jJIE OMAHA DAlliV 13 EE: MO-SPAY, DKCKMIiEK 10, 1001.
ing, the Northern Central, tho Lehigh Vat
ley, tho New Jersey Central and other rail
roads. Bridges haTO been carried away
nnd tralllc Is at a standstill. Delegates to
tho convention of the American Federation
of Labor are stormbound at Scranton, with
oo Idea when they will bo nblc to leave.
I'ntnlltli-n nt llrlilnen.
Tho forco of water weakened the sup
ports of a brldgo spanning n creek near
WllllainBport and as a result n freight
train was wrwkcd and three men wore
killed. At Oneldn, near Hnzelton, a miner
was swept from a bridge and drowned.
In tho Schuylkill valley forty-eight mllca
wero flooded and In tho Lehigh and Wyo
ming valleys the destruction was equally as
treat. It will bo weeks before operations
can bo resumed. In some sections thu
water has reached tho second stories of
dwellings and the town of Wcstmore, near
Wllkosbnrre, is submerged. Many of the
resldentn havo left their homio In boats.
Similar conditions exist along tho Juniata
river, farmers being compelled to abandon
Ihelr homes.
Tho flood was rendered moro disastrous
by the melting of the snow on the moun
tain sides.
Ten Inclirn iif It ii I ti In n -.
Tho storm broke with great ecvcrlty
yesterday, after tho rain hud been falling
Incessantly for several days. In Pottsvllle
nnd other placed In Schuylkill county ten
Inches of rain felt In twenty-four hours.
LIVES LOST IN WILLIAMSPORT
UrlilKr AWnWnird Iiy Storm filvci
Wily I'mler ii l-'iMt Priiimyl
vnnlii 1'relnht.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pn., Pec. 15. A freight
train on tho Philadelphia nnd Krle division
of tho Pennsylvania railway went through
tho brldgo spanning Lycoming creek, be
tween this city and Newberry, nt C o'clock
this morning. Threo lives were lost.
The dead:
JOHN MARTS5, engineer. ,
FREDERICK GLASS, fireman.
(IKOHOK HARLEY, brakcraan.
All aro residents of Sunbury.
The train was known as fast freight No.
83 and was running three hours late, owing
to tho disarrangement of schedule In con
sequence of the storm. The bridge span
ning tho creek was n two-span Iron struc
ture, the first span of which gavn way
beneath tho train. The engine ami nine
cars wero engulfed In tho Icy water. Tho
creek was greatly swollen us n result of
tho heavy rains and It Is presumed tho
mlddlo pier had been weakened. No efforts
could bn made to reach tho bodies on ac
count of tho height of tho water.
All the streams In this soctlon were
greatly swollen, thu Susquchana river at
this point reaching a height of twenty-nne
feet, which did no damage In tho city be
yond flooding n few collars on tho lowlands.
.A fow stray logs on tho river wero carried
nway. Lycoming and Ixiynlsock creeks
wero both high and tho Northern Central
tracks along tho first named stream were
badly washed out In places and brldgas
wero damaged. At Rnlaton n passenger
train had to bo nbandoncd nnd tho pas
sengers sought high ground to cucape the
flood.
Tho Philadelphia & Ileadlng railroad
brldgo nt Montoursvlllo waa so wcakoned
that tradlo had to be suspended.
During tho twenty-four hours ending it
12 o'clock last night tho rainfall was three
Miches
PITTSBURG'S WHIRLING RIVERS
Three Mini Slrcnnm Tear Fleet from
Mourluif nml-Thrrilteii Orent
' . Ilentrn'etlon',
P1TT8BIIRO. Dec. IB. Pittsburg's threo
rivers nt 9 o'clock tonight havo passed tho
danger lino and aro still rising, with ro-
ports from tho headwaters of tho Monon
r.ahcla nnd Allegheny rivers stating that
both streams woro still rising, The
weather bureau announces that tho cold
wavo will prcvont tho streams from ronch
lug thirty foot, hut considerable damago
will result from the unexpected rlso and
tho Inability of shippers and river men to
tlo craft sccuroly beforo tho' worst of tho
rlso arrived.
In tho Allegheny river at 0 o'clock tho
water Indicator showed twenty-flvo foot
evou Inches and tho river was rising. In
tho Monongnhcla tho reading on tho gaugo
was tweny-slx feet seven inches. At Davis
island dam twenty-one feet six Inches nnd
rising seven Inches nn hour was reported
At Brownsville twenty-eight feat and ris
ing is reported, whtlo at points up tho Al
legheny the stream Is rising. Ouo of tho
Incidents of tho Hood occurred at 9 o'clock
tonight when soventy-flvo coal barges of tho
Monongnhcla River Consolidated Coal and
Coko company, which wero tied up at
Urown's Landing between Pittsburg and
Davis Island dam, hroko loose and wero
whirled away by tho swift current. As
quickly as posslblo towboats woro sent after
tbo craft.
According to tho operator at Davis Island
dam tho pieces paused thero shortly after
0 o'clock. Thero is considerable, alarm In
river circles over tho accidents. If thu
boats aro not rounded up by tho towboats
and towed ashoro they will bo torn to pieces
and block the channel, which will result in
a big loss to tho river coal combine.
At this writing tevcrnl of tho barges havo
been rounded up by bonts tied up bolow
but tho majority of them nro still racing
along with thu current.
ALLENT0WN WEJ AND DARK
Mont Destructive Overflow Known In
tliilt Section HI nee
, n 1MI::.
ALLENTOWN, Pa,, Deo. 15. Tho most
destructlvo flood In the Lehigh valley
tnco 1863 started this morning at 3 o'clock
following a two days' drenching rain, which
melted the snow In the mountains, caus
ing tho Lehigh river to become n raging
torrent. Tho Traction company s power
houses are flooded with seven feel of water,
vvhlih drowned tires under the boilers. No
trolley curs have been run since G a. rn.
nnd Allentown Is in darkness.
