The Mena star., 1899-07-13
The Rise in the Brazos River Has Cost Texans Little Less
 Than $Io, ,ooo, 1000.
SIX HUNDRED PERSONS ENDANGERED.
A Telegram from JsIiff Stated That Many People Were Likely to Be Drowned A Flood In the Red River Feared--A Slice of Mexico Cut on by the Rio Grande Near Fort RingoId.

St Louis, July o.-A special to the Republic, from Caldwell, Tex, says: Estimates made by competent cotton buyers as to the loss resulting from damage to the cotton crop in the Bra sos badly tax the credulity of persons not familiar with the flood conditions. Not less than 200 square miles of cot ton bearing land has been flooded. Every acre of it would have produced a big bale. Easing the loss on fve-cent figures the crop destroyed on the plan fations was worth almost $4.000, 900. Well-informed persons are of the opin- ion that this unprecedented rise in the Brazcs has cost the people of Texas lit- tie less than si0,00o, 900.
 Thousands of mules have been drowned, all of the domestic animals have perished, rented houses and De- gro quarters have been swept away, the gins are nearly all ruined and hum dreds of plantation stores carrying big stocks of general merchandise are a,nder water Not bridge has es- caped and not d train has passed over the Santa Fe railroad between Bren- ham and Milano for week.
 Six Hundred Persons Endangered.
 St Louis, July 9.-A special to the Post Dispatch from Dallas Tex, says: Goy. Savers, in talk over the long distance telephone from Austin, re- quests the press to state that in addi- tion to money all character of clothing and provisions are needed in the flood district. He suggests that parties con- tributing such articles communicate with him before shipments are made in order that intelligent distribution may be had There are from 75,000 to 100, GOO persons needing relief. About S100, GOO in money and supplies have been con- tributed, but many times that much is needed Reports in Dallas at noon from Denison, Paris, TexarlSana and places on the Red river state that rain has been pouring down in torrents for the last five hours with no prospects of stopping. It is feared that a flood in Red river may result. A telegram re- ceived to-day from .Iuliff, in Fort Bend county, says that GOO persons are in danger of drowning at that place.
 A Slice of Mexico Cut on.
 Austin, Tex, July 9.-The attention of the war department has been called to peculiar effort of the recent flood in the Rio Grande river. The former channel of the cratic stream passed within few rods of Fort Ringgold, Tex. and the pumping station was so located as to afford an adequate water supply for the army post. During the recent big rampage, the river cut new channel, striking off large sec tion of Mexico and placing about mile between the post and it's present channel. The pumping station was not prepared for such an emergency as this, and the water supply at the post is now cut off until some other means of obtaining it can be devised. The International water boundary commis- sion will be called upon to investigate the question of rightful boundary be- tween the two countries at that point.
 Mir and Mrs. B. Lackamp, Elston. Mo, writes: "One Minute Cough Cure saved the life of our little boy when