Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 26, 1893, Page 2

- T o Y VS 2 THE_OMAHA © FARFROMTHE LIGHT OF DAY Great Oaisson of the New Bridge at Rest 121 Feet Below the Missouri. DRAW PIER IS NOW SOLIDLY ANCHORED A Sixth of & Milllon of the East Omaha Bridge & Terminal Company's Money Permanently Placed Between Bed. rock and tho Sight of Man. The immense steel caisson that is destined to encirclo the great masonry draw pier of the Fast Omaha bridge has touched bed- rock more than 100 feet below the bed of the Missouri, and the order of work that has been so persistently pushed for months past will now bo reversed. Instead of extending the ponderous mass further downward, every offort will now be directed to fill- ing the hugo metal shell with concrete and rearing its brond head of masonry per- manently above the murky waters of the Sig Muddy. It is expected that this will be accomplished by the middle of nmext month, and that there will then stand completed n the center of the channel a column that will still remain when generations yet unborn shall have run ‘their earthly race and passed beyond. 1t may not be uninteresting to the people of Omaha to know that they will soon have here, resting on that very pier, the longest and heaviest draw span in the world. meas- ing 520 feet botween centers of end-pins, and weighing nearly 4,000,000 pounds, while the live load for the same will vary from 8,000 o 10,000 pounds to the lineal foot. | But the draw span is not the only feature i of the bridge that isout of the ordinary, for the structure in its entirety will bea revelation and an innovation. 1v18 impossible to devote nere sufficient space to describe in detail a structure of such magnitude, but something ke an’ade- te idea may be conveyed by a general de- scription of this unique” product of bridge building science, t of High Water's Way. 1t will be what is known as a low ge, differing in that respect from both the struc- tures that now span the Missouri between this city and Council Bluffs. The act of congress authorizing its construction pro- vides that it shall be at least ten feet above normal high water, and in order to be be- yond the possible reach of the surging flood it will en a foot higher than required. The memorable flood of 1881 is not taken into ccnsideration in fixing normal high wvater, but even if that height should again be reached the water will not reach the East Omaha bridge, but would swirl and seeth four feet below its huge steel girders. Ina low bridge, the draw is, of course, the principal feature, but in this the engineering curiosity i$ the pier. It sinks 121 feet below low er, and the usu plan of sinking a caisson by work unde compressed air would have been impract as the pressure at that depth would be enor mous; in fact, work below seventy feet in attended by grest fatality among 5800 men. New Way ot Sinking Caissons. It was to meet this condition that con- fronted him tb Chief Engineer J. A. L. Wedd of Kans: ity determined to sink the ¢ ans of water jots, dis- chareing into the sand at regular intervals along the sharp edge of the SOm. t bottom. Instead of being constructed | "S¥e the ordinary caisson in a se- ries of chambers and air locks, this caisson, as put together in sections, re- sembles nothing 80 much as an immepse stovepipe forty feet in diameter outside of another twenty i feet in diameter. The smaller does not go within ten feet as low as the outer one, but the same sheet metal’ con- e nects them at an angle of forty-five degrees, it forming a great funnel shaped room .at the i bottom forty feet in diameter and ten feet high and with a twenty-foot circular open- '"3}"' the top. he space between the two great pipes ‘was filled with masonry above water as the caisson was put together, the constantly in- creasing weight assisting in holding the im- mense shell steady and carrying it down as -+ the thirty-two water jets washed away the carth at the edges of the funnel shaped bot- ¥ tom. Tnese water jets were discharged from ipes that ran down through the masonry tween the caisson walls at intervals of about four feet, the necessary pressure being furnished by powerful force pumps. This construction of the caisson left the inside of the smaller tube, which formed a central shaft, entirely free and clear, but filled, of course, with water to the height of that in the open river outside. This pre- cluded the possibility of any one working at the bottom of the caisson, but there § wns no necessity for anything of that kind, as a large clamshell dredge was ope ated through this shaft, bringing up from the funnel shaped space at the bottom nearly a cubic yard of earth ata load, or a large wagon load every ten minutes. As the dredge excavated the center, the jects cut away at the edges, and slowly but surely the caisson foot dropped favther and farther from the light of The progress depended naturally on the dopth us well as on the character of the soil that was being peo- etrated, but during the last few weeks the caisson was lowered at the rate of from three to three and a half feet per day of twenty-four ho work being pushed day and night. Stiuck Bedrock This work hus now been completed, the bottom beiug reached yesterday morning, and today the caisson staxds solidly on bedrock, a great hollow tube sorrounded by hundreds of cuble yards of solid masonry, = The next work to be done is to fll this hol- low center, and make it as solid and lasting as tho other, This