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VOL. 36.—N0. 114.
A DAY OF MISERY.
Continued Hot Weather on
the Atlantic Coast.
Terrible Suffering from tlie
Heat in New York.
A Shower in the Afternoon Brings
Partial Relief.
Industry Paralysed l>y the Intense Heat
In Philadelphia. Pittsburg and
other Kastern Cities—Storm*
In the Western States.
Associated Press Dispatches.
New York, August li. —Ninety-four
iv the ahade was registered by ther
mometers at noon today. This was the
hottest day ot the season and the hottest
august day in tweniy years. Sun-
Btrokes carried off a dozen people in the
last twenty-four houra, and the hospitals
are rilled with others. Mosquitoes are
very numerous and add to the discom
fort of the heat. At 2 o'clock this after
noon a thunderstorm relieved the
oppression somewhat. At 3:30 the
thermometer had fallen to 84. The rain
cooled the aidewalka and houses and
freshened up things. It was a welcome
relief.
All day on the business streets, espe
cially those where horse cars run, it
was pitiable to see the sufferings of tbe
horses. Animals gave out on all sides.
Altogether the day was one of misery
lor man and beast.
At Coney Island this afternoon th c
mercury registered 92 degrees. The re
ports sent out by the weather bureau do
not give an adequate idea of the intensi
ty of the heat. When the
thermometer in the observatory
on top of the Equitable building registers
92, it is much warmer than that on the
surface in the crowded streets between
the high buildings where the heat is
radiated from the pavements and the
walls. Thermometers put ou Broadway
registered different degrees of heat this
morning, but all were higher than the
signal service thermometer. At 10
o'clock the latter was 88 degrees,
while private thermometers regis
tered 89 and over. Large num
bers of people found relief on the
piers and in the parks today. Since the
rain this afternoon the suffering is de
creasing greatly, and it is hoped tomor
row will bring complete relief.
During the twenty-four hours ending
at midnight there "were lorty cases of
prostration, eleven of which were fatal.
THE HEAT AT VARIOUS PLACES.
Philadelphia, August 11 .—Philadel
phia led all the cities of the United
States yesterday, the mercury standing
at 97. This morning the thermometer
registered SO. At 2:30 this afternoon
the heat had reached 95 degrees.
Bordkntown, N. J., August 11. —The
thermometer today ranged from 98 to 99
degrees.
Pi.AiNFiEi.o, Conn., Auguat 11.—At
noon today the thermometer registered
104 in the shade. Farm handß were
compelled to stop work.
Wacreoan, Conn., August 11.—Today
was the hottest for twenty years. At
noon it was 103 in the shade. Several
cases of prostration are reported. Cropa
are burning up.
Jewett Oity, Conn., Auguat 11.—To
day was the hottest in the year. In ad
dition to mills being compelled to stop
on account of the drought, farm hands
and other outdoor laborers have been
obliged to stop work ou account of the
intense heat.
Pittsburg, August 11.—Last night
waa one of the hottest of the year. At
no time did the mercury go below 76.
At 11 o'clock the mercury was 87. In
the town districtß at noon the heat was
ao intenae that it drove people in doors.
Today waa as hot as yeaterday but fewer
prostrations are reported. In the mills
many laborers had to quit work. A
' storm at 2:30 thia afternoon cooled the
atmosphere to some extent.
Cincinnati, August 11.—Today has
been cooler. No serious prostration
are reported. The maximum 90, waa
reached at 2 p. m.
St. Louis, Auguat 11.—A thunder
storm that viaited the city this morning
cleared the atmosphere of the opprea
siveness that exiated before the storm
occurred. A aoaking rain accompanied
the storm, doing good to crops and
fruit- Tonight the weather is quite
bearable. The mercury indicates 75 de
grees.
Chicago, Auguat II. —Minimum and
maximum temperatures: Chicago, 80
and 82; Cincinnati, 60 and 90; New Or
leans, 84 and 92; New York, 84 and 92;
St. Louia, 76 and 86.
STORM CENTRES.
Indianapolis, Auguat 11.—A storm
which raged in thia county laat evening
did immense damage to crops and prop
erty generally.
Houston, Texas, Auguat 11.—Reports
from Yokum and Lexington state that
terrible storms swept over thoae sectiona
yesterday. Housea were unroofed and
blown down and stock killed.
