Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

-Established April 20 1861 ID AS SBOOHD CLAM -MAIL KATTH I AT uwaiov POST OFFICBL I IaETVTSTON MAINE TUESDAY MAKOH 31893 97 Far Tear by Mall (8 wben not paid la $8 Per Year by Carriers in Advance Highest of all in Leavening Latest Repoft 5 EDITION i r- loaa ean scarcely be 'estimated but' It la -thought that 30000 will barely sever it The Oobbossee was a raging torrent driven baekfupon itself by tbe turbid flood) Many of the shorter bridges across the stream have been carried away or dislodged 1 The washouts In streets and highways radiating from tha city are innumerable and tha eity appears to ba practically Isolated The loss by lumbermen and wharf ownera aa detailed In Journal are especially severe ABSOBftmSffijf PQSBjS THE JOURNAL INDEX Fage Telegraphic and General News Fage a-Sports Fersonal and Genera News Op Markets 1'age Still There Is Fanny Side Temperance Notes The Bad Eyo-Factory The Musical World Bellglous Summary Municipal Reports rags 4-KdItorlal State Chat J'sgs Local Hews Fage Handmade Files About the Wedding A Scrawny Whale Fage 7 Local Mew -Fage 8 Local Mews SAVE OLD MARCH Bridgeless Streams All Over Maine and Damage to Property Will Rise to Above $10000000 Railroads Beginning to Resume and Waters Subsiding Not a Bridge on the Androscoggin Above Lewiston Kennebec and Penobscot Valleys Heavy Railroad Bridges Ail Right News of Havoc from AU Over Maine A GRAVE CRISIS servetlve estimate of the money lose to all Maine in all weye by the flood v- ITo Prospaotof Settled Weather but Storms Brewing and JU-v "God' made a wind to pass over the earth and tbe waters assuaged fountains of the feip and' the windows of heaven were stopped and the rain from heaven was restrained tbe waters returned from off the earth and tha waters were It came to pass In the 601st year In the first month the first day of the month the waters wera dried up from off the oarth and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and behold! tbe fane of the earth was Fortunate Noah! For It snowod not on Mt Arrarat and the blizzard was not and the dove found an olive branch To-day In Maine the patriarch would not have ventured from hie Ark but undoubtedly would have passed the day in peaeeful converse with Ham Sfaem Japbet and Mrs Noah or tending the boa-constrictors and feeding the mosquito and the ant for wise In hla generation Noah would never have faced the fierce end angry blizzard that came with the day- Who arc nervous weak worn out with local troubles find pure blood nerve strength and perfect health in Sarsaparilla We do not say the above -to raise false hope It has been the experience of many very many women in those intensely trying periods which' demand and consume so much ervous force those special physical trials We delicately indicate by merely using the words Maid Mother Matron Like a confidential friend we suggest the use of Sarsaparilla a reli-able blood purifier and tonic it has helped many others andMivill help you I was In poor health five years broken down in strength and appetite all gone Local troubles and other weaknesses Intensified my misery Nervous sick rv 1 iS Headaches a 1 dizzineoa heartburn and1 pains in my back made me think I should never be well again A friend prevailed upon me to try Sarsaparilla I soon began to improve and in six montlft it restored me to better health thaj for years I have fonnd Sarsaparilla a grand medicine for all trouble peculiar to My I am now strong and bealtby and can do a good day's work I stand by Sarsaparilla for it 'cured me after other medleinee Mu Lcn Dm Carl in vllle Illinois This and many similar cures prove that Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier All druggists $1 Prepared only by CL I Hood A Co Lowell Mass Pills ZirXLST less when the field of ice speeding with the fall fling of the raplda rolling over and over and crunching with much noise bore down -upon the point of land like a battling ram and seemed ready to posh it all into the stream JJL CmUWS AwA AT luHEKVlLJtAdEMoTOiYl Mr Gross said that Bis actual damage would be fSOO to 400 Superintendent