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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04

Kansas City, juno 4.-There Is de-
cided Improvement In the flood situa-
ton this morning and a general feel
ing that Kansas City has seen the
worst.
The unofficial weather gauges In the
Union depot showed n fall of about
six inches during the night. The Off
:ial report is stationary. The danger
of famine has passed and the rail-
roads are confident that they will be
able to bring in ample supplies from
this time on.
The stock of meats in the packing
houses, most of which can be taken out
In boats, proves TO be greater than at
first supposed, and there is no doubt
there is sufficient meat to sustain the
city for a week eve ii nothing be
brought in from outside.
There is greater scarcity of food In
opening of the electric line from
L%eavenworth 1T is thought there will be
no distress of an acute description.
Superintendent Goodwin of the water
works department this
morning that he believed the water
supply can be in Il measure restored
by nightfall. All the cable car lines
have resumed, but the power plant of
the electric lines is under water and
lleSe IOdCS VIII loI De IDle TO run I'm
TIL the water subsidies.
First Western Mails.
The first mails from the west have
come in, one late last night and an
other form Wichita his morning.
Nothing has come yet from the flooded
district around Topeka and Lawrence,
and 1t is not likely any will arrive for
several days after the water subsidies.
About two carloads of second, third
and fclrth class mail matter have been
lost in the freight yards. 1t may be
possible to dry out the mail after its
delivery, but at present Superintendent
Taft of the railway mai service classes
that mail among lost articles.
The financial damage is estimated by
prominent business men at anywhere
between 100000, 900 and $25, 900, 00O in this
city alone; but there is no method of
determining this with any accuracy.
Buildings Crumbline.
The great danger NOW is the crum-
bling of brick buildings. and this has
begun in some quarters where old
buildings were standing. All through
being loosened from their trucks and
are floating down stream. When swept
along by the current they make high
class battering rams and the front of
any building thai receives many
shocks from them is bound to suffer
material damage.
A mild type of martial law was in
force last night. Soldiers We're sta
toned all over the business part of the
city, and while nc attempt was made to
keep people off the streets, anybody
compelled to give an of him
elf.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
Minnesota Mans Discovery.

Adrian, Mimi, June Phillip Doyle
of this place says he has found out Il
medicine that will cure any case of
Kidney Trouble. AS Mr.. Doyle was
himself very sick for a long time with
this painful disease, and Is now, APP
p%arently, as we'll as ever, his statement
carries the confirmation Of personal ex-
perience.
The remedy that cured Mr.. Doyle is
called Dodd's Kidney Pills.
In speaking Of the pills, Mr.. Doyle
says:
I'm regard to Dodd's Kidney Pills.,
they are certainly a wonderful medi-
cine-the best that I have ever taken.
Il was very bad for a long time with
Kidney Trouble and could get nothing
to help me till l tried Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
II used altogether about ten boxes.
and | can say emphatically that l am
completely cured. I am entirely we'll,
without a symptom of Kidney Trouble
left.
II a heartily recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills to anyone who is suffer-
ing with Kidney Trouble, for they
made me all right.
Il have advised several of my
friends to try them, and not one has
been disappointed"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Coffee Tried and Found auil,,

Coffee Tried and Found Guilty.
No one who has studied its effects OF.
the human body can deny that coffee il
n strong drug and liable to cause all kind!
of ills, while Postum is a food drink AMI
a powerful rebuilder that will correct tn
ills caused by coffee when used steadil,
In place of coffee.
An expert who has studied the subject
says: II have studied the value of food:
and the manufacture Of food products
from personal investigation and wish t.
bear testimony to the wonderful qualitiei
of Postum Cereal Coffee. I was an cx,
cessive coffee drinker, although knew
it to be a slow poison. First it affected
my nerves and then my heart, but when
l once tried Postum l found it easy tn,
give up the coffee, confirmed coffee fiend
though I was.
postum satisfied my craving for COFFEE
and since drinking Postum steadily in
place of the coffee all my troubles hay3
disappeared and / am again healthy and
strong.
II know that even where coffee is not
taken to excess it has bad effects on the
constitution in some form or other and I
am convinced by my investigation that
the only thing to do if health and happi-
ness are of any value to one is to quit
coffee and drink Postum" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
LIKELY MONTGOMERY.
Warm Fight is On in Sioux Count.
Over Representative and Some
Politics Is Doing.

