Warren sheaf., 1903-06-04

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full calamity that has befallen Topeka.
II there is anything the federal au-
thorities can DO, OF course, let me
know. ~.
THEODORE ROOSEvELT'"'
Ihe message reacntd the governor
at II o'clock Monday morning. Only
one railroad line can get in or out of
Topeka, and that is the Santa Fe, by
way of Emporia. A train was sent to
Emporia at five o'clock and another
will be sent out at noon. From En-
poria the train will try to go west via
Ottawa on the Missouri Pacific.
The family of T. j. P. Irish, con-
sisting of five persons. are reported
missing. Late Saturday a neighbor,
who has since been rescued, saw
them in trees. No trace of them
has been found since.
The work of relief is being carried
on nobly. Fraternal aid societies,
banks, and the commercial societies
are bending every energy to aid the
stricken. A city of tents will be
erected on the high grounds. A
thousand have been secured, and
the chances are that they will be
inhabited for at least a month.
Fourteen Drowned at Council Grove.
Emporia, Kan. June 2.-The north
fork of the Neosho has fallen II
feet, but the south fork of the Cot
tonwood is now six inches higher
than at any time in 80 years, and an
other two-foot rise has reached
Strong City, 20 miles west, since the
Neosho has subsidized. Reports from
the country have begun to reach
here, and indicate that the valley of
the Neosho above here is a desolate
waste.
Thousands of dollars worth OF
farm property and crops were
washed away, and hundreds of head
of cattle, hogs and sheep were
drowned. No loss of human life
is reported near here yet, but at
Council Grove IA bodies are said to
have been found in houses since the
water subsidized.
Hutchinson Has 1000 Homeless.
Hutchinson, Kan, June Cow
creek has fallen since last night, but
the water is still two feet high in
Main street, and every business
house is flooded one foot. Midland
hotel. banks, post office, Home the
ater, Carnegie library and Bee office
are flooded. The electric plant is
flooded, and lights went out at II
o'clock Saturday night. City hall and
courthouse are under water, and the
fire department has moved to liv-
cry stable.
All railroads ure Hooded for miles.
No trains moved. Two thousand
people in so blocks are homeless.
Hundreds of boats and RATS are res
cuing women and children. There is
much suffering, but no deaths. The
water is four feet higher than ever
before. Every manufacturing plant.
salt plant and wholesale house is
flooded.
The Hutchinson and valley prop
erty loss is estimated at So 100000.
Desolnte Scenes at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo-, June g. The
desolate aspect of the flood situation
here showed no improvement Mon
day morning, except that the fires
which it was feared would spread
were put out by the rain and the
food itself.
So far as rail communication was
land. The only communication, and
that very uncertain, was by a road
running southeast.
Never in the history of the west
has there been more complete
prostration of railway traffic than
exists at the present to the west,
south and north of Kansas City.
The number OF lives lost in this vi
cinity cannot be learned for some
time, and probably never will be
known definitely. However, there
seems to be ample veriication of re-
ports which account for the loss of
more than a dozen lives in the bot
toms.
Relief Work Being Pushed.
The committee having in charge
the work of relief and rescue were
busy early, and special meeting of
the city council was held during the
forenoon.
Thousands of refugees at the con-
vention hall made their Breakfasts
from the liberal rations issued by
the relief committee.
The police have been ordered to
shoot on sight anyone caught plum
dering.
At 1O:3O the Bluff street bridge
was torn out and its wreckage went
crashing up against the buildings
close to it, battering some of them
badly. This bridge was entirely In
Kansas City, Mo-, and spanned the
Burlington tracks at Fifth street. It
has been out of use for some days,
and it's fall at this time occasions no
additional inconvenience
Drowing of 27 Men Denied.
It was reported Sunday night that
27 men went down with the Union Pa,
cific bridge Sunday night and we're
drowned. This is denied by officials of
the Union Pacific. ..