The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUKE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOHN12sG, JULY 122, 1001.
SING US COPY rrV13 CENTS.
WOES OF SETTLERS
Mi-order tad Dittnii An Fund After
Oklaherca Opening.
DROUTH ALREADY CAUSES SUFFERING
Themandi of the Onmperi Hare btt
Roentj lUtioni.
WANT MAY MAKE GRUMBLERS DESPERATE
jure lata minareti anew
Diieppeintment.
of
ONLY THIRTEEN THOUSAND CAN WIN LANb
Failure of Vmtt Number nt Lottery Is
Likely to Precipitate Serious Con
ditions nml Trouhlou Times
.liny rollotr Sixth of August.
POUT 81LU July 21. Disorder and dis
tress will, It Is feared, follow tho actual
opening of tho Klown-Comanche reserva
tions AilRiist 6. It Is estimated that fully
160,000 pooplo will have registered for a
chance to secure one of tho 13,000 claims
to bo awarded by lottery when the registra
tion booths closo July 20.
Thousands nf persons now on tho reserva
tion, who are neither mechanics nor artl
fans and who have little or no money,
unnounco their Intention of settling around
Lawton If thoy fall to win a claim. Campers
who uarao In prairie schooners by thu
thousands generally brought with them pro
visions sufllcent only to last from flvu to ten
days. Continued drouth has caused the
water to bo restricted and for days n hot
wind has blown over the prairies and tho
tcmpcrnturo has averaged over tho 100
mark.
With theso conditions before them many
nro already beginning to grumble nnd wheu
this Is followed by disappointment over
failure to draw a lucky number the hopo
that boro many up will doubtless glvo way
to more- Bcrlous conditions.
BONES FOR ST LOUIS FAIR
Missouri MttHtodoiin Are Likely to Itc
Iteeonst ruoletl for (lie Impo
sition of IttOX
ST. LOUIS, July 21. Director General
V. I. Iluchanan of tho Pan-American ex
pedition accompanied by his wlfo arrived
In St. Louis this afternoon and will stop at
tho Planters' hotel until his return to
Duffalo Tuesday.
Mr, Iluchanan came on tho Invitation of
President Davlil It, Francis of tho Louisiana
Purchaxo Exposition company for a confer
ence on matters portalnlng to the world's
fair to bo held In St. Louis In 1903. In an
Interview Mr. Iluchanan declared that hU
presence hero Is In an advisory" capacity
only and not In connection with tho direc
tor generalship of tho Louisiana Purchaso
exposltloa.wll!i which his natoo has been
coupled.
Members of tho world's fair committee
on history and ethnology and anthropology,
of which Pierre' Chouteau and 1 W. Leh
man aro chairmen respectively, with Secre
tary Wnltcr H. Stevens of the Louisiana
Parchaso exposition, today visited an ex-
tenslvo deposit of mastodon remains near
Klmmswtck on tho Mlsdsslppl rlvor
twenty miles below hero, Tho deposit Is
said to bo tho best ever unearthed be
causo of the groat number of almost per
fectly preserved bones found. Whole
heads, with the upper and lower Jaws and
tho cranlums and femurs five feet In
length, havo boon found In an excellent
tato of preservation. Prof. Ueoler, who
owns tho deposits, believes ho haa enough
hones to build up comploto several skele
tons of the mastodon. It was tho purpose of
Secretary Stevens and Chairmen Lehman
nnd Chouteau to ascertain If a suitable
exhibit of these remains could ba mado
at tho world's fair.
Dr. Lucas and several other scientists of
the Smithsonian Institute recently visited
tho deposit, which Is Imbedded among frag
ments of limestone and In n muck com
posed of vcgetnblc matter on which tho
animals are supposed to have fed. Dr.
Lewis and hid conferees believe that In tho
vicinity of Kimmswlck, tho edge of tho
famous Ozark uplift, was tho favorite feed
Ing grounds of tho extinct animals that
lived and died thcrcabquts In largo num
bore.
ST. LOUIS TRAINMEN'S STRIKE
Term Inn I Oltlcliils tlliilm to llr llnml-
IIiik All Trnfllu on
Time.
ST. LOUIS, July 21. General Manager
Vi S. McChcaney of the St. Louis Terml
nal Railway iiHuoclatlon, which handles
tho trains on all railroads entering St
Louis and Bast St. Louts, says tho strike
of trainmen which began yesterday aft
ernoon Is having no elTect on the trafllo
on either sldo of tho river.
"Nearly all our men aro at work In East
St. Louis," said Mr. McChcsnoy, "and we
have tilled the places of more than halt
tho seventy-five men who quit on this Bide,
We are moving everything, Including
freights, and paBscngcr trains aro arriving
nt tho Union station and departing on
time.
"What brought about the strike appears
to bo a disputed question. Genoral Mana
gor McChebnoy says, In his opinion, thi
trlke was ordered in furtherance of an
effort of tho brotherhood to organlzo th
employes of tho Terminal system. Vic
Grand Master Leo of the Urothorhood o
Trainmen Bays tho strike was ordered bo
causo Mr. McChcsnoy rofused to moot
committee of employes and discuss
schedule of rates and working conditions.
TO TIE UP TRISC0 TRADE
Wholesalers nnd Itctnllers to Keel
Kncts of ThU Lithor
SlrilKKle.
BAN FRANCISCO. July 21. A general
tleup of wholesale and retail trade of
this city may devolop tomorrow unless the
Draymen s association and Brotherhood o
Toumsters reach an ngreoment. The trou
bio grows out of a fight against the Mar
ton Special Delivery company by the Sau
Francisco Labor Council and tho design o
the Draymen's atsoclatlon Is to compel th
union mon to do hauling for tho non
union company.
