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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, Fill DAY MOlUflNG, MAY 29, 1903-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. EARTH GATHERS ALL Two Thousand Humans Are Drawn Into Yawning Maw. SEISMIC FORCE AGAIN SEEKS VICTIMS Town in Valley of the Euphrates Chosen for Destruction. SHOCK LASTS FOR ONLY THIRTY SECONDS Eut that is Sufficient for Devastating Subterranean Power. OVER FIVE HUNDRED HOMES GO DOWN Amen the Population Thus Suddenly Stricken Ictm Hundred Arme alaaa Resided and Not On la Known to Be Alive. CONSTANTINOPLE. May IS. -Advices which reached here today from Asiatic Turkey show that a terrible earthquake occurred April 29 at Melazgherd, In the val ley of Krxeroum, on the Kuphrates. The town was totally destroyed, with Its entire population, numbering 2,0u0 souls. In cluding "00 Armenians, as well as the troops forming the garrison of Melazgherd. In addition, over 400 houaea In the neighbor ing villages collapsed. A somewhat severe earthquake shock was felt here this morning, but no damage was done. The Foreign offloe here today received some details from the British consul at Erseroum regarding the recent earthquake at Melasgherd, according to which a strong shock, lasting thirty seconds, was felt on the morning of April 29. throughout the en tire district between Lake Van and the Russian frontier, and as far west as Khar put. The town of Melasgherd, consisting of 500 houses, was destroyed and much havoo was wrought In the surrounding villages. Colonel Khalll Bey, commanding the garri son of Melasgherd, with his whole family, three other officers and eighty soldiers per ished In the ruins. Lieutenant Colonel Taylb Bey, whose family perished, became Inaan. The telegraph operator who sent the news of the catastrophe said he himself was badly Injured and that his wife and sister had been killed. The Foreign offloe has appealed for sub aciiptlons for the relief of the destitute of the Molasgherd district. WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Vice Consul OJalvo at Erseroum, Turkey, reports to the State department that an earthquake In the canton of Melasgherd, district of Fltlls, on the Kth ult., caused the death of $00 persons and left the city In ruins. The shock was strongly felt In Erseroum, a Journey of thirty hours, and threw the people Into a panic. Many of them turned their stables, which are built level with the ground, Into sleeping apartments for greater security. SEWALL' IS EXONERATED Coroner Finds No nenson to Connect Hint with New York's Latest I Murder Mystery. NEW YORK, May 28. The Inquest Into the death of John Heffernan, who was shot near the Ardsley club at Tarrytown Bun day night, was held today by Coroner Russell at Irvlngton, and resulted in a verdict of murder by some person unknown. RulJS L. Bewail being exonerated. Sarah Campbell. Heffernan's companion. said she thought he declared his assailant to be Rufus L Bewail of Boston, the pros pective son-in-law of Robert Hewitt. The statement waa corroborated by Frank A. Healy, night watchman at the Ardsley olub. Testimony waa given by George Gould, George F. Shrady, Edwin Jaffray and others, who declared they heard no such statements on the part of Heffernan, and by John Finn, hallboy at the Ardsley club, who testified that when he asked Heffernan who ahot him Heffernan replied: Mr. Hewitt's Intended son-ln-law. I had him down, but he was too strong and got away from me. Mr. Bewail, who had been a guest at Mr. Hewitt's house on Sunday night, volun . teered to make a statement and to waive counsel. As he understood it, HerTernan told Mr. Jaffray a man In the bushes shot him from behind. He did hot leave Mr, Hewitt's houae from the time they sat down to dinner until the telephone bell rang, and then went with Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Jaffray. Mr. Hewitt corroborated, the younger man's testimony. Mr. Bewail and Miss Campbell were called upon the stand and the question was put to the young woman point hlunk: "Is that the young man who shot John." Without the least hesitation the girl re plied. "No, It la not. The man wus taller and stouter than this one." The coroner's verdict was as follows: I announce that John Heffernan came to his death from a wound received at the hands ot a person or persons unknown. find no evidence to support the accusation made against ttulua bewail. FIFTY CONVICTS AT LARGE Sec are Arms nnd Ammunition Terrorise People of Lower Argentine. and J BAN FRANCISCO, May 2B.-Captaln S. J. Wiggins, formerly of the Forty-fourth volunteer Infantry, has arrived here on the Cosmos liner Menes from Patagonia, where he has been gold mining for a year past. He says that the Argentine Republic had a penal colony made up of life termers from the military and civil courts located on Btaten Island. A short time ago, while moving the prison to Ushuaah, fifty of the prisoners escaped, secured arms and am munition and have since been terrorising the residents. Murders have been of daily occurrence and the situation became so serious that the government Issued orders that the desperadoes were to be shot on sight. The day before he took the steamer at Punta Arenas the chief of police was killed. The goverment has also offered a reward of 1 for every head of an Onaha, a savage tribe In the interior, that remains un subdued. J. K. Rlfta, a