The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-30

President Roosevelt Offers Assist
 ance on Part of Government-Tent
 Are Being Supplied as Fast as Pos sible.
 Atlanta. Ga, Apr. 28.-Conditions In he districts stricken by the storm of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, show no improvement according to reports up Q l p. m.. Monday.
 The death list may reach 450. The list of injured stands at 1,277. Appar- sntly Mississippi and Louisiana were he chief sufferers and reports from hese sections Monday afternoon show hat a number of small towns have from one to ten dead.
 Relief measures have been taken in Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans and other places. The report of the weath- sr bureau indicating frost for Monday las hastened prepa rations for the re- ief of the homeless. There have been 10 serious deyelopm ents in the flood situation In the way of loss of life, but
 
 yia and Alabama will be heavy.
 Hattiesburg, Miss, has been turned nto a hospital camp, all the injured rom miles around having been car jed there. They will number 200 and perhaps more. The financial loss VII, aggregate several million dollars, in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia.
 The number of dead in the vicinity ,f Richton, Miss, is Is. Seven persons one family are reported to have been killed.
 New Orleans, ApE 28.-Belated re- ,orts from the sections of Louisiana md Mississippi visited by the tornado Friday continue to come In from re- note points which have been cut of rom communication adding material to the death list
 Reports from Catahoula parish, .ouisiana, tell of the death of several persons and of great destruction of property. A report from Richton. Miss. just received tells of the death ,f IS persons and the injury of many nore. Reports from the territory be- wsen Puryis, Miss, and the Gulg and Ship Island Railroad also add to the ieath list.
 Gov Noel of Mississippi has ac- Snowledged the receipt of telegram rom President Roosevelt for his offer the name of the people of his state. 1ov. Noel has ordered all the tents available in nearly towns rushed to Purvis, Miss, where there Is much suffering among those whose homes were wrecked in the tornado. The re- ief work in Purvis is progressing sat sfactorily. In Amity City, La, the sit lation shows some improvement. Tents have been supplied and the dis ribution of rations carried out sys- ematically
 At a meeting of representatives of Ill exchanges and business organiza- ions in New Orleans Monday presid- sd over by Mayor Behrman, aid was pledged to the sufferers In Louisiana md Mississippi and committees were appointed to take charge of the work.
 Washington, Apr. 2S.-The president liter conferring with Secretary Met calf Monday telegraphed GOV. Noel ,tating that the war and navy depart nents, the Marine Hospital service and he Red Cross stood ready to give aid whenever it is indicated wherever the lid is needed. Upon receipt of a re ply from the governor the president will give the necessary orders and all our organizations will begin move nent for aid.
 By unanimous consent the house Monday on motion of Mir. Bartlett Cal adopted resolution of sympathy Or the storm sufferers in Georgia Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana md authorized the secretary of war to furnish tents. provisions and supplies md render such other aid as he may ieem necessary.