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GREAT FLOOD GROWS IR DANGER W WATERS FEARFUL DESTRUGTIO
RAGING WATERS ARE
RISING HIGHERYET
Mealy All of Greenville Is Now Under
Deep Water.
ONLY HIGH PLACES ARE DRY
Great Numbers of Delta Negroes Are
Hom-'iess and Without Food.
Tents Are Supplied People.
Gn-ev’He. M *. March 29. -<Sw’.t! >-
T‘- rris - in Im overt!-w i-lt .rit « ul
nr.'mt-'d * -r» t-slay tn disaster foe we Mis
*l-s;p;»l valh-y country.
T!*t* morning n-«> win received of a 41*-
•strvus br, ak tn tb.’ .-v, * at t K-, Tti’-hl.
*. m :•-- south •: here. :,:i.l thia cv. -ning
ar t ..-k aarother crevasse ,». .trr.-1 near
A .s-.rat.a. Ba. tar county. al Shdges land
tag.
To. Ist ■b • rk- will flo-1 ovi r on, -b.lt
o: tie givut -■ i i country
Air. >4> in—: J.-tri.- .ng reports are
rt-o- tl» .- city from th district* tn the
taunt .. n-igbburhoo,! of the br. ak*.
Ho* >•-. n>.a • util--, s , i-. Is-s - and poul
try ar.’..- ring ;n grm: aumis-r-.
tn -.. . i can- >h< -o.— s have L«-,*n ew.pt
a. Kverywle re tn • threatened re
gfou people are Recta* for their lie •--.■•
let.. it.l r.n. -> :■ Huult :- of refug-e*
•re a im*» r.u.r--towns ai.l steon*
koat landings. Meittoc ebelter.
Tie- . .> an*. tt-.naiMud* of the most fer
tile |. out.• laud* on tie ci-.tw- are al
ready - <». Hy mortung all rair-
ro.-i c ■ t.tnaui. ati-*n u th atad south of
ioi will be cut off. and in time day* ttie
Every t. ,r bro.g- rumors of break* in
■om. U .a r -i - quarter.
AU up ~* . .1 >rn tin- entire rtv, r front
1 r ad.» . - ■; e» n.be bu. • is- ■-<!*-
p. .»t, .. S 1- • • L .1 rt rj- ..»•--
onslaught nt til mb. t> 1 ->J. a. kb m—
m-utiGty thr. ..:<n* l» »*-.|i at ay t.alr
o: th- country. i:..i is s lit r.-.ng.
Fourth Big Break Ite,;crted.
Greet, rille* M. .■% M »refi 31 -mt a. m.—•
(Sp-e-lal. l A: Ui.i-r break !n the levee un
the Miso.-ssj-p! r;dt- wo-urml at o it
Ja»t lit_-.t- Thl- -t cn-x 1* at Stokes’*
plaur.t:- i. in iu-.tv >r t-ousity* five m 1-s
north of th” t»»B of It - - . and c-teht
»>.«•-> ». of ike br>-.uu
At ti.. h«»ur th.- break is reported to be
it i.huw-t oj.jK.rlte the mouth of the
M is - river. Waur ft t»> t.cr.i .- v
wilt £*• ih’o Is.r cr-.lt l-.r-s at;d ..11 to
ti.‘« -,4.i . «..! - -'?y tmpeiiU-**
lug ol«r ti- Y.IZOO Ms.-r’.-'-.cpi delta
J.i. k. ->.. 31 . Aj-rJ .-f. ir .' i.«.
laever I* t--r. unen r wai.r. ar. Iww i.a.s-
Xa or ly b> boat*.
I. flood from al-ove havlt-.g met and
> >-d t -r •* wish s' as f.-« : i below, t.-ariy
I.’ *’ fauill o in .Ir.-nu-a an eurrviiti.i.*!
by Wat. r. aitli- dih - -Il*e portions of the
line .T-y are still dry.
Tie- »-*i- I* itoikK all In it* power to
•d co: •: • -1 of h. r ts- - >ry. ...- --IT- r lit
tle . I-- than th. iab»r of tier w» abk--i«dh'd
r. .ij- a--. l-ut j- «ts an |..<i-..d
a:.-: cari-d t r their iiaisls a.-- far a* po*-
J. F. Price«f this «tty r -sun this morn-
li a fn.nr lad. v.r. . wl.i- i Is- a U.s-l- r .Mt*
cot.i-ty. lie r I-,rt.- that w iser fr in ihe
31 !-i l -i» not y«-t n • . then-. l»ut
-t. small streams an? all ov. rtiou d on
Ti»- I-its- m lan i are nnder water, but
I * t along
~ - ■ down to
the* wat.r i- e-.c-
BIVEES ABE AEL RISING.
