The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-15
Waters Coming Down Against Lcvecs
With Tremendous Force.
THE LEvEE AT AUSTRALIA WAS CUT.
Heavy Rains Have Caused Rises Ia
the Mississippi.
THE MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL.
The Threatened Change at omaha
WAS Avcrtcd by the CONSTITUTES
ton of u Protection Dyke.

Memphis. Tenn. April 1i.--The river
continues TO slowly rise at Vicksburg and
all points south and the situation along the
Louisiana levce system ia acute The wa
ters are being hurled outward with tre-
mcndnus force. and several thousand meu
are working and watching night and day
In one grand effort to hold the einbank-
ments intact.
Repcrts from the overlooked Mississippi
delta tonight are not encouraging The ex-
nectod fall in the waters that extend for
miles and miles over the fertile valley has
not occurred Many well known planters
cNpress the fear that the yellow stream
viii not rcredo until Iune--too late TO plant
this wears CROP. Much suffering still ex-
lists In the Sunflowcr and Bogue Fhalia
country. where hundreds of negroes have
deserted their cgbins and are huddled up
on hlrh spots and tho railway tracks. Many
cabins are submerged to their very roofs,
while several have been swept from their
foundations and carried away by the swift
current
On a plantation ten miles west OF here
Sylvester Sanders. oolorod tenant. his
wife and five children were ovcrw heimned
by the currcn; and all persisted. Near
Grconville today two negroes were drown
ed in an attempt to reach dry land
Word reached Vlcksburg during the day
that many negroes were in imminent peril
at iinvis Island. where the break In pri-
vato leyoa occurred yesterday. and assist
ance was asked for them. a relief steamer
,gI,s "a
Al Rosedae the work Of relief continues.
Rations viii be sent 60 Sunflower districts
tomorrow
Al oreenylle the river stands stationary
tonight,
Throughout the overfowed area rain fell
| In torrents last night and part OF today
! AZ Helena the downpour was OF such
| Violence that great pumps we're put TO
| work III the lower par, OF the c'ty. Tho
| wator tuso 70 fapi lily that the pumps had
| TO he dacontlnuoi on lcr9unt of the dry-
| nE helts becoming soaked and unmaunge
| able. The whole Of the southern part Of
| Helena Is under water from one to four
feet and those who had provided them
selves with boats were fortunate. The
pumps were started IN again tonight and
II Is expected that the water viii be over
the streets In three or four lays owing
To the great "Ginstorm the river aid not fall
at Helena today. but remains stationary,
night The river Is rising N Cairo aud as
the rainfall Throughout the territory drain
ing into the Miss 'ssipp at Menphis and
above has hcon hhavy the local Observer
predicts that during The ensuing twenty
-four hours there VIII be probably II slight
rise ai this point.
The work Of relieving the flood sufferers
with the government funds appropriated
By congress for that purpose is progressing
smoothly. IN the Two districts extending
from Memphis to Cairo and IRON Helena
the local stations have been established and
placed ia charge of resr onsible 'ucn. Moth
ing remains to he done In these districts
now except to ship supplies every week 10
the relief stations
So far no relief stations have been def
lnitely established In any of the districts
below Helena. but the army officers VINO
have been sent INTO these districts on q
tour Of inspection are expected to report
within few days, When these reports are
filed and tho relief stations suggested the
army officers viii then have the entire sit
uaton well In hand and VIII be able To
supply the needs of all the flood sufferers
in the entire overlooked country.