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4l3 West i27th street, We're warned by a
policeman who helped them get out. Ruth
Eckhnd, wears old grabbed up the BABY
and got it out of the house;
Other families IN the Gulch had the same
exnerience. There we're seven frame houses
back in the Gulch. Every. one OF them
was flooded. In Scheibers house the rush
of water turned over piano and drove
it against the wall.
WATER IN THE-BEER.
Anton Schwartz, president OF Bern
heimer 4 Schwartz SAID the brewery vas
out of business for a while. One cellar
275 feet long and 100 feet wide. containing
vats casks beer and ale, was completely
flooded. Another cellar, fronting on Am,
steriam avenue. 100 feet long, was hlled
up. The ammonia plant the electrlc hgnl- :
ing plant and the refrigerating plant were
drowned out and there was heavy damage
to machinery. .
The water carried kegs and barrels of
beer and ale out of the brewery and floated
them into West l2sth street and Amsterdam
avenue. In the stables were 25o horses.
got the horses out by wading them name
high through West l2sth street. Nr,
Schwartz expected to lose few OF these
horses from the exposure.
Morning side avenue from l21th to l25th
street was three foot lake for nearly an
hour Another lake form d at Amsterdam
avenue and laGtn street Every place
whe e the ground was low the water made
a deep pool which took from one to two
hours TO drain off In the meantime, the
streets were absolutely impossible.
The power house of the Third avenue
trolley line was flooded, and the line was
tied zip for an hour and ha II. At l2Sth
street and Amst rdam avenue the Metropol-
itan, Adams. American and United States
Express companies. which have agencies
in the same building, lost heavily,
The basement Of st, Joseph's rrochal
school, at Morningside avenue and l27th
street, filed with water. The ,gymna-
SUM in the basement was turned into q
swimming tank, apparatus afoat. St.
Joseph's Church, at l?jth street and Morn
ingside avenue, got a dose of the muddy
water in the basement. Along Amsterdam,
Manhattan and Morningside avenues there
wasn't storekeeper who hadn't good
stock Of water in his cellar.
PANIC on THE CARS.
The trolley cars ght it worst at Amster-
dam avenue and l27th street and at Morn
ingside avenue and 125th street. When
the flood banked up around the cars, the
passengers went into panic. The police
and the street car employees got them out
by loading them on to wagons. Horses
had to splash through two or three feet OF
water before the passengers '~ald 6e landed
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Referee Blames the 1i0nmOuth's Captain
Tor Collision with the COrsair.

TRENTON. Feb H.. Former Judge Villa m
G. Choste filed an opinion as referee to-day
sustaining j. p. Morgan in libel instituted
by him for dana ges resulting from COL
ison bet ween his yacht Corsair and the
Monmouth, returning from the interna :
tional cup races in 1909 The amount Of
DANA ges claimed was small, hut Mr. Morgan,
who was on heard the yacht at the itne
with Mayor Wea YER and party Of friends.
was determined to justify the sea anshir
Of his skipper through the courts.
The decision of the referee holds that
the Monmouth, was solely al fault. When
the collision occurred the Corsair, Mon
mouth and the Josephine, with P. A. h.
Midener the owner, on hoard, were coming
up the bay in bunch.
lhe monmouth tried to rass the Corsair.
but in doing so rev in so close to the latter,s
bow that the Corsair was dragged into col.
lsion by the suction ana slightly CANA ged.
II was claimed by the owners Of the Nom
mouth that her captain was prevented from
keeping off on account Of sailing vessel
which was crossing her bow.
Mr.. Choate held that the Monmouth
being the overtaking vessel, should eitl Or
have kept Off safe distance from the CCe.
sair or Slowed down. MIR. Morgan received
a copy of the decision just before sailing
for EUROPE to-day.
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REFORW BILLS SIGNED.
Penn! packer Approves New Laws o Purify
Politics IN n,lsyIyaniA.

Politics IN PENNSYLVANIA.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Feb. l7.--Cov. Penny
packer this afternoon signed four of the
most important reform bills adopted by the
Pennsylvania Legislature in its recent extra
session
The Sheatn personal registration bill
abolshes the old slipshod method of indirect
registration of voters under which from
$4,000 to 80 900 fraudulent names were kept
on the registry lists in Philadelphia. 1t
requires each voter to register personally
and includes many of the features Of the
New York law,
The White uniform primary election law
does away with the system of separate part
primaries under which gangs ~ mercenares
could be voted in the primaries Of both the
Democratic and Republican, parties. The
new plan requires that all parties shall
nominate their candidates on the same
day at the same polling paceA under direc-
ton of the regular election oificer1.
The Jackson treasury bill is aimed St the
old machine scheme Of farming out" the
$40, 900 900 State surplus among politically
favored banks 1t provides y heavy penalty
for ira Ticking In public funds and deprives
the State Treasurer of his arbitrary power
to select depos tories.
The other billsigned reapportons the state
Senatorial districts for the first time since
The sun., 1906-02-18
NEW CAPTAIN TO SIT on TONGS.
Tracy Fired From Elizabeth St. to Jamaica
ScfOtt man Vice Versa.

