The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKNINGr, JUNE 29, 1001 TWELVE PAG E i.
SINGLE COVY FIVE CENTS.
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HEAT AND HARD BLOW
Hot Weather ToUcw:d by Hffh Wicd in
Minnupolii and St. Paul ,
LIGHTNING AIDS WORK OF DESTRUCTION
Boreral Ferseni Injured, Ont Killed and
Euildligo Damaged.
WILD WEST SHOW PUT OUT OF BUSINESS
Pawaoa Bill's TtnU Lmlod Pnraaturolj
bj a Liu oi.
OTHER TOWNS REPORT SAME ILL LUCK
Duluth nnil West Superior Ret Shnre
of (he Storm Torrid Weather
Talcs from Hast, Wet
Xorth and South.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 28. A terrific
torin swept over Minneapolis, St. Paul
and vicinity this afternoon, The storm
broke about I o'clock, being preceded by
almost utter darkness.
It wag so dark that the Western league
basu ball game was postponed because tho
playerB were unable to see the bull. Many
people went Into the streets to watch the
clouds, and when tho storm of wind and
rnln broke there wer.o many Injured. Holly
Dennett was struck by a live electric wire
a ill killed.' Tho fruinu building occupied
by the Home aundry was wrecked, Mrs,
Morey, an employe of tho laundry, had a
leg broken and a shoulder dislocated.
The storm leveled part of the canvas
enclosure of the I'awnco DIM wild west
show and suverul persons were Injured
there. One of the grain tanks being built
by tho Tlonecr Steel Elevator company In
southeast Minneapolis was tilted from Its
foundation and collapsed. The workmen
barely escaped. Throughout the city win
dow lights wcro broken in and much' minor
damage was done.
In St. Paul the storm was heavy, but
tho damago there was of a m'.ir char
acter, chlmnoys being blown down, window
panes smashed imd shailo trees broken.
Duluth and West Superior also report
a heavy wind and electrical storm this
afternoon.
Similar reports come from many towns
north and west of tho Twin Cities. Near
Montevideo, Minn., all tho buildings on the
farm1 of 0. Jung were blown down and one
man probably fatally Injured.
Many Tornadoes fteported.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 28. Heavystprras
arc reported all over this section this otter
soon and the property less will run up
Into the thousands, while a number of
persons have boon Injured and many head of
live stock killed.
The worst storm waa tbat which' passed
through a large district south of New Rich
mond, Wis, t was a tornado, and did much
damage to, farm property, ,.lthoaii 4cr
Innately' no lives were lost. On a smaller
cale It resembled the tornado which swept
ever and destroyed the greater portion ct
New Richmond two years ago. Over a
dozen farmers have already reported .the,
loss of a part or all of their buildings,
windmills, llvo stock, machinery, etc, and
the loss there will be very heavy. In some
cases the buildings were crushed down anJ
In others swept away by the wind, while
flood damage was, elsowhcro reported. A
rainfall of nearly four Inches Is reported
here.
A tornado Is also reported to have caused
much loss about Star, Prairie, some dlstanco
to the north of New nichmond. Hector,
Minn., roports all crops destroyed six miles
north of there by a destructive hailstorm.
Bird Island and Montevideo, Minn., both
suffered considerably.
In St. Paul and Minneapolis the storm
was very threatening, but hero only minor
flamago was done.
Tho first through train from the Pacific
toast over the Great Northern railway since
Tuesday afternoon arrived hero at 6:05
o'clock this afternoon, delayed fifty hours
by the cloudburst that cut the main lino
In a dotcn places between Wllllston, N, D.,
ind Glasgow, Mont., on Tuesday night.
K second coast train, duo Thursday after
noon, arrived at 9:20 tonight, and thai due
this afternoon will reach this city at 3:30
tomorrow afternoon. Both trains today
sere crowded and brought an Immense
imount' of delayed mall.
MONTANA ISWELL SOAKED
Present Bains Are Heaviest In Years
mill Washouts Are Delay
ing TrnfTW'.
HAVRE, Mont., June 28; The Great
Northern road la experiencing great diffi
culties with high water east of Havre. A
Slspatch from Glasgow says tho washouts
proved tho most destructive tn three years.
Tho track from Mlnot to Havre was dam
iged to such an extent that all trains save
t wrecking trains havo been stopped. Bo-
tweon Trenton and Culberlson three bridges
were destroyed and two miles of track
trashed away.
A westbound train went Into tho ditch at
lllnidalo, where forty feet of track was
a-ashed out. Not In years 'has Montana ex
perienced such heavy rains. All the streams
ire running bank high.
KILLS INDIANA HARVESTERS
LIchtntiiK Strikes Four In Whcnt
Field Near I.odl, with
Fatal nesults.
BRAZIU Ind., Juno 28. During a storm
(bout 6 o'clock this evening lightning killed
bur men vho were at work harvesting In a
heat field on the J. C. Halbert farm near
Lodl. The killed are:
FRANK BRIDGEWATERS.
ANDERSON WEBSTER.
JOHN WIGGLE.
SAMUEL STEWART.
Anderoon Webster was a prominent
armer of that section, owning the farm
WJolnlng the Halbert place. He was a
Ban of family. The other victims also
save large families.
