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VOL. vr. fl BIG BREAK IN LEWES. FLOODS IS MISSISSIPPI GROW IS HORROR DAILY. TOWN OF GREENVILLE IN DANGER. The Whole Delta Kegion Threatened With Dire Destruction—Human Efforts of No Avail. A special from Greenville, Miss., says: Within the next forty-eight hours the entire Eazoo, Mississippi delta, from Australia, Bolivar county, south to Vicksburg will be under water. Australia is ton miles above Rose dale, the county site of Bolivar. The overflowed section is the richest coun • try on the globe and comprises about two-thirds of the delta of Mississippi valley. Three huge crevasse in the levee lino are now pouring a devastating flood into these fertile bottoms One fifty miles north,near Australia, is now 3,000 feet and more in width. Another thirty-live miles below that point between Stepp's Landing and Mound, fifteen miles of Greenville, is over 700 feet wide. The third on Lake Lee, seven miles below the city, 1,500 feet wide. All throe aro widening rap¬ idly. Every inland stream bears upon its bosom u gruesome burden of death— horses, mules, sheep, hogs and poul¬ try are being drowned by thousands, if human lifo is sparod it will he a miracle. Several days yet must elapse before au accurate report can he had from the interior of fatalities. <Jrc*ct»vIIIo Doomed. Greenville is situated right in .the heart of tlio delta country, which is bounded by Ihe Mississippi river on the west and a range of hills, running southwardly from Memphis to Vicks¬ burg, Miss. The population of Greenville is 10, 000. The territory embraces nearly ten counties, millions of acres of the most fertile lands in the world. The population of the territoiy about 200,000; it is 250 miles ill length and about seventy miles on au average in breadth. Fourth IJn-ak Deported. A later special from Greenville soys: Another break in the levee on the l— % Mississippi liuSdsy*W.ii|lTt-. occurred Tlfik at last 10:30 o’clock is crevasse ntHtokes' plantation, in Bolivar coun¬ ty, firl miles north of the town of Rosedale, ami eight miles south of the Perthshire break. Gunnison, Bolivar county, just north of Rosedale, is already overflowed. At Rosedale the water can be seen slowly creeping up to the town. All railroad and telegraph communi¬ cation north and south is cut off. Refugees from the overflowed districts are pouring into the towns and vil¬ lages along the railroads and river, and suffering will be intense. It iR almost opposite the mouth of the While river. Water from this crevasse will go into Deer creek first and add to the disastrous situation already impending over the Yazoo Mississippi delta. A report has also boon received of a break at Luna on the Arkansas side, some eight miles north of the city, hut this rumor cannot be confirmed. WAR CANNOT BE AVERTED. Ftgtiting; 11 y<avp«r Oreek* and Turks lias Already Begun. Reports just received at Constanti¬ nople from the Turkish headquarters at. Elassona, state that fighting has already occurred on the Turkish side of the frontier of Macedonia. It is said that the Greek lender, Alexis Taki, crossed the frontier into Macedonia on Sunday last, accom¬ panied by about twenty-five of his fol¬ lowers. Near Grevena tho Greeks met •n and engaged an advance post of tho Turkish troops, commanded by a Ger¬ man offieor. In the fighting which followed tho Turks lost twelve men killed and had twenty men wounded, including tho German officer. The loss of the insur¬ gents is not known. The latter subse¬ quently returned across the border into Greek territory. The situation is about as critical as can be, and it is difficult to see how war between Greece and Turkey can be averted. DANGER AT NEB ORLEANS. Water ReaclH** Top of Hie I-evces, and Is Running Over Into the Streets. The river has finally reached the top of the levees in New Orleans and Mon¬ day morning began running over into Mandevillo street, directly in front of the celebrated French market build¬ ing. An urgent request came from Algiers, on the rff'ht bank of the river for help to strengthen the levees there, weakened by the high water and heavy winds. The* river rose seven-tenths of a foot in twenty-four hours and reached eight-tenths of a foot above the sixteen-foot mark, which is the danger line. BENCE ISSUES ORDERS. Maine, Texns, Ampliitritc and Terror Go to Hampton ICo.kIs. Under orders from Admin 1 Bunco, the Maine and Texas, at Port- Royal, and the Amphitrite and Terror, at Charleston, left for Hampton Roads Thursday morning, it beiDg the inten¬ tion after the rendezvous there to go to New York and participate in the Grant monument celebration. The Marblehead is ordered to leave Pensacola for Key West. Cleveland Courier. Devoted to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Georgia. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New Industries Established in the South During the East Week. industries Among the most important now organized during the past week are the following: TlieBrookland Bridge Co., capital $10,000, Columbia, S. G.; a $30,000 cotton compress at Bryan, Tex.; two large flouring mills at Allentown and Duersville, Term.; galvanized iron works at Birmingham, Ala.; tho Bell Crank Locomotive Co., capital $36,000, at Burnett, Texas, and railroad shops at Macon, Ga., to cost $30,000. The Express Re¬ frigerator Car Co., capital $50, 000, has been chart red at Gaines¬ ville, Fla.; tho Wythe Lead and Zinc Co. will build a $-.15,000 plant at Ivanhoe, A'n.; the Baughan Tobacco Stemming Machine Co., capital $1, 000,000, has been chartered at Rich¬ mond, Ya.; tho North Fort Worth Laud Co., capital $24-0,000, Fort Worth, Tex.; an oil mill will bo built at Taylor, Tex.; tho Avondale Oott-on Mill, capital $5,000, chartered at Bir¬ mingham, Ala.; the Llano Lumber Co., capital $25,000, Llano, Tex., and the Burch and Supply Co., capital $35, 000, to engage in the saw milling bus¬ iness at Augusta, Ga.—Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Teun.) GEORGIA EDITORS. Old Officers of tho Press Association Are Ito-KIeotod. At. the second day’s session of the Georgia Press Association at Macon all the old officers wore re-elected as follows: President, II. II. Cabaniss, of The Atlanta Journal; first- vice president, John Triplett, of The Thomasville Times-Enterprise; dent, second vice presi¬ C. It. Pendleton, of Tho Valdos¬ ta Times; treasurer, -I. AY. Anderson, of The Covington Star; recording sec¬ retary, Ben F. Perry,of The Cherokee Advance, Canton; corresponding sec¬ retary, W. A. Knowles, of Tho Rome Tribune; executive committee, It. W. Ovubb, of The Din-ion Gazette; W. A. Hemphill, of The Atlanta Constitu¬ tion;.I. W. Chapman, of The Wash¬ ington Gazette; E. B. Russell, of The Cedartown Standard; Tyler M. Pee¬ ples, of The Lawrenceville Herald. DEDICATION OF GRANT’S TOMll Will Bo the Occasion of a Grand Maritime Display. Secretary Sherman has sent tho fol¬ lowing cablegram to our ministers abroad who are accredited to nations possessing navies; to officially invite tho maritime na¬ tions to send warships to participate in the ceremonies on April 27th next, wlion the Grant Monumental Associa¬ tion will formally deliver to the city of New York the tomb of Gen. Grant, erected by voluntary subscriptions at Riverside park. It will be gratifying to this government if this courteous invitation could be accepted.” SNOW STORM IN WYOMING. Fierce Blizzard Ri^hh in ihe West. Stockmen Ajiprelionslvi*. A special from Clicyenno of Tuesday says: A blizzard of snow and wind has been raging throughout southern Wyo¬ ming from tho western to tho eastern boundary for the past twenty-four hours. There have been severe losses of sheep in a portion of the district. The losses in cattle and horses have boon nominal to the present time, hut stockmen aro becoming apprehensive as a continuation of the storm will be destructive to range stock. The main line of the Union Pacific is being kept open with snow plows and passenger trains are making sched¬ ule time, although the storm extends along the road for over 600 miles. IN CONGRESS TUESDAY. Senator Morgan Again A«k« for All the Cuban Correspondence. In tho senate Tuesday, Mr. Morgan offered a resolution railing for further Cuban information and especially for letters written public officials by Gen. Gomez. Mr. Allen made a speonh on the constitutionality of a tariff for pro¬ tection. At 2 p. m. the executive ses¬ sion on the arbitration treaty was re¬ sumed. The house hud