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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED .TUNE 10, 1871. 03I.AII.A, MOXDir AIOUXIXG, JULY 1, 1001. SING-LB COPY FIVE CENTS. WANTS TAXES BACK tenth Cartllat Protests Against Pojing for L!qior Stamps. BTATE DISPENSARY CLAIMS EXEMPTION Thinks It Shonld lTt OomaJJndir Hoad of DoaWrr, AMOUNT SMALL, BUT PRi.v' BIG Ooaitltntlotalltj of Special Tax IT. . InYohod. CASE BEING CONSIDERED BY YERKES If Clnlm In Allowed nnd Oilier Stnteii Follow thu Iliumiili- Inltnl ttlnlrn Will Line Imiiortaitt Souree of Itctetiiit, WASHINGTON. Juno 30. Tlin state of Bnuth Carolina, acting through the gov ernor ami nttorney general, tins Instituted proceeding!) before, tho commissioner of lntcrnnl revenue, to test tho question whether tho stnto cnti ho legally required to tnko out special tux stamps its whole sale and rctull liquor dealers under tho state dispensary laws, and bus made a de mand upon tho commissioner for u rcfun l of all such taxes hitherto paid, amounting to JI.91C, While thin sum Is no: larg?. It Is realized that thci principle at issue Is great and fur-roachlng In Importance. Thu one question Involved Is whether the Internal revenue laws of tho United SiatcH apply to tho dlspciiMtiy syMcm of South Cnrollna so na to entitle tho collector to demand tho payment of these taxes. The entire dispensary system of South Caro lina Is managed by u board of commis sioners, cons'stlng of three persons se lected by tho state legislature, with Columbia as Its hcndquartcis. This stato dispensary distributes tho supplies to the country dispensaries nnd these in turn am managed by county dispensaries or agents, nil being under the board of stato commissioners. Under tho law no liquor can bu sold at night, nor drunk on the premises of tho dlspcnuary. The liquors ire sold as tho property of tho state and tin profits nccruo to the mate. Tho salaries of all tho oniclals of tho dlspensarios arc fixed by law nnd do not depend on tho amount of their saleh. ' In I in n l.ni'k ii f I.nwn. In tho brief Died with the commissioner of lntcrnnl revenue on behalf of the stato It Is lomcnded that thcro arc no laws of the United States authorizing tho collection of lntcrnnl revenue, taxes which, oven Im pliedly, authorize tho Imposition of a tox ngulust a Htnta or Its Instrumentalities of government, nnd that such nn act con taining any provisions tcxlng the Instru mentalities of the state government would bo to that extent unconstitutional. It Is contended further Hint the property of a nta' and the mean.: and Instrumentalities employed by It to carry Its laws Into op eration cannot bo toxed by tho fedoral government and an opinion of the late Judge Cooley In this qmstlcn la quoted. If the Internal rovonuo lows of tho United States require tho agents of the Btate and county dlspoiiparles of South Car olina to pay ii tax to tho United States be fore being permitted to cxerelso the duties of their oilier, It Is contended that the law Is unconstitutional and void In this particu lar, because tho tax which It Imposes Is purely nnd Dimply n tax upon tho Instru mentalities by which tho stato, through It laws, seclts to minimize, the evils of the liquor trnllic within Its borders. Tho fed eral government, It is held, ennnot con ntltutlonally Interfere with tho lawb by requiring n special tax stump to bo paid by Its officials ns u condition precedent to tho exercise of their duties Commissioner Verkes has tho claim for refund of taxes by tho state of South Caro lina ur.dfr consideration, but has rendered no opinion. While It Is truo that this dls- pensnry system may be designated a stato ngency nnd Its maintenance uphold as con stitutional under tho police power resident In nil sovereignties, yet tho commissioner Is Inclined to tho opinion that It Is not bucIi a necessary slnto agency or such n needful function of tho stnto government us will exompt It from taxation, Thero aro certain agencies absolutely cssentlnl to the llfo of n state, such ns the maintenance of tho courts, executlvo officials, collection of taxes for tho payment of necessary stalo expenses and It may bo admitted that the national government can nt no time nnd In no way, directly or Indirectly, levy a tax upon these necessary stato agencies. CoiilenUou of the Government. The government contends when the state performs a work nnd nssumes direction of nny agency which has been and ennnot bo performed by Its citizens in their Individual capacity a new aspect arise. If It Is un constitutional to requlro tho local dis pensary system of South Carolina to pay to tho government the sums required for retail and wholesale liquor dealers' stumps, then this samo stato aud all other states, tho commissioner points out, could take control not only of tho sale, hut of tho manufacture of whisky, beer and tobacco, and If so tho Question would arise, Could the government levy upon the products of plants under nnd operated by tho Htato and used for this purpose? If so, while tho states must thereby bo ablo to pay oil of their govern mental