Show Wasting Waters Kansas City Mo 25 Twenty three feet four inches on the signal service gauge and is risingsteadily It has risen six inches since the last midnight The inhabitants west of Kansas City are preparing to leave one or two families having changed quarters today There is much apprehension in regard to ice houses and other property along the river in that vicinity The water is now considerably higher than any times time-s ce I8bl St Louis 25TlIe river is still rising slowly but the situation both here and in East St Louts is practically prac-tically unchanged The Bowman dyke still stands the pressure and that and other weak points are constantly being strengthened Threats were made last night to cut what is known as the Madison County dyke which is a high embankment em-bankment running eastwardly from I the river a mile and a half about midway between Brooklyn ana Venice but after a long and angry wrangle between a number the inhabitants of the former place and some people living north of the dyke it was decided that nothing should be done until today as the cutting of this dyke would Jet more I water into Brooklyn ud inundate all that part of the town already submerged The people were very determined and guarded the levee all night with shotguns and other weapons A large volume of water still flows through the breaks made yesterday in the Chi ago and Alton and other railroad tracks and is spreading out and covering more and more of the bottom bot-tom towards the bluffs and along the Vandalia Railroad but no damage to the latter Is yet reported Reports I from points along the Missouri Mis-souri vary considerably At some places the water is still rising while at others it has fallen from two feet to five inches It is safe to say however that there is considerable more water to come down from the region this side of St Joe and the rise may a be foot higher A dispatch dis-patch from Buuiarck says the Yellowstone Yel-lowstone river is already as high as last year and the Missouri is rising ris-ing at that point Telegrams from other places high up the Missouri indicate the usual June rise has commenced and in all probabilities some part of it will reach here before be-fore the present flood recedes to any great extent Should this be tbs case the situation will become alarming and destruction of property prop-erty along both the upper and lower rivers will be appalling |