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The Canton times., 1902-04-04
PEARL RIVER RISING.
Five Feet in Twelve Hours-The Jackson
Waterworks Plant Flooded.

Five Feet in Twelve Hours-The Jackson
Waterworks Plant Flooded.
Jackson, Miss, March 30.-Swollen
by the rains of the past few days,
Pearl river is on rampage tonight,
having risen five feet in the last twelve
hours. The waters of the overflow
reached the water works, two miles
below the city, tonight, and swept
away the brick walls of the pumping
station, destroying thirty-foot circu-
lar pit in which the pumping appa-
ratus was located. At an early hour
tonight the waters were within three
feet of the floor of the bridge across
the river and were continuing to rise.
The damage to the water works cannot
be repaired until the flood subsidies.
However, the water works company
have a force employed in placing a
boiler in position ON the river bank
opposite this city. 1t is thought it will
be Tuesday before the city can be
supplied with water by the company.
1t is reported that many cattle have
perished in the flood.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
.DEATHAND DDESOLA7|0N
Twenty-Five Lives known to Have
Been Lost in Tennessee.
Railroad and County Bridges swept away
Damage to Property Will Run Up
Into the Million.

Nashville, Tenn, March 3O.-The
known dead in Tennessee by Friday s
storm and foods are:
Hartman, Tenn, two unknown.
Pulaski, Tenn, eleven.
Houston Conner.
Sarah Phillips.
John Cole, wife and three children.
Stock White, wife and two children,
all colored, and negro baby.
Lewisburg, Tenn, three.
Annie Robinson, two children OF Joe
Mcclellan, all colored.
Murfreesboro, Tenn, one.
Williams, girl, colored.
McMinnville, five.
Mrs. Blevin and three children.
Henry Madewell.
Every etGort was made today to
reach the counties devastated by the
flood which had not reported Every
one of these counties east of the Ten
nessee and south of the Cumberland
rivers that could be reached was COM
municated with.
The counties which were visited by
the flood include practically all or
those lying between the mountains on
the east and the Tennessee river on
the west and between tn Cumberland
river and Alabama line, almost all OF
Middle Tennessee and one of the most
fertile and beautiful stretches of coun-
try in the world.
The counties suffering the greatest
seem to have been those south of Muir
freesboro, the center of the State.
The riverside farms in Lincoln
county, renowned the world over al
most, are reported very badly dam
aged.
Thousands of logs are reported
adrift in the upper Cumberland, which
stream at Carthage at o'clock this
afternoon was rising at the rate of six
inches per hour.
The bridge of the Nashville & Knox
vile Railroad at Lancaster, a hundred
foot span, said to have cost in the
of 100000, went last
night, the floating houses, debris and
so forth battering it from the abut-
ments.
1t was predicted at Carthage that
the Cumberland would go beyond the
flood of 1882.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
Railroad bridge Shaky.

Oxford, Miss, March 30-A tele.
phone message was received here this
morning from Abbeville, a railway
station twelve miles north of this
place, saying that the iron railroad
bridge crossing the Tallahatchie was
in dangerous condition from the sud-
den rise in the river caused by the
cloudburst last Friday morning. The
banks of the river have caved in near
the bridge and collapse of the entire
structure is hourly expected. Work
has been continued all day on the
washout one mile above this town, but
engineers say that the road cannot be
made passable for trains for three or
four days.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

Among many other remarkable
things Montana will send to the
worlds fair is the tallest man in
America. Edward Beaupre, aged 21,
is 7 feet, 10h inches in height and
weighs 367 pounds. He sleeps on the
floor in hotels because no bed is large
enough to hold him. On the ranch
where he has worked five years he
often takes a 1,000-pound horse under
his arm and carries it about the pas
ture. He can walk off with 1000
pounds on a straight lift. Unlike
many giants, Beaupre is well devel-
oped generally.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

