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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07
. on TIIR RIvER.

AS for several months past. the river
is dead low and no logs can be got
down from the upper country. The sa-
blno drive, which got in a couple of weeks
ago, has been distributed ami will soon
be sawed up and although they have an.
other drive on the way, It Is not probable
mat u viii yet in before the present sup
ply Is exhausted. In fact, considering the
low stage Of water. log famine seems
inevitable, tho lMtcher & Moore Lumber
company beipg the only exception, thew mot
peang dependant on the stage az watcr in
the rivsr, as their logging road NJ aches
sAde water and when there Is not sufflclsat
eurTsnt 70 httpg them Down tow boat
p. TrAmway CAN Of the Hec-uoe mills
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
On the Upper Mississippi.

III O"S SPPSA bAAeoIooaPPn
The upper Mississippi continues to
boom, the gauge showing eighteen feet
above low water mark. It has been
raining constantly for twelve hours.
Dispatches from Aitkin, Sank Rapids.
st. Cloud and Little Falls indicate that
the river is still rising rapidly and that
all records are likely to be broken at
st. Paul within the next forty-eight
hours. The levee at James street, that
city, broke at 8 o'clock Sunday after
noon, sending the water all over that
part of the city with a rush. The flood
e~ncroached into the fr~e:ghthouse of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road.
The Diamond Jo passenger station is
in danger of floating away, and a force
of men are busy tying it to the bank.
Several of the manufacturing concerns
OH the west side have been Obliged TO
shut down because water put their fires
out. IL relief societies of st. Paul are
busy extending succor to the suffering.
The number of people who have been
forced to leave their homes is about
1900. The water east of State street
has become so deep that several houses
have f1oated from their foundations.
Logs to the value o. about $685. 900 float
ed down the river Sunday.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
1880 are prompt, efficient and
Hoods Pills easy in effect. IS cents
shining

'.Mr. Peabody, who was an Ameri-
can" said Dean Hole the other day,
..was one of the greatest b~enefactor5
of London. His houses built for and
occupied by the workmen are models
which every great city would d" well
to copy. At a flower and plant ex-
hibition in London which attended
four or five years ago. ! was surprised
and delighted to find that u large num-
Der Of tie prizes for the best plants
went to people who were dwellers In
Mr.. Peabody's houses. That shows
what u better atmosphere will do for
the working classes. Public gardens
and parks and workingmen's clubs, |
think. are always conducive to tenn
perance. But people will never be-
made temperate by constraint. To
secure temperance is impossible by
mere human obligations and VOWS.
Force of common sense, conscience
and spiritual influence are necessary"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
Half a hundred towns stand in six
feet of water and the yellow stream is
creeping up slowly but surely.
Levee at Helena, Ark, Gives Way.

Levee at Helena, Ark, Gives Way.
Advfces received tell of a break i'll
the leyee two miles south of Helena,
k.rk. This is the leyee for which the
people of Southeastern Arkansas have
made such a desperate fight. The wa
tiers from this break flood a great area
and back up into the streets of Helena.
The relief steamer Ora Lee has ar
rived at Mariana, Ark, having made
an expedition UP the st. Francis River.
There were on board 160 refugees and
200 head of cattle. The steamer went
up the st. Francis River as far as
Cut Off, and then worked her way down
stream, rescuing people from p%erjlous
positions. The suffering along the st.
Francis River is appalling. The wa
ter throughout the entire %neighboring
country is from six to fifteen feet deep.
The relief boat had on board the body
Of Mrs. McMain of Raggio City. The
body was found at Raggio and it was
taken to Mariana for burial, there
being no land at the former place on
which to give it interment. The St.
Francis is rising from three to five
inches daily.
At points below Vicksburg the river
is rising. 1t is the general opinion of
old river men here if the levees below
Vicksburg hold the great volume Of
water in its regular channel it will be
little short OF a miracle.
Gov. McLaurin, Of Mississippi, con-
tinues to make diligent inquiry touch
ing destitute flood sufferers. He will
perhaps be compelled to state to Sec
rotary of War Alger that the amount
of SIC, 900 mentioned in his telegram
will be wholly inadequate to alleviate
the want and suffering. Hon. J. w.
Cutrer Of Coahoma, a member Of the
Yazoo-Mississ:ppi levee district, states
that he does not expect the waters TO
abate before May Is.
Middlesboro, KY, is again flooded.
The water is four inches higher than in
the flood five weeks ago. Most of the
in Cumberland avenue are food
ed. Sixty-five families have been
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

