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MINNEAPOLIS. CI IKE iii> SOUTH FOURTH STHUKT. MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES. i Mrs. Agnes Brindmore has been sent to Bt. IVter. Car:. J- W- Pope, assistant quartermaster, has been ordered before a board at St. Paul, hfadfd by Col. J. H. Page, Third Infantry, for i xamination for promotion. William Gunderson, of this city, has been inv'ted to deliver the principal address at the aei ond annual celebration of the Danish Thrrvald-son lodge, of Hudson, Wis., Friday < \- r.'.r.g. A s-peeial meeting of the Lafayette-Panl ttea.it < lub will be held tonight at 104 Adams street northeast. It will be for members only, as business of importance will be con *:dt n d. Cap:. Albert Shaw, who hae been working in tho interest of the Volunteers of America in this city since its organization, has re signed. He intends to locate in Minneapolis pel manently. Edwin Slocum, winner of second place in the Pillsbury oratorical contest, has resigned owing to various charges that were made, though not proven. Ln N. Booth takes sec enrt place, and J. B. Miner third. ('.as Inspector Meeds is about to declare war upon boys who smash street lamps. The in gpe tor said that it i ost the city each year from |300 to ?400 to replace wantonly broken irlat-s. and he thought it his duty to prosecute offenders. In running to a fire at University and Six- j teenth avenues southeast, one of the horses ] belonging to Chemical No. 19 dropped dead. The tire was in the kit; hen of a dwelling and was extinguished before any material damncr w?.s sustained. The unique voiing contest taking place this I »H'k a: the Bijou has developed the fact j that there is strong opposition to high hats, j A large majority of the answers thus far re- j reived have been in favor of the ordinance | jwohibiting the wearing of altitudinous head , apparel. Barney Toughey, who was examined yes- i terday morning in the probate court tor in- ; sanity, was lound to be a resident of Iron Mountain, Mich., and was ordered sent there. He was insane, but not being a resident of Irfinnesota, could not be consigned to a i hospital. A comedy treat is assured in the engage- j inent at the Metro; olitan this evening of | "My Friend From India." the farce comedy i *hlch play-goers and critics alike proclaim I thi- funniest and cleanest thing in light oomedy that has appeared for several decades. At the Hiji;u, "Shall We Forgive Her" has tetaMished itself as. a play of unusual ! strength, and far away and above any play that has been at the Bijou this season. It I ie euch an interesting play that it will find j nigh favor with the better class of play- . goers. William Downes, residing at 1516 Fifth > sweet south, was charged before Judge Kerr aresterday morning with threatening to kill tie wife, Laura The complainant wag i Blanche Dechaun, of 512 Thirteenth avenue ■oath. The defendant pleaded not guilty and Uras placed in $100 bonds to await trial. STOPPBD HIS HEART. Meilifiil Student Startle* a I'niver mlty ClasH 1»> an X v peri ill eiit . A medical student having control of the involuntary muscles of his body was exhibit- j «d at the university yesterday. He is capa- I t>le of committing suicide at any time by j stopping his iieart beating. Dr. R. O. Beard, in charge of the depart ment of experimental physiology, presented j the subject to the medical students in the am- ! phitheater of the laboratory of the medical j science building. He was a fine looking j young man with blonde hair and regular feat tiros and excellent build, with good muscular development There was a characteristic ' paleness about his face thai would lead one ; to believe that his exhibitions were not pro- ! ductive of any good to his physical condl- j tion. Dr. Beard explained the peculiarities of the young medical student, stating tliat he had Control of the muscular tissues of the gastro intestinal tract, but that this feature would I Dot be illustrated. Accompanying the remark considerable applause from the students, i The first part that the subject took in the Clinic was to show his ability to dilate and contract the pupils of the eyes at will. There ■was a very perceptible dilation and contrac tion of the pupils. Then, by the use of the phonendoscope, hav ing a number of sie-th escapes attached, the ■tudents all listened to the beating of the ! iieart, which whs very strong and regular. ! The phonendoscope is an instrument, con- j ■truoted on the principle of the telephone. I Vllh a thin vulcanite membrane communi- i eating with a cavity above the membrane, j from which the sounds from the heart are j cent out througli a number <.f Btetheaoopeg •when the membrane is placed over the heart. ; It was adapted by Dr. Wilcox. a university | iHudent. Under normal conditions it was found that i his heart was In perfect condition and ex- I ©fpi tonally strong. The spyghmograph, an instrument to record Wie beating of the heart through the wrist, was next brought into application. The rec- Ord Is made en a drum, and is called a ■pygtimogram. The man's arm was strapped i In a stationary iwih.tlon, and a sensitive in- ' •tTumont attached, which made a perpendic ular motion through a space about half an • Inch. In response to the pulsations. When T>r. Heard told him to inhibit, or stop his j keart. he did so for a space of seven seconds ftt the first attempt, before which his pulse ; V«s 105, very regular and strong. At the \ en<l of the seven seconds there was a slight muscular twitching, and tho pulsations grad- ! tjally recovered their natural condition. After j repeated attempts he seemed to gain strength ' and attain to more extended accomplishments i In the I'iie. At about the ninth attempt there was no j Movement of the heart for 23 seconds, during which tiim> the patient conversed with those around him to show that the inhibition was Hot due to respiration. After this accom- i plishment a now smoked sheet was placed j c«i the drum of the spyghmograph, some amylnitrite was placed on the table to stim ulate the heart in case the experiment was ! carried so far that the subject would show ! eigns of failing to recover, and he tried again to accomplish more than at any previous at- j tempt. Thfs ttmc for 40 seconds he stood j ■with no drop of blood within him stirring be fore the frightened faces of the medical stu- I dents, who expected to see him fall, but again there wag a happy disappointment and great I applause, as the patient, with a shrug of the shoulders and a twitching of the head, smiled and the pulsation began again. The only j fcerccpMble change noticpd in his features was Ms. ghastly pallor. The blood Is supposed to ! make the entire circuit of the body in 2-2 : seconds, so that for the b'.ood to remain per- i fectly at rest for 40 seconds is considered by BKdical men to be a wonderful accomplish- ' ment. At one time this sub.'ect effected so long an ! Inhibition that it took three hours to re etore him to his normal condition. This was In the University of Virginia. His power is traceable to the same source as the other phenomena in the form of a j control of the involuntary muscular fibres i Of the arterial system by virtue of which the bloo«l pressure is increased to the point of re flexly arresting the heart's action. The matter ef control may be etcher partial or complete as the subject desires. I-tft Hit (hi Id to l>ie. At the request of County Attorney Peterson Inspector Hey a t night invest gatnd thp death of the Infant found ln a woodshed at 1516 Fifth street northeast. His discoveries leave no doubt as to the woman's responsibility for the death of the child. Thp infant was "born during Monday irght and only a short time after the inhuman mother wrapped the child n rags and threw it Into a rorner in the wood shf.l. The suspicions of the members of the family with whom she boarded were arousel and after being questioned Mrs. Poland ad mitted having given birth to the child and said she did not want U. having left it out elde. When the infant was brought into the house It was dead, although the mother said It had cried after being born. Gnsty in the Mill City. The strong wind which prevailed yesterday afternoon did considerable damage at P.iidß man's restaurant. sO',i Fourth avenue south, about 3 o'clock. The gust* came Into the building with great force from a rear door. Which had been left open, and forced out the whole front of the window on Fourth avenue. Tlie frla-e shattered into atoms on the sidewalk but fortunately no one happened to be in tlio way. The frame work of the window is supposed to have rotted, making it insecure. ■isneapolli EIU« EI«M-t offloerw. At the annual election of Minneapolis Lodge cf IClks last night A. M. Harrison was elect ed exalted ruler on the sixth ballot. The other officers choFen wore: Esteemed lead ing knight, Dr. B, B. Ztf>r; eetoemed lector big knight. D. C. Curtiss; esteemed loyal knij.ht. Fred Wneaton; trustees, p. J. Her ri'k. W. H. Levens; tyler, George R. Sea ton. Poor Voiiiik' Man! The advanced cooking class of the Garfleld school gave a dinner at 4:30 yesterday after noon at the Madison school. The" young ladies served articles of their own production to a select company of friends, among whom •was Included one young man. For Delicacy, for pnrlty , and for improvement of the com plexion DOtbing equals Pozzoni's Powder, OHOER OF ittflliTfl KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FROM EVERY STATE SEE THE DEGREE CONFERRED. 'TWAS AN EPOCH FOR MASONS. CEREMONIAL, WHICH HAS BEEN WITNESSED BUT FEW TIMES BEFORE. CLASS OF FORTY-TWO KNIGHTED In the Presence otf Fifteen Hundred or More Guests — 'News of Minne apolis. Knights Templars from every state in the Union, to the number of 1,500 or more, were guests last nig-ht of Zion Commandery No. 2, of Minneapolis. They were willing and welcome guests, and when they departed from Masonic j Temple last night it was with the i knowledge and satisfaction of having j witnessed one of the grandest events In j the history of that order in the United j States. It was the spring festival of Malta ol j Zion commandery and marked the first ! third of a century of its existence. In j commemoration of this event invita- : tions had been sent to all fraters ; throughout the universe to be present j upon the occasion. The magnet which j brougiht so many acceptances of these Invitations lay in the fact that Zion commandery was to confer upon a j class of candidates the degree of the Order of Malta, more properly known as the Knights Hospitallers of the Order i of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta. Ordinarily this would not prove so great an attrac tion. Zion commandery has already conferred such a degree upon two classes and other commanderies throughout the United States have done likewise. The announcement, however, that all known accessories would be used to make the ceremonial beautiful and Im pressive carried with it to Knights Templars something more than the words would imply to the uninitiated. It told them that Zion commandary was to give a complete and elaborate exemplification of the work in hand, something attempted heretofore but two or three times in the history of the order in the United States. To Knightb Templars such an occasion marks an epoch in the lives of all those fortunate enough to have witnessed the ceremoni al, and that the invitations so liberally extended should have shown such good returns is not by any means strange. From early yesterday morning every train into the city from north, south, east or west brought Knights, the last of them arriving late in the afternoon. With their arrival the crowd about the seventh floor of Masonic Temple grew. The examining and vouching commit tee were in session from early morn and as each visitor arrived and was vouched for, he secured his card ad mitting him to the ceremonial in the evening. Toward the latter part of the afternoon so many applications for ad mittance were received that it waa found necessary to enlarge the com mittee, thus establishing two "over flow" offices in which the applicants could secure their credentials. It was after 7 o'clock, and but few minutes before the commencement of the cere monial, that this work was finished, so great