Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1901, Page 1

Emmme——— "HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. LSTAFLISHED J LONG GLADLY HELPS Mecratary of Navy Pleassd to Grant Fohley Request for Invertization, CALLS DEWEY AND OTHERS FOR COUNCIL | /2 4, Wishes to Give ®antage Officer Fair Postib o Hoaring. Y00 HOT, HOWEVER TO BEGIN AT ONCE (o Order Will Be Isned Today, beceming! | Effoctive Latr SAMPSON AND MACLAY HAVE THLIR SAY i Giand to Light the Wormer Says He Whole Matter Hrous and Latrer Sayn T Oonly Way. WASHINGTON, in accordance with a request from Bchley today, advised that offcer would crder 4 court of Inquiry to fnto the entire matter of Admiral course in the Santiago naval Later the to the extremely hot would not that weather, the to Hnave July 24.—Secretary Long, Admiral he examine Schley’ campalgn secretary announced that, owing court meet until September and that UNE 19, 1871. Thanks | Are American e Wom King Fdwa 1o Be Du n et 1 Which Eisewbere, 24.~The orlal comme tai ship LONDON July 22 of a work of th Fiward hy Mrs. G July presentation 00 Mafne to K of M men of the M Edward's reply to (he of th ittee, In which he then ging thelr uable | or her Am and - we ing | sers b W government al Incident. The Atlantle and the triends of Der- nt of the compauy, are ens to by ant orrey the exe manazing dire ot company “1f more than surpri th King Award by bteen misinformed re & the donor of the Malne and | what surprised him still more was that the women epted the thanks of the king for the gift, knowing full well that at no time had they owned the ship and that; President Baker alone was entitled to any thanks. Mr. Torrey sald Mr. Baker was not even Informed of the intention to present | this medal to the king, nor up to today bad any information heen conveyed to him that ®uch a presentation had occurred, nor has expression of regret been expressed bat th's misunderstanding arose as to the or of the vessel The whole transaction Is on & par with the selzure of the Maine's flag by Mrs, George Cornwallls West," said Mr. Torrey, “who presentcd ‘he emblem to the vessel. tor Atlantic Transport pressed him s be would turn over his reception roum to| Throughout there has been an utter lack of | the court. The sccretary sald “It 18 too hot now and I don't believ it would he comfortable for officers to sit in ! uniforms during committee has taken to itself the thanks I issued an order some time ugo e wearing of full dress their August dispenring with uniforms during a court-martial, but thi heavy full dress case will be so fmportant that every torm be observed, even of official dignity will to the guard of marines at the door. propose to give the court the which is & convenient and place.” “W1ll the sessions of the court be open? “Unquestionably,” was the emphatic re-| ply. "I to make that fact ver plain. & secret court. to know all that transpires in of testimony offered. Personally, propose 1 shoul be very glad to have a court composed of & large number of officers, but the naval| regulations restrict me to the selection of 1 hope to name the personnel of the court tomorrow and this will give the judge gdvocate and recorder ample time to pre: pare a list of witnesses who are to be sum- | This list will be necessarily quite lengthy and it will take some little time 1 do not be- | three. moned. to assemble the officers here. 1-ve that the session of the court will be prolonged, hecause, after all, a great deal of talk over the Santiago campaign s like | the Genil'a vapor, which can be condensed ia & small bottle. Schley to Have All Privileges. *Will Admiral Schley be allowed to name ‘witness “Admifal Schley,” was the reply, “will e aftord pearance of all the witnesses he may desirt He Is also entitled under the naval regul tions to be represented by counsel.” While Secretary Long was not whether the court of inquiry will be pursued. Unless the order con vening the court expressly requires this opinfon to be expressed, its report must be confined to stating the facts found. Secretary Long sald that the personnel of the court would be made known tomor- row, at which time also the precept con vening the court probably will be lssued. Meanwhile, there Is much speculation as to the members of the court other than Ad miral Dewey. The secretary himself question under advisement. should not serve. Method of Proce When the court of Inquiry reaches its Aecislon all the papers are forwarded to the Judge advocate general of the navy and the final approval or disapproval rests with the secretary of the navy or the president, ac cording to which one has ordered the court. He asked that the department take such action as was deemed best to accomplish ulso requested that whatever action be taken should occur In and data are stored. The secretary immediately de- clded to comply with Admiral Schley's re- quest and dictated a letter to the rear ad- aying that under the circumstances he heartily approved of his action and that the department would proceed at once in The secre- tary took this action without consultation with anyone and