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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03
(yclist. Depend on Right Foot.

II j. singular fact but true thai,
the majority i cyclists depend princi-
pallv uron the right foot t. push the
machine. along In proof of that, il
,h- balls on a crank axle age examined,
those on one side will be fonnd more
worn than on the other That Is ac~
rouuted tor nv the fact that the great
est strain : On the right side
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03
MIR. ALIENS VISIT.

BY HELEN WHITNEY CLARK

How provoking grumbled Ere
c.a Is Il. took his seat at the
ft5.a table How provoking
t &, should be called away just as
t.a coming promised to help
i.. -, II ciiool, too 10 help for il,
t.ui,a 50 | leave you girls to make
n apologize. and d6 the honors Of the
a, for ny old friend Many
s.fap. hc'4 helped me ont Of at college,
aai aant him 70 ENJOY his visit. A
I,n4 L good fellow, lie continued,
breaking open II cpttonv putf-ball Of a
lH' aad taking a sip Of coffee froln
Ill buc lowered china cup. 'sBut
aoIt iaII Ill love with him. Val, for
L poor as a. pusley, he added.
fIunph Much danger Of me fall
1as lose With a poverty stricken
-euapaa tor !" replied Valeria, with
Il ea,utuI -hrue Of her shoulders.
Id,ru va7 the beauty Of the family,
a.d put ia airs accordingly.
Why. Erie, never heerd of folks
hria poor as pu-ley, put in old-fash-
iuel Con-iu Abigail, who kept house
for thc Cgmons I've heerd Of 'en
heii a, mean as plsley, though, afore
noV
Erie smiled good naturcdlv
NaT poor rs black eyed peas,
then, lie suggested They are poor
enough, in All conscience But
Alien hasn't mean streak about
him, he added unless it's mean to
hc poor.
"Oh, Eric cried Hilda, the young
est. Is Ire Is he good looking?'
Good looking? OF course Hand
some ~ APOLLO, or any other of those
old t'reaan gods But must be of
only haif an hour 10 catch the train
here goes +" good, girls, now
alj treat Allen Well when he comes. ;
And catching up his valise, Eric
hastily kissed his sisters good ~,
shook hands With Cousin Abigail, and
-ivaI,. Of
Utlin, standing ut the window few
ias later gazing II the varied wood
lands, with their foliage Of crimson
a.i gold, and dun, now rapidly chang
lns - brown, heheli "A tall figure com
n. toward the house the figure oi
man rarcle~~ly dressed, but hand
SOME and grave looking. and CARRYING
Will Worm >ah~c
She harricdIy smoothel her nut
brown locks. Strengthened her rutfle@
APRON and ran 70 open tlLe door.
Doc Nr Erie Cvmop live here:
uuajrei the stranger, while pair q
ovrtlnt,i blue ewes scanned hin
eagerly
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03

Kentucky 1e@spare- :ell@ 0: =
.'.aoo4sAl-er" sAo has becosz.~ sa..-
lionAlre from s1e p,ol;. .. tic hasl-
re.s, AID sao las never b..2 A.ye@.cd.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03
Iusiep~nti~n' Thinkers.

OF Boarde- ". there are &c
cllqne~ IN this boarding house
\ev Eoar,ier No:
osi BuA-,ler NJ. indeed We al
rnlr different wheels and everyone has
Ais o~a remedy Tor dyspepsia Puck
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03

Postal cards came into use Ii thu
counu. July, ls1a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03

w. W. Mcwhan in Farm and Fireside.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-03