Commissioner Bingham left Police Head
quarters earlier than is his custom yester-
day, but before going he made an important
transfer
Capt Patrick j. Tracy of the Elizabeth
street stat ion house was deposed as czar
of Chinatown and sent to jamaica. l.. I.
Capt. Herman W. Schlottman comes in
from Jamaica to take Tracy's place,
There WIS story going the rounds at
Headquarters yesterday that Commits
eioner Bing ham and Commissioner Wood
bury had had row because the former
wanted to abolish the Street Cleaning pe-
paIt mcNt detail.
Are you going to abolish the Street
Cleaning Department squad?" the General
was asked.
Nothing 10 say
How many men have you detailed to
that duty?'
-Thirty-fve.' said the Commissioner, be-
ginning to move restlesSly.
=, it rot true that First Deputy O'kcoffe
wro,e To Deputy Superintendent Smith
requesting him to detail eighteen swecpers
w DUTY in the station houses
Nothing 10 say"
isn't II true, General that cop gets
ju.i twice what a street sweeper gets. and
mat tho eighteen cleaners make mp the
inc Oops from Mr.. O'Kee'e's force de-
tailed to Supt. Smiths offiee?'
Nothing to say. Ask O'kecHe.
Did you want those men from Corulnis =
-ioner v oodbury 10 clean the house, or
n doormen?"
Well We need doormen," said the Com
missioner with a smile.
Then. suddenly Strengthening, the Com
missioner said with Il deal Of emphasis
1T means that. il ] have to give men
from my department tn help them out,
why can't I have some Of their mon to help
me-"
You had a talk with Commissioner
Woodbury., ddn'. you?'
YES; he was here. aud we til taii;, but
have nothing to say about our tonver-
sation or its outcome.
Deputy WALDO and an official Of the
street Cleaning Department took trip
around town yesterday in an nuto. but
just what for the Commissioner declined to
say.
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LOST DRAFTS RECOVERED.
Mechanics Bank Receivers 80 ,OOO W Orth
or Paper Its Messenger Lost.

The notes and drafts amounting in value
to $1,000 which were lost on Friday by
Fred Ennis. messenger employed by the
Mechanics Bank. in Brooklyn, were re-
covered yesterday. George Hops. letter
carrier. found them in letter box at briggs
avenue and North Eleventh. street. Brook
Iyn. This is only few blocks away from
the spot where Messenger Ennis discovered
his loss.
The slos in cash which was with the
drafts was not recovered. Letter Carrier
Kops turned the drafts over to Assistant
Postmaster Newcomb in Brooklyn and
he sent tLem to the Mechancs' Bank.
The sun., 1906-02-18
/" Most Effective Medicine Ever Tried
for La G,lppe."

Roht. L. Madison. A. NJ, Principal of
Cullowhee High School Painter, \. c., is
chairman of the jackson County Board OF
Education. He has for nearly six years
been teaching in Painter.
He is a writer Of occasional verse and
has contributed to a number OF leading
papers and magazines-r igious, edu-
cational and secular.
In speakin Of Peruna, MIR. Madison says:
Il am hardly ever without Peruna in my
home 1t is the most effective medicine
that have ever tried for la grippe.
1T also cured my wife Of nasal catarrh
Her condition at one time was such. that
she could not at night breathe through her
ncs'rils.
"In consequence, n infamed condition
of the throat was brought about, getting
worse and worse. and Welding to no remedy
until Peruna was tried.
For special instructions. address Dr.
Hartman President of the Hartman Sani-
tart UNI Columbus Ohio.
The sun., 1906-02-18
TO OLST CHICAGO HELLO 20.
Action VIII He Taken TO Deprive II u tse
OS CITY Streets,

