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The Omaha Daily Bee. llrVay,lA$llEV JU2sE 10, 1871. OJAJIA, 3HOXnJLY MOUSING, JULY 15 11)01. SIXOLJ3 COL'V If IV 10 CI5NTS. MANY STATES ROAST OeTcrnmcnt E(p:rls El'Tcn ST7elttriii!j In tho Eoiliaj Snn. KANSAS MAY GET HALF . V CORN '4, MnstEh'p Oattlnto Market Beca b r it Getting Ecaics. VARIOUS CITIES ARE AFRAID OF Flrld0 Fruit tod Vegetable Cropi Total Failure and Pasture! Dried Up. VIIFAT WILL HAVE TO BE USED AS FEED Report from Fur South Sny Cotton W llfliiK Injurrtl hy Drouth t lui t IIih Prevailed Mont "I Corn Crop limned. WASHINOTON, July ll.-Reports to the weather bureau Bhow that thu hot weather continued today In nineteen states and territories of the great corn belt, the- Ohio valley and various portions of tho south. Thcro seems to by no immediate uvldcncu of abatement, except In thc south nnd southwest, where local thunderstorms may luusc some moderation. The states affected Include Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Min nesota, Iowa. Missouri, Kentucky, Tennes see. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar kansas, Oklahoma, Knnsas, Nebraska, Bouth Dakota, North Dakuta, Colorado and Michigan. It has become considerably wnrmcr also In the upper lake, region and In New England,' Marquette, Mich., report ing toduy a record-breaking temperature of 102' degrees. Hope of rain today in the region affected by tho heat wus not ful llllcd, only traces of it appearing In one or two sections, except at Galveston, Tex., There about one-third of an Inch fell, and In eastern Texas, where there were local thunderstorms. The temperatures re ported toduy show only Blight variations from the extremes of the last few days and these aro due to local conditions en tirely. In Des Moines, la., today tho tem perature wus 100, In Kansas City iv- aim In Omaha 102, whllo at Davenport, la., Den ver. Colo., Little Hock. Ark.. Now Or leans. North Platte, Neb.. St. Paul and Vlcksburg. Miss., It was t'O or higher. KANSAS CITY. July 14. No relief came today from the heat. It wns n reputltlon of tho paut two weeks, with reports from many places In western Missouri, Kansns mid tho territories of temperatures over tho 100 mark. At most places the sun ehonu mercilessly with not even a fitful cloud to break Its rays nor a slight breeze. In Kansah City last night proved more bearable, a breeze from the north allcvl ntlng tho condition, but a day of Intense heat followed. Tonight thcro is a prospoct of rain In Oklahoma, but there arc no Indications of a change in any othor part of the southwest. With no relief In sight the fenra for the crops that have been oxpresscd aro fast becoming realities and the scarcity of water nnd generally dry condition make the clement of flro a most serious one. What tho real damage to corn, tho crop most nffocted, will bo Is problematical, but It Is probably safe to say that half tho crop will bo lost. The supply of water Is short In almost uvory direction and tne hlpments of cattle and hogs to this mar lect to save them must continue. In Kan sas City today tho government therraom pter reached 102 and at Mnryvllle, Kan., 101 was recorded against 100 yesterday Thrtj were threo prostrations at Mary villo. Weather Report from Lincoln. LINCOLN, Neb., July 11. Nebraska again Buffered from tho heat today. The highest temperature reported by the weather bureau wus 102 degrees nt 1:30, but the thermome ters In the business district recorded 109 Tho mean temperature of tho day wns !0 degrees, tho highest of tho year. Tho re ports show that no rain haB fallen in tho state during the last twenty-four nours. llenorts tha reach Lincoln tonight Indl cote that rain falling within two days will yet savo tho corn crop. Tho wind shifted to tho southeast this evening una trie at mosphero Is somewhat cooler. .n Crop .Near St. .lonrph. ST. JOSEPH July 14. The long contln tied drouth has resulted In the entire ruin of the corn und oats crop in this section of tho country. Corn has commenced to tassel only u few foot high nnd no amount of rain would now be of nny benefit to thnt cereal. Tho fruit nnd vegetable crops arc also complete failures and tho pas turea havo dried up so that tho farmers are paying enormous prices for hay and teed. Today was clear and hot with no relief apparently In sight. Unless rain comes this week wheat, which was un abundant crop, will havo to bo substituted for oven tho coarser nnd cheaper kinds of feed. own Weather I'lichaiiKeit. BURLINGTON, la., July 14. Today was tho sixth day In succession that the mer cury went to 100 and over. There are no signs of relief. ARDMORE, I. T., July 14. Ueports from tho cotton belt show that cotton is being Injured by the drouth thnt has pri vailed In Chickasaw Nation for tho past five weeks. Unless rain falls within the next few days crops will bo cut short. bout 60 per cent of tho corn crop has already been ruined. There will bo no marketable corn. Tho crop of other grains l n total failure, ST. PAUL, July 14. Tho heat record was equaled today by tho government thcr nioinetor, iho maximum being 9S. There was a hot