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Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 3

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5 fcLt Cumberland mill was afloat and the street commissioner had weighted down the little bridge there with bonldcrs -CABLE SPARKS London March 2 Tha Btridard sayg that It la purely for tha United States government to decide whether It will recognize tho Cuban Insurgents belligerents but tba suggestion that diplomatic later- veation will ever Indues Queen Regent Christina to recognizs the indopeudenu of Cuba may be dismissed an idle dream WUl Not Co-operuto with Cecij Rhodes Capa Town Mar A letter written by Hoffineyer tbe leader of tha Afrikander party la puhliahpd here announclngthat it will be impossible for him to henuforth-eo-operate with (Leil Rhodes so long he la convinced that Mr Rhodes knew of tha British South Intended raid Into-tha Tranavaaland made no attempt to prevent It Cubans Thunk Senator Paris March Senor BetaaOea a Cuban agent In thia eity stated that tha cognition of tha CnDana belllgenta by tba United States woald ensure tbeir speedy triumph and that tha revolution would end In three' months Several Cubana have cabled their tbanke to Senator Sherman for his advoosey of the Cuban uause A Frlncli Opinion' Parla March 2 Tha Figaro says' that the vote In tho United States Senate In regard ta Cubs ean hurqiy to excused' and declares that Europe will some day unite against thia style of Monroeism SOMERSET RAILWAY 'DAMAGED Three Culverts In Norrldgewock Washed Ont and Bud Reports' from Other March 2 The rain did great damage to the Somerset railways three culverts In Norrldgewock were washed out Bad reports come from up tho line' i Bullion on Rampage Albany I March 2 The flood In' tho Hudson river at tla place is 16- foot above the normal water mark and the water till to out-do all records Tbe southern portion pf the city on tha flat land for a distance of 200 yards bank from the rivet front le inundated and there bae been mueh damage ddfae school committee' Callahan (np) 287) Tarr (dem) 184 Ward five Auburn for alderman Braek-ett (demy bad 201 Byron (rep 150 Moody (pro) 15 Augustine Ambrose 5 Brackett to tbe only democrat elected in Auburn BceiDRs Abont-Town Tbo mills wore not running In Lewiston to-dsy and for that reuon a heavy iota was out early in tba day Alter the scene at tha river had been witnessed by all there was added Interest lit tbe elections Tbe republicans found that their friends from the country could not get In to vote end the democracy feared that they could Heavy tax-payers of both parties who found they eouid not attend to business because of Mia 1 flood hitched up their turns and took a band at 'tba old trick of carrying voters Men who pay big taxes said that sines the two bridges would have to be built It wu very desirous that tbe right parly be In power to build them 1 Tbe heaviest vote bad been out by noon Both parties had froip fifty to a hundred teams ont scurrying about tbe country for voters Borne farmers came in to voto themselves and some bo hauled In with a yoke of oxrn but the ward heel-era fetched The polls opened all around at nine o'clock That wu the time when most everyone wanted to sec the falls and tbe eonse-quence waa that there wu no elbowing -to cut the first vote At Ward on and two everything wu quiet At three tho crowd extended Into the street at ten o'clock At four there wu a desperate fight on at half put ten1 The erowd stood on the sidewalk and In the guttek Four policemen watched the door and one man who said that Ur Leader hould be elected though the heavens fell end the old' men Of tbe falls wu washed away and wlfo made hie remarks foroelul by sticking his fist into the corner nl a good eye and then knocking him down because he penieted that Sanborn waa good enough for him wu taken in charge' and now reposeth peace(nlly In the City Building priaen Dr Leader had lots of frlenda though they do eay that be refused utterly to do any work In the canvassing line But' ha bad frlenda enough who did it for- hrm' Aa for Mr Sanborn be had frlenda galore After dinner It wu easier Mr Sabine's friends tood by fir Sanborn nobly In ward five tbe French- Amer lean Tom Reed Club got in its work right lively The people of' that happy ward ears whether the dam went out or not so- long es tbe right msn was elected to represent theFrench-Americans It wss pretty sure to be good French-Amerlesn for both Ar-" sene Cailler (dem) snd William Bsbourln (rep) ard well known and were pledged to vote for tho interests of their ecnetitnents The fight here wae hot Both candidates were on deck and both bad a large following it wu generally considered that Sabourln bad the beat show 6 A to 9 It had risen six Inches and wbs still rising Queer aeenes were witnessed on Water ftreet patch Sunday