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VOL. XLUI-NO. 51.
OMAHA, SATURDAY
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WOUNDED MEN WILL
BE ALLOWEDTD TAKE
PART IMJHE BATTLE
None of Injured is Very Seriously
Disabled and Will Be Able to
March to the Front.
&.LL EAGER FOR THE FRAY
Mimio War Puts Many in the Field i
Hospital for Repairs.
MILITIAMEN PET GOOD SCORING
Are Told There is No Sense in Get
ting These Great Injuries.
STAND UP WELL IN THE HEAT
loldlcra Are Mnrrhtnir Tvlth the
.Thermometer ItnnKlnnr A run nil
Hundred Degree Little
Complaint Is llenrd.
While Colonel II. A. Eberly, Commander
of the Fourth regiment of Nebraska state
militiamen, known as tha army of Bluoa,
Is maneuvering for an advantage over
Colonel II. J. Paul's Fifth regiment of
Reds in the battle to be fought at Water
loo bridge this afternoon a dozen
privates . and petty officers sweat and
swear under the hands of the hospital
corps. Minor Injuries and sickness have,
disabled .many who were most eager to
engage In the scrimmage over possession
of the city of Omaha.
"Most of the men who have bcon In
jured or are now sick will take part In
the battle," said Major J. M. Spealman,
head of the field hospital force, "for none
of the Injuries is very serious." Her Is
a list of some of the men. affected and
the horrlb',0 things with which thoy must
iuntend In this mimic war:
List of Injured.
Private Henry McCarthy, Company I
of the Fifth, bruised foot, duo to loose
lacing of shoes.
Private H. P. Burnett, signal corps,
bad cct in the cheek, caused by tent
stake which flew out of the ground
when another prlvato struck It.
Private Hoy Dunbar, signal corps, foot
bruised, slightly.
Prlvato Roy Wilson, Company B of
the Fifth, toe blistered.
. Prlvato A. Schultz, signal corps, hand
sut while mixing mess.
Captain's. O. Jamleson, Q. M. C, sore
throat, due, the surgeons say, to exces
sive use of tobacco.
Private O. A. Ralston, Company D of
tho Fifth, Ingrowing too nail.
Lloyd Teagus, Company A of the Fifth,
brougm In from the march with a
sprained knee.' Another private threw a
sack of sugur against him.
"Trlmmctl" for Carelessuess.
First Lieutenant L. B. Sturdovant, as-.1
slstant To Major Spealman 'of the -flefa
. hospital; gave the mljttldmeh who were
brought to tho hospital for treatment
painstaking' attention and then "trim
med" them for carelessness.
"A man who doesn't now how to laco
his shoes ought not Join the army," ho
declared, "and a fellow with an ingrow
ing toe nail has no business in the militia
men. Can't lace your shoes, ehT Well,
well."
An old private who Is an orderly at the
field hospital "talked back" to tho lieu
tenant. "You were laid up yourself bo
:ause you laced your puttees too tight,"
be chirped, and the llotenant subsided.'
Stand Heat Well.
Reports from the two armies the Blues
at Fremont and tho .Reds ut Gretna
indicate that on the whols the men arc
ttandlng tho Intense heat and the dust
md long marches exceptionally well.
Arrangements have been made at the
field hospital tent to ,caro for twenty
five or thirty it need be, the heat making
t imperative to treat the slightest wounds
ivlth great care, to prevent Infection.
Few of the officers or men slept on the
battlefield Thursday night. "The heat was.
awful," said one officer, "and those who
couldn't sleep kept everybody else
awake."
Government Troops
Take Purple Hill
SHANGHAI. China, Aug. 15.-Govern-ment
troops under General Chang-Hsun
today captured Purple Hill, command
ing Nanking, and the rebels In that city
arc not expected to offer serious resis
tance. General Feng Kwo Chang, with 5,000
government troops, has massed his forces
three miles north of Pukow, on the north
ern ''bank of the Yangste Klang.
