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Deworraiit Madan. Raging Floods Cary Great Destruction to Belefonc
gi Bellefonte, Pa., March 7, 1902.
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Democratic County Committee for 1902. |
Joux J. Bower, Chairman,
Precinct. Name. P. O. Address.
Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford Bellefonte
2 SW P. H. Gerrity, Ae
fe WW zeo. R. Meek, Ax
Centre Hall Boro J.D. Dauberman, Centre Hall
Howard se Abe Weber, Howard
Milesburg (George Noll, Milesburg
Millheim ft F. P. Musser, Millheim
Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens
$s 2nd W Ed. J. Jones,
1s srd WA. J. Graham, £€
8. Philipsburg Harry C. Wilcox, &
State College Boro M. S. McDowell, State College
Unionville ¢ Geo. W. Rumberger, Fleming
Bennér Twp. N P Bellefonte
“ S > .
Philipsburg
J. F. Grove,
John Ishler,
Boggs Twp. N P Orvis Ferzer, Yarnell
Tae E P G.H. Lyman, Roland
£8 WP Jas. W. Fulmer, Milesburg
Burnside Twp. Wm. Hipple, Pine Glenn
College ie 1. J. Dreese, Lemont
Curtin $ Peter Robb, Jr. Romola
Ferguson *“ E P Wm. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills
ks “ W P [Isaac Harpster, Gatesburg
Gregg Twp. NP Geo. W. Ream, Penns Cave
te E P Frank Fisher, Penn Hall
$t WP William Pealer, Spring Mills
Haines Twp. W PF. W. Keister, Aaronsburg
ts EP
E. M. Boone, Feidler
Half Moon Twp. J: P. Sebring, Loveville
Harris R.'B. Harrison, Boalsburg
Howard 3 Robert Confer, Howard
Huston 4 John Murphy . Julian
Liberty £6 E. W. Gardner, Blanchard
Marion $6 J. W. Orr, Walker
Wolfs Store
Rebersburg
Madisonburg
Buffalo Run
Coburn
Potters Mills
Centre Hall
Miles Twp ¥ P Wm. H. Zeigler,
M P Jno. N. Moyer,
£5 W PE. H. Zeigler
Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey,
Penn £2 A. L. Auman,
Potter “ 8S P F. A, Carson,
ke * 'N PD. K. Keller,
$s « W. Pp P,B. Jordon, Colyer
Rush “ N P. Wm. Frank, Philipsburg
te ¢« 8 P John J. Wayne, Osceola Mills
Snow Shoe E P Martin McLaughlin,Snow Shoe
£8 W P Wm. Kern, Moshannon
Spring Twp. N P Jas. C. Carson, Bellefonte
se S P James H. Uorl, Pleasant Gap
$4 W P Jno. L. Dunlop, Bellefonte
Taylor Twp. J. 'T. Merryman, Hannah
Union *¢ A. B.Hall, Fleming
Walker Twp E P 8. Peck, : Nittany
st M P J.D. Miller, Hublersburg
3d W_P 8S. H. Shaffer, Zion
Worth *¢ W. T. Hoover, Port Matilda
The Prince Made Tour of Chicago’s Busi-
ness Section.
Put Wreath on Lincoln's Tomb. Did not Visit the
Steck Yards nor did He Venture on an Automobile
Ride—His Reception of Little Barbara Ozburn.
Milwaukee's Guest Six Hours.
CHICAGO, March 4.—Bright skies and
sharp, bracing atmosphere greeted Admiral
Prince Heury when he awoke this morning
after a night of strenuous entertainment in
Chicago. The distinguished visitor called
for his coffee at 7:45 o’clock and an hour
later breakfasted in his private apartments
in the Auditorium hotel.
How to dispose of two hours time that
had not been provided for caused consid-
erable speculation. A suggestion had been
made that the Prince visit the stock yards
incognito but later this was supplanted by
an automobile ride with the famous Henri
Fournier as chaffeur and the boulevards of
the southern part of the city as objects of
interest.
However, this proposition did not meet
with the views of the royal guest, who pre-
ferred to make a tour of the business dis-
trict of Chicago. At 9:45 the Prince, Mayor
Harrison, Chairman Eddy and Captain
Von Egidy, the Prince’s aide, entered a
carriage and were rapidly whirled away to
the Illinois trust and savings bank and
other mercantile institutions.
