The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-05-12
. STILL RAGING.

SJtIl RAGING.
Floods Continue Their work Of De,,ruo.
I tion In Illinois, indiana, Missouri and
s. Kansas.
= Peoria, ILL.,, May 9.-Thousands. of
people on Sunday visited the inundated
districts surrounding this city. The
river is still a raging torrent, with a
roar that can be heard for long dis
lance. The cattle pens of the lower
sugar works, in which thousands of
head are fed, are under water, and un-
less the water quickly subsidies the cat
tie must be removed.
AT least $50. families of 500 souls on
the river banks in this city, between
here and Pelxin, and in the La Marsh
drainage district, have been driven
from their homes by the rapidly rising
waters. When the dyke in the
La Marsh drainage district broke men
were sent out to warn the people in the
bottom. about thirty families living
there. Some of them were on the roofs
OF houses and barns, while others
had climbed trees as measure
of protection. Hogs and calves
had been taken up on the roofs,
too, but horses and cattle were
left to their own resources. One man
had sought refuge in a wagon box and
taken pig in with him. When the
water raised the box began floating
about the district, and he drifted with
the tide.
All the residents have been accounted
for with the single exception of the
family of George Nichols. Many took
refuge on this side of the river, but they
have all been heard from. Nichols
lived in a small house at the extreme
lower end of the district, so far that it
was impossible to prepare him for the
threatened catastrophe.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, May 9.-The cool, dry
weather of the last few days has re-
moved load of anxiety from the peo-
pie hereabout. The great food, un.
parallel since 1874, is subsiding.
Wednesdays cloudburst has cost the
people of the Illinois, Fox and Kanka-
kee valleys some millions of dollars
AS the waters recede the full extent OF
the damage becomes apparent The
heaviest losses are to farmers. Thou
sands of acres of newly planted crops
have been washed out and total.
ly destroyed. Roads have been
destroyed and bridges and culverts
ewept away. At many points where
the lands lie low whole farms have
been inundated and the only property
saved is that in the second stories OF
barns and houses. Along the river
banks in the towns and cities the dam
age to manufacturing interests has
been great, but the loss to farming in
terests is now widespread and will en-.
tail great hardship.
The river towns from Joliet to Peoria
are the heaviest sufferers by the stop
page of manufactures. Within a radi.
us Of 10 miles from Ottawa the direct
losses from the flood are estimated at
100000. At Marseilles, Ottawa, Utica,
Peru and La Sale hundreds of mer
have been temporarily thrown out
of employment. The sudden rise
of water has destroyed manufact,,r.
ing plants or rendered them useless.
ALEXANDRIA, Mo-, May 9.-Anothe,
period of high water has struck this de.
voted country and for awhile it looked
as if the unprecedented floods of 1881
were to be repeated. The worst dam.
age has resulted in and around
the town, which is periodically
subject TO rapid rises of the
Mississippi, Fox, Skunk and Des
Moines rivers. The great and con.
tinued rains of the last few weeks have
swollen the upper rivers and streams.
making great lakes of them and sub.
merging the surrounding farming
country, carrying off stock and
small buildings and doing thousands
of dollars of damage. Thousands
of acres of wheat in Clark county.
Mo-, are now submerged. 6kockmen are
taking their animals to the highlands.
and the Inhabitants of Alexandria are
preparing to take their families to a
place of safety. People now go about
this modern Venice in boats, and there
is a great demand for this means of To-
comotion. The business in the town is,
in some lines, at standstill.
GOSHEN, Ind, May 9.-After all dan.
ger was thought to be over the big
Goshen dam broke Saturday night anc
let an awful food of water over the
river bottoms between here and Elk.
hart The water had fallen feet Sat
urday and every one had begun hoping
that the crisis was past. The dam.
which was erected in 1866 at cost Of
$4,000, will be at once rebuilt.
Fort WAYNE, Ind, May 9-Reports
of extensive devastation by the waters
of the st. Joseph, St. Mary anc
Maumee rivers continue to come
in. Not less than 500 farms
and great deal of timber that was
cut for the mills went down the stream
KANSAS CITY, No., May 9.-Accounts
OF floods have been coming in from all
over western Missouri and eastern Kan
sas, telling of flooded rivers and over
flowing creeks and streams. Ir
some localities the towns have
been flooded. and some damage is
reported to dwellings by having thei,
foundations washed out. The floods
came so suddenly in other districts
that the farmers had no time to pre-
pare for them, and much of their stock
has been drowned and washed away
In Oklahoma territory steady pour
ing rain has been falling for twenty
four hours and half the streams in the
territory are out OF their banks Many
bridges have been washed away. Near
ly all the overland mails have beer
abandoned. The Santa Fe has suffered
several washouts and trains are badly
delayed.
TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER.