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1 15 THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. A. O. HO.MIR, Puhllsher. -.. -. RED CLOUD, .... S'EIIRASKA. CURRENT COMMENT. Thk Maryland Treasurer's shortage has been estimated at SI27,oot. Tmk Orand Army of the Republfo hns yurefcased a tract of land comprising the Cedar Greek battle ground, noar Win caetter, Va. Tme feneral passenger agents of the Western roada have adopted an ogrco neat, for the reorganisation of the Western mate Passenger Association. Ax Odessa dlspatoh say that 6M eon Iota have sailed for Saghallon. A tned leal inspection strongly confirms the worst evidence aa to the condltloa of Buaalaa prisoner. Pnor. RtctiAitti Owkn and another mm drank embalming flnld at New Harmony, Ind., recently, supposing it is bo mineral water. Owen died and the ther waa reported dying. A hoiji attempt was recently made at Oscoda, Mich., to ahduot Florence Nightingale, aged eighteen. Hhe was gagged and bound when rescued by a Mrs. Black as her assailants flod. GKKiut, DotiiJUtoKn has written a letter in which he renews his offer tore turn to France providing tho Govern ment will permit him to bo tried by the court of appeals or by a court martial. Jambs Tuthim a reputable and pious eltlsen for several years of Mont Claire, K. X, turns out to bo a burglar. lie and hla wife wore arrested and tho pro ceeds of many robbcrlo found in their dwelling. PoHTMArVrKH-GKNKHAt, WANAMAKKII has received a conscience contribution of 11,500 from an unknown person in New York City. Tho sender said ho had onco defrauded tho Government, but had since become n Christian. A CAiu.KriiiAM has been received from fit. Thomas, Kan Domingo, stating that a political revolution had broken out and that a battlo had been fought In St. Thomas. It also says that tho trouble which was at flrst thought to bo Insig nificant has spread over tho entire Inl and. Till New York grand Jury handed n long presentment to Judge Fitzgerald, In which the sheriffs otlleo Is character ized as "a disgrace to this city and a ahamo to civilization." Judgo Fitzger ald told the foreman of the jury ho would send copies of tho Indictment to the Governor and the legislature MAJOH Okoimik Ciiisman, Jacob Wiss ler and Mr. Wince, representing the Farmers' Alllanco of tho United States, havo concluded to establish Alliance agricultural works at Iron Gato, Alle ghany County, Va. Tho works will em ploy from 8fto to roo hands and their products will go to every sub-alllnncn In tho country, representing 4,000,000 peo ple, IlKi'iiK-wNTAim: IV.ituiNH has Intro duced a bill authorizing the President In his discretion to allot tho Indians In eovcralty on reservations which may be agricultural lands. He ulso Intro duced a bill to pay 110.000 to tho widow of lllack Heaver, tho famous Delaware scout, for his services In guiding Major Kmory'e troops In their eelobrated anarch from the Indian country to Fort Leavenworth at tho breaking out of tho civil war. Tiik Republican inemltcrs of the Ways and Means Committee were recently in aecret aeaslon discussing the Tariff hill. A number of changes In regard to minor articles were made, but tho mniutwra of the committee did not care to have theso made public before the bill was reported to the full committee. Considerable at tention was given to nickel and It was finally decided to place It on the dutia ble list Tho existing law and the pro posed bill provided that It tie admitted free of duty; Tiik House Committee on fn valid len aloaa has authorised a favorable report on a bill to Increase pensions In certain rases. It provides that any soldier or aallor who has been wounded In service and received moro than ono wound, whore ono of such wounds amounts to a total disability and the other wounds create a disability, such person shall re- awivo a ponaiun in no ratoii without re gard to rank for each wound received. It Is provided, however, that tho amount of tension any one person shall receive ahall not exceed 7J per month. JUIKJK Wll.l.tAM II. WlllTKMAN, As sociate Justin of tho Supreme Court of Mexico, was at Albuquerque with his family and sick abed with neuralgia of the stomach. Ho was In a critical con dition. He had rccolvod a dispatch from Judge llaseldlno, who was in Washing ton in his Interest, that tho