Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1901, Page 2

3 1 HE O MAIHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, D EC "EMBER 16, 1901, ing, the Northern Central ley, the New Jersey Cent ronds. Bridges have b and traflic a standstill the convention of the American of Labor are stormbound at Scranton B0 idea when they will be Fatalities at Hridges. The force of water ports of a bridge Willlamsport and as train was wrocked killed. At Onelda, near Hazelton, a miner was swept from a bridge and drowned. In the Schuylkill valley forty-eight milea were flooded and in the Lehigh and Wyo- ming valleys the destruction was equally ae great. It will be weeks before operations can be resumed. In some sections the water has reached the second stories of dwellings and the town of Westmore, near Wilkesbarre, is submerged. Many of the rosidents have left thelr homes in boats Bimilar conditfons exist along the Juniata tiver, farmers belng compelled to abandon ihelr homes. The flood was rendered more disastrous by the melting of the gnow on the moun- tain sides Ten Inches of Rain in a The storm broke with great severity yesterday, after the rain had been falling Incessantly for several days. In Pottsvil and other places in Schuylkill county ten \nches of rain fell \n twenty-four hours. LIVES LOST IN WILLIAMSPORT Bride: Way the Lehigh Val- and other rafl- carried awa Delegates to Federation with n weakened the sup- creek near @ result a freight three men were panning a and ny. Wenakened by Storm Under a Fast ¥ vania Frelght, nnayle WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Dec A frelght train on the Philadelphia and Erie division of the Pennsylvania rallway went through the bridge spanning Lycoming creek, be- tween this city and Newberry, at 6 o'clock this morning. Three lives were lost. The dend JOHN MARTZ, engineer FREDERICK GLASS, fireman. GEORGE HARLEY, brakeman, All are residents of Sunbury. The train was known as fast freight No. 83 and was running three hours late, owing to the disarrangement of schedule in con- mequence of the storm. The bridge span- ning the creek was a two-span iron struc- ture, the first span of which gave way beneath the train. The engine and nine cars were engulfed In the icy water. The creek was greatly swollen as a result of the heuvy rains and it is presumed the middle pler had been weakened. No efforis could be made to reach the bodies on ac- count of the helght of the water All th streams in this section were greatly swollen, the Susquebana river at this point reaching a height of twenty-one feet, which did no damage in the city be- yond flooding a few cellars on the lowlands A few stray 10gs on the river were carriod away. Lycoming and Loyalsock creeks were both high and the Northern Central tracks aiong the first named stream were badly washed out In places and bridgas were dumaged. At Ralston a passenger train bad to be abandoned and the pas- seugers sought high ground to escape the flood. The Philadelphia & Reading bridgo at Montoursville was so w that traffic had to be suspended, During the twenty-four hours ending at 2 o'clock last night the rainfall was ¢ fnches 1 ratlroad kened PITTSBURG'S WHIRLING RIVERS Three Mad Streams Tear Fleets from Moorings and Threaten Great Destruetion, PITTSBURG. Dec. 15, —Pittsburg's three rivers at 9 o'clock tonight have passed the danger line and are still rising, with re- ports from the headwaters of the Monon- gahela and Allegheny rivers stating that both streams were still rising. The weather bureat announces that the cold wave will prevent the streams from reach- ing thirty Teet, but considerable damage will result from the unexpected rise and the inability of shippers and river men to tie craft securely before the worst of the rise arrived. In the Allegheny river at 9 o'clock the water indicator showed twenty-five feet seven Inches and the river was rising. In the Monongahela the reading on the gauge was tweny-slx feet seven inches. At Davis Island dam twenty-one feet six inches and rising seven Inches an hour was reported. At Brownsville twenty-eight feot and ris- Ing is reported, while at points up the Ai- legheny the stream is rising. Oue of the lacidents of the flood occurred at 9 o'clock tonight when seventy-five coal barges of the Monongabela River Consolidated Coal and Coke company. which were tied up at Brown's Landing between Pittsburg and Davis island dam, broke loose and were whirled away by the swift cufrent. As quickly as possible towboats were sent after the eraft. According to the operator at Davis island dam the pieces passed there shortly after 9 o'clock. There Is considerable alarm in river circles over the accldents. If the boats are not rounded up by the towboats and towed ashore they will be torn to pleces and block the channel, which will result In & big 10ss to the river coal combine. At this writing several of the barges have been rounded up by boats tied up below, but the majority of them are still racing along with the current. ALLENTOWN WET AND DARK Most Dentructive Overfliow Kuown in that Se. 1802, ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 15.