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WEEKLY. UNION Brtafc. JmlT, 1SWT i Consolidated Feb. 1899. COBVALYLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, JITLiY 26, 1301. UAZETTE Eatalh Dee. YOL. XXX VIII. NO. 31. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS THE WORLD. OF Comprehensive Revlw of the Important Happening! of the Past Week Presented in a Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. The mine firemen's strike has been declared off. The southwest was again scorched by a hot wave. The steel trust has made no effort to start up idle plants. The rivers and harbors committee has returned from Alaska. The international mining congress has opened at Boise, Idaho. Whitmareh has been exonerated of the charges brought against him. The ministers at Pekin have agreed upon the question of indemnity pay msnts. . San Francisco teamsters have quit work and the wholesale trade is about tied up. , Colonel Albert Jenks, a well known artist, dropped dead in Los Angeles of heart disease, aged 75 years. A Pittsburg woman Started the fire with kerosene 'and, with her three children, was burned to death. The mayor of Santa Paula, . Cal., was shot and probably fatally wound ed -by a tough character of that place. Corbin and Chaffee have decided on radical changes in the army in the Philippines. The military force will be reduced to 20,000 or 30,000. A movement has been started by the labor unions of San Francisco to shut out Japanese, placing them on the same footing with the Chinese. At a Chicago race track four horses became frightened, threw their riders and bolted from the track into the spectators and several - persons were severely injured. it is estimated that $2,UUU,UUU in bank notes is in circulation which have been printed from the plates of a defunct bank. The pates were sup posed to have been destroyed 50 years ago. . The Havana drydock may be towed to Subig bay, Luzon. " Aguinaldo is irritated by his con tinued imprisonment. The steel trust will attempt to open several plants this week. , ; Friendly relations between Russia and Thibet have been opened. ' Hot weather continues in the Brit ish Isles, but relief is predicted. ; Another heat wave has visited the corn belt of Kansas and Nebraska. Peasants of the Volga, Russia, pro vinces are on the verge of starvation. General Davis has relieved General Kobbe in the southern Philippine islands. Mrs. Kruger, wife of ex-President Kruger, of the Transvaal republic, is dead. International Epworth League con vention at San Francisco has ad journed. It is almost certain that the sta tionary firemen's strike will soon be at an end. Major O'Neill, the third mayor of the city of Portland, is dead , at his home in Spokane. It is feared that disorder and dis tress will follow opening- of govern' nient lands in Oklahoma. The next official map of the United States will show the Lewis and Clark route and incidentally advertise the 1905 fair. No move has been made to settle the steel striker General Daniel Butterneld died at his home at Craigside, N. Y. Eari Russell will enter the plea of guilty to the charge of bigamy. One man was killed and 50 wound' ed in religious riots at Saragossa. T c r rr . . ' . . li. o. j. nunc nas abandoned pro ject to establish a . newspaper at Se attle. - - International convention : of Ep worth League has opened in San- Francisco. The American Sugar Refining Com . pany has .reduced the price on all grades of sugar. Italy is investigating representa tions made regarding alleged lynching ot two Italians in Mississippi. The British and French navies will unite in a series . of maneuvers in order to see which can . out general the other. - v " The tinworkers' union has refused . to handle non union plates, thus com ing to the support of the striking tin plate makers. The relief from drought in Kansas was only temporary. -The weather has again turned warm and all crops are witiiering. -,. William C. Whitnev. of New Vnrlr paid $50,000 for the two-year-old .colt .nasturtium. It is reported that a company at St, Cloud, Fla., has succeeded in making excellent paper' from the leaves of the palmetto. ' . " ;. ; Andrew Atlan, the only surviving founder of the Allan .Line Ocean : Steamship Co.. and president of the line, died at Montreal, Can., .at the age of 80 years. BACK TO THE ARMY Where Civil Government Has Been Failure Insurrection Not Quelled. Manila, "July 22. The United States Civil Commission today an nounced that after three months' trial of a provincial form of govern ment in the Islands of Cebu and Bohol and the Province of Batangas, Lu zon, control of these districts, owing to their incomplete pacification, has been returned to the military author ities, it having proved that the com munities