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AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN THURSDAY JANUARY 7th 189
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STIN
WEEKEi
ilflK CONTINUE.
WAYS AND MEANS COM
TEE AT WASHINGTON
u-. .
r.
rowers ami Mnuufiicturcrii
.Videly nn to the Proper
She Different Sclicd
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ii iieioro mc way nun
of (lie ImiiKi' Iciiluy with
Various hrmichcN of
l-ro represented iirith by
fVIIIIII tnlllHTIJ-till tllOHO
Mitrit ttr' iK-t . Between
iero yfi much discord no
reed on ii schedule
ting oni'h oilier on
ich of liilmr cost
iiiifncturc. The
Cigar Mn n i f a -
largo dele-
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cms because
lent to grow-
Cuban to-
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He liml no
inipirler of
Snniiilrii ex-
liiudo wholly
il)l altcntii
rilliietion of
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KriideH 1. ..Wrti
J""f". ; i '"'"1 hiN
of r(' ' Mmio .
' ho mi .!:f. W"'isj
lit ion to
of dutv
IS'.H.
Siiinii-
over 10 per cent.
mgloy.i it was a
ininti'H .tobacco In-
Hi n m Konii iim the
Kiiid tlio (rowiTH' iluly would imt jrivo
protection bk tin- lii.'li rule would nlmt
nut furciKil tolmet'o. Their proposed duly
would Kivif complete protect ion to doliich-
tic lillern which coiiKiilule iilimil N) per
cent of the domestic product.
'Tin' iniitiufiictiircrH imkeil a uniform
duty of 5. centN per pound on nil mi-
Kteuiuied tolmcco clniiniiii; tluit tliin
would Ik- a protection of 7(10 per cent
nnd would iiicrenxo the revenue iiIkhiI
tlic averiiKO of the punt ten ycnrn.
'I'liey ured that they hIiiiiiIiI Hot lie xnc
riliccd In ciirryinir the Hi'lienie of protec-
tion too fur mid Unit they could not coti-
tiime liiiHincHM under hiKlier riitcn tluin
thoNp they HUCKi'Hted. Thecc duticK
would lw miliKfiictory to nil nuuiufiic-
tnrcrH iiiiioitcr of nnd iIi iiIcih in leaf
tolmcco.
Tint output of rlKiirN in tlio United
StntcH iluriiiK the puxt I'imciiI yenr wiim
4.1HHIK1MNpm poliiidH which wiih ii lie-
creiiM! of (Sl.fiOO.IK'l) poiindH from the prv-
reding year. Tho out put of ciKiirelleH
Imd increiiHcd liyKl.lISy:i."i poutidn. The
dilferenco In tin! duty on wrapper and
lillcr tolmcco it wiih claimed hud Im'KoI-
teu mi unfair competition Iicciiiihi' lit
ninny portx of cut ry !).r per cent of nn-
Htemmed tolmcco imported from Culm
liml liecn entered under the 15 cenlK per
pound lillcr duty. In regard to imported
t'lKIITH till! lllllllllfllCtlirCIM HIIKKIH tluit
they wi-n entitled to n duty of nt leiisi
T a pound nnd lit lenxt 'J.7 per cent nil
valorem. The Hinnll iiiniitity of cigars
imported during I lie pant liHcnl yenr wiih
not to lie taken iim ii Hlaniliinl liecnilHc
tt'ce Iti'iiortnlioiiM Imd (rrciitly increnio l
during tht! piiHt few monlliH mid wiih liir
hie tn increase. Thin plan would in-
creiiMc the revenue.
In conclilHi in the inn n n f in t ii ri i'H Ktnlcil
they would lie iinalile to continue in Ihim-
iicmh wiih n higher tnrilT limn the prexcut
one mid they would lie williiiK to kiiIi-
li.it to tin' prcNcut unfair mid iImci iniiua-
tliif; iIiiIicm rittlier than to xiilnnit to n
hpecilie rule of over Tm cciiIh per pound.
