Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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