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The Omaha Daily Bee The Omaha dee a clu, reiUbla) ifptr that It uSmltted to earfc and every horn. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Oenomlly fair. For Iowa - Generally fair. For wrnthr-r report see iage 3. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 52. OMAUA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1900. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CRISIS COMES ONIN CRETE Armed Peasant! Occupy Fortress, but Later Are Expelled by Government GREEK FLAG NOT HAULED DOWN Power Are Sending; Warships to Island to Preserve Order. Chinatown is in Ferment Over Death of Woman NO POLITICS IN THE CENSUS President Issues Stringent Orders to the Secretary and Director General. PREDICT KAISS IN CORN REIT Government Weather Bureau Says Whole Region Will Get Precip itation by Middle of Week. One of Most Beautiful Women in .the Section is Found Murdered in Her Rooms. NOT BUILDING UP A MACHINE OMAHA ONCE MORE SWELTERS MAY TAKE r "OE OF AFFAIRS Conditions in . ' Greatly Com plicate ' HOPE FOR PEACE V 'UTION Greek GnTfrinnrnt Advls n Submit Peaeefallr I. DrmiPili of the Powers. CANEA. Crete. Auk. 16. A band of t armed peagftnt.1 entered Canea late last night and occupied the fortress erected to prevent the carrying out of the powers' command for the removal of the Greek flags. Number of deputies arrived In Canea during the evening to- attend Parliament. The British battleship Swiftsure arrived today In Puda Bay In the western portion of the lalnnd. Th Cretan government haa resigned and the administration of the Island haa been Intrusted to provisional committer. The committees have had the armed peasants expelled from the fortress, which they oc cupied Saturday nlcht. Intending to resist the order of the powers that the Oreek flag be lowered. The committees, however, have not had the flag hauled down. LONDON, Aug. 15. A peaceful solution of the Cretan situation appeared practi cally to have been secured last week through the Intervention of ttjet four pro tecting powers, and the scrupulously cor rect attitude adopted by the Greek gov ernment In Its diplomatic Intercourse with Turkey, and despite the fact that the Tur kish government, undr the pressure of national agitation, handled the diplomatic difficulty In an unskilled manner In de manding ficsh guarantees from Greece. The VounK Tnuiliey pm-ty plainly mis trusts the present ' Turkish ministry and f'ars that Turke will lone suzerainty of Crete, as It has that of Bulgaria. This feeling has led to a strong movement among Albanian!' against the Turkish government and In a serious boycott atfuliiHt Greek tiode. At I lie fcdinu I line the population of Crete hus shown imch atrjn.i Greek sympathies as in Ind.::e dor to d.fy the order of thu p: o ec : pu t i ra-Cir; at Britain, Fi- ncer Hal a:id IliKsia-to haul down thy Greek i'lag. wMiii vti raised when the lioopr, of th po...: recently evacu ated hi Island. As: a t or this lattur difficulty, rho iltuatlmi ax.iln nas become acut'fhe--pim hcv ordered warn hips to Ci-te and probably will reoccupy the Hlsnil In order to force compliance with their wishes. In this event It is not unlikely that fresh negotiations will ensue with a viev- to pluclng the Cretan question on a more a. tiled basis and to prevent a re cur, ence if the disturbing events. Pel feet confidence still Is felt that the peace between Turkey and Greece will not be broken. Cruisers for Crete. HOME, Aug. 15. The Italian cruisers Francesco Ferruclo, 8tare.se, Giuseppe, Garibaldi and Govannl Bausan sailed to day for Crete and will be followed late to night by the battleships Reglna Elena, Napoli and Vlttorlo Emmanuels III. TOULON, Aug. 15. The armored cruiser Jules Firry has been ordered to coal In readiness to sail for Crete. It Is stated that similar orders have been given to the commanders of battleships Jaureguiberry, Bouvet and Suffren. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 16. Th Turk ish fleet remains at Smyrna, the govern ment on the advices of the powers having postponed sending It to Crate. The boy cott and demonstrations against the Greeks continue to spread. ATM UN'S. Aug. 15. The entire press In Gitcce advises the Cretans to lower the Greek flak over th fortress at Canea and not show deftance to the protecting powers. CONFERENCE CONCERNS CUBA Bllnlater of Islaad Republic Has aa Interview with President Taft. BEVERLY. Mass., Aug. 16.