Previous to his departure the Prince re-
ceived little Barbara Ozburn, ten years old,
a “prodigy in pyrography.’’ The little
miss bad heen passed along the line by the
kind-hearted blue coats and detectives with
a portrait of the Prince burned in bass wood
by her own hands, ready to present to the
German admiral. Beaming a smile of wel-
come, the royal guest extended a hand to
his wee visitor, accepted the portrait,spoke
of its worth and how he would treasure it
dearly and then in turn gave Barbara an
autograph album and a parting salute.
Great crowds of people flanked every
street leading to the Auditorium. The
people began to gather about 8 o’clock, al-
though the scheduled hour. for Prince
Henry’s appearance was 11:15 o’clock.
They waited patiently in the sunshine and
as the party appeared to enter the carriage
they voiced their feelings in shouts and
cheers as long as the carriage was iu sight.
This morning the Prince visited the
tomb of Lincoln at Lincoln park. On this
trip he was the guest of Hon. Robert T.
Lincoln, son of the martyred President.
The Prince departed for Milwaukee at 2
o’clock. His program for the afternoon
and evening was as follows: Arrival at,
Milwaukee at 4 p. m. Reception by the
Mayor at the station. Military escort. to
the Exposition kall.
United Singing clubs. Drive through the
illuminated court of honor to the Hotel
Pfister. Dinner at the Hotel Pfister. De-
parture from Milwaukee at 10 p. m, for
journey eastward.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. March 4.—Milwau-
kee was the host to Prince Henry of Prussia
for six hours this evening and gave him a
reception that was highly enthusiastic and
entertainment that was unique: His special
train came at 4 o’clock, at 10 o’clock was
away again on the long run to Niagara aud:
New England. Intervening time was all
given over to the reception and entertain-
ment of the royal visitor. It began with a
drive throngh business and residential dis-
tricts in review before a crowd that num-
bered 200,000. Then there was a public
reception, at which Governor Robert La
Forlette and Mayor David S. Rose voiced
the official welcomes and the United Sing-
ing societies raised their voices in mighty
chorus. There was also asplendid illumina-
tion and a thrilling night ran of the Mil-
waukee fire department. Later there was
a banquet, at which the Prince met the
leading citizens of the city and state.
The thousands of German residents in
Milwaukee joined heartily in the welcome
of the young Prince, to whose house they
once owed allegiance, and veterans of the
German wars gathered from throughout
the state.
Henry Favors Republican Simplicity.
OTTAWA, Ont., March 3.—The govern-
ment has been notified that Prince Henry
has declined to be received on the Canadian
side of Niagara Falls with military honor.
The Prince says that he visits Canada
merely as a private citizen, with the object
of having a good view of the falls and
wishes to spend the time quietly. This
means that the salute, the guard of honor
and the escort will be dispensed with. No
doubt Lord Minto will send a representa-
tive to meet the Prince.
—_ Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
Greetings hy the |
= se A Parts of Centre County Suffer from the Effects of the
Greatest Flood on Record—One Life Lost, Another Nar-
rowly Escapes Drowning and Thousands of
Dollars Worth of Property Swept Away
or Wrecked.
Not within the memory of the oldest
citizen has there been such a flood on
Spring creek and its tributaries as was the
one on Friday that has left a path of ruin
and desolation through parts of Centre
county that it would be utterly impossible
to picture.
The great fall of snow a week previous
had had a portentious appearance, coming,
as it did, at such a late season, but it was
passing off so gradually that no danger was
apprehended until Thursday, when a warm,
gentle rain began falling. The creeks, al-
ready fairly full, began to rise slowly and
by Thursday evening there was a two-
foot flood on. All night long people on the
lowland kept watch and for the most part
they were prepared for an ordinary flood,
but as the wildest predictions fell far
below the height reached by the waters
few of them made preparations enough.
At 4 o'clock Friday morning the flood
had climbed up another foot and the gain
was more rapid. The back waters
from the immense territory drained by
Spring creek began to rush into the narrow
channel extending through Bellefonte and
onto Milesburg, causing the greatest alarm.
Within the next hour it rose another foot
and by six o’clock the stream was out of its
banks everywhere. At daylight it was
raining quite hard and there wasno hope
of the waters receding, instead they kept
rising steadily all morning and up to three
o’clock Friday afternoon, when they made
the new high water mark of 8 feet, as r1e-
corded at the High street bridge and re-
mained stationary about an hour before
they began falling slowly.
