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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
FLOOD THREATENS FARMS
IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

Backwater from the Missouri River is
threatening the landowners near Chester
field Park on the St. Louis. Kansas City
and Colorado Railroad. The banks along
the river are sufficient TO withstand the
current. but an outlet is made by Bonhcm-
me Creek. and the bottom land along that
stream being lower than that directly along
the river. the water flows away from
the Missouri. doing great damage to the
wheat crop.
Farmers are unable to check the backing
OF the water in the stream sufficiently to
prevent damage. Farther down the Mis-
souri,. at a point near Creve Occur Lake.
families are moving out OF the bottoms in
anticipation of the overflow which Is
threatened
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

A. Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor's The Idle
Born was produced in Chicago by anna
tours with qualified success
A new naturalization law. which became
operative yesterday. will prevent avowed
anarchists or Socialists of foreign birth
from becoming citizens of the United
States.
One hundred persons are killed and fully
twice as many injured in a cyclone which
strikes Gainesville. Ga. Two hundred
houses. stores, factories and mills are
blown down.
The remains of Superintendent B. T. Egan
OF the Great Northern Railroad, who was
lost in the mountains of Montana while
hunting last fall. have been found near
Bolton.
Three men were killed and plant where
5ovite. high explosive, was manufactured
was destroyed by an explosion at Elmira.
N 7.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
A TEXAS WONDER,

Ore small bottle Of the Texas Wonder
Halls Great Discovery, cures all kidney and
bladder troubles, removes gravel cures
diabetes. seminal emissions, weak and lame
backs. rheumatism and all irregularities of
the kidneys and bladder in both men and
women: regulates bladder troubles In chill
dren. II not sold by your druggist. II will
be sent by mail on receipt of 81. One small
bottle is two months treatment and seldom
fails to perfect cure. Dr. E w Hall
sole manufactures. P. Q. Box go, ST. Louis.
No Send for testimonials Sold BY ali
druggists. Office, 29e1 Olive.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

Charles Conroe and her baby. The child
was born yesterday. From all accounts the
little one is strong and healthy and prom
ises to Iivc thu ough its present rough expe-
rienCe.
one of those most active in rescue work
was Freeman Sardou. wealthy French-'
man, who has brought at least fifty per
sons from North Topeka in his boat since
Saturday. He has been at the work contin-
uallv for three days. and does not intend
10 stop. he asserts. until all those now in
peril are saved
His son, Charles SGrdou. has also been
active. He heard that there were some peo-
pie in the Santa Fe Depot. When he APP
preached the structure they shouted to him
that some children were in a house near by
He went there and found. the family of
Patrick Devlin, 4 section foreman. Devlin,
his wife, little girl and two boys were all
removed safely.
So swift is the current that boats which
try TO cross to North Topeka have to go
upstream mile in order to land where they
desire. If they start directly across they
get to still water about mile further
downstream.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Contagious Diseases
May Make Appearance

One Of the most distressing features of
the situation now is the possibility that
there will be a spread of contagious dis
eases.
People of all classes are huddled together
in houses not large enough for them, and on
all sides they are surrounded by water
Doctors and medical relief cannot reach
sufferers tc any great extent.
This afternoon case of diphtheria was
reported from the wooden mill in North To-
peka. where there are a large number of
children. in addition to the adults. 1t is
easy to see what may result from this
There is also case or two Of scarlet fever
among refugees on the North Side. Hun
dreds of cases of measles are prevalent
among the children. and, on account OF the
exposed condition of the patients will result
fatally in many cases.
The possibility of an epidempic Is the
most serious the city must contend with.
The physicians of the city, under the direc-
ton of the City Health Board are making
heroic efforts to check the threatened ca
lamity. In this work they are being well
aided by the health board OF the State and
county.
An emergency Board of Health has been
appointed by the Mayor to cooperate with
the city physician in quelling the disease
which will result from the flood. The board
organized. elecung Doctor L. Y. Grubbs
president. This afternoon the new board
met with the County Commissioners and ar
| ranged that the county was to bear one
half of the expense that the doctors will
have TO incur in carrying forward their
work
! Doctor Grubbs says that the sanitary con-
dition of North Topeka when the water
| goes down will he such that the place will
not be fit 20 be inhabited for months to
come. He says he thinks the best plan
would be to get tents from the State and
establish tent city on some plot of high
| ground.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Heroic Newspaper
Man Was Modest.

