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COT TWELVE IN ONE BUNCH
Omaha Made Bcores Enough in the Fourth
to Win Three Games.
WHITEHILL IS A BLOOMING SUCCESS
Ill * Curved Wrre Too Smooth for the Men
from John Deere' * Town lrti ll of
Una Awful Imilnc-Tlio
Other Clnmci.
Omaha , 25 ; Rock Island , 10.
Lincoln , 18 ; Qulncy , 17.
Ht. Joseph. Id ; Peorln , G.
Jacksonville , 4 ; De Molnes , L
Plttsbtirp , C ; Ht. Louis , C.
New York , B ; Boston , 2.
Baltimore , 9 ; Washington , 2.
Brooklyn , 4 ; Philadelphia , 3.
Minneapolis , G ; Milwaukee , 4.
Kansas City , 9 ; Sioux City , 8.
Captain Harry Sage took his rolling mill
hands out to the Charles .Street park yes
terday afternoon and came within a bob
tail of leaving them there , for the Rourkc
family simply made monkeys of them ,
ring-tall monkeys at that.
H was a go-as-you-please , pussy-wants-
the-corner sort of a game , and when It
was all over the Rock Islanders looked as
If they had just gone through a hard win
ter. They fielded and ran bases llko a
lot of ancient women , and only lilt the ball
when Parson Whltehlll , Just for fun , floated
'cm over Ug ! as bales of hay. I can tell
Captain Sngc right here , without going nny
further , that his gang won't do to bet coun
terfeit money on , that Is , If they don't Im
prove.
Each mnn seemed over anxious to get
iM. of a lot of old gold trimmings he had
donned on the opening day , nnd the harder
ho tried , the greater muss he made of It.
The Omalias , however , put up u spanking
good article cf the game and again demon
strated that they rank sky high above the
visitors In every detail of the sport , and it
Is only a pity that they haven't a foeman
worthy of their steel In these , the opening
games , However , It Is hardly time yet to
kick because we can't lose ; remember
Jacksrnvllle will happen along here next
Monday and she may show us a trick or two.
Some people think the Jax are the strongest
aggregation In the association , that Is , in
their stocking feet.
Again the day was superb. The sky was
partly shrouded with fleecy clouds until
along late in the afterncon , and a refreshing
breeze coming In from he north rendered
a seat in the grand stand a pleasant situa
tion , indeed. Of course there was another
big crowd on hand , possibly 2,000 or more ,
many of whom were ladles , and they kept the
welkin ringing continuously with their
laughter and boisterous shouts of joy.
Whltehlll , the new man , was In the box
for Omaha , and without cxngg.ration , he may
be pronounced a bird. He Is tall , slender
nnd rosy , and when he goes ta pitch a ball
has a fashion of reaching out with his left
hand for the first baseman's hair In a way
that would strike some people as funny , but
when he lets go of the globe no one has time
for anything else but to watch Its course.
He has nil kinds of curves nnd plenty of
speed besides , and barring the second Inning ,
he toyed with the big boiler makers like a
cat with a mouse. After the
fourth , when the Rourke .family played tag
with each other around the bases and never
quit until they had piled up the runs
hlghcr'n your head , Varson Whltehlll
showed up and trun them over Just like ice
wagons. Still they retained that exasper
ating reticulation of motion , snd the rolling
mill boys were as helpless as ever , and the
consequence was they got a most unmerciful
walloping. It was good enough for them ,
however , and will probably teach them that
they have wandered off a little too far from
( he farm ,
IT WAS ALL OVER THEN.
Up to the fourth Inning , however , It was
as pretty a strife as one could wish to see ,
but after that it developed Into the most
megatherium circus on the road.
The Illlnolsians went to pieces like a pie
In a chop house in the face of a little free
dom with Algernon Andrews' curves , and for
a time they resembled a lot of little boys in
blue.
blue.One
One Inning will answer for a sample of
their general work.
It was the fourth and here it Is.
That young Bulgarian artist called Wood ,
because there was no more mud left , started
with a safe swat past second. Papa Rourke
smashed ono down to Governor Hill and the
governor snatched It up and fired It over the
Eighteenth street fence , and Captain Sage
said he was bughouse whatever that is.
Of course the Bulgarian scored , while Papa
lumbered on to second. Andrews took a
big fancy to Foxey Fear and he put him on
first base just out of the fullness of his heart.
Buster Moran jolted Papa home with n safe
ono and Patrlcuu Boyle sent another over
Splko Kennedy's cupola and five runs were
In. Judge Lynch then proceeded to grab
up ono of his feet instead of the ball that
the Parson had basted down to him. Seery
took a walk , going to second on Sonclr'E
error , which also let Munyun to first , and
McVey hit n long high fly out to Zels. As
U floated over him Zels snatched a few of Its
tall feathers , but that was all. Then Wood
belted Mr. Andrews for another single ,
Hourko got hit with the ball. Lynch made
another error , and EO did Hill , then Moran
connected for a couple of bags , Boyle upper
cut und Mitchell cross-countered. Judge
Lake's dog run under the grand stand. Lee
Hclslcy lost his jack , the peanut stand took
lire , Mrs. Allen's baby fell In the oatmeal
can , the police1 took off their stars and hid
them , and the crowd stood up as ono man
and two women and screamed murder for
two hours nnd sixty minutes.
Oh , I tell you It was perfectly awful. Papa
Rourko staggered around the grounds under
a mammoth grin llko a man with the pals- ,
while- Harry Sage simply wrapped himself
up In a mantle of dark blue gloom , and sat
down on the bench and shed teardrops as
big ns brickbats. Ho did so long to bo back
in Rock Island.
That was all there was to the game. Here
are the details :
OMAHA.
AB. R. IB. PO. A. E.
Seery , m
Munyun. 2b 6 1 2 3 C 1
MoVey , Ib C 2 0 9 0 1
Wood , If 7
Jlourke. 3b
Fear , c 7. . . . G 3 2 8 0 U
Moran. If
Boyle. US G- 4 4 2 3 0
Whltehlll , p 4 2 0 0 11 0
Totals 50 25 15 27 19 2
ROCK ISLAND.
AB. R. IB. PO. A. E.
Hill , 3b
Cantllllon , Ib G 2 3 11 0 0
Kntz. If
y.els. m G 2 1 G 1 1
Connors , 2b G 0 1 1 3 1
Sage , c
Lynch. * s 4 1 1 2 G 3
Souler , rC
Andrews , p , . .
Totals 40 10 12 27 18 11
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Omaha 224 12 2120 0-2T.
Rock Island 04002301 0-10
SUMMARY.
Earned runs : Omaha , 7 : Rock Island , 4.
Two-base hits : Munyun. 1 ; Boyle. 2 ; Con
nors , 1. Sacrifice hits : Munyun. 1 ; Seery ,
1 ; Rourke , 1. Home runs : Boyle. 2 ; Mo
ran , 1 ; Wood , 1 ; Souler , 1 ; 55els , 1 ( Stolen
liaeen ; Four. 1 ; Moran , 1 ; Sage , 1. Double
plays : Boyle to McVey. First or bulls :
Whltehlll. 7 ; Andrews. 8. Hit by pltehrd
ball : Whltehlll. 2 ; Andrews. 3. Struck out :
AVhltehlll , S : Andrews. 1 , Wtkl pitches :
Whltehlll. 1 ; Andrews. 1. Time : Two
liours and fifty-five minutes. Umpire : Jack
JIaskcll.
