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THE raXLY GAZET1E. w 1 RATES 07 AfiTEXTtSXSG. Om square tn UgwrOon. ...... 00 Om U, ob mojifk. 1 00 On square, two monts... 00 Om squirt, three mantbs....... S 0 One square, six noUis.. ....... 5 00 On our, om rr.... .... 00 .if.. A Liberal oatraots mad for larger ' VOL. IX. RALEIGH; N. C. SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1897- NO. 8. EiE GAZETTE. .f J I if i FLEEING HU I Mffi. Much Change In Flooded Dis tricts Along the Mississippi. FOUR FEET UNDER WATER. No Pen Can Describe the Desolation Orcenvlile Under Water -Tremendous Reins. A Jackson, Miss., special, dated April, Ijt, say sphere ia nothing encouraging iil the situation alone: tha river'fwmfc. bat the unbridled waters are frolicking along on their march to the sea, and the people of the -latest cotton pro ducing valley in the world are fleeing w f?r their lives. Several refugees have arrived in Jackson, and report that the half ha3 not been told; that no pen can describe the desolation, the devastation and ruin made by the water in the counties of Bolivar, Sharken, Issequona and others. - Greenville ia still dry, but the waters fjtom breaks above and below are. back ing into the city. Rosedale, a town of 1,000 inhabitants, is four feet under water, according to private advices received. Other small towns are in the same condition, and still others will be in a day or two, but n3 loss of life is yet reported. Fortu nately the waters travel slowly and the denizens of this swamp have nad abun dant time to get out. f A special from Alton, 111., of April 1, says: One of the most tremendous rain storms on record swept over this city last night and the Mississippi is rising again at the rate of an inch hour. It .stands 19 J feet above low water mark, and only 9 inches below the disastrous flood of 1892. The highest levees are being encroached upon and alarm is "great throughout the farming regions jof the Missouri and Illinois bottoms. Manufacturing institutions here are flighting the waters back from fires with immense pumps. i A special from Jackson, Miss., dated 'April 2d, says: The only change in the ? situation in the delta is for the worse. .The water ia still pouring through the '.breaks and encroaching upon places s heretofore thought to be above the danger line. Plantations never before submerged are under water. The streets of Greenville are now navigable only by boats. The flood from above having ; met .and joined forces with the flood l from below, nearly one thousand fami lies in Greenville are surrounded by i water, although some portions of the little city are still dry. The levees there still hold. - Citizens of Huntington telegraphed the Governor this morning to send 50 tents at once. They were forwarded on the first train but will have to make several miles of the journey by skiff. The State is do- incr all in its power to assist its delta people, but from the depleted condition of her Treasury can offer little else than the labor or her 800 able-bodied con victs. Thousands of delta negroes are now homeless and will remain so until the floods subside, but planters are feeding1 and carinjr for their hands as far as possible. , At New Orleans the water is less than in 1893, and the city can stand a rise of a foot and a half and yet escape a nood. The situation i3 very discouraging at Helena. Ark. A special from Cairo. -111. , to the Scripps-McEae Tress Association, states information was brought to Cairo, by a commercial traveler, that & relief boat found the bodies of a wnnnnF rrirl on arctf wnman fin I n. o'. 1 1 fl in a nooded house, on the Missouri side of the river, at a point about 30 miles south of New Madrid. The people had either starved to death or died of fright. "JLiio bii nita nil Mie cavetj ui wie uuuae, and the victims were in the attic. A negro and a white man are also report ed as having been starved to death on the platform of a temporary refuge in the same locality. ONE TRUST SURRENDERS. The American Tobacco Company Gives Up its Exclusive Contracts As an effect of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in -Railroad Traffic Association case - tbe anti-trust laws of .the South, American ' Tobacco Company the and the has . adopted new contracts with its agents. Heretofore .this corporation would not sell their goods outright, but sent them out on consignment. The condition they repuired was that the customer should not sell ' the products of any other factory. They have sent out a circular withdrawing these conditions and offering to sell their goods outright. They intimate that they Mi l . give a present to liberal customors. FREeJ TO MAKE WAR. The Bill Restraining the Seaboard and Southern from Cutting Rates. Last fall Judge-Hughes,"of tho United States Dirstrict Court, setting at Nor folk. Va. . granted upon application of the Mercantile Trust Company of Bal- -timore, an order restraining the Sea board Air Line and Southern Railway from cutting rates. Against that order a number