breeze from the south blowing most of the day, which greatly added to the dis comfort. The hot wave continues through out Minnesota nnd the Dakotas, Huron re porting 102 nnd Sioux Foils 100. At the lat ter place a child went to sleop In thu sun and died from tho heat. New Ulin, Minn., reports n temperature of 101, with a number of prostrations Prof. W. M. Hayes of the State agricul tural experimental farm reports that tho hot wave Is doing a great deal of damago to wheat In southern Minnesota and that chlnchbugs are very numerous and nro con tributing to the destruction. He believes that but a small crop will be harvested In this section. Oklahoma Kipci'tN Until. EL RENO, Okl., July 14. The trains to day brought in moderate .crowds for regis tration, There nru probably 10,000 people hero. Everything Is quiet and orderly and every man la comfortably situated. The temperature hero today was around the 100 point, but no serious Inconvenience was experienced ny tho homcseekers. in dlcattons point to rain during the night. MUNCH!, Ind., July 11. The continued (Continued on Second Page,) START OUT T0 FIND PEARY Ct liritltlon on the steamer I2rlk Slll'ii Nurlh to Altl the i:plon-ii. HALIFAX. N. S.. July H. The stoomer Erik left North Sydney this morning on its voynrro to the frozen north. It la to call nt Labrador nnil then ut the? various Esquimaux stations In Greenland West, rrnchlng Etnh under favorable conditions In nhout three weeks. At the vnrlous sta tions It will make inquiries ns to hcwm ' Meutennnt Pr.ny and the Wlndwnrd. 'he Erik took 2.V) tons of coal and Is , , lloned for at least a yenr. The mem v Jt the Peary Arctic club, who went o!. ilic steamer, are Dr. F. A. Cook, sur geon of the expedition; Herbert Stone and Herbert Herri, both of Hrooklyn; C. F. Wlkoff and L, C. Benedict of Ithaca nnd L. C. Whitney Church uf Elgin, III. Dr. Cook said that fourteen American gentlemen have agreed to contribute $1,000 a year for a number of years to aid Lieu tenant Peary. Tho Erik carries a crow of hardy Newfoundlanders, used to the Ice. There was a largo crowd at the dock to bid farewell and success to the explorers. JAPANESE REMAIN IN KOREA Wntrliluu; IJvi-ry .Mine of the Ilui ftlmin AIoiik Korcnn Border. LONDON. July 15. Dr. Morrison, wlr Ing to tho Times from Seoul, Korea, July 10, says: "Tho Japanese aro well maintaining their position In Korea, acting cautiously, yet watching with unceasing vigilance every movement of llussla and particularly along th! Korean frontier. They nro Increasing In number constantly throughout tho penin sula and one-nineteenth of the shipping of the country Is now Japanese "Umtsln, recognizing lapan's power, acts ,with studied conciliation, ostentatiously communlcntlr.g to the Japanese legation tho movements of tho Russian troops In Manchuria and psitlcularly If theso affect tho Korean frontier." MOURN FOR THEIR PRESIDENT llody of (he Ili-nil Clilllnn Intriitr- I.lcn In Stnte. Mnn- SANTIAOO DE CHILI, via Galveston. July 14. The body of Presidont Errazurlz. no uieu iTiduy, wns brought to this city toduy and received with BOlomn public ceremonial, no fewer than 100,000 people participating In the procession and ns spectators. It will llo In tho hall of thc Chamber of Deputies until Tuesday, when tho Interment will tnke place. All tho theaters aro closed nnd thc oc casion Is ono of gunoral mourning. MINISTER CONGER TO LEAVE Voted limnn ArrlvpH n ."nil Frnnelsco on HIr Wny to HI Stntlon In Ciil n ii. SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. H. H. Conger. United States minister to Chlno, ho nr rived, rnrouto to Pekln. Minister Conger will sail next Wednesday on the steamer Nippon Maru. Ilnili'ii-l'on rll to Go to KiiKlnml. LONDON, July 15. General Iladen- Powell. tho Times announces. Is suffering from overwork nnd fever and his medical advisers In South Africa havo ordered him to tako complete rest ond proceed to En gland. llol.ru Will Not Meet. LONDON, July IB. "King Edward, Em pcror Nicholas and Emperor William will not meet at the rovlow at Maycnce about August IB," Hays the Berlin cor respondent of tho Standard, but they will exchange visits at Darmstadt. I'.i-rreniliT Crlnpl lletler. NAPLES. July 14. The condition of Slgnor Francesco Crlspl, who last Monday suffered an apoplectic seizure which In view of his advanced age caused con slderable anxiety, Is now much Improved. ItiinNlmi Military Inrrennr. LONDON, July IB. Emporor Nicholas according to n dispatch from St. Peters burg, has Issued an order that 308,600 men shall bo recruited for the Russian army and navy during tho present year. (Senium Unilnrnl Ion Mint lit lex. BERLIN, July 11 The emigration from Germany by wny of Hamburg and Bremen during the llrst fix months of this year reached 112,68, as agulnst 117,930 for thu corresponding period of last year. .Mi-llin Cnii not HIiik. LONDON, July 15. Mme. Molba Is suf forlng from an attack of laryngitis and her physicians have ordered her not to sing at Covent Garden this week. Another Cnrnoclf l.lbrnry. LONDON, July IB. Andrew Carnegie has offered 10,000 for tho erection of a free public library In Anncn, Scotland. ANOTHER FALLS FROM WINDOW Well Known You our Mini of I.oiiIm- vllle Lean Out Too Far. LOUISVILLE. Ky July 14. Slewart I.enthers. one of tho best known young men In Louisville nnd n son of Captain John II. Leathers, fell from a third-story window of his father's residence on Ormsby avenue nt 11 o'clock tonlnht, breaking his Jawbone, right wrist nnd hip and sustain ing internal Injuries Physicians ure un ublo to say whether Mr. Leathers' injuries are fatal. CLEVELAND LUMBER BURNS Itnllronil Trcitlt' lli'ntroyetl, Ciiulntt Trnulilt In r.ettliiK Trnlnn ThrniiKh, CLEVELAND. O., July 14.