The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-24


that town has from four to six feet of
water.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 23.-An-
other fall of one-tenth of a foot in the
river at Memphis is announced by to-
nights official bulletin from the wealth
er bureau. This slight drop in the
high water here is not considered by
the weather bureau officials as being
indicative of a permanent or material
change, but is caused, it is thought,
by the giving away of the levee above
Memphis.
The end of the food is not yet dis
cernible. The gauge this morning reg
istered 1868 feet, or one-ffth of a foot
below the highest point reached. This
drop has not made any change for the
better in the situation. Indeed it is
caused by a decided change for the
worse in the Arkansas districts, which
have been inundated by the water rush
ing through the broken 1evees above
Memphis. At Cairo, H., the river is
still rising, the guage indicating 51.3
feet, a rise of three-tenths of a foot
in the twenty-fCur hours ending this
morning
At Marked Tree, ON the st. Francis
river, the rise is even greater, the
guage registering 40 feet. a rise Of
eight-tenths of a foot in twenty-fOur
hours With the rise continuing at
Marked Tree and at Cairo, there is
no hope of immediate relief at Mem
phis
The rise. continues at every point be-
low Memphis, except Arkansas City.
At Helena the guage this morning reg
istered 49.4 feet, a rise of three-tenths
of a foot. The river atrHelena is now
12.4 feet above danger line. At Ar
kansas City there has been g. fall of
four-t enths of a foot. At Greenville,
on the other hand, there has been a
considerable rise, the gUage registering
43.4 feet, a rise of six-tenths of a foot.
This brings the river at Greenville to
a height "a feet above danger line.
At Vfcksburg the rise has been even
greater, the guage indicating ass feet,
a rise of seVen-tenlthS of a foot since
yesterday. At points below Vicks burg
the guage indicates that the river is
rising slowly Both the Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers are falling.
Altogether, the feeling prevailing in
regard to the conditions may be said to
be more cheerful than 1T has been at
any time heretofore. The report of
break in the levee at Australia, which
was so extensively circulated this
morning, has been authoritatively cor
rected No such break has occurred.
All the levees below Memphis are as
Yet intact, and are being guarded with
the greatest care and strengthened
The hope grows more and more conf
dent that these levees will be able 10
withstand all pressure in the future, as
they have done in the past, the more
so as the pressure has been somewhat
relieved by the break above Memphis.
Since the Caruthersvillefbreak no 9TH
ers have occurred at any point up to
this writing.
The continuation Of the fair weather
and sunshine tends to raise the spirits
of all and there is much less gloom
to be felt than at any former time.
The slightly cooler weather too, points
to a probable continuation of the fair
weather. All trains are again run
ming on schedule time and there IS no
longer any delay to the railroads.
No further loss Of life has been re-
ported. The relief boats are no longer
kept busy, as the overlooked terri
tory has been gone over and all in dam
ger or distress have been brought to
the city, where all efforts are now be-
ing concentrated in the work of feed
ing and lodging them. The work Of
the relief committee has assumed enor-
nous proportions, and there is not a
moment when the headquarters are not
besieged with mob of negro appli-
cants for every kind of assistance
There are many inpcsters and it IS
difficult for the committee to distin-
guish the imposters from the really
needy. Great pains are taken to dis
tribute the rations where they are real
ly needed.