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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-01
CONVICTED OF A iCRIME

Decatur, Ala. July 81. The trial of
Lewis Thompson, colored, ended here .o-
day. He was charged with felonionsly
assaultiug little white girl while q col
ored woman held the child Thompson
vas found guilty and the penalty was
fixed at death. Another colored man and
the woman are to be tried later, 4
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-01

If the Canadians should attempt to i'm
pose any hardships upon citizens operst-
ing in the Klondike gold regions, the
United States will easily find means of
retaliation that will make the Canadians
sick before they are through with it.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-01
AN INHUMAN FATHER

Ozark, Ark, July .3l.--Lee Davidson
has been arrested here charged with in
1t is alleged. that he threw his
wife's baby into a hog pen and that it
was devoured by the swine.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-01

President Mckinley has left Washing
ton and is enjoying himself ON the shore
of Lake Champlain. II he can only man
age to keep away from Senator Hanna for
awhile the people will not object to his
outing.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-01

President Mckinley weighs ex actly one
hundred and ninety-one pounds. From
this it would appear that the cares of
State do not entirely Cypress him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

water, and men were employed all
afternoon with boats and wading boots
stalking the sidewalk into the ground
sc that it could not float away. There
are less than dozen houses on the PO-
lander flats that are not flooded, and
with but few exceptions, the owners
have all gone to the empty houses on
the higher ground. On the West side
flats many Of the houses have not as
yet been reached by the water, owing
othe fact that they are built on
mounds piled up above the level Of the
ground, but nearly all of them are en-
tirely surrounded by the water Up to
yesterday the owners of these houses
Felt very secure. They rather expected
that the water might surround them,
but did not think that it would reach
their houses, but Yesterday the ma
jOrity of them decided to move while
they had time and boats were busy all
over the flats carrying their belongings
to the higher ground where it was
loaded into express wagons and taken
away
Along the river front the condition
of the people is worse than elsewhere.
The houses are mere huts and the peo-
pie living in them are Of the very poor
class Many of them do not even own
the boats, which is evidence Of pover-
ty on the flats and they have no
money to hire the more fortunate ones
to convey their goods to the high
ground. Some of these people called
on the mayor yesterday. They told
him that they had no means to get
their goods out of their houses and
even if they had there was no place
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

At that hour the government gauge at
the foot of Jackson street registered a
full fourteen feet. This showed an in
crease since midnight on Monday of
seven-tenths of a foot. With the
smashing Of the theories of the-weath
er bureau the hopes of the fiat-dwen-
ers that they were to be spared a
repetition of the extreme high water of
past years have also gone glimmering.
The scene on both the upper and the
West side flats was one of lively &C
tivity all day yesterday. A few fam
lilies had left their homes on Monday,
but a vast majority of them remained
in their houses, hoping against hope
that the water had reached it's limit
and would show signs of subsiding by
Tuesday morning. The result was that
many Of them awakened yesterday
morning to find their homes in the
center of a sea of water.
On the upper flats the water is still
between three and four feet from the
top of the levee. but the. hack water is
causing the people serious trouble. The
strong wind which blew directly across
the river forced the water through the
open culverts at rapid rate and with
no means of escape it rose steadily
until it was almost a foot higher than
the level of the river. The condition
in the middle and upper portion of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

hour. The platform surrounding the
Devereaux commission house, where
the government gauge is located, was
under SIX inches Of water at that hour
Col. Jones, of the United States en-
cheering corps, returned yesterday
from trip Of inspection along the
waterways of the north part of the
state The colonel is, therefore, quail
ned to speak with some certainty on
the flood situation.
There is plenty of snow in the north
vet, said the colonel to reporter for
the & | o b e yesterday afternoon.
while 1t has melted to some extent
from the open country, there has been
no thawing at all in the timber where
the snow is the deepest. So you see
there is still rivers of water up there
which will not come down for months
The waterways in the northern part
OF the state are not full as yet, and
the volume in the government reser-
VGfrS has not commenced to increase
to any great extent. Now If the pres
ent high water at st. Paul is caused by
the melting Of the snow in the open
country, we are all right, and / take it
we are. I expect to see the river rise
higher than it is now, but this flood
must not be taken for the regular sum-
mer or spring freshet which will not
come until late in May Then l ex-
pect the river will be far higher than
il Is at the present time. The stage of
water in st. Paul now Is nothing re-
markable. Half of 1t comes from the
Minnesota river"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

