Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-25
Cincinnati Finds the COndi-
tiOns Not As EncOurag-
ing As Expected.
RAINS l1N THE EAST
Have Had the Effect to Keep the
River Up to Flood Hight and Its
VOlumn Is Increasing.
All Along the Valley Persons Hay,
Been Rendered Homeless By
the Floods.

Cincinnati, April 25.-The flood out
as encouraging as expected. The pre-
dicted limit of 50 feet has been passed
here and the estimated limit at other
points will be more than has been
estimated. 1t is also evident now thai
when the lip1it is reached In the mid
die Ohio valley that it will be sta
tlonary for some time and the fall
much slower than was anticipated
even il there is no second rise. This
is attributed TO rising waters in the
Big SAMMY, Muskingum and other
tributaries above Cincinnati. Reports
come from Catlettsburg about rains
in the Cumberland mountains OF
northeastern Kentucky and from
Huntington about heavy rains las,
night in the southern and eastern
parts Of West Virginia. At both of
these places as well as at Ashland
IrOnton, Portsmouth and intermediate
points there is much uneasiness, and
at some places they are preparing for
the worst
The weather bureau map shows
rains prevailing in the east that may
move westward into the Alleghenies
and start another flood in the Ohio,
while its lower tributaries began ris-
ing last night. The business men and
manufacturers in the bottoms will suf-
fer more than was expected and many
more families will be driven out of
their homes along the Ohio to the
south and along Mill Greek valley on
the west and along the Little Miami
on the east side than We're anticipat-
ed in the earlier preparations.
On the Kentucky side the Interrupt
ton to mills, factories and business is
not so great but in proportion to the
population, many more have been driv-
en- from their homes on the Ohio side.
In the Tayolr bottoms, between New
port and Bellevue. Ky. the water is
up TO the treetops and the streetcar
lines are compelled to transfer their
passengers for Bellevue and Dayton
Ky. The latter place is very largely
inundared. and owing to swell In
the Licking river, ii is estimated that
about a square mile of Newport is
unxls.r- yvatS.s
port track are proceeding and Will
continue under sloppy conditions.
Boats are used in reaching the track.
Mayor Fleischmann. Police Chief
Deitsch and other Cincinnati officials
made tour of the flooded districts.
arranging for all necessary relief and
all possible protection. Fire engines
and hoSecarts have been placed on
fiathoats ready for any emergency, and
police have patrol boats. The street
railways have adjusted some cars for
use on the east and west sides for
rapid transit across the flooded tracks,
and then transfers are made to the
other cars. The motors are raised SO
as to run through three feet of water.
The only loss of life reported so far
has been from accidents. One man
fell off boat and was drowned, and
another off of a log raft near the
public landing. A woman jumped
from the suspension bridge. evidently
with intentional suicide. None of the
bodies has been recovered and their
identity is not known.
Huntington, w. Va. April 25.-
At Incerodo, Harveytown and Cen
trail City many people are fed in jails.
Passenger stations are packed with
women and children and household
effects. Crown City and Millersport,
Ohio, are under water. The loss in
this section will be near million.
The wheat crop in the bottoms will
be total loss.
Madison, Ind, April 25.-The
river is 4S feet and rising half an
inch per hour. 1t is already in the
Pennsylvania freight depot. Manu-
factures are closed on the lower
level.
Cincinnati, O., April 25.-The
river was 5S.9 at 2 p. m,