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AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN. THUrSDAV. AfRIT-i 29 1M7
Austin Statesman.
IT THE Sim PUBLISHING MIT.
Entered at the postofBca at Austin Tezaa
a aecond clans man maiier.
PEYTON BROWN. R. J. HILL.
Pres. and (Jen. Mar. Vice Pres.
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GEO.W. MAOOO.TVELL. Advertising Mgr.
Office UOO Oonsnna Avenue.
Buslnem Office Thone 150; hditorlal 163.
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The above gentlemen are oiir only inttior-
fced traveling auts. The nubllcls cmtloa-
ad aot to pay money to any one who may
represent Llm or themselves as t rave lug
agenta for this paper as all authority here-
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THE) WEATHER.
Washington April T. For Eat-
Tra Traas Hhowera and thunder-
lorrnai warmer la northern ror-
tloa brtak to hUh south winds.
There seemH to be a Rood lnl of dia-
cord in the concert of Europe. They
piny no tune In harmony escciiilly with
the lute of 0 recce but it is suspicious
that tbey may loot Greece ns well
Turkey.
Lnrissa is not only prominent just now
from fbo fuct thnt it has bn-n raptured
by the Turks but the quarries from
which the ancient (jreeks obtained the
beautitful nnd highly pruwd Thcssalia.iior
IhtJ mnrble the locality of which was
lost fer a thousand years have recently
been discovered war Lai-issn.
The report that gob is again fining
abroad need not alarm any one. It is
a convolution that this time it is going
abroad not on account vf a balance of
trade against w Imt it goes this time
as a loan in order to enable England to
pay the liistallocuts ou the Japunese in-
demnity and meet the wants of Austria
hi changing to a gold standard.
England has buen culled a nation of
tdnm kicrs inte lit on tlx inn in chance.
The Yankees are not far behind them
on the nuiin chance. There is a rivalry
now between the Londoners in scUing
sent for the queen's jubilee nnd the
New Yorkers in wiling Heats to witness
the rcburial ceremonies of jcii. (.limit.
The Eiirufieau pnwors as the kecpirs
of peace between Turkey mil (J recce ore
like Henry Clay's witness Mr. Bnssl'icld
who teHtliicd that 1m was Ir.ying to keep
the pence between 4he two belligerents
on triul at Lexington Ky. Mr. ('lay
who gave hi words the Inner Virginia
broad prouunviutinit in the eiiirso of bin
pooeh Jn tlk case naid: "And now
conies Mr. Brn-u-s-shVld with the olive
br-n-u-e-i of peace iu one hand in the
shape of a five-barreli! revolver mid a
brickb-a-a iu the other."
II. 8. Caiilii'ld. descriWug Senator Hoar
if MaHHacluiKcttM In the Chicago Tiiiies-
llerakl fy he is the image of Crnik-
rhnnk'a picture of Tickwick. Ho adds:
"His cherubic face beniiiM with benevo-
lence. Wlx'ti he pushes his glaxHes np
on his Iwld forehead and gin neon thccrily
aronnd the wnale chninlier one would
ewenr that if a pin was tituck in him
the milk of human kindness would spurt.
Ilia smile in tmctuotix nnd his voice has
a rich kindly conipuuionabk gurgle. He
looks the kind of a man upon whose knee
you would naturally expeet to see a little
child climb with a request for something
about 'Jack the Cliaut Killer' or n fairy
godmother."
1 State. Senator Deboe who has received
; the republican catiicuViioniitiatioii of the
; Keutucky legislature for United States
t eeuator if the papers from his section of
j the state are reliable and it is quite
i probable that they are is poor timber to
r fashion into a United States senator. The
I raducah Kewa of Deboe'a congressional
j district anys of him: "If the News really
' believed that there was any probability
of Senator Deboe being elected United
States senator it would urge the silver-
itee in the logishiture to Tote for Hun-
ter or -Holt. The News would prefer
bruins and rascality to nothing at all
but a piece of humanity whom misfor-
tune has put in a prominent place as
a suspicion of a statesman." The Owens-
boro Enquirer says: "We have preferred
Joe ltlackburu to Hunter but if they
offer us Deboe we will cry for Hunter
uguin. lie's the worst pill in the box.
