The evening world. Newspaper, June 10, 1903, Page 1

BASEBALL RACING # SPORTS The “ Circulation Books Open to All.’? au \r PRICE ONE CEN. {00 LOST IN’ Fi000S AND 4,000 IN BANGER Raging Waters Tear Great Gaps in the Embankment of the Illinois Central Railway, an@ All East St. Louis Is Submerged---Mounted Runners Give Notice of the Death Dealing Sweep of the Torrents. f ST. LOUIS, June 10.—Thirty lives wore lost at East St. Louis /to-day when the flood waters broke through the Illinois Centre! | Railroad embankment, which acts as a levee, and engulfed the south- eastern section of the city. : Word of thg fatalities was telephoned to Mayor Wells, of this ‘city, by Congressman Rodenburg. He appealed for immediate as- \pistance, saying that before nightfall the entire city of East St. Louis would be submerged. It is believed that about one hundred lives in all have been lost in this zegion. In response to Mayor Cook's appeal Gov. Yates has ordered details of militia to East St. Louis to ald in guarding property. The army of levee builders have fallen back on Missouri avenue, the city’s principal business thoroughfare, in a last attempt to save the re- maiader of the city, where its 46,000 inhabitants are huddled, INTENSELY DRAMATIC SCENES. The scenes preceding the breaking of the Illinois Central embankment, ‘which protected the city on the south, were intensely dramatic. One thou- sand men worked all night to strengthen the embankment. At midnight Ned Roberts, a negro, who had been carrying bags of sand, demanded his ‘wages and throatened to out the water barrier. He was shot dead without arley. : For hours before the break hundreds of women and children assisted the workers. People swarmed over the embankment heaping sand bags with the energy of madmen to prevent the menacing waters from mounting over the top. Two miles south of the Relay Depot the first break came. The water ~spurted-into the faces.of the workers, -bu .they stuck bravely-to their tasks. Bags of sand heaved into the openings were tosséd aside like feathers, When resistance became useless, mounted runners tore through the. streets, shouting’ warning. Bells were rung and steam whistles blown all over the city, and the people, half mad with fright, fled for their lives, The warning was none too soon, for the pressure of the water split the feet deep poured in. Precautionary levees erected for just such an emer- gency were swept away. FAMILIES FLEE FROM THEIR HOMES. As the noise of the approaching Hood was heard, the flight, at first a ‘rapid retreat with some semblance of order, assumed a panic stage. All efforts to assure the inhabitants that there was sufficient time to escape unless a gap was washed through the embankment failed to convince them, ,and most of them fled without any effort to wave property. Thousands of families from the choicest residence portions of the city, ,earrying trunks, grips, bundles of clothing and valuables, began to cross the Eads Bridge toward St. Louis, Most of the refugees were ecantily clad. Strong men carried aged women in their arms, followed by women with ‘babies. Barefooted children were in the procession, which continued stead- fly over the bridge. Communication with East St. Louis {s possible only by boat, as the iron viaduct over Cahokia Creek, which led to the east approach to the Mads Bridge, partially sank duing the night and cannot be crossed. Railroad traffic from the East is entirely suspended, the immense ter- minal and freight yards of the Eastern system which centres at East St. ‘Louis being under from ten to thirty feet of water. Roadbeds have been ‘washed away and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of freight de- ‘@troyed. The loss to the railroads in this section will be $3,000,000, \ILLINOIS MILITIA ORDERED OUT, SPRINGFIELD, IIl., June 10.