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TW0.HDHDRED
DBOWNIH KILE
Excursion Boat Goei Sows in River
Near Big Bam Forth of
Cairo.
THREE HUNDRED OS BOARD
Victims Taking- Advantage of Easter
for Holiday.
COLLISION WITH STEAMER
All oa Board An Thrown in Water
by Craih.
ALL ON BOAT THROWN IN WATER
boat Ona Haadred Were Picked
r
Ip by Mktr BmI-So of
the Bodies Hart lteea
CAIRO. Egypt, April S.-A large nam-
ber of passenger were drowned last
Venice by tb ainUng of a Nils excur
thn mnnp aft.- a collision Willi un
oihtr iteamer In the vl-lnlty of the
great dam oa the river about fifteen
miles is the northt.nl ot Clro and
few mllee from Kalyub.
Tha steamer had 300 pasaengeis
board who bail taken advantage of the
Easter holiday ta make a trip to the
river dam. On the return journey up
(tream and not far from the (Urn tba
excursion boat collided with another
Steamer and sank almost Immediately.
Alt on board were thrown into the
river, but man? Uvea mere saved by the
vessel with whlrb the excursion boat
collided.
' Another passenger steamer and several
boats from shore hastened to the rescue
and picked up man? ot fhos struggling
In the water.
It I not yet known how many lives
were lost and the identity ot the bodies
recovered haa not been ascertained.
PARIS. April S.-A telegram from Cairo
this morning announce that a steamer
captixed In the Nile lata last night and
tut persons were drowned. The steamer
m-na nil 1 1 .or. am t )i rl v- I n wmuIa.
viiiii die tuvai irimni' service.
President Attacked
in Ainsworth Report
WASHINGTON, April S.-rTWnt
Tatt and Secretary Stlmeon are severely
rkt-rulirnfMl in a natlnnal mimr , n th.
Aliuworih case, presented to the house
today by the military affairs commit
tee. Secretary Stlmeon la charged with hav
ing committed a "great and Irreparable
wrong" and a "flagrant misuse of offi
cial authority" when, last February, he
uspended General A I n worth from hi
duties as adjutant general of th army
ad charged him with Insubordination.
That the president and Secretary. Stun-,
oil prejudged th rase; (hat th accusa
tions against th general wer based
upon prejudice, and that th secretary
of war lias "an erroneous Idea" of his
Veil' lion to congress are some cf the
other conclusions reached by a majority
ol t'i commute, of which Representa
tive Hay of Virginia la chairman.
Following General Alnswortb' relief
from duty alien a court martial seemed
probable, the president permitted him to
retire from the army because of his
lonj service. The report follows an In
vestigation of Alnssorth's relief from
duty, set afoot by a resolution by Rep
resentative Welkins of Louisiana.
ULSTER UNIONISTS STILL
STRONG AGAINST HOME RULE
KELFAST. Ireland April s.-That the
Apposition ot tli province ot lister, on
J which the Irish unionists mainly bam
their hopes of ultimately defeating the
.forthcoming home rule bill, remains as
f virile ss in Ws and 11. tha ers In
which wnnam r- oia .one introaucea
his two home rule bills tor Ireland. veems
,W IIM.V Hill ,,ii wr.a, ,.. m n: mrj .i.v
,vst throngs of Orangemen and unionists
who today again registered their "unal
t tered and unalterable opposition to a
, separate parliament tor Ireland in any
form." '
-f A demonstration of laO.OM enthusiast
today passed In procession before Andrsw
Bonar Law and other prominent union
'.1st leaders at th Royal Ulster Agricul
tural society's grounds.
.'merchant charged with
; libeling congressmen
WASHINGTON. April a-H, M. A.
'Page, linen and cotton commission mer
chant of -cw York City who recently
caused t be circulated through th malls
'In the fornaarf a !ttsr and a pamphlet a
severe attack on Benvsaentetiv Henry D.
-Cuvytoa of Alabama, chslrman of th Ju
' dietary committee of tb bouse, and th
other member of that committee, has
been Indicted by tit federal grand Jury
liera on a chsree of UbeL
NEGRO HANGED BY MOB
( -HCAn onr.titrunif lm.
