The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-26
BY Telegraph.

SPECIALS.
Memphis. Tenn: Nov. 25:.The river here is now
Of i Of a foot in the last IS hours The Kate
WITH a so6d trip. The James Lee departed at )
2. m. for Friar's Point. The Robert T. Lee de,
Idaho departed at 2 .; m; for Peters Landing.
The Ferl HeIcld arrived this morning from Cairo
The Government steamer saehem; with The
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en- emit feet at West Memphis for the present;
leaves ~ IN the morning for St. Louis. TIE snag-
beat II. g. Wright departed at u m. for 81.
Robert e Lee. vas droWned early yesterday
morning shortly after the arrival Of the boat at
To toif tie G gp the sy WhesyY. a and E sGns i in thu the p Mqeflh9ncs
Of that duty his foot slipped and he fell over
drowned on the dredginsboat Kappa at the Govs
eminent feet, West Memphis. October 10. was
yesterday in charge Of f. c. Blair Of New Mad
I'D, Nc. The body was recovered at o X. Land,
In the morning on the steamer City OF Sheffield.
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Cairo. ILL.,. Nov. 25.-The river is falling slowly.
i the s 5ssf reads read w a half {, Of c Gne-te sna les. less than han
Lower Mississippi this morning. Pilot MasoS
river. got off here and returned to st Louis by
T Ti1as f T6e steel Sc L dSgsl :, propeller 2 Ill G yrGs5 P Do ar
Townsend. She will leave for New Orleans to-
IA, Fla, Pilot Harry Eidredge came down from
St Louis by rail to-day to 20 on the McDougal.
with four barses Of stone. The Georgia Lee
from Memphis. with a light trip consisting Of
m. She will leave on her return trip Tomorrow
evening. The Eagle from Burke's Quarry ar
and went to the bank. Captain 4. ]. Powell
went by river to CaseyvilIe to-day in the interest
of his company.
The ]. B. Richardson arrived at 3 and de-
parted FT5te at, at 4 p; M toT Pad r y She had a MOI
at 2:f5 .. m. for Hatchie- River with 2 barges
70 assist hi, the Eritz and Fred HaItSeg- Pilot
around in steamboat circles. Mrs. ]. r. Fer
e efpS0cs ap tain tJh j. B. F Fersus0n. @ are h sna P sSHdsy
looking into the circumstances Of his disap-
bank. about two miles Hs above this. o1 Were teNSS he
STOPPED at q shanty and purchased a skin. The
skin and that they saw him start to pull up
the river. Captain 4. W. Thompson. superin-
The Jacob HetheringtSn brought up a tow Sf
logs last night and returned south; The char;
today and returned South this afternoon, for
Paducah. Ky, Nov. .-Rive gauge reads at
Z o'clock this morning II foot. The j.. b.
Richardson left for Cairo this morning on time
this evening from the Tennessee River. No
packet leaving here to-day. but the Rob Dudley
with dispatch, as early thereafter as possible.
a pretty light model barge in tow she is en-
route for Muscle Shoals. on the Tennessee River.
OF GHg muscle / shells 'g 10 be : pse90i ie / sI mansf a tUae
OF pearl buttons for a large manufacturing com
pany in the East. Captain Henry f. TAYLOR.
superintendent Of the Mound City ways. and for
a long time captain Of the steamer James Fish
and Gus Fowler. died to-day in that city at
I1:l0. His remains will be brought up and
Inferred here Wednesday.
Grand Tower. ILL.,, Nov. 25.-The Chester up at
: p. m. last night The T. H. Davis with one
barge Of lumber up at m:so P. m. last night. The
at 6 a m. The Rees Lee up at $50 a. m. The
Polar Wave. with two barges Of logs. up at II
a. m; The gauge reads 80 feet and stationary.
Weather clear and pleasant.
Burlington, Ia. Nov. 25.-The river has been
on a stand for four days and Is still l foot
5 inches above low-water mark Of 1864. Weather
clear and cooler.
vicksburg. Miss. Nov. 25.-Gauge reads 9.1
feet. falling. Lucille Rowland due tonight.
Snagboat McComb went down this morning.
Pittsburg. Pa. Nov. 25.-River 80 feet and ris-
ing. Cloudy and cool.
Wheeling. W. Va. Nov. r 6 feet s
inches; rising. Cool and light rain.
Louisville. KY. Nov. 25.-River fallinS- In