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F ilfl r H 1 VOL. XI. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Y Decree That Shows the Progress of the World's Thought IZAR OF RUSSIA GROWS LIBERAL Local Self-Government Granted i*i Some Instances?A L.on$* Step In Advance. St. Petersburg, Ry Cable.?The Czar has published a decree providing for rreedom of religion throughout his dominions, establishing to some degree local self-government and making other concessions to the village committees. The decree, which was issued in commemoration of the anniversary of the birthday of Alexander 111, is considered to be the most significant act of state since the emancipation of the serfs. The public bails it as tin? proclamation of an era opening up bright prospects of the ear.y Improvement of Russian internal administration. The text of the decree is in part as follows: "The trouble agitating our country, which to our deep regret have partly Deen sown by designs hostile to the I State and partly engendered by doc- i trincs foreign to Russian life, hinder the general work of ameliorating tho well-being of our people. These troubles confuse the public mind, remove the people from productive labor, and often ruin families dear to our heart nnd young < ncrgies among high and low, necessary to the internal development of the country. In demanding the fulfillment of this, our will, while remaining strongly opposed to any violation of the normal course of national : life, and having confidence that all j will loyally discharge their local du- ; ties, we are irrevocably decided to ! satisfy the needs for which the State | lias become ripe and have deemed it > expedient to strengthen and decree it j expedient to observance of the principles of tolerance laid down by the fundamental laws of the Russian Em i-,- .. ? f?c, -uitu. niusnuuig cue urinoaox i Church as the ruling one, grant to all j our subjec ts of other religious and to j all foreign persuasions freedom of creed and worship In accordance with i other ites; and we are further resolv- i ed to continue the active carrying out of mcaiures for the improvement of the matM'lal position of the orthodox .nvaO ciergy, while enabling them to j cake a larger share in intellectual and , public life. "In accordance with impending measures for the consolidation of tho national economy, the efforts of the State credit institutions and especially the nobles and peasants banks should be directed to strengthening and developing tlie welfare and fundamental pillars of Russian village life and that of the local nobility and peasantry. These principles marked out by us for the disposition of the laws of the rural population are, when formulated, to be i referred to the provincial government councils, so that with ihe assistance of persons ienjoying the public's confidence, they may be further developed and adapter! to the special conditions of individual localities. This fundamental principle of the inviolability of communal property is to be maintained, while the same time means are to be found' to render it easier for the indlvadual to server connections with the community to which he belongs, if he so desired. "Without delay measures must be taken to release the peasants from the present burdensome liability of enforced labor. "Through reforms are to be effected in the provincial governments and districts admlnistratlonal by the local representatives, while attention will be devoted to securing closer co-operation between the communal author! ties and parochial trustees of the Orthodox churches wherever possible. "Calling upon all our subjects to cooperate in strengthening the foundations of families, school and public life under which alone the well-being of the people and the confidence of every one in the stabiity of his rights can develop, we command of o?r ministers and chief officials concerned in this matter to submit to us their views regarding the execution of our intentions." Sworn to Kill His Uncle. Knoxvllle, Tenn., Special.?Garrett Heddon. an alleged moonshiner, has been stabbed to death by his brother. Riley Heddon. in Polk county. A year *go in an altercation with another brother, Garrett killed him and this murder led to his own death. Garrett ind Riley had visited the town of Re liance and had started home when they became involved in a quarrel about larrett having killed his brother, the lesult being that Ftiley plunged a knife through his body. Garrett was taken borne, where, after his family had assembled, be gave to his eldest son iged 10, his pistol, making him swp'i? that he would kill his uncle when he ^vas large enough. Another Rcstrnlntng Order. K: nsna City, Special.?An Injunction as; granted to the Kansas City Trans>. Company against the Team Uriels' International Union. No. and ie sympathizers of the strike, by luge John P. Phillips, of the