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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 18»8.

RIVERS RAPIDLY RISING.

FKAHS OF DISASTROUS FLOODS IS MAW l*L,V< KS.

They Are Already Ra«(tnK in Some Local it Leu — Alle«any f Pa., Sub-mera-cd—The Report* from Indiana Point*.

Pittsburg, March 23.—The Allegany and Monongahela river* will in all probability reach a atage of thirty feet of water tonight. Tremendous rains fell a* all points In the two upper valleys last night, and the water is rushing toward Pittsburg at a very rapid rate. At 11 a. m. the Monongaiieia marks had reached a stage of 26 feet, and the river is rising about three hwtoes an hour. The following districts are already flooded: All of Allegany south of Robinson street and South avenue, River avenue and upper Robinson street and the upper districts traversed by the Pittsburg & Western railroad; the lower bottoms of Woods run. lower dlptrtcts of Saw-mill run. lower districts of MoKees Rocks and Esplenboro, all the lowlands beftween the Davis Island dam and Beaver, Sharps burg and Millvale districts, and the lower districts of the upper end of Allegany and Pittsburg on the Allegany river. Including the Allegany Valley railroad tranks in the vicinity of Kelly station. The reports from the upper river stations in reference to the rainfall show that from one-half to nearly three inches of rain fell at different headwater points during the night. Great damage Is reported and fears are entertained that the flood will be as great as in 1884. About 5 o’clock this morning there was a sudden rise in the Allegany river, and a clean sweep was made on the Allegany •rue between Chestnut street and the railroad bridge. All coal floats, coolboats, shanty-boats, rafts and ^everything afloat were swept away, wrecked or sunk, entailing a loss of many thousands of doUars. 'W-.le no lives were lost, there were many narrow escapes from drown-

ing.

The heavy rains have caused many landslide* and washouts on the railroads, and the through service west of the city Is badly delayed. The Pennsylvania limited was delayed five and a half hours by a washout near Canton, O., and other Western trains are from one to five hours late. The Niagara express, south-bound. Is held up by a landslide fifty miles from here, and may not get away until late

t-.-s afternoon.

The latest reports received at the office

dent J. F. Miller, of the e show that the road Is prac-

on the Missouri Pacific road. The only house occupied, that of Martin Hugle, was carried a distance of 120 feet. Hugle was internally injured and may die. I^ast night the most severe storm of the season was reported in progress in the Southwest and West. Emporia, Kas., reports a fall of forty degrees In temperature since Monday night, and Wichita, Florence and other Kansas points make reports, Beatrice. Neb., reports a fall of seventy degrees In twelve hours. Vegetables have been ruined, and it is believed that fruit crops have been seriously damaged. The severe blizzard which Is sweeping over the West has probably destroyed the fruit crop of Kansas. The cold is intense. and at many points in western Kansas the mercury has registered below zero.

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tioally closed to traffic. The bridges be- " ~ . - »d Desnavi-

tween Steubenville, Columbus and son are covered with water, and It Is feared they will be swept away. All through trains are coming In over the Ft. Wayne road. The Wheeling branch of the Pan-Handle Is In bad condition, and no trains are being run on the New Cumberland branch. The Chartiers branch has not been interfered with to

any great extent.

Great Damage Done. Telegrams from many towns ea*<t and north of Pittsburg Indicate heavy lees from the high water. Kdttaimlng Is entirely cut off from telegraphic and railroad communication. Half the business houses are flooded and several county bridges have been swept away. At Dubos the water to higher than H has been since Wie Johnstown floods. The Second end Third wards are submerged, and the people are moving about in boats. A Deader dispatch says Sabula dam, about four miles above Dubos, Is expected to break. If It does, many lives will be lost. The railroad tracks are washed away and traffic Is completely blocked. On the Ft. Wayne road, Dutsdale and Fair Oaks axe under water. Considerable damage Is reported to private property. Much damage Is being caused in and about Braddock. Many families have been forced to leave their homes and several

manufactories suspended operations. The Westtagbouse works at East Pittsburg and the Braddock wire-works are both flooded and Shut down. Score* of families In the Turtle creek valley are leaving their houses and are moving their furniture to the hillsides. In many cases tfne water has reached the second-story windows. _ -AX 1 o’clock this afternoon the water ww still rising here, with 26 feet 9 inches on the marker. Water Is in the oellars of the Alvin, Bijou and Duquesne theaters, and the hotels Arlington, Victoria Y *1 Anderson, but no serious trouble Is

M, TVclpated.

A BLIZZARD AT ST. LOLTSk

A Drop In the- Temperature of Forty-'Right Degree*. »t. Louis, March 23.—A regular blizzard prevails in St Douls and vicinity, extending down into Arkansas and part of Illinois. The temperature shows a drop of 48 degrees since yesterday. The ground la covered with heavy, wet snow—something unprecedented for this season of the year. The heavy rains of the past few days have caused all rivers in Missouri to rise rapidly. The Osage and Gasconade especially are pouring floods of water Into the Missouri, which In turn flows into the Mississippi. The gauge here Is 4.2 feet higher than was registered yesterday. It Is expected that by to-mor-Tow all low lands on the Mississippi as far os the mouth of the Illinois river will be under water. Damage from the rising rivers in this State is feared, as the rivers are very high. At St. Charles the Missouri has risen at on alarming rate, threatening to overflow a large area.covering the best farming lands In the State. The melting snow will add much to the rising waters. Only a few of the incoming trains reached the Union station on time to*day. Th* belated ones were anywhere from two to seven hours late. The delays were caused by the washouts and landslides. All the streams about Nashville, III., •re rising, and the Okaw river Is on the rampage. Wheat fields are flooded and the bottom lands north of Covington are submerged, the Okaw being five miles wide at that point The new iron bridge ' there is in danger of being washed away.

