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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING-, JU Y 2, 1 HOITEN l'ACiES. SING Li K COPY FIVE CENTS. ILL PURSUE MALVAR (Qmirtl Gkaffu Preptnt U Ifaka Gapthr of Iiivrgait Ohif. CArTAnf GROTE HUTCHESON HAS A PLACE EPrnpajotlT Oomider futi Sin u Hli Military lacraUry. iHEW ARHANGEMENT IM EFFECT THURSDAY jSfcrj 4 trBi Inauguration aid Ganaral Morinf Bij, HOME MORE BOLOMEN TAKE THE OATH iMorgwt Ofltanra anA 350 of the Primitive, Warrior Voluntarily Pledga Allegiance Farewell to MmcArthnr. MANILA, July 1. General Chaffee la preparing to push Malvar, the Insurgent chief of southern Luzon. He has ordered the tranr.fer of the Fifth Infantry from .northern Luzon to Batangas province. Th9 general has been Informed that Malvar's principal headquarters are In n mountain town In northern Tayabae, whoso Inhabi tants aro contributing to hla support. (lencral Chaffee's staff nppolntc.es are a follows: Adjutant general, Colonel Wil liam P. Hall; quartennnstor, General Charlca F. Humphrey; Inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Sanger; mil itary secretary, Captain Orote Hutchcson; Ixth cavalry. Thursday noxt, July 4, will bo Inaugu ration day for the civil government and moving day for tbo military headquarters, which will he transferred to the formor Spanish headquarters outsldo the walled chy. The place will be occupied cxclu Blvely by tho civil government. General Chaffeo, who assumes command Thursday, will occupy Judge Taft's residence and Judge Taft "sv ill rcmovo to me Malacanan palace. mils havo been passed establishing a Hoard of Health for the Philippines and Providing for laboratories In connection therewith, The salary of tho health com missioner will bo $0,000. Cicnvrnl lliiKhe Hold On. General Chuffro has not formulated plans for the occupation of the Island of Mln dluoro. General Hughes, at his request, will bo permitted to continue In command of tho Vlsnya Island I until tho Samar campaign Is completed. Subsequently Gen eral Davis will continue, temporarily, to be provost marshal at Manila. The United States cruiser Albany sailed today for the Mediterranean. Sevcrnl Insurgent officers nnd 350 bolo ftien have volunlorlly taken the oath of ulHglanro at Culno, provluce of Uataun. Captain Adams, with ton men, scouting In Albay province, has killed ten Insurgents anil, cantiir...airillnU- "" 111 men. A detachment of tho Fourth Infantry, scouting on a volcanic Island, In Lako Taal, has captured Gonzales, au Insurgent leader, his adjutant and several others, Another de tachment of tho samo regiment has bad a running engagement at Bnneas and de stroyed a Filipino stronghold. Sergeant Drown nnd Privates nigsby and Gatfleld of the coast artillery wero wounded. Tho English club will glvo a recoptlon to General MacArthur tonight. Four Amorican prisoners, who escaped from Calapan, Mlndlnoro, June 25. in a sail boat, havo been recaptured. Six others aro reported to bo lu southern Mlndlnoro. TAFT'S COMMISSION SIGNED President McKlnlcy Make lllm Civil Governor of (he l'hllliilne iNlnnilM. WASHINGTON, JULY 1. The president today signed tho following commissions: War William H. Taft. Ohio; civil gov ernor of tho Phlllpplno iHlands; Joseph T, Davidson, quartermaster, rank of captain. Interior Edward S. Wiggins, receiver of public monoyw at Woodward, Okl.; David C. Fleming, register of the land office, at Sterling, Colo, (reappointment); Charles II. Tlutborlako, receiver of public moneys, at Sterling, Colo. (reappointment); Perry ' Hobklrk, receiver of public moneys, at Del Norto, Colo. Judge Taft was notified some time ago when Instructions wero sent him relative to the Inauguration of civil government In tho Islands, July 4, the he would be ap pointed civil governer. While tho appoint ment of civil governor Is credited to tho War department, this doos not mean neccs aarlly that tho president Is proceeding en tirely under his war power In setting up civil government In tho Philippines. He Is not differentiating the sourco of his au thorlty. Ho Is acting, so It Is authorlta tlvcly stated, under nil the powera he has In tho premises, WESTERN POSTAL CHANGES Ilurnl I'm- Drill fry I-MRiire In U. tculve llevelupmeut In Ion a mil .elirnnku. WASHINGTON. July 1. (Special Telo Kraci.) J. H. Bolte, Is appointed post- mter at Virgil, Bcadlo couuty S. D Rural freo dollvery sorviou will bo estab lished August 1 at the following places Nebraska llradshaw, York county; route embraces seventy-two square miles and contnlns u population ot 1,025; E. (1. Co burn and F, G. Smith appointed carriers, Iown Cresco, Howard county; area cov ered, tmrty square miles; population served, C75; W. H. Ueane appointed carrier; Postotllces at Keudnllvllle and Plymouth hock nre to bo supplied by rural carrier, Carl F. Fay, letter carrier nt Dcndwood and John II. Herring ut Boone, la., havo each been promoted from 1600 to JS00 positions. Civil sorvico examination will be hold August 15, for elevators conductors In the Dubuquo, la., public building. The new reveune collection district, em bracing North and South Dakota, was es tablishcd today, with Herman Ellermand as collector. The olllce Is at Aberdeen, S.D Movement of Oiieitn Vrnrli, Jnly 