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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING-, JUNE 27, 1901 TWELVE PAGES.
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FLOOD AFTER FLOOD
Weit Virginia' DtTaitaterl Dlutriot it
Again Under Water.
FORMER HEROISM IS COMING TO LIGHT
lint Arrival from Uppir Ctction Tall cf
Women's Bratery
WILLIAMSON REPORTS LOSSES GREATER
Olaim. More Than Hundred Dead) Eight
Millitm Damage.
GOVERNOR WHITE THINKS THEM LESS
laities Address In I'll 111 If, Snylim tin;
Hcnil Number Only Fifty nnd
the Destitute Cull He Tnlion
Cnrii if Un II 1 ileal.
BLbEFlELD. June 20. Another de
structive Htcrm vlaltcd tho Hood-swept dis
trict tonight and, while no loss of life Is
yet reported, tho damage to proporty has
been great. Tho work done by tho largo
force of men repairing thu damaga by lnal
Saturday's flood has boon dctroyod In
many places. Details arc hard to gather,
for tho communication destroyed by Sat
urday's Hood has not yet been repaired.
ROANOKE, Vn., Juno 26. Word was re
ceived hero tonight at a late hour con
firming tho report that thcro had been an
other heavy fall of rain In tho Went Vir
ginia ennl fields. The Intelligence received
here says another storm has occurred and
that l'ocahontas Is damaged more than lust
Saturday. All railroads aro threatened.
COOPER, W. Va., Juno 26. A heavy rain
tonight at tho bend of the Elkhorn ha?
washed ou; much of tho new work and is
likely to delay traffic tomorrow. Tho brllgo
on Mill crick, west of Coopers, Is washed
out.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Juno 26. There la
no longer any doubt but the list of dead,
the result of tho recent flood, will exceed
100. Parties reached hero this ovcnlng
from the upper end of tho Hooded district
bringing the flrot authentic Information re
ceived from tho scene of disaster.
Tho party Just arrived consisted of Judge
E. S. Doollttlo of Huntington, Judge Flour
noy of Charleston and Kilns Hatfield,
deputy sheriff of MIiibo county. Theso
gontleraen left Vivian Sunday morning.
Judge Doollttle said to the Associated Tress
correspondent tonight that words could not
describe tho sceno of devastation between
Vivian and Davy. It was a tidal wave
from a cloudburst and swopt everything be
fore It. In tho track of Us course every
thing Is gono, Including coko ovens and
pillars of stono. At Vivian, tho water came
roaring down the mountain sides In mon
ster waves and people who attempted to
floo to the hills for. safely were washed
back and carried away by tho raging' cur
rent of tho Elkhorn.
The soctton visited by the flood was
thickly sottlcd, but as tho population con
sists chiefly of miners who were at work
at tho tlmo the largo mnjortty of tho dead
are women and children and thrilling
etorles of rcccuo aro told. At ono point n
mothor climbed n hugo pillar of tho rail
way trestle, holding to hor breast her only
child. This w8 at Eckman trestle. Her
homo was washed away, but tho mother and
child were saved. Fifteen persons are said
to have been drowned at Eckman.
'I'll I r t Lost at Keystone.
At Keystone, tho loss of life was great.
Trobably thirty persons perished there.
Mothers and babes wero swept away by thu
raging current; strong men battled for their
lives without avail In many tustnnces, In
ono Instance parties fled to an Island and
climbed small trees, only to bo swept nwuy
fifteen minutes later by the tide, which was
filled with debris of every kind.
Judjto Doollttlo was on the Norfolk &
Western train No. 2 at Vivian when tho
floodtldo overtook it. lie was In a sleeper
nnd on awakening discovered water rushing
through tho center aisles nnd all was con
fusion. Ho climbed, a did many others,
from windows and wis rescued by people
nearby on coke ovens by means of boards
being plnccd to tho windows. No passen
gers wero drowned. It took eleven hours
to dig tho debris away from tho train after
tho floodtldo had passed.
Passenger train No. 11 was also lost at
Eckman, being completely carried nwuy
with box cars, houses, etc. More than 200
cars, many of which wero loaded with
merchandise, were washed away nt that
point.
Among the buildings lost at Vivian was
that of W. J. McLaren, tho Norfolk & West
ern supervisor. It was a magnificent homo.
Mr. McLaren's family was rescued with
great difficulty.
On Dry Fork tho loss of life Is exceedingly
Srcat. Uodlcs are scattered all alone the
stream, nfany of which will never be Iden
tided. Seven saloons at Keystono were
washed away, four lives being lost In one
of I hem.
Dr. Hatfield's home at this placo was not
washed away as formerly reported and his
family Is safe. At llrooko the loss of prop
erty Is also severe, but only thrco Hvbb aro
said to have been lost there.
Horrors or (lie Situation.
The region from Ennls to Davy, forty
throo miles, Is compUtely tn ruins. Hun
dreds of mine mules :an bo seen in heaps
Intermingled with human bodies. Coal
operators and mill men have lost unknown
amounts.
Near Davy a horse was found lodged In
a drift and a humun body dangling to tho
same, the man's foot having hung In the
stirrup or tno saddle A report has lust
reached hero that fifteen bodies are lodged
In a drift at Hatllold tunnol, twenty miles
cast or tnis city. Near llurke a man saw
hlB brother sinking In the flood and, plung
ing in 10 rescue nun, both wero drowned.
