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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1903-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. RELIAiNCEISSUPREME Second Tet Baoe Auoret All Beholden of It! Superiority. AGAIN OVER-REACHES OTHERS' COURSE Columbia, Drope So Far Altera u to' Be Nearly Be j cod Right CONSTITUTION TRIES TO KEEP UP PACE Bat Finiihea Bounding Homo Stake Over Three Minatei Behind. DEFENDER'S WORK STARTS ODDS GIVING MwWn ot Kw rU Yacht Clab are Kathaslastle and Declar That ' Llpton'a Boat Will Hava Ma Chaaea to Mil. NEW TORK. May 28.-In a gamely con tested race Reliance again today led the way across the finish line, winning It sec nd victory over Columbia and lt first over Constitution.' Two mlnutee and twenty-one eeconde later Constitution flnlehod and the crew Of the new boat gave It euch rheer aa It deserved. Constitution had sailed a plucky race and had a rlaht to share In the honors. From the start to the finish It had fought out vr tha thlrtv-mlle course and on two of Its legs had actually outsailed the new boat, a performance whlcn re tares Its nreMlge. Imperilled In Its dlsap pointing showing In the drifting match last Saturday and makes It a factor to be reckoned with In the selection of a cup defender, . Columbia was. for the day, outclassed. From tha very start It was never for a moment In the race. While Reliance and Constitution were having It out between themselves around the course, the former .Wander waa dragging along miles astern of them and when Reliance sailed across the finish Columbia was more than two u.. imn.t rtaad to leeward. Reliance beat It by fifteen minutes and twenty seven seconds actual sailing time. The wind held true at to 12 knots during the race and favored none of the racers. The condition were ideal for a fair test of the three boat. The course was twice around a fifteen-mile triangle and a 12 knot braese was snapping tha bunting of the yacht at the starting line when the three sleek racer gathered there and Jock eyed for position. Columbia was dressed In a new ult of galls that set like a glove, tart Is Almost Perfect. Tha start at 12:16 p. m. wa almost per feot Reliance and Columbia went across the Una ld by side, with Constitution trailing by nearly half a minute but to windward. The first leg was a reach with the wind about abeam and coming out of the Ling Island bay In strong puffs. Five minutes after the start Constitution wa more than a length behind and to the windward, and the splendid battle was on-.- Cot'tmbio began slowly to drop be hind. Constitution held on like a bull dog. ,All the boat were going better than a 12 knot clip. Bteadily but very alowly, till tha first turn. Reliance lengthened It lead. The boat turned the first mark a fol low: . Reliance. U::06; - Constitution. :.. MnmMi. 12:46:08. . Rellanca had beaten Columbia by mora than two minute in sailing twenty-eight mlnutee and nineteen seconds, but had gained only a few seconds on Con- Once around the mark Reliance and Con stitution got into a luffing match that car ried them a mile out of their course. The w h.A flattened out to seven knots. and Captain Rhoade. seeing that he could ' not pas, gave It up and both .loop set spinnakers and squared away for the eo ond turn. Reliance then drew away from .. Columbia meanwhile wai tar be hind, the new boat having gained eight minute on It In thl leg, ana tweiv sec a. n fnnatltutlon. Reliance fetched 100 yards to leeward of the third mark, went by It and squeesed .v...,..k hatween the mark and a long tow of bargee. Before Constitution reached the mark, the barge had fouled it and it was compelled to sail arouna tne raw, ,h.b losing a little. The wind waa freshsnlng and the leaders were two miles tha next leg perore voiumoia reached the third turn. ' Constltatloa Cornea Vp. On the fourth leg the boat had a wind a nolnt freer and the sheet a bit started th. leaders heeled over and stretched away for the six-mile run. Reliance negotiated that leg In twenty-eight minutes and fifty five seconds, but Constitution gained nearly half a minute on It. Columbia, more than thirteen minutes behind Reliance was fairly distanced. ' Again on the next leg Constitution out footed the new boat, gaining one minute and twenty-one seconds, but it still wa one minute and eighteen seconds behind. The wind had hlfted, however, until It was nearly to windward to the finish line and Reliance began to gain again, although slowly. It required five hitches to reach the line and all the time Reliance held Constitution under Its lee and worked away from It, though the Belmont boat was pointing high and footing fast. Captain Barr sent his boat across the line while Constitution was nearly a mile to leeward of It. The official time was given out a fol lows: Start. Finish. Elapsed. Reliance 11:15:00 1:13:11 2:67:11 ronVtUutlon IMS S U:02 t:MM OMrnhfi ..12:16:00 :28:J ;13:0J Ifo Skew for Shamrock til. Not a possible chance for the America's cup la conceded to Bhamrock 111. by a yacht owner and member of the New York Yacht club, who has wagered $1,600 to $1. 