1 At V ir- Vnrl Vrltnl a r 411,. from Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar; Georgia frnm NnnlOii T,,mri,lli frnhi I li's...... Zenlandla, from Antwerp; Marquette, from At Antwerp Arrived Teenkal, from Ta coma, via Manila. At Liverpool Arrived Tunisian, from Montreal. At Glasgow Arrived Bardlnlan, from new YorK. At Bremen Arrived Grosser Kurfuerst, from New York, via Cherbourg. At Southampton Arrived fitenmer Knlser Wllholm der Groese. from New ?ork, via Cherbourg, and proceeded for jiremen. NEWS TO BERLIN OFFICIALS German Have So Advice Sarins; Chi nese Capital Wilt tin Changed. BERLIN, July 1. Nothing Is known In German official circles regarding the news from Shanghai to the effect that Kal Fong Fu, In the provlnco of Ho Nan, Is to become tho Chlncso capital. The latest reports re ceived here from Pekln reiterate the state ment that It 1b tho court's Intention to return to Pekln. The German government has not been In formed touching the plans of Prince Chuan, further than that ho Is coming to Berlin to apologize for Baron von Kcttler's murder. If Frlneo Chuan means alto to visit other European courts and Washington the Berlin authorities have not been Informed. In relation to the present status of Pekln diplomatic negotiations the representative of ) Associated Press learns upon rellablo n rtty that tho question of guarantees U bonds securing tho Indemnities 1 still tolved, a difference of opinion be tween Great Britain and Russian still exist ing. Russia's proposition Is to raise tho sea tolls from 5 to 10 per cent, but only It tho Junk and salt taxes with 5 per cent of sea tolls shall not yield sufficient results. Great Britain's objections to tht- Russian proposition ure believed to hn dictated less by practical reasons, slnco the above taxes would most probably suffice, than by tbo popular sentiment In Great Britain and Parliament. Tho Berlin authorities believe also, llko tho other powers, that Russia's proposition la not likely to go Into effoct. Honco Germany confidently expects a final agreement upon the above question. Tho matter of tho renewal and modifica tion of commercial treaties with China Is moanwhtlo being taken up Jointly by tho Pekln diplomatists, slnco this, llko tho In demnities matter. Is expected to be settled n unison, at least In Its general features. Germany, with tho other Chlncso trading powers, advocates tho prlnclplo of tho 'open door," tho opening of additional harbors and tho greatest posslblo com mercial liberty. Well Informed circles hero believe Russia does not opposo tho above on principle, though It may object to cer tain details when the treaty negotiations aro tnoro advanced. SUSPEND LAW IN CAPE COLONY Ilrltlnh Government Set AMde t'on- ntltutlnn mill Itevertn to Ahnolutlniu. LONDON, July 1. Tho Dally News prints on article by IIh parliamentary col re spondent on the political nlluatlon In Capo Colony In view of tho prorogation of tho Capo Parliament, tho writer saying that un lssuo of tho gravest moment, namely, tho suspension of tho constitution of Cape Colony, Is Involved. Ho adds: From tho night of Juno 30, for an In definite period, tho king's subjects In Capo Colony will be deprived of tho pro tection of law and will bo governed con trary to Its express previsions. Taxes will be applied under warrant of the gov ernor without appropriation by Parlia ment, which has been prorogued until Tills Illegal method has becu"rcs6ftca to by the government and ministry doubtless at tho Instigation ot Lord Mllner and Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. In a word, tho Imperial government has abro gated every artlclo ot the compact under which a freo people owa allegtanco to their rulers. Liberty Is dead, so far os our dutloua subjects aro concorned. The crisis calls for tho authorltattvo In tervention of tho liberal party, In which thoro Is a feeling In favor of summoning a great popular conference to consider tho situation. LOOTERS GET JNT0 TROUBLE Cniiturril by Chinese Troop mill Turned Over to the Amcrl enn Milliliter, PEKIN, July 1, Five men calling them selves Americans were captured by Chinese troops In a town fifty miles from Pekln and wero todHy turned over to Mnjor E. Robert son, commander of the United States guard here. Tho men, who wero armed, de manded 5,000 tnels from the keeper of n pawn shop and got 500. They filled five carts with plunder and then began shoot ing, not knowing that tho town was occu pied by 100 Chinese troops. Tho United States legation was notified and the quln- tctto was brought In. All parts of Pekln occupied by tho British for pollco purposes were turned over today to tlie Chinese authorities. Tho foreign ministers will meet July 3. Mnrk I,nne Crop Itevlevr, LONDON, July 1. Tho Mark Lano Ex press In Its weekly review of the crop situation, pays today: The official report giving the full yield of tho Indian wheat crop as 30,926,000 quarters should mean that ncnrly 6,000,000 will bo avallablo for ex port, but as the granaries aro completely depleted, It Is not likely that more than 3,000,000 will bo exported. Summarizing the continental position tho Mark Lano Express says It expects over the average wheat yield In Russia, Spain and Servln, an average