Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-04
all UNDER WAFER
SWOLLEN RIVERS SPREAD OUT
OVER KANSAS AND NE.
BRASkA.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
IN NORTH TOPEKA TEN THOU.
SAND ARE DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES.
FLOOD BREAKS Al! RECORDS
LOSS TO PROPERTY WILL BE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
CATTLE LOST.
FLOOD BREAKS Al. RECORDS

Topeka. Kan, May 81. - The high
water has surrounded the whole Of
North Topeka and hundreds of houses
arc deserted. People are moving Oh:
Of that portion Of town as fast as pos
sible and great distress prevails. At
this time nearly 5000 have moved. II
will be necessary for nearly every in
habitant of North Topeka TO leave his
home inside of few hours. and this
will leave 10000 homeless.
The people on the south side of the
river are trying hard to take care OF
the refugees. The state house. court
house and other buildings have been
opened for their benefit. The resc',.,
work is proceeding under difficulty and
may have to be abandoned to-day.
Railroad traffic in this city is prac
ticallv at standstill. The flood st:l.
alton is the worst in the history of the
state. The Kansas river is five miles
wide at ST. Mary's and the
Town Is Half-submerged.
Reports from Wamatego and other
river towns say a great volume OF
water is coming this way and may
reach here to-day.
The river has gone out of bounds at
Abilene and filled 100 cellars. Tho
tracks of the Rock Island and Santa
Fe are washed away, two lumher
yards burned and several buildings
collapsed
AT Wametego mar" people have
been compelled to leave their homes III
boats. In many cases the water is up
to the second story window. Many
thousand head of cattle have loon
drowned. The surrounding country is
under water:
At Marquette tho Smoky rive" is
higher than ever before. 1indsl"'H:" is
surrounded by water. AT ConcoFdia
many persons have been driven from
their homes by the Republican river.
Over five inches of water fell there
yesterday.
At Newton the streets We're flooded
l,y cloudburst last night. A tornado
passed through the country. doing
snail damage, demolisEins the high
school and Baptist church.
Four Lives Lost in Flood.
Council Grove. Kan. May a1.-The
less by floods in Morris county is csti-
mated at S1,000.00o.
Four persons We're drowned here
last night All business houses are
flooded. More than 100 houses are nm
Il
away.
Nebraska Under Water.
Lincoln, Neb., May 81. - Thirty-six
hours Of heavy and almost continuous
rain has aggravated the flood situation
here. Salt creek and Antelope creek
ere out OF their banks and the low.ly-
ing district in the western part of the
city is a sea. many houses being sub
merged and partly submerged. The
Water is rising and great many have
been forced to abandon their homes.
Beatrice. Neb.. May 3l.-Never he.
fore has this section of the state ex-
perienced such a flood as it is now hav-
ing At Hoag, near here, the Blue
river is three miles wide 1t is still
rising and the rain is falling in tor.
rents. The Burlington track is under
ten inches OF water on the bridge. The
electric plant is under water and is
closed down. Twenty-four residence
blocks on the West side and fifteen en-
the South side are under from one to
five feet of water. The property loss
vii. be enormous. People living in the
submerged sections in many instances
have lost everything
Will Break All Records.
Kansas City, May 31.-The Kansas
and Missouri rivers are rising here 1T
an alarming rate and the indications
are that all previous high water rec.
ords at this point will be broken dur
ing the next forty-eight hours. Much
damage already has been done to
property in the lowlands and much ap-
prehension is felt fer the safety Of
property in the west bottom district of
this city. The Kansas river is rising
at the rate of an inch an ':s.;r and tile
heavy rains have added u. ia. gravity
of the local situation. &: II. Csu:nr
of the Kansas City wcat' II ,..:aal
predicts that the rise of ::s: -i:;;%t.,,ri
river during the next few t:ay, vi: lie
unprecedented. He sa,s that tie VOL
ume of water from the Kansas river
enc other streams for Which the Mis-
souri, river is the outlet, added to the
usual June RISE will carry the Mis-
souri, to higher stage than it reached
in 1881 and 1892, when it broke all
previous records. At the little town of
Harlem, across from this city, the res
!dents in the flooded district were
rescued from house to house in boats
after losing most of their personal ef-
fects.
Many Lives Lost in Oklahoma.
Guthrie. Okla May 31.-Reports Of
destructive storms throughout the ter
ritcry continue to arrive. At Harri.