The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-01-27
NO RELIEF FOR
STRICKEN PARIS
Weather Conditions Add to
Flood Disaster.
ALL FACTORIES CLOSED

Seine, the Greatest Commercial Ar.
terry in France, Compelled to Sus
pend operations--High Waters In
undate TWO Hundred Thousand
Homes in the Capital City.
Paris, Jan. 27.-The hopes of the
people of Paris for a change in wealth
er that would relieve the terrible food
situation were met by snow and a ris
ing temperature that melted the snow
as fast as it fell.
The weather bureau promised no re
lief Not only are the local conditions
menancing, but reports from other
sections of France and Western Europe
indicate that no improvement is likely
for several days.
Soup and bread lines, the inevitable
result of the destitution wrought by
the floods, have formed in Paris.
The situation in Paris is SO appalling
that no accurate estimate of the dam
age has been attempted. 1t is roughly
estimated that $4,000 men are unem.
ployed in the city and suburbs and
that at least 100000 homes have been
flooded.
Not a factory along the Seine,
which is the greatest commercial ar
terry in France, is now in operation.
The damage to the river front fac.
tories alone will be several millions,
with every indication that tremendous
additional loss will be suffered.
The Paris-Orleans railway is com.
pletely tied up and the Care des In.
valides, in Quai d'Orsay, is flooded.
Subway traffic under the Champs
Elysees has suspended.
Losses viii Be Stupendous.
Premier BRAND and Minister of
Finance Cochery, after consultation,
estimated that the flood losses would
exceed s2O0.000.0O0.
Paris is beginning to feel the pinch
of hunger. The supply of fresh meat
and vegetables is falling and prices
are soaring to famine figures. Some
avaricious bakers who attempted to
double the price of bread were rough
ly handled and two of them were
thrown into the Seine at Charenton.
Hundreds of persons have perished
in the valley of the Doubs. A whole
family was rescued by soldiers in an
autoboat after the members had been
swept from raft and the father,
holding a revolver above the floor,
was about to shoot the others and kill
himself.
In Paris the situation became more
desperate momentarily as the day pro-
gressed. At p. m. the Rue Royale
between the Place de la Concorde and
the Madeleine, the famous church
edifice, began to sink and was hur-
riedly roped off. Several big assures
have occurred In the Javel region.
The boulevard adjoining the Pont de
Bercy and the street in front of the
Louvre museum also began to cave
In. Foot passage across the Pont des
Saints Peres has been stopped. The
flood invaded streets are filled with
rowboats, the owners of which de-
mand fabulous prices for the removal
of furniture and valuables to places
of safety.
BY afternoon the water had in
vaded the postoffice building and
forced the employees to fee.
Military Rule in Force.
General Dalstein, military governor
of Paris, has divided the city into the
five sections for military control at
the direction of the minister of war;
General Brun. This was done to reg
ulate and expedite the campaign Of
relief.
The authorities now believe that 1t
will be possible to save all of the
stone bridges, the only fear being for
the iron Pont des Arts and the Pont
de Solferino.
West street, at the west Of the for
eign Office, is In imminent danger Of
collapse, being sustained only by the
compressed air forced from the food
ed subway, which runs underneath
Should this fall the entire street must
cave in The archives OF the foreign
Office in adjoining buildings appear
safe.
The cabinet met In extraordinary
session and decided to open for the
shelter OF refugees the Pantheon. st.
Sulpice seminary and other former
church properties which escheated 70
the state.
The rate at which the Seine Is rfs-
ing was increased slightly. An addi-
tional rise of thirty-two inches is ex-
pected. The entire district back Of
the DUAL de Javel is inundated and
the water Is emerging from the sew
ers at many isolated sections Tar from
the Seine.
| Prefect OF Police Lepine has an
nounced that 1T would be possible. he
thought. to fIas . the 5000 persons who