Thero has been some looting in Nan
king, but foreign property has not been
touched.
GREAT WESTERN LABORER
MURDERS HIS BUNKMATE
MARSHALTOWr. la., Auff. 15, (Spe
cial Telegram.) While he lay asleep near
bunk close by Green Mountain station
Inst night, Roshet Gater, a Turk laborer
employed by the Chicago Great Western,
was murdered. Before he died, Gater
ald Mehraet Braen, a Turk, and mem
Mr of the eame railroad gang, shot him,
Braen disappeared. This morning he
was arrested on a freight train near
Itelnbeck and brought to this city. The
nurder Is said by Turks to be the result
if an old feud that began In Chicago.
M. L. MIddleton, a farmer, aged C5
years, residing near Minerva, committed
ulc!de last night by hanging himself In
!ils hog house.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Yiclnlty
-Fair; not ulte so warm.
I'emvrature at
Omaha Yriterdny,
Hours. Dg.
5 a. m 79
6 a. rn.,.,. 7R
7 a. m SI
8 a. m 84
9 a. tn O
10 a. tn 92
11 a. m 95
12 tn , 7
1 p. ni...., b'
2 p. m 101
5 p. m 102
4 p. m 101
5 p. m 99
6 p m 97
7 p. ni 9(
p. m 32
Lodge Pole Valley
Great Field for
the Sugar Beets
SIDNEY. Neb., Aug. 16.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) William A. Drury, an Irrigation
expert and field agent for the sugar
trust, has been In and around Sidney for
the last five days Investigating the pos
sibilities of growing sugar beets In the
Lodge Pole valley. After analyzing the
soil at ten different ranches, he claims It
1b as fertile as the best Austrian land
which has a larger nor cent of saccharine
matter In the beets than any other part
or the world.
Mr. Drury stated that De Lodge Polo j
valley from Kimball to- Chappcll could
raise enough beets to supply the largest
beet sugar factory In America, and that
BIdney Is centrally located for the factory.
The day of large ranches Is past, and
many of the ranches In the valley, con
sisting of 160 to 1,000 acres, should be
cut up into tcn-acro farms, and the
townstof Kimball, Potter, Sidney, Lodge
Pole and Chuppcll will Increase in popu
lation tenfold. It Is more profitable for
a farmer to raise ten acres of sugar
beets than eighty acres' of grain. What
Is needed is men who will farm and not
ranchmen who run large bunches of cat
tle. Mr. Drury left to Investigate the Platte
valley cast of Northport.
Thirty Boy Scouts, formerly connected
with the stranded Buffalo Bill wild west
show, left here today on foot on their
way to Chicago. This walk of 900 miles
will bo made In tb.lrty-slx days. They
will give exhibitions en route In order to
defray expenses. On their arrival In
Chicago they will begin a forty weeks'
engagement with a theatrical company.
Japan May Allow
Alien Matter to
Best as Grievance
TOKIO, Aug. 13. It was announced
here today that the United States lias In
timated readiness to favor In principle
the payment of an Indemnity to Japan
ese subjects who have been affected by
the California alien land ownership legis
lation. Tho United States has also recog
nized the right of Japan to adopt a meas
ure similar to the California bill.
From Intimations given In official cir
cles, It appears unlikely that Japan will
adopt either Idea. What Japan desires
is permanent friendly relations with the
United States, una therefore it seeks a
fundamental solution of the difficulty. If
the United States has no solution to offer
It Is stated. Japan will probably allow
the matter to remain as a grievance.
Tho public feeling of humiliation in this
connection continues to bo fanned by In
flammatory comments in the newspapers.
The Hochl Shlmbun. which Is often sensa
tional, urges an object lesson to the
United States, the expulsion of Ameri
can mlssfonarieBjjrorh Koreu, . on tha
ground mm tney aro unuesirapie miens.
