he Omaha 'Sunday Bee. PART I. P ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1002-TWJENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS L JuynyiwiwiMTa TuT rHrsgVfffWTtirTSriVfTN r TRY AMERICAS CAME Crook Attompt U Wreok Train with Evident Attempt to Bob. EFFORTS UP TO DATE ARC FAILURES Autematio 8ignal Syittmi GrediUd with Dfet of th Plan. TWO HUNDREO TRAINS ARE DELAYED TrptrtoTofth Grime Are Supposed to Be from the United State. YANKEE THIEF SETS PARIS LAUGHING Waats Trial Jast to What HI Ur Coald Feasibly tar His Behalf Oct Its Mooths. (Copyright, 1008, by Preee Publishing Co.) PARIS. Aug. 80. New York World Cablegram 8peclal Telegram.) The police ere trying hard to arrest aome notorioua American crlmlnala who have Invaded France and enlisted French crooka in oper ations which hare atartled the publlo and caused no end o( trouble. Three ot the criminal!, who are well know Bto the authorttlee, but who have eluded capture, are believed to be responsi ble for a eerie of attempt! to wreck rail- war tralna, with the evident purpoae ot robbery. The flrat attempt waa made on the Paw express. A track walker dlacovered pile ot tlee across the rails In time to flag the tralna. Three daye later a rail Was removed from the track over which the Bwltierland flyer would pasa. A fear ful dlaaater wa avoided solely by the fact that the train ahead ot the flyer had been disabled and green algnal llghta were dis played. The flyer, which waa traveling at the rate of seventy miles an hour, slowed Up so that only the engine and baggage car left the track when the miselng rail was reached. The London night mall train by way of Callx was brought to a quick standstill a few daye ago when the engineer law the red danger signals flashed ahead. Investi gation disclosed the fact that a switch had been opened In order to derail the train. The ewltches are constructed so that the lightest manipulation turns on a danger signal a miie away, and tms saved the train Irom disastrous wreck. Signal wires have been connected at the Northern station with all the dispatchers' towers In Parte except the tower of St. Denis. The red lights all over the un protected district set automatically yester day and 100 tralna were delayed from one to two hours. The cause of the delay is being Investigated. An American thief named Arthur Robin eon has Parts laughing at his repartee when fc waa arraigned tor trial. AU the papers , today publish pictures of "The Humorous Yankee." Robinson appeared yesterday In the crim inal court and asked that the trial be post poned because hie attorney waa ill and Unable to be present. The judge said he eould not grant the request because two postponements had already been allowed. "Haven't you confessed repeatedly that you were sentenced in the United Statee tor petit larceny, that you stole thla man's pocketbook and struck the officer who ar rested you?" queried the judge. "Yes, your honor," Robinson replied. Then what can your lawyer say in your behalf?" demanded the court. "That'e Just what I'm curloue to know," the Yankee said, grinning. ' He got elz months In jail. An American swindler named Morsheimer managed to fleece victims out of at least 100,0OO, the police say, before an alarm waa raised and he fled. It Is said that he galled from Cherbourg a few daye ago and the New York police have been notified. He called himself Baron von Morshelm god caused it to be reported in business cir cles that he wae secret agent ot the Roths childs, He dressed In excellent taste and conversed brilliantly. He whispered to . pew-made friends that a company was being organised to control the early veg etable and fruit market ot Europe, adding that when the proper time came he would let them buy a few shares. A week ago he produoed some nicely engraved certlflnatee which many people purchased after promis ing secrecy. A woman who paid (1,400 for anma nf tha stock became ausnlctoua of tha baron because some ot her jewels disap peared after his visit. Morshelm got wind of the alarm and fled. RETURNS A STOLEN BAUBLE raldentlfled rents Makes It a Thank Ottering far Safe Joarney. (Copyright, 190J, by Frees Publishing Co.) PARIS, Aug. 10. (New York World Ca piegram Bpecial Telegram.) There was gent the other day to the station for the deposit of objects found, a valuable jewel In the form of a butterfly, ornamented with rare and precious stones. It wss accom panied by the following note: "I made a vow that If I made a certain Sea crossing safely I would do a good work In returning to you this jewel, the dlsap pearance ot which two yeare ago was much talked of. I cannot do better thin to send te your agency this valuable object. It Is rare and you will recognize It easily. Its proprietor hae often tormented you. Adieu nd thank you." Tne jewel was recognised as one of a Dumber stolen from a widely known actress. CHICAGO BOY DIES IN PARIS Caable to Seenre Work He Sleeps Oatdoors aad Contracts Pneumonia. (Copyright. 1902. by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. Aug. 80. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) A 14-year Old Chicago boy named Beatty, came here few months ago in search of work. Yes tsrday he died In a hospital after a long period of hunger and hardships. He had slept out of doors, and finally was found soiled up la an abandoned canal boat, de llrlous and In an advanced stags of pneu taenia, brought oa by. his weakened condi tion and exposure. He had been there two dare and nights unable to move. On bear lag of his case some Americans started a subscription for him, but the money will now be used to give him decent burial Beatty seemed to be Intelligent and honest He said be was an orphan aad knew ot as relatives living. BIRTHDAY OF GREAT NAPOLEON Celebration la Paris Brings Oat the Old Ct Kmfnr Over the 1 Date. (Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Co ) PARIS, Aug. 80. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) The cele brating of August It by imperialists has awakened the controversy over the correct date of Napoleon Bonaparte's birth. Whether he was born on August IS or not the Imperialist celebration waa appro priately timed, because on that day and month Napoleon really became minister ot France. Napoleon I le ' generally supposed to have been born at Ajacclo, Corsica, the second son of his father, in 1769. The reg ister of his marriage with Josephine In 1796 says he was born February 5. 1768. At the ministry of war at Paris is what professes to be an extract from a Corslcan baptismal register, made In 1782, which records the birth of Nabullone Bonaparte at Copte January 17, 1768. On the other hand, the certificate produced by the young Bonaparte when, he entered the mil itary school In 1779 still exists and It states he was born August 15, 1769. This Is the oldest document. It was in the hands of the French government long be fore the others purport to have been writ ten. It was written in time ot peace, and lastly It would have been examined jealously by the authorities at Brlenne. It may, therefore, safely be regarded as true. The authenticity of the paper at the ministry of war is doubtful. As to his marriage certificate, Napoleon probably overstated his age to please Josephine, who was considerably older than he. The same document certainly understates her age by four years. KING EDWARD'S GOOD MEMORY Raca.Ua Iacldeats of a. Voyage Takes Wkes Ha Was Only Biz Tears Old. (Copyright, 1902, by Press' Publishing Co.) LONDON, Aug. SO. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) King Edward has a remarkable memory. While on a tour through the Isle of Man last week Hall Calne remarked to him: 'That's Albert hall, sir, and the tower Is Albert's, so-called after! the prince consort's visit to Ramsey In 1847." "I remember it," said the king. "I was on the yacht with the queen, but wae only years old, and the queen waa not well and I did not come ashore." Being asked if he remembered what hap pened when the prince consort landed, the king answered: "I do. He had come unexpected, there wae nobody to receive him and the local barber took him ii iiie tup vi the iiiii.' Somebody spoke of the excellent type of men among the fishermen, whereupon the king remarked: "Your magnificent women, too, they are a very good type." The king is expected at Balmoral Tuesday, but he will not stay long, as the weather Is cold in the highlands. In fact it is thought that he takee considerable risk In going there at all in view of the severe chill he caught there last fall. He Is showing keen Interest In the per' sonnel ot the army aad navy. Recently medals presented to the Indian native troops were stolen by two English soldiers. The king telegraphed ordering the fullest inquiry and when the thieves were discovered he commanded that they be drummed out of the army. ' MAKES PLEA FOR HORSE MEAT French Ministry Will Attempt to EqaaUu Demand and apply. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Aug. S0.J-(New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) The minister of agriculture, M. Mogeot, has decided to send throughout the country lecturers who 111 try to remove the popular prejudice against eating horseflesh. Although the demand for horseflesh meat 1 increasing rapidly It Is not sufficient to meet the sup ply ot horses now being killed because ot old age or Injury. The minister of agriculture believes that In view of the large beef Im portations from North and South America the amount ot horseflesh left unconsumed constitutes an Injury to the nation's wealth. EMANUEL IS AFTER THE COIN Ha Wanta It, Ho Says, Solely Bceaaao It la a Memento of (he Past. (Copyright, 19C3, by Press Publishing Co.) ROME, Aug. 30. (New York World Ca- blfgiam Special Telegram.) King Victor Emanuel III is an eager collector of coins ot all nations and all times, and his col lection 1 the largest and most complete In Italy. Just before be left here to visit the kaiser a unique coin ot Phoenician workmanship waa presented to him. He thanked the donor heartily and said: "I look forward to the time when money will have only a numismatic value. If money 6nly had value for the coin collector half the misery and sorrow in the world would cease." CHOCOLATES FOR CHILDRE Paris Paper Blockades the Boalevarda with Its Adevrtlsing Scheme. (Copyright. 