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FOUNDED 1906
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 30,  F^I3.
PRICE FIVE CEiNT5
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T SWOOPS NCINNATI
Han Learns Helplessness In
Face of Calamity—Over
200 Converts
GRAND TOTAL NOW 6262
SIM>VY  O.VMPAKJN
PKCXiltA.M   FOK   TOO.W
Morning sprvioes at tahernacie at 10:30,  for everyone.
.\fternoon services al tabernacle for men only. Te.xt will be "How to be le.o.-; than a man.'' Semion will start as soon as the tabernacle is filled.
At 2, o'clock in Central M. E. 'church. Miss .Saxe will speak to women on^y. .Miss .\Ic.\laren will sing.
Evenins services starting: at 7:30 o'clock will be for everjone.
Rev. Sunday .innounced last night lhat this week he will de- lifer three .-special sermons and he wants doctors, lawyers and business men to attend in jiarticu- iar.
"It is at times  when   floods sweep cities and towns, carry aw:'.y bridges, wreck home* and devastate the land in general lhat we U'lrn how heirless' man really is," said' Iiev.  Billy Sun¬ day, in his germon at the  tabernacle 'iast night.   The evangelist's reference lo    the    flood    coniiUon    here    and through the middle west sort of sur¬ prised the thousaad.s who  turned out to hear him on the  closing  night  of the  fifth  week  of  the  campaign.     Il '. wa... in urging his hearers to show God lhat they are thankful for iiis many blessings that he siiokc  of  the   hor¬ rors in Ohio and Indiana.     He  said| that the people in this \alley should be giad the river flood only dama:;ed : properly whereas in Uhio and Indiana • hundreds ot human lives  were sw al- , lowed by the angr.v waters. I
In speaking of the floods .Mr.  Sun- , day said: . 1
"Conditions  like we  have   seen   in '¦ this valley for the last few  days and those in Uie middle west shMW us how helpless man is in the iont;  run.    He ; can   build   wonderful   iioiiics,   install j tile IdtCiSt and most modern improve- I ments in them, have his suain  heat, his electricity, his auios and last rail- j road   tralW,   and   other   things,    bnt then a fiood  will come  aiong,  sweep them away, anu compt-l men to resort lu custorai of Sli  hundred  yeatrs  ago. It is in  caaes of  floodiS,   earlhciuakes and  sueh  iiorror.s   tlial   we   see   how mighty God realiy  is. '
178 Uit Ilu- Trsiil. Mr. Sunday's sermon last mght was one of the mosl forceful yet delivered. It was on the imporiance of repent¬ ance. He took ais text from Isaiah 56:6, and arged upon a'l sinners to forsake their evii ways if they wish t) escape the wratii of their Maker. At the close of his remarks he issued a personal appeal to those wishing to SUnd for Chris: and so touched were fifiy of the audience by the evange¬ list's effort that they came forward before the personal workers began work. In all one hundred and seventy- eight signed to become members of the church and these addc-d to the forty-four at the afiernoon services brought the total for the day up to ---. This makes a total of H,l'»;2 since the revival started.
Prixiiciic to lie u Cljri^tlan. Mr. Sunday began his sermon say¬ ing thai it is a great privilege to be a Christian. He said God's command to "forsake all evil ways' was meant for the millionaire a-s much as thi- miner; for the king as much as the hoboe, wd fur the virtuous girl as well as the one Uvin:,; in a hou.se of prostitu¬ tion. He i-,iid no matltr how greal a 8lr. one has committed he wil! be for¬ given if he rejients. He said salva¬ tion is a personal matter." (Jne must seek God's grace to gain it. "If I tould seek and gain salvation for every human being in this tabernacle tonight I wou d fe.l I would return bome .Mimday," .Mr. .Sunday declared. The fact that one's mother is a i-hristi:in should not bi- claimed a rea¬ son as why the soul of her son should b'' saved, the speaker declared. He 'Sid a mother can no more find saiva- tion tor her child than she can breathe and eat for it. Ue .stated tha salvation is for tno.«e who will *!^cept it. He denied lhat a.l church members are Christians and as.sai!ed (CoiitiiiiK-d   on   pa^c   !>.)