without communicating this purpose. He ‘Washington, where his paper: miral, sccordance with his reques the request of Admiral Schley to the pre: dent. of formalities of naval sent for Admiral Dewey. courts. ment, the & the investigation and the officers Wi called to the mode of procedure. Dewey Will Do His Duty. After his conference with Admiral Dewey, who had responded to the secretary's re- quest for an Interview, the secretary sald that he had not had time to decide upon the composition of the court, but in re- #ponse to & question as to whether Admiral Dewey would serve upon such & court, It Fequested to do so, the secretary sald: 'Admiral Dewey will do his dut; Although no positive declaration ha been glven on this point, It 1s assumed about the Navy department that Adwmiral Dewey will be president of tha court which controversy action *during is an im- will inquire into the whol concerning Admiral Schley the Spanish war. There also pression that the two other members o the court will be retired naval officers, or t offcers who had no connection Santlago campaign. The selec- tion of retired oficers would have a double advantage. Not only would they be free from any prejudice growing out of their active connection with the department, but they would have no fear of future conse- at lei with t (Continued on Third Page) use of the| large reception room adjoining my office,| commodious It would be & great mistake to have The country has the right the way jed every ‘opportunity for the ap- asked would be | asked to form and submit an opinion upon | the facts disclosed by the investigation, it 1s considered quite probable that this course s there s no warrant for the announcement of any particular name, as he still has the He has been making inquiries during the day as to the availabllity of certaln officers and it Is understood that some telegraphic inquiries have been made of those absent from the| city to see it there is any reason why they He then called into his ofMce Rear Admiral Crowninshield and Captain Cowles, chief and assistant chief respectively of the burcau of navigation, and also Judge Advocate Ceneral Lemley, who has charge He also Although Rear Admiral Schley did not ask specifically for & court of inquiry, but left the actlon to be taken to the judgment of the depart- cretary decided that such a court would be the best means of making three bureau in for discussion as appreciation on the part of some members | of the Maine committee of Mr. Baker's as- sistance and with apparent deliberation (he e for which it has not a shadow of claim.” | DOES NOT AGREE WITH KOCH | [3 Brouardel Cong Tel| e of Contami- Meat. 1 Taberculosls Mk ted .| LONDON, July 24.—The principal paper before the British congress on tubercolosis today was submitted by Prof. Brouardel of | Paris, who urged international legislation in regard to the notification of the author- | itles of the existence of tuberculosls and the disinfection and salubrity of hotels, rallrond cars and steamtoats, thus prevent- | Ing the spread of tuberculosis Prot. Brouardel, who is dean of the medi- |eal faculty of Paris, maintained that the | disease was curable. He sald any measures | tending to 1imit the ravages of alcraolism | | would diminish the mortality from consump- tlon and referred to the great danger in| | hawking pleces of meat In public places and | |in the sale of milk which had not been | examined. Prof. Brouardel belleved thesc | dungers could be remedled by legislati a1 | Prof. Erouardel complimented the United | States on Its quick realzation of the dan- | gers of expectoration and on its logisla- | tion in the matter. ! Prof. Brouardel declines to accept Prot.! Koch's theory that tuberculosis cannot ‘be propagated by the meat and milk of tuber- culosls cattle and has said he thought it to protect the population from this contamination by legislation. At a banquet given tonight to Prof. Koch, 8ir James Crichton-Browne announced that the British authorities had appointed a com- mittee to inquire into the relations between human and bovine tuberculosis FAMINE STALKS IN RUSSIA Monst Fertile Provinces of the Czar's Emplie Look Forward to v 1 wonted Havoe. ST. PETERSBURG, Friday, July 12.— (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) ~On top of the industrial depression and the famine of last year comes news from large districts in Russia that the crops will be partlal, in some provinces total fallures. In both the provinces of Saratov and Samara there will scarcely be any crops; danger threatens a large portion of Siberia, the Don valley, districts adjacent to the Don valley and Yekaterinosav, large parts of Chernigov, the Kuban and Terek Cossack districts, the northern dis- tricts of Taurida, the western portions of the Vistula reglon, single districts on the Oka, tho Kama, In Viatka and in the Volga valleys of the Ural The government is already making prep- arations for a struggle with the famine monster, which has stalked across the most fertile provinces of the empire dur- ing the last decade and threatens to do unwonted havoc during the coming winter. ARE AGAINST AWL YANKEES Vienna Shoemakers Give Lasting Ex- fon to Sole Felt Fears of American Competitors, VIENNA, July 24.