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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07
Assignment by the United States Tobacco
CrmpanY

Richmond, Va. December A deed
of assignment has been made by The
United States Tobacco Company to j.
w. Wright, trustee, conveying to him
all the property of the company in
Richmond and also a lot of manufac-
tured tobacco of the value of $780,
stored with James Quinn & Co.. at No.
165 Milk street. Boston, Mass The LA
bilities are estimated at $4,000.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07
Murders His ife Wifhaut Cause

Greensboro, n. c., December 4-Souly
Ryan shot and killed his wife this even
ing. He was captured by the police soon
after committing the crime and while
being taken to Jail, a brother of the wo-
man attempted to shoot him. No cause
IS given for the act.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07

Medical men say rheumatism is the
forerunner of heart disease Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by its
action on the blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07
Better Than klOndike Gold

BETTER THAN KLONDIKE GOLD
Is health and strength gained by taking
Hoods Saparilla, the great blood puri-
fer. 1t fortifies the whole system and
gives you such strength that nervous
troubles cease, and work which seemed
wearing and laborious. becomes easy
and is cheerfully performed. 1t has
done this for others, it will for you
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07

Hoods Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver tonic. Gentle, relia-
Bile, sure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07

The Press Full Of the body
Mixed Up in tho Affair from the Pope 20
Emperor WiiliAm-Ths Court artini of
M-jor Estcrhazy Expected to Throw
Light on the Dr~yfus Cas~-Contcnttons
Of the Opposing factions-Ons Challenge
the Result
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

itself in representatives hall, and in
the gathering was a goodly representa-
ton of the fair sex The crowd was di-
'vfded about evenly between Hastings
and Anoka, and the stirring speeches
made by the leaders Of each faction
were enthusiastically cheered, despite
the vigorous rapping for order by
Speaker Jones.
On the speakers platform with him
sat ex-Speaker VIM E. Lee, while
among the spectators were ex-Gov.
Hubbard, Ell Torrance P E. Winston.
Capt. S. R. Van SAINT, Prof. Phelps,
Howard S. Abbott and MANY other
Well-known people The ladies were
interested spectators, and the legisla-
tor who rose to speak on either side
of the fight who was not inspired or
repaid by the energetic clapping Of
gloved hands could hardly be said ia
have done justice to the occasion. AL
though 2:3O was the hour set it was
scarcely l o'clock before the aisles
and members chairs were pre-empted
by friends Of either side, and even the
press table in the corner was fairly
besieged by the onlookers.
The vote taken while a victory for
Anoka as against Hastings, was re-.
garded as rather hollow one in every
sense, and leaves the matter in this
shape that the state has not now de-
cided whether it needs a fourth hospi
tai Tor the insane or not. The Hast
1ngs people, who have worked hard
and faithfully to secure the needed
seVenty-six votes, were justified in the
belief that victory would perch on their
standard, as the record shows. but
where eleven new votes were secured
to the Hastings column from those who
were either absent before or voted for
Anoka, there were ten men who stood
by Hastings on the first occasion who
either voted for Anoka yesterday or
were absent 1t was mostly a case
OF defect, however, for there were but
two absentees, Severance, a Hastings
man, and Paddy Vail, who has NOT
voted on the matter on either occa
sion. The men Hastings gained YES
terday were Messrs. Basford. FrosIee
G1lbertson, Goar, Henderson, Lee.
Lloyd, Mcneil, Martin, Scribner and
Wood, while the men who abandoned
Hastings were Bergley, Dahl, Dale.
Drommerhausen, Jameson, johnson
Kraker, Mclean, Olds and Severance
This leaves net gain of but one
vote, as stated. The leaders Of Hast
ings' fight took the defeat phiIOscph
ically, after putting forth their best
efforts and leaving no stone unturned
to secure the necessary vote.
The Anokans went wild with enthu-
siasm when the result was announced.
~~1 IT was some minutes before order
was restored.
The house, as stated, was filled to
suffocation when Speaker Jones raped
for order and asked that quiet be pre-
served, the better to transact the bust
ness of the house.
Mr.. Stockwells motion that speeches
be limited to ten minutes was lost when
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

