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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

IT OPEKA. Kan. May 30--Four hun
dred houses are bv ned and the
whole of North Topeka viii go
As near as can be learned, about $50
persons are dead. Most of these were
burned to death. Burning houses are
floating about setting fire to others.
The lower stories of the burning build
inss contain ten feet of water The
current is so strong that no boat odn
approach any of the burning buildings.
, People are gathered on the tops of
houses and viii meet death either by
FIRE or drowning.
Agonized Cries For Help.
The cries for help can be distinctly
heard mile away. The whole city is
wildly excited because of the fact that
no aid can be extended to the suffer-
ers. The river at North Topeka is five
miles wide. No possible estimate of the
financial loss is obtainable but it can
be stated that il viii reach into the
millions. North Topeka was the manu-
featuring district of the city. Three
large flour mills, three wooden mills
and other manufacturing establish
ments are entirely destroyed
water supply Gut On.
: The water supply of the whole city
( elas been cut of The water from the
aver extends nearly a mile on the
sbuth side. The Rock Island depot has
had to be d bandoned- and more than
500 people on this side of the river are
also homeless. but no loss of life has
resulted in South Topeka.
The Kansas avenue bridge is the
only one across the river for miles,
and the approaches to that bridge are
flooded by thirty feet of water. A
pontoon bridge is being erected in an
effort to reach the sufferers.
Shelter For Unforrunates.
Seven thousand or more people are
on this side OF the river. sheltered in /
public buildings and in the homes of
citizens Topeka is now able to take
care Of all the unfortunates. The work :
Of caring for the refugees is being I.
pushed with the utmost rapidity
Standing on the state house dome, .
as many as eighty fires can be counted +
in different parts of North Topeka. Z
The whole central portion of the city +
had been burned out at 10 o'clock to- I
morning not "A house in the main part
of North Topeka viii be left standing.
When it is stated that North Topeka
has 10000 inhabitants. the extent of tho +
disaster can be realized.
People are cHnsing TO the roofs of
houses and the limbs of trees. and
many are giving up IN despair and
dropping into the waters below to be
carried away by the swift current. It
is death by fire or drowning to 400 peo-
pie unless means can be found for their
rescue Great efforts are being made
to construct steam launch TO go to the
aid Of the sufferers. but whatever is
done must be done promptly or the loss
OF life VIII be appalling.
Fire Chief Wilmarch was in a boat
which was nearly swamped. When his
boat struck the swift current under the
Tenth avenue bridge it was jerled
Dose from the hold the men had on a
safety wire that had been stretched
rom pier to pier. The chief succeeded
an catching hol3 of the guy wire. but
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

and NJ. c. Holman all Of prominent
families of the north side, are among
the victims.
Mayor Rescued.
Mayor Bergundthal was rescued by
Dr. l. L. Powell in boat. after re-
naming on roof all night. Con
gresham Charles Curtis. with his fam
lily, left the flooded district this morn
ing, but his aged mother refused to go.
saying she had seen much worse floods
than this. This evening two men. at
the risk OF their own lives. succeeded
in getting the Old lady away safely.
Mrs A F. Snyder. with her four
children. all stricken with measles.
was rescued. Many thrilling escapes
are told of. A company of militia has
taken charge of the work of rescue
and owing to their efforts several hun
bred people have been saved who other
wise would have persisted.
Situation Desperate.
The situation of the beIeaguered peo-
pie tonight is desperate in the ex-
IRENE. Not only are they threatened
by fire and water, but through long
exposure in the cold, dismal atmos-
phere. without sufficient clothing. they
would have died IN any event. Deli
cate women and children have been
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
AWFUL DESTRUCTION OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY BY FLOODS
Thousands of People Homeless and Hungry in
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.
Partially Submerged Buildings Being Burned Topeka Adding to
the Horror of the Situation

Topeka Of Gof
miller, Of
from the getting
= sweeping north =
People dropping from having
? ing swept A number
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

