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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
.LEVEES GIVING WAY.
Greenville and Other Missis-
sippi Towns Threatened.
SITUATION EXTREMELY CRITICAL

The Great Wall at Greenylle Il Be-
coming Mushy aud the Worst u Ia
peoted-Severai nreahs Above aud ne-
low tho Piace-Men working 30 Hold
the Levse About Exhausted.
GREESymLE. Miss. March 30-At 3
O'Clock this morning another crovasso
occurred above Mounds landing about
10 miles north Of this city, and another
break occurred near Australia. Miss.
about u miles north OF Rosodalo. Boil.
var county. This, with the orevasse At
Lake Lee, 10 milos below Greonyille,
will delugo tho entire great Mississippi
delta Nearly all Of Washington and
Bolivar counties wall go undor IN the
next two days. An of ifsaqucna and
parts Of sunaowor and Sharkoy viii
also be flooded.
Livestock are drowning IN groatnum.
bers and people are fleeing 20 railroad
embankments and loyooa for safety.
Il isimpossiblc 20 estimate the amount
of property which viii DO destroyed by
water and the suffering throughout
this region will be intense
Groenvillc. Rosoialc. stonouilo. Ar.
cola and In fact an delta towns south oi
Rosedalo 70 vicksburg viii bs under
water soon. Great excitement prevails
all along the line
Tho Grconville leyeoi are st.l h0id.
ing. bat getting mashy Thousands of
men line the emhankmon-s on thenrr %
and south ~ Greonv.llo and or, wors.
ing Ike demons an business is us.
pended and people ore fighting Tor thr.r
liyca
Grcenvine lies in the coutor Of a crcs.
cent. surrounded on two sides By tho
river and is ~ Zee, below che Lowell Of
the cmbankmonts Should the huge
ridge give way hero the los OF lifa and
property will be ir.ghiful aud win rival
tho Johnstown dsa1tr
Tho men along thoicvces a7o ,lhausi.
ed by the long vigil aud many Of them
have not tasted food f1r 90 hours
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

Il seems Impossible That War Owe
Crete Can ns Checked.

II seems Impossibis That War over
Crete Can ne Checked.
CoSHANriSorLE. March 30 The sii.
uaiion is aboat a. critical ~ Il can bo
and Il is difficult 20 see how wsr Be.
tween Greece and Turkey can BE- avoid.
od Strong efforts In that direction arc
s'ill toing made. but Il IL rumored In
diplomatic circles here that King George
has saut a message 20 the czar saying ii
is impossible for Greece 10 yield 10 the
powers regarding Crete and It is equally
impossible 10 recall Greek troops from
Thossaly In view Of the excited oondi.
tious of public minds Il is believed
that even tho annexation Of CrOto would
fail % satisfy the Greeks. they are 20
imhuol with war fever.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

DutUm, March So-A half interes,
In the great Mahoning iroumino on
che Western MosAba has been bought
by The Cambria Iron company Of Penn.
sylvania Tho price Ia not known here.
hut it is not far from ttOO0.OOO The
mine will easily produce from 900, 900 TO
100000 tons Of orc yearly.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

ST LoUIs. March 30-Hish water 4
causing much uneasiucss among the
railroads which have track IN East ST.
Louis A rise Of two feet caused tho
railroad lines 90 begin active measure,
20 protect thoir property Tho Air Lime
company has been placing extra ballast
around the entrance 90 tho various cul.
vorts on a. tracks and has moved an it.
rolling stock % higher ground The
Short Line, Illinois Central and tho
Louisville aud Nashville have al,ot,kon
similar measures.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
SESSION oF IHe sENAIe.
Routine business Disposed of aud rhsu
Game Eseeutive session.