Never before in the history of Bellefonte
had there been such a flood. The waters
went fully 14 inches higher here than they
were during the memorable deluge of 1889
or the unexpected torrent that swept
down on us in the night of Feb. 22nd,
1900. While it will be absolutely impos-
sible to estimate the destruction wrought
Bellefonte was by long odds the worst suf-
ferer, Milesburg came next and the other
towns in the county suffered but slightly
in comparison.
BELLEFONTE FLOOD WRECKED.
The waters swept through Bellefonte,
leaving a trail of slime and ruin hat it
will take years to recover from.
About 9 o'clock in the morning the foot
bridge at the P. R. R. round hduse could
hold out no longer against the battering of
waters and drifting timber. Then , the
board walks along water street were lifted
up and floated-away like great snakes on
the yellow current. Shortly before noon
the stream overflowed the banks south of
the Pennsylvania passenger station and
went rushing down Race street, submerg-
ing everything and reaching a depth of two
feet in E. K. Rhoad’s coal office. By this
time the race leading to C. T. Gerberich &
Sons mill was so fall that it gave way and
the flood went raging through Crider’s
lumber yards.
With the stream gradually crawling up
closer and closer to the bottom of the High
stieet bridge and a perfect torrent rushing
down Race street people gathered in the
square hetween the Bush house and the
WATCHMAN building became very uneasy
and when the cry came that the long L.
& T. railroad trestle was going out there
was almost a panic. for it was feared that it
would carry away the High street bridge,
leaving all stranded on this island.
Fortunately the trestle did not float
down. It swung around and landed on
the island just above this building. A
small house came down the stream shortly
afterwards and in passing under the High
street bridge tore off the suspended water
main and left the western portion of town
without water.
The next bridge to go was the long trestle
leading, from the P. R. R. tracks over to
the American Lime & Stone Co’s pike
quarries. The debris had piled up against
it so high that it could no longer stand the
strain’ and gave way.
About 3 o’clock the large iron township
bridge at the nail works was carried off of
its abutments and fioated dewn the stream
like a great steam boat. It is a remarkable
fact that this bridge wae heading directly
for the grand stand on the fair grounds,
but when within a few feet of it swung out
to the left and passed that structure with-
out doing it any damage. It is certain that
had it struck the stand the destruction to
the fair grounds would have been at least
$1,000 greater. :
The fires were put outat the water works
early in the day and no more pumping
could be done. The supply in the reservoir
was soon exhausted and the town was left
without a drop of water, other than what
was to be had from cisterns and by carry-
ing from the Big Spring. This was a far
more critical situation than was at first
thonght of, for had there been a fire the
town would have been helpless and, in ad-
dition, the electiic light works could not
be operated Friday night for want of water
for the boilersand the streets were black as
nk . : i
At Jenkins and Lingle’s foundry the
men had to quit work early in the morn-
ing as all departments were flooded.
At Ardell’s lumber yards the water back-
ed up tosuch a height that the mill hands
had te quit. A great pile of boards rode
off on the waters, entailing an additional
loss of about $100.
The match works escaped with no dam-
age except through being forced to stop
work.
The Palace livery stable was flooded and
horses and carriages were dragged out of
there through three feet of water.
The Republican office press rooms were
wrecked and considerable loss of stock re-
sulted. A railroad tie floated in through
one of the windows and lodged on top of a
printing press. y
Anderson’s, Allison’s, Rine’s, Sechler &
Co’s and the Bush house cellars were full of
water and filth.
The WATCHMAN office press rooms, that
have seen so many floods, met their Water-
loo for sure on Friday. We had prepared
fer a four foot flood on the floors, but it
came five and the tables on which hun-
dreds of dollars worth of paper had been
piled were over-turned and the stock a
complete loss. Floating logs battered in
the back windews, leaving a flood of filth
into the rooms that would have appalled
anyone not so accustomed to such unwel-
come slimes, When the waters subsided
Saturday morning we had from eight to
twenty-four inches of mud and filth over
everything. There was mud, sand, stones,
corn-stalks, manure, potatoes, bunches of
green wheat, live suckers and frogs, planks
and countless other visitors extraordinary
to a well kept printing establishment. It
took four men all day Saturday and most
of the night just to shovel it out and they
have been working ever since getting the
presses and other machinery back into
working condition. The WATCHMAN’S
stock of fine papers, card boards, etc., can
be seen littering the stream from here to
Lock Haven. It all went and weare prac-
tically beginning anew again.
The Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co's.
yards were badly washed, a yellow slime
was left on the coal banks and there isa
week’s work there straightening up.
George Beezer’s livery stable was flood-
ed, but no damage done. :
P. B. Crider & Sons mill and yards were
covered but the loss is not great except
through the enforced suspension of opera-
tions until the machinery can be cleaned
up and the race repaired. Very little
lumber floated out of the yard. EL
The American Lime and Stone Co. suf-
fered the loss of the trestle mentioned
above, but aside from that reports no other
damage.
At the glass works the pots were saved
by just one inch. Had the water gone that
much higher there would have been a very
serious loss there. As it was the damage
was trifling.
The greatest havoc was played at the
new grounds of the Centre County Agri-
cultural Exhibiting Company. It was com-
pletely submerged. Hundreds of feet of
fence were carried away, the cattle sheds
across the lower end piled up against the
railroad trestle in McCoy’s dam the big ex-
hibition building floated off its foundation
and broken, ticket offices upset and the
track washed so badly that it will take
thousands of dollars to put it back into its
former condition. The track is practically
gone along the score side, but the hack
stretch is only slightly damaged.
These are the principal losses immediate-
ly around Bellefonte, but from all along
Spring Creek, Buffalo-run and Logan’s
branch come reports of destruction in the
water’s wake.
Down about the glass works John Stray-
er. Thomas Shaughensy and Richard Gun-
sallus houses were flooded. The latter's
family got awake Friday morning just in
time to get their carpets up and flee to the
second story, where they were penned up
without anything to eat except some hread
and butter and a bucket of coffee which
Samuel Hoover waded into them with Fri-
day afternoon, until noon on Saturday.
They had to take their pigs to the second
story also for safety.
The pigs at Beezer’sslaughter house were
washed out of their pens and swam clear
across the dam, where some women pulled
them out of the water by their ears.
Street commissioner Thomas Shaughensy
left home early in the morning to see about
the board walks and bridges and when he
got back his house was surrounded by
water so that he could not get into it and
his cow stood tied in the stable in water up
to her body for most of the dav.
A SERIOUS LOSS AT MCCOY'S WORKS.
Possibly the most serious loss reported is |
that of Frank McCoy. the chain and iron
maker. At the chain works the canal bank
washed away, destroying the flood gates,
while down helow the water swept through
the forge, wrecking it almost entirely. The
fore-bay was washed out, much of the ma-
chinery dismantled and the bridges carried
away. Mr. McCoy's loss will run up into
the thousands.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CRIPPLED.
The Pennsylvania railroad tracks from
the engine house here to McCoy’s works
were so badly washed as to require a large
force of men all day Sunday to repair them.
About 200 ft of track were washed out at
Dix run above Unionville and there was a
large ice gorge on the tracks near the Inter-
section. The only other damage was the
submerging of the tracks between Fleming-
ton and Lock Haven. The result of all this
was that Bellefonte was completely isolated
for two days. The last train out of Lock
Haven left there at noon on Friday and got
as far as Milesburg, where it stuck and had
to return next morning. On Saturday a
special, carrying Supt. Blair, got through
to Mill Hall, but further than that there
were no other trains over the Valley until
Sunday afternoon and they did not begin
running regularly until Monday morning.
On the Lewisburg branch it was even
worse. The early train out of Bellefonte
on Friday morning only got as far as Sink-
ing creek, west of Rising Spring, where four
benches were washed out of the bridge. It
could not get back because of a washout
that occurred later at Linden Hall. The
wash-out was fixed towards evening and
the train returned to Willowbank street,
where it stopped because the big trestle
above the station here had been swept
away after it left.
The bridge over Peunn’s creek, east of
Penn’s cave, lost a Bench, but was repaired
by Monday and the trains began running
over the road again: transferring at Sinking
creek until Wednesday, when the bridge at
that place was repaired and they could
come clear through to Bellefonte.
A LIFE LOST AT PLEASANT GAP.
The only fatality reported in the county
as a result of the flood was at Pleasant
Gap where 15 year old Charles Rimmey
lost his life.
The little monntain stream that flows
down through that village and disappears
in a sink hole, just back of ‘‘Horntown,”’
was a raging torrent. Oldest residents
say it was higher than it has ever been and
the result was that this underground chan-
nel would not carry the great volume of
water away. The hole, which is about
thirty feet deep, filled up and overflowed.
On Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock a great
crowd of children gathered aboutit to
watch the seething waters and among them
was the unfortunate boy. With youthful
daring he climbed out onto a rock that was
overhanging the hole and had scarcely
gained the perilous position, when ‘it tum-
bled into the lake carrying Charles with it.
Another rock rolled in after him and it is
supposed that it struck him while under
the water. He came to the surface and
sank again. Coming up the second time
be clutched at an overhanging bush to
which he hung until Fremont Hile, sup-
ported by several other boys, was able to
pull him up onto a rock from which a man
named William Irvin rescued him.
He was conscious, but helpless and was
carriel to his home where he lingered
about an hour and died. Dr. Emerick, of
Centre Hall, was called, hut was unable
to do anything for him and’after his death it
was discovered that his bladder had been
bursted. The boy's body was also sovered
with bruises, all of which goes to confirm
the belief that he was battered by the fal-
ling rocks, while under the water.
He was a son of David Rimmey, the
dairy-man, and was a bright, promising
lad. Burial was made Monday afternoon
in the Union cemetery at Pleasant Gap,
after services had heen conducted by Rev.
Lesher of the Lutheran church.
There wasn’t as much property damage
about Pleasant Gap as there would bave
been bad not last summer’s cloud bursts
prompted them to wall up the water
courses and secure them against breaking.
AN AGENT'S THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
“A salesman named Charles Dutton, who
travels for Bubb & Co. of Williamsport
will have reason to remember a drive he
undertook to make through ‘‘the narrows’’
from Jacksonville to Howard on Friday
afternoon. He had reached a point near
the old grist mill when his horse suddenly
fell into a wash-out, as he was attempting
to ford the stream. It floundered around
and be jumped to try to rescue it, but the
current was so swift that he could scarcely
save himself. The horse and buggy were
washed down the stream. Later the horse
was found dead, hung up on a tree and the
buggy all broken to pieces. The horse be-
longed to the firm but the buggy was L. C.
Bullock’s. Mr. Dutton had left home in a
sleigh, but left the sleigh at Milesburg and
borrowed a buggy from Bullock.
About Jacksonville the flood was the
worst ever known. Fields were washed
out, roads torn up avd the big Marion
township bridge in the gap swept away.
The loss to the township alone is estimafied
at $500.
NOT MUCH DAMAGE AT UNIONVILLE.
The streams at Unionville were not as
high as they were in 1889 and no particular
damage was done. Farms were flooded
along the bottoms between there and
Julian, though none of them were badly
washed except those of Owen Underwood
and Edgar Cleaver. :
ABOUT CURTINS WORKS AND HOWARD.
Aside from the damage to roads, and
small bridges there wasn’t any particular
loss in the vicinity of Curtin’s Works.
About Howard the roads were badly
washed and many small bridges washed
away. The cellars of some of the houses
were filled with water, but there was no
great property loss except to the township
1n roads and bridges. .
Along Marsh Creek, however, farms were
wrecked, fences and bridges swept away
and general dilapidation left in the wake
of the flood.
PENNA FURNACE SUFFERS.
Brown’s saw mill near Penna. Furnace
was at the mercy of Spruce creek for sever-
al hours, but the water did no further
damage than to suspend the work for a
couple of days until it could be cleaved up.
Both bridges at Woomer’s grist mill were
washed away at Graysville and there were
bad washouts in the roads though farm
lands suffered little by the overflow because
the ground was frozen so hard. °*
The tracks on the J.ewisburg and Tyrone
railroad were washed out at George Bol-
linger’s and the Hostlerso that trains could
not get through for a day.
ABOUT MILESBURG.
Scenes ahout Milesburg were far more
serious looking on Friday than they proved
to be after the waters subsided. While
Spring creek was higher than it was ever
known to have been before Bald Eagle
creek was notas high as it was in the mem-
orable June flood of 1889, Houses in Cen:
tral City were surrounded, cellars filled
with water and huge cakes of ice bobbed up
and down against frontdoors as the muddy
current swept by, but aside from the filth
and fences that look a little the- worse for
their experience of the day no appreciable
loss is reported.
J NO DAMAGE AT MILLHEIM.
While Penn’s Creek was on a rampage no
material damage was done about Millheim.
For a short time the houses in the lower
end of the town were threatened with flood-
ing, but the waters did not reach the mark
where that would have resulted.