—The most destructive flood in the Lehigh valley since 1862 started this morning at 3 o'clock, following a two days' drenching rain, which melted the snow In the mountains, caus- ing the Lehigh river to become a raging torrent. The Traction company's pow houses are flooded with seven feel of water, which drowned fires under the bollers. No trolley cars have been run since ¢ a. m., and Allentown is In darkness. The Adelaide silk mills sustained a loss of $40,000 by flood. Elght water is on the first floor, completely @overlng the warping and finding machines and rulning all the silk on the machines. feet of muddy ried with the stable into the Lehigh river and drowned The county bridge here wae badly damaged by pler Is crumbling ovet the Tehigh river he flood. One due to the pounding of a canal boat that was washed from its | moorings. The water began subsiding tht afternoon and is slowly receding tonight TWO RAILROADS STOP TRAFFIC Lehigh Valley nnd Jersey Central Are Vietims of Grentest Freshet Since 1841, BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 15.—In six hours | this morning the Lehigh river overflowed the canal and the adjoining tracks on both sides. Both the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey. Central railroads were forced to suspend traflic. Not since 1841 has the backwater from the river wrought euch serious damage. The canal bank bosses say the damage to the will reach $30,000, while 200 private residences in the flooded districts suffered to the extent of $50,000. Both the electric and gas com panies are without power and the churches were compelled to suspend services tonight. Although many head of live stock have perished, no loss of human life is known hereabouts, The Lehigh river was seven- teen feet above low water mark here before the people reallzed thelr danger, hence the sovere loss to personal property, JUNIATA VALLEY IS AFLOAT Farmers | canal Along Streams HUNTINGDON, Pa., Dec. 15.—Yesterday's excesslve ralnfall has precipitated a de- structive flood throughout the Junlata val- ley and through the low lying country traversed by the Raystown branch. The line of the stream has become obliterated in many places by the overflow. Today the Juniata river had risen fourteen feet and the Raystown branch much higher. The farmers along (hese streams have sustained an incalculable loss to fences, growing grain and other property. Many farmers woro forced last night to abandon their homes temporarily. The public roads to the south and east of Huntingdon are inpassible. HIGHEST SINCE JOHNSTOWN Around Bedtord anta Rallrond ower Sy Streams Pennn, lectric merge and em. BEDFORD, Pa,, Dec. 15 fest wind and rainstorms in its history visited Bedford last night. The rain fell in torrents and a gale shook the buildings The Raystown branch reached its highest point since the Johnatown flood. It overflowed the tracks of the Bedford division of the Pennsylvania railroad, flooded one or two houses in the western end of town and rushed through the power- house of the Bedford Electric Light, Heat and Power company, doing considerable damage. Last night & train was delayed nearly two hours by a landslide near Saxton. The trestle at Lybarger Farm was washed away. BIG INDUSTRIES SUBMERGED ware and Lehigh Heavy Damage in K Pennaylvania, One of the heav- BASTON, Pa,, Dec. 15.—The freshet in the Delaware and Lehigh rivers has done serlous damage all through this section. Rallroad traffic fs suspended and the water has risen to Front street in this ecity. Telegraph and telophone communication 1s interrupted. The rivers are still rising at the rate of a foot an hour and from ad- vices recelved from polnts up the Delaware valley the Delaware river will likely con- tinue to rise until midnight. Thousands of dollars’ damage bas already been done to the big industries at West Easton MANY HOUSES ARE UNROOFED Theater, Hotels, Church ings Wrecked at enster, and Dwell- I LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 15.—~A rain and windstorm of great fury raged here during the early hours this morning. Many houses were unroofed, including Fulton's opera house, Hotel Lincoln, the Stevens house and St. Mary's Catholle church. Some streets were strewn with 1i torn from trees and bricks of dismantied chimneys Throughout the county the storm was not 50 severe, though at Columbia roofs were blown from a number of houses. MANY MINES ARE FLOODED Shamokin Reglon Inundate Rending and Norther Roads a and Cen ® Standstill ral SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 15.—Passenger and freight train service in the local branch of the Philadelphia & Reading and the Northern Central railroads was at a com- plete standstill from 1 o'clock this morn- ing untfl 5 o'clock this evening, owing to numerous washouts caused by ibe heavy rainstorm of yesterday and last night Numerous colilery sidings were washed out and almost every mine in this reglon is flooded and will not be operated tomorrow. BRIDGES offlfiii GO DOWN Rush of Waters Shuts Off Traflic Wagon and Steam at Lewistown, by LEWISTOWN, Pa., Dec. 15.—Yesterday heavy rains raised the water in K quillas and Jacks creeks about ten feet and did much damage to property along the banks. The railroad bridge on the Milroy branch at Walnut stroet was twisted out of position and travel on that line will be cut off for several days. The new iron wagon bridge over Jacka creek on the road to Mifiintown was carried awey ou the road flood. Travel over half the line of the Reedsville trolley road has been stopped SUSQUEHANNA é‘l;EADILY RISING & Reports Engine Room of MHarrl the | NEW YORK STATE INUNDATED Heavy Damage in Every Rection O fudden Thaw, d by | - |WARM WEATHER, THEN A DOWNPOUR 1 | Winds of | vaness an ; Stide eat Velocity Sweep the Freshets and Land- Blockade Rall- way Tracks, | — | NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Warm weather fol |lowed by heavy ralns have resulted | heavy damages ail over the state. On Sa‘uf day the snows in northern sections thawed rapldly, causing the ri and creeks