hatchie Counties, in the northern part
OF the state are inundated, and the
newly planted corn crops will be laid
in waste.
No loss of life is reported, the in
habitants of this stricken section hav-
ing made preparations for just such a
catastrophe as exists there. The con-
dition of the poorer classes throughout
the flooded area is indeed critical.
Thousands of refugees are huddled on
levees and spots of land waiting for re-
lief. The towns of Rosedale and Tun-
lea report that everything possible is
being done for these poor people, but
that funds and provisions are fast be-
coming exhausted. In the little city of
Rcsedale alone 1900 refugees are being
cared for by the citizens.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

havoc with railroads in the valley east
of Yankton, S. D. The water is a foot
higher and threatens to take out
bridges and tracks, as the approaches
at both ends of the bridges are cut
ting badly. Three miles and over of
track Of the Great Northern, Milwau-
kee and Northwestern railroads is now
completely disabled thus cutting Yank-
ton Off from the outside world. Farm
ers in the bottoms are moving out
with boats. Word was received ask
ing for immediate assistance, and men
and boats are departing for the flooded
district. The water still continues to
rise at Yankton. The ice is broken at
Grand Forks, N. D., and trouble is ex-
pected frol that source. Easements
in Third street stores are cleared of
all goods. Above Grand Forks the ice
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

it is likely to do great damage. Bridges
are gone in many places and boats are
in demand in the vicinity Of the depot
and the railroad yards. Rain has been
falling steadily for a week, making
country roads impossible and keeping
farmers off their fields.
Every record since that of 1849 has
been broken by the Mississippi at
Anoka, MINI. Fireman's grove is
filled with water and the Rum river
dam is expected to go out. Millions OF
feet Of logs are floating down the river.
North of Anoka millions of acres of
farms are under from two to six feet
of water and there are grave doubts
as to whether or not it can be seeded
this spring. River men tonight say
that there will be a further rise here
of at least six feet.
The jim River Overfows.
The Jim river is creating general
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
Railway Station Floating Away.

4 oNehhS
A special dispatch from Trenton, Mo-,
says: Grand river is still coming UP
and the bottoms are completely under
water, causing much damage. Wei
don bridge, four miles north, vas
washed out, and considerable timber
of the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City
railway extension has been lost. The
base ball park is completely sub
merged. Mr.. Winslow, manager of
the water works, has received a tele-
phone message from the power station
that the water was running in through
the walls, and that if the flood was any
higher tomorrow the men would have
TO vacate, leaving the city without any
water supply. Six young men on horse
back attempted to cross the bottoms
west of the town today and were swept
from their animals. Three got safely
to land; the other three flOated down
stream and were rescued from the tree
tops.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
The Floods Rayaces in Iowa.

A dispatch from Sioux City, Ia,
says: Residents of the Floyd river
bottoms here are again flying to higher
ground. At Merrill, James and Hinton,
points above Sioux City, the stream is
out OF its banks and flooding the val
ley. Here the bank is higher and a
three foot rise will be necessary before
the floods of a fortnight ago can be
repeated. The rise still progresses,
however, at the rate OF two or three
inches an hour.
Burlington, Ia, telegram: A huge
landslide fell from the water soaked
bluff between Burlington and Fort
Madison, covering the Burlington rail-
road track ten feet deep with clay,
rocks and trees. All traffic was stalled
for several hours until a big gang of
workers could clear the track. There
have been a dozen bad landslides in
this vicinity the past week on account
of heavy rains.
Alton, H., telegram: Two feet more
of water will stop trains on the
Bluff Line. st. Louis, Chicago and st.
Paul, but if the weather remains clear
it may lot go that high. Several eX-
ira crews of men were busy today pill
ing in rock to hold the weak places in
the embankment, where the waves
threatened to wash out the track.
Dubuque, Ia, special: The river reg
listers twelve feet above low water
mark, q rise Of half a foot today. The
water is now within three feet of the
danger line.
Special kilograms from points in
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska
bring word of increased foods in all
the rivers. Rain has fallen almost in
cessantly for seventy-two hours over
area of more than 100 miles in radi-
from Omaha, the fall being fully
four inches for that time. This has
greatly increased the volume of water
in the already swollen streams. Thou
sands of acres of farm land are I'M
der from four to six feet of running
water. and many families have moved
homes in boats.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
AN OPEN