Klftrou hundred teamsters have beon
notified by their employers that they must
either obey or loeo their places. A sym
pathetlu strlko of tho porters, packers and
warehousemen employed alongshore and
othors whoso duties bring them In contact
with tha teamsters and draymen Is ex
pected.
FIREMEN'S STRIKE IS ENDING
Agreement In About Itrnclieil nnd
Warfnre Will lie Cloned
Tonight.
WILKESBARRE, July 21. Tho station
ary firemen's strike will soon be at an end.
A meeting of tho executive ofllcers of the
United Mine Workers of the three antbra
ctto districts and the chief executive ofll
cers of tho Stationary Firemen's associa
tion was hold In this city today for the
purpose of discussing tho situation. Tho
United Mine Workers havo all along been
lukewarm in their support of the strlko
and the firemen Insisted that they defend
their position, onco for all, as It wa Im
possible to carry on the strike If th
United Mine Workers opposed It.
With that object In view tho executive
ifllcors of the United Mine Workers agreed
, '""omo to this city and meet tho flremcu.
'nltcd Mltiu Workers were lepre-
twenty-six ofllcers of th threo
dlsk . Tho Stationary Firemen's asso-
latlou was represented by J. F. Mullnhy,
president of the association; Tlnnus Uai -rett,
vice president; J. A. Gerrlty, secre
tary; llrodus Langdon and J. F. Wade.
T D. Nichols, president of district No. 1,
pened tho discussion. He said tho strlko
as Inopportune at thin time. It was a
diriment to nil the miners who were under
grccraent with (bo operators to remain
t work for ono year and If the United
Mlno Workers remained ort it would mean
thu sacrifice of tho good will nf ths coal
operators.
President Fahey of Ih- Ninth district
Iso spoko ngiU3t the strik). He claimed
tho Btrllto wls tnopportuuo and that his
men wero opposed to It.
President Duffy of tha Seventh district
said that tho firemen In his district did
not go out on strike. This showed lack of
unity nnd tho strlko could not succeed.
Secretary Gerrlty spoke for tho flremen
and tho sacrifices that had been made for
true union principles. He said that the
trlke had been declared by the unanimous
oto of 200 delccatca.
Worker All Attulnst It.
It was plain from the discussion that
tho United Mine Workers were over
whelmingly ngalnst the continuance of tho
trlke. The flremen realized this and they
submitted the following questions to the
United Mine Workers:
1. Wlll you withdraw all .men of your
riraulzatloti from our positions If the strike
Ih declared off?
2. Will you use your Inlluenco to have nil
nglnccrs and others reinstated to their
former Positions If tho strlko la declared
off?
3. Will you allow us to meet United Mlno
Workers In Joint conference and to present
iievmic-i hi in" sirav unior
To tho first two questions an afllrma-
tlvo reply was given. To tho third this
reply was made: "Yes, if you Join tho
United Mine Workers."
A resolution was then adopted calling
on tho grievance committees of the Fire
men's association to call on each coal
company tomorrow and ascertain If tha
men who went out on atrlko Tuesday will
bo given back their positions. These com
mittees aro to make a report to the same
olnt committee which met hero today and
if the replies from tha companies are fa
vorable tho strlko will bo officially do
clared off tomorrow night.
Tho following official statement was Is
sued from the firemen's headquarters to
night: After the ofllcers of the three districts
of tho United Mino Workers defined the
attitude they contemplated nssumlig
townrd tho firemen, should their ttr ke
continue, wo thought that it would be to
the Interest of all concerned to brine- It t)
a Hpeedy termination nnd In consequence
tncrcoi, we muua propositions to tnem
which wero adopted, after which we In
Htructed tho tlrcmun to pursue all hono--able
methods to have their positions re
turned.
Altliouch the strike is not vet dec'nro 1
off until nfter tho answers aro received
rrom their employers, yet It soems to ro
the prevailing opinion that should they
be favornbln the action of tho delegate i
Monday evening will end the strike, nut
should anyone, now out of employment
owlne to the strike be discriminated
nmiln.it. the end would be ns far otf m
over, ns tho firemen nro determined to stand
by those who sacrificed their positions bo-
rore tney wotuu tauo our places, ah nro
men who nre still at work shall rcmutn
until nfter this convention.
J. i . mui-uahy. I'reeifient.
THOMAS BARRETT. Vice President
JAMES UHIUtlTY, Secretary.
STRIKERS ARE ENCOURAGED
Important Krenl U OrKXiuUiU Ion of
Tulie Mill Workers lit
MeKeesport.
PITTSnURO, July 21. Tho Importanl
ovent In the ttrlko history of tod.iy Is tbo
organization of tube mill workers at Mc-
Kecsport. The word from thero tonight Is
that after long and nrduuus work As
slstant Secretary Tigho of the Amalgamated
association succeeded In organizing 125 men
of the National Tube Works company. At
the meeting twenty-five skilled men from
each of tho departments were Initiated into
tho mysteries of tho Amalgamated associa
tion and Mr. Tlgho claims that within
forty-eight hours enough more workmen
will bo secured to keep tho cutlre plant
closed down, affecting 9,000 men.
From Wellsvlllo nothing has been re
ceived hero oxcept that the situation is
unchanged and thu strikers say everything
Is satisfactory to thorn. It is belloved,
however, that an attempt will bo inado
tomorrow to put men nt work from other
points, ten men from Vnndergrift, who aro
said to be at East Liverpool ready to go in
early iu tho day, being the principal men
rolled upon bo far. While tho strikers say
they will not commit any overt act, there
Is an uneasy feeling manifest throughout
tho entire valley and no one is wljllug to
anticipate tho result of the proposed at
tempt to put theao men nt work. When
Been tonight President Shorter expressed
himself as being more than satlsflod with
the week's results. Ho Bald:
"Things nro much better than I thought
they would he. More mills aro shut down
than we anticipated or could expect. There
Is more determination on the part of the
men than was anticipated. Ther has been
more Inclination to aid us morally and
financially on the part of other labor or
ganizations and vastly more support from
the general public than we wero looking
for.
