The herald., 1897-03-26
With Reports of Falling
Waters
GOVERNMENT TENTS ARRIVE
TO SHELTER REFUGEES AT
CAMP CONGO
Below Memphis the River Is Still
Rising, but the Levees
Hold Firm
. ssoc,ated Pres. snec,al Wire.

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MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 25.-Another
slight fall in the river at Memphis is
noted tonight and a corresponding rise
in the spirits Of all interested in the
condition. The river according to the
official bulletins Of the weather bureau,
registers 36.7 feet, fall of one-tenth of
a foot.
The river at Cairo continues to rise,
while at Paducah it is stationary. Dis
patches from all points south of Mem
phis show that the Mississippi is rising
slowly. The continued fair weather Is
a favorable condition. News received
from all points along the Mississippi
side indicate that the system of levees
is still intact. These dispatches have
been received by the Illinois Central and
are authentic.
No more breaks are reported on the
Arkansas side. All trains are running out
OF Memphis on schedule time, with two
exceptions. The Memphis relief COM
mittee having received the tents from
Washington, have almost completed
the colored refugees will be quartered
and provided for.
STILL RISING
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark. March 25.-
The gauge reads 5O.7 feet, a rise of six
tenths of a foot in twenty-eour hours,
four-tenths higher than ever known. The
levees are in good condition and four
feet above the level of the water. The
water is running around the head of the
of 70 Tho -
pour there will, however, affect but a
small portion of Desha county but it
will flood Chicot. One hundred and fifty
men are at work and on guard to pre-
vent the levee being cut by lawless peo-
pie. The railroad track is tied up for
a mile and a half to keep 1t from wash
ing in case of an overflow.
THOUSANDS ON DUTY
GREENVILLE, Miss, March 25.-The
river rose seven inches during the last
twenty-four hours and is now six inches
higher than the high-water mark. The
levees are still holding on this side, but
the strain is being increased hourly and
there is no telling what the outcome will
be. Heroic measures are being adopted
all along the line and thousands of men
and boys are on constant duty. The
weak places are being guarded carefully
built up and strengthened in every way
possible, so that there is 8, fine chance
of yet escaping the desolation and disas-
ter which a single break would bring
upon the people and the property owners
of this great and fertile valley.
AN OREGON STORM
PORTLAND, Ore, March 25.-For
several hours today an equinoctial gale
ragged in this vicinity with exceptional
fury. The wind at one time attained
velocity of fifty-five miles an hour. Signs
were blown down, plate glass windows
were broken and everything loose was
blown in every direction.
Street car service was almost entirely
day, owing to trouble with the wires at
Oregon City, where the motive power
comes from.
The large suspension bridge across the
Willamette river at Oregon City was
wrenched from its piers fully eighteen
inches The bridge was afterwards put
back into position by means of hydraulic
jacks. The storm prevailed all over the
Willamette valley and at the mouth of
the Columbia river.
IN ARIZONA
PHOENIX, March 25.-Salt river has
been at flood point from melting SHOWS
for several weeks and several narrow es-
capes from drowning are reported. This
morning the body of an unknown white
man was taken from the river near the
dam of the Arizona canal, thirty miles
east of Phoenix.