morning the bouses stood on a high embankment with a solid wall of masonry between thenq end the river This morning they were oe a shore within a few feet of the water and some of them standing In the water itself -Women in Ilnbbcr Boots were wsl king about' and carrying household goods- away from the endangered houses No real damage had been done to the houses there at 9 Borne small houses on the bank of the river were -carried away Water stood a foot deep on the alloy beck of the John Littlefield building on Main street and a cord of wood which had been' trembling on the verge plunged over into the onrrent at 9 and crowd of 5000 people yelled aa it wefit down among the ruins of tha Lewiston end of tho bridge On the very abutment of the northeast aide of the Lewiston end of the bridge stands a little two-story wooden building owned and occupied by one Joseph Parrln He resides upstairs and a saw-filer has a shop downstairs When the bridge broke down it shook his honsa like an earthquake end his wife thought that the house was going too: Bbe creamed and ran down into the street in her bare feet and night dress but seeing the honse still firm she went back and in a few miuutes was seen dressed and assisting in moving out the goods for no one wanted to risk a sadden rise of water Above the wreck of the North Bridge is a great pool of water which eddies sronnd on the bank and into the cellars and fopndatlons of the Littlefield building the A King machine shop the Smith and Csr man-Thompson machine and metal working plant and up against the foundation of the old church now ted ior a Junk shop The next building to this ia the Gay ft Woodman shoo shop as It la best know Througb an erehway in this building runs a street that leads down Into the mill yard of tha Columbia Mill whisk la situated on the bank of the river on the etone embankment and river wall Ordinarily this building ia 20 feet above the water In tha river et low ebb but to-day the flood was washing in and out of the lower windows and now and then a junk of led would crash ap against a sash and shatter it A large amount of valuable cloth in the machines on the first floor of this mill was wet and nearly if not quite spoiled In the mill yard itself was a most desolate looking scene Barrels chairs boayds and boxes yen drifting bout A big wave struck the further side of the mill and went in through the windows and swashed out into tha yard In the centra of the yard stood the office of the Columbia Mill a small aquaro wooden building This was well grounded bnt it sorely had tho look of a Ark The door was opened and the water wished In end out three feet deep Through the melancholy looking windows of tho building coaid be seen the roll top deek of the agent with the ehair standing lm IN THEIR PATHWAY Continued from first page) tad othrt buildings pat up a solid front and strange to relate were not swept away by ttaeruableg waters Turner street forms the easterly boundary of the Franklin Co gully In Anburn-Perry ville forms the northerly boundary and Fossvllle and the Gemage avenue aee-tlon the southerly boundary A small brook runs down this gully and ordinarily one ean Jump across It at any point The water Is used to turn an overshot wheel at the Tibbetts grist mill just below Turner street The outlet has been a small eulvert under Turner street where tho Maine Central overhead bridge crosses The eapsclty of this culvert was not equal to'the demands made upon it Bunday and the water backed up the entire length of the gully making tv a veritable lake At its highest point on Turner street It came within three feet Of the top of the bank wall: The Water was nearly to the top of the first story windows of the large Nevens store house on the corner of Bummer and Union streets The water was over the tops of the highest carriages on the first floor Crowds the rising of the water all day It was noticed that it did not rise any after the middle of the afternoon We khow now that the water had found a culvert of Its own It had eaten its way nnder the big granite blocks and was fast undermining the old enlvert the southerly foundation of the bridge abutment and the street itself At 830 three of the outer granite blodks caved in and mottled over into the gully to the mouth of'lhe old culvert The street was Immediately fenced off and a number of police officers stationed there to keep the people from danger The electrics were stopped and the electric wires were cut Boon after a big crack appeared in the south wall of the railroad abutment 15 feet southeast from the gully eulvert This continued to grow wider until about midnight when it opened up very rapidly and a large amount of rocks and 'earth slid off into the water The street went out at this point at 2 A and the brook resumed its normal condition The water on Bunday at 4 wae from 10 to 12 feet