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May Exceed the Highest on Record.

May Exceed the Highest on Record.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 9.-The river at
this point tonight shows 34.6 feet and ris-
ing The Weather Bureau bulletin issued
tonight shows that the river at Cairo and
Helena will continue to rise at an increased
rate. and that a stage of IS feet is ex-
pected within twenty-four hours, and 81
feet by March IA. 1t further states that
the present rise probably will continue un-
til a stage of 3S feet or more is reached at
Memphis. Weather conditions are similar
over much of the vast area drained by the
Mississippi and Its tributaries, from the
headwaters of the former to the gulf. and
reports from all points indicate heavy rains
and swollen streams. 1t Is upon this con-
dtion. and the fact that the levees built
since the flood of 1897 have very materially
narrowed the territory over which the
river can spread, that the statement of the
probable stage of 3S feet Is based.
The greatest stage ever recorded at Mem
phis was 37.3 feet, and il is thought that a
greater stage must give much damage in
the lowlands. What would occur from
such a stage cannot be foretold. The
levees on both the east and west sides of
the Mississippi are being strengthened at
all weak points, and at such places as will
be subjected to the greatest pressure and
most danger when the flood is at its height.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COL. 80
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Aver that All the Statements ON
Which the Anti-Strike Order Is
Based Are False and Misleading.
SAY THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY
TO ILLEGALLY INTERFERE WITH
OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY,
No Threats or Intimidation and No
Effort to COerce NOnbrOther.
hood Employees of the Road.

ST. LOUIS, March "a sweeping denial
of all the charges made by the Wabash
Railroad Company in its bill Of complaint,
upon which was issued the injunction to
prevent strike among its employees, was
contained In the answer to the injunction
suit filed to-day in the United States Dis
trict Court by the counsel for the Wabash
firemen and trainmen. In support of the
answer were filed the affldavits of all those
named in the injunction. At 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning Federal Judge Adams will
set date for the hearing Of the arguments
for and against the answer.
The motion to dissolve the Injunction,
briefly stated, is based on the grounds that
the writ of injunction was improvidently
granted; that charges of illegal conspiracy
contained in the bill of complaint are un-
founded and disproved; that there is no
equity in the bill of complaint: that the in
junction was issued without notice, and
that all the material charges in the bill are
fully denied.
President Ramsey, of the Wabash, and
the company's legal counsel began the prep
aration of their arguments against the an
swer Immediately after it was filed at 1O:SO
a. m, and continued busily at work all day
Counsel for the Wabash employees spent
the day in looking about the city, and will
continue to leisurely spend the time in
tervening until the hearing of the argu-
ments. None of the brotherhood officers
has left st. Louis, and all express them
selves as well satisfied with the answer as
filed.
Until last night work on the big document
had been carried on unremittingly since
Friday last by Judge w. T. Irwin, of
Peoria, ILL.,, E. ]. Pinney, of Cleveland, and
John H. Murphy, of Denver, counsel for
the brotherhoods interested. 1t contained
about fifteen thousand words. Accompany
ing the answer, affidavits from the follow
ing brotherhood officials were filed in its
support: w. G. Lee, H. McManus, Z. G..
Shepard. George Bradley, William Mckay,
w. Z. Rowe, F. H. Peacox, Joseph Sell, ].
r. Courtney, Z. c. White, p. II. Morrissey,
Fred Englehart, B. E. Shafer, c. j. Augur,
A. HI. Martin, H. c. Niemeier, Charles E.
Lewton and John j. Hannahan. There was
also filed as an exhibit in the answer a
copy OF a circular which, on Feb. 20, was
submitted before the joint general griev-
ance committee of the two brotherhoods to
each of their organizations and employees
not members. who had petitioned their
different rates of wages and modification
of rules and regulations governing their
employment.
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LEO GIVES AUDIENCES.
Sees Some Of His Cardinals, Thus Con-
tradicting Alarming Rumors.

