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Show --- FLOOD WATERS ARE SJAJIONMRY Cairo Experiences Some Relief Though It May Prove to be Temporary Cnlro, III., April a. Cairo bad 3 illttlo reaplto today from Its Mood scare, duo to tho fact that tho Ohio tcrs were at a Bta..f still rroa m.d night. Tho rending at that hour was C4 and If anything tho gaugo showed a llttlo Iosb at 7 o'clock today. Tho relief, however, will only bo temporary, tempor-ary, It la said, as engineers gavo ns the cnuso tho passing of tho crest In tho Wnbnsh high water. Tho crest of tho Ohio river Hood waters Is still to como and It Is expected that before be-fore tonight tho gaugo readings will rlso again. Another causo for tho standstill was said to ho tho vast voluino of water now flowing Into tho lowlands of tho drnlnago district. It wns ro-1 ro-1 ported that tho water Is flowing over tho nig l'uur tracks In that section for n dlstanco of thrcc-fourthB of a mllo. !Hopo Is held out that tho waters may continue to rccedo tooay In order or-der that tho city may bo better prepared pre-pared for tho high water which is coming. |