The Omaha Sunday Bee.
I PART I. I
PAGES 1 TO 10.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNIXG, JULY 21, 1001 -TWENTY VAil MS.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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11UGE SHIPS DOOMED
HaTal Exptrti Bt Dtoltte After liiiaj Niw
Eubmarini Mamli.
FRANCE LOSES FAITH IN WAR MONSTERS
Tiij Tititli Oat f Bight Terped. Great
, Oanbtatf Bncotitfallj.
MISCHIEF TLOTTERS DEFY THE GUNNERS
Thiok.it' Aran Plate at the Uercj of
Water Waira.
THREATEN REVOLUTION IN SEA FIGHTING
French Minister of Marine Wnnts One
Hundred nml Twenty of the
"Wonderful lliinlmn
Crnfl nt Once.
(Copyright, llwl, by I'rcfs I'tibllshlng Co.)
PARIS, July 20. (New York World
Cablegram Special Trli'Kram.) Alter see
ing the submarine boat Gustavo Zede sail
175 miles from Toulon to the harbor of
AJacclo, Corsica, elude the vigilance of the
Trench fleet, torpedo the great battleship
Charles Mattel and cross the Medltcrtanean
to Marseilles, 225 miles, nil this tlmo un
observed, ,the French minister of marine,
M. De Lunncean, has decided to delay the
building Of several monster war ships al
ready voted by the national congress. All
the naval experts here are profoundly Im
pressed by tho "recent progreiis lu sub
marine vessels and navigating. They de
clare that the huge ships arc doomed.
M. De Lannesan Intends to present to
the Senate and Chamber as soon as the
Congress meets a bill to modify the naval
expenditures providing for the construc
tion, In place of the larger "war ships con
templated, . forty submarine craft of tho
Gustavo Zcde type. 155 feet long, but larger,
and eighty purely defensive submarine
boats of the Ooubct type, which cannot
operate beyond fifteen miles, but are so
transportable that eight can be loaded
aboard an ordinary cruiser. No. 1 of tbe
Goubct boats Is 16 feet long and No. 2
U 26V4 feet.
THIS BALLOON NO WONDER
Such n Kent Is .Merely n Iteprtltlnn
of What linn He en Dune
Ilcfore.
(Copyright. 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
TAR1B, July 20. (Now York Wortd
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Those en
thuslastlsts who wrote Intemperate articles
last week when M. Santos-Dumont sailed
his motor balloon from St. Cloud to the
Eiffel tower and back, declaring that the
probtam of navigating the air had been
solved, sbqwed remarkable Ignorance of the
subject.
Thirteen years ago Captains Renard and
Krebs, directors of the military school of
aeronautics, accompllshed'cxactly the same
exploit that Santos-Dumont did the other
day, using an electrical Instead of a pe
troleum motor. The possibility of steering
balloon In calm weather Is nothing new.
After tho first delirious outburst the news
papers consulted the' experts, who unani
mously declared that the practical solu
tion Is as far removed as ever.
Santos-Dumont's dirigible airship Is a
huge machine, yet It U barely capable of
lifting one man. It Is so extremely deli
cate that the merest gust would wreck It.
A crowd of assistants Is required at the
departure and the arrival. It must use
pure hydrogen Instead of ordinary gas.
So, all told, each brief ascension costs a
fortune.
The majority of the experts side with
Trot. Langley of the Smithsonian Institute,
who long ago said that no navigator of
the lighter air bad the faintest chance to
attain any but a freaky success.
DEPEW STICKS TO PARIS
Satisfied to Take Penny Trip on
Hlver and Drink Cold '
Liquid.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARI 8, July 20. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) "Is this hot
enough for you?" was Senator Cbauncey
Dopew's greeting to the World correspond
ent at Puteaux Island, a fashionable out
door club. Tho senator was clad In white
canvas and looked as cool as a cucumber,
though tho temperature was S3 In the thick
shade of the great oaks there.
Mr. Depew Is cne of the extremely few
well known Americans who are sticking to
Pari despite the torrldlty. When the cor
respondent expressed a fear that he bad
found the city rather dull the senator pro
tested. "It has been especially charming to me.
It always Is when all the people one knows
too well are away except a few old bache-.
tors like mysslf. I meet nobody I do not
know. I am not compelled to do any of
that destestable social monkeying I bate. I
So eomo coaching, I watch the young
Trench girls psy tennis. In the evening I
take a penny steamer up or down the mag
nificent river, taking dinner at some rlvcr
ilde suburb, with simple food and plenty of
cool drinks, with not too many fashionable
icquatntances. I am sure I am having a
bully time. I don't care how hot It gets."
IN A STRANGE PREDICAMENT
Salisbury Government Can Make .o
Progress vrlth Its
Measures.
(Copyright 1901. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, July 20. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram,) The Salis
bury government has been placed In a
itrange predicament In the House of Com
nons through tbe Illness of the chairman of
sommtttees, Mr. Lowther. No presiding
fflccr except the speaker and the chairman
Sas the right to exercise closure. Conse
juently the government can-mako no prog
ress with the committee stages of its bills
rhllo Mr, Lowther is away.
