UVEES SUCGOiUB TO
SWEEP Of fLOODS
Situation at Des Hoines ITo\o
More Aiannins*
further rise in KIVER8.
Thousands of People Are Homeless,
Actually Suffering For Food.
Property Loss Will Be Tremendous.
Rain Predicted.
Moines, Iowa, May 30—Four
of water was coursing through a
section of East Des .Moines’ bus-
Iness district at daylight this morning,
to the rise in the river of a foot
all past records, and the carry-
ijig away of a section of the levee«
Center street.
^ thousand people in Moines
4.000 in North Moines are
l>ra(.-tioally cut off fruni cunimuaication
^ith the main section ot the ciry.
■A-bsoIutely no attempt has beou mada
to transact business. The street rail-
"’ay company does not expect to be
able to start cars tor a week. Six
thousand persons are homeloss, 35 per
cent of whom are practically without
shelter and have been unfed for lil
houis_ during which time they have
been expose>J to the constantly heavy
rains with the thermomeier close to
the freezing point. Many women and
childre-n shivered all night long in raiur
soakol garments, unable to tinJ a dry
place on which to lie.
I’ox cars were in reach of
many of the refuge ‘s this morning, in
which they could find shelter ircnn the
rain, but relief work is in a deplora-
condition and far l)pyond th;> nee Is.
I-nestimable suffering i)ri vails. The
^udtlenness of the flood h'ft no time
t^or preparation or tor organization to
combat it. I.evees all over the city
’i-re yielding. In many places thfi
l^f^s Moines river is 2 miles wide. Th9
du.mage cannot be coinputfii because
of the fact that close to 2.ihh( buildings
are submerged and it cannot be tolJ
whether they will be carrii^l away.
f»i>at damage w?.s done by th«
breaking of the levee along the Chi-
OBgo. Burlington and Quincy tracKF.,
which inunuated the j>rincipal factory
<i’istrict. oeveral hundred tliousand
dollars’ v/orth of machinery is un.'.ftr
v.-ater. A dozen ice houses have been
wat'hed away, resulting in an approxi
mate loss of $TM).tmn. The plant of
The Daily r*apital is floodtd and boats
are plying through tlie business dis
trict in that vicinity.
Water is over the Northwestern,
Wabash, Rurliugton and Rock Island
tracks in many i)laces in the city lim
its. From Ft. Dodge above here the
weather foreca.“t is for co’itinucMl rain.
The Raectxin river above here is still
at a standstill.
read. The principal address was de-
Wvered by United States Attorney W.
D. Wickersham. There was a larg*
concourse of people at the exercises.
Reconciliation Effected.
Nashville, Tenn., .May 30.—recon
ciliation has been effected Detwer^x:
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis and Brotherhood of LocomotiTf
Firemen after an estrangement of 10
years. The Brotherhood was placed
under the ban at the tiuce of the Puli-
man trouble for the reason that many
Of its members violated their contratif
by going out on a smpathetic strike.
SIXTEEN NEGROES DROWNED.
Their Skiffs Were Capsized In Missis*
sippi River.
Memphis, Tenn., May 30.—Sixteen
negroe.s, cotton plantation hands, w’ere
drowned in the Missisisijpi I’iver near
Pecan Feint, 40 miles north of the
city.
They left the plantation after dark
In two skiffs. Waves from a passing
vessel capsi;:ed the frail boats and all
han.ds save one went down. A lad,
Will Bell, escaped by clinging to aa
oar. He v,as washed ashore an 1- re
ported the tragedy to Dr. B. F. Chiles,
a prominent physician, who brought
the news to Memphis. The following
is a list of the dead, seven of whose
bodies have been recovered:
H. C. Rountree, aged 50.
Rebecca oRnudtree, aged 40.
Maggie Rou-ndtree. aged 18.
Geneva Roundtree, aged !<•.
Mack Roundtree, aged 5.
Ella Rouniltree, aged 6.
Alberta Round-tree, aged 3.
Infant Roundtree.
I-ewis George, aged 25.
Neal Camm, aged "O.
James Moore.
Willie Moore.
Infant Moore.
Andrew Roundtree.
Wife of Andrew’ Rounr'tree.
I Hope
My Customers Will
Excuse Me
FEDERAL MEMORIAL DAY.
Graves of Union Soldiers Decorated
at Marietta.
Atlanta. May 3o.—About 1.200 Geor-
prlans. members of the Grand -A.rmy of
the Republic, woman’s relief corps and
sons of union veterans, gathered iu
Marietta today to celebrate federal Me
morial day.