Noyea of the telephone exchange saya hla subscribers have been very considerate during tha flood For this Mr Noyea la tbankfnL Ha fa hustling to give the people tha belt service possible The oempany haa alx wires In the Grank Trank bridge- The pubfto office at the A Robinson ft Co store Ig great convenience WESTBROOK MOURNS A' MILLION Her Paper Mills and Swept Away- Bridges WJitbroik Mi' Mire 3- (Special) Westbrook woe stormed by tbe tUrbnMnt Presumps cot and wben the floods anbslded to-day the city found that lie losses woqld run well into the seven figure mark In faet conservative eslmete Is that fl090000 will barely eovrr tha loss Tha new mill of tbe Warren Paper Manufactory Is gone portions of tke Westbrook manufacturing WL and other mills ere damaged-The dam to sice pond in Cape Elisabeth la gone Royal river at Yarmouth Is tbe highest evefc known and a portion of the dam haa been destroyed Two bridges at this point have gone and the Forest Paper mill and machine shop are still in danger and badly damaged Every moment adds to the report -of damage all over this portion of the State Two-thlrda of tho bridges In Cumberland county are destroyed Only one bridge out of alx over the Pre-umpacot river between Westbrook ''and Cumberland Mills remains Along-the entire river not more then three brldgee remain standing Traffic la paralysed and communication with various points la tedious and dangerous A SPRINGVALE MAN DROWNED Lcsi of UN and Property on tile New Hainp--V shire Border Bprlngvsle Me March 3 Elliott bridge between Dover and Kiltery waa washed away Monday The loaa at that place waa 915000 Charles Otia of Bprlngvale aged 55 yean a member of tbe Grand Army waa washed off a dam at Dover Monday -night and drowned The Somerset mills at Dover were damaged 98OOO by flooded basements and tbe dye house at mills In tha same city was washed away the loaa there- being 3000' -r- THE KENNEBEC JAM BROKE But Whca It Went It swept Property Away Richmond Me March 3 (Special) Tha large jam of fee and logs at Island mentioned In lest Journal as endangering the region above gave way Monday A residence on the Dresden side ol tbe river and several smaller buildings below were carried away by the flood THE MILE-LONG BRIDGE Verrymeeting Valuable Structure Totpl Lola Brunswick Me March 3 long bridge at' Merrymeeting Bay owned by tbe county has been carried way THE LOSS AT MANCHE3TER Bridges Washed Away -and Over 7000 Hill Employes Idle Manchester March 3 At a littla paa( eight last night about half of tha Granite street bridge went down and the three private bridges of tbe Amoakeag Mills were carried away yesterday Tha boiler rooms of the mills arc all on tbe west aide of the Merrlmap and the steam pipes crossed two of tha bridges Tha loaa of the boiler rooms necessitates the shutting down of tho mills and 7200 hands are out of employment -The west side Is without fire protection 5 A NEW IRON BRIDGE-! West Buxton sad Hollis Hours Together Bar Mills Me Marsh Tha new Iron bridge connecting Hollis and West Buxton has gone down the river and a big Jam of logs between thla town and West Buxton Is holding back three miles of anehor lea The Jam seems likely to break at any moment and when tha break cornea the factories of tbe Maine Furniture Company and several stores are doomed saw mill and the grist mill cannot withstand tha current much longer The damage already done here amounts to over 930000 STORY Skow began Ms March 8 (Special) Tho river rose at thla place rapidly on Monday and the highway and railroad bridges ware endangered but remained firm Tha small bridge across brook waa 'carried away and mueh damage was done to the aaw mill of LW Weston A Cow Water stood 3 feat deep on the lower floors end end of the shop was carried away The damage to the' mill le estimated at 98300 The bridge over the Weeserunsett at mill waa carried away and several wrecked bridges have floated down peat here Evidently mneh damage has been done above There le a rumor that the Carratunfc railroad bridge on tbe Somerset road has been carried away BRIDGE AT JAY GONE Jay Me March 3 (Spsolal) -Thla town haa lost