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Scene CHANGES
TO KANSAS CITY

blocks the tracks leading to it this line
will manage to keep up its service to
Chicago.
At the offices of the Santa Fe it was
stated that one train had left for the
west going over the Missouri Pacific. At
the Missouri Pacific office the statement
was declared an error. there being no
trains over this line today.
NO TRAINS WEST.
The Union Pacific has abandoned all eff
forts to run trains west and announced
that it would be fortunate if it was able
to run trains into Topeka inside of two
weeks. The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy ran a train out for Chicago this
morning. 1t carried a number of St.
Louis passengers who will make connec-
tons at some points on the line. Another
train over this road came in from Chi
cago during the day. No trains went
west-N
THE "KATY" GETS OUT.
The Burlington is using the Santa Fe
tracks out of the station at Twenty
second street and Grand avenue to Buck
ley.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas is run
ming the usual number of trains, but not
from the city. The present terminus is at
Rosedale.
Rock Island officials reported absolutely
no traffic in any direction.
The Chicago and Great Western has had
no trains for two days and sees no pros
pect of any.
The Frisco is trying to work trains out
of Rosedale.
The Alton ran trains out of Independ-
ence last night with Kansas City pas
sengerS. The Alton local force of dis
patchers is at Independence.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05

Kansas City, Mo-, May 31.-The Big
Muddy is on a rampage, and the worst
of it is not yet. Already it is well
above the danger line and it may go
much higher. Local rains are doing
the damage, and the usual June rise
just about due, is not yet reckoned
with. If it comes on top of this one,
as all indications show, Kansas City
may get the worst flood in its his
tory. Harlem looks like a water
garden-that is, the lands west of
it. The trees are surrounded by eddies
of swirling water, and only the rail-
road embankment of the Burlington
holds the flood from the little town.
Quantities of drift wood came down
with the stiff tide, and lodged on the
banks and the river piers, whence
men pushed it away continually.
The Kaw river in Argentine and
Kansas City, Kan, has reached alarm
ing proportions and is still rising at
the rate of an inch an hour. 1t is es-
timated that nearly 1000 people have
been left without homes, and all the
packing houses are suffering from
flooded cellars. The entire southeast
portion of Armourdale is a solid sea,
and the furniture of those whose
homes are surrounded in this portion
of the city is being carried in boats.
Two hundred negroes, men, women
and children, were rescued from wa
terry graves in the vicinity of First
and Kansas avenue by the prompt
and efficient acts of Chief of Police
thinner and an army of willing work
ers. The maddened waters rushed
into the shanties occupied by the I'M
suspecting negroes, and before they
could help themselves to places of
safety all avenues of escape were shut
off. In very short space of time
the water had reached a depth of
five feet, and the mediums of rescue
were boats and wagons. Into these,
the negroes almost beside themselves
with fright, were loaded, and their
household and personal effects were
left behind. The flooding of the shan
ties on Kansas avenue was directly
due to the water breaking through
the yards of the Armourdale Lumber
company. 1t is estimated that these
yards, which are close to the banks
of the river. are under IL feet of wa
ter. An hour and a half later the
water ran over Kansas avenue and
into the yards of the Badger Lumber
company, on the opposite side of the
street. From there, with the speed
and force of cataract, it attacked
the shanties near by, quickly form
ing deep lake and threatening the
safety of the people.
The Kaw river, to use the express
sion of one of the railway men at the
unon depot, "put the railroads all off
watch" The Union Pacific, the Rock
Island and the Missouri Pacific ceased
trying to navigate the overflow that
has submerged their tracks early in
the day. The Santa Fe is little bet
ter off. By using the Frisco tracks
to Olathe and there reaching its own
line, that company has been able to
get trains through to Emporia with
fair regularity: The Rock Island is
sending passengers on Santa Fe trains
over the Frisco tracks to their south
ern points. The Missouri Pacific is
not sending out any trains west nor
have any arrived over that line from
the west
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AT NINE A. M.
Rescuers Stationed Along Bank for
an Emergency.

