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Tne Cnly Rtpaliiczn Newspaper i Chicajo, VOI.UJIE XXXVIII. XO. IIESTIESUP WITH A RUSH TD mm BUSHEL 395 Library of Congress i VYnshing-ton ii i Sensational Rise of Seven Cen Is, Ascribed to Oversold Market, Wet and De layed Harvest, Exhausted Stocks of Old Grain and Absence of Cash Of ferings. PATTEN CARRIES LARGEST LINE. But lor Bis Sales of 7M.00) Bnsb- els.

Tracers Assert Prices Wowld Have Toaebed SJLSO, ana Predictions Arc Freely Made Thai Advance Is Not Over. 11 the excitement and lively times that were on In tbe wheat pit during the Patteu May deal were put in the shade yesterday by a sensational advance of 7 cents In the July wheat price, of which 6 cents was made In-Side of the first thirty minutes. At the close Tuesday July wheat was' (1.20. and a few minutes before, tbe finish yesterday It wa. $1.27, with the finish at $1.264 to $1.26, a straight advance of i cents for the day.

Traders cannot recall a time since tbe Letter deal when July wheat has advanced 1 eents a bushel In a day under legitimate conditions. At no time during Patten May wheat campaign was there any such advance, Ten during the height of the excitement. It was a case of an oversold market, of wet harvest conditions, of exhausted stocks of old wheat, an absence ot offerings ot cash wheat and of congestion. Panes Carrie Irret Use. James A.

Patten has had a line of 000, 000 bushels July wheat, bought close to $1. and he is counted as the largest holder. Traders aid last night that had It Boftcen for his sales of 756,000 bushels from sricea would have undoubtedly touched V0 and might have gone-higher. The day's vance made, a profit on paper or ea bushels. There were many traders who cashed la their July at 1125, with 13 cents and many more who are looking 1.

tear prices to cross today. -Traders, said tluu the advance from $L20tt to $Llo was so sudden thst not more than 1300,000 bushels -changed hands during the which was at tbe rate of half a cent between trades. At Jl-23 business was heavy, one bouse buying 600,000 bushels. Baying that had the most to do with the sdvance was lead by Bennett who bought 760,000 bushels, which wssaaldto be covering by St. Louis shorts.

At the same time some of the largest traders In the St. Louis market were taking profits here and In tbelr market. Rains Delay Thrwklsa. There has been too much ratn In the winder wheat region for the past two weeks since harvest commenced, so thatthe thrashing ot the new crop baa been delayed and more Is predicted by the weather bureau. The movement to the Southwestern markets, which should be at the rate of over 300,000 bush Is a day, has been less than 75,000 bushels.

There are no stocks of old wheat In any of the primary markets. Tbe bins throughout tbe country have been swept clean of wheat, snd only 15.000.000 bushels remained In farmers', hands July 1, according to the government figures, which Js tbe lightest reserve in eleven years. Interior grain shippers have made sales of new wheat for loading by July 20. which many have been forced to cancel because of the poor prospects of getting the wheat. Millers have made sales of new wheat flour.

In expectation of getting the wheat this month and It la not In sight because of the wet harvest, and flour prices advanced 10 20c per barrel yesterday. ftella S.OtMt.OOO Raabela. All of the 4,000,000 bushels of cash wheat that Patten took In during his May campaign haa been sold, the last of It going out yester- day at $1.20 and $1.35. There Is lest than 100,000 bushels ot contract wheat In store in Chicago, and not over 600,000 bushels of all grades, which Is the lightest stock in years. Traders cannot recall when there was such a sensational situation.

Large ssles have been made for export, and ocean room engaged, and a local agent of a steamship line said yesterday that over 2.000 car loads of new. flour had been booked tor export for August and September shipment. While July wheat Is congested by the absence of stocks, Kansas City messages claimed yesterday that 1.000 cars of wheat were awaiting shipment Jn Kansas. James A. Patten, in referring to this statement last -night, said: "It will take lots of wheat to supply the demand, and It will be a long time before we accumulate airy stocks here." Aranr Heldlaa-e Larare.

'A -great deal of significance Is attached the holding of 15,000.000 bushels of September wbest by the Armour interests, who have it bought at low prices, and it is not regarded as possible tor tbe sellers to make a delivery on all the wheat that has sold. Floods In eestern Kansas and southwestern Missouri have damaged a great deal of thewheat In the shock, and a grain man In a message from, a Missouri river bottom town' said: "We had a good crop of wheat two weeks ago. but it is mostly gone down Is estimated by the grain men that nearly 2.000.000 bushels ot wheat' has been lost in floods Id the Southwest in the past ten days. Have The Inter Ocean follow you on your Notify us 24 hours before yow leave and there will be no interruption in ssrvic between your city and out-, -town addresses. Wriir or' TiIbdm fCiitril 1334 thV Ckeulitloi Dapirtaiil THE IITE1 OCEAI 113.

