PLATTSMOUTH JOURiVAL G. E. TOWL, Publisher. PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA BRIEF TELEGRAMS. President T. C. Crenshaw of the Georgia railroad commissicn. Marietta. Ga., was stabbed and seriously injured by J. H. Kirkland, a Pullman car con ductor. Sir Thomas Gait, a retired chief jus tice of the court of common pleas, died at Toronto, Ont. His death is attributed to the intense heat. Sir Thomas was 8C years old. Rev. Washington Adams Nichols. D. D., one of the oldest Congregational ministers in the United States and un til his death the oldest living gradu ate of Amhent college, is dead. The meeting of the National Steel stockholders, at whicn it hau been pro posed to consider the preposition of leasing properties to the Carnegie com pany, was adjourned until July. The comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 29 will show an excess of receipts over dis bursements of approximately seventy six million dollars. George Price, a colored trooper re cently mustered out of company G, Forty-eighth infantry, which has just returned from the Philippines, died from the effects of a pistol wound in flicted by F. Bonelli. To secure fair iates of transporti ficial to the cattle industry are the tion for cattle and legislation bene objects of the American Cattle Grow ers association, which has been incor porated at Denver, Colo. Jesse F. Thayer, formerly a captain in the Amerian volunteers, but lately retired to private life and working at his trade, committed suicide at Om aha. He was horsewhipped at Lincoln by his wife, from whom he had sep arated, and this seemed to prey upon him. The intense heat caused the expan sion of the rails at a point between Palmyra and Hunnewcll. Mo., to such an extent that it was necessary to shorten the rails five inches befc e they could be gotten back in place. The ea?:bcund St. Louis and Port land train was delayed nearly an hour. As a result of a quarrel over town lots in Aidington, in the Kicwa In dian reservation, Oklahoma. R. S. Castleberry shot J. M. Wambold. pres ident of the First National bank, three times, inflicting mortal woands. Cas tleberry then shot Horace Addington. who interfered, inflicting ;i dangerous wound. Castlebrry surrendered. Rev. Dr. John Gordon, for many years pastor of the Wetsminster Pres byterian church of Omaha, for eight years professor of church history in the Omaha Presbyterian Theological seminary, and for a year has been professor of history at Tabor college. Tabcr, la., has just been elected act ing president of that college and dean of the faculty. There is no intention on the part of the department to reduc3 the military force in Cuba at the present time or in the immediate future. The present force of nearly 5,000 men is held in Cuba on the recommendation of Gov ernor General Wood, and the secre tary will depend on General "Wood's advice as to the reduction of the force. The Modern Miller says: "Ideal weather for harvesting the wheat crop has prevailed in the greater part of the winter wheat belt. The crop is nearly all cut and a much larger per centage is being threshed than usual at thi? time of the year, owing to the dry, hot weather, which has seasoned the grain rapidly. The yield is gen erally beyond expectations, and the quality superb." Rural free delivery service w-ill be established on August 1 as follows: Nebraska Bradshaw, York counts', two carriers; length of route, fifty four miles; population served, 1,025; carriers, F. J. Smith and E. G. Co burn. Postoffice at Arborville to be supplied by rural carrier. At a meeting of the Ohio republican state central committee Congressman Charles Dick was elected chairman of the state executive committee, John R. Mallery secretary and W. F. Bur dell treasurer. Senator Hanna gave $50,000 to Ken yon college (Ohio), with which to build a dormitory. A civil service examination will be held on August 15 for the position of elevator conductor in the public build ing at Dubuque. Ia. Rev. Charles B. Powers, pastor of Mount Zion Presbyterian church of St. Joseph, Mo., died. Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state of Illinois of the Springfield & St. Louis railroad, capital stock $25,000. Secretary Root has returned to Washington, having been absent about a week in New York state. William Dresbach, one of the pio neer wheat men of California, died in San Francisco after a very brief ill ness. He was aged about 75 -years. SUMMER'S AWFUL HEAT la the Great Cities cf the East Are Many Deaths aid Prostrations. NO RELIEf AS 1ET IN SIGHT Xlundreds Drop and Die on Homing Patentee tit f ublic Vehicles Inadequate to Care Promptly for llie tufortuuate Victims. Deaths. New York 225 Philadelphia 52 Baltimore 23 Pittsburg and vicinity 51 NEW YORK, July 4.