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Show MISSISSIPPI MAKES PHENOMENAL RISE NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 24 A phenomenal phenom-enal rise has occurred In the Mississippi river seventy-five miles below here, where for three days the levees hsve heen breaking- The river stsrvls within one-tenth of a foot of the highest rise on record In that district. Notwithstanding this unusual etsge near Its mouth, the river at New Orleans and for hundreds of miles northward Is three feet and more under previous high records It Is though' tha' changes tn the hod of the stream mav account for the estuary. |