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GIRL MUSIC PR0D1CK
FormeT Street Waif Declared Foremost
Woman Violin it of the World.
CHILDHOOD YEARS FULL OF STRUGGLES
Wim Musical Scholarship Which Poverty
Oompeli Her to Ee'.inqahh.
CANON FELLOWES A FRIEND IN NEED
Ea'sei Fundi to Enable Her to Ponroe
Mnrfoal fltndiea.
FINALLY GOES TO KUBELIICS PRECEPTOR
Retura ( GrM( Brltala aad Appear-
! Ultra Proves a Ureal
Ctrl.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 28. (New Tork World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) From an
Itinerant street musician, the daughter of
a poor harpist, MUa Maria Hall bai be
com In one appearance the foremost
woman violinist tn all Europe because ot
her marvelous execution and sympa
thetic playing. "Kubellk in sklrta."
declared her audience, for ahe, too.
Is a pupil of the great master, Sevclk.
Tet with all her ability Miss Hall suf
fered many disappointments while a child.
She was born In Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and
when a mere child played In the streets
with her father. Even under these ad
verse circumstances her playing attracted
attention. By dint of scraping and saving.
friends of her father managed to raise
money enough to send her to London that
ahe might enter the contest for the Wei
seley scholarship. She won the scholar
ship with such remarkable ease that It
astonished the Judges. But although aha
had won the most coveted prise of musi
cians, she was compelled to relinquish It.
Her father bad no money with which
she could live In London and pursue her
studies. During her thirteenth year her
ramlly moved from Newcastle to Bristol
and Miss Hall went back to atreet fid
dling. , Caaoa Fellow a Good Frlead.
Canon Fellowes and a friend In passing
one night became Impressed with the
playing of this frail child. They stopped
and, listening, learned something about the
child. They took other friends interested
In music to bear the child play. Then
learning ot the scholarship the child had
won and relinquished because ot a lack
or money, they contributed enough to send
her to Birmingham to be taught by Max
Hossel.
For three years the studied under him,
when again the question of support for
the family at borne arose and she bad to
quit and return. Again Canon Fellowes
and her friends rallied about her, and the
was sent to leant with Kreuser.
While studying with Kreuser, Kubellk'a
-advice was asked.- He Heard" her play and
became enthusiastic.
"Take her at once to Prague and 'let
her be with Sevclk." he ssld.
- To Prague she went.' Before belng'en
tered as a pupil at the Conservatorlum she
had to play Wlenlawskl's Concerto. After
playing five bars with much skill and
feeling, the great Dvorak said: "I am
pleased with your playing. I accept you."
Then, according to Miss Hall, began the
hardest work of her career. "I had to at
tend lectures on harmony," ahe said, "and
the history - of music. I had to begin
working very early la the morning to get
through with It all. The lessons I most
enjoyed, after I had finished my course
at the conservatory, were my private ones.
For then I had a lesson whenever the pro
fessor had time, often as esrly as ( o'clock
In the morning, and as late as 10 o'clock
at night, when be would insist on seeing
me home. He used to call my lessons his
little concerts."
Great Triumph at Hone. .
Sevclk pronounced1 Miss Hall the most
brilliant dudII ha avar had. At har first
public appearance ( Prague she was re
J called twenty-five times. She was equally
f auccessful in Vienna, at a concert, given
In aid ot the Philharmonic orchestra.
Now for toe unreeling English," Sevclk
told his pupil. To her Sevoik confided mis
favorite violin, the same with which Kub
ellk made his debut, and with this Miss
Hall played her audience Into the wildest
delight. Like moat of Bevclk's pupils, she
haa little or nothing more to learn from
purely technical point of view. The re-
! malnder greater power and fullness ot
tones must come with maturity and ex-
; perlencc.
Mta Hall Is now II year old, slender
end frail looking, with waving brown
I hair and blus eyes. Aside from her music
J ber chief Interest Is la her younger
, brother, a child of t years.
"You should bear him play," she said.
I "I ran do nothing la comparison."
She hepee to do for har brother what
others did for her. He will be sent to her
t teacher, 8evcik. for she believes this lit
tle brother baa even greater tslent than
she bas. ' When she visits her birthplace,
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. on April 4. there
will be a public reception In her honor.
SCHURMAN TOUR A SUCCESS
Ilerldf
to Kreet a Theater
Tlay Foar Moaths la
Parts.
aad
(Copyright. WS. by Pres. Publishing Co.)
u.r.-,o u..h
CKIegram.-Speclal Telegram )-Th. sue-
re., of Mr. 8ehA,rm.n and hi! company
ihroushout Europe with "Monna Vonna"
h. r . Ja...miaaJ klfl n fmma . J I
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i thuater. A toT.pany chosen by Mr. Matter
, licrk himself with special costumes and
J scrnery, will play four months In the year
In Pail, snd afterward will tour Europe.
Mr. Scburinitn will begin these perform
l slices by mounting Matterllnck'a new play.
, ii.
OU) snir.
