Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-12


other supplies 70 ths more dangerous
places
we are preparing 10 make a fight 4
nspsssurT." Hait Captain LDcHs o. the en-
rinser corps
telegram received tonight gives q more
hopeful view Of the lsvse situation a.
C1ruthersviue No where a serious hrsRk
In The smbsnkmsnt Is threatened The tel
eErHm is 10 Captain Lucas. United States
engineer in charge Of the Firs1 and Second
lsvss districts Of the Mississippi river. and
is from Assistant Engineer fitzpatrick vbo
10 n personal charge o. the WORK a. that
point. and SAYS the cEvinE o. the river hank
in trent Of the frst lsves has DsoessitHtsd
its abandonment and that the second leves,
or loop. is nov relied on alone. This leves
viii stand q further rise Of Eve feet Il
no further csvinF o. the river hank occurs
Arkansss Ranks cave.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. March 1.-THE Ar
kansas river VIII pass the danger line In
the next twenty-four hours. The banks
Of the stream are reported 10 be badly
cEvinE. Factories al DevRu's Bluff have
been compelled 10 close.
Say L<vee He. Broker
NATCHEz, Miss. March IA report
reached here today thai the Texas Pa
] EAIN EhANhN tHuhnhALtAt "a hNNEINf hbNlL
thirtv-fve miles south OF VsdElia. had
broken. but Sheriff Gillespie o. that parish
could not verify the report. This en-
bRnkment it fifteen feet high. or three
feet higher than the high water stage Of
1897, and is q new leves.
OHcrs on the mail steamer Betsy Ann
are authority for the statement that frame
buildings In the lovlsndE have been washed
away. Residences have been torn from
their foundations and some have been
caught and held by the trees. The own
ars and occupants we're glad TO escape
with their lives. Deer, bears and other
animals have been driven 10 high LANDS
and are being slaughtered il large num-
berE.
The weather is threatening. The river
EuREs is 46.S. being Is above the danger
line. and rising.
More water Expected.
JACKSON. Miss. March 1.-THE board
Of control today ordered all available con
vicrs TO be placed AT the disposal Of the
TRsOo, Miss levee board. The levees
are stiu three feet above the water. hun
the danger is great. Rs large volumes Of
water are expected Saturday. Pearl river
continues 10 rise and has spread over the
sectionr adjacent 10 Jackson.
UCKsBURG, Miss, March lie. C..
ToIinger, assistant general engineer Of the
YRzoo, Miss. board. says all the levees
are holding splendidly, the steady rains
Of the past few DAYS being the most seri-
Gus cause Of alarm. The water is rising
steadily here al the rate Of nearly half 3
foot in rwenty-four hours, the gauge TO-
night registering 81.
Flood ~ New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. March 1.-THE river is
rising very slowly. The gauge today marked
IE.4, q rise Of only nineteenth in the last
twenry-four hours. The stage is still Dver
q foot under the record
The most unfortunate condition a. pres
eut il the continuance Of the rainy weather.
ThiE is having the effect Of suftentnE the
levees and al Louisiana iE praying for 3
return OF sunshine. Six hundred men are
NJ work today al various points sHcking
weak points and raising the line OF EN-
banEmsnts-
Thousands Of sacks Of sand are being dis
tributed along the river. The engineers re-
port the levees between Southport and Car
roIlt0n In excellent CONDITION 10 stand q
much greater strain than they have thus
far been subjected 10.
The United States engineer officials have
promised cooperation With The authorities
in carrying on the hEhf against the food
All the leVee boards OF Inc STATE may ne
said TO be in continuous session and every
] foot Of levee on the river and on its tribu-
taries As under surveillance
ArkanEas Banks Gave.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 1.-THE Az
kansas river viii pass the danger line in
the next twenry-four hours. The banks
Of the stream are reported 10 be badly
csving. Factories al DsvRlls Bluff have
been compelled 10 close.
NATCHEZ. Miss, March 1.-THE Mis-
sissippi river is ~ fet above the danger
line. The weather lie threatening The
steamer Betsy Ann exports q most de-
pl0rRhle condition below here
Mohawk Floods in New York.
FONDA. n. Y, March u-HeBTy rains
have caused the Mohawk river 10 overflow
and food portions Of the valley.
Much damage 10 property is reported
Houses have been flooded and families
compelled 70 seek places Of safety. Many
factories have shut down The central
and West Shore railroads are suffering
from landslides. Hundreds OF persons en-
ployed in shops in the various towns Of
the valleys have been thrown out of en-