A sptH'ial train, consisting of a large
number of coaches, left Atlanta.
Three posts of the Grand Army of
the Ropublic were in attendance—the
O. M. Mitchell post, of Atlanta; the
Blue Ridge post, of Jasper, and the J.
B. Steadman post, of Tallapoosa.
The band from the Sixteenth infan
try at Fort McPherson rendered a sp^i-
cial program sent out by the war de
partment, which was quite elaborate.
For not (*luiii<^ing iny ad. ofteiier, as I am usually too l)usy selling goods to
our inauy custouiers to take time to think what to put in an ad. And
besides, I prefer talking face to face with the })eople to seeing them at long
I’aiige through a newspaper. So duirt wait to see me in that way. Thei*e is no
use for me to do so, hut I will tell you that I have the best all-round general mer
(‘haiidise store iu ]3revard; and those who dou*t ali’oady know it can find out by
looking through my store. My lines—including Dry Croods, Groceries, Shoes,
Clothing and othei’s—are strong; and from the amount of business done my ])i'i(*es
must be low.
Hoping that I may be able to serve a satisfied people,
I am yours faithfuily,
T. D. ENGLAND
Phone 8.
McMinn Block.
Brevard, N. C.
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WILD WORK OF WINDS.
Missouri Valley Lake of Water.
Omaha, Neb.. June 1.—'Tuie heavy
rain continues with no indication of
abating. Reports of damage by the
floods continue to come in from the
towns along the Missouri river. On
the Iowa side between Council Pluff.^
and Missouri valley, the whole valley
is a lake, and the water is l>eginning
to ?:often up railroad beds. Trains
wore late from the west and a num
ber v/ere annullej altogether.
Town of Haskell, Tex., Struck ,by
Tornado.
Dallas. Tex., May 30.—^Two ranche-e
near Albany, Shackelford county, have
been destroyed by a tornado.
The telephone and telegraph wires
are ba'ly crippled in that section.
The town of Haskell was struck by
a tornado and 12 or 15 residences and
many more barns were blown down
ar.d a number of people seriously in-
;ared. among them were Ab<^ Jone«
and wife, Mrs. Scott and a farmer.
LITTLE TOWN FIRE SV/EPT.
Claxtcn, on the Ssaboard Air Li.“ie,
Suffers Severely.
Savan’ h, Ga., May 30.—special
to the Savannah Press siates that the
little town of Claxton. on the S.''aboard
Air Line railroad, and about 4o miles
from Savannah, was visite i by a se
vere fire this morniiig at 1 o’clock. j
Bob Pickens, general merchandise;
Mrs. Simmons, millinery; D. C. Wat- |
ers, jewerl}’; Mr. Lew'is' dwelling; Hen
ry DeLoach, green grocery; Willie
Wilkinson's residence: R. R. Pipj)i,^
residenoe, McCormick Machine com
ny’s building were all (b'stroyed.
The DeLoach hotel wa.s also threat-^
€ned hut was finally saved.
Dropped Dead After Speech.
Pensacola, Fla., May 27.—Judge
F^ank P. Bonifay, aft'>r delivering a
heated address in the campaign,
dropped dead just as he v/as leaving
the platform. The exertior' and ex
citement caused his (U-ath. 'Hundreds
of people had listene to the speech. '
• ei- thanking the audience’.for its at-i
mention he turned aiid I’ell tio the '
ground. The meeting was immediatu- j
iy adjourned. Judge Bonifay was onfl
of the oldest and mo^^t re.spertecl citi
zens of Pensacola. He was years
old and was born here, as was his fath-
Decoration Day at Mobile. j
Mobile. Ala., May r,n.—.Decoration j
. here wa» observed by John C. Re-
niont post. Grand Arr.iy oti the Re- ,
nublic. Services were coriucted in
National cemet( ry. f here the
M-aves of the federal dead wL’-t- strews
with flowers. Besides ad. !rt*,s:ses and
music, Unccln’s Memorial Address waa )
Farmers To Build Oil Mill.
Dublin, Ga.. May 29.—A movement
la on foot among the farmers of Lau
rens county to establish a co-o[)erative
cotton oil mill. \V. J. Joiner, one of
the most progressive farmers in the
county, has charge of the movement,
and he states that he intends pushing
it forward to completion. He is sai<l
to be meeting with much encourag*-
m-^nt.
