Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-04

| lily Danger OF devastation by fire lis
dways imminent and sanitary cpndi-
| ions are becoming terrifying. Every
section of the sewer between the
street mains and plumbing connec.
ions in homes and building is in the
highest degree a menace to health
Practically every establishment us-
ing boilers remains out of business
Saloons are kept closed aud now the
food panic has snbsiHed. retail trade
is almost Nil
The Times and journal today ap
pesrcd hand-set. owing to lack Of gas
Forty thousand flood sufferers In
both Kansas Cities. Argentine and Ar
uourdalc remain homeless and thous-
ands will never again see their homes.
which have been swept away.
! Telephone service ceased this morn
| ing. Despite the fact that the city
In In utter darkness during the night.
the immense special police force had
little to do. The intention Of the Off
GERS TO shoot to XIII apparently has
scared thieves. There were no fires
during the night Some of the West
Bottoms firms. notably packers. are
! open temporarily in Offices up town
1 Today
Compartiye normal conditions exist
today In the food market Thousands
\ Of people are loaded up with staple
groceries at fancy prices which they
won't be able Ia use up before snow
iiics. candies. hams. eggs, and bacon
sro on the market
Some dressed meats are being tax.
on out Of the flooded packing houses
coolers Vegetables are quoted at a
slight advance. excepting potatoes.
which are unreasonably high Any
estimate which places the death list
4 In this section ~ "a thunsnnd W. esnR-
| geratcd The dend VIII never be
counted and two hundred Is the out.
side estimate OF those who have been
/ drowned within the past few days.
| This figure is reached by totalllng all
deaths reported 10y al self-siylcd eye
witnesses Every report Of great lOss
| Of life In amy one particular section
| Is untrue For instance. p men did
| not drown with the Union Pacific
bridge. and nfty Belgian farmers did
| not perish In the East Bottoms.
| j W Thomas. the first nowspRper
man into and out of Kansas City.
Kan. cannot be painted too black
| He said Fifteen Thousand people
people are homeless aud being cared
for In churches. halls, aud municipal
buildings"
Relief work Is not well Ia hand. BE
| tween i've and six hundred refugees
I
ply n practically exhausted Rcstaur.
ants and hotels are closed for lack OF
supplies. Thieves overrun the police
Negroes who had lost nothing i'm
posed ON the relief committees. but
took this opportunity TO stock their
iarders gratis. This thing, howyer.
has been stopped
KANSAS CITY. Mo, June THE
situation In the flood district is de.
cldedly improved this morning The
| climax OF the food has passed and
the river Is slowly falling. The sit.
uation in both cities is better to the OK
tent that railroads are resuming bust.
ness and commerce la being started
mp again,
The fall during the night was only
SIX Inches. but the drop has been
| more rapid mp til noon, and the
steady fall shows the danger has
passed. The Santa Fc is running into
town and other ronds are taking its
tracks. so there Is no danger Of a
famine Kansas city. Kans Is In
better shape this morning for the
electric line from Lenvenworth VIII
| probably open this afternoon and
bring relief from there As the wa.
tors recedc the property losB grows
friFhtfully. II will probably reach
| twenty-five million dollars here and
in the suburbs The number OF peo-
Pile homeless about MS today Is over
twenty-five thousand. and the scenes
of dosolation In the flooded section
continue to be terrible
Federal troops went ON guard this
morning across the river and are sup.
plying rations TO the Hood sufferers
1t is known ut noon today that fifty
two people have lost their lives here
abouts. thirty In Topeka. and
probably hundred in other parts OF
| Kansas.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. June AR
mourA began selling meat at whole
sale to all comers from the temporary
market In Eighth street tunnel.
Kelly Mills are disposing of -four
In the same way
Mechanical arrangements are un.
der way which viii probably permit OF
Two hours water supply daily in the
business district 10 flush sewers
Plans are making for the construction
of a suspension bridge across the Kaw
river to the flooded West Bottoms. to
carry the renovated pipe line to the
source of the city's water supply. It
is hazardohs and costly makeshift.
warranted only by the necessity OF
the situation.
TOPEKA. kan. June AT noon
today the citizens OF Topeka rescinded
the vote OF yesterday that no out.
side aid be accepted aud voted to ask
contributions for sufferers from every.
where
The distress OF the people today Is
SO great that the community can not
provide for all. so the charity of the
country will he npuealgd To This ac.