LIGHTNING AJ A CIRCUS
lolt Kills an Elephant, Stan $ntlra
Menagerlu and Severely Shock
Spectators.
,EAU CLAIRE. Wis., June 2S. Lightning
day struck the animal tent of the Wal
lace circus, killing an elephant and stun
ning the ontlre menagerie. Many persona
tar oaverely shocked.
HOTTER TOWNS THAN OMAHA
Lincoln and St. Joseph Itcport 103 Do
KIcca UlHh Wind lu the
Missouri Town,
LINCOLN, Juno 2S. Tho hot weather
record for June was broken In Lincoln
this afternoon when the thermometer at
tho government weather station registered
103 at 4 o'clock. All over southeastern Ne
braska the same high temperature exists.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 28. Tho hot
spell reached Its highest point here today
when thermometers registered 103 In the
shade. At Seventh and Felix streets one
thermometer registered, "01. A high wind
blew from the south rot'. ) ,,.'the day, caus
ing considerable dairi tyt', .fiat of the
hog-kllllrig department . '"''J jf.-n Mor
ris Packing company bolns, '', '. . .
KANSAS CITY, June 28.
turn at 4 p. m. was 100. Michael .,(- ;
a plasterer, was ovcrcomo by the hca'k '
his condition Is critical.
NEW YORK, June 28. New York ex
perienced tho hottest weather of the year,
tho thermometer registering 02, while the
street thermometers rcglstefcd as high as
100, with humidity at 04. In 'Greater New
York eight deaths and fifty prostrations
wero reported up to midnight. In Jersey
City and nearby towns In New Jersey about
twenty prostrations occurred, but uo deaths
had been reported up to midnight. Tonight
a gontle breeze cooled tho atmosphcro
somewhat.
PITTSBURG, Juno 28. While the maxi
mum temperature today was but 88 and tho
minimum TO, threo deaths and sovernt
prostrations wcro reported. The dead:
MARY DEER.MO, 15 years.
GILBERT LOGAN, 05 years.
ROBERT HOUSTON, 8 years old.
CHICAGO, June 2S. This, was the eighth
day of tho hot wave. The temperature
reached 03 degrees and there wero two
deaths.
BURLINGTON, la., June 28. The tern
peraturo reached 100 degrees In tho ehado
hero again today.
TORNADO VISJJ LA CROSSE
Lifts a Hotel nnd n Hospital Itoof,
llrenks Store Windows nnd
Uproots Trees.
LA CROSSE, Wis.. Juno 28. A tornado,
doing thousands of dollars' damage, visited
this city at 7 o'clock tonight. The root
of the Hotel Boycott, a four-story struc
ture, was blown off and landed half a block
awuy on another largo building, which
was wrecked. Tho new Norwegian Lu
theran hospital wbb unroofed. Treei were
uprooted and many glass store fronts were
destroyed. Several buildings were struck
by lightning.
Hottest Duy In Crete.
CRETE, Neb., June 28. (Special.)
Thursday was the hottest day In the month
of June over experienced In Crete, the
thermomoter at 4 p. m. registering 103
degrees. Wheat harvest has .begun. Oats
are short on straw and of poor quality.
Corn Is growing nicely. Unless a heavy
rain falls aoon late .potatoes wltl.be a fall
ure. Implement .dealers- have don? an Im
mense business tn binders and machinery,
One firm sold five steam threshing Bt9t.
Heat Makes llecord nt Farnain
FARNAM, Neb., June 24. (Special.) The
past five days havo been among the hot
test In this locality since the country was
settled. Mercury ranged from 100 to .105
degrees and the wind from the southwest
was hot. Some fields of small grain,
especially rye, show signs of suffering.
Corn Is doing well and has -not been In
jured, nor baa the wheat suffered much.
I.ljtlitnliiK Strikes Picnickers'.
PITT8BURG, June 28. During a storm
today lightning struck a largo oak troo
In Rlvervlew park, undor which Mrs. W.
H. Young and her four children were eat
ing a picnic luncheon. George Young, aged
6 years, was Instantly killed. Norman, n
younger brother, was rendered unconscious
and will probably die. Mrs. Young, her
8-year-old daughter and an Infant wero
seriously shocked.
FOR LIVESTOCK CONVENTION
Final ArrnnKements Made for Asso
ciation's Fifth Annual Meeting
and Second exposition.
CHIQAGO, June 28. Pinal nrrangeraents
were mado today for the fifth annual con
vention of the American National Live
Stock association, and tho second annual
llvo stock exposition will bo held In this
city December 26 to 28, Inclusive. John W.
Springer, president of the association, had
leasod tho Studebakcr theater for sessions.
Discussing tho prospects for tho conven
tion and exposition he said:
"This will be the most notable conven
tion in the history of our organization and
with the exposition will command an at
tendance of 260,000 people. Wo havo ar
ranged for some of tho ablest talkers in
this country and abroad to discuss topics
of Interest to up to date stockralsers. Tho
sessions will bo held from 0:30 a. m. to 12:30
p. m. each day, the adjournments being
taken early brcnuso of tho exhibition of
the Union stock yards of the flncat aggrega
tion of horses, cattlo and shop and hogs
ever brought together In this Country or
any other.
