Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-08
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.

crate bars. and Superintendent Goot
win announced that he expected L
turn on city water temporarily within
two or three hours The water will
run through the mains until Observa
ton Park reservoir water sinks {,
danger level, when the valves will b,
turned of until the pumps catch VI
again.
The Missouri river stood at 32..
feet this morning, drop of Is inche,
in twenty-four hours. This rate o
subsistence is expected to continue A
hundred and seventy city employe.
We're sworn in as sanitary. agents thi.
morning, given guns and stars ant
started with wagons through las vot
ing precincts of the city to enforce 8
general cleanup by citizens. Refuse
Will be dumped into the river Water
still covers all the territory originally
Hooded, but men already are wadine
through the Union depot and along
West Bottoms streets.
Thousands of men went into the
wholesale district today. preparing
for an immediate resumption of bust
ness. temporary crash in food mar.
kets is expected, as millions OF
pounds of meat from the packers eel
lars must find immediate consumption
and because farmers are rushing eggs
vegetables and produce into the city
to take advantage of high prices ex-
listing few days ago The weather
continues gloomy.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June MANY
complaints are made that the regulars
guarding the river front are too quick
on the trigger. Policeman Williams
was fired at by regulars, who asked
him questions afterwards An un.
known thief was shot in a boat and
knocked into the river by a regular
army marksman, who recovered the
boat loaded with stolen plumber
man on a roof who yelled for a
boat during the night, was obliged to
drop into the water to escape bullets
from soldiers ashore. They thought
him thief
TOPEKA, Kan, June 4.-The Kaw
fell eight inches during the night The
overflow is rapidly receding. The riv.
er is five feet two inches above high
water mark
The city authorities landed big
force in North Topeka today to clean
up dry sections. Foot traffic be
tween the north and south sides was
opened today by a pontoon bridge to
connect with Melan Arch bridge The
first important work is the removal
of carcasses of dead animals.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, June 4.-Wa.
ter was turned into the mains tempo
rarily at l p. m.
A report from Topeka via St 10
seph by telephone states that three
vandals of North Topeka were shot
dead today. One has been identified
as the son of prominent lawyer.
BURLINGTON, Ia, June 4.-The
flood situation hereabouts is growing
worse today. The levees are break
ing. This morning the Hunt levee at
South Warsaw. through which the
Burlington runs, broke and the coun.
try is flooded. Consequently there
are no through trains between Bur
lington and St. Louis The river is
eight miles wide here at noon Resi-
dents in Bolton, north of Burlington,
are fleeing to Illinois banks to find ref
uge.
SALINA, Kan, June 4.-Smoky Hill
river fell two inches during the night
ings collapsed today.
TUCSON, Ariz., June 4,-Nearly all
the miners in the territory have gone
out today, their demand being the en-
forcement Of the eight-hour law
Three thousand men are idle at Cliff.
ton and as many at Jerome and Pres
colt. Things are quiet today and
many of the miners have gone pros.
pecting
CHICAGO, H.. June 4.-The Tri-
bune today says that the bankers OF
Chicago will hold meeting tomorrow
to take action on a plan for the admis-
sion of the United States government
as member of the Chicago clearing
house With this plan carried out.
the banks of the west in settlement
of constantly tluctuating accounts
with the government will but eX-
change on Chicago rather than New
York. The scheme would do away
with small army Of clerks who, un-
der a heavy guard, every day escort
bags of coin and rolls Of bills between
various banks of the Sub-Treasury.
CARTHAGE, Mo-, June 4.-Sam
Mitchell, white, was given ten years
in the penitentiary this morning for
leading mob in Joplin several years
ago which lynched Tom Gilyard, ne
gro.
RICHMOND. Va. June To-day
has been a notable one in the history
of Catholicism in this city and in fact
throughout this section of the country
The occasion was the laying Of the
corner stone for the new quarter of a
million dollar cathedral, presented to
the diocese by Thomas Fortune Ryan
of New York.
Prominent priests and prelates OF
the Roman Catholic church were In
attendance from a number of states
Foremost among the number was
Mgr. Diomede Falconio, the apostolic
delegate to the United States, who of
ficiated at the laying of the corner
stone. The Grafton was delivered b,
the Rev. William Barlow, the distin