for them to go. One man living on
Fenton street has a family Of five
children, and two Of them are sick In
bed. The house was flooded with water
and his family were really in danger.
When the river reached the danger
mark yesterday afternoon and there
We're no signs Of the flood abating, the
weather bureau decided that it was
time to act, and in compliance with a
request from that office, Chief Goss
took measures to serve individual and
peremptory notice upon the occupants
Of each of the dwellings in any way
endangered by the high water to move
at once. One officer from the centrar
station was sent to the upper fevee
and another from the Ducas street sta
ton to the West side flats with In
structiOns to employ boats or any other
means necessary to visit every house
and in each case to secure the name of
the occupant in order that the depart
ment may keep track Of them.
Mayor Doran will call a meeting at
once for the purpose of organizing a
citizens committee to furnish tempo
rary quarters for the families thus
driven from their homes and to render
such other assistance as may be found
necessary. Chief Goss spent the after
noon driving about the flats and SUI
AT o'clock last night the register
showed the height of the water to be
14.5, an increase in six hours of a half
a foot, showing that the water had been
raising at the rate of one inch per
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
FLAT JEWELLERS ARE NOyING OFF.
Weather Bureau Requests Police to Notify Those Living
On the Flats Of Their Danger--N any NOved Under
Difficulties Something Must Be Done to
Help the Homeless

Between the hours Of IL o'clock and
midnight, last night, a large quantity
of Ice came down the river, and with
it came a slight increase in the rate at
which the river was rising. The gauge
at midnight registered 14.8 feet, a rise
Of 3 of a foot in three hours. This
over reaches all the high water marks
since 1881. In 1888 the records show
that the water reached a height of 14.4
feet, and In 1893 it went to 14.7 feet.
The theory Of the St Paul
weather bureau that the sudden rise
of the river Monday night was due to
the breaking of a gorge furteer up the
river and that 1t would subside rapidly
was not borne out by the action Of the
Father of Waters for it continued to
rise all day yesterday, passing the dan
ger mark at o'clock in the afternoon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Smith & Co.'S saw mill at Forty-fourth
avenue north in Minneapolis.
1t was a terrible sight. and it was
with apprehension that old river men
watched the crowding ice, and when it
did finally break away, it carried every
thing before it, causing a total damage
that will foot up towards $1,000
That such a thing as an ice jam was
imminent was never suspected by the
lumbermen. The first signs that the
Ice was on a rampage was at o'clock
IN the morning. At that time J. Lee
and c. l.. Traebert of the c. A. Smith
Lumber company, were standing near
the river. The water was smooth as
glass, and running along sluggishly az
IS its wont near this point. All at once
crash was heard from further up the
river. Upon looking in the direction
from which the crash came a rugged
moving sheet of ice was seen. Tossing
about among it, as if alive were any
number of logs. The jam coming
around the bend at that place was by
its impetus carried directly towards
Sawanson's brickyard, which is stu
ice was by it's own force carried far up
on the land, and did considerable dam
age to outhouses. Slowly the jam form
ed along the east side of the river I'M
til the entire river at this point was
one mass of struggling ice. The ice
and logs from above were crowded in
upon the first ice, and for a long time
the ice and logs fought each other as il
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