Points Along, the Mississippi and Trib
utaries Shew Broken Becords.
\\ April 4. The so -.e-nx re-
pot's » ,.■»«- iw-n n-i.-lvad today fnma the
.. ..rti m- of ugri---*ltun- weather bu
n i oh.- -.l* In caarxe of the river dis
tn- U:
Isos M-> -Sc-ks mln has f.allen than
ar. - J.. 1.4 ai. l rise wi.l t*- sl-.w.-r M r..
w-.it. w.H -om- out of the M.so.urt nv-r
i- I -Rlv.-r has risen tan—tenth of
a ! >t s.i> • Sifunlay n»mis>Ki •* I* now
on a- ind at .1. S’- P water ir.- r-.-- -t
Lv .--uvy mtn* fa*, tn x»m** pla < *t?es. U|n>n
:.l-r; T .-.-The tl- -1 situ.tk-n
»! -a - ie» Smpi v«meat. ar«d in the v.ci:..’.y
. • 11. .eiia tt is hourly beenamtiix more ertt
-1 .-i. lawlsig tn hravy mtns m this swtfean
s - river . ’ Memphis s .oas a slight r. ■ .
L-I- no marked clranxe Is expected at pn-s-
llebna. Ark.—Klv’-r. M.SS feot; nd: fa t
y-1- ..f >n imh. le-v— i.rok.- four miles
l»’. . t-.nn a>.d will ll—>-1 th” ci’r- 1,-‘>u
. t-i i i«- . oui.’.y will l»« Kreat, but In the
VI- k-.-snr. M s Cr.-vs<-se report’s! at
F -»-r l-ik- M..-.-.. six below Aus-
ts- 1 •>. -<iniy.
Xew ..re ns. A.-rtl t.—River rtelnx. !• s -
T >• within <m.>-tenth of a foot of
h - ”i« *t wat- r ev.-r pn-riou-ly re’.->»ni’-’i-
Ji, JV y rerns have •- ■ urn-d In th« jwst
tw. irty-f- ir hours In th. water sh«ie of
t.-. Arkansas. Cum!" rland and T«-nn<-saee
ai«l along th.- •’ s.tral M.s-t«-lppi river;
rains or - ”•»’ in the upp>< Ml-soiiri
» 1 I ,-:it rains tn h- upj" r and lower 3lis
*i.--tpp< and tie- Vh!” rivers.
Tt- Mississippi has r.— n from ft. l*.«ul
to th- mouth. • X. -pt :• fall of one-tenth Os
a f -.t at Keokuk. St. iarui* and Vicks
burg- It Is ahoy - the danxer ll: ‘ o at St.
I‘aul and Eat'toss’*.
WILI.IS Ic MOORE.
Cblef of Bureau.
MBl Olftwfc ■t -" --Ms
\3 V [J U Li 0, t
Big Breaks in the Levees Add to the Desperate Situation, and Human Energy and Ingenuity Prove F
the Water-—Thousands of Persons Rendered Homeless and Robbed of Their
f ——- — n nr»r —
Rushing ] I \\B Jjfc \/l Ts
l^s 1E g - ; J ‘
U* W
the i . o<LT ; iy in we
Ccuntru I ’Lj f Leeves
Around I Ne a p
Greenville, I > Greenville,
Miss. -- I Miss.
Without a parallel In recent years is
the frightful devastation wrought ly
the overflow of the Great Father of
I Waters.
Nearly three weeks have elaps«-<l since
the riv-r l»-gan to overflow its banks,
and yet. In.-teml of receding. It continu* a
to ser.d out its muddy sh<*ets of water
>in <» all p rt- of the M issippl valley.
Ilich fanning lands lure been rub-
Bterg -d. peaceful and <<>at‘*nt« <1 honv s
swept awny and thousands of ind istri
«..i fami’-ii - r< duced to want and suf
fering and yet the work of des'ruction
< is -till g< .ng on. is there no limit '
’ the flood’s remorseless appetite?
I’p the pre-tent time the Rtibmcrgefl
districts of the Mississippi valley cover
J a sitjw rficial area of •» square miles.
| Th°ae figures are not given at random,
. but on good authority, and can. there
' fore, i-e rolled upon. Verhans a bettor
Idea of the flood’s destnn ’lvo work may
CYCLONE CRASHES
INTO CHANDLER
Forty-five Persons Killed and Only One.
Building Left Standing.
