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The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Be kind to the colts and you will hav
gentle horses.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

The grocery store of John Rose, of
Fisher avenue, Bay City, was destroyed
by fire; loss $1,000.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No hs
aftor first days use OF DIR. kline's Great Nerve
Hesforer. Free 81 trial bottle and treatise.
Send TO DIR. KLINE. 93l Arch ST. Philadelphia, Pa
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

1t is wise policy to breed what the mar
ket calls for and for which the best prices
are being paid.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Heeeman's Camphor Tee with GIycerfne.
Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Tender or Sore Feet
Chilblains Piles. &C c. q. Clark Co.. New Haven. CT
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Big horns and heshv udder are regarded
as bad points In mich e~~
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Charity is an eternal debt, and without
hmit-QuesneL
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Farmers have raised the necessary
$4,000 stock for n butter factory at San
lilac Center.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes veal
men strong, blood pure. soc. 81. All druggists
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Don't give good horse a second-class
trainer.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02
STAR TOBACCO"

AS you chew tobacco for pleasure use Star
II is not only the best but the most lasting, aud
therefore, the CHEAPEST.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

John Spade, aged IS, near Holland,
accidentally shot himself in the left
breast Fatal
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Asparagus was originally wild seacoast
plant of Great Britain.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
For children tcething softens the gums reduces nam
nation alays pain, wind collie IS cents bottle
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
Druggists refund the money If II fails 70 cure 25t
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-02

DATENTCMs q CO 60 W M, s..s,
Y ~ khy OobtaineA esp. book free
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-31

MiFhty Rivers Flowing Through the
Breaks IN nLeVses-TerribIs Conditions,
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March So.-TheFe
are now three breaks in the leyee that
protects the Mississippi Delta from the
waters Of the river. One Is seven miles
below GreenvElle, Miss, at WnyBIde,
which lS !, 200 feet wide; one forty miles
north Of GreenyIlle. at the head Of the
delta, which ls 1000 feet wide and be-
coming deeper and longer as the water
rlishe6 through Il. The third occurred
At an early hour this morning, seven
miles north OF Z point opposite AFkan-
EaS City, and at last reports stream as
Wide as the Hudson was tearing
through It and covering the country for
miles in the Interior. The river from
the north TO south break . IKE
mighty crescent, with ROBedale, Green
vile, Gunninson and many other small
er towns between the Arc ana its
chord, which Is the Riverside division
of the YRzoO q Hlssisslppi Valley rail-
road. This road strikes the river ut the
north break, but from there the river
swings to the west and above Green
VILE turns again towards the east and
striking the north and south line OF the
railroad at WayBide, the point OF the
lower break The water from the up
per, or PerthBhIre creYasse has already
cut through the railroad and 10 teRri1B
through the plantations 10 the south.
At the middle crevasse tho floods from
the north have Joined forces with those
waters and together they are inundas
ting the country Eouthwnrd. The up
per waters will reach the lower crevasss
Tonight and the united water from
three food gates Will with hourly in.
CrenEInE force and volume, rush over
the country and finally be thrown back
Into the main river at the mouth OF the
Yazoo. few miles north Of Nloltsburg.
Back thirty to flfty miles from the
river runs a number OF lateral streanla
which empty their water into the va.
ZOO. The whole territory from the main
river east to these atrc1ma VIII be FOR
the most part under water for forty
eight hOurE. The region marked for de-
Hir1Ictinn is probably hundred miieH
long and from twenty to thlrly.hve
miles wide. The country Ia Az fertile a.
u northern garden.
Desperate People.
grecnYIIie is So great danger. The
water from tho middle break VIII par
Tally flood that town. n the levee In
front OF dreenvlIle should break, no
man Cnn conceive what the losses TO
rife and property would br,.s
Probably 10000 people are working
With desperation born Of despair. Ia
rave their homes and property. TIC
whole machinery OF the state ana the
Illinois Central railroad " being
brought into play. II ID currently rec
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AWFUL CYCLONE

