Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 24, 1901, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 2 4, 1901-TWELVE PAGE SCHLEY PLANS SUIT — Admirsl is Preparing to Make Muclay Answer for Oriticioms, WILL FIRST ASK FOR COURT OF INQUIRY ‘Wishes Exoneration by Fellew Officers Be- fore Any Oivil Aotien. ADMIRAL DEWEY WILL HAVE TO. SERVE With Xim Prebably Will Be Bamsey and Benbam Aleo, 'WASHINGTON EXPECTS NEW SENSATIONS Case Seems Destined to Become On ' of Most Celebrated in Annals 4 States WASHINGTON, July 23.—~The Washing- ton Post last night telegraphed Admiral Schley that in an editorial it insisted that he owed it to himself well as to his friends to begin proceodings against Mr. Maclay, the autbor of the History of the United States Navy, to disprove the lat- ter's charge, adding “will you do this? Pleaso wire statement.” Today 1t received the following telegram: OREAT NECK, L. I, July 2-—KEditor Washington Post:’ I belleve the first atep should be investigation of all matter by a court, then & «nfilf action afterwards. I'am o) n| o U this course. Danad (0 ake 8 oQitE scurey. The Post In the morning, as a result of extensive inquiries based upon the admi- ral's dispatch, will say In part: Admiral Bchley proposes to ask an investigation at the bands of a naval court of inquiry and then to sue Historlan Maclay for 1ibel. His' action is the sequel to the developments during the past weck, when the entire country has been surprised by the publica- tion of the unexampled abuse poured out on him In the third volume of E. 8. Ma- clay's History of the United States Navy, n which publication Schley s said to bave run away in “caitiff fiight,” and s, in ad- dition, denounced as a coward, a cur and a traltor. The Schley court of inquiry will undoubt- edly be one of the most celebrated cases in the naval or military history of the country. The high rank of the officers involved in the controversy and the intense public feeling which has been aroused will combine to glve to the Investigation a dramatic inter- est. Nothing has occurred in Washington for many years that will compare with it. The appolutment of the court of inquiry is expected to be made by Secretary Long, though it would be in the power of the president to make the selections it he chose. This is hardly likely to occur, however. “Admiral Schley's letter asking for the ap- pointment of the court will be addressed to Becretary Long, who Is his Immediate chief. To address the communication to the pre dent, ignoring Secretary Loug., would not only he a breach of naval etiquette, but would be to' 'ly at varlance with Schley's careful observance of punctilious proced- ure. The court, therefore, will be named by Secretary Long unless he shall prefer to refer the matter to the president. Who Wi Probably Judge. Mr. Long has already stated that it Ad- miral Schley requested a court of Inquiry he would grant the request and has also ex- pressed his willingness to personally select the court. While he has not made any statement as to its personnel, there is every reason to belleve that he favors Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Ramsey and Denham, the two latter being mow upon the retired list. The name of Ad- miral Walker has been suggested, but it 1s known that he has cxpressed views upon the Sampson-Schley controversy in an- tagonism to Schley, and his appointment would, thefetore, be seriously questioned. 1t 18 sald that Dewey, Ramsey or Benham | have always avolded glving an opinion as | to the merl's of the controversy. All these ofcers are residents of Washington, al- though temporarily out of the city to e cape the summer heat and could be quickly | summoned to take their places around the table of the court. Three names are mentioned because that number is specified In the regulations for! courts of inquiry. There Is a possibility | that Admiral Dewey might ask to be ex-| cused, as he would have a right to do, but| 1t fs also morally certain that In this event| he would be specifically detalled by the sec- retary for service on the board. This would make his attendance imperative. Secretary | Long has from the moment that a court| of Inquiry was suggested favored the ap-| pointment of Admiral Dewey, belleving that his appointment would give the highest, character to the court and that any de- clsion which It might reach would be ac- cepted by the American people. | Adiniral Ramsey was for eight vears at| the hoad of the bureau of navigation. Ad-| miral Benham came into prominence in| 1864, during the brief revolution agalnst, Prosident Foseea of Drazil. The Brazillan pavy, under Admirals Mello and Da Gama. bhad revolted and Da Gama, in command of the Brazillan ships in the harbor of Rio Janeiro, had declared a blockade. Admiral Benham was In the harbor with an Amerl. | can fleet, consisting of the New York, Charleston, Detroit, Newark and San Fran- | clsco. Al the European naval commanders | had quietly submitted to Da Gamus of- tensive orders, the German commander even falling to resent the deliborate firlng upon the German flag. But Admiral Benham sent word to Da Gama that the American flag must be respected and that any mer- chantman fiylng the stars and stripes would land when and where its captain pleased. The Brazilian admiral defied the American. | Thereupon Benham uotified him that Amer- Ican ships would be convoyed into the hay- bor and then he ordered his fleet cleared for action, while the Detroit, with slottel guns, convoyed the bark Amy to its whart. | Da Gama fired upon the bar and the next moment @ solid shot was put into the Trajanao, Da Gama's flagehip, That ended the controversy and thereafter every American ship entered the harbor at will.