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Evening journal., 1904-01-23
GOOD WEEK AT SETTLEMENT
Mothers Club Celebrates Anniversary
and Department Of Eloeution and
Physical Culture Opened.

The week just ending has been busy
and pleasant one at che Peoples Settle
ment. Taylor and Church streets.
Mrs Mahaia Wells Perkins has opened
a department OF e,ocu,ion ana physical
culture which is free 10 all settlement
workers.
Professor III. :. Goldey gave an inter-
es,ing talk las, Monday night. His subjec.
wa, 'Faithulness."
on Thtrslay evening the Mothers club
Federated its nrsi anniversary by giving
club supper. \ delightful evening FOL
'lowsl IN games.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
School Closed.

Business is practically al standstin over
the bridge and in the school houses the
cellars are flooded and water stands more
than a foot deep on the floors.
1t was impossible to reach either No.
Il or No. IS. The water surrounded them
for many feet and back of No. Il school
in a lot it had reached a depth Of eight
feet.
Trolley cars could not go further than
Fourteenth street as at this point the
water was rushing over Claymont street
like a mill tail into the lots beyond.
Early this morning Claymont street was
submerged. In some places 1t was three
feet 6eep. This is about five squares from
the river and residents say they never
knew it TO be so high before.
Big logs and pieces Of piling from the
river floated up the streets. In Fourteenth
street a log about fifteen feet was hurled
against the door of dwelling. knocking
il from its hinges.
The whole section is a mass OF broken
furniture washed from the houses. The
doors OF many Of these places are open
and the water rushing through is sweeps
ing every article that will noat out OF
the buildings. Family portraits washed
from the walls are humping against dere-
nct wash tubs. The residents cannot get
iown stairs and can only SIT at their sec
ond s;ory windows and see their furniture
carried away.
rae water receded his morning. hut
shortly after noon began TO rise again ana
,onighi Is looked forward to with much
anxiety by the residents of the Ninth
waf1.
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place. Ryan & Kelley. the contractors,
are heavy losers. Six OF the big force
pumps used to clear the excavators
are gone and what damage has been
done to the foundations cannot be as
certained. as they are still under
water. A. large force of men has been
at the bridge since last night. They
had nothing to eat until about 10
o'clock this morning. when big pots Of
coffee and baskets of sandwiches were
brought TO them.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
CROSBY 8 HILLS NEW STORE
Have Controlling Interest in Big De-
partment Store in Elmira. 50

Crosby & Hill are the principal stock
holders of the S. +. lizard Company. which
has purchased the large department store
Of William II. and Robert Il. Reynolds
in Elmira. The local firm also has large
stores in Plainheld and Morristown, n. j.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
Odd Fellows, Memorial.

The local lodges Of odd Fellows will
hold a memorial service in Scott M. f.
Church on Sunday. February 2i. The
Rev. r. x. Stephenson, pastor Of the
Church. who is also grand chaplain Of
Delaware Odd Fellows, will preach a
special sermon.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
Farmer Killed by a Fall.

Special to the Evening Journal.
Laurel. Jan. 22.-George Henderson. a
farmer living near Marsden, was thrown
from his cariage this morning and killed.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
Blue, Green and Red Stamps

AT Lynch's-Have you tried the con-
densed milk made at Kennett square
From the 1airies Of the ToughlSenamon
Valley We have it. cans. 2Sc.. at
both stores. Fourth and Madison
street Eighth and King streets. Send
us telephone orders.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
Il. M. saItman g. Co.

All kinds Of carpenter work done;
building and repairing Old furniture
and pianos repaired. S03 West Sec
ond street Wilmington. Del Feb.-7
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
WEATHER BULLETIN

Herald states
brisk
partly
IL
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
Railroad Yards Submerged.

