THE ( WAIIA DAILY 111313 : hHH .TULY 4 , 1807. \\Ticn you fret through looking nt the Votirth t > f July display come In nnd sei > our dlsjilny of Kookwood pottery It comprlsos n considerable variety of wares from tht low tones usually y I- low-rod anil brown color with ilow-r uuil flKiin * decoration familiar to cveiy- lody to the inoro remarkable sla/.o cf- fi'ctKsuch OH "tiger-eye" "snldstune"--- nnd solid color pieces we- have placed It upon i xiiibitimi nnd court your Inspoe- tlon00 I'liKrnvud cards and plati'-$1.00. C. 8 , Raymond , JEWELER , 15th and Douglas. oitouns iu : < ; iivirun : Ultrn n fin-illiil ( irc < * tlim lit UN Olil lloinint Ciinlon , PtTTPm-H . July -The trnln bearing Prrsibni1cKlnley and party to Canton through Plttsburg early thlH morn ing In. rlii ; tlii , brief slop here Cnptalt- jmi on behalf of Encampment No. 1. I nl in V I' inns' legion , preit-iited thintil | - tle'ii nnd Mrs. McKlnley with u largo biskn Of IIOAl- - . C \NTdN. C ) , July 3. President MoKltiley nnd p.iriy reached the city on the 10:30 : train mid iie met at the depot by the citizens t'limnsup \ large proportion of the populace innr * ird In n parade to receive and escort the partv , b.nnds , militia companies , old uol- tlleui and the organizations of the last cam paign lii-Ing ; conspicuous. Tbe crowd almost < > iiialed | ibut of March 1 vthon the president depart.d for the Inanimation. The ifimidiiit and party were the guests of Superintendent Starr of the Pennsylvania llnr on the daylight ride from PllUbuig tlil-s monmig. Although the McKlnleys trav eled iiilety | | on u regular train , thousands of people were gntheri'd at nearly every station. At Alliance and Salem the crowds were pur- tlciibuly large. The priitltlvnt , uualtendrd. went to the rear platform and flhook lunils with hun-lri-d-t of his old congressional dis- trirt ci n-tltiu nts. Men , women and children clamln-red onto the train. Many rcai-htd Into Hit car wlmluwti to get a gras | ) of the prcs Idcnt'hand. . Eighteen mlliH from home , at Alliance , tin- Canton reception commltee , headed by Judge fleorge E. llaldwln and a ilcizin others , hoarded the train. At C'aatoii the cr-iwd was BO great the police patrol wax kept bu y making way from the station platform to the carriages. The organl/.e < ] parade of citizens ami militia , under com- mnnd of Captain Harry l-Vtase , moved piompily through the streets with the stars anil stripes displayed from nearly every win dow of the mile march to ttie home of the president's mother. Here Judge llalihvln de livered an addrcra of welcome to which the prc.M lent responded briefly. lloth Major and Airs McKlnley look In better health than when leaving Canton In March. The Jam about the home of Mrs. Nancy Alll-on McKlnley was teirillc. The crowd surged about the yard In the Intense heal. The beautiful lawn about tbe modest home was nearly laid waste before the prtviden't Iiad grafted his happy mother , now 88 years old. The band playid "Home , Sweet Home , " and Judge Daldwin s.ild Mr. Pre | iUnt : Ymir old frli-mli nnd ni'luhlioi.H have aa'H.-mblitl today to give you a waim and In-nrtfHt grcitlng upon your return tn thi-lr midst after your Inaugura tion as president of tingri'.itost nation upon the fici > of the earth. They realize what you have accomplished ; tlu-.v realize what you now represent and they now realize fully vicissitude thrumrli which you have passi'd to reach your present exalted ponltltm. They understand ju l as thor oughly that you have the , ime feeling of ! legard for your idd friends that you had i when you dwelt with us In the rominon walkH of life. H.'llcvlng that you still feel the Kame tegard fur them they enmo out to see you. expressing to you by their presence their great love and regard for you and extending to you the warmest welcome of their hearts. To which President McKinlcy , amid n storm of applause , responded : Judge Italdwln and My Fellow Citizens : 1 am plad to tnnot you all. It haw bocn to me a gnat pli-a ure to return to my old home and Hint pleasure has been greatly enhanced by thn waim ami gvncroui recep tion iircnnliMl to me by my friends ami neighbors. There Is no place In this wide world so dear to miIIH Canton ( great ap plause ) and theie l no place anywhere be neath tbe sun like home. ( A voice , "Mod blcs-t you" and cheers ) . I am glad to meet and to greet you here today. I thank my old friend. Judge Haldwln , for the gracious words he hnt spoken in giving me welcome and I trust that during my brief stay here I .shall have the pleasure of seeing very ninny of you personally , and I want you to know that I have luuked forward with unal loyed pleasure to my forty-eight himrs' vlHlt here at my old home , surrounded bv my old friends. ( ( Treat applauni ? . ) 1 thank you. . < ; oxTiui'i\Tii : ) A men HAITI. . I'lol to Kliliinp n Cattle Kliiu : anil l' < ii-ee Him to MKII n Cliei-U. HAKEHSKIELI ) , Cal. . July 3. S. W. Widdle , general superintendent for "Cattle King" Henry Miller , Is authority for tha statement that three ranch hands conspired to kidnap Miller on one of his periodical visits to his ranch , and , after compelling him to sign a check for $25 , < > < )0 , hold him while one of the trio cashed it. They Intended to e.s-capo Into Mexico with their plunder. This idol was to have been carried into effect last week , when .Miller visited the ranch , but as Widdle accompanied him unexpectedly the kidnappers decld < ! to wait for