Two Kinds of Klucclni ; Ht l.lnroln.
LINCOLN. May B. ( Special Telejrram to
The Bee. ) Lincoln won her third gume
from Qulncy this afternoon after one of
the moHt notable .nlugglnir matches ever
wltneHsed on the home ground. The cume
WUH not decided until the end of the hut
half of the tenth inn Inn. nnd then only by
a close decision of the umpire that nearly
resulted In a free light. The one great
feature of the giuno was the heavy ulug-
Klng of both teams , singles , doubles , triples
following each other with bewildering pro-
fuiilon. Each club knockttl Itg opposing
pitcher out of the box , und McCurty a home
run In the tenth Inning , the tint of the sea-
nott , won Lincoln the game nnd enabled
her to retain her place ut the head of the
association. Qulm-y plnyeU In Its usual
luck until the llfth Inning , when the boys
from Illinois opened with a etngle and two
jloublev. la jUie keventb ( julucy made
eight runs and earned five of them , by five
singles nrirl three three-baggers.
Umpire Kent' * derision in the tenth In
ning was extremely close , yulncy had
two men out nnd three men on btfees.
Bushman sent n hot grounder to Pequlg-
ney , who wan prevented from handling It
quickly by the man running from second
to third. He managed to thlow the ball
to Ebrlght , who caught It nt almost the
Instant that Fisher , who had been forced
from first , reached the second Imp. It was
n oloxe comer , nnd upon the umpire's de
cision hinged the result of the game. The
umpire declared Fisher out. and In nn In
stant several burly Qulncyitcs were hoverIng -
Ing over his head with threatening ges
tures. The crowd anticipated a fight , nnd
n. hundred men were over the fence and
! iromi < I the little group In n moment. Man
ager Hlckey ordered the grounus cleared
nnd n big policeman stepped In between
the umpire nnd the nngry men from
Qulncy. It Is but fair to sny that n large
number of those who saw the play believe
that the umpire should have given the
base runner the benefit of the doubt.
Score :
Lincoln 2-18
Qulncy 1-17
Earned runs : Lincoln , 10 ; Qulncy , 9.
Errors : Lincoln , 5 ; Qulncy , 8. Base hits :
Lincoln , 19 ; Qulncy , 1C. Two-base hltn :
McCarty , Lawrence. Speer , McGrenvy ,
Johnson , MeFnrlnn , Thorpe. Hurley , Bur-
rell , Hurter. Three-base hits : Ebrlght ,
Thorpe , Taylor. Home runs : McCurty.
HiiKfs on bnlln : Off McGrenvy , 9 ; off Tay
lor , G ; off Burrell , 1. Struck out : By Mc
Grenvy , 2 ; by Johnson , 1 ; by Taylor , 3.
Double plays : Ebrlpht to Sullivan to
Specr ; Bushman to Krehmycr to Hurley.
Batteries : For Lincoln , McGreavy , John
son nnd Specr ; for Qulncy , Taylor ,
Burrell , Hurley nnd Hnrter. Umpire : Kent.
Time : Two hours nnd thirty minutes ,
Snmn Itctttlt nt Ip Moltir * .
DES MO1NES , May G. ( Special Telegram
to The Bee. ) The Des Molnes club was
ngnln defeated by Jacksonville today. Only
five Innings were played because of ruin.
A game will be plnyed tomorrow just out
side of the city limits at Valley Junction.
Score :
Dc-s Molnss . < , 0 1000 1
Jucksonvllle 4 0000 4
Hits : Dei Molncs- ; Ji ck onvl lG. . Bat
teries : Des Molnes , Bcemer nnd Jones ;
Juckscnv ll , Cf rich and Bj'.t. StrutherJ of
Jacksonville made a home run , taking two
men around with him. ,
St. JoM-ph Win * Again.
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. . May 5.-Specltil ( Tele
gram to The Bee. ) St. Joseph walked uwny
with the baggage of the Peorlas toduy by
n decided majority. The game wns nn ex
citing one from the Ftart , but the superior
battery work of the St. Josephs did the
work. The score :
St. Joseph 0-10
Peorla 0 00120110 5
Errors : St. Jostph. 3 ; IVorln , 5. Babe
hits : St. Joseph , 13 ; Peorln , G. Home runs :
St. Joseph , 3 ; Peorla , 1. Butteries : St. JOT
Feph , Crlnnlon nnd Armstrong ; Peorla , Lys-
ter nnd Terrion.
Standing ; of tlio Trams.
Played. Won. Lost. Pr. Ct.
Lincoln 100.0
Otiinha 100.0
St. Joseph 100.0
Jacksonville 2 2 0 100.0
Des Molnes
Rock Island
J'eorla
Qulncy
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Tommy l.ovctt Couldn't VI In for ItoHton
from Now York.
NEW YORK , May G. Eight thousand
people saw the Giants meet nnd vanquish
the champion Bostons today. Score :
Boston 0 00011000-2
New York 00020102 * G
Base hits : Boston. 3 ; New York , 11.
Errors : Boston , 1 ; New York , 4. Karned
runs : New York , 2. Three-base hits : Van
Hultren. Double plnys : Lowe und Tucker.
Struck out : By Lovett , 1 ; byVestervelt , 5.
Time : Two hours. Umpire : Lynch. Bat
teries : Lovett and Merrltt ; Westervelt und
Doyle.
rittKbiirK Mndo It Three.
PITTSBURG. May 5. Plttsburg made It
three straight from St. Louis today by
timely batting in the ninth Inning. Score :
Plttsburg 0 G
St. Louis 300001010-G
Base hits : PIttsburp , 13 ; St. Louis , S.
Errors : Plttsburg , 2 : St. Louis , 4. Earned
runs : Plttsburg , 1 ; St. Louis , 1. Two-base
hits : Smith , Qulnn. Double plays : Dowd
und Peltz ; Frank and Buckley. Struck
out : By Klllen. 4 ; by Huwley. 3. Time :
Two hours and three minutes. Umpire : Mc-
Quald. Batteries : Klllen und Mack ; Hawley -
ley nnd Buckley.
OrloU-H rind the Senator8Eut.y.
BALTIMORE , May G. The Washlngtons
made their Initial appearance in Baltimore
nnd were easily defeated by a score of 9
to 2. Score :
Baltimore 2 11013100 9
Washington 0 2
Base hits : Baltimore. 9 ; Washington , 7.
Errors : Baltimore. 1 ; Washington , G.
Earned runs : Baltimore , 4. Two-base hits :
Keeler , Curtwrlght. Three-base hits :
Keeler , Hassamer , Kelly. Home runs :
Kelly. Double plays : Jennings and Brou-
thers ; Brown , Brouthers nnd Robinson ;
Joyce nnd Curtwrlght. Triple plays : Mc-
Graw. Bonner and Brouthers. Time : One
hour and fifty minutes. Umpire : O'Rourke.
Batteries : Brown and RoblnsOn ; Mercer
and McGuire.