Compared with him Hunter is an open-
hearted frank able magnanimous pa-
triotic Christian statesman."
If the republicans expect to elevate
their party to respectability in Ken-
tucky they had better let any other po-
litical party elect a senator rather than
1i send such a republican as the Ken-
tucky press represents Deboe to be to
the United States senate to till the scat
once occupied by Critteiulon and (.'lay
and a long hue of distinguished states-
men.' Keiituckians will refuse to submit
to such degradation.
GEN. LONCSTREET9 EILOGY OF
GEM. GRANT.
It was the consensus of opinion yester-
dny among the confederate veterans who
were in On. Lee's army the Army of
Northern Virginia and who bud read
(Jen. I)iigstreet's eulogy of Gon. Grant
that On. Longstrect in representing thd
opinion of "the ragged remnant of the
once proud army" of the confederacy
was a little extravngant. We say it
with all becoming respect but really
(Jen. Longstjvct betrayed the garrulity
of age and the natural vanity of an emi-
nent man in asking the Associated Tress
to send bis signed message throughout
the country. (Jen. Longstreet truly rep
resented the sentiment of the ex-confed-
eratca in their admiration for the "gran
deur and majesty of (Jrant's character"
and for his generosity and magnanimity
"to our brave men nml broken people"
and they do not doubt that'hc hud a
patriotic heart but as to the "great
mind" or that he was entitled to rank
with (Jen. Lee as a general they
thoroughly donht it.
(Jen. (Irant wus more fortunate in one
rcsptct than any other union general
that hud preceded him in command of
the federal army. He was placed in
command at a time when the patience
of the people of the norlhern state had
become worn out and I hey had become
disgusted at the frequent changes of
generals of the federal armies ami at
the secretary of war interfering with the
generals In the field; and public senti
ment demanded that (id). Grant who
had 1)ccn a lucky mini who had been
snatched from disaster by tin; npsr-
tuue arrival of Knell's army at Sbiloh
and nt once elevated to the command of
all the federal armies should have
all the mcu and arms that he
deemed necessary and that be should be
in absolute control of all the campaigns
of the federal armies.
In this way the very quality tor which
(en. ( in nt was most distinguished that
of losing a thousand men and sending
iu two thousand to take their places wus
given full sway and the government at
Washington wus compelled to accept
that plan of buttle. If every European
nation with the exception of Great Urit-
taiu and France had declared war
against the southern confederacy no one
of them would have sent more troops to
reinforce (Sen. Grunt.. There never wus
a generul with more ample resources
from which to druw of men arms and
money than (Sen. Grant had from the
beginning to the close of his campaign
against Richmond from this first buttle
on the lCappahanuock to Appomattox
court house ami yet with all these mag
nificent resources he failed to turn Gen.
Lee's dunk and approach his objective
point Richmond the capital of the con-
federacy; when Gen. I-ee was command-
ing an army much inferior in numbers
and that could not be materially re
inforced. If On. Grunt iu one day lost
a thousand or ten tltousnnil men he could
and did confront Gen. Icc the next day
with double his loss in fresh men and
Lee held the field at the close of every
day's battle and Gen. Grant was com-
pelled to move back and around the rear
of his own army by the right Hunk and
found GcuN Icc in position iu his front
the next day no nearer Richmond along
the whole line of battle across the James
river and linnlly to I'ctersburg.
Gen. Lee by superior gcucrulship held
back an army reinforced every day and
ut a loss to that army of .SO.IXK) men
with a much smaller army not materially
reinforced from the first battle at th"
Wilderness until with the remnant of
his rugged band he took position nt
Petersburg still in (Jrant's front and
compelled (Jrant to lay siege and attack
that city by regular approach bringing
to the aid of his superior numbers the
skill of his engineers. That is the story
iu a nutshell as the soldiers of (Sen. Lee's
irmy know it. The confederate vet
erans accord Gen. Grant all honor and
cherish his name in all gratitude for his
magnanimity towards the southern armv
and the southern states but when they
attempt to rank him as a general with
the grand old military chieftain of the
southern confederacy Gen. It. E. Lee.
the soldiers who followed Lee enter a
protest with a statement of facts that
eau not be questioned or misconstrued.