Kansas City, June lat o'clock this
morning 1t was reported at police head
quarters that there had been no further
loss of life during the night as far as
known All along the banks of the river
wagons containing ropes were stationed
during the morning in order that any
emergency could be promptly met. EARLY
An the morning 1t was learned that there
were a number of people on the Milwau-
kee bridge and it was decided to send the
ferry boat to their rescue An additional
cali was made from a hotel situated at
khe intersection OF Fourteenth street ana
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A studebaker EmpIoye Arrested.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 29.-Frank
D. Reason, cashier of the Studebaker
Bros. Manufacturing company, was
arrested on a warrant charging him
with embezzlement. 1t is alleged that
Reason has embezzled $4,000 from the
company by which he was employed
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BLUFF STREET BRIDGE OUT.
Wreckaqe Crashes Up Against the
Nearby Buildings.

Kansas City. Mo-, June 1.-At 1880
o'clock the Bluff street bridge was torn
out and it's wreckage went crashing up
against the buildings close to it. batter
ing some of them badly. This bridge
was entirely in Kansas City, Mo-. and
SPAWNED the Burlington tracks at Fifth
street 1t has been out of use for some
days. and its fall this time occasions no
additional inconvenience.
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Minor State News.

Judge w. C. Don Carlos, who COM
mitted suicide in Oklahoma recently,
located at Kickapoo, Leavenworth
county, in 1856. He practiced law in
Fredonia in 1869 and at Wellington
in 1872. In 1874 he moved to Kirwin,
and four years ago located in Okla
homa.
S. F. Beeler, of Ottawa, who secured
the contract to build the Kansas state
building at the ST. Louis worlds fair,
has furnished bond for $29,745, the
amount of the contract. He has pur-
chased material and will begin work
at once. He must have the building
completed by December.
J. C. Johnson and his wife, who
! were arrested by the police in Kansas
City on a charge of cruelty whipping
their two-year-old adopted daughter,
were each fined 500. Witnesses testi-
fed that both Johnson and his wife
beat the child numerically, and to
stop its cries would hold its mouth.
A reward of 5000 was offered by
Gov. Bailey for the apprehension of
w. p Dickerson, late owner and
cashier of the Toronto State bank, at
Toronto, Woodson county. Dickerson
was arrested fir defrauding deposit
ors. He was placed under bond but
forfeited his bond by disappearing:
Gov. Bailey favors an early state
convention next year, in order that
Kansas may be the first state to de-
clare for Roosevelt. "We ought to
meet in February, if necessary" he
said. I'VE ought to be the first state
to instruct our delegates for the
president. We are all earnestly and
heartily for Roosevelt, and the thing
to do is to set the pace for the rest of
the country"
1t is believed that the new depart
ment of manual training will be
established in many of the public
schools of the state next year, and
there will be a large demand for
teachers. The state board of educa-
ton has arranged to examine apph-
cants for certificates to teach manual
training August "a and 25. The ex-
aminations will be in Emporia, Man.
haitian, Topeka, Lawrence, Pittsburg
and Kansas City.
The following officers were elected
for the Kansas Bankers association:
President, George w. Mcknight,
Junction City; vice president, John
B. Adams, Eldorado; secretary, C. T.
Brokaw, Kansas City; treasurer, j.
n. Mcdonald, Salina. Vice presidents
by groups were elected as follows:
Group 1, A. S. King, Centralia; 2, J.
p. Harris. Ottawa; 3, James Titemore,
Pittsburg; 4, Sidney G. Cooke, Her
ington; 5, E. R. Moses, Great Bend; 6,
E. P. Dallinger, Winfield.
There is a prospect that the pro-
posed Kansas, Nebraska & Gulf rail-
road will unite with the Union Pacific,
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific and
erect a handsome union depot at Nc
Pherson.
In Saline county the thrasher's
association has decided to charge six
cents a bushel for good wheat and
four cents for good oats. If the
quality of the grain is poor the price
viii be higher.
DIR. Charles Lowry, secretary OF
the state board of health. says there
are about 1000 cases of measles ID
Kansas.
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Retail Liquor Dealers.