II. G. Parsons. reporter for one of the
Topeka newspapers. tried to rescue a Mrs.
Fraser and her baby. Their boat was cap
sized and Parsons swan with his charges
to a tree. There they managed to cling for
twenty-four hours before any one else could
go to their assistance. They were nearly
dead from hunger and exhaustion and
bruised from rough contact with the tree
and with floating rubbish.
In his account of the flood written aft
erwards. Parsons merely said that Mrs.
Fraser and the child were rescued
The Santa Fe and Rock Island bridges
are both probably safe. as a result of care
full precautions.
On the Santa Fe bridge several loco
motives and strings of fat cars loaded with
scrap iron and sand serve to hold the struc-
ture steady. The approaches have been
swept away, but proba bilites are that the
main structures will stand throughout the
strain.
The Rock Island has had a through train
here for four days Those on board are I'M
able to leave the cars. for water is all
around. Most of the passengers are tour
lists, bound for the far West and though
the railroad company has done all in its
power to make them comfortable and has
fed them well. they are becoming wildly
anxious to get to dry land once more.
They are in no danger. and have not been
so at any time
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Floats All the Way
From Topeka to Lawrence.

]. C. Moore floated all the way from To-
peka to Lawrence before he was rescued.
AS soon as he got out he telegraphed back
to Topeka asking If his family were safe.
Miles and George McLatchey rescued John
Smith and a second man from the Smith
home, near Soldier Creek. The boat had
not gone more than ten feet from the house
when the building foated away.
The little son of G. II. Merritt. fireman.
was swept away before his parents eyes
while rescuers were removing the family.
While a man taking a woman and
child from the North Side across 20 Oak
land the boat capsizet and the woman and
child were drowned. 1t is not known who
they were.
A woman rescued from the roof of house
on Curtis street. where she had been for
several hours was holding her dead baby
in her arms. She was paying SO much at
tentlon to the child that she vas Indifferent
about her own rescue.
While rescuing party was removing Mrs.
George NJ. Story her two children and Miss
Louise Seahaven from their hoISz:the boat
capsized. Miss Seahaven and the baby were
drowned.
A woman and little child who were cling
ing to a house near the Gabriel Lumber
Yard on Kansas avenue. north. were seen
to lose their hold and were swept into the
lumber yard
One man named Anderson kept yelling in
order to attract attention. When boats
would come he would direct them to vari-
Gus houses where people were suffering or
in danger. When asked to come out him
self he replied that he would wait until
the rest were saved.
Another man sat in his garnet with
gun threatening to shoot some people for
breaking into his store and taking provi-
sions.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
TOPEKA BEGINS TO HOPE
THAT THE WORST IS OVER,
Raging Torrent Still Holds Kansas Capital in
Its Grip, but Slowly Recedes-Deaths
Far Fewer Than First
Appeared.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT


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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
FOREIGN.

Queen Helena of Italy receives United
States Ambassador Meyer in private au-
dience and shows a great interest in the
st. Louis Worlds Fair.
As the result of the complaint OF the
United States thirteen emigration agents in
the districts of Hungary have been ar
rested.
Comparing the United States with Eu-
rope, the Jewish journal of st. Petersburg
declares that America, 1.-THE land of the
dollar" has shown more humanity 20 the
K1shenev sufferers than Europe with her
Wanted idealism.
TIVE boys are burned TO death in a fire
which destroys one of the masters houses
Of Eaton College, London. Thirty-three 9TH
ers had narrow escapes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
SPORTING