1902. by Press publishing Co.) PARI9, Aug. 10. (New York World Ca blegram Bpecial Telegram.) The news paper Le Matin secured the entire weekly output of the largest chocolate factory for free distribution on Thursday to all chil dren who bad a copy of the paper.- Sixty automobiles bearing reporters distributed It throughout the day and numerous blockades resulted. At various places youngsters held up the vehicles and looted them. Traf fic was absolutely stopped at several points on the boulevards. The city authorities have forbidden any such advertising In the future. STORK IS PARTIAL TO BERLIN Babies Arrlva There ta Banehea and Rival Cities Aro Belas; Loft Behind. (Copyright, 1901. by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN. Aug. 10. (New Tork World Ca blegram 8peclal Telegram.) Berlin Is be coming known as the "city of twins." The number ot twins and triplets born here haa steadily risen since 1S2&. Out of nearly 2,000.000 children born within that period, twins were bora 21,441 times, triplets 22 and quadruplets three times. During the same period In London twins were bora 14,000 times, triplets seventy-five, quadrup lets twice. The Parla figures: Twins, 7,600, triplet, tweaty-flvei quadruplets. Ternedo Murl Northwestern Passenger Dowa Embankment Near Meridan. THREE KILLED AND TW0SC0RE INJURED Many Are Hart So Severely that Eeoevery Seem Very Doubtful BRAKEMAN'S LAMP IGNITES THE CARS flaie 1 Extiiguiihed by Prompt Effort f th Survivor. FLYING GLASS LACERATES MANY FACES I'neonsclone Forms Aro Rescned from the Pile of Wreckage with Axes Rtorm Toys with the Train. WASECA. Minn.. Aug. 80. Twer e ns were killed, three fatally Injured': ore than a acore or others nurt tru oing In the wreck of a train whlcf ' V been hurled down an embankment by' & ado. A westbound train on th Northwestern railway, consls' ago an en crowded i tornado thirty-five gine, a baggage coach anc" passenger cars, was struo while running at the rate-. miles an hour, two miles from Merldan. The passenger and baggage oars were hurled eighteen feet down the embank ment to the fence guarding the right-of- way. A brakeman had been lighting the lampe when the crash came and the wreck age waa Ignited by the spilling oil. The dead are: DELMAR PETERSON, aged 6 years, Wa seca, Minn. WOMAN, SUPPOSED TO BE ANNA J. BICKFORD. Albert Lea, Minn. The fatally Injured are: Mlse Eva Richardson, New Ulm, Minn., hurt internally. A. C. McConnell, Brookings, S. D., hurt internally. Unidentified woman, crushed. The other casualtlea were a follow: T. N. Knavold, Albert Lea, atate sena tor and candidate for congreea, four rib broken. Frank Madden, news agent, Waseca, head cut. ' E. N. Stevens, 29 Beet avenue, Chicago, cut by flying glass. . IT. V.' -t Ba4s?r. Wis.. lstrc!!y Injured. John Scollejerdes. Merldan, shoulder dis located. Miss Edith Shackle, Winona, left arm and hip fractured; face lacerated. John Keegan, Waseca, left arm sprained. Mrs. James Deenen, Sleepy Eye, Minn., right hip bruised and face lacerated. Miss Ruth Jones, Worthlngton, Minn.. arm fractured. i Mrs. Margaret Jones, Worthlngton, lO' Jured internally. ...... R. H. Wilde, Milwaukee, shoulder dtslo cated, left arm broken and Injured inter nally. Mlse Caroline A. McCune, Worthlngton, head injured. Mrs. Charles Greene, Owatonna, fore' head cut and left aide bruised. R, D. McDougall, Owatonna, scalp wound. Richard Berden, Merldan, forehead badly cut. Charlea Oregg, Marlon. O., ear cut off and legs and chest crushed. Mies E. C. Hllmer, New Ulm, head cut and badly Injured Internally, John Roaenau, Merldan, left arm broken. Miss Mary Olasby, Kasson, Minn., left arm broken. George Deobne, Austin, Minn., head In jured. 'Follows the Train. The engineer Is reported to have aeen the tornado in apparent pursuit of the train, and scarcely an Instant before the cyclonic wind struck the cars the train gave a lurch. It was B o'clock when the train was struck. Fully an hour and a half elapsed before a wrecking train arrived. The engine did not leave the track. The baggage car and passenger coaches were twisted off ae If by giant hande and hurled downward to the bottom ot the embankment. The baggage car waa shattered to splinters. The two dead were jammed In the wreckage and their bodies were cut out with axes. It Is feared that more bodies may be found un derneath the debris and the wrecking gang sent from Waseca Is at work on the skat tered cars. The brakeman, who was lighting the lampe In one of the passenger coaches when the tornado atruck, cannot be tound tonight. It is feared his body Is in the wreck. Passengers saw htm atrlke the un der side ot the coach with terrific force and at the same time the lamp he had been trimming crashed Into splinters. Oil from the vessel waa ignited from the flame on the wick, and