000 that Reliance will win In one-two-three order. David Barrle. Blr Thomas Llpton com mercial manager In this country, took the bet. Mr. Barrle was somewhat astonished when the American, In discussing the chances of the yachts, msde the bold state ment thst Bhamrock III would not take one of the series of the races, but when the offer was made to bark the opinion at the odd quoted. It was promptly cov ered. Mr. Barrle acknowledged that his wager had been made, but refused to name the member of the New York Yacht club whose money he expects to win. Pretests of Pall Mall Guttle. LONDON. May S8.-Th Pall Mall Gasette today Join In the protest against' the use of ratsey sail on Reliance. It says: This Is a most unsportsmanlike proceed ing. If the race la to le a real t-t of merit each yacht should be completely equipped In the country to which it be longs. If the defender wins by means of British sails It would not be an American (Continued n Second fags.) HONOR COSTS HIS LIBERTY derma a Officer Who Killed Soldier Falling to Halete Him Will Re fleet la'Prlaoa. BERLIN. May 2.-The attention of Ger many was centered on the , 'ilillo court- martial of Naval Ensign '', "'"r, who was tried at Kiel today t ""'age and sentenced to Imprisons -,r years snd one week and to degt- the killing of Artilleryman Hartn.. Ksaen on Good Friday. The ensign's excuse was that the artll leryman had not saluted him properly. IIuHHner'H replies to the court . were straightforward. He said that while re gretting that his swordstrokes killed the artilleryman, he acted within the service Instructions and that be was obliged by honor to compel obedience. "But," said the president, "you said you never drew your weapon without using It." "Yes," replied the prisoner, "It is so ordered In the regulations." "You were seen loosening your sword before Hartmann left your side," continued the president. "Yes," the prisoner answered, "I thought of " Here Hussner mentioned the name of an officer who, after having been struck by a private, was obliged to resign because he was unable to loosen his sword, and the private, who was not identified, ran away. Hussner admitted that he became Inter ested at the police station' Immediately after the killing of Hartmann In a discus sion over the different classes of shoulder strapa. The court read a letter which Hussner wrote to his mother from prison and In which he said: God Almighty will not desert me, because I only acted as 1 hnd to. If I am punished I will have the glad consciousness of hav ing maintained my honor unimpaired. It Is, after all, the highest glf t .that a man possesses. I trust In my Redeemer, Jesus Christ. My cell was opened thl moment and my dinner was brought In. The food Is quite good. My fellow prisoners Jook with envy upon It. It Is snd thst they ck up a man preparing to be an officer. The impression made on the hearers by the prolonged examination, of Hussner was that his action was the result of the system of training on material which wa dull, though passionate, and which affected a mind filled with exaggerated Idea of honor. DESCRIBES RACE OF AUTOS Joseph Pennell Writes Graphically of Mad Rnsh From Parts to Madrid. e s-n LONDON, May 28. Joseph Pennell. the artist and writer, has sent a most graphic description of the first stage of the Parrs- Madrid automobile race to the Dally Chronicle from Chartres. After describing the assembling of the crowd and how, when finally the racer were seen coming fEom the top of a hill, he continued: As the cars fell there is no other word for It down the slopes and approached the narrow bridge, jumped with a bound across and flew with a scream up the rise beyond, one could ste by the twitch of the wheels, not half of which was caused by the road, how agonising was the strain on the driver, forced to make his way through the endless, uncontrolled crowds which lit tered the road from Paris to Brodeaux. Much as one majr-oxreem -the broad-minded views of the French government in en couraging the motor industry, the govern ment's neglect to protect the course wss criminal and nothing else. Though on the stretch of eight kilometre between Char trea and the first village there were from e.ouo to lu.uou people ana irom ouu. to i.uuu cars, no attempt was made to control the crowds, mostly made up of peasants and people rrom ram wno Knew Doming aooui automobiles. The horse-drawn traffic was stopped dur ing the race, but the fools on bicycles and the imbeciles on motors careened al out and drew up anywhere all over the road and only escaped killing themselves and the racing men by the sheer dum luck which Is said to protect drunken men, children and fools. Yet people wonder why accidents happen. The conduct of the military authorities was Incredible. From Chartres to the narrow bridge at the top of the hill the road was kept by a regiment of Infantry and some gendarmes, and though pegHtrians were not permitted to cross the bridge, but had to pass through the stream below, thus making a Jam at both ends of the bridge, ordinary motor cars and motor cycles were allowed free passage, of which they took such advantage that one of the racing cars was stopped dead In order that a person on an ordinary car might crawl over. As for the motor cycles In the race. they were simply used near Chartres as pacing machines by any stray scorcher who wanted to take money. Measures for preserving the safety of the public were either nonexistent or of a useless char acter. AUTO RACE IS ABANDONED Many Contestants Withdraw and Other Proceed Only I.elsarely. ' PARIS, May 