- -The heat which has worked such havoc on this city recently was somewhat mitigated late yesterday by a succession of thun derstorms, which sent the mercury tumbling down ten degrees between the hours of 4:30 and 8 p. m. Never did a downpour of rain receive such an enthusiastic reception as did this one. The thunder and lightning were heavy and many houses were struck, causing fires, but so far as known no person was killed or injured. During the last downpour hail fell in quantities. It was after the hottest July 2 in the history of the local weather bu reau and a day that almost reached the city record of September 7. 1SS1. that this cant relief came. The morning opened with the tem perature at S3 at 6 a. m.. and in an hour it had gone to S7, and in another hour had climbed a point higher, jump ing all the way to 93 by 9 o'clock. The wind was scarcely perceptible and the humidity, which was 60 per cent, aggravated the conditions. Then the mercury kept on climbing, registering 95 at 11 o'clock and going up to 98 between 12 and 1 and stayed there un til after 3 o'clock. The humidity had fallen to 41 per cent. The suffering caused by the heat was unprecedent ed. All the ambulances in the city a? well as the patrol wagons and many other vehicles were kept busj- answer ing calls. At the rate of about one a minute the calls came in over the po lice wires all d?.y. breaking all records for the amount of ambulance service and providing patients enough to crowd all the hos-pitnls. The ofTirial temperature up in the lofry weather bureau remained at JK. the temperatures on the street level ranged from 100 to 10C. The terrible fatality cf the heat wa shown by the large percentage cf deaths among those prostrated. Out of "28 cases of prostration leported un to 11:30 o'clock last night, KS resulted fatally. Among the most prominent victim were the Rev. Dr. Newland Maynard. the Episcopal clergyman and lecturer, and Jacob Rogers, the former locomo tive builder. Between the hours of 2 a. m. Tues day. and 12:45 a. m. yesterday, Wed nesday, there were in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, 15S deaths and 17S prostrations. The same weather conditions which prevailed in this city were experienced In Brooklyn. It was estimated by th1 police at midnight that during Tues day there had been sixty deaths and 150 prostrations by the heat in Brook lyn. PROCLAMATION IS READY. President Will Soon Inane Statement Opening Indian Reservation. WASHINGTOX, July 4 Secretary Hitchcock informed the cabinet today that the proclamation for the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apach? Indian reservations in Oklahoma was completed. The secretary will go over it with the president tomorrow and it will be issued either tomorrow eveninc or July 4. It will fix the day of open ing and will prescribe the methods and rules to be observed by prospective? homesteaders. Secretaries Hay and Long were tho absentees at today's meeting. Little business was transacted. The most im portant action decided upon was a change in the civil service rules re garding clerks and carriers in the pos tal service. The age limits within which applicants could apply for posi tions as carriers heretofore have been 21 years as the minimum and 40 as tha maximum. The minimum for clerke has been 18 years, with no maximum. The civil service commission proposed a uniform minimum of 18 and a maxi mum of 40 years. It was the opinion of the postmaster general and the rest of the cabinet, however, that this maximum was too low and it was de cided to fix 45 years as the maximum for both classes of employes. Fxctn About .lone Weather. OMAHA, July 4 Only twice in thirty-one years has the mean temper ature of June been so high as in 1901. In 1S71 average for the month was 7C and in 18S1 the average was 75. This year the average was 75, three de grees above normal for the month. The highest temperature ever record ed at Omaha in June was on the 28th, when the mercury reached 100. The mean maximum temperature for the month was S5.4. NEBRASKA SOLD WAR HORSES. Two fhonaand of Them Gallop for Enf link Army Against tun itoers. LINCOLN, Neb.. July 1 During the last two years Nebraska farmers and stockmen have sold to England over 2,000 horses for service in the war in South Africa. The price paid has varied from $30 to $90. but the gen cral average has been $35 per head Most of these horses came from the