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2 PLAGUE OF WATER All Rivers in Middle West and South Booming. FLOODS STOP ALL INDUSTRY Silt slsilppi a All TrifeHtarle RIx lajf and Tarcateaiaif "Worst Flood enXecora "Wrecking: of Bridges Cats Railroads la. Halves. ST- IOUIS. March 10. The Mississippi Biver and all Its -ributaries are above or sear the flood stage and continual rain through their vast "watershed threatens a flood hardly paralleled in the history of the SUddl "West arid "South. The. Ohio and all Its triDutarles, after receding for a few days, are again rising, and the low lands are hooded at many points. The .ice In the streams which empty Into the iHssourf from the. west has broken "up end carried manyi bridges with it. The area covered by the .floods will extend from the foothills of the Alleghenies on the east to those of the Rockies on the forest and from the great lakes to the gulf. At several points the Mississippi has already overflowed its banks or threatens to break the levees and is still rising rap idly. The worst damage, so far, has been ilohe In Nebraska, where the wreck of bridges has stopped traffic on all rail roads running west except the Burlington. From all directions come reports of peo ple fleeing from flooded bottom lands to the hills or 'seeking- refuge in the upper stories of their houses, and of factories rendered idle by the floods advancing to their boiler-rooms. MAY ABANDON THE TOWN. People of ShavrncetOTrn Propose to Let Flood Have Sway. EVANSVILL.E, Ind., March 10. A re port from Shawneetown, III., today is to the effect that the people are debating the feasibility of removing from the city with their personal property, and then opening the levee and allowing the river to flood the town, thus doing away with the great danger of disaster that now threatens the place, which is situated on low grounds and protected by a large lovee, which the people fear may break should the river rise much more. A few years ago the levee broke and the place was inundated and scores drowned. But now the surrounding coun try Is already inundated. The people were given ample warning and saved "themselves and property. The gauge this morning marks 42.2 feet, and Is rising with a steady fall of rain. The rise has been more than half a foot since yester day. Pigeon Creek was like a river, and so high that some of the mills located on its banks were forced to close. Steamboats are now dropping their gangplanks in "Water street, something that has not been done for many years. So far no loss of life has been reported. SHAWNECTOWnTTh., March 10. There la no Immediate danger of a flood In Shawneetown. The levee is perfectly pound and the water would scarcely be in town, wero there no levee. DRIVEN FROM BEDS BY WATER, NcbrasUnn Towns Flooded and Trnlllc Stopped on Union Pacific. OMAHA, Xeb.. March 10. Flood reports are coming in today from a number of towns along the Elkhorn, Platte and Laupe Rivers. The most serious situation is at Columbus and Fremont. At the let ter place the water, late last night, cov ered the lower part of the town. Ingle wood, in the southern limits, was under water by midnight, and many people had retired Ignorant of their danger, and were awakened by the water rushing Into their homes. The water Is stationary tbday, and It Is believed the high point has been reached. The towns of Stanton, Schuyler, Central City and St. Paul are still in the center of flooded districts. All trains from the West were late into Omaha today. The St. Paul & Omaha road has been unable to move a train on its "Wakefield branch since last Saturday on account of washouts. Albert Kopler, a young farmer, was drowned near Esmond. He was driving across a bridge over which the water was running. The horses Jumped off the bridge and the driver and both horses were drowned. President Burt, 'of the Union Pacific; Superintendent of Transportation Buck ingham and 50 linemen and telegraph op erators went "West today to open that line. All Union Pacific trains are now running over the Burlington lines to Lin coln, and thence to Grand Island, to avoid the washouts. All other roads with "Western connection are experiencing sim ilar troubles with washouts. . -GRAND RIYE1V.DAK BROKE. Close of All Factories lor Summer 3ln- Result. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 10. Grand River gave signs of subsiding to day, the water falling about an Inch dur ing the day. About noon, the center of the big dam gave out and it is feared the entire dam will go, which would close all the water power factories here for the Summer. The river floods the boiler-rooms of river bank factories and forces the plants to bank factories and forcing the plants to shut down. A number of residences on the west side are Isolated and boats are running now where the streets were pass able yesterday. The highest water-mark has not yet been reached, but may be soon ir the Ice gorgo at Iona breaks, or if a threatened rain proves heavy. Reports from Iona say the water has risen nine Inches there since last night, and is still rising. FLEEING FROM THE VALLEY. Tennesseeans Foresee Greatest Flood in Mississippi River History. MEMPHIS. Tenn., March 10. Refugees from the lowlands, are arriving by every boat. The Government engineers here have officially stated that the situation Is very .serious, and predict that within a week the highest water ever experienced would be rushing through the levee chan nels. Reports from points In Mississippi say the lowlands are completely Inundated, and in -many cases stock is suffering. The condition of the embankment 20 miles north of Memnbis. whirw thn tra toi ls flowing around the end -of the levee in tne bcvcn-AUie Gap, wnero embankments have never been built, is serious. Tf u believed to be one of tho most dangerous places along the river. Leo and Crittenden Counties in Arkansas ae . overflowing. "White River today reached the danger line and is still rleing. Back water from the Mississippi reaches as far as Claredon. Ark. MANY BRIDGES GONE. Flood Paralyxes Mala Line of Rail road in Nebraska. LINCOLN, Neb., March 10. Train ser vice In Nebraska is paralyzed today on ac- count of the fioods. Bridges on all the main lines of the Burlington and Union Pacific were washed out by the floods last night The Rock Island bridge at South Bend was torn loose and bore .down upon the bridges at Louisville, destroying the middle spans and the waters washed out the remainder. Today the lowlands on the Platte lor miles from -Schuyler to the mouth at Flattsmouth are tinder water. At various places the Union Pacific tracks are under water for a mile .'or two at a stretch. BRIDGES "WRECKED BY ICI3. Bsrllsstes Only Railroad Operating Across Nebraska. LINCOLN, Neb., March 10. The flood situation in Nebraska tonight Is even worse than 24. hours ago. The wrecking by an Ice gorge of' the the main line bridge of the Rock Island across the Platte River at South Bend and the bridge of the Missouri Pacific near Louis ville has still further demoralized railroad traffic. The Rock Island Is still running trains between here and Omaha over the Burlington tracks, and the Union Pacific utilizes the same line for an outlet from Omaha westward. The center of the flood along the Platte, which last night was at Columbus, has "moved eastward and today reached Fre- mont,tne bottom lands for miles east and west cf that town being under water. The point of greatest danger now is at Platts mouth. where the Platte empties into the Missouri River. RAPID RISE THREATENED. Gloomy Proupect Before Dwellers in Mississippi Valley. MEMPHIS. Tenn., March 10. The river tonight is above 33 feet on the gauge, and Is rialng. The current Is swifter and. more driftwood Is running .than at any previous time during the "present rise. This Is taken as an indication that there will be a rapid rise tonight and tomorrow,. .All of thcee conditions tend to give a most gloomy view of the flood situation and uneasiness is increasing on every hand.' MISSISSIPPI RISES RAPIDLY. En st St. Lonis People Driven to Their Second Stories. ST. LOUIS, March 10. The Mississippi River is rapidly rising here. With every Inch of rise the river adds to the dis tress of the Inhabitants of the low lands north of East St. Louis. Many people have been driven to the second stories of their homes by the encroaching water. Ohio River Rising: Agraln. ' CINCINNATI, March 10. The Ohio Riv er, aiier iamng tne previous 24 Hours from 53.2, which was three feet above the danger line, to 47.4, began rising again at noon and the Weather Bureau predicts its rising- the rest of this week. At 9 O'clock tonleht thn trailer riHc:terw in A feet, a rise of one foot since noon. The indications .are tnat tne danger line of 50 feet will be passed tomorrow, but river men say that the river hre -will nnt reach 55 feet. GOOD FRUIT OUTLOOK. Trees Are Ilenlthy and Season Fa-vox-able for LnrKc Yield. - SALEM. Or.. March 10, fSmvlni ttia outlook is very favorable for the largest fruit crOD the Wlllamptrft Vn11r nv.T- saw. This Is the unanimous expression oi opinion among fruitgrowers. Some go so far as to siy that the season Is so far advanced that o irnnn principal fruits is now certain, but this is probably an extremely optimistic view. xne weainer conditions during the past Winter have been very favorable and no warm weather cirnc In February to start the sap In the trees. Apple and prune trees were never In a more healthy condition. .