FEVER IN PARIS GARRISONS
Ken KrM ojr Dorlore to Bo Over,
eivrelsed and Also Poorly
Fed,
(Cop right. 1SCJ, by Freee Publishing Co.)
I'Aiils. Marcn New tork World Ca-
eiegrsia -hperlal Telegram.) Insanitary
nJltlcns have caused a typhoid fever
tptdvmlc In the Paris garrison. The death!
rate shows so alarming an Increase that
Immediate action Is demanded ot the
Chamber of Ieputiea. The doctors say the
mea are over-exercised, too, and that thtlr
ov Is not Bourlstiiuo; enough.
DOCTOR CHAFFED BY THE POPE
Retaras Proscription
for
Cough
Medicine.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, March 28. (New Tork World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) "My dear
doctor, kindly take some ot these losengeu
thst you prescribed for me," said the
pope to Dr. Lapponl, binding out a box
oC lozenges, which had not bceo touched.
I see you need them more than 1 do."
This was said In mocking tone at the re
ception of the English pilgrims, because
the pope'e physician, thinking his ven
erable patient waa talking too much with
the duke of Norfolk, had given a warning
cough, and as that waa disregarded, an
other and still another. Leo XIII baa so
much faith In bis physical constitution
that he often openly chaffs his solicitous
doctor.
Dr. Lapponl was hardly able to conceal
his vexation at the pope's systematic dis
regard of his orders when the World cor
respondent saw him afterward.
"With his splendid constitution," the
doctor said, "Leo XIII could live to be 100
and more, but I am very much afraid
that tne of his habitual Imprudences will
carry him off suddenly. For the present.
however, all Immediate danger Is over.
But I can tell you I had a great fright."
The symptoms of gastric trouble which
caused much anxiety have disappeared and
the pope, being able to digest more food,
Is gradually recovering strength.
Plo Cutra, his private valet, tells the
World correspondent that the pope now
eats his simple meats with more relish,
enjoying a wing of roast fowl, besides his
usual broth and boiled eggs, and drink
ing two or even three glasses of fine old
Bordeaux wine, having hitherto limited
himself to one. He sleeps quietly and de
rives great benefit from his rent. Plo Cutra
Is enthuslaatlo about his venerable mas
ter's One powers of resistance to disease,
which he attributes to a dispensation of
Providence.
EXHIBITS F0RW0RLD'S FAIR
Englishmen to Bead aa Airship sal
Irlabmea Works of Handi
craft. (Copyright. 190S, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 28. (New Tork World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Stanley
Spencer, the aeronaut who sailed over
London last fall In a dirigible balloon,
was asked by the World correspondent to
day:
"Shall you enter for the St. Louts ex
position airship race?"
"We have that poaslblllty in view," Mr.
Spencer answered, "and are pretty certain
to realize It.
"We begin Whltmonday at Crystal pal
ace. It Is quite probable that Londoners
will see this summer our airship going
overhead at aixty miles an hour. We have
a new elongated design, a splendid . air
piercer, with a twenty-four horse-power
motor, guaranteeing a speed of twenty
five miles an hour, and with the wind at
thirty miles, how we dart along at ex
press train rate. The car holds two
persons One novelty Is the water bal
last, which is used also for cleaning the
cylinders.- We begin " "Whltmonday at
Crystal palace."
Vice President Horace Plunkett of the
Irish Agriculture and Industries board
said to the World correspondent todays
"Ireland will -have a special building
and a splendid exhibition at the St. Louis
exposition. An Irish committee is being
organized In 8t. Louis and our board will
co-operate with It.
"Ireland's principal exhibits will be ar
tlatto handicrafts and minerals. I venture
to predict that what we can show In that
line will astonish and delight the Amer
leans."
BOX OPENERS FORM A UNION
Oao Day Oft" Each Month aad a alary
la to Be Domaaded of
Theaters.
(Copyright. 1903. by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, March 28. (Nsw York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) The bos
openers ot the Parts theaters, wornout by
uncertainties and humiliations, have
formed a union. Not only are they paid
no salary, but thsy are expected to pay a
percentage of their tlpa to the managers,
and each Is required to furnish a bond of
from 130 to 1 100. They never have a "day
off." . They now refuse to give a bond of
more than 830 or pay a fine of more than
40 eents a night, while they demand wagea
ot at least 20 cents a night, one "day off"
a month and 25 per cent of the aalea ot
programs. The. fact that tbey depend on
tlpa makes them sometlmea very fierce,
especially with foreigners, who do not
understand the system and do not wish to
pay anything for what they think they
should receive gratia.
DIVERTING THE HIRSCH FUND
Hot
Betas; Teed to Farther
Jewish Colonisation of
Palest lae.
the
(Copyright, 1S08. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 28. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) "The mil
lions left by Baron Hlraoh to found a
Hebrew colony In Palestine are being di
verted," Israel Zangwell says.
"Instead of colonising with the money
the trustees of the Jewish colonization- have
been applying It to miscellaneous Jewish
cbarlttea, and they now have quietly In
troduced a bill In the House of Lords ask
ing for power enabling them to use It aa
they pleass.
..... - fl - Tn,t.k I.
