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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. CCT 12 ViMo, h. i T.ACT' PTiTTl Entered it the Port Office Brooklyn, i-HJX. la Second Clam of Mall Matter, under th K. T.

oiM NEW YORK. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1003. VOL.

CI. NO. 281. 20 PAGES. E'- THREE CENTS.

tha Act HAVOC WROUGHT BY THE SEA AT CONEY ISLAND. mm ur WHAT'S YOIB SAME ASiD ADDRESS) Prrnaps It'a nobodr'a banlnraa bat the rearlatratloa mnn'a. "nm van tell him to-day any time aatll 1U P. M. anC It'a a Brood plan to aupply the Information early.

Look no your polllnic place in to-day'a Hat In the Kaarle. la fact, yoa ran reftlater to-nlprht If yon ueaire. BY FLOOD IN PATERSDN. local rnon iiii.ith:s. Thrrntrnlnn and prolnil.ly ruin, nilh lilKh northrnat nlmla fo-nlnht ami Stimln y.

Thp him-au iht nioinina thi- foll'inlng stium wurnlns from WiieiltllS-t. warpintes hv. It.i to Mitr.i wainiitKs Nnrtii to Y.nk. Sturm aril Blmos't It I'uri'HTAa Win. I will hiuh Ill fe' i 'antar Hi Tilyou's Walk.

watched the storms and tides at Coney Is land for years the full strength of the sea Is thrown upon that part of the island tweon and including Brighton Beach and Ocean parkway, and It Is Impossible to with stnnd the waves with stone or Iron bulk' heads. The shelter house at one time to-day was entirely surrounded by water, and the lone man who chanced to be in the pavilion at the time saw visions of a forced trip to sea. A number of employes of the Park Department, whose duty it is to look after Seaside Park and the beach, were on hand to do whatever could bo done to stem the on slaught of the sea. but they were useless, aB the wbvob kept them up on the piazza and steps of the restaurant on the north side of tho Concourse. It was impossible to walk along the board walk running from the Parkway bathing pavilion lo the Brighton Beach Hotel.

The waves dashed completely over It and tore out a number of huge piles. The planking was torn and twisted and largo quantities of the sand were dug out of tho beach. Poor old Brighton Beach never received such a pounding as it did to-day, and the owners of that property will suffer a loss of a large part of tho ocean front. The bulkhead has stood considerable hammering during the past few years as a result of the numerous storms, but In all probability it will now have to be repaired. In the rear of the hotel, at Sheepshead Bay, the water rose to a great height, and, for the first time In the history of the bay, the water wn3 on a level with Emmons avenue.

Tho cel-lors of many of the houses were flooded, and former Justice Owen F. Flnnerty said this morning there was fifteen Inches of water in his cellar. That had not happened before, he said. 4 An engine was stationed on the groundB of the Brighton Beach Racing Association pumping out the- water wMch continually flowed In, and the City Works Department men were busy pumping out tho water In the cellar of the Vanderveer Hotel, at Surf avenue and West Fifth street. A man standing up In the cellar would be entirely covered by the water.

Every pavilion along the ocean front suffered, and the heavy piles supporting tho buildings were loosened. Those persons who were living In the pavilions moved out In a hurry, taking whatever they could in their flight. The indications arc that the tide will do more damage to-night. PUMPING OUT THEIR CELLARS. Brooklynites Getting Back Into Homes and Places of Business Flood Damage Is Heavy.

Brooklynites are to-day taking account of stock In their houses and places of business to estimate the amount of damage resulting from yesterday's storm. Many occupants of houses In the Eastern District, where the water completely flooded their rooms, were unable to occupy them, and this morning, after the water had subsided, were engaged In removing their drenched carpets and furniture to the open air to dry out. In most instances everything of this character was completely ruined, entailing a heavy loss upon those who could 111 afford it. There were hundreds of cases of this kind throughout the "flooded district." There will also be many suits for damages instituted against the city by large manufacturers In the samo From a Photograph dangerous that they were rescued with great difficulty in boats. The Mohawk and Schoharie rivers this morning reached the highest flood stage since lxss.

