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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

forts TO run trains West, and announced
this morning tina, 1t would be fortunate II
II was able 10 run trains into Topeka in
side of two weeks.
The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy ran
a train out for Chicago at $50 this morning
Il carried number OF 81. Louis passengers
who will make connections at some point
On the line. Another train over this road
came in from Chicago during the forenoon
and 1t IS expected to send out another to-
night. No trains went West. The Burling-
ton is using the Santa Fe tracks out OF the
station at Twenty-second street and Grand
avenue to Bucklin.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas is OPP
Grating the usual number OF trains. but
not from the city. The present terminus IS
at Rosedale.
Rock Island officials reported absolutely
no traffic in any direction.
The Chicago Great Western has had no
trains for two days and sees no prospect OF
any. Their bridge over the Kaw Is gone,
the roundhouse at Kansas City has been
inundated and a number of engines which
stood in 1t.
trying TO work trains out Of Rosedale."
The prospect of success is dubious.
The Chicago and Alton ian trains out OF
Independence. No, last night with Kansas
City passengers. It was hoped that this
course might be continued to-day, but Sc
rtous doubts OF success were entertained.
The Atoms local force of dispatchers is at
Independence.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

the farmers have moved their families and
stock to Brunswick. Grand River has risen
six inches in the last six hours is still ris-
ing. and is much higher than It was in 1892.
The Brunswick ferryboat brought out ten
families Sunday and others are moving to-
day. More than 1863 acres OF wheat and
mora than 100 acres of corn have been de-
struyei by the high water. and the loss will
be many thousands of dollars. 1t has been
raining for the last forry-eight hours and
is still pouring down, and both rivers are
rising rapidly. Boats are held IN readiness
to rescue thos- remaining with their stock
IN the flooded district.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
SNAP, PUSH AND GO
Is What One shouId Get From Food.

"A young ST. Louis lady learned a food
lesson sne won't forget. She says: II sur
lered from Indigestion for nearly 10 year~
h hra ia1ltnoIsh tried all kinds OF foods for
breakfast L could not eat any OF them until
one day | discovered Grape-Nuts and nnw
WONDER how l ever did without ii.
| am a stenosrapher in business ofIra
ana need all the energy possible. but I for.
merry spent the greater part of every morn
ing wishing | had gone without breakfast
for was continually reminded Of it by the
UNCOMFORTABLE. distressed state of my stom-
ach- How much ability lost through this
! could not tell you. but now all is different,
for eat some fruit and a saucer of Crane.
Nuts and work ha-d all the morning and
never think about my stomach until lunch
time comes
Il feel the good effects Of Grape Nuts In a
sharpened brain. better memory and in
creased thinking capacity The only dim
Guilty have about 1t is that l never want
TO limit myself to the required amount FOR
I love il so" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek Mich.
There is a reason why Grape-Nuts sharp
ems the BRAIN
It's fun to make new and delicious des.
serts by the recipe book found in each peok.
age OF Grape-Nuts.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
River Steadily Rising
at Jefferson City.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL


Jefferson City, Mo. June 1.-The Govern
ment gauge stood at POI here at 10 O'Clock
tonight. with river rising. So far no great
damage has been done at this point. and
1t will take rise of at least four feet 10
cause alarm.
The river has cut through the dixie across
Cedar Slough at Murray's Bend. and the
water is rushing down the slough in great
volume, but the old bed of Cedar Creek has
protected Cedar from the onslaught of the
mad Missouri for centuries. and M serious
apprehension is felt by the citizens of that
town.
VOLTS Island. just across from the Peni-
tertiary, is completely under water. Stokes
Griffin. who has the upper part of the
island rented. will lose thirty-five acres of
corn, potatoes and watermelons
President F. H. Binder of the jefferson
City Bridge and Transit Company stated
that there was absolutely no danger Of the
bridge or its approach being damaged,
Gardens are overtiowt in Goose Bottom,
but. aside from this, bach water has done no
harm
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Warren County Lands
Will Be Flooded.

New Haven. No. June 1.-The Missouri
River is still rising here at the rate OF
three-fourths Of an inch an hour It Is now
at the highest point since 1882 The river is
rapidly spreading out over the low bottoms
on the Warren County side and a rise of
two fact more will carry the water over a
large area of fine farming land in that
county. The damage so far in New Haven
is slight from the high water.
The steamer Dauntless is busy to-day re-
moving stock and corn off Boeuf Island.
Just below town. The residents were all re-
moved yesterday. 1t is raining here now In
torrents and much damage may yet be done
In this immediate vicinity
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KANSAS CITY FACES STERN
STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
Continued From Page One.