yield In Italy, Austrla-Hui.gary, Rouinanla and Tho Neth erlands, and below the average yield In Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. The feature of the maize trade continues to be the spirited competition of Rouinanla. Bulgaria and Turkey with tho United States and Argentina. BODY OF PINGREE ARRIVES Itelutlte nl Xew York Take CIutrKC of Remain of Former Gin ernor. NEW YORK, July 1. Tho body of former Governor Hazen S. Plngrco of Michigan arrived today on tho steamship Zealaudln With the body camo Hazen S. I'Ingree, Jr. who accompanied his father to England Tho body will bo taken from the ship to morrow. Frank Plngree, a brother of the late governor; Mayor William O. Maybury of Dotrolt and R. O. Solomon of Newark representing the leather dealers' committee were at tho dock to meet the Zealantlla. HELP COMBAT THE WAITERS Snu FroneUco Hotelier' Aoelntlou Will Furnl h No More Meat to I'nloii netnurnnt. SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, The strike of cooks and waiters In this city has assumed a new phaso. The Joint executive commit tee ot the butchers' association and tho retail and Jobbing butchors tonight sen out notices to all restaurants lu the city to tho effect that no more meat would be furnished to restaurants displaying the union card. It Is understood that tho wholesale dealers Intend to take similar action. ROASTS FOR RECREANT BOARD Cltiiini Exprisi Opinion of th Ginnty OommJuitniri' Ondiot. EQUALIZATION THAT EQUALIZES NOT Corporation Assessment Arouse Much Ilencntment Anion; the Property Oivner Who Pay the Hulk of Tnxc. Thero is considerable public Indignation over the failure of the county commission ers to Increaso the valuations on corpora tion property to tho level of the general assessment. Citizens who aro Interested In homo owners nre outspoken In their condemnation of tho work of the cotnmlsslontrs, bo causo they realize that ths evasion of taxes by the rich corporations shifts the burden upon real estate and prevents hun dreds of men of small or moderate means from Investing their savings In homes. Somo citizens, Including former Mayor Bcmls and former Judgo Doano, suggest that It Is tlmo for the small property own era to mako an organized protest against the Inequitable assessment approved hy tho county board. An Indignation meet ing Is proposed by them. What the People Say. Here Is the way somo of tho pcoplo talk: Gcorgo P. Bcmls I think (hat the com missioners huvo certainly not represented their constituencies. They blame tho as sessors for having placed the low nsscss ments upon tho corporations, but as I understand tho law it Is tho duty of the commissioners to equallzo taxntlou wherever it is unequal. They have the right and It Is their duty to mnko the cor porations pay as much proportionately as the small homo owner Is required to pay. It would seem to me that thero ought to bo somo kind of an Indignation meeting held for the condemnation of tho commis sioners nnd for tho purposo of effecting an organization which would mako It Its business to see that whenover another county commissioner is elected tho pcoplo will know Just where ho stands on this question, Tho pcoplo have got to adopt somo radical steps If they would bring about an equalization ot theso taxes and mnko tbo corporations bear their cqultablo shnre of the public burdens. H. J. Cornish I haven't given tho as sessment question much attention. On general principles, however, I believe that actlvo capital giving employment to largo numbers of men and thus benefiting so ciety, ought to bo dealt with as leniently as tho Inw will permit; not, however, to tho extent of violating tho law. I am not familiar with tho facts In this particular case. Henry Gconte Theory. C. S. Elguttcr When tho county com missioners aro evidently owned and con trolled by tho corporations you cannot ex pect them to do anything to hurt tho cor porations. Their election depends upon corporation Influences. Henry George's th.'arjvi, b-Oj - -.arrlcd Into effect here In Un"th7'of the'taxww!l,i52r.,nrl-nlno- our city and county Is not so niuch politi cal, so far as taxpayers are concerned, as It Is a question whether tho corporations or tho peoplo shall control the raising and cxpcndlturo of public funds. That ought to bo tho recognized Issue in future cam paigns In this community. The present county commissioners should bo Impeached for malfeasance and nonfeasance In the administration ot the trust Imposed In them. Dr. W. H. Hanchett It Is such affairs as this rcfusnl of tho commissioners to enforce a Just proportion ot taxation upon tho corporations that aro menacing this country. It mnkes mo tremble when I think of It. I am not antagonistic to cor porations, but I think that tho roan who has his all tied up in a llttla homo should be taxed Just as carefully as any big corpora tion. It Is such Instances as this now bolng experienced In Omaha that breed discontent among tho small taxpayers nnd antagonism to tho corporations, which aro suro sooner or later to lead to serious trouble. It Is building up a distinction between the cor porations and the common people which the latter are bound to recognize. John W. Cooper I think the county com missioners, to be charitable, a