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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
CLAY DELEGATES" ARE MALES
The Decision of the Committee on Ju.
dietary Adjourn Thursday.

Ihe Decision oil the committee on Ju-
dietary Adjourn Thursday.
OMAHA. May 23. Bishop Warren
presided over the general conference
to-day. The committee on revision
recommends that the many petitions
to abolish the six months probationary
term be denied. A minority report
recommends that the time be reduced
to three months
Tho committee on temporal econ
olny, to which was referred the matter
of chaplains in the army, recommends
that the conference demand that an
adequate number of chaplains be ap-
pointed in the army and that they be
regularly commissioned officers and
not mere contract men.
The committee on Judiciary, to which
Vas intrusted the Interpretation Of
ether Interpretation than that now
had can be made, namely, clay dele
gates" means male delegates and not
female. These reports were laid aside
for tho present in order to take up
pending business
DIR. Smith, of New York, moved a
suspension of rules to take from the
table his resolution to adjourn
Thursday at p. m. 1t was so ordered
and after short discussion the motion
to adjourn Thursday was carried by
q vote of 200 to 16T. The conference
also decided to hold afternoon and
night sessions Homer Eaton was
elected treasurer of the Sunday School
Union society and the episcopal board,
with Lewis Curtis as his assistant
Daniel Denham was appointed treas
urer of the tract society.
Dr. Potts of Michigan, offered U res
olution empowering the bishop to sub
NIT to the annual conferences propo-
sition to admit women AZ lay dele-
gates. Referred to the committee on
iudicinrY.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
The Electric Light and Gas Works Rendered Useless and Sioux City
Sits in Darkness.

Us ii by magic transformed into woeful
waste and ruin. Men, women and
children. who, q short time before had
been content in their peace and COM
fort, were left homeless, everything
being swept away before their eyes.
People up town were summoned to
the assistance of the unfortunntes and
by 0 o'clock Fourth street was n mass
of vehicles of all kinds rushing toward
the Floyd. Within short time a mar
velous, strange and sorrowful scene
was presented. Hacks drays, express
wagons, vans, carriages, everything
that could hold goods or people, was
pressed into service to save the peo-
pie. There was great demand
for boats, and every one in the city
was hurr ed to the flooded district.
There were many people unable to got
away, as there were not enough
teams available, and safety was sought
in the second stories, in the garre IS
and on top of the buildings
Willing h1nds and anxious hearts
made tho work OF rescuing pleasure,
but it proved to be most dangerous,
Boats were manned and started for
the houses where frightened people
were crying for help The heavy
wind and swift current, with many
obstacles in the way, made the task q
difficult one But one by ono the
boats were landed aud the half clothed
and badly scared people were taken
into wagons and conveyed up town
1t was thought that there
would DO no danger
of the water getting west of the iii.
nois Central and Sioux City and Pacific
tracks, but i.y 1920 it had raised so that
it came over the tracks like a torrent
and soon the low lands of the terminal
grounds We're undcr water, and NIL
the houses between the terminal
grounds and the Missouri were flooded
On Fourth street the water crossed
the track Mt Howard and rushed
up to the Fowle, then crept
around the Plymouth block. On Third
street it ran like mill race, and by II
o'clock 1t had reached the union depot,
completely surrounding the oil mill
and the Cheney Depot hotel. Base
ments south of Third street and west
of Jennings were flooded, and every
thing east of Court street was cov-
| ara1
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
The sprnrdalc Victims.

AT Springdale the experiences were
much the same as in the track of the
flood in the southern portion of the
city. A total of four people ure re-
ported drowned in that suburb. Chas.
Voght, & farmer. and his team were
caught in the flood. Voght was res
cued, but companion named Hewlett
was drowned. At noon report came
in that the families of Henderson and
BROOKS were in danger The water
had risen to the second story of their
houses which were in tho direct course
of the raging waters. A boatman who
was said to be Matt Roe was especially
active in rescuing people from drown
ing. He saved Mr.. and Mrs. Ball and sis
ters, Mrs. Mike Nolan and several
others whose names could not be ascer-
tanned. Peter Johnson was another
who saved many people from watcry
grave. He rescued John Croft, j. W.
Lewis and family and C. Gerlctt, The
house of Robert Cochran was carried
down stream. The occupants took to
the roof and were soon rescued.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27

Greenleaf, I. S. and / child.
Gibeaut, ]. S., wife and child.
Goldren, Geo. H. and l child.