SOME SUNDAYISMS
It  Is  n   srrat   privUoso  to be-  a (lirisilaii.
Xo niatter wliat sin you are guiUy ot it won't keep you out of lu-av- cn   if  yoti  r-^ppnt.
If I «-ould s«>oli and find salvation for cvrT.> linnian iK-lnji in Mic t«l)orna<-l<'   lo nigiu.    I   woulil   ro    homo >Ionday mominR.
1'on'rc- wrons if you think .v»>u arc ROlns to h<-av<Mi ho<-auso your niollioi- is a Clii-i-itlan.
Salvation, aithouRh rroatod for ali of us, is only for (hose who will act-opt it.
Tho follow who says ho can't iindorstanil tho IHIiIo Ronorally vir»- latos tile i>art  of it  tliat ho does understand.
There i-^ a lot of things T don't understand about the Bible, hut T don't liothor alKiut theni.
I hnve always beliered It better to preach a^niinst sins than alninst into'leet.
Tlie trouiile wilii most of us I-; that we fool aNnit rcHsIou and use sense nlNiiit   sonicthinj; else.
Sometimes people Ret alons so well th.-it they liORin to kick aaaiiist <;od.
You sliould always reniember fhat tiiere ar.- people lu tiie clnin-ii who arc not hypoc-rites. Ilcaveu would not look rlRht if you viewed it   tlirouRh   the  devil's  rorrIos.
Tlioro are «ine.huudred h.vi>ocrites out of the ehurch to ono-hiu>- di-tsl  in  It.        ^
If .vou decide to beeome decent yon will be dumfounded at the larRo nuniber  of  other   decent   fellows   you'll  nu-et.
If you look at womanhood throuRh pi-ostitution you'll havo a liad idea of womanhood. Therefore you slio'uldn't v iew the church throuRh   the   persons   yon   eall   hypot-rltos.
I   no\or  met   a   happy  Cliristiaii outside tlie cliurch.
I like ail women, but I lo\e one—I married her. I like all (-luirt-hos   but   I   love   one—T   joino<l lief.
Tlie biRsest lio tlie devil ever told wa- that dod is liard to bo found.
Ther.-  i-^ no  r<al  pioas-nre Jn being  in   -in.
If you are sincere about followinR Christ you'll have to di-r-icrt tho old RaiiR.
Tlio man mIki spat in the face of Jcsus was just as niiicli his cm cifier  as   was  tlie  man   who  drove tJie nails int<i his iiands on tin- <-ross.
Sin   <'iits   with   a   double  e<lRe—it   cuts the Ruilty and   the  iiuioeout.
The Ixst words In the KnRllsh lanRuaRo ar«> short words:—(iod. Homo.    Heaven.    AVife.   Hope.   Host. I'eac*-.   .fesus.
Chri^tianlt.v   is  n  niatter of faith not   Int •lleet.
GOVERNOR COX AS MESSAGE
In Signed Statement Says The
State Loss Is $50,000,-
000—-Discusses Need
For Aid
RESPONSE    IS    LIBERAL
RIVER IS SLOWLY FALLING
AND REVEALS FULL DAMAGE
Susquehanna Will Not Reced e Into Banks Until Nightfall- Filth Left In Homes Endangers The Public Health—To T ake  Action
\t 3 o'clock this mornin? the Su."- pal sufferer from the flood conditions, quehanna river was .¦'lowly but sure- ' The first .spot to feel the effects of a Iv ..udsidin^ and th- danger of a flood '. rise in the river, it is also the last of dN.'^strous proportions Is pa.'^t once; to be freed from the trouble. The again for the Wvomin.cr Valley. For I "urrent that tore down through that '^ ,      , ,v,    o„   ! section    at   the    height    of   the    flood
three days the b.wiands along the ^^-,^^^ terrific md con.siderable damag-^ tire length of the valley compriping jf, 5,,^,^ f„ havf- been caused by tho! an a-ea fourteen miles in length ha.<5 same. Numerous narrow escapes; l.een under water of varying depths from drowning .is a re.sult of boating' and it is expected that it will be .ind attcmpt.T to leave home were re-, Pi"ht«''>ll before the water h:id retreat- j yiortod from various parts of that sec- | ed'to the oonflnp.s of tho bank.s. | tion   but   in   every   inf-tanre   aid   was,