theoovered bridge on iho aide of the lalqnd next tbe village Bevaral acts of lldlnge above here have been de-The Jay paper mUl has been damaged badly but tha full ixftnl cf tbe loaa cannot ba determined until the flood subsides MUZ Suffers Lisbon Falla Me Marsh 8 (Special) A comer of the dye-house at Worn na bo Mill was carried away Mondyv 1 4 THE HUMAN FLY Who Braved The Grand Trunk Bridge Tnes- The person who crossed tho Grand Trank bridge Tuesday morning needed to have aa much on hla feet aa a fly Tha sloet of ths night had spread a slippery coating over the planka and sleepers and tha footing was precarious enough to make the timid abudder Besides tbe wind was whooping down the river twisting the sprsy from tho yellow turbid flood howling through tbe bridge spans and singing against tbe wires An unlucky step by the pedestrian who breasted the gala with the apow beating In hla eyes wonld have sent him tumbling into the awlas Nevertheless quite a steady file promenaded across from the earliest dawn acuffling cautiously along over the slippery planks There were 'ladles too who had cool beads and who had ae well pressing engagements on tha further shore I Most of the passers attempted to walk down the embankment near the overhead highway bridge on Mein street In Auburn I eay to walk "advisedly Not one men in fen wee able to keep hie feet after ha one struck the Incline that was worn smooth by the tobogganing of luny feat and backs Ones started there wn no topping nnti tho ceaater reached tha railroad track in a more or lest jumbled heap Mea coma down bead-foremost feet foremost upalde down and right aide up Prominent Auburn eltlzene bo closely muffled that they wiggle came alnioing down tha forty foot chute with whoops of amazement Men who attempted to elimb the hill were swept book by some unintentional avalanche of 1 humanity from above Aatbe slide was too smooth for anyone to reoelve Injury the 'Auburn toboggan was the joke of the blpctery gloomy day end a small and aeleet assembly of railroad men In the Grand Trunk freight office grew wildly hilarious aa ons man after another hot down tbe hill and then looked carefully about to fioa if anyone was looking at hias: 1 It waaawlas old bird who went tb longer way around by tha Grand Trunk passenger stairs instead of flying down tbo slide like a hen from a barn-chamber beam ITRAINS COME INTO RUMFORD Tha Condition of Aflfclrs Cp tbe Stiver as Alarming aa Feared Rum ford Falls Me March 3 The water haa probably reached lte height here having raised about nine leet No damage haa been done at this place Tho mills ere running snd Ram ford Falls Range ley Lake trains are making regular trips Slight washouts on that road are reported Portland ft Romford Falla Railway la washed out at Gilbert vllle Tbe bridge abutments are trashed out and the bridge haa sank Bridges have been carried away at tha atone quarry and there are several other washouts on the road At crossing 500000 feet of apruoe hauled by Blanchard ft Twiteheil for Edward Plummer of Lisbon were carried away The water at Rum ford Centra 1 is going over the Ice which haa not started Several families on low grqnnd have been driven Into the attic THREE FEET HIGH IN THE STRxET North Auburn Gets a Touch of tho Flood The water was three feet high In the street at North Auburn Monday between Mr store and the bridge- In Mr Isaac store the water was four inches high Phin Clough and hla son have pat to work to aaw Mb wood Thomas shop was completely surrounded by water several faet deep East Auburn road bridge waa not possible and not a team went through to North Auburn March -first aa far as heard from DRIFT WOODI Motes Picked I'p Among the Debris of tbo Christening David Noyes esq of Lewiston waa chairman of the committee for bnlldlng North Bridge It wsa built In 1871 and aoet 140000 Thlas sum lneladed the expense of pptting in and maintaining the pontoon bridged Mr Noyes says that ha fought for a wooden bridge and ha sorry It haa dona £ood servicer The Littla 1 Androscoggin Water Power Company contributed 910030 to the expense of building South bridge It waa built In 1874 A Robinson