a warm discussion over the subject of free hides, the Texas members, Bell (Pop.), of Colo¬ rado, and Hepburn (Rep.), for of Iowa, all urging a duty on hides the ben¬ efit of the rattle raisers and attacking the hill on this point as male up for the benefit of eastern manufacturers. LUIZ SENTENCED TO JAIL. Filibuster Goes Up for Eight Months Without Bail. Dr. Joseph J. Luiz, who was found guilty in the United States district court of conspiracy, and sending an armed expedition against a friendly nation, was sentenced to eighteen months in the Baltimore jail and to pay a fine of $500. Counsel for Lniz argued for two hours for a re-trial, this being flatly refused by Judge Morris, they devoted their attention to an effort to have the judge suspend sentence and admit tho Cuban patriot to bail pending an ap¬ peal to the supreme court, but all to no purpose. PHOSPHATE ROYALTY REDUCED. SouitU Carollna’it Favorable Special Action. Commissioner Takes The South Carolina state phosphate special commission announces that it has, using power conferred by the leg¬ islature, reduced the royalty to 25 cents a ton. The commission found the cost of production greater than the price. The royalty was formerly one dollar, then fifty cents. The royalty this year will not be $50,000. CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. APRIL MANY TOWNS IN MISSISSIPPI YAL LEY OYERFLOYYED. PEOPLE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES. Latest Reports Show That the Situation In Flooded Districts is Rapidly Growing Worse. A special of Thursday from Jackson, Miss., states that there is nothing encouraging in tho situation along tho river front, but the unbridled waters are rushing along on their march to the sea, and the people of the greatest cotton producing valley in the world are fleeing for their lives. Several refugees have arrived in Jackson and report that tho half lias not been told; but no pen can describe the desolation, the devastation and ruin that is being visited upon the planters in the counties of Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena and others. Ton thousand people are now home¬ less in the flooded districts. Throe hundred towns and cities aro submerg¬ ed and desolation reigns all over the valley. Railroad traffic has not boon so de¬ moralized all tlio winter as it is at present and the situation doos not im¬ prove. The officials of the Iron Moun¬ tain road have completely lost all track of their trains between Greenville, Miss., and Texarkana. The city of Jackson is now an island, situated in a wilderness of water,which surrounds it oil every sido. As yet the water is not in sight of the town, but is at the Blanton gin, half a mile north, and at the Montgomery place two miles south. Black bayou, Wil¬ liam’s bayou, Deer creek and Fish lake aro all out of their hanks. A special from New Orleans says: Ujt to the present time, as far as known tho line of Louisiana levees is intact, but the strain against them is such that a break at any moment is feared, at almost any point. Vigilance is Ihe price of safety and the constant watch for weak places has been the moans of averting several orovasses at. dangerous points. WhoI« Family Drowne^l. A special from Eddyville, Ky., pays; News has itr the Cumberland river WeffiiV'sdny night of William Flick and his family of three. According to the report, Flick was trying to move his family of wife and two little childooti from his flooded house on the Cumber¬ land. Tho skiff overturned and in the darkness all were drowned. The cur¬ rent there is very swift and no small boat could live in it. THIS IS NO JOKE. Girls Who Observed *‘AH Foolfi’ Day” DigmisHvd From College. Eighteen of the young Indies who attend tlio Lucy Gobi) institute at Athens, Ga., slipped out of the insti¬ tute grounds on “AU Fools’ Day” and began at once to enjoy the novelty of breaking in on the usual quiet of the dignified and classic town. They were in a careless, reckless, schoolgirlish mood, and they let their mood lead them where it would. Some had their hats on and some were bare¬ headed. All of them were bent on having a good time, and while on the business streets indulged in calling out and talking, and otherwise enjoy¬ ing themselves