. ,, a. B.ron Hlrach can
Palestine, such aa Btron Hlrsch eon-
0uW 'l ""f," 1 V"
' P'0". ?fre; J4' 'J --"
I to mhw U k " Sh"1" " '
tO
..Thini, of It! Ten million pounds (ISO.-
000,000) gone a-begging a pound apiece for
every, Jew In the world."
LONDON'S COSJER QUEEN DEAD
Novel Fnneral Prorrasloa Mile aad a
Half I. on Follows to
t'eaaetery.
(Copyright. 1908. by Press Publishing Co )
LONDON. March 28. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram )-" The "Coa
ter Queen," Mrs. Russell, had the most
novel funeral ever seen In London. The
1 procession, consisting of carts, hand-driven
roster barrows, caba and trapa of all va
rtetles. stretched eut a mile and a half
along the road to the cemetery.
Mra. Russell was 89 years old. strikingly
' aindeome, shrewd In buslaesa. made a con
1 atdarable fortune and waa cited for un
falling vharlty to. her poorer comrades. The
1 wreaths snd crosses sent by the rosters of
London for the funeral wtre valued at 8600.
BEAUTY HER UNDOING
Bain Follows in the Wake of a Handsome
Busi'an Feasant Girl
PUTS OUT THE EYES OF HER FIRST VICTIM
8enence i to Siberia She Captivate! High
Official a-.d Mabei Escape
DUPE GOES THE JOURNEY IN HER STEAD
Benews Her Career in Anuria and ii
Imprisoned for ' windling.
TITLED MAN WAITS FOR HER RELEASE
Declares no Will Marry Her aad
Take Her to Palatial Home,
Where She Caa Live
la Style.
(Copyright, 1908. by Press Publishing Co )
VIENNA. March 28. (New Tork World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) Colonel
Echafrow, police commissioner of Kron
stadt, Russia, was found guilty February
21 of corruption and counterfeiting, de
prived of all rights of birth and rank, all
orders and decorations of his position In
the army, ordered to return ll,2u0 to those
who had bribed him and sent to a military
prison.
In the women's prison In Stetn, on the
Danube, the person who caused this down
fall, Ryfka Oppenhetm, Is eating her heart
out because she has been sentenced to
three years' Imprisonment for fraud com
mitted in Vienna and Carlsbad. She Is
only 27, yet her adventures would fill three
volumes. It Is because she knows the
power of her fascinations that she Is Im
patient to leave the prison while the charm
of youth lasts.
Ryfka Oppenbelm was born In a log cabin
In Plotrokow province, Russia, the daugh
ter of a forest guard. She might have
stayed at home If she had cared to make
herself useful, but she wanted to see the
world. She began by going to Lodbs, where
ahe got a place aa maid servant In the
home of a merchant named Stamovlcs. Her
master's only sob, Rubin, fell In love with
her and eloped with her, after robbing hla i
father of a large sum of money. While
this money lasted Ryfka learned to play the
fine lady. She took lessons In reading and
writing, tn French and German, cultivated
her natural taste for music, and dreased In
fashion. She wanted Rubin Stamovlcs to
marry her and return with ber to her
tather'a house. He refused and tried to
fashion. She wanted Rubin Stsraovlcs to
and when he waa asleep she poured sul
phuric acid In hla eyes. Rubin, managed to
send a message to his father, who avenged
the blinded aon by getting Ryfka arrested
and exiled to Siberia.
Conquest la Prison.
She waa sent aa a prisoner to Kronstadt,
to wait until a party of prisoners was
made up to be transported to Siberia.
Though she was In Fort Alexander, shut off
from all the world except her' jailers, she
fascinated a young officer ot good family,
who bribed the Kronstadt police commis
sioner and aecured her escape;
: - It waa Colonel 8ohaf row who got an order
from the commander of Kronstadt for her
removal from Fort Alexander to Fort
Katherlne, where there was better accom
modation for the lady of quality they be
lieved her to be. Colonel Si harrow con
sented to have the young woman escorted
by a sergeant to the Russian officer's
yacht, oa which he pretended to believe
shs waa being taken to Fort Katherlne, bnt
the yacht ateamed at full speed of twenty
knote for the open sea. The alarm was
given, guns' fired and a cruiser sent after
them, which, soon came up with them and
demanded their surrender.
The yacht stopped, made aome pretense
for the big ship to approach It, then sud
denly went at full ateam ahead. Ryfka
Oppenhclm'a new lover had given orders
In the heating of the cruiser's commander,
who Instantly had the guns cleared for ac
tion. The brave young officer was awept
from the yacht by the first shot. The
engineer and crew, knowing their lives
would be forfeited if the yacht waa taken,
J did their utmost and, aided by darkness.
succeeded In reaching the southern shore
of Finland.
Marries a Begfar,
Ryfka Oppeahelm left the yacht alone
and escaped attention by dressing as a
peasant. She had helped herself to aome
of her Russian lover's gold, which she con
cealed about her person, and aa aoon aa
she waa across the Russian frontier she
dressed fashionably again. .