1 CHRETEPORT. La.. April Si-Thomas
Mile, a ntgro, ! year old. was lynched
ail f at r vr i mi in l n n a
steer th dry limits today. When the body
ass found today It was swinging from a
Vee and bad been riddled with ballets.
Miles wss accused af baring written let
tars to a white girl, but proof was kack
tni; when ha was arraigned In court yes
terday and h was dismissed.
The Weather
Fir Nebraska Fair: moderate.
Vof Iowa Fair; warmer.
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New Burlington
Line Announced
Into Northwest
Announcement of a new Una between
Tbermopolis. Wyo.. and Kearney, Neb
was mad at Burlington railroad head
quarters yesterday. The Missouri Pacific
announced extensive terminal improve
ments, but the local headquarters were
unable to air detail or say bow much
miney will be expended.
The new Burlington Una will be com
pleted within two years, Recording to
General Passenger Agent Wakeley, and
th section , between Thermopolle and
Powder River will b ready for as by
next autumn. Grades and bridges between
these two points hav been completed
and track laying will be commenced
within a few days.
Th Burlington has arranged for ue of
connecting Vlino tracks as soon as the
Itne from Thermopolis to Powder River Is
completed. The Northwestern will be used
from Powder River to Orln Junction and
th Colorado A South ru from Orln Junc
tion to Denver and Cheyenne.
The part of the Improvement which
will be of greatest Importance to Omaha
and Nebraska will be the Northport-Kcar-ney
cut off. which wlil open a long and
wide strip of country nurtli of the Platte
and North Platte rivers. Many towns
will be established and tli result will be
Increased business from Onwha. not only
from these towns ml this country, but
from other sections of the northwest
thus brought ' Into closer touch with
Omaha.
New York Police Try
to Solve Identity of
Mysterious Woman
NEW YORK, April S.-The police today
set about solving the Identity of th
woman found yesterdsy beside th body
of Louis O. Parma, director ot th New
York Conservatory ot Music, who died
suddenly la his room from natural causes,
but under unusual circumstances.
Th woman, who was pronounced by
a physician to be suffering from a mental
strain, Is confined In Bellevu hospital
for observation. She shed little light on'
her identity when tfaestloncd by th
authorities there.
Mrs. Mary Clinton, th housekeeper at
the coaservatory. where Parma had his
lodgings, was the only on In th build
ing apparently, who knew ot the woman's
existence. To Mrs. Clinton she was name
less. The ' aousekeeper told th police
that she thought th woman was Parma's
wife or daughter ah did not know
whlch-and that during the eight year
In which th couple had occupied th
apartment the aged musician showed
th dee peat affection for his companion.
Coroner Hellensteln said Parma' death
was as to cerebral hemorrhaea and
cut nephritis. When th body was
found, he said, th woman, moaning sjjd
mixing inconereniiy. sal braid It.
Senator Bradley Says
Roosevelt Charges
. of Fraud Are False
WASHINGTON. April .-ln detailed
statement on the Kentucky situation
given out by the Taft headquarters today.
United Slates Senator Bradley of Ken
tucky asserts that the claima of the
Roosevelt managrra are utterly unreliable
because they are entirely false In many
respects and party false In others."
. Senator Joseph li. Dixon announced at
the Roosevelt headquarters today that
he had prepared charges to be filed at
one with th clvlt service commission
against Internal Revenue department em
ploye and other federal office holder,
whom the Roosevelt manager charge
with undue political activity in the Ken.
Uucky delegate election last Saturday.
Congressmen May Be
Required to File List
of TheirBank Stock
WASHINGTON. April .-A charge that
Wall street and the big corporations ar
controlling th house "money trust" In
qulry was mad today by Representative
Und burgh of Minnesota, republican. In a
resolution which would compel every
member to disclose his business and cor
poration affiliations. Bach member of
th house would have to 01 bis own
bank holdings and those of hi family.
Nam of members who failed to do so
would be published In a Congressional
Record "Mack Hat" Coming close on the
Insinuation of Representative Rand ell of
Texas, that member of the nous and
senate had corporation connections, the
resolution caused a Mir.