"Last night I received a telegram from
ono of our men at Duncnnsvlllc saying:
'Duncansvlllo Is out,' At any time within
the year wo could havo formed a com
pact organization of tho mill there. They
havo sent us dozens of letters and a num
ber of telegrams declaring their anxiety
to Join our cause.
"We havo lost no ground In tho mills
thrown idlo In Pittsburg. Our organizers
at Wollsvllle report that after the advent
of a solitary worker thero from Vande
graft to go Into tho mill on Saturday rep
resentatives of the operative potters
scoured Wellsvlllo and East Liverpool to
find men on a similar mission and found
not one. I can still repeat what I .have
said before In regard to tho nonunion men
taking our places: 'It the United States
Steel corporation, officials can get non
union men I will help lead tho men .nto
tho mills "
ELKS AND INDIANS IN TOWN
Colorado Delejatleni Tarry in Omaha for
a Few Hnrc
WAR-PAINTED BAND MAKES A BIG HIT
Snlt Luke City Klks Go ThrouKlt at
linrlj- Hour Without Stopping
Oninlin DeleKite Leave on
Spcelnl Trnlu Toilny.
Bang! Hang I Dang!
It was not tho glorious Fourth, to bu
sure, but when 150 Elks with an Indtan
band and a mascot alight from a dust
stained trnln nnd pull tho hot air of a
midsummer Nebraska day through their
lungs thcro must needs be something doing,
oven if It doesn't happen to bo a national
holiday.
Yesterday tho Rocky Mountain delega
tions to tho grand lodgo meeting of the
Elks, to be held in Milwaukee- this week,
passed through Omaha. They had with
them tho famous Colorado Midland Indian
band of thirty-seven musicians, in war
paint and feathers, and with shooting Irons
in tho belts of their buckskin uniforms.
No slight movement of a baton signals
this band Into action; they begin to send
music Into tho atmosphere only after Dig
Chief Hosworth, their drum major, pulls his
gun and fires a 41 cartridge at tho sun,
And then when the music begins to stir
tho souls of tho savages they glvo vent to
their feelings by punctuating the scoro with
bullets. Thero Is nothing Boft nd droamy
about this Indian band.
Just to be In harmony with the load of
Indians and Elks It was hauling tho big
cnglno of the special train which brought
tho delegation from the Rockies blew out a
cylinder head somo ralloa west of Lincoln,
and In consequenco tho travelers did not
reach Omaha until 10 o'clock, whereas they
hud been expected at 8:30.
Oninlin In Heceiitlve Mood
Omaha Elks had mado all arrangements
to receive their brethren from the west
and when the belated tourists touched tho
platform of tho union station they were
promptly gathered in by tho local commit
tee, put upon special trolley cars nnd taken
to tho club rooms. While tho thermometer
was growing red In tho face in an attempt
to dwarf Pike s Peak by comparison tho
Elks from the mouutnlns wero enjoying
tho warm hospitality of Omaha lodgo No
39 nnd pnylng no attention whatever to tho
ambitious endeavor of tho mercurial liquid
to run up ono side and down the other of
their prlzo peak.
In tho big center room of tho Elks'
quarters a great tablo laden with dainty
sandwiches, cold meats and salads attracted
the travelers who wero hungry, while an
other table, behind which several colored
men wore operating corkscrews, seemed to
put lead Into tho shoes of many of tho
visitors. Tho reception was delightfully
Informal and cordial and tho Rocky moun
tain brothers were not at all backward In
acknowledging their appreciation of tho
hospitality displayed by the Omaha Elks.
After un hour had been devoted to ro
frcshmcnts and social chats Exalted Ruler
Vinsonhalor mounted a chair and told tho
visitors what they already .knew that they
wero welcome. Dut Judge Vlnsonhaler
went along further with his speech and
complimented the Colorado lodges on their
remarkable growth and good work nnd thu
splendid showing they were sure to make
at tho grand lodgo meeting. He concluded
by proposing a toast to tho health of Elks
all ovor tho United States and Missouri.
Ilrlef speeches wero then mado by Judge
Harvoy PIckons and Dr. Fullcrton of Den
ver, W. C. Pochton of Pueblo, Charlos D.
Pike or Salt Lake City and Victor Ilendcr of
Council Bluffs.
At 1 o'clock tho Rocky Mountain Elks
wero escorted by their Omaha and Council
Bluffs brothers to tho corner of Farnam
and Fourteenth streets where, after the
Indian band played the Colorado Elks'
Indian march with bullet obllgato, thoy
boarded four special cars for Lako Manawa.
About an hour was spent at Manawa, and
many of the travelers took advantngo of
tho opportunity for a dip Into tho lake.
Inspect Council lllnfls Home.
Returning from Lake Manawa thu party
stopped at Council Bluffs, where they were
entertained royally at the handsome new
clubhouso of No. 631. Here there wero more
refreshments and more speech making. At
1 o'clock tho Colorado delegation boarded
their special train at tho Bluffs and de
parted eastward over the Rock island.
They will arrive In Chicago early this
morning and will go on to M nukoo in
tho ufternoon.