—Upon solicitation of the Mayor of Alton n (Acting Gov. Northcott. Pillaging has begun in the flooded district of the city and the local authorities are unable to cope with the lawlessness. The soldiers took tents and provisions fox, two days. Ten rounds of ammuni- ton were distributed to each man before leaving the armories, NEW YORK ASKED TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS. The committee appointed by Mayor Low to raise funds for the relief Mil to the charitable people of New York. { Tf any subscriber desires his subscription to be applied to any par- ticular locality the Committee will so apply it. oe The Committee appeals to all persons in the City to respond promptly. A Checks may bo drawn to the order of James G. Gannon, Treasurer, and , fat to him in care of the Fourth Nationa) Bank, No, 14 Nassau street, ox sent to any member of the Committee, HE WON HIS FIGHT AGAINST CAR AHEAD. Benjamin Nussbaum Wouldn't Get Out and at Last Wap Carried to His Destination, ton avenue, intending to ride to Broad- way and Houston street. At Ninety- third street the sign “Twenty-third Street Only" was huns out. At Twenty- third street the passengers refused to get out and the inspector there tinally street. One by one passengers dropped off, after taking the numbers of the motor- man and conductér and threatening to bring suit. But Nussbaum stuck. was carried to One Hundred and Forty- Unird street and Lexington avenue-and then back to the barn, where the car was turned in. Still Nussbaum scucx, until in desperation an inspector or- dered the car out and Nussbaum. was taken to his destination. He has hired aed to sue the company for loss If he does not get substantial damages from the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company, Benjamin Nussbaum, of No. \1729 Madison avenue, who {s employed “in a Broadway embroidery house, ex- peots that some of the local civic or- ganizations will present him with a medal or an illuminated testimonial for his -stick-to-itiveness in forcing the failrond company to back down in its tt pt © make him, take a “car oo Posey bh Fast aeatns Westward. eve hin romichit orld, [NIGHT | “Circulation Books Open to All.’ J WEATHER—Showers to-night; Thursday EDITION | NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1903. PRICE ONE CENT, LATEST NEWS OF RACING AND BASEBALL GAMES BON MOT'S STAKE RAGE H. E. Rowell’s Four-Year. Old Son of Fitz James Beats Arden and Corus- cate in a Driving Finish forthe Clover. TANKARD WINS AT 4 TO 1. Van Ness, the 4 to 5 Favorite, Captures the Opening Event; Contentious Takes the Third Race—Track: Heavy, Jembankment until a torrent one hundred feet wide and twenty-five feet | ——— five companies of Illinois militia were ordered to Alton this morning by | Eva Ru of the flood and storm sufferers of the West and South issued an appeal ‘ ordered tae car back to Ninety-thira | wom He} si THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Van Nees (4 to 5) 1, King Pepper (6 to 1) 2, W. R. Condon 3. Time—1.11, SECOND RACE—Tankard (4 to 1) 1, Gold Ray (10 to 1) 2, Lord Radnor 3. Time—4.03, THIRD RACE.—Contention (7 to 2) 1, Beldame (5 to 2) 2, Mordella 3. Time. 1.03. FOURTH RACE—Bon Mot (6 to 2) 1, Arden (8 to 1) 2, Coruscate 3. Time—1.52. ’ ——— we FIFTH RACE—Harangue ($¢a 8) 4, ‘Miss Nancy (20 t0-1) 2, Iehiana, %. Time—1,09, x SIXTH RACE—Bob Hilliard (15 to 1) 1, Sentinel (18 to 20) 2, Tristessel 3. Time—1.49 3-5, Gpectal to The Evening World.) GRAVESEND RACE TRACK, June 10.—Hamburg Belle was withdrawn from the Clover Stakes at Gravesend this af- ternoon, her owner not caring to risk 80 valuable a plece of racing machinery in a helter skelter race in the mud. Immediately there was a rush of ow: ors to add their filiies, and one of t additional starters, Contentious, gal- loped away with the prize. She went to the front and was never aught. August Belmont furnished the favorite in (Beldame, a daughter of Octagon, This one was plainly the best, for she best, for she was almost left at the Post and finished a good second. Van Ness, the favorite in the opening event, won in a rattling drive with King Pepoer, and Mr. Hitchcook finally won a steeplechase with Tankard, who was a 4 to 1 chance, Gum Honey, the favorite in this race, tell, Rain fell during the afternoon and the races were sunleverss heavy track. ST RACE. Atout alx farlotan Betting. Starters, ita., Jocks. bs ha Ea Str. Pi. Vs nina Tie +f 14 ab ¥ 8 fee og 5 is @ Bf i 8 Ey Et) ba Bb % Gi 1 300 10 Sime .ts epper jumped away in front siart and he get a citp- nthe run to the tum W. enon took second place while Van rd and Locket fourth. In the run around the tury Van ft ol second place and in the stretch he began to close on King Pepper. In the last sixteenth Van Ness forged to the tront and won by a length from King Pepper, who was five lengths in front of Condon. SECOND RACE, Steeplechase, about two miler, + focka. SLHIE Fin: «oe