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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-20
Washington Post.

The new edition of the Congressional Dr.
rectory for the extra session, compiled by
Mr.. Pitman Puisifer, is already in type,
and will make It's appearance IN a limited
edition Tomorrow. IL inciuaeS biographies,
prepared by themselves, OF President Nc
kinley, his Cabinet, and j. Addison Porter,
secretary TO the President. The President
gives nearly hall a page TO his biography
He tells that he taught IN the pubic schools
before attaining his majority. and how he
served I'm the army during the rebellion on
the STATS OF Generals Il. II. Hayes. George
b. Crook and w. S. Hancock. His army
lowing events in his political career, con-
GLIDING with his election as President last
November by a popular plurality OF 5g0,vV0
votes over William j. Bryan. Mr.. Mckin-
lev mentions in his biography his persistent
refusal TO be a candidate Tor the presidency
in IS92, although 1S2 votes were cast for
him.
A school teacher himself, Mckinley has
chosen two school teachers TO serve in his
Cabinet. while another has been q college
professor. General Alger taught school two
winters. before he got around 10 study law.
and Secretary John u. Long. who comes
out of the historic tOSn OF Buckfieid, Me-,
after attending at Hebron Academy. a his
toric Maine educational institution. with
Senator Hale. Congressman HliDorn' OF
California. and others. who have since be-
come distinguished. kept school for two
years. Secretary Wilson has for six years
been professor of agriculture In Iowa Agrl-
cultural College. at Am.s Mr.. P9rter $
and is very brief. showing, among otner
things. that he was at one time secretary
to Senator Platt.
Vice President Hobart. whose biography
heads the list of senators and representa-
tives. also gives himself out as a school
teacher in his early days MI. HOBART >
biography is brief, occupying only thirteen
lines. and enumerating the various posi-
lions he has held in the business and po-
litical world.
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COrbett Doesn't Care.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-In fashion,
able attire. with no texternal marks Of
pugilistic defeat, but debonair and smil-
ing as if he had just won a great victory.
James j. Corbett, ex-champion, paraded
the streets to-day and made his appearance
in w~ell-known resorts with a coterie of adj
miring friends. OF his plans for the future,
Corbett said: Il won't make any move till
Brady arrives. / see he is trying TO get
another match with Julian, but 1 hardly
think they will give me another chance.
don't care a snap about the championship.
Fitz can call himself champion and | sup
pose he is. But this does not annoy me.
What L am after is another battle"
Corbett showed them his disabled hands,
which were swollen to twice their normal
size. That was all done in the sixth
round" he said. IF they had not gone back
on me 1 would have finished him in the
seventh. That is why / had no steam"
Corbett expresses the opinion that Fitzsim-
mons was down twelve seconds when he
fell in the sixth round. You can bet all
you have got | say he was out more than
ten seconds. Scores of men will back me
up, but the decision Is made and there is
no use kicking"
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Nearly all the surrounding country is under
water. along the mississippi hundreds of
acres OF farm lands are inundated and the
people driven from their homes and the
prospects are that a number of the richest
farms in the country will be ruined Tor
the years crop. In Missouri. opposite
Cairo, the situation Is even worse. Thou
sands OF acres of growing wheat is inCn-
dated. the overflow having passed over the
levee. From Cairo TO Memphi the entire
country is under water and the inhabitants
were forced to make their escape in boats.
The loss of property is enormous. The
Cairo levee can now stand a stage OF fifty
five feet without serious inconvenience.
The river continues to rise slowly, and the
nfty-three-foot stage is predicted.
AT Alton the river rose four inches to-day
and tonight stands but five feet below the
danger line. The incessant precipitation in
Illinois has swollen the Illinois river and its
tributaries and the upper Mississippi is
booming.
At Quincy the Mississippi is rising under
the influence OF rains. but there are no ap-
prehensions of a serious flood. The gauge
tonight stands seven feet below the dan
in the lowlands, which are unprotected by
levees.
A rumor gained circulation that a cloud
burst had occurred at Durango, Ia, this
evening, attended by heavy loss of life and
property. The report is unconfrmed, how
ever. The village was visited by a down
pour of rain, but no extensive damage was
reported up to a late hour.
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FITZ LEAVES CARSON
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD EN-
ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO,
Where Corbett Spent Yesterday Tell
ing Admitting sports That He
Didn't Mind His Defeat.

