Show BY TELEGRAPH reb ter western AMERICAN nir IF at X C A N 7 ai there was much speculation today to day over what is to come and opinions vary the most hopeful say there cannot be be more than a foot more of water while others say the extraordinary water at pittsburg and wheeling coupled with the fact that the tributaries tributa ries of the ohio and kentucky both above and below are nearly all rising must make a continued rise here for tor several days in which case it will exceed the flood of last year the submerged territory Is now practically as great as last year in the city proper the water Is within f feet of the limit on the streets last year the only difference Is a f few evv feet of depth the day has passed well and no disaster Is reported the most careful attention Is given everywhere to saving property the fleets of coal barges are fully manned and closely watched dat day and night not a single barge barged Is yet dal alost lost the absence of a high wind kas has been favorable to this property as well weli as to submerged frame houses food has been promptly furnished f urnis hed today and boats patrol patro t the c flooded district to see sec that no case of necessity Is neglected two fire engines floating on scows are kept ready to be drawn to any place a fire may break bieak out in the flooded district ritts pitts pittsburg burg 7 at a meeting of citizens this afternoon alle atle moon an executive committee was appointed appointed who were instructed ted to take ta e immediate steps to relieve all sufferers in the two cities A committee representing the leading leading business interests inte rests was also appointed appoint ea to solicit donations before these provisions can be made however the suffering will ivill be great as many families are living in the second story of their houses and have been without food or fire for 36 hours two more fatalities have been reported win wm bourman Bour man mau aged 50 of the ath ward allegheny wllie wAlle while attempting to step out of a window into a skiff 9 fell into the water and the swift t current carried him away before he be rescued harvey genung aged 11 who been missing from his home in the ward allegheny since tuesday found drowned this afternoon midnight Alid night the rivers are still receding A careful estimate of the from the flood in this county gives total loss at three millions this largely due to the fact discovered today largely that t at a majoria majority T of the tories will not be a ablo abio klo kio to resume operations before monday week all mills lie ile low and will be long after the streets are clear louisville 7 the situation has materially changed clanged here since yesterday it rained steadily all night but turned cooler at daybreak and has bee been only drizzling since the has been rising from two to four inches an hour at noon the canal gauge registered 38 feet I 1 inch and rising four inches an hour the flood has not been attended with so much suffering as last year the people in dangerous localities have nearly all moved out and have taken many necessaries which in 1883 they did not have time to take most of the people have found homes the board of trade started relief measures this morning and sent ont out a boat with provisions holthe submerged districts but little suffering is reported yet jenner jeffer sonville and new kew albany are awaiting patiently their inundation but have suffered nothing as yet from the water Al Frankfort I 1 dispatch at noon says the kentucky river is rising very vert slowly the rain has ceased and it is cold wheeling 7 the river has reached 52 feet and is still rising there was great distress during the night the steamer belle prince this morning has been engaged in taking families off the island where however many still remain the skiffs also did N good work many casualties are arc reported but in vesti atlon shows slight foundation for the idle most of them there were many heartrending instances of sick people imprisoned all night amid the waste of waters which came to this morning morning ten thousand people are and for here liere there ully fully f people who are driven from their homes by the flood but a third of these are comfortably quartered at the hotels and boarding houses or with f friends the public schools churches are thrown open and people are housed and fed f cd there the water reached the highest point at when it was 62 feet that time it has receded a few inches the city board of public works barteaux batt eaux which are used as free ferries across the inundated districts the river is 51 feet 6 inches and rising slowly the steamers belle and nd princess have been busil busily in bringing people from the me island there is more etamae elamae damage c to than ever experienced here before the fair ground is a total wreck three houses have come down above weather cloudy and cool water here is still rising and larger jarger areas are submerged than thin there Hou gees fees barns bridges straw and haystacks hayskar hay stacks ks have been floating rast past all au day otay the wheeling co companas Comp anys storehouse here about about by the water in the cel cei cel ars the merchants on main nain water and market streets also lose heavily in perishable shabie goods now under water lerl leri perishable several everal