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tariff program sot satisfac¬
tory to DEMOCRATS.
NEW RULES CJLUSE A RUMPUS.
Republicans Determined to Pops Tariff
Bill Without Delay and Outline
the Program Therefor.
A Washington dispatch says: The
republicans of the house have cleared
the decks for the great taritY fight.
There was a preliminary skirmish
Friday in the light over the rule pro¬
viding the manner of the consideration
of the tariff' bill, which indicates the
treatment which the measure itself
w ill receive, hut the rule was adopted
by a strict party vote.
The democrats were formed into a
compact by body by the program adopted
the republicans.
democrats Party lines were at once drawn and
rallied as one man against
the tariif. The debate brought out the
fact that the democrats stood ready to
forget all other questions, for the pres¬
ent at least, and unite on the tariff as
the great issue.
The administration program is be¬
ing followed to the letter. The rule
admits of comparatively little debate
considering the magnitude of the meas¬
ure and eliminates even chance for
amendment.
\\ hile on its face it seems to give
opportunity amendments for the consideration of
members, that proposed provision by rendered individual
is a
nullity by the rule which gives amend¬
ments proposed by the committee the
right of way at all times.
The rules of the house are absolutely
superceded by this special rule, which
gives the committee the power to force
the consideration of its amendments
and its amendments alone, no matter
what may he pending.
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, set forth the
democratic position in his short speech
against, that rule. He declared it his
belief that the sooner the republican
program was put into legislation
the better it would lie for the demo¬
cratic party, for that much sooner
would the futility of tho proposition
that prosperity can he brought about
by taxing the people be demonstrated.
He protested against tho arbitrary
action of the majority as embodied in
this rule, lmt declared the democracy
was willing to abide tho test of the
tariff bill as a prosperity restorer.
Speaking for the minority, Mr. Dai¬
ly said: “The passage of the bill will
not lie, antagonized by filibustering
opposition. Knowing that we cannot
prevent its passage, wo feel it to be
the best policy, from our standpoint,
that you should pass it speedily. If
it shall accomplish what you claim for
it, the president should not bo de¬
prived of the bonefits that are to flow
from it. If it Should not prove to be
what is anticipated for it, the sooner
it will be repealed and the people re¬
lieved of its unjust exactions.
“I never was more confident of any
event of the future than I am that ]
this bill shall demonstrate the futility
of the pretenses on which it is based,
ami 1 firmly believe that you won't
live long enough to get a patient hear¬
ing from tin- people on the absurd pro¬
position that you can make them pros¬
perous challenge by taxing them. (Applause.)
“We you to pass the bill j
because nothing can more certainly j
prove to the people that you are un¬
worthy of the trust now reposed in
you.” (Applause.)
HEAVY H IND STORM
Docs Considerable Damn#* in T$»x:i*
Friday Night.
A heavy wind storm, which in some .
places assumed the appearance of a j
cyclone, passed over a part of Texas j
Friday night.
At Piano tba gale leveled the sheds ;
of tho Cotton Belt and Central road, ;
blew over freight cars and unroofed |
several residences. A number of per- j
sous were injured ut Plano, but none :
were killed. Considerable damage was i
done by the storm near Itasca and j
Hutchinson. Telegraph and telephone
wires are prostrated;add it is difficult
to learn the extent of the damage.
Tho worst damage reported ho far I
occurred at. Denton, where over one
hnndred houses were struck by the I
storm and all more or less damaged, j
AWAITS GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL,
Tennosupp Constitutional Bill Has Paused
Both House* of Legislature.
Both houses of the Tennessee legis¬
lature adopted, Friday, the report of
the conference committee on the con¬
stitutional convention bills, and those
measures now go to the governor for
his approval.
As agreed on, this question will be
voted on the first Tuesday in August.
H a convention is called ninety-nine
delegates not less than twenty-seven
years of age will be elected the first
Tuesday in October, election officers to
serve without pay. The delegates will
receive only $2 per diem and sit only
seventy-five days.
B. AND L, RECEIVERS.
Report of Special Master in a Knoxville,
Tenn., Concern.
Special Master J. W. Caldwell made
his report Friday morning to Judge
Clark, of the United States conrt, at
Knoxville, Tenn., in the matter of
receivership prayed for the Southern
Building and Loan association.