Mr. I'liyne cnileiivored to elicit an nd-
tniMHioii that the McKinlev law liml not
hcen in force Ioiik cnoiicji to denioii-
Htnite the effect on the lncincsi of n .$11
ii pound rule Put lliix (lie niMi'ifni tun is
woiilil not concede.
"Don't you think the duly on ciirarn
under the law of IS'.MI or 1S!I in pretty
Ml iff proteclionV" imked Mr. I'liyiie.
Tim" wiiii tlic miNWcr.
'I'lic inanufiictiircrH of clear Havana
fiuiin wiin represented liy M. I! (iriinhy
of Tit'lipil. Kin. He exptesM'd Kiiipijseat
the NtalementM iiinde hy the previous
Hiicnkerx. I'liplll tlie.ie Ma IciiiciiIh lie saitl
liie iiuMiufactiireiH of tcdiacco wanteil
niucli Ii Iter protection than did the pnm-
crx'theiiyelveH. I'' loin lliese HtiitcnientH it
wiih to ly Hiipposcil that Havana tobacco
ritiped aV the lietielit from the jircM'iit.i
tnrill. r
III' decliVvd Hint tin' (.'lowini; ami pack-
ink' of IIa'mi wan entirely heyou1 the
control of lv Atiierii'iin Imycrx. Ilavi'ii!
I n I'lillechi of the port of ".iiipa M".
(iriiuliy Mitidde wiih iic.toniiitcd w ith tin
nut me of HaArffl "uuportM. He said that
only '10 l' rent of (he Havana loliai
in
in
ii iieni.r .votilil lie to Kloi its nil-
porliilion ii((.-ether liml hciiiI the milliu-
fiictiireiH o .w vk d Kloridu to
r . . ' rJ ' ' ' I duly of
- I - or .i.i cents per pound would pro-
luce lis inucl revenue us at present hut
Slllllll till Will I lie iimH.l In mI
evtent.iiH ti.iiiv. t lie fanners of New
otk and ( oAHH-ticiit out of the l.ilsiness.
I lie McKine U.uli increased the
Iiiisiuckh of K ula inanurai'tnier.s l.y de-
El
A HATCH fK DECISIONS REN-
DERED 1SY THE U. S. SU-
I'REME (XII.'RT.
mm
nly '10 liTcnl of (he Havana tobacco
nipe'-''t ns used us wrappers. It w as
imhimhiIiI 1 1 (. lV H. imports how
lucli of iVoi . hi for wrappers. To
creasiiu; those
In Is'lmlf of
inntrii loluieco
1 1 1 ii v.-i mi
miitiufaclnreiH of
nrce
'lis lui made no
IIorHcliendH N.
fern of the Che-
I fur' protection
it Miii r v..
York urotestcl iiiiti'itil tlin nil v-i ti I ii ir ii In
the Havana tolmcco users under the
present Inw. n nnswer to II iiiesliiui
Mr. Smith sal that he did not lielieve
liny c liars wei0 nm. f Aniericiui fillers
linn Havana WmpiHTs
Mr. Ei-uiHu'ciier (f Itiiltimorc conteiid-
itl that a duly of fill cents per pound
would make mor.. revenue than the pres-
ent rale.
f. it. Illis. editor f the Americiin To-
luicei) Mnniifiicliirl.r. said Hint the proper
duly for Sumatra wrapper was '.'I 1 ''
cents.
t liairman IliiiL-ley snid that tolia.vo
Si-cretary Krancix Makes a New RuliiiK
us to Cherokee Outlet Settlers.
WasliiiiKton Xi.'WH and Notes
of (Iciiornl Intcn-Ht.
WiihhiiiKton .Inn. The supreme
court today reversed nevcriil old decisions
of the late .Iude Tarker of the western
district of Arkansas. Anionic them was
the ciihc of Henry Starr who npM'ii!ed
from a neiitetice of death for murder in
the Indian Territory which wiih Starr'H
second conviction. The appeal in this
case was luiscd upon the technical ground
that it warrant wiih admitted iim testi-
mony in the Absence of the oliicial mal.
Justice White rendered the opinion in
this case orderinic n third trial.
