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( 111 VOL. X. - No. 85. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1897. PJRICE 5 CENTS. H t TJLEGK APHIC " S UMM Alt Y. ' - , THE STATE, r Justice Furches issues an order re quiring the election board of " Laurin burg to appoint the election officers and orders an election for town officers to be held f By the explosion of a lamp- in a hose real house in Raleigh last night -two horses were burned to death- -Governor Russell gives his reasons for granting two more pardons The il9t?h supreme court reports will be ready for issue in two,weeks An illicit distillery is captured near Cary in 'Wake county. ; . DOirESTIC. The New- England Associated Press, -a branch of the United, has dissolved and most of its patrons have joined the Associated Press William E. Me-; ken, of Sumter S.. C. is. elected in structor of law at university of Penn sylvania Consul General Lee will be detained in Havana until May or June The president signs the resolution for,' relief of the flood sufferers -ilr. -McKintey gdes fishing Army officers wjll start today for Memphis to take charge of the distribution of aid to the flood sufferers under the resolution of congress passed yesterday -rThe sen ate committee on inter-state commerce tries, unsuccessfully,' to map out a policy, in regard to railroad legislation during the present congress Western railroads are trying to form rules for a passenger association that will stand. the scrutiny of the courts There is fear of a war in freight rates among the western, roads Daniel S. Lamont is . to be made president of the North ern Pacific railroad The Kentucky legislature can get no quorum, to vote for a senator A daughter of Post- "master General Gary was married yes- i terday; the vice president and many of the cabinet officers and their wives 'attended wjthe '. wedding -The South Carolina courts sentence a man to the ,Vhaingang for having liquor in his hbuse (for his personal use) in a vessel on wljkh there is no' certificate of the state liquor commissioner-; The wa ters in the Mississippi river are now. rising in the Vicksburg section and in a. day or two they .are expected to be ..at their highest; the water that passed nut through the breaks is returning to the river through the Yazoo river and . ihe Teuffas basin is threatened with the same fate as the delta and the St. Francis lia.sin At, Leavenworth- the 'river is rising and there is danger of great damage At Port Tampa. City J. II. Hays is attacked by two of his wire's brothers and kills them both Charles Reid, machine operator on The Macon' (Ga.) Telegraph kills L. W. Halstead, formerly business manager of The Atlanta Commercial for offering a gnW insult, to his wife The inter state commerce commission begun at SaVanriah an investigation of charges jfgairist certain railroads of discrimi nating on fertilizer rates in favor of Charjeston General' Sanguilly sur renders to the federal authorities - at Jacksonville, the Spanish vice consul had a procured a warrant for him on a. general charge of" aiding the Cubans - The American Railway ASsocition melts in Richmond, Va. At Clarks dale, Miss.,? the Sunflower river rose twenty-six feet in one day The flood 5n the Yanktown, S.D., section is the . . ' . . V, r, i w tl "Will worst in its nisiurj, "a" not be able to resume normal condi tions in less than a month.- The cor oner's jury at Macon-exonerates Reid for the killing of Halstead: State flections v'ere held in Rhode Isfand yesterday; it went republican, of course -The gold - democrats in the Ken ' tucky legislature decide to vote for" Senator .Martin. FOREIGN. In a four hourjs' fight with Cubans, the Spanish had five men killed-r Gen eral Weyler inspects r the trocha In Puerto Principe and expresses satis faction at its condition- The insur- - gents in the , .Philippine islands are routed with heavy loss.- The Spanish authorities claim .that' the Cuban re bellion is about over; they say the - sugar- crop of Cunfuegos district for ! this year will be three times that of last ; year Consul General Lee contradicts the rumor that he had been treated ' w ith incivility at the governor general's palace " .. The Cretans notify the for eign admirals that , they contemplate an (attack upon fort Kissamo; brisk . fighting occurred yesterday outside of ' Candia -The allied powers giye warn ing to the Greek foreign minister, but it has no effect -A British- naval of ficer is shot at by a Turkish soldier near Canea- A fire was raging in Canea last night. Itase Ball. Tv-r.Mir Va.. Auril 7. in an eigni m ' . . 1 , . -r. .1 1 - l.oc. Vq11 Millie bf-1" - . . , . . . -the Washington Catholic university, al though the latter put up a very credita ble game, especialfy ", in the out .field. The general, -work of !the Norfolks was jBharp and fast: A feature of the game was a hot three-bagger by Twohy of the visiting team. Score: f XTfrfolk 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 07" 6 2 -.University'....,.. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-2. 5 4 Chapel Hill, N. C - April 7. This afternoon the University base ball team defeated the LaFayette, Pa., college team, by a score of 11 to 9. ; The President Signs the Flood Relief Res. olution.' Washington, April 7v The president signed the resolution for -the relief of ' .b . -. .... .. t nrk n. m. the UOCK1 suueicis oi y - today. He authorized the secretary of the navy to -secure a ship Cor the-trans-portation of grain to famine sufferers , in India. Soon- after this ttey were , t driven to the wharf and took the ,. Meamer Dolphin for a few days outing. Rhode Island Elections. Providence,- R. I., April 7. The state election today was the dullest on record. Elisha Lyer, republican has the largest proportionate plurality eve,r received for a candidate for governor in Rhode Island, estimated tonight at 14,000. The republicans have generally elected their candidates to the. assemv bly. The republicans were generally successful in .the municipal elections. ; A Fire in Candla. ' Canea, April 7. A fire has broken out at Candia, near the cathredraU and a number of houses are now in flames. The British and Italian troops are de molishing the adjacent buildings in or der to check the spread of the conflag . ration. ...... . . ,L Democratic Senatorial Canons , Washington, April 7. The democratic senators held a caucus after tne ad journment of the seriate today to con sider the question of committee vacan ' cies. Tout decided to postpone action un til next Monday. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. DEFECT IN THE LAW CURED BY AN ORDER OF COURT. ' Justice Furches Grants an Order for fold ing the Election at Louisburg Two Hose Reel Horses Burned to Death Governor Russell's Reasons for Granting Two More Pardons Next Volume of Supreme Court Reports Blockade Still Captured. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh', N. C, April 7. Before Asso ciate Justice Furches today there was argument in an important case. The. legislature in its recent act regarding elections required registrars and judges of elections in aH places which have no charter,, to be appointed forty daysbe fore election. The time had passed' at Louisburg, and appointments had not been made. A motion was made for an order by the judge to compel the elec tion board, -which under the new law is "composed of the clerk of court, the register of deeds and the chairman of the county commissioners, to make the appointments. Judge . . Furches this evening granted the order asked for and directed the appointment of reg istrars and judges and the holding of the election. ' ' A lamp on the hose reel exploded in the house of the Victor Fire Company (colored) here tonight and ignited the bedding of the horses, burned to death two horses and ruined the truck and some hose. The - loss approximates $1,000. The horses were two' of the best in the city. ' Governor Russell pardons Joseph J. Williams, convicted of manslaughter at the January term, 1S85, of Wake su perior court and sentenced to, fifteen5 years in the penitentiary. He gives as his reasons: "There appear many miti gating circumstances connected with this case. The prisoner has already serv edtwelve .years, and by reason of good behavior will be entitled to be discharged next, November. By request of Mayor Russ, of Raleigh; Hon. T. C. Fuller and other leading men, and because of these facts, pardon is granted." In the matter of the pardon of Henry Harris, convicted of secret assault, the governor makes the following endorse ment: "It appears that this man . is a quiet, peaceful citzen and that this conviction grew out-of political excite ment, and a pardon is strongly recom mended by William P. Bynum, Jr., prosecuting solicitor for the state. The pardon is granted upon condition that the defendant pays all costs of-the in dictment, trial, conviction and appeal." The secretary of state announces that the 119tbj supreme court reports -will be ready for issue in two weeks. Revenue officers today captured near Cary, this" county, an illicit distillery. Meeting of American Railway Association Richmond, Va., April 7. The, semi annual convention of the American Railway Association was called to.or derithis morning by President E. T. D. Myers, of Richmond. Eight railroad systems were represented by twenty five delegates. May lth was chosen as thej date for spring schedule changes. The report on safety appliances pro voked much discussion. The conference-committee reported some changes in the rules governing employes. Major E. T. D. Myers, president of the Rich mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, was re-elected president;- G. R. Thomas, president of the Erie rail road, vice president; C. .W; Bradley, general superintendent of the West Shore railroad, second vice president. The association decided to hold its next meeting In New York. ' Greece's Bold Attitude. Athens, April 7. The indications of warning' delivered yesterday by the representatives of the powers to M. Skouzes, the