-Spraying was more general iast year tnan usual, so tnat the orchards are more free from moss and disease. This Veir n Still larimr nrnnnrtlnn rt fha. fruitgrowers will spray their trees,' with a view to producing as good a quality of iruit as possiDie. Tne fruitgrowers Jn every nart of the vallev nr nnnr hir pruning and spraying their trees and get ting reaay ior otner spring work. The fact that last year's fruit crop was short odds streneth to th hHif that a. large crop will be borne this year. xne trees gainea in vitality by at least a partial rest, and, according to the ex perience of the nasi, should vlelil httor as a consequence, If there be no ad verse conditions. In this section of the valley the acreage of bearing fruit trees Is somewhat greater than in previous years, jvtany rarmera have in the past few years set out orchards of Winter ap ples and Some of these nr rnmlnr Into bearing. The acreage in prunes is prac tically uncnanged. The Willamette Valley Prune Associa tion has Just finished disposing of Its prune crop of 1902, and has distributed the last dividend to the growers. A computa tion has been made showing the average price received during "the entire season for all the prunes handled. The follow ing list of average prices, net to the grower. Indicate whet the, work of the association has been so far as prices are concerned: Italians 30s, 4.ES cents; 40s, 4.C7 cents: 60s, 3.39 cents; 60s, 2.92 cents; 70s, 2.12 cents; 80s. 1 cent. Petltes 40s, 3.95 cents; 50s. 3.S6 cents: COs, 2.S7 cents; 70s. 2.41 cents; 80s, 1.93 cents; 90s. 1.41 cents. Tho practically bare condition of the market leads the prunegrowers to expect good prices again this year. With a view to ' building up a good reputation for Salem strawberries and other small fruit, the Salem Fruitgrow ers' Union will this year handle a large part of . the berries grown in this vi cinity. The purpose is to have all poor fruit left out of the boxes prepared for shipment, to have the fruit neatly packed and to place upon each box a label show ing that the fruit came from Salem. The members of the union believe that by ex ercising care In selecting and packing fruit, and by selling it under one label, the fruit can be given such a favorable reputation that it will have a permanent demand In the market and will bring an advanced price. MAYOR HUMES INDICTED. Seattle Grand Jnrjr Accnscs HIbi, Snl Uvnn and Fulton of Wrongdoing. SEATTLE, March 10. The grand Jury today voted to Indict Mayor Thomas J. Humes, Chief of Police John Sullivan and Walter S. Fulton, late Prosecuting Attorney of King County. The charge is malfeasance in office, based primarily on the opinion of the jurymen that each nes lected to enforce the city and state laws against gambling. The vote was taken by the jury at 4 o'clock this afternoon and efforts made to suppress the news pending the preparation of the true bills and tho arrest of the accused. Prosecuting At torney Scott is Instructed to prepare the indictments, which he will probably do to morrow. TO SOLVE MAINE MYSTERY Spanlsa Government May Raise Wreck la Havana Harbor. MADRID, March 10. Foreign Minister Abarzuza will propose at the next Cab inet council that the Spanish government take steps to have the wrecked battleship UU IU UXMAItCl LUC UiUSC OI OCT S1QK' lng. The German postofQce department hi or dered In the United States 10.000 hul fire ex tlngulshers. The chemical hand grenade is al most unknown in Germany. MORGAN GAINS A POINT Cntlnu4.from First PscO to the canal and by the terms jot the law of concession the French courts could not prevent the same from immediately reverting to Colombia." Mr. Morgan as serts that the French courts overstepped their jurisdiction In the matter of trans fer of title. He also contends that the work done on the canal by the old com pany belongs to Colombia and that that government" Is Justly bound for tho debts of the company and hence that no tlti t. the Panama Canal can be given Dy any one but the Colombian Congress. " Concession Weald Be Perpctnal. Discussing the -efforts to sell the canal company's property to the United States, Mr. Morgan