INJURED BURNED TO DEATH
• Only One Ininjured Physician Is in
Town and the Situation Seems
Almost Beyond Relief.
Gu-l.r:-. G. T.. Mi reh N- A cy. lone at
Cham!], r. ¥> inil.-s east ><f h<-r« at d i k this
i evening. ,l--tr.--.d thr.’ -f-urth of th,-
’ t’-wn of !.'/«• j- opk*
N-: r!y . very balding In th” town w ,s i
wr- k-<1 and daylight will und.mbt. ,ly r- - I
v» Ita pr--. tn .-of matiy more d’ad.
Tin- st arm broke without warning find ■
few I d time to hunt for j.larefi of safety. |
Judge Dal. was holding court and the >
1 building was rolled off its foundation and ,
turn’d i.vtr, but the court attaches nil es- <
i d.
A large numlier of physicians left here ;
for a forty-mfle drive In the dark with a j
I I--, 1 of ni’-’lielnes. eurglcal Instruments, ,
The storm came from the southwest with
t.rr't’.c force, destroying everything 1n Its
path.
It strukc the town squarely, and but one
building, the Mitchell hotel, 1- left standing.
Injured Burned to Death.
Guthrie, O. T. 31arch 31.—2:3b a. tn.—A
dispatch received at 2 a. m. says the ruins
j at Cliamil* r .ire on tin- and many Injured
, I- ’pie are bum. I to «!• ith.
The dea-l will n ach fully forty-five and
’ the 1.-tjund 30 or more.
The s--.-’i< .< are h--trt-rendlrg. pt-ople <Jy-
' Ing on .Il d«.-. «th but .physician on
th.- ground who Is not hurt.
Six ,>ple tn one build.ng were pinned
down and ni’-t sloa death l.y Are.
The Injun-1 will re.tch over 2”’ and then
1* no shell, r and no ade,|>i.ite m,<llc i! at
tendance. and it is feared many will die
from exjMHSun*.
Removing Dend from the Debris.
Guthrie. Okla., March 31.—A dispatch re
ceived at I o', lo» k this morning from
Ch.in,!!’r if it--! that twenty-two dead
b>"!t,-s L.,d la-en tak<n from Ihe ruins.
Jaue.s \V«K"iyanl atal wife, of Eldorado.
Kas.. visiting at Chaiidl-r. wvn» Ina’uiilly
kilb’l; th. ir little daughter wua fatally
crushed and con l-..,11y hurt.
John D.-vi-ou, , f laiaoln. Neb., a lawyer,
was bumol to .l--ath.
Latest front the Scene.
Tli” other d< ad so far a* they have b” n
Id’-utllk-i an*:
F. It. DEMOFF.
EMMA DBM”FF.
EMM A I "it 1 -SSINGER.
UNKNOWN WOMAN and CHILD burned
to death.
MRS. THOMAS SMITH.
31 RS. I’IIII.LIP JOHNSON and CHILD
UNKNOWN MAN and THREE UN-
bo obtained from the statement that the
territory now under water is equivalent
in area to the combined territory of five
New England states, viz: Vermont, New
Hampshire, Ma: - ai’husetts, Rhode Is
land and Connecticut: and the spectacle
which the river presents in many places
is that of a vast Inland ocean.
Naturally, there should be some un
< :,■ it ess in regard to th. city of New
Orb ans. If the river continues to rise
is it not unlikely that the Crescent City
will be Inundated within a very short
tint*'? The N w Or’i ans Picayune does
not m »o think that the city is in any
spef ial dank- r. n’tl.-'ttnh it makes no ef
fort to disguise the fact that hundreds
of people in New Orb ans arc very much
disturbed over the situation. The Pic
ayune’s confidence is simply based upon
the record of past floods; ami whether
or not these floods constitute a warrant
for helloing that the city is safe may
KNOWN WOMEN 1/urned to death.
MRS. MITCHELL
MRS. DEMENT.
H. HEMAU, a hnrlMtr.
I’ E JoHNS”N.
EMMA HI rr \ STEIN.
MR. AND MRS E. G. JOHNSON, their
baby an,, little loy.
MRS DR. LEE.
A W KELLAR AND WIFE.
A. MMILH EN'NY AND FAMILY, num
ber now ui known.
Tho.-e whos,- injuries are doubtless fatal
are:
DAI’G-HTER of James Woodyard.
I’ll. LEE.
AIITIH’R JEWETT.
ri;< ;gie Ji >HNS< >n.
MRS 1•1 iA N K M- k' AULT*
D C. GOODING.