General Grant is "
Not Seriously 111
NEW YORK. April S.-A revival of re
ports that Major General Grant was III
la th south aad might relinquish active
work led ta the Issuance of the following
statement by Adjutant Marion House, hi
aide-de-camp:
."The reports about General Grant'
health are mere fabrications. General
Grant, who wa rua down la health, on
th advice of his physician, obtained an
ordinary leave of absence and went couth
for a rest, giving ao public ad irees so
that a might not be bothered with mall.
Aa official denial of similar reports In
regard to hi condition waa recently
given out-
W. D. Skinner of Des
Moines Turns On Gas
DES MOINES, April S-Lrtters telling
the story of a man disheartened by
financial reverse and broken health
which cam to light today, cause the
police to beiksv that William D. Skinner
committed suicide last Blent wbtp he
turned on the gaa at hi home, causing
aa explosion which ' wrecked the house
end Injured bis wife and two others.
One letter addresed to hla wife read:
"For God's sake, do not strike a match.
There Is gas escaping la the giri s room."
R003EYELT WINS
TOTE INILLINOIS
Early Returns Indicate Colonel
Will Hare Considerable Majority
in State Primary Election.
CLARK GETS SWEEPING VICTORY
Lead Oyer Wilton in Chicago Ex
ceedi Hundred Thousand.
DENIES CARRIES COOK COUNTY
Margin in Metropolis Estimated
.About Thirty Thousand.
HEAVY VOTE IS BROUGHT OUTlXr (afC f)0fl'
Rc.lt by ll District. J 1 jf NJVlL
Will Caatrel reeaaleslea N Pi ' if (2
Delegates ta Sallmal Re-
abllema toaveatlea.
Early returns from down stte pre
cinct though Insufficient to warrant a
flat prediction of the outcome of the
presidential preference primary In Illi
nois, indicated that Roosevelt and Claik
had carried the state.
Macon county la twenty-five out of
thirty-nine precinct'. Indicated mat
Roosevelt would have a majority of :.3m
in Congressman's McKinley s home dis
trict and that Clark waa running two
to one over Wilson.
Incomplete returns gave the same indi
cations In Knox county, Kane, Kendall,
Will and Peoria county.
Promises of a better showing by Tatt
were made In McLean county In the cen
ter of th state.
Desres t arries Cblease.
Earlv Cltv Press association estimate
wer that Charles 8. Deneen had car
ried Chicago by about 30,00 for the re
publican nomination for governor. Tli
first forty precincts to report, a S per
cent vote, gave Deneen. l.ft; Wayman.
8mall. S47; Jones, 19.
ti rtiv Press association estimates
whea one-fourth of the county preferen
tial vni had been countfd were that
Hoosevelt'a msjoiity In Cook county
would not exceed 100.09. In 3 precincts
out of l.tW Roosevelt wa given ,aS
Taf. ROC; La Follette. J.KI: Clark, .
394, and Wilson. 10.730.
Twenty-eight precincts In Cook county,
a 3 per cent vote, gav Dunne, democratic
candidate for governor, l.ill: Alschuler.
3l: Caldwell. Set; Dickson. 51. The City
Press association, which is assembling
election returns for Chicago newspaper.
Dunn annear to have carried Chi
cago by about to.ooo pluarlty.
Eighteen precincts, th first returns,
gav Cullom for United State senstor.
Mi; Shermsn. S6: Msglll. 1: Web
ster. 5.
Mel.eaa t'aaaty
HijiriuiMlTON-. 111.. April a-Taenty.
eight precincts out W fifty-flv la Mo-
Lean county gav Tatt, l.wo; noossvsi.
tS; La Follette, Ot
Twenty-eight precinct "In "llclan
bunty gave nark, 1.1S4: Wltaen, H.
Five precinct In MoeLan county, for
United Bute senstor, gave Msglll, 11:
Cullom. J33; Slurman. SIT; Webster. 100.
Seven precincts In McLesn county, for
governor gav Deneen, Small, Ol:
Wavman. M: llurburgn. IB: Brown, us.