to their hearts’ content. The young ladies who took part in tho joke violated the rules of the Lucy Cobb institute and by so doing were dismissed from the college and sent home. They aro very sorry of tho re¬ sult of their piece of fun. TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL RATES. Rasgcnger Agents Moot in Nashville and Consider the Matter. The Southern State Passenger asso¬ ciation met at Nashville to consider rates to Centennial. The meeting was spent in business, and a committee w as named to agree upon a basis. The committee made their report, in which the same basis of rates was adopted as that of Atlanta during tho exposition, the only exception being the limitation of time. Tlio tickets will bo good for seven days, against five days at Atlanta. Stopover privi¬ leges will be‘granted at Chattanooga for special parties. EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD. Hon. G. L. Converse, of Coluinhus, Ohio, Basses Away. Hon. Geo. L. Converse, ex-member of congress, died at Columlms, Ohio, Tuesday. He was ill several months, was in his 70th year, and died in the county of his birth. He graduated at Deni¬ son University in 184!), read law, served ns a prosecuting attorney and in the house and senate of the Ohio legislature from I860 to 1865, and again in the house in 1873, when he was speaker. He was in congress three terms and was a Randall protect¬ ive tariff Democrat. BILL DAY GOES TO CUBA. He Will lteiwesent tile President in His I nv«»tigJVtlonH. A Washington special says: General Bill Day, of Ohio, is to go to Cuba as McKinley’s paramount representative to investigate the Ruiz case; also in¬ vestigate the condition of things on the island. Much interest is prevailing as to the scope and powers of his mission. The attitude of General Lee toward him will be closely watched also. AID FOR POOR IN INDIA Joint Resolution I’axses in Senate for Their Belief. Immediately after the journal of the senate was read at Thursday's session, the tariff bill was received from the house and was referred to the commit¬ tee on finance. Mr. Halo, republican, of Maine, from the committee on nnval affairs, reported a joint resolution authorizing the secretary of the navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suf¬ fering poor in India and asked its immediate consideration. The joint resolution was read. The preamble recites the existence of a famine in India, causing thous¬ ands of deaths, and the fact that gen¬ erous people in various states of tho union have contributed wheat, flour and corn for the relief of tho poor in India and tho joint resolution author¬ izes tho secretary of the navy to place at the disposos of the collector of tho port of New Yojk any ship or vessel belonging to the navy that may be best for sito.li service for tho purpose of transporting to the famishing poor of India such contributions. It appropriates tho amount of money necessary. Mr. Stow'nrt, populist, of Nevada, while favoring the joint resolution, de¬ clared that the ovils caused by tho famine in India were trifling compared with the evils caused by legislation in destroying the value of silver. The savings of tho people .of India were in silver; and, therefore, they could not meet the present emergency. Mr. Morgan said that ho was very much impressed w ith the excellence of the thought embodied in the joint res lution. And liohoped that tho senator from Maine would not object if in the eourso of a few days he (Mr. Morgan) should find occasion to oiler a similar resolution for the purpose of taking supplies to the island of Cuba to feed “those poor miserable Americans pen¬ ned up in the villages and towns tbero by command of General Weyler arid exposed to starvation in or¬ der to subdlte their spirit and make hoped them loyal to Spain.” Ho also that, if a resolution w as offered to relievo tho people of Crete in tho sam® way, by disregard¬ ing tlio blockade which Great Britain and tho powers were now enforcing to starve the Cretans to death unless they submitted to 91uil;o tynjnical outrage, tho senator from would support it. g«ntl«u>e» “I will lie when very^.