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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-26
KONDIkE GOLD fields

Wsth stereoptieon v.sws af the famous
points along The dangerous ChlkoOt pass
route to fllondlSe. Mr.. Clements, one Of
the discoveries of Ell Dorado. will exhibit
thousands of dollars of gold dust and
nuggets. and at the close Of the lecture
he will exhibit in person the celebrated
gold nugget worth s500. Admission %
cents; reserved ssai-s 80 osnts- Tickets On
sale at J. H. Leyson's ieweIry store. 1M
Main street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-26

New York Journal: The Ohio supreme
court is kept rather busy these days rem
dering decisions that are intended TO
grease the pathway over which Mr.
States senate. The Ohio supreme di : court court
has q reputation in this particular line
that is of long standing.
Boston Journal: DR.. Hale's enthusiasm
lodges nothing. He would have Young
America learn the, tongue of the aborig-
ines EXcellenti-when it has learned its
own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04

Situation at st. Louis, Cairo, Memphis,
Nicksburg and New Orleans

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The following
reports have been received to-day from the
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
officials in charge of river districts:
st. Louis Mo.-Coming rain will no doubt
intensity the rise in the Mississippi and
missouri rivers by Sunday night, and I ow
looks as If the danger line will be about
warnings given TO that effect and additional
warning given upper river points. Fall
creek levee, south of Quincy broke yester-
DAY and number of farms inundated. In
dications that water will reach tops of
levees at Alexandria and possibly at War
saw in two or three days.
Cairo, Ill.-River fallen two-tenths since
Friday morning. Seep water has risen
one inch since yesterday morning. Heavy
rains at the present time will cause the
of the graded streets.
Memphis, Tenn.-Levees in Tunica coun-
~, Mississippi. about Austin, are in danger
OF breaking. A strong tight is being made
at that point. The steady rise at Helena
caused by the outpour from the St. Fraucis
Is unfaVorable, and the outlook Is not 50
bright. Flood situation at Memphis un-
changed
river conditions. Slight fall OF one-tenth al
Vicksburg, but decline will be followed by
considerable rise from Yazoo, for which
every preparation possible is being made
Louisiana leVee will be raised three feet
above present stage at Nicksburg. Com
munication cut oft above here except by
boat Heavy thunderstorm last night
New Demonstrations remain un-
changed. River rising slowly from Natchez
south. Heavy rains over southeast ICuisi-
ana. Donaldsonville reports four inches
Levees continue intact along the Lower
Mississippi, work thereon being general al
along the line and planters along lower
coast suspending field work to strengthen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
AT GREENVILLE.
The City Still Surrounded by Water
and Partly Overnoyyed.

MEMPHIS Tenn, April 3.-The people OF
Greenville, Miss, belittling the gravity
of the flood situation. One report says:
'The protection levees that hedge the town
around and about are all doing their work.
and the business and principal residence
part of the city are perfectly dry. On the
north side of Davis street boating is good
while fifty feet therefrom, on the south side
of the same street, is q splendid drive and
spirited teams throw dust in the eyes of the
scorchers on bicycles. The skiff line estab-
lished by the Southern Railway between
Greenvilie and Heathman has been discon-
tinued on account of the danger in making
the trip. Only three mails a week will
reach Greenvilie. a city OF 10000 people, and
they will come by boat from Vicksburg"
Another correspondent sent there TO give
a description of the situation SAYS: Going
east along Washington avenue this morn
ing and looking northward a wide sheet of
water was seen, covering the entire north
half of the city. Without the protection
levee which keeps out the rising water from
the business part of town great damage
would be done TO the provisions and food
supplies, and much suffering would ensue in
consequence All necessary shipping, mar
keting, visiting of doctors and the like in
by skiff, and every street and alley contains
whole fleets of these. built in every con-
ceivable shape and size, darting in and out
around the corners of houses. Much more
water is due here yet, and no one can say
how much higher 1t will rise in the houses
here in town. All three of the crevasses
above here are pouring their torrents into
the basin which lies between the river and
the eastern hills. and the whole country
will unquestionably be filled.
Communication by telegraph is still
maintained with the outside world. AS fast
as a pole Is thrown down a force OF men
hurry to the point and rebuild the line
Railroad traffic is entirely cut of and all
roads running in here are tied up Mail
is transferred at Elizabeth. twelve miles
east of here on the junction of the Valley
and Southern roads. and skin mail uu6
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
A FLOODED TOWN.
""i'e-'apped waves Rolling
Rolling

