Show ON THE HOUSETOPS Inhabitants of Mississippi Yallej SttUng Safety From The floats BANK THE SIXTH NATIONAL FRAUDS Llrely Election Contest iu 3111 waukr Euiptror ITIIIUm anilThe Czar DT Telf jmph Ulo UI l Tfco MI IIdlpt < Flood ST JUIS April lInforniatlon la to hand as to tlie state of affair In the flooded Iflconl clrcleahectlon loe of country between JlcIcnaaud Arkansas Ar-kansas Ulty lying between the Mississippi and White rivers The people have been on the tops of Ii fie hh d their houms and clinging to the trees for n wecU ilany of them nre nearly utarved to dtntli Many of Uieir cattle which were placed on the platforms have been washed away and drowned The citizens of Helena ent the ntcamtr Jloutton Uoomtt down on Thursday to aid the iople On Friday men went over the whole circle In skill nnd transferred the people from the trees and roofs to Jple the glnhouscs which aru generally large and tuUtantial AH the houra with people hO are packed wit l > pll There are two hundred In some of them The Jloutton Coomb brought out one hundred and thirty people oonehl Jh Jn r hl and one hundred and ten head of ctoclt arriving at Helena yesterday UI FAIUS April 1 General Ambert I dead aged SO The Cllr of I arl CJcEENSTOWX April J Divers find Df the broken machinery punched a hole In the bottom of the JUy of Jar The leaks liave been stopped to Mime extent and the water hn been pumped out e that the tteamcr I up to tho usual draught She will b toued to Liverpool tonight quen PAHIS Aprill Tbe Tjaroroys that IJuecn Victoria will visit Dami ttadt and will b met by the Emperor Em-peror William for conference All In Doubt CIT or MEXICO via Clalvcston April IIt I reported probable that a dial will b made with Jay i Gould for the Champla Railroad The report I doubtedas the railroad coiKesvfon is now in the hand of a Kuropean syndicate Another rumor ru-mor has It that UouU will establish a eteanuhlp line from the United States to Mexican and Central American Amer-ican points The HiinU < > KW On April I The United States grand jury tills morning returned an Indictment ngainu J 1 Classen for embezzlement of the fund of tho Sixth National Bank and making take entries They trill Jiff I ST rCTEKSccno April 1 Arrangements Ar-rangements have been made for the meeting of Knipenr William and the Czar during the coming fcum mer The Emperor will attend the manauven of the Iliuclau army at Kraunee Shcbele Chlra = on rlffllon liny CHICAGO Anril ITber are no mnrkeu tiiiaUinR election day The Tote are being east for aldermen alder-men aud township officers Miot TIm MlLWAfKEB April I A hot contest I In progrem over the city I election There are three tickets In the IliU republican democratic t1 > llmu demorUc and citizen The Lutherans and Catholics for the Bennett compulsory com-pulsory education law into the campaign They demand Its repeal and will vote for no candidate who does not agree with them This aroused the American and prote t ant elements nnd they turned out en mal Tcmpfrnturr I I CllICAfiO April I Xcw lork 3 New Orleans W St Louis 34 Ciu cnnat 32 Chicago 31 WinnlpvB Com NEW YOIIK April 1 The brick l ayers and employers have < om iromUcd on the eight hour demand I y the bricklayers working nine hour a day but getting 5 centa an hour mon nuking the wage 405 CUle Impolnlo LONDON April I Atamettlng of the slate Chambersof Agrl culture a resolution hn been adopted adopt-ed declaring the relaxation rvgula Ions prohibiting the Importation of American tore cattle to b extremc ly dangerous Pnblle Debt I > f Tfn f WASHINGTON April lI I es tDtn that there has been a decrease of 311500000 Iu the public debt rlncc the let o March lu WAbiiiyoroy April IThe IOUMJ committee oil judiciary has ejiorted a resolution retiting that It is I alleged by the attorney general that In itany ot the United states district CurL tho practice 01 ttiiending sentence on criminal canes prevails williout the warrant of law that in some iQtU of the country United States dklrlct attorneys marshal and deputies and United States comini aiouers lave been guilty of matail ml ills ration and corruption in onice Irectlng the committee on judiciary to inquire into the extent cause and Vdopted fleet of tuch illegal practices The Iou went Into committee fl the whole on the fortification and ppropriaUoii bill biLr Lr I WASIIINUTON April IIn the Senate Senator Stewart Introduced a1 regulating the manufacture lie and Importation of lager beer leer containing lol tIIe except I0 malt and water Is to be designated desig-nated I tIl The I bill nposes taxes upon brewers and delel In adulterated lager beer r with heavy penalties for failure to take out a Icu All packages conulnln the beverage o are lobe > randtd adulterated Adulterated wer imported ehall pay a duty on ager beer py IMrklt IITarni l 1 WOODSTOCK Onl April 1 Nevllle 1 Ilckthall who rnystcrl only dkappcareJ about tho time liurcbelland party arrived In this ountiy and who was eupposed to connected with Burchell arrived her today A COI nAn DI ALI X Y April ICon essman I > avid Wilber of the wentyfonrth district died at Toronto To-ronto this morning |