-jUnl tifey to meet naturally those r i&i<i Slf- Hate- .usque ‘Tluaiji/t ‘ of the Amerjcon people is not compli¬ cated with any politics or any political conditions of the people to whom the gift is sent. They are suffering untold woes, and every little thing, or great thing, that we can do to alleviate those sufferings, every senator will, I am sure, he willing to do.” The joint resolution was then passed. Mr. Allen, populist, of Nebraska,of¬ fered a resolution reciting tho report that the Cuban general, Rivera, is to be tried by drumhead oourtmartial and shot, and in declaring that “in the judgment of the sentate it is the duty of tho United States government to protest to the Spanish government against such a violation of the rules of civilized warfare'” AY HITE GOES TO GERMANY. A Number of Important Moinimitlonn by TreaUlent McKinley. The president, Thursday, sent to the senate the tollowing nominations: Andrew D. White, of New York, to bo ambassador extraordinary and pleni¬ potentiary of the United Statos to Germany; William F. Draper, of Mas¬ sachusetts, to be ambassador extraor¬ dinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United Statos to Italy; Chandler Hale, of Maine, to he secretary of tho embassy of the United States at Rome, Italy. Massachusetts, Samuel L. Gracey, of consul of the United States at Fti Chu, China; Anson Burlingame John Ron, of Colorado, consul of the United States at Amoy, China. Oliver L. Spaulding, of Michigan, to be assistant secretary of the treas¬ ury, William B. Howell, of New Jersey, to be assistant secretary of the treasury. is chiefly Andrew 1). White known as an educator and contributed over $100,000 to the equipment of Cornell university and endowed in that insti¬ tution the new school of history and political science. He has written a number of works on historical and political subjects. He was a member of the famous Venezuelan commission. USUAL ORDER REVERSED. This Defaulter Skipped From Canada to the United States. A dispatch from Montreal, says: Rollo Simpson, confidential agent of J. A. Cantile A Co., owners of exten¬ sive woolen mills, is a defaulter to the amount of $70,06!) and has gone to the United States. The cause of his down¬ fall is said to be fast living. Herbert Says “Nit.” Mr. Herbert Gladstone declares that the story recently published in many newspapers that his father had learned to ride a bicycle is a hoax. STONES ON TRACK. Dastardly Attempt Made to Wreck South¬ ern Train. An attempt was made to wreck a train on the Southern, near Green¬ ville, Tenn., Wednesday morning. Stones were placed on the track, derailing the engine, which ran on the crossties 300 yards before the train was stopped. No one was seriously injured. This is the second attempt at train wrecking near the same point. THREE LIVES LOST ON A CHATTA¬ HOOCHEE PASSENGER BOAT. SUNK BY STRIKING A DRIFT LOG. Tliere Were ICO I'tvssongers Aboard and AH Wero Saved Except Engineer and a Colorotl Man and Woman, The steamer J. F. 0. Griggs was sunk Thursday night about 9:30 o’clock near Oliitty’s landing, about twelve miles below Fort Gaines, Ga., on the Alabama sido of tho Chattahoochee river. Sho was on her up-trip with all the pa sengers and orew of the ill-fated steamer, City of Columbus, on board when she struck a floating log which was forced through her hull, cabin and pilot house, rendering the boat unman¬ ageable. But by the heroic efforts of Captain Long, Engineer Waterbury and oth¬ ers, she was finally steered sufficiently near the shore to get off all of the pas¬ sengers and crew, numbering about 100, except Engineer Waterbury and a colored man and woman, who wero drowned. Engineer Waterbury stood at, his post and sacrificed his lifo to save others, among whom was his own wife. His wife went down to him in his perilous position, hut Captain Long forced her to leave, and succeed¬ ed in getting her ashore. While running at full speed near Chattahoochee landing the bow of the boat struck a drift log. Tho current is strong at this point and the log was driven with great force into the hull of the steamer, making a big hole, through which the water began to pour in tor¬ rents. No time had been given the passengers and crew to prepare for the disaster. The boat and cargo aro a complete loss. Tho steamer Queen City rescued several of the passenger^ of the