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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
DANoER Il Il ~.
Mississippi inuniats. rari Of ths Town
aud Nauy Home. Abandoned.


Mississippi mandates rari of ths Town
aud Nauy Home. Abandoned.
ST. PAU. April 2-rho Mississippi
river here has reached o. stage OF % feet
ana u sHn rising slowly This H tho
highest poiat reached since tho great
faod % loSl
The residents OF che nIts have had
ample warn ur 90 save themselves and
their property
Between Minneapolis aud So Paul
1000 iamiu, hayN been maio homeless
By the food. They i,od on tao Oats
along the ri-or s.d, aud in th, l0wlands
Of West So Paul
The fami os chat lived 90 tho loit Of
the bridge 90 Minneapolis have boon
driven ont and "a vast b1iy Ui water
PUSHES over she $40. whore their homes
formerly stood 10 has swept away
many houses
On the west side the water Is en-.
croachinr on che Boo,r,s street bridge.
Only two strcets iu che nsjs are fsoe
from water aud those only Cor throo
squsrcs Tho water Is coming up and
is gradually submouus ail tho low.
lands Already goo honoi over there
are undcr water end moro disappear
with each succeeding hour
Looking from che pier n che old
Broadway bridge toward the south the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

west side looks Ike au Dr. '"t''
with houseiop STICKING a'.r ,.n iDr'
focs here and there 20 rclc' tne moo
noiony. Many Of the residences inr'hcr
down are covered and tho Lake is h'at-
ing full Of all sorts Of household gooes'
fences. barn roofs. trees and lumber oil
all descriptions
On the upper fats, ON the east side oil
the river, the inhabitants awoke TINS
morning 10 flnd their yards and In some
cases their houses flooded. They im'
modiately began 10 move.
BY a sudden rise Of the river az south
ST. Paul 100 head Of sheep have been
drowned. There were $4,000 sheep IN
the pens a, that point, which are being
removed 10 other yards Millions o.
feet Of lnmber got away from the boon
Companies 90 the north and hnated oyei
S. Anthony falls. The Mississippi an'
Rum River Boom company estimates 10
oss at coz. 900.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
Can for "Honey Bow al Va Hall's. n

Gall lot Honey Boy a. III Halls. n
Constable ]. ID. Gilpin was In town
yesterday and reported the death Of MIR.
A. d. Hayes, aged ~ years, IN the kur.
ten community Thursday.
Some specimens of MeDuiT Simpsons
patent iransplanting pots, with melon
vines growing In them will be on exit.
bition IN the window Of A. h. Carr Jr.'s
hardware store today. Call and look
al thom.
A lodge Of the American Benevolent
Legion vas Organized here FRIDAY night
by Deputy Organizer Byefs, Of Dallas,
with the following officers l.. q. San
dsrs, chancellor, W. J Christian. vice.
chancellor; W. :. Stuart, past chancel.
Tor; Geo. ID. Tucker. marshal; Geo. 4 .
Ciothief, chaplain II. H. Jones, coun.
sellor; Dr. W II Oliver, surgeon $. B.
Buchanan, treasurer; 7. 4. Taylor,
sentinel; Dave Zimmerman. inspector.
Whoever has Mrs. n. 4. Whites
books, The Prince and the Pauper," by
Marx Twain. and 1.-The Newc0mes," by
Thaokery will confer favor by return.
ing them al once. l07
Mr.. and Ms. Geo. NJ. Brandon nov
Occupy the cottage lately vacated by
Mr.. Nelson Kavanaugh.
WANTED-To pay reasonable price
Tor a nice small black and tan terrier
Apply at this office log.
Little Mis- Sadie Hall has been quit,
sick several days.
Robert Armstrong returned from
Wheelock yesieTd 81.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

ST. LOUIS. Auul "A terrible hail.
storm passed over portions Of Missouri
Thursday. Az some places the wind was
cyc.ouic.
40 Bonneville fully two inches OF
water fell In one hour aud large haul
stones did a great deal Of damage ia tho
country.
A cyclone did much havoc IS miles
south Of Bo0uville.
AZ Dexter hailstones varied In siEs
from a largo egg 20 that 81 baseball
windowhghts were knocked out plate
rlass crushed and Single and tia roof.
badly wrecked.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
TREATY.
Senate Concludes Considera-
ton Of All Amendments.
ONLY TWO OF THEN ADOPTED,

