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The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03
Commissioner Sale

Elk Parte petition of VS.. w. c. Snipes, ct
al. No. 1882.
By virtue Of a decree of the Honorable
Chancery Court Of Lee County, State Of Mis-
sissippi, rendered in vacation September 18th,
A. D. 1913, thereof, ordering a sale of certain
lands mentioned therein, John M. Witt the
undersigned, appointed Commissioner to exc
cute said decree. will, on Saturday, October
the nth. 1913. expose at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash in front OF the
Court House door in the City Of Tupelo, Miss
within legal hours, the following described
lands, to-wit:
The South half of the Northwest quarter
of Section 80, Township 9, Range s, East,
containing 80 acres more or less in Lee Coun-
ty, Mississippi, together with the appurte-
nances and hereditaments thereunto appertain-
ing. JOHN NJ. WITT.
Commissioner
Dated 18th day of September, 1913.
Began & Leake, Soils. 26-4t
The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03

We are pleased to receive the
Boosters" edition Of the Nat
chez Democrat, issued on the
10th of September. The issue
contains 62 pages setting out the
many advantages found at Nat
chez and the territory adjacent.
The issue is very complimentary
both to the public spirit of the
business men of the town and
the enterprise of the Democrat.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03
Petition for Pardon
To the Honorable Earl Brewer.

To the HOnOrdDIe Earl breWef,
Governor of Mississippi:
We, the undersigned. would respectfully show
to your excellency that Clara McGaughey Shan-
nonI was at the Nov. term, 1910. of the Circuit
Court of Lee county, Mississippi. convicted of
manslaughter and sentenced to a term of ten
years in the state penitentiary.
The said Clara McGauQhey, up to the time of
this trouble has borne a most excellent reputation
as q peaceful and law abiding woman and there
is considerable doubt about her guilt. The crime
was committed in a drunken negro row during
the term of Circuit Court. She was indicted for
murder and tried the next day and convicted of
manslaughter. Since her incarceration she has
made a most model prisoner and we believe she
has been sufficiently punished for her offense IT
she is guilty of any crime, wherefore, we ask you
to grant her a pardon for the same.
POST B T Clark and Others
The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03
Non-Resident Notice.

State of Mississippi.
To G C Pennington, Sulligent, Alabama, de-
PENDANT. You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court in the county Of Lee. in said
State, on the third Monday Of October. A. D..
1918. to defend the suit in said court of Effe
Pennington for divorce. wherein you are q defend
ant.
This 18th day of September, A.. D.. 1913.
John M. Witt, Clerk
Boggan & Leake. Soils. Complt. 26-st.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03
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The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03
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The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-03
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 5
MOSES CRY FOR HELP.

LESSON TEXT-Numbers 11:1O-1S, "a, %.
GOLDEN TEXT-''The supplication or
a righteous man availeth much in its
working. "-James 5:16.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
State Suffers from Worst Flood In Its History
and Is Paralyzed By the Terrible
Conditions.
The Loss OF LIFE IS ENORMOUS
Estimated That Fully One Thousand People
Have Been Drowned in the Raging
Rivers.

united Press Leased Wire service.l
PERU, Ind, March &c..
(By long distance phone from
News Times staff correspond
ent)Peru, Indiana, except
for the court house, and a few
Of the higher buildings of the
city, is completely submerged
in from ten to twenty feet Of
water. Fully 800 lives are be-
lieyed to have been lost and
the property damage will be
$a,o0o,00O.
Few bodies have been recov-
cred and it is now believed
that few Of the bodies of those
who lost their lives will ever
be found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
BUILDINGS Collapse.

