The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19
LEvEES ARE HARD PRESSED
No More Breaks Reported but water
seeps YhrcuGh-Favorxbie
weath~r Yesterday.


are rsrors.t II re LOUISIANA ie~ee cfsr-tcs
tonight. aithourh the srnhanksnerrs az
Corro-sfa ard Fsr-sGsy. in the northern
usr- rf rrrrcr<ta parish. are reported 20
- very weak ard = break may cccur at
ary hour.
The c-evxs-e AZ Bi<vs I. new see,hfng
torrent srd the waters are spreading rap
itly throughout Madison parish.
At Ccwpens the Ievee IS ssersng badly,
and althoGsn supsrEHrnau erort = Ssi1s
maze - sela 81 many experienced river
rner a-e er ,he orfrion ttxt break Will
occur seer.r or later.
The town % visafIa is Il a very critical
condition ara many Of the Irhahitanrs
are hastily packing their most variable
effects and are fleeing 20 Naachez- The
waters from the E,rg. crevasse are ex-
pe-tsd 20 inuRdsts the rewr ey wednes-
tay.
Az Satehsz refugees continue 20 arrive
n arg. numbers while Iva stock of every
description is coming into the city in large
srovss Thousands os men line the lower
ievees tonight watching every weak spot
ard hcping FOR the best
In the Mississippi delta the situation
continues 20 slowly imorovss This was
beautiful 6ay throughout the overfiowed
section and the waters are recej;ng. The
work OF relief - being systematically car
Red on.
The river az Memphis Is <tili falling. a
recession Of one-tsnth Of a foot in the pss,
twenty-four hours being reported by tire
weather bureau tonight
Lower River at Its Worst
yICKSBTRG. April is.--At p. N. the
river was 81 5 feet. fall OF tnree-tenths
In the past twenty-four hours. and a total
Of six-tenths since the crevasse at Biggs
Isvee. The situation IN Madison Parish.
Louisiana ts growing hourly worse The
food OF water going through the Bigss
break in the ievee Is fast covering the low
lands and Is aooding Bayv5dal and the
greater part OF the land In the southern
portion OF the parish The water has
reached Tsllul4h. some eighteen miles
west OF Delta The water had risen seven
feet IN the bayou az Tailulah. and was
rising foot an hour at noon today. Delta
is about 5spopulated. only enough persons
remaining TO look after the houses. Many
Of them have two or three feet OF water
in them The backwater is fast covering
the lands north OF DeIta and n Yoang's
point much land l. already covered.
At Omega the foods are coming fast.
Relief boats are running TO Davis island
and keliogg's section. Planters in Entail
ard tha northern nart Of Madison ara
placing their stock n reach OF boats on
the river front or az stations on the line
Of the Vacksburg s. Shreveport railroad.
so that they can be moved IN the event
Of another break In the upper portion OF
the parish. which Is now severely threat
ened- The Milikeps bend and Duckport
ls~e@s are both cavIng- Reports from
Madison parish state that the water be-
gar rising In Brasby bayou at Tallulah
at o. clock this morning. and up to ?
,. II. IL had risen seven to eight feet.
About three miles below Taliulah the wa
ter is getting over the levees and is over
flowing everything TWO miles below. II
viii rot oe apon he higher lands antfi
tomorrow. as there are several feet Of
bank left in the bayou.
Rtchland la, was heard from today
and reports tne water going all over
everything overfowiRg the Kings and
keis places. also the villages OF Trinidad
and Ashewood. eight niles below Rich
Land The telegraph line Is down some dis
tance below RichIand and communication
was shut OF from there up 70 noon today.
IL is now estir3batsd thai not less than
s0a0 persons will want relief n this coun-
- for the next thirty days n least. Lieut..
Crowley, OF the United States army, re-
ported acre from Washington by the noon
train. having been detailed to duty here
10 purchase and distribute relief. He has
gone actively 10 work and VIII purchase
meal. meat hid molasses FOR distribution.
John NJ. Cuuiton. enc OF the leading
planters OF Issiauena county. makes the
following statement:
Il have Just returned from Issiquena
county. The present indication Is that
ths overflow viii break all former records
as 20 duration and destruction OF property
IN the line OF plantation improvements
and lives % cattle leaving little proSpcct
OF planting crop IN 1897"
steady Rise at Kansas CITY.
KANSAS CITY. April ls-The flood Of
the Missouri river at tais point is steadily
increas sing. the rise IN twenty hours
ending tonight having been made nearly
SIX inches, Al dark the stage Of the river
was . ; feet or a foot and a half above
the danger line. Though a large area of
bottom lands is under water. no serious
damage has been done 80 far. A few
poor families. numbering probably hfty
persons. have bean washed out ot their
homes and are in rsed OF food. bat their
wants will probably be met tomorrow by
the local authorities These families are
living IN tents or under board sheds that
have been hastily thrown together.
81 Joseph and Leavenworth report a
steady rise in the river AZ I.eavenworth-
While railroad traffic is badly crippled. the