mediately raised by the opposition, that
the amendment had not yet been order
ed reported by the full committee. In
order to avoid any technical trouble
Mr.. Dingley withdrew the amendment
end called a meeting of the ways and
means committee. The committee was
absent but a few minutes, and upon
entering the chamber, Mr.. Grosvenor
again offered the amendment making
the bill effective April l.
Mr.. DOckery offered as an amend
ment the prOvisO to suspend the duties
on articles controlled by trusts A
point of order made against it, after
short discussion, was sustained by the
chair. An arrangement was made for
fifteen minutes debate on each side of
the GrOsVenOr amendment
Mr.. Bailey stated that the Opposi-
ton was extremely anxious to reach
two schedules in the bill and did not
desire to consume more time on this
amendment. In opening, Mr.. GrOs-
Venor remarked upon the alleged at
tempt of the Democrats to make pOliti-
cal capital out of the opposition to
trusts. AS to the pending proDositior.
to make this tariff bill go into effect
April l, no matter what the date OF
its final enactment, he said, two ques-
lions were involved, it's expediencv and
Its wisdom. That it was wise. he did
not think anyone would deny, and he
would. therefore, direct his attention
entirely to the question of it's expedi-
ency.
Mr.. GrosvenOr's strongest point was
made in connection with the present
tariff law which bore date of Aug. 1,
1894, but was not finally enacted until
tWenty-eight days later. Although
Continued on Third Pare.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

flats was worse than anywhere else,
and the people were busy all day raft
ing and boating their belongings from
their flooded homes to places of safety
on the higher ground. No real danger
has yet been encountered by the people
of the upper flats. In two or three
cases household effects have received
a severe wetting owing to the refusal
of the people to leave their homes until
absolutely compelled to do so, but be-
yond that no serious damage has been
done.
On the West side and lower Polander
flats the condition of many Of the peo-
pie is pitiable in the extreme They
have no levee to protect them, as Is
the case in the upper flats, and in
many places the water is flowing di-
rectly through their homes from the
river. At 8 o'clock yesterday after
noon there were only a few small
patches Of land visible in the bend Of
the river below Fenton street. Ten
nessee street was perfect sea of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
A DANAGE Of FULLY 100000.
Exciting Scenes at the 500 Railroad Bridge During
Which Hundreds Of Lives We're in PERIL Sudden
Rise and Fall Of the River Responsible
for Further Destruction.

ut is the worst I have ever seen and
I have watched this river every spring
as 1t was about to break up" for the
last twenty-eight years, said H M. De
Laittre, Of the Bovey- De Laittre Lum-
Der company, yesterday afternoon,
while watching the ice jam that had
formed in the river near the @. A,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
BULLETIN OF
TIE ST. PHUI GLOBE.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1897.

Weather for Today.
Local Showers; Cooler.
PAGE 1.
Local Flood Increasing.
Damage of Ice jam in Minneapolis.
DingIey Tariff Bill Passed.
PAGE 2.
DunLard migrants Arrive.
County Auditors Annual Report,
Trap That Didn't Catch Fullerton.
Omaha Freight House Burns.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Matters.
Warships Shell the Cretans.
Worst Is Feared in Southern Flood.
Arbitration Treaty Much Amended.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Cnss County Fight Patched Up.
Hicks Election Law Killed.
PAGE 8.
Four Appropriation Bills DOwned.
Capitol Bill Recommended.
Work of the Legislature.
PAGE 9.
Bar Silver, 81 11-16c.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, 20 1-Sc.
Sugar Factory for New UIm.
News of the Northwest.
PAGE :.
Mott Against Sunday Racing.
Chandler, Okla, In Ruins.
Wants Of the People.
PAGE 8.
Chamber of Commerce on Charter.
Butter Men Copy EIgin
Railroads Evolve IA New Plan.
Exp ess Companies Make No Returns
Railway Gossip.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Orizaba, Havana
Jason, Kingston. Sailed: La Champagne, Ant
werp; Britannia. Liverpool; Southwark. Ant
werp; Olympia, Marselles.
Observation-Disclosures: Cephalonia, BOs-
ton.
PHILADELPHIA-Saile lnois, Ant
werp.
HONG KONG-Arrived: Olympia, Tacoma.
ROTTERDAM = Sailed: Maasdam, New
York. Arrived: Werkendam, New York.
AMSTERDAM-Sailed Edam, New York
SOUTHAMPTON-Sail Havel Bremen
for New York. Arrived: Spree, New York
for Bremen; st. Paul, New York.
LIVERPOOL - Arrived: Indiana from
Philadelphia; TeutOnic, from New York
Sailed: Germanic, for New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
TARIFF BILL PASSED,
AS Adopted Its Schedules Effect Today-Fve Dem
OcratC Votes for the Measure.