Routine Businsss Disposed of aud Thsu
Game Executive session.
WASHINGTON. March 30 Before
turning TO tho arbitration treaty tho
senate yesterday gave an hour TO rou.
tine business In open session. Rcsolu.
tons were agreed TO by Mr.. Pctugrew
of South Dakota asking the secretary Of
the interior foF information relative %
President Cevolands sweeping order
establishing forest reserves aud by Mr..
Gallingcr Of New Hampshire, calling
on the civil service commission Tor the
reason why certain classes Of workmon
were subjected 10 competitive cxamina.
tions contrary 20 the law cxomptiug Ia.
blrers from the classified service.
Tho first phase Of the tauG In the
senate made its appearance In a senate
resolution BY Mr., Allen oi Nebraska do.
claring that tariff taxes ON articles Of
daily consumption should not DO laid 80
a. 10 enrich one class at tho expense Of
the masses. Il went over.
Mr. Hoar from the Judiciary commit.
tee, reported fayorahly the bill TO pre-.
vent kino,osoopo exhibitions Of prize
hghts In the Distric, Of Columbia and
tho territories aud 20 prohibit the ship
ping Of material Cor the exhibition. Mr..
Morgan Of Alabama submitted a minor
iiy report on the bin Tor commission
to settle the Central Pacific railway in'
debtedness 10 the government The
bill was passed for the settlement, Of an
account between Arkansas and The
United States II involves a payment
by the state Of balance OF 100000.
Tho rost Of the day mp 10 san p, m. wa,
spent In executive session.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
THE WARNINo NoT HGIoGD.
Two Men Biown 90 Pieces aud Four
Others Seriously Hurt


CHICAGO. March no Two mon were
killed outright and four seriously In.
jurcd by an explosion In a water tunnel
at tho foot Of Oak street.
Tho explosion took place at a point
230O feet under tho lako where oKcAva.
tion Is in progress for the water supply
inlet An unusually heavy blast was
prepared by the mon and tho work
safely accomplished. Thofuse had been
lighted and warning given 10 the men
90 get 10 a safe distance Peter O'Mal.
ley and Owen Gallagher stayed behind
for an instant and were within but a
fow feet when tho explosion occurred
Thoy received the full force Of tho blast
and were literally blown 10 pieces
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

WASHINGTON, March So-The presi.
dent sent the following nominations TO
the senate;
Frank W. Palmer, nlinois. public
printer Mr.. Palmer held the same Of.
Gee under the Harrison administration.
Alexander NJ Thayor Of Pennsylva.
via. consul at HAvro, Franeo
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
ROBBED A BANK.
Sltrogiyoerin Used on the safe and All
the Money Carried Away.

GANsBuRo. Ills, March 80.-Tho
State bank was robbed last night. An
entrance was made through the front
door Tho safe was wrecked with nitro.
Rlycerin. The amount takon was be-.
twoon 5000 and 1900. Tho mon es.
capped on handcar II was evidently
the work Of professionals Two Chicago
mon have boon arrested hero ON sus.
picion. Thoy are John shevlin and
George sohoyahan. Tho bank Ia In.
aured against loss.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

CHICAGO, March 90 IA w. Bailey,
clerk at the Great Northcm Hotel Of
this city was houc.wh.ppci hcrl
by Mrs H. A. shatforf u former cm.
ployo Of the hotel Tho woman az.
oussd Bailey Of causing her discharge,
and following him into the hotel drill
room she bolaborod him over the head
with a blacksnako whin.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
ss.ssrn Appsla..a Aanlnl.,r.,s,.

KANSAS CRY. March 90 Judge Guin.
o,,e, In the oiroui. court, has appointed
Thomas Scaborm administrator 81 the
estate oi the late ChAa. q. Hopkins who
died a few months ago leaving an -.
tate worth several hundred thousand
dollars. by his will Hoplnslsit s9aS. .
600 outright 10 Thomas y Barr. his con.
ddoniial agent. and 100000 Ia property
20 Miss Elisabeth Calvert, his house.
keeper. and Barr was named as ezocu.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

FRlNEFoRr, Ky, March SO-In the
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
ballots Tor United States senator to
day Hunter needed only three to oleo
but the opposition stood firm.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