Another case of considerable interest
from the Indian Territory decided in
favor of the npH'lliiiit w as that of
Jesse .1 oli ii Nolire. under sentence of
death for the murder of Kred Rutherford.
Rutherford wiih a white man who had
married an Indian sipuiw and the (iies-
tiou involved into the case iviis whether
tin t of marriiiKc if it hud been in
proper form would make him a citizen
and in this case the federal court would
ha v.- no jurisdiction over his murderers.
It apisnrs however that the iiuirrinjce
hud not been conducted in proH'r form.
Assistant Attorney (ienerul Whitney in
his iiricuiuciit in the case showed that
liiitherfiird had been remiss in failing
to comply with the Cherokee law ill his
niarriiiKi'. and an opinion from the attor-
ney Kiici'ul from the Chcroktcs was
tiled to the eff":'! tliii! a man who does
not comply with these laws of the In-
dians was not a citizen of the tribe. Jus-
tice ISrowu delivered the opinion of the
court holdint; that liutherford was u
Cherokee citizen anil therefore re-
versed the decision of .Indue Parker
holdim: that Nolire is jrtiilty of miinlcr
under the laws of the United StalesTl
is believed that the cll'is t of this opinion
will have an important bearing upon the
distribution by the Dawes commission
The coiiit rendered a decision throiucli
Justice I'li'khiiijfr in the case of Albert
I.. I'lame and others iuvolvim: the anti-
lottery law of 1.SN1I. l'rance and his fel-
low appellants were convicted in the dis-
trict court of Ohio on the chiin;e of coti-
spiiiiiK lo violate this act urn! the ver-
dict of that coin I was reversed by this
was handed down
who held that those who riiade the run
from the reservations are disqualified.
The new silicy is laid down in a decision
in the case of Michael ISrady .1. 11.
O'DonneJ mid Charles Williams overtm-
iiitf the pciicrnl land ollice decision that
entrance to the territory from the Indian
reservations disiiuiililied them. A proelnr
million issued twenty days before the
entrance is held to be the ground for oc-
cupation and settlement. The reservation
(if a strip of land 100 feet wide around
the entire tract which of course included
the cast side is cited and the proclama-
tion accordiii'dy made no inhibition upon
settlers enleriiiK from those Indian reser-
vation or the 100-foot reservation.
Secretary Krancis holds that the route
traversed -to ret to the strip does not bur
persons from making the run from the 100-
loot strip or from making entries mid
it is not within the "trovince of the
branches of the government to deny the
(nullifications of any one milking a home-
stead entry. The only provision on which
the secretary of the interior could pre-
vent persons making these entries was
that tuiiler the laws and treaties with
the Indians men who entered the reser-
vations could he removed as intruders.
WANTS MORE TIME.
Washington Jan. 4. Representatives
of .the various lines of the country will
meet here tomorrow to petition for an
extension of time in which all cars and
coaches should he supplied with air
brakes safely couplers etc. Tin; law
Is-cnnie effective January 1. 1S!(4. The
commission in its recent report showed
the ratio of compliance with the law must
Is greatly increased to secure conformi-
ty with the law by next January.
A TIIOROUOII INVESTIGATION
To Re Had of the Steel I'lates for United
States Warships.
Washington. Jan. 4. Secretary Her-
bert and Assistant Secretary MeAdoo
conferred for several hours with members
of the special board headed by ('apt. Mc-
Cormick charged with tin iniptiry into
defective steel plates furnished for battle-
ships. It has li mi II v been determined to
employ a dozen to fifteen civilian experts
to aid the steel board in the inspection
of steel at the mills. Those will be paid
from SU to l per day and they will be
selected nfter competitive examination by
civil service methods. .More than ti ft y
applicants have already made their ap-
pearance and a number of these have
been notified to appear here for examina-
tion. The secretary decided to pursue the in-
vestigation initiated by the .McCotinick
board and look into the o'.oility of the
material supplied for other vessels other
than the Kentucky Kearsarge and Illi-
nois which have already been examined.