Winners at the Fair Grounds yesterday
were: Broodler. Pipe Dream. Doctor Car
nck, Kindred. Jack Young and ". B.
Gates.
Terry McGovern is very sick. His ply
sicians advise him to take a long rest.
Browns win exciting game at Detroit by
score OF to 6.
Plans for constructing the new Union
Jockey Club track were discussed last
evening
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
FLOOD REACHES BREEZE LAKE;
MANY FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS.

deep water, and the refugees were forced
to go to East st. Louis for shelter.
BY noon yesterday several of the houses
had been swept from their founda tions and
were afoat
Along the lowlands at Venice the fields
are submerged and crops ruined. AT East
Madison several houses are flooded and the
occupants have moved to Madison and
Granite City. which so far have not been
reached by the flood.
North and east of Granite City thousands
of acres are under water. Horseshoe Lake,
which is north of Breeze Lake. has been
SO swollen that it has overfiowed It's banks.
No loss of life has been reported.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
T0-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Yesterdays bank clearnEs were SsSs.fl5;
balances sa07. .6I Local discount rates were
. firm between and per cent. Domestic eN-
change was quoted as follows: New York,
30c premium bid. 4oc premium asked: Chi
cago. Cincinnati. Louisville and New Or
leans. par bid 1oc premium asked.
Wheat closed higher at 725sc July. 77d7Siac
No. red. Corn closed higher at 45i4c July:
47iHG4sc No. mixed. Oats closed at 35c
hid July. S7GSSc No. mixed.
The local market for spot cotton was I'M
changed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

Thirty families were driven from their
homes by high water early yesterday morn
ing at Breeze Lake. two miles east Of Ven
ice, III. Many of them. half clad. fled to
East ST. Louis for safety.
Sunday night when they retired, while the
water was high 1t was not thought to be
dangerous. BY o'clock yesterday morning
it was flooding the lower rooms OF the
houses.
Those who discovered the danger sent out
the alarm. Skifs had to be used before
some of the occupants could be rescued. So
fast did the water rise that women and
children were forced TO leave without TAX
ing their clothing.
Venice the nearest town. Is cut off by
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Relief Work on
an Extensive Scale.

The women of South Topeka have all
entered with enthusiasm upon the work
of providing for the unfortunates driven
from the lowlands. In the Auditorium about
1000 of these refugees are sheltered, and
ncst of them are provided with ratiops
there.
Contributions of clothing have been lib
eral and every woman in Topeka who can
possibly do SO has been there all day fitting
old garments for new wearers until the en-
tire place looks like some huge dress-fttins
establishment. Many of the youngsters are
wearing better clothes tonight than they
ever had before in their lives. They are not
worrying about the flood whatever older
people may do.
The list of known dead follows:
Henry Jordan. negro.
- Ward, old soldier.
- Garrett, 5-year-old son Of Fireman G.
II. Garrett.
Forest Kutz. teacher.
Mrs Forest Kutz.
Louise Seahaven
- Story. infant of George NJ. Story
Mrs. Jackson. widow, probably dead.
John l. Adams
Mrs. Ida Montgomery probably dead.
Unidentified dead:
Family of seven. seen by Rescuer Smith
in West Side house.
Woman and child. drowned while crossing
to Oakland.
Four seen to fall from trees by watchers
at Sardou bridge, east approach.
Forrest Kutz, brother of Topeka Coun-
Gilman and a prominent citizen, met death
after valiantly fighting for his family's
safety Thrown into the water. he made a
gallant fight for his life, but lost. Mrs.
Kutz. who, with her children, was brought
TO safety tells how her husband was en-
quilted before her eyes The rampaging
Kaw in few short hours rose to the caves
of their home until it trembled and shook
upon its foundations.
We climbed up on the roof said she,
and screamed Help We must have been
there hours when answering calls were
heard. Then came the sound of oarlocks
and two men In a boat appeared My hus-
band assisted myself and the children into
the boat. which bobbed to and fro. / was
paralyzed with terror and hardly knew
what was happening. Presently saw all
the men but my husband were off the roof
and l called to him to come. He started to
climb down. Just then 1t seemed that the
surges grew stronger.
The house topped. Husband fell into
the water. ! never saw him again.
But another chapter was enacted. Kut8
came to the surface, and by much exertion
managed to gain a support on tree. He
was there for hours. but finally young
Topekan, Walter Clark, came to his relief.
As Kutz attempted to get into the boat 1t
caps!zed Clark was able to repeat what
Kutz had done-Swim to a tree.
The latter's strength was exhausted and
his body now, it is certain. is at the bot
tom OF the Kaw.
Battle With Pillagers;
Policeman May Be Shot.
A grim element entered into the already
aggravated situation tonight by the dig
covery that pillagers were at work in the
deserted houses up the North Bottoms. Men
in .skiffs, the skiffs stolen from the relief
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
READ THIS.