The records in the United States
revenue collectors Office show that
there are about 1900 retail liquor
dealers in the state-26 to each
county. Of course, they are not
equally distributed. Some of the far
western counties only have from 5
to 10, while some of the counties with
big towns, in eastern and central
Kansas, have from 100 to $50.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
BUILDINGS cRUMeLINe.
Conditions at Lawrence Are improved
but Little.

Lawrence, Kan, June 1.-Slightly lower
water and a more comfortable feeling
have materially improved conditions here.
The work of destruction is not complete
however. as every few minutes some
building crumbles and Is carried down
the stream. The people are rapidly be-
ing brought to this side of the river.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
RIVER RISING AT ST. LOUIS.
Danger Line on Mississippi Will Be
Reached TODAY

st. Louis, June 1.-The danger line on
the Mississippi river at this point will
be reached tomorrow, according to the
local weather bureau. Today the gauge
registered 27.6 feet within three feet of
the danger line. Rain is falling and this.
added to the heavy precipitation of the
past two days, with the flood coming
from the Missouri and other tributaries
north, is causing the river to rise rap
idly.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
Plant Burned.

Boston, May ga portion of the
plant of the Perkins Machine com
pany, in South Boston, including the
foundry, pattern shop and boiler
room, was burned last night, causing
q loss of about 100000.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
AT 35-FOOT MARK.
Missouri River Rose Four Feet Dur
inQ NiQht

Kansas City, June 1.-The river guage
this morning showed IS feet, having risen
from 30.7 during the night. This is near
ly feet higher than the previous high
record. made in 1881. There was feet
of water in the union depot.
a great swirling lake dotted with float
ing cottages, trees and telegraph poles
and other wreckage, covers the lowlands
as far as the eye can reach. Similar
floating objects came rushing down the
Missouri river, some of it possibly from
Topeka.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
Comes of Prominent Family.

Archie F. Williams, who has just
been appointed United States com,
missioner at Topeka, is a grandson of
Archibald Williams, United States
judge for Kansas under President
Lincoln.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
Kansans in a Show Enterprise.

United States Senator Burton is
president of the Jerusalem Exhibit
company, which will give ten-acre
reproduction of the Holy City at the
ST. Louis worlds fair. John c. Car
penter, of the Kansas commission and
]. B. Case, of Abilene, are also on
the board of directors.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
RELIEF WORK.

The committees having IN charge the
work Of relief and rescue were busy to-
day, and special meeting of the city
council was held during the forenoon.
Thousands of refugees at the Convention
hall made their breakfasts from the lib
eral rations issued by the relief COM
mittee.
The number of lives lost in this vicinity
can rot be learned for some time and
probably never will be known definitely
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AT CHARLES.

At Charles, where the Missouri river is
rising at an alarming rate, the high ele-
walton of the city gives it security, but
great damage has been done to farms in
the valleys and islands. Many of the
islands, containing rich farms, have been
inundated. In the neighborhood of Au-
gusta much damage is reported.
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RAILWAY TRAFFIC FRUSTRATED
Never in History Of West Has Been
Such Tie-Up,

Kansas City. June Newer in the his
tory of the West has there been a more
complete prostration of railway traffic
than is now west. south and north of
Kansas City
The approaches to the bridge of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul at Shelf
field went down this morning.
SANTA FE HAS BRIDGE.
The Santa Fe bridge at SibIey. 3 miles
from here. il the only structure Of the
kind still standing. Unless the watss
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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
Baby Wrapped in Newspaper.

A young boy playing in Coon creek
near lola found bundle in a news
paper and carried it to the officers.
There was an infant in the bundle,
possibly four months of age. The
tossed from rig which passed him
The rig in question, the boy said, be-
longed to an lola physician.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05

The Kansas Louisiana Purchase ex-
position commission has appropriated
$4,000 for the Topeka State Fair
association, to be used for premiums
in the agricultural exhibit. This
means that the Hutchinson State Fair
and other fair associations will be
given like sums by the commission.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
SALOONS CLOSED.