Greek minister for .foreign affairs, have had very little appreciable .effect. The newspapers ' today declare ' that they are really of no practical value in rendering the Issues more-cer tain, because Greece is well aware that the agreement between the powers' is quite foctitous. A complete calm is over the whole cfty, although placards have, been posted in many places strongly advocating war. This .even ing military patrols have paraded, the ,principal streets. The evening news papers censure the clamor for war. "o Quorum Present Frankfort, Ky.. April 7 When the loint legislative session was called to order by President Worthington today the gold and the silver democrats and bolting republicans failed to answer to their names, : thus breaking a quorum. The roll call showed sixty-one presents but a ballot was ordered. The republi cans as usual, voted for Hunter, who; received sixty votes. No other votes were cast, and President Worthington announced no auorum and no election On motion of . Senator-Clarke, one of the bolting republicans, the assembly 'adjourned, after being In session Just seven minutes. InTegtlgatlng Charges Of Discrimination Savannah, Ga., April 7. The inter state commerce commission today be- tgan an investigation of the charges of alleged discrlmnations on fertilizer rates in favor of Charleston, . The road3t against which the charge was made are the Charleston and Savan nah. Plant svstem. Clyde' Line of stea-mships. Louisville and Nashville. and the Atlantic Short Line. Fertili zers, it- is claimed, have been shipped through Savannah from Charleston to Georgia points at lower rates thai? could be secure?! from Savannah. The Dauntless to he Alio wed to Leave Port Jacksonville. Fla.. April 7. The steamer Dauntless was taken into the custody of the United States court iq, day on motion of the attorney for the owner of the boat. The bond was or dered canceled and a deputy marshal was placed in charge. The steamer vyill now be permitted to leave port, though permission was refused by the treasury department. " , British Officer Shot at by a Turk, Canea. Crete, April 7. Rear Admiral R H. Harris, of the British fleet, was shot at by a Moslem irregular while crossing a field,: near Suda. The bullet plowed the grates at his feet. This is his second escape. There were conflicts in various parts of. the island yester day. In every instance the insurgents were the aggressors. They have cap tured several cannon at Kissamo. Turkey Willing to Withdraw Troops From Crete. London, April 7- A dispatch to The Times from Constantinople says it is understood there that the porte fea notified the powers of its willingness to withdraw the Turkish : garrison from Crete immediately if the Greeks will previously withdraw and the powers guarantee to pacify the island. The War Fever Growing. Larrissa, April 7. The , war feeling grows here steadily. All day the troops have waited anxiously for the news as to the decision of the government. The feeling among officers and men is one of 'extreme tension.- WESTERN RAILROADS Trying to Organize a Passenger Associa tion That AVI11 Stand the Courts-tear of a War in Freight Bates. Chicago, April r. The general pas senger agents of the western roads did, not -adopt an agreement for the West-, ern Passenger Association today. The committee that has the , agreement under consideration for the last ten days presented its report, and, contrary to the general expectation, it was not as acceptable as it was expected that if would be. It was found that the prd posed agreement did not cover as much ground as the- majority of the lines de sired, and it was thought that an agree ment would be framed, that would in clude some' things which the' committee had not commended, and which yet would be entirely within the cope of the decision of the supreme court. In order to prevent any series of refer ences back and forth .between the-attorneys of i the roads and the general passenger agents, it was decided that a committee of the passenger men should go over the agreement in company with the attorneys, and that they should en deavor to get as much of the old agree ment into the new agreement as is pos sible, and at the same time keep within the scope of, the court's decision. The combined committee of passenger agents and attorneys will report to" the general meeting next Tuesday. Freight, traffic officials of the west ern roads and those engaged in trans continental business as well, are feeling none too confident over the prospect of keeping up rates. As soon as any road endeavors to work any. sharp games upon its competitors, it wilbbe dragged without ceremony before the inter-. state commerce commission, if there is anything in its conduct that will make such proceedings possible, but ust now this is not having the effect that it was thought it would exercise. Several of the roads jire becoming res- ive over the large amount of business that is going away from them and to the standard lines, and" they have inti mated very plainly