To this end the McConnick board has
been ordered to visit Cramps' works at
Philadelphia and examine (lie steel sup-
plied by the Carnegie works for the bat-
tleship Alabama. Another board has also
ln'1'ii appointed in San Krancisco to visit
the Union iron works and ascertain just
what kind of basis steel is Is'iug sent
there from the lietlilehem works to build
the b".eshii Indiana. It is not known
defects cist in either
d best to investigate
case Imt
the mat-
1IO.
11. Itl'RRlS
National Treasurer of the Chid
t ion. Interviewed.
asaw Xu-
" VltJ ft
" Ncnider ..I i ).
' said "0000000 j being a luxury was a iroHr subject 'for
"'erien etnJ r' 'I
Would all "
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JIohk
ter
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till
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I lenr 71
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'K tif
m
were imiiorted
CO poiindH w ere
I impossible to
't and inf.s.
Vtioit except
(led a uniform
Id.
r. Conn. nu-
ll nd rate pro-
Uid said that
lesired wiih n
i t wrap the
'lnllflleturerH
K'lliu spoke
A uniform
1 -2 eentH a
I'dueeo the
!d put all
pmit' save
ie liiss and
V. and yield
ige for the
itiuf'icturers
revenue wiiii men en
growers mid users.
EIRE AT 111
Itrenhnin lex. .1.1
consideration of
.'INIIAM.
ii ! i S t ti'i!ri I
I wo dwelling houses Aelonging to the
Dwyer estati burned n 1 :;0 o'clock to-
night. The first tire stalVed in the house
occupied by the Yellow Vtoiie Kit Medi
cine company from the I xplosion if n
gasoline stove. This inu. burned jp-ith
most of its contents. mii.I tin. tn nn
ailjoining line occupied by
I ne iiirmiure in the latt
saved but somewhat (lain
The liiillilingH were not insur
by T. M. Cuss
(ten hoiisi! was
an-Id in moving
inirl-d.
IDAHO I.Elll!I.ATUI!l
Koise Idaho. Jap. 4. lint!
the legis'ature met nt lioeii-
tanized by the democrat
puniiciiiiH. lie Jiojnili j
t.ith Hie democrats in.'.'i
n d get a place AIT. i
tip lo . ' - w
i.
T
.' r l v-. tnr n fir And Old W
inotrvcr urcdt i wi y
t 1 STATEMENT .D Kl'. 31st. 1S-.I5.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO of Ncv
c uiyY.
i
1'iriutm A. M'CL'liDY. PRESIDENT
! l.tnliilititHj v '
i hurpliiH
l Tn'nl Income -
Tntal Paid Policy-holdetH
Insurance and Annuities in
.S'jiM.aia.T-Ji :i
. til SI7 1'7 '
.fciiVk-iku
J4s..r;ii.i:in
lu 1SV3
for ce . .
. . $.:. i'Jti.7L'S 4r
. .SS'.l!l.074.4.";t "X
.. $iiic47tiiri
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STATEMENV OK THE TEXAS RUS1NESS.
attiul Life
Y. Lite ..
'iitoul ..
IN FORCE
Pet. 31. l5.
S'JSMiVIKI'i
4.rhiTi.:u7
new i?usini:ss.
IStU. lSCi.
$3.4:W.P.? $S.(74.!M0
ti:t:;i).ss
274.SU
INSL'RANCK
Dee. 3. 1S!M.
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CAIN
LOSS
I.OSH .
at IJfe
Life
Paid' to idUt".vVo'lder In Texa
Paid to the State for Tuxes..
f l.at THE MUTUAL Is the
rr.t !
U.! '" r.DER you want to
waut to he p ith the
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(JAIN ..
LOSS ...
Loss
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t m tl.UI I 'l
gri test company uud the one that d
ti.MT.ri'.i;!
i.rsi.s-j'j
ill lSi)5
court. I he opinion
by Justice Pcckhain.