-Flro tonight destroyed $60,000 worth of lumber belong ing to tho Cleveland Sawmill and Lumber company, A Wheeling & Lnke Erie trestle In the vicinity of the blaze wns burned and trains on that road will enter this city on tho tracks of tho Valley road. Socialist I'll It) Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, ind.. July 14. Official announcements were sent out from here today for tho National Socialist Unity con vention to be held nt Masonic hall In this city, July 2!), The convention will repre sent nil branches nnd locals' nmilated with tho Social democratic parties with head quarters respectively at Chicago and Springfield, Mass,, the sections of socialist labor parties and the various organizations of socialist parties. OMAHA MAN'S DUAL KILLING Robert Pucfe fhoots Wife and Belf at St J. PREPARES ALL DETAILS BEFOREHAND Deed Is Doni- After Mueh CnnsliiK mill Some (ItiiirrelhiK Omaha Frlcmla )lac Pi'cmIoiin Intima tion. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July U. (Special Tel egram.) R, Prange, whose business cards repliant him to have been manager of thu i Schlitz hotel, Omaha, anil manager oi mc Schlitz Urewcr agency at that point, mur- dcred his wife near Lake Contrary late his afternoon nnd thou committed sul cldo. Ho made careful preparations for the crime by destroying everything about hH clothing that would lead to his identity Prntige enmo to this city yesterday morn ing from Omaha to look for his wife, who had left him several days ago becnuse of his alleged dissolute ''ablts und cruelty toward her. They met at the postofllco luring tho afternoon nnd again later In the evening. Prango was drinking late In tho day and at a lute hour last night Patrolmen Klnno- muu nnd Brown stopped a hack containing tho couplo and because of their noisy demeanor ordered them off thu streets under penalty of arrest. They retired to a hotel and during tho ulgbt guests heard them quarreling, Prunge appeared to bo endeavoring to persuade his wife to ro- turn to Omaha and she refused. This afternoon they went to Lake Contrary, took lunch at a restaurant anil strolled about the lake front for some time. They quurreled most of tho time and their ac tions attracted the ottenlon of many vis itors there. They strolled south about two miles and called at thc home of a farmer and nsked for a drink of water, which they received. Donlilr NliantliiK. Returning toward thc lake Prange was seen to grab his wife by hor right arm nnd shake her severely. Sho broke away from him nnd ran ahend. Ho overtook her nnd the couple entered a grove. A few minutes later Prange sent a bullet through his wife's brains. He carefully arranged her body and himself lay down to thc left. Ho sent n bullet through the center of his uwn forehead and almost Instantly became a corpse. Prange carried In his pockets n number of his own business cards, but carefully de stroyed them. Ho was about 45 years of age and his wife about 35. It was learned tonight that when Mrs. Prango camo to this city several days ago she went to thc home of Ada Oakley, the keeper of a resort on Mnln street whom sho had known In Omaha when both were school girls. It was also learned tonight thnt Prange visited Kansas City last week, searching for bis wife. I'rniiKo'M Hlatory In Oiiiuliii. Robert Prange worked for Ed Maurer twice at tho lattor'a restaurant in Omaha He was first in the lattcrs employ from 1ESS to 1S91, when he quit Omaha and went to California. Ho returned to Omaha in IStiS cud wns employed as head waiter at Maurer's during tho two expositions. Later he made an effort to secure a lease of the Schlitz hotel, but the party upon whom bo dopended for flnanclnl backing, an old-time German brewer, committed suicide nt the Merchants' hotel and frustrated his plans. When Mr. Buthorn took possession of tho Schlitz Prango went to work tor him ns manager, but at thc end of three months was discharged, ns Mr. Buthorn says ho found that he was not n success. Since then Prange has been selling cigars on commission for tho A. J. Shorret company nnd Blntz beer for Tom Foley. No one In Omaha knows Just when Prango went to St. Joseph. Ed Maurer says that Prange wns at his place last Mjnday or Tuesday evening. Maurer In vited him to tnke u glass of beer and when Prango Intimated that ho 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 said by ono of tho employes at Maurer'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. Buthorn says that they were a queer couple In their