One Of These EHsmpts the Claims
Against southern states From the OPP
GRAFTON Of the Treaty aud the other
Eliminates Article s-Statemsnt Of Re-
esiPts and Expenditures.
WASHINGTON. April 2.--The senate
yesterday, In executive session, con-
oluded its consideration Of all amend.
ments 10 tho arbitration treaty. The
voting on additional amendments b..
gan st 4 o'clock, after three hours o.
general debate, and In tho hour aud a
half which followed about dozen prof..
ositions were passed upon. Two onlr
were adopted. except some making YER
bal changes. OF those adopted one OF
cred by Senator Bacon eXempts the
claims against southern states from th,
operations Of tho treaty, and the other
introduced by Senator Morgan, ell
minatesartiole OF the treaty.
Much Of the debate OF the day
turned upon these amendments Thor
supporters oontcndod that under tho
const tuition. state claims could not
be made the subject Of negotiations un'
der a treaty.
The point was also made that the
claims against the southern states wtrs
contracted during tine psriod Of recon-
struction aud were not legitimate obi.
cations Il was held on the other han
that under tho amendment alreadr
adopted IL would b. impossible 20 hold
the southern claims subject 70 tho treaty
No day was fixed for tho final vote.
The tariff bill was laid before tha
senate at the opening Of the session
The bill was referred to the hnarc'
committee by Vice President Hobart
without any motion.
The Cuban resolutions OF Senators
Morgan and Mills were adopted with
out division. The former calls for the
letters sent Mr.. Cleveland by Gomez,
and the latter instruots the foreign TO
lations committee 10 see that Cuba u
not purchased. II sold, by any European
power
Mr.. Morgan also introduced joint
resolution recognizing the right Of bel
ligerency 10 CubAns, but, at his own re-
quest, the resolution remained on th'
table
The senate adjourned over until Mon
day.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

RosrDALE. Mss. April 2. The relief
boats have brought In scores u negroes
from the back country aud placed them
In every available place Of safety. The
refugees are In state OF misery and
hunger and the people are providing Tor
them as best they can. bat the ncreas.
ing numbers hourly arriving make tho
situation desperate
The water Is pouring through the
crevasse near here az a terrible rate and
she outlook q indeed gloomy.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

RACELAND. La. April 2.-During
Thursday night the leyee In front Of
the h Blanch property. four miles DO.
low Lockport on the lcft bank Of Bayou
In Fourcho. gave way and s. now 100
feo, IN width. Tho strain OIL along the
BAYOU has been relaxed 90 a great ex.
tent by this crevasso. The fa'l here has
boon one foot since its occurrence
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

ST.. LoUIs. April @ The railroads are
running IN much better shape west and
south today than Thursday. Two
trains were dispatched from here over
the Iron Mountlin Missouri, Knnfa'
and Texas and Noodle and Ohio trains
are on late. but are getting through.
Great care be being taken. a. tracks are
under water In many places
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
Receipts and E1psndiiurea

WASHINGTON, April g-The compare.
tive statement Of the government 70.
ceipts and expenditures show the total
receipts during March 20 have been ESQ, q.
az .669 aud the disbursements t2i.2i2 q.
gg7. leaving a surplus for the month ~
5000, COS. This excess h due almost
entirely 10 increased receipts from or.
toms During March, 1896. there was a
deficit Of about s2.g99.OOO. The deficit
for nine months Is s3S. aO5. ISL.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

STARR cry April A cyclone
passed over this vicinity Thursday, car
rying death aud destruction with it, brt
IL is impossible 60 ret full particulars.
This town was missed, but farms I'm
lincoln county were swept clean
4 score 81 houses were destroyed and
a. lar as known i've lives were lost
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

WASHINGTON. April 2-rhrough
some oversight during the consideration
Of the Dingley tariff bill the house neg.
lected TO adopt an amendment to put
copper on the free list, which had been
prepared by the ways and means com.
mittee and consequently there is no
provision for copper in the bin. Not
having any special mention, copper
falls into the basket clause At % Per
cent ad valorem.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