sheep rancher from Terra del Fuego, another arrival on the same steamer, says that the average Is about a wreck a week on the Terra del Fuego shore and just before he left fur California a British bark was broken up In that vicinity. Klevea Children Drowned. POSEN. May 28 A ferryman and eleven children were drowned as the result of the capkislng of a ferry boat on the rtrer Wants, near Pembro. REVOLUTION IN ITS POLICY Chamberlain Leads KsslsiS Into New Paths and Reeks Tariff War with Germany. LONDON, May 28. Mr. Chamberlain has again proved himself the strong man of the cabinet In a debate, which may prove the most momentous of the present Par liament, he has In a frank and bold speech further developed the policy which will be universally regarded as an entire re versal of Great Britain's fiscal position and at the same time he proved that he has managed to carry the government with him against their convictions. The impression left on the minds -f the crowded chamber was that the country Is on the eve of a dissolution and that ns In 1900 Mr. Chamberlain carried the sodt.try with him on the Bouth African war policy as he has now converted his colleagues to the belief that he will be able to carry !t attain on the policy of preferential trade within the empire. In addition to asking for a mandate to ax food, he asks for power to engage In a tariff war with Germany on Canada's account and to fight the American trusts. It Is safe to say that no such sudden revolution has been experienced in the political situation for very many years, nor anything so sensational. The debate practically ended with Mr. Chamberlain's speech and the house emptied Into the lobbies. What little en thusiasm was displayed was on the lib eral side of the house. The conservatives listened to the speech In chilling silence. Indicative of alarm and uncertainty as to the outcome of the unexpected publication. Nearly a hundred eon servatlve members Immediately In tlmated to the government whip and to Mr. Chamberlain their Intention to take the opinion of their constituents on the new policy during the Whitsuntide re cess. At present Great Britain was the only free trading country In the world. If the prevailing tendency continued the time must come when the only neutral markets where she could dispose of her exports would be her own protectorates, her own crown colonies and India, leaving this country helpless In the hands of other na tions. With reRpect to the tarff negotiations. continued the premier. If foreign countries were to be allowed to treat the British colonies as foreign nations Great Britain would be forced by patriotic interests and regard for her colonies to retaliate. Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand were parts of the empire, and It waa absurd that they should be treated as separate aggregations because they had been given self-government. The premier added that If preference were given to Imports from the colonies they would In exchange mitigate the severity of their hostile tariffs against the mother land. . Mr. Balfour concluded with saying he did not think it would be wise to tax raw materials and he did not know whether a tax on food would be accepted or that the colonies would accept the proposed tariff modifications. He knew the tra ditional objection of the working classes to a food tax, and he was aware of the objection the colonies have. to. abandoning protection. If these could not be overcome the plan collapsed. It was not true that the Idea was started by Mr. Chamberlain as a policy of his own and without consul tation with his colleagues. After a question put by David Lloyd George, Welsh nationalist. In reply to whom Mr. Balfour intimated that the gov ernment did not propose to deal with the question before the dissolution of Parlia ment, Mr. Chamberlain expressed surprise at the fact that his speech at Birmingham May 15, had aroused such attention. It waa, the colonial secretary said, absolutely the same in this Instance, as the speeches delivered by Lord Salisbury and Mr. Bal four. There was absolutely no difference of opinion between himself and Mr. Bal four. All the critics of his suggestions had fallen Into error In supposing that an ab solute reversal of Great Britain's flsea policy was involved. Nothing of the kind had been proposed. Everything depended on the definition of "free trade," and If Cobden's definition, to "bring about a free Interchange of commodities at their natural prices," was accepted, then neither he nor nny member of the government sought to depart therefrom. "We should not enter on a war of tariffs but I would say to Germany, 'I am afraid If you cannot meet us In this matter, may be compelled to put a duty on that.' CHAMBER STANDS BY COMBES Passes Resolution Censuring; ods of the Oppo sition. Meth PARIS. May 28. In the Chamber of Dep utles today Premier Combes had an angry altercation with M. Flangln, republican. on the suhjta-t of certain charges brought by the latter against M. Combes' son. These charges came up again later In the form of an Interpellation by M. Rabler, a radical socialist, who read several articles from newspapers. In which Edgar Combes was accused of accepting a bribe In order to obtain a gambling license for the Circle Natlonale, a club founded by Gambetta. The premier replied that he despised this campaign, which was directed against him self. The