Show AT HOME AND ABROAD OMAHA april 18 piling and boards and bags baga of sand and old hay bay BOO stathes st aties are beng being fed to the hungry maw of the big muddy at omaha iti in an effort tj rest ro raiv the manifest dinten taun of that erratic stream to resume the channel abandoned twenty years ago go at nightfall it looked like the effort might succeed but all hope to ie hedged about with pro provisor provisos provi soe that the river does not rise any higher that a north wind does riot not blow and most moet uncertain of all that the break io in the bank above florence lake jake is ia not a 8 toad bad as ai the overflow of water cates east omaha and north omaha are flooded by the waters that are rushing irom the overflow of missouri ouri ri residents flee for their liver live leaving their possessions behind the houses bouse are standing tao to la the flood submerged in ID water from one to five feet deep fields of grain and fences disappear lie beneath neath the surface of the water and the trees oo no longer show chow any grudke the flood Is IB pouring in upon the lowlands of the fast amaba bottoms bottom B ina a stream that is estimated to be 2000 feet in width it in ia sweeping southeast and pours poura into Fi florence orence lake trio the water in the be lake has hai broken over the levee that was built to separate it from Cutoff lake and it la is now dow rushing with ever volume into the latter it li Is sweeping Bwee ping over beu bou and planted fields it lo id driving residents resident from their homei la in north omaha it Is tearing up fenced rod the housto that athau from tores toree to four feet deep in the water it la Is pouring into cutoff lake jake just juat north of the long bridge which lead jeada to courtland beach in the jam twelve hours cutoff has baa risen almuete alast two feet if 11 tola this rate continues it to la anticipated that hat by morning too the lak jak will overflow its if southern out bern bank it this should scour occurs end and the rise be maintained the entire southern poi fun of east omaha would be threatened want moat disastrously as an there la is no elevation ot of toe the land to 10 stem etem toe the outpouring toe the beginning of the fl fiod od occurred several evera days day ago rr F r weeks pilot thi river fiver has haft been rising gradually it ii was waa thought that there was waa no danger the levees would hoid boid it IL was thought they did hold until two days day ago timen the mighty volume coul not be restrained longer two days daye ago the water crept over the tolo lop of the bank back in the bend of the river jut just below Fj florence orence it came slowly at first but it found easier passage ue an time wont went by early yesterday day alter after noon BOOB the force doroe became resistless A great hole was wa dug in via toe ebore bore A fla Als hermana hermans but that appeared to baluci the way was torn out boday and lowed up by the river tue gatej made its if path and poured at al ng mg the bottoms to the guib south of the flold bud WM was rapid at 8 ol yester day north omna was wa surrounded ou all al idea aides with dry land at 6 5 the people IS in many of tag be houses on we ane lowlands low landi were eleving trum from their bouet thin morning ibis bia portion was waa covered with water from one to five alve lost feet deep at As present the be wont of the abe fl flooded oded district to la located just jaet north ot of north omaha at sherman venue avenue a broad stream has bae shot direct ly to the south this thin stream just juat flirts the east end of the little settle ment meat known as north omaha it be ze au an to creep jong along the bottoms about 4 yesterday afternoon ater atter noon the stream then went on further south a distance of half a mile and struck another little settlement the residents here at 6 bolock began to move many narrow escapes loes from drown drowning leg are recounted but so no far as known no lives were lost efforts to recover pers personal oual effects from the engulfed douses bouses have been of little avail forces ot of workmen were burr ej out to protect the houses to in the flooded district and have succeeded in restraining the spread of the water to me west went confining it to the chanuel channel out oat by too river to florence lake and tram ram florence lake jake to cutoff jaku jake this thin has aved most of north from destruction cutoff lake at nightfall was wae filling up rapidly but could then accommodate four or five more feet of water it to Is held back by a strong double dyke across its lower and antt and from there thereon on to the river the uld old bed Is crossed by paved streets af street car tracks railroad tracks etu all of which present embankments from eight to fourteen feet in heights height which must mum be washed out before the M K nouri can resume its abandoned badii should the river complete the cutoff it has threatened east omaha with its extensive factories including the great carter white lead works will oe no moved into iowa and the briage of the last ast omaha germinal company will be left across a dlou gli LARISSA april 14 trustworthy reports leporia received here bere yesterday confirm the statement that the he greek irregulars have captured bellino in macedonia the greeks greek lost loat 40 cam