T,y,n,y People Killed, ons Hundred ana
Finy Injured and only Two BntldtnE 81
I'm s,andiuE In Chandler, Okla.
GUTHRIE, Okla, March so.-Report
Il received here that twenty lives were
.Iost this evening in a cyclone that swept
oVSr Chandler, a town OF 1850 inhapl-
tsnta fifty miles east OF here. II - re-
norted that only two buildings were leIt
StRndinR, the Mitchell hotel anu the
Grand Island grocery store
IN addition to the twenty, peFsogs ~ "
ported killed, rumorB say that tulIy ASV
we're badly injured. ..,,,.,, a.
the following names were given -
among those killed:
j. woodward and wife
Nrg, Mitchell.
MIR, Thomas Smith.
John Lawson, lawyer
Fhe following are reported as among
't IohS MCCARTNEY, brother.in-law OF
Irnited State1 Marshall Magic,
F. N. NIblack and father.
John Foster,
Mn. Emma Foster.
Two daughters Of Couny Treasurer
UIam.
George McHenry. .,.,,
The cyclone struck At octock VIZ. W
evening. The court house IN Whictl !i
chief Justice Dale was holding court
S,aS taken on It's foundation. All com.
munIcation with Chandler is now CUT
~. The telephone oftice was destroyed
and the only information received here
vas from telephone connection made
mile and half out Of Chandler. That
has since been lost.
KANSAS CITY, NO., March ao,-Re-
y,oTiFS received here Indictae THAT the cy-
sione which destroyed the town Of Chan.
SJier. Oklahoma, tonight, also passaed
scrolS the state Of Kansas, though In
Iess destructive form.
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HOPR YnH aRHRNYILLE


Surrounding CoantTy RlOOded5 hut the
Town Nay be Spared.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. March sO.-Tho
Commercial Appeals Greeenyiiie. Miss.
special Hays:
The country round about Greenvllle Is
now flooded but Il lB believed the town
will be saved. The planters are work.
ing Ike beavers, moving theiS stock md
corn 10 places az safety, The negroes on
the great planta tons are being cared for
aud no deStitutlon is reported, The
situation north Of Greenvllle wnsl liuten-
sided by break In the levee near Slop
Landing, In Bolivar county, At o'clock
this morning.
This break Isnoless than 90 somilesaboYe
dreenytile and when the neWB feaehed
me city a. 4 O'Clock this morning, there
was no more sleep for the people Wis
Ions OF the floods that invaded the town
In 1880 came ViVIdly before their minds
and there was hustle and confusion long
before SunriGe.
Fron the course the water Is taking
Il VIII not seriously affect the city OF
Greenville, hut viii overflow the VILE
lIams bayou, Bugue Ptiha and Deer
creek actions and thus inundate many
Of the most magnificent cotton plant1-
tlons Of the world.
The crevasse At Deerheld reported yee.-
tsrdny has spread 10 100 feet In width
and the rush Of waters Is terrific.
The levees on GreenviIle'S front Wnlen
have been taxed to thelr utmost strength
Esr seyeral DAYS, ara Etill being strengths
enad. and the town will be saved.
me best authorities express the opln-
ion that ali the regular trains will BE
stopped in the delta within the next three
days. ~. -,
The river has fallen more than 81
inches a GreenvTIle during the past hour
and the people are more cheerful
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TEGRGRAPH1C BRIEFS.

The available cash balance In the
treasury yesterday was $50, ,i36, $50 iEold
reserve, Sl6I, ,s4l,6Se,
Hon. George L. Converse, ex-TiembeF
OF Congress from the Columbus, Ohio
district, died yesterday.
Ex-Unlted States senator Angut
Cameron, OF La Crosse, Wis, died. IN
Milwaukee, from general debility.
The cabinet meeting yesterday was
short and uneventful, Benjamin. Butter
wurth's nomination to be comniss sloner
OF patents will be sent to the senate to-
day
In the fiEflt between Jack Everhardt,
OF New Orleans, and Kid McPoruand.
OF New York, In the latter city, last
night, 4 draw was declared In the tWers
teth round.
Shock, the veteran bicycle rider, broke
the forty-elpht hour record In Wa9h.
InEton and made 7Is miles, which y eiA
hours ahead OF Teddy Hale's Madison
Square worlds record.
The rpport for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1896, shows the net aarnlngs
OF the Bell Telephone Company 90 be
$685. $50. The capital stock has been In
creased 10 per cent, making the agBre-
gate Ss6,0ib,o00.
A dispatch from New York says that
an official OF the American Tobacco
Company authorizes the statement that
the company has abandoned ItsNfae,
tor agreement and has issued a circular
to the trade, announcing the fact,
The late proprietor Of the Washing
ton Times, eN-CongreSsnlan Conn, wal
acquitted OF criminal libel, on the
grounds that because he was President
OF the Times Company Il could not be
assumed that he had such knowledge oi
the publication as would make him
criminally responsible! tf,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-31

