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
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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
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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.