Urldegrooms Check the I'htllies.
PHILADELPHIA. May 5. The Brooklyn
team downed the Phillies today In an ex
citing game , the features of which were
line lieldlng nnd clever plnys. Score :
Phllndelphla 0 03000000-3
Brooklyn 0 0004000' *
Base hits : Philadelphia , 8 ; Brooklyn , 9.
Errors : Philadelphia , 4 ; Brooklyn , 3.
Earned runs : Philadelphia , 1 ; Brooklyn , 2.
Two-base hits : Hamilton , Dalley. Double
plays : Grillln and Dalley ; Burns und
Foutz ; Cross ( unassisted ) . First on balls :
Trendwny , Grllfln , Clements. Hit by pitched
ball : By Daub , 1. Time : One hour und
thirty m'inutcs. Umpire : Hurst. Batteries :
Cursey nnd Clements ; Duub and Duly.
CLEVELAND , May G. No game ; rain.
CHICAGO , May G. No game ; wet
grounds.
Standing of the Teams.
Played. Won. Lost. Pr. Ct.
Cleveland 11 9 2 81.8
Boston 13 9 4 C9.2
Baltimore 13 9 4 G9.2
Plttsburg 12 8 4 GG.7
Philadelphia 11 8 G G7.1
St. Louis 12 G C GO.O
New York 13 C 7 4G.J
Cincinnati 9 * g < ' -
Brooklyn 13 5 8 3S.5
Louisville 11 , 3 8 27.J
Washington 13 3 10 J3.1
Chicago 10 2 8 20.0
WESTEKN LEAGUE GAMES.
Catcher IJoimhuo Milken a Three Itaggcr
Ji t When Ono Wan > i'cdi-d ,
SIOUX CITY , May 5. Donahue's three-
bagEer in the sixth Inning , which brought
In three runs , won the game today for Kan
sas City. Attendance , 1,200. Score :
Kunsas City 1 0320300 * 9
sioSx City. . . 1 32020000-8
Base hits : Kansas City. 10 ; Sioux City , 10.
Errors : Kansas City. 2 ; Sioux City. 4.
Enrned runs : Kunsus City. 3 ; Sioux City ,
4. Two-bnse hits : Hogrlever. Three-bnse
hits : Donuhue , Genlns. Double plays :
Wulsh nnd Twlnehum. Struck out : By
Jones. 2 ; by Hurt , 1 ; by Daniel , 5. Time :
Two hours. Umpire : Baker. Batteries :
Daniels nnd Donahue ; Jones , Hart and
Kruus.
Minneapolis CrnekK the Ice.
MILWAUKEE , May 5. The llrst game
of the season on the home grounds wan
won. by Minneapolis In the tenth Inning on
a three-bagger by McCuuley and n single
by Htilen , with no one out. Attendance ,
2,000. Score :
Milwaukee . . . 4
Minneapolis . . . . 0 5
Base hits : Milwaukee , 10 ; MInnenpolls.
U. Errors : Milwaukee. 3 ; Minneapolis , 2.
Earned runs : Milwaukee , 3 ; Mlnnenpolle ,
2. Two-buse hits : Cllnemun. Burrel , Loh-
mun (2) ( ) . McVey , Tulen (2) ( ) , Carr , Longford.
Three-base hits : McCnuIey. Home run ;
Lohmun. Double pluys : Hulen to Hlnes to
McCnuIey. Struck out : By Fltrgemler , 2 ;
by I'arrin. 1. Time : Two hours nnd fif
teen minutes. Umpire : McDonald. Butter
ies : Flggemlcr , Lohmun and Roberts ; Par-
rln und Burrel.
GRAND RAPIDS , May 5. No. bull ; wet
grounds.
Standing of the Tctima.
Plnyed. Won. Lost. P. C.
2 80.0
3 70.0
4 CO.O
4 55.G
5 50.0
4 XI. u
3 33.3
7 12.5
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t ) . A Hurt * .
The P. A , Harts have organized for the
season with the following strong team :
I awler , catcher ; Hurt , pitcher ; Hobln.tlrat ;
Prlesman. second ; E. Lund , short : C.
Frank , third ; Drlscoll , left ; Waller , center ;
Dodge , right ; Hayes , substitute. All teams
tinder 16 years of age desiring games ad
dress D. A. Hart , manager , 123 North Fif
teenth street.
1'ucillo Won from the futlii'druU.
The Pacific street school crossed bats with
the Cathedrals yesterday , Bcore ; Cathe-
drala , 7 ; Schools" , 9. The Schools would like
to hear from nny tfftm under 15 yt-nrs of
nge. The feature of the gnmc wan Abe
Gieenblat's home run.
v , j . c. A. x OPI.NKI : > .
Cnptnln Abbott's Trnni f.nrriip tlio Ilrcw-
cr In Hollow Style.
About half a hundred people saw the re
organized V M. C. A. base ball team Inr-
rup the Metz Bros. ncprecntlon Into eter
nal nothingness at Athletic park yester
day afternoon. The south elders were en
tirely outclassed , and though they fought
plucklly to the end they were unable to
mnke any showing with the Christiana.
The game was too one-sided to be Inter
esting. and the frequent battery errors
had n tendency to mar the flport , Ora-
ham. the little colored catcher of the south
siders , played his position In commendable
style , his running catch of a foul fly from
.Marquette's but In the second Inning being
one of the best features of the game. The
Metz crowd started In with a pitcher about
the size of a banana , but the husky Y. M.
C. A. batters pounded him all over the
lot and Hughey was substituted , to meet
with but little better treatment. Iloblnson
pitched a. very effective game for the
Christians , but was also very wild most of
the time.
The Christians commenced their run get
ting In the second Inning , when four hits ,
a base or two on balls and a muff of n
thrown ball by Quintan produced coven
tallies. Crawford cracked lout u home run
With the bases full and Abbott followed
with another on thu next ball pitched.
They batted out three runs In the third
and an additional quintet In the fourth
and kept up the music at Intervals all
through the game.
Battery errors were mainly responsible
for saving the Metz boys from a white
wash , as they could only Ilnd Itobinson
for two scattering singles. Score :
sconu isr INNINGS.
. r. M. C. A 0 7 3 5 1 0 C 2 1-21
Metz llro.s 4
.SUMMARY ,
nnfncJ runs : Y. M. C. A. . 11. Two-base
lilts : Jellcn , Mnriiuctte. Jpflrlcs. Hume run * :
Alilmlt , Cmwfiird. Jlarquette. Stolen liases : Y.
M. C. A. . : Metz Urns. , 4. Double vlays : Craw
ford ID JcfCrles : MvKvlvpy to Stoney to Jcffr.e/i.
First Imsim halla : Of ! Itolilnson , 4 : uff Cnr-
tm-lU 5 ; nft Huglivy , 5. Hit by pltcheJ ball :
Ily Itciblnsan , 4 : by Cnrmello. 1. Struck nut :
Ily Koblrinnn , 8 ; by Curmello , 2 ; by HuBlicy , 2.
I'liFHiil balU : Ablwtt , 2. Wild pitches : By
.Iloblnson , 3 ; by Cnrmcllo , 1 ; by Hughey , D.
