Show iL Trnl nrfrioe wt nIne r I nlnlr The flood of the Mlnlnlppl valley and Ib Irlhutart continue to grow apse Million of dollar worth of property have hen dntroywl and l million mil-lion mire max be ititept away before the water rerede lliiDrtrtHln ol lives have been ucrllhnl and at least l three hundred tkouaaud people have bmn rendered hanxlMM The governor ot MlMla lppl I AtkanM Alabama Teal Tea-l MH Kentucky Ixwlalaiia Ulwourl Kanw the Itakota Nbn ika and Jllnriiuitft are reerlvlne fund fur the unlortiinatr In dhareul i Secretary of War Alp has forwarded forward-ed nil limn available tent In the department de-partment to the hailed dlttrlcu bill three will btI lnadMiite lie to sIan ordered thn expenditure of JWWO cash to relieve the luRerlng ol homel M citizen and their famine Tbl 1a I the first time that the war department hl ever felt called upon tn I spend cant to relieve want outldo ol the regular army ar-my lr ntllU ll lUInf Httrpl Aoif One lhlnl ot Urccuvllle ills Is I a I desert ot water a ac ho ot denotation ImpoMlblo to dewrlbe Tho water le I I In nearly 200 hour and la I kept out ot the torn In the heart of the lown I only by the protection so timely i thrown up by the citizen to Mop ha destructive progress Mall Rnva and come In skirts doctor visit their patient In tklff octal visit are made I In skiffs and skiffs are property e < iial almtmt In valtio to what the mula was n few day ago Tho water Ia I deepest Iin j I Iho extrrmn noilhern limit where III I ha reached a depth ot about smell fret From tills point It shows u gradual grad-ual decline I New Town Mice a very thickly built district peopled almost entirely by negroes li I under water Iho depth ranging from n tow Inch to five fevt The lUlto Air which contain many pretty home and wu beautiful with I green lawn and blooming shrub II I I a Venire and Ibo only mean the pea > I pie have ol leaving or returning to I their homM Is I by boat which are numerous and various The water I not lID high as In 1890 but will soon reach and pas that murk Jrotnvlllo flesh I a city ot refiners ot from IS 003 to 0000 souls iuu i bat from the Interior are bringing In nearly every ev-ery hour loads ot destitute flood stiffer er suddenly caught by the water and I driven from their homo Hundred and thousands ot head ot Mock aIn a-In drluii In from every direction Tile back water I ruin four crevice li pouring In fearful flood every hour and the situation Is I growing rapidly none At Helena Mis the river I still riling nt fit IxiuU Minn It Is I I rising and the Arknuws la threatening to rise In a few day Hutlne men I are blue but try to keep cheerful The worst hili not yet reached the Ysioo I MlaslMlppI 1 Delta and the hall of It I I tale of woe has not I been told Aa elwn a i the different towns and chic I already i al-ready submerged are leached by boat I parties from Oreenvlllo and as soon I as the remote district and plantn lions can be heard from there will bi 1 enough to sadden the heart ot thmo fir away who are now eagerly I waiting wait-Ing for new and hoping against hupo Ilei Irl 1IIIrla fre The rustDispatch correspondent went hy skill front here to all point piiMlblo hy water In a radlu ot flfteen j 1 milt In every direction I from this city I lay a telegram from Greenville Mlsi I U wo a common light to see rabbit or domestic owl floating on driftwood I drift-wood dotr on little Island hero antI ant-I there above the water and tho Ian I hog creature do not now fear tho approach ap-proach ol roan In one Instance a no yrea wa calmly rmoklng a pipe on he font ot loft cabin white a tram of water wo running through the door of her hut nmrly up to the HUM of the roof What are poll doing there untyr we hallonl Ire I wnteml came the response