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Show . w . THE MISSOURI SUBSIDING, j "While the Mississippi Still Rolls His Turbid Waters. St. Loris, May 15. The river continues to rise but the swell is not so great as yesterday. yes-terday. It is expected the crest of the flood will be reached this afternoon. Th Bowman dyke which protected a large section of land north and ea-t of East St. Louis, is broken, and hundreds of acres of landarc submerged. No Crops Can Be Raised. WniTEH all, Ills., May 16. Commencing at Happyville, eight miles west, the Illinois river extends from bluff to bluff, a distance of four and a half miles. The area of over-i over-i flowed land in this county is fully 75,000 acres, and no crops can be raised this year. The water is still rising. Killed hy Foot Pads. rAi-r,o, May 16. Albert Eckrasch was shot dead las' night by a gang of young foot pads. Wm. Blunt age 17 was arrested, made a confession in which he said Eckraeh resisted, re-sisted, and Biunt's coin- a'ii n in the robbery, a boy named Lavin, did the shooting. Improving in Kansas City. Kansas City, May 16. The v.xters of the Missouri and Kaw rivers are re 'ing. The , panic in Argentine and Armour.-uile is subsiding, sub-siding, the peop'e are returning to their homes, find in the littor all the big packing houses have resumed business. Untold Damage Expected. St, Lo .iay 16. At G this morning the livei registered 35 feet. Another foot Mill F .-ause nntoid damage. Such a rise is entirelv probable as both the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers are reported still risin" above. Browned. Independence, Iowa, May 16. Many bridges are washed away by floods. A family, consisting of man," wife and child, crossingone as they went out, were drowned. Break of 1 OO Feet. New Orleans, May 16. Bonnet Carre levee. 18 miles above the city ou the east bank of the river, broke early this morning. The opening now is 100 feet wide. |