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Show FLOOD CONDITIONS AT CAIRO BETTER; TEMPORARY LEVEES ARE EFFECTIVE AGAINST FLOOD "k'fc Zf "4& 'A-'.tfs jJ twH i If ttCWIfen J 1 JiSftBvSHEAbiSe RAILROAD TRACKS! Sl BbV IfeiSK TO PROTECT CAIRO. 1UL. M Cairo, 111., April 16 Flood conditions condi-tions here are better, though the water wa-ter remains at a dangerous stago. The various railroads that enter tho city proved cfTeotlvo In most cascB as dykes, tho tracks being on elevations that served as levees In some cases thoso elovntlons were inci eased In height by temporary bulkheads that covered the tracks and thus stopped traffic whllo holding back the water For Bevcral days business has been suspended, and militia patrolled the streets to provent looting. |