| Summary Critielnma, With respect to the matters to be in- quired into by the court of inquiry, the Post will sty that it might be dificult to| Mtate briefly the exact questions which | will come before the court, but that Adv‘ miral Schley condensed them in a letter written to Senator Hale, chalrman of the | senate committee on naval affair }‘ehl’\l-; ary 18, 1809. This letter divided the eriti- fsms of himself into four heads, as fol- lows First, the alleged delay off Cienfu Cuba. Second, the alleged slaw progress toward (Coutlnued on Fitth Page.) | BOER PRISONERS GET AWAY Escape from Da Island by Tak- ing Deaperate Chances, bat Are Recaptured. HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 20.-~(Cor- reapondence of the Assoclated Press)—The prisoners of war confined In Darrell's lIs- 1and make almost nightly attempts to avold the patroling guards and gain the maluland by swimming. The water between Darrell's Island and the beach fe calm and all night long the gunboats sweep it with their searchlights. Sharks abound and the British guard will shoot on suspicion, yet several of the Boers have escaped from their detention camp. On the night of July 9, H. J. Dutoit, M L. Louvens, J. P. Deroux and J. G. Du- preese, Boer prisoners, evaded the guards and the sharks and re a mile away by swimming. By daybreak they had reached the southern shore of the tsland. Here they approached a colored man, asking him for food. He charged them with being Boer prisoners and they “Jmitted it. The colored man informed the “7s at Warwick camp and the escap- “¢~lsoners were captured. ‘it or two after three others trisd % on planks. They were seen, 1 fited on by the guards. One and returned to the lsland, two were caught. x to & howeve was wou. while the 0% SUPPLY AIN DESTROYED Kitchener Reports Another pected and Succen: Attack. Unex- LONDON, July 2i.--The British war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, July 23: A train from Capetown with 113 detalls and atores was held up, captured und burned at Scheepers, elght miles north of Beaufort West, on the morning of July 21. Our casualties were three killed and efgh- teen wounded. An inquiry Ix proceeding. French reports that Crabbe, with 300 men, was attacked in the mountafng near Crad: ock by Kritzinger at dawn, July 2. The horses stampeded. An all’ day fight fol- lowed. Crabbe fell back on Mortimer. Our loss was slight MINING CONGRESS CONVENES President Prince Tells Assembly at Boise that Department of Mines is Most Needed. BOISE, ldaho, July 23.—The fourth an- nual session of the International Mining congrese convened at the Columbia theater this morning. The meeting was opened with an address of welcome by Governor Hunt. He was fol- lowed by Mayor Alexander, who tendered the keys of the city to the visitors. Re- eponses were made by E. L. Shafner of Cleveland and others. President L. Brad- ford Prince of New Mexico then delivered his annual addres: He reviewed the previous sessions and spoke of the work to be done. Mr. Prince stated that the prin- cipal object of the congress wae to secure the establishment of a Department of Mines. Ho sald It was necessary that the great Industry have recognition in order that the development might go forward at a pace that would keep it abreast of development along other lines. ‘There were many probloms confronting the industry, he sald, that could not be solved satisfactorily without the direct ald | that could bo given through a government Department of Mines, Prof. 8. W. McCalla, assistant geologist of Georgla, read a paper upon the mineral resources of that state. Fred C. Som- meck of Towa read a paper on “Mining as a Business, Compared with Commercial and Manufacturing Enterprises.” FOR THE YOUNGER CATHOLICS Bishop Horstma Edu Stmilar to Launches Plan of ralization CLEVELAND, O., July 23.—A refuvenat- ing of the work among the younger ele- ment of the Catholle church was launched from this city last week by Bishop Horst- | man. In brief it 1s proposed to adopt thé Young Men's Christian Association system of edu- catlon. Every feature of Y. M. C. A. work will be followed. One object of the new organization will be the elimination of for- elgn traits and languages and a more rapid paturalization through cantact with native Cathollc young men of the United States Although the plan has not reached the formative stage, it s proposed that the management of the order shall be as far as possible from the church, eccleslastical authority will be strictly drawn and the priesthood will have no more than ex-officio hold of the new. organization. Bishop Horstman will make the plan public at Bridgeport, Cenn., next September 1t 18 belleved the plan will receive such jan lmpetus from the Turnverein that fts | success will be Inevitable, UNION OF YOUNG PEOPLE Many Delegntes from All Parts of the Country Are Arriy Chicago. CHICAGO, July 23.