over- Union street between hummer and Manley streets ALONG THfe WATER FRONT Iewlaton anil Disasters from the Beenes-In Lumber Yards and Mills 'HE people all moved lll'-out along the water front Miller street in burn Newbury street in Auburn 'Jordan ft i 1 -Fr Water street ltbe in Lew-t all of' them were in the depths of the flood with water rising all day -Mon-dey only hope lay in the little square of AND HARRIS Republican Mayors Elected To-Day in the Twin Cities 1 Lewiston Republicans Roll Up a 1 Magnificent Majority Mayor Noble Re-Elected a Plurality of 803 by In Aubnrn Hon Harris 636 Plurality and 497 Majority Has The Third and Fourth Party Tickets Cut but a Small Figure in Hither City TOTE IN THE TITO CITIES In Lewiston thetotal vote ia 8735 Noble (rep) has 2132 Morey dem) 1330 Carville pop) 17 Anthony (pro 56 plurality 802 majority 729 The total vote of Anbnrn le 1401 Harris (rep) has 949 Davis (dcm) 313 Bran B0 Warren (pro) 49 The republican plurality for Harris ia 636 majority 497 i Vote of Lewlstoa for Mayor March 1890 Nobis Morey Carville Anthony (rep) IF erd 1 Wfd IVsrd 8 SM Ward 4 S7J Ward 5 £87 Ward ISO Ward 7 841 (dem) 109 149 183 178 289 828 -141 1880 (pop) 8' 2 1 1 0 17 OJf) 10: 11 1 8 8 18 60 Total 2132- Bcatterlng 0 plurality 80S: Mayor majority 729 Vote of Lewiston for Mayor March 1895 Noble Oarer Ion Ward i srd 2 Srd ''a i IF ard 4 ard lj It 1 Ward 0 Div I Ward Ward 7 Total Scattering Mayor majority 166 Tote of Auburn for Mayor March 1890 -Harris Davis Eranh Warren (fop) (dem) (pop) (pro) Ward 1 174 SI 17 7 IS ard 2 217 SB IS Ward 18S 22 Vird 4 187 SS 7 Ward 5 IBS 199 14 Total 849 218 90 49 Mayor 636 Mayor majority 497 Tote of Auburn for Mayor March 1895 Smith Atwood Warren Ashe Wilt be required to BIX INCHES RAIN Tho Greatest Fall at One Tima Ever Noted In This County At the gate bouse at 11 were Agent Stephen Lee esq Wallace White esq Civil Enginrer John A Jones end his brother Fred A Jones tho water ganger end otter gentlemen connected with the Union Water Power Company Tha water was washpg np against -the edge of tha building and surging up in the pits In the floor The account oi tha rain that baa fallen during this storm has been carefully kept by the gate keeper A big pail with a rim ao sharp that it will cut in two a anew flake that lands on it is placed ont in the open air and then tha water that falls into It ia measured Bines Saturday morning aix and One-tenths inches of rain water hae fallen In thia county This is the greatest amount of water that has fallen in a rain storm during the exlstenoo of the gate honse in Lewiston Tbe lsst greet record wss fonr inohee of rain At 11 to-day nine and one-tenth feet of water ws running over the dem end this waa greater by over shall foot than In the history of tho city end tha dam The last great record of high water was eight and fifty one-hundredths feet on the dam At the time of tb famous Pumpkin FrMhet Uncle Whittier who wae at work in tho mill now the Colombia mill made a mark in the wall which Indicated the height to which the water had risen then To-day Mr Gyros Greely told the writer that the water vu three feet above that famous mark Scarce Wilson A Co de not loss cent though they hffVe a large number of loge above ErriSl data Mr George Bear ca said to-day noon: "There ere lota of new logs running to waste in this flood and I expect that aoma one la loosing a biff slice of profits Borne of tbem look new enough to have been ent within the Ufeefc: Probably some ol tbem Borne of the loge that went down stream to-day were thought to belong to Record at Livermore Falla and to Staples at Canton "Moat of said Mr Lyford will go to sea and very few of them will top et Merrymeeting boy There ere men down there who poll them out with boats and get firteen cents apiece for them' They are not brought back but are sold to people who saw down there Tha loss of loge will be one of the biggest items in the freshet OUR ONE STABLE LINK What Should We Do Without the Grand Trunk Bridge Lewiston and Auburn are now abaking the sympathising hand solely across the Grand Trunk railroad bridge It is the on-ly link betweeh the cities that the pedestrian may safely venture upon' 1 It stands without a tremor and will undoubtedly "stand tbs as tha hymn puts it What should we do without It? Down there this morning the atreame of pedestrians were filing across stepping cantiously and glancing apprehensively at the rolling flood beneath It wai like the ons approach to a beleaguered eity Merketmen hurried across with baskets on tbeir shoulders One bTne-coated chap lugged a great round of beef A men a particularly scared look bore amid the jostling of the throng a heaping basket of eggs One muscular Individual put blmaelf between the shafts of a bakery cart end bumped it scrou tbe bridge ties followed by tbe shouts of tha crowd The Grand Trunk