The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-28

10 divert tire course OF the BWllll9
moving currents.
There was further shut-downN %
electric light plants tonight leavini
the city III aolui rkncsss The relic
work is proceeding bravciy, none be
ing refused food or shelter. Arch
bishop Annette has ordered puhli
prayers In the churches and collec
tion taken up for the victims
III spite of the crippled water suppl,
tho authorities say that the reservoir.
arc Intact, and that there is no dan
ger OF famine If the water is hus-
banded carefully and confined strictly
to drinking purposes. At tile same
time, a warning Is again issued that
the water shouh be boiled.
DccOming Worse. -.
The situation below paris Is becon-
Ing appreciably worse. The stretch
of water which engulfs Boulogne,
Neuilly. puteaux, sevrcs, Asnieres.
lIaisons- Lahittc, Iepecq and Poissy is
widening rapidly, while farther below
the swollen Disc is pouring In new
torrents over the Pontoise section.
The weather everywhere through
France has amcliorated, and it is be-
lleved that the worst OF the food is
past.
No Americans are reported injured.
The artists and students for the most
part live in the Latin quarter which
is on high ground, and the richer
Americans generally reside in the
neighborhood of the Rue de rEtoile,
the highest portion of the city.
The houlevard.life of the gay Paris
ian has been suddenlye silenced. Most
of the music halls remain open, but
they are deserted. a fushed multi
tude sits in front of the boulevard
cafes.
AT a special meeting tonight the
Board of Health drew up instructionsi
for the prevention of an epidemic. rho
board especially insists that none OF
the flooded houses must be reoccupied
until it has been thoroughly disin-
fccted, and the bedding and clothing.
which have been contaminated ny
Hood and water, burned.
The board announced that there
were 304 900 cubic metres of water in
the reservoirs. enough for several
days. and therefore there was little
fear of a water famine
Traffic Is stopped.
ALI omnibuses., street cars and 9th
er heavy traffic on the bridges were
stopped to-day. Premier BRAND de-
clared that persons who boarded up
provisions in the affected places, with
the intention of reselling them at a.
profit, would be drastically dealt
with
The residence OF United states AM
bassador Bacon has become untena-
bic. and the family has removed to the
Mercedes Hotel
The Red Gross Society, which has
received substantial check from Am
bassador Bacon. to-day established
soup kitchens for the destitute at al
hundred points This afternoon Mr..
Bacon called upon Foreign Minister
Pichon. and informally rendered the
sympathy OF the American govern
ment and people.
j. Pierpont Morgan has cabled from
New York rendering 100000 If outside
contributions to the relief fund Will
be acceptable,
The foundations of the National
Porcelain Factory, at Sevres, are sink
ing. At many places IN that vicinity
the rush OF water has been so rapid
that the people did not have time in
which to evacuate their homes
Like Be,cnguercd City.
Paris to-day resembles beloaguered |
city. The military commander IN each
of the Ave sections INTO which the
metropolis has been divided holds his
soldiers In constant readiness for dis
patch to points. of danger, The gov
ernment of ,hc,mqhi.tpality has placed
the military barracks and public school
buildings at the disposition of the ref
ugees. who already number, 1t IS esti-
mated, more than 100000. Fifteen
thousand laborers of the city are out
Of work, and though subscriptions are
pouring in, the government to-day de-
cided 10 ask Parliament for an addi-
tlonal credit to be USED in relief work.