C. F, Clifford, trnln dispatcher for the
Norfolk & Western, was moved from Davy
to Ennls and now has control of tho tele
graph lines at the latter point. Ho says
that on his journey he saw five dad bodies
at Eckman, seven at Keystone nnd fifteen
scattered promiscuously along tho shores.
Ho pressed on through without stopping
nnd theso wero on his direct Hue of travel,
Of couvso, this number may be largely
Increased, It Is belleveil that tho loss of
life along the little streams emptying Into
tho Keystono has beon great, Thess
streams have not yet been explored,
Flvo construction trains left her? last
night and will pick up every nun on tho
way possible to assist In railway repalrr-
Twcnty barrels of whisky were caught
In the Tug river at Welch. A report has
reached hero that most of the colored
miners are laying off there on a protracted
spree and that street fights aro numerous,
(Continued on Fifth Paso.)
HENDERSON CHAJS WITH KING
Spcnltcr fitys It Wits h H!!il- Sat
isfactory I, Idle lit
ter Ict.
LONDON, Juno 2t. David II. Hcndersou,
rpeakur of tho United States house of rep
resentatives, suld to a representative of tho
Associated Press this afternoon; "1 have
never enjoyed a greater half-hour Interview
than the ono I had with King Edward yes
terday. Ho wus perfectly flank aud agree
able. Ho looks forward to oven more cor
dial relations than uow exist between tho
English-speaking nations. America may ds
pend on the fact thnt It has no more cordial
friend In tho world than King Edward.
"While thu details of our conversation
may not be repented I can assure my Amer
ican friends that England may bo depends!
on In any ordinary controversy which may
arise between tho United State aui the
rest of tho world."
Congressman F. II, Glllctt of 'Massachu-
vtsp who accompanied Mr. Henderson,
Vils!V'i'l,iff,l ,0 tl'o representative of tho As
sori 'i.'H' '. "V.'e go to Sklbo castlo to
visit me i-.iii-.'- 4- ,- olid oi mo weeic
and from there we V. . "' le continent. We
expect to return to Amenta '.i September.
Wo havo been everywhere treated with the
greatest Idndneu and can Bay that the
cordiality extended to Mr. Henderson and
myself while we havo been In England has
exceeded anything wo could havo antici
pated."
BANDS TO WELCOME KRUGER
Former President of the- Transvaal
Given Hiithuslustlo CircetliiK
liy Hnlliinders.
ROTTERDAM, Juno 26. Mr. Kruger,
former president of tho South African re
public, was welcomed on his arrival here
today oy tho burgomaster, deputations from
numerous societies and many women. Two
bands of music on a platform played the
Transvaal anthem and hundreds of work
men's societies wero drawn up along the
stroets loading from tho station to the
town hall, to which Mr. Kruger was driven,
escorted by a guard of former Transvaal
oftlccrs. Groat enthusiasm was manifested
everywhere.
In a speech of welcome at tho town
hnll tho burgomaster spoko of tho simi
larity between the Transvaal and Dutch
struggles for liberty and said Rotterdam
wished through M. Kruger to pay homage
to tho little Doer nntlon which had shown
such faith and confidence In Its own
strength.
Mr. Kruger In a brief reply deplored tho
fact that hl country was cut off from sup
plies and ammunition, whereas the Dutch
had their own supplies during their
struggle. Ho was fully convinced tho Lord
would deliver bis country in his own good
tlmo. A luncheon followed the delivery of
tho speeches.
MARQUIS ISF0UND GUILTY
Lur-Siiluce .Sentenced tit Spend Five
Yearn In tSxIle for
1
Treason.
PARIS, June 26. When tho Senate asa
high court of Justice reassembled today,
continuing the trial of the Marquis de Lur
Saluccs, charged with treason, ho was
found guilty, with extenuating circum
stances, nnd sentences to flvo years' ban
ishment. ST. LOUIS FINDS A WAY
Will Avoid Interference with ItrKulur
TrnfUe hy HurryliiK Ilelt Line
to Fnlr Grounds,
ST. LOUIS. Juno 26. Now that tho site
for tho World'B fair has been determined
the Terminal Railroad assoclaton will losa
no tlmo In the completion of the northern
belt lino. This line will afford the main
Inlet to the fair grounds for trains reaching
th.i qlty from tho east over tho Merchants'
bridge, nnd likewise from tho north over tho
Burlington nnd tho Missouri, Kansas &
Texas roads. It will connect with tho
Wabash tracks and establish a completo
belt lino for trains approaching and depart
ing from and for the east, west, north or
south,
Tho Terminal association will provide an
auxiliary station at the fair grounds to care
for tho special world's traffic and all such
trains arriving from the east over tho
Eads brldgo will bo sent direct through the
terminal yards and Forest Park to the fair
grounds nuxlllnry station. In this way
tho regular passenger traffic to and from
tho Untou station will not be Interfered
with, but local trains will be run at fre
quent Intervals between tho Union station
and the fair grounds.
At present tho Wabash Is the only lino
skirting the fair grounds, nnd It will make
extensive arrangements for handling both
through and local business to the grounds.
This will commenco, both freight and paa
sengcr, as soon as ground Is broken for the
work of construction. The Missouri Pa
cific and tho 'Frisco lines are not a half
mllo distant, and they will run tracks to the
grounds ns soon as possible.
GREAT WESTERN IS ALONE
Will Xot He Wedded to Any Other
Itond nt Present, Sny
Officials.