Orange City. Ia. June 4EThe Nassau
.ownship caucus held at Alton last
light instructed FOR Dan Montgomery
Of Ireton for representative. h Bun
,ombe and Logan township caucuses
held at Hawarden also instructed for
montgomery.
This action puts Montgomery on the
list as the probable candidate. all
'hough this is by nj certain.
Montgomery's opponent, j. +. Nor
lis. Is also an Ireton mar He
made an effort to get an early eau
,us, but Montgomery fought 1t, prefer
ing to wait until he had some indorse-
nent from outside townships. No date
or the caucus has been set, but the re-
suit will probably determine the fate of
he candidates.
Holland township, Orange City. will
lot instruct. and Its delegation will.
iote the same as the Reading township
delegates. Sentiment here is q little
iverse to Montgomery.
The democratic convention will be
held at Orange City June 16, and the
republican convention at lIawarden
Tune %.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
An INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
sstrothal OF Presidents Cousin to a
CoitnA Rrinnc Liz Enrainn MaLa;aue /.

-
CesIers Weekly: y cousin OF FRESH
d.nt Roosevelt is 10 mary an italian count.
TAsre seems 10 be no danger that any
iit.ie relative Of his Will marry an Italian
countess, The American girl is enc of the
most Successful developments Of the nine
lAeHth century, and ~ doubt she VIII
continue 10 develop throughout the TWEEN
tieth- Her tendency 10 marry titled for
~aisrers Is sometimes held against her; but
il Is the natural consequence Of her tri-
i.12pAs here. What Says tha wondering
fog4isner. can the American woman gain
ahfqaG2 Has woman eyer enjoyed Oh this
t-rtA The station which She enjoys in
-A.ae riea? Why abandon such reality for
E tile whieh. no dou5t advantageous here,
IS 81 no neeessity in your democracy 2"
Tho ielsons III the individual cases differ.
IN one X Is the taste for aristocratic set
i,ig, IN another il is u-ncenge,!ial associa-
iiqils u home. in some it Is even the
ase Wish IS too often overlooked, to-
E4t, loGe; but underneath these a~ccilen-
ii reosoas Is the IDEAL Justification. the
@lrtetit Which the expansion OF the Amer
81! H3nlai brings to Europe. She .!ber-
itsS l.er husband. She teaches him aad
+ COMPANIONS traths that ceaturles have
i5tse4 q teaeh them. and The benefits will
te IL lasse Part saaped by European wom-
ga ~ Europe il is not this women that
;s e.:sshtineist; II Is their despots, the
~ p; slta, Therefore. why should we not
q!ee wse.. car women carry this new
as.i aiaqilg tie heather?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
FIFTY-EICHT ARE
KNOWN TO Be DEAD
Floods at Topeka Are Rapidly
Receding, Showing True
Conditions.
WILL o ALL vANDALs
Fifty Armed Deputies Are PatrolIins
North Topeka with Orders to Show
No Mercy-Governor Bailey
Asks for Aid.

Topeka, Kan, June 4.-The flood sit
uation In Topeka can briefly be sum
married. thus:
Known dead, ffty-eight.
River falls three feet n is now re-
ceding at the rate OF two inches an
hour.
Distress will be great among the
refugees.
Governor Bailey issued a proclama-
ton calling for help for flood suffer
ers.
Fifty deputy sheriffs armed with
Winchesters go to protect North To-
peka, with orders to shoot looters
whenever they are caught stealing.
Governor Bailey's proclamation call
ing for outside aid was decided upon
at u mass maeting yesterday, when the
governor was requested to issue the
call. 1t was decided to make this a
general appeal for the people all along
the flooded districts of the state, as
we'll as those in Topeka.
The plan is to mak Topeka head
quarters, n to distribute the aid
There will he besides this general APP
peal an appeal through the fraternal
organizations, and other appeals
through various sources.
A meeting of the representative peo-
pie of Topeka who live on h south
side was held today to arrange for
systematic protection of their property
in North Topeka.
Immediately after the meeting a
large number of armed men left in
boats for the north side, where they
will guard property, and their orders
are to shoot.
Floods Are R%eceding.
The river is three feet below higi.
water mark. The fall is plainly indi-
Gated on the Seymour building at Kan
ter has receded on Kansas avenue to
the platform Of the Rock Island depot,
a distance of $50 feet.
1t is the opinion Of experts that the
rivers will go dow rapidly from now
on. The Blue, the Republican and the
Solomon have spent their force, and
the volume Of water spread Over the
Kaw bottoms will hunt Its channel
quickly.
The situation in the Hood stricken
districts Is better than it has yet been,
for the reason that fewer people are
marooned in houses, in trees and or
Islands,. Nobody is now cllnging to
trees. Those who had to cling were
either rescued or dropped into the
river.
Last night not to exceed 400 people
were in North Topeka. The work of
taking them out began at an carly
hour yesterday. There is no way of
getting at the amount of damage done
by the flood In Topeka and vicinity.
The damage may reach $4,000, 000, it
may go beyond and 1t may be less.
Crops in the Kansas bottoms are de-
stroyed. This makes an enormous
loss to farmers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
TO MEET SATURDAY.
Cabinet Meeting on That Day Will Be
One of the Most Important
in Years,