With Her Babies in
' Arms Mrs. Blair
Drinks Cai'bolicAcid
DULUTH. Minn., Aug. 16.-Witl her
two babies in her arms and a towel over
face to protect them from the carbolic
acid she had taken, Mrs. Lo)a Balrd, 28
years old, an exceptionally beautiful
woman, died today at Crosby, Minn.,
Just after she had been served with a
warrant for her arrest. Tho warrant
sworn out by Mr. WMJam W. Gulls,
wlfo of a Crosby contractor, accused her
o'f a . statutory offense. Quits, was ar
rested later.
When a deputy sheriff went to the
Blair home with the warrent, Mrs. Blair
asked time to pack a suit case. Permis
sion being given, she went to her bed
room, took her babies In her arms and
died. She had drunk four ounces of
poison.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Blair was
known as one of Duluth's handsomest
high school glrlH. She was married In,
1904.
Bryan's Dove of
Peace is an Eagle
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Although now
masquerading as Secretary Bryan's "dove
of peace" seal, which Is being .attached
to peace treaties with other nations, t
developed today that the design, copied
from an ancient coin, really represents
the war eagle, and not a cooing dove.
In addition the design Includes the figure
of the war god, Zeus, seated on a throne
with a scepter, or big stick, In Its clasp.
The revelation was muat In a letter
to the secretary from Sir Cecil Arthur
Spring-Rice, British ambassador to this
country, who made Inquiries of the
British museum. There It was found
that the coin which Secretary Bryan
picked up In Palestine while on a trip
around the world was of the time of
Alexander the Great. On the other side
from that bearing the bird which Secre
tary Rryan adopted, Is a head of Hercu
les. Infirmary Burns,
But Inmates Saved ,
PROVO. Utah, Aug. 15.-Herolc worh
by people living In the vicinity saved the
lives of all the forty Inmates of the Utah
county infirmary, three miles south of
here, when the building was destroyed by j
fire today. Rescuers, braving the (lames
carried out many helpless Invalids on
cots.
The structure, valued at 145,000, was en
tirely destroyed. The loss Is partly ccV
ered by insurance. The fire which started
In the roof, is supposed to have been j
caused by a spark. j
HEAT AND THE FALL KILL
MILLER IM OKLAHOMA JAIL
OKOMULGKE, Okla., Aug. lS.-Edgar
Miller, aged years, a prisoner in the
county jail here was allowed to sleep
on top of his steel cage because of the
Intense heat, tell from his cot while
asleep last night and was Jillled.
The jailer bad permitted all the prison
ers to sleep on top ot tbelr cages near
the windows.
TWO GOVERNORS OF
NEW YORK EXCHANGE
OFFICIAL NOTES
Governor Glynn Demands Possession
of Executive Chamber and the -Appurtenances
Therein.
GOVERNOR SULZER HANGS ON
Locks Up the Seal and Refuses to
Turn It Over to Anyone.
MESSENGER TAKES BACK NOTE
Both Executives Are Backed Up with
v Some Legal Advice Now.
PREPARE FOR A LONG SIEGE
Lock on Uoorn of Kxerntlvp Offices
In State House ChnnRcd nnil
(lanrdn Arc 'WntohltiK
ttntrnncea.
ALBANY, Aug. 15. Formal demand for
tho surrender of the executive chamber
and offlc.es, the privy seal and nil books
papers, records and documents relating to
the executive department was made on
Governor William Sulzer this afternoon
by Lloutenant Governor Martin L. Glynn.
Governor Sulzer refused to comply with
the demand.
Included In Governor Sulzcr's refusal,
according to D. Cady Herrlck, chlof of
his counsel, is a proposal that Glynn
and Sulzer prepare a statement of facts
In the controversy and submit them to
the courts to determine who Is governor
of New York.