This country time nnd again experi
ences great political agitation about Sun-
day laws what men should be permitted
by the state to do on Sunday nnd what
the state should prohibit men from doing
on Sunday. If men were taught to do
right on week days to give good nnd
honest measure never to misrepresent
an article they offer for sale treat all
men fairly and as the .Masons say on
the square to lend temperate and honest
lives through the week days it would
not be necessary for a state or a city
to enact prohibitory Imws especially for
Sunday. Men that do right through the
week will do right ou Sunday voluntarily
without the force aud peuaities of Sun-
day laws.
It is authoritatively stated that the
sub-committee of the senate have made
such reductions in the Dingley bill as
to make It less objectionable to the pub-
lic. Unless the reductions are far below
the McKinley bill which is not proba-
ble the Dingley bill will never receive
the endorsement of public opinion. The
principle of a protective tariff is obnox-
ious to lsipular sentiment nnd has been
Is'iiten twice iu a fair open and square
race when that was the principal issue
by the principle of u tariff for revenue
only.
When Traveling-
Whether ou pleasure bent or business
take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of
Figs ns it nets most pleasantly and ef-
fectually on the kidneys liver and bow-
els preventing fevers headaches and
other forms ot sickness. For sale in r0
cent nnd $1 Kittles by all leading drug-
gists. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Company only.
Caution: Buy only Dr. Isaac Thonip-
aon'a eye water. Carefully examine the
outside wrapper. None other genuine.
THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN WITH
MANY NOTABLES ABOARD HAS
REACHED NEW YORK.
Soldiers Marines and Clvillona
Thrunw 1'obllc Places Foreign
Warshlpa in Harbor Bright
Inllorms to De Seen.
New York April 2. President Mc-
Kinley with Mis. McKinley and his cub-
inct Mrs. U. S. Grant und her family and
a company of olliciul personages 'includ-
ing the ambassadors ministers and at-
taches of the diplomatic corps and high
officers of the army and navy were safe-
ly truiisjMirted from Washington to New
York today on a special train of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad to participate in the
ceremonies ui inr nm. v . .........
The trip was a rapid one and entirely un
eventful.
The train left Washington where a
small crowd was gathered ut the depot
t 1 J t .'(11 ii iwl utno nmrl into .I(T-
IHUlHlMlJr 111 iU.JV Mina aa.i. -
ny City ilepot nt 3:17 o clock Htonpuig
i : 41. it ttfuuiitniit u ot Vi'Vfll
iH-Trjr .iij iii7 n.... ...... w.....---
acniHH the river on the trrry hoat to the
foot of J weiity-tmru Hireei io ne uhiu'm-u
.. a .... ii nil ttatuM'tltA Itl Ft Irt'oUKWIIl
lllll IHIIIilHin r-v-j. . -----
hv detachment of cavalry police to the
. ! r. . . - 1.
f irm Avenue hoici.
U ii n ilin Irnin. thp Ill'l-
vate car of President I rank lhompsoii ot
the Pennsylvania at the end of the train
was given to the presidential party. It
was handsomely embellished with roses
und in it were President McKinley. Mrs.
m.. i.-M. Unvtin I Mrs McKinley 8
.UC1III"V I " -- -
aunt. Secretary John Addison Porter anil
Wife Dr. Aliliott me pi-esiuem s pujwMu.
and Mrs. William Sinclair the White
House steward. The next car contained
Mrs. Grant's party the cabinet families
und u few others. They were Mrs. (.rant
Mrs. Nellie Grunt Surtoris Mrs. Alger
Sifton surtoris ."iss nvmu mu
t...... w..-tor!u Kocrcturv nr State
Sherman ami daughter Mrs. McCullnin
Secretary ot tne ireasury wwvx- mm n-.
u War Alircr and Private Sec-
retary Mason Postmaster General Gur
Mrs. anil .Miss i.ury nuum- """""
u.L-..n. uiminrc nf AcTtcnlture VU-
son Maj. Gen. Miles wife nnd son Aoj i t.
