Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-01

Mississippi has passed the danger
line ana Is still rising slowly. All
residents OF the west side east OF State
street have been driven to higher
grounds. The water IL entering
houses on the west side OF that street
and several hundred people will be
forced to move II tine water rises
another six inches. There are many
stories Of suffering.
SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED
FARGO, N. d., April 1.-5svera
streets ia The town are flooded. Island
Park district ia badly hooded aud the
water will be much higher than
1893, aud probably higher than sixteen
years ago.
MILLIONS OF FRET OF LOGS SWIFT
AWAY.
MINNEAPoLIs, April 1.-The huge
Jam which formed In Mississippi at
Fofty-second Avenue north, broke late
yesterday afternoon and an immense
volume OF water, big cakes OF ice and
4 thousand feet of logs went tearing
down the river over 81. Anthony falis.
The water rose two feet inside OF an
hour, f1odiug many bouscs. 1t is
estimated that 25 ,000,0 900 feet OF logs
were swept away. The damage Will
reach 100000.
TALK OF UsING VIOLENCE
NEW ORLEANs, April l.-Up to 10
a. m, US Tar ss known, the line OF tue
Louisiana levees is Intact, hut break
any moment Ia feared. Constant
watchdog for weak places has been the
means OF avoiding several crevasses
at uang points. The great danger
below the city IL due to wave wash,
caused by steamers which run clUse to
the shore TO avoid the swift current
and DRIFT. The governor and mt yoT
have issued procinmations calling on
them 10 keep ia the middle OF the
stream. The heavy storm the past two
days havs soaked the levees, anu the
people behind them, Indignant a. the
heedlessnets OF the pilot, aeh. As ug
arms TO compel Their s Vnsieo w.
HEAVY RAIN.
ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The heavy rain
last night was general throughout the
Mnsfssfpli -rsver. Within two dr.
the upper Mississippi % expected 10
reach higher stage thsn last week
and cause additional flooding Of the
bottom lands.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
GREENvILLE, Miss., April Item
thousand pc pie are homeless III the
flood districts. Three LunJred towns
and cities are submerged and Jesola-
tion reiEnB over this lovely valley.
A dismal waste OF water covers the
surrounding country on every side OF
Gseenville and the city is q desolste
islHnd, connected with the outside
world by mere threat, the telegraph
line running east.
Railroad communication is Gu. of
north and south. Rosedale, Gunnison,
B0llver, Huntington aud hundred
other prosperous towns north OF here;
ArcOla, HOllsndale, Wayside, Swift
water, 6tonevllle and Island, south
and west, together with o score OF
smaller hsmlets, are in the same
condition as Greenville.
LOOKS lake AN IMMENSE LAKE.
ST., LOUIS, April L. The river
broke all previous records and flooded
a large portion OF the city little
eouth west OF Forest Park. The cum.
Try whereabouts looks like an immense
lake. The flood extends west to
EileDdale station. The ST. Louis anu
San Francisco tracks are covered with
water and the trains are using the
Missouri Pacific tracks, which are
about foot above water. Chelton
Brick works, La Clede Fire Brick
works, the old 81. Louis Smelling and
Reiinin z works anu number OF other
concerns can only be reached by boats.
For several blocks the houses on Sub.
lette avenue were flooded to the
second story. Police boats have rescued
twenty-five people from them.
The weather bureau observers in
Missouri anu Iowa report one OF the
heaviest rain falls OF winter. The
is swelling rapidly. AT
Hermann, Missouri, 1t rose 80 feet.
THE TRAINS ABANDONED.
GREENvILLE, Miss, April 1.-The
water continues TO fall but not 80
rapidly as during the hours following
the break OF the ievee. The train and
crew on the Rlverside division OF the
Valley road, caught between Stops
and Stokes crevasse ~ obliged
10 remain tntIt. inc wafer Is over
the track OF the Leland braDch OF the |
Valley road, and train are abandoned. |
RAILROAD TRAFFIC ABANDONED.
ABERDEEN, Miss, April 1.-The |
part q. the state lie largely |
inundated. Railroad traffic on three
systems having lines here has been
entirely absnsoned. The Aberdeen
store easements are flooded. The |
Western Ulion Telegraph company's |
Office has two leet Of water upon the |
door. The occupants Of many resi- |
1ences have been fOlc ID to move out. |
WestpOrt, north of Aberdeen, has
from two TO SIX feet Of water on the |
principal streets. The slorekeepers |
are cary ing on business in the second |
siofies. AT Faulktown George Peck, |
aged Is, has beeD drowned.
DROWNED NEAR ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, April l.-George w. |
Tate, lsoorer aged 40, and Nettle
Fate, HE daughter, aged 0, were
trowned In trying to eicspe the hood \
At Webster, near 81. Louis.
Decline TO InierIerc.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Presi.
dent uas ,IerIual tn take AIv aptiOn /