indicated are backward and undeserving of civil administration. The provincial and civil officials of these designated districts will contin ue their functions, but are now under the authority of General Chaffee, instead of that of Civil Governor Taft, as heretoiore. uenerai Uhanee has the power arbitrarily to remove from office any or all provincial or civil officials and to abrogate any section of the laws promulgated in these three provinces. ' '." , The residents of the island of Cebu have protested, but without success, against the return to that island to military control. , Several towns in Cebu are still besieged by the insur gents. The insurrection on the island of Bohol has been renewed and insur gent sentiment in the. province of Batangas is strong. General Chaffee has ordered a battalion of the Thir tieth infantry to begin the occupa tion of the island of Mindoro. ' The province of Batangas will be occu pied by the entire Twentieth infan try. . H. Phelps Whitmarsh, governor of Benguet province, who was recent ly ordered to Manila for investigation of certain charges against him, pre sented his side of the case to the United States Philippine commis sion. Mr. Whitmarsh denied every charge made against him. An act Has been passed organizing the insular constabulary, practically as outlined in dispatches received last March. A provision has been added empowering the chief of the system and either of the four district assistants temporarily to consolidate constabulatories of two or more pro vinces in case of necessity. Inspec tion and discipline of the municipal police will also be Controlled by con- stabulatory departments. THREE-SCREW CRUISERS. Great Steaming Radius of Proposed New U S. Warships. Washington July 22. The plans now under consideration for the new armored cruisers authorized by con gress contemplate such a new depart ure in steaming capacity that these ships will be able to 'make voyages exceeding - any by the ships now in commission and equaling, if not ex ceeding, the long distance trips of ay naval warship afloat.: ; Although the plans are not fully passed upon. the main features are pretty well worked out. They . provide for combination of three screws, so separ ated that any one can work inde pendently. By using three screws the ship could develop great speed from 22 to 23 knots, so that she could be listed as a 23 . knot - ship. But all three screws would be used only in case of emergency. For the purpose of making long voyages only one screw would be used at a time. It is estimated that ; this would give a speed ot 10 knots an hour. ' By al ternating the screws, the craft could make a voyage of at least 10,000 miles without a stop to. recoal and at the same time she would always have her three screews- in readiness to develop a 22 or 23 knot speed in case of ne cessity. .-. ; APPEALS FOR PROTECTION. An English Subject In Colorado b Afraid of Mob Violence. Denver, July 22. William Rad- cliffe has appealed to the state to pro tect his property at the Grand Mesa lakes. He says armed men are in possession of his property and threat en to kill his employes if they do not laave Delta county. - He arrived in the- city : last . evening and immedi ately entered into consultation with the state game commissioner. The opinion of the attorney general will be asked as to the duty of the state. Radcliffe places his loss - in voune trout alone at $10,000. , Radcliffo. who is an English subject, has ap pealed to - the British consul for pro tectior. to his life and property. . Will Be Sent to Fort Lawton. " ' Seattle, July 22. The Thirty-sec-ond company of coast artillery is , an nounced by the local quartermaster's office here as having been detailed to duty at.Fort Lawton on its arrival at Seattle. The company is now in the Philippines and is expected to arrive here within the next 30 days. ; There are 110 men in tbe detachment. Th accommodations atFort Lawton, how. ever, are not sufficient for a two-company battery of artillery, and are now being enlarged under a contract recently let by the government. Negotiations Still Progressing. London, July 22. In the house of commons today the parliamentary secretary of the foreign. office,- Lord Cranbourne. informed a questioner that the difficulty which caused the deadlock among the ministers- of the foreign powers at Pekin had reference to the collection of revenues, ear marked for the purpose of 'indemnity, and that the negotiations at Pekin were still in grogress. NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. ; A number of small hold-ups are re ported around Athena and Weston. ' A stage line has been established across the mountains from Prineville to Foster. ;. ' James Hall, a California pioneer of 1852, died recently at