trouble is being caused by the water
backing up over the low land through
the culverts at the lower end of the
flats near the stone yards During
times of low water these cuIverts serve
as drain for the flats, but whenever
the river rises the service that they
perform is the direct opposite.
At McMillan's packing house, near
the upper end of the flats, quite a lit
tie trouble has been experienced from
the water flowing into the Easements.
and force of men were busy all day
yesterday carrying the contents to a
place of safety.
Across the river from the upper flats
and near the south end of the Omaha
bridge, several families were compelled
to make hasty exit this morning, but
all got safely out of their homes. In
some cases the household effects were
taken to the upper stories of the hous-
es, but a majority of the people had
sufficient time to get their possessions
to houses on the higher ground.
At o'clock last night the govern
ment gauge at the foot Of Jackson
street registered 13.1 feet, an increase
during the day of A of foot and an
increase since o'clock Monday night
of 2.5 feet. Observer Lyons is at a
loss for a reason for the sudden rise
of the river. He says that there is
no apparent explanation for it except
the fact that the northern SHOWS are
melting before the usual time. and he
does not think that this would cause
such sudden increase. He was of the
opinion last night that the rise had
been caused by the breaking Of a gorge
farther up the river releasing a large
volume of water that had been held
behind it,
The water at o'clock last night was
but y Of a foot from the danger mark
and was steadily rising.
At midnight last night the gauge
registered 1873, having increased in
four hours 2 Of a foot With that rate
Of increase the danger point will be
reached by noon today.
Inc scene on both the upper and
west side flats was one of activity.
Men were paroling the shores Of the
river with lanterns watching the black
waters as they rushed by while in
the houses the women and children
held themselves in readiness to vacate
flat jewellers watched the steady rise
OF the water with anxious faces, reali-
zing that if it continued they wound ue
compelled to abandon their houses.
They did not seem to greatly fear the
gradual increase, but were fearful that
the waters would come with a rush as
they did on Monday night and they
would not have time to take their be-
lcnGings to a place of safety.
The river at Minneapolis is gradually
rising, the water having risen more
than two feet during the twenty-four
! hours ending last evening. There is an
ice jam up the river from the Flour
City and when that breaks the water
will go with a rush. Fears are enter
tanned that Bassett creek will go on a
| rampage this year as in 1892 1t is
probable, however, that the gradual
melting of snow and ice will prevent
this.
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break is like a mighty crescent with
RoSedale, Greenvllle, Gunnison and
many other small towns between the
arc and its chord. which is the River
side division of the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley railroad. This road strikes the
river at the north break, but from there
the river swings to the west, and above
Greenville, turns again toward the east
striking the north and south line OF
the railroad at Wayside, the point Of
the lower break. The water from the
upper, or Perthshire, crevasse has al,
ready cut through the railroad and is
tearing through the plantations to the
south. AT the middle crevasse the
floods from the north have also Joined
forces with these waters, and together
they are inundating the country south
ward. The upper waters will reach the
lower crevasse. tonight and the united
water from three flood gates will rush
over the country and finally be thrown
back into the main river at the mouth
Of the Yazoo, few miles north Of
Vicksburg.
Back thirty to fifty miles from the
river run number of lateral streams
Yazoo. The whole territory from the
main river east to these streams will
be for the most part under water In
fOrty-eight hours. The region marked
for destruction is probably a hundred
miles long and from twenty to thirty
five miles wide. The country is as fer
tile as northern garden.
Greenville is in great danger The
water front from the middle break will
partially flood that town. If the levee
in front of Greenville should break, no
man can conceive what the loss to life
munication has already been cut in two
places, and before tomorrow night the
Georgia Pacific road, running east from
Greenville, may be flooded.
Probably 900 people are working
with a desperation born of despair 20
save their homes and property. The
whole machinery Of the state and the
Illinois Central railroad is being
brought into play. 1t is currently re-
ported tonight that the levee in front
of Laconia Circle, Ark, has broken. II
this should be true, and most probably
is correct, $4,000 acres Of fertile cotton
land will be flooded by morning.
The news reached Memphis through
a telegram from Capt. NJ. Cheek, Of the
steamer Kate Adams, that at an early
hcurt his morning, supposedly between
Iaf
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The river was the center of attraction
all day yesterday The bridges were
all lined with spectators throughout
the entire day, while all up and down
the banks on both sides small groups
rushing waters with anxious faces and
talking of the high waters of past
years, and wondering if the present
spring would bring repetition Of the
desolatiOn and destruction that had
been wrought in those years. Many of
the men who made up the groups have
been residents of the river banks and
flats for years, some were even there
in 1881, when the river reached the
highest point ever known, and they
realize more than any one else what
high water means.
The situation was most serious yes
terday on the West side flats, and the
POlander flats about half mile be-
low State street. The water last night
was within a foot of a vast majority
Of the houses on the Polander flats
and within two feet of nearly all the
houses on the West side Many fam
lilies moved out Of their homes Monday,
and express wagons could be seen all
day yesterday carting household effects
from the shanties and huts along the
river front to empty houses on higher
ground. A great majority of the peo-
pie, however, are still in their homes
because they are too poor to secure
quarters elsewhere, or have no money
with which to pay the expenses of
moving. One thing was noticeable
among this latter class yesterday. Nine
out of ten Of them were busy all day
with their boats, painting and calking
them
The back water from the river has
been forced up Tennessee street almost
to State street, and the lower ware
houses of the St. Crofx Lumber COM
pany are entirely surrounded, with the
exception of a small strip of land run
ming down from State street The stu
alton here is, however, not near so
serious as it is nearer the river front
for the land that is covered with water
is very low, while the ground surround
ing it, on which the majority of the
houses are built, is at least four feet
from the level of the water. One fam
lily, living in a house boat at the foot
of State street, came to st. Paul to
spend the night Monday, and returned
yesterday morning to find their home
half submerged in the water and their
effects almost ruined. This was the
only case that could be found where
the people have suffered any material
damage
The warehouses and large blocks
along the river front between the Jack
along the river front are eX-
periencing some trouble with the
water that is seeping into their base
ments, and many of them had large
forces of men busy yesterday convey
ing the contents Of the easements to
the floors above. No serious damage
is looked for here, as the water will
have to raise several feet before it will
flow directly into the Easements.
The situation on the upper flats on
this side of the river, while it is as
Stunning serious proportions is still far
from the danger point to the vast ma
| jority Of the fiat jewellers, and with but
few exceptions they do not seem to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

