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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
GREAT RELIEF IN BROOKLYN
ENOUGH WATER TO TIDE BOROUGH
OVER TILL APRIL SHOWERS COME.

Robert Van Buren,, chief engineer Of the Water
Department in Brooklyn. elated yesterday
morning when he reached his office and found that
100000 gallons Of water had been added 10 the
storage reservoirs by the rain Reports from Long
Island showed that the rainfall there was heavier
than I'm Brooklyn and II was expected by night
that tho ponds would show an Increased depth Of
two feet II IS thought that this rain will relieve
the situation until the rains Of April set in.
Probably the large Eushwic6-aye main. which
have been Closed yesterday. will remain
open right along. and residents IL the Eastern
District feeling much relieved.
The rain came just in time" said Mr.. Van
Buren,. The supply could not possibly have lasted
more than twenty-four or thirty hours. IL was Il
good, big fall. too, and fortunate in getting
II just this time, when the situation looked the
darkest. The probabilities are that it will keep
can get along until April and May when we have
the daily, or what are known April showers
tho trouble Will be partially relieved But that
should not interfere with securing permanent
The supply Of water IN the storage reservoirs
gallons compared with 993i9G)0 gallons Sat
urday. The supply was constantly being added To
during the day from ,riowng streams, and IT
is expected that a stiII larger increase will be
shown when the recorf Is takeG this morning 49,.
76,@1I@01 gallons. on Saturday IT ~ 1890
gallons Yesterday being "washday." the con-
sumption was probably 7omewhat larger.
Reports from Long Island show fun streams and
rapidly hlling ponds at Freeport, Rockville Centre
points. 1t was said that the rain out there was
the heaviest in three months
fqqaIIy tnconFaHng reports We're received from
the Hampstead watershed where it is said the
streams overiowed their banks.
Admiral Barker commandment OF the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, is considering the advisability Of sink
yard may have water supply independent OF the
Brooklyn system. Much Inconvenience is expert
enc carctv o Of a1d f5 no on az
Terious fire has worried the officials not a little.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
BURSTING DAMS WORK HAVOC.

Providence, r l.. March 1.-Two dams at Vans
kuck just north of this city, burst this afternoon.
carrying away two wooden buildings containing
nine persons all of whom have been accounted for
excepting Emily Whmpey. The upper dam burst
first, and the water with rush swept away the
lower dam few minutes later. Over this lower
dam were two wooden buildings each sixty feet
square, three stories in height used cotton
mill by George Weedin. These buildings
crushed by the flood. OF the nine persons caught
by the flood eight were rescued by the firemen,
who. with ropes tied around their bodies, waded
out to the persons clinging 10 debris which had
become lodged
Miss Whimpey and man were carried down the
stream on a raft. They caught in a wire fence
which crushed the raft. and only the man was res
cued. The Gremen cried to Miss Whimpey to cling
TO the wire. but she could be reached and
heavy timber In the flood struck her in the back
and neck, and she was carried Under and was not
afterWard.
Several bridges have been carried away. and the
whole country below the ruined dam presents a
scene OF devastation Every part of the flooded
section is submerged from one to several feet the
water being filled with floating debris brought
down by the floods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
FOR THE OTTENDORFER Fund
THE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD ESTABLISH.
ING A GERNANIC FELLOWSHIP
NOW AGGREGATE s10s2a

4 few weeks ago a committee was formed ,,-
the purpose of raising fund the object of vbirb
TO honor the memory of Oswald OttendOr,s-
and at the same time to create line of inteIecuar
competition between the universities and colleges
of the United States. The committee having this
matter in charge issued a proclamation, in which
ii said that Mr.. Ottendorfer had presented to New
York University a valuable Germanc library and
IL proposed TO raise from $1,000 10 $500 as tsI
Iowship fund to he turned over 10 the control Of
New-York University as the "OJtendorfer Memo
interest SHOULD be paid that graduate of any
American college of recognized standing who
should prove himself most proficient in the Ger
language ard literature. in order 10 enable
him 20 continue his studies in Germanics, either
here abroad and then bring before the public.
either in print in the form of lectures, the fruits
OF his invesriSat lions.
The committee is as follows: Arthur Won Briessn.
chairman; James Speyer, treasurer; Lawrence 4.
McLoUth. secretary; Emil l. Boas. Andrew Car
neSie. Hubert ellis Heinrich Conried William E.
Dodge. Charles 5. FairchId, W. r Grace Andrew
Fl. Green. Karl Hutter. Morris K Jesup. Adolph
kuttroff. Henry NJ. MacCracken. Charles F. Mac
Lean. Joseph Pulitzer. WhiteIaw Reid. Frank Rus
SAX. Charles A Schieren. Jacob II. Schif Carl
Schurz. Henry SeliSnan. Isaac y. Seligman Fred
eriCk T. SteinWay. Louis Stern Ernst Thalmann,
Reinhold Van der Eynde, Oswald Garrison Willard.
William C.. Whitney. Louis WindmUiler, Henry j.
Wright.
The subscriptions thus lar obtained by the en-
mittee amount to SO 900 as appears from the f1l.
lowing list of subscribers
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indications now are that there will be early
of farm labor the Mississippi Valley.
MUCH DAMAGE IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, CUT OFF FROM CoMMUNIcATIoN-
sLEET AND WIND CARRIED DOWN
ALL WIRES.