At noon Mayor Reed issued a peremp-
tory order to close the saloons in Kansas
City, which was complied with within
an h0cr. At noon hundreds of people
were being fed at the convention hall
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
AT MISSOURI POINT,

Missouri Point is also in great danger
| of a general flood. Piling driven in the
| river anchorage for the piers of the
highway bridge now under construction
| are being washed out by the raging tor
rent and the piers are Threatened.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
Rise in Missouri River at Kansas
City Strikes Terror to Resi-
dents of Lowlands.
TRAFFIC ON RAILROADS ABANDONED.

From Kansas City West No Attempt
Ii Being Made to Run Trains-In
Argentine and Armourdale 1000
People Are Homeless-Many Lost
Their Household Effects.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
COAL is SCARCE.

The coal situation is also alarming
Coal companies have but few tons on
hand in their yards up town.
At IL o'clock this morning prices for
many staple articles of food began rising
Potatoes. which were sold last week at
so cents a bushel, were offered at $50
The advance was gradually increased
Saturday eggs were 1877 cents a dozen
wholesale and today the price is . cents
Uptown the retail price was 40 cents
dozen. This morning there were about
500 cases in the hands of dealers up town
There were frequently 5000 cases in the
cold storage warehouses
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
Driven Out by the Kayv.

Kansas City, Kan, May 31.-The
Kaw river in Argentine and Kansas
City, Kan, has reached alarming
proportions and is still rising at the
rate of one inch an hour. 1t is es
timated that nearly 1000 people have
been left without homes, and all the
packing houses are suffering from
flooded cellars. The entire south
east portion of Armourdale is a solo
sea, and the furniture of those
whose homes are surrounded in this
portion of the city is being carried
in boats.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
FLOOD SITUATION ALARMING.
Only Two or Three Days Supply al
Kansas CITY,

Kansas City, June Merchants con-
slider the food situation alarming. Their
supply is limited to two or three DAYS
on everything except canned goods. If
the rush of buyers continues u2til TO-
morrow the supply of food and provi-
sions will soon be exhausted. No pro-
visions can be brought in until railroad
communication is re-established
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-05
CITY IN DARKNESS.

Tonight the city is in absolute dark
ness, save in buildings which have their
own electric light plants The three
packing plants of Swift. Cudahy and
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger are firmly
built and will not give away to the force
of the current.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-21
County Exhibits at State Fair.

1t is very important that this county
be represented at the State Fair to be
held at Pueblo, September 14th to
18th. The county commissioners arc
empowered by law to appropriate the
sum of $500 for the purpose Of making
a creditablc exhibit at the State Fair
and power is also granted to appoint
a proper person to take charge of such
exhibit and see that same is properly
displayed at the fair.
Every one is urged to prepare their
exhibits at once as it is only a short
time till the big fair opens.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-21

way was covered with pieces of cloth
ing torn from the victims, battered
hats and twisted umbrellas, showing
how desperate was the struggle
among the panic stricken fugitives in
the dense blackness of the tunnel.
AS showing the brutality attendant
upon the struggle of the crowd to
escape. the corpse of one woman was
found with her breast torn away. One
survivor says he shouldered his way
through the struggling mass to the
station, whose locality he knew, and
went straight to the staircase. While
ascending this two women clung to
his legs and were saved.
A rescued passenger said: Il do
not know how l got out but l could
not have gone another twenty yards.
The train was much nearer to the Rue
des Couronnes station than to the
Menilmontant, but many passengers
rushed in the latter direction. Every
one was mad with terror. trod on
the ground"
That part of the underground rail-
way in which the disaster occurred
comprises the two intermediate sta
tions of Menilmontant and Les Cour-
Cnnes. Train No. 49, consisting of
eight coaches, coming from Port Dau-
phin and going towards the Place de
la Nation, stopped at the Boulevard
Carbes owing to slight accident to
the motor, and the passengers alight-
ed. Then train No. so arrived. Its
passengers also were debarked. The
two trains were then coupled together
and No. SO pushed No. 43 along the
line towards the workshops. No stop
pages were made at La Chapelle and
Auberviliers, Combat and Belleville
stations, but at Les Couronnes the
driver slowed down slightly.
The two trains then proceeded into
the tunnel, the trainmen closing the
doors. Suddenly, as the first coach
was drawing into Menilmontant sta
ton. violent explosion occurred and
blue flame rose between .he coach
containing the motor and the next
one. In a few minutes all of the six
teen coaches were on fire.
The trainmen jumped on the rails
and fed towards the station. They
were Just in time, for the flames al
ready had reached the roof and walls
of the tunnel. The electric wires were
fusing and the tunnel. except for
the flames from the burning coaches,
was in darkness.
Thick smoke began to enter the
Nenilmontant station and also to roll
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-21
Ccins fer the Philippines.

