The herald., 1897-04-10
ALL WILL
BE WELL
If the LeveeS Stand the
Strain
THE RIVERS FALLING SLOWLY
AND PEOPLE BEGIN TO HOPE
AGAIN
Citizens of the Red River Region De-
cline Government Aid-South-
ern Suffering Increases

MEMPHIS, April 9.-Notwithstanding
the high winds and heavy transforms
reported from the overflowed Mississippi
delta last night, the situation in the
food-stricken district is certainly no
worse, If not better tonight. The water,
which has been pouring though five big
creyasses for more than week, is rap
idly flowing into the Mississippi again
at a point twelve miles north of Vicks-
burg, and is sweepingg southwark with
terrible force. The strain on the Louis
lana levees will be something terrific for
a week, and if they Withstand thas
length of time all will be we'll.
The surflower river is also on ram
page tol. sht. Two-thirds of the water
from the Flower lake crevasse ie rush
ing into this stream and large area
will be inundated from the overflow. The
Tallahatchie and Coldwater rivers are
gradually falling.
At Helena the river is slowly falling
and indications are that the big stream
will continue to decline. The waters be-
low the Arkansas Midland levee are at
gees ie increasing at Helena almost
hourly. The steamer Maud arrived there
late this afternoon with more than 100
flood sufferers, swelling the list there to
5000.
At Rosedale nothing Of specialNnterest
has occurred in the situation. After
stormy night that caused buildings to
rock and sway like boughs of trees, the
1T nd oil in
section today, but cold north wind is
| blowing In the Bogue Phalia country
| much suffering is reported. The Rose
dale relief committee will visit that sec
| ton tomorrow and distribute provisions.
! At Greenville the situation has not
changed. All the levees along the Mis-
sissippi front safely Withstand the
storm of laet night.
At Memphis the river continues to fall,
a decline of one-tenth of foot being re-
ported by the weather bureau tonight
The railroads, with one exception, are
again open for business and in good
shape, and all trains are being run on
schedule time.
AID DECLINED
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The people
of the submerged district of the Red
River of the North have declined the
government aid voted them by congress
Wednesday. When the flood came in
the Red river a quarter of million dol
lare, worth of property was destroyed At
Fargo, N. D., and fifty miles of fertile
territory inundated. An appeal to con-
gress was made through the mayor of
Fargo. Yesterday the prospects along
the Red river were brighter. and this
morning Representative johnson re-
ceived the following telegram from the
mayor of Fargo" Have declined aid from
congress. The water is receding. The
damage is not so great ae expected"
RISING AGAIN
ST. PAUL, April 9.-The river is on the
upgrade again. From midnight to
o'clock 1t rose one-tenth of foot. and is.
still going up. although slowly The
governn ent officials do not view this
with any apprehension.
WORSE THAN FLOOD
MONTGOMERY. Ala, April "a
special to the Advertiser f n Ozark.
Ala, sayc: A cyclone passed over
oortio- of Dale county last night, leav-
ing wreck and disaster in its path. Many
houses were demolished. Mrs. Powers
was caught by the falling timbers of her
home and died before she could be res
cued. The rest of the family were res
cued This was the only fatality re-
ported. For many miles the farnSrs are
suffering, everything they had having
been swept away by the wind or ruined
by the torrents of rain.
THE citizens of Ozark have sent sew
eral wagon loads of supplies to those in
, need.
AN INDIANA STORM
INDIANAPOLIS, April 9.-The heavy
rain and snow storm which prevailed
from o'clock yesterday afternoon to
10 o'clock today did much damage to tel
egraph and telephone wires. 1t was no:
the wind that caused the damage. but
the heavy water-laden snow. 1t ac-
cumulated on the poles until either the
wires or the poles broke under the
weight. Five inches of snow fell, but it
is rapidly disappearing.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
ATLANTA. Ga, April 9.-Telegrams
from Ozark. Ala. Valdosta Crossing and
the Inflated town of Arlington, Ca.
show that this section was visited to-
day by another gulf cyclone. ascending
the Appalatchicola river and sweeping
northward with terrific force to the CEN
fluence Of the Chattahoochie and Flint
rivers, where it divided. In one direc-
ton, toward Ozark, where timbers were
uprooted and houses blown to pieces,
several lives were lost, among them Mrs.
Powers, who was caught beneath the
falling timbers of her house and
crushed. The other members of the fam
iIv were rescued among them babv
9 weeks old. whom the mother protected
at the loss of her own life.
The second section of the cyclone was
DETECTED upon Flint valley, breaking
across South Georgia and passing
through Arlington, where but few
weeks ago nine children were killed In