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Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
G ~HHEyITIEs.

Rev. Samuel Wilson Steele OF Lake City.
Ia, viii occupy the pulpit of the First Pres
b~yterian church today, in the absence Of
Rev. Mccormick. the pastor. Rev.. Steele
will preach at both morning and evening
services.
Ole Smith was captured in the lower part
OF the city yesterday and lodged at the
station for taking some clothing belonging
to /. Greenberg, 1105 Farnam street. Tho
clothing was taken from a display left in
front OF the store.
John Williams was brought back from
Council Bluffs TO this city yesterday. to an
swer to the charge Of breaking into the
store Of A. Singer. 1903 Douglas street, and
taking therefrom three reyolyers and a NUM-
Der OF other articles. He is charged with
burglary.
Peter Callahan and James Mack. two small
boys. were arrested yesterday afternoon for
purloining an air pump and some kits Of
bicycle tools from the Boston store. Tho
boys are about 10 years Of age, and have
parents residing In the city. They were
taken to the station and locked up, on the
charge OF incorriglbllity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
GIVES HIS
why the Minister Commcnds the
Copeland and Shepard system 10 the
Sick.

1t is not upon simple hearsay that Rey. e.
now commends the Copeland and
suit of his own experience of that system.
Said he:
After realizing the excellence of my
treatment by Drs. Copeland and Shepard and
the manifold general advantages that their
system extends to the sick and suffering Of
every class. / would feel that / was failing
in duty to others If l neglected to acknowl-
edge, however briefly, the inestimab.e bene-
fits which l myself have received from that
system.
"a had practically been an invalid from
catarrh of the head, throat and lungs FIR
twenty years. My nose was tightly stopped
and my sense of smell about destroyed. My
yes We're nflamed, watery and weak, giving
me constant annoyance and suffering.
My voice was greatly impaired by the ca
tarrhal spreading from the
head into the larynX and wind pipe. / also
had frequent and severe attacks of head
ache, which would come on by taking the
least cold.
Though I began the mai. treatment with
little hope Of benefit, | very soon realized
that l was getting well. Perhaps the best
comment | could make on the treatment is
to say that 1t has been of untold benefit to
me-. The distressing symptoms i have listed
above are practically gone. l find myself
in re-established health. Under the old
methods of treatment nothing seemed to
give me any relief. but there is no doubt in
my mind that the new treatment of Drs.
Copeland and Shepard ~justihes all the praise
ii has received"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
WEFER'S WONDERFUL SPRINT
Two Hundred and Twenty Yards in
Twenty-Five and one-Fifth.
NEW WORLDS RECORD IN THE DISTANCE
GcorgetoVvn's speedy hoy Cuts Two
Marks I'm the Games Mt New York
Several other Records
Lowered.