2. The second stretch of the Paris-Madrid automobile race was not started this morning owing to the Inter diction of the French and Spanish govern ments. Many of the contestants withdrew and some of them proceeded leisurely. Marcel Renault had a sinking spell this morning. However, he revived. The other Injured persons are progressing favorably. Maurice Farman .and other prominent driver have announced their permanent withdrawal from racing. Premier Combes, replying In the chamber of deputies today to an Interpellation on the automobile race, saying permission had been granted to race, on account of solid tatlons on behalf of Frajich Industry. The accidents were not due to lack of precau tion. The government was not disposed to grant further permissions. If automo blllsts want more speed trlsls they must make a private track. The chamber should seek to conserve public interests with the Interests of a deserving Industry. MADRID. May 36 The Royal Auto mobile society ha decided to return to the donors the prises for the suppressed Paris Madrid race. Sixty automobiles, belonging to the tour 1st contlngoci of the Paris-Madrid race. arrived here today. King Alfonso, Prince Henry of Prussia and the members of the Spanish royal family witnessed the ar rival of the car from a balcony of the royal palace. An enormous crowd lined the streets. LONDON. May 24 The Dublin Gasette Issued tonight contains the regulation for the race for the James Gordon Bennett cup which Is to tske place In Ireland. The whole course will be closed from I a. m until the race Is finished, and the other regulations reduce th.e possibility of accl dent to a minimum. It I said the Irish administration Is considering still further precautions to secure the safety of the peo ple. King Edward talked over the matter yesterday with Premier Balfour. ; Tragedy at Wedding; Party. ARRAS. France. May M.-A wedding party at the Citadel barracks here Inst night ended tragically with the death of three women and the Injury of twenty seven other persons. At the dance follow ing the wedding a lamp was overturned and set fire to the decorative hangings. panic ensued, the doors were blocked snd three of the women were unable l escape and perished la tae flame. REPUBLICANS FIX THE DATE Next State Oonrent'ou to Be Held in Lin coln on Augo.it 18. COMMITTEE ENDORSES THE PRESIDENT Baals of Representation! Fixed on Vote for Mickey, Catting Dons Doaglas Connty Representation. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., May 26. (Special Tele gramsThe republican state committee at Its meeting here tonight fixed Wednesday, August IS, for the republican state con vention, selected Lincoln aa the convention city and adopted by unanimous vote a resolution endorsing the administration of Theodore Roosevelt and pledging him the support of Nebraska " republicans. The resolution, which wa Introduced by Victor Rosewater, with a few preparatory re marks, reads: Voicing the sentiment of Nebraska re publicans, we express our grateful appre ciation of the privilege recently accorded our state of entertaining, as our guext, our distinguished president, Theodore Roosevelt. His wise and courageous ad ministration of national affairs, his Judi cious conduct of our relations with foreign governments, nls (earless enforcement or the laws against unlawful trusts and com binations, tils patriotic efforts to mnintaln feace and harmony between capital and abor, his friendship for the west mani fested by his Interest in irrla-utlon and other measures designed for the upbuilding or tne western states, command our nearly approval and . endorsement. Theodore Roosevelt has demonstrated his eminent fitness for the exalted position of president of the United States and we extend to him the assurance of tha suooort ot Nebraska republicans whenever It may be of service vo mm. Addison Walte of Otoe had prepared a resolution In similar terms, prompted by the republican sentiment of the people of his home and several other members spoke briefly in a seconding motion. Punishment for Doaglas. The detail of the convention call were not agreed on with so much unanimity The first pop out of the box wa a motion by Senator Warner of Dakota that the basis of apportionment be one delegate at large for each county and one delegate for each 100 votes cast for John H. Mickey lor governor at the last election. The two committeemen present for Douglas county. B. E. Wilcox and Victor Rosewater, made a determined fight against an apportion ment on this Mickey vote on the ground that it did not accord fair recognition to the republican of Douglas county and other counties in which the governor had run behind his ticket. A motion was made to substitute the vote of Mortensen for state treasurer and again to substitute the vote of Marsh for secretary of state, but both 'amendments were voted down after protracted discussion. Senator Warner and one or two other Insisted that Douglr oounty wa not entitled to any considera tion beyond what It could claim by It vote at the head of the ticket and It was plain from the remarks of several mem bers that the idea animating them was to get a whack at Omaha and punish the re publican of Dougiaa county for not voting the ticket straight by depriving thera , of representation In the next state convention in proportion to their real