The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-16

hogs. The steamer Florence remained
at the island to rescue people and ferry
stock over 10 the Louisiana mainland.
Briarfield plantation house, JEFF Davis
old home is deeply overiowed- The IS
land covers about twenty square miles.
The river is still rising here.
TO FILL CREvASSES.
Vicksburg. Miss, April 15.-The board
of trade and Cotton exchange has adopt
/ ed resolutions urging the secretary of
| war TO call a meeting OF the river COM
I mission and 10 take other steps toward
having the money carried by the sCndry
civil bill for the purpose, applied toward
! stopping the flow of water through the
! crevasses. This the bodies named re-
gard as of paramount Importance and
f, the cooperation of all levee boards and
commercial bodies is invited. Copies OF
the resolutions were ordered sent Cen
eral Catchings and the Mississippi SEN
ators.
MEMPHIS DAILY BULLETIN.
Memphis, Tenn, April 15.-While the
condition of affairs in the overfowed
Mississippi delta is reported better to-
night, the situation between Vicksburg
and New Orleans is causing the greatest
apprehension. The river continues TO
rise in the Louisiana levee district, and
weak spots in the levee are being
strengthened and watched day and
night. o. E. Stibblefield, the county cor
respondent of the United States agricult-
ural department at Indianola, Miss,
says the suffering in Sunflower county,
which forms part of the delta, has been
greatly alleviated and that most Of the
county now is dry. Farmers are busy
plowing and planting cotton, and If mat
ters grow no worse that county will not
require any assistance from the govern
ment.
Statistics Of the number Of food suf-
ferers in Bolivar county have been COM
piled by a committee appointed 10 look
after the distribution of the government
provisions They show %, 900 people who |
are now, or soon will have to be, fed by |
the hand OF charity, in addition to 5000 |
head of livestock.
The water at Rosedale has not yet /!
receGed. The first train that has enter |
Cd, Clarksdaie for many days has arriv |
ed there. Trains are also being run from |
Clal ksdale to Minter City and Phillipo, |
and from Lulu to Jonestown. The Off
Gals of the Yazoo and Mississippi rail-
road are doing all that can be done to
open the line further to the south, and ii
is thought that trains will be run as for
south as Cleveland within short time.
At Greerville the river remains sta
tionary, the gauge tonight registering
446 feet.
The weather throughout the delta is
Gear and pleasant. Hon. A. J. Albright
one of the most prominent planters of
the overfowed delta, who resides near
Arcola, says nearly all the 1aborers of
nis section will be cared for by the land
owners, and that he is strongly OF the
opinion that the government relief will
tend to demoralize labor. The river re-
ports at Greenville for the past three
days have given the people new hope
and courage. The water may possibly
recede by May 10, and if so, good crop
may be made.
At Helena the situation is unchanged.
At large meeting of property owners
of the city today they decided to begin
the erection Of a new 1evee around the
city
At Memphis the river rose one-tenth of
a foot in the twenty-four hours ending
tonight An additional slight rise is
looked for.