Show D TELEGRAPHIC NEWS THE FLOODS There la Little News bat It Is all Dad New York 171n am answer to ap peal for aid from Mayor Warden of Jefieraonvilie Ind Mayor Edson asks the presidents ot various exchanges to Form organizations for the purpose of responding to this and other ctlla that wilt probably ba made Fort Deposit Md 17 Telegrams Jrom CloarSald say the river ii i rising rapidly A number of men at Williams port expect a big flool on Saturday or Sunday Indianapolis 17The House appropriated appro-priated 100009 for the flood sufferers The Senate will concur Forty thousand dollars has been previously appropriated A car load of provisions is going South Wabash is reported the highest ever known An appeal issued from New Albany say over 10000 persons in that vicinity are homeless and desti tute and nothiJg can be raised for them thereabouts The public therefore ia invited to aid teem Every kind of aid I I will ba acceptable their wants are so various va-rious The distress will continue for II weeks Richmond 17The council appropriated appropri-ated 500y for the flood sufferers Oairo 17The river is six and a half feet lower than the highest of last year and is rising rapidly So actions danger dan-ger is apprehended Dubuque Iowa 17The woods in this section will greatly damage the i railroads Two coal mines are flooded I and three houses swept away At Bar tonville the Chicago Burlington and Quincy bridge sank in the water just asa as-a train left it last nignt and there were only two trains today and they resorted to all sorts of shifts to get here It is getting cold The water roe seven and a halt Inches above low water mark It rose three ands half feet today and U rising two and a half in one j per hour No fesr of further damage dam-age ageChicago 17Rain thaws snows and floods are telling on the railroad Tonight not ft passenger train left for the west except via St Louis Report of unsafe bridges deter travelers and I trains in all directions There ii i no communication with Louisville From all sections COMe reports of high water washouta and damage to railroad properly prop-erly Many bridges havo been washed away especially ia Illinois In Joliet two have gone down No freight trains are moving tonight |