is carried on under greatest difficulties.
The telephone Office was carried away
and at 10 o'clock tonight, a telephone
was connected with the wire two miles
away and a message was sent for as
sistance. Up to that time, Mr. and Mrs
Woodman, Mrs. Henry Mitchell, Mrs.
Thomas Smith, Attorney John Dawson
and two unknown persons had been
found dead, and fully $50 people were
known to be badly injured. Mrs
Emery Foster and baby are thought to
be fatally hurt
Chandler is built on a hill in thick
timber, and the mass of torn trees and
wrecked houses makes 1t impossible to
reach the, injured in the dark. On
every side can be heard groans and
cries for help, and the scene is indie
scrlDable. A large number of physicians
and other citizens have left Guthrie
Tor the scene with surgical instruments,
drugs and other supplies
A later message states that a large
number of people known to have been
In business buildings are missing and
1t is feared they are dead under the
ruins. The true state of affairs cannot
be learned until daylight
KANSAS CITY, March 30-Reports
received here indicate that the cyclone
which destroyed the town of Chandler
Okla, tonight also passed across the
Stoto VI hdHSdS, InOuSn IN less de-
structiVe force.
Florence, Kan, reports a severe wind
storm between 5 and o'clock that
unroofed a portion of the Santa Fe
round house blew down several wooden
buildings and blew box cars from the
track
Great Bend reports a very heavy
wind accompanied by hail and rain
Wichita experienced the heaviest rain
ever experienced there accompanied by
wind and hail
Barton reports a very heavy wind,
which wrecked several small buildings
and blew cars from the tracks Tele-
graph service throughout the state is
badly crippled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

