H? Chronicle
vol. x
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1897
NO OS
LEVEES ARE BREAKING
Deluge Threatens the Entire
Great Mississippi Delta.
RESIDENTS FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
Thonsaml of Men Working to Save the j
Greenville Ivee--Incalculirjle
Damns to Troperly.
Greenville. Miss., March 30. At 3
o'clock this morning another crevasse
occnrred about Mound's Landing, fifteen i
miles north of this city. At 4 o'clock
vesterday evening a break occurred near i
Australia, Miss., twelve miles north of
Eosedme, in Bolivar county. This, '
with the crevasse at Lake Lee, ten miles ;
below Greenville, will deluge the entire
great Mississippi delta. j
eany all asmngion ana uonvar
counties will go under during the nest
two days, and all Issaquena and parts of
Sunflower and Sharkey will also be
flooded. Livestock is drowning in great
numbers, and people are fleeing to the
railroad embankments and levees for
safety. It is impossible to estimate the
amount of property which will be de-'
strcyed. The suffering will be intense.
GreenvilIe,Eosedale,Stoneville, Areola,
and, in fact, all delta towns south of
Ecsedale to Vicksburg, will be under
water soon. The greatest excitement
prevails all along the line. The Green
ville levees are getting runsby. Thous
ands of men line the embankments
north and south of Greenville, working
like demons. All business is suspended,
and the people are fleeing for .their
lives.
Greenville lies in the center of a cres
cent, surrounded on two sides by the
river, and is twelve feet .below the level
of the embankments. Should the huge
ridge give way here, the loss of life
would rival the Johnston disaster. The
men along the levees are exhausted by
their long vigil, many not having tasted
food for twenty-four hours, and sleep
being amost unknown.
An Arkansas Levee Breaks.
Memphis, Tenn., March 30. A dis
patch to a cotton firm from Captain
JIarkcheek of the steamer Kate Adams,
reports a break in the levee on the Ar
kansas side at Luconia Circle, seventeen
nihes below Memphis.
A Hreak at Stoplaudinc.
Vkksbuuo, Miss., March 30. Last
night a Eenous break occurred in the
levte at Stoplanding, Miss., seven miles
north of Arkansas City. This makes
tie third break.
WENT TO THK BOTTOM.
St. Loulg KepulillCb Relief Tag Hunk in
Front of Meiiijiuls.
Memphis, Tenn., March 30. The
steam tug El Rio Rev, chartered by the
St. Louis Republic us a flood-relief
boat, sank in forty feet of water in front
of Memphis this morning. No lives
were lost.
The El Rev was anchored in a swift
current. During the night the current
changed and toppled the craft over in
enfficient water to sink her. The crew,
fife in number, escaped.
Republic Representatives Rafferty and
Woolen were not on board at the time of
the disaster.
Ulgu Water lu East St. Loali.
St. Louis, March 30. High water is
caneing uneasiness among the railroads
"Men have tracka in East St. Louie. A
8e of two feet caused the railroad lines
to begin active measures to protect their
property. The Air Line has been plac
jng extra ballast around the entrance to
jhe various culverts on its tracks, and
M moved all its rolling stock to higher
wound. The Short Line, Illinois Con
al and Louisville & Nashville are also
"kiog elmilar action.
Another Leree Ureaki.
JACKhON, Miss., March 30. The levee
, Mound's landing, twenty miles north
Greenville, has broken. It is said the
t"tak will fill Greenville with water.
'Jool Relief jjhj 1'assed.
Wamiingto.v, March 30. A bill niak
le Immediately available $250,000 for
Eag ll(e and property along the Mis-
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in an amended form and goes to the
president for his signature.
TROOPS TO TUE FI'.OXT,
Tower Preparing to Send
Reinforce-
merits to Crete.
London, March 30. The following
semi-official announcement was made
this evening:
"In consequence of the request of the
admirals, it nas been decided that a
further battalion of 600 men be forth
sent to Crete by each power. The Welsh
fusiliers at Malta have been ordered to
sail immediately. Otherwise the sit
uation as regards the action of the pow
ers, is unchanged.
"It has not yet been decided to de
mand the withdrawal of the Greek and
Turkish forces from the frontier, such
course appearing impracticable at the
present moment.
KIdc George to the Czar.
