The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
COUNTING THE COST
DESTRUCTION BY THE RED RIVER
FLOOD FULLY $4,000 In
KTTTSON COUNTY.
RIVER NOW AT A STANDSTlLL.
GREAT DESTRUCTION AMONG THE
HALF BREEDS JUST BEYOND
THE BOUNDARY.
WINNIPEG FEARS THE FLOOD,
Situation Promises Soon to be as
Serious as it has Been at Other
Points.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
HALLOCK, Mimi, April 23.-Red
River came to a standstill late last
evening at two inches above the 1882
mark, and today has fallen two inches.
The flooded district in this county
takes in the townships of Teien. Red
River, st. Vincent and one unor-
ganized. With the exception Of two
sections, the town Of Teien is under
water. Following are the losses from
the town of Red River: Wolf residence,
barns and granary; Paulson brothers.
same as above including some stock;
]. Sandberg, granary; P. Walstad,
granary; Aug. Lilliquist, house and
granary; Mrs. A. P Johnson, resi-
dence partially gone; S. Johnson, kit
chen torn from main building; John
Carlson, house and granary; Lars Elk
lund, farm buildings badly damaged,
moved from their foundations; Andrew
Jerome ST., house, barns and granary;
I. Yeo, farm residence; County Treas
urer Brown, machine sheds valued at
one thousand dollars; F. R. Calmer,
barn and machine sheds, household
furniture, grain and feed also lost, as
these goods were stored in upper
stories. o. Thompson and J. Flick are
reported drowned. They were in their
farm shanty when it was carried away
during the big gale. Thompson's citi-
zen papers, which were on his person,
were found floating in the water. One
case Of drowning is also reported from
across the river. The government
steamer ran up the Fort Farm coulee
yesterday and unloaded a barge of
stock which had been picked up from
tops Of barns and hay stacks in the
In the flooded districts. AS the above
are from one town only the loss to
this county cannot yet be estimated,
but will reach $40, 900 or $4,000. With
the exception Of the four towns men
toned above, seeding in Kittson coun-
ty has been going on the last two
weeks under most favorable conditions,
and is now about completed 1t is said
seeding will be in operation in the
flooded districts by May l. In 1893
seeds were on the fields two days after
the water had gone off.
Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man, April 23.--The
food situation here promises soon to
equal that at Grand Forks, Fargo,
river The water is slowly rising here
and the transfer tracks of the Northern
Pacific are now submerged. A relief
steamer started this morning for
Emerson to aid any settlers who may
be flooded out. At Morris the river is
gradually rising and only one or two
buildings in the town are out of water,
AT Emerson 1t is possible to row from
the Canadian Pacific station to the
Northern Pacific depot distance of
nearly four miles. The people are &C
cepting the situation cheerfully. They
received today the first mail from
Winnipeg within a week The full
force of the flood is expected to strike
this ciSg next week.
Special to the Globe.
SAINT VINCENT, Mimi, April %
The water is slowly falling. 1t is now
three inches below the high water
mark. There is great restitution
among the half breeds around here.
The Canadian government has sent the
relief boat ASSinnabOine to Emerson.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The army
officer sent from Fort Smelling, Mimi.
to the Red river section of Dakota,
has arrived on the scene of the flood
and today reported to the war depart
ment as follows:
Had a conference with Mayor McCrea, ].
X. Fairchild and ]. NJ. Lyle, of the relief
committee, who had just returned from max
ing their rounds. Twenty families compris-
ing los persons, destitute and in need Of
immediate aid. Thrty-two hundred rations
will be sufficient for the next thirty days and
can be purchased here at 10 cents per ration.
/ recommend sufficient sum be placed at the
disposal of the mayor to provide the necessary
relief, River is falling slowly"