EVELVS THftW FAILS TO TAKE THE STAHDi CiM DISAPPOINTED irt Intimates, However, That He Say Admit Today Her Story of "Being Threatened by Her Millionaire Husband. GETS AN INCOME OF $500 MONTHLY FROM HIS MOTHER Number of Witnesses Testify as to Sanity of Slayer of Stanford White and He Seems to Enjoy Proceedings. 'i Special Dispatch to The later Ocean. WHITE PUAIKS. N.

July 14. Evelyn Thaw's Una were still closed by legal tech-niealttes today and she did not resume the stand as expected to testify for the state In opposing Harry K. Thaw'a attempt to prove himself sane and hia confinement In the asylum for the criminal Insane illegal. The state's attorneys announced at ad- journment yesterday that they would show today that the much disputed conversation between Thaw and his wife at the asylum. In which Thaw Is supposed to have threatened to kill her when he got out, wasnot privileged.

and therefore Evelyn Thaw would' be recalled and her testimony'of this point would be admitted. Nothing of the kind was done, however, and though young Mrs. Thaw was at hand, -she was not called to the stand. Instead there was a continuation of the lay testimony In Thaw's behalf. Mwst Sksw Mare Caase.

Again tomorrow the state will attempt to show that this conversation, which may have an imoortant bearing on the determination of Thaw's mental condition, should not be excluded and at adjournment today JusUce Mills Intimated to Thaw's counsel that unless further legal reason was advanced tor excluding Evelyn Thaw's testimony he would be Incllnrd to admit It. The court Is in clined to hold that a threat of a husband against his wife or any kind of abuse is not a confidential communication. Pinal de-cirlon in the matter will be rendered to morrow. Accordingly Thaw was re- subpoenaed to appear and she will probably called as the first witness for the state- tomorrow. A great crowd packed the courtroom today as on yesterday, hoping to hear slim little Mra.

Thaw testify, and the disappointment was general when it became known that (Continued on Page Column CHICAGO, MILLER'S WIFE WILL COMETO ASSISTANCES SAYLER LAID TO REST Widow of Slain Banker Is Not Allowed to Attend Funeral Services, but Sees Cortege Through Bars of Prison. PREACHER STIRS THRONG GATHERED AEOUT BIER Murmur of Heartfelt Assent Goes Up When He Declares That the -Law Must Move Quickly and Surely. Bprt-lal Dlapatch to The later Ocean. WATSEKA. 111..

July 14. A letter summoning his still faithful wife to his side was sent from here today by Dr. William I. Miller, slayer J. B.

Sayler, the Crescent City banker, whose body was followed to tbe grave today bj nearly the entire adult population of his home town. A dispatch from Blalrsville, quoting ARRESTED? Mrs. Miller as having forgiven her husband and only awaiting hit summons to fly to bis aid waa received here today simultaneously w1t a private message from Mra. Miller to Sheriff Helkes of the same import. The message was turned over to the prisoner, the sheriff offering 'to telegraph a re-ply.

"I will write," replied the incarcerated physician. It was a long letter, slowly and carefully written, and for the first time since the tragedy which wrecked two homes there was a glow on the prisoner's cheeks. Coae" BwreVea Note. But one definite fact concerning the letter la known its burden waa "come." What elae appears on the. closely written sheets now speeding eastward can only be conjectured, and there la plenty of that here tonight.

It is believed by those who have seen the prisoner since his receipt of Mra. Miller's message that -the romance which began Its surreptitious course two years ago, ripened into open disregard of the conventions of so-cley, put one prominent citlsen into his grave and another behind the bars, has ended. The doctor's whole atttude stray remarks dropped to Intimate friends who called today the new hopefulness In his eyes all suggested this solution. Mrs. Sayler waa not allowed to attend her husband's funeral, although she begged the sheriff tar permission to do so.

She wept much of the but the sheriff waa determined. "I have bad one experience with a mob (Continued on Page Column Harrlman date'frqnr over a year ago, was a member of the party the financier took with him on a trip In his private car covering a large part of the West. Miss Harrlman accompanied her father also, and Goelet'a admiration was generaUy remarked. Since the fight over the control of the Illinois railroad a year and a half ago, when Goelet waa a director by Harrlman, the elder man has shown a marked In-Lax est la the young financier. G0ELET CROSSES OCEAN TO COURT HARRIMANS DAUGHTER Sails for Austria to Press Suit for Hand of Girl He Became Devoted, to When on Trip in Magnate's Car.