A largo part of the Village of Fort Hunter, at their confluence, was inundated and damage to the state canal property was uone. At the Chuctanunda Creek aqueduct, in this city, the canal and river are flowing together and great damage has been done to the canal, sufficient to cause delay in traffic for several days. Interurban trolley traffic is still suspended. BIG TOLL BRIDGE COLLAPSES. Several Persons Drowned on Delaware River Structure.

Middletown, N. October 10 Barrett's large toll bridge, 651 feet long, crossing the Delaware River, between Port Jervis and Matamoras, collapsed to-day. Several persons were drowned. ERIE STILL TIED UP. Through Trains Will Use Tracks of Other Lines Traffic on Other Roads Delayed.

The Erie Railroad is still tied up by the washouts caused by yesterday's downpour, and announcement was made this morning that Erie through trains will arrive and depart over the Lehigh Valley. Departing trains, will leave the Pennsylvania station on the usual Eric time schedule, and will bo transferred to the Erie at Waverly. At 10 o'clock this morning the following schedule of train service was sent to the Erie ticket agents: Main line to Passaic, via Bergen County to Suffern; Newark Branch to Essex; Gremwood I.nko Division lo Orange; Northern Railroad to Nyack; New Jersey and New York Railroad to Cherry Hill; N. Y. S.

and W. K. R. to Paterson; no service on Ptermont branch. D.

W. Cooke." The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Is also a sufferer, and bulletins were this morning posted in the ferry house at the foot of Barclay street that no trains are running beyond Bornardsville, that the Sussex Brancn service has been discontinued, and that train service extends only as far as Paterson. Later In the morning a notice wbb posted beside the ticket office that "passengers take our trains subject to serious delay until full train service is restored. At 9 o'clock this morning it is possible that wo may not run trains west of Washington; main line out of service between Paterson and Boon-ton, and no train service to or from Sussex Branch on account of tracks washed out. Passengers to and from Boonton will bf handled via Dover or Denville." Announcement was also made that L.

W. tickets for the Oranges will be honored by the Erie road. The through trains that are running, It was said, have been about three hours late during the morning, and local trains at noon were running nearly on time. Through trains over the Central of New Jersey were still from one to two hours late, but there has t.een no delay in the local service. At the Grand Central station this morning all suburban and local trains reached the city on time.

The train masters said no difficulty was experienced today In the running of trains as a result of the storm of yesterday and the niiht he-fore. Some of the through trains from the West were from twenty minutes to an hour late, owing to slow orders over parts of road, but the traffic betwen this city and Buffalo Is comparatively unimyerlcd. Taken This Morning Near the Foot of Two Sections of a Stone Sea Wall Carried Away and Timber Bulkheads Smashed. CONEY ISLAND PARK FLOODED. Force of the Waves Does Incalculable Damage to the Seaside Resorts.

Old ocean, whipped up by the severe nor'easter that has been hovering In thij section of the country for the past six days, descended upon Coney Island this morning and, up to a late hour, was trying his best to demolish the strip of sand that has become famous during the past ten years. Those who spend all their time on the island declared this morning that the tide was the highest in years and had already caused more damage. That remark was made about 9 o'clock and the tide had two more hours to rise before it reached full height. Those who chanced to be In tho vicinity of the foot of Ocean Parkway witnessed a sight that they will never forget and when they rushed back home and spread the news that the sea was walking right in on the Island -f. resident who heard it went down to see it.

The big bulkhead recently erected at the foot of Ocean Parkway by the Department of Parks wus badly battered and torn. Probably no one, except those who were eye witnesses, will believe that the huge breakers threw water twenty-five feet high as they broke over the bulkhead, but It is a fact nevertheless and those who were there this morning will vouch for It, too. The waves washed up the boulevard and dashed against the steps of the building on the north corner of the Concourse and the parkway. No one could stand In front of the building without getting wet and, as the waves receded, they carried everything with them. A huge hole was punched Into the bulkhead and the west section was twisted and turned.

Big timbers measuring 8 Inches square were snapped off and two of them, fully 30 feet la length, were thrown up on the Concourse. The strength of the sea showed itself when it carried away two big sections of the stone sea wall that was constructed at great expense, in the hope that the ocean would be chocked in Its march on Coney Island. The stone wall was completely submerged for a distance of 50 feet, and the water washed up against It for Its entire length. There were fully 100 benches on the sand between the shelter house and the foot of West Fifth street, but the furious sea came along and carried them all away. They were Ihe ordinary benches, such as are to be found In the parks around the city, hut they were tossed about as though they were feathers and finally carried off.