to rise and the valleys were inundated. Heavy | rain followed during the night, accompanied [by winds of great velocity. [frains were blocked for many hours, landslides were frequent and in the lowlands and valleys bundreds of dwellings were flooded, while the damage to farm lands and buildings is very great. Few lives so far have been reported as lost In and around New York City the wind reached a velocity of forty-eight miles an hour, but beyond minor incidents no greater damage is reported so far to property on land or shipping Corning reports that Canisteo valleys have had the heaviest floods since June, 1875, The Chemung and Canisteo rivers overflowed thelr banks and for miles east and west the lowlands are flooded and great dama has been done. The village of Painted Post has been under water all day and the water is three deep in many dwellings. The Erie, Kkawanna and New York Central roads all suffered from washouts and landslides. Worst 1857, At Ithaca the damage fs estimated at $200,000. The flood was the most disastro.is since 1857. The nearby creeks became rag- ing torrents by midnight. A dwelling house was swept away and today 10 trace of it could be found. The power and ligh*= ing plant was washed out and two trolley cars swallowed up in the flood. All street car traffic is suspended and the eity i in darkness. The lumber yards and buildings suffered fmmensely and the wreckage, blocking the channel of Six-Mile creek, turned the stream from Its course and the whole lower part of ‘the city was overs flowed. Miles of tLe ors the Chemung and sinee Lehigh Valley & Lacka- wanna rallroad tracks were washed away ana no tralns reached Ithaca. Several bridges were waehed away. Perey fleld at Cornell university was turned Into a lake and the university power plants were abandoned. The lower floor of the city hospital was overflowed and today no heat or light was available in that institution, Bridges and Dams Swept Reports of destruction of bridges and bursting of dams along all streams in this viclnity contloue to come in. At Waverly great damage was don: roads belng washed out, cellars filled and buildings undermined and fallen. There was a washout on the Erfe rallroad near Wellsburg and another near Oswego. It is belleved no trains can get through on the Erie before Monday night. Away. Great Loss at Syracuse At Syracuse the sudden rising of Onon- daga creek caused great property damage and drove several hundred people from their homes. The water rose six feet in eight hotrs, but is now receding, Many people were rescued by police and firemen in boats, and no lives are known to have been lost. At Binghamton the rainstorm sent the Chenango river over its banks and caused a flood which has not been equaled for twenty-two years. Cellars are flooded and much damage has been done to business houses on the river front. The county farm buildings are surrounded by water several teet deep. Not an Erie or Lackawanna through train has passed through the city since 9 p. m. Saturday. High water moved a pier of the Lackawanna bridge from its foundation, At Oneida the Oneida creek overflowed and the water was from one ‘o three feet | deep on the first floors of residences. The Ontario & Western railroad tracks were covered for near'y one mile. Troy and Albany Stormbound. | At Troy the damage from wind and rain is estimated at §50,000 and the electric ¢ service to Albany Is suspended. Consider- able damzge has been done throughout northern New York by the extremely high wind which prevailed for twenty-four houre, reaching the velocity of a tornado. The warm weather Saturday sent the snow out of the Adirondacks like magic and many houses on the lower levels are flooded At Middletown large landslides oceurred on the Erie raliroad. In a collision between two trains one man was killed and several injured. The bridge over the Neversink river settled several inches At Rome the rapid rise of the Mohawk river caused heavy loss and great distress. The city and suburbs are under water for miles. Only one train passed the city today and the (racks are badly washed. People were taken from their houses in boats and others are entirely without fuel. Logs valued at $75,000 were swept away | on East Canada creek, north of Herkimer The did considerable damage | and about the eity of Schnectady Twenty bridges on the Lehigh Valley railway south of Auburn were washed away. Besides this the track was undermined in many places and blockeded by landslides. All traffic from that city south over the Lehigh raflrond has been euspended and it 18 thought it will be several days before trains are again running At Moravia, twenty miles south of Aus burn, the entire village was under three | teet of water when the rain ceased, |ERIE ROAD AT A STANDSTILL Wind Adds to Damage Do auehannn n a storm in nd ern. 15, SUSQUEHANNA, Pa., » heavy rains and business today was at Erfe railroad on the feet at Rosa's switch Dec Owing to wind last night a standstill on the Susqu division, and sevcral on the Delaware di- hanna A mile of track near Owego, etght out tc east of the city, was washed Ay, All eastbound traffic today i abandoued. The company will try to repair the damage for traffic tomorrow, but this all depends of the stage of the water, and it is rising tonight mites Kansaw Is Warming Up. TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 15.