Jonea. 44: Davis, 37: Ystes, Mi.
enrlaafleld.
8PRIXGFIEU. 111., April S-Fitteen
precincts In Springfield gave Clark lit
and Wilson Fourteen precincts gav
Taft 407: Roosevelt. 1,133; La Follette, HI.
On country precinct heard from gives
Taft 12; Roosvelt. a, and La Follett 4.
Hams t'oaaty.
DECATl'R. III., April .-Mscon
county, th largest In W. B. McKinley
district, in twenty-five out of thirty-nine
precincts gave Roosevelt. 193: Taft. 1,14;
La Follette. 450; Clark. S; Wilson. 414.
Peoria t'eaaty.
PEORIA. III., April a-Twenty-four
precincts out of seventy-four In Peoria
county gave Taft. 7s; Roosevelt, ITS;
La Follette. ;7. Twelve precincts out oi
seventy-four In Peoria county gave
Deneen. H4; Yates. Til.
GALE8BURG. April .-Fourteen pre
cincts out of thirty-nine In Knox county
give Taft (77, Roosevelt !,, La Follette,
1.
Thirteen precincts give Clark SO, Wil
son its.
Knex Coaaty.
JOLIET. IlL. April Si-enx predncu of
Jollet. Mill county, give Taft 181. Roose
velt aw, La Follette rt. Wilson 10). Clark
134.
Kaae Ceaaty.
AURORA, 111.. April (.-Kane county
goes four votes to one for Rposeevlt;
Keadsll county, three to one; Piano City,
Roosevelt. S7: Taft, 117; La Follette.
twenty-three.
Dlxoa.
DIXON. 111.. April S.-A1I ot Dixon. Lee
county. Tsft. Ml; Roosevelt. VS; La Fol
lette, 14; Clark. 8; Wilson, MS,
TOULON. III., April i.-Ten precincts
out of eleven In Stark county give
Roosevelt. Ttl; Taft, S4; La Follette, 144;
Wilson. 112; Clark, in
EYE BREAK HAD IS TIIWIM
DUtrlet UsvralUsi CI) Tea Dele
State fer Each Causdidate.
MONTPEUER. Vt. April 1-Half th
Vermont deiegatea to the national re
publican convention were chosen today
and taft and Roosevelt supporters split
even In the struggle for control.
The delegation will be completed tomor
row at the state convention, .with the
choice of the four delegates-at-large.
Taft delegate were elected In the First
district today by a majority of seventy
eight, while Roosevelt men won In the
Second district by a margin of thirty
vote.
As many of the delegate who took
part In the district conventions win at
tend th Mat convention, Taft leaders
tonight claimed that their majority of the
total vote would bold good easorrow
and Rive them the state delegation. On
the other hand Roosevelt leader said
that many new deiegatea would take
part In the Mat contest and that they
hsd a flailing chance for the delegates-al-large.
!4
Th dietriet delegates elected today
were:
First Dt-t rlct-WII lis m P. Warner and
J. L. Kouthwk-k. Instructed for Taft.
Red District-E. W. Ultaon and
Frank D. Thompson, instructed for
RoosevetL
And Now
From the Denver Republican.
MISSOURI FOR ROOSEYELT
Governor Hadley Says Colonel Will
Have Twenty-Six Delegate s. ,
HARMON CLAIMDJO ., ARKANSAS
Siaveraor' Pre Bareaa la Net
Yerat Olvea Oat Stateaseat Say
last Stat I Solid far
II la.
NEW YORK. April I -The Roosevelt
city committee received a telegram today
from Governor, Hsdley of Missouri saying
that th return of yesterday' primaries
showed that the Roosevelt supporter
would control the Missouri state conven
tion and elect twenty-six Roosevelt del
egate out of h thlrty-lx to th na
tional convention.
Harases t'lalsas Arkansas.
NEW YORK, April .-The Harmon
press bureau her issued the following
statement today:
"Despite th claim ot other candidate.
