Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-14
FROH ALL QUARTERS. LOSSES BY FIRE AND WATER. The Mississippi Spreading
 0yersNew Orleans. A REVOLUTION IN PERU. Explosion of Ninety Dyna-
 mite Cartridges. THE BLAIR LYNCHERS SENTENCED. A Trial Of Big Dynamite
 Guns.
AN AmERICAN VENICE.

Guns.
 AN AMERICAN VENICE.
 New Orleans . City Whose Streets are Rivers and iGs Houses Islands-A Large Part of the City Submerged The Greatest Damage Sustained by Sugar Merchants-A Fire-Destltu- tion Along Black River-R ain Fall. Ing at Several Places.
 NEW ORLEANS, La., March 18.-The river here at 2:60 P. m. stood seventeen feet above the low water mark but it remained at that point but @ short time when 1t receded to sixteen feet eight inches. This was six inches above the record of other years, and ehs water went over the lsvee and along the city front at every depression or low place and soon flooded the streets and sidewslks of a large section of the city. Up town ct the head of Jackson, Washington and Sarapau streets the waves washed over the levee and submerged the streets and sidewalks, and the same thing occurred at other points down to Perdress street. Here the water spread out over tho broad space occupied by the Morgan road, filled the low places and then began to dow down Psrdress street and out into the cross streets on either side, cove ering the sidewalks on Perdress street as far as St. Charles street, and filling the gutters back to the drainage canals in the rear of tho city. On Gravier street tho water flowed freely, completely covering the street in places. At the head of Canal street. tho water was running over the levee but very little, but from Custom House srreet to Cont the water came over the 1evee freely and completely submerged the streets and in many places the sidewalks and lower floors of business houses.
 From the north side of Canal to Hospital street is a distance of fourteen blocks and from the river to Rampant street a distance of eight blocks. From Rampant street the water flows of In the gutters of street drains to the drainage canals in the rear of the city. Below Elysian Fields street the water is also passing over the levee in many places. On the north side of Canal street the sidewalk in front of the Toure building was overflow ed. Hills jewelry store was invaded by the water and other business places suffered in like manner. The damage done so far is not great, the severest being that sustained by merchants who had sugar stored in the old bonded warehouses on Old Lsvee street. FEE WATER STATIONARY
 At 9:30 p m. the gauge the head of Canal street is sixteen feet eight inches, showing that the river has remained about stationary since o'clock. The overflow seems to have taken most people by surprise, though all who had business on the levee made preparations for it to the extent of removing their goods | to . safe quarter. Since yesterday evening the levess across the river have been in dan ger and the water is coming over from the line of the Davis crevassa about the city to the lower line, distence of some fifteen l voileo Tn rnauv fnaknnNaa tha xpnfar Hnwp back for ten squares. Large forces have been ct work raising the levee with sacks filled with earth. A break occurred at the Hatch place, near Harvey's cana, but it only reached a width of four feet when it was discovered and promptly closed. It is still dangerous spot, as the levee is very weak there. The lsvee at Sharp's place, five miles above Gretna, where there was @ serious crevasst some years ago, is again creating anxiety, al it shows signs of weakening, and large fore, will work all night to strengthen it. Com pany canal empties into the river just abov, the city limits on the right bank and is thu avenue by which boats reach Bayou Bar taria.
 THREW UP A NEW LEvEE.
 The water has reached the top of tn looks and they will not be opened any nor for the present, as the letting in of the rive might lead to damaging results. Fror the Canal street ferry to the Morgan depot the principal portion of Algiers, a distanc of three quarters of mile, the situation a one time was very threatening. At noon tn water commenced coming over the leve along it's whole length and in Q short spac of time the entire front and the streets fo ten blocks back were flooded. Yardmaste Mcguire of the Morgan railroad and the cit forces went 10 work at onos and in fou hours threw up an entire new levee. Ths stopped the flow temporarily, but the wate was already knee deep on Front street. Tn city council met tonight and adopted a rese lution appropriating $50 ,000, or as much 6 shall be necessary, for work on the levee during the danger period.
 fALLow WORKS BURNED.
 NEW ORLEANS, March 13.-The America Tsllow Product company's works at the COL ner of Poet and North Peters streets wei
 burned this afternoon with all the oths
 buildings on the square. The total loss $7o, ,000; fully insured.
 ALL sllANE AT 0RRKHvIILE. The Times Democrats Greenville, Miss special says: Reports up to 6:SO o'clock frol
 all points in this levee district above and b. , low indicate that all is serene this side f the river. The levee board is full posted c , the condition of the levee foot by foot In Il whole district. The levees above will stan from three to five foot and below two to fl, , feet more water than we now have to col , tend with. Every preparation that ingsnu
 ty of mankind can provide is being made f, ? any possible breaks or weak places that mt l occur in the lsvess, and the board has bee
 70 vigilant and energetic that full confden' l is felt that there will not be a break or l overflow in this district.
 , The rain has fallen here fifty -four hon with but slight intermissions and the tot fall has exceeded five inches. It is still raj Il ing and the indications are that it will ra
 all of to night. The river here has risen oI
 and one-half inches in the past twenty fol
 hours and is still rising with the gauge ind . cation of forty.three feet. '
 NEWS sUPrREssED AT ARKANSAS CITY.
 MENrHIs, March 13-The river has reach
 an alarming condition. The highest lev
 has been reached at many spoints south here and will likely be attained from Cai
 to the gulf within the next Ave or six day n The rain-fall of the past three days sums r total of from two to three inches over t
 country lying west of Mississippi to the In'
 an territory and south of the Ozark ranf
 and two to Ave inches between the Ohio q
 Cumberland valleys. The river here is thre
 tenths above the great rise of 1882 and or
 tenth below that of 1887, the highest on re
 ord. An Appeal reporter. who has just ,
 turned from Arkansas City, Ark, says {
 real condition of affairs at that place been suppressed. The water from the Ss
 pington break has flooded the town and g,
 rounding country, hundreds of hogs a
 sheep have been drowned and the people
 in constant fear of break in the levee
 front of the city where the water yesterd > was four inches upon the sand. bags upon { oo levee's top.
 O0 FALLING AT LITTLE ROCK. % MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 13.-A special S SS the Appeal from Little Rock, Ark, says co Arkansas river is now stationary at tl
 place and advices from above show that river is falling. The danger was not gu ! touched at Little Rock, which dispels 2 fears in floods in tho lowlands along
 lower Arkansaw. The situation at Newpe
 Ark, at the confluence of the White [
 Black rivers Is one of extreme danger. 2 .. water Is within few inches of the top of
 levees which surround the town and is ris