people were very accommodating end deserve to bo well-remembered by the cltiaens Several times a box ear wae lbaded with articles that were especially needed on one elde or the other and the ear wee laboriously pushed across by volunteers In this way several horses were carried across and any amount of provisions An Auburn undertaker who needed Caskets wss accommodated in this way and other merchants who were abort wen atoeked np by tbiaprimitivo mode of conveyance The Lawiston Gaa company bu applied for permission to stretch lte gas main across the Grand Trunk bridge and wired its request this forenoon Tbe distance ia 2200 feet and it will be fully a month before the mains ot the' two cities can be connected provided permission is given by the Grand Trank people Superintendent William Ecntt of the gas company says "When the bridge went I wu ready for It and at onee shut off tbo gas at the gas house I did not turn it on until people were np eo that there woald be no danger from Superintendent Groes of the Lewiston Electric Light Company will run his wire cross that convenient Grand Trank bridge There ere also three lines of telephone erou this bridge and more will probably added with the permission of tho railroad obmpany- Tbe Western Union' lines ere attached to tbe Maine Central railroad bridge end re therefore not interrupted by tbe flood Bupt Whitney says that be shall attempt to arrange for running the fire' alarm wire across tha Maine Central bridge The connection was broken when the North Bridge went down With this structure also went the gu main and most of tho telephone wires iOontlnued on seventh page I DADO OF PHOTOGRAPHS Wars Suggested For Utilising Tow Collee ttoo of Small Prints to' Boot Advantage Ploture framing is always expensive One frame is not snob an Item but when it oomos to- a dozen photographs water oolon or engravings one stands aghast at the total cost In many now houses frames go in with tho rent so to spook In rooms which aro walnsooted lengths of glass are placed so that the upper molding forme tho base of the frame and another molding is plaoed at the top to bold the glass How to the heart are the hundred photic graphs collected abroad I What more calou-1 la ted to givo a constant joy than these 1 in a around the library or over a bookshelf In own den? Theso mgy bo slipped behind tho glass -as the molding is easily removed and thus a dado is made for all toodmlra If a eepn-' ration is desired a narrow molding to match la easily obtainable A 'firm band with a penknife and a -few teaks only is needed and a room la transformed Another way 1 too molding placed half way between floor and celling with the photographs set upon it and a long ribbon In the tone of the room la stretched -abovo and holds tbem in place A charming effeat la obtalnod In forming a background of volvot lti own width and fastening pictures simply framed in passo portoutr upon It with largo- headed bran tacks In a young room rooohtly by a well known decorator and described In the New York Hamid tho tmly color wae yollow A few fine engravings won drained In vnilto and gold but tbo wires by which they were suspended won covered with yollow ribbons and' tho hooks' were bidden by nhugo rosette Wluia washing glassware do not put It in hoi water bottom first as it be 1 In bid 4o crack from sudden expansion Even delicate gloss eon be safely washed In very hot water if slipped in edgewlsp 'Ooifle oad Sas ths Stylish New EiM Pirn- They are like New England poepte all outside thow Tbeir chUd merits are within end (hey must be thoroughly known to be eppraela- ted Our terms to buy or rant Will ult you We have tbe largest warerooms moat styles and great- eat sc sortment la the weald visits BSO TBBMONT BOSTON 1 gullied that many daya complete repairs PICTURESQUE BUT DAMP Sernas In Miller and Newbury Mreets Along tbe Submerged Section ALL the sights one of tbe mostpictnr esque was that along the Auburn water front at 8 A Monday One of the largest crowds was at the Turner street wash oat Here the overhead railroad bridge spanned both the street and the ngly looking gorge made by tbe water at A At tbe southerly end tbe bridge rested upon 'a pile' of uncertain granite bloeks and only lte south' west corner had any suggest whatever The other wall was not damaged mneh because tbe conrsq of the old culvert wee to the south of It The electric street railway rails and timbers extended across the chasm giving tho appearance of an extension bridge Big granite rocks logs parts of carriages tha Union street sidewalks were In the gorge where the subsiding waters had left them There was no crossing in the street bnt those who eared to were allowed to climb down the bank wall jump the brook and ellmb np the railroad embankment thna making connection with Turner street All of buildings at the beef em porium were flooded At