MOLLIE 1 LAM.
A.XDRLV, SHER and WIFE. ’
SYDXiIV KENNON.
D <■ JOHNSON an I WIFE
M ILLI A M Til Jill M AN
Gl.‘ »KGi: G HERNDON.
i • : . htn-d ar Mrs Emery F’»«-
t.T i'l l b.l.v, Mr Gull.on Mr- .1 D Lutn-
I. y. M ."i Il- ■v. Ch indh rly ,-v. . Ar.-’a
I S . i - ril. Al *,-k Bishop, 1- g br,.k, n. anil
' Mrs. Coburn.
•'t • I’ .1 I G C N,bl.i, k. Mc-
i C. tv-y. I r,ni girls. Son IL luavv.-r, Mc-
; L. I. ■- v family; Woodyard I. vs. W. B.
H’*oi. Dr. W.’l.ott. S. I’. D*"k, r. Tom Wil
: Son, Wi"-o:i Chil l I’. S Hoffman, W. M.
S'Vvv, r. C. D Ray, .Mrs. Frank McGraw,
Mi-- R.-v,--. Mrs. Sarah Gllli G<->>rg,s
| Hendricks.
BLIZZARD RAGING IN WYOMING
I
Fierce Snow and Wind Storm Strikes
the West.
Ch- y.-nne, Wyo.. March 31—A bllzz-inl of
mi ,vv wind h is b«-en raging through
out southern Wyoming from the western
to the • -,-m boundary for the past twen-
ty-four hours.
Tli, n* b iv,i b- ,-n .severe losses of .sheep
tn a portion ■•: the district. Th.- lommm
In < title and horses have been nominal
to th., pre. it time, but stork tn, n are be
coml- g "ppr--!i< nslvo .is a continuation of
th --orm will l»- destructive to range
st, k.
'I ■ in i n line ~f the Vnlon Pacific Is
l„-.:u; k.a-- op, n with snow plows and pa.s
--s. ~ r trains ar,- making .-hedtile time.
■ a-h lie .-term < xteiidg along the
road for ovar O«> miles.
Will Repudiate Cleveland’s Work.
hitu tmi. April 2. (S|» , -al.) -Wber-
• v-r It can b< shown that an appointment
us pfstrnasivr nia.h- during the closing
w.s k> of tli-- Cl, *., i.m,l administration was
in id,- for tb<- purpose <>f taking advantage
<-f the incoming administration, the aj
-1 - !:.'<•■ is likely to tin 1 bis or her offi
cial h, a l promptly chopjied off.
Ihe appo ntin’uit of \V ! E. Harp as post
: i t. rat J " k-.m furnish, s a case In piint.
Hi ,-onini ssi .ii bus not 1» - n made out. but
Ills uppuintinent Iris Is-eti det.-nnined on.
11, s’." ~ls Miss Marl,- McMichael, who
Is rvmov.sl from office. Hite was appoint’d
In I',-, ■ mb, r to sueis cd her father, who
had held the ofli>--J nearly four years.
Fourth Asslsiant Postmaster G,i ictal
Hr.stow t« Ils me that Im has made no
ruling < deling this, eases, but th.-if each
will !•• •!■ tertnined on its merits. There are
a nunitx r of cases where it is charged
that th.- cl.ang, s were fur the pur|H>se of
giving the olliee to a relative or a political
ally of the incumbent, and in such cu.se*
tho heads uro to go oft early.
be gravely questioned. Some of the
more prudent residents of the city have
already commenced to move out, while
others are preparing to do likewise. I’n
less the river begins to r cede within
the next few days ft is lik -’y that New
Orleans will experience u’ a decided
falling off in poptilation /I’’hat such v
catastrophe, however, i:s* . one whi'-h
Is now menacing our Tr city and
driving so many of ft de Into the
higher districts may , qflvd. Is the
wish of the ent're co'i v
r.cfore leaving th- ‘-tent topic
It. may not l e nni l -' j tire briefly
Into tin- cause of 'la , K •live floods
which have been Jing tnmh
fearful havoc of • years In
the Mississippi vn (The Bos-
ton Transcript, w, takes a
scientific view of the t, contends
that the cause of these < tonal over
flows is found in the dev.., ition of our
;HOUSE PASSES'
THE TARIFF BILL
. I Effort to Amend Proved Futile, and
Vote Was Forced.
VOTE WAS ALMOST PARTISAN
Few Southern Sugar and Wool Men
Joined the Majority.
APRIL I AMENDMENT WAS PUT ON
Speeches Were Short, But Lively, and
1 Hepburn, Richardson and Bailey
' Gave Some Stinging Blows.