Fairview, Was co county. ' - : Several rich clean ups are reported from the placer mines of Mule Gulch, Grant county. ':; ,1 ...... J The . Eugene excelsior . factory is running night and day, turning out 12 carloads every month. : Oregon college presidents are dis cussing a more thorough, regulation of intercollegiate athletics. The natural ice caves near Elgin, Union county, are becoming quite a summer resort for that section. ' A. W. Sturgis.of Josephine county, expects to realize $10,000 from- the annual clean up on his Forest creek mine. " ' Timber - fires are raging in the mountains in Lake and Klamath counties, and the valleys are getting blue with smoke. " The prune crop in Benton and Linn counties will be such a record breaker that it is feared much of the fruit must go to waste for lack of drying facilities. The number of children in Xane county between the ages of 4 and 20, according to the reports of the several school clerks, is 7,549. Last year the number of children was 7,ooz. The Oregon rattlesnake seems lack ing in real venom. oeveral men were bitten recently in various hay fieids in Eastern Oregon, but ' no fatalities or serious results are re corded... ..." t " V;.-; '.'."r V. Some of ; the Polk county prune growers are already engaging bands for the harvest, as a labor famine is anticipated on account of the size of the -op and the outside demand lor laborers. , .- . ; ' -.-'-' , - ' ''"f -;: Good coal prospects" are reported on the ol3 H. C. Owen place, eight miles from Eugene. Capital has been : in terested and development work will soon be begun." The vein was known years ago. but . an obstinate owner blocked progress. f. Milton is trying hard to get a can nery located there. Wagoneers are doing a heavy wool business freighting out of Lostine. The Crook county court paid boun ty on 740 coyote scalps last session. Florence people are working for more adequate protection against fire, Bob Whtie quail have been seen in small coveys " near Lostine, Wallowa county. .. . ' : ". ; .. . ;' ' .- " Numerous bands of sheep are headed for the summer pastures in the Green horn mountains. ,s J ' - . ' A California lion was seen lately in the suburbs of Marshfield and badly frightened several small children. : Portland Markets. : Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 5556c per bushel; . bluestem, 57c; valley, nominal. ' ; Flour rbest grades, $2.D03.4U per barrel; graham, fz.bu. . . Oats White, $1.32L'35; gray, $1.30al.32U per. cental. Barley Feed, $16.50 17; brewing, $1717.50 per ton. v ; " . r , - Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50rshorts, $20; chop, $16, Hay Timothy, $12.5014;clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. - rr-'-v ' Butter Fancv creamery,1719c; 4airy, 14 15c; store, ll12c per pound. .Eggs 1718c per dozen. - - Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 lljc; Young America, 1212Kc per pound.' ; ' - - ; r- . . - Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.25 4.00; hens, $4.005.00; dressed. 10 11c per pound; springs, $2. 504.50 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old ; $2.50 d.ou tor young ; geese, $4 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 810c ; dressed, 1012&c per pound. : - - , Mutton Lambs, 3Jc. ' gross dressed, .j 67c per pound ; sheep $3.25, gross; dressed, 66c per lb. Hogs liross, heavy, $5.756 light, $4. D(ga; dressed, b7c per pound. - - . ' - Veal Small, 7 8Kc; large, 6 7Jc per pound. - Beef Gross top steers, $4.00664.25 cows and heifers, $3.253.50; dressed beef, b Jc per pound. Hops 1214c per pound. Wool Valley, ll13c ; Eastern uregon, ocgizc; monair, - zuzic per pound. . Potatoes $1.001.25 per sackjnew potatoes, ic per pound. : Pasteboard armor is likely to come into military fashion.'. It is, if thick enough, almost impenetrable to car- Dine bullets, which can pierce five- inch wooden planks. Recent experi ments prove this. The record was broken recently in the sale of . unoccupied lands in Ne braska, Wyoming and Kansas. Over 50,000 acres were disposed of, the largest amount in any one week in the history of the land department. MAJOR O'NEIL DEAD. Third Mayor of the City of Portland, 1856-7 Fused Away at Spokane. Spokane, - Wash., July 22. Major James O'Neill, one of the earliest pioneers of the Northwest, died at 11 o'clock last night. ; He was the third mayor of Portland. At the time of his death be was deputy clerk of the federal court. He was born at Dunansburg, Schenectadv county, N. Y., February 8, 1826. In-1853 he came, west to Oregon. He settled in Oregon City, but soon went to Port land and became agent for Wells, Fargo & Co. . He was elected the third mayor of Portland and held that office during 1856-7. In 1861 he went to Lapwai, in the Nez Perces reservation,- as superintendent of ed ucation, and next year took full charge of the agency - under a com mission issued July 6, 1862, by Pres ident Lincoln, . appointing him Unit ed States Indian agent for the terri tory of Idaho. - In 1866, -Major O'Neill passed through this country on his way to select land for a reservation, and the land then chosen constitutes the pres ent Coeur d'Alene Indian reserve. He retired from, his position in 1868, and May . 