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'<j4.75; fair to good
“Wes. $4 26(54.50; common ewe*. $3.00(04.00;
•holce lambs, $«. 15(06.30; fair to good
amhs. $5 90®6. 15; feeder wethers, $4.00<f
1.60; feeder lambs. $4.60(55.00.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle- Market strong to a shade high
er: choice export and dressed heef steers,
I6 2IM5/4I.50; fair to good. $5jx)4/ti. 15; stockers
!nd feeders, $3,264/4.85: western fed steers,
>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
<f», $2.50® 4.00.
I .
RESIGNS TO ENTER POLITICS.
Civil Service Commissioner Roden
berg Quits Office.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—William
A. Rodenberg of Last St. Louis, 111.,
loday submitted to President Roose
velt his resignation as a member of
the United States Civil Service com
mission, to take effect April 1. Rich
»rd Dana of Boston has been mention
ed aa a probable successor, but Presi
dent Roosevelt has nto yet announced
his intention. Mr. Rodenberg’s rela
tions with the president and the oth
er members of the commission have
been cordial, and the latter today
gave out a statement in which they
announced there always had been har
mony between the three commission
ers and denying a report that a re
quest for his resignation had ever
been contemplated. Mr. Rodenberg
called on the president several days
ago and informed him of his .intention
to resign and re-enter politics, and the
latter urged him to remain. Mr. Ro
denberg formerly represented the
Twenty-first Illinois district in con
gress.
I
Consul Won't Pay Taxes.
PARIS, March 15.—A dispatch to
the Patrie from Lyons says there is
much comment there over a conflict
between the municipality and the Uni
ted ‘States consul on account of an
attempt to impose certain new taxes
on that, official. The latter claims to
be exempt by the convention of Feb
ruary 2. 185.1, and refuses to pay. The
municipality threatens to seize the
consul's furniture unless the taxes are
forthcoming.
Stone City Man Killed.
STONE CITY. la.. March 15.—J. K.
Baum, a stone cutter of this place,
was killed by the cars between Stan
wood and Mechanicsville. He had
been working at Stauwood and had
walked to Mechanicsville to church.
He stepepd off from one track to let
a train pass and was struck by one
going the other way.
Will Stop at Washington.
ROME, March 15.—It is now report
ed that Mgr. Bbarretti, who sailed for
New Y’ork, en route for Manila as *
apostolic delegate to the Philippines,
will on his arrival in America re
ceive orders from the Vatican not to
proceed beyond Washington on his
journey.
Big Deal in Texas Cattle.
FORT WORTH, Tex., March 15.—
Frederico Terrazas, son of the for
mer governor of the state of Chihua
hua, Mexico, is here closing one of the
largest single firm deals ever made
in this country. The sale will include
25,000 head of cattle, which will to
to Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and
the Dakotas. The terms are private.
To transport this large number of cat
tle will require 650 cars, forty trains
of fifteen cars each.
