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Show niff ltrrak at Flowrr Ifc Another disastrous break in the levee umirml Sunday morni' .IK I' '1'ij M l;i !.') 1,1 8 otlork at Flower Luke, six at ing mill's below Tuuii-a- , Miss. The not yet of gnat width, is fully fifteen feet deep anil the wutcr is pimi'lr...; through the Dinning with This will probably iVaifiil velm ily. be the inot deslrucUw. break that has ncriinvd In the della. The most fertile farm lands of .tiih'.i.sijijii, ing in La IJiiiirn.n and Counties, in ilie northern part of the state r.rc iuundate 1, nii.l the newly plumed corn crops will be laid in waste. No Iocs of life It reported, the Inhabitants of this ttrli-k- :i section having made pieparatioi.s fur Just Buch a there. The con ealastropne as dition of the poorer classes throughout the flooded aiea is indeed critical. Thousands of refugees are huddled ou levees and spots of land wuiting for relief. The towns of liosedale and Tun!l ica report that everything possible Is pH being doue for these poor people, but that funds and provisions are fast becoming exhausted. In the little city of A STREET SCENE AT liosedale alone refugees are being cared for by the citizens. Half a hundred towns stand in six levee district, stales feet of water and the yellow stream is he does not expect the waters to that but up slowly surely. creeping abate before May 15. '.'in IMs-si&si- l .1 cre-whi- : rJ. jji '.kJ jf J,L t'ou-hum- 1 Tal'a-huteh- , le a, io i Terrihio suffering at Many Tuiiit. The floods of the Mississippi valley anil Us tributaries continues to prow apace. Millions of dollars worth of property have been destroyed aud millions more must be swept away before the waters recede. Hundreds of lives have been sacrificed and at least three hundred thousand people have been rendered homeUfes. The goernors of Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota are receiving funds fur the unfortunates in distress. Secretary of War Alger has forwarded all the available tents in the department to tiio flooded districts, but these will be inadequate. He has also ordered the expenditure of foO.OOO cash to relieve the sufferings of homeless citizens and their families. This is the first time that the war department has ever felt called upon to spend cash to relieve want outside of the regular army. I enough to s.idden the hearts of those far away who are cow eagerly wait- lug for news and against hope. ini-lc- Rrj'nrtrr Guthrrluff News. The Post- - Dispatch correspondent went by skiff from here to all points possible by water in a radius or fifteen miles in every direction from this city, says a telegram from Greenville, Mi83. It was a common sight to see rabbits or domesLic fowls floating on driftwood, deer on little Islands here and there above the water, ami the etarv' ing creatures do not now fear the ap proach of man. In one Instance a was calmly smoking a pipe on the roof of a log cabin, while a stream of water was running through the doors of her hut nearly up to the eaves of the roof. ne-gre- ss ,:i, St llrlenH, Ark., Gives Way. pi Floods In RllDnmnta. Ortonville, Minn., has been complete-l- y cut off from communication with the outside world. A train cannot go 20 miles from this city in any direction. Lac Qui Parle lake, Minnesota river, BJg Stone lake and' Lake Traverse form one vast sea. The lake anil river are merged into one, rising at the rate of half an inch an hour. A heavy northwest gale is driving the ice, which is yet a com pat; t and solid mass, out of Big Stone lake into the overflowed bottoms of the 'Minnesota river, where it is likely to do great damage. Bridges are gone in many places and boats are in demand in the vicinity of the depot and the railroad yards. Rain has been falling Bteadily for a week, making country roads impassable and keeping farmers off their fields. Every record since that of 1849 has been broken by the Mississippi at Fireman's grove is Anoka, Minn. filled with water and the Rum river dam is expected to go out. Millions of feet of logs are floating down the river. North of Anoka millions of acres of farms are under from two to six feet of water and there are grave doubts as to whether or not It can be seeded this spring. River men tonight say that there will be a further rise hero of at least six feet. Greenville, Mias., Bring Rwrpt Away. One-thiof Greenville, Miss., Is a desert of water, a scene of desolation rd Impossible to describe. The water is In nearly 200 houses and is kept out of the stores in the heart of the town so timely only by the projection thrown up by the citizens to stop Its Mail goes and destructive progress. comes in skiffs, doctors visit their patients in skiffs, social visits are made In skiffs, and skiffs are property equal almost in value to what the mule was a few days ago. The water la deepest In the extreme northern limits, where It has reached a depth of about seven feet. From this point it shows a gradual decline. New Town, Miss., a very thickly hullt district, peopled almost entirely by negroes, is under water, the depth ranging from a few inches to five feet. The Belle Air, which contains many pretty homes and was beautiful with green lawns and blooming shrubs. Is a Venice, and the only means the people have of leaving or returning to their homes is by boats, which are numerous and various. The water Is not as high as in 1890, but will soon reach and pass that mark. Greenville Itself Is a city of refugees of from to 20,000 souls. Relief boats from the interior are bringing in nearly every hour loads of destitute flood sufferers suddenly caught by the waters and driven from their homes. Hundreds and thousands of head of Block are being driven in