The Butler weekly times., 1897-04-01
WORST IS YET TO COME.
Special Weather Bulletin Says
Floods Will Increase.
OFFICIAL WARNING ISSUED
Sabbath is Spent in Hard Labor
10 Save the Leeves.

10 Odtc luc LCctcS.
Cairo, Ill, March 2S.-That the
food situation on the Mississippi
has not nearly reached its zenith
now seems certain. Locsl weather
and river men in many parts have
said so, and now the announcement
bears the official stamp of the wealth
er bureau of the nation, The fol
lowing special official bulletin was
issued from Washington to the river
districts, and has been received here.
It bears the signature of Willis L.
Moore, the chief of the Bureau:
THE crest of the flood wave is
still at Cairo, which shows station
ary guage reading of 81 6 feet for
the past four days.
"Th.re i, great danger yet to
come from the food in the region
from Helena southwark to New Or
leans.
"The river will continue to rise for
at least ten days in the region rom
Helena southwark to.Vicksburg, and
to rise during longer period rom
Vicksburg southwark.
''If no break occurs before, leees
will be subjected to the gre.test
strain about April 10, in Southeast
ern Arkansas, Western Mississippi
and in Louisiana. Should the lgees
break the result will be one of. the
most disastrous foods ever kn,wp.
weather Indications now indcate
additional heavy rainfall in the mid
le an1 lower Mississippi valleys,
which will materially intensity the
food conditions
"Those living in districts ,ver,
flowed in former years should b Oh
the safe side and transfer stockand
movable property to places of kDwn
safety while there is yet time.
Willis L MOORE,
"Chief Of BureaI"
SITUATION VERY SERIOUS AT GREENHLLK z
Greenville, Miss, March 28.-The
guage reads 46.6, rise of our
tenths within the past twentyfour
hours.
The weather is warm er and mrtly
cloudy.
Sunday as 1t is, every hour has
been utilized in labor on the lsves
No time is being lost while the
weather remains good. Nearly 1000
men are at work upon the levee for
the ten miles covering Greenille.
Five hundred laborers fresh rom
the plantations will arrive hen to
morrow. The Geenville saw Mills
are at work today with full forc,s OF
men, while barges are being losded
with lumber and sacks to be seit to
weak points. Ten boats are bling
used now almost exclusively for
transportation of men and material
for Strengthening the levees. Eery
energy is now being used to present.
a crevasse, with hopes of success.
While the water is above the regular
levees in some places, dirt, lumber
and bags Of sand have been usel to
elevate the smbankments abovethe
water level.
Everything is intact tonight. The
government boat, Mississippi. viii
the Mississippi River Commission
aboard stopped here this morning
and in an interview Judge TaylG, 9
member of the Commission, ,fromthe
oldest men in the service on the
commission, said that of the 13O(
miles of levees with this unpece
dented food, less than seven nile,
have given away under the ter6bl,
pressure-one of l per cent ofth'
system. He thinks it possible sha
other breaks will occur during tn,
next few days, as he expectson,
more foot of water for this section
To be prepared for the rise y& t,
come is now the purpose of thoA iu
authority here, If the weather con
tinues good it is believed that th
Mississippi side, continuous live o
lnearly 400 miles, will be mad t
hold Several weak places repatet
south of Greenville last night ar
NOW under control. The Arksnsa
Heroes opposite Geenville are said t.
be in fair condition.
| INCREASED ANXIETY AT v1cKssula.
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