Work in the classification yard OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company al Edge
Moor Is AZ a astanistiil. IN some parts OF
.he yard the water has reached a depth Of
four feet. The position Of the yard used
fer the storing Of cabin cars is cut off and
for that reason freight trains cannot be
gotten out. The switches are submerged
and practically nothing Is being done
there
Evening journal., 1904-01-23

orchard. felt the effects Of the freshet
Most Of the dwellings are built upon
boats. The force OF the water tore many
of these from their moorings and hurled
them far up on the bank. Others were
overturned and some washed down the
stream.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
BRIDGEVILLE HIGH
IS IN FIRST PLACE

.Bridgeville lands in frst place again
today.
A town OF about thousand popula-
tion leading Wilmington in a race for
the two fine 1875 pianos offered by The
Evening Journal-the facts show just
how tremendously energetic are the
people Of lower Delaware. They hustle.
a good second. however. is St. Pat
rick's which is keeping very close tab
on second place. The parochial schools
viii give the public institutions OF the
city good race-there is every indica-
tion that along about the last week OF
the contest votes will pour into The
Evening Journal office by the tens Of
thousands.
Other outside -the-city schools are
laying plans to do great execution IN
the coming week-and the plans are
not likely to fall through.
Remember that a years subscription
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
BuiIdina Operations Hlndered.

There are many HOUSES under construc-
ton in the Ninth ward. The cellars of
these have been flooded and It win prob
ably be a long time before operations can
be resumed
Evening journal., 1904-01-23

White cIay creek 1iah.

The waters OF the White Clay creek
are rapidly rising and much fear is
entertained for the safety OF several
bridges and mills along that turbulent
stream. Many fear that the large mill
pond at Roseville will break on ac-
count of the volume of water and vast
quantities of ice being washed into
"a
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srsndywins Park Shows Effect of stor

Brandywine Park this morning plainly
showed the effect of the raging torrent
which dashed down the stream about )
O'Clock this morning. Cakes OF ice were
left on the bank Of the race which is sew
eral feet above the Brandywine. The bark
on the trees eight and ten feet above the
high water mark was scraped by the
ice. This was plainly noticeable this
morning
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
Orchard Suffers.

The settlement alone the Brsndywlno
near Hlsvsa:a s;ree' sridss known as the
Evening journal., 1904-01-23
south WiIminaton Lueky.

People living beyond Third and Market
'stxeet bridges anticipated much trouble.
but they have escaped. But little water
reached above the hanks OF the Chrisuana
and the ice passed out without making
gorge. The dykes have been improved and
the residents there feel they are now safe
from other troubles.
Evening journal., 1904-01-23

Cummings. The photoErapher so7 Market
Evening journal., 1904-01-23

There is but little ice in either the Bran
dywine or Christiana rivers. The last OF
the big cakes tumbled out into the Della
ware river about noon. The rush of ice
was greatest shortly before midnight and
by daybreak both streams we're free from
ice except an occasional cake that would
come tumbling down on the torrent.
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Iow lce Went out.

That more damage was not done by the
storm is due to the fact that when the
ice broke the tide was running out. It was
flood tide at o'clock and about an hour
before that time the ice began to break
up. The outfiowing waters carried the ice
out with it instead Of causing a great
pack and crushing everything right and
lof4
Evening journal., 1904-01-23

The Peoples Railway Company suf-
fered but little damage from the
freshet. Al the Office of the company it
was stated at noon that the only dam
age was that a few pilings had been
washed away at the new bridge across
the Brandywine at Lombard street.
The loss was very slight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12

The sanitary officials profess to see nothing
alarming in the prevalence OF the disease this
year. saying that while II is unusually preVa-
lent, is increasing and is of more malignant
type than usual, II invariably becomes scarce in
summer. Ordinarily the disease makes its ap-
pearance early every spring and causes slight
mortality such as IS shown in the weekly re-
port OF last year. 1t is regarded as mildly con-
tegious, although two persons in the same fam
lily are rarely afflicted. Since only deaths are
reported there has been way of determining
the relative mortality.
There have been about dozen cases Of Cere-
hro-spinal meningitis at Bellevue Hospital for
fortnight, and only one Of the patients has died
far, while the physicians are hopeful Tor the
recovery of Gil the others. The disease Is re-
garded at Bellevue as so mildly contagious that
the patients are not isolated. but are treated in
the wards There has not been a case at the
hospital where the disease has been communi-
Gated by patient to a physician or nurse, the
physicians say.
One Of the patients suffering. with cerebro-
spinal meningitis at Bellevue Is DR.. Joseph r.
Mccarthy young physician, of No u" Lex
ington-aye There have been reports that ne
contracted the disease while attending patients,
but il was said at Bellevue that il was not
known how he contracted the disease. His con-
dition was said TO be favorable for recovery.
The Health Department officials ana ho7ptSI
physicians agree in the statement that 50 niue
is known about the cause OF cerebrp-splha!
meningitis that 1t is impossible to tell how per
sons contract It. Previous to this year the dis
ease never has assumed an epldehlc loIIl, en
cept in 1872 when 7S2 deaths We're reported IN
the old city OF New-York, now the Borough OF
Manhattan The disease that year remalhea &c.
prevalent all through the summer, Ieachlls ItS
highest point in May. The special report on
that epidemic said that, while there IS no douh;
that the epidemic variety Of the disease is due
ia a sDecifc poison" the ''etiology Of the disease
is obscure" In the epidemic Of 1872 as this
year, most of the persons who died from the
disease were children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
DIG Up HUMAN BONES.
old Site of Woman's Hospital Nay
Hare Been GraCeydrd.