The education bill, which Is fiercely re
listed by the opposition, must be abandoned
is a consequence unless Mr, Lowther re
turns next week. Tho closure rule was
idopted originally- for use on exceptional
tccaslons, but It Is now the sole means of
naktng substantial progress with conten
tious proposals.
Mr. and Mrs, John W, Mackay have left
London for Atx Les TJalns and will not re
turn to England until next May. They will
Ittss the fall In Switzerland after the Alx
lure and spend tbe winter and early spring
n Rome and on the Riviera. Mr. Mackay'
eturn to tbe United States depends upon
low far the cure Is successful.
MUST TRAIN TO WEAR ROBES
Kln liilnsrd Insists on Less Cluuisl
iif nt Costume Cere
monials. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, July 20. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) King Edward
was much annoyed by the awkwardncw of
the dignitaries who participated In the
function of the House of Lords Thursday,
when Earl Russell was tried for bigamy,
with much pomp and ceremony, following
fast upon the clumsiness In robes of those
present at the opening of Parliament.
Therefore he has caused It to be known
among the peers and court officials, In view
of the many royal pageants he has pro
jected, that It Is of prime Importance that
they should take lessons In deportment
while In robes, so as to make ceremonies
stately and effective.
The king regards himself a a most com
petent stage manager. The spectacle of be
wlggcd and fully robed peers shuffling along
like men with a hod, falling over their own
feet and nearly dislocating the neck of a
fellow peer by stepping on his robe and
Jerking him backward off his tett during an
ancient ceremonial, meant to be so Impos
ing, Jarred upon him. Ho was much con
cerned at the clumsy show the peers made
at the opening of Parliament and epoke
plainly of the ungraceful gait of most of
them. At Earl RustoH's trial the only peer
who made a good apptarance was the Earl
of Rosslyn, whose stage training stood him
well. He walked with stotely tread and
gave no sign that be was about to fall on
his nose, as did other. Tbe king says he
studies his own deportment c.'.refully when
about to participate In an official function
and Intimates that his subjects should not
be ashamed to do as he does.
Edward VII has a craze for correctness In
detail. This crops out of an order Issued
by him this week, which says that "royal
ynchts" must hereafter be described as
"his majesty's yachts," since the proper
fctyle conveys tho Impression that queen
and royal family have some right In the
vessels. Still again and only tonight wes
tho king's passion for detail and exactness.
Illustrated at a small dinner given, for him
by Mrs, Arthur Paget. All the mm pres
ent, Including his majesty, appeared In all
the ribbons nnd orders they were entitled
to, the king having decreed that such deco
rations must be worn even at private din
ners. In the drawing room, where there
was music after dinner, the decorations
were Utiles in great masses and the air
was cooled bv means of big blocks of Ice.
Tbe company Included the duke nnd
duchess of Devonshire, the countess of Mar
and Kellle, Mrs. George Kcppel and the
duko and duchess of Marlborough.
Mrs. Cavendish Rentlnck entertained the
king at dinner Wednesday night. His
majesty now drives to these quiet affairs In
a brougham that looks like that used by
doctors and goes without footmen.
Mrs. Paget will give a big luncheon to
morrow for the duke of Cambridge.
Mrs. Leggett Is arranging another beauti
ful party In honor of the Princess de
Waram, when the cotillon will be led by
Mrs. Paget nnd Dertle Stopford. All the
fashionable beauties will be present and
everything will be done on a lavish scale.
Tbe presents will be especially handsome
and valuable.
DIVORCE IN UNITED STATES
Cardinal Gibbons Tells the Pope of
Its Increasing Popu
larity. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, July 20. New York World Ca
blegram Speclnl Telegram.) The popo
had a long conference with Cardi
nal Gibbons before tho latter left
Rome, on the subject of the Increase
of divorce cases in the United
States. The pontiff Is expected to Issue
a vigorous denunciation of divorce in con
nection with a new divorce bill which
Premier Zanardclll Is Introducing In the
Italian Parliament, and the United States
undoubtedly will come In for a share of
tbe pope's attention In that respect.
Archbishop Chapelle has presented to tho
pope a petition from the Philippine clergy
protesting against their being shut out from
the episcopal sees of ttc Islands. Tbe peti
tioners made the extraordinary suggestion
that the Philippine sees In future be filed
by competitive examination, which, they
argue, would show tbe Intellectual superior
ity of the native clergy. The petition never
will be heard of again, though the pope
promised to consider It.
An envoy representing Don Carlos has
been busily but fruitlessly employed at the
Vatican for several weeks trying to Induce
tho pope to look favorably on the pro
jected Carllst rising In Spain, which, the
pretender asserts, Is certain of success It
countenanced by the clergy. The pope, as
godfather of King Alfonso and a warm ad
mirer of the queen regent, used all his
Influence to dissuade Don Carlos from per
severing In revolutionary agitation.