livery stable the water was over tbe flnt-floignd some of tho mailer buildings of the eai gone down stream Crowds stood on Conrt street near the point where the bridge need to be Tbe leering away of tho structure left an ngly hole in the street Miller street was nnder water and the basement ot Bosk block was flooded Mach of the atnff had been removed Sunday even ing including a large amount of floor from the Olfene ft Holmes store The Cracker blacksmith shop the Miller hide establishment tho Merrill ft Banks machine shop the Coombs shop the A A Tubbs shop the Standard Heel factory the Bangs livery stable were among tbe places Invaded by the flood The water wae nearly to tbe second floor of the big tenement home on Miller street' At tbe Grand Trunk bridge the water at 8 A was leas than fonr feet from the under-work of the bridge The bridgo was standing It nobly NO TRAINS How It Looks in tho Local road Offices Rail- -1 Benson "No trains says Agent of tbe Maine Central "No tralna says Agent Brown of tbe Grand Trunk eay both no telling when a wheel will tarn on any of the linee The only trains likely to do much business this week are the wrecking Tba tale from everywhere Is one of disaster crashing bridges inundated fields gnllied cnlverts acres of water' end boiling torrents sweeping everything before their onrush "Every hour brings some new story of wreckage end says Agent Benson "It will be days befoze the full extent of the damage can be ascertained for It will require long and careful search to find ail the erumbling pieces in Trains have been uncalled generally' Bo far as we have received reports thera Is hot a train moving in Maine except an accommodation here and there for soma wrecking train that is eliding cautiously along the rails The process of repairs must be long' end ted ions and under the best conditions It mast be several weeks before railroad traffic can be resumed on the old basis Here there and everywhere is some important connecting link gone It will bs weeks before the overhead Turner street Maine Central bridge ean bs repaired Daring tbe forenoon Monday its west and bong precariously by ons earner' only the braes of the atrnctnre and the twisted rails saving it from eoilipsa into the cavernous ravine that the waters had opened in the street beneath' Officers stood there and warned the erowd back for aa tbe momenta passed tba granite retaining wall on the west end slowly bnt steadily slumped and slid toward the gorge that tha flood bad torn through Tnrner street If the bridge tractate fell It waa ears to drag tbe wires end poles to tbe ground for a long distance up end down Turner street At nine Agent Wood of tbe Court street station reoaivefl orders te prop the Turner street bridge If it wee possible and a large crew waa at once set at work All tbie tlmo a crowd watched with deep interest the huge bulk of tbo Maine Central Upper Bridge spans tbs fells Early in tbe morn- p4ng tbe middle pier of the western span crumbled end went down leaving tbe long stretch of atrdetnro unsupported except for tbe end piers- The waters roared 1 within a foot or so of tbe lower trueework and occasionally a huge log ending down over the falls banged with omlnons tattoo gainst tha ringing steel' At each impact of -'this sort the bridge tottered end wayed 1 know whether we ean save It or remarked Agent Benson aa be aur-veyed the scene from tbe eastern embankment Guards were posted at either end of tha bridge and fences were erected The only persons allowed to pass were people who eouid satisfactorily explain that they had business on the otherside oi tbe river end these were warned as they scrambled an- der tbs fence "Yon pass at yoar Tbd western span had a perosptible 1 wobble bnt quite a stream of pedestrians waa constantly filtering past tba Mlicalan Cerberus who offleiated aa local Ho'ratias Tba condition of those bridges effactaally ehqpki railroad traffic on tbe for muny daya except transfers aro made between the cities Tbe Maine Central fcrldge at Barkervllld bu gone the Bridge at succumbed and thu Nina Meadows at Greene are overflowed and washed until tha track resembles a furrow In a plowed field Tbe number of washouts end eaved-in culverts on all tba Maine Central lines radiating from these cities are too numerous to detalL Every railroad section la demoralised at some point or other and reports of damage are constantly coming In The Grand Trank Road has six wafBbnts ell bad ones between Portland and'Ialand Pond Vt and fire wrecking trains are osL As usual tba tfieky ia deeply submerged end badly washed "at turbulent Falla -above Sou tb Paris Tbe iron bridge between New Gloucester and Danville has gone down 1 and- the meadows there are lakes There -ia no connection eaat or west by tbe Grand Trunk and none is possible jnat yet or until temporary brldgq structure can supply tha