Show RECENT RAINS they cause a severe flood throughout tho the middle states KEOKUK slay may 0 r the mississippi hai bas been rapidly thin rising the pait two dayn days T the lie low lands are on submerged L merged and crops are rained ruined and the farmers are jakini taking their stock and families to high ground round tor ortro protection tec tion small levies alon along tl the le dea es moines Moine sand and fox llivera are broken ell and large tracts are under water the main levy however ho irever is yet safe at alexandria mo but is is surrounded bv iv water and the people are traveling about in boats should hould the rise continue much longer the tile disastrous hood flood of four years ago will be repeated miss may 0 tho the mississippi isi river tonight to night is higher than at any previous rel time and is still rising the levees levees however are in ili good condition OT OTTAWA ill may 0 6 tho the heavy rains to today day brou brought ht the hood floods up to a 1 point two feet higher g er on the south bide side boats were removing the people atom their water soaked homes the electric railway power honse is partially submerged and the line abandoned the glass factory district is under water great furrows have been made in many of the streets and the cul verts sewera sewen and drains are rendered worthless worth lesti by the hoods floods the tile loss loes in this alone lone Is fully marseilles Marsell lea la ia salle and ferry are without electric light or gas tonight to night may 0 aa As a of the tremendous rains this week there Is s grave danger that the immense amount of or sewage a now flow being discharged into the tile lak lake c wie will 11 reach the crib ana and pollute the cites water supply theoffice the offic officials hope the hood flood may subside in time to enable them to I 1 commence continence pump pumping bac back into the it illinois anois I 1 and michl an canal na rif at present the pumping in works wh which C perform rford this duty are I 1 id idle e the water in t the e canal being so high that it sets into th the river and it Is useless to use the pumps the water in the river t today to I 1 D day was several inches higher than yesterday and the current was no so strong that he movement of vessels was dan dangerous erous one collision resulted today to day in which nich a pallor sailor was killed in many city basements the floods remain rental n and until the river is lower to give the sewers full capacity not much change can be expected As far jar as the railroads are concerned the worst effects effect of the tile great storms have bernover been overcome and emilic is being resumed though it will be several days before the business liess resumes 3 its usual regularity it is rep reported arted that indiana from monon motion to II 11 ammond ammond is one vast lake while in the vicinity of joliet lockport and other points in northern minot illinois a vast vat amount of damage has 1139 been done and the waters are not yet showing any signs of subsiding WASILI NOTON af may ay fi 0 A severe rain and wind storm passed over the tile city this afternoon ruining several houses and prost prostrate t trees the of church in the northern part of the city was blown olf and crushed adjoining buildings buil dinga no lives were lost but damage to property throughout the city means several thousand dollars if maya 6 this afternoon a cyclone struck this p ace several houses and doing much minor damage A mrs willard was severely injured |