The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-01

/ Great Bend, Kan, June There has
/ peen no appreciable rise Of water in the
1 Arkansas river at this place in the last
week, although the rainfall for the last
1 week has been excessive. Walnut creek
/ however, Is running bank full and
promises to overthrow the country
worse than it odd year ago. In one
I or two ,places/it is liable to become a
mile or two wide. With the exception
/ of the damage from an overflow of this
I creek there has been no loss in this
county. More rainfall is liable to prove
4 injurious to the wheat The bad condi-
/ ton of the country roads has retarded
/ business here to some extent On ac-
count of the washouts just east of here
I it is almost impossible to receive mail or
1 freight from the east.
The Santa Fe main line west is in
good condition. as is the Missouri Pa
I CHIC from Hoisington. On account of
I the WashOuts/at GeneseO and Salina. the
/ Missouri Pacific has been sending east
/ bound through trains to this place over
( the Holsington branch and transferring
/ passengers, baggage, express and mail
I to the Santa Fe depot a mile distant
/ by wagons. Westbound trains were
/ brought here over the Santa Fe and the
passengers are transferred to Hoising-
/ ton over their own line.
AT BELOIT.
Beloit, Kas., June THE Solomon
river is higher than ever known before.
1t ifs out of its banks and is more than
ports by telephone there are none of
the bridges that can be crossed. The
damage to crops and stock viii be
heavy in this vicinity. It is reported
from Glen Elder, u miles west of here
that the water is receding Some of the
houses IN the low places here at BelOit
have been vacated. as the water is IN
the lower rooms. The power houses at
#. C. SheldOn's flour mills and A. 7.
Rodgers electric light plant are partly
submerged and the mills were COM
PEELED to close down. The trains on the
Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific are
tied up' and it will be several days
before the service can be resumed on
account of the washouts.
AT BLUE RAPIDS.
Blue Rapids, Kas. June 1.-The Blue
river has risen "a feet a bove low water
mark. It is impossible to estimate the
damage to crops. homes and stock
along the river. The town is in state
Of isolation. There have been no trains
for four days. when two freight trains
were laid up here and a passenger train
at Irving. All telegraphic and tele~
off by broken wires.
Electric lights have been out of use
Tor q week The dynamo stands in five
feet Of water, and the town is almost
or gasoline in the place. In North Blue
Raplds many homes are under water
More than twenty persons took refuge
IN one Of the plaster mills and are com /
pletely surrounded Provisions ore
taken to them in boats. Several Iargs
pldges nave gone. and there is three
1eeL OF water in the Blue valley station
at irving. The flood has caused l17l4ph
Inconvenience with the May weddings
as there are no refreshments and no /
way OF getting licenses from Narvs-
H xlIle. The N. E. minister. the Rev Mr.
e-WAh volunteered TO perform a cere-
inoIly across the river and cannot get
BACK Inc body Of an unknown girl
aDouL = Years old hoated by on the
AT CONCORDIA.
Concordia, Kas June THE Ran,,b.
ncan river is eight inches above high
water mark. The farmers Of the loSr- 1
LssHus nave left their homes for places /
OF SAFETY and several houses are aIle1
with water. The north part of the cftt
IS under water and several families I
nave abandoned their homes. Con
49, Ia mas peen without mail for threa
L9ys, ana from the present outlook mr.
rams viii enter the city for several
Gays One hundred thousand Io1la,s
49, &C. lo = cover the damage done by the
services were held here o'
AT ARKANSAS CITY.
10 - - 7ets lily, kas., June 1.-The Ar
s sS,,-.sf.s ana Walnut rivers have been
yet reached a stage thar is - = - lis-s
kerous- The Arkansas win have - IL ,.isie /
80 80 rect before it viii flood the hot
crealss q. PIG Pig rise is expected. Many
low
5olHs Gown and little DAMAGE l. -
- rSsel from them unless another baa1,.-
60. 60 lails soon. Reports from Cze.,d5 (
sas is ,is Zen nllles west, say the Arzan-
'-'''ii Il mas been this year.
AT HUTCHINSON
t. seilihson, kan, June Cow c,set +
d., using and Hutchinson is All buf M mn
t11 wafer The Western ITnio1 oee;lo /
IS surrounded and wafer = - ~ olllee
stores A five foot rise broke The ia,-ls
@oONe town and hundreds If fo,,.i3= -
- suiIounded- Every available cab
ol,siss ~e1SoH IS IN use to help women and
4--iN-t Gu VINO cannot get a1Vav Nj
street would swim a horse ~, -
chants are moving stocks ana ~
american laundry, Hutchinson ,91o,,f,-,r
-, - anu many other factories closed
uOWn and are moving sfoc1~e - ,-
floors. The city hall has > 60 - : Pl 's
Ter ana the Offices have moved to III.
er ground. The fire Department ,,l Is
- -. - lheie was foot of water in
the building A thousand acres Of - /
ia the valley is covered Fssf+,, -, ls,lll
are covered here, and boats are tl1p onI--
means OF transportation in some raYtz
u tue CITY No one is injured vet buf
s,lLge men fell in the creek from
DIoheh bridge and barely were rescued
AT ELLSWORTH.
ellsworth, Kan. June THE SMOKY
M river has been falling for the last
we've hours. It has fallen three feet
lowland near Areola have had to fee
from their homes and take household
belongings and stock to higher ground
Corn land in the eastern rrart If tss
county between Carneiro and Brook
VINE is Hooded and the entire crop .rl-
ined.
There has been no eastern mail since
MONDAY NO provisions have been re-
eeived since that date The stock Of
smoked meat and sugar is exhausted
There is no chance of getting anv nro-
visions except from Denver. and that
viii take several days. The Union Pa
cifc is maintaining one train between
mere and Denver A large force of men
IS stiu at work repairing the washoIlt
between Carneiro and BrookviIIa and
rams are expected to run through to
salina today The Frisco line is help