She atopped In Crakow, Austrian Poland,
some time, to marry a beggar ahe met In
the atreet. She thus became an Austrian
subject and the terrible danger ot being
delivered up to Russia waa averted.
Then ahe went to Vienna, where ahe re
sumed her role ot fine lady, took a house
In a fashionable quartet and sent out In
vitations to persona of wealth and quality.
In the aummer ahe went to Carlsbad,
where she found many admirers and alwaya
had groupa ot men ot fashion around her,
Her luxurious style of living ran her ao
Into debt that her creditors accaaed her ot
fraud and ahe waa sent to prison for three
years, although admirers offered to pay all
she owed.
A Hungarian nobleman la ao much In
love with her, It la said, that be la pre.
paring his house for her, and will marry
her the day she la released.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT, IN FRANCE
International Company Farmed
to
Take Charge of the
Trad.
(Copyright, 1908. by Press Publishing Co )
PARIS. March 28. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Ralph Merrl-
man, once United Statea government arohl-
tect In Washington, bss formed an Interna
tional company to supply European mar
kets with California products, and lately
ha has been In consultation with the United
Statea embassy and consulate here concern
ing the scheme. Tbey and the French gov
eminent have promised to do all In their
power to facilitate relatione between the
California producers and the French con
sumers. Contrscts have been signed with
three 8aa Francisco concerns, and the first
shipload ot merchandise Is expected, in
Paris in May.
Produce will be conveyed from California
by rail to New York and there shipped to
Havre. Tbs promoters on this side include
th marquis of Crevecoeur and Mm. Durand
and Oautler, who are well kiowa on the
Paris Piod'.'te enchatge.
The American residents la Psris are
plessed at the prosper! of soon being able
to eat California fruit at reaaonabla prices,
hich haa been Impossible la Franca.
COURT PEOPLE ARE HER DUPEsI
Alleaed Spirit Medina Trapped aad
Flared oa Trial Charged with
Swindling;.
(Copyright. 19(8. by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, Msrch 28. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Emperor
William's recent severe denunciation of
spiritualism, prompted by the growth ot the
cult in Deri I a court circles, has a sequel
In the astounding disclosure ot "Frsu"
Koine's Impostures.
Mrs. Rothe, slim, medium-sized, dressed
la plain mourning, would be Insignificant
looking but for her great dark eyes, which
have an uncanny sparkle, such as is seen
tn the eyes of many night birds. Her chief
Illusion was in producing at seances
bunches of flowers and fruit from the
"spirit world." which she handed to her
dupes at impressive moments. At . one ot
her performances a police officer seized her
by the wrists, and in spite of the entreaties
of believers In the trance theory waited
until thr room was cleared, then bad her
searched by a woman. Mrs. Rothe offered
strenuous resistance, but It waa found that
she wore a petticoat forcing a pocket
which contained a large xj ot flowers,
oranges and lemons. A. ,
Her manager,, a man jV Jealsch, ,who
has since absconded, .jScd that these
had become material the police In
terference.
The people of Ber Km..'
,.ve Deen astounaca
and amused at tr 'sequent revelations
of the frauds V .othe perpetrated on
such leaders It .ourt as Countess von
Moltke, who v' tting "messages" from
the famous r'v ..-ri Zwlngll and Melanc
thon and froiv, iieral von Zastrow, once
a noted military expert; Baroness Grun
hoff, Countess Wacbtmelster and Princess
Karaszhkn, all of whom believed In the
miraculous origin ot the bunches' of flow
ers, which Mrs, Rotbe gave them during the
seances. They insisted that the blossoms
grew out of her hands.
It is said that Mrs. Rothe and Mr.
Jealsch got a great amount ot money from
these dupes and transferred nearly $300,000
tn a few months through a Berlin bank for
Investment abroad. Dr. Henneberg, an ex
pert In anti-suggestion, says Mrs. Rothe'a
trances were not necessarily simulated, but
he la certain, she had control of her trance
state, a condition of thought concentration
found In hysterlal persona. - In tearful
voice she addressed the court before which
she waa arraigned to explain how she be
came a medium, how she was constrained
by invisible powers to Journey
hither and
thither, never receiving a penny tor her
expenses although she lived In penury, and
how Jealsch afterward arranged her affaire
In a bualoesslike way and paid her trav
eling expenses.
PRESENTS FROM SPIRIT WORLD
Aaaraata Holmes Loaves Many Carlos
She Asserts Spirits Gave
Her.
(Copyright, 1908. -by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, March 28. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Augusta
Holmea. the distinguished composer who
died here- a short time ago, ranked not
alone aa the foremost womin musician in
France, ttat also as one of the laost ardent
believers In spiritualism. . She pursued the
study or the--tniknewo . world many -year;
and waa convinced that , the held com
munication with Its many Inhabitants. Dur
ing her seances objects were materialised,
ahe Insisted, by her unseen spirit friends,
and among her effects Is a cabinet full of
the curious articles which sh treasured
aa gifts of her supernatural visitors.
