Gov. Savage of Nebraska has proclaimed Friday a day of prayer for relief from the drought. In the cruise of the New York Yacht club the Constitution easily defeated the Columbia in a 21-mile course. At St. Joseph, Mo., the price of milk has been advanced from 5 cents to 6¼ cents a quart as a result of the scarcity of feed caused by the dry weather. The powers at Pekin have finally agreed upon 450,000,000 taels as the amount of the Chinese indemnity. George H. Daniels, of the New York Central, wants the standard time between Chicago and New York reduced to 26 hours. Jesse Higginbotham shot and killed William Hines, a neighboring farmer, at Bowling Green, Ky., over domestic troubles. Rear Admiral Sampson, in discussing the MacLay history, accuses Schley of having made conflicting statements concerning his part in the Santiago naval battle. Fully 67,000 men and women are involved in the strike of the Garment Workers in New York. J. D. Eckman, manager of the joint-rate inspection bureau at Indianapolis, died Monday. He was known among railroad men all over the country. Many farmers in the vicinity of Harrisburg, Ill., are pasturing their corn fields on account of pastures being burned up, and the corn is worthless for anything else. In a number of localities praying and fasting are resorted to in the hope of bringing rain. Congressman Champ Clark, of Missouri, says there will not be five bushels of corn raised in his township, in Pike county. Ten dead, one man driven insane and five prostration were the results of Sunday’s heat in Chicago. Plate glass windows were cracked by heat at Paris, Ill. Rains were reported in the following Missouri counties Monday night: Pettis, Linn, Randolph, Jasper, Benton, Bates, Jackson, Miller and Carroll. They are western and southwestern counties. August N. Meir, aged 48, prominent at Sedalia, Mo., died from heat. Martin Pearson was sunstruck while bathing in a creek near Moline, Ill., and will die. John Hamilton, contractor, was overcome by heat at Mattoon, Ill., and fell from a ladder. He may die. Near Mattoon, Ill., Edward Robinson, for two years a soldier in the Philippines, died from heat. Jesse Reed, another returned Philippine soldier, was overcome at the funeral. Earl Moore of Westfield, Ill., received a severe sunstroke. * * * * * Mrs. Nation Sent to Jail. Topeka, Kas., July 23.—Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined $100, and given a 30-days’ jail sentence by Judge Hazen in the district court for disturbing the peace and dignity of the city by a Sunday joint raid last March. There is no appeal. * * * * * Forest Fires in Colorado. Denver, Col., July 23.—Destruction 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. * * * * * Stopped Payment.