that they will not endure the conditions much longer, and if some measure is not taken for their relief they will go after the business as best they know how. If this pro gramme is once begun there is no tell ing where the demoralization will stop, as none of the roads are making so much on their freight traffic at -the present time that they can afford to let any of it get away. ' HIS "WIFE AVENGED. A Macon, Ga., Printer Kills a Man for Of. fering a Gross Insnlt to His Wife He is Exonerated by the Coronor's Jury. Macon, Ga., ApriJ 7. Charles Reid, a machine operator employed ,111. the composing room of The Telegraph, shot and instantly killed L. W, Halstead. formerly business manager of The At lanta Commercial and at the time of his death an attachee.of Cooper's cir cus, which has been giving perform ances in Maeon'for several days past. The shooting was- done inside the tent tonight just before the perform ance began and in the presence, of many people who had gathered to see, the show. ; The cause of the killing was a grosa insult 'offered the wife of Mr. Reid at the afternoon performance. The lady at once informed her husband of the indignity which ha-d beenput upon her and he promptly started, out in' search of the insulter. . It was not until near ly 8 o'clock that he found him and Hal stead, ,who was known to the circus people as J. W' Howard, was found' by Mr. Reid inside the tent, which is pitched wi'thi'n a stone's throw of the city hall. Mrs. Reid pointed out Hal stead or Howard as the man who in sulted her and her husband sent the contents of a shotgun crashing into hia body, killiwg him instantly. Reid sur rendered to the chief of police and is locked up pending the coroner's inves. tigation. Macon, Ga., "April 8. The coroner-s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide at 1 o'clock this morning in the- case of Charles Reid, who shot and instantly killed L. W. Halstead,. an at taehee of Cooper's circus, who had grossly insulted Reid's wife. Reid in all probability," will be released today. Killed His Two Brothers-in-Iaw In Self Defense. j Tampa, Fla April 7. J, Hr Hays, a well known business man of Port Tam pa City, shot -and killed Will and "Maud" Hammond, his brothers-in-iaw, this evening. Mays married their sis ter, and the Hammonds have been em ployed by him, but recently he deter mined tof discharge them. This created ill feeling and they declared that noth ing but blood would satisfy them. To night the two brothers went into Mays' store and attacked him, ana tne result was their instant death. ' Hays at once notified Sheriff Spencer of . the tragedy, His friends ffear that he may have to kill two - more Hammond brothers be fore he can get away from Port Tampa Citv. All of the parties are bouth Carolinians and fearless. To Tote for Martin for Senator Frankfort, Ky., April 7. The gold democrats decided tonight to vote for Senator Henry L. Martin again to 'morrow and not to assist the silver men in breaking a q-uorum. Representa tive Thompson, of Louisville, has noti fied the Hunter leaders that tie win re hia demand on Chairman Jones Friday for a new caucus if Hunter does not win by treat time, anq 11 is sam jv will be signed by fifteen or eighteen of those now voting fpr .the republican nominee. There . J, no probability, however, that a caucus will be called till Hunter himself agrees to it and re quests his friends to join in it. Cuba's Exports of Su gar. Havana, April 7:-Captain General Weyler, accompanied by his chief o staff.. Colonel Escribano, and Dr. Mar tinez. arrived at Tunas early this morn ing and proceeded in the direction of niemfueeros. He is expected at Ma- tn.nzas on Friday. ' iTp in April 4th there had arrived at M'atanza' 159.196 bags of sugar and there had been exported from tbjat port 68,724 bags. Up to the same date last year the exports were 5,658. Generall.ee Not Treated With Incivility Havana. April Consul General Lee's attention having been called by a . representative of the Associated Press to a published statement that ha had been treated with incivility when visiting the captain general's palace, said that this was an erro as, with. out exception he had been received there whenever he-had. canea witn an courtesy. General Lee particularly de sires to have any misrepresentation on this point removed. r General pee Detained in Cuba "d. Va.. April 7. Consul Gen eral Fitzhugh Lee has written a friend here that he wiil be unable to leave rnba April 15th, as he expected and that he.will be delayed in Havana until ihe latter part of May or eariy in June CJpneral Lee was forced to decline an invitation to deliver an address on Cu ba before the United Confederate Me morial Society on April sin. General Klea of to b'e Executed Washington, April 7. Secretary Sher tt, an stated tonight that he had as surances that General Rivera, the in leader, would not be executed. but would be treated as a prisoner of war. General Rivera was captured 0ftr heiner wounded in a recent battle. and H was 'eared fpr a time