Evening star., 1897-04-15
River at New Orleans High Enough
to Brighten the Hardest.
NOT A SURRENDER ALONG THE Line
Nor Single Break in the Lou
isiana levee.
R1S e OF THE MISSOURI

er is beating its own record right along
| and Is high enough to frghten the stoutest-
| hearted, but there has not been seen a
! single surrender, nor is there single
break In the levee line In Louisiana Bayou
| La Fourche is still the weakest point while
| on the river proper the Tensas and fifth
leVee districts are regarded the danger
spots. Those sections are now wrestling
| with the flood wave, but the banks are
holding.
| 81. Joseph, in Tensas, has experienced a
| rise OF half a foot In two days II can
stand two feet, but that figure NAV he ex-
| ceeded at midnight, and then II may he
| oimcuit 10 hold the night The leyees he
iow' all the way to New Orleans and half
way down to the gulf. are being raised and
s,reng thened daily. and will be in better
shape Wnen the crisis comes
While the train of President Snel,mar 90
the nontchartrain board was nsyerinr
| q can Tor nelp from Hanion City. a few
s,r'ss,, nrres ABOVE New Orleans. his coach was
struck by lightning and the platform darn9
aged, but no other damage resulted even
'he ieVee turning out all right
Recommendation to Secretary Alr.r
| 'iShSbuRG, Miss. April 15-The board
| VI eiaoe ana cotton exchange have adopted
iesoiouohs urging the Secretary of War
| " Gull meeting of the river commission
u take other steps toward having the
money carried by the sundry civil bill FOR
tne purpose applied toward stopping the
now OF water through the crevasses This
.ne pooles named regard as of paramount
Importance, and the cooperation of ali
| levee boards and commercial bodies is in
vited. " an
Copies of the resolutions were ordersa
sent General Catchings and the Mississ,ppi
senators.
| Ciffzenas
| MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 15-Lieutenant
Colonel Sanger, inspector general, L. S. A..
has left for Washington, having maee a
| careful inspection of the flood situation I'm
his district, which lies between Memphis
and Helena. The local relief committee
addressed letter to Colonel Sanger. ask
ing that he give some instructions as to the
plans for future work. The committee ex-
pressed willingness to cooperate with
the government officials, but desired Col
oIel Sangers opinion as TO the manner in
which the work should be carried on in
| orcer that there might be no conflict of
policy. In reply Colonel Sanger wrote a
letter acquiescing in the plans already
adopted by the citizens relief committee.
Supplies have been shipped to Mound
City, Vincent and Franklin relief stations.
The ajority of the relief stations have
received a sufficient quantity of supplies to
| last until Saturday or Sunday, when an
other lot of rations will be sent out to be
| USED during the following week.
Lieut. Edwin Cole of the eth Infantry
who has been stationed at Fort Thomas
Newport, KY, arrived in the city yester-
| day afternoon and will act as one of the
| distributing officers under orders from
Capt Davis.
| Chairman Gage of the relief citizens.
committee has received a telegram from
j. p. Patton, mayor of Shaws Miss. ask
ing that aid be sent Immediately for 500
people and their stock. The message was
turned over to Capt. Davis, who will take
| steps toward giving the desired relief.
Two hundred tents are en- route from
Washington to Memphis. When they ar
rive they will be placed in the hands of
Mayor Clapp to be used for the flood suf.
ferers in any manner he deems advisable.
River Rising mt Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, No. April 15.-The river
has risen eight inches since yesterday,
marking three inches above the danger
line, and is still coming up slowly. The
water is beginning to spread out over the
lowlands, and the rise therefore is much
slower. The current is still very swift,
and huge trees and other debris in large
quantities constantly pass the city.
Precautions taken against flood have
in most cases proven effective. and no very
serious damage has been occasioned.
LOUIsIANA's PERIL.
Reports to Chief Moore Indicating
That 1t is Hourly increasing.
Chief Willis l.. Moore of the weather bu-
reau has issued the following special rivel
bulletin:
The crest of the food Is still above vicks-
burg, where the river rose 04 of a foot dur
ing the past twenty-four hours. At Vicks-
burg the water is now 0S and at New Or
leans O.6 of foot above high water of any
previous flood. If no extensive breaks oc-
cur to the northward the river at New Or
leans will reach a 19-foot stage by April 20,
and II is imperative that provision be made
to meet a still higher stage. The danger
to the threatened districts in Louisiana is
daily and hourly increasing, and the warn
ings previously issued by the weather bu-
reau 10 remove persons and property from
regions flooded in former years are repeated
and emphasized, as but few days remain
in which to take advantage of them.
The following reports have been received
today from the Department of Agriculture
weather bureau officials in charge OF river
districts:
st. Louis, Mo.-River at St Louis will fall
to about 26.6 feet by Friday morning, with
further fall during the day. The Missouri
will rise west Of Hermann and continue to
fall to tie eastward. The upper MISSISSIPPI
will rise as far south Hannibal.
Cairo. n-River at a stand since We'd
nesday morning at 1913; will fall slowly to-
night and Friday.
Memphis Tenn.-After rise OF OIL of a
foot the river is now about stationary.
Weather clear and cold. No apprcciable
change in the flood situation in this Sec
ton.
vicksburg, Miss.-Rapid rise here since
yesterday. Government boats sent to Davis
Island below Vicksburg yesterday to rescue
people and stock. Main levees below still
holding
New Orleans, La--General rise continues
below Vicksburg, and a number of levees in
north Louisiana reported in a dangerous
condition and causing great anxiety. but no
breaks as yet. Situation very critical in
northeastern parishes. Without breaks,
stage at New Orleans will reach II IL does
not exceed 10 feet in a week.
Heavy rains occurred during the past
twenty-four hours In the baBins Of the
Cumberland, Tennessee and Ohio rivera,
and In the lower Mississippi valley.
The Missouri has passed the danger line
ut Kansas City. The Mississippi has r1ecn
slightly at Memphis and from Vicksburg to
the m ,uth. The rivers have now been
above the danger line forty-six DAYS At
Cairo. thirty-seven at Memphis. thirty y-one
at vicksburg and twenty at New orirans.
MAJOR CLARs<'s rnIP.
He Describes the work oa The Levaa
and the Danger Of . Break.
commissary General Sullivan has receiv.