Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-12
FROk ALL QUARTERS. THE FLOODS IN THE WEST The Ohio, Mississippi And
 Missouri Rising. CONGRESSMAN <TAULBEE DEAD. Collision Of Two Vessels At
 He'll Gate. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. An Outrage Committed By
 White Caps.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.

The Water Ssill Rlsing-Rep0fts From
 Different Points-The Missouri and
 ohio still Swelling - Cairo Sab-
 merged.
 ST. LOUIS, March. 1.-The flood news from the lower Mississippi river is mesgre to- day Captain Tallinger of the government service is at the Sappington Hook creyasse, above Arkansas City, with the government tug vidalia, pile driver barge and various appliances fer closing the gap. Work is now in progress, and it is thought that the crevasse can be closed. There is no water in Arkansas City yet, the flow passing to the rear of the town and running into the bayous leading down to Louisiana. The levee from Arkansas City to the Louisiana line is said to be strong and able to withstand considerable moro water. No material damage has yet been done to plantations, and as the whole of the Tensas Bayou region in Louisiana has been notified by wire and otherwise of the situation, the planters will have time to save their stock and other property. The break at Point Chicot, below Arkansas City, which occurred last week, has been stopped. The lsyees on the Mississippi side of the river to Vicksburg and below are reported good, and there is reasonable hope that there will be no disastrous break or damage done. The wa ter is very nearly at a stand at Cairo.
 ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 11.-There Is going to be flood and @ very serious one in the country along the lower Mississippi. There will be great destruction of property and probable loss of life. The Ohio and all its tributaries are very high, the upper Mtssis- sippi and the Missouri are high and rising here and above and rain has been falling here and in the northwest. The snowfall in the mountains, as is known, has been very heavy and the mild winter makes it csr- tainty thas this snow will melt early. This of course means that an immense volume that are already bank full. The sit- uation about Cairo at the mouth of the Ohio has been growing more serious daily and to-day may be said to have reached crisis. The country for miles is under water and hundreds of people whose homes are in the river bottoms have been drowned out and have of families in Missouri, Illinois and Ken- lucky, comprising thousands of the richest farming lands in the country are completely submerged. In many cases families are living in boat houses or upon rafts, while In other instances where the houses are built on slight elevations or knobs, as they are called, the people stick to them | with water all around and in | very many cases the lower floors under water. There has been great loss of live stock, but l no human lives have yet been lost. More than half of the city of Cairo is submerged l and business is paralyzed, the only meanl | of communication being by boats and rafts. | The levees in the vicinity still stand the strain, but the water backs up or gets in the rear door of the city, as it were. Great efforts and thousands of dollars have been | spent on the levees along the lower Missis sippi. The loud boasts of the contractor made the people believe they were safe. HELENA, Ark, March 11.-During the | last twenty-four hours the river rose two inches. The water on the gauge marki | forty -three feet and three inches and below
 high water mark four feet and ten inches | The water will continue to rise at this point until between the 22d and 25th of tho present month. The rise will be from thre.
 to three and one-half feet, making the gauge show about two feet and half less than ths high water mark of the year 1886.
 | GRRENvILLE, Mies., March 1.-The new | that a break had occurred in the levee on tn. | Arkansas side was received here yesterday morning with general feeling of relief, al tho levees on this side could not have stood l much more of rise. The crevasse has hat
 but very little effect on the river at thi point, but the general opinion is that thu levees will hold on the Mississippi side unles
 the crevasse at Sappington is closed, whicl
 is hardly possible.
 LAKE PROVIDENCE, La, March 11.-Th
 river at this point continues to rise two
 tenths of Q foot every twenty-four hours
 Longwood protection levee is pronounced
 comparatively safe. Levee officials arc de
 voting their entire attention to the levees al
 along the line and have a fast tugboat to car
 " men and material to the threatened
 points.
 NATcHEz, Miss, March 1.-The river ha
 risen one. tenth in the past twenty four hours
 It is now two feet fvo inches below high
 water mark.
 ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 1.-The river ha
 risen one tenth in the last twenty y-four hours
 The levees are in good condition.