Arkansas will aend us a solid delegation
of eighteen to th democratle national
convention at Baltimore pledged to Gov
ernor Harmon. Telegrams received at
Harmon national headquarter from
Meyer Solnuton, secretary of the Ar
kanaaa Harmon organisation announced
that Hsyee county conventions throughout
the state resulted In a complete victory
for Harmon and the elimination of Wil
son. Clark will hav 175 delegates to the
state convention out of MO."
Fear Delegates laatrarled for Taft.
FENTON, Mich.. April I. -Sixth district
delegates to republican national conven
tion: Stat Senator Leonard Freeman of
Genesee county and Dr. Harry C. Gull
lot of Oakland county. Instructed for
Taft. '
BURLINGTON, VI.. April (.-First dis
trict delegate to th republican national
convention. William P. Warner and G.
L. Southwlck. Instructed for Taft.
MACK WILL BE DELEGATE
TO BALTIMORE CONVENTION
BUFFALO, April .-Norman E. Mack,
chairman ot th democratic national
commit!, will go to th national con
vent loa at Baltimore, a delegate from
Ert county end of th Fortieth Congres
sional district The second delegate wUl
be chosen by th Niagara county delega
tion to th atte convention. Other dele
gate already selected are: Forty-first
Congressional district. Mayor Louis P.
Fuhrmann and William F. Kastlng;
Forty-second district. William H. Kits
pat rick, county chairman and Senator
Samuel J. Ramsperger.
The National Capital
TtetMUr, April , 191S.
The Senate.
In irMioi. t p. m.
KpKgvntAtIv brousnrd toid flDM?
Mtnmtti rnltaMt Bl&tM would Ioik
Sa,tt.M It trt surar btU b-m la.
The House.
Met at noon.
Cont in od debate on Tnliaa aoDroo-ta-
ilon btll. Bprr;ntatlv Undburxn. cliarg-
intc wu Bi.tBt-1 i n-i cori3raiiori ar con
trolling monf trust sbVMiiffatMm, fn'rv
ttucvd roaol UKm to com-! every mrTi
of bouaa to 4ivrtoe nia busrlncaa aiMl cor
poration affiliation.
Aitrtcuitura conimitiee corrCludd beviic
grain IntttfMts m Htl t- piohibtt tspuc-i-iatloo
In cottaiA air-l t?Jn hituraa tud
beitaa hsktit-t cotiMi iiitrcfti.
for the Annual Backyard Scrap
H
New Jersey Will Ask
Requisition for the
Chicago Packers
TRENTOMt V. 1., -7pr -RequWtt4m
paper fsr a (timber ot beef packers of
Chicago whs were Indicted In Hudson
oounty some tlm ago for forming an el
leged combination In restraint of trad In
connection with th cold storage busi
ness, war turned ever to th attorney
general' office today by Prosecutor
Gsrven of Hudson county tor Inspection.
Before Governor Wilson aska for th
extradition of th Indicted men a hearing
will be given, for which an application
baa been mad.
Th Indictments were brought several
yrS ago. A similar application for
requisition was made to Governor Fort,
who refused to grant the necessary
papers after a hearing In the esse. Th
action of Prosecutor Oarven today I a
renewal of the old application.
Th Indicted men ar J. Ogdrn Armour
nd Edward Morris, snd th specific
charge I conspiracy to keep up prices.
Attempt Made to
Incinerate Boy
GADSDEN. Ala.. April .-Wheelr
Brasley and his wife are under arrest
here today charged with attempting to
Incinerate Esra Busby, a 14-year-old boy,
after he had Imbibed too much liquor In
their blind tiger resort near her. They
feared he would attract attention. It Is
alleged, and so placed the drunken boy
under a brush heap, which they satur
ated with coal oil and tired It. His
screams were heard and he wss rescued
sfter h had suffered what may be fatal
burn.
Missouri Auto Aid
Law is Held Valid
JEFFERSON CITY, Wo., April 1-Th
supreme court sustained today th eon
atltutionality ot th automobile law which
make a felony tor any automobile driver
who Injure a person to tall to atop and
giv asslatanc to the Injured. The court
denied Forest E. K needier a writ of pro
hibition to prevent the St. Louis criminal
court from trying him on a charge of not
rendering assistance to a person injured.