NEW YORK, May S0.-Thc intercollegiate
theletic games Of this year will be memorial
bic for many years to come. Yesterday there
was a wedding out in the trial c%ontects. and
today. with the track and inneld in first
c'ass condition, the breaking of intercolle-
glate and other records was LOOKED for. The
most sanguine of these interested never
hoped to see such a record. smashing per-
Torrance as that made by b. j. Wefers of
Georgetown in the ~220-yard dash. This Won
derful sprinter not only broke the i%ntercol-
logiate record, but he succeeded in making
a worlds record OF 81 1-5 seconds, which for
the distance beats all professional and ANA
teur performances. HI won the 100-yard
dash easily in 8 As seconds, equalling his
own, which is the worlds record, easily,
Four intercollegiate records were broken,
namely, the 100 and 200 yards dash, the high
jump and half mile run. The mile walk was
productive of a very exciting finish between
Thrall of Yale and Fetterman of PennSyl-
vania, which Trial won hard prensei, by
two yards. Stewart of Pennsylvania pro-
tested the pole vault AMI the question VIII
be Investigated next week, but 1t Will not
have any effect on the result of the. cham
pionship. as Yale has more than enough
points to spare in case of an adverse deci-
SION. score: laIe, 40l2, university Ci feilH
sylvania, 22R; Harvard, 16; Georgetown. 10;
Columbia, ~; Boston, 5; Williams, a; Cor
nell, 8; Wash 'ngton and Jefferson, /; Prince
ton, 1; Columbian of Washington, one-half.
Summaries:
Quarter mile run, final: Won by T. E.
Burke, Boston. Time: 0:50 2-5.
Throwing 16-lb. hammer: Won by c. c..
Chadwick, Yale, 1872 feet 6h inches.
Running high jump: Won by j. S. Win
sor, University. of Pennsylvania. with a
jump of 6 feet one inch, which beats the
intercollegiate record made by G. r. Fear
ing of Harvard.
One mile rur: Won by G. o. Jarvis,
Pennsylvania. Time: 4:2S AS.
Putting 16-lb. shot, final: Won by r.
Sheldon, Yale, Al feet liz inches.
300 yards, hurdle, final: Won by X. L.
Bremen, jr., Harvard Time: OPS.
800 yards. hurSle, final: Won by e. C.
Perkins, Yale. Time. 0:16 LIS.
100-yard dash. final: Wen by B. ]. Wefers.
Georgetown, Time: 90 AS. Wefers won
easily, and equafled his worlds record, and
beat the intercollegiate record of 10 seconds
held by Carey of Princeton, Ramsdell of
Pennsylvania and Crum of Iowa.
80 Running broad jump, final: Won by l..
P. Sheldon, Yale, 22 feet Il inch.
220 yards run. final: Wen by B.. J. Wefers.
Georgetown. Time: 81 is. This beats all
previous records.
One mile walk: Won by F. C. Thrall,
Yale. Time: 6:54 2-5.
Half mile run, final: Won by e. Hollis
ter, Harvard. Time: 1856 As. This breaks
the intercollegiate record by 2-5 seconds.
Pole vault, final: Won by f. w. Allis,
Yale, II feet ~ inches.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
EXCITING FINISH AT CRICKET.

Omnhns Win from the Gate Citys by
the Close Margin of Three Runs.
The Omaha and Gate City Cricket clubs
met on the grounds of the former and played
the first match game Of the season. Captain
Wilson of the Gate Citys won the toss and
sent his opponents to the bat on a soggy
and difficult wicket, W.. r. Vaughan and +.
Hilditch doing the batting to the bowling OF
Neale and Bowers. Vaughan started in to
score, but when he had five to his credit
was caught off a strong leg hit. Hilditch
p'ayed with care. but did not score heavily.
The bowling was good and seemed to be
more than the batters could manage, until
George Vaughan appeared. George stirred
things up a little, and when Cameron and
Douglas got together they put on thirteen
runs. The innings closed for thirty-three.
1t was remarkable for the small batting score
and the good bowling of Neale and Bowers.
The Gate Citys started out well, to the
bowling of Simms and George Vaughan: but
scoring was soon stopped by Simms, who
took no less than five wickets. Neale showed
good cricket for his fourteen not out, and
toward the close Of the innings a good deal
of excitement was occasioned by the close
ness of the score-33 to 80.
The Omahas commenced their second in
ming with a better showing than the first,
but when Harry New and Bob Taylor got
together the spectators were treated to some
excellent cricket. Harry went in when the
score wac IT, and after piling up twenty-four
runs and helped bring the total to SO, being
A minutes at the wicket. Taylor played
well for his seventeen runs, made In 43 min
utes. Both of these players showed strong
hitting powers and good defense. S'mms
was the only other player that showed up,
playing we'll for his seven. r
The Gate City's required s~ixty-six runs to
win the match, and 1t looked as IL they were
going to do 1t by the way they started out.
Innis. Richelieu, Bowers and Wilson piled up
the runs, and when two wickets were still
to fall six runs were wanted. After Muir
retired four runs we're required, and the
Omahas had blood in their eyes and sue
ceeded in keeping down run after run, due
to- the fine bowling of the Vaughan brothers
and the good support they had in the field;
and when Captain Wilson, with three runs
to tie the game, tried to steal a short one
johnson was run out and victory was on the
side of the Omahas. The game was replete
with brilliant plays. Bowers held
everything In sight and also did SOHO execu-
tion with the ball.
Johnson's backstopping was another fea-
ture of the game.
Cookson and Hill did themselves proud
and saved many a run for their side, and
w. Vaughan covered himself with glory,
taking no less than seven wickets In the
second inning for twenty runs. Innis showed
up we'll In the first inning, taking five wick
cts for fourteen runs. Neale took six wick
cts for ten runs, the best bowling average
Of the day. Score and bowling analysis fol-
nws
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
AFTER TORNADO CONE FLOODS
0loudbursts in Missouri Nearly Wash
Wash Away Two Towns,
SEVERAL WHOLE FAMILIES ARE DROWNED
T~wcnty-seycn Deaths at seneca and
One al NcoSho with the Possible
ity TINT These Figures VIII
lie Increased.