—~Temperatures In Kansas have risen from 10 to 30 degrees since last night. The wind s from the south tonight and the indications are that by tomorrow the weather will be much warmer. The situation for the stockmen in western Kansas le greatly improved. Colby reports the temperature as 28 above zero, with a light south wind. At Mulvane the | mercury fs 22 above and in Fairbury, Neb |22 above. The damage to stock, while severe, was not so great as expocted. Wheat | in central Kansas is seriously injured on ac- count of the absence of snow | Natural Gas ¥ n Sotid, LIMA, O, Dec. 15—The temperature dropped from 16 above to § below from Sat- | urday morning to Sunday morning in this |clty. It remains about zero this morning. The natural gas eupply has gome out in a number of houses and where no other method of heating was provided, suffering ensued. Rallroad traffic is suffering badly through trains being eight to twelve houre late and freight trains belng frozen up on sidings Battle Creek's Heavy Drop. BATTLE CREEK, Neb, Dec. 16.—(Spe- clal.)—After almost a week of snow ani cloudy weather, it cleared up Thursday evening. The thermometer then stood at 20 above. Friday morning it had fallen to 2 below, a drop of 82 degrees. Saturday morning It stood at 26 below and this morning at 24 below, but it s moderating fast. This is the coldest weather here glnce February, 1900 Steambont Men Are Froathitten. SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Dec. 15.—The ther- mometer dropped to 18 below zero today and Captaln John Bolton and Mate Sweeney of the steamer Rand had their ears, faces and hands badly frozen in try- ing to make port in the fog. DOES NOT BEAR REPETITION Not Safe to Ask a Man with No Over- cont or Gloves “Is It Cold Enough for You Claud Willlams and Thomas Kitchens are lodged In the city jail, charged with fight- ing; a Douglas street restaurant in which Kitchens 1s employed is out of a trayfull of dishes; a patron of the restaurant failed to get a good supper; Willlams is suffering with & badly disfigured nose; and a new overcoat is almost ruined; and all on ac- count of a simple friendly question; the question of the hour asked by everybody every time everybody meets anybody Williams and Kitchens were arrested early Sunday morning by Officer Herald, charged with fighting and disturbing the peace. At the station Kitchens told the following story: “The boss sent me out with a tray full of lunch for a customer who roomed about a block away. I didn't bave on my overcoat nor any gloves. The wind blew so hard that to use both hands to keep the napkin over the lunch from blowing away. 1 was just about to freeze to death when I meets this man and he says, ‘is it cold emough for you?' He was ahout the forty-'eleventh man to yell that at me as T went down the street. 1 was mad at the boss for sending me out and mad at everybody else and I Just couldn’t stahd any more so I let drive With the wholgabusiness, and you fellows would have dene the same thing." The officers ‘will teach Kitchens, how- ever, that patierice nevep ceases to be a virtue and he will be compelled to tell the | story to the judge this morning. FAIR AND WARMER MONDAY Tuesday Fair, but Colder in Northern and Western Portions of Nebraska. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Forecast For Nebraska-—Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday fair, colder in northern and west- ern portions; variable winds. For lowa—Snow Monday, with rising tem- perature; Tuesday falr; westerly winds. perature Monday and Tuesday; southwest- erly winds, becoming westerly For Ncrth Dakota—Snow Monday, with rising temperatura in southern portion; cold in northwest portion; Tuesday fresh southwest winds; fair. For Eastern Texas—Fair, warmer Mon- day; Tuesday falr, except probably rafa in southern portlons; light northerly winds, becoming fresh southeasterly. For Western Texas—Falr Monday and Tuesday; warmer in northern portion Mon- day; southeasterly windw e or New Mexico and Arizona—Fair Mon- and Tuesday; varlable winds For Kansas, Missourl, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Arkansas=Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday probably fair; southerly winds. For llinois—Falr Monday, except prob- ably snow in northern portions; warmer; Tuesday probably fair; light to fresh south- erly winds. For Colorado—Partly cloudy Monday; Tuesday falr and probably colder; northerly winds. For Wyoming—Cloudy Monday, with snow in mountain districts; Tuesday falr and colder; northerly winds, For Montana--8now and colder Monday; Tuesday fair; westerly winds. For Utah—Fair Monday aud variable winds. Lo cord OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Dec. 15.—OMclal record of perature’ and precipitation compared e corresponding day of the last ears Y 1901, 1900, 1889 1398 18 29 Tuesday; Maximum temperatire Minimum temperature 11 0 Mean temperature .... 3 19 Precipitation T 0 Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since March i, 1901 Normal temperature cy for the day March 1 Normal precipltation . cee | Deficleney for th h {rotal rainfall since March 1 23.69 Inches Deficiency since March 1 V6.4 inches Excess for cor. period, 1900 % Inch Deticlency for cor. period, 189.. 