missing links The little Androscoggin bridge baa been reported standing firm end tbe Grand Trunk Androscoggin bridge is apparently sturdy yet At 10 A the Grand Trank wire gave ont after several presaging wobbles and the agent waa obliged to do bia business by the Western Union Tba damage along tbe Grand' Trunk line appears to have been rather from washouts than from smashed bridges bnt several The Telephone Co are making rapid progress In repairing their broken lines end have re-established oommualpatlon with Robinson ft drag store The Maine Central tracks In New Gloucester are up for a long distance Does Your Back Ache? Then go at once and buy a PLASTER i i relief and all inc icmcii or weakness in any part tte body The virtue of Fresh Hope Hemlock Pine Bikam and Extracts combined one ptcpsrsr tum Sent by mail pnee as cents Get the aennine! Made only by PIASTER COMPANY for Back- stuuppsiiu E11CAGJE8 AT ATWOOD'S B1 pABTEBX Raised and Fanay extern Beef ATE8T New York -and Boston Jj Celery and Head Lettuce 1 IN Glass and Tins all the Finest Frails Berries set soiling and con-dlmems from the Leading bouses CAPS Cod Oysters Finest la tbe World Never before carried by a a easaeeeoeapeeoeie A FULL Line of Cheeses Rarebit Cheese Edam Rocqnefort Far-meaan Camembert Swiss otc COUNTY Raised: Corn-fed Pork obsb oon neo so eoe isss oeeo 9 IN Great Tnrkeys Geese Docks Partridge at Low Prices EYERY 'kind of Fish as well Common- end Balectod Oysters SAVE Money and aeeuro good appetites at my model New Market on tho New Market Plea one of tho handsomest stores in Now England "Everything new fresh and sweet ABRAM ATWOOD 159 Lisbon St V' i LB WISTON MAINE WHY WE CHANGE OUR ADVERTISEMENT 'ELL to tell tho troth since wa last advertised In tbe Lewiston Journal wa have had no time to 1 think of anything bat -attending to tbe wants of our fustomera Everybody wants Bhredded Wheat for breakfast with Hamburger steak and tho way the Fish znfi Meets have to be parsed ont for dinner wltU erlsp Celery la astonishing They leave the store wlthont Sage' Cheese for supper and of course a few of our dclletona assorted crackers to go with It have everything for desaerta ioca Gelatines Pnddlnes Fra lte of ell kinds Note and Balsins We have Condensed Milk Buttermilk aad Cream 1 Cream! I Cream 1 1 1 Come In end we will do oar beat to please yon 1 I ATWOOD 220 Court Stf jAUBURNi TELEPHONE 215-11 EL If company cornea suddenly send to oe for some ot ran Cooked Ham A Ale ANOTHER REPUBLICAN YEAR Results ofthe Elections in Several Maine Cities To-Day Mayor Bibber Carries Bath Probably by About 400 Majority! Mayor Plurality in Port- laid Expected ta Rsacii 500 AH Ond Way in Gardiner-and Hallowell Eockland Saco "Weitbrook and Deer- a ing Make Favorable Eo orts LIVELY ELECTION IN BATH At One Mavor Majority Promised to be Over 400 Bath Me March 2 (Special) The alter tion In this eity la progressing quietly A arge vote bed been thrown at the close- of tha noon hour then exceeding the vote-' of tho election a year ago The democrats are working like beavers and the republicans are not a whit behind Especially la this true in wards foor five and seven where tbe contest over tbe eity eonneil ticket Is hotly waged The democrats ira confident of electing their ticket for oouncilmen In ward four' and tha republicans are squally confident of winning thera by a small majority Ex-Mayor Wakefield fa leading the republican forces In ward four and It to very rare that bia generalship fails of victory At 1 It wu estimated1 that the total vats for mayor would count np over 1200 at the elou and that Mayor majority would be from 400 to 450 THE CUMBERLAND CITIES a Portland KepDbllcDns KxjMct to Ro-elect Miy-1 or Baxter by Five Hundred Plurality Portland Me March 2 Tha republicans arc hopalul of re-eleeting Mayor Baxter by about 500 plurality and carrying five wards A falr-azcd vote to being polled but the excitement attending tha freshet hu robbed tho elution of its usual interest Deering and Westbrook elutions Uao arc progreuing wlthout special incident GARDINER UNANIMOUS Hon Gluon Elected Mayor Opposition Without Gardiner Me March 2 (Special) Hon' Cl soon (rap) was elected mayor of Gardiner to-day without opposition The vote wu vary light IN ROCKLAND Bebuhllcan Mayor Hon John Lovcjoy Re-Elected Bock land Me Mar 2 (Spulsl) municipal eleotlon resulted In tha nr eleetlon of John Lovajoy (rap) Tor mayor-Tba majority of tba city councIL ia rspob- liun HALLO WELL REPUBLICAN OeorgaA Raffia rd Elected BepubUesn City Government- Hallowell Ua Mar 2 (Special) A Salford (rap) was sleeted mayor with- a republican eity government in Hallowed to-day 1 BACO DEMOCRATS HUSTUNG While Many Republican Farmers aro Do- talned From the Polls by the Freshet Baco Me! Mar The democrats arc profiting by-the reshat aa many' farmers arc kept at boat by fslleq bridge or bad roada