The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-04
PERCHED IN TREES.
The People Of the Flooded Regions
In . Prodicamont
lnmsWse Extent u the Crevsssea-A rel.
e~graphss's DtaRcaity-A Planter who
FesN the Erect u Issuing
RattOas.

son"sessee hHueot ~ t0e Crevoeeee-A T0us
e~gssphsr's Dt6scaity-A Planter WIN
Fears the EAsct u Issuing
lssti0as.
81. Louis, March 3i.-Mr. j. Hogan,
OF tho Memphis Commercial, arrived
yesterday direct from along the flooded
districts Of the Mississippi river, having
Just completed . thorough our and in.
v~esttgation Of the devastated districts
Tie says tho situation Is alarming. and
In his opinion the food has not reached
the highest notch.
In the LacOnis circle, which IL stu.
stcd In Desha County. Ark. and com.
prises about 20, 900 acres. the scene Ia Q
h~eartrcnding one. This strip Of country
is now inundated TO . depth OF from Ave
10 twenty feet and tho inhabitants,
numbering between 1000 and 5000
men. m and c~bildren-are perched
In trees, house tops and barns and hay
stacks.
Starvation Is telling on the stock that
has not already persisted, while tho
human victims Are In o not less deplor-
able condition.
From Helena tho entire Mississippi
delta reaching from Vicksburg west 70
Shreveport and down ~ New Orleans
seemed doomed u destruction. Mr..
Hogan reports that all tho people in tho
Wild district threatened who realized
the true situation are fleeing for their
lives
MISSISSIPPI TOWNS suRROUNDED.
V~iCKsBURG, Miss, March 3i.-Latcst
tidings from the Mississippi lcvces arc
that there has been no change except
that the water In steadily advancing
southwark from Skipwith crevasse and
the towns Of Maycrsville. Filters and
Hayes are being surrounded and must
go under In q short time.
The steamer Evergreen In In from q
second trip to Stecl's bayou going a.
far as the drift would admit and explor.
ing tho adjacent plantation In skifa.
Her officers report that they found no
suffering. that cattle and other stock
had been removed and the people were
safe. The Evergreen will leave again
for Stccl's bayou to-day. The bayou IL
rising fast.
News has just reached hero that tho
bank is caving rapidly in front Of Bed.
ford lcvce, Madison Parish. the caving
being now within scventy-iivc feet OF
the lcvec. Work began there yesterday
and the new levcc may be finished be-
forc the old n goes into the river.
Tho lcvce inspectors elsewhere in Lou
isiana report no change.
Trains have been abandoned between
Grecnvillc and Rolling Fork and In fact
all trains on the river side division, OK.
ccpt from Greenvillc to Hampton. TWEEN
tyeight miles. and between Coahama
and Renoit, sixty-hvc miles. This
leaves Grcenv!llc without co,nmunica-
lion with the outside world except by
river.
Tho situation on the Mississippi Val.
10y railroads main line between Yazoo
and katzenmcycr Is very serious and
six inches more of water will send the
Nicksburg. Shreveport 4 Pacific rail.
road under between Talluiah and Lake
One. The water Is rising slowly, but Il
Ia very unlikely the road can run trains
more than q week longer and additional
crcvasscs mny stop operations at any
time.
A dispatch from Tallulah says tho
farmers east OF there are planting. while
wcst Of there tho farms are all under
water.
\ rLASrEW's TIMELY WARNING.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, March ~. Tho
following has been received by tho
Times from John 4. Richardson. the
~ ind In the papers no break In the
levee Ut Friar's Point. Chief Engineer
Dabney wires that there In no brcak, in
his district and mono expected. His
levccs arc In fine shape. A largo force
Ia strengthening and raising every
suspicious place. To . great extent
the newspapers here have been too
sensational. am sure the plant.
era can and will provide for their
labor. Their grounds Are useless with.
u labor. Wait until tho planters call
for aid. At the moment OF IN unexpected
break there 10 confusion. fear the
newspapers will cause tho laborrr~ TO
do rs they did in ~issa-wait for Govern.
ing II further behind now than I ever
knew it. The planters will call for aid
when IL il necessary, and then their
calls should bc responded to promptly
and privately. Tho breaks In tho lcvee
arc bad and causing . good deal OF the
country 10 be bc covered with water. but
let the planters not appca. Cor AID. 9TH
crwisc labor will bc demoralixcd and
leave the planters In As bad shape as II
their lands were severed with water"
rME CakvAssEx
GRHENvIILE. MisA. March 3i.-The
river In front Of tho town II falling and
the back water ut the rear Is rising.
The break At Easton's Is now 1900
feet wide and that ut H~untington's
about 1000 yards below the one of three
days ago and the water In the town IL
now rising Of the rsse OF me and . half
inchos per hour. The levecs In that
nciehborhoed are reported In bad condi-
ton.
A gentleman from Huntingtoa last
evening says that the railroad depot 10
now surrounded by water to the depth
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