Washington, March 21. (Special.)--The
object for whf’-h Pr’ -'ldent McKinley call
ed the tifty-tiftli congress to meet In ex
traoriUnary session a fortnight ago w as
’ accomplished, so far as the house of rep
resentatives was cone, rned. when the vote
on th’- 11'.ngl.y tariff bill was announced
by Mr. Sp< ak'-r Reed—yeas. n ,,ys, 121;
ans v., ring yr, s -nt and not voting, 21
Five democrats voted forth,- Dlt-gley
tariff bill. Three are Louisian t men who
represent sugar constituents - Cdcssrs. Da
vey. Broussard and Meyer; two Texans
were won by the wool schedule—-Messrs.
Slayden and Kle’.x rg. With these excep
tions party lines were strictly drawn.
Most of tho populists declined to vote.
Howard, of Alai '.tun. cast his vote for
th” bill. Jerry Simpson voted against It.
That tells all that there is to tell about
the tin il vote on the bill, which was taken
this afternoon. There wre no surprises—
there could be t one. The bill passed as
the ways and means committee wanted it
to pass, absolutely no chance being given
to anybody else to secure consideration of
an amendment.
Less than twenty of th” nearly two hun
dred p ipes of the bill were r< ad. I'nder
th.- special rule eommitt, i- tun- inln , nl:
were In order at any time, but other
ann ndtnents could only be offer, d when
tli ■ paragraph sought to be amended w ,s
a.-lo din its regular order, ; i.d that cut
off ev< rytxjdy, for the paragraphs were
never reach' 4.
Th” day was full of Interesting discus
sion. A feature was tl,,- light oyer the
amendment sotting forth that the pro
visions of the bill go into effect April Ist -
an amendment which can mean nothing
but a bluff at the importers. The repub
licans insisted on engrafting It on the bill
' and they had the power t<> do so. though
shown Hint it could not be operative.
Some Lively Speeches.
I In the multitude of arguments for and
against the bill, three features f ind out
, John Allen spoke; Johnson, of Indiana, a
. leading republican, gave the bill a black
1 eye; ami Vandiver, of Missouri, submitted
an amendment which furnished something
I new.
i Allen always catches the house. He was
both humorous and serious this time,
forest lands, which Is rnpidly going on
about the sources of the Mississippi
ami its tributaries,. These lands. It is
claimed, have heretofor ■ served as great
natural reservoirs, holding within the'r
spongy soil the melted snow and ice of
winter and letting it down gradually
into the river bottom. With the wiping
out of the forests, however. The Tran
script observes that the devastated lands
have I<>: • th‘-:r porous character in a
large measure, and. therefore, no long
er serve as protecting agencies.
Tn this connection The Transcript
nr,ms upon our natlonr* law-makers
the importance of exercising a more
thoro igh supervision over our Ameri
can forest lands, saying:
T’.. w:.--t’*ffd nw-tl '.N of Amortcm lurn
b. mil'll. • \-.-r, is. I :n utt. r <lisr'ir ud . ith-r
of tl..- ftitun of th ■ son st it -•’•lt’ or of .- >n
s.-.pi.-tx-i- to r< meter regions I. prnil■•nt
U| on an.! a'■■■.. n the no ley of -trennis
ivUll v 11,. ■: wiit. r- th.y tann -r, ’i is
almost p - .1 Into a proy. rb. That si *i
growing eloquent on th” subject of cotton
tl, and th” di- rimlnatlon against tho
southern farmers.
Join son. of Indiana, declared that ho
would vote forth, bill simply because ho
knew that the senate would make a re
ap, I table bill of it.
Vandiver's am, ndinent provided that all
i employers inu-t divide with employees
j any surplus of net earnings ov,-r and
above s p, r e,-nt on tin- capital Invested.
He quoted th” republican declarations
) that th,- tariff v as simply for the benefit
1 of th- working cl a- •s, and urged the
■ adoption <>f this amendment If the repub
licans wen- sine, re. <>f course. It went !
i out on a point of order.
I’o, kery ig iln put the r. publicans on
I record in d. f. t ■— ”f tri,-:-. Th. y defeat- I
ed his inti-trust .atm ndtm nt I'.' to ID.
The bill now goes to the s.-nat ’. While
It is mid'r eoti-idei- -101 l there Tom R-• a
will allow th, bouse to do nothing but
adjoin n.
Tie . Is the republican policy. The dem
ocrats ;.te r-ely to work, but tmy will
b,- g’iv. ti m> opportunity for two months—
prnl ably longer.