The Adelaide silk mills sustained n loss
of 540,000 by flood. Eight feet of muddy
Water Is on the first floor, completely
covering tho warping and finding machines
nnd ruining all the sill: on tho machines
Tho American Steel and Wire company
wlro and nail plants nro under water and
thousands of dollars of damago Is dono
there. All other plants along tho stream
suffered damage from flooded basement
nnd first floors, damaging tho stocks and
machines,
Communication by wlro is completely cut
off. No loss of life Is reported. There are
many washouts along the railroads. Super
lutendoiu Wentz of tbo Central Railroad
of New Jcrsoy Is stalled in his private ca
eomewhere north of Alleutown. Lock
tender William Huffort's house und stablo
noar Allontowu wero swept away. Th
family escaped, but two horsm wero car
Your Liver
Will bo roused to Its natural dotlei
and your biliousness, headache and
constipation be cured If you taaa
Hood's Pill
old by all druggist!. 25 cent.
rled with tho stablo Into tho Lehigh river
ud drowned.
The county bridge over the Lehigh river
here was badly damaged by tho Hood. One
pier Is crumbling, due to the pounding
f h canal boat that was wnshed from Its
moorings. The water began subsiding this
afternoon and is slowly receding tonight.
WO RAILROADS STOP TRAFFIC
rhluli Vullr)- nml Jersey t'eiitrnl
Arc Victim iif (irrntcKt
rreshrt ."luce 1811.
I3ETHLBIIKM, Pa., Dec. 15. In six hours
this morning the Lehigh river overflowed
the canal and tho adjoining tracks on both
Ides. Doth the Lehigh Valley nnd the
ew Jersey Central railroads wero forced
to suspend trafllc. Not since 1811 has the
backwater from the river wrought such
serious damage. The canal bank bossei
ay tho ilamago to the canal will reach
$30,000, while 200 private residences In the
flooded districts suffered to tho extent of
50,000. Doth tho electric and gns com
panies aro without power nnd tho churches
ere compelled to suspend services tonight.
Although many head of livo stock havo
perished, no lews of human Ufa Is known
crcabouts. Tho Lehigh river was seven
teen feet nbovo low water mark hero beforo
the pcoplo realized their danger, hence tho
scvero loss to personal property.
UNIATA VALLEY IS AFLOAT
FnrnirrN Alnnu Htrcnni .Suffer In
calculable Dm inn me In flrnln
nml Heat IXnte.
HUNTINGDON, To., Dec. 15. Yesterday's
cxcc&slvo rainfall has precipitated a de
structive, flood throughout tho Junlntn val
ley and through tho low lying country
raverscd by the Ilaystown branch. Tho
lino of tho stream has become obliterated
n many places by the overflow. Today tho
Juniata river had risen fourteen feet nnd
tho Raystnwn branch much higher.
Tho farmers along thceo streams havo
sustained nn Incalculable loss to fences,
growing grain nnd othor property. Many
fanners wero forced last night to abandon
their homes temporarily.
The public roads to tho south nnd east
f Huntingdon are Inpasslblo.
HIGHEST SINCE JOHNSTOWN
Strcitini Ariitiml Ileilfnril Submerge
Pc mmy 1 vnnlti Itnllrniul nml
lllcetrle Power .System.
BEDFORD, Pa., Dec. 15. One of the henv-
lest wind nnd rainstorms in Its history
Isltcd Bedford last night. Tho rain foil
In torrents and a gala shook tho buildings.
The Ilaystown branch reached Its highest
point slnco tho Johnstown flood.
It overflowed tho tracks of the Bedford
division of tho Pennsylvania railroad,
flooded ono or two house In tho western
enil of town and rushed through tho powcr-
houso of tho Bedford Electric Light, Heat
and Power company, doing considerable
damage
Last night a train was delayed nenrly two
hours by a landslide near Snxton. Tho
trestle at Lybargcr Farm was wnshed away
BIG INDUSTRIES SUBMERGED
DeliiTrnre nml Lehigh It lerN lln
llenvy Dhiiiiiko In ICiixtini,
PcniiNyl vnnln.
KASTON, Pa., Dec. 15. Tho freshet In
tho Dclawnro nnd Lehigh rivers has dono
serious damago all through this section
Railroad tralllc Is suspended nnd tho water
has risen to Front Btreot In this city
Telegraph nnd telephone communication Is
Interrupted, The rlvcrn nro still rising at
the rate of n foot an hour nnd from nd
vices received from pobnts up the Delnwaro
valley tho Delnwaro river will likely con-
tluuo to rise until midnight. Thousands
of dollnrs' damage has already been dono
to tho big Industries nt West Easton.
MANY HOUSES ARE UNROOFED
Theater, Ilntclx, Church nml Dwell
ing 'Wrepked nt l.nn
cn liter.
LANCASTER. Pn Dec. 15. A rain and
windstorm of great fury raged hero during
tho enrly hours this morning. Many houses
wero unroofed, Including Fulton's opera
house, Hotel Lincoln, tho Stevens hnuso
and St. Mary's Catholic church. Soma
streets woro strewn with limbs torn from
trees nnd bricks of dismantled chimneys.
Throughout tho county tho storm was not
bo severe, though at Columbia roofs wero
blown from a number of Iiourcs.
MANY MINES ARE FLOODED
ftlintnnkln HckIoii lnumlnteil nml
IlenilliiK nml Northern Contrnl
ItoniU nt u Stiimlxtlll.
SHAMOKIN. Pa.. Dec. 15. Passenger nnd
freight train scrvtco In tho local branch
of tho Philadelphia & Reading and tho
Northern Central railroads was at n com
plcto standstill from 1 o'clock this morn
ing until 5 o'clock this evening, owing to
numoroua washouts canned by the heavy
rainstorm of yesterday and Init night
Numoraus colliery sJdlpgs wero washed out
and almost every mlno In this region is
flooded nnd will not ho operated tomorrow,
BRIDGES OF STEEL GO DOWN
Itnah of Watcru Shut Off Trnlllc hy
Wi6nm nml Stenin nt
I.cwUtown.