CR0KERS HAVEM0RE DOGS
Hons of the Do Will Make Kennels
it Feature nt Moat
House.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
WANTAGE, July 20. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Richard
Croker, with his three sons, Frank, Bertie
and Richard, will leave Tuesday for
Brighton to stay over the Goodwood races,
whero tho boss has sevtral horses en
tered,
Richard, Jr., has Just bought two valuable
bulldogs. When the rebuilding is done at
Moat bouse kennels will be nne feature of
the establishment. They have been designed
by a leading expert and are being put up
regardless of cost.
The young Crokers often drive about
Wantage, though their father Is never seen
there nowadays. The young men are much
liked, but the mere mention of the father's
name puts them on the alert Instantly,
fearing that some deep plan lurks In tbe
most ordinary inquiry.
MASCAGNI PREFERS HAIRCUT
Amrrlran Mnnnneri Want Htm to Cnn
cel Tour If He Won't firovr
Lonir Locks.
(Copyright. 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, July 20. (New York World Cable
gram Special Telegram.) A funny story Is
going tbe rounds In Paris about the great
Italian composer and conductor, Pletro
Mascagnl, and the American managers, who
are said to have offered him J SO, 000 for an
eight weeks' tour of the United States with
an Italian orchestra to play the music of
his operas, "Cavalllera Ruttleana,"
"L'Amlco Frltr" and others. Those man
agers, Klaw & Erlanger of New York, ac
cording to the story, wanted to cancel the
contract because Mascagnl refuses to. let
his hair grow a la Paderewskl or otherwise
give himself the conventional look of an In
spired genius deemed necessary to draw
large audiences of women.
STARTS TARIFF TALK
PnbHeatien efNew Africnltural Eohedulei
Eicltei Berlin Polit.cians.
STRONG OPPOSITION IS DEVELOPED
Some Fapiri Call tbe Bates Mecittoai and
Impciiiblt.
WOULD BRING ABOUT MORE REPRISALS
Germany'! Best Cnitomert Farced te Make
Ketaliation.
CAPITAL HAS DEFINITE WORD FROM CHUAN
Chinese Kmperor's Houl .mi1iikIM
Kxpccts to It cm it in six Weeks
ii ml hook Over the Tmvii
nml Milpjnrds.
BERLIN, July 20. All the leading mem
bers of the ministry are r.ow on their
vacations, Baron von Rlchthofen, secre
tary of the Imperial foreign office, having
left this week, and a summer stillness
prevails in Berlin political circles.
A lively discussion of the tariff ques
tion broke out this week upon the publi
cation of the new agricultural schedules
by the Stuttgart Beobachtcr. which claims
to have authentic Information In this mat
ter from the recent tariff conference. Tho
two most striking features of these sched
ules are the high duties and the minimum
and maximum charges on cereals. The
minimum figures arc the lowest admissible
In commercial treaties, while the maximum
charges aro 65 murks pen ton on wheat
and 60 marks per ton on rye and oats.
Tho minimum charge on wheat Is 55 marks
per ton and on rye and oats 50 marks.
The present duties on rye and wheat are
35 marks per ton and on oats 2S marks.
Animals and meats are without mlntmums.
The duty on cattle has been raised from
9 marks and on swine from 50 marks per
ton to 100 marks per ton. Meat, lard and
calves are scheduled for considerable In
creases. Sausngesaro raised from 1.70 to
4.50 marks per ton, butter and cheese from
15 and 20 to 30 marks per ton, and eggs
from 20 to 60 marks. The conservative
and agrarian papers Ignore or doubt the
story printed by the Stuttgart Beobachter.
Other papers, however, have Investigated
the matter on their own account and sub
stantially confirm the Beobachter's sched
ules. The Berlin correspondent of the
Frankfurter Zeltung is Informed that these
figures are true and the Berlin Boersen
Courier has received the same Informa
tion. More significant is the statement
of the Hamburger Correspondent, who has
close relations with the government, to
the effect that It has every reason to be
lieve the figures In question represent tho
present status of the tariff negotiations,
"bu,t we hope," continues tho Hamburger
Correspondent, "that the Reichstag will
have enough political wisdom not to adopt
such duties."
Commercial Treaties Impossible.
The .Frankfurter Zeltung avers commer
cial treaties will be lmposstblo until such
duties and says: "Tariff wars are In Ger
many's future If the government realizes Its
Intention."
The Berliner Tageblatt Is the recipient
of Information to the effect that the pro
posed schedules as printed by the Stuttgart
Beobachter are correctly given. The Tage
blatt considers them to be monstrous and
prints statistics showing that tho new du
ties, on the basis of the Imports for 1900,
mean an Increased expenditure of 66,000,000
marks to the consumer, not to mention the
rise in prices on domestic products, and
argujs that the United States and Russia,
two of Germany's best customers, would
adopt reprisals wero tho duties put Into
effect. The Vorwacrts characterizes the
published schedules as usurious. The Ham
burger Correspondent says the government
will publish tho tariff bill In a few days.
At a congress of German butchers, held
this week In Rostoke, growing hostility
against tbe agrarians was evinced. The
butchers complained that they would lose
100,000,000 marks annually as a result of the
prohibitions on the Importation of animals
and predicted that meats would be much
dearer and poorer In quality. The sharpest
denunciations of agrarian greed were en
thuslastlcally applauded and a resolution
was unanimously adopted to begin agitation
throughout Germany looking toward the
abolishment of the prohibitions. The con
gress also passed a resolution against In
creased duties on animals.