The report is to the effect that the
association is technically solvent, the
assets being about $2,500,000, but he
recommends the appointment of a per¬
manent receiver.
CLEVELAND COURIER.
Devotod to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Georgia.
Storloe of Death and Disaster From lte#lag
Waters Still tonic.
Advices from Memphis state that a
half-inch rise in the Mississippi means
the devastation of properly and proba
ably a loss of life unequaled in the
flood history of that section. The rise
is threatened because of continued
rains.
Seventeen persons are reported
drowned fifty miles below Carutkers
ville, Mo. A stretch of country over
100 miles long from a point of seventy
miles north of Memphis to a point 50
miles south of tho Tennessee metropo¬
lis is submerged in places to a depth
of ten feet. The fertile valleys of
Tennessee and Arkansas are completely
inundated and many lives have been
lost and stock drow ned, fenc n; and
dwellings swept away, inhabitants des¬
titute and homeless, and left to starve
or drow n by the remorselessly rising
tide.
Reports from tributary streams show
rains ami rapidly rising rivers, floods
which will soon be emptied into the
Mississippi, adding to the danger when
hurled against the already weakened
levees.
Tho levees are patrolled hourly by
armed and desperate men, provided
with sand bags to- strengthen weak
places or to close, threatened crevices,
and rifles with which to shoot down any
miscroaut who would venture to cut
tho embankment and allow the waters
on his plantation to find vent into tho
lowlands of his neighbor.
The floods now partake of the nature
of a deluge. As far ns the eye onn see
nothing but water meets the gaze.
MANY LIVES LOST.
Lutor Report* from Arkitnim* Show Num¬
erous Drowning;*.
Dispatches from Gavnn, Ark., state
that for many miles tho country is
flooded, and tho water is up to tho
Iron Mountain tracks. Hundreds of
section hands are striving to keep it
back w ith dirt bags.
At every station tho negroes are
gathering, waiting to be taken away.
Many get on the trains and are carried
without pay.
Tho list of fatalities Is said to ho
long and probably never w ill bo known.
A mountain of household goods is
piled up nt every railroad station.
Whites and negroes bog for help from
every train crew.
Houses along tho road are sub¬
merged to roofs, and cattle standing
in the fields with only their heads
above water.
Many corpses of hogs and cows are
washed up by the water.
BRAINED HIS CHILDREN.
Horrible Deoil of mi Old Confederate
Viftpran.
Wright Smith, a farmer living near
Harlem, in Columbia county, (la.,
murdered two of his children and then
killed himself.
He brained the little ones with his
crutch and committed suicide by shoot¬
ing himself through the head.
Smith went to Thomson Thursday
and drew his pension, ho having serv¬
ed on the confederate side during tho
late war. Ho returned homo in - the
afternoon in the best of spirits. He
had been in the house but a few min¬
utes when a disturbance arose between
he and his wife. Rather than fuss
»ith her, he gathered his crutch and
walked out to the corn crib to get corn
to feed his pigs, as was his evening
custom. In the crib were liis two
boys, five and three years old.
The little fellows were enjoying
their sport in the crib, and upon the
sight of tlieir father they ran to him
with great glee. Seizing his crutch
he dealt each of them a blow' over tho
head, knocking their brains out.
They fell side by side in a pile of
shucks, dead.
HILL FORM A FEDERAL UNION.
Transyaal ami Orange Iran#* Fro* r rot Htate to Work
Together.
It is stated at Capo Town, Africa,
on what is regarded as good authority
that as a result of the visit of Presi¬
dent Kruger of the Transvaal, to Presi¬
dent Steyn, of the Orange Free State,
a federal union of the republics has
been decided upon.
Such union is regarded here with
much concern, as it would seriously
complicate tho situation.
The result of such a union would
not only open the whole question as to
the position of the Transvaal republic,
in a political sense, in south African
affairs, but would probably give Pres¬
ident Kruger greater strength.
PI AGREE LOSES FOR ONCE.
Supreme Court Decide* Against Him us
Mayor of ' Detroit.
A Detroit, Mich., dispatch says:
For the first time in his political ca¬
reer, Hazen S. I’ingree has received a
terrible jolt. The supreme court has
declared that he was no longer mayor
of Detroit and ordered that his suc¬
cessor be chosen at the regular election
on April 5th next.