Ptreet cnr trnmc will  not be r-'-siim-| clo.se   at   hand   and   the   victims   we:-e j ed' today   in   certain   riuarters   as   the | rescued  none  the  worse  except  for  aj !»'qlli"g   waters   hive   revf-aled   twisted , ducklns. |
: tracks   and   damaged   roaAheA9.     He-j Mine   Flooded. j
ports  from  all  points la^t  night  were       .Xnother   eff. ,t   of   the   high   w.it--^. to   the   effect   that   the  falling  w.nters ' w.is the closing down of two mmes of; -eveal   more   or  le.«s  damag"  but  th.at   the   valley   owing   to   water   breaking for   the   main   pirt   it   can   be   easily ; into tho workiru's.     The collieries are repnirpd       Homes,    however,   wil!   be  the Ma::well and the Henry.    The lat- desolnte for a few davs as the waters  er was in  danger as a  result and  the -ushing  over     the     lowlands  carried , men   at   work   were   forced   to   leav.-! with   them   a  con.siderable  amount   of  the/workings in  a  hurry.    The  w.iter. refus- which has in  many casos been m.^hod over the Valley tracks at  that deposited  on   floors  of the   homes.        jcollierv   and   t::,fric   wa.,   tied   up   for
The   sewer   filth   also   backing   Into   .°ome   time  as  .1   result, the streets and homes h.W left a con-i «alIioads Res-.ime.
dition  tbat  bord-rs  on     the     .serious.       The  railroad:^   h.ive  recovered   from Thrmighout      the      Hooded      districts   the effects of  the flood.     On  all   lines hc.ilth  boards are  nbinning  to att,ick this    problem    with    a    vigor  .seldom eoualled    and    wholesale    fumicntions
By Jamrs S. Co.x, Gov. of Ohio.
Columbus, O., .Mar. :i9.—The end ot the week finds the state dazed and benumbed in contemplation of the tre¬ mendous and widespread destruction in almost every section. The situa¬ tion today assumed a f''W novel angles. It is becoming a problem ol food wilhin our border.s.
Cincinnati, in the fuUne.ss of her bounty, shipped Iralnloads of supplies into the lower Miami valley and the -southeastern parts of Indiana as well. I'hilantrophy displaced prudence and tonight the Queen city of the west apiieal.'s lo the .state for assistance.
The Chicago .\.ssociatlon of Com¬ merce at our request established a base at IndianapolLs, so soon as rail¬ road traffic was resumed between Dayton and the Indiana capital.
Ten carloads of limestone, five car tanks of ga.soline and a train load Consisting of bread, vegetables and clothing are on their way to Dayton ijow from that point. Lime is as need¬ ful now for the purpose of disinfect¬ ing.
The west is a'so supplying medical supplies, [wrticularly antitoxin for the diiihlheria outbreak. Dayton-'s last appeal was for automobile trucks. The mililary organization has been of great service and the week closes t<'nlglit with some me:usure of conso¬ lation in the thoughl that every sec¬ tion that h.is appealed to us had hun¬ ger appeased.
Colonel Zimmerman, of the Eighth Kegiment, wo-s sent out from Dayton and this afternoon he sends his offi¬ cial report which is indeed a grew- some tale. Xinety-one bodies will be interred there tomojrow. Two hun¬ dred horses were burned In the street. Two or three of the principal Ihor- oughfarea have been waaiied Into ditches LM)  feet deep.
Gariiion On Hand. "Secretary of War Garrison reached Dayton this morning by automobile from Cincinnati. The sanitary condi¬ tions thore are bad and at our request he has assumed sanitary charge of the city.
"The whole country is loud In its prai.se of .Iohn H. I-'atterson. His was the master mind at Dayton and through the r markable organization of the National Cash Heglste. t7om- pany he was enabled to be as poten¬ tial as even the federal and State gov¬ ernments in the fir.st forty-eight houra of   the* flood   famiud.'