relations, nB the wife was usually away from her husband In California or elsewhere. Ed Maurer recalls that onco whllo In his employ Prange told him that his wife had at tempted suicide by taking poison. None of the acquaintances of Prnngo who were consulted know much about MrB. Prange or her antecedents. TO ARISE AMD SMITE CHURCH Mexlenn Students Appeal to All Countrymen In Mnnlfi-oto AKnlnst Human Cndiollca. MEXICO CITY. July 14. Students today Issued a fiery manifesto against the Roman Cnlhollc church. They say a congress com posed of educated young men of the coun try will soon assemble to tako nctlon on church matters. Tho government' will bo nsked to confiscate all property found to bo hold by tho clergy or their agents, the proceeds to be applied to thc payment of tho national debt. The .students call on all Mexicans to arise and smlto tho church and declare they will raise tho standard of revolt against the church above the sepulcher of Juarez and will continue tho nntl-clor leal movement Initiated In the most cn lightened nations of tho globe. Thero are fears of a renewal of tho anti clerical dtcturbaticcR on the 18th Inst., which Is the nnnlv?rsnry of President Juarez's death. Toduy it Is announcer that every worklngninn'B society will be in tho procession. Some portions of tho manifesto are so violent that the news papers have refused to print them. Father Icaza now repeats his denial of thc charges against him and tho women's societies under hlB direction have Issued an address declaring full belief In his In tegrity. YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE OUT Notorious llnnk Itolilirr lit I.nnt Mil' Joy Full Freedom After l.nnit ImprlMoiiiuuiit, ST. PAUL, July 14. Coleman and James lounger, wto were granted a conditional parole by the Board 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 Stillwater and It has not yet been decided where they will be employed. The men spent their first day of freedom upon a steamboat excursion up the St. CroU river. THEATER TRUSTjTHE LATEST All the Orphottm Clrt'tilt yxlth .Many Other Vaudeville House In .i rpii r i t -. CHICAGO, July 11. The Tribune tomor row will say: With a capitalization of be tween $1,000,000 and $3,000,000 twelve of the chief vaudeville theaters between Chi cago and the Pacific coast arc about to be merged Into n single property. The principles employed In Industrial com bines ale being used to bring about the unification. Stock In tho new corporation will bo issued to tho Individual theater proprietors In amounts' proportionate to the valuation placed upon the respective theaters. Papers of Incorporation will be (lied unucr tho .aws of Illinois. The larg- pst lntcre,t3 involved In the- coalition arc thoso or tho Kon, and CaalIu t1PH(cr8 of cllcnB(, lt)(I of luc Centers of thu Orphcum circui, of tho ..., Thc onIy Vaudovllle manager In n city ns far east as Chicago to be a party to the nrrangemcut Is M. C. Anderson of Cincinnati, controlling Heuck's opera house nnd Iho Walnut Street theater In that city. The twelve theaters which will become thc property of the combine and their locations are as follows: Chicago The Chicago opera house, tho Olympic theater and the Haymarkct thea ter, owned by Kohl nnd Castle: Hopkins' theater, owned by J. D. Hopkins, nnd, In directly, tho Majonle Temple roof theater, managed by J. .1. Murdoek. Cincinnati Heuck's opera house nnd tho Walnut Street theater, M. C. Anderson, proprietor. Sdn Francisco The Orphcum owned by tho Orphcum company New Orleans The Crescent owned by J. D. Hopkins. Kansas City The Orphcum owned by the Orpheum company, theater, theater, theater, Omaha Tho Crelghton-Orphcum theater, owned by the Orpheum company. Denial of a vigorous sort was given to night to a question asking if the union was one cither of offense or defcuse ngalnst the cast. IS GETTING RATES ALL FIXED Mrrrhnntn Aor hit Ion of York 'emu it de Central t'ntiiKcr Men o He AKrreiilile. NEW YORK, July 14. Tho Central Pas senger association, which has Jurisdiction over thc lint's west of Buffalo and Pitts burg, Its territory extending to tho Mis sissippi river and as fnr south ns the Ohio river, Including the cities of Chicago and St. Louis, has, nt the request of the Mer chants' association of this city, agreed to concur In rates which may be made from the territory of tho Southwestern Passen ger bureau. This last-named association has Juris diction over the lines in Texas. Indian Ter ritory and Oklahoma. Application was made to It some tlmo ago for tho usual rates from Its territory, but no action could be tnken until the intervening line; In the central west had announced their willingness to concur In the rates which might be made. Tho trunk lines having Jurisdiction east .of Bufi'o and Pittsburg had already agreed to colour! ' The Southwestern Passonger burenu will begin Its July meeting nt Olenwood Springs, Colo., tomorrow. C. M. Pratt, chairman of that bureau, has been notified by wire of tho action of the Central Passenger association In ngrcelng to concur In dates and rntcs. lie has been nsked to tnke tho matter up at tho meeting. FOG