MEMPHIS, March so.-A dispatch 10 a
cotton drm in this city reports breaks In
tho levee on the Arkansas fiio az IA.
coma Circle Laconia Circle b. about
i7o miles below Memphis and the love,
at that point protects the best planta.
tions In the state.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
- Appalnlsa sursrIn,.na,n,

sr. LouIs, March S0-T. p Cook. a.,
sistant superintendent Of the western
division Of the Western Union Tole.
graph company, with headquarters Al
Dallas, Tex, has been appointed 10 sue.
ceed Colonel L. @. Baker. deceased. n,
will make 81 Louis his headquarters.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

Madrid, March 80 The government
is contemplating imposing now taxes IN
order 10 provide for the Caban war ox.
ponsos.
Il is rumored here that General sar.
gully win succeed General Raia Ri.
vera, now a prisoner In the hands OF the
Spanish, a. commander OF the iumrroni
foroas in the urnvifna ~ p.nrr lal nia
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
IRIEn 10 IAAW DYNAMITE.

Two uinsFs Literally Torn o. risoss
by ths Terrible ESpiosisn-
WEuB CuY. No. March 30. Tho ac.
oidontal explosion Of a bon Of dynamite.
which two miners were attempting TO
thaw out n Dermott 4 Cummings mine
near Oronogo. No. three miles north Of
here, caused tho death Of Ben Brewer
and Ion Cunning. The bodies Of both
men were literally torn 10 pieces.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

All Are a. The Vicinity of Creenv.iis
and v'm no Much Damage

All Are a. the Vicinity of Creeuv.iis
and van no Much damage
MEwms. March Ga The aooI atua-
tion In the vicinity Of Groenulc. Miss.
Is alarming. Tho broak No Wayado.
nine miles south of that city. b. fully
confirmed. and the latest reports are TO
the eject that the watsr b. pouring
through a crevaaso 90 yards in width
with tremendous force
The most startling news reached Mem.
phis At o O'Clock last evening a tale.
gram from Porthshire. q, miles north of
Grecnville. statos chat o. break has oc.
CURED In the main loveo there 10 tha
break assumes anything hkoth, rropor.
tions Of the crovasss at Way ide the DO.
siruotion will be- enormous
A dispatch from Gunni.on. Miss
says that a break in the lcvco BE- mo.
montaily expected a. Sunnysido
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

CoLuMRus. o.. March S0.-llon. Geo.
l. Converse, ex.member Of congress.
died here lie was IN seven months
and was In his 10th year He was in
congress three terms and was with Ran.
dali a. a protective tariff Democrat
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31
oWGN The oGArn PENALTY
Charis. Kugadt Convicted % murder
Ia the FIRST DeFrse.

Charis. Kugadt Convicted % murder
Ia the TiFst Dsgrss.
IRESHAN. Tex, March 30-The ar.
gument In the Charles Kugadt case was
concluded at iOsSo o'clock yesterday
morning and the charge Of the court
was rad 10 the Jury, who retired and
returned the following verdict;
I'VE, the jury. find the defendant,
Charles kugadt. guilty Of murder In
the fut degree and Asscss his punish.
mont AZ death W. u. FRANcIs,
Foreman"
kugaits face did not show any emo.
tion whatever when the verdict was
rosd His counsel viii appeal the case
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

MEMms, March 80 Tho steam tug
II Rio Roy. chartered by tho st. Louis
Republic as q tlood relief boat, sank Ia
40 feet Of water " iroit Of Mcmphis
No lives lost.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

LONDON, March sO-A special die.
patch from bombay says tho plague has
troken on, among the British troops at
Calaha
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-31

NICEsnuE0. Miss. March DID, A scri.
Gus break has occurred in tho lcycc az
Stop landing. Miss, sovcn miles north
Of Arkansas City
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-22
MY MOTHERS FACE IN HEAVEN

