The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-31
THE END NOT YET.
Signal Service Predicts Continue
ton Of the Floods.
a Note az Warning Sounded Ia the
Residents of the Stricken south
-Graphic Description of
the Situation.

ng/Special river bulletin has been is
sued by the weather bureau: The crest
OF the Hood wave is still at Cairo, which
shows stationary gauge reading 5 l-6
feet Tor the past four days. There is
great danger yet to come from the
Hood in the region from Helena south
ward to New Orleans. The river will
continue to rise for at least ten days in
the region from Helena southwark to
Nicksburg and to rise during longer
period from Vicksburg southwark. If
no break occurs before, levees will be
subjected to the greatest strain about
April 10, in southeast Arkansas, west
ern Mississippi, and in Louisiana.
Should the levees break the result will
be onG ofthe most disastrous floods ever
knowR. Weather conditions now indi-
cate additional heavy rainfall in the
middle and lower Mississippi valleys,
which will materially intensity the
flood conditions. Those living in dis
tricts overfiowed in former years should
be on the safe side and transfer stock
and movable property to places of
known safety while there is yet time.
ST. Louis, March 29.-The forecast of
the government signal service that the
Missouri and the upper Mississippi
rivers would rise TO the danger point
has been we'll verified and new high
water marks are being made. That
stretch of lowland country on both sides
of the Mississippi river from the mouth
of the Dcs Moines to the hills below
Hannibal, Mo-, and Quincy, H., is under
water. At Quincy the record is 1873 feet
with a rising river. This is two feet
above the danger line.
Great suffering has been felt among
the farmers and the boat owners about
Palmyra and West Quincy on the Mis-
souri, side. This sea of overflow has
ruined every land farm from Palmyra,
north 40 miles TO LaGrange. Should
the rise reach another foot every rail
road in the valley will have to be aban-
doned. Portions and Wards islands be-
low Quincy are inundated and the set
tiers barely escaped with their lives.
The Indian grave ley ee north of Quincy
that protects 10000 acres of farm land
is still intact. but little more water
will sweep it away.
At Louisiana, Mo-, the water is spread
ing over the lowlands. At Burlington,
Ia, the river is five miles wide and has
destroyed several mills on the fats. At
Alton, H., the rise Saturday was very
rapid. The Mississippi flood was met
by the overflow from the Missouri and
the Illinois river and the current of the
latter was about at stand at noon,
before held in check by back water from
the big rivers. Rescue boats are busy
bringing families and stock to Quincy
from the lowands.
Information received from the flood
ed country south of Cairo, Ill.,, is barren
of encouragement for immediate relief.
The half dozen points where there were
slight decreases in the height of the
flood report steady rises. Numerous
breaks in the levees on both sides of the
river have served as safety outlets. The
rises reported in the northern trbu-
taries to the great river are beginning
to be felt. About all the damage that
can come from high water has already
been done, however, and the outcoming
tide will only complete the work of de-
struction. Cairo is we'll intrenched on
the Illinois peninsula. and fear there
has given place to confidence.
South of Cairo so miles 10 Columbus.
Ky, the river becomes a sea 25 miles
wide. Columbus proper is on an ele-
walton and only part of the town is
flooded. From Columbus to Hickman.
another stretch of so miles. the leyces
diCnnnaarn1 nIy
set upon a hill and is a city of refuge
for hundreds Of refugees. From Hick-
man to New Madrid, Mo-, there is a
great bend in the river, over which
steamers travel SO miles down stream
IN ordinary stages of woter and are
then two miles north of Hickman. To-
day steamers sail directly west
from Hickman to reach New Madrid.
ignoring the river current and riding
on the turbulent yellow sea across the
sites of hamlets and plantations. South
from New Madrid to the Arkansas state
line, 90 miles, there is a steadily SWELL
ing tide that has oblitcratcd every land
1ua1k From the state line to Osceola.
krsA, there are occasional stretches of
levees protected by cross barriers back
to the st. Francis hills. that have with
stood the food. The great crevasse at
Osceola of week ago has widened and
a stretch Of water now extends back to
the ST. Francis river and south 100
miles TO the rivers mouth, 20 miles
above Helena. This is the longest un-
broken stretch of overfiowed country
and in several places is 40 miles wide.
At Helena. the greatest fear is felt.
Quincy, ILL.,, March 29.-The Missis-
sippi river continues to keep up it's
average of the past week and marked an
>s,ber rise of six inches Sunday, bring
ing the stage up to is feet above low
water mark. Reports from northern
points are very discouraging and the
indications are that to-day will see an
other six-inch rise. The situation is
growing worse hourly. Hundreds of
families have been driven out of the low
lands which are unprotected by levees.
Bank Quits business.
Buffalo, n. Y, March 20.-The Amer
lean Exchange bank went into volun-
tary liquidation at the close Of business
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