Over about Potters Mills Laurel run
made great wash-outs in the roads, but
carried away no bridges nor destroyed farin
land to any great extent.
Ross’ dam at Linden Hall suffered more
than it has ever done by floods before, roads
were washed out some and slight damage
done to farm land. No other losses were
reported from that vicinity.
ALONG THE BUFFALO RUN.
Though Buffalo run was higher than it
had been for years very little damage was
done along its course. The township bridge
at the Bellefonte Central R. R. freight
depot was carried away aud the railroad
tracks were washed out at Humes farm and
Morris so that no trains could be run over
the road on Saturday. Other than these
that line suffered no serious inconvenience.
WASH-OUTS ON THE C. R. R. OF PA,
The Central Rail-road of Penna. was the
only line running into Bellefonte that got
trains in or out on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday morning the passenger train
made a round trip to Mill Hall and on Sat-
urday the local freight got through, as
well as one passenger train each way, and
this in the face of very bad wash-outs
along the line’
The wash-outs started near the engine
house helow Bellefonte, where 200 ft of
track were under-mined by the water over-
flowing into the canal. At Nigh bank
there was a big hole in the tracks and for
two miles east of Clintondale there was al-
most a continuous stretch of bad work. At
the Salona station there was a foot of wa-
ter over the tracks, while three benches
were carried ont from under the trestle
over Fishing creek to the ax works at Mill
Hall.
The Entire State Suffers From the
Great Snow Storm,
A High Wind Also Prevails—Clear Across the Key-
stone State the Storm Raged With Great Fury
and in Many Towns the Situation is Very Bad—Re-
ports from Various Places.
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.—With the ex-
ception of the extreme southeastern section
of the State, the entire Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania is to-night in the heaviest
snow storm of the winter. Railroad travel
is tied up in many places. :
At the Pennsylvania railroad offices in
this city the information was given out
that all trains from the west are six to
@: Trains to the west from
ge on time. Snow, rain,
winds were the conditions
in this city and vicinity the
ir. hours. Soow began fall-
ing late last night and early this morning
it turned to sleet and later to rain. Street
railway and suburban steain railway travel
was more or less irregular. The fall of
snow, however, was light compared with
the snow fall in the interior and western
part of the State.
LEwiIsTowN, March 5.—The worst snow
storm in many years was experienced here
to-day. The snow fell heavily all day and
to-night has reached a depth of eighteen
inches and is still falling. A bigh wind
accompanied the snow making immense
drifts. All roads leading into the city are
blocked and business generally has been
suspended. Trains on the middle division
of the Pennsylvania railroad and its
bracches are delayed many hours. The
Lewistown and Reedsville trolley company
only succeeded in moving a few cars to-day
and no attempt was made to run cars to-
night.
READING, March 5.—A foot of snow fell
here to-day. Some drifting is reported in
the rural districts and the trains coming in
report drifts along the line from two to
three feet deep, but the snow being soft no
trouble was experienced in getting here.
The cars of the United Traction company
were unable to run, although the sweepers
were out early. Some of those that started
out became stalled at different places and
Hale in the city was practically at a stand-
still.
HARRISBURG, March 5.—This city is in
the grip of an old time snow storm that
has tied up traffic on the street car lines
and is causing great delay on the steam
railroads. The storm hroke over the city
last night and continued all day, blockad-
ing the streets and causing much suffering
are still covered with water from the flood.
To protect the city water supply, the de-
partment to-day ordered that all elevators
be closed until further notice.
Weather forecaster Demain says the
storm will probably continue all night and
it will break all records for the greatest
fall of snow in this locality in any consecu-
tive twenty-four hours. The streams in
the Susquehanna valley are still ,swollen
from the recent heavy rains and there are
fears of another flood.
- LANCASTER, March 5.—Eieven inches of
snow have fallen here since last night and
it is still snowing. A strong wind has
caused considerable drifting. The trolley
lines were pnt out of serviee and all trains
on the Pennsylvania railroad and Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad have been great-
ly delayed.
WILLIAMSPORT, March 5.—Snow began
falling at 5 o'clock this morning, and at 9
o'clock to-night had reached a depth of
sixteen inches. A strong wind is blowing
| and the snow is piling up in drifts. All
trains on the Philadelphia and Erie, Read-
ing, Northern Central and Fall Brook and
| Beech Creek divisions of the New York
{ Central are delayed from fifteen minutes
! to one hour.