Prince Chuan, brother of the Chinese era
peror, who Is traveling toward Berlin to
express formally China's regret at the death
of Baron von Kettcler, will remain In Ber
lin six or eight weeks. He will spend much
time looking over factories and In visiting
tho German shipyards.
DIARY OF MAJ0R ANDRE
Though It Covers a Perlnil Preceding:
Ills Crisis, It Has Its
Value.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, July 20. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Earl Grey
recently discovered among his family
papers at Howlck castle a diary kept by
Major Andre, In reply to the World corre
spondent's Inquiry on the subject, which is
of deep Interest to Americans, tho earl
said: "The diary Is Interesting from a
military point of view, but does not cover
the critical period of Andre's career. It
Immediately precedes It. I have shown It
to nobody and have not decided when I
shall publish It. Andre was an aide-decamp
of nn ancestor of mine. General Grey,
and left this document with him when be
was attached to General Sir Henry Clin
ton's commond. Just before his fatal ne
gotiations, so the diary throws no fresh
light on a mysterious chapter of the war.
CANT TAMPER WITH FOODS
German Government (ilnil to Let
America Send Life's
Necessaries.
(CopyrlBht, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, July 20. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The agrarians
have formed a strong committee to force
the government to Increase' the duty from
30 to 50 per cent on tho following articles
Imported from the United States: Wheat,
matte, oats, rye, lard, corned beef, wood
and oleomargarine. Though the govern
ment Is anxious to propitiate the agrarians,
It cannot afford to tamper with the neees
ssrles of life In the present state of Indus
trial depression In Germany,
PRINCESS BECOMES A NUN
Itomnii .oclrty Hns n tSr-nt Miock
In the Loss of I)' s,
Orstnl.
J.f
(Copyright. 1901, by Pre Ishlnc Co.l
ROME, July 20. (Ne' A" World Ca
blegramSpecial Tel- Roman so
ciety has Just had ?' c . shock. Donna
Alfonstna Orslnl, ' ,utlful youngest
daughter of Prlncr Hippo Orslnl and
Countess Julia solemnly abjured
the world and t vanities Thursday
and entered the, jastery of tho Fran
ciscan missionary sisters In the Via
Machlavclll. Her parents having refused
to give their consent, the determined
young woman waited for her 21st birthday
anniversary, which she celebrated by taking
the veil.
As usual In these cases, countless rumors
are afloat concerning the reason for this
resolution, which has deprived Roman so
ciety of one of the most lovely, gifted
and noble of Its members.
Don Flllppo Orslnl Is one of tho two
princes assistant at the papal throne, the
other being Prince Colonna, and as such
had even Implored the popo to dissuade
his daughter from putting her monastic
plans Into execution. Leo XIII. in fact,
summoned Donna Alfonslna to the Vatican
and had a long interview with the young
princess and her mother, but failed to
shake tho girl's resolution. After the
usual probationary period the young nun
will be sent at her own request to one of
tho order's missions in China.
INVASION FROM ENGLAND
Shetlleld steel (Slants Plan American
Plant to Supply llrlllnh
Triule.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
SHEFFIELD, Eng., July 20. (New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho
director of Jcssops &. Sons, the leading steel
manufacturers at Sheffield, has made the
following statement to the World corre
spondent respecting the projected starting
of steel mills in the United States:
"Wo have secured a site orabraclng thirty
seven acres In nn advantageous situation at
Washington, Pa., whero there Is an ample
supply of coal and natural gas. We can
deliver manufatcurcd steel from there for
$1 a ton, as compared with $2.23 If made
In Sheffield. Plans are now being drawn
and estimates obtained for tho necessary
machinery.
"We hope to begin working next January
and we expect the concern to grow rapidly
from comparatively small beginnings with
out Interfering with the Sheffield trade, as
wc Intend to devote ourselves to the branch
and will not be ablo to touch things
here."
Jessops Is a big, enterprising firm and
If this move Is successful It certainly
will lead to large further Investments of
British capital In similar undertakings by
other Sheffield firms, which are eagerly
watching the Jessops experiment.
WHEAT FAILURE IN RUSSIA
In Mnnr Districts of the Umpire
Crops Are Totally Destroyed
by Drouth.
LONDON, July 20. A dispatch to the
Evening Standard from Odessa says that,
according to the reports of special agents,
the Siberian crops appear to be nearly
a total failure. In the great grain-producing
regions of Mlnusslnsk and Krasnoyarsk
almost tho entire growth of cereals has
perished as a result of the two months'
drouth. The south Russian crop may be
discovered upon the whole as a fair aver
age, yet there are disastrous shortages
In tho populous districts In tho Ekatrlnos
iaff government and an instance Is cited of
the utter destruction of about 40,000 acres
of grain by hailstorms and the Hessian
fly.
The worst of all are the Volga provinces.