esq of Auburn tha Grand Trunk would consent to It It would be a good Idas to plank over the Grand Trunk bridge so that teams could Good sllpplngvson the Grand Trunk bridge Tuesday morning Manager Gross of tbo American Light and4 Power Co tha eonoern that does tbe troet lighting in Auburn aald Monday evening that ha hoped to get the street lights running Tuesday evening HI' had a large orew at work on Monday running wires across the Grand Trunk bridge from hla Lew la ton station'- wa can gat the Auburn street lights going by Tuesday evening I a hall ba held Ur Gross WAITT BOND Lead any three brands of cigars on the market combined The last year of the business boom our sales were over twelve millions and they have never fallen1 below that mark during the 'diill times This Ita equal inlgoad times to several millions Increase QUALITY COUNTS Thought by Austrians to Bo Position at This-Time A London Paper Ventures to Figure on the Expense toUncle Sam of War with Spain News of th Practical Dafaat of Italian Forces in Abyssinia Vienna March 3 The Neue FrAe Presae' aaya it regards Spain aa being In an almost desperate condition Her only hope It adds centres In decisive military aaceeaa In Cuba The situation bangs by a thread Spain may ba on the eve of a grave crisis It regrets that Gen opinions were not regarded and aaya that Gen high-hfndad management or affairs in Cuba la mainly answerable for the interference of the United States A Little Advlee froqi London London March 3 The Times commenting upon the Spanish American situation says that should President Cieve land decide npon a peremptory line of ae- tion there la every reason to anticipate a war which may be more troublesome than tbe Washington politicians expect Spain may have little chance of inflicting a decisive defeat on tbe United States but it la at least doubtful Jsttar ean decisively defeat Spain withont an expenditure far greater and more prolonged than entered into the calculations of the sympathisers of the Cuban rebels -There are other continental nations whoas syaipa-i hies At all eyenta would be entirely on the side' of Spain In aueh a straggle Trill of Johannesburg Prisoners Pretoria Mar 8 The trial of the prisoners who are accused of sedition In connection with the proposed rising of tha Uitlandara at Johannesburg wlU ba resumed on Mareb 1L BaraUerl Bouted Rome March The news received from Msssowah of the practical dafaat of tho Italian fprcea under Gen Baratlerl 1 In Abysslnnla has created great excitement throngb Italy Tha opposition press declare that Gfen Baratlerl haa suffered an mormons loss of men arms etc claiming that he lost sixty guns and aU of hla pro-vlslonsThe government newspapers oonfirm the reporta already published as to the Italians being compelled to abandon their positions addin? that their gun carriages and many of their guna were abandoned Gen decision to break hla line and the tkctics subsequently puraood by him are regarded as inexplicable Semi-Missions from Venezuela to' Xstglaiad aud France London Mar' The TlmM publisher dispa tali from Caracas saying that Senor Rojas tha new Venezuelanniniatar of for- eign affairs started Sunday for New York wbenoa he will Immediately proceed to London Hals charged with semi-mis-afons to Grhat Britain and France Gen Baratlerl Commits Suicide London Mareli 8 A dispatch from Rome to the Pall Mall Gazette aaya It ia rumored there that General Baratlerl committed suicide being unable to endure the humiliation of hla defeat by the Abya- -inians Italian Cabinet Decides to Resign Roma March 8 The cabinet to-day do- elded to resign SACO AND BIDDEFORD DIVORCED The Mute Btzuei Bridge Hue Been Closed to Tiffflflb Saco Us Marep Binea yesterday noon there baa bean's' fall of 18 inches tha volume of the water flowing over the mill dam Tha worst ls believed ta ba over unteiw tin mein boom up the rives gives way upder the additional strain -of the re 00 lag water A greet quantity of tee end wreckage bee accumulated there and an extra effort is being made to-day to etreugthen tbe boom This morning the discovery wee made that a notion of tha middle atone pier of