prospect for his confirmation wore not bright lie waa also shown a dispatch from Wash .lagtoa conveying tho nuws that the Judiciary Committee of the Senate had aaked the President to withdraw hla nomination. He appeared to be Indif ferent, uut intimate friends ItcllcvM that non-confirmation would causo a re lapse and possibly death. Two Mexican fishermen at Corpus Chrlstl, Tex., recently killed an ugly aad vicious aaolla of the lizard species oa Padre Island, but aot until a hard tattle had been fought It measured lonr feet long and thirteen inches In clr- cussference, with elawa equal to a tiger. It contained twenty-four eirgs. This monster is a native of the West India Islands and the first ever seen oa the Texan coast During tho rombat tho 1' aaolla several times changed Its color from green to brown and vico versa, a Veeullartty of Its tribe. Many theories w adtasosd as to how it-reached tho anient, The most plausible la that it caaaa la ono of tho huge mahogany logs froas foreign lands that are frequently .Watties' ashore. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gleaned By Teletrraph and lfevlL OOKGR la ths Senate on the mh tha resolution from ths Klectlons Committee In ce.raof 8 rrtons clslmlng vests as eenstors train lontsns were ordered printed. The Anti trust bill was then taken up aad a long de bate followed, the principal objection unred by opponents of the meaaure tains: thsl Us provisions did not afford the required rellel After a brief eaecullve sostlon the senate adjourned.,,. The House adopted a rule making the World's Fair bill a special order. Certsla Senate amendmenle to the lefl clenojr bill were eon cur red In snd a confer ence ordered on others which wr.ro not ssrrrd ta The lloune eoon after adjourned. ArriBtlie Introduction of resolutions oa the Xth the Senate took up, considered end pssied the bill to enslile the aereary of the Truaenry to gather full Information ss to the condition and prodttrtlon ortlinfttrecnl In tereats In Alaska. The Antl-Trn bill we taken up end Ite consideration continued nntll adjournment. ...Immediately nftorthe Journal wna read the House proceeded to conalder the World's rslr bill. Various amendments were offered to tho bill nnd ono finally adopted postpon In the tln lor hold Ina- the fslr to IK The bill was Anally Raseed aa amended by 20J yeaa toMnaya. o other bualatee was trmuaoted In the llouatv ll( the Senate on the Mth Mr. Sherman re portml aubetltute for the flrst section of the Meat Inspection bill. The Antl-Trnat bill waa anon resetted and the seaalon wss ansdeulte lively by the debate whleh fol lowed. Any number of atnendmente wrn offered but an (Inst action reached. ...The House devoted the entire day to oonalders Hon of the bill for the admission of Wyow. Ins as a Mate. THn tenaf n on the S7th pssaed the Hone) bill authorising the purchase, of ,wi tente for persons driven from their homes by the recent flood In the lowiir Mississippi river. When the Anti-Trust bill was resetted s lenRthy dlarttaalnn enaued snd finally the bill was referred, with amendments, to thn Jadlelary Committee with Instructions to report back within twenty day. The lie. pendent Mention bill wss considered for a time and laid over and the Senate ad liurnrd,...eK)n after tho limine, met the bill for the admleslon of Wyoming- was taken up and after the rejection of all smendmrtita the bill paaaed by Ixu yeas to 117 nays. Tho Army Appropriation bill was then consid ered until adjournment In the Hemitn on the Wth Senator WIIon (liwn) offered a resolution, which wns aaread to, eullina on tho Beeretery or the Trrsaury for Information as to the arrival and departure of Chinese from Han Knincln eo and ss to tho evasion or falluro of thu Chinese lawa. Tho Henntn then went Into cxiuotlvuavaalim.at thn cloan of which It adj. Mimed.,., In tho Homo Mr, HlnKhsm (I'm.), from tint I'oat-nfllro Cmnmltlei-, ro ported hack tho riaolittlott riilllnic fur lie formsllon In relation In thn appointment of lupectura In Invi'.tlxutliiK Dm rlnlina of niipl oiintafor postmiiaturahlpN, and thn re lit tinder of thn aenaioti wna In Comiulltou of the Whole ou prlvnte bllla. rtCKMONAI. AND IMIMTIdAI. CflAlllMAN COOI.KV. of tho Iiirjir.NAfn ComninrcoCommlKsion, is sulTorlng from n sovero com ami lias gone to Florida to recover his health. Rkpiikskktativk Lawi.ku, of Illinois, has IntriHluced In tho House a bill grant ing n pension of fJ.000 a year to thu widow of Gonorul Crook. Tiik Conservatives won a victory In tho Ayr district of Scotland by electing Mr. Nomnrwoll to tho nlacu formorlv flliiwl by a f.tberul. it Is reported that tho Czar will short ly abolish constitutional government In Finland, so as to make tho Prnvln.