4.01 inches .30 25 810 1 was compelled | For South Dakota—Snow and rising tem- i POOR ARE ALWAYS WITH US| Suffering Not S0 Great as in Other Years, but Many Arein Need. NEW CHARITY ORGANIZATION FOTMING Intended 1o Take the Place A inted Charities—Someth of Its a4 Work Al. mplished ready Ae For the first time since lence has been practiced worthy poor of this city will this winter & cared for by a system of charity that will personally make a man-to-man canvass of their needs and will also in the same in dividual manner that the wants are supplied to the actual limit of possibility This influence, which may not yet termed an organization, as it has none, the new City Charities recently projecte and already in active operation. For years past the Associated Charities, representing the best element of Omaha's beneficence, has been the sole extensive power in that direction here. During the seasons of bitter poverty that were incident to the drouths and “hard times" of the early '90s and from then on for many years this organi zation was most effective in its efforts and accomplished great good. Then, however, prosperity came and with it a gradual de creaso ln the necessity for such assistance In exact ratlo to the slow waning of this necessity died the activity of the Associated Charities, and now for several years past it has admittedly been scarcely more than titular in its scope and effectivences. But prosperity did not put an end to cold | winters, nor to the temporary waves of distress that sometimes arise from other sources. It is to alleviate these {lls that the City Charities has begun work. Its methods will differ radically from those of the Associated Charities In one particular That Is that it will do the actual work of supplying needs, handing out the food clothing and fuel necessary. The older or- ganization, on the contrary, procecded on g different plan, as ite name would Indicate. It specialized more in agltating action among the different charities of the city such as the churches, urging them to do all that thoy could, but not delving to any extent into the actual remedial work itself. It accom- plished grand results along the other chan- nel, however. 1t is largely the peopls who were the mainstays of the Associated Charities in the | time of its activity that now compose the Clty Carities. In fact, the interests at the bottom of each are practically the same, though the new growth does not include all that were connected with the old one. It is principally because of this fact that the City Charities is still in embryo, and this, too, Is its chief weakness. It has as yet no organization, and that Is because the Associated Charities has not formally dis- solved. As long as this i« in nominal exist- ence the new born band of benevalents does not care to Institute a regular organization But the interests in each being fdentical the older goclety is anxious to disband, so as to give the new one a chance and not retard its work in the slightest. The reason why it has not yet been able to accomplish | this end is merely because it is impossible to got a quorum out to a meeting. Four such sessions have been called, with the express purpose of dissolving, but at none has the required proportion of the mem- bership appeared to make this possible, It 1s hoped that the end can be successfully reached this week, Meanwhile the City Charities i hard at work, despite all obstacles, and s accom- | plishing much. Tts deeds on Thanksgiviog day are still the marvel of the poor In Omaha, and the society intends to fairly outdo itselt for the Christmas holldays. The scheme adopted is a unique one. Every needy family discovered will be as- signed to some charitablo and well-to-do family, to be the subject of its especial care and attention. To this end it will be necessary to have not only a list of the poor, but also one of the whling rich and these schedules are now belng compiled. It is thought that this method will be far more successful than the usual system of bunching contributions and then agaln sorting and distributing them. Its entire teasibility, however, depends upon the num- ber who will step forward and volunteer to assume the responsibility of the hodily and creature comforts of every member of some proverty-stricken family That does not require such a great number of offers, | as the total number of needy, according to charity authorities, does not exceed 300 tamilies, and is probably nearer 200. Every effort looking toward the success- ful consummation of this plan is now being | made by the City Charitles. A meecting will be held every afternoon this weck in the vestry room of Trinity cathedral and thorough canvassing and arrangements of the names received will be completed. RELISH WARM SCHOOL ROOMS Study Have public benevo in Omaha the | | | | nces the Same Elements. 1y Diasts a entive to Among Cheerle A pititully strenuous desire on the part of school children from the poorer classes to remafn in the school bullding as many hours as possible during the day fs the surest manifestation school teachers have Just now that the bitter cold is making many homes in Omaha not only unpleasant, but cruelly uncomfortable. “I have to stay and wait for Willle to- night cher,” is a common explanation these days for a pupll’'s unusual presence after school has been dismissed at 3:30 in the afternoon, and meanwhile Willle and his walting friend get unexpectedly busy at their desks in a feverish attempt to exhibit that will permit them to pass the re- wainder of the frigid day fm the warm rooms that are their thralldom during the ummer time But it is not only in working hours are over that the children seek to take advantage of tme pleasant homes which the city has provided for them Zarly In the morning they leave thelr cold and cheerless homes and hurry to the school, depending on the softheartedness of the janitor to let them Inside before the time permitted in the regulations. A | the evening after | such | dition that confron | of the way the as they from a were few by part being for small amounts to a ton, the 00 and 1,000 pounds Added to (he rapid increase in the num t orders, the