7 VERY oncein a while one reads
r. of the enormous edition Of
some hook, an edition OF
100000 or perhaps 200. 1000.
and the world marvels at the genius
whose brain evolved such a master
piece. Such a book is reviewed by
Literary critics IN every corner of the
world, q tremendous hullabaloo is
raIeed snd the universe Is aglow with
uvx&hueiacrn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-05
WEATHER BUREAU BULLETIN.
Reports Received from Officials i'm
Charge of River Districts.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Prof. Willis l..
Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau. to-
night issued this special river bulletin,
based on reports received to-day from the
Department of Agriculture Weather Bu-
reau officials in charge of river districts:
st. Louis. Mo.-Less rain has fallen than
anticipated. and the rise will be slower.
More water will come out of the Missouri
river by Tuesday
Cairo. Ill.-River has risen one-tenth of
a foot since Saturday morning. III is now
on a stand at 50.4. Seep water. increased
by heavy rains. is. in some few places. on
the sidewalks of graded streets
''Memphis. Tenn.-The flood situation
shows no Improvement. ana in the vicinity
of Helena IL is hourly becoming more criti-
cal Owing 10 heavy rains in this section
the river at Memphis shows a slight rise
but no marked change is expected at pres
ent.
Helena. Ark.-River 5l.S5 feet. rainfall
below town. and will food the city Dam
age i'm the country will be great, but in the
city slight.
.'Nicksburg, MiSs.-CreVasse reported at
Flower Lake. Miss, six miles below Austin.
Tunica county.
New Orieans-River rising; now rs
This is within onc-tenth OF q foot of the
highest water ever previously recorded.
Heavy rains have occurred in the past
twent y-four hours in the water sheds of
the Arkansas, Cumberland and Tennessee
and along the central Mississippi river:
heavy rains SHOWS i'm the upper Missouri
and light rains IN the upper and lower Mis-
Continued on Second Page.J
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SUNDAY SCENES At GREENNILLE
AND OTHER OVERLOOKED CITIES.
Second Break at Helena Reported last
Night-SituatiOn at st. Louis and
throughout the Northwest.

MEMPHIS Tenn. April 4.-Another dis
astrous break in the Mississippi levee oc-
CURED this morning at o'clock at Flower
lake. six miles below Tunica Miss. The
crevasse. 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 Mis-
sissippi. lying in Cohoma, La Flore. Quit
man and Tallahatchie counties, in the
northern part of the State. will be mum
dated. and the newly planted corn crops
will be laid in waste. Fortunately no loss
OF life is reported, the inhabitants of this
stricken section having made preparations
for the catastrophe.
The condition of the poorer classes
throughout the flooded area is indeed crit
ical tonight. thousands OF refugees are
being huddled on the levees and spots of
land, waiting for relief. The towns of
RosedaIe and Tunica report that everything
possible is being done for these poor people,
but the funds and provisions are fast be-
coming exhausted. In the little city of
Rosedale alone 100 refugees are being
cared for by the citizens.
Half hundred towns tonight stand in
six feet of water and the yellow stream is
creeping up slowly but surely.
Advices just received tell of break in
the levee two miles south of Helena, Ark.
This is the levee for which the people of
southeastern Arkansas have made such
desperate fight The waters from this
break will flood a great area and in all
probability will back up into the streets
of Helena.
The relief steamer Ora Lee arrived at
Mariana, Ark late this afternoon, 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 the cutoff,
and then worked her way down stream,
rescung people from perilous positions.
The suffering along the st. Francis river is
appalling. The water throughout the entire
neighboring country is tonight from six TO
fifteen feet deep. The relief boat had on
board the body of Mrs. Mccain. of Baggio
City The body was found at Baggio, and
ii was taken to Mariana for burial. The
St. Francis river is rising from three to
five inches daily.
At Memphis tonight the river is slowly
rising again, the gauge registering 1854 feet.
This Is rise of one-tenth since last report.
At points below Vicksburg the river is ris-
ing. 1t is the general opinion of old river
men here that if the levees below Vicksburg
hold the great volume Of water in its reg
uar channel it will be little short of
miracle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-05
THE DRINK PROBLEM.
Charles Dudley Warner Discusses the
Work of the Committee of Fifty.