The court held that Pingree’s elec¬
tion to the office of governor vacated
the office of mayor. The fact is, that
his gubernatorial job has not coma
up to its occupant’s expectations.
The legislature has failed to pass his
pet bills.
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AGAINST FIGHT PICTURES.
The Massachusetts XcRlslatarc May Bat
Kinetoscope Exhibition*.
Representative Sanderson, of Lynn,
introduced a petition in the Massa¬
chusetts house of representatives Fri¬
day afternoon, which proposes legisla¬
tion to prevent any exhibition in tho
state of Massachusetts of the Corbett
Fitzsimmons mill at Carson City,
through the agency of the kinetoscope.
The petition has already been signed
by the majority of tho leaders.
CLEVELAND,- WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1897.
ADDRESSES SENT OUT BY AMER¬
ICAN COTTON GROWERS.
APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATIVE ACTION
Reduction of Cotton Acreage Advised by
Committee of Prominent Men o»
Tho Association.
The American Cotton Growers* Pro¬
tective association, has issued an ad¬
dress to farmers urging them to plant
more of the food crops and less of cot¬
ton. The document was prepared by
a committee, which included Mr. Hec¬
tor 0. Lane, of Alabama, and Hon. W,
A. Broughton, of Georgia. The ad¬
dress is as follows:
“To the Cotton Growers of America: The
Cotton Growers’ Protective Association of
America, in convention assembled at Augus¬
ts* Ga., on the 16th day of March, 1897, again
come to you with an urgent appeal for co¬
operative action in planting tho crop for
1897. 31 is a matter of extreme congratula¬
tion that tho appeal made to you in 1895 and
189G was so generally responded to and that
the crop of 1895, mad© upon tho diminished
acreage, did havo the effect of greatly in¬
creasing 1895. though the prices of cotton. The crop of
estimated to bo 3,400.000 bales
short of t!u> crop of 1894, was in the market
of the world worth more by nearly $ 8,000,
000. In tho face of this result to abandon the
idea of diminishing acreage would bo to sound
the retreat in the face of victory. 11 is-the
consensus of opinion among the* best think¬
ers that if by any means the cotton crop of
America should be held within the limits of
8,000,000 to 9,000,000 bales per annum for
live years, the people of these southern
states would bo the richest and most pros¬
perous agricultural people In tho world.
Tow can this be brought about? The answer
Is with you. We appeal to your self-interest
and patriotism to do all in your power to
keep down the the production of tho staple. Do
not abandon ground you havo won.
Fight on upon the lines laid down, makfc
the cotton states self-supporting, put.moro
land in clover and grasses for your hogs to
run have on, diversify all your crops, and when you
done this the area devoted to cotton
will yield more profitable returns than 11
you sought tho to increase tho number of bales.
While reduction of tho acreage to bo
planted in cotton for the solo purpose of re¬
ducing tho sisio of tho crop may be impracti¬
cable, tho increase of tho area planted in
food crops must inevitably bring prosperity
to cotton growers, irrespective of U>o sir.e of
the cotton crop. There has never been a
time in the history of our section of the
country that a movement looking to the in¬
creased production of corn, hay, oats, hogs
and other food crops was so important and
necessary.
“It is felt by tho most, thoughtful men
that wo are entering upon a year of great
'uncertainties, and that even a small cotton
crop may fail to give adequate returns for
its production. The prudent man will
trim his sails to meet it. With the commerce
of tho country interrupted by war and war
may come—cotton would be unsaleable ex¬
cept at nominal prices. Every considera¬
tion, then, of patriotism, of self-interest and
of prudence dictates that you adhere strictly
to the rule of diminished acreage. Earnest,
men are earnestly working to lead you and
to guide you into prosperity. Do not let
them fully respond labor in to vain, their but appeal. cheerfully and hope¬
“In conclusion, we desire to say to every
cotton grower, whether ids crop is ten bale*
or ton thousand bales, sec to it first that
your by place is self-sustaining -and wo mean
this to be sure you grow on tho farm an
abundance or corn, meat, hay, oats, pc as,
potatoes, etc., for all the people on the
place, both white and colored. If the ten¬
ant will not produce these articles, sell them
to him and keep tho money in your own
pocket, in place of sending it out of the
country. When you have done this, or pro¬
vided for it, grow what cotton you can.
