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(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO QALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1896. prisonment, except that he got better food by paying for it. LY SANTO TOMAS' MOWGLI. Remarkable Daring of a Young Indian, Who Slays Mountain Lions With a Knife. | SAN DIEGO, CaL., Aug. 9.—A veritable Mowgli has been found in Lower Califor- nia. Thereis no jungle at Santo Tomas, and it is rather a picturesque valley, ex- tending back from the sea. The moun- tains are bigh on either side, and scruh‘by ocaks and thickets along the creek furnish cover for mountain lions and wildcats, which come down from the hills into the valley. The lion is not aupnloseu‘ to tfe particular about his diet, but if there is one thing more than another that he finds appetizing it is a young burro. And then _there are many goats in the valiey, and thus he is supplied with variety. There is a powerful young Indian buck named Xaftus, not more than 20 years old, who lives at Santo Tomas, and who is known throughout that section as the “Lion Killer.” His prowess makes him worthy of wider reputation. Xaftus’ only weapon in the chase is @ long knife, and he is the possessor of & pack of dogs—big wolfish fellows During the past season he has killed a half dozen lions, some of them enormons beasts. Some days ago Xaftus, with his long knife and dogs, came across a large lion among some huge bowlders by the ereek. The dogs surrounded the animal, and one, chancing to get too close, was caught by a blow from a big paw, and disemboweled. Then the pack fell back and set up a how!, but Xaftus, fearing his game would escape, rushed forward encouraging his dogs, and | caught the creature by the taill. He was | about to reach him with the knife when with a tremendous spring the lion cleared the bowlder. Little less active than the lion, the young buck scaled the rock and met bis cowardly enemy face to face as it crouched on the other side. The animal was not disposed to fight, and with a few more leaps he perched | himself on one of the limbs of a big oak near by. while the dogs howled beneath. Now Xaftus was right at home. BSecur- | ing a pole he lashed his knife to one end, | and thus provided with a lance he took a position directly under the lion and pro- ceeded to use it. A few successful jabs and it fell an easy victim to the dogs. This lion measured over seven feet in length, The young Indian Hercules goes almost naked “and is not known to live with his tribe, He spends his time entirely in hunting. Dol il JUAN OSUNA DEAD. Was the Oldest Member of the Native Sons Order. SAN DIEGO, O, Aug. 9.—Juan| QOsuna, the oldest member of the order of Native Sons of the Golcen West, died to- night at 8:30 o’clock, surrounded by a | numerous family. He was born at the old | wiission of San Diego in 1824, and lived here most of bislife. For several years he had been a resident cf Tia Juana. He suffered for the past two weeks with heart trouble, which caused his death. * Osuna _joined the Native Sons of the | Goider. West here some years ago, and was proud of his distinction as the oldest member of the order. He took a prom- inent patt in several celebrations on that account, and gave valuable historical data to the historian of the order. The Native Sons will take charge of his funeral, which will take place on Tuesday. WA ON THE COLUMB Fisherman Enraged by a Reduc- tion of the Price for Their Catch. Men Assaulted Because They Accept the Figures Off:red at the Canneries. ASTORIA, Og., Aug. 9.—Trouble has been brewing between the fishermen and | canneries for several days past, growing | out of the notices published at some of the | canneries that they would pay only 3cents & pound for salmon. Last night 150 fisher- men gathered at the dock of the Columbia Caunery (Seaborg’s) and refused to allow the fishermen who had brougnt fish from Ilwaco traps to !and them, since the gill- netters catch was refused at the 3-cent price. The men claimed that the canneries waited until they had all gone out the night before and then posted the reduc- tion notice, and that had they been pre- viously notified they would -not have fished, The Shenff had been notified to quell the disturbance, but in his absence a dep- uty responded to the call, and after arriv- ing at the scene sent for the captain of police to come to his assistance. No. acts of violence had been committed by the fishermen, though but few fish were landed. The feeling is intense at some of the canneries, and it is reported that several acts of violence have been committed. Early this morning a fisherman, Gus Snugg, attacked Jacob Jackson, one of Elmore’s men, under the dock of Elmore’s cannery. He pummeled Jackson badly, and then got into another difficulty at the Cutting Packing Company’s cannery near by by intimidating other fisherman who had been disposing of their catches for 3 cents and less rather than throw them overboard. Warrants were swors for Gus Snugg, Con Anderson, Alex Peter- son and a number of others. When the officers attempted to arrest Snueg, Jaok- son was standing by and another attack was made on him by 2 half dozen men led by Snuge. Jackson drew a revolver and snapped it, but it failed to go off. He was badly bruised and ran for the cannery, followed by Snugg, but the door was closed and he escaped further damage. Snugg was finally taken into custody, while the crowd was loud in denuncia~ tions. A PRIEST BURNED ALIVE And Thirty Unarmed Christians Slaughtered by Mussulmans in Crete. out this afternoon Co'onel Abdullah, a Kurd, to Super. sede Hassan Pasha as Governor of Candia. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 9.—The Athens correspondent of the Daily News tele. graphs that a body of Mussulmans yes- terdey butfchered thirty unarmed Chris- tians within the precincts of the monas- tery at Anopolis, near Candia. One priest was burned alive. The cor- respondent adds that Colonel Abdullah, a Kurd who is now in Macedonia, will supersede Hassan Pasha, Governor of Candia. - Earl of Limerick. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 9.—The Earl of Limerick died to-day. Loaxs on watches, Jewelry, silverware, at Uncle Farris', 16 Grant avenue, i GERMANS CONFER WITH AMERICA The Decline of Prices in Agricultural Products Discussed. REMEDIES CONSIDERED. One Is to Remonetz: Silver and Establish a System of Free Trade. GERMAN FLEET MANEUVERS. Deal by Which the Petroleum Trade of the World Has Been Pooled. [Copyrighted, )Sfifi,lby the United Associated Presses. | BERLIN, GermMANY, Aug. 9.—A select conference was held on Thursday evening, at the residence of Professor Sering of the Berlin Academy of Agriculture, to which were invited Baron von Hammerstein- Loxten, Prussian Minister of Agriculture, Domains ana Forests; Dr. Thiel, First Councilor of the Ministry of Agriculture; | Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, United States Em- | bassador to Germany; Dr. Schumacher, who has made two official visits to the United States for the purpose of studying the agricultural conditions prevailing in America; Mr. Turke of the agricultural manufacturing firms; David Lubin of Sac- ramento, Cal., as the representative of the Patrons of Husbandry, and two or taree other prominent agrarians. Baron von Hammerstein-Loxten and Embassador Uhl, having made prior engagements, were compelled to absent themselves from the conference, but all the others who were invited were present. Mr. Lubin presented a number of ques- tions for discussion bearing upon the pros- vective causes and effects and remedies connected with the decline of prices inthe agricultural products of the world. Among the number of remedies suggested by the questions submitted were the remonetiza- tion of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 and the establishment of a free-trade system. The submission of the questions was followed by a discussion which lasted five hours. Professor Sering delivered an address in which he expressed his belief that the prices of agricultural products had reached their lowest figures, but he admitted that while they would not fall any lower it was possible that they might remain stationary for a long time to come. Alluding to Mr. Lubin’s contention, which was that if the etfort to establish a free-trade system should fail the farmers of the United States ought to be granted bounties on their exports by the Govern- ment, Professor Sering said he was fot surprised at Mr, Lubin’s demand, but he warned him and the others of his hearersy, that if such a system of bounties were rope, and perhaps cause the creation of a pro- tectionist union of the European coun- tries against the United States. It was a mere delusion, he continued, for the agri- culturisis of the United States to su - | e starved into surrendering. The Argentine | pose that France and Germany could Republic and Russia, he said, could pro- vide an ample supply of wheat, meats, etc,, for an indefinite time. Dr. Schumacher, who foillowed Profes- sor Sering, concurred in that gentleman’s opinions, and contended that the coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 in the United States would necessarily induce a very serious economic conflict with Europe. Mr. Turke, whose commercial connec- tions are chiefly with the Argentine Re- public and Russia, expressed himself as convinced that both of those countries were only beginning their careers as the grain providers of the world. Russia, he said, was developing in the production of grain amazingly, and he predicted that within a few years the whole of Southern Biberia would become a serious competitor for supplying Europe and the rest of the world with @ereals. Professor Sering suggested the creation of aninternational alliance of the agrarians of the world, with a central bureau in London, Washington, Berlin or Paris, and that the alliance. hold an annual meeting of delegates from the various agrarian in- stitutions. The proposal was deferred for the action of a future conference. Baron von Hammerstein-Loxten had pre- viously received Mr. Lubin, who was in- troduced to the Minister of Agriculture by Embassador Uhl. Upon this occasion Baron von Hammerstein declared that he was in full sympathy with Mr. Lubin in the latter's anxiety in regard to the decline in the prices of agricultural products. Prussia, he said, was suffering equally with the rest of the world from depression of business and prices. He added that he was glad that Mr. Lubin was about to dis- cuss the problem with which they were confronted with the leading economists of Germany. Baron von Hammerstein later introduced Mr. Lubin to Professor Sering and Dr. Schumacher. A report of the proceedings of the agricultural conference has been furnished to Baron von Hammer- stein. The inhabitants of the Lower Rhine dis- tricts had long been in expectation that the Emperor would make a tour of their section of the empire in accordance with his announced programme, and had made elaborate preparations to receivéy his Majesty with all possible honors. It was expected that the Kaiser would be present at the dedication of the restored church at Wesel and unveil the statue of his grand- father, Emperor William I, at Ruri.ort on Friday, and these places were the centers ot attraction to all who could possibly make the juurne{?