western part of the state ard were told at South Omaha or Kansas City where th3 English purchrsing agents maintained headquarters. There is still a good demand for the to'igh an imals known as "war hordes." The dealing just now is inactive, but it is said that the purchasing serson will soon open and that there will be a ready market for all hordes that can be supplied. When England began purchasing horses in America the agerts demand ed young, thoroughbred animals and the price paid sometimes went as high as $100, but they took only animals that were selected with great care and were soimd in every bone and fiber. The extravangance o these op erations was soon demonstrated and the English agents in America were in structed to be less particu'ar in select ing the animals. Horses are extreme ly sensitive to climatic changes and conditions and it was found that even the best American horses could sur vive only about six weeks of active siervice in the South African war. The agents began experiment with common stock and it was found that the ordinary plains or range horses from Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana or other western territory could do just as effective work and live as long in South Africa as the high-priced thor oughbred horse. OSCAR SHOISE IS ACCUSED. Arrested on Charge of Complicity in I4Tid City Ticket Robbery. HASTINGS, Neb., July 1 Sheriff Simmering, with Superintendent Big rell of the Burlington lead and a couple of detectives, took a special train out of Hastings for Blue Hill, where Sheriff Simmering arrested Os car Shouse on the charge cf having been implicated in the robbery of the railway tickets at the Burlington depot at David City, May 27. Shouse is a traveling mm for an oil houe and it is said he has disposed of considerable transportation during the last two weeks. One of the per sons to whom he sold transportation was locaated at Denver and he was brought to Hastings and taken to Blue Hill and identified Shoust- Shouse was a member of the Hasting; police force four years ago. Deed for State Fair Grounds. LINCOLN. Neb., July 1. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings has been given a deed by the Lancaster County Agricultural association for ten acres of land situated within the enclosure of the state fc'r .rounds. This is a part of the preliminary work of transferring the fair grounds to the state. Indiana Voted "No." PENDER, Neb., July 1. The prop osition to bond Thurston county to pay off the floating indebtedness did not carry at the special election. The vote was 316 to 208 agains'. the bonds. The Indians voted solidly "no." This county owes about $32,000, with only cne township of land and all personal property taxable. New Hank for Grand Island. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. July 1 E. D. Hamilton of Julesburg. Colo., was in Ganv .Island on buucnss con nected with the establishment (fa new bank in this city'. Mr. Hamilton stat ed that the new firm expected to open t te middle of July. Million Dollar Hinder. YORK, Neb., July 1. One million dollars is the amount Thomas Owens, a local jeweler, is promised for his patent binder, which ties bundles with straw, if the machine prcves a suc cess. Wanted for Wife Murder. CLINTON. Ia.. July l.--The negro White, who is charged with drawning his wife in Chicago, has been traced to this place, and officers pre hunting for him. Farmer Dies by Jlancinjr. GENEVA, Neb., July 1. Fred Fricke, a farmer near Okiowa, com mitted suicide last night by hanging. The coroner has gone to hold an in quest. Killed Under ffnton Wheel. ST. EDWARD, Neb.. July 1 Her man Stenzel, a prosperous "armer four miles south of here, was instantly kill ed a few days ago. He ? ad started for home with a large load of lumber. When three miles from town he fell off the front end of the wagon as it was going down hill and it passed over his face and legs, breaking his neck and right eg. Ho was found shortly afterward and brought to town. JULY 1 Some cf the Hew Statutes Which He- traskans Must Now Obey. THESE ARE NOW IN FILL EFFECT Laws Herewith Given Were Without the Emergency Clause and Were There fore Not in Operation as Soon as the Legislature Adjourned. LINCOLN, Neb., July 3. Following is a partial list of laws passed by the recent legislature which went into effect July 1, all other laws passed hav ing had an emergency clause and were therefore effective as soon as the legis lature adjourned: H. R. 38, by Fuller Providing for mowing or otherwise destroying the weeds along public roads. H. R. 56, by Miskell Providing that in counties