THE BLIZZARD IN THE WEST.

Much Damage Dome—A Great Fall la Temperature.

Chicago, March 23.—Dispatches from Nebraska. Kanaas, Missouri. Illinois. Indiana and Ohio tell of blinards, storms, heavy rains and floods. At many places railway traffic to delayed on account of overflowed rivers and creeks. Low portion* of many towns are under water, and th* property loss vpll be considerable. A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo., says: A storm yesterday wrecked fourteen houses and destroyed many smaller buildings at Blue Mills, Mo., a mtle village near the summit of a hllH about ten miles north of Independence,

When the children are hungry, what do you give them ? Food. When thirsty? Water. Now use the same good common sense, and what would you give them when they are too thin? The best fat-forming food, of course. Somehow you think of Scott’s Emulsion at once. For a quarter of a century it has been making thin children, plump; weak children, strong; sick children, healthy.

The Flood at Dayton. Dayton. O., March 23.—Dayton is In worse danger ibaji at any time since 1866. when the central part of the city was flooded. The Miami river shows eighteen feet at the Govemmesnt gauge and is rising. Last year, when about 150,000 damage was done, the river's highest mark was sixteen and four-tenth* feet. North Dayton ie completely under water, and about 300 houses are almost covered. The back-water Is doing great damage below the city. Three of the six trolley lines In the city are blocked, and the steam railroads north of the city are demoralized. At this writing the levee protecting Miami City and Riverdale, very populous suburbs, are In danger and every- effort is being made to strengthen the levees. The water is in the cellars in the central portion of the city and

large and valuable stocks of merchandise will undoubtedly suffer, so that loss J that direction alone will be tremendous.

DUastruu* Flood Feared. Cincinnati. March 23.—The rain still continues. The river at 10 a m. reached the danger lines and was rising four Inches an hour. The real danger point Is fifty feet. It requires over fifty-three feet to reach the railway tracks. With the river rising rapidly from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, and the Great Miami pourlug In an unusual flood below Cincinnati, and with the rain still falling, It Is difficult to see how a disastrous flood can be avoided. River men and others hope for the early appearance of cold weather to check the flood. Meantime the usual precautions are taken to remove goods from the cellars and floors that can be reached by high water.

Canton. O., Under Water.

Canton, O., March 23.—One of the heavle*t rainstorms In the city's history was experienced laat night, and the greater part of the east end of the city Is under water to-day. Heavy damage will result. The Ft. Wayne road is unable to move trains either east or west, the tracks being in many places under water. No trains are being run on the Cleveland, Canton & Southern railroad south of here on account of washouts. A cloudburst eeems to have struck the latter line near Sherrodsville, as portions of the track

ore entirely washed away. The Cleve-

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land & Valley Terminal road is unable to run trains In either direction owing

to submerged, tracks.

Bod at Middletovi-n. Middletown, O., March 23.—The Great Miami river is higher here than at any time since 1866, when almost the entire city was under water. The State dam has broken, causing the hydraulic water to run into the canal. Its^banks threaten to be overflowed into the streets. The breaking of the reservoir bank would undoubtedly cause loss of life. AH the paper mills have stopped. Water is ten or twelve feet deep in the cellars. No trains are running and the city is shut out from all travel by rail or pike.

The Worst on Record. Columbus, O.. March 23.—The worst local flood In the history of Scioto river Is in progress here. Thirteen of fifteen railroads can not get trians in or out of the city. Fifty families at least are homeless, and five hundred or more houses are flooded. No lives have been lost so far. The West Side water-works and street electric light house are out of service. The East Side water-works are still running. The water is on a stand, but the sky is cloudy and rain is falling.

HEAVY LOSS IN FAYETTE.

Railway Service at Connersvllle

Very Badly Interfered With. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Cotmersvllle, Ind., March 23.—The down-

pour of rain, which has fallen continuously for several days, reached a climax last night. Between the hours of 6 and 9 o’clock the worst storm for many years visited this section. The rain fell in sheets, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning. Yesterday noon the river began rising, slowly at first, increasing rapidly after 6 o’clock, and reaching its highest point about 3 o'clock this morning, when It began to recede. The river was higher than ever before, exceeding by three feet the flood of one year ago. The extent of damage can not be estimated at this time, although It Is very great. Travel is suspended In all directions. The L. E & W. tracks are washed out at three different points north of here The train which leaves here at 6:15 p. m. remained all night at a point about seven miles north, being unable to proceed or return. The C., H. & I. tracks suffered great damage. About 600 feet of track Is washed away near Rushville. Trains were suspended last night, and there Is no prospect of any running to-day. Mail trans-

portation Is entirely suspended. The Valley railway is submerged, and washed out

at several points between here and Cincinnati. The Dick-creek aqueduct was

washed away, and as a result the hy draulic Is drained to-day. Repairs will

be made at once.

East Connersvlile suffered from high water, several residents being compelled to abandon their home* this morning. Telephone communication Is almost entirely cut off. The P. H. At F. M. Roots com

pany was forced to suspend operations

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this morning, the machine-room being ten inches deep in water, although it w^is built four feet above high-water mark. The Standard Oil plant at Brookville is reported entirely washed away. Forty stalls, the property of William E. Herron, on the Huston race»track. were destroyed. The damage In Fayette county will aggregate many thousand doUars.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.