dealers were handleapped by the failure rivers get their wagons to the yard the usual time 1n the At one of the offices which generally a dozen e but three had arrived at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, When the delinquents put in an appearance in the afternoon they offere! many the most Anging ole ater i morning runs wag excuses ommon one being that they had to have r shod and that the horseshoers were so busy that they could not get the work done before All day long and far into tho night the coal delivering fuel and Sunday morning every avatlable wagon was pressed into service and continued {ntermission during the day. De mate that more bituminous coal has been sold for domestic consumption in Omaha since Thursday than during any two weeks previous to that time this year, not cluding the time between January 1 and the opening of spring. Every office is from one to threo days behind fn its delivery and horses noon wagons were busy lers est1 ox- | it will be an especial favor if one gan get coal delivered before Wednesday on orders placed today. THERE'S TROUBLE AT MY HOME Man Whose Wife Hasx Be Tells Hix Tro Mo Vinl bles to the orman, ever arise from your downy couch on a morning like this, with the mer cury making gO0goo cyes at below, find the baseburner cold and cheerless water pipes frozen and just about “Did you the every thing out of Joint?” queried the man who | always rides on the he can pour his man's ear b p? Well, you don’t know; you can't realize how much you've missed. It's more exciting than prospecting in the Klondike and it has an element of danger which lends zeat to the occaslon, or words to that effect 1 know what I'm talking about, for I've just been <hrough it all and 1 foel ax it 1'd had ten years of experience that could be duplicated. That I am not a mental and physical wreck now, 1 lay to the fact that my ancestors endowed me with a hardy constitution.’ The motorman tried to change the sub ject, but the man couldn’t keep away from his trouble “My wife 1s away from and I am monarch of all 1 survey, but 1'd wiilingly surrender all pretensions to the throne of houschold authority if she woultd only come back home. I must confess that things don't happen when she Is director general of affairs. When I got up this worning snd ascertained the real con «d me 1 tried to be Im but that gentle restraining influ s absent, so 1 warmed up considerably In ways than one.” » motorman remarked that “he ‘spose the weather'd git warmer bim y,”" but the man with troubles on his mind apparently did not hear, for he rattled on “I got on enough clothes to make myeelt look presentable and shivered my way out to the coalshed. The trip brought home another source of trouble, for some soclalist had commenced the evening-up process and I was shy some bushels of black dlamonds that cost almost as much as potatoes. The blow almost killed father, as the Cherry sisters' song says, but 1 pulled myself ‘o gether and by the unsparing use of coal ofl and cuss words I got that fire started. “1 forgot to mention that the clock slopped because i neglected to wind It and, of covrse, my watch happened to be laid up for repairs. My thme for getting to work 15 § o'clock, hut at just ubout this stage of the proceediuge T didn’t care whether school kept or not. osition with the determination that I would for once escape paying tribute to that band of plunderers who wax fat off of other peo- ple's misfortunes Besides, they won't trust anyhow, even if they are in a com- bine. The anclent cottage 1 accupy, cne of the kind built during the boom age, that you can ‘buy on installments Just the same as paying rent,' has the water pipes so ar- ranged n the kitchen that a small gasoline stove may be placed under them. Perbaps the brainy architect, or rather carpenter, that rough-hewed the house dids't intend it that way, but the brilliant idea no sooner struck me than the plan was executed——" “I see they ain't goin’ to git the chanst to exycute Mrs. Boneen down at Washington,” chimed the motorman, who had walted long for an opening. ‘“That €0? Well, T turned on both burners tull blast apd waited for results znd [ 1idn’t have to wait so awfully long either. While T was in another room trylng to coax the baseburner fire to look a little more pleasant I heard a sound that reminded me fire department gets action on a fire. It turned out that there was something doing in that line in my kitchen, front end ot the car ko troubles into the motor home Just now nee | The fce had cracked the pipe and when it thawed out business commenced. And, say, that kitchen was a frightfu) sight. Tt was 50 cold that the water froze ae soon as it | tett the pipe and the place looked like a stereopticon view of Niagara Falls n win- ter before I succeeded in getting the water turned off. Well, here's where T get off." And the motorman heaved a deep sigh of rellef. MAKETH THE ICE MAN SMILE bles of O While M Dealer tn Celebratiog. v People Forgotfen Joina the Conl “It hits Moline hard, but the freeze was what the town wanted,” said John F. Schomp, at the Millard yesterday, in speak ing of the cold wave. He Is the Milwaukee rond’'s freight and paesenger agent at Moline and was in Omaha to call on J. E. Markol. “I left Moline," he remarked, “late enough Saturday to see the mercury go to 10 below, with {ts head still pointing down- ward, The ferryboats bad all scurried (n ocarly ¥riday and the people of Moline, like those of its melghbors, Davenport and Rock Island, were ready for the Mississippl to freeze as solld as It could. 