Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-18
FLOODS IN WAsHlNGToN.
tyers Higher Than Kvsr Known and
Much Damage Resulting.


PORTLAND, Or, New, .l1.-For the r,sA
past I73 hours RAIN has fallen eontinu....-s
ouslY over the p9rthwestand ali streams, i,
are running bunk fun. In rnany- places .---
the Wilimette1riyer has rbrokengove
bank and flooded the lowlands. The
river at this city at O'Clock last night e
stood IS feet above low water and il ~
rising at the rate OF . inches per hour. sssu
The lower locks have bssn afandohed lsa0
and merchants along the water front saa
are at work moving goods from their a.ss,f
cellars 70 the nigh groand.fsh4 + s.4 ~
Railroads and telegraph lines have. :.
suffered from washouts and Seattle ia
entirely shut off from the outside world
except bymeens Of boat 10 Tacoma, s -
Trains on the Northern Pacific and
Oregon Raitwey aud Navigation com
pany roads are all delayed by the storms ll'1
and are several hours late. The South y aitk
ern Pacific was delayed eight hours BY - s'sl
wasfouts few mites from Salon and
was compelled to transfer passengers no
and mails et {'e5 Aa- 'nog tas9a Iaeg
Higher Than Ever Ever Known. sA'
SgArTLE, Wash Nov. ia special 80
from Everett says the Snohomish river =
has broken all records and is now about -
two feet higher than any mark of pre-.
yious years. It has broken Over the ial
banks and is taking short cut across ~ 9s
the country and is still rising The
ranchers in the bottom lands are oniyy3e5@"
partially partially prepared for the
flood. While their loss viii be considg A9s1
erable in tho aggregate it is possible to la'as9
etreBu1ts HW AffsRaa9 gE5 asaiie
s.t5=5. - -ry7f1E-T-s.i3 sliy taif4 I5f
RpoteFp Wit VIII + BULLETS Sol, + Bsar
Negro KILLED IN Tennessee by5la Mob tt{.
s5,aq f"' assault Asaat
MCKENZIE, Tenn, Nov =l7s--Near
here Saturday night Charley Allen a.
a negro, was lynohed, by being
shot TO death by band Of armed mel, 0siss.s
for the raping Of Miss Bette SEALS are.obnVa
spectacle white GIRL aged IA, and .anloitoig
orphan. Tho negro committed the i,.sas
outrage about dark Saturday evening aii9
while the girl was returning from then III,
eottonfield The cries Of the4sgirl .le.,as
brought assistance after othelnegro had "a.
insttdta5 VII Tba ~ nadr rof ~. dhsbt gtiag
thsAAAAAboA. nc HbEIp WIS bduHut anu
fully identified, and nnder guard START h9as
ed to Mckenzie The naws9 had 9iil
reached Mckenzie and a crowd left at9W sdt
once for the scene, The euards, hear
ing Of the crowd coming, aihigsd their 'sny
course, aud when about asntile from adf
town, unknown parties attacked the,9aas4.
negro and completely riddled him Yithsa aar,
bullets leaving tho body on the toad a;,s.a.
side where hundreds viewed it sun ..;.
day. +4ise - IS, 60. ,.''Aes I.
a} tuNAcYi PLEA WITHDRAWN. .,.aas,
Eugene Burt VIII Be Arrafgnsd ON a. biuas
Straight Charge Of Mprder. s4qya IL
A6srM,i Nov. Ter Epgena.a Burt, s3et2
charged with the murder Of IN his wife: asana
and two schildren, was not tried gester- 5ss;l.,
day for lppaey ! When the case, ,wss.,.,..a,,
called Burt's attorneys, withdrew, all
claims Of insanity and asked that the. 's'ip
regular course Of procedure DO taken IN
.hc case. : gah I'm M II 9aoY9 l0a pig
The judge then set the case for We'd to Sy9l
nesday. ordering special Senireb IF l6teilnqo4
men from which tn select the 5args niof %
This leaves the charge against aBqEt49yo 81
that Of straight .murder.e,l,b r; alds,,A,,aa,