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DALLAS Tex. April ~. "A special q,
the NewS FROM Eafsals. L r.. y-sser-
day. says:
A s~ries of cloud bursts and heavy
wind AMI rain storms occurred In and
around Enfuals all sf last night aud
extended over about one hundred
square miles % territory. The raia fell
in torrents and was the heaviest Tor
hfty years Farm housr. fences and
crops were washed away u an extent
aDountinx ,o a calamity.
The North Canadian railway bridge
h nj badly damaged that no trains can
cru-- Il anil IL cannot b~ repaired Tor
- hours The ~oath bound pesS.ng~r
train hal scarrrly pass-.i "a al gts Ia~s
night when the south end xnve way
Many trains arc tied MP at this point.
and thcrv Is n series OF washoais Tor -
miles that are irnpas<ablc for the prey
ent The damage u crops Is beyond
estimation. nearly every arrc a ground
fcr many miles in all directions will
have to be rrplanset. NAVY farms mr..
entirely under water. several covered
wagons noatrsi down the south Cana
dian river this morning. accompanied
by small houses and household furni-
ture.
All t-rryboats were washed away
and communication cut OF. - far no
news of loss OF life has been received
Much property was destroyed in Eu-
fsula by the wind AMI rain. A cyclone
passed about ive miles south of town,
destroying some houses and killing
some cattle. but the full loss canno,
be sseertsins,i ut this hour The riv-
ers arr now falling hut repairs can
not yet BE- made ON the railway bridge.
nsia sss sro"~s Char~~s~rss~s the Lover
River Situation
Nsxrut-. Tenn. April s5.-This has
been a rainy and threatening sabbath
ana leve-s are being taxed - their ut
m.sst At Natchex the river guage
shows . rise during the last ,. hours
of ons-tsnth of foot showers hav.
prevailed in this s.ctiou all day. and
to night a steady dowu-pour II re-
ported- The lrvr-s arr soft and mushv
and with a continued precipitation il
is feared that The enhaa naen. will
give way.
telegram from Clayton. La. r--
ccivrd tonight states that IN. Tensa.
river has riscn over On. foot since last
night and the swif. stream is full OF
heavy drifts. The baekwat-r from the
Bigvs crrvassr Is showing its-if near
Vilada and il will cover many acres Of
lo..h land in that section.
At Grrrnville the river fell two
tenths of n foot in - hours Light
showers prevailed all day and the
weather u aight Is warm and unset
tied.
At Memphis a fall Of one tenth Of
foot Is recorded. The river at Cairo
IN falling at an Increased rate. The
big stream has dropped nine-tcnths of
foot since last night, and the gauge
now reads s.-I, or ~ feet above the
danger line. Rain l. falling at Cairo
tonight and the weather is somewhat
coo.sr.
nrshs Over IN. Lsv-. No Atsempt tn Raa
rraias.
orrumwA, Ia, April ei-The river
bruke over the levee last night and
flooded the bottoms. carrying several
houses down stream To-day in some
places the water Is above the first
story of the houses. One Burling gton
main lin. track is impassable and hun
dreds OF men are at work at-
tempting To prevent damage to
the other line. The situation is crit
ical. but IL is now believed that
the Burlington viii hrep the main line
open. The Wabash and Milwaukee
trackes are gone here for a distance Of
200 feet, and the other roads are tied
up. The Rock Island has miles OF
track under water. No attempt Is be-
ing made To run trains The river was
still rising slowly tonight
Trovtuentt1t Weafhcr-A Cosffy Tight
NEw ORLEANS. April ss.-Ths river
Is still ID feet above low water, and
the fine stretch OF weather has en-
abied the levec force to hold the banks
d.spit. the terrific strain. The
weather has been providential. for
few stormy nights would have NEE lt
several crevasses almost To certain,
The fight Is n costly one. n can be
judged from the fact that last weeks
work ON the Carrollton levce. abous
one-ateenth OF the city system. cost
s1s. 900. A number OF weak spots have
been added 10 the list but the levee
boards have gone promptly to work in
all cases and danger has been bridged
over.
Capt Derby. OF the United States en-
gineers. has already begun arrange
ments to rebuild the levees where de-
fective and the levee board across the
river has turned over three ievees to
the governments supervision
Feand the Keys Of the Bznk.
SoaERswoRrH, " H.. April II. The
room in Berwick of J. L. Kelly. the con-
fessed murderer of Cashier Stickney
Of the Great Falls national bank was
searched last night and in il were
fonnd the keys of the Great Falls ma
tional bank. which were taken from