wrecked steamer from the river banks, to which they had escaped. In striking coincidence with this disaster is tho sinking of- the City of Columbus eight miles below tho scone of disaster, at Francis Rend, some days ago. This last disaster operates This to extinguish the independent line on river, known as the Queen qpd Orescent Navigation Company. These two boats were operated by the inde¬ pendent lino. They wore tho only boats owned by the company. RIVER BULLETINS. Noavh of tlio RiHlti£ Water# Given by Weather Bureau. The following reports were received Friday from the department of agri¬ culture weather bureau officials in charge of river districts: St. Louis—Mississippi rising slowly and stage close to danger line indi¬ cated from Keokuk to Alton by Satur¬ day night or Sunday morning. AIL bottom lands now covered. Twenty eight foot indicated at, St. Louis Satur¬ day morning and about twenty-nine feet Monday morning. With water now in sight, will not reach danger line within five or six days. Gonornl warnings sent above and local warn¬ ings to those affected by st-agos under thirty feet. Cairo, 111. —River falling very slight¬ ly this morning; will remain nearly stationary or rise slightly tonight and Saturday. Sipe water at Cairo rison about two inches since yesterday morn¬ ing. Levees at Cairo and Mound City, III., continue in good condition. Vicksburg, Miss.—No new crevasses in levees reported. The principal work transferred to levees below Vicksburg. Crevasses above having relieved press are in that section, while the river at Newton, Ark., rose ono foot since yes¬ terday morning. River at Vicksburg about stationary, but will probably rise about two feet from water from Yazoo later. Stock being received here from tfiroatened districts. The Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan¬ sas and Red rivers has risen and the Ohio has fallen. The Mississippi has risen throughout its entire length, ex¬ cept a slight fall at Memphis and in the crevasses in Mississippi, About six-tonths of an inch of rain¬ fall fell yesterday in Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, and about two tenths in the basin of the upper Mis¬ sissippi. GUNBOAT HELENA A SWIFT. Builders of the Vessel Karri a Ifamlnomo Bonus for Quick Speed Shown. The new gunboat, Helena, sister to tho Wilmington, was given her official trial at New London, Monday over a twenty-seven milo course, and devel¬ oped a speed of fifteen and eight tenths knots. Her builders, the Newport News Ship Building Company, will earn a bonus of $55,000. Ex-Comity ____ "ind., Officials Indicted. _ At Butler, seven cx-connty officials and one well-known private citizen have been indicted on the charge of having stolen $50,000 from tho couty. CAPTAIN OF SHIP ARRESTED. Alleged to Have Caused the Death of Sev¬ eral of III# Crew. Captain E. NV. Reed, of the ship T. F. Oaks, was arrested at Now York, Tuesday, upon a warrant issued by tho United States court. The Oaks is the ship upon which, during its last voyage, there was much suffering and several deaths resulting, as alleged, from inefficient and proper food. THROUGH GEORGIA. Governor Atkinson, Principal Keep¬ er Turner and Assistant Keeper of the Penitentiary Jake Moore, loft Atlanta a few days ago on a tour of inspection of the convict camps. * * * The supreme court has affirmed tfie judgment of the court below in the case victed of Henry White, who was con¬ of murder at, Columbus and sentenced to be hung. Unless Gov¬ ernor Atkinson commutes tho sentence White will now hang. * * * The state exhibit at Nashville will be the best that Georgia ever had at an exposition, if one may judge by the care taken in the preparations undei way by tho state geologist, tho state chemist, the commissioner of agricul¬ ture and the other officials concerned in the making of the display. * * * The city of Augusta has triumphed over tho Augusta and Summerville Street Railway company. The su¬ preme court has affirmed the judgment of the court in the Augusta circuit, es¬ tablishing the right of the city of Au¬ gusta to grant the exclusive right to transfer passengers nud freight through tho streets of the city. * * * Col. William G. Obeir, inspector general of ride practice, will