The herald., 1897-01-04

terribly destructive. A nlmber oil
horses cattle and hogs were l@ He'd. hTe
body OF man who was blow n from 4
bridge has been recovered, bat IS no'
identified. A man whose nam is not
given is missing 1t is believed he was
killed. A number of ladies visAted the
HOSPITAL today and provided al ments
for the injured.
IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-The CONT uous
rain of today, falling without into Tmis-
sion, the downpour of the two pre- Vious
days. caused deluge which has rs1'ely
been experienced in Chicago and CHok
county. In the midst of the city, wh% re
the drainage facilities were in BETH Il
shape, not much Inconvenience WA
felt, but in the outer districts tn streets
looked more like ponds than thorough
fares, and many Easements were flood
ed. Outside Of the city many roads
were impossible, and the 1ields were
covered with water The Desplaines
river, the Illinois and Michigan canal
and the drainage canal were torrents.
In a number of localities the former
burst over its banks and flooded the
surrounding country South Engle-
wood was almost submerged today, but
no very serious damage was done. III
the stockyardS region the same condi-
ton existed. The pumping works at
Bridgeport We're forced to shut down,
the drainage canal besEg so full that it
was found impossible to force 1t back.
AS a result the current of the river was
turned toward Lake Michigan and all
the impurities of the stream were emp
tied in the direction of the source of
Chicago's water supply. The cond-
ton of affairs at Summit was alarming.
The water of the Desplaines river to-
night rose to within two feet of the top
x,ft tl,a ,ya,, f.a rod
the water continued to rise it would
overflow into Ogden's ditch and both
streams would pour toward Chicago
AT midnight it looked as if the water
might break its banks at any moment
At Lamont things looked equally Sc
rious. AT a late hour tongiht it was
feared that the Illinois and Michigan
canal would leave It's banks and sweep
away the lumber yards located, there.
The portion of the country north of La
mont, known as 'the flats" was flooded
for miles. The rain turned to snow about
midnight, the weather turning suddenly
cold.
From all parts of the west reports OF
damage by food and storm during the
last twentyfour hours are coming.
In Illinois heavy rain has fallen,
streams are flooded, making the roads
impassable and damaging winter wheat.
Joliet is threatened with one of the
worst floods IN its history. Hickory and
Spring creeks are out of their banks
and the Desplaines river and the lower
level of the canal has raised sixteen
Inches today Families are moving out
of their houses and low lands are
Hooded.
Water is sweeping through the lumber
yards and the Rock Island track is sub
merged in the vicinity of Lacon. Wheat
has been damaged badly by the twenty
hn1 IN, 4 Jr ;,.,
passable. The Sangamon river is ris-
ling, threatening destruction to thou
sands of bushels of corn. II has rained
'for sixty hours, and is still raining, but
lgrowing colder. In Northern Michigan
the rain is also severe. Near Menomi-
nee 1t has rained for forty eight hours.
Logging has been suspended. Ice
Eorges at Fisher and other points on the
Menominee river threaten serious con-
sequences to MeEominee and Marin.
cite.
In Minnesota blizzard ragged all day,
with alternating rain and slee5.
south Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm which prevailed all day today
The snow drifted and a railroad block
ade is feared. Nebraska is suffering
from the worst blizzard it has experi-
enced for years. Snow was thirteen
inches on Ae level tonight and. the
Wind piled great drifts six and seven
feet high. Trains are delayed in the
vicinity of Hastings. Tonight
lblindlng snow storm is falling, and a
sharp wind blowing. AT Grand Island
there are several feet of snow in the
Union Pacific yards.
TRAFFIC. TROUBLES.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 3-fieavy rain,
which has been falling in this vicinity
Tor the past two days, continued until
thls evening, when a cold wave set in
and the tempera ture dropped thirty to
forty degrees in a short time. The
heavy rains have caused the rivers on
both sides of the Mississippi to rise above
1.-The danger mark.
At Richland Mo, the Gascona river
~ all over the low bottoms and is rising
at the rate of an inch an hour Hun
idreds of acres Of wheat and corn in the
shock have already been washed away.
lThe river is full of floating rails, saw
Hogs and railroad ties, which represent
q loss of many thousands of dollars
In the vicinity of Virginia, H., the
heaviest rainfall in years prevailed
within the past sixty hours. The San
canon river is rising, threatening de-
lstruction to thousands of bushels of
cribbed corn. 1t is still raining and
growing colder
A Republic special from Wichita Falls,
Tex, Says: The southbound passenger
u all uuc mere yesterday noon mas not
yet arrived at this point owing to a
heavy storm in the Panhandle. Wires
are down north of Clarendon and no in
telligence can be had from the lost train
Snow drifts of fifteen feet are reported
dn that section. The northboundl passen-
ger leaving here yesterday morning
turned back 1t Clarendon on account of
Inability to make farther progress
Missouri Pacific freight No. ran into
a landslide near New Haven, Mo, at .
o'clock .this morning, killing Engineer
Evans, Fireman Henry Hookup and
Brakeman j. f.. Mcqueen, all of this
city. The locomotive and twelve cars
were thrown into the Missouri river,
along which the track ran. The land
slide was caused by the heavy rains.
The track was cleared during the day
anG the trains are running as usual to-
night, but while repairs to the roadbed
and track We're being made, passengers,
mail and express We're transferred by
boat.
IN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, No, Jan. 3.-The first
blizzard of the season prevails in West
ern Missouri, throughout Kansas and in
the territory, the trains at many
points in Kansas being delayed by snow
drifts. a fall of about forty degrees
1has been experienced at most points
with the thermOmete still falling. A
heavy wind has blown for the last
twenty-four hours, drifting the snow
and causing trouble TO railroads and
danger to stock. In the Indian terri
tory heavy rains have swollen the gull
lies and small streams and hallway