flooded and there rot boat a miles enan adams nPy re
night but
the
branches telegraph poles
He had fed tree @ S 4 his %la hs rs ase a she
his uncomfortable branch for swing
nus [ @ y ss R sns SSa ,s
so s s @ @ the soat seventeen aeqeea n'Ga
5ske them elevators private.
nsn many
s1s s''ss 'fs;'
First News Brought
From Armourdale.
formation contained the following with Louis wbu repensns
s principal PRO Pop loss at sng and M nss from in
@ af ba and 1 w rss 1 shs rss se ss the current
There are so %a of them through tar sa or @
es cannot @ positively for porns nonrds NOT plants
I
@ SWIFT plant and repr ON Conditions The KsW River before s,es the Ms
s ss as n the Se A a n aes5ss the ] n
and s proceeded make a lake it n" % converted " INTO an
unda Wsh h great as ind Uncertain G reason on the h
taking the
Of
had Sunday declined
to s F positions 'h0 n aid Was s Gns 5 had not m -
although ase aHery useless s' injured
Signal Flags Left
r s the P999 and 9n9s r route assa
high as enough distinguish s vs
other the $50 @
Ths ssss put as signals Of e
dwelling are under water and S people srs homeless several houses e
.s 5hs s~ just naso " the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Signal Flags Left
by Escaping Citizens.
Tie-Up of Railroads
Completest in History.

Never in the history Of the West has there
been a more complete prostration Of rail-
way traffic than exists at present to the
west, south and north of Kansas City.
The approaches to the bridge of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul. at Sheffield,
ten miles east of Kansas City, went down
this morning. although the bridge proper
is intact and is able to stand any possible
stage of water.
The fall of the approaches to this bridge
leaves the Santa Fe bridge at Sibley. twen-
ty-five miles from here. the only structure
of the kind 'still standing. There is no dan
Ger of this going down, and unless the wa
ter blocks the tracks leading to 1t, this line
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
ST. JOSEPH RAISES $4,000
FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.

FtFI HIII SFECTAL
st Joseph. Mo. June Five thousand
dollars were raised for the flood sufferers
in Topeka and Kansas City to-day. and
the fund is growing hourly The street rail-
way company acts as carrier for dona-
tons for clothing. and a vacant hotel is
being used as a storehouse. Fully five car
loads have been received. and forwarded
with the greatest possible dispatch.
The river is still rising slowly. and farm
ers in the bottoms and residence of Elwood,
kas.. are still fleeing TO places Of safety.
The current IS cutting the bank near the
krug packing plant, and great Gauage
there is imminent
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

the Union Army for eight years. writes
from the Lemon building, Washington. D.
c.. as follows:
"Peruna has been used In my family
with the very best results and take
pleasure in recommending your vaIua.
bic remedy to my friends as tonic and
an effective cure for cafarrh. - Thos.
j. Henderson.
Catarrh assumes different phases In differ
ent seasons Of the year. In the early sum-
ner systemic catarrh is most prevalent.
That tired. all worn cut feeling in nine
cases out Of ten is due 10 catarrhal condi-
ton OF the mucous membranes Psruna
ClsanSes the mucous membranes and cures
the Ca;arrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving full
statement OF Your case. and he will ts
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Reward Is Offered
for Rescue of Cattle.

REPLBLIC SPECIAL
Marshall, Mo, June 1.-Communication
with the northern part Of this county is cut
Off by high water and the rural mail service
i7 almost suspended. SIX hundred cattle are
on an Island IN the Missouri River near
Saline City and cannot be gotten of. a
reward Of s1,Vo9 is offered for their resc,.e.
Many here have relatives IN the flooded dis
trict and are greatly distressed a mass
meeting Will be held here sooa to raise funds
for the food sufferers.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Flood at Lexington
Greater Than in 1881.

Lexington, Mo. June 1.-The food at this
place Is greater than In 1881. 4 rise of six
teen inches in the Missouri at this point IS
recorded since last night. and the bottoms
opposite Lexington for miles are under three
and moro feet Of water. There has been no
loss OF life. but much damage to crops.
People living in the lnwlands have been
taken out by rescuing parties and all the
stock has been saved. The annual June
rise Is Yet to come
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

lands west OF here yesterday. the wafer
having forced them to take refuge on the
roofs Of their houses
The live stock and most OF the families
Of the bottom have been moved TO the Inns
The damage Will run high into the thou
sands. as the best wheat in the county
was in these bottoms
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
REFUGEE FROM KANSAS CITY.
Picked Up by Master Plumbers and
Given Money and Clothes.

Dennis Sloan. II years old. who says he
is being kept out of Kansas City, his home.
oy the flood. arrived at Union Station last
night on the special train which the u,as,ar
p4I!npers OF New York, Boston and Balti-
more have had chartered upon their tim IN
san Francisco. where the national conyen-
ton Of the order has Just been held.
Dennis made the trip from Colorado
Springs with the plumbers He was tha
pet of the train. and when the plumbers left
Tor the East last night over the Baltimore
ana ONO present OF sd was collected and
turned over to him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

MIR r. VI. BAKER. a prominent citizen
IFl Of Buckhsad. Ga, writes in recent
letter his experience with Peruna TO
build IN a broken down system. He says:
Some lime ago l was troubled with
catarrh Of the stomach and spent lots OF
money in buying sO-calle-i catarrh medicines
and paving doctors bills. Psruaa was
recommended 70 me by a friend. and after
taking a few bottles am happy to say that
/ am entirely cured.
L can recommend Feruna. because l be-
fieve Il TO he the hest catarrh remedy on
The market. Ny whole system was out of
order and my health generally was very
bad. but since taking Peruns am now en-
loving better health than / can ever rerlern-
her and flllv believe that