facts in the Circle Natlonale case were that when the club building was enlarged the prefect of police thought that a new license waa necessary. The members applied to the ministry of the Interior, which decided that the old license was still good. It has been Insinuated, continued M. Combes, that Edgar Combes, who was a secretary at the ministry, was compromised In the matter through gam bling debts and notes which It was alleged he had given for money he had borrowed, but he defied the men who had made the charges to produce any such note given or proof of any such debt contracted by his son. The house, by a vote of 338 to IS, adopted a resolution censuring "the Vampalgn of calumny which was being directed against the members of the government with the object of turning them from the task of the defense of the republic," The Chamber then adjourned. GERMANS GREATLY PLEASED Prince Henry and Coast Ton Bnelow Will Entertain American Naval Officers. BERLIN, May 28. The German foreign office has officially been informed that the United States European squadron will ar rive at Kiel June 25. Chancellor von Buelow was much grati fied and said Emperor William would be much pleased. It Is Intended to make Its reception im pressive. The emperor. Prince Henry and Count von Buelow will take part in ths entertainment of the merioaa offloara. TEAMSTERS QUIT TOO SOON fit. Louis (Strike is Not Authorised bj Hatiocal Board, PREf ORDERS ALL OUT TO RETURN v.. Hot It Pro . -'I . ' to Have Been So Serloaa ns s. ed, as Only ed, as One Tbontk Five Thousand a. ST. LOUI8, May 28. The teamsters of the National and International unions who at a upeclal meeting last night decided to strike In sympathy with the freight hand lers, did so, despite the councils and pro tests of their officials. The strike, however, was not as unanimous as expected. There were 6,000 teamsters in St. Louis, but leas than 1,000 obeyed the strike order. During the afternoon J. B. Fltxpatrlck, organizer of the National Teamsters' union, arrived from Denver and took steps to check the strike. He Issued an order, di recting all striking members of the union to return to work by Saturday under pen alty of expulsion from the union. He de clared the strike was unauthorised and waa without official sanction. This order hud the effect of causing many strikers to resume work Immediately. But before Mr. Fltzpatrick's arrival the situa tion was not so serious as to more than Inconvenience the wholesale houses and railroads In handling freight. About railroad freight handlers In East St. Louis went out yesterday and today upon learning of the teamsters' strike about 100 more walked out. The strikes delayed freight handling on both sides of the river, but nonunion men wero employed and the wholesale houses re ported that they were handling freight with comparatively little delay before the day was half gone. Organizer Fltxpatrlck stated tonight that he will make every effort to accomplish a speedy settlement of the present difficulties. The teamsters have made no demands, but went out to enforce the demands for in creased wages made by the freight hand lers. The settlement of the metal workers' strike, which some days ago put 4.000 men out of work, was today altected, after lengthy negotiations. The men will receive an increase of ' per cent. During tho different strikes no violence has been attempted. At a meeting of the Joint executive coun cil, composed of officers of the sixteen locals of the Teamsters' National union. held tonight, the action of the Individual teamsters in declaring a strike was unani mously denounced, and all members were ordered to return to work tomorrow. After the result of this meeting was announced the teamsters held an Independent meet ing. The majority of them declared they would disregard the order to resume work, and in case of expulsion from the union will join the international union. The Cupples station strike, which was thought to have been settled twice within the week, broke out again today and the freight handlers quit work. Some freight was moved, but with difficulty, L htenaro, WaUerso Strike.' ' s CHICAGO, May 28. The breach between the restaurant employes and the Owners' association opened wide today. The Joint board of the eight unions making demands have opened strike headquarters and ap pointed committees to arrange for the handling of pickets. The unions declare a general walkout will occur Monday In all places where the union scale nas not been signed. CHICAGO, May 28. Indications today are that there will be no immediate strike of freight handlers here. According to an Interview given by the president of the union, no official action will e taken until the employes of the Individual railroads have been notified of the action of their respective general managers with regard to the demands made upon tnem and have reported to the executive committee of the union. The earliest date which he believed trouble might occur was June l. Textile Workers to Strike. PHILADELPHIA, May 28. One of the greatest strikes in the history of the textile Industries of the country will be inaugu rated In this city and vicinity at quitting time tomorrow night unless the textile manufacturers grant the demand of the workers, who ask that their working time be reduced from sixty to fifty-five hours a week. . It Is expected that by Monday 80,000 per sons will