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The Omaha Daily Bee. EST.AJiL'Jf'inCD Jl'KE 10, 1871. OIAIIA, -MONDAY' MOlUflNG, JULY 15 11)01. SIXOLE COL Y FIVU CUNTS. HASY STATES ROAST QoTcrnmcnt Etp:rts ElTen Brclteriag In the EoiHa Snn. KANSAS MAY GET HALF CORN Mmt&h'p Oattln to Market Biciu r it Getting Ecurcs. VARIOUS CITIES ARE AFRAID OF FIRdQ, Fruit nd Veg.Ubla Cropi Total Tailnn and PmUmi Dried Up. WIIFAT WILL HAVE TO BE USED AS FEED deport from Fur South Snys Cotton In llt'liiK Injured by Drouth that lin I'rcvnllcil Must of Corn Uroii Uuriied. WASHINGTON, July 14, Imports to tho weather bureau show that the hot weather continued today In nineteen states and territories of tho great corn belt, the Ohio valley nnd various portions of tho south. Thcro seems to b no Immediate evidence of abatement, except In the south nnd southwest, where local thunderstorms may muse some moderation. Tho slates nffected Include Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Min nesota. Iowa, Missouri, Kcn.Mcky. Tennes see, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar kansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dnkota, North Dakutn, Colorado and Michigan. It has become considerably warmer also In the upper lake region nnd !n New England,' Mnrquutte, Mich., report ing today a record-breaking temperature of 102'degrees. Hope of rain tcdny lu tho region nffected by tho heat was not ful llllcd, only traces of It appearing In one or two sections, except at Galveston, Tex., where about one-third of an Inch fell, and In eastern Texas, where thcro were local thunderstorms. The temperatures re ported today show only slight variations from the extremes of tho last few days and theso aro duo to local conditions en tirely. In Des Moines, Iu.. today tho tem perature was 100. In Kansas City 102' nnd In Omaha 102, while nt Davenport, in., ucu vor. Colo., Llttlo Hock, Ark., Now Or leans, North Platto, Neb.. St. Paul and Vlcksburg, MIbs., It was 9C or higher. KANSAS CITY. July 14. No relief came today from tho heat. It was a repetition of tho past two weeks, with reports from mnny places In western Missouri, Knnsns and tho territories of temperatures over tho 100 mark. At most places tho sun ahono mercilessly with not even a fitful cloud to break Its rays nor n slight breeze. In Kansas City last night proved more brnrablo, a breeze from the north allevi ating tho condition, but a day of Intense heat followid. Tonight there Is a prospoct of rain In Oklahoma, but there arc na Indications of a change In nny othor part of the southwest. With ho relief In sight the fenrs for the crops that have been expressed aro fast becoming realities and the scarcity of water nnd generally dry condition make the clement of flro n most Hcrlous one. What tho real damage to corn, tho crop roost affected, will bo la problematical, but It Is probably safe to say that half the crop will bo loat. The supply of water Is short In almost uvory direction anil tne ihlpmonts of cattlo nnd hogs to this mar ket to save thorn must continue. In Knn eas City today tho government thermom eter reached 102 nnd at Mnryvllle. Kan., 104 was recorded against 100 yesterday. Thr wero throo prostrations at Mary vlllo. Wonther Report from Lincoln. LINCOLN, Neb., July 11. Nebraska again Buffered from tho heat today. Tho highest temperaturo reported by the weather bureau was 102 degrees at 1:30. but the tbermome- tors In the business district recorded 10!). The mean tcmpcrnture of tho day was 00 degrees, tho highest of the year. Tho re ports show that no rain hub fallen In tho state during the last twenty-four hours. Heports tha reach Lincoln tonight lndl cute that rain falling within two days will yet savo tbo corn crop. Tho wind shifted to tho southeast this evening und the ut mosphero Is somewhat cooler. No Crop Ncnr S. .Joseph. ST. JOSEPH July 14. The long contln ued drouth has resulted In the entire ruin of the corn nnd oats crop In thin section of the couutry. Com has commenced to tnKsel only a few feet high and no amount of rain would now bo of nny benefit to that cereal. Tho fruit and vegotable crops nrc nlso complete failures and tho pas tures have dried up so that the farmers aro paying enormous prices for hay und feed. Today was clear and hot with no relief apparently In sight. Unless rain comes this week wheat, which was an abundant crop, will havo to bo substituted for oven tho coarser and cheaper kinds of feed. I m vu Wciithcr I'nchiiiiKeil. HURLINGTON, la.. July 14. Today was the sixth day In succession that the mer- I cury went to 100 and over. Thcro are no signs nt relief. ARDMORE. I. T., July 14. lteports from thu cotton bell show that cotton Is bclug Injured by the drouth that has prevailed In Chickasaw Nation for tho past five weeks. Unless rain falls within the next few days crops will bo cut short. A,bout 60 per cent of tho corn crop has already been ruined. There will bo no marketable corn. Tho crop of other grains Is a total failure. ST. PAUL, July 14. Tho heat rerord was equaled today by tho government ther mometer, Iho maximum being 9S. There was a hot brcczo from tho south blowing most of the day, which greatly added to the dis comfort. The