KANSAS CITY. Mo. May 3O.-The
flooded condition along the banks
of the Missouri and Kaw rivers
here and west Is far more serious than
on yesterday and the predictions OF
Colonel Connor Of the local weather bu-
reaU that the disastrous record of 1881
would be exceeded viii doubtless be
realized Since yesterday afternoon the
Missouri had risen. nearly two feet and
this morning the government g-uge
here registered twenty five feet which
is but one foot below that in 1881 Both
streams continued 20 rise steadily to-
day and 4 still further rise of two feet
at this point Is expected within an
other twenty-four hours, heavy rains
having fallen again last night fo~ a
mile around Kansas City The pTiu-
cipaf damage so far sustained in this
locality is on the Kaw river at Kansas
City, Kan, and at Armourdale and Ar
gentine, suburbs OF this city It is ee-
tfmated that $500 persons have been
driven from their homes within five
miles of the mouth of the Kaw riv,-r-
Perhaps 1900 of this number are at
Armourdale, whose citizens mostly are
working people. The streets in the
greater part of Armourdale are from
two to three feet deep in water. All
last night the citizens. aided by police
household effects. TesCuing women and
children and providing shelter for the
homeless.
The north half of Argentine. occupied
mainly by railroad and packing house
employees, is one big lake and at that
place more than 500 persons are with
out homes. There are only eleven
houses and these are on rise OF
ground clear of water.
In the west bottoms. both on the Kaw
and Missouri the water during the
night had encroached still further upon
the packing houses into the Easements
Of MANY wholesale houses and the stock
yards. At the stock yards a number
of pens were flooded and water was
beginning TO run into the Easements of
the livestock exchange.
Millions Lost.
At 10 O'Clock tonight the Kansas
river was rising al the rate of four
inches an hour. Swift's packing house
has already sustained a loss estimated
at 81. 100000
The damage to Cudahy's and
Schwartzchild and Scultzburger viii be
near a half million dollars bout
equally divided between the two plants
1t is estimated that the loss in Ar
mourdale to date viii exceed S5,o00,000
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a TIP!

II you want 10 90 business
Advertise in The Herald.
It gets results.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
Oiu-Time Architecture.

At StratfoId- on Avon, while the
stucco was belng removed from q
house In High street, fine example
of Tudor architecture was discovered
says the Illustrated London News
The house had been originally three
gabled, and i'll the two upper stories
which are Of the usual maybe type
the design of the woodwork is both
beautiful and unique.
These stories are Overhanging and
are supported by oak story pos $
carved In the early renaissance style
The molding above the ruffled head
which is probably crest, Is early
Tudor, and beneath it appear Tudor
roses. The pilasters of the other story
posts are carved with acanthus leave,
and roses. Under the ground floor some
carved stones, evidently parts of will
dow tracery, were brought to light
They are in the thirteenth century
style and We're probably taken from
the remains of the old Church Of the
Holy Cross. which was pulled down
about the end of the fifteenth century
Early in the nineteenth century the
house was "beautiticd" by the stucco
covering, which has now happily dis.
appeared. The entire building is he n
restored by an anonymous beneiactUr
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
That little climber Of trees.


The Toys Boys Csed to Make.
1--WE hear a good deal these days
about the lost arts" laments writer
in the Detroit Free Press. Il wonder
If the world realizes that some Of the
most precious arts Of childhood are in
danger of becoming extinct. How
many boys to-day can make kite
properly hung and with tail sufli-
cent to balance 1t? How many boys
can make bow with the ends nicely
bent and worked down with bit Of
broken glass?
81 interviewed my young nephew the
other day. and was thunderstruck to
discover that he knew nothing about
1t. Could he make a water wheel, a
windmill, an elder pop-gun, a JACKIE
lantern, a buzz-wheel, an air-gun from
goose-quill with a sliced potato for
ammunition, a willow whistle a squirt
gun? No, he knew nothing about
them.
"'But surely I said almost patheti-
cally, you can make corn-stalk fid-
die
"'Do you mean a violin, uncleT
"Then l gave it up. l don't believe
the youth of to-day know enough to
stick feathers In corncob and throw
it into the air. am going to write a
book some day upon the arts Of child
hood, to save them from utter annihila-
ton"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
A SCARE AT SEA.
Little Thing Threw the Passengers
into Panic.

