Evening star., 1897-04-08
It Withstood a Storm That Wrecked
Stronger Structures.
REPORTS FROM ALONG THE Line
The Dixie Stronger Than 1t Ever
Was Before.
GIVING FED ER L AID

NEW ORLEANS, La, April S.-The food
wave has not yet given the Louisiana its
fullest force, and the levees still average
several feet above the water. A few more
storms like that of Tuesday night will
leave little damage for the flood to do, and
the weather holds more dread for the levee
boards than the rising river. Along Bayou
La Fourche the vegetable crop was ruined,
and many substantial structures injured.
but. strange to say, the 1evees. regarded as
probably the weakest part of the Louisiana.
system came through unscathed. This has
given the water-side dwellers hope, and
they will make gallant effort to hold the
banks.
A mass meeting was held at Thibodeaux
forces organized, money and material
pledged. and the poorer people offered their
services to labor and watch. From every
other section the reports are excellent.
The government engineers report that
magnificent work has been accomplished in
the last few weeks that the line is stronger
than 1t has ever been.
JACKSON, Miss, April S.-The following
dispatch has just been received from
Every day now brings us some tale of
woe from the overfiowed region. Here is
one the Associated Press reporter learned
this morning, which is perfectly reliable.
a family. consisting of a mother and six
children, were overtaken by the water,
and before they could reach a place of
safety four of the children were caught
by the furiousiy rushing current and wash
ed away almost in the twinkling of an
eye. Who these people were was not
learned in the confusion of the night 1t
is believed the mother and other two chill
bridges across the main streams in the
county are going fast. An iron bridge
across the Bogue on the Valley route was
washed away yesterday. There were some
1JO cattle and horses upon it at the time.
The Southern bridges on the Bogue have
also been washed away.
The iaZoo river is running up stream
from It's mouth nearly to Greenwood, on ac-
count of the high stage of water at Vicks-
burg. Here today the river is on a stand.
The river report just received today is
anything but encouraging. and there is,
frankly. 10 hope of relief from the present
conditions for five weeks at least.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April S.-Consi lera BILE
rain fell in this section last night, and
Is drizzling here today, but it will have lit
tie effect on the rivers in the way of caus-
ing further rise. According TO Dr. Frank
enfield, the local weather man, the river
at St Louis ard above to st. Paul will
change hut little for the next day or two.
The Missouri will continue to rise as the
result of floods from above.
BISMARCK, n. D., April S.-The water
in the Missouri river has risen feet since
last night. A telegraph lineman came over
this morning from Mandan in a rowboat
nd had great difficulty in making the trip,
wing to the flowing ice. The boat land
ing erected by the Northern Pacific rail-
road for the transfer Of passengers has
been swept out. and telegraph poles were
lifted and swept away by the torrent. The
water has broken through the dyke at
Mandan and at Bismarck. and at 8 o'clock
this morning was running into the railroad
round house. The ice has gone out at Fort
Yates, but is still solid at Glencoe twenty
miles down stream. No trains have ar
rived here from any direction since day
before yesterday.