As is well known to those who have OHLY Jl BLOCK FBDU HD. 3 Strest Hears of the Coming Invasion and Also of a Big Assessment. MC CARREN WINS DISTRICTS. The Fight Eetwcen McLaughlin and Eia Enemies 13 Waxing Into a Desperate Stiuggle. Headquarters for Tammany will be open-'d in Brooklyn next week, according to information rcceivid at the Jefferson Building and at Wlllotighby street to-day.

Agcn'S of Charles F. Murphy have. It is learned, sought for suitable rooms In the Tempi Bar Building and elsewhere lu the vicinity of Borough Hall. One privilege upon wnicit the Murphy agents Insist Is the stringing a big banner In front of their Brooklyn headquarters, bearing the pictures of Colonel McClellan. Edward M.

Grout and Charles V. Korm-s. Janus Shevlill. who is directing the Mclaughlin flKhl ngainst the of Brooklyn, Intimated in response to question this afii rnoon that he was fully informed of the Tnnimaiiy operations in this borough, and said: "I'm not discussing rumors, but I will say that I would not lie surprised it Tammany opens independent headquarters here." Mr. Phevlin iiildi-d: "They will find before they get through with It that there is a better chance for a political klndercarten on the other side of the river than there is in Brooklyn." Other leaders of the McLaughlin Democ racy smiled grimly when quesiioned about the proposed Tammany headquarters.

1 ney had all heard about, it early this morning. Many of them had heard also that Tammany arranged last evening to open an East ern District headquarters at Oil Uroadway. That address is next door to Gottfried Westcrnacher's cafe, and It Is supposed that Westcrnacher, McLaughlin's sworn enemy, will manage the McClellan, Grout and Forties campaign among the Eastern District Germans. With respect to the down town Tammany headquarters. It is said this afternoon that all the Tammany "dough," estimated at will be spent there and that not a dollar of It will be permitted to go through the hands of Treasurer Salmon of the Mo-Laughlui regular Democratic committee.

This arrangement has been made, It is explained, by one of the men who stand for the Murphy ticket, for the protection of McClellan, and for the knifing of Martin W. Littleton. Grout and Fornes will figure In only for the purpose of obscuring the Tammany responsibility for what is generally regarded as a remarkably bold undertaking. An effort will undoubtedly be made to crente the impression that the new Tammany headquarters are Ihe personal headquarters of Mr. Grout In this campaign.

The McLaughlin leaders have information which they consider credible, however, that every dollar to be expended there will be supplied from the Tammany campaign fund. Murphy Said to Have Assessed Gamblers for the Brooklyn Fight. A McLaughlin leader said this afternoon: "An assessment has already been levied by Murphy on every gambler and pool room keeper and beneficiary of protected vice la the slums of Manhattan to pay the extra expenses of the Tammany campaign in Brooklyn. Tho vast sum to be collected from these sources will be poured into this borough for the purpose, first of corrupting Democratio district leaders, and, secondly, to corrupt Democratic voters, in order that the red light districts of Tammany may be transplanted among the homes and churches of this borough. "It Is the rankest folly to say that the presence of Grout and Fornes In these headquarters during the cumpaign Is an adequate guarantee that this incredible programme of debauchery for Brooklyn will not be carried out.

Murphy has publicly boasted that Mr. Grout is lo reorganize the Brooklyn Democracy in the interests of Tammany Hall. It is altogether too much to nsk of the voters of this borough to believe, under the circumstances, that Murphy is following Grout across the bridge for purposes of reform. The only thing left for them to believe is that. Grout is following Murphy in blindness, perhaps in one of Ihe most daring projects of municipal corruption ever attempted In the history of civilization." Murphy will give, this afternoon, another evidence of his enmity to the McLaughlin machine.

He has ignored the McLatighlio leaders entirely in preparing for ihe ceremony of notification to McClellan, Grout and Fornes, and Is denllng directly with ho Mc-Oarron leaders, who are powerful in the senatorial districts from which the Brooklyn members of ihe notification committee have been selected. The curious spectacle is presented of a ceremony of notification of Democratic cily candidates in which Hugh McLaughlin is not permitted to take part. McLaughlin will not know until he reads it In tin- newspapers who has represented the Democracy of this borough In the notification. Senator McCarren's office In the Phoenix Building prcsrnted nil the aspects of a real political headquarters to-day. It lias he- come, in tact, a rival to the famous old 9 Willotighby street, and this morning It was a far busier place.