to the terror of death by violence waa added the danger of death by Are for those of the victims who were Imprisoned in the wreckage. But men who were the first to ptck their way out of the splinters hastened to ex tlngulsh the flames, devoting their atten tlon to this task before attempting the work of rescuing the Injured survivors. The Injured and bodies of the dead were brought to Wasera, where physicians s' tended to the seriously Injured. Eva Rich ardson died from her Injuries after reach ing Waseca. The damage br the cvclona in I Owatonna waa not eraat aad was (uinflimil to a narrow path. CONFESSES KILLING LAND IS William Toll, F.ngllsa Soldier at Col chester, Admits Mnrderlng Gears La ad Is. KANSAS CITT, Aug. 10. William Toll, an English soldier In the Second Bedford shire regiment, etatloned at Colchester, England, has confessed to the murder tn Kansas City in January last of George Landla, according to a cablegram received today by the local chief of police, and is being held by the Scotland Yard oKclals, awaiting extradltloa papers. Landla, who worked tor a Kansas City Ice company, was killed In the railroad yard and hi body robbed. Up to this time the ease had remained a mystery. Toll is said to have a wife ia St. Louis, whom he deserted eooa after the murder, going to England. Toll's wife lives tn this city, and to night she told the police that ber husband did not kill Landls, but had made the con fession ia order to get free transportation bark to this country. She said that a re cent letter from him elated that ha had a plan by which he would return to Kansas City wltbeut spending any money. DUMONT HAS FIXED A PRICE Braslllaa Aeronnwt Will Retarn to America When 9,M0 Is tn Bank. ' (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Aug. 80. (New Tork World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Santoa-Du- mont told the World correspondent today that ha will return to the United States as soon as a reasonable rnoneya Inducement Is offered him. The minimum offer he will ccept Is $6,000, which must be deposited In the bank In his name before starting. Santos-Dumont visited today Le Chaubre, the balloon maker, accompanied by two engineers who have made a special study of aeroplanes. The conference lasted two hours and le the first step toward the building of airship No. , which will be designed to carry eight passengers, ex clusive of the aeronaut and his assistant and travel three daye without making a landing. Santos-Dumont ia confident that he can build a ship with this capacity. The aero planes will be combined with gas holders for the sole purpose of eliminating the pitching of the ship. Santos-Dumont announces that In order to promote Interest in the sport he ie ready to give lesson to' any amateur, man or woman. M. Deutch, the petroleum mag nate who gave the $20,000 prUe for sailing around the Eiffel tower, has announced that his airship, vVllle de Paris," will pos itively make its first ascent next week. Count de la Vaux's new' aerostat, designed to make another attempt to cross the Mediterranean, Is completed. Julea Verne has about twenty works of fiction ready for publication. It is said, but they are only to he issued at the rato ot one every six months or so. The In dustry of this veteran author Is certainly wonderful. For years ha hae worked at hla writing table all the morning, gone to his club in the afternoon, dined soon after I and gone to bed before 10. . For thirty years and more he has devoted hla life to boys' booke and he must have produced far greater number and possess a far larger circle of past and present readers than anyone who has figured before or elnce In the same line of literary produc tion. GENEROUS WITH , FRANCHISES People Favored by Shah Discover tho Graats Ara of No Valae. (Copyright, 190, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Aug. 80. (New Tork World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The French government Is showing every attention to the shah of Persia, and the people cheer him wherever he appeara In hla carriage, franchisee right and left. A newspaper man who wrote a' report of his arrival which pleased the shah ' has received a decoration and credentials granting him the sole right ot Introducing the tramway system In a town in Persia. Investigation proves that the town la practically un known and contains about (00 huts all told. The ehah Is much depressed by the dan gers found in all civilized countries, espe cially in the excessive Pf ed maintained by vehicles. Before bin Journey to Ramboull- let, Thuraday, where he was 'entertained by President Loubet, he ordered hie salon car uncoupled from the special train and had It attached to. the slow local train. He has given positive orders to the three firms which are building automobiles for him that the machines ahall be incapable ot making more than twelve miles an hour. The ehah'a chauffeuera cannot possibly drive at a speed in excess ot what ho considers the danger limit. NOT WORK OF CHAMBERLAIN New Postmaster General ' Had Ho Hand In Pnreels Post Ar rangements. i ' (Copyright. 