“If every farmer or planter iu tho cotton
growing district will make tills his rule of
action, will accomplish and live the up to it conscientiously, much it
result w© so desire
of making us all prosperous and happy,
whether your cotton, which will be a sur¬
plus crop, sell for a high or low price. We
would urge you again to make sure first of
a cheap, home-grown living for all tho peo¬
ple and all the animals on the place, and
then make what cotton you can.
“We address our argument to each indi¬
vidual farmer. Every farmer may measur¬
ably control tho cost of producing his
cotton.
“Let each individual farmer resolve in Ids
own mind and without regard to what oth¬
ers may do, to cut down tho cost of produc¬
ing his cotton. By confining Ids area to the
best fields and tp the best parts of his field
by concentrating his skill, Ids industry and
fertilizers on a smaller area he will produce
his cotton cheaper. Every farmer knows
that tho better the land, tho better prepara¬
tion and cultivation, the more liberal the
amount of well balanced fertilizers he ap¬
plies per aero, the less will be tho cost per
pound of cotton.
“Put only the isist land in cotton and corn
the poorer lands in rye, peas, etc. This will
certainly reduce your cotton product in tin*
aggregate, but it will much more reduce the
cost.
“Bo that, in any event, whatever others
may do, you will be all right.”
Livingston Speaks in Boston,
Congressman Livingston, of Geor¬
gia, ad Iressod a large audience at Bos¬
ton, Mass., Wednesday night on Irado
relations of iho United States with
South America.
ST. LOUIS HEIRESS MISSING.
l*-Year-OId Girl Huh ”rol,ab!y Been
Kidnapped.
Ella Burden, 12 years old, heiress
to $100,000, has been inexplicably
missing from her homo at St, Louis
since Monday. Slio lived with her
grandmother, at 5032 Minerva street,
and left home Monday for the Dozier
school, where sho hat been regarded
as one of the brightest and prettiest of
the several hundred pupils.
At 3:30 o'clock iu tho afternoon, tho
usual hour, sho left the school for her
home and went part of the way with
several othor girls, to a point where
sho usually took the car for home.
Nothing has been heard of hor since.
SENATE MOULD NOT AGREE.
Conference Committee A*ks Tt to Recede
from Amendment*.
The conference committee on tho
constitutional convention bills in the
Tennessee legislature recommended
the senate recede from its amendments
providing that the convention not sit
more than seventy-five days and dele¬
gates not receive more than $2 per day.
The senate rejected the rejxjrt, how¬
ever, and a new committee was ap¬
pointed.
The attorney for L. J. Guilmartin
and other bondholders of the Eatontou
Branch railroad, has filed another suit
at Savannah for a receiver for the bonds
of the Central railroad, which, accord¬
ing to tho contract, were io bo deliver¬
ed to the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
Railroad Company as tho nurchase
money for their properly.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
Teachers' association will be held at.
Warm Springs, Ga., Juno 27th, 28th,
29th and 30th. The annual sermon
will be on Sunday, June 27th. The
railroad faro will be one rate from any
point in the state. Hotel rate, $1.50 a
day or $9 a week. There is e reel lent,
accommodation for 500 teachers.
The hearing on the petition of
Thomas A Ryan and the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, relative to the
lease of the Georgia railroad, did not
take plaeu at Macon on the 18th in¬
stant, as was originally assigned.
Judge Speer, of the United States
court., has postponed the hearing until
some day next mouth, but the exact
date lias not yet been fixed.
The caso of W. INI. Bridges, ex-coun¬
ty school commissioner of Floyd, has
been postponed until March 25th.
Quite a little sensation was sprung
by Bridges not being in court when his
case was called, and his bond was de¬
clared forfeited by Judge Harris, who
issued a warrant for his arrest. Bridges
was unable to reach Borne in time on
account of tho high creeks rendering
the roads bond. impassable, lie at once made
a now
The fifteenth annual convention of
tho Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union of Georgia will bo opened in
Samlersville April 25th and will con¬
tinue in session five days. The con¬
vention will be composed of represen¬
tatives from all tho temperance organ¬
izations in the state. The convention
will not only he composed of Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union dele¬
gates, but will include represoStatives
from the Young Men’s Christian Asso¬
ciation, tho Society of Christian En¬
deavor, Epwort.h League, King’s
Daughters, and all the various church
auxiliaries.