Greenleaf, L S. and child.
Gibenut, j. S., wife and child.
Goldren, Geo. H. and child.
Hensen, Mrs. VIM. and children.
Holts, James.
Hays, p. wife and children.
Hcnnelich, F. and 3 children.
Henderson, F., wife aud children.
Hines, James and child.
Hutlitz l., H., wife and children.
Harvey, +. p, wife and child.
Harrison, Mrs, Alex and child.
Hazen, Geo, wife and children.
Henneberg, Mrs. Wm. and 2 children.
Honeywell, Mrs. VIM. and children.
Humphrey, j. A.
Holiday, James, wife and children.
Hardy, Frank.
Hills, Mrs. Mary.
1verson Annn.
kcrly, Pat. wife and children
Kruson. p. and wife; children missing
Knowles, A. w. aud 2 children.
Kolser, M, D., wife and 3 children,
Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley, Henry, wife and child.
Kuhn, NJ G ,wife aud l child
Lebrech, Mrs, 4 children; husband MISS
ng.
Lawlcss, ]. T., wife and 8 children.
Mnronier, Mr.. and Mrs. and children.
Marsh, James, wife and 2 children.
Mozan, A. l. wife and children.
Martinson, Mr.. and Mrs and 5 children.
Muntford, Mr., wife and 9 children.
Metz. Miss.
Melford, NJ, colorcd
Mitchell, Mrs. md . children.
Moore, Annie, 6 children missing.
Morrison, Mrs Frank.
Monroe, Chas.
McEwen, John and wife.
McVeigh, W. n. and children.
MEG aw, Pat
McMannis Mr., wife and 4 children.
Ncwg Ell. Mrs. and 4 children.
Nelson. VIM, wife and children.
Olson, Mrs; 2 children missing.
Gilman, John and child.
Olstat, w. A, wife and 4 children.
Olson, o. c., wife and children.
Olson, Mrs. Chris, husband missing
Olson, H., wife aud children.
Osborn, Mr.. wife and children.
Penn, Mrs. and children.
Peterson. o. j., wife and 2 children.
Pau!ey, a. l.. wife and 3 children.
Peterson, S. w, wife and children.
Parmlcc, VIM, w;fc and l child.
Parmlee, A. e wife and | child
Parmlee, VIM. Nj wife and 2 children.
Pcysou, Mrs. and child.
Palmer, Minnie.
Peterson. Samuel and child.
Rogers, Nj. and Mrs. and children.
Robinson, Il. H., md wife and / child.
Retzer, j. j. and child.
kcimbolt, Joseph, wife and children
Stark, Mrs. VIM. and children
Swcnsou, Andrew
Stein, NJ, wife and child.
Speckart, Mrs. and child.
Sumner, j, b., wife and four children.
Sludc, Il. H., wife and 3 children
Stroke, Mrs md children.
Stevens. Grac.
Sherwood, Mrs.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
THE GRAPHIC.

~ Lacks but few months Of bciDs the oads
est newspaper In Brule county.
II AS an advertising medium It b not e.
celled by any newspaper in South Dakota.
~ Has rapidly increasing circulation smong
the most intelligent class of people In aruls
and tho surrounding counties.
eV Has circulation second TO noneia tAt-
or adjoining counties. and q paid-up sGSe
scription list 1t is believed superior
- 1t is lively, spicy. independent and de.
voted solely to the interests OF Kimball aud
Brule county. Everybody enjoys reading IL.
Give IL trial.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
the scene At 1880 the water
had risen above tho floors of tho cars

