The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06

swept away ana the WlnQ and water
Is wrecking other houses. The gap
In the levee there is half mile wide.
Down at Cairo.
CAIRO, ILL.,, April 5.--Adiutant Cen
eral Frank s. Dickson and Williarn
Mckinley, speakers OF the house OF
arrived on the steam
or Illinois this afternoon. The boat
which had been commissioned by the
state for relief work among the flood
had on board eighty-five tons
OF supplies, consisting OF blankets
aboard the boat were E e. Caldwell,
state fish commissioner, Charles Neal,
Quartermaster in Charge Clifford.
Assistant State Treasurer. and Paul
Mathews, secretary for Governor
Dunno. The Illinois departed for
Shawneetown tonight and will make
stops along the way and distribute
supplies to the refugees where help
Is needed.
Before leaving General Dickson said
he expected to return to Cairo about
Monday with the boat and that he
would establish general headquarters
for relief work in this city.
Company f and parts of Company
e of the Seventh regiment nearly
caused riot at Mounds Thursday
night. These soldiers have been sta
toned at villa Ridge and at Mounds
AT the latter place saloons are open
and many soldiers became intoxicated
and undertook to tear UP the town.
Mayor Z. C. Fletcher of Mounds fin
ally took charge of the situation and
rounded up captain who immediate
lily marched the soldiers out of town
and UP to Villa Ridge for the night.
Colonel Daniel Moriarty, In COM
mand of the militia. made personal
i visit to Mounds today to investigate
the conduct OF the soldiers and will
administer punishment to those de-
serving of 1t. Colonel S. o. Trip has
; established relief camp for the
state relief work at seth street and
Washington avenue and from this
camp supplies will be given out. The
from trip to Brookport and Shaw
lneetown where she carried relief
: Thursday morning. The boat was in
charge Of Captain John ]. Bolger, Co.
r. Seventh regiment OF Chicago. He
had detail of men and a large
quantity of supplies for refugees. Cap
} tain Bolger says that Shawneetown is
! in very bad condition and reports
many thrilling incidents in connec-
ton with the flooding of that place.
He tells of prisoner who was In Jail
when the water was let into the town.
He was badly frightened. A guard
took him cut upon the roof OF the
t of.
The situation at Mound City Is
, much improved. Several bad slides
{ occurred in the levees yesterday but
] they were successfully repaired. Five
hundred laborers were brought there
/ and put on levee work by the Big
j Four railroad. 1t is now believed the
city will escape inundation. The river
, marks 54 feet and seven-tenths and is
: expected to remain at this dangerous
r stage for several days. There Is no
. fear now of the river going over the
top OF the Cairo levees which are bulk
!, headed up to 5S foot stage but
grave peril still confronts the city in
: the shape of weakness in the levees
due from seepage water or from the
: effects of big windstorm and will
continue to do so until the river has
: fallen below the so foot mark.
= Picking Out the Heroes.
), COLUMBUS, April 5.-F NJ. VIII
: mot, CT Pittsburgh connected with
:, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
arrived here late today for the pur
pose OF picking out heroes OF the
9 Ohio flood worthy of medals.
$ Among the men who will be sug
II gested by Governor Cox as proper re
o cipients of hero medals are Thomas
ID Green, wire chief of the Bell Tele
1t phone Co. at Columbus, and Chic
e Operator Bell at Dayton.
Is Green has been termed the "Jaci