Emporia, Kan.. August 11.—A heavy
rain fell here thia morning. Specials
from varioua pointß ahow that the rain
was widespread. Farmers are jubilant,
and say the water has made a good corn
crop certain.
Lincoln, 111., August 11.—A cyclone
prevailed in the southeastern part of
Logan county, Monday afternoon. Cropa
in ita path, barna and houses were de
stroyed. At Latham a new elevator,
about completed, was leveled. The loss
is about $30,000.
A Yacht Capslxed.
i Toledo, AugUßt 11.—Thia afternoon a
yacht, in which were four young men
and six young girla, waa caught in a
sudden squall and capsized on Naumee
bay. Three of the girla, Lena Sandverg,
Elian Feeler and Clara Bourds, were
drowned.
Butterworth and Handy ln Vienna.
Berlin, August 11.-Columbian Fair
Commissionera Butterworth and Handy
arrived in Vienna today. Count Kal
noky, minister of foreign affairs, assured
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them that he would report favorably to
the reicharathon the subject of Austrian
ftarticipation in the fair, and recommend
iberal appropriations to secure proper
representation of her industries. The
other commissioners have gone to Switz
erland.
JUSTLY INDIGNANT.
The Chilean Insurgents Incensed at Min
ister Egstn.
Panama, August 11. —A dispatch from
Iquiqne says the Congressional steam
transport Maipo brought a large supply
of munitions of war, including seventy
five Krupp guns of dif
ferent calibers ana 12,000 magazine
rifles, with a plentiful supply of ammu
nition. It is not known where they
were embarked, Bl Nacional, the Con
gressional organ, came out with a
scathing article against United States
Minister Egan who, in a letter addressed
to the Iquique Junta, expressed the
opinion that it is impossible for them
to overthrow Balmaceda. This incident,
along with the Itata affair, haa caused
very bitter feeling against the United
Stateß.
The McKinley Bill's Streets.
Berlin, August 11.—For the purpose
of studying the actual effects of the
McKinley bill so far as such effects have
shown themselves in the short time
since the law became operative, an Asso
ciated Press correspondent has visited
some of the most important German in
dustrial centers, such as Leipsic,Plauen,
Creis,Nuremburg, Chemnitz, Frankfort.
He has also received reports from other
points by men thoroughly familiar with
the affairs of the different districts.
They all agree that the measure has
had a paralyzing effect upon German
industries, while others equally high
taxed have not suffered at all.
Death of James Russell Lowell.
Boston, August 12.—James Russell
Lowell died at 2:10 o'clock thia Wednes
day morning.
HAS SCIPIO SKIPPED?
MYSTERIOUS ABSENCE FROM RED
LANDS OF EDITOR CRAIG.
His Friends Unable to Account for His
Prolonged Stay in the East—Last Heard
From at Muncie, Ind., July 39 th—His
Whereabouts a Mystery Ever Since.
San BKENARniNo, August 11. —The
friends of Scipio Craig of the Redlands
Citrograph are becoming alarmed over
his prolonged absence. Early in July
he went east to attend the annual meet
ing of the National Editorial association
at St. Paul. On the 29th of July he tele
graphed from Muncie.lnd., his old home,
to ascertain if his business was all right.
On August 4th a letter was received at
Redlands, to Craig's address, that has
been forwarded from Muncie by the
postmaster, who wrote that Craig had
started for Redlands. Craig has not
been heard from since.
Mr. Craig waa to have been home
prior to August Bth, when he was to
take charge of the editorial excursion to
the Grand canon of the Colorado, aa he
made all arrangements for that excur
sion, and he did not even telegraph the
other officers of the association here that
he could not return home in time to at
tend the excursion.
Last winter Mr. Craig lost his wife, to
whom he was greatly devoted. At the
same time he had a severe attack
of grippe that seriously affected hia
brain and nervoua system. For weeka
he couid do no mental work, and he fre
quently complained of hiß head, even
up to the time of leaving for the eaat.
He had no financial or other troubles to
affect him. His aged father and mother
lived with him, and are much exerciaed
over hia failure to return or inform them
of his whereabouts.
