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Show CINCINNATI, 2?, Febr. - The river is forty seven feet, and rising. It has been rising to-night with the prospect of continuing. The river is rising at the rate of an inch per hour. Already it is highest since ‘47. Indications give cause to believe it will exceed the rise of ‘30, the greatest on record. Navigation is closed. THE JEWS. LONDON, 20, Feb. - British consular reports tend to extenuate the seriousness of the anti-Jewish riots in Russia. Loss of life and outrages on women are generally denied. The destruction of Jewish property is fully confirmed. The statement is confirmed about 100 Jews being shamefully maltreated at Warsaw, ten or twelve of whom died of their injuries. |