BOSTON, Mass. April 4-Many refer
ences have been made in newspapers during
the last three years 10 committee OF
ffty for the investigation of the drink
problem" but the public. for the most
part. have a very vague notion about this
mysterious body: and the people most con-
cerned with temperance reform are wonder
ing what relation the new organization pro-
poses TO hold TO their work. The commit
tee is not new agent In temperance aGita-
ton: does not propose TO take any direct
part I'm reform, being simply an organiza-
ton I'm the interest OF research. Its work
Is conducted by four subcommittee on diff
ferent aspects of the problem. physiological
legislative. ethical and economic. Nothing
OF the same nature has been attempted in
this country before. 1t Is not expected. -
said Charles Dudley Warner that any or
ganization or any national power can sud
denly or radically change the habits OF the
world. But wise and practical efforts can
mitigate almost any evil under the sun. can
produce "A public opinion that operates i'm
the right direction The first requisite in
any social probe m is TO throw light upon
IL. and this Il the humble Office OF the COM
mittee or fifty
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For the Purpose Of Flooding the Coun.
try with Literature Denouncing
the House Measure.
FOREIGNERS AND THE TARIFF
PROGRESS OF OR NEW BILL
WATCHED By EUROPEANS.
Career of Rear Admiral Francis VI
Ramsay. Who VIII BE Retired
from Active Service To-Day.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. April s--c5en. John w.
Foster the woll-knOwn diplomatic will not
go to Constantinople as embs ssador of this
country 10 the Porte il il understood the
mission had been offered to the General,
and that he had agreed to accept ii on con-
dition that the post was raised 10 the rank
of embassy. The Turkish government
has notified Secretary Sherman that il cam
not raise the rank OF its mission here. be-
cause OF the extra expense that action
would entail. Therefore. under the law.
this government will not raise the grade OF
its mission at Constantinople. The Porte's
decision Is regretted here. because il was
the desire of President Mckinley 10 secure
the services of General Foster in a position
where they would be OF great value to this
country. 80
The Terre Haute squabble over the coll
lectorship and postoffice may drag along
several days and il may be settled any min
ute. The Republican leaders are getting
tired OF it. and at the same time there is a
natural hesitancy about making decision
until all the parties have had their say.
The stand taken by Mr.. F'ilbeck has un-
questionably become irritating, and his re-
cent interviews and statements have not
helped his cause here in Washington. The
appointing powers were at first disposed 10
do anything reasonable to conciliate and
satisfy him, but his assumption that If he
cannot have his own way the Republican
organization Of Nigo county and western
Indiana viii fall TO pieces is turning some
OF his best friends against him. II is not
improbable that the Vigo problem will be
summarily settled within the next twenty
four hours.
The Republican national committee head
quarters has learned through the medium
of intercepted circular letters 10 newspaper
publishers that a combination of many
Eastern importers and free traders. operat-
ing through the "Tariff-r2form Club" OF
New York have organized Ior a systematic
attack on the Dingley tariff bill The club
offers 10 send anti-protective tariff boiler
plate" matter TO all newspapers that viii
print the stuff. The Republican comr-ittee
will take measures TO meet this score OK
assaults.
District Attorney wishard, who has been
in New York a day or two, is expected To
be i'm Washington tomorrow morning.
While here he may be asked TO take hand
i'm the suppression of the unruly clements
i'm the Vigo county controversy.
A. w. Bruner editor OF the Paoii Repub-
lican. arrived here to-day.
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Reports Received at New Orleans
Raa ting Purfies Mt l:reeuxiII


NEW ORLEANS. April ALI day the
sun has shone with almost midsummer
brightness. and the conditions have nat
urally. so far as the city is concerned, been
exceptionally favorable for the levees. The
river is slowly rising. To-day's gauge reg
listers 17.7, one-hundredth of foot above
the figure of yesterday but this was an
ticipated, and no uneasiness is resultant.
Along the entire river front of the Crescent
City the vigilance of the authorities has
not been nor will it be relaxed in the most
remote degree, and absolute local conf
emily in splendid condition. and are able to
stand considerable pressure yet.
Reports from Greenvlle. Miss. state that
the Sunday was gloriously fine, but the in
habitants of the town were very naturally
in a rather depressed state of mind. Skiffs
and water craft of all sorts are much in
demand. and some of the young people.
with the levity that often comes from
youth, are making merry with boating par
ties. even i'm the presence of general a
disaster The river at Greenville is falling
slowly. but the rise of backwater is heavy
The most serious crevasse that has yet oc-
Cured in the Yazoo delta levee district was
six miles below Austin, near Flower lake.
Austin is the county seat of Tunica county.
Disastrous consequence will follow in it's
wake. affecting as II does, "A superbly fer
tile stretch of territory from Memphis
bluffs 10 the Yazoo river and from the hill
lands of Carroll county TO the Mississippi
river. Coahoma county. Sunfiower, Holmes
and Tallahatchie counties Will be affected
by this break and the water will sweep
over thousands OF acres of land now plant
ed in cotton and corn.
From Natchez. Miss, where last night the
river was stationary, comes the report that
the water Is on the rise, marking an up
ward change of "A tenth of foot in the
twenty-four hours up 10 o'clock this even
ing The gauge now stands 47.1O. three feet
and a tenth above the danger line. The
leyees are holding out well. the weather is
fine and the general outlook favorable At
BAYOU Sara, La the river is rising and to-
night stands at 37.06. rise of one-tenth in
the past twenty-four hours. The same re-
port comes from Plaquemine. La, and the
gauge is SO.S feet.
a FRUTILESS FIGHT.
The levees at Helena. Ark. are reported
breaking The following is from that point:
The expected has happened after weary
days and nights of watching. working and
waiting, after fighting the floods from with
out. the winds and rains from above and
the seepwater and backwater from behind
ing at o'clock the Williamson levee, two
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CRAZY MANS DEED.
Shot Three Women and Was Himself
Dikm mgerousIN wounded LATER