DR.. q W. Hall st. Louis, Mo-Dear Sir:
Less than one-half bottle of your Texas
Wonder. Halls Great Discovery. has cured
me of severe kidney and bladder trouble
and ] can cheerfuly recommend It to others
suffering in same manner. Yours truly
H. F. ODER,
At Wolff-Wilson Drug Store.
Corner Sixth and Washington Ave
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
KANSAS CITY WILL BEAR BURDEN
ALONE UNLESS STRENGTH FAILS.

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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
WASHINGTON

Postmaster General Payne has ordered
that a number of new rural free delivery
routes be held mp. and he may decide TO
greatly restrict the service.
Construction plans for the battleship
Missouri have been altered to prevent the
development of the same weaknesses that
appeared in the Maine
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Wild Game Driven
From the Bottoms.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Denison. Tex. June 1.-Trainmen in Ter
ritory report that high water has driven
large droves of deer. wild turkeys. wolves
and all kinds of wild animals out of the
bottoms. Many have been killed from the
trains.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02


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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

A watch fob set with diamonds was pre-
scented to Doctor Louis Rassieur. retiring
Assistant Superintendent OF the City Hos
pital, last night by the corps of physicians
of the institution. Introductory remarks
were made by Superintendent John Young
Brown, and the presentation speech was
made by Doctor J. E. Ross
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

The train brought sixty boats and two
steam launches. Boatmen from Lake Con-
trary are in charge. and they are doing
splendid work in taking flood victims to
places Of safety.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
A. Guaranteed Cure for plies.
watch Fob for Doctor Rassieur.

Itching, Blind Bleeding or Protrr! ding Piles.
Your druggist will refund your money II
pAZO OINTMENT fails to cure You. 80 cts.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
| Child Was Born
] in an Elevator.

Among the 200 persons crowded into the
Davis elevator, in North Topeka, are Mrs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Battle With Pillagers;
Policeman Nav Be Shot.

A grim element entered into the already
aggravated situation tonight by the dis-
covery that pillagers were at work in the
deserted houses up the North Bottoms. Men
in .skiffs, the skiffs stolen from the relief
feet, it Is said, were ransacking the resi-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
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= TEMPERATURE FALLS
> FORTY DEGREES.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
. Camden. Ark. June IA drop of 40
. degrees last night gives great fear of
. damage to cotton crop.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

to wade from one end OF the avenue to the
other
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Santa Fe Offers
Aid to Sufferers.

Joseph.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-25
-1JH1>/HC O/Z OE 6G4oHER 3
H6EG/YJYIH/G ar 5ZfOHH. !.

plenty Of chill to the atmosphere. how
ever. to make 1t bracing. while in summer
the heat induces . feeling OF lassitude
that bodies i'll for the girl who attempts
championship form.
Nearly every inexperienced player and
not few experts suffer from wrenched
sinews and overstrained muscles This
can be obviated by rigorous system OF
exercise before playing and the observa-
tion of few simple but inexorable rules
while in the midst Of the game itself. Ny
method is this:
In the morning before breakfast seat
myself before the open window In order
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-25
Ihot de n en tha hack nutnr.