set of cowards. They aro Just the kind of men who ought to be left at home to rock tho babies. They haven't nervo enough for men who are called upon for the perform ance of a public duty or the administration of a, public trust. Find n Grrnt nlncreponcy. George W. Doane When ono compares tho assessments of the corporations with the assessments of the Individuals he finds a great discrepancy which enn only bo ex plained by the Inforenco that the mem bers of the Board of Equalization havo failed to perform their duty. When I read n couple of weeks ugo that tho majority of tho board was In favor of and ready to assess corporation property at the samo percentage nt which private property Is assessed I wns pleabcd and I Jumped to the conclusion that at least some of our puhllc officials wero disposed to protect tho Interests which h&o been entrusted to their care. Then when 1 henrd that tho board had only made slight and Im material changes In tho corporation as sessments I was simply disgusted. We havo already given away valuable fran chises to these corporations given them the right to U3e the public streets without exnctlng a dollar of compensation and they havo no right to expect us on top of nil this to pay their taxes for them. I think It Is time for tho Individual property owners to get together nnd put an end to the Inequitable and unjust assessments that are being made In this city and county every year. As a proposition In law, n property owner cannot bo forced to pay taxes when ho can show that the assessing or equalizing hoard has willfully omitted taxing some other property. When nn equalizing board assesses a property worth $1,000,000 at $100,000, It seems to mo that Is Just as much an omission as If tho prop erty had not been assessed at nil. It Is tmposslblo for the board to make a per fectly equitable assessment of all property, but that Is no excuso for Its failure to raise valuations on corporation property which has been pointed out to It as having been unreasonably favored by the ward as sessors The members of tho county board are men of sufficient Intelligence to know that the assessments they have made against the corporations are unreasonable and unfair, and they should be held strictly accountable to the public for their cul pablo failure to protect the Interests they wore elected to protect. I want to say right hero that county commissioners are not elected to serve the corporations. Green I )lKiitei1. W. H, Green, President Omaha Real Estate Exchange If the county comrals slonors do not know that they havo as- (Continued on Second Page.) DEATH OF JENATOj KYLE South Ilnknta Lawmaker I'ine Away nt III Home III Alir ilren. i ABERDEEN. S. D., July l.-fnator Kyle died this afternoon nt 6:05. ! Senator Kyle was stricken l his homo nt Aberdeen about ten daJ ago, His trouble was of malarial onlii and re sulted In a functional nffcrin of the noart, which caused tho greatu nlarm. A consultation of physicians w his caso soon took a turn ft held and the better, tho heart action growing strcper and tho general condition much mo encourag ing, Ono of tho latest bullous from his bedsldo last week was to th) effect that ho had passed tho danger pdit and that his recovery would be ccriln, though glow. Tho senator had a similar .Hack In the east somo tlmo ago nnd waj liable to a recurrence of the trouble. Hi health has not been robust for a year ofso. His rc lapso today was not expecie howover. He leaves a wife and tw children, a daughter, Ethelyn, aged 15 rears, and a baby boy. James Henderson Kyle wjt born near Xenln, O., February 21, 1851; entered the University of Illinois In 1S7 but left In 1873 to enter Obcrlln college wbb gradu ated from tho classical coursi'Jn 1878; pre pared for admission to tho Ur, but after ward entered the Western Thqloglcal Semi nary at Allegheny. Pa., gradintlug In 1882 and became pastor ot (tmgrcgatlonal churches nt Echo City and SJt Lako City, Utah, from 1882 to 18S5; sine then ho hnd resided nt Ipswich and Abcneen, S. D. Ho bceamo financial secretary of"nnkton col lege and wns elected to tht state senate as an Independent In 1800; was elected ns an Independent to the Tnlted States scnato to succeed Gideon C. Jloody; took his scat March 4, 1891; was re-elected In 18U7. Ho usually acted with tht republicans. His term of service would havo expired March 3, 1003. ATLANTIC EXPRESS WRECKED lletvreen Fifteen nnd TvfcAty Person HIlKhlly Injured nnd Travel I.oiik llloi.