County Court meets April w.
Chas. II. Edge. dentist, Bryan Tex.
All Kinds Of fresh feed slufs Al Edge
Bros. Phone 1911. lObu.
Lemons l5c per dozen at I'd Halls.
The ladies' church fair April 6 and z,
viii b. the most charming entertain
ment Of the ,eason.
Parine made from fresh sirawberries
40 Emden's. lOb
The union revival services closed last
night
Parine and ice cream soda Sc 3 glass,
a. Emden's. 100
Com. oats, hay, bran, chops. cotton
seed meal aud condition powders Al
Edge BrCs. l0Bi
Gen stodiArd wen, to Houston yes,
terday.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
the CHANDLER CYCLONE.
Reports 60 - Kansa. Paper aAys Loss
OF iifo ovcrsstln.atsd.

kansas CRY. April "A special 10
Tn, journal from Guthrie, o. T., says
that tlo lofs OF hic 90 the Ch'ndlcr cy.
clone has been greatly ovou,aiod. In
tho confusion and dlMcu.ty ~ getting
ncws over tho long distance telephone,
names became mixed and the list Of
dead was made greater than % really
was Only "a persons, 30 is now stated,
arc known Co have mot death in Cha.
der. and in addition o. these. three
were killed In the country north Of
town Fully 200 persons were injured,
go or CD OF thom being seriously hurt,
and four or Eve Of them will surely die
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sho, aud Instantly Knlsd.

PrrsBURo. Tex. April 2,-John 7.
Whitman wah shot and instantly killo,.
here In saloon. Bluford Coland, ,
nephew Of the deceased, surrendered "a
a deputy sheriff and was lodged IN jai,
charged with the killing. The prisoner
declines 20 talk.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

GUSIsoN. Miss, April This little
city stands IN four feet % water. the
result Of the big break iu the levee AZ
Perthshirc. There Is much suffering
among the poorer CLASSES Five han.
cred negroes In a destitute condition arr
huddlcd together on tho loveos near
here
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

ManRIp. April 2. "A rumor was cir
cula,ed In the chamber Of doputies hers
10 the eject that General Maxine Co
mes. oommander.in.o chief Of the Cuban
army, Is suing Tor peace
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

AuERDEEy. s D., Apula-rho whole
north section OF this city Is largely In
an inundated condition. Railroad trsf.
dc !. abandoned. EASEMENTS aud stores
flooded
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

81. LOUIS. April 2.-Neariy $4,000
has been raised IN st. Louis 10 aid tho
hcoi sufferers in the south The Term
inal Railway association, composed OF
all the railroads entering S. Louis. gave
notice that it would transport supplies
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
Easter MIllInery DIsnlny.

Miss 81 leon will have the most mag.
n.dcent Easter millinery display ever
seon IN Bryan az her parlors Thursday,
April 10. Many 0i her customers have
not yet purchased their spring mill.
merry aud for the benefit OF these and
the general public Miss 81 Leon wall
have on exhibition an elegant line II
pattern hats ordered from New York
especially for this occasion aud she will
spare no effort to make u success. DO
not forget the date-Apnl 10. Every
body cordially invited. III
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

nRrsLAu. Germany, April Ask
persons. including the owners aud chief
chemist Of the mine. were killed IN a
6redamp explosion At Boisig ooliiery
near Zabrze. Tho mine is still burning.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

DENTON. Tex, April 2.-Ccunierfc''
dollars arc IN circulation hero and sew.
sral people have been caught by them
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

wnARroE. Ter. April "A whit
man named Hogg was killed b. sheriff
Robert Rich while resisting Arrest
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

Comanche Tribe No. 10, |. o. r. NJ.
Bryan. Tcx-Council Gte kindled the
frst and third Wednesday Of every
month At the seventh run and thiriieth
re ath In wigwam AZ Mikes hall.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

Rivers Rising aud the situation l.
Getting Critical

NlVsTa NlfIuE anH fn0 'IIuAIl"n U
oettlng critical
WARSAW. Ills. Anul Heavy rains
have again swollen che Des MONIES and
Mississippi rivers. threatening further
destruction Of property
The Fox river. which Cmniies into the
Mississippi near here on che Missouri
side. is out 90 its hn.s aui che people
arc fleeing from che bottoms and taking
thor livestock with them THO vast
tracts 90 lund within tLo iry,o are suf.
fcr.ue greatly from deep water The
situation a growing more serious
hoariy.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03