ST. PAUL, Juno 26. Chicago Great West
ern olllctals emphatically deny that there
has beeu any recent occasion for tho ru
mors, again current, that tho line will be
absorbed In tho Hill-Morgan syndicate, to
gether with the Wisconsin Central. A
definite contradiction was received today
from an official close to President Plckney
and In a position to know,
"You will be safe In saying," ho said,
"thnt tho Great Western will remain ab
solutely Independent of any other railway
Interests. There Is nothing In tho report
that the lino will pass under Hlll-Morgau
control."
A lurther significant Indication that no
combine Is Intended Is the statement from
President Darius Miller of tho Great North
cm, who said, when apprised of tho report
of the approaching Hill-Morgan control:
"I can say postlvely that It Is not so."
THACKER MINERS KEPT OUT
Striker Keep .Vou-L'nlon Men Anny
from Hie Maritime Mltli Vol.
ley nf Mullets.
THACKER, W. Va., June 26. Several
shots were fired by strikers. at non-union
minors who wero attempting to enter tho
Maritime mines today, Tho non-union men
wero compelled to abandon tho attempt to
enter tho mines. No officers are iiii duty
now In tha coal field, but a largo forco of
deputy United Ptatc3 warvhals aro ex
pected tomorrow.
PASSENGERS ARE THANKFUL
Now Bealize How Nearly Loit Were All on
Board Lniitant.
ROUGHER WEATHER WOULD END ALL
C'n i tn In McN'ny's Course the Only One
Open In Much mi Kmrrueney
nnd Providence Helped
Them ThroiiKh,
ST. JOHNS, N. P., Juno 26. Tho steamer
Glencoo arrived hero at midnight, bring
ing six first, fifteen second aud 136 steoiaso
passengers and ninety-three of tho crew of
tho Lusltunla, which was wrecked Tues
day night off Capo Mallard. Captain Mc
Nay aud tho chief officers of the ship re
main with the wreck. The passengers are
almost cnlJrely Russian and Polish Jewe.
Tho steamer struck at 1:30 o'clock yes
terday morning during a densa fog. Cap
tain McNay had to force the vessel upon
the reef, for It ho roversed the engines tho
whole ship's bottom would have been toin
out and It would have sunk Immediately.
The panic was Intense. Tho details cf
what occurred on board havo been pre
viously cabled. Thu drawing of knives by
the pnssengcrs was not general, It oc
curred In Isolated Instances only.
Thrco hours elapsed between tho tlmo
when thu Lusltnnla struck nnd the tlmo
the passengers started to disembark. This
dolay wus occasioned by tho difficulty In
controlling tho passengers and handling
the boats. All the passengers nnd crew
agree that If the Lusltnnla had struck the
rocks In rougher weather not a soul on
board would have been saved.
SHOOTS HIS HIRED MAN
Farmer Mike Kllroy Object lo .Icsic
ItiiKcm' Attentions to Ilia
Wife.
RAYMOND, Neb., Juno 26. (Special.)
Miko Kllroy, a farmer aged JO years, seven
miles northwest of Raymond, shot Jesse
Rogers, his hired man, with a revolver at
10 o'clock this morning, Inflicting what
may prove a mortal wound. Tho bullet
entered the right check and Is still lodged
In Rogers' head.
After the wound was Inflicted Rogors ran
to the house of Charles Balrd, which he
reached In almost n fainting condition.
Two farmers named White nnd Berry
brought tho victim to Raymond. County
Physician Haggard was summoned and
measures were Immediately taken to re
lievo tho sufferings of the wounded man.
Six weeks ago Rogers came to Raymond
from Missouri. He has worked for Kllroy
about a month. He was 30 years of age.
Sheriff Bronson has been summoned.
LINCOLN, June 26. (Special Telegram.)
Sheriff Dranson brought Mlko Kllroy back
to Lincoln, arriving here about 1 o'clock
this mornnlg and placed him In tho county
Jail for safe keeping. Mr. Dranson said
Rogers, the man who was' shot by Kllroy,
Is seriously wounded. The bullet entered
tho left Jaw and took a downward course,
but has not been found. The sheriff thinks
ho has only a slight chance for recovery.
From an Investigation In Raymond Sher
iff Branson Is couvlnccd that Kllroy shot
the man bocause he suspected his attentions
to his wife. Kllroy admits that he did
the shooting and gives this as his reason
He will be bold here pending further de
velopments. PLEADS GUILTY TO TEST LAW
E. II. Held nf South Oinnlm Takes De
cisive Step to Itealst State
Enactment.
DENVER, June 26. (Special Telegram.)
E. H. Reld of tho Flato Commission com
pany of South Omaha was tried today In
district court and sentenced to six months
In Jail for violating the state livestock
sanitary laws. Ho pleaded guilty to bring
Ing cattlo Into the state from below the
quarantine line without havlns secured
from tho proper state autborltleo a certifi
cate or bill of health.
Hold's arrest and trial were brought
about by himself to test tho constitution
ality of tho Colorado law. Habeas corpus
proceedings will be brought before Judge
Hallet of the United States district court
and these proceedings will be based on
the allegation that the arrest and sen
tence of Mr. Reld wns Illegal In that tho
state law under which he was convicted is
In conflict with the Interstate commerce
law. This case will not bo settled short of
the supremo court of the United States.
Tho National Livestock association,
which la backing Mr. Reld, will use every
legitimate means to relievo the stockmen
of the country of a state Inspection fee
when such cattle are passed by the federal
government Inspectors In the south.