Bpeclal Dispatch to The Inter Oman. NEW YORK, July 14. Robert Goelet, who has been a persistent wooer of Miss Mary Harrimaa, daughter of B. Harrlman. tbe railroad king, left New York today to Join the Harrlmaoe at Bemmerlng, Austria, and, according to rtrmora In the smart set, will steadfastly pursue his courtship anttl they return to this country-' loung Goelet, whose attentions) to Miss THURSDAY 3IORXIXG, JULY 15, 1909 URIOH' ELECTED AS SCHOOL BOARD HEAD SchneiderSprings Surprise by Nominating Rival for President and Announcing He Has Reconsidered 'His Determination to Quit.

CROWDED GALLERY GASPS AT STRANGE DENOUEMENT Men Who Were Candidates Against Each Ojher Shake Hands and Winner Makes Speech Predicting Harmony "in the Future. Alfred R. Urlon unanimously elected president of the board of education last night at one af tha-most peaceful and harmonious si satons 4a tb history of tbe board. The r4rljjrrslont. Otto Schneider, not only gracefully.

withdrew from the race, but bimiti; placed Mr. Vrlon's name In nomination. What is snore. Mr. Schneider changed hia mind about resigning from the board In the event be was not re-elected.

He declared after the meeting that he would continue his "membership In the body and work for "peace and harmony." However, Mr. Schneider also announced that he expected to go to Europe early la the fall, and in view of the fact that the board will not meet again this summer, except In a case of emergency, It will probably be a long time before he resumes his activity In school affairs. Peaeefsl Sewalaw Swrstrlae. The peaceful culmination of the fight for the school board presidency came as a big surprise to a crowd of eager spectators-that fairly-packed the galleries of the boardroom long before the members were In their Beats. Not tbe slightest hint of what waa to take place had been given out in advance.

Even the clerks and attaches tf the board were la ignorance of the turn affairs had taken. In evidence of which the ballot boxes had been brought into the boardroom and all preparations made for the casting of votes. Promptly at 8 o'clock President Schneider entered the boaqdroom, and, taking his accustomed place in the chair, for the last time, called the meeting to order. The harmonious election waa started off (Continued on Page I. Column 5.) INDEX TO THE NEWS.

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Hansen Baelawe aweeeaaar. Editorial. Sweiety aad draa. Ftwawelal fwr la-veatara, Bfartsiweirtera ta eatrad Ifaea. Jsmm J.

Hill 8 Ckleaara flaaaelal saarketa. Kew Vsrk atek arleea. Dally Wall atreet review. 0 Jaly wkeat at' flT. Gasala af alt ass field.

''Cattle daad krlalt. lO Dealea Cklaa afcfelda alayerj- Tax reviewer eat 11H. Really deala af the Xa eJew la kaaak eaaea BY UtiAiilMOOS VOTE TJtUfE TWO CENTS. FXLA GINQLESi-Sf ORY A A XT A FM A XT TT TT TOT J'" i Newly Elected Hemi BABIES DRQVIIED TO PREVEilT CAIilllBALISM Members of Crew of DI-Fated Norwegian Brk -v Rescued. After Weeks of Starvation on Isolated in" Australasia.

Rpecial Cabla EMspatcIt to The Inter Ocaaa. SYDNEY, N. S. July 14. Their facea pinched from days and days of hunger, thlr oodles aged years from tbe weeks of privation, five members of the crew of the 111 fated Norwegian bark BttoI.

wrecked June on Mlddletoas reef, reached 8ydney today aboard the steamship Tafua. When the Tafua came to the reef. In response to the distress signal of the shipwrecks, they had abandoned all hope of being reacued. Desperate from want of food, they were prepared to resort to cannibalism. It waa a question of the survival of the strongest.

Children Tarawa la Sea. The weak were to. become the food of their stronger shipmates. Already two little children of "the aklpper of the Errol had been thrown Into tbe sea by their mother. She had preferred death la the ocean for her babies rather than see them meet the fate that the hungry glances of the seamen told her was In store for them.

The Errol sailed from Chlmbote April 1 for Newcastle. N. S. W. She waa a trader, touching at various islands in Australasia.