Far, Of the Town Il undsr water From
Three o. Rive FcuL

Fart Of the Tcwn o. Under Water from
Three o. Five FosL
GurrVvtrE. Miss, April AIT 70
O'Clock las, night the situation here Is
one OF confusion and uncertainty. No
one knows exactly how much water
wall come into the city. the conditions
being entirely different from former
years
Work on the protective loveo through
the north Of town D. being pushed a.
rapidly as possible. That portion Of tho
city known as "uew town." lying
northeast, Is under water from three TO
Eve feet deep 4, che protective levee
holds the business portion OF the city
will remain dry. but this BE- doubtful
a report received from Roaedale says
the entire town Is under water and Is
isolated from thc rest Of tho world Tho
water is two f'et daon on che n'or Of
Charles SCOTS residence at that place.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-03
INTERPRETATIONS.

Wisconsin "pe rloss." fret class
wool G.lci Refrigerator; will ne one.
haIf less lee than any other teitig,ra-
tor made. Sold only hy
los J. A Mycrs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-28
Sublimity Of Assurance.
|Calvar,

1.-THE article below appeared on the
local page Of the RoBEsoNIAN last week,
but i'll making up the forms the last nine
lines were left off. These contain some
of the strongest points in the whole piece
and in order that their force may not be
lost the entire article is again published
1t will bear vacant reading for there
are people into whose minds the truths
told should be deeply iilplanted.l
One of the many sharp t1lorrs thrust
almost daily into the anatomy of the pub
Usher is the request for free advertising
from the man who gets his printing done
at some small job office. The Allentown
| (Pa.) Chronicle gives, voice to vigorous
protest against this very common abuse,
as follows:
| Today young man called at this Office
with big pile of circulars on his arm
and requested us to publish the conteuts
of the circular i'll ftl.e paper as puff.
The circular, which was wretched spec
linen of the typographical art, had been
printed in one of the amateur job offices
with which this city is cursed and which
generally consist of rack of second hs nd
type and dilapidated hand press, pre-
sided over by a genius who knows about
as much of job printing as the steward
of vessel knows about navigation. a
person however, has perfect right to
have his job printing done where he
chooses, but for an individual to call at a
newspaper Office which has a job printing
department and calmly thrusta a circular
printed in another establishment under
the nose of the editor and request him tc
publish the contents free of charge is
simply paralyzing. Yet this is something
which happens nearly every day. Nc
one thinks of going to store, buy big
bill of goods, and then go to a rival
establishment and request the proprietor
, to send his delivery team to the place
where the goods had been purchased and
deliver them free of charge. Yet the
principle is the came. The worst Of
Tenders in this respect are the numerou!
: church societies. The majority of then
} have their job printing done i'll amateur
| offices, and then they come around ane
, want about $40 worth of free putting
And peculiar thing about it is, tina
these persons appear to be greatly amazed
that the editor should complain at sucl
treatment. If only some persons woul'
l get rid of the idea that paper is al
e e1eemosynary institution, but one con
7 Quoted on business principles, it woul'
/ save the managers all enormous strain o.
their gray matter.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-28
Not Impressed.
Youths COMPANION
strange experience.

President Kruger Of the Trans
vaal is a man not easily impressed
by rank, title or worldly splendor
of any kind, and not in the least
ashamed of his own plain origin
and rough upbringing. Sir James
Sivewright, upon whom once de-
volved the duty of taking an i'm
portant and rather pompous En-
glish Duke to call upon the Presi-
dent, told an American about the
conversation which ensued. 1t
was, of course, carried on through
an interpreter, and ran about like
this
Duke: "Te1l the President that
Lam the Duke of --, and have
come to pay my respects to him. .
Kruger gives grunt, signify
ing welcome.
Duke {aftera long pause): "Ah
tell him that I am member OF
the English Parliament
Kruger gives another grunt
and puffs his pipe.
| Duke (after still longer pause)
"And-you might tell him that
am-er-a member of the House
of Lords-a lord-you know"
Krueger puffs as before, an(
mods his head, with another grunt
Duke latter a still more awk
ward pause, during which hi
Grace appears to have entertained
doubts as to whether he had a
yet been sufficiently identified)
~sEr-it might interest the Presi
dent to know that l was a vice
roy"
Kreuger: Eh! What's that
viceroy?"
Duke: ooh, a viceroy-that i
a sort of king, you know"
Kreuger continued putting i
silence for some moments, obvi
. ously weary Of this form of con
versation. Then, turning to th
Interpreter, he said, grufly: ''Tel
' the Englishman that | was cattl
t herder.'
This closed the interview.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-28
Currituck's Fat Boy.
Elizabeth City Economist.

