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Show OHIO RIVER IS RECEDING Water Flows Over an Old Stretch of Levee Into St. Francis Basin; Mississippi Levees Are Holding Cairo. Ill . April 5 For tho first time since the Ohio river started a rise two weks ago. decided recession ; was visible today The river was well below the 57 foot mark which v -j passed last night. Tho fall was believed be-lieved to have been caused by a break in tho levee at Point Pleasant. Mo . jlthuugh this could not be verified I It is believed that the St Francis bottoms are being flooded on account of this break and If this is the case all danger will be ended so far as Cairo is concerned A relief expedition expedi-tion was sent to Mound City toda. Levees In Good Condition. Memphis, Tenn . April 5 Rumors that the levees at Point Pleasant gave way last night, flooding the St. Francis Fran-cis basin, were denied by United States engineers here today It was stated that officers were in telephone communication with Point Pleasant after midnight and that the levees were intact. Major Markham received a telegram today stating that conditions from ( aruthersville to Point Pleasant wore satisfactory throughout the night II a expressed belief that the levees would hold. The fall at Cairo is at trlbuted to the flooding of the upper St. Francis basin ba-sin by water flowing over an old Stretch of levee above N'ev. Madrid. 1 on which work had been abandoned While this relieves the pressure at Cairo, it no i .iii-.i the lower river riv-er because the water will return to . the Mississippi just below Nov. Mad-! Mad-! rid. Everything was reported in good , condition along the line of the Reel-foot Reel-foot levee, according to the govern -I ment engineers |