WASHINGTON March SO-Party
feeling ran high during the last day Of
the tariff debate IN the house. Ploltsal
speeches were wedged In at every oppor-'
tunlty andthers was constant 4n1noeuV-
erilG for political advantage. The oppo-
Hition directed their efrors as far as pos-
sibls toward stirring up diSsentions On
the Republican side, but they succeeded
only iAexpoHing . single Instance Of ne
volt to-day. That was on tho subject Of
frts hides. The Democrats pressed the
question OF a duty on hides for the bene-
fit OF the farmer with such yigor that
AIr Hepburn, an Iowa Republican, was
drawn into the debate and made strong
plea for dutlable hides, BE demanded
that the house be given an opportunity
to vote on JhIs question. and declared
that every western Republican was In
favor Of Il. Mr.. Cannon, OF Ill, also
gave qualified endorsement to this de-
man1
The Republican leaders defended their
bill to-day with viEor. The ways and
means committee held the floor with their
amendments from 10 In the morning 70
I O'Clock In the afternoon. About S5S
were offered and adopted. Among them
was one admitting free OF duty, books,
scientific apparatus, charts, maps. etc."
for scientific and educational purposes.
Aftar that i've more pages OF inc bill
were read, making twenty pages IN all
Of the one hundred and slxty-two pages
OF the bill
Tomorrow the bill will ba open for
amendment until o'clock, an attempt
10 extend the debate having failed. atter
which an hour on o side will be allowed
TO close. The voting will begin At
O'Clock, The Democrats displayed .
good deal OF anxiety to-day 30 get IN an
Snenduient to strike out the dlnerential
on sugar, but they Will probably be frns-
tFated IN this. The only motion they
may be able 20 secure vote on lG one 20
reSommit win instruction.
This motion has been prepared IN the
shane Of resolution, and ~ the DOCK"
cry amendment 10 suspend the duty on
articles whose prices are controlled by
trusts or combinations. Even this mo-
tion mny be held to be out Of order un-
der the special order. There II some talk
OF a number OF Republican votes being
cast against the bill, but after lnvestlga-
tlon Il seemE that those who may be dis.
satisfied with particular provisions Of
the bill will line up on the final vote. and
there will be no break In the Republican
ranks.
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WILL Be RETROACTIVE.

.yv.v, .nd Means COMMITTEES Decides 10 In
trT.lwSa an ImportRnt Amendment To-
day-suro oTItH Legality.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March So
Chairman Dingley and his colleagues OF
tbn wnys and means committee will at
tenpt 10 havo the duties imposed by
the new ,arIr bill go into effect before
me hi becomes a law. This novel and
much discussed policy was definitely
rc.oivea upnn at q meeting OF the Re-
,,,,JJIcon n members OF the committee
bSIJ to.nlght. The subcommittee con-
SIsfipV OF Representatives Grosvcnor,
~ ohio. rawney, OF Minnesota, and
noI1cil OF Pennsylvania, which was
a,,,Lnrizpd TO report upon the PROPOSE
Gon nrpsented an amendment which
,bcv mad written and their colleagues
,nS;r,,nteI Mr.. Grosvenor 20 OFFER the
amendment tomorrow In the house;
Tbere is no doubt that II will be adopted
~ 4 phrty vote The substance OF the
amendment follows; g., 49,. -,
''That the duties Imposed Dy the Dill
shnti he enforced ana collected on aLl
goods imported subsequeht " AprlI 10,
SnJ nrIor 10 the passage of the act. moi
S,,Tcbased or In transit prior TO April
gSst m creatcs lien upOn the goods
ib,is l,ntnrted flr tile amount Of the du-
tisS Imuospd and also makes the impor-
t",. aud the person IN whose possession
ira Kondg may be- found, IL not a retail
merchant or a carrier, liable for the
atTniint OF The duties or for the excess
innnnsed by the bill above the amounts
,SlIoh articles may have paid"
The members Of the subcommittee
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DISSOLVED THg oReAN1zAuoH.
The New York Associated Press ContEasts
with the Rs,oeiat,,l FlEes.. j

The New York Associated Press ContFasts
with the AssoeIat6dl Press.
NEW YORK, March So.-Ths Asso-
ctated Press OF the state OF New York,
at a meeting held, to-day, decided to
dissolve as a news-gathering organlza-
tion. It was a corporate organization,
having a president, a secretary and a
board Of directors. During the early
years OF its existence the Associated
Press OF the state Of New York held re-
ciprocal relations with the New York
Associated Press, receiving from the
latter the news Of the day outside Of the
state, and supplying in return tho
larger organization with the New York
Gtate news
When the New York Associated Press
became part OF the United Press Re.
.ciprocal relations between thege
two organisations was established.
Throughout the members OF the State
Press Association have maintained
their press organization loyalty. When,
however the United Press declared it's
inability to carry out It's obligations
the members OF the State Press deemed
Il advisable to hold meeting with the
result that Q dissolution was decided
upon. To-day twenty three OF the
members Of the association completed
the details Of membership contraetS
with the great national neWs.gath atherine
organization, the Associated Press, and
contracts with others will be consum.
mated as rapidly as the clerical details
can be arranged. The news service OF
the Associated Press to these paphe8
will begin In Q few dayB
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KEErUcKY DEADLOCK
GfSWs E1sltlpg -Iuntsr Losing Ground.
Rstf a Break for BradlSy Bxptetta. N