Work has been begun on the third
of the great bridges to span East
river at New York, and the first step
is to sink caisson 40 feet high, 144
feet long and IS feet wide. When it
is nearly submerged superstructure
IL feet high will be added, bringing
the bottom almost to the river bed.
With the aid of cofferdam the cais-
son will be sunk through the mud
until bedrock is reached, 81 feet be-
low high water level. Concrete
thrown into pockets will be used to
sink the caisson, and it win take AZ
months to complete this work.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
PARALYSIS CONTINUES.
Train Service Over Some Railways Into
Meridian May Not Be Resumed
for n Week


for q Week.
Meridian, Miss, March 30.-Railroad
traffic continues paralyzed in this sec
tion as a result of the recent flood.
Not one of the five railroads entering
here have yet been able to get trains
through either north or south. Mail,
however, is being transferred on the
Alabama Great SCouthern at Narkeeta
Creek, where the bridge was swept
away. Large forces are at work on
all of the washouts and traffic may
be resumed north of Meridian tomor-
row.
The damage south on the Northeast
ern, Mobile & Ohio and Alabama &
Vicksburg is more disastrous than
first anticipated, and it is doubtful if
traffic is resumed inside of eight and
possibly ten days On all of them. To
day Pearl river is reported rising and
the railroad officials expect still more
trouble from that source. The rail
road officials are having difficulty in
securing all the workmen they want,
even at big wages.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
Improvement at Laurel,

Laurel, Miss, March 30.-The Leaf
river bridge, on the Laurel branch of
the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad, near
Taylorville, was greatly damaged by
the flood and no trains have passed
over since Wednesday except one pas
senger Friday, which passed over a
considerably overflowed track. The
water is falling, however, and the com
pany hopes to have the bridge repaired
and get trains to running some time
tonight.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
THIRTY BRIDGES GONE.
But Five Left In Giles County-f@
and Merchants Heavy sunererS

and Merchants Heavy sun
Pulaski, Tenn, March 3O.-Furtner
developments show that the recen'
flood damages have been unueT,esti a
mated. The Chambers mills aI 'in'a
.nd the store of Chambers Bros. and
Drew Chambers dwelling are all gone.
Hagan & Howell's store on Sugar creeh
is gone. The dam of Peach roller
mills is gone. Hall G Kelton's store at
Peach is filled with mud, as is every
other country store. wade BIOS.
store at Wade and j. S. Harts at hiv'
erburg are filled with mud. Tne sta-
tion at Wales is wrecked.
Out of the thirty-five iron bridges
in the county thirty are gone; me
only covered bridge was at helly >
ford. on Richland creek. This was
loosed at both ends and balanced on
the middle pier up and down the
streams, where it yet stands.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
DEsOLATIoN AT HARTMAN.
Loss by the Flood in the Emory Valley
May Reach a Million Dollars.

Knoxville, Tenn, March 30.-The
loss by the flood which swept the
Emory valley Saturday may reach
nearly million dollars in Roane and
Morgan counties when the full story
is known. At Hartman the loss will
be between s55,000 and $125,0O0. The
exact amount will depend upon the
damage done to the Hartman Leather
Company. OF this total loss the dam
age to this one plant alone will be
$4,000. At Oakdale the loss is not
more than $4,000, but it is on the
farms along the Emory where the
greatest damage, 1t is feared, has been
done. The flooded section of Harri-
man presented a desolate appearance
today. Marks of the flood are plainly
to be seen and the whole country pre-
sents devastated appearance. The
city's light plant cannot be operated
for week or more.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
Colonel T. p. Moody, Of Chicago Had
Catarrh Twenty-Five Years and
Was Cured by Peruna.

caused by the first publication Of it t.
all people, both professional and non
professional, was amusing. And yet
we have never enumerated all Of the
diseases which are classed as ca.
tarrh. 1t must be confessed, however,
to see even this partial list drawn up
in battle array is rather appalling Il
the reader desires to see this list to-
gether with short exposition of each
one, send for our free catarrh book.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co, Co.
lumbus, Ohio
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

A New York man has invented
highly concentrated form of intoxi-
cant. 1t is in the shape of pill, and
a man can carry several homicidal
sprees in his vest pocket and keep
ecstasy with him during the long and
otherwise exhausting hours at the
theaters. The pills are compressed
whisky, treated something like liquid
hydrogen and other liquefactions that
are read about in chemistries and
never seen, because it is of no use to
see them. The globulets are dissolved
in the mouth like certain other drugs.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