-n conform lo the rest of the Kiuplrn. Tilt: Worlds t'alr Mil was received by tho Senate on tho '.'rtth and re furred to tho special committee having that sub ject In charge. 'I'lIK dllllotlltv between Turkm nml Great llrltaln arising from tho tiring upon a nriuttii vessel by tho gurrlson at Fort Fno has lMen satisfactorily arranged. Tho Porto hns apologized to tlrent llrltaln for tho outrago, and will punish those who were rosponKthlo for It Annuuwiop IIkish, of Milwaukee, Wis., died on tho '.'tlth. Hla death was not unexpected, as ho had boon danger ously III for soveral weeks. Tiik widow of tho Into General Crook has decided to mnko her perma nent residence In Oakland, Md., near her husband's grave. Tiik Kmperor has permitted Prince Htsmaruk to retain tha title of Prince, with tho title of Duko of l.auenburg as a second distinction. The Prlnco will tie still addressed as Serene Highness. JvhtiikJamkm V. Cami'iiki.u a mem ber of tho Michigan Supremo Honeh since IW, died suddenly recently, lie was born In New York In 1K2X Tiik convention of native Chlckasawa has renominated Governor llynl. Tiik House Committee on Klectlons has pasacd upon tho election case of Waddoll vs. Wise, Third Virginia dls trlot and MoDufllo va Tarpin, Fourth Alabama district, and In both cases by a party vote douldod to recommend tho seating of the Republican eandldato. Ii I.UIKinK. of I'nrla. illuiiil,ii tin. McKlnley bill, now before Congress, ex pressed tho opinion that a tarltT war with America must follow thu adoption of tho mouHuro. At Streator, 111., Chairman .1. C. Crtiiipboll of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee, went to sleep tho other night In his usual health and wus found the next afternoon dead In bed from apoplexy, MiftCt:i.utNr:m-N, Tun Governor of Maryland has In formed the Leglsluturo that a defalca tion existed In the accounts of Steven son Archer, tho State Treasurer. Archer was reported on his deathbed. Font engineers and four firemen of the Philadelphia 4 Heading railroad have boon discharged for drinking. They threatened sulu for .l.fi.iri,in of character. Thk levee In front of SVIpwlth, Issa quenna County, Miss., altout seventy tulles abote Vlcksburg, broke ths other morning. Much valuable land waa ooded. Two heavy freight trains oa the Grand Trunk railroad collided near llattle Creek, Mich., tho other day. Kightocn cars and two engines were wrecked and much merchandise raised by oil. Ttim-K men were killed and others shockingly mangled by an explosion In the Chicago sugar refinery's starch houaa oa tho -JTth. A woman named Meyer and her two granddaughters wore drowned la the floods which overwhelmed their dwell ing near Villa Itldge, 111., recently. Jav Goih j and jutrty were recently In tho City of Mexico and report has It that ho was figuring on a traus-Moxlcaa Uaa. Tiik garrison of Rio Janeiro recently becamo disaffected and waa ordered to thu south. The troops rofusnd to go aad tho Government cancelled thn order. There was much discontent throughout thn elty. Tiik Santa Fe has officially refused to prorata with Kastorn linos at the Mis souri river on business destined to points on thn lino of the Santa Fo or its connections. John A. Davis, thn defaulting city treasurer of Rochester, N. Y., who em bezled filO.OOO of tho city's money was sentenced to fire years In Auburn prison. Tiik brandy product of California do creased HW.OOO gallons last yoar as com pared with 1SH8, caused by vino disease In certain districts. Drm.KV Faiimn, of Albany, N. Y., principal owner of tho Minn (O.) Oil Company's stock, denies that the Standard Oil Company has bought him out Tiik Cunard Steamship Company hns declared u dividend of 0 jht cent as against ono of 4 per cent last year. Aiistiiia .propones to spend 4,000,000 florins at onco for a supply of smokeless powder. Tiik minors nt Gnllltzln, Pa., havo struck against thu uso of a steam mine driller lately Introduced. Tiik Missouri Pacific railway directors have declared a quarterly dlvldond of one per cent Tiik official assessment of tho rail ways of Iowa for purposes of taxation shows tho total mileage In tho State to bo 8,U.'