through the Streets of RoscdaIe.
RoSEDALE, Miss, April S.-A driving
transform this morning, accompanied by a
terrific wind from the southeast, caused
the white caps TO roll several feet high
causing several small buildings to SWAY to
ana fro and float away. The fourth day
IN the flood scene has changed materially
Tor the worse. Hundreds of negroes are
without provisions and with no possible
means OF getting any. There is fully half
million acres of the finest farm lands
In the country inundated Each plantation
presents scene of desolation and ruin
Ihere are tonight in Rosedale one thou
saho destitute people who cannot be cared
Tor unless relief comes from outside. The
nome supply is about exhausted. Not con-
tent with sweeping away property that
mas taken years OF labor to accumulate.
the hood waters claimed two more victims
tonight, Bob and Will Wilson two col
ored boys, were swept away by the tor
rent. The levees in front of the town are
standing the awful strain well and they
are still being watched night and day. for
a break nearby means that Rosedale will
be swept away. AS the telephone box here
Is covered by several feet of water no news
Is Sobtainable along the lines tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
Weather bureau Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Willis L. Moore
chief of the Weather Bureau, has issued
special river bulletin, in which he says:
THE river at Vicksburg will probably be-
gin to rise again when the water from the
crevasses returns through the Yazoo, and
the rise from Vicksburg TO the mouth is
likely to continue indefinitely. The greatest
strain on the levee below Nicksburg is yet
TO come, and residents OF districts formerly
overfiowed should heed the warnings pre-
viously given by the Weather Bureau and
remove persons and property 10 places Of
safety. Heavy showers occurred last night
in the water shed OF the Arkansas and
along the lower Mississippi. The Tennes-
see, Cumberland, Missouri, Red and Lower
Arkansas rivers have risen, and the Ohio
has continued falling. The Mississippi has
risen throughout its entire length, except
stationary at Memphis and a slight fall
from Arkansas City TO Nicksburg in the
vicinity of the crevaSses. Ii is above the
danger line at ST. Paul and La Crosse and
nearing the danger line from Keokuk TO ST
Louis. Ample warning OF the threatened
floods in the latter district were sent two
days ago to cities and residents along the
river from the Weather Bureau office at
ST T,OlIiS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
APPEAL FROM ARKANSAS.
Money Needed TO Provide for People
Made HomeIess by the Flood.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April 3.-This has
been a day of incessant rain, with repeated
storm of violence, lowering clouds and in
creasing appeals for help from the suffer
ing people of the overfiowed portion of the
State. AS the inundated are increased SO
do the cries for help grow in number and
the suffering more acute. From all sides
come the advices of swollen streams
wrecked bridges, washouts, landslides and
delayed and abandoned trains. The relief
committee of the Board of Trade. at its
meeting to-day, received subscriptions to
the fund from various parts of the State
and completed arrangements for co-opera-
ton with their vice presidents all over the
State.
An appeal for succor from upwards of five
hundred sufferers in the Indian bay coun-
try, where $4,000 acres are already under
water. and where the backwater is still ris-
ing, was granted and boat with a week S
rations for five hundred was sent TO their
relief. The steamer Eugene has gone 10
Arkansas Post with provisions for refugees
who have congregated there, and also a
supply of seed for their stock. The appeal
10 the Governor for aid from Lulu, 81:
relief committee to the Memphis committee,
the place being accessible to that city, and
a boat has gone TO their aid.
In view OF the rapidly increasing number
of sufferers and the increasing area of over
flowed country the following telegram was
to-day sent 10 the Arkansas delegation in
Congress: Great distress prevails H. east
ern Arkansas. Must have at least
$4,000 OF government appropriation
for relief of Arkansas flood suf-
ferers. The amount should be placed
at the disposal of Governor Jones,
who acts In conjunction with the relief
committee of Little Rock Board of Trade
and Arkansas State Board of Trade.
Prompt action Is necessary. Delay means
great distress loss of life and property.
This was signed by W. w. Dickinson, pres
ident of the Little Rock Board of Trade.
Governor Jones to-day received the fol-
lowing telegram from Washington:
Please report Immediately the number of
people suffering for food and shelter in the
flooded districts Of your State and the sum
required, in your opinion, for relieving their
distress. Keep department promptly in
formed of particulars by telegraph and
mail" The message signed by K. A.
Alger, secretary of war.
Governor Jones replied, saying: Am
gathering information by wire and other
wise and will promptly report TO you as
soon as reliable data can be obtained, by
Monday probably. Entire Mississippi valley
in Arkansas overflowed; great destruction
of property. Communication TO many points
cut off, rendering information you require
| difficult TO obtain. Extent of suffering for
proximated. but il is safe to say $500
| added by the government TO our local re-
| sources will not be too much to meet the
| axiO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
President Mckinley VIII Apply to
Congress for Assistance.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The President is
showing great interest in the news Of the
floods of the West and his sympathy has
been aroused at the accounts OF the suf-
ferings Of the unfortunates who have been
driven from house and home by the rapid
waters Of the Mississippi. On his own in
itiative he can do little for them. but he
intends to appeal at once to Congress to
come to the relief of the sufferers. 1t was
at first supposed that the passage by Con-
gress last week of the joint resolution MAX
ing Immediately available $3.50. 900 of the
total appropriation made in the sundry civil
appropriation bill for the Improvement of
the lower Mississippi river. under the di-
rection OF the Mississippi River Commits
sion. would go far towards alleyiating the
distress of the submerged sections. Now il
has been discovered. however. that not a
cent of this money can be applied legally
TO feeding or caring for the people starving
and shivering along the banks OF the rivers
Under the law the money is appropriated
for the Improvement of the river and can
be expended only for the preservation of
levees. and perhaps. by a stretch of con-
struction, for the protection of property
To meet this exigency the President has
determined to bring the unfortunate state
of the people to the attention of Congress-
trusting to that branch of the government
10 provide means of relief. TO this end he
has made inquiries by telegraph of the Gov
ernors of the States where the floods pre-
Nali as 10 the extent of the food needs Of
their people. These replies will serve as a
basis for an application to Congress.
Some time ago an order was issued by the
secretary of war detaching Captain Fitch
IN charge OF the river and harbor works
along the Mississippi in the vicinity of
Memphis. from that duty and sending him
70 New York As the floods came down
the order was suspended because Captain
fltch is SO familiar with the flooded dis
ulcts as TO make his presence in charge of
rehe1 and protection works very necessary.
Inc secretary has now revoked the order
aitogether, in view of the threatening con-
oitlohs along the river and the apparent
necessity for much work on the part of
Captain Fitch in the xicinify of MemnbiS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
MIsTRusT EACH OTHER.
None of the Powers willing 10 Force
Matters i'm Crete.