a mote favor able opportunity. Glasses made while you wait It's not quite th.il ws'.y but we do maimfactnro rlfjht hero In Omaha many do not real ize that th'-y can come hero and have their eyes tested free and the lenses ground to suit the eyes -and the frames properly 11 tied so as to obtain the re sult that they are after experienced men are In charge of oaoh department , and wo can Kiniranteo every piece of our work while the price well that's as reasonable its any one could expect for the work wo give. Columbian Optical Co AUTISTIC , SOinXTIIUU AMI t I'HACTICAI. OI'TIOIAXS , v O .MA II A. ( Dnr r. Ill 8. Uth St. Kuniaa City. K I TIKMKS KXOWIX ! MIS ASSAILANT. - ' lll C.i ni- Not . IIW'IIH IV , I HO n Suy * tiiirilonVlio Sliol Him. CIIK'AOO , July 3. The police are con vinced that both Charles 11. Nelson , for merly of Cadillac. Mich. , the bicyclist who was shot In Washington park Thursday night , and ills companion. Mrs. Margaret Staples , know who the assailant was. not- wltliKtandliiK Iho fact that Nelson has made a sworn ante-mortem statement to the con trary In this statement Nelson swore that Mrs Staples did not Hhool him , but the po- llco arc not satisfied with this. Mrs. Sta ples according to her own admission , is a inorphlnn user , and her eontllctlng storlw of the affair may bo attributable to Ibis. She Ls ailll detained at the Hyde park sta tion Today Hhe told the police of an Inci dent which she says happened In Washing ton park two weeks ago and which the po- lire think may alTord a clew .IK lo who did the shouting. One evening as she was rld- liiK her bli-ycle In Washington park near where N Isou wfls ehot , a tall man , wearing n dark uit of bicycle clothes and a dark blue cap. approached her and tried to per suade her to talk to him. She aayx she refused - fused oud he iksilwte.l and left her alone. The man. who shu nays w.u almost a * dark w a m'gi'o then rode away , saying that ho would got even with her. Although Mrs. Staples' ib'scrlptlon of'this man does not restmblo thai of iho man who in said lo have iiilli'd al her apartments soon lifter lie Jiad left with Neltwii Thursday evening , the iMiliro have connected the two , and will endeavor lo find out moiv about the Incl- ( lent The phslelans iittenilliiK Nelson luve § l\on up all liopo of his recovery. In tliu ChliiiKo hospital thl * afternoon Airs Staples , on her knriM and with her arms around Nelson's lurk. begged him lo tell the crowd of policemen , doctors and nurses who surrounded his cot who it waj Hut shot him ThuiYidiiy night In Wanliin.- ton park "Kor Hod's wko. tell these people who It watt , and maUo them iccao ! mo hum J.ill , " eho said "Tell them , anyway , that you know 1 have no KnovvledKe of who It \\cis. ami thiu I inn not to blami * . " lloih Nelton and Mrs. Staples were crying us slut pluuled with him. but all the patient could cay was that ho did not Uuow who shot him. ,1iM > l li ( 'olnii.'t for Co llfornln , SAN KUANI'I.Sri ) . July 3. Thu iidvatU'e uf .i Itiii-siun Jewish colony for Call- fornia , consisting of thirty-five able-bodied men , under the guidance of Kphralm Ilelnard , the promoter of the coloni zation scheme , luft Philadelphia last Sunday and wCl arrivtv In thin elty today , having stopped on the way one day because they would not travel on the Sabbntb. Thf e thlrty-tlvo men iepre sent a colony of 130 families with about 1,1.00 > 'onls , who are to settle on government land In California. Deinard Is a win I tic scholar and wilter of some prominence , anil has taken n deep Interest in the condition of bin persecuted and oppieased co-religlonlsta In ilusHla. OAX liSIJ 1110 CIIAVDI'VS WATHIIS. C'oiu-t lloliln tlic Sti-eani IN Not n Nnvlualile One. DENVER , July 3. A special to the Times from Silver City. N. M. . says : Judge niantz pawed down the oilnlon of the court In the Ulo Orando dam ease late last night. The Injunction was dissolved. The following is a syllabus of the opinion : I , 1'nder the treaties with Mexico each re public tcHerved all rights within Its terri torial llmltH. This would have been HO upon principle ! ) nl' International law with out such i-u'ervallon. Waters Irlntf wholly within the I'nltnl Slatei ' ; to it. and the soli within the United Staten In ant burdened with a pprvltinln In favor of .Mexico in i-rFpect to any duly to BO ills- i-haiKe the water as to promote or to pre serve the navigability uf the Itlo firai'du. : ; . It In not the capacity uf a stream to lloit a log or n row-boat which rendern It a navigable river within the- acts of conKresH ( ISIW-M ) , but whether at regular pnrlodn of Mitllclent duration and in regular condition HH eapai-ily IN such as to bi > ausceptible of bcnellclal u--i > as a public highway for com merce. The HI. . ) ( ii-ando in New Mexico Is not , i navigable stream. 3. The pjwer to control and reuulate the IIMH ofvulpp not navigable , exerclfvd by slates and territories in the arid west was c-oullrmed heongrcHs by the act of P-1JB. ai.d that power now refldt-s wholly In fiieh htates and lerrllories under thu act of 1S77 and 8iib e < iuent nne-t ; theruforn the diver sion of Mich liviil wnteis is nut a violation of any act oi ciingrcsi.s even though the navigable capacity of any distance below may become thereby Impaired. Slrlkes II111 In iv i\t-lin iim-M llnril. O1CNVF.R , July 3. The decision of the call ous of icpurUlenn fenatorH to place a tax on all siles of Stocks ereuteil eo'ii'ternatlon on the IK-iiver and Colorado Springs Mining rxehiiiiKt'l. where inuny cheap stouks are dealt In. Hamsity C Hogy. | iri.