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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-06-04
PROPERTY LOSS WILL RUN
INTO MANY MILLIONS

At Present the Conditions Are but
Unfolding and Beggar Description
K. C. World.
Kansas City is today like a right
arm cut off at the elbow. With its
greatest industrtries paralyzed
and practically destroyed, it's army
OF workers out OF employment, its
vast network OF railroads practically
at a standstill, the city will be a
year recovering from the effects OF
the awesome thrush OF waters.
The property loss beggars imagi.
nation. The thousands that lost
their homes are suffering from the de-
privatiun Of jobs and with their
household effects gone under the tide
are left practically to charity until
such time as conditions again be-
come somewhere normal. This is
the loss that falls most cruelty.
Added to this is the property loss
OF the vast industries that made this
city q hive. The packing houses.
covered feet deep with swirling water,
with the meat and the goods stored
in their Easements and first stories
ruined; the stock yards. an enterprise
years in building, now completely
under the tide; the railroads, with
freight and passenger cars rolling
and tumbling under the fierce cur.
rents-30, 900 cars wholly or partial
ly destroyed by the turbulent food
being but q single item; the NAM
moth wholesale implement, grocery,
paint and iobbers Of a hundred
branches ofmercantfle life which have
houses in the west bottoms flooded
to the second stories and their stock
in trade but masses of worthless de.
bris floating idly at ths insistance oil
the current-these and Q thousand ol
other things not even thought Of a.
yet, make q picture Of ruin and des.
olation such as seldom falls to the
lot OF q populous city.
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Gus interior Kansas points, 5. 800;
kansas City, Kan, and vicinity, q
500; Des Moines, 1000, and Nebraska
points, 1000.
Thousands Of persons, particularly
at Topeka and throughout Kansas,
spent Saturday night on housetops;
hundreds at Des Moines are without
food or shelter, and great suffering
is being experienced all through the
flooded district.
Railway service, particularly west
and southwest from Kansas City, is
demoralized, dozens Of bridges reach.
ing as far west as Manhattan, Kan,
having been washed out and many
miles OF track being under water.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-06-04
FALLING HAIR
Save Your Hair with
Shampoos Of
Cuticura Soap and Dressings
Of Cuticura,
Pllst, Sweetest, Most Effective
and Economical Remedies
For Making the Hair Grow when
All Else Fails.

Prevent badness and cleanse the
scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff with
shampoos Of Cuticura Soap, AM light
dressings with rCuticura, purest Of
emollients and greatest of skin cures.
This treatment at once stops falling
hair, removes crusts, scales and dand-
ruff, destroys hair parasites, soothes
irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates
the hair follicles, loosens the scalp skin,
supplies the roots with energy and
nourishment, and makes the hair grow
upon q sweet, wholesome, healthy
scalp when all else fails.
Millions now rely on Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the
great skin cure, for preserving, purify
Ing and identifying the skin, for cleans
Ing the scalp Of crusts, scales, and
dandruf, and the stopping of falling
hair, for eoftening, whitening and
soothing red, rough, and sore hands,
for baby rashes, itchIngs and chaflngs,
In the form Of baths for annoying
lrIftations and infammations or too
FREQ or offensive perspiration, in the
form Of washes for Lucrative weak
nesscs, and many sanative, antiseptic
purposes, which readily suggest them
selves to women and mothers, - we'll
- for al the purposes Of the toilet,
bath, and nursery. Sale greater than
the worlds product Of other skin C6roo.
Sd thfopshouf - evillsld world. 8
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-06-04
Col. r. B. Speed in Nevada Nail.

Col r. B. Speed in Nevada Nail.
The address of j. d. Allen, OF the
Butler TINES, before the Missouri
Bankers Association at st. Louis
several days ago, on the trust ques.
tion, WAS very able document and
was well received. In its comments
the st. Louis Republic spoke OF Mr..
Aliens effort In a highly compliment.
airy manner, and the Westliche Post,
the leading German paper, printed
the address in full with this signifi-
cant Introductory comment: "The
President introduced Hon. j. d.
Allen, OF Butler, who made a strong
appeal to the delegates to lend aid in
curbing the exactions of aggregated
capital. He called trusts the Jug.
gernauts of the commercial world
and declared that they shut the door
Of opportunity to young men. This,
in his view, was their greatest men.
ace." Mr.. Allen is one OF the ablest
OF Missouri's country newspaper men;
and gentleman Of high social, bust
ness and political standing as well.
He talked ably upon the important
subject assigned him by the Missouri
Bankers, and pointed out to them
not only the dangers Of the trusts to
the common people, but even to the
gentlemen themselves whose guest he
was. Mr.. Allen belongs to the prac
tical class OF men who look at liit
and the conditions which surround
humanity as realities. He talked
plainly Of dangers from enroach
ments OF the trusts.
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A Timely Warning.