from the Noted PhfIanthropist and
Worker Among the Poor. N. y. Smith,
the Founder of the Omaha Rescue
Home. This Noble Man Is Spending
His Life Among the Unfortunatc-Res-
cuing the Fallen and Helping Those
In Distress.
To the Public:
Having had considerable dealings with
the DR.. B. j. Kay Medical Co, and used
their remedies with remarkable success, L
have no hesitancy in sewing that | have
the utmost confidence IN the reliability of
the company and the personal integrity OF
the doctor, as we'll as the merit Of
his great remedies, DIR. Rays Renovation
and DR.. Kay's Lung Balm. In my work
among the unfortunate | find many sick
and suffering who have not he means to
purchase necessary medicine. DR.. b. j.
Kay cheerfully offered to supply whatever
medicine was needed III such cases free of
charge, and through the kindness of the
generous doctor ] have carried relief to
many a poor respondent heart. All per-
SONS who send money to this company for
any of their remedies will, / am sure. re-
ceive honorable treatment and the goods
will be SEM as promptly as ordered.
Il. j. Smith.
Free pamphlet will be sent on application
to DR.. b. j.. KAY Medical Co, Omaha, Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
Floods in Minnesota.

Ortonville, Mimi, has been complete
ly cut off from communication with the
outside world. A train cannot go 20
miles from this city in any direction.
Lac Qui Parle lake, Minnesota river,
Big Stone lake and Lake Trf sc
form one vast sea. The lake and riy-
er are merged into one, rising at the
rate of half an inch an hour. A heavy
northwest gale is driving the ice, which
is yet a compact and solid mass, out
of Big Stone lake into the overlooked
bottoms of the minnesota river, where
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

is still solid. Between there and Fish
er a long trestle on the Great Northern
went out Sunday. 1t will require a
week after the water has gone down
to repair this line.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

washed out. Three hundred people are
fed by the city. Boats are plying on
the principal streets. At Pineville tie
Cumberland river is rising three feet
per hour. West Pineville is under wa
ter. The Clinch and Powell Rivers arc
flooding the entire country.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

Little Boy-That watch you give
me doesn't keep good time.
Father - Perhaps you forget TO
wind it.
Little Bo~Y--Forges to wind it9
Why, ] wind it forty times Il day.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
They Toll the lime.

Photographic clocks, which verbally
announce the hours of the DAY, are
made in Geneva. You caH get Il clock
that will speak in any of the modern
lanOua ~cS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

Mrs. De Nc2t--It seems to nc that
for Il mar who claims to deserve char
ity, you have a very red nose.
Moldy Mike-Yes. mum: the cheap
soaps that us poor people has to use
is very hard on the complexion. mum.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

OF the 10, 700 carloads of n
that will be marketed in California
lex season fully 5000 will be navels.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

isis. ! think you had better shine
my shoes and wash the dishes" said
a wealthy New Yorker to his sister,
who moves in a~ristocratic circles.
What do you mean by such nom
sense:g" she asked.
mo nonsense about it, / see you
are flirting with an Italian count.
If you are going 30 marry him you
ought to be fitting yourself for the
position. Texas Siftings.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
Big Break at Flower Lake.

