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The Republican., 1897-07-08
To verdant heights light-to uched by rays

To verdant heights Iight-to uched by rays
OF sunlight.
And thence I saw the tangled web
stretched out in beauteous plan,
And marked the sea of trouble ebb,
Revealing there that man and man
Were brothers
And meath the picture written clear,
read life's secret sign
The one all-healing panacea
The rule that makes each life divine
For others ''
The Republican., 1897-07-08

Don't nauseate your stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate
your liver and sick headache by using
those famous little pills known as De-
Wits Little Early Risers.
The Republican., 1897-07-08
Saturday. the 10th Day of LulY.

beginning at the hour Of 2 o'clock p. m. at
the front door Ofthe Court House. in The town
of Oakland, offer and sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, all the following
pieces, parcels and tracts OF land, situated,
lying and being in Garrett county, Maryland,
tO-Wit:
ID. Town lots Nos. l3, II, Is and Ii in Block
No. H. on the plat of Loeb Lynn Heights,
Garrett county, Maryland; also lots Nos. II,
II and IL in Block Is ON said plat, conveyed to
Mary =. Anderson by the Mountain Home
Company by two deeds, the first bearing
date August IL, 1894, and recorded in Liber f..
II. 7. 20. p, folio 500, and the second August
2l 1891, recorded in Liber +. u. T. 26, folio :,
Garrett county records. Said lots will be sold
to satisfy and pay the taxes due and in arrear
said Mary p. Anderson on the assessment
books of Garrett county, and ARE located in
Election District No. :, together with the
interest thereon and the costs and expenses
Tor making and reporting this sale.
Sd. Military lots Nos 30 and 3jl situated in
Election District No. |; Military lots Nos. lIS,
$50, 1913, l219 1924 l40l 1928 ll40 1858 and 1896
situated in Election District No. :: Military
lots Nos. 2l32. 2l33, 2320 and 232l, situated in
Election District No. 3 of Garrett county.
These lots comprise in all about 500 acres and
are the same lots that were sold and convey ed
to Richard T. Semmes by John Swan by
deed dated February 2Sth, 1894. and recorded
in Liber +. u. T. No p, folio l49, one of the
Land Records for Garrett county, Maryland,
and will be sold to satisfy and pay the State
and county taxes due and in arrear thereon
for the year 1895, as is charged to the said
Richard i. Semmes on The assessment books
of said Garrett county, together with the
interest thereon and the costs and expenses
for making and reporting this sale.
Conveyancing at cost of purchasers.
EDWARD E. SOLLARS,
15-td Late Treasurer.
The Republican., 1897-07-08
FOR OTHERS

y
In aching thought l pondered deep
On life's mysterious maze,
And why the world must ever weep,
The wicked prosper in his ways
For ever.
Asleep fell, full wearily,
Still gazing on the maze,
And 10, an angel beckoned me
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
ION THE LOWER RIVER

The Waters Are Rising, and Along the
 Front at New Orleans Men Are Alert.
 New Orleans, La, April 3.-The situa- tion on the lower coast is unchanged There are no breaks, washouts or over- flows reported today in this vicinity. A very heavy rain prevailed from early this morning until late in the afternoon.
 Heavy winds that prevailed recently have had the effect of backing up the river, and New Orleans has more water at present, than ought naturally to be her portion. Gauges at Donaldsonville and Baton Rouge show much dover water than in 1S93 whereas, it is slowly rising at Red river landing. With the upper Red river down and the Missis- slppi high al it's mouth, the current of the Red and Mississippi is toward the Atchafalaya and advices from that sec ton are to the effect that a tremendous current is now going down that torrent ial stream The effect is to relieve the strain on the Mississippi river below Red river landing.
 On the river front of New Orleans a steady watch Is being maintained. Men are constantly at work patching weak places, and the Orleans board and the engineers have made adequate prepara- ton to hurry men and material to all points that may require them The steamboat Assumption has been hired for the purpose and has been loaded with lumber and sacks. No points along the front have yet reported the river as se- riously running over the levees, and the only inconvenience suffered thus far is by passengers on the ferries. The water has gotten so high that at Gretna and Jackson street it has partially covered the gangWays and has caused great dis comfort
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
A POLITICAL RIOT.
Democrats and Republicanse of Hunting ton, Va, Indulge In a Free-for-An Fight Over an Election-Knives
 Used Freely.