of" demurrers were entered and the case has been argued several times. Friday Judge Hughes sustain cd all the demurrers and dismissed the bills and petitions, saying: "I must confess an inclination to the opinion that on a proper bill, with proper par ties, a court may put a stop to a ruin ous rate war, but as this case goes off on a question of jurisdiction. I make no ruling oa that point." Southern Cadets. Cadet appointments to Military Acad emy at West 1'omt are announced as follows: J. Henry Stanndard, Flor ence, S. C. ; W. D. McNeill, Waycross, Ga. : It. T. Harrell, alternate, Valdos ta, Ga. ; G. W. Duvall, Cheraw, S. C. Baxter S. Moore, alternate,-Chester, S 0. : Walter O. Boswell, Penfleld, Ga. Wm. Clarke, alternate, Madison, Ga. Francis D. Dunbar, New Orleans, La. Clarence H. Knight, Gainesville, Fla. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Report of the Proceedings from Day to Day. ' SENATE. Monday. The Senate spent abou two hour in open sessicfci and about tan hours and a half in secret session dur ing the arbitration trjeaty. A joint reso lution appropriating $250, 000 (to be made immediatelyYftvajlable) for the im provement of the Mississippi river was Eassed. Petti.rew -tSilver) of South akota, offered a resolution which was agreed toealling on the civil service commission for a statement of the reas ons ."why .laborers and workmen in the government printing office and in other departments of the government are re quired to submit themselves to compet itive examination contrary to the pro visions of the civil service law. Berry l-m.) of Arkansas from the committee public lands reported, and, the Ken-. ate passed a bill to approve a comprom ise and settlement between the United States!and the State of Arkansas. Tuesday. The open session of the Senate lasted until 2 p. m., and then the Senate resumed, behind closed doors, the consideration of the arbitra tion treaty, spending two and a half hours in the discussion. To the 1,404 bills that had been introduced up to the close of Monday's session, there were enough added today to bring the wnole number above the ngure of 1,500, the vast majority of. them being pension bills, lhe house amendments to the iomt resolution passed Monday by the Senate, to appropriate $250,000 to aid in protecting life and property in the Mississippi floods, were concurred in by the Senate, and the joint resolution was sent to the President. Wednesday. In the Senate Mil1 (Dem.) of Texas, offered the lollowinur resolution, which went over until ihursday: "Resolved, That the com mittee on foreign relations be instruct ed to inquire What, if any, obligation the United States has assumed toward the people of Cuba, by asserting and maintaining the right to prevent the acquisition of that island by any .Luro pean power, and compelling its people to remain subject to thepowet of Spain; and to report by bill, or otherwise. " Pettigrew gave notice of an amendment to the tariff bill which will remove from the dutiable, and place on the ree list, all articles of like character of domestic production, or manufacture that are made, or controlled by a trust, or combination for the purpose of pre venting competition. In secret session the Senate remained this afternoon for three hours and a half, during which time it disposed of all the important amendments to the general treaty of ar bitration and failed utterly to agree as to a time when the final vote shall be taken. Thursday. In the Senate after the journal was read the tariff bill was received from the House and referred to the committee on finance. Hale, (Rep. ) of Maine, reported a joint reso- ution authorizing the Secretary of tne Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the sunering poor in India, and asked its immediate consideration. It was read and passed. The Senate still further emasculated the general treaty of arbitration with Great Britain, by striking out the eighth sec tion entirely, and adopting an amend ment offered by Bacon, which is inten ded to protect the Southern States from any claim baaed upon securities issued auring tne reconstruction perioa, There was quite a lively debate about freedom in Cuba, which was brought about by a resolution of Allen, (l op. ) of Nebraska, in the case of the Cuban general, Rivera, who is to be tried by court martial and shot. The resolution declared that "in the judgment of the Senate it is the duty of the United States government to protest to the Spanish government against such a vio lation of the rules of civilized warfare." The resolution offered by Morgan in re lation to the letters from the Cuban general, Maximo Gomez, to President Cleveland and . President McKinley, was taken up and agreed to. So like wise -was the resolution offered bv Mills. (Dem. ) of Texas, instructing the com mittee on foreign relations to inquire what, if any, obligations, the United States has assumed toward the people of Cuba, by asserting and maintaining the right to prevent the acquisition of that island by any European