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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Brave Act of Telegraph Operator
on Northern Pacific.

Butte, Mont, October 1.-two
masked mounted men today rode up t"
the little station ~ Welch's Spur,
twenty miles east of this city on the
Northern Pacific, and covering the OPP
orator with their revolvers, drove him
inside his office and Ocked him in.
They turned the signal light SO as to
stop the North Coast Limited. which
vas due in half an hour. The opera
tor, F. Is. Law. a boy of 90, threaten
ed with death If he moved, crawled on
his hands and knees to his telegraph
key and reaching from under the table
wired the operator at Homestake to tel
the engineer of the North Coast not to
stop. as the bandits meant to hold up
the train at Welch's Spur. The train
went through the latter place at forty
miles an hour Il the bandits then
rode off. \ posse took the trail at
6aTliGht.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
SATURDAY.. October Il.

Saturday. October II.
COTTON-Steady at $50.
Receipts OF cotton today-2,266 bales.
Receipts same day last year-L66S
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-112,3 9S
bales.
Receipts last season to date-141,S iI
II
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Steady at
90 cents.
ROSIN-Ffrm sos.
TAR-Firm at $3.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
1925: dip $3.50; virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last y~ear-Spirtts
turpentine firm at Acc; rosin s1.10 and
s1.15; tar firm at s1.45; crude turpen-
tine firm at s1.35 and $3.50.
Receipts today-25 casks spirits tur-
pentine. IS barrels rosin. g. barrels
tar. So barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-l30
casks spirits turpentine. 3O7 barrels
rosin, 50 barrels tar. AZ barrels crude
t~urpentine.
SALT-PrIces a load Iots-26O lbs
coarse 79c; $50 lbs coarse re; 100 lbs
c F Acc; 200 lbs c F SOC: 200 lbs F F
Table 9Oc to s1.15: 200 lbs Rock Cattle
s1.50
DRY SIDES-9 to 912C.
BUTTER-27 to soc.
COFFEE-7 to 1Oc.
FLOUR-Straights 1920 to $3.50; Ind
patents $40 to 81. so: full $3.50 to $500.
MOLASSES-S. House IA: New Or
leans Brights % to %: Porto Rico 90:
Cuba %.
SUGAR-Granulated $500; W. c. X.
No. 5, S4.75; No. I $40; No. 9 $3.50. No.
II. $3.50.
LARD-Tierce Basis) Pure 81 cents
Compound ~ to 7&c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina 20 to 72h;
Virginia so to &c; new Spanish 60 to 20
BEESWAN-26 to &c.
CORN-67 to 20.
CORN MEAL~60 to 6212.
EGGS-20 cents.
CHICKENS-Hens 35c; spring 1212
to %.
Beef to &c.
n. c. BACON Hams CoId) Is cents;
shoulders 1212 to 13c: sides 1912 to 15c.
SHINGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
300; 5-inch hearts. $3.50; 6-inch saps
So .00: 6-inch hearts $500.
rr,rDrn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Official Yellow Fever Bulletin.

Laredo. Texas. October 16.-The Off
as follows:
New cases 81; deaths l; total cases to
date 35S; total deaths is. Fifty desti-
tue families asked the mayor for aid
today.
Reports from Minera are to the effect
that there have been so cases and 3
deaths from yellow fever. No bulletin
was issued today at Neuvo Laredo. The
condition of United States Consul Gar
rett is slightly improved.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
anniversary of Jonathan Edwards
Birth Celebrated.

Princeton. y. j. October 16.-Intar-
esting exercises concentrating the
200th anniversary of the birth of JON
athan Edwards. the third president OF
Princeton college. were held in me
Miller chapel today before a large
number of seminary and university
students and visitors. President Pat
ton presided and Professor John De-
Witt. D. D.. delivered the grafton. THIS
was a brilliant treatment of Edwards,
as the greatest American theolOgian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Union Soldiers NedIle With Nir-
Sinfa'S Affairs.

Dayton. O.. October 16.-One of the
concluding acts of the Union Veteran
Legion which closed its annual meet
ing here today was the adoption OF a
resolution bitterly protesting against
the plan of placing a statue o. Cen
eral Robert Z. Lee in the Hall Of
Fame. The resolutions assert thG-
such an act would be an insult to the
Union soldiers now living and to the
memory of soldiers dead.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Senator Morgan in Washington.

Washington, October I.-Senator
Morgan. of Alabama. chairman Of the
senate committee on i~nterOceanic
canals called at the state department
today and had a two hours conference
with Secretary Hay. Both the secre-
tary and the senator declined to dis
cusS this conference. Senator Nor
gan said tonight that he went to the
state department for information on
Isthmian Canal matters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Il. ,nkSlo ~ iELEShAfh.