The McCarnm district leaders, with the single exception of Representative Lindsay, avoided No. 9 to-day. They have learned that when they go there they will he tr.ld by Mr. Shevlin thai they have got to choose, not between McCarren and McLaughlin, but between the Kings County regular Democracy and Tammany Hall. Few of them like to have this unpleasant alternative put to them in the cold, businesslike tone of Mr.

Shevlin. Friends of Senator McCarren in three of the Brooklyn Assembly districts Indorsed McClelland, Grout and Fornes last evening. These districts are controlled by Judge Will-lam Brcnnan, Dennis Winter and William H. McGtilre. This gives McCarren six of the assembly districts.

Brennan has all along been accounted a McCarren man. McGulre's position had not been declared. Winter has been known as a McLaughlin man since McLaughlin gave him the leadership of the Twentieth District on the death of Conrad Hester. Ills defection last night Is the first break in the line of McLaughlin's known strength. McCarren Captures the McGuire District for Tammany Hall.

It was not without trouble that the McCarren people captured the Sixth District last night, although In the end the Tammany resolution went through with little opposition. The McGuire organization indorsed tho nominations of Edward M. Grout for controller and Charles V. Fornes for president of the Board of Aldermen. There was considerable argument In opposition to and in favor of the candidacy of the tw-o men, but the organization eventually fell In line with the policy which Senator McCarren decreed at the time of his break from Wiiloughby street.

As soon as eight Democrats had been elected to membership in the organization, Men in Boats Rescue People From Windows and Large Territory Is Inundated. BIG FORCE BUILDING A DAM. Effort to Keep Swollen River From Breaking Its Bank and Pouring Down Into City Through a Ravine. Paterson, N. October 10 The flood in the Passaic River has surpassed the mammoth Inundation of March, 1902, which had hold the record for height and destructlveness, and at noon the water was still rising.

It had overflowed hundreds of acres of streets lying along the banks of the stream, and hundreds of families were driven from their homes in River street and contiguous thoroughfares, many being rescued from upper windows by a large force of boats manned by the street department employes and volunteers. Mayor Htnchllffe this morning appointed the Rev. David S. Hamilton, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and Dr.

J. C. McCoy as a committee to organize a relief movement and Instructed them to engage Apollo Hall Immediately, at the city's expense, as headquarters for relief and shelter for the homeless, from whom applications for aid had been pouring in to the City Hall all through the early morning hours. The relief committee placed the systematic work in charge of the Charity Organization Society, which was organized about a year ago. The number of persons assisted with shelter, clothing and food up to noon had passed the one hundred mark.

Mayor Hlnchllffe, except for two hours sleep, spent all night and the forenoon at the head of Spruce street, superintending the work of a large force of street department men who are building a dam of timber and sandbags to keep the swollen river above the falls from breaking its banks and pouring down into the city through a ravine, in which case frightful damage would be doneg The gas works are flooded and there will be no gaslight to-night. There are fears for the electric light station. Scores of mills are shut down. The damage in the city in property is already estimated at $500,000. Between the hours of 7 and 11 A.

M. the water in the river rose four Inches. The flooded district comprises Water, East Hols-man, Washington, Bridge, River, Straight, Fair, Godwin, Paterson and North Main streets, the lower part of Hamilton avenue and a part of Hamburg avenue. About two hundred houses have been flooded. Most of the inundated buildings are occupied on the lower floors by small shopkeepers and the upper floors are occupied by tenants of the poorer classes.

In the Spruce street hill, in the Totowa section of the city, dynamite mines have been constructed for the purpose of blowing up the hill to afford a larger channel for the river in case the river wall gave way, which would endanger one of the most thickly settled portions of the city. All the occupants of houses in the flooded Section have now been safely removed. PASSAIC SUBURBS SUBMERGED. Two Hundred Houses Swept Away and Others Moved From Their Foundations. Passaic, N.