Fair weather and fine winds marked her voyage until June IS. On that night ahe waa caught In a terrific squall. Despite the able navigation of her skipper and the desperate work of the crew she waa driven far off her course. In tbe morning, with her rudder broken and the crew helpless from their work of the night before, the bark waa aent pounding through the surf on the dangerous shores of Mlddleton's reef. Seventeen members of the crew were lost when the vessel was pounded to pieces by the breakers.

A small boat. containing tbe captain, his wife and two children and three sailors managed to gain the shore. Sa Life mm- Reef. "1 cannot tell what' happened on that said Captalp Sven Swanson after be landed "It waa a horrible dream. I did not believe auch things could happen.

When we landed we had a few biscuits and one Jug of water. On that reef there was (Oontinueo on Page 2, Column- I SPOONING IN PARKS WILL GET PROTECTION FROM THE POLICE Inspector Nicholas Hunt 'Moonlight Lbvemakcrs Patrolmen to Arrest Spooning has been sanctioned by the police. Park sparking will be encouraged. The coppers who- formerly arrested affectionate people will stand guard and play statue-while sweethearts kiss and hold hands. Lovemaklng has come Into Its Inspector Hunt Is the friend of the amorous souls who has started the new order of things.

Official Instructions were issued yes-' terday for the policemen to guard the sweethearts and protect them from all -v-y i. And now those prefer the tree-screened light of the moon, to the low-turned gas- of their homes may caress each other In peace, for. the law haa recognised the rights of the glrla to be courted. And when any staid person of uncertain age tries ta protect those who waat only to be reft alone, the a ot Bomrd ot Educmtioa. OIIE HUNDRED.

IffiiOTKErRIOTS Bloody Battle Second Only to One at Homestead Fought Alt Day Around Plant of Pressed Steel Car Company at McKee's Rocks. Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocaaa. PITT8BCRG. July 14. Strike riots, second only to those of bloody Homestead, have been la progress all day and evening at the plants of tbe Pressed Steel Car company, at -McKee's Rock, a few miles below Pittsburg, on the Ohio river.

Five thousand bitter strikers" made a stand against the company which was bringing In box cars filled with nonunion men. At least one hundred were Injured by bullets, rocks or dubs. The Ohio Valley hospital has been like a slaughter-house all day, scores of wounded coming to have their Injuries dressed, then daahlng away to tbe river bank hunting more trouble. In two battles with guns during the afternoon seven persons are known to have been seriously hurt. Five are under treatment at the Ohio Valley hospital for gunshot wounds.

The more seriously cwounf-d sre: Chief of Police John Farrell, subbed In a doses places and shot through the fleshy part ot the arm. Benkel Malua, striker, shot- through tbe body; will die. Sophia Mecxo. hit with a brick while trying to get her huabaod out of the mob; may die. Caataaay Prepared far Strike.

The strike wss declared quietly yesterday, but for months the company haa been preparing for it. An order was made recently that on certain lines of work all earnings should be pooled, thus forcing the best workmen to carry along tbe poorer workmen. There was a final conference yesterday, and the understanding was that work would not be resumed this morning by the 5,000 employes. At 11 a. m.

S.006 men, women and children were at the gatea of the main works, when freight cars were being pulled Into tbe yards. One of the. women saw a hand protruding from a and at ence the cry went up that the cars were filled -with nonunion men. which proved to be the case. In a moment the air was filled with rocks and clubs, and the.

crowd made a rush -for the ears, which were hurried Into the mill yards and the gates closed In the face of the mob. The bloodshed did not begin until two (Continued on Page 1, Column- Comes to the- Aid of With Instructions to Their Disturbers; reformer and not those to be reformed will be arrested. Edward Fisher and E. WJ Williams are the pioneers whose appeals to the police have brought Joy to the hearts of the spark-ers. As the two men sat tn Washington park Tuesday night with Miss Mayme Jordan and Miss Edith Wharton they were confronted by accusing disturbers, whs threatened to call the police and make embarrassing charges If the couples didn't contribute 110 each.

The wooers couldn't see why they needed anyene'a permission to spoon, and so tbey Induced Inspector Hunt to Issue the order protecting their lovemaklng. now when soft words are breathed "and tenderness reigns la the well-shaded cooks, the eopper will stop on hia beat and see that no common disturber, who hasn't sweetheart of hia own, strolls too near the lovemaklng couple. Witnesses for State Tear Down I rish La'cemaker's Structure of Evidence and Declare She Put Herself in Position of Original Qirl Inven- tor of the Yarn. INNOCENCE IS BRANDED FALSE Doctor Testifies the Girl Was Operated Upon in a Belleville (Ont) Hospital Former Employer Testifies for Prosecutiorfand Deals Blow to Young Woman's Cause. Ella Glngles story of monstrous mistreat-meat at the Wellington hotel waa shattered yesterday.

