The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-14
WHOLE NO. llSO.
GENERAL NEWS.

Of the highest point ever reached, and
expected TO attain the maximum before
morning. The smelling works are part
tally oyerfowed, but comparatively slight
damage yet The ice is running heavily.
Sioux Cry, April All gorges in the
river above Sioux City are undoubtedly
broken, The food Is now at its height
and passing by here at least four feet be-
low the level of the river front and 10 to
10 feet below the level of the business
portion of the city. The lowlands on the
opposite side of the river in Nebraska
are flooded and the people living there
have been compelled to get oGt. Coving-
ton people were brought to this side this
morning. A low point of ground below
the city at the mouth of Floyd river is
partially submerged. The ice is too rot
ten and broken up to form any gorge be
low in face of SO powerful current and
all apprehension of any trouble in this
city from the great freshets in Missouri
may be dispelled. The water now is
stationary and will doubtless be on de-
cline tomorrow. There are about two
hundred refugees in town.
ST. LOUIS, April IA heavy rain storm
commenced here about 6 o'clock this
morning and still continues. From re-
ports received at the signal service Office
show that The storms extend over great
breadth CT The country embracing nearly
all the Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas
and Red River valleys, and reaching
considerable distance east of the former
river. Should the storm continue q
hours or longer all stream mentioned
above will rise rapidly and great damage
will result. The Upper Mississippi at
Hannibal and various other places is al
leaay up to the danger line. The same
may be said OF the Lower Missouri, and
at this point a rise of feet will overflow
some of the low places both in the north
ern and southern parts of the city along
the river front, and probably work great
destruction. Measures are being taken
to protect or remove property, however,
and it is hoped serious damage may be
averted.
YANKToN, d. T., April 5, via st. Paul,
April THE ice gorge which has been
resisting the onward flow of water at this
point for twenty four hours, broke an
hour ago and the water is falling rapidly.
Lower Yankton has been submerged
| since Monday morning. The lower floors
Of two hundred dwellings,, shops and
mills, were covered from one to four feet.
Much damage has been done to houses,
goods, and buildings. The steamer
Peninah broke from her moorings as the
Ice began to move and has foated with
| the current a mile, lodging on the rail-
road track, where she now sits. Intelli-
gence from the submerged farming dis
triets was received last evening. Rescu-
| ing parties have found and landed in
places Of safety, about 200 persons who
must have perished with cold and hunger
had they not been reached. The good
work still progresses and hopes are en-
tertained that nearly all the ice and
water-bound sufferers will be rescued.
The weather remains cold and the situa-
ton becomes more serious daily. The
fuel supply has been reduced to mini
mum, and many kinds of provisions are
running short. The freshet has swept
| away thousands of cords of wood and to-
day not @ single cord is for sale in this
market.
Sr. LOUIS, April 8.-A Kansas City
| special says: About o'clock A. N. yes
terday the house standing on the bank of
the Missouri river near Parkville, occu-
pied by d woman named Co-dell and
three children, was swept into the stream,
by the current cutting into the bank.
After floating down the river about seven
miles the house was discovered by two
young hunters named Buoch and Ford,
from Kansas City, who put out to it in q
skiff and cut a hole in the roof, the only
part of the building above water, rescued
the terrified inmates and took them back
to Parkville.
NEw YORK, April 8.-A fire tonight
in building on the grounds of the st.
Joseph Orphan asylum at Eighty-ninth
street and avenue A, at one time threat
ened ninety young people with destruc-
ton, and frightened two persons so bad
ly they are not expected to live, child
ren ranging from to years of age.
The fire in new oven, connected with o
hue which was found to be defective,
caused the plastering to ignite on all the
floors. The entire building became sud-
denly filed with smoke. The children
were in bed, and many were asleep when
the fire was discovered. Firemen and
police, with several citizens, and Sisters
of Notre Dame, caught up the little ones,
while the older ones ran out. Sister
Mary Peter, one of the Oldest Sisters,
was, through fright, attacked with
paralysis and lockjaw, and probably will
not recover. Two novices Lizzie Hay
and Dora Zahn, were also overcome by
fright. The latter was suffering from
heart disease. The damage by the fire
is trifing.
WASHINGTON, April s.-The senate not,
being in session today very little is be-
ing said about the deadlock. Half
dozen Democrats who went to the capitol
this afternoon, including Beck and Sauls
bury, say Democratic senators are more
determined than ever and will maintain
their fight until next December if neces-
sary. Several Republicans were seen
but they had little to say. beyond that
there is no change yet in their policy.