numbers. On behalf of the amendments offered bv Mr. Rosewater, Hague of Kearney and Cappa of Adams put In a word declaring that It waa not a question of punishing any one but of disfranchising republican whose vote would be wanted for the ticket next fall. The vote, however, wa largely agalnst the proposal to take a candidate a a basis against whom no fight had been made and as a consequence Douglas county will havi only ninety-two delegates In the convention Instead of lot, which It would otherwise have had. Call Convention Early. On the question of the date for th call another divergence of opinion was man! fest as between an early and a late con ventlon. Richards of Thayer proposed August 18, Warner of Dakota wanted It ia early as July 8, while Hague of Keurney advocated September 2. The division came on the amendment to settle upon September 2, being the week before the Btate fait, a against August 18, and the latter won vote of 12 to 10. Lincoln had no competition for the lo cation of the convention and the resolu tion for the call was made to Include ho proxy recommendation and a request for the organisation of county commute by the convention that selects delegate to the state convention. The executive c m mlttee was empowered to select and reeom mend to the. convention suitable persons for temporary chairman and temporary secretary and Chairman Lindsay announo that he would call the executive committee together for this purpose about the first ot July. Of the thirty-four members of the com mlttee twenty-two were present In person or by proxy. The membership roll was corrected by the substitution of K. H, Phelps of Schuyler In place of M. D. Cam eron, resigned. ARRAIGN COUNT FOR FORGERY Man Who Signed J. Plerpont Mor- can ame Remanded to Frnnco Court. (Copyrlghted, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. May 26. (New York World Cablegram Srecial Telegram.) Count Mau rice De Bosdarl, who wss Indicted here for forging J. Plerpont Morgan's name to bills for $2CO,O0O. ha been arraigned at Beirut. Ha asserted that he was a Frenchman and was turned over to the representatives of the French government Extradition pa pers have been forwarded. Bosdail is the son of an Italian nobleman and a man of unimpeachable taste In an tiquities. He Is well known In art circles in Paris and London. The count moved In the best circles here. He had a beautiful flat In Hill street, at which he gave select entertainments. His crime caused the ut most surprise. PERUVIAN GUNBOAT SINKS Spring a Leak and Coca to Bottom of the Ocean In aa Honr. PLYMOUTH. England. May t.-The Peruvian gunboat Loretto sprung a leak thirty miles northwest of th Blcilly Islands yesterday evening and sank In an hour. The crew was picked up by a French trawler and were landed at Plymouth today. Loretto Is a new vessel. It left Liverpool May M for Para. Brasll. Sends Bottle of Poisoned Whisky. MEMPHIS. May K.-The grand Jury today returned an Indictment agulnst Mrs. l.lszie McCormirk. charging murder In the first degree. Mrs. Mi C'orinl k has bten under arrest chtirged with sending a bottlo or "oiauma wnisay w a woman in uincin SOLDIERS AFTER WITNESSES Troops Endeavor to Secnre Their At tendance Before Kentneky Grand Jery. JACKSON, Ky May M.-Whlle the spe cial grand Jury Is still sitting In Its effort to Indict the assassin ot Macrum, Cock rill and Cox, the member of the state militia sent here to preserve order are scouring the country In an attempt to get together the witnesses and bring in the men Indicted yesterday evening. The grand Jury will ask tor the enforced attendance of Captain John Patrick, Moses Feltner and Tom Cockilll. Captain Patrick la alleged to have witnessed the assassina tion of James Cockrlll and Feltner to have made an affidavit stating that certain offi cials had hired him and three other men to assassinate Macrum. Tom Cockrlll 1 wanted to tell about the assassination of Dr. Cox, It being stated that he know the names ot all the men who were on the scene at the time. The mountaineer last night made an attack upon the soldier and there was a council of war today to ask for more troops. It reported here that Curtlss Jett has made confession that Implicates prominent persons. Commonwealth Attorney Byrd says he will call the cases against Jett Wednesday morning and try him not later than Fri day. Extra precaution have been taken to protect Belvln Jewln. He Is guarded constantly by a strong detail. His testi mony before the grand Jury caused the In dictments to Jewett and White. There was a positive move made against him yesterday in th court room. Belvln Jewln has fear, for hi life and he 1 greatly alarmed. Mrs. J. B. Macrum, her friends and a number of cltlxen are urging that more troops be sent, fearing that further vio lence may be done by the mountaineer feudists. At the consultation ot officers today no action wa taken beyond order ing another galling gun - from Louisville. Tom White wa arrested at the home of his mother, eighteen miles from . here at daylight. A squad of soldiers surrounded the house and White was called out. When he reached the fence the warrant wa read and escorted by soldiers he went to .the house and dressed. The party reached here shortly after noon and White was remanded until tomorrow morning when he and Jett will be arraigned. Elisor J. Little