soon issue a program for a rifle contest to bo held in Savannah. It is contem¬ plated to make the shoot an annual af¬ fair. Cash prizes and trophies will be offered. The matches will be divided into two classes—one interstate and tho other in which Georgia militiamen only v ill bo allowed to participate. * * * The state treasurer’s assistant has finished tho task of ascertaining the cost of the Reeso-Swcat investigation. Ho found the total cost, including everything, to he $4,917.44. Among the items was one of 15 days at $4 per day for the services of State Senator Yancey Carter, ns public prosecutor. Another item was $8 railroad fare for Senator Carter. * * * More than three thousand now ap¬ plicants for pensions will ho disap¬ pointed. OommissioBor of Pensions Richard Johnson snyn there is not, enough money to pay all the new ap¬ plicants for pensions in tho Gain os made eligible by law. Only 125 of COO new applicants for invalids pen¬ sions can be paid, and only (500 of 3,500 non applicants for indigent pen¬ sions will get the money' * * * Governor Atkinson has received a letter from E. Christiansen, M. V., of Leavenworth, Kas., who wants to bring immigrants to tho southern states by delivering stereopticon lec¬ tures in overcrowded Europe, where tho struggle for existence is a hard one. Dr. Christiansen says ho would undertake to tour Europe with stere¬ opticon lectures if tho southern states or any of them would give small finan¬ cial aid to the enterprise. The gover¬ nor has filed the letter for reference. Unless all signs fail there will be a warm fight, over the bill to establish a hoard of dental examiners in the legis¬ lature when the general assembly meets this fall. State Senator St w nrt, of Rockdale county, announces his intention to fight this bill to the bitter end. He further declares that, he will introduce a bill to abolish the state board of medical examiners. Senator Stewart is himself an M. D. and he has pronounced views on tho present system of having all would-be physicians examined by tho state medical hoard. * * * The respites of Tom I)clk and Gus Families expired Friday,April 2d. The govornor has declared his intention to extend the respite of Tom Dellc until after the trie 1 of his father, Taylor Delk, in which Tom will be an impor¬ tant witness for the defense. He will swear that his father was not present in the house when Sheriff Guinn was killed. The governor has also repeat¬ edly declared that he would continue to respite Gus Fambles as long as the lawyers kept Mrs. Nobles’ case in court. * * * Tho attorney general has brought suit against, the Central and South¬ western railways for $5,000, the pen¬ alty for failing to comply with the railroad commissioners’ order requir¬ ing them to build a new depot at Amer iens. This order was issued about a year ago, after a full hearing of the citizens of Arueriousand the railroads. Similar orders woro issued for a new depot at Leesburg, Lyons, Forsyth and Dallas. Depots have been built at all those places except Forsyth, and a suit for the $5,000 penalty in that case is non- pending beforo Judge Beck and will he heard in the state library after adjournment of the spring terms of courts in his circuit. The agricultural department will receive about $40,000 in fertilizer fees this year. Last year the receipts were something over $30,000. At ten cents a ton, this year’s sales, amount ing to about 400,000 tons, will bring into the department fund about $40,000. Out of this the inspectors’ fees, the bill for four million tags and the salaries of Commissioner Nesbitt and his clerk, Mr. Ulla Hardeman, State Chemist Payne and two assist¬ ants are to be paid. Last year after paying all these items, $8,000 was put into the school fund from fertilizer fees. This year there will be more than that. Just how much it is im possible to say, as more fertilizer in¬ spectors had to be employed and that item of expense has increased. It will probably net be far from $15,000. NO. If.. IIH-D1I! STORM DEMOLISHES THE TOWN OF CHANDLER, IN OKLAHOMA. FORTY-FIVE ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT. The lAnt of Injured Will Beach Two Hundred—Scenes of Devastation. Fire Adds To Horror. A cyclone at Chandler, forty