HANNA GIVES JO THE KENY0N
Make Ohio College Gift of $."50,000 for
Dormitory In He Cnlled "Pol
iticians' Darrscka,"
CLEVELAND, 0 June 26. A special to
the Plain Dealer from Gambler, O., says
Senator Hanna nnd Governor Nash partici
pated prominently In the commencement
exercises of Kenyon college held here to
day. The senator, nt the alumni luncheon
In tho afternoon, unexpectedly announced
that he would give $50,000 to tho Instltu
Hon for a dormitory. A year ago Kenyon
college bestowed tho degreo of doctor
of laws upon Senator Hanna, This
gift Is an acknowledgment of the honor
conferred by the college. At Senator
Hanna's request the new dormitory, will
be called the "Politicians' Barracks."
President Pierce announced that the sum
of 1100,000 had been raised as an endow
msnt during the past year.
D0WIEITES ARE DRIVEN OUT
Hvnnston Crowd l.'scs KkK" to Per-
mute Til em to I, e live
Town.
CHICAGO, Juno 26. Four Dowleltes who
went to Evanston to hold an opon air meet
Ing, tonight were hooted down, rotten
egged, Jostled about tho street and Anally
driven out of town. Tho mob numbered
hundreds nf people. Tho police seemed
unable to cope with the crowd. No ar
rests were made.
GOMEZ COMES TO NEW YORK
Oulinii General, Accompanied liy
WoimI'm Private Secretary, Finally
Hiirnutc from Ilnviiun.
HAVANA, June 26. General Maximo
Gome,: sailed for New York today, by -way
of Tampa, Fla., accompanied by the private
secretary of Governor General Wood,
LUDLOW AND HIESTAND COME
General I on HeU Leave nnd the
Lieutenant Wants to Make
Hxplniintioiis.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 26. Tho United
States transports Thomas and Duford ar
rived from Manila today. Tho Thomas
brought thirty-three officers nnd 071 mtn,
composing the Forty-seventh Infantry, U.
S. V.; ten officers nnd 292 men of tho
Thirty-eighth Infantry, fourteen ofllcers and
361 men of tho Forty-ninth Infantry, n
number of officers and civilians, eight
members of the hospital corps and seven
teen, stowaways.
Tho Ruford brought the Forty-first reg
iment and a i.rmbor of prominent officers.
Among theso are General William C. Lud
low, ncLompanled by Mrs. Ludlow; Colonel
Goodalo and Lieutenant Colonel H. O.
Hclstaud of the adjutant general's depart
ment. General Ludlow, who went to the
Philippines some months ago, was taken
111 with consumption soon after his ar
rival there nnd Is enroute home on sick
leave. Lloutcnant Colonel Hclstand will go
direct to Wushlngton to reply to tho char.?o
that ho uati Involved In a conspiracy to
control tlio hemp export of tho Philippines.
Prlvata Francis II. Kegarlce of Company
D, Forty. seventh Infantry, died on the
Thomas June 7 nnd Private Will Parker of
Company E, Forty-ninth Infantry, who had
been 111 ull during tho voyage, died this
morning.
Tho arrival today' of the transporti
Thomas and Ruford brings nearly all tno
volunteer army homo from the Philippics
Thcro nro yet to arrive tho Indiana, wl'h
tho Forty-second regiment, and tli K 1
Patrick, with tho Forty-th'rJ. Tlure nro
now at tho Presidio seven rtglaieutn await
ing mustering out. Orders havo be.n re
ceived to hold the mall for thi foil?,. lug
regular troops Twenty-ninth, Tht.tiotti,
Thirty-second and Thirty-third conipuiUi
of const artillery; Batteries One, Eight.
Ten, Twelve and Thirteen of the fleld ai-
tlllery; tho Fourteenth, Eighteenth nnd
Twenty-third regiments of Infnntry; C"tn-
pnny F, battalion of engineers and the
Fourth cavalry.
WASHINGTON, June 26. General Shat
ter has reported to tho War department tho
arrival of thu ttnnsports Logan and Grant
at San Francisco from Manila. The fol
lowing deaths occurred on the formor en
route: Uobcrt II. Collcy, corporal, Company M,
Thirty-eighth Infantry, Juno 19, chionlc
ulcerative dysentery; Private Edward N.
Dcppcart, Company E, Thirty-eighth In
fantry, Juno 19, mnlarl'il fever.
The following deaths occurred cn tho
Grant during tho pr.ge: James Long,
private. Company H Forty-ninth Infan
try, Juno JO, chr.)ulo dysentery; Ch.irloi If.
Thompson, Jompan O, Fortynln h In
fantry, Juno '.'2, chronic r"ysentery.
MORRISON CASE GOES TO JURY
State Completes Argument AKnlnst
Woman Gharired with Murder
of Mm. OUn Caxtle.
KANSAS CITY. June 22. A special to. the
Star from. Eldorado, Kan.; Buys: This
morning, after nearly two jdjys 'and a halt
of argument, tho case of Jfsaio Morrison,
charged with tho murder on June 22, 1900,
of Mrs. Olln Castle, was given to the Jury.
Tho state's argument wns concluded at
10 o'clock. County Attorney Reed Is quoted
as saying that In case of a hung Jury at
this, tho second trial of tbo prisoner, tho
case may be given up by tho state and
MIts Morrison set free.