Mr. Glynn's letter Is addressed to Sul
zer simply as "Hon. William Sulzer, Al
bany, N. Y" and Is signed by Glynn as
acting governor and reads as follows: '
"In tho Performance of the dutv which
has devolved on me by Article 4, Section
6, of tho constitution, I officially demand
that you deliver and sujfjronder to me, as
acting governor, during t"S period ol
your constitutional disability to act as
governor the use, possession ahd occu
pancy of the executive chamber and of
fice, and that you likewise deliver ana
surrender to me the executive privy scat
of the state of New York, and also all
books, papers, records and documents In
said chamber or office or elsewhere tt
our charge, possession or custody, relat
Ing to or In anywise connected with or
pertaining to the executive department
The bearer hereof Is authorized to re
ceive your answer to this communication.
Respectively, MARTIN H. GLYNN,
"Acting Govornor."
Sulxer Mends n Ill-ply.
Governor Sulver's reply wan given
promptly- to Mr. Glynn's messenger. It
W& bftllrMjwl in ''IXnn "Xftir-tt.. 11 SSfl.nn .
lieutenant governor.':- and said:
"Slri YoUra of August 15, demanding
that r deliver and surrender tn vnn a
acting governor the use, possession and
occupancy of the executive chamber and
offices, and that I likewise deliver and
surrender to you the executive privy seal'
of the state of New York ond also the
books, paperf. records and documents In
(Continued on Pago Two.)
Naro Gives Ruth
Diamond Ring and
Then is Arrested
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 15,-Hls gift to
a jrlrl acquaintance of a large diamond
ring led to the arrest at Franklin, La.,
of Peter Naro on the charge of stealing
210,000 worth of Jewelry from n San
Francisco hotel, according to rcpjrts
reaching here today.
Franklin officers are reported as bavins
Naro has contested to the robbery and
they found jqwelry worth 21,209 In his
possession.
Three years ago Naro loved Miss Ituth
Watklns of New Orleans. He went to
San Francisco, returning hero a few days
ago. The girl is quoted as saying the
did not care for Naro, but was perdl'.arled
by him to wear a large diamond rlrg.
Two days later he asked for the ring and
later told her he had pawned It for 3260.
After Na"ro leftMIss Watklns reported
the matter to the police. Naro was traced
to Franklin, La., where he Is awaiting
extradition.
BELGIAN SYNDICATE IS TO
FINANCE ROAD IN CHINA
PEKING, Chlnu, Aug. 16. A Belgian
syndicate, today signed with the Chinese
minister of communications an agreement
for a loan of 150,000,000 at 5 per cent in
terest In connection with the new railway
to be constructed In the provinces . of
Shan-SI and Szo-Chuen.
The cabinet has approved the transac
tion, which, however, has not yet been
submitted to the Chinese Parliament.
Making the Most
My C. W. I'UGSLKV,
Of the Unlverslay of Nebraska.
Kvory farmer should savo and
use all tho food produced on hla
farm every year. This is doubly
important during years of drouth.
The farmer who loU his drouth
injured corn stand In the field,
husking tho nubbins and plaster
ing the stalks will save the least
feed. Ho who cuts up the corn
for fodder will do better and the
farmer who puts as much of his
crop as possible In the silo, Is the
wisest of all.
An acreage of corn left In tho
field sufficient to feed one' cow
will feed it If It is made into fod
der and three If made Into silage.
A pit silo can be made for 116 up,
machinery for filling purchased
for 76 up.
Iti a dry year corn should bo
How
MERCURY MAY COME DOWN
-
Weather Man Sees a Chance for a
Little Letup from Heat.
NOT GREAT, BUT NOTICEABLE
Thursday Wns Fourteenth Dny TliU
Yenr When the Mercury Soured
tn the One Hundred l)c-
Brer Murk.
Oninhn '2'emprrnturrs.
'Degrees.-
Wednesday. Thursday, Friday,
Hour.