houses have floated off the island and the southside south side it is im possible isible to estimate the loss but it poll w will aggregate over a million dollars the water reached the lime pits of the bellevue ohio goblet works the labelle glass co bridgeport Bridge bridgeport rort yort ohio and elzen glass works 1 martins ferry ohio and the slacking lime started the names flames in all cases the damage was slight no loss of life has resulted lle ile rebut the fatality of removed from exposed houses will be great reat the western union telegraph to go s office is only reached by boats the baltimore and ohio wires are all down telephone communication with all suburbs is cut off the water and gas works gave out today to day and tonight the city la Is in darkness and at the mercy of a fire tire it one should start the streets of half the city are navi nayl navigable a only in boats and all sorts of fi improvised n pro crafts are plying as ferries many people are still exposed on the island not a s spot ot of which remains above water tre tte the work of re removing movin them goes bravely on by skiffs and aar steamboats A relief meeting was held this afternoon and 2700 was in half an hour an and committees appointed to look look after the destitute anointed ittle lttie rock 7 liht LI ht rain all day the arkansas river lii ili has risen six four inches since last report from desha and chicot counties another overflow of the mississippi and apprehensions is felt seit for fork levee now building which be finished in time to avert dasas disaster stir stor should the rise continue a few aa longer bellaire 0 7 the 1 goblet gobiet caught fire this morning f from rom slacking in the water but the did little harm the scene about city are unprecedented there about four feet more water than in flood of 1883 and two or three more are expected it is impossible this hour to give an estimate of damage business is nearly suspended cleveland 7 the rains have and the waters are falling in ohio at youngstown the low were submerged eight inches deeper 7 this morning than known the manufactories manu factories are down at noon the water bad two inches and was ivas still receding akron 7 m the water has fallen feet no f arthey damage is expected the railways are resuming memphis 7 the floods pouring of the upper rivers are iving giving concern to the people of ITIS this section who cannot see any possibility avoiding one of the most serious overflows that lever devastated the lowlands warning has been sent to planters below to remove their stock places of safety which if heeded sav save them ethem thousands of dollars has been raising raisin almost steadily past 36 hours ilch vich which will swell all interior rivers and add to the which is almost upon the people this city evansville ind 7 river biver still two inches on guage men are arc bus saving stock grain and families change in the weather warm and drizzling alin rain news from wabash white rivers elvers Is gloomy CHICAGO 7 daniel wallace otherwise texas dan a notorious and desperado was arrested on street here this afternoon by walker of kendall county texas thousand dollar reward divas was offered f his arrest for the attempt to dr leander B bowen a ranchman in november last dan traced from wyandotte kansas through a revengeful revenged ua siren and wa gaping in at a show window with same woman when the him to throw up on his llis was found sound one 42 calibre pistol another 48 calibre gun ly is inches yong long long iong and 45 0 dan says the shooting bowen was the result of an old f feud cud that bowen meeting him on the said dan ive got the drop on this time da dan n said guess not and let go 0 at the doctor leaving for tor deai dead dan claims that lie did rob him lie ile says he expects to lynched on his arrival home sheriff left for texas with the tonight to night diu diuver desver denver ver ven 7 republicans montrose Mont rose rosc colo this evening a cowboy watson came to town on horseback meeting lecain cit city IV marshal murphy and police jube jub judge jude e hd edwards wards against whom h had ad a grudge he commenced firing r revolver they bey returned the tire fire af the smoke cleared away it was ivas edwards was mortally wounded murphy ph had a ball through h ills his leg the the cowboy though baldy baidy wounded had made his escape 7 mr lir Phin Phi phinney nuey ney on an cast eastbound bound freight train reported a man fou found ild lid hanging to a post half a mile cast of Bas bassett sctt county this morning the man supposed to be kid wade the notorious the kid taken f from rom the vigilantes last night the sheri sherl fl who was to take the this morning for oneill but a again N aln ain taken from the sheriff and lynched washington lon ion 7 E B wiegand wie Wic gand examiner in the department of justice in his testimony today to day before house committee on expenditures the department of justice the novel method of securing funds conduct the congressional campaign the aspirant WAS paul the senate failed to confirm for marshal explaining he was anxious make a canvass for congress lie ile secured the appointment named assistants and weilt the districts ludkin making arrests fees might be obtained to pay the expenses anses of the campaign Stroba Bt kf defeated bated and came to washington