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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
ST. LOUIS IS IN
DANGER OF FLOOD
Weather Bureau Issues
Warning-Worst Flood
in History.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 81. =
The following special food warning
was issued tonight by the weather bu-
reau: .-
'"The flood situation in the lower Mis-
souri, continuessto be grave. Warnings
for stage of ,twenty-six feet at Her
mann and Bonneville, Mo-, and for
thirty-two feet at St Louis have been
issued. The danger line at the last
named point is thirty feet"
"All flood records since the year 1874
when the district was sparsely set
tled-have been surpassed by the
floods Of the last week in the Mis-
souri, valley" said Alfred J. Henry, In
charge of the forecast division of the
weather bureau. I'VE have deemed 1t
necessary to send out special flood
warnings, as the conditions continue
very dangerous"
Rain has been falling today in Mis-
souri, and Iowa.. The danger line at
Kansas City, for instance, is 21 feet,
and today a stage of 27.5 feet was re-
ported. This means an alarming sit
uation so far as property is concerned,
but people have been sufficiently warn
ed, so that there should not be further
loss of life"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

with clubs and stones. Still thirsting
for vengeance, the men rushed the
coop and in few moments amid muf-
fled sounds and curses, they emerged
dragging the second negro with them.
Then a shout came, Get a rope; get
rope" In few moments a stout
rope was secured and with shouts of
glee it was tightened about the half
dead negro and a dozen men at the
other end Of it started down the hill
for distance of at least 800 yards.
The negro was bleeding from a dozen
cuts and bruises and bullet wounds
and was apparently more than half
dead.
Over the rough ground, with his
head coming in contact with every
boulder, rock and other object, the vic
tim of the mob's fury was dragged to
large tree. Soon men were climb
ing the. tree to fasten the rope to a
limb, and it was only question of
minutes when there would be a lynch
ing. At this critical moment some
one yelled, Let him alone; let the
law deal with him. Can't you see
that he's about all in?" The crowd
came to it's senses, apparently, and
someone else yelled: There come
the officers" and this settled the lynch
ing. The negro, to all appearances
dead, was left lying on the ground
with the rope still around his neck,
and the crowd walked away.
1t was fully three hours later before
physician was summoned to examine
the victim, who proved to be William
Davis. He was taken to a hospital in
very serious condition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
NEGROES START RIOT AT BALL GAME
One Killed Two Fatally Shot Fourth Narrowly Lynchs
the Infunted WhhThree Deperodo.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 31.-In a
riot at the baseball grounds at High
Bridge, in the West Liberty borough,
today, one negro was killed, two were
probably fatally shot, third was bad
ly beaten and thrown over a hill and
not fatally wounded. One of the ne1
groes escaped lynching by very mar
row margin.
THE DEAD.
CHARLES KELLY, negro, aged thir.
ty, literally pounded to death.
THE INJURED.
William Davis, negro, shot in the back
and neck; probably fatally,
"Sandy" Garrett, negro, shot in left
breast.
George Foster, negro, badly beaten
with clubs and stones.
Leo KERN, white boy, aged seven
teen, shot in the hand.
John Pierce, white, aged thirteen,
shot in the groin.
Joseph Tumetha, white, aged seven
teen, shot in the face.
The ball ground at High Bridge is a
popular resort on Sundays, and today
fully 1000 persons, men women and
boys, had congregated there to witness
a game between two local amateur
teams. Before the game had started
Sandy" Garrett, a large negro, whom
the Beltzhoover club carried as mas
cot, discovered the presence of six ne
gro crapshooters and gamblers, who
had come upon the ground with their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
OIL SCATTERS
FIRE AT RACINE
Big Manufacturing Concerns
Burn With Loss of
100000.

RACINE. Wis, May 31-Fire swept
the manufacturing district of this city.
this afternoon doing about $SOO,OOO
damage. The loss in part follows:
Racine Boat Manufacturing Co, fac-
tory and lumber, $115,000.
J: !: Case threshing machine shops,
Standard Oil company, tanks and
sheds, $685. 900.
Half dozen residences and small
factories, $4,000.
The fire started in the boiler room of
the Racine Boat Manufacturing COM
pany, and before the fire department.
had arrived tank of $4,000 gallons OF
gasoline, which was stored nearby for
use in the gasoline boats built by the
company, exploded. A tower of flames
800 feet high shot up into the air, but
as 1t was Sunday no one was about the
factories and no one was injured. AZ
high wind carried sparks to the other
neighboring factories and it was six
hours before the fire was under con-
troll, Meanwhile sparks had carried
the flames to the residence district
and it was feared for a time that the
entire residence portion of the city
would be lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
PASSENGER CARS
PLUNGE INTO SEA
Forty Injured by Accident
on the Southern
Pacific.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May 31.-A
Southern Pacific passenger train was
derailed at point about a mile south
of Rincon last night. Four cars plung-
ed down an embankment forty feet
high, two of them being partly sub
merged in the sea.
About forty people were injured,
some of them seriously. Many sus-
tanned broken bones and were badly
bruised. A woman whose name was
given as Mrs. J. c.. Smith, had both
arms crushed so badly that they will
have to be amputated at the shoulder.
A special train which left this city
last evening returned at midnight with
all those who had been injured, physi-
clans having dressed their wounds on
the way to this city. The wounded
were taken at once to the Cottage hos
pital and every physician in, the city is
on duty tonight Many Of those whose
injuries were not severe were taken by
a special train to Los Angeles.
1t is a matter Of the greatest sur
prise that no one was killed as many
people were buried beneath the wreck
age.
Among the injured are:
Mrs. Nelson johnson, Fort Madison,
Iowa, bruised and badly cut about the
head.
Q. w. Grady. Lawton. o. T.. cut and
bruised.
J. E. Carr, Creston. Iowa. cut and
Mrs. J. E. Carr. creston. Iowa,
bruised.
Mrs. Alice Stebban, Ithaca, N. Y.
head, face, arm and hands cut and
bruised.
Mrs. j. nj. Casey, Fort Madison,
Iowa, cut and bruised about the head.
feared internally injured.
Robert Casey, bruised.
Five year old son of Mrs. Casey,
slightly hurt.
Nelson Jordan, Fort Madison. Iowa,
internally injured.
Mrs. H. S. Smith, Los Angeles, Doth
arms will be amputated.
Train Agent 0. M. Wells, right shoul-
der and back injured.
1t is not known just what caused the
wreck as no inspection could be made
in the darkness. 1t is believed, how
ever, that the rails spread as the en-
gine was passing over them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

paraphernalia, prepared to do business
Sandy objected to this, and backed by
a number of the Beltzhaover men and
rooters for the club, ordered the gam
blers from the grounds. The latter
refused to go. and procured brace of
revolvers.
Raid the Gamblers.
The ball players then began a re-
treat and the gamblers started shoot
ing. Finding that Sandy had been bad
ly stunned by blow over the head,
his friends rallied. and with reinforce
ments made a rush for the gamblers.
BY this time probably 1000 men and
boys were in the pursuit. George Fos-
ter, one of the fugitives, was caught
and terribly beaten and thrown over
a hill. The two remaining fugitives,
using their revo1vers freely, took ref
uge in a chicken coop near the road
side, and when Sandy made dash for
the coop, intending to drag the men
out, he received a bullet in the breast
under the heart and fell to the ground
with a groan. Following this up, the
men inside the coop would open the
door, fire into the crowd and jump
back to safety One of the mob
climbed to the roof, and the next time
the negro inside opened the door to
fire large rock fell and landed on his
head. There was a shout of delight
from the hundreds The negro, who
was identified later as Charles Kelly,
fell forward, and at the same instant
both arms went out and from his
hands flew two reyolvers. There was
a rush at the DrOStrate FORM and the
man was literally pounded to death
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