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' V
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, S2 79 7S
. 7.1 2 SI
. 75 84 Hi
.81 U S9
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. 89 94 95
,. 92 9 . 7
.94 & 98
. 9S 1fW 101
.KXI 100 102
.104 102 101
.103 10(1 m
.101 97 97
,. 90 93 W
,. 9J ' M 92
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11 a. m..
12 m
1 p. in..
S p. in.,
3 p. in..
4 p. m..
s p. m..
8 u. m
Weather Forecaster L, A. Welch pre
dicts a slightly lower temperature for
Omaha and vicinity today. He based
his predictions on the , fact that
there wus .a-markcd fail ot' temperature
lnithewestern mountains rstjlonsyester--
day. The fan, lie says, will not be a
great one, but quite noticeable. Thero
tire practically no changes of temperature
in the south, except In the Ozark moun
tains, where a drop of twp .degrees is
reported. There Is no marked evldenoo
of rain, however.
Yesterday was the fourteenth day 'on
which tho mercury reached the 100 mark
or above this year.
At 1 o'clock It was one degree cooler
than at the same hour Thursday.
At 2 o'clock it was a degree hotter than
the fcame liour Thursday.
At 3 o'clock tho mercury had soared to
102, which' Is tho highest of the year ut
that hour. An night approached the mer
cury fell- but slowly, registering 92 de
grees at 8 o'clock.
Tho government thermometer reached
100 n the afternoon at Fremont, the high
est ever reached then.
Finger Print is
Held a Signature
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Two or three
finger prints on an "I. O. U." aro as
valid as a formal signature, in the
opinion of the finger print expert of the
United States marine corps.
In a statement forwarded to the secre
tary of the Interior today the expert
establishes the genuineness of nineteen
finger prints which wero given to him
for Identification and tho finding Is ex
pected to causo a certain I'nwnoo Indian
considerable embarrassment.
The Indian signed a memorandum ac
knowledging hla Indebtedness of several
hundred dollars to an attorney and, tn
addition to affixing his signature made
several Impressions on the paper. The
attorney sent In his claim to the Depart
ment of tho Interior for his fee, but In
the meantime the Indian denied having
signed the paper.
In order to determine the question the
department submitted the memorandum
for expert examination whtoh disclosed
that the prints are Identical In nineteen
different characteristics. This Is suf
ficient, the expert holds, to establish their
identity, Tho department will now pay
tho,fee.
of the Corn Crop
cut for fodder when there Is lit
tle chance that It will make any
more growth. Tho longer Jt can
bo left In the field without drying
and burning the better. If it can
be left until ears aro glazed and
partly dented, a better quality of
fodder will be secured. Dead and
dry corn should be cut at once, as
more 'teed will bo saved.
The same rule applies -to cut
ting corn for tho silo. Let it go
as long as It is Increasing in food
valus, even to the point of having
tho kernels glazed and partly
dented. Farmers who are Inter
ested In saving as muoh of their
feed as possible can get holptul
bulletins on erecting and filling
silos, cutting corn for fodder and
feeding fodder and sllugo by writ
ing to tho Experiment Station.
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gallon wilson to Explain
Senator Wants to Know by What
Authority Hale is in Mexico.
WARM DEBATE IN THE SENATE
Bacon Insists that Hushing Mnttem
at Thin Time Would Mean the
IlrliiKlitK On or War with
the Mexicans. , .. .,
Washington. Aug. is.-Scnatdf Pen-
can situation today by Introducing a
rose forced another debate on tho Mexl
resolution catling on President Wilson to
inform the senuto whether William Bay
ard Hale Is In Mexico 'City as the agent
of any executive department of tho gov
ernmont; if so, by what authority he
waji appointed and what compensatloa he
has been given.