(Sen. uuggles near Auiuirm
. i...- ntlwir enrs ivcri OC-
ailll uiliiKiiici. J "i ; V .... I
cnpicd with the foreign ambassadors and
their suites.
The train was in charge of Mr. A. 11.
Steel secretary of the transportation coni-
....... 1 I. .ru nf th rcccntioil
miner fiuu ur i. n ." . - .
committee together with representames
.. . . i ; i..:iHn..l Aii Giuin
of tile I't'linsyivnnm luummu. -
.i :.i.... u. til. ul In liU enr lie
as me jitMiii-iu vu i
sent for the reception committee thanked
them tor tneir mniiugcuicm. . "-j-i
nnd talked with them for an hour.
During the remainder of the journey the
president conversed with the members of
the cabinet.
Mrs. McKinley wore a gray costume
.i : I.S..1. ui.. Iiiwl li-Mvclcil from
mr one tn iihivii :
Clinton to Washington. She bore the
journey well. . .
- .. " . . l .ha ntlinp.iil
Several nunureu peopic cn- nay
.i. ...... O...I i tlw i enr tons ill t lie
railroad yards at Wilmington niiil the
president Dowen iroiu iiie w
response to tlieir cneers.
ri'i i..r... nt tho .Tnrspv Citv. dCDOt
X Ut' llltli li'l li ' ... ..... --v
was crowded with the members o.fMhe re-
..;.i n.n 11. on re I'orter
CCIIllllll tuiiiiiiii i ... .
gave an arm to the president and then
and tliere tne niiieii imwan ii11""""
ainbassadorial precedence was solved ly
Mr. Ghaiincey M. Depow who took the
arm of Sir Julian Pauncefote nnd walked
after the president. Ambassador I ato-
notre followed escorted by Mr. Whitelaw
Kecd former amlmssador of the Cmted
States to France. Mr. Frederick D.
irunt escorted Ins motner no
Iressed in deep mourning. The other
hi...:.:.... ......... ofti.r in n lllsoi'L'lllll.l'd
cciiciirni'" 1.I1IIM- inn.
group with n cordon of valets bringing
UP the rear. Hciween me imco
.....i i.i. ....... t...i snilors the company
marched to the ferry boat where car-
riages were aligned on the lower deck to
take them from the opposite dock to their
hotels. ... n
On the boat the president receiveu n..
the ineniliers of the reception committee
i .... tlw Imvur neck. Ut)-
II III 1 men simiu ... .
soihed in the sights of the river until the
New York shore was reached. On the
New York dock n platoon of about fif
teen police were iirawu up '""
ferry bouse. Squadron A in command ot
.llllj. lioc n niiiii""!. ....
cort. and led the procession to the indsor
hotel. When the carriage readied tne
hotel. Aimer McKinley was me iirsi iu
ilight. followed by tien. l oner.
bat the president stepped out and helped
Mrs. McKinley to alight and taking nei
rm within bis they entered the noici.
Mr. nnd Mrs. McKinley went straight
to the rooms on me nisi noor.
1 11C H-liiliiui" -
fter the president s carriage. Soon alter
ri-i... i. nf i in nuriv iouocu
President .uciviincy nu
-.... 1 hv the Stonewall
lie WHS nrii-ii.i.i. - -: K
Brigade band of Staunton a. At the
reouest of the presmeiii uu- i - -f
stairs and played from the front baloouj.
Tliere was no speech making.
STATEMENT BY LONGSTREET.
The Famona Confederate General
Highly Euloniseu uen. urani.
v.. vrV Anril 2(1. (Copyrighted by
the Associated Press.)-The special train
bearing the vice presidential pnrty to
the Grant ceremonies arrived at Jersey
City today nt 3:34 p. m. The entire trip
had been pleasantly uneventful and the
senators and representatives seemed al-
most loth to leave the cars.