-keil, CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 1. (Special Telegram.) Enstbound Atlantic express No. (1 on the Union Pacific ran Into tho rear end of a freight train at Rock Springs last night. Between fifteen and twenty per sons, all but two of tho pnssengcrs on tho eastbound train, wero slightly Injured. Traffic waB delayed nearly fourteen hours. Tho passengers have gone east and their names aro not known here. Their In juries consist ot slight cuts on the face nnd blinds from broken glass. The only person for whom concern Is entertained Is a woman, whose condition Is such that the nervous shock may provo serious. Tho flyer was due hero at 1:30 this morn ing. It was wrecked at Rock Springs, 250 miles west ot hero by crashing into tho renr end of n freight train which was loading upon a siding. A tourist sleeper, chair car, two locomotives and several freight cars were ditched. jA- NUlpper Complain that IJannerou Dnr I Forming; About the Uuralaed Ilatlehlp. HAVANA. July 1. Although three months have expired slnco the government completed tho contract to raise tho hull of tho battleship Malno from Havana har bor no work to this end has yet been done, nor havo tho contractors, N. F. Chamber lain & Co., filed tho ucccssary bond ot 125,000. This work of raising tho wreck wns to have been completed July 1, but n provision was Inserted in tho contract to tho effect thnt If thev occurred unavoid able delay In the work, tho tlmo for Its completion would be extended to March 1, 1902. Captain of tho Port Young says Cham berlain has sent him word that be Is sick. Cnptaln Young Is considering whether sick ness comes under tho bead of unavoidable delay. It Is believed here that tho con tractors cannot undertuke this work ac cording to their agreement, namely to ralso tho wreck without remuneration nnd glvo tho government three per cent of what Is derived from tho sale of tho ship's metal, etc. Tho engineers' department haB estimated the cost of tho wreck's removal at several hundred dollars and the cost of cutting up the bulk Is estimated as equal to that of the building of another battleship. Shipping Interests hero are urging tho government to remove this wreck as soon ns possible, as a dangerous bar Is forming about It. MANY OUT, BUTJJ0T TO STAY Talk nt Settlement of Steel Worker' Strike In Already Heard In Some Quarter. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 1. The end of tho first day of tho strlko troubles between tho Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers on one Bide and tho American Sheet Steel company and Amer ican Steel Hoop company, constituent com panies of tbo United States Steel corpo ration, on tho other, finds all of the union plants Idle nnd mnny workers from open mills who aro mombers of the Amalga mated association on strike. Tho association officials any they aro sat isfied with the situation nnd claim that they will be able to control between 35,000 and 40.000 men In tho two companies. No move was made today on ihe part of cither side to tho controversy nnd It is doubt ful If anything doelslvo will bo dono for at least n week. Much quiet talking Is being dono, the trend of which leads to the be lief that before the usu.il summer shut down of tho mills haa expired a settlement will have been renched. REID IS ADMITTED TO BAIL South Omaha f'littli-imin Hope Su preme Court Will Alioliith Stiite I,u iv. DENVER. July 1. (Spsclnl Tclcgram.) Judge Hallett of the t'nlted States dls trlct court this morntnr refused tho ap plication of Ed H. Relc, South Omaha cattleman, for a writ if habeas corpus. The prisoner was admitted to ball In $500, signed by Colonel W. E. Hughes, pending an appeal to the Unltel States supreme court. Tho caso Is now left In tho exact position desired by the defense. If Mr. Rctd had boen dismissed the defense could not havo gono any furtlr as far bh Col- orado Is concerned. The United States su preme court, It Is belle'fcd by the stock men, will abolish the tar. This belief I based on tho fact that tie Department of Agriculture has announced that the state tax la unconstitutional. HISTORY OF THE HOT WAVE WftiblBgttB Burma Tilli of Its Start and frogrtsi. MONDAY'S RAIN IS VARIED IN AMOUNT llltrlbntlon of the Needed Wtne Unite General, lint Heavy In Only h'cw IMaee What the Ther mometer Tell. WASHINGTON. July 1. Tho hot weather continued hero todny with unabated fierce ness. The climax came when tho lecord for this early In the season wns broken, tho weather bureau thermometer register ing 102. Fortunately there was not much humidity. Thero were fifty enscs of heat prostration reported and two tesulted fatally, Lewis Ashton, a negro laborer 40 years of age, dying not long after he reached the hospital. John Farrell, a laborer, was tho other victim. At 8 p, in, tho thermometer had fallen to 00 with every probability thnt It would not fall greatly below that during tho night nnd that tomorrow would bo a scorcher. There seems to be no prospect for any relief for tbo next forty-eight hours for this vicinity. Beyoud that length of tlmo the weather bureau officials mako no predictions. Tho prercnt hot wave started In the west Juno 20 and today the weather bureau nlllclals report that high temperatures unv recorded In most sections cast ot tho Rocky mountains and runny places west of them. Rains, most of them In moderate amount, havo fallen In many placet). Tho precipita tion has been very great In n few plnces. In Chicago tho fall amounted to 1.56 Inches, In Jacksonville, Fin., to 1.21 Inches, Omaha, .OS Inch and Davenport, la., 31 ot an Inch. Thunderstorms havo occurred In West Virginia, Iowa nnd tho lower lake region. By tomorrow relief Is promised In tbo mlddlo Mississippi vnllcy, the lower Mis souri valley, the upper lako region and by Wednesday In the Ohio valley and pos sibly tho western part of tho lower lako region. For tho next forty-eight hours along tho northeastern coast tho pros pects favor moro hot weather. In New York City tho probabilities