the Main street bridge between Biddeford end Sseo on which are the- street ear tracks and tha emergency water main which euppUea Saeo had gbna out and one aide of tha bridge la sagging The entrances ere being guarded and every precaution taken to preveqf loaa of life ease tha bridge falls Purifies and Beautifies the Skin by restoring to healthy activity the CLoaaED Irritated Inflamed Slucioish or Overworked Pores 8 ops thtousl Forma Dam a 178 A THE BOOM BREAKS A Wild Beene at tlie Head of lewlstpn Canal Monday at 4 Tha jetty at the head of the main canal In Lewiston was alive with people at 4 Monday It is of granite divides the tide and bears the enormous pressure of the whole eastern wall of water as it swings in on tha east aide of Island Garden beneath the Malno Central bridge and filling the mill pond eddies out again to Us twenty foot drop to the second Jevel In the pond at the head of tbo catfal the lea had wrinkled up like a pine shaving showing dirty and blackened by the mad toeeed upon it Against It the accumulation of ice pressed herd and crews cjl men -ev w'-vi were kept with poles lea-picks and hie els fighting ft away from the weir of the Lewiston pumping station which was standing an enormous pressure as it wee end which If clogged could hardly stand any more The smell suspension bridge to the Island Garden was only about two feet above tho water end had been closed to all travel or oeeupatlon by eight-seers The city land on the pnmplng station area was crowded with apd none of them appreciated tbe pressure of the millions of gallons of water that was pouring against this promontory At 4 the erews who were jteodfhg the weir were on tbe watch after a placid Interval wben suddenly someone looked np towards Island Garden around whose south end the water was breaking white and fretful Great Heavens 'It has Every man at his Looking np at tha exclamation we saw bearing down upon ua a fleet of lee caps more of sail than the Spanish Armada some of them towering alx feet aloft oaka piled upon cake and two-tblrda submerged weighing tons apiece mixed with logs drift woo pieces of timber and general debris Tbe boom that had bean stretched above tbe Island to protect this very- point of land bad broken and had loosened its accumulation Every man jumped to hl work It truck-like the Am men ram but boardaand planks ehiaele hooks picks and everything warded It off and tha eddy thatplaya In tha face of the weir eased It np somewhat Off the snng ont Supt Lnnt of the water works who was there Out of the way of those said another man Tha women did not understand tha danger but laughed gleefully to see the big eakes float flown One oL them crunched against the stringers of the suspension' bridge and shook It to lte foundations and then broke Itself apart and floated over the falls The rest of them floated safely under the bridge end did no damage The erews at the weir worked heroically and drove the Jam away and tben by hard work cleared aq open field again and again fought the oncoming cakes Logs piled np end 1 they swung 'these away and In hull an honr the danger was over i Bat It was a thrilling' sight nevertha am HudmdsofChl bat Bra treated I indie of Children sad i for othar df hs-on dto-MM Thssrwp-wlth variable ip ipdlssctioa toms fndn breath bstsI nm sb itching of tbo KOftbr- sri MOB IB MM fcasnraaddi oporh Brin i Maaiini lilboAaif rtmidvliac iteithiat oAmuh MMdi TRUES elIxir pniolyroeotabla bo wonaa a leormetathaooi of tho liOB iCarOoBStipe- I udif I it seta DU Aabara Me -J Cold Coming Boston Mass' Merely 8 The weather this station gnya: Light snow to-night Wednesday -probably fair and farmer s' Cfear in Now York this morning wind northwest Light anow In Boston northwest THE PILL THAT WILL CURE HEADACHE' DYSPEPSIA CONSTIPATION THE FINAL STRUGGLE Striking Garment Workers an Former Employes Preparing for It at Baltimore Baltimore Mdt March The ilrliiag garment worker! and their former employers hare marshalled their reapeetire forces for the straggle of supremacy which both sides eay will taka plaee this week Four new firms have bean admitted to membership in the board of