Time : Two hours anil furty-nvc minute. ! . Um
pire : Clarke.
roitMixu A risiuxo ci.un.
Oiiitilm I.OVCTM of Plecntnrlnl I'uratilt Get
Together for Mutual Good.
Thirty enthusiastic fishermen assembled
ut Cross' gun store , 112 South Fifteenth
street , last Friday evening to make the
necessary arrangements toward the forma
tion of a fishing club that would have for its
object not only sport for Its members , but
also to prevent unlawful fishing In the lakes
about Omaha.
The meeting was culled to order with
William Slmerul temporary chairman , nnd
from the first all present evinced a lively
Interest in the project.
The chairman llrst culled the attention
of nil to the purposes for which the club
would be formed , the objects It would
have und the good thnt would come to
the members by forming together und pre
venting the unluwful catching of flsh.
The first business was the appointing of
a committee on constitution nnd by-laws ,
and this consisted of the following : Wil
liam Slmeral , Dr. Glnn , William Crary ,
J. R. Ringwult and Frank Cross. Wil-
llnm Slmernl was appointed chnlrman nnd
Dr. Glnn secretary of this committee. The
committee will meet ut 12 o'clock today ut
the ollice of William Slmeral In The Bee
building and draft n constitution nnd by-
luws , which will be presented at the next
meeting , which will occur Tuesdny night
at the Cross gun store. More adequate
preparations will be made on this occasion
to care for those who wish to attend , nnd
it is thought that the meeting on Tuesday
evening will be n rousing one.
After the appointment of the committee
on constitution and by-laws a committee
consisting of three was appointed , having
for Its object the prevention of unlawful
fishing In Cut-Off lake and other lakes nd-
jacent to Omaha. Those appointed were :
Dr. Hayes , Henry Homan nnd Judge Blulr ,
The duties of this committee will be to
make special efforts to discover nnd pro e-
cute any one who Is known to huve used
a seine In fishing ut any of the lukes about
Omaha , nnd for this purpose legal talent
will be provided.
This committee will also make u report
nt the meeting Tuesdny night of the best
means to prevent seining nnd other unlaw
ful ways of fishing.
About twenty-five nt once signified their
Intentions to become members of the
club upon Its formation , and they signed
n formula drawn up for that purpose. The
following joined : Dr. A. P. Glnn , R. A.
Eaton. F. A. Sprntlln. John Milton. J. R.
Ringwult. W. H. Crary , William Simcral ,
C. A. Bishop , L , B. Hoyt , C. L. Rhodes ,
H. Montgomery , Julius Bond , L. R. Blu-
del , W. W. Thompson , C. W. Waterman ,
Dr. Gluck , J. R. Barnell , E. E. Lovett ,
Cross Gun company , C. W. Hayes , E. W.
Slmernl , W. D. Townsend , Frank Cross ,
R. H. Wells , John Dougherty , Charles
Tracy nnd Dr. Miller. It Is desired that
any one wishing to Join be present at the
meeting Tuesday evening at 8.
DirFEIUINCE or A DIME.
Oumlm TcnnlB Loirm Xogloct a Chance
to Tnkc Sport Frt-o.
It wns a poor response thnt was Riven to
the Omaha Lawn Tennis club's generous in-
vitutlon yesterday. All the devotees of the
game in the city had been offered the free
use of the courts on the opening day , but
the offer was apparently either not known
of , or not appreciated. In any case it was
not taken advantage of. For nn hour or
two during the afternoon all the four courts
were In use , hut it was the members who
were using them , nnd nqt the outsiders. A
few spectators were there , but they were
mainly the personal friends of a few of the
members.
When there has been a tournament in
progress on these courts the people of
Omaha have generally been more or less
ready to pay a dime to see the play , but it
seems that when there is not n dime to pay
they do not care to watch. Yesterday there
was a frame In progress which was about at
Interesting from the spectators' standpoint
as nny tournament game , pave that there
was nothing depending upon It. For the
most pnrt the players had their rackets In
their hands for the first time this season ,
but It was not often thnt one would notice
liny strangeness In the way they handled
them. CulllnRhnm nnd Hart were opposed
by C. H. Young and Roy Austin , and their
play was pretty , to Fay the least.
The courts were In excellent trim and Ihe
grounds altogether prcsnted a very neat
nppcarancs. There Is every reason to sup
pose thnt the club has a prosperous season
before It.
Idiot of Itock Island Today.
Omaha will make It three straight with
Hock Island this afternoon. Rourke has
laid his men out as follows :
'Omaha. Positions. Rock Island ,
McVey First Cantlllon
Munyun Second Connon ;
Rourke Third mil
lioylo Short stop. . . , . . , , . . . . Lynch
Wood Left field kats
Seery Middle Andrews
Moran Right Held Sige
Tear Catch Zc'a
MoMackln . . . . . . . . . .1'ltch McFarlaiU
Stroinboll HUH Hrolirn Down.
SAN FRANCISCO , May G. The great
Australian horse , Btromboll , has broken
down In his work at the nay District
track. The racing qualities of Stroinboll
had been leased byV. . 11. McOohouKh.
He was entered In the handicap and was
being given preparatory work , Mr. Mac-
Donough's stable will be Kturtt'd east next
Sunday to go directly to Shetpshead Hay
and will ) now probably Include only Roy
121 Rey , Burmah nnd Lux. Strcmboll also
had nine engagements ut Saratoga.
llyrnm Hulked tlm Gums.
NEW YORK. May 5-Tho light which
wns to have tnkun place tonight at the
Grand Central palace between Frank Craig ,
the Harlem "Coffee Cooler , " nnd Jim But
ler , will not take place. Superintendent
Byrnes has refused to grant n permit for
the match , taking the ground that Craig
and Butler are profeHsloimls. and that the
tournament which the Coleman Athletic
club proposed to give tonight would be a
series of prize tights with knockouu ad lib.
Left IllnOu-n llrrnrd iiir llclittul.
MANCHESTER , May & . -R3bert . the
English billiard billiard player , last night
made an unfinished break , with Rpot barred ,
of 1.023 points , boating his own rocurd by
IGti points. Play \vua resumed today and
HobertH finished his break , placing the
total at 1,392 points , thus beating his owe
record by & 2S points.
BELLICOSE \\I3S \ \ THE FLASH
Carries Top Weight V d Euns Away from
a I'lcct riclcf"6f Youngsttrs.
SPLENDID SPORT AT SAN FRANCISCO
Two-Ycnr-Old rinli Make nnd ( icntlcnmn
Itltlern' Jtiirr < ! l\e Untrrtnliinirnt to
the Throng-Talent linn the Ijut
Day nt Cumberland.
SAN FtlANCISCO. May E. The principal
events at IXiy District today wcro the
Flash stakes and the Gentlemen's race. The
attendance was large , the weather warm
nnd tlie track fast. The Flash stakes , for
2-year-olds , five furlongs , brought out thir
teen good 2-ycar-olds. Tiger and Miss Clay ,
filly , were withdrawn. They got off on the
third breakaway , with Bellicose In the lead ,
Lady Jane second , and Hey Alfonso third.