hot wnvo continues through out Minnesota and tho Uakotas, Huron re porting 102 nnd Sioux Falls 100. At tho lat ter place a child went to sleep In tho sun and died from tho heat. New Ulm, Minn,, reports n temperaturo of 104, with a number of prostrations Prof, W. M. Hnycs of the State agricul tural experimental farm reports that tho tot wave Is doing a great deal ot damage to wheat In southern Minnesota and that chlnchbugs aro very numerous and nro con tributing to tho destruction. He believes that but n email crop will bo harvested In this section. Oklahoma Kxprcts llnln. EL ItF.NO, Okl., July 14. The trains to day brought In moderate .crowds for regis tratlon. There nru probably 10,000 people here. Everything Is quiet nnd orderly and every man Is comfortably situated. Tho temperaturo hers today was around the 100 polut, but no serious Inconvenience was experienced by the homcseekers. In dlcatlons paint to rain during tho night. MUNCIE. Ind., July H. The continued (Contlnuod on Second Page.) START OUT T0 FIND PEARY lltlicdltlou on I lie Stcniitcr Urlli SnF North to Alii the i;iliircri. HVLIFAX, .V. S.. July U. The slempor Erik left North Sydney this meriting on Its voynpe to the frozen north. It 13 10 mil nt Labrador nnd then nt the Mirlous Ksqulmnux stations In Greenland West, reaching Etnh under favorable conditions In nhout three weeks. At the various sta tions It will make Inquiries as to newa Lieutenant Peary and the Windward, 'he Jlrlk took JSO tons of coal and Is t , Motied for ut least n year. The meni . V it the Peary Arctic club, who went ot. ihe stennier, are Dr. F. A. Conk, sur geon ot the expedition; Herbert Stone and Herbert Herri, both ot Hrooklyn; C. F. Wlkoff and 1.. C. Henedlct of Ithaca and L. C. Whitney Church of Elgin, III. Dr. Cook said that fourteen Amerlean gentlemen have agreed to contribute $1,000 a year for a number of years to aid Lieu tenant Peary. The Erik carries a crow of hardy Newfoundlanders, used to the Ice. There was a largo crowd at tho dock to blil farewell and success to the explorers. JAPANESE REMAIN IN KOREA WntchliiK Uvrry .Move of (III- Klli slnns AtoiiK Korenn llordcr. LONDON. July 15. Dr. Morrison, wir ing to the Times from Seoul, Korcn, July 10, says: "Tho Japanese nro well maintaining their position In Korea, acting cautiously, yet watching with unerasing vigilance ovcry movement of Russia und particularly along th! Korean frontier. They aro Incrcnslng lu number eonstnutly throughout tho penin sula and onc-nlnctconth of the shipping of the country Is now Japanese. "Htntsln. recognizing Japan's pnwfir. acts .with studied conciliation, ostentatiously communicating to tho Japanese legation tho movements of tho Russian troops in Manchuria and pnitlcularly If these affect the Korean frontier." MOURN FOR THEIR PRESIDENT llody of the I) end Chlllnn MnHT- Istrutc Men Stntc. 111 SANTIAGO DE CHILI, via Galveston. July 14. The body of President Errnzurlz, who iiieu iTiuay, was Drought to this city today and received with solomn public ceremonial, no fewer than 100,000 people participating In the procession nnd as spectators. It will Ho In tho hall of the Chamber of Deputies until Tuesday, when tno interment will tnke place. All tho theaters aro closed and the oc casion Is ono of general mourning. MINISTER CONGER TO LEAVE Noted lownn Arrives nt Sim Frnnclsco on III Wny to Ills Station In Oh I ii u. SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. H. II. Conger. United States minister to China, has ar rived, enrouto to Pckln. Minister Conger will sail next Wednesday on tho steamer Nippon Maru. Ilmlcn-l'nwcll to fin (o I'.nulniKl. LONDON. July 15. General Raden Powell, tho Times announces. Is suffering from overwork nnd fever and his medical advisers In South Africa have ordered him to take completo rest and proceed to En gland. Itiilirn Will Not Meet. LONDON, July 15. "King Edward. Em peror Nicholas and Emperor William will not meet nt the review nt Mayenco about August 15," says tho Berlin cor respondent of tho Standnrd, but they will exchango visits nt Darmstadt. Kx-1'rpiuli'r Crlnnl llettor. NAPLES, July 14. The condition of Slgnor Francesco Crlspl, who last Monday suffered an apoplectic seizure which In view of hln advanced nge caused con slderablo anxiety, Is now much Improved. Itunnlun Military Increnftr. LONDON, July 15. Emperor Nlcholns according to a dispatch from St. Peters burg, has Issued an order that 308,500 men shall bo recruited for tho Russian army and navy during tho present year. ftpriiiiiii null Km 1 1 o ii Ntntlntlcn. RERUN, July 14 The emigration from Germany by way of Hnmburs and Hrcmon during the first elx months ot this year rcaehod 112,868, as ngainst 117,930 for tho corresponding period of last year. MHlin Cannot SIiik. LONDON, July 15. Mme. Molba Is suf fering from an attack ot laryngitis and her physicians have ordered her not to sing at Covent Garden this week. Anotlirr OnrnoKle l.lhrnrj-. LONDON, July 15, Andrew Carnegie has offered 10,000 for tho erection of u free public library In Anncn, Scotland. ANOTHER FALLS FROM WINDOW Well Kiiimvii You our .Mini of Louis ville I, emit tint Too I'n r, LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 14. Slownrt Leathers, one of tho best known young men In Loulsvlllo nnd a son of Cnptnln John H. Leathers, fell from a third-story window of his father's residence on Ormsby avenue nt 11 o'clock tonight, breaking his Jawbone, right wrist and hip nnd sustain ing Internal Injuries. Physicians ure un it b 1 o to say whether Mr. Leathers' Injuries nro fatal, CLEVELAND LUMBER BURNS ltiillrouil Trcitle l)i.t royeil, Out slim Trouble In netting Trnlim ThroiiKh, CLEVELAND, O., July 14. Flro tonight destroyed $60,000 worth of lumber belong. Ing to tho Cleveland Sawmill nnd Lumber company, A Wheeling A Lnke Erie trestle tn the vicinity of the blnze was burned nnd trains on that road will enter this city on tho tracks of tho Vnlloy road. Moelullst I'm II)- Con volition. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. July 14.-Offtcla announcements wero sent out from here today for the National Socialist Unity con vention to be held nt Masonic hnll In this city. July 20, The convention will repre sent nil branches and locals' ndlllated with tho Social democratic parties with head quurters respectively nt Chicago and Springfield, Mass., the sections of socialist labor parties and the various organizations of socialist parties. OMAHA MAN'S DUAL KILLING Robert Prnf fbeots Wifs tnd Belf nt St Jet. PREPARES ALL DETAILS BEFOREHAND Deed Is Dour. After Miu'h ConiliiK mill Sonic (.tiurrollnn tliiiuhii FrleniU lime Pre Inns lilt tin n tlun. ST. JOSEPH, Mo July 14. (Special Tel egram.) H. Prance, whoso busluess cards repliant him to have been manager of the Schlltz hotel, Omaha, ami manager oi wic Schlltz Urewery agency at mat point, mur- dertd his wife near Lake contrary w e , this afternoon nuci tncu commiueu sui elde Ho made careful preparations for the crlmo by destroying everything about hH clothing that would lead to his Identity Prunge enmo to this city yesterday morn- ng from Omaha to look for his wife, who had loft him several days ago because of his alleged dissolute habits und cruelty toward her. They met at the postoulco luring tho nftcrnoon and again later In the evening. ' Prnugo was drinking late In tho dny and at a lute hour last night Patrolmen Klnno mnn and Urown stopped a hack containing tho couple and becnuso of their noisy demeanor ordered them off thu streets under penalty of arrest. They retired to a hotel und during tho night guests heard them quarreling. Prunge appeared to bo endeavoring to persuade his wife to re turn to Omaha and she refused. This nftcrnoon thoy went to Lake Contrary, took lunch at a restaurant nnd strolled about the lnko front for some time. They quarreled most ot tho time and their ac tions attracted tho attcnlon of many vis itors there. They strolled south about two miles nnd called at the home of a farmer and asked for a drink of water, which they received. Double NlioothiK. Returning toward tho lake Prange was seen to grab his wife by her right arm nnd shake her severely. She broko away from him and ran ahead. Ho overtook her and the couple entered n grove. A few minutes Inter Prange sent n bullet through his wife's brains. Ho carefully arranged her body and himself lay down to the left. Ho sent n bullet through tho center of his own forehead nnd nlmost Instantly became a corpse. Prange cnrrled In his pockets a number of his own business cards, but carefully de stroyed them. Ho was about 45 years ot ago and his wife about 35. It was learned tonight that when Mrs. Prango camo to this city several days ago she went to the home of Ada Oakley, the keeper of a resort on Main street whom she had known In Omaha when both were school girls. It was also learned tonight thnt Prango visited Kansas City last week, searching for bis wife. Iraiio' HUtory lu Unuiliu. Robert Prange worked for Ed Maurer twice at the lattor'a restaurant In Omaha. He was first In the tatter's employ from 1SS8 to 18D1, when ho quit Omaha and went to California. Ho returned to Omaha In 18S8 and wns employed as head waiter at Maurer's during tho two expositions. Later he made nn effort to secure a lease of tho Schlltz hotel, but tho party upon whom ho depended for financial backing, an old-time German brewer, committed suicide nt the Merchants' hotel and frustrated his plans. When Mr. Duthorn took possession of tho Schlltz Prango went to work for him na manager, but at tho end of threo months wns discharged, ns Mr. Duthorn says ho found that he was not n success. Since then Prange has been selling cigars on commission for tho A. J. Sherrot company and Dlntz beer for Tom Foley. No one In Omaha knows Just when Prango went to St. Joseph. Ed Maurer says that Prango was at his place last Monday or Tuesday evening. Maurer In vited him to take u glass of beer and when Prango Intimated that he did not care for any Insisted on his drinking with him. Prango did so, with tho remark that It was probably tho last drink they would ever enjoy together. It Is snld by ono of the employes nt Mnurcr's placo that he had heard that Prange's wife had cone to St. Joseph some time ago, but ho knew nothing fur ther, Mr. Ruthorn says that they were a queer couple In their relations, ns tho wife wns usually awny from her husband In California or elsewhere. Kd