Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-23
MISSISSIPPI RAGING.
SLIGHT FALL AT MEMPHIS DUE TO
BREAKS IN LEvEE.
STILL RISING AT MANY POINTS.
RAILROAD SITUATION, HOWEVER,
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
Two Negroes Reported Drowned ut
Horn Lake, South of Memphis
Refugees FlockinE Into
Memphis - Department
Asked for Tents.
STILL RISING AT MANY POINTS

Memphis. Tenn, March 22-The river
continues to fall slowly at Memphis, the
gauge tonight registering fraction under
So feet, a fall of about an inch in forty
eight hours. but the decline of the great
volume at this point is due to the breaks
in the levee at Caruthersville. Mo-. and
Sans Souci. Ark. The railroad situation
tonight shows a decided Improvement As
sistant General Passenger Agent Scott. OF
the Illinois Central railroad, announces
that the offices on his lines have been re-
sumed, and all trains on the Illinois Cen
trail are again running on time The 1azoo
& Mississippi Valley railroad has also been
opened and is running its trains promptly
on schedule time The Iron Mountain still
remains above water on the west side OF
the river.
Two negroes are reported to have been
drowned to-day at Horn lake, few miles
south of this city.
The fact that the rise continues at Cairo
and other points not affected by the Car
uthersville break is sufficient belief that the
slight drop here is not Indicative that the
beginning of the end OF the flood is at hand
At Cairo, Arkansas City. Greenville and
Vicksburg there has been a steady rise
since Saturday morning, and at all these
points the river is far above the danger
line
At points below yicksburg the rise con-
tinues slowly and steadily. The outlook.
10th as to the condition of the country
and the refugees. remains about the same
The hfeboats bring in daily their loads of
destitute people to be housed. cared fo-
and fed by Memphis people with what-
ever assistance may come from those out
side this city. Besides the people that
must be cared for, there is the stock, too,
which has been saved from starvation.
IN
themselves cannot feed the horses and
mules, without which they will be power
less to make a crop after the waters sub
size The members of the local relief COM
mittee have more than they can do IN the
ucrl, of distributing rations and provid-
ing quarters for refugees.
Ii has been found necessary to telegraph
to the secretary of war. asking enough
tents TO accommodate 1000 people II Sec
retary AIger accedes TO this request-and
there is every reason to believe that ne
wiIl-the situation will be greatly reieyed.
The number of refugees has increased 50
greatly that the relief committee find
themselves entirely unable to afford SUIT
able quarters The. fact that there Is SO
much eToWding :; n,ssd m = 'nS ,Sonsb1 to be some
what menacing to the public heaun- ,,
To-day Mayor Clapp received the foiiow-
irg telegram from SecIetary ,er,rss,sr or Ma, AZ
St. Louis to ship all your Hood Sunerers
tents with poles and pins on hand
Australia Miss. just west OF Deesom sta-
tion is in a yery critical condltlon to-Msht-
The water has been pouring through q hoie
in the Ieyee for several days ana to-nlSnt II
Increased in volume 10 such an alarming
extent that Major Sterling. chief engineer;
Was wired for at Greenville. to come and
bring 20 Geo sacks Major Sterling with the
sacEs of sand left Greenviile on special
train at 7:3o. picking up over 9e Workmen
en- route. who will be on the scene IN The
norning' The effects of the rise in the Ar
Eansas and White rivers is beirg felt here,
tbe river at this point has ris-.n ten inches
in the past twenty-four hours
A dispatch TO the Commercial-Appeal
from Cairo, ILL.,. says: The situation here
is steadily improving. The gauge reads
II Tonight a rise of 0-3 in the past twen-
tv-four hours. The weather bureau an
nounces that the river will come to a stand
to-morrow and will probably fall during the
day. Cairo's second relief expedition start
ed for the fiood-stricken district in Missouri
this afternoon on the government boat
Minnetonka- A large supply of provisions
were taken down.
A dispatch from the first expedition on
the yidalia states that they rescued sew
enteen people and 100 head of stock near
Donaldson point. fifty-five miles below here.
The New South. which arrived from be-
low to-day. reports a break in the levee at
Cottonwood point. and another at the head
pf chute 16 near Caruthersyille.