Su- II does nut coiitsrue the constitutional
ity of Hie lottery law but was based upon
the ground that the act for which 1'ra
and his associates were convicted was
afier the drawing of the lottery instead
of sitbseiUeiil to it as provided ill the
statutes. It appears that the defend-
ants were arrested with slips of paper
showiog the result of the drawing known
in the lottery world as "bet slins." in their
possession while on their way from Cov-
ington. Ky wheie the lottery drawing
look place to Cincinnati where the wile
olliees were situated. In rendering the
opinji luxticv Peckliam said:
'The lottery had already been drawn
and the papers carried by the messen-
gers were not thole dcHndiiig upon the
event of any lottery. The language ns
used in the statute luniks looks to the
future. If the lottery had Isen drawn
the Interest is no linger dependent upon
it. 'Hie condition upon which the bet
or interest was dependent had happened
and since the solu'iui of the problem
hiisalieady I i ivcd at the bet has
already hem def --milled.'
Continuing said: "The statute does
not cover ground ami. however rep-
reheic " e the acts of the defendants
apH- i- to be we can not sustain the judg-
e.cnt on that ground. Although the judg
ment is a iiariow one we nr. ni'll'd
to construe the statute strictly. The
judgment is reversed and the case is re-
manded for reversal of judgment and
disehaigi'jil' the prisoners."
Justice J I :l 1 1 i in ii disseUi'ed.
1 : . . .4-1.:.
.insure ii in leniiered a decision in
the case of '.lie yioiix Indians vs. The
.Niiitheru Paeilie Express Company hold-
ing that the term "eith-cn." in Indian
depredation cases dos not apply to cor-
porations. The state law of Missouri
holdirfj; railway companies responsible
tor tile caused by railwav engines was
sustained. The case was ngainst the
Missouri Paeilie.
I u the ease of John ! Pushnei; vs.
Cyrus I A-la ml tn-civcr of the State Na-
tional bank of Wichita Kan. the court
allii nn d. in a dn isioii rendered bv lus-
lice White the right of the National bank
nccivtr appointed by the comptroller of
the currency to enforce the individual
liability of the bank's stockholders.
An opinion relidend by Justice Itroun
ill the case of William (!. I'm- I Jr. and
Mr. Lewis P. Levy vs. The Delta Pine
Land Company decided the ownership
of L'iki different tracts of land inclndlm
wl1"-'.1l!0 acics in nine different counties
II the state of Mississippi. The lands
ere nciuired by the Pine Ijuid com-
Hiy upon tax sales for levee iniiirove-
nts which tie former owners resisted
he ground that the lands which had
1"J foi-inuly grtMited to the Memphis
I rASprings and Louisiana Railway com-
paA wcic exempt. The case was ap-
peii td from the southern district of Mis.
sissippi by Iho'owiitrs the decis:on bnv-
ing I oi-ti adverse to them. The deci-
JMt'LNit 1 Men. was today nllinncd.
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I'.'L.wr.i. im.i imii..n KiJSI-.ll.
MEETS.
irane.'S of
I v ere or-
ilver re-
who fused
ti.iii did
I of Lewis-
TUAL
lYork
Dcnison Tex. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Hon. II. II. Hnr.is national treasurer
of the Chickasaw nation was in the city
today for a short lime.
Speaking of what the committee will
recommend in regard to a treaty with
the Dawes poniinission he said:
"I am not posted as to the text of the
report but I believe it recommends some
action of the Chieknsaws offering to treat
with the Dawes commission. I know it
does not recommend the acceptance of
the treaty agreement of the Choelaws
and the Dawes commission. Our people
are incensed at that agreement and the
effort to extend it over us without our
consent. The Chieknsaws will never
agree to that. We shall ask for our
treaty rights and all that is due us in
law and equity."
fivrViTi.-isn
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hi
u the Company that is the latt:.
mpany that c- the btiiinof.
bcrl&in & Co..
Ceneral Agents for Texns.
N ANTON
Sccri tary l-'rancis Reversed Some Deci-
sions of Koriucr Secretary Smith.
DIED IN A HOUSTON HOTEL.
Houston Tex. Jan. 4. (Special.)