Tho Colorado party was composed of
seventy-thrco members from Denver, four
teen from Pueblo, twenty-soven from
Colorado Springs, eight frqra Canyon City,
two from Lcadvllle, two from Ouray, ono
from Durongo, ono from Cripple Creek und
tho band of thirty-seven ploccs. The band
is under tho leadership of Harry T. Irvine,
formerly of Omaha. W. C. Pochton of
Puoblo, district deputy of tho eastern divi
sion, and James Nelson of .Lcadvllle, dis
trict deputy for tho western division of
Colorado, nro In chargo of tho excursion
nnd Willie Hums, n bright colored lad from
Donvor, Is giving satisfactory service as
mascot.
Dr. J. C. Whlnnory, W. G. Kennedy,
Georgo P. Monro, Goodly Brucker, W. B.
Taylor and Moses O'nrlen were on the
Omaha reception committee and Victor
Bender, E. H. Walters, A. T. Elwell, L. II.
Oreer, J. F. Wilcox, M. F. Rohror, Dr.
S. D. Tobcy and L. C. Dunn acted ns the
reception commltteo for tho Council Bluffs
lodee.
A delegation of thirty members of Salt
Lake City lodge, No. 85, passed through
Omaha, onrouto to Milwaukee, early yos
terday morning. They were met nt the
depot and given the glad hand by the
Omnba and Council Bluffs committees. Tho
Salt Lake delegation is out to capturo
next year's meeting of the grand lodge, for
which they havo been given permission to
use the Mormon tabernacle.
Lisle Abbott, omclnl delegate, and about
twenty-five other members of Omaha lodgo
will leave for Milwaukee on a special train
ovor tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
lit 5 o'clock this nfternoon. This train will
also convey tho delegations from Lincoln,
Council Bluffs, Norfolk, Grund Island,
Hastings and Beatrice. At Manila, la.,
the train will pick up two cars bearing the
Elks from Sioux Falls, Sioux City and Le
a'f.rs; another car with tho Des Motnos del
egation and two cars of Cedar Rapids, Wa
terloo and Iowa City Elks will bo picked
up along the line.
Georgo P. Cronk, R, Carlton and Dr. J
P. Flnloy of the Omaha lodge hove already
gone to Milwaukee,
Farewell to Itev, Gnrilnrr.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July 21. (Spe
clal.) A farewell reception was tendered to
Rev. E. V. Gardner of the Congregational
church last night and attended by a large'
number of the frlonds and members of the
congregation. Rev. Gardner has rccoived a
call to a church In Denver.
MISSOURI PRAYS FOR RAIN
While Petitions Ascend Sun It tins Up
St, Louis Mercury to Hundred
and M.
ST. LOUIS, July 21. Ou this, the day
that Governor Dockery designated for fast
ing and prayer to Godlthal tho present
drouth might bo broken' in Missouri, all
records for hot weather In St. Louis were
equalled, tho weather bureau thermometer
on the customs notice registering 10S de
grees In the shade. On tbo streets und
exposed places tho mercury went many
degrees higher. Tho record equalled was
that of 100 made In the early 80's.
As early as 7 a. ni. the day gave prom
ise of being unusually warm. At that time
tho thermometer registered 90 degrees und
from then on until 3:30 p. m. the mercury
steadily climbed upward under the impulse
of n sun shining from a cloudless sky.
Hardly a breath of air stirred all tho day
and the little that did circulate came as
the draft from a furnace, bo Intensely hot
was It. Those who dared to leave their
homes went for somo comfort to the parks,
which wero thronged all day and late
Into tho night with thousands of Buffering
humanity.
Threo victims of tho heat wero found dead
In bed. Thcro wero several prostrations,
two of which may prove fatal.
Undoubtedly the- number nf prostrations
nnd deaths would havo been large had there
been any humidity to speak of. During the
day the relative humidity, as reported by
tho weather bureau, ranged between 30 nnd
G2 degrees. Tho Intense heat extended all
over tho state At different points the max
imum tcmpcrnturo was as follows: Kansas
City, 104; Chllllcothe, 114; Bowling Green,
112; Paris, 10S; Monroe City, 107; Spring
field, 100.
Tho governor's proclamation was gener
ally heeded, nearly ovory church In the
city holding well attended Bcrvlccs given up
to prayer that tho drouth which has pre
vailed so Ipng nnd threatens, the destruction
of all vegetables with consequent loss and
Buffering might bo broken.
This was the second proclamation of tho
character that has beon made In the his.
tory of Missouri. In 1S7S, a tlmo of drouth
nnd grasshopper pest, Governor Charles
II. Harding called on tho people of the
state to pray for relief. This call was also
generally observed. Governor A. M. Dock
er's proclamation, Issued July 13, Is as
follows:
Whereas. The prevailing drouth Is wide
spread nnd disaster threatens our common
wealth and,
Whereas, Many Christian people have pe
titioned that n day of fasting nnd prae
le appointed; therefore be It known tout
Sunday, July 21, be und the same is hereby
set npart ns u day of fasting and pray r
thnt the threatened disaster may be
averted and to this end tho people nro re
quested to ussemble at their usual assem
bllng places to Invoke tho blessings of Al
mighty God,
CHICAGO THE HOTTEST EVER
One Hundred mid Thrift Is the New
Mark, 'I'll en n Ln.c Ilrcexe
Gives llellcf.
CHICAGO, July 21. All heat records
since the establishment of the weather bu
reau in Chicago thirty years ago wero
broken today, the government thermometer
registering 103 degrees, Do' u on tho streot
it was from threo to flv ' jrecs hotter
and to add to 'the-eufferlntf a. hot, -stifllnK
wind, like a blast from a furnaco, blow
alt day from tho southwest. From 6 o'clock
In the morning, when tho thermomotor
registered 77, a gradual rise followed until
at 4:30 this afternoon the top notch had
been reached. Shortly afterward tho wind
veorcd toward tho lako and caused a drop
to 95 at 8:30 tonight. Prostrations wero
numerous and police ambulances were kept
busy taking caro of persons who were over
conio on tho streets.