CHICAGO, Feb. l7.Action to forfeit the
franchise Of the Chicago Telephone Com
pany under the decision Of the State Su-
preme Court will be taken by the city at
once, and Mayor Dunno will hold a confer
ence with States Attorney Healy to urge
that quo warranto suit to oust the COM
pany from the streets should be instituted
in the lower courts at once.
Assistant Corporation Counsel MhcLay
Hoyne. who represented the city before
the Supreme Court, submitted his report
to the executive to-day.
The city will take the position that the
company no longer has any rights in the
city under it's ordinance Of 1889, and arrange
ments will probably be made to issue
revocable license until the council grants
a new franchise
The sun., 1906-02-18
WOMAN PREVENTS A WRECK.
haEs Express with Apron After Discover.
Ing q Twisted Rail.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. i7.--With her
apron rs danger signal Mrs. Mary Francis
prevented the wreck Of the Harrisburg
express near Middletown ferry, on the
Northern Central Railroad this morning
Two men waving their hats vigorously
accompanied her as she ran down the tracks I,
but engineer Frank Bull said the apron
flung high in the air attracted his attention.
Mrs. Francis was carrying dinner to her
husband when she discovered II twisted
rail. and she knew that wreck was inevi-
table unless the warning was given. She
got there just in time. Passengers on the
express were hurled from their seats. but
the train was saved.
The sun., 1906-02-18
YO,OIr FARMS FOR SALE.
Facilities for the Employment OF so 1000
More Farm Lab0rers In This state.

albany, Feb. l7.-From bulletin issued
to-day by State Agricultural Commissioner
Wieting it appeared that 2ooco farms are
for ,aie in this State and facilities exist
for m the employment Of probably 5000
additional agricultural laboners;. Nearly
all these farms have good buildings and
lar farm purposes. have fruit trees upon
them and possess, soil which with prefer
Descriptions of som" go farms are in
Guided In the hlllletin.
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C.n,pc,itto, fo- Walsh Railroads.

CHICAGO. Feb. lit is understood that
the sale Of the Walsh railroads will be com
pleted within the next ten days or two
weeks. Negotiations are said TO be in
progress between the Clearing House com.
mittee and five railroad companies and
two large syndicates. II is understood that
this lively competition for the properties
will enable the Clearing House committee
to lia,iidate the assets at very satisfactory
figure
The sun., 1906-02-18
Wills Earning Good Dividends.

FALL RIVER, Mass. Feb. 1.-THE quar-
terly 'ta. 'ment of mill dividends shows
a ti.trl. tion Of s4?s.C50 on capital
Of s22, $40 .OCO. or 1888 per cent. This is at
the rate Of ~ rer cent. year. Out OF
thirty-fve corporal ions on the set only
Xix nas,ed "A dividend, and even IN these
Xix the total earnings were large enough
TO- warrant a dividend il the money was
moi reuuired in repairs and renewals.
The sun., 1906-02-18
Systemic Catarrh, the Result OF La
Grippe. Pe.ru.na Receives Credit
for Present Good Health.

Mrs. Jennie W, Gilmore. Box A. White
Oak, Ind, Ter. formerly Housekecper for
Indiana Reform School for Bows, writes
six years ago | had la grippe, which
was followed bv systemic catarrh.
THE only thing | used was Peruna and
Manalin. and have been in better health
the last three years than for wears before.
Il give Pernna all the credit for my good
health.
Pe.ru.ns A Tonic After La Grippe.
Mrs. Chas. K. Wells, Sr, Della ware, Ohio,
writes:
After n severe attack of la grippe
took Peruna and found il ii very good
tonic
Judge Horatio j Goss Hartwell, Ga,
writes Il had severe spell of la grippe
which left me with systemic catarrh A
friend advised me to try Peruna. lhe
third bottle comnleicd the Cllre
The sun., 1906-02-18
CAUGHT BY THE GR|P--
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.
La Grippe Is Epidemic Catarrh