By Col Robert NJ. Yost, 81. Francois Progress.
Hon. ]. d. Allen, OF Bates county,
No., a banker, an editor and u CON-
missioner OF the State Hospital at
Pennington, had the courage to tell
the State Bankers Association at
st. Louis that II the country bankers
are not careful they might awaken
some day soon to find their banking
institutions in the hands of a bank.
ers' trust and themselves mere clerks
in their own banks.
He had the patriotism to say he
disagreed entirely with President
Roosevelt on this subject, believing
that there is no good trust" and
that il the Republican policy were
carried to its logical conclusion the
young mans opportunities will be
forever closed.
A portion OF Mr.. Aliens address
appears on the second page OF to.
days Progress, and we commend Mr..
Aliens utterances to the thoughtful
consideration OF the people. The
menace OF trusts is too near and toe
apparent to be dismissed with par
tisan denunciation or illogical rant
ing. 1t is a subject for practical
treatment by practical men.
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arrangements are making to engage

arrangements are making to engage
a third electrical expert, Prof.
Michael l. Pupin, OF Columbia uni.
versity, inventor OF the submarine
telephone. The arrangements upon
which Edison and Marconi join forces
are not made public. MIR. Edison
admitted that he was at work on
certain inventions to be applied to
the Marconi system. He declined to
disclose the nature OF the inventions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-06-04

New York, May 28.-It has been
announced formally that Thomas A.
Edison has been taken into ths Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph company a.
q member Of its board Of technical
directors. Marconi d The only Other
member o. this board a. pcsssat but
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Street cars are at a standstill.
Most OF the power is furnished by the
two big power-houses in the Kaw,
both OF which are disabled.
The Union Depot by the rise OF the
flood to day was rendered practical
ly useless. At one end the water was
three feet deep and at the other it
was foot deeper. In the baggage
room baggage was fastened to tackle
and suspended in the air out OF the
reach OF the water.
thirds Of Argentine, a railroad
and manufacturing town on the
south bank OF the Kansas River, six
miles from Kansas City, stimulated
by ten to twelve feet OF water, and
probably 100000 OF damage has
been done.
Forty-fve hundred OF the $500 in.
habitants are homeless and nearly
1000 are destitute.
Five bridges have been swept away,
all the railroad tracks and factories
are under water and business is sus.
pended.
The river is full OF wreckage and
crowds Of people lined the banks to.
day, watching the procession Of
houses, cars, trees and other debris
that foated down.
Twelve bodies were counted as they
fioated past. In nearly every in
stance they were lying across pieces
OF wreckage. On the roof OF a cabin
that came swirling down could be
seen the body OF a woman and her
child.
West Kansas City is a scene OF
desolation.
1t is depending on only two OF its
twenty. eight railroads for commune
cation with the rest of the world, and
these lead to the South.
FLOOD SITUATION AT TOPEKA SUM-
MARRIED.
Topeka, May 31.-Briefy stated.
the present condition of the food is
this:
One hundred and seventy.five to
200 persons drowned.
Eight thousand persons without
homes.
-Four million dollars worth ofprop-
erty destroyed.
Identified dead, five.
Persons missing, 200.
Houses burned as result OF fire In
lumber from shaking lime, probably
200.
Banks collapsed, two.
Wholesale grocery stores flooded,
two.
Big business blocks almost ready
to crumble, fifty.
Wholesale commission houses de.
serted, six.
Rock Island trains containing $50
passengers held here by high water.
City waterworks plant useless.
The known drowned:
Karl Rupp.
Oryille Rnpp.
Two Rupp girls.
G. Il. CARROTS four year-old son.
Twenty unidentified bodies.
Topeka, May 31.-With LII or 200
lives lost; millions Of dollars Of prop
erty destroyed; hundreds al pistol
.hots a. signals Of distress, blended
| with the agonising cries Of unwilling
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GIGANTIC EXTENT OF DISASTERS IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
Lives Lost in Flood in Kansas and Missouri
Lives Lost by Tornado in Four States
Persons Rendered Homeless by Wind and Water
Property Damaged by TarnadO Placed at
Property Loss by Flood Estimated at $40,