KANSAS CITY, May 3O.-A special to the
Times from Necsho, Mo-, says: Two cloud.
bursts occurred in this county at an early
hour this morning, one at this place and
one at Seneca. One life was lost here and
tUenty-seven at Seneca.
SYLVESTER WOOD. drowned by the over.
turning Of a boat while being taken from
the flooded district in Neosho.
Dead at Seneca:
MRS. ROBINSON and CHILD.
T. j.. WILLIAMS and FAMILY of FIVE.
MRS. DOEBLER Of Carthage and her
THREE CHILDREN.
H. ANDREAUX, a jeweler, and FAMILY
Of FIVE.
CARL SCHMIDT and FAMILY of FIVE.
Missing:
b.. Cross.
Mrs. Anderson and family of the Dayton
roller mills.
Rev. Harry White and wife of Seneca.
Two buildings were swept away at this
place, but the less was slight. The damage
to crops and furniture Is great, as many
houses were flooded. ~
The condition of Seneca is pitiable. 1t is
a town Of 1900 inhabitants, sixteen miles
west of here, and IS situated in a valley. The
water extended from bluff to bluff aud was
from four to six inches deep in every bust
ness house. Many buildings were washed
away, among them being the building Of the
Seneca Dispatch, together with the office.
A number of residence houses were also
swept way. The Methodist Episcopal church
(s1uth) was carried several blocks. Rev.
Harry White and wife Of the Methodist
Episcopal church were in the Dispatch office
ana both are missing. They were married
in New Jersey only two weeks ago. Carl
Schmidt and family of FIVE were swept AWAY
A Mrs. Robinson, with her child clasped to
her, was found in a drift. Both were dead,
The wires are down and all was
brought by messenger. 1t is thought that
twenty-seven persons lost their lives in and
near Seneca. The Frisco railroad has two
bridges out near Dayton and Seneca and
much track was washed away. There will
be no trains from ether the east or west
until further orders. The Kansas City,
Pittsburg & Gulf has washOuts north of Neo-
sho, but trains are running between here
and Sloan Springs.
A report has just been received here from
Seneca that nine bodies have been recov-
cred, but the names could not be, ascertained.
1t is thought the flood may prove much worse
than at first reported. Indications now point
to another storm. in which event the dam
age to life and property will be enormous
The loss to Seneca property will reach $780,
nOO
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
by TWENTY-FIVE TO NOTHING,
How Omaha Lost the Foot Ball Game
Mt Butte Yesterday.