Without the Retroactive Feature.
Im ortmg bouses througimut th- south
; i rn stales .ire . 'towing evidence of worry
' over the o- died retroactive feature
j pirn ed upon th- tariff bill by th.' house. I
; This pro-,- les that th” schedules of the bill :
shall I’’* In effect from the first of April, j
1 i M .ny business men h ive telegraphed ami
1 written th’ ir senators asking w hat this
, I means iiml what th. y ought to do. There
i i is just on.- thing in that feature of the
’ , m-t. am! It Is bluff. There Is no possibility
1 I of Its p..-s ng the s.-ti -to. ami It was put on
| there -imply to s, :r.- the import- rs ami
’ | jircv tit their taking advantage of the AVtl
■ ; son bill rat. s betwe, n now ai d the day
i when tho new law go. s into < ffeet. Sen
l ator Bacon, of Georgia, who has talked
! with a numl'er of republican senators,
l says there will be no retroactive feature
In the bill ns it p.ms- s the senate. He lys
estimates on th,- date of its passage run
from the first of June to’ the middle of
July. OHL.
CAUGHT A DOSE OF CAYENNE
McMillin Wants to Condemn Eng
land’s Cretan Policy.
Washington. April 3.—Rather more than
tho usual number of representatives wen
in their seats today when the house reas
sembl, .1 after its three days’ recess. The
expect ation that barely enough members
to move in adjournment for thn-o days
and to carry it would remain in the city
v ; not realized. Too many otiices to
which republican applicants ar.- eligible re
main unfill d to permit members to go
home as y.-t.
J. Hamilton Lewis, fusion, of Washing
ton. appeared and was sworn in.
Mr Ding’ley t' ti moved, and It was
agris d to, that w hen the house adjourn it
should b- until AV dnesday next.
A message was received from th” senate,
transmitting the joint resolution authoriz
ing the secretary of the navy to transport
1 in suitable American y.-.-s. Is. which he
shall charter. < ontribntlons of tin- people
of the I'nil’d States for the famine-stricken
In Ind I. Al the request of Mr. Grout, of
Vermont, it was taken from the speaker’ll
table for immediate consideration.
To this Mr. McMillin said that if he
could he would add to the resolution a s.-c
--[ tion , nid, nining the policy of Great Britain
in the Grecian qttes.ion.
Mr. Cannon d«-nree;ited the throwing of
Continued on I’tige Two.
a wasl. fu! and reckless system is wholly
untie, essary and that bett.i nmiiiods whl' li
protect the young growths while gh. ning
the nature timber, an 1 which also lev.
the forest hit;.et us a cons’-rver of the
water supply and a restraint upon dam -r
--ous floods, have lw. ri amply proved, 1> ’a i
by the experiments at M\ ..nd■ r'.mt's I
line . tat. - In North Carolina, in tie- r> - ■
Cent operations In the Adtroada. k r >n. i
and also tn th- old world, wh. r. v.r forests |
are aiirnli.istired—as th. y iln.mst Invariably
are row l.y in ><|< rn s< i-ntitic m-tl ids.
I'cubtless with all possible f areas
r> '.-r-«l and maintained, spring freshets
would still Ik> . xp. rienced. but tllelr
structlve energy would undoubtedly be
much curtailed and the nation saved an- j
m.-'lly the !o-> of millions of dollars and ;
many va|iu'.'.• lives. Tin matt* r would '
s. m to lie of such moment t<> th.- entire i
country ns to merit the s.r'ous attention
o . ). !v ii : . ■ .1..- il l ' st". .• '
Uhl’-
ine point which the Boston papyr
makes is undoubtedly a good one. Not
only as a check against the destructive
floods which yearly sweep over the river
bottoms of the country, but as a means
of preserving our great national forest
Itself.
STEAMER GRIGGS
GOES TO BOTTOM'
Beat Carrying Rescued Passengers Sinks
in Chattahoochee.
THREE LIVES ARE LOST
One Hundred and Sixty People Were ■
Sefely Landed from Vessel—Hit
by a Log in Dark Night-
Fort Gaines, Ga.. April 2.—(Special.)—Tho j
steamer J. F. Griggs w is sunk last night ;
about 9:30 o’elo, k near Chitty’s landing,
about twelve mil-s below this place, on the ;
Alabama side of the Chattahi o, rlv, r.
Sh, was on her up-trip with all the pa.--
• ei.g rs and cr, w of the ill-fated steam, r
City of Columbus on tK>anl when she struck
' a floating log which was forced through her
hull cabin and pilot house, rendering the
boat unmanageable.
