The Omaha Sunday Bee. PART I. PAGES 1 TO 10. I ESTABLISHED JUXE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNINO, JULY 14, 1901-TVEIsTTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY" El YE CENTS. MEANS GREAT STRIKE Thru Caji' Coifarenoi of Busl Factions Endi with No Agreement. IHAFFER ISSUES HIS ORDER AT ONCE Auooittlon Ma ia Tbrei Companies' If ilia Won't Work Menday. 6EVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED Uanj Vara Will Be Galled Oat if it ii Ntctssarj, BOTH SIDES MAKE THEIR STATEMENTS Cumimnlc Iteiireaeiitnllvea mill Amul Sniiiittcil Association' President IIih'Ii l.ny Itlnmc nt the Other's Feet. PITTSBURG, I'a., July 13. After a three days' session tho conference between rep rcsentatlves of thu American Sheet Stool company, American Hoop company and American Tlnplutu company, subsidiary companies of tho United Suites Steel cor poration, and the gcnoral executive board of tho Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, ndjourncd finally '.t 6 o'clock this evening without rritchlng an agreement. In less than an hour President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association had wired tho following order to nil the Amal gamated lodges In tho tin plate, steel, hoop and sheet Btccl mills of tho country: Notify your men that the mill Is on trlku and will nut work on Monday, July IS. President Shaffer says that for tho pros cnfMho three companies named will be affected, but that later all the union men In tho employ of thu Federal Steel company, National Steel company and National Tube company may be called out It It Is found necessary to resort to extrcmo measures to win tho fight. At tho start It Is claimed 45,000 skilled workmen, 30,000 unskilled men and Indirectly many thousands more will bo affected. After tho ndpournmont of the conference thu following Btntcmcnt wns given out by tho officials of tho three companies Inter ested: Com pit u lea' Mint fluent a. "Tho conferenco between thn Amalga mated association and the Sheet, Hoop and Tlnplato companies failed to come to an Agreement becauso thu Amalgamated as sociation did nut receded from its original position, which was that tho three com panies interested should sign for all tholr mills regardless of whether theso mills in tho past had belonged to tho Amalgamated association or not. The manufacturers did not refuse tholr rights to organize, but having many men In tho mills not in tho Amalgamated association, who did not wish to become association men, claimed they must respect these men In their wishes as well as thoeo who aro members of the as sociation In order to"offct,.itifonjprojnie tho manufacturers offered to sign tor Sev eral mills which have always la the past been out of tho association. No compro mise was offered by tho Amalgamated as sociation. The American Tlnplato com pany has only ono nonunion mill. Tho company requested tho prlvllego of making a special scnlo, for this mill and Blgn the same. This was refusod nndi the company was given to understand that tho men In all tho tin mills would bo called out, even though the scalo has been Blgncd for all other tin mills. Tho privilege rcquostcd ahovo would Bottle nil differences between tho Tin Plato company and tho Amalga mated association. AninlKamntctl Men Serene. It waB after 1 o'clock tonight when tho members of the oxccutlvo commlttco of tho Amalgamated association filed downstairs from tho conference room of the Hotel Lincoln. Tho members looked unconcerned and when questioned as to tho result of tho day's work declined to say nnytning, They each referred the enquirers to Presi dent Shaffer, who thoy said was still In tho conferenco room. A wnlt for nearly an hour developed tho fact that President Shaffer had eluded tho newspaper men and had taken a private exit In departing from tho hotel. Warner Arms, vice presi dent of tho American Tin Plato company, and Vorlt Preston, on behalf of tho Amor- lean Stool Hoop company, shortly after ward announced that they had but one statement to mako regarding tho confer enco. This wns embodied In tho foregoing communication. None of tho officials of tho manufacturing companies would consent to an Interview ns to tho nrobablo result of tho strmo. Thoy would not estimate tho number of men who would go out on tho order of President Shaffer and said tho facts In tho statement submitted embraced nil thoy had toBay. As soon as the workers reached tho headquarters of tho Amalgamated nsso elation n statement was prepared and lute tonight President Shoffer mado this pub lic: President ShnlTer'a Statement "On Friday tho manufacturers roado tholr first proposition for tho settlement of this strike. In which they Bald: 'Wo agree to iinlonlzo the Old Meadow mill In Sjottdnlo and In Salzburg by leaving It to tho opinion of tho men employed there If such opinion Is properly obtnlned. "This proposition was generally discussed and this morning beforo tho conferenco ad journed for luncheon tho general oxecuttvs board of tho Amalgamated nssoclotlon sub mitted tho following: 'Wo hereby repeat our request that our scalo bo slgtcd for all mills owned nnd controlled by tho American Sheet Steol, tho American