klNCAlD, Kan, April i.-George Miller
who was recently released from an insane
asylum, shot three women neighbors this
afternoon and was himself dangerously
wounded while resisting arrest. The in
jured women are:
MRS. w. II. BURKEY, shot in breast: !:
probably fatally.
MISS EFFIE KIRBY, shot in back; will
die.
MISS JENNIE KIRBY. shot in side; will
recover.
Miller had called to see the Kirby sisters
at the Burkey house. and. being refused
admission to the house, broke through the
door and shot down the three women as
they attempted to escape. He then chased
several children through the streets. and
hunted up a physician to attend the wound
cd women. When officers attempted to ar
rest him the crazed man opened fire but
was finally brought down with a load from
"A shotgun. He may die from the wound
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Water Rushing Through the Flower
Lake Break with Terrific Force.

Lake Break with Terrihc u Gree
TUNICA, Miss. April AT o'clock this
morning the Flower Lake levee, where 1t
crosses Yellow bayou, gave way under the
tremendous pressure of water. The ere
vase widened rapidly and is now one hum
dred and thirty yards wide, through which
the water is rushing with deafening
sound that only can be compared TO that
of the Niagara Falls. The levee was tWen-
~ feet high at the point where 1T broke
to-day. The people not only on the farms
near the break, but upon those some dis
tance from the levee back of it haze lost
large numbers of cattle. So rapidly did the
crevasse widen that the water rushing
through it was sufficient to reach the lake
parallel to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroad at Bushby Station, which Is fve
miles east of the break, in a remarkably
short space of time, and within an nour
had raised the lake eight feet. The water
will no doubt be running over the railroad
between Bushby and Gainesville before
morning.
The country affected by this break is one
of the finest in the delta. 1t will cause the
submergence of the entire southwestern
and south central part of Tunica county.
The flood will pass into Coahoma county.
overlooking Lula and the region around
Moon lake boadening as 1t goes. "A por-
tion of the current will travel to Coldwater
river through the Yazoo pass, while much
of il will travel southwark, inundating
some of the fairest fields in Coahomsi coun-
ty Thence il will travel down Cassidy
bayou and Sunflower river. finally reaching
the Yazoo. traversing almost the entire
length of the YaZoo and Mississippi levee
district i'm its route thus causing more in
Jury TO the people of this levee district than
a break at almost any other point IN the
levee The river at noon began to fall at
Austin. four miles above. and had fallen
four inches at p. m. During the same
time the river fell one-half inch at the
Harris farm eight miles north of the break
Above Austin the levee is from two TO three
feet above the flood plane, but there are no
weak places which threaten immediate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-05
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
story of "a Traveller Who Was Enticed
Into Rochester saloon.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, April 4.-Last even-
ing man staggered into the Kremlin Ho-
tel, on North ST. Paul street. There was a
deep cut i'm his temple and his clothing was
covered with blood that flowed from an
ugly wound. He was sent at once 10 st.
Mary's Hospital where he is at present in
very dazed condition. The man said his
name was John Mcneil, and he claimed to
be the president of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company. First he said he had
been enticed into saloon by three men
and assaulted, one OF the men using "A AK,
and then thrown into the street. To-day
he contradicted this story and stated that
he stopped over at the central station while
on his way West, and while wandering
about the streets either fell down or was
assaulted. His mind. however does not
tailed account of his experiences i'm Roch-
ester. He had considerable money and
jewelry with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-05
Another Crazy Criminal.

