The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-15

slppl Vaney was genefdAy ia'OAooi'
. There was some correspondence by tele
!, graph between the government inspect
ing officers and Commissary Genera
Sullivan here as 70 the chartering o
steamboats, for the transportation o
supplies and for the conveyance OF tn
investigating officers on their investiga
items but little news as 10 the situation
OH tie river save that contained in on
dispach from General Gillespie, tn
president of the Mississippi river com
mission, to General Wilson, chief Of en-
gineers. General Gillespie transmits tn
following telegram from Lieutenan
Newcomer, one of the engineer officer!
now at Greerville, Miss, under date o.
last night:
Have just passed along the Louisiana
levees in my district. Found the situa
| ton favorable on the whole, though
some uncertainty as to the amount o.
rise coming in the Yazoo causes consid-
erable anxiety on several long reaches OF
low levees which are now being topped
up. There are favorable reports from
the rest of the district.
RELIEF WORK.
p, Memphis. Tenn, April IA large iot
Of supplies has been shipped to the flood
/ sufferers az points above Osceola on the
steamer Chickasaw. The supplies were
purchased by Captain Davis, who was
located here by Secretary Alger for that
purpose. Lieutenant Whitney is on board
the Chickasaw and will make an inspec-
ton Of the situation above Ashport He
has already investigated the conditions
between Memphis and Ashport. Govern
ment supplies have also been sent TO
Vincent and Marked Tree. In the future
supplies will be sent out rapidly, as soon
as the relief stations along the river are
established. The government officials
and the citizens relief committee are
working together in this matter, and
hope within a short time to have the re-
lief work in such systematic shape that
it will not be very laborious.
Memphis, Tenn, April 1.-THE Chris
tan Herald Of New York. which is
edited by the Rev. T Dewitt Talmage,
viii send a relief boat down the river
from Memphis. George A. Seaman, a
representative of the Christian Herald,
has come TO this city from New York in
order to conduct this expedition. Yes
terday Mr. Seaman chartered the tug
Welcome and bought two tons Of pro-
visions for her cargo. Thursday morn
ing the Welcome will start down the riv
er and she will be gone about week.
Mr.. Seaman will distribute the supplies
TO the OVERLOOKED people in need of them.
This relief expedition is entirely indie
pendent of the local relief committee.
The Christian Herald expects to give
aid to many people before they are
reached by the government agents.
Little Rock. Ark, April 14.-Mr. r. ".
Brown, managing editor of the Louis
vile Times, yesterday delivered TO Gov
ernor Jones s2,2S9 in cash for relief of
the flood sufferers. The governor will
send his private secretary on a tour
through the flooded district TO distribute
the funds where needed.
MEMPHIS DAILY BULLETIN.
Memphis Tern, April 1.-THE river
continues to rise at Vicksburg and all
points south. The situation along the
Louisiana system Of levees IS acute. The
waters are being hurled outward with
tremendous force and several thousand
men are working ard watching day and
hight in one grand effort TO hold the en-
bankments intact.
Reports from the overfowed Missis-
sippi delta tonight are not encouraging.
The expected fall ir the waters that OK
tend for miles and miles over the fertile
valley has not occurred. Many well
,oTa ,tnr- the
yellow stream viii not recede until June,
too late to plant this years crop.
Much suffering still exists in the Sur
flower and Bogue Phalia country. where
hundreds Of families have deserted their
cabins and are hudded on high grounds.
Many cabins are submerged TO their very
roofs, while several have been swept
from their foundations and carried away
by the swift current. On plantation ten
niles west of Helena, Sylvester Sanders,
a colored tenant. his wife and five chill
dren were overwhelmed by the current
and all persisted. Near Greenville today
two negroes were drowned in an attempt
10 reach dry land. Word reached Vicks-
burg during the day that many negroes
were in imminent peril at Davis Island,
wher the break in private levee occur
red yesterday and a relief steamer was
dispatched TO the island.
Throughout the OVERLOOKED districts
rain fell in torrents .ast night. At Hele-
ma the dowrpour was OF such violence
that pumps were put TO work in the low
er part of the city. The water gained SO
rapidly that the pumps had 10 be aban-
doned as impracticable. The whole Of
the southern part OF Helena Is under wa
ter from one to four feet deep, and those
who had provided themselves with boats
wer fortunate. The pumps were started
up again tonight, ard it is expected that
the water will be thrown out of the streets
in three or four days. Owing 10 the great
rain storms the river did not fall at He
lena today bu. stands stationary.
At Memphis the river is stationary to-
night. AS the river is falling al Cairo.
ard as the rainfall throughout the terri
tory draining in 10 the Mississippi at
Memphis and above has been very heavy
the local observer predicts that during the
ensuing twenty-four hours there will
probably be a slight rise al this point.
The work Of relieving the flood suffer
ers with the government funds appropri-
ated by congress for that purpose IS pro-
crossing smoothly. In the two districts
from Memphis TO Cairo. and
from Memphis 70 Helena, local relief sta
tons have been established and placed
in charge Of responsible men. Nothing
remains 10 be done in these districts ex-
cept 10 ship supplies every week 10 the
re,ieI stations. So far no relief stations
have been definitely established in any
Of the districts beow Helena, but the
army officers who have been sert into