expenses, the general government, It is tald, would lose, an Internal revenue Income of some J200.000.000 per year. It Is understood th.1t if the commis sioner's decision Is ugatnut tho stato, us Bocms probable, tho caso eventually will go to the supreme court of the United States SERVISS COMES TO OMAHA KtiimiiK City Hnllrnml Com mere In I Agent Appointed to Pnnition ' In the C.ntr City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June SO. Edgar F. Servls, commercial agent ol the St. Louts & San Francisco rallioad In Kansus City slnco that road had nu entrance Into this city In 1SSS, has been appointed commercial ngent of the 'Frisco-Memphis road at Omaha nnd will assume his now position nt onco. MnvrmentH ( Oeenn Vensels, Jnne 30, At Now York Arrived Astoria, from Glasgow and Movllle; Dlniinmaree, from Messina, nnd Genoa; La Champagne, from Havre; Stnatendam, from Rotterdam and llnulociie. At IJverpool Arrived Oeorpla, from New York; I'mbrln, from New York, via Queens town. At Movllle Arrived Tunisian, from Mon treal and Quebec, for Liverpool, and pro ccc ded. At Queenstown Sailed, Campania, from Liverpool, for New York. At Movllle Arrlved-Burdlnio;, from New York, for Olatcow. UNITED STATES IS FIFTH linn Home- Trnrir with Swltserlniid and llTpnrtx nf Mnnnf neturcd Gondii Arc IiiereimlnK. WASHINGTON, Juno 30. One of the most Interesting extracts from tho volume entitled, "Commercial Itclatlons of the United States for 1900," was made public today by Frederick Emory, chief of tho bureau of foreign commerce, dealing with United States trado In Switzerland. Con sul Gilford, stationed at llnsel, says Switzerland's trado figures aro especially noteworthy as showing that this diminu tive republic, about half ns large as the state of Malnu and which would be swal lowed up In big Texas, Is commercially the most highly developed part of the world Not even Industrious Holland or Belgium, '.ys tho consul, can display tho nston !ng figures of $130 of foreign commerce ' fit ovcry unit of its population of barely 3,000,000 reached by Switzerland. These remarkable results have been attained by a country without seaports, without coal or Iron, In fact, without any considerable quantity of raw material for the manu factures It has to sell. According to Consul Morgan at Anrau, Switzerland Is almost wholly dependent on tho outsldn world for Its well-being, 30 per cent of Its entire importations con sisting of foodstuffs Hnd over 10 per cent being raw material, which Is re-exported In tho shape of manufactured goods. Of the nations trading with Switzerland Mr. Morgan says Ocrmnny Is far In tho lend, tho United States standing fifth In rank. The United States trade with Switzerland has not been growing of late, a decline being noticed in tho export of food products. Manufactured goods, how over, huvo shown an Increase, bicycle and dried trulls particularly outstripping other foreign articles In tho little repub lic. American sales in Switzerland, ac cording to Consul Glfford, aro much more Important than are commonly supposed, amounting In some yenrs to J 1 4.000,000. The consul notes that since tho termina tion of tho commercial treaty between the United States and Switzerland last No vember American goods hnvc been sub jected to tho general tariff of Switzerland. Ho says, however, that tho now tariff docs not seriously affect the trade as a wholo, although the rate on shoes, bi cycles, cnstlron manufactures, flour and dried fruits has advanced and In soma cases doubled. LONE WOLF STILL HAS HOPE Thlukn liitllnii" AVIII Vet Succeed In Preventing Opening of Oklu Iioiiiii I, midx. KANSAS CITY, Juno 30. Chief Limo Wolf and eight other Indians, who went to Washington to attend the hearing of the suit brought to prevent tho govern ment from opening the Kiowa, Comancho and Apache Indian lands In Oklnhuma to settlement, passed through Kansas City enrouto homo today. Notwithstanding tho court'ii decisions ngiliut them, Chief Wolf, through an Interpreter, expressed strong hope that his trip east would yet bear fruit. "Judge Springer will appeal to tho Unltod States supromo court," said he, "and wo think wo will get Justice." THREE EMPL0YES ARE BEATEN Workmen nt Southern Itnllwny KIiuoh Fntlceil Outside City nnd Severely Injured, KNOXVILLE. Tenn., June 30. Three of tho employes of the Southern railway shops at this place who took the places of strik ing machinists were enticed out of the city limits last night nnd badly beaten. Ono of tho Injured men Is in a dangerous condi tion. They aro French, who claim they did not know a strike was on when they enmo to Knoxvllle. They accompanied n number of men to n saloon. Tho Frenchmen refused to drink Intoxicants, but wore Induced to cross the river, where they wcro beaten with clubs nnd cut with knives nnd then left nlono. STRIKERS TO GO INTO CAMP Mnt'lilnlntH of Cliifliinntl Dwell In TlMltH tO lleilllt-C KlieilHL'N While Not WorliliiK. CINCINNATI, Juno 20. Tho project of an outing camp for tho striking machinists will be carried out this week. Tomorrow tents and shelters will be put up In