-.idciit | of the Cu orndo Mining i-\eaange. I > XIIO : < PI > I | the be lief inn Much a tax wnuM l > uaeon.mltii- llnnul , bat s.ild It would be evaded anyhow by trani-foiTlng agreements Instead of the stock Hindi. Dls Is moro fun dan 1 had when I wont iNhlir wld tlat feller Schaefer do nntl'JM feller oh KOO but 1 do like noise an' my dad's live-cent Stoockor * $ % * itlKtiro Jin Klvo mo a lovolver an' some ili blunU ' -an' handfnll of in catrlK'osan' a of ile Sloeckors--an' 1 don't care If do l-'ort thuv * run fnr tree days If ole ( loortfo wi > s hero now hM link we re membered him -whon you want tor HinoUe terday jes ask fnr de Stoci'kcr - all do best dealers keep It tin' my dad's do headiiuarter.s fnr do hole push. 1404 DOUGL4S. Sunflower State is Suffering from the Ex treme Heat. CORN BADLY DAMAGED , IF NOT RUINED Iliirveil llnuil * Itrlven from tin1'lclil nnil Siniill ( iritln Ciiiuiot He Itiirvi-itfil Itnln Will KANSAS C1TV. July 3. Ucports from central Kansas Indicate that hot winds pre vail ing 111 Hint section are causing serious damage to crops. Particularly gloomy re- potto come from l.arncd and Great Item ) . In that section of the state harvest hands were driven from the fields , being unable to cut or Htack the grain , and the corn crop. It Is reported , haa been scorched beyond - yond recovery. Heporla from the wtatcrn nnd central part of the state generally In dicate that crops are greatly In need of rain , llutchlimon , Sterling , I'ratt. Wellington ami other points report hot winds and state that rain I * greatly needed. Those reports atato lhat the corn crop is not yet damaged beyond recovety provided rain falls within n few days. LINCOLN. Xcb. , July 3. Ucports have been sent throughout thn country to the effect that hot winds were causing gre.it Injury to the crops In western Kansas and portions of Nebraska. "The facts lire there has been nothing whatever of lhat nature. On the contrary , the conditions are exceptionally good. There has been an abundance of rain throughout Nebraska , northwest Kans.is aud Colorado. The small grains arc boiler than ever before nnd are now being har vested. Corn Is In excellent condition and the outlook Is moro encouraging. " The above statement Is made by the olli- clalM of the Chicago , Durllngton & Qulncy railroad. CII1CAOO. July 3. The highest tempera ture recorded In the annals of the weather bureau for the month of July was reached today , when for two hours the thermometer registered 115 degrees , lint the mercury did not stop there. It went up nnd down until dually it made one suprc'iie Jump , In an boms' time from S ! ) to ! > " degrees. On the limitless streets men reeled nnd sickened as In a plague-stricken city and in the tene ment dlstilcts women and children huddled , seeking In vain relief from the heat that penetrated and prevailed everywhere. It was the hottest day of the year and the hottest July day Chicago ever new. There were many prostrations , police and hospital am bulances being kept busy all day caring for those who sank under the scorching rays , but up to midnight but one case had proved fatal that of an unknown man who died in n lodging house. Late this evening James Cuddy , a butcher , was found dead In his room on limerald ave nue , overcome by the heat. ST. J03HPII , .Mo. , July 3. The hot wave In this section continues , the mercury re cording US degrees again today. Numerous prostrations have occurred , but mine of a Merlons nature , lleporta received from the corn region of Kansas are to the effect that hot winds are doing much damage. Uladeu have begun to wither In some sections and a few more days of the hot winds will ruin the crop. Thunderstorms and cooler weather are predicted for tonight and tomorrow. ACAI.V HIACIIKS TIII1111:11 POIXT. Sonic Iti-lli-f IN llrmiiihl TliroiiKli Con venient Slum I-I-M. Hour. lli-pr. Hour. OeK. f * n. in . . . 77 1 ji. in * . . . ! H > 7 ll. M. 7S it ] i. in ! ) S 1) a. in M ! . " > p. ill ill ! II n. in ! > - 7 11. ill M5 These figures tell the tale of the tem- peratuie In this city yesterday as recorded by the official thermometer at the weather bureau. They show that the highest point heretofore reached during this summer was again recorded , towlt , SS degrees. The rapid fall between the hours of 0 and 7 o'clock last evening Is accounted for by the show ers of inin which fell at that time. The register ohows that there was .OS of an inch of rainfall at 7 o'clock. A stilt south wind prevailed nearly nil 'lay , yet the heat was oppressive notwith standing. One man was overcome by the heat and died In a very few moments after being removed to shelter. The Indications for today are for cooler weather. Charles Ekman , a porter for Allen Urea. , while riding on a Thirteenth street motor car last evening was overcome by the. . heat and died shortly afterward. Ekman upon nearIng - Ing the corner of Thirteenth and Douglas streets fell back In his teat and upon the car being stopped , was taken Into a drug store nearby. Later ho was taken to the police station and died bufore. the city physician could liu summoned. His remains wern taken in charge by Coroner Hurkct. Ekman resided with his family , which consisted of a wife and two children , at 231G Dristol street. Ho wa.5 said to have suffered frequently of late from heart disease. HOT IVAVIis or'vmi3 KXTHNT. CIIVITM