was the demand for admit tance. The work of conferring the degrees was j done under the direction of Eminent Sir Rev. J. B. Hingeley, commander of Zion Com mandery No. 2. as eminent prior, assisted by Lieutenant Commander Staples, Captain Gen eral C. E. Overshire, Chaplain C. F. Sharpe, Military Director E. L. Hills, Marshal R. T. Mi' Adam, Captain of the Outposts G. E. Sanders. Grand commander of Minnesota, the R. E. Sir John H. Randall, requested that the work bo done, and personally knighted each of the candidates. There were forty-: wo candidates in all, as follows: Zion Commandery, Minneapolis — Robert H. Pratt. Dr. J. F. Force, Sherman Pm :!li. . L. Kinney, W. W. Sykes, Rev. A. A. Alexander, W. C. Buchanan, J. D. Laddy, Isaac Hazlett. L. A. Voight, W. H. Caspari, G. C. E. Goetz, O. C. Brunius. T. J. Dans ingburg, C. H. Hatkins, H. Hahn, George S. Richards. J. E. Brown, E. F. Wanous. Rev. J. E. Smith, G. W. Bahan, .T. H. Robinson, Stewart Gamble, C. E. Eiehler, F. Rosche, H. E. E«terly. Apollo Commandery, Albert Lea— William E. Lows, Charles S. Prentice, John E. Bar ron. E. A. Bliss, T. J. Tonge. Palestine Commandery, Fergus Falls— J. H. Ludliff. Ascalon Commandery, Brainerd— John D. Martin, G. K. McDowell, P. B. Johnson, A. L. Ferris. Farib&ult Commandery, Faribault — W. E. Moses. J. R. Phillips. C. E. Carver. Minneapolis Mounted Commandery, Minne apolis — Adolph Achlener Schlener. St. Bernard Commandery, Austin, Minn. — F. B. Wood. The following state commanderies were also represented by from one ;o twenty knights in each instance: Coeur de Lion Commandery No. 3. Wl nona, Minn.: Cyrene Commandery No. 9, Owatonna, Minn.: Bayard Commandery No. 11, Stillwater. Minn.; Palestine Commandery No. 14, Fergus Falls, Minn.; Redwood Falls Commandery No. 15, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Ascalon Commandery No. 16, Brainerd. Minn.; Bo.hel Commandery No. 19, Morris. Minn.; Constant'.ne Commandery No. 20, Crookston, Minn.; Paladin Commandery No. 21, St. Paul, Minn.: Luverne Commandery No. 22, Lu vorne. Minn.; Nazarene Commander) No. 24, St. Cloud. Minn. In addition to the above there were one or more representatives present from nearly all of the Eastern and Southern Elates. DISCOUNT TO BOXD3MKH. City Attempting to Settle Some of Its Outstanding A-- «■ omits. An attempt will be made by borh the city ! of Minneapolis and the county of Hennepin to | make a settlement with all the bondsmen of | the insolvent banks. Many of these mat i ters have been running now for some years, and both the city and county are very much in need of money to meet current ex ' penses. Signers of the bonds of the Citizens* bank were the first to evince a willingness ■ to settle the claims of the county and city. 1 and discovered a willingness on the pari of ! the legal departments of each to meet them I half way. The bondsmen made an offer which amounts to CO per cent of the face in cash and both the city and county attorney j believe that (he settlement would be advan tageous to all concerned. Tne county com mission will be asked to pass a resolution i favoring the settlement which will be present ; ed to the next meeting of the city council for i action. If these settlements can be made It j will help out the city in its present tight pull for cash. Bnikj- Court Cttlenilnr. The calendar for the April term of the I district court has been sent to the printers, ; and its proportions are astonishing to the judges, who were of the opinion that they would have a light term. The calendar con ■ tains 922 civil cases, exclusive of the appeal , cases. Of those filed, there are less than j 100 divorces, but over 100 tax cases, which I will throw about 7<X> cases to the court for j contested trials. The cases are all unimpor tant ones, however, and it Is anticipated that many will be dismissed or stricken from the calendar through settlement. Considering tlie AugKbnrg Cnse. The attorneys completed the arguments in i the Augsbu-g seminary quo warranto pro ceedings yesterday and submitted many vol umes of briefs to Judges Belden and Simpson for perusal. The court will look them over as speedily as possible and render the de cision that is being so anxiously awaited. Installing: Rev. <\ B. .Mitchell. There was a great congregation of doc tors at the Hennepin Avenue Methodist churcih i last evening, the occasion being tie lnstalla | tion or reception given to Rev. C. E. Mitch- I ell, the new pastor of the church, and the leading pulpits of the city were represented In the addresses of welcome extended to him. Two colleges were also represented. Following the programme a general recep tion of handshaking and introductions waa held. THE SAINT PAUL GfcOßßu TiWXRSDA V, APKII, 1, 1897. WAS IS|ESISTIBIiE Continued From First Page. at Durnham'a Island, about four miles above the A. C. Smith |aw mill. Early in the morning ice formed at this point. The east side of the river was filled, while the west side was open. The company has a small steamer, "Dore," which is engaged on the river during the season that the river is open. The Ice was crowding in on the east side, and it was considered a good proposi tion to try and induce some of it to come down the other side. The boat was in the river working, when all at once the boom gave way. For a while the scene was a reminder of a ship In the Arctic regions. The little steamer tossed about in the stream and was in great danger of being destroyed. It, however, withstood the force, and waa carried away with the ice. Happily enough the ice at this point was tend ing towards the shore, and in this di rection the steamer was carried. When the water finally receded, it was found that the steamer "Dore" wa6 gracefully perched far up on dry land. The boom company will undoubtedly experience the greatest loss at this point, as here was their main boom, which was built at a great expense. The damage done with this as well as The damage with this as the other other property on the river cannot be ascertained, and it is not known how badly the foundation is damaged. After the ice had broken away near the Smith mill another Jam formed under the Akely mill, Twenty-fourth avenue north, nearly two miles below. The ice was caught by the piers, and firmly held while the river filled up on both sides. The main jam was near j Glueck's brewery, Twentieth avenut ] north. The boom broke at this point, [ and the ice was slowly allowed to flow ! away. It did not result in the mad rush that characterized the former jam, and but little damage was done by it. It, however, resulted in another jam at the Twentieth avenue north bridge, but | Which is not anticipated will do any | damage. It appears to be comportably situated, and as the river is flowing along both sides, it will be gradually | worn away. A similar jam still re- ! mains near the Akely mill but no serious damage is apprehended from it. SIX MILES OF BOOMS. Late last night the Mississippi river V.