After the Jury bnd retired, Miss Morri
son, accompanied by her aged father and
her two sisters, left the court room and
Vent to the Morrison home, whoro tho
prisoner has been permitted to stny during
this trial. The people In tho crowded court
room stared at the little woman as she
passed by and ono or two of them spoke
to her. She gave llttlo evidence of strain
or suspense.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon It was said
that olevon of tho Jurors wero unanimous
for the conviction of Jesslo Morrison, while
one was standing out for acquittal. There
are mutterlngs, on the street today that
It will not go well In Eldorado 'with onu
man who would hang the Jury. Judgu
Alkman has no other Jury cases set before
July 2, and It Is 'believed that the Jury will
bo kept out until then. If necessary. Tho
Jury has not been pormlttcd to go to lunch.
In bis closing speech tor tho stnte Mr.
Leydlg spoko of the relation between Olln
Castlo and Jeeslo Morrbon. Referring to
tho letter over which tho women quar
reled on June 22 last, he said; "She's not
a giddy girl. She knows something of hu
man experience and human proprieties.
She testified here that sho was 28 years
old when this murder occurred. After sh
knew that Olln Castle was engaged to be
married sho wrote him six letters from Ex
celsior Springs. After sho returned she
wrote him several notes. Does ndt this
look as though the woman wore flaunting
herself In his face? And she Is not a
young and giddy girl. The blush of tlm
rose has gono from her cheek. If sho was
flllod with outraged passion why didn't she
draw tho steel across tho throat of Olln
Castle?"
Castle, who was standing near tho Jury,
listened, winced and bit his lip.
"Why did Jesslo Morrison wreak hor
vengeance and her passion on an Innocent
woman who had won the lovo of Olln
Castle, whom this woman loved?"
At a lato hour tonight the Jury lad not
agreed upon a verdict and a hung jury Is
generally predicted. Judge Alkman allowed
the Jurors to cat supper at 6 o'clock, but
sent thc-m back to the Jury room Imme
diately thereafter.
MINISTER PREFERS A GOOSE
It's n Tnllnr'n Unfenthered Fowl,
but I.nys the Golden
13HTK".
ST. PAUL, Minn., Juno 26. Rev. George
Shaw of Olivet Methodist Episcopal church
of this city was In need of his salary and
his congregation held a church fair and
offered Mm tho proceeds to apply on tho
balance due him.
The minister docs not believe In church
entertainments and fairs and declined tho
cash ottered. In order to provide lor his
living expenses ho has accepted regular
work In a local tailor's shop, but continues
in charge of bis pulpit. His work as a
minister Is successful, but many of the
members of his congregation crltlclso his
course sharply.
CALIFORNIA CROPS BURNING
Fire Svfeepn Ten Thnimnnd Acres of
Grain nnd GrnrliiK Land .enr
Los llanos.
LOS BANOS, Cat., June 26. An Im
mense flro Is raging nlno miles sjutn of,
here. Ten thousand acres of grain have
been burned and a still larger area of
grazing land has been swept by the flames.
HIGH MARK F0RT111RTY JUNES
NinttT-Eigfct Degree ii Rtcordid Hut
" for Omabi.
CLIMAX OF THREE SCORCHING DAYS
Weather It lire nil Promises Swelter
liiK llnniiinlty Speedy Hellef
Clouds to Cool the Air
Today,
Forecast for Nebraska Partly Cloudy nnd
Cooler Thursday nnd Friday; Variable
Winds.
Triupcrnturc at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. I)-r. Hour. lien.
f n. m 77 1 p. m !"
II a. in' 78 U p. ni OH
7 n. in. , , . . . SO !l p, m I7
h a. in ..... , H.'J -I p, nt OS
!) n. Ill 80 n p. Ill '
111 a. iii ,SS (I p. in '7
11 a. Ill Ill 7 p. ill IX
l- in n:t n p. in di
tl p. in t?o
Tho memory of the nnclent Inhabitant
Is corroborated tn this rnstanco by the
records of tho weather office. For thirty
years there was no hotter Juno day than
yrstcrday. It was the climax of a hair
Wf 1: of scorchers. On Monday the high
print wa3 97, a creditable score, Increasing
tn a tilid crescendo on Tuesday to 97.1
dtgrtis and on Wednesday to 9S, the
rvcoid iciuU for thirty Junes.
The weather oftica, has laid tho bet,
however, that the climax has been reached.
Local shuwers aio prophesied for tho
Immediate future with cooler weather to
follow. Th lack of humidity has saved
tollers In the sun from the suffering na
turally liuldent lo such a temperature nnd
enly ono prostration resulted from tho
terrific heat. Ulrtch At.drcgy, who was
overcome In a South Omaha hair Mold,
moreover, wns exposed to moro than ordi
nary conditions.
PROSTRATIOnT AT PES MOINES
Laborer Overcome While nt Work an
a Cement Cnr Iorrn llent
Itecordft DroUen,
DES MOINES, Juno 26. (Special.) The
weather bureau reports that tho records
show no day tn June In tho history of tho
state when the temperature was so high at
an early hour as today. At 7 o'clock this
morning tho thermometer on tho top of
tho postoftlco registered SO degrees, which
Is unprecedented. Coming as It docs after
three days of unnecessary hot weather the
peoplo of Dcs Moines are complaining of
tho suffering moro than at any tlmo In
years. On Monday tho mercury reached 94
degrees, which was tho hottest ever known
hero In June. This record was equaled to
day. Complaint Is made that somo crops
are suffering on account of the Intenso heat
and that It the wavo continues It will seri
ously Injure farming operations. James S.