The Georgia exhibit. Which is to be
sent to the Tennessee Centennial Ex¬
position is rapidly taking shape and
when the gates of the exposition are fie
thrown open iu May, Georgia will
represented by a ms pi ay tbat-wiM do
credit to any state. Commissioner of
Agriculture Nesbitt is hard at work
selecting members of the Woman’s
board which will take such fin active
interest, iu the preparation of the ex¬
hibit. It is expected that (leorgia day
will be one of the most brilliant state
days during tho entire* exposition.
The Georgia military will be on band
and hundreds of Georgians will bo
present.
There is going to bo a big cotton
acreage in Georgia this year. The
American Cottfsn Growers’ Protective
association met in Augusta the past
week, and after tho usual resolutions,
that it was inexpedient to plant a large
acreage in cotton Ibis year, it. was
agreed that aa address of the same
purport should be issued to tho farm¬
ers of Georgia, Alabama and the Caro
linas. While these proceedings were
going on tho farmers of Georgia were
getting in their supply of fertilizers.
It is the biggest supply that they have
ever had, and unless all signs fail the
cotton acreage will be larger this year
than it has ever been. Last year 333
000 tons of fertilizers were sold iu
Georgia the largest sale on rec¬
ord and the acreage was the largest up
to that time. This year tho sale of
fertilizers have far exceeded those of
any previous year, and if the move¬
ment continues at. the present rate it
is thought the total for the state will
reach 400,000 tons,
EPWORTH LEAGUE CONFERENCE.
Great Gathering- of Young Methodists in
Atlanta Next Mouth.
Local Epwort.h League workers nro
busy preparing for the slate conference
which is to be held iu Atlanta next
month.
The occasion will be the fifth annual
session,and JA-js the intention of those
in charge of the work to make it a
grand success .' The various commit¬
tees will leave nothing undone to havo
everything in readiness, and the dele¬
gates will receive a warm welcome.
The program has not yet been made
public, but it will be the very best
that can be secured, many of tbe most
prominent speakers in tho country
having agreed to address the confer¬
ence. The music, which will be a
special feature of the sessions, is to
be conducted by an able leader and a
full orchestra.
All the meetings of the conference
will be held iu the Sam Jones taberna¬
cle, which has been secured for the
occasion.
The railroads have granted a one
faro rate, and this will induce many
to attend who would otherwise bo de¬
prived of so doing. Between two and
three thousand delegates are expected.
AM who contemplate being present
must send their names to State Secre¬
tary John D._ Walker, Sparta, Ga.,
before the 1st of Apsil.
1’eess Uom mjtt kb.
Baltimore Merchants Rushing.
The rush to got goods out of bond
before the new tariff bill becomes a
law and increases the dutiesj»thereon
began at Baltimore Wednesday. The
receipts w'erc $47,713. Nearly all of
the withdrawals consisted of tobacco.
Fourteen Rounds.
The pugilistic contest between James
Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons for
the world’s championship, took place
at Carson, Nevada, Wednesday, and
resulted in a victory for Fitzsimmons in
the 14th round.
Up to the twelfth round Corbett
seemed to have things his own way
aud pounded Eitsimmons all over the
ring.
1 n the fourteenth and last round
Fitz landed a terrible left hand jab on
Corbett’s stomach and Corbett went, to
his knees with a frightful look of ag¬
ony on his face. The timekeeper called
the seconds. One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, but
Corbettemo to his feet. lie rushed to
Fitz and endeavors to strike him.
There was a terrible uproar. George
Siler decided that. Fitz was winner.
'1 ho blow that did tho business
landed over Corbett’s heart and ho
collapsed. The last, round lasted just
one minute and forty-five seconds.
The defeat nearly drove Corbett
wild. When he was able to feel his
foot, after his seconds had helped him
to his corner, lie broke away from them
and rushed at Fitz, who had not left
the ring. A scene of dreadful confu¬
sion ensued. Tho ring was crowded
with an excited mob, but Corbett
burst through them and struck at
Fitzsimmons.
It was with great difficulty that Billy
Brady and the seconds succeeded iu
quieting Corbett down and getting him
back to the dressing room.
Corbett, broke down and cried like a
child aa ho was made ready for tho
street.
The battle, as predicted, was fought
on purely scientific and almost now
principles. Neither of tho men took
any advantage of the privileges allowed
them under the London prize ling
rules, and there was very little hitting
in clinches.