under township organiza tion the township road tax and the county road tax shall be paid in cash H. R. 55, by Fowler To exempt can didates for township, precinct, school board and village offices from the cor rupt practices act provisions. S. F. 255, by Currie Providing that graduates of other eaucuiional institu tutions of the state besides the Stato university, who have completed cours es which place them on a parity with the University of Nebraska graduates. shall be entitled to first grade teach ers' certificates. H. R. 5S, by Miskell Provides that in counties not under township organ ization the road tax shall be paid ia cash. H. R. 51, by Mead Making It a crime to threaten to accuse any per son of a crime or offense or to do in jury to the person or property of an1 other with the intent to extort money for pecuniary advantage or to compel the person threatened to do any act against his will. H. R. 14, by Crockett Providing that all damages caused by the lay ing out, altering, opening or discon tinuing of any county road may be paid by warrant on the general fund of the county. S. F. 115. by Arends Provides that hereafter the license tax for peddlers plying their vocation outside the lim its of a city or town ncl of peddlers selling by sample outside the limits of a city or town, witlin any county in the state, shall be $25 for use of one county, $50 for those with a vehicle drawn by one animal, $75 for those with two and less than four animals and $100 for those with more than four animals. H. R. 215, by Hall Authorizing the governor to appoint a joint commis sion to determine the boundary line between Nebraska and lowa. II. R. 29, by McCarthy Provides that when any person shall die pos sessed cf any personal estate not law fully disposed of by a will, "The sur viving husband or wife, if any, and if there be no surviving husband or wife, then the heir or heirs at law of the deceased shall be allowed all artiJt-s of wearing apparel, ornaments anu household furniture." H. R. 208. by McCarttiy Authoriz ing the governor to appoint a joint commission to determine the boundary line between Nebraska and South Da kota. S. F. 103. by Currie To amend the reform school laws, changing the age under which boys and girls may be sentenced to the industrials schools from 18 to 1C years. S. F. 193, by Young To provide that no judgment heretofore rendered or which may hereafter be rendered on which execution shall have been taken out and levied before the expiration of five years next at the .endition shall operate as a lien on the estate of any debtor to the preference of any bona fide judgment creditor or purchaser. H. R. 20, by Brown Providing for a system of traveling libraries and au thorizing the governor to appoint a state library commission. S. F. 134, by Ziegler To restrain male animals from running at large. Authorizes the sheriff to sell any male animal running at large and not re deemed by the owner. S. F. 134. by Martin Providing that whoever, from the time any ballots are cast until the time has expired for using them as evidence In any contest. shall destroy, attempt to destroy, in sight, or request another to destroy any ballot box or poll book, shall bi imprisoned in the penitentiary, on con viction thereof, not less than one year nor more than five years. S. F. 121. by McCargar Authorizing city councils to levy a 2-mill tax for th? support of public libraries. li. F. 231. by McCargar Providing for compulsory education of children between the ages of 7 and 14 years by requiring parents to have such chil dren attend school at least two-thirds of the number oi weeks school is held in the district. S. F. 44. by Van Baskirk For the protection of cattle owners and requir ing registration and exhibition of hides. It provides that every person engaged in the butcher business shall keep a record of all branded beef ani mals he-may slaughter. BECOME LAWS THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Ouotationa from Sooth Omaha and Kansas Citr. SOUTH OMAHA. Cattle There was not a heavy supply of cattle, but the market was very slow in opening and when trailing did bepin it was generally on a basis of lower values. Chicago was reported steady to a dime lower and that was not far from the situation at this point. There were about fifty-five or elxty curs of beef Fteers in the yards, and while Bume of the better grades of heavy cattle brought right around st.ucly prices, packers were bidding on the great bulk of the offerings right around a dime lower. There were only about eleven cars of cows end heif ers in the yurds