[The myateriouß disappearance news
buaineaa aeems to be slightly overdone
in theae sultry dog days by enterprising
press reporters. In Mr. Craig's case, at
least, some cne haa blundered. Since
the above dispatch was placed in type
the gratifying news has been received
by the Associated Press that Mr. Craig
haa turned up safe and sound at Red
lands. At thia everybody will rejoice,
and Mr. Craig will not suffer by the
gratuitous advertisement given him.
Long may Scipio live and thrive at Red
landa!—Editor.]
Grain Rises In Germany.
Berlin, August 11.—In consequence
of the Russian ukase prohibiting the
exportation from Russia, of rye and rye
meals, the pricea of grain here have sud
denly risen. Rye has advanced 6 marks,
wheat 2, and oata l>g marka
per double hundred weight. Potatoea
and other kinda of grain have advanced.
The radical preea censure Chancellor
Yon Caprivi for lack of foresight,
especially as Herr Richter early in the
year urged him to take necessary steps
to prevent a rise.
Not Ordered to China.
Washington, August 11.—The navy
department officiala say the statement
published that tbe Mohican has been
ordered by Bering eea to China,
is incorrect. The Mohican will
remain in the sea until the season
closes. After which she will return to
San Franciaco. The department con
aiders it important to retain there the
vesaela now in Bering sea until the seal
ing season cloaes, and it ia not probable
that any of them will be removed.
Disastrous Speculation.
Vienna, Auguat 11.—The preas an
nounces the failure of Morpurgo & Co.,
of Trieste, owing to diaastrous specula
tion on the part of the chief clerk. The
Rothachilda are creditors to a large
extent, but will not present their claim
until the other creditors have been aat
istied. The liabilitiea of Morpurgo &
Co. amount to $2,500,000. The chief
partner in the firm ia the president of
the Auatrian Lloyd Steamship company.
The Sea Gives Up Its Dead.
Portland, Ore., August 11.—Word
was received from Sea View,
this morning, that the body of W. J.
Steele, who, together with Miss Nellie
Boise, was drowned at that place last
Wedneaday, while bathing,- bad been
recovered."
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 12, 1891.—TEN PAGES.
FROM THE ORIENT.
The Oceanic Arrives from
China and Japan.
Mr- Timothy Hopkins Among
the Passengers.
He Declines to Talk About His Foster
Mother's WiU,
A Steamship Race Results ln the Loss of
360 Lives—The Blots ln China—The
Charleston Ordered to Yoko
hama and Shanghai.
Associated Press Dispatches.
ton Francisco, August 11. —The
British steamer Oceanic arrived late thia
afternoon from Yokohama and Hong
Kong. Among the passengers were Mr.
and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins. Mr. Hop
kins refused to discuss the will of his
adopted mother, Mrs. Hopkins-Searles,
or to state whether a contest will be
made.
THE SINKING OF A STEAMER.
Advices from Yokohama give further
particulars of the sinking of the steamer
Tatnaye Maru and the drowning of 260
passengers. The Tatnaye Maru and an
other steamer, Myosin Maru, were rac
ing, when tbe latter steered across the
Tamaye'a course, and the vessels col
lided. The Tamaye Maru sank imme
diately, and only about sixty people,
who were on deck, were rescued.
THE CHINESE RIOTS.
Advices from Hongkong up to July
15th, state that the fire of discontent is
still smouldering in North China, aud
occaeionly riots are reported. Mission
stations near Canton are said to have
been attacked, but no particulars have
been learned. Two of the Wusich
rioters on trial voluntarily confessed
that they murdered two foreigners,
Green and Agent Calp, during the
Wusich riots. The two prisoners were
accordingly sent back to the Kuang Chi
district and executed July sth. Their
heads are hung up at Wusich as a warn
ing to other evil-doers.
A correspondent at Tsing-Kiang, un
der date of June 27th, writes that
tlie viceroy wrote to the officials
there that the residences of for
eigners should be searched to see
if they had any babies or dead
people's bodies about. The Presbyte
rian mission was searched by an official
while a crowd of excited natives waited
outside. A mob broke into the Catholic
mission, but were put out by the ocu
pants, Mr. Chalfant holding the rioters j
at bay with a revolver. The authorities
finally sent the military to the scene,
and the soldiers guarded the mission all
night.