One day of tho convention will be dovotcd
to matters affecting legislation. Five or six
bills will be submitted to tho delegates be
fore being presented to congress, The at
tendance will be largo and Governor Yates
will be asked to deliver tho openlnc ad
dress, whllo Mayor Harrison probably will
wolcomo the visitors. The complete pro
gram will soon bo ready for the public."
C0NSIDINES HUNT TROUBLE
Late Evidence Points to Their HnvliiB
Purposely Provoked Meredith
to Quiirrcl.
SEATTLE, June 28. Now light is thrown
ou the Meredith murder case by Investiga
tion which has been proceeding slncp tho
evening of the murder. It has transpired
that Meredith left his home on the aftor
noon of tho murder with tho Intention of
cleaning up his room In the police station
and transferring his personal possessions
to his home. Ho bad packed up the articles
belonging to htm, among which was the
shotgun with which he fired at Consldtno.
About llvo minutes before the shooting oc
curred Meredith was seen at the corner of
Yesler Way and Second avenue, The for
mer chief had bis arms full of packages
at this time. It has developed tbat tho
Consldlne brothers were walking about In
tho neighborhood of the drug store for
some time before the shooting, and ap
peared to be looking tor some 'one. Tho
latest developments point to the supposi
tion that tho Consldlnes found Meredith on
his way home and provoked him to the
shooting.
TARES MONEY TO A CORPSE
1 urohaier of Dairyman's Stook liidi Him
a Suioids.
DESPONDENCY OVER LOSS OF TRADE
Albert Bruschireller Cnts Ills Thront
at Ills Farm House on the Elk
horn Itond, Klicht Miles
from Omaha-
Albert Bruscbweller, a dairyman eight
miles northwest of Omaha on the Elkhoin
road, ended his I if o by cutting his throat
with a razor yesterday afternoon, because
ipondent over financial reverses. The
. y.was found in the hayloft of Brusch
t'b barn by Edward Cllno, a neighbor,
. notified Coroner Swanson, The coro
ner went to the scene, conducted an inquest
and brought tho body to the morgue late
last night.
Bruscbweller lived alone and operated a
small dairy. Recently, It la said by neigh
bors, he had experienced troublo with some
of his best customers on account of criti
cisms of his milk and had lost patronage.
He worried about this a groat deal and
finally decided to dispose of part of bis
herd. A sale was mado to Edward Cllno,
who came to Omaha yesterday afternoon
to get tho mopcy to mako tho payment.
When Cllue returned he went to Brusch
wellcr's place and, after n search, found
the body In the haymow. Tho bloody razor
with which tho deed wbb done was stilt
clutched In the right hand. A scries of
deep gashes on the left wrist showed
Bruschwellcr's first attempt at self-destruction
and a gaping wound stretched
across tho throat from ear to ear.
An Inquest was called at once and the
Jury came to a verdict In keeping with the
evident facts, that Bruschwollcr camo to
his death by his own hand. Burial will be
today or tomorrow.
Llttlo Is known of Bruschweller'a ante
cedents by his neighbors, as, "he talked sel
dom of himself or his affars. He came to
this country from Switzerland and It Is not
believed he has a relative here. He was
30 (years old. His stock and property were
placed In charge of a neighbor by Coroner
Swnnson awaiting a settlement' of the
estate.
WILSHIRE TELLS THE REMEDY
Reminds Social Conferences that
Conditions Are to Be Dettered by
Co-Operative System.
DETROIT, Mich., June 28. Unification
of reform forces and organizations waa
the subject discussed at tonight's meet
ing of the second national and political
conference.
Prof. Seely of Ohio university, the first
speaker, advocated direct legislation, the
adoption of which, be said, would result
In reforming all the social and economic
"evils tbat exist at present.
i.H. Gaylord Wllsblre of Los Angeles,
Cal., challenger of W. J. Bryan, argued
for the co-operative, system as agatast-Jthe
present competitive .y-age system and-Vas-"sorted
that .three years from now tho co
operative, system would be recognized as
tho remedy for present" economic conditions
and would be" generally adopted.
Prof: W. E. Bcmls of Now York dis
cussed "Tho Placo of Trades Unions In
Reform Movements." He said:
"In order to progress socially and eco
nomically wo must educate and organize,
and I think that the unions are giving men
lessons that will help greatly In organizing
the masses."
During tho afternoon groups of dele
gates who arc Interested In single tax,
the Ruskln Hall movement, mutual bank
ing, prohibition and other special sub
jects formed themselves into groups and
talked over their hobbles.
CUTS DOWN AJRITISH FLAG
George Miller of Eugene, Oregon,
Takes Canadian ArcM at Sknar
way by Surprise.
VANCOUVER, B. C, June 28. The
steamer Islander, from Skagway, today
brings news of an exciting flag episode at
Skagway. L. S. BuBby, Canadian customs
agent there, acting on Instructions from
Ottawa, hoisted the British flag on a polo
above his office. Several Incendiary re
marks followed the hoisting of the ensign
and on the following morning a tall, ath
letic looking man glanced up at the flag
and, stopping at tho foot of the staff, took
out his pocketkntfe, cut tho halyards,
pulled dawn the flag nnd tossed It Into a
recess of the building. When Customs
Agent Busby reached tho flag furler tho
latter pulled out a card from his pocket
and, after handing It to the astonished
Canadian officer, walked away. On the
card was "George Miller, attorney at law,
Eugene, Oregon."