10 of the following year went back to New York state, riding on the first through train on the Cen tral Pacific Railroad from Sacramento to Ogden.: He remained about nine years at his native place. In 1873 he returned to the West, locating at Chewelah, Stevens county, Wash., where he was sub-Indian agent, hav ing charge of the Coeur d'Alenes. In 1887 he was elected auditor of Stev ens county. He served two terms. He was then elected to the state sen ate to represent Stevens and Spokane counties. In 1892 he was appointed deputy clerk of - the " United States district and circuit courts of the east ern division of Washington, which he held at the time of his death. WEARY OF PRISON. Aguinaldo is Chafing Under His Long Con- : tinued Restraint Manila, July 2d. Aguinaldo is considerably irritated at his contin ued surveillnace by the American au thorities. " Whenever - he signs . his name he must -add the word "pris oner." He refusedTrhe request of his friendst'o write to tjje insurgent General - jMarvar, still at .. large in. Southern Luzon, advising- him - to surrender He . consented to sign a copy of Tiis 'bath'S of allegiance '-with the understanding that it be forward ed to Malvar lor the purpose of mflU' encing his surrender, hut under his signature to the oath he wrote, " Pris oner in Malacanan Prison." . General Davis has been ordered to the command of the American troops on the island of Mindanao, and in the Jolo archipelago. General Kobbe, formerly commander of this district, will return to the United States." The transport' Sheridan, with the Fourteenth infantry, : and Adjutant General Barry on board, sailed from here today. General MacArthur, who left - here on the Meade July 4, will embark on the Sheridan, at Na gasaki, for San " Francisco. DISTRESS MAY FOLLOW. Many ; Settlers : Rushing Into Oklahoma With . Little Money or Provisions. v Fort Sill, O. T., July 23. Disor der and distress, will, it is feared, fol low the actual opening of the Kiowa- Comanche reservation, August 6. It is now estimated ' that fully 150,000 people will have registered for chance to secure one of the 13,000 claims--to - be awarded - by lottery, when the registration booths close on July 26. Thousands of- persons now on the reseravtion, who are neither mechanics nor artisans, and who have little or no money, announce their intention of locating around Lawton if they fail to .win a claim.; Campers, who came in prairie schooners by the thousands, generally brought with them ; provisions sumcient to last from five to 10 days. ' Continued drought has caused the water to be restricted, and for days a hot wind has prevailed on the prairies, and the temperature has averaged over the 100 mark. ' With those: conditions before them, many are already be ginning to grumble, and when this is followed by r disappointment . over failure to draw a lucky number, the hope that bore many up will doubt less give way to more serious condi tions. , - . Missouri Changing Its Course. Kansas City July 22. The Mis souri river has cut its banks at a point . eight miles south of Xeaven worth and is now pouring part, of its waters into the Platte river. - The bed of the Platte is being gradually widened, and there is . danger that within the next few days the Missouri will be transferred completely to the bed of the Platte. . An island five miles long and in some places nearly two miles wide has been formed. If the Missouri adopts this new channel this new land will be transferred from Missouri to Kansas. ..Destructive Prairie Fires. . Denver July 23. Considerable de struction by ' forest and prairie fires is reported from different points in the state, ; directly attributable to the condition of grass and timber from the long dry spell.. Timber fires have been burning several ' days near Mount ' Evans, Long's Peak and on the Kenosha range. - From Baca and Prowers counties, : the center of the stock raising district, come reports of destructive prairie tires. FIREMEN'S STRIKE COAL MINE OWNERS CONTINUE TO MAKE GAINS. The Men, However, Art Not Discouraged, and Declare Their Ranks Are Being Steadily , Increased Few Firemen Obey the Union Order to Return to Work Much Synv pa thy From Other Districts. . Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 22 More mines were in operation and more coal was hoisted in the Wyoming valley today than on any day since the stationary fireman's strike began. In the face of this change in the situation the strikers are by no means discouraged. In an official statement issued this afternoon it is declared that in tne upper anthracite region there is a greater , number of mines idle than yesterday. . The statement says: . - ' " ' . ' In compliance with the order of the United Mine workers of America to firemen of their organization to return to work, but ; few have com plied, and there is a steadv increase to their raffles. - We . hope to have complete organization of the entire territory. . A noticeable attitude is that of the mineworkers throughout the upper region in their sympathetic stand m our behalf, irom. Hazleton, Shamokin and Mount Carnael region the men are fast organizing and will respond to the call to a man.1 ONE YEAR OF OCCUPATION. Pekin Will Be Given Back to the Chinese , Authorities August 14- . Washington,, July 22. Commis sioner Kockhill has cabled the state departnment the following state ment of the present status of the n gotiations at Pekin : The diplomatic corps at Fekin is engaged in considering the Russian proposals for the eventual increase of the tariff (maritime customs!. A solution of the problem is hoped for. The indemnity, fixed at 450,000,000 taels and 4 per cent interest, has been formally accepted . and Japan has waived preferential treatment. - The formal surrender of Pekin to the Chi nese is expected to take place on Au gust 14. The date mentioned is the anniversary of the relief of the le- gationeis by the international forces. The Russian proposal referred to is understood,; in substance, to bean increase from 5 per cent to 10 per cent of the customs duties which the Chinese government may collect at the ports from foreign countries. It is further understood that the in crease is not to take effect at once and perhaps not at all. - It will de pend upon the resources of China under : the" existing system. This proposition - is believed to be miich less objectionable to Great " Britain and Japan, as well as to the United States, than the original proposition to make an absolute and immediate increase of the cistoms duties to the extent proposed. ; : POSTAL REFORM. . Postmasters Notified of a Change in Second- Class Regulations. - ' Washington, July 22. Third As sistant Postmaster General Madden has issued a circular notice to all postmasters calling especial attention to the order promulgated recently, making radical changes in the kind of publications allowed admission as second-class . mail - matter. It says that postmasters may be held on their official bonds for revenue lost to the department through . improper application or faulty "administration; of these "regulations. The pound rate of postage, it says, is a special privi lege at the public expense and the de partment will restrict the privilege to those ; publictaions ' which are fairly within the contemplation of the laws and properly meet the requirements. Owing to ' the material - changes of practice which will be necessary by some publishers and news agents, the department, where it is inequitable., will not enforce the new regulations immediately,:, but will in no case ex tend the time beyond October 1, 1901. The Dragon Has Left London, July 22. A- high' official in Pekin who claims - the power of divination, says a dispatch to the Standard from. Tien Tain, has notified the Chinese court that the dragon has left the capital, and that, consepuent- ly, it is impossible for the court to return. Water for Suffering Indians. " - Phoenix, Ariz., July 22. The Un:ted States district court took sum mary steps to relieve the condition of the suffering Pima and Maricopa Indians when it granted an injunc tion restraining the - canal owners above - the reservation from - taking water from the river and thus depriv ing the Indians of their, water supply. The action is of much importance in that it will give the Indians water enough to prevent a famine, which caused such disaster among them last year. Fishermen's Strike Ended. Vancouver, B. C, July 22. The strike of the salmon fishermen against the Frascr river canners has been adjusted, the ' Vancouver board ol trade having acted as mediator. It has been agreed that the fishermen shall receive 12 cents per fish for one-quarter of the entire pack, and 10 cents for the remainder of the pack. The union men began fishing Sunday night. . - AN ALASKA TRAGEDY. Three Men Left on an Island Mysteriously ' Dissapear. Port Townsend, Wash., July 24. The steamship Oregon arrived in quarantine from Nome last night, and remained in the stream awaiting inspection until this morning. She brought the largest number of passen gers oi any steamer