Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-13
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. PEOPLE BECOMING ALARMED The Western Rivers Still
 Rising. RAILROAD WRECK IN ONTARIO. A Remarkable Murder Trial
 In Wisconsin. THE SAWTELL TRIAL BEGUN. Work Done By The Pan-
 Americans.
THE SAWTELL TRIAL BEGUN. .
THE WATER STILL RISING.

THE WATER STILL RISING. streams That Rmpty Into che Lower
 mississippi on the Rampage-Rail-
 roads SuEertDs From Washouts-
 Heavy Rains Ealing Within a
 Few Days the Water at Cairo Will
 Approximate the Highest Ever
 Known.
 ST. LOUIS, March 12.-Flood news from various points on the Mississippi river and other streams this morning is that the White and Black rivers are on the rampage. Both are out of their banks and overfowing the country on each eide for miles. Heavy rains have fallen and continue to fall along these streams and general foundation is looked for. The Black is tributary of the White and the White empties into the Arkansas just above the point where the latter pours its flood into the Mississippi river. At eighteen feet took place in twenty-four hours and at last accounts the swell was proceed ing at the same rate. This great rise, added to the minor floods pouring out of all the small tributaries below Fort Smith, will greatly add to the volume of water in the Mississippi below the mouth of the Arkansas and increase the danger to the lower country.
 All the railroads in the vicinity of Fort Smith are suffering from serious washouts or lost bridges, and trains are abandoned temporarily. At Arkansas City on the Mississippi, water from the Sappington Hook Crevasse has inundated the rear part of ths town, and lands in the back country are being flooded. It is not thought, how ever, that any great damage will result from this break, as the bayous and interior streams are capable of carrying the water
 xlo ;1oI1 I~nk ,E government fleet have been put into levee service and are rendered all the aid pos- sible. The river front from Arkansas City down is being carefully watched, and all low places are being filled with sacks of sand and earth and other means used to hold back the waters. A report prevailed that the leves at Aisatia, La., twenty miles south of Lake Providence, had broken, but this has not been verified.
 The stage of the river at Cairo, H., to-day is 43 feet. The water has risen half foot in the past twenty -four hours and one foot in the last four days. The conditions are fa- vorable for further rise. Within the next five days the river will approximate the highest known water-52.2 feet. At Gin cinnati in the past twenty four hours there the the stage stage of m the liver is "A feet It has has risen four-tenths of a foot in the past twenty-four hours. It will probably rise to forty. mine feet. There has been an extensive break in the main levee at Asa tia, thirty-nine miles above Vicksburg on the west bank of the river. The Arkansas at Little Rock has risen six and half feet in the past twensy-four hours. The prospects at present are that the stage of the river from Cairo to Vicksburg and below will be one of the highest known. In the valley of the lower Mississippi 1t would seem that the coming stage warrants the advisAbility of timely removals of stock and such other property as would be destroyed by an sx- treme flood.
 MENpH1s, March 12.-The flood outlook vious time since the present high water began to excite attention. The rainfall over the country west of here and south of the Ozark mountains has been over three inches within the past two days and the storm still eontin- ues. As a consequence the Arkansss and White rivers are pouring out immense vol- umes and the situation is anything but en- couraging. The river at this point has risen to the great flood level of 1882, thirty-six feet, and is still rising slowly.
 Every effort Is being mado by the govern- mant to stop the break at Sappington and as that cravasse is in slack water the chances are largely in favor of It's csrly repair. The feeling, however, is that the levees on the Arkansas side along tho entire Tensas front and Cairo are so covered with water that boats are unable to land except at few places.
 ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 12.-A special to the Republican from Arkansas City, Ark, says it has been raining there for about forty hours and the crovasse in the lavee above the city is 400 feet wide. The people are much alarmed at the outlook, and some are seeking higher ground. At Poplar Bluffs, Mo. the situation is serious. In the Helena, Ark, district the river continues rising rapidly. The rise in the Arkansas west of Little Rock, Ark, Is unprecedented. It is feared another day will bring out unwelcome news of the water's rayaoes