Myers' grove, on tho outskirts of Dayton, Ky. The place chosen will ho used for tho next few weeks ns a means of lightening tho ex pense of carrying on the strike, us well as to keep the men well together. Tho camp will bo thoroughly organized and equipped. Thrcu hundred have pledged that they will go to tho ramp tomorrow nnd others aro soon expected. NOT GUILTY OF MURDER Or. Wllitner of (Srnnlte Full" In Ae liilttetl, TIioiikIi lie Mint IIIn Mnn. GRANITE FALLS, Minn., June 30. The Jury In tho murder trlnl of Dr. Wlntncr late last night returned a verdict of not guilty. Dr. Wlntncr, on April 16 Inst, shot nnd killed William L.'nnrd, a gomblcr, with whom he was playing poker, explain ing at tho time that ho had discovered Lennrd to bo cheating him. He demanded his money back and secured part of It from Lenard's partner, but tho other man refused to give up what ho had won and Dr. Wlntncr shot hlra. DROWNED NEAR SCHUYLER Jiiiurn Henry, u (iiioil .Sn I miner, Victim of Crump In Deep, Cold l.nke. In SCHUYLEU, Neb., Juno 30. (Special Tol cgram.) James, 20-year-old son of Richard Henry and brother of County Superintend ent Henry, was drowned this afternoon In a small lake west of Schuyler. Ho was a good swimmer, but was taken with cramps In deep cold water. His companions went to the reecuo, hut being poor swlmmert) nearly lost their own lives in attempting to savo him. Mr. Henry was a teacher with nnny friends. FISHERMEN REFUSE TO WORK Order Strike Agnlimt Cnnnem un Krusrr Itlver to Ksolmle the .InpnnrNP, VANCOUVER, n. C. Juno 30. The strike declared by tho lodge of fishermen against the canners of the Frazer rlvor goes Into effect at midnight. All efforts yesterday to arrange matters enmc to naught and the ooupon starts with between 2.C00 and 3,000 Japanese on th groilnd ready for work. Tho white fishermen are making threats that they will not allow the Japanese to work. CORN PROSPECT IS FINE Indication An Favorable for aRimarkablj Largo Orop. RAILROAD IS IN RECEIPT OF REPORTS Genrrnl Freight Agent Crosby of the IlurlliiKtiiii Sn the Outlook for AKrlenltiirnl Prosperity Wim Never Hotter. "Nebraska corn Is booming," says George H. Crosby, general freight agent of the llurllugton railway. .Mr. Crosby received yesterday morn lug a complete report of crop conditions In Nebraska. From this schedulo It was learned that corn In all counties Is In fine shape. Tho stand Is excellent, something remarkable, In fact, for this time of the year. Tho grain Is also very clean nnd these two facts tend to locate Nebraska this year among tho very highest In tho ranking column of great corn states. It Is now ulao definitely certain that the long late cold snap did not retard corn a particle. Its effect hus been entirely counteracted by the extreme heat of tho last week. In Just tho degveo that those eight cold days along tho first of June held tho corn In the seed or close to the sur face of tho earth has the torrid spell which closed the sumo month caused It to leap toward tho sun with unusual speed. .o Cmme for Alarm. And even had tho heat not been so ter rific there would huvo been no need for fear, In tho opinion of tho corn experts. They assert that nowadays a man can plant corn In Nebraska and Kansas as luto us June 25 and still get fine results. Instances are advanced as proof of this. A few years ago that could not have been done and the reason Is that It Is no longer thu American straight descendant at thu old Indian maize that is planted now, but a foreign article. Afghanistan strain has been Infused into the stock nnd has grown stronger each year, till now It Is tho predominant clement. This Oriental corn makes a ninety-day crop and that Is why the planting time grows almost Imperceptibly later and the harvesting season earlier each year. It formerly took four months to Insure nnd secure a good corn crop, but now three are sufficient. No Imiueillutc Nerd of Itiiln. Dut, although tho corn Is at tho very top of tho ladder Just now, there must be some more wetness soon. Tho floods of last week and the ono before gave It Just the right support and Impetus to make thu very most of tho hot growing spell which followed and which still continues. Hut because of this same phenomenal heat tho molsturo has not been conserved so long as It would otherwise, have been and thcro must be something doing In that Hue shortly to make all shipshape and secure. That Is not to say that corn Is In real danger yet, or Is even threatened, but the romfortnble limit is approaching. Farmers everywhere, however, are contldent that tho elements will continue to distribute their favors lr. II' Is depsrtnwii a? thoy hno been doing. With small grains It Is much the same. Of courso oats were considerably short In Nebraska this year, anyway, and no alteration of this condition cither to ouo extrcmo or the other will bo effected by tho flno weather that has been prevailing. Winter wheat, too, Is no longer a pleco of guesswork nor subject to change, for It will practically bo harvested by tho cud of next week. On tho whole, Nebraska Is again the land of promise. BIG HARVESTS OF GRAIN Wheat Grenter Tlinn I3ver, Corn Cloud TIioiikIi k.n(o, Wcndter Siitlftfnutory, LINCOLN, Juno 30. (Special.) "I can say positively that tho prospects for big harvests of grain In this state were nover bettor than they are at present. Tho wheat crop will probably bo tho largest In the history of the state. Corn In prac tically all parts of the state is In good condition, but n trlllo late In growth. Ter ritory In tho Immediate vicinity of Lin coln has been dry recently, but all other sections of tho stato have had good rains and I was unnble to And any corn that had boon killed by drouth." This reassuring information was given a correspondent for Tho Ileo this nfter noon by Charles T. Neal, u grain dealer of Lincoln, who hod Just returned from an extensive trip over tho state. Ho vis ited nearly all of tho gruln growing coun ties and gathered opinions relative to grain from the best posted men In each com munity, besides making personal investiga tions. "In somo sections corn has been de layed by lack of moisture, but the damage has not been extensive," continued Mr. Neal. "Just at this time corn docs not need much rnin and unless tho dry season Is protracted and nccompauled by hot winds tho cereal can get along well with out a great deal of moisture. "Tho harvesting of wheat v!U be com pleted within a few days. Tho acreage of this gTain was larger than ever before and the quality of the yield Is good, there fore, It cannot bo disputed that the wheat crop in Nebraska this year will bo the , Krcaicsi ever . -'. ! other territory in Its vicinity are almost a greatest ever known. Clay county nnd SOIHl lll'lll Ol HIU'Ul. IHUHOUHMO ui um ChlnCS are running night and day and the harvest everywhere Is being pushed with all possible speed. "Tho people who arc Just now growling about lack of molsturo and there aro not many of them outside of Lincoln should not forget that n heavy rain during the last few days would havo resulted far more disastrously than hns tho dry weather, for It would havo damaged the wheat to a great extent." KILLS PARENTS AND CHILD Wfilinuli Trnln Strlkm Cnrrlnge Xcnr Huntington itIIIi Kntul Itrnultm. INDIANAPOLIS, June 30. A Wabash fast train struck a carriage containing a man, his wlfo and two children at a crofnlng near Huntington tonight. The father, mother and ono of the children were Instantly killed nnd tho other child so badly Injured that his life Is despaired of. The name of the family could not be obtained. BUTTERFIELD GROWS WEAKER Condition nf the General ContlnucM DnngeronN nnd III Ilrenverr I Doiilitfnl. NEWDUROH, N. Y Juno 30. The con dltlon of General Dutterfleld remains bad. He Is growing weaker aud the end seems near. ONE DEAD ANDSC0RE INJURED llleetrle Car Crnnlien Into Wngoim I.ondrd with Plek nleker. CHICAGO, June 30. Ono person was killed and nearly a score of others were Injured today In n collision between nn electric car on Irving Park boulevard nnd two wagons loaded with picnickers, Both wagons were overturned by the shock and their occupants wcro crushed and bruised by the heavy tlmbrrs and tho stamping of tho frightened horses. lloth motorman and conductor of tho car wore Injured: The dead: AHTHUH ERICKSON, nn ' Infant, neck broken by wheel of wagon passing over It. The Injured: Thownld Tweter, hip, arms and back In jured. Amanda refers, left hip fractured and Injured about tho head and face. August Westlln, nrm fractured nnd In jured about head. Mrs. Carl E, l'etorson, back injured. Thomas Goranson, shoulder fractured. Mrs. E. Erlckson, hip fractured. Mrs. Gustaf Olln, shoulder dislocated. Tlllle Erlandsnn, arm fractured. Nine others In tho picnic party woro Injured, but not fatally. AMERICA INVADING CANADA Cnpltnl from the fulled Slnten Is I.lt crnlty lluylng l'v tlin Dominion. LONDON, July 1. J. Henry Bourassl, member of tho Dominion Parliament nnd some years director of La Ilevtow Cann dlennc, has arrived In London for a holi day. Interviewed by a reportor for tho Dally News ho referred among other mat ters to the way American capital Is In vading Canada. "American capital," ho said, "Is tprcad lug around the lakes, up the rivers and along the rntlroad systems. It Is break ing down the barrier between Canada nnd the United States. Tho Americans are not conquering us, but they aro buying us. When this is accomplished It will only need a slight political difference with the homo government and the annexation movement, now dend, will revive. "Then you will have to look not to the half Americanized business men of Can ada, but to us French Canadians, who have saved Canada for you more than once and may have to save It again, unless you hopelessly alienate us." TROUBLE OVER WARRANTS Colorudo Tri'iiNiirer Confident IIIn Cuiirne Will He Vlii.llented liy Ini oatlgntlon. DENVER, June 30. An Investigation of tho payment of $80,000 worth of contested warrants Issued by tho eeventh general assembly, payment of which has been steadfastly refused by tho treasurers of tho stato for twelvo years, will be made by tho Fldollty Deposit company of Maryland, which furnished the First National bank of this city with an Indoninlty bond for Stato Treasurer Chlpley ot. ,.'00.000. The bank U surety for the treasurer lu the sum of 11,000,000, but Is fully protected by tho Indemnity bond. Treasurer Chlpley expresses confidence that an Investigation will vlndlcato his course. He acted upon tho advlco of At torney General Post nnd other lawyers In paying the warrants. It Is chnrgod that tho state treasurer violated tho state statutes by not publishing for thirty dnys a notice calling In the warrants ho proposed to pay. JURY ACCUSES EXTRAVAGANCE Sn?N Cripple Creek Sehool Iliuird In Unduly Inltiipiirril by I'ol ltli'liiun. CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., June 30. A special grand Jury has issued a number of Indictments, several of which have been served nnd tho Indicted parties arrested. Charles Gray, Tom Surbrr and John Ward, ex-policcmon, nnd Harney Hoge, ex-clty flno collector, wero Indicted and arrested In connection with the alleged robbery of n foreigner of $1,100 last September. Re lating to the charges of alleged corrup tion and Irregularities on tho part of the school board for years past, the re port of the grand Jury .Intimates that the members have beou unduly influenced by politicians nnd hnvo been Inclined to ex travagance, but finds nothing criminal In their actions. ENGLISH DROUTH BROKEN Violent Thunderntnrnm, AecnnipnnlPil by Hnll nnmnge by Flonda In Portugal. LONDON, July L The long-continued drouth In Great Britain has been broken Violent thunderstorms occurred Saturday night nnd yesterday, accompanied hy tor rentlal rains nnd lightning, which caused much havoc. Many parts of the continent have been suffering from heit waves. In Portugal much dnmago has been done by floods and hailstorms. According to a dis patch to the Dally Ptcbr from Oporto twenty persons were drownrd by flood In tho Cnrradaza district and five killed by lightning nt Gouvenhas. Violent Stornm In Prnner. PARIS, June 30. Violent storms have swept tho north and wept portions of France, doing damage to vineyards, espo daily In tho neighborhood of DIJon. Slightly Ilelter lu Ncir F.ugtunil. BOSTON, June 30. The wtather through out Now England was generally a slight Improvement over that of the past threo days, a brcezo tempering the sun's terrific heat. In the cities, however, the suffering wns terrlhlo among tho poorer people, nnd tho hospitals aro fully as bitty as during the week, in Boston tho official figures for the maximum temperature was 93, 1 degree more than yesterday, whllo the humidity was only B8. The pollco report ono death from heat prostration In the city proper, but thero have been many serious cases. Three deaths from heat occurred at Law renco, Mass., a total of eoven slnco Friday. At Manchester, N. H., thero have been three denths from heat. Hottest of the Venr nt Clerelnnd. CLEVELAND, Juno 30. Today was tha hottest of the year. The tempcraturo rose steadily from 66 degrees at B a. m. to 92 degrees at 5 p. m. There was little wind. All day there was not a cloud In the sky. The notable part of the Intense heat wns Its gradual growth during tho day. One death Is reported. Indlminpolla llrolln Alio, INDIANAPOLIS, June 30. Today was tho hottest of the year, the official termometer registering 95 degrees. No prostrations wore reported. CLOUDY AND COOLER TODAY Thii Eoxr of Promlsa ii Hung Oat it tbo Foiocatttr's Sky, BUT SUNDAY'S ANOTHER SWELTERER Iteenrtl-llrcnklng June Sninnlicn All l'rcvlniiK Minion Again by Setting a Ximv Noon Figure 'for Future Summers, Forecast for Nebraska Partly Cloudy Monday and Tuesday; Cooler in Eastern Portions Monday; Variable Winds. 'I'cmperuture nt Oninlm Yenteriluyt Hour. Hog. Hour, Dm. r n. ill Ttl 1 i, iii 117 l n. in 77 2 p. in ')S 7 n. m 7N it p, in i OH H ii. in SO -I i. Ill ! ii n, iii h. r p. in...... '.mi io n. in m t p. m t. ". I I II. m 7 p. m tn li! ill P.". H . Ill 1)0 It p. in 87 Sweltering humanity has llttlo that Is comforting to leurn from the local weather man which he does not already know. Thsro Is good reason to believe that this heated Urm cannot last always, but no assurance to that iifect comes from the local announcer of temperatures other (ban that which Is founded upon common knowl edge of the movements of earth and sun nnd the eternal procession of the seusons. June has ulready been scored as a record breaker and It Is clinging to the distinc tion to the end of Its race It did somo record smnshlng even on tho Sabbath. At noon the government indicators lo cated nn thu lop of the federal building showed the hottest noon hour of the roc-ord-cmnshlng month. They showed that at 5 o'clock Sunday morning tho mercury stood at 70. At 6 It had dropped back to 77 and ut 7 It started back upward, regis-te-lng 7S. At S o'clock It was nt SO, at .1 o'clock S3, at 10 o'clock SO, at 11 It was 02 and nt noon 95. Tho record of 93 at noon was two degrees higher than tho noon register on Friday, on which day the record for hot Juno days slnco the government began to score on the temperature hero was broken. The maximum