Show Twelve Inches of Rain ST Louis April 23Dispatches from southeastern Kansas report the heaviest heavi-est rainfall since Tuesday ever known in that part of the State Over twelve inches of water has fallen All the level country is submerged and is a vast sheet of water It is said that hundreds perhaps thouands of animals have been drowned in the surrounding coun try Fields arc devastated in all directions direc-tions and great destruction to crops has occurred The negro settlement near Parsons is inundated and many of the people were rescued only after great difficulty The Maimatoe river which runs near Fort Scott overflowed its banks and submerged a settlement of from COO to 800 population It is known as North Fort Scott The water is standing stand-ing in many of the houses from three to five feet deep |