HAMILTON. O., March 26.-Ths
Beckett Paper company's mills, valued
at 100000 for buildings and equip.
ment, collapsed into the flood this
morning. At midnight the plants OF
the Columbia Carriage Works and the
Duemer Pattern works collapsed with
loss of $4,000 and $4,000. During
the night the Champion Coated Paper
mills, the second largest mill of its
kind II II the world. incorporated at
s7,500,0oo ana the Bender Brothers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Loss of Life Becomes Staggering as Additions
al Horrors Are Added to the Latest
L. Reports. 4
PERHAPS 5000 LIVES ARE TAKEN
All River Records Broken and Situation Fore
casts One of the Worlds Greatest
Catastrophes.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
COLUMBUS, March 26.--
Governor Cox at l p. m. re-
ceived the following message
from John A. Bell, chief op-
orator of the Bell telephone ex-
change in Dayton:
"The Russell apartments on
West Third street and Boule-
ward, are on fire and people
are jumping into the water.
The rear end IF the Steele
high school caved in. Bau-
mans bakery burned down.
About 200 people are dead in
Riversdale and North Dayton.
The loss of life is now growing
and may reach 1000. The first
trainload of supplies has arriv-
ed from Springfield. Supplies
are in from Brookvillc for
those in Riversdale and by
way Of Eaton for those on the
west side. At GAINESVILLE, the
~ bridge was dynamited this
noon to make cgress for the
waters.
"At Frazersburg, on Black
Run, the water at noon was
running five feet above tele-
graph poles.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 20
Scenes of indescribable horror are
reported from Dayton, which was
hardest hit Loss of life is estimated
from $50 to 5000, according to various
reports filtering in here. One report is
that school house is inundated and
that nearly 400 children who were in
1t at the time the levees broke were
drowned This, however, has not
been confirmed. The entire city Is un-
der from ten to thirty feet of water
and people have sought the tall build
ings and the hills as places Of refuge.
The food that hit Dayton was due to
the breaking of the Loranie reservoir,
in Shelby county, about seven O'Clock
Tuesday morning. Rushing down the
Miami valley, the water carried ey-
erything before 1T in Piqua, Sidney,
Dayton, Carrollton, Miamisburg and
Hamilton.
That there has been great loss of
life in the Miami valley is certain but
the exact extent is at this time large
ly guess work. Among those who per-
ished at Dayton are said to be ten
members of the state militia who
were guarding bridge.
Adiutant-General George H. Wood,
whose home is in Dayton, is there di-
recting the work Of rescue and as
sisting in caring for the thousands of
homeless.
In Columbus the west side is prac-
tically wiped out. 5000 or more are
homeless, and the reported loss of life
ranges from half dozen to 200
Houses are floating down the river
with people on their roofs. Several
fires in the submerged district has
addd to the horrors. Refugees slept in
public buildings, doorways and the
homes of more fortunate friends last
night, while militia helped the police
patrol the streets, which were in total
darkness. The light and water plants
are out of business, and the street
car service is nearly paralyzed.
Militia TO the Scene.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, March 26.-
Every national guard organization in
the city today prepared to depart for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
WEATHER BUREAU
SAYS MORE RAIN
Forecast Holds Out No Hope for the
People Of the Ohio River
Valley.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, March 26.--Little
hope for cessation of rains in the
Ohio and Indiana flood districts was
expressed by the United States wealth
er bureau today in it's forecast. 1t is
stated that excessive rains have alb
normally extended over all Ohio in
stead of being distributed north of the
main waters.
The weather bureau reported that
the Allegheny river this morning at
Pittsburgh was two feet above the
flood level and was rising rapidly. 1t
was stated that the Allegheny will
wash four feet over the flood stage
tomorrow morning.
Ohio officials Of the weather bureau
could not report today to Washington
because of the prostra.ed wires, ex-
cept from GAINESVILLE.
The food situation the bureau
declared, is largely dependent on the
amount of rainfall in the next 4S
hours in the Ohio and Mississippi
river valleys.
The Ohio at Cairo this morning was
43.5 feet, but lis feet below food
stage.
With the last "a hours, the weather
bureau reports showed the following
rainfall records:
Louisville, Ky, 81 inches.
Columbus, Ohio, 2.72.
Cleveland 1926.
Cairo, 272.
Pittsburgh, 1T.
Memphis, 16.
Nashville, 2.32.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Condition Of Pope.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
ROME, March 26.--Pope Plus today
celebrated his first mass since sick.
ness overlook him on March 8, &C.
cording to a statement at the vatican.
Prof. Marchiafava. papai physician
was authority for the statement that
the pope has entirely recovered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Down Into the Sepulchre Of the River
Flood Situation