October 10 The village of Duttenville, near here was one of the worst sufferers by the flood of yesterday, but so far as known there was no loss of human life. Over one hundred houses were swept away and many of them were wrecked by the breaking of a fifteen foot embankment of the Erie Railroad, behind which an immense volume of water had gathered. The flood poured down into Duttenville carrying everything before it. So far as can be learned from reliable sources there was no loss of life and this is considered almost miraculous. The village of Wallington, a Buburb of this city, was submerged under from six to twelve feet of water and the Inhabitants went about in boats to-day.

At least one hundred houses have been moved from their foundations and in some cases they have been turned completely over. BIG FLOOD AT TRENTON. Pennsylvania Train Service Between New York and Philadelphia Temporarily Abandoned. Philadelphia, October 10 The following notice was posted at the Pennsylvania Railroad station here to-day: "The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces that on account of the high water at Trenton, N. the train service between Philadelphia and New York City will be temporarily abandoned, except to Bristol, Pa." No trains have reached this city over the Pennsylvania Railroad since midnight last night, because of the flood at Trenton, where the tracks of the company are under six feet of water.

The flood at that point is caused by the' high water in the Delaware River backing up the waters in the Assan-pink Creek. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company hai not had any other reports of damage along Its lines. At tho Delaware Breakwater to-day the wind Is still blowing at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The heavy seas are breaking over the telegraph lines, but thus far no disasters to shipping have been reported. Trenton, N.

October 10 Five trains which should have passed through Trenton last night are stalled here. One of them is the midnight express from New York City. Special trains containing cars of the Barnum Bailey Circus are among those stalled. One of the cars of the circus train, a Pullman sleeper, was derailed. Ladders had to be used to rescue the passengers.

During the night heavy treight trains were used to hold down the bridge of the railroad company spanning the Assanpink Creek. The waters of the creek overflowed the tracks and rose as high as the fire box of the engine. The Trenton Street Railway Company, whose power house was flooded by the rising I.rhlicli Valley Dlnlntr Cara are famous. On all Kxprewi Trains tp Buffalo and Wmi. Try them.

4 Court t. Brooklyn Annex. AoT, of the creek, expects to resume traffic this afternoon. The Delaware River Is still rising and the southern portion of the city is in dungor of being fiaoded. Scores of cellars of houses aiong tne river rront streets are flooded and on Fair street the water is up to the first floors of the houses.

No great damage has been done so far by the rising of the river except the carrying away of timber and other loose material along the overflowed banks. HOUSES SWEPT AWAY BY FLOODS Delaware River Higher Than Ever Known People Rescued in Boats. Easton, October 10 There are no records which show higher water in the Delaware River than there is to-day. The rise was so rapid that many people, not only along the lowlands, but well up in the city streets, are hemmed in and are being taken out In boats. A warning note was received yesterday afternoon from the headwaters of the river, but even old river men did not dream of such a flood.

All mortaing houses which had been swept away from their foundations came down the Delaware. Many of them remained Intact until they struck the bridge connecting Easton and Philipsburg, when they were crushed like egg shells. Great quantities of driftwood and trees are rushing down the river. The strain on the big iron bridge is immense, but Pro fessor Porter, its designer, and other engineers who are here say the bridge will not go out, unless a great maBs of wreckage lodges against it. The bridge at Martin's Creek, eight miles up the Delaware, was still standing this morning, but It is in danger of going to pieces at any moment.

The Lohlgh and Bushklll rivers are backed up for miles. All the West Easton industries are inundated and the damage will be great. The Delaware River is still rising, showing the crest of the flood has not passed. Rain ceased falling about midnight. At the point where the Lehigh River empties into the Delaware there Is danger of the retaining wall going out, in which event the street and perhaps a number of houses would tumble into the turbulent waters.

The south side is cut off from Easton by water that has flooded Third street from the Lehigh bridge to Lehigh street. FURIOUS STORM ALONG COAST. High Sea Wrecks a Hotel Washouts on Nearly All Railroads Entering Philadelphia. Philadelphia, October 10 A dispatch to the Maritime Exchange says the life saving station at Townsend's Inlet, N. reports that the Townsend's Inlet Hotel was undermined by the high sea this morning and is breaking up.