—Delegates leventh unnual convention of the Interna- tlonal Baptist Young People’s Unlon of Ameries, gan to arrive today, each incoming train bringlng s full quota. Excursion tralns fron Canuda, New Mexico and New York are expected to swell the assemblage to between 15,000 and )0 by tomorrow night. The regular sessioh will begin Thursday, when the convention will offi- clally open at the Cohseum. Morning, afterncon and ‘evening sesslons will be held each day until Sunday night, when the exodus for home will begin among tho delegates. At each scasion besides reli- wlous services, thero will be addresses by prominent speakers of the Baplist church trom all parts of the country. n Craise, Vice Rooreve t o NEW YORK, July Theodore Roosivelt Regts 11, Post of Bayport, L. L The v'ee president 18 accompaniecd’ bv two of h %ons. The party will take n wesk's ¢ u e on Mr. Post's schooner yacht Showan se in Great South bay Movem of Ocean Veasels, July 23 At New York—Arrived: Kalsor Wilheln der Grosse, from Bremen. Soutiampt n .y Cherbourg; ~ Bouthwark, Ethicpla, from Glasgow At Plyiuouth--Salied: ¥ Humburg, for York At Hamburg—£atfled: Hegravia, tor New York. At Boston—Arrived BOW. At Ldver, At Mu It President I8 now the tups m eniwerp Mov ile nnsy vani i, . om Peruvian, from Glas- Ottoman, Portland—-Arrived from ran—8atied: Imogen. from Ma- for 8an Francisco and Portla Yokohama-—8aile Hong Kong, for 1 3 rom Hong of China, from Var At Boulogne—Arrived: New York, for Rotterdam At Liverpool-Sailed: Ivernta, for Quecns- town and Boston. * | ment. Queen Adelaide, woma. “Arry i Kong and “Sid e ouver, B. C Potsdam, trom bed the shore half| to the | which begins here tomorrow, be- | STRIKE COES INTO COURT Shoot Bteel Manager Wants Injunction Against Batton MAY BRING MATTERS TO A CLIMAX Reatraining Order to Apply Only to Wellaville at Firat, but is Apt Later to Be Made More General. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 23.—~The combine forces have decided to carry the strike Into | the courts. It is learned today that former Judge P. M. Smith of Wellsviile, O, has been retaincd by Percifer F. Smith, district mapager of the American Sheet Steel com- | pany, to prepare papers for presentation within a few days to a federal court ask- Ing for a restraining order to etop strikers from accosting or molesting in any way nonunion men on the bighways. The move promises @ crisls in the strike, thus far one of watchfulness and waiting. The ap- | plication for an injunction may be made In the United States district court and at first will apply only to Wellsville, but it is belleved the plan s to pursue similar tactics at McKeesport and other places where necessary. Following this the rumor is in circula- tlon that a carload of men will run Into Wellsville tomorrow to supplement the force now at work. This latter story hue not been verified up to midnight. Ac- cording to strike leaders the officials of the Wellsville mills are apparently seeking to bring on an open conflict In order to in- voke the aid of the sherift's deputies and if possible the militia. Baruest and renewed warninge have been sent to the strikers to remain cool and keep within the law. Mayor Puts His Foot in It. There was much indignation today over a report that Mayor A. P. Dennis had called two strikers, Patrick O'Connor and Danfel Rumbaugh, before him and forbld- den them to talk to men on the way to the mill in the effort to keep them from going to work. Vice President Chappell of the Amalgamated assoclation immediately sought the mayor and asked him what he meant by trying to abridge the right of free speech. The mayor denled that he had for- bldden the strikers to talk and sald: ““What 1 dfd say to the men was that mem- bers of the aesoclation must not take hold of any man’s coat and hold him while talk- ing. 1 told them it was better to go to a man's house and talk to them than to gather a crowd on the street.” The mayor sald melther Manager Brook- man nor anyone else had suggested his advising the men not to talk, although Mr. Brookman had telephoned him that Rumbaugh bad interfered with a man on his way to work. The Amalgamated men say that the mayor has no authority to forbld free speech and that if he orders men not to talk to nonunlonists om the streets the order will not be obeyed. The orders from McKeesport tonight are of a quleting nature and no exciting in- cldents are looked for at present at that point. Eyes Turn to Monessen. Much interest is centering in the sit- uation at Monessen. It is reported that twelve men were discharged because of thelr too close friendship with the Amal- gamated people. A report that the men were planning a march to Monessen to draw out the men was denied. The men, it s sald, are not taking an active part in the strike at present and the Amalgamated officers are opposed to marches. Among the many peculiar conditions found at Monessen is that the men are pald on the tonnage basis and that the company has offered a bonus for over a certaln tonnage, to be paid at the end of the year. Some of the men have thus a considerable bonus and they realize that they are liable to lose this, From Sharon a telegram was received to- night saying: “A bill for a temporary in- junction has been granted by Judge Mil- ler restraining the strikers at the Amer- ican Steel Casting Works from entering the grounds of the company.” 