might appear to be a diffcult feat to perform, but like muany another seemingly dificult and dangerous undertaking it is the simplest thing in the world—when you know how. Knowing how in this cans the lowering into the shaft of & lavge pipe with as curved arm at the bottom, and down that pipe grouting 1s dmrpea by wholesale, the curved arm, which is " under control from the top like an inve tower, distributing the grouting all over the bottom at the will of the operator. This grouting hardens under water, and there is soon a tightly ce- mented mass filling the great funnel 120 feet below. Then itis that direct work may be said to begin, for tho water is pumped out of the shaft and workwen, practically “high and dry,” begin laying concrete in air more than 100 feet ‘below the bed of tho river, When they begin - they are surrounded by walls of masonry en- cased in sheet iron, with a |-iux of grouting several feet in thickness at their Teet .kuu‘|‘)lnz out the water, and the thick- ness of this plug they constantly increase until thoy reach the surfa From the eight of normal low water a handsome ana substantial stone pier rises to a course of unl; SLoues Lo meet the superstructure of the bridgo. As above stated, it is expected that by tho middle of June the pier will be en- tively completed, and the work of putting the ponderous araw span in position will be begun, The sinking of the pler by the jet system was much more rapid than” could " have been done under the old plan, in which the open- ing and closing of the air locks consume a great deal of valuable time. Nreaking Records for Length. It is not alone in its draw span that this bridge will prove a record breaker, tor tho Bpan adjoining it will be without any excep- fi»“w longest fAxed span fn the world “hat, however, does not include cautileve structures, which forma class by themselves, but it will be without an equal among the fixed truss spans, having a length of 560 feet. ‘The present longest fixed span is 549 feet long, and is over the Obhio river, at Loulsyille, Ky.. so that the one here will ex- ceed it in lun&h by eleven feet. The super- struciure of both the draw span and fixed n will be about 100 feet in height, or . ut 240 feet from the bottow of the piers 10 the top of the steel work, a greater dis- b :um u‘)hl.‘hn from ;.h"; bottom ;t th: {.\imlndm @ top of the lagstaft on the highest b‘:fidlu in the city. y But work on the plers for the fixed span IAt'rnz ‘n been commenced and will not be uutil al trains are in actual operation and running across the bridge. This may seem to be a strangc <tatament, but it is Iit. erally true. I'ho fact is that the Omaha Bridge & Terminal Ratlway company is building two | bridges at one and the same time. It must bo understood that it requires a groat dea of money to bridge the Missourl, and it is therefore essentisl that a bridge be com- pleted as quickly as possible and put to earning something in the way of a_return. It was not until confronted with the demand of the bridge company for a struc- ure to be rendy for operation at the earliest possible moment that Engineer Waddell went to work on something never before at- tempted. nid as a result the present plans wore evolved., The successful execution of the scheme could not have been consum- mated put for the fact that the structure is a draw bridge, and it will be seen how simple after all is the plan that gives the company a bridge across one of the most_treacherous streams on top of earth, nearly a year sooner han it could have been secured in any other In order to carry out these vlans it was necessary to do something never before done, and what was supposed by bridge engineers engineers to be an impossibility. That was the driving of seventy-foot piles fifty feet into the bed of the Missouri. Here a; n it was that the effective little jot got in its work, and by its help the great piles vere down' with comparatively little trouble. The plans call for a temporary structure, of which the draw span is a part. The per- manent bridge will span the river at a right angle, but when set at its place in the tem- porary structure the draw span will lie at variunce with its other position by atout eleven degrees, the river end being about fifty feet further down stream and the land end the same distance farther up the bank. The span can be swung intoposition for cither bridge at a moment's notice, it being possible to make the change in_less than a minute, even under adverse circumstances. The tempovary structure is built in three spans, each 192 feet in length, for which four piers are required, one of them being the one on which the river end of the draw will alsorest, with another temporary pler on tho bank, for the other end of the draw. 1t was suggested in the presence of Eun- gineer Waddell that the company might be 80 well pleased with its temporary structure that it would forget to complete the perma- nent bridge in accordance with the plans. Plans For the Permanent Bridge. “If all we wanted was a temporary bridge, would we have invested balf a million dollars in a pier and draw span like this?” he in- quired. *“No, the bridge will be completed in its entirety in strict accordance with the plans, It will cost about $35,000 or $00,000 extra to put in the temporary bridge, but we will get it in operation by the 1st of Septem- ber, which will bring us in the earnings of several months that we would not otherwise get. Not only that, but it will enable