.9, a loss during tho year of thirty eight miles; tho total assessed valuation H'i.tWJ.lM, a reduction from last yoar of 'J17.MU. Tiiiikk brothers named Ilaukfeld wero killed together tho other morning whlln walking on tho track seven miles west of SuMiinhnnna, Pa. A sad feature of tho accident was that two of tho brothers had been searching for tho third, who had been missing, and all wero return ing homo to New York whuu struck by an oxprcHH train. Tiik relief eommltteo at LouUvtlln, Ky., estimated tho loss of llfu by tho recent tornado at 75. The loss of prop erty was put at S'J.MW.OOO. Jambs P. Da vim, alias William S. Shackleford, was hanired nt Pitts boro, N. C., recently for tho mur der of John llorton near that place sev eral iiiotitlm ago. Ho confessed that ho murdered his own children several years ago. Up to tho evening of tho 'JSth no news had been received of the steamer City of Paris, overdue at tjitccustowu. Thu anxiety caused by her delay wat In creasing. 'fur. Chicago fc Alton road has given notice of a proposed reduction In the rate ou lumber to 10 cents per owt from Chicago to Kansas City. Tho former rate was III eon to, At the antl-sluvery conference nt Brussels thn Kugllsh delegates pro posed the prohibition of tho sale of al cohol In the Interior of Africa. All tho delegates except tho German members supported the propos.il. J. W. Paiikkii, of llurllngton, K'nn., charged with forgery, has been remand ed at London, Out, at the request of his counsel, who desired to present uvldeuco In hlHdefonno. Tiik town of Fuyoltovllle, Lincoln County, Tenn., fared htdly by tho storm. A negro woman wns killed out right by falling walls and n number of persons wero Injured. A Wahiiinhkin upoelal stated that llrldget Sweeney, a domestic, had con fessed to wilfully llrlug Secretary Tracy's house, by which his wife, daugh ter and a Swiss maid lost their lives. No motive was known for tho woman's aot ADDITIONAL DIHI'ATCIIICa, FiinmiiT train No. A7, from F.vansvlllo, ran ut full speed Into a largo tree blown by tho storm across tho track just above Sehree, Ky,, and was totally wrecked. Knglneer Pete Hums, Fireman llrlrtgos and llrnkomau Powell wero killed, Tiik town of Mitchell's Station, ten miles from Culpepper, Va., has been al most totally destroyed by tire. The fire started In tho sawmill and a heavy galo carried thn flames to tho Virginia Mid laud railroad depot and tho houses around It lnsurancn trifling. A sipK'K of earthquake was distinctly felt at Contoocook, N. II., on tho night of tho 'JTth. Fivk Finnish miners were recently caught by a cave-In at tho Prince of Wales mine, Marquette, Mich. The timbers gave way and lot down tons of ore and rook upon them. Two only es caped. Wahihnoton police authorities state that thorn was absolutely no truth In tho story that llrldget Sweeney, an old and trusted servant had confessed to having caused the recent tiro at Secre tary Tracy's house. U.KMitNO house returns for tho week ended March Stf showed an aerago de crease of 4 rt compared with the corre sponding week of last year. In Now xorK there was a decrease of 10. S. Tiik London Stock F.xchauiro as well as tho Continental bourses wero report ed perturbed over German affairs. A nonous nnd uneasy feeling pro ailed. No iink was killed at Howling Green, Ky. Tho storm did much duniairo there. hut the town waa not In tho direct path of the cyclone. A r itKNeit gunboat has been sunk at Hochofort by collision with a man-of-war. Tint llrttlsh steamer Gulf of Aden, Isiund for Chill, has been lost at sea. One boatload of people has arrived at Chlloean island. Two other boats wero missing. Tiik expenses of the extra session of tho Tennessee legislature will be borne by voluntary subscriptions of the city of Memphis, tho session bciug called for tho purpose of extending tho city's limits. Tmk belated steamship City of rarla arrived at Queeastown oa the &)th. Thn delay waa caused by the breakdown of the starboard eagtaes. A KAU-oox, containing an army cap utn, a lieutenant and a prttatc, who were making aa experimental asevn ttoti, collapsed while