regulations to carry out the provision of this
section, including the retention in the bonded
warehouses Of the United States or any other
place where such goods are deposited of
samples of such goods until required for
evidence on any such trial.
The parliamentary point was i'm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

freshments are taking concerted action
for the abolition of the GROWER" 1t
is driving the Milwaukee saloonkeepers
to drinking their own beer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

An Indiana man has broken the mat
rimonial record in new spot He
died, leaving six living wives. He left
the last of these 81 600 To all of the
others he was paying alimony.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

A LeavenwOrth, Kan, preacher
charges the women of that town with
gambling. He says one young lady lost
$500 at one sitting. What luck!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Rhode Island never had a representa-
tive in a presidents cabinet. Rhode
Island doesn't carry guns enough. 1t
should annex Connecticut, Massachu-
settS or Block island.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Times are pretty hard in New York.
The number of convicts in the three
prisons of that state in 1892 was 1886
Last year it was 3.120
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Fred Grant, late colonel U. S. A, is
said to be on the slate for the Austrian
mission. Thus Fred gives significance
to his remark that the only way to
get him off the New York police COM
mission was by Legislation, death or
something better"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

President Mckinley sent another
large batch of appointments to the
senate yesterday. The most that Min
nesota got out Of it was a postofftce
at Olivia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Colorado is buried under foot Of
snow. That sounds homelike. It is
less than a week since Minnesota was
buried under more snow than that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Thirty-eight citizens Of Louisville
were arrested the other day for get
ting full on book beer. It is spring in
Louisville, and Louisville has Repub-
lican maNor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Lightning struck featherbed near
Utica, N. Y, the other day. The old
women of New York will have to seek
a new haven of rest during thunder
storms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

A hog got drunk on wine in Califor-
mia the other day. He is not the only
hog that ever did it, either.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

There is a convict in the Connecticut
penitentiary who knows Shakespeare
from cover to cover But this doesn't
help him to get out of prison.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
EVENTS TODAY.

Met-O'NeiH in Monte CristO, S.15.
Grand-ShadOws of a Great City, S.15.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Hunter is holding his own in Ken
lucky, but If he doesn't do better than
that he will never be United States
senator
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Adlai E. Stevenson was born in Ken
lucky, but Kentucky doesn't seem to
be very proud of the fact
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

The sl1ullduggery that goes on in
some of the polling booths would indi-
cate that it would be entirely appro-
pirate that the flag that floats over
them should be at half mast.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

There is hope for Chicago, Dwight j.
Moody is drawing better than any of
the candidates for mayor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Peachblow Pingree is more stirred up
than stirring lately
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

The Yant'c is afoat again So is the
West side, st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Don't kick anything today!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

DON'T kick today!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Don't kick!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01

Continued on Third Page.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-09
A MOTHER KNOWS.
Some Things People Don't Think or.

