Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-03-13
STILL RAINING
IN LOUISIANA
There Was However Decrease in the Rise
Of the Mississippi, the River Still
Being Seventeenth of Foot
Below the Record of 1897
LEvEES ARE S0FTEHINC AND
THREATEN TO GIVE WAY

Donaldsonville, La, March 49,
Great excitement prevails here becaus
of telephone advices which tell of al
impending break in the Arlington leve
, near Baton Rouge Hands are beinl
corralled on all the plantations acros
: the river and hundreds of them are be
, ing sent on special train to the seem
of The trouble. Should the levee Civ,
way all the New river section Of thi
parish will be flooded. The region i!
populated principally by poor small
farmers.
BUILDING A NEW LEVEE.
New Orleans, La, March 13.-The
absence Of news up to this time indi.
Gates that the Arlington levee has not
given way. President Leake of the
tFontchatrain levee board, said today
that 10000 sacks of material and men
have been hurried to the scene. The
Arlington is an old levee and acknowl-
edged to be unsafe. Contracts were
let some months ago for new levee
behind it but owing to the long season
OF rainy weather the second levee has
not been completed. Work is being done
upon it with great vigor and in the
meantime Governor Head, the levee
board and planters are doing all in
their power to maintain the old en-
| bankment. The break at Arlington
would flood valuable sugar lands and
would interfere with traffic over the
railroads.
AND THE RAIN CONTINUES.
New Orleans, La, March 13-There
was a decrease in the rise in the river
here during the past "a hours, the off,
cial gauge today reading 1873 feet, a
rise of lilo. The river is now 7-1O of a
foot below the record of 1897. The SER
iousness of the situation is increased
however by the continuance of rainy
weather, which is softening the levees
along the Louisiana line.
A BAD FLOOD SITUATION.
Memphis, Tenn, March 13.-The river
rose 5-1O of a foot in the past "a hours,
the gauge today marking 36.1 feet All
indications still point to a stage of 3S
feet by Sunday or Monday. A report
from Caruthersville, Mo-, this morning
SAYS that the work on the new lcvec is
progressing night and day. The inn
mediate country around the town Is
covered with from three to five
feet of water. The advices from Mis-
sissippi state that many people in CO.
homa county are alarmed over the sit
uation. Engineers however, say the
levees were never SO strong and claim
that there is no danger of break. The
sepe and back water is daily growing
deeper behind the levees. Business IN
the country is practically at stand
still.
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introduced in the Council after today
except by unanimous consent. 1t was
adopted.
Council Bill No 1870 was introduced
by Mr.. Fall. It provides that the adju-
tant general shall turn over the flags
Of the Spanish-American war to the
Veterans Association. Under suspen-
sion of the rules, the bill was passed.
Council Bill No. 131 was introduced
by Mr.. Albright. 1t amends the recent-
ly passed trust company bill SO that
directors shall also be elected for one
year. 1t was taken up under suspension
of the rules and passed.
Council Bill No. 1872, by Mr.. Pinard,
An act to punish offenses against pri-
vate property, was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
The Council then took recess sub
ject to the call Of the chair.
After the recess, Mr. Duncan intro
duced Council Bill No. 1873, An act to
prohibit the leaving open Of gates on
public highways, and it was passed un-
der suspension of the rules.
The governor announced that he had
signed the following acts: An act CIV
ing to cities the authority to appro-
pirate property by condemnation; an
act authorizing the grading and inn
proving of streets and assessing the
cost on abutting property; an act re-
lating to acequias; an act to provide
for the printing Of the rules Of the SUI
preme and district courts; an act
creating district attorneys districts; an
act concerning the management Of the
Las Vegas land grant; an act creating
the office of fish and game warden and
to protect same; an act to create San
doval county; a resolution to accept
the scholarship rendered under the will
Of the late Cecil J. Rhodes; an act
granting certain lands to the Woman's
Board of Trade Of Santa Fe; an act
creating armory boards for Las Vegas
and Albuquerque; an act relating to-
trust companies; an act to amend the
law relating to administrators and ex-
ecutors; an act to provide for the
building Of school houses from the sur
plus in the school fund.
The Council then went into executive
session during which the following
nominations were confirmed: A. B.
T7;tch of Socorro to serve as regent of