Huntington, W. Va, April 3.-A scene unparalleled in the history of Hunting ton was witnessed on the leading thor oughfare of the city at Il o'clock this morning. It was a riot between demo- crats and republicans, the result of Thursdays city elections.
 The fight began between Dr. Lesage, republican leader, and George Ingrah, democratic leader. In five minutes fifty people became involved, and knives and clubs were used with telling effect on both sides. Women who were on the street fled for their lives, and riot reigned supreme for half an hour. The police rushed in and used their clubs on the heads of private citizens, against whom they had personal grudges, but did not try to quell the dis s.urbance. Matters finally quieted down, but another out break is expected at any moment. It is not believed that any of the injured will die. - -----+= ret
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
CHATTAAOOGA'S BIG BLAZE Richardson Block and Other
 Property Burned VALUABLE PAPERS LOST pen h llr@ .'.at Boyd Ewing Falls SIX Stories and Is Crushed
 to Death.
s. M. PATTON, THE ARCHITECT, BURIED
plosion Preluded the Fire, Which Wrought Death and Destruction
 Half Million Loss.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 3.-Fire broke cut at 3o'clock this morning in thu Richardson building. on Market street. and in two hours the handsomest store and office building in the city was a pile of ruins. One threatening wall overlook ing Market street imperils the safety of passers-by,. and prohibits traffic for an entire square.
 Boyd Ewing. receiver of the East Ten nessee Land company, fell six s:ories and was crushed to denth, while s. M. Patton, architect, the designer of the building, is buried under hundreds of tons of debris.
 The building was six stories high and the largest office block in phe city. A law library of 800 volumes was located on the four floor, ard, together With many valuable coll:ctlons. were lost. The loss on law booI- alone is $10000G The fire originated in tl boiler room of the base ment and was preceded by a heavy ex- plosion, plainly heard for many blocks. The ground site was originally purchased for $110,000 while the cost of the super structure exceeded $150,000. It was in i!he renaissance style. There is about $175,0oo insurance $91, 800 of which was placed with local firms and was oarri;d on the building The greatest loss resulted from the t~ral destruction of valuable personal insurance, railway and legal docum nts, that cannot be replaced. Only the con- tents of safes stored in the block are saved The general offices of the Chat tanooga Southern, and the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, the local offices of R. G. Dun & Co.,, the National Building and Loan company and numer ous large agencies, insurance, mercantile and manufacturers were located here. The total losses cannot be stated in fig ures, but will not fall short of S50OO00
 Other loses are the Wager building, ad- joining, $5,00O occupied by c. A. Morris & Co.,, seed dealers, loss on stock S3,000. The Third National bank, across the street. caught fire, but the flames there were extinguished without much dam age. ..... ,i,lil.t.sa
 The Richardson building was the prop erty of the American Investment com pany, composed of Susie and Charles Richardson and the estate of John Rich ardson, all of New Orleans.
 Ed E. Richardson, manager of the property had a narrow escape by the fire escape, bu. Boyd Ewing, who fainted in Richardsons arms, dropped to the pave ment from the sixth floor window when the former became exhausted. Several other occupants suffered slight acci- dents.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
Calls Upon the Governors of Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana for
 Information

Washington, April 3.-President Me- Kinley today telegraphed the governors of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi asking for information as to the extent of the suffering caused by the prevail ing floods. Telegrams have been pour ing in on the president all morning ask ing for assistance. It has been decided that the emergency appropriation of $250000 for the repair of the levees can be used for any other purpose and the president thinks something should De done by the government to re1eve the people. For some years past congress has been used to granting money for the assistance of sufferers from floods and other causes, believing that the various states should look out for their own peo- pie.
 When the information desired of the governors of the states named has been received it is probable thai the preside mt will ask congress to do some thing AL ready Mr. Mckinley has consulted with General Wilson, chief of engineers, and they are endeavorf,fg to devise some plan whereby the suffering can be relieved.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
in the state are being claimed by the flood every day.
THE WORST YET TO COME.