190J, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Aug. SO. (New Tork World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) J. Austin Chamberlain, M. P., who was appointed recently postmaster general In Mr. Bal four's cabinet in which his father Joseph Chamberlain, Is colonial secretary has been the minister In attendance upon the king on the royal yacht during the paat week. He did not arrange between the British government and the American Ex press company tor the delivery in the United States of packagea posted In the United Kingdom, although part of the press and the public have given htm credit for it . He haa been postmaster general only a month and has not been in the general postoffice five times altogether. The par cels negotiations had been In progress several months. J. S. Sargent has painted a portrait of Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain (who was Miss Endtcott of Massachusetts), which will be exhibited at the Royal academy exhibition next year, after which It will be sent te America. Mr. Sargent Is at present taking a holiday In Bwltierland. PRINCE OF REPORTERS DEAD Chlneollo of Paris Es4i Rotable Career with Fatal Stroke of Apoplexy. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Aug. 0. (New Tork World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Charles Cblncholle, known throughout Europe as the "trlnce ot reporters," and famous tor many daring newspaper feats, is dead from stroke of paralysis. He waa credited with being the "discoverer" ot Boulanger and responsible for the general'a popularity. Cblncholle was the friend of every promi nent man In Paris, and all the presidents ot France gave him interviews at all hours. He always had the privilege of accompany ing them on their travels. When King Edward was the prince of Wales, Chlncholle acted as cicerone dur ing one ot hli visits to Parle. Before taking up his work on the Figaro twenty years ago, he served ae secretary to Alexander Dumas. Another sudden death la that ot Oustave Roger, general agent for tbe Association of French playwrights. Every French play acted In America for the past five years passed through his hands, and he paid French authors many thousands ot Ameri can money. WAGES ARE ON THE DECLINE Those of Great Britain Nearly Eight Million Lees Than Last Tear. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Aug. SO. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The wsges ot the working people of the United King dom, aocordtng to official statistics, showed a decrease of $7,920,000 last year compared with the preceding year. SAVABLE IS WINNER Finish lint in Khphad Futurity with Lord of th Val Second. GOES THE SIX FURLONGS IN 1:14 FLAT BaU Belmont' Oolt Only ' Hair, with Eecord Field Trailiag. IT'S DISTINCTIVELY A WESTERN VICTORY Drake Own Him, Wishard Trained Him and Lyne Bed Him. FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THE TRACK ansatlonal Balvator's More Seasa , tlonal Boa Gives the Crowd Heart Failure by His Glorious apart at tho Finish. NEW TORK. Aug. 80. Savable, atred by Balvator, the most sensational race horse the American turf haa ever aeen, won the rich Futurity at Sheepehead Bay today. John A. Drake, a western millionaire, owns htm. His trainer, Enoch Wlshsrd, Is from the west, and Lyne, a western jockey, rode him to victory. August Belmont's Hastings colt. Lord of the Vale, was second, only an eyelash be hind, while Dazzling, one ot the four Keene representatives, finished third. The time was 1:14, better than the Fu turity record over the full course, but a second and four-fifths slower than the best full six furlongs 2-year-old record down the chut The value of the Futurity was: To the winner, 145, 0C0; to second, $5,230; to third $2,750; to J. B. Hacgln, who bred the win ner, $2,000; to Augus't Belmont, breeder of Lord ot the Vale, $1,250, and to James R, Keene, breeder of Dasxllng, $500 In all $57,- 150. John A. Drake Is credited with having won the largest bet ever made by a turfman in this country. Hie winnings amounted to more than $100,000. Never was a more Inspiring race wit nessed at beautiful Sheepshead; never was a crowd greater or enthusiasm more un bounded. Fifty thousand would be a close estimate to put on the multitude, for this was to be the greatest ot all Futurities. Tbe prize was rich, the field large, its quality Incomparable, and before tho fall of the flag It looked ae If any one of a dozen of the thoroughbreds had an even rhsnre for the atske. Indeed, with the great field that faced the starter, the greatest In numbers that . ever struggled for the laurel wreath of championship, it seemed as thongh noth ing short of a miracle could bring them all aafely through that six furlongs' journey, short though it wasj with the crowding and bunching around the dangerous curve of the chute. They passed that point, how ever, like a troop of cavalry, and, straight ened out, came Into the stretch in a ewirl of dust, Savable and