shot DO 10 on the back swing.
Next comes the mashie, the golfers
faithful friend. One Of It's many uses Is
to get the ball out Of a bunker or TO
loft 1t over some object directly IN the
way. Stand with your right foot nearer
the ball, grip the club tightly in both
hands with the right thumb down the
shaft as shown In the small pictures on
this page. Then lay your club we'll back,
"a king 1t up more directly and bringing
IL straight down. give the ball loft OF
hft and there you are
To play a full mashie stroke stand in
the same way with the same grip, but
take your club BACK along the ground
with three-quarfer swing
In putting the different STYLES are
shown more clearly than In any other part
of the game. Grip the putter lightly IN
both hands with both thumbs extended
down the handle OF the club. put fol
low on the ball and never look up until
you have played your shot. ball hit
with follow runs close 70 the ground
and keeps its direction Keep your hands
we'll In front Of the ball and turn the facs
OF the club downward.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-29
The Mistress of the House.

AS with the commander of an army,
80 it is with the mistress of Il house.
Her spirit is seen through the whole
establishment. and just in proportion
as she performs her duties intelligent!y
and thoroughly SO will her domeStics
follow in her path. AS homes are now
constituted the happiness. we'll being
and comfort of the family are at the
mercy Of the mistress of the house.
Ideas and ideals of the life of Il woman
have changed since Oliver Goldsmith
was winning fame as a novelist, but
they have not altogether strayed from
the opinions he gave in the Vicar of
Wakefeld:" :"
The modest virgin, the prudent wife
and the careful nlatron are much more
Serviecablo in life than petticoated
philosophers, clustering heroines or VI
ra@oNuecns.
"Sho who makes her husband and her
children happy, who reclaims the one
from vice and trains mp the other to
virtue. is much greater character
than ladies described in romances,
whose whole occupation is to murder
mankind With shafts from their quiv-
er or their eyes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-29
The Value of Neatness.

There is an attraction in neatness
and order all their own. Their lack Is
felt even when there is great beauty
to dazzle the eye. l know that there
are men who tolerate slack, untidy
women, but I have always regarded
them as martyrs to duty. mistaken in
the size of the obligation laid upon
them. l have never blamed the man
who stunned untidiness at home, be
he father husband, son or brother, and
that, my friends. is the real whip that
drives some men from their own fire.
sides. The really neat woman is neat
at all times, and the slack one is very
unwise when she INDUCES her propen-
stiles at home. Cleanliness may be
next to godliness, and certainly neat
ness is next to beauty.-Chicago Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-29
Laying the "Ghost.'

The Earl Of Onslow tells a very ef-
fective story. His beautiful old place,
Clandon, suddenly became possessed Of
a ghost" and the servants of the
place We're almost terrified out of their
wits by the noises they heard and the
sights they saw or imagined. The
reputation of the mansion became nois-
ed abroad, and at last Lord Onslow
took a short cut to end the mystery.
He assembled lis servants and gave it
out to them that he was determined to
have no more of this sort of thing.
For the future all members of his fam-
lily would sleep with loaded revolvcrs
by their side, and at the first sugges-
tion OF a noise they would send a bull
let i'll It's direction to investigate the
cause. Cfandon nowadays is quite
commonplace III its immunity from
the uncanny.-London Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-29
Little Henry's Questions.

Little Henry was reading ancient his
tory stories. PA" said he suddenly,
"can | ask you Il question:"
II guess you can, Henry. You seem
to have fair command of English"
We'll. may l, then?" little Henry
continued.
Yes said pa. "Ire ahead"
That's funny" said little Henry. 81
was just thinking of such things Now,
did the old Romans light their houses
with Roman cnndles?''
II shouldn't WONDER" said pa, chuc.
king. Nero. at least. INDUCED in a
good deal OF fireworks. Anything
else?'
'1es," replied little Henry Did the
people of Athens do all their cooking
with Greek tire?''
Then pa got mad and said he couldn't
be bothered with any more silly ques-
tions.-Household Ledger.