Start liny
Kr'-Ii tostiniony in eat quantity is constant Iy
(oiiiin ^ in. d-clarin'.' |)r. Ki New l>i«rovory
for Ci)<Miin|>tioii, Coii^)i.s and Told.' to iini*-
^ iiM ent ex|ire.'SU)n f.c^in '1'. .1. McFur-
,<1, Ki. ntoi villi‘. Va.‘iTve.i as an e.x^iiiiplf. H-;
itcs: ‘ 1 had Itronrhiii.s for three years and
M-toied all the tlie time without being benefitt d.
Then I Vitgan l.tkuii; Dr. Klnu s Ni-w Di'eoveiy
and a few t>ottk-s wholly eured me " K<iually
ell'eetive in curing all I.ui.j? ainl I'iiroat troubles,
(.'>!isuiiii t!un, I'ueuiiinnia and (;rij>. < iuaraiitt'ed
]>y/.. W. Nifiiols. Daiir^ist. 'I’rial hollies fri'O,
n-^ulur ^i/.e.s r.iK'.an'i sj o ).
Injured Pugilist Dies.
Sava-nnah, Ga., June 1.—Geo. Fee-
ley, whose skull W'as crushed in a
contest with Jim JejTerds. died at
St. Josepli hosipital at au early Lour
this morning.
COME EARLY and
AVOD THE RUSH
As I am going to sell my entire stock of
Straw Hats
Reacy-to-Wear WaiStS
and Skirts at Net Cost
I have some very fine Silk Waists that are going to be
sold at a bargain. You dbn^t have to wait until the
season is over to get bargains in seasonable and stylish
goods* I will sell them now.
T. W. WHITMIRE
Steamer Founders.
Sydney, N. S. W.. I'I ay o'i—The Brit
ish steamer Oakland foundered orf Port
Stephens today. The .Dassenu'Ts and
crew were saved. The Oakiund was
a small coasting vessel of 22S tons.
Tlint robiniijj;-
Would iiuii-kly leave you if you u-ed Dr.
Kii'u‘> N'.'W Life I’il s. Tiiousands of sulVerers
have provi-d t’ eir matchh s merit fo: sick and
Xerv iu« Heada'-hi-*-. I lie\ nuiJce piue l>lood and
buill uj> your In Only 25 cent*;, money
iKJck if notcuied. .S)ld by/. V,, Nichols. DiJ"-
?zist. *
Chinamen To Be Bounced.
^rontgomery, Ala., Ala 30.—Fong
Hand a-nd Doc Sho, tw'O Chinamen who
escaped from a United States deputy
marshal near here, wiio w^as carrying
46 of them to San Francisco to bp
deported for violating the Chinese ex
clusion act, w'ere tried before Com
missioner Elmore, who issued an order
of deportation, the first ever issued In
Montgomery.
Reward Offered for Murderer.
Montgomery, Ala.. May 30.—Gover
nor Jelks has issued a reward of $15o
for the arrest and co-nviction of the
murderer of Robert Arrington and the
! Chamberlains Cciic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
i'Piie uniform success of this remedy has made
is the ruo<t i>opular vrejyaratlon iu u-e for bowel
I complaint.';. It is everywhi-ie recoyuizcfl as the
I one remedy that can always \)0 depended upon
and th;it is pleasant to take. It is especially val-
' liable for summer dianhoea iu ehildreii and i.s
I uudoubtt.<iIv the means of saving the lives of a
great nuiuy ehildreu each year.
For sale l>y Z. W. Nichols, i^i-e-
varil. and O. Ij. l^rwin. (.’herryliekl
brutal assault on his mother at Sul-; Arnica .-;.i!ve.
l)viv«Mi t<» I><‘sju‘r;itioii.
l.iving at an out of the way phi< <-. remote from
civilizatio’.i, a family is often driven to desper: -
tion in eas<* of aei ident, resulti: g Hums, Cut.-,
Wounds, fleers, ete. Lay iu a supply of Jiucl'-
Ifs the best on eaith; •.i-'-i.
livan’s mill. Barber county, last Mon- at/., w. AkhoS' <
day. *
3 tore.
Galloway, Duckwortli & Go.,
REAL ESTATE DEALERS,
Rooms 3 and4, McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Buy and sell all kinds of Heal F.state.
CJollei't reiits, and attend to j)ro]>-
erty when owner is absent.
Faming: ai d T.r. ber Lands a Specialty.
J- nbscr.be tor the ^^vkvax V.vllev
Nkws, only paper in tl e county.
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