Lord of the Valu fighting It out to the last Inch. It was Lyne's good riding that carried his mount past the flying Belmont colt Just at tbe wire. Better Than His Sire. Out of the west came Savable, the son of Salvator, whose records have etood for years, to snatch' away a victory from the champions of the east cracks that only days ago were thought to outclass tbe western colt. Out of the west also came Proctor Knott, who, in the first running ot the Futurity, fourteen years ago, out speeded the same Salvator, that was to become the Idol of the American turf. Bavable was able to do what hla famous Ire failed to do before him. Another memory of past Futurities came with the magnificent race ot Keene'e speediest of fillies, Dazzling, whose sire, St. Leonards, ran third in the classic of 1S92. It Is not always given to a Oily to be up in the first flight of such a race. Butterfly's was a marvel in 1894 and luck favored L'Alouette three yeare later. To-, day Dazzling came with a buret ot speed that was true to her name, but she fal tered In the last few strides, and, faltering, was beaten off by the two leaders. John A. Drake and the western contin gent, always confident that Savable would score, played him down from 20, and In aome books 25 to 15. In such a surging mass as that which crowded the betting ring, with every man struggling to place his money, thousands were as units. Eager layers seized what was thrust at them, and knew no east or west. It was the west, however, that rounded up the good thing of the day and cashed In at night fall. Never Before Snch a Crowd. Sheepshead never knew such a crowd. At noon the lower tier of the three-deck grand stand waa crowded. Long before tbe bugle sounded the first race all three tiers were filled with a mass of moving color. It was woman everywhere, costumed in filmy bril liant gowns, and bedecked with colors rare and radiant. Almost ae far as the eye could reach, down over the lawn and through the Held, it was a awaylng mass Of humanity. Twenty thousand surged In tbe. field, and within and beyond tbe track rails there were thousands more. Men prominent In every walk of life and every man who lovea a race horse and "tbe sport of kings," whose business would per mit it, gathered with his fellows under the shadow of the club house and the great stands. Thirty-one were carded to go, 'but Sov ereign, Sir Voorhles, Dalesman, Love Not, Royal Summers, Merry Acrobat and Medal were scratched. Bounding Beauty was added at a late moment by the Popper stable and a few minutea later withdrawn. There were twenty-four left to fight It out in a contest where only the stoutest hearted might hope to live. They're Off." The call to saddle waa trumpeted at 4 o'clock, and one long, thin line filed out and cantered slowly past the stands. En thusiasm was pent up. It wae anxiety rather than excitement that prevailed In that vast gathering. Hardly one of the sleek-limbed racers but had a host ot sup porters, and not one but won the admire tlon of all. Starter Pettlnglll waited for tbe field, red flag tn hand. To the eager watchers that blurred like far up at the end of the chute seemed in constant wriggling motion, with now and then a flash of red or a glint of white aa the silk of the boys' Jackets caught the sunlight. It was deperate work to keep that Hoe straight before tbe final word. wlti fortunes depending on tbe result. For twenty minutes they seesawed to and fro then came a swish of the flag and a burr of the bell In the Judges' box. Instantly there waa frenzy among the multitude. That never forgotten cry, JOoaUaued ea ieces Pace.) THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Cooler Sunday, with Fair In West and Showers In Cast Portion; Monday Fair. 1 Try Amerlcnn Train wreeklsg Game Tornado Wrecks Pnsarngrr Trala. Movable Wins Great Fatnrlty. Mercer Mrs I,ose la Committee. N I.oeal Fnalontsta Open Campalan. President Spends Day In Vermont. Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Rioters. 8 News of Nebraska Towns. More Pnymasters Come to Omaha. Grand Jary to Probe Tax Franda. 4 Week's Events tn Society. 5 Aaslxnment of Omaha Teachers. Sonth Omabn News. Coaaell Blaffs and lown News. T Omaha's First Poatmaater la Dead. Street Hallway Men Form Inlon. 8 Rportlnsc Events of a Day. 0 'Weehly Review of Snortlnsr Eveats 10 Condition of Omnhn's Trade. Baralar Shoots to Kill. 11 Loner Senrehes for Mythical Mines. Bench aad Bar In Grent Britain. W rouses Are Visibly Pnnlshed. Social Doings In Manila. 13 In the Domain of Woman. 18 Amusements and Mastc. 14 Editorial. 18 E. Roaewater Replies to Savage. 18 Markets and Financial. SO Street Railway Stock May Be Sold. Temperatare at Hoar. Den.' 8 n. m Tl 8 n. m 70 T a. iu 70 8 a. m TO O a. m Tl 10 a. ra Tl 11 a. m T8 13 m TO Omaha Teaterdayi Hour. Dcs. 1 p. m ...... 8 p. m ..... . 8 p sn . . . . . . 4 p. tn ..... . 8 p. m ..... . 