&? gradually receding. At the North side pump station it was still about one foot above the high water mark, while at the East side station it was slightly above the high water mark, which is 90. The river was practically clear, and all jam conditions were to all ap pearances of the past. Considerable ice was still coming down, but it was only an aftermath— the grounds which had been thrown to one side during the main Jam. Late last night the great damage done by the breaking away of the ice I could be seen. Six miles of valuable I boom property had been utterly de stroyed; not enough for kindling wood being left. A clean sweep had been made from Dunham's island to the Aekley mill. Piers, piles and booms had all been carried away and it is hardly probable that the damage will fall below $100,000. The Mississippi River Room company had been preparing for a jam all spring. A set of men have been at work strengthening the booms and in I every other way trying to make things i secure. The company was perfectly ! confident that it would be able to with stand any kind of a jam. The work of the ice yesterday, however, proved how difficult it Is to make calculations in such matters, and the labors of many weeks was cancelled by one i hour's ravaging of the ice. It is estimated that the river near the North side pumping station rose ten feet in the short space of time of fifteen minutes. City Engineer Cappelen and Carl IlFtrup, of the sewer department, were interested spectators of the ice jam, but left before it broke. It was reported late last evening that tho piers at Dayton, near the Elk river, had given away to a heavy log Jam at that place. F^lk river is, however, showing no unpeaceful symptoms. The many logs that accompanied the ice did not create jams after the main jam had broken. HIGHER WATER ( OMIXG. Rime o* a Foot at St. Cloud— The Flood Elsewhere. ST. CLOUD. Minn.. Mar-h Sl.— Sank river, which empties into tho Mississippi two miles | north of St. Cloud, is on a rampage. The river is over its banks in many places. Tho 1 Hayward dam. a few miles up the stream, j was washed out today. The Mississippi has risen over a foot during the day. Special to the Globe. NKW PAYNBSVTLJJC, Minn., March 31.— The Crow river here is the highest that it I has been since '66. Yesterday it took out the dam at Applegreen's mill, and also one of the bridges into town from the north; the only other bridge, an iron one. is in danger and may go down when the ice goes out. The Great Northern has watchmen at its bridges continually. Special to the Globe. NEW ULM, Minn.. March 31.— The Minne sota river ie still rising. One bridge is under water. The Eagle roller miil has been obliged to remove a portion of its machinery. Water has also surrounded one of its elevators. Special to the Globe. HASTINGS. Minn., March Hl.— The river is still on the rise, registering 12.3 feet, above low-water mark today, .within three-tenths of a foot of the highesn record last year. BARNBSVILLE, Minn., March 31.— Several washouts between here and Moorhead have stopped all railway traffic west during the last twenty-four hours. Trouble is also ex perienced between here and Fergus Palls. FLOOD OX THE RKD. Valley Indcr Water for Ten Mile* Ilnck From the River. FARGO. N. D.. March 31.— The Red river is rapid .y rising and the ice is beginnig to break, forming bad gorges. Buffalo river is creating much trouble- There have been no trains over the Great Northern from the i Fast sirce yesterday morning. The Northern ' Pacific e-Kis-t tra'n reached Fargo safely, but I a.l later trains are he".d at Muslcado and Glyndon on account of high water, and trains : sent East this morning had to come back , to Fargo, being unable to go further on ac ! count of high water. Traffic on the Milwaukee is abandoned, the tracks being covered by i water, practically from Fargo to Wahpeton. | The only way the Twin Cities can now be I reached from here is by going west to Valley [ City and taking the Soo road there. There is three feet oi water over the farms nn the Minnesota side of the Red river i for ten miles back from the stream. The water will be much higher than in '93. and probably higher than it was fifteen years ago ', at the time of the great flood. The fact that j the Red flows north and Is ice-b-locked in !ta lower portion after It opens here is sure to j make matters very bad all along the valley. I It is predicted here that all towns from Grand ! Fork* nor.h to Winnipeg wi'.l suffer enormous ly. FLOOD IS AL..VRMIXG. ! RlsiiiK R-apidly in South Dakota. Rivers— Washouts on Railways. OMAHA. Neb., March 31.— Alarming flood j reports come from South Dakota points. , Rains have fallen at Huron and the James : river has risen two feet in twenty-four hours : j the streams now being higher than ever known before. All trains are held there be '■ cause of washouts. Many bridges are | gone. Vermillion reports a three-foot t!se in the Missouri and one foot in the Ver million. with heavy rain. Woonsooket re ports Sand creek two miles wide. The Jamejs river has washed away the Great Northern I bridge. Families in the bottoms are being | rescued in boats. At Pierre the Missouri i river continues to rise, and Chamberlain I also reports a rise. At Belle Fourche in | the Black Hills, a gorge has formed in' the Belle Fourche river, flooding the town and tearing out the ElWiorn bridge. Dynamite is being used to destroy the gorge. Special to the Globe. CANTON, S. D.. Marc-h 31.