People In the Mississippi Delta Console
 Themselves-Gov McLaurin's Letter
 Jackson. Miss, April 3.-The citizens of this portion of the delta already over- flowed got more comfort from the warn ings of the weather bur, au sent out today than do those below Vicksburg, where no breaks in the levee have yet occurred, inasmuch as Chief Moore informs them that the worst is yet to come
 This city is in constant communication with the del-a country beca use of social and business relations, and because of the great interests involved. A private let ter from merchant at Rolling Fork, Sharkey county, which is forty miles south of Greenville and fifteen from the Mississippi river, but directly .on Deer creek, says:
 .It's water, water everywhere, and more coming. l have been forced to move my entire stock upstairs, and am all right, provided the building don't float away.
 .'The ladies who remain and negro wo- men and other shoppers are traveling in skiffs, dug-outs and all sorts of craf;.
 The situation is critical, and the over flow is 8 serious matter for this country"
 At s o'clock tonight Gov. McLaurin had only. received replies from two coun- ties, but he wired the following in reply to a dispatch received today: Gen. R. A. Alger, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.:
 Communication with the flooded dis trict So ints rrup;ed by overflow that it is impossible to give anything like an ac- cufate estimate of the numbers suffering. But think .$10,000 would relieve present desires. Many thanks for your interest in our stricken people. Will keep you prompfly informed, as requested.
 (Signed)l )la.r =es A. J. M'LAURIN
 s1--'-s'F''te Governor At a special meeting today the peniten- tiary beard of control ordered all the state mules, more than 100, gotten off the delta farms and brought to the sta.e farms in this county (Hinds). So far none of the states live stock has been drowned, but the board considers it safest to- ge; everything away from the over flowed district
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
SITUATION GROWS DARKER.
Fears for the Levee and the People Pre-
 pairing for the Inevitable

Fears for the Levee and the People Pre-
 pairing for the Inevitable.
 New OrlSans, April 3.-A special to the Daily States from Helena, Ark, says:
 The situation here becomes more crit ical as the hours go by and every effort possible for human beings is being put forth to save tha city from damage from overflow through a break in the levees that are in front of the city proper Sev- eral weak places have developed today but We're quickly repaired, as they were caused by the rains Softening the banks It is thought now by those who are in a position to know that the danger lies below the elevator landing.
 If break should occur in that vicin- ity the damage to the saw mill industry would be somsthing immense. Number less small residences and cabins are To- cated in that section and would be sub jected to the rapid current made by a fall of perhaps twenty feet, tha lsvee being very high. Those in charge of the work, when asked their opinion regarding the condition of the river stated that they have no opinion to offer. It looks very much as though we will have water in the city from below somewhere inside of forty-eight hours.
 Today has been general moving day and those who are able to move in with some one have done so. Pianos have been taken to high grounds and a number of residences above the overflow contain pianos in every room Scaffolding for household goods and furniture in all the residences below the levee Is being made and merchandise in the stores has be:n remove The hammer and saw has been heard all day, in many instances used by some. who could not saw to the line to save their lives. Boats of every color, shape and size have been constructed and a general preparation is being made for the seemingly inevitable. I noticed ssv- erIad places in the southern portion of the city this evening where sidewalks have been anchored by, wire to posts to keep them from leaving town. The gauge tonight reads 51.7 and the river is slow ly rising. Brothe. Miles has taken heart again and says today, referring to a rise of one-tenth at Marked Irae: "The rise there is about over and we may expect relief in day or two. The Marked Tree rise will not get hare for several days, but the river has been falling at Cairo for aweek and we should get some help from there eyan now"
 The St. Francis levee will cause a fall down the river just as they did the rise. Helena is the only point on tn: Missis- sippit river where Sll the water of the river is confined to the channel levees.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
BECOMING DESPERATE.
Situation About Memphis Becoming Crit
 ical-Levee Cutters Killed.