us to build the remainder ot the per- manent structure at a greatly reduced cost, You must remember that the necessity of rushing work under adverse conditions st of a bridge enormously, and y bridge will do away with that entire Ordinarily thereis nothing in sight until such a structure is comploted, and added to this is the necessity of duplicating a great deal of expensive machinery’ in order to put down all the piers at once, or of rushing work at all times that not a moment may be lost. The result is that heavy loss is entailed by the carrying away of false work twoor three times by the ice, the B, spring rise and the June flood. ¢ following the plan we have adopted, v oid all of that difficulty. We speedily gel a bridge in .operation, which will take care of the bulk of the busi- ness that would be offered if the permanent bridge was completed, and we are also enabled to proceed with the re- mainder of the permanent work at our leisure and at such times as are most suit- able for its advancement under favorable conditions. Thesa temporary piers do not £0 to bedrock, but so far as’ strength and solidity are concerned they could not be more immovable. The only thing is that they will not last forever, but they are good fer' at least seven years. The piling will rot in time, but the permanent structure will be completed long before that time avrives. Two more picrs will have to go down to bedrock for the permanent structure, and it was at first in- tended to put in three, but the plans were somewhat changed: ‘A dyke has been con- structed, which lhm&s the river out as far as the pier at the Neébraska end of the fixed span, and we will put i piling from thero to the beginning of the grade instead of an ad- ditional span. At the end of the tempo- rary bridge we will have about 400 feet of heavy piling reaching to the high banl. ‘The temporary plers are fiow in position. They are 16x55 feet in size and around cach is builta brush mattress eighteen inches thick on the bed of the river. This prevents washing around the pier, and a8 the river washes at the edge of the mattress th ettles down, forming 4 covered cr all around the pier and sloping in all direc tions away from the same. ‘The mattress around the draw pier is S0x120 feet in size. The pier stands in about fifteen feet of water, though the depth has varied since we have been at vork on it from nine to twenty-five feet. The temporary bridge lies on a grade from the north end of the draw span to the Nebraska shore, and will be ut twenty-five feet above the water. Cost ot the Bridge Complete. ““The cost of the bridgo when completed will be about $1,200,000, including the extra cost of the temporary structure, If will be seventy feet in width, and its weight will be about 7,000 pounds of steel to the foot over the entire length of the two great spans, which is 1,08 feet. The contructs were let September 1 and 2 of last year, and work was begun on October 1. It will prob- ably be two years before the per- manent structure is completed, as work can pe done more deliberately after the temporary bridge is in overation. The per- manent bridge will have two railway tracks in the center andon either side will be a motor track. Each motor track will afford a passage way for wagons and outside theso will be the foot walls for pedestrians, The temporary bridge will be 4 narrow one, with one motor rail between the railroad’ rails and the other outside, and the wagon road will also be there, so that speed over that structure may at times have to be reduced to a walk, but on the permanent bridge each class of travel (excepting motor and wagon) will be by itself and no limit will be placed on speed. Trains can run over that at a rate of fifty miles an hour and no :‘lll’:fl,iuns asked, The araw will be operated by two forty- horsepower motors, which will be fed by storage batteries of the most modern type. Electricity will be supplied by the motor wires running over the bridge. The draw can be opened by this machinery and closed in eight minutes, even in a high wind, and it can be opened in five minutes in the face of a hurricane, although it is far from probable that we would ever be called upon to open itatsucha time, as under such conditions Missouri river boate are generally tiea to the bank.” Mr. Potter on the Company's Iutentions. General Manager Arthur S. Potter of the bridge company, was asked yesterday to make a statement of the company’s inten- tions, and to give the public some idea of what might be expected when the bridge was in successful operation. Ho replied that 1t had not been the policy of the com- pany at any time to make any noise regarding what it proposed to do, proferring to wait unul it has carried ~ its plans into execution, and has something that every one could see, as the public could thon view the situation through its own eyes, and, without being in- fluenced by csted parties, could form its own conclusious as to what' the enter- prise means to Omaha, It was not until it wus urged that the enterprise was quasi- public in 1ts nature, and t‘mv. the people were eutitled o more definite knowledge us to its magnitude, that Mr. Potter yiclded. *‘We have no wish to be secretive in the matter,” he said, “but we have not desired to boow our project, kuowing full well that the time would soon come when it could speak for itself, Itis a fact that it was de- signod at the time of its inception to benefit East Omaha, bu 1t far outgrown its local