The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-22

| transfer OF mails BY q roundabout way
Communication with st. Louis Is kept vi
with difficulty. No mail trains are running ovel
the Alton road. mails being sent from st. Loui'
to Alton BY boat and thence BY rail- Tho rail
road between st. Louis and Alton IL alnos
entirely submerged.
PEonIA. May 21.-In the last twenty-fou
hours the Illinois River has risen four inches
All the bridges between this city and Eas
Peoria were swept out last evening.
The entire Illinois Valley is desolate. FARM
that are usually being worked at this time o
tho year are now under several feet OF water
The farmers have abandoned the hope Of being
able to get crop Of corn in this year. al
the season will be too late. It will take three
or four weeks OF the most favorable weather t.
get the water OF the farms. and the ground
will be too wet to work.
water and It was discovered last night that ths
Toe had been melted by the warm current and
ws ssoss t cHs.M May 2lzrher. hay. been no
EPy hops osf S9aM has
Henderson. who were drowned. -,
Sufferers are being cared for with food and N.
fns ths nes Of tSe formally
appointed BY the citizens Of Sioux City to pro;
vide ways and means tor the reIi 81 OF Mood loo,
that the lossea far exceed the first estimates.
and hat aid may be offered will be
= NEW okLEASs. May 21:-All hope Of closing
sissippl Valley ofiicials Are tSiidine tresties
over the crevasse Tho Illinois Central track
IL st Of tSsm arc
From the lower coast reports have beer. re-
ceived to-day that al! creyasses in that section
AIRY at seventeen feet.
MAsalSsToS: Msy Fl Secretary C, E Il this Il
ftss Eots e al ft
at his command In saving human life along
the line Of the Hood in ArkansAs;
such aid. but his telegram Was not received
until after the order to Capt. Tabor had been
KANSAS Crrr. Mo-. May plat midnight last
been unchanged since about noon yesterday.
rhs kfT os 'S sssa Is is
there. Armourdale 10 IN worse condition
thar hs HS:a e ws The The
The principal streets Of the city are flooded.
last last evening. The peop!e are settins out as
s a.;:S M Kit II: IT,
out more rain. Tho June rise is reported to
have left Bozeman ThTrsday morning. and
that means that it will be here in about
LITTLE Rock, May 21.-Reports are still com
n Of 9nT ya4
Ss Ts
At North Little Rock the Elite Ium Der Com.
pany's mill and the Cooperags Company's
i. fpa Gsf q.
FIVE fTi persons were standing close to the bank
Cd sr
Further reports from Redhed say that in all
day. Plume and Watereica Bayous. in which
are some Of tho finest cotton farms in the
In this city u water famine ia now threat
entd Ths two pump Pits have have t let OF
By 'Ss The evsFes q tie Red Fser " The
bridge across Red River is reported to be un-
South of Fulton the country is in terrible
s1n III y en-
said to be AS high as the telegraph poles. and
in s M WIS x river
completely. The flood is tapping tho hills on
both sides. The damage to crops i. immense.
f1sIs ' Tex. Nay sThe Hss Ri!e Is S Is now ON;
rec eding. and Il is believed that the worst y
great creps are entry Many
farms have been ruined by the, deposit Of
Instances portions Of plantations will be in
ST. aSu,s MAY ses afs s Sss
sipni Valley this morning the outlook was more
diseGnragpg S than It any time since the be;
but it is again rising this. morning:
has point % tSsn IN s"u n
through the night a light rain ieli In this sec.
DARK CLOUDS and IND .aShsr
s sna s II avs .sS ii, oaa
Eourins iSripa.y nte the Sisslssi fa From ROM
Charles. twelve miles from the mouth OF the
Missouri. the country is one vast body Of
ThG water bag worked tts way ground the
f 70 III to II
ST Louis. and should the hood begin to recedo
VII ss ~ days before the river will have
The amount Of damage and suffering caused
* the overflow can scsrcely be estimated:
anil are s0 driven from their ho%ss fher
i've stock drowned. and crops DESTROYED, In
many places places .he swift current has washed
'iysr will not be- restored to Its course. ~
TO add to tho serious condition Of the poo
Die. sickness has overtaken them. They have
been. living In improvised huts. tents. and
poorly constructed buildings. and as q result
II exposure to the weather many persons are
unering from pneun onia and other sickness
Incidental to cold and wet weather.
Already appeals for relief have been sounded.
The CRY for aid has boon heard. and IL meet |
nK with substantial recognition. A public re-
LET com m ittes has been organized In this city.
nd $l9OQ0 has been subscribed lor the relief
Gov. Fiier and staff reached Alton this morn.
ng and, accompanied by the Alton Relief Com
nittee. boarded steamer and began tour OF |
he flooded district The Governor will. II |
necessary. call special session Of the Illinois |
legislature will! ~ view Of making an effort |
or the relief VI the Inhabitants OF the sub.
The Governor has given, orders that the
masters stores At the arsenal Pc furnished
hould these prove inadequate the United |
tates Guartermaster's stores In Chicago will |
The water commenced to rise In the northern
art Of bt Louis at midnight last night. and |
as been gradually rising IN to noon to-day. |
he gauge . COWS that the rise has overcome |
he fall OF yesterday. and the worst IL ex- |
In tho flooded district probably 800 square
1ilok arr Sr4ud q mr. ertanf NvhIoh ran. |