Vice President Hobart and Mrs. lio-
bnrt walked at the head of the procession
through the small crowd on the platform
to the carriages which were waiting for
them. Then they were driven on board
the Jersey Central ferryboat Fanwood
and landed nt 2 o'clock.
Those who managed the transportation
of the train were S. B. Hege passenger
ncent of the Baltimore and Ohio in
Washington; E. V. Skinner of the New
Jersey Central aud their assistants.
Of the famous men who traveled on
this train perhaps none was more spoken
of than Gen. Longstreet. His venerable
face and tall figure now somewhat bent
with age brought back to mind the days
when in the prime of bis life lie led the
southern forces in many a tierce assault.
Since those times he has been I'nited
States minister to Turkey nml now holds
first rank in the short list of the con-
federate generals still nlive.
(Sen. Longstreet espccinlly requested
the Associated Press to publish a state-
ment written by his now somewhat
feeble hand lie said to the correspoii-
lent that it was htting on such an occa
sion that he should speak for he was
with (Srant at West Point served in the
same regiment with him before the war
and even introduced li i lit to the woman
who became his wife. The statement of
Gen. Uiiigstrcct is as follows:
"It was my good fortune to know as
few others could that Gen. (inint'n heart
went out in sympathy for the brave men
and women of the south during the dis
tressing time of reconstruction aiid to
mv old comrade who followed the stars
aud bars.of the south to tne giouiu uuu
( tnnnmnini I want to suy (jen.
Grunt's heart went to ua in all of our
woes. He appreciated the principle that
all governments derive their powers from
the confidence and respect of the people
and his great mind ond patriotic heart
were bent towurds the re-establishuieut
of cordial feelings between the sections
of the land. If every old comrade sol-
dier or widow of a confederate to whom
he gave a helping hand couni leave u
tear about Jus tomu u woum uc uujr
tlurtfl In Invo'a lipst nffcrinfr.
Tn tin. lira ve men of the other side
of the line my people send messages to
crown this august occasion we turn
from the setting star of the confederacy
to accept the glorious flag of the Lnion.
to put it about our hearthstones nnd
love it as we love our noble women; we
stand guard about and uphold it ror-
ever: its irlorios are ours with undivided
heiirts undivided people undivided arms
to nrntci't its triiinilill.
"We are with you today and all days
brothers and friends. All poisons are
gone and with the ragged remnant of
our once proud army we offer the loving
tribute to the chieftuin who led you to
victory; renewed heartfelt allegiance to
the great Union your Union our Union.
"On this inspiring occasion we love to
tell you that for all the grandeur and
majesty of (Jrant's character for all the
splendor of his generosity to our brave
men nnd broken people his name shall be
embalmed in the fienrts ot our enimren
nnd of our children's children with devo
tion ns warm ns our southern sun.
"illustrious citizens of the republic in
danger brave m victory generous we
belli to crown him with bis nponl'e undy
ing love and in the presence of the high-
est officials of state and municipality we
help dedicate this monument to Ins name
und fame and lift them to the powers
above.
"He was so easily approached that he
failed to note his reserved powers lie
will grow with his generation nnd those
who come after him will learn to appre
ciate his worth.
(Signed) "JAMES LONGSTREET."
It was such sentiments ns the vencra
ble general expressed in his statement
that pervaded the talk of the gray-haired
men of all parties who came from Wash-
ington to honor the hero Grant.
GOTHAM IN GALA ATTIRE.
Decoration for Today' Pageant
Thousands of Visitor Present.
New York April 20. Tomorrow's
pageant is being vividly forecasted toduy
on the streets of this city and on the
waters that encompass the town. Many
niiblic biiildimrs have been decorated
with flags nnd bunting in honor of the
soldier-jiresident whose mausoleum is to
be dedicated with ceremonies in which
all thq states of the Union and many of
the foreign governments will lie repre-
sented. Everywhere one goes about the
city are to be met men in uniform the
military predominating while sailors
and marines from the foreign men-of-war
anchored in the river or harbor are to
be met with. Cruisers battleships gun
boats torpedo boats dispatch boats and
launches moving about from one to the
other or from craft to shore are objects
of interest to denizens of town or coun
try who line tlieir very front watching
the naval representatives ot so many
governments.