character, and that is now only an inci- dent. What the Omaha Bridge & Terminal company proposes to do s 10 operate and to furnish terminal facilines for whatever roads may desire sccess to the city and suitable accommodations within its” limits. The 1,500 acres belonging to the Kast Omaha Land company are entirely separate and apart from the enter- ise, 8 the cowmpany has purchased 100 between Niuth and Thirteenth and be- cen Nicholas and Locust streets, which will be used for yards and terminal grounds. That will give ample room for all roads that may desire to use our bridge, and the best facilitios for tbe public in the way of freight depots and warehouses. We shall shortly purchase forty acres on the cast side of the river to give us suitable yards there, al- though we already have connec- tions with all _the roads running into Council Blu ana _although it will be possible for any or all of them to get to the bridge without the laying of any more track than is already in place, we want this additional ground over there for dis- tributing yards. No contracts have been entered into with any road to useour bridge, and wo are not seeking any at this time. You do not find men out looking for tenants before they build their houses, as they build first and are satisfied that they will find enough tenants afterwards if everything is as it ehould be. This is the way we feel in this case. *We are perfectly satisfled to take our chances in getting our share of the business, and the company 1s not worrying at all over the outlook. Our money is forthcoming whenever wanted, asour_bonds have been placed, and as we have £5,000,000 at our dis- posal. Further than this, the bonds are in the hands of wealthy st holders, and there will be no crowding. as is sometimes the case when bonds are it the hands of people who feel the need of interest. “We already have the land for depot grounds in-our possession, the bridge is half completed, we have ample capital at our command and no obligations pressing, Ought there to be any question as to the success of the enterprise? We wi'l bo running trains into this city over our bridge early in Sep- tomber, and there will be no disposition to keep out any road. Our plans have gotten beyond the paper on which they were orig- inally drafted, and we have not yot to go out and buy the first of our property, It is all in our hands, and it is simply a_question of time necessary for the workmen to carry the plans into execution. Other Improvements Contemplated. “The complete schemo contemplates the building of a line to South Omaha and tho erection in this city of a union passenger depot, but we have not yet appropriated the money for that. The entire plan, however, can be carried into execution for $4,500.000, which does not begin to exhaust the resources of the company. Wo desire to complete one thing at a time, and the bridge will first be com- pleted and freight yardage and trackage provided before we take up the passenger branch of the question. As I said before,we do not care to boast ahout what we are going to dom the future, as we prefer to t until we can show what we have done nd are doing. It is more satisfactory and convincing than all the wind and fancy sketches on paper that could be gotten to- gether.” Alittle delay in reaching bedrock with the drawpier was experienced by of the ty of removing several boul- 1o ders, that were found just abo he solid rock, but by the aid of the great dredge they were successfully handled, and the pier settled into position on the permanecnt base that received it as though it had b ally prepa; it by nature's The work of filling the hollow center of the pier will begin tomorrow, and within a week the substructure will be a solid mass to the surface of the water. Chief Iingineer Waddell came up to per- sonally superintend the work at this junc- ture, andto see how the pier reached its final position. He will remain in tho city several duys. Mr. Potter left last evening for St. Louis, where, in company with the chief engineer of the St. Louis Terminal Railway company, of which corpor: n Mr. Waddellis also the consulting engineer, he will view the exten- sive grounds and complete track system and equipments of the best arranged and most satisfactory terminal system in the country, preparatory to the similar arrangement of the grounds of the Omaha Bridge and Ter- minal Railway company in this city. o LIFE POLICY OF A SUICIDE. Suit Brought by Dr. Robbins’ Children for Payment of Insursnce. An interesting case was called yesterday in the United States court involving the question whether an insurance company is obliged to pay the policy held by a man who takes his own life. The title of thecase is S. M. Melick, -administrator, agast. tho Travelers’ Insurance company, but. the his- torv in connection with the case involves the life and remarkable death of Dr. Leonard H. Robbins of Lincoln. The suit has been brought by the admin- istrator in the interest of the two children of deceased, a bright boy of 15 and a girl of 13, who are witnesses in court, Dr. Robbins had been a resident of Lincoln for many yurs, and there had been considerable g sip and neighborhood criticism of his matri monial carcer a short time prior to his pain- ful demise. On the night of June 19, 1800, Dr. Robbins, then a thrice widowed man, with two interesting children, imagined that he heard a burglar i his_cellar. Seizing o rovolver from his bureau drawer, he started down into the