Washington. June 4. - President
Roosevelt will be in Washington next
Friday, and the next day there will be
N of the most important cabinet
meetings in recent years. Although the
president has been kept posted as to
developments in the postofice scandals,
hat matter will be gone over fully. 1t
is expected the president will make a
stand for a continuance of the investi-
cation, and extend 1t to every depart
ment.
The Panama canal matter will also
receive considerable attention. as the
treaty is now in a deplorable condition,
owing to the revolt of the Columbian
congress against the attempt of the
French Panama company and their
New York Representatives to enforce
their own terms upon Columbia.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
90 WE'RE KILLED.
Two Hundred Injured by the Gaines
willie Tornado.

Two Hundred Injured by the Gaines
vile Tornado.
Gainesville, Ca, June AT noon to-
day a conservative statement estimates
the killed of yesterdays tornado at 100;
property loss, 100000.
The tornado visited the towns of
Gainesville, New Holland and White
Sulphur. 1t is estimated forty persons
were fatally injured and many more
hurt. Probably 1000 persons are home
less. Two hundred houses, besides the
Gainesville cotton mills, were DESTROY
ed, a%ggregating q property loss of $780,
600.
Last night brought increased misery
to the cyclone sufferers for a steady
rain set in late In the afternoon at
tended by bitter cold weather which
penetrated to the marrow. The wealth
or and darkness greatly impeded the
town was in total darkness all night
and the streets filled with Debris.
Difficult Rescue Work.
All night long physicians pushed
their way through the wreckage,
guided to suffering victims by groans
of agony. Doctors and volunteers
waded through mud and water knee
deep, N were frequently compelled
to crawl on all tours. Houses had
been moved for blocks, others were
missing altogether, and no system
could be employed in the work Of re-
lief.
Every door in Gainesville is open to
the victims. At the city hall, armory
and court house many persons passed
the night shiverlng in the cold. A mass
meeting was held this morning at which
$4,000 was subscribed to the relief fund
and a message was ent to the secre-
tary of war asking tents to shelter The
homeless, and an appeal for aid is made
to the public. One main need Of suf-
ferers low Is clothing and tents.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
Grain Trade and crop.

Cincinnati Price Current: During the
past week rains have been general over
the wheat section of the country, which
rave been Favorable for the growing crop.
In the west the amount of rainfall has
been excessive, and no more will be need.
ed for the development of the crop. There
Is practically no more complaint OF
brought except in parts OF California,
There continue to be positive evidences OF
damage to the crop in the territory sur.
rounding ST. Louis, that is. Missouri
southern Illinois and western Kentucky
although In places an Improvement during
the week Is reported. In Kansas. too
there are a few counties where no posi-.
tive damage is severe. Taking the countr,
as IA whole the condition of winter wheat
continues good. appearinp to he main.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
RlsKs OF
E.eoent Revelations Show That Rood,
iers Are PRETTY Sure to BE Caunbt.