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March
20 Characterized by Presi-
dent Wilson as "a national cal
amity,'' the gigantic floods
that have simultaneously en-
quilted whole regions in Ohio
and Indiana, today appear to
have surpassed all records OF
recent years in the scope of
their destructiveness.
Repots from the stricken
sections today indicate that
the loss of life is heavy, but SO
far no accurate estimate is pos
.sible. That 100000 persons
have been rendered homeless
and property damaged to the
extent Of half a billion dollars,
appears certain.
The Miami river valley, in
Guiding the towns Of Dayton,
Hamilton and Piqua, is an
eighty mile strip of devasta-
tion.
The Wabash river, bursting
its banks at Peru, Indiana, has
brought havoc upon towns
throughout its length. Indian
apolis and other cities on the
White river are inundated.
Throughout other sections
OF both states, the smaller riv-
ers have flooded towns and
ihamlets by the score and pass
ms eastward, the rising Of ths
waters now threatens to visi1
slmllar obstruction upon the
vicinity of Pittsburgh, Wheel
Ing and other cities on the
Ohio and Allegheny rivers.
Ohio.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service /
Miami river valley flooded, inundat
Ing Dayton, Piqua, Troy, Sidney, Car
rollton, Miamisburg Hamilton and ;
dozen smaller towns.
Estimated dead in Dayton. 100 Il
800 No definite estimate from othe1
flooded cities.
Mad river valley: West Liberty ant
Springfield flooded Scioto river over
! flowed. inundating part of Columbu.
and many small communities.
Delaware flooded, 25 reported dead
and 400 homeless.
Lima flooded by Ottawa river.
Zanesville-Mu -Muskingum river flood
ing city; 1000 already homeless
Sixth street bridge swept away.
Indiana.
Peru-Many reported dead, city GU
off from all aid.
indianapolis Flooded by Whit,
river, 10000 homes inundated, i'm
mense properly damage
Fort Wayne-Flooded, all light.
gone, water famine threatened.
Marion Elwocd. Broadripple, LaFay
cite, Rushville, Muncie and Mobiles
vile partly under water
Richmond. 20 bridges torn down
many persons homeless.
Kokomo flooded by Wild Cat creek
1900 homeless.
ShelbyvilleCity half flooded.
Logansport-City isolated, score
of houses washed away.
Terre Hant e. Residence sectio1
flooded; railroad traffic destroyed
five hundred homes inundated.
e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Ohio Vet to Come.