CARSON CITY, New, March 19.-Robert
Fitzsimmons, champion of the world. left
this evening the scene of the battle ground
on which he received his last laurels of SUI
periority. As he walked down TO the depot
his gait was spry and agile, and his coun-
tenance was free from marks of the battle.
with the exception of his lower lip, and that
is healing rapidly. Mrs. Fitzsirnmons drove
TO the depot later. Husband and wife sat
in a corner of the waiting room alone,
awaiting the arrival of the train. To-day
Fitz reiterated his intention of leaving the
ring. Il do this i'm compliance with a re-
quest made my wife before 1 met Corbett
on Wednesday last" Fits destination is
San Francisco, where he will appear in
the Mechanics Pavilion tomorrow night,
and that will be his last appearance in pub
lie. He will not even give sparring exhi-
billions in future.
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ONE OF THE DANGER POINTS.
Levee Near Charlottesville. No., BrOk-
Working Night and Day.

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo-. March 49,
The river here rose two and a quarter inches
during the last twenty-four hours. The
levees are being watched day and night. The
levee. broke a mile and a half below town
yesterday at 4 O'Clock a. m. and before a
sufficient force could reach the break the
crevasse was fifty feet wide and six feet
deep. and spreading rapidly. This break
will do little or no damage, as the water
will empty into Finley bayou and then into
st. Francis river. The break will bring
about a most searching investigation. as it
IS believed IL was cut, and certain parties
are suspected. Two government boats are
riveting the ends of the break. Another
small break occurred in the south end of
town at s O'Clock last night in the protec-
ton levee. which will only overflow the
lower portion of the city. Large forces are
working on the weak points between here
and Gayoso and they hope to save a break
north of here.
The Mississippi river is now twenty inches
higher than ever before in flood history.
and still rising at the rate of four inches
every twenty-four hours with clocklike reg
ularity. The crevasS which occurred yes
terday one mile and a half below here is
now four hundred feet Wild and rapidly
widening II is pouring a terrible volume
OF water into the lower part of this county
and into the northern part of Mississippi
80 eA@Re iCtAN1 u
the break was given at once and so far as
known no lives We're lost, but many people
were compelled to abandon their homes and
seek safety on higher ground. Much stock
has been lost. There il now no doubt that
the levee was cut by some miscreant. for
at the point where the break occurred the
,evee was in fine condition and two feet
above the water level. Except for this
break the levee in the St. Francis levee dis
trict of Missouri is holding at this time. but
nve or six miles of ii are in a dangerous
condition. BY an egregriouS error of the
engineer the grade of the leyee north of
this place for three miles is lower by three
feet than that above. the water now being
in many places more than a foot above the
grade and that had by the engineer, and,
of course. above the old levee. The water
Is being fought back by the people. who are
working day and night in the rain. building
IL up with mud. inch by inch. as the river
creeps up. Should they succeed in keeping
the water from going over the levee, the
damage already done by the crevasse below
will amount TO little. Should they fail
many lives will undoubtedly be lost and
thousands of dollars worth of property be
swept away. The reports from the upper
river are far from encouraging and the end
Is not in sight
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RAILWAYS SUFFERING.
Tracks and Bridges in Danger I'm Sew
cral States.