tefs are rfetty sure TO Be Caught.
siassiphia Ledger: The sensational
c.it-- aaGe'l 10 III. story of the Mis-
er! l8e5s,ative corruption by the con-
Of ex-State Senator Busche con-
tii.s sons IMPRESSIVE morals. Here was
. nlaa VINO hal had 2 successful" career
i l~t~rnake!, adding TO his salary ex-
t~ts amounting to about $4,000 In five
ais. In business he has always been
cgi.s.5crei at'oSe reDroach. and his hon-
esty rs q menlher OF the legislature was
F0t generally doubted. h investiga-
t5ns prosecuted by the circuit attorney,
4F. FOX, have apparently come close
ietaa 10 the guilty bribetaker. and, with
N!s1oNAteli sorrow for his misdeeds, he
has relieved his conscience, and, incl
eFhtaiJ, secured some prospect of i'm
iculity, by making q clean breast Of his
part in the wholesale Missouri corrup-
t59n.
No broad generalization would be sat
isfied from this particular case, beyond
the conclusion that bribetaking is poor
policy for a man with a good business,
promise of an honorable career and a
sensitive conscience. But in connection
with the other features of the Missouri
~aeyelaticns, and with the exposure of cor
rupficn in the postofice department, in.
The Massachusetts legislature, the Rhode
Island legislature and half a dozen other
i-iS4ltQlis tIt LEGISLATURE OF
far off Hawaii, 1t does suggest very pow
erful.y that II is an extremely risky thinl
10 be mixed up in lobby methods. If the
murder be the safest of crimes, legislative
boodling is one of the most dangerous.
There are SO many implicated; future
complications are so possible and eXigen-
eies so uncertain. In Missouri the work
Of the corruptionists during the last five
years has been pretty fully revealed:
much has come to light regarding legis-
latiVe crimes perpetrated as far back as
1883. Under the interchangeable efforts of
enc man. the whole system has crumbled
10 pieces, the boodlers betraying each 9TH
err without the slightest display of the
honor commonly attributed to the
haser type of criminals; the gang is scat
tered, its power broken, its immunity lost
Some members of it are in exile and some
in Jail. Political careers progressing to-
ward the greatest Offices are ruined.
What has happened in Missouri NAV
come to pass anywhere. The mere fact
that a thing has gone on for a long while
is no assurance hat perpetuM immunity
from TIE peoples wrath and the law is
deqreed for 1t.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
FALSE PRIDE MAKES TROUBLE.
Commercial Club at Topeka Refuses
Money That Is Needed,

Topeka, June 4.-Ihe flood situation
here today. Is materially better. The
Kansas river fell during the night at
the rate Of an inch an hour. The stand
ard guage measurement at 8 O'clock
this morning showed a 27-inch fall
from the highest point of Sunday. 1t
is safe to say that all those marooned
In trees and flooded houses have now
been removed to places of safety.
AT Sardou bridge alone over 200 were
landed last night. The previous esti-
mate of twenty dead is still adhered to.
Many reported missing are showing up,
but 1T will only be possible to give the
actual loss of life when the waters
have finally receded. 1t is believed sew
eral persons are drowned and tina their
bodies huve tioated away
Relief Work Systematized.
The work of relief went OH through
the night, and has been systematized.
The greatest fear now in Topeka is for
an epidemic of diseases. At the relief
depots where the refugees are hudd.ed
together several persons suffering with
contagious diseases We're removed to
hospitals as rapidly as possible. The
absence of good drinking water is am
other disease-breeder. Money is The
thing most needed now and citizens are
contributing nobly. but the demands
of The situation are great. Offers of aid
from outside cities are pouring in, hut
the governor and Commercial club have
SO far refused all such. The attitude
of the Commercial club. The attitude
the matter of aid, is not meeting with
unanimous approval. In fact there IS
much criticism of it's action. The Com
mercial club has at it's command less
than $4,000. 1t is estimated by many
the work of relief and rehabilitation will
require $1O0, 600.
Topeka is powerless to raise that
amount of money without c1ippling
itself seriously. :
The Elks club. which is up to the
present time the largest subscriber to
the relief fund, $1,000 having been
raised by that organization, has adopt
ed resolutions condemnipg the Com
mercial club for Its attitude. The rcso-
luton characterizes such action as an
unwise and objectionable exhibition of
pride. All the Odd Fellows and Masonic
bodies in Topeka, the knights and
Ladies of Security. and the A. o. u.
w. have taken the same stand as the
Elk and Endorsed the resolutions
adopted by the latter body.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
Mater is Slightly Lower, Al
though Officially Reported
Stationary.
LESS DANGER OF FAMINE
heat Supply in the Packing Hous..
Can Be Reached by Boats-Maii
Trains Begin to Get Through
From the West.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GREAT DANGER
FOR ST. LOUIS.