seem to favor a continuation of existing conditions with no lmmedlato prospect of relief. In the lattor city the tompcraturo today was again 98, tho highest previous records for that vicinity In mnny years bolng 09. Some of the other high temperatures re corded during tho day by the weather bureau were: Atlnnta, Ga., P0; Atlantic City, N. J.. 00; BoBton, 92; Chicago, 92; Cincinnati, 96; Davenport, la 90; Dcs Moines, 92; Indianapolis, 92; Jacksonville, Fla., 94; Kansas City, Mo., 100; Little Rock, Ark., 90; Memphis, 92; New Orleans, 90; Now York, OS; Omaha, 94; Pittsburg, 98; Salt Lako City. 92; St, Louts, 100; St. Paul, 90; Springfield, 98; Vlcksburg, 90. TALES OF DEATH ARE MANY Heat So Inteune In Cltlc Knit anil South that Men ami Dealt ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 1. Tho long drouth nnd heated spell was broken tonight by a heavy rain and a rapid drop In tem perature. Thoro were twenty heat pros trations hero today, only one of which proved fatal. Ex-Pollceman T. J. Dowdon was ovcrcomo at Fifth and Charles streets and beforo ho could be fully restored ho drank a glass ot lco water. Within five minutes ho was dead. The thermometer registered 105. CHICAGO, July 1. Five persons dropped dead on tho streets today from tbo effects of excessive heat and fifteen others had to be removed to hospitals. Several of tbo prostrated aro In a serious condition and may dlo. At noon tbo tompcraturo In tho weather bureau in tho Auditorium tower was 93 and In tho streets over 100. A so voro thunderstorm at 1 o'clock brought re lief and the mercury dropped 20 degrees Dcnd: PETER BADJIK. BESSIE POOL. JOHN SMITH. JOSEPH SOBEZEK. THOMAS WALSH. SPRINGFIELD, 111,, July 1. The monthly report of the Springfield station of the weather bureau, Issued today, states that tho month Just ended has been the hottest Juno In Springfield since tho station was established here, twenty-two years ago. Tho mean temperature tor the month was 76 degrees. evr York' Day of SnfTerlnpr. NEW YORK, July 2. At 2 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning tho death rocord for tho twenty-four hours ending at that tlmo In Greater Now York was eighty-seven, tho prostrations 183. For the last five days, covering tho present heated torm, the total deaths In the same territory wero 136. Yesterday was tho hottest July 1 on rec ord. At 3:10 p. m. the thermometer at tho weather ofllco reached 98 degrees, ono do- greo hotter than yesterday. Tho records show that In tho thirty years preceding on only two days In all that period has a higher temperature been reached. Theso were July 9, 1876, and July 3, 1898, on which dnys tho thermometer reached 99 degrees. Tho percentage of humidity today was only 48, After 3:10 p. m. a decline began, until nt 0 p. m. tho thermometer registered 92. In tho early morning hours thero wns what might bo termed a light breeze blow ing, but during the early part of the after noon tho hrcezo died away nnd the city wns baking. Tho suffering wns most Intense, Ab tho day grow tho deaths and prostra tloni Increased, nnd nlthough provision was made In all tho hospitals for this emergency tho authorities wero scarcely able to copo with the great tax made on tholr resources MovIiik Van a Amliiilanee, There wero so many ambulance calls that the police were called upon to supply patrol wagons and every ambulanco did double duty In responding to cnlls. Many patients wero carried to tbo hospitals In cabs and carriages and several went to Bellovue hos pltal In moving vans. The prevalence of the grip among the horucb of tho city tended to militate against tho work. Al though the weather bureau shows tho max Imum was 98, this does not Indicate th heat on tho street. Many thermometers registered 108 at 3 p. m. and all of them over 100. It the heat was killing on mankind I was worse on tho horses. They droppc rigni ana leti. ai one lime more wero fight dead horses lying on Broadway be twean Twenty-third and Forty-second streets. There wero fourteen horses pros tratcd in the vicinity of Madison square alone. Tho rush of crowds to tho parka nnd to the nearby seashore resorts tonlgh was unprecedented In tho history of th city. It was noted at the Brooklyn brldg that the number of men who boarded th cars for Coney Island and other places (Continued on Second Page.) HOT WAVE'S BACKBONE BROKEN Temperature Tumble to Hty-I'ltlit mill Wind (iittttipi M lit mil Ciio I . Forecast for Nebraska Generally Fair Tuesday mid Wednesday; Variable Winds. Teiitprritture nt niiiitliti exterilny I Hour. !)!. Hour " a. in Til 1 p. II a. in . . . . . T - i. 7 a. m 711 It i. S ii. lu ..... , M -I p. i a. in ..... . Nt n p. 10 ii. in Ml II p, 1 a. m N1! 