The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-18
SUBMERGED.
Miles Of Land Under Wetcr Above
st Louis-0rave Approhen-
eious.
The Red River Doing Great Damage In
Arkansas--A Number OF People
Drowned.
Disston's Saw Works Burned-Railroad
Aocidsu.s-Ol Tanks on Fire-0:her
Nishaps.


began pouring into the town. A spasmodic
attempt was made to check the flow, but
within a few minutes the !aborers quit and
accepted the inevitable. 1t required less
than an hours time 10 inundate the entire
town, which is covered with water from
two to SIX feet submerging almost every
foot of ground. At that point the Missis-
sippi is fully seven niles wide, and within
the range Of vision one vast expansc Of
water greets the eye. The area OF farming
land ia the Missouri bottoms that is sub
merge 10 estimatei st 75,OOO acres, and .
continuance of the flood will result in an
Appropriated loss to the farming commu-
nifty Of that region Of at least <3O,OO0. A
nigh wind preva led which caused the
waves to wash the opening in the Warsaw
lcvee, which affords protection to some u, :
600 acres Of fertile Illinois land. The re-
port which reached the city tina: the levee
had broken at q point four or five miles
south of Warsaw could not be verified.
At two O'clork yesterday the stage OF
water in the river a. keokuk, Iowa, in.
dictated that it had reached the high.
est point attained during the food Of 1851,
and since that hour the rise has con.
tinued. In that portion Of the city where
all the lumber business is transacted and
the planning mills, saw mills, packing houses
and railroad shops arc located, business is
entirely suspended and hundreds Of men
have been thrown out of employment. On
this side of the river the tracks Of all the
railroads entering the city are under the
water.
A telegram from Rock Island says: Upon
the stability of the railroad embankment
OF the Rock Island & Peoria road, which
bounds the city on the south and west, de-
ponds the safety OF 800 families. Should
the Mississippi force its way through this
elevation and the dyke which protects it a
large part of the city would be submerged
and hundreds rendered homeless. The
water is still gradually rising and much
anxiety is felt.
RED RIVER FLOODS.
ST. LOUIS, May l4-Advices rom the
Red river country report the damage done
to the inhabitants OF the Red river valley
during the past ten days almost beyond
computation and the overflow the worst
since 1913. Most of the plantations near
the river have been covered with water
from four to six feet deep and many miles
OF fencing and scores Of cribs and barns
have been washed down and carried away.
Many OF the people have lost their house
hold furniture, provisions and corn. In
several places the river water extended
from the hills Of Arkansas to the
hills of Texas, distance Of from ten to
fourteen miles. At West Norwood a negro
was drowned trying 10 swim from the
overflow. Two white men were drowned
in Mill creek and quite q number of other
deaths are reported.
DIssTON's WORKS BURNED.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-The large brick
bull ling which contained the steel works
and rolling mill CT Disston's saw works at
Tacony was totally destroyed by fire yes
terday morning. Although the fire depart
ment responded promptly the structure
was in ruins within an hour, causing a loss
of $780, on which there is an insurance
of S19O,OOO The mill was the most com.
plete Of its kind In this country ard the
immense amount Of machinery used was Of
the most approved kind. Hamilton Diss-
ton, the head Of the firm, left the city a
few hours before the fire for pleasure
trip on il yacht in Southern waters.
TRAIN GOES OVER TIEsrLE.
YUMA. Ariz., May 1.-THE Southern Pa
cific westbound passenger train jumped
the track near ella Bend Saturday MORN
ing while passing over a new trestle, and
coaches and one sleeper fell from the trcstle
to the ground, q distance of four or five
feet, turning completely over. Mrs. Good,
of England. an emigrant passenger. was
instantly killed, leaving her husband and
three small children, who were travelling
with her. Two other passengers had legs
broken and o number Of others sustained
slight injuries. The emigrant car was COM
pietely wrecked.
OIL TANKS IN FLAMES.
Or CITY, Pa. May IAN iron tank
containing 1900 barrels OF oil two miles
up Oil creek was struck by lightning yes
terday and the oil boiled over, setting fire
TO another tank on the opposite side of the
creek containing "a OOO barrel. The Key
stone refinery, q short distance from the
fire, is in some danger aud wing dams arc
being built in the creek to protect property
along the creek. Tue oil AID tanks are
owned by ]. B. Smthman.
SCHOONER SUNK.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 1.-THE iron
propeller Clarion ran into the schcouer
Monguagon IN the harbor yesterday, and
sank her in four minutes. The crew had
barely time to escape with their lives. The
sunken schooner carried a full cargo Of
coal. 1t is charged that the Clarion was
racing and attained so much Roadway as
to be unable to make the bend in entering
the harbor.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
NEWARK, N. j., May IA train on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad struck John
Skinner and Thomas johnson last night.
instantly killing the latter and seriously
injuring Skinner. The men were walking
on the south track and stepped over on the
north track to avoid q train coming in the
other direction.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLODES.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. May 1.-the boiler of
an engine coming east on the Baltimore 4
Ohio railroad exploded yesterday morning
when midway between Keyser and Cum
berland, killing Engineer Woodruff Of Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, and his fireman, Miller,
nf Cumberland.
"A swarthy Italian peddler, who may
nave been Calabrian brigand IN exile,
wheeled a hand-card along Park Row yes.
terdav, piled high with railway bonds, and
every bond was for a thousand dollars.
There was half a million dollars worth Of
them. The cart stopped in front Of the Sun
ONCE, and the Italian calmly united hun.
dred thousand dollars worth of the stuff
and began business. Holding up a crisp,
handsomely printed thousand-dollar bond
OF the Canada, Michigan & Chicago railway
he offered il or only ten cents. A crowd OF
Migrants and loungers surrounded
the cart A lame beggar stepped
forward and bought the bond.
Then an errand boy purchased
one. An apple woman next bought three
bonds for quarter. For half an hour the
bonds went OF like hot cakes. There was
an exc ted crowd around the cart; and the
Italian couldn't hand the bonds out fast
enough. 1t finally became rumored that
brokers were purchasing the bonds, and
there was wild rush to buy them in as
last as possible. For three-quarters Of an
hour Frankfort street WAS a raQnlar stock