Milwaukee, March I.-AbsoIutely no means of
communication, either by telegraph or telephone,
have existed since yesterday between this city and
the outside world. a sleet storm, the most dis
astrous in many years. caused the destruction Of
the wires in every direction. while wind of almost
hurricane velocity made matters much worse by
toppIing over hundreds of poles. A wholesale de-
moralization of railroad traffic followed the dam
age 10 the wires A vestige OF the mail service
remains but this was much impaired The storm
was most severe between this city and Chicago, al
though in the north the conditions are not much
better
Officials of the telegraph companies report that
between COO and 700 poles down between Mill
waukee and Chicago. and that regiment OF line
are making slow progress IN restoring COM 4
munication. The work probably VIII require TWO
three days.
Martinette Wis, March IA fierce blizzard
swept over Northern Wisconsin yesterday ana last
night. Wind. and sleet combined TO make IL
the worst storm in years. Trains on all lines are
many hours late and street traffic is practically
blocked. Telegraph communication in nearly al 81
rections is cut off Great concern Is te IN t ,b c
of Green Bay. Hundreds Of men practically make
fishing grounds, and no communication has been
had with them since the storm began.
Chicago, March 11-Southern Wisconsin suffered
severely from the storm. The Wisconsin Telephone
Company reports that the entire system of the com
nanv has been paralyzed; that Racine Kenosha
and most of the other lake shore cities are ehtreS
cut off. Racine is reported to have suffered more
heavily than any other town in the State. Inc
principal streets are covered with wreckage' and
telephone and telegraph wires and poles lie tangled
together in great heaps in many of the thorough
fares The damage TO the electric light wires was
so great that the city left in darkness last
night to avoid danger from loose live wires
Burlington, Cedar Rapids. Indianola and erosion
bore the brunt of the storm in Iowa In Indianola
all the electric lights Were destroyed, ana tne
Mutual Telephone Company suffered $4,000 damage
in the destruction of its wires and operating APP
paratus. There heavy snow at Cedar Rap
{5c traf heir
graph companies being forced to abandon all bust
nos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
C1LLAH4N ON CUDlHY KIDNAPPING.

TELLS WHY HE THINKS HE WAS ,rPrsrrr,
BELIEVES POLICE DON'T WANT "PAT'' GROVE
Omaha. Neb.. March thames Callahan talked
freely to-day for the first time OF the Cudshv kid
mapping. and admitted he knew PAT Crow well
but says he did not know tho Cudahys Callahan
denied being with Pat Grove when ne bought the
horse which figured in the kidnapping. He s3id.
ihey arrested me because it had come to a show
had been so much talk that they felt that they had
70 arrest somebody and I happened be the vic
rim. Now they will go ahead and try to put il on
10 me Just 10 secure the reward: but IL am given
chance 10 get at my testimony | will come out
and show myself to he innocent as any man
living As have said before. the police don't want
Grove. They want 10 wait until they have tried
me. Then If ] am convicted they will still let PAT
Grove alone However I think tina If am
acquitted Grove will come in as he will then have
nothing To fear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
KEEPING CHANNEL CLEAR WITH DYNA-
MITE

Greenville Penn, March 1.-THE Big and Little
Shenango rivers are raging torrents tonight and
still rising. The flats south Of Man-st and that
portion north of the town bordering on the rivers
are under water Both rivers full of ice and
drftwood. although efforts have been made to
clear the channel with dynamite Residents on
Race and Canal SITS. are moving out in boats. and
the Mathers Brothers, john Pearce & Sons wnnllen
mills and Hodges Manufacturing Company have
been obliged to close down. 4 he Bessemer Rail
way Company has been badly crippled. trains going
over the Erie and Pittsburg between Shenango and
Linesve. The railway bridge south of town has
been badly damaged and the deep cuts north OF
Osgood have five feet of water in them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
LANDSLIDE ON THE CENTRAL.
TRAFFIC DELAYED FOR A LONG TINE
TRACKS IN WESTCHESTER
SUBMERGED.