LEWISTOWN, Pn... Dec. 15. Yesterday's
hoavy rains raised tho water In Klshaeo
qulllns and Jacks creeks about ten fret and
did much damage to property along tho
banks, Tho railroad brldgo on tho Mllroy
branch at Walnut streot was twisted ou
of position nnd travel on that linn will be
cut off for several days. Tho now Iron
wagon bridge over Jacks creek on tho road
to MlUUntown was cnrrled away on tho road
flood. Travel over half tho lino of tho
Roedsvlllo trolley road has been stopped
SUSQUEHANNA STEADILY RISING
llurrlnlnirtr Hi-port I'nulnc Itoom
Wilier AVnrltN Two Fret
Under liuoil.
HARRISBURQ, Pa Dec. 15. Tho Sus
quebnnnn river has been rising nt tho rat
of nlno inches an hour slnco 2 o'clock thl
morning, with Indications that It will con
tlnuo to riso all night. Thero were tw
feet of water in, tho englno room of tho
Hnrrlsburg water works this evening. The
freshet wnB caused by tho heavy rainfall
In the Juniata valley and along the west
branch of the Susquehanna.
Ohio lllura lit Cinclnnntl.
CINCINNATI. 0 Dec. 15. Shortly after
S o'clock tonight, tho thormomotcr reached
xero here and It h still falling. The Ohio
river suddenly rose, flftoon to twenty feet
during tho day, canting much suffering
along, the river front during tho cold
weather by tho moving of an endless line
of shanty boats. "Doc" Orr, a well-known
character on the Keutucky side of tho river,
was found frozen to death near his homo at
Fort Thomas.
NEW YORK STATE INUNDATED
fleavj Damage ia Erirj fiction Cauiid bj
Snddea Thaw.
WARM WEATHER, THEN A DOWNPOUR
Wliiiln nl Hrent Vclncllj- Sweep the
VnllejM nml I'roKlictn nml I, Mud
Slide. Illnehmlf Unit
ny TrtieUs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Warm weather fol-
owed by heavy rains havo resulted In
eavy damages all over tho state. On Satur
day tho snows In northern sections thawed
rapidly, causing tho rivers and creeks to
rise and the valleys were Inundated. Heavy
rain followed during the night, accompanied
by winds of great velocity. Trains wro
blocked for many hours, landslides wore
frequent and In the lowlands and valleys
hundreds of dwellings wero flooded, whtlo
the damage to farm lands and buildings Is
very great. Kow lives so far havo been
reported as lost.
In nnd around New York City tho wind
reached a velocity of forty-eight miles nn
hour, but beyond minor Incidents no greater
damage is reported so fnr to property on
land or shipping.
Corning reports that the Chemung and
Canlstco valleys havo had tho heaviest
floods filnce June, 1870. Tho Chemung ntld
Canlstco rlvdrs overflowed tholr banks nnU
for miles east and west tho lowlands are
flooded nnd great damage has been done.
Tho village of Pnlntcd Post has been
nder water all day and tho water Is throe
feet deep In many dwellings. Tho Erie,
nckawanna nnd New York Central roads nil
uffcred from washouts nnd landslides.
Worn! Mncc IN-,7.
At Ithaca tho damage Is estimated tit
$200,000. The Hood was tho most dlcustroas
Inco 1857. Tho nearby creeks became rag-
ng torrents by midnight. A dwelling
houso was swept nway nnd today no trace
of It could bo found. Tho power nnd llglr-
Ing plnnt was washed out and two trolley
cars swallowed up In tho flood. All street
car trafllc Is suspended nnd tho city Is In
dnrkncwi. Tho lumber yards and buildings
suffered immensely nnd the wreckage,
blocking tho channel of Six-Mile creek,
turned the. stream from Its course nnd the
wholo lower part of 'tho city was over
flowed. Miles of the IOhlgh Valley & Lacka
wanna ratlrond tracks wero washed nway
and no trains renched Ithaca. Several
bridges were washed away. Percy flold at
Cornell university was turned Into n lako
and tho university power plants were
abandoned. The lower floor of tho city
hospital was overflowed nnd today no heat
or light was available In that Institution.
llrldKcn nml lliinii Swept Awny.
Reports of destruction of bridges and
bursting of dams along nil streams In this
vicinity continue to como In.
At Wavcrly great dnmnao was done,
roads being washed out, cellars tilled and
buildings undermined and fallen. There
was a washout on tho Erlo railroad near
Wollsburg and another near Oswego.
It Is believed no trains enn get through
on thu Krle beforo Monday night.
(rent Limn nt Stiiciikc.
At Syracuse tho sudden rising of Onon
daga creek caused great property damago
and drovo several hundred pcoplo from
their homes. Tho water roso six feet in
eight hours, but Is now receding. Many
pcoplo wero rescued by- pollco and firemen
In boats, and no lives nro known to havo
been lost.
At Dlnghamton tho rainstorm sent tho
Chenango river over Its banks and caused
a flood which has not been equaled for
twenty-two years. Cellars aro floodod and
much damago has been dono to business
houses on tho river front. Tho county farm
buildings nro surrounded by water several
feet deep.
Not an Erlo or Lackawanna through train
has passed through tho city slnco U p. m.
Saturday. High water moved a pier of tho
Lackawanna brldgo from Its foundation.
At Oneida tho Oneida creek overflowed
and tho water was from ono to threo feet
deep on tho first floors of residences. Tho
Ontario & Western railroad tracks were
covered for nearly ono mile.
Troj- nml Alhntiy Storiiiliiiinid.
At Troy the damago from wind nnd rnln
is estimated at $30,000 and tho electric car
sorvico to Albany Is suspended. Consider
able damago has been dono throughout
northern Now York by tho oxtremely high
wind which provnlled for twenty-four houre,
reaching the velocity of a tornado. Tho
warm weather Saturday sent tho Bnow out
of tho Adirondack:! llko magic and many
housos on tho lower levels nro flooded.
At Mlddletown large landslides occurred
on tho Erlo railroad. In n collision between
two trains Ono man was killed nnd sovcrnl
Injured. Tho brldgo over tho Ncvcrslnk
river sottlcd sovoral Inches.
At Romo tho rapid rlso of tho Mohawk
river caused heavy loss and great distress.
Tho city nnd suburbs nro under wntor for
miles. Only one train passed the city
today and tho tracks are badly washed
Peoplo wero taken from their houses in
bents and othor3 nro entirely without fuel.