Another disastrous break in the Ms
sissippi levee occurred Sunday norm
ing at s o'clock at Flower Lake, six
miles below Tunica, Miss. The Gre
vase, while not yet of great width, is
fully fifteen feet deep and the water
is pouring through the opening with
fearful velocity. This will probably
be the most destructive break that has
occurred in the delta. The most fertile
farm lands of Mississippi, lying in Goa
homa, La Flore, Quitman and ITALIA
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16

gress was calmly smoking a pipe on
the roof of a log cabin, while a stream
of water was running through the
doors of her hut nearly up to the caves
Of the roof.
What are you doing there, aunty?"
we halloed.
Use watered in" came the response.
would you like us to take you in?"
we offered.
NO, sab; I'll be Skilled out terect-
ly."
Plaintive howlings of dogs, cack-
ling of poultry and s~quealing of pigs
keep the woods alive, and graphic
scenes and incidents crowd upon the
sight at every turn. There are dead
c~arcasses floating in the water, frag-
ments of houses and articles of house
hold furniture of every kind.
P. S.-A later dispatch says that
Greenville has been swept away.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
ALFALFA SEED FOR SALE.
I'.enty OF

Send for samples ard prices to Hershey E!N
vatOr Co, Hershey, Nebraska.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
Reporter Gathering News.

The Post-Dispatch correspondent
went by skif from here to all points
possible by water in a radius of fifteen
miles in every direction from this city,
says a telegram from Greenville, Miss.
1t was a common sight to see rabbits
or domestic fowls floating on drift
wood, deer on little islands here and
there above the water, and the starv-
ing creatures do not now fear the ap-
proach of man. In one instance a ne
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
How He Won Her Regard.

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarsts.
Candy Catharcic, cure constipation forever.
10c. II C. c.. @. fail, druggists refund money.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-04-16
Ino Trqu..lte oua.InoIt,on.

Free pamphlet will be sent on application
to DR.. b. j. Kay Medical Co, Omaha, Neb.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19

They sell most who advertise most.
And why not?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19
THE STEAMER HELENE e.
Fine Piece of Marine Architecture for
The Islands.

experimenting Engineer Henry
Roberts, of the Oahu railway, who re-
turned by the Zealandia, visited and
inspected the new steamer now build
ing at the Union Iron Works for the
Wilder Steamship Company. He says
the Helene will be fine piece of mar
inc architecture, her model being par
ticularly adapted to the Hawaiian car
rying trade. Work on the ship is be-
ing rushed, some two hundred men
being employed in different capacities
in order to hurry her completion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19

The progressive ladies of Westfield,
Ind, issued a 'Woman's Edition" of
the Westfield News, bearing date of
April 3, 1896. The paper is filled with
matter of interest to women, and we
notice the following from a cores
pendent, which the editors printed,
realizing that it treats upon a matter
of vital Importance to their sex: "The
best remedy for Group, colds and bron-
chitis that 1 have been able to find is
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For
family use it has no equal. l gladly
recommend it," For sale by all drug
gists and dealers. Benson, Smith &,
Co., wholesale agents for II. 1.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19
REV.. MONROE'S SERMON
BELIEVES IN CHURCHES, SCHOOLS
AND THE PRESS.
The Press Can Make or Unmake So
ciety and Government-Church is
the Safeguard of the State-Schools.