Mexican Rebels
Capture Jojutla
MEXICO CITY, April .-The city of
Jojutla, In th atste of Morelos, has been
taken by 1,000 rebels under the com
mand of Emlllano Zapata, according to
a report received here. Federal troop
ar aald to be making a counter attack
and a severe fight Is proceeding.
J. F. ROWELL REPORTED
. DYING IN DENVER
MILWAUKEE, Wla. April aJohn F.
Rowel! of Denver. Colo., charged with
perjury In connection with the death ot
Ida B. Nelson ot Lincoln. Neb., In a
rooming house In Milwaukee about two
months ago. Is said to be dying at bis
home In Denver.
When this case came up today Rowe I's
attorney secured a writ ordering the uu
trict attorney to show cause why
Rowell's deposittoB should not be taken
la Denver and the ease continued. The
writ I returnable Thursday next.
VOTERS FLOCKTO THE POLLS
Hundred and Fifty Sworn In by City
Clerk by Noon. '
CANSIDATEa . HUSTU50 HARD
Sheriff Methane tareae la La eg
Baeh at Depatlea ta Assist
la Keepta Order at
th Pall.
Hundred ot voter who had tailed to
register flocked to th office of tb city
clerk yeaterdy and before noon 150
were walking away with credential. Al
though by law it 1 required that two
resident freeholder of th precinct in
which Iho voter resides must testify to
their acquaintance with him and ewear
to his tight lo vote candidate sasily
eluded literal Interpretation of the
statute.
Present city councilmen In th race
for commissioner provided "freeholders"
on short notice. "Hav you voted 7" they
Inquired. And when th answer was In
the negative a list ot nsmes was hur
riedly glanced through. 'That's your
precinct T' And Mr. Jones was Intro
duced to Mr. Smith and Mr, Jones forth
with testified that his friend Smith had
an undeniable constitutional right to th
suffrsg on this day.
However, candidates did not them
selves swear to the right of the voter to
cast a ballot, because It would "look
bad," one explained.
Protests Are Made.
Early In tli day protests were heard.
Sheriff McShane was sec used of swearing
In special election deputies who had na
right to serve. Between forty and fifty
Crelghton college buys, who are unquali
fied, were alleged to have been deputised.
1 know of five, some of them not It
yesrs old, and others nonresidents of
this stste, who have been sworn In," said
a business man. i
Members of the Crelghton University
Politics! club Were hustling vote early.
Their slate. Including James C. Dahl-
mn. Art L. Crelghton and Dan Butler,
was endorsed, printed on cards and dis
tributed among hundreds of voters.
Corporations were not Idle and their
favorite, nine candidates, consisting ot
seven present Incumbents of city office
were enthusiastically supported.
Voting began began in all precinct
promptly at t o'clock and appar
ently will be heavy. Th large
number of candidates, nearly all
of whom have been campaigning vigor
ously, marshalled an unuauaily large
number of electors to their ban.icrs. Ciiy
offices, with the exception of th e:ty
clerk's sanctum, were practically de
serted throughout the dsy.
JEALOUS CHICAGO WOMAN
SHOOTS HUSBAND TWICE
CHICAGO. April S.-In a Jealous rage
Mrs. Louis E. Rltchey fired eight shot
from a pistol at her husband, Charles A.
Rltchey, president of a portrait company,
today at their home, 114 South Hotnan
avenue. One bullet struck th msn In th
shoulder, another took effect dn the arm.
while the other went wide of their mark.
Rltchey was removed to a hospital,
where. It I (aid, his condition I not
serious.
Mrs. Rltchey when arrested Insisted on
taking a pet bulldog to the police itatlon
with her.
"I wish I had killed him," she sobbed
hysteti rally.
"He hss been staying away from home
all night and I Just got tired of it. I
found letters from other women ta his
clothing and 1 thought it was time I
stopped hi carrying on."
BIG DIKE BREAKS
AT GOLDEN LAKE
Creasse on Arkansas Side Fifty
Miles North of Memphis Innn
' dates Large Section.
RIVER IS FALLING AT CAIRO
Three Persons "Reported Drowned
at Charleston, Mo.
