Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1905-03-24

The serious river conditions at
Pittsburg, Pa, as reported Wednes-
day: The rivers are again rising
al PIttsburg and a stage of more
than thirty feet is expected today.
Should the river reach the predict
ed height, streetcar traffic between
Plttsburg and surrounding towns
will be almost suspended, while the
railroads up the Monongahela val
lep will have to suspend traffic. Al
ready number of mills have shut
down as result Of the water put
ting out the fires. and about 10000
men are idle. Hundreds of houses
in Allegheny, on the South Side
. and in MCKeesport and other sub
urbs are surrounded by from two to
eight feet of water. The Easements
! of scores of business houses are
Hooded, and the merchants will
lose thousands Of dollars by reason
of damage of goods.
The latest dispatches from Man
Churia indicate that the retreat OF
the Russian army is being conduct
ed uneventfully and that the last
few days have been unmarked by
any fighting of a serious nature.
The Russians are said to be destroy
ing the bridges and railroad as they
retreat. Gen. Kuropatkin. it is
stated, was willing to remain in
ManChuria aud accept a subordin-
ate command, but it is evident that
his proposal did not 6ud favor with
the Emperor. Gen. Linevitch is
said to be making a good impress
sion as a commander. Reports ry-
celved at st. Petersburg indicate
that 10000 men were killed,
wounded or captured during the
battle of Mukden. The Novoe
Nremya, one OF the rabid organs Of
the autOcracy at St. Petersburg,
editorlally admits the possibility of
peace.
The four years term of Gov. Ma
poleOn B. Broward, of Florida. will
be signalized by a prolonged and
determined legal contest in both
the State and Federal courts, for
the ownership of that vast and
partly uneXplored swamp in the
extreme southern portion of Flori-
da known as the Everglades, says
a Tallahassee telegram TO the St
Louis Republic. tits contest be-
tween certain land grant railroad
and canal companies ard the trus-
tees of the Internal Improvement
Fund of Florida for }. 900, 900 acres
OF swamp and overlooked lands, be-
lieVed TO possess enormous ultimate
value, title to which new rests in
the trustees under patent from the
Department of the Interior of the
United States by virtue of all act of
Congress of 1880, but which are
claimed by the several railroads
and canal companies under num-
erous grants by the Legislature of
Florida.
AT the conclusion of the third
days hearing of the application Tor
bail for the Hargis brothers and
Ed Callahan, on the charge of COM
pllcity in the murder Of Jas. Cock
rlll, Alex Hargis was on the stand.
He denied being implicated in the
plot to assass'nate Cockrill, and
said he lad no knowledge of such
a plot. He denounced the testi-
mony given by Nose Feltner as
vile. base and foul lie" but the
statement was ruled out by the
court. The principal witness for
the prosecution was Anderson
White, brother of Tom White, who
was convicted of assassinating las.
Marcum White swore that Judge
James Hargis endeavored to get
him to kill James Marcum, James
Cockrill, DR.. Cox, Mckinley Cock.
rill and Attorney Vaughn. Other
important witnesses were Jeff
Smith and Wilson Mcdaniel, the
former having served as Deputy
Sheriff under Ed Callahan, while
the latter was Deputy Town Mar
shall OF Jackson under James Cock
riil. The testimony for the prose
cution was concluded with the ex-
ception of the testomony given in
the trial Of William Britton, which