BUTTE, Mont, May 30.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The Omaha foot ball team was de-
feated by the String-Butte aggregation by a
score of 20 to O. Butte won the toss and
with a strong wind at their back were able
to score three touchdowns in the first half.
The Omaha team carried the ball for more
yards than the Butte team In this half, but
the locals used the wind to every advantage
and kicked the ball the whole length Of the
field three times, which handicap the Omaha
team could not overcome by its superior
rushing. In this half Omaha had to use
every one of its substitutes, which greatly
weakened the team for the second. Again the
fates seemed to be against the Omaha boys,
for while the ten minutes intermission was
being taken the wind made a complete ehift
and again they had to face the breeze, which
was an immense advantage TO the Butte
team. In this half the Buttes were only
able to score once, leaving the total Of 20.
The team will arrive home Monday after
noon on the Burlington. An Omaha boy won
the bicycle road race here at seventeen
miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31

his four men on guard, took the other two
and proceeded TO clear the streets. The
crowd was inclined TO dispute this, but
Chariot gave his men orders to shoot straight
and fast, II necessary, while he displayed
his revolver at fu | cock. 1t was a question
for a moment whether or not there was to
be bloodshed, with chances greatly in its
favor. But only for a moment. There was
a surging bsck and forth, and finally the
mob broke and dispersed.
Lieutenant Chariot then returned to the
saloon and laid down the law to his prisoners
Of war. He told them It was his purpose to
release them, but that II they returned they
would be sent to the -Four Courts. With
this warning they we're released.
Thieves were active last night, and, al
though several hundred men are protecting
property, the thieves did considerable steal
ing, Stories Of bodies having been robbed Of
valuables are numerous. Several hundred
suspicious characters were arrested by the
police and militia last night, and as the po-
lice station was crowded, they were placed
under the care Of the militia.
No city In the werld. in proportion to its
population, has better telegraphic facilities
than st. Louis. But the storm has blown
down the wires and stilled the instruments,
and for a few hours st. Louis was virtually
in a world to itself. Thousands on thousands
of messages were stacked up here to be sent,
and as great a number were filed In other
cities for st. Louis delivery. Immediately
after the storm the companies began the
task of replacing the wires. Thousands Of
linemen were secured and the work of recon-
struction was pushed night and day. AS fast
as they were put in working order the
messages flashed over the wires. Operators
were brought from all available sources, and
messengers by the hundreds, mounted on BIZ
cycles and horses and messengers on foot,
we're employed. But the kilograms piled up
faster than they could be handled.
To deliver all the messages was an impos-
sibility, and at night more than 0 1000 mes
sages we're placed in the malls for delivery
by the letter carriers. The first deliveries
Friday and Saturday morning contained thou
sands Of the well known telegraph envelopes,
which the companies were unable to handle.
In addition to the private kilograms in
curing about friends and in reply to queries,
many special newspaper correspondents had
congregated in the city, and to a great ex-
tent they monopolized the wires with specials
to their papers. Friday night nearly 1,oO0,-
900 words of special kilograms were sent by
these correspondents
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31

Taking Treatment by Mail After
Writing for symptom blanks.

Mrs. Ed Shafer of Tekamah. Neb., is the
wife of a wealthy resident of that little city,
Is widely known and has the respect of all.
Mrs. Shafer has had ample means to secure
the best treatment to be found anywhere.
This is what she writes:
Il gladly add my testimony to that of
hundreds of others. My catarrhal trouble
involved the whole mucus tract, including
the bladder and kidneys. My suffering and
annoyance for years was beyond my power
to fully describe. After experimenting with
physicians and patent medicines without
number wintered in California, hoping the
climate there would cure or at least relieve
me. But | got no better. l then took the
Copeland and Shepard treatment, which /
tarrhal disease.
These physicians are certainly doing a
vast amount of good to suffering humanity.
Their fidelity and Kindness to every one OF
their army of patients proves the genuine
character of their work.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31

