THE LEIIIIiiEAI‘ENDS TEN MILLION BUSHELS GO A Great Slump in Prices—A Fifteen Months Campaign—A Profit of 87,000,- 000 During May—The Young M'nn Has Come to Grief—His Cash Wheat Will Be Trimmed—Says He Will Not As- Sign. Chicago, June 14.—-There are all kinds of rumors here about Joseph Leiter and the action of the market goes far to— ward confi‘rming many of them. His deal has gone to pieces. It has been gradually getting in position for such a collapse for a week past. Cash wheat has dropped $1 in thirty days, July 50 cents and September more than 25 cents. , People closely interested are unable to do any talking. It comes from a banker that L. Z. Leiter, who has been trying to get his son Joseph out of the wheat deal for some. time, has with- drawn his support. The break in the market has been too much for the young man. George 13. French, Leiter’s manager, was unable either to confirm .or deny the story, but it comes from a source that is considered trustworthy. There are other rumors, but they lhave not developed tangible form. Leiter’s in~ terests in wheat here have been very small since the close of the May deal. He has shipped his wheat out, and there are only about 750,000 bushel-s of cash wheat. 'here. He «has bought fut— ures of late in his efforts to maintain prices in order to enable him better to market his cash wheat abroad. His sales yesterday are placed at be- tween 8,000,000 and 10,000,000 bushels, mostly September, of which 3,000,000 bushels are on puts sold through Lam- son. p. JOSEPH LErrEn.’ "a. Armour has taken L‘eiter’s June wheat :01? 'his hands, «about 250,000 bush— els being transferred from Allen Grier, Leiter’s chief broker. Leiter also trans- ferred .a lot of September to Lamson, but it has no significance except to ena- ble them to settle trades. Leiter has been in a combination with the smoothest lot of cash men in the Northwest—Pillsbury, Peavey and Thompson. They stayed with the bull leader until there was a good chance to unload, and the rumor is that they have dumped their holdings on him while he held the bag. Thompson and Peavey were here yes- terday and were not feeling particu- larly comfortable. Thompson professed ignorance as to the cause of the twen- ty-cent drop in cash wheat from the Northwest, also of any attempt of any party to sell out another. The game has been played by these parties be- fore on other people, who have-suffered severely. Leiter, at the end of May, had profits of from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 in his trades. He then had more than 10,000,- 000 bushels, and had handled more than 40,000,000 bushel-s. NOW, in all the fifteen months’ cam— paign, a good part of Leiter’s cash wheat that has been shipped from here and the seaboard is sold for July de- livery in Europe at high prices, so that the collapse at this end is looked upon as the cleaning up of the last of his trades. W'ith fine crop prospects the world over, there is little chance for a. bull to make much headway, with a big line and a small speculative trade, and, it is said, that he decided to get out. . Joseph Leiter was seen in the Illi- nois Trust and Savings Bank, in con- sultation with his father, L. Leiter. He said that he would make no assignment and that ‘he had ordered his trades in futures liquidated. At the start, his cash wheat will be trusteed. The Northwestern bankers are said to have ' ~ come here on a special train and to be on the anxious seat. July wheat broke from 10 1-2 cents to 15 cents yesterday, and reacted 2 1-2. September sold off about three cents from Saturday’s close. Doings at Camp Black. Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, L. 1., June 14.—From present indica- tions there will be only a few days more of Camp Black. Colonel Eddy and the First Battalion of the Forty- seventh regiment will probably start for Fort Adams, R. I., to-day, if the, transportation is provided. Colonel Ed'dy’s men are anxious to get away, and they can leave camp. on an hour’s notice, as they have every-thing ready, with the exception of taking down the tents. . The Bingh-ampbon Separate Company of the First Provisional regiment which was attacked by the measles, is out of quarantine, and in a day or two the men will start to the post assigned to them in the vicinity of New York. General Pennington and his staff are still awaiting orders to close Camp Black and for assignments to other posts. Decilion Against Gambling. Trenton, N. J ., June 14.-——The supreme court announced a decision yesterday sustaining the constitutional amend- ment prohibiting gambling in this Itate. , . -....-..- w w E EK L Y - N on, with K - on anrn i LONG FIERGE STRUGIIJE' The Americans Greatly Outnumr A bered by the Spaniards but Held Their Ground Bravely. Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 14.