"Strange, what little thing will
throw people into panic, especially
at sea-" said an old traveller to group
Of friends the other day. Last No.
vember l crossed from Liverpool to
New York on the Oceanic. We had
beastly weather from the time we
left Queenstown-heavy head seas,
gales and snow and hail. The decks
We're not to be thought Of under the
conditions. as the seas would come
tumbling over the bows, sending the
spray clear over the lofty stacks.
''It was just coming dusk of the
fourth day out, when suddenly the ia
milair jar and clank of the great en-
gnes suddenly ceased, and for a mo-
ment everything was still throughout
the ship, except for the stranng and
squeaking caused by her violent pitch
ing. Then the passengers commenced
to pour from their staterooms, and
through the saloons to the deck, with
the gallant men Of the smoking room
in the lead.
"There they stood, pale-faced and
holding on to the rails. asking each
other what was the matter, all the
while getting drenched with the flying
spray. The ship fell off in the trough
Of the sea, while the excited passen-
gers appealed valnly to stewards and
officers for Information and advanced
all sorts Of theories to each other. In
about ten minutes the engines started
up again. When we were once more
under way the explanation was sent
round that Captain Cameron was
afraid the donkey engines way up in
the bows would freeze, and to prevent
this he ordered them started up. 1t
was necessary to oil these engines be-
fore starting them. AS no one could
live up in the bows the way the water
was coming over, the ship was stopped
while the engines were being oiled
That was ALL"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
HUNGARIAN UPROAR.
Some Wild Scenes at the Opening
of the Diet.

of the Diet.
Budapest, July 1.-Premier Heder-
vary's appearance in the lower house
of the Hungarian diet for the purpose
of unfolding the ministerial program,
was sienalized by scenes of extraordi-
nary uproar, during which many insults
were hurled at the premier.
After preliminary remarks concern
ing his appointment as premier, Count
Hedervary referred to the parliament
airy troubles and to the extraordinary
condition OF affairs primarily due to
the bill increasing the number OF Hun
garian recruits to the imperial army,
and said that as means of re-estab.
fishing the normal state of affairs in
the lower house, the government bad
decided to suspend for the present any
discussion of that measure.
Count Hedervary's expression, "for
the present. called out uproarious pro-
tests from the Left. Indignant shouts
of "trickerv," "disgraceful," "revolt
ing" rang through the chambers
When the premier was again able t.
make himself heard he announced his
intention of asking the house to vote
the financial indemnify bill and to give
him authority to continue negotiations
for commercial treaties before the GUS
toms tariff was completed.
\ bill for the resumption OF specie
payments, the premier added, would
also probably be introduced.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
How Tom Took Caro- of Sister.

Tom and Molly We're visiting Aunt
Carrie, Oh the large farm near the
Hudson. From the big piazza they
could look down on the broad, shining
river. Sometimes little sailboats flew
by, or a beautiful yacht. and now and
then large steamer sending out white
rings from her tall smokestacks. And
liver, there was the orchard, where
low -branchlng trees made beautiful
playhouses.
Ten-ycar-old Tom was very fond Of
his little sister. She was only six, and
Tom felt quite like a big BROTHER and
hurt her when he was near. And
trusting little Molly believed all he
said, and admired him with all her
heart. But very soon he had a chance
to show his bravery. one day the chill
dren. going to the orchard, passed a
meadow where several horses were
feeding.
Now Molly was afraid of loose
horses, they looked so big and strange
without their harness.
Tom" she said, Tom, Just s'posin'
those horses should jump over the
fence into the road where we are,
What should we do. Tom?'
Pooh" said he, bravely. "Girls do
get scared the easiest. Why, I'd chase
'cm away. I'd brighten 'em like any
thing. | Amt a bit afraid of horses
Just at this moment one of the
horses lcapcd lightly over the fence,
and the others followed his example.
Molly screamed, so did Tom; but
brave little Molly stood her ground and
raised her broad-brimmed hat wildly
at them, and they cantered swiftly
away, doubtless wondering what that
small girl meant by her strange ac-
tons. And Tom. the valiant, where
was he? On the very top of high
fence near by he chung, not daring to
look for Molly, too frightened to call
out.
"Why, Tom" said Molly, 1.-THE horses
are all gone! You can come down
now"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06