power, and compelling its people to remain subject to the dominion of Spain. senate, alter being in executive ses sion from 1 to 5:15 p.m., adjourned un til Monday. HOUSE. Monday. In the House there were some dissatisfaction among the Repub licans with the tariff bill. McCall and Lovering, of Massachusetts, protested against the high rates of duty imposed in the woolen and cotton schedules The provisions of the bill were defended by Grosvenor, of Ohio; Russell, of Connecticut, and Dingley, of Maine. The cnanges maue oy tne ways ana means committee were generally of slight im portance. The Senate iomt resolution. making immediately available $250,000 for the protection of the lower Missis sippi, and carrying some of the more pressing items in the deficiency bill, passed. -Tuesday. The House occupied near Iy all day in disposing of amendments offered by the committee on ways and means, most of which went to perfect ing the phraseology, or making classi fication clearer. An amendment put ting dooks, maps ana .-charts imported lor tne use OI ScnooiST col ecea and rvnh lie libraries on the free list, was agreed to, as was aisp, one restoring the Mc Kmley rates on horses and mules. Twenty paragraphs of the tariff bill have now Deen. passed over. Wedneseay. The object for which president JSIcKinley called the Fifty filfth Congvess in extraordinary session a fortnight ago was accomplished, so far as the -House of Representatives was concerned, when the vote on the Dingley tarff bill wa announced by Dpeaner .need, me vote was, - yeas 205; nays, 121: answering present and not voting, 21. The affirmative vote was composed of 199 Republicans and 5 Democrats Messrs. Broussard, Dovey na Mev of .Louisiana: JiUberg and iladen, of Texas and one Populist, Mr. Hcwward. cf Alabama. Mr. Reed, in the Speaker's chair, directed the clerk to call his name just before the annotincement of the vote, to which he responded aye, amid applause. The negative vote comprised 117 Democrats and four Populists and fusiomets, Lies srs. Baker, of Illinois; Marshall, Simp son ana Todd. According to a con elusion reached last Monday night the great number of Populists, Eilveiite.- and fusioaists contented themselves with answering "present." It was agreed by a vote of 150 to 120 making the duties in the bill effective April 1st. House adjourned until next Saturdary. Sattjbday. The House passed the joint resolution authorizing the Secre tary of the Navy to transport in suitable American vessels, which he shall char ter, contributions of the people of the United States for the famine stricken in India, after which the House ad journed until Wednesday next. EXPOSITION OFTHECAROLINAS Opening Day May 4th, at Charlotte. N. C Low Admission and Rail road Rates. This is the day of expositions.. They are to be found upon every hand, but it has been reserved for th Carolinas to inaugurate the first exposition to be managed entirely by women. This en terprise, which was instigated by the Women's Auxiliary of the Charlotte Young Men's Christian Association, has its management vested in an executive committee of sixteen representative women of Mecklenburg county and is advised by- an .Advisory Board and honorary committee of prominent men from both States. The opening day is announced for May 4th and it is expect ed that all will be in readiness by that time. - The building, which is centrally ocated, is going up rapidly and will b an ornament to Charlotte, both during and after the life of the exposition. Art, science and industry are the special features to be inoorporattd. Es pecial emphasis is laid upon the Fine Art Department by the management, as the ladies are especially desirous of in creasing an interest in the fine art in this section, to be influenced by the exposition. The most popular picture in America, "Breaking the Home Ties, " has been secured and will be exhibited in this department, mis picture is valued at $50,000, and ia in sured for that amount while on exhibi tion. Some of America's most promi nent artists will exhibit, and the collec tion will number about 300 pieces. The scientific department will con tain usual exhibits with copient emphasisupon the museum. The col- ections of Colonial War and Historical Relics will be one of the finest ever gathered in tliis section, and will con tain relics from all over America ana many foreign countries. A historical portrait gallery will also be an impor tant and attractive feature. The industrial department wil be one of the most compact and complete ever gathered in so small a space. It will include manufacturing goods and will also contain some machinery in operation. The lights will be furn ished from the exposition's plant owned and operated by the Charlotte Machine Company. The electricity displays will probably be the handsomest ever seen in the South unless it "be that at Atlanta. The railroads will errant greatly re duced rates and the admission a been placed at 25cts. as it is the desiro the management to have the educational influences that the exposition will exert extended among the people who cannot ordinarily incur much expense. Information of any character will be cheerfully furnished by Mrs. Minnie Hebb Kellogg, general manager, Char lotte, N. C. . THE MARKETS WAITING. Some Improving and Some Sagging Erlect of the Tarlfl Bill. The weekly trade reviews for the past week, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co. and Bradstreet is, in part, as fol- 1 lows: "The markets are still waiting, some i i ii. sagging downward and oiners recover ing. There is much disposition to use the decision of the Supreme Court againt railroad combinations as an in strument for depressing stocks, and yet the buying has prevented a decline exceeding $l per snare, ana ior irusi. stocks 20 cents per share. The reports of railroad earnings for the quarter have been somewhat encouraging, the aggre gate having been on roads within the United States only S. 2 per cent, smaller than last year, and tne Marcn returns have been rather more favorable than those for January or February, 'lhe vote of the House in favor of a new tariff bill has made no impression on business, since it has been expected since November that some measure oi the same general character would be come a law. If the bill stands witn its provision making new duties applica ble April. 1st, the chances are that for eign imports and treasury receipts may be for a time considerably restricted. "The cotton and other textile manu facturers are slowly gaining in busi ness, though print cloths and most sta ple cottons remain unchanged in prices, and the restriction of the output seems to have given some reliei to the mar ket. ' "The iron and steel industry has been staggered, so to speak, by the decision of the Supreme. Court affecting rail roads, since it is apprehended that pur chases not only of rails, but of cars, lo comotives and bridge material will be affected. The demand for rails is still considerable, and one order is pending for 10,000 tons for Japan, but the reduc tion in Messabi ore with the want of agreement as yet among products in hard ores, tend to encourage the belief in lower prices for finished products and so to hinder buying. " bbadstkeet's peport. "The course of general trade shows some improvement, notwithstanding an almost stoppage of business in the south Mississippi valley by washouts, overflows and floods. The condition of country roadways throughout the central Western States and the North west is such as to still further delay collections ana check demand from in terior merchants. Another drop is re corded in prices of Bessemer pig iron and steel billets and in wheat, flour, coal coffee and lard, which is in part off set by increased activity and higher prices' for wool and woolens, corn, oats, sugar and petroleum. A heavy move ment of fertilizers is reported in the south Atlantic States, interest in shin gles has increased on the northwest Pa cific coast and Galveston ia exporting cattle to Europe 'direct. The most fav orable ; trade reports are i rom the Northwest spring wheat States. "There are 4,520 business failures in the United States reported by Brad ptreet's during the past quarter, com pared witn 4,512 in tne first ol . lsye, a tailing off of about 11 per cent." The Sultan ol Morocco has prohibited the annual pilgrimage to Mecca for the present jrear on account of the plague. II BE? Auditor Ayer is Still Puzzled Over the Machine Act. OTHER NORTH STATE NOTES. Taking Out "Licenses The Jersey Editors Damage Suit Compro mised Rolling Exposition. The Raleigh Tribune says: "Auditor Ayer continues in a dilemma. He is anxious to issue the tax lists so that they may be in the hands of the sher iffs as soon as possible. In fact, it is necessary that this should be done soon, because the people are expected to begin listing their taxes in June. What is causing the Auditor trouble ia the $1.29 per capita tax. It will be re" membered that the Legislature, in its machinery act, made the property tax 46 cents on the hundred and the poll tax $1.29. The Constitution of North Carolina provides that the per capita tax shall be equal to the tax on $300 worth of property. Well, this wquld make the poll tax $1.38, whereas the Legislature made it $1.29, the same amount which was collected for the poll tax undei the revenue act of 1895. The Auditor is puzzled. He has no right to change this poll tax to the constitution al requirement, and yet if he sends out his lists to the sheriffs with the property tax 46 cents and the poll tax $1.29' the property taxpayers may refuse to pay their tax on the ground that the poll tax is not up to constitutional require ment, and the poll tax may not be col lectable by reason of tho unconstitu tionality of the section. "There appears to be only two solu tions of the matter. The Supreme Court must decide the question or else it will be necessary to fall back on the pre vious revenue act. How to get the act bofere the Court is the question. It will be too late if tho Auditor waits until the