that he would be executed by the Spanish au thorities for 'his participation in the rebellion. - A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY BY JUSTICE CL Ark. as to ear ly HISTORY OF AMERICA. A. Spanish Settlement AnteDating. the Heretofore Supposed Earliest One on the - Contipent Difficulties of Local Taxation for Public Schools More Convicts Par doned Department of Justice Inimical to Judge Dice Adjutant General Cowles to be Minister to Greece. Messenger Bureau, Park (Hotel, '. t Raleigh, N. C, April 7. Associate Justice Walter Clark has made the interesting discovery "that nearly sixty years before the expedi tion of Sir Walter Raleigh landed at Roanoke island arid eighty-one years before John Smith landed at James-. town, the "Spaniards made a settlement on the identical spot afterwards occu .pied 'by the English as Jamestown. This Spanish colony consisted of 600 persons, men," women and children, with priests and physicians, horses and cattle. D'Allon, the leader, died of malaria, civil war broke out and af ter a. year the colony, named San Mi guel, was albandoned. Its very existence was unknown even to Bancroft, but recent researches in the royal library in Spain unearths the records of this earliest and unfortunate colony, which antedated St. Augustine forty years. The state superintendent of public instruction says he knew all the while there would be opposition to the new law to encourage local taxation for public schools. He decides that the word "district" in the act means township, since the township is the smallest territory authorized to levy a tax. There -will be in a few cases some hardship, where a school district now comprises parts of several town ships, and this will necessitate some removals of buildings. Work is -being pushed on the large annex to the hospital for the insane here so it can be occupied by June 1st. On each of the four floors are wards for twenty-five male patients, and there are 'bath rooms and a ward dining room on each floor. In the new an'nex to the female wing there is a congregate dining room. The governor pardons Henry Har ris, Granville county, who was con victed' of an assault growing out of some political quarrel. He also par do'ns John W. Benson, ex-treasurer of Bladen county, who was convicted of embezzling $6,000 of county funds. Ben son was absent quite 'a while, -but returned and gave himself up. A i'new era" institute of the color ed Baptists is in progress "here. The White 'Baptists are co-operating in this work, in accordance with the dir rections of their state convention. Cladius Iockery is to deliver 'the ad- dres3 May 30th, decoration day, at Lthe grtat national cemetery at Salis bury. The weather report for 'March says that here tne highest temperature was 80, the lowest 31. There were five frosts, two of them killing. -The rain fall was 4.82 inches. The statement is made that the de partment of justice is inimical to Judge Robert P. Dick, of the Western dis trict. This is strange, in view of ' his long and valuable service on the bench. Interest in the approaching session of the State Teachers' Assembly at Moreh'ead City is greater, than in a number of years past. Its sessions will be held 'in the building it formerly owned, but wrhich is now 'the town hall and "high school of Morehead City. , The 'Moravians held a love feast' here last evening the -first ever held by that, denomination anywhere in this section of the state. . Roses have oegun to bloom here. It is regarded as. extraordinarily early. In a few days State Mine Inspector Hamrick will go to the coal mine at Cumnock. This is really the only mine. covered by the new mining inspection law, -which was drawn only to cover coal mines. The new directors of the North Car olina railway are to take charge this month, it is said.- " Charles A. Cook, of the state iboard of internal improvements, has been here three days, in conference with Governor Russell and Attorney, Gen eral Walser. The injunction case of Tucker against the governor, president and directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway, is continued by Judge Simon- ton until June 9th, at Asheville. Then it will come up the day after the one set for the hearing of the North Caro lina railway lease case. 'Adjutant General Andrew D. Cowles, of this state, is to be minister to Greece. This is said to be "definitely agreed on. One of the queer acts passed by the late lamented legislature "To Prevent Stock from Running at Large in the Town of Sparta, Alleghany County, and to Promote the; Health of that place." It provides, among other things. that no chicken houe shall be within 100 feet of any dwelling! It is suggest ed by Wags that this is "For the Pro motion of Chicken Stealing and the Encouragement of Camp Meetings." -An effort was made to pass a cigar ette law. It failed for the state. But a law did pass as to the town of Co lumbus, Polk oourity, prohibiting the sale therein of cigarettes to any per son whatever. The "sheriff's institute" is the new