Logs vnlued nt $75,000 wero swept away
on East Cnnnda creek, north of Herkimer
Tho storm did consldernblo damage In
nnd about tho city of Schnectady.
Twenty bridges on tho Lehigh Valley
railway south of Auburn wero washed away,
Besides this the track was undermined In
many places and blockodcd by landslides
All trafllc from that city south over the
Lohlgh railroad has beon ousponded nnd
It is thought It will bo sovoral days before
trains aro again running.
At Mornvln, twenty miles Bouth of Au
burn, the entire villago was under three
feet of water when tho rain ceased.
ERIE ROAD AT A STANDSTILL
Wind A.itlH to Dilinnitc Untie hy Sim
iiicliiiiiiin nml lleluwiire
lllvern.
SUSQUEHANNA. I'n., Dec. 15. Owing to
tho heavy rntns nud wind of last night
business today was at a standstill on iho
Erlo railroad. A mllo of track near Owcgo
on tho Susquehanna division, nnd several
feet nt Rosa's switch, on the Delaware dl
vision, nro submerged, Two hundred men
left hero to repair tho damage and a din
Ing car was sent from Susquehanna with
food for the passengers on a train block
ndod at Owego. Telcgruph and telophon
lines throughout this section have been,
down nil day.
A Lehigh Valley train, on account of high
water over tho tracks at certain points on
that rood, was todny run from Scranton to
Carbomlalo on tho Delnwaro & Hudson rail
road, theneo to Owego on the Erlo road
where it was again halted by high water.
The Susquehanna nml Delnwaro rivers aro
full to tho bunks nnd tho creeks aro th
highest In years. Much damago has been
done to property along tho lowlands.
WEST VIRGTNIA CATCHES
Clivanpeitke V Ohio llrhluc Wimlie
Awiiy nni! KiiNtliouml i'rnlllii
In Alilllldillicd,
HINTON, W. V.a,, Dec. 15. A portion of
the Chesapoako & Ohio bridge at Lowell
eight miles east of the city, was washed
out today. All castbound trafllc today Is
abandoned. Tho company will try to repair
tho damago for trafllc tomorrow, but this all
lepcuds on the stage of tho water, and It
Is rising tonight.
Km n mi in Wnrnilnir t p.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 13. Temperatures
In Kansas have risen from 10 to 30 degrees
Inco last night. Tho wind is from tho
south tonight and tho Indications nrc that
by tomorrow the weather will bo much
warmer. Tho situation for the stockmen In
western Kansas Is greatly Improved. Colby
reports the temperature ns 28 nbovo zero,
with a light south wind. At Mulvano tho
mercury Is 22 above nnd in Falrbury, Neb.,
2 nbovo. Tho damage to stock, while
severe, wa not so groat ns expected. Wheat
n central Kansas Is seriously Injured on ac
count of the nbsenco of snow.
.V nt iirnl tinx I'roon Solid.
LIMA, 0., Dec. 15. The temperature
dropped from 1G above to S below from Sat
urday morning to Sunday morning In this
ity. It remains nbout zero this morning.
Tho natural gao upply has gono out In n
number of houses and where no other
method of heating was provided, Buffering
ensued. Railroad trafllc Is suffering badly,
through trains being eight to twelvo hours
late nnd freight trains being frozen up on
sidings.
Ilnttle CreeU'n llenvy Drop.
BATTLE CREEK, Neb., Dec. 15. (Spo-
clal.) After almost a weok of snow nni
cloudy weather, it cleared up Thursday
evening. The thermometer thon stood at
20 above. Friday morning It had fallon to
2 below, a drop of 32 degrees. Saturday
morning It stood at 2C below and this
morning at 21 below, but It la moderating
fast. This Is tho coldest weather hero
slnco February, 1900.
Strninlmnt Men Are Krostlilt ten.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis.. Dec. 15. The ther
mometer dropped to 18 below zero today
and Captain John Bolton nnd Mnto
Sweeney of tho steamer Rand had their
ears, faces and hands badly frozen In try
ing to mako port In tho fog.
DOES NOT BEAR REPETITION
Xot Snfe to Ask n Matt with No Over-
flint tir (llovcH "In It Cold
i: n ii imh fur Vniif"
Claud Williams and Thomas Kitchens nro
lodged In tho city Jull, charged with fight
ing; n Douglns street restaurant in which
Kltchons Is employed Is out of a trayfull
of dishes; a patron of tho restaurant failed
to get n good supper; Williams Is sufTorlng
with n badly disfigured nose; and a now
overcoat is almost ruined; and all on ac
count of a simple friendly question; tho
question of tho hour asked hy everybody
every time everybody meets nnybody.
Wllllnran and Kitchens were arrestod
early Sunday morning by Ofllccr Herald,
charged with fighting nnd disturbing the
pcaco. At tho station Kitchens told tho
following story: "Tho boss sent mo out
with n tray full of lunch for a customer
who roomed about a block awny. I didn't
havo on my overcoat nor nny gloves. Tho
wind blew so hnrd that 1 was compelled
to uso both hands to keep tho napkin over
tho lunch from blowing away. I was Just
about to freozo to death when I meets
this mnn And he says, 'Is it cold enough
for you?' Ho was about tho forty-'elovcnth
man to yoll that at mo as I went down tho
street. I wns mad nt the boss for sending
mo out and mad at everybody olso and I
Just couldn't Btptd any moro so I let drlvo
with llio wnoijJABusiness, nna you reiiows
would havo done tho snmo thing."
The nfllcers "will teach Kitchens, how
ever, thnt patferico never censes to be n
virtue and he will bo rompolled to tell tho
story to tho Judge this morning.
FAIR AND WARMER MONDAY
Tnemlny Fnlr, but Colder In Northern
nml Yt'rNterii 1'ortloim
of Xrhrnnka.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1C Forecast!
For Nebraska Fair nnd warmer Monday;
Tuesdny fair, colder In northern und west
ern portions; variablo winds.
For Iowa Snow Monday, with rising tem
perature; Tuesday fair; westerly winds.
For South Dakota Snow and rlBlng tem
perature Monday and Tuesday; southwest
erly winds, becoming westerly.