TIES UP NEW YORK HARBOR Kerry lloatx Feel Their Wny Throimh the nrronn with IJront ent Illllli'iilty. NEW YORK, July 14. Fog tied up tho harbor today. The iron steamboats to Coney Island had to feel their way through tho mist. Ono of these boats which left Pier 1, North river, at 2:45 p. m did not reach Coney Island until 6:15 p. m. On reaching The Narrows the pilot found tho fog so thick that he decided It would be folly to attempt to steam through It. So tho boat made a circle and returned al most to Pier 1 again. The 1,200 passengers wero mystified by this movement. The movement was repeated twlco and only by following a tug through Tho Narrows reached Coney Island. The prcsenco of tho tug tonight gave rise to long stories that two excursion boats had gono down with nil on board. When sifted these stories developed tho fact that the Julia, plying between Cannrsle nnd Rocknway, had gono again In two hours. No one wns hurt. Another rumor was that the ble excur sion Btcimcr Genera Slocum, with sev eral hundred passengers nbonrd, had gono down off Norton's point. Investigation showed this story arose from tho accident to the Julia nnd tho further fact that the General Slocum wus detained down the bay by tho fog. TRAGEDY AJ SAVANNAH Six llelirrw I'lenlpkem .Ire Drovrnpil 'While llnthliiK In the Surf. SAVANNAH, Gn July H. Six persons were drowned while surf bnthlng nt n plcnlo of tho Hebrew Gamahl-Hnsad at Daufusklu beach this afternoon. The ncad: MRS. ABE DICKSTE1N, aged 23. ANNIE KRONSTADT, aged 10. IDA KRONSTADT, ugod 17. LEAH SILVERSTEIN, aged 17. ANNIE HOROWITZ, aged 13. ISAAC ZACHT, aged 22. A strong southeast wind was blowing and tho tide was at flood. Fifty yards off shore Is a shoal nnd between tho shoal and the shore Is a sluice. The party was bathing on the shoal, but finding the tide getting rather high, the bathers concluded to go neurer shore. Almost nt onco they found them selves In tho sluice, over tholr heads, with big wnves pounding nnd n sweeping current running. Of twelve who started across tho sluice six wero drowned. Mrs. Dlckstoln's body was found floating In tho surf an hour after the. tragedy, but tho others were swopt nut to sea. I'nlveraallst Yoiiiik People Meet. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. July 14-The do? Ing day of the Young People's Christian UHHoclutlon of the I'nlvcmillst church was ushered In by meetings In several churches. This evening a muss meeting wns he'd In the Lyceum theater Ite. M 1), Shutter, D. D., of Minneapolis delivered nn address on "I'nlversnllsm In Modem Thnuuh ." Rev. O. L. Porrln, D. D. of Boston, spnlto on "rnlversullsm In Modern Life" nnd Rev. F. O. Hull. D. IX. nf Cambridge. Miikh., cloned with nn nddress on "The Religion of n Mnn." Prroldeiit linn Quiet liny, CANTON, O., July lt.-Presidcnt and Mrs. McKlnlev passed a quiet Sunday, spending most of tho day In the house or on the front porch, During the early morning they took a drive. The president then went to the First Methodist Episcopal church for morning services. NOTHING BUT HEAT IN SIGHT Weather Man Weleh Eeei No Sija of Inmitd.ate Relief. CORN WELL FIXED FOR A DRY SPELL Condition of (iriMvth Are Muelt a Fnor the Mnple Cerenl nil it (llo Intc the (.'iiNtomnry UuuiiiHC from llvnt. "Of course such reports as we receive on Sundays aro vciy meager and I have uot seen even tin in," said Forecaster Welsh of the local olllcc of thu weather bureau. "Without first having se.n them I would not undertake to hazard a forecast as to proba bilities, but so far as I am able to Judge from the reports received during the week I do not see nny causa for Immediate hope of relief from the existing stato of weather. The samo torrid condition pre vails throughout tho west, or as far west as tho mountains, and It Is extending cast ward, so that there appears to bo no Im mediate prospect of a change. It has reached the Ohio valley and Is moving eastward, so that the distress and suffering recently experienced In tho eastern cities are likely to be repeated unless local conditions come to their relief, As far as local conditions nt Omaha aro concerned I sco no change from the past several days. Itrcoril-MiiUliiK Weather, Yes, this section has been smashing records on hot weather for some time pait, There has been nothing experienced like It here since tho hot spell of 1S7 1, when tho spell lasted from the 9th of July until sorno tltuo In August and the mercury ran up to 102 and 103 for a number of days In succession and ono day It touched 10j. That was the record for years and It took tho hot wind of July 26, 1S9 1, to wipe It out. On thnt day tho thermometer regis tered 100. The highest point reached dur ing tho existing heated spell was 103, but slnco tho 23d of June, with the excep tion of two or threo days, thc mercury has been lingering around the 100 degree point. Over In Illinois It hnB been up to 113, in Missouri temperatures as high as 111 have been reported and down In Knnsas it has gone to 100 and possibly n little higher. Out along the Pacific coaBt. however, they hnvo been having nn oven tempera turo nveraglng around