DEATH OF KRUGER'S WIFE
Former President of Sonth
Africa
Loses n Worthy Help
meet. PRETORIA, July 21. Mrs. Kruger, wlfo
of former President Krugor of the Soutn
African Republic, dlod yesterday afternoon
of pneumonia, after an Illness of three days.
She was 67 years old.
Mrs. Kruger's long separation from ner
husband and combined with tho death of her
favorite daughter, Mrs. Smith, last week,
had complotcly broken her spirit.
Mr. Eloff and many other members or tno
Kruger family were at her bedside when
sho passed away.
LONDON, July 21. "Owing to tho Sunday
telegraph hours In Holland," says a dis
patch to tho Dally Mall from Hllversum,
"Mr. Krugor was not Informed of his wife's
death until the evening. Tho news wns
brokon to him hy Dr. Heymans nnd Sec
rotary Bocechotcn. Mr. Krugor, who had
Just returned from Hllversum church, burst
into tears and asked to bo left alone. He
exclaimed: 'Sho was a good wife. Wo quar
relcd only onco and that was six months
after wo wero married.' Ho prayed for a
long time and Is now calmly sleeping, hf
bible beside his bed.
"The Transvaal and Ornnge Free State
flags flying above tho whlto villa woro
draped and half-masted, Shortly before
the news camo a crowd of country girls had
been singing a folksong outsldo tho villa."
ARRESTED FOR OMAHA THEFT
11. W. Gray Taken at nooms of Denver
V. M. C. A. for Alleged Dia
mond Ilolibery.
DENVER, July 21. E. W. Gray was ar
rested at the rooms of tho "ioung Men'
Christian association In this city today on
the chargo of obtaining possession of 1300
worth of diamonds from an Omaha Jewelc
by misrepresentation. It Is charged that
Gray was given permission to tako the
diamonds to show them to a young Omaha
lady and failed to return them. It is sold
that ho admits that he Is the person
wanted, but that the diamonds were Ion
In Omaha and there was no Intention o
fraud on his part. Oray comes from
prominent New York family.
Tho Omaha police say they know nothing
of tho rase.
MORE ICE THAN IT NEEDS
Froien Floes Muko Labrador Cous
Seem InvlMnnr to Those In
Drouth licit.
ST. JOHNS, N. F July 21. Tho mall
steamer Home, which arrived hero to
day from Labrador, reports that tho coast
Is blocked with Ice does, especially the
northern part, where thp floes aro lui
penetrable.
This will greatly delay tho Peary relief
otcamer Erik, which counted upon callln
nt Turnavlck, northern Labrador, and land
Ing Its last mall before entering the Arctl
Circle.
Home had to abandon tho attempt to
reach Its terminus in consequenco of th
Ice.
LINCOLN HEAT KILLS THREE
All PriTieii Kicordi Brk by tht
Gtrerimtit Thtraomettr. -
PRAYERS IN THE CHURCHES FOR RAN
Her. Father It end Says llronth Is n
Punishment for TransKrcssors nnil
He Uries Them to Implore For
Rlvcness or Slider Worse,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nch July 21. (Special Tele
gram.) Three men killed Is the record of
one dny of tho hottest over known in tho
history of tho city.
Fred Kortge, the first man to succumb,
was found dead at 4 o'clock this nfter
noon In his room In tho Jones block, 129
North Twelfth street. Axel Scgcrholm, tho
other victim, wns found lifeless at 7
o'clock this evening in his home nt 141!)
M street. Both deaths nre pronounced by
physicians to havo been caused by tho ex
cessive heat.
coroner's Jury considered tho caso
f Kortgo this afternoon nnd returned n
verdict finding that ho wkb killed by tho
heat. The man was n tailor by trade. He
wus married, his family residing nt Seward.
Ho was seen at 9 o'clock last night when ho
went to his room and nt that time he
did not nppcor to be suffering. The body
was sent to Seward tonight for burial.
Axol Scgcrholm was one of tho proprietors
of tho North Star grocery at 1421 M street
Ho wan with his business partner the
mnjor portion of tho day, but tho latter
left htm at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Ho
had complained of tho excessive heat, but
wus not supposed to be In a serious state.
Tonight his associate returned to tho man's
room and discovered him lying unconscious
on tho bed. Medical assistance was sum
moned, but efforts to rcsuscltato him were
unsuccessful. He had been dead about two
hours. Tho man was single, but had an
uncle, Fred Anderson, residing at Davey,
and two sisters, whose whereabouts aro
unknown.
Goorge Duncan was found dead in his
room, 1452 O street, nt 11 o'clock tonight
He wns last seen allvo at 10 o'clock last
night, when ho went to his room after
irlnklng freely In a saloon downstairs
He had fallen to tho floor nnd died of heat
His body wns so decomposed that It had to
bo burled at once.
All Previous Iteeorils llroken.
All previous records of high tempera
ture In Lincoln 'woro broken today, tho
United States weather station thermometer
at 4:30 this afternoon registering 105.8
degrees. At sunrise thcro were some signs
of rain, but the few clouds overhead
quickly disappeared and by 11 o'clock tho
mercury had reached 100 degrees. Ther
mometers In tho business district indi
cated a temperature of from 105 to 113 de
grees. Tho highest point reached hereto
fore was 105 degrees on July 26, 1894. A
week, ago tho weather station recorded a
tomperaturo of 104 degrees and until today
that was the high marrc of -the year.
