The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-01
FURTHER RISE PREDICTED.
ST. Louis weather F~Orecaster Gives No
Hope for AmeIiOratfOn.


ST. LOUIS. Nav 31.-Weather Forecaster
Bowie, of the st. Louis Bureau. has pre-
dicted a continued rise in the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers and has sent warnings to
various points threatened along those
streams. From reports already received 1t
is feared the conditions that prevailed dur
ing the great food of 1881 may be repeated.
At Jefferson City, where the Missouri Is
bank full and spreading over the p4 pa ds.
structiOn of thousands or dollars Woi.n Va
growing crops, loss of live stock, ana occa-
sional loss of human life. M
jefferson City Is favorably located anu Io
rise in the history Of the river couIo 90
much damage to the city. the squal.en
residents along the river 'front.' nave peen
forced to higher ground and some daLnase
is being done along Wares creek, when
flows through the city, by the missouri
backing UP the waters. The damage now
being wrought in the low bottom farming
land opposite the city and on big sand pars'
where prosperous farms are Ioea.eH:
Wolf island, opposite the city, Is completely
submerged and many acres of corn washed
out. The Missouri river is higher at BOON.
Vile than it has been in eleven years. II
went over the banks on the Howard county
side at noon yesterday and the iowiands
are being submerged. The inhabitants on
islands east and west of Boonvflie are peing
removed by steamboat to places oil saieuy;
1t is indicated that the river Will go Two
feet higher by Monday morning. frankiIn
Junction, Immediately across the river from
Boonville ON the Missouri, Kansas q Iexas,
is in Immediate danger. The damage 10
crops in the lowlands along the missouri
river in Cooper county will go into the
thousands of dollars.
Water-bound, with no prospects of rellef,
sums I'D the situation in northwest MIS-
souri,. Although there has been no loss OF
life in st. Joseph and vicinity from HOODS
the property loss will be Kali
nooa fro fRc is practically at a Standstlll,
and passengers who are compelled to ooard
trains do so with no guarantee that they
will reach their destination. Farmers IN
the bottom lands are powerless to stop the
destruction wrought by the elements;
Those who did not suffer from the WIND
now suffer from water. Corn and wheat are
in bad shape. In many sSoT Seun ibe w Satps n i'g
feet above the danger line, the hignest
point reached for many years.
In the region of the Platte and One-hun-
dred-and-tWo creek conditions are very bad.
with more water in sight as a result Of yes
terday's rains. WashOuts render traffic on
AL railroads unsafe, and railroad men are
working night and day wrestling with ,ne
island and in the Mississippi river bottoms
north of Hannibal are abandoning their
homes and seeking higher places Of safety
on the Missouri side. The water In the MIS-
sissippi river has risen ten inches during
the past t~wenty-four hours. and Is still COM
ing up rapidly. The steamers Flying Eagle
and Jacob Policeman were Spusliy engaged
families and their household goods. stock.
etc. from Bay island. over one-nalf or the
island is under water, and the crops, corn
The tenants on the farms have lost every
thing and are now almost penniless. All
the lowlands along the tracks or the bur,
lington Railroad between Hannipal ana
West Quincy. a distance Of nineteen miles,
are submerged. and are now one sea OF
water.