The White. House explanation of Hale's
presence In Mexico has been that he was
there as a personal friend of I'roili'ent
Wilson forwarding information,
Senator Penroso declared that ha hnd
no desire to further complicate a 'dellcato
situation or to Indulgo In Jingoism, lie
referred, however, to dlBpatchos from
Mexico tolling of tha serious plight of
Shirley C. Hulse, son-in-law of Llouten
ant Governor Reynolds of Pennsylvania,
who with his wife and llttlo daughter aro
believed to be In danger from revolution
ists near the city of Chihuahua.
The senator declared that unless the
mission of John Llnd developed marked
change in conditions in Mexico he would
address the senate next week, laylnu be
fore It certain Information he did not
disclose today.
"Things are getting pretty close to
home," declared Senator Penrose, "and
are becoming serious when American cit
izens aro molested and their lives and
property endangered. Personally I am
'willing to wait a few days to see If tho
mysterious mission of Mr. Llnd produces
uny tangible result. In the event that t
does not early next week I expect to ad-
(Continued on Page Two.)
Jury Expnerates
Edward Duprey
CHICAGO, Aug, IB. An enraged father
who killed the wan the courts had ac
quitted of the churgo of attacking his
13-year-old daughter was exonerated to
day by a coroner's jury.
Tho verdict said that Edward J. Duprey
was "laboring under a great mental
strain on account of Injury bellovcd dons
to his daughter by the deceased when he
shot and killed Henry Oronlmus."
Duprey was released from custody by
the police. Ills two daughters, one 11,
tho other 13, wero the only witnesses bo-
1 fore tha coroner's jury. They testified
that they had been attacked by Oronl
; mus, who was a photographer, in his
: studio. Duprey, a tailor, killed tho pho
tographer In front cf his homo of tor
I Oronlmus had bcon freed on the chargo
'. ot asxaultlng Btellu Duprey, the eldir
daughter. After the shooting he dlsap
1 pcared, but gave himself up to the police
1 yesterday.
Vincent Astor to
Try Hydroplaning
NKWPOItT. ic I., Aug. 16,-Vlncent
Astor Is about to take up hydroplaning.
A new boat, or sea sld, as It Is called
much resembling A bob sled, with a V
shaped bottom, was delivered here for
him yesterday. The hull Is made of ma
hogany and a builder's trial around the
harbor showed that the boat, which can
seat fivo persons and will he used as 11
tender tn the Noma, the Astor yaeht. will
be able to make twenty-eight to thirty
knots an hour between tho yacht und
tlw shore.
Mr, Astor has not seen the boat yet
but he will return today from a short
cruise on ths Noma.
John?
HOPES TO MEET DAUGHTER
Will of R. W. Breckenridge Shows-
He Expeoted to See Her.
DISPOSES OF HIS PROPERTY
Will Divides the Kutate Anion Uta
Wife and Two Children Glvlns;
Home to Mrs. HrecUcnrldgo
and Library to Son.
That Ralph W. Breckenridge. noted
Omaha lawyer, who was killed when
his own car ran over aim In Des Moines
Auguit 8, bellcvod during his lifetime
that ho would be consciously reunited
after death with a dearly loved daughter
who died a number of years ago, Is In
dicated by Mr. Brookenrldg's will,
opened for probate today In county court
Mr. Breckenridge left a widow and two
living children, Warren Allen, aged 20
years, and Almyra Morton Urecuennoge,
a grown daughter. The dead daughter's
name was Katherlne. Of her ho says:
''It is with pain that I cannot express
In. words that I revoke a will made when
mv daughter, Katherlne, was in tho
glory of her babyhood, for provision for
her-is no longer necessary, wy nope is
tlht when these words,meet tho eys of
thoso" 'who "may -bo' interested IS wli'at t
leave behind ma that I shall bo enjpylng
with her tho felicities of a lite wnicii
never can end."
The will opened was dated August 18,
iiCO, It divides Mr. Breckenrldge's es-
tato equaly botween tho widow and two
children, except that Airs, urecKennagq
given tho family residence at ssii
Jackson street and houjehold goods, In
addition to her one-third share of tho
other property, and Warren A. Dreoken
rldgo Is to have his father's law library
and office furniture. The remainder ot
tho fine library owned by Mr. Brecken
ridge Is to be divided, or kept Intact,
according to tha wish of tho widow.