For The Post.
IN the cleaning OF the twilight
Just after the sun bad act,
Al the star-aulted heavens, my sight
"ss ehraptured by the vision It met
gazed on the picture bewildered
rs II shded through azure space:
ia communion with saints, / fancied
\ Deheic my sweet mothers face.
she wore smile supremacy divine.
outshining the luminous stars
'ihst did around her brow entwine
A eoronet OF golden bars.
chapict OF glory cncirclod her
AS bright as the effulgent sun,
AS beheld on tbs brow OF mother
ihe immortal crown she'd won.
In her hand she held flaming rod
purnins Win amber. purple and gold;
And pointing upward TO her God
She beckoned me TO behold.
y, what a vision met my gaze
AS ehe assembled the radiant throne:
beheid her through golden maze
BY the Great Creator borne.
Legions We're the angels gathered there,
But she the fairest seemed.
For none In glory could compare
With that which from her beamed.
ne held her In His precious arms
As model to His host
VI purity, virtue. grace and chasms,
That none but her could beast.
Nv. w. Dexter.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-22

a primary election will be held in Austin
county at that time. Our people, being
oid-fashioned. did not take to the Dudley
p naries last year. Our county chairman,
a true and tried democrat, who toed the
mark when adhesion to the party meant
nghting and not pie hunting, summoned
primary meetings and a county conven-
ton In the good old way instead and the
people almost unanimously sustained his
course. What may occur next year, OF
course, can not state; but Il is quite
likely that our people will settle. these
questions and all others decenuy and prop
erly among themselves as in the past.
In conclusion, / would like to express
my thanks 10 Mr.. Lotto for the following
statement:
Besides there may be found in earlier
issues OF the Bellville Wochenblatt para
graphs, praising and defending Mr.. Culber-
son and also those attacking and blaming
MIR. Mills"
This consider as testimonial that
ne regards my paper as a newspaper. not
as party organ. If "a mouse may look
az king" surely an American citizen
has right to look at the servants of the
people, governor, senator and State legis-
iators-to look at thsm, watch them. praise
them or blame them, as he thinks right
and Just All sensible public men recog-
nize this and never thirk Of flying Off the
handle or considering it am affront when
private citizen or a newspaper UNDER
takes to criticise their official actions.
w. A. Trenckmann.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-22

his life and property. Then why should
the doctor not pay for these privileges the
miserable stipend of seven and one-half
dollars. the amount the law exacts for
these privileges and safeguards?
| am not only not in favor of repeating
the law requiring this tax, but am in
favor of increasing the tax and making 1t
a certain per cent of the income Of the
doctor. Seven and one-half dollars on an
actual collection Of $1,000 or less would
mean s37, 80 on cash income of $4,000. The
idea of demanding that our representa-
tives shall pledge themselves to repeal this
tax and that they will pass bill for The
protection OF the regular physicians is
ridiculous. Compare our number the State,
5000, to the total population of 100000
population and we are but a drop in the
bucket Has the legislature nothing else
to do but to enact laws for the benefit OF
the profession? l think so. l have prac-
ticed medicine in Texas for twentysix
years; have always paid my tax when the
law demanded 1t, and have never kicked in
the past, ard don't propose TO do so In the
future | am a native of the Republic OF
Texas, and have drawn from Its generous
soil all that / am Certainly owe, my
generous commonwealth something; and if
this little tax and poll is all it wants for
the many privileges ii bestows upon ME.
am willing to give 1t.
Thomas j. Pugh NJ D.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-22
The Rights OF Labor.


Milwaukee Wis, November 16--I note
your recent editorial on Law and Labor"
In which you say: "The whole question of
the relation of labor and capital Is again
being discussed throughout England and
America, with nothing plausible yet sug-
gested for the abatement of existing evils
etc, etc. Surely YOU are mistaken, for GER
tainly In all that has been suggested some
uning must be practicable and efficient.
Let us see what are the laws: The natural
law, which governs the law of wages. Upon
Investigation nature falls to reveal the rlght
OF one man 10 demand of another man that
the one shall employ the other, but upon
every page or nature Is written in Language
so plain that child may read II that every
man, woman and child is endowed with an
inaiienole right to the opportunity to em-
ploy themselves and enjoy the full results
OF their efforts without let or hlndrance
py any manor combination of men (Which
latter inciuues governmenD. And what
constitutes the opportunity that nature tor
God} oilers freely to all to employ them
selves? A school boy or girl would readily
answer land And land only. Thus those
.ho claim and have been proclainiing it TO
me world in language and argument palmer
, man tae tablets OF stone or louder
than tho thunders of Mount Sanai
amid which Moses received them. that tha
removal of the barriers which prevent men
from employing themselves by applying
their labor TO land and freely exchanging
the products of their labor is the remedy
ana the only permanent remedy of the So
lution of the relation of labor and cant
TAI and 1t is time, and high time. that
every editor In the land should have in
sestlgated the matter and found the truth.
ihsead of proclaming the error that tbers
Is no remedy for the bad social conditions
that exist. at the bottom OF which is the
wage question, and which can only be per-
manently settled by settling the land oues-
ton, and the land question can onlv he
solved by the application of the single tax,
f. NJ Marouis
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-22
c. C. Cole. Moderato,
New Card ON the M,c.o,,