—At a largely attended meeting here today of Viennese shoemakers & most vigorous protest was lodged against the establishment of American shoe houses in Vienna and the meeting resolved to send a deputation to the minister of com- merce and to the proviuclal governor, beg- EIng them to interdict American houses from embarking io the shoe business in this country, BLUE DANUBE IS MUDDY NOW Violent Raina Desolation Through nges Alon Romantic Banks, Sweep LONDON, July 25.—"“The valley of the Danube and other Austro-Hungarlan riv- ers have been flooded by violent rains,' says the Vienna correspondent of ti Dally Express. At Budapest 300 dwellings were rendered untensble. Entire villuges have been swept away. Twenty-six per sons were drowned at Lipoiz, where houses of two siories were submerged.” Attack Russian Conw CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24.—The re- cent alleged uttack by Albanlans upon the Russian consul at Uskub has created con- siderable excitement. It appears that while the consul was proceeding to Investigate the troubles in the Kolashin district a party of Albanians pursued him and forced him to take refuge in a school bullding which they besleged until troops effected his re- lease Numbers in Concentration LONDON, July 24.—A parllamentary | paper issued todsy gives the mumber of | persons in the concentration camps in| South Africa {u June as follows: White, | 5410, colored, 23,480, There were 717 deaths amoug the whites in the camps, the | list including children. The deaths among the colored persons numbered five. | Messrs. OMAHA, THURS' AY fuspension Rods v Btructare su.u TRAFFIC IS CHECKED FOR SEVERAL H.Ut Breakage Sald (0 Be Due to Hent Ex- punsion Caunes Co tion Among Suburbanites — Fracture Not Coumdured Serious. W YORK, July 24.—Lat this afier- novn it was sudden discovered th vial suspension rods of the Brooklyn were broken. The damage was s it caused of a furore for a time. erson clreuiated a re- port bridge was in a dangercus siate an order to suspend traffic u be strueture was issucd through the ¢ of l'umml,a.lul.lr of Bridges Shea Pclice Feserves were cailed out crowd of Brookiyniies and other of Long lsland which dali Manhatn end of the bridge were thiown Into much excitement. The car service was stopped altogeth r, as was the driving of a ! vehicles. All persons, however, we e al- lowed to walk to the Brooklyn siae a'oug the promenade. The cougestion on the Manhattan side relieved by (his per wission, but the Brooklyn ferrfes carried thousands more than they usually do. When the Brldge and Rapid Transit au- thoritles found how greatly the damage had keen exaggerated traffic was partially resumed. By 8 o'clock the bridge cars were runniug once more. Chiet Engluesr Pro- busco of the Department of Bridges sald tonight that all traffic would be resumed considerabi some excited p that th res throngs the w | and the broken rods would be repiaced in two or three days' time. The breakuge, he sald, was due to expans.on, presumably from the heat. DENIES ENCOURAGING WAR Secretary of Anti-Imperinlist Leagune Snys He Never Told the Fiil- pinos to Keep It Up, MANILA, July 24.—Correspondence from the Hong Kong junta dated June 26 and ad- dressed to the insurgent leader, Bellar- mino, which has been recently captured, says the junta has recelved messages of sympathy and assurances of support from Winslow and Levison, their resistance in the hope of eventual independence, saying the American people | are groaning under war taxes and that the cdemocrats will win at the next election. BOSTON, Mass., July 24.—The following statement was given out by Secretary Erving Winslow of the Anti-Imperialist leaguo today. A statement communicated from Hong Kong that among the papers of an insur- gent general were found assuranc frem the Philippine junta that encouragement had been given by me to the prosecution of the war and holding out the hope that the burden of war taxes would bring about the success of the anti-imperialist party 15 absolutely false. have never had #uch communication with any Filipino or Fllipinos or thelr representatives, publicly, privately, orally or In writing, personaily or officially. There is not a shred or fi ment of truth in the re t (Signed) ERVING WINSLOW. ZURBANO GIVES UP THE FIGHT Inwurgent OMcer Surrenders with Muny Men nud Guns—Pinnick Suffe for Indiscretion, MANILA, July 24.—Colonel Zurbano, with twenty-nine officers, 518 men, 243 rifies and ¥00 bolos, has - surrendered to Lieutenant Hickman of the First cavalry in Tayabas province. These former insurgents have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States ands their surrender clears that dis- trict of the revolutionary element. A civillan named Pinnick has been sen- tenced to one year's imprisonment and to pay $1,000 fine for recelving supplies stolen from the commissary department. Organising a New Party. MANILA, July 24.