Would you like u to tribe you luT we offered Nu Hh Ill be ski ted out ter eft I llalntlve howling of dnpi sackIng sack-Ing ot poultry and iquenllng ot pig I kI the wood alive and graphic boars and Incident crowd upon the sight l at every turn There ore deed earniMa floating In the waff trig wont ol houv and articles ol bows bolt furniture of every kind I I St later dispatch my that lrenvlllo ha been swept away IMC llrruk > l llnnrr teaks Another dltastrou break In the IMs Imlppl l levee occurroil Sunday mornIng morn-Ing at R clock nt Klower Lake all nlle below Tunica Mis The cre tuwip whllo not yet of great width Is fully fifteen crt deep and the water II is pouring through this opening with tearful velocity Till will probably he the meet ilislructlvo break that tuna occurred In tho delta Tho maul fertile lam lands ot Mlmlmlnpl lying In Co a bomB IA More Qultman and Tahiti I I Halt n hun irit towns snd i In nx fret nt wnl < r and the yellow stream Ie 1 creeping op lowly but sorely ree eni Iltln Ark lid n Ir r Advlera received tell of a break lu the helee I two mile south of Helena Ark This I the levee for which lIt pitipl ol HoutheMlern Arkansas have made curb a deupwrate nl1l The wa ten from this break floor a great area and bock up Into the itrveti of Helena The relief steamer tire Lee l has ar rivet at Marlanna Ark having nestle an eipedltlofl up the 81 Francis Itlver There wore on board J IM refugee and 100 ht + otl ot rattle The steamer went up the Bt Frenel lllver a 11 far lu Cut Off and then worked her way down tram rmulng jifuple from perilous p < Mltloiia The KUfTerlnc shout the Bt Kranda litter la I appalling The water wa-ter throughout the entire neighboring country I from six to fifteen feet limp The relief bout bed on Laird the body of Mr MrMaln of Itagglo City Tho body WM fnund nt Ituxglo And It viii taken In Marlanna lor burial there being no Innd nt the former liar im which to Kite It Interment The SL Krancl la I rising rout tlireo to five Inches dally At point below VlekMiurg the river U I rising It U I Jae general opinion of ell her men here If time levee below VIcKiburg hold Ibo great volume ot waver In It regular channel It will bo little short ol u mlraclo tiny Melxiirln of Mloxlmlppl ron tlnuwi to mflko diligent Inquiry touchIng touch-Ing destitute Howl 1 sufferers He will Kthat b1 compelled to state to Secretary Sec-retary ot War Alger that the amount ol 10 000 mcntlonixl In his telegram will be wholly Inadequate to alleviate tho want and aufTcrlng Hon J W Cutrer ot Cmhomn a member ot the jiooMlMliMlppI levee district stales that he does not expect tho waters to abate before May IS MId Ihnm Ky I again flooded The water li I four Indies higher than In the flood five week ago Most ot tho stoma In Cumhcrhnd avenue are flooded flood-ed Blity five famlHea hate been r t J t w lEVINO Tifl 011 1103117 TO TtlCI RCIU01 IN Tlll 111115 hatclilo Countle In the northern part of tho state are ItiundatM and the newly planted corn crops will be laid In wute No Ion of life to I reposed the In ImbltanU or till stricken lection hay Ini made preparntliiu fnr just such n ratastrnphe as exlsti then The condition con-dition of the poorer clamn i throughout the flowlcd I area is I Inleol l critical Thousand ot refugee are huddled on let I em and dpota of land watlng lor relief re-lief The towns of llmedao and Tun Ion report that nverythln puMlble he I being done for three paw people but that funds and provision lea last be mining exhausted In the title city at Itowdale alone 1100 relugcM Are being rerr1 for by the cltliena o = = = Iu1 I I I I I h I I I I I I li a I I I II II I I I I n it 1 II 11 II 1 III II I i 6 i II 1 i I I l 1 I I iI I I I II l I i I I i III I I I l I I I I I I I I I I t I I 