William H., who had an interview
with him in 1896, said that Cecil
Rhodes was one of the most re-
markable men whom he had ever
met. The potentate who had been
in familiar association with Bismarck
for years, and who had come in con-
tact at the imperial court with some
of the greatest personages of the old
world and the new, may be pre-
sumed to have known great man
when he saw him. That, too, was at
a time just after the Jameson raid,
and abroad.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

The purchasing of the home of
Chief Justice John Marshall, in Rich
mond, Va, is contemplated for the
purpose of erecting thereon a proper
courthouse as a memorial of the fed
eral government to it's greatest chief
justice, as well as proper home for
the judiciary, of which he was such
an ornament.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
FAMILY MISSING.
Neighbors Heard Their Calls for Help and
1t is Believed They Perished.

Murfreesboro, Tenn, March 3d.
Floods in the eastern portion of Ruth
erford county and the adjoining coun-
ty of Cannon have done extensive dam
age. In the Eighteenth district Of
rutherford it is believed that Will
Adams, farmer, his wife and five
children have perished. Saturday
might neighbors heard Adams calling
for help, which they were powerless
to give, and nothing has been heard
of Adams or his family since.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

The Atlanta Constitution says:
'"There are great opportunities flow
ing down our southern water pow
ers," which is quite true, and the
same may be asserted of nearly all
the states. Harnessing the streams
for power will undergo a great de-
velopment during the present CEN
tury.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

A candidate for clerk of Davidson
county, Tenn, promises to pay
church debt of $4,000 if he gets the
nomination. The money is deposited
as an evidence of good faith, and the
congregation is said to be working
hard among the voters.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

Col. John Mosby, the old-time
noted guerrilla, is now quietly and
faithfully serving the United States
government in Colorado, preventing
private parties from fencing in gov
ernment lands,
The Canton times., 1902-04-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

Senator Teller's speech on the Phil
ippine question fills 26 pages of the
Congressional Record and contains
$4,000 words.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

Daniel Wells, the wealthiest man
in Wisconsin, who died last week,
erected an office building in Mil
waukee of pure white glazed terra
Gotta, the only one in the United
States.
The Canton times., 1902-04-04

The first railroad locomotive
capable of going 12 miles an hour,
and it's speed was felicitously COM
pared to that of a rocket.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
IL Wa. a Cocktail Cherry.

Adriana came simpering TO her mis-
tress Could she have the evening out
Mister Johnson was in the kitchen. and
giggles told the rest. Consent, with the
necessary warning to be In before IL,
was given, and the shining pair of
black faces soon went down the street.
But in less than half an hour Adriana
burst in. gasping and trembling. She
had never been so frightened in her life.
That there black man had treated her
scandalously.
why, he asked me II I wouldn't go
Into restaurant to have somethin', an
/ would. So we sat down TO a table,
an the waiter brought some glasses,
an l had drunk half of mine, when L
looked in. and what do you think see?
Ny, / was so scared just jumped right
up an run all the way home, for there
was a great, big red knockout drop in
my glass;"
Such is the transforming power of n
colored imagination at work upon a
candied cherry. York Evening
Post.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
The London Times i'm ,6t.

The Times, after a little wavering.
carried its vast power TO the side of the
South, whose cause II embraced with
an intensity, not 10 say with a fury.
surprising in comparison with the sure
footed discretion usually characteristic
of its management To the last IL per
sisted with undated confidence in as
surfing its readers of Southern victory.
When from Grants lines before Peters
burg Richmond was almost i'm sight.
and il was evident that the next move
on the board would be checkmate, the
Times continued to give ear 10 the as
servations Of Mr.. Spence that the tri-
umph of the South was at hand. The
Times really represented only the
Weather and more aristocratic class in
England. In America 1t was taken as
representing the whole nation.-Prof.
Goodwin Smith. in Atlantic Monthly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
A Noted Knight TempIar
Owes His Health TO Peruna.