A heavy city vote Is being polled Tba demoeratio leaden aro making tbe greatest bustle of their lives and tbe ahanou ua that they will capture two ward perhaps thru out of uven LOCAL NOTICES A Curd Words cannot axprau our heartfelt Jhsnks to tha friends who' "have bean so much assistance In our raoent 1 bereave ment for tha kind sympathy ex- pressed and tor tha many beautiful floral tributes: We desire especially to thank tha1 school children for tbeir beautiful contribution of flowara Ha ise Una ct BnnrrS '-i-'i'-Vr-'j Xasa Bnrrr IftarAR Ttrd 1 IV ard Ward 2 IF srd 4M Ward Total Mayor majority 40 Mayor plurality 197 The polls in Auburn closed at 4 It was early evident that the election of Nathan Harris eiq was assured and the size of -it was the only thing in question Water evidently frightened tha demo- i crate ont The vote wss light- Anbnrn is to be congratulated It baa elected a clean man an honest man and a capable man ThOj next city government of Anbnrn will be a eity government of well-known oltlzena and property holders They faee grave problems ae the result of tho devastation and ruin that tbe great flood of to-day baa wrought It is a triumphant vindication of clean financial administration Id Lewiston irfayor Nobis Is re-elected to tbs third term of miyoralty by one ok tbe largest majorities ever given In this eity In recent years Mayor Noble has with him a good eity government and a strong booking of the good judgment end prudence of the people He had a record of "not an appropriation to point tou MiareprdaMtetloii on thia score did not blind the peoplwand the tax-payers eame ont voted Every old-time ward went republican and Alderman' Carr Igan against whom a fight had been nunored came out with a 1 I big lead of a hundred and elxty strong and ward seven wu enrolled among the faithful strength In ward six wu phenomenal Tha French- Americans rallied' In Ward and made a great gain' Ward 3 wu prond of lte record end the old cry of "Whang she wu reechoed through tbe ward room Mayor majority waa -Urge and Alderman CalUhan wu right -to thu front in the general ticket Then la room for everyone to rejoloe The Lisbon street law firm will not dle- tate'tbls year It wholly assuage our grief over the' flood end damage but It can help "80S Majority for wu tbo word at tho Journal offlae at 6 and tba cheers went np Six out oil uven wards are republics with aix republicans elected to the school board'! William Sabourln (ra p) 'to elected in Ward Five by a vote of 291 to 225 for Gall-tor (dem) and jlderman Carr Igan -'(rep) polled 827 to Biker (dem) 160 -V After water slide eame land slide for the democrats Notes of tho' Election'' The- i Independent republican vote In ward aix Lewiston for alderxpan wu 22 In ward one Anburn' Brlgga wu elected to the sohool committee on a clou vote 7- Thu vote for alderman In Ward 1 Lewiston wu follows: Hibbirt 457 Webster 112 Scattering 25 Tha vote ior alderman In Ward 2 Lew-piston wu Libby (rep) 287 Isaacson IMi' 1' black that flattered in the "cold -from the Union Water Power Co signal Etatlon at the bead of Lisbon street Along Front the scenes were- unusual even for the daye of flood The water poured In one even level mass over Lewiston Fells the rocks all being submerged Ice logs buildings debris fnrnltnre parte of bridges cattle farm utensils everything were going down with the tide Wnter at the head ef the canal piled up eo that it poured np through the floor of the city elcetrie-llght plant and ran ont of the windows the first sashes in a torrent Island Garden waa submerged and' although the smpenslon bridge steod Its own the walks were all submerged and men make tbeir way to the Island only by crawling along on the Iron fence that shot In the duck pond The Exchange Hotel the bonsea On Cbapel street tbe gate all of tbe places In this vicinity were troubled by tbe rise and In the Cowan Mfg Go tbe Colombia Gay Woodman Co sloesbop the eleetrle light plant wSs water water everywhere! Gown the river tbe seines were the same Thousands Crowded daring tbe forenoon to the brink of tbe treem where tbe aad remnant of bridge bung out a little way Into the river Grocers drove np to the crowd and said 1 guess we wont deliver In Anbnrn Gas men electricians fire alarm workers of them were at tha wires People at 7 A were moving their honsebold goode end tbe Hodgkins Foee building bad a on The Tea that had piled np on the bridge baeked the water to tbo foot ot the falls and Into the mills and yards alongshore At tbe lerge Jordan Frost A Co yard a heavy boom had been stretched along the shore to keep tbe board piles in tho premises The water baeked np 10 feet desp in some parts of the yard and all kinds of finished timber wae drifting about Enough to construct three or four boasts was near the boom and struggling with it to get outside into the current It a'ay stood In