I'riiotlenllj- > \VlioIo Coun try KiiNt of lliM-U.v MomituliiN. WASHINGTON. July 3. The weather bureau today Issued the following hot weather bulletin : The area of unusually high temi > ° rnture thl.i morning Includes nearly the who'e coun try east of the Itocky mountains exc pt the middle Atlantic coa.st ami New Knglnnd , the lanee above tbe normal amounting to from two to eighteen dejires and being ijreatcct In the hike region. .Maximum tomiieraluroh of 100 degrees and over occurred yestenlnv at Charleston and Savannah , and of nlnrty degrees and over throughout the remainder of the region named. The tem > ratuits throughout the lake region , the Ohio and Mississippi rally * has been above the normal since the tirst of the month. Them has Imen a considerable fal' during the ii.ist twenty- fmr hour * ! n the Missouri valley and the northwest. Continued high temperature l n'rolmhln for Sunday over the eastern and southern portions of the United States. WILLIS L. MOOKE. Thief of Bureau. Kittht i llcnt Victim * at 4'lni-lnniitl. CINCINNATI. July I ! . At noon toJay the thermometer hero reached .IS in the shade. There wore fifteen sunstrokes reported , among them being II. P. Hoyden , city au ditor-elect nnd formerly editor of the Com mercial Tribune. He U not seriously af fected. Four of the sunstroke eases are serious. Policeman Kusisman Is raving In delirium from the efl'ccu of the heat. The total number of prostrations reported to midnight are eighteen. Four terminated fatally. The dead ore : Frank Scolleld. Min nie Meyers , Ernest Landgraf , William Foley , all of Cincinnati. Four cases are considered critical at this writing and ten are not serious. Among the latter i that of Rev. Adolph Ludwlg , pastor of the llaptlst church in Newport , who fell on the streets of Cincinnati tonight ut a lutu hour. llrelil.s tin * lleeuril lit l.oolxvlllc. LOIMSVILLE , July 3. An even 100 de grees In the fehade U what Observer Frank Hurko read on his thermometer when he made hU observation at 12:30 : thU after noon. Ten mlnutej later It had dropped teD D ! * , wheiu U remained for an hour , a giaduul drop following. ThU breaks nil reconls fur years. The hottest day last year was July "K. ubcii .IS.fi was registered. At 11 o'clock thU morning IKS was registered. At noon a ( light drop was noticeable , but thirty min utes later the mercury took a Una ) upward spurt uml broke all records. There are. a dozen or moro prct > lratlona. hut so far none has resulted fatally. Horsej and mults fell nn Ihu streets and twenty or moro have been killivl during tht < last twenty-four hour * on account of ( he excessive heat. Very \\oriu nl SI , l.onlx. ST. LOUIS. July 3. While not the hot test dav of the M-ASOII. the heat Is terrlbk At 2:30 : o'clock Dr. Frankenfleld , the local weather bureau observer , reported from his don on tup of the custom Mouse that the thermometer registers 1M degrees in the uhadu and would become several dcgrecu warmer before night. On the ttmo pave ments in the stiTeti below the heat It at leait four degree * greater and cause * much lucoimulvutti to uiau auJ bi-ant. There j I.lko a sUy-roL-la't liotv ono inlnnto then JIOMO nro tltosi > ntv pianos \vt are Ki'lllnj ; at a smmtl-liantl pi-liv wo tire tlio only pornilo that can really inuko low piano prloos KOI a l l shipment of now piano.at about half inloo every tniLwarrantoil to lie of lilsh class ami character only $ i : 7 you never hoard of such a price on now pianos lioforo when these are KOIIO you'll probably have to pay nnu-o tonns J ? ! . " cash iS a niuiitli i-hoapor than niiylng rent. A. HOSPE. Jr. , Music anil Art. 1513 Douglas. very little humidity and as a result few prostrations have occurred. lint \Vnvt StiIUeslsronslii , MILWAUKEE , July 3. This haw been the hottest day of the season , the thermometer standing at 90 degrees In the shade. At La Crosse and other points 99 degrees arc reported. Three letter carriers were pros trated by the heat in this city this mornIng - Ing and prostrations arc reported at other points. None of the case1 ; has jirorn fatal. Thunder storms and cooler tempera ture are predicted. Drnil from Iliv llent. AURORA , 111. , July 3. Robert Hillock , sr. , and hU wife were found dead In their home In this city today. The body of Mr. Hillock lay on the floor and that of his wife upon the bed. Each was iO years of age. Then- Is no suspicion of foul play and as evidences of suicide are lacking , It Is believed that the ftrange dual fatality was caused by the In tense heat. M\V roMMAXIIAXT TAKI2S ril.VItr.tt. Informal lti-i-i-il | Inns lit \ < MV mill Ont- K-nliitt OIllelitlN. HOT SPRINGS. S. I ) . . JUly 3. ( Special Telegram. ) The new commandant of the Soldiers Home. Arthur 'Linn , has assumed nmangcnient of that Institution , the for mal turning over of the keys by Captain Lucas taking place In the home chapel. Appropriate remarks were imailo by the outgoing Mid tncoming'i commandants and the most cordial feelings existed. An In formal reception was given tn the evening to Mr. and Mrs. Linn , a very large num ber of citizens being present to welcome the now commandant and matron. Captain and Mm. Lucas will be tendered a farewell re ception next week. The weather hero Is delightfully cool , the thermometer being at. 77 at 10 o'clock a. in. Truer of One of tiltPrlMonorN. . CHAMI1EULA1N. S. D. , July 3. ( Special Telegram. ) Dan Kearney , mail carrier be tween here and Crow Creek ami Lower Hrule agencies , reports that one of the es caped prisoners from Pierre Jail came to his house , seven miles above Crow Creek agency , last night , for provisions , lie was on foot , and said ho hail had nothing to eat for four days. A deputy marahal from Pierre , who was at Lower Hrule agency this morn ing , looking for the fugitives , was notified and has probably captured him by this time. I "I inlliiliiM In Sontli Dnloitn. AI3EIIDEKN. S. I ) . , July 3. ( Special Tele gram. ) Heavy rains visited the entire northern portion of the state last night. Over an Inch and half of water fell here. The ground is thoroughly soaked , the weather very warm and crops growing rap- Idly. Ilt-tiiriiliit ; to the KnlKliln of I.nlmr. PlTTSIUmo , July 3.