Washington, June 2. special river
bulletin.-There has been but little
change In the flood situation since
Monday morning. The Missouri
river at Kansas City is about sta
tlonary at 30 feet, while the Mis-
sissippi at st. Louis has just about
reached the danger line, thirty feet.
North of ST. Louis the Mississippi
Is above the danger line as far as
Dubuque, particularly between
keokuk and Hannibal, where the
waters are 3l2 to Az feet above the
danger line. The Missouri East of
h city is several feet above the
danger line and still rising. This
rise Will continue Tor two or three
days longer east OF bonneville, Mo,
and several feet more water may be
expected at St. Louis. In the Mis-
sissippi north of the mouth of the
Missouri, the additional rise will
not be marked.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
HIGH AT HANNIBAL.
Mississippi is Six Feet Above the
Danger Line.

Hannibal, Mo-, June 4.-The Mis-
sissippi. which has been coming up fast
for the past several days. is now six
feet above the danger line. Conditions
We're never worse in this locality.
Thousands of acres Of fertile farm
lands In this vicinity are devastated,
causing a loss estimated at not less
than 500, 900.
The Burlington railroad has suspend
ed traffic over its Missouri river tracks
between here and Quincy, ILL.,, as the
water now stands over the roadbed to
a depth of six feet. Trains are run
ming over the Illinois lines. Across the
river from Hannibal the town of Shep-
pard, ILL.,. is without a resident, as all.
have been driven away by the flood.
The Suy levee. protecting 100, 900 acres
OF Illinois farm lands, is in danger.
This levee is thirty-flve miles long. A
guard is being kept over 1t night and
day, and the levee commissioners are
making every effort to prevent it from
breaking.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
TIE W'EExLy TINES
r. II. HARRIS. Publisher.
MISSOURI VALLEY IOWA

The Inconvenience of the similarity
between a gentleman's evening dress
and the attire of a waiter has received
yet another instance. MIR. Choate, thn
American ambassador. was the victim,
of this occasion. AT the state banquet
to the king at Guild Hall, the Ameri.
can ambassador was one of the few
men in evening dress. nearly everyone
being in court or municipal uniform. He
was interested in h pulpit arrange
ments In which the carving vas done,
and ventured to ask one of the n
tionaries n question concerning them.
Never mind about old CUSTOMS was
the reply, look lively an clear away
the soup plates!"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-04
Her WEIGHT IN GOLD.
An Ordinary Woman Isn't Worth So
Very Much After All.

An Ordinary Woman Isn't Worth So
Very Much After All.
New York Mail and Express: "The
weight Of money IL very deceptive"
says an employee Of the sub-treasury.
For Instance: A young man came in
here one day with a young oman !
wal showing them through h DEPART
ment and happened to ask him jokingly
II he thought the girl was worth her
weight in gold. He assured me that he:
certainly did think SO, n after learn
Ing that her weight was LOG pounds We
figured that she would be worth In
gold coin s2s.647. The young man was
fond enough Of her to think that was
rather cheap.
Another thing that deceives many
people," he continued, .is the weight
Of paper money. Now. how many 81
bills do you think 1t would take to
weigh as much as a IS gold piece?"
On a guess the writer said fifty, and
the clerk laughed.
II have heard guesses on that" he
said, "all the way from fifty to 500, and
from men who have handled money for
years. The fact Of the matter is that
with a IS gold piece on scale o
would have to put only six and one
half bills in the other to balance 1t"
The question afterward was put to
several friends Of the writer and elicit
ed answers ranging all the way from
twenty to 1000, the majority guessing
from 200 to 500.
Taking the.weights of gold coins and
bills given at the s-ub-treasury. 1t was
figured that ass gold piece weighs .296
of an ounce, avordupois. The employee
at the treasury who handled the paper
money said that 100 bills weigh four
and one-half Ounces. That would make,
one bill weigh sQ45 of an ounce. and
between six and A,ven bills would ball
ance the gold piece.
On h proposition of how much
money can lift, assgures were OBJ
tained at the s~ub-trensNry, where GER.
tain numbers of coins were placed in
bags and weighed as STANDARDS. For
example, the standard amount Tor gold
coin Is $4,000, which Weighs 1872
pounds. Five hundred silver collars
weigh 35h pounds. while $20e In
halves. or 400 coins. weight II pounds.
Two hundred pounds of coin money,
OF various kinds is made up as fol-,
lows: Silver dollars, $2,617; half dol
lars, 1896; quarter dollars, $685.
dimes. $3,615.80; nickels, $917: pennies.
$295.61.
In 81 bills The same weight would
amount to $71,111.