f 0 the purpose of contesti contesting ul I 1 the le sea seat scat t the examiner said that many poor men were ivere arrested in alabama by deputies on a char charge e of chopping wood on the public lanis ianis lands lanas these men were often compelled to sell their small possessions to pay the costs of a trial were taken in some instances more than miles forced to go gb on foot and then discharged and allowed to return home as best they tiley could some arrested men died from want of food a and nd exposure while walking to their homes their families also suffered having to dispose of their means for ac acquiring quirin 1 I sustenance and to pay the costs I 1 of trials of the arrested parties instances were cited when wilen the examiners investigating the offices of government officials were threatened N arilson AWl lson ison receiver of public moneys had attempted to shoot him in covinton covington county alabama witness said there was scarcely a man moan who had not been arrested and he could not recall a single case where a prisoner was convicted viet eci eel WAsi wasl washington lINGTON 8 the report that congressman ochiltree is engaged to be married to miss bliss mackey daughter of the bonanza millionaire is republished here on at least Ochil Ochiltree trees a assertion of the fact to congressman cassida of nevada the way the engagement ga em ent cut was brought about is thus gg described s bribed by a texas member last spring he was ivas in new york and when there methis met his old friend mackey in the course of conversation 3 mackey said tom old boy why ao dont nt you get married ochiltree ah I 1 never yet found a gal gai who would have me doh oh pshaw 11 said mackey there are lots of worse fellows than you you have never tried 91 mackey my boy i I 1 propose to test your sincerity now you ou have a who just suits me can I 1 have her if you win her hand I 1 will give my I 1 consent that is all the chance I 1 want 19 said ochiltree and according to his authority this was the motive of his trip to europe last summer lie he went to paris and became the hated rival ol of the proud dukes earls and marquises who were fluttering about miss mackey the texas member says he triumphed over them all and the strong virtues of an american of fortune captivated miss mackey the date of the marriage is not fixed when the marriage takes place it is expected mackey will ivill settle at least upon the bride cincinnati 8 89 9 am the aver is feets feet aa inc inches liesa ilesa a nise hise of 41 4 14 inches since 2 am the weather is cloudy and cool the cold wave flag liag flying from the signal yest sest yesterday eMay t ba lias disa disappeared speared ppe ared hopes of a freeze freez are dissipated and no relief is expected now on that account the river at I 1 portsmouth is GO 60 feet and rising fast it Is falling fast at the headwaters but bul a f urther further rise must come before it all al runs out marietta and parkersburg have been entirely cut off from all communication for two days portsmouth Ports month is the only U up river point heard from so far i steubenville Steu benville tenville ten benville ville ohio 8 the highest point 49 feet was reached yesterday at 3 pm p m two feet higher than 1832 t the greatest previous flood it has ha since receded IS 18 inches and continues falling the loss to private property here is and to railroads incalculable cu lable no lilo life ilfe lost in this vicinity pittsburg 8 the rivers here are again within their banks and steadily receding the monongahela marks show au feet 11 inches at noon with about one foot more in the Alleg henny the streets of the city are almost entirely clear of water and people in the submerged districts are busy today to day cleaning the houses and streets of the yellow slimy mud and debris left behind as win fin unpleasant pleasant mementos of the greatest flood in fifty years with the decreasing perlis perils from the water come the lurking dangers from weakened foundations which may overthrow buildings and from streets and pavements cavin caving in where they have been undermined there there is grave cause f for or apprehension from this and every precaution will be taken to prevent disaster several small smal caves eaves have occurred in different portions of the city but no accidents are arc yet reported travel by the street cars was resumed this mornin morning between all sections the relief committee committee have been har hard at work distributing food and fuei fuel to the needy eions of money food clothing and f fuel liel continue pouring in from citizens and no outside alif aili aid ald is necessary y I 1 many families are still quartered in public halls and it will be several days before the houses will be in fit condition for their return to their homes TOLEDO ohio 8 advices advises f from rom up river paints today to day report the about up to the flood mark of last vear year althis at this city the water is three feet feel above the ordinary stage and stationary a A it large tug is Is employed in breaking 1 the ice from the front of the city and up and down the river to facilitate the flow lake ivard and prevent gorges when the final crash occurs cincinnati 8 the river is rising more rapidly since 9 at noon it marked 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