Stocl Hoop and tho American Tip Plato companies, and bo lieve that this should bo conceded ticrauso It Is, In our opinion, reasounble and Just. We agree, If our scales are signed as stated above to clnsslfy tho Monesaon plant of tho American Tin Plato as n special mill nnd arrange a scnlo in accordance therowlth, fo that there shall bo a reconstruction of the scalo for the mills working hoop and lot'on tics exclusively nnd wo nlso agree that if our work of orgn'illng min tutsldo cf h possessions of the tJ"!0 companies mould cause the shutting down of plants or iho calling out of men, there shall be no !n rfcrenco with tho opermton of the mills Ictonglng to or operated by the American Sheet Steel company, tho American Hoop company or the Amorlcan Tin Plate coin rany during" tho scale year. "This agreement Is to abrogate all con tracts slL-ncd by tho men of theso com panics in which they agreo not to Join or be connected with the Amalgamated ns- oclatlon or any other labor organualon. "After lunch we were met with tho fol lowing counter proposition from tho manu fsctures: 'We agreo to sign the scalo for the following sheet mills: Tho Old Meadow Holllng mill, Scottdalej tho Saltsburg, tho v.ooa mills In McKeesport and the Wells tills mill.' CONVICTION JS EXPECTED Itcsult of the Uusscll Suit Ii Held to He a I'oroKone Conclusion In I.cRnl Circles, (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publljhlng Co.) LONDON, July 13. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram,) Lawyer A. It. Hummel is making slow but steady progress toward recovery In a private hospital In Wclbock etreot, whither he has been re moved. Speaking to the World corre spondent tho day beforo his accident about the Itusscll trial, which he had proposed to attend, Mr. Hummel said' "In my opinion if the claim of tho prosecution Is correct tho foundation of tho Kussell dlvorco was begotten In fraud. No court In any stato In America would grant an absolute divorce unless In full compliance with tho Initial conditions, proof of lawful service on tho defendant or publication where personal service cannot be effected. Therefore it the Nuvada court wus deceived on this point the cntlro fabric topples and tho do creo Is absolutely valueless. Tho basis of every lawful suit Is a bona fide service of papers setting forth the accusation, so that tho accused may have n chancu In court." Tho result of the Kussell suit Is regarded ns a foregone conclusion In legal circles, Conviction la expected. The proceedings Thursday aro expected to occupy only a few hours. Karl Russoll Is to bo tried by tho House of Lords. It will be tho first time in sixty years that tho Houso of Lords has exer cised its function as a trial court. The chargo against the carl Is bigamy, based on tho alleged Invalidity of a Nevada dlvorco. Theru will also be raised the question of tho power of any foreign tribunal to re lcaso an Englishman from a marriage con tracted In hU own country and enable him to return to England with another wife. Captain Oswald Ames of tho First Llfo Ouards, tho tallest man In the British army, who led Queen Victoria's last Jubilee procession, Is to marry Violet Cecil, cousin of tho marquis of Exeter, who inherited a largo fortune recently under tho will of her multl-mllllonalro grandfather, Sir Cunllffo Ilrooks. Cuptnln Ames stands six feet 'eight Inchon In his stockings. His fiance Is pctlto and rather pretty. King Edward Is taking a leaf out of tho kaiser's book In the matter of surprise vIsltB. It Is a rule at tho royal stables that all grooms nud stableman must be on duty nt C n. in. The king wont to tho Il'icklnghaui palace mews Thursday morn ing at 7 tnd found that r.ot ono had put In an nppcarunce. lie paraded that wnoio es tablishment and read tho negligent staff a sevoro lertirrc. Oeorge C. Boldt, manager of the Waldorf Astoria In Now York, who contemplatas building a mammoth American hotel In London with (5,000,000 of tho Astor estate money, says ho prefers Piccadilly, where Louis Sherry, according to the Dally Ex press, proposes to build a hotel costing $3,000,000. Dclmonlco also Is rrcdltcd with planning a new restaurant tor London on a scnlo of unparalleled magnificence. Lady Curzon of Kedleston Is said to be expecting a lslt from the stork lato In tho fall. Sho has gone to Ems to take tho waters. Sho rrjualned a fortnight nt Munich especially to gvc sittings to the famous Bavarian portritoi'palntcr, Loubach. who painted moiU. ot i lirKd peojb-w.!?, Europe, Includlifc BlstikVMlIadStonVand Ti?mroAf Willi nm f The reports that Johannes Wolff, famous violinist, has married tho widow ot Sam Lewis, millionaire money lender, Is de nied. Mrs. Lewis is devoted to music and 1b constantly surrounded by virtuosi, whom she entertnlns In regal stylo. Mrs. Charles T. Ycrkes, whose husband sailed on tho Oceanic Wednesday, Is stay ing at tho Bcasldo and making rapid recov ery from the attack of pleurisy which kept her several weeks to her bed at Clarldgo's hotel. Mr. Yerkes' Bcheme for an electric underground rnllway Is hung up until a Board of Trntlo committee of experts do cldea on the best system of underground electric traction, which