OMAHA. March 19.-The food situation
in Nebraska and South Dakota is condensed
from special kilograms TO the Bee as fol-
lows:
AT Sioux City the food had endangered all
the bridges near the stock yards. but they
were saved by the use of dyns mite to blow
Up the Ice gorges. Reports from UP the
Floyd river Indicate that IL is rising and
the worst is to come yet. 1t is considered
probable that all the bridges will go out
before morning. but there VIII be no lives
lost, as the people have been getting ready
for the flood. The Sioux river is causing
trouble TO the Milwaukee road. The ice is
breaking between here AMI Harvard at sew
eraI places and heavy gorges are being
formed. The bridge at Riverside. across the
Sioux. is in danger of going out at any mo-
ment. AT Cherokee. Ia. the Floyd river
has been rising all day. owing TO rain last
night and to-day. Several of the houses in
the lowlands are surrounded by water 2nd
the approach 10 the new iron bridge is gone,
with good prospects that the bridge will
follow. Large crowds are out with boats
and lanterns. anxiously watching the water.
AT Mason City streams are all out or their
banks and rising rapidly.
AT Pierce, Neb.. the east and north por-
tons OF the town are flooded with water
from the Elkhorn river. Willow creek,
southwest OF the town, is on a rampage.
and is washing away the farmers hay
stacks. At Fremont. Neb., the Platte river
is still out CT its banks, but no serious
damage is reported.
At Yankton, S. d., melting snow and
heavy rains caused a suspension of traffic
on the three railroads. Between Yankton
and Vermillion water covers the tracks of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul and
the Great Northern roads. The Northwest
ern track is all right. but was considered
unsafe and the trains were abandoned to-
day. The ice in the James and the Mis-
souri, river still holds. although covered by
ten feet of water.
At Canton. s.. D.. the highest water
known for years in the Sioux river was re-
corded to-day. All the bridges are in dam
ger and railroad traffic is at a standstill.
the track for a long distance. Washouts
nave cut off communications south. All
bridges on the James river are expected to
be taken out soon.
At Randolph. Neb., several county
bridges are washed out. The Pacific Short
line Eastern express has been tied up here
since noon. The Omaha Hne bridge, one
mile north of the town. is damaged. The
water Is the highest ever known. Rain is
threatening again tonight.
The bridge OF the Des Moines at Lehigh,
ia. has been damaged and may be a total
loss.
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Cause Of wagner's Insanity.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEXINGTON, KY, March ia copy or
the confession was taken to the asylum
where DR.. Wagner is still confined and
shown to him to-day. He did not become
furious or xh;bit any signs of mental weak
ness, but politely and firmly declared that
he was absolutely innocent of assisting In
numbering Pearl Bryan. He read the CON
fession coolly and seemed but little excited:
His brother-in-law cheered him up and
told him that he could prove an abb by
the best people in Jessamine county.
All the physicians at the asylum are ready
to swear that i'm their opinion DIR. Wagner
has no connection with Pearl Bryan's muir
der. HI was crazy on the subject of money.
He believed his son had been left a large
fortune, and that people were trying to
rob him. The Hendrens are among the
wealthiest and most popular people in Jes-
samine county. and should Wagner be tried
for murder, they will put up a strong de-
Tense.
The general opinion here is that the
confessions were made simply to get a little
longer lease on life and believing DR.. Wag-
ner 10 be hopelessly insane the condemned
thought by saddling the crime on him
their stories could not be easily proved un-
true.
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GREENCAsTLE Is DIVIDED.
Many Take stock i'm the Confession
of and WaIIing.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, March 19.-There
is no misstating the fact that there is a de-
cided sentiment here that Walling should
not hang with Jackson. This feeling has
been growing to some extent in the past
month or so, and this evening 1t has great
ly increased since the confessions of the
men nave been so thoroughly discussed.
One man states that he believes he could
take a paper and in a few minutes get
twenty-five prominent citizens of the COM
munity to sign it asking for a respite for
Walling. In the confessions made a great
many are inclined TO believe Waling TO a
certain extent. and many state that extent
Is enough TO cause them 10 have a doubt
OF his guilt The statement he makes
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Mrs. jackson i'm Cincinnati.