-All streams are rising on account of a heavy forty-eight hour rain. Lopr Jam at Taylor's Falls. TAYLOR'S FALLS, M"inn., March 31.— Broken ice and 20,000,000 feet of logs have made a big jam in the dalles. The water is ' rising very fast and the situation is serious. WORST IS AT flAflD SUPREME CATASTROPHE OP THE FLOOD MAY CXfiUßt AT ANY TIMBU UEVEES UNOEIH PRESSURE. CITIES DIRECTLY BEHIND THE EftU BABTKMEWTS lit THE GREAT EST PE3RII* If ATURB I?T OOWFMe* WITH MAN. Everything I« Agritiiist Those Who Are Strvarsrlinar to -Save Their Lives and Property. MEMPHIS, Term., March 31. — A heavy rain fall, accompanied by a strong gale from the west, is adding to the horror of the flood situation 150 miles below Memphis, In the Mississip pi delta. There are four breaks, and each Is letting In a stream as large as the Ohio river at Cincinnati or the j Hudson at Albany, and this tremend ous outflow has caused a fall of only j one-tenth at Vicksburg, immediately j below the last break. The rain and \ wind will probably cause more breaks. j The river Is now like an inland sea, j and this afternoon a brief telegram 1 from a point below Rosedale, Miss., j announced that great waves were j pounding against the levee and that, j at frequent intervals, the water tore ' itself loose from the main channel and dashed over the embankment. This being true there will be in all proba- l bi;ity more crevasses before morning. | All the forces of nature are against : the people. The rainfall Increases and the wind intensifies the danger. If the wind were from the east it would mean little, but the gale is blowing from the west. On the Arkansas side. | the levee, from Helena to Arkansas i City, tonight, is as full of holes as the [ outer wall of a fortification after a seige. There is a break at Westover which occured at an early hour this i morning. A thousand men were at work on the levee when the crash came. For a moment a thin spread of water began to trickle through from the inner wall of the embankment. Experienced levee men saw the danger and cried out a word of warning and the laborers rushed back. In five minutes a gap fifty feet wide and six feet deep was torn in the wall of earth. The break ! grew until it is now several hundred feet wide. This crevasse is ten miles below Helena and the water rushing through it will destroy a dozen splen- j did plantations and may back up to ! Helena. Other breaks will probably j occur on the Arkansas shore. The La con i a circle country, a few miles be- , low Westover, is under water. This c : rcle is surrounded by a levee. The levee iv the } rear went to pieces at a late hour Monday and the water rushed in and spread itself over i 30,000 acres of the most fertile land in i | Arkansas, cut up into plantations, giving ! support to no less than 5,000 people. Tonight | i Gunnison. Miss., Rosedale and a dozen other , small towns are under water. The whole country, as predicted last night, i j will be inundated. The water is spreading i over the territory from Pearthshire, Miss., to a point 10 miles north of Vicksburg and back from the river 30 or 40 miles. Already I the loss of cattle has been enormous. The ; corn was planted and growing, but is under | : water and preparations for cotton planting ; were well under way. The ploughed earth | Will be swept into the Yazoo aud thence ! into the Mississippi. It is difficult to esti- , ! mate the loss. A thickly settled country, con taining an era of about 4.000 square miles, dotted with farm houses, negro cabins and small villages, will be flooded. Labor will ; become demorali?<>d and negroes cannot be secured in sufficient numbers to cultivate the I crops when the water subsides. The Yazoo I & Mississippi Valley railroad will have 150 ' miles of track under water before the flood is ever. The loss to human life so far has been email. Not a half-dozen people have been drowned in the delta, and probably a dozen on the Arkansas side south of Helena. The ! upper floods which have prevailed in the St. Francis basin for two weeks claimed prob ably no more than fifty victims, all colored. Greenville, Miss., is s.till safe. Water is in Rosedale, coming from the Perthshire j break, while Gunnison is badly flooded. This night may bring forth the supreme catastro i phe, the breaking of a levee immediately in front of a town. Those directly behind" th° ; levees are Helena, Friar's Point. Rosedale ! and Greenville. A Flight rise In the river at Memphis Is announced by the official weather bulletin, issued by the local office. This rise amounts to bu' one-tenth of an inch. It is not con sidered as significant of any increase in the volume of water to be expected here. The ' bureau predicts no continuation of this rise, : but a stationary condition for the next twen- I ty-four hours. The guage registers 36.3 feet, i A considerable fall is reported at Cairo. At ; ! points below Vicksburg the river is rising i with increased rapidity. TOWHS IMNDATEiD. Nearly a Do*en Are Slow Inder the MiHNlKKl|»l>i. I GREENVILLE, Miss., March 31.— Passengers j arriving here by boat from Rosedale ' report that town now under wat°r. All tele- | I graph and telephone com.munication is cut off. j 1 Gunnison was under water when heard from [ last, and nothing can be heard from there. ; The flood has already submerged nearly all | towns between here and Australia north and ; Rolling Fork south. The following towns are now under water: Australia. Round 1 Lake, Deeson, Concordla. Perthshire, Stafford, Gunnison. Bolivar, Mound and Huntlngton in Bolivar county. Below here, Avon, Wayside, j Pettit. Refugee. Glendora and Swift \Vat°r are all under water and the water Is in sight of Arcola, Cooks, Esielle and Ho'landdale. At this point the river has fallen a foot and a half in the last twenty-four hours, which indicates anoth?r bre2k somswhero near. Greenville occupies the highest position of the banks of the Mississippi river between Memphis and Vicksburg. The town ia high j and dry and will remain so in spite of sen ; sational reports s?nt out yesterday. The big | break at Stokes" lauding will inundate nearly ; I all of Bolivard county and will overflow Fio# i u a j ; Phalia and Deer Creek sections of Washing- ; I ton county. Greenville is practically upon ■ ■ an island now. Trains in the delta will cer- j tainly cease running within the next twenty | four hours. 