think that there is any occasion for
alarm. Several families have been
compelled to vacate their homes, but in
nearly every case the houses were built
on the extreme low land back of the
levee. The most trouble has been ex-
perienced about the center of the flats.
At that point two or three houses are
entirely surrounded by water, but their
owners have been gone from them for
several days. The level of the river is
still between four and five feet below
the lowest points in the levee, and the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
The Down River Town Gained Eleven and Lost
Ten of It's Supporters After the Bill
Was Passed
Hall of Representatives Crowded by Friends Of
Both of the Towns Interested Heated But
DispassiOnate Debate on the
Action of the Governor

pretty contest, to give the Hastings
appropriation bill enough votes to pass
it over the veto of Gov. CIough, there
being but sixty-eight affirmative votes,
or a gain of one over the last vote talk
en-, when 1t was necessary to have
seventy-siX in order to successfully
disregard the veto.
The matter came up as special or
der at 2:3O in the presence of as large
a crowd as has ever forced places for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

pany found it necessary to shut down
its mill today the water in the lake
having overlooked the floors of the en-
CINE room. At present the lake regis
ters only two feet less than it did dur
ing the high water of last spring, and
rivermen and lumbermen unite in the
assertion that it will go much higher
basing their opinion upon the fact that
much SNOW remains along its tribu-
taries. If the rise continues it will no1
be long before the city is forced to
start its steam pump on the levee 30
keep the water from backing into the
sewers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

GREENVILLE, Miss, March 30.-It
is reported here that the levee has
broken at Luna, Ark, eight miles above
thenticated from here tonight, but the
river is falling rapidly and this indi-
Gates another break.
HELENA, Ark, March 30-10:30 p. m.
A telephone. message just received
from Oldtown tells of a terrible strug-
gle now going on at a point two miles
south Of MISSIONER, where a slough
ing of the levee occurred last week.
The heavy wind of Sunday night and
yesterday weakened the leVees to an
alarming degree and again tonight a
stiff breeze is blowing from the south
east. There is little chance of saving
the southern portion of this Phillips)
county from overflow Should this
levee break, hundreds Of acres of fer
tile soil will be Inundated.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 30.-There
are now three breaks in the levee that
protects the Mississippi delta from the
waters of the river. One is seven miles
below Greenville.s Miss. at Wayside,
which is 1900 feet .wide;7 one forty miles
north of GreenHille, at the. head of the
delta, which is one thousand feet wide
and becoming deeper and wider as the
water rushes through it. The third
occurred at an early hour this morn
ing seven miles north of a point oppo-
site Arkansas City and, at last re-
ports, stream as wide as the Hudson
was tearing through it and covering the
country for miles in the interior
The river from the north to the south
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
BULLETIN OF
THE ST. PRUL GLOBE.
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 81, 1897.
Weather for Today.
Threatening, With Showers.

PAGE 1.
Mississippi Nearing Danger Line.
Exciting Scenes on the Flats.
Hastings Loses Hospital Fight.
Size of Greater New York.
Levees Break in the South.
Greeks Massing Their Troops.
PAGE 2.
William Dawson Jr. Indicted.
Young Woman Commits Suicide.
Report of Banking Committee.
PAGE 3.
News of minneapolis.
House to Vote on Tariff Today.
RetrOaction in Tariff Law.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Sensational Suicide at Brainerd.
The Douglas Bill Punctured.
PAGE s.
POttgieser's Judgeship Bill.
Hastings Fight Not YET Ended.
PAGE 9.
Bar Silver, 81 Use.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, 20 3-4c.
Stocks Strong and Higher.
Western Passenger Association.
PAGE Z.
Colts Shut Out the MiIIers.
Mitchell Would Fight FitzsimmOns
News of the Railways.
PAGE 3.
Streets in Bad Condition.
An Agreement on Garbage.
A Delicious State Farm Mutton.
Social News of ST. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
ICE BREAKING Up.