'FRISCO POLICF GETTING BUSY‘ Seem to Be Needed ia Districts Where Draymen's Strike is Cen: tering. | SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, —Fifteen hun- dred teamsters are now idle and no mer- chandise to speak of was moved today. Collector of Customs Stratton swore in several drivers in the employ of the Over- land Frelght and Transfer company as | government customs fnspectors without | compensation. This was done at the re- | quest of Superintendent Fuller of the Overland company, which has the contract to haul the bonded goods to the ware- houses and appraisers’ stores, and Is a precaution taken to make any interference amenable to prosecution by the govern- ment, The police have been much in evidence today, owlng to the action of the executive committees of the Draymen's assoclation ' and the Employers' association, which held | a joint meeting this morning and called | upon Chief Sullivan to detall more men to | the atstricts where trouble might be ex- pected. | MOST FIRE MEN ARE AT WORK| Who ‘ Those of the Lackawanna \ Conl Company. | Among Strikers Resume Arve WILKESRARRE, Pa., July 23.—A great many of the stationary firemen returned to work today. All the collleries of the | | Delaware & Hudson company are in opera- tlon, with the old hands in the boiler rooms. | There was also a general resumption at ( the mines of the Lackawanna Coal company, | | Which has taken all the strikers back. All | the individual operators have reinstated | thelr men and are working full time. The Lebigh Valley Coal company, however, is still holding out against thelr old firemen. |WILL HANG TO NEAREST TREE | | | Oklahoma Law and Order League In- | torms Crooks What Their Pun- fshment Will De, | FORT SILL, Okl, July A Law and | Order league has been organized here to suppress the dozens of crooks who have infested the country since the Klowa- Comanche reglstration began. Iis members threaten to mete out summary punish- [ The organization has dectded to | print and distribute 1,000 handbills bear- ing the following: “Notice is hereby served on all confi- | dence men, pickpockets, thieves and crooks who are caught plying their vocations that | they Will be banged to the mearest tr MAIOR DODDS FOR OMAHA Ordered for Duty as Judge Advocate of the Department of the Mhlllnrl‘ WASHINGTON, July 23.—~(Special Tele- or Frank L. Dodds, judge advo- cate, has been ordered to Omaka for duty as judge advocate of the Department of the Missourl. Rural free delivery service will be es- tablished September 2 at Sac City, Sac county, Ia. The route embraces 146 square miles, containing a population of 2321, E E. Harter, J. B. Staley, C. B, Staley and Howard Young were appolnted carriers. The postoffice at Pettis will be suppiied by rural delivery. Towa postmasters appointed Brimeyer, Balltown, Dubuque county; 1. Ray, Moorhead, Monona county. The application of Ralph Pringle, M Chandler, W. T. Marshall, R. F. Owens and others to organize the Farmers' National bank at Red Oak, Ia., with $60,000 capital, has been approved. Mies Nettle . Brosius of Valent'ne, Neb., bas been appointed to a position the Indian echool, Fort Mojave, Ariz. John A. Metcalf and John F. Lally, let- ter carrlers Iu the Omaba postoffice, were today promoted from $500 to $1,000 cach Reserve agents approved: Bankers' Na- tional bank of Chicago for First National of Elk Polnt, 8. D.; Hanover Natlonal of New York for First National of Crescott, la.; Commercial Natlonal of Chicago for First National of Elkader, la. Representative Mondell of Wyoming was today assured by the War department that prompt actton will be taken looking to the installation of a complets sewerage aud water system at Fort Mackenzie. The plan contemplates the comstruction of a separate storage reservoir for the fort to insure constant and high pressure of water. This sewerage system will be ex- tended to all huildings of the fort and other necessary points. It Is probable that the combined sewer and water system will cost $1,200 to $1,500. The work will be done by contract probably, Mr. has been assured the department will in a few days ask for bids for the construction of un additional barracks building, out of a surplus of $35,000 now on hand. If there is still a surplus when this building Is completed it will be devoted to other bulld- ings at the post. All these changes were to have been made by the department in time, but through the insistence of Repre- sentative Mondell the department promlses to take up and complete all three projects this year. Mr. Mondell today called at the general land office and asked that a number of additional forest rangers be allotted to the reserves of Wyoming. He was assured that later in the season as the ranges dried up an extra temporary force would be ap- pointed to serve throughout the dry sea- son. FOSBURGH DEFENSE IS NEXT Prosecution Reats Case Unexpectedly, After Day of Rather Sensa- tional Incidents. Nicholas C PITTSFIELD, Ma July 23~The gov- ernment rested this afterncon in the trial of Robort 8. Fosburgh for (ue¢ alleged