question arises upon the re fusal of some taxpayer to list under the act. "A lawyer expressed the opinion that if the matter was carried before the Su preme Court they would declare the per capita tax $1.38. He thought that according to the Constitution the prop erty tax comes first and the poll is based on this, being three times the tax on a hundred dollars worth of prop erty." Secretary of State Cyrus Thompson and his assistants are in the midst of the arduous task of issuing license to the numerous insurance companies who do business in North Carolina. The licenses run from April to April of each year and are the source of a right neat 8nEaof money for the State treasury. The proceeds from license is about $12, 000. The last Legislature increased the license tax of the fire and accident com panies from $100 to $200. and on life companies from $200 to $250. During the year ending April 1st, thirty-seven life insurance companies did business in the State. There were also seventy one accident, fire guarantee and marine companies doing business during the Fame period of tune. Of the life com panies about six were exempted irom taxation by acts of the last Legislature; but ail the other companies, life, nre, accident, guarantee and marine must take out license if they continue busi ness in the State. A large number of these companies have already sent 'in their checks and appropriations, and there is every indication that there will at least be no decrease in the number of companies who will do business in the State during 1897. The Washington Post savs: "Rep resentative Pearson, of North Carolina, after much importuning of the mdi vidual members of the ways and means committee, has succeeded in getting specific duties placed on mica, a work which will give him the unalloyed thanks of at least 100,000 people in the mica-producing districts of worth Caro Una. Mica is a peculiar article of com merce, in that its value increases in size. For example, mica in sheets about two inches square would be worth 19 cents a pound, while in sheets 8x5 inches square would be worth $1.50 pound. With tho duty on mica on the advaloreum plan, it was all valued at the low price. The change which Mr. Peatson succeeded in obtaining wil keep out foreign mica or make it pay an adequate duty, and this will bring prosperity to the North Carolina mica producers. " A party of New Jersey editors and their wives, numbering thirty-nine, ar rived in this State last week on a pleas ure trip via the Seaboard Air Line and spent some time in Charlotte, Ral eigh and Southern Pines. At Char lotte they were welcomed by the mayor and others, were driven over " the good roads radiating from the city, shown the various manufacturing interests and were entertained by the Manufac turers' Club. At Raleigh and Southern Pines they were given a royal welcome also; and each and every one expressed themselves highly gratified with what they saw in the Old North State. At Lumberton Friday fire destroyed seventeen buildings. The loss is esti mated at $75,000, and insurance about $55,000. There were other losses that cannot be estimated at this time. The origin of the fire is not known. This is the second fire Lumberton has had this year. Four brick stores and the Robe sonian office were burned in J anuary last. The town is a picture of desola tion, Main street being piled with heaps of brick. . The North Carolina rolling exposi tion car is td be finished by August 1st and will be named for the city that bida highest for that honor. Raleigh, Wil mington, Asheville and Charlotte will send in sealed bids. A Raleigh special says: "The South ern railway has compromised the suit instituted by A. G. Bauer, who, while driving across the track was run into by a passenger train and severely in jured. Bauer gets $2,500. Reports from all over the State give information that truck . farmers in the east and south have suffered severely from frost. II 11 NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED. Southern rencIlloInters. The banking firm of JohnC. Ta'adv & Co., of Morgan. Tex., closed its doors Saturday. " Eighteen of the vounar ladies atfcen- ing the Lucy Cobb Institute at Atbcns, Ga., will be sent home on account of an All Fools' Day escapade. '. At Huntington, W. Va., a riot be tween Democrats and Republicans oc curred over city politics, . and fifty people fought with knives and clubs. It is not believed that any of ' the in jured will die. B. N. and J. B. Duke, of Durham, N. C. , have given $10,000 for a science hall and auditorium at Guilford College. The Georgia Electric Medical Associ ation met at Atlanta in its twenty-third annual convention. A special from Durharm. N. C, says E. ' G, Linebury. bookkeeper of the Morehead Bank, has left town as a de faulter, to the bank for about $6,000. v Fifty tinners went on a strike in At lanta, Ga., six firms haying refused to sign a scale which had been proposed to them by the union. The tinnerg. want $2 a day for nine hours' work. They have been working 