Marietta Strieken. "Marietta entered th.- list i^f sorely stricken cities today. The water has exceeded the 1S84 stage thei^ and a goodly portion of the city is inun¬ dated. The relief commi.ss'on for the time being has provided for .Mari¬ etta.
"The   wire   chief   operator     of  the Bell Telephone Company, T'.alph Jack¬ son,   reports   tonight   that   an   appeal has   conip   from   Portsmouth.     Water in the Ohio there Is 6S feet high and | is   still    rising.      Iteport    is   that   the ] bu.slne.s.s buildin.gs are on fire. In Oal- lipoli.s   the   water   is   still   rising.     At ^ la-st report It was  62  feet     The tele- . phone  building has caved  in and put It out of commission.
Seventy Foot Wave  On  Way   Down   Ohio   River Will Bring Additional Suf¬ fering And Hardships To  State—Kentucky  Shores Will Also Suffer. Stricken   Cities   Take Up Fight Against Pestilence.   Levees Have Broken  On The Missouri Side  Of The Mis¬ sissippi River And Water Is Still Rising
ENTIRE DEATH LIST WILL NOTIxCEED SIX HUNDRED
 .  »
Cincinnati is the center of the danger zone in the flood district. The waters of the sonth- era part of the state joined with the flood waters from western Pennsylvania and West Vir¬ ginia are rushing down the Ohio river and a flood crest of seventy feet is expected at Cin¬ cinnati and cities opposite on the Kentuc'ty shore during the day.
Sixty blocks in Cincinnati are already submerged.. Many other cities and towns along the r3ach of the muddy Ohio frora Pittsburgh southward are partially under water. Thousands of families are refugeef and tiomendous damage has already been done.
Dayton, Columbus and other cities in Ohio and Indiana which received staggering blows ill the recent flood s'ourge began their battle against pestilence and for reconstruction yesterday. Conditions in those iiections are rapidly improving and with two exceptions almost complete to'mporary relief has been given.
Along the lower Ohio and the Missippi the water level is increasing and the inhabitants are preparing to resist the wt)rst flood in many year,?. Tv/o levees have already broken on the Missouri sdie of the Mississippi and the militia is patrolling the valley districts.
Every river and stream in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee ii reported full to tho point of overflow and within the next few days a tremendous irolume ol water will be added to the Blississippi.
NOT OVER 600 DEAD
The total dead in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia through the flood that has pissed and is now passing will not exceed six hundred according to the latest and most authentic rtjports based on the *;xaminations in the afflicted sections.
The maxium estimate of deaths in Dajrton is two hundred, with Hamilton, Ohio, next with aa estimated one himdred and fifty, while the total for Columbus is placed at one hundred.
Hamilton, Ohio, twenty-five miles above Cincinnati is in danger of being cut off from al) sfiiirces of supply tbrough the washouts near Cincinnati, that route having been the only means 0' transportation since the flood.
The situation in several Indiana towns remains acute, but it is expected that the relief ol ail will be affected by today. '
Governor Ralston said last night that the damage through the state would surely be fifty- nillion dollars and might perhaps reach one hundred million dollars.. Indianapolis, Peru and Terre Eaute are found to have be^en the greatest sufferers. The governor said that the flood \ictims are in urgent need ol supplies of all kinds and money. Transportation in the state is paralyzed. Tbe total deaths in the state is placed at forty-six.
GARRISON IN DAYTON.
Secretary of War Garrison arrived in Dayton yesterday and is cooperating with the state a:id municipal authorities in carrying out the work of sanitation and rehabilitation. The problem oi supplying drinkirg water and a sanitary system is the most important at Dayton.
Nearly all of the water mains have been broken and the entire sewerage system has been de¬ molished. A corps cf state and government engineers are now in the city and Monday every man who is out of employment through the closng of the factories there, will be enlisted in the work of rebuilding these systems.
Medical experts have begun to fight to prevent the spread of disease. Especially typhoid and diphtheria.
The same step*^ toward sanitation are being taken in Columbus and conditions in that city are rapidl improving.   The known dead there are fifty-six, much less than was anticipated.