‘. ‘When it was an- nounced that the Emperor could not pos- sibly be present, owing to illness, the peo- ple were greatly disappointed, but the programme previously arranged was car- ried out to the letter and the exercises at- tracted crowds of people. The Empress and Prince Henry of Prussia, who repre- sented the Emperor, his brother, were re- ceived with every manifestation of enthu- siasm. Although an attack Eof catarrh was eiyen as the reason for the Emperor abandoning his proposed trip to the lower Rhine, there is no doubt that political affairs were the chief cause of his remaining behind, but the story now in circulation, that a crisis in the Chancellorship is impending is & mere resurgence of a favorite theme of late when current politics become a_little dull. The North German Gazette, in its issue of yesterday, made the announce- ment that the Czar had notified the Em- ror that he and the Czarina would visit reslau about the 5th of September, upon the occasion of the Silesian military maneuvers. The proximity of this event alone discounts the 1dea that Prince Hohenlohe will resign within the next few weeks, if, indeed, he does so for many months to come. The usual stock of stories are in circu- | fiftee: lation in connection with the Emperor's recent tour of the northern seas, chief among them being an account of his | the inspection the snips will Majesty’s democratic demeanor.. Ifis re- lated that he completely diséarded his ac- customed court stiffness and made him- self particularly agreeable to high and low alike. One of the Emperor's guests on this trip telis this storv: “The Kaigser on becoming aware that some of the officers of the Hobenzollern were in the habit of riding bicycles upon the promenade deck of the imperial yacht, went personally to the officers and asked them why they had not invited him to take part in theirsport. The officers, with a great deal of trepidation, admitted that they had ridden their bicyctes in disobe- dience of the orders of Captain Brussata, the commander of the Hohenzollern, whereupon the Kaiser summoned Captain Brussata and compelled him to mount a bicycle, his Majesty bolding the machine steady while the unhappy captain and the group surrounding him were photo- graphed, amid the ill-concealed titters of the officers.” A Vienna sign-painter named Moritz Bach recently arrived in Berlin and ob- tained work at his trade. He complied with all the requirements of the law re- lating to newcomers, informing the police of his birthplace, occupation, etc., but was roughly given to understand by the police that he was not wanted in Berlin; that there were. already too many work- men inPrussia, and that be ought to have remained in Austria. He failed to heed the warning given to him by the police, and the latter in the meantime communi- cated with the police in Vienna, endeavor- ing to find some excuse for driving him out_of Germany. Among ‘the inquiries made was whether Bach had ever been convicted of ahy offense in Austria. The Vienna police looked up Bach’s record and found that he had been convicted of the heinous offense of calling hisemployer an ‘‘exploiter,” for which he was com- pelled to pay a fine. The police, upon re- ceiving this information, ordered Bach to leave Prussia within ten days. The Vorwaerts, the leading organ of the Socialists, in an article commenting upon Bach’s case, expresses the opinion that his is a test case upon which it is de- signed to base wholesale expulsions of foreign workmen from Prussia. The International Psychological Con- %ress at Munich has been well attended. rofessor Baldwin of Princeton Coliege was among the speakers and in his ad- dress dwelt upon the importance of the German universities to American students. The congress invited Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and other royalties to witnessa new experiment with the Roenteen rays upon the body of a man. The body was submitted to the action of the rays through an a&:paralus of special des\qn which enabled the spectators to clearly observe ti e action of the diaphragm, heart and stomach. The experiment was en- tirely successful. In connection with the recent pooling of the petroleum business of the Hamburg firm of John & Co. with thatof Philip Pots of Mannheim and the Passows of Bremen, the Hamburger Boersenhalle now makes the announcement that all of the dealings of the members of the pool or “ring” have been transacted with the Standard Oil Company since May 24, and that the uni- fication of the petroleum trade of the world is an accomplished fact. 5 The socialist Vorwaerts stigmatizes Henry George’s action in entering the Presidential campaign in the United States as an advocate of Bryan as probably the last phase of his downward career. The paper adds that Mr. George's action wiil probably have very little political effect, his few remaining followers having long ago joined the ranks of the Populists. Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, United States Embassador to Italy, is in Berlin, en route from St. Petersburg for Rome. in connection with the policy of German colonial expansion it is worthy of notice that the Prussian rescript of 1859 forbid- ding the promotion of emigration to the three southern provinces of Brazil has just been withdrawn. It isexpected that the German settlements founded in those provinces prior to 1859 will now be devel- oped and extended. Arrangements have been made for a special steamship service between Hamburg and Brazil, The German fleet is/assemblied at Wil- helmshaven to-day and the naval man- 2 . - 2 ere | euvers will begin to-morrow, August 10, established it would unmedm(elfi elicit | u | strong retaiiatory measures in with the inspection of the vessels. After bs put through various tactics in the North Sea until August 14, when the fleet will -pass through the North Sea-Baltic canal with the object of testing tue strategic value of that waterway. It is expected that fifty- four vessels, pesides the torpedo boats and transports, will traverse the canai. After the passage of the canal the fleet will go to Lubeck and the Neufahrwasser and re- turn to Kiel on August 29, remaining there four days. The idea of returning through the North Sea-Baltic canal seems to have been abandoned: The route most likely to be taken by the fleet will be by the way of thg Bkagerrack to Helgoland, where the sham naval battles will take place. The fleet will disband at the mouth of the Elbe on September 15, ; DIRE TROLLEY DISASTER A Car Crowded With Passengers Goes Over a High Em- bankment. Five Persons Are Killed Outright and Forty Injured, Many of Them Scriously. COLUMBIA, Pa., Aug. 9.—A frightful trolley accident occurred at 10 o’clock this evening on the Columbia and Donegal Electric Railway at a point one mile out- side of this city. A crowded car was re- turning from Chickies Park when a gear- wheel broke and the car was thrown over atwenty-foot embankment, falling into a creek. Five passengers were killed outright and two score injured, many of them very seriously. Following is the list of fatali- ties go far as obtainable: Killed: Chief Burgess H. H. Heiges of Columbia. Adam Foehlinger, motorman, Columbia. James Ludlow, Seagirt, N. J. Henry Smith, Columbia. William Tinkerson, Columbia. Twenty-nine injured passengers, many. of whom are expected to die, were brought to Columbia Hospital. A full list is not obtainable to-night. Among the injured are: B. Kerner and wife of Lancaster. Lizzie Bender and George Bender, Lan- caster. Miss Brinkman, Lancaster. -~ Physicans have gone from Lancaster to aid the wounded. e TR, NEARLY A MILE A MINUTE. Bicyclist Anderson’s Hair-Raising Ride, Paced by a Locomotive—He Will Try It Again. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 9.—E. E.-An- derson attempted to-day to ride one mile in one minute, paced by a locomotive, and failed by three seconds. The trial was on the track of the Bluff Line Railway, nine miles north of East 8t. Louis. The track was solidly planked and the engine was an express speeder. Beveral warming-up spurts were made over part of the track to get the speed regulated. In one of these Anderson made a half mile in thirty-three seconds. For the final trial a half-mile running start was made. As the engine crossed the starting line the cycler was seen twelve feet be- hind the engine and seeming to urge the pacemaker, which was going at a fifty- eight-second s . ¥ At the half the speed was about a mile a minute, with Anderson working hard and n feet behind. At the three-quarters the engine was turned loose and crossed the line in one minute, with Anderson trailing and three seconds short. 5 HEAT AND DEATH HAND IN HAND, Appalling Mortality in the States East of the Rockies. NO SECTION IS EXEMPT. Prostrations So Numerous That They Attract but Slight Attention. NOTHING LIKE IT ON RECORD. - Horses Drop Dead in the Streets, and : Foundries and Factories Shut Down. CHICAGO, IrL., Aug.9.—In Chicago to- day ~the heat, while not as intense as yesterday, was almost unbearable. There was a respite in the morning, but it was only temporary. A dull copperish sun early sent thousands to the parks and on excursions on Lake Michigan and to re- sorts across the lake. About 9 o'clock a good breeze sprang up from the east, and the temperature fell rapidly. This con- dition obtained until 11 o’clock, wher the minimum temperature of the day 76, was reached. -The ‘cooling zephyrs suddenly. died out about this hour, and the sun, un- obscured by any clouds, soon increased the torridity, until at 4 o’clock thermome- ters registered 96. The fall from this time was about one degree per-hour, and at 10 o'clock the mercury was stationary at 90. But bne fatality was reported to-day— John Buits, a day laborer, who was found dead in his room on Fulton street. He is supposed to have succumbed to the in- tense heat of last night. The fact that to- ‘day was Sunday was no doubt responsible for the small number of prostrations re- ported. The weather man promises no reiief for at least twenty-tour hours. Dispatches received from various points throughout the country show that no point is exempt from the torrid weather. At Elgin, IlL, yesterday 8 son of Mrs. Loretta Mott died of prostration. Gerald McChesney died from sunstroke, and Mrs. J. J. Hartman