arriving from Nome this season. The Oregon sailed from Nome July 13. She reports that for several days previous to her sailing a fearful surf was sweeping the beach at Nome, which endangered both life and property. A tragedy is reported on Unimak island. Three men were landed there last fall by tEe steamer Thomas F. Bayard. The Bayard was to return for them this season; and when she arrived a party was sent ' ashore and found a collapsed tent, the strong ropes of which had evidently been cut with a knife or some other sharp instrument. Inside were a couple of garments, coat and vest, both of which were pierced with sharp knife cuts. The Bayard sailed for Nome and-arrived there July 9, and made the foregoing report. . J. he steamer Ruth, which was dis abled by ice at Golofin ; bay; after making temporary repairs, started for Cape. Nome in - a leaking condition, and was caught in the storm in Behr mg sea and she was again disabled, and While drifting about helplessly was picked up by the" steamer Santa Ana. and towed to Nome. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Steamer Burned on the Lakes Crew Believed to Be Lost Marinette, Wis., July 2. During a severe electrical storm today a boat supposed to be a. large schooner or steam barge was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire, and her crew is believed to have been lost. The light- keeper at Menominee - saw the boat burning just south of Green island He called up the local fire - tug and the latter started out to render any assistance possible. " When about three miles out all signs of the boat or fire suddenly disappeared, and an examination afterward showed no wreckage. The nearest land is Green island and the crew, if they had escaped with their lives, would have gone there. There was a heavy running, and it would have been lm possible for a small boat to live in it. The boat was on her way here from the Sturgeon bay canal, and was un doubtedly one of the Chicago or Mil waukee lumber carriers. . Communi cation with Sturgeon bay fails to establish the identity of the lost craft, FIREMEN'S STRIKE ENDED. Declared Off at a Joint Mettiiw at Wilkes- barre Work Resumed Wilkesbarre, Pa., - July 24. The strike of tbe stationary firemen was jointly called off at a joint meeting of the strikers and the executive board of United Mineworkers tonight. A resolution was offered requesting all strikers to report for work tomor row, and if they are refused by any of the companies, then . the United Mineworkers will take uputheir cases. The resolution was adopted by an almost unanimous vote. - More mines, with , the aid of the United Mineworkers, resumed opera tions in the Wyoming valley today, Committees from the striking sta tionary firemen waited upon the su perintendents of the coal companies and asked to be reinstated. At some ot tne mines tbe committees were told that the places of the strikers were filled. At others the names of the old firemen were taken - and the committees were told that if their services were needed, they would sent for. ,-,.., be In - accordance with the agreement entered into at the : conference last night by the .executive officers of the United Mineworkers "and the chief officers of the- stationary firemen some of the firemen belonging to the United Mineworkers gave notice to day that they will give up their posi tions. This will make room for the old firemen. - Ambushed by Boers. London, July 23. The casualty lists received tonight at tbe war office indicate that . a ' party of South African constabulary was ambushed near Petrusburg July 16 and that two members .of the party were killed, one dangerously wounded "and 17 are missing and are believed to have been taken prisoners by the Boers. All Depends on the Powers. "' Tien Tain, July 23. Europeans here consider that , the prevention of a speedy recurrence . of trouble 'de pends entirely upon the firmness- dj; played by the powers. It is thought that this fact should be recognized in Europe and the United States. - The general feeling in Tien Tsin is that China .is in no wise overawed or re pentant, v Li Hung-Chang is reported to have adopted an off-hand, tone to ward a member of the provisional government, and to have talked of ousting the provisional government, . British Missionaries Indignant r London, July 24. The party - of British missionaries who accompaied MajoHPeriera to Tai Yuen : Fu, Shan Si, to investigate the condition of the mission property," ' and of the native Christians, traveled unarmed, Nays a dispatch - to the' .Times from Pekin,. relying upon a promise of protection, which was faithfully ful filled. Everywhere they were well re ceived. .;;-:"--:--; . ..'