On July 4th news came by telegraph
from the'aouthern part of the province
of serious rioting. In thia section
Catholics had large property interests,
many fine churches and a large orphan
age. Several of| these ha\e been de
stroyed by the mob. At Fucheufer
rioters wrecked an outhouse, entered
the church and priest's house and sacked
everything, but did not burn the build
ing?. The amount of damage is not known.
It ia learned that the orphanage was
was not injured. The soldiers were or
dered out, and patrol the streete at
night, guarding the Romanist property.
The town ia now left without a gunboat,
and a feeling of uneasineas prevails.
A correßpondent at Tien-Tain writes
under date of June 27th, that all is quite
there and no trouble ia anticipated.
Comparative quiet seems to be recov
ered in the Yang-Tee valley, and several
foreign gunboata have left for other sta
tions.
A telegram from Tien-Tain states that
the French and British ministers in
China have opened negotiationa with
regard to their claim for indemnity on
account of the recent riot. The sum
claimed is 6,500,000 taels.
JUDGE HOFFMAN'S FUNERAL.
Services Held ln San Francisco and the
Body Taken to San Rafael.
San Francisco, August 11.—The fu
neral of the late United States District
Judge Ogden Hoffman took place from
Trinity church today, and was attended
by Justice Stephen J. Field of the
United States aupreme court, Circuit
Judges Sawyer, Ross and Beatty, Chief
Justice Beatty of the state supreme
court, Prigadier-General Ruger and
others. The remains were taken to San
Rafael for interment.
San Rafael, Auguat 11.—The remains
of Judge Ogden Hoffman were brought
here on the 3 o'clock train thia after
noon for burial in Tamalpais cemetery.
The body waa accompanied to the grave
by Colonel Southard Hoffman, brother
of the deceased, and Ogden and Southard
Hoffman, his nephewa. The body was
placed in the receiving vault until ar
rangements for permanent burial can be
made. There were no ceremoniea at
the cemetery.
ORDERED TO THE ORIENT.
The Charleston to Proceed to Yokohama
and Shanghai.
Vallejo, Cal., August 11.—The Char
leaton has been ordered to Yokohama
and will leave here Auguat 18th. She
will go on the dry dock at Mare island,
and be given a new coat of paint. She
is ordered to Shanghai, after touching at
Yokohama, owing to the missionary
troublea at points along the Yang-tae-
Kiang river. The old warship Mono
cacy is the only ship in thoee watera in
service. Sea stores are being taken on
the Charleston for the voyage, and a
full complement 'of men went on board
the ship yeaterday from the barracks and
receiving ship.' Her engines were to
be completely overhauled, but thia was
postponed, owing to the peremptory
character of the present orders.
COLORED METHODISTS.
Ministers Appointed for the Churches in
California.
Sacramento, August 11.—The annual
conference of the African M. E. church
which had been in session here since
last Wednesday, Bishop- Grant presid
ing, concluded its labors today, and the
bishop appointed a number of ministers,
as follows :
California district —Rev. W. H.
Weathera, presiding elder; Los Angeles,
Rev. John Paynter; Pasadena, Rev. C.
W. H. Nelson ; San Diego, Rev. G. W.
Bailey; Stockton, Rev. Charles Augus
tus; Bakerafield, Rev. B. F. Mitchell;
Pomona, Rev. W. R. Chapman; San
Bernardino, Rev. H. Wilson.
Portland district—Rev. P. R. Green,
presiding elder in charge at Franklin.
Mountain Ranches in- Danger.
Sonoma, Cal., August 11.—This after
noon fire broke out west of town between
Gundlach's and Drexel's wine cellars,
and for a time it seemed that they
would be consumed, but the wind
changed and the flames leaped up the
mountains, which are now burning
fiercely. The fire ia burning toward
Napa county. Many mountain ranches
are in great danger should a high wind
commence blowing.
Howell and Max-well Arraigned.
Oakland, Cal.. Auguat 11.— J. G.
Howell and Perrie Maxwell charged
with the murder of R. S. Colvin, Au
guat Bth, were arraigned in the police
court this morning. The defendants
entered a plea of not guilty, and were
remanded until the day of their exam
ination, which waa fixed at the 19th
inßt. for Howell, and the 21st inst. for
Maxwell.