Maurer recalls that onco while In his employ Prange told him that his wife had at tempted sulcldo by taking poison. None of the acquaintances of Prango who wero consulted know much about Mrs. Prange or her antecedents. TO ARISE AND SMITE CHURCH Mexico a StnilentH Alipenl tn All Countrymen In Mnnlfrnto Affi'lnst Ho in n n Cnthollca. MEXICO CITY. July 14. Students today Issued a fiery manifesto against tho Roman Catholic church. They say a congress com posed of educated young men of tho coun try will soon assemble tn take action on church matters. Tho government? will be nsked to confiscate all property found to bo hold by tho clergy or their agents, the proceeds to be applied to tho payment of tho nntlonnl debt, The .students cnll on nil Mexicans to arise nnd smite tho church nnd declare they will raise the standard of revolt against tho church above tho sopulcher of Juarez nnd will continue tho nntl-cler leal movement Initiated In the most en lightened nations of tho globe. There are fears of u renewal of tho nntl clerical dlrturbances on the 18th Inst., which Is the nnntvirsary of President Juarez's death. Today it Is announced that every worklngnmn's society will bo In tho procession. Some portions of the manifesto are so violent that tho news papers have refused to print them. Father Icaza now ropoats his denial of the charges against him nnd tho women's societies under his direction have Issued nn nddrc&s declaring full belief in his In tcgrlty. YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE OUT Notorious It n ilk llohher at I, nut K Joy Full freedom After I.onu Imprisonment. ST. PAUL, July 14. Coleman nnd James lounger, wto were granted a conditional pnrole by the Hoard of Pardons on Wednes day last, were released from tho Still water penitentiary at 10 o'clock this morn ing, For tho present they will make their home In Stlllwnter and It has not yet been podded where they will be employed. The men spent their first day of freedom upon n steamboat excurslou up tho St. CrbU river, THEATER TRUST iTHE LATEST All the Orplipuiu Circuit -xrlt li Many Other Vaudeville Houses In corporate. CHICAOO, July II. Tbo Tribune tomor row will say: With a capitalization of be tween $1,000,000 nnd $3,000,000 twelve of the chief vaudeville theaters between Chi cago and thi! Pacific coast arc about to be merged Into n slnglo property. Tho principles employed In Industrial com bines ale being used to bring about the unification. Stock In tho new corporation will be issued to the Individual theater proprietors In amounts proportionate to tho valuation placed upon the respective theaters. Papers of Incorporation will be filed under the iaws of Illinois. The larg ost lntc-estJi involved In thu coalition aro ,noso of the Kon, and CnstIe ,llcutcr8 ot chcnB0 im1 of tlic Centers of tho Orphcum crcull ot lMC weat( Tho only vaudov Ulo mnnager In a city ns far cast as Chicago to be a party to the arrangement Is M. C. Anderson of Cincinnati, controlling Heuck's opera house nnd Mio Walnut Street theater In that city. Tho twelve theaters which will become the property of the combine nnd their locations nre as follows: Chicago Tho Chicago opera house, tho Olympic theater and the Haymnrket thea ter, owned by Kohl and Castle: Hopkins' theater, owned by J. I). Hopkins, nnd, In directly, tho Masonic Temple roof theater, managed by J. J. Murdock. Cincinnati Heuck's opera house and the Walnut Street theater, M. C. Anderson, proprietor. San Francisco The Orphcum theater, owned by the Orphcum company. New Orleans The Crescent theater, owned by J. D. Hopkins. Knnsus City The Orphcum theater, owned by the Orpheum company. Omnha Tho Criig'ntou-Orpheum theater, owned by tho Orphcum company. Denial of a vigorous sort was given to night to a question asking If the union wns one either ot offenso or defense ngainst tho east. IS GETTING RATES ALL FIXED Men-limit' Association of Now Yorlt I'rrnunili'i. Orn trill PnnciiKcr Mon o Hp AKrernhli', , NEW YORK, July 14. The Central Pas senger association, which has Jurisdiction over the lln!s west of Buffalo nnd Pitts burg, Its tcrrltrry extending to the Mis sissippi river and as far south as the Ohio river, Including the cities of Chicago and St. Louis, has, at the request ot the Mer chants' association of this city, agreed to concur tn rates which may bo made from tho territory of the Southwestern Passen ger bureau. This last-named association has Juris diction over the lines In Texas, Indian Ter ritory nnd Oklahoma. Application was made to It some time ago for the usual rates from Its territory, but no nctlon could be tnken until the Intervening lines. In tho central west had announced their willingness to concur In the rates which might be made. Tho trunk lines having Jurisdiction east at nutfi'o and Pittsburg had already agreed to toin'urC ' The Southwestern Passonger bureau will begin Its July meeting nt Glenwood Springs Colo., tomorrow. C. M. Pratt, chairman of that bureau, has been notified by wlro of the action of tho Central Passenger association In agreeing tn concur in dates and rates. Ho has been nsked to take the matter up at the meeting. FOG TIES UP NEVV YORK HARBOR Ferry llnntn Feel Their Wny