Every train reaching New York or Jer-
sey City brings its hundreds of strangers
to swell the throngs already made more
dense than usual by the earlier coiners.
The hotel corridors are crowded with
uniformed officers of the army or na-
tional guard of the several states and
with the more gorgeously nttired nit-m-bers
of the staffs of the governors who
have come as the special guests of the
city .thousands upon thousands nocked
to the vicinity of the Grunt tomb at
Riverside drive to obtain a nearer view
of the resting place of the nation's hero
than will he possible tomorrow. The
usual preparations for the accommoda-
tions of the multitude of sightseers on
the morrow are well advanced. Along
the entire length of line of march ashore
stands have been erected except where
they would interfere with the rights of
residential property owners nnd over
these structures the building department
is exercising a supervision calculated to
secure immunity from accident.
The weather today is threatening the
atmosphere being characterized by a
high degree of humidity but according
to the weather bureau's observer tliere
is every promise of a fair day tomorrow.
Odd Fellow Celebration.
Galveston. Tex.. Anril 2fi. (Sneci.il
The Odd Fellows celebrated the seventy-
eighth anniversary of the founding of
tlieir order today. Appropriate services
were held in Odd Fellows' ball in the
afternoon and these were fo owed hv
an oyster roast nt night. The afternoon
exercises were well attended by all the
lodges in me city.
THE AIRSHIP LOCATED.
It In En Route to Culm to Scatter
Dynamite Amonor Weyler'a Forces.
Philadelphia April 213. A carefully
planned expedition left for Cuba last
night from near Sea Isle N. J. The sup-
piuy or arms anil nmmuntion left New-
York Saturday on lighters and was nlneed
on a tug between Barenpal nnd Long
Branch. The tug came st.-adily down
the const and was soon joined by an-
other boat. In the way of munitions
the expedition took along n Hotchkiss
gun. 1(MH rifles 13.0(H) rounds of ammu-
nition. 2000 machetes a lot of medicine
and what is known as an experimental
flying machine adapted to the use of dy-
UUIUll?.
Serlona Danger
Threatens every man. woman or child
living ia a region of country where fever
and ague is prevalent since the germs of
iiiuiurim uiseuse are innaieu irom tne
uir and are swallowed from the water
of such n region. Medicinal safeguard
is absolutely necessary to nullify this dnn-
ger. As a means of fortifying and ac-
climating the system so ns to be able to
resist the malarial poison. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is incomparably the best
and the most popular. Irregularities of
the stomach liver .and bow:els encourage
malaria but these are speedDy rectified
by the Bitters. The functions of diges
tion una secretion are assisted hv its use.
and n vigorous ns well as regular condi-
tion of the system promoted by it. Con-
stitution nnd pb.vsio.ue are thus defended
aguinst the inroads of malaria by this
uiiiiciiiess preventive winch is also a cer-
tain ami thorough remedy in the worst
cases of intermittent and remittent fe-
vers. Mr. 1 tnvAn .A.MIn n OA TT
... muni ii-oiiuii. Ill I HC1LTV
otrnnt Alt.... Til W ' 1 .'
-in.- auuu in. ftuuercu wnii sciatic
rheumatism for over eight months. She
doctored for it nearly the whole of this
mm- u.-inj; liniuus reiueuies recommend-
ed by friends and was treated bv the phy-
sicians but received no relief. She
then used one nnd a half bottles of Cham-
in-muu iuin Daim wnieli ettected a
cnnitiliifo 1.11-0 1-l.lfl l. ....i.i:..i.i 1
... v.... iuin in jiuuii&nvu ui xier
request as she wants others limilarly
afflicted to know what cured her. The
-5 nnd SO cent sizes for sale by Chiles'
Those Wishing- to eet rit nt rlinnmoCo
should try a bottle of Eimer & A mend's
' inscription 4o. 2S51. C. F. Schmdt.
. uston 1 sole agent.
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W f" . cleaninS' Sold everywhere.