Elfrlts, a laborer, was overcome by heat
early this morning whllo engaged Jn un
loading cement from a car. NVfatalltles'
have resulted.
DUDUQUB, la., Juno 26. The weather
bureau reported a temperature of 9S here
this afternoon. There wero several pros
trations and outdoor work was generally
suspended.
BURLINGTON, la., Juno 26. (Special
Telegram,) This was tho culmination of
three days of blistering hot weather, dur
ing which the record for June wns broken.
The mercury ranged from 92 to 100, reach
ing tho, latter point today. As a result
ono man was prostrated on Main stree'.
and a colored convict In fho county Jail
becamo Insnne nnd threatened tho lives of
the other prisoners. Considerable suffering
Is reported but no fatalities.
PROSTRATIONS ARE MANY
Score In Clilcnwro, Six In Minneapolis,
Three nt Ln. Croase and
Others.
CHICAGO, Juno 26. There were four fa
talities and a score of prostrations today
as a result of the torrid heat. Tho dead:
GEORGE SMITH.
EMMA JEFERSON.
WALTER STEINBERG,
JOHN VOLKMANN.
MILWAUKEE, Juno 26'. Record-breaklnff
heat prevailed In some parts of tho state
today. Thcro was ono prostration In Mil
waukee. Tho thermometer registered 90
degrees hero. Oshkosh reports tho hottest
Juno day In many years, thcrmomoters
reading from 91 to 100 degrees. Many fac
tories closed down. Green Bay reports 98
degrees and thrco prostrations. Albert J.
Bornhard, a carpenter, died from sunstroke.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Juno 26, Throo seri
ous prostrations from the heat occurred to
day. The mercury registered 08, tho hot
test June reading slnco 1874.
EVANSVILLE, Ind June 26. Two farm
hands near Newburg died today from heat
prostration. Mrs, Anno Charlotte Walker,
widow of the late James T. Walker and
mother of Dr. Edwin Walker, died this
morning, nged 89. Her death was hastened
by the excessive heat. Tho mercury reg
istered almost 101 today.
MINNEAPOLIS, Juno 26. There wero six
prostrations from the heat horo today. Tho
government bureau reported a maximum
temperaturo of 95 degrees.
SEQUEL TO DEFENBACH CASE
Grand Jury Indicts IJepnty Coroner
WecUlcr for Maklntr Alleged
False Inquest,
CHICAGO, Juno 26. Tho grand Jury to
day Indicted former Deputy Coroner Johu
C. Wjcklor for malfeasance In oftlce, tho
specific charge being that he conducted
a false inquest on tho body of Miss Marie
Defenbach. Miss Dcfcnbach was the young
woman about who revolved tho Insurance
conspiracy case, prosecution In which re
cently resulted In Dr. A. M. Unger and
F. Wayland Brown being sentenced to the
penitentiary. Weckler has not been lo
cated. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jane 80.
At New York Arrived Harbarossa, from
lirsmim, T.nmlia'rdl. from Nanles: Kensing
ton, from Antwerp. Snlled-St. Louts, for
soumnmpion.
At Liverpool Arrived Corinthian, from
Montreal: Romnna, from Portland. Sailed
! nk-.i Phnnmlntn. for Montreal.
At London Arrived Mnnltou, from New
York.
At Antwerp Arrived Switzerland, from
Ihlliuldphla.
At Cherbourg Arrived Graf Waldersee.
from New York, for Hamburg, via Ply
mouth. . .
At Fouthnmpton Arrived St. Paul, from
new vorit.
At Queenstown Arrived Noordland, from
Philadelphia, for Liverpool.
At Plymouth Arrived Graf Waldersee.
from New York, for Cherbourg and Ham
burg. At Southampton Arrived Lnhn, from
New York, for Hremen.
At Queenstown Arrived Oceanic, from
,11.11 w IV, ,vt jWIIVIJ'VUt,
TO LYNCH J0HN C0NSIDINE
1'rlcnds of the Mttn He Killed Or
Kmilte, hut Fall to Curry Out
Their Plan.
SEATTLE, Juno 20. When Interviewed tu
the county Jail today John W. Cousldlne,
who yesterday shot nnd killed cx-Chlef of
Pollco W. L. Meredith, raid: "My attorneys
wrote to Meredith thnt he must retract the
statements ho nmdo which reflected on my
character or I would sue for libel. It was
that letter which mado him attack me."
Tho nucleus of a mob was formed last
night among Meredith's friends aud talk
was made of attacking tho Jail. A commit
teo waited upon tho newspapers and nskid
for support, but were warned that tho law
must tako Its course, nnd tho sheriff was
put on his gunrd. Thereafter tho move
ment dwindled awny and enmo to nothing.
Tho Times today publlshos the text of tho
letter sent Meredith, which was tho un
doubted causo of Meredith's attack upon
Consldlne. The charges mado by Meredith
wero first published in tho Times, upon
Meredith's authority, and demand was mado
by Consldlne and his attorneys upon tho
publishers of the paper for nn npology nnd
retraction. This was four days bsforo tho
murder.
An examination of Meredith's skull shows
that tho blows delivered by Tom Consldlne
would have produced death In a short time,
oven If he had not been shot by John Con
sldlne. Such Is the result of tho post
mortem oxnmlnntlon held today.
SUICIDE OF OMAHA WOMAN
Lllllc Pearl Alexander, Who Lrnvcs
Family Here, Drlnliit Car
bolic Acid.