It was a common occurrence for roses
to be dropped on her corsage, and In the
cabinet sho preserved a down mantle
which ahe aald waa fabricated by the
spirits.
It Is related that among the visitors
from the world beyond one ot the first to
call was the aplrtt of Ambroise Thomaa,
which informed her and a friend medium
that he had been destined to create a frivo
lous style of. music, citing aa a proof a
composition called the "Hairdresser of ths
Regency," that dated from hla 20th year.
Having never heard of hla work. Miss
Holmes made a search and found It really
had existed. From that time ahe began to
have faith In spiritualism.
Later ahe aald ahe had a visit from Cesar
Franck, who had been her muslo teacher.
She maintained that thia aplrtt aided her
In her musical compositions and once
pointed out an error a copyist had made by
Inserting a false note. Jules Bola haa
written of Mloa Holmes' experiences In his
latest book. In which he has collected the
occult experiences of many noted people
and their opinions of them.
STOCK BROKERS ENTER RACE
Baaaaet aad Modala for AH Who
Ceaspleto Flfty-Two-MUo
Joaraey.
(Copyright. 19M, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 28. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) One hun
dred and aeren London stock brokers, stout
and lean, young and old, have entered for
a fifty-two-mlle walking race from London
to Brighton, May 1. They will start from
the House ot Commons at 6:30 a. m. All
who reach Brighton by 7:30 p. m. will be
entertained at a banquet to cost $1,500,
Silver cups will be given to the first three,
gold medala will be awarded for hill climb
ing and everyone finishing within twenty-
tour hours will get a silver medal. The
betting Is 2 to 1 against any starter doing
the distance under nine houra and three-
quartera.
Many members of the Stock exchange
formerly were athletes, but the only one
who waa a champion walker la Mr. Nlcho
las, who now Is past hia prime.
Excursion trains will be run from Lon
don to stations along the route to enable
the public to see this burlesque race.
SPOILS SOME GOOD STORIES
British Historian Says ilr Walter
Balelah Mover law
America.
(Copyright. 1803. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON. March 28. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) "Walter
Raleigh never aet foot In North America
Yet ao pertinacious la the legend connect
ing him with Virginia that I doubt it any
one even In thla learned assembly Is not
satisfied that he did."
So spoke Edmund Gosse, the leading au
thority on Ellxabethaa literature, before
the Royal Geographical society this week
on the tercentenary of Queen Elisabeth'a
death. Gosae added:
"But In spirit he wss there, through good
aad evil estate, fits was the brain that
planned, the persistence that carried out,
the courage tbat would never relinquish the
I design, although be only gased at It from
the fringes of the cloud."
TOWNS UNDER WATER
Raging Torrent Tear Through Street of
Miss isippi Cities,
RESIDENTS HASTILY BUILD NEW LEVEES
Strive to Beitrain Floods by Danis in
Business District.
MILES OF FIELDS RESEMBLE GREAT LAKES
Populace Escapee with Lives, but Lose
Almost All E is.
RIVER'S FURY MAY NOW BE SPENT
State Falla la Ntfrtb aad Mays Sta.
tloaary la Booth, hat Treat Will
Be Prolonged by Broken
Earthworks,
Weather Barren Bulletin.
The Mississippi river Is falling above
Helena and Is about at a stand below. The
crevasses reported elnce Thursday haw le
lieved the situation somewhat below Ureen
vllle. The effect will be a slight lowering
of the crest of the Mood. Stands Saturday
n:ornlng are as follows; Memphis 3H.2 teet,
a fall of 0.3 feet: Yk-ksburg, ul.k and station
ary; New Orleans, i.l, a fall of 0.2.
GREENVILLE, Miss., March 28. The sit
uation here tonight ts quite as serious as
last night, and increases as Inch by Inch
the flood spreada to new sections of the
city. But this Is not the most alarming
feature of the situation, as a critical point
has developed In the levee thirty miles
north of Oreenvllle, at Catfish Point. An
effort Is being made to. hold the levee,
as the damage that would result would be
so enormous that fear tor the levee's safety
must remain until the water subsides, even
in the face of hopeful reports. Should the
break occur at Catfish Point there la no cal
culating what would happen to Greenville.
It Is estimated that fully 1,500 aquare
miles ot territory between Oreenvllle and
Vlcksburg are under water and thia area
ts being made larger each hour.
Water continues to pour through the crev
asse at LaQrange, five miles south ot this
ctty, at a fearful rate and the aurrounding
country for miles Is covered by two to five
feet of watet. The break haa widened over
night and is now about 400 yards from end
to end.
The wildest excltemeut prevailed here
last night and reports of loss of life were
received from the Tuxedo snd race track
additions, but this morning no confirmation
ot the rumors are at hand, and It Is be
lieved that every one had sufficient warning
to escape. The lose to property, however,
will be enormous, as hundreds of horses,
mules, cows and hogs were swept away.
Thia morning the water submerged the
entire southern part of the city. Protec
tion leveea are being built In the middle of
Washington street and a large force of con
victs and volunteers have the work in band.
