Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-19
TELEGRAPHIC.
uNEouALED DEsTITuTIoN m THE
OVERLOOKED DISTRICTS.
NO LAND VISIBLE FOR 800
MILES.
Fifty Thousand Additional Rations
Ordered.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
DESTITUTE.
DISCUSSING POSSIBLE cABI-
NET CHANCES.
Dana's knowledge Of the Morey
Letter.
pana's knowledge Of the Morey
Letter.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
HELENA ARK, March 1S.-The desti-
tuition in the sunken lands of the Upper
st. Francis was never equaled in the m
nails Of disasters. These people, all
white. have received no help whatever.
Hundreds Of families are living on RATS,
eating dead animals and grasping at any
revolving food. Families are huddled to-
gether like animals, praying for food. No
land is visible for 800 miles.
NEW ORLEANS, March ia break in
the levee. 100 feet wide and So feet deep, is
reported at Storey's place, on the left bank,
eight miles below Canal street. The City
Surveyor has received a report that a break
occurred at Live Oak Grove, 25 miles be-
low the city, from these creyasses.
The floods are subsiding, but the damage
from the overflow is still going on. The
Secretary of War has instructed the Com
missary General to issue $4,000 additional
rations for the relief OF the destitute OF
Arkansas.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-In the House
yesterday, after disposing Of q number OF
private bills, the Speaker laid before the
House q communication from the Secre-
tary of War, transmitting estimates OF the
| number Of persons made destitute by the
overflow Of the Mississippi River and its
tributaries. The communication esti-
mates the number Of persons destitute at
25, 900, as follows: Missouri. 1900; Hi
nois, 1900; Kentucky, 800; Tennessee,
500, Mississippi, 5000; Arkansas, 10000;
| Louisiana, $500. Rations distributed,
ia, 000. The appropriation already made
is sufficient to purchase 800, 900 rations Of
q substantial kind. The supply will be
distributed in Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana about the 2fst. No estimate
can be made of the time during which
the necessity Of Congressional aid will
continue. No further demands are ex-
pected from Illinois and Kentucky, but
from Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas and
Mississippi. the Department has informa-
ton that the necessity for subsistence will
continue for a period %variously estimated
from 80 to 60 days. The Department has
no information from Louisiana, but it is
thought that it may be placed in the same
category as Mississippi.
Five Boys Killed.
ST.. LOUIS, March 18.-Yesterday there
was a horrible accident at st. Joe. Some
boys had been digging a tunnel in a hill
on the outskirts Of the city. The excava.
ton was s feet high and 8 feet wide, and
had been pushed into the hill about 1C
feet. At 8 o'clock five boys were in the
tunnel. When their companions returned
at 5 O'Clock they found the mouth Of the
tunnel closed by a heavy mass of earth.
Their cries to their companions brought
no answer, and hastily they began to dig.
Two feet from the entrance to the tunnel
the protruding hand OF a boy named Failes
was encountered. The alarm was then
spread, and soon hundreds gathered to the
spot. The lifeless bodies of the five boys
were removed amidst the anguish Of the
mothers and sisters Of the unfortunate
lads. One named Garish alone gave evil
dence Of life, by pulsations Of the heart,
which ceased almost as soon as the body
was exhumed. All the boys belonged to
well-to-do families.
NEW YORK, March 18.-The Tribune's
Washington special. discussing possible
Cabinet changes, says the choice Of Sec
rotary Of the Interior Is attended with
5ono aAASuisys ooomS " " oh AL
written but inyiolable law that he shall be
a Western man, There are already two
members OF the Cabinet from the Missis-
sippi States-Howe of Wisconsin and Lin
coin of ulinois-and it seems to be the
impression OF q number of the Presidents
friends that he will have to 90 to the Pa
cihc Coast for Kirkwood's successor. not
only to avoid providing the Cabinet into
the Mississippi States. and to give the Pa
ciAc States representation but because
there do not seem to be any passable men
in the States usually called Western. Pad
dock. Chaffee and others have been mem
toned, but are not regarded as being eoual
to the requirements OF the place. Among
the names vaguely mentioned as having
peen suggested to tine President are those
sca Davis ~ Gsi;sornia
Hewitt Auxtous for nm Expose or
h Forged Morey Letter.
CH1oAao. March 1s.-Regarding Dana,s
A..
Ao.oaseo 'ne a''p "na iaisi'y Vi
the Morey letter, q Tribune Washington
special says: Hewitt is anxious to have
the forperv exnosed. He has sa;a a; mn.
derstood that n Coporess would rndar-
take an invast;oat; on 81 the Morav iattar
forgery. he wonid he Glad 10 ravasi avsrv.
thing he knows ahont IL Tn view ~ Hay-