The storm which gave temporary II not perina-
nent relief from the imminent wafer famine "d'
so violent that IL did much damage ds wen 40
good The railroads report damage done In sew
-aI localities There was a landslide on the New
vorl, Central Railroad between Hastings ana
1,obbs Ferry which tied up traffic for some time
The landslide occurred about O'Clock yesterday
morning and the newspaper tram was the ia9l ~
"a ga north before II happened. The Empire state
and All other northbound trains after that We're
called until afternoon. The southbound track was
cleared a little before noon. BY the time the hrst
trains got through on the way TO NeW-Nork most
Of the commuters had given up hope OF getting 10
this city for business yesterday
on the Putnam and Harlem divisions OF the New
yorl, Central the commuters report that they mad
a hard time to get 10 the stations OWING 10 the
water that had fallen, and in many instances the
trains were also delayed.
Trains on the New-Haven road We're delayed pg
an overflow at Mott Haven which flooded the
tracks for about mile The trains ran slowly
mast this point, but all managed 10 get throush
safely. Delays were also cccasioned on the ROADS
entering Jersey City, but by afternoon all trains
were running approximately on schedule time.
There were several places along the line OF the
New-York and Harlem Railroad, between WOOD
lawn and Mott Haven, where gullies formed ana
the water rushed through them and covered the
tracks. one OF these was near Williamsbridge, ana
as the engineers and conductors had had oll1c4ity
from washouts in that neighborhood before, lhss
were watchful and slowed their trains as they ap-
proa ched this point. There were other places Mee
The tracks were under water. Inc worst P4dce'
perhaps was between the Melrose and MorrlsahEl
stations where the rOadbcd through me cut Is
slightly depressed. and where the sewer pipes nave
proved insufficient az times. on account OF heaEy
rains to drain the surplus water This place Is
bout half a mile in length and the water Kept n
creasing in depth until about $50 O'Clock, when II
rose above the aNles of the drivers of the engines
and almost TO the level of the freboXeS one or
the first trairs TO go through at the time or me
greatest depth was an express from New-Nork at
O'Clock The engine had run into it, throwing
The water up into waves before the speed was
sla ckened. Had the speed not been lessened there
would have been danger of extinguishing the nIe
in the engine. The next train was the business
mems train" called. Of the New-fork. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. The conductor ana
engineer recalling former experiences, slowed Inc
train until il had passed the danger point
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
ICE MOVING IN THE sUsoUEHANNA.

Lancaster. Penn. March 1.-the ice has begun TO
move of the Susquehanna at Columbia There is
channel about a hundred feet wide along this
side, but along the Wrightsvilie shore the ice is
still intact. Between Columbia and Harrisburg the
river is filed with floating ice, but il is thought that
1t is not heavy enough to do any serious damage.
At Marietta the condition is different and grave ap
prehenson is felt The water is steadily rising The
river is not yet bank full but what is causing the
most anxiety is the fear that the ice may give way
before there Is sufficient quantity of water 70
carry IL on safely. and that disastrous gorges will
follow. Not since 1875, and probably not then,
has there been such heavy fee upon the river at
this point Immediately in front of the town the
river is clear of ice this side but on the York
County side it is yet intact and it is feared that
when the ice just above the town breaks Front-st
VIII be flooded The ice varies in thickness from
twelve inches TO twenty inches and in many places
ice from above has lodged underneath 10 a depth
Q to- feet. - 1920
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
NOT A DROP OF WATER IN HIS HOUSE.
PROPERTY OWNER MAY HAVE TO MOVE
WOULD BRING SUIT.