— Further particulars of the fight be- tween our marines and Spanish troops at Guantanamo say that Lieutenants Wendell C. Neville and Melville J. Shaw of Company D, of the First Bat- talion of Marines, who, with a party of marines, were out on picket duty during the fight Sunday and last night, and were reported missing. are safe. They returned to camp with thirty men of Company D yesterday. Dur— ing much of the time they were absent they were surrounded by the enemy, whom they fought off. They report that they killed at least five of the Spaniards. It is believed that the Spaniards lost more men, for all night the body of pickets under Neville and Shaw kept up a steady reply to an almost constant fire of the Spanish at short range. That our pickets suffered so little themselves is evidence of the uncertain marksmanship of the Spaniards. ’As a result of the bold attack made by the Spanish uplon lthe intrenched camp of the marines and because of the lack of reinforcements, Lieu-tenant Col- rme] Huntington decided .to abandon the crest of the hill occupied after the seiz- ure of the harbor. The marines were recalled to the rifle pits on the shore formerly occupied by the enemy. Here they will be under the protection of the guns of the ships «and far less lia- ble to attack. This precautionary step is justified by the fact that the Spanish force in the vicinity of Caimanera is believed to far outnumber the force of marines ashore. HAWAII WILL BE OURS. [‘0 Be Ananed “’hethex the Senate Acts or Not. ‘ VVashingt-on, June 14.——Members of the Senate and House Who called on the president yesterday and talked over the Hawaiian situation state «that it is pos- itively settled that the American flag will be raised over Hawaii. After the House has passed the Ha- waiian resolution, those islands will be annexed, whether the Senate acts on the resolutions or not. It is intended that a rvote shall be had in the Senate, and that there shall be no adjournment of Congress until the resolutions have been acted on. But If there is a protracted fight, and it is made apparent that the minority does not intend to yield, annexation will not be delayed. The knowledge of this course is ex- pected to dishearten the opposition, and it is thought unlikely that they will keep up for a long time a filibuster which can ac<;o:=:‘.plish nothing. After the An mean flag has been raisel at Hosanna it will be an empty issue for "the opposition to contend against action by the Senate on the resolution. The president feels, as do his ad- visers, that wuh the resolution agreed on by the House and an acknowledged majority in favor ‘of them in the Sen- ate, annexation being regarded as a military necessity, he is warranted in taking possession of the islands for the purpose of facilitating operations in the Philippines, and that in doing so he will be sustained by the whole country. The Crews at. \Vork. Yale Quarters, Gales Ferry, Conn., June 1/.——-Tlirci;glacut the night the weather was sc- intensely warm that upon the rising of the Yale oarsmen it was evident that the river work of the crews would have to be very light. At nine o’clock, however, Coach Rod- gers took out his freshmen oarsmen in pair oars. After spending an hour at this work the 1901 shell was launch- ed and the youngsters were given a. two-mile spin. Harvard Quarters, Gales Ferry, Conn., June 14.—-Both of Harvard’s crews had a short practice yesterday morning. The ’varsity crew went out as usual in the shell. The time of the men was raggel, especially in the bow of the boat. Mr. Lehmann, however, believes the poor form is merely tem- porary and incidental. There were no changes in the crew, anl the makeup of the eight is now settled barring acci- dents. On the whole the ’varsity is rowing well and steadily improving. The substitutes went out in the fours and the freshmen were coached in pair oar-s. Much interest was awakened at Redtop by the appearance of the Yale freshmen in their shell at 10 o’clock. They rowed up and down the river, and made a fine appearance, as far as in- board form was concerned. From the Harvard 'view point, however, the blade work was poor. An attempt was made to catch the time of the young Yalensians, but it was not satisfactory. _____.,,,_.____ A VOTE ITO-DAY. Annexation is Strength. Washington, June 15.—An unsuccess- ful effort was made yesterday to bind all Democrats in the House of Repre- sentatives to vote against Hawaiian annexation. At the conclusion of the session of the House a caucus of Dem- ocrats was held, at which, after a gen- eral discussion, Representative Dlns- more of Arkansas, the leading Demo- crat on the committee on foreign af- fairs, oi’fered a. resolution declaring that the action of the caucus should be binding on all Democratic members of the House. This met with such determined oppo- sition on the part of the advocates of annexation that it was finallv with- drawn and Mr. Dinsmore then offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Democratic members of the House that the annexation of the Ho- Hawaiian Gaining wa-iian islands would be dangerous and . undesirable; that it would reverse the traditional policy of the government, and that they believed it would lead to colonial aggrandizement and ultimately to the destruction of republican insti- tuitions. This was adopted by a vote of 50 to , 17. Estimates on the vote on the an- to-day place the' nexation resolution majority in favor of annexation at 50 to 60. The annexationis‘ts claim that they will have not less than tWentyésix Democratic, votes, and that they will not. lose more than six or eight Repub- licans. ‘ says there is no foundation PHILIPPIIUAMPAIGN HAS MANILA FALLEN? The Report. That It Has is Not Believed at “'ashiugton-—\Vhat Ambassador Hay Gaye—The Insurgents Are Not Fero clone—Advices from Dewey He Praises His Loyal and Brawn Crews as Hono- rable Men. June 14.