Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-02

! after It's recovery, but at present supt.
Taft, Of the railway mail service,
classes that mail among the lost arti-
Giles.
FINANCIAL DAMAGE.
The financial damage Is estimated by
prominent b/iness men at anywhere
between $lOO0DOO0 and SIS, 100000 In
this city alone but there Is no method
OF determining this with any accuracy.
The great danger now is the Crumb-
lie Of brick buildings and this has
begun IN some quarters where the old
buildings are standing. Here and
there the corner OF brick structure
has gone down, but there has been no
general collapse as yet of any large
buildings All through the freight
yards cars are being loosened from
their trucks and are floating down
stream. When swept along by the cur
rent they make a high class batterlng
ram and the front Of any building that
receives many shocks from them IL
bound to suffer material damage
The gus company has announced
mat II hoped 10 restore the supply OF
gas during the day. but Ii failed this
morning TO make good its promise to
supply sufficient gas for cooking pur-
poses. Nine tenths Of the Kansas city
households are using gas for cooking
AMI the result was that the great ma
jority " the breakfasts were cold. The
gas company hopes for better luck by
night
A mild type Of martial law was in
force last night, Soldiers we're sta.
tiohed all over the business part OF
inc city and while no attempt was
mace 10 keep people OF the streets any-
nody walking abroad after midnight
was compelled to give an account of
himself
AT DIES MONIES.
Des Moines, Iowa, June At has
practically been determined that there
WIN be no extra session of the leelsla.
lure Gov Cummins II confident that
ne can supply the needs of the food
sufferers and tornado victims IN an IN.
regular manner by borrowing money.
lhe next session to approve of his
course
The Hood In Des Moines Is stlll dis.
hedrtenlng but the water Is falling ran.
ldly The wide territory thAt was
Hooded presents a sad picture. Men and
women who have anxiously watched FOR
me water TO recede, wandered over the
muddy streets 10 the houses ehich had
been homes, As each one looked
through the door OF his home an express.
sion OF misery passed over his counte-
nance There within the ruins, furni-
lure was scattered about the rooms.
mud covered the carpets and the walls
We're coated with dirty slime. Many are
planning to move out OF these places.
me walls are damp and every effort
VIII be made by the committees in the
held to see that they are dried as rap
ldly as possible, for sickness. IL Is feared.
may come II people are allowed to enter
them IN their present condition.
IRAN service here on the main lines
IS once more nearly normal. AT Ottum-
wa the water has begun TO decline but
]! Is sun rising between Keosauqua and
heokuk, Water flows through the main
streets Of Ottumwa, four miles Of the
main line OF the Burlington tracks are
under water the light and water
plants are shut down and business Is
Frustrated The main southwest line az
the Rock Island has not got a train
through Eldon for three DAYS. Numer-
GUS bridges have been washed out be-
tween Eldon and Keokuk. At BEN
tonsport Pennington and Bonaparte
great damage has been wrought hy
the mood and half the towns are under
water But II is near the mouth OF
me river at Keokuk that conditions are
the worst today The situation is an
palllng The river Is six and eight
mics vide IN places and In every d.
Ftrtloh may be seen refugees on roofs
ot houses and IN trees shouting for sue
cor that seems impossible.