Betting. tare, hte, Str. Pl Tankard” 169, 5 a 6 4 8 H val ‘Or, 146, Gum Honey, 137,A.Jackonon Start good. Won easly. Tankard made nearly all the running and won easily by three parts of a lngth from Gold Ray, wh» was fifteen lengths in front of Jord Radnor. Gum Honey, the favorite, was a good second, until pithie half # mile of the finish. when he fell. THIRD RAGE. 37 1 4 4,2 fell “Sevan Time—t.03. Five furlongs, jock: Starters, wuhts., th Sereisgny Start good. easily. Caloane, sed a, =EacKcaC) acpntenglous and Oe and the ch, Madame ‘Theo and Piroutt he First Race—Four and a half furlongs. uy hati wo ine stratohs where fos rela Whi tem fei ote oe tentious drew clear and won easily by | to cheraf - =) a length and a half from Beldame, who | ond ang Getchel third "rime9 6 Philadelphia-Chicago (A. L.) Game Was half a length In front of Mordella, Race-One mile and a quarter Postponed. FOURTH RACE. ‘Mile and a sixteenth. 'Gunboat Sent After Band that Kidnapped a eR Loe @ ‘ NATIONAL LEAGUE, NEW YORK-ST. LOUIS NEW YORK ...........- 0010000 ST. LOUIS -....2...0 0000000 First Inning—Brewne ar nahan struck out, No runs. Farre!! pasted lo G.: from Donava Second In | not outrun a poke to < ecend. stealing. Nor runs. Brain, Burke and Heokett fied out. No runs. Third Inning—Zi bart ws hit. Bowerman sinaled. Williams fielded Taylor cut and doubled up Bowerman, Gilbert scoring. Niche!s hand!ed Browne’s bunt. One run. nd Van Haltren died at first. Bres- . MeOren mede a beautiful piay sisted. Smoot flied out. No runs. undea te Williams. Babb could Dunn walked and was caught Williams struck out. Nichois out, Gilbert to McGann. Currie trip.ed. Farrell out, Gilbert to McGann. No tuns. Four h Anning Van ilied to Smoot. McGann rolled to Currie. BROOKLYN-CINCINNATI First Inning—Strang bunted out. Sheckard walked. Dobbs| 61 flied to Cregan. McCreedie grounded to Morrissey. No runs, Donlin out at first. Seymour strolled. Kelley flied out. Mor- rissey singled. Corcoran lifted to McCreedie. No runs. Second Inning—Doyle singled. Dahlen out at first. singled, scoring Doyle. Flood singled. Flood was caught asleep. Jones singled and Ritter scored. Strang singled. Sheckard safe on Magoon’ swide throw, Jones scoring. on was caught off third. Three runs. 3 : i Ritter At Pittsburg—Philadelphia, 4; Pittsburg, 7. At Chicago—End of fifthl Boston, 1; Chicago, 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE, At Boston—Detroit, 5; Boston, 0. At Washington—End ‘of fifth: Cleveland, 6; Washington, 4. ——— ————o- -0 LATE RESULTS AT HARLEM. Fourth Race—Dick Bernard 1, Tryon 2. Patsy Brown 3. —————-$- _______ AT ST. LOUIS. Fourth Race—Frank Bell 1, Elastic 2, Croix d’Or 3. CHINESE PIRATES -HOLD AMERICAN. Man and Demands $9,000 Ransom for the Prisoner. WABHINGTON, June 10—The fol-|proceeding from Canton to Geunghan. Nine thousand dollars ransom is asked. lowing cablegram has been received at “f have sent the Callao (American the Btate Department from United) pinout) to the rescue and to demand Gtates| Consul-General MoWade, at Can-|tn" tro viceray gecure the releace of ton, dated to-day: the man and the punishment of the American kidnapped by pirates while| pirates. Details later." WINNERS AT HARLEM. (Special to The Evening World.) and Oclawaha raced) ITARLDM RACE TRACK, June 10.— d. followed by Coruscate | phe races scheduled to be run here to- der Fo ee tee ene ortiy, (day resulted as follows: nqion Mot. of ver badiy. adually, and in the! Hirst Race—Four and a half furicogs. meatoh Caught Mthe leade: inning ina) — Wen ty 2 to 1 and 4 to 5: hard deve by a neck from Arden. who! Badger ‘as second; Eugenia was two and @ half lengths In front of | 45 w } | Coruscate, uarters of a mile. 4 to} and 3 FIFTH RACK. “se. and and Gotten | Five and a hai furcongs. patios, 116, Pompano, iii. St 08. Honey Doe, a} | as Start good, Won Time—109 | oe a Ha d to the front at the} WEAT F CAST, | ae AC ae PATER FOREGA RELIANCE AGAIN cosy by tye e ne air Forecast for the ¢niety-atx Fa) 5 dal th £) Fe re eect taters at a length fori] ours ending at SP, Ml, Thursday FAILS TO HAVE RACE. he place: for New York City and vicinity: SSS ; showers this even! wwed |] HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, N. J, RESULTS AT ST.LOUIS. [fi aie ana cooter: day [laure 10—Another é falr and cool, with a clear at- })meat for all t jai to The Evening World.) ! RACE" TRACK, NLOCH PARK, | ST. LOUIS, June 10.