At the first quarter Ilcy Alfonso led by
half a length. Bellicose second , Monterey
third. Into the stretch Bellicose led by
\\a\t \ a length , Hey Alfonso second , Monterey
third. Bellicose came away from his field
and won as he pleased by three lengths ,
without turning a hair. Monterey was
second and Hey Alfonso third. Results :
First race , five nnd a half furlongs : Fly.
83. K. Jones ( even ) , won : Chevalier , 9G ,
Chevalier (4 ( to 1) , second ; Itanjo , 100 , Boycl
(3 ( > .i td 1) ) , third. Time : 1OSH. : Mamie D ,
Annlu Moore , Queen Dee nnd Lac } ! also ran.
Second rncp , about three-fourths of a
mile : Tlllle S. St. Chevalier ( even ) , won ;
Boston Boy , 110. Iloyd (4 ( to 1) ) , second : Jen
nie Denne , 91 , 1'lnkey (3 ( to 1) ) , third. Time :
1:14. : De La CSuerrn , I'rentola , Vandellght ,
Hroncho and Hercules also ran.
Third rncc , Flash Ftnkes : Bellicose. 120.
W l.ttns C % 'o 1) . won ; M. nt rey , 103 , Ho ne
(10 to 1) , second ; Iley Alfonso. 117. Tuu.r-
vl > le (10 ( to 1) ) , third. T.me : 1:02. : I'at Mur
phy. Foremost , Model Circe , Lady Jane.
Male Diablo , Kn'mo. . C qunte , N mania d
Stn Spray also ran. The stake was worth
J7TO.
Fourth race , handicap , mile nnd a six
teenth : Zobalr , 118. Mnttcrron (13 to 5) . won ;
Hotfpur , 11 ? . li'oyd ( C to 5) ) , second ; Sir n el ,
101 , Coombs (3 ( to 1) , third. Time : 1:4S& :
Thornhlll and Agitate also ran.
Fifth race , gentlemen riders , one mile :
This race created u great deal of amuse
ment. After n breakaway , Lord Tnlbot
Clifton returned to the Judges' stand and
talked insultingly to President Williams and
was promptly ruled oft for life. Dr. Rosa
was substituted and nil bets declared off.
Glleum. Hfi , Forsland (4 ( to G ) , won : Gladi
ator , 1G3 , Greany (3 ( to 1) ) , second ; Nicoele-
mus , 104. Austin ( S to 5) ) . third. Time : 1:49 : < * .
Sir Alfred , True Briton and Wheeler also
ran.
( .lose of the Spring Meeting at Cumberland.
NASHVILLE , May 5. The lapt day of the
Fprlng meeting at Cumberland park was a
glorious one for the talent , all the favorites
but one winning , and the exception being a
heavily backed second choice. The track
was moderately glow from the rains Friday.
Results :
First race , one mile : Henry Young won ,
Equity second , La Joya third. Time : l:47'/i. :
Second race , five furlongs : Fertlel won ,
Plunker second. Mayola third. Time : l:06'i. :
Third race , four furlonps : Kitty Scott
won , Kanda second- Duck Fly third. Time :
0:51. :
Fourth race , seven furlongs : Domino won ,
Somerset secdnd , Salutlon third. Time :
1 :30i/2. : i
Fifth race , mile f\nd seventy yards : The
Queen won. Peabody second , Creva-se third.
Time : l:51 : i.
Sixth race , seven .furlongs : Oxford won ,
Gratz Hanley second , Florence M third.
Time : 1:32. : -
At Knst St Louli.
ST. LOUIS. May B. First race , six fur
longs : Miss Kitty won , Cass second , Arelln
third. Time : l:21'i. : ,
Second race , four furlongs : Dora H Wood
won , Hattte Bellow second , Danla third.
Time : 0:53 : % .
Third race , six furlonps : Yo Tamblen
won , Highland second , Chlswlck third.
Time : 1:1S : } { .
Fourth race , . mile iond a sixteenth : Pekln
won , , Guldo second. Wedgeflild third , . Time :
'
1 'S"1 '
Fifth race , -one mile : Eollc 'won. First
Chance secomVVcin ant third. Time : 1:50V& .
Sixth race , one 'mile : Dolly McCone won ,
Ma.ior Dripps second. Dillon J third. Time :
1 :51 : % .
lloby Closed forthe .Summer.
ROBY , May C. The track closed today
and there will be no more racing until late
in the fall.
First race , nine-sixteenths of a mile : Shy
Ellen (5 to 1) won , Moderate (4 to 1) second ,
Nat Goodwin (5 ( to 1) ) third. Time : 1:0294. :
Second race , one-half mile : Kitty B won ,
Margaret Ann second , Piccillilly third.
Time : 0SC. :
Third race , five-eighths of a mile : Red Jim
won , Tlppecanoe second , Headlight third.
Time : 1:10& : .
Fourth race , three-fourths of a mile : Dago
won , Vevay second , Outlook' third. Time :
. .
Fifth race , four and a half furlongs :
Major Thornton won , Ronald second , Picca
dilly third. Time : 1:04. :
Sixth race , five and a half furlongsi
Ohelsa won. Bill Barnes second , Ike third.
Time : 1:17 % .
Seventh race , five-eighths of a mile : Con
Lucey won , Lionel second , Levenu C third.
Time : 1:11. :
Finishes 1 t Ilnwtliornc.
HAWTHORNE , May 5. First race , one-
half mile : Dejure won , VlEhun second , Mede
third. Time : 0:04. :
Second race , one mile : Hawthorne won ,
Logan second , Tilsit third. Time : 1:49. :
Third race , one and one-sixteenth miles :
Witrhtmnn won , Joe Murphy second , Pat
Malloy , Jr. , third. Time : 1:58. :
Fourth race , live-eighths of n mile : Otty-
annn. won , Gold Dust second , Monrovia
third. Time : 1:17. :
Fifth race , three-fourths of a mils : Freddy
L T won. Onyx second , Victoria third. Time :
l:21i4.
Sixth race , three-fourths of a mile : St.
Nicholas won , Goodbye second , Consistent
third. Time : 1:22. :
\VIXX1XO UNDEIt A .FALSE NAME.
Trotting ; Marcs Itelnnglng to nn American
Sclrocl In ( Srrniuiiy.
BERLIN , May 5. A sensation has been
caused In German sporting circles by the
seizure of three trotting mares belonging
to an American named Kncebs. It appears
that Knesbs has been winning a number of
trotting matches In this country nnd that he
has won prizes In money to the amount of
2,250 marks with Bethel , one of his mares ,
by running her under the name of Nelllo
Kneebs and declaring that she had never
before won a match. The discovery of this
fraud led to the seizure of the three mares
owned by Kneebs Just as they were upon
the point of being shipped to Vienna :
Kneebs was subsequently arrested , ball
being refused for his appearance. It is ru
mored a prominent German olllclal is In
volved In the fraudulent Issuing of a false
certificate of pedigree to oneof the mares.