Copyright 1887. by the Associated PressJ
LONDON. April 3.-It is just a month
since the so-caIled concert OF the powers
threatened the blockade OF Crete which
has proved quite Intellectual. after being
continually eyaded, and to-day the an
archy in Crete and the confusion In En-
ropean councils are worse than before.
The replies of the parliamentary secretary
for the foreign Office. Mr.. Curzon, 10 sn-
quiries on the subject show II 10 ne py No
means certain that all the powers have ac-
tually agreed to blockade the Greek ports
The latest news indicates that France ana
Italy are still adverse TO this course The
fact is that the powers distrust OF each
other reduces them TO impotence- None or
them wants a general war. nobody being
able 10 foresee what its eventual result
would be. III Is believed that Russia and
Germany. and perhaps Austria. want 10
calized war. hoping that Turkey. being VIC
torious. will lay Greece at the mercy OF
European dictation. In the meantime the
two combatants. as well as the powers.
hesitate TO incur the odium OF commencing
the conflict. Germany's attitude In setting
on the other powers while herself aDstein-
ing from any active share IN the
struggle. Is universally condemned as being
q disgraceful diplomatic betrayal Russia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
Water Is Now Doing the Flowing

SHAWS. Miss, April 3.-Yesterday morn
ing the plows were running IN the fields
adjacent to Shaws. Twenty-four hours
later the boats were running through the
main business street of the town, and the
fields are from four TO six feet under water.
On the west side of the railroad the rise
very sudden last night, and people
were totally unprepared for *; some barely
escaping with their lives. The water is
still rising slowly. The water in the bayou
has risen thirteen feet since yesterday
morning. Three miles south of here to-day
six hundred feet of railroad track was com
pletely washed away. 1t is impossible to
estimate the number Of stock drowned but
it will go into the hundreds. Many parties
are tonight without household goods, and
food and are camping on the track, v hIch
will soon go under water. Res cuing parties
r..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04

has been established between here and that
port There are now about 1900 people in
this city. Four or five thousand of these
are in the Hooded section and naturally
suffering among the poorer classes is be-
ginning to be felt. This statement made
here causes Indignation. but the reporter
has witnessed many instances of suffering,
and in a few days the good people of the
outer world will have their generosity
taxed. More water is coming down. The
drainage of twenty-seven States pours into
this valley. and there is no outlet for the
pent-up flood until the Mississippi river
falls low enough at Vicksburg to let ii
drain off -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
Gov McLaurin's Reply to Alger.

JACKSON, Miss, April 3.-Governor Nc
Laurin to-day received a telegram from
Secretary of War Alger asking for a state
ment of the number of flood sufferers who
were in want. The Governor at once sent
out inquiries. Up TO q late hour tonight
only two replies had been received, and
both were to the effect that there was no
knew in Washington and Sharkey counties
To Mr.. Ayers telegram the Governor re-
piled as follows: Communication with the
Hooded district so Interrupted by overflow
that it is impossible TO give anything like
accurate estimates of number OF suffering
but / think that S10GG0 would relieve pres
ent distress. Many thanks for your gem
erous interest in our stricken people. viii
keep you promptly advised as requested"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
Marketing, Visiting and All Business
in the Overlooked District Done
by Means OF Skihs.
FOOD IS NEEDED At ONCE
10000 PEOPLE SAID TO BE on THE
VERGE OF STARVATION.
Federal Govcrnmcnt Asked to Assist
The President May Appeal tn Con-
gress-Generai Flood News.

MEMPHIS Tenn. April 3.-The heavy
floods in the Mississippi north Of Cairo and
the rise in the Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers Will throw another ocean of water
into the already filled st. Francis basin,
and as all this will have to pass through
the narrow levee- bound channel, beginning
ten miles above Helena, to the first break.
ten miles below that city, the fate Of
Helena and the low and fertile country be-
hind the Tunica county (NIississippD levee
is problematieal The people of Helena have
increased the height of their levees two
feet, but the water is now even with the
new crown. The levees opposite Helena
were reported last night to be in a pre-
carious condition, and the heavy rains of
to-day have added to their weakness. In
the Mississippi delta water is fast spreading
over the entire country, and the main line
OF the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
is reported to be in bad way If this road
goes under not a line in the delta will be
intact.
Many thousand people have been made
homeless and appeals for aid have gone
forth In the low lands of Arkansas a call
for food has been made, and the people OF
Little Rock will take immediate action
COnIEOnlS 0U,VUU people.
r. c. Graves and j. S. Menkin, of the
Memphis relief committee, went to Wash-
ington to ask the general government to
lend assistance. The local relief commit
tee has demands that will exhaust all pres
ent funds. They from Mississippi as
far down as Greenville and from nearly
all of eastern Arkansas. The visitors TO
Washington will ask for $4,000 to be used
in buying ratfohs. Ten thousand dollars
has already been expended by the local
committee, and probably $4,000 more of
contributed provisions have been distrib-
uted. 1t now looks as if famine is ahead
No more breaks in the levees are reported
tonight but it is feared no human power
can overcome the force Of nature below
Vicksburg, and it is believed to be only a
question of a few days that the same condi-
tions which obtain in the delta will exist
in southeastern Arkansas and northeastern
Louisiana. At Memphis the river is sta
tionary tonight. The hopeful view of the
flood situation which prevailed some DAYS
ago has been rapidly dissipated by reports
from the waters Of the upper Mississippi
and its tributaries, which are rising at a
rapid rate, with every indication that i'm
mense volumes of water, the result of a
thaw of many feet of snow over big area
in the Northwest, may be expected to pour
into the upper Mississippi through its trib-
utaries and eventually increase the already
appalling conditions existing IN the middle
and lower Mississippi valley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04