The peasantry of this vast region are al
ready practically destitute. They have sold
the cattle and horses they could not feed
and havo consumed nearly their whole
scanty stocks of food and seed grain. The
Russian minister of ways and communica
tions Is making active provision for the
timely transportation of food, grain and
other supplies from the south.
TEXAS NEEDS MORE SHOWERS
Thankfnl for What It Gets,
Wants to Save the Cot
ton Crop.
hut
DALLAS, Tex.. July 20. In the last
three days showers fell In twenty counties
of 100 Included In the Texas cotton-growing
district. Rain has not been general
In any of the twenty counties. Much good
has been done In checking tbe drouth in
Jocalltles where tbe rain fell, but a heavy
general rain Is still needed to make the
cotton crop safe. Good showers fell this
morning at Marshall and In surrounding
sections of northeastern Texas.
The thermometer at noon registered 92
degrees In the shade at Dallas, with a
prospect of going higher during the after
noon. Nono of the rainfall of the last
three days did corn any good. The crop
was past helping when the rain came. The
yield will not exceed one-quarter of any
avorage crop. Isolated sections In the
cattle country have been helped, but the
range generally Is still dangerously dry.
MINNESOTA HOTTER THAN EVER
IIurvrstliiK Is Done nt Miclit to Ev
cape the mistering: KfTccts
of the Sun's Hays.
ST. PAUL. Minn., July 20. This was the
hottest day ever recorded by the local
weather bureau, 101.4. There was a strong
breeze from the soutth, but It Intensified
rather than diminished the heat. One child
died as tho result of exposure to the sun's
rays and several prostrations are reported.
Throughout the state maximum tempera
tures ranging from 100 to 10S are reported
and prostrations occurred at several places.
Harvesting Is being carried on after night
In some sections of the state. Some dam
age Is reported to wheat planted In sandy
soil.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 20. This was the
hottest day ever recorded here so far as
weather bureau records go. At 3 p. m.
the temperature was 102. Two prostra
tions were reported.
HEAVY RAIN IN OKLAHOMA
Washita and Illne Vnlleys Are Snre
N'oiv of a neeortl Cotton
Crop.
ARDMORE, Okl July 20, Heavy rains
ended the drouth In the Washita und Blue
v&llews last night. These valleys are In
the heart of the cotton belt and tbe rains
Insure tbe biggest cotton crop In the his
tory of this section. Sixty per cent of a
com crop will be made.
PRAYERS FOR RAIN
Twe StatH DeTOte Toda; to Petitions that
Erjuth 0 Broken.
MISSOURI GGVtRNOR PROCLAIMS WANT
Kauai People Need No Offic.a! Actio ti
Spur Their Appeali.
THIRTY-ONE DAYS OF TORRID WEATHIR
Ont-Hufidrcd-Digree Heat Becomes lh
Regular Thine.
NOT A SIGN OF A BREAK 13 IN SIGHT
.Mortality Aiiiouk I-'eehle Old People
Mini Voiiiik Children Is I.urce nml
DnmnKe. to Crop Will lie t.rcnt
I'nlrss Relief Is speedy.
KANSAS CITY. July 20. For thirty-one
successive days the temperature In Kan
sas City has risen above 90 degrees each
afternoon. On most of these days the
temperature has reached 1 or exceeded too
degrees, and during the last twelve days
tho 100-degreo mark has been reached
regularly. At noon today the temperature
was 100 degrees for tho first time this
r.ununcr at so early an hour. The high
point, 102 degrees, was attained at 4 p. in.
Since April 5 there has been but one heavy
shower, on Juno 22. Most of the street
thermometers register 110 In the shado each
day and If exposed to the sun would record
120. There have been few heat prostra
tions and not mnny deaths directly
ascribed 10 the neat, but tho mortality
among feeble old persons and young chil
dren hau been unusually large. The same
conditions of heat nnd lack of rainfall
have pmalled over all the drouth-stricken
region of the southwest, Kansas, western
Missouri, Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
Practically no rain has fallen In this area
In tho last twenty-four hours, tho few
local showers being trivial. For tho next
twenty-four hours continued hot weather is
expected.
Prayers for rain will be offered In nearly
all the churches In Missouri nnd Kansas
tomorrow, In the former stnte In obedience
to the governor's proclamation. In some
of the churches in this city special serv
ices will be held.
IOWA'S VERDURE WITHERS
Not a Drop of Ilnlu 11ns Fallen lu
Des Moines In More Than
Three Weeks.
DES MOINES, July 20. (Special.) This
has been one of the most disagreeably hot
days of the entire summer. At 7 o'clock
this morning the government Instruments
showed 79, with a humidity of 66 per cent.
The temperature rose rapidly until at 1
o'clock it passed the 100 mark and was
going up at the rate of two degrees an
hour. It reached 103 degrees and then
receded. (
In tho mcantimo the atmosphere had
become thoroughly dried out and tho wind
was as hot and soorchlng as any that has
been experienced this year, with the re
sult that the crops rapidly began to show
the effects. Although many clouds passed
over during the day, no rain fell and there
has not been a drop of rain In Des Molncs
for more than three weeks, although some
fell In the Immediate vicinity.