have voluntarily laid down their work In the hope of forcing the manufac turers to give them shorter hours. Miners Hear a Socialist. DENVER, May 28. The annual report of President Charles Moyer t tne convention of tho Western Federation of Miners, now in session here, was made publlo today. President Moyer recommends a renewal of the declarations of the convention of last year In favor ot socialism and independent political action. Mr. Mover urged the convention to specify date for establishing a universal eight- hour day throughout Its entire Jurisdiction. STOCK MARKET VERY WEAK Tired Holders Unload Their Sernrltlea and Depress the Prices Still Further. NEW YORK. May 28. The stock market waa very weak today on the execution of heavy selling ordera Amalgamated Cop per, on heavy liquidation, declined more than I points. The bulk of this selling was reported to come from a prominent pool and was due presumably to Lindon's offer ings of Rto Tlntos for Paris account. Metal In London was lower also. Stocks that showed the greatest weakness were Rock Island, which declined over 2 points: Union raclflc, Missouri Pacific, St. Louis & San Francisco, Atchison, New York Central, Reading and a number of other standard issues. The list steadied some hat fn the early afternoon, but the undertone continued weak. BOSTON, May 28. A pronounced weak ness In copper shares was a feature of the Boston Stock exchange today. The weak spot was Amalgamated, some 7,000 shares of which were sold here up to noon. PRICE OF LIFE MEMBERSHIP Ten Dollars Is Annul Flsed by Evangelical Woman's Mis. sloaary Society. PITTSBURG. May 28-The third day's session of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Evangelical Lutheran church waa devoid of any great interest except the question as to what constitutes a life member of the society precipitated an exciting debate. It was Anally decided that all members who pay lit are Ufa members. PRESIDENT JS IN IDAHO Cowboys and Indians Meet the Train Kseort. POCATELLO, Idaho, May 28. President Roosevelt re-entered Idaho this morning and received a warm welcome here. He was met several miles outside the town by a band of Indians from the Mack foot reser vation, who raced alongside the train Into Pocatello. The president was met at the depot by a large crowd and escorted by cowboys and Indians. He was driven to a stand, from which he delivered an address. This being a railroad town President Roosevelt took occasion to pay the men present a high compliment for their vig ilance and skill. Referring to the pres ence of men on horseback from the Indian reservation, the president said: I was glad to learn that many of the Indians under your care are traveling j along the white man's road and beginning not only to send their children to school, but to own cattle and to own property. The only outcome of the Indian question of this country Is to gradually develop the Indian Into a property owning, law abid ing, hard working educated citizen. In other words, to train him to travel the Jiath that we are all trying to travel, and congratulate you upon the progress that you have made. When he Is traveling that path and when he is doing his duty, he Is entitled to and he shall receive exuctiy as square deal as any one else. After all that Is the fundamental prln clple of our government. In the last analysis what American stands for more than for aught else is for treating each man on his worth as a man. At o'c.ock the presluem left for Boise City. Thcrtj were many thousands to meet the train. The president was greeted by Governor Morrison. The escort to and from the Pocatello depot and the stand from which he spoke was composed of Kimball lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, of which brotherhood the presi dent Is . an honorary- member; the Grand Army of the Republic, Philippine veterans and a squad of cavalrymen. BOISE, Idaho, May 28. President Roose velt mnde a number of short stops in Idaho today after leaving Pocatello, at each one of which he was greeted by cheering and enthusiastic crowds. In his speeches he confined himself mostly to the benefits that have been and are to be derived from Irri gation and to the qualities that go to make up good citizenship. During the day he spoko at Shoshone, Klmal, Glenns Ferry, Mountain Home and Nampa. President Roosevelt's train reached Boise at 2:50 this afternoon, on time, and left again at 6:60 for the trip to Salt Lake City. The program arranged for his re ception In this city was carried out with out a hitch. President Roosevelt and party marched through a lane of children as they ap proached the grand stand erected at the Jefferson street , front of the japi'ol grounds. Little ones numbering about 2,000 cheered him' lustily and waved a for est of flags. This feature of the reception proved highly interesting to the vljltors. The city was thronged with people to see the president and when the latter took his place on the grandstand there were many thousands packed In the streets1. He waa Introduced by Governor Morrison, and spoke for forty fnlnutes. After the speaking .the president ad dressed -ji few werOn to the- Grind Army post drawn up at -the rear of the stand and to the Spanish veterans. A tree was then planted in the state house grounds, near the one planted by President Harrison In 1891. The president and party were then taken for a drive about the