had risen above the floors of the cars.
Inc attendants and yard men who had
not time to escape We're perched on the
roofs OF the cars waiting to be rescued
or for the subsistence of the flood. The
rush OF waters was 50 great that a
mum Der of tho commission men and
their employees could not escape. When
last seen they had taken refuge in the
third story OF the exchange building
"hlie the water had risen To within an
Inch of the trst floor Tho scene Mt
the yards is almost indescribable. The
rush OF waters came down across tho
bottoms us the overflow of the river at
first flowed out on the east bnhks
At 1890, solid blocks of
hog pens were seen swayinp
with the motion OF tho wind and
waves aud in short time they began
moving down stream. The new diy1s-
ion, block 8, started first and almost
the whole block started Off down
street, AID the report of the rendinp
and breaking of timbers sounded nj
most like tho sharp crack of cannon.
AT IL o'clock there was not O sign Of
the hog yards left The large corn
cribs. containing several thousand
bushels of corn, werc also carried
away. Scale houses and all buildings
were taken with the flood. The cat
tic yards at the time mentioned above
were mostly intact, bu. the south por-
ton was floating with the evident pos
sibility that It would soon follow
the hog pens and sheds. About
three loads of hogs were all that
were confined in the hog yards Two
double decks of those purchased yes
terday by Cudahy Bros, of Milwaukee,
were detained last night by the wash
outs. On the approach of high water
they were loaded into Milwaukee
doubles, but they were also detained
by the water putting out the fires in
the engine. When seen from south of
the waste of waters, the engine had
careened to the east and one of the
cars to tho west AS the roudbed is
composed mostly of ashes, it is proba-
BILE that the engine and cars will
settle down into the mud. The elc-
waited chutes Leading from division
No. to the old Booge plant, into
which quito n nulnbe OF cattle had
been driven, collapsed on the washing
away OF the supports, and most of tho
cattle were drowned
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
Nat,ona, Editorial association.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-The sp--=
cial trains bearing the delegates to the
annual convention of the National
Editorial association will reach here
this evening. and the visitors will be
met at the outskirts of the city by the
citizens committee of reception and
delegates from the Press club and
other organizations Today is being
spent ut Palo Alto Tho convention
will open tomorrow at the Metropoli-
tan Temple
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
and soon the stairway was throneed

ana soon Che stairway was thronEed.
AT the entrance to the hall Julius
Pappe stood guard and kept an 40.
count OF the numbers going ins de.
At 10 minutes to 12 there were Just 357
men, women and children inside the
room.
The scene was one of sorrow and
suffering among the heads of the fami-
lies, whiia tho children, unable to real
ize the great devastation that had oc-
Cured, romped merrily about the
room.
There were old men on crutches,
men and women lying stretched out
on the floor stricken down by the ex-
citement, dozen mothers holding
sucking babes in their arms, while
their tear-stained faces showed plainly
that there were members of the family
that had not yet teen found.
The children were MI sizes and ages,
some of them dressed neatly while
Others had very little clothing. Many
had had no breakfast this morning
and were crying for food. This want
was not long in being fulfilled in u
menger way at least, for
at 11:45 lady carrying an
immense basket filled with rolls was
seen to enter the door. The children
aeceiyed her with shout and soon she
little ones. The more timid children
clung to their mothers, but they, too,
were provided for. Soon every child in
roll,
The wives of many OF the citizens
living up town began to arrive at the
hall eh,ut N,olpolr or1 Ala al -,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27

Word was received Mt tho police
station this afternoon that several
parties were pilfering houses on the
bottom Two men nrc reported as
working each boat One holds the
boat while the other go through the
houses. All boats have been ordered
in by Chief of Police Hawman and q
fresh start will be made late this
afternoon.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
Exciting Scenes Presented and Many
Thousands of DoilarS of Damage

Exciting Scenes Presented and Many
Thousands of Dollars OF Damage.
The first warning of the approach of
the flood given the Stock Yards com
pany was telephone message w5rn-
ing them to prepare for high water
and stnting that the Seventh street
bridge had gone out. The whole avail
able force OF the yards and all bystand-
crs who could bo induced to assist
were at once put to work in an en-
deavor to get all stock out of tho
yards A long train of empties were
sent down to the chutes. but before
the cars could be loaded and pulled o.
rush OF water put out tho fires in tho
engines and they were compelled
TO stay. When . reporter Viewed
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
A BABE LOST.
Mrs. Fred West Loses Her Little One In
tho Flood.


tho Flood.
Mrs. Fred West was rescued from the
waters by the engineer at A. Heller s.
Sons works Her homo had tl5ated
from East Third street. just east Of
the Milwaukee. At the time the
waters struck them she had with her
three children, two boys aged Z and s
and little girl nged S. The boys
were rescued by two men, but the lit
tie girl clung to the mother and she lost
her hold just as she was rescued from
the water, and the little one was
drawn into the seething vortex under
the bridge. The child had light com
plexion and hair, blue eyes, and was
dressed in dark calico dress with
large white figure 1t was re orted.thn,
two men were seen coming down the
river just above the Leech street bridge
but the report could not be verified
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
Those Lost.

