New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-22
MORE LEvEEs GIVE WAY.
..,ss,pp1 BURSTING THROUGH ITS AR
rIFIcIAL BANKS
..s CONTINUE TO POUR OUT OVER
fA'0D 1.owLANDs-RELIEF STEAM
'A- .r WORK AMONG THE TREE TOPS


49,. FERTILE LowL'NDs-Rfh'hF STEAM
~ -,s Ar WORK AMONG THE TREE TOPS
march c1.-Latest advices from the
ST. LOUIS south Of here are that the situa-
foodeo 'r,v eo growing worse Walls of water
ton aovn the levees at many points. and
have 0e" ot the mercy of the flood. out OF
dSe"e'1 ,elesrams received here from the
thr" 80 but one records a cessation of the
lo"e' r.,s was from Cairo Ill, but the halt of
rise today was due 20 the breaks in the
INV s,,aoent In Kentucky and Missouri.
~, r,os, dsheartening intelligence comes
.,o LAVA and Dakota valleys Of the Mis-
49,, p,,or Warm weather has turned the snow
- which is added TO the already over
flowed streams
W., ON Ieyee barriers IS practically aban-
s.noa IN Arkansas and Mississippi as useless
4. C,b,cot. Ark. a bargeoad of sandbags was
durped into a levee break. They only served to
widen the breach. This is the experience at
o,ber roints, and work on the outer barriers is
abandoned and every hand turned to save the
inner Ievees. A dispatch from Ripley. Tenn.
saws there is a strong. current through Reel
Foot Lake and the old river bayou. 1t is feared
the river will seek its old channel through the
lake which was shifted twenty miles west by the
earthquake of 1872 South of Helena, Ark the
levee breaks are most numerous ard the damage
greatest.
The Eve steamers employed by the Memphis
Relief Committee were reinforced by two Gov
eminent towing -barges. These steamers pick
their way through the treetops. The c. b.
BRYAN steamed due west from Memphis yester
day thirty-eight miles. and returned with $50
people and bargeload Of live stock At Aus
lin. Miss forty miles below Memphis. but two
houses remain on dry land. From these twenty
four people were rescued Relief work is now
occupying more attention than endeavors to
night the food with levees A relief committee
was organized in Little Rock Ark, yesterday.
Memphis continues 10 save life and property un-
aided by the government of Arkansas
Last night Major Ambury in charge of the
river and harbor work al St Louis. received
telegram from Secretary Alger directing that
help and rescue measures be at once under
taken by the United States fleet in this vicinity.
The Merchants Exchange took up the rescue
work yesterday. A wholesale shoe merchant re-
oeived this appeal from a customer at Osceola.
Ark: our entire country in great distress from
overflow. We need help badly. Start subscrp
lion al once"
Another establishment received the following
from Mayor Borum of Osceola: "Gentlemen-
At the request of our citizens write for the as
sstance Of our people. We are in the flood; our
people are suffering and we must have help
Send us some money.
Governor Jones Of Arkansas yesterday sent
COMPANY Of militia to guard the levees Of Desha
County as there were fears that Mississippi
men might try to save their own homes by cut
tirg the levee on the Arkansas side
Cnconfirmed rumors of great loss Of life are
met at every hand but the death roll cannot even
be approximated till the food subsidies. The
situation is indeed gloomy, with small prospects
Of immediate betterment
Memphis Tenn. March 2l-The levees for
stretch Of fifteen miles from and south OF Os-
osois. Ark. went all to pieces to-day There We're
So me twelve or fifteen breaks. in extent from
200 10 1000 yards All the water from the over
turdened river is sweeping over the ST Francis
basin. to return 10 the river Just above Helena.
Breaks are expected al LuXOra. on the same side,
but above Osceola Most Of the women ana
children had already left Osceola. only the men
TO strengthen and guard the levees.
These were to-day taken across the river to the
Tennessee side, which is secure by reason OF a
tall bluff. Below. also on the Arkansas side,
there is a break at Modoc. Along the Mississippi
front every levee is reported intact and In no
immediate danger. Engineers Fere are father
dubious however. about their holding out. al
though every material break on the opposite side
Is a relief to just that extent
The acres OF farming lands submerged through
the breaks already occurred aggregate we'll up
in the thousands. No drownings were reported
to-day.
The river fell one-tenth Of foot to-day
RIVERS STILL BOOMING.
A DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE LEADS TO HOPE
OF IMPROVEMENT.
Das Noines Iowa March 2.-The Des Moines
piver contrary TO all expectations based on the
tact that the weather has been cold for wenty-four
hours has risen three feet since last night ana ls
viz
The electric companys Dam Is noIains 'he & Az,
that T. the PSr' par eTeb of 5he of fy furher rise
dynamite may be used to break the dam and let
The foods through About 300 families nave M ,6n nGdn
srorn this the damage thus far is not heavy; as
none Of the larger buildings have been moved oy
The Chicago Great Western Railway reports from
Cedar Falls that the Cedar River Is so far our OF rs
hanks that the passenger station there looueu ana
a rise 0; a few inches more will make the crossing
s The liver by sed 5's oT Station soWes Of here
on the same road. the Skunk River is higher tnan
eyer ana trains are gotsa Syer caTe ne weak
Sioux CITY Iowa March 2l.-The food situation IN
this territory is slightly improved to-day. The
Floyd River. which had considerable part of Sioux
City under water las; week. is again within its
hanks The Big Sioux, however is still rising and
causing untold damage between Sioux City and
stationary. Bridges are out everywnere ana niue
damage Is left 10 be done even should there be an
other rise The Missouri IS risnG, but still remains
within lis hanks II IS showing a tendency TO gorge,
hut rising water has thus far washed the Ice jams
out soon after they formed.
g. Paul. Mimi. March 2.There was drop OF
twenty degrees IN the temparture all over this
section last night resulting In the freezing OF Ice an
inch thick Although the sun shone Drientiy all Day
to-day, there was 10 thaw. This causes a better
feeling The Cannon. Minnesota. Straignt and Root
,iyers have bsen rising slowly all day. but no seri-
Gus da &c has resulted. Trains on all the railways
were running nearly on time to-day.
BLIZZARD IN WESTERN NEBRASKA.
Omaha Neh. March n.-Reports received here
tnnieb. ,ror, uros,orr N.hraska indicate n