New York, October 17.-Money on
call nomlnal; no loans. Time loans
nominal; sixty days 4 to 4A per
cent: ninety days 5 per cent; six
months ) per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 81 to 6 per cent. Sterling ex-
change easier with actual business il
bankers bills at 81. 80 to. $t.S5.625 for
demand and at $4.S2.25 to $4.S2. 30 for
sixty days. Posted rates $t.83 and
S4.&6Es. Commercial bills S4.S1h to
$4.S2. Bar silver 61H. Mexican Dbl
lars Al.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Chicken Thief Arrested.

About $50 o'clock this morning
Police Sergeant Chas. S. Burnett cap
tured a negro, Geo.. Boney, who had
been wanted for some time for chick
en- stealing. He was arrested a short
while but escaped from custody.
Police Sergeant Burnett then set to
o. on the case and arrested him at
the hour noted in a house in the rear
of the James Walker Memorial Hos-
Dital,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

o. c: October SAC; October and Nov
ember 5.27; November and December
5.21; December n January 5.1965.2O
January and February SIS; february,
and March 5.1s@5.1s; March andl
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston firm at 9 11-16c; net re-
ceipts 1O.S5i bales.
1854 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 975.
Boston quiet at $50.
Wilmington steady at $50; net re-
ceipts 2.266 bales.
Philadelphia quiet at 1905: net re-
ceipts 100 bales.
Savannah firm at 91hc; net receipts
5.O96 bales.
New Orleans quiet at 9 13-1Sc: net re-
ceiptS S,641 bales.
Mobile quiet at SIC: net receipts 1900
bales.
Memphis firm at 9 1916: net re-
ceipts 1859 bales.
Augusta quiet at sac; net receipts
1858 bales.
Charleston firm at 9asc; net receipts
1910 bales.
Cincinnati dull at lie; net receipts,
165 bales.
Louisville firm at CSC.
ST. LOUIS firm at 9 13-16c: net receipts
103 bales.
Houston steady at 9 s-16c; net re-
ceipts II. 800 bales.
New York. October 11.-Cotton dull
at $50; net receipts 591 bales; gross re-
ceipts L. 1S3 bales: stock SO, So bales.
Total today at all seaports-Net re-
ceipts 1922 bales; exports to Great
Britain 1870 bales; to the continent
81, 1913 bales: stock AZ. 406 bales.
Consolidated at all seaports-Net
receipts 1922 bales: exports to Great
Britain 1910 bales; TO the continent
81. 13S bales.
Total since September 1st at all sea-
ports-Net receipts 1926, $50 bales: ex-
ports to Great Britain S51.S16 bales; 10
France 90. S44 bales; to the continent
401 800 bales.
Futures closed steady. October 9.31;
November 9.54: December 9.66: January
9.66: February 9.66; March 81: April
SO; May 81: June 81; July 9.IS.
Spo cotton closed dull: middling up
lands $50; middling gulf 1905; sales
none.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago. October 1.-THE leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
HELEN kelly's Murderer is Captured

Butte, Mont, October 16.-Albert
Beckman. who killed Helen Kelly. a
former sweetheart here yesterday. was
captured today at Melrose by Sheriff
Quinn. Beckmann was was escaping
on a hand car when a rife brought
him TO q halt. \ heavy force of dep
uties has gone to brine the prisoner
back. Lynching is feared
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Two Children Burned to Death.

Raleigh, n. c., October ia special
from Sandy Run, Gates county, says
that as the result Of an attempt to kin
die fire in a stove with kerosene. two
white girls, aged four and fifteen years.
grandchildren Of Mrs. Bill Ward. were
burned to death there yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
COTTON.

Liverpool, October III .. m.-Cot-
o Spot quiet, prices unchanged, TO
2 points higher. American mfddlfns
fair 6.26; good niddling sos; mtddling
$50; low middling 5.S4; good ordinary
$50; ordinary 5.24. The sales Of the
day were 5000 bales, of which 800 were
for speculation and export and includ-
ed 3,1O0 American. Receipts 5000
bales. including $500 American.
Futures opened barely steady and
closed steady. American middling G,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
STATE FAIR
Chief Marshal Morton
Announces List of
His Aides
THIS WEEK

Says the Fair Will be n Glorious
Success - Wilmington Will Be
tiOn-AIl the Aides Will Report
Tuesday Morning in Raleigh
Ready for the Inaugural EIabO-
rate Parade.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