NEWPORT, KY, March l9.-Scott jack
sens mother and Mrs. Edwin Post. his
half sister. said good-by TO jackson to-day
end are with friends in Cincinnati tonight,
and Walling's mother has gone home.
None OF the family of Pearl Bryan will be
here. They are represented. however. by
friends from Greencastle, who arrived to-
night. Walter Hendren. of Nicholasville.
KY. the brother-in-law of DR.. Wagner.
arrived tonight and is stopping in Bellevue
with Mrs. DR.. Wagner. his sister. re
brought with him abundant records and
other documentary evidence that ne took
DIR. Wagner TO Nicholasville on Jan. %
1869. and kept him there at William Hen
dren's house until Feb. 3 OF the same year,
providing a perfect alibi for Dr. Wagner,
who Is accused In the last confessions OF
the murderers.
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Moyement. of steamers.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Arrived: OBJ
dam. from Rotterdam: Manitoba. from
London: Westernland, from Antwerp;
Spree, from Bremen.
HAMBURG, March 19.-Arrived: Bohe-
mia. from Baltimore; Phoenicia, from New
York.
NAPLES, March 19.-Sailed: Ems, from
Genoa. for New York via Gibraltar.
GENOA. March 1a.-Arrived: Werra, from
New York via Gibraltar and Naples.
MARSEILLES, March l9.-Arrived: Pat
ria, from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, March 19.-Sailed: Pa
vonia. for Boston
LONDON. March D.-Arrived; Mobile,
from New York.
GLASGOW. March l9-Sailed; -Anchoria.
for New York.
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Situation mt Helena.

HELENA, Ark, March 19.-The gauge
reads tonight 4S.1. just one-tenth below
highwater. There has been no rise since
about 10 o'clock this forenoon and the river
is on a stand at this hour. This is thought
to be due to the water flowing over the
levee about a mile below Modoc. The OBJ
server here says the river should rise for
some twelve or fourteen days and he thinks
IL will go to fifty feet on the gauge unless
there is a break in the levee below or OPP
posite here. There was a report current
this morning that the levee had broken at
Glendale. but this was erroneous. The Ar
kansas Midland Railroad was delayed in
getting its passenger train this morning, 1t
having to send a special from here to Lick
Creek. near Barton. where the bridge was
completely inundated and some two hun
dred feet of track washed out.
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SERIOUS.
Much Raiiroad and Farm Property
Destroyed south and West.

CHICAGO. March ls.-The continued rains
OF the past weeks have wrought much de-
struct:on 10 railroads and farm property in
the State The Southern and Western
Hoods have seriously interfered with the
train service from Chicago TO Louisiana.
Tennessee and other Southern, States.
About the only roads maintaining u~ninter-
rupted passenger service are the Panhandle
and the Alton. Tracks of all railroads in
Illinois and Indiana are being seriously
warped. In the bottom bonfres are built
every night and section men patrol the
tracks.
AT Cairo, H., the giluge tonight marks
b-6 feet. ten feet above the danger line.
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Doctor and Farmer Drowned.

WEBSTER CITY, Ia, March IS. = DIR.
Travis, OF Eagle Grove, and Mr.. Jaeger,
a farmer. were drowned to-day while at
tempting to ford the Boone river. two miles
west of that place. During the last two
days the water has risen swiftly and was
rising at the rate of nearly a foot an hour
this afternoon, due TO the rapid thawing OF
snow in the northern part of the State.
DIR. Travis was on the way to MIR. Jaeger'S
on a professional call when the team was
swept down the stream M both men We're
rowne Their bodies are not recovered
The Boone river at this point is higher
han IL has been for years. The fee is going
out and the waters are apidl rising.
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PADUCAH, Ky, March 1~9.-Paducah is
both surrounded and invaded by water.
Every inch of low land in McCracken coun-
ty is covered. Every stream in west Ken
lucky is out of its banks. Streets are
flooded, swamped, houses wrecked, fences
swept away and roads rendered impossible.
No lives nave yet been lost. The loss TO
property within a radius of five miles
around the iood-ridden town already
mounts to thousands.
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Five Dead Bodies Found.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 19.-Another
terrific rainstorm visited north Alabama to-
day. adding its volume to the already over
flowing streams. The rainfall was the
heaviest known in Birmingham. and for
thirty minutes the streets presented the APP
pearance of small rivers. Cellars were
flooded and bridges in the suburbs swept
away. Sewers overlooked and much havoc
was wrought. The Warrior and Cahaba
rivers are higher than for many years. All
lowlands are flooded. In Fayette, Tusca-
loosa and Bib counties cattle have been
destroyed and farms inundated. Five dead
bodies have been taken from the Warrior
river above Tuscaloosa, but have not yet
been identified. In Fayette county the
Southern railway track is under water at
several points and throughout this section
railroads have forces of men watching all
bridges and preventing the accumulation of
driftwood about them. If the rains do not
cease soon the corn crop. already planted.
Will be cut short 80 per cent. All early
crops are greatly damaged.
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RICHLAND CENTER. Wis. March 49,
The worst food in years is here. Water is
running through the streets, cellars are
flooded and sewers overfowed. Teams and
men are working banking up the river.
which is rising fast. Mills and lumber yards
are in great LANCER. A telegram from Black
River Falls says Black river is rising rap
idly and cellars and lowlands are flooded.
Should he ice move in its present condition
a great iSaSter will result.
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LACROSSE. Wis, March Brains and
melting snow have brought the Lacrosse
river. up so that the West Salem marsh,
east of this city. is flooded The fast mail
and noon trains got over. but they Will be
the last until there is a change. The Du-
buque division trains came by way of
Prairie du Chen on account of the Root
river. which is pouring out great floods of
water and masses OF ice. The Southern
Minnesota division is under water at a good
many places in the Root river valley.
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FIood in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE,, March 19.-Reports to the
officers of the St. Pau railroads say that
all the rivers and small streams through
the western part of the State are in a
threatening condition. The ice is moving
out rapidly. To-day, near Wauseka, about
twenty miles east of Prairie Du CHEN,
eight feet of bank was washed away to a
depth of six feet, causing a delay to the
trains of two hours
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Convicted of Killing His WIZ