was stricken down and will die. For three days the mercury has soared above 100 at Evansville, Ind., and two deaths have resulted. At Kansas City 102 'was reached, the highest point since the bureau was opened, eight years ago. The place of observation is the breeziest point in the city. On the streets it was many degrees warmer. Despite the intense heat few prosirations were reported. At An- derson, Ind., there was intense suffering among the men in the nail factories, There were three prostrations in the city. Dispatches from Alton, Hillsboro, Springfleld and Belvedere, Ill., indicate the hottest weather on record. ‘Outdoor work has been suspended at all these points. Vegetation is being burned by the heat, and in many localities a water famine is threatened. The Wabash Railway officials have closed the shops for the entire sys- tem pending the heated term. At Alton the mercury ranged from 105 to 112 in the shade. Milan, Mo., reportea 106 in the shade and much mortality among ani- mals. Horses dropped dead in the streets, and only absolutely necessary work was done. All records were broken at Jeffer- son, Towa, when the thermometer indi- cated 106 in the shadeat2 o'clock. At Tif- fin, Ohio, Henry Downey, an aged and wealthy farmer, was overcome by the heat. At Peoria, Illi- nois, Charles Sockman, a fisherman, and Forest Hoffman, a ‘laborer, were pros- trated. At Valparaiso, Ind., there were half a dozen persons stricken down. At Des Moines, Iows, a record of 92 in the shade was reached and two fatalities were reported, At Milwaukee, Rudolph Salo- mon, treasurer of the Ernest SBalomon Commission Company, was struck by a bolt of lightning and instantly kilied. The thunder-shower in which Salomon lost his life came in the middle of one of the hottest days of theyear. At Spring- fieid, Ill., the day was the hottest of the year, the maximum temperature being 98 deg., while street thermometers regis- tored 102. —— ST. LOUIS’ GREAT MORTALITY. No Diminution in the Numbder of Deaths and Prostrations. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 9.—To-day’s heat record was a repetition of that of yester- day, tempered by a light breeze. The thermometer ranged from 81 degrees at 8 A. M. to 100degrees at 5 P. M., and the death roll is not diminished. All day the city ambulances were busy carrying patients to the dispensary and corpses to- the morgue. Many of those stricken several days ago have succumbed to the long con- tinued strain®f torrid days and sleepless nights, Deaths from this cause are now 80 common as to hardly excite remark. At 5 P. M. one ambulance hauled five persons to the dispensary, and completed its jour- ney by taking two corpses from the dis-’ pensary. Since midnight last night the following deaths are recorded : Miss Pauline Tucker, Frank Stelle, Thomas McGovern, Edward ‘Welge, Catherine Kumx. Henry Albers, Joseph Bly, Rudolph Roettger, Charles Steinman, Margaret Albro, Edward Wanch, Barbara Malcomb, Frank Miller. “Up 10 9 p. N. over forty cases of prostra- tions had been reported, the majority of them being serious. i SEVERE STOEM AT MILWAUKEE., Bucoeeds the Intense Heat of the Last Few Days. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 9.—A few minutes after 11 o’clock to-night a severe wind and hail storm swept over the city almost without warning, passing from west to east. In the downtown districta number of plateglass windows were broken, awnings were destroyed and heavy signs torn from their fastenings and scat- tered in the streets. No fatalities have as et been reported, although there were " The eat dsing the pase few days has nrin, ‘been intdhse, the n?emr;?m‘m from 80 to 90 deg., and in counsequence tshe death rate has almost doubled. Sl g GREAT SUFFERING AT OMAHA. No Fatalitics Reported, but Many Cases of Prostration. OMAHA, Nepr, Aug. 9.—While the Government thermometer gives 94 as the um temperature to-day,the weather seemed much warmer, and as it was but a. continuance of a week of extreme Leatthe ering was great. No fatalities have been reported here, but there were many prostrations, some of which may result seriously. The amount of moisture in the air has made the hot spell this year more severe than warmer weather in the recent dry years. A severe electric and rain- storm to-night has cooled the air and given much relief. —_————— DETROIT CiSUALTIES. Terrific Wind and Rain Storm in the Wake of the Heat. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 9.—A terrific rainstorm broke over this city to-night after a day of intense heat. The storm was accompanied by a high wind which broke over the river and Lake St. Clair, upsetting a dozen yachts which were on the river dt the time. There were 2 num- ber of daring rescues. Three persons are so far known to have been drowned. Wil- liam J. Thiemer was bathing off a yacht at B-lle Isle Park and was swamped and drowned. Frank Hughes, bathing off the acht Alberta, met asimilar fate. John elka Jr., who was bathing off Peche Isl- and, in Lake St. Clair, was also drowned. There are reports to-night that several rsons are missing who were known to ave been on the river or lake, Edward Henkel, aged 43, son and suc- cessor of Peter Henkel, proprietor of the largest and oldest wholesale grocery and liquor-house in Detroit, was killed at Port Huron to-day on his vacht Azalea. He was trying to get out of the way of a bi; lake liner and was heading his yacht og the dock when he was CI\lgit between the yacht and the timbers and fatally crushed, This was the hottest day of the season for Detroit. “The thermometerfstood at 95 for several hours. No prostrations were reported, however. e SUFFERING NEW YORKERS. Zhousands of People Flock to the Sea- shore Resorts. NEW YORK, N.Y. Aug. 9.