basement story of his dwell- ing. On going down the steps he ciden- tally dischurged the weapon, shooting him- self through the foot. The wound soon be- gan to give the doctor serious difficulty, and lockjaw set n. He suffered terribly and s00n became very weak, One morning he was found dead in his bed with a horrible gash in his throat. He left a letter addressed to his two children in which were many very touching things. He described the very fearful pain he was suf- foring and expressed deep and distracting sorrow in the contemplation of being taken by death from his children. Among other things, Dr. Robbins said: Ob, this fearful pain? 1 cannotendure it. 1 would cull little Leonard and hissweet sister Katie but they are so tired. This pain strikes me from the foot clenr to the heart. How 1it- tle Leonard would like to come to me and stop this pain If he could, In his manly way, and Katie would come, too, in_her sweet wiy, if could, and help papa. Don’t go away from nother, enlldron. Keep together. 1f pi should di¢ do not get estranged from each other. Papi hopes so much to got well and do s0 much for his darling: But his foot is so fearful in Its quick thrusts of pain. God will you, dear ones. Oh, this sharp pain—God me from this pain—Death is near—1 am fous but cannot sprak—God will Following this legibly written letter there are several pages of ibbling, the mean- ing of which can un]{; be conjectured, but the son claims to be able to decipher most of it,and it is in _the same tone as that which can be so casily rend. There seemed to be but little doubt as to the immediate cause of death, and the coroner’s jury brought in a verdict of death by suicide, " superintended by suffering from an accidental wound in the foot. The deccased carried a $5,000 lifo insur- ance policy in the Travelers Life, and this the company refuses to pay on the ground that the holder committed suicide, and there is a clause in the policy which states that it will be void in case of the self-de- struction of the holder. he caso will be stubbornly fought, Mr., Charles Offutt of this city appears for the defense, and ex-Judge Allen Field of Lin- coln and Mr. Holmes of Omaha are attor- neys for the plaintiff, e BQUATTERS ARE SAFE, Denizens of the Dump Will Not Be Mo- lested for Some Time to Come. Last night, after the matter had been discussed in its several bearings by the councilmen and the city attornoy, the evic- tion of the squatters in the neighborhood of the Jones streat dump was postponed by the council. It will be further investigated as to its legal aspect, From the market house committee a re- port stion on Cap- v nd Thirteenth corrugated iron building, to cost than $4,000, to be used as a market house, and recommending that the avenue between the streets mentioned be set aside for the accommodation of hucksters, was re- celved and adopted Paving petitious and ordinauces took u the' 1maor portion of the time the sounch was in session. Just before adjournment the amended Hascall ordinance, providing for the extension of the water maius toward Gibson, was passed. Councilman Munro protested that the ordinance was loaded, but only be aud Thomas voted against it —.— Fire Record. SomaALLER, Ta., May 25.—[Special to Ta Bag. |--Fire destroyea Howard & Bahra's warehouse, the city hotel and several ether small buildings. Loss, $9,000, fully insured, SAx Fraxcisco, Cal, Mniy 25.—Part of the town of Rockliu, thirty miles eastof Sac- ramento, has been burned. ‘I'wenty-five buildings, including two-thirds of the busi- uess section of the town, were destroyed Loss, §75,000. Alice Irish,s hotel servant was burned to deatk. goar 08 TAM YAGLAT e gt 1y f Cud : ) DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 26 kel 1893 END OF THE STATE SHOOT Prra Oold Weather and High Winds Interfera but | the Sport. Little wi GOOD SCORES MADE AN ALL EVENTS Omaha Gun Club Wine (the Plattsmouth Cup—Results of the Other Races— Ellfott and Parmeles Will Shoot & Match This Morning, Yesterday was the last rogular day of the State Sportsmen's tournament, but most of the visiting shots will remain over today. when a number of interesting match shots and sweepstakes will take place. Among the former will be a 100-live bird race be- tween J. A. R. Elliott. the champion wing shot of America, and Frank S. Parmelee, the local crack. This match is for $100 a siae, American association rules, each man to furnish 100 birds. This provision is made in order that the best birds possible will be used by each man. The match will begin promptly at 11 o'clock, and inas- much as Mr. Elliott is the champion wing shot of this, or probably any other country, and Mr. Parmelee is undoubtedly one of the most expert trap shots living, a large crowd of spectators should be on the grounds to witness the contest. While the hour. 11 a. m. is an inconvenient one, the extraordinary character of the attraction should counter- balance this. It should be understood that there is no admission fee charged to the grounds, Good Shooting Desplite the Weather The hyperborean winds do not scem to have had much eftect on the ardor of the sportsmen, as the attendance this morning was fully as large as that of the provious days. The first event on the morning card ird match, 810, The score: 21021 i Horshoy Elliott." Road Den, W. Brow The trance: 1 01002~ 7 targets, §1 en- second event, ten ; Mallelieu, 8 s, 81 H 1, 10; i Hugl derman, 7 7; Chingrin, 7: Parme The third event, twenty targoets, $ 1 ¢ ¢, 9; Read, 10; Bray, 8 entrance : Foggr, 19: Trotter, 12; Linc Dewitt. 