c WiheIms, sr., president of the Sackett & Will
helms Lithographing and Printing Company, NO.
10 Fifth-ave who lives at Eastern Parkway and
Utica-aYe. Brooklyn said yesterday that for two
days he had been unable 10 draw drop OF water
from the faucets in his house. Late at night me
water may run for a short time but during the day
none is to be had. Mr.. Wilhemss neighbors make
the same complaint and are in constant alarm over
the prospects of fire, which. If il were to break
out would doubtless do great damage. Indignation
is felt the dangerous sanitary condition TO
which the lack of water has brought the houses.
Mr. Wilheims said that he had complained 10 the
Brooklyn Water Department, and that as a result
inspectors had been sent 10 his house 10 see what
could be done. They declared that they were help
less. Mr.. Wilhelms fears that he may have TO
close his house and move out of Brooklyn II the
state Of affairs is not improved. If he should be
compelled to take such action he said that he
would certainly bring suit against the city to
recover. He asserts that a property owner and
& taxpayer he is entitled TO water.
The water situation in The Bronx continues to
he had. Water has not flowed regularly for two
months. The Inconvenience that must be put up
with can be imagined from single incident. When
person desires TO draw tub of water he takes
his place by the side of the tub A second person
is stationed in the kitchen TO work pump. When
the tub is filled the person watching IL has TO run
out Of the room and shout TO the person at the
pump that enough water has been drawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
SAYS DEAD CAN BE BROUGHT TO LIFI

DR.. DOW AT HIS wIFE's FUNERAL DOES NOT
WANT BODY PUT IN COFFIN
The funeral of Theresa Dow wife of Dr. J. D.
Dow, a dentist of No. IS Bank-st.. was held last
night at undertaker's establishment at Eighth
ave. and Nineteenth-st, the Rev. Stephen Merritt
officiating. DR.. Dow, who has watched beside the
body since the death of his wife from consumption
last Tuesday will continue his constant vigil until
the burial this morning. The service consisted of
simple prayer and address
After the service DIR. Dow said to his friends
1T is not true that life is necessarily extinct
when the heart stops beating and the blood ceases
to circulate AS long the body is not decom-
posed there always remains spark of life
You see how white her hand is There Is no de-
composition there That proves life exists in the
hand With proper care and treatment the dead
may be brought back to life
Before the service DR.. Dow begged that the body
he placed a couch in the auditorium. Only after
some time did he permit IL 10 be placed in oak
and silver coffin. The burial will take place at 9
o'clock to-day at Mount Olivet Cemetery. MaSpeth
Long Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
wAsHOUTS IN NEW-JERsEY.

The heavy rain has greatly swollen the Raritan
River al w-Brunswck. There the trolley tracks
of the Middlesex and Somerset Traction Company
submerged under four feet Of water for several
hundred feet, preventing trolley connection be-
tween Bound Brook and New Brunswick.
There washout the Susquehanna road
at BOgota, and the New-Jersey and New
York road at Woodbridge. Both delayed trains.
Trenton. n. J., March II CSpeciaD.-Freshets have
caused the Delaware River rise to unusual
height. flooding the lower parts of the city and
causing number OF those living along the river
bank 10 move 10 the second stories abandon
their homes altogether.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
PLEASANT IN MONTANA

Butte, Mont. March Il CSpeciaD.-The weather in
this region has been pleasant. with little precipita-
ton of snow, and one-half inches in two days
The barometer has been low. and is rising In
the last week the thermometer has ranged between
% and 80 above. and is 80 This condition
will apply through the State. with the exception
that in some other parts the precipitation has been
slightly greater. The last month has been like
spring, and there were several thaws, the result
being that the storage of snow in the hills is ex-
ceedingly light and unless there is an extraordi-
nary fall before weather sets in there will
be complete shortage of water in the summer
prehension. ~ ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
STORM BLOCKS ELEVATED ROADS

Boston. March II (Specap.-To summarize the
storm result in this city and region for the last
twenty-four hours il may be said that the wind
reached rate of thirtysix miles hour, and
the rainfall about 80. The wind was chiefly
northeast. So far there are reports of marked
damages. Some flooded cellars and several ex-
tnguished furnaces fll the quota Of trouble in
this city.
road was the lines in Everett and Maiden. In
Everett at time during the morning the tracks
in Central-aVe and Ninal-st. covered with
two feet of sand and gravel The wrecking cars
kept busy in all parts of Everett and Maiden.
which resulted in long delays. Newton which Is
virtually a suburb OF Boston. reported score
of bad wash outs. Tracks on the elevated in
Brighton were flooded for about half mile. Tee-
graphic communication with New-York
what interrupted this forenoon, but there Is no
trouble
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
NO FEAR OF FLOOD AT pIrrsB,-RG