kill- ing of his sister May. The conclusion was 48 sudden as it was unexpected, it being known that there were wiinesses held in re- serve, a number having been summoned by the prosecution only yesterday. The de- fendant’s junfor counsel set forth the facts upon which the defense is based. There was a sensation at the opening of the court this morning when Judge Stevens ordered the expulsion and exclusion of sev- eral representatives of tnree New York papers because of an article which had been published relative to an alleged epi- sode at the grave of the victim of the tragedy. This eplsode, It was said, occurred on Sunday last aud the publication the court described as the *‘gros: administration of justice. The chief witness for the government to- day was John Nicholson, head of the police department of Pitisfield. Officer Flynn, who searched the Fosburgh premises on the morning following the tragedy and who had found the single shoe which has figured a8 a portion of the government's chain of evidence, was also a witness today. At the conclusion of the government's case this afternoon the counsel for the de- fense suggested to the court that the case be diemissed for lack of proper evidence.| Judge Stevens, however, stated that he was not ready to entertaln such a motion. PULLMAN TURNS SOMERSAULT Several Colorade Sleeping Car tl cople Hurt at Rolls Down ankment, in an B DENVER, Colo., July 23.—One mile west of Marshall Pass a Pullman sleeper broke loose from the westbound passenger on the narrow gauge line of the Denver & Rio Grande rallroad today and rolled down an embankment. A dozen passengers were In- jured but no one was killed. The Injured are: A. B. Roeder of New York City, formerly of Denver, fnternally hurt. Gertrude Orahood, Denver, brulsed. . Dr. Rowen, Ouray, Injured internally, J. T. Barrett, Ouray, chest and back hurt, A. L. Collins, Tellurlde, fractured collar booe, George H. Burroughs, scalp wound. Mrs. J. A. Snedecker, Denver, back and shoulder hurt, C. F. Hll, Pueblo, scalp wound. Hazel Grove, Denver, scalp wound, Mre. C. T. Austin, Denver, head bruised, General Kessler, Guthrie, Okl., brulsed The car turned a complete somersault and alighted on its trucks fourteen feet below the track It bad left. The cause s un- known, MONTANA MINE SUIT RENEWED This Time 1t is John MacGin Askn Receiver for Boat Moutana ¢ n & pany, BUTTE, Mont., July 23.—John MacGinnls, vice president and general manager of the Montana Ore = Purchasing company, has brought another suit in the district court here against the Boston & Montana com- pany, its directors and officers, the Amal- gamated company and its president to have & recelver appointed for the Boeton & Mon- tana. He asserts that the Amalgamated has no right to any of the shares of the Boston & Montona and asks that the shares now held by It be canceled and sur- rendered to the latter company. The transter of control In the Boston & Montana was made to the Amalgamated recently through the decision of the New Jersey court. MacGinnis clalms the Interests of mi- nority stockholders in the Boston & Mon- tana are being prejudiced by the transfer of control. He owne a hundred shares. Mondell | st attack on the| | | ing, who dled early this morning. TORNADO COMES WITR RALN Blews Dewn Buildings and Injures Men Near Now Ulm, Mian, FOLLOWS HOT SPELL THAT BROKE RECORD Occura About the Same Time an Big Cyclone of Twenty Years Ako and People Are on Guard, NEW ULM, Minn, July 28.—A tornado passed a mile north of New Ulm from west to east at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Sev- eral bulldings were blown down and two men {njured. The Injured wen are August Woodman and William Thomlitz, both of whom sought shelter in a barn which was blown dowu upon them. district were wrecked. A heavy rain ac- companted the storm. Halt an hour prior to the time the storm struck this section the government thermometer showed 105, the highest point reached this season, and the record since 1865, The alr was close and heavy and the anniversary of the dis nstrous cyclone of twenty years ago hav- ing just been passed, all residents in the vicinity of the disturbance sousW refuge in cellars. Reports from the country to the west of here are to the uffect that considerable damage was done. VICKSBURG, Miss., July 23.—Hundreds of shads trees were uprooted, many roofs litted and the walls of half a dozen build- ings caved In by a tornado which passed over the southern section of the city thls afternoon. The storm was accompanled by @ downpour of rain. There were no cas- ualties. DALLAS, Tex., July 23.—A dispatch to the News from Clsco, reports a waterspout twelve miles west of there, which washed way ten miles of the track of the Texas Central rallroad between Lueders and Al- bany and between Albany and Moran. An engine went through a bridge and Engincer Thomas Beene was killed. CROPS A FAILURE ABROAD Rus; Reports Drouth and tion in Many of Its Cereal- Ratsing Distric, Denoln- WASHINGTON July 23.