Friends ot Mr. Breckenridge estimate
the valuo of the estate Is about 1100.000.
The win contains directions that Mr.
Breckenridge's children shall be as thor
oughly educated as tho Income from tha
estate will allow. It requests that his
daughter spend one or two years abroad
studying musla and languages after she
finishes her education in this country.
and that his son be given a first-class
education at Yale, Princeton or Cornell
university, or somo other first-class in
stitution.
Extra Stock Train
Runs Into Freight
in Broken Bow Yard
imOKKN DOW, Neb., Aug. IB.-(3pe
clal TclogTama.)-An extra stock train of
thirty-five cars crashed Into the rear of
local freight No. 48, standing on tho main
line of tho Burlington this afternoon at
4 o clock.
TJie extra was coming from tho west
and was heavily loaded with cattle. Both
Knglneer TOolverton and Fireman Phclan
of the extra saw the danger and jumped,
tho fireman being painfully Injured, but
. ... .n,nli rn.. . 1 . . A
. miiL,,?. 41117 wfwti uuourieu at uio
west end of the yards within the city
limits.
Jake Hollanek, wife and little boy and
Miss Mattley, all of Anstey, were in the
way car of tho local ond, seeing tho fast
npproaah of .the other train, barely es
caped. with their lives by jumping.
Tho engine of the extra plowed through
the caboose,, a car loaded with shingle:
and came to rest on top of a lumber
car. Muny of tho cattle were maimed
and Injured. Theso were killed, while
the balance were released and turned in
the fields.
(Superintendent Weldenhamer Is on the
way hero from Alliance with the wreck
Ing outfit, while emergency outfits were
sent out from llavenna and Seneca
The wrcok was caused by the engineer
not seeing the local In time to stop. The
train was going twenty miles an hour,
Recruiting Station at
Lincoln Abandoned
Lincoln has not Proved a irood town
from which Uncle Sam could draw ma
terui to rill the ranks of his regular
army, and tho recruiting station there
was formally abandoned yesterdoy. Tha
two men In charge,' Corporal George V.
Jonneon and Private George L. Ketchem
were called to recruiting headquarters
At Omaha last night.
Where, these men will be stationed Is
not yet determined. It Is likely that
they will son be detailed to some other
city. During tho last three months the
kubstatlon at Lincoln has averaged
scarcely more ttan on recruit
nontlu
per
' ' '
MERCILESS SUN IS .
STILL BURNING THE '
FIELDS OF KANSAS
Intense Heat Continues General
'Over the -State, with No Bjffna
of Relief in Sight
WELLS AND ' STREAMS RUN DRY
Tank Trains' Seht Out to Distribute
Water to Stricken Towns.
FARMERS ABANDON HOMES
Gather at Water Holes with Their
Families and the Animals.
CORN CROP COMPLETELY GONfi
Oklahoma and Portions ot Missouri
Dried and linked liy the Intense
Heat that Ha Contlnne
Twelve Days.
KANSAS CITY, Mo Aug. 1B.-HOW te
get water Tor man and beast and how to
save a little out ot wrecked crops ot
corn, presented to Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma an increasingly serious pror
lem today. It 'was the twelfth day ot ln-
tenso heat. There wero scattered show
ers yesterday afternoon and last night
Most of them were Ineffectual entirely,
and while so much as half an Inch oe
water fell yes'terday at Topeka, It w
In narrowly restricted' limits.
Long trains of tank cars supply several
Oklahoma and western Kansas towns
with all the water thoy get. A train of
thirty cars of water was shipped from,
Pittsburgh. Kan., early today to ths
mines of a coal company In the Pitts
btirff district. Tho expense of shipping
water, however, is so great that several
smaller mines have shut down.