'ten hours a day. The employers who have not sighed the scale say they can nil tne places. All but three firms (employing tinners have signed the union scale, and the men have returned to work. April 1st a severe, storm of wind and hail prevailed throughout Missouri. At some points stones weigning tea and twelve ounces fell with such force and rapidity that not a house escaped with out broken window glass. Stock of ail kinds 'suffered intensely. No loss of life ia reported. No doubt i8 entertained in Rich mond, Va., that the man giving his name as Wilson Williams, wlho com mitted suicide in a cheap hotel in. New Orleans, is Franifc D. bteger, tne de faulting secretary of the Mutual Assur ance Society of Richmond. Heavy frosts throughout California have caused extensive damage to fruit crops. At Elverton. Ga. . W. A. Lynch was caught in the shafting of his olra plan ing mill and killed. The Tennessee House has passed, in concurrence with the Senate, i, bill de claring the conduct of "white caps" a felony, and fixing the imprisonment at from three to twenty years. At Chattanooera. Tenn.. C. 2f. Rudd, in a fit of temporary insanity shot hipfc- self through the head, producing in stant death. He had quarrelad with his wife on Tuesday and on returning home found a note sayrig she nad ceased to love him and had returned to her father. . At New Orleans, a man -who regis tered as Wilson Williams, of Washing ton. D. C. killed himself in a cheap hoteL He had erased his - name from- his spectacle case, destroyed all his let ters and papers. His coat bore the mark of the Globe Clothing House, of Richmond, Va. He said while here that he had lost $75,000, aij.d was des perate. Wilson Williams was evident ly an assumed name. At Americus, Ga. , two negroes were killed by lightning. , The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a second dividend of 10 per cent, to the creditors of the Chattahoo chee National Bank, of Columbus, Ga. Thomas Blue, aged 22, born blind, of Hoffman, N. C., was restored to sight at the Maryland General Hospi tal, Baltimore. According to the Richmond (Va. State, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. ex-Governor of Virginia, will be home from Havana, Cuba, about the middle of April, and the governorship of the "Old Domin ion" will be offered him. All About the North. The Legislature of New Hampshire has passed a law providing for the in spection of all ice sold within the State, to guard against disease. Over 600,000 bicycle tires have been made this season by one firm at Akron. O., about 2,400 people being employed in the work. Capital punishment has been abol ished in Colorado. Frank W. Palmer, of Hlinois, has been nominated by the President as Pubho Printer. At Detroit Mich., Wm. Holz, aged 21. was slain by his father, owing to a misunderstanding. A cyclone destroyed the town of Chand ler. Okla.. east of Guthrie. A dozen or more people were killed and probably 150 were injured. Two thousand workmen in the big tanneries at Chicago, HI., have gone on a strike, to remain out a year in order to prevent the changing of -the hours in a day's work from nine to ten The companies affected have decided to close down their plants for an indefinite period. Mrs. Margaret J. Preston, "the Mi mosa of Southern literature, died at her home in Baltimore. ML . on the 29th of i Marcn. Miscellaneous. London has this season taken 667,615 barrels of American apples, against 181,874 last season, and Glasgow has received 400,117 barrels, against 123,022 of the previous crop. The old bank of ' Weymouth, Eng land, has suspended with liabilities of 500,000. In three weeks Postmaster General Gary has received 95,000 letters about appointments to office. it is unomciaiiy announced that on April 20 the Southern Roilwav and the Florida Central and Peninsular system will take oft their New York and Flori vestiomea trams wnicn nave been in operation all winter. Corbett says that he will keep after Fitzsimmons until the champion will afford him another opportunity to either win back his laurels or go down a whipped man for the second and last time. - A cyclone struck Austin, Texas. , do ing much damage to property. CAN'T STOP n REARS. They Are Beyond Human Control- The Worst is Yet to Come. The latest from Jackson, Miss., dated March 31, says: "The condition affairs in the Mississippi valley grows daily more exciting, and it is probable the worst has not been experi enced. One or two more big breaks, one of them 1,000 feet wide, occurred in uoiivar county last nignt, and the wa ters from the last joining forces with three other streams ata now rushinc to wards the south, carrying destruction stock, etc. Fortnnatelv. tha rnon of the delta had taken time bv the fore lock and had either secured their horses in high places, or had driven them out to the foothills, whan tl 10V will remain till the waters subside. No efforts afe being made to stop the breaks, they having gotten bevond human control. and work in that" direction is fruitless. but every possible