FEAR EPIDEMICS
The fear of epidemics through the flood districts remains uppermost. The almost com¬ plete paralysis of tninsportation facilities has greatly hindered the importation of medical sup- piles and with the recession of the flood waters, an enormous quantity of stagnant water has been leit in the cities and towns
The relief of Zinesville, Ohio, has been affected, although a large portion of that town is stJI under water.     The known dead are ten.
All over the stricken area the militia are taking desperate measures to stop the looting wh',ch IS increasing diily. Several men have been shot, one as he was taking a diamond ring off the finger of a dead woman. Several cities have been on the verge of rioting, but Jiese disorders have been quelled by the arrival of food supplies.
The oU towns in Ohio and in West Virginia have suffered heavily. Derricks have been W3-ecked and pipe lines broken and many homes demolished.
Many parts of Kentucky have felt the flood. At Covington, Newport and Dayton, on the Ohio nver, opposite Cincinnati, twelve thousand are homeless and a large part of the three towns IS submerged. In other parts of the State along the Kentucky riv^r, the same conditions prevaiL lhe Kentucky river uas reached a higher level than for years past and thousands of logs have been swept loose and are creating havoc as they are carried down the torrent.
New York, '  -       -
E USED
COLLEC
ontcrinsr tiio city List nigrht truffle had
hcon   rc-^iimod,   altlioiipth  the  Pcnns.\I-
•<;-,.-    ,.,,,,.......v....    v.Tiila   roarl   hes  cxpcrionced  consi.lrr-
will   ho  tho  order.    The conditions  injablo    difl'cult.v   owin^   to   deposits   of rh"   re.noct  nre  P.rticularlv   bad  ann|dchr-.. ;,l„hff th. mht  of way.  he step is a wise one. I
Durins the day the river fell very -h^wlv. the fall l>ein= hut a few 'nche.^ iier hou-. It wn.s nightful before th.' river cmmon above Market .'¦tro'^t bridge wa.s free from water and it may he rightfnli today before the homes nt the "Wtstmoor section v.-ill be easily app-oachcd. North street yeslerdav, formed the malij artery of traffir to the West Side, the cnrs from as far down the valley as Plymouth bfinK run on that route. T^at^r In the day. however, the falling waters cleared the Carev avenue bridge and m-ide traffic on ih-it roi.tc possible. .\t,   IMymoiitlL
Plymouth      condition's      were      had
n-JT   the    rarly    part   r.f   the   flood, but advises from there last nigrht v/ere
HORSE LOST
IN HEIGHTS '¦ARN F.IRE
the   effect   that   the   swift   current   Max     Cran.ton     who   housed
.............      t\..^..n Tix'.-.      nf      tn.>
I'ire of an unknown origin la.'it nislit shortly before S o'clock, caused the death of one horse, the i-omplete destruction of one barn and foe par¬ tial destruction of two others. The barn wa.s owned !iy Xathan Acotf, at '.M   Fulton  lane,  and was occuij'.ed  by
three
"I always make it a practice to *''-'e away one-tenth of the amount I receive," said Billy .Sunday in his ser- "lon last nisht. He al.so .said: "In "olumbus 1 received $:;0,(I00 and I ?ave away $2,000.
God blesses givers. He doesn't IJiie a tightwad. By a siver I don't ¦nean that a person should sacrifice Ininps to the di.scomfiture of his wife 3id family. .Such a person would be * fool. I ]iite t„ pive anil receive. I ^specially like to recc-Jve when I Knriw ihp p;f,_., come with earne.st ^«he.< and from a srood heart. wrouchy persons  are  poor  givers."