ROME, March 9.-The Pope this morning
received Cardinal Perraud, bishop of Autun.
France in audience. thus contradicting the
alarming rumors which had again been
circulated regarding the Pontiffs health.
The Pope also received some of the cardi-
nails during the afternoon.
PARIS. March "a special dispatch from
Rome says a correspondent has obtained
an interview with a prelate attached to the
Vatican, showing the real state of the
Pope's health 1.-THE reception of 5000 pill
grims Yesterday did not fatigue the Pontif
seriously,' the correspondent asserts "In
fact, the audiences and recent solemnities
seem to have had the effect of stimulating
the vital forces of the man. His chief
sources of fatigue have been the giving of
long. private audiences and serious work
with the cardinals and officials of the Vat
ican The only thing the matter with the
Pope is a rather stubborn cold, which can
not be expected to be entirely cured before
a fortnight. 1t is only then that DIR. Lap
poni can form an opinion as to whether
the Pope's weakness is of serious nature.
Although it has been denied, the symptom
which is causing Dr. Lapponi the greatest
anxiety recently is slight disorder of the
digestive and intestinal functions. For the
present the catarrh with which the Pope
has been suffering is slowly but continuous
ly Improving.
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HILL SLURRED BY BRYAN
81 AM A DEMOCRAT" ACCUSED OF
TOSSING SMOOTH PENNY.
Has Flipped 1t So Often I'm Politics
that He Cannot Tell which Is
Head and Which IL Tail.

TOLEDO. March s.-Colonel w. ]. Bryan
to-day said, in referring to his recent visit
to New York. that the people in New York
knew less about politics than Western
people knew. 'They asked me about Judge
Parker" he said, land told them could
say nothing until / knew his attitude on
public questions. They answered that he
was judge and that it would not be prop
er for him to discuss political topics.
think Hill is tossing penny to see whether
he or Judge Parker will run. The. trouble
with the plan is that Hill has an old penny
that he has tossed so often that he does
not know which side is head and which is
tail.
What Congress had done is easily ascer-
tanned. Find out how much there was in
the treasury before the session began and
find out how much there is now. The
wonder is that they didn't take il all.
believe the Democratic party has taken
the peoples side of the public questions
discussed in 1896 and in 1900, and 1 believe
that 1t will be only a question of time,
and not long time either, before enough
Republicans will be disgusted with the
policy of the Republican party to put the
Democratic party In power again. Such
a: victory. when won. will bring relief to
the people from all the vicious policies of
the Republican party. We cannot win a
victory by compromise or cowardice. and
If we should win victory by such means
it would be as disastrous to the party as
Mr.. Cleveland's victory in 1892 proved to
be-"
Asked his opinion on the Wabash strike,
Bryan said. THE merits of the contro-
versy between the company and its en-
ployes are overshadowed by the menace of
the process known government by in
junction. The Democrats have long been
calling attention to the danger that turks
in this abuse of the judicial power, but it
seems to take several object lessons to
make the people acquainted with a bad
principle
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TOO MUCH JOY AT HANCOCK.
Village Celebrates and Forces New
Mayor to Crawl Through Street.

HANCOCK. Mich. March 9.-Hancock
to-day decided to incorporate as a city.
elected A. j. Scott mayor and tonight
forced the newly elected mayor to crawl
on his hands and knees through street to
escape being run over by fire engine which
was called out on false alarm turned in
from the corner near the house of Henry
l.. Baer, the defeated candidate for mayor
Several persons were knocked down by the
horses and the engine, but none was severe
ly hurt.
The citizens of the village of Hancock
to-day cast s57 votes in favor OF incorpora-
tion as a city anf- only $50 against the prof.
ect. Scott. an Independent candidate re-
ceived a majority of l5S votes over Baer.
The total vote for mayor was Loss AT
dark the streets were full of men and
women who were shouting for Joy Side
walks were ignored. Then some one turned
In an alarm from near Baer's house The fire
horses became excited on account Of the
yells of the people and rushed into the
crowd Mayor Scott caught In the
crush, and. taking TO his hands and knees
crawled over pavement for several yards
to the sidewalk. The hilarious celebra ton
came to an end with the accident
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TO ENTER NAVAL ACADEMY.
Sons of Former Officers Appointed
Cadets by the President.