('has. Webber died at 1 o'clock today in
the Capitol hotel rooms. Weber regis-
tered at the hotel last WediKsday but
the proprietor. Richard Rogers know-
nothing further of him. At 11 o'clock this
morning Mr. Rogers went to his room
ami found linn breathing very heavily
but the man awakened and said he would
get up soon. An hour later he was un-
conscious and at 1:10 be was dead. An
almost empty morphine Imx was found in
his pocket. He seemed about 40 years
old and was evidently a working man.
He had no money or clothing ami his body
was turned over to the undertakers to be
buried tomorrow.
WILL ELECT A SENATOR.
Sacramento Cal.. Jan -1. The legisla
ture of California met today and after
n short session adjourned until ton u-n-w.
when the last Icennial message of (J.iv-
ercor I'ui'il w iil be read. The first bus-
iness of the legislature will lie the choos-
ieg of a successor t i Setiut r Perkins
The republicans on joint session will
have Mveiity-f..itr v les sixty-one being
l eeessary to a choice. The ro-i leeti n
of Senator Perkins was conceded up to
a short time ng . but now there are sev-
eral oppiineiits in the fold ngaiiist him.
His supporters claim he will have sixty-
seven votes six more than enough ti
elect.
j
IHvl'I.Y TO MI'ET IN AUSTIN.
Ilillsboro Tex Jan. 4. (SoecialA It
was learned today that the question of
i caucus of wholesale and retail mer-
chants of Texas is likely to be held in
Austin a few days before the legislature
convenes. The matter has been mention-
ed ntiiong the merchants who favor a
change ill t'e present assignment laws
nn! from what is le-iraed. it seems they
hi'vo decided to ("ill the meeting.
They will probably meet and adopt
what thev consider a just change in the
l.tv.
FATAL KIKE DAMP ENPLOSTON.
Dcnison. Tex.. Jan. 4. (SneeialA A
special to the Hernld from Ilartshorne.
I. T.. today states that there was a tire
damp gas explosion at Alderson mines
rear Ilartshorne this morning causing
tt'o death of Joe Cox. the fiTe boss and
Martin Roy. Is't'i woite men. and thrc
clored miners. No others were iniured
and the damage to the mine is slight.
Washirgton. Jan. 4.-Secrctarv Krancis HELP FOR THE GRAN .11 1 .
has inaugurated a ooliev for civimr full Ca.veston. I ex.. Jan. 4 William i 1 1.in-
qnaliti.-atlon for entry to those imlividii- t'linrc-d with the murder of am
ills w h. in good faith entered the Chero- Martin wnose cony was lounu in tne
kee oii'lct from the cast side on w h ch '"'V. I'occiiuxt nnd ins preliminary
the Otto. Missouri mid other Indian res- trial this mornr.g before the recorder.-
ervatioin are located. This is a reversal ! nnd was bound over to the grand jury
'.of the tilling of Secretary Hoke Smith in the sum of ?-00.
A HALF DOZEN BUILDINGS WERE
WRECKED AT BENTON
ARKANSAS.
SAVED BY THE IB OF ft BOY
He Flagged a Train in Time to Prevent
It Crashing Into a House That
Had Been Blown on
the Track.
Little Rock Jan. 3. Communication
was established with all the towns south
of here on the Iron Mountain today and
the reports indicate that the greatest suf-
ferer by Inst night's storm was the town
of Benton where a half dozen small
frame houses were demolished and sev-
eral freight cars standing at the sta-
tion wore overturned. Several persons
were more or less injured and many had
narrow escapes but no fatalities oc-
curred. It seems that the storm was se-
verest in the southern portion of the
state and it is not unlikely that casual-
ties occurred in some of the numerous
lumber camps in that section. All the
towns between Little Rock and Texar-
kiina HiifTcied more or less damage and
reports from the country give several in-
stances of damage to farm houses in that
section and the rainfall all over the
southern portion of the state was the
heaviest for years and all the branches
and rivers were overflowed. The- river
in many places is Hooded but trains lire
hourly all running on time.
