The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-27

NEW urks Juue -dsANc" otn sweltered in the heat all day yester- day and though the thermometer reg istered only eighty six in the shade, the absence ot a breath of wind brought wide spread distress. Five deaths have been reported and the hospitals have been compelled to turn away many who were brought h the ambu- lences. Serious consequences are .ea,, ,tl today, as the weather bureau has promised no relief from the blis- ,ellng heat.
 Cleveland, June 22.-James s. Sher- man. republican nominee for vice. >ident, has arrived for consulta- n with Myron T. Herrick, with s;4scal reference to the chairmanship ci the national committee. It Is an nounced today on good authority that the position has been rendered to Herrick and that he has definitely de- cided to accept the responsibility. Irkutsk, June 22.-The American automobile in the New York to Paris race has just crossed Lake Balkal and is we'll on its way again. The German car has just arrived here and will leave in few hours. A hot pace has been maintained through the wild country the cars have traversed. Chicago, June 2.-The terrific heat of yesterday has been continued today, and the distresi has been immeasur- ably increased by the bursting of the largest water mains supplying the city. Not single drinking fountain in the city was running last night and literally thousands of parched and suffering people were spread out on the sidewalks, gasping for breath and in acute pain from the lack of water. The hot pavements sent up heat as from furnace after the sun went down and on every street in the crowded districts hundreds of men and women scantily clad could be seen in almost fainting condition There were one hundred and seventy prostrations from the heat and the hospitals have been compelled to re- fuse many cases. being already over crowded. The death rate. especially among children, is climbing by leaps and bounds, and unless rain comes tonight it is feared that tomorrow will pile up terrible list of fatalli- ties. Eleven deaths from heat have been reported since morning. It is announced that the water mains will be fully repaired by tonight, and this will bring large measure of relief
 Caracas, Venezuela, June 24.-A move that may portend most serious disturbance of state afflrs took place this morning when every member of the American legation went quietly aboard the gun boat Marietta bound for Port Cabello, from which point they will go at once to the United States. No member of the legation would assign any reason for this de- parture, which is apparently signifi- cent of something more than usually wrong. All foreign legations in Car acas have severed their relations with Venezuela except the Germans.
 Princeton, N. J. June 24.-Grover Cleveland, twice president of the TT-,fal ct h ;z ;e morning at 8 40. He had been crit- cally ill for many months, but lately had apparently begun to recover his strength. For several days however, he has been failing rapidly, becoming unconcous at midnight. His entire family was present with him when the end came.
 Grover Cleveland was born in Cald- we'll, N. Y., March IS, 1857, his fath- CT being a Presbyterian clergyman. He began the st ,dy of law in an office in Buffalo in 1858, working for four dollars week He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and became district attorney for Erie County in 1863. His practice then increased rapidly until 1870, when he was elected sheri fl. After the expiration ot his term, his mastery of simple and logical expres- sion soon brought him to the first rank, and in 1881 he was elected mayor of Buffalo, making a brilliant record, and rising to the governorship the year later. In 1884 he defeated James c. Blaine for the presidency, becoming the first democratic presi- dent since the Civil War He was defeated by Benjamin Harrison in 1888 but was again elected by large majority in 1892. His administration is best remem bered for his firm atti- tude in the Venezuelan boundary dis pute with Great Britain. his consoli- dation of post offices in large centers and the conclusion of general arbi- tration treaty with Great Britain in January, 1897.
 Seattle, June 24. Judge Ballinger returned last night from Chicago where he took leading part in the proceedings of the convention, being