Tho business portion of the town escaped
the encroachment of the flood, but the water
la rising rapidly and the worst is feared
Last ntght the two eloctrio light plants, lo
cated In the southern part ot the city, were
submerged and betore-jiayjlght taa ntty waa
left tn total darkness. :'
Oao County Entirely lakaerged
The water front tho crevasse will flow Into
Fish lake and Black bayou, the Sunflower
river and Deer creek. It will overflow the
greater part of Washington and Sharkey
count tea and wtll entirely submerge Issa
quena county, with small portions of Yaaoo
and Warren. Many of the streams into
which It finds Its way are already swollen
and full from backwater and rains.
The Yazoo river, which la the final outlet
tor this water. Is already backing up stream
and overflowing the lower portion of Issa
quena and Sharkey countlea, and aa the flood
la thus eut off from Ita natural outlet It will
necessarily accumulate and back up In the
upper country.
The river Is falling by reason of the crev
asse and the forca of the current la con
siderably lessened on the Arkansaa aide,
where several weak placea on the levee had
been reported.
Only six blocks were above water at noon.
All night the police with rescuing partlea
were at work bringing people from the
flooded district, many bouses being under
water to a depth of several feet.
From the great plantation about the crev
asse at LaQrange cornea reports ot heart-
rending scenes. Hundreds of negroes have
been brought to Greenville for aafety and
the town la filled with stock taken from
the plantations surrounding.
Thia morning comes news of a threatened
break In the great levee at Catfish Point,
some thirty miles north of Greenville.
NATCHEZ. Miss., March 28. The steamer
St. Joseph returned from the Atchafala
rlvsr and brought la 134 head ot stock and
a large number of negroes. The gsuge this
morning was 60.4, a rise of two-tenths of a
foot In the last twenty-four houra
The steamer St. John came up thla morn
ing with three negroea who were found
adrift In Black river. One of the men waa
on a lot and the other two In trees. They
had been washed out by the ' crevasse at
Bougere and had been without food for
three daya.
Water Invades Laey.
NEW ORLEANS, La., March 28The
river here haa fallen another tenth of a
foot, undoubtedly the result ot a break at
Hymella. The news from Hymella con
tinues to be favorable, though the work of
cribbing waa somewhat retarded today by
the failure of additional supplies of lumber.
The crevasse Is still widening, and la
nearly 200 feet wide. 8lx to'elght planta
tions are already under water. Water has
Invaded the town of Lucy, aome distance
away. Traffio on the Texas d; Pacific has
been Interrupted, the tracks at aome points
being submerged.
Those tn charge of the work at the
erevosso continue to be optimistic aa to
ths chsnces ot closing it The heavy n'n
and hall storm during the night was too
brief to do any damage to the work.
The rest of the Louisiana line continues
to hold. There Is a hard fight going on at
Hope levee, but It la hoped to hold It. Hope
Is on the esst bank of the liver In the
Pontchartraln district.
AERdGRAMS PROVE SUCCESS
Armour Flads Made Mesaaaea Satis
factory Between Chioaao
( OftJees.
CHICAGO, March 28. The first practical
test of Armour's newly Installed wireless
telegrsph plsnt waa mads today, messages
being transmitted several miles between
the stock yards snd the general offices.
The messages came clearly and without a
break
Owing to objections "aised to the erection
of a proper aendiog pole on the downtown
Duuuiug, mt wcHn kiii
way.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nehra'ka Fair Sunday and
Warmer In Kst l'ortlnn: Monday Rain
and Colder In Went Portion.
Page.
X Kaatlsh fllrl a Masleal Prodlay.
Itnln Follow la Wake of tilrl.
Lower Mississippi Valley Flooded.
Will Hold Horn Appropriations.
2 Polltlea Do Hot Worry President.
Western Toar of tho President.
.1 Xewe from Nebraska Towas.
4 Affairs at Soath Omaha.
Caba a Treaty Is Hatiaed.
5 Colorado Strike la Knded.
Desperate Flaht with Bandits.
e Past Week la Omaha Society.
Former Omaha Woman's Book.
T Registers la the Wrong" Camp.
Lion Hunt la Masanehaaetta Streets
8 Coanrll Hinds aad Iowa Kewe.
Mall Poarhea Aro Hilled.
Segro Women Hemala Away.
10 Sportlaa; Events of a Day,
11 Weekly Review of Sports.
12 Trains Liana for Kmperor.
Antarctic Trip Is Perilous.
13 Trlephouee la the White Hon so.
1'nre Wnter for Locomotives.
Valqne Ueala-a for a C'hnrrh.
14 In Ihe Domain of Woman.
15 Atnasementa and Music.
1U Story, "Flower o' tho Cora."
IT Why Steel tiets lived.
Divorces Easy la .Nebraska.
18 Editorial.
10 Municipal LJh(liia; Plants.
It3 Commercial and Financial.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi
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AGAIN THE CHURCH JANITOR
This Time He Defeats Prof. Nesbltt's
Intention to Give a
Lecture.
The potentiality of the church Janitor as
a factor In the affalra of men, women and
vested choirs was mado patent again last
night to about 400 people who went to
Kountxe Memorial church to hear a lecture
and. didn't.