over the forest of Scartmm, in Poscn, Germany. The pri vate was killed and both of the cap uln'a legs were broken The lieuten ant craped with slight bruises, NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. Wtm.K an old man was cleaning out a well on tho uld Van Vorhovs placo noar Madison tho other day ho found an av sortmnnt of jewelry tied together with a string. There woro twenty silver watch chains, twenty silver rings and two bracelets. It was thought a thief dropped tho plunder thero somo years sga Two farmer boys named Shipley and two neighbor boys, names unknown, wero drowned in thn Missouri river tho other day near Florence, a village six miles north of Omaha. They were out hunting at the time. It won't do to trifle with Scotia girls. Charles Cornell bngan a little scuffling match with somo of his fair friends and was thrown bodily on a hot stove. Ha is now walking around on crutches and shunning thn society of tho ladles. Tiik farm houses of Morrill G. Curtis, n farmer residing three tulles from Albion, were recently burned. Loss, l,r00; partly Insured. Tmk young son of J. L. McGen of Ileatrlce, ncnntly shot himself through tho foot whllo hunting. John Coi.k, n Cedar County young man who lifted a window and stole a Jug of whisky from a house, was convicted of burglary and sentenced to eighteen months at hard labor In tho peniten tiary. A petition is being circulated to secure his pardon, as his mother is a widow and nearly blind. Tiikiik aro now sixty men employed in tho Springfield atono quarries and It Is believed that .'100 men will bo nt work thero and In the gravel pits the coming summer. Tiik residents of Lexington and vi cinity recently had a tough struggle with a prairie flro which swept over flvo miles of territory with terrific rapidity. Ono barn, a lot of shods and soveral hogs and 1,000 tons of hay wero destroyed. Tiik eight-year-old daughter of Col onel IMw arils fell to tho bottom of dug well sixty-seven feet deep at Honk elmnn, and what seemed to bo miracu lous, aside from a fnw bruises tho child was drawn up without sustaining nny serious Injuries. Mils. Wii.i.iam Hawk, of Nebraska City, was awakened the other night by a burglar in her room who was helping himself to jewelry from a dresser at the foot of tho bed. Seeing that ho was discovered tho thief grabbed her by the throat, scratch ing her face badly, but she iiiunagcd to elude his grasp and tied screaming with her baby In her arms to a neighbor's. Tho burglar eHunwd, dropping his laxity as ho ran. Tim: four-year-old daughter of a farm er named Laton, living near Itivlngton, recently loat three lingers of her right lftnd by becoming entangled In the pul leys of u horse-power hay elevator. Tiik Odd Follows of Chadron, Rush vllle, liny Springs and Gonlon will cele brate tho anniversary of the order by a joint meeting at KushvUlo April M. W. T. DotKit an, employo of tho Union Paulllu railroad at Ileatrlce, Is charged with having forged tho name of n Judgo ton garnishee release in order to obtain money due him for scrsYs, whleh was being held by orders tho court w G. A. .M in nick committed sululdo on the stieet at Falrtlc Id the other morning by shooting himself through tho heart with iv revolver. Ho was ono of tho most popular young business men of Falrlleld ami senior of thu tlrm of Mln nick .V Morrull, dealers In general mer chandise. He seemed to lie successful In business and happy at homo. No cause for tho act was known. Ho luaves a wife andbuby. In the Fnrst murder trial at Fremont the prisoner wus found guilty of murdur In the llrst degree. Wmii.k Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Hppller, of P.erce County, wero visiting near Hader, their little daughter, aged two and one-half years, was missed and the premises were searched, hut without success. The neighbors turned out nnd searched for two days. The child was finally found In a deep ravine over a mile from home. She was yutallve, hut hnd suffered greatly from hunger and exposure, having been out for forty-six hours. A riKK at Mason City recently de stroyed a farming Implement house, causing a loss of $1,.'U0 with no insur ance. "Ki:n" Cannon, formerly an inmate of tho Kearney industrial school, has Just received Information to thu effect that ho has Wen left a fortune amounting to about SO.OOo