Levee* Break at Shelbyville, Forcing People from Their Home*. [Special to Th« Indianapolis News.] Shelbyville, Ind., March 23.—The rainfall last evening amounted almost to a cloud-burst. At 2 o’clock this morning fire alarms were turned in to warn the citizens In order to rescue people living In the east end of tow’u, a levee along Blue river having broken. There were no lives lost, but hundreds of people were driven from their homes. Early this morning the levee on the west side of the city broke, flooding one of the finest residence sections of the town. Throughout the county there is great loss of property, much stock being drowned and carried away. Culverts along the roads are washed out, cutting off local travel. All railway traffic la suspended. West, on the Big Four, near London, there is a heavy washout and a number of culverts are gone. East on the same line the Waldron bridge Is unsafe. and culverts are out. On the Pennsylvania. south, near Flat Rock. & bridge is om. and east, near Manilla, there are eight culverts out. Railway travel is absolutely cut off. The rivers arc the highest they have been for twen-ty-eight years.

MARTINSVILLE IS ISOLATED.

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i’ie® have had to move from the bottom land, ami from the west side of town. No Idea of the damage can be reached. The river is five feet higher than In March last year, which was the biggest flood since August. 1875, and is rising rapidly. The I. & V. Is dead, wash-outs being reported all along the line. The train due here at 5 p. m., yesterday, did not get in here until 9:30 this morning, having been stopped two miles above town by a washout. After it stopped it could not go back but a quarter of a mile, A crew of trackmen worked all night, fixing the track to get in here. The rain yesterday afternoon waa the heaviest ever known here, and great damage was done by flooded streets. The gravel roads are torn to pieces, and a number of accidents are reported. Dr. Earl, of Paragon, who was in town here yesterday afternoon, and attempted to drive home last night, plunged into a washout, and came near being drowned. The driver swam out. and Earl saved himself hy catching a limb of a tree and holding .himself above the water for an hour, until help arrived. He Is a member of the Jay Gould family, and draws a large annuity from that estate A hard rain is falling now.

BAD FLOOD AT RICHMOND.

The Electric Light and the tin* Supply Materially Reduced. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Richmond, Ind., March 23.—Last night s flood was the most disastrous of the numerous ones that have occurred here during the past three or four years. The rain-fall was simply terrific for three hours yesterday afternoon, and the east branch of the Whitewater river chine up more than five feet in that time. The wreckage at the Nixon paper mills Is a sight to behold. Between the long buildings debris Is piled to a depth of several feet. The east wall of the largest structure was washed out, and the stock-room Is flooded. Every portion of the plant is damaged, and the loss will reach $8,000. The power-house of the Light, Heat and Power Company was completely surrounded by water, and the engine and dynamo rooms were flooded to a (fepth of four feet. The city was In total darkness, and there Is no way of ascertaining when the plant will be in running order. The loss may reach $5,000. The North Tenth-street bridge was washed away at 10:40 o'clock and carried down the stream In pieces. The supply pipe of the natural gas company crossed the structure and was broken in twain. The gas -was lighted by accident, and it took five hours to extinguish it. The north portion of the city is cut out of gas supply. Great damage has been done to the Pan-Handle tracks, both east and west of here, and wrecking crews worked all night. The Starr piano-works and the pump-house of the water-works suffered to some extent. Streets and sewers were badly damaged, and ten houses in Happy Hollow district were partially submerged.

DANGER PAST AT LEBANON.

Big Four Lo«t a Few Culverts, but Ho* Repaired Damages, [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Lebanon, Ind., March 23.—Another heavy rain fell last night, greatly augmenting the flood of yesterday. The creek raised higher than It has for many years. Nearly every resident along Its banks was forced to abandon his home, taking his household goods with him. Many invalids were carried out of the threatened buildings, and were given shelter In neighboring houses. The creek continued to rise until 10 o’clock last night, when the weather turned cold and the rain ceased. From that time until midnight the water was a standstill. After that hour, however, It began to fall rapidly, and this morning all danger is considered past. A culvert on the Big Four, two miles east of town, was washed out last night, and the track waa flooded. All night passengers trains went around over the Monon, by way of Frankfort. All trains are running today, however. Harry Van Gorder, roadmaster of the Big Four, was here all night with a force of men to protect the track.

COLUMBUS ENTIRELY CUT OFF.

All .Train* on Pennsylvania Were Annulled To-Day. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Columbus, Ind., March 23.—The deluge of rain last night, in addition to the heavy rains of the past week, has caused all trains to be annulled on the Pennsylvania line between Louisville and Indianapolis, and on the Madison and Cambridge City branches. W^sh-outs are reported at Manilla, Glngs and Falmouth, between here and Cambridge City. No train ha* reached here to-day. and no daily papers have been received. Train No. 3, which passed through here from Louisville last might at 10:30, Is held at Franklin. Sugar creek, between Edinburg and Franklin, has submerged the track for a distance of two miles to a depth of four feet, and Is still rising at the rate of six inches an hour. White river and tributary streams are overflowing the bottom* for nearly a mile, doing much damage.

MICHIGAN DIVISION DAMAGED.

The Wabash Bridge Company Also

Sus'tatfc* Loss by the Flood. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Wabash, Ind.. March 23.—The Michigan

division of the Big Four is having serious trouble with washouts along its line. Between this efty and Elkhart the track at various points is under water for a distance of several hundred feet, and a few small bridges are in danger of going out. Two passenger trains were abandoned yesterday between Anderson and Greensburg, and will hardly get through to-day. Freight trains are abandoned between Rushvii^ and Anderson to-day, and may not run to-morrow. Part of the expen-

sive steel bridge under process of con

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etructlon by the Wabash Bridge Company over the Misstestnewa at Red Bridge, this county, went out this morn-

ing, entailing a heavy loss.