-Presldent Taft talked over the Cuban situation for an hour this afternoon with Carlos Garcia ' Vales, the Island's minister to Washington Mr. Veles sought the appointment with the president nearly a week ago and It waa arranged for today. From S until 4 o'clock the diplomat and the president sat in earnest conversation on the veranda of the Taft cottage. Mr. Vcles declared after the Interview that he had found Freeatdent Taft most cordial and deeply (interested In Cuba and thoroughly ac quainted with the Ideals and ambitions of the people. Ha declared it fortunate for Cuba that such a man as Mr. Taft la president of the United Stales. Mr. Taft .expressed to the Cuban minister the hope , that the Island's second attempt at self- . government would prove successful. Minister Telea emphatically shook his Ihead and said, "No, no, no," when asked If ha thought It ever would bo necessary for the United States again to Intervene to t the republic's house In order. FRIGHT CAUSES MAN'S DEATH tnldeatlfled Traveler Fall from Brtde at gloax FnlU sad Die Soon Afterward. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. Aug. 15. (Special I The local authorities have been able to secure but slight Information In reference to a stranger, whose name Is supposed to 1 have been J. Bacon, who died In a local . hospital as the result of falling off th I Omaha brtdg Into the Big Sioux river. He waa watching a number of boys who were V fci swimming, and, leaning too far over the side of the bridge, lost his balance and fell Into the water about fifteen feet below. He waa drawn from the river by some of those whe had witnessed the accident, and. being In an unconscious condition, was taLan to the hospital. He regained con sciousness and apparently waa fully re covering, when he suddenly became worse and continued sinking rapidly until his death. It would appear that his death was ci.used by fright resulting from the fall Into the river. Nothing la known of th taaJiar4 at aa to w here ha cam from. NEW YORK, Aug. IS. Chinatown boiled over again early today on the discovery of the murder of the most beautiful of the Chinese women In New York. Bow Kim, 21 years old, who came here from San Francisco about a year ago with an Americanized Chinaman, Chin Len, SI years old. It was about 1 o'clock this morning, just as the usual Saturday night revelry was quieting down, that Chin Len dashed out of a tenement house at 17 Mott street, crying: "My woman been murdered." The street, filled with loitering Chinamen and parties of American "sight seers," all of whom quickly recalled the sensational raurder of Elsie Slgel, the missionary girl, was thrown Into excitement A policeman and a detective hurried Into the house under Len s direction, through dark hall ways, to a rear room on the second floor. The door was locked and the officers were about to break It In when Len pushed them aside and unlocked It him self. In a little room the murdered woman lay on the floor, stabbed In half a dozen places. Her slender neck was ringed with bloody finger marks. Indi cating a struggle with her assailant, and beside her lay a bloody hunting knife. It was evident that the woman had been dead for two or three hours. On the stairs were found traces of blood and also on a door leading to the store of Yuen Chin & Co.. on the ground floor. Three Chinamen there were arrested, al though they deny any knowledge of the murder. Six American women, who de clared themselves to be the wives of Chinamen, were found In the house and arrested, but none would admit any knowl edge of how Kim's death occurred. In the murdered woman's room were found many letters In Chinese, but none that gave a clue. Len declared that he had no Idea who killed his wife, unless "maybe Zee Sing kill her. Zee Sing say she owe him money and he try to get It." Sing, too, had been In love with Bow Kim, he said. As to Sing's whereabouts he knew nothing. Len's account of himself was that he had spent the early evening until 7 o'clock with his wife and then he had gone to No. 22 Mott street. Returning at 2 o'clock In the morning he found the body on the floor. In touching It he had soiled his hands with blood which. In turn, had smeared the door and stairway, as he hurried to the street. No formal charge has been preferred against Len. but he Is held In Sfi.OOO ball as a "material witness." First Moves Made in the War Game Defending: Army at Boston Destroy Number of . Bridges. BOSTON. Mass.. Aug. 1B.