—The Liberted is au- thority for the statement that Senor Pa- terno will leave the federal party and will organize what he calls the nationalists on a platform resembling that of the conser- vatives, with Aguinaldo as president and former insurgent military officers and former members of the federal party as leaders. The purpose of the new party will be the ultimate independence of the Philip- pines. This colncides with Senor Paterno's policy, as he has been making efforts to induce Aguinaldo to unite with the new party. NECESSARY TO TAX EXEMPTION . Internal Revenue Commissioner Says Forelgn Billa of Exchange Must Have Clear Title, ‘WASHINGTON, July 24.—The commis- sloner of Internal revenue, in a decision construlog paragraph 5 of schedule A, ex- empting from tax certain foreign bills of exchapge drawn agalnst the value of prod- uets actually exported, says that In order for a party to avall himself of the exemption two facts must be established: First, that the merchandise against which, the value of the bill of exchange was Issued was ac- tually exported; second, the valie of the merchandise The Instruments required to establish these facts are the bill of lading, or ehip- ping receipts, and the involce, which are to be attached to the bill of exchange. If this Is Inexpedient, an afdavit in a pre- scribed form must be executed. The re- quirement of a bill of lading or shipping receipt is imperative in all cases, and if partes drawing the forelgn bills cannot comply wth the statute exempting from tax in certaln cases they will be required to stamp such bills at the rate of 2 cents for each $100 or fraction thereof. MINING MEN AS POLITICIANS Mrs. Hol Congress Her Opinton of Them as Suc| BOISE, Idaho, July 24.—At this morn- ing's session of the International mining congress a paper was read by Mrs. Pauline L. L. Holland of Chicago on the subject, “Should Mining. Men Be Politicians® Other papers read were: '‘Outline of the Geology and Ore Deposits of Custer and Lemhi Counties, Idaho,” by Robert Bell, and “Geology and Mineralogy in Educa- tlonal System." by Prof. E. A. Babcock of Grand Forks, N. D, Thon s More Regiater. EL RENO, July #.—The record broken today when 16,708 registrat made in El Reno. Total for EI Reno, 12 - so7,, The reglatration at Lawion today wal 842, making the total for that pla o, 5. Grand total, 149,92, Lo B as ngain wer.: antl-im- | | perialists, urging the Filipinos to continue MORNING, 25, JULY Kenrsnrge K1 nly One Shell, 1t Scars Clty ¥Mall and Scares Inhabitants. hat July 24.—The proved to have come from the United Siatcs steamship Kear- | sarge and explosion into fragments [ that broke a small plece of stome out of the new city hall bullding on Broadway and cut a limb from a tree nearby caused great consternation among Newpori citl zens shortly after 5 o'clock thls evenlug Half an hour later two officers camc ashore from the Kearsarge, traced the shell to the he id obtained in formation as sage over the city They examined some of the pleces and pronounced the shell a one-pounder from the Kear after which they returnea without auy explanation, From the flagship 1t was learned that the was called to quartors at 5 o'clock gun crews took he guns and went through the work firing. A Nordenfelt-Maxim sutomatic gun in the after fighting top went off when ths crank was turned. tumedlately all {on aboard were alive and the officers were | making hurrled inquiries. The crews in the top declared that a shot had been | fired, but that it had struck In the water ! Just short of the wharves. The officers were thereupon dispatched to the shore {in order to assure Itear Admiral Higgin- | #on that such was the fact. Ou the whart a scared party of fishermen were found, who declared that something had | over their heads, screeching loudly | How the shot happened to be fired has not been explained. The ship has been en- gaged since the breaking up of the camp at Nantucket In target practice at sea. | The gun fired was fired yesterday, when { five rounds of ammunition were supposed | to have been expended. Yesterday after- nocn and this morning there were the { usual quarters on shipboard and the gun { 8hould have been pointed and worked as it | was tonight. But then it dld not go off |and tonight it did. The matter will be | thoroughly investigated. CADILLAC LANDS IN DETROIT Just as Two Hundred Years Ago le Plants the Banner of Louls XIV. NEWPORT, R ng of a shell 1 that reech- DETROIT, Mich., July 24.