Witness after witness tore down the structure of evidence she had built. From the aocuser of Agnes Barrett e.sbe was forced to resume the defensive, fighting for acquittal on the charge of larceny, her story -discredited In the minds of those who heard -the states attack. Her weird tale of the wrongs she suffered, given credence by some because It wss thought no one of Iter age could have imagined auch a eonaected story of crime and depravity, was shewn to have been Influenced. If not altogether created, by the power ot suggestion. A story similar evsa In detalj of which -moat mature persona never geJs any knowl-etfgr xlam aada -mt tnelr JiYes," was tola la Belleville.

just before Ella Glngles came to and waa admitted oa tbe stand In Judge Brentano's court yesterday ta havs been invented by the Canadian prototype of the Irish lacemaker. With thla aa her model. Ella Glngles is said to have made herself tbe principal la tbe case and to have merely changed names and dates to fit her horrible dream. Braads laaaeeaae aa Falee. Inatead of being the Innocent maid, model of Ireland's blue-eyed, proverbially virtuous girls, Ella Glngles was branded as a girl without honor, fleeing from her home to hid her shame In a Canadian hospital, thieving from her benefactress, flirting so outra- geouaiy as to be reproved for her conduct, the tradueer of honesty instead of the victim of supreme perfidy.

With the introduction of this testimony and the appearance on the witness stand of Agnes Barrette to enter an. absolute de-aial of the charges made by Ella Glngles, the state rested its case. Miss Barrette'a appearance on the stand was expected to bring out further sensations, but It did not. Assistant State's Attorney Short limited his direct examination of her to a few ques-tions. Incorporating the principal allegations of the lacemaker In a single question.

Mis Barrette entered a sweeping denial of Ella's story. As she declared that the charges of the lacemaker were false her lips quivered, tears filled her eyes and her voles trembled. When the state turned the witness over to the defense tor cross-examination Attorneys -O'Donnell and O'Sbaughnessy held a whispered conversation and later retired to Judge Brentano's chambers. They were out several minutes, and when they returned Mr. O'Donnell announced that they would, not cross-examine Miss Barrette.

He said nothing new bad been brought out in her testl- -mony. and that they had expected she would deny the charges of Ella Glngles. Caaadlaa wfltaeeaeo Teatiry. The witnesses whose testimony is believed to hsve shattered" the various statements made by the defendant concerning her career before coming to Chicago are Dr. W.

J. Gibson, superintendent of the Belleville hospital; David S. Thornton, in whose home Ella Glngles was employed as cook, and William F. McCormlck, a photographer. McCormlck was the first witness called.

He said he took a photograph of the defendant some time in June or July, last year. He said she-waa known to him at that time as Miss Wilson. A dress belonging to Mrs. Thornton wss Introduced tn evidence, and McCormlck Identified It aa the one the girl wore when she bad her picture taken. On cross-examination he said he did not know that Ella Glngles stole the dress.

Mr. Thornton then took the stand and said Ella Glngles was employed by him as a cook, lie said she came to Belleville from Montreal, and that a week after entering his employ she became ill and went to the hoe- pttaL He described the nature of her Illness, and as he told the story the defendant bowed her besd and seemed about to breakdown. "Did yon ever see Ella Glngles In a man's company asked Assistant State's Attorney Short. Yes, once I saw her Jostle a man near our borne and kiss him many times-" Mr. Thornton said he took Ella Glngles -back after she recovered frcm the operation, and that a short time afterward she left his employ, saying her sister was dying In Chicago.

He said a few months aga Attorney O'Donnell and a Chicago newspaper man came to Belleville, and that they told him the girl had been robbed, beaten and mis-treated In Chicago. I Wow Hia Wife'a DreaaJ He declared he told' them he sympathized with her. but that after ahe left his employ tbey had missed linen, that she bad an operation at tbe Belleville hospital, and that she bad put on his wife'a white dress to have her picture taken. To this he said Mr. O'Donnell replied that tbe girl had been misjudged; that she was then at the point ot death and that she bad been the victim of a slave" plot.

While crjss-examlnlng Thornton. Attr- ney O'Donnell was severely rebuked by Judge Brentaeo. Mr. O'Donnell was asking the witness about Daisy Young, a maid employed iu his home when Ella Glngles waa there..