liy the death of his father In the Kust Young Can non was placed In thu Industrial school at the request of his parents and some months ago was discharged. .IamksJknkinh, of Ohlow a, has secured a urdlct of SI7U.7S against three saloon keepers for selling liquor to his minor son. Tho Ik),v liecume Intoxicated and a team ran away with him, ono of tho horses lielng killed. A stock cnmpnny Isttelngorganlzed to build and operate a creamery and cheeso factory at lllanche, Chase County. Tiik eighth annual fair of Sarpy County will be held at Papllllon Scp temler 3, 4 and .V A M'miikh of horses In Hox llutte County are reported to be suffering with the glanders. C.iiANit Isums canning factory will remain Idle the coming season. Wash Wii.cov, farmer residing near Pouea, lost his dwelling house and con tents by flro the other night Mr. Wil cox was in Ponca serving as a juror and going home found thu building In flames. Tiik Midway Hotel at Kearney was destroyed by Are the other morning and Harry Doming, of South Omaha, was killed by jumping from a fourth-story window. The Midway was one of tho finest hotels in the State and cost 100, 000. The total loss was estimated at ai.W.000; fully Insured. Pikkck )cople were called out the other night to acarvh for little Karl Mc Clure, who was supposed to bo o on the prairie. After a long search the little one was found fast asleep la a hay stack about fifty rods from home. It is estimated that 13,00a ocrrs will be planted with wheat la Perkins Ccin ty this spring. v PEKCHED IN TItEES. ThePeoplaof the Flooded Iteflona In Predicament lasmewM talent of the Crevassee A Tel crapher llfliealty-A Planter Who rears the Kfteet of leaning tUtlona. St. Louts, March 31. Mr. J. Hogan, of tho Memphis Commercial, arrived yesterday direct from along the flooded districts of tho Mississippi river, having just completed a thorough tour and in vestigation or tho devastated districts. He says tho situation Is alarming, and In his opinion tho flood has not reached thn highest notch. In the Laconla circle, which is situ ated in Desha County, Ark., and com prises about '.'0,000 ncres, the sceno Is a heartrending one This strip of country Is now Inundated to a depth of from flvo to twenty foot and tho Inhabitants, numbering between U.ooo and ;i,ooo men, women and children are perched In trues, house tops and barns ami liay Itocks. Starvation is tolling on the stock that has not already perished, whllo tho human victims tre In a not less deplor able condition. From Helena tho entire Mississippi delta reaching from Vlcksburg west to Shrovejiort and down to Now Orleans seemed doomed to destruction. Mr. Hogan reports that all thu sople in tho wide district threatened who realized tho true situation are fleeing for their Uvea. Mississippi TOWNS tmilOUNIKI. VifKsiiriMi, Miss., March Ul. Latest tidings from tho Mississippi lovces aro that there has been no chungo except that the water is steadily advancing southward from Sklpwlth crevnsso and the towns of Mnyorsvllle, Fillers and Unyna are being surrounded and must go under In a short time. Tho Mtenmer Kvergreen Is In from a second trip to Steel's bayou going as far as tho drift would admit and explor ing tho adjacent plantation In skiff Her olllcers rejKirt that they found no suffering, th.it cattle and other stock had been removed and tho people wero safe. The Kvergreen will loato sgaln for Steel's bayou to-duy. Tho bayou Is rising fust News has just reached hero that tho bank Is caving rapidly In front of lied ford lowo, Madison Parish, tho caving being now within soventy-lho feet of tho leee. Work began there yesterday nnd tho now levee may bo llnlshed Imj foro tho old one goes Into the river. The levee Inspectors ulsuw hero In Lou isiana rejwirt no change. Trains have been ubandnned between Greenville and Rolling Fork and In fact all trains on the river side division, ex cept from Greenville to Hampton, twenty-eight miles, nnd between Coahnma and Itenolt slxty-lho miles. This leaves Greenville without communica tion with thu outsldo world except by river. , Tho situation on tho Mississippi Val ley railroad's main lino between Ynoo ami Katrenmeyer Is very serious and six inches more of water will mnd tho Vlcksburg, Mnevorort ,t I 'ad tic rail road under between Tallulah and Lalco Ono.' The