But by the heroic efforts of Captain
Long, Engineer Waterbury and others, she
was finally steered sufficiently n-ar the
shore to get off all of the passengers and
crew, numbering about Id), except Engineer
Waterbury and a colored man and woman,
who were drowned. Engineer Waterbury
stood at ids post and sacrificed his life io
save others, among whom was his own
wife. His wife went down to him in his
jM-rilous jjosltion, but Captain Long forced
her to leave, and succeeded in getting her
ashore.
it is though that when the water camo
Alp so that Waterbury could do no more
service ho attempted to leave the boat,
but became entangled in the machinery and
was drownwi.
The night was extremely dark, and the
boat not being provided with electric lights
the pilot failed to see the long log partly
submergeii by tho recent fr.-s let. Il plowed
through the bow and into the hull, the cur
rent bung swift she soon bifid with water,
reeled and sunk in about thr e nnnut,
The alarm was promptly given while
an attempt was made to r, ach the Alabama
side where the passengers and crew could
be landed.
The scene was ono of wildest confusion
witen the situation was known, it w a
quick, desperate struggle with everybody
among floating furniture and movables t >
gain exit from the water rushing into the
sa loon.
Tho steamer Queen City passed down by
the wreck,d boat at 12:3» this morning and
took th ■ lady passengers on to Bainbridge.
The loss of the City of Columbus on the
30th and of the J. F. C. Griggs last night
annihilates the Queen and Cre-eent Navi
gation Company, an independent line car
rying the mails on the Chattahoochee,
Flint and Apalachicola rivers.
If the rumor that there Is no Insurance
on the Griggs be true It Is doubtful it
that boat will be replaced. Although op
erati 4 as a boat of the Queen and Cr--scent
line, the vessel was owned by Apalachicola
parties—H. B. Pryor and AV. A. Gains.
—, io*-- a in;.c : _ ___
iy "Why, oi court< fi|Sf
little stiffly, "w. /j /J VV
women folks. 1 *-l V *1
binned if l u like
I P*. ('FAMILIES
L, r hv-l.a. d ret*
•’Jimmy, ye-
j Arkansas, the Population is
idea
S ‘Z'. j l :.'*’ sparing to Float Ont.
•‘he ! ?.j"‘
ARE DUILDING BOATS
i> -
■i’
- More
■ Despcrnte and There Is Little
Room for Hope Left-
New Orleans. Apr ? A. special to The
Daily Stat-s from H i- a. Ark , rays:
•*The :=:tu ition I. r : *• ■m -s more crlt!-
| cal as the hours g<> : nd every effort
possible for human beings is being put
forth to save the city from damage from
overflow through a br.-ak In the levees
that are in front of the city proper. Sev
eral weak ph .-, s h:v. •• . v.yd today
but were qua k!y re; ired, ;r they were
caused l.y the rains so ikl'-.g the banks.
‘lt is thought • >■•■ ••• t* ■■ who are in a
position to 1-• o’.v *' * ’ . ' '■ r lies bo-
low the eb-vatcr 1 ; : It abn ak ehouid
occur In that vi.-lalty * ■ d -• to the
sawmill Industry w iu sum-t: Ing ;rn
rn r re.
•'T .dny has been a general moving day
and those who ar-- ah. to r. • v-- In with
someone have don ->. I'..—. ■- h; ve b-ten
taken to high grout 1•• 1 number .
residences ab 'vo ‘ o ov >w contain
pianos In every r •■
"The ccaflfolding of househd 1 goods and
furniture In al. the r - :• m• s ’ • tw the
levee is lielng mt ! I rm r< h.’rdlse in
the stores hnv ■b"n r> mov. d. "I .. - ham-
I mer and saw 11 ive •••n . ‘rd ai! day. -n
! many instan *-s im-*al l.y s n.o who could
| not saw to t'a-- line to save t’.-:r lives.
■ Boats of I very hue d . or. * •• 4
etze have l ■a • ni’rw 1. and a general
prepar r ■•’> is b-lng made for the seem
ingly in< ’- table. ’
Austin, Miss., in Danger.
Memp .. T< nn.. Ap ■ I u • murky
and dark this m- ' r.b.g ar ’ i - rrdn v.- >s
' falling and stiff br. •zo v - blowing
1
; people I -' i d tl"- 1 •'•-<’ at jvtistln. -■•l.a-..
u f»-\.v mli« vV ’iit.w <'!*>'•
If this dvl; i v- w y live counties will
Pa f. i. > ’„•. i the - . .us of .dollars' worth
of is v. v. ■ - ■ 1 iw.i;
The for-.- «>f a- n the v-e at Austin.