—Detroft today began a three days' cclebration of the landing of Cadillac at this poinc 200 years ago today. After speeches and other cere- | monies this afterncon, under the direction of the historical committee, came the spec- | tacular feature of the celebration. tonight, | When the scenes of the landing of Cadillac were re-enacted. | Dr. Daniel Laferte, a lacal Frenchmai impersonated the celebrated explorer and was surrounded by fifty soldiers and an equal number of voyageurs arrayed In quaint costumes of the time of M. Cadillac. They embarked late this afternoon in plcturesque batteaus and canoes from Peche island, above the eity on the Cana- i dian shore. They were escorted by the revenue cutter Fessendem, bearing Gov- ernor Bliss and staff and M. Pjerre de Mar- gerle, French charge d'afaires jt Wash- ‘ington, and a bumber of city oBWials. At the foot of Bates stréét, wirere Cad- illac landed 200 years ago, the party was received by a tribe of Indians and ““Cadillac” again planted the banner of Louis XIV and again took possession of the territory in the name of his king. The | procession proceeded to the corner of Woodward and Jefferson avenues, where the cross was planted and men arrayed in priestly black robes chanted the same service used In Cadillac's time. A parade was then formed, which pro- ceeded to the Campus Martlus in front of the clty hall, where the formal welcome was extended to Cadillac. Meanwhile the scene had been brilllantly flluminated. DIVORCED WIFE'S FATAL FALL iraft of Crosse Kii by Plunge from Chicago Hotel Window. | | CHICAGO, July 24.—The mystery sur- rounding the death of a young woman who was killed early today by a fall from a fifth- story window at the Hotel Morrison wee cleared up tonight. The woman had reg- Istéred at the hotel as Mrs. B. DeGraff, La Crosse, Wis., and had been accompanied by a man earller in the day. Tonight B. DoGraff, a La Crosse tailor, claimed the body and sald the woman was his wite, from whom he was divorced last Novem- ber because of her intemperance. Ho further sald they had recently be- come reconciled and that they came to Chi- cago together Monday and reglstered at the Morrison. Several hours were spent I con- viviality, followed by a quarrel, after which he left her and went to the Breevort house, der to prevent his wife from finding him. Mrs. DeGraft returned to the Morrison and went to her room alone. DeGraff took an early train for Milwaukee and did not hear of her death until he reached that eity, Whether the woman fell or jumped from the window is unknown. TARRED FOR WIFE BEATING Valentine Miller is Ridden on a Rail Out of an Ilinois Villnge. BELGIN, 11, July 24.—Valentine Miller of West Chicago was tarred and feathered by a mob last night for alleged wite beating and was glven a ride on the edge of a scantling to the outskirts of the hamlet. Miller s sald to have been Intoxicated when his al- leged offense was committed. While he was being tarred torches were lighted near nite his infammable covering. Miller be- came ulmost unconscious from fright. Mean- while somebody waved a rope and shouted, “Lynch him! up, especlally by women in the mob, but the leaders Interfered. The local author- Itles bave decided to take no cognizance of the matter. Movements of Ocenn Vessels, July 23, alled—Sarvinan, for Gl i Oceante, for Liverpool vla ‘ennlaid, for Antwerp. 'Arr.ved {rmr Liverpool, erpool—Arrived—\Waesla Pr;\:mgemgm ", t Southampton—Arrived—-8t. Louls, " [ New” Fork SO t ueenstown — Arrived — Wa Sailed=Ivernia, trom" Liverpao, for on. At Philadelphla-—-Salled--Majestic Liverpool, New York for Liverpao both proceeded At Rotterdam—Arrived -Potsdam, New York At Glasgow—Arrived—Anchoria, from New York. At Lizard—Passed—St York, for Southampton At Queenslund—Sailed- Liyerpool). for Boeton At Liverpool—8ailed—Belgenland, | Philadelphin, via Quecnstown: | for New York. via Queenstown At Hong Konk—Arrived—Previously, Hong Kong Maru, from Sun Francisco, via Hono: |10l %and’ Yokohama. from sland, Bos tor anl from Louts, from New vernia (from for Germanic, helr positions, pointed | of | was picked up from over the head of the | root of passed | reglstering under the name of A. C. Towne. | He used the fictitious name, he says, in or- | his body and motions were made as If to ig- | [ the hottest The cry was instantly taken | 1901-TWELVE PAf¢ +E SINGLE €O ANY SCRAMBLE FOR CREDIT K{RDEN BENDS THE BRIDGE|BOMBARDMENT AT NEWPORT|y{UWEK LRING THOUBLLS Netraska Wecones Elight Rainfall Even If Vieience Attonds. |WIND AND LISHTNING DO DAMAGe Grand Island Bulidings Are Moved and One that ed In Set Back Agnin, from Had andation Been L GRAND ISLAND, al) Neb., July 24.—(8pe The morth side of this city was vis las. evening by a severe storm, thing of & wild twister in its and it played some oks, A new bufn of J. F. Triggs was lifted to the adjoining prairies and wrecked. An old barn standing alongside na single horse that occupled It and was wrecked, but not a scratch was given the horse. A large section of a corncrib near the Wasmer elevator, which was blown down In the Fourth of July wind, was set back on its regular place. A Burlingion car was umroofed—one car out of a long train, Three Unlon Pacific cars were blown over and smashed. A section of (he the house of James Nicholson, cashier of the American Beet SBugar com- pany, was carried a distance of about eighty feet. Many outhouses and barns in | this particular, section of the city were moved off their toundations or blown over and many trees were either ruined en- tirely or hudly damaged. A mile the clty the residence of A. D. Tilley was moved from its foundation. Several win- dows in the business portion of the city were blown In. The rain was so heavy that for a few minutes one could scarcely see across the street. However, It was for but a brief period and the rain gauges show but .38 of an inch. The rain extended only a milo west and & mile south and as far as known only a few miles east und north. Ligntning Stuns Sleepers. STELLA, Neb, July 24—(Spesial.)