milos east of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, at dusk Tuesday evening destroyed three-fourths of the town of 1,500 people and the latest nows is that 150 aro badly hurt and a dozen or moro people killed. Nearly every building in the town was wrecked. The storm broke without warning and few had time to hunt for places of safety. Judge DaleAvas holding court aud the building was rolled off its) foundation and turned over, but the court attaches all escaped, A large number of physicians left Guthrie for a forty-milo drive in the dark with a load of medicines, surgical instruments, etc. The storm came from tire southwest with terrific force, destroying every¬ thing in its path. It struck tho town squarely, and but one standing. building, the Mitchell hotel,is loft Injured Burned to Death. A later dispatch says the ruins at Chandler took firo ami many injured people aro burned to death. Tho dead will reach fully forty-five aud the injured 200'or more. The scenes were heart-rending, peo¬ ple dying on all sides, with but one physician on the ground who was not hurt. Six people in one building were pinned down aud met slow death by fire. . j Twenty dead bodies have been so far taken out, among them Jieing two unknown women,. bqjth with babies; three unknown children; Mrs. Philip Johnson, F. Demoff, Emma Demoff, Emma Drelsiuger, Lee, 1). 0. Johnson, Mrs. Dr. A, AV. Kelhir and wife, A. M’Elhonny audfamilyi number no\v unknown. “ '* Tho fatally injftrtsiT'Wfnbved from the wreck includes: Andrew Asher and wife, George Henry, Mrs. J. L. Lmnley, Git .ties Reeves. Arch Shep¬ hard, Arthur Jewett, Frank Johnson, Mrs. Frank McCall, I). C. Gooding, Alex Bishop. The injured will reach over two hun¬ dred and there is no shelter and no adequate medical attendance, and it is , feared that many will die from ex¬ posure. GENERAL RUTGER RETIRES. Commander of Department of tlio East LeavcH tho Service. Major General Thomas II. linger, commanding the department of the cast, United States army, with head¬ quarters on Governor’s Island, retires from the active list of the army, as ho has reached the ago limit of sixty-four years. General major Ruges was made a general February 8, 1895, and suo eeeded in his present command Alajor General Miles, when General Aliles became commanding officer of the army, RIVERA WILL BE SHOT. Insurgent traitfir To Ho Tried Hy I'nim licad Conrtmarttal. A dispatch received at London from Havana in reporting tho capture of General Buis Rivera, the insurgent leader, and his chief of staff, states that both of the prisoners will be tried by a drumhead oourtmartial, which means that they will certainly be shot. It is stated that when Buis Rivera c was taken beforo General Velasco, the latter told him that as a man he re¬ gretted liis wounding aud capture. General Rivera replied that he was proud to shake the hand of so valor¬ ous a Spanish general. Kentucky Investigation Begins. A special from Frankfort, Ky., says: Chairman Tompkins, of the bribery investigating committee, has learned the identity of the ihen who says he was offered $20,000 with which to get two votes for Hunter. Summons have been served aud the investigation will begin at once. “BUTTON” GANG SWUNG UP. AitenRKiiiB of Chavez Executed In a New Mexico Jail Yard. Francisco Gonzales Berrego, Anto¬ nio Gonzales Berrego, Saurian© Alarid and Patricio Valencia, condemned to death for the murder of ex-Bheriff frank Chavez, who was killed from ambush on the night of Alay 29, 1892, were hanged together on one scaffold at Santa Fe, New Mexico, Friday. in The convicts spent the night prayer and at 9:05 walked from their cell across the jail yard without a tremor. They made no statement. Only Patricio Valencia’s body show¬ ed the least signs of life after the drop. He died of strangulation. I) IS A STROPS POWDER EX PLOSION. All buildings of the Shamokiu Pow¬ der company, at Shamokiu, Pa., were wrecked by a terrific explosion which occurred in the mill of the company at au early hour Friday morning. For¬ tunately no lives were lost, all of the workmen having gone to their homes. The dwellings of David Hann, Ernnn ncl Klinger and Daniel Osborne, to¬ gether with out-buildings and barns, wero badly damaged.