Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-27
A TEMPERANCE WAVE.
The Bottoms Drop Out Of Sight Along
: the Missouri and Mississippi.
The Damage to Crops Runs Up Into
the Millions -Th ousands OF Fam
ilies Reduced to Beggary-
Hopes and AppreheDsions.
Special Dispatches TO TIE BEE.
THE MISSOURI.

THE MISSOURI.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, June 26.-At IL
o'clock the river was twenty-three feet
seven inches, about one inch higher than
last midnight and thirteen inches above
the gauge of Sunday night 1t is nearly
stationary, but the indications are that it
will continue slowly to advance. Six
inches more will start the water over the
bottom, and West Kansas City, and the
people i'll those suburbs are watchful.
The Kaw is very high, and is reported
still rising, The water is still two feet
ten inches below the flood of 1881, and
as yet has not occasioned serious damage
about the city, but if the present
condition continues, the rise will compel
a movement of people along the out
skirts of the low lying suburbs There
is no especial change in the situation in
regard to trains. Additional breaks were
stopped on the Missouri Pacific north
last night, but it is thought they will be
able to arrange for a train through to-
day. Dispatches received to-day state
the river has risen six inches at Sioux
City in twenty -four hours, three inches
at Leavenworth, stationary at st. Joseph.
THE MISSISSIPPI.
ST.. LOUIS, June 26.-The river is fall
ing slowly in East st. Louis on the river
side of the Chicago IL Alton track, and
IT'LL rising out on the bottom east Of that
embankment. The fall is small, but it is
enough to create strong hopeful feeling
that the worst is past. In East st. Louis
all the low land is inundated to depth,
varying from ten to twenty feet,
and hundreds of homes within
the city limits have their lower
floors flooded and many of them
their second stories. South of the city
the entire bottom for an indefinite dis
tance including the villages of East Ca
rondalet, Cahokia, and other small ham,
let's, are submerged, and all farms for
miles down the river are under water,
crops destroyed and the families of farm
ers who owned or rented them scattered
along the ridges and bluffs seeking shell
ter wherever they can find it, Many of
these poor people are in destitute condi-
tion.
There is hardly doubt that the ag
gregate loss in the American bottoms,
between Alton and Cairo, will run into
the millions, and this is not half the
story, for nearly as much bottom lands
skirts the river on the Missouri side,
most of which is subject to overflow, and
hundreds of acres of land along the Mis-
souri and its tributaries between here and
Kansas City, now lie under devastating
flood, and have been swept of their crops
The losses in the southeastern section OF
ST. Charles county, Missouri, are alon,
over $1,000
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y general rejoicing and everybody look
fora rapid decline before the June riss
comes. In East st. Louis no further
danger is feared. Every weak or dan
gerous point about the town is well pro
tected and the work is still kept up tc
guard against possible contingency
The water is now backing up against the
Pittsburg dyke and to guard against an at
tempt to cut it, which has been threatened
the deputy sheriff with ten men will
watch it tonight The leak in the cul
vert under the Cairo Short Line track a
Jarrett's station has been stopped ant
all fears of water from that source getting
into the city are allayed. Farmers il
that vicinity, however, are highly in
censed at the closing of the culvert, al
the water passing through drained theil
land. They have instructed lawyer t.
bring action against the railroad company
in case they are damaged. Work on thu
break in the Chicago and Alton embank
ment near Newport progressed rapid.
to-day.
DAMAGE TO RAILROADS..
ATcHIsoN, June 26.--The river is on ,
stand, the rise to-day being hardly per
ceptible. The Platte and Nemaha ar,
falling. The Atchison and Nebrask,
, road has not sent out regular train fo
ten days. 1t suffered such damage tha
: trains are not likely to run for week o
two to come. The st. Joe and Western
is almost entirely destroyed; for dis
tance of 60 or 20 miles hardly singh
bridge or embankment is left. 1t i
doubtful if it is in running order for tw'
weeks. The estimated damage to al
roads centering in this city will reacl
, half million. The river is within siI
feet of the high water of 1881. A furthe
. rise of two feet would destroy the splen
did harvests of Missouri bottom lands.