NEW YORK , Miifc.B. IU F. Kneebs left
for Europe some mouths ago , taking several
horses with him , lrcm Iowa. Kneeba Is
known here as an ey : < jl ! iit driver as well as
a Bhrcwd operator ! , and horsemen generally
are loth to believe he , lias played the "ringer"
act In Germany , Trotj'ng Is very popular on
the continent just 'oo\v ' , and Kneebs. who Is
n western man of. Carman descent , was
among the first to take advantage of the Hue
field there for American horses. Every
known horse shipped to Europe has. been
furnished an official * certificate of record and
pedigree by the secretary of the American
National Trotting' ' ( association. Kneebs'
horses were wlthoAt a record , and conre-
quently received -certificate of this kind ,
and If any other certificates than those affl-
tlally marked were used In connection with
the horses seized * they were undoubtcdiy
bogus. *
At Flcctwood park today , when ths ktory
of the bolzure of Uitt Iowa horses was made
known , no one could be fund who would
acltno vledge any Intlmat ? acquaintance with
Kneels , or who appeared to know anything
of the man beyond the fact that ho had
taken his stock to Rnrops for the purpose cf
competing In the races there.
( Hob Kneebs' name is a household wcrd on
Iowa and Nebraska tracks. Ho Is known
as one of the shrewdest drivers who ever sat
on a sulky , and has probably been fined as
often RS nny man living. But Kneebs
has always handUd good horses , and nobody
ever kntw him to run cr try to run a ringer
In this country. Ills home IB at Sioux City. )
Don't I.Ike tltrN 'W
ST. LOUIS. May 5. Horsemen who have
been campaigning here at the Eastslde ,
Madison end Bouthslde tracks are much dis
turbed over an Imperative rule adopted by
the Western Turf congress at 1U recent
meeting , and which hai juit been made pub
lic. The rule. In effect , discountenances
tracks less than a mile In length and bora
from the big track * all h " " ? s run after
Juno 23 on tracks less thnn n m ie In length.
As the three tracks noted arr all half-mile
tracks and have stnbled a total of nenrly
2.000 horse It Is easy to understand the. ef
fect of the rule hero.
OMAH.VS IMIHIITIC : :
Owner * , Trnlnrrn nnd Driver * All Utmy nt
the 1'urk Tli ( > r tiny * .
Although still early In the Benson , rome
llvfly stepping U being done these bright
May morn'ngs nt the Klnney Pros. ' track nt
the driving park , ns several trainers are
'working their strings thcrr getting ready
for the Denver msetlng that vomes on enrly
In June , while n number of the members of
the defunct roadster club turn out with
their steppers In the evening nnd give the
track nn animated appearance until dark.
The Klnney string , under the direction of
that clever relnsman , J. V. McOuIre , In-
eludes the ch. m. , Marguerite , 2X2 , who
took her mark In the fcvcnth hent of n win
ning race nt the state fair nt Lincoln last
fall ; Tom Miller , 3-yeur-old , full brother to
Marguerite , with n mark of 2tCU : ! , captured
In the fourth heat of a race that he pulled
In out of the wet nt the same time ; May
Williams , n .1-year-old pncer that will not be
started until next searon ; Flora Darling , n.
2-yenr-old pncer by Kgmont , out of Pearl
K , thnt showed an Hsjhth one dn last wefk
In 0:15' } ; M'lles Jefferson , n handy green 4-
year-old thnt ought to win plenty of money
this year : Nettle Jiff < ? rsnn , n 3-yenr-rld that
covers eighths In 0:17 : : Anthony Jeffirson ,
another 2-yenr-oKl tf the Fame family th'it
Is moving nloftg well ; Nellie , n Black Jla-
pha\v lllly , with speed enough to come down
the stretch nt n 0:20 : clip , and Western
Wllkef , Jim Flannery's Inbred son of Winslow -
low Wllkes.
Billy Lake Is there with n string Hint In
cludes an abundance of pacing talent ; In
fnct. the pacers are In the majority at the
track now , by long odds. Fleldmont. 2:1D. :
the gamey black Mnllion that finished second
end to Ontonlnn nt Hnwarden last summer
In 2:11 : , nnd later went nn eighth with Rob
ert J at Chicago In 0:14 : , Is being given his
first taskwork of the year , nnd ought to be
lively enough for nny company this season.
Bnnnoek , b. H. , 4-year-old , owned by C. C.
Stanley of South Onrihn , Is being rhnpcd up
for fust work. He shows up strong at a
0r : clip.
Other South Omnhans In Lake's string
are John Blul ecker's Fantasy , n 4-year-old
mare by Ashland Almont , out of n thor
oughbred dam ; T.om Reek's Dell , a green 3-
year-old pactr , nnd Dr. Ernhout's 2-yecr-old
Hldewheeler , Dr. K.
Bocock Proctor nre working Dr. Gates ,
2:32 : ; HUES. 11 W.lkes. a green 3-year-ol' ; Am-
Idor , a promising 2yearoldby Ambns-.i-
dor. nnd Davy B , 223y , nnd Joe Furst ,
2:17ij : , both pacers.
Prince T , recen Iv purchased by C. D. Rib-
bens , Is in the hands of McGuire , nnd wig
gled an eighth lust Tuesday In fl:15.
The track Is In first-class condition , nnd
enough work Is being done on it to Insure
its being kept so.
KKMPTON PAKK HACKS.
Kciults of the Tiro-Yrnr-Old I'lato nnd tlio
lubllrc Stiikrs.
LONDON , May S. The Kempton Park
race meeting opened with the Royal Two-
Year-Old plate of 3,000 sovereigns , distance
five furlongs on the straight course. The
race was won by Mr. A. W. Cox's Choice.
Mr. T. Cannon's Cursen finished second and
Mr. Daniel Cooper's Saintly third.
The race for the Jubilee stakes , a handi
cap of 3,000 for 3-year-olds and upwards ,
distance one mile , was run today. Sir W.
Throckmorton's Avlngton , 4 years old , was
first ; Prisoner , owned by Lord Cadogan , 4
years old , second ; Colonel North's El Diablo ,
r years old , third.
StrotiiKliurK Sporting Event.
STROMSBURG , Neb. , May 5. ( Special
to The Bee. ) The third annual field day
of the Stromsburg- Athletic club occurred
here Thursday. It was n gala day for the
town and the surrounding countrv. The
public school was given a half holiday
and the pupils attended the exercises in a
body. AH the business houses of the city
were closed from 2 to 4 o'clock.
At 2 o'clock the procession , composed of
the ofllcrs of the day , club members and
contestants , formed at the club rooms und
headed by the Stromsburg Cornet band
marched to Sportsman's park. Upon ar
riving there a program of twenty-two
events was carried out without a break.
Some excellent records were made. The
410 yard dash was run In M seconds and
the 220 yard dash In 27 seconds. A record
of four feet sis inchs was made in the
standing- high Jump , and one of consider
ably over nine feet In the standing broad.
The day was perfect nnd the grounds In
excellent condition. Numerons strangers
were present from abroad and several ath
letes from adjacent counties.
Thursday's winners will Immediately go
Into training for a district field day , which
will be given by the local club July 4. and
which will be open to the counties of York ,
Polk , Butler , Seward nnd Hamilton. It is
expected that the contests In this latter
Held day will be very exciting , ns three
medals will be offered for each event , u
gold one for first place , a silver for second
and n bronze for third.
Two ICnceR at llubbnll.