will then bo made compulsory on nil tubo enterprises. YEAR'S PAY GIVEN TO EACH Aiulrevr CnrneRle Hen m ils Knlthful Service of Mix Skllio Hatntc Staff. (Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 13. (Now York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Andrew Car neglo has Just signalized his retirement from business by presenting a year's pay to all the employes at his Sklbo estate. They have tho option of taking the money or leaving It In Uat and getting C per cent Interest on It.A deputation of em ployes, headed by Hocfbr Hardlc, gave Mr. Carneglo an address ot thanks for his munificence. In reply, Mr. Carneglo said: "I am glad to have an opportunity of expressing tho great satisfaction which myself and Mrs. Carnegie tako In our estate staff, composed as It Is of men who not only know their work nnd do It, but who nro of Irreproachablo character." Mrs. Carneglo Bald: "We are now fur nishing our ca8tlo with many articles of value, but your address Is more to us than any of thoBe and will have a suitable place on tho walls of our home." Dr. Sago Mackay of Now York, who Is stnvlnir nt tho castle, referring tn Mr. Carnegie's home life, says: "Mr. Carnegie Is fond of remarking of tho oft-quoted say ing, 'Heaven Is our home,' that It should be 'Home Is our heaven,' nnd Mr. Car negie's homo life Is tho nearest approach to heaven I know of." D'ANNUNZIO AND ELEANOR DUSE Till I'n I r 'Will Ilrnvc Public Opinion hy AiienrliiK Jointly lu Amerlcn. (Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co,) PAIUS, July 13. (Now York World Ca blegram Special Tolegrnm.) George Tyler, manager ot tho Llobler Theatrical company, bavins received hero favorable replies to his overtures from both Gabriel d'AnnunzIo nnd Eleanor Duse, has gono to Italy to close n contract with that famous couple for their Joint appearance In Amerlcn next winter Tho Lleblcr company argues that on ac count of tho sensational lovers' quarrel and reconciliation of Duse nnd d'AnnunzIo they will be the most profitable drawing card It Is posslblo to Import. They there foro offered big Inducements. While Duse had no objection to touring the United Stntes, sho was apprehenslvo that heir appearance, after tno notoriety iney hmi won. would bo considered a defiance of public morals and bo resented vigorously by tho American press and public. But Tyler was directed by cable to overcome nil nhieo.tlon at any cost and both Duse and d'AnnunzIo being exceedingly hard up, thoy flnniiv occonted. Tho tour will cover five ,ih ami Include all tho principal cities Duse will display only d'Annunzlo's dramas and tho author will deliver a lecture on tho philosophy of tho ploy as produced between the second auu miru PAT CROWE PAYS Uf Emits to Attoraoj Enwstir of Et. Jouph for Fornur Ctriicit. DRAFT IS FROM JOHANNESBURG, AFRICA Alleged Kidnaper laemi to Hart Wan dered Into Boer Lr.cd. AMOUNT OF THE REMITTANCE IS $260 Account Datei Eack to Trial for TraiD Kebbirj, RECENT CUDAHY INCIDENT HEV.VED St. Joseph IllK" l'l History, Anelent mill Modern, When (lie Menu tur Tell. What lie llnil lt erlt cil. KANSAS CITY, July 13. A special to tho Star from St. Joseph, .!o says: A. W. Brewster, an ctlurney of this city, has re ceived a draft for $250, sent to him by Pat Crowe, from Johannesburg, South Africa. Tho amount was sunt to the lawyer to pay an attorney fee Crowo had been owing a number of years. Crowo's name has been connected by ul legation with the kidnaping In Omaha of the young son of Edward Cudnhy, tho packer, who paid a ransom of $25,000 In gold to recover his boy. Several years ago Crown was under arrest In St. Joseph on the charge of train robbery. Ho employed Brewster, who Is a statu senator, to defend him. The charge was Anally dismissed, as the caso was not a strong one. A few days niter tho kidnapers secured the money from tho packer, Crowo disap peared from Omaha. Ono thing and another led tho olllccrs of that city to believe that he was tho leader of tho kidnapers. Crowe formerly worked for Cudahy. Ho had n long criminal record and had been In tho penitentiary. He has not been seen since about a week after tho night of the kid naping on December 18, 1000. No lettor accompanied Crowo's draft to Attorney Brewster, but It Is supposed that Crowe has been in South Africa several months. Theru Is still a roward of $30,000 offered for tho arrest of tho kidnapers, $25,000 put up by Mr. Cudahy and $5,000 by tho state of Ne braska. AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS WIN Are with the Procession In the Yankee Intuition of the European , Market. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, July 13. New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) American playwrights do not soera disposed to' lag the.rear.ld tho lnvlwthQ(JBuxo' ','n?tlet by rAmerlcan prodr-cft. Mjioi vu by Sarah Bernhardt. Marcel Bc'nwoob, author ot Bernhardt1!! version ot ''Hamlet," has gone to Jersey under contract to deliver a French rendering Of Crawford's plcco October 1. The subject Is a heart romance ot mediaeval Italy anild surroundings ot great splendor, rich with laces and cos tumed guards. Bernhardt exacted a plcdgo that neither an American nor an English production should tako place until tho hersolt had played tho piece three months, but sho has modified her plans by postponing her opening ono month In order to add to tbo .glamor of her rcapfearaace in Paris after her long absence. William Gillette may have the honor of seeing Coquelln Impersonate "Sherlock Holmes," as previously cabled. Augustus Thomas will soon receive nn rder for tho French right for hlB farce, "On the Quiet," which Charles Frohman urged upon bis friend, tho manager ot tho theater In Cluny, who has already made a tortuno by accepting Frohman's advlco about "Charley's Aunt." Mme. Rejane. tired ot tho modern things provided by French nuthors, and wishing to dtipltcato tho success she mado In the historical drama with "Mmo. Sans Gene," has bought a pleco entitled "Pompadour," by Charles Frederic Noldllnger, a New York critic. Itosny, famous novelist, Is engaged In translating tho five-act play by an Ameri can, wnicn Minnie Mamiern r isKe win pro- duco In New York this fall. The French version opens In November at tho Oymnase theater, with Jano Hading In Mrs. Flsko's part. Manager DoVaul has bought nn option ot Maudo Adams' new play by Barrle, which tho World correspondent learns on sound authority, though Frohman keeps the secret in order to creato a big sur prise, deals with a French subject of tho Napoleonic period, llko "L'Alglon," and needing tho samo kind of elaborate staging. In an Interview In Figaro on the astounding new reglmo Inaugurated In this sudden demand for tho work of American play wrights, Alan Dale, who has Just arrived In Paris, says "It was bound to come. Our boys always had more Invention and fresher ideas and you could noi hopo eternally to keep the mysteries of xour technique from such a , , , ' , , , . , M qUICK RQU Vl'IBUWIU llltc uo EMBASSY MAY SPRUCE UP Sneaker Ifeiulerxon Likely to Aak Cor Worthier Aeconimoilntloiia In London. fConvrlKht. 1101, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 13. (New yorK worm ua- blecram Special Telegram.) As a result of Speaker Henderson's visit to London It Is predicted congress will be asked to make an npp.oprlatlon to provldo for sultnblo accommodations for the United States em bassy here. Mr. Henderson, In common with every other American hero, has been Impressed by the dingy, Inadequate and Insalubrious suite of rooms In Victoria street, Westminster, whero tho American embassy is situated, At his request he was driven around to Inspect the other cmbas slcs In London Ho found tho represents tlves of the other great powors wero suit ably provided for, even those of Spain Portugal, Belgium, Japan and China being palatlally housed compared with the Amur leans. The Berlin paper thinks It is inconsistent with the dignity ami wealth of the United Slates to have Its ambassador so squalidly housed and offlcod. Tho ambascador him celt 1b not satisfied with existing arrange menls. lllahop Co m I n it to Amerlen, ROME, July 13. Bishop Scalabrlnl Placenzu will sail from Genoa July IS on the Italian steamer Llgurla to tour th Italian colonics and the ralajlon establish meats in the United States, FRANCE HEEDLESS OF PLAGUE Thirteen Cases (live o Alnrni tn the Pleasure-Lot liiK French Cltlsens. (Copyright, 1901, by Press publishing Co.) PAULS, July 13. (New YorEWofiaCa blegram Special Telegram.)-Tho plngtie caso bro' ' , o Marseilles bj the Ficnch liner L A i nobody concern. Quaran tine v i have been prompt and thoror ,o far thcrc'havc been thirteen caser s ,ed to Arab stokers. Naturally, pasr coming from Japan, China and Ini angry at being detained at the er ,v long voyage and nwrul stories aro s relatives from Krloal Island, whero .re quarantined, but Investigation that the government Is doing Its consistent with the scvpre measures , .ssary to provent tho scourge from In vh.llng Europe. People arc still commenting on tho ab sence of Sybil Sanderson, from tho wedding of her niece, Miss Terry Monday. It Is said that while sho herself hai recovered from tho blow Inflicted bj 'Stan. sinus Cos tcllanc'H transfer of his Affections, her late husband's relatives Insisted that It would bo more becoming for her to keep nway. Count Bonl gnvo his new stster-lnlaw a pair ot splendid carriage horses, besides a collection of eeven rings, made to order, each with n stono appropriate lo a day ot tho week. Countcsj Anna presented a priceless set of vnses ot decorated porcelain, which had been manufactured by Napoleon's order for Empress Josephine, Unless some generous person soon pays $2,000 of overdue taxes on the American church at Nice It will bo col'' at auction. Its pastor says that while many of his compatriots attend during tho lllvlcra sea son, the contributions have r I ways been miserably Insufficient to matntnln tho min ister nnd church properly. Tha last mort gage on It was raised last year, Mrs. John Drexcl and Mrs. Anthony Drcxcl giving $1,000 each. A surprlilng result of the campaign against those who cntlco pretty girls from shops nud homes by promised of good situa tions has been tho discovery ot over 200 American young women leading evil lives In Paris. Most of thorn camo hero In search of work or to Btudy music and painting. Absoluto want soon mado them victims of professional begullers. ENEMIES 0NLYIN POLITICS Thin Weilillim Will Unite Two Fnml lloa Who Arc Itnltlil Oppo nent In Ktntccrnft. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 13. (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) An engage ment of tho Montagues and Capulets description Is announced, the parties to It being Dudley Majorlbanks, a Guards' offi cer, 27 years old, soa ot Baron Tweed mouth, and Muriel, eldest daughter ot War Secretary Brodcrlck. Majorlbanks created terrlblo family consternation'' when at 20 he engaged himself to "Mrdlc" Suther land, a handsome Gaiety g'"l, and cost tho family $2o,000 to heal her voundod heart. Tho young roan has since oen service In tho South African war, war, JLi Is a)ao one ""-HrWland. . whlf ufch-wa, oft" Lt pl'.H- THTlWCVTlUiUUlU, WS1I I '..II advanced radical audi U ItirMSwi' oT tno liberal party orcan. The Brodorlcks, oa the o.her hand, aro the most rabid tory family extant Lady Twnedmouth, though sister ot Lord Randolph Churchill, warmly adopted her husband's politics. Lady Brodcrlck Is a daughter of the Earl of Wcmyes. ' Sho Is leader of the Eclectic Souls' set and one ot the cleverest and wittiest 'women ot society. Sho largely contributed to make.her husband's politi cal fortune. Heber It. Bishop of New York was a tenant two years ago of Houghton , hall, Norfolk, whero ho was visited by tho duke of Cornwall. Tho duko carried away uch pleasant memories of his visit that when n cholco ot tbreo houses on the es tates of Norfolk was offered him by tho king ho selected Houghton and It has Just been bought for him. The Bishops under Mrs. Arthur Paget's aegis gavo wonderful parties at Houghton, one being graced by tho presence of tbo prince of Wales. GUEST'S UNWELCOME BRIDE DuiiKhter of the Jcraey Lily Not Well Ileeelved br the Future FnniH-ln-Lnw. (Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 13. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The en gagement of young Ivor Churchill Guest, M. P., eldest son of Lord Wlroborne, million aire coal mine owner, to MIsb Jeanne Lang- try, daughter of the Jersey Lily, Is still tho exciting topic of speculation In society cir cles. Despite tho most severe dlspleasuro on tho part of Lord and Lady Wlmborne they still go about everywhere together. It Is announced that tho younthful member of Parliament has taken the Villa Dinard with Claudo Lowther, M. P., for tho autumn months, nnd thero Miss Langtry Is also going with tho ducbeBS of Granby. Hon. Ivor Guest Is one of the most pop ular young men In London society, will ono day be Lord Wlmborne, and will In horlt tho bulk of the wealth of his father, who Is one of the richest of English peers. Ilia mother Is a daughter of tho Blxth duko of Marlborough and he Is a cousin to tho present duko, whoso wedding In New York he attended. Lady Wlmborne Is a grande damo and a woman ot strong charac ter, and tho match Is regarded as a mes alliance by tho young man's family. Stren uous efforts have been mado to separate tho young people, but without avail. Ivor Guest was a volunteer In South Africa and Is a flno looking fellow. Miss I-angtry resembles her mother In figure and general aspect. It Is through the Influcuco ot the king that she Is chap- peroied by the marchioness of Granby. SHOCKED AT OUR SHABBINESS Berlin Wonders Why Uncle Doesn't Ohtnln Ilcttcr Quarters. Sam (Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.) RERUN, July 13. (New York World Ca- hlccmra Special Telegram.) One of the mostly widely circulated of Berlin news papers contains an article on the United States embassy In Rorlln, In which extreme surprise la expressed that one of the great est and richest countries In the world has so shabby an embassy. Tho ambassadors of England, Austria, Russia, Spain and Frnnco live Ih palaces which are ornaments to tho city and a credit to the states which own them. Their chanceries are fine rooms In theie palaces, well furnished and fitted. The American ambassador lives In a flat, from which he can bo turned Out by the lundlord at six months' notice, Ills em bassy Is In a pokey house In Unter dun Linden, whore a few small rooms servo as the chancery. A small book storo Is un derneath and two or three small flats over head. . , TOO HOT FOR RAIN Kantai fcltj Weather ObierTer Saji That Fio'lpitation ii fx Impoulbilitj. HOT lR WOULD CHANGE IT TO VAPOR No Eijitfin Bight and tha litnatka Grons Worts Henrly. llVEST(fCK MARKET IS All INDEX Cattle- Dsalars Hare Their Most Trjinjc J Weak of Manj Ytan. NEXT WEEK AIL FEEDERS MAY UNLOAD .MlMionrl, Knnaiin, Oklnhnmn nnil In illnn Territory Are 1'nreheil mill Other Sretlona Report Muuh Sufferlnir nnd I'rnstrntlotm. KANSAS CITY, July 13. Despite local thunderstorms, accompanied by slight rain fall, lu western Missouri last night, the drouth that Is burping up vegetation In Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory Is still unbroken. Tho Kansas City weather observer says: "Tho atmosphere Is so uniformly heated to such a great altitude that It makes precipitation almost Impossible. Clouds may gather and a few drops ot rain may