-A bridge de- stroylng expedition to hamper the move' ments of the army of the "red" and the capture of a private of the Invading army, were the most warlike features today In the work of the army of the "blue," In camp near Brldgewater, defending Boston from an attack from the south by the "red" army In the war game. The orig inal plans for a strenuous Sunday, which had been laid by Governor Eben 8. Dra per and Brigadier General William A. Pew, were of no avail, because of the postpone ment of hostilities last night. Every regimental headquarters, however, tonight received marching orders and the Indications pointed to a general advance before morning. The first real move of the army of blue was taken early In the day when two bat talions of the Eighth Infantry under Major Graves was sent to "destroy" the impor tant bridges along the Taunton and Mln neuxet rivers. The detachment returned at S o'clock this afternoon, tired and dJisty, but reporting their work well done. The red army, when it advances, w!!! be thrown on its own resources m crossing the sev eral streams that He between It and Bos ton. Accompanied by several of the ref erees the detachment, upon coming to a bridge, would place under it packages sup posed to contain enough dynamite to de stroy the structure. Then a giant fire cracker was exploded and a placard was placed on the bridge announcing that It had been "destroyed." Major Graves' men caught the first glimpse of the Invaders at the Blrkley bridge on the west side of the Taunton river. The men of blue had Just "de stroyed" the structure when a detachment of red cavalry clattered up on the oppo site side of the river. There waa no clash between the two forces, however, and It la believed that the cavalry was merely one of the enemy's scouting de tachments sent out to "feel" the posi tion of the blue army. Considerable excitement waa caused In the blue camp tonight when one of the outposts brought In a scout of the red aAny. The man refused to tell his name, but admitted he belonged to company H of the Seventh New York regiment. As he was the first prisoner to be taken by either side, there waa much Interest dis played In him, when he was conducted through the camp. His capture was ef fected by Major Percy Atherton, judge advocate general of the Second brigade, who waa doing provost duty In his auto mobile. Genera) Pew, It was learned tonight, haa aent an Invitation to President Taft at Beverley to visit the camp. NEW CATHEDRAL DEDICATED Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop ' ttleaaon Participate la Cerenaoles. 6ALT LA ICE CITY. Utah, Aug. 15. -The Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalen, a splendid edifice erected In this city by the Cathollo diocese of Utah, was dedicated today with Imposing' ceremonies. Cardinal Gibbons made an address and an elaborate musical program waa rendered. The ad drees waa. delivered by Archbishop J. J. Olennoa of St, Lou La. Cardinal Glbbona read a letter from the pope authorising Use pontlflcial blessing upon th new structure. The building haa been In progress for ten years and coat about touQ.OUQ, Violation of Order Will Subject Party to Dismissal. SOME APPOINTMENTS MADE Four Supervisors for Nebraska and Three in Iowa. ABOUT ALL ARE AGREED UPON Few Are Held tp on Account of Protests and Others Have Not Been Reached In Making; Oat the Papers. The following superrteore were namd for srebraska and Zowai XIBBISIA. Tlrst Slstrlot Fran B. Kelvey. Second District Charles L. Saun ders. Third District Joseph Albert Kays. Fourth District Philip T. Bros. IOWA. First District John W. Rowley. Beeond District Asa A. Hall. Seventh District Cambridge Cul bertson. BEVERLEY. Mass., Aug. 16 In a letter addressed today to Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor, Presi dent Taft served notice that any man engaged In the taking of the thirteenth cen sus of the United States who engages in politics In any vJay will Immediately be dismissed from the Bervlce. Outside of casting their votes the president believes that census supervisors and enumerators should keep clear of anything that savors of politics, national, state or local. The president orders that the secretary of commerce and labor and the director of the census embody In the regulations governing the taking of the census the rule so forcibly laid down In his letter. Mr. Taft says that In appointing census supervisors It has been found necessary to select men recommended by senators and congressmen In their districts. He says he realizes that this method of se lection might easily be perverted to po litical purposes and It Is to take the census out of politics, so far as the actual work Is concerned, that he has explicitly ex pressed his desires as to the regulations. President Taft has told the representa tives and senators who have urged vari ous men for census places that he would Insist that no active politicians should be named and that no attempts should be made to build up a political machine In any state or district through the distribu tion of the census patronage. ' Letter of President. The president's letter in full follows: BEVERLEY, Mass., Aug. 15". "My Dear Mr. Secretary: The taking of the census Involves the appointment of some 800 super visors, who, In turn are to appoint many times that number of enumerators. The supervisors are given complete discretion In the selection of enumerators respectively to act under them. The success of the census will depend on the efficiency and strict attention to duty of the supervisors and on the Intelligence of the enumerators and their faithful application to the busi ness In hand. 