| Some Things People Don't Think Of.
''Just why it Ia that children at the
| breakfast table will beg for a little coffee
| day sftfr nay, nm unable TO say, ecexpt
that they have deeply rooted desire to
have what their parents do in the way Of
food and drink, then ] believe they natural
ly like something hot to sip with a spoon; |;
at any rate, the demand is there and Pm
blest Il it isn't hard TO get over, when
one has three or four in the family, but
we can't give our young folks coffee to
drink, every one knows it's effect on
children ami 1t seems almost criminal to
set before the innocents something we
know will harm them"
So spsaks a thoughtful mother and to
such the gr in coffee, Postum comes as a
blessing TO solve the vexed question.
DIR. H.w. Pierson, "MIedicsl Advance"
6351 Stewart Ave., Chicago. says" I'VE know
of your Postum and are very much pleased
with 1t. Decidedly opposed to the use
of both tea and coffee.
Postum will psss for coffee with nine
ont Of ten people IL they are not wsrned
In advance. IL has the deep sell brown OF
Old Java and changes tn the rich golden
brown OF thick Mocha when cream il
added. 1t is mnoe Who'll y and entirely
OF pure grains OF the field, wheat, etc,
such as are intended by the Creator for
mans use In this latitude. Postum, the
health coffee can be drank az freely IS
water without any of the i'll effects OF
coffee and In a week or ten days time,
the cid coffee user will note marked
change in his feelings and flesh. II makes
red blood in the natural way and agrees
with babies or grown people. Made by the
Postum Cereal Co., Linz, OF Battle Creek,
Nicn.
Beware OF fraudulent limitations Of the
original Postum Cereal Grain coffee. In
sist on Postum.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-09

Chicora. Pa, Herald" Richard vensee
eports one Minute Cough Cure tho greatest
Success Of medical science, Hc',oia NJ ths. IL
cured his whole family OF terrible coughs and
colds. after all other 40 called cures had failed
entirely. Mr.. vensei said ~ assisted his
children through n very bad siege % measles.
one Minute Cough Cure makes expcctoration
very easy ans rand.
joseph :. Iohnsion's Pharmacy. 500 West
Minister street Metzgor's Pharmacy ...0 North
Main street; Alfrcd's Pharmacy. n Eddy
street; Joseph Driver, Riverside Pharmacy,
81 Ma"son aveap-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-09

and, as has already teen noted, the yrlgar
prints which a few yesrs ago constituted
tho msjor part OF the st. VsIsntlne's dsy
mail is now giving way to artistic and
charming souvenirs. Ii Ia said that the
connection of these customs with st. VAL
entine are purely accidental. In the
LEGENDS Of the various saints OF that
name recorded in the Acta Ssnctorum no
trace OF the practices peculiar TO the 14th
Of February is found. Ii has been aug
gested that the custom msy be descended
from the ancient Romans who, during
the Lupercnlia, celebrated I'm the month of
February, we're IN the habit, among
other things. Of putting the names of
young women into a box from which
they were drawn by the men as chance
directed, and that the Christian clergy,
finding il difficult or impossib BILE to extir-
pate this pagan practice gave il at least q
religious aspect DO substituting tho names
OF particular saints for those OF tho
women. On the other hand, Ii is con-
tended to be far moro probable that the
custom OF choosing valentines Is q relic of
that nature-relieion which was the prim-
ventive form of religion in Northwestern
Europe and elsewhere. and that it sprang
from recognition of the pcculiadty OF
the SESSION. bence the explanation that
about this time OF the year the birds
choose their mates, and ihencs probably
came the custom of the young men and
msidens choosing valentines or special
loving friends on that day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-09
CONGREGATIONAL CLUB.
Enjoyed Dinner and Listened 10 Speeches
al th: IrOcaderO.

a. W. ltOSauSiV.
The dinner OF the Congregational
Club was given last night at the Troca-
dero. President John +. Huntsman In
troduecd tho speakers and their addresses
we're on tue question Of institutional
churches.
Rev. r.. b. Pulian of the Pilgrim
Church seid that an institutionsi church
is q protest against tho full grown tradi-
tion that church property is only to be
used few hours on the Sabbath day.
The second protest is one against the
spirit of religious castes. IL opposes
the select church with its weil-dressed
and well-housed members, their costly
pastors and costly musicians. The ins;i-
tutionnl church objects most strenuousiy
TO the principle of the purchased pews.
eft is in the third place protest
against the sentiment that the trustee,
tie sexton. the pastor, the orgapist and
the cborister should be The only ones
active In church works.
Other speakers were DR.. Alexsnder Nc
Kenzie of Cambridge. Mr.. Frederick II.
Fuller of the Y. NJ. {. A., Mr.. thomas
Is. Stoekwell. Mr.. John II. EDDY and
Hon. Ruth hone Gardiner, OF the Church
mems Club.