7 p. V2, 110 S p. l p. lieu. Ill . in . Ill in . Ill tlli 71 7l Ill ..... , ill , III , ill . , III , 70 Tho weather man wt)s the backbone of the hot wave has been broken. With temperature down to OS and tho wind galloping over the country twenty miles per hour, why shouldn't It break? This atmospheric condition existed at o'clock last night, and It was a fair Index to the entire night and u part of the nfter noon yesterday. It rained somo yesterday. Precipitation started at 2 o'clock and kept up, with the exception of brief rifts lu tho overhanging clouds, until 7 o'clock or later. Seventy-one hundredths of an Inch of water hnd fallen up to 9 o'clock last Ight. Then tho weather man quit counting and ent to bed. The hot wenther of the last ten days, topped off with yenterdny's rain, has been wonderful tonic for Nebraska nnd Iown corn crops. The ground, so expert agri culturists ny, was in excellent condition to withstand the torrid wenther, but nn In- ellnlto continuation would, of course, have resulted In diimnge. So tho rain camo along yesterday Just right. Couldn't havo been more timely. Crop statistics gathered by the weather bureau and tho railroads tell n slory of bright prospects for the Nebraska farmer, And when the farmer la prosperous, some ot It Is bound to rub off on the entire pnpu latlnn, As the farmer thrives, so thrives tho country. The rain wns general throughout Ne braska, with the exception of some limited districts In tho extreme west. It aleo struck Iowa very nicely. Shortly nfter nightfall tho wind cantered across country nt a merry pace twenty miles nn hour It was going nt 9 o'clock. In some locnlltles outsldo of Omnhn It was much stronger. From 100 to 68 degrees Is a wide Jump, but that's what the weather has dono In Omaha within the last few days, nnd all records for Juno have been chopped Into fragments. BIG WIND SWEEPS IOWA TOWN Cnmhrlilsre I, one Several Small Ilnllil- ItiK anil llullroud Tank In Overthrown. DES MOINES. July t. (Special Telo gram-) A heavy windstorm struck Cam bridge, Story county, this nftcrnoon. Scv oral small buildings were blown down and the Chlcngo. Milwaukee & St. Paul wate tank overturned. Telegraph poles wero nrost rated. Interrupting lnmmunlctlonj n Perry suffered sercroly and poles aro down between Madrid nnd Perry. Shorrer at Went Point. WEST POINT, Neb., July 1. (Special.) Tho weather was hotter Sundny nnd to day than on any preceding dny during tho last week. Tho thermometer registered 101 degrees both Sunday nnd today, but tho hent was modified In the forenoon by n thunder shower. Corn Is standing tho hot wenther remarknbly well. Small grain Is In fine shape, tho wet weather and heat not having affected It unfavorably. Tho yield ot wheat, oats and potatoes will bo good. Illckniaii Get Good Shovrer. HICKMAN, Neb., July 1. (Special Tele gram.) Rain began falling hero nt 4 o'clock this afternoon and continued until 7 o'clock tonight. Tho rain gauge measured 1.25 Inches. Never was rain more welcome In this community than now. Tho tntonso heat Is gono and tho atmosphere Is cool. Crop conditions aro favorable. Wheat will soon bo In shock. The oats crop lu light and late. Ilrenk Thlrty-Two-Year Iteeord. LAWRENCE, Kan., July 1. The weather report Issued today by the State university shows that tho month of June was hot ter by 2 degrees than any preceding Juno In Kansas for tbo thirty-two years that a record has been kept. Tho menn temper ature for the month was 79.14 degrees, nearly 6 degrees above tho Juno average tor tho state. Itnln a nil Wind at IIiintliiRn. HASTINGS, Nob., July 1. (Special Tele gram.) Adams county wns refreshed this afternoon by an Inch ot rain, accompanied by a heavy wind. Considerable damago was dono by the wind to tolephono poles. Several plate glass windows were smashed, largo trees wero broken down and sovcral vehicles were blown over. TRUCKMEN WANT MORE PAY Nearly Pour Hundred In Depot ut Kant St.W.oul Unit HanilliiiK PrelKht. ST. LOUIS, July 1. Between 350 and 400 freight handlers employed In and nbout tho warehouses of tho different railroads entering East SC. Louis, 111., aro out on a strlko today for an ndvnnco lu wages to 15 cents an hour for regular truckers on tho platform and 16 cents per hour tor pickers, tho men who sort tho merchandise Practically all the work of transferring freight from ono road to another Is at n standstill, but It la belloveo; that tho differ ent tatlroad companies will accede to the demands of their men and that work will bo resumed as usual tomorrow. ARREST BRYAN CAMPAIGNERS i I.uporte Autliorltle Hold I,. A. Hon of .Hlknoui-I on C'liiil'Ke of lIorneNteulliiK'. LAPORTE, Ind.. July 1. L. A. Boaz, who stumped Missouri for Bryan during tho last presidential campaign, Is under nrrest here, charged with stealing n valuable race horse from Barrett & Schaefer of South Bend and attempting to sell tho animal to Michael Sullivan of Wanatah, Laporte county. .Striker Are Determlueil, NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. July l.