Fitz came from tho ring battered
and bruised.
Immediately afler tho buttle was
over, Warren Lewis, who sent Corbett
up against Sullivan, challenged Fitz
for another turn, backing Corbett for
$20,000.
CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION.
A Sonsfilion Sprung In Iowa House of
Jiv we b c i) t atlv on.
A tremendous sensation was caused
in the' Iowa legislature Wednesday
morning wlum Representative Lam¬
bert read portions of a letter said to
have,|)Mn as*p|'intion» sent by ptlie a building state and making loan
over
le K‘Si Htive -
ipoaker Byers demanded the letter
be read in its entirely. Lambert re¬
fused, saying the communication” was
confidential. The speaker ordered
the sergoant-at-arins to procure it and
it was read in tho house.
Bpoaker Byers then .resigned and
demanded n thorough investigation of
the charges made against him and
othor members.
LOAN CONCERN COLLAPSES.
Application Made A**ociatlon. For Receiver For Pacific
Beriah A. Woods, one of (he stock¬
holders in the Pacific Loan and
Homestead Association, has filed a
bill in tho superior court, at, Chicago
asking for tho appointment of a re¬
ceiver for tho concern which ho al¬
leges is in a hopeless state of insolv¬
ency.
I he bill also charges D. C. Butts,
the former secretary, with deception
and fraud, by the employment of
which lie has wrongfully converted to
his private ltso about $222,000 of
moneys charges belonging to the association.
The sweep in the board of
directors in general as having com¬
pounded Butt’s alleged felony.
Christian Ships Pillaged.
A dispatch received at Athens Wed
nesday from Caneasays that tho Turks
have made a sortie from Rotimo and
proceeded to Utopoponlos, which they
hhrned without opposition from tho
forces of tho powers, ft is added that,
tho pillage of tho Christian ships con¬
tinues ami that the governor of Iletimo
and the Turkish gendarmes arc co¬
operating in tjie looting.
Hosing Resigns as Postmaster.
Washington Hosing has resigned
his postmastership of tho city of Chi¬
cago. 'l'breo days ago lie wrote and
forwarded his resignation to President
McKinley.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR MEET.
Executive Board Hol.1 nn Important Ses¬
sion in Washington.
The executive board of tho Knights
of Labor began its quarterly meeting
at the national capitol Wednesday.
Messrs. Sovereign, McGuire, Martin,
Best and llayes were in attendance.
The heard authorized a denial of pub¬
lished reports that there is dissatisfac¬
tion with the administration of Secre¬
tary-Treasurer Hayes and that lie will
resign. Messrs. Sovereign and Mc¬
Guire will go to New York to speak
against the arbitration treaty at the
ineeting of the Monroe League.
GOV. BRADLEY THREATENED.
Unknown Writer Warns Him Not to Let
Walling Hang.
In the filo of letters begging for
Walling and Jackson, received by
Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, Wed¬
nesday morning, was ouo from Cincin¬
nati telling the executive that ho will
surely meet with a horrible death and
be killed if he permits Walling to
hang. The governor’s friends wanted
the letter to ho turned over to a detec¬
tive, hut he refused.
There is not the faintest hope of any
interference of the governor now.
HIGH WATERS WILL PROBABLY
DEMOLISH THEM.
SEVERAL LIVES ALREADY LOST.
Missouri Land* Using Rapidly Submerged.
Rescue Steamers Are Doing
Valliant Service.
A special from Memphis, Tenn.,
says: A levee near Carruthersville,
Mo., broke Thursday afternoon, hut
whether any damage was done is not
yet known. Private reports are that
it was simply a break, while the
levee board declares it was the result
of a cut.
There were no additional drownings
reported during tho day hut tho ru¬
mored drowning of five from a bridge
iu Arkansas was confirmed. The victims
were a mother and four children.
it is now believed tlio vast majority
of imperiled people within reach of
Memphis have been rescued. There
are about, 3,000 of them in the city.
The relief committee has wired Gov¬
ernor Jones, of Arkansas, for state aid
and urged that ho seek federal aid
through Arkansas congressmen.
Ho ropliod that thero were no funds
at his disposal for that purpose, and
that he could do nothing to aid tho
refugees from his state.