Miller Is a brother of Joaquin Miller,
tho California poet.
VERDICT DISSATISFIES SOME
Mrs. Castle's Brother Expected Jessie
Morrison to lie Convicted of
Second Degree Murder.
ELDORADO, Kan., June 28. Jessie Mor
rison, who yesterday at hor' second trial
was found guilty of manslaughter In the
second degree for the murder of Mrs. Olln
Castle, refused today to make any state
ment. Her lawyers also declined to say
what further steps, If any, they Intend to
taku In her behalf, Judgo Atkman will
wait a few days before pronouncing sen
tence, Walter Wiley, brother of Mrs. Castle,
said: "Wo aro not satisfied with tho ver
dict. I did not think It would be below
second degree murder."
Miss Morrison slept soundly last night
and today expressed hersolf as feeling very
well.
BOERS ARRIVE AT BERMUDA
Shipload of Rasced Dutch and Euro
pean Prisoners Wnttlnir to
Be Landed.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 28. The
British transport Armenian, having on
board the first shipload of Boer prisoners
to be quartered on Darrels and Tuckers
Island near here, arrived In these waters
today.
The Armenian had a good passage of
eleven days from the Island of St. Vin
cent, The prisoners seem to bs In good
spirits, though rather ragged In appear
ance. There were no Infectious diseases on
board and the ship was allowed pratique,
The prisoners are a mixed lot of native
Dutch and Europeans. The water supply
of the new arrivals Is scarce, aa the
weather has been exceedingly dry and the
condensing apparatus of the camps has
not been erootod.
EVERY CREW A POSSIBILITY
Oarsmen of Six Colleges MnUe Con
fusing SIiovtIiik "'r 1'oiikIi
kecpsle Course,
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Juno 28. Uncer
tainty over every race to bo rowed over
tho Poughkeepslo course on Tuesday next
Is an Interesting feature tonight. Those
who are counted as experts In the picking
of winners arc hesitating over suggesting
a favorite. Six crews in the 'varsity race
make It difficult to determine the winner
and when the experts saw the last arrivals,
Syracuse, row over tho course this evening
and later saw the doughty Wlsconstns out
on tho water the problem became hnrder,
In the four-onred class the uncertainty
is Htlll greater. Pennsylvania's coach has
been devoting most of his time to his crew
and thoy arc sure over at the Pcnnsyl
vanla headquarters that their crew will go
to tho front. Georgetown university has
pulled over tho course tn fast time nnd the
Impression that the big crew at the light
bluo or tho white, or tho lighter crew of
Cornell will pull ahead In ttte race- has
furnished a shock. Cornell has always fur
nished an uncertainty, but Coach Odea Is
confident.
If there Is any vatuo In tho outside course
whero tho current flows a llttlo tho strong
est, Georgetown got It, with Cornell next, In
.tho 'varsity race, white tho Pennsylvania
crew, which has not been marked down a
winner, gots away Inshore, with Syracuse
next.
Columbia, Wisconsin and Cornell aro next
to crtch other. In tho four-oared, with threo
ontrles, Cornell got tho -outside position,
with Pennsylvania next to the shore and
Columbia In tho middle. In the freshman
race Cornell Is noxt to tho west shore and
Syracuse has the outside, or favorite po
sition, with Columbia and Pennsylvania
sandwiched.
Tho commlttoo decided tonlsht that, de
spite tho fact that all the entries for the
single shell race but one had withdrawn,
that ono should bo allowed to row. He Is
Clinton Goodwin of the class of 1303 of
Syracuso university, and ho Is to row over
the courso in a shell loaned him by Johu
M. Francis of Cornell, who declined to row
without' tho full sanction of his' college.
The Wisconsin 'varsity eight left their
boathouse at a few minutes before 6 o'clock
this morning, Andrew Odea, their coach,
following on tho yacht Walla Walla. Three
of the crew. Stroke McComb, Levis, No. 3,
and Jordan No. 4, were rather out of con
dition, having been sllghtlyjlll during tho
day. Still, they took their accustomed
seats and Odea totd them not to row hard.
They paddled up tho river five rallea and' a
half and returned to their boat. They are
tho heaviest crow on tho ffver. averaging
16996. and they have a reach 'that ls almost
phenomenal. Their boat keeps si fairly
even keel and checks but slightly- Steam
may bo expected of the Badger elfifct when
they got under full headway nt their maxi
mum stroke of 35. They did not row above
30 today. The Pennsylvania's 'varsity went
a four-mllo over tho course. There was no
attempt at fast time. The freshmen ac
companied the 'varsity aa far as the bridge,
when they turned and went to the boat
house. Georgetown came along a mile be
hind Syracuse and both crews rowed about
the aame distance. Cornell. (ltd light work.
FOUR MORE RURAL .CARRIERS
They Will Cover One Hundred nnd
Thirty-Six Square Miles Near
Currectlonvllle.