Through the Nnrrou with ("J rent out lllllleiilty. NEW YORK, July 14. Fog tied up tho harbor today. Tho Iron steamboats to Coney Island had to feol their way through tho mist. One of these boats which left Pier 1, North river, nt 2:45 p. m., did not reach Coney Island until 6:15 p, m. On reaching Tho Narrows tho pilot found tho fog so thick that he decided It would be folly to attempt to steam through It. So tho boat mude a circle nnd returned al most to Pier 1 again. Tho 1,200 passengers wero mystified by this movement. The movement was repeate'd twico and only by following a tug through Tho Narrows reached Coney Island. Tho presence of the tug tonight gave rlso to long stories that two excursion boats had gono down with nil on board. When hifted these stories developed the fact that the Julia, nlvlnc botween Cannrslo and Rocknwny, had gono I ::.7n " "" ... ..... iiuuidi .... v,c nua null. Another rumor was that the big excur sion steifmcr General, Slocum, with sev eral hundred passengers nboard, had gono down off Norton's point. Investigation showed this story nroso from tho accident to tho Julia and tho further fact that tho General Slocum was detained down the bay by the fog. TRAGEDY AT SAVANNAH Six llchreiv I'leiilpkern Are Drowned While Hit thl n w In the Surf. SAVANNAH. On., July H. Six persons wero drowned while surf bathing nt n plcnle of tho Hebrew Gnmahl-IIasad at Dautusklu beach this nfternoon. The nead: MRS. ARE DICKSTEIN, aged 23. ANNIE KRONSTADT. aged 10. IDA KRONSTADT, oged 17. LEAH SILVERSTEIN. oged 17. ANNIE HOROWITZ, aged 13. ISAAC ZACIIT, aged 22. A strong southeast wind was blowing nnd the tide wob at flood. Fifty ynrds off shore Is a shoal and between tho shoal and the shore Is n slulco. The party wns bathing on the ahoal, but finding tho tido getting rather high, the bathers concluded to go nearer shore. Almost nt onco they found them selves In tho sluice, over tholr heads, with big waves pounding and a sweeping current running. Of twelve who started across tho sluice sl wero drowned. Mrs. Dlcksteln's body was found floating In tho surf an hour nfter tho tragedy, but tho othors wero swopt out to sea. Uiilveraallit Yoiiiik People Meet. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. July 14.-The clor Ing day of the Young People's Christian UKsoclatlnn of the I'nlversullst church mis ushered tn by meetings In several churches. ThlH evening a mass mooting wns held In tho Lyceum thentor Ite. M 1). Shutter, D. D.. of Minneapolis delivered nn uddics nn 'Tnlversnllsm In Modem Thnuuh ." 'VnfcrWSS! n si 7r "T, &.''J?2 Rev. F. O. II. ill. D. I)., of Cnmhrt.liT,. Mass., closed with nn nddresi on "The Religion of a Mnn " President lln Quiet Dny. CANTON. O., July H.-Presldcnt nnd Mrs. McKlnley passe, 1 n quiet Sunday, spending most of tho dny In the house or on tho front porch, During the early morning they took u drive. The president then went to the Flrft Methodist Episcopal church for mornluc services. NOTHING BUT HEAT IN SIGHT Wnthar Mnn Welsh Eei No Sljjn of Inmiid.ntt RelUf. CORN WELL FIXED FOR A DRY SPELL CoiiilllloiiH of Jroivlli Are Surli t Tutor the .staple Cereal null Uhvlnte Ihe Custouinry DanniHC from Heat. "Ot courso such reports ns we receive on Sundays nro vciy mc.iger and I have uot seen even thim," said Forecnster Welsh of thu local ofllcc of tho weather bureau. Without first having se.n them I would not undertake to hazard n forecast as to proba bilities, but so far ns I am ablo to Judge from tho reports received during the week I do not see nny cnuso for Immediate hope of relief from the existing stnto of weather. The samo torrid condition pre vails throughout tho west, or ns tar west as tho mountains, and It Is extending cast- ward, so that there appears to be no Im mediate prospect of n change. It has reached thu Ohio valley and Is moving eastward, so thnt the distress nnd suffering recently experienced In tho eastern cities aro likely to bo repeated unless local conditions come to their relief. As far as local conditions nt Omnha ure concerned I J sco no change from the past several days. I Iteeuril-MiililiiK Went her. "Yes, this section has been smashing records on hot weather for some time past. There has been nothing experienced llko It hero slnco tho hot spell of 1S74, when tho spelt lasted from the 9th of July until somo tlmo In August nnd the mercury ran up to 102 and 103 for a number of days In succession und ono dny It touched 105. That wns tho record for years and It took tho hot wind of July 26, 1891, to wipe It out. On that day tho thermometer regis tered 106. The highest point reached dur ing tho existing heated spell was 103, but slnco tho 23d of June, with tbo excep tion of two or threo days, the mercury has been lingering nround the 100 degree point. Over In Illinois It has been up to 113, In Missouri temperatures as high ns 114 havo been reported and down In Kansas It nas gone to 100 and possibly a llttlo higher. Out ulong the Pacific coast, However, they havo been hnvlng an oven tempera ture averaging nround In the 50s nnd 60s. t'ropM Are DoIiik Well. "No, I do not think there Is nny Imme diate cause for alarm for the crops In No braska ns a rule. Of courso there aro