$4,000 people, is deserted, and its sits
marked only by the tops Of buildings
and number of fires. Seven fires.
believed to be chiefly box cars burning.
could be seen from the bluffs tonight.
There is some danger that the flames
will spread to the partially submerged
buildings, adding greatly to the alreadyj
heavy loss. The fire started by the
intrusion of the water into a lime,
house The refugees from Armour
dale for the most part are huddltli.
together in the immense auditorium Of
the convention hall, although several
thousand found refuge with frien6ni. All
bridges over the Kaw river are down
and the only communication with Ar
mourdale is by boat.
Kansas City tonight is without a
water supply, the food having disabled
the pumping station, and the utmostl
care is being taken that no fires break
out. Even a small fire, it is feared,
would start a confagration. Only one
street car line in the city is running
tonight.
The city is blockaded with trains un-
able to get out. Not a train has gone.
out of the city except to the east to-
0SoJt OAA0 ~ ~ odAO LACIS 10 I1lliS pIOS-
pect of an improvement in the situa-
ton for several days.
High water and much damage to
crops and railroads are reported fromI
the Missouri river valley east Of this
city. At Buckner the river is four and
half miles wide and thirty families
have been driven from home.
At Bonneville the Missouri river
gauge showed 21.5 feet at o'clock
today, gain of 81 feet in twenty four.
hours. The highest mark reached here
since 1854 was twenty-four feet in
1881.
Thousands of acres of corn and
wheat land in Copper and Hardy coun-
ties are under water. Two steamers
were engaged last night and today re-
moving families and live stocks from
the islands above and below Boone
Vile
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
RIVER SIX MILES
WIDE AT LAWRENCE
Three Thousand Homeless
and Nearly ALI Prac-
ticalIy Penniless.


LAWRENCE, Kan, May 31-The
water has fallen a foot here to-
day. Half of the houses on the South
side are washed away, but the people
ara safe. The river is six or seven
miles wide here. Hundreds of homes
have been carried down the river.
There are only two or three small spots
on the north side that are not under
water, and most Of the 1900 people
over there are homeless and have lost
all their personal property. There has
been much loss of live stock. Harry
Sedgwick and man named Richards
died from the excitement of the flood
after they had been moved to places
of safety on the North side. A Union
Pacific employe, whose name could not
be learned, and companion named
Matthews were in a boat that was
overturned, and it is believed they
were lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
CHICAGO FREIGHT MEN
GET CONCESSIONS
Twenty three Roads Ready to Com
promise With Employees.

CHICAGO, May Sit is expected
the twentythree big railroads center
ing in Chicago will enter into contracts
with their freight handlers tomorrow.
The contracts, it is said, will be SINH
lar to that signed by the Lake Shore
railway, providing for a slight increase
in wages for the employees of the
freight sheds. The railways are said
to be willing to make the concession
and the men are likewise understood
to be willing to accept 1t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 1. - A
message from Kansas City, Kan, by
way of Leavenworth, at o'clock this
morning, says that twenty-seven men
were on the Union Pacific bridge,
which spanned the Kansas river, when
it went down, and all of them were
drowned. 1t is said that many per-
sons saw the men drown.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 31.-With
the water of the KaW and Missouri
rivers nearly four feet above the dis
astrous level of 1881, and their swol-
len tide spread over three square miles
of the city and it's suburbs; Kansas
City is in the worst flood of it's his
tory. In the valley Of the Kaw or
Kansas river, between this city and
Kansas City, Kan, a report says
number of lives have been lost.
Twelve bodies were counted as they
f1oated past during the day. In nePf :
ly every instance they were lying
across pieces of wreckage. On the roof
of cabin that came swirling down
could be seen the body of a woman
and her child
The financial loss has been increas-
ing all day, and bids fair to continue.
The heaviest loss is at Armourdale,
where the losses to the packing in
dustry and others is placed conserva-
lively at $2,500,O0O.
Argentine, another suburb, has suf-
fered losses estimated at $500,000 9th
er losses which cannot now be esti-
mated will increase the total very ma
terially.
Armourdale, with population Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
ARMY TENTS FOR
The SUFFERERS
War Department Will Do
All Possible to Alleviate
Distress.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 31.-The
war department will assist to the ex-
tent of it's power in efforts to alleviate
suffering in the flooded districts of the
West. Orders to this effect have been
given to Maj. Gen. ]. c. Bates, COM
manding the department of the Mis-
souri, with headquarters at Omaha,
Neb. The supply department at
Leavenworth, Kan, will be used to
supply tents to the flooded localities,
should these be found necessary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
Atlanta Has Fatal Storm.

ATLANTA, Ga, May 31.-A furious
thunderstorm has prevailed this after
noon in this city. Miss Eula Higgins
was killed by lightning while standing
on the rear porch of her home on Ma
rietta street. A small Presbyterian
church near Grant park was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
MACCABEES CARE
FOR THEIR DISTRESSED
Kansas Department. Ordered to Draw
for Any Amount Needed.