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There was no debate of consequence and remarks were comparatively few, those made pertaining strictly to the amendments in hand. Action upon the amendment offered by Senator Hoar was first tak en, and several senators expressed the opinion that it would render any fur ther amendment unnecessary. There were six roll calls during the session and several votes on which the yeas and nays were not demanded. The first roll call was upon Senator Hoar's amendment. It was adopted by an overwhelmingly majority. The final announcement was 54 to 13, but there had been four changes in favor of the amendment before this result was reached, making seventeen votes originally cast in opposition. The text of this amendment is substantially as follows: And difference, which, in the judgment of either power, materialy affects its honor or its domestic or foreign policy, shall not be referred to arbitration under this treaty, ex cept by special agreement; nor shall any question as to the continuance in force of any treaty which has previously been made. Ii is further explicitly specified and agreed that all agreements entered into by the con tracting parties, under this treaty, shall be signed by the president of the United States, and receive the approval of the senate by a tw-thirds vote before it becomes binding upon either Great Britain or the United States. The provision in regard to the con tinuance of existing treaties was in serted for the protection of the United States in connection with the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. The only affirmative action was the adoption, by a vote of 47 to 23, of the series of amendments offered by Sen ator Foraker. These amendments are to each article providing for a tribunal of arbitration, and declare that each case submitted to arbitration must be tried by a separate tribunal. The ar bitrators appointed on the part of the United States are to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. The Chilton amendment, providing for the submision of all agreements to the senate, was laid on the table by an aye and nay vote, because the pro vision was practically Included in the Hoar amendment. There were many senators, however, who were of the opinion that the Chilton amendment was preferrable on the point covered by it because more explicit, and the vote was comparatively close, the ma jc rity against it being seven. An amendment, introduced by Sena tor Mills, expunging the last "half ■of article 6 of the treaty, invoking the good offices of other powers before re torting to war in case of failure to reach an agreement under the terms of the treaty, was lost by a close mar gin. A motion to omit all of article 8 was laid on the table by a more de cided vote. Senator Morgan presented a motion to strike out article 7 but. withdrew it, with notice that he would probably renew it tomorrow. Senator Hansborough gave notice of a substitute for the entire treaty, which he said he would offer tomorrow in the shape of a resolution setting forth that while the United States accepts the doctrine of arbitration as wise and humane, the present treaty is not de manded by the exigencies of the time. Senator Hoar stated his purpose to make a point of order against the sub stitute when offered and there is no doubt it will be sustained. When the senate adjourned at 4 o'clock it was with the understanding that the final vote on all amendments should be taken at 4 o'clock tomorrow, amendments to be presented tomorrow under ten-minute rule. After this time no further amendments will be in order under the agrement of last week, but there is no date fixed for the final vote upon the treaty itself. Senator Davis made an effort to se cure unanimous consent to take the vote on either Friday of this week or Monday of next week, but Senator Stewart made objection. One of the questions which it is considered is still left in doubt by the treaty is that as to what disposition is made of territorial claims, and it is possible that an amendment may be Introduced tomorrow covering this point. The disposition is to refer to arbitration all claims for territory which belongs unquestionably to the United States or Great Britian, but to reserve those claims in regard to ter ritory belonging to a foreign power In which either country may not feel dis posed to intervene. HUNTER LOSING GROUND. Hit* Forces In the Senatorial Flgrht Slowly IMfci nI. urn tlnji. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 31.— The condi tions in the struggle for United States sen ator are practically unchanged, with the exception that Dr. Hunter's fon-es are slowiy disintegrating. Senator Hissem. of Newport, has announced that he will not again vote for Hunter. A movement is on foot to have a new caucus called. A fight took place in the senate chamber today between A. D. Jamu-s (Rep.), of Muhlenberg county, and Doorl.i t er Bob Taylor, over a statement in the \,d pers this morning. Tyler struck James twice. Dr. James made a movement to draw a gun. Friends interfered. The political leaders tonight practically I concede that the senatorial deadlock will not I be broken tomorrow, and few of them hope I for an election this week. The movement | to spring Judge Holt as a compromise candi- ■ t date was contemplated at one time today, 1 and has been extensively talked about this afternoon, but seems to be off. The anti : Hunter people continue to predict more deser tions from hie ranks tomorrow if an election does not result after a few ballots. — * SOME SMALL, PLIMS. List otf Presidential Appointment* Sent to the Senate. WASHINGTON, March 31.