Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-02

orders on Saturday with the wholesale
houses for goods TO be delivered today.
An attempt TO prevent a meat shortage
will be made tonight, when a steamboat
will be sent UP to the broken Milwaukee
bridge. to which a supply OF fresh meat
will be brought
The coal situation is no less alarming
than the question OF food At II o'clock
this morning prices for many staple
articles OF food began rising.
Potatoes sold last week at 80 cents a
bushel were offered at $3.50. The advance
was gradually increased as the customers
became, more numerous Saturday. Eggs
sold in case lots at 1sm cents per dozen.
This morning the price jumped quickly to
Is cents dozen in the wholesale way At
stores uptown the retail price was 40 cents
a dozen by II o'clock, This morning there
were about 100 cases of eggs in the hands
of dealers up town. There are 5000 cases
In the cold storage warehouses.
At noon Mayor Reed isued an order for
the closing Of an saloons in Kansas City.
Within an hour the order had been carried
into complete effect.
The mayors action was due to the large
influx of refugees, who. with nothing to oc-
cupy their time, would, It was feared, get
into trouble. An added reason for taking
every precaution against disorder was the
lack of water to fight fires which might
careiessy be ignited.
At noon hundreds Of people were being
fed at the Convention hall.
Report from Kansas City, Kan.
Several boats arrived here from Kansas
City, Kan, this evening.
The situation there is almost identical
with that on this side of the river. The
streets of ,Riverview and Wyandotte, which
with Armourdaie form Kansas City, Kan,
are thronged with refugees ali the
churches are filled with people who have
been driven from their homes, and crowds
of them are In the public buildings where
they are being cared for by the city.
1t is estimated, that 10000 people who
formerly lived In Armourdale and on the
west bottoms have been driven from their
homes. A number Of people have been
drowned, but an accurate estimate of their
number is not possible. However. 1t will
not exceed City.
The financial damage has been heavy.
The most serious proposition Is that Of
food. The supply in Kansas City, Kan,
is not as ample as In Kansas City, Mo-,
and unless prompt measures are taken
tHeIo 10 Il pIODdDillly OIL huCn SuHeTl1B.
The electric line from Leavenworth,
twenty-eight miles away, has been opened
and today 10000 rations were brought in.
This amount, however, was insufficient for
a single days supply and more is needed
at once.
Food In Getting Scarce.
The local LslIer committees have opened
a depot from which clothing is provided
for all who need II. The crowd around
this depot was dense all day and at times
there was great trouble in preserving or
der among those who were anxious to
gain admission All the grocery stores
in the place are practically sold out and
meat, particularly, is scarce.
There have been few cases of Iootinp
and here as well as In Kansas City. Mo,
orders have been Issued to shoot all thieves
on sight.
A request will be made in the morning
that militia regiment be sent to assist
the local authorities. ~
Chicago sends Naval Reserves.
CHICAGO, June 1.--Arrangements were
made today by Mayor Harrison TO send two
surf boats and a launch to the rescue of
nifty persons inIkansas City who had taken
refuge In one OF The buildings of Schwa rz-
child & Sulzberger's plant. The boats were
to be manned by metHbers OF the Naval re.
serves. and a special train on the Illinois
Central, run over the Chicago & Alton road.
were to hurry them ITO, the scene Of the
flood. A message that the persons had
been resuced delayed the start, but the
boats are held In readiness for another
CALL A special train with provisions will
leave tonight for the relief of flood suf-
ferers. ...