besides the usual odd-5 and ends. The best dry lot stuff and also some of the choicer bunches of grass stuff sold at what looked to be about steady Vrlces. The less desirable grades, how ever, were very slow sale and in the ma jority of cases they sold about a dime lower than at the close of last week. Bulls were also slow sale and unless they were choice they were lower. The same could be said of calves and stags. Ther.i were only a few cars of stockers and feeders here and the demand was even lighter than the supply. As a general thing the few that changed hands brought a little less money than the same kind sold for last week. Hogs There was a fairb' liberal run of hogs, and as other markets were all quoted lower prices at this point eased o!t a trifle. The bulk of the hogs sold at .ri.S7Vj and K.M. with the long string at $i.9. The quality of the off (.rings as a whole was not what might be called choice, and as a result there were not many high juiced loads. The top was $j.fCi. which was paid for a load weighing 376 pounds. The market was not particu larly active, but still practically every thing was sold in good season, there being but little change in the market from start to finish. Sheep The following quotations are given: Choice wethers, t3.3r.1i3.jj; fair to good wethers. $C.Xfa 3.20; choice ewes, 12.75 5(3.10; fiiir to good. $2.25f:2.7j; choice spring lambs, $4.7jJj i.OO; fair to good spring lambs. $4.5o';i4.7." ; feeder wethers. t7oU2.Wi; feeder lambs, $ :.2.Vo -i.00. ka:sap CITY. Cattle Native steers, steady to 10? lower; Texans. l.Wi."c lower; stockers anl feeders, Zi"- lower; choice dressed beef steers, I5.3.Vu5.7.".; fair to good. e4.C"fi5.2ii; stockers and feeders. S3.ZZ'(ii.;A: Texas fed steers. i.f.Ofio.fiu; Texans and Indian, $4.ij 45.25; Texas grass steers. J3.0.ii -U0; cows. $2.75f4.25: heifers. I2.fr. 'ft 4.7."; canners. $1.75 62.65: bulls. 13.0" "i-!. 50; calves. RJ.OO'uo.UI. Hogs Pigs and lights, 5c higher: others were steady to strong; top. $t;.M: bulk of sales. $5. W'-i 5.25; heavy. i; X"j C.lo; mixed packers. J5.uT'C.OO light, $5.7o'( 5.!w ; pigs, r..25fz.-,.C5. Sheep and Lambs Market generally steady. NEBRASKA CHOP BILLETIN. Hot Weather Kipen Wheat and Corn Allows Satisfactory Condition. LINCOLN, July 4. United States department of agriculture, Nebraska section, climate and crop service of th'3 weather bureau, weekly crop bulletin. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, general summary: The past week hai been hot and dry, with an excess of sunshine. The daily mean tempera ture has averaged 12 degrees above normal, with maximum temperatures exceeding 100 degrees in nearly all parts of the state. The rainfall of the week was con fined to a few light, scattered showers, generally too light to be of any mate rial benefit to crops. The hot, dry weather has ripened the winter wheat very fast, and har vesting has made rapid progress. Th3 crop is generally good and was net in jured by the weather of the week Oats in southern counties have been further damaged, and in some few- places have been cut for hay. In northern counties all small grain is in excellent condition. Corn has grown well in northern counties and good progress has been made in culti vating corn and killing weeds. In southern counties corn has grown slowly and has suffered from a lack of moisture, but no permanent damage has been done to the crop generally. G. A. LOVELAND. Section Director, Lincoln, Neb. CORNELL WINS TWO. It's Varsity Kigtit and lour Are First in Intrrcolesiate liners. PGUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 4. The intercollegiate boat races over the Hudson river course were decided as follows: 'Varsity Eight Cornell first, time 18:53 1-5; Columbia second, time IS: 58; Wisconsin third, time 19:06 4-5; Georgetown fourth, time 19:21. The best previous record for 'varsity eight was 19:44 3-5. No time was taken for Syracuse and Pennsylvania, who were many leagues behind. 