Prof. Nesbltt of get-Frenchy-quick re
nown was to have ahown an audience over
Scotland, his native land, in ninety-seven
minutes. Western Union time. The an
nouncement drew a large number of tboso
who had been In his classes or become
Interested in him through paying family
tuition They came early and found tho
church dark. They waited long and tho
church stayed Just aa dark as at the be
ginning. They said all they could tn
French by way of entertaining each other,
and then as their knees began to ache,
they aald tblnga to themselves in smoth
ered English. . It really doesn't matter what
It was they aald.
After a while some grew bold and tried
the doors. They shook and pulled and rat
tled, but they did not pound. That would
have been , too augget'lve of knocking and
no gentleman will knock at church at
least, not. in4be4mrlng t those. who may
hot agree with him. .
Eventually an Investigation waa started.
It was thorough, conscientious and pursued
with a desire to Injure no one, but to ascer
tain the real cause of the disappointment.
Aa is usually the case with investigations
the persons It might satisfy were gone be
fore It bore fruit. The fruit It finally did
bear was the finding that the Janitor ever
the Janitor! had failed to find the golf
stocHigs he had considered necessary for
the ocraslon and as a result had not bad
the courage to come around with the keys
and turn on the lights that would betray
hla lnnapproprlate garb.
WORKING FOR THE MONUMENT
Soaa aad Daughters of tho Revola
tloa Waat Lewis-Clark Laad.
Inar Marked.
The societies of the Sons of the Revolu
tion and the Daughtera of the Revolution
are very much Interested In the bill Intro-
I duced In the house representatlvea of Ne
braska by Loomla of Fremont to tause the
erection of a tablet or monument at the
I site of the landing of I wis snd Clark for
, the first time upon Nebraska aoil. This
spot ts marksd In a olat of old Fort Atkin
son, later Calhoun, which waa found In ths
papers of the late O. F. Davis and placed
in the archives ot the Omaha public library
by T. L. Perine.
At the present time the landing place la
about a mile from the river, as that stream
has changed Ita course since the first ex
plorers made their way up Its watera.
Lewis and Clark landed there 100 years ago
August 1, 1003. and there held the first
council and made the first treaty with In
diana occupying the territory which la now
the atate ot Nebraska. The bills which
then marked the bank of the river were
the original council bluffs, which term by
a mistake on the part of those who fol
lowed the explorers Into the west a num
ber of years later became the name of the
city which waa built there.
It la claimed by membera ot the Sons of
the Revolution that the bill Is opposed by
some ot the members ot the Douglas county
delegation and they are attempting to show
these members ot ths legislature that the
people ot the city are In favor ot marking
the first historic spot tn the state. The
bill carries an appropriation ot 83,000.
DIPHTHERIA AMONG NAVY MEN
Bsvaiei Flfteoa Hundred Laadamea
(Bartered la Teasels la Nor
folk Yard.
NORFOLK. Ve., March 28. Twenty eases
of diphtheria have broken out at the Nor
folk navy yard among the 1.500 landsmen
stationed there on the receiving ships.
Franklin and Richmond.
Movemeats of Oeeaa Vessels March 2.
At New York Araved: Campania, from
Liverpool; Im. Savole. from Havre; CVItii-,
from Liverpool. Sailert: HesiMrlu. for
Philadelphia; Konlg Albeit, for Naples.
Genoa, etc ; Massachusetts, for London;
futrurla. for Liverpool.
At Antwerp Sailed: Ivroonland, for New
York.
At Sojthampeore-Balled: Minneapolis,
fiom London (or New York.
At Liverpool Arrived: flylvanla, from
Boston. biilled: Hohrmian. for Boston;
Cevle. for New York; Hlilian. for Phila
delphia: Umbrta, for New York.
At Oueenslown rislled: Cymric, from
Liverpool lur N.. w ork
At Boulogne Arrived: ataatendatn. from
New York lor Kitleninni, and proceeded
At Klnsale Head-Paxsed: Uclgenland
frnm rhtladelbhta for Llveruoo-1.
At Naples A roved: Algeria, from Pal-
rnin for New York.
At Cherbourg Sailed. Deutxoriland, from
Hsmbora and Hmithsnioton (or New York.
V, York, via S. utha.oi.lo't.
J At Glasgow 8lli; Livonia, for Boston.
PULL PURSE STRINGS
Senate ia Expected to Cut Down Borne of
the Appro nations MaJe by Hon e.
MAY CUT SALARIES IN THE STATE HOUSE
This, However, Would Not Make 1'nch tf a
Kedaotion in the Bills.
GRAND TOTAL ALMOST FOUR MILLIONS
More T an a Million ia Excel of Any
Previous Session.
GOVERNOR SAID TO BE SHARPENING AXE
Iadleatloaa Are that Vnless Senate
lWes a Material Redaction
There Will He tome
Vetoes.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March 28. (Special.) Gov
ernor Mickey and the aenate are prepar
ing to reduce some of the appropriations
of the house. Taking Into consideration
the approprlatlona passed and pending, the
full amount will aggregate approximately
13,800,000, the largest by over 31,000,000 lu
the history of the state. Two years ago
the legislature appropriated for all pur
posea In round numbers 32,600,000. That
was up to that time the Ingest ever mnde
by a Nebraska legislature.