fall, but tho lower stratum of air is so hot that tho raindrops would bo transformed to vapor In passing through It. Thoro Is no relict lu sight nnd tho sit uation becomes worse each hour. Several days ago one-fourth of a corn crop In Kan sas was hoped for. Tho estimate now must bo still further reduced. Prayer for rain will bo offered in scores ot churches In Missouri nnd Kansas tomorrow. Tho Knnsas City live stock market Is nn indox to tho situation. The cattle market has gono through ono of the most trying weeks In many years. As many feeders as possible aro holding back their cattle In tho hopo that rain will succor them. Each day, however, brings them nearer to tho Inovltablo and commission men aro flooded with letters lndlcntlng that next week Is tho longest they can hold out. Ruling prices aro tho lowest In many years and during tho last fow days tho commoner grades ot stock cattlo could not be sold at any price. Receipts during tbo week aggregated over 63,000, tho heaviest ever known at this season ot tho year. As compared with the previous week thoro was an In crease ot 30,000 and 20,000 moro than tho corresponding week a year ago. Some ot tho dressed beet buyers said ns early as Thursday that tholr coolers wero full and, that they could not buy more until thero was an outlet for the dressed beet which .bad accumulated in their hands. The stockor and fcedwr situation, old-Umerfc-Hr. U fjtf V"y "vm k"owp' r "Thevjeek's movement Vf hogs to tho local markets was tne neavicsi ever Known, total receipts woro above 122,000, against 110.000 In ono week ot Ajf t, 1890. the best provlous record. UuIcbs rain comes the supply may bo still grcator next ween. Most packers believe. If It rains, thoro will bo scarcely 60,000, and it it docs, not, twice as many may como. One buyer's estlmato this week Is 150,000, or 30,000 more than Chicago expects. The highest temporaturo today was 08 degrees, with a good breeze. HEAT AND NEBRASKA CROPS Tenipernlnre Itnna Pnat the 1 In ml red Mark, tint Corn mid Grnlna Continue tn Ktniul It. FREMONT, Neb., July 13. (Special.) This Is tho hottest day of tho season. The mercury at 0 o'clock this morning stood at 90. At noon It reached OS and nt 3 o'clock temperatures of 103 to 103 wero reported. Tho heat and dry winds aro beginning to tell on corn. UNION, Neb., July 13. (Special.) TJio winter wheat which Is now bolng sold to local buyers Is of good quality, tho yield be ing twenty to thlrty-flvo bushels to the acre. Corn Is looking flno and promises to make a good crop. CENTRAL CITY, Neb., July 13. (Spe cial.) Corn In Merrick county seems to stand tho drouth exceedingly well. Some fields of early corn aro Injured. Winter wheat Is good. Oats aro very light. Many farmers are cutting their oats for hay. Tho hay crop will be light. ELK CREEK, Neb., July 13. (Special.) This part of the stato nover experienced a longer hot spell than is on at tho present, Tho corn has Buffered little, however, on account of most of It being somewhat Into owing to tho heavy ratna this spring. BEATRICE, Neb., July 13. (Special.) The thermometer here registered 01 nt a. ro 08 nt 10:30 a. m., 100 at 11 a. m. and ,105 at 1:20 p. m. Tho corn needs rain. EDGAR, Nob., July 13. (Special.) Tho extremely hot, dry weather bids fair to continue. Corn Is not suffering seriously, but if rain docs not como soon corn will surely be nffccted.( Farmers aro thrcehlng their wheat and tho yield proves to bo above tho nvcrngo and tho quality excel lent. rLATTSMOUTH. Neb., July 13. (Special.) On account of the Intense heat today tho request of tho workmen was granted and tho Burlington shops wero docd at noon Tho farmers have been harvesting their wheat In this vicinity this weok and" report a good crop. They report that tho dry, hot weather haB not Injured tho growing corn In this county. GRAND ISLAND, July 13. Special.) This vicinity has now had twenty-seven days In which tho thcrmomotor has gono up to 100 or over. Tho government thermometer as well as tho flno Instrument of the American Root Sugar company have both shown 108 for tho past three dnys Except n small strip on the ridge north of tho city the corn Is standing tho drouth fairly well and farmers In tho Platto val ley stato that It can stand torrid weather another week. GENEVA, July 13. (Special.) Wheat is being threshed and Is turning out fifteen tn twenty bushels per acre. The heat Is In tense, It being 100 and over ovory dny, Yesterday was 101. GimiON, Nob., July 13. (Special.) Farmers aro busy threshing, Winter wheat Is turning out well. Several pieces have been reported yloldlng thirty-two to forty-fivo bushels on acre. Nover In tho history of Buffalo county have there been such enormous yields. Fall ryo Is turning out equally well. Corn, takon as a whole never looked better, although a fow pieces begin to show tho effects of tho hot sun. YORK, Neb., July 13. (Special.) Tho farmers nf York county who have threshed (Continued on Second Pago.) THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Fair nnd Con tinued Warm HUtulny; Monday r.irtiy Cloudy nnd Not So Warm, Probably Showers tn Northern Portions! Southerly Winds, Becoming Variable. Page. 1 IHk Steel Strike; .Mnniliir. l'ut Crmta 1'it) a from Afrlen. Drouth IteiunliiH Unhroken. Treimurer llnrtley Paroled. 