Show SITUATION AT AI 1 lIES II S River h Is I lint hut Still fHI halt Hair to tn Two Mlle Miles lel Wide Will Dt De Moines In la May 31 3 At A t C 6 tonight water In hi the time Des Moines river had declined It 11 1 Inches from Its Is max maximum m Initial height of at 31 It 3 feet te t attained early this Notwithstanding the steady stead rain that has haB fallen talen for tor three days It I Is bled that the danger of at ofa ata a further rise rile Is pal past n t The river continue to he lie from a halt half mile mie to two mlle mies wide effectually cut cutting ut i ting tn off or between leten th the main part or et Dim Dt Moines ft urn lemma East North and South Des ps covers CO rH thousands ur of homes homs and business bUln a houses Hallway and street ear train continues to be e tied te up Time The condition of ot sufferers ban hn been hen slightly alleviated d by the bottom better betel of ot the th relief forces torce Hut lut Isolated Isolate instances of ot need if f r food too have been heen discovered and amid thoe who were living In rain rIn Soaked tents have hae nearly all al been blon removed to place of ot comfort In public pUlle buildings The need new of at bed bl covering Is II still Imperative Not ot a u wheel Is turning In the factory I district and anti no effort eort Is made to open I business houses Ho ts afford time the only means I of communication between North Houth East Kast Deg Ies Moines ant and the main part of the city This Is ex extremely extremely perilous So far as la Is known hut but seven authenticated fatalities have lie been n reported of a score or more have bon received melved from that section of the city I that Is cut off from communication but cannot b be verified Time The North Northwestern I western estern op one train out from time the city limits today tOda mull mall being con conveyed Oil eyed to It by ii boat boal Time The other lines are tied up The water and eerie light and power plants are still running but it itis Is only emily by imy the employment of several hundred men to man the pumps work on time the levee For over two to days It ha has rained con and amid time the mercury has stood close to time the freezing point |