Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-05
] News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. King Floods Reign. A High Carnival of Riot and
 Ruin. HEAVY LOSSES ON EVERY HAND. Two Million Dollars In Cleveland
 Alone. THE CHANGES FOR fHETARIFF. Quicker Work Needed i'm
 the House.
THE CHANGES FOR THE TARIFF.
STORM AND FLOOD,

l Rain. Snow and Ice-RafIroads Sub
 merged and Land Overhowed-Damae.
 Caused by Thaw, Rain and DrIft-Tws
 Million Dollars Worth of Property De l str0yBd in CteEelamd%-Persons Swep, Away in the floods.
 SPRINGFIELD, O., Feb. "A gentleman
 who came up from Dayton today over the
 c. G., c. & I. road stated that the whole oI
 the low country between Springfield and that city was under water. The railroad tracH was submerged in many places, making fl
 necessary for the train to proceed very slow | 1y and cautiously. In few places the watei
 was so deep on the roadbed that it looked perilous to attempt to pass through it. The New York Pennsylvania and Ohio track, l which runs parallel with the 0. C., 0. & I. l track for quite distance, was submerged for 1 @ number of miles. The overhowing waters he stated have spread themselves over 8 vast area and will undoubtedly cause considerable damage Some fears were entertained at Dayton of the Mad river levee breaking. PITTsBURe, Pa, Feb. 4.-The warm rains of the last few days loosened the ice e-gorges in the ''feeders' of the A1leghany river, and this morning the river began to rise and heavy ice came down with the torrent. By noon the water had risen to such height and acquired such force that it cleared ISGQ0 I1N6E Ol IhkG6s OdEkoS h0O 6Gohu~
 boats. The steamers Modoc, Cora and Park Painter were swept out of the river at this city and carried down the Ohio. The two former were captured at Jacks Run, three and half miles down, but the painter
 was carried away and has not been recovered yet. At 8:30 B. n. section of 8 board raft was sweft down in the current and persons on the shore were signalled by a man on it with light. As the raft was carried under the Tenth street bridge it struck a pier, but held together and went on down the Ohio. At 9:3O o'clock the river had risen to nineteen feet and the flood was increasing rapidly. All navigation is at an end in these waters for the time being. The destruction of property has been large already and will be immense be- fore the waters subside. It is expected that the government works at Davis Island dam will suffer, but not seriously. The water must rise to the height of twenty-five feet in the channel before it can overflow it's banks in this city. The Monongahela river is very high from backswater.
 MONTREAL, Feb. 4.-The snow storm which swept over this city and vicinity last night was the worst of the season. The railroads were disabled and the train service demoral- ized in every direction. Passengers who left for Quebec last night on ons side of the city ate breakfast on the other side this morning.
 DAYTON, O., Feb. 4.-The Miami and its tributaries are swollen to flood height. At this point the water is higher than it has been since 1866, when the greater. portion of the city was submerged. The levees have been strengthened since then and there is no reason thus far to expect general overflow. The lower portion of the city is submerged by back water which came through an open flood gate, and the northeast is at the mercy of the torrent. Farming lands north and south are overfowed, but it is impossible to obtain estimates of the damage. The rail- road tracks are under water in all directions. Two bridges have been washed out on the Dayton and Michigan road between here and Lima, and the extensive trestle work at Sid ney on the same road has been carried away. Large bodies of men have been engaged in strengthening the levee in several weak places all day, and are still working on them The Ievee at Tippecanoe City has broken in several places and that town is flooded.
 PARKER, Pa, Feb. 4.-There were several serious ice gorges in the Alleghany river be tween here and Oil City last night, one of them at Miller's Eddy reaching to height of twenty feet. When the ice broke the swollen river ran with fearful force and many fami lies abandoned their houses along the river front Two dwellings opposite the glass house were swept away and James King was drowned at Bear creek
 ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 4.-The rain storm ceased here at 10 this morning after thirty hours of rain and snow. The weather is now cold. The streets are sheet of ice and all the streams are swollen.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4.-The floods in and around this city are resulting in great dam age to property. More than 8 hundred houses were inundated on Saturday night from the overflow of the smaller streams and the damage in the city is not less than $50, 900. To night the White river is higher than it has ever been before, and it is still rising Com munication with the western part of the city is entirely cut of and families in Indianola kA abandon khafr hnnaaa Saw eral of the railroads have stopped running trains, and all of the trains are greatly de- layed.
 CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 4-The Cuyahoga river overfowed it's banks last night and caused great damage to property on the flats. The flooded district covers an area of from half a mile to mile wide, and four miles long, All the manufacturing establishments, foundries, ship-yards, warehouses, lumber yards, blaming mills, coal yards, and miles of dockage, are under water from one to twenty feet The 1umbermen lost very heavily and about fifty lumber yards were swept away. The coal men are also heavy losers. Monroe Brothers & Co.,, lumber men, estimate their loss at $150, 1000. One hundred buildings of all kinds are flooded in the lower part of the flat and fifty dwellings are sub merged, the occupants having been taken out in boats. Two men are reported drowned and narrow escapes were numerous. twenty streets have been turned into rivers. Heisley's oil works lost $5, 900, and the Standard oil company about $25, 900. The railroads all lose heavily. The Cleveland and Pittsburg road is in the best shape of any. The freight depots, side tracks and hundreds of cars of the c. o., c. and l., Connotton, New York, P and O., and the Lake Shore roads are inundated. The Valley road bridge at Broadway was swept away this morning and the Independence street bridge was car ried of at noon. At the Jefferson street bridge schooner and ten million feet Of lumber were piled up in confusion against the bridge. Thousands of men are at work saving the property. All the Valley railroad property is under ten and fifteen feet of water
 and trains cannot run for 8 week st least. The floods are the heaviest ever known In Cleveland The damage is estimated at two million dollars, although no close estimate can be made to night. At midnight the flood
 had begun to recede slowly.
 WOOSTER. o. Feb. 4.-There has been 8 great deal of damage done to the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road at this point
 and at points between Alliance and Crestton.
 There are three bridges down, one at Canton, one at Lawrence and one at Londony1lle, and just one mile west of Wooster mile ef track has been washed cut. Trains have stopped until the water subsidies. The road bed in some places is entirely covered with water and the loss of property is heavy. FoxBoRo, Pa., Feb. 4.-This has been a day of excitemsnt here. the water reaching River avenue, carrying away the trestling of the first span of the new bridge. The Emlenton bridge passed here in four sec- tions The second section had two men on it and struck one of the new pins, after which nothing was seen of the men. The third section passed all right and had one man, who was saved.
 TTrusYunE, Pa Feb. 4.- Yesterdays thaw caused the greatest floods ever experienced in the oil region. Ths Alleghany river and Oil creek have overhowed their banks and 8