—A St. Peters- burg dispatch to the United States De- partment - of Agriculture, dated July 21, states that a temperature of 103 degrees was reached that day in Odessa and that phenomenal heat was prevailing through all’ of northern Russia. A cablegram to the department from London, dated July 20, mentioned reports that the crops in Si- beria appear to be nearly a total failure, adding that n the districts of Minusinsk and Kresnoyarsk almost the entire growth of cereals had perished as the result of a two months' drouth and that in the trans- Baikal country the coalition of the crops was almost equally bad. Minusinsk and Krasnoyarsk are two of the five districts composing the Siberlan province of Ye- niseisk, which occuples the greater part of the country drained by the Yenine river. 1n 1899, when the Siberian crop was above an average, these (wo districts produced about 7' per cent of the wheat and rye grown in the four Siberian provinces for which crop reports are published. It does not appear from the dispatch whether the reports in regard to the fallure of the crops n Siberin s & whole are based on information from various parts of that vast territory or whether they rest on an inference drawn from the conditlons pre- vailing in the two Yenisean districts above named and in trans-Baikal. The same dispatch mentions seven of the twelve districts composing the prov- ince of Pern, [n the eastern part of Eu- ropean Russia, stating that In these dis- tricts the condition of affairs is almost as deplorable as In the Siberlan districts named above. It is further stated that In the province of the Volga region the peasantry are already practically destitute, having sold the cattle and horses they could not feed and consumed “‘nearly thelr whole scanty stocks of food and seed grain.”" Even In the part of southern Rus- sla, where the crop 1s on the whole sald to be a falr average, there are, says the dis- patch, disastrous shortages tn the prov- ince of Ekaterinoslav and,‘“an instance 1s cited of the utter destthction of about 40,000 acres of grain by hailstorms and the Hessian fly.” The same agencles, 1t fs added, bave blighted large tracts of grain in Taurlda and the Don country and in the provinces of Kuban and Terek in north- ern Caucasta, A cablegram from Moscow, dated July 17, says that reports from twenty provinces show the prospects of the Russian crops for the present season to be much less fa- vorable than they were a month earlfer, LONDON, July 24.—“The shade tempera- ture . Madrid today (Tuesday) was 108 de- grees Fahrenhelt,” says a dispatch to t Daily Express from the Spanish capital. The heat was so overpowering Monday that Parllament had to be closed hastily, Tn Seville, Cordova and Cadiz the shade tem- perature was 125 degrees.’ IOWA DEATHS FROM HEAT Hawkeye Withdraw All Price Sheets Awalt- Ing Shortage News. Nebraska and Canners DES MOINES, la, July 28.—(Special.)— Several prostrations from the heat occurred today and last night and directly traceable to the heat. The most distressiug death was that of John C. Mucy a prominent lawyer of many years' stand He suf from the heat last night and early was taken i1l and died fn a few Mr. Macy was a native of Rhode Islaud, @ graduate of Brown university, had practiced law many years in Molnes and was at one time a member of the city council. He leaves a wife and three children. Mrs. Garver, a poor woman, was prostrated Iast night by the Leat and dled this morning. C. J. Me- Laughlin, a laborer, died last night from the heat on his way to the hospital. He was 70 years cld. SIOUX CITY, Ia, July 28.—Today's maximum temperature was 100, but greater humidity made the heat nearly as op- pressive as yesterday and Sunday. There have been seven deaths to date and many prostration MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., July 23.—Repre sentatives of seventeen Nebraska and low: canning factories met here today to discuss the situation In view of the protracted dry weather and decided to withdraw all price sheets untll they can ascertaln the probable shortage of the weason's pack. BURLINGTON, la., July 23.—The heat is still intense. The maximum was 108. The corn throughout lowa s reported to be holdiog out remarkably well. Forty miu- utes' rain reported at Chariton today. 8, fere toduy hours, Several farm bufldings in the | two deaths are! Den | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Forecast for Nebraska \\'nrmr‘r |"v \l\’r«hrn Fair, Probably Not Bouth to West Winds Falt Wednoesday, | Porti | Quite 80 W Temperature | Nebraska Gets the Aren's Sentte SINGLE COoPYy | Portie | ex- the least WASHINGTON, July 23.--With the | coption of scattered thunderstorms, most {mportant of which, so far at as reports to the weather bureau show,| was that at North Platte, Neb, where elght vse-hundredths of an fnch of rain tell, the drouth and Intense heat continued | all day *hroughout the states of the corn| belt. Temperatures today again A\vrn[ml‘ over 100 degrees in that area. making the thirty-sixth consecutive day in which the thermomicter has risen to 00 degrees auqt higher. Aside from North Platte a trace of rain was officlally reported at Des Moines, two one-hundredths of an fnch at Kansas City some rainfall in north central Texas, son in Arkansas, some in south Texas, also some in uorthern Minnesota. In other sec- tions OMcial Forecaster Frankenfield says there may have beon thunderstorms, as reported in the press dispatches, though | the bureau recelved no advices other than those heretofore stated from its observers. | These storms, he sald, brought only tem- porary relief and afforded littl to the overparched ground, the greatly protracted period needs & general rain. According to present indications seems to be no prospect of such a down- pour for the next two days at least. Be yond that time the officials will not make any predictions, Generally speaking, the temperatures in the superheated area were | not g0 high as yesterday, but such falls as | may have occurred have been due entirely | to local changes and not differences in atmosphere conditions The hot weather also continued in the northwest, Bismarck, N. D, reporting a record-breaking temperature of 108 de- grees. There s no prospect of any rellef from prevailing conditions in the central | | valleys and the middle western states and | Forecaster Frankenfield tonight repeats | | his forecast of continued warm weather, | with light and scattered thunderstorms, for | that necticn. The only thunderstorms pre- | dicted are for the southern states and the Rocky mountain section. Some of the maxlnum temperatures re- ported today are. Atlanta, $6; Buffalo, 84; Cinclonati, 94; Davenport, 104; Denver, 90; Des Moines, 100; Indlanapolis, 96; Jackson- ville, 80; Kansas Clty, 102; Memphlis, 104; New York, §0; Omaha, 102; Pittsburg, 8 St. Louls, 106, St. Paul, 100; Springfield, 11, 100; Washington, 90; Springfield, Mo., 106, BANK PRESIDENTS ON CORN They Estimate a Lows of Three Han- dred and Twelve Million Bushels. sustenance which, after of drouth, there | | NEW YORK, July Commerce, which 3.—The Journal of today telegraphed to a large number of bank presidents in lowa, Missour! and Kansas, will tomorrow print | speclal report which will say: “There |1s every reason to believe that the early | reports of damages to the corn crop by drouth have not been exaggerated. On the contrary, it is evident that the situation 1s worse than reported and that the damage Is beyoud repair. The region of most dam- age lles in an Irregular area of 600 mile: diameter, with St. Joseph, Mo., as the ap- | proximate center, \ “The following question was sent to the bank presidents: ‘Kindly wire your opinion of percentage of damage to corn and live stock by drouth in your vicinity.’ " ‘The answers Indicate very serious losses in the reglon specified. In Kansas many report per cent damage to corn, in Missouri the majority of the reports are gencrally between 35 and 30 per cent, while n Towa the damage s between 25 and 30 per cent. | “It would seem from the returns given that a loss of 50 per cent in this region | would be an exceedingly moderate estimate. | | This would Indicate a loss of at least 312, | 000,000 bushels in the region of greatest drouth and probably considerably more, It should be borne fn mind that these figures refer to only the small area of greatest damage. No attempt has been made ascertain the damage elsewhere. The dam age to live stock is considerable in Mis souri and Kansas but very slight in lowa and Nebraska. TRAVEL MILES FOR WATER Southern Hard Pressed {o Save Their Steekraisers | | Cattle, ‘ Are LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 23.—There was | one prostration from heat today, with a | temperature maximum of 100. Dispatches | from over the state tell of intense heat and great crop damage. Paducah reports that | this afternoon at 2 o'clock the ment thermometer registered 111, A dis- | | patch from Parls says the present drouth ' is by far the worst ever known o Bourbon | county. Reports say the corn crop will | be ruined and the tobacco will be | hardly half a yield. Some farmers along | the Marysville and Lexington pikes are even | refusing drinking water to travelers over the road. Clsterns are giving out and wells | are going dry. There has been no rain | here i flve weeks. In some Instances water for stock 1s being hauled five miles. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 23.—All heat rec | ords were broken here today, when at 4 o'clock the government thermometer reg- istered 104 degrees. govern- ILLINOIS CORN IS WILTING Good Ratus Are Needed in Ten Doyws to Insure a Fale Crom, CHICAGO, July 23,—Although the maxi- mum temperature In Chicago today was only 86, five more persons died from the effécts of the terrific heat of Sunday. Many others overcome during that day of unpar- alleled torridity are in a serious condltion SPRINGFIELD, 1L, July 23.—The goy- ernmert thermometer registered 102 here today. There were several prostrations and one death. Corn over the state Is beginning to show the effects of the long-continued drouth, especially in the bottom lands, but not to such a great extent as anticipated, If good ralne occur within a week or ten days there will be a falr crop. | the south, | however. | the effect that the storm seen from Om left | sections to any general | | ! days. | egram.) | drouth which has continue | twenty-four days was FIV RAIN N of Nebrasks and Towa Get Bhowers and Cooler Eree: HALF AN INCH DEEP AT GRAND ISLAND Feola the Effect of Pre the Neighborheod. Hooper and Other Places Grat, Moisture, 1 for Oloud AUDUBON COUNTY IN I0OWA SOAKED .0cnl Indieations of an Attempt on the Part of the Weather Clerk to Break the Drouth, End Suffers ing and Save Cr Of all the parched area of the west, Nee ka and lowa were the only states to Ive material indications of a break In the drouth last night In vartous parts of the st central part of Nebraska there were light showers at Intervals Grand Island reported the most rainfall half an Inch. At Hooper, Treuton, Franklin, Alm; Aurora, Hastings and Grand Isla there was welcome precipitation in vary ing amounts, At 11 o'clock last night Omaha observers were gladdened by dis- plays of lightning and evident rain In which seemed to be approach- city, The storm passed eastward, Telephone messages were to ha ™ ing t behind liberal precipitation in braska City, Weeping Water and adjoining In Jowa Des Moines and Au- dubon reported considerable rainfall over a wide area, LINCOLY Neb, July 23.