Taborers employed by the O'Rourke Company.
which Is making the terminal changes In the New
York Central Railroad yard. from Forty-hith-sI 10
Fiftieth-st and Lexngton-ave. to Park-aVe III eN-
cavatng with steam shovels have unearthed On
what was the site OF the Womans Hospital AZ
Fiftietf-st. and Lexington-ave.. human skulls ana
bones Officials Of the ORourke Company say mat
onlv detached skulls and bones have been found.
Ten davs ago an Italian laborer noticed a white
object I'm the earth brought up by the shovel
Picking It up. he found that 1t was human skuil
He dropped it with a cry Of horror ana crossed
himself.
Fearing Il would get him into trouble. he
threw the skull into OF the cars WHICH take
the refuse from the excavation to the dump AT
Croton N Y. after telling other laoorers ABOUT IT,
They made q secret of their discovery and worked
with considerable uneasiness. Toward the eha oi
Pho dav a thigh bone was unearthed. Without a
word the who found 1t threw II INTO a car
and piled dirt over II Atter mat Hunl"h
bones dug up frequently ana 'he humans
worked in a state Of fear
One day a wooden box in fair state OF preserVa-
ton was brought up by the steam shovel. fore
man saw IT, and noticed that the ItalianS looked
scared They told him then about finding the sAuIl
and bones and of their belief that murder must
have been done on a wholesale scale. lie laughed
at them and told them they were probably digging
through an old graveyard. The box contained more
George A. Cunningham. jr., chief engneer Of the
oRourke company. said last night that he had
heard of the finding of the bones too late to pre-
their being sent away with the deIuSe, use. our
4 am inclined TO od ne 1aner raTevar
in the old yard Of the Womans Hospital Just
how old the graveyard Is, J. or course have
come across cofins in fair state Of preservation
would appear to indicate that the graveyard Is
not a very old one"
He said there was little chance Of the finding Of
arI1 more homes as the cxcavating now
through solid rock, but he had given orders that If
more were found they should be preserved.
SThe Woman'e Hospital building torn down
about a year ago, to make room for the Central
IMPROVEMENTS 4 new hospital is being erected in
West One-hundred-and- only clinic Of
the hospital is open. An empioye there sald last
1 old al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
"U'1NC" is TACCINATED.
Lyric Theatre Fumigated. DIR.
BcnscI Says Managers Deny 1t.

According to DR. Walter Bensei. assistant sani-
tary superintendent Of the Health Department. in
charge of CONTAGIOUS diseases. last Monday night
chorus man named Wahle in the company now pre-
sentiug Wang at the Lyric Theatre was discov-
cred to have smallpox and at once removed TO
the Kingston Avenue Hospital. in Brooklyn His re-
moval was followed by a Wholesale vaccination OF
the wang company a fumigatou OF his dressing
room and clothes and a disinfectOn OF the theatre
the doctor SAYS Wahle DR. Bensel declares had
been feeling i'll for a week. and on Monday his face
broke ont so that ne went TO n physician, and
the case came TO DR.. Bensel's attention. He at
once took action. sending DR.. Bauvelt and two as
sistants to the theatre to vaccinate and fumigate
He says that the is light one. and that with
the precautions taken there Is no danger to the
public.
The managers Of the theatre tell q different
story or rather they tell no story at ALL denying
all knowledge OF any case of smallpox in the COM
pany or of a fumigation OF the theatre and general
vaccination De Wolf Hopper. the star of Wang
said last night that he had not been vaccinated.
and that so far as he knew there had been no gen
eraI vaccination in his company.
81 believe tina. several OF the chorus We're
vaccinated few days ago, however he said. be
cause they had been eating n boarding house I'm
Tvyenty-eighth-st where there had been a OF
what was at first supposed to be smallpox. The
person who was sick wasn't n member OF this COM
pany but he had been IN contact with the men who
ate at that boarding house. of course. precau-
tIons were taken. Down in Philadelphia, before we
came TO New-YorH fve of the chorus girls had to
for a similar reason. But understand that the
present case wasn't one OF smallpox after all for
the sick man wasn't taken TO North Brother
Dr Rensel reiterated last night his statement
that ali precautions had been taken 10 safeguard
tba nUhlIr and that no danger could result from
attending the performances OF Wang"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
VENT KILLED HIMSELF.
SO CORONER'S JURY SAYS.
Verdict Disagreed With-DetectiUes
Still Work on Case.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE rnrBuxE.I