The war department notified Cap¬
tain Fitch, of the United States Engi¬
neering Corps, that $10,000 had been
assigned to his order for use iu main
taiug the levees of his district.
Reports from the levees to the south
arc not encouraging. From Helena
to Relief, Ark., tlio levees cannot pos¬
sibly stand, it is asserted, and from
there to Modoc, a distance of thirty
six miles, there is grave danger, ‘ In
fact, tho report from Modoc is that
they cannot hold the levee.
JU:scuo Steamers at Work.
The work of rescuing the people In
the flooded district is being carried on
night and day, and Thursday morning
half a dozen steamers reached Mem¬
phis with over 1,000 refugees. Tho
steamboat men tell some harrowing
stories of suffering and death.
One woman who was rescued
hold in hor arms a doad infant that
had perished from cold and hunger.
Another family of four, when res¬
cued related that two small Children
were drowned in sight of their helpless
parents. Tslftnds
Nos. 40, 37, 36 and 34 in the
Mississippi rivrnj arc completely sub¬
merged, and tlie inhabitants, to tho
numliei of about six hundrod, havo
abandoned their homes.
BLOCKADE TO BEGIN.
Greece Will lie Forced to Withdraw Her
WuVHlvipH.
A dispa eh received nt Rome, Italy,
Thursday from Cation announces that
the blockade of tho Island of Crete by
the fleets of the powers will begin on
Sunday morning and that a notifica¬
tion to this affect will he addressed to
tho governments at Athens and Con¬
stantinople.
It is further stated that the powers
will also communicate the steps taken
to the government of tho neutral
states.
The limits of tho blockade will he
between longitudes 23.21 and 26.30
east and latitude 25.48 and 34.25
north. The blockade will ho gonoral
against Greek vessels, hut othor ships
will ho allowed to land goods, pro¬
vided they are not destined for the
Greek troops or for the interior of tho
island.
RUSSIA FORWARDS TROOPS.
In toil ded to Korin Contingent for the Oc¬
cupation <>i Crete.
The officials of the Russian embassy
ut Constantinople havo notijiod tho
Turkish government to the effect that
a Russian transport, having on hoard
troops intended to form the contingent
of Russia for tho occupation of tho
island of Crete, according to program
drawn up by the admirals, will shortly
pass through tho Dardanelles.
The embassies of the other powers
have not raised any objections to this
proceeding, although by tlie treaty tho
straits are closed to tho warships of tho
foreign nations.
l argo numbers of the Greek army,
the reserve men and other volunteers
oro leaving for Athens.
RANSOM’S SUCCESSOR.
Clayton, of Arkansas, Clet* the Plum.
Other Nominations by the President.
The president Thursday sent to tho
senate tho following nominations:
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, to bo
envoy extraordinary and minister ple¬
nipotentiary of tbe United States to
Mexico; William M. Osborne, of Mas¬
sachusetts, consul general of the Un¬
ited States to London; John K. Gowdy,
of Indiana, consul general of the Unit¬
ed Staton at Paris; Joseph Brigham, of
Ohio, to be assistant secretary of agri¬
culture; Perry 8. Heath, of Indiana,
to be first assistant postmaster general;
Sylvester Peterson, of Minnesota, to
bo register of the land office at Crook
ston, Minn.
DEMOCRATS SELECT CANDIDATES.
Memlien of tho Tennessee legislature
Hold a Caucus.
The democratic members of the Ten¬
nessee legislature met in joint caucus
Thursday afternoon to select candi¬
dates for state offices. William S.
Morgan was renominated for secretary
of state, receiving 56 votes to 32 for
John W. Morton. Edward B. Craig
was renominated for treasurer by ac
clamation.
NO. 13.
Tho Senate Tackle* Work Left Over from
Laet Congress.
A large number of bills, most of
them survivors of the last congress.
were introduced in the senate Thurs¬
day and referred.
Correspondence of the German gov¬
ernment relating to insurance compa¬
nies was taken up and referred.
Tho constitutional amendment for
the popular election of United States
sonators was reintroduced by Mr. Tur
pie,' democrat, of Indiana, who an¬
nounced his purpose to address tho
senate upon it Monday.
Mr. Grear, republican, of Ohio,
from the committee on Pacific rail¬
roads, reported tho bill which was
ponding last session for the adjustment
of the government debt through a
commission. Tho bill was placed on
the calendar.