1 I I G II tx I I I I i afy v L r I u ttr I I I i I INIIIuIlllllllltlllldlllllllll I II I I I II Illlllllllli I I I I n i f IU IIi I Jk NBWSPAPBIl COIUIB3PONDENT NEIII QllEBNVILLB r1 nsliol out Three liundrcd people are Ted by the city Hunts am plying on the prlnilpnl aired 1 At Ilnevlllo the Cumberlnnd river la I rising thrco feet per i hour West Plnovllto Is I under wa lcr I Thu Cllnrli and Powell Illvers are lloodlng tho entire country On Ilea timer allllpp4 Tho upper I MlkHlMlppI contlnuei to boom the gauge ihowlng eighteen feet above low water mark It bu been raining constantly for twelve hour Dlspatcht from Allkln Sank Rapid BU Cloud and Little Palli 1 Indicate that lute river U I still rising rapidly and that Ml record art likely to be broken at St Paul within the next tartyeight hour The loins nt James street that city broke nt 3 clock Huiulav afternoon after-noon lending the water nil our that part ot the city with n rush Tho Hood encroached Into the t Ire atlmilue ol the Chicago Milwaukee Jim fit Paul road The Dlmnond Jo pauenger h itatlon li 1 In danger of floating away and n force IIf men arc busy lyliiK It to the hank Several of the nmiiufuclurlng concern on the west aide have teen obliged to shut down bemiwe water put their lire out The relief xt lelen of 81 Paul are billY extending < succor to the suffering The number ot people who have been forced to leave their home U I about 1100 lit Water asst ol State street has become no deep that several houses have heated tram their foundations lot to the tnlue ot about 140000 floated float-ed don the root Hunda nHl h In nllnnrnln Ortontlllo alien has been completely complete-ly cut off from communication with the oulsldo world A train cannot go 20 mill from this city In any direction Into Qul Parle lake Minnesota river Dig Stone lake and Lake Traverse form ono salt sea The lake and rlt or are memml Into one rlMng at tho rate of halt an Inch an hour A heavy northwest gale la I driving the Icowblch I Is 1 yet a compact and solid HIM out ol Dig Stone lake Into the overflowed bottoms ol the Minnesota river where I lull I I I MINI I II I Illill I L I1 II k i 11 I I ii 1 II n i II I I 11 I I tl 1 Ili hl I11Ill I I I I it I III I I N I I II M I li 1 I i rt t1 I > X I I r a ht h II II I i I1i I III rt + III I II t11Ci + I I I I I r 1 I L lplll I r l h1 IILI I I I I I iI II I I I d IL I d I I 11 IhII I I rt I I n I I I I I III I I I I I II 11 1 h i II I II I 1 III II II IIII I I I II I I I u I l I 11 I I I L I 1 1 rll I I I II I A BTIIKBT SCKNi AT AXOKA IIINNUHOIV III U likely tn do great ilnraaxc hells arc gone In many plnrve 1 and hunts are In ilrmantl the lclnlly at the depot and the rallroait yard lUIn IIM been railing uteaillly for a week making country road Impiumible and keeping farmers ort their flelili Ilvory rrrord share that of 1849 ha been broken by the MlMlMlppl lit Anokn lInn Mrcmnni grove le I mini with water and Ibo Hum rite dam li I expected to go out Million ol fret of log are floating down the rite North of Anokn million ol acre of laIn arc under from two to ilx feel of water und there are grave doubt n > to whether or not It cnn ba udal 1 this spring litter men tonight my that there will da a further rise lioro of at Icait nix feet Tho Jlll Illtrr llennw The Jim her li treating general haven with railroad In thin valley met of Ynnkton 0 I r The water in l a foot higher anti threatens to loIn out bridges and track a I hoe appronchv at both exile of Ibo bridge are cut ling badly Time miles and over ol Irack of Ibo Urrat Northern Milwaukee Milwau-kee and Northwestern railroad Is I nan completely dlnnble < lthu cutting Yank ton oil from the outtlde world Kami era In the bottom are moving out with boat War > nn lotelttxl 1 oak