HUMANSVILLE, Mo-, April What is
almost certain 10 result in double tragedy
occurred last night near Weaubleau, Hickory
county. Missouri. Sam Smith. jr. young
farmer, attacked his aged stepmother Mrs
Smith, with a cornknife. Her sister. Mrs
Cox. ran TO her assistance, and Smith
hacked both women on their heads shoul-
derS and arms until both were unconscious
he then went 10 the home of neighbor
and reported that he had killed them. Both
women are close TO sixty years old, and
neither can live. Smith was arrested and
taken To Hermitage. lie il believed TO be
insane. The immediate cause of the trouble
was refusal by Mrs. Smith TO rent her
farm her StppSOn
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RIOTOUS SLAVS.
They stone Priest and Refuse to
Permit Him to Celebrate Mass.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April 4.-TroubIe
has again broken out at ST. Johns Sla-
Vonian Catholic Church in this city. and
to-day Rev. Father Formauk was obliged
TO call for police protection. He was not
allowed To celebrate mass. Du.ing the last
week he has been threatened with violence
and stones have been thrown at his resi-
dence. Some of the windows of the church
also have been broken. The trouble is of
long standing. Members of the parish de-
sire Father Formauk removed but the
bishop viii not grant their request. The
malcontents declare that they will not al
low him To conduct any more services i'm
the church. -
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DRAMATIC SUICIDE.
Doctor Cuts His Throat I'm n Park be-
fore Hundreds of People.

CHICAGO, April 4.-Dr. j. II. Walton.
thirty years old. a well-known physician of
Dubuque. Ia, committed suicide in Lincoln
Park this afternoon by cutting his throat
with razor. The act was done before the
eyes of hundreds of people along the lake
shore drive. and while the doctor was walk
ing with one OF his most intimate friends
DIR. ). 5. Lindsay. also of Dubuque The
two men had reached a point on the drive
directly opposite the foot of Fullerton ave-
nue., when DR.. Walton, with the expression
of an insane man. suddenly ran a short
distance ahead drew a razor and severed
his windpipe. He is believed TO have been
temporarily insane as the result of a recent
illness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-05
And to Secure that End the Powers
Have Determined to blockade
the Gulf of Athens.
DATE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED
BECAUSE FRANCE HAS a MYSTERI-
OUs SCHEME TO PROPOSE.
Bashi- -BnzOuks, Who Attacked Cretan
Christians Saturday. Disarmed
by Foreign Troops.

ST. PETERSBURG. April 4.-The Journal
de ST. Petersburg (semi-officiaD says to-
day: "The aggressive and provocativ atti-
tude that Greece maintains with such de-
plorable obstinacy compels the powers 10
blockade the gulf of Athens. Greece by
keeping Colonel NasSoS in Crete, is expos
ing the Creetans to all the disadvantages
of a blockade there. Sne illustrates the res
toration of peace she prevents the powers
from learning the real wishes of the inhabi-
tants of Crete, which can only be ascer-
tanned by the powers after the removal of
the influence of an interested pressure. The
reports of the cOnsuls i'm Crete and of the
admirals of the international fleets show
the utter impossibility at the present mo-
ment of communicating directly with the
Cretans, who are subjected to the over
whelming influence of the Greek detach-
ment in the island and kept back in places
inaccessible to European negotiations.
Colonel Vassos has practically declared
war against the powers. Moreover, certain
extravagant and habitual fomenters of
disorder Historically advocate "a declaration
of war by Greece against Turkey on the
9Th of April on the date when block
ade of Greece commences. We refuse TO
believe that any such extraordinary act of
folly will be committed, but in the event of
it happening Greece will certainly have 10
endure the most serious consequences. If
Greece wishes war at any price she can
count on the support of no one. whatever,
the result may be of a conflict so wantonly
provoked. The powers will never consent
10 the aggressors deriving the slightest ad-
vantage from victors in such a struggle.
After the powers have exhausted all possi-
BILE means at their disposal TO spare Greece
the sufferngs she has drawn on herself
they are not bound TO disturb themselves
further. Their complete agreement is the
surest guarantee of the final victory of or
der, right and fairness, and the best pledge
for the maintenance of the general peace
of Europe, eVen in the event of partial
disturbances. created by Greece, which the
powers will know how To localiZe and If
IN -