NORRISTOWN. Pa, March 19.-Charles
o. Kaiser. jr.. aged tSenty-four years. was
tonight convicted of murder i'm the first de-
gree for the killing of his wife on oct. %
last. tn woman was shot through the
head and instantly KILLED while riding with
her husband on "a lonely road. Kaiser gave
out a story that the murder had been done
To him by the discovery that his wife's life
had been shortly before insured in his favor
for about SO 200
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Half 81 City Under water.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. March 19.-Half Of
this city is under water. Both branches of
the Fond du Lac river are gorged and
water is pouring over the banks in floods
and covers the territory on either side of
the river for blocks. The Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul and the WISCONSIN Cen
trail tracks are under water and the road
beds are washed out in many places. Thou>
sands of dollars of damage has been done.
An ice gorge at the WeStern-avenu bridge
threatens to break at any minute. and IL
will carry the bridge and property below.
No trains are running south of here on the
st. Paul roads. The water has risen six
feet in six hours. Grafton Hall, the prin-
cipal school for girls, is flooded.
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The Missouri BOOMING.

OMAHA, Neb., March 19.-The Missouri
river here is clear of ice to-day and is I'M
usually high. A slight fall since last night
has been recorded. Alarming reports come
from the north, however. AT Sioux City
river has not yet begun to move out. The
smaller streams emptying into the Missouri
nave all been at flood tide for more than
tWenty-four hours.
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south on both sides Of the Mississippi river
were Interrupted. the wires from St. Louis
and Memphis being lost almost simultan-
eously and Nashville soon The
circuits from that city 10 New Orleans were
also brought to a standstill and no avenue
left into the Crescent City. The floods were
assumed TO be the cause of the stoppage.
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Out of Their Banks.

SIOUX CITY. Ia. March 19.-Every
stream in this locality is out of its banks.
n the situation is hourly growing more
serious. Leeds. S~pringdale and Lynn. Sioux
City suburbs. are flooded by the flood and
the bottoms in the city are under water.
Every bridge on the stream from Lemars
on the rampage. its water being reported
five feet high in Hawarden street. 1t is said
the northwestern road has lost every
bridge between Huron and Hawarden. The
Milwaukee bridge here across the Floyd
will go soon. The Missouri is reported
breaking and gorging near Onawa, but no
change is yet observable here. Trains on
nearly all roads are abandoned.
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Two Negroes Drowned.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 1.-TWO
negroes were drowned in the Tennessee
river to-day. Three men were attempting
to cross the swollen river, when their boat
upset. One OF them was rescued. The bod
les Of the other two have not been recov-
cred