If you are saked suddenly to say Of
what four articles China sends us the
most, what would you say?
Tea probably would be the first
thing Of which you would think. and
for the second guess you would select
silk. That would he correct. Silk and
tea lead in exports.
But what would you name as the ex-
port third in order? You might guess
for a good while before you reached
the right thing-goat skins. And the
fourth in order Is mattings. another
thing that Is not what most persons
would think Of, although it seems nat
ural enough when it Is named.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
Foresight,

You insist on having man who
carries rife in every scene?" queritd
the startled playwright.
''1 hat must be in the contract" an.
swercd the star.
But 1t will appear very sensational
and nartistic."
Cant help it. l play a territory
where audiences have way of get
ting restless. | want them to see that
we've got the drop on them before
they start throwing things. Wash
ingtOn Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
TRANSFER MADE
LABOR AND COMMERCE. DEPART
MENr BEGINS CAREER.
Bureaus from Various Departments
United Under Charge of Secre-
tary COrte lyon. Formal Transfer
Made in the Presence of Many
Noted Public Men.

Washington, July 2.-The transfer
OF the various bureaus which are to be
assembled under the act creating the
department of commerce and labor, to
the new department took place yester-
day. The transfer was attended by a
pleasant ceremony in the office of Sec.
rotary Cortelyou. A number of dis
tinguished persons were present, in
GLIDING Secretary Moody, Acting Secre-
tary LOOMS, OF the state department
Acting Attorney General Day, OF the
department of justice; Acting Secretary
Brigham, of the department of agrlcul-
ture; Director North, of the census bu-
reau, and Rev. f. d. Stafford
The Rev DR.. franklin Noble, an old
friend and former pastor of Secretary
Cortelyou, began the exercises by read
Ing few passages of scripture and de-
livering an invocation.
Secretary Cortelyoou, in his address,
called attention to the fact that on
February Ia the entire personnel of his
department consisted of a single official
himself. To-Day, by the transfers made,
the department personnel consisted OF
1889 persons in Washington and $3.50
in the country at large, with total
appropriation for the coming year of
SO ,796, S47. He recalled the fact that
in 1888 Commodore John Paul Jones,
writing to the Marquis de Lafayette,
concerning the federal constitution,
strongly advocated the creation of a
ministry of commerce on the ground
that commerce must be the great reli-
ance of the country in the future.
After the completion of the remarks
Of Secretary Cortelyon and brief re.
ply by Director North, of the census
bureau, Secretary Moody said a lew
words on behalf of the cabinet.
A telegram from the president was
read as follows:
"Hearty congratulations to you and
full operation today"
DR.. Stafford closed the exercises with
prayer and benediction.
Coast Chinese Inspectors.
Beginning yesterday. when the i'm
migration and Chinese inspection SER
vice was transferred from the treasury
department to the department of COM
MERGE and labor, the Chinese exclusion
service will no longer be performed by
collectors OF customs, and new officials
authorized by the law OF the last con-
greas have been appointed to take their
places in the enforcemnt of the exclu-
sion law.
Commissioner of Immigration Sar.
gent has appointed Thomas NJ. Fisher
to be Chinese inspector at Seattle; J.
II. Sargent, at Sumas; J. Fl. Barbour
at Partland; II. II. North, at San Fran
cisco; G. W. Snider at San Diego, and
Joshua X. Brown, at Honolulu
Instead of being subordinated to the
collectors of customs at various points
the inspectors thereafter will have ex-
clusitve jurisdiction in enforcement of
thelaw. Similar appointments were
also made at twenty-five points along
the Mexican and Canadian borders,
where Chinese are accustomed to enter
the United States.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
Tho Boy who Climbed Trees.