est thing in the way of conventions. Three weeks ago it .was first talked of, in the office of the state treasurer. Your correspondent thought the whole "business was a' joke and so suggested that Treasurer Worth lecture in the morning on th'e revenue act and OhieS Cler Denmark in the afternoon on the "machinery act," and that between these entertaining feasts there be il lustrations to sheriffs of the best meth ods of hanging, of chasing criminals with bloodhounds 'and of pistol shoot ing at criminals trying to escape. " Governor Russell gives the following reasons for pardoning James M. Ben son, convicted of embezzlement at the fall term, 1895, of Blad'en superior court, 'and sentenced to three years in the fetate prison: "'. ' - "This pardon is vigorously urged by Hon. James D. McDowell, and is rec ommended 'by the county attorney who prosecuted in the case, and there is reason to ibelieve that misapplication of the 'funds toy the prisoner was not with corrupt intent and that others got the 'benefit of" sueh misapplications; and the prisoner has already served one year and a half in the state's prison, and it further appears that the pre vailing public sentiment of Bladen is in favor of his pardon, which is asked for in writing by large numbers of 'good men in the county." A Wedding In High Life. Baltimore, Md., April 7. Miss Ida Catharine Gary, daughter of the post master geYieral, "was married here this afternoon to Mr. Francis Edward Fe- gram. The bride is Mr. Gary's fifth daughter, and hia fourth to wed, the three unmarried daughters acting as bridesmaids. The ceremony was per formed at Brown Memorial church by the Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock,,who used the Episcopal services. Azmmg mosse present were: The vice president and Mrs". Hobart. Secretary of State Sher man, the secretary of the treasury and Mrs. Gage, the secretary of war and Mrs. and Miss"-STgier, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson," Attorney General McKenna and Governor Lloyd Lo,wndes and Mrs. Lowndes. The wedding pres ents are handsome and numerous. Lamont to fee President of the Northern Paciflo New York, April '7. The Mail and! Express this evening says: Official confirmation was given today to the peport that Colonel Daniel S. Lamont, ex-secretary of -war under President Cleveland, is to be placed at the head I of the Northern Pacific within sixty 1 days, ANOTHER FLOOD CRISIS.'. The Overflow Water Returning to the Mie. stssippl Through the Yazoo 'River 1 a Cause . a .Severe Strain on the Ive s About Ticksburg News From Other Flooded Districts. Memphis, Tenn.,' April 7. The su preme test of the levees south of "Vicks burg and Arkansas City, is fast ap proaching.'; The river at Vicksburg has been falling for some days on account of the rush of waters irom the main channel through the? brevasse above into the Yazoo delta," This' water is again returning to the channel through the mouth of the Yazoo TjYer and its in fluence is being felt at Vicksburg where the gauge is now marking higher fig ures. Within a few days,' the crest of the rise will ibe opposite Vicksburg and the channel will continue to deepen un less the levees break. The Louisiana people keenly realize. the gravity of the situation. The destruction wrought by the water iri the St. Francis basin and the Yazoo delta may be repeated in the Tensas basin, which begins in south eastern Arkansas and extends through the northeastenr-counties of . Louisiana. Material and men are being hurried forward, and the effort that had mark ed the work of those in charge of, the lower levees has been doubled. The news of the'action of the con gress in apprbpriating a large sum ifor the relief of the sufferers was grate fully received here and -throughout the overflowed districts. The prompt ac tion of the president and secretary of war is especially commended. The tax on the energies of the people of Mem phis has been great,- previous demands having been fully met. The river at Memphis is slowly fall ing and the gauge at Cairo shpws a gratifying decline. For the first time in four weeks, the Kansas City, Mem phis and Fort Scott railroad runs its trains over the lines passing through the St. Francis basin. The citizens relief committee, through W. A. Gage, chairman,, issued the fol lowing tonight: . "The citizens relief committee Of the city of Memphis, having received offi cial information from Washington that the government has -appropriated $200, 000 for the relief of the flood sufferers and that said appropriation is imme diately available beg to announce that their recent ball on the publicv is hereby withdrawn. .The citizens relief commit tee take this method of thanking a most generous public for the many do nations received, and to assure each and all that their contributions have done an immense amount of good, and have been highly appreciated." . . Leavenworth. Kas., April 7. The. rise of the river here is making itself , felt. The sand " bars which have been a prominent feature are