says: - "The people of Colombia did not believe that the United States would ever con sent to pay this enormous rental and give back to Colombia; at the end of 93 years, the canal and railroad without compensation. They were correct In their belief, for the United States will never expend $140,000,000 in completing that canal and $25,000,000 for the rent of the ground and -$40,000,000 for the privilege of doing this work and $10,000,000 for a concession from Colombia for 100 years. In all $215, 000.000. and give back the canal and rail road to Colombia at tho end of the Iea3e' Mr. Morgan accuses those desiring to sell the canal -of "riding- down the Co lombian constitution," and asserts that $1,000,003 in gold wa furnished by the new canal company, together with the tise of its .railroad and ships, to Colombian leaders in order to prolong the canal con- John G. A. Leiakman, United States Minister to Tarkey, vrho has obtained xalaable privileges for Americans from the Saltan. cessions by maintaining the army and continuing the state of war. The tramp ling of their constitution under foot in this manner Is characterized -as a very bitter experience for the people of Co lombia. Discussing the action of- the canal com pany immediately after the passage, early lit the 57th Congress, of the Hepburn bill 'for the iconstructlon of he Nicaragua Caral, Mr. Morgan says: "Hutin was remoyed from his office of president of the new Panama Canal Com pany and M. Bo was chosen in his place, and then the game of bluff and badger began In hot activity. The French courts were set to work to back M. Bo in his scheme of capturing $40,000,000 from the United States, and lent all their pow ers and their assumptions of jurisdiction to the summary proceedings thaf. were intended to shove off the wreck of the new Panama Canal Company on the United States." Senator Morgan takes issue with the conclusions of Attorney-General Knox as to the validity of the title the canal company can transfer and contends that no cession is valid unless an act of ces sion be passed by the Colombian Congress, and then maintains If the Colombian Con gress passes such an act Colombia 'must warrant the title against all Incum brances and that otherwise It cannot be satisfactory." Conditions la Colombia. In his pamphlet on "The state of civi lization in Colombia," Senator Morgan devotes much space to the Influence of tho Catholic Church in Colombia, and quotes at length the concordat between Pope Leo XIII and the Colombian re public of 1SSS. He says that it would he no "holiday excursion for us to sub duo and control Colombia with Its vast region of country by our military forces, if there is an outbreak of hostilities there or an outbreak of a faction." He asserts that the Jesuits have created a deep seated religious fanaticism in Colombia and that this order controls Colombia in its present policies and will control it in future, so that when we are in disagreement with Colombia We are In conflict with the Holy Alliance. He con cludes this branch of his presentation as follows: "I will call attention to this treaty in connection with Its provisions for our mil itary and naval operations, to show that It is a pitfall arranged for our disad vantage, and In connection with, it the po litical-religious questions that beset Co lombia, to illustrate the -dangers that w are encountering with cheerful folly." IIE BREAKS HIS OWJT RULE. Senators Eajoyinir a Laagrk at Ex pease of Callom. WASHINGTON, March 10. Soon after the Senate met today Cullom, chairman of the committee on foreign .relations, re ferred to the action, of the committee in. passing a resolution calling on the Sec retary of State for a Spanish copy of the Panama Canal treaty. "I have it,v eald he, "and I think it proper to present it. It is the original treaty, signed by the parties In Spanish." Cullom had overlooked the fact that the Senate was In legislative session and war proceeding to discuss the document when Allison moved an executive eesslon. Dur ing the laet Congress Cullom was very careful to see that the treaty was not discussed except In executive eession, and he showed signs of embarrassment as he promptly acquiesced In the notion to close tho doors, which was done eight minutes after convening. The other Senators en joyed the joke at the expense of the Illi nois Senator. STATISTICS OF GRA.TX SUPPLY. Quantity ot Wheat, Cora and Oats la Far Biers Hands. WASHINGTON. March 10. The March report of the. statistician of the Depart ment of Agriculture shows the' amount cf wheat remaining in farmers hands on March 1, to have been about 164,000,000 bushels, of 34.5 per- cent of last year's crop, as compared with MJZ per cent ef the crop of 1901, on hand March 1. 