One more phase in the substitution
of American methods. ideas and Gus
toms. both social and commercial. III
the Philippine islands, Is about to be
reached The insular government has
been ordered to prepare for the calling
in of Spanish and Mexican coins now
in use. and be in readiness to put in
circulation a vast quantity of Ameri-
can coined money. A small quantity OF
silver coins of large denominations are
now on their way to Manila via San
Francisco but from New York will go
nearly s2l0.0D0 in nickel and bronze
coins. They will be sent to the far
East on the lndramayo The coins are
packed in $50 kegs. The total number
of coins constitutes 13.7iO,O0 pieces.
Their value is s3O6 900. All We're coined
at the mint in Philadelphia. Their
weight Is estimated at seventy tons.
Denver News.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-21

by the superior force and could do
nothing but run up the white flag.
The conditions at this point, had
it not been for the Olympia's wireless
telegraph equipment, indicated that
Rear. Admiral Sands might have
reached an anchorage in Winter Har.
Dor, but the Olympia's note of warn.
ing had been heard.
About 8 o'clock the defenders, or
the greater part Of them. returned to
port. Most of the ships headed for
the coaling station, but the Kearsarge.
Illinois and Alabama lay outside Bar
Island.
1--WE met the enemy as Perry
said, and they are ours
THAT tells about the whole story"
remarked Rear Admiral Barker, who
commanded the defending forces dur
ing the manoeuvres. The admiral had
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-21
MIMIC WARFARE ENDS IN
DEFEAT OF "ENEMY'S" FLEET

The war game is over. At $50
o'clock on the morning of Aug 8, the
enemy was captured trying to take
Winter Harbor. He was sighted by
the Olympia.
Bugle notes sounded on the Olym-
pia, men rushed to quarters and the
operator in the wireless telegraph
room was signalling for the kear-
sarge to announce the discovery of
the fleet to Rear Admiral Barker. The
flagship, twenty-five miles away off
Mount Desert Rock, caught the sound
waves and answered. In few mo-
ments word came by the wireless that
the Kearsarge was on her way to aid
the Olympia.
Meanwhile that vessel had found
herself in a predicament. The fog,
which had been of advantage to the
enemy, proved handicap to the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-21
EltlY'S eEEATTITOOOs.

h..s5nd IL thee parylized, for they
can ' a. thee prickly heet.
h"- nd IL thee skellytun, for it
uoh Id, to ware emmy clothes.
bes nd are thee fellers in jale,
lor lA.E don't haf too eet brekfust
fOoGs
H.a.sId IL thee smoll man, for
thar@ haln't so mutch of him to have
hive 30.
bIrsud IL thee man at thee summer
resolt 'or hee haz thee biggest pud-
dins Of I'M ALL
Ll"fsfd IL the deef man. for hee
car ."ar thee fellers say, rs lit hot
emu 'Nr voo?"
no nd IL thee man that IL busted.
Tor h's don't hat to buy tickets to
chur- sochibles.
H.e-ud IL the man whoo haz no
frehN- for then hee don't haf too
lon nHy mummy
BE nd IL the man whoo haz fits,
Tor b" nan forget thee price of ice for
Inc mlnnits ennyhow
BE nd is thee farmer, for hee
nam summer border and paying
for his bored in thee country.
El"--ud IL the pore boy, for hec can
goe Dyarluoted and get stone broozes
and things and have mutch fun.
Iiessnd IL thee little boy who dide
las y"rr from colerymorbus. for hee
don uaf to do it agen this yeer.
Bicssud IL the gurl whoo can goe
too The summer resorts, for shee will
haNe moar fellers than all thee uthers
put t0gether-"Willie Smartweed," in
Chlcago Chronicle