Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15
speclal River BuIIetin.

WASHINGTON, April THE follow
ing reports have been received to-day
from the department of agriculture
weather bureau officials in charge of
EiVer districts:
st. Louis-Rise in Missouri river
coming ont very slowly. Little change
at st. Louis for the next two or three
days Upper Mississippi also about
stationary. The water is getting close
TO the top of the levee at Missouri
Point, near Alton.
Cairo, IlL-River falling at "a slightly
increased rate; will continue falling for
at least thirtV-six hours.
Memphis, Tenn.-The river has fallen
~one-tenth of a foot at this place and
four-tenths at Helena and a con-
siderable fall is noted in the st. Fran
els The flood situation in the delta
shows no marked change, except that
the waters from the Flower lake
crevasse are threatening Clarksdale,
and are rapidly swelling the Sun
flower river.
Helena, Ark.-Not much CT. lnge in
situation. Gauge 49.1. Town filling
-enlarging.
rising slightly at Vicksburg from wa
ter from crevaSses returning to the
Mississippi through the Yazoo. No
new breaks reported. Situation below
here causing much anxiety, and 1evees
being raised and strengthened rapidly.
New Orleans--River stationary at
Natchez and New Orleans, and a rise
of one-tenth of a foot at Bayou Sara
intact, forces along the levee lines be-
ing augmented in anticipation of the
higher water expected, and all precau-
lions being taken to avoid breaks.
The Mississippi has fallen over half
a foot at st. Paul and risen slightly
from Lacrosse to Keokuk. 1t has
fallen slightly from st. Louis to its
mouth, except a rise of one-tenth of a
foot at Vicksburg, and stationary at
New Orleans Only slight changes
have occurred in the tributaries, and
little or no rain has fallen over their
watersheds during the past 81 hours.
One and one-tenth inches of rain fell
at New Orleans.
WILLIS L. MOORE,
Chief of Weather Bureau.
The Crucial Test of the Levees South of
Vicksburg Fast Approaching.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April THE su-
qreme test of the levees south of Vicks-
burg and Arkansas City is fast ap-
preaching. The river at Vicksburg
has been falling for some days on &C
count of the rush of waters from the
main channel through the crevasse
above into the Yazoo delta. This wa
Ser is again returning to the chan
mel through the mouth of the Yazoo
river, and its influence is being
felt at Vicksburg where the gauge is
now marking higher figures. Within
- Eew days the crest of the rise will be
opposite Vicksburg and the channel
viii continue to deepen unless the
leVees break.
The Louisiana people keenly realize
the gravity of the situation. The de-
struction wrought by the water in the
St Francis basin and the Yazoo delta
may be repeated in the Tensas basin,
which begins in southeastern Arkansas
=and extends through the northeastern
counties of Louisiana.
Material and men are being hurried
forward, and the effort that had
marked the work of those in charge of
-AAC AO"O1 ACNCC HAS OCCh uOuDlcO
The news of the action of the ma
$ioaal congress in appropriating q |
large sum for the relief of the sufferers |
was gratefully received here and |
throughout the overlooked districts. |
The prompt action of the president and |
the secretary of war is especially COM |
Raended.
The tax on the energies of the peo-
e L.
viOus demands having been fully met. |
The river at Memphis is slightly fall |
ing and the gauge at Cairo shows a
gratifying decline. For the first time |
In several weeks the Kansas City, Fort |
Scott & Memphis sent its trains out /
over the line passing through the St. |
Francis basin.
The citizens relief committee, |
through w. A. Gage, chairman, issued |
the following tonight:
Tho citizens relief committee OF the CITY of
Memphis, having received Official information
fKoEH Washington that the government has ap-
propriated $4,000 for the relief of the food |
sufferers, and that said appropriation is imme- |
diately available, beg to announce that their |
recent call on the public is hereby withdrawn. !
The citizens relief committee take this
1ethod OF thanking most generous public for !
che many donations received and to assure each I
and al that their contributions have done an {
immense amount OF good and have been highly I
appreciated
Two Hundred Negroes Rescued.
JACKSON, Miss. April THE repre-
sentative of the Associated Press at |
Miss, wires at noon as fol- !
lows: A telegram from Stoneville, II |
miles east of here, brought news last !
night that 200 negroes were isolated
on a piece of railroad embankment /
near Bogue Phalia, without food or
shelter. Relief was Immediately sent |
them and they are now being cared for.
Yesterday evening the treStle on the
Yanoo & Mississippi Valley road, four
miles north of Greenville, was sud-