Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-13

mlssary General stationed at st. Louis. to
proceed at once to CINCINNATI, where he
Will have general charge of the distribu-
ton OF the supplies. He will establish
his headquarters at Cincinnati. and act
directly under orders from the Secretary
OF w ar. orders were also issued for the
| purchase OF supplies and the charter of a
sufhcient number OF boats to distribute
them where they are most needed, 1t has
also been arranged that an officer of the
army shall accompany each boat, and
! superlntend the issue of supplies. The
! general plan of relief determined upon is
| the same as that pursued in affording re-
! lle1 TO the sufferers from the overflow of
the Mississippi river last year. In order
| to give his personal attention to this sub
| ject, Secretary Lincoln has abandoned his
proposed trip to Chicago.
THE GREATEST OF ALL THE FLOODS.
The Signal Service predict that the
waters Will probably reach the height of
seventy feet at Cincinnati. and that on
the lower Ohio they will reach a height
greater than ever before known.
GENEROUS RAILROADS..
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany managers to-day issued orders for
the free transportation of provisions or
other donations on all lines of the Balti
more and Ohio Road for sufferers bv the
hoods III the Western rivers, and also the
Tree use OF the Baltimore and Ohio tele-
graph lines for the same purpose.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ComDany
has contributed $4,000 for the sufferers bv
the western floods, having ordered $4,000
10 be distributed from the Pittsburg office.
and 5 900 each along the line of the Pan
Handle and Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago roads.
$4,000 FROM LAST YEARS SURPLUS.
At Philadelphia the society Tor organ
lzed charity has appropriated $4,000 to the
western flood relief, that being the hal
ance remaining of the fund raised last
year for a similar purpose, which was
turned over to this society at that time
AT meeting Of citizens at call of the
Mayor TO take measures for relief. il was
decided to make DreXel & Co. Treas
urers, to open a subscription list. and to
leave the matter of distribution with a
committee of seven.
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM COLTrM-
BUS.
At Columbus, o., a meeting of citizens
was held this evening and $4,000 was
falsed. on the spot. Systematic canvass
ing was organized. All the bakeries nut
IN full time and train load of bread and
cooked provisions was sent down the
Herklng Valley road to-day to Kerr's
station, from whence it will be distributed
by boats.
NEW YORK'S CONTRIBUTION.
In response to a communication from
Mayor Edison, of New York, requesting
subscriptions in aid of the sufferers bV
the floods in the Ohio Valley, committees
were formed at the Coffee Exchange and
the Importers and GrOcers' Board of
Trade and $4,000 was subscribed.
A call for citizens meeting to concert
relieI
Mayor of Boston.
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
TOLEDO, o., Feb. 12.-An appeaI bos
been issued by r. II. Cochrane, Supreme
Dictator of the knights of Honor. en-
titled, "A distress call to all Lodges and
knights OF Honor" calling for aid for the
sufferers from the floods in the Ohio river
ana It's tributaries. 1t says that aid NAV
be sent by telegraph or other
wise to any of the following
named persons and will be distributed
by them in their own neighboring
and remote communities to needy suffer-
ers, whether they be Of use or not,: Col.
Lewis Wilson, Cincinnati, Ohio: O. q
Schofield, Wheeling, w. Va; Judge Rob't
j. breckenridge, Louisville, Ky: Judge
Oakley johnson, Parkersburg, w. Va:
Thomas E. Richards, GAINESVILLE. Ohio:
John Is. Evan, COYingtOn, Ky.: Roseman
Girdner, Steubenville, Ohio: Rev. Thomas
Boyle, Allegheny, Pa; w. b. Godfrey.
New Albany, Ind. Sufferers in other com
muhltles Will report their needs to one of
the above named gentlemen.
RISE IN ARKANSAS.
FORT SMITH, ARK, Feb. 12.-The
heavy rains that have been falling have
swollen all the streams in this section.
Ihe Arkansas river has risen II feet, and
tonight is rising 8 inches per hour.
LITTLE ROCK, Feb. II, 1890 p. M.-The
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
bridge over the Bayou on this side of
ozark was washed away by the flood to-
day, and one-fOurth of a mile of track is
covered with water. Owing to a ledge of
rock giving way portion ofthe track was
carried INTO the river. A steady rain fell
all night and this morning the Arkansas
is rising rapidly, and it is beginning to be
DeIleVed that by tonight the water will
be higher than for several years.
STILL RISING AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. u. s p. M.-Tbe
river rose eight inches last night and now
stands forty-two feet and two inches and
and IS rising half an inch an hour. The
weather has been clear, warm and bright
until now, but it is beginning to rain
again.
PITTsBURG'S HOPES DASHED TO EARTH.
PITTsBURG, Feb. -, s p. M.-The rivers
are swelling again at the rate of two
inches per hour with Is feet and inches
on the MOnOnghahela marks and 10 feet !
ON the Allegheny. Dispatches from all
points about here report a continued rain
and riSinU Vafnr