Kansas Clty, MO-, May ol.-Nlun
the Raw River spreading from bluff
to bluff, flooding even the Union De.
pot six feet deep; with great fires rag
ing ift all the iewla#ds and threaten
ing destruction to everything above
water, fifteen lives lost and many
more in danger, Kansas City has
come to stern realization OF the dis
asters that have beiallen Topeka and
other towns in Kansas.
The city is isolated. The bridges
between here and Kansas City, Kan,
were swept away onight. One OF
them carried the main which brings
the city it's water supply, so thatwa.
ter is shut off.
The electric light and power plants
are also disabled, so that the city is
in darkness and not a car is moving
on any OF the roads.
Twenty thousand homeless per-
sons, driven from the low grounds in
the course Of the day, are sheltered
in Convention Hall, in churches and
in hastily erected tents on vacant
lots, while the work OF supplying
them with food is under way.
Meantime the city faces a food
shortage Of the gravest character,
for supplies are not large and it will
be impossible for several days to OBJ
tain more. Three days OF isolation,
it is believed, will use up all the sur
plusfood in the city, even with strict.
est care.
Fifteen persons have been drowned
in the west bottom to-day.
Kansas City is in the midst OF the
worst flood OF it's history.
Besides the west bottoms, the
wholesale business district, already
inundated by water from three to ten
feet deep, is threatened by destruc-
tion from fire, which, this evening,
was burning in five places. The Un-
ion Depot is one OF the structures in
danger.
The city waterworks plant has been
forced to shut down, as the water
has put out the fires under the boil
ers.
The firemen are thus Handicapped
80 that the efforts are practically
iruitless.
The Third Regiment has been call
ed out and 600 men with blankets
and service equipments, are onguard
protecting property from footing.
Their orders are to shoot on sight
any one who attempts to loot. Their
presence is having q good effect.
Five hundred houses from Armour
dale foated down the Missouri River
this afternoon. The foundations,
weakened from two days of water,
gave way. 1t seems like city as the
houses, most OF them with all the
furniture and other belongings Of
their owners, Travelled st. Louisward.
Nineteen men stood on the roof Of
the Schwarzschild 4 Sulzberger Pack
ing Company's plant all morning
trying in xaiu-to- attract attention
by waving coats, shirts and whatev.
or else they could find. Finally they
secured the company's flag and by
alternately raising and lowering it
attracted the attention Of boats,
which rescued them after six hours Of
imprisonment.
The plant Is in momentary danger
uscollapse. Ills deserted, efforts to
g. = 49,
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Inhabitants of tree tops and roofs of
houses, and the water creeping up
ward and then slowly subsiding and
alternately changing hopeto depsair,
the capital city has passed the mem
orsble Sabbath day of It's existence.
To all this disseminating condition
Of affairs was added the presence ola
cold, dismal rain.
The srdor OF the rescue work OF the
heroic rescuers was not abated in the
least by the conditions which con-
ironted them.
For long, weary hours, knee deep
in water and sometimes in water up
to their necks, they worked with
might and main.
Tonight they can proudly point
to 800 or more rescued ones who,
otherwise, might have been swept
away In the current.
Leading men have made q caraful
examination OF the flood and all its
conditions, and as a result OF their
investigation they give $50 as the
probable number OF lives lost. A
more conservative estimate places
the number OF dead at 175
Two little steam launches are now
putting up and down the river, pick
ing up survivors.
A wire cage has been stretched
across the Kansas avenue bridge. To
this was attached a sand dip and
refugees were brought across in this
manner.
When the great Kansas river has
subsidized the truth OF the awful ca.
lamity in the loss OF life and destruc-
ton OF property will be known.
To-nght oOO persons ara known
to be in the second stories of build
ings in North Topeka or to have been
swallowed up by the raging torrent
OF water which covers that town to
an average depth OF twelve to fifteen
feet.
At least 500 OF the 100000 inhab-
itants OF North Topeka are not ne
counted Tor.
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counted f0r. -
A high plat ofgroundnear Garfield
park was considered safe and here
nearly 100 refugees are shivering to
night without shelter from the rain.
When the imprisoned people in up
per stories and two-score who had
been clinging to the roof OF their
homes, preierring to remain there
than to attempt to cross the river in
the small boats, learned that they
were to be taken to places OF safety
in North Topeka, the outcries for
help were heartrending. Only a hall
dozen good boats were at hand and
not more than five persons could be
carried with safety.
This moved the boatmen to greater
efforts and tonight, with powerful
searchlights and facing q beating
rain from the north, which is almost
turning to sleet, those rescuers are
answering the appeals for help from
men, women and children, who are
suffering from hunger and severe ex.
posure.
E. L. Bailey and f NJ. Alexander
performed some OF the most heroic
work of the night. In the darkness,
a bout 3 o'clock this morning, at the
greatest risk OF their own lives, they
succeeded in reaching one OF the
burning lumber yards and rescued a
dozen women and children.
One man whimperingly tried to
force himself into the already over
10 AIDED boat to the danger line, but
was sternly pushed back by the res
cuers.
In some isolated instances men
showed the white feather. In nearly
every case, however, by their actions
they showed the material OF which
true American manhood is made.
Women and children were given
the preference in the work Of rescue.
As the result, there arescores OF fam
lilies Oh this side OF the river this
m orning with no head. Anxious
wives forgot to be thankful for their
own rescue on account Of this all
consuming anxiety for the husbands
and fathers left on the other side OF
the swirling water.
On the bulletin windows OF the
newspapers appear notices signed by
twenty or more women asking that
information be sent to them OF their
husbands az soon as their fate il
known.
Summary Of the Flood Disaster.
More than 100 lives have been lost
fully 10000 persons have been rem.
dered homeless, and financial losses
including damage to houses and
stocks washed away, and railway
tracks and bridges rendered useless,
that will mount high into the hun.
dreds Of thousands Of dollars have
already resulted from the almost un-
precedented food raging in Okla.
homa, Indian Territory, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa.
Lives are reported lost at the fol-
lowing points: Topeka, $50; Des
Moines, Arkansas City, Is, and Okla
homa, 8. The homeless are estimat.
| cd 81 iollowE Topeka, 1000; vari.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-19
STILL IN TIE AIR.