— The president today sent to the senate the following nomi nations: Treasury — Penrose A. McLain, of Pennsyl vania, to be collector of internal revenue for the First district of Pennsylvania. State— Thomas W. Oridler, of West Vir | ginia, to be third assistant secretary of s-tate. Justice— Jacob Trieber, of Arkansas, at ! torney of the United States for the eastern I district of Arkansas; Henry M. Cooper, of ! Arkansas, marshal of the United States, for the eastern district of Arkansas. Interior— Nathan P. Johnson, of South Da kota, to be agent of the Indians of the. Sisse ton agency. South Dakota. Nayy — Lieut. Commander Albert R. Cou i den, to be a commander. Postmasters — John A. Childs, Bvanston, I 111.; Henry L. Chester, Sutherland. Io. ; ! 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CANEA, March 31.— The Insurgents by a bold stroke occupied the hill on the south side of Suda bay last evening. They were promptly shelled by the British, Austrian and Russian war ships. At daybreak today the firing was resumed and the Cretans were driven from their positions. As soon as the firing ceased they made another attempt to recover the ground and tiie warships promptly resumed the firing, which was heavy for several hour*?. During the cannonade three Turks were killed and five wounded. Larenica, Island of Cyprus, March 31. — The Greek steamer Elene has em barked a number of Cypriote volun teers and Greek reserves for the Island of Crete. She will try to run the blockade of that island. LONDON, March 31.— The Canea cor respondent of the Standard will say tomorrow, in describing the bombard men by the foreign warships, of the position taken by the Insurgents on the hill to the south of Suda Bay last even ing: When the Cretans began the at tack, Col. Bor proposed to the admir als that they should land a mixed force of 500 men to drive the insurgents from the position they occupied behind a strong Wcall along a ravine. The Aus trian and French admirals were op posed to taking the offensive, and they decided to confine their action to bom barding. By 8 o'clock in the morning the engagement was in full blast. The Turkish guns in Fort Izzedln could take only a small part in the firing, as most of them are directed seaward, but a Turkish frigate shelled the insur gents freely, though with little effect. An hour later the foreign men-of-war signalled their intention to bombard. The Greziastichy fired first, then H. M. S. Ardent, and finally the Austrian gunboat Tiger. Each vessel fired in its turn, aiming chiefly at the Greek flag which was hoisted above the stone walL The Ardent ceased firing at 9:30, but the Greziastichy, ranging close in shore, by degrees pounded down the wall, every shot telling. In spite of the heavy cannonade, the Cretans held their ground stoutly, even throwing out. skirmishers to repel the Turkish outposts, though they were compelled to abandon their own principal posi tions behind the stone wall. At 9:45 a. m. H. M. S. Camperdown, the outermost of the large ironclads, began firing six-inch shells. The Cre tans thereupon retired slightly, but cor-tinued a heavy fire until 10 o'clock, when the Camperdown, at a range of (i,40() yards, fired her big guns. The effect was instantaneous. Three out of four of the percussion shells burst diiectly in the center of the insurgents' position, and the Cretans fled helter skelter. The aim of the gunners was perfect, while the formidable noise of the enor mous shells hurtling through the air was alone enough to frighten any ene my. Things were now getting too hot to last and the insurgent flag was low ered. The Cretans in full retreat were hastened by the fire of the Greziastchy and the Tiger, which poured m with extreme accuracy of aim a succession of shrapnels. At 10:15 the last shell fell. Seeing that the object of the bombardment was accomplished the Austrian and Russian war ships steamed away for bleckade service. The Ardent returned to Suda. The Turkish soldiery rallied quickly from the forts, occupied the positions lately held by the insurgents, hoisted the Ottoman flag with great manifestations of delight, and even ad vanced across the open with great cool ness, though exposed to the continuous fire of the insurgent sharpshooters who > remained up to the last moment. LONDON, March 31.— At the ban quet given in his honor this evening at the National Liberal club, Lord Kim berly, leader of the Liberal party in the house of lords, severely arraigned the powers for their systematic pro crastination in dealing with the Greco- Cretan affair. He complained thai every action was taken too late to ac complish the end designed. "The sul tan." he said, "should be required to move his troops from the Island of Crete instant*- r, and if he refuses, then the powers ought to remove them." ATHENS, March 31.— C01. Vaaeoa, commander of the Greek forces in Crete, has heliogiaphed the following message to King George: "Conrary to their promises, the admirals have per mitted bands of armed Mussulmans at Candamo to pillage and burn houses outside the town, while every act of defence on the part of the Christians provokes bombardment by the foreign warships." Berlin, March 3i.— A dispatch to the Berliner Tageblatt from Constantinople today says that five of the powers, not including Germany, delivered a note to the sultan yesterday requesting the ins mediate withdrawal of the Turkis-h troops from the ThessaJian frontier. London, March 21.