Tho fact that the atmosphere has con
tained so much moisture lately has pre
vented still greater harm to the crops.
The grass In yards about the city Is all
dead.
PACIFIC JUNCTION, la., July 20. (Spe
cial.) Today has been a record-breaker
here. The government thermometer
touched tho 105 mark. Corn Is holding
out quite well.
DAVENPORT, la., July 20. The tempera
turo here today was 101 degrees.
KEOKUK, la., July 20. After twelve days
of heat above 95 degrees tho mercury reg
istered 103 degrees here today and at 7
o'clock this evening tho temperature was
99, tho hottest ever known here at that
hour.
SIOUX CITY, Io., July 20. The season's
record was broken here today when the
mercury touched 103. This Is the thirteenth
day on which the mercury has scored 92
or more.
COLORADO RECORDS MELT
July Almost Unparalleled, Snys the
Forecaster, hut Rain Is In
the Air.
DENVER, July 20. "This July Is the
hottest since 1S71, with a single excep
tion," said Weather Forecaster Branden-
berg today. "Seventeen days tbU month
wo have had a maximum temperature of
90 degrees and over. This Is unparalleled
except by July, 1S74, when In the whole
month there were twenty days which had a
temperature higher than 90 degrees. There
Is a possibility of thunderstorms and rain
hero tomorrow."
EXTENSIVE DROUTH ABROAD
Vineyards Destroyed In llnrts Moun
tains nnd German Meet Crop
Injured.
BERLIN, July 20. The weather has been
unusually hot throughout almost the en
tire country and the drouth Is extensive.
Violent storms have been announced from
various points In the omplro and the vine
yards In portions of tho Hartz moun
tains have been olmost wholly destroyed.
The beet crop has been Injured In ,omc
places by the drouth. The rains havo
helped In other sections. Tho water In the
Wezcr and other streams Is so low that
shipping is attended with difficulty.
South Dnkota's Ilottctt Day.
PIERRE, S. D., July 20. (Special Tele
gram.) Today Is the hottest for this year,
the government record at 5 p. m. being 103.
HURON. S. D., July 20. (Special Tele
gram.) The heat today Is 103 here and
throughout the Jim River valley, with a
wind from the southeast which had a
withering effect on vegetation. Some wheat
Is being harvested. The crop Is generally
ripening prematurely.
TYNDALL, S. D., July 20. (Special.)
Tbe crops show but little damage by
reason of the hot weather. The corn has
stood the drouth exceedingly well.
YANKTON. S. D.. July 20. (Special.)
Most of the barley and oats In this vicinity
havo been successfully harvested with no
serious damage, but the wheat la esti
mated to hwe been Injured 25 or 30 per
cent during the recent excessively hot
weather. Corn is damaced little.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Fair; Continued
Warm Sunday aim J'robnoiy Mondny,
Variable Winds.
Puge.
1 III tf llnttleshlps Muy lie Doomed.
TnrllT Agitation In German Umpire.
I'rner for Haiti In Tito States.
Mileliles a Hot Vtutc llptdemlr.
'i Preparltitr for Ak-.Xar-Ilen lestll
rnitnitliint Win Hunt It nee.
NelriiUn Fusion Call Is Issued.
Lincoln Mnn Held for .Murder.
Milnej Has Mnnll Hallranil Itlot.
llnxe Hull In l.eauues nml tint.
Itcfttilt on Mnn? Ilnce Tracks.
II I nek lllonillne Wins lu Omnha.
Mrlke ttcni'hrs Critical 5tnKr.
outh Oinnlin I.ocnl Mntters.
Hook Is Too Severe on Schley,
l.nst Week lu Umnhn Society.
11
otluu: In lire Vnentlnn Contest.
Progress of Foshurith Murder Case.
7 Three Vlens of Hartley.
Con ne II II 1 11 IT nml Inns.
II Omnhn Hall Team (Joes Wrouif.
Golfer In llnmllcnp Head Dress.
Tennis Maintain Its Popularity.
Ill tl tn 11 tin ns an Aiitomnhlle Tovin,
Hook Aueut In n cit Disguise.
II Tiiirns Hint Itlile Cool Wave,
llent Dear When It's Xeeileil.
'2 Womnui Her Ways ami Whims.
I.'l Amusements ami .Musical Matters,
Deiiuuiil for ,ehrnskn liny Crop.
I I 1'illliirlnl nnd Comment.
15 Electricity Direct from Conl.
Ilotv to Keep Cool In Piininicr.
Iron Workers nnd Strikers.
III "The Flrehninil."
17
t'oiMlltlnn of Trmle In Omnhn.
Commercial nml Financial News.
'JO War Tnir Fp us Well ns Down.
fount) Compromise lrlth Hank.
Temperature nt Omnhn Yesterilnyi
Hour.
Dck.
. . 7.s
. . 7I
. . M
Hour
I p. 1
Den.
. .IIMI
. .1IMI
. . IOI
. . 102
. .1111
. . 101
. . IIS
11. m ,
l 11. 111.
7 ti. m .
P
:i p
III .