WASHINGTON, June 28. (Special Tote
gram.1 Rural free dcllvored service has
beeu ordered established August 1 at Cor
rcctlonvllle, Woodbury county, la. Tho
route embraces 13S square miles and con
tains a population of 2,335. D. B. Batlln,
M. W. Tllo, I. H. Miller and J. H. Morgan
aro appointed carriers. The postofllce at
Rock Branch will be supplied by rural car
rier. Postmasters appointed:
Nebraska H. J. Cooper of Dunbar, Otoe
county, vice C. H. Wilson, resigned.
Iowa Charles Isaac of Leland, Winner
bago county; H. D. Chauey of Persia, Adair
county; T. A. Grelner of Ploneor, Humboldt
county.
John L. Burgett of Indlanola Is appointed
assistant meat Inspector In tho Bureau of
Animal Industry for duty outside tho Dis
trict of' Columbia.
Tho Continental National bank of Chicago
and tho Northwestern National of Minne
apolis are approved as reserve agents for
the Live Stock National bank of Sioux City.
SAMUEL GOMPERS MAY DIE
President of American Federation of
Labor Is Severely injured
by Street Car.
WASHINGTON. Juno 28. Samiml nnmn.
ers, president of the American Federation
of Labor, Is lying dangerously til at his
homo in this city, sufferlne frnm
sion of the brain and a possible fracture
of tbe skull. Whllo his condition Is criti
cal, his physicians say he probably will
recover. He was Injured last night as he
alighted from a car on which ho had been
taaing nis two cnnaren ror an outing.
Mr. GomDers was rcnorted to b rvntlnr
easier tonlaht. An Investicatlon has not
developed any fracturo of the skull.
SALOON MEN BEYOND REACH
JiiiIkc Henry's HulliiK Is Knockout
UIotv to Advocntes of Sunday
ClnnliiK In Kansns City.
KANSAS CITY. Juno 28. Sunday closlnc
advocates today had a knockout blow In a
ruling handed down by Judge John W.
Henry of the circuit court. Judge Henry
holds tbat the Board of Police Commission
ers has no right to revoke a saloon license
unless It Is shown that the place Is a dis
orderly house within the meaning of the
law.
"Tho selling of one, two or a dozen drinks
of whisky on Sunday," said Judge Henry,
"does not necessarily mean that a man Is
running a disorderly house, althouch It is
a gross violation of tho law. The court has
no mandamus power to restrict the acts of
tho Board of Pollco Commissioners." The
point of Issue was to compel the police
commissioners to revoke the llccnso of the
saloon keepers who had been convicted In
the pollco court for selling on Sunday
agalust the orders of the mayor and board.
INVENTOR IS PANIC'S VICTIM
Irvln S. Smith of Xevr York Kills Him
self tlrcause He Cannot
Get HneUtim,
NEW YORK. June 28.-Irvlng S. Smith,
C8 years of age, an Inventor of a number
of steam and electrical enclnes. com
mitted suicide today by shooting himself
in me ntaa. The Northern Pacific panic
in Wall street caused the firm, which was
to have financed one of his inventions, an
electrical motor, to abandon the nroicct
and this made hint despondent.
SUDDEN CHANGE OF WEATHER
GomparatiTtlj Gaol Nijht Follows Hottett
Bay of the Etastg.
RECORD OF THIRTY YEARS IS BROKEN
Thermometer Registers n Fraction
Over KM) DeRrees, the HlKhest Re
corded In History of June
Crops Are Jiat Injured.
1-orecnst for Nebraska Fair Saturday nnd
Sunday; Cooler In Kxtreme Eastern Por
tion Saturduy; Northwesterly Winds.
Tcmpernttire nt Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Den. Hour. lieu.
B it. in 77 1 p. m 07
l it. in 7i a p. m 08
7 h. m 7M :t p. in. .... .10(1.5
8 ii. in 82 4 p. m U7
l n. in 8.1 R p. m 1)2
10 n. in .MCI l p. in 8(1
11 n. in M) 7 p, in 80
l-l 1)3 8 p. in 78
II p. m.
75
After a day of hardship upon man and
beast a wind came out of a cloud last night
and dlEprnsed pcaco on earth. In tho
cool of tho night living things wcro able
to regain their strength during twelve
hours 'of repose,
The evening was part compensation far
the garish day; It -was one of those- which
has miido Nebraska famous.
As to the day, It was the most memora
ble In tho annals of June. Tho govern
ment thermometer with passionate fervor
mado Its ascent to 100 degrees, with a
half degree over as largesse to sala
manders. Tbls 'phlegmatic machine, how
ever, did not pretend o keep paco with
tho delirious devices ou the streets below.
The radlntlon nnd reflection of pavements
and brick walls, tn r.ddltton to tho ab
normal tide of "drug atoro" thermometers,
brought about wondrous conditions. Scores
of 105 'ami liO were chalked down by con
scientious citizens tn the dowuton dis
trict. Shirt, .waists were foisted on the com
munity as a measure of ltfo and death.
No earthly potentate ever set so general
and spontaneous a custom as old King Sol.
Men who were caught without the new
garment did not wait until such tlmo as
thoy could make purchase. Thoy simply
stripped themselves of coat and waistcoat
nnd went about In boltlcss Inelegance.
What cared they whether tho public ob
ficrved bow chafing suspender had Imparted
Its dye to shirt front? They had their
revenge, for on fair foreheads hair once
wavy and In order hung damp and limp.