United tatos District Court. The action was reiight on the ground that the com- i lalnants are government cartmen, be it employed by the government In unsporting, bonded goods. ORT F< LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Mnay Matters of General Interest la Short Paragraphs The Sunny South. flcavy floods are threatening towns on the lower Mississippi. The Southern Railway will greatly enlarge its shops at Spencer. The North Carolina General Assembly closed its bi-annual session Monday. Along the Mississippi the levees ary being strengthened with bags of sand and the levees are breaking in places. Government engineers report thnt the highest water ever known in the Mississippi is to lie feared before tb^ present flood subsides. Secretary of the Navy Moody, with a party of ofllc ials, left Charleston, S. C.. at noon Wednesday on the <1 is ikm.cu uoat uoipmn ior a cruise 111 the West Indies. Tlie condition of ex-Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, who has been ill for some days, is reported as improved. A paroxysm of hiccughs which lasted two days preatly distressed the patient, but the physicians now havo this unfavorable symptom under control and the family express the hope that he will entirely recover. J. R. Mcintosh, general counsel of the Southern division of the Posial Telegraph Company, who has been ill in Atlanta for some time with pneumonia. was last night reported to be in a very critical condition. Hope for his recovery has been practically abandoned, although his physicians state that he may live two or three days. At The National Capital. The blockade of the Orinoco by Venezuela is expected to develop fresh International complications. Representatives of the throe Americas will meet at the State Department to consider tire Pau-American railway project. The President has nominated Wm. Plimley to be Assistant United States Treasurer at New York, succeeding the late Conrad Jordan. At The North. At Olean, N. Y.. 18 to 20 persons were killed and double that number injured by an explosion of oil. The ferryboat Neptune was sunk by the river steamer Margaret at Pittsburg, but no lives were lost. The unsatisfactory bank statement and the assignment c- Dresser & Co. caused 'Mocks to break sharply in Wall xtreet. The protected cruiser Chattanooga, for the United States Navy, built by Lewis Nixon's company, was launched at Ellaabethport, N. J., Miss Lillian Chambliss, daughter of the Mayor of Chattanooga, acting as sponsor. The directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per cent. A statement issued estimates the net revenue for the quartor ending March 31 at $1,850,000. Arthur It. Pennell co-respondent in the divorce suit of Edwin I* Ourdick, who was mysteriously murdered at Buffalo, was dashed to death in an automobile, and his wik* who was with him, is believed to be fatally injured. Hon. William J. Bryan, addressing the Michigan Judicial Convention at Detroit, criticised ex-President fUovo. land, J. P. Morgan and J. Edward Addicks. The stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in annual meeting at Philadelphia, voted to increase the capital stock oi the company by |150,000,000, making the authorized capital $-100,000,000. Judge E. B. Adams, at St. I-ouis, named March 17 as the date for hearing arguments on the Wabash Railroad injunction. Six strange deaths on the Karamania which arrived in New York from Southern Europe, caused the health officials to suspect cholera and to order all on the vessel detained in quarantine. From Across The Sen. Pope I>eo XIII received a Jubilee delegation of British Catholics. The British House of Commons began to debate on the army estimates The Naval Committee of the Rciohstag cut down the Government's p-o gram for expenditure. In the French Chamber of Deputies the the Government was urged to acquire Morocco. Nineteen Italians are believed tn have boon drowned by the capsizing of a ferry boat on the Hudson river at Spier Falls, New York. Lord Lovat was overcome with stage fright and sat down after comlcting only part of the first sentence of his maiden speech in the House of Lords. The Ameer of Afghanistan divorced all his wives but four. Tope Leo, it is announced, will receive pilgrims in Home today. A great automobile parade saluted Emperor William in Berlin. Townsville, North Queensland, has been visited by a cyclone, In which many persons were killed or injured A part of the hospital building collapsed during the storm, killing six persons. Schools, churches and residences were destroyed, and many of the inhabitants have been rendered homeless. v MI] )RT MILL, S. C? WEDI KILLED BY A TRAIN Peculiarly Sad Tragedy at Hamtet, North Carolina OPERATOR MEETS A TRAGIC DEATH nr. James \V. Dunoway Steps on the Track in Front of a Rapidly Moving Passenzcr Train. Hamlet. X. C.. Special.?James \V. Dunawav, operator