S n . 111 Kl
II 11. 111 ri7
111 11. m 11:1
t p. m
Ti p. Ill
II p
7 P
m.
It a. m (I.,
Vi 111 IIS
(llllelnl innxlmntii temperature for
the ilny MCI ileitrecs, nt -tiHO p. 111.
NEBRASKA'S NEED OF RAIN
Xo Other Soil on Harth Will .Stnml
Mich Heat, hut There's n
Limit.
ALBION, Neb.. July 20. (Special.) The
need of rain Is the topic more often dis
cussed than any other. Albion has had
twenty-seven days in succession that the
thermometer haa at least touched 100
and many days 102 and 104 degrees. Spring
wneat and oats are now be.l g h vested
and nine men out of ten jay that wheat
is hurt little. Early oats are hurt some,
but late oats are all right. But the corn
is tho chief anxiety. It Is all right yet and
will stand several days more without se
rious damage. No soil on earth will stand
such weather as well as that of Nebraska.-
Tho hay crop Is fair. Alfalfa has been
cut twice already and was a big crop both
times.
nASSETT, Neb., July 20. (Special Tel
ogrom.) Tho indications are that Rock
county will have a better hay crop this
year than It had last and the bay crop
was better than usual then. The dry and
hot weather Is Injuring the corn and the
yield will be light if rain rocs not come
soon.
LINCOLN, July 20. The temperaturo in
Lincoln at 7 o'clock was 100 degrees, the
hottest for that hour since weather rec
ords were kept In the Etatc. The maxi
mum for tho day was 1024 and for five
hours It was 100. There was no rain today
anywhere In Nebraska.
BEATRICE, Neb., July 20. (Special.)
Excessive heat and dry weather still pro
vall hero. Tbe corn needs rain. Pastures
aro dry and are scorching fast. Garden
truck Is dying and the potnto crop Is dam
aged nearly 30 per cent. Hay Is a good
crop and Is selling from JS to $10 a ton.
HASTINGS, Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
Tho winter wheat harvest Is over and the
wheat Is turning out from twenty to
thirty-five bushels to the acre. Spring
wheat and oats are nearly a total failure.
BOELUS, Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
Three-fourths of an Inch of rain fell here
last night. With favorable 'A-cather the
rest of the season prospects aro good for a
three-quarters crop of corn. The Omaha
Elevator company Is raising and repairing
Its elevator at this point to accommodate
the big wheat yield,
HARVARD, Neb., July 20. (Special.) No
rains of material value have yet come to
this drouth-stricken community, though
during tho last week one shower amounting
to .3S of nn inch fell at Harvard. Corn Is
drying and cannot make a full crop, though
with rains. In abundance soon many fields
would yield well enough. Threshing from
the shock Is In full blast and winter wheat
is turning out generally from twenty-five
to thirty bushels, some fields going above
this amount nnd eomo below. Were It not
for the fact that bo much land was In win
ter wheat farming interests this year would
suffer, but with the fine crop of wheat and
Indications for a better price the farmers
anticipate no suffering.
GENEVA, Neb.. July 20. (Special. 1 -Tho
mercury still keeps up to 100 or over nnd
corn Is needing rain. The heat reached 103
In the shade today.
EDGAR, Neb., July 20. (Special.) The
weather Is Intensely hot and dry. Corn still
looks well, but shows the effects of heat In
the moro exposed places. Tbe weather Is
the best for threshing and farmers nrc
pushing this work at a rapid rato. Tho
amount of wheat shipped from this point is
surprising.
OSCEOLA, Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
People are keeping a stiff upper Hp and are
not disheartened on account of there cot
being any rain slnco the Tourth of July,
and tbey are continually on tho watchtowcr
looking upward. Things aro getting pretty
dry, but the consensus of opinion Is that If
rain comes soon the corn will be safe.
Winter wheat is splendid and there Is nn
immense yield, few pieces going going less
than forty bushels an aero and many fields
more than that. The late corn Is not In
jured. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., July 20. (Spe
clal.) Owing to tho Intense heat ;he ie
quest of tho workmen was complied with
and all of the Burlington shops, except the
machine shop, were closed at noon today.
Those shut down wero the boiler shop,
brass foundry, planing mill, coach shop,
car repairing and paint shop.
MILWAUKEE'S MARK IS UP
Miift) -.Nine Is us IHkIi as the Mer
cury Has Climbed In
Ycnrs.
MILWAUKEE, July 20. The thermometer
at the weather bureau registered Si9 today
and those on the street from 105 to 110.
This Is the higheat temperature for Mil
waukee in July flnco 1SS7, when It was
100, and with this one exception the high
est on record.
SUICIDE IS EPIDEMIC
Four Tragic- ChapUn Addtd to tbtJtorj"
fa latDaj.
TWO UNHArPY MEN FIND DEATH
Others Makt Unincoaiifnl AtUnpti te Qait
This BliiWriif Earth.
MADDENING EFFECT OF TORRID WEATHER
Otarln Kolmer Endi Hii Lift ia Irftit
Dramatic Uaisir.