The cannon bull which was held lit
Benton last night had a narrow escape
from being wrecked and but for the re-
roism of a country hoy a terrible disaster
might have occurred. The train was
late and was running at a high rate of
s il when Hearing Benton. Five min-
utes before it would have reached the
spot the. storm struck a farm house and
lifted it across the track. The boy real-
izing the danger seized a lantern and
(lagged the cannon ball just in time. The
passengers made up a purse and present
ed it to the lxiy.
At Benton the streets were strewn with
d"bris all the way from State street east
to Arch street. The water in the branch
at Spring and Seventh overflowed and
Hooded the neighboring residences and
assumed threatening proportions at Cen-
ter and Fifth. Merchants along that
street hud to move their wares to ele-
vated places. The brick sidewalk over
the branch in front of Gilmore's store
on Fifth street caved in and the butcher
shop of Ed Glover mid the grocery store
of W. R. Taylor were inundated by the
water. In the street the water was a foot
deep and it crossed Fifth street. Hooding
Isenberg's dry goods store and other
places. South and west of the Union
depot the water accumulated and formed
a vast lake and at one point n culvert
was unable to accommodate the great
volume causing the water to play havoc
with the roadbed of the railroad. Victory
street was all under water from Mark-
ham south and the people living out in
that direction were compelled to move
around by cross streets to roauh their
homes. Ninth and Main was a fcii of
water for hours last night reaching a
depth of a foot. Water street was a roar-
ing river from Chester east to Gaines
carrying everything before it. In the vi-
cinity of the Paeilie hotel near the
Union depot the water made alarming
encroachments and flooded xirt of the
lower floor of the hotel.
The temperature took a sudden tum-
ble about noon and the indications now
are for snow.
A BLIZZARD RAGING.
Kansas City Jan. 'X The first blizzard
of the season is raging throughout west-
ern Missouri throughout Kansas and in
the territories the trams nt many points
being delayed by s"y drifts A fall of
al kiii t .'ill degrees Was excrionccd at '
most points witn Hie thermometer still
falling. A heavy wind has blown steadi-
ly for the past twenty-four hours drift-
ing the snow deeply and causing trouble
to railways and stock In the Indian
Territory the tains have swollen the gul-
lies and small streams and railway com-
panies are taking extra precautions
against washouts.
Alice Goodman skull fractured and
arm broken.
Paraloe Goodman bruised body.
Claude Goodman arm fractured.
Mrs. Jessie Goodman scalp wound and
bruised body.
Joseph Dan Robertson colored shoul-
der and arm broken.
Two of the three Goodman children
were found 'MO yards from their home
with their clothes stripped from their
bodies which were bruised and mangled.
Of those at the hospital injured Mrs.
Morgan nnd Mrs. Beachul have little
.chance of recovery. The wounded are
receiving an me cure and imcniiou mm
can be given. The residence of J. S.
Noel and the Methodist church have been
converted into temporary hospitals.
The path of the storm was narrow and
short but terrific in destruction. A
number of horses hogs and cattle were
killed. The body of a man who was
blown from the bridge has been recov-
ered but has not been identified. A man
whose name is not given is missing. It
is believed be has been killed 'but bis
body lias not been found.
A nunilier of ladies visited the hos-
pitals today and provided garments for
the unfortunates. A subscription list
will be opened tomorrow for the suf-
ferers. IN ST. LOUIS VICINITY.
St. Louis .Tan. 3.' The heavy rain
which fell in this city the past three days
continues. The weather grew colder
however and the temjierature dropped
10 to 20 degrees in a short time. The
Mississippi has overflowed its banks in
some places. At Richland Mo. it is
rising at the rate of fourteen inches an
hour. The river is full of floating rails
saw logs and railway ties which repre-
sent a loss of many thousands of dollars.
In the vicinity of Virginia HI. the
heaviest rainfall in years has prevailed
the past twenty-four hours. The Sanga-
mon river is rising threatening destruc-
tion to thousands of farms. It is still
raining and growing colder.
FLOODS SLEET AND SNOW.