..;'::. LIFE IN A FUENACE HOT BLASTS AGAIN SCORCHING THE SOUTHWEST. The Corn Crop Again Suffering Estimated Yield Now Reduced to One-fourth Crop Intense Suffering Among All Classes Temperature Reaches 12 S at Kansas City No Prospect of Relief. Kansas City, Mo., "July 24. A veritable hot blast literally scorched the Southwest today, breaking all heat records in the history of the local weather bureau. Yesterday Kansas City experienced the hottest weather ever known here, the govern ment thermometer reaching 104 and remaining above ' the 100 mark for seven hours. - Two dozen prostrations, nine fatal, were the result.. Today at 30 o clock the weather bureau ther mometer at the highest point in the city showed 106 degrees, with street thermometers in the business districts reaching as high as 128. The ther mometer at 8 A. M. registered 90; was 101 at noon, and at 3 P. M., 104. Hardly a breath of air stirred. The ' Buffering was intense, especially among persons " compelled to work out doors and in the poor districts in the bottoms. Seven deaths from prostrations were reported during the day in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., and over aO persons were overcome by the heat. This makes a total death for the two days of 16. Most of the victims were -elderly per sons. ". The highest previous temperature in the history of the Kansas Uity weather bureau was 103, in August, 1896, but it only remained near that point for one day. Today is the 32d in succession on which the tempera ture has averaged above 90 degrees and the 15th in that time that the thermometer has gone over 100. At Lawrence, Kan., the state university reported the heat record for Kansas again broken, at 106 degrees, the highest in 34 years. Farmers are still rushing their live stock to market because of the scarc ity of water. Today the local receipts of cattle were the heaviest on record, amounting to 25,500 head. There was also a big advance in the price of grain, attributed to the heat. Sep tember corn rose almost 4 cents to 60 5-8 cents and September wheat' went up 4 cents to 68 cents. Single car lots of corn, sold as high as 63 cents a bushel to go back to the country. Heavy showers fell this afternoon in Southwestern Missouri, in the vi cinity of Joplin, the zinc district, and in Southeastern Kansas around Fort Scott. There is no prospect for a heavy fall, the only thing that will cause a permanent break in the drought. At 11 o clock tonight a local thun der shower brought relief to the suffer ing people in much lower tempera ture, but the rainfall was small. FLOOD OF BAD NOTES. Printed From Plates Used by a Bank Long Out of Exsistence. Washington, July 24. Chief Wil- kie, of the secret service, has received a number of bank notes printed from the original plates used by the State Bank of New Brunswick, N. J., over 50 years ago. The bank went out of existence some time in the 50's and it was supposed that the steel plates from which its notes were printed were destroyed. It seems, ho vever, that these notes have fallen into the hands of persons who have printed from them large quantities of notes which have been put into circulation from New York to San Francisco. A very large per centage of the notes so far discovered are twos, although some ones and fives are being sent in. Inasmuch as the notes are not counterfeits of any United States notes or obligation the makers and passers cannot be prosecuted under the United States laws, but it is said they can be punished for fraud under the state laws. . It appears that the notes readily passed along the Cana dian frontier, as the takers think they are the notes of the Canadian pro vince of . New Brunswick, the words "New Jersey" being printed in small letters. : The notes are printed on bond paper and are quite as good in every way as the originals. It is said that possibiy $2,000,000 of these notes are in circulation. r Blockaded With Ice Floes. St. Johns, N. F,r July 24. The mail steamer Home,- which aTrived here today, from Labrador, reports that the coast is blockaded with ice floes, especially the northern part, where ' the - floes are impenetrable. This will greatly delay the Peary te lief steamer Erik, which counted upon calling at Turnavia, Northern Labrador, and landing her last mail before entering the Arctic circle. The Home had to abandon her attempt to reach her terminus in consequence of the ice. . ' - - ' " : Hope Americans Will Take Part Washington July 24 The state department has received a- note from the Italian embassy at Washington inclosing a letter from "the mayor of Turin, -to President McKinley, ; ex pressing the :, hope that artists and manufacturers from the United States will take, part . in the international exposition of modern decorative art to be held in Turin in 1902, . under the patronage of the king of Italy. ;-,