VICTORIA Texas. November POD. T.
FORBES. general superintendent of the Ma
eaioni' mas been figuring on new time
caro- to take effect at an early date, prob
ABLY some time next week. by which con-
neeton VIII be made at Victoria from Bee
1 y,.ie and intermediate points for Cuero
changes which will be made: No. l61 will
ieave beeville a little earlier, arriving al
Victoria at $40 a m. No. I65 will leave
rore Lavaca at 1850 a. M, instead OF 7:so
a. m. No. 16s will leave Victoria al 10 a
M, instead OF 1925 a. m. No. 167 Will leave
ouero at s;ao p. M, instead OF AIS D. M.
anu daa NO 100 viii leave Victoria for Port
,asaea az o;so p. M, instead OF 6 D. M.
arriving at Port Lavaca at 7 o. M. inssead
OF ESo p m. All these changes will be
10 the interest Of the travelling public and
the communities affected. aA'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-22
III fRRS FROM the PEOPLE.



70 ne Editor Of The Post
| wAcc. Texas. November 1s.-Much =
being said By newspapers throughout the
State anent the clash between the land
lords and tenants.
| In many localities renters have passed
torrid resolutions On masse. and the most
radical demand they have made Of the
landlords IL . share OF the crop instead OF
money rents. This 10 perhaps the first In
STANCE Of demand being made by tenants.
whose very existence Is as dependent upon
the planet grabber ~ IL they controlled the
windpipes through which the tenants
breathe.
The landlord has been making enectuai
Demands Of their tenants for century.
and now that the tenant demands bread
Pill, expecting 1t to cure q case Of inflam-
matory poverty, simply takes the cake"
Why do they not demand their inalienable
right OF producing some Of the good things
OF lie entirely without the dlctatorial terms
Of these earthlords who now hold nine
tenths OF Texas soil as idle and undevel-
oped as when the Indian was monarch OF
all he surveyed In Texas?
III these tenants have any rights at all.
they certainly should be given an equal
snare with every other man in the enjoy
ment OF natures bounteous gifts TO man.
i'ut shtcc IiButs Will mol come 10 Inc
tenants without their concentrated demand.
There IL no excuse for the tenants posi-
tion, because they have large majority
OIL votes. and should have their represent
atives in the legislature to demand their
rights In the reclamation Of some Of the
millions OF fertile acres donated to non
productive corporations through german
dized iobbies. Nothing short OF home
ownership Will solve the tenants prob
lem, and this can be done by the simple
and easy method OF electing representa-
tives pledged 10 increase the rate OF taxa
ton on all unused land, whether on tho
Staked Plains or In the heart OF Houston
II this extra rate OF taxation were. say
2 IL per cent OF Its selling price, the specu-
lalor holding 10000 acres (and there are
many, worth $40 per acre, would be as-
sessed $4,000 annually One or two assess
ments OF this kind would induce him TO
speedily embark In something else more lu-
crative than making speculative traffic of
the planet.
This land would then be thrown ON the
market very cheap or abandoned entirely,
leaving room for 100 families a home OF
lOo acres each, who could easily afford to
pay $50 taxes annually on each homestead
This same method OF taxation would also
reach the towns and cities and render the
vacant lot industry very Improbable, and
Texas would once more hum with the music
of prosperity.
New Zealand has been transformed by
TINS method from oppressed tenan,ry and
hard times. as we are now having to 4
country OF happy and contented home own
ers and general prosperity.
A. w Folsom