Constantinople, March 30. It is ru
mored in diplomatic circles here that
King George sent a message to the czar
saying it would be impossible for Greece
to yield to the powers regarding Crete,
and equally impossible to recall the
Greek troops from Thessaly, in view of
i the excited condition of the public mind.
It is believed even that annexation of
Crete would fail to satisfy the Greeks,
who are so imbued with the war fever
that nothing short of severe bloodletting
will cure them.
Greeks AVere Victors"
Constantinople, March 30. Reports
from Turkish headquarters at Elaseona
say the Greek leader, Alexis Taki, broth
er of the famous chieftain, crossed the
frontier into Macedonia Sunday, accom
panied by about 250 followers. Near
Grevena the Greeks engaged the advance
post of the Turkish troops, commanded
by a German officer. The Turks lost 12
men killed, 20 wounded, including a
German officer. The loss of the insur
gents is not known. They subsequently
returned across the border into Greek
territory. It is difficult' to Eee how war
between Greece and Turkey can be
avoided.
Duugerg of the Grip.
The greatest dangers from La Grippe
is of it resulting in pneumonia. If rea
sonable care is used, however, and
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is taken,
all danger will be avoided. Among the
ten of thousands who have used this
remedy for la grippe, wo have yet to
learn of a single case having resulted
in pneumonia, which shows conclusively
that this remedy is a certain preventive
of that dread disease. It will affect a
Dermanent cure in less time than any
other treatment. The 25 and 60 cent
sizes for sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
How can Schilling's Best,
tea cost so little and be so
good ?
Easy. It is roasted fresh
every day in San Francisco
like fresh coffee and pea
nuts. Other tea is roasted once
a year in Japan, etc., like
stale coffee and stale pea-
nuts.
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SWBVT BY A CYCLONE.
Death and Destruction Caused
by n
Storm In Oklahoma.
Kansas City, Mo.. March 30. A spe
cial to the Journal irom Guthrie, O. T.,
says :
At 6 o'clock this evening a terrific tor
nado, followed by hail and ibod, Bwept
through the towu of Chandler, 40 miles
east of here, completely devastating the
town. Three-fourths of the residences
and business houses of the town were
damaged, scores of people being injured,
and many killed,
Darkness at once came on, and the
work of rescue is carried on under great
est difficulties.
The telephone oflica was carried away,
and at 10 p. m. a telephone was connect
ed with the wire two mile3 this way and
a message sent here for assistance. Up
to that time, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood
man, Mrs. Henry Mitchell, Mrs. Tom
Smith, Attorney John Dawson and two
uuknown persons had been found dead.
Fully 150 people were known to be
badly injured. Mrs. Emma Foster and
baby are thought to be fatally hurt. The
following are also reported as injured :
John McCartner, brother-in-law of
United States Marshal Nagel; F. N.
Niblack and father ; John Foster, Mrs.
Emma Foster, two daughters of County
Treasurer Ulam, Samuel Winihrop and
George McHenry.
Chandler is a town of 15C0 people
built on a hill in thick timber, and the
mass of torn trees and wrecked houses
makes it impossible to reach all of the
people in the dark. On every side can
be heard groans and cries for help, and
the scene is indescribable.
A large number of physicians and
other citizens have left here for the scene
with surgical instruments, drugs and
other supplies.
A later message states that a large
number of people known to have been
in business buildings are missing, and it
is feared they are buried under the ruins.
The true state of affairs cannot be
learned until daylight.
Kansas City, Mo., March 31. The
Journal had this special from Guthrie:
At 1 o'clock this morning, 21 dead
bodies have been taken from the ruins
at Chandler, and 75 to 100 are badly in
jured, and a dozen or more of these are
reported dying.
In addition to those dead, injured and
dying, it is believed there are at least a
score or more dead buried beneath the
wrecked buildings. Several of tho
wrecked buildings have taken fire, and
the debris is burning fiercely.
Many of the injured have been burned
to death while pinned fast under the
debris.
In one building, it is reported live in
jured people were burned to death, and
at another place, the incinerated bodies
of three unknown persons have been
taken out.
All physicians of the town, save one,
met death in the storm. Nearly
all the physicians of Guthrie have gone
to the Ecene of the disaster.
There is more Catarrh in this Eection
of the country than all othe dieeases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrah Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from ten
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on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
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Salt Lake, March 30. A special to
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One of the largest wool eales of the
year was completed here Monday. Col
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Ifechtf Liebman & Co., of Boston, pur
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