There was preached from the pulpit
of the Christian church last Sunday
evening powerful sermon by the pas
tor, Rev. james NJ. Monroe. THE
Church, The School, The Press: The
Trinity of Modern Civilization" was
the theme. Mr.. Monroe said that the
three factors that shaped public senti
ment were the church, the school and
the press. While the domain of the
operation of he church is the spiritual
nature of man and that of the school
and the press was the intellectual ma
ture, yet they were colaborers in the
evolution of human nature.
! The three are natural allies. They
supplement each others work. \ fra
ternal spirit should bind together the
ministry, the teacher and the editor, as
they are all factors in the develop
ment of the individual
The church is a safeguard of the
state. 1t is the friend of free govern
ment. 1t fits men for liberty and self
government. Popular government can
always count on the church as "A sup
port. The moral influence of the
! church is always on the side of jus
| tice, liberty and rights of men. Mod
ern republics are the offspring of pro-
! testantism. No oppressive government
can stand in the light of "A religion
! that contemplates the equality and
brotherhood of man.
Free schools will speedily prepare
men for self government. Despotism
is possible only where the masses are
ignorant. That government that pro-
vides for free schools will have little
use for standing army. Her defense
will be in the intelligence of her
people.
Hawaii, in providing an educational
qualification for suffrage, has gained
wisdom from the mistake of the
United States in this regard, Hawaii
has an suspicious future if the high
standard of the public schools is main
tanned.
The press can make or unmake So
ciety and government. Nothing can
stand before the omnipotence of the
press. Righteousness in official life
is assured, on account of the search
light of the press being turned on to
expose corruption in municipal and
national government
Rev. Monroe paid high tribune to
the press of Honolulu for its purity
for not being sensational, for its free
dom from scandal and for not issuing
Sunday editions of the dailies. The
Christian people ought to appreciate
this by giving a hearty support to
dailies. Reciprocity should prevail in
such affairs.
The speaker said that he believed
that all the ministers and the churches
appreciated the courtesies of the press
in providing church column for an
nouncements and for always having its
local columns open to church notices
Rev. Monroe proposed, as minister
to extend the hand of fellowship tc
the teacher and the editor as colabor
ers in the evolution of human nature
He favored triple Alliance" of these
three great factors of civilization.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19
NJ. NJ. WATSON DISCHARGED.

The case of NJ. NJ. Watson, who was
charged with stealing key of beer
from the Seattle Brewing and Mailing
Company, was dismissed by Judge
Glasgow yesterday afternoon. The
judge held that if the prisoner was
bright enough to discriminate in favor
of pure Rainier Beer he deserved re-
lease. On tap or in bottles at the
Criterion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19
c. BREWER & Co., LTD.
Queen St, Honolulu, Ill,
AGENTS FOR

hSEN . foN
Hawaiian Agricultural Co., Onomea
Sugar Co., Honomu Sugar Co., Wal
iuku Sugar Co., Waihee Sugar Co.,
Makee Sugar Co., Haleakala Ranch
Co., Kapapala Ranch.
Planters Line San Francisco Packets.
Chas. Brewer e. Co.'s Line of Boston
Packets.
Agents Boston Board of Underwriters
Agents Philadelphia Board of Under.
writer's.
LIST OF OFFICERS
p. @. JONES .............. President
GEO. H. ROBERTSON Manager
E. #. BISHOP. -. Treas and Secy.
Col. w. F. ALLEN ........ Auditor
c. M. COOKE.
H. WATERHoUsE.. ?. -. Directors
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-08-14
Government Currency.

The reason bank circulation has been
decreasing through a term of years,
and why it is inelastic, remaining al
most without change from season to
season, is that the security for it is a
deposit of government bonds. The
bank capital is in the treasury instead
of in business. The profits on circula-
ton decline as the bonds increase in
value or the rate of interest declines,
and the redemption process is slow and
ineffective. The dangers of the gov
crnment currency and the deficiencies
of the bank currency are now pretty
we'll recognized, and every day shows in
creased earnestness in the demands of
business men for complete and per-
manent cure.-Iron Age.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-08-14
A New Financial System.

The demand now heard from mer.
chants and manufacturers and bankers
and other intelligent observers in every
part of the country is not for some re.
pairs to our financial system, but for a
new system. No government paper cam
be free from objection, because it's vol
ume and redcemability will depend in
part upon the opinions of congress and
in part upon the opinions of the presi-
dent No one can be certain that these
will be correct in all years to come. If
we could be sure that they would al.
ways be correct, we could not be sure
that the government would always be
able to maintain n sufficient reserve
for the redemption of the notes. If the
weight of a pound and the length of a
yard were liable to be changed at any
time by congress, the uncertainty could
hardly be so dangerous as the present
uncertainty regarding ths unit of value
This explains why so many of the men
who do the business of the country, not
alone in the north and east, but also in
the south and west, demand the with
drawal of the government notes.-Iron
Age.