Washington. October 16.-Leopold ].
Stern, the Baltimore contractor recent
ly indicted in connection with a postal
contract. appeared in police court to-
day. Judge Scott denied the request of
Stern's counsel for an immediate hear
ing, Bond was fixed at 5000 and Stern
then was committed to Jail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour was. firm; winter patents $4.G0
to S.. 20; straights $50 to 81. 10; spring
patents $40 to $3.50; straights $40 to
s.. go; bakers $3.50 to $40; No. 3 spring
wheat 81; No. 2 red S12s to S1%; No. =
corn 441a to 40; No. 2 yellow 46; No. 2
oats $685.. No. , white 50 to 50; mess
pork per barrel SLIPS to $11 SO; lard
per 100 pounds SG.55 to $3.50; short ribs
sides Qoose) $3.50 to $500; dry sailed
shoulders (boxed) $6.121a to 1928; short
clear sides Cboxed) $500 tt $S.12R;
whiskey basis of high wines $1.25.
New York October 17.-FLOUR-
Continued firm on all grades with a
moderate demand. Winter pateatS
$3.50 to $4.30; Minnesota patents $4.6G
to $4.S5.
WHEAT-Spot steady: No. . red So.
Options opened barely steady on the
cables. but soon turned strong and ad-
vanced above yesterdays high point
on covering of December. After d st
back u to realizing wheat finally
recovered on b1llish political news
from Eastern Asia INC closed partly
sc net higher. May S4A; Dece1n-
Der S7A.
CORN-Spot dull: No. ,. 50. The o2-
zion market at first declined under
poor cables and a favorable weather
map, but later shared the wheat rally.
The close was dull and easy at 4c net
decline. May 1915; December 514.
OATS-SpOt dull; No. ?. 4112.
LARD-Steady; western steamed
$7.15; October closed s7.15 nominal: re-
fined easy; continent $40; comuound
rs to rs.
PORK-DuII; family $500 to S19.5s;
short clear nf.5 90 to $3.50: mess S13.25
to 1913.
BUTTER-Firm; extra creamery ii;
state dairy Is to 10.
II E%E'S Fl lI1at- Crata flIIi IralD
fancy small colOred 1113; small white
111a.
EGGs-Steady: state and P~ennsylva-
MIA mixed % to 26.
RICE-Steady; domestic fair TO extra
4 to AZ.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., pen Kettle to
good 81 70 Il.
STGAR-Raw firm: fair refining SIS;
centrifugal SO test 3A moIasses sugar
31s: refined firm: cOnfectiOners A $3.50:
mold A $500: cut loaf $5.35: crushed
$3.50; powdered $4.S5; g]ranulaJed $40;
cubes s.. 90.
POTATOES-Steady: Long sland %1.75
20 1925; Jersey s1.75 to 500; tate,
eastern and western S1.5O to $500; Jer-
sey sweets $500 to $3.50.
PEANUTS-Steady. fancy handpica-
ed IA 90 }; other domestic } to IA.
CABBAGES-Steady: domestic per
100. $500 10 $500: per barrel % to 81.
W lON SELL O1l-N dS uul Jul
steadily held. Prime crude fob mills
Is to- 29t2; prime summer yellow ssh
20 e. spot; October 362 TO 50; off sum-
mer yellow 80 TO 81: prime white #;
prime winter yellow IL.
4t,4I. S9uR'Es
NV York. Octobe 17.-Turpentire
quiet 601a TO 61h. Rosin steady;
strained common to good $40 to 81. As.
Savannah, October 17.-Turpent;ne
-i~p 5el- racaiptc IA cacEC- -ola- 6-e
casks; exports 1881 casks. Rosin firm.
receipts 3,099 barrels: sales 3,2G7 bar
rels: exports 696 barrels. Quote: i 2
& $2.15; D 1925; E 1926; F $3.50: G.
800; H $40; l s3.15: K 1925: NJ $780,.
y $3.50; W G ste5; W w s4.35.
Charleston, October 1~7.-Turpentine
steady 55R- Resin steady. A B c S2,G5:
D s2.15; E 1925; F $40; G s2.45; H
$3.50; I s3.15; K 1915: NJ $3.50; W G
S4.05; w W $40.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

A great favorite everywhere, Blue
Ribbon Vanilla Extract.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
STOCKS AND BONDS.

Quotations on local securities fur
nished by Hugh MacRae & Co.
ST0CEG
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. October 1.-THE leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clost.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01
Escaped an Awful Fate.