—The suf- ferings of New Yorkers to-day are intense. Profiting by the general cessation from labor and business cares which Sunday 'brings and by the warnings 1ssued from the experts of the Weather Bureau, thou- sands of people flocked to the shore re- sorts. Although the mercury at its high- est point to-day did not reach by two d grees the top mark of Saturday, this de- crease in teraperature was more than dis- counted by an increase in the humidity. About 4 p. M. the thermometer of the Weather Burean touched 90 deg. as the highest point of the day. The official figures are necessarily lower than those shown by the thermometers on the pave- ments, where the highest point touched was 95, A large number of persons were overcome by the heat during the day, and up to 6 o’clock this evening twelve fatali- ties had been revorted to the Coromer's office. The heat was also intense in Brooklyn, and nine [atalities were re- ported in that city. D R G AN ELECIRICAL STORM. Brings Temporary Relief to the People of ZLincoln, Nebr. i LINCOLN, Nz, Aug. 9.—The intense | heut of the past week was in a measure dis- sipated Dy an electrical storm last night, followed by another to-night, accompanied by heavy rain and wind. Friday was the bottest day of the year, the Government station reporting the maximum tempera- ture at 98. There haye been no prostra- tions, but business Friday and Saturday was partially suspeaded. R e A COUNCIL BLUFFS SCORCHED. Week of Ewtreme Heat Followed by a Refreshing Rainstorm. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IowA, Aug. 0.—The heat here has been extreme for the past week, the thermometer registering from 98 to 100 degrees in the shade. There has been but one fatality. The heated spell was broken this evening by a heavy rain- storm, accompanied by thunder and light- ning. These storms have occurred fre- quently during the week and one death has oecurred from lightning. 4 —_— FiIFTEEN DEATHS AT BALTIMORE. And Double That Number of Prostra- tions Up to Midnight. BALTIMORE, Mp., August 9.—The heat record was about the same to-day as during the past four. The maximum was not reached until 4:30 this evening, when 974 was recorded. The mercury was above the 90 poiut before 8 o’clock, and did not descend below that point until alter 9 o'clock to-night. Fifteen deaths and twice that many prostrations were re- ported up to midnight. G e PHILADELPHIA’S F1CTIMS. Twenty-One Deaths and Yifty Cases of Prostration, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 9.—With each day's continuance of the terrible heat the mortality has increased until to-day twenty-one deaths were reported by the police. The thermometers reached amaximum of 93.2 degrees, the highest point reached this summer. Besides the deaths there were half a hundred heat cases taken to the hospital. FAST ON A HIDDEN ROcK Continued from First Page. ahead; but the boats went off, trusting that the fog would lift, but it did not until late the next morning. “There were ten others besides myself who decided to remain by the ship rather than endanger the lives of the other pas- sengers by overloading the boats. Nearly all the passengers w}ho went into the boats were got into them/with little trouble and none of the ship’s employes got into them unless by order of the master, with the exception of two cooks, who could not be restrained. “There were many head of cattle on board and 1t was pitiful to hear their moaping. After the boats went we could do n g but wait, and it seemed a long time until the first boat, which was the first mate’s, hove in sight at 6 o’clock. In the meantime the master had all the life rafts ready, 8o as to use them in case of necessity. The sea calmed down and when the tide receded I saw that the vessel was on a cradle.of rocks in five or six feet of water, about 500 feet from shore, with her bow due east. “At one time I volunteered to swim ashere, but was advised not to, and Iam glad I did not make the attempt, forifI bad I would have been dashed to pieces on the rocks. One young man, 8, B. Can- nell, parted from his wife and told her to goin one of the boats and that he would remain on the steamer. She begged him to come with ner, but he tola her that he wanted her to reach land and that if he got into the boat it would sink. He re- mained with me until we were taken off, ‘When we did get ashore we learned of the safe arrival of the boats and ascertained that we struck about eight miles below Monterey.” The Banta Cruz, a freight boat, went to the wreck at 2 o'clock yesterday, but car- ried no passengers, having no license to do so. ‘The boat will render whatever aid she can to the stranded vessel. The prin- cipal object of the trip was to carry down men and machinery. She will probably arrive this morning. s Death of @ Noted Uhio Jurist. COLUMBUS, Onro, Aug. 9.—William J, Gilmore, one of the ablest and best-known lawyers at the Ohio bar, died at his resi- dence here this afternoon, aged 73, He was at one time a Justice o* the Bupreme Bench of the State. THEIR LETTERS ~ OF ACCEPTANCE, McKinley and Hobart Are About to Commence Writing. THE TWO GREAT ISSUES. Protection and Sound Money of Equal Importance With the Major. O0HI0O'S CAMPAIGN OPENING. Senator - Sherman and Senator-Elect Foraker Will Speak at Co'umbus Next Saturday. CANTON, Oxto, Aug, 9.