Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-17
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
The Arkansas Flood 4,

falling, but the overflow into the
city is not very heavy, and no great
alarm is felt.
LITTLE ROCK. March 10. L u en-
ant Vedder, U. S. A., Us of the
food that he does not ee how any,
thing SO appalling could be exagser.
ated. The river i, higher than Ia
has ever known. At places alon ,
the railroad in Desha county whore
the water Was never before known to
reach SO high point, strong cur
rent is now sweeping. Four thou
sand persons in De+ha, and 5 900 in
Chicot counties need supplies, and
three-fourths of the territory in both
counties is under water. As TO the
appropriation necessary, he believed
81. 900 900 would be required. The
people will be in just as bad condi-
ton when the water goes down rs
they are now. The Government
will have to take care of them at
least 80 days, and will have to assist
in putting in their crops. After the
crops are planted they can obtain
supplies in the usual way, by mort
gage. He has made report to this
effect to the War Department, and
returned to Memphis tonight.
MEMPHIS, March 1.-THE river
here fell one inch to day, and now
marks 81 feet 10 inches on the gauge
and two inches below the highest
point reached this season. Twenty
thousand rations for Tennessee SUI
ferers arrived this afternoon to be
distributed Monday. Capt. ]. NJ.
Lee, an army officer appointed by
the Secretary of War 10 ascertain
the condition CT affairs in MISSISSIPPI
pi, returned tonight at 10 o'clock
from Arkansas City on the steamer
Dean adams. In an interview with
the Western associated press reporter
Capt. Lee said no true idea OF the
true condition of the country over
flowed can be imagined without
being seen. From point twenty
miles below Momphis, where the
first break in the levee occurred, the
entire country is one vast seq of
water. People oil through this sub
merged region are utterly destitute
and in starving condition. Their
stock has been drawled, they are
living in gin houses, stable lofts and
upper stories of cabins. Hundreds
subsist on hard corn. Many have
been temporarily relieved by dis
tribution OF Government rations, hut
Others could not be reached aud the
suffering is very great. The leveo
along the river front is broken "a
forty different places between Mem
phis and Arkansas City, and at song
points the river is ffty miles wide
All published reports fall short Of
giving any idea Of the damage done
or restitution prevailing. His first
estimate made to the Secretary Of
War that AGO, 900 ratiohs would be
required to feed tho II 900 needy in
the State of Mississippi will. he says
fall short, as the destitute will prob.
ably be double that number. Capt
Lee will telegraph Secretary Lincolr
and await further instructions here
Crevasses near lake Charleg were
caused by high winds, ana one repair
camp was deluged AMI outfit carried
away while men were sleep. Sec
rotary Lincoln sends $4,000 ration!
: to Memphis for Tennessee sufferers
In Washington county. Miss, ther'
is a doleful state OF affairs. Levees
broken down, creeks and high land
flooded. Greenville barely escape!
through temporary work and 5000
to IL, 900 people are homeless il tn
7 country, having lost stock and every
thing else they possessed.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, March 10TH,
Governor has received q Telegram
from Cairo, stating that about tw.
hundred families, including abou
1000 colored people, living in tn
overlooked districts of Alexandra
county, have lost their property ant
are without present means OF liveli
hood. The citizens have thus fal
kept them from actual suffering, bu
continued floods make it necessar,
! to ask aid. The Governor directed
the commissioners appointed to dis
tribpted tho rations sent to Pulaski
county to also care for Alexandra,
county sufferers, and will ask aecre
! tary Lincoln for additional supplies
Sentence OF Mason.
| New York, March 10.-The find
. ing of the court of Seryean,
Mason, who shot at Guiteau las
September, was made public yester
day by order issued by General Han
, cock from the headquarters OF the
Department of the East, at Govern.
or's Island. The court-martial finds
Mason guilty. and pronopnces the
, following sentence: To be dishon
orably discharged from the ssrvio.
of the United States with loss OF al
pay and allowance now due or t.
become due to him, and then to b,
confined at hard labor in such peni
tentiarv as the proper authorize,
may direct for eight years. TIL.
order issued yesterday states thai
tho findings have been approved
and that the sentence will be duly
executed. The penitentiary at Al.
bany is designated as the place Of
? Mason's confinement. He is now al
Washington, and will be held there
until further orders. The Sc lectio,
of Albany Peniteptiary "a the plac,
OF imprisonment for Mason is sub
ject to the approval Of the Secretary
of War.
Chinese Naturalization.
: New YORK, March 1O.-The Trib
} une of to-day says: The Senate ha
, passed the Chinese immigration bill