and twelve soldier went to Winchester today and the order for Jett was honored by Judge Benton. He was placed In iron and arrived here and was committed to Jail this evening. An effort will be made by his attorney to get a change of venue. If this fail he will enleavor to have the Jury summoned from outside of Breathitt county. The Impression la strong that the con spiracies which have culminated In the aeries of assassination In Breathitt county will be traced to the fountain bead and startling development are expected this week. Jett Is bitter against the officials of Breathitt county, whom he claims a friends and whom he blame for not com ing to hi relief. The Jail Is heavily guarded tonight TWO AND ONE-HALF CENTURIES New York Celebvaro - Attainment 250th Year of City Govern ment's Existence. of NEW YORK, May M.-New York todav officially commemorated the 150th anniver sary of the establishment of municipal gov ernment of New Amsterdam, afterward called by force and by treaty between Hol land and England, New York. The whole city was gay with bunting. The city hall, where the main exercises were, held, and City Hall park were the center of attrac tion, the decorations there being especially elaborate. In the public schools 500,000 chil dren took part In the exercises. Mayor Low presided over the exercises at the city hall . and delivered a brief address, referring especially to the city' marvelous growth. "Our special pride," said he, "Is that we are an American city and our ambi tion is to show how the greatest Amer ican city can greatly serve the world." General James Grant Wilson of tha New York Historical society delivered the prin cipal oration of the day and was fol lowed by Secretary of War Root, who prefaced his remarks by a letter from President Roosevelt. After regretting his Inability to be present, the president wrote: The changes In New York City In the 250 years Just elapsed sre such as could be paralled nowhere else In the world. We now have In New York City the sec ond largest city In the world. And It Is no mean compliment for me to siy that there Is no city, either here or abroad, of whose governing officials Its people have more Just reason to feel proud. v In his address Secretary Root asld: The people of the city are able to show their capacity to govern themselve slaves to no ruler and to no party. The men who 250 years ago founded this munlclpnl government were sound and wholesome men and their spirit of - freedom, of tol erance, of civic pride and good cltlxenshlp survives, permeating the whole Increasing muss of the great metropolis. I am proud to come back from the councils of the nation to my own nome, proud to be a citizen of New York. Addresses were also made by Governor Odell, Bishop Potter and others. SUES AN AMERICAN OFFICER Gahrlal Galea, a Filipino, Seeks to Recover Damage for Arrest a Insurgent. MANILA, May Gabrlal Galsa, living In the island of Leyte, has sued Major Edward Glenn of the Fifth Infantry for 15.ttX pesos damages on the ground of al leged false Imprisonment. Galsa, who waa an Insurgent sympathiser, was supected of aiding the Samar Insurgents. In 1901. he was arrested by Major Glenn's orders, General Smith approving, and was confined In Samar. Ultimately Galxa was released. M-Jor Glenn has reported the filing of the suit to Major General Davis, who will prob ably refer the matter to Secretary Root. Justice Fletcher Ladd of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands ha re signed on account of the illness of his wifo and has left Manila for home. He belongs to Lancaster, N. H. Commissioner Wor cester leaves here for home In July. King Alfonso Is Enriched. LONDON, May 9.A special dispatch from Madrid says: King Alfonso has In herited 17,500.000 under the will of his grand father, King Francis. The will was opened about a month ago in accordance with the desire of King Francis that It should not be read until twelve months after his death. Don Francis D'Assasl, duke of Cadis, who married his cousin. Queen Isabella II of Spain October 10, 1M6, and wa tha same day proclaimed king of Bpaln, wa the father of the late Kins Alfonso XII, father ot the present king of Spain. Queen Isa bella, July 26, 1870, formally abdicated the throne In Paris, in favor of her son, the lute King Alfonso. Don Knincls died at Eplnay, a'rai, April 14, lfco. IOWA ALSO SMITTEN Storm Fiend Thrice Wreak Death and De struction. THREE TORNADOES SNUFF SIX LIVES Cm lb and Mangle Many Person by Wreck ing Building. GLENW00D, BUXTON, DES MOINES HIT Initiate for Feeble Minded and Its In mates Sufler. ELMO, MO., ALSO RECORDS NINE SLAIN Kansas Streams Create Disaster and Bend Hnndreda of Families Flee ing; From Their Home to Places of Safety. ' DES MOINES, la., May 26.