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Show THE WORST IS OVER. Only Encouraging Reports Come From Points Threatened by Flood. New Orleans. With the exception , of Conrad's Point, six miles below Baton Rouge, only encouraging re- i ports are being received by the Unit- , ed States engineers. The weather bu- ( rcau reported the river at a atandstlll i at Itaton Itouge Monday morning, while other points reported falling I stages. A hurry call was sent from Con- 1 rad's Point to Haton Itouge for workmen work-men and malerlal. Chief Clerk Schmidt of the engineer's office said laborers and government employees j had been at that place aeveral days . and that he was of the opinion that they were fully prepared to take care of any situation that might arise. , |