This table aggregates less than 81, 000, 900,
a total quite large enough, but almost insig-
nifcant when compared with the fallaclous
estimates. To this, however. must be added
the damage done to the residence property
throughout the city, which. while 1t will be
very large, cannot in the nature OF the case
amount to as much as that done to business
property, as shown above.
Viewing the situation in this light, 1t
will be seen that $40, O00. 900 should be ample
to cover the actual property damage. This
estimate has not included the loss and dam
age to furniture. This will never be known.
The greater part Of the damaged furniture
will be repaired and made to suffice. Espe-
cially will this be true in the homes of the
poorer classes. On the whole, while the loss
will be enormous. 1t will fall mostly upon
labor to replace it. a condition not without its
encouragement for the prevention Of suffer-
ing"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31

II used to be a victim Ct catarrh. The
disease worked slowly at my system until
the lining of my nose, throat and stomach
was badly affected. My head symptoms were
those common to the disease, but my stom-
ach trouble was peculiar. There seemed to
be no power to digest food, and after eat
ing | always had a heavy, distressing feel
ing. The utmost care In the selection OF
food DID not prevent spells of painful indi-
gestion. My afliiction became so serious
after a while that l got weak and was half
sick al the time, l will merely say that a
brief course of treatment with DR.. Shepard
has restored me to first rate health. l feel
sure that all who need faithful and thorough
treatment can do no better than to consult
Drs. Copeland and Shepard"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31

man who has 20 home or family and needs
merely food?H
The amount taxpayers will have to pay to
repair and ret1ttt city property blown down
and damaged VIII not be a small one. Mr..
Randall. Commissioner OF buildings, thinks
about $4,000 EH1 rehabilitate the city's
buildings. OHthe ether hand, President Nc
Math Of the Bpard of public improvements,
thinks Mr.. Rsndal's statement exaggerated
and leaving cat the city hospital, which is
a most destroy ed scalculates that $4,000 or
$4,000 will be ssbHicient to make ali neces-
sary repairs. ~ =
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
FORECASTS OF, ToDAYs WEATHER.
Clear and Cooler Near Omaha After
Local tThunder storms.
uAcIIJNrnunN Ma, % - Tho foranoS CT for

SlSbE "a SoO1S $500
Locnl rThunder storms.
WASHINGTON, Nay 8o.-The forecast for
Sunday Is: az or .7...
For Nebras6aylApca thunder storms, fol-
lowed by clear weather; cooler in the eastern
portion; northerlyj winds, :.,.
For Coloradd-F1Iip. followed by clear
weather; northetiy ~ inds; cool r in the south
ern portion: slightly warmer In extreme
"IFE For Mhohptanna4Mh11 eif1Reraily fair; southerly to
westerly winds; warmer in the western por-
ton. )itInq
thunder stormsjaprspably severe In eastern
portion, clearing IN western; southerly winds
shifting to wesESriya rain. and oona,t,ons
continue fayorable1 Cor severe local storms;
southerly winds.eJdB
a For d1ws- oa9tf s wea,he wis ana local thun-
thunder storms teO6lsr; e%;asteriy Winds. shift
For South Daisotao-Showers followed by
fair weather.; northerly winds; warmer In the
western portion; COOLER in the eastern por-
For Wyoming-Rain, followed by warmer
winds, shifting to westerly.
Local RecOrd.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA May record of tenn
perature and rainfall compared with the
corresponding day of the Past 1ssS f fSyn } yssaari iSaa
Maximum temperature -. 70 so IS 70
Minimum temperature -. 81 So IS IS
TH Ssaiaif.t t,smpsfatafs g r e &
Condition of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for the day and since March l.,
1896:
Normal temperature ..,................. 81
Excess for the day 3
Accumulated excess since March 1...... 19
Normal precipitation ................ .16 inch
Deficiency fer the day u....".; II inch
Excess since March 1 ........,,...5.S 81 inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1885. :. .3.S6 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1854. "a inches
L. A. WELSH, Observer.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
REVISED LIST OF PROPERTY LOSSES
One Estimnte Which.BrinEs Down the
Tntnl to Hinder EiNC MiIlion.