—Following are the results of the races scneduled to be run | here thie afternoon: mosphere: winds will tnereare to fresh thin evening aud white to northrest, Second —Won by Eliza Dillon, 7 to.2 and e Joe Doughty: 7 ¢0 5. was second: Varner ae chird. naa PHILADELPHIA, June 19.—The game to-day roneduled 49 be pisyed be:weon em ltne Philadelphia and Chicago American ing It at secon nis signal from the committe boat at 2.30, and Reliance, tion Were at once taken in tow and started back the Horseshoe. 4 ily eae oka wie. tors tale League teams Was postponed on account | Af sha LTR Be va Stet allie Soe ja a A a a CHANTS AGAIN PLAYST, LOUIS Manager Johnny McGraw and His Men Tackle the Cardinals Under Trying Circumstances To-Qay— Pitchers’ Wrists Bad. CRONIN PICKED TO TWIRL. St. Louis in the Grip of a Flood and New Yorkers Take Long Risks to Get to the Baseball Park to Piay. BATTING ORDER. New York. Bt. Louis, Browne, rf. Farrell, 2b. Bresnahan, 1b. Donovan, rt. Van Haltren,ct. — Simoo! Mertes, If. Brain i Barclay, If. Hackett, 1b. 2, Bowerman, c Cronin, p. (Bpectal to The Eveaing World.) LEAGUE PARK, ST. LOUIS, June 10. —With half of East St. Louis sub- merged, 50,000 homeless, the water still rising and a huge break tn the Illinois Central levee, the last hope in holding back the wa: this city cares very Uttle whether a baseball game is played or not. Imagine twenty feet of water pouring through Broadway, with debris of all sorts being carried in the tremen- dous current, the upper stories and roots Of "houses Alted with panic-stricken peo- ple, who death in the face, and you have {dea of what Bast St. ‘Louis ts like to-day. Fred Knowles went over the long bridge this morning to find out how the Giants could get away, and barely caped with his life, being caught on a strect car that was derailed by the breaking of a temparary dike. He neach- ed the Southern Hotel covered wita mud end soaked through. The team started off In a body to investigate and held a council of war, afterward deciding that they would not take a chance on reach- ing the B. and O. Railroad in East St. ‘Lous. ) The schedule calls for Cincinnat! to- morrow, but all railroad service being cut off, there seems hardly any posel- bility that the Giants will get away from here in two or three days. The St. Louls management 1s in communt- cation with President Pulliam endeay- oring to have New York change dates with Boston, so that games may be Played the rest of the week, Boston leaWes Chicago to-day, but will not be able to reach here fur to-morrow’s game, and New York cannot get out unless the boys are allowed to walk the bridge, for the structure is con- demned and teams ave not permitted to drive over. In spite of the Mood about nine hundred fans assembled this afternoon to see whether the Cardinals could erase the stain of yesterday's defeat and they came prepared to Sweep the Glants ou the field if Bresnahan indulged in any “dirty work." ‘The morning papers came out with a ferce tirade on“ tes. Bresnahan, who !s known as one of the squarest boys in «ne league, was represented to be a “plug-ugly,” rough- d, and trying to ‘kill Far- news to Brea, and all the ‘McGraw's brutal tac- cam. Lauder, who jumped | to get from Smoot and was goured tor his politeness, was portrayed wild barbarian looking for blood. Jd St. Louls player, was Feet ot the . three Chicago: nuch Who sin fettle warmed up well not been used a long time. thought he could do the necessary t (Continuation of Game In Columns 4 and 5.) Mine race Was officially called off by Columbia_and Constitu- for thelr anchorage in The excursion fleet started in al jong J|a break of twenty -] 4 prominent broker, said to be daeling SCHWAB CAUGHT UR MILLING IN ABEAR aQUEE Market Is Pounded Down and the Steel Trust President Is Said to Have Dropped Big Sum, One Report Saying that He Stands to Lose Heavily on His LL. & N. B. & O. and Atlantic Coast Line Holdings. John W. Gates’s Firm Also Forced Into a Corner and Hammered, but They Say They Don’t Feel It Very Badly—Pande- monium Reigns in the Stock Market All Day, but the Close Shows Recovery. Following their successful squeeze of the market yesterday, the : bears continued to pound prices to-day. At the openipg of the te prices went off with a rush, but there was a rally, and for four fev hours pandemonium reigned on the Stock