-Iowa has been s'.orm swept for the past twenty-four hours. Three tornadoes, two last night and one tonight, caused the loss of six lives, the fatal injury ot three persons nu-1 the serious Injury of a score more, besides great property loss. The ieid at Glenwood: MAGGIE B1ETTNER, of Aduza. Ia. HAZEL WRIGHT, of Adaxa, la. The dead near Buxton: UEOKUIA BLAKELEY. HERBERT RHODES. The dead at South Des Moines: RL'SSEL A. KNAUFF, aged 30. FLOYD KNAUFF. his 8-inonths-old son. Injured at Glenwood: Mary EckerU Annie Delaney. Myrtle Dickinson. Etta Newton. Harrison Johnson. Holla Rathbone. - The Injured near Buxton: Molletas Rhodes, fatally. Mollle Rhodes, fatal. Kllxa Blakeley, fatal. Amphy and Minnie Blakeley. Seward, Lucy, George and Addison Rhodes. Buddie Reasby. Mary Walker. The injured at South De Moines: Mrs. Knauff, bruised and cut. Mrs. Margaret Barston, skull Injured by falling brick. Charles McNutt, hurt by falling tree. Mrs. John McCoy, breast and head cut l y flying glass. Victims are Feeble Minded. Tha victim at Glenwooa were all Inmate ot th School for the Feeble Minded, where the storm struck at 9:30 p. in. The tornado truck the girl' dormitory, commonly known a the old building, first. The roof wa torn off and with a terrible crash fell back again upon the wrecked building. All the buildings ot the group, including the hospital, dormitory, boy' building, cus todian' bnildtng, farm college 1 and th boiler room, were more or less damaged by the storm. The superintendent estimates (hat the loss will be at least 175,000. The buildings of the institution are sit uated on a slight rise and were a mark for the heavy wind which swept down on them with terrible fviry. The . eleven girl who were injured are being cared for In the hospital, which' Is practically Intact. The tornado near Buxton struck at about 9:30 p. m., near what la known a No. 10 Junction, a mining settlement. All the vic tims were colored. The . storm came f'ora the southwest and the destructive wind seemed to descend suddenly rrom a great bonk of clouds which were sweeping toward the northwest. Crushed Like KtiK Shells. The bouses occupied by the Rhodes and Blakeley were smashed to kindling .wood. Half a dosen box car were snattered and scattered over the surrounding country. The tornado struck South Des Moines at t o'clock tonight. It came from the south, but after the greater part of the destruc tion wa wrought, veered to the northwest as It approached the Junction ot the Des Moines and Raccoon river. The property damage in South De Molne and vicinity will reacn $60,000. The KnaufT home and the Christian church were wrecked and about forty other buildings were badly Injured. About the same time what wa apparently another storm struck the packing house section of town, a mile to the northeast of the scene of the South Des Moines disaster. In thl locality th Agar Packing company, the Des Molne elevator and the De Moines, malt . house plants uffered the greatest damage. The loss In that section cannot be estimated. High winds prevslled all over the city and minor losses were general. Telephone ccmmunlcatb n was cut off through the greater part of the city and the street rail way system had to be abandoned In East and South De Moines for the night. ('lou'lbnrxt at Artel. During the past twenty-four hour heavy ralne have been general In Iowa. In De Molne 2:10 Inches of water fell. A cloud burst at Adel this afternoon caused a precipitation of more than Ave Inches In a few hours. Heavy rains are reported from Webster City and Mher point. The upper Des Moines river Is rising rapidly and a repetition of the flood condi tions of last June are feared. Iowa railroads suffered greatly from the excessive rainfall and trains into Des Molne are from three to Ave hour late on all line tonight. Superintendent Mor ton of the Des Molnrs A Sioux City branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul, tonight suspended all traffic until the roadbed can be examined. A landslide occurred north of Howell station on the Wabash and the engine of a passenger train rolled down a twenty, five-foot embankment. The airbrakes stopped the train before the passenger coaches reached the sunken section of the track and both the engineer and fireman escsped by jumping. The Rock Island tracks are washed out near Menlo. From all sections of the state come re ports of an exceptionally heavy rainfall, accompanied In most cases by severe wind and lightning. In the northern part of Iowa there was a fall of hall in such size that lambs, calve and pig are re ported killed and In another case a horse. Rivers are swollen out of th hank everywhere. The floods Is at Its crest In northwest Iowa. Numberoua washout are reported In that section, and two railroad wrecks' due to that cause were attended with one death each. Wire are prostrated so generally ss to preclude obtslnlng particulars. The Floyd river I doing great damage In the vlnclnltv of Ploux City. The Boone. Rac coon end Des Moines rivers re rapidly (Continued on second Page) 1 CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for NenrxKku Fair Wednesday. Except Showers in Southeast 1'ortlon; Thursday Fair and Warmer. Temperatare at Omaha yrstcrdayt Knar, Dea. Hour. Iea 5 a. m tn l p. m ...... n. m ..... . tin si p. m . . .V . IWI T a. aa. tin a p. " ft n. an tt 4 p. m '4 On. m . 