com- plnlnta from some points In the state, but that Is alwnys the case, no matter how favorable the conditions generally through the state. During the many years I have been connected with the weather service here I do not bellevo there hns been ono In which complaints did not como from some points In the stnto of damage to crops from tho heat. Corn In Nebraska is large enough to shade tho ground and thus retain the molsluro. On the other hand, It Is not so far advanced to bo most susceptible to damage from hent. None of U'has tnBselcd. It Is after corn has tasseled that It Is most easily affected by heat, so that what was some time ago a causa ot complaint, tho backwardness of tho crop, Is now a decided advantage. "Just now I should say that thero Is no Immediate cause for apprehension In Ne braska, but one cannot tell how long the corn will hold out. In tho present condi tion of Nebraska corn, however, It Is hard to kill and docs not yield to heat until tho roots are touched," Grain men say that In tho northern part of tho btato nnd the oxtrcmo west tho corn will stand ten days of existing weather, but down In tho Republican valley country they nre beginning to fool tho need of rain badly, and tho samo condition prevails ulong the southern tier of counties. Corn Is not so tood this yenr In the over fruitful southeast corner of the stato as in tho usually less-favored localities of tho west ern part of tho state. I.lKht I.oenl HnhiH Iteporteil. The most encouraging bit of weather news that has floated Into town for several days wns that received last evening telling of a shower at Fremont that got up steam enough to burn a barn with n stroke of lightning. The weather bureau reports re ceived last evening showed that n trace of rain had been enjoyed at St. Louis. During the day there was a fall of a little over a quarter of nn Inch nt Santa Fc, N. M nnd something over n third of nn Inch nt Gal- I vesiou, i ex., snowing inni me louniuins oi the heavens havo not gone wholly dry and disproving tho startling theory of tho Kan sas City man who asserted that It would bo Impossible for It to rain until the weather moderated, nB the terrific heat would vapor lzo any precipitation before It could reach tho ground. POISON CASE IS REVIEWED Mm, Ilotklii'N Attorney Will Cnrry It to the United Stilten Court. SAN FRANCISCO, July II. The nttor neys of Mrs. Cordelia Rotkln, who hns been granted n now trial by tho stato su preme court on tho charge of murdering Mrs. John P. Dunning of Dolawure, are preparing to carry her caso to tho United Stntes supreme court. They will file to morrow a petition In the stato court for a writ of habeas corpus. It Is expected that tho application will bo denied, In which ovant tho case will bo carried to tho United States supremo court on a writ of error. In tho petition for a writ of habeas corpus two now points on tho question of Juris diction will be raised. First, that tho pending of n box of poisoned candy through the mall, which caused the death of Mrs. Dunning and her sister, Mrs, Deane, was not a crime In this Btnte; second, thnt tho constitution of tho United States prohibits the trial of an accused person except In Ilia stnto whero tho crime was actually committed. STABLE BOY MADE DESPERATE Kill n Yoiinir Girl nt Newton, Ivan mii, Then Shoots Himself Ileenuse of l.ovo. KANSAS CITY, July II A special to tho Times from Newton, Knn., says: LnBt night Miss Oma Doers, the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank IJeers, ! was shot and killed by Herbert Shacklett a stable boy formerly In the family's em- ploy, who afterward shnt himself through the heart. Shacklett boenmo fascinated with the young woman, who did not In any way return his Infatuation. Tho bodies were found today in the roadside three miles west of Newton. The girl had been shot four times nnd tho surroundings In dicated that she had made a terrible strug glo for bcr llto. CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska-Fair nnd Continued Wnrm. Temi.ci iiture ut (Moulin Ypilenlnj I Hour. lieu. Hour. lieu. r, a. tn mi i p. m too II n. m Ml U p. in !( T n. nt HI, it p. in Il K n. m N't 4 p. ni ton II a. m Ml r p. in I'S iu a. iu no p. in s I I u. iii Ill 7 P. in tMI in US H p. in I' ll p. in -s7 THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS Carlisle 1). fSrnhum MnUen the I'erlloui Yoynne In a Loeumt Wood llnrrel. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.. July II. About 3,000 persons saw Carlisle t). Graham make his fifth successful voyage through tho whirlpool rapids In a barrel this after noon. Tho barrel Is of locust wood, oval .shuped, except thut It hos a flat heud; It Is about five feet long, nineteen Inches In dlnmcter at the foot nnd twenty-six Inches nt tho hend. With Its 100 pounds of bal last It weighs 165 pounds. Tho start wns made from the Mnld of Mist landing be low tho falls. Tho barrel was caught In nn eddy und circled ubout a llttlo above the Canti lever bridge for n quarter of nn hour. Tho stronger current In the middle of the stream ilnnlly Jerked It out of the eddy Into the foaming waters of the rapids. Passing under the second bridge the barrel had n narrow escape from