MT. H. Haggins of Melbourne, Fla, writes, My doctor told me 1 had Consumption and nothing could be done for me. was giv- en up to die. The offer of free trial bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, in- duced me to try it. Results were startling. l am now on the road to recovery and owe all to Dr. Kings New Discovery. It sure- ly saved my life." This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by Poynor 6 Morrow Druggists. Price 50c 6 S1 .00. Trial bottles free.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01

IT seems that the point has been reached in the political af- fairs of Arkansas when there IS no rest for the weary democratic voter. Since the advent of Jeff erson Davis into the political arena of state affairs it has been one perpetual campaign in which men and not issues are involved and day by day the situation be- comes more complicated if not disgusting.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01

F. M. Lamberton, deputy reve- nue collector, was fined S20 this week and sentenced to AS hours in the county jail by Judge Mitch ell, for refusing to give informa- tion to the grand jury regarding matters of which he had knowl- edge only through his official ca pacity and which he claims he had no right to disclose. He gave bond and will go before the U. $. court on writ of habeas corpus where he is confident that he will be upheld in his position. It is a point of considerable inter- est to the temperance people as the law in this state makes the holding of a gove rnment license prima facie evidence of guilt. and if the revenue officers will testify as to who have such li- censes it would be very easy to reach them. On the other hand if the revenue officer should give such inform ation he might be kept before grand juries and diff ferent courts of the districts al- most continually and have no time to perform his duties as such officer.-Harrison Republi- can
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01
THE NEWS OF BERRYVILLE
ChroniC1ed bv Our Ever Alert
 Special Correspondent.

Mrs. J. c. Mitchell is visiting her son John Mitchell at Gravett, Ark.
 Miss Alta Champlin left Sum- day to visit relatives at Enid, Okla.
 Misses Ethel and Bessie Kirk ham visited relatives at Denver last week.
 Clerk Collier and Bert George were over in the Omaha country Saturday last.
 Miss Nellie Cobb of Eureka Springs is visiting the family of Rev. J. B. Swanner.
 Mrs. Gordon of Harrison spent a few days here last week, the guest of Mrs. w. H. Lewis.
 Fred Smith is over this week from Eureka Springs. He will be here all week on business.
 Mrs. Frank Carroll and Mrs. Nolen of Eureka Springs spent Sunday here, visiting Mrs. w. J. Meador.
 We note Hon. F. o. Butt and Circuit Clerk Bare were here from Eureka Springs attending chan cery court.
 Miss Alberta Smith returned to her home in Eureka Springs Sum- day after spending a week here, the guest of Edith Hanna.
 Mrs. Bob Moore of La Grande, Oregon, came in last week and will spend some time visiting her parents, near Blue Eye, Mo.
 Berryville is soon to have an- other blaming mill and lumber yard. Mr. Baker of Eureka Springs is at the head of this en- terprise.
 Mrs. Bud Jones of Polo and her sister Mrs. Bertha Barnard, south of town, left Sunday to visit rela- tives at Springfield and Expan- sion, Mo.
 Rev. J. G. Reed of Weldon, Ill.,, is here this week looking after and improving his farm south of town, which he bought while down here some three months ago.
 Mrs. Lottie Meador stopped over i'll Berryville Monday on her way home from Oak Grove, where she has been visiting her parents. Mrs. Shipman, her mother, has been very sick but is now better.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01
\ GERMAN Dr0facCOr

A GERMAN professor has been Investigating the causes of insan ity among women, and has come to the conclusion that if women are admitted into competition with men the inevitable result will be tremendous increase of in sanity among the women. He finds that the percentage of women teachers who become in sane is almost double that of the men teachers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01
Boy Cured of Collie After Physicians
 Treatment Had Failed.

My boy when four years old was taken with collie and cramps in his stomach. l sent for the doctor and he injected morphine, but the child kept getting worse. l then gave him half a teaspoon ful of Chamberlain s Colic, Chol- era and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in half hour he was sleeping and soon recovered.-F. l.. Wilkins. Shell Loke, Wis. Mr. Wilkins is book keeper for the Shell Lake Lumber Co. For sale by Green Forest Drug Co.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01

FOR the first time since the close of the Civil War, the death loss among the government pen sioners exceed the gains. For a number of years the pension list has been close to the million mark, sometimes above, some times below. It has now gone below the million mark to remain. Of the 998,000 pensioners, 30O,- GOO are widows. The average number of deaths for each day among the veterans is given as 90; widows 20 day.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01

MRS. LESLIE M. SHAW, wife of the secretary of the treasury, has always been noted for her wit. It is said of her that a young man of humorous bent one day ex- clamed in her presence: "What could be more dreadful for a woman after mending her hus- bands coat than to find in one of the pockets a love letter from another woman?" "Fortunate- ly,' said Mrs. Shaw, "that could never happen. The woman would find the letter first, and then she would not mend the coat.'
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01
A YOUNG lady of a main