While the bouse proceeded n the theory
that It waa holding the appropriations
down to the minimum, the impression pre
vails In the senate and In the mind of
the governor that there Is ample room tor
material reduction and It need not sur
prise the house to find Its work severely
censored. If the senate doea not apply
the pruning knife as much as he thinks
It should. Governor Mickey may exercise
certain prerogatlvea of hla otlce with con
siderable effect. The governor hat not seen
fit to discuss these matters to any great
extent, but he did aay, when asked tf he
would offer any obstruction to the final paar
sage of the huge appropriation measures:
"I think we (meaning himself and the
aenate) will take care of those matters
at the proper time. The appropriations are '
beyond all record and It seems aa if come
outtlng could Judiciously be done." '
Governor Mickey Is a friend of the new
revenue law. lie haa cxpreased the opinion
that the law will be the meana ot bringing
the total assessed valuation of the state
up from 3180,000,000 to about 3500,000,000.
On this theory he concludes that Nebraska
may at last gain rtllef from Ita Illegal debt
of 32.000,000. Yet he nevertheless depre
cates the Idea ot thla legislature Incurring
such tremendous liabilities aa a total appro
priation of nearly (4.000,000 represents. It
is not at all Improbable, therefore, that
If the aenate. does not cut these bills to
what In the Judgment ot the governor
seemed necessary, he will take on himself
the responsibility of heading them oft.
Propoae Cut la Salaries.
The senate finance committee haa half
way decided to adopt, aa one meana ot cut
ting down "thh appropriation, a rule 'that
the aalarlea ot the young women clerks
and stenographers In the atate house shall
be reduced to a common basis of (50 a
month. In making this partial decision this
commltteo haa already Incurred severe crit
icism. In the first place It Is argued that
were this done it would not bring the ex
penses down to any appreciable degree and
In the next place would work a gross In
justice upon the young women thus em
ployed. While it may be a fact that aome
of these employes are not compelled to put
In every minute ot their time, the general
opinion la that as a rule they earn all the
aalary given them. These salaries run
from about 365 to 1 85 a month. Some who
are opposed to reducing these aalarles have
expressed the fear that If It la done It will
result tn the resignation of many of the
young women and the impassibility ot fill
ing their places with as competent help.
This plan contemplates the reduction ot
the wagei of slatehouse Janitors.
It la the Impression that the committee
would be straining at a gnat and swallow
ing a camel to adopt thia plan. . Greater
economy could be practiced. It ia believed,
by lopping off other portiona of the ap
proprlatlona. Thf governor, who haa al
ready placed himself on record aa favoring
higher aalarlea generally among atate offi
cers and membera ot the supreme bench, as
a meana of elevating the atandard of pub
lic officials, la believed to be opposed to
this project of cutting subordinates' sal
aries. In connection with the economical side
of legislative affairs. It lias been learned
that a movement la on foot to secure for
members full mileage and partial expenses
Incurred In their legislative Junketing trips,
despite the adoption by the housu yester
day of the Harrtton resolution, providing
that no claim ahould be allowed where it
waa found tbat a member had r'dden on
free transportation or obtained concessions
in the matter of hotel expensea, snd Indi
cating that a great deal of this had been
done. There Is no doubt that when 'he at
tempt la made to force this movement to a
successful Issue some persistent protests
will be raised. Certain members are
quietly waiting for thla attempt. Among
them are frlenda of the atatehouse stenog
raphers and clerks, who, It ts said, will be
able to awing a good deal of Influence. They
have expressed the belief that they will be
able to ahovr the Incongruity of allowing
such claims aa these claims that were
never legitimately incurred and lopping
off aalarlea that are actually earned.
No Check oa Approprlatloas.
Some Interesting comment has been in
dulged in during the last dsy or two about
the Sesrs resolution Introduced early In tb
aeaslon In the house, providing that no new
building appropriation should be allowed
until a revenue bill piovldlng means suffi
cient to efface the vtate debt of 82.000.000
had been passed. The question Is asked:
"How has It been determined that the rev
enue bill passed will do this?" assuming
that It haa been ao determined, sines no
check has been placed on the passage of
the other appropriation measures. As a
matter of fact, it is not believed that this
resolution could be made binding aud
therefore of any. legal effect on the actions
of the home.
Will Ulve Btaefer (less Hill.
The committee that prosecuted the In
vestigation of the Stuefer Burt county bond
purchase esse Is expected to make its re
port to the house Monday. While the chair
man of the committee and the other mem
bers have declined to give out any definite
atatement In advance of their official flnd
turs. It has been learned that the deeiston
will be favorable to 6tuefer. One who par
ticipated actively in thla affairs said:
"I know whst tbe decision will be. It
will be favorable to Biuefer."
Tbe Investigation waa not all that waa
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