Mr. Lodge, republican, of Massachu¬
setts, oft’nrod a resolution which was
agreed to, instructing the committee
on foreign relations to inquire and re¬
port whether the islands of St. Croix,
St. John ami St. Thomas, in the West
Indies, can now he purchased from tho
Danish government, as by the treaty
of 1807.
At the close of the morning business
the senate at 1 o’clock p.m. proceeded
to the consult r ition of executive busi¬
ness, and at 3:15 o’clock adjourned un¬
til Friday.
Tho house reassembled at coon
Thursday pursuant to adjournment.
The speaker laid before tho house the
reeommendation of the postmaster
general for an appropriation of $200,
000 to he immediately available to en¬
able the government to defray tho nec¬
essary expenses of tlio postal congress,
which will assemble in Washington in
May next. Mr. Henderson, republi¬
can, of Iowa, stated that tho commit¬
tee on ways and means would not bo
ready to report until Friday; there¬
fore he moved that tho house adjourn,
which was agreed to. .
SUNK. It
GREEK SHIP The
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A Shot From nn Austrian OanborG
Htsr Down. JSSOtlfit will r*s
Advices from Canea s* Nr
Austrian gunboat Sobcnx v ,
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upon and sunk, -near Chinnsf n 3
vessel loaded with provisions alfur
nitions of war intended for tho
forces in Crete.
It appears that the Sobenico, while
watching tho Greek ship, was fired
upon by a party of insurgents. To this
the Austrian warship replied by sink¬
ing tho Greek craft and driving off the
insurgents.
It is feared that when this news her
eom|» generally known in Athens it
will serve to greatly irritate the popu¬
lace and may have influence in precipi¬
tating the crisis which the powers are
striving in every way possible to avoid.
COMPLICATIONS^ IN HAWAII.
Custom* Authorities Stops the Landing
of Japanese laborers.
The following advices from Honolulu
were brought hv the steamer Australia
which reached San Francisco Thurs¬
day: Serious trouble is anticipated here
over the refusal of the customs author¬
ities to permit the landing of 537
Japanese laborers brought here recent¬
ly by tho Kobe Immigration Company’s
steamer Sbinshu Marau.
The local agents of tho Japanese
company have been placed under ar¬
rest charged with violation of the laws,
and Captain Mischaki, commander of
the steamer, has "been refused clear¬
ance papers utiloss ho ngross to take
back to Japan the rejected immigrants,
who have bean detained at the quaran¬
tine station since their arrival in port.
RIALTO BURNS AT SEA.
An Explosion of Chemicals Caused tho
Death of a Seaman.
Tho Allan State Lino steamer Carth
agenian, which arrived at New York
Thursday morning from Glasgow, res¬
cued tho crew of tho Wilson steamer
Rialto, which took lire and was aban¬
doned March 5.
The Rialto was hound from Now
castle for New York loaded with a gen¬
eral cargo, including a large quantity
of chemicals. She left port on Febru¬
ary 21st, and experienced strong increased wes¬
terly gales, which gradually
in violence until March 3, when a ver¬
itable hurricane was blowing.
At 6 o’clock in the morning a ter¬
rific explosion in the forehold blew the
hatch covers into the air, killed one
seaman and injured the chief mate.
SENSATIONAL CONFESSION
Alleged to Have Rcen Made by Scott Jack¬
son, the Condemned Murderer.
The Cincinnati papers issued extra
editions Thursday stating that Jack
son and Walling confessed that Dr.
Wagner, of Bellevue, Ky., assisted
them in part, and that Peal Bryan
was taken to Dr. Wagner’s house
Wednesday night and was murdered
the following Friday night and that
after the murder Dr. Wagner was con¬
fined in the Lexington asylum.
This is the first evidence as to the
whereabouts of Pearl Bryan on
Wednesday night. Dr. Wagner has a
wife and two daughters. One of the
daughters has frequently called on
Jackson at the jail.
CANADIAN ELECTIONS.
The liberal Camlhtate Upturned to the
House of Common*.
The election of the Canadian house
of commons for the county Bonaven- .
ture has resulted in the return of
Francois Guite, the liberal candidate,
by about 750 majority. the
Great interest was manifested in
election because of the efforts pf Mgr.
Blais to secure a promise from Mr.
Quite to vote against Mr. Laurier’s
settlement of the school question.