15; Chingrin 1 peice, 12; Kogers, 18; B shroeder, 17; Bray,' 1 ) corge, 13 Parmelee, 17; Brucker, 16; Peters, 14; Budd, 19; Fuller, 12; Arnold, 18. The fourth event, fifteen targets, $2 en- trance. THughes, 13; Fogg, 12; Budd, 15; Brucke: Parmelee, 14; Chingrin, 14; Brown, 12; 10; Arnold,” 13; R 1 addington, 103 Miller, 14 Miller, Afternoon’s Shooting. The first cvent was eight live birds, $6 entrance: Lindorman Kennedy . Hughes: Brucker, Parmel 1 112112017 01222020 11001111 fogiz 20217 Trotter. 001201115 Ackermu 2021 ~7 Rogers 2 Budd . 2 111 Speie 00010100~ iller, i 111121128 orge . 11212 7 Ellioft . 122 Hershe 122: Brown 121 Read 121 g 200 Chingrin 1 Smead .. 2 Waddington. ller. Dewltt. 02011112 ‘The second was ten Itarzets, $1 entranct Parmelee, 9; Georgedbi Potérs, 10; Linder- man, 8; Hughes, llor, 6; Kennody, 9; Fogg, 9; Mallelieu. 'lh)filsr!. 10; Bray, 10 Chlgrin, 8 Tramp, udd, 16; Muok, 9 Barnard, 8. The third event, fifteen targets, $1.50. liott, 15; Chingrin, 14; Fogg, 13; Hughes, Linderman, 14; Douglas, Read, ielee, 18; Kennedy, 9; George,12; Burnar: Hughes, 16; Barnurd, 15; Roge melee, 19; Lindorman, 19;" Bray, 19; 1 18; Kenned: wead. 13; Budd, ead, 16 trance Jones Leming. Parmelco Fuller. Read Lindern Elllott. . Den... Poters Kennedy Hershey. Cross. Dewitt.. Wadding: T i 11 20210-8 For the Plattsniouth Cup, Following came the Plattsmouth oup, open to Nebraska shooters only, targets, $50 added. Omaha holding the cup, a team shoot, four men to a team: Parmeloo. ORg. .. Kennedy ! Leming Total.... R NS B TEAN, Peters. 11111 10011~ 8 Cross. . 10111 11011 8§ Lemling. L 11000~ 7 Smead 11111 11011 9 Total.. ceaisseennes 82 RAYMOND GUN CLUB TEAM. . 11111 1111110 01111 11101- 8 . 11110 01100— 6 Leming. .. L 10111 11010— 7 Total.. . haees Omaha and Bemis tied, and on the shoot- off Omaha club won by two birds. A miss out,live birds, $2 entrance, re- sulted: Den. Ching 22210 2 2 221321 © ——— ————ro—— GRAND CIRCUITEROGRAM, g < 1 Stewards Meet and Bfake Some New and Important 'Khles Rocmester, N. Y., Ma§'$5.—The stewards of the Grand Trottinggpiretiit met yesterday and arranged the pm&r‘u\fl for the summer meeting. The following resolution, which is of great interest to hosempen, was adopted : Resolved, That theaneegings of the circuit be trotted under the r of the National Trotting association, 5 they stand today, unless specified to theeontrary by any mem- ber. Resolved, That the grand clrcuit oppose the proposed change in the present distance rule as inimical to trotting sport, and an unjust hardship to the patrons of the turf who pay entrance mouey, detrimental to business of associations. productive of tame racing, thereby dep h'lna’ the public who pay at the gate of spirited and exciting con- tests among good fields of horses; in short, bad at all points and a most unwise move- m, ent. Resolved, That the managers of any asso- ciation desiring shorter distances may have it by advertising a special clause in the pro- gram, but thut we regard- it as unjust and arbitrary to change the rule, making it necessary for associations opposing the change to lnsert 8 special condition in thelr program. !mwlvld, That we dfsm‘“ the recogul- tion of tin cup records and favor mak- ing 1t necessary for horses waking records to be entered In classos or stake races and claim them in legitimate racing contests. Governor Bulkley of Connecticut, George Rohrer of Rochester and C. I1. Hamun of Buffalo are members of the committeo to carry out the resolution The total purses of the different meotings are: Pittsbure, &06,000; Detroit, $50,000; Cleveland, £52,000; Buffalo, $95,00 Roches- ter, §32.000; Springfield, $ 00: Hartford, :u» ::!: New Ycrk, $40,000; Philadelphia, ) Stonx City's Running Meetlng. Stovx Crry, Ta, May 25.—[Special Tele- gram to Tar' Bee.|—The running meeting opened today, with a good attendance of horses and men. Resu! Lirst race, threa-quart #$126: Maple Loat won, tie Brook third Socond race, Mountain Belle fconse s mile dash, purso Nottio 8 socond, Bot- e-half mile heats, purse $125: Sleopy 1 Rosel T tlo and an cighth dash, rippo won, Nettlo S & humore fourth. Time: one-half milo dash, n weightst Billie Kid Gentle Mary.. Whi ngs..... Time: 544, 60, 59, Hawthorne's Program, Hawrtronse, 111, May 25.—Results: First race, five and a half furlongs: Blizzard Yo Marcellina second, Lizzle G third. Time: 115, Second race, five furlongs: Senator_won, {‘l;yxl‘t‘min second, John Arthur third, Time: 1081, Third race, one mile: Monrovia won, laydee second, Cora Taylor third. Time! 0. 25. Kourth race, six furlongs: Ansonia _won, P"zu"m True second, Sir George third, Time: 12044 Fifth Ro race, n furlongs: COraft setto second, ranco third. Time: Nice Sport at St. Louls, St. Louts, Mo, May 25.—The feature of today’s racing at the fair grounds was the Bankers and Brokers stakes for 2-year-olds, Libertine won the prize. The last race was declared off on account of seratehes. on, First race, six_furlongs: Bulgowan (8 to 5) won, 510 1) second, Alohu (6 to 6) thard G Sey oop (3 to 1) won, lugenie (4 to 1) thiry Thir and Brokers stake 31,000 al for 2 ibertine ( , Clara Ba < 4 (20 to 1) third, T to 1) second, King 7. Fourth Teo Mike (6 to 5) won, Re ond, Vashti (15 to 1) third nd a half furlongs: Ger- alding (2 to 1) won, Tim Murphy (6 to 5) s ond, Tom Harding 2 to 1) third. Time. Sixth race, seven and a half furlon Broad (2 to 1) won, Lucllle Manette second, N (7 1) owcastle (10 to 1) third. Time 1:88). Latonin Results. —The track at Summary : Hyman (3 to 2) won, ond, Ragnarod (15 to Cixcrssatr, O., May 2 Laton ¥ was dusty. furlong: nd fifty yards: MecCone (5 to 1) won, Mabelle 3 to 6 Rook Laidley (4 to 1) third me: 1:463. Third racé, one mile: rier (3 to 6) won, Mirage (8 to I verness (12 to 1) |l|’!