for the day was 99 degrees. Last night conditions Indicated rain In tho near future, but on this point tho weather officials could glvo no positive assurance. HOTTEST ANDSTILL HOTTER DcMilte llroken Itceoril.i nt Cblcngo the Forrrnler Promise Xo Inimeillntr llellef. CHICAGO, Juno 30. Tho hent In Chi cago today broke all records for Juno slnco 1872. For three hours this afternoon tha government thermometer In the weather bureau at tho top of tho Auditorium tower registered 97. In many places lu tho street It wns 101 and 10G. A northwest breeze brought somo relief after nightfall, but nt 11 o'clock the mercury was again soaring around 90. Thero wos intense suffering throughout tho city, especially In the poorer districts, nnd the pollco ambulances wero kept busy picking up victims who had succumbed to tho hent. No fatalities were reported, but several of those who wcro prostrated nro In n serious condition. Forecaster Cox says It will bo still hot ter tomorrow. ANDREW D. MURPHY SUCCUMBS I'limrrr nnil Veternii of Went Point, llrotlier to Oniuhn Cnpltnllit, Killed by Hint. WEST POINT, Neb.. Juno 30. (Special Telegram.) Andrew V. .Murphy, a pioneer citizen, whllo returning from church to day was overcome by the hent, fell on tho sldownlk and expired Instantly, Ho uuj a brother of Frank Murphy, street rail way magnate of Omaha, and also of tho widow of ex-Governor Cuming, for whom thla county Is named. He wns n veteran of tho civil war with a record for bravery and was n member of D. S. Crawford post of tho Grand Army of tho Republic. Ho leaves nn aged widow. Tho Interment will bo In tho Catholic cemetery under tho uusplces of the Grand Army posts. UNBALANCES KANSAS FARMER Hent in llnrvrnt Field Connldrreil Hc Klinunlllo for S. Ilrookcr'n At tack on III Fnmlly. PHILLIPSnURG, Kan., Juno 30. (Special Telegram.) Last night In a fit of Insanity S. Ilrookcr came nenr seriously Injuring members of his family. Officers now have Drooker In charge and ho will bo tried (or Insanity tomorrow. Ho has been working In tho harvest field lately and It Is thought tho extreme heat has affected his mind. It required thn combined efforts of several men to securo Mr. Drookor nnd tako him from hts homo In this city to tho Jail, whero ho Is confined. LOOKS DOWN 0N0NE HUNDRED Dentrlee noei Seven Point Ileyoud In It finer to Pent Hot Weather Ilecords. BEATRICE,- Neb., June 30. (Special.) This was ono of tho warmest days of the season. At 9 a. in. tho thermometers wero registering 93 degrees; at 11 a. m., 102; at 12:30 p. in., 107. Wheat harvest Is in full blast and barley and oats are ripening fast, owing to the extreme hot weather tho past ten days; corn Is looking fnlrly well, but rain would help. Harvest hands aro scarce as well as all other kluds of la borers. LINCOLN'S SEVENTH HOT DAY One Hundred nnil Two Degrees In the Ciilnilnntlnu of the Week of Illnxlug Sun. LINCOLN, Neb., June 30. Today was the eeventh day tbo mercury has reached more than 07 dogrees and today lt reached 102. For eight days tho state has suffered from drouth and south winds. Oats, potatoes and hay crops bogln to show the need of rain in some places. North of tho Plntte river the dry weather was preceded by a week of rain and no dnmago has been done there. STRICKEN AS HE SPEAKS President of Shooting Club Dlea Soon After III" Sunatroke Swoon, CINCINNATI, Juno 30, The thermometer touched 95 hero today, Henry Moyer, president of the St. Bernard Sbootiug club, swooned while delivering his annual ad dress at tbo mooting today. He died soon afterward of prostration. INTENSE HEAT IN WASHINGTON Sun ninrr Doit ii t'pon the City from Ctouilli'K Sky unit mHIi l.lttle Wind. WASHINGTON, Juno 30. Intense heat prevailed here nil day and far Into the night. The sun shono with relentless fury from n cloudless sky all day and thcro was scarcely a breath of wind to temper the atmosphere. During tho afternoon tho temperuture nt the weather bureau was 98 degrees and It maintained a high rec ord throughout the evening. Reports to the weather bureau from points throughout tho hot w&yb nroa show rennrk.ibly high temperatures generally, with little or no rainfall and but poor prospects for nny substantial relief In tho next forty-eight hours In the eastern part' of tho couutry. In the south, Atlantic and middle nnd cast gulf states thcro wero local rains nnd thunderstorms today nud In tho extreme northwest cooler weather camo from local showers. High tempera tures continued today lu all districts cast of tho Rocky mountains, At New York tho maximum, 08 degrees, broko tbo record thero for June and nt Philadelphia tho maximum, 98, equaled tho highest tomporaturo previously re corded there. Somo of the high tempera tures reported at the bureau were ns fol lows: Atlantic City, 91; lloston, 92; Chi cago, 96; Cincinnati, Oil; Davenport,' la., 9S; Denver, 91; Dcs Moines, la., 96; In dianapolis, 94; Jacksonville, 91; Kansas City. 98; Little Hock, 90; Marquette, Mich., 9S; Memphis. 