for the Western Union Telegraph Company at (his place, was hit and killed by train No. 38 as it came into the yard Wednesday morning. Mr. Dunaway was going from the office to his homo, walking along by the track with his head down, and when in a few steps of the engine, stepped on the track, seemingly not knowing the train was approaching. The engineer reversed his engine and did all ho could to stop the j train, but the distance was too short. A'ith the exception of the left arm be?ig broken and a bruise on the side of tfne head there are no external Injuries. The force of the blow knocked tfiie man to one side and off the tracJc and ho never rallied from the shock, dying in SO minutes. Mr. Dunaway lead been suffering from neuralgia for several days. It is believed he was crazed with the pain at the time and was oblivious to the approach of the train when he stepped on the track. Ho leaves a wife and three children. His remains will be taken to Salisbury tomorrow for burial. Kink-hearted people have very liberally contributed to raising a purse for the griof-sfieken wife and children, who are In needy circumstances. Violence of Strikers. Kansas City. Special.?Violence entered into the strike of the 211 drivers employed by the 14 transfer companies of the city who went on strike this morning for an increase in wages and for recognition of their union. Perhaps half a hundred men were employed during the day to take the places of the strikers, though but little work was accomplished by them. During the afternoon strikers and their sympathizers gathered in large numbers at several points in the west bottoms and held up wagons driven by non-union men. At the Burlington freight depot, the police wore forced to draw their revolvers to disperse a crowd that had cut the traces of teams hitched to two loaded wagons. At another point. George B. Evans, an employe of the American Express Company, in attempting to disperse a crowd that was throwing stones "at a driver, tired a shot into the ground. N. N. Latin, a striker, interfered and made a move to draw a knife, when both men were arrested. In the afternoon a crowd blocked tho thorough fare and threw stones at the nonunion drivers. Much excitement prevailed and the police were kept busy. Big Tobaceo Profits. New York. Special.?The annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Tobacco Company was held Wednesday in Jersey "City. The old board of directors was re-elected with one exception. Charles N. Strotz being chosen to succeed Thomas F. Jeffries, of Richmond, Va After deducting all charges and any expenses the net earnings for the year were $7,450,574. The stockholders of the Consolidated Tobacco Company also held their annual meeting. The old board of directors was re-elected. The report of the assistant treasurer showed total earnings of $13,291,459. The annual meeting of the Conti nental Tobacco Company was also held when the old board of directors was re-elected. The treasurer's report showed net earnings, after deducting all charges and expenses, of $11,770,934. nisslon Anniversary. New York, Special.?A conference eelebratlng the twentieth anniversary of the National Florence Crittenton Mission, opened in the mission house In Bleeker street. The president. Chas. N. Critenton, assisted by Mrs. Kate Walter Barrett, general superintendent, extended cordial hospitality on behalf of the Old Mother Mission. The following delegates were present: Mrs. Jones, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Wolfe. Alexandria, Va.; Mrs. Holtzclaw, Chattanooga. Tenn.; Mrs. Fisher, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Holt, Savannah, (la. Papers on various subjects connected with mission work were read by visiting delegates. The convention will continue until Saturday. White Man Killed. Columbia, S. C., Special.?W. L. Croft, a white man who lived at Fairfax. Barnwell county, S. C., was shot and instantly killed from ambush Monday night, near his home. Suspicion strongly points to.a negro. Frank Strange, whose wife Croft had befriended by giving her a home after her husband had driven her from bis house. LL stesday, march is, THE EXTRA SESSION Senator Horgan Still Speaks on the Canal Question. Senator Morgan Tuesday secured the first material concession that has been made to him by the Senate in connection with the Panama treaty with Colombia. This convention consisted of an agreement to attach the Spooncr Canal act bodily to the treaty. This change was mnd? compliance with a request which was p tu*Jvted by Senator i.odge during V s executive res* i n of the SHj^ and after the n< ccsslty for it hnd^^Hi disother members of the Scnate.