| Show THE FLOOD CONDITIONS Ibo Rivers of Minnesota Driving Paopli Out of Their Homes Thouu 01 Delta forrltr crp Presdial ftssopt A112 nun iiiioiuii BT PAUL Minn March the rivers ol Minnesota are rising very rapidly following a day of heavy thawing The MUalsilppl at this point has raised the ten foot mark and Is still railing rapidly Water I Ujwiuglu from the Militia IOta in a torrent A telephone message mes-sage from South Park IITU miles south says a gorge ul Ice twenty feet list has formed there As the prediction U I for warmer Weather It Is I believed the gorge will break Without lolng Say InItIOUN dam age ageTrio water Is I noW running through Ibelljhemlau flats slid Ine oIdn of that locality are moving out Tne basernauts of mtuy ojooerua on the we side are full of water A LAHUK FORCE AT WOTK QDINOY 1111i blotch 29fb tile sltfcl pi keep up Us record of the past weeic al laid point Abu another file II registered morlul Ibo stage fifteen feel above low waier Bluffs Tbousauds of sightseers lino the river bootie and bluffs to Sea the muddy water watch bas submerged allot the Islands and stretched back over t tie Missouri bottoms lor a dls tanoo of several tulles with only tile lOP of trees and partly tubmerged bongos visible here aud Were to mk the RtOdo 01 the thrifty formal The situation lu tbo levee district Is I tile same as It was yesterday A large force ol men are working heroically to lroDlllbu trio weak placed lu the levees and thereby save their homes and crops but u Is now believed Castle task Is I a napoleon one as old rlvermeu ny that the river will go beyond the met it I or MISS MUCH 1K01EHT1 DWIHOYCD bT Luuts March 201b flood coodlliou title grow graver beery hour Trio railroad cow pool are putting their tracks In I American and tit Charles bottoms In the best possible possi-ble nonunion lo withstand floods lorI lees lor-I than twelve feet more Water Will bring the stage of ISO When the tracks of all rallroaus were submerged sub-merged between Alton aud Hi Louis The guaga shows a rise of 4IU of a feet In tile last twenty four hours Tile river Is I within less I ban three feet of n stage reached In the middle 01 May It year ana with nearly Iwo mouths cf wet weather ahead the outlook out-look Is gloomy Thousands of dollars have already beau wept away In crop loJuota anti It 1 la J raining again ao thai tun prlrln even back I from Ibo river look like lakes and the pro srallon of lands 1 1 tit spring crops Is again deferred de-ferred INUNDATION THREATENED GKEEKVILLE Miss Marou gA crevasse occurred last night lu Loan Le seven miles south ol Greenville en tna Mltelsslipi tide through which on Insulation oumo 01 water jig 1 Iu lUll Into the Blsck and Hteel Bayou country The opening It 600 feet wide Unless 1 can ba AtopPoilowhich Is I Irnprtbable the country wait of Dear Crock aud the melt Prosperous t ail of Ibe Delia will bu ovoitl wed south of YSJO river This break relieved the pressure somewhat at tile Greenville front AN UNEASY IEELIKC1 WASUINQTON March 29Col Oil leiple resident of Ibo Mlsilsilppl commltslou has telegraphed General Wilton chief of engineers from Vlcksburg under dale of yeslerda Ihe gauges along the river from Mempbla to Vlckebnrt give flood rdul varying train Ii 10 S leat gboyearly previously recorded rood log The feeling everywhere la uo 01 uneasiness All tire State levee I boards are bllllnil againat the rillog aod regardless 01 cost As y1 no widely spread damage bas been reported re-ported though leverai breaks of Ibi levees I above UterblIVIII0 On both blinks have occurred Trio levees I sea Poor Icullytrlnd at all polon |