tradcwhleb now Indadee practically every wholesale manafactarer of clothing In this city 1 The employers ere reoefpt of letters from New York euttera asking for employment' Thl la now the doll season In the metropolis and the non-onion garment-workers want places In Baltimore 'President Rosenthal states that unless tbo local people go to work In a day or two the board of trade' will employ the New Yorkers 'There are now over '6000 garment-workers on strike SNOW INCREASES DAMAGE Lowell Street Railway Lines Crippled by Snow To-Day Lowell Maes Mar 3 Tke flood has reached its greatest height end la now re--ccdlng The gauge showed twelve feet rnd nine Inches over the dam at mldnljbt end'It lia since fallen oil about an Inch This la nearly a foot beyond tbo point reached by the freshet of -1895 The water extinguished the fires la the powor-houee of the Lowell and suburban street railway end that road has run no ears slnoa last evening A northeast anow storm la prevailing and Is rapidly eripplipg tbe street railway lines The total damage by tha flood Including the loss of the wages of from 10000 to 12-D00 operatlvas will foot np 100000 CAPT WiLLIAM: HURLEY Of Rockland Selected on Demo-- cratio Congressional Cam-paign Committee Washington CL March 3 (Special) A commlttes of congressmen last evening selected the -remaining members for tbe democratic congressional iimpalgn committee Captain William llarley of Rockland was selected for Maine Chairman Hughes of Bath endorsed 8 Lsavltt of Eastport for tha place RESTING QUIETLY governor Greenhalge of Massachusetts Mo Unflivomblo Symptoms la the last Twelve Hoars- Lowell Mass March 3 11 A Gov trnor Greenhalge has been resting qnlatly most of tha time the paat twelve hoars Daring this time ha has had no unfavora- bio symptom His rally from tha last at- feck of difficult breathing has apparently Restored him to aa good condition as that it tbo' previous day Hla mind remains )learr fiignedFllAMXUirNXCXKXAOX LXOXAXD UJrntcas attending phyaioiana 4 afi ALL OF MILLS GONE A Hundred Men Thrown Ont of Employment and Wlda Damage II II Turner Me Marches fBpeatal) Tha storm baa resulted in tha destruction of every mill in this- village The sawmill owned by Mr CL Willard the grist mill owned by Walter Beals and the carriage shop owned by Mr Knapp went ont ahont 9 1L Sunday night All day long Sunday men were at work getting their lumber and goods into secure places in tha mills supposing that tbe water would not reaelk these places All day and into the evenjng -men with gloomy faces seeming to anticipate the Impending eataa-trophy were wandering about tha village Wben1 tbe mills went men who saw if say that a large jam of tee filling the river from bank to bank swept down upon the aaw mill and struck it It quivered for an Instant then went down oa the grist mill and struck tke carriage shop and tha-wbola thing was done In an -Instant This disaster hoe thrown out of employment nearly a hundred people Woolen Mill stands but work eannot be resumed there until the water subsides and bulk heads are put In where the mills stood It la difficult to estimate the damage Some say S0000 will not put tha mills and machinery In piece again Mr Btrlakland had a large stock of grain and feed in tha grist rallL Mr Knapp lost hla tools and a large stock of lumber used In hla business Mr Faulkner will have a heavy loaa In damage to hla stock and blankets At this writing theVyater la up In hla mill nearly to tha top oft-ihe lower tier of windows The people living In tbe lower part of the village had to get out their eettio and vacate their houses The water covers the country from Mr hones to Carey hill I Just learned that tbe centre bridge end the North bridge have gone out THE BIG BRIDGE WENT Gardiner and Randolph's Old Landmark gnpeambed Monday Afternoon 1 Gardiner Ms March 3 (Special) moat crushing blow earns at 4 Monday afternoon when the people gaalng- from their watery environment beheld the long covered Gardiner and Randolph bridge go tumbling down Into the' flood -The advices earlier In the afternoon predieted thla calamity Tha Kennebea waters rose steadily