'Generally, there is a supervisor for each congressional district. It has been found to be the quickest and best means of se lecting suitable supervisors to consult the congressmen and senators as to competent candidates from their respective districts and states. 'This system can easily be perverted to political purposes If the supervisors are not forbidden to use It as an Instrument for Influencing local and general elections and primaries In the interest of particular candidates or parties. It Is not an un reasonable requirement that anyone who accepts an appointment aa supervisor or as enumerator shall, during the term of his employment and service avoid an active participation In politics. Draws the Line. "I therefore order that in the prepara tion of regulations for the taking of the census, you and the director of the census embody therein provision that any super visor or enumerator who uses his influence with his subordinates or colleagues to as sist any party, or any candidate In a pri mary or general election or who takes any part, other than merely casting his vote. In politics, national, state or local, either by service upon a political committee, by pub lic addresses, by the solicitation of votes, or otherwise, shall at once be dismissed from the service. "I wiih to make this regulation as broad as possible, and wish It enforced without exception. It is of the highest Importance that the census should be taken by men having only the single purpose of reaching a just and right result, and that the large amount of money to be expended In the employment of so vast a machine as the census shall not be made to serve the po litical purposes of any one. "Sincerely Yours, "WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. "HON. CHARLES NAGEL, "Secretary of Commerce and Labor." Mr. Taft's task la a little more than half oompleted. Practically all of the appoint ments have been agreed upon, but some are being held up temporarily on account of protests. Some Appointments. The census supervisors announced today Include: Coloi ado First district, Albert B. McGaf fey; Second district, Charlea F. Hamllu. Idaho Joseph Perrault, Jr. Kansas First district, Reese Van Sant; Second district, William H. bnmh. Third district, Charles Yoe, North Dakota First district, Carl N. Frlch. Bar Drowns In River. YANKTON, 8. D., Aug. 16.-(6pclal Tele gram.) Carl McCoun, aged IS, waa drowned In the Missouri river here Saturday night. The body has not been recovered. He was a son of Joaph McCoun. Two Boys Drown. BERESFORD, S. D.. Aug. IS.-Arthur Peterson of this city and George Robertson, son of a farmer near town, were taken with cramps while bathing In Vermilion river and were drowned today. From the Washington Star. STOCK MARKET IS ERRATIC Prices Beach Almost to Top Level of Nineteen Hundred and Six. SOUND BUSINESS SEEMS ASSURED Another Enrourmarlnsr Featnre la the Disposal of th fcnrplos Stock . f Copper, jwttva Coed Demand, v NEW YORK. Aug. 15. The develop ments bearing on the financial outlook were of sufficient Importance last week to keep the stock market valuations In a constant state of flux In the attempt to gauge the situation. The professional at titude was one of constant suspicion and watchfulness for reaction. The freedom with which this suspicion was acted on in the way of selling stocks short, only to be compelled to buy them In at higher prices accounted for part of the recurrent strength of the whole market. The skepti cism manifested by the professional op erators In the market was not due to any unsatisfactory news affecting values, but solely to the technical position. The close approximation of the price level to the highest record of New York Stock ex change prices, made In 1906, was itself an often cited reason for being on guard. The present level of prices, while still somewhat below the average for the picked active stocks touched In 1906, Is held to represent a higher absolute range than ever before touched. The former averages included the inflated prices touched by several of the great northwestern railroad systems In connection with valuable sub scription rights to new stock Issues and the distribution of the Great Northern's iron mine properties to Its stockholders. Another ground for the opposition of the habitual traders to the advance la the number of Important happenings which have come