—This week will be one of the quiet ones in Canton. One or two delegations are expected, and Ma- jor McKinley may make two or three short speeches, bu hopes to give a great deal of time in® the next ten days to his letter of accepiance. It is likely that it will be finished by the end of the third week in August, but he does riot expect to publish it before the 1st of September. Mr. Hobart will commence work ou his letter very soon, and il the usual custom be followed be will send a copy of it to Major McKinley a week or so before it is given to the public. Major McKinley's letter will be his longest and most formal utterance during the campaign, and be will enter npon a careful consideration of the two great issues—'‘protection” and “‘sound money.” These two issues are almost equal in im- portance in the opinion of Major Me- Kinley, indicated in his speeches. Scores of his friends, however, will come here from various parts of the country, seeking to impress upon him that popular interest in the money question is declining, and by the middle of September the tariff will be the issue of paramount importance. However this may be, Major McKinley is amply prepared to discuss both issues, and in his letter of acceptance he will not overlook either of them. The Ohio campaign will be opened on Saturday next at Columbus. The event will be of more than ordinary importance. The meeting will be addressed by Senator John Sherman and Senator-elect J. B. Foraker, Senator Sherman’s speech on Saturday will be looked upon very gener- ally as the first step in his campaign for re-election to the United States Sénate. Benator Sherman says he is preparing his speech with great care, and it is his wish to have it the most effective exvosition of the financial question he has ever made. The prominence of finance in the poli- tics of the day leads Senator Sherman’s friends to believe that what politicians rather vaguely term the “logic of the situ- ation” points to the election of Senafor Sherman as his own successor. In a State which has so many ambitious and able men as Ohio there is sure to be several candidates for the place, and Mr. Sherman will no doubt find some opposition when the next Legislature meets to choose his successor. The name of Mark Hanna is irequently mentioned in connection with the Senatorship, but wholly without the warrant of Mr. Hanna himself, The Columbus meeting will call forth Mr. Foraker's first political utterances since the week of the convention at St. Louis, and there is always a vast deal of interest both to see and hear him. Hehas prepared his speeches thoroughly, and it, with Senator Sherman'’s speech and Major McKinley’s lettér of acceptance, will show very clearly upon what lines the Republi- can campaign Is'to be conducted and what argumenis are o be urged upon the people. —— DEPART FROM CRICAGO. My, and Mrs. Bryan Speeding On to New York. CHICAGO, Irn, Aug. 8.—William J. Bryan left Chicago for Pittsburg, by the Pennsylvania Road, at 11:30 o’clock to- night. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan departed from the Clifton a few minutes after 11, after shaking hands with a large number of people gathered to say good-by, and were driven to the Union station, accompanied by the members of the Chicago reception committee. They had secured berths in the regular sleeper and retired as soon as the train drew cut of the station. Hon. Richard P. Bland will accompany Mr. Bryan to New York, and they occupied berths in the same coach. To-day was really a day of rest for Mr. Bryan—one of the few he has succeeded in ]iluing since his nomination here nearly a month ago. Mr. Bryan is a good sleeper and despite the intense heat of last msht he rested well and did not leave his bed until nearly 10 o’clock. After break- fast he and Mrs. Bryan took a carriage at the Clifton House, where they were stop- ping, and drove to the Englewood Pres- byterian Church, a beautiful structure at Sixty-fourtb. street and Yale avenue, where theg attended divine service. They selected that house of worship because the temporary minister, Rev. John Clark Hill of Austin, IlL, is to be the pastor of their church at Lincoin and they wanted to meet him. Mr. Hill recently received a call to the First Presbyterian Church at Lincoln and will go there in a few weeks. After the service they returned to the Clifton and had dinner, Then both took a nap until 5:30. At 6o’clock Mrs. Bryan went to the main parlor of the hotel and received a large number of people who were waiting to see her hul%:nd. Mr. Bryan received in his room. Many of his local supporters called. One of his visi- tors was General Warner of Ohio, presi- dent of the National Bimetallic League, the father of the new silver party. Mr. Bryan’s plans at New York and for his New Enfl-nd trip are in a state of un- certainty. It is probable that while in New York he and Mrs. Bryan wiil be the guests of William P, 8t. John, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, who_recently resigned his position as resident of a National bank because of is free coinage views. 