EAsToN, March 5.—A snow storm which
| promises to surpass the memorable blizzard
| of March, 1888, ix raging here. There is
no sign of a cessation and the wind is
blowing a gale. Trolley cars are stalled
throughout the city aud the rural directions
are completely tied up. Sleighs were sent
along the lines to rescue the passengers in
the snow bound cars. Railway operations
are practically at a stand still. Some of
the wires that were repaired yesterday have
been blown down again and all in confus-
ion. The Warren foundry, employing
1,000 men, was shut down to-night owing
to the inability to secure supplies. Work on
thie reconstruction of the New Jersey Cen-
tral railroad bridge has been suspended,
the men being unable to work on account
of the blinding sleet and snow.
PITTSBURG, March 5.—From all sections
of Western Pennsylvania and the north-
eastern portion of West Virginiathe re-
ports to-night are that the storm of to-day
was the heaviest of the season. Business
in many places was practically suspended,
schools closed,and the heavy drifts impeded
seriously the operation of railroads and
trolley systems. On the low grade divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad the ‘drifts
are even higher than on the Allegheny
Valley and trains are having a hard time
to get through. Schedule time is not be-
ing attempted. The other roads in this
section are not in sucha bad plight, but
trains are pretty generally behind on all.
Washington, © Pa., reports twenty-two
inches of snow in all parts of the county.
Traffic almost stopped.
So far as known no rural carrier in the
county was able to cover his entire route
to-day.
Pennsylvania Rivers.
They are All Receding but the Warters Have
Caused Big Losses.
HARRISBURG, March 4.—The Susque-
baunna river is falling and the waters are
leaving the streets in the southern section
of Harrisburg so that the work of clearing
up may soon he commenced. The railroads
resumed their regular services to-day,
trains being close to schedule and freight
moving in large quantities. The iron
works and their industrial establishments
will probably be able to begin oper-
ations in the next forty-eight hours. The
river was twenty feet four inches at dawn
and fell about two inches an hour during
the day. There was no further damage
done to the bridges, but the Camelback is
reported to be in a dangerous condition,
three piers having been wrecked and one
span hanging by a few beams. :
The Harrisburg Bridge company will
probably remove the remains of the pres-
ent structure and replace them with a
steel bridge.
The Pennsylvania canal bridge at Clark’s
Ferry has been badly damaged by high
water and may be expected to fall into the
river at any moment. :
HAZLETON, March 4.—Hazleton did not
suffer so much from the flood as other
towns in the Lehigh region. Only three
collieries in this vicinity were operated to-
day, but before the close of the week a
majority of the others will probably he
working. Owing to the wash-outs along
the railroads the supply of cars is likely to
be insufficient. All main line trains on
| the Lehigh Valley railroad were run
through Hazleton to-day via Lizard Creek
junction. os
The bridge of the Jersey Central railroad
spanning the Lehigh at Penn Haven was
not so badly damaged as at first reported
and trains may be run over it by Wednes-
day. It will be used by both the Central
Railroad of New Jersey and the Lehigh
Valley railroad until the latter company’s
bridge at this point is rebuilt.
.The Pennsylvania railroad from here to
Philadelphia was re-opened to-day. Trains
to Wilkesbarre are taken via Catawissa on
account of a washout at Creasys Junction.
Snowdrift’s Tragic Se
A force of workmen engaged in shoveling
snowdrifts in an endeavor to open the coun-
try roads near Dale Station in Venango
county, uncovered a horse froze to death,
attached to a sleigh. Relays of men are
clearing the vicinity in an effort to find the
driver.
among the people in the low lands which-
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
——The condition of former commission-
er T. I'rank Adams was not so encouraging
yesterday.
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——Sleighing parties nicely entertained
at the Brant house. Late supper served.
Good room for dancing.
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— Tyrone amateurs are rehearsing to
sing the one act opera ‘‘The Trial by Jury.”’
It will be for the benefit of Trinity library.
PO eet
——The Bellefonte Central got through
to Pine Grove yesterday morning by 8
o'clock. Two engines were used to push
through the snow.
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THE LICENSE COURT IN SESSION.—The
annual sifting of license court convened in
Bellefonte on Tuesday, and after mature
deliberation Judge Love granted license to
forty of the forty-six applicants. He availed
himself of the opportunity to admonish
several of those holding license lest they
lose the privilege through their own acts of
indiscretion. He warned some of the Phil-
ipsburg dealers especially that he would
inquire into their conduct of business from
time to time and if he heard any such tales
as had already been brought to his atten-
tion it would he sufficient cause to revoke
the license of the offenders without further
notice.