ELASSON, Macedonia. April "A war
correspondent representing the Associated
Press has arrived at the Turkish head-
quarters here. The Turks are in splendid
condition and intensely eager for nght.
Edham Pasha, the commander OF the
Turkish troops has stopped the dispatch or
any further renforcements, as ne urges
the forces under his command are ample
10 deal with the Greeks. He could con-
centrate over nifty thousand men on the
Greek frontier in the vicinity OF Elassona
within five hours. Everything Is ready SO
that all the forces could advance within an
hour after the receipt OF instructions TO do
so. There having been many stories cir
culated regarding the scarcity OF food IN
the Turkish camps and the alleged bad
quality of the provisions supplied 10 the
Sultan's soldiers, the correspondent made
il a point to personally examine these
supplies He found them TO be plentful ana
of an excellent quality. After tasting food
supplied 10 the Turkish troops the corre-
xpondent had no hesitation IN saying that
the rations supplied here are superior 10
those which are supplied TO the Egyptian
troops. which took part in the expedition
to Dongoia last year
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
Break at Kangaroo Point.

FRIARS POINT, Miss, April "a break
occurred at Kangaroo point, fifteen miles
below Helena, to-day, the people having
barely time to escape with their lives. The
break is 800 feet wide, and the water goes
in with rush and a whirl cutting the
ground away for mile, uprooting trees
and tearing down houses. This break did
not relieve Coahoma county leVees materi-
ally. The three breaks in Bolivar county
nave submerged nearly the whole of the
delta, the water being ten feet in Rosedale
Two hundred people have left the town.
The river rose two-tenths at this point
during the night. and is only eight inches
from the top of the leyee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
TO CARE FOR REFUGEES.

Concordia parish, and is flowing
through the old Bougere crevasse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
In the Tensas Basin.

NATCHEZ, Miss. April AT this point
the river has been stationary since o'clock
last evening. the gauge reading 1875. The
levee situation is unchanged, but heavy
rains since midnight retard the Wort, OF
raising and strengthening the embank-
ments. Advices from Como. La. which is
al the head of the Tensas BASIN are To-
the effect that no crevasse water has vet
begun 10 enter the Bayou Macon but water
Is backing into IL from the Tensas and
Black rivers. The people of Vidaiia are de-
termined To protect themselves as far as
possible from danger and the NARROW
Levee Company has been contracted with
to ra-se their -embankment two feet high
er than It is now.
Caring for the States Mules.
JACKSON. Miss. April s--Tthe peniten-
tiary board OF control to-day ordered that
all the mules owned by the State In the
(Continned on second Pagc)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-04
1t Requires
ABig Stock to
Fill a Big Store

A big store like the WHEN, which once was
small, is the result of big trade. A big trade
like the WHEN has grows out of the fact that
it is the best place to trade, the best place
to get lowest prices, the best place to get
honest, reliable values, and the surest place
to get satisfaction your money if goods look
different when you get them home than they cid
when you bought them. A big stock and a big
store pre-supposes ample capital average busi-
ness ability and Judgment, at least, and superior
facilities in the markets of the world Base
drums and the blare of trumpets have from time
to time marked the advent of the various cloth.
ing crafts that have set sail upon the lndianapo-
lis during the past quarter OF century. to
be succeeded by exaggerated promises unfulhlled,
a loss of confidence and trade, and finally failure
and commercial ruin have. upon the pages OF
clothing history, been settled down. During this
period the solidity of