8 p. m ..... . T p. m 7tt T T8 Tt 78 Te T4 IOWA BABY FOUND GUILTY Ceoknk Jadge Declares Infant Vagrant that the Mother Slay Retain Poaaesslon. KEOKUK, la., Aug. SO. Baby Kellar, 11 months old, wa found guilty of vagrancy todav bv a lustlce of the peace. Sentence was suspended during good behavior and the baby defendant discharged. The caae was tried with nobody In the courtroom except the mother and her friends, who took a war' rant againat the Infant several days ego as a means of obtaining possession of the child. It had been declared to be In the legal cus tody of Elmer Park, secretary of the Assoc! ated Charities, on his appeal after the ac quittal of the mother on a charge of coming within the new law to deprive unworthy parents of tbelr children. The mother still has the child guarded at her sister's house. PHILIPPINE SCOUTS . RAISED evernt Appointments and Promotions Aro Announced from Headqnart ers at Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The following recess appointments and promotions In the Philippine eooute have been announced To be first lieutenants: Second Lieuten ant O. J.' Hasson, July T, vice Henanx, re signed; Second Lieutenant Henry E. Moore, Auitust 15. vice Bell,' resigned. , To be sec ond lieutenants: First Sergeant H. R. Drake, troop A, Fifth cavalry, July 10, vice Hasson; First Sergeant Charles Far rell, Company I, Thirtieth Infantry, July 15, vice Clifton, resigned; Roy T. Ballard of Ohio, late eecond lieutenant inirty-sec ond, U. S. V., July 12. 1902, vice Munday, deceased. Corporal Randall Kernan, lOm pany F. Second battalion of Englneera, Au gust 19, vice, Moore, promoted. SLIPS NOOSE, BUT IS SHOT Illinois Mob Riddles Negro After t'n- snecessfnl Effort to Hang Him at Snark. SPARK, 111., Aug. 30. Ardee Levin, negro who waa arrested here tor an assault on a young white woman today, was riddled with bullets by an angry mob tonight. About g o'clock the mob took him from tbe Jail and clipped a noose over hla head and swung him up to a telegraph pole, but In some manner he slipped the noose and fell to the street. In an Instant he waa on hla feet and running away. ' He apparently escaped In the darkness. but a posse pursued him and surrounded him several hours later within two blocka of the jail and shot him to death. PITTSBURG TEAM TO LOSE SIX National League Team Players Bap- posed to Have Tied Vp with Other Teams. PITTSBCRO, Aug. 20. From present ap pearances, six of the Pittsburg National league players, who left for the east to night with the team, will not be In Pitts burg uniforms next season. The players suspected of deserting the champions are: Pitchers Tannehill and Chesbro, Catcher Smith and Fielders Leach, Conroy and Davis. President Dreyfus, it seems, had re quested all of hi players to declare them selves before September 1, and inasmuch as the playera named have failed to comply the story le current that they have trans ferred their allegiance to some other club. FAST MAIL IS WRECKED Northwestern Haa Aaothor Catastro phe Near FaJrehlld, Wis., In Which Tralamen Dla. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. SO. The North western train dispatcher In thla city aays ths fast mall train eastbound was wrecked at Falrchild, Wis., late tonight Two train men are reported killed, but none ot tbe passengers were Injured. Movements of Ocena Veaaels Aag. SO. At New York Arrived: Celtic, from IJverpool: Ptatendam, from Rotterdam. Sailed: Nordam, for Rotterdam and Ho lottue; ZeeUnd, for Antwerp; Lucanla, for Liverpool. At Yokohama Arrived: Coptic, from Ban Francisco. At Hong Kong Arrived: Iyo Maru, from Seattle and Victoria, B. C. ; Peru, from Ban Francisco. At Moville Arrived: Laurentlan, from New York, for Glasgow. At Liverpool Balled: Cevlc, for New York. At Genoa Arrived: Sardegna, from New York, for Naples. At Naples Sailed: Lombardla, for New York. At Copenhagen 8nlld: Oscar II, for New York. At Bremerhaven 8allf d: Grouse Kur furbt. for New Yrk via Cherbourg. At Southampton Hailed: Bt. Louis, for New lor via i neroourg. At Havre bulled: Labretagne, for New York. At Antwerir-Balleds VaderUjui lor New 1 1 era. MERCER MEN LOSE Their Attempt to Oentrol th Dongla Count Primari fail. COUNTY COMMITTEE TAKES UP ITS DUTIES Appoint Eectien Board and Will Prepare th Offioial Ballot. GURLEY FIGHTS TO THE LAST DITCH E Ha Vio Walker and B&lph Breckinridge a AiiiBt&nt. FAIR PLAY AND LEGAL RIGHTS WIN OUT Coonty Committee Votes to Giro It Congressional Caadldato an Vntalr Advantage Over His Sev eral Oppoaents. The republican county committee, at a meeting held In Washington hall yesterday afternoon, decided to perform the dutiee assigned to It by the lawa of the state by taking charge of the primary election to be held In this county September 20. The surrender of Its rights and powers to Mr. Mercer's congressional committee, which had been made by a majority acting under a misapprehension of the law one week before, waa rescinded. Aa a result of yesterday's action of the county committee, Mr. Mercer'e manager le no longer In a position to enforce the "rules" be set forth in hla call for con gressional primaries, under which every candidate for congress wss to pay him an assessment