'Varsity Four Cornell first, time 11:39 3-5; Pennsylvania second, time 11:45 2-5; Columbia third, time 11:51 3-5. The best previous record for this distance was 10:31 1-5. Freshmen Race Pennsylvania first, time 10:21 2-5; Cornell second, time 10:23; Columbia third, time 10:36 2-5; Syracuse fourth, time 10:44. The pre vious record for freshmen eight for this distance was 9:19. Tleads Off the Kiowa Rnsh. WASHINGTON. July 4 The report from Denison, Texas, of the formation of a company to make a rush for the Kiowa lands in Oklahoma on the the ory that they are now public lands and subject to homestead settlement, and that no restriction can be daced on their settlement, is a reiteration of a claim that the interior department already has found groundless. Con gress passed a law governing the sub ject which supersedes all prior laws. How Bletals "reel." Can metals feel? Recently at the Royal Institution, Professor Jagadis Chunder Bose proved that they can, in much the same way as animse be ings. He struck a piece of copper pinched a piece of zinc, gave it poison and administered an antidote, and threw light upon an artificial retina. In each case the electrical emotion, as registered by the galvanometer, was painful to witne.cs. As the London Mail suggests in telling the storjv there is an opening for a society for the prevention of cruelty to metals. Honors for Sullivan. A monument is to be placed in St. Paul's cathedral, London, to the mem ory of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan. It is also proposed to endow a scholar ship at the Royal Academy of music and to erect a statue to the com poser on the Thames embankment. An Offer Morgan Declined. , Several years ago Heidelberg uni versity, Impressed with the capacity of J. Pierpont Morgan's head for fig ures, offered him the chair of mathe mathics in that institution, and as a special inducement tempted him with, a promised increase of the chair's salary from $500 to $600 a year. Wonld Have Women Ktndy Law. Sir John Cockburn. the celebrated English advocate and jurist, recently took the affirmative in a debate at Gray's inn on the question whether the time had arrived when women should be admitted to the legal pro fession. He said that women possess ed several qualities which fitted them for law, not the least of which were intuition, persuasion and eloquence. Big I.ms In Insurance I'reminms. It is estimated that the Cre insur ance companies will lose a premium income of nearly $1,000,000 a year by the decision of the big steel trust to carry its own insurance. Most of this insurance runs out in June and will not be renewed. Better Than "Christian Science. Jetmore, Kans., July 1st. Mrs. Anna Jones Freeman, daughter of Mr. G. G. Jones of Burdett, and one of the most popular ladies in Hodgeman County has been a martyr to headache for years. It has made her life a continual misery to her. She suffered pains in the small of the back, and had every symptom of Kidney and Urinary Trou ble. Today she is as well as any lady ia the state. This remarkable change was due en tirely to a remedy recently introduced here. It is called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and many peop:e claim it to be an in fallible cure for Kidney Diseases. Rheumatism and Heart Trouble. Mrs. Freeman heard of Dodd's Kid ney Pills, and almost with the first dose, she grew better. Ia a week, her headaches and other pains had gene, and she had left behind her all her illness and days of misery. A medicine that can do for tn7 one what Dodd's Kidnc'y Pills have done for this lady, is very sure soon to be universally usd, and already the de mand fcr these pills has increased wonderfully in Pawnee and Hodge man Counties, where the particulars of Mrs. Freeman's case and its cure are known. Man is the only animal that tries to fence in the earth and fence out his neighbors. It is a wise woman wfco laughs at her husband's jokes. Ask your grocer for DEFIANC3 STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. The sensitive man is doomed to suf fer a whole lot of pain that is not his own. The Remington Typewriter peorle are to be congratulated on their in creasing success. Their business Is growing rapidly in all lines and espe cially with the large users who are the best judges as to the relative value of typewriting machines. Their office at 1619 Farnam street, Omaha, reports sales for the year just closed as being much the largest in the history of the Remington business. Self-inspection is the best cure for self-esteem. Ruskin. Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 75c To work and never win will wear wrinkles into the face of a god. Are Ton L'slnr Allen's Foot Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Woman is most attractive when most womanly. FRAGRANT a perfect liquid dentifrice for the TcCth and OUth New Sire S0Z0D0NT LIQUID. 23c S0Z0DONT TOOTH POWDER, 25c 26 Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75c At all Stores, or by Mail for the price H ALL &RUCKEL, New York. ".r-fThompson's Eye Water Vben Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Taper. W.N. U OMAHA No. 27 IQOI tint lit AIL Kit t-AILb. Best Couitb feyrup. Tastes Uood. TJl In time, old by tf-rerms.