The hotel was a small frame structure and was in an exposed position. The storm along the coast prevails with the same fury as was reported yesterday and has apparently not moved from the territory affected by it during tho past two days. Property has been damaged to the extent of thousands of dollars in this city and vicinity by the rain and wind. Scores of buildings were flooded and washouts reported on nearly all railroads. Both the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers are swollen far above normal, the latter stream causing serious damage to mill property along its banks.

It is estimated that 6,000 textile workers are idle In Manayunk because of tho flood. Along the lower Schuylkill there are several places where the water swept over the retaining wall and Inundated the Fairmount Park drives, or, further south, buried the railroad tracks so deeply that service had to be temporarily abandoned. Traffic on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad between New York and Philadelphia was impeded by the high water in the Rarltan River. The officials feared that tho bridge across this stream might be weakened by the flood and trains were transferred to the Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks. in this way trains were able to complete their trips, though not on time.

A washout occurred on the northeast Pennsylvania branch of the Reading at Buckingham about twenty miles from here, delaying traffic several hours. RARITAN A MIGHT'S TORRENT. New Brunswick Factorius Closed and Low Lands Flooded. New Brunswick, N. October 10 The freshet In the river here is one of the worst in many years.

All the factories along the river front were flooded and shut down. The temporary bridge put up by the contractors building the new Pennsylvania Railroad bridge was swept away. All traffic on the canal has been brought to a standstill. Hundreds of acres of low laud adjacent to the river and canal were flooded, the inhabitants going about In boats. The Raritnn River at 10 A.

M. was a mighty torrent and was close to the high water mark of the big freshet of 1882. HUDSON RIVER VERY HIGH. Dam Near Albany Swept Away and All Streams Are Flooded. Albany, N.

October 10 The rain hlch total ceasea yesieraay aneiuuuu In tha rauiiaii oi incnes, uupm twenty-nine years records of the local weather office, has been followed by a flood in the streams of this vicinity also unprecedented min Bcaauu ui me- year, i lie uuuu in Hudson reached its height about 10 o'clock this morning with a maximum of 15.03 feet above mean low water mark. The dam across the Normanskill at Kenwood, Just south of the city line, which was reported to have gone out last night when the river road highway bridge was carried away, was swept out this morning, carrying away still more of the bridge. A family named Denlson, living on the low fltts Just east of the dam, barely escaped last night with their lhes. They had disregarded the warnings of their neighbors and had gone to bed. their house surrounded by water.

After midnight the flood became so Koiir-Trnck Xe for October. Just out, full of interest, beautifully Illustrated; 6 ctnta copy at newsdealers. Adv. fluni n.ottl. a a.

with ruin llatt-'rasi t-rii Vv Knul. district who had perishable goods ruined by the overflow of si xers. The fire which has been used for years to assist in clearing cellars of water after similar floods was early on the scene yesterday and resumed work this inorniliir. Many cellars were pumped dry and it was discovered that considerable Injury was do.ie to the foundations of the houses. In sumo Instances it was remarkable that a complete collapse of the structures had not tollowcd.

Masons were put to work immediately pur-ting tho buildings in a sale condition. Tho flood caused the car tracks on I.ee avenue, between Ross and Rodney Htreets, to become undermined and the tracks finally caved in. stopping the Nostranl trolley line completely and at a time In th-? early morning when the rush was the greatest. The entire outside force or all or the borough departments was busy to-day assist-Iiik residents In emptying their cellars of water and repairing the damage done by-yesterday's flood. Twenty-four gangs of men were employed with hand pumps and.

as rapidly as they could, moved from house to house, pumping out cellars. The was not large enough to answer a quarter of tho appeals which were received at the offices this morning. The chief business attended to this morning by the officials of the departments was in relation to the damage done by the flood. Commissioner itedfleld exerted every effort to relieve the trouble, hoping to avoid damage suits against the city by restoring nor mal conditions ns rapidly as possible. No definite estimate could be mnilo to-day of Ihe cost of the storm to Brooklyn.

The number of complaints received, however, Indicated that the damage amounts to many thousands of dollars. It Is expected that stores of suit3 will be filed against the city within the next tew days. The Flatbush section generally presented a desolated appearance this morning. In Prospect Park the overflow of the lake, between the east and west drives, near tho Ocean parkway entrance, was the worst in years and a considerable section of the drives, paths and shrubbery were destroyed by the rushing waters. When the lake caused by the overflow at the Park Circle bernn to subside fish which had been wnshrd from the lake and stranded were picked up by boys.