tilled allied insurgent chief daniele occupied ft a strong position in abe mountains near kralla the force later was waa attacked by a turkish irb battalion from but bat the turk were repulsed with severe lows long the greeks then assumed the offensive leneive of and cui up the turkish and captured eighteen mules a convoy of 01 lons and a large quantity of 01 aal male m ale prisoners of it fl teen turks after this euc case the turks turk advanced to kipurs on the me road to gravens eoa threatening tu to out cut the communication ul of the quraish central force at elac bias sona aoua with janina tae turkish bead quarters in albania la in all the and fighting since daoa crossing be frontier the oredas lost only five iben on killed and fifteen men wounded woun aed fresh troops troop continued 6 arrive here from the south another brigade was waa ormed cormea today to assist la in the deveune ui of tue frontier the enthusiasm of 01 the troops troop Is unabated in maco macedonia onla the weather to la wa wet and old but in Times saly tle ne weather prevails prevail per knitting the military authorities to complete all preparations preparation tor for an alm advance into territory or do de flading hi fruauf lp in tisie elass a 01 the turks turk assuming the he offensive lVe which Is looked upon here bore as betas being more probable dispoto ken received here today from the greek expeditionary lore force say the irregulars have passed kipurs driving the turks before them and pushing on for aravena where a strong turkish force some reports ev bay RR MR army corps 19 I 1 stationed there are rumors here of a minis tenal change but were are no alg f relaxation in the preparations for fair war and there will be a feeling of relief when the hostilities commence Lo LONDON ziDoN april 14 A special from salonica the turkish baso basa of operations operational says greek irregulars hava succeeded lo in advancing as far 88 grevera Gr evena evesia rallying the population to so their cause and threatening to out off communication between the turkish armies at Ella sona and janina washington WASHING TOs april 12 p m the senate sedate went into executive session on the arbitration treaty the senate resumed the upon open session at pm and took up the indian appropriation bill the amendment opening the uncompahgre indian reservation in utah to public entry was agreed to 83 to lo 18 the ra reservation includes extensive deposits ot 91 asphaltum NEW YORK april 16 A dis patelL to the ibe herald from bagua la grand via key west wear says saye news has just reached here of 11 outrage perpetrated near the he town at by troops WM destroyed the property owned by LOT ft wile of the brillan vice consul mt mr harris of bagua and tore up 09 9 american flag which the manager ot of the estate mr goo geo harris who is an aft american citizen had bad draped over ois bed 1 I 1 he estate of mrs harris called IA palma is about two miles from enciu durina dunne mr harris harriam Har riad ld absence the he regiment Estre madura calme alonga burst burnt open the locked doors aud and r K moved the day book and other articles of value finding the me flig flag in the manager bedroom the lers ear aale ned it 19 out with many epithets and tre sure it to bits being satisfied witte their vengeance upon the bit ol of ban banting in the absence of its owners they departed the matter was reported to mr harris on his return aud be promptly laid it before the british and american cn cisular sular representatives in saga who will cause a thorough lion ilon it ja is bald that the spanish ac assert sert that they had seen leaving the estate but this his is in denied by the manager too the american consul at bagua his friends say bay win will make a full report on the flag luo incident ident he is mr parker one of the moo mol vigorous american representatives on an tue tile island KANSAS CITY april 15 the river this morning had bad risen eight inches since yesterday marking three inches inch above the danger line rod and is still coming up slowly the water is beginning to spread out over the low jow lands and will rise therefore more slowly precautions taken against the mod bave in most oases cases proved effective and no BO very serious damage has been occasioned ST LOUIS i ouis mo april 15 abo river a this point shows show ss glnn april 16 the mississippi river at this point has baa overflowed its banks and all low lands landa oo on either side are covered with water three to ten feet deep the river rose seven inches last night and la is fast today it is Is within a foot of at the high watermark water mark I 1 MEMPHIS teon tenn april 17 A crisis has arrived la in northern Loul louisiana the mighty foroe force of nature wo woo a the light fight last night at 10 o the worker on the loves levee at biggs four miles mi lea below the dalta Ls la were horrified to see eee a sudden bulge bule to in their embankment A small yellow stream began to trickle through the aperture and a moment later there was a crash the louisiana main system had bad at last succumbed to the fearful onslaught of the mississippi river A general alarm was sounded and the inhabitants of the vicinity began moving mort of their valuable effects in thirty minutes the crevasse bad in creased in time size from a dozen feet to fifty