A YOUNG lady of a mathemati- cal mind in Ballston Spa, N. Y, was wooed for IA years by man who began his making at the age of 36. Then he trans fnrred his affections to another girl. Girl No. 1 sued for breach of promise, and testified that during the 14 years he had kissed her l, ,236 times. The jury award : ed her S3,000, which is at the rate of S2.42 for each kiss.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01

DEATH from sleeplessness is the punishment for murder in some parts of China. The cul- rrit is kept awake by beating the sales of his feet, and this treat ment continues until he dies. At the end of nine or ten days the victim breathes his last.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01

THE immense indirect cost of warfare is illustrated by the fact that the Spanish American war cost S1, 100000 a day for over a year, although hostilities occupi- ed but three months.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-08-01
St. l.. & N. A. R. R,

TRAIN GOING WEST DUE AT GREEN FOREST No. 9 Mail and Express, daily, =. 5:46 p. m. No. P. Mixed, 1850 p. m. TRAIN GOING EAST DUE AT GREEN FOREST No. l. Mail and Express, daily, :. 10:16 8. m. No. 2l. Mixed, ... 9:45 &. m
 No. 22 runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No. A runs on Mondays, Wednes- days and Fridays.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-31
CUT LEVEE At NIGHT
This Was Done by Order Of Mayor
of Greenyille
SITUATION SERIOUS.
The CreVasse Created Near the Delta
OIL Plant Has Resulted In the
Entire City Almost Being
Submerged by Water.

Greenvllle. Miss. March 3o.-The
protection leyee In the northern part
OF the city was cut az midnight by or
der OF the mayor The cfeyasse was
made near the Delta oil Works plant
Sunday night. and was done with a
view OF relieving the situation within
the confines Of the town the hope be-
Ing that the cut thas made will lst the
water now standing In the city flow
into the bayou. The leyee at Catfish
Point twenty miles north OF here
which was reported 90 be washing on
Sunday is intact and no further trou-
bue Is expected az that point
Tht back water from the Lagrange
croyasse Is sOwiy rising. and nearly
al Of the city is submerged Business
n paralyzed and people are moving
about the streets In the southern sec
ton In skis The rise IN the river
In twenty-four hours is two inches.
The sensational reports sent out from
hero that the city Is In danger Of de-
structiOn are highly exaggerated and
the facts do not warrant any such
statement RumOrs of great loss %
life are absolutely without foundation.
30 far as is known here. Relief parties
with boats have been at work reseuing
people IN the path OF the food and the
refugees are brought here
II was said In the afternoon that the
mayor had instructed the city engineer
10 cut the protection levee In the north
ern part OF the city. as Il Is believed Il
will be the means of letting the water
out through Fish lake The country
beyond the lake IL much lower than the
city and as the levees 10 cut II will stop
the rise in GreenvIlle and .carry on
much of the water now In the city
A singular phenomena AZ Leland.
Ark. IL puzzlIng every one The news
was brought 20 the city by Mr.. Shields.
engineer on one Of the government
boats He said Saturday night the wat
or up against the levee and dyke In the
pocket was a foot deep and Sunday
morning he went there and found the
water OF and stock on the ground from
which the water had receded He fur
ther said the water was not turbulent
az the end ~ the dyke. which but the
day befort was washing away most of
the stone placed there 20 protect II
Further out In the stream the water
was very rough and the curront swift
The change 90 the current. some think.
IS due to tho break above u on this
side. while Others say that the river
there .s making a channel The phe-
u0mcnll features of the mighty stream
at thF point win bo closely watched.
and If the new channel Is formed n
will leave GrCenyiile on a beautiful
lake
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-31
CITY COVERED.
hut Lille of Gre-nviiie IL Above tn
Mighty sea of water.

But Little of Gre-nvilIe IL Above the
Mighty sea of water.
0reenville. Miss. March 30-Acting
under instructions from the mayor.
the city engineer cut the protection
levee to the north Of the city Sunday
night. with a view 10 letting the back.
water out 10 Catfish bayou. and thense
water out to Catfish bayou. and thence
southward. There Is little change In
the situation here Water Is on a
standstlll. and covers nearly the whole
city. Many negro refugees continue
10 arrive. and there Is some difficulty
IN providing for their immediate
wants. but there has been no real suf.
fering In this direction Relief boats
are still securing the overfiowed dis.
trict south OF here and are taking out
any and all who desire 10 leave their
homes.
Trains on the north end OF the VA
roo and Mississippi Valley road are
running promptly. but owing % La
grange creyasse. traffic on the south
end has been suspended Both the city
newspapers have been unable 20 print
their editions on their power presses.