— During a severe electrical storm at 11 o'clock last night lightning struck the chimney on the large residence of J. R. Spivey in the north part of town. The chimney was completely demolished and the house was filled with smoke and dust. Clark Spivey and Harvey Hogrefe were asleep in tho house and were stumned by the shock. A light shower of raln ac- companied the storm. ELWOOD, Neb., July 24.—(Speclal.)— | During a 1ight shower of rain yesterday the barn of Judge Chase was struck by light- ning and was burned. Two horses were in it and one of them was killed by lightning. Twenty one-hundredths of an inch of rain fell, being the first since July 4. Corn has been damaged, but with fa- vorable conditions from mow on there will be a good crop. GENEVA, Neb,, July 24.—(Speclal.)~Yes- terday was a little cooler than Monday, the difference being between 108 and 102 at 2 p. m. and in the afternoom a little thunder shower freshened things, only .10 of an inch of rain falling. TALMAGE, Neb., July 24.—(Special Tel- egram.)—A light shower of rain fell here this afternovn aboat 4 o'clock. It s still cloudy. Cheyenne County Is Svaked. SIDNEY, Neb., July 24.—(Special Tele- gram.)—This whole county got a good soak- ing this afternoon and nearly an inch and three-quarters of rain fell in one hour and a half. The drouth has at no time affected corn here, as it was planted late and the hot weather was the means of making the largest crop ever raised in this section. Wheat and rye will be about a three-quar- ters crop, but oats are almost a total fatl- ure except where Irrigated. WABASH, Neb., July 24.—(Special Tele- gram.)——A thundershower of 10 minutes’ duration visited this section tonight. UNION, Neb, July 24.-—(Special)—A good rain fell In the country just east of Union last night, while in town there was only a dry thunderstorm. A large crop of wheat is being threshed and sold to local buyers at good prices. PALISADE, Neb., July 24.—(Special Tel- egram.)—An Inch of rain fell in Hayes county last night. lowa Gets Heavy Ra DES MOINES, July 24.—(Speclal.)—A r warkable escape from instant death is re ported trom Carroll county, where a farmer, Willtam Hobbs, was shocking grain when a bolt of lightning struck him squarely on tho head and ran over almost all his body. His bat was torn to ehreds and his cloth- ing burned, but he was not killed outright, although recovery Is doubtful DUBUQUE, Ia., July 24.—Heavy rains fell within two miles of this city this evening. In town the fall was only one-hundredth of an Inch, but it caused the temperature to fall from 105 at 2 o'clock to 93 at 7. One death resulted from heat today. Ohio and Jllinols Get Showe the Heat Continnes Fata but CINCINNATI, July 24.—The gathering elements of a thunderstorm somewhat re- lieved the oppressive heat this evening. but only slightly. The government ther- mometer registered 100 today and street instruments ranged from that up to 107. Seven prostrations and one death were re- ported. ROCKFORD, TIL, July 24—Rain fell telay In half a dozen countles of the Rock viver reglon, breaking the drouth that ha prevatled for six weeks. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 24.—Two pros- tratfons from heat, ome of which proved fatal, was reported here today. The of- fictal thermometer reached 95 at 3 p. m. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 24.—Today w day of which thero is any record in Loulaville, the temperature at 340 p. m. being 107. There were ten prostrations. Director Camphell of Lick University Attributes Heat Entirely to Local Earthly Canses. SAN JOSE, Cal., July 24.~Director Camp- bell of the Lick observatory puts no falth in the theory mdvanced by some eastern astronomers that the extraordinary weather conditions i the middle west are due to solar causes. Prof. Campbell sald today that in his opinion the present conditions are due to local and earthly causes. “I do not connect weather conditions with solar disturbances. The spots on tho sun are about at their minimum intensity. They endure or manifest themselves in a cycle of about eleven and one-temth years. They will be at their maximum about 1905 or 1906, Here- tofore great heat has generally oc- curred at the period of the maximum of these spots, hut there s no significance | whatever to be attached to these incldents," Interesting | t of | LITTLE RAINS; LITTLE RELIEF | | CONDITION OE_IHE WEAT Forecast Thursday and Not Southerly HER oudy for Nebrasha- P « Possiuly L rsl Quite 8o m; Winds, Becoming Vuriaole Omuh Hour. me Fair; eruture at Vet Nes. rduy GENERAL D..OUTH SITUATION Ihundershowe: s | Are Monn n Breakup Frequent and May of the Mei WASHINGTON July 24.