THE RIVERS NOW RECEDNIG.

The City of Portland Suffer* Con- ■ Iderably from High Water. [Special to The Indianapolis News. 1 Portland, Ind., March 23.—The flood prospect is much improved to-day, although during the night the wates came up again, submerging many portions of the city worse than yesterday and causing some persons to move out. The railroads are having no trouble In this section and trains are running regularly. The Salamonia and Wabash rivers are still spreading far over the bottom lands and have done much damage, but are now beginning to fall. Along the Wabash river, in the vicinity of New Corydon and Jar City, t> * *.ntire bottoms are submerged and people make their way In boats.

Higher Than Known for Year*. [Special <0 The Indianapolis News.] Sullivan. Ind., March 23.—The water Is higher than known for years. The Wabash river has spread over the bottoms, and is still rising. Hundreds of people have been forced to move to the highlands. The Indiana & Illinois Southern railway has suffered much damage, and no trains are running. The water is twenty Inches deep in the engine-room of the Sullivan water-works, and the city's tire protection is cut off. The gravel roads under construction in this county are badly damaged, causing a loss of thousands of dollars to the county.

Railway Wa*ho«t* Reported on Both Side* of the Town.

[Special to The Indianapoiia New*.] Martinsville. Ind., March 23.—This place cut off from the outside world, as far sis passenger traffic is concerned, and no hope* are held out. The Big Four sent out a train thi* morning, but It only reached & point two mile* east, when the track was found to be washed out and under water from the Sand treek flood. MahulusviUc reports that Indian creek has covered two mile* of track, and great damage is renorted. One bridge is out between here and Franklin. White river Is running through the town, whicii means that one mile of bottom lands are covered. Not less (ban a hundred fam-

The Brick-Work a Shat Down. [Special to The Indianapolis New*.] Sheridan, Ind., March 23.—More water has fallen In the past thirty-six hours tlan ever known before In this locality. Nearly all of the cellars have from one to three feet of water, and in some insttnees the water is standing on the first Noor. Alexander Summers was aroused early yesterday, and as he stepped out of bed he found five inches of water on the floor. He immediately jumped back into bed. saying he would remain until the water subs'ded. The Sheridan brickworks liave shut down because of the flood.

Qeick Rise Cause* Great Lo**. [Special to The Indianapolis New*.] Muneie, Ind., March 23.—The heavy min has tranformed the creeks into great torrents, and White river into a

wide stream. The water is not as high as it has been, but it is still rising, and may reach the high-water mark. Because of the rapid rise, the damage is | the greatest ever known in this locality. Bridges over the Mississinewa and other streams in the porthern part of the county were swept away, and much damage has been done to farm property.

HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODS

RAPID RISE AT ANDERSON.

Trilintarie* Full and a Big River Prophesied at Indianapolis. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Anderson, Ind., March 23.—White river rose half a foot an hour this morning, and it only lacks two feet of equaling all previous records. No serious damage has yet resulted. All the tributaries from the north are swollen, and It will be a hag river at Indianapolis. Much drift is endangering the bridges. Green's branch drone many people from cottages lining Forker street. The bridge on the Richmond division of the Pan-Handle has washed out. and no trains or mall from Cincinanti have arrived since yesterday afternoon. The high bridge over Flatrock at Rushville is reported to be in danger, and no train® from Louisville reported to-dey. The funeral party escorting the remains of the late Mrs. Judge Pierse from New York to this city is detained by washouts in Ohio, being between two breaks, and the time of the burial has been postponed. The rainfall In this locality yesterday was over three inches, a total of five Inches so far this month. Flurries of snow are noticeable this afternoon.

Serious Situation at Warsaw. [Special to The Indianapoiia News.] Warsaw, Ind., March 23.—It rained hard yesterday, and as a consequence the situation in this vicinity is worse than ever. Tippecanoe river has flooded all West Warsaw, and the land south of town is one great lake. Bridges have been washed away, cellars are submerged and railway washouts are numerous. Railway bridges are in hourly jeopardy. The dams at Palestine, Monoquet and Oswego are threatened. Should these give way. Incalculable damage will follow. The Monoquet dam seems doomed, and should It go, Center lake will flood part of the business portion of the city. Center lake has risen, coming two blocks up Buffalo street.

Two Feet Above the Record. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Morristown, Ind., March 23.—The heavy rain raised Blue river two feet higher than ever known before. W r ashouts occurred on the C., H. & D. railway, and the Brandywine and Blue river bridges were seriously endangered. Nearly flfty men are employed, trying to save the last-named bridge. Freeport Is inundated, and its condition is reported to be dangerous. Road bridges have been swept away, and the low lands are covered. Morristown suffered by the flood last night.

Woeful Outlook in Clay. [Special to The Indianapolis New*.] , Brazil, Ind., March 23.—Indications are now that by nightfall not a train can traverse the •southern part of the county. Eel river is out of its banks and reaches even a higher point than In 1873, and is still rising. Birch and Otter creeks axe out of their banks, and the E. & I. tracks axe washing out, shutting off traffic. Other serious washouts are reported.

Railway Track Washed Out. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Edinburg, Ind., March 23.—The high water ha® done much damage. Several miles of railway track has been washed out, north and south of here, and trains can not run. The lightning last night cut two wire® running into the Western Union telegraph office. The low lands are overflowed, and lumber and stock are being washed away.

Dana Well Soaked. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Dana, Ind., March 23.—Closing with last night this section experienced the greatest rainfall known for years. The north and southwest portions of the city were inundated to the depth of several inches. The bridge over Little Vermillion river, five niiles north of here, was rendered unsafe for crossing.