city. All the principal points of interest were visited. In his address the president opened with a tribute to the city and Its people. He spoke principally on Irrigation, good cit izenship and the strengthening of the navy. SHAW STARTS FOR THE WEST After Toarlng Iowa with President Will Attend Cornell Com. mencement. WASHINGTON. May 28. Secretary Shaw left Washington today for Chicago. On June 2 he will Join the president at Coun cil Bluffs, la., and accompany him to Denlson, the secretary's home town, and probably remain with the party during the trip through the state. On June 17 the sec retary will attend the commencement ex ercises of the Cornell college at Mount Vernon, la., his alma mater. His daugh ter Enldia Is a member of the graduation class. Two days later the secretary will deliver an address to the graduating class In the Armour Institute of Technology at Chicago. PRESIDENT TO JOIN EAGLES Accepts Invitation of Choyenne Lodge to Become a Member of Order. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. May.-The Invita tion of the local lodge of Eagles to Presi dent Roosevelt, asking him to be Initiated Into the order on his visit to this city on May 30, was accepted by the president to day, and preparations for the event are now under way. A solid silver case mounted with gold letters, to contain his initiation card, has been made. VENEZUELAN P0RTS CLOSED Action Is Takea as Part of Campaign Against the Revolu tionists. CARACAS, Venezuela, May 28. The Offi cial Gazette today published a presidential decree temporarily suppressing the customs house at La Vela, Quanta, Puerto Scere. Gualrla, Cano, Colotado and Cludad Bolivar and allowing steamers coming from Europe thirty days and sailing vessels sixty days to reach Venezuelan ports. Steamers from the, United States are allowed fifteen days and sailing vessels thirty days. The al lowances count from June 1. WASHINGTON. May 28.-At the Vene zuelan legation the closing of the ports In President Castro's decree is regarded aa an Incident In his campaign against the revo lutionists. All of the ports mentioned, except Bolivar and La Vela, are said to be unimportant. The majority of them are now In the l.nnda pt the revolutionists. ARBITRATION NOT CURE-ALL Rev. Dr. Abbott Points Out Some Things to Which It Does Not Apply, LAKE MOHONK. N. Y.. May 28.-Today's session of the conference on International arbitration was opened with an address by Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York, who de clared that arbitration was not the solvent of all difficulties. The right of the freeman to labor was one of the things that could not be arbitrated, he asserted, and the Monroe doctrine was another. NEW HORSE WINS BIG STAKE Irish Lad, at 12 to 1, Captures Brooklyn Handicap, Worth $15,000. GUNFIRE, FAYORITE, COMES IN SECOND Great Crowd Gathers nt Track Side to Witness the Contest on Which All Sportsmen's Interest Is Centered. NEW YORK, May 28. -Harry Payne Whitney and II. B. Duryea'a a-year-old colt, Irish Lad, won the seventeenth Brook lyn handicap at Gravesend today In 2:06Vi, lowering the record of 2:W4 for tho race made by Banastar In 1SD8. W. C. Whit ney's Gunfire, winner of the Metropolitan handicap and favorite" for today's race. was second, beaten by not more than three inches. ' Eight lengths behind these two came W. C. Fanshawe's Hero, and close on Hero's flanks were Foxhall P. Keene s Injunction, Jacob Worth's Oom Paul, second favorito In the betting, and Alex Shield s Hunter Ralne. Herbert was last, with Bonnibert, Igniter and the much-thought-of Yardarm In front of him as named. Only once be fore has a 3-year-old won the Brooklyn handicap. This was In 1891, when James R. Keene's Conroy won the classic In a sea of mud, In 2:09. John E. Madden owned and sold the first, second and third horses In today's Brooklyn handicap. Irish Lad he sold to H. P. Whitney and H. B. Duryea last year, when they branched out as turfmen. Gunfire he had previously sold to former Secretary of the Navy Whitney. Clarence Mackey bought Hero as a 2-year-old from Madden, hoping to win the Futurity of 1901 with the colt, which was practically left at the post In that event. ,'rlsh Lad was bred by Eugene Leigh in New Jersey, at Appleby's Silver Brook farm. His sire. Candlemas, was the prop erty of J. B. Huggln. His dam, Arrow- grass, waa raced at the winter meetings at Guttenberg and Clifton. Mr. Madden bought Irish Lad as a yearling for $1,500. The price Messrs. Whitney and Duryea paid for him has never been authoritatively published. Parse Worth SlB.OtM), Worth In gross (18,150, the winner's share of the Brooklyn handicap of 1903 waa 115,150, the second horse taking $2,000 and the third $1,000. No more evenly Judged race was ever run, as the fractional time shows. Quarter, 25 seconds; half, 60: five-eighths, 1:04: three-fourths, 1:14; seven-eighths, 1:2?H; mile, 1:40ft; one and one-quarter mile, 2:06. Irish Lad led practically from post to finish, successively stalled pft the challenges of Oom Paul and won after a oltter strug gle from his stable companion. Both trained by J. W. Rogers, the Whitney horses were the only real contenders for first honors after the field turned i.ito the stretch. When odds were posted in the handicap contestants scratched had reduced the orig inal eighteen entries to twelve, Blues, Fran cesco, Royal, Waswlft, Himself and 8amba being drawn. ; r