‘r\l, Doily cond, 2 0 ) club handicap, mile and u sixtecnth: Siweet Blossom (10 to 1) won, Galindo (2 to 1) second, Helen D (4 to 1) third. Time: 1:481. Fifth race, five furionga: Wil Fonso (6 to 1) won, Docksuader (8 to 1) second, Saddlebags (20 to 1) third. Tiwe: 34s. Sixth ra six furlongs: Lo Rosa (2 to 1) won, Captain Rees (10 to 1) second, Fay S (10 to 1) third. Time: 1:15'%. Golug at Gravesond. Guavesexn Race Track, L. I, May 25.— Thé wind blew a gale today, making good time impossible. Results: First race, five-elghths mile: Soprano (13 to 1) wou, Ellen (20 to 1) second, Glance (8 to 4) third. Time: 1:085; Second race, milo and a sixteenth: Plek- ocket (2 to 1) won, Blitzen (8 to 1) second, ongstroet (7 to 1) third. Time: 1:491 mile ana_a fourth: Ralnbow (2 n Alonzo (7 t0 5) second, Comanche Time: 2:094. Fourth race, mile and a fourth: Lamplighter (2 to 1) won, Illume (16 to 1) second, Charade (12 to 1) third, Time: 1:563, Fifth race three-fourths mile: Third race, Hoey (5 to 1) won, Al “.uv (20 to 1) second, Hammie (9 to 5) third. “fime: 1:143 Sixth - race, three-fourt mile: Prince George (710 5) won, Sir Harlem (7 to 2) thira. Tim Going at Gloucester. GLOUCESTER, N.J., May 25.—Results; First race, six furlongs: Mon Luey (5 to5) won, Mayor B (5 to l)second, Andrew D (10 to 1) third. Time: 1:25. (6 10 6) second, 1:15, Socond race, six und abalf furlongs: Ar- 3to5) ‘won, ELI (8 to5) second, Little ) third. Time: 573 . hird race, four and a_half furlongs: Nat- tio Howard (6 to 1) won, Red Elm (5 to1) second, Hunds OfF (10 tox1) third, Time: 57ét. Fourth race, six furlongs: Minnesota (2 to 1) von, Captain Hammer (4 to 1) second, Rustic (6.t0 1) third, Tlme: 1:204%. Fifth four furlongs: Miss Richland (1'to 2) won, Dare Devil (1110 5) second, Huzel (2to 1) third. Time: 513, Sixth race, six furlongs: Hippona (1 to 8) won, Extra (6 to 1) second, Somerset (6 to 1) third, Time: 1:27%. NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES, Baltimore Applies a Counter-Irritant to Mayor Stein’s Ambition, Batrnore, Md., May 25.—It may be “Mayor Stein” in Brooklyn, but in Balti- more a very plain *mister.” And it was all because of Pitcher McNabb and eight flelders that Stein’s colors were dragged in the dust for the first time this scason, At- tendance, 2,720. Score: Baltimore 40000001 1-5 Brooklyn. .00 100008 0-4 Hits: Baltimore, 12; Brooklyn, 10, Errors: Baltin e, 4; Brooklyn, 3. arned runs: Baltimore, 1; Brooklyn, 1. Batteries: McNabb and Clark; Stein and Kinslow. “Only'" Wins ‘“de Game." NEW Yonk, May 25.—The New Yorks won an easy victory from the Phillies today at the Polo grounds. 1t was Mike Kelly's first appearance with the New York team, He was @ trifle rusty, but his catching was up to the standard and he made the hit in the sixth that started the slaughter. Score: New York.......1 0 0 2 0 6 8 2 *—13 Phtladolphfa; "1 0 1 01 0 1 2 0- 6 ilits: New York, 14; Philadelphin, 9. Errors Now Yorl 2; Pulludolpnia, 6. Earaod runs Now York, 4; Phlladciplhia, 4. Butteries: Balawin and Kelly; Koefe and Boyle, Atlanta Can Have Him Now. Prrrsnuke, Pa., May 25.—The Pittsburgs knocked Bumpus Jones out of the box in the second inning, scoring enough runs to win the game. Only one Pittsburg player got as far as third base while Chamberlain was in the box. Attendance, 2,700, Score: Pittsburg 856000000 *~8 Clncinnati......., 0 0 0 01 00 0 0~1 Hiw: Plusburg, 10; Clncinnutl, 6. Errorat Pittsburg, 2; Cinclunatd, 2. Earned runs: Pitts- Jincinnatl, 0. Batteries: Killen and Mk onts, Uhaivoriatn aud Vaughis Gleason Warmly Received, CLEvELAND, O, May 25.—Tho Clevelands won today’s game by good and timely hitting, Gleason Was an casy mark, Score: Uleveland. .22002000 1-17 8, Louts, 020101000-4 and, 14; St. Louis, 9. Frrors: St. 15, Earned runs: 3t Batteries: Oloveland; Youug wnd Zimuné Stuivetts Couldu't Hold Out, BosToN, Mass., May 25.—Runs came easy in the early part of the game with the Sen- ators, but when O'lourke's men, by good -_——-m-m-— . batting, tiod the score the Champlons found Meekin too mush for them, Srnrg-n ; Washington....... 1 0302011 1-8 Boston 300300000<06 Hits: Washington, 11; Boston, 7. Error Washington, 6; Roston, 4. Earned runs: Washington, 4; Boston, 0. Battorles: Meekin and Farrell, Stivetts and Merritt. Unele Forfelts One. Lovisyiie, Ky, May 95.~The Chict team failed to arrive today and Umpire M Quaid awarded the game to Louisville by a score of ¥ to 0, Standing of tho Teams. 3 n W P. G, Olevelana, 5 68.8 Battimore .11 s Plttsbure....14 T 64.7(Cinolunatt... 11 458 Brookiyn ...18 8 61.0|New York....10 38 Dhiladeiphiall 10 52.¢| Washington. 10 8 Boston 11 52:2(Chieago 8 B St Louls 1 62.2|Louls . .1 WON BY THE PRINCE, Yacht Britanna Finlshes First in Royal Thames Race, LoNDON, May 25.