THO W HIT III f4iIIAt 81. OFOlA II HIS-
ing Rapidly.
Special to the Globe.
SALTWATER, Mimi, March 30.-The
ice in Lake ST Croix began breaking
up today, and the lake is now free of
ice from the st. Croix boom to the
islands, some distance above the pom
toon bridge. A few days more of warm
weather will cause the ice to disappear
entirely. The water in the lake con-
tinueS to rise. and the most rapid rate
was evidenced yesterday morning, when
it was ascertained that an increase of
almost a foot had occurred during the
night The Saltwater Feed Mill COM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
EVENTS TODAY.

aIet-My Friend From India, 2.3O,s.15.
Gd-ShadOws of Il Great City, 2.3O,S.10
CapitOI-LegisIature 10.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The people of St. Louis are buying
eggs at the rate of three dozen for a
quarter. They will no doubt lay up
some for the spring election.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The Spanish are still the leading liars
of the world. 1t is now known to a
certainty that President Cisnero, of the
Cuban republic, is not dead
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The people Of Europe can now watch
the Greeks hurl ''warlike enthusiasm"
against the big battalions of infantry
and heavy batteries of artillery Of the
Turks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

A new crime is bulletined from Mon
tana. The secretary of the senate has
been indicted for losing a bill on the
last night CT the session of the legis-
lature.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

Gov. Mounts, Of Indiana, says he will
not give positions to steady drinkers
Re thus strikes about rs per cent of
the Indiana politicians off his list at
one move Of the Den.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

Mayor Strong, of New York, indors-
es Mr. Tweed. At the same time it is
difficult to see how this is going to
help Mr.. Tweed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

Niagara Falls has a new suspension
bridge, which, for traffic facilities, is
quite an Improvement on the one BIon-
din used to use.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
Father of Waters Drives Some of the Dwe1ers
the St. Paul Levees to
Higher Ground.
Waters Gradually Increased in Volume During
the Day-What the Record Showed at Mid
night-West Side Residents of the
Bottoms May Suffer-

A. M.-Gauge stood at IL o feet.
Z. M.-Gauge stood at 1871 feet.
IL (Mid)-GauSe stood at 1873 feet.
Danger line 40 feet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The anti-prize fight exhibition bills in
various state legislatures threaten the
kaleidoscope trust with an oversupply
of negatives.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

Mr.. Hunter, Of Kentucky, may as
we'll go cunning for something else. He
was apparently not built for a SEN
atOrial tOga.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

Father Knickerbocker has ordered a
No hat New York is now the big
gest thing in the world except Lon
don.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The Yantic is trenching upon the
persimmOns of the batueship Texas.
The Yantic has run aground off Uru-
quay.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The Mississippi at st. Paul has at
last become a river worth looking at.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

The poorest man in the world today
is the one who has nothing but money
John D. Rockefeller.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Bowie, Liverpool;
Ems, Genoa. Sailed: Cutie Liverpool Po-
latia, Hamburg; Trave Bremen.
ANTWERP-Arrived: Kensington, New
York.
QUBENsTOWN-Arrived Cephalonia, Bos-
ton,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
FATE OF TEE DELTA SEALED,
Heroic Efforts Have Not Prevented One of the Most
Disastrous 0VerfloUS in History

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 30.-News
received here at 10 o'clock tonight con-
firms the report that a break of i'm
mense proportions occurred at o'clock
tonight at the Stokes plantation in
Bolivar county, seven miles south of
the Perthshire break, four miles below
GunnisOn, and a few miles above
Rosedale The crevasse is in an i'm
mense levee and the water will join
with that of the Perthshire break and
add to the distress of the people of
Bolivar and Washington counties. This
last break is situated SO that the water
flowing through it, added to that of
the Perthshire crevasse, will inundate
ali immense territory and will soon
stop the trains on both the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley lines and also on the
Southern. The heroic efforts of the
people of the delta have not been able
to prevent one of the most disastrous
overf1ows in the history of this great
delta That much is now a settled
fact
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31

Over 1000 bills have been introduced
in the Minnesota house of representa-
tives. Perhaps 100 of them ought to