energy is directed tOWftrda tlifl WB.flrr.HnTi nnA atrnnrtYi. ening of miles and miles of musy banks sun eiauuing. STEAMBOATS SAVINO LIFE AND .PROPERTY. A Scrinr-TrnT?ii foleorrn.ni frnm Helena, Ark., says: Telephone mes sages Pav that "UWKnvor Iavoa ia at i 1 1 standing, but there are slender hopes of saving it. Rumor has it that the La conia Circle levee has broken, or is about to break. Tha cue steamboat, Titian, due East last night, is not yet in. It is rumored Jhe anchored five barges of refugees oft Old Town and then turned back to Laconia to save life and property at that point. The steamer Kate Adams saved nearly 300 souls from the relentless flood at Rosedale and T,n.rnnia Tlia Rrontr at. Dennis, several miles above Rosedale, nas sent water down that way and threatened everybody in town. The water is now within a Khort. distAno.A of Rosedale. No power on earth can save it and homen. sim-PH and millo will ia swept away within twenty-four hours. Men by hundreds fought the river as long as possible, but the river was too sirong. xreaits above have relieved the pressure at Arkansas City. Water from Eaton is now rufihin? with fright ful velocity through the country. The 1 i . . . - ... peopie oi Arkansas city say they will hold the levees. The Flood and Federal Aid. President McKinley Saturday tele graphed tl3 Governors or Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi asking for information as to the extent of the suf fering caused by tho prevailing floods. Telegrams poured in on the l'residtnt all the morning, asking for assistance. .t has been decided that the emergency bill appropriating $200,030 for the re pair of levees cannot be used for auy other purpore, and the President thinks something should be done by the gov ernment to relieve the people. Wh en the information des-ired from the Gov jrnors of the States named has been re vived, it is i robable that the Prosidoat tfill ask Congres's to do something. Went Off to Ilorrow Money. E. C. Lineberry, who was reported us having absconded from Durham, N. C, with several thousand of dollars, has returned to that city and given up every cent in his posession to cover the phortage, and to keep any from loosing he will not reserve house, home or chelter. He did not run away, and he was not trying to evade the Jaw, but was endeavoring to borrow money to cover the shortage. As has been said, it is the old story of a man who specu lated and lost. Signed by the President. The President has signed the Missis sippi flood joint resolution, making at appropriation of $250,000 for the im provement of the Mississippi river. from the head of the passes of the gulf to the mouth of the Ohio river, and to Buiiiy ueuciencies in me appropriation for the fiscal 3ear ending June 30, iy J7. Consul General Lee's Successor. It is stated that Judge John R. Day, of Canton, Ohio, will go to Cuba as tlw duly accredited representative of tliL POvernmenL Tlia Krrin1 mianinn be aa an envoy of the President to ex amine into and report tho true state of affairs on the Island. Nominations Confirmed. Tho United States Senate has con firmed the nominations of Jos. L. Bi is- tow, of Kansas, to be fourth assistant postmaster general; Henry Clay Evans, of Tennesoee, to be commissioner of pensions; Thos. Ryan, of Kansas, to be first assistant secretary of the in terior; Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois, to be public printer. To Retire From the Ilench. "Stephen J. Field, Associate Justico o the United States Supreme Court, has decided to retire from tbe bench io July. National bank notes outstanding on March 31st, 1897, were $233,708,895, a decrease during the month of $441,016, but an increase since March 31 6t, 1830. of $12,481,089. The gold coined during the month amounted to S12,770,ttC0, wniie i,4UU,zou silver dollars were struck off. Fitzhugh Lee Holds His Own. The State Department at Washing ton declares that Gonsul General Lee has not been granted leave of absenco to take effect April 15, as published, or any other date. Hen. Lee ha not asked for leave, and no action looking to bis relief at Havana or to tho ac ceptance of his resignation has been taken. Evallne Lee, an aged necress who died recently at Macon, Mo., was burled with all the ceremony the village church could provide, and many wealthy conn try folk attended the services. She was 90 years old, born in davery, and bad devoted forty years of her life to serv ing the Nolan family. When the emnn clpatlon proclamation was Issued she declined to leave her mistress. Aunt Evallne was that rare bird among ne groes, an old maid. " Some women can hurt their husbnnda a good deal more by keeping quiet than by. talking. MS RIVERA CAPTORED "oceo's Successor Falls Into tho Hands of Spain. BADLY WOUNDED BY A SHELL The Cuban Insurgent Osntral nad Tlirc ltalleta la III Uody and a Com rati a Wa Trylnjr to Carrr Him Off ttia ItaM tlefleld Whan tha Spaniard Swooped Do wn-America a Correspondent Shot, IlATi.51, Cubs (By Cable). den oral Her nandez deVelasco, who