Hcl'Coc Wrought by Great Floods in the Fast THE UBBAT FLOODS IN THE HAST. The two upper scenes are photographs of street* In Binghamton. N. V., when the wnter was deepest. The damage caused by the flood in Hutnvia. N. Y may be imugiced by the methods of locomotion rendered necessary, aa shown In the two lower pictures. In destruction to property, in loss tne higher water did considerable to business, even in the number of fa- damage. At Syracuse the overflowing taiities, the freshets which have swept ot Onondaga creek drove 200 families over large areas in the Middle Atlantic from their homes. states and New England will long be Pennsylvania, as is usual at a period memorable. Falling rains and melt- of high water, suffered enormously. At ing snows had swollen rivers into Pittsburg the flood was the worst lakes and creeks into torrents, and in since 1884. and two-thirds of lower hundreds of valleys the spreading Pittsburg and Allegheny were sub waters caused destruction and death, merged. Street car traffic between the Manufacturing plants by the hundreds two cities was abandoned and scores were forced to suspend: mercantile of mills were forced to shut down. In houses were flooded; thousands of peo- some places the water covered the sec pie were driven from their homes; ond floors of buildings, and many tens of thousands of people were structures collapsed under the great thrown out of employment; railroad pressure. The tracks of several rail traffic. electric and steam, was para- roads were flooded, and traffic had to lyzed and in many cases absolutely be abandoned. The damage may ex abandoned; bridges were swept away, eeed $1,000,000. expensive public works were ruined; In northwestern Pennsylvania the telegraphic communication was inter- property loss occasioned by the floods fered with and in places totally sus- will probably total $5,000,000. whil-' pended; lighting plants were flooded over a score of lives were sacrificed, and communities thrown into dark- In the vicinity of Wilkesbarre, twelve ness; farmhouses and barns Vere car- persons were drowned. The Susque ried away; live stock perished and hanna river, usually 1,200 feet wide, millions of people were subjected to j great inconvenience. X summary of the disaster, owing to the wide sweep of the floods, it is difficult to give: but it may, conservatively, be state ; th; t thirty lives were wiped out; .hat 20 000 people were driven from their homes; that 75,000 persons were thrown out of employment and that a direct monetary loss of at least $15. 000,000 was Inflicted. Surely a disas ter as great as this establishes its claim to lasting remembrance. New York state sufTered heavily. Aiong the Delaware and the Neversink rivers great damage was wrought. At Port Jervis and at several towns in Sullivan county the water flooded fac tories and business places and forced many persons to flee from their homes. At Middletown a Newfoundland dog saved a girl from perishing. While crossing the lowlands, with her broth er, in a boat, the boat capsized and both were thrown into the water. The brother managed to cling to the boat, but the girl was rapidly swept with the current. She Anally reached a cake of ice, and was thus able to keep her head above water. At this junc ture the family dog swam to her as sistance and seizing her by the should ers dragged her to the shore. Great damage was done to hand some residences along the course of the Bronx river in Westchester county. At White Plains. Tuckahoe. Mount Vernon and other places cellars were flooded and handsome lawns washed out. At Wakefield a little girl was drowned in the cellar of her home. At Philmont. near Chatham, a freight train on the Harlem division of the Central plunged into a washout, and three of the train crew perished. At Elmira the Chemung river was higher than at any time since the memorable flood of 1889, when south ern New York and Pennsylvania were flood-swept. Half of the city was un der water. Railroad traffic was at a standstill and hundreds of persons were driven from their homes. At Binghamton, Rochester and Ba tavia. Dansvllle, Buffalo. Geneseo and Other New York state towns and cities Flood Swept Area at Ilion. View from a photograph looking across the dyke at Ilion, N. Y. stretched out for two miles and a half, reaching from the first floors Qf the houses on River street to the mountains on the other side of the valley. Throughout the Susquehanna and I>?high valleys the damage wrought was heavy. Farm houses were swept away and hundreds of do mestic animals were borne along in tlie terrific current. In the Wyoming valley the loss to property was heavy. Mines were flood ed and fully 25,000 miners were thrown into involuntary idleness. It is esti mated that 18,000 persons were forced to leave their homes and seek safety in high places. At Kingston two men were drowned by the capsizing of a boat, and at Hazleton a school teach er, Franklin Brohl. was swept away with a bridge and perished. At Easton heavy damage was inflicted by the high water, one plant alone suffering to the extent of $150,000. Montezuma'* Million*. Dr. Rowaton believes that Montezu ma s long-buried millions, billions or trillions will some day be found in the hills of Yucatan, down in the country of the Polyucs, near Lake Chichanka nab. He estimates that the fund still unaccounted for amounts to 450,000, 000,000 pesos, worth in our gold about $180,000,000,000. This mysterious fund has been growing these 60 years, start ing at something like 1,000,000 pesos. Many lives have been lost in the im penetrable forests of Oaxaca. Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras in the search for this treasure, which, in the opinion of most folk, is a myth, l-ast year a young explorer from Chicago declared that he had traced its hiding place to the vicinity of Quezaltepeque, which is at the base of the Mirandon Moun tains. Here he contracted the scourge and ba,ely escaped with his life. Ia Mamory of Lost Sailor*. Seldom has there been a more beau tiful ceremonial than was observed in a New Englasd coast town last month in memory of the sailors who went out to sea during the year, and did not come back. The congregation of the seamen’s chapel walked down to the end of the pier, and after all had' joined in a prayer said by a clergy man, the little children threw sixty nine bouquets into the ocean, one fo. each missing sailor. They they all sang, ‘‘Jesus, Lover of my Soul,” and returned to the chapel. This, in its simplicity and its significance, re minds one of the celebrations in an cient Greece more tnan of the prac tices of the unimaginative and materi alistic twentieth century.—Youth’s Companion. Wife Does Work of Horne* There is a farmer living in the Cala boose neighborhood, four miles from Campton, Ky.. named Elihu Spears, who, instead of making his horses and oxen pull the plough when he breaks the soil, works his wife and daughters under a yoke, with his wife in the lead. He has good horses, but say3 they were not made to work, but to ride. With his oxen he hauls saw logs rut by his wife and daughters. He haa already commenced turning the soil for his corn crop. He does not drive "ihe team" himself, but keeps a coi oreu employe, who does the driving. He furnishes his wife and daughters with the best of clothing and they at tend church. For Cara of C'opfsamptlon. With regard to the glass hospital which is to be erected at Philadelphia for the cure of consumption, with iso lation for each patient and a constant supply of rarefied air, a similar experi mental hospital is already in use in London. The patient sits in a glass cubicle, breathing an atmosphere spe cially treated by ozone. The value of oxygen, or ozone, in the treatment of ulcers, burns, wounds, lupus, etc., has been proved there by several cures of hitherto incurable cases during the past five years. Great as has been the actual relief thus afforded, this oxygen hospital exists equally for pur poses of demonstration and experi ment. For Another Fence Conference. A contributor to the Calcutta Eng lishman proposes to have peace by the holding of another peace conference barred to all soldiers, diplomatists, gunmakers and their relations, and the organization of an international police which shall keep the peace after it is made. The Continental powers are to abolish their armies, and England and all the other powers are to sacri fice their navies. The reason for the retention of the British army is not disclosed. Uernaan Ship* at Shanghai. German companies now have six steamers plying regularly on the River Yangtse between Shanghai and Han kow. Formed Artificial Lake. North Genesee street at Utica, N. Y.. with flood at its height. M'KINLEY MONUMENT FUND. Now in Excess of Nineteen Hundred Dollars. OMAHA, Neb., March 15.—The Mc vinley Memorial fund in the state of Nebraska at this timu shows a total •n excess ot' $1,1)00 contributed by the -esidents of the state. In many of the other states the work has been practically completed and in inly a few of the states has the amount been less than the estimate it the managers of the fund. Tin* or dinal amount expected from Nebmska was $5,000, and it will require some ef fort on the imrt of those who admired ;lie late president to place the state n the position it should occupy in the movement looking to the construc tion of a monument to his memory. The amounts received by the treas urer of the state association since the ,ast publication of the condition of ;he fund is as follows: Previously reported . $1,512.01 ffoward Kennedy. Jr., for Miss Kllen A. Bracken and C. If. Heits t Is . 1.00 r. Fisher, postmaster. Hastings... 14.25 7. J. Thomas, postmaster. Harvard 32.81 «\ f*. Hondoe, Milford nubile sehools . 14.10 Samuel B. Hill, postmaster. Ash land . 12*“ 7. F. Manderson for— t\ l). Alexander, postmaster, Tamcra . 4 *10 IV. II. Hamilton. postmaster. Ogallaln . 30.00 J. M. •Hemis ($25i. M. t\ Peters ($,-,1 . 30.00 ?nrnelius Shea, postmaster, Hub bard . 3.50 Employes of K. K. Bruce <£• Co., Omaha . 