 Situation About Memphis Becoming Crit
 ica1-Levee Cutters Killed.
 Memphis, Tenn, April 3-It was murky and dark this morning and a fine rain was falling and a stiff breeze was blowing from the west against the leve=. The greatest apprehension is now felt for the people behind the leve= at Austin, Miss few miles below this city. If this dyke gives way five counties will be flooded and thousands of dollars worth of goods will be washed away. Th= force of men on the levees at Austin and McC1oud has been increased and thousands of dollars have been spent for sacks into which to put dirt and gravel The bags and their contents are placed on the top of the levee.
 A few miles below McCloud, the water, which at Memphis has forty milas of country to flow over, and at Rosedale, Miss, has nine miles to flow over is engorg=d between two towering levees. which are only two milss distant from each other. The strain on these levees, one of which is in Arkansas, and one in Mississippi, is tremendous.
 Guards armed to the tseth patrol the levees night and day and shoot down any persons who attempt to land on the dykes Last night two men were killed at different points in ths Mississippi levses. They crossed the river with the intention of blowing up the Mississippi levee. Each had a can of dynamite. An accomplice of the men leaped from the boat when the Ievee guard arrived and started to swim to the Arkansas shore, but was drowned. sf
 Jlh MORE TO COME.
 Alton, Ill., April 3.-The Mississippi continues to rise. Tn addition the gov ernment service gives warning of two- foot rise by Monday The best levees -fo hundreds of acres of the best wheat land
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
WILL RESUME OPERATIONS.

Provide nee, R. l., April S.-B. B. and R. Knights Royal and Valley Qu@en mills at Riverpoint, will start on full time Mond1y morning, orders to that ef- feet having been issued from the Provi- dence office of the company yesterday. Thesa two factories employ 65,000 spind'vs and 100 looms, engaged principally on t.le finer fabrics which have made the pro- duct of this concern famous among American cotton mills.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
DEATH s RECORD.
ALBERT FINK.

New York, April 3.-Albert Fink, for mer commissioner of the Trunk line as- sociation and accountant at one time the best all-around railway man in this coun- try, died this morning at a private san-s itarium near Sing Sing, where he was taken some tima ago on account of men- tai failing, consequent of dfabetis, from which he had suffered for some time.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
RAIN IN TORRENTS. e

Huron, s. D., April S-Two inches of rain has fallen here the past forty-eight hours. and itlis still coming down in tor rents. There is water everywhere, bridges are torn out and thousands of acres of low lands are inundated. Trains OF the Chicago 6 Northwestern railway east and south are being operated with out Interruption, but those west and north have been abandoned. Immense quantities of mail and freight for those directions have accumulated here. q
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
MULE CAUSES A WRECK

Jackson, Miss, April 3.-The railroad commission has been advised of a ssrl- ous wreck on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad this morning, twsnty No. 96 ran over a mule. tearing up the track, ditching the engine and killing Fireman Russell of N5w Orleans. No other persons were iniursd.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
HARD ON nuRANT.

San Francisco Cal, April 3.-The ap- plication of Theodore Durant for hear ing of his application for a new trial previously denied, was refused today by the supreme court of th= state, settling the murders fate so far as the courts are concerned. The intervention of the fed eral courts will now be ask d and fall- irg in that the clemency of the governor will be invoked.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
A FATAL sCUFFLE.