5 p. m "-'I 10 a. m 67 p. m 11 n. nt m 7 p. nt 1 m to H p. m ' It p. m 01 DESCRIBES AT0RNAD0 CLOUD Passena-er of t.lncnln-Omaha Train Tlls of Thrilling MitM Mon dny Kvenlng. A. D. Clayton, who came to Omaha on Monday evening's train from Lincoln, states that the passengers on the train got a fln view of the tornado thst visited the vicinity of Waverly about :S0 o'clock. He said: "I was looking out the car window and noticed a peculiar cloud formation In the northwest. It was, I should Judge, about seven miles from us. The cloud had the appearance at nrst of a big balloon and was swaying visibly toward the earth when suddenly a distinct funnel-shaped cloud shot down with Inconceivable rapidity to the earth and swung back and forth rapidly. At time the small' end would rise clear from the earth and sway in a clr cular manner, and would then shoot down ! toward the earth again. It followed a track, as well aa we could observe, parallel to the railway, and was In full view of the people on the train for ten or fifteen minutes. We could hear no sound, nor could we see from our position any damage that It was doing. It waj a thrilling sight. The funnel cloud was almost constantly Illumed with flashes of lightning, and the clouds in its immediate vicinity were visibly agitated. At the base of the tornado cloud was an apparent circle ot rolling white clouds through which the lightning was constantly playing." BURT HAS N0THINCT0 SAY Averse to Discussing; Strike Matters Before Final Settlement la Reached. President Burt of the Union Pacific ie turned yesterday from New York, but had nothing to say for publication regard Ing his settlement with the boiler makers. He meets the machinists and blacksmiths In Omaha Monday and Is averse to discuss ing matter until they are finally disposed of. By the terms of settlement the boiler makers were to return work May 27. Today I May 17. but no boiler maker seems able to tell whether he la going to return to work today. President Ed F. Kennedy has not yet returned and will not until Wednesday and nothing 1 being said or done In hi absence. Owing to the original agreement between the blacksmiths, boiler makers and machin ist that no contract waa to be made with the company not affecting all three crafts, the boiler maker are being criticised some what for their action, which doe not seem to. suit all-their own members. OMAHA, TRAIN IS DITCHED St. Panl Flyer Strike Bos Car Blown from Siding; and Is Wrecked. The Omaha-Bt. Paul flyer on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad was wrecked at ; 10:55 .Monday night at Whiting, twenty eignt mites soutn ji bioux city, ny a box car which blew oft an elevator siding and tood upon the main line. The dead: GEORGE COLEMAN, engineer, Sioux City. The injured: Oscar Larson, fireman, Klron, la.; three ribs broken, spine badly Injured. John Thompson, fireman's helper. North Eighth street, Davenport; rib broken, arm broken, head cut. Peter Parsons, mall clerk, 1124 Eleventh avenue, Minneapolis; rib broken, arm broken, contusions on head. Isaac DayhufT, Council Bluffs, baggage man and express messenger; sliver driven In neck, head and face seriously cut, both arms sprained. CONNOLLY JURY DISAGREES I.ong-Drawn-Oot Trial End with Satisfaction to Neither ,Party. The Jury in the case of John T. Connolly against the Union Pacific Railroad Com pany. disagreed yesterday afternoon tnd wa discharged by Judge Slabaugh. Thl case had been on trial for more than week. The first continuance of the hear ing was occasioned bv a slight Illness on the part ot the defendant, and then ono of 'the attorney became Interested In another trial. Before ho could resume trial of the Connolly case the defendant became sick with the muaitles, and this caused a delay of pearly a week. Connolly sued the Union Pacific for $2S,000 damage the result of injuries received at South Omaha whereby he lost both of his legs. HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS I.acoala, K. H.f Visited hy Connaa-ra tloa Which Destroy Nearly Ilandred Balldlaga. LACONIA, N. H . May !6.-Nearly 100 buildings have been burned, 350 persons are homeless and a loss of between 1350.000 and J400.000 has been Incurred by a fire In the Liikeport section, the srea burned ever being about 150 acres. The fire started in a boiler room of the H. ' H. Wood hosiery mill. The flames spread quickly and In a very short time, under the Influence of a brisk southeast wind, the entire structure was burning. Next It spread to the finished lumber plant of the Bouls A Garrell company, and then to the works of the Laconln Electrii; Light Company. In less thsn sn hour both these plants were destroyed. The city fire department was helpless to stay the pro gress ot tne names ana me destruction went on until the fire actually burned Itself out for want of muterlal. INSURGENTS BADLY DEFEATED Band of Fanatic In the Island of Ceba Are Hooted br Americans. MANILA, May ! Lieutensnt Javier, commanding a force of constabulary and volunteers, has defeated JOu fanatical in surgents In the island of Cehu, killing sixty eight of them and rapturing twenty-nlno. The fight occurred in the mountains of Takngan. No details of the engagement have been received and th government loese are not known. SHAKES UP LINCOLN High Wind Strike CapiUl City at an Early Hour Tnorday Horning. GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE TO PROPERTY No Liver. Lot;, Though Several People Have Narrow Escape. BLUE RIVER OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS Bridget. Gone and Traini Stopped in Vicin ity of Fairbury. LITTLE BLUE ALSO OUT NEAR HASTINGS Heavy Rains, la gome Places Aceora panled hy Hall. lalt Many Portions of th tate. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 2D. (Special.) A sever windstorm traveling nt the rate of seventy-eight miles an hour struck Lincoln at 0:26 this morning and did damage to the amount of many thousands of dollars. The wind was accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain. The precipitation wa six-tenths of an Inch. The streets rau rivers. By S B7 o'clock the storm wa over. For a few minutes h:.ll fell. The greatest damage was done In the wholesale district and losses this afternoon were estimated as follows: I. Case tM ma Wisconsin Furniture and Coffin com pany . an Ann Curtls-Bartlett company 26.OH0 Lincoln Gas company 1,000 Ferguson Elevator company l.oon Miscellaneous losses 10.000 According to the Weather bureau the wind was merely a local thunder storm of unusual violence. It came from th north. The large five-story brick building oc cupied by the J. I. Case company, Imple ments, wa rendered almost valueless by the storm. The fifth story was blown off and the entire building was twisted and torn. The man who erected the building said it would have to be rebuilt from the first story. This building con tained about $75,000 worth of machinery, which escaped serious damage. The roof of the building occupied bv the Wisconsin Furniture company wa blown off and the building was wrenched from It foundation. Thl building con tained a atock valued at l&O.OOO. Th management believes thl was damaged by water to the amount of I2S.O0O. Th building was damaged about $5,000. The Curtls-Bartlett planing mill suf fered the least loss of any of the whole sale house. It will probably amount to $5,000. The .root of the carpenter snob wa blown off and portion of the main building were wrecked. The corrugated Iron ware house of the Lincoln Transfer company waa blown dawn and It stock of barb wlr wa scattered, over the ground for a great distance. - . The Lincoln Gas company nd ' six re tort chimney scattered over i the roofa of several adjoining building and Sec tion of the retort building were blown away. The oil house of the Fercuson Elevato company wa set off It founda tion and the big smokestack wa blown over. Two hundred feet of tin gutter were blown away. Havo Narrow Escape. Mr. Abel F. Norton, three daughter and Miss Wilson, a stenographer, nad a narrow escape from death while In their cottage at W25 P treet. Next to the cottage stood th wall of the fiecond Presbyterian church, recently burned. The wall were toppled over on the cottage and made a pancake out of one end of It The family and Mis Wil son had Just gone from the end that wa truck to the rear of the house and escaped Injuries. Trester's big lumber shed at the Intersec tion of Twenty-eventh atreet and the Mis souri Pacific tracks, wa unroofed and th lumber scattered over th adjacent terri tory. A barn on .the premise of J. J. Bridge was upset and demolished, a horse thst waa in the barn and a cow that wa tied on the outalde were not Injured. At the rear of the main room occupied by L. J. Hersog, tailor, a brick oulldlng waa blown down. Thl portion of the building I used by the eleven young , women em ploye of the tailor and none of them had gone to work when the storm cam up. Whole City Suffers. ' Every portion of the town show the ef fect of the storm. In the ousiness section there 1 scarcely a building out what had many windows smashed out. Sign were picked up and hurled across the street and smashed into kindling wood. Many of theso were dashed through windows In the second and third stories of building. Shingles and debris were blown promiscuously across the town; the street became river and It wa almost impossible to see any distance at all. Tree flapped and lapped over each other and swept the ground. Branches of trees, grass and leave were blown Into neighbor' yard to form heap of rubbish with shingle and piece of roof and glass. Near the auditorium th streets were green with branches of tree, covered with foliage, being thrown upon It. Delivery wagon that had been left out during the night were blown sgalnst build ings and smashed to piece. A large piano box at Seventeenth and O streets wss blown a distance of half a block. At time the wind seemed to com from all direc tion and It had the appearance of a reg ular twister. Street cars were stopped, trolley blown down and for hour th town had no telephone connection outside of the city. Many of the 'phone here were knocked out nd pole were blown over. Trolley wire were down all over town. It wa reported here thl morning that Valparaiso and Raymond had been wiped off the map, but this sfternoon thl was denied. Rnrlal of Mommas. HASTINGS, Neb., May M.'-fSpeclal Tele gram. ) A fierce wind, aerompunled by rain and hail, prevented-the burning or burial of the cattle, horses and hogs that were killed by the tornado near Paulino Sunday evening, snd a a uonsequknc the Mumina f irm Is still strewn with wreckage and dead enrcasses. making a most devilste snd grewrome place to look upon. For ten years prior to the fstsl storm John Mumma snd wife were two of Adams county's most enthusiastic farmers. The hill upon which the hnmn stood was most picturesquely lo. cm ted. commnndlng a fine view of the val ley of the Little Blue, and the village of Psullne. two miles beyond. They Jiad sur rounded the house with hrdy tree, both forest -nrt fruit, snd th gro-in of cst1pe which inclosei the lawn and other tree lied of'en been remnrked bv traveler tin- ot iinosoul beauty. They were a 1 family who fully appreciated th aeathetla ihatt f