In the BOs nnd 60s. Crop Are DoIhk Well. "No, I do not think there Is nny Imme diate cause for alarm for the crops In Ne braska ns a rule. Of course thero are com plaints from some points in tho state, but that Is always the case, no matter how favorablo the conditions generally through the state. During the many years I have been connected with the weather service here I do not bellovo thero has been one in which complaints did not come from some points In the state of damage to crops from tho heat. Corn In Nebraska Is large enough to shade tho ground and thus retain the moisture. On the other hand, It Is not so far advancad to bo most suscoptlble to damage from heat. None of tt'has tasseled. It Is after corn has tasseled that It Is most easily affected by heat, bo that what wns soino time ago a causo of complaint, tho backwardness of tho crop, Is now n 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 and the cxtremo west the corn will stand ten days of existing weather, but down In tho Republican valley country they aro beginning to fool thc need of rain badly, and tho samo condition prevails along tho southern tier of counties. Corn is not so good this year In tho over fruitful southeast corner of tho state us in tho usually less-favored localities of tho west ern part of tho state. I.lKlit I.oral Itatiin Ttcporti'tl. The most encouraging bit of weather news that has floated Into town for several days was that received last evening telling of a shower at Fremont that got up steam enough to burn a barn with a stroko of lightning. Tho weather bureau reports re ceived last evening showed that a trace of rain had been enjoyed nt St. Louis. During the day there was n fall of a little over a I quarter of nn Inch nt Santa Fc, N. M., and I something over n third of an Inch nt Gal- the heaveiiB have not gone wholly dry and disproving tho startling theory of tho Kan sas City mnn who asserted that It would bo Impossible for It to rain until tho weather moderated, ns the terrific hent would vapor ize any precipitation boforo It could reach tho ground. POISON CASE IS REVIEWED Mm, IlotUlu'N Attorneys Will Curry It to the United Statin Court. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Thc attor neys of Mrs. Cordelia Botkln, who has been granted a now trial by the slate su preme court on tho iharge of murdering Mrs. John P. Dunning of Delaware, are preparing to carry hor caso to the United States supremo court. They will fllo to morrow a petition In the stato court for a writ of habeas corpus. It Is expected that the application will bo denied, In which ewnt the case will bo carried to tho United States supreme court on a writ of error. In tho petition for n writ of habeas corpus twn now points on tho question of Juris diction will be raised. First, that tho sending of a box of poisoned candy through the mall, which caused the death of Mrs. Dunning and her sister, Mrs, Deane, was not a crlrao In this state; second, that tho constitution of tho United States prohibits the trial of an accubed person except In tha stnto where tho crime wns actually committed. STABLE BOY MADE DESPERATE Kill n Yoiiiik Girl nt Newton, Kiin min, Then Shoots Himself Ilreniisi of l.ovo. KANSAS CITY, July 14 A special to thu Times from -Newton, Kan., says: Last night Miss Oma Beers, the lS-yrar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beers, was shot and killed by Herbert Shacklett, a stable boy formerly In the family's em- ploy, who afterward shot himself through tho heart. Shacklott beenmo fascinated with the young woman, who did not In nny way return his Infatuation, Tho bodies were found today In the roadside threo miles west of Newton. Thc girl had been shot four times nnd the surroundings In dicated that she had made a terrible strug gle for her llfo. ) CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebrafkn Fair nnd Continued Wnrm. i'nii. culture lit tliiiiilui ritcrilii) I Hour. Don. Hour. lieu. r, it, in .si I p. in ion II n. in Ml 'A p. in tl 7 n, in SI, it p. in HH H n, in Nt 4 p. in 1 1,11 II ii, ii Ml R p. I" "s III II. Ill 11(1 (1 p. HI I,s I I II. n I) I 7 P. HI II" in 1M S p. I" !l; II p. Ill 's THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS Carlisle It. r.rnliniii .MnUrn the 1'erllou VuyiiHF In a t.oi'iist Wood Barrel, NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., July II. About 3,000 persons saw Carlisle D. Graham make his fifth successful voyngo through the whirlpool rapids In a barrel this after noon. Tho barrel Is of locust wood, oval shaped, except that It has a flat head; It Is about five feet long, nineteen Inches In diameter at the foot and twenty-six Indies nt thc head. With Its 100 pounds of bal last It weighs 165 pounds. The start wns made from tho Mnld of Mist landing be low thu falls. The barrel wns caught In un eddy and circled about a little above the Canti lever brldgo for n quarter of nn hour. The stronger current In the middle of the stream ilnnlly Jerked It out of the eddy Into thc foaming waters of the rapids. Passing under the second bridge the barrel had a narrow cscupu from being dashed