The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-13

SITUATION N MINNEsOTA.


Tho following report of the situation
at M0orchead, Mimi. is from Major SAN
uo fust before leaving for Grand FORKS;
"M0orchead. Mimi, April llth.
"Adutant General. WashlngtOn
.Uad a conference with the Relief Com
mItftr az which George n. Lamphere
presided the Mayor and City Attorney
being present Scvcnty-hve families cons
..fnc OF three hundred and twenty-five
souls. have been flooded out ana are
being cared TO. 10y the committee. These
people mostly owned and occupied small
dwellings in the flooded district. and are
now ouartercd in public buildings or
among friends. Fifty houses have hoated
on some distance and twenty-five more
are watcr-soaked 60 the roof. The COM
rnittee estimate 10 viii cost 5000 90 replace
and repair the dwellings before they can
Doe made habitallc. and would prefer tnat
fhc Government assistance should be IN
This direction. provided the appropriation
viii admit OF lt With the exception or
some nuccn mechanics all the people
flooded ont are common laborers ana IL
ts nav understanding the Government
relief c0utcmUlatcs the issue OF rauons.
Ito This end ] recommend 100 rations
us being sufficient 10 carry them through
fne neNt thirty days. Rauons can be pur-
chased here as reasonably as elsewhere.
and am satisfied that George il. Lamp
bore would be- proper person 20 take
charge of the matter The river is ihi-
me and uO further trouble IS expected
here
Teierrams from other officers ON inspec-
lion duty show that there is more desu-
tuition than was supposed in upper AT
kansas and Missouri.
The FIRST of the detailed reports from
the inspection officers, came 70 Secretary
A'eer this afternoon from LIleuteaant
Whitney as follows.
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION.
Memphis. Tenn. April H. 1897.
'As The result OF personal inspection or
part of she Memphis-Cairo district. north
of Ashport. Tenn. ninety miles by river
found eighteen crevasses in levees, vary
ine in width from 800 TO 1000 feet. ana
widening some The increased damage 10
lovoes VIII be considerable, unless the
D1ds ol breaks arc heavily capped No
fresh crcvasses are anticipated now. The
food is completely over tho United States
lctco af Ashport. and south for fifteen
miles. except ln few Of the highest
places. three crovassos in this stretch.
Top is being badly damaged 81 account
of sl0u-hlne ] have reported last details
as 20 location extent and condlton 10
inc engineer UfNItfr il CndIee OF llla
district water 90 the maximum was "a
higher ON the gauge than ever before
known. DO has been falling ten 20 twelve
inches every twenty-four hours. and is
now about on standsull. higher than
previous food
The maximum approximate length ana
breadth and area of the inundated dis
trlct are as reported in every previous
telegram. ln addition there is about for
IS tive square miles ln Tennessee. g miles
long and five miles wide ON average. 1
found about 3r1 refugees G.e20 colored)
100 more have been brought TO Memphis
Most au have some sort OF shelter. but
ara suffering for want of necessities.
IrleinF from reliable reports. this num-
Der represents barely one-Quarter OF these
needing immediate assistance n this nOr-
tIon 0f the district. Stock is suffering
terribly. ouethlrd 10 one-quartcr OF the
cattle are drowned. and the remainder
viii die unless forage Is supplied from the
oufldc The ready resources Of the dis
ffirt are exhausted.
Tnc condition or Mississippi county
lTcnnl is representative. uinc-tcnths OF
lfs olghty-nyc square miles are covered
with water three to seven feet deep.
About fifteen p'r cent. OF this was under
cultivation. Many cabins arc washed away
o. tom Up Those standing arc nlled with
people and rescued stock on raised floors
and en- rats. Out Of 10000 population.