water is rising slowly, but It is very unlikely tho road can run trains more than a week longer and additional crevasses niny stop operations at any time. A dispatch from Tallulah says tho farmers east of there are planting, whllo west of thero tho farms aro all under water. A PLANTKIl's TIMKI.V WAUNIMl. CiiATTANoooA, Tenn., March :il. Tho following has been received by tho Times Irom John P. Richardson, tho Inrgest planter of cotton in the South: "I rind In tho patsrs no break In tho levee at Friar's Point Chief Knglneer Dabney wires that thero is no break in his district and nono expected. Ills levees are In fine shape. A largo force Is strengthening and raising every suspicious placts To a grat extent tho newspapers hero havo been too sensational. I am sure tho plant era can and will provide for their labor. Their grounds are useless with out labor. Walt until the planter call for aid. At the moment of an unexpected break there Is confusion. I fear the newspapers will causo the laborers to do as they did In IHsj wait for Govern ment rations and refuse to work. Plant ing Is further behind now than I ever knew it Thn planters will call for aid when It Is necessary, and then their calls should bo responded to promptly and privately. Tho breaks in tho levee are bad and causlnj a good deal of tho country to bo be covered with water, but let tho planters not appeal fcr aid, nth- erwlso luhor will Im demoralized and leave the planters In as bad shape as if their lands were covered with water." TDK IIKVASSKH. GiiKK.NVil.i.r, Mlas., March 31. The river in front of tha town is falling and tho back water at the rear Is rlslnir. The break at Kaston's is now l.itoo feet wide and that at Huntington's about 1,000 yards tntlow tho ono of three days ago, and thn water In the town Is now rising at the rate of one and a half Inches per hour. The lovces in that neighborhood aro reported In bad condi tion. A gentleman from Huntington last evening says that the railroad depot ia now surrounded by water to tho depth of two or thres fret He saw tho tele graph operator there lying on the table while sending a message, AH the rail roads had to abandon their trains. All mall and expires matter ta now re ceived by skirt from Somervlllo. Miners t'adee Mark. MtKorKrTK, Mich., March 30. lire Finnish miners were caught by a cave In at the Prince of Wales mine last evening. Tha timbers gave way and let down tons of ore and rock upon taeav Two escaped, hut the others are atiU beneath the fallen aaaae. A large fare Is digging for the men. There ie aa probability that they are still allro. KeaMUaei Wrfctai Mrikaw Madkhs March so. Forty thouaaad workmen In tha factories in Catalonia have gono out on a strike. A confer ence U belnr held with a view to an ad justment The strikers arc quiet STORM THICKEN. Teaa., nasi tether Ptaeee ttaanaceal Ueetraetlon at Metrvaotl. Ilt-Hula a BowHaa; dree and Marine, Ky. Gallatin, Tenn., March so. The worst storm that ever visited this sec tion passed over this city Thursday night Two miles from Gallatin houses were blown down. Tho brick residence of John Hlbbet was completely blowa away. Tho walls fell In and killed an elghteen-months-old baby, also a boy twolvo years old, son of Palo Langford. Hlbbet Is dying and his wife Is horribly aangledi Across the pike from lllbbet's Wil liam Patterson's residence was blown, down, injuring flvo persons. In this town residences wero com pletely wrecked snd largo troei wero uprooted snd carried somo distance. Tho town is nenrly wild. Jim Patter son's house was unroofed and Mr. Pat terson and three ladles werelnono room, when tho roof fell in. Patterson ro ' celved painful Injuries and his wife was. also hurt. Th storm was only of short- duration and passed over about tun 1 o'clock. All tho dead and wounded aro being moved to tho residence of Mrs. j Van Allen, about one mile from town. After sweeping up Rogsna, the storm, king began Us dreadful march. It took. a northeast course and for tventy-flvo-allies carried every thing in'front of it All houses beyond lllcdsoe, up to Knlla, Macon County, have been blown Into atoms. Fully a hundred peoplo aro crippled In that section and are under the csro of doctors. Men, women and children aro In a horrible condition la that section. J. W. White, of Illedsop, arrived hero last