The sudden shifting of tho torrid zona
to Nebraska has not thus tar Injured crops
except to a slight extent in the oxtremo
southwestern portion. Elsewhere the gen
erous rainfall previous to this week has
put the soli In excellent condition and the
heat his added an actual benefit. In tho
southern tier of counties the cutting of
wheat and rye Is well forward.
9bserver Welsh makes no rash prom
ises fqr today. The chance, are that
Omaha must endure another scorcher, but
tt la not expected that, the 100' mark will
be reached again.
COST OF DAWSON CONVICTION
Ucorsre O'Brien .Condemned to Die Af
ter Ilundred-Thousnnd-Dollnr
Trial In Alaska-
SEATTLE, Juno 28. Word was brought
by. the steamer City of Seattle that George
O'Brien, who killed Lynn Rclfo, Fred Clay-
son and Lafrenco Oleson on the Yukon
river trail In December, 1899, has been
found guilty of murder lu the first degree
and has been sentenced to bo hanged In
Dawson on August 23. The expenses of the
trial are estimated at $100,000.
Tho City of Seattle had 17.7 Dawson pas
sengers and a large amount of treasure.
Thoro was no bank or company gold. It
was all personal treasure. T. S. Ltppy
brought out $112,000. Purser Parraalee had
sacks and bags of gold .In his safe which
ho estimates at $7"i,000. Many of tbe pas
sengers had gold In their state rooms of
which they would mnko no estimate.
DAWSON, June ,22. (Via Vancouver, B.
C, Juno 28,) The Jury In the case of
George O'Brien, charged with the murder
of Lynn Rolfo, Fred Clayson and Lafrenco
Oleson, this evening brought In a verdict
of guilty as charged. The prisoner was
sentenced to be hanged on August 23.
LEAVES WABASH IN SUSPENSE
Plttsbursr Council Committee Hears
Huad's I'lans, bnt Declines
to Take Action.
PITTSBURG, Pa., June 28. Another blow
was aimed today at the entrance of the
Wabash railroad Into Pittsburg. Tho sub
committee of tho corporations committee of
councils considered tho ordinance granting
a franchise to tho Wabash, but after hear
ing tho plans of the road from its rep
resentatives, took no action and refused to
set a time for taking the matter up again.
Unless a special session of councils Is
called before fall, a step which Recorder
Brown Intimated might bo taken, the offi
cial sanction of the Wabash system's con
nections in this city will be tied up. In
tho meantime the work under way for en
tering Pittsburg will be pushed along and
the contract for a bridge across the Mo
nongahela river will bo awarded on July 8.
OMAHA ROAD BUILDER DEAD
II. L. Frestnn Kxplres While Dresslim
In Ills Ho mil at a Hotel
at Hudson.
HUDSON, Wis., June 28. H. L. Preston,
a master bulldor of tho Omaha road, was
found dehd In his room today, having ex
pired while dressing. Mr. Preston was
one of the best known railway men In this
part of the country.
UNCLE SAM SEEKS T0C0LLECT
Starts Another Suit Airalnst Montana
Companies for Cuttluir Timber
on Public Domain.
HELENA, Mont., June 28. The United
States today commenced another suit In
the federal court against the Bitter Root
Development company, the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company and the Daly estato
to recover over $350,000 for timber claimed
to have been Illegally cut upon the public
domain. This makes suits for $750,000 that
tho government has pending against these
parties.
A deputy marshal has gone to arrest a
Missoula man who Is alleged to have been
an agent In land fraud for which soventy
five or more entrymen have Just been Indicted.
PLATTSMOUTH WOMAN CHOSEN
Isabel nirhey Elected Vice President
for 'elirnsUa by Western As
sociation nf Writers,
WARSAW, Ind.. June 28. A banquet at
Winona hotel tonight closed tho sixteenth
annual convention of tho Western Associa
tion of Writers at Winona lake. The pro
gram of the last day's session sparkled with
genuine literary merit. Rev. W. A. fjuayle
of Indianapolis gavo an address entitled
"Thirty Mluutcs with Shakespeare." Mrs.
Alice Bartlett of Detroit read an Interest
ing paper ou the subject "Hints on Story
Writing."
At a business meeting held this after
noon Winona was chosen as the next place
of meeting and W. W. Primmer of Kent
land, Ind., was elected president.
Tho following vlco presidents were
elected: For Indiana, George V. Cottmau,
lrvlngton; for Illinois, John McGovcrn,
Chicago; J. N. Matthews, Mason; Charles
Eugene Banks, Chicago; for California,
Robert M. Burdctte, Pasadena; for Ken
tuck, Mrs. W. V. 8hulte, Louisville: for
Michigan, Alice S. Bartlett, Detroit; Har
riet M. Scott, Ann Arbor; for Nebraska,
Isabel Rlchey, Plattsmouth; for Kansas,
Eugene F. Ware, Topeka; for Ohio, Coat,cs
Kinney, Cincinnati; F. F. Oldham, Cincin
nati; Julio C. O'Hara, Cincinnati.
USES KNIVES WITH EFFECT
Pursued Negro Cuts Ills Way to Tem
pornry Freedom nnd Two
Victims Die.
PANTHER, W. Va., June 2S. Tho at
tempt of a mob to lynch a negro today at
Jager, flvo mllea south of here, resulted
In tho killing of two of tho would-be
lynchors.