Tho Boy who Climbed Trees.
They brought him to me at the close of
day.
Pain on his innocent lips.
His bright eyes dim and hidden away
Meath their lashes' silken eclipse;
They laid him on his cot so white,
The Doctor Man. to please,
And footsteps tiptoed there all night
That little climber of trees.
For he was the king Of Leafy Land.
With his throne on lichened boughs
His courtiers bold the feather band
That twittered their gallant vows;
And through the browsing afternoon
His orchestra were bees;
All, never was heard such a medley
That little climber Of trees.
The squirrels were pages clad in red.
And some had frocks of gray:
And the scuppernong dangling overhead
WAS his canopy rich and gay;
The butterfly came aloft to hirt,
On the sourwood laden breeze:
In his airy realm life knew no hurt
That little climber of trees.
But there came that day humming bird
To take the kings commands,
And fain was he, in lieu of word,
TO take it in his hands;
And that was how in reaching far
The eltin queen to seize
He was dethroned with sudden jar
That little climber Of trees.
Oh. sad is the couch where the fallen
king lies.
But murmur none he makes;
know the wood thoughts in his eyes
AS my soothing hand he takes,
Pats it and whispers that he did wrong,
While | pray there on my knees;
He would not mind the whole day long
That little climber of trees.
But when l buy him his crutches small
And forget the bunch on his back,
Mayhap he will sit where the catbirds
call
And the gopher leaves his track
Weaving the dreams of his ruined throne
To ope book lore with the golden keys,
When his heart the dreamers art IL
shown
That little climber of trees.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
WAR CRAFT GATHERING
Chinese Papers Comment on sig
uifiCanCe-

Tien sin, July The local newspa
per comment on the allege, signili-
,,uce of the gathering OF American,
British and Japanse fleets in the north
ern part of the gulf of Pc Chi Ii. 1t is
asserted that no less than 81 Russian
warships of one sort or another are as
sembled at Port Arthur. The japanese
reserve officers who were on leave in
North China are said to have been
called home
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
1t Was Not the STOCK Market.

Morgan, in the Civil War. was plan
ming his famous raid.
you see" he explained to his fol-
lowers, folks will mistake me for J.
Z. and offer no resistance"
However. finding he was neither a
bull nor a bear, but simply guerrilla,
the opposition was amply able to cope
with him.-New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
One Way OF Acting Silly.

Miss Withers-I presume Mr.. Flipp
made his usual weekly call on you last
night?
Miss Callow-Yes; and l must say
that he made fool of himself
Miss Withers-Proposed to you, eh?-
Richmond Va) Dispatch.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
interest and Enter
tain Young Readers

1t was a very humble boy that fol-
lowed his sister to the house, but the
loyal little soul said never a word
about her own bravery. and arranged
her large family of dolls tenderly in
an armchair in corner Of the piazza.
AS for Tom, he only said, molly, |
guess after this you'll have to take
care of me"-Youth'S Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
Austrian Ministry Resigns.

London, July l.-According to a spe
cial dispatch from Vienna, the whole
Austrian cabinet has resigned, thus adj
ding greatly to the confusion in the po-
litical situation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
A Race OF Smokers.

Nearly everybody smokes in Japan.
The girls begin when they are ten
years of age and the boys year earl
ller.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-06
A Great Truth.

That's splendid perfume" she
said as she soused her handkerchief.
YES" admitted her brother, but in
some lines it Is better to do retail
than a wholesale business"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-09-03
GRADING IN TANEY COUNTY.


Last week the Iandall construction
outfit, the largest yet 10 be unloadcd ut
Aurora, established camps on the Mad
duX and Irwin land near Branson, and
the work of grading VAS begun Mon.
day, There Is an army OF men and
mammoth aggregation Of teams,
scrapcrs and other necessary paraphcr-
MALTA The men ARE largely neg rocs, and
the impression one gets when looking
upon the array is that Of an army. And
an army II is, moving upon five miles Of
heavy w0rk-blui' and gorge, cut and
iill-much of II In rock, and all OF IL In
volying great expenditure OF money
and energy.
The outfit required about thirteen
cars 10 transport IL to Aurora, from
Fulton where contrac, for the Frisco
had jus, been completed.
OF course Tancy county will have 10
await the boring VI the big tunnels be-
fore the tread oi the 'iron horse can
shake her hills, or his neigh pierce her
glcns and valleys and forest hooks, but
the beginning of construction within
the county marks step in the progress
of n great enterprise and tho rapid mp.
proach Of the dny when our buried rc.
sources will become available, to con.
tribute In large volume tO the stream
of commerce and the wealth Of the
fortunate holders OF the soil