Ins for Immedlatii inilttnnco and men and boat are deputing for the lloode dlitrkt Thor itlll continue to rlio at Yankton The Ire I I broken at Urand Fork N n and trouble 1s I ex pcctrd from that source Hutment In Third street stores nro cleuroil 01 all good Above Grand Fork the ko to itlll mild llctwevn them and n her h-er n long trestle on the treat Northern went out Sunday It Hill require n week after the water ha gone down I to repair thin line Iloileey hllnll rlln ur A upcrlil dltpilch rom Trenton Mo MJ Irond river is I itlll coining up land l-and the bottom are completely underwater l under-water causing much damage Wei j don bridle tour mile north woo washed out and ronildcrablo timber I ot Ibo Qulncy Omaha and Kanta City I railway extension haD been lost Tho f bam ball park li completely I submersed sub-mersed Mr Winslow I manager ot I Iho water work hall received n helm i phone momige Irom the power itatlon hat Ibo WRit wai running III through I the walls and that II the Hood wa any higher tomorrow the men would halo to vacate testing the city without any water supply Six young men on horseback horse-back attempted to ciojn the bottom west ol the town today and were Wept from their anlnrnl hreo got safely to laud too other time floated down strenui and worn rescue root the trOd lops Tho t led l ICi age In I newt new-t dispatch Iron Sioux City la rays llftldcnls of the Floyd river bottom here are again Hying to higher a ground At Merrill JamM and lllnlon point above Sioux City tho ntreutn le 1 out of his tanks and flooding tho valley val-ley Here the hint Is hither and a I lhre foot rlno will be nocen iry boforu the lloodi of a fortnight ago can bo rex > atcil Tho Ie Mill I progreio y however at thin rate of two or three Inch an hour Ilurllngton In telegram A hugo landstldo fell tram the water noaked I blult botwmn Iturllnxtnn and Foil Madlion coverlnsThn IlilrllVpton hlll = rand track ten feet deep with clay rotk and trees All tralHc was stalled for several hours mull u big gang of worker could clear Ibo track Thorn hnto bet n a down bud liudilldr In hula tlclnlty oho pal week on account ot heavy lain Altii III tocgmni Two feet more of nnter will Mop train on tho Illuff Ilnv Bt foul Chicago and 8U foul but II the weather remain char It may not g that high Kcttral extra ex-tra crow of men were busy today piling pil-ing In rock to hold the weak place In tho cmbankmunt where limo wan threatened to wash nut tho track Dubiuiuo la tpecliil duo river res litcit twelve feet t above low watermark water-mark a rice of half it foot today This water la I now within three feet of the lancer line Special telegram from point In Koutli Dnliotn Iowa anti Nobranka bring vorJ ot Increared flood In nil the river lulu lice lultcn almost In ceuautly for Butint > two hour over nn arm of more than 100 mile In radius radi-us from Oninlm Iho fall being fully four Inches for that time Thla tae greatly Inrrrawd time olume of water aIn a-In the already swoHuu clrtama 1hou I minds of arms of farm land are under un-der from fOil In nix 1 fret ot running water sod many fnmllle hate moved from home In boat iI I I I Illlli I I I I I U I I I I I IIIIIIII I III III II IIIIIIII Ii b I lt II I I I IIIIIjutiihilliiann I 1 I 111 I 1 1i initll can rollplll nt I I III 1111 illil r I 1 t li I 1 1 II 1 1111111 I I tit te19 I I hll l P l r l I VIII I + r II II I Ili i t 1 j ti JI p4 1 1 h III I IIII I III I 1 I I I I I i I Iihl t I I lt I au1tJ I I i I I I Yrn 1 Ilgilu IIII l II I 1 III I IIIIIII II + YGU1M ILII I I I I I 11111 I I II It 1 1 IId III Ii ilI I III IIIiii I Ilulhlllil I llll I I II h IV1udl I I I i I ILIIIIIIIIIIllldlllla I I I I 1 I I III I I II I II I III I I 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