-Tho Btrlldnn machinists at Dm t-hlnvard nre adhering to their determination to hold for tneir uemanus. tiic strike is now in its fifth week and seems no nonrer a settle ment than on the day of tin Inauguration. The machinists claim they havo 9s per cent of the number solid for a. cniitlmjiwipn nf tho strike. The shipyard employed 7,D' men neroro me present iroume. mow about 3,Co nre employed. General Superin tendent Post states that no concessions win ne maue. 1ER IS A DEATHTRAP E1tb Lirtt Deitrojid Whn Lijhting Bolt Wncki tht Etraotnr. ONE BOY SURVIVES THE AWFUL ORDEAL Hit Companions, Balkan and Fithtrmen, Ara BurnaJ aid Shmaltd. RAGEDY IS NEAR CHICAGO WATER WORKS Viotimi Baekiag Shelter from Storm ia Zisc-Linad ShantT. ONLY SURVIVOR TELLS TALE AND FAINTS riiumlerliolt I One of the Harriet liter Knoivii lu the City Perry Keiiue Make a llrnve lleMMia, CHICAGO, July 1. Crowded togother It. a Uttlo zlnc-llned shanty, under n north shore pier, ten boys and young men nnd ono old man met lustnnt death by light ning today. They had left their fish Hues and sought shelter from tho fierce thundcrHtorm that deluged the northern part ot the city about 1 o'clock. Ten minutes Inter their bodlea lay, with twisted and tnngled limbs, "llko n nest ot snakes," us tho men whu found them said. There wero twelve who sought shelter and Just one escaped. Twelve-year-old Willie Anderson was uninjured, but ho lay many minutes before ho could bo drawn out from under tho heap of dead bodies. The dead aro all from tho families of comparatively poor peoplo nnd comprised a party of men who wore Halting und seek ing relief from tho heat of the day, Jolued by a number of boys who hnd come to wade and swim on tho beach. This Is tho list of tho dead: GEORGE BRABINAT. 11 years old. MEYER JACOBS. 45 years old. GEORGE PERIBS. 12 years of nge. FRANK COOLSEY, 11 yeiira of ago. CARL KRUSE, 18 years ot age. EDWARD BOCH, 13 years. UNKNOWN MAN, supposed to bo Brod. i Ick. UNKNOWN MAN. THREE UNKNOWN BOYS. Scene of the TrnKeily. Tho sccno of tho tragedy wns a piu Just south ot Mnrquctto Terrace nnd it few hundred feet from tho water works pumping station nt the. foot ot Montroso boulevard. Tho storm was as violent a visitation ns has boon experienced In Chl cngo. Tho skies wero filled with tho flash ing glaro of tho lightning nnd the air rumbled steadily with thunder. Half n dozcu houses, outbuildings and trees In tbo vicinity were struck au almost nil of the, telephono wlrea burnod.out..', Tnarn. were. thlrtocn.Dirnndboy.. on1 the pler'Wtho'Urile: -Tdi itished'tor tbo ' only avallablo shelter and crowded them selves in through the little trap door In the top of the cabin till they were packed almost to n suffocating point. Then enmo the thunderbolt. It was tho worst of tho storm. Watchers In tho pumping statl n saw zigzag lightning strlko tho water, as they thought. They did not know of Its fearful work. Thero was ono Buiall boy, however, who 'Baw tho holt and whose senses were all alert, despite bis excitement. But for him the dead might havo laid where they wero for hours nnd little Willie Anderson might havo boen suffocated under their bodies. Percy Kcane, clad In bathing trunks nnd watching from tho water Btntlon, thought ho heard' n scream as tho bolt struck, MtndlesB of the storm, he rushed across the beach. At the pier ho heard a cry: "Help get mo out." Ho looked Into tho cabin nnd In dismay saw tho twisted bod ies. Young Percy, crying, pulled at tho dead men's arms and legs to get them awny. Ho saw Willie Anderson's head and part of his body, but ho could not pull him out, nor could he pull the heavy bodies from on top ot him. Then young Keano telephoned to tho police, who suc ceeded, after a great deal of difficulty, In rescuing young Anderson nnd recovering tho dead bodies of tho others. STORM STRIKESF0RT CROOK Portion of Knot on HurlliiKloii Depot Illovrii OIT anil Wire Hum Out. FORT CROOK, Nob.. July L (Special Tel egram.) A heavy wind nnd electrlcnl storm, followed by a downpour of hall and rain, visited this section this nftornoon. A largo portion of the root on the Burlington depot was blown off and telephono nnd tolegraph wires wero burned out. Southeast .Velirnka Well Wet. LINCOLN, Neb., July 1. Lincoln got an Inch and n quarter of rain between tho hours of 3 and C this nftornoon, breaking an almost uninterrupted drouth existing slnco the third of Juno and causing a fall of temperature of nearly forty degrees. All ot southeastern Nebraska reeelvod a good wetting and thoro was a he&vy down pour nlong tho main lino of tho Burling ton a hundred miles west, three Inches falling In somo towns. Tho rain U ot Inestimable value to growing corn. llelpii the rrmikllii Corn. FRANKLIN, Neb., July 1. (Special Telegram.) A good rain fell hero this afternoon. Although rain was badly nood cd by the corn, yet It la not hurt and prospects were never better. The wheat harvest 1b being rushed and will bo over In another week. Formers think the qual ity of wheat was never better. Tho ncre ago and number bushels per ncre will bu fully 3 per cent larger than Jnst year. Al falfa Is In flue shape nnd U nearly ready for tho second cutting. Indications are strong that more rain will tall during the nlghi. Wlnnlde Get Soiikluic Iliilu, WINSIDE, Neb., July 1. (Sprclnl.) Wnyno county wus visited this morning by a soaking rain that was needed. Small grain Is heading out nnd needs tho molsturo to fill out the grains of wheat and outs, Corn bus been cultivated, much nf It for tho third time and Is growing fast. Thero has never been a yenr when moro trees were Bt out hero nnd moro tamo grnss Bced sown than this ono nnd thero could nut havo boen more (nvornblo weather for their growth. Many Holds of timothy have grass throe foot high. Table Itoek I Diiiupeneil. TABLE ROCK. Neb,. July 1. (Special.) A slight rain fell here at 1 p, m. today, tbo first for many days. At 2 p. m. tnoro rain looked likely. Tho wheat harvest Is progressing and there Is an oxccllent crop.