A Bad Washout. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Union City, Ind., March 23.—A bad washout occurred last night on the Dayton & Union railway, near Arcanum, O., the bridge spanning a stream being carried away, stopping all traffic. The south-bound passenger train was compelled to return to this city after reaching Greenville.

Walnut Creek Causing Los*. [Special to The Indianapolis News ] Greencastle, Ind., March 23.—Heavy rains for the past threo days have caused Walnut creek, In this county, to befcome a raging torrent. It is out of its banks and low lands are inundated. Fencing and farm stock are suffering to some extent, the spring freshet being heavier than usual.

Bottom Land* Flooded. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Dalevile, Ind., March 23.—White river is higher here than It has been for two years and Is still rising. The approaciies to the irjn bridges north of town .or* giving way. Hundred of nciea of bottom land in sight of this town are flooded.

Six Inches of Rain. [Special to The Indianapolis News ] Spencer, Ind., March 23.—Six inches of rain has fallen here since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. White river is up to the point reached during the freshet last March, and is rising three inches an hour. . /

A Mine Flooded. Jackson Hill, Ind., March 23.-The water in the ravine broke through into the mine, and a large force of men worked for hours in stemming the tide, without much success. Last March there was a similar break, which cost the company several thousand dollars.

A Raging Torrent. [Special to The Indianapolis News ] Chesterfield, Ind., March 23.—The heavy rains of the last three days have converted White river into a raging torremt.overflowing its banks and submerging the bottom lands. Much damage has been done to fences and crops.

Andre'w* Lo*e» HI* Home. Albany, Ind., March 23.—During the storm yesterday lightning struck the home of Carl Andrews, near here, burning the building and most of the contents. Half-way creek was swoolon to a raging torrent, seriously endangering the L. E. & W. bridge at this point.

Road* Impassable. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Noblesvilla, Ind.. March 23.—Owing to the heavy rains. White river is doing much damage in the low lands. Bridges over the creeks are being washed away, and the roads are becoming impassable.

A Bridge Endangered. Colfax. Ind., March 23.—Sugar creek bridge, between here and Crawfordsvllle, is so weakened by the flood that trains can go no farther than this point. The bridge Is being held in place by cars loaded with coal.

A Seareity of Go*. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Wabash, Ind.. March 23.—The Wabash bridge-works, the Pioneer £at-works. the Wabash paper mill, the Wabash school furniture factory' a-nd many smaller manufacturing concerns were compelled to shut down to-day because of a br**ak in the Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Company’s main pipe-line. The break was repaired this afternoon. o

The Michigan City Harbor. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] Washington. D. C.. March 23.—The appropriations committee of the Senate, it is understood, ha® knocked out ail the river and harbor items placed in the bill by the House. Thi* Includes the appropriations for Michigan City harbor. Senator Fairbanks celled upon the committee this afternoon and asked to have the Michigan City Rem restored.

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MORE THAN SEVEN INCHES OF WATER FALLEN THIS MONTH.

White River, Fall Creek, Pogne 1 * Ran. Back Creek and Pleasant Ran Overflow Their Rank*— Damage to Roadway*.

Thirteen rainy days In March have brought 7.22 inches of water to the earth. Of this amount 3.55 inches have fallen since Sunday. The already soaked earth had more water than it could hold, and the surplus ran rapidly into the streams, filling them beyond their capacity and causing floods and washouts. The heaviest rainfall of the year occurred yesterday. culminating in a downpour laat evening which brought the total precipitation for the day up to 2.36 inches. The rainy days this month, with the rainfall of each, follow: Inches. March 1 06 March 2 02 March 11 .25 March 12 48 March 13 1.38 March 15 61 March 16 28 March 18 06 March 19.. 36 March 20 .17 March 21 67 March 22 2.36 March 23 52

ment. Where this occurs the soil ha* fallen from the sewer and the water Is gushing from between the bricks. The j sewer is perhaps six feet In diameter, and through the man-holes one could see that it was filled with running water. At one point some one had cut into the embankment with a spade, and a roaring cataract of water was pouring over the outlet into the low grounds to the east. Some of the city officers who viewed the work of the flood, said if the water raised much more it might destroy the

embankment and sewer.

In some places where the cracks were the deepest the earth threatened to fall away, if it had not already done so, and either destroying or exposing the brickwork. People who came along during the morning were warned not to go further, as there was danger of the embankment giving away at any time. The full length of the sewer is 3.47 miles. In size K varies from three to nine feet In diameter. In planning It, the estimated cost was fixed at $152,000. Its cost of construction was assessed against the second largest amount of property ever so listed in the city for a sewer. The number of pieces of property against which the assessment was made was 18,000. The sewer was built by the Ful-mer-Seibert Company and cost the company about $185,000. It is the sewer out of which grew the controversy last campaign In which Sterling R. Holt and $5,000 were

Ttftal 7.22 The total for the month thus far is 4.59 inches above normal. The rainfall by months for the year follows; Inches. January 4.93 February 1.47 March 7.22

Total 13.62 (or 4.42 Inches above normal). Thi® was the total up to 9 o'clock this morning, when it began to snow and rain. Lost night the temperature became lower, and with a strong northwest wind blowing. the rain became a mist and finally ceased. To-night, the weather service predicts, It will again be cool; but if the clouds remain there will probably be no frost, and to-morrow it will probably be

warmer again.

This morning, when daylight disclosed

involved. The city still retains $17,000 worth of bonds, issued under the Barrett law for the construction of the sewer, as a guarantee that the contractors will repair damages, which the city engineer claims, will include those caused by the

flood.