DENVER, June 26. (Special Telegram.)
With her lips still wot from swallowing an
ounco of carbolic acid, LIUlo Pearl Alexan
der tonight kissed her friend nnd com
panion, Gusta Swomsteadt, and sank on the
bed In her room, dead beforo tho pollco
surgeon could bo called. Her husband,
two children and parents live In Omaha.
The woman came to Denver six months
ago and has worked as waitress tn the
American restaurant. Tbo narao of her
husband sho kept secret, but tho women
about the houso where sho roomed say she
often spoke of her parents and children,
For two weeks sho had not heard from her
pooplo and It worried her a great deal.
Yesterday afternoon aho told her friend
that she Intended to kill herself. In tho
evening Miss Swomsteadt was standing In
tho ball when tho woman camo homo, and
asked her how she was feeling.
"I feel much better now," sho said, going
into tho room and removing hor bat and
part of her clothing. She returned to tho
hall presently, walked up to Miss Swom
steadt and kissed her. The friend smelted
tho acid.
"It Is all over," said Mrs. Alexander, and
she reeled and fell at tho door of her room
and died In Ave minutes.
MOLTEN METAL ENGULFS .THEM
Seven t Foundrynicii In Chlcngo
lrishttully nurned When Dins-
mile ancil cxpipnn.
CHICAGO, Juno 26. Caught In streams of
molten metal which poured Into tho cupola
room of the "soft foundry" department of
tho American Car and Foundry company to
day, seven workmen woro frightfully
burned, three of them fntally.
The explosion of a dynamite shell which
had been placed In the cupola with scrap
Iron caused tho accident. When the shell
had been heated It burst, breaking the walls
of tho cupola, tho molten metal streaming
forth In all directions. Not ono of tho men
In tho room escaped the white-hot metal.
The victims:
THOMAS CUSACK, foreman of tho cupola
room; died on way to hospital.
Frank Baleen, skull fractured and entire
body burned.
Michael Smentak, entlro body burned by
metal; both legs broken.
Charles Brown, scalp wound and burned
about body.
Frank Dlcdo, arm broken and burned
about faco and head.
William Burke, body burned.
John Sefelk, hody burned and leg broken.
FIRE SHOOTS DOWN THE SHAFT
WIIKeshnrre Cont Ilreaker aud Fan
House Arc Consumed All of the
Miners Kscnpe.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Juno 26. A large
breaker nt No. 2, mlno of the Delaware &
Hudson company. In the eastern part of tho
city, was destroyed by flro today. Tho
tlames comraurlcatcd to the fan hou'c and
then extended down tho shaft. Tho loss
will be fully $100,000. Seven hundred men
nnd boys will be thrown out of work until
the breaker is rebuilt.
Tho rejoicing over the escape of all hands
was turned to sorrow nt 3 o'clock, when tho
relatives of Cornelius Cannon, John Dufke,
Peter O'Donnell nnd Louis Dugdalo reported
that they wero missing. As tho air current
had been cut off by tho burning of the fan
house, It was thought the men had perished,
But an hour afterward the four miners ap
peared on the surfnee. Thoy hod made
their way through somo abandoned work
ings to an opening. The loss Is placed at
$100,000.
BODIES FOUND BY ROADSIDE
Drnth Comes to Qtiluay, III,, YnmiK
Man nnd Woman After
They Quarrel,
QUINCY, III., June 26. The bodies of
Frank C. Forrest and Louise Strothoft were
found In the road flvo miles from here
early today. Forrest, who was well known
In Qulncy, had quarreled with Miss Strotli-
off and later had received a note asking
him to drive out to her home and seo hor.
Ho went last night, accompanied by John
Dlttmar. During tho evening Forrest and
tho girl took a walk, and thnt was the last
seen of them until tholr bodies were found,
half a milo from tho houso. Whether he
or sho did the shooting Is not known.
LOOKS LIKE DENVER THUG
Chnrlrs Griffin, Arrested for Alleued
Assault, May He Capital
Hill Celrhrlty.
DENVER, June 20. Charles Orlffln, about
25 years old, who claims to be a switch
man, Is In Jail, charged with having at
tempted to assault a woman at a lonely
spot on Thirty-first streot near a bridge
over tho Platte river. Griffin was lodgod
In Jail end the police declare that h'U de
scription tallies perfectly with that given
of tho man who mado a murderous as
buuU on Miss Celestlno Coleman last Mon
day night and also with that of tho "Cap
Itol hill thug."
CARS PILE IN HEAT
CulTt Nir Pmo, Ind., Qiiei Way Under
Wabtah Limittd.
DARKNESS SHROUDS THE DEATH TRAP
rint Intimation sf Dancer ii Whei the
0rnih Cuiii.
DEAD AND DYING ARE MANY
former Nnmbtr Thirteen and the Latter
I'ifty.
LMIGRANT CAR IS WORST SHATTERED
Heavier Couches and Sleepers Tnin
hlc on Top or It mid Italians
Are Fntally Crushed Res
cuers Come Promptly.
PERU, Ind., Juue 20. Thirteen persons
wtio killed an J about fifty were seriously
injured hi a wreck of trnlu No. 3, the west
bound Wubnsh limited, uluo miles west of
this city, at 12:30 a. m. today. Tho dead
aro mostly Italian emigrants, curouto to
Colorado. Many of tbo Injured undoubtedly
will die.