^w Senator i?aniel exnresseil the opinion that as tlio preamble to the treaty rails for the attachment of a copy of the act that attachment was necessary to preserve the terms of the document intact. Senator Mortar, contended that without this atta* hm? nt the treaty was absolutely uivaiic.l. Senators Teller an<l Hoar took the opposite view, urging that as the act was in existence and of record in the statutes of the United States, the physical annexation was of no consequence whatever. Senator Lodge, however. suggested that no injury could result from the .attachment of the act and requested unanimous consent for that purpose. There was no objection and Senator Morgan's wish in this respcct was gratified. It was specifically stipulated, however, that this concession did not amount to an amendment o." the treaty. Senator Morgan consumed the entire time of the remainder of tne closed session, discussing the canal question from various points of view, and going over much ground which he had already covered. Most of his speech was wrtten. and when Senator Cullom asked him if the speech he was reading was a new one. or an old one, he replied with some manifestation of vexation that it was new. adding that ho did not have to repeat his addresses. He discussed particularly the attitude of the i -thmian canal commission of which Admiral Walker is the head and criticised to some extent the change of view taken by that commission ir. its last report. He also dwelt upon the variation of the terms of the treaty from those of the Spoonor law. During the progress of his addross Senator Morgan expressed a desire to have copies of the correspondence between the United States government and the new Panama Canal Company hearing upon the acceptance of the option given by that company to the United States to purchase the canal for $40,000,000 ami the Senate consented to make a request 011 the Secretary of State for those documents. They had not arrived at half past 3 o'clock and as Senator Morgan stated that he would he unaide to proceed without them Senator Cullom moved that the Senate adjourn an! this motion prevailed. During the day there was more or less informal discussion of the propo sition to permit Senator Morgan to publish his remarks in The Congressional Record, but there was no effort to reach a conclusion on this point. Senator Cullom. chairman of the committee on foreign relations, has taken the position that this permission to print shall not be granted unless Senator Morgan will agree to allow a day to be fixed for the vote upon the treaty. On the other hand. Senator Morgan says that he is entirely independent of the Senate in these respects because he says he can discuss to any extent he please in the public print a former tn aty between the United States and Colombia, which is almost identical with the pending treaty and which has been made public. During the day Senator Morgan forwarded to each Senator copies of eight pamphlets prepared by himself on the canal question. They dealt usually under special titles, with the following subjects: "The History of Onlnmtvln'c! flmnl 1 ? ? ^uiiui V/U1K uagiuua UIIU I lie Organization of Canal Companies;" "The Methods Employed to Put the Old Panama Canal Into Operation In France;" "Colombia's Relationship to the Canal Company;" "The Campaign of Ilo, Hutln and Cromwell of Temptation, Insolence and Coercion;" "Attorney General Knox, and the Law of the Case," and "The State of Civilization in Colombia." In the second of his pamphlets. Senator Morgan contends against the validity of the title of the new Fana, ma Company, dcolaring that tho French courts had no power to dissolve the old Panama Canal Company or to appoint a liquidator to hold and control the property of that company in Panama. Mr. Morgan asserts that the French courts overstepped the Jurisdiction in the matter of trans fer of title. Mr. Morgan accuses those desiring to sell the canal of "riding down tho Colombia constitution" and asserts that $1,000,000 in gold was furnished by the new canal company, lust'iHcr wuu mo use of its railroad and ships to Colombian leaders in order to prolong the canal concession by maintaining the army and continu iug the state of war. The trampling of their constitution under foot in this manner he characterizes as a very bitter experience for the people of Colombia. Senator Morgan takes is sue with the conclusion? of Attorney General Knox as to*the validity of the till" the canal company can transfer and contends no concession is valid without an act of cession passed by the Colombian congress. In his ( pamphlet on "The State of Civilization in Colombia" Senator Morgan devotes much space to the influence of the Catholic church in Colombia. He asserts that the results have created deep-seated fanaticism in Colombia and that this order controls Colombia riME lbo.i. t I In its present politics and will control it in future, "so that when wo are in disagreement with Colombia, we are in conflict with the Holy Alliance." A Large Inheritance Charleston. S. C.. Special.?Mrs. John Hopkins, who