-Scattered thundersiowers In the northern tler of States In (he cential west toduy gave some reifet In. that locality from the intcnse heat. These showers, geuerally light in character, occurred in the Dakotas, souih | €rn Miunesota, northwestern lowa, the x- treme northern porifon of Ilincls, in Min- nesota and in Michigau. More of showers and over a wider area are ex- pected tomorrow. Their effect, Lowever, will be temporary and warm weather ls ugain predicied for Friday In the great coru belt the Intense heat | continues and there seems to be no im- medlate prospect of & general rain, though the fact that showers are becomlug more general than for some days is encourng Ing to the officials here, who hope they may be the forerunner of a general breakup In the heat und drouth conditicns, al- though the for cas ers will no. say that this is a probabiilty. For tomorrow showers are indicated from the Dak:iis eastward and there s a possibility of showers iu Nebraska, lown, northern Illinols, northern Indiana and northera Ohio Such rainfalls as occurred today and were officlally reported to the weather bu- reau were not heavy in amount, the great- est precipitation being at Marquette, where it amounted to less thunm halt an inch. In other sections also some rain fell, notably at Chicago, New Or- leans, Salt Lake and Vicksburg. Temper- atures will contiaue high tomorrow in the central valleys and in the cemtral west and in addition to the localities already noted occastonal showers are predicted in the middle gulf states, the central Rocky mountain reglon and the extreme south- west. There were also some local thunder- storms in Oklahoma. The maximum tem- perature line of 100 degrees today again encircled the upper Mississippl valley, lower Missouri valley and middle and lower Ohlo valleys. St. Louls reported a tem- perature of 108 and St. Paul of 104 degrees, both record-breakin, ST. LOUIS THE HOTTEST PLACE More Than One Hundred an Degrees Seta the Pace in Missouri. Seven ST. LOVIS, July 24.—~St. Louls was the hotteat . point in..the country today, 107.1 degre: belng recorded as the maximum temperature, & figure never reached before in this city. No immediate prospect of re- llef f& in sight and the indications a~e for continued hot and dry weather for the next twenty-four hours at least. At 8 o'clock this morning the government thermometer recorded 90 . and gradually mounted upward until at 2:30 p. m. it reached 107.1, which proved to be the max- imum, Throughout the day people dropped on the sidewalks in all parts of the city and horses In the streets dropped to the pave- ment unable to move. The city's facilities for handling the heat cases proved Inade- quate and the health department at once put iteelf in communication with the city comptroller asking that assistance be given the department in the shape of funds with which to buy horses to run the ambulances and also to purchase extra ambulances. Three extra ambulances had to be obtained for the dispeneary service this morning. In the twenty-four hours ending at 11 o'clock tonight forty deaths directly attrib- utable to the heat had been reported. In the same perlod of time seventy-five cases of prostration went on record. These fig- ures will be augmented somewhat by mid- night, when more complete returns are re- celved, Daily since the mercury began to sizle around the 100 mark the strain on the city doctors to care for the victims of heat pros- trations bas daily become greater. For the last two days from midday to midnight new cases have been received at the city inetitutions every few minutes. Owing to the excessive heat there Is a general movement among business houses to close earller in the evenings or to so arrange the working hours as to give their employes some respite from toil in the course of the heat of the day. ST. JOBEPH, Mo., July 24.—The heat at this point today was one degree short of the record for the summer and torrid season. There were four deaths and twenty prostrations. Thermometers at Seventh and Felix streets, the heart of the retall section of the city, registered 111. Twenty rallway mail clerks, under charge of the chiet clerk of this division, are prostrated and the service is crippled io consequence. KANSAS CITY, July 24.—For twelve con- secutive hours today the thermometer reg- istered above 100. While the record of 106 of Monday was not touched today was the severest ever experienced in Kansas City. At 11 o'clock 1015 was recorded, the highest mark ever touched that early In the day since the local weather bureau has heen established. For eleven hours after that the temperature ranged between 104 and 105.6. Still there 18 no reliet in sight, either in Kansas City or any part of the southwest. In the last twenty-four hours the only rain reported has been at Hays, central Ka last night, and at El Reno, Okl, at noon today. Six deaths directly attributable to the heat were reported In the two Kansas Citys today, with a total of over thirty prostrations, Several prostrations are also reported from the country BACKBONE BROKEN IN CHICAGO High Wind and Heavy Rain Bring Coolneas and Promise of More, CHICAGO, July Z4—-The backbone of the terrific heat that has hung over Chi- cago and viclalty for a week or more, caus ing many deaths and much suffering, was broken tonight