19d2. and 245 per cent of the crop of. ISO, on hand March 1. 1S9L. The corn In farmers" hande Is estimated at -about LCe0,$&,& bushels, or 4LC per.ce&t of last years'crop, against 29.2 per ceit or the. crop of 191 en hand March 1, 19C&, and 35.9 per cent of the crop ot 1900 on Sana March x. 1501. Of oats there are reported to be about 365.000,000 bushels, or 36.5 per cent, of last year's crop still In farmers bander na compared with 30. G per cent of the crop ot 1901 on hand March 1. 1502. and 3&JZ per cent, crop of 19W; on hand March 1, 190L CTne following table shqws the percent ages of last year's crops of wheat, corn and oats In farmers hands on. March 1, for Kansas and California, the figures be ing percentages as"follows: Kansas Wheat, 23; corn. 43; oats, 40. California Wheat, 7; corn, 11; oats, 10. PLIMLEY SUCCEEDS JORDAX. Appelated and" Csnariacd Csaarma tlen of Oregon Postmasters. WASHINGTON, March 10. The Presi dent today appointed William Plimley, of New York, to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States, to succeed tho lata Conrad Jordan. President Roosevelt Urst tendered the appointment to Robert Bacon, of New York, formerly a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co The office had no charms for him and hi3 decli nation was received yesterday. The ncmination of Mr. PUmley was sent to the Senate together with the following: Sollcitftr of Internal Revenue A. B. Hayes, of Utah. War Assistant Surgeon-General, with rank of Colonel, Major William Crawford, Georgia, sun: eon. Consul William Shaw Broyrn, Rhode Island, at "Valencia. The Senate in executive session today made the following confirmations: William Plimley, to be Assistant Treas urer at New York. Milton D. Purdy, Minnesota, Assistant Attorney-General. Pcotmastc-rs: Oregon William B. Curtis, Marshfleld; Andrao L. Sproul, Ontario; Thomas B. Randall. Oregon ;Cltyj Benja min F. Vaughan, "fleppner; Marion F. Davis, Union. Statesmen Off on a- Cruise. WASHINGTON, 'March 10. Secretary of the Navy Moody, Postmaster-General Payne, Senator Hale, of Maine; Repre sentative Cannon, of Illinois; Representa tive Fora. of Illinois: Judce James ft- Dunbar, of Massachusetts; James H. Carl, oi jiaYermu. ilass.. Mr. Moody's law part ner, and Fred L Fishbackr Mr. Moody's private secretary, left here today for a cruise in West Indian waters. The party wlll go by rail to Charleston, S.-C. where they will embark on the Dolphin. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, and Representative Gillette, of -Massachusetts, will loin tho party In Florida. Shaw Discusses Money Market. WASHINGTON. March 10. Today's Cabinet session was brief. Secretaries Hay and Rnnt u-r-rp ahwtil tmm tVi cAn retarv Moodv and Pnstmatr.r!an,.o1 Payne will leave this afternoon for an. ex- tenaeu trip to tne west Indies. Sccretary Shaw dlSCU2ed With the Prpstrtflnf nnH the Cabinet the existing financial strin gency In New York and the advisability of the Treasury taking some action to relieve It Secretnrv Shn discuss the situation for publication. SAYS BRIBERY IS COMMON Governor of Rhode Island Accnscs Lexlslntors of Crime. x PROVIDENCE, R. I., March lO.-In a special message sent to the Senate to day. Governor Garvin, declared that bribers" "was common in many towns of the state and that many members of the Legislature "occupied seats obtained by purcnasea votes. ie recommended tho appointment of a commissioner to employ agents to detect bribers" and bring of fenders to justice. BOQDLING IX KANSAS CITY, Police Accused of Taking Bribes From Criminals and Gamblers. KANSAS CITY. March 10.-Chargeo of official corruption In the police depart ment, involving Chief John Hayes, Detec tive Charles P. Sanderson and Officers McAnany and Sullivan, made by Jailer Robert Todhunter, were filed today with the Board of Police Commissioners. An investigation will follow. Jailer Todhunter alleges that Detective Sanderson had accepted a weekly pay ment from a gambler, who wag granted immunity from arrest; that a report of this fact was filed with Chief Hayes and suppressed by that official; that Officers McAnany and Sullivan made an agree ment to release two clairvoyants upon payment of $125, and that Officer Sullivan had offered Todhunter money" to suppress knowledge of some of these dealings. Todhunters statement also asserts that attorneys were permitted to enter the holdover In the City Jail, where they se cured money and valuables from prisoners upon promise of immunity, discharge and reduction of sentences, which prac tices, Todhunter alleges, "were done with the knowledge, consent and connivance of the Chief of Police." Chief Hayes flatly denies all charges made against him and his department. CONFESSED HIS CRIMES. Perry Told TrntU Before Dylnf? and Said Mason Was Innocent. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.t March 10. George O. L. Perry, the negro lad who was In dicted for the murders of Miss. Agnes Mc Phee, of Somerville, and Miss Clara Mor ton, of Waverly, made a confession when he realized that he could not live, and now that he Is dead Sheriff Falrbalrn has made public what ho said. On February 26 the Sheriff said to the prisoner: "Did you hit thCt?e girls. Miss McPhee and Miss Morton Z" "Yes, sir, I did" was the reply. "Did Mason have anything to do with itr A negative shake of tho head was the answer. . At this time Perry had Just passed through a stage of typhoid fever and wa3 very weak. Mason, who Is referred to. Is .the Boston man who was once arrested on suspicion of being "Jack the Slugger," but who afterward was discharged In court. Telegraphic Brevities. The bartenders of Jersey City are discuss log a proposition to form & temperance so ciety. A bin find of hematite iron ore containing a. l&rse percentace of metallic Iron and little dross has Just been made In the river hills near Wrlehtsvllle. Pa. Missouri Pacific ras'senser train No. 8, the Fast "Mail, which left Sedalla. Mo., at mid night for St. Louis, ran into a landslide near Gasconda. and the engine was buried in the mud. The body of Mrs. "William Martin, a widow, was found In the electric light plant reser voir at Lexington, Ky., yesterday. J. W. Bess, a contractor, has been held by the coro ner. Henry Boso, the wealthy Cuban planter, who, it is said, save the greater part of his fortune la aid of the Cuban revolution, Is confined in the Bloaminsdale Asylum for tho Insane. Dr. "Dossangr, Chinese doctor and exalted member of various Chinese secret societies, re rated to be one of the wealthiest men of his race in this country? Is dead at his home In Chicago. E. "L. 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Joseph iL Buenaventura, of Chicago, charged with obtaining: money under false sretenses, makes the defense that ' delayed mails from Ecuador, due to .plague quarantine, kept a letter frorajbis father which '"would have made his' action "safe. The Daly Gold Ltnlne Dental Company, of New Tork. which planned for the establish ment ot a corporation aimed at controlling the profession of dentistry from the Atlantic to the Pacific, is admitted by the general manager to be bankrupt. Miss Kate Tedford Hickie. whose father was at one time the secretary and closest friend of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish patriot, has been convicted in the New Tork Court of Gen eral Sessions of perjury, and is now in th'e Tombs awaltlnr sentence. In a head-on collision at Danville, Va., yesterday, between two passenger trains on the Southern Railway, James E. McArthur, of Gailney, S. C. a traveling man, and W. F. Neal, an overhauler. were killed. Several 'passengers were m6re or less Injured. President F. D. Blttlnger and Treasurer O. N. "Vincent, of the Nicaragua Land Com pany, a land Investment cdncern, were held to the Chicago grand Jury yesterday under bonds of 1-5000 and J1000, respectively. They are charred with having used the mails to defraud. The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday handed down a decision to the effect that there should be no members of school boards elected In Ohio at the Spring election In municipalities where the wards have been changed under the new Code. The decision Interests nearly all cities la Ohio. M. Boutakoff. a Russian naval attache at "Washington, while a guest of Rear-Admiral Barker, at the New Tork Navy-Tard, Inspected the Helen Gould memorial building, which, is devoted to the purposes of a naval T. M. C A. M. Boutakoff said the Czar contemplated the establishment of T. M. C A. buildings for his soldiers and sailors. As the steamer Kaiser "Wllhelm der Grosse was leaving her dock at New Tork for Bremen yesterday a roan standing on the pier fired three 6hots, apparently at some one on the steamer, causing a panic among the 700 passengers. Max Welder was arrested and a revolver with three chambers empty was found in his