9.75 d. J. MeOwen. for school district No. 21. Blaine county . .24 D. H. Kirschner. Bennington . 8.00 lohn I.ett. postmaster. Benedict... .80 B. I. Rouse, public schools. Weep ins: Water . 600 !\ J. PoMk. Prague . 1.50 ft'. T. Bottontleld. Nuckolls county schools . 1.46 ■*. V. Harlan. Kagle <‘lty, Alaska.. 10.00 U. R. Snodgrass. Wayne public schools . 4.00 {,. D. Richards, for school district No. 75. Dodge county . .46 V. H. Wood, | tost master, tiering. . 1.50 0. A, Mathews, postmaster. Prof ton . 2-30 Soss I*. Hammond, postmaster. Fremont . 10.00 William Rogers, postmaster. Sew ard . 30.36 lovernor Savage for— K. K. Trabert. Milford.TO C. J. Vincent, postmaster, Alvo.. 1.61 I-ou Bradley. Ruby. .20 Alvo public schools. 1.96 (. S. Ray. Naponee.. ... 1.00 1 S. Ray for Naponee public schools . 1.15 Peter Rasmussen. Naponee . .30 1. II RlckelV, postmaster. Juniata. 2.00 V. H. Jones, for Juniata public schools . 3.42 7. Q Pearse. for Omaha public schools . 173.00 Total .11.904.46 To Stop Illegal Fishing. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 15.—Chief !iame Warden Simpkins has been no :iflod that persons in various commu nities are preparing to begin illegal fishing within the next few days. The apen season begins April 1 and all per sons caught fishing before that time will be prosecuted. “We have several jf the persons spotted and if we don’t seize their fishing apparatus we will •atch them when they begin to use it.” said Mr. Simpkins. “During the winter there was comparatively little violation of the law and we hope there will be no necessity for prosecution during the remaining days of the month.” Insane Man Escapes. GENEVA, Neb., March 15.—Notice was sent to the sheriff that F. A. Strickland, who was paroled from the Lincoln asylum a few' weeks ago, had become dangerous. Deputy Sheriff Owens went to the family home and brought him to town. During the night he escaped and walked back to his home, about twelve miles, where he was recaptured at an early hour uext morning by Sheriff Dinneen. Chile Dispute Unsettled. SANTIAGO. DE CHILE, March 14. —It is officially announced that no direct settlement of the boundary dis pute between Chile and Argentine has been arrived at, but if a proposition on the subject is made Chile will not refuse to consider it. New Incorporation. LINCOLN. Neb., March 15.—Articles of incorporation of the Butte Land and Trust company of Butte, Boyd county, were recorded in the secretary of state’s office. The capita! stock of the company is $60,000. Kitted by Kick of Horse. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. March 15. —John O'Brien, a young farmer six miles northeast of this city on the Iowa side of the river, was kicked on the head by a horse and died almost immediately. New National Bank at Sidney. SIDNEY, Neb., March 15.—The First National hank of Sidney was organized here with $25,000 capita) stock. John W. Harper was elected president. Sues on Wages Dispute. FREMONT, Neb.. March 15—Jo sepli Cain brought suit in the districi court against the Standard Cattle company to recover $1,997.70 foi wages. MAY POSTPONE ENCAMPMENT. And Thus Have the National Officers Present. LINCOLN. Neb., March 17.—De partment Commander R. S. Wilcox of the Grand Army of the Republic has issued the following special or der No. 2, which explains itself: "Comrades: The rules and regula tions of the Grand Army fix the date <>f our encampment on the second Wednesday In May of each year, which comes on the 14th. "It is always desirable and a great pleasure to have our national officers with us on these occasions. Your commander has extended a cordial in vitation and has received a reply from General Kit Torrance, our national commander, and General R. H. Fow ler. sending their regrets and inform ing this department that their time was fully engaged upto ihe 22d of May, when they would be pleased to come from the Iowa encampment to this and asking ns to change date to May 22. "This your commander cannot do until a majority of the posts in this department arc given the opportunity to express themselves. It is the de sire of your commander to have these distinguished comrades present to en courage and assist our department. No material damage tun possibly oc cur by reason of one week’s change and much good can be accomplished, therefore the commander submits the following proposition to you: "You will canvass your members and return the ballot herewith in closed to the A. A. G. on or before the 1st day of April. 