Big Real Estate Transaction SILL
Hangs Fire-SOme Details made
Public.
For several days a big deal in
volving some High street and Chan.
Gerry Row property has been in the
air. An option was taken by George
G. Sturgiss on the Anderson block
on High street and it was intended
to erect big office building ten
stories high if the deal had gone
through. Cox and Baker were the
last to sign the necessary contracts
looking toward widening the alley
in rear of Chancery Row. They are
blamed by Sturgiss for causing the
deal to funk and they in turn state
that they have always been in favor
OF the plan and offered to sign the
cor tract but were told by Sturgiss
that it was not necessary. The OF
tion on the Anderson block expired
on Wednesday. The deal may not
be made although negotiations have
been reopened looking towards its
consummatiou.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-19
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
Big Bunch of Candidates Train
ing in Gym.

Outdoor Work to Start SoOn-COach
may be Brought Here Before April
1O-Pltching Department short
Notes About the Game and the Gen.
eral Outlook.
The baseball boys are practicing In
the gym, and in short time will
start active practice out of doors
The number OF candidates is larger
than it has ever been at this time in
the season, and all records are to be
broken in numbers. There are about
25 men at work inside. Many more
will come out when the boys get out
side.
There is plenty of material In every
department except in the pitchers
box. Groniger is the only available
pitcher at present Core, who was ex
pected to bear part OF this burden, is
very sick, having had a relapse. and
he will not be 10 uniform this season.
Bowman has gone to the Philadel-
phia professional team, and Buck
Washer is out Of school to stay. He
did not take his examinations last
fall and left school so that he cannot
get back even If he wanted to come.
Pop" Shriver writes that he will
be here in few days. He has been
sick, and has been at his old home
near Waynesburg to recuperate. Coach
Hutchinson has written that he will
come before April 10 If he is wanted
before that time.
He Is to coach the team, and the
contract calls for him to begin his
work at that date. The weather has
opened up sooner than expected, and
he will probably be brought on right
away.
The baseball season opens with a
game with Waynesburg on April Is,
or perhaps with California Normal on
the 18th of April They say that
they think they can get in shape to
come here at that time. There will
be plenty of games at home, and they
will be good games.
Manager Cole says that he is going
TO have a good team, and will not be
afraid TO stack them up against any
one this season. He is very well
pleased with the outlook He is al
so pleased with the progress being
made on the grandstand which is go.
ing right along. This will help things
a great deal. The patrons of the game
will have comfortable place to sit
while watching the games played here,
Most of the players this year will be
new ones. The veterans of last year
are widely scattered. The fans are be-
ginning to talk about the chances of
success and they think that the team
will he all right.
The indoor practice has not been
very satisfactory because it is so dark
in the gym that the men cannot work
very we'll.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-19
Locals and Personals.