night nnd says every thing is a barren waste. Several people wero killed, but ho conld not learn their names. Tho march of the cyclone was about five miles northeast of Bledsoe. Many people were horribly mangled, at Itogana, and tho town is entirely swept awny, only ono house remaining.. Postmaster Wood had his little daugh ter killed at Rog.ira and Is also danger ously hurt Nut Turner's resldenco Is a com pie to wreck. Miss Alice Turner nnd Krsklno Turner nro both seriously crushed and It Is rojiorted hero that neither will sur vive. It will lo impossible to givo a com plete list of tho Injured. Thoso that wero killed were: John Hlbbet and his little baby. Irene Langford, daughter of Palo Landlord. The daughter of Postmaster Wood at I!oj.'una. Mrs. Tatum, living nt L. A. Green's. Those that are mi badly injured that fears are entertained tha,t they can not recover are: Miss Alice Turner, Krsklno Turner, young son of John lllbbutt de ceased, nnd a young son of William C. Patterson. iiik MKiitopoi.rs iiiti:u. Mktiiopoi.is, Hi., March 'JO. A cyclase; Thursday night cuta clean swath about a quarter of a tulle wide dear across tho town, wrecking property of nil descrip tions nnd burying men, women :kid Children In tho debris of falling hull ings. Mjverai uunureti people wel killed or wounded anil bctwoon tjl hundred nml three hundred hoii'-es were swept from their foundations above tha heads of their unfortu nate occupants. The storm was pist In a tnntncntiiud then came a blinding rain, which greatly retarded the work of rescue. People outside tho path of the storm wero quickly on the streets and us fast os possible tho victims were taken from the mils, Tho rain soon ceased and the full hor- ,ror of tho situation became apparent On every side could Im hoard the groan of tho dying, and all around lay tho mangled bodies of tho dead. Scores of bodies were removed from tho ruins. In thn business district stores that had teen considered substantial wero demolished In an Instant Tho cyclone entered tho town on the south and west, aweoplng every thing liefore It Small barns and outbuildings wero caught up by the whirlwind and carried with crushing feme against larger structure. Trees wero twisted off short and hurled long dis tances. Fences were leveled in tho country for vrnlles loforo the cyolono reached Metropolis, and for miles be yond. Kvery church and every other promi nent building In the placo Is either de stroyed or badly damaged, including two school houses, tho court house and jail and many smaller structures. TIIK HTOIIM AT r.VAVII.I.r, 1'rAjrsvn.i.K, Ind . Morch 'J'A The lc house aud a taction of tho atom room of I thn Fulton Avenue llreuery caved In at u:.-,o .yeatenlay afternoon nuryinir two men in tho ruins. Tho storm of Thurs day night It Is supposed, unsettled tho building to such an extent that It was unable to bear the weight of the malt and tco stored in It Tho names of tho men killed are: Claude Tillcy and Jo seph Vinegar. A, man named Kelly Is also suppoaed-to have lsenin the debris, but this has not liecn verified. Tho damage will probably reach SJ.OOO. HOW I.I SO UllKKN ooxk. ' CixriNNATt March a Late dis patches state thai thn tornado struck tho town of Howling Green, Warren County, Ky., and completely wiped it out As the wires are down ao detailed report can be obtained. Howllag Grra has a population of about &,0M Inhabit ants, and the loss of life ta conjectured to be correspondingly large, nt'lN AMI PKATH AT MAMON. Mabion, Ky.. March . This cy was devastated by the saate atom that brought lira rula to Louisville. There was great lose ef life, erasws at i-etrtsnu LomiYU-t-c Kj March 3t Ths semen at tae rains of Virgil Wright's cigar store yesterday afternoon when the four mangled bodies of the Louis ville Hotel laundry girls were found waa simply trrribl. A huge maw ofanntaa Ity actuated by curiosity made a rusk for the debris eea It waa aaneuncM that the bodice 'were pretrndlag aad it took the power of a squad of police armed with billies to keep tarns back. The four unfortunates were found in a cellar directly nder what was the seo- oeu noor rroat roosn. icej-wirv weuj la so tightiy that ss7ocauoa nui area swift a V V wedged ) 1 W i &V PMa S&akK' Mi. et) . pw.ea.ee iehe - nl,.M ?mtowmitiw' ' taes4,V M TSJo jaafnU'l.i -f ., e M mmm