Gunfire 'was ai' first favorite. Although opening at 2 to 1 her price rose to 11 to I at post time. Oom Paul, well backed, stood at 7 to 1. Yardarm'a price rose rrom 6 to 7 and Hunter Ralne's fell from 12 to 8. Irish Lad opened at 10 and went up at one time aa high ns 13 to 1. When after fifteen minutes' delay at the post the start was made Irish Lad, getting away well, drew over close to the inside fence. He led aa they passed the stand, running easily under restraint. Oom Paul was second, Gunfire third and Igniter fourth. Swinging around to the back stretch Hero and Injunction tried to JAln the leaders, but both were crowdoA back several lengths. Irish Lad was length in front when the run down the backstretch began, but Oom Paul chal loiiced at once and the two raced side by side for three furlongs. Gunrire appeared for the moment to be In trouble. Igniter raced up to and passed her nnd Colonel Bill was making a sturdy bid. He reached the filly's throat latch as they mared the turn. Then In a moment it was all over but for two horses. Igniter and Colonel Elll fell back and Oom Paul's green and white Jacket was hidden by Burns' blue as he took Gunfire Into second place. Sets the Crowd Aflame. Irish I .ad led Into the stretcti by a length. Gunfire close behind and Oom Paul still within striking distance, but apparently beaten. Straightened out for the run home the Whltneys, father and son, had the race to themselves. Irish Lad had never fal tered and O'Nell had rated him carefully. When Gunfire drew alongside the 8-ycar-old a sixteenth of a mile rrom homo and Oom Paul mnde a last effort, the outcry from the stands and the lawns was terrific. With every muscle strained and riders doing their utmost, Irish Iad and Gunfire raced to the wire. The filly gained on the colt Inch by Inch Mid twenty feet from the wire her nose was In from, but with one splendid burst of courage and speed Irish Lad leaped forward and In the very last Jump won by three Inches. One Jump from the wire the race waa a dead heat. Jockey O'Nell, an obscure rider In the west last winter, took his nrst ride In the floral horseshoe. Between $0,000 and 40.000 saw the great race. Results: Start! liHMF Irish Lad. 103 fO'Nell) 111111 Gunfire. Ill (Burns! 7 3 4 3 2 2 Hero. 113 (Michaels) 5 5 8 8 4 3 I i Injunction, (Wau?h) 4 8 9 7 4 Oom i'aui, I'f inuumnnp n z i z a a Hunter Ralne, 9S ( Fuller). . ..11 11 12 12 12 Colonel Hill, 121 (Gannon). ...10 12 5 5 6 7 Articulate. 114 (Larson) 9 9 10 10 8 8 Yardnrm. 96 (Knack) 12 10 11 11 11 ! Iitniter, 112 (Coohram ... 1 4 8 4 7 10 Bonnibert. 115 (Met'ue) 3 7 7 9 10 11 Herbert, 118 (Odom) S 8 8 12 Start good, won driving. Time: 2:06. The expectation stakes for 2-year-olds was won in a gallop by 8. S. Brown's e-ilt Broomstick. The Ben Brush clt on Mi good race at Morris park was favorite and after running Dimple Into submission In a half, won easily by three lengths. Results: First race, handicap, about six furlongs: Northern Star won, Astarita second, In. vincible third. Time: 1:09 2-5. 8econd rare, about one mile and six fur longs, hurdltt handicap: Ohnel won. M -Grathlana's Prince second, Draughtsman third. Time: 8:15. Third race, five furlongs. Expectation stakes: Broomstick won, Tim Sullivan second, Dimple third. Time: 1 ;'i. Fifth race, five furlongs, selling: Bath Beach won, Latherton second, Walterln third. Time: 1 :(. Sixth race, mile and seventy yards, sell Ing: Wild Pirate won, Dulsy Green sec ond. North Brook third. Time: 1:46. CHICAGO. May 28. .'. H. Allison's Derby candidate. Skillful, toduy at Hawthorne In the second race made a show of the best Meld the colt has ever made. Skilful won pulled to a runter with eight lengths to spare over the California wonder, Beau (nmonde. Luolen Appleby, after getting the worst of the start, finished third, in front of 81 Minor, the favorite. Tommy Meade, stable jockey for John A. Drake, the Chicago ml'Unnalre, made su h a poor showing on the 3-to-6 favorite. High (Continued on Fourth Psge.) CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER ForetHSt for Nebraska Fair In West and Showers In East Portion Friday; eaiuruay Fair and Warmer. Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterdayl Honr. lira. Honr. Ui. B n. m H 1 p. in TA H a. m OH il l. m T a. m ttu 8 p. m. . . . . . T4 H a. in H4 4 p. m 7.1 a, in S 5 p. m V- lo a. m 72 p. 7 J It a. m T4 7 p. m T LH m T3 M p. m UU 0 p. m ..... . US POLICE AUCTION A SUCCESS Chief ponnhne Starts a Sale That Slakes Money for Relief ( Fnnd. "Now," said Chief Donahue on opening tl.o police fund auction yesterday afternoon in tho court room at the city Jail," I want It understood right here that the only knocking down will be by tho auctioneer, and that all these knucks. slingshots, bowle knives and guns are distinctly not to be usod on the premises. Now, how much am I offered" The hundred or so second-hand and Junk dealers made an excited surge forward, endangering the chief on his table and hurting each other, while hands waved aloft as on a bull market at the . stock exchange. The prize was a tin wash boiler full of the nicest assortment of pur loined plumbing, brass and copper scraps and sine, worth fully 82.50; It was bid In after an acrimonious contest for $10 the best business of the day. Chief Donahue really left the heavy work of the sale to Joseph Sonnenberg. who Is an expert and could sell a pair of skates to a