The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-20

death Of six persons she could not name.
Charles Burklcy also was dro"hod n."'
Gavin. He could not manage aug OUT
A mountain Of household goods ls pi'ou
up at every railroad station. "hl.'S enu
negroes beg for help from every ''.A
crew Houses along the road are SUI
merged TO roofs, and cattle stanoins III
the fields with only their heads apo'o
water. Many corpses Of hogs ana COWS
are washed up by the water 90 cot,
FRANKFORT KY, March lnmS0Ihss .,Ii 10
Jackson and Alonzo Wdlllng WIZ. ~
hanged I'm the jail yard AT Newport TO-
morrow for the murder or Ieari ID az. H.
Governor Bradley this afternoon
clined TO interfere and IN dhSMvr ,,,,env an
can the Frankfort military cohnpa",
Comnany y. Second Regiment, Went ~ ~
Newporf to guard the jail durinB 'in
execution. There were htty-hVe men III
the detail. .. >-ou,nort
~ D u NJ five thousand people W..
around the jail awaiting them' WEI
were AZ once put In separate Gems .,,,,scd
told that Governor Bradley had reluss"
10 respite them they eVlncta Nl''o
ccrn. Jackson only remai Nlns I'm, hin, &"
"Oh. we knew IL was all up WIN ,bnred t,ird
Tho great thrOng that hdp -
expecting @ glimpse OF we forder Of the
given an opportunity, >, rN "i'N'
sheriff. TO view the gallows. ,,, tho
Or George T.. Wagner. w." ,f,ht
prisoners i'm their confeSslpu - a,,ss
claimed administered the drug thdt g"
NJ prvan's death in attempting -
criminal oneration, and 10 nave ,u, ,,..a,,. ~.
and carried away her heah 70 p'..~i,.
identification OF tho body. sceihS e'0"'''
aho TO establish an AIM osficiallv
IL has been announcei stlin., nof,re
mar tho execution will taFe pace 20
< o'clock IN the morning, III o'"''
e,ode the crowd.
At HELENA.
.nr- Nf,,oh 10 The river
a. noon was within two inches OF tne
h,ohos+ v,atcr-mark on record here. The
sun shone to-day. after one or the most
nroIonced and heavy downpours ot ram
for many wears. and conditions are NOR"
bonof,il The Observer urges people IN
the loylands TO move at once 20 higher
ground.
The levees I'm front and north OF the
citv ara having the attention OF the OIL
GERS Of tho City Levee Boards, ana ''o
hoinc- raised and strengthened. Heavy
rains Yesterday and last night have part
" inundated o portion OF the northern
suburbs OF the city but the water IS now
fast receding.
The levees nj Nrodoo are still holding.
and with the recent recruits 10 tho
already large army Of levee-workerS'
there is o. bright chance OF maintaining
the status QUO.
The levees on the Mississippi side ap-
pear 10 be in good shape.
4 WARNING.
WASHINGTON. March ls-Weather
bulletin. Tho heavy rainfall OF the past
forty-cight hours in the central valleys
wiz cause continued rise IN the lower
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and intensity
tho threatened flood conditions previous
" announced. Il is probable that the
floods i'm tho lower Mississippi valley dur
ing the next ten days or two weeks VIII
in many places equal or exceed In height
those Of any previous years Additional
warning Is given TO residents or threat
enod districts i'm Louisiana. Arkansas ana
Western Mississippi 10 remove from the
region of danger.
SNOW MELTING.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. March 10
Rain began falling again last night and
continues th.5 morning. This, with a
large body of snow, said 10 be twenty-five
inches on the level, Is causing an immense
flood OF water to pour into the Missis-
sippi river. which rs stll ice-bound
Reports from North and South Dakota
say the same STATE of affairs EXISTS
there. People living on the low lands
adjacent 10 the Red river and jim river
are already descrting their homes.
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. March ia
small sltin carrying three boys was cap
sized in the Tennessee river opposite this
citv to-day. and TWO OF the boys dfOWned;
They We're John Davis. aged sixteen ana
James Edwards. aged fifteen.
THE river is very high and the current
dangerous.