2 llrltlah Deninud Wnr 'eiva. IIIiimp)' In Xo I.oiiucr I'rlnce. it Xehrnskit Iniiicnchiurnt n I'nrce. Hurra on Mnuy Truck. 4 l'rciKreaa of lice Vncntlon Contest. Knuana City Aliitndoua I.ynehliiK. R Tenehera Conclude Their Work, Oniuliii Ilnuk Teller Kllla n Mnu. (1 I, nut Week In Oinnhn Society. M Council IltufTa nud Iimvu. II Had Week or Oninliit llnnc tlnll. (iolfera l'ut on Thick Tun. Winter Sport Popular In Summer. II) Itondater Itncca In Ouinhit. Athletic Aaaoclntlon'a Cool Home. Xrwn of the Wheeling World. "Trlitrnni ot Illent." 11 Heat Still I.lnKera In Ontnhn. hrnkn Corn Crop Thriven. Start Made Toward Cnthedr!. 12 Woman i Her Wuya and Whlma, l.'l AinuNciueuta nnd Musical Notes. Kchocs of I.ncnl Auterooma. 14 Kdltnrlnl and Comment, in Drawn Oinnhn llnllrund Men. Illnta for Hot Weather. Tlpi on I'nii-Amerlcnn Uzpnaltlon. 10 "The Klrehrniid." 17 Condition of Trade In Omaha. Coniiuerclnl and Plnnnclul Nerra. Ill 1'nslilnii Hulea lit Samoa. -O Oatrom Proteata City Contrneta, Tciiiliernture nt Omaha Yeaterdnyi Hour. Heir. .", a. in SO II a. in 711 7 a. in Nt H II. ill Mi II a. in .S7 10 u. in III! 11 a. in Ill 1U in 117 Hour. licit. 1 p. m Ml 1! ii. m US It p. m 100 4 p. in. .... 1)11 5 n. in IIS O ii. in 117 ONE KILLED, SEVERAL HURT PunneiiKer Train on Kiinaaa City Line Collide with Uock lalnnd Meat Hxtru. KANSAS CITY, July 13. Southbound passenger train No. 1 on tho Kansas City Northern Connecting railroad, duo hero at CM0 p. m., collttlcd with an extra Rock Island meal train at the Rock Island cross- lug, one mllo north of Wcuthcrby, Mo., at 3:15 this afternoon, killing ono man and injuring six other persons. Dead: ELIJAH PRICE, a farmer, Santa Rosa, Mo., thrco miles north ot Wcathcrby. Seriously injured: Vi'f J. Stoneburnor, superintendent ot tho Kansas City Northern Connecting railroad, houldorblado broken and chest bruised. Otto llallew, passenger brakoman, ankles broken. Express Messenger Gage, badly bruised.. M. C. Harvey, conductor on passenger truln, bruised. None of the rot of thn Injured la badly hurt, lb .general Injuries consisting Ot alight bruises. A relief train with sur geons and physlclani) from Pattonsburg, eleven miles north of Wcathcrby, went to the scone of the wreck and when it arrived tbo Injured were being cared for at farm houses In tho neighborhood.- Chief Surgeon Halley of tbo Kansas City Northern Con necting railroad left hero tonight for Wcathcrby. Tho passenger train was composed ot a baggago car and one coach. The Rock Is land cnglno struck the center of tbo pas songor train, ditching both cars, but tho passenger engine was not Injured. The englnoer and flrcrann on tho freight englno Jumped and no one on the freight train wns hurt. Tho freight engine was badly stripped and tbreo meat cars wero de railed. TROUBLE IN LOCATING FIRE Dutte Hotel So Full of Sm&ko It nothern Firemen Several tiueata Injured. BUTTE, Mont., July 18. At 2:45 this morning a still alarm was turned In from tho Butte hotel, a four-story etructuro on Broadway. When tbe firemen reached tho sceno tho building was enveloped In smoko, which appeared to pour from every opon window. Tho firemen wero unablo to locato tho blazo for some thirty minutes' andvtho greatest confusion prevailed. A number of guests on tho lower floors succeeded In groping their way downstairs In the smoko and escaping with nothing but their night clothing. Scores of others wero rescued from tho .upper windows. At 4 o'clock tho Ore was completely under control and the hotol managers stato that to tho best of their knowlodgo all tho guests and help have been accounted for. Tho Injured: Gus English ot Anaconda, legs broken In Jumping from window. Joo Devlno, cut ana nruisca in jump ing from flro escape. A number of others sustainca trivial in juries. Tho Interior of tho notoi, wnicn tor many ycarB has been tho leading hostelry of Butto, Is completely ruined and tho lessoo of tho building eBtlmatcs his loss at $00, 000. Tho losses of the hotel guosts will bo considerable. BOILER IN BOAT EXPLODES Excursion Steamer lllown to Pieces, Kllllui? Two nnd InJurliiK Mnuy Othera, 8UNBURY, Pa., July 13. An excursion boat anchored in the Susquehanna river at tho foot of Mnrket street, this city, blew up with terrific forco today, killing two boys nnd injuring n doion otnor persons, two fatally. Ono man is missing and may have been killed. The dead: ALLEN FETZ, aged 13 years. ARTIE FETZ, aged 14 years. Missing: . Oeorgo Frymlre, tho pilot of the boat Injured: Charles Keller, aged 12, Intornally; will die. Frank Keller, aged 8; will dlo. William Pullon, aged 17. Hnrry Adams, aged 13. Several others wero Injured, but not su rlously. All of tho boys killed aud Injured wero fishing on a nearby wharf whon tho explosion occurred. Tho engineer wno ah sent nt tho time, leaving the boat In clmrgo of tho pilot. Whon ho left thero was a pressuro of thirty pounds In tho holler and ho says ho opened tho flro door. No causo Is given for tho explosion. MnrKUii Uiin Chilian llallroail. VALPARAISO, Chill, July 13. (Vta Gal veston.) J. Plerpont Morgan has bought