New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-18
'T[AR D[II[ WILL BREAK
Farmers Near Baton Rouge Alarmed
by Reports Of Impending Dis
aster at Arlington.
AID HURRIED TO SCENE OF TROUBLE.


Donaldsonville, La. March ia In.
tense excitement prevails here be-
cause telephone advices tell Of an
impending break in the Arlington
leEee, near Baton Rouge. Hands are
being mustered on all the plantations
across the river and hundreds Of
them are being sent on a special
train to the scene of trouble. Should
the levee give way all Of the new
river section of this parish will be
flooded. The region is populated
principally by poor small farmers.
Is an Old Levee.
New Orleans, March 1.-THE abb
sence of news up to this time indi-
Gates that the Arlington levee has
not given way. President Leake, of
| the Pontchartrain levee board, said
Friday that 100000 sacks of material
and men have been hurried to the
scene. Arlington is an old levee and
acknowledged to be unsafe. Con-
| tracts were let some months ago for
| a new levee behind it, but owing to
| the long season of rainy weather the
second bank has not been completed.
A break at Arlington would food
valuable sugar lands and interfere
| with traffic over the railroads.
| Guarding the Banks.
! The seriousness of the situation
| here is increased by the continuance
| of rainy weather, which is softening
| the levees along the Louisiana line.
| Large forces continue to- sack the
| city front, and the engineers are still
hopeful that the local line of en-
bankments will stand the strain inn
| posed on them. Flying gangs were
dispatched to different points during
| the night on reports which reached
the engineers of weakening spots,
but they were in every instance
found to be exaggerated. Both banks
of the river above the city are be-
| ing guarded to prevent the cutting
| of levees.
Wheat Destroyed.
Princeton, Ind, March 1.-THE
vast sea of water west and north of
this city was at stand Friday, but
| the fall will be so slow that hum
dreds of acres of wheat will be al
most total loss. Unless there
! should be further rains the Wabash,
| White and Patoka rivers will not rise
| furtheh2
The Worst Over.
Evansville, Ind.,' March 1.-THE
| river marked AZ feet here Friday.
This shows that the water is fall
! ing. and as the weather has cleared
| another serious rise is not expected.
Farmers who were driven from the
1owlands are preparing to return to
|ttheir homes and the worst is believed
to be over. The damage to winter
wheat is heavy. The lowlands along
| Pigeon and Potoka creeks are still
under water. Dispatches from points
along the White and Wabash rivers
showed an improved condition.
Living in Tents.
Shawneetown, Ill, March 14.-The
people of this town are living and
| transacting business in the upper
stories of their homes. It has been
decided not to cut the levee along the
Ohio, as the water has begun to re-
cede. The hills beyond the town are
| dotted with tents, in which people
have taken shelter from the food.
Large forces are guarding the levees.
night and day.
Washouts Delay Trains.
Brush, Col, March 1.-THE warm
weather of the last few days has
melted the snowdrifts from the
plains and gullies of the south divide
and all streams are running bank
full. The Burlington railroad is
washed out west of here and trains
are running over the Union Pacific
tracks to this place. The bridges
south of here along Beaver creek are
all washed away and travel is sus--.
| pended.
Revenue Returns DisappOint.
London, March 14.-The treasury
experts are greatly disappointed by
! the revenue returns. and are fore
casting a deficit when Mr.. Richie
makes his budget speech. There are