Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-12
the FOREIGN FLOODS.
Towns AM Villages Continuing
to be Submerged and
Washed Away,
The Starch Arising from De
composing Bodies Buried
in Che Debris Said to
DO Terrible.
General New s and Notes From All
Par 9 ,fths World.
GENER AL FOREIGN NEWS

tauNS OI MAD nave the
town. The foods roseNso rapidly that
many persons trying to escape fell
through the ics aud were drowned.
RELIEF GIVEN.
PEsTH, January 10.-In the Hun.
garisn dict, the minister of the inter.
Tor stated that he had sanctioned the
payment of money required to relieve
the wants of sufferers by the inunda.
ton at RAab, and private charity had
also commeI ID to work relief. IL is
officially reported that ten thousand
persons are roofless, and between three
hundred and four hundred houses are
Inundated and partially destroyed
The Hungarian government has in-
troduced a bill authorizing an exhibit
ton at Pesth in 1885, to which the
state will contribute 400 600 forms.
A DISTRESSING SITUATION.
VIENNA, january 1.-The town of
R,ab in Hungary and the two fdjs'
cent valleys are only saved from inun-
dalton thus far by the frost. When
the thaw commenced the water had
suddenly rose all over the district. At
3 o'clock yesterday morning the in-
kabitants were aroused by the alarm
bells and commenced q rapid flight,
A large number of fugitives crowded
into the solidly built theatre which
stands on an island in the midst Of
the park, but here a new panic ensued.
The water gradually rose as far as the
first gallery.
Meanwhile around Roab the dykes
were breaking and admitted a deluge
which soon will reach the inner town,
containing 5000 tugitives, IS we'll as
tho ordinary inhabitants. A consid-
cradle number Of lives are lost, but
fortunately the food did not reach
the higher part of the town, aud
ceased to rise at noon. The city of
Grau, on the Dlnube, the seat of the
Hungarian prinate, is also menaced
by the flood. foundations in the
neighborhood IF the town of Komorn
Alcorn, at the confluence of the Woag
with the Danube, are also particularly
extensive.
TIE FLOOD AND WAR.
BERLIN, January 1.-The extent
of this flooded country In the middle
Rhine dis .ricts, exclusive of the trib-
utaries of that river, are computed at
700 square kilometers, or nearly half
as large again ss the lake of Constance.
The king of Bavaria has give a second
10000 marks for the relief of dis
tressed subjects. Although the war
rumors have now subsidized it In re-
marked that two officers of the gen.
eral staff have been ordered to Kings
bury and Thorn.
AN APPEAL TO ENGLAND.
The Baden appeal to the generosity
of the British is published In behalf
of 10000 people, rendered homeless
by the floods.
A HARD NJ
VIENNA. January 1.-The roofs of
some houses in Roab had to be taken
down to enable the soldiers to rescue
the inmates.
RELIEF GIVEN.
BERLIN, January 1.-The lsntag
has voted and granted 5000. coo marks
for the relief of the sufferers in the
inundated districts.
H SOCIALIST FEUD.
MARsEILLEs, January 11.-Fresh
placards deneuncing the emperor of
Austri, are aft x I'D to the Italian con.
sulate. The Austrian government has
seized two dispatches sent to q Vienna
ne ~spsper from this city.
NO ADDRESS.
PARIS, January 1.-THE PROPOSE.
tion of the republican senators to
issue an address to the country as to
Gambesta's death has fallen through.
DECOMPOSITION OF BODIES.
VIENNA, January 1.-THE water
has passed over the dyke at Komorn
In Hungary and has flooded the coun.
try for miles around. The ruins of
some houses in Raab are beginning to
exhale c%sdaverous odors arising from
the bodies buried under the debris.
FAMINE EXPECTED.
PEsrH, January 11.-Throughoul
the flooded districts of Hungary there
will certainly be a famine unless sssis.
lance Is prompt.
ARAB ARRIVED.
CoLUMBo CEYLoN, January TO-
Arab 'Pasha and his fellow exiles
have arrived here.
PARIS, January 10.-The remains
of Cnsuzy were Inferred at Burzancy
to-day. che archbishop of Rheims
spoke at the grave.
Lyons, January 10. The trial Of
the anarchists continued to day. This
president of the court received 0
threatening letter. The remainder Of
the prisoners, those not already ex'
amined acknowledged they had heer
engaged in socialiutic propaganda.
DUBLIN, January 10.-A d~eputatior
of Catholic prelates waited on the
Lord Lieutenant to-day, and pointed
out the present privatlons of the peo
pie OF the west Of Ireland, and repre-
sented severer distress impending
They suggested that the board o
public works advance loans to holder
of land to enable them to improg,
their farms. They deprecated emi
grafton, and pointed out the repug
snc Of the people to onter the worl
house. Earl Spencer promised t.
give the matter earnest consideration
Rauh SuHuends I'D,