horses there. Two of the animals were rescued, but the third f>-Il .1 victim  to the fire
The   firemen  were  not  calle.d   until
that for a time threatened to tea: home from their moorins.s along the bank  had slacked considerable.     As a
result   there   was   sl^ep   in   the   flood , ^ .        . .v.  _ 1
di.striet   as   the   greater   portion   of   U    the blaze  had   a good  start ar.d then ha.-,  b^.-n  freed   from  the  water since    th'  team   of  the  .No.   ^company   on yesterday afternoon.    Tn the lower end ; the   pull   from   North   Sherman   stree of  the   town,   however,   a   few   of   the) up Coal  street had a  hard  tiuo- of   u! patches occupied  in the main by for-! as Coal street was knee-de-p .n niud. | elgn   born   residents  ..f  the   town   the ; The   blaze   that   resulted   attracted   a
mob of fully five thousand people  to the scene and they were treated to a spectacle as the old barn burned fur- ; iously and for a time the blaze threat- j ened   to  assume  serious  aspects    The total  property loss is estimat-i-J at ul- j  « *i...it.;'i ml    drillnra. 1
conditions remained unch.ingfd and there wa.s considerable suflering and privation as a result. Tn th.at section the finst fl'iors of the entire section were covercai w'th water. .\t \Vr~.(iii<K)r. Aa  sl.ited,   Westmoor  is   the   nrinci-
most  u   thousand   dollars.
FELL AT BRINK OF RIVER BAJK
Seized With Convulsions Ply- iRGUth Resideni Has Nar¬ row Escape
Within a few feet of the river bank at the lower end of Plymouth the of¬ ficers of that town late last night Ijicked up an unconscious man. .\t the .Mercy Hospital, to which place he was removed, it wa.s stated that a .search of the clothin.u had brought to li.ght a Lax receipt for W;ussil .Sko- vil, and it is thought that that is hi.s name.    Xo address was given.
There is no t^u.spicion of I'oul play connected v.ith the mysterious affair as It was found that the unfortunate man wa.s suffering from convulsions. I', is also thought that he i.s a resi¬ dent of the foreign colony at the lower end of Plymouth and th.U he with others had been driven from hi.s h'one by  the high   water.
When found he was unconscious and up to a late hour this morning he had not regained con.«ciousne.ss. .Ad¬ vice." from the hosjiital at a late hour this morning were to the effect that hi.s condition was con.?idered very serious.
.\fter the discovery of th'-- man the officer removed him to the town hall, where every effort was made to re¬ vive him and when tliey failed they hurried   him   to   the   Mercy   Hospital.
.:,u;'L\."r;^':u';s;'„'r TRAGEDY at olyphant
h-avk vailey, the cities of Tioy and ."(Ibany on the Hudson have been left in a pr< carious condition. The capi- t.i: 'is ill grave danger from an epi¬ demic or typhoid, due to the inunda¬ tion  of  the city's filtration  pi mt     It
BOYS C.\rGHT .\G.\IN
.\ Snl<M)ii Ke«1)cr Sh<i<>t-i Hi-. Wifo and
Then   Tiiri!..i  tlu'   WoaiMMi   on
Himst'Tf.
Jacon Hudy. a saloon  keeper, shot ^ill be  several day.s before tbe black   his  w^ife  at   their  home   in   Olyphant
water : last night.    Three bullet.s took effect,
i one entet-ing the eye, the second went
through     the    no.se     and     the     third
nui.ss, v.'hich now fills the niains, < an be cleared and th r. udcre,-  fit for use.
In Tri.y practically the sam,. condi-
water
.-^ ifforin:.,-   owing   to   the   lack   of   fuel ar.d   the  shutting   off   ef   all   gas  and  ^''i^!' e> clricity.     The   city   remaliui   under niirtial  law.
The    Oenesee    river    at    !!¦'Chester ci"ilinue.s nn a   rampage. ToJinos.see,
Vouths  Xow  Cluu-getl   With   Robbery of l><H'al  Store.