now completely under water, and the wagon road lead ing through the Missouri bottoms to the bridge is partly submerged. The river is full of logs, driftwood and, lumber which has been brought down from a"5ove. A rise of a' few inches more will swoop Unto the stream the .large stores of sand piled along the river's bank. Grave fears are entertained that- the rise portends a serious flood. . - Yankton, S. D., April 7. Never before in the history of this section of this country has there occurred a flood that compares with the one now raging in the James river valley. Railroads have suffered great loss by. the floods. No trains have entered here for nearly a week, and it will probably be a' month before railroad traffic is restored to its normal condition. Farmers are well prepared for the worst. V Clarksdale, Miss., April 7,-Since yes terday afternoon the Sunflower river has risen at this point "twenty-six feet and is now thirteen feet from the top of the bank along the town fronts Every house in town was closed -today, and every man and boy went to work throwing Up a protection evee which is now well under way. Friars Point, Miss., April 7.-The breaks at the different places above lessened the water in the river, but the" backwater is slowly coming up. The country back of here is under water and the town is cut off from all points. Coahoma, six miles north, is under water. This place is still dry, although it is completely surrounded. The entire country on the opposite side of the river in Arkansas is flooded and much suffer ing is being experienced by . the people there. i Greenwood, Miss., April 7. Talla hatchee river is reported to be still fall ing at Minter City, and points, above that place at the rate of about three inches in twenty-four hours. The Yazoo river fell live inches here during the past twenty-four hours, Nashville, Tenn., April 7. The Cum berland river is rising slowly and has passed the . danger line of forty feet, the gauge marking tonight 40.2 feet At Burnside the river is falling.- . Little Rock, Ark., April 7. A tele gram was recived here today by J. P. Clarke, from a committee of 'citizens of Helena, stating that there are 3,000 sufferers at that place and that water is now in every house from Helena to White river. ' Decision -on the Dispensary Law. Columbia, S. C April 7 The supreme' court of the state today rendered a decision whioh affirms that no man can keep any liquor in his house, or place of business, for a lawful purpose such as personal use unless the vessel in which it is kept has a certificate upon it irom the state liquor commissioner. The case comes up on appeal from Oconee county where liquor was seized by constables from .the residence of a citizen whom the testimony showed only kept it Cor personal use and not for sale.' Chief Justice Mslver and Jus tice Gary agreed that it -wasAot a criminal offense to keep such liquor without certificate of the liquor commissioner.- Justices Jones and " Poipe agree that it was criminal and when the court Is divided, the decision of the lower court is affirmed, which found the citizen guilty and sentenced him to three months on the chain gang. The defendant is " named Chastain and . is a. thoroughly respectable man It is expected that a ne'w hearing will be asked for and the case heard by the court en banc and 'In the meantime sen tence will not tne executed. t! Renewed Fighting In Cret. Canea, Crete, April 7The insur gents of the vicinity of Kissamo, at the western end of the island, have writ- , ten to the foreign admirals giving no tice that they are projecting an attack upon the fort at Kissamo. The Turk ish garrison there has asked for as sistance. Two thousand insurgents have crowded around Sitia at the east ern end of the island, and a French warship has landed five guns in antic-; pation of an attack upon that place. Brisk righting took place today out side of Canea. The insurgents, in con siderable strength advanced from four points and attacked the Turkish out posts. The latter "maintained their po sitions, with the loss of two men killed and eleven wounded. General Sangnilly Surrenders Himself. Jacksonville, Fla., April 7. General Julio Sanguilly and Colonel Lachuga, hearing that warrants had been Issued for their apprehension on the charges of aiding and abetting a Cuban expedition, surrendered themselves- this afternoon to the United States officials. They were taken before United States Com missioner Egan and their hearing was continued until Saturday morning. The information was furnished by Senor Po- tous, Spanish vice consul for Jackson ville, and the affidavit states no time or place at which the alleged offence was comntitted. He is said to have sworn pto the Information at the direction of Minister deLome of Washington. The prisoners were remanded t the care of J. -M. Barrs, who became surety for their appearance on Saturday, QUEEN OF OUR HAYY. TH2 BATTLESHIP- IOWA WINS THE TITLK ON HER TRIAL. She Returns From Her Trip With a Broom at Her Masthead The