is oporallo in th hills of the provtnea of Tlnar lol Rio. hn ont a report to the Government whlcii hn eausod much elation to all cUso9 of loyal Spaniard, lie says that while his command was in the tlolnlty of C&bezadao, in tho Ilio Rondo dItrlot, they encountered a parly of Insurgents 100 strong, who wora under tho eommanlof General Rata Rivera, who was appointed to the command of the losurftonts in Plnar del Rio after (he death of Antoulo Maoeo. Tbe Insurgents occupied a strong position and fought stubbornly, but after an engagement which lasted an hour they wera defoatad and dispersed. Before the Insurgent position wnn cap tured a grenade, which waa thrown by tht Spaniards, roll among the insurgents, nnd, exploding, wounded many of them. ThM caused a panic, and many of tho Insurgent! fled. Shortly after tbe explosion the Bpnnls'j infantry penetrated tbe Insurgents posl tlon. They found Colonel Cacnlloa. ChiH of Staff to General Rivera, attempting to carry the latter, who had been wounded by three bullets, to a place of safety. JUotu were made prisoners. Lieutenant Terry, of tne Insurgent pari'. who bad been badly wounded by a fragment Of a shell, was also captured, Tho lnaurgcnd HAOB OIKIUAL IV kit XCIli BIVMA. j carried some of their dead with tbem, but left on the field ten bodies that tbey wero un able to remove. Tbe Spanish loss wnsonlf one man killed and one Lieutenant aud twenty-four privates wounded. General "Velasco sent General Rivera, Colonel Baoalloa, and Lieutenant Terry, In charge of two companies of troops, toaa Cristobal. L!eutenant Terry was so badly in jured, however, tbat be died on tb road. Speaking to a soldier at Snn Cristobal. General Rivera said tbat be bad Ixten kindly treated by his captors. lie complains greatly ot the caln of his wounds, but Is cool and Solf-poMessod. II has one bullot fiilll lodged In his thigh, ue Is lodged at the quarters of the Guardla Civil. Rivera succeeded to the command in Tlnar del Rio after the murder of General Macoo. When Maooo was killed the Bpanlard re joiced in the belief tbat there was no roan to take his plae. Rivera, however, apeedlly proved tbat tbe death of bis chief did not mean the suppression of the uprli-lng In Plnar del Rio. lie continued tu no actlvo campaign tn wbloh be proved himself a brave leader and a consummate strategist. Unutr his command the Insurgents havo harassed tbe Spaniards on every hand, and tl:ne unl gain inflicted defeat on their troops. Private advices have been received hero (a the effeot tbat C. G. Crosby, tho correspon dent of a Chicago newspaper, was killed while witnessing the recent combat at J aau Crlollo, near Arroyo Blanco. It is said that he was with the insurgents. EXPEDITIONS TO CU3A. Lanrada, Three Friends and llerinudis Land War f tores. Three Important filibustering expeditions from the United States, according to advices received by the Cuban Junta in New York City, have succeeded in eluding tho Unite 1 States officials and Spanish patrol and land ing munitions ot war in Cuba. Tho vessels tbat ran the gauntlet are tbe Lourada, Three Friends, and, it is believed, tho Ber muda. Tbe Laurada took on her cargo off Barno gat, N. J. It consist 'd of 3010 rifles, four guns, 8,000,000 cartridges and 120 coses ot explosive. General Roloff was la com mand. The Three Friends party, undor comman 1 of Porez Carbo, comprised a number rf volunteers, and their war stores conslxte l of 6000 rifles and 800,000 cartridges. They landed at Marianao. . Emtllo Nunez braded the third expedi tion, which got aibore at Marlel, but not without mishap. Tbe party were discovered by tbe Spaniards, and in the fight that fol lowed several Cubans were killed. EIGHT LIVES LOST AT SEA. Family Drowned on aa Oster Moop Off . Feneacola. Eight persons were drowned Just outside the harbor of Pensaoola, FJa., bclwooa tho sea buoy and the bell buoy. One wholo family John Constanllne, wife and Ihreo children were lost, as were Mrs. Mary Stephens and daughter and a Grook sailor, all of St. Andrew's Bay. Only one person, Ben Moates, brother of tho two drowuod wo men, escaped. Tbe party left St. Andrew's Bay Sunday morning on the seven-ton sloop Amelia, oa a visit to relatives la Pensacola. Tbe sloop bad on board thirty-two barrels of oyster. The sea being verv rough, the vessel was swampod Just as she was entering the har bor, and the dead weight of tho oystois carried her to the bottom. St. Xasalra Survivors. The steamer Yanarlva, a British tramp vessel, arrived at Greenock, Scotland, and at once reported that she had rescued six teen of those who bad bean on tbe ill-fate I French steamer Kt. Naztttre, aul who bad taken to a small boat just before she went down off tbe Virginia coast la a heavy g-.la on March & Tbe survivors had beon with out food and water for four days, and were in a Ma e ot extreme exhaustion, a Ma' bordering oa mainesa. Tbe bout picked ui by the Yanarlva was one ot the two ibu took off twenty-nine, but thirteen of thoi iuccumbed to exosute, Sanger and thlr-U "1 ., ; - "