HUBBELL , Neb. . May C.-Spcclal ( Tele
gram to The Bee. ) About SW people wit
nessed the first series of races run on the
Hubbell Fair association track here toOay.
The day was ail that could be desired and
the horses were In fine shape. The first
rnce was n three-eighths mile dash for a
purse of 130 , between Crescent , owned by
Hurry P. Owen , and Sam Jones , owned by
William Ward of this place. Some time
was consumed in starting , and betting
was freely indulged in by the sports , llets
of 5 io 2 and 3 to 1 on Crescent were made
nnd taken. Great surprise was manifested
by those who favored Crescent when the
race was finished nnd won by Sam Jones.
The second race was a 250-yard dash for
a purse of $25 between Spot , owned by K.
C. Prather of this place , and Starlight
owned by Hnllowell of Mnhaska , Kan.
This was a pony race und was won by
Spot.
Moor.i.MlHM'd HU Ninth.
PHILADELPHIA , May 5. Fred Hoey won
the Rlverton challenge cup from twenty
competitors on the grounds of the Rlverton
Gun club at Rlverton. The conditions of
the match were twenty-five birds each with
thirty yards boundary , and twenty-five
birds each with fifty yards boundary. At
the close of the fifth round Hoey and
Moore were tied for the cup and first money.
In the shoot off Hoey killed nine straight ,
but Moore missed , his ninth.
AVlu-clrr Third at Homo Hill. .
HERNE HILL , LONDON. May 5. There
were 125,000 spectators nt the bicycle races
held here today. The event which at
tracted the greatest attention was the one
mile professional scratch race. It was run
In heats. Harry Wheeler , the American ,
finished third In his heat. The final heat
was won by James of England ; Farmer of
France was second n yard behind the
winner nnd Edwards was third. Time :
3W : 1-5.
Will right Today.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. . May 5.-Speclal ( to
The Bee. ) The articles have been signed
for a finish fight between Walter McCamp-
bell , the colored pugilist from Larnmle ,
and Johnny Whlttuker , the colored light
weight of this city. It Is expected that
the fight will tnku place nt Athel , Just over
the lines In Weld county , Colorado , to
morrow.
Victory by I'rrvloim Armngvim'iit.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 5. Tom McMahon -
Mahon , the well known Detroit wrestler ,
was defeated by Jack Cnuey of this city
last night In a catch-as-catch-can mutch for
a etake cf $500. The affair was looked
upon ns a fake.
Cheyenne Will lie ICoprrnrntcil.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , May 5. ( Special to
The Bee. ) Cheyenne will enter eight wheel
men in the Denver road race on the SOth.
Four of the riders will b'e from the Choy-
cnne Bicycle club nnd four from the Sports
men's club. Laruinle will have three wheel
men in the race.
C'hlriiRii Whin lit CheKK.
NEW HAVEN , . ' . 'ay 5.-The annual Yale
chess tournament has been won by Charles
Hotmail of Chicago , defeating J. C. Rons
of New York City , In the decisive contest.
Bonsull Is u senior In the law school.
llinulluii I'rmUloiml Clovvrniiicnt Khnky
SAN FRANCISCO , May S. Rear Admiral
John Irwln , recently relieved from duty at
Honolulu by Admiral Walker , arrived on the
Austrlalla today , accompanied by Lieutenant
Rdams and Ensign Purmentcr. He Is re
ported an saying that the provosloaal govern
ment is In up rccarlous situation. "The
natives are restless and an outbreak may
occur at any time , " said the admiral. "All
the troops of the provisional government may
be wanted at any time. "
Paul Neumann , the cx-queen'B advisor , wan
also a passenger on the Australia , He U
said to be on his way to Washington.
Myntrrlouft Diinppvuranvfn ut Si. Jonepli ,
BT. JOSEPH , May 5 , Within ten days
three people have mysteriously disappeared
[ rom this city , and nothing has been heard
of nny of them since. Wednesday W. II.
Harrison , employed as a traveling salesman
for a wholesale houte. disappeared , and all
efforts to find him have failed. He left
his clothing all packed ready for a trip out
on the road , and had but very little money
with him , not having drawn hla salary.
Tuesday afternoon two little children named
Day wandered away from home and have
not been heard from tlnce. line of them Is
12 years old and the other 9. They are
poor children , nnd h.ive hnrdly been kid
naped. The police hnvo no clew In either
case.
TttOVULK 1\ Till :
lllnliop Miitr. K.iroinmmilriitc * 1'iither
Mnlonn and III * I'lovk.
DENVER , May 5. This afternoon Bishop
Mntz excommunicated Father Malonc and
all the members of St. Joseph's parish who
were present nt the recent parish meeting
at which It was decided to sue Father Malone -
lone civilly for the purpose of vindicating
him from the charge of a tdiortagc In his
accounts , despite the desire of thi ; bishop
that the suit be dropped. There were 100
or more at the meeting , referred to , nnd
this means that nt least a third of the
leading members of the parish are now sus
pended from the church. There has been
considerable feeling between Bishop Mntz
nnd Father Malonc for several years over
the school question. The blfchop holds and
maintains parochial Fchaols In this diocese
In opposlt'on ' to the recommendations of Mgr.
Satolll , whose policy h upheld by Father
Malone , both in the pulpit and In the Colorado
rado Catholic , of which he Is the editor.
The feeling between the two reverend
gentlemen at one time became so bitter
that the matter would have been referred
to Mgr. Satolll for settlement had not In
fluential church members Interfered. The
present suit arose over the disposition of the
funds of St. Joseph's church , of whch :
Father Mabne Is pastor. The bishop on
several occasions called upon the priest for
an accounting , and as often Intimated a
misappropriation of the funds to the extent
of J12.0C.O. Father Malone having failed to
keep the receipts for money expended , but
having In his possession only- the stubs of
his check book , was unublo to secure what
ho thought a Just hearing through nn ec
clesiastical suit. The corporation of SI.
Joseph's church , therefore , brought an
amicable civil suit against Father Malone
In the district court to secure n settlement.
The Investigation , Instead of showing the
priest a defaulter , proved that the corpora
tion was indebted to him over $1,600. Be
fore the decision was rendered Bishop Mntz
secured an Injunction restraining further
proceedings In the case , and at the same
time suspended Father Malone from the
priesthood. That night the congregation
of St. Joseph's church , against the orders
of the bishop , held an Indignation meet
ing , ut which the acts of the bishop were
severely denounced. Totlny Father Malone
filed his reply to the bishop's application
for a permanent Injunction , and immediately
on the latter learning of It he excommunicated
the priest and that portion of his congrega
tion that took part In this meeting.
Double Trucking n Cnr 1.1 no.
For a short time last night a small war
eloud hovered about that portion of the city
located in the vicinity of Sherman avenue
and Locust street.
Some days ago the Omaha Bridge and
Terminal company applied to the Board of
Public Works for a permit to double track
its street car line Irom Sherman avenue
to the cast city limits , but for some reason
it was not granted. Last night the company
put a force of men at work on Lncu't street
tearing up the pavement. This was tele
phoned to the central police station , and
Mounted Officer Sheep at once went to the
scene of action , where , after something of
a wordy war , he Induced the foreman-
pull off his men. An hour later the chair
man of the board sent the permit , after
which the work was allowed to proceed.
