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Show RIVER SEINE RISES AT ALARMING RATE Special Cable to Th Tribune. PARIS, Jan. JO. The continuous rain of the last month or two in and around ' Parle bus caused tho Seine to rise COO-1 slderably, with the result that some: alarmist reports are being spread. It Is I true that yir Seine is now three and a half meters in Hpth at sonic places, but I those who saw it sight and nine and ten meters in 1910 -will regard the alarm as premature. Tito Sjelne wu tM 1im.vc to! rise to more than' twli - irr present height 1 to become dangerous, Tito only eonsequehca of the actual rise : Is ibai ordinary shipping ts somewhat; disturbed. Th famous oH river steam- en Which ply direct between Paris and London will probably have to stop some iltst,n. e below Paris if the river rises a llltle more, which is tuite possible. As mere ha been a. good deal of rain in tic provinces as well or ip Pwrls. the month Of January thus far ban been th most humid In the lt 1W) years. The rain that fell has been about in pr cent above the average! and there have hom more foga than usual, the city "being covered cov-ered with a mist nearly everyday. |