One Estimate which. Brings Down the
Total to Under Five Million.
ST. LOUIS, May 30.-The Post-Dispatch
this afternoon prints a statement which very
materially mobiles ell previous estimate of
the aggregate loss. The article say1:
mo estimate of the financial loss sustained
by this city from the storm approaches the
correct figure nearer than several millions
can be prepared for at least a week, but 1t
is already evident that representations of
loss equalling and sometimes exceeding $780,
900, 900 are as unfounded upon fact as the
reports printed by many foreign papers that
the loss OF life would reach thousands. These
made in the midst Of the weird
and imperfect impressions of the night Of
the storm and the succeeding day might
temporarily be allowed to pass uncnallenged,
but now that st. Louis has partially recov-
cred it's composure and set itself to the task
Of restoration exaggeraticn should be done
away with and measures of relief fitted to
actual conditions.
with this end in view, the judgment and
advice of prominent citizens with both knowl-
edge and experience in such matters have
that the enormous total heretofore set up
has scaled down to a more probable aggre-
gate. Very careful consideration of facts and
figures ~justifies the assertion That the hitherto
generally accepted figure, $50, 900, 900, must
bo divided by five to give the maximum loss
sustained. In fact, conservative and we'll
informed business men regard St, 900, 900 as
being nearer the proper amount.
I'm arriving at this conclusion all the
heaviest losses have been considered and the
figures have been obtained from persons in
possession, in almost every instance, of spe-
cial knowledge. The following is a table of
the principal losses:
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
SHOOTING by OMAHA MEN
Council Bluffs Team Defeated in Two
Contests.

Contests.
The Omaha and Council Bluffs Gun clubs
INDUCED in two competitive team shoots
yesterday. Both clubs did excellent work,
though the home team won in both instances.
The following scores attest the work done.
First team shoot:
Brucker, 81; Raymond. 10; Jones, 10; Nc
Farlaine, 1S; Salisbury, II; Hughes, q;
Blake, 10; Carmichael, 10; Smead, 20; Loomis,
%; Parmalee, 20; total, 221.
Wcstfeld, 81; Randlett, 20; Camp, IA;
Beresheim, 20; West, 81; Piper, 81; Kings
bury, 18; Campbell, ~; Oliver, 20; Beno,
10; Anderson, 20; total, POS.
Second team shoot: Piper. 20; Kingsbury,
16; Campbell, IA; Oliver. II; Beno, IT; An
derson, 10; West, "a; Randlett. 18; Camp, 81;
Berosheimer, 90; Mathai, "a; total, 200.
. McFarlaine, II; Salisbury. IS; Peterson,
Is; Jones, 20; Hunter. 16: Kenyon, IS; Blake,
80; Marsh, II; Carmichael, 81; Loomis, %;
Smead, II; total, 205.
The following Is the record OF the Omaha
teams regular weekly shoot: Brucker, 22:
Blake. 25; LOOMS, "a; jones, Is; Hughes, 10;
Smead, %; Parmelee, "a; Cole. q; McFar-
laine, 18; Towle, Is; Bates, 5; Carmichael,
"a; Edwards, 10: Salisbury, %; Raymond, 10;
Marsh, II; Hunter, 16.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
FREE SILVER CARRIES KENTUCKY.
state Democratic Convention VIII he
Two TO One for the White MeIuI

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 3O.-Returns to
the courler-Journa from all but four of the
democratic county conventions held in this
state today to elect delegates to the state
convention at Lexington. June 8, show that
the latter body will be made OF $50 free
silver delegates and 800 gold standard men,
with eleven to hear from. These returns give
the silver men a majority Of the delegates in
every congressional district in the state ex-
cept in the Fifth. In the Second. Third and
Fourth districts the delegates are solid for
silver.