Big Stone Gap. Va May 1.-THE Wentz IN
quest closed this evening and the coroner's jury
brought in a verdict that the dead man was
killed by the discharge of his own pistol. acct
denta!ly or with suicidal intent No reason
could be found as to why he went TO the place
where his body was found. unless he was going
TO transact business with Charles Wax and
took a roundabout way. The bullet found yes
terday was practically proved TO have come from
the pistol Wentz had.
Disagreement with the verdict is heard on all
sides It is conten ed that. when last seen,
Wentz was in the best Of spirits AMI that never
before or since his death has there come TO
light any motive for his self-destruction. The
accident theory is discarded, because the bullet
pierced his heart too truly and the revolver
was found some distance from the body.
on the other hand, il is pointed out that
Wentz had sndeavored TO stamp out the Illicit
stills in the wild region around about his mines.
raids on the law breakers having been made at
his instigation. The WEI known thirst for ven
geauce Of the "groundhog" distiIler, who stops
at nothing I'm his quest for satisfaction, seems to
bear out the ambush and murder theory The
idea that he was kidnapped and held for ran
som. but subseq ueutly murdered, - no longer
entertained.
The Weutzes' lawyer says that the Ncrdic' IS a Il
right but it is understood that the Pinkertons
are still working on the case. The family left
here last night for Philadelphia taking the BODY
with them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
CHAMBERMAID's REVENGE.
Discharged Employe Attacks Gregorian Bell
boys-Guests Scared

Bridget Horn of No @21s Chestnut-st.. a
chambermald at the Ciregoriar, No 40 West
Thirty-ffth ST. was discharged on Tuesday af-
ternooa. Yesterday she determined TO he re-
venged She suddenly appeared in the main
corridor of the hotel. red with rage and redolent
OF alcohol.
The hallboys. dressed In gray wigs knee trous-
ers. silk stockings and long coats. and an abun-
dance of gold braid and brass buttons. caught
her eye and she began TRADE OF abuse that
could be heard on nearly every floor of the hotel
Sure an ye ought to be ashamed o yersels.
livery mithers son o ye, an ye Irishmen too"
she yelled What are We doin' wi them English
togs on We? Yer fathers and mithers would
blush for shame IL they could see ye!'
Then followed language that would nave done
credit to the proverbial pirate She next turned
her attention to the dining room, where she
threw number of dishes and glasses to the
floor, badly frightening several women who were
dining at the time.
Returning to the corridor. she snatched the
wigs from one bellboy after another. and
trampled the despsed head covering under foot.
Down with them English airs!' she shouted
Down with the English, anyhow!
Just then a policeman arrived. who had her
locked I'D In the West Thirtieth-st station on
@ charge OF being drunk and disorderly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
MARCHING ON HAI-CHENG.
JAPANESE PUSHING WEST.
Russians Said To Haze Destroyed
Port arthur Fleet.

DISPATCHES from Generals Kuropatkin,
sakbsrof and Karkeyitch made it apparent
that Japanese operations to control the whole
n Southern Manchuria are under way. One
cclnmn is moving westward toward Hal
Cbenc. another is active in the region Of
Taku-Shan and thirty japanese vessels are
-enorted off Cape Terminal. Another strong
force has been dispatched to Samaja to
,b-eoten Lao Y ang from the flank.
Admiral Togo reported heavy explosions
.,o,r Port Arthur, and an unofficial dispatch
,-bicb reached Che-Foo said that the Russians
had DESTROYED the warships in the harbor.
There was no confirmation of the statement.
A train loaded with ammunition from
lrioo-Yang entered Port Arthur, the Japanese
waking 10 attempt to impede its trip.
Two hundred Cossacks attacked Anju.
They were repulsed by the garrison. The
..Tananese report made no mention of losses.
New-Chwang is still held by Russians
although all preparations have been made for
departure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
ODELL EXPECTED TO-DAY.
Spends Day on appropriation Bills
-SereraI Measures Signed.
ts7 TELEGRAPH TO TIE TzIsUsE-I