Grows EGeltlng -HnntaF LoSlng Ground,
AHroal for BFadloy E1psotta. VIA
LOUISVILLE, KY, March S0.-k Bps.
cial 70 the Evening Post from Frank. +
fort sayy: "a
All during the morning prior TO the
noon hour, at which a Joint ballot for
'unlted States senator was taken; tho
city Eas full Of suppressed excitement,
II was generally understood that thd
Republican nominee, DR., W. G. Hunter,
Wpntd make dnRl elfort 10 lana the
race. and although the bolteFa now num-
ber seYen instead Of six, he only 1acltR
three votes. Rumor8 OF bribery and COR
ruption were flying thick and East,
The apn.Hunter men said that Il
Hunter did not win to-day, Governor
bradley ,or Boyle are sure winners To-
morrow e
sixth ballot Hunter 90; blackburn,
y; payie, IS; Boyle, z; Stone, !; necessa-
~ TO choice. 50.
On the seventh ballot there was no
change In the voting.
a motion TO adjourn was made and
lost, the silver Democrats voting with
the Hunter men IN order 10 give the lat
ter all Pthe balioting they want. The
motion was lost by Q vote OF 12S 10 ].
The eighth ballot resulted as did the
sixth and seventh.
The tenth ballot showed no change
Represent JohnB returning to pa-
vie,
The fFiends OF Governor Bradley were
seen all over the floor. evidently waiting
Tor an opportunity 10 spring their man
and elect him. There were also plenty
OF Boyle workers, all waiting for the
inevitable break 10 como in Hunters
column.
There was no change on the eleventh
ballot. the members taking matters
very eompiaeently and munchinE sand
Wtehe8 In their seats, regardless Of the
rules oe the Joint assembly. Represent
alive Clark moved TO adjourn, and pam
deEnonium relgned. The motion was
lost
The twelfth ballot resulted as fotlows;
vie IL
The loss in Hunters column was By
temporary pairs.
Again the 1olnt assembly declined 70
adjourn by q vote Of % to 45
The thirteenth ballot resulted tn the
loss OF one vote for DR.. Hunter, his vote
being 50: Blackburn got 42; Boyle z; Da-
vie, 10; Stone L The change was on ac-
count Of temporary pair. The general
assembly then adjourned till tomorrow
noon.
The continuous balloting for senator
this afternoon, resulting In no further
loss Of strength by Or. Hunter. q evi.
IDENTIFY very pleasing to his friends, who
had been threatened with stampede
from their man whenever continuous
ballotlng should begin. They claim that
Il means DR.. Hunters ultimate victory,
in that nothing can shake the sixty who
are standing solldly for him and that
the gold Democrats who are determined
10 have an election, will sooner or later
come 70 him and more than supply the
needed three votes.
LATER-The last scheme TONIGHT a
q fusion on W. @. P. .BreclEinridFe BY
the Republicans and Gold Democrats
and there are dozens OF men here who
really believe that Breckenridge may be
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WEsTERN ROADS.

P.,,snesr AEsntS IIsSoIVoto Continue the
,,oeiatIon aud Avoid Rate War.
CHICAGO, March 5O.-The passenger
representative OF the western roads
met to-day at the oHlcc of the Western
passenger Association for the purpose
OF cinuiderlng the future OF that organi-
Eation. The meeting lasted the greater
part OF the day, and nt It's close II was
decided 70 recommend TO the executive
officers, who will meet tomorrow, that
the Western Passenger ANsocinllon OS
continued IN existence, but that u shall
hereafter have nothing to do with rates
or the maintenance Of rates.
II was recommended that u be a bu-
rchu Of information and statistics only
but that the bureaus which have the
handling Of the clergy tickets ana OF
the mileage transportation shall be con-
Unued In force. These bureaus have
nothing whatever Ia do with rates, and
Il Is not thought that they come under
the scope Of the supreme court decls,
inn Chairman Caldweii VIII remain ip
control Of oil the subsidiary bureRn and
al the head Of tho organization as we'll
The roads have practically agreed
that for the time being they will do their
utmost 70 avoid any Decentralization in
rates,
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sPEoIAL YIo0p puLLETlH
II,asd ~ the Government Barssu-A
Critical situation.