sons OF FOrmer OmccrS
Cadets by the President.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. March 9.-The fol-
lowing young men to-day received appoint
ments to the Naval Academy from Presi-
dent Roosevelt: Ralph Earle Sampson.
son of the late Rear Admiral William T.
Sampson: ]. Woodward Philip, of the
late Rear Admiral John w. Philip; Alfred
Miles, a nephew of Commander Hugo
Osterhaus, in charge of ships at the Naval
Academy; Otis w. Howard, son of Ma jor
Guy Howard. who was shot while in the
Philippines, and a grandson of General D.
o. Howard. has received an appointment
from Congressman Mercer.
superintendent Brownson has recommed-
ed TO the Navy Department that the
examinations for admission to the Naval
Academy be held on the second Tuesdays
of April, May and June each year, with a
special examination to fill unexpected
vacancies on June 30. At the present ex-
aminations are held in the spring and au-
tumn. II Is said that those midshipmen
who enter the academy in the spring have
a great advantage over those who arrive
later in the year. Superintendent Brown
son thinks that the new schedule will be
adopted.
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SYNOPSIS OF THE ANSWER.


ST. LOUIS, March 9.-The answer of the
Wabash employees to the injunction, as filed
in court to-day, is signed by all the defend
ants named in the bill of complaint and
against which the injunction issued 1t is a
specific denial that the Wabash Railway
was ever a union or brotherhood road en-
ploying exclusively union or brotherhood
members in its service. and also denying
that the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men. the organizations involved in this pro-
ceeding, ever made any demand or attempt
to compel the Wabash Railway to place
any restrictions upon its employees as to
their connection with any brotherhood
or union. 1t specifically denies that such
organization ever participated In any way
In the Pullman palace car employees strike
in 1894. as charged in the bill Of complaint.
and admits that the Wabash Railway Com
pany never made any distinction in the se-
lection OF its employees as to whether they
were members Of any brotherhood or union.
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SOME WERE INCINERATED
OTHERS RAN ABOUT LIKE LIVING
TORCHES UNTIL EXHAUSTED,
When They Fell to the Ground and
Perished-Twenty-two Bod.
les Recovered.

OIEAN, n. Y, March s.-More than
score of persons were killed and a large
number injured by an explosion of oil
I'm the tank cars OF a freight train on the
Erie Railroad. The train broke In two
cas-: OF OIean and the two sections of the
train came together with crash. One of
out and the sky was lighted up for miles.
large crowd went from Olean to see the
fire.
While the spectators were along the
tracks a terrific explosion occurred The
flames communicated quickly with the
other tank cars and a second and a third
explosion followed each other in rapid sue
cession. Sheets OF flame shot out in all
directions. Scores of persons were caught
within the zone of the fire and enveloped
in flames. Men and boys ran screaming
down the tracks with their clothing on fire.
Others fell where they stood. overcome by
the heat. Just how many were killed is
not KNOWN, dS soiuc VI ZIG oouicS "eie AZ
cinerated.
Sydney Fish. who returned from the fire
at mi6night. said: ST went to see the fire
and when I was within a quarter of a
mile of the wrecked train there was a ter
rife explosion. Flames shot outward
and upward for a great distance.
saw several persons start to
run Some dropped on the rail-
way tracks and never moved. Others, who
had been standing close to the wreckage,
were hurled through the air for hundreds
OF feet. Half dozen boys ran down the
track with their clothing on fire. / could
hear their screams distinctly. They ran
some distance down the track and threw
themselves to the ground. groveling in the
bitches In their frantic effort to extinguish
killed. but L counted twenty bodies before
j came away"
Word was sent at once to the Olean po-
lice by telephone. Every doctor and am
bulance I'm Olean was summoned. Grocery
wagons and carriages of all kinds were
pressed into service and everything possi-
bic was done to bring the injured without
delay to the hospitals for treatment.
At midnight four injured boys arrived at
the hospital. Great patches of flesh were
burned and hung in shreds from their
bodies.
The police are making a canvass of Olean
TO ascertain how many persons are missing.
Hundreds Of persons filled the streets after
the explosion and many stood for hours
at the hospital door trying to recognize
the body or injured person of some friend
or relatives. Many pathetic scenes occurred
when various persons saw burned relatives
carried into the building. The police had
dificulty in keeping frantic relatives from
rushing into the operating rooms.
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DRINKING CHICAGO SEWAGE.


ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Before United
States Supreme Court Commissioner Frank
s. Bright. in the Chicago drainage canal
case, DR.. Amand Ravold, former city bac-
teriologist, to-day testified that by placing
certain species of bacteria in the drainage
canal near Chicago he had obtained proof
that the sewage of Chicago was damaging
to St. Louis water, and that bacteria placed
In the canal at Chicago were alive when
they reached st. Louis. He testified that
I'm November. 1900. accompanied by a corps
of assistants, he dumped 107 barrels of
prodegrosus bacilli into the canal at Le-
mont below Chicago, and that few days
later he recovered specimens of the same
bacilli from water taken from tap in the
ST Louis City Hall. The shipment of
prodegrosus bacilli was obtained from Eu-
rope and resemble the typhoid bacillus, ex-
cept that they are harmless.
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WILL BUILD ITS OWN LINE.


ATLANTA, Ca. March 9.-President Mil
ton III. Smith, of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad. who spent the day in Atlanta
made the following announcement tonight:
by the 1st of next january at the latest
the Louisville Nashville will be run
ming through trains between Atlanta and
Cincinnati over its own lines and with its
own crews. Next TO the main line from
Cincinnati to New Orleans this will be the
taps rich coal regions In Tennessee and
Kentucky. and besides affording a direct
through passenger route. enormous
amount of freight will be handled"
IL is probable that the division of the line
from Knoxville 10 Atlanta via the Atlanta.
Knoxville & Northern and the Western a.
Atlantic, will be put In operation without
waiting for the completion of the link be-
tween Knoxville and Saxton. KY, where the
junction with the main line to Cincinnati is
made.
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All the Str cams Raised to Abnormal
Conditions and Driving People
from Their Homes.
ALARM ALONG THE LOWER OHIO
WHICH is TWENTY MILES IN WIDTH
AT MANY PLACES.
Rising at the Rate Of Eight-Tenths Of
Foot n Day at Evansville
State of the Mississippi.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. March 9.-The Ohio
river here is rising at the rate of eight
tenths of foot in twenty-four hours and
registers a trife over forty-two feet tonight
rain is expected before morning, and
there is general alarm along the river. The
crest Of the wave is not expected to reach
here before the last of this week or the first
of next, and stage of forty-five or forty
six feet is expected by then.
Reports received tonight by the Journal
bash, Little Wabash. White. Patoka, Green,
Pond and Rough rivers show those streams
to be rising rapidly At Mount Carmel the
Wabash is over thirty-one feet, the highest
point reached since 1884. The river Is still
rising. and hundreds of people have been
forced from their bottom homes. White
river is the highest in twenty years, and
thousands Of bushels of corn have been lost
in crib.
The river in many places between Owens
boro. KY. and Cairo. ILL.,, is twenty miles
in width. All the steamers on the Ohio are
delayed by the high water, and many towns
cannot be reached at all. The Louisville
and Evansville packets will suspend navi-
cation on Tuesday. Rough river a few
miles above here has forced several hun
dred lumber men out of their homes
Schools have been forced to suspend in
many localities. The general belief here
among river men is that the stage of 1884
will be reached by the last of next week.
A dispatch from English, Ind, reports
much damage done by the Blue river. The
English Stave Company lost several thou
sand feet of lumber, and the merchants of
the lower part Of the town were heavily
damaged The bridge across Blue river
leading to Hazelwood Sulphur Springs was
washed away and several persons barely
escaped.
The Wabash at Vincennes Is eighteen
feet and rising. People from the Illinois
side are compelled to use boats or walk
on the levee to reach Vincennes. Thousands
of acres are under water in that vicinity.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March s.-The
Frisco Southeastern limited. which left
Springfield at 4:So this morning for the
North. was derailed at Bots dare, the mail
car, baggage, express. smoker and the
chair car rolling on their sides. The engine
and the two sleepers remained upright.
Two postal clerks-Miller and Davis, of
Kansas City-and the baggageman and
express messenger were slightly hurt. None
of the passengers was injured The cause
of the accident was chatting iron falling
on To the rails.
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HoRsEPLAY IN THE HOUSE.