Engineer Jeup says the breaks in the White river sewer are caused by the failure of the contractor to cover the sewer with enough dirt to protect it. Mr. Jeup says he has notified the contractors to do many things which have not been done to protect the sewer. The city, however, is amply protected.

ALONG FALL CREEK.

ifche streets, pavements were found to be ( said this morning that If the water

rose

/FALL CREEK AT INDIANA AVENUE.

In a shining, clean condition. In unimproved sections, where there hod been overflows, a slimy coat was found on the sidewalks, but the paved highways were not only clean but dry, and Wheelmen were calmly riding down town with nothing to disturb under foot or over head. Before the middle of the forenoon, how

ever, the conditions changed, and big March snowdrops were falling thick and

wet.

WHITE RIVER’S FLOOD.

Low Lands Adjoining the Stream Covered—House Boats Wrecked.

White river, filled from bank to bank with muddy water, sped under the bridges above and below Washington street at about fifteen miles an hour this morning. The water lifted old deposits of driftwood from the bridge piers and left newer ones in their places. At Sunday midnight the water in the channel, as shown by the gauge in the water station measured two feet. Last midnight it measured ten feet four inches, and at 9 o’clock this morning it stood at eleven feet eleven inches. This is considerably below the danger line. Along the river, where the banks are not so high, the water reached surrounding country and multiplied the width of the stream. North of Washington street and extending almost to Fall creek, much of the adjoining land is under water. Some of the houses have been surrounded. .South of Washington street the river widens, but that doe® not seem to decrease the depth of water. The banks are full. The water poured over the low places at West Pearl street and backed up into the circus grounds. It did not get high enough, however, to drive out the people in the houses between Washington street and the railroad. At the Kentucky-avenue bridge the water was six feet below the top of the levee. Here there was a collection of house-boat9, but two of them last night were swept from their anchorage and driven down to the rear of Coffin & Fletcher's, where one of them was wrecked and the other sunk, leaving about six feet of one end above the water. The people living in them left before their homes were carried away. The water filled the bayous between the Ken-tucky-avenue and Morris-street bridge®, and at 9 o’clock this morning wo® within two feet of the surface of Morris street, east of the bridge. Below the bridge the water overflowed all the low lands, covering hundreds of acres between the stock yards and Meridian street. It was not high enough to interfere with the etarch-works, soap factories, abattoir or other manufacturing places in that part. At 10 o'clock the water lacked six Inches of being as high as it was last spring at freshet time People stood on the various bridges all morning in the cold snow and rain, watching the rolling water, with its drift-wood. The River at Two O’clock. At noon the water in the river measured twelve feet eight Inches, and at 2 o'clock that depth still prevailed. The expectation was that it would begin to recede this evening unless there is more heavy rain.

INTERCEPTER IX DANGER.

The Embankment Protecting It May Give Way. The White fiver intereepter. extending along the old bed of Fall creek, has been seriously damaged, it is feared, by the high water. Some of the city officers went along the sewer this morning, from West Michigan street, south, to the tntercepter proper, near the Hoosier mills. Along this section the sewer is buried in an embankment, probably ten feet high. The embankment is now a barricade to a large sheet of water, extending to the west nearly a quarter of a mile, and in some places is fifteen feet deep. It has sufficient current to make the pressure against the embankment very strong. On top of the embankment is a foot-path about three feet wide, which has been packed hard by the trampling of many feet, as people walked over it. Along one side of this path, and some of the distances on both sides, there is a crack in the embankment nearly a quarter of a mile long, and wide enough to admit one's finger. In some places it extends to the bottom of the embana-

muoh higher the best-looking house i« the lot would be carried from it® founda-

tion®.

People were all along the banks, watching what they might see. Men stood on the bridge with poles having snares on the end, catching anything valuable in the shape of driftwood. They were more careful, however, than "Denny” Fletcher, a teamster, waa at the time of the last freshet. He tied a rope around his body, made a loop in the other end and hauled up board after board and small log after small log. But his ambition outgrew his caution

A larger and fine-looking log came w-> tiTYcum *%««■** Z - * -

down. “Denny” leaned over and placed his snare. The log slipped into it and

" w**jk*'^o* AU+LIS IL ZlllU. Denny slipped over the railing. His feet ‘ 1 — nd he ' ‘

caught in tbe iron railing, and he carried away three sections of It. posts and all These were never replaced, but their substitute®, made of wood, are there. Denny’s

maut* 01 woou, are mere. Denny s

friends sprinted pretty lively when they

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'■J -sves* vv tlicjr saw him come up a few hundred feet down the creek. They got to the turn In

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the creek in time to haul him out when he

struck the bank.

As the larger logs passed down this morning the jnarers made a feint at them, but pulled back with an "Oh, no”’ A sage observer said, at 10 o’clock, “The water is at a standstill, for the drift is in the middle of the creek. When the water Is rising it is higher in the middle than at the sides, and the drift keeps near the banka” The water was not quite so high

as it was last year.

POGUE’S RUN’S WATERS.

WORK ON POGUE’S RUN

Mayor Taggart. City Engineer Jeup and Street Superintendent Herpiek were out in the rain last night watching the effect of the flood in Pogue's run- When the administration expended $12,700 In deepening and widening the stream last year, for the purpose of preventing floods, the work was treated by many as a campaign scheme without practical benefit. The three officials have looked for vindication of their work, and agreed some time ago tKat if ever an overflow were imminent they would meet at the stream and see whether the work had wrought

improvement.