-Tho vote of the local | > receptorlo of the local Window Glass Workers' association on the question of re turning to the local Knights of Ixibor Is now In progress throughout the United States. Thus fur the vote Is almost unanimous for Iho return of the association to Ilia Knights of I-nbor fold. President Hums says the joint conference on the window glas-i scalr will 110 held' about August 1 at Columbus or IndlannpolK An advance In wagps of from 10 to 20 per cent , he says , wl'l doubtless be demanded , lie antlc-ipatus an early settle ment. Kleclliin Olllc'InlH liiillrlnl. ST. IXMT1S , July 3. The grand Jury has Indicted the following judges of election for frauds committed In the Tenth precinct of the Fourteenth ward at the recent school board election : James Alonin , C. K. Moi-IIcr Thomas K. Carey. Thomas I- ' . Dunn , Charles II. Shotkmlller , William lludile ami Hk-ard Cnivy. The live llrst mentioned were ar rested and released on ball. They are judges and i-lerks. Huddo and Itlcard Carey have not been arrested. Thev were not ' olllcially connected with the po'llng place. There Is considerable'h'applnoss ' to bo Kill foil out of life If we n'about it properly - orly f'rliihlamv Hie 'llltli1 ulrl and Ihu balloon-or the small boy and the bunch of lirocraekers little lhlns be - ; ; to sin-o hm tickle the kids the c. moral rollec- tloti.s lead to the remark that you will llnd conMdorahlo satisfaction In road- IIIK The Dally Iteo when you are aw.iy from home-one paper Is not miich-a week Is not hue ; a month Is MOOII over- bat If you have your paper follow you during iho vacation whuther a .veoU or lilimth-you will feel bettor conienied. The Omaha Daily Bee Circulation Dapartnnnt 7th and 1'anmi Bee Building lllXTXTppm11 PiTtPO r > inf\r\ri\ MhNNhSOlA CITIES FLOODED Heavy Rains Cause Rivera to Overflow Their Banks. GREAT DAMAGE RESULTS AT DULUTH llrtilK < viVn lit'it .V ny mill llnllroiiil Trntllr Sn | ietiiltMl lllrt Itlae Thirty l-Vrt ) In a l-Viv llotirn , CAHI.TON. .Minn. . July 3. A disastrous rain storm set In here yesterday and torrents of water fell Incessantly during the night , \\lth vivid and continual Hashes of lightning for llfteen hours. Otter creek has broken over Its hanks and Hooded the town , nnd hundreds ot people are fleeing to safer < | uarter . The St. I.ouls river has riweti twenty feet and solemnity Is added to the situation by the breaking of booms down the channel. All railroad trallle U sus pended and will not be risunied for several days. Stage and dray lined were plying be tween Cloiiuct and Carlton , but the rapid rise of water bus stopped them. It In estimated that the damage In this locality will leach $100,000. DULUTII , July 3. The worst storm Diiluth has ever known ntrurk hero last night , the rainfall being t.oa Inches. The storm did great damage all over the city and In the country around. Streets were washed out , p.ivetnents torn up and houses in some cases have been loosened from their founda tions. All of the clocks running through the city are raging torrents. Lester river , at the eastern end , him ripen thirty feet. Two or three small lirldgi-s were catrled out and the largo wagon and strict railway bridge 1 In danger of going , one of the big stone piers being already carried out. Several small housiH on the lake shore at the mouth of the river were carried out Into the lake , but the occupants iscaped. A large number of horsc and cows were drowned. At the west end a wolleii creek tore Its way through the engine room of Scott & llolston's big taw mill and today the big dry kiln has been undcrmlmlcd and threatens to fall. The powerhouse of the street railway com pany was Hooded and all trallle was shut off for a time. Lincoln park , the prettiest In the city , is completely washed away , and Cascade park Is almost ruined. Trallle on the railroads around Diiluth Is blocked. The Duluth it Iron Itango railroad has twi or three big washouts and one or two small bridges are gone within the city limits , while outside a number of bridges have been ri ported as washed out. The Uiiluth , Messaba & Northern railroad has a number of bad washouts and several bridges gone. No trains from outside have arrived here since last evening , nnd telegraphic communication was cut off for tunny hours. The water In the weal end Is still rising today ami several narrow escapes have been reported. HllAINKIU ) , . .Minn. , July 3. In some places last night's rain pat took of the nature of a clondhmst. All trains nro blocked on account of the numerous washouts. The long 1111 near the Northern Paeltlc shops ! perfectly cut out nnd the track hangs In ugly shape. Just south of the city at Buffalo creek the stone culvert and several hundred feet of track Is washed out. West three big washouts are reported between here nnd Staples. Cellars are full of water and many building ? have been badly damaged. In all directions damage to property and crops can be even. INVASION OK THU HIT. HORN IIASIN. SrtlliTN Complain of tinliirurxloii * of Illtr UcrilH of Shi-i-p. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , July 3. ( Special. ) The Wyoming state olllclnls are in constant receipt of complaints from ranchmen and settlers In the Hlg Horn basin of Invasions of big bands of sheep which destroy the ranges nnd make it impossible for the set tlers to support themselves. The 13lg Horn Development company , which has been at tempting to colonize portions of the Blfi Horn basin , reports that nlxtnen families ol colonists recently sent Into the basin to set tle upon lands Irrigated nnd reclaimed by the company have been obliged to leave becausii great bands of sheep liavo been iinartered near them , making It Impossible for them to range their horses and cattle. The sheep are driven from Montana and. It Is raid , their owners manage in iiHiny cases to evade paying taxes In Wyoming. State Engineer Mead , who has just returned from the Hlg Horn basin , says the range ques tion Is tin ) absorbing issue. He says : "II controversies are to ho avoided over the nsu of the range there must bo some provision made by which both sheepmen and ranch men can have the exclusive right to occupy certain portions and not encroach upon that of tlio oilier. This la a special necessity to small ranchmen whoso stock immt stay In ona placo. " Ailvlnt'H tluit I IKllouil HiUnlit. . CHEYENNE , Wyo. , July 3. ( Special.- ) J. I ) . Negus , a railway promoter , has re turned here from Natroiia county , where IK has recently completed the survey of n pro posed line of railway from Hanna , Carhop county , to Independence Hock , on the Sweet- water river In Natronn county. The pro posed line will be sixty-four miles long and will connect the soda and oil fields of Na tron u county with the Union Paeltlc rail way. The survey wad made at the instanci of caste : n capitalists , who desire to know the feasibility of the proposed line of roni ] and ItH cost. If built the line will pa * . ' through the Seminole mining district nortli of UawllCH , where rich deposits of Iron on and the precious metalu are found. Mr. Negut , states that the proposed route Isi en tirely practicable for a line of railway and the cost of conatiuctlon would not bo ex cessive. I'riili-Mt Aiiiilnxl l. 'M liiK uf III * ' liiinilx , CHEYENNE , Wyo. , July I ! . ( Special. ) Protests have been filed with Iho Slate Hoard of Control against the leasing of hinds In Natrona county , for which applica'ion has been made by Carey Ill-others and Mlchlo Ilrothers , who desire to Iciuo the lands fet pusturago purposes. A represent ative of the Hoard of Control will bo at Casper on July " ! ) to meet the parties in terested in the land ( "elections and hear statements for and against leasing the lands. Slilpiiii-ntN itf Wool from DOIJOLAS , Wyo. , July 3. ( Special. ) The wool shipments from this place this season will aggregate lr > 00,000 pounds. Some of the larger shipments are as follows : Plalte Valley Sheep company , 200.000 pounds ; Mor ton & Co. , ir.O.OUU puumls ; Williams Ac Whit- comb , UO.OOO poumln ; Metcalf & Co. , 75,000 pounds ; Charles Held , 50,000 poumU ; Cuth- rlo & Co , no , 000 pounds ; l-'lynu ft Carey , 34,000 pounds ; A. I ) . Chamberlain , lili.OOO pounds , Tt-li TlioiiNiinil Mir -i Iliully MlM-il , DOIJOLAS. Wyo. , July 3. ( Special. ) Through the earcslosnct-a of herders four bands of sheep aggregating 10,000 head , be longing to the Platle Valley Sheep com pany , 1'atUTbon K Stanley and MrDeunolt & Moran , became mtxud on the range near Pollard'ii ranch Sunday. Shu sheep are un marked and unbrandeil and about one-hall are young Iambi , making the mlxup u very serious nutter for the owners. llr < - 'l | il * from l.lllnl Ili-nlnlx , CHKYKNNK , Wyo. . July 3.-Spt ( > cla- | ) The receipts of the olllce of MUd Heel , state register of public lands , fo ; the month ol June arr aa follows : Soldiers and Sailor's homo land rentals , JL'76 ; istati ) charitable land rentals.iS ) : dt > af and dumb asylum land rentals. $151 ; public buildings lain ! renta'ii and fees , $81 ; common school laud rentals , Jl.UW ) ; total , J2.25C. Annlv/i' ( Inl.iiliitrirx' Kuoil , OAKLAND , Cul. . July S. The food of San Kranclso laborers Is to be analyzed by the protfShorn nt the State unlwrMty. Prof. M. I ; Jnffa. the head of Iho illfti-tle department , bus JUht ilet-ldcd that elaborate Investigation ) ! shall Inundertaken. . Severa' bundled faml- lleti of the age-earning clatijlll bit called uixm to take part- When the stutimle.i ) mvt liLH'ii nil follfcttul and tabulated It In ex pected poor famlllet * ul'l l > e able to live much lr.n expensively than they do now unJ at Hit ttumo t'nuon u muiu liujllhful diet. Drex I * Slioomnn Is Imvltig lots of fun ami trotiMo too Unlay but n lone n * the little ami big children enjoy It hi- doesn't cnri but until ho comes back we're goluj ; to rail your nttoullon to our Indies' bicycle footwear the new things In nil the shades nnd toes shoes that look well on the street nnd wheel for the men we've ot n "Sprocket" bicycle shoe that eclipses uiiytlilnu' ever offered n hnnd sewed lle.