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Show COAIiVI LLEJEIMES Tim Il Half a hundred towns stand In six feet Of water and the yellow: stream U creeping up klpwly but surely. I CO. I.vm UTAH. COALVILLE. n J MVS. UTAH The florist of Sait Lake city will hold flower khow in XoTtraber next. - Ihe Pioneer flit I? company of Ogilrn has asked bait L?- - city for a franchise, , r -W) . v rir in- A band of rvpsie who- have U'&l--' if.? . SR i4i i1 ' trrrA'1.'wadinjf Logan for the past week have scarlet fever in cami. Terrible Sufferln at Many Folnt. An effort will made to get the The floods of the MLsisrippl valh y next meeting of Utrf'N4rtil plicaand its tributaries ronllnues to grow tion avtoeiatioti for Salt Lake. Millions of dollars worth of F rank Robertson of Toole eonn U. has apace. have hten destiny ed and mil- property struck a small laxly of ore ay mg Ilona more must be swept away before 57 In gold aud six ounces silver. the waters recede. Hundreds of Uvea W. L. Webster of Franklin, was have hern smrifleed and at least three kieked in tlie stoma h L a horse hundred thousand people have heu The governors of rendered homeless. ,. and died from the injuries rcc-Alabama, Ten- Arkansas, Mississippi, A strike In tha Home Rule, Tii'tie nessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mlssouii, di.striet, has been made, a tin inch Kansas, the Dakotas. Nebraska and vein a.sxav ing forty ounce si nor aud me receiving funds for me iO per cent of lead. unfortunates in duties. President Woodruff was able to atBeeretary of War Alger has forward tend Tuesday's session of eon fen nee, ed all the available tents In the dethough showing the effects of lu re- - partment to the flix)ded districts, bin theca will be Inadequate. He ha also cent illness. the expenditure of $50,000 cash "ordered The Kh, xd bonds from Seh.xd of homelwM gufferln(51 t) dlstrlet No. I. Grand county. Uian cUUenl n(, thpir famllleg. Tblg ,g the been found defective, a vote uu their flrgt Um ,hat the war department has reissue is called for April S'M. ever felt railed upon to spend cash to Itruce Johnson, a Railing colored relieve want outside of the regular arman of Salt Lake, ha organized a my. picked nine to play the Fort Douglas lirowns ia the near future. Orwavlllt, MIml, Bring Swept Awsjr. One-thir- d of Greenville, Miss., Is a The vacancies in the quorum of the a scene of desolation of desert water, twelve apostles, caused by the death of Impossible to describe. The water Is Abraham II. Cannon aud the deposiIn nearly 200 bouses and Is kept out tion of Mimes Thatcher were not tilled of the stores la the heart of the town at the lati asion of conference. , so timely only by the protection J. V. Kardley, a lumber dealer, who thrown up by ths citizens to stop Its left Salt Lake suddenly about a year destructive progress. Mall goes and go, owing lare suuu of money, has comes In skiffs, doctors visit their ret J "'d. He says he will adjust mut- patients In skiffs, social visits are made In skiffs, and sklffa are property equal ters and business. almost In value to what the mule was Roy Frink, the boy who was savage- a few days ago. The water U deepest ly attacked gnd severely wounded by In the extreme northern limits, where an Italian section foreman on the It has reached a depth of about seven houthern Far ilk a few days ago, has feet. From this point It shows a gradreached Ogden on hla way eastward. ual decline. New Town, Miss., a very thickly Emery county hua h.ul more snow the past winter tliau the oldest inhab- built district, peopled almost entirely itant can remember. For three months ly negroes. Is under water, the depth until the end of March nearly two feet ranging from a few Inches to five feet. Air, which contains many of snow lay npon the ground on the The Belle homes and was beautiful with pretty level, a record unprecedented. green lawns and blooming shrubs, la The Mammoth, in Tintic, is having a a Venice, and the only means the peonew hoist put in. Hi the intention ple have of leaving or returning to of the company to increase the output ihelr homes Is by boats, which are, of the mine as soon a the machinery numerous and various. The water Is ia started and to push the ahaft down not as high as In 1890, but will soon to ton ,600-foluwi aw rapidly an reach and tass that mark. Greenville ItaeU la a cKy of refugee of from IS, I possible. j. . to S0.Q0Q tout. Relief boat from - The tllpldawti . Cowk&npany, Vs- - 000 the Interior are bringing In nearly evia cnllyjnoorporated, working