—About 200 yachts were gathered to lay on the occasion of tho Royal Thames club regatta, one of the most event- ful contests of the yachting year. Crowds thronged to Gravesond and other points in expectation of witnessing a race of more than usual intores The curiosity of the spectators was mainly absorbed in Lord Dunraven's now yacht, tha Valkyrie, which was viewea and studied with groater interest, as she is to represont British interests in the coming race for the American oup. The Britannia, the Prince of Wales’ cutter, was hardly less scanned. The prince of Wales went on board tho Britannia before the race. ‘The course was from Gravesend round the house lightship and return. Other yachts competing in the race are the Scotch syndi- cate boat, the Calluna or White Heather, Mr. Jumeson's cutter, the Iverna, and the Sattinata. The starting gun was fired at noon, and all the yachts wero then together. The Valkyrio got” away first, the Britannia followed. Thero was a grand race between the Britannia and the Valkyrie to get around the houso lightship first. The Britannia se- cured the honor, £ The, turning was marvelous from the old-time sailing, for by her shortness and depth of keel each was enabled to turn almost as if on a pivot. The Britannia started homeward fully seven seconds ahead of the Valkyrie. The prince of Wales demonstrated beyond much doubt that he had the better boat, the Britannia being not only stiffer but also sailing a trifio closer to the wind. The Britannia led not far away for with a big ga otween alkyrio. The Valkyrie began sing the gap and she was almost at the s of the Britanunia when her topsail was smashed. Then her bowsprit broke off short, bringing down everything. The vic- tory ofithe prince of Wales has created great enthusism among yachtsmen, o R t Tabor College. Tanon, May 25, —[Special to Tar Bre.]—Old Probabilities nad evidently been disturbed during the night preceding field day and so ended the pleasant weather. Quite a sprinkle of rain fell during the night and tho day dawned dark and dreary. A cold wind from the northeast blew the most of the day, making it unpleasant for the spectators and hindering the sprinters. All the short races w run ainst th wind. Despite the uniuviting day many vis- itors from surrounding towns were present, the largest delogation coming from Malvern. At9 o'clock . m. the exerciscs began, President P. H. Maynard calling the crowd to order. The first event, was the Long winning. Time: second. unnin %o 1 W. otto ng broad jump: 11 8. Galt first, dis - tance, 16 feet 8 inchies; A. Harrison second Standing broad jump: R. Speise first, 9 feet 11 inches; I1. 8. Galt second. 0 hundred and twenty-yard dash: DiGette first. Time: 3 onds. ‘Throwing base ball tance, 271 fee! Putiing sixt 28 feot shes; IV, S| Hurdle ruce, 100 yards, four Braden Tlme, 15 second: Hop, sml: and jump: F. Sheldon first foet 8 Inches; I 8. Galt second, 84 fe fitty-yard das seconds. John © Beno first, dis- eise second. R. Spelse first, wing sixtoon-pound hammer: R. Spolse first, 56 fect: 1. Sheldon second, OV feet 5 inches. [Tundred-yard uash: F. W. Long first, tino, 11 seconds; D'Gotte second. ) Ludies throwing buse ball: Elsie Faurote first, distance, 77 feet 3 inches. Ri ing high jump: . Harrlson first, 4 foet 113 inches; Braden second. O, L. Hall first, 7 foet 3 J. D'Gette first, 2 Inches. 2443 Ladies target shooting: Mamfo Barbour first, score, 16; Clarlssa Foote second, 14, The buse bull game, Tabor against Living Spring, was not finished. The sport will be coneluded tomorrow. The fifty-yard record is the best college record of vhe state for this scason. Athietlo Park Opening, The formal opening of the Young Men's Christian association athletic grounds, for- merly the old base ball park, next Saturday afternoon, promises to be an event of moro than usual interest. The gates will be opened at 2:80, aud after a flag raising, m which some of the lady fricnds of the asso- ciation will take an active part, there will be speeches by Governor Crounse, Mayor Bemis and Dean Gardner. sist of a variety of games, including bicycle racing, sprinting, sack racing, basket ball, and finally a gamo of base ball will be called at4 o'clock, Tickets of admission will be issucd to all who wish to attend at the Young Men's Christian association building. ‘Wal CoLeninge, N gram to Tue Bk, ] ball was Over Wayne. ., May 25.—[Special Tele- n interesting game of | played this afternoon nt the Cole- rilgo, ball DAFk botwoon tho Colorligo and Wayne teams. The battery of the visiting teain was Wilbaum and Swartz,_and of the home team Brott and Wood. The score was 23 to 8 in favor of Coleridge. Shamrocks Like Barkls. The Shamrock Juniors are willing to meot the West Omaha Juniors Sunday morning at 10 o'clock on their ground at Iifth avenue and Leavenworth strect. . L. Lowry, captain, 1219 South Seventh avenuc. e PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Councilman Specht is in Chicago on busi- nes: Mrs, Judge Cotton, with her son and daugh- ter of San Fraucisco, are visiting Attorney Isaac R. Andrews. J. 8. Woodburn of the Board of Public ‘Works office has returned from Gallatin, Mo, Mrs, Woodburn will remain there for some tume, At the Mercer: W. H. W. Rees, Cincin- nati, O.; A. 8. Wright, Guss, fa.; A. C. Mc- Cullough, Creston, I ; Alex McKay, New- port, . L; W. B. Kizer, Racine; C.J. Lincoln; Horace Shaw, l(lsln‘;; Sun, . J. Whitman, Boston; B. eatc go; J. W. Love, Fremont; A, H. Church, J, E. Evans, North Platte; J. P, Cobb, Baltimore; A, Alee, Nebraska City; A, H.Bird, Cedar Rapids;}l. P, Lanning, Minne- apolis, Cuicado, 111, May 25 —[Special Telegram to Tue Bek. |—C, C.George of Omaba is at the Great Norther . W. Thompson and wife and John A. Creighton of Omaha called at the Nebraska building today. 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