by a storm of wind and rain While the maximum temperature tcday was but 94 degrees, as officlaliy recorded, there were many prostrations because of the high percentage of humidity At midnight the temperature had dropped to 72 Cool weather is predicted for to- morrew. Dex. | 'HEAT'S TOP NOTCH | Covernment Thermometer . oars Up to One Hundred and kive Degrees RECURD IS MADE FOR THE SEASON | \niy One Other Day in Thirty Beat This Ma Aiiv IS FREIGHILU WITH HUMIDITY roon.age 18 kar Higher Lhau on Frevions Daysoi toe Week InCKeAsEs DANukt OF PROSTHATION i Thunder er Turries Briefly in Omahn and Hainiall in Other a Gives Hope of DEATHS FROM HEAT. Philllp Kruger, %413 South Elg Blufts, at South Om Peter Bonde Council BI PROSTRATED. M. G. Thoma, 1801 North Twenty Fourth street. George Staley, driven stent. Peter Glenn, ver, ranchman from Dem A thundershower visited Omaha at 11 o'clock last night and rain fell at intervals for half an hour. The precipitation wi not heavy and the temperature was re- duced but Iittle. After a record-breaking day of heat flashes in the sky to the south and west gave overtaxed humanily hopes that at last a break in the drouth was at hand. Clouds speedily massed overhead and sharp gusts of wind swept through the streets and churned up eddies of dust. People swallowed the pulverized earth cheerfully and welcomed the grit that was fung In their eyes and teeth, for they belleved the bour of dellverance was come. 1t was only a case of promise me that some day it will raln. The water that fell was hardly enough to lay claim to the title of rainfall, after such a period of torture and thirst, and the earth greedily licked it up and looked longingly atter the clouds that sped on to Iowa. People outdoors even sald the rain was from the hot water faucet. Nobody felt cooled off & bit. T wer was local, though from Omaha the lightning flasbes revealed what seemed to be a generous downpour to tHe’ uortheast. To the west there was no rain to amount to anything, according to re- ports received at the Union Pacific rail- road offices, merely light showers dropping at Intervals for a dis e of twenty-five miles west of Omaha. The Mispouri Pa- cific people coyld learn of no raln to the south. The Chicago, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha officials found cloudy conditions northward, but no rain yet. These reports covered the night up to 3 o'clock this morning. One hundred and five degrees. Heat record of this year was made at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Two-tenths of a degree higher than 1 Sunday, which was at that time a record- breaker. Humlidity yesterday cent greater than on Sunday. Therefore suffdring was greater. midity hurts. The temperature yesterday was fitful the flame of a tallow candle in a brisk wind. It bobbed up and down like a cork in water—but the emphasis was on the up. At 2:50 o'clock the government ther- mometer regletered 104.7. At 3 o'clock It was even 104, At 4 o'clock it was 105, July 26, 1874, a record of 106 was and with that exception yesterday w. hottest day Omaha has ever known the weather bureau was established But there's hope—raln fell a little in Omaha last night and may be the for runner of better things. Reports at 9 o'clock last night are to the eftect that rain had fallen in several places in the north and northwest. At Dubuque {01 of an Inch fell; at Saute Ste Marle, .22 of an inch; at Willlaton, N. D., .02; at Huron, 8. D., .04; at Chicago, .03; at Havre, Mont., & trace. At the time this report wi recelved a generally cloudy condition pre- valled at the places reporting. nearly 13 per Hu- WILL PRAY FOR RAINFALL i Governor Savage's Proclamation {s to Be Obaerved hy Several om Preachers, Preachers of the northern part of the city will unite in a prayer service for rain at 5 o'clock Friday morning in Rev. Mer- ton Smith's big tent, Twenty-fourth and Locust streets. It s expected that the pastor of every Evangelical church fn the northern part of the city will be present and that the tent will be crowded to its capacity. The service will be devoted ex- clusively to prayer for rain. Bishop McCabe, who is at the head of Methodism in the west, will be in Co- lumbus Friday and says that he will not fall o join in any prayer mervice that may bo held there. Other services that will be held in Omaha in accordance with Governor Savage's proc- lamation are as follows: St. Andrew's, Forty-first and Charles strects, § a. m., peniiential service, with in- tercessions for rain. St. John's Twenty-sixth and Franklin streets, 7 a. m., holy communion; 9 a. m penitential service, with speclal prayers for rain. Trinity cathedral Elghtcenth and Cap- itol avenue. prayer for rain will be of- fered at the usual evening service, 8 p. m. All Sulnts,’ Twenty-sixth and Dewey ave- nue, prayer service at 10 a. m. People's church, 612 North Eighteenth street, special prayer service from 10 to 12 a. m. RESULTS OF OMAHA HEAT Desth and Prostration in the Wake Phillip Kruger, 44 years old, a carpenter by occupation, died yesterday morning as a ! result of heat prostration at his home, 3412