\llile sole In tlnrk brown Uttssln cnlf these too are us p > od for street wear its the bicycle $ : t.OO buys them you don't want to forget the ball Drex Is coin } ; to be In Monday. Drexel Shoe Co. , lilt ) KAKN.UI. Send for our Illustrated Cntalosuo.--Krco 'run I'vrro.vsiirius CAP. Coioiilctlon of tinTlirnimh l.ltit * from O in u till tn tli'l'ie.v KANSAS CITY , July 3. The thirty-four miles of railroad between Trenton and rattonsburg , to connect the old Omaha & St. Louis and ljulncy. Kansas City & Omaha lines , was completed and formally opened to- day. lloth of these lines are now a part of the Omaha , Kansas City & Eastern , the north end of the system of Stllwell ro.ids , nnd with the thirty-four mile eonmctlng link make up a through line from Omaha to West Quiney. Mo. , 313 miles in length. The opening of the road WJs celebrated by the people of Pattons-burg In connection with their fourth of July Jubilation. Itlo tirnnilo Western 1)1 vlilenil. CHICAGO. July 3. The Hlo Cirande West ern ro.ld has declared n dividend of I pel- cent of Its preferred stock , payable August IS. Hooks close July 'M and reopen August 17. An advance statement ot Denver .4 Itlo Cirande earnings for the year ending June 30 contains the following llgurrn : dross earnings , $ , 3S.24 ! > , against $7r .11.1S7 for the previous year ; decrease , $ fil2i : ! > S ; clearing J2.Sli7.2'JS ' , against $ .VJ02-tlti ) hist year ; de crease. Sa.l.l.lOS ; charges , $2,3tiS.3)7 ! ) , against $2.511,015 last year ; decrease. f42niS ! ; bal ances , $198.901 , against $691.390 last year ; decrease , $192IS ! ) ; dividends paid on pre ferred stock , both years , $173.000 ; wirplus , $2 "i U01 , against $218,390 last year ; decrease , U02.4S9. XCTV II. .V 1) . Tei-inlniilN. CHICAGO , July 3. An agreement was reached between the Ilaltlmore Ohio , the Central Uallroad of New Jersey and the Philadelphia & Heading , by which these roiids secure new terminals In Now York City. Commencing July 12 the ferryboats from the Jersey Central station will land passengers ut the foot of Whitehall street , making direct connection with Second , Third , Sixth and Ninth Avenue elevated roads , Hrooklyn ferries. Hroadway , Columbus ami Lexington avenue cable lines and the belt line. A line of new ferryboats has been built for the service. llurllimloii KnrnliiiiN. CHICAGO. July 3. The Hurllngton's earn ings for the first five months of the present year were higher than for the corresponding ueriod In any previous year since 18S7. Earnings for the Hiirlliigtou & ( Julncy that vear. exclusive of those of the Ilurllnglon * Northern , were J27.57fl.078 : net earnings were JI2.337.219. Out of this were paid charges of J5.2Sfi.OS4. and S per cent divi dends , amounting to $ i'i.in,0fi4. A surplus was carried forward to the next year , amounting to $940,071 , to which was milled $ : > fi7OS.1 for land sales. Itritiielniv tilt' Hull' * on l.oinln-r , MILWAt'KEE , July 3. The Wisconsin Central railroad announced today that It would reduce the rates on lumber from Eau Claire and Chlppewa Kalln to points In Illi nois , south of Chicago. 2 to 2Vi cents per 100 pounds. Di-ntlm of a liny. RnVTHAMlTON , July 3. Miss Ellen Miller , the only daughter of Hear Admiral Miller , IT. S. N. . died In London this morn- lug. Miss Miller has been sick ever sltico she landed and \sas believed to have con tracted typhoid fever while on the passage across the Atlantic. The news of her death readied the admiral just as the United Stales cruiser Brooklyn was on the point ot nailing for home. The admiral landed and took the first train for London. The Hrooklyn will not sail today. UENVEIt , Colo. . July 3. Ex-Governor John Evans , one of the foiemost eltlzcnn of Denver since 1S ( > 2 , when he was appointed governor of the territory of Colorado by President Lincoln , died nt 1:30 this after noon. He was S3 years old. WEST POINT , Neb. , July 3. ( Special. ) John Melnlien. an old and retired farmer , died yesterday afternoon In this city of dropsy ami consumption. SAN" KIlANiMSCO. July 3-U < v. John Klmball , formerly tbe editor of The Pncllic , thn organ of tlie ( 'nntregntlonallsts In thin elt > ' and state , and for many years con- "pIcMlous In religious \\oilt , died at his hoinu on McAllister street last night. \Vntrr Work * Seri-etnry lii lle ( Mli CINCINNATI , July 3. .Inliii W. Whet- ston , late secretary of the City Water Woihn ib'pai'.i-ient , has been Indicted for embezzlement of $20,01) ) of water works funds while acting as secretary. He bus given Iwiid In the sum of S."iuoO. Wbelstono lias been a leading politician and olllce- holder for years. li-iiitvlllc C.-IM n SIHMV Storm. LEADVILLIO. Colo. , July 3. The Fourth of July Benson was Inaugurated hero this morning by n severe snow storm. The ground Is covered to a depth of nil Inch. DENVEIl , July 3. Snow fell this morning nt ( Junnlson , Tellurlde , Crecde and Lcndvllle. Let her so unfurl your ( lags and let people know you are an American and proud of It If they don't see your Hag make all the noise .you can we've got Iho noisiest implements you win get- blank cartridges better than canon crackers and loss harmfull ' _ > : > rim lire l t : a box III * center tire " > "c a box ; ! 