—The report surrendered is not Washington, that Manila has confirmed by inquiries here. Day expressed ignorance of it, and Secretary Alger went further and said if there had been any well authenticat- ed news on that subject he would have been advised of-it at once as it would materially effect the plans his depart- ment has on foot. London, June 14.—The United States ambassador here, Colonel John Hay, for the statement that he is responsible for the story,' published in the United States, to the effect that Manila has fallen. ' Secretary Brigg-s of the Mann-a Rail- way Company, who is in constant com- munication with Manila, discredits the rumors in circulation as to the surren- der of that place. He received a cable message from Manilayesterday, via. Hong Kong, reporting that the railroad was working, and 'no mention was made of. the city having surrendered. Mr. Briggs believes the Spaniards would surrender to Rear Admiral Dew- ey in preference to being conquered by the insurgents. He is informed that a ‘full understanding exists between Rear Admiral Dewey and the insurgents. and it is generally believed at Hong Kong and Manila that before Aguinal- do, the insurgent leader, consented to return to Manila, he secured pledges that the United States would not leave him in the lurch by returning the Phil- lippine islands to the Spaniards. Referring to .the Spanish tales of al- leged insurgent at: cities, Mr. Briggs says that they are u:‘:or nonsense. He says that the natives of the Philippine islands are the mild‘est people in the world, and that all the Europeans there Were surprised that they mustered up courage enough to revolt. The navy department has received its first mail advices from Admiral Dewey since he reached Manila. Un- der date of May :5, Cavite, he gives a detailed account of the battle of Ma- nila Buy. it is in the main an elabora- tion of his telegram. . Its special feature is the terms of high praise in which he speaks of the crews of the ships, saying that never had an officer so loyal and brave crews. THE ALASKAN GOLD FiELDS. Scuws Laden “’ith Supplies Cruslud in the Ice on Bcunelt Lake. Port Townsend, R’ash., June 14.— The steamer Cottage City arrived Sun- day from Alaska. The passengers re- port Lake Lindermann clear from ice. Extra steamers are running day and night, taking miners across. 1‘: ght sc-ows laden with supplies were crush- ed in the ice on licnnett lake, losmg everything aboard. Three hundred men have succeeded in reaching the interior of western Alaska, via Yakutat Bay. Persons ar- riving from there say that rich dig— gings have been struek'on the Alsace river. Speedy justice has been meted out to the murderers of Samuel Roberts, a gambler at Dye-a, who was killed about three months ago, just as he was en- tering his cabin, by a man named 193:2:- patriek. Fitzpatrick received a iife sentence in San Quentin, while l3 1! and Corbett. his accomplices, were sen- tenced to ten years. The Ninth Blassacliu e is to the Front. “Washington, June 14.——The Ninth Massachusetts regiment, now at (3:1ng Alger, will soon be ordered to the front, probably before the end of the week. This regiment is brigaded with the Twenty-third and Thirty-fourth Michi— gan regiments, under the command of General Henry M. Du-ffielti, who is .1 friend of Secretary Alger. General Duifield wants to see service, and he has on his staff a son of Senator Mc- Millan. of Michigan. who also wants to go to the front, and his father is like- wise eager to have him do so. This constitutes sufficient influence at the war department to move the brigade to the front, and the Ninth Massachu— setts will share in what is regarded as "the good fortune.” Spain St 3 II Defiant. Madrid, June li.--~—A semi-official n-o-te issued: yesterday emphatically contra- dicts all the American reports of the operations in Cuba, and even denies that American forces have effected a landing in Guantanamo Bay or else- where. The note concludes: “The European press will make a mistake in imagining that Spain is dis- c01iraged5:..o at the end of her resour— ces. On the contrary, Spain is full of hope saznl determined to continue the war.” A Canadian Lille to Manchester. Montreal, June 14,—1n explaining the ,vote of $38,000 as a subsidy for a line of steamers between Manchester and 5the St. Lawrence, Sir Richard Cart- ! wright stated that the service womd begin on July 1. A Manchester syn- dicate would build a fleet of new bows for next season, and facilities wmud be provided at Manchester for the'han- dling of perishable products. A grain elevator would also be provided. The Oregon Election. Portland, Ore, June 11.—-—Our gover_ ' nor‘s plurality is more than 10,000, and 6,500 majority over all combined Oppo- sition. The pluralities for the two con- gressmen are more than 8,500. and 5,500 over all candidates. The gold standard was the issue. Cadiz Flare Useless. ~ .Wash-ington, June 14.——Word has been received at the navy department l from a. high, though unofficial, source. I that Admiral Camara's Cadiz fleet has , been found unfit for sea. .‘ Secretary. 3 NOW FOR PORTO RICO. President Hu Ordered Gen. 'Copplngu and Gen. Lee to Boston the Expedition. ‘ _ Washington, D. 0., June 13.