1 don't know how hard a freeze It turned out to be, but I think it surely must be at lenst ten inches deep by this time. And a ten-inch freeze means a good deal to Moline, for we ship an immense amount of ice from there, be- sides supplylng the local demand, which is by no means émall. The points to which we without ot But I tackled the water prop- | | vailed ment That | bo reached Pin 1o on a freight trip “I was the passenger with | ception of a traveling man. In the | hours wo were on the train 1 shovelled 1,00¢ pounds of coal into the | ®ot up & heat avout equat | spirit lamp. The wind ¢ from behind us and sifted like trouble into a policeman’s | ofl in the lamps on the rear froze so quickly { that the light went out within ten ninutes after we left Long Pine and after taat we bad to flash the glim from the (nei'a as precarious provislon against rsar ad col listons 1 am not joking when 1 2 below zero whe Norfolk and that the same reportcd at Meadow Creek, Ewing, Neligh, Oakdale and Clear water as we passed through them earlier in the day Oveér Brown county there was | #1x Inches of snow on the fevel and in | places 1t had drifted to a depth of eigh and-even ten feet. The liveryman a Long Pine sald he A1 not remember its having been so cold In sixteen yes ‘o JUST MAKE ME A BOY AGAIN Boys Conating City Streets Start n Serfes of Reverles by 1 Mr. Smith, James saw the force of the and started back to Omaha 11 o'clock Friday morning Norfolk, 140 miles from 1 lock that night. ile train, and thus v argu- was lay and ng e, at tray s the only the twelve caboose stove and to that of a me racing up into the waycar ear. The ¥ that towan » degroes temperaty Grove, Tilden, Pattle on dev Dodge street west of Twenty-fitth is one of the Inclines where juvenile Omaba for « dozen years has made merry winter with sleds. Ae soon as snow fell this seasor they at their as usual. The roadway there after the cold weather is a smooth as glass, as all rough places ha been filled in the small boy One evening Ia week a resident of the who shall bo called Smith, had occa «lon to visit a friend near Twenty-fifth and | Dodge He approached the !fl«m‘l‘ from the west about & o'clock | the twilight stopped, despite the | bre watch the boye at their | As one sled much faster than the | past, he ejaculated: 1 "o but that's a whizzer! But I belleve it 1 had my old sled back 1 could. beat it 1 wish 1 for about I'a show how const on the Michigan." Then he disappeared within the bullding It was probably 8 o'clock before his visi was at an end. The cadree was deserted the road comparatively dark. The sidewalk | was remarkably slippery, and beforo Mr Smith had reached Twenty-sixth he had fallen threo times. Here he took the middle of thé road he reached the ‘u'ulur he disappeared whir! of snow and when next seen he taking an in | volce of damages near the corner of Twen | ty-eighth street As he dug the snow out of the tops of his shoes and straightened his collar he was heard o remark “Yaas; T wish 1 was a boy for about an hour—tomorrow morning—-and 1'd some of these kids what they de making the roads so slippery a resy itizen cannot t home without looking like he'd been spending the evening with John Barleycorn or initiated into the New York Stack exchange.’ BRINGS OUT CALLS FOR RELIEF Fnrni ardny each wera &port by aity, stroets res wnd i nipping sport fow rest were a boy you the an hour 1 we used to snow back in voungst crust of A in a show rve for ctablo been o Busy Day for the ¢ Poor Amen The county relief store on St avenue was kept busy Saturday until the cloging holir At 1°p. m. M Bupplying the | wants of the destitute. Food supplies wero | tssued to sixty-five needy familles after § a. m., the largest number which has ap- | plied for ald this winter Though the number supplied was much larger than on the average Saturday It did not reach the record of last winter, when nearly 100 familicx were given ald in flve hours one Saturday. The cold spell canght | the county store rather unprepared for the demands ma upon it, and some articles of food were exhausted before all were sup- | plied, though there was plenty of other kinds to make up the deficiency. FEach tamily was given a (wenty-five-pound sack of white ficur, a five or ten-pound sack of cornmeal, coffee, tea, sugar, beans, rice, oatmeal salt pork and other n eesAaries. It is the rule of the county board that {he half-ton of coal supplied each family mus! last one month. The demand for coal was | bardly as heavy as was expected, The county agent looks for n steady de mand from now on, but indications are that the relief work by both city end county au- thorities and the various charity organiza- tlons is well in hand and that there will be little, if any, actual suffering in the future. Several casos came to light here and there | over the city Sunday, where families were too proud to let their destitute condition be known, but they were prompily relieved through police channels. It s considercd that this false pride is all that now stands in the way of immediate relief of all worthy cages. However, all the charity organiza tlons can use donatlons of food, fuel and clothing to ®ood advantage, and those who enjoy doing good work should not let their ardor cool merely because the worst has been passed AND COLDS IN CH Mary's covGus dation of Chieaso Recomn 0 Well o 1 use und prescribe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for almost all obstinate postricted coughs, with direct results. I prescribe it to children of all ages. Am glad to recom mend it to all in need and seeking rellof from colds and coughs aud