being dashed to pieces against the stone abutments ot the bridge. The passage through the rapids was swift It took the barrel five minutes to reach the eddy from the starting pelnt nnd twenty minutes to get out of It, but It took only throe nnd one-hnlf minutes to pass through tho rapids and the whirlpool, a distance of about n mile. At no time luring the passage through the rapids was tho barrel lost sight of. It was taken from the water nfter It had circled about In tho whirlpool for a few minutes. Graham wns slightly bruised about the elbows and knees, but was othcrwlre unhurt. OHIO BRYAN JMEN TO BOLT Ten of IIIn Demoerntlc Followers lu Cleveland Heelile to Split the Part). CLEVELAND, July 14. On July 31 Ohio democrats who believe In llryan nud the Is sues which ho represents, which tho rec nt democratic convention Ignored, will ns scmblo tn Columbus nnd make up u state ticket. Ton men met this morning tn a downtown ofllco building In this city and decided thnt a bolt should be mado and that n new party should enter tho field of Ohio politics. Tho attendance nt tho conference wns larger and represented u greater urea In tho stuto than wns expected by those who called tho meeting. A formal statement of principles was sub mitted to tho conference and was adopted. This will be printed nnd sent throughout tho stato to those who aro known to ho faithful to the NebraBkan A convention was decided upon to he held at the Great Southern hotel on the Inst day of July. To this convention may come all those who sign their names to tne declaration of prin ciples. STARTED BY INCENDIARIES FlrehitKH In 'FrUeo Set Severn I Mn blen Allre, Huriiliiif Number of Hoi'sen, SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. A series of fires early this morning Indicates thut In cendiaries wero nt work. Stables were made tbo special mark of their torches. Twenty horses wero burned to death, Tho fires oc curred In tho same general neighborhood, nenr Larkln street. At midnight the stable of tho San Mateo Dairy company on Turk street and Vnn Ness nvenuo was discovered to bo burning. The frame building with Us contents wus destroyed. Twelve horscB per ished. While tho firemen were nt work an nlarm wns turned In from a stable on Kills street, threo blocks uway. The six horses In tho stnblo were rescued with dimcul y. Shortly after 2 o'clock tho stablo of tho Signal Transfer company on Larkln street, between Rush nnd Sutter, caught (Ire. Thero were fifty head of horses In tho stable. Eight of them wore burned to death. COMING FETE AT NEWPORT Miirshnl Joe Wheeler Invito Mili tary OruiinlulloiiN o He Present. NEWPORT, R. I., July 14. General Jo seph Wheeler, marshal of tho coming fcto dny, has Hent to Governor Crnno of Massa chusetts a request that tho Eighth and Ninth Massachusetts regiments bo cnt hero on the fete dny to take part In the exercises. General Wheeler Is anxious for the presence of these regiments, they having served In the Santiago campaign with him. There will be 3,000 men In lino, mrn from the Atlantic squadron, nnval appren tices and local mllltln. Military orgnnlza tlons from other nearby stntes will ho nsked to b'e prrnant. Secrotary Root nnd Secretary John D. Long have been Invited to bo present. CELEBRATE PERRY'S VISIT Anierluiiu nud .Inpnnese Spenkers Dwell on Friendly HelutloiiN llelween Two NiiIIiiiih. YOKOHAMA, July 14. The ceremony ot unveiling nt Kurlhamn tho monument to comrnouiniuto the landing there of Com modore Perry July 1 Li 1P53, was performed today by Rear Admiral Rodgurs, command ing tho United Statoi visiting squadron. Viscount Katsura, tho Japanese premier, delivered tho memorial address and a num bor of other Japnnese olllclnls of high rank wore present. Threo American and five Japanese warships saluted, Vurlous speeches wero mado by Americans und Japnnese, till dwelling on the close rela tions between the two powers. MEMBER OF DALTON GANG Henr-Fuee .Mm Located In Ohiiihnnui Suffer lnu from it Won ii it, ARDMORE, I. T., July ll.-Scnr-Face Jim, alleged to be a member of the Dnlton gang of outlaws, was located lust night j tn a secluded spot twenty miles cast of here, suffering from a bulbjt wound. Last week at Sulphur ho had a desparatn fight with deputy United States marshals and was wounded, but escaped. Tho marshal had a narrow escape. Today United Stntea Marshal Hammer nnd several deputl- s started for the scone. Scar-Face says he will not be taken allvo. Ho Is wanted fur many crimes, JOE HARTLEY'S DEED Why H Wai lent U Priiaa bj Ptopla of Ntbraika HIS SHORTAGE WAS HALF A MILLION Stata Tundi Diupparad Daring HU Two Terms isTrniurar. CONVICTED ONLY AFTER A LONG TRIAL Ewj Lipal Expediint Exbamtad tt Sail Him frain PaniUntiarj. PUBLIC SENTIMENT CONCERNING PAROLE .Mentor's Action Debuted hy Cltlrcni Who Hold Variously ns to the nuaclty of (he Course He Hns Pursued. Joseph S. Hartley, who hui Just boefc paroled by Governor Savage, was confined In the penitentiary three years und one week to a dny. Ho wns tnken from the Douglas county Jnll to Ihe penitentiary on July 6. 