The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-05
Was. Of the sixteen bridges across the

was OF the sixteen bridges across the
\ Kansas river.
The pack ing house plants did not suffer
severely. The buildings are all uninjured.
Az Armour's the fires were lighted late
!. yesterday afternoon. Wheat and flour In
\ the mills and elevators were not injured.
but seventy Ave carloads Of grain sub
merged on the tracks were ruined
Small storekeepers In the flooded dis
trict are ruined. and the loss on buildings
is distributed among thousands of owners.
4 No first-class modern building has been
ruined.
The Armourdale Flood association has
\ issued the following appeal for aid:
I'm Appeal for AID
"a .tArmourdale, the south side Of Kansas
s CITY. Kan. has met with an appalling
\ disaster. The Kaw river has overfiowed
its banks and swept thru the town, Fiji.
teen thousand persons are homeless
\ they have lost their furniture. clothing
and everything. Their houses have been
4 carried off or totally wrecked. The good
citizens Of the town have been able to
care for the refugees temporarily. but
i the effort to keep them here and provide
homes for them is a perplexing problem.
To do this Will overtaS us and we appeal
!. to you for help.
Money raised from this source will be
expended for her -elief by giving them
material to build their own houses.
i Three thousand families must be
helped to homes in this way. so that they
will be better able to help themselves
B when the great rush of rebuilding the
i city Is going on.
contributions should be sent at once
: to the Armourdale State Bank of Com
a merce, the Kansas State bank or the
S Home State bank, Kansas City, Kan, for
3 the association
The Committees Statement.
The citizens general relief committee
OF Kansas City, Mo-. has issued state
ment to the public, giving thanks for
sympathy and offers Of aid. and asking
: that assistance be sent to Kansas City,
1 Kan. The statement follows:
AS we decline, at this time, to accept
assistance from without it is because we
{ believe 1t our duty to meet the situation
which confronts US to the fullest extent of
our ability. The calamity which has come
TO us II no doubt great, but it is not dis
saster
ITO the general public Of the country
not familiar with our city it may be prop
ter to state that the two Kansas Citys-
that Of Missouri and that of Kansas-are
IN the main situated on high bluffs. Be-
z tween the two cities lies a low bottom
+ country. which owing to It's accessibility
f by railroads has grown up a great dis
fr1buting center. where are located many
of our wholesale houses and nanufac-
turing establishments. Thru this section
Hows the Kansas river. The same bottom
country has many residences of the work.
Ing population clustered about the manu-
featuring and wholesale houses, and to
the south. up the Kansas river, includes
the hamlets Of AImourdale, Riverside and
Argentine, all in our neighboring state
Kansas.
Large District Devastated.
ie h~f$ 1o& aJrx,D
4 West Kansas, is the greatest sufferer. The
water has reached here a level of ten
feet and there Is every reason to fear
there has besn great injury to the prop
Grty OF the poor and to the goods and
possibly the buildings of wholesale mer-
chants and manufacturers. But until these
districts are acce ssible, and they will not
be until possibly next Monday, it is futile
to estimate the damage and to make any
intelligent statement Of the relief neces-
sary. Gs..a..
q 1.-THE immediate task of caring for the
homeless and housing, clothing and pro-
.viding for them is well in hand. There is
no suffering unrs3ieved. The spirit of the
people is splendid. : The conduct Of the
flood victims is admirable. The govern
ments Of the twu cities have sanitation
and policing well in hand. There are no
disturbances, there Is not even disorder
q liness. ~. $50.
With the subs,dence OF the food work
Sswill be abundant, and business and in
.dustry will assume their accustomed sway
8 Whatever may be the loss of our mer-
chants they VIII bear their loss; we may
: find a greater obstruction Of the property
OF the working population than is now an
ticipated. and If so, we may have to call
for assistance flom without but until such
a situation develops we see no cause fol
asking assistance. Pc,
Ask Aid for Neighbors.
1T is proper. however, to state thai
Kansas City, Kan, and other neighborine
towns In Kansas. have suffered severely
and while Kansas City. Mo-, generously
canc to their ass istance, we must moi
Ctand in the way of assistance to oul
neishbers from other sections of the coun-
try. TO all those willing to assist these
= stricken towns, we recommend that they
address their offers to w. Fl. Craddock
mayor Of Kansas City, KAN