WHEELING, w. Va, March 26.-
Wheeling and towns of the entire
Ohio valley are preparing for one OF
the worst floods ever experienced.
The waters of the interior streams
commenced pouring into the Ohio
early today, In the course of a few
hours the river has risen within two
feet of the danger mark. Residents in
the low-lands commenced moving
from their homes today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
OMAHA DEAD
BURIED TODAY
cessions for Victims Of the cy-
clone Of Sunday
Evening.
1923 BODIES IDENTIFIED
Gold Weather and Snow HandlcappIns
the Work Of Searching Ruins
for Bodies Remaining
Buried.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
OMAHA. Neb., March 26.-A relief
committee which was organized yes
terday, opened six relief stations this
morning along the cyclones path. At
each station an officer with full police
power will be in charge and under
him will be one surgeon and nurse.
These people will not only take care
of the slightly injured who apply for
help, but will dispense food, clothing
and money.
Through every channel possible, the
appeals for financial aid are being
made to residents Of Omaha and near
by towns. Billboards are being utiliz.
ed to explain to the public where to
send their contributions and all daily
papers are receiving donations.
This morning every street around
the many churches eof the city is
crowded with hearses and carriages
Wherever the eye turns one may see
the silent professions moving toward
the cemeteries. In some cases the
professions are headed by three
hearses.
Over hundred victims found refuge
in the Auditorium last night and this
morning were served with rations by
the militiamen in charge.
The death list has not grown since
last night. There are 12s bodies iden-
titled, at least fourteen missing and
SIX unidentified. This is the list for
Omaha alone. The Ralston and
Council Bluffs lists remain unchanged
The soldiers and relief workers are
laboring through snow again today
and are still further handicapped by
severe cold. The mercury has drop
ped to about twelve above.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
state Is ParaIyxed.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 26.--
Paralyzed by a tie-up of industry and
transportation, heavy loss OF life re.
ported from several cities, with prop
erty damage estimated In the tens ei
millions, Indiana today suffered from
4 the worst flood in its history.
The loss of life in the state will go
over one hundred. Some estimates
are 1000. Peru was the worst suf.
ferer. The village of Brookville, in
the southeastern part of the state,
was wiped out, but communication
was cut off and it is impossible to
learn how many we're drowned
The entire Wabash river valley is
a scene of desolation. it's >scorces of
prosperous cities absolutely paralyzed
and cut off from the outer world. The
loss of life along the whole length OF
the river will be very large, it is fear
ed.
Wires are down everywhere ano
railroads have been obliterated, SO
that confirmation of the wild rumors
is impossible.
Rain is still general over the state
after sixty hours of steady downpour,
and the flood has not reached its
crest. Appeals for state aid have
reached Governor Ralston from Peru
and Brookville. Relief measures have
been undertaken.
Indianapolis, largest inland city in
the United States, has suffered 81 500,.
900 property loss already and the de
struction is getting worse. Two
bridges, valued at half million dol.
lars, were washed away. Ten thou.
sand houses are flooded, The homeless
are being cared for by friends and
relatives and in public buildings
| State troops are on duty on the lin.
/ its of the damaged area. The finest
residential section of the city is food
ed. 1t was thought to be immune
| from high water.
Shrieks in the darkness when the
| wes. Washington bridge gave way
letting in torrent on not altogeth'
er deserted residential section, gave
rise to the belief that many persons
perished At Broadripple, suburb
where the White river food is at Its
worst, a thousand families were rous
ed at O'Clock this morning to escape
the on-coming waters.
Direct News From Peru.
| FORT WAYNE, Ind, March ga
direct message to the Fort Wayne
News from Peru, Is to the effect that
the reports of the loss of life there
are greatly exaggerated. The chief
of police makes the fiat statement
that at the outside not over twenty
lives were lost. The stories OF the
greater loss were due to the fact that
several bodies were seen floating IN
| the street. excitable persons imme
diately giving currency to the state
ment that hundreds had perished.
5000 Homeless.
+, LOGANSPORT, Ind, March 90
Three thousand people are homeless
and the city is submerged in from six
to ten feet of water as the result oil
rapid rise In the st. John river last
night. No deaths have been reported
although several persons are missing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
AdrianopIe Falls.
UNITED Press Leased Wire
Saryice

. Service.l
= SOFIA, March 26.-Adrianople I
. has fallen. The Bulgarian war I
= Office today announced the fall I
= of the Turkish hcly city, that /.
= probably will end the Balk .
= an war. According to the report .
= the third Bulgarian division en- .
= tered the city and took posses. .
= sion. Before they surrendered. .
= the Turks blew up several pow /
= der magazines and fired house, /
= but the conquerors saved the
= city from destruction. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26

the flood swept districts OF western
Ohio. Orders were received from
Governor Cox to proceed at once to
Dayton. Sidney and Piqua.
25o,0oo Homeless.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26.-Ohio,
especially the western and north
western sections OF the state, awoke
today facing the greatest food in its
history. Over score OF cities in the
state have been devastated and an.
estimate on the loss of life Is impos-
sible at this time, as nearly all wires
1 are down to the food swept areas and
egress and ingress to the stricken
cities is almost impossible.
! No one doubts but that the death
list will reach over one hundred, while
some reports say 1t may run into the
/, thousands. There are no facts avail
able early today upon which to base
according to an estimate by Governor
Cox, will number 100000.
The property loss is almost beyond
computation. Dayton, Piqua. Della
ware, Sidney, Middletown and Tippe-
canoe City suffered most. All are sit
uated within few miles of each
other.
The hydraulic, the great dam at
Piqua, is said to have gone out during
the night, flooding the entire city. One
message placed the dead in Piqua
alone at 500, but is wholly without
confirmation
Governor Cox early today received
q telephone message from Bellefon-
taine, saying that the immense reser-
voir at Lewiston had burst its banks
between Lakeview and Russels Point
and was sweeping through the great
Miami valley like tidal wave 1t
was this vast quantity of water added,
to the already overnowing river that
seems to have inundated the cities of
Piqua and Sidney. 1t Is considered
certain that loss Of life in the valley
swept by such wave would run high.
Orders have been issued today for
the calling out Of the entire national
guard of Ohio. They will immed-
lately entrain from their respective
cities for service in the food swept
districts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
One Hundred Missing.
25o,ooo Homeless.