——Now that the troops have embarked for Entiago, the entire attention of the war departmentris being turned to the Porto Rican army. Orders have been sent by President McKinley to Major General Coppinger, who will command the expedition, and to Major General Lee, who will be second in command, to hasten the Porto Rican expedition in every way possible. Under the most favorable circum- stances it will be utterly impossible to get 'the army embarked and started for Porto Rico in less than two weeks. The troops that will constitute the expe— dition will be drawn from the armies now encamped in Tampa and Jackson-- ville. At the latter place there are at pres- ent ten thousand volunteers under the command of Major General Lee. It will not be necessary to take this entire force at Jacksonville for the Porto Ri- can expedition, as the intention of the government is to send only an army , of about ten thousand men to San Juan, some .of whom will be regulars from Tampa. A commission of officers is now in the South investigating the facilities offered for embarkation by Jackson- ville, Fernandina and other places. This commission will make its report to the war department some time next week. HOW BONDS WILL BE ISSUED. Mr Vnndoriip Explains the Procedure Under the “'ar Revenue Bill. W'ashington, June 13.—A-ssis-tant Sec- retary Vanderlip, who has had person- al charge of the details of the proposed bond issue, said yesterday: “The subscription for $200,000,000 of the 3 per cent. bonds just authorized by Congress will be opened by the treasury department as soon as the bill is signed by the president, and will close at 3 p. m. on July 14. This gives ample time even for the most remote sections of the country to receive com- plete information regarding the details of the issue and to have subscriptions from such points reach the treasury. Every channel will be used to dissem- inate in the widest possible manner in- formation regarding this issue and to make it in every sense a successful popular loan. A great number of sub- scriptions have been received in 2&- vanoe of the passage of the act, and there isevery reason to believe that the issue will be largely oversubscrib- ed. “By the terms of the law the allot— ment will be peculiar. The law pro- vides that the smallest subscriptions shall be first‘ allotted, and the allot- ments made inversely in accordance with the size of the subscriptions. That will result in a line being sharply drawn at some point, and all subscrip- tions in amount below that point will be awarded in full, while all subscrip- tions for an amount exceeding that sum will receive no allotment what— ever. , Every precaution is taken to prevent individuals repeating subscriptions and thus getting an undue advantage. The law provides that all individual sub- scriptions must be allotted first, and therefore subscriptions from corpora- tions and associations other than indi- viduals will only receive an allotment in the event that the Individual sub- scriptions fall short of the $200,000,000 which is at present offered. “The treasury will print about four million subscription blanks and circu- lars of information. They will be put in the hands of every money order postmaster and in eVery banking office and express office at the earliest pos- sible moment. Circulars now being prepared will fully set forth the terms under which subscriptions will be re- ceived." NOT YET A LAW. It Will Be Sent to the President Early on Monday. Washington, June 13,—The war rev- enue bill will become a law tic-day. 0w- ing to a rule adhered to in both houses that the presiding oflicer shall not sign such measures except when the houses are 'in session, the bill still lacks the signatures necessary before the president approves it. While the House was in session Saturday, the Senate was not, and it was thought best to attend to these details together. Ac- cordingly, when the two houses meet to-day the bill will be promptly rushed through for the signatures of Vice President Hobart and Speaker Reed, and the necessary enrolment details, and sent immediately to the president. International Missionary Union. Clifton Springs, ,V, June 13.—-At the close of the meetings of the Interna- tional Missionary Union the following candidates, accepted for the foreign field, were presented by Mrs. White Miss Grace Soper, Miss Glenck and Miss Matthews. The Misses Wyckoi‘t‘, who have spent several years in China, spoke in Chinese. Saturday evening‘s meetings were devoted to the interests of higher education and the place of schools in the mission fields of a direct evangelical character. This has been a question which has calledout a varie- ty of opinions among the missionaries. A number spoke on the subject. Dr. C. TV. P. Merritt of China presided. The War Feeling in Spain. Wilmington, 'Del., June 13.—Captain Davis of the British steamer Le Coq. » which reached this port Saturday from Santander, Spain, says that while in that country he was. impressed with the fact that the common people ap- parently are taking very little interest , in the war with the United States. The people think the conflict is for the con- sideration of the Madrid government. Red Cross Offers Aid. Washington, June 13.—The Red Cross Society has offered to supply all the volunteer camps with hospital sup. plies—ice, milk, condensed milk, etc.— in a few hours. 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