yards and the water was pouring th the opening with jeanal velocity there to Is a strip of swamp about two miles wide immediately behind the loves levee where the break occurred and beyond that there orb are many of the she finest plan matious of southern louisiana unless unions the crevasse con can be stopped the overflowed area waft include the lower bait of madison parish and all hensas tensas and concordia parishes the water will then flow in doneas tensas river and should hotstream hat that stream prove its it inability to carry the great volume of water into the main channel the flooded area will tx ex t x tend lend to franklin and part of gata houis hobia parishes and take the he B fita ah district levee where the board had bad con cent rated nearly a thousand too usand me men n along the levee adjacent to biggs this strip having been regarded as one of the weakest points to in the entire system the fertile lands that will IB inundated are in the state of 01 cultivation and the loss will wiil be tremendous men wen dous ST loun louia april 17 the river here this morning morn lag showed but a decline ot of 3 ot of a foot lor for the past 24 hours and the prediction is that it will change but little during the next two days above here bete however slight rises rim are marked on the missouri at boonville blonville Bo onville and kansas city anil and on the sippi at Hannibal Keokuk and davenport the local weather observer oba erver thinks we the missouri will continue 91 0 ue to rise slowly and the upper mississippi also will ties rise generally but no danger stages are indicated south mouth of keokuk with the water now in sight might ATHENS april 19 the firing commenced this morning between greks greeks and turks at several points pinto along the frontier iron tier col manos manon at the head ot of greek troops bal ba crossed the river Arka on the frontier of earlus and aad 1 now bow to Is entering that part of south albania attar after having driven back the turkish advance posts poets the bombardment of Prove fimi was resumed at daybreak the landing force has bas not yet attacked the place A dispatch from greek headquarters this afternoon says say three important positions were occupied today near moneca by the greek troops prince we the third bird son SOD of king george has been e ordered to the front in command of a battery of artillery later lo in the day confirmation was received of the report that a large greek force had crossed the river tue greek battleship has been taking part in the bombardment of precess Pre vesa vess the firing bring recommenced at a in today A bouy body of TOO Greik insurgents landed at barako spirus and are now marching on numerous Nume roua 1 other bandai of greek insurgents have entered spirus dispatches from Tyr naver north west ol of larissa Lar isaa say that the light fight la in the vicinity of reveal and lasted throughout sunday the greeks captured two turkish posts one of which was retaken later by bi the turks the lighting fighting was of a 9 desperate character hand to hand band and the greeks are reported to have advanced into damani plain bad and occupied commands it capturing a battery of turkish artillery the second engagement occupied c u p ed at where the turks U r ll 11 a according to last reports received were attempting to recapture that post from the greeks OP of THE TURKISH MACI MACEDONIA ELL ASSONIA april 18 evening copyrighted 1897 by the associated pross press the turkish forces hold bold otheir their positions io in pass during the severe fighting which began yesterday esterday evening greeks anti ana turks alike fought and ana behaved in a most admirable mainers turkish reports juat net received say the whole pass to 1 now la in the possession filon of the turks who carried two greek blockhouses at the point of cf the bayonet late tonight information was received from the front that the turks had bad occupied the whole extent 01 0 pass and all commanding heights from to vava as well as all defiles the turk teh ish losses thus for far are reported to be wight 30 killed and 50 wounded A correspondent of the associated press counted greek corpses on the hill opposite WO the turkish position posit loo the the turks declare the greeks were were drunk during the fighting today kenan bey has returned irom where the he fighting continued when he lett there the turkish loss lose at oat hat place was kouan bey bay says he be counted nearly a thousand dead greeks ROME BOMB april 19 A dispatch to the Mesa Moss agero from arta says the remaining in turkish tort at has been destroyed by the lire fire of the greek warships anti and the position to the turks ig 18 untenable pour four thousand greeks nave been landed for the purpose oj 01 occupy lug provest Pre vesa A second dispatch to the same paper announces that 2000 2060 albanians albanian who started into greece with the expressed intention Inte ution of reaching larissa have re crossed the frontier and ancl are now ravaging ephros ISLAND of CORFU comm noon april 19 10 greek troops as this dispatch a is sont sent are advancing on Filip plada northwest of arts arta A detach ment of greek troops are in readiness read loes to land at Brove Bre vesla a turkish fortified position north 0 9 the he en entrance to the suit gulf of arta turkish i |