The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-03
WEEK or
| HORROR ENDED AS
RIVER SEEKS BED.
Polluted Drinking Water One
Of the Evils Confronting
the Populace.

Paris, Feb. 2.-The situation at crit
tcal points was ~ameliorated to a con-
siderable extent today, notably in the
neighborhood of the st. Lazare station.
The engineers now hope to be able
within a few days to shut up the un-
foreground workings and SO prevent the
collapse OF streets and buildings, which
rms appeared imminent for several
days.
From midnight until noon today the
subsistence of the river Seine averaged
only about a third of an inch an hour
The weather, however, continued favor
able with q rising barometer. The
temperature was slightly lower. The
recession Of the water in some of the
streets was noticeable during the fore
noon. It was ofscially announced that
the total fall Of the river up to noon
was two feet.
The sidewalk at the corner Of the
Rue Caumartin n the Rue St. Lazare
fell into the subway today. No one was
injured. The small loss OF life through
out the period Of disaster Is a sur
prising feature.
Restoring Public Service.
Beginning this morning, the authori-
ties concentrated their efforts on the
restoration of the crippled public serv-
ices, Tile IepdlI " tcltBTdpn Cdolc dIu
telephone lines and the establishment
OF. the demoralized railroad eommuni-
cation. There Is no prospect Of re-
storing the electric light n power
systems this week.
Preparations lave been perfected for
cleansing and disinfecting the city.
President Roux Of the Pasteur insti-
tute, in conference with other experts.
has decided upon a series Of measures
which will be carried out by the SAM
tary officials.
The principal danger Is considered to
be from the polluted water supply. The
health authorities have caused a house
to-, house v to be made, warning
the occupants against ~reoccupying
rooms which have been flooded until
the apartments have been disinfected,
and giving instructions that water must
be boiled before used.
As the deposits Of mud left by the
waters are removed from the houses
.auicklime will be plentifully applied and
the floors and walls cleaned and white
washed or painted.
DR.. De Bovo, dean of the medical
faculty of the academy of medicine,
was comparatively optimistic today.
The principal danger is from typhoid,
the germs Of which may be received II
impure water is drunk.
Many Religious Ceremonies.
The reciting Of public prayer con-
tinues In the churches. Yesterday the
image of st. Genevieve. patron saint of
Paris, was carried in solemn procession
through the afflicted districts on the
left bank of the Seine.
Messages Of sympathy and financial
contributions from abroad are still
pouring in. Among the numerous sums
cabled direct from the United States
were $40, 1000 from the Standard Oil COM
pany, SO, 200 from Speyer & Co., and
S. 900 from Frank j.. Gould.
The Gil Bias today proposes that the
municipality have a medal to be called
the medal Of Paris, struck for bestowal
upon flood heroes,
Armed d~etachments of The military
will be held in the inundated districts
within and outside the city until normal
conditions are restored to prevent pil-
laying. z
Two Weeks of Delay.
III fiuvial department estimates
that II will be two weeks before the
Seine has returned to its normal stage.
Exciting row chases after Grim
inals OF the outskirts of h city oc-
cured during the night. In several in
stances. the Apaches were fired on by
their pursuers and three were shot
dead. Two others were hanged from
lamp posts as examples of the fate In
store for those detected in acts of pill
lage and violence.
Two men Of the French nobility are
playing an important part in the work
of relief. ~