1f they do not stop with Mr. St. John Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will go to the Buui Bariholdi. Mr. Bryan does not know whether he will adhere or not to his rail- road schedule from Pittsburg to New York. He had decided to leave Pittsburg Tuesday morning at 7:30, but he was in- formed to-day that the National Commit- tee wanted him to reach New York on the afternoon and not oa the night of that day. To comply with this desire he will be obliged to leave Pittsburg at 3 o’clock Tuesday morning. YOX4GE OF GBEAT PERIL. Imprisened in Limitless Fields of Drift- 5 ' ing lesdergs. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 9.—After along delay which has caused considera- ble anxiety the British bark Iodine, Cap- tain Bartlett, the first of the Greenland fleet of cryolite traders, arrived in port to- night. Her voyage wasone ot extraordinary peril, and she narrowly escaped being crushed by towering iceberzs while im- prisoned in fields of drift ice, to which there appeared to be no limit. The fodine _left Ivigtut on June 26 last, When she left Ivigtut the weather was still very cold, by reason of the great ice drifts, which, the natives said, showed that the winter in the Arectic region had been very mild. Captain Bartlett reports that the chance to reach the far north was better this year than ever before. The fjords are teeming with salmon and other fish. il et P A STEER WRECKS A TRAIN. Engine, Tender and Four Coaches Thrown From the Track, but Miraculously No One Is Killed. LINCOLN, Nesr.,, Aug. 9.—Passengers on the delayed Billings (Montana) train at midnight tell of a damaging wreck on that brgnch of the Burlington, which has not yet been reported, though it occurred Thursday night, forty-seven miles this side of Sheridan, Wyo. The train was running at a lively rate of speed when a Wyoming steer was encoun- tered ina cut opening out upon anem- bankment about twenty-five feet high. The shock threw the engine, tender and every one of the four coaches off the track, making one of the worst looking wrecks imaginable. Fortunately no one was killed. Engi- neer Tom Haley was badly bruised in the shoulder and Fireman Shannon had his feet scalded. The passenger list was light and the casualties consisted of nothing more serious than bruises and joltings. The property damage is large and the passengers were obliged to wait twelve hours before the wreck was cleared away. With nearly every car demolished and the occupants piled in the wreckage, it is considered a miracle that none wera killed or badlinjured. ST F ISSISIHTION Young Lawyer Gets His Death- Wound While Making a Bryan Speech. The Deed Wrapped in Mystery, as It Is Not Yet Learned Who Fired the Shot. [ MEMPHIS, TexN, Aug. 9.—Word has been received here of the probable fatal shooting at Santa Fe, N. Mex., Friday night, of W. 8. Hemingway, Assistant United States District Attorney, and prominent in law and politics in the Ter- ritory. The shooting occurred under peculiar circumstances. Mr. Hemingway was one of the speakers at a Bryan ratification meeting, and whilein the middle of his address a shot was fired from the audi- ence, the bullet striking him in the abdo- men. It has not yet been learned who fired the shot. . Young Hemingway is a grandson of Senator Georgeof Mississippi. His father, J.. B. Hemingway, was formerly United Btates District Attorney at Santa Fe. The young: man went to the Territory only eighteen months ago. The news of the shooting was first received by his relatives CLOUDSOBSCUBE THESUY Preventing Observation ‘of Its Total Eclipse by Several Expeditions. At Qdessa the Weather Was Fairly Clear and the Astronomers Were More Successful. LONDON Exe., Aug. 9.—Much interest exists in astronomical circles as to the suc- cess of the several expeditions sent out to various parts of the world to study the total eclipse of the sun which occurred to- day. A special dispatch to the United Asso- ciated Presses from Vadsce, Norway, timed at 8:05 o’clock this morning, says that the members of the expedition sent to Varanger Fjord were unable to take any observations that will be of value. The early phase of the eclipse was clearly seen, but its totality was obscured by thick clouds, which rendered the taking of ob- servations impossible. The temperature at the beginning of the eclipse was 44. During the eclipse it fell to 42 and then rose again to 44, when the shadow had passed from the sun. Among the observers at Varanger Fjord was Sir Robert Starwell Ball, professor of astronomy and geometry in the University of Cambridge and director of tbe Cam- bridge Observatory. News from the other stations, some of which are far from civilization, is anx- iously awaited. It is earnestly h that the American expedition at the nd of Yezo, Japan, and the expeditions at Nova Zembla and in Eastern Siberia, will obtain results that will be of great benefit to science. 8T. PEPERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 9.— The weather was cloudy to-day, rendering useless all the preparations made to ob- serve the eclipse of the sun, ODESSA, Aug. 9.—The weather here 'was fairly clear and good observations of the eclipse were made. Jeitrn e Kentucky Town Wiped OQut by Fire. MEMPHIS, Tesx., Aug. 9.—Jordan, Ky., a town near the Tennessee line, Was wiped out by fire early this morning, not & business house being left. The total loss and amount of insurance is known. o b S 4 Death at Gilroy. GILROY, Car, Aug. 9—T. 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