90; New Or,lcuns, 94', North Platte, Neb.. 92. Omaha, 98! Pittsburg, 91; St. Paul, 90; Springfield, III. ..98; Vlckshurg, Miss., 90; Washington, D. C., 98, and St, Louis, 100. HEAT FATAL TO TRAVELER II. .T. AVnt-li nf St. t.ouln Strleken on Ilonrd thr Kulekcrbncker l'!irrsn, MATTOON, III., June 30. Edward J. Walsh, sr.. president of the Mississippi OlnsB company and tho St. Louis Terminal company, nud Identified with lending St. Louis enterprises, died nt 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from hent prostration on board tho Knickerbocker express of tho Dig Four road between Gays and this city. Mr. Walsh was enrouto to Hot Springs, Vn., to recuperate from a sovoro slogo of grip with which he wns seized In tho enrly spring. When Litchfield was reached Mr. Walsh began to complain of the heat and. desplto every attention, grow worse. His pulso mounted to 107 nnd after Gays was pased ho fell over In u stnto of collapse. Ten minutes Inter this city was reached and ho was convoyed to tho Essex hotel. Dr. Charles H. Fry was summoned nnd pronounced him past recall. Death had come a few minutes boforo tho trnln arrived here. Arrange ments wero at onco mado for removal to St. Louis nnd the funeral party left hero at 6:30 p. in. NEW YORK GETS NO RELIEF PrnmlHi-d TliiiiidorMoriii Dor Come mill High Teuiivr uture In Inrrrnncd. Not NEW YORK. June 30. Tho relief from tho" killing hent of lust week which was promltcd today In the ehapo of thunder storms did not materialize. Instead the temperature Increased, thero was less brcezo than tho day beforo and what llttlo wind did stir wns surcharged with heat. Thcro was scarcely n cloud nil day. Owing to It being Sunday when n majority of the city's workers aro Idle, tho list of deaths and prostrations from the hrnt was de creased from that of Saturday. In splto of this fact eleven deaths nud nlnoteen prostrntloiiB wero reported up to 9:30 to night. ,- Thcro was an lucreaso In tho fatalities reported over yesterday, though the num ber of simple prostrations was not so large. Up to midnight nineteen deaths, had been recorded and twenty prostrations. The denths yesterday numbered cloven. BURLINGTON'S CENTURY RUN Much IIIiiohk nnil One Death Cnunnl by Hent tbnt IlcnebcH One Hundred. nURLINGTON, la.. Juno 30. The mer cury touched 100 in the shado hero today. Much Illness was caused, Frank Dunham, a veteran In tho rail way mall service and ten years chief clerk of the Ilurllngtou division, died suddenly this afternoon of sunstroke. Mnny Children Are Overcome. PITTSIIURG, Juno 30. Rotwoen midnight Saturday nnd midnight Sunday eloven deaths directly traceable to tho effects of heat nnd fifteen prostrntlons are recorded. In addition to this mnny children havo sue. cumbed, ns is evidenced by the burial per mlts Issued. In the last eighteen hours flfty-nlno pormlts have beou Ifsued, three fourths of which wero for children under 4 yenrs of ago. Tho normnl death rate Is sixteen, Tho maximum tempcraturo today was 94, minimum 92. Mglitiilng'N Work In AVInnnn. WINONA, Minn., Juno 30. During a so voro rain nnd electrical storm hero today lightning struck tho Young Women's semi nary, demolishing tho roof. Tho Iake 6treet brldgo wns set on flro hy tho lightning, but waB saved. Some cowh wero killed and tho boy herdsman wns stunned, but will re cover. IlnKlmore In Sei'oiul llottrnt. BALTIMORE, Juno 30. Baltlmoro Is tho second hottest city In the United States to day, tho wcathor bureau thermometer reg istering 99 nt 3 p. m.. Not n breath of air stirred nil day nnd a high temperature was maintained far Into the night. Ono death and several prostritlons wero reported. Wind A till to Fremoiit'M Dlmromfort, FREMONT, Neb., Juno 30. (Special.) The heat today has been intense. Tho mercury reached 90 at 9:30 o'clock this morning. At noon It etood nt 99 ond at 2 o'clock It had reached 103, the highest this season. A hot, dry wind from the south has prevailed all day. Denver City Prrnplrm, BEAVER CITY, Neb., Juno 30. (Special Telegram.) This has been tho seventh dny that tho thermometor has gone to 101 or above. Today It Is 107 and the wind has blown terrifically. Wheat harvesting Is In progress. Record liny lit Plillndrlplilu. PHILADELPHIA, Juno 30. This "was the hottest June day Philadelphia has experi enced since 1887. Tho maximum was 97 nnd tho minimum 77 The humidity registered 60 per cent. One death from heat and two prostrations were reported. Southern Xeuroex ,ri VIoIIiiin, LOUISVILLE, Ky June 30, One negro was killed and three prostrated at Louis villa hy the heat today, The maximum temperaturo was 97, i inn r r i w w r- w t rt a t r w 1 11 1 I 1 lllMJtin Ml wi .ujg oinst i ins cnsii ttu iiih ItmWei tho Hoop Trait. UNION MEN TO WALK OUT EVERY Even tho Opin Shops Aro Ho Long Contain Thtra. ununni&tu miLia luumu run IML ml Surpriie. AMALGAMATED HAS FUNDS TO FIGHT AsNoclntlon Will lieu In nt Once to Pity Out llenotltM to thoj. Strikers 7 OllU'lnln Are Wiiritffi! to fixprc llxtviiftlvc CoiiieiiueuecR. union employes or- mo. vanooA rntiis' nTfc tho American Steol HooujJonipAny,. wo.T. as tuo iioop trust, it U ;etlimtledthatV 15.000 men will bc.suhloet .Cn tho Vm. which, In connection with .thet'blg