InOSe Lost.
NELLIE WEST, child.
MRS. LOUIE HOMER AND TWO
CHILDREN.
TWO MEN. unknown.
MRS LUTHER AND BABE
GEORGE cox, aged years.
GEORGE C. MILLARD, aged 6e.
DAUGHTEB OF E. LEONARD,
aged 0.
SON OF f. LEONARD, nged Z.
Those reported drowned by persons
aiming to have been cye-witnesses
are:
FRANK HENDERSON, wife and child.
A. +. NJ CLARRES.
NfRs. II. Ticks.
Mrs. PETER RASMUSSEN and two child
rem.
Two boatmen, unknown, in attempting
TO rescue the Henderson family.
Two men, unknown, drowned on Fourth
street near Paramount avenue bridge.
An unknown mnn, drowned a the north
end of the Sioux City and Northern ma
terial yards.
An unknown man, in house on lower
Fifth street.
Several children and infants of unknown
families.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
At Leeds and Lynn,

The flood reached Leeds about Z
o'clock and the town was soon flooded.
The sidewalks were soon floating. The
engine works and other manufacturing
establishments filled with water from
two to three feet deep. Every house
in the city was flooded and vast
amount of property ruined. At Lynn
every thing was flooded
No one W drowned, but the fami-
lies hnd to hurry to get to high ground
in snfcty
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
Lost RothLers.

John Hass. an old man who lives on
South Wall street, was startled by the
water flowing into his house early this
morning. His wooden legs We're be-
side the bed, but he did not take the
time to put them on. He waded out
up to his neck on the stumps and left
his legs to the mercy of the water.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
SLEEPING QUARTERS.
Providing Adequate Beds for Tho Hom
Loan LII

Providing Adequate Beds for iho Home
less Tonight.
The committee having in charge tho
securing of sleeping quarters for the
homeless tonight have secured the old
Brunswick billiard hall room on Ne
brasl1a street, where lnrgc number
of mattresses have been ranged upon
the floor.
in addition to this room several
smaller ones on Nebraska, between
Second and Third, win also be fur
nished with cots.
Many of the sufferers have friends
in the city who will provide them with
homes until the water subsidies.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
Tho j. II. oucal s Co. Fire,

About noon flames were seen burst
ing from the building recently built
by the Queal & Co. Lumber company
at Third and Steuben streets The
flames soon spread 10 tho lumber
yard and nothing could stop them.
The woodwork of the Elevated soon
caught fire. Several hundred dollars
damage was done to the Elevated; the
lumber yards and building were to-
tally destroyed. The floating timbers
took fire and spread to the dwellings in
the course of the flood. The damage
cannot be estimated
At 2:15 the fire in j. II. Qucal e. Co a
lumber yard at Third and Steuben
streets, was reported spreading to
the cars i'll the yards of the Sioux CITY
and Northern adjoining A visit to
the scene disclosed the fact thnt the
fire had spread TO a line OF box cara
loaded with lumber. Large cinders of
burning lumber were carried by the
strong wind to the adjoining cars and
houses in southeasterly direction, and
1t was feared that terrible conflaera-
ton will be added to the horrors
the day. Directly southeast and
across the switch yards there is quite a
large cluster of houses, and it is safe
to say that if the fire communicated to
the houses the fire would hardly stop
short of the Exchange building.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
one Of the Causes.