tonaiity. % 1P",e' The cultured it, esA'' and the the
ignorant, the aristocrat and the
pauper, the nlasses and the classes are
all subject to ,iIh,Ig "a grippe None are e'-
La grippe ia we'll named. The original
term. Ia grippe, is French. but it has been
word. grip"
Without any intention of doing SO a
the disease exactly.
The. aiment .clngs to the patient, as
tenacio,lsl as If some. terrible giant had
clutched him In fatal clasp.
Men. women and children whole towns
and cities are caught in the baneful grip
OF this terrible monster.
Have you the grip! Or. rather. has the
grip caught your If 80 read the following
letters.
These testimonials will show You the
quickest and best means Of Kidding your.
self of this tenacious disease and its after
effects.
Suffered Twelve Years From After.
Effects of La Grippe.
MIR. Victor patneaude 32y Madison st
Topeka kas., n well-known carpenter and
member OF knights and Ladies OF Security,
writee.
Twelve years go had severe attack
OF la grippe. and never really recovered
my hea'lh hHh s,TeiRtn-Dui gre" "eukeI
every year, until was unable TO work.
Two years ago | began using Peruna
and il built up my strength so that in a
couple of months | was able to go to work
again,
This winter 7 had another attack OF
la grippe, but Pcr,na soon drove il out Of
my system.
MY wife and consider pcruna house
hold remedy,
Pneumonia Followed La Grippe
Pe.ru.ns. the Remedy That
Brought Relief.
Mr.. T. Barnecott West Aylmer, Ontario,
Can. writes:
Last winter was i'll with pneumonia
after having. Ia grippe. ] took Peruna
for two months. when became quite well
II in reasonable time and al little eX-
pense.
Every time I take cold ] take some
Peruna. which makes me well again.
II also advised 1t for my daughter, who
was so i'll with prostration that she could
not follow her trade Of dressmaking.
"A bottle of Peruna made such a change
in her that she has heen able to follow her
trade ever since,
IL also induced young lady. who was
all run down and confined to the house.
to take Peruna. and after taking Peruna
for three months she is able to follow her
trade of tailoring.
-'"T can recommend Peruna for all such
who are i'll and require tonic
Mrs. Jane Gift, Athens, Ohio. writes:
six years ago had la grippe very bad
been cured of grip by Peruna. My husband
bought me bottle of Peruna. was soon
able to do my work. continued using it
until ] was cured.
The sun., 1906-02-18
ISCIDENTS OF THE FLOOD.


The firemen of Engine Company 81. at
word of the trouble first. An excited
brewery workman from Bernheimer Il
Schwartzs burst into the firehouse yelling
that the brewery was full of water.
"Ach, Gott," he cried. "Come quick.
Women and children are on the tops of
houses and may be drowning.
The word went quickly to Engine Company
IS at Amsterdamavenue andI.awrence street,
and to Hook and Ladder Company, 80, at
i3oth street and Amsterdam avenue. Lieut..
Cummings got fifteen men together and
made for the bre very. He and his men
got glimpse or two Of the brewery men
rushing their big horses out Of a torrent
that was tearing through l3Sth street be-
tween the brewery and the power house OF
the Third avenue trolley line. The horses
were struggling for footing in the food, but
the tinmsn didn't stop for that. They
made for the "Gulch. which lies in the low
ground Just east Of the bravery along l27th
street up to Convent avenue.
When they got there they saw men,
screaming for help. Ten feet of muddy
water already filed the gulch and water
was still pouring over from Convent avenue,
Lieut., Cummings and, some of his men
waded breast high and got into Henry
the rear of the brewery. They found
Nogel. his wife Kate and a small boy on
the second floor The tiremen got them
out by making bridge of ladders from
the roof of Vogel's house to "A lumber pile.
Willie, the boy, wouldn't 90 at all until
Cummings promised to save skye terrier
he owned.
Cart. Walker and half dozen men went
| into + red Baumgartner's house also, at the
rear of the brewery, and took out Baum
gartner, his wife ana their six children.
Mrs. Baumgartner was so frightened that
she ran away, leaving six-months-old
baby in the arms of a fireman.
The family of Louis Scheiber at 400 West
i2nh street got out safely, but Scheiber 3
! Chickens all except three, were drowned.
| One chicken go, to the limb of tree. An
/ other saved itself by getting to the roof,
and third was found on an upper stair
way.
Jake Scheurer. who lives at 4O7 West
Io7th street. stables horses for truckmen
and gardeners. He got five out, but one
was drowned.
At 42l West 127th street William Reck-
nall and his family of five lived. They
Just had time to get to the roof when the
waters tumbled into the gulch. The fire.
men got to them by making board bridges
from the street. The mother of Recknall
very old woman, was sick in bed, and q
sturdy fireman bundled her up in a blanket
and carried her over the shaky planks.
Mira. Lizzie Ecklund and her ohildrsn, ~
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had been smashed, but he couldn't ge
near taen for the flood He ran back to
the s. ,tion after about fifteen minutes.
Get out and pick up the mems he said.
The Superintendent and his assistant
got eight Italians employed by the Water
Department and went to work closing the
gates, They got the job done after hard
tusse. Water was flowing through from
the Croton dam at twelve pounds pressure
power 1t may have been forty five minutes
after the blast when McDonough got all
the gates closed The Water Department
people weren't sure about how long it took.
One man said it was nearer an hour.
McDonough then called up the office Of
the Water Depart ment and not fled the man
on watch. He sent word to C. H. Bull
assistant engineer in charge of mains and
distribution, and to every other official
that could be reached by phone, 1t was
two hours after he trouble when Engineer
Bull got there and the work of digging out
the mains got well started.
BY 9 O'Clock the Water Department had
rounded up every laborer il could get hold
of and put them TO work clearing away he
rock, Engineer Bull found out by hat
broken. As soon as he located I he seat of
he trouble he turned OH he flow in the
big main which Iuns under East l25th
street and supplies feeders for that sec ion
of Harlem. Later on water was turned on
in ano, her main which runs through West
1lOth street. The theirs will have to be
kept turned off until full pairs are made.
The eight mains which run side by side
through Convent avenue connect with the
new aQueouct at 135th street. Six of them
run straight to the reservoir in Central
Park anu two serve as feeders for Harlem.
service, and for this reason. the engineers
said few persons would find their supply
affected. The Water Department expected
trouble from the temporary turning off of
the two Harlem mains, hut these were put
hack in service within few hours. The
six that run to Central Park are feeders for
the reservoir. 1t was two Of these that were
broken
The sun., 1906-02-18
~. EseAs USeUa PSse1 AA0 oss"sss" ~
= $$KO::;''G(!:;'Hi:j|' ::;'' Z : e & Co.
Three Bly, Busting Sale Days OF
HOUSEHOLD SUNDRIES.
None c. O. d.
mo Mail Orders. 4