live ,n rednc. i circumstances at Ophir g il.i min . Union county, this State will receive $113,000. the fortune of the Inte Charles Hill, alias "Salem Charley," of Los Angeles, Cal. It appears that Mrs. Hopkins' first husband. Robert Alexander, while in Texas, twenty years auo. saved the life of Chirk s Villi and Hill made a will of all of his property to his preserver. Mrs. Hopkins* two lawyers left Union for Los .Angeles today. Kit cd in Collision. Danville. Ya.. Special. Karly Tuesday morning the Southern fast passenger. standing at (his station, was run into hy the north-bound Florida (Iyer, resulting In the death of Jos. E. MoArthur. of (laffncy, S. C.. a passenger, and w. E. Ncal. of Rural Hill. N. C.. an ovorhauler. who was coupling the air hrakis. James Coleman, an em i.v...v ... iii.iu, wim w;is assisting I Xonl. was taken to the hospital, when I ono of his arms was amputated. Doth I engines woro wrecked and several cars damaged. Situnii hi Grave at Natchez. Natchez, Miss.. Special. Every precaution that ran he devised is being adopted to prevent any attempt at cutting the levee and a constant watch is maintained by armed men. Heavy rains added to the gravity of the situation. The river rose three-tenths and la now 2.f? above the danger line, which facts have intensified the f cling of apprehension. The steamer i'.- tsy Ann brought iu 2.r>0 people from tlie* flooded district hi t ween here and itayou Sara. The stearic!s St. Joseph and Senat . Cordill a 1 > also doing eonsiderahle n lief work between Natchez and Vicksburg. ll'gh Water In Arkansas. Little liock. Ark., Special.?The White. Ulaek and Current rivers are bank full and rising with a great volume of water yet in sight. It i3 expected that the river at Newport. Ark., will show a gauge of 42 foot which will put the White river into the Iron Mountain yards and over a great portion of track. The Arkansas here is rising rapidly above and the weather bureau predicts a rise here within the next 4S hours which will send the wa tor above the danger line. Crum's Appointment. Washington. Special.?The Senate committee on eonimerco decided to postpone action on the nomination < ; Wtn. D. Crum, to be collec tor cf th port at Charleston. S. C., until next Thursday. The suggestion for por.t ponement was made by Senator Clay. There are a number of vacancies < n tlie committee and ho urged that the committee should not act until these were tilled. It is now believed by the opponents of Dr. Crum that another meeting of the committee will not b held during the present session. Justice Day's Illness S.-rious. Washington. Special.?The Associated Prees is Informed by a member of the family of Justice Day, of the United States Supreme Court, that he Is suffering from a severe attack grip. His condition, it is admitted, is serious. Mrs. Day and two sons arrived hero Friday. Two other sons, one at the University of Michigan, | , I nun uiu UIUQI ill. u BVUUUI in A8nc- j I vllh\ N. C.. are being kept closely ad 1 I vised as to their father's illness. During the year ending June 30, 1901, 282 passengers were killed by railroad accident .ml 4.9s< passengers were injured. Railroad employes, trespassers and grade crossings victims suffered most everely. The total number of casualties to persons on account of railway accidents for the year was (51,794, 4he number of persons killed having been 8,455, and the numoored injured, &S.339. Of railway t employees, 2.(57") wore killed and 11,142 r injured. The total number of persons F other than employees and passengers ' killed was 5,498; injured 7.209. These 1 figures include casualties to trespassers, of whom 4,001 were killed and 4, 858 were injured. The total number of casualties to persons other than !j employees from being struck by f trains, locomotives or cars was 4,135 killed and 3.995 injured. Casualties ( of this class occurred as follows: At j highway crossings, passengers killed 3. injured 11; other persons killed 828. I injured 1,343; at stations, passengers f killed 21. injured 344; other persons ' killed 378, injured 553; and at other points along track, passengers killed G, injured 27. other persons killed 2,899, injured 1,717. 1 A Product of Misrisoippi. Representative Candler of Mississlp- ! pi was speaking on the pure food hill. * He extolled the food products of his : own state. '"I should like," broke in , Representative Sims, "to ask a fines- s tion about Mississippi a question r about another product of that grand t old state. How are the hears holding < out?" "Wonderfully well," Candler re- : plied. "liven Presidents cannot get * them. Still, wo all hoped the I'r sident would shoot one, so he could see what pure bear food we produce." :s. NO. 52. KILLED IN HIS AUTO. Penncll (iocs to Mis Death in a Very Tragic Manner WAS ANOTOT1IER SAD MYSTERY One of the Chief Figures in the llurdick Alurder Case Crushed (ioitig Over free p ce. Uufi'alo, Special. More terrible. almost. than tlu? death of K. L. Uurdiek. was the tragedy that o r.riod late Tuesday aftei aci a when Arthur Pcniu II. one ol the ? hief figur s in the itt\ c ligation of the llurdiek ir. :rdcr. was hurled headlong into eternity. Mr. Pennell was riding in his ehvtrie ntitomobile with .Mrs. I'eniKll. They were on Kensington avenue, near Fillmore avenue, skimming the edge of the stone quarry, a huge roek-ribbed hole in tlie giound. Penneli's hat blew off, the automoh:le swerved and in some inexplicable manner it leaped over the curb into the abyss below. !'