WILLIAM CARLOW DIES FROM LAUDANUM
Ueorue Duncan Svralluvrs Btryohnlne,
hut a Doctor Sues film South
Omaha Woman Tries to
liana- Herself.
Charles Kuluirr, defeuted In his ef
fort to rrKnlu the love of his es.
trnnueil nlfe, shoots himself dead
vhlle the minimi ilees from his pres
ence. William Carlo vr, without nny np
pnrrnt cause, svmllows a fatal dose, of
laudanum,
(ieorKC Duncnii tukes enoiiRh strych
nine to kill half a dosrn men. Coni
hnts the doctor nlm tries to save It 1 lit
mid still sur l rs.
Kiln Foster, n prisoner In the South
Omnhn jail, attempts to luin her
self. Four tragic chapters woven Into tho
story of one torrid day in Omaha.
Charles Kolmer, 4528 North Fortieth
street, took his llfo after having failed
to effect a reconciliation with his wife,
from whom he had been estranged for
some time. Kolmer's exit from tho world
was Intensely dramatic. Ho fell with a
bullet In his temple almost, at tho feet
of tho woman whoso love ho sought to re
gain. William Carlow, presumably care-free,
took a dcady doso of laudanum In the
presence of bis family at their homo. 5001
North Thirtieth street.
Georgo Duncan, 2018 Charles street,
calmly swallowed a remarkably largo doso
of strychnine enough to make suro of
deoth, ho explained. Then he sent for a
priest. A doctor came also. Strategla
work on the part of tho medical mnn
saved Duncan. His precaution In taking
enough to niako sure had a negative effect,
producing nausea, which aided resuscita
tion. Mrs. Ella Foster was a prisoner in the
South Omaha Jail. Sbo tied a discarded
garment about her neck and tried to hang
herself. The police Interfered and tho
woman was saved.
Everybody, medical men and laity, won
ders If tho fearful heat of tho last thirty
days has wrought an Influence for self
destruction. Temperature lingering nbout the 100 mark
blood heat and the- fierce rays of a
lurid sun beating mercilessly down day
after day cannot fall to havo a maddening
effect, many of the doctors say.
KOLMER'S DRAMATIC EXIT
I'll III nt; to UcKuIn I'nvor with Ills
Wife He Shoots Himself
Denil.
When Charles Kolmer started to his
home, 4328 North Fortieth street, Saturday
afternoon it was with the determination to
make one last attempt to bring about a
reconciliation with his wife, who is suing
him for divorce. Ho was prepared for
either alternative. In one pocket ho car
ried an envelope containing his week's sal
ary and In the other a 41-cnllber revolver.
He had occasion to use the latter and is
now dead.
Kolmer had been having trouble with his
wifo for several months. Even after sho
had filed divorce proceedings, "alleging
cruelty and neglect, he haunted her neigh
borhood, threatening her and their 10-year-old
son, until finally she was compelled to
tako out an order of court enjoining him
from further molestation. Then ho wrote
her letters, imploring forgiveness. It Is
said that he engaged the services of mu
tual friends of himself and wife and sent
them out to her with a view to patching
up a truce, but all his overtures were un-avalllnc-
'
.Money nut! Pistol.
Matters were In this condition when,
shortly after noon of Saturday, ho started
for his home with a week's pay and a
pistol.
Mrs. Kolmer was alone In the house when
ho arrived. Sitting at a sewing roachlno In
one of the middle rooms, she was engaged
In sewing and the machlno made co much
nolso that she was unaware of his ap
proach until ho stood beside her. Then
he tossed tfie envelopo In her lap. It was
heavy with coin and upon It was written
thosn words:
"To my dear wife, Mary I. Kolmer."
Ho watched her face ns she read it and
seeing no signs of relenting said:
"Mary, I am going away."
"I wish you would." she said. "I wish
you would go away and nover bother us
acaln."
"You don't care to know where I am
going?"
"No; Just so It's rornowhere where I'll
never see you again."
"Well, I don't know whether you'll ever
seo me again or not, but I'm going ns far
as this will send mo."
And he drew the pistol from Mb hip
pocket.
The woman ran from the room scream
ing, but he called after her: "Oh, you
needn't bo afraid, Mery. I wasn't going
to uso It on you."
.Makes Good Ills Threat.
An Instant later tho report of a pistol
startled tho neighborhood. Mn. Kolmer
was afraid to return to see what had hap
pened, but a man from a neighboring house
entered and emerged almost Immediately
to say that Kolmer was lying on the car
pet In the front room, bleeding from a
wound In the temple. Tho police were then
notified.
Officers Leahy and Gibbons were at once
dispatched to the scene, where they ar
rived shortly before 3 o'clock. They found
Kolmer stretched upon his back on the
carpet, tbe blood still trickling from a
wound over the right temple, while pro
jecting from beneath bis legs wat. the
muzzle of the pistol. From his natun l pos
ture and tbe orderly disposition of his
limbs 11 was evident that he had died ut
most Instantly and without a struggle. On
the sewing machlno In tho next room was
found tho envelope containing .the money.
It bad not been opened.
A crew from the coroner's office arrived
soon afterwards with tbe dead wagon anl
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