1S9S, nnd was released ou July 13, l'JUt. His term ot twenty years still had sixteen years, eleven months nntl threo weeks to run. His physical condition Is reported to bo exrellent. except his eyes. Ho has nlwuys had trouble with his eyes, oven before he wns elected to the olllco of state treasurer. Hartley was born In Dearborn county. Indlunn. October 2$. 1S58. Ho removed to Nebraska In 1SS0 and settled In Holt county, where he engaged In farming. In 18S4 he removed to Atkinson und started tho Exchange bank He wns connected with that Institution until It wns closed by tho State Ranking board. In 1692 Hartley, was elected atute treas urer and ho was re-elected to the officii two years later. During both terms the stntc's money wns scattered among banks which were favorites with the trensurer nud wns not regularly accounted for. When ho went out of olTlco there was about J500.000 worth of state funds which could not bo satisfactorily accounted for. sl ''' Chiire of Kiuhe r.r.lomeut. Hartley was charged with embezzling S1S0.101.75, tho proceeds of a warrant drawn .,.... luu ouuu 8 general iiiiiu to reim burse the sinking fund for money that had been lost through the fnllurn of the Capital isauonai bank. The legislature passed an act authorizing Hnrtley to draw suqh n warrant. April 10. 1S95. ho drew the war rant, but made It pnynble to himself per sonally, rather than to Joseph S. Hartley, state treasurer. ThU warrant was brought to Omnha bv Hartley, who negotiated Its rale through thu Omaha National batik. Tho bank officials say thnt Hartley ordored the proceeds ot mis wnrrant placed to his nersonnl credit. ilefnro Hartley went out of office. Jnnunry 6. 1S97, ho drew a check on tho general fund or the atnto for 1201,884.05. tho amount of thu wurrnnt and Interest which hnd ac crued. In defense of his action Hartley Insisted that he used $161,000 of the money derived from the warrant In paymont for Otoe nnd Saunders county bonds, which tho Hoard ot Educational Lnnds and Funds Instructed him tn buy with money from tho permanent school fund. Attorneys for the defense in sisted thnt Hartley paid for theso bonds with money from his own personnl bank ac count and thus refunded tho money to the state. Tho records showed, howover, that the permanent school fund was reduced In tho amount the treasurer paid for thu county bonds. t'nnvleted lu DotiKlns County. Hartley wns convicted ot embezzlement. Tho case was tried In Douglas county dur ing Juuo of 1S97 nnd lasted for nearly two weeks. Attorney General C J. Smyth and II. JI. Hnldrlge, attorney for Douglas ' count.' prosecuted tin; case. T. J. Muhoncy of Omaha and C. O. Whcdon of Lincoln were Hartley's attorneys. Tho Jury which fouud Hartley guilty was mado up as follows: A. P. Fry. J. V. Shipley, G. R. Wahlgruu, Chris Stolgor, Hugo Wahlers, Uenjnmln Trumbull, John V. Stiles, John A, Finch, C. A, Roh orts, Fred C. Anthony, Charles A. Thomp sctt und Henry A. Hoinnn. Tho trial began June S, A day later Joslah S. Wright confessed to having at tempted to bribe ono of the Jurors nnd wns sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. HU admission of guilt create a great sensation and It was thought that other persons would be Implicated In tho attompted Jury bribery, but Wright re fused to dlfclosu any Information concern ing tho persons who employed him. Sentenced hy .Indue linker. Tho case was tried boforo Judge Hakcr of tho district court. After being out seventeen hours tho Jury brought In a ver dict against the deiendant. Nino of tho JurorH were for conviction from the first nnd the othor three hung out. Chrh Stolgor wns the lust Juror to bo won over by the majority. A verdict was returned Juno 22 and on Juno 2,"i Judge Ilenjamln S. linker sentenced tho ex-treasurer to twenty yearu' Imprisonment, at haul labor. Immediately after the announcement of tho verdict Judgo linker released Hartley's bond for his nppcaraneo In court nnd re manded tho defaulter to Jail. Motions for new trials woro overruled und the rase wns nppenled to the supremo court. Tho lower court was sustained by tho higher court In a decision hnnded down January C, 1608. Attorneys for the do frndunt were afterward allowed to sub mit additional argument, hut without avail, Hartley remained In tho Douglas county Jail until July 6, 1898, when he was taken to Lincoln penitentiary by Sheriff McDonald. Public Sentiment nn I'nrole. Somo expressions of sentiment ns ro gards the action of Governor Savage lu paroling Hartley wero secured yesterday. Thoy follow thus: John L, Webster I do not know the pro. visions of the parolo, but I signed an appli cation for his release nnd would have been pleased to nee nn unconditional pardon, I hnvo always believed that nartloy has been made to suffer to a grent extent for the shortcomings of other peoplo and It was Jlartley's generous nature that Induced him to yield to thn solicitations of friends when, perhaps, ho should not hnvo done so In short, that he had bseu moi Binned ngainst than Binning. Ilnrry Fischer In the light of the fn t that Hartley Is almost blind: that hu has served several years for the crlmo and has been a model prisoner, connected with thn fact of the pardon of Henry Holln, thu parole may be ull right, but on thn other hand I nm opposed to turning men out ot the penitentiary through thu avonue