to pass after having long served purposes as factors in the speculation. It was this element In the speculation which attacked the market when the tariff bill was paaaed, arguing that it was not pos sible for results following the bill to be brighter than speculators had been tak ing for granted while buying stocks. The same procedure was followed after the publication of the government crop re port. Influence of Crops. While there waa some momentary dis appointment over the sharp deterioration In the condition of the corn crop, the gov ernment crop report on maturer considera tion, served to clinch the conviction that agricultural prosperity was assured for the season. The decline In the corn condition left the crop estimate still at a record figure, and the oats crop, practically gar nered, also stands at a record. The wheat crop Is regarded as made at the date of the August crop report, and here, In place (Continued on Second Page.) Do you want a girl for housework? Phone Douglas 238 and get one. That Is the "Want-ad Num ber." If you are without help, go do it now. No use dradgj ing this hot weatheT when you can get help so easily. Girls looking for work know that Th Bee publish practically a com plete list of people who want help, o they look to the Baa Want-ads when looking for a place. Better step to th phone and put in the ad.' Success Big Cunardcr Badly Damaged at Its Dock Fire Gains Such Headway in Lucania that Steamer is Flooded and Sinks. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 15. -.The Cunard line steamer. JLucania lies submerged tonight at the Huskisson dock, seriously damaged, having been almost gutted from Its fun nels forward by the fire which broke out on board the liner Saturday evening. The flames are supposed to have originated In the salon kitchen. The fire brigade of the vessel with two powerful motor engines turned out im medlatly at the first alarm and found the first salon burning fiercely from end to end. Despite all their efforts the flames gradually worked forward until they reached the steerage consuming every par ticle of the woodwork there and then played havoc with the forehold. At this time the heat was tremendous and the flames, shooting high from the vessel attracted thousands of persons to the side of the river, where they remained throughout the night. At 2 o'clock this afternoon It was de cided to flood the vessel by admittance of water Into It from the deck. So it keeled over and its funnels came In contact with thu cranes on the dock and were badly damaged. A half dozen firemen, who were on the gangway at this time were thrown Into the water, but all were rescued. A fleet of tugs wa then brought Into requi sition and pulled the liner upright and held It until It settled firmly on the mud bottom. It was 10 o'clock this morning before the fire was under control and noon before the fire brigade waa able to relinquish their task. The second-class quarters and the whole after part of the boat, Including the engine room, escaped Injury from the flames and comparatively little damage was done to the exterior of the vessel. Its upper part Is considerably above water. The first salon skylights were destroyed and the docks forward are badly buckled. Some of the plates of the hull were warped by the heat Late tonight the Lucania was refloated with the aid of salvage tugs and power ful pumps. It will be dry-docked and towed to Glasgow for repairs. According to some reports the fire first broke out In the starboard galley, but was quickly extinguished by the ship's officers. A half hour later there was another outbreak in the port kitchen, and while the fire brigade was dealing with this a fierce blase burst out in the stor age and fore peak. LIQUOR MEN T0JFIGHT THE TAX Will Refuse to Report and Force 8tate to Coinmrnoe Pro ceedings. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 15. A contest between the Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association and the state authorities Is presaged by the attitude of each on the new merchants' tax which goes Into effect tomorrow. The wholesalers have announced that they will contest the graduated license scheme on the ground that it la unconstitutional. Excisu Commissioner Caulfleld stated to night that all liquor merchant who do not file the required reports "within a reasonable time," will be cited to the cir cuit attorney. This is In line with the known plans of the wholesalers, who, In declaring their opposition to the tax, stated that they would not initiate court pro ceedings, but would resist attempts to collect. The tax runs 1100 and upwards, those dealing In 5,000 gallons or less each year paying the minimum. The smaller dealers are not expected to take part In the fight over the constitutionality of the measure. Not Nerves, ant Malaria. ST. LOI'IS. Aug. 15.