Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-13
]. News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. A DREARY WASTE. Western Cities Buried Un- der Sweeping Floods. CINCINNATI IN TOTAL DARKNESS. The City Protected Bya Military
 Patrol. SLOW PROGRESS ON THE TARIFF. 1 A Disposition to Debate Minor
 Points.
THE FLOODS.

THE FLOODS.
 The Ocean of Waters-Cities Submerged
 Houses Under Water and Families
 Driven Out-A Wide Track of DesOla-
 tfon-IncIdents of the Great Deluge.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 12.-The river at this point is higher than in the winter of 1882. The front of the city is flooded up more than half block and thousands of people are driven out of their residences and water had risen so rapidly that the United States life saving crew has been busy saving people and rescuing endangered property. Hundreds of acres of land along the six miles of river front are submerged. In Portland, western suburb, several distilIe- ries are under water and the village is flood ed. Street car lines are blockaded. On the small island on "The Falls" populated by fishermen and poor people, hundreds have been driven out of their homes. In the east end of the city a large territory is protected by dyke which is used as 8 railroad em- bankment. It came near giving way last year, and this year it is feared it will be washed away. Rumors have been frequent during the day that the dyke had broken. It is estimated that three thousand five hundred people will be driven from their homes if the dyke gives way. They are mostly work ing people and have had no time to move their effects. One thousand five hundred people are out of employment by the fac tories stopping. The Kentucky river is flooded with rains which have lasted forty hours and at many places great damage to property is reported. At Frankfort. the capital, the city is almost inundated. Railways are flooded and all business stopped. Three hundred acres are under water and five hum dred families are homeless. The water has invaded the penitentiary and the life prison CTS in the lower cells have been moved out for the first time in the memory of the old est inhabitants. The wooden bridge con- necting North and South Frankfort and the iron railroad bridge have been so injured by houses and heavy drift striking them that they are expected to fall. At New Haven the Rolling Fork has inundated the town and swept away the railroad. Dr. N. G. Leake,a prominent citizen, was swept away in skif and after swimming some distance lodged in 8 tree. After several attempts he was res eued, but died in twenty minutes from expo sure. Trains all over the State are delayed and many have been withdrawn.
 PoRT DEPOSIT, Md, Feb. 12.-There is no change in the appearance of the ice gorge here to-day The river is low. The rain and thaw of yesterday did not cause any rise. The people do not anticipate any more danger, as the ice is settling down and grad ually wearing away and will pass out without any more trouble.
 CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 12.-Deprived of gas the dark streets of the city are tonight patrolled by armed men fer the protection of Iifo and 1orOnAPtv 0nA. aaVanth nf the ervoir supply of water is consumed and a still worse condition exists in regard to the coal supply. Thieves are beginning to make their appearance, but thelr depredatiens will be small, as the First regiment has been or dered on police duty. In the performance of the service they are patrolling the flooded business districts in boats. The associated charities are working night and day, and down among the surrounded tenements it's officers and agents can be seen in skiffs de- ivering fuel, clothing and provisions to the suffering poor. Tonight Father Cusack, of the HolyfAn church, has three hundred homeless people sleeping in the pews and on the floor of his church. Warehouses and station houses are crowded with the unfortu- mates, for whose relief on Change today the sum of $15, 5,0O0 was subscribed in less than quarter of an hour. With the limited supply of water on hand for fire engines, the occurrence of an uptown fire is feared and the residents nave been eSpecla1y caotloneu to be on the lookout. Out of third story window on the river front to day foated 8 corpse, and quickly passing into the current it was swept from view. The flood mark of 1882 has been reached. Sixty-four feet three inches of water is in the river and it is still rising.
 Photographic and railroad communication with Lawrenceburg, Ind, is entirely cut off and it is evident that the floods have been very destructive there, but it's principal ef- fects were probably confined to the portion lying under the bluffs along the bend of the river, while the residences and public build ipgs, which are on much higher ground, are undoubtedly safe. The river here at 1 B. m. is at the unprecedented height of sixty four feet five inches.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 12.-The C0mnaer- cidrs special from Nashville reports the Cum berland river in Tennessee rising over the banks and doing considerable damage to wheat fields and lumber. At Nashville 1t is encroaching on the city.
 NEW ALBANY, Ind. Feb. 12.-Two thou sand people are thrown out of work and the glass manufactory of Depauw is damaged to the extent of $75, ,OO0 by the floods. The city council has appointed a committee to re- ieve the sufferers.