pocket, but he denied that he did the shooting-. Two gifts have been announced for Har vard, which are unique in the history of the university. The first is from Mrs. John Mar koe, of Philadelphia, and consists of ?6000 to found a scholarship in memory of her son, James Markoe, a member of the class of 'SO, who lost his life recently trying to save the lives of .others in a runaway accident. The second gift Is from Miss Agatha Schurz and Miss Marianne Schurz. of New Tork. and consists of X3000 to establish the Herbert Schurz memorial fund for the care of needy students at the StUlman Infirmary. Wild Animals la the City. Harper's. . The greatest surprise I ever experienced In the unexpected appearance of a wild creature of the heart of the metropolis was one day in the Spring of 1901, when I saw a 'possum crossing Broadway, near Chambers street. The creature had no chance; I think it' was a truck that killed It; and a great crowd gathered, stopping trade, excitedly discussing the tragedy. The majority declared the. animal to be a rat: the minority maintained that it was a guinea pig. Then, as the police inter rupted discussion by clearing the car tracks, a. large negro dropped from the bacn. of a truck, seized the animal, and, mounting- the cart tall once more, held his rlze aloft, grinning from ear to ear. "Dasser possum." be said, and pocketed the future piece de resistance. I have .never learned where that 'possum came from; but there's no doubt where he went.. Wild creatures in New York are some times seen. Ducks, geese, snipe and gulls pass over In their migrations, and lt Is not uncommon to catch a glimpse of hawks banging high above, the city smoke. Once I saw a woodcock lying dead on fffte 'Non-Irritating Cathartie Easy to take, easy to operate Hood's PiUs " DC KIXiflXEK'S SWAfflP-ROOT Kidney, Liver and Bladder CURE. DIRECTIONS. May take one. two or three tesfpoosf&la brfora or after metis a&d at bedtime. Children less sccordlag to se. Hay commence with mW dceea and Increase to foil doso or more, as the esse wosld seem to require. This great remedy cures all kidney, firer, bladder and TJrle Acid troubles and disorders doe to irealc kidneys; each cs catarrh ot the bladder, grsTel, rhctus tlsm, lumbago and Crlght's Die nso, "hIcU is the worst form of kidney disease. It Is pleasant to take. PREPARED ONLY BT DR. KILMER & CO. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Sold by all Druggists. (Swamp-Root Is pleasant to take.) to medical science. i. i or bottle and let lt Btand twentytfour the sidewalk of Fifth avenue curiously enougn, in ironr. oi ueimonlco's. In his nocturnal migration he had collided with that famous restaurant, and had Broken his neck. There may be a land of Cock ayne, after all. Twice I have seen owls in Madison Sauare one a screech owl, the other a, fine specimen of a barred owl. Of Suffering From Heart Disease. I Would Not be Alive Today But For Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. Do not neglect the warning symptoms of a weak heart. Palpitation, smothering spells, swelling of feet or ankles, pain in and around heart; oftentimes affections of the stomach, lungs, liver, bladder, kidnevs, etc, arise from heart weakness. A weak heart must be helped. It cannot stop to rest. It must be strengthened and regulated. The blood must be enriched, the heart nerves strengthened and the circulation improved by the great heart and blood tonic, Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. There is positively nothing to equal this wonderful medicine in its beneficial influence upon hearts weakened from any cause. "I am very grateful for what Dr. Miles Heart Cure has done for me, as I am confi dent I would not be alive today had I not learned of its wonderful virtues and taken it before it was too late. I had been a sufferer from valvular heart disease for many years, in fact ever since I was a little girl and for three years before I began using Heart Cure I was in very bad shape I could not sleep on my left side at all and would frequently have the most dreadful smothering spells. At times my left side would swell up. 1 had pain in my head all the time from which I suffered ereatly. Nothing I took did me any good until I used eleven bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure which removed all these distressing symptoms and made roe feel well and strong." M.RS. H. C Cruse, San Fran cisco, CaL All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. MUes' Remedies. 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