Prayers for rain and a cessation ot the
hot wenther were offered In nearly all
churches In tho city today. Rev. Father
Read of tho Catholic church said the
drouth had been sent as punishment for
transgressors and ho predicted that If tho
people did not Immediately Imploro forgive
ness tho conditions would bo worse than
they wero in 1893. Father Read called at
tention to his own prediction of the Gal
veston disaster. He said that while rec
tor of the cathedral In that city two years
ago ho warned the people that because of
their lack of piety thero would be a visita
tion of Providence to bring them to a
realization of their dependence on tho Lord
for their sustenance.
Rev. Luther Warren, tho Soventh Day
Advcntlst divine who has been lecturing
hero for several days, took tho hot weather
for his text and Bald that It was ono ot tho
signs that the end is near.
IN NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES
llont nnd Crop Conditions Iteported
from Localities Throughout
the State.
BEAVER CITY, Nob., July 21. (Special
Telegram.) Today has been tho hottest
twenty-four hours ever recorded here.
Maximum, 110; minimum, 92; mean, 90.
This Is tho twenty-ninth consecutive day
that tbo thermomoter has been nbovo 100
with ono Interruption.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. July 21. (Spe
cial.) This has been tho hottest day ot the
season In this vicinity, the mercury rang
ing from 102 to 107 in the shade. Tho hot
winds from the south nre doing dnmngo
to tho growing corn and vegetation of all
kinds, The grass in the pastures ou tho
high land Is drying up,
TECUMSEH, Neb., July 21. Special.)
The drouth continues In Johnson county.
Tho last rain at this point was July 1.
Early corn Is killed, but molsturo within
the next few days would save n great
amount of the last corn and perhaps halt
a crop could bo secured. Howover, It Is
not at nil bad with the Johnson county
farmer this season, for he has been given
a big yield of wheat. It can safely bo said
thnt tho average yield for tho county Will
bo twenty-flvo bushels per acre.
FREMONT, Neb.. July 21. (Special.)
The hot weather still continues. This morn
ing at 9 o'clock tho mercury stood at 87. At
noon it reached 103, tho highest tempera
ture at that hour for the summer. Corn
which is beginning to tnsslo out Is begin
ning to Buffer.
SHELTON, Neb., July 21. (Special.)
For almost three woeks past the mercury
has ranged during the day from 100 to 10S
In tho shade and no rain has fallen. Soma
fields of corn are now Injured, hut should
a good rain fall the coming week thore
would he plenty of feed. Eight dollars a
ton Is now being asked for hay and not
much Is being offered at thnt price. Pros
pnets aro for a much higher market, as
there is already a demand for baled hay
for shipment.
CRETE, Neb., July 21. (Special.) Tho
hot, dry weather still continues in this lo
cality No rain han fallen hero since the
Fourth of July, a period of seventeen days.
All vegetation Is suffering through lack of
moisture. Only an Immediate rain could
help the early corn, which is In a bad
condition and at tho best can only make
a few bushels to tho acre. A rain during
the next few days may causo late corn
to yield half a crop. Fruit of every de
scription la Buffering from tho dry, hot
winds. Grapes and blackberries need mois
ture badly, These two fruits will produco
a good crop If rain falls In the near fu
ture. Potatoes have yielded about halt a
crop, but they are small In size. Pastures
are drying up and at present yield no sus
tenance to stock. Oats are a poor crop,
being light and chaffy. Wheat has yielded
a fair crop from fifteen to thirty bushels
an acre, Garden truck is drying up,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair, Continued
Warm Monday, nnd Probably Tuesday;
East to South Winds, Uccomlm; V tillable.
Temperature nt tliiinliii estenlnyi
Hour, Ilea.
1 II. in M
I n. in M
7 n. m ..... . h-
S n, m ..... . !."
I n. in M)
10 n. m ni:
11 n. in 1)7
in III!
lour. lieu.
1 p, n till
ti p, m tl'U
it i. Ill 10.1
I p.
r. p.
ii p.
7 p.
S p.
II p.
Ill .lot
III 101
m to.'
III I
III . . ,
III I
tin
1MI
ll'J
Olllelnl maximum temperuturo
decrees nt -III. p, ni.
NO RELIEF, SAYS WASHINGTON
12ntlt-e Country Coiered 1y
tfnic nml Hud Is .Not In
Maht.
Hot
WASHINGTON. July 21.-Tho weather
bureau tonight Issued the following sped it
bulletin:
Practically the entire country was cov
crtd by the hot wave todny. excipt the
Immediate Pnelilo oo ist. In th. stut -s ot
Iowa. Missouri and Illinois, nearly nil pre
vious high records were exceeded. The
maximum temperature Una of lw dogto e
encircles the enllin er.'nl corn 1II At
Davenport nnd Dubuque, In., ami nt Sprln -Held,
111., tho maximum of lwi degrees i.us
two degrees nbovu tin lu$ lust piev.ous
record, while nt St. Louis the maximum of
1W degrees has been equaled but once be
fore, Atiguut 12, uM. At Chlcuiw the
maximum of 102 degrees equal the pr.
vlous high lecord of July 10 of the present
year.
In the states ot Iowa, Missouri und Kan
sas tho duration of the present heul d
term Is without precedent, there htnlnt
been practically no Interruption to tem
peratures of U) degrees or over slnto .luno
IS, a period of thirty-four days. On elaht
een days of this period tho maximum torn
pernturo ut Kansas City whs lw degn es
or more,
Thcro nre ns yet no Indications of nny
relief from the abnormal heat. No ruin
has fallen In the corn belt for the last
three days and uono Is In sight. It li ot
course probable that scattered local thun
derstorms, which uro always accompani
ments of protracted periods of heat, may
fall at times, but no hope can be enter
tained at this time of any general rain
or permanent relief.