to pieces ngalnst thc stone abutments of the bridge. The passage through thc rapids wns swift it took the barrel live minutes to reach the eddy from the stnrtlng pelnt and twenty minutes to get out of It, but It took only three and one-half minutes to pass through the rapids and the whirlpool, a distance of about a mile. At no time during tho passage through the rapids wns tho barrel lost sight of 11 wns taken from the water nfter It had circled about In the whirlpool for n fow minutes. Graham was slightly bruised about tho elbows and knees, but was otherwite unhurt. OHIO BRYAN MEN TO BOLT Ten of 111 Ueiuoci-ntli' riIlovrin In Cleveland Decide to Spilt the Party. CLEVELAND, July 14. On July 31 Ohio democrats who believe In Bryan nud the Is sues which ho represents, which tho rec nt democratic convention Ignored, will as semble In Columbus nnd make up a state ticket. Ten men met this morning In a downtown ofllce building In this city nnd decided thnt a bolt should be mndo and that n new party should enter thc field of Ohio politics, Thc attendance at the conference was Inrger nnd represented n greater area In tho stnto than wns expected by those who called tho meeting. A formal statement of principles was sub mitted to the conference and was adopted. This will be printed and sent throughout tho state to those who aro known to he faithful to the Ncbraskan A convention was decided upon to he held at the Great Southern hotel on tho last day of July. To this convention rony come all those who sign their names to tno declaration of prin ciples. STARTED BY INCENDIARIES I'lrclinKN In '1'rUro Met Several Sta-hli-ft A 11 re, IliiriiliiK iiiuher of Hoi-Nt-n. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. A scries of fires early this morning indicates thut In cendiaries wero nt work. Stables were made tho special mark of their torches. Twenty horses wero burned to death. The fires oc curred In tho same general neighborhood, near Irkln street. At midnight tho stable of tho San Mateo Dairy company un Turk street and Van Ness nvenue was discovered to bo burning. The frame building with Its contents wus destroyed. Twelvo horses per ished. While tho firemen were nt work nn alarm wns turned In from n stable on Ellis stroot, threo hlocks away. The six horscB In tho stable wero rescued with dlfflcul y. Shortly after 2 o'clock tho stable of tho Signal Transfer company on Larkln street, between Rush nnd Sutter, caught (lro. There were fifty head of horses lu tho stable. Eight of them wore burned to death. COMING FETE AT NEWPORT Mai-Hhnl Joe Wheeler Invlti-N Mili tary Oi'KaiilutlmiN o Ho I'rcneut. NEWPORT. R. I., July 14. General Jo seph Wheeler, marshal of tho coming feto day, has sent to Governor Crnno of Massa chusetts a request that tho Eighth nnd Ninth Massachusetts regiments bo went hero on tho fete day to tako 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 bo 3,000 men In line, men from tho Atlantic squadron, naval appron tlccs nnd local militia. Military organiza tions from other nearby states will ho asked to be prcHcnt. Secrotary Root and Secretary John D. Long havo been invited to bo present. CELEBRATE PERRY'S VISIT Anii-rleiiii mid .liiiriiii-n Spenkern Ilivell on Friendly Iti-tiitloiiM llrtvteeu Tim .ViiIIoiih, YOKOHAMA. July 14. The ceremony of unveiling at Kurihamn the monument to comtnoitioiuto the landing there of Com modore Perry July ll 1853, wus performed today by Rear Admiral Rodgers, comnwd- lng tho united Status visiting squadron Viscount Katsura, tho Japanese premier, delivered tho memorial address and a num ber of other Japanese officials of high rank wero present. Threo American and five Japaneso wurshlps saluted. Various speeches wero mado by Americans and Japanese, all dwelling on the close rela tions between the two powers. MEMBER OF DALTON GANG Senr-Fnee .llm l.iiciitcil In Oklahoma SunViinu from n Wound. ARDMORE, I. T.. July 1 l.-Scar-Facn Jim. alleged to be a member of the Dalton gang of outlaws, was located lost night In a secluded spot twenty miles cast of hero, F.uffnrlng from a hullut wound. Last week at Sulphur he had a despuratn fight with deputy United States marshals and was wounded, but escuped. Tho mnrshala had a narrow escape. Today United StnteM Marshal Hammer and several deputies started for the scene. Sear-Face says he will not be taken utlvo. Ho Is wanted for many crimes. JOE HARTLEY'S DEED Whj He Wae tent te Priion by People of Nebaika HIS SHORTAGE WAS HALF A MILLION State Tundi Disappared Dnrinr; His Two Terms is Treainrer, CONVICTED ONLY AFTER A LONG TRIAL Erery Legal Expedient Exhausted te Saie Him frem Penitentiary. PUBLIC SENTIMENT CONCERNING TAR0LE liiiirrnor's Aetlon Dehutrd hy ('Mlrrnn Who Hold nrloul it tu the Sllmiclly o( the Cotn-se lip Has Pursued. Joseph S. Hartley, who has Just booh paroled hy Governor Savage, was confined In the penitentiary three years und ono week to a day. Ho was taken from the Douglas county Jnll to the penitentiary ou July 6, ISPS, nnd wns released on July 13. l'JOl. Ills term of twenty years still had sixteen years, eleven nionthi nnd three weeks to run. Ills