What ery hour loads of destitute flood sufferla. supposed to he, an anthracite ers suddenly caught by the waters and coal vein near Hunnyalde, burfae driven from their homes. Hundreds coal U marketed at 7.50 from a nine and thousands of head of stock are and foot vein. The quality is being driven In from every direction. The back water from four crevices la expected to Improve with depth. The Kinsman 1'uhli.ahing company pouring In fearful flood every hour, has filed articles of tneorporatiuu with and the altuatlon la growing rapidly the secretary of state. The object ia worse. At Helena, Mias., the river la to publish a paper in the interest of atlll rising; at St. Louis, Miss., it la rising, and the Arkansas ia threatening Thrlstian education in Utah and to rise in a few Business men and to publluli aud distribute are blue, but try day. to keep cheerfnl. The tract, ete, worst has not yet reached the Josle Winberg, a Delta, and the half of its Salt Lake girl, was accidentally shot in tale of woe has not been told. As soon handling a small revolver Indotiging to aa the different towns and cities alher cousin, Mrs. E. It. Grow. The shot ready submerged are reached by boat parties from Greenville and aa soon took effect In the stomach. The girl as the remote districts and plantawas taken to St MaiVa hospital, tion can b heard from, there will be where she is in a critical couditiou. enough to sadden the hearts of those Oke Anderson, 6 years of age, who far away who are now eagerly walt- lived at fijutttyleld, was killed while ,n for new ,n1 doping against hope, removing potatoes from a pit, by the Reporter Oathortag Nawa, earth upon him. falling of The lie had evidently relied upon its frozen correspondent condition to sustain iL He had been went by skiff from here to all points dead some time w hen found by his possible by water in a radius of fifteen miles In every direction from this city, wife. says a telegram from Greenville, Miss. E. 8. Dean & Co., bankers and It was a common sight to see rabbits brokers, of New York, who umlntaih- - or domestic fowls floating on drifted branches in Balt Lake and else- - Rood, deer on little Islands here and where, have failed, leaving many per- - there above the water, and the starv- sons poorer. Suit Lake parties eon- - Ing creatures do not now fear the aptrlbutcd about 40,000 of the 3,000.000 i proach of man. In one instance a ne- the concern is supposad to hare pockB .- - j a-- -- i Wd . - -- i mt Ilrlrnt, Ark., tslve Waf. Advicia reaei.td Ull of a brea. in fi the levee two miles south, of Helena, Ark. This is the levee for which the Arkansas bave pAjple of rtiuth-ailer- n Dindt u h a dc'pcrste figl:J The waters fiom th s bnak flood a gieat area Helena and Imi k up u to the '1 lie rrlief stiainer Ora Lee has arrived ut Marianna. Ark havir.a nrade ar. expedition up the St Fianeis Hiver There were on board 160 refugees and 11(A) il '" bind of cattle. The stfamer went s?' Z?' up the St. Francis Iiiver as far Jis 1 hen worked her way du u Gift ).&, stream, rev uiug people from perilous Pinions The suffering along file St grefs was calmly smoking a pipe on Francis ltiver Is appalling. The wa- the roof of a log cabin, while a an earn t(.r throughout the entire neighboring of water was running through the Ctmctrv is from six to fifteen feet deep doors of htr hut nearly up to me eaves 1 he relief boat had on board the body of the roof of Mrs. McMain of Raggio City. The "What are you doing there, aunty? body was found at Raggio and It vis we halloed. taken to Marianna for burial, there Is watered In.' came the response. being no land at the former place on Would you like us to take you iu? winch to give it interment. The St. we offcp d. Francis la rising from three to five 'No, sah; Ill be skilled out terect lntl.es dally. " j , -- tc p&tuufcuuirt j i-A-' - 1 i Plaintive howling of d.ogs. At points below Vicksburg the river and squealing of pigs l.i rising. It Is the general opinion of Unit ke p the woods alive, and graphic old river men here if the levees below . niB and Incidents crowd upon the Vicksburg hold the. great volume of sight at every turn. There aie dead after In its reyuUr channel It will be carcasses floating In the water, frag- Utile short of a miracle. and articles of housements of of Mmalsoippl, conn, Gov. hold furniture of every kind. tinues to make diligent Inquiry touch-lu- g TVS A later dispatch says that destitute flood sufferers. He will Greenville has been swept away. perhaie be compelled to state to