II. C. FRAN KENFI ELD,
Forecast Olllc a'.
Somo of the maximum temperatures oill
dally reported to the weather bureau today
aro tho follovvlng, although they aro In som?
Instances lower than those recorded by thu
local thermometers: Atlnntn, Gn., 90; Bon
ton, 90; Chicago, 102; Cincinnati, 100; Dav
enport, la., 10G; Denver, 94; Do Moines,
104; Helena, Mont., 94; Iudlnnapolts, 100;
Jacktonvllle, Fla., 8S; Kansas City, Mo.,
104; Llttlo-Uock, 06; Memphis, 98; New Or
leans, 90; Now York, 92; North Platte, Neb.,
100; Omaha, 104; Pittsburg, 91; Salt Lako
City, 98; St. Louis, IOC; St. Paul, 9S;
Springfield, III., 100; Vlcksburg, Miss., 88;
Wushingtcn, 90.
IOWA HOT AS OTHER PLACES
Mercury Cllmlis Up to Where People
In Most Town Are Afrnld to
Look nt It.
DES MOINES, la., July 21. (Special Tel
egram.) Tho temperature at 11 o'clock
reached 100 and gradually movod up to 104
at 3 o'clock and remained thore for two
hours. At 6 o'clock it was still 102. Only
once before in tho history ot this station
had 104 beon recorded.
It is probable there will bo a general
prayer movement tor rain In Iowa. Tho
nuns of tho Visitation convent near Du
buquo have entered upon a nine days'
prayer for rain and It Is expected that the
vicar general In the absence of thu arch
bishop will Issue n request for general
prayers in tho Catholic churches of tho
state for rain.
KEOKUK, lu., July 21. The weather
bureau thermometer registered 107 this aft
ernoon, 2 degrees above the record of July
10 and 3 above any previous record for
tho past thirty years. It was 103 al 7
p. m. No prostrations on account of tho
dryness, of tho atmosphere, but much suf
fering of sick and people who remained In
doors.
FORT DODGE, la., July 21. (Special
Telegram.) This Sunday has been tho hot
test day experienced hero since tho hot
wave commenced. Tho thermometer reg
istered. 105 In the shade. Tho distress from
heat is intense. Tho corn crop in this sec
tlon Is lu a critical condition. Farmers
whoso judgment can bo relied upon say that
it cannot last more than two or throo dnys
at the longest and that much ot It Is al
ready Injured beyond repnlr.
DUBUQUE, In., July 21. All high tern
peraturo records dating back forty-eight
years were broken today. At 7 a. m., SI;
4 p. m 106; 7 p. m., 102; on tho street 111
to 114 There were a largo number of
prostrations, but no fatalities. Intonso heat
of the sun fired dry grass on Dubuque's
grade bluff and several hundred acres were
burned over
SIOUX CITY. In., July 21. Tho maxl
mum temperaturo hero todny was IOC bo.
tween 3 nnd 1 p. m. For six hours tho
mercury stood at 102 or higher.
nUHLINGTON. In., July 21.-Frlghtfu'
heat prevailed hero and nil over sou:i
eastern Iowa today. Tho maximum here
was 110, accompanied by n hot wind. He
ports from the state show: Ottumwi
110; Murray, 110; Charlton, 10S; Mlddletown
113.
Corn Is reported to be faring badly.
KANSAS CITY SEES NO HOPE
live li n rteturn to Normal I'rrelpHn
llon 'Won 111 nt .Sure I'nrcheil
Klelilh.
KANSAS CITY. July 21. The hent to
day broke all records, tho tomperuturo nt
4 p. m. being 104. Thermometers on tho
street at 11 o'clock tonight record 93. Ths
Is tha thirty-second day of the hot spell and
thero 1h no Indication of a change. In
Kansas City, Kan., four deaths duo to hent
wero reported today.
Trayers for rain were offered In nearly
all churches in Knnsaa City today and
generally throughout Kansas.
So far as heard from no rain of any con
sequenco has fallen In any portion ot tho
drouth belt In tho past twenty-four hours
and conditions everywhero have beon dis
couraging. in normal years tho ralnfnlt bctweon
July 21 nnd August 15 Is light and a ro
turn to normal precipitation would not
save tbo parched Holds.
HOT FRANKFORT GIVES UP
Mnkfi No nftort to Ilnve Services In
Churches These Oppressive
.Mglits,
FRANKFORT, Ky July 21. Tho heat
became no Intense hero today that sovernl
churches held no night services. The
thermometer registered 100.
.Movements nf Ocean Vessels .Inly 21,
At New York Arrived Rotterdam, from
iiciicmam; viinc, irom iivrrno i.
At Queenstown Sailed Etrurla, for No.v
York.
At Southampton riitlled Vadcrlnnd (from
At Hamburg -Arrlvod-Steamer Fentuur,
from Sau Francisco.
WORST DAY OF YEAR
Tmprtnr It&ri to Dlnj Jhifhti nnd
Peniitindj Haxgi Tbari.
NOT EVEN A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION
Lt ii Aftruc Gemnnunt 0biimtia
ii 104 8 Digreos.
HOTTER THAN HEALTH REQUIRES
Bemttkablj Dapreisia Hut iu thi Itrlj
Morning; Honn.
EGGS ARE C00KCD ON THE SIDEWALK
Vlth One Kxccptlnu Hecoril llrenkcr
of tVcnther Jluiriiti History nml No
I mined In tc Itcitcf Is Assured
by Turccust Olllelnl.-..