physical condition Is reported to bo excellent, except his eyes. He has always had trouble with his eyes, oven before he was elected to the olllco of state treasurer. Hartley was Lorn In Dearborn county. Indlunn. October 2S. 1S5S. He removed to Nebraska In 1SS0 and settled In loll county, where he engaged In fnriiilng. In 18SI he removed to Atkinson nnd started the Exchange hank He was connected with thnt Institution until It was closed by the State Banking board. In 1632 Hartley, was elected nlute treas uror and he was re-elected to (he olllco two years Inter. During both terms the state's money wns scattered among bnnlts which were favorites with the treasurer and was not regularly accounted for. When ho went out of oinco there wns about J500.000 worth of stnto funds which could not bo satisfactorily accounted for. Sprelltf ('limn., of Kmlicrrli-mi'iit. Hartley was charged with embezzling J1S0.101.75, tho proceeds of n warrant drawn against tho state's general fund to reim burse tho sinking fund for money that had been lost through the failure of the Cnpllnl National bnnk. The legislature passed an act authorizing Hartley to draw suqh a warrant. April 10, 1S9.1. ho drew the war rant, but Vhnde It payablo to himself per tonally, rather than to Joseph 8. Hartley, stute treasurer. Thlj warrant was brought to Omaha bv Bartley, who nrgotlated Its rule through tho Omaha National bouk. The bank officials say that Hartley ordored tho proceeds of mm warrant placed to his personal credit. 3eforo Hartley went out of office. January 6, ISP", ha drew a check on tho general fund or tho stnto for $201,881.03, tho amount of thu warrant and Interest which hnd ac crued. In defense of his action Hartley Insisted that hn used flC 1,000 of the money derived from the warrant In payment for Otoe nnd Saunders county bonds, which the Board of hducntlonal Lands nnd Funds Instructed him to buy with money from tho permanent school fund. Attorneys for the defense In sisted thnt Hartley paid for thrso bonds with money from his own personal bank ac count and thus refunded tho money to the state. The records showed, however, that the permanent school fund was reduced In tho amount the treasurer paid for tho county bonds. Convlrtfd in DoiikIiis County. Bartley wns convicted of embezzlement. Tho case was tried lu Douglas county dur ing Juno of 1887 nnd lasted for nearly two weeks. Attorney Oenernl C. J. Smyth and II. JI. Baldrlge. attorney for Douglas ' count,' prosecuted the ease. T. J. Mahonoy of Omaha nnd C. O. Whcdon of Lincoln were Bnrtley's attorneys. Tho Jury which found Bartley guilty wns mndo up as follows: A. P. Fry. J. V. Shipley. O. R. Wnhlgren, Chris Stelger, Hugo Wahlers. Benjnmln Trumbull, John W. Stiles. John A, Finch, C. A. Rob erts. Fred C. Anthony, Charles A. Thomp sett and Henry A. Homnn. Tho trial began June S, A day later Jotlah S. Wright confessed to having at tempted to bribe ono of thu Jurors nnd wns sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. Ills 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 dlrcloso nny Information concern ing tho persons who employed him. Sentenced hy .IiiiIri- linker. Tho caso wns tried boforo Judgu Baker of tho district court. After being out seventeen hours tho Jury brought In a ver dict against the deiendant. Nino of tho Jurors wero for conviction from the flrat and the other three hung out. Chris Stelger wns the lust Juror to bo won over by the majority. A verdict was returned Juno 22 ami on Juno 2.1 Judge Benjnmln S. Baker sentenced tho ex-treasurer to twenty yearn' Imprisonment at hard labor Immediately after the announcement of tho verdict Judgo Baker releuied Ibrtloy'B bond for his uppcaranco In court nnd re manded tho derm. Her to Jail. Motions for now trials worn overruled and the ease wub appenlcd to thc supremo court. The lower court was Bustalnod by tho hlgbor court In n decision handed down January fi. 18!)8. Attorneys for Ihe do frndunt wero afterward allowed to sub mit additional argument, hut without avail. Hartley remained In the Douglas county Jail until July C, 1808, when he wan taken to Lincoln penitentiary by Sheriff McDonald. Public Srutlmt'iit on Parole. Some expressions of sentiment ns re gards the action of Governor Savage In pHrollng Hartley wero securol yesterdoy. They follow thus: John L. Webster I do not know tho pro. visions of the parole, but I signed an appli cation for hlB release nnd would have been pleased to see on unconditional pardon. I hnvo always believed that Hartley has bcon made to sulfer to a great extent for the shortcomings of other people and It as Jlartley's generous nature lhat Induced him to yield to tho solicitations of friends when, perhaps, he should not hnvo done to In Khort, that he hail beu moid sinned against than Binning. llnrry Fischer In the llxhl nf the f.v t that Hartley Is almost blind; that hu has served several yenis for the crime, and bus been u model prisoner, connected with tho fact nf the pardon nf Henry Ilolln, the parole may be all right, but on tho other hand I am opposed to turning men out of thu penitentiary tliro-.;uU thu uvonuu i