PORT HURON Mich, May 31.-ow-
ing to the fact that the Maccabees of
the World has "a large membership In
Iopeka, Supreme Commander d. p.
Marley has wired the state department
OF Kansas to draw on general relief
the distressed members Of the order
and their families.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
BADLY TREATED LITTLE
GIRL WANDERS AWAY
Ten Year Old Mildred Phillips Found
on Street by Policeman.

Mildred Phillips, ten years of age, was
sent to the central station last night
by Patrolman Burke, who picked her
up, with two other little girls, at Sew
en- corners.
AT the station Mildred said that she
was living with I. Coplivich, LOG Robin
son street, and was put there by her
father, who is q locomotive engineer.
She left the place yesterday morning
and was missing all day. The girl told
the police that she was not treated
right at the Robinson street house, and
didn't want to stay there. She had
been wandering about town all day,
and met the two little girls on Seventh
street,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
MILWAUKEE, HAS
A WIRELESS STATION
Beer City and Cream City Exchange
Their First Messages.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May 31.-Wire-
less telegraph messages have been ex-
changed between Nil rukee and Chi
cago at the stations in these cities of
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph COM
pany of America, which has Just been
completed.
w. w. BradfieId, Chief engineer of
the Marconi company was at the Chi
cago end and G. II. sTavlor, who has
been constructing the Milwaukee sta
ton. was here. Mr.. Taylor refused to
give out any information further than
to state that signals were exchanged
and that an official test will probably
be made tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
FALLS FROM CAR AND
IS FATALLY INJURED
John kestner, Passenger on Milwaukee
Train, Killed in Minneapolis.

fell from the rear platform Of a Mil
waukee train in Minneapolis yesterday
forenoon, and sustained injuries which
resulted in his death at the city hos
pital last night.
Kestner was sitting on the railing
of the platform as the train pulled
into the depot yards. The car was
crossing Sixth avenue south when the
speed was suddenly accelerated and
Kestner fell backwards to the street
He was removed to the hospital, where
he died at 10:30 p. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
OTTAWA PRINTERS
GET LOCKED OUT
Government Nips Strike in the Bud by
Prompt Action.

OTTAWA, Ont, May 31.-The DOM
inion government was threatened with
a strike in the government printing
bureau, starting tomorrow. The print
ers demanded a higher scale of wages.
The secretary of state nipped the strike
In the bud by making it a lockout. At
a meeting of the union today the strike
was called off and the men are to go
to work in the morning at the old
scale.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
Arkansas Out of Its Banks.

MUSKOGEE, !. T., May 31.-The
flood condition here is growing serious.
The Arkansas river tonight is out of
its banks and low lands are flooded.
The river is now even with the tracks
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
bridge. Rain has been falling all day
and there is no immediate prospect of
relief
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

them. For long, dreary hours, knee
deep in water and sometimes in water
up to their necks, they worked with
might and main. Tonight they can
point to 800 or more rescued ones
who otherwise might have been swept
away in the current
The known drowned are:
KARL RUPP,
ORVILLE RUPP,
TWO RUPP GIRLS.
G. H. GARRETTS FIVE-YEAR-
OLD SON.
TWENTY UNIDENTIFIED BOD
les SEEN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
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Bio Factories Burn.

CANTON, Ohio, May 31.-The Book
case and Office Specially Manufactur-
Ing plant Of the John Danner company
was burned this afternoon causing a
loss of 100000. Insurance, SAC, 900. The
origin of the fire is not known.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
Takahari Will Sail.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 81. =
The minister from Japan and Nine.
Takahari have decided to sail for Ja-
pan July /, this being their first visit
to their home since M. Takahari's ap-
pointment as minister in 1900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

, The dead as reported are as fol-
lows:
, JAMES DEERMAN, drowned on
D Usage avenue.
Unknown man with two children
drowned at Mil and Usage streets.
D Unknown woman, dead in a mass
of drift.
WILLIAM HERBERT and two
, other persons, drowned at Second
D and Usage.
D Three men and two women,
B drowned by the capsizing of a
, boat near the Union Pacific bridge.
, Man on Belt line engine, which
was surrounded by water, seen
b TO disappear.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
NUMBER OF DEAD
MAY REACH 250