Colonel T. r. Moody, prominent knight
Templar, is well known In every city in the
United States west OF Buffalo, n. Y, as a
jewelers. Auctioneer. In the city of Chi
cago as n prominent lodge man, being a
member of the n I. s aud also of the Ma
sons. The cut shows Colonel Moody in the
costume of the Oriental Consistory Masous,
32nd degree.
In recent letter from $500 Michigan
avenue, Chicago, Ill, Mr.. Moody says the
following:
"For over twenty-five years i
suffered from catarrh, and for
over ten years I suffered from
cafarrh of the stomach terribly.
81 have taken all kinds of medi-
cineS and have been treated by
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
of my acquainfances are aware
I'm different parts of the United
STATES, where ! have Travelled, bur
my relief was only temporary,
until a little over a year ago !
started 10 take Peruna, and at fhe
present time I am better than
have been for twenty years.
1.-The soreness has left my sfom-
ach entirely and am free from
Indigestion and dyspepsia and viii
say TO all who are troubled with
catarrh or stomach trouble of any
kind, don'f put IL off and suffer,
but begin TO take Peruna right
away, and keep IL up until you
are cured, as you surely will be If
you persevere.
my wife as many in the southwest can
say. yyas troubled with a bad cough ana
bronchial trouble, and doctors all over the
country gave her up to die, as they could
do nothing more for her. She began taking
Peruna with the result that she is better
now than she has been in years, and her
cough has almost left her entirely. The
soreness has left her lungs and she is as well
as she ever was in her life. with thanks as
she says, to Peruna. Yours very truly;
Catarrh In its various forms is rapidly
becoming general curse. An undoubted
remedy has been discovered by DIR. Hart
man. This remedy has been Thoroughly
tested during the past forty years. Promi-
nent men have come to know of its virtues.
and are making public utterances ON the
subject. To save the country We must save
the people. To save the people we must
protect them from disease The disease that
Is at once the most prevalent and stubborn
of cure is catarrh.
IL one were to make list of the different
names that have been applied to catarrh in
different locations and organs, the result
would be astonishing. We have often pub
lisbed a partial list OF these names, aud the
surprise caused by the first publication of il
TO all people, both professionals and non
professional, was amusing. And yet we
have never enumerated all OF the diseases
which are classed as catarrh. 1t must he
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

1t is my judgment that the first thing
a young man starting in life should do
is to master the groundwork of his
chosen calling. as taught by actual
practice. No matter how highly edu-
Gated he may be, when he makes a be-
ginning away from college, he ought to
bear in mind that he has as much TO
learn that books do not contain and
professors do not teach. as was impart-
ed TO him at his alma mater.
Letters of recommendation are of lit
tie value. II has grown to be the case
that n individual is sized up" for what
he shows himself to be, and not ac-
cording to some other persons written
estimate. II really takes year or two
OF hard knocks and rebuffs to bring a
young fellow, who thinks his sheepskin
Is all ne needs. 10 point where he can
properly estimate himself When he
reaches that stage. he will begin TO get
on in the world.--F. Augustus Heinz, in
Success.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Bright,s Discnse Cured.

Sullivan. ILL.,, March 3lst.-Mrs. Kitty
r. Seaney was very Ill for months. and
Notwithstanding the very best medical
attendance, she got no better. The
doctors said she had Brights Disease,
and gave her little hope OF ever being
we'll again.
She suffered great pain in her back.
which nothing seemed able to relieve.
till at last, encouraged by the reputa-
ton Dodd's Kidney Pills have attained
In the community as cure for Kidney
Diseases, she began to use them.
The result was a surprise both to Mrs.
Mrs. Seaney and the physicians, for
soon after the treatment was COM
menced her kidneys threw of large
quantities OF dark, diseased matter and
she improved rapidly. She used in all
ten boxes. and has completely recovered
good health. without pain or symptoms
of the Bright's Disease.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Beware of Ointments for Catsrrh That
Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering IL through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except On
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is tenfold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by +. j. Cheney & Co,
Toledo. o., contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
Il is taken internally, and made In Toledo ohio:
by +. j. Cheney & Co. Tessimonislsfree Sold
by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
HalIs Family Pills are the best
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
T,,. the way 10 wnren.m.