mo Mail Orders. None G. O. d.
CoR Monday Tuesday and Wednesday name prices on ou
r hold Helps that wholly without precedent Immense savings
on standard articles the Koch high grade verable ieas
for the economica in days Of sensational selling
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-22
w. G.. Il. L.
Where is the trouble?
Who is to blame!

Where is the trouble!
Who is to blame!
What is the disturbing element!
We answer, whiskey, the rum
traffic. 1t is the disturbing ele-
ment in every conceivable thing
that stands for the upbuilding of
the human race, and has been in
our country ever since it was first
rolled ashore in barrels into the
colony, and became the disturbing
element between the Indians and
the whites. 1t is the disturbing
element in more than one home in
Valentine right now. 1t is to
blame for more than half the mis-
cry and poverty of.every town in
the state. The trouble is, it is sim
ply allowed to remain, that is all.
An attorney, who seems won
derously wise in the eyes Of tho
saloon ring, and who has a pecul-
lar interest to try to make black
appear white in court, would have
the public believe Col. Holt has
been the disturber of the peace in
Valentine. If we just had a few
more such men as Col. Holt to
travel around throughout the
country, to stir up the rubbish
caused by the saloons and expose
the corruption existing beneath it
to the view of the public, possibly
the good citizens of not only Val
entine, but every other town would
be aroused to the fact that good
cleaning up spelP' would be
wholesome to the community and
would use every effort to elect
men to office who would have an
interest in the elevation of the
moral standard of the town, and
who would have the protection Of
the people at heart.
The w. G.. T. Z. COMMITTEE.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-22
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1906.

What we may look for from
congress is not encouraging while
the senate remains majority for
the trusts and corporations. The
senate may defeat any and all
legislation for the people, against
the trusts and remain secure from
condemnation of their constituents,
shifting the blame or responsibility
to one another, each claiming to
be ready to help if there were only
a show. The Hepburn bill has
passed the house almost unami-
mously, but will be defeated in
the senate or crippled so as to work
no injury to the railroads, or good
to the people, if passed. Our rep
resentatives will return to us in
the spring rejoicing how they have
covered themselves with glory in
the lower house, but what will it
mean to the people of the United
States, who have long submitted
to robbery under republican rule
and are now looking for relief!
The general reply or answer to the
people is long list of figures,
showing what a glorious country
we live in, and what wonderful
prosperity the farmers have en-
ioyed, and how much better they
are faring than people in other
countries, and wind up with an
appeal to the patriotism of the
people; ''how we licked the rebs
and preserved the union, and say,
don't you want your pension In
creased" or, Pm trying to get
an appropriation from the govern
ment to build a postoffice in your
town." or some other evasion that
will answer or satisfy local con-
ditions. Whatsour people should
expect is, results that can't be dis
puted. We're tired of this boast
of what's going to be done when
we get together again and that the
president is going to recommend
so and so, and that he may call ar
extra session and so on. What S
going to be done in this congress;
What's going to be done now!
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-22
Who Stole VIM. Francke's
Horses?

Several weeks ago VIM. Francke
missed two horses from the pas
ture above the road near the mill
pond, and last Saturday found one
of them in the possession of Chas.
Salmon and Will Hollenbeck who
drove to town from North Table.
They claimed to have purchased
the horse from an Indian named
Good Boy who was arrested and
lodged in Jail yesterday. Chas.
Salmon and Will Hollenbeck were
also arrested and gave bond for
appearance. Good Boy says he
did sell a horse, but not the horses
that are in question.