The negro, foter Price, was accused of
Insulting a white woman. He was pur
sued by a crowd of men and sought refugo
In a small room In tho rear of a saloon.
The mob battered down the door and as
they entered the room Price threw: him
self nt them with tho ferocity of a tiger
with a knife In each hand. In cutting his
way out he killed George Hooks and F.
M. WcGrnn and seriously cut Charles
Davis. As Prlco struck down theso men
the others fell back and tho negro mado
hla escnpc through an open window. Sev
eral members of tho mob brought revolvers
Into play, but, thoy succeeded li Inflicting
only two slight flesh wounds.
Price was pursued and captured by offi
cers, who hurriedly sent him to the Jail
at Welsh to avoid tho vengeanco of tho
enraged populace. Hooks and McGran wero
both well known citizens.
EXTRA DAYS FOR VOLUNTEERS
Three UeKlraents Now at Snn Fran
cisco Cannot De Mustered
Ont by June 30,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. Although
four volunteer regiments tn camp at the
Presidio aro working night and day to be
within tho law by leaving the service on
Sunday, June 30, thero are three others
which will not get out bnforo next week.
According to the presont schedule tbe
Forty-seventh infantry will be mustered
out on the 2d of July, tho Forty-nrst on
tho 34 anil" tho" Forty-third on the 6th.
These, troops will thus be In the service
two, three and five days respectively
longer than thoy are suppose to have
a military existence. A deficiency bill by
congress will havo to provide for their
extra pay.
PEYTON'S, HRST'WIFE IS LATE
Judiie Richardson Tells Her She Sues
' Spokane Miner After Too
I.onir Delay.
SPOKANE, Wash., Juno 28. Tho suit of
Mrs. Helen M. Peyton of Denver against
Colonel Isaac N. Poyton, a wealthy mining
man of Spokane, ended today In a decision
by Judgo Richardson, finding for the de
fondant on all points. Tho plaintiff, who
was tho first wife of Colonel Peyton, sued
for $500,000, or half his property, claiming
the divorce ho secured In 1886 was not
legal, and asking that tt be set.asldo, thus
invalidating' his second marriage. The
court held the divorce had been voidable
at ono time, but the plaintiff had forfeited
alt rights by- years of delay.
MINERS R0ASTN THE MINE
John Hooker and Frank Combs Are
Victims of Fire at Grand
Kncampinent.
CHEYENNE, Juno 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Fire today destroyed the shaft
house and mine of the Crescent Copper
company in the Grand Encampment dis
trict. John Rookcr of Loveland, Colo.,
and Frank Combs of Laramie, Wyo., wore
burned to death. Particulars of the acci
dent have not been received, but It Is bo
lloved that the victims were at work In
tho shaft and were roasted alive whllo
attempting to reach the surface.
WILL ARRAIGN DOWIE DAILY
Henlth Depnrtmcnt of ChlcnRO De
termined that John Alexander
Shall Procure a License.
CHICAGO, Juno 28. On request of tho
Health department a summons was issued
today requiring John Alexander Dowlo to
appear In court to defend a charge of con
ducting a hospital without a license, tho
maximum penalty for which Is $100 fine.
Dowlo will be arraigned dally until ho pro
cures a license.
WORLD'S FAIR SITE APPROVED
National Commission Decides Forest
Park Is Best Available Place
St. Loals Offers.
ST. LOUIS, June 28. The World's Fair
National commission at Its session tonight
approved the Forest park site and ad
journed. Movements of Ocenn Vessels June SS.
At Havre Arrived: L'Aqultulne, from
New York.
At Hamburg Arrived: Graf Walderaee,
from New Yorkf
At Dover Passed: Northenntern, from
Chicago via Montreal, for Hamburg,
At (llasgow Arrived: Kaatalln, from
Montreal.
At Genoa Arrived: Trave, from New
York, for Naples.
At Hong Kong Sailed: Empress of India,
for Vancouver.
At Naples Sailed: Hesperla, for New
York.
At Movllle Sailed: Anchorln. from Glas
gow, for New York; Australasian, from
Liverpool, for Montreal.
At Southampton Sailed: Deutschland,
from Hnmburg, for New York via Cher
bourg, t
At nrowhead I'assed: Grosser Kurfurst,
from New York, for Cherbourg and Bre
men, At Cherbourg Sailed: Deutschland, from
Hamburg nnd Southampton, for" New Y"rk.
At Liverpool-Balled: Cevtc, for Now
York.
KILLSTWOilIGIIBORS
OUrer Pricker Blaughtsis 0. I). Guild and
Hii Eon Olareno.
RESULT OF BITTER FEUD OF FAMILIES
Kany Shots Aro Exchanged oa Farm Near
Dajttn, Iowa.
VICTOR OF THE WARFARE IS THRICE HIT
Ho Olaimi Ho Dot Not Tiro Till Ho li
Wonudodi
THEN HIS BROTHER FETCHES A SHOTGUN
Uoy Who Is ICycrvltiiesM Gives
Different Vcrxluii llulh Ilrlclccr
Brothers Put Under
Heavy llunds.