The mayor was gratified to find that the stream had not reached the top of its banks, and that the flow of water was rapid and unobstructed, if the run had not been deepened and widened, he said, another flood would have resulted. "1 think.” said he to-day. “the work v. a® admirably done, and repaid all its expense la®t night.” Ihe widening and opening of the State

ditch, so as to provide better ingress for the water in Jackson Park to the Four-

tecnth-etrer.t sewer, worked witli the same degree o? success, ne said. An overflow only in crooked run was noticed.

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the citizens had to wade home. After five or six cars had unloaded at National avenue, the car® began running through

te

avenue, tne cars began running througti the water, and went to th* end of the

line without difficulty.

Two or three men in one of the car* wh.ch stopped at National avenue refused to get out and wade. The conductor was firm, and said he ’’couldn’t go no furder.” The passengers surrounded him and argued the question, but he was acting under orders, and petitions had no

effect, and ail finally waded.

AU along the Irvington line effects of the rain were evident. Just east of Sherman Drive a fill over an old bridge caved in, leaving a hoie six feet deep in the mid-

dle of the National road.

The run tumbled out of Its bed and over the banks in the vicinity of Prospect street, covering considerable territory with water. People stood at the edge of the enlarged stream and saw various articles floating away from their owners. A cow owned by Frank Woods attempted to ford the run, when the current promptly gathered the animal up and carried her away. The cow went over the "falls,” which resembled a miniature Niagara, at Prospect street,

but escaped alive and unhurt.

EAGLE AND’ BUCK CREEK'S.

High Water* and Lo** of Two Expensive Bridge*. The Big Eagle was higher than it has been for several year®, some say for twenty-three years. At Mt. Jackson, the water from it covered all the low lands in the neighborhood. Reports from farmers further north were that considerable damage had been done by wash-outs, many bridges having been carried away. The county ' commissioners received word this morning that two of the large bridges over Buck creek, in Perry township, had been swept away—one on the Bluff and the other on the Bottom road. The bridges were each seventy-six feet long. One was old, and the cornmissiriners were thinking of replacing It, but the other was a newer bridge and in good condition.

Many HodSes Flooded — Scenes

Indiana Avenue.

Fall creek at Indiajna avenue, at Its narrower ohamoel, looked fiercer than White river. The water tore against the piers on the north, and swirled around them on the south side. Above the bridge the water had got out of the river bed and flowed over the lowland toward Cerealinetown. White and colored people living in improvised houses, house-boats, freight cars and shanties made of random timbers and old tin were driven out last night, and many of them had to wade through the water to higher land. It was

EFFECT ON RAILROADS.

Swirling Stream Threatening Damage but Doing Little. Pogue - s run was a swirling stream of muddy water last night, and for a time threatened to get up "out of bed” and induge in a periodical spree. Through the territory which it traverses there were numerous pools of water on lawns and vacant lots, and many families found It necessary to poke pumps through outside windows to lift overflow water out of the cellars. But the water in the run went, down rapidly during the night, draining many of the small lakes as it receded. Further out, eountryward, the run rolled and tumbled its volume of water at a rapid rate last night. Up and down Its banks this morning there were marks of where it had been.

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By <he Flood—City Officials Watch It with Satisfaction.

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Streets and Car Tracks Inundated— Car* Mopped. Irvington streets and car tracks suffered severely from the heavy rains. In Washington street, for a distance of five blocks, the street-car tracks were inundated. and torrents of water washed under sidewalks and foot-bridges. Pleasant run rose out of its banks and spread over the low lands. Ponds and lake® were numerous. Tbe Washington-etreet bridge stood firm and undisturbed, though driftwood and tree®, thvt knocked down rustic bridge®, bumped against Its iron beams. At 6 o’clock last evening the street-car men thought they could proceed no further than National avenue, ten blocks from tbe terminus of the line. The crowded cars were unloaded at that point, and

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TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION.

Mod I Heat Ion* la the Trust Plaa hr (•amterclal Clnh Committee.

A Number of Washout* and Train* Considerably Delayed. The railroad officers yesterday afternoon prepared for the effect of the heavy rain, and so far ,as reported no wrecks occurred, but. there were washouts on nearly every line entering this city, and traffic was almost suspended on the roads. No trains passed over the Belt after dark until this morning, and until nearly daylight to-day only three passenger trains arrived at the Union Station. On the Indianapolis & Vincennes both freight and passenger traffic to this city was abandoned/ and a special train was sent out to transfer passengers at different points. Trains that left this city were water-bound at various points on the road, and on all the lines trains were caught between washouts and had to remain on the track during the night. Section men were at work all night repairing the broken places in the tracks. Trains on the Indianapolis division of the Lake Erie & Western, the Indiana, Decatur & Western, Indianapolis & St. Louis divisions of the Big Four, Chicago division of the Pennsylvania ahd the Monon are running about on time. The Monon train from Chicago this morning was turned around and sent back to Chicago. On the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton there is trouble near Rushville and passengers were transferred. No trains got through to Cincinnati until late this evening. There are several bad breaks on the Chicago division of the Big Four, both east and west of this city, but this afternoon trains are running on the Chicago end of the road. The trains for Cincinnati from Chicago and St. Louis were held in the Union station here until this afternoon. The greatest trouble is Farmland, wtiere there is a washout of 400 feet. No trains were run to-day either on the Indianapolis A Vincennes or the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania. On the Indianapolis division, train No. 7 was held all night at Wiley®, east of Richmond, but the trains got through this afternoon. The Michigan division of the Vandalia Is in bad shape and through trains will not be run before to-morrow. The Ft. Wayne division of the Lake Erie & Western suffered considerably. The operating officers of the local roads were at their desks all night. The demoralization in the train service was 30 great that ft was almost impossible to "detour' trains, as is generally done, and several regular trains were annulled. At the postoffice little mail has been received because of the failure of the trains to arrive.