1t is reported that dam ut LeMars
broke this morning and that this is
one of the causes Of the flood in tho
Floyd valley. In no other way con
the tremendous and sudden rush Of
water be accounted for. A report
from LeMars at 3 o'clock this after
noon says that there is no damage
whatever to the town.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
PROVIDING RAIMENT.
Loads of Clothing Coming to IIcadquar
far S,,N,o

I.hhUs OF CIOth1hE Coming TO HcndQuhr-
ters for tho Sufferers.
The office of the Sioux City and Lon
don Colony Investment company has
been made the receiving point for
clothing This afternoon dray loads
of clothing from people in the city
were received. Hats, bonnets, shoes
and dresses were almost numberless
Bnrefooted children were crowded into
the room and soon the feet were
clad in warm foot wear Tattered
hoods belonging to the children were
cast aside and nice hats provided Any
one having clothing to spare should
send it to headquarters
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
THE GRAPHIC.

0Terms Of advertising made known on
application.
Job Work of every description executed
IN the best style and at the lowest rates.
Advertisements not accompanied by In
structions Will be inserted until ordered out
( ana charged accordingly.
- shosi communications on any subject OF
interest are acceptable II accompanied by
the maine Of the author
= All matter intended for the next issue
must hc in tho Office as carly as Wednesday
evening " insure publication.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
CARING FoR THE HOMELESS,
hundreds of People rnaen to tho chamDe.

Soon after the people began to flock
up town from the bottoms the Cham
Der of Commerce hall in the Peavey
Grand was secured us headquarters for
the women and children Here thew
began to crowd in by tho hundreds
Jonas Cleland stood ut the
lower entrance and gave orders
The elevator was not fast enough
to convey the people upstairs
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
,,l.lne conror. with Harrison,

WASHINGTON, May 23.--After pre-
senting Baron Fava, Italian minister,
this morning, Secretary Blaine had
quito an extended conference with the
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27

SIOUX Cry, Ia, May 1s-Sioux City
never before needed to utter cry
Of alarm on her own account
Flood and fire and famine hor-
rors have always appeared to her only
to stir her heart to charity: they came
as to fnr-oR peoples and with the timid
echo of charity call. But today
there is a horror at our own gates,
tragedy in our own homr, universal
gloom at all our hearths. What caused
1t is yet uncertain. Tho rain fall has
been tremendous here. but that has
only contributed to the production Of
tho calamity 1t has been excessive to
The north and south of us. IT. must at
last have come in floods in territory
adjacent. but not now accessible to us.
Tho cout1uent rivers here have been
gradually rising, but until s
o'clock this morning no one
dreamed they would not do
as they have always done heretofore,
carry their burden to the sen and keep
safe tho dwellers upon their banks
But at o'clock the Floyd passed over
Its banks and those nearest watched
the waters curiously. unable to read
the danger in tho playful but lnzy-
looking eddies which first trooped
along beside tho bank But they were
not left long to dream. In half an
hour the water in the streets was
three feet high and the current of the
streams pressing for an outlet between
the quiet homes had become terror
to tho mothers and children who had
been left SO happy by their hard-worls-
Ing husbands and fathers only an
hour before. From that time forward
panic seized them all and death was
busy. Mothers could not make head
wag against the terrors of the tide and
group after group of them was
OF tho flowers fell into
the muddy torrent aud struggle heroic
ally as they might the frantic mothers
could not resue them AS the alarm
spread up town men hurried down to
the scene for idle curiosity. They
could not reaiizc the destruction
But the sight which met their gaze
wns enough to start 10000 hands
to work But it was 10 o'clock
before any large attempt at rescue
was undertaken. The wind was very
high nll the time and the work of man.
aging boats was made inexpressibly
fatiguing.
The heartrending scenes eicl1ened
many men and paralyzed their efforts.
And tonight with all its horrors must
be borne in darkness The gas and
electric light plants are submerged.
The Missouri is rising under the influ-
ence OF the tributaries and danger is
apprehcnded from that source unless n
change shall soon occur Tho oldest
settler never saw the like even when
the valleys We're not teeming with
human beings but free for the work of
tho clements.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27
wm yan,lcr,,iis VERY slca.

NEW York, May es.-Wm. Il. Van.
dcrbilt, tn, Oldest, who is ill with
typhoid fever,;sis worse to day and it ID
feared he will die
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-05-27

"A French soldier can earn 5 shillingj
q month packet money. II ~