ALBANY MAY 11.-GOvernor Odell will go 70
New-YorIx tomorrow If he completes his work
on the Appropriation and supply bills. He has
been working at them nearly all day. and II Is
believed Will send them TO the Office OF the Sec
retary of state tomorrow afternoon His ON
nibus veto is not expected until his return from
New-YOrk. he did not take up any except
appropriation bills to-day. It Is still expected
that he will veto the Remsen East River Gas.
the Niagara Power and the j. T. Smith Dutchess
County Water bills.
Governor Odell signed several measures to-
day including a bill appropriating 100000 for
the Adirondack Park and $4,000 for the Catskill
Park He also signed Senator Fftzgerald's bill
permitting the registration with the Secretary os
state of the names of rural places OF residence.
a bill Incorporating the United Engineering So
ciety. 10 which Andrew Carnegie has promised
to give 81 100000; the Lewis bill reducing from
10 l per cent the tax on premiums OF insur-
ance companies of other cOuntries-(this is 20
meet the Canadian ratel-and Senator Elsberg's
measure authorizing the New-York Fire Com
missioner in his discretion TO appoint 10 the
uniformed force any person who has been and
now is on the payroll of any company OF the
Fire Department of said city In the capacity OF
acting engineer or acting assistant engineer.
The Union Engineering Building is designed 10
be a home for three national engineering societies
and the Engineers Club. in West Forteth-st-. fac
ing Bryant Park. As originally proposed the pro-
iect embraced the American Society of Civil En-
gineers The civil engineers. however. by ballot
declined 20 take part IL was understood that Mr..
Carnegie is agreeable to the physical separation
of the building for the societies and that for the
club
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
SPOTTED FEVER RECORD.
Largest Number of Cases Since
Epidemic of 1872.

Although the ofhcials OF the Health Depart
ment have been predicting less prevalence of
cerebro-spinal meningitis with the arrival of
warmer weather, the disease which is also
called spotted fever has been increasing in
the city steadily for several weeks. and there
are no indications at present of abatement. The
disease is not classed contagious, in the sense
that physicians are required to report all cases
coming to their notice. and therefore the only
reports by which the Health Department
tell the status of the disease are the reports Of
deaths. In the appended table are shown the
deaths In the city from cerebro-spinal meningitis
for ten weeks of this year compared with those
for the corresponding weeks Of last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
AUTO STOPS BEFORE CAR.
Machinery Goes Wrong = Driuer
Hurled to Street an Crash.

W q AInernott of Pittsburg. who is staying at
the waldorf had a number OF friends out for a
ride in his big six seated touring yesterday
afternoon When the driver was taking the ma
chine hack 10 the garage in West Thirty-second-
St. something went wrong. as he was crossing
sixth-ave and the automobile stopped directly
across the track. a southbound trolley was
too near for the motorman TO stop. and the
crashed into the automobile, knocking 1t several
feet. heavy 1t was. Several panes OF glass in
the were shattered.
street. but escaped with only few bruises. There
We're only two or three people In the car the
time. and none OF them were hurt The damage
TO the automobile the driver said. would amount
to not less than 81 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-12
SAYS HEARST WANTS MONEY BACK.
His Representative Demands Return of Gift
Forced on Rent Protective Association.

Following the peaceful ending OF the East Side
rent comes a controversy between a repre-
sentative Of William r Hearst and Samuel kat
OF No 22l East Seventh-st, organizer or the New
York Rent Protective Association Katz said YES
terday that gtft OF $50 was forced on the Or
ganization by Mr.. Hearst to b. used IN aiding
the victims Of the rent war. and after several
unsuccessful efforts return the money 10 Mr
Hearst the money finally spent FOR the pur-
pose TOR which II given. Katz says that on
Tuesday he was told by Mr.. Hearsts representa-
tive that the 500 must be returned to Mr.. Hearst.
According TO statement made yesterday by Katk
So was collected from poor tenants and paid 20
Mr. Hearst in settlement for his gift OF 500.