8 center lire - \ > e a box revolvers to go with them at all kinds of prices one for ! > 0c will do the busi ness our Insurance gasoline stove don't make any noise because it won't ex plode. plode.A. . C. RAYMER , IJUILDF.US' HARDWARE I1IJRE , 1514 Fariiain St. Kinnxns IN ADVUUSITV. AnslHt III IJnlnliiK a l-'oi-lniio I" He 'I'nrnei ! lint in tin * Cold. SAN FRANCISCO , July 3. Richard T. Hoard , who has been held for trial before the superior court of Alameda county for forg ing a $50 check , la a protege of ex-Senator .loo Hlnckburn of Kentucky , nnd his father was for thirty yearn clctk of the United States circuit court of Kentucky. Hoard wan for many years a deputy under his father. Mrs. Hoard ascribes the misfortune of her husband and heiself to her sister. Mrs. J. E. Ilyrne , and Mr * . Florence Illythe- Hlnckley. She says she was brought from England to help make the battle for the Hlyihe millions , that In the day when the heirs and their relatives were Impoverished she became a common servant In their kitchen , and that now , In their hour of prosperity she is cast aside. She declares lu-r husband wus driven by necessity to com. mil forgery He offers no defeiibo. CiiMlcnleil Mllll Her .Nciv I.live. SAN FRANCISCO. July 3. Mrs. Hrnd- bury , the wife of a Los Angeles millionaire , who eloped with II. Itussicll Ward , now talks fleely of her e.-'eapade. She and AVaid have taken moms in a Induing house In the te.-i- ileiloln district , and alter ordering a meal from a French restaurant , phe said : "You may call this either a love match or a Hcau- < lal. I prefer to call it a romance , Colonel Hradbury > was a kind husband , but I have Impi'lnr-ps with Mr. Ward. Ile can Htipixjrt me , ami I have no far of desertion. " 'Mrs. llrudliiiry denies thai Hhe piwmcl all her Jewels , but confesses to a hliorlagi ) uf ready unmet. She proposes to have a good time , am ) seems surprised that her capitalist liu < < - band has not iiursuod her. Mr. Ward pre fers not to ta'.k about his wlfu and children , who ate now abroad. ltd nrlilliu from l'oroie | , NEW YORK. July 3. Mr. and Mrs. Totter Palmer of Chicago airlvfd here from J5u- lope today on the St. Paul. They were met at tbe pier by Colonel Fred \ ) . ( jrnnt , wliosu wife IH Mrs. Pa'tner's lister. Among HID iitlinr passeng. rs were Han let t Trl-p | , former rnlteU .Slates minl.su r to Vlunna , ami In : V. It. Ouudhl , a Hindoo. Aelor ItalclllTe 'MirreinlerM , CJI1CAOO. July 3. Actor JO. J. Itutcllffe. wli'i Is wanted in New York under un Indict , menl charging him with brutally iiH-mulliiis' bin wife. HiirrendereiJ to tie : Hln-illf trxl.iy. Ills atlornev says he has kept his client In biding whl'e piepared a hubeax eorputi petition. Ilatcllffe secured a writ of habeas corpus this afternoon from Judge Gogglu. Me was brought before tlio court and the cane was continued until next Thurfihiy , ho being released on > , < i0 ( ' ball. He nllcgud that the governor's warrant upon which he was nriusted iloes not s-tate that an Indlctmunt has been found analnst him lu New Yorlc and further that the Lrosecutlon In Ne-wi York for astviult IH the result of personal malice and a desire to blackmail him. Kndcn vorci-x Iteiicli Suit l.alie. SALT LAKE CITY , July 3. Tlio first of the Christian Endeavor trains arrived this morning , the first delegation being that from Ohio about 700 strong. The city la com mencing to nil up with thi ) visitors , anil the prospects are that the reception at Salt Lake beach this afternoou will bo wall attended. Eleven tialns were dellveied lo the Rio ( Jrando Western at Grand Junction between 3 and 7:30 : o'clock this morning , and uluveu moro trains are following thorn closely. HinilVIIN Niiii-l'n ncl ornlile. SACRAMENTO , July . Clmrles VateH. a Hawaiian , who conducts a F.-iIoon In this i-lty , was shot by an enraged colored woman. The Flint was Hied directly from above at n distance of a lew fiel , and the lail'ct wim tlattened out un Ion of Yales * Hliill lo thu thickness ol a dime , and the services of a mil-genii were ieiiiircd | to remove It. Yates went back to liln jilace of hns'iiepH , and though ! nothing of the Incident. The woman was aireNtc'il. I'Mniln n ] , OIII'-OH | Son. PHOENIX , Arl/ . , July 3.--.U Mesa City ye.sterday IJr. L. H. Hammond of fit. 1/julH found hi" long lout son. known there IIH Harry Creulmun , whom he had not seen for elifhleen yearn. The boy , It IK s-ild , WUH htoleii by g > p < le at tbe Instigation of a injected .over of hH mother. The Informa tion of thit lioy'n v , htiivaliouU was ilven ; lethe the father In i espouse tu a circular letler by ex-Marshal Cluik. llenlliN froin Heal n I PI I Ixlinrx , I'lTTHItUIU ! , July 3.- Two deaths ami a number of prostratlnnn frmn heal wire re- purtcd today. This wan thn hottest day of thn year , ! he tbermomeler icslstirlng ill.3 nt noun. The nlplH'rl yeslerday was 91. The indlcatlona urc for eontlmiud high tem perature. "I crave hut Ono Minute , " unld the pulillo epeaker In a husky voice ; and then ho took a iliwu of Ono Minute Cough Cuio , anil pro- reeded with his orutury. ( Jac .Minute Cough Cure U unequalled for lluoat and lung Iroublca. This noise makes your head ache but liuw about your teeth do they ache ? There's two remedies II'sthave them repalied save them If possible si'uond If they're beyond repair we'll pull them then furnish yon with new leelh-a pied M-t of teeth such as yon have paid $15.00 for wt Kuaranlee til only ! ? ri.V ( ) wo j'v ' away free with every * ' _ ' . < > < ) worth of work a buttle of Lr. lialli-y's famous tooth iMiwilor our uleclilc fans furnish u coollnu broe/.i > while wo do the work painlessly It's never nncumfortablo hero lady attendant always , BAILEY , THE DENTIST , Kl V - 'Iil Floor I'm ton IIIU , 10th uud Kariiuui.