On the Brighton Beach Line the service was still curtailed to-day, locomotives being utilized In place of the motor trains. The tide In the shipping basin at Wnlla-hout Market at 10 o'clock tills morning reached the highest stage known since the basin was excavated. The highest level heretofore, has not brought the surface of the water more than up to the undersides of the string pieces of the wharves In the basin and of the basin wnlls. To-day at 10 o'clock it was several inches above the upper side of those string pieces and the people on the barge of the New York Hay Company, who have kept general track of the basin tides, said that It was fully fifteen Inches above the measurement of any previous tide of their record, being a foot higher than on yesterday. After 10 o'clock the water began to fall slowly.

AH 14 YOU MAHKIKI1 Oil MMil.Kf Stntc election nllleera inny lie Iniitilal-tlve. Int they don't nak yon iiiichI loiia llkr tlint ivhen you rpftlater. It'a a short, Nlmiile procena und won't tllke more than minute, Kegs'later toil lull lM'fore 10 o'eloek. Find out where by looklnu; in to-riny'N Hnule. A DRUGGIST MISSING.

Johnson Started for' fee "yt Office With FUnds OiliciKls Say Nothing. Claude G. Johnson, a druggist in business nt 300 Clinton street, is missing. Yesterday afternoon members of his family reported to tho Butler street station that ho left the store yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock to go to tho Post Office and turn over certain money to the department, for a sub-station post office has been maintained ill his store for a long time. Whether or not he visited the Post Ofllco as he said he intended to do, is not known, and the officials would have nothing to say this morning.

He had $100 in his possession at the time and wore considerable jewelry, Including a diamond ring of two and a half carats, a diamond stud, and a Masonic emblem set with diamonds and various other stones. He also carried a gold hunting case watch. Johnson is 30 years old, 5 feet and 7 Indies tall aud weighs 200 pounds. He has dark complexion, mixed gray hair and a dark browu mustache, and was dressed in a pepper and Bait sack suit, black derby and patent leather shoes. When a number of reporters called at the store this morning and announced their mission a clerk, who seemed to be and asserted that he was lu charge, ordered them out of the store.

SIXTY MILES IN THIRTY HOURS. Commuters on the Erie Had a Hard Time Reaching New York City. Several resolute commuters who left points on the Erie Railroad north of Tuxedo early yesterday morning, reached New York at noon to-day utter being nearly thirty hours in traveling less than sixty miles. Their train could not advance beyond Tuxedo because of the condition of the line, and leaving it, they started down the flooded tracks with New York as their goal. They waded and floundered through mud and wa ter and after hours of hurd and dangerous work reachod Sloatsburg.

They got accommodation for the night in a hotel that had two feet of water In its dining room and to-day pressed on to Suffern. They report that the damage to that portion of the Erie has been underestimated und that it will tnkn two or three weeks to restore the roadbed to the condition that existed before the great storm. WOMAN'S BODY IDENTIFIED. The body of the woman found unconscious In the areaway of 263 Washington street yesterday morning, and who died later at the Cumberland Street Hospital, was identified last night as that of Annie M- Cook, who had a furnished room at 217 Washington street. The woman was of irngular habits.

It Is believed that death was due to alcoholism. COAL SHIP IS SAVED. Baltimore, October 10 The ship W. F. Babcock.

Captain Moxson, bound from Baltimore for San Francisco, coal laden, which went ashore in the Chesapeake Bay, near the mouth of the Patapsco River, yesterday, was pulled off this morning by the tug Tormentor and will be towed to the Capes. IlltnoKl.r.X' MAY NWIU KI.KtTION. In order to do no, however It IiIk vote in needed. A IiIk voti" rNUiHNt-N a I1K rcKlHtrittlon. Hot your name on the liiiiikN enrly, to-nliclit it lONNltili, before IO o'clock.

See iinlliiitf nJtlfeH In to-tlny's KuKle. Nollil comfort on tlic Hudson Itivcr Day Line steamer, i-'lne scenery. Guud mualc. -Adv. RUINS OF THE STONE WALL AROUND THE HOUSE GOOD SHEPHERD.

Water Undermined It During the Big Rain Storm..