Those granted were as follows :
TAVERN LICENSE.
Henry Brockerhoff. Bellefonte, 8S. W.
Maurice W. Yeager. Ls se
C. N. & C. B. Garma
D. B. Newcomer..
W. L. Daggett.....
Geo. M, Mapledorm
Christopher North...
John Walton.....
George Stott........
Joseph Peters Jr.
Tempest Slinger...
Dorsey P. Meyers..
T'homas Barnes Jr.
James Passmore.
Enoch Hugg....
J. L. DeHaas
W. S. Musser...
John M. Reigh....
James W. Runkle..
George B. Uzzle..
John G. Uzzle........
Lawrence Redding...
John W. Pennington.
Edwin Rnhl....
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DISTILLER,
Noah W. Eby............coo0ns Haines Township.
John C. Mulfinger............ Spring "
WHOLESALE BEER.
... Bellefonte, W. W,
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John Anderson
James Blach.......
George KE. Lamb.
William Riley Jr ld
Benjamin Cowperwaith.... Rush Township.
WHOLFSALE LIQUOR.
Samuel Rogers... .... Philipsburg 2nd W.
Michael Czar ... ase 2 48
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David Chambers.. ... Snow Shoe Twp.
W.:R. Haynes........i.....os 5
The applications of James I. DeLong, at
Eagleville; Alonzo Grove, at Snow Shoe;
Charles P. Reese, Boggs Twp. and Robert
L. Haas, at Roopsburg, were held under
advisement until March 25th, when they
will be finally disposed of. Both S. B.
Shaffer and Isaac A. Shauver applied for
the Old Fort license, each one claiming to
have the property under lease. As there
is some complication as to which one of
them will actually secure it after April 1st
the court reserved its decision in that case
until after that time.
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CHICKENS THAT WERE COUNTED BE-
FORE THEY WERE HATCHED.—In the last
issue of the WATCHMAN the following par-
agraph appeared among the locals. It was
inspired by actual conditions, as they ex-
isted Thursday afternoon and just to call
your attention to the extent a writer can
go wrong in anticipating anything in this
world of surprises and uncertainties we
publish it here :
The snow is going off very nicely. Tuesday's
rain frightened the people along the streams
but it stopped before the water had risen toa
threatening height, and since then a gradual
thaw has been in progress. There is little sleigh-
ing left anywhere in this section.
Long before the paper containing it had
reached its readers they had heard of the
terrible flood that came with Friday morn-
ing’s dawning. In fact the edition of the
WATCHMAN containing it was run through
at record breaking speed lest the water
would get into the press rooms before the
papers were all off the press. Even after
this great race with the swelling streams
the mail facilities were so badly crippled
that many of the papers never got out of
the Bellefonte post-office until Mon-
day. There was neither rail-road, mail
nor telegraphic communication with
the outside world for two days. The
few city papers that got into town
on Saturday and Sunday were a day
old and it was not until Monday that the
great hags of delayed mail began to arrive.
The service had scarcely resumed its cus-
tomary regularity when the greatest bliz-
zard we have had in years set in with the
result that there was a snow blockade on
Wednesday and Thursday almost as effect-
ual as the flood produced last week. The
snow began falling early Wednesday morn- .
ing. It ‘snowed and blowed’’ all day long
until hy eight o’clock in the evening there
were from eighteen to twenty-four inches
of snow in all parts of the county. This
would not be so bad in itself, hut if it
should go off with a rain or quick thaw
there would be a greater flood than last
week’s record breaker.
THEIR GOLDEN ANNIVERSAEY.—Sev-
eral weeks ago the WATCHMAN announced
the approaching golden anniversary of the
wedding of Mr. and - Mrs. James Lipton,
former residents of this place, which was
celebrated at their home in Downs, Kan-
sas, on the 12th ult. The Times of that
city publishes the following account of it :
J. H. Lipton and Lucy Davidson Lipton
celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary, or golden wedding, yesterday, the
12th day of Feb. A. D. 1902, at their home,
the Lipton hotel, in Downs, Kansas.
There were about 175 invited guests
present, many being from neighboring
towns and cities. . Royal banquet was
served at the hotel, the festivities begin-
ning at 7:30 p. m. The large dining hall
was furnished to lay one hundred plates;
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