DAYTON, la., June 28. (Special Telo
gram.) As a result of a bitter uelghbor-
hood feud. C. D. Guild nnil hi. in.vir.r.M
son Clarence lie dead, riddled with charges
nruu irom n sbotgun. The man wbq did tho
fatal shooting Is believed to lm ollvop
Brlcker, one of a family of neighbors to
tho Guilds. Tho shooting was committed
at 1 o'clock this afternoon,
StorleB of how the shooting occurred
vary. Brlcker's story Is that ho met Guild
nnd son. Guild pulled a revolver and began
firing. Brlcker waa hit three tlinea, on
the Up, on the forehead nnd In tho arm.
All hts wounds aro alight. Tho last shot,
Brlcker claims, was ilrod by the boy,
Brlcker having knocked a revolver from
Guild's hand. When Briekcr got through
the fenco he snys that his brother George
met him and handed him n ihninin. ir.
,flrcd one barrel at the boy, who held the
cvm,ci. ine ooy ten und as the father
sprang to pick up the revolver Brlcker
shot and killed htm,
A different story la told by Charlie Guild.
16 years old. son of tho dead man, who
claims ho was an eyewitness of the shoot
ing. The boy says Oliver Brlcker opened
tiro first with a revolver and that George
Brlcker did the fatal shooting with a shot
gun. Both Brlckcrs wero arrested. Oliver
Brlcker was placed undor $10,000 bonds and
Ocorge Brlcker undor $5,000. A Jury .Im
paneled by Coroner Youker went to tho
ground nnd took evldonre, but has not re
turned a verdict. Brlcker openly admlto
the shooting nnd talka about It freely.
"It waa bad," he says, "but when a man's
got to he has to."
Mrs. Guild Finds the Bodies.
Both bodies lay la a lane only a few
hundred yards from Guild's home. Mrs.
Guild beard the shooting and rushed to
the spot, only to come upon the bodies
of her son and husband. She carefully
took off the apron which she wore, and ,
wrapped It about her dead husband's head.
She was later taken homo In a dazed con
dition and now lies In a serious state from " f
nervous shock.
Guild was- a well-to-do farmer, 60 years
of age. and leaves n wlfo and eight chil
dren, the oldest 17 ycara and the youngest
a baby In Ita mother's arms.
Both bodies showed wounds In tho chest.
Tho fatal charges wero heavy leads of No.
6 shot and were fired from a twelve-gauge
double-barreled shotgun.- Tho revolvor
used by Guild was a thlrty-olght-callber
Smith . Wesson. Four of tho flvo cham
bers aro empty.
It Is believed that the Bhootlng was
caused by a quarrel this morning, when
George Brlcker and Guild had words over
a broken fence, which Int nrlrlci.r'a nii'H.
'into Guild's corn and Brlcker claims Guild
struck mm with a hammer.
Bad Blood for Months.
Bad blood has existed between the fam
ilies for months, brought on originally by
a disagreement over land. Guild previously
claimed that the Brlckcra had cut his
fences. Last fall Guild was shot from am
bush while driving along a heavily wooded
road. His heavy fur coat and wagon box
were riddled with bullets. Guild accused
Oliver Brlcker of that shooting and caused
his arrest, but tho grand Jury failed to
return an indictment at the last session.
Both families live a fow miles from Dayton,
a town Bltuafcd twenty miles southeast of
Fort Dodgo and aro well known.
Excitement h high throughout the ad
joining county, and, though no threats have
been made, the feollnz tnnlrht U iimn
against the Brlckers. Guild had expressed
to several parties tno boilef that he would
meet a violent death, but. said , that 'no one
should take him from his land, except In a
pine box.
BOOMING THE KANSAS MAN
Election of Charles 15, Daniel as Sec
retary of United Commercial
Travelers Is Probable.
COLUMBUS, O., June 28. The annual
meeting of tho supreme, council of the
United Commercial Travelers convenod
hero today, fifty members bolng present.
Supreme Chancellor Clinton E. Hobbs of
Boston read his annual report. Secretary
C. E. Daniel reported that during the past
year thoro were 2,801 persona admitted to
membership nnd that slnco tbo beginning of
the year there had been 1,064 more added.
The session will continue through tomor
row. The olectlon of officers will take place to
morrow. B. E. Znrtman of Fort Worth,
Tex., now Junior counselor, will succeed
Clinton E. Hobbs of Boston as supreme
chancellor. Charles E. Daniel of Concordia,
Kan., who waa appointed to nil tho unex
pired term of the late secretary, Charles B.
Klagg, probably will be olected to tht
office,
KANSAS MINERS SATISFIED
Those In Fourteenth District Granted
Ahont All They Demanded
of Operators,
KANSAS CITY, Juno 28. Coal miners
and operators of Kansas, In district 14, to
day agreed upon a scale of wagca and upon
other points at Issuo. The miners say they
haye secured moat of what they contended
for,, The price to be paid for getting out a
ton of coal Is the same as last year, 61
cents.. They make a gain, however,
In a reduction of 'the price to be charged
them by tho oporators for blacksmlthlng
work. As to blasting powder, there were
mutual concessions.
The Missouri miners and operators and
those of Leavenworth county, Kansas, aro
still In conference. John Mitchell, na
tional president of the United Mine Work
ers, will remain In Kansas City untlJ a
deflnlta result la rr.ar.hnd.