Frank Oliver, aged 14, of 104 South Main street; Charles Shaffer, aged  13, and   Michael   Angelo,   aged   12,   both residing in the rear of the Uno thea¬ tre,   on  South   Main  street,were     ar¬ rested    iast    evening    charged     with breaking in and robbing the Diamond City   Tobacco   Co.   Friday   night.     At the home of Angelo a box  of cigars of the  brand  carried   by  the  concern wa,s found and brought to the station j house to be  used as 'evidence against The   husband,   aged    50,   fled   after j them.     The   trio  are   well   known   to tbe shooting,  but he was captured  af- ; the police as chey have been arrested ter midnight at the  home of a friend    on   previous    occasions    for    robbing in Dickson  City by a .-^tate trooper.     j several places on Franklin street and Seeing   escape   was    impossible    hej different  parts of the city.    Only re-
ti.n e.\i.-ts and residents of th'^ flood-i •*'^'"°*'''   ^^'' "^^^   ^'^^'^^    '^^^ woman j
cl   Section   are   experiencing   intenst. '•" ^^'"'^^   '''^  '">''  ^^'^ '^ "''^' ''^ * ''"^" I
ical condition in the Mid-Valley hos-
lin  the  .same  ward
i Hudy was once a presperous saloon I keeper, hut of late had been drinking I heavily.     He  and   the   wife  quarreled
pomt IS expected some time tod.iy. .Should the crest e.xceed tli,3 Hgure. a considerable portion of tb( city will be inundated, wi'h a re¬ su tant   ioss   to   property.
.Mi.'vsourl. I . ...
.... . .        frequently.
V   hig'i    water   wave     is   .suee;||ngi J^	
div.vn   th'j   ilississippl     river,   -ausing
tv,>   levees   to   break   and   we.'ikcningl MOTHFF, OF TIIIKTI'^N.
oilers   and   spreading alarm   over  th ' •	
eii'ire   southern   section     of  Jlissouri. j nie<>    I'rom   Openiflon   For   .\|>pondl-
The     Drinkiwater     levee,     below   .St. I <-itis—All   of  ('Iiil<lr<'n  Sur\ivo
J^iiiis,    broke    yesterday,    flooding   a '  •
large  section  and  swamping   a   train, 1     Mrs.Timoth\-  Began,  .'iged  fi.'i years.
til     pas.«ciigers of which wer,; rescued'mother of thirteen  children, died last
Wih   <iif(kalty.     A   levee   ne.ir  Cairo,   night   at   the   Mercy   hospital   foilow-
with their age.
were    released severe   reprimand   owing   to
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li'y., ban sprung a large leak and a tr.-meiid'-us volume of w.ater ;:; rush- in:r thro .gh at that point.
ing an operation for appendit-itis per¬ formed last Friday, .'he was a well known   resident   of   I'lymouth   where
The siluation  in the valley distrirts j she  had  lived  for  many years  ,at  6ri0 is   most  acute.       Three  companies  of j W^st   Main  street.
tb( Miss<-uri national guard an i nava! reserve have been ordered out for rtll' y.
Ed Williams, of Miner's Mills, waa arrested at a late hour !a:>t evening charged with being drunk. Williams was going down J^outh Washington street and the wife of a well known physician was returning home when he approached her and made an In¬ sulting remark. She struck him and knocked him to the ground, and lo falling hia head strucl^ thr curb, in¬ flicting an ugly wound about thfl head, from which the blood flowed fre( ly. His Injuries Aere dressed at the st.ation houso and he was locked up for a hearing at poilci; court thia morning.
IV   PKNV.SVI.VAMA.
>lor<'    Than   Tvo    Score   of    IVr<'-ons r>r*nvn<-<l  in  tin- Wi--<tern  I'lM-t  of (he   State. (Telf-rrrapli   to   Indcpontloiit.)
Her illness was sudden and the op¬ eration was imperative. She failed to rally and the end came last night.    ;	
The following children survive: Ed-i'loST—A brown and white .Scotch ward. .Tam.es. Thomas, Joseph. Nellie, j collie pup. answers to the name of Alice, al at home; John, of Kings-ton; [ Bob. Return to 233 East South William,   of   Xantlcoke;    Mrs.   Malick ' street.
Tielaney. of Car'->imd;ile;   Mrs.  Richard!. '-	
T.ynch.    of   Plymouth;    Mrs.     William j LOST—.\   largo   black   cur'.y   muff  on Quinn.   of   Plymouth;    Mrs.    Klizaiieth'      Regent street car or post  office.   Xo
T-itLsbnrgh.       .March      2^^.—Western j McCafT,   of   I.arrine.   Ohio,   and   Mar-   fiuestions   asked    upon   return   to   721 (Continued   on   Paea   4.> ) cella,  of Hartford.  Conn. 1 Oregon  street, city.