UIIATHS KUOM II MAT.
Mrs, Knty Dunn, South Omuhn.
Wlllliini Henderson, 7011 Leaven
worth street,
Leo Whey, L'li Initio mi, Smith Omiiliu.
IMUIVrllATIO.VS,,
Itlfliurd Mnlllui;.
tiihu Johnson,
William TiiiimpMiii.
Hottest day of the year!
Hottest dny within tho hUtory of
weather observation lu Omaha, with ono
exception.
Tomperaturo nt I:1G o'clock. 101.8 degrees
worse than fevor boat.
Dollying around tho 100 mark nil day
long, taking tin unumnlly early start,.
wkuui ana prostration lu It.i wake.
This Is the kind of a Sunday Omaha en
dured.
With the exception of tho hot wind day
of 1854, July 20, yesterday was tho hottest
day experienced In Omahn for twenty-soven
years. Tiio distress It occnsloned was uot
merely locnl. Similar conditions of extreme
tomperaturo provallcd over tho entire terri
tory irom which reports are received hy the
local omce of tho weather bureau on Sun
days. Reports were received yesterday
from North Plntto and Valentino, Rapid
City, Cheyenne, Salt Lake, Modonn, Lan
der, Sioux City, Denver, Santa Fe, Grand
Junction. Dodge City, Pueblo, Ilakor City in
Oregon, Dubuque, Des Moines nnd Daven
port. Throughout this wldo section, ns
shown by these reports, there wns not dur
ing tho twenty-four hours prior to Sunday
morning a singlo lnstanco of rnlnfall.
A traco of rain was reported at Santa Fo
and tho uamo at Grand Junction, Colo., nml
outside of thosu two points tho most cn
cournslng signs noted wore a few clouds
that woro on dress parade out In tho west
ern part of Wyoming und the southern
pnrt of -Colorado. Everywhero tho Intcnso
heat had undorgone no diminution and la
nil tho broad and deep expanse of heavens
overlying thl3 wldo territory not a single
condition was reported that carried the
slightest hopo to tho observer for better
weather soon.
Hent Is Intense,
Locally tho conditions were simply exas
poratlng. Alt day the relentless and ar
dent sun beat down from n brazen sky, with
not a cloud In sight fromzenith to horizon.
It Is unsafe for tho sufferer upon tho
highways to undertake at nny tlmo to esti
mate tho Intensity of tho heat, for each day
Invariably seems hotter to him than tho
last, and yesterday his guess was eminently
correct. Although Saturday was tho hottest
day of tho year Sundny supplnnted It In
prestige as well as In jurisdiction. At tho
noon hour on Saturday tho government
thormometer on tho federal building. 111
foot above the burning and sizzling pave
ments, registered 98 degrees. At noon on
Sunday tho samo thermomoter marked up
serenely tho cabalistic. flgureB, 99, plainly
pointing out that during mid-afternoon It
was likely to reach 104. It had gono to 103
nt 4:30 p. m. Saturday. A study ot the tablo
of temperature printed elsewhere for each
hour of tho scorching day shows how well
It kept its promise.
Humanity has, howover, beon extremely
fortunate in that the humidity has not
been great ou either day of this Intonso
heat and in this connection It may bo
montloned that tho touch of hot wind Sat
urday ufternoon doubtless saved a grout
deal of human suffering.
"Probably people did not recognize tho
hot wind of Saturduy afternoon as a
blessing," snid Forecaster Welsh, "but It
was. It dried tho atmosphoro and while It
killed vegetation, It did not by any moons
kill humanity. It was Its fcalvatlon und
had it not come the suffering from hent
would havo been much greater."
Not tin llntl ns '71.
This seemingly torrlllo spoil of heat has
not equulcd that of 1874 cither In maxi
mum temperaturo or duration. Then It got
as high as 105 on nt leust ono day and
possibly mnro and It began July 8 nnd lasted
until August 21, or n month nnd thirteen
days. This spoil bpgan June 23 and has
thercfnro lasted two days less than n
month, with nn Intermission of Ihree or
four dnys following tho Fourth ot July.
People nro heard expressing distressing
speculations ns to what may happen In
August. Tho ImproHBlon seems to pro
vail that August is a hotter month than
July, hut the records of tho local weather
olllco show that this Impression Is at
fault. Tho mean tomperaturo for July
nt this point is two nnd a half degrees
higher than that for August. Hy way
c comparison it may bo Interesting to
know that thu hottest day recorded at
Omaha last summer was 97 degrees and
that was only on two days In July.
Meat Conks Hks,
Hnvlng heard of instances of heat whh'h
permitted tho frying of eggs upon tho
pavements, somo children up nt the
Ilutchnlora' hotel concluded to try the ex
periment and nro skepMcs no longer. Ono
mlnuio aftor tho egg had beon broken
upon tho pavement It win in condition to
vlo with tho best production of tho culinary
artist whose patrons coll for It "turnod
over."
A druggist at Twenty-fourth and Faruam
also tried the samo experiment In front
of hli store and succeeded In turning out
brrtutltul omelets In less than flvo
minutes, which to all appearances wero
as gnml as though made on a uhaflug dish.
William Henderson, laborer, died parly
yesterday morning of excessive heat la
his room, "03 Leavenworth utrcct.
Richard Moiling of lllnomington, Ind nnd
John Johnson of Atlantic, la., were pros
trated by tho heat at tho Union station Sun
day afternoon while enrouto to their homos
from n trip to Oklahoma, Dr. Gilbert of
tho Union Pacific was cnllcd and the men
sunielently recovered
to rusiiina their
J0"'.,,V ..
William Thompson, n sign painter, while