tho Chilian soctlon of tho Trans-Andean i railroad for 90,000. BARTLEY IS PAROLED Former Statt Trtaiurir Gilt Sixty Daji' Fteidast from Qoriraor. THIS MAY' BE MADE tERMANENT All Hi Hat to Do it t Fulfill Octal Requirements. C. 0. WIIED0N STANDS SPONSOR Wardia Cavil Telle the Frlitnii f Hit ForUat. DEEPLY OVERCOME, BUT HURRIES TO QUIT In Cltlrena Clnthea He Joins Ilia Wlfo nnrt Family nnd Thoy Ilrlre Home In n C.trrlnuc ThnnUa Savnue hy Telephone. LINCOLN, July 13. (Special Telegram.) Former State Treasurer Josoph Hartley, under sentence of twenty years' Imprison ment for defaulting In tho sum of approxl matcly $223,000, was tonight paroled for sixty days and It Is Intimated by Governor Savajo that his freedom may bo mado per manent If ho meets certain requirements. Governor Savago authorUed '.ho parolo aftor a long conferenco with C. O. Whedon of this city, who ngreed to stand as Bartlcy'B sponsor. Tho cxecutlvo order to tho warden ot tho stato penitentiary was served at S o'clock tonight and Immediately Hartley was In formed by Warden Davis that ho could leavo tho Institution. Although not nn entlro surprlsa tho announcement deeply affected tho prlsoucr, but ho mado hasto to exchange his prison garb for cities' clothos. Ho thon was Joined by his wlfo and family and together tho party wero aken In a carrlago to tho Hartley resi dence at Savcntccnth nnd C streets. A few minutes after ho arrived nt his homo ho called Governor Savago by tclcphonu and thanked htm for tho clemency shown. Governor Savago was asked by tho re porter tonight whether or not tho parolo would bo mndo pormancnt. "Jhnt depends entirely upon circum stances," replied tho governor. "I havo given Bartlcy a sixty-day furlough, but whether that tlmo will bo extended re mains to bo seen. I have Imposed somo pretty hard requirements upon Bartloy and I shall lmposo somo still harder ones. It ho docs what I ask him to do I will let htm out ot tho penitentiary, but It ho doos not then, ho wilt bvn to bo baok. X don't care to aa just now 'what theso require ments will bo, but I am confident thoy will meet th approval of tbo people of tho state." C. O. Whedon has been tbo leader ot tho movement for Bartlcy's pardon. For tho last two years bo has been a regular callor at tho governor's offlco tn tho prisoner's behalf and ho has been ttrolcss in tils efforts to bring strong influence to bear n tho request for tbo pardon. Today ho secured nn audlcnco with Govornor Savago late In the afternoon and at 8:30 o'clock tho latter announced that ho would glvo tho man a temporary parolo. This action was taken after Bartlcy had mado ccrtalu promises demanded by tho governor. Petitions, containing hundreds nnd thou sands of names havo been presented to tho last four governors,, atl praying for tho ro lcaso of Bartlcy. Theso camo from Omahn, Lincoln and practically every city and town ot any slzo in tho state. Bartlcy will remain with his family at his old homo, but ho will be under tho chargo of Mr. Whedon, who Is held respon sible for him during to parole. Tho former treasurer roirnlncd at lih homo during tho evening If u refused to talk tor publication further than to express his appreciation ot tho governor's action and tho loyalty of tho friends who havo been striving in his behalf. Joseph Bartlcy haB served forty-nine months In tbo Btato' penitentiary. The au thorities Kay ho has made a good prisoner and tor this reason ho was appointed to work ot a high order within tho prbon walls. For the tast two years ho has had chargo of tho greenhouse. Ills eyes have troubled him over alnco ho wns token to the Institution and physicians tear that ho will soon lose bis eyesight. ALTON WRECK PATIENTS SAFE Physician Consider All Those In Kansas City Hospitals Now Out nf Ilnnccr. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 13. Th physicians nt St. Josoph'a and University hospitals, whom tho Chicago & Alton wreck patients nro being treated, now believe thut thero will bo no more deaths ns a result of tho disaster. All of tho injured aro dolwr nicely and It 1b thought that nono ot thorn Inhaled enough steam to produco doath. It thoy had, tho doctors say, tholr Injuries would have proved fatal before now. Tho hot wenther Is tho most aggravating con dition with which tho patients havo to contend. G. P. Dixon of Fnlrbury, III., who has been at University hospital, left for htH homo today. BACKING FOR PUEBLO WORKS Stockholders of Colorado Fuel nnd Iron Coiuimny Will Inorenn Capital Stank. DENVER, Colo., July 13. Tho stockhold ers of tho Colorado Fuol and Iron company at a spoclal meeting hold In this city to day voted lo lncreaBO tho capital stock ot the company from ?2r..000,000 to $40,000,000 nnd authorized tho directors to ihsuo $15, 000,000 5 per cent gold debenture bonds, convertible Into common stock. Of tho 250,000 shares of outstuudlng, 238,000 wore represented nnd wero voted unanimously In favor of Increasing tho capitalization $15, 000,000. President J. C. Osgood and Treas urer John L. Jcromo of tho company hold all tho proxies. It Is proposed to make extensive, additions to thn Bessomor plants at Pueblo and to build there wire, rod and tlnplato mills.