— The Daily Chron icle will publish a dispatch from its Rome correspondent tomorrow saying that great divergence of opinion is ap pearing among the powers with respect to the details of the action to be taken against Greece. The cleavage 1b so pronounced that a rupture of the con cert i« expected, especially in the event of wax. between Turkey and Greece. The correspondent of the Daily Chrentele at Volo, Greece telegraphs: "A thousand reservists reached Volo today. This is extremely important, and I am confident that the National society Is beginning to move." TARIFF BILL PASSED Contlnned From First rage, this was unintentional, the supremo court had held that it was retrospec tive. The income tax, although it had been held unconstitutional, levied on every dollar held on the first of the preceding January. Mr. Richardson contended that the supreme court decision, in the case in volving the Wilson law, in which tha opinion of the supreme court was de livered by Chief Justice Puller, de cided exactly contrary to the conten tion of Mr. Grosvenor. Goods Imported between Aug. 1 and Aug 28, 1894, it was decided, should pay the McKlnley and, not the Wilson rates. The debate on the amendment was concluded by Mr. Bailey, who saldi "Mr. Grosvenor falls to distinguish be tween the power of congress to paß9 retroactive laws and to put two in consistent laws in action at the same time. The proposition of the ways and means committee is that congress shall have the power to compel the people of the United States to live at the same time under two different and conflicting laws. You propose to put the people under laws that are yet in the unfathomable wisdom of the United States senate." The debate having been, ended, Mr. Orosvenor proposed an amendment to the amendment, which was that tha lien imposed on goods by this act, im pcrted between April 1 and the enact •• ment of the act, should be only to the amount of taxes of the duties of tn-la act over the Wilson act. The amend ment was adopted. The vote was then taken by the tell ers on tlhe origlna.l amendment fixing April 1 as the date on which the bill was to go into effect and it was adopt ed—lso to 120. One of the features of the dosing hour was a brief speech by Mr. White (Rep., N. C), the only colored main in the house, in commendation of the bill. He aroused his colleagues and the gal leries to applause by saying the South ern Democrats had advocated at differ ent times free trade, free whisky, free silver, free everything, except free elections and free niggers. In the name of 9,000,000 of his race, 90 per cent of whom were laborers, he indorsed tha bill. As the hour for voting neared, the excitement increased. Fifteen minutes before 3 o'clock Mr. MoMil'.m (Term.) was recognized for five minutes to close the debate for his side. Ho briefly reviewed the "extraordinary" methods by which the bill was being | brought to a vote. He charged that aTnendments were cut off because tha leaders of the majority feared that they might be crushed by their own co horts. Mr. McMillin concluded by having read the words of Speaker Reed then in the opposition on the occasion of the passage of the Wilson law. "With I those words," said he, "I let the bill go I forth to the just execration of a robbed and outraged people." Mr. Dingley then took the floor and closed the debate in a ten-minute speech. In calm words he spuke of the ! extraordinary circumstances which i produced the exigency which congreja j had been called in extra session to | meet. The ways and means committee had labored faithfully to adjust duties to present conditions. There might be some little dissatisfaction with rates; he assured his colleagues and the coun try that he felt confident the bill would accomplish the purpose for which it was framed. When the hammer fell at exactly 3 o'clock the Republicans gave their j leader a ringing round of applause ; which was taken up by the galleries ' Jitid continued for several minutes. I The debate being at an end, the committee rose and the bill, with the pending amendments, was reported lo j the house. Mr. Bailey demanded a separate vote j on the amendment fixing tomorrow as ! the date on which the bill shall go into ■ effect. The other amendments were i adopted in gross with only formal op ■ position. A roll call was demanded ! on the excepted amendment and it was | adopted 200 to 140. The combined op ; position of Democrats, Populists and i silverites voted against the amendment | except Mr. Newlands (Nev.) who voted j for it, and Messrs Hartman (Silverite, I Mont.); Jones (Fusionlst, Wash.); ! Martin (Pop., N. C), and Stroud (Pop., ; N. C). who did not vote. The bill was then ordered to be read a third time, after which Mr. Dockery offered the motion of the minority to recommit the bill with instructions. ; The motion was in the form of a reso : lution, as follows: Resolved, That the bill, H. R. 379, be re committed to the committee on way^ and means, with instrucilons to report the same ba.k to the house, with amendments, placing ; upon the f:ee list all articles manufactured, ! produced or controlled by any combination or i organization of persons or corporations, formed in the United States for the purpose of limiting, regulating or controlling tho supply or price of any such articles, and with the further provision that the rates of duty now prescribed by law shall be levied and collected on any and all of such articles when, in the opinion of the secre ary of th© treasury, such articles shall cease to be- I manufactured, produced or controlled In the , United Stages by any such combination or organization. Contrary to the general expectation no point of order was raised against t the motion. Mr. Dingley, however, | immediately demanded the previous question on the motion which was ordere<j and without debate or explana tion the vote was taken upon it by yeas f<nd nays. The motion to recommit was lost 148 to 196. The Republicans voted solidly against the motion and the combined opposition, with the ex : ception of Mr. NewlamlH, for it. The roll call on the panage of the bill was then taken and was followed with I intense interest. Not a break occurred In the Republican ranks. Five Demo crats — Meyer, Broussard and Davey (La.) and Kleberg and Slayden (Tex.J voted with the majority. Mr. Howard (Ala.) was the only Pop ulist who voted for the bill, but twenty-one of the Populists, Fusionists i and Silverites declined to record them- I selves either way. Before announcing the result of the | vote the speaker directed his name to be called. "Mr. Reert," phou'ted the clerk. "Aye." replied the speaker. The Republicans applauded vlgorous j ly and when the speaker announced I the result, "Ayes, 205; Nays, 122; present and not voting 21, and so the bill is i passed," the Republicans rose en masse and cheered. The galleries joined in the demonstration. Immediately afterward, on Mr. Ding ley's motion, the house adjourned until Saturday. 8