-Judge Harris of Tlp tonvUle, Tenn , president of the company which owns Reelfoot lake In Obion county, that state, and whose coming here a fort night ago caused a report that he had broken down because of threats of night riders, left today for his home. Mr. Harris has been In a local hospital undergoing treatment for malaria. EASTERN ECONOMIST IN CITY Prof. J. W. Crook of Amherst Talks of Chautauqua Audiences. IS DIFFERENT FROM COLLEGE Ability to Eulogise Abraham Lincoln Supreme Test of Eloquence, 9as New Englnnder Lecturing In ',, ... - . . Mldillo Vnl, "Yea Chautauqua audiences are some what different from collegiate," said Prof. J. W. Crook of the chair of economics at Amherst. Prof. Crook spent Saturday and Sunday In Omaha as (ho guest of C. C. Belden. "1 find that Chautauqua audiences," he declared, "are made up of maturer people than those In an academic hall, and are not so likely, either, to have had a surfeit of lectures. "There are three points upon which they can be quickly readied the home, patriot ism and temperance. A man who can bi eloquent upon theso themes will be de cidedly popular. The supreme test Is his ability to speak with regard to Abraham Lincoln. By a lecturer's eulogy of Lincoln hla measure Is taken." Asked what he concljered the burning question in his field oi work, Prof. Crook answered: "The control of corporations." This answer he Immediately amended by coupling with It, "the i elation between capital and labor." Of the two proolema he thought the former would be the :ivier to adjust. "Pub licity is the remedy," said he. "Public opin ion, when well Informed, Is the great sol vent of the questions Involved." With regard to the labor problem, Prof. Crook thinks that the question or adequate pay will be pretty general1)- fairly ad Justed, but that the element of personal relations will be more cifficul'. "Such t. question as the I'ecoKit'.lon of the union the law is powerless at piei.en.' to touch." Prof. Crook Is a gradual. of Oberlln col lege. He spent his first gradubte year at the University of W ivco'iuln, lie next iU the University of Berlin Did he last at Columbia, where be took bis drctorate. He Is lecturing at Red Oak, It., this week. Woman Killed Under an Auto Her Companion Has a Leg Broken Al&a When Machine Turns Over. PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 15. (Special Tele gram.) The first serious automobile acci dent In this part of the country occurred about five o'clock this evening In Sully county, northwest of Okebojl, where the machine driven by K. A. West, a real es tate dealer of this city, balked on" a steep hill, and running back down turned turtle, pinning Miss Helen Kllngman under the machine and crushing her to death. Mr. West suffered a broken leg, but the other members of the car escaped by Jump ing. LITTLE GIRL KILLS SISTER Tells Paresis of Tragedy Which liappena While Plalnss Indian. SIOUX FALLS. 8. U., Aug. 15. (Special.) "I shot Leah, and she Is dead." These words, spokn by Emma Falrchlld. aged 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Falrchlld. who reside on a homestead near Topbar, Stanley county, was the first Inkling the parents had of the tragic death of another little daughter, Leah, aged 4. While the father and mother were In a field stacking grain the two children got down a shotgun and rifle and commenced playing "Indian." Evidently without realizing the danger, Emma loaded the sl ogan, pointed It at her little sister and pulled the trigger. Th charge of buckshot struck th little girl in th stomach, causing instant death. Day of Rest Comes Opportunely to Gasping Thousands. BATHERS EXHAUST SUIT SUPPLY Concessionaires at Beaches Early Run Out of Available Costumes. OPEN AIR SLEEPING POPULAR Jefferson Park Killed at Mht with People Sleeping; on (.reus, and Even Sidewalks Hnuaht In Home Sections. Belief from the drouth and heat la In sight. Th following dispatch was sent out from Washington last even lug to all weather bureaus I Present conditions Indicate that th drouth In th oorn growing ssotlons of Kansas, Missouri, central and sonthern Illinois will be broken about the middle of th present week and that th rains of that period will extend ovr th entire oorn and spring wheat section." A merciless sun agam warmed things up in Omaha yesterday and when night fell a gasping, sweating population felt thankful for a ew degrees less heat. The maximum temperature of the day was !m, attained at 2 p. m. That It was two degrees less than the highest of the season made not much difference, for when the mercury climbs past tfie 0 mark, one or two degrees cither way makes little dif