Sec- I"'? hous Mcl-aun- Flower Lakfl. Another disastrous break In the levee occurred Sunday morning at 8 o'clock at Flower Lake, six The cremllps below Tunica, Miss. vasse, while not yet of great width, Is fufly fifteen feet deep and the water Is pouring through the opening with This will probably fearful velocity. be the most destructive break that has occurred in the delta. The most fertile farm lands of Mississippi, lying In Coahoma, La Flore, Quitman and Talla-UlK ft re k ( hatchie Counties. In the mrthem part of the Btate are inundate!, and the newly planted corn crops will be laid in waste. No loss of life is reported, the Inhabitants of this .stricken lection having made preparations for Just such a catastrophe as exists then. The condition of the poorer classes throughout the flooded area is lndexl critical. Thousands of refugees are huddled on levees and gpots of land wating for relief. The towns of Roeedae and Tunica report that everythin possible is being done for these poor people, but that funds and provisions ire fast becoming exhausted. In the little city of Rc.sedale alone 1,200 refugew are being cared for by the citizens. Southern ttah should be this yesr one of the best of cattle and sheep ranges, says the Grand Valley Times, The amount of Know nnd rain has Insured feed. With cattle, sheep and wool in demand and at advancing price 1, ought to indicate, prosperity throughout the west. Hi "I i'i ill il ti !iD. il .M li Jr tale senate, has leased ' range. - piS0W j J ' li r v ii hf SSiv, -- $S. The state of TtAh has loaned -- 19.000 v retary 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 levee district, states that he does not expect the waters to abate before May 15. Yazoo-Mississip- Middlesboro. Ky., Is again flooded. The water is four inches higher than in the flood five weeks ago. Moet of the 7r ' .... Fvi -- ricv.e,,- I'lfti $ SlT T , ' , .o- - if - m MW 1 - , '' , : Ttss:: ' i i1! 'i,l ! It Vi x " t H semi-annuall- . r v' .vt fV- :i, if Ci' A STREET SCENE AT ANOKA. It Is kkelv to do gaat damage. Bridges are gone In many places and boats are In demand in the vicinity of the di pot and the railroad yards. Rain has bien falling steadily 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 Firemans grove is Anoka, Minn. filled with water and the Rum river dam is expert ed to go out. Millions ol 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 land there are grave doubts as to whether or not It can be seeded this spring. River men tonight say that there will he a further rise here of at least six feet. stores in Cumberland avenue are floodfamilies have been Sixty-fiv- e ed. . washed out Three hundred people are fed by the city. Boats are plying on the principal etreets. At Pinevllle the Cumberland river is rising three feet per hour. West Pinevllle is under water. The Clinch and Powell Rivera axe flooding the entire country. Oa th. Tppvr Mlulaitppl The upper Mississippi continues to boom, the gauge showing eighteen feet above low water mark. It has beeu raining constantly for twelve hours. Dispatches from Aitkin, Sauk Rapids, SL Cloud and Little Fails indicate that the river Is still rising rapidly and that all records are likely to be broken at St. Paul within the next forty-eighours. The levee at James street, that city, broke at'S oclock Sunday afternoon, sending the water all over that part of the city with a rush. The flood encroached into the fro'.ghthome of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The Diamond Jo passenger station t3 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 fires out. The relief stsdetes of St. Paul are busy extending succor to the suffering The number of people who have been forced to leave their homes is about 1,200.- The water east of State street has become so deep that several houses have floated from their foundations. Logs to the value of about $60,000 floated down the river Sunday. ht r. Ml The Jim Rlirr Overflows. The Jim river U creating general THE HIlLS. Is still solid cr a long 11 . F. ' tu on e and Fish-i- c Gi at Nort hern n t tin j I; will req lire a week affer til w..er has gone down to repair thl line went out Rnllwav Mtatlim rt.w'lin Swav. special dispatch fnun Trenton, Mo., says: Gland imi is -- till coming tip and the bottoms are completely under water, causing nun h damage. Weldon bridge, four miles north, was washed out, and considerable timber of the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City railway extension h is been lost. The base ball p.u k is completely