Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-06

away. where a temporary station ha.
been erected.
On the hill. where tents have been
put up. the women Of Hickman assisted
In preparing the camp for the refugse Is,
distributing food. clothing and bedding.
Mississippi Falling mt La Crosse.
LA CROSSE. Wis, April 5.-The Mis-
sissIppi river fell one-tenth OF foot at
st. Paul during the last twenty-four
hours. decline Of three-tenths at la
Crosse and five-tenths at Dubuque which
indicates that there is no serious Inn
mediate danger OF flood on the upper
river. At La Crosse the river Is five
feet below the flood stage. at 81. Paul
eight feet below. and at Dubuque six
feet below.
Effect Of the present state OF the up
per river. however. has not been fully
felt In the flooded districts.
AT Lo Claire. Ia. today there was
rise OF fourteenth. at Davenport four
tenths, at Keokuk six-tenths and at Des
Moines rapids two-tenths. At these
points the river could continue TO rise
for several days longer.
Abvc ~. Louis Danger Line.
ST. LOUIS. April S.--The Mississippi
river at ST. Louis registered oo.s feet 10.
day. rise OF a. OF foot In twenty-four
hours, and II Is expected to reach 81 feet,
one foot above the danger line.
Tho Mississippi from Hannibal to Graf
ton Is rising and the Illinois river. which
emp.ies into the Mississippi near Grafton.
is falling
Tho Missouri from Kansas City TO
Boonville IL rising, while from Boonyilla
to ST. Charles II Is falling. At Hannibal.
Mo-. the Mississippi stood at IFS feet.
four feet above the danger line. The
water in the Hannibal district has spread
over the iowlands and interfcred with
the operation Of trains. Water has be-
gun to scep into the cellars In Hannibal
Carather-yiIie In Danger.
cARuTHERsvILLE. No. April 81
Only q desperate fight can prevent the
rising flood from breaking through the
levee In this territory. Should a creyassc
occur tho entire 81. Francis basin would
be inundated and the loss OF life and
property would be great.
The flood today buries the high water
mark OF 1903 more than twenty inches and
continues without abatement. The situa-
ton 10 hourly growing more serious. An
army OF men IL working day and night
TO protect all weak places and the en-
Einesrs are hopeful Of -s..eess. The Frisco
railroad. which forms the ievee protec-
tion In front Of this city, stands only a
foot above the torrent and men are at
work placing sandbags along the line.
The local militia company has been
placed on duty and the companies from
Poplar Bluffs. Mo-. and Jonesboro, Ark,
have been ordered out. Is reported.
They are expected late today. caruthers-
Vile Is full OF refugees from the low
lands OF Tennessee In front Of this city.
There Is no levee protection on the Ten
nessee side and houses are being washed
away. All available steamers are search
Ing the lowiands for sufferers and sew
eral hundred have been brought In.
Two hundred tents sent out by Gov
ernor Hadley to shelter the homeless have
arrived and public buildings Of the city
have been thrown open for the same
purpose. All trains north and west have
been out OF commission several days and
Charlottesville 10 connected with the out
side world only BY one train day from
Memphis. : nm. and each trip Of this Is
expected to be the last. The crest OF the
food Is not expected hero for five or
six days and the increased rise will place
the ievee under serious strain
Missouri Rising at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. No.. April a-IIaving
risen six-tenths OF foot since yester-
day the Missouri river has attained a
depth Of III feet above low water mark
here this morning and continued TO Green
up towards the flood stage Of twenty
three feet.
p. connor. the government weather
forecaster. said the river would become
etAt&SA@as AHt next tNeUtt-kuuf
hours and begin to fall tomorrow.
The Kansas river and other Kansas
streams were falling rapidly today.
Northern Meatana Inundated.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Apra G-com-
munication with Glasgow, the center OF
the Montana flood district. was cut off
today, all wires being aourn aast ~
Hinsdzle. The floods are confined largely
to the MIX river valley between Chinook
and the North Dakota line The Mis-
souri, river Is not unusually high and no
trouble Is expected Ia this section. Snow
still lies deep on the mountains. The
Yellowstone and Big Horn rivers are
running bank full and are reported TO
be rising A dispatch from Havre today
stated that all west-bound Great North
ern trains that had been delayed by
floods east Of GLASGOW now were rotux