COLUMBUS, March 26--In Hamfl-
ton there are thirteen known dead, but
this number is certain to be greatly
increased. At least one hundred per-
will be nearly s1,000,000. In Middle
town there are seven known dead with
at least cne hundred missing. The
property loss is estimated at s5oO,O00.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Three More Dead.

OMAHA, Neb., March 2e.-With the
deaths of three of the victims of Sun
day nights tornado, the death list in
Omaha alone is now 131.
Mrs. Francis Snyder, Mrs. Flora
Cassell and Patrick McEnro, 95, all
died in the Omaha general hospital
this morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Three Girls Drowned.

FIT. WAYNE, Ind, March 26.-Three
orphan girls were drowned today when
the boat upset in which they were
being transferred from the flooded
Allen county orphans home to the
poor house q short distance away.
William Niemyer was drowned last
night while attempting rescues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Forty Drowned.


Forsy or more persons were drowned
al Brookville, Franklin county, ac-
cording to authentic information re,
ceiyed here today.
The bank which protects the city
Wnere two forks of the White river
meet broke Monday night. Twelve
houses Just back of the levee were
crushed by the wall of water and the
ihhaoitants undoubtedly perished
he townspeople believed the wat
ers would not damage the levee, high.
er Hoods in other years having been
weathered
survivors tell of seeing one family
81 hve children clinging to a bed.
iney were swept into Main street and
lost.
hailroad bridges. the paper mill ano
miles of the Big Four line were wiped
out
me survivors gathered in the
.nurches almost immediately after the
alsaster and prayed that some OF
.hose who were in the waters path
might have escaped. Not one has
oeen rescued and SO far as known
none have escaped. No bodies have
been recovered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Mllltia to the sccne.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, March 26.-
Every national guard organization in
the city today prepared to depart for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Snow Adds to Terrors.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 26--A
terrific snow storm on the heels of a
drop in temperature added to the ter
rors of the flood situation in central
and northern Indiana this afternoon.
With reports from Peru tending to
cast doubt on the high estimates Of
fatalities there, came an authentic re-
port from Brookville, in the southeast
part of the state, that 40 lives were
lost there Monday night. The dead
bodies of man, two children and 4
woman were seen in the flooded west
indianapolis, this afternoon, making
the first authentic fatalities recorded
mere although ten thousand are
homeless and millions of dollars dam
age done to property. Indianapolis IL
without water, gas and street car
service. Wabash, Kokomo, Peru, Lo.
gansport, Lafayette and score of
smaller towns in the Wabash valley
are cut off entirely from the outer
world. 1t is known that most of these
cities are without gas, electricity, wa
ter, food and fuel.
Today the worst Of the flood
is In central and northern Indiana,
with the crest not in sight. The
ohio watershed territory is now be-
ginning to feel the flood and reports
rom the south indicate that when
tfe crest reaches Terre Haute, Prince
ION and Evansville the worst damage
IN that flood-experienced territory's
history will be done.
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the flood swept districts Of western
Ohio. Orders were received from
Governor Cox to proceed at once to
Dayton, Sidney and Piqua
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
Direct News From Peru.
5000 Homeless.

LoGANSPORT, Ind. March 26.-
Three thousand people are homeless
and the city is submerged in from six
to ten feet of water as the result of
a rapid rise In the st. John river last
night. No deaths have been reported
although several persons are missing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26

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