ot $50 tn addition to the fee of ti for each delegate filed. Neltber Is Mr. Blackburn to be allowed to name the official boards of tbe prtmarlee, to prepare the official ballots or to re ceive the returns and certify the result to the convention, all of which he arro gated to himself in his "rules for the re nomination ot Dave Mercer." Instead, the county committee, whose membership ' le fairly representative of all of the-candidates for congress, Is to conduct the prl. marles, according to custom and law, and without any favor to a particular candi date. Oosa Makes Explanation. Chairman Gobs, upon calling the meeting to order yesterday afternoon, made a state ment to the effect that he had not re fused to Issue a call for th slon, but had been out of the city at the time the movement for another meeting was carried through by a majority of the members. Secretary 'Messlck called tbe roll, and It was found that fifty-nine of the sixty-one members were present, the same attendance that was had at the meeting of the week before. W. F. Gurley waa the first man recog. nixed by the chairman, although several called for recognition at once. Mr. Gurley read a lint ot polling plaoea, the tame aa- -designated In the call Issued by Chair man Goss Friday afternoon, and moved that it be adopted as tbe official list. W. 3. Connell suggested that the Gurley mo tion was premature, as matters of greater Importance should come up tor considera tion by the committee before tbe polling places should be eelected. He moved to lay Mr. Gurley'a motion on the table, and then came the first test vote ot the meet ing, which showed the Mercer following to be In the minority, the Connell motion prevailing by a vote ot SO to 28. Proposes Fair Play. Mr, Olson of the Seventh ward eatd that he presumed the purpose of the meeting waa to provide tor prtmarlee at which all candi dates would be asaured fair play, and be moved that a committee be appointed to select primary election boards and report Its work to tbe whole committee tor approval at once. Mr. Klerstead of the Fifth ward ' offered an amendment providing that tbe Judges and clerks for the primaries be se lected In the usual way, by calling the roll and having the committeemen from each ward in Omaha and South Omaha naming the officers for their respective wards, the committee member In country precinct to act as election boards. Mr. Olson accepted the amendment and tbe motion prevailed. The committeemen from 8outh Omaha then started a movement to change the call ae aa to provide for the holding of the primary election In that city at only one polling place instead ot at a place in each of tbe elx wards. H. C. Murphy said this was the unanimous wish ot the South Omaha mem bors and wae In accordance with the custom that had always been adhered to In hie city. Gorier, Breckcnrldge aad Walker. Mr. Gurley, R. W. Breckenrldge, V. B. Walker and other Mercerltea spoke at length and with much fervor against allowing the South Omaha members to select their own polling place. Mr. Breckenrldge making the statement that the republican of South Omaha ought to submit to the rulee of out- . elders for tbe reason "that they never elected any republicans lm Bouth Omaha, but had to depend on the votes of Omaha to elect tbe republican ticket." Mr. Klerstead was prompt to correct Mr. Breckenrldge by reminding him ot the fact that South Omaha republicans elected their ctty ticket at the last election and were now enjoying a first-class republican administra tion. Mr. Murphy made a atrong plea for home rule for his city and moved that the call provide for but one polling place. Mr. Breckenrldge moved to lay tbe Murphy mo tion oa the table, but bis motion failed to carry and Mr. Murphy's proposition went through. Jndgea and Clerks Selected. The following judges and clerks tor the prtmarlee were then named by the ward committeemen and approved by the whole committee: First Ward F. W. Coleman, T. A. Jen sen. Judges; Alfred Back, clerk. Becond Ward Edward Rlche, V. C. Behm, judges; Collla Hopper, clnrk. Third Ward Robert Alton, H. C. Van Avery, judge; Fred Watson, clerk. rourtn vvara w. a. vnuenom, r . j. Norton, ludaes: J. W. Cooper, clerk. Fifth Ward Thomas B. Kiting wood. J. M. Ward. Judga; B. W. Christie, clerk Blxth Ward Thomas Johnson, Joseph Morrow, judges; W. W. Kaatman, clerk. Beventh Ward H. S. Peterson, J. B. Btarr, judpes; William, Redgwlck. clerk. Klghth Ward O. J. Weterdabl, Zenae Btrvena, judges; D. T. Mlddleton, clerk. Ninth Ward G. P. Butts, August Bchroeder, Judges; Thomas P. Wilson, clerk. South Omaha Bd Copenharve. John F. Bchulis, Judges; Floyd McKay, clerk. As te Jodlelnl Delegates. Mr. Connell introduced the following res olution, which was adopted: . Whereas, The Judicial committee of the Fourth Juulrlal district of Nebraska has called a Judicial convention for Beptember 27, 11"2. at Washington hall. In the city of Omaha, for the nomination of a Judge of tbe district court to till the vaoancy cauaed by Lka reslguaUoa of Ueu, W. W. Knyeur,