atrlkot tho American Sheet, Steel company .ordeict by President Shnffor on SatUrdny, wlllstfA feet C0.000 men. . , jrt v President Shaffer -said tonight: "Tho impression that only the mills of tho American Sheet Steel company nro nffooted Ii I l l ir I I I I I I I V 1 All III H PITTSBURG, Juno 30. President T.Jif ' W'' Shatter of tho Amalgamated 'Aodefajig s 'Vjft. of Iron nnd Tin Worker wll(morrW1r,' " ' .V J inumiua issue nu orucr caning vontj'an' . I. . !TT . by tho decision of Saturday is a mistake 1 , Tho workmen of nil mills in-tho American Steel Hoop company nro Interested and will bo officially notified tomorrow morn- log that tho scale has not been signed and,, that they will quit work. To tho well or-vV ganlzcd mills this notice will ho no tiir-.n prise for tho men havo watched tho sltua- ' Hon carefully, but what Is known as open mills whero union men havo been allowed to work sldo by sldo with tho non-uulon Is whero wo havo to move. Union men must walk out of these open mills In tho : Hoop trust. AVI1) lie Fight to the Dentil. "Tho open mills to bo notified uro ono at. Hollldnysburg, Pn., three nt Pittsburg arid-, ono nt MonesKcn. Tho organized mills which will close on our call nro the Upper und Lower mills nt Youngstown, O.; Pnm croy, O.; Sharon, Pa.; Olrard, Pa.; Warren, Pa.; Greenville, PtC This. I believe, will bring tho number, of men affected up to 60, 000. It Is n matter tf regret that tho Istuo has been forced, but It now looks1 as though It will bo a fight to tho death.'" ' . Continuing, Mr. Shaffer said:' "The Amal gamated association Is not unprepared for It. Wo have not had a general strike for many years and In that ttrao wo havo not been Idle. Wo have funds and, will uo them. Right hero I want to correct nn Im pression which has been given out that no benefits will ,be paid Btflkcrs until two months have-' elapsed. The Amalgamated association will begin nt once to taka enro of Its people." Mr. Shaffer concluded hla talk by Fnylre: "I will say now' what I said to Mr. Smith, general manager of tho slcel company. In the conference. I said If It l to' bo n strike wo will make It ono to ho remembsred. Tr" ofllc!als now dealing with us have but U'V' Idea of the extent to which thla strlko wIW go, onco it -1b on." INSISTS,-, ON THEQPJfrfflfr Cnnh Itcftlfltcr Co-.ipnny nt Dnyton HefiixeM Do'. milN of Pol Inherit n'.i! 'Molileri, WASHINGTON, Juno 30. Tho confer onco today betweon tho representatives of tho employes of the National Cash It eg later company of Dayton, O., nnd the company itself was not entirely satisfactory. Tho machinists wore granted what they naked, nlno hours' work at tho pay hitherto pre vailing, but the polishers, buffers and glass moulders will havo to fight for what they demand. There was but llttlo discussion over tho demand of tho machinists for a nlno-hour day, It. was agreed to by thn representatives of tho company. Tho tug of war came when tho proposition of tho polishers was advanced. It wns finally de cided to nslc Secretary Morrison to wire the company president, John H, Patterson, to grant tho company here power to eot tlo tho mattor. Mr. Patterson replied that It wan too late; that the company had made a proposition nnd would stnnd by It. Tho company, ho said, was determined to run an open shop. After tho rocolpt of this telegram tho conferonco adjourned. DISAGREE OVER WAGE SCALE Knnnnn City Conference In Frnltlesn ItcKnedluir Cunl District Number Twenty-Three. KANSAS CITY, Juno 30. The conferenco of coal miners and operators of district No, 23, which Includes Leavenworth, Kan., an all of Missouri except Bates, Barton nnil Vernon counties, hns adjourned without having agreed on a wage scale. John Mitch ell, national president of tho miners' or ganization, left for Indlnnapolls last night, but will return again on July lb, when an other attempt will be mado to come to at agreement. Tho conference has been oi slnco May 29, Tho conference for district No. 14, which Includes Bates, Barton nnd Vernon coun ties, Missouri, and all of Kansas except Leavenworth county, adjourned after hav ing arranged a satisfactory contract fm next year In all of tho subdlstrlcts. WOODWORKERS MAY STRIKE Chit-nun Union Will Unit TucNiliiy If ltd Dcmiindft Arc Not . Aeeoded To, CHICAGO, Juno 30. Woodworkers to tho number of 3,000 employed lu tho manu facture of bar, storo and ofllco fixtures In Chicago In nil probability will bo called out on strike Tuesday. The present agree ment of thu union men with the manu facturers expires tomorrow and tho work men demand an Increase of 25 cents a day In wares In tho agreement to bo signed for tho next two yenrs. As a counter proposition the manufacturers have offorod an Increase of 5 per cent, or about 10 cents a day. This proposition vsus rejeptod to- .day by an almost unanimous vote of tho union. Another conference will bo held tomor row between the union men and the manu facturers, but ns' both sides appear to bo determined to stand by, tholr demands It Is believed a strike will, bo called Tuesday, n , I y.a. i nr cr. il ' Mill r Mr urn ft 1