In a section of Serward county. Kansas,
whero no rain has fallen in two months,
tho few wells that still give water are
surrounded by campers1 families that
have left their homes and gono to tenta
near water sources. .
From Alma, Kan., cams a repor
vouched for by one ot the city fathers,
that a woman in a moment of despera
tion, wishing to verify or kill forever ths
old story of frying an egg In the sun.
had prepared a- fresh laid on nicely in
skillet with butter and "fried It to
T" on a flagstono before her'door with
only the sun for. heat.
Fire which did nearly 11,000 damages in.
a home at Enterprise. Kan., yesterday
was attributed to the sun's rays shining
through a lamp chimney In a, -window on
papers on a desk.
Before noon in most sections of Mli-
courl, Kansas and Oklahoma, ths mr
cury was, wei( on IRS ,wy is ne iw rar.
jB,Jrooi$iu..last UVwf5-t?. vJ$k
during -wnicn uio io(tmTivto nos
gone below 76. -tAst xufht's minimum
there was 71
St. Joseph, Mo report that .unless
there Is rain within forty-eight hours..
several small surrounding towns will be
compelled to ship in water from St. Jo
seph.
Hutchinson, Kan., reported a slight
shower, too little to measure, during- last
night and temperatures only a degree- or,
two lower than yesterday high"5nea.
WIchltA and surrounding country has
had an abatement of heat during the
last two days, the thermometer not pass
ing 9S degrees, but the country is psiohd.
Farmers In the great Arkansas valley
corn country, where Jt usually Is said to
be wet when everywhere else is dry, art)
cutting1 much of their semi-matured corn
end rushing It through a grinder into tha
silos before the sun has drunk all jth
juice.
Wo nl A Pntr 'or RatB.
In the last four days Governor ll&Hea
ot Kansas has reoelved huadrftdsj let
ters asking him to Issue a prcUmUon ,
setting an hour of a certain day darlnaT
which all praying persons la Kassaa
shall offer supplication for rain. It -was
widely suggested that next Sunday atssr- j
noon bo the appointed time. The Jrsvc4
nor Is considering the proposal.
The water supply oX TTansss City, ar-t
though drawn on in tha last Trcek as.
never before, has shown no wors .Stan.
than a slight lowering of sreasure In
distant quarters of the city. Agttatfett
by publlo spirited personal tor kettsF
water conditions for horses has rosutted
In the opening ot a number of fountains,-
Amnnp th atrMtfl of nukiilm nsmiMI'
districts the sign "Water horses here'1
often bangs oeiiae a. i&wn xaucet tou
big pall.
Kansas City Sleeps lit Country.
KANSAS CITT, Mo,, Aug. UU-TJnlHML
schemes have been adopted, by many
Kantas Cltyans to obtain sleep and
counteract the effect of the Intense beat
slnoe the protracted hot spell began, J
Scores of wealthy families of the South!
Side at night starffor the country Ii
their motor cars. When they come t
an especially high knoll, where the pros
pects for a breeze seems good, they get.
(Continued on Page Two.)
Quick Death to
ExtraYagance
There to no extravagance qui to
like that of hasty and foolish buy
ing. It results not only in loss of
money, but in loss of self respect
as well.
There is nothing so galling to
one's pride ss to feel that one haa
been burdened by a useless pur
chase or "stuck by an undesir
able one. Many an otherwise hon
est man will lie to his best friend
rather than admit that he haa in
his possession one of those arti
cles commonly referred to as
"gold bricks."
Don't permit the possibility of
finding' yourself In this uncom
fortable position.
There are plenty of thoroughly
reliable makers and merchant
and they ute this newspaper to
tell you what they have to offer
for your use. Pay careful atten
tion to what they have to say to
you throutrh our advertising; col
umns, and put an end immedi
ately to the extravagance and
subsequent annoyance caused by
Ill-considered and hit-and-miss
methods of expenditure.
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