The dead-
MRS MATTIB CRUSE, wife of Joo Cruso
of Now York, who was Injured.
MISS FANNIE MUHLOIC, sister to John
Muhiolc, Now York, who woa slightly In
jured. LC1G1 IIENINI, Now York.
TWO ITALIAN WOMEN, names unknown.
THREE ITALIAN BABIES.
FIVE ITALIAN MEN, names unknown.
Tho Injured:
Mrs. William Cotter, wlfo of general
supcriiitunduut Iron Mountain railway,
badly bruised.
John Williamson, ucal , Howling Qrccn,
0 both urins anil ii uioitcu.
David Agnew, Orum uak, lud right arm
Injured.
Johu O'Mara, Denver, right leg broken.
Unknown Italian, New l'ork, right leg
and right sldo muuijled.
Nocnla Polask, head aud shoulder bruised.
Anna Joubcr, St. Louis, head badly
bruised.
Joseph Porza, Trinidad. Colo., head nnd
left lout Injured.
Herbert Mcugcr, Hillsdale, Mich., fact
cut.
Joseph Cruse, Italian, New York. head.
body and left leg bruised.
Mrs. Joseph Cruse, head and body
bruited; will dlo.
Georgo S. Mllncr, Alton. III., left lex
broken.
E. P. Clough, Toledo, 0 head badly
crushed, right shoulder blade broken.
J. B. Wood, Logansport, Ind., back
bruised.
G. A. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark., head
and body bruised.
W. A. Brade, .Angqja.clnd., face cut.
Clark Taylor, Logansport, Ind.,' head and
body cut.
Rev. Father Wclsch, Logansport. Ind..
right foot crushed.
Johu Wllklns, Lafayette, Ind., right arm
and shoulder broken.
Walter Laldlaw, Wabash, Ind., right leg
Injured.
Charles Flanlgan. llagman, body bruised.
John Adams, fireman, head and shoulder
lacerated.
J. S. Butler, head bruised.
J. B. Lucks, Logansport, Ind., traveling
salesman, slightly brdlsed.
Julia do Pape, St. Louis, slightly bruised.
Mrs. Thomas Jones and her sou Earl,
Cedar Springs, Ont., both slightly bruised.
Mr. and Mrs. Jnmes N. Ray, enrouto to
Dallas, Tex., slightly brulsod.
It. S. Bradshaw, Fort Wayno, Ind..
slightly bruised.
A. D. Thompson, Peorln, 111., scratched.
Charles C. Voorhees, New York, slightly
bruised.
John Wllklns, Lafayette, Ind., arm and
shoulder broken.
John J. Ickcs and son, John F. Ickos.
FrcBno, Cal slightly hurt.
Annla Grubcr, 9 yoars old, and Len Gru
ber, 2 yoars old, of St. Louis, bruised and
scratched.
John Muhlvlc, Italian, enrouto from Now
York to Crested Butto, Colo., right leg In
jured.
Joo Groso, badly Injured In back and bead,
and his wlfo missing, address unknown.
Martin Blyo, LoganBport, Ind., Hps badly
cut and teeth knocked out.
Ottoff Lukenvllle, Hobokon, N. J badly
Injured about head and back.
Charlie Park, coal miner, rcsldeuco not
known, head hurt.
Annlo Park, wife of foregoing, right sldo
and arm Injured; 3-year-old son, face
scratched.
Ireno Park, 2-months-oId. faco scratched.
John Omarro, Italian, enrouto to Denver
from New York, leg badly mangled.
F. C. Brownell, baggageman, Toledo, O..
head, legB and shoulder Injured.
Italian man nnd wife, who cannot speak
English, woman slightly hurt, man will
probably die.
C. P. Horn, Logansport, left arm and
ribs bruised.
John Derwlnnls, Plttston, Pa., miner en
route to Wcstvlllc. III., Injured.
E. J. Calkins, Toledo, left leg Injured.
Urops Tlirouiih Trestle,
Two rectlons of train No. 3, ono coming
from Dotrolt and tho othor from Toledo,
wero consolidated In this city Into a train
of eleven cars, making up tho flyer for
Its Journey to' St. Louis. It consisted of
a combination baggago and express, com
bination baggage and smoker, day coach,
emigrant roach, three chair cars, three
Bleepcrs and tho private car of Oenera.1
Superintendent William Cotter, Iron
Mountain railway. Having left this city
one hour late the train was speeding west
ward at a high rate, when at a point nlno
mlleB west the engine plunged through a
trestle which had been undermined iiy tho
recent heavy rains,
The embankment on both sides of th
llttlo stream dropped at a sharp degree a
dlstanco of forty feet. Owing to tho mo
mentum of tho train the engine appeared
to leap nearly across the abyss, plunged
Into the soft earth on tho opposite aids
and fell back to the bottom. Engineer
Butler and Fireman Adams wero thrown
from the cab, but not seriously hurt.
Tho express car and the first chair car
were telescoped. The emigrant car, fol
lowed by two chair cars, went down on
tho left side of the trnck and the first
sleeper pitched forward upon tbo mast of
debris. Its windows and trucks were
broken, but nunn of the occupants was
Injured. Tbo remaining cars also left
their truckr , but were not badly damaged.
It was In the emigrant and day coaches
that most of the deaths and Injuries oc
curred, Heavy foliage llnod tho banks on
both sides of tho culvert, the approach to
which was over a "reverse curve."
Tliero was absolutely no means by which