 1,
page 7.
Hopeful outlook In shingle "market at Grays
Harbor. Section 1, page 6.
Kernle miners rescued as by miracle. Section
1, page 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Local wheat market higher, with active
buying. Section 4, page 9.
Scramble by shorts In Chicago wheat pit.
Section 4, page 9.
New high levels for year in stock market.
Section 4. page 9. '
Norwegian steamship Sark first vessel to
clear for August. Section 4, page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Big cement plant will be erected in Port
land. Section 1. page 1.
Jury tails to reach verdict in Booth con
spiracy trial. Section 1, page S.
Republicans wonder how Cake will accept
Fulton's proffer of olive branch. Section
1. page 10.
O. R. & N. abandons Snake River steamboat
line. Section 4. page 10.
Oregon Guardsmen leave tomorrow for
American Lake encampment. Section 3,
pae 10.
Oregon to be represented by strong rifle
team In National competition. Section 3.
page 10.
City withdraws last objection, to Mount
Hood road. Section 4, page 10.
Great building record made during July.
section 3. page 8.
Realty dealers confident or continued ac
tivity. Section 3, page 8.
Large nils on East Side improve business
district, section a, page .
Democrats hold Bryan rally at Baker
Exhaustive Report on
Coming Harvest
KANSAS BOASTS OF LARGEST
Both Dakotas Expect to Beat
Every Record.
SOUTHWEST IS SPLENDID
Publishers of Farm Papers Mak
Optimistic Reports on Their Sev
eral Sections Wheat Out
put Beats Last Year.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (Special.) An
exhaustive outline of crop conditions
from practically every publisher of
farm papers of the United States has
Just been received by C. R. Irwin,
president of Lord & Thomas. This re
port Is made for the benefit of manu
facturers, who look to them each year
for reliable Information of the coun
try's condition in advance of the actual
measuring of crops after harvest.
Arthur Capper, publisher of the To
peka. Daily Capital and allied publica
tions, reports Kansas wheat acreage
7,000,000, corn 6,930,000, and states that
the largest crop in the history ot the
state is assured.
Up to Average In Iowa,
Henry Wallace, editor of Wallace's
Farmer, of Des Moines, writes; "Farm
era are now harvesting a most excel
cent crop of clover and timothy hay.
Pastures have never been better. We
may fully expect an average crop of!
corn and a ljttle less than an average
crop of oats, an average crop of Win- .
ter and Spring wheat, and a superior .
crop of hay. and pasture." j
Indiana estimates 50.000,000 bushels of
wheat, 170,000,000 bushels of corn, a
heavy yield of oats and a hay crop of un
usual promise.
Better Than Lust Year.
In Northern Iowa and the states of
Nebraska,- South Dakota and Minnesota,
where probably half the Spring wheat
of the country Is grown, the Sioux City
Farmer's Tribune reports conditions fully
6 per cent better than a year ago. The
Winter wheat grown in this territory has
a larger acreage and the yield will be
better than that of 1907. The barley
crop will be practically the same as a
year ago.
The Dakota Farmer, of Aberdeen, S.
D., says: ."As a whole, crop conditions
in the Dakotas are magnificent, and we
are firmly of the belief that these two
states will produce this year larger crops
of wheat, oats, barley, hay and corn
than in any previous year." '
Wisconsin Well Satisfied.
The Wisconsin AgriculturlMt of Racine
reports an Immense hay crop; farmers ;
entirely satisfied with the corn outlook; ;
tobacco all right, except for occasional ,
damage from cutworms; probably a fall- ,
ing off from 10 to li per cent of the to
bacco crop.
Nebraska, according to the Twentieth ,
Century Farmer,.' of Omaha, has never ;
had a stand of corn equal to that of this ,
year.
Splendid In Southwest.
Colonel Holland, of Farm and Ranch,
Dallas, Tex., wr:tes that cotton, while
a little late. Is making splendid progress.
The corn crop will exceed In acreage i
and yield that of the past season.
Oklahoma up to date shows a corn
acreage of nearly 6.000.000, putting Okla
homa In seventh place.
The Michigan Farmer reports hay crop
put away in fine condition, and the con
dition of the growing crop Is 90 or above
in practically every case.
BULL CAMPAIGN IV WHEAT
Reports of Rusty Crop Send Up
Price In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (Special.) Gen
eral crop deterioration In the North
west with black rust as the chief
cause, resulted Ina. big advance today
in wheat values. A vigorous bull cam
paign was on here and in the North
west, Patten and his following ab
sorbing large quantities of wheat.
Final prices showed net gains for the
day of 21n2 cents. The Bartlett
Patten purchases of wheat during the
morning were over 5,000,000 bushels
here and messages irom Minneapolis
brought reports of very large pur
chases there.
Quite a number of commission
houses had reports that black rust was
rapidly spreading in North Dakota and
was doing great damage in the north
ern part of South Dakota. Deteriora
tion from heat was also alleged in
Manitoba. The result was a fairly
encral stampede of shorts among
raciers here. There were a lew ex
ceptions on the bear side, however, In
fluential selling being steadily under
way through a few commission houses.
Those Who Led in Trades.
The Finiey-Bartell sales were esti
mated as high as 2,000.000 bushels.
There were other fairly liberal sales
by Chapln, the Armour Grain Ccm
pany, S. C. Love and the Rosenbaum
Company. The greater part of this
trade was in September delivery. A
great deal of December was bought
by S. C Love and Brosseau and fairly
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