the engine room and tho wee a farce the Bouth'brlage went out end tha water fell Xbres feat in as many minutea and tbe lumber that bad been piled np and floating In tbo yard rushed out with the current tJirought up against the rope and timber om outside end most of it staid there arbaps f30D worth wont ont nnder tbe boom There were bunches of shingles boards clapboards and timbers When tbe North -bridge went out and cania floating past with its burden of ice and logs the flimsy boom that held Jordan Frost ft lumber went with it and the and finished lumber went with it One employe in tho yard said that fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred worth of damage bad been done to tbe establishment elona Mr Woodbury Frost at 9 A that it would be Impossible 10 estimate correctly the loss at that time Tfint they era a lively firm end no sooner had the boom gone that they were at work conatrnellag a new one and running ft 'outside tbe row of buildings and abeds on tbe embankment' While they were at this a very fine chain boom of logo apod by Intbalee If we Only had that boom Mid Mjv Frost 4 1V1 soon os the water bad subsided the three feet after tbe Booth bridge went It began to creep up again and at daylight was blghter tbnn it had been at alL From turned half away as he left It Saturday night Tbe prettily painted safe and other fnrnltare was nearly or quite submerged Where Saturday hurried tbe busy feet of employes coming end going now the ioo-cold yellow water bad away and forbade all Intrusion The Cowan and Lincoln mills were more fortunate because they were on higher lend But the water wae dangerously near to tbe basements Busy hands had been clearing out tbe valuables for hours There wee no' aurplne of water in the wheel rooms of the Lincoln mill tbe Groes electric-light plant or tbe street railway power house bet they coaid not ran becaQM-of tbe high water Anxione people stood on the high bank of the river where the Lswleton pnmplng station tbe eity electrio llgbt plant and tbe waste gate is situated Oil tbe point of lend where the shore end of the Island Garden suspension bridgo is situated were 1000 people at 9 and many were coming end going all the time Tbe bottom of tbe suspension bridge wae within three feet of tbe hurrying river above the dam Mr John Btraw jr a civil engl near estimated that Nine Feet of Water was running over tbe top of tho dam then It was within 18 inches of the top Of the masonry end the turnpike of Island Garden evenae' If the river rose two feet it would weep across tbs turnpike and into tbe pumping station tbe eleetrle light station and the Lincoln mill and would no doub wash away tbe earth about them Thi amount of damage done If anch should tbe case would be hard to telL Butt be water waa then slowly rising Underneath this bank and street ere the canals that carry -water to the- pumping tation end to tbe Lineoln mill Water wag standing fonr feet deep In the boiler room of the Jiew eleetrle light station and was running ont of the windows in a torrent on tbe lower side It waa a most nniqua spectacle indeed No one could see where tbe water vu coming from but all could sea it raining out of the windows and spitting out under tbe doors like steam from a hot locomotive Of couree tbe wheel pits of the pumping station were lull end tbe water waff running ont the windows Many people were crossing tbs suspension bridge to Island Garden end considerable crowd bad assembled there The water washed clean and smooth all around tho edge of tha Island and some of the mailer buildings were In danger On tbe Anbnrn end of tbe upper dam there wee simply an underlatlon a seam to mark where tba dam was and tbe water ran over in a graceful sweep Moat of tbo ice went over on that side and of conraa was mors thoroughly broken in going over West Pitch then it weald have been on this side tbe shore of tbe river along tbs lands of the Lewiston steam mil! indj coal elevator waa pretty thoroughly washed Tbe wefeff stood In the yard of the eteam mill and in tbe boilor fnrnaees' Very little finished lumber was carried away from tberc but a good many logs' went The "Little so called wee completely covered over end a great mass of logs and lea were sticking among the trees A Jam bad occurred at island but had gone out before tbe Ice breakers bad been damaged much One of them wee torn off the bottom and demolished however It la impossible to estimate the number of feet of timbsr that has baen carried out tc mi to-day All day long log have been coming down with ioc At 9 the Avon mill was tbe only oneln tbe two cities that was running This mill bar a long psn stock and takes its water from a canal higher than tbe roof of part of the bnildlng and its seta on the edge of a banking Itself The lower part of Llnooln trcatTbythe.

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