A Volcanic Eruption.
; Colima, Mexico, August 11.—This
morning the volcano of Colima began to
show signs of eruption, and after a time
the whole city became covered with
ashes. This ia the moßt extensive erup
tion ever known here, and there are
fears that a great many lives will be
lost.
Liquor Dealers Assign.
San Francisco, August 11.—The
wholesale liquor firm of Taneiri, Betzel
& Co. have filed a petition in insolvency.
Liabilities, $16,000; assets, nominal.
MIDLANDS INUNDATED.
A CLOUDBURST A FEW MILES FROM
THE CITT.
A Stream of Immense Proportions Sent
Roaring Down the Valley—Much Dam
age Done to Roads and Orchards- The
Motor Line Washed Out.
Redlands, Cal., Auguat 11. —Several
thousand inches of water are now pour
ing through State and Water streets and
Citrua avenue in this city. The water
came from a cloudburst in the hills back
of Redlands. The Bear Valley Irrigat
ing company's pipes, canals and reser
voirs are injured, the damage is slight.
San Bernardino, Cal., August 11.—
This afternoon about 3 o'clock a storm
gathered in the mountains northeast of
' „his city and floated this way. The
storm, accompanied by heavy thunder
and lightning, struck this city about 4
o'clock and it rained heavily. Ti.e
Btormcloud floated back to the east again
and the center of the storm appeared to
hang over the valley to the north of Red
lands, until its entire force was spent.
Half an inch or more of rain fell in this
city, but little fell west of here. One
barn was struck by lightning in High
lands and burned; two horses were
killed. The motor line between here
and Redlands was washed out.
At Redlands and east of that city the
rainfall became a cloudburst. At Graf
ton the flood came down Mill creek,
through Redlands, and flowed for hours
through the entire city, two feet deep in
many of the streets, flooding all the
business houses and washing away
some houses situated along the creek.
The flood struck Redlands at 5 o'clock.
So far as known no reservoir has
broken. Tbe flood was caused
by a heavy cloudburst. The water
in the Sloan Hotel, was one foot deep.
In front of the First National bank, at
the motor depot, the water was three
feet deep. The men at work in the
Citrograph office were carried out on
horseback. The storm was heaviest at
Grafton, three miles east of Redlands.
Mill creek zanja, which is lined with
alder trees the entire length from <'rat-
ton to Redlands, is a scene of devasta
tion. The Barton tract, west of Red
lands, which is covered with residences
and young orchards, is flooded badly,
having received the full force of the
Redlands flood.
A New Torpedo Boat Tested.
New York, August 11.—A trial test
waa made today at Willet's point, of
the new electric torpedo boat, known aa
the Ediaon-Simme invention, which, it
ia expected, will be accepted by the
government. The contract calla for a
speed of eighteen mileß per hour. The
test was pronounced aucceaaful. It is
atated that the boat can travel twenty
miles an hour.
Bears Badly Pinched.
Chicago, August 11. —The News says
of today's flurry in the wheat
market, that many bears were
badly pinched. Ed Pardridge ad
mits having lost $400,000 and many
brokers say it must have been over half
a million. Mr. Pardridge says the losses
represent profits he made while the
market was going down, and that he's
all right. N. B. Keam was also a heavy
loser.
Voting: ln Texas.
San Antonio, Tex., August It.—The
people of Texas today voted on a num
ber of constitutional amendments in re
gard to the registration, school funds,
the rate of interest, local prohibition,
additional courts, etc. The returns are
coming in very slowly. Advices at a
late hour tonight indicate that all the
amendments have been carried.
A Pair of Lepers.
San Francisco, August 11. — Lee
Chung and his wife, Ah Kirn, were
found in an underground den in China
town, by customs officers, this afternoon,
both afflicted with leprosy. The woman's
left arm was eaten to the bone, and one
leg was destroyed by the disease.
A World'! Fair Convention.
San Jose. Cal., Auguatll.—The board
of trade called a world's fair convention
to meet August 23d at 11 a. m. An ap
peal will be made to the supervisors to
appropriate $40,000 for a world's fair
display.
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Total interest, rents and profits earned . I 130,685,773 54,799,032 57,354,711
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