DctiooneiHCR Adopt a Costumr.
CHICAGO , May 5. At today's meeting of
the Deaconess conference the costume com
mittee recommended black gowns with
gathered or plaited skirts , bishops sleeves
and round waists. Then the report went on
suggesting turn down collars and white cuffs ,
that the hair be worn "plain" nnd no Jew
elry to be worn solely for ornament. The
girls with frizzled hair , with motitagues and
other pretty fixings in the way of hair
wanted to know why they should plaster
their hair down flat , and thought it would
be horrid. Dr. North of New York sprung
to the defense of "fuzzy hair , " as he termed
it , and said It was his one chiefest delight
to look ata crowd of deaconesses with
fuzzy hair. The gallant doctor won the day
and the resolution was voted down.
Lecture Course nt Crete.
Rev. J. T. Duryca will give eight lec
tures on Roman history nt the Crete Chau-
tauqua. The course is especially for C.
L. S. C. readers , nnd will be followed by
a lecture outlining the readings for the
coming year. Dr. Duryea Is a close stu
dent of history , a scholarly man nnd an
eloquent , forcible speaker , nnd he will han
dle his subject in a masterly way.
The lecture course covers n period of
nearly 2,000 years from the republic to the
reformation of the sixteenth century und
will treat of the following : "The Romun
Republic. " "The Empire , Time of the Ad
vent , " "The Empire , from A. D. 1-300. "
"The Empire and the Church , " "The Holy
Roman Empire , " "The Empire and the
Renaissance , " "The Reformation" and
"The Imperial Idea Becoming Heal. "
lixlhins ltit\e 11 Simp.
ARKANSAS CITY , Kan. , May 5. Nearly
all of the travel by wagon to the towns In
the eastern end of the Cherokee strip passes
through the Otoe reservation and the Indians
have closed up nil tha by reads and erected
toll bridges on the muln roads and ob
structed fords over creeks and rivers , so that
every person passing must pay the Indians
toll nt eeveral points. The settlers have
appealed to the government , but find that
they must submit to the extortion or go
around the reservation , which would necessi
tate the covering of fifty miles extra terri
tory.
MILLER AND A PAIR OF TWINS
They P.'an for Their Escape from Jail , but
Ono Qivcs the Snap Away ,
SMOOTH SCHEME OF PRISONERS SPOILED
Two Ilrothrr * l'l r r. % Ickrjll nni }
Mr. IlyUo by Letting the Una
irlth the Jail Sentence dote
to the I'm.
Some monthi ago Joe nnj Charley Davli
were caught In the act of burglarizing a ,
shoe store on South Thirteenth street , and
w'crc taken Into custody by the officers. In
the police court both of the boys waived ex
amination and went up to the dlitrlct court
nnd were tried nt the February term. On
the trial the fnct wan developed that Joe
wns rather a good boy on general principles
and that ho had bven led into temptation by
his brother , Charles , who wns proven to bean
an all around crook. The result of this find
ing wns that the Jury concluded to charge
Joe with petit and Charles with grand lar
ceny end burglary. Such n verdict was re
turned , nnd when the boys were called Infer
for sentence the former was fined $100 and
costs nnd the lutti-r was given a three-year
term In the penitentiary.
Uoth of the boys went back to Jail , where
they laid the lines toward forming a plan
that came within an ace of giving both
their freedom.
It BO happens thnt the boys are twins ,
aged about IT years and look as much nllka
as two peas. In fact In past years even
their most Intimate chums have been un
able to tell them apart , and tlmo and again
one < has been taken for the other. This
similarity has caused the ofllclals about the
Jail no end of trouble nnd was what almost
set them frco.
Friday was the date for taking Charley
Davis to the penitentiary , and at breakfast
tlmo as ho was making his rounds through
the corridors. Jailer Miller Informed the
young man that ho would be expected to
start in doing time for the state. Charley ,
replied that ha would be ready to start at
any tlmo when the sheriff was ready. Soon
after this the sheriff called at the jail and
found a man awaiting him , but Instead of
feeling sad , he danced with Joy whtn hii
spoke of the long sentence that was In
store for him. In parting from thrt
other Inmates of the Jail ho remarked thiitj
hu would not stay In prison thie
years , as ho Intended to be n good boy onfl
get out on short time. The sheriff though !
the action of the lad was suspicious , b .
for never a moment did he have an ld\
that he was taking the wrong man away.
At the prison the boy wns received by UvS
warden , and was registered as Charl l
Davis , and was assigned to a place In C _ >
shops.
Yesterday something happened that
almost throw the Jailor Into convulsions.
As he was walking about the corridors ona
of the trusties called him aside and told
him that he had taken the wrong "Davis
to the penitentiary. The remaining twin
was called into the Jail office , where the
screws were appl.ed , and In n short tlmo
he unbosomed himself. He admitted that
ho was the brother who was entitled to the
penitentiary sentence , nnd thnt the man
who was adjudged to pay the fine was the
ono who had been taken to the stnto In
stitution. He Bald that the
scheme had been put up uome days
ago , and would never have been
known if he himself had not tipped the
game off to one of the prisoners. He In
formed the Jailer that the plan was that he
waa to stay In Jail until the $100 flno had
been worked out , after which ho was to
leave the country. As soon as this wns
done the brother in the penitentiary would
have applied for a writ of habeas corpus and
secured a .release on the grounds of un
lawful Imprisonment.
Had this scheme worked both men would
have been at liberty about the last of the
present month , as that was the time when
the one serving out the Jail sentence would
have been rcleneed.
When the Information reached the cars of
the sheriff there was some rapid bustling
around that office. The rightful wearer of
the name "Charles" was taken to Lincoln ,
and Joe , who went into the doors of the
penitentiary , was brought hack and placed
in the county Jail.
fUUEOASTS.
Tartly Cloudy , Cooler , with Winds front
the Wc-st In Nebraska.
WASHINGTON , May G. Forecasts for
Sunday : For Nebraska Partly cloudy ;
cooler Tn southern portion ; west winds.
For Iowa Fair ; cooler In central and west
ern portions ; west winds.
For Missouri Fair ; coaler ; west winds.
For South Dakota Generally fair ; west
winds.
For Kansas Partly cloudy ; cooler ; vari
able winds.
Local llccorcl.
OFPICK or THE WEATHEII BUREAU , OMiui. ,
May 5. Onmba record of temperature and
ralnfallcompirod : with corresponding day of
past four years :
1B94. 1803. 1B92. 1801.
Maximum temperature 80 = 603 00 = COO
Minimum temperature. > 0 = > 42 = 47O 42 =
Averaco tomporaturc. , 72 = 4G = > 64 = G13
Precipitation 00 T .74 .00
Statement showing tho. condition of tem
perature und precipitation at Onmha for the
day mid since March 1,1B9J ;
Normal temperature . . . . . & 8 =
KxceMi for tlio day 14O
KxcussslncoMurcii 1 313 =
Normul proclultiitlon 13 Inch
Dollcluncy for the day 13 Inch
Deficiency hlnco.Marcli 1 1.85 Inches
"T" Imllcutus trace.
GEOKGE E. HUNT , IiOcal Forecast Official.
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