The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-01

AT s o'clock this morning the Kaw is
almost at a standstill with a tendency
towards falling There is no rising waite:
from above. The rain has fallen without
cessation for the last 73 hours. but at no
time has 1t been in the nature of a cloud
burst. The situation at North Topeka Is
improving. There Is but little moredan-
ger OF death from drowning. Except in
isolated cases the refugees have been
cared for.
tr' RESCUE AND FOOD.
Boat. have crossed from the south side
to North Topeka. with abundance OF
provisions. A number OF people have been
pulled across from the stricken district
over wire cable. where the Milan bridge
stood. II Is impossible to obtain anything
like an authentic list of the dead at pres
ent. E.-
NO IMPROVEMENT SHOWN.
Kansas City. Mo. June 1.-The flood
situation here shows no Improvement this
morning, except that the fires which IL
was feared last night would spread have
been put out by the rain and by the flood
itself. Business all over the city Is sus-
pended. Manufactures on high ground
have shut down owing TO the cutting on
OF the water supply.
No street cars are running, nor any
raildroad trains north. west or the south.
A blockade at the outlet OF the southwest
II 30 severe that the traffic in that direc-
tion In PRACTICAL at a stanydsull.
Great anxiety is felt for the people OF
Kansas City, Kansas. There has been
no communication with that city since
yesterday. Five reporters who crossed
the Kaw yesterday before the food had
become so serious have not been heard
from since. Telegraph and telephone
wires to the east are able to do bust
ness. The river gauge this morning
shows Is feet. having risen from sO.7 dur
ing the night. This is nearly feet fur
ther than the previous record In 1888.
There In s feet at the Union depot
A great. swrltng lake. dotted with
floating cottages, trees. telegraph poles
and other wreckage. covers the lowlands
as far as the eve can reach. Similar OBJ
jects came rushing down the Missouri,
some probably from Topeka.
The committees I'm charge of relief work
were busy early, and a special meeting
OF the city council was held during the
forenoon.
Thousands Of refugees at the conven-
tion hall made their breakfasts from the
liberal rations issued by the relief COM
mittee.
The police have been ordered to shoot
on sight anyone caught plundering.
The number OF lives lost in this vicinity
cannot be learned for a time, and prob
ably never will he known definitely.
However. there seems 10 be ample verif-
cation OF reports which account for the
loss OF more than a dozen lives on the
bottoms.
The keenest anxiety is felt over the
situation at Kansas City. Kan. One ru-
NOR circulated during the night was that
scores Of people had perished in that
city. owing to the fact that there has
been absolutely no communication with
that place since yesterday. There is
disposition to discrtdit this and other
sensa tionnl reports. That there has been
some loss Of life there is regarded as
probable
THE KNOWN DEAD.
The following is a list Of the known
dead:
Henry Jordan. colored.
Mr.. Ward aged man.
Arthur Stitt.
Fivc-year-old son Of Mr.. Garrett.
child Of George NJ story.
Miss Louise Seahaven. d.
Mrs. Jackson, a widow.