For North Dakota Snow Monday, with
rising temperature in southern portion;
cold In northwest portion; Tuesday fresh
Bouthwost winds; fair.
For Eastern Texas Fair, warmer Mon-
day; Tuesday fair, excopt probably rain In
southern porttons; light northerly winds,
becoming fresh southeasterly.
For Western Texas Fair Monday nnd
Tuesday; warmer In northern portion Mon
day; southeasterly wind.
For Now Mexico nnd Arlzonn Fair Mon
day nnd Tuesday; variable winds.
For Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian
Territory nnd Arkansas Fair and warmer
Monday; Tuesday probably fair; southerly
winds.
For Illinois Fair Monday, excopt prob-
nbly snow In northern portions; warmer;
Tuesday probably fair; light to fresh south
erly winds.
For Colorado Partly cloudy Monday;
Tuesday fair nnd probably colder; northerly
winds,
For Wyoming Cloudy Monday, with buow
In mountain district.!; Tuesdny fair and
colder; northerly winds.
For Montana Snow and colder Monday;
Tuesdny fair; westerly winds.
For Utah Fair Mouday and Tuesday;
variable winds.
I.ocnl Hccnrd.
OFFICI3 OF THIS WEATIIEn BUREAU,
OMAHA, Dec. 15. Ofllclal record of tem
perature nnd preclpltntlon compared with
tho corresponding day of tho last thrud
years;
,rt 4flAA .OAS
JW1. inn!, ny
Maximum temperature... 14 3,1 :S 29
Minimum temperature... 11 2!i la o
.Menu tempernture " 32 20 ia
Preclpltntlon T T .0o .00
necord of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and slnco March 1,
1901;
Normal temperature 30
Ofcllcloncy for the dny 2S
Total excess since Mnrch 1 , 810
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Dftlclency for the day...... clinch
Total ralnfnll since Mnrch 1 23,69 Inches
Dttlclency slnco March 1 fl. 04 Inches
Kxret-s for cor. period. l'JOO 05 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1899.. 1.01 Inches
IteportM from Stntlnna nt 7 p. nt.
3
a
i
; 3
!
: 3
n
CONDITION Or THE
WEATHER.
Omaha, clear
Valentine, cloudy
North Platte, cloudy
Huron, clear
Rapid City, cloudy
Cheyenne, cloudy
Salt Lako City, clenr ....
Wllllston, snowing
Chicago, clenr
St. Louis, clenr
St. Paul, cleat
Davenport, cleui
Kansas City, clear
Helena, cloudy
Illmnarck, clear
Galveston, partly cloudy
14 14 T
12 12 .00
16 IS .()
0 .00
11 18 T
20 22 .00
28 31 T
10 12 T
-2 00
6 8 .00
10 12 .00
0 2 .00
Wi i: ,oo
28 SO .0)
-0 -2 .10
10 40 .00
- Below zero. , .
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
s Ii. A, EI.HIl,
Local Forecast Olltclul.
POOH AHE ALWAYS WITH US
8ifftriac Nst So Qriitt ai ia Otbir Yian,
bat Man j Art in Nets.
NEW CHARITY ORGANIZATION FORMING
Intended to Tnke the I'lncc of- Old
Almoin teil t'hnrltles Soiiietlilnu
of lln PIihi nml Work Al
renily Areotnpllnheil.
For tho first tlmo slnco public beiicvo
lenco has been practiced In Omnlm tho
worthy poor of this city will this winter ho
cared for by n system of charity that will
personally make a mnn-lo-mnh canvass of
their needs nnd will also In tho same in
dividual manner seo thnt the wants nrc
supplied to the actual limit of possibility.
This Influence, which may not yet be
termed an organization, ns it has none, Is
the new City Charities recently projected
nnd nlrcady In nctlvo operation. For years
past tho Associated Charities, representing
tho best clement of Omaha's bcneflcencoj
has been tho nolo extensive power In that
direction horc. During tho seasons of bitter
poverty that wero incident to tho drouths
nnd "hard times" of tho early '90s nnd
from then on for many years this organi
zation was most effective lu Its efforts nnd
accomplished great good. Then, however,
prosperity eamo nnd with it n gradual de
crease lu tho necessity for such assistance.
In exact ratio to tho slow waning of this
necessity died the activity of the Associated
Charities, and now for several years past
It has admittedly been scarcely moro than
titular tn Its scope nnd effectiveness,
But prosperity did not put nn end to cold
winters, nor to the temporary waves of
distress that sometimes nrlso from other
sources. It Is to nlloviato these ills that
tho City Charities has begun work, its
methods will differ radically from those of
tho Associated Charities lu one particular.
That U that It will do tho actual work of
supplying needs, handing out tho food,
clothing nnd fuel necessary. Tho' older or
ganization, on the contrnry, proceeded on
different plnu, ns Its name would Indicate. It
specialized moro In agitating action among
tho different charities of tho city such as tho
churches, urging them to do nil that tlioy
could, but not delving to nny extent Into
tho nctual remedial work itself. It accom
plished grand results along the other chan
nel, however.
Mnihrnorn the Sntnc Kleinentn.
It Is largely tho peoplo who woro tho
mainstays of tho Associated Charities in tho
tlmo of its activity that now compose tho
City Cnrltles. In fact, the Interests at the
bottom of each aro practically tho same,
though tho new growth does not Include
all that were connected with tho old ono.
It Is principally because of this fact that
the City Charities is still In embryo, nnd
this, too, is Its chief weakness. It has as
yet no organization, nnd thnt Is becnuso thtJ
Associated Charities has not formally dis
solved. As long as this Is In nominal exist
ence tho now born band of bencvoicnts does
not care to Instltuto a regular organization.
But tho Interests In each being Identical
tho older socluty Is anxious to disband, so
as to glvo tho new ono a chance and not
retard Its work in the slightest. Tho reason
why it has not yet been nblo to accomplish
this ond is merely becauso It Is Impossible
to got n quorum out to a meeting, Four
such sessions have been called, with tho
express purpose of dissolving, but nl nono
has tho required proportion of tho mem
bership appeared to mako this possible. It
Is hoped 'that the end can be successfully
reached this week.