Th® Commercial Club speolsl committee. composed of D. P. Erwin, John A. Pinch and Alfred F. Potts, appointed to consider the advisabtlfty of organizing a telephone company on the general plan of the Consumers' Gas Trust Company, ha® reported to the club recommending the organdoatlonof such a company. The following modification* of the plan of the Consumer*' Gas Trust Company are rec-

ommended:

**L That board of directors of said company shall be elected by a board of five trustees to be appointed by the Marion Circuit Court in term time or vocation. who shell be divided into five chtsse®. the first to hold office for on® year, the second for two years, the third for three years, the fourth for four years, a«d the fifth for five years, and thereafter, as the terms of said classes expire, each of said classes shall be appointed for the term of five years. "2. The said company shall semi-an-nually make report to said court of the financial condition of said company In a form acceptable to said court. JEhe said court shall have power at any time In k* discretion to order additional reports, and

of holders of 10 per

^ - of t J ie ®tock of said company, order additional reports or give additional information concerning any of the transaorions °* company. Each semi-an-, nual report shall contain a list of the stockholders of the company and the amount of stock held by each: it shall aleo contain the names of all officers, superintendents and manager*, and the salary paid to each, said salaries bebig subj«rt to,approval of said Circuit Court. ‘•3. Dividends upon said stock shall not exceed Che rate of 8 per cent, per annum. All surplus of earnings of said company ov fI .”*1 *5°™ operating expense® and said dividend shall annually be paid back ratably to the holders of the stock of raid company until the full amount invested In said shock has been returned, after which time there shall be no dividend® declared. Thereafter the directors

of said company shall manage the affairs of said company subject to th*

power to be vested in the Board of Pub-

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r orks of the efty of Indianapolis to fix the rates for telephone service. Any profit made by said company shall be applied a® the Board of Public Works of

piled a® the Board of Public Works of raid city may direct hi the Interest of the citizen® of the city of Indianapolis."

jtmn a. jtjiiuju, xi. jt. wsuKKin umi w. Bobbe. wws appointed to prepare a plan in detail for the organization of such a

company.

Directors laat night expressed the belief that the new plane of organization are free from all the objections raised to the Consumers’ Ga® Trust. Their talk In the meeting was to th© effect that the gas trust had been admirably managed, but that some of the subordinate employee had been offensive In , their demeanor to the public. 0

A COLONY OF RATS.

They Are Doing Great Damage to the Crop* la Carroll County.

[Special to The Indianapolis New*.] Flora. Ind., March 23.—The south part of Carroll county is Just now overrun with rats. The country Is literally covered with them, and the damage done to farmers 1® Inestimable. The corn cribs and granaries are full of them. The first notice of them was in the eastern portion of the county, where they did much damage, but in a few days they disappeared from that section, and the next heard of them they were ten miles farther west, near Cutler. oNw they are operating several miles west of that place. It Is thought the colony of rodents to AM same one that pestered the farmers near Greentown several weeks ago, and that they are slowly working their way westward. They are of a large brown species, and are very vicious, in one instance attacking some young pigs and killing the whole litter. Farmers with dogs and gun® have killed many of them, but they do not seem to decrease In numbers. One peculiar thing is that where the rats have passed the country is free from them, and it Is believed the domestic rodents •were either killed by their foreign brothers or have joined the colony.

Western Indiana Soggy. Ex-Governor Matthews was in the city to-day, from his farm in Vermillion county. "Western Indiana,” he said, "is like a soggy sponge on account of the almost unprecedented rainfall. Small streams are booming, and creeks are flooding low lands with water. The song, ‘On the Banks of the Wabash,’ does not apply to that stream at present, as the Wabash has overflowed its banks and buried them from view. Should there come a freeze great damage would be done to the farm® in that section of the State. The growing wheat ha® been looking fine, but tt is young and tender, and a freeze would about destroy it.”

A Negro Murderer Hanged. Nashville, Term., March 23.—Dan Harris. colored, was hanged in the Davidson county Jail to-day for the murder of Lizzie Edmondson, colored, twe years ago. The drop fell at 10 o’clock, and Harris was pronounced dead in fourteen minutes, his neck having been broken. The drop was six feet four inches. Harris met his fate without rear, and made a brief statement on the scaffold, confessing his guilt. He was twenty-six years old.

Good Demand for Carriages. Last night was the best one, in a business sense, for the carriage men of the dtv they have ever knowiU- The engagement of Richard Mansfield mode the demand for carriages unusually large, and as a result at 7:30 o’clock every vehicle was engaged and one could not be hired. At English's alone 163 carriage tickets were issued; the large number was handled with no little difficulty, but with much dispatch, considering the conditions.

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Cats Off the Garbage RonteT”" At the City Board of Health information was given that the high waters have practically stopped all collecting of garbage, as the/ route to the Sellers farm is cut off by a flood of water at the Eagle creek bridge that Is nearly deep enough to swim a horse. —0 .

No Investigation Made of Charge* Against tbe Rev. Dr. Driver.

[Special to The Indianapoiia New*.] Hartford City, Ind., March 23.—Bishop Fowler convened the Northern Indiana Conference this morning. L. I. Nobtsger was elected secretary. Routine business was transacted. Dr. Driver, the Marion preacher, against whom there are charges, is here. He denies them, and has a strong following from his church working In his interest. The committee appointed by his presiding elder to Investigate the charges against htan reports that it did not have time. It is doubtful If the conference will appoint a committee to pursue the investigation.

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