Currituck is a great county
1t was the keystone of the Demo-
cratic party for years and is so
still. 1t produces the finest ducks,
and geese, and swan, and snipe,
and bull frogs, and the oldest men
in North Carolina and the most.
stalwart, heartiest, healthiest men
in the State. And now to all these
products it adds product of fat
boy thirteen years and six months
old who weighed Oh April 9Th 1856
pounds. His name is Louis T.
Lewark. He has ten brothers and
sisters whose weight ranges from
100 to 25O lbs.
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Senator Voorhees, Died In Poverty.
Washington Dispatch.


He did not know it, but through
the good offices of certain friends
arrangements were in the process
of completion to provide comfort
ably for the late Senator Voor-
hees in a comparatively perma-
nent position. In view of all
these circumstances the case is
pathetic, indeed.
Although, like q great many
other men prominently in public
life, Mr.. Voorhees, had abundant
opportunities to add to his posses
sions, his sense of personal honor
and public integrity was SO exalted
that he put by chances which per.
haps he might have availed him
self of without opening the .dool
to the least criticism. AS con
sequence, when he retired from
the Senate on March 4th, last
broken in health and spirits, HI
had no more than a few hundred
dollars.
Only about a week before hi
death he said what he had woult
last him but month or two, AM
it would be relief if he knew h
would be called from hence. A
the very moment his warm an,
true friends were consumating al
understanding by which he was t
receive the appointment as mem
ber of the Indian commission, Q
which ex-senator Dawes, of Mass
achusetts, is the chairman. Th
compensation is $4,000 per al
mum, the duties light and tn
place held at the pleasure of th
President. Of course, no Pres
dent would have disturbed Senate
Voorhees,. Had he lived but tw
or three days longer, his frienc
, would have been in condition
carry the good news to him. A
it is, some one else will get tt
place.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-28

There are two good signs for
the future for farming in the
South. One is the reduction of
the size of the cultivated farms
and the other the progress that is
being made in diversifying the
crops. This is not as rapid as it
should be but still enough to show
that thought is turned to that di-
rection with substantial results.
According to Governor McLaurin,
of Mississippi, the average farm
in that State has decreased from
37O acres in 1860, to 1913 in 1870,
156 in 1880 and 122 in 1890, show
ing continuous decrease. Miss
issippi is not an exception in this
respect for the reduction process
has been going on in nearly all Of
the Southern States. Until with
in the past few years attention
was centered SO much on cotton
and tobacco that but little atten.
ton, comparatively, was given te
the cultivation of cereals, some o1
the States not producing as much
breadstuffs as they did before tht
war, but at the present rate o
progress if kept up it will not b'
many years before the South viii
be an exporter, instead of an impor
ter of wheat, corn, oats, &c. Their
is no reason why it shouldn't be
for the South is really bette
adapted to grow grain than tn
West.-Wilmington Star-
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A Big Industry For Columbus.
Wilmington Star,

A new enterprise has been start
ed in Whiteville which is of great
value to the town in addition to
other industries. It is an immense
shingle mill, owned by Richard
son & Co., employing about 125
hands. Through the kindness Of
the Stars old friend, ex-Sheriff
Capt. V. V. Richardson, assisted
by his son, Mr.. Donald Richard
son, who is the superintendent,
your correspondent was shown
through every department of these
large works, which, it is claimed
by many, make the best shingles,
both corrugated and plain, in this
country. It is equipped with the
latest patented modern machinery
for the business, and a one hun.
dred and twenty-five horse power
engine. A tram railroad and dunn
my engine are used to convey thu
large cypress logs from the swamp
four miles distant, to the factory
Several large warehouses are usee
to store the shingles for drying be
fore shipping North. The shin
giles turned range from four t.
twelve inches in width, and ar
very pretty.