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Looking cat over the many 1 om$ f thii country wo tee thousand
of women wearing away their litre in household drudgery that might ho
materially lessened by the use of a few cakes of SAPOLIO. Zf an hoar
is ayed each time a cake is used if one less wrinkle gathers upon the
ttXb Because the toil is lightened she must bo a foolish woman who
would hesitate to make the experiment and ho a churlish husband who
Would grudgotfM few cents which it costs.
TWO CREVASSES MERGE ITO
0E AT PROMISED LAND LOW-
LAXDS BADLY FLOODED.
sDismiiiiininji.
Den Molnea River Innndntea a
Large Stretch of Co only Thon-
8a ml Famlllea Driven From
Homes Missouri RaK'inur.
Memphis April 2(1. I.nst niclit a sec
ond break occurred iu the levee nt l'rom-
sed Land at a point about. 500 feet above
the recent break there. The strip of levee
between the two breaks rapidly crumbled
away and tonight there exists a monster
crevasse a thousand feet in width
through which the water is rushing to the
lowlands in great volume.
Many of the levees in the Louisiana.
district are yet in a critical condition and
the work ot strengthening and watching
tlie weak places is being carried on by day
and night.
The Tensas river is rising rapidly as a
result of the breaks of Biggs and Reeds
levees and a general overflow from this
stream is looked for. The blnck river is
also rising and the backwaters from the
Biggs crevasse is spreading over a large
area.
Throughout the Mississippi delta the
water is stationary but n speedy decline
is predicted lhe river at Memphis ana
( niro is fulling.
The executive board of the Memphis re
lief committee today issued an order cloS'
mg Camp Congo in this city
DOIXG A DREADFUL DAMAGE.
Six Hundred Famlllea Driven From
Home at Ottnmwa In
Ottuniwn. Ia.. April 26. The Dos
Moines river which last night wus sta
tiounr.v at the high water mark estab
lished by the great flood of 1S02 sud
denly liegnn to climb nnd by 8 o'clock
today added fifteen inches to the record
The levees broke in many places rail
road embankments were undermined nnd
hundreds of families were compelled to
quit 'their residences in great haste. In
Ottnmwa over 000 families were com
pelled to move a large number making
tneir escape in noats. At uddyville
eighteen miles north ot this city IjO fam
ihes vacated their domiciles and the
principal streets are being navigated iu
row tioats
At South Ottuniwn the river flows par
allel with the main street. It broke
across this street eorly this morninir
pouring down the business nnd residence
treet8 causing a panic and a scramble
tor higher ground. Five thousand peo
ple resuie in mis suuiirn. several hun-
dred deserted their residences and re
moveu their goods.
xuv wuier sianus iour leet deep in
Fuirview. Farm lands are completely
inundated. A large reservoir situated at
the summit of conrt hill is thp Rnllvao
of considerable fear. The recent down
pour nns swollen the sources of anm.lr
and the reservoir is now so full that it
uireiuens io Durst ana nood the populous
uiMiicis jiisi oeiow. Aitnough the rail
roau companies nave made strenuous
efforts to save their property traffic is
iiniicist nt standstill.
All l.rt u..n11
Iowa are out of tlinip imnka i..:i j
buildings are gone and travel bv highway
is out of the question. The Burlinirtnn
mam line to Chicago and Denver has
. " iiniuuaieii track. The RncL-
is ilnil Una cnrni..il .nil.... c .... i
. .ia. iiiiu-n in nii-L' I1H.I..H
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;te:;!-.n.n'i rrt f 'pp.-och To
. ." 7 " i'ned away. The
t liienso. (.rent Western ...i i..'. ' "
an
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ork on the levee before this citv
been
h.is
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the
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Wi'st Ottuniwn
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tmn. is entirely flooded and ho w'is
still rising. The inhabitants .
SIlilillMl nun tl.I.. ... . .
great part of the labor. L 'C
From TUB
to LINE
shortest time With the least of
ion anu uuuwivi
SOAP
ciainssTTE
LKlakes clothes snowy white by re-
the dirt in a natural and
uiv v O
healthful way. A pure soap good
- fiood revenue
SAPOLIO
their homes however hoping that the
worst is over. Bich farming lands above
mid below this city ore inundated. The
flood there has not reached a high stage
but has spread put in many places to a
width of five or six miles.