1902. Inclosed you will find blank ballot." The proposition inclosed with the order is simply whether the encamp ment shall be called for May 22 or not. ABANDONS VETERAN ROSTER. State Finds it Impracticable to Keep List of Soldiers and Sailors. LINCOLN. Neb., March 17—The state printing board, acting with the advice of Commander Wilcox and As sistant Howe of the Grand Army of the Republic, has decided to discon tinue the practice of printing a bien nial roster of soldier and sailor vet erans of tne state. This conclusion was reached after it was found im possible to obtain a complete, accu rate list of the veterans. The law makes It the duty of tax assessors to collect the information, but pro vides no compensation for the work, and it was discovered that in nearly every case a large number of names were omitted from the reports re turned to the secretary of state. The assessors last year returned the names of approximately 10,000 veter ans, and it is believed that this list is short not less than 5,000. Some counties refused to enroll the names and others sent list.? that were admit ted to be incorrect. "The board thought it best to pub lish no roster at all than to send out one that is known to be incomplete.’’ said Deputy Secretary of State Mc Cartney. "It is true that the law re quires the assessors to do the work, but many refused point blank to obey and we did not think we could gain very much by resorting to mandamus proceedings. The officers of the Ne braska department of the Grand Army of the Republic were consulted and they agreed with the members of the board that the publication of an in correct roster would be a useless ex penditure of funds. They say they can gather the information through the agency of their posts and do the work at a small expense.” William Leese Dead. LINCOLN, Neb.. March 17.—Wil liam Leese. formerly attorney general of Nebraska for three continuous terms and one of the best known citizens of the state, died at his home in this city after an illness lasting a month, of nerve exhaustion. He leaves a wife, two daughters and one son. Mr. Leese eame to Nebraska and settled in Otoe county in 1868. On Insanity Charge. COLUMBUS, Neb.. March 17— Dan C. aKvanaugh, who was sheriff of this county for several terms and who as a political leader ranked second to no man in the ccunty prior to four years ago, is confined in the county jail on an insanity charge. He attacked his wife, and, had there not been inter ference, he might have killed her. On Complaint of Little Girl. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., March 17.— George Mann, a drayman, was arrest ed for assaulting a 9-year-old girl. New Bridge Across Platte. SILVER CREEK, Neb., March 17 — Committees of the boards of super visors of Merrick and Polk counties located the new bridge which is to be built across the south channel of the Platte river, two and one-half miles east of this village. It will afford the large population of what is known as the iBland a handy means of reaching this market. The contract for build ing the bridge has been let to Means & Tully of Grand Island. THE LrVn STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South Omaha „ and Kansas City. SOl'TM OMAHA. «'«I tie—There were fully an many cat tle on sale as there wen* the previous day and packers dirt not take hold with a* much life as they have on former day* of this week. Fur that reason trading was a little slow and the morning wa* well advanced before the bulk of the of ferings was disposed of. Steer buyer* started In from the beginning to pound the marker and they succeeded to quit* an e'xtent. It was noticeable that the market was rather uneven and In faot could tie quoted nil the way from sternly to a dime lovvpr. Borne salt's were mad* that kinked Just about steady, but ns a rule the cattle sold all the way from weak to a dime lower in extreme cases. The cow market did not show much change, Camlets In particular were hard to move at any price. There was not enough change In the quotations on bulls, vcnl calves ami stags to be worthy of mention. The demand for Miockers and feeders was ahont equal to the supply *nd no trouble was experienced In getting steady prices for the cattle showing qual ity. I logs—There was a good average run of hogs. The demand was In good shape, however, so that the market opened fair ly active and steady to strong. Some -alps, lit fact, looked a little higher. The Ightwelght stuff was neglected, the same m It has been for some time past. Heavy weight hogs sold largely from $6.20 to *6.35 *nd as high as $6.40 was paid. Medium weights went front $0 10 to $6.20 and light togs sold from $6.06 down. Sheep—There were only a few feeders In he yards and everything good could safe v be quoted steady. (Quotations: Choice lightweight yearling*. Woo'd5.Co: good to ’Itnice yearling*, le.2efto.50; choice weth ers, $5.00®5.25; fair to good wether*. ll.fiOfa 1.90: choice ewe*. $l.50'3.f>0®6.00; Texas anil Indian steers, $4.50®' /•SO; Texas cows. $3.25®4.50; native cows, >3.00®5.25; heifers, $4.00®5.5O; canners, $2.50 ti".25; hulls. $3.25®4.50; calves. $4,504/6.00. Hogs—Market opened 5c higher and dosed with the advance lost; top, $6.80: mlk of sales. $6.10®6.55; heavy. $0.454/6.60; ■nixed packers, $6,154/6.55; light, $5.45®6.20; >lgs. $5.00®6.45. Sheep and Lambs Market strong to 5c ilgber; native lambs. $6,204/6.40; western ambs, $6,004/6.35; native wethers, $5.26® > 85; western wethers, $5.35®5.85: yearlings, ki >6®6.00; -.wes. $4,654/5.20; culls a.»u! feod