Meanwhile tho City Charities la hard at
work, desplto all obstacles, and Is accom
plishing much. Its deeds on Thnnksgtvlug
day aro still tho marvel of tho poor In
Omaha, and tho society Intends to fairly
outdo Itself for the Christmas holidays.
Tho Fchemo adopted Is a unique one.
Every needy family discovered will bo as
signed to eonio chnrltnblo and well-to-do
family, to bo tho subject of Its especial
care and nttentlon. To this end It will be
necessnry to hnvo not only a list of the poor,
but also ono of the willing rich nnd these
schedules nro now being compiled.
It Is thought thnt this method will be
far moro successful than tho usunl system
of bunching contributions nnd then ngaln
Hortlng nud distributing them. Its entlro
feasibility, however, depends upon tho num
ber who will stop forward and volunteer
to nssumo tho responsibility of tho bodily
nnd creaturo comforts of every member of
Bomo proverty-strlcken fnmlly. That does
not require such a great number of offers,
ns the total number of neody, according to
charity authorities, does not exceed 300
families, nnd Is probably nearer 200.
Every effort looking toward tho gucccro
ful conBummntlon of this plnn Ib now being
mado by tho City Charities, A meeting
will bo hold every afternoon this week In
tho vestry room of Trinity cathedral and
thorough canvassing nnd arrangements of
tho nnmcs received will be comploted.
RELISH WARMSCH00L ROOMS
Chilly lllitNtn nn Incentive to Study
Anionic Thorn- Who llnvo
CheerleaH llnincx.
A pitifully Btrenuous (IcbIto on tho part of
school children from the poorer classes to
remain In tho school building ns many
hours us posslblo during Iho day is tho
surest manifestation school tenchors havo
Just now thnt tho blttor cold Is making
mnny homes In Omaha not only unpleasant,
but cruelly uncomfortable.
"I havo to stay and watt for Wllllo to
night, teacher," Is n common oxplnnntlun
theso days for n pupil's unusual presoncs
after school has beon dismissed at 3:30 111
tho afternoon, and meanwhile Wllllo nnd
his watting friend get unexpectedly busy at
tholr deskM In a feverish attempt to exhibit
n zeal that will permit them to pass tho re
mainder of tho frigid day In the warm
rooms that nro their thrnlldom during the
summer -time.
But it is not only In the evening after
working hours nro over that tho children
seek to take advantage of t tie pleasant
homes which tho city has provided for thorn.
Early In tho morning they loavo their cold
and cheerless homes and hurry to tbo
school, depending on thu aotthenrtcdnoss
of tho Janitor to let them Inside beforo tho
tlmo permitted In the regulations. A
teacher lu one of tho larger schools said
that there wero children waiting around
tho steps of tbo building nud around tho
outside cntranco to tho boiler rooms ns
early as 7:30 theso cold mornings.
It Is at schools which draw their cllentngo
moro largely from tho very poor districts,
such ns "LRtlo Italy," that thlB, state of
affairs holds true Tbo Mason school and
tho Cass schools aro good examples.
THIS IS COAL MAN'S BUSY TIME
Slid ilc ii Colli S n up llrliiKi In n rioml
of Order nml eeonnltntcn
S ii ii il ii ' Delivery.
Sunday wn not a day of rest for tho cool
dealers of Omnlm. From tho opening of
tho ntllces Saturday morning until they
closed nt dark there wns a lino of people
practically unbroken leaving ordcrB for lm
medlntn delivery, Theso orders showed In
tho main that they came from peoplo to
whom the warm wcatbor of November and
early December was a practical blessing,
ns they worn In small amounts, ranging
f i om n few bushols to n ton, the greater
part being for BOO nnd 1.000 vounds.
Added to the rapid Increase In tho num
ber of orders, the denlem wero handicapped
by tho failure of drivers to get their
wagons to the yards nt the usual time In
tho morning. At one of the offices which
generally runs n dozen wagons but three
had arrived nt 0 o'clock Saturday morning.
When tho delinquents put In nn appearance
In tho afternoon they offered tunny excuses,
the most common one being thnt they had
to havo their horses shod nnd that the
horscshoers were so busy that they could
not got the work done before noon.
All dny long nnd fnr Into tho night the
coal wagons were busy delivering fuel ond
Suuday morning every available wagon wn
pressed Into service nnd continued without
Intermission during the dny. Dealers esti
mate that more bituminous coal has been
sold for domestic consumption In Omnlm
slnco Thursday than during any two weeks
previous to thnt tlmo this year, not ex
cluding tho tlmo between January 1 and
the opening of spring. Every ofllce Is from
ono to threo dnys behind In Its delivery and
It wilt be an especial favor if olio can get
coal delivered beforo Wednesday on ordors
placed today.
THERE'S TROUBLE AT MY HOME
Jinn AVlinif Wife IIiin llrcn VIkIiIiik
TelU HI Trouble to the
,lo tn rm nn.
"Did you over arise from your downy
couch on a morning llko this, with the mer
cury making googoo eyes nt 16 below, to
find tho bnseburner cold and cheerless, tho
water pipes frozen and Just about every
thing out of Joint?" queried' tho mnn who
always rides on tho front end ot the car to
ho enn pour his troubles Into tho motor
man's ear.
"No? Well, you don't know; you can't
realize how much you've missed. It's more
exciting than prospecting In tho Klondike
and 11 has an element of dnngor which lends
zet to tho occasion, or words to thnt effect.
I know what I'm talking about, for I've
Just been through It all and 1 feel ns If I'd
had ton years ot experience that could not
be duplicated. That I nm not n mental nnd
physical wreck now, I lay to tho fact that
my nncestors endowed me with a hardy
constitution."
The motorman tried to change the sub
ject, but tho man couldn't keep nway from
his troubles.
"My wife is nway from homo Just now
nnd I am monarch nt all I survey, but I'd
willingly surrender nil pretensions to tho
throne of household nuthnrity if sho would
only come bnck home. I must confrns that
such things don't happen when sho Is
director general of nffnlrs. When I got up
this morning nnd ascertained thu real con
dition that confronted mo I tried to bo calm,
but that gentle restraining influence vus
nbsont, so I Warmed up considerably In
more ways than one."