—Showers visited the east central part of N braska this evening, but there was no gen- rainfall and none at all in the sectlo most sorely drouth afflicted. The precipis tation at Grand Island was nearly halt an inch and it ranged downward from that to a sprinkle In the towns of Alma, Franklin, Trenton, Hastings and Aurora. The maxi- mum temperature for Lincoln today was 103. In the western part of the state live stock 18 being marketed at any price tho farmers can get. . NORTH PLATTE, Neb., July 23.-(Spe- clal.)~Eight one-houndredths of an inch of rain fell {n this locality this afternoon. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July 23.—(Sp clal Telegram.)—A fine rain of about halt an inch fell here between 5 and 6 o'clock this afternoon. Much of the corn crop will be gicatly benefited thereby. HOOPER, Neb., July 23.—(Special.)— A slight rain was reported southwest of here last night. The thermometer has been register'ng from 102 to 108 degrees each day. Winter wheat has been turning out remarkably well and several have threshed thirty to forty bushels an acre within a week. Onts and spring wheat will be above the average yleld. TRENTON, Neb., July 23.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—The unprecedented heat that has prevalled here and ‘n the surrounding country for over a month showed some sign of abatement today. It was cloudy and a cool, refreshing breeze blew from the south, The thermometer registered from 97 to 100 and the drop was noticeable, as the tempera- ture has been 107 to 113 for a number of Indications are that rain fell near here this afternoon, as the alr s much cooler tonight. A slight thunderstorm in the distance was noticeable here. Peopla have taken on new courage, owing to the hange and prospects for rain. Corn that has not been pestered with hoppers Is doing well, FRANKLI eb., July (Special Tel- Several light showers fell here this afternoon. The Nebreska Telephone company has a gang of mcu here putting in A local exchange and today while two of the men were working on a pole during the thunderstorm lightning struck the wires and gave them a severs shock. TRENTON, Neb., July Speclal Telw- gram.)—It began raining at 9 o'clock to- night and prospects are it will continue. The rain will do untold good to pastures, crops and corn. The atmosphere s much cooler, AUDUBON, Ta., July (Special.)—The In this county broken thls morn- ing by a refreshing rain for thirty min- utes, during which time an inch of water fell. Reports trom all over Audube= ~ounty show that the rain was gefwmf. Great re- et to corn, late vegetables and pastures 18 the result. More rain is needed to in- sure a full crop of corn, but the farmers are all Jubillant over today's rain. DES MOINES, July 23.—(Special.) heat contiuued ‘n central lowa tods though not so severe as yesterday. TI high mark of the government thermometer in Des Moines today was 98, reached at 3 p. ., at which time a storm came up, There had been a slight rain in the fore- noon and the clouds obscured the sun, relleving the severity of the heat. During the day there were heavy storms west of Des Mofnes, approaching near the city, and reports indicate that at several polnts there was heavy ralnfall NEBRASKA HEAT FATALITIES Farmer The and Their Wives rrid Continnatl, for Mortals to AND ISLAND, July 23.-(Spe- clal.)~Mrs. Claus Pahl, wite of a farmer, who was sunstruck Sunday, died last night At tho home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Staack, in this city from the effects of the stroke. She leaves a husband and quite a large family of children COLUMBUS, Neb., July George Thomazin, & farmer age, n Jollet township, while returning home yesterday afternoon, was overcoms by the heat and fell from his wagon. Ho died in a short time. He has three brothers and two sisters, all in this county. VALPARAISO, Neb, July 23.—(Special.) ~This part is suffering for rain. The heat has been Intense for the entire month of July, 8o far registering above 107 with two exceptions LEIGH, Neb, July 23.—(Special)=The heat reached its highest point Sunday and Monday. The street thermometers touched 110 degrees. Harvest 18 progressing and it Is thought that small grain will be an average crop, cxcept winter wheat, which is an extraordinary crop. Corn & suffer- ing from the heat and drouth LINCOLN, July 24.—(Special.)=With the death of Mre, Eleanor Cummings last even- ing the list of dead as a result of Sunday's Intense beat was swelled to six, Within - (Special.)— 60 years of