Massachusetts ' and the Indiana Surpassed She Makes an Average Speed of Seventeen Knots' an Hour and ins 8300,000 Bonns ftr Her Builders Her Maneuverlngjsuperh Boston, April 7. The battleship Iowa, the last -of the premium built battle ships of the navy, earned today for her builders, Messrs. William Cramp & Son, of Philadelphia, $200,000 by mak ing an average speed of seventeen knots an hour over the regular govern ment course off the Massachusetts coast in the four hours speed trial re quired J bv the government under the contract. The Iowa by her grand work, proved herself to be superior to either the Indiana- or the Massachusetts by a con siderable fraction of a knot, and is to day the acknowledged ' queen of the American navy, if not the most formi dable battleship afloat. The weather could not have been sur passed. A light northerly air, shifting to northeast just as 'the trial began helped the forced draught considerably, and a shift still further east on the run back did not -hamper the work of the big blowers. The trial board came down from the city about 8 o'clock, and with them some 200 guests of the builders, as well as many naval officers stationed in and about Boston. The ship got under way almost immediately, heading straight for the twin lights on Cape Ann,, and after a run of over- an hour the first mark boat, the crack-a-jack of the navy, the Porter, was sighted, with the black buoy not far off, denot ing the beginning of the thirty-three knot course. Like a race horse not quite prepared for her great effort, the ! Iowq. scored twice, running up to with in a mile of the line and then shying off out to sea, in order to bottle ud a little more steam and develope a few hundred more horse-poker. At the very outset of the trial it was evident that every one of the. picked crew was in dead earnest. There was not the slightest deviation in the course as the ship rushed by the ' second mark boat, making the leg in 16.80, which was very satisfactory. In the very next leg of the course the ship began to show what was in her, for she topped the seventeen knots an hour record by averaging a tenth over.' This was still further increased on the next leg to 17.14, but on the- fourth there was a falling off, whichwas decided in the last, the speed running down to 15.85. It was proven, however, that the last leg of the course was some what long. " While the ship was preparing for the run back the ready reckoners on board figured that on the run dpwn to Boon island, the Iowa had averaged exactly 16.87 knots per hour.' The time was so well up to the builders' expectations that in order to consume the allotted four hours, jthe1' ship was spun around twice before starting back and must have presented a grand spectacle from the shore as she cracked about. For 30 minutes and 45 seconds, she kept up her jockeying, and then she dashed for the line again, passing the last mark boat at 12:39:25. On this leg there was an average of 16.42 knots an hour, a gratifying increase over the last time in this leg. For over an hour after passing the fifth mark boat the speed of the bat tleship did not apparently vary a hund redth part of a knot, supposing, of course, that the buoys were in the right positions. The fourth, third, and sec ond legs of the course were all made in exactly the same time, 22 minutes and 42 seconds, so that when the sec ond mark boat was passed the ship was only six nautical miles from the finish and glory, and the reckoners had figured that, barring accident, the ship would make something over seventeen knots. But there before the ship was the handicap of the course, the . shal low water, a fact iwhich had already held back her sister sjhips, cutting down their w-ell earned premiums on more than one instance.- Knowing this,, every effort was made to get every pound of steam on and every -inch of pover. The seconds ticked off steadily as she hurled herself on to the mark boaft and finishing sight, but still miles away. The margin over the seventeen knots became smaller.and as .the ship rushed on it became a serious question whether she would get to the line In time. Fifty thousand dollars depended on the speed of the last nftv feet; a delay of one second might cut it" off. The Iowa just did it, and that was all. In fact, so narrow was .the margin that the reckoners of even the trial . board had to carry their figures to the fourth point in order to make' speed for the whole course average seventeen knots an hour. It came out all right in the end, how ever, and with a broom on her fight ing top the qqeen of the American navy, after two or three , half circles to show just wMt she could do in quick maneuvering and speed headed headed for Boston. The heavy turrets placed well above the water line gave her a much great er roll than the Indiana or. Massachu setts, but except- for this she was much steadier than the other battleships. Ex-Governor McKlnney'a Critical Condi . tlon. Farmville, Va., April 7. 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