The motorman remarked that "ho 'Hposed
tho weather'd git wnrmer blmeby," but tho
man with troubles on his mind apparently
did not henr, for ho rattled on.
"I got on enough clothes to mako mynelf
Jook presentable and shivered my way out
"to the cnnlfthcd. The trip brought homo
nnother source ef trouble, for some socialist
had commenced tho evenlng-up process nnd
I wuh shy .snmo bushols of block diamonds
that cost almost ns much n potatoes. The
blow nlmost killed father, as tho Cherry
sisters' song says, hut I pulled myself to
gether Mid hy the unsparing uso of coal oil
and cusb words I got that fire started.
"I forgot to mention thnt the clock
slopped because I neglected to wind It ami,
of coi rse, my watch haprened to bo laid up
for repairs. My tlmo for gutting to work
Is S "o'clock, hut at Just about this Btage of
tho proceedings ' didn't caro whether school
kept or not. But I tackled tho water prop
osition with tho determination thnt I would
for onco escape paying trlbuto to thnt band
of plunderers who wax fnt off of othor peo-
pln's misfortunes. Besides, they won't
trust anyhow, oven If they nro In a com
bine. Tho ancient cottage I occupy, ono of
tho kind built during the boom age, that
you can 'buy on Installments Just tho snmo
ns paying rent,' has the water pipes so ar
ranged In the kitchen thnt a small gasoline
sfovo may bo plnced undor them. Porhnpt
tho brainy nichltcct, or rather carpenter,
thnt rough-hewed tho houso didn't Intend
It that way, but tho brilliant Idea no sooneu
struck mo than tho plan wna executed"
"I see they ain't goln' to git tho chnnst to
exycute Mrs. Boneen down nt Washington,"
chimed the motorman, who had waited long
for an opening.
"Thnt so? Woll, 1 turned on both burners
full blast and wnlted for reaults nnd I
didn't, havo to wait so awfully long either.
While I wns In another room trying to coax
the bnseburner flro to look n llttlo moro
pleasant I hoard a sound that reminded mo
of tho way tho flro department geta action
on a lire. It turned out that thero was
something doing In that line lu my kitchen.
Tho Ice, had cracked the plpo and when It
thawed out business commenced. And, Bay,
that kitchen whb u frightful sight. It was
so cpld that the water froze an soon ns It
left the pipe and tho plnco looked llko a
Btereoptfcon 'cw of Nlngara Falls In "win
ter before I succeeded In getting tho wntor
turned off. Woll, hero's where I get off."
And the motorman heaved a deep sigh of
relief.
MAKETH THE ICE MAN SMILE
Trouble of Other People Porno tfen
'While He Jo lux the foul
Ucnler In CeletirntliiK'.
"It hits Mollnn hnrd, but the freeze wns
whnt the town wanted," Bald John F.
Schomp, at tho Millard yesterday. In Bpenk
liig of thn cold wave. Ho Is the Milwaukee
road's freight and passenger agent nt
Mollne nnd wns In Omaha to call on J. D.
Mnrkol.
"I left Mollner" he remarked, "into
onoifgh Saturday to seo the mercury go to
10 bolow, with Its hend still pointing down
ward. Tho ferrybontB bad all scurried In
early Vrldny nnd tho people of Mollno, llko
those of Its neighbors, Davenport and Rock
Island, woro rendy for tho Mississippi to
froeze as solid as It could. I don't know
how hnrd a freeze It turned out to be, but I
think It surely miwt bo at lonst ten Inches
doep by this time. And a ton-Inch freeze
meniH a good denl to Mollne, for wo ship
nn Inimenso amount of Ico from there, be
sides supplying tho locul demand, which Is
by no menus smnll. The points to which wo
do our heaviest shipping ar" st- Louis, East
St. Louis and Knnsns City."
TOO MUCH FOR THE BRAKEMAN
Vociilmliiry Hefnseii to Tlmw tint nml
He Will Tell Ills Troiililen
Another liny.
"It was so cold that tho brnkeman couldn't
swear and tho oil froze in tho signal
lamps on tho rear of tho caboose," afllrms
James Allan and Mr. A"llnn Is n truthful
man so fnr as nnybody has yet been able
to discover.
Ho Is also deputy United States marshal
and tn that capacity wns sent up to the
northwestern part of tho Btuto on an er
rand of business. From Long Pino to tho
point ho wished to reach It was a forty
mllo drlvo nnd It was twenty mllis to the
first houso, Jnmos tackled a liveryman
and tho liveryman told James that ho would
seo the United States government In n placo
where It's nover cold befote he would mako
the drlvo under such conditions as then pro-
vailed James saw the force of tho argu
ment nnd stnrtcd bnck to Omaha.
That was 11 o'clock Friday morning and
ho reached -Norfolk, 140 mile from Lonj
Pine, nt 11 o'clock thnt night, lie travelec
on n freight train, nud thus describes the
trip.
"I was tho only passenger with the ex
ceptlon of a traveling man. In the twelvo
hours wo were on the train 1 shovelled 1.00C
pounds of coal Into the cnbonso stove and
got up a heat about equal tn thnt of a
spirit lamp, Tho wind enmt racing tip
from behind us nnd sifted Into the wayenr
llko trouble Into a policeman's ear. Tho
oil In tho lamps on the rear froze bo quickly
that tho' light went out within ten ninutes
after we left Long Pine nnd nftcr iat we
hnd to flnsh the glim from the InM' as a
precarious provision against nxr d col
lisions. "I nm not Joking when 1 say that wns
22 degrees heldw zero when wo re.iehed
Norfolk and that tho same temperature was
reported at Meadow drove, Tlldon, Rattle
Creek, Ewlng, Nellgh, Oakdnle and Clear
water as we passed through them earlier
In tho day. Over Brown county there wns
six Inches of snow on tho level nnd In
places It had drifted to n depth of eight
nnd -even ten feet. Tho liveryman a Long
Pine said ho did not remember Its havln?
been so cold In' sixteen years."
JUST MAKtPME T'bOY AGAIN
llojn CmiKtlmt on t'ltj- Street Stnrl
ii Scrlen of lleterlci liy Kldct-'lj-.Mr.
Smith.