Rorseplay was the first thing In order at
the afternoon session OF the House yester-
day Speaker Marshall remained In the
chair but few minutes-just long enough
to get things started and 10 permit OF the
passing of Senate Bill 27z. purely formal
proceeding. as the Governor had announced
that he would receive no more bills-snd
then he announced:
.I have business In the Senate. win
the House select some member 10 pre-
side?''
With one voice the House responded.
'Yencer,''
The representative from Wayne county.
who has only discovered" himself TO the
House within the last two weeks OF the
session. very naturally could not resist
this unanimous tribute OF his colleagues
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AUGUSTA, Ga, March 9-As the result
of factional fight in the Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church, six miles from Johnson.
s. c., one man was killed and three were
seriously wounded. Recently the congre-
CATION became divided into two factions.
and one faction forbade Rev. Kit Jeffs to
preach last night The other faction in
sisted on his preaching. and the minister
went into the pulpit. AS he announced
the hymn the opposing faction entered the
church and fired upon him. Two of the
preachers friends were in the pulpit with
him, and returned the fire. George Ham,
mond was shot dead and his three sons
were seriously wounded.
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New Albany Streets Flooded.

Special to the Indianapo Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind. March 9.-The Ohio
river is advancing on State and Pearl
streets, two Of the lowest points in the
business part of the city. and Water street.
from West First to Bank street, distance
of four squares, is submerged. Residents
along the river front are preparing to move
into their second floors, as the rise above
Is expected to bring several feet of water
The lowlands west of the city are under
water, and considerable damage is being
done. The rise will cover the Pennsylvania
freight yards at State street.
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snowpIow Crashes Into Passenger.
FALL RIVER. Mass. March "a snow
plow which was being transferred from one
section OF the Old Colony Street Railroad
TO another became unmanageable at the ton
OF a steep hin in this city to-day. and. DASH
Ing Gown the incline. crashed into two cars
loaded with passengers. Both the passen-
ger cars were almost demolished. and five
persons suffered bruises and flesh wounds
70 hospital. A dozen others were bruised
end cut By fiying glass and spliaters. The
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CHARLESTON. w. Va, March 9.-The
hardest-fought municipal election in years
resulted here to-day in the election OF c. E.
Rudesill mayor and the full Republican
ticket, with the exception OF one council
man. Serious rioting was threatened at
several places. and a number Of prominent
politicians were arrested.
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TWENTY-FIVE DEAD.


OLEAN. n. Y, March 10. / a. m.-Twenty-
two bodies have been taken from the
wreck,ge. Some OF them are burned be-
yond recognition. only the trunks and skull
remaining.
a. m-The latest estimate makes twen-
ty-two dead and forty-fve injured. Some
OF the injured probably will die
None OF those killed by the explosion
have been identified. The following were
treated at the olean Hospital: James Nc
Donald. Richard Mcdonald, James Nc
cready. all with legs and faces burned:
Walter Jackson. head. back and arms
burned. inhaled flames. may die.
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TO TRY INDIANA OPERATORS.
Jury Secured Out Of 1,313 Talesmen
who Were Examined.

CHICAGO, March 9.-The jury which will
try the cases against the coal operators ac-
cused of conspiracy was completed to-day
At noon the last juror was sworn in with
the three other veniremen who had been
tentatively accepted by both sides. He was
the thirteenth juror of she thirteenth panel
Thirteen hundred and thirteen men were
examined before the twelve men could be
found who met the requirements OF the at
torneys for the State and the defense. The
opening statement will be made by the
states attorney tomorrow morning.
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people are removing, with all live stock, to
high ground. The area covered by water
and the water is rapidly spreading. Cairo
wholesale dealers are already feeling the
effects of the foood upon their business.
points where many of their customers are,
and many of the landings are under water.
so that boats cannot deliver freight. Many
merchants are laying in big stocks of goods.
The record high water mark at Cairo is
52.2 feet, registered on Feb 26, 1854.
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FROM CAIRO SOUTH.
Mississippi In Miles Wide and Spread
ing with RanidfY.

CAIRO. ILL.,, March s-The river is grad
uaHy rising and registered forty-seven feet
at o'clock tonight. 1t Is expected that
the gauge viii show nifty feet by wednes-
day. Reports from south OF Cairo say that