Exchange. More than 1,000,008 shares were dealt in, the transactions comprising the heaviest trading in weeks, Rumors that the bears were after Charles M. Schwab and John W. Gates flew back and forth. Denials would not Jowa them. Late this afternoon representatives of Mr. Schwab and the firm of Harris, Gates & Co. made statements admitting that the drop-in prices of-stecks = had taken appreciable slices out of their assets, but denying that they were « in any way embarrassed. One of the numerous rumors was that Mr. Schwab owes New York banks $28,000,000 which he has borrowed to profect his holdings, and that a further request for $3,000,000 was refused. Another rumor had it that Mr. Schwab had appealed ‘o Andrew Carnegie for help anc had been turned down, Mr. Carnegie advising him to get out of the market and gét out in a hurry. “It is true,” said Mr, Schwab's representative, “that Mr. Schwab's as sets have depreciated materially in value in the steady and remarkable de~ cline of stocks in which he js heavily interested. But it is not true that Mr. Schwab is in over his head. He is not only on Easy street, but he is away up Easy street and transactions to-day have gone far to make him even. Y. “Mr. Schwab was compelled to let go of some of his Steel bonds to protect hfs holdings in Atlantic Coast Line, B. & O. and L. & W,, but he has recovered them on the reaction of the market since the transaction. He Is not trying to dny that he was hard hit, and may be hit harder, but he does deny that he is worrying. The decline cannot last forever, and ‘the properties in which Mr. Schwab {s interested are all standard.” Young Charley Gates directed operations for his father and his parte ners on the floor, and he was a busy young man, The Harris-Gates crowd is away long on B, & O., which they bought at about 115. To-day they had the shivering sensation of seeing it go down to 79 1-2, They bought great blocks of it on the decline and were supported by Gould-Rockefeller brokers, this steadying the report that Rockefeller and Gould are practically in con- trol of the B. & O. and are clinching the deal. Men big in finance had brokers on the floor gobbling up gilt-edged stocks on all declines, believing that they are selling below their real value, “On paper,” said one of the Harris-Gates firm, “our assets show an alarming shrinkage. We are still long on many of the stocks that have | shown the steadiest and heaviest declines, But it is one of the chances of the market, and we are well protected.” a (To-day’s quotations are printed on Page 2 of this edition.) COTTON DROPS IN WILD BEAR RAID. ! dropped to 12.08, then to 12.05. It deluge of July cotton taat the Bro kers found coming at them, idn’t begin to take it, and ‘the wild- est kind of a scramble followed to get -| the offered contracts, di-| In the hottest part of the fight the ns, | gong sounded to close. It means a fine of $50 to trade after the gong sounds 80 stop businoss, but tho pitful of brokers, {paid no attention to it. bear rad on July cot- ‘st close in the histo. ock Cotton Exchange, with points with: than a minute, were the features cotton market this aftern: Li y the bears paid thei to Mr. Brown, of New Orl |the “Cotton King." Tae day had been unusually active, Nearly a million bales were trade in, July cotton had been pushed up from 12.15 to 12.30 and was 12.25 at -the!amounted practically to a general) closing thme. n Was ten/ sessment, Lecause hte floor was ¢ |pomnts above the opening price. Sep- led with members. js The scramble continued for ni a minutes over the official trading th tember was sixteen above Tuesday closing. ‘ It was just a minute before the time for the gong to ring and close business, directly for Mr. Brown, was buying July ton. He had just bought at 12.25, and) market jn July optlon would have! co sed ten p for the day. Then the bears got in their work. | Within het minute of the regular trading day July coton by the thousand pales was fairly jammed at Mr, Brown's brokers. They attempted to hold the market by buying. They couldn't do a pound, The tr to the July option, so the harbor. There to-day, aa yesterday ore, pul Wiogksd te clouds Mnally “for the race from. mi procession, Pack t6 to wa, only thie tthe dey’ be betor it. On a single sale. gottdn dropped from 12.% for the July option ¢o 12.14, eleven. 2° petits, it When @n, the nex sale