Jackson, Miss, April 3.--A special from Carrollton to the Clarion-L sdger says: MT. Jesse Hart, Accompanied Miss Nora Eggleston to church last night.-On their return home the young lady picked up a pistol that had been left in the parlor, when Hart, jokingly ordered hzr to put it down. She playfully refused and a scuffle ensued, when the pistol was dis charged and Miss Eggleston, the belle of the county felI dead wiih a bullet through her brain. Hart Is crazed with grief.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
BIRMINGHAM BOATS
Sent to Greenville to B. Used in Rescu
 ing Flood Sufferers.

ing Flood Sufferers.
 The East Lake Land company and Bir- mngham Railway and Electric company at the request of the Southern Railway, yesterday afternoon, turned over to the latter company four of the row boats in use on Lake Como, to be sent to Green vile for rescue service.
 The two formsr companies, always ready and willing to aid in relieving dis tress, were only too glad to accede to the request of the latter company in their request, and with their usual promptne ss had the boats loaded into the band car of the East Lake railroad and sent into the city where they were loaded and sent on their mission of msrcy.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04

tire west and south parts of the city ar- under water Schools have been closed No furnaces in operation in the city, business suspended; hundreds of frame buildings are but center pieces of vast lakes
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
STEAMER R. T. COLE

Goes Down With Full Cargo--Three
 Rous ta bouts Drowned.
 Cincinnati, April 3-A Post special from Clarksville, Tenn, says the steam CT R. T. Cole, loaded with merchandise, sank near there this morning. Three roustabouts were drowned and one white man is missing. The boat will be q total 1aSs
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
VICTIM oF A BIcY.clILE.

i' wa.ertowns N. Y, April.3.-Gardner C.. Martin, aged 32, died infthe street this morning as the result of over-exert:on in learning to ride bicycle.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
BASH RALL.

Savannah, Ga. April 3.-Boston z, Sa- yannah 6. The Bosteas will leave to- morrow for Charleston.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04

# NOTHING BUT VAST LAKES.
 ssAberdeen, s. D.. April 3.--Heavy rain
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-30
ioLp DOMINION woREs)
LEGAL NOTICES.

VI .GlNl In the Clerk Office of the
Y Circuit Court of tie county of Aiexan.
bria on the 18th day of February, 1897.
Maitland c. Bennett assignee of George
Arlington, pt,.nJ Il. agsins Jacob b. Ken.
ga. defendant.
Memo The object Of this suit is to attach
50 ls acres of land owned by the said de-
Tenant, Jacob II. kengla. lying and being
situated in Arlington District, Alexandria
county. Va. and infect tire said real estate
to the payment of the sum OF $500 with in
ter.st from June 18th, 1886, due by the
said defendant 10 the said p.alntit.
and an affidavit having been filed that
the defendant, jacob II. & engla is not resi-.
dent of the State OF Virginia. it is ordered
that he do appear here within fifteen days
after due publication hereof, and do what l.
necessary TO protect his interest in this suit;
and it is further ordered that q copy hereof
be published once week for four weeks IN
the Alexsudria Gazette, and that copy be
posted at the front door of the Court House OF
this coun ~. y copy-Teste:
II. H. YOUNG. Clerk.
By B D. YOUNG. Deputy Clerk.
Mereiith & Thornton, p. q.
mar5 w4w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-30
REVENUE SERVICE,
1 Sixth District OF Virginia,
nn,,-- Co1l.otor'c 4 a.
Alex ndlia. Va, March 10, 1897

AItX5 MUM, va, halCH 7 ., Io5I
Notice is heis by given tn for violation of
Internal eveuue Laws seized near Sperry
vile, Bappahsnnock county, Va. the follow.
ing described distilled spirits: On august
II. 1896. on the premises of Dodson, five
packages containing JOG $40 taxable gallons
CT apple brandy. On September IA 1896,
on the premises of J. P Atkirs, five pa ksges
containing 81 2-10 gallons of apple brandy
On February 3, 1897 on the premises of J.
g. Brown one package containing 43 10
taxable gallons of apple brandy.
ANY person claiming said property is here
by notified TO appear at my office in Alexan
dria, Va, and establish mis- claim TO the same,
within thirty days from first publication OF
this notice.
SAMUEL L. MONROE.
Deputy Collector Seventh Division,
mario w-iw Sixth District of Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-30

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