Phtsburg, March n.--Fears Of a. food at this
point have been dispeiled by DECIDED drop in the
temperature and the cessation OF the rain which
has prevailed for the last twenty-four hours The
OHIO at o'clock tonight had reached stage Of
eighteen feet and is rising slowly River men will
be surprised If a twonty-three foot stage is
reached. Trainmen report the Allegheny River
practically clear OF Ice from Pttsburg to oil CITY
ana ibrownsylile, on the MononGahela reports that
me river is falling. No coal was shipped South
day, hut II Is expected the upcomiug boats viii
reach the harhor by Wednesday. when a large
fleet Will start for southern points
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
DESTRUCTION IN ARKANSAS.
PERSONS KILLED HOUSES DEMOLISHED AMI
MONEY BLOWN AWAY.

Little Rock Ark, March II GpeciaD.-ln Little
River County Pine Prairie Village was practlcaily
swept away. Two persons We're killed and many
injured At Conway fifteen houses were blown
down or unroofed. At Osceoa many tenement
houses were demolished. and boy named dreams
was killed. Great havoc was wrought elsewhere III
Mississippi County. Wires were blown down all
over the State and Geographic communication was
impeded. but It is practically restored several
buildings were blown down at Texarkana.
-Four miles from Forest City "Pinkey' watson
colored and her infant child were killed sixteen
houses were demolished and acres of forest lev
elled Ten miles from Forest City the cyclone mt
ed the house of ]. A. Wooley from its foundations
and shattered it. killing WOoley and seriously IN
Juring his wife and stepson, Bob" Allen. and John
Latmer. In the neighborhood outhuildinss
and miles of fences were smashed; In the Nooiey
house 500 in trunk, of which only a nNe
ing bushes three-quarters of mile away
Wooley's body found fifty yards from his
houses site. Mrs. Wooley was pinned by the logs
of the house, and rescued by the nelShDorS
Near Little Rock o. p. Robnson's barn was
wrecked and seven mules were killed. No damage
here The rainfall heavy, and the rivers are
rising rapidly.
Paragould, Ark, March H.-Iast nights storm
killed three persons in this (Greene) county. and
wrought much property damage. At Rockhil Mrs.
Mile Davis and a thirteen-year-old boy, named
Osmer Roberts, were crushed under the timbers Of
"A wrecked building. AT Jackson COmmissary.
twelve miles west of Paragould Charles Bowling.
a well known young business was killed out
persons reported injured. Much damage to
small buildings. fences and fruit trees Is reported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12

ONE PARTNER DOES NOT JOIN N PETITION
Effort To SETTLE UNSUCCESSFUL.
Eli Solomon. Of the firm Of Solomon Brothers &
Gross. wholesale dealers in jeweIry at No. 6l9
Broadway. hed a petition in bankruptcy Yesterday
in which $. Richard Gross. the other partner did
not join. II said that he was absent from the
State. and that Mr. solomon was unable 70 obtain
his consent to the petition, The firm dissolved on
January ST. and it is said that Mr. Gross Is travel
ling for a Providence firm down South. Mr. Solo
mon has been negotiating with the creditors the
firm for some time for settlement at 30 cents on
the dollar. but there about two hundred
creditors II was impossible TO effect is under
stood that a composition will be offered In bank
ruptcy. The liabilities S2S.S52 and the assets
27.259 They consist of cash g stock. SO 49,
nXtures, $40 and accounts, S2,SSS MANY OF the
creditors in Atteboro and Providence The
business was started in 1896 by Solomon Brothers
and Mr.. Gross became a partner on October l, 1899
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
LITTLE DAMAGE IN CONNECTICUT

New Haven, Conn, March u.-Reports from va
parts of the State tonight indicate that the
of the last twenty-four hours. while ii has
loosened the ice in many parts of the rivers and
caused some incidental damage to railways and
trolley roads in the shape of washouts will not
start serious floods
The most serious situation tonight is in the
Honsatonic River Derby. where the ice broke up
this afternoon. The jam Is now packed against
the Berkshire division bridge of the Consolidated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-03-12
FAIR AND COLDER IN CHICAGO.

Chicago March II (SpeciaD.-The storm which
ragged in Chicago yesterday subsidized this morning
after having caused damage to the extent OF
about 100000 This afternoon II was somewhat
cloudy, but there comparatively little wind.
The Weather Bureau gave out the following:
Fair tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. possibly
with showers at night. Minimum temperature to-
night about % degrees above zero. Warmer to-
morrow.