IIlHed BY the GoveFnmsnt BurCau-A
Critical SItuatIsn.
WARRINGTON, D. c.. March 90
The weather bureau to-day issued the
following special river bulletin:
During the past twenty-tour hours.
the Ohio. Cumberland, Tenaesst; and
Arkansas rivers have falIe=a EtewEy. and
the Red has risen. The Central Saint
Francis river has risen two feet sinea
Saturday and Is stilI rising rapidly. The
upper MisslGalppl from 81. Paul TO Du-
huque has risen slightly and Is above
tie danger line ct La Crosse. The aflss-
lsSippI has fallen slightly frdm Keokuk
to cairo and risen from Helena to New
Orleans, except slight fail at ArSAn-
sa8 City. due 70 4 cTevasse near that
place. II Is Rbove the danger line from
Cairo 70 New Orleans, and from Mem
phis to AFItansas City Is above the ex-
irene high water Of any previous years.
Serious breaks IN the levees have oc-
CURED within the past forty-eight
hours at Australia, Slop Landing and
Waydde, Mississippi The water from
these ereVaGses will flow into the HRzoo
basin and it Is probable that the coun-
ties Of Bolivar, Washington, Isaac and
StGrkeY, Miss, viii be flooded. The sit-
uatIo1 at GreenVille Is considered ex-
trmsly critical.
(slGned.)
WILLIS /. MOORE, Chief Of Bureau.
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GREENvILLE, Miss. March so.-At
5 O'Clock this morning another crevasse
occurred above Mounds landing, about
Is miles north OF this city and a :
o'clock yesterday evening break oe-
CURED near Australia, AfissiasippL
about twelve miles north OF RoSedale'
Bolivar county.
This. With the crevasSe at Lake Lee.
10 miles below Greenviile, win deluEs
the entire great Mississippi delta.
Nearly al OF Bolivar and Washington
counties win so under In the next two
dayS All OF IssaQuena and parts Of
suuiower and sharkey win also be
fooded
The live stock e drowning in great
Humber and people are fieelng to the
safety.
II - impossible 10 estimate the amount
Of property which viii be destroyed by
the water. and suffering throughout
this region Will BE- intense. Greenville.
RosedRle, Stoneville. Arcola, and In fact
all the delta towns south OF ROsedale TO
NiclAburE will be under water soon.
The greatest excitement prevails all
along the line The GreenviIle leVee8
are still holding. but are getting mushy.
Thousands OF men line the embank-
ment5 north and south Of Greenville,
and are working Ike demons. All busi-
ness u Suspended and the people are
fighting for their liyss.
Grcenville lies in the centre Of cres-
cent. surrounded on two sides by the
river, and is twelve feet below the level
Of the embanlSnlentS. Should the huge
ridge give way here the loss OF life and
property win be friBhtf1l and;Rlll rival
the JohnStoWn disaster.
The men along the levee are exhaust
~ by long vigil and many OF them have
not tasted food for twenty -four hours,
and sleep Is almost unknown,
A private dispatch 10 a cotton arm IN
Memphis from Capt Mark Cheek OF the
steamer Kate Adams, reports break in
the levee on the Arkansas aud Laconia
circle, Laconia circle = about 10 miles
heiow Memphis and the leHee at that
point protects some OF the best planta-
lions N the state.
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GBoTHSR CAPTURE
On. More Of the Montgomery Murderer
B.hIMd the Excitement Among

One More Of the MOntgomsry SIurdsrsrs
B.hIMd the Excitement Among
the People.
Special Dispatch to tls 1nteilLEeaSer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March So
Wiley Lewis. one Of the escaped prisons
ers implicated in the Montgomery muir.
ders, has been captured and brought
mere this afternoon for safe keeping
and LODGED in jail. He was caught
yesterday afternoon at East sewel. by
Chesapeake & Ohio Conductor Will
Fulls, and turned over to the Mont
Fomery police. The jail at Montgom-
ery In which ne wHS confined last night
was guarded by q body Of men armed
with IVtnehesterS to defend him from
the menaces OF q mob. His safe Keep
inr a regarded as important in order to
net from him further Information on
the horrible crimes which his contess
Sion and testimony will develop.
Three more Of the gang were arrested
Yesterday upon information OF citizens
II n estimated that there are twenty
seven men In an In the gang and ahuts
tional arrests will follow as rapidly as
the right parties can be Rpprehended
and captured. Excitement prevails IN
this section over the startling character
Of the Developments and what promises
stlIl to he unfolded.