from every direction. The back water from four crevices is pouring In fearful floods every hour, aud the situation is growing rapidly worse. At Helena, Miss., the river is atlll rising; at St. Louis, Miss., It is rising, and the Arkansas is threatening to rise In a few days. Business men are blue, but try to keep cheerful. The worst has not yet reached the Delta, and the half of its tale of woe has not been told. As soon as the different towns and cities already submerge.d are reached by boat parties from Greenville and as soon as the remote districts and plantations can be heard from, there will be 15,-0- Tha Jim Klver Overflows. The Jim river is creating general havoc with railroads In the valley east of Yankton, S. I). The water is a foot higher and threatens to take out bridges and tracks, as the approaches at both ends of the bridges are cutting badly. Three miles and over of track of the Great Northern, Milwaukee and Northwestern railroads Is now completely disabled, thus cutting Yankton off from the uuudde world. Farmers in the bottoms are moving out with boats. Word was received asking for immediate assistance, and men and boats are departing for tbe flooded district. The water still continues to rise at Yankton. The lcc is broken at Grand Forks, N. D., und trouble is exBasements pected from that Bource. In Third street stores arje cleared of all goods. Above Grand Forks the leo is still solid. Between there and Fisher a long trestle on the Great Northern went out Sunday. It will require a week after the water has gone down to repair this line. 00 Yazoo-Mississip- pi i;i'il!';T!'!!"!ii'!i:i;;:il busy extending succor to the suffering. The number of people who have been forced to leave their homes is about 1,2U. The water east of Stale street has become so deep that several houses On the l'iper MlMlMlppL have floated from their foundations. Tbe upper Mississippi continues to Logs to the value of ubuut $(iO,OOU floatboom, the gauge showing eighteen feel ed ilowu the river Sunday. above low water mark. It has been raining constantly for twelve hours. Yazoo-Mississlp- Ivoo .i.'iV,'.;;. ANOKA, MINNESOTA. 1,-- 00 Advices received tell of a break lu the levee two miles south of Helena, Ark. ThiB is the levee for which the people of Southeastern Arkansas have made such a desperate fight. The wa- - i1 LEAVING THE OLD HOME TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE IIILLS. tors from this break flood' a great area Dispatches from Aitkin, Sauk Rapids, and back up into the streets of Helena. SL Cloud and Little Falls indicate that Ise watered in," rame the response. The relief steamer Ora Lee has ar- the rher is still rising rapidly and that "Would you like us to take you in? rived at Marianna, Ark., having made all records are likely to be broken at we offered. an expedition up the St. Francis River. St. Paul within t lie next forty-eigNo, bah; I'll be skiffed out terect-ly.- " There were on board 1G0 refugees and hours. The levee at JarneB street, that 200 head of cattle. The steamer went city, broke at 3 o'clock Sunday afterPlaintive bowlings of dogs, cack- up the St. Francis River as far as noon, sending the water all over that ling of poultry and squealing of pigs Cut Off, and then worked her way down part of the city with a rush. The flood keep the woods alive, and graphic stream, rescuing people from perilous encroached into the freighthouse of the What are you doing there, aunty? we halloed. ht scenes and incidents crowd upon the sight at every turn. There are dead carcasses floating in the water, fragments of houses and articles of house-hit- h furniture of every kind. P. 8 A later dispatch says that Greenville has been swept away. The suffering along the St. Francis River is appalling. The water throughout the entire neighboring country is from six to fifteen feet deep. The relief boat had on board the body of Mrs. McMaln of Raggio City. The body waa found at Raggio and it was taken to Marianna for burial, there being no land at the former place on which to give It interment. The St. Francis is rising from three to five inches daily. positions. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The Diamond Jo passenger station is in danger of 'floating away, and a force of men are busy tying it to the bank. Several of the manufacturing concerns on the west side have been obliged to shut down because water put their Ores out. The relief societies of St. Paul arc lull li;.! ;'! ife'li i!i At points below Vicksburg the river i.i rising. It is the general opinion of old river men here If the levees below Vicksburg hold the great volume of water in its regular channel it will be little short of a miracle. !;. hi a i! $111! I I in lit' i, li!iliii;iii !' Mil! :: Mlddlesboro, Ky., is again flooded. The water is four Inches higher than in the flood five weeks ago. Most of the stores in Cumberland avenue arts floodSixty-liv- e families have been ed. washed out. Three hundred people are fed by the city. Boats are plying on the principal streets. At Pineville the Cumberland river Is rising three feel per hour. West Plnevity- is under water. The Clinch and Powell Rivers arc flooding the entire country. - I ; : iMifiHiiV ' S:i mnrr: . f lii Ml!'.'! ! 1:; j if.: j.hi ifU- - Hi! iili III. 1 NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT NEAR GREENVILLE. Gov. McLaurin, of Mississippi, continues to make diligent inquiry touching destitute flood sufferers. He will perhaps be compi lied to state to Secretary of War Alger that the amount of $10,000 mentioned in his telegram will be wholly Inadequate to alleviate the want and suffering. Hon. J. W. Cutrer of Coahoma, a member of the I I;'. - A BREAK IN THE LEVEE NEAR MEMPHIS. |