KEEP your eye on Chancery Hill
A DANCE will be given at the Turn
Verein on Saturday night. All friends
of the club are requested TO be pres
ent.
EXAMINATIONS begin at the Uni
Versity tomorrow and many student
who hasn't a cent to his name has a
roll nova monkey roll.
John Core who had nearly re
covered from long and severe at
tack Of fever now has pneumonia
and is very sick boy. He is some,
what better today however
Mr.. r. L. Snodgrass, one OF the
leading business men of Martinsburg,
was here yesterday to spend the day
with his old friend Col. Jas. G. Fra
ger.
Mrs. Bess Wilbourn is quite sick,
She has been removed from her home
on Sunnyside to the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. T. M. Gregg on High street.
1t is feared that she has fever.
BEVERLY has had twenty thous
and dollar fire. From recoilectIons
gathered of Beverly from visit
several years ago there must be lit
tie left up there aside from scenery.
WE are sorry to see the regents 60
home but they will be back in June
to have another meeting with US.
They may stay longer then and we
will have much better time with
them.
TOMORROW evening reception is
to be given at the Public school build
ing from eight to eleven. The teach
ing force will receive members Of the
school board, the press aud the pulpit
OF Morgantown.
SEVERAL houses have recently been
built at Sabraton and 1t is claimed
that ninety houses will be built there
early this spring. They will be need
ed by the people who will work at the
nearby plants. Towns will be built
all along the Deckers Greek valley
during this summer.
SOME of the students will go home
IN time for the spring blowing. Dob
bin and Bess are being put into COM
mission with the old pillow aud paw
will expect the young men to show
that they have learned something at
the University that Is valuable t.
| him,
INVITATIONS to the marriage of j
Mentor Caldwell and Miss Ann
Logan dis of Parkersburg have
been received here. The event will
occur ON April second. A reception
will be given the couple by Hen. y
Hamilton dis from four t. six in
the afternoon of the second Mr.
Caldwell was student here during
a summer quarter several year, ago
and has many friends in towa.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-19
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that, on Thurs
NY, April 2, 1908, between the hours of
a. m and p. m, the annual city cleo
ion will be held, at the regular voting
places, for the purpose of electing for
the ensuing year a Mayor, Recorder and
nine Councilmen, as follows
Two Councilmen from the First ward
One =" Second
Four . Third ="
Two Fourth
An election will also be held at the
same time to elect two School Commits
sioners for Morgantown school district
one for the unexpired term, and one for
the full term, and Council has appoint
ed the following named persons to con-
duct said election: .
Precinct No. 1-Lawhead's shop
Hosea Stansberry, George Hall, j. M.
Hawkins.
Precinct No walls store-J. ].
Hartman, Thomas Walls, Levi Sho-
maker.
Precinct No. 3-Court House, ohm
field.
Precinct No. Municipal Hale.
S. Vance, j. j. Wharton, James N.
Davis.
Precinct No. 5-Experiment Station
c.. w. Finnell, w. J. White, George
Rogers.
Precinct No. 6-Lough's Carrirge Fac
tory-O. H. Ollie, John Tough, 6. F.
Rosenmerkle.
Precinct No. Hess Paint Shop
s. G.. Hoke, H. Hunter. j. M. Weese.
M T. SISLER,
March 10, 1908 Recorder.