? nnell was killed instantly, his head being crushed to an unrecognizable mass. Mrs. Pennell was injured so so rely that the surgeons at the Sisters' Hospitajt to which she was taken, say her chances of recovery are very slight. Two hoys saw the tragedy. They were too far av ay to know positively just how it happened. Mrs. Penm II when found was unable to speak. Sin was only s< mi-conscious when taken to the hospital and tould speak no coherent words. After the operation was performed immediately by l>r. Ktigeuo Smith in the hope of savor: licr life, she lapsed into unconsciousness and hence there t an lie no irn v? iMoti of pjceisely I ow toe affair o <"ir. I. Mr. Pennell > f. his tulle. i.t the Austin building at 1:0a o'clor!; in thei afternoon, lie went to his homo a* -OS Cleveland avenue. A friend who eulletl up Mr. Pennell on the telephone about 5 o'clock was inlormed vii.it Mr. Pennell was in hut that he v.a- going for a drive. Mr. Pennell hints -if answered the telephone and said tliat he would be hack between 6:110 and 7 o'clock, making an appointment with his friend for that iiour. "Would 6 o'clock do?" he was asked. "Oh, well yes. might come at 6 o'clock, but you better make it later."" said Mr. Pennell. Those ivere the last words Pennell was known to speak to any one except. .Mrs. Pennell, save that lie went hack to the stairs and called out to Llzr.ie Rolmianre, the maid, "Lizzie, we will bo back between ?' and 7 o'clock." ? uen he and Mis. l'ennell rode away in the automobile. It was learned that uic matter mentioned in the telephone talk was something he considered mysterious an 1 which welgho 1 heavily upon Mr. Pennell in eoun tion with the Ilurdicl; murder. Recently Mj^ pennell made the following st^ivhieyt: "About tl is c,wj'' of Burdlck.? ^ hav< told the authorities 1 wont Sivay. tc New York before the murder and i/at I met Mrs. Burdiek while 1 was a\yn>T In fact I saw Mrs. Hurdick near New York two or three days before the raurdei*. I have told it frankly and the meeting v.?s a proper one. But they* seem to be determined to drag all this business out, t- flV' !>:?pors. I would do anything to stop 'it. PptlCeii iiis wife h ft their home it 4:.70 o'clock or one or two minutes tiefore that time. It was a gloomy aflernoon and rain was falling. It seemed t strange day for a man to take bis vife autnmobiling, in tin* lonely northlast section of the eity at such an hour. Pcnnall was not a veteran at automo?di?? ? ?- - .....o, i? in- was .-in expert at pawling the machine and was experienced is to its management. What was unjsual about today's proceeding, according to the maid, was that Mrs. Penneil had always before told her vh'-n they would return, "Today, how>vcr," said the girl, when they went )ut it was Mr. I'ennell who told me."' Their route on their ride no one can ell in detail. Captain Cable and the >olice weie trying tonight to trace the oute of the automobile. Mrs. Penleli has been loyal to her husband hroughout his trying experiences doing the last ten days. She frequently aid that her faith in him was unshacen and that she would stick to him to he end. Telegraph c Hrl f<. A notable Fren li-Amerieon ilomonitration marked a banquet in l'aris to I>avid It. Francis, president o? the Lous'.ana Purchase Exposition. M I..1? r>?i~ 1- - - .... nines jiuis, in u rails interview, ells the story of his romance with dme. Emma Calve, whom he is to wed. Camiilc Flaminarion, the no; d rrench officer, dissents from I>r. Alre<i It. WallP.ee's theory that the earth s at the center of the univ -no. High Wnt ?r at Vick but g Vicksburg. Miss.. Special.- There la ittle change ir. the flood situation her.; xcept that the liver continues sh wly o rise, the gauge registering 47.ft. a wo-tenths ri"> since morning. There ias been a steady fall of rain here ali lay. Thousands rf aero of line faming lands along Steele's layou are Liindatod and the hark water ir.ipldly p reading. Locally tho w"tT is rayily ncroachlng upon the wholesale ??i rlct and the comp'cssc.s and alrci iy he lover floods of several w:?rehor.!-"s. ire flo.-hri. Another foot rh-o \v:ll irohahly for-e the Yazoo & Mississippi /alley Rail: m 1 shops to suspr-ml >j rations. Reports fr'm up-river >oinU state that the levees are hold ng well.