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Show DECLARED LABORERS DESERTING These Needed at Cairo to Work ea Levees aire Fleeing. MANY ILLINOIS TOWNS ARE CALLING FOR AH) ; Grave Situation Where the ; Ohio Joins Mighty Tide of Mississippi. SPaUNOrUSLD, iET Marc 81. That the river still Is ruing and that laborers who are needed to throw the aandbags along the concrete levee to Increase It height are fleeing from the city, was the information received thla i morning by Governor Dunne and Adjutant Adju-tant General Dickson from Cairo. No direct word cam from Shawnee-town. Shawnee-town. indirect word waa received from there that Shawntwn seemed in a bad plight. The Inhabitant are reported to have fled to higher ground. Col. S. O. Tripp waa thla morning aant to take charg ot the distribution of supplies at Cairo. Distress call, have been received to date by the governor and adjutant general gen-eral from Cairo. Alexander county; Ka-plea. Ka-plea. Scott county; Junction, Gallatin county, Shawnee town. Gallatin county; Mounds. Pulaski county. The followtna order ha been tilled by the adjutant aeneral: Cairo, lo.too rations and 1K.000 begs. Shawnee town, te tent. Naptea. forty tent. Mound., fifty teat. Junction. 100 tent.. Odd Fallows Are Busy. John B. Jennlnga of Sullivan, grand master of tho Independent Order of Odd fellow, in Illlnole, advtaed Governor Dunne thla mornlruj that he had aent personal rpreantatlvee to Cairo and Shawneetown with authority to spend llooo for teller of flood sufferer, at the former pure and lie at Shawneetown. Governor Dunne cellmates that aotlvt-tlea aotlvt-tlea on the part of the atate In furnlah-Ing furnlah-Ing flood relief since yeeterday morning ha entailed an expert, apprxmlmatlnit 140.0SX). No stat fund are available to meet tin expenae. tbe eialgnc appro fxrtatlon at the l..t general anembly bavins bav-ins bean exhausted The governor la confident, however, that tbe Indebtedneaa will be cared for rtthout question A letter waa received try the governor this morning from PVaaeU T. Sjisii I, tl"SSaaHTT 0f" the AMh si'latlrtTl tit OTT RleTT e at ChtcaeTo. thanhlnf him for the psaltlon taJisfl. by him with regard to the ua-grasted ua-grasted expedition f the Illlnole naval ra-arva ra-arva at Chlcejfn to the relief of the Ohio flood rfrtlms. Mr. Simmons advised Mr. Twnne thet his orsanlxetlon already has raised over I2o.ooo to apply to the relief of the sufferers and notlned him that the association la prepared to extend a help-ins; help-ins; hand In lower Illlnole If needed. Governor Dunne replied that ha had entailed en-tailed an expense of 140.000 with no state fund available, and requesting that the A-aaoclation of Commerce protect him on this indebtedness. OCCUPIED OEBAT PLACS IN .FRENCH CONFIDENCE PARIS. March 31. The daath of J. Pierpont Morgan became known on the Paris bourse shortly before crosinc time. H had no visible effect on the market, but was the subject of considerable comment com-ment end questioning ae to Its probable consequences In America. The prevailing view seemed to be (hat Mr. Morgan's leadership would be missed more months hence rather than Immediately. Immedi-ately. Mr. Morgan occupied an Immense place In French conlMenoa. He had done more than anyone else during the last ten years In establishing the faith of French Investors In American securities. LA WBBNCXBURO UNDER WATER. LaAWIRENCEBI'RO. Ind . March II Practically the whole city la under daep water today and more than fifty buildings build-ings are known to have bean carried away. Te Knlppensburg carriage factory burned during ths nlgtit. Owing to tha warnings of flood danger, however, tt Is not believed the re will be any loss of life here. THIRTY SIX FEET AT MEMPHIS. MEMPHIS, March SI. A stage of M fee was reglstsred on the Looal gauge if the Mississippi river this morning, a rise of eight-tenth of a foot In the past i twenty-four hours. RI PINO FAST AT PATOCAH. PAPrCAH. Ky.. March 11 Tha Ohio river gauge here at 7 o'clock thla morning morn-ing registered 47 feat, a rise of two and three-tenth feat In the last twenty-four hours. HIGH AT LOU 1SV 1X18. LOt'ISVILLJC. Ky.. March II--The tage t the Ohio river hare at 7 o'clock , title mcrnlng waa 41.7 feat, a rise of I f-1 f-1 leal In the last twenty-four hours. . nopo'n $100,000 eleldsf SACHAMK.NTO, Oal.. March 11 An appropriation ap-propriation of flOO.000 for ths flood sufferers suf-ferers of Ohio and Indiana la purpoeed by the etate legislature and thla afternoon Governor Johnson. State Controller Nye and a y Int committee of senators and as-MmMymvn as-MmMymvn ere dlsc-uraing methods by wlitcli the leslslature can act and avoid violation of the constitution. Immediate l action te purposed. COM'MBl'S, O., March 31. The following follow-ing message was received at the governor's gov-ernor's office laet night from Harry Madden Mad-den of Oalllpolls. a representative of the Ohio board of administration: "The river at Oallipoile Is up to tha 17-foot staga. six fast higher than ever before, but Is now gradually falling. Ths state hospital here Is safe and Is taking j care of -to peopls, while the town is taking care of ItfO additional. There has been no l-ss of life.' |