M -.5.. and M. • 4 - t- n " T. rsed
and thous mds of d re have been spent
The b.y.'s ■>• d their content.- are pl.ici 1 on
tl-.e top of the levees.
In many *>!.».. - o -r I • sacks thus
filled have lai n j>l ;> d mi the levee has
1...-1 i. -It muiy ft ■ r thin It was
1 wh. n thf M t-r !■ :■ t-. r.-• - A f-.-w mb-s
below McCloud the writer, which at Mem
phis has forty m i .-»« of country to
Slow over, and at it-.a.-.laie, 3. ■ - . has
nine m.a.< to il >.v < •■■ r. is . ng..'-gvd b. -
I twe« n two tow -ring lev. •s. wh.ch a:e
only two miie. d.-tar.t from e-< :. other,
j The strain ..n these icve. s. <me of which
! is in Arkans as . .al one la Mississippi, is
tretu. :*. I-as.
Guards Armed to Teeth-
I Guards armed to th" t- tit patrol the
j leeves night an«l «iay ai. 1 st:, at down any
| persons who at.- mp' to Im<-1 on the dykes.
I Last night two na w re kiik-1 at different
j points in ■ c . : ."• 1* ’ fney
- tn :■-.• m -ntlon f
! blowing up tlie Mt- ” - I’td levee. Each
had a can of dy: i.te. An accomplice -. t
th nun 1. d’d n<r the Is-a. when the
lev.,-.- I’d arr.*.• 1- -n -1 to swan
- . , . shore. He was drove tied,
i for no m ... >"'i w:.’i L. i! •» M --: s ppi
< riv. r cui:- t at the point vile r.- the Siiw.-
i:ig occurv 1.
All Streams Out of Banks.
D« :...- .. .■ \ . r ~ tlon
and i;i< I: ■: m T’Tr.'.ory have l> n v ,<d
. . - tv-
four hou: . AU . :ge str. m- are i*a..K
full of wat>r :. .1 it -- <i>im.ige s bcm
d.me to ...r:i. : - . ■■ Ev ,iy str- am and
rin th- ‘ ' rrit -ry .s r aus
In the ’.. r. iii p "t on of the Chickasaw
natl ci a tvriia’.lo wr< 1.-.-d houses but no
casualties axe rep -rted.
Trinity Rises Forty Feet.
Dallas, J* x' >. -M ir. .. An enormous
body of water is pouri g past I> las to
night. Trinity r.ver has r:."- :. fu:!y forty
feet since y sterday morning, and is ris
ing now at the rate of a •■»>’.' an 1- -ur, al
though no r...n has :.ii en si:.-' moml. g.
John Jist and M ■ K’-■»>' •*’ :‘4h. were
drowned in i In . -of th" i :y near
Era, In Cook county, y.- terday evening.
The It.dy of Miss Smith v. s found to-day.
Her father is an ulden:. a of Gainesville,
Texas.
Second Break in Louisiana.
New Crletu.s. Xpril 2. - s-"o::d break
In the lower l.ou- : ..->a I-:.---:vni oc
curred this nwr:.:..n on 1.. . : Lafourche.
This at'.ernoon t • I t 1: 1 : u 1.-ned to
ltd f-.t and *:. !■■ :> no h.- -.> that It will
be closed, lie br. ak Is th ty—;x miles
below Thibo,’,, ux, v. ■>. re the levees are
neither large nor rn.
MONEY TO MEND BROKEN LEVFES
Commission Informed’of Signing of
Bill.
Washington. M r.-h I.—Get . a! AVibon.
chief ■>! . t-.gin» <-r<. r :v. d th-- following
telegram ::t
Corner, army i ngi’i- ,-r ollieer in charge at
"Thr, c cr v.’ss, s r. ported In lower Yazoo
levee district --on-- at I» • rti ,1. north-rn
Like Lev, Sunday night: one opposite
Island Seventy. Mondt’v aft.-ma one
n.ar Stop landing. Choctaw 1- nd. this
morning.”
The M:"i--’t.pl riv. r commi-sion. now In
session at New Orleai », was informed
promptly by I--’: gr-iyi w;e .-. I’: - st-I. nt Mc-
Kinley signed th. joint r, solution of c<"i
gnss making S_ inim i . . ly iv ; I -tide
for work on ihe riv. r b-:w. • n its bead and
mouth. The cumm.-con will sp-nd the
money at once, b-living that prompt ac
tion at this time will save many lives
and much property.