Dodge street west of Twenty-fifth Is ono
of tho Inclines vihoro Juvcnlln Omaha for a
dozen yenrs has made merry each winter
with sledR. As soon ns snow fell this season
they wero at their sport ns usual. The
roadwv.y there nfter tho cold weather Is ns
smooth nn glass, as nil rough places have
been filled tn by tho small boy.
Ono evening Inst weok a resident of the
city, who Bhnll ho called Smith, had ofca
slo-n to visit a friend near Twenty-fifth nnd
Dodge streets. He nppronched' the resi
denro from tho west about 5 o'clock and in
the twilight stopped, desplto the nipping
breeze, to watch tho boys nt their sport
As ono sled much fnster than thu rest flow
past, ho ejaculated;
"(Ice. but that's a whlzzerl But I believe
If I had my old tied back I could, beat it. 1
wih I wero a hoy for about an hour, nnd
I'd bIiow you youngsters how we used to
coaFt on tho crust ot the snow back In
Mlchlsan."
Thou ho disappeared within the building
It wns probnhly 8. o'clock before ht.-t visit
wns nt nn end. The co.uro was deserted,
tho ronil eomparntlvely dark. The sidewalk
wan remnrknbly slippery, nnd before Mr.
Smith had renched Twenty-sixth street he
hnd fallen threo times. Here he took tho
middle of the road. As he reached the
center he disappeared In a whirl or snow,
nnd when next seen ho wns taking nn In
voice of damagcB near tho corner of Twenty-eighth
street. An he dug the snow out
of the tops of his shoes and straightened
his collnr he wns henrd to remark-
"Ynns; I wisli 1 was n boy for nbout an
hour tomorrow morning and I'd show
some of these kldH what they deserve for
making the ronds so slippery n rCBpectnhlo
citizen cannot get home without looking
llko hn'd been spending the evening with
John Barleycorn or been Initiated Into tho
Now York Stock exchange."
BRINGS OUT "CALLS' FOR RELIEF
('old Simp I'nrnlnlicn n Hiinv liny
Sntiirilii? for the County
Poor nent.
The county relief store on St. Mary's
avenue wns kept busy Saturday .until tho
closing holif ht 1' p'.' m. In 'supplying the
wants of the destitute. Food supplies we're
Issued to sixty-five needy families nfter 8
n. m., the largest number which has np
plled foi nld thin winter.
Though the number supplied wns milch
largnr than on tho average Saturday II did
not rench the record of Inst winter, when
nenrly 100 families wero given ah) In five
hours ono Saturday. Tho cold spell caught
the comity Htoro rather unprepared for tho
demands made upon It, and snmo articles of
food wero exhausted before all were sup
piled, though there was plenty of other
kinds to mnko up the deficiency. Each
family wns given a twenty-flve-pound sack
of white flcur, a five or ten-pound sack of
cornmenl, coffco, tea, sugar, beans, rice,
natnunl salt pork nnd other necessaries, It
Is the rule of tho county board thnt (he
half-ton of coal supplied each family must
last ono month. The demnnd for coal was
hardly ns heavy as was expected.
Thj county agent looks for a steady de
mand from now on, but Indications nrs that
tho relief work by both city end county Au
thorities and tho various charity organiza
tions Is well In hand nnd thnt thero will be
little, If any, actual suffering In tho future.
Several cases camo to light hero nnd there.
over the city Sundny whero families wero
too proud to let their destituto condition be
known, but they wero promptly relieved
through pollco channels, It Is considered
that this false pride Is all that now stands
In tho way of Immediate relief of all worthy
cases, However, all tho charity organiza
tions can uso donations of fond, fuel nnd
clothing tn good advantage, and thoso who
enjoy doing good ivork'nliould not Intthulr
ardor cool morely - becauso tho worst has
been passed.
COt'CMIS AMI COI.IIS IX (Mil, lilt t;
Iteeniiiniemliitlou of n A Veil Known
(iilcnmi I'll ,i hIi- Id ii.
I use nnd prescribe Chnmhorlaln'n Cough
Remedy for almost all obstinate, constricted
coughs, with direct results. I prescribe It
to children of all ugns, Am glad to recom
mend it to all in need ami seeking relief
from colds nud coughs nud bronchia! afflic
tions, It Is non-nnrcotle, and safe In the
hands of tho most unprofessional. A unl
vornal pnnncen for all mankind. Mrs. Mary
R. Melendy, M. D., Ph. D., Chicago, III
This remedy Is for salo hy all druggists.
A.MLMSMH.Yrft.
nrf niD I Woodward &- Burgess,
D V 1 J v I Mnnnger.
TO N 1 1 i 1 1 T T II Kf 1 1 A Y MtillT,
SPECIAL SCHOOL CHILDREN'S M AT
Tuesday Curtuln rises nt 3:30
nfter School.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN ,
Dancing contest for a gold watefi tiiult;ht,
open lv all comers, l'rlcns School Mat.
10c, 2.X! Night. 25c, 60c, "5c
NEXT ATTRACTION Friday nnd Satur
day Mat. nnd Night
AMMCKW IIOIISON
III "IIM'IIAlin C'AHVHI. "
PrlccH-Miit; 2Gr, fA 7Be. II. Night. 25c.
Wo, 75c, Ji.00, 1 50. Heat on salo Tuesday
Telephone 1531,
Matinees Sunday, Wednesday and Satur
day, 2.15. Every Evening, 8:13,
int;ii class VAi.'iinviLhi:
Tho Flore.nz Troupe, flnrdiier nnd Mad
dorn. Tho 3 UrooklynB, Four Juggllnif licc
mer, Corn Tracy, Morrleey and Rich and
Tho Klnodroino,
1'rlceB, 10c, 2Go nnd 50c
Mlaco'sTTocaderoi J,ofJF
MATIMlll TtlDA VIOn. UOe.
Entlro Week, Excepting Snturdoy Evening.
SNELLBftKER'S MAJESTICS
GorgeoiiH-Ornnd Pretty glrlH -Two shows
dally-Evening prices Kic, 20c, c Smokn If
you like. Saturday Evnlng Only, Jim
Jeffries' f'ompmiy P indny Matinee, Ttaa
I'toplunu,
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