bronchinl affifc tions, 1t is non-narcotte, and safe In the hands of the most unprofessional. A uni vereal panacea for all mankind. —Mrs, Mary R. Melendy, M. D., Ph. D, Chicago, 1l This i for sale by all druggists BOYD'S | Woodward & Burgess, Managers. ESDAY NIGHT, HILOREN In rises at 8:0 after School UNOLE TON'S, QAN Daneing contest for a golc open, J& all comers, . Bricos—Rehooi Mt 10, 2@ Night: 25c, bic, 7o RACTION—Friday and Satur The American Steel and Wire company's wire and nail plants are under water and thousands of dollars of damage s done there. All other plants along the stream suffered damage from flooded hasements and first floors, damaglng the stocks and machines Communication by wire is completely cut off. No loss of life Is reported. There are many washouts along the rallroads. Super- intendent Wentz of the Central Rallroad of New Jersey is stalled in his private car somewhere north of Allentown. Locks tender Willlam Huffert's house and stablo near Allentown were swept away. The tamily escaped, but two horses were car- Two hundred men damage and a din- from Susquebanna with ngers on a train block- Telegraph and telephone this section have been vislon, are submerg left here to repair ing car was sent food for the pass aded at Owego. lines throughout down all day A Lehigh Valley train, on account of high water over the tracks at certain points on that road n from Scranton to Carbondale on the Delaware & Hudson rail- road, thence to Owego on the Erie road, where it was ngain halted by high water The Susquehanna and Delaware rivers are | full to the banks and the creeks are th highest in years. Much damage has be done to property along the lowlaud Chicago. WEST VIRGINIA CATCHES | BT Slear | 8 Paul, cleat | Divenport, cleat Kansas Clty, clear Helena, cloudy s Hiwmarck, clear 4 Iveston, partly cloudy Helow zero Indicates trace of preclp s from Stations at 7 p. m, NEX RACTION ANDREW HOBSON RICHARD CARVE l Heats 'on sale Water Works Two Feet Under Flood, teacher in one of the larger echools sald | that there were children waiting around the steps of the building and around the outside entrance to the boller rooms as early as 7:30 these cold morning; 1t 18 at schools which draw their clientage more largely from the very poor districts, such as “Little Italy,” that this. state of affaire holds true. The Mason school and the Cass schools are good examples THIS IS COAL MAN'S BUSY TIME Sudden Cold Snap Drings of Orders I Nece Sunday Delivery. do our heaviest shipping are St. Louls, East hce St. Louls and Kansas City. n Mat v L $1.00, $1.50. T0O MUCH FOR THE BRAKEMAN ary Refuses t Wil Tell Another Day. Nigh Tue Pric B HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 15.—The Sus- quebanua river Las been rising at the rate of nine inches an hour since 2 o'clock this morning, with indications that it will con- tinue to rise all night. There were two feet of water in the engine room of th Harrisburg water works this evening. The freshet was caused by tho heavy rainfall in the Junlata valley and along the west branch of the Susquehanna CONDITION OF THE Voea huw Out and nren WEATHER. He s Troub wonesdpaig was today | PRI “It was 80 cold that the brakeman couldn't elephone 15 apd the oll froze in the signal ¥, Wednesd | lamps on the rear of the caboose,” afrms | 3 L.“"‘\ "';;;;""‘“. James Allan—and Mr. Allan is a truthful | . el e man so far as anybody has yet been able to discover, He s also deputy United States marshal and in that capacity was sent up to the northwestern of the state on an er rand of business. From Long Pine to the point he to reach it was a fort mile drive and it was twenty miles to the first James tackled & liveryman and the lveryman told Jamex that he would ¢ thé United States government in a place where 1t's never cold before he would make the drive under such conditions as then pre- -wsadwa) wnwmrxEy av and Suturs 8:15. Omaha, clear Valentiy North swear v a Flood itntes w2 Troupe, ( Mad- Brooklyne, Four Juggling Tee Morrisey und Rich and The and dern i Flor, The 3 Cora Tracy, [ Kinodrome. Pricos, 100, b pid ' City Cheyenne, Salt Lake Willis Ohio Rises at Cincinnatl, CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. 15.—Shortly after 8 o'clock tonight the thermometer reached | zero here and it fs still falling. The Ohlo river suddenly rose fifteen to twenty feet duripg the day, causing much suffering along the river front during the cold weather by the moving of an endless line of shanty boats. “Doc” Orr, a well-known character on the Keutucky side of the river, was found frozen to death near his home at Fort Thomas, and 50c Your leér Wil be roused to its natural duties and headache and clear i e Miaco’sTrocadero’ MATINEE TODAY- Entire Week, Excepting £aturdiy Evening SNELLBAKER’S MAJESTICS GOorgs Grand-—-Pretty girls-Two shows dally iing prices 1 e, e -Bmoke If you ke Saturda ¥ ning Only, Jim Jeffries' Company. Sunday, M The Utoplans, Sunday was not a day of rest for the coa dealers of Omaha. From the opening of (he offices Saturday morning until they closed at dark there was a line of peopls practically unbroken leaving orders for im mediate delivery. These orders showed in the maln that they from people to whom the warm weather of November and carly December @ practical blessing. part Ohin wished ridge Was! Trame Chesapenke & Awany and ix Abando. our billousness a constipation be cured If you take Hood’s Pills B0ld by all druggiats, 325 cents Janthound n und house HINTON, W. Va., Dec. 15.—A portion of the Chesapeake & Obio bridge at Lowell, ' cam ® itation A, WELSH Local Forecast Officlal was