A Terrible Blizzard Followed the Rain-
storm North of L's.
Chicago Jan. 3. Reports from all parts
of the west tell of damage by floods and
storm during the- past twenty-four hours.
In -Illinois heavy rain has fallen streams
are overflowed making the roads impass-
able and damaging winter wheat. Joliel:
is stricken with the worst Hood in its
history. Hickory and Spring creeks are
out of their hounds nnd the Desphiines
river and the lower end of the canal have
risen sixteen inches today. Families are
moving oil) of their houses and low lands
lire llooe'. Water is sweeping through
the lumber yards and the Rock laiund
track is submerged.
In the vicinity of Lncon wheat 1ms
been damaged bndly tiy the rain and the
roads are impassable for marketing corn.
The Sangamon river is rising threaten
ing destruction to thousands of acres of
grain. In South Michigan it is still rain-
ing but growing colder.
In Nort4ieiu Michigan the raiu is aho
severe. Near Menominee it rained for
forty-eight hours. Logging has been sus-
pended and hundreds of men have come
out of the woods. Ice gorges at Fishers
and oilier points on the Menominee river
threaten serious consequences to Menom-
inee and Marquette. In some parts a
blizzard raged all day and it is growing
colder tonight.
In South Dakota a snow storm prevail-
ed and the snow is drifting badly so that
il railroad blockade is feared.
Nebraska is suffering the worst bliz-
zard it has experienced in years. Snow
was twelve inches on the level hist night
and the wind piled great drifts six and
seven feet high. Last night a blinding
snow was falling and a sharp wind was
blowing. At Grand Island there was five
feet of snow in the Union Pacific yards.
Telegraph nnd telephone service is great-
ly impaired.
CY('L( NE SUFFERERS.
A Number of Injured From Mooringport
Caiiveyed to Shreveport.
ShreveiKirt Iwi. Jan. I!. There is little
to add to the Mooringport disaster re-
ported last night. The trains on the
railroads arrived this morning with the
following wounded who were convoyed
to the hospitals:
Mrs. Sarah Ronchnl body bruised gash
in head and skull fractured.
Mrs. Sarah Morgan bruised.
Mrs. Morgan's child skull fractured.
CHICAGO DELUGED.
Streams in That Vicinity Overflowed by
Continuous Ruins.
Chicago Jan. 3. The continuous rnin
td today following the downpour of the
two previous days caused a deluge sel-
dom exH'i-ienced in Chicago. In the cen-
ter of the city the drain facilities were
better shaped and not much inconvenience
was felt but in the out districts th
streets looked more like ponds than thor-
oughfares and many houses were flood-
ed. Outside of the eily many roads were
in an impassable condition and the fields
wet covered with large expanses of
water.
The Desphiines river the Illinois ajid
Michigan canal and the drainage canal
were raging torrents. In a number of lo-
calities the former burst over its banks
nnd flooded the surrounding country.
South Edgewood was Hooded nnd hasc-
ments were filled but no serious dam-
age was done. In the stock yards region
the same condition existed. The pump-
ing works nt Bridgeport was forced to
shut down the drainage canal being so
full of water that it was found impossi-
ble to pump water. The situation is
very serious. The current was forced into
Ijike Michigan and nil the impurities
were forced towards Chicago's water
supply. The water of the Desphiines
river tonight rose to within two feet of
the top of the dam and it was feared
that if the water continued to rise it
would overflow into Ogdcu nvenue and
into Chicago. The water may burst its
banks nt any moment.
At Leniont another suburb nt a late
hour tonight it was feared the Illinois
and Michigan canal would leave its
banks nnd sweep away the lumber yards
located there. That portion of the coun-
try north of I.emont. ktfown as "the flats"
was Hooded for miles.
The rain turned to snow about midnight
the weather turning very cold.
TO CONFER TODAY.
Cleveland. Jan. 4. Maj. and Mrs. Ue-
Kinley took a drive this morning and re-
ceived a few personal friends this after-
noon. An important conference will oc-
cur tomorrow but between whom Ur.
Hamiii refused to say.
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