Xo loss of life has been reported but
the da inn go to property will be very
large.
Rallroada Badly Demoralized.
St. Josph Mo. April 20.-The rail-
roads in this section are badly demoral-
ized on account of floods and washouts.
The Chicago and Great Western is com-
pletely tied up between this city nnd Dcs
Moines and it is believed it will be un-
able to get a train through for several
days as n number of bridges are gone.
Several of the branches of the Kansas
City St. Joe and'Council Bluffs are not
being operated the track being entirely
washed away in a number of places.
The Tenaaa a-Booming.
Xatchez April 26. The crevasse water
from the Biggs and Reed breaks nlwve is
now going down the Tensas river at a
rapid rate causing that stream to rise ut
the rate of 7 inches in twenty-four hours
at Clayton Btation where there is left only
five feet of bank. The Blnck river is nlso
rising from the same cause and in n day
or two trains over the Natchez lied River
and Texas road will suspend operation.
The United States steamer Meigs came
down this afternoon and put off a week's
rations for 200 refugees of whom it is es-
timated there nre 500 in Natchez. She
will proceed up Black river on her relief
expedition. The river here rose .01 in
twenty-four hours. j
Another Break nt Promised Land.
Lake Providence La.. April 2(1. A sec-
ond break took place in the Promised Land
levee last night about 500 feet above the
first one the levee between the two breaks
went in today nnd the break proper is
ubout KXX) feet wide. The people are now
making a bulk head to protect the upper
end of the levee. The little steamer Car-
roll from this place was there all day help-
ing aud this evening she broke every
bucket of her wheel and came very near
going into the crevasse. Consiiierablt)
work was done today on the Otteri bayou
levee in this parish. Jt remains in a
critical condition yet. The river fell .01
in the past twenty-four hours the gauge-
reading 42.7.
Rnitid Rise nt Kantian City.
Kansas City. April 26. The heavy rains
of the past three days have had' a de-
cided effoct on the rivers in this vicinities
having raised the Kaw a feeder of the
Missouri between three and four feet since
Saturday morning. The Missouri nt Kan-
sas City today has risen three feet.
Alarming Condition at Hannibal.
Hannibal Mo. Anril 26. The flood
conditions nre becoming alarming. The
government gauge today registered 18 feet
11 inches nearly two feet above the dan-
ger line. The water is up to Front street
nnd the cellars on Main street are filled.
The Hannibal saw mill wns obliged to
shut down todny on account of the high
water and the Hanniluil nnd St. .Tnsenli
shops are nearly surrounded by water
lhe damage already has been considerable
and is being increased every hour.
Highest Point Thin Year.
Kansas Citv. Mo.. Anril on Tli rivpr
reached its highest stage this year todny
and IS Still risinir. Thp dnmnco an far
is slight.
The Kaw River Away lTp.
Lawrence. Kan.. Anril 2. Tho Knw
river at this point is higher thnn it has
heen m sis venra mil io .nn;n
n - ... in 1IOI1IK 17111IJ
lhe dam furnishing water power to
thirty-five important industries including
the city electric lin-ht niot i .;i.-
ed in danger. If the dam 'goes out it
menus certain destruction nf tho nnncrlns
county mill and possibly the destruction
pany Cous(jll()atod Barbed Wire coni-
MaryTllIe Water Roarnl.
Marysvillo. Mn ai.;i o -r ..;n.
flnnd. """PletcV water bound. The
floods are tin. worst .. tl...
country The Platte which runs through
the eastern nnrt nf ti i i. n..
.l..l r..' nil" tUUllll UIC ll'i-
i i"'0' whk'h run through i
x n?d 1 1! XnnVay nre well out oT
tlie r banks. The Platte nnd Nodway art
Still riKIHL' ti-hiln !.- XT n.1
p ---r . u.- vUi JllllllUUll llll'
two remains stationarv. All the roads
m the conntv. llw. vi'oi.;.i. i.n
ot the Burlington and the Chicago nnd
Northwestern are unable to reach th
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