Joseph Jefferson was driving from
his summer residence in BuZzard's Bay
TO Or,rt--which is the next town west
on Cape Cod-when he met two women
from the camp NEE ting grounds at the
latter place, who had dismounted from
their bicycles and were acting as II In a
onandary. The women, who wore
hloomers. hailed the veteran comedian
with the query:
please. Mister, Is this the way to
wareham?"
Mr.. Jefferson looked at the boomers
and then replied:
THE way TO wear EN-? Certainly
madam. IL is the way | wear mine.
New York Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
St. Peter Wa. nm rrt.hm,n.

There is doo,keeper of the house of
representatives who was born in the
Green Isle, and is so proud OF his ma
tive land that he never tires of telling
OF the famous men of the same extrac-
ton. Some of his assertions are in sin
gular contradiction of history, and con-
gressmen often cajole him to converse
upon this favorite theme for their
Peter was an Irishman.
Well" said Benton McMillin of
Tennessee, who was then in congress,
you can bet he was not negro. NO
colored man would have given that
cock chance TO crow three times
New York Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Mothers EducntionaI Course.

A girl who had been very clever at
college came home the other day and
said TO her mother:
Mother, I've graduated, but must
inform myself in psychology. philoso-
ply. bibli--"
Just wait a minute" Said the moth
er. II have arranged for you thor
ough course in roastology, boilology,
stitchology, darnolosy. pathology and
general domesticology. Now. put on
your apron and pluck that chicken. -
Chicago Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Peculiar to Itself.

This applies to St. Jacobs Oil used for
hiiy years. 1t contains ingredients that
are unknown to any one but the manu-
factursrs and their trusted employees. Its
pam killing properties are marvellous, as
Eesthed to by the thousands of once crippled
human beings now made well and free from
pam by its use. ST cobs Oil has record
p cures greater than all other medicines.
Us sales are larger than those of any other
proprietary medicine and ten times greater
nan all other embrocations, oils and lini.
(nents combined, simply because it has been
proved TO be the best.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

The only son had reached the histri-
onic period in his career, and was in
dulglng fl a Juvenile edition OF uncle
Toms Cabin" His mothers drawing
room was converted into a temporary
theater. and with a view, perhaps, OF
playing only TO exclusive audiences.
this notice was posted over the door:
Ladies' and gentlemen under thir-
teen years may come in; those that are
not cannot."--New York Evening Post.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Cuba's First President,

Although Il has been stated that the
Cubans are incapable OF governing them
selves, yet they have selected their first
the people. A favorlte medicine with the
American people is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters: because II is an ideal remedy for
headache, Indigestion, dyspepsia consti-
patton and biliousness. II Is also an ex-
ceilent medicine for spring fever. la
grippe and malaria. Don't fail TO try X,
but De sure 20 get the genuine.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
The Way 10 Keen Good.

Brooding over the evil that you have
done will never correct that evil. Rath-
er will 1t make possible a repetition of
the thing dwelt upon. Set your mind
the other way. Think honest. pure.
kind, courageous thoughts all the time,
and your mind will have no time for
their opposites.-Success
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Rather niscnurauinr.

She-'And you are not going TO spend
the evening with me?"
He-"1 am very sorry, dearest, but
/ have pressing engagement and"
She-"Then take back your ring. I'm
not going TO be engaged to a man who
isn't Wiling to do all his pressing here"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
why He RIM

Stubb--How In the world did you get
that messenger boy to run so fast?
Why he covered those twenty blocks
like a streak of lightning.
Penn-Oh, a little strategy. told
him fight was going on In my office
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Weak and Sickly Children

who. perhaps, have inherited weak
question, continually subject to stomach
aoa6leS, loss of flesh and general weakness,
an be made healthy and strong by the use
u Vogeler's Curative Compound. Every
Eoc'or who is at all up to date will say that
Cogelers Curative Compound will make the
PIood pure and rich, bring colour to the
tneeks, and put on flesh where health de
nahds 1t. Children who have been weak
fna sickly since birth should be treated with
nal doses of Vogeler's Curative Compound,
ION two to FIVE drops, twice daily, most
satisfactory results will follow. II is the best
y all medicines, because il is made from the
|0'mnia of great living physician.
sample bottle free on application to the proprietors,
Jacobs Oil. Ltd, baltimore, Md.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.--N. W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove. ". J., Feb. IL. 1900