LOWER LEVEES HOLD FIRM
Mississippi Rising Rapidly at Points
South of Memphis.
RELIEF PROBLEM IS SERIOUS
Taeaaaada af Itetaseee at Hlekasaat
Tlatoavllle, rarest City aad
Heleaa Short at Food Many
Maroeaed at Rldgreley.
MEMPHIS. Venn.. Aprn S,-Advice re
ceived at Memphis this arternoon Mat
that th main levee has Broken a mile
and a bait north of Golden Lake. Ark.,
about fifty mllea north of Memphis. The
water la spreading over a wide area In
that section.
Dikes guarding thousands of fertile
acres of Arkansas and Mississippi against
th flood tide of th Mississippi river be
low Memphl held firmly today. But
where th tremendous force of the river
wa hurled against the embankment at
th band In th river, breaches seemed
Imminent. In the long stretches of Yasoo
and delta territory thousands of men
labored all night to strengthen the levees
again! th oncoming flood, la village
and oa farm In th threatened territory
la north Mississippi and north Arkanaas
th people are ready for Instant flight
North of Memphis the river la falling.
At Memphis the 7 am. reading of tb
gauga ahowed a tag ot 4S.S. a fall of
.1 In twelv heura. South of Memphl the
river I rising rapidly.
Th task of oaring fer th flood vic
tim I proving a serious problem. The
greater number ot thos driven from
their home so tar hav sought a refuge,
at Hickman, Ky., Ttptonvtlle, Tenn,, For
est City and Helena. Ark., and In thl
city, la Maatphla th Tri-Stat fair
grounda have bean convert e into a tented
city and the ,'-aaoc tared Charities la di
recting rehet activities.
At Hickman approximately t,M0 persona
are being eared for. Captain Logan ot
th United State army ha charge of th
sltustloB at that point and an agent of
th Red Cross society Is assisting him.
Tha Red Cross society haa contributed
IMS to assist In th car of thos at
Hickman.
Captain Regan, of th Tenmwse Na
tional guard, ha taken charge of th
situation at Tipton. Local organisation
ar caring for thos at Forest City at th
edg ot tb flood In St. Fraacis and Crtt
tandsa counties In Arkansas. ' '
, The erdw at the. United State steam
ship Amnhltrtt. anchored In the Mem
phis harbor, ha received Instructions to
assist In rescuing flood victims On of
th Amphltrlt' boats went to Wyanok
today t bring a party reported marooned
aboard a raft at Wysnoke, Ark., ta thl
city.
Thaasaad Mareeard at Rldaelry.
Over a thousand persona nearly halt of
them refugee from th flood, are at
Rldgely, Tens., nine mile below Tipton-
vllle, la Lake county, today without meat.
Th one-story house there are na longer
habitable, and th two-story house are
crowded. Th remainder of tha community
I out on a hillald without shelter. The
stock la without provender. The high
water resulting from th break below
Hickman did not reach tha vicinity of
Rldgely until yesterday afternoon. Then
it rose rspldly.
Provisions will hav to be loaded n
skiffs and launches to rea-h Rldgely. A
current running seven or eight miles
an hour must be enco'intcred and the
task ot relieving the town will be peril
ous. Two steamboat nave reached Tip-'
tonvlll with provisions. At Baas Landing
fifty-three sufferer It ho it shoes were
picked up. A Mrs. Bsker and two coil
dren on a raft ot two logs, their place
of refuge for three days, were rescued
near Cherokee, Tenn.
Whooping cough has broken ou'. emonj
the children of the refugee at Tiptonvtlle.
Two negro children hav diet of It aud
several whit children In the courthouse
are In a critical condition.
Louis Van Pool, aged 17, was drowned
near Tlptonvllle when hi boat capslxtd.
Naval Mllltla ta Aid.
ST. LOUIS, April t.-On orders from
Governor Hadley, all St. Louis members
of the Missouri naval reserve were di
rected I xlay to report for duty In th
flooded district near Csruthersville, Mo.
Th reserves will depart tonight or tomor
row. " -r '
Twenty-five per cent of the employes ot
th Frisco railroad system, ' Including
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