Leading men have made a careful
examination of the flood and all its
conditions, and as a result of their
they give $50 as the
probable number Of lives lost. A more
conservative estimate places the num-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
DAYS NEWS SUMMARIZED
DOM MESTIc-

DOMESTIC
Flood beginning to recede at Topeka.
but the situation is still ominous. Loss
will be millions. Probably 200 drowned.
Kansas City in midst of the worst
food in its history.
Water Of the Mississippi above danger
line at La Crosse and other points.
Race riot caused by negroes at a ball
game at Pittsburg.
Former Postmaster General Smith ad-
mits irregularities existed in postofice de-
partment, but We're made necessary by
war conditions.
Postoftice department discusses ques-
tion of resembling order compelling post
ing OF names of rural route patrons
Passenger cars on Southern Pacific
plunge into the sea. Forty people injured
Big factories at Racine burn loss $500. =
600.
Water receding at Des Moines. Six
thousand in need of relief.
ST. PAUL
Body of Albert Lindberg, driver for a
laundry company, is found floating in the
river.
Four-year-old son Of August Waldron,
a farmer killed in a runaway on tne
South Robert street road.
ST. Paul Eagles and their friends hold
big picnic at Jordan, MINI.
Cornerstone Of the new Mount Zion
temple will be laid this afternoon.
Body of Irene Max, the little girl killed
by an automobile, is cremated at Forest
cemetery.
SPORTING
st. Paul team wins opening game Of
series with Indianapolis. Score, 6 to 1.
Terry McGnverr1 is com nn1Iod - n4...
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
KANSAS CITY IN MIDST OF
STEADILY RISING FLOOD

Already Four Feet Above Any Former Record,
the Waters Threaten Further Damage---Ar-
mourdale Wholly Deserted by It's 10000.
Residents--Loss Will Be Many Millions
Death List Heavy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL HGT.

TheOphUS Smith, president of the Commercial Club: hae not
the the subject executive
board will meet at o'clock tuesday afternoon and is safe
that such action will be taken at that time.
impossible at this time Wat wM WhGt DONE but
the cu6 and its members Wnot sOW Whd they
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
FEAR FURTHER RISE
BEFORE THE MORNING

The stage Of the river at 6 o'clock
tonight was thirty feet seven inches.
The previous high record was made in
1881, when the river rose to twenty
six feet three inches. By tomorrow
morning, according to the prediction of
Continued on Third Pace.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

Briefly stated the present condition of the food Topeka
is this: 40 to 200 people drowned.
Eight thousand people without homes.
$4,000, 900 loss of property
Identified dead, fUe.
Floating bodies seen. twenty
People missing, tWo hundred
Houses burned result of fire in lumber from Stacking Hme
probably tWo hundred
Banks collapsed, tWo.
Wholesale grocery stores flooded. tWo.
Big business blocks ready to crumbie ffty
Wholesale commission houses deserted, SIX
RocH Island trains containing hundred and ffty pas
sengers held here by high Water
City WaterWorks plant useless
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
6HHMBER WILL BE H6TIVE.

BENJAMIN Bedrdg secretary Chamber of Commerce.:
There IS no doubt that the subject wW brought next req
udr meeting Monday morning and of TAKEN At all
previous times OF similar need the individual members
naOe oeen aeOe ana think may safely sypQ-
hetie and generous interest al this time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
Topeka BEGINS THE WORK
OF RESCUING REFUGEES

Flood Still Causing Damage, Though Worst Is
Believed to Be Overnight Thousand Home
less, 200 Dead, as Many More Missing, and
Property Loss of 100000 Are the Known
Results
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
JOBBERS' UNION TO COOPERATE.

Cooper president of the Jobbers' The matter WM
probably first the Chamber Commerce. for body
hold regular meeting Monday morning and has committee for just
such work this will entail the Jobers wM cooperate
moUement that be started and will wantng
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
ST. PAUL
SPORTING

st. Paul team wins opening game of
series with indianapolis. Score, 6 to L.
Terry McGovern is compelled to stop
training for fight with Abe Atten,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

GOVERNOR VAN SANT URGES LIBERHL DONATIONS
fE GLOBE, ST. Paul. MINI.

The appalling calamity Kansas should appeal people
should aid the distressed homeless people suggest
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will prosperity and
subscriptions liberal a
s.. r. VAN SAINT CHATTANOOGA 7