The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-07
ont The pumps Will not lie
i gam until The water fails.


rived al Mouads yesterday afternoon
and will lie brought u Cairo todae
They will be distributed among the
) refugees from the Drainage District.
who are oamped on the Illinois Cet
trial bridge approach and On ser
ton of tae lsvee.
/ Yesterday Ii 7rnius severs! ne rraas
worked with IN i1p7ovised pump ia
getting the water out Of Tho Illinois
Central tracks near the passenger
station The succeeded in getting
the water down To minimum, This
water ran through the sacks Al
Fourth street. before the7 were prop
erly chinked
/ Saloon Eeepe are 1mplsning
because they are forced to have
their places cf business closed dur
ing the high water onr della ed
yesterday that with the $1,000
license it Il in5aed pIoblem
Another declared thst he was un-
der $40 expense daily u operate his
! eS tabIishmeGt and with no money
coming in he feels that he right
to protest
! The lid Is being kept on ana the
olice have experienced 10 trouble
n carrying out the order
Water is sieping into the base
meuts Of many of the storss and
residences Merchants who had
stock in their cellars, have moved
ii to ether quarters.
| Surplus sacks have been piled
| along the leyee in preparation for
any emergency that may arise.
The Three States will make trips
to Wickliffe, Ky, to connect with
Illinois Central trains from and to
| the south.
TWO attempted robberies, one at
! the Gholson-Staehle Dry-Goods Com
pany Friday night and another at
the residence of George Magee Of
! 4l6 Tenth street, last night caused
the militia to be given orders to-
shoot suspicious acting persons, I'M
less they stop when ordered
Mayor Parsons received a mes
sage from Governor Deneen an
nouncing that the Naval Reserves OF
Alton are now on their way to Cairo
to aid in food work They are ex-
peCted to ARRIVE in a short time.
Mounds has 1900 food refugees
and yesterday Governor Deneen sent
Major Lang with provisions and
tents for them A shipment of tents
arrived yesterday.
The Big Four trestle north of |
Mound City was washed out of line
yesterday morning and the after
noon train was delayed several
hours. The bridge was repaired SO |
the outgoing train could run, but ii |
will require hard work 10 keep the
bridge in shape.
Between $4,000 and 10000 sacks
were brought into Cairo yesterday
Thirty-fVe thousand were brought |
from Mounds, where they were TAX
en- from the st. Louis train; about
$4,000 were brought from the
Beech Ridge levee by the steamer
Henry Maryland and 10000 from
Wiekliffe by the steamer Three
States
E, L. Ned" Gilbert, has been
working all week, at the Commissary
headquarters in the Elks building.
with broken ankle.
The man who tied his house to a
tree in Future City was wise
guy He doesn't have to hunt all
over the drainage district for his
house. James Casey was at Urban
dale yesterday hunting for two OF
his houses. He did not find them,
but VIII make another trip for the
purpose. He doesn't know whether
they are atioat intact or among the
wreckage. His houses were almost
IN line with the Big Four breaker
Contractor Casper yellingmeyer
has already been seen regarding the
placing of houses back on their
foundation when the water recedes
rom the drainage districts, also for
he replacing OF houses that have
toated off to various localities in the
district.
Albert Hurst owns an 80 acre
arm on the west side of the flooded
drainage district. In speaking of
his loss yesterday he said: 1T might
rave been worse The land will be
'overed with deposit of rich sedi- !
nent from the Mississippi which I
viii fertilize the ground. The west
'ide of the district being Hooded by
he Mississippi viii leave a greater
ieposit," A very optimistic farmer. !,
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