paralytic. Much of the prop erty bought was as "sight unseen" as the bottom of a salted gold mine and the only contents guaranteed were the bills and fractional currency. Old Joe Braggadocio cheerfully paid Sti.50 for a package con taining a $5 bill and two trouser s but tons, and Inter drew for $1.50 a fine-looking bundle which held 100 tailor s samples, and was about as useful as a hair In an oyster stew. A young doctor. Just out from n local college, passed In $2 for a fair-looking surgical case, which he found to contain three bottles of Palne's Celery Compound. Policeman Brown with a glad look of anticipation hurried out Into the hall to open a suit case for which he had put up $1.60. It held a pnuematlc rubber cushion, a pair of gauntlet gloves, twenty fathoms of flshline and a piece of clothes mat Brown couldn't diagnose. Sergeant Cook and Detective Stryker refused to talk after tho sale; the former got out of his $2.50 package five assorted pocket knives with no more blade than a napkin ring; and the latter drew a hop layout and pipe when he thought he was getting a tobacco burner. Bicycles sold from 36 cents to $12; eight old hats brought 15 cents and three baskets of dishes 36 cents more. Patrolman Mc Carthy paid $1.50 for 26 cents, two collar buttons, a knife and a buttonhook; a phony $2.60 watch was eagerly taken at $9.80 and a really good marketable article worth 8'Ji passed out for less than $4. An astrackan cape brought 30 cents and a folding bed with a paat was knocked down for 40 cents more. When the sale closed at 6:30 o'clock the benefit fund was $435 nearer wealth. PUG REMAINS UNCONSCIOUS Slonx City Prise Ring; Man Laid Low by Jim Jeffords of Cali fornia. SAVANNAH. Ga., May 28.-Jim Jeffords of San Francisco and George Feeley ot Sioux City, heavyweights, met for a twenty round contest before the Savannah Athletlo club tonight. In the third round Feeley went down under a left to the Jaw and took a count of six. As he came up groggy Jeffords sent another to the same spot and Feeley waa counted out. At 11 p. m., an hour after the conclusion of the contest Feeley was still uncon scious, notwithstanding the efforts of his seconds and two physicians to revive him. A physician said Feeley's heart was acting all right, but that he was suffering from i concussion. At 11 o'clock he was removed from the club rooms to the Turkish baths, still Insensible. 2 a. m. At this hour Feeley's condition Is unchanged. Jeffords is detained at the police station. LOVING CUPF0R DE YOUNG Masterly Way in Which He Handled Roosevelt Functions Recog nised by Citizens. SAN FRANCISCO. May 3.-A pleas ing sequel to President Roosevelt's visit to San Francisco was a banquet to M. H. De Young last night. He was the honored guest of the executive committee of the recent Roosevelt reception. During the evening eclat waa given the occasion by the presentation to him of a large silver loving cup. The motive of the presentation waa told by the Inscription aa follows: A souvenir from the citizens' committee to the Hon. M H. De Young. In acknow ledgment of hla executive ability and the masterly and successful manner In which he handled the functions given In honor of the visit of President Roosevelt to San Francisco, May, 1903. SPOTTER AMONG THE TRAINMEN Expelled from Convention nnd Notes Taken from lllm. Ills DENVER, May 28 E. L. Welant, acting as a delegate to the convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, whose sessions ore secret, was expelled today, after he had confessed that he was an employe of a Chicago detective agency. All the notes In Welant's possession were se cured by the officers of the brotherhood. Welant, It is said, was formerly a brake man on the Denver & Rio Grande, but for some time has been employed as a spotter. MoTcmrnta of Orenn Vcasela, May 2S, At New York Arrived Deutschland. from Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg. Sailed Hluchcr, for Hamburg; Iurenllan, for Gliisgow. At St. Mii-hselsPassed Sicilian Prince, from New York, for Naples ond Palermo. At the 1-lzard Passed Arcadian. from Montrenl, for London; Auguate Victoria, from New Yoik, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and llHmlmrg. At Hamburg Arrived Graf Wrldersee, from New York, via Plymouth and Cher bourg. At Genoa Arrived Lahn, from New York, via Naples. At Queenstown Arrived Germanic, from New York. Balled Noordland, from Liver, pool, for Philadelphia; Teutonic, from Liverpool, for New York. At Havre Arrived I a. Lorraine, from New York. At Liverpool Sailed Bavarian, for Mont real: New Knglund, for Hi.slon, via Queena town. At Gibraltar Passed Nlng Chow, from Ta.,oma. Yokohama, Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore, for Loud FLOOD NEARS RECORD Water in Iowa 8treams Almost as High u During Last Tear's Bise. HUNDREDS FORCED TO ABANDON HOMES Dcs Moines Suffers Most and Still Greater Damage is Anticipated. LEVEES BREAK AND HOUSES FLOODED One Span of Bridge Connecting East and West Cities Destroyed. STREET RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED Other Streams Reside the Dea Moines Are Ont of Bnnks and Hack of the Ilottom Land of Stnte Is t'nder Water. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE8 MOINES, May 28. -(Special. )-The experience of ten months ago In Dea Moines are being repeated in the low dis tricts. Ten square miles of the city are under water, 260 residences are surrounded, 2,0uo people are moving Into tents or tem porary places of abode, forty factories are idle, valuable bridges are gone and parts of the residence district are completely ut off from the main part of the city. The Dea Moines river was this morning at 19.50 feet, quickly moved up to twenty feet and by 4 p. m. was at 20.25. The record of last year was 21.3 feet. Reports came ' early today that nt Boone the river was four feet above last year's mark. By S p. m. the report came from a brickyard a few miles up the river that the water was fourteen Inches above the last year's mark. During the day thousands of men were at work along the levees In various parts of the city, chiefly near the Junction of the Coon tnd Des Moines river, near the city waterworks and In the north part of the city near the Sixth avenue bridge. Before noon the false work In use In the construction of a new arch bridge at Sixth avenue, leading to Highland Park addition north of the city, was carried out and two spans of the unfinished bridge went down. The old truss bridge near was Immediately closed, as also the street car bridge Just below, and this left the people of Highland Park cut off from the city. In South Des Moines and In the southeast part of the city upwards of 200 residences were surrounded by water, but there was no swift current and the families were moved out with ease. The city council authorized the use of a thousand tents fo- the families. No fatal ities occurred in connection with the trans fer of goods and a large force of special policemen Is guarding the districts. In the large factory district south of the railroad tracks In West Dcs Moines all business la suspended.. Nearly all the factories are flooded tnd the machinery and material, so far as possible, haa been moved . to upper atorlea lit the buildings. The damage will, be Immense. .Large levees that broke through last year are being strengthened In the hope that they may be saved. The Btreet railway service waa abandoned at S o'clock this afternoon owing to water submerging the power house. All night long scores of men patrolled the river banks strengthening the levees, while many more were employed In remov ing Inhabitants and their household goods from the river bottoms. But two drownings have thus far been reported In Des Moines. Owing to similar conditions over the west half of the state, several otner fatalities have been reported. In Des Moines, ap proximately 600 have thus far abandoned their homes, while twice ae many more are preparing to move. Shortly past 8 o'clock the levees on Maurice street gave way tefore the floods of the Dea Moines river, swelled by those of the Raccoon, and 160 houses were flooded in an Incredibly short time, forcing their Inmates to run for their lives, leaving their household effects behind In most cases. The Raccoon Is keeping pace with tho Des Moines and has devastated many miles of territory In the southwest portion of the city. At Cedar Falls the Cedar river rose sud denly during the night, so that a large number of persons had to be rescued In boats from upper floors. Middle river, tha Little Sioux and the Nlshnabotna are the highest In their history. News comes from Schaller of the drown ing of Curtis Seek. Communication was reopened with Audubon and It was learned that seven children were seriously hurt In a tornado Tuesday night and that five persons were Injured. Millions of Damage to Crops. SIOUX CITY, la.. May 28.-(Hpeclal Tel egram.) The Little Sioux Is on a rampage In the vicinity of (Dnawa. Between Blencoe and the river the farmers have taken to the hills, hbondonlng their homes. It Is estimated here the damage to crops In northwestern Iowa will be between 12,000, 000 and 83,000,000. The damage In Woodbury county alone will be over 8500.000. CEDAR FALLS. Ia., May 28. (Special Telegram.) Residents of Cedar City are escaping from their homes in boats today on account of high water In the Cedar. It Is a mile wide. Wind Sweeps Over Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, May 28.-Details of the work of the storm which swept almost every part of the state were received today. At Alexandria the Penn-Amerlcan Plate Glass company had several large steel stacks wrecked. William C. Gray, a ma chinists helper, was killed. A part of the Republic Steel mill was carried away and some damage was Inflicted on the south side window house. The aggregate prop erty loss Is large. At Walton Manford Stevenson was In stantly killed by lightning and four other men were severely Injured. At'Hammond the wind wrecked the home of Policeman William Bunde, and Bunde was severely Injured by falling timbers. F.dward Brennan, a railway engineer, died of shock. Christopher Hodel and his aon. while working In a field, were struck by lightning. The boy was killed and the father fatally Injured. At Greensburg the county buildings were unroofed. y Heavy damase was done at Frsnkfort, Thorntown, Decatur, Windfall, Camden and Geneva. In this city and surrounding towna the telephone wlree were wrecked. Property loss in Howard county alone is estimated at 8100,000. Kansas Is Inundated. TOPE K A. Kan., May 2S A worse flood situation prevails in Kansas tonight than for years. A steady rain is fulling over the state tonlyht. The Union Pacific has moved no trains on its line between this city and Man hattan since Tuesduy. Between here and )