the fund to the suffering people. Six officers are now in the flooded
districts, finding out what the wants of the people are, and another
detail of officers is to follow them, distributing food and relief
according to instructions.

That every section may be reached, the flooded country has been divided
into six districts, with one officer to go over each.

The Citizens' Relief Committee of Memphis, Tenn., had arranged to help the
sufferers in its district before Congress was heard from. This one society
fed and cared for nearly seven thousand people who had sought refuge from
the waters.

This society has also sent large quantities of food and supplies to
various points in Arkansas and Mississippi, but the help of the Government
was very badly needed. The Citizens' Relief Committee could only reach a
very small portion of the people who are suffering from the angry rise of
the Father of Waters, as the Mississippi is called.

* * * * *

Matters are very unsettled in the Transvaal.

They are still inquiring as to who gave Dr. Jameson the authority to make
his raid, but nothing of any consequence has been brought to light.

In the Transvaal itself, war with England seems to be threatening. There
is much angry discussion over the late news that England has leased
Delagoa Bay for thirty years, at a rental of $2,500,000 a year.