subMr. Winslow, manager of merged. the water works, has received a telephone message fiom the power station that the water was running In through the walls, and that it the flood was any higher tomoriow the men would have to vacate, leaving the city without any water supply. Six young men on horseback attemped to cios the bottoms west of the town today and were swept from their animals. Three got safely to land; the other three floated down stream and were rescued from the tree tops. A The Floods Ravage la Iowa. from Sioux City, Ia, dispatch says: Residents of the Floyd river bottoms here are agun flying to higher ground. At Merrill, James and Hinton, points above Sioux City, the stream is out of its banks and flooding the valley. Here the bank is higher and a three foot rise will be necessary before the floods of a fortnight ago can be The rise still progresses, repeated. however, at the rate of two or three inches an hour. A huge Burlington, Ia., telegram: landslide fell from the water soaked bluff between Burlington and Fptt Madison, covering The Bdrlftigton Railroad track ten feet deep with clay, rosks and trees. All traffic was stalled for several hours until a big gang of workers could clear the track. There have been a dozen bad landslides In this vicinity the past week on account of heavy lains. Alton, 111., telegram : Two feet more of water will slop trains on the Bluff Line, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul, but if the weather remains clear It may not go that high. Several extra crews of men were busy today piling in rock to hold the weak places in the embankment, where the wave threatened to wash out the tiack. Dubuque Ia., special: The river registers twelve feet above low water mark, a riee of half a foot today. The water is now within three feet of the danger line. Special telegrams frrm points In South Dakota. Iowa and Nebraska bring word of Increased floods In all the rivers. Rain has fallen almost Inhours over cessantly for seventy-tw- o an area of more than 100 miles in radius from Omaha, the fall being fully four inches for that time. This has greatly increased the volume of water in the already swollen streams, thousands of acres of farm land are four trr'stx feet of running water, and many fimilies have moved from home In boats. car-loa- k. NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT NEl R GREENVILLE. In IHIonmota. Ortonvllle. Minn., has been completely cut off from communication with the outside world. A train cannot go 20 miles from this city in any direction. Lac Jnt Parle lake. Minnesota river. Big Stone lake and Lake. Travcrse form one vast sea. The lake and river are merged Into one, rising at the rat of half an Inch hn hour; A heavy northwest gale is driving the ice.which Is yet a compact and solid mass, out of Big Stone lake into the overflowed bottoms of the Minnesota river, wher , havoc with railroads In the valley east of Yankton, S. D. 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 mile and over of track of the Great Northern. JlUwau-ke- e and Northwestern railroads is now completely disabled, thus cutting'Yank-to- n off from the outside world. Farmers in the bottoms are moving out with boats. Word was received asking for immediate assistance, and men and boats are departing for the flooded district. The water still continues to rise at Yankton. The Ice Is broken at Grand Forks, N. D., and trouble la exOf the 10 000 of oranges pected from that source. Basements In Third street stores are cleared of that will be m tketed In California all goods. Above Grand Forks the Ice uext season fully 6,000 will be navels. - Flood --- j. , -- zrf. i . to the Bear Elver Land and Slock company of Rich county. The money is from the University lend fund, and the loan was made by the stt hoard of land commissioners. Thefloan runs for ten years and draw 7 per cent interest payable .It la secured by first mortgage on the extensive real estate possessions of the company ia Rich count y. 4 - '7 'r.M r2.JLr LEAVING THE OLD HOME TO TAKE REFUGE IN eted. President AqnHla Nebekcr of the g.ftoo acre of Bear lake, and bet wee 1 the lake and Bear river. The lease runs until Jan- ry 1, HttS, hd Is at the rate of 1 cent per acre, the land being appraised at 50 cents an acre. It is the first lease made by the state of Utah. Mr. Neb. ker will use the ground as a cattle ,, ' f lJ'- j Poet-Dispat- r j Tazoo-Mlsslsslp- pl the-froze- i fie I .nr .jr t ne-ha- l( , A 4l j 'SN b oRTui A Util f A'' BREAK IN THE LEVEE NEAR MEMPHIS, i. |