ference to victims of the heat. Five Deaths Due to Heat. Last night Coroner Heafey reported five deaths an due directly to the Intense heat. In some of fhe cases those affected had been ailing, but the immediate cause In each case was attributed to the debilitating effect of the continuous high temperature. James F. Wit ton, a foreman for Smeuton & Brown, died early Sunday night at h's room, 60" North Eighteenth street. He vj overcome by the heat Saturday and was sick during Sunday. Early In the evening groans were heard from his room, but no attention was paid to the matter at ft: ft as the door was locked. After a while the sounds ceased and the door was Kicked l:t. Wilton was found dead and the coroner was called. He was 31 years old and has a hlster In South Omaha. His roommalu was J. T. McClaren, a ticket seller lor the Burlington railway. August l'alnilsano, an Italian, died Sun day after an Illness of two days, and the death Is attributed to the heat, tie lived at 1308 Mason street. He was So years old. The funeral will be held at 4 o'clock i'ue day afternoon from the neW At.'PnMouieiu'g church, Tenth and William streets. Mrs. Barbara Kasal, 67 years old, dl id Sunday suddenly before any of her friends knew she was sick. She had no family and had been living with friends. The cor oner was notified and made an Investiga tion and reported the death as due directly to extreme heat. Mrs. Bridget Qulnlan, 67 years of age, died Saturday morning at her home, 1231 South Sixteenth street, after a short Ill ness. Prostration due to the heat is given as the Immediate cause of death. Another death repotted as due to the heat Is that of Mrs. Mary Collins, who died Sat urday at her residence, 2005 Maple street. The funeral will be held at 8:30 o'clock this morning. Hastens Other Deaths, Other deaths not reported as directly due to the heat, but probably hastened by the severe weather, were those of Harry Walker, sr., 1707 Leavenworth street, who died of heart trouble early Sunday morn ing, aged 68 years. The body will be sent to Villa Ridge, 111., for burial. Another wad F. G. Maus, 5S years of age. who died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at hla residency, 2118 Howard street. The funeral will bu held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. During the heated term no more funeral will be held during the hot hours of tiu day, as proprietors of livery barns have refused to send out their teams. All fu nerals are now scheduled for early In the forenoon or late In the afternoon, aa the loss of horses among team owners naj be come great. It Is estimated that at least forty horses, otherwise sound, have died of heat lu Omaha during the last three days. The Met brewery stables have lost four, the Palace stables four, Heafey t Heafey one, the Hull and Sunderland companies have had losses and there have been many others not reported. Coroner Heafey is an ardeit advocate of night funerals during spells of extreme warm weather. He points out that there Is no good reason sgainst them, and that the danger to teams and to the persons who make the long trips to the various ceme teries of the city warrants a departure In the customary hours for such services. Maur Sleep Ont-of -Doors. As few clothes as the law allows waa the general rule and In Jefferson park In par titular a decidedly negligee effect was achieved by men and women lolling on the benches. Many slept here during the night and in otner sections of the city people slept out of doors, hastily improvising some sort of couch, people ware ey-en to be seen sleeping on the sidewalks., The many parks In tnd around Omaha were havens of refuge for thousands of people who sought reltef from the sun's ru, which beat down with unabated fury throughout the long day. Not only were the parks thronged, but open cars on the street car lines were eagerly sought and street car conductors reported that hundreds of people rode back and forth from one terminal to the other simply to cool off, the cars creating a breeze when there was nif natural wind Late in the afternoon and well along in the evening automobiles raced madly through the streets, the Joy riders being bound to i:ool off even though luckless pedestrians were made to sweat In stepping lively to keep out of the way. The amusement parks of Manawa and Courtland Beach did a thriving business and the water was alive with bathers. At Courtland Beach the crowd of bathers soon appropriated every available bathing suit and the management later refused to rent suits for as luiii; as the wearer wished, but limited the lime to one hour per bather. Boats at these two resorts aa well as at Seymour Lake park and on the lake In Levi Carter fark wue busy throughout th day