until nightfall Monday and an -ica jan near Richmond flooded back the river The old bridge has withstood many a freshet and when the Kennebea haa risen and boat against It in the peat tha eltlsena on both idea have watched tha groaniog structure apprehensively But It has resisted every campaign of the river until this crucial flood of In the old days It le on record that tha toll gatherer many times scooped his money together and fled over the creaking timbers to shore but never before has a span started Thla bridge was the first In location on the Kennebeo waters and vessels' bound up-river passed through a draw It served oa means of communication between eastern and western Kennebec and Its destruetion will aerloualy discommode the traveling public Tha loss fa estimated at 9125000 A ferry wUl replace the bridge until a new structure can ba areeted "i aaenaa about tha city aril almost lndeaerlbable Water street was like a canal la Venlee and boata were sailing up and down uud late atom doors Professional man reached their offices la ea-noee and basements and cellars ware filled to the brim all along tha street A large amoont of goods ware removed and many more stocks la atoms warn damaged The 11 V- time In a winding sheet of white and we venture to say that looking from the lattice of the patriarchal craft he would have thought twice before venturing out even to shovel off tbe front stoop of the haven of the race And the Waters Subsided This la true Frost three to four feet was the good news of day-break Tuesday along the Androscoggin end from time to time the big rock In the center of the torrent broko Its heed through the tnrbld flood and said days But what a havoc I Not a bridge above ns upon the Andro-aeoggin Not a home along Its ahorea that stood within reach of the flood Not a mill property that baa not felt the loss Not a log In the stream that haa not scooted to the sea Not a man In Maine hot la poorer Not a riparian town bat counts Its losses among the thousands Even as quickly as It earns do the waters ehow eigne of subsidence and althongh to-day more water poors In a blaek and mnddy stream over tbe dam than yon aver aw before there la atill hope for the railroad bridges bold and tha eleetrio current flashes serosa stream to Auburn and tha water sinks gradually Into Its accustomed plaoee From all over Maine come talas of disaster Among tke mast be tbe estt-'msts of damage to thla State Tbe enow will make It worse for tbe railroads hardly dara to fight it In the orthodox 'way of now-plow in view of tbe added danger of waehont and shaky culverts Gardiner Augusta tha entire Kennebeo valley suffered seriously Railroads gave Indications of reviving bnalncss Tuesday Tbe Grand Trunk express left Milan at 743 Tuesday morning for Portland and Lewiston and althongh there Isa washout at Bethel they expect to move slowly along and to pass It They sent an engine over the Lewiston bridge on Tuesday morning and will send out a train to Portland in tha afternoon Around Levinton and Auburn the business men are at a leas to know what to do The general sentiment seems to be that they will wait until the Booth bridge piers disclose themselves end if they stand they believe' that bridge can be pat across there for the time that will do as a way for tha cprs and will serve for general raffle until the permanent bridge can bo lqld serosa at the foot Of Main atreetLewiston -The Gas Company has pat a six Inch main across to Auburn and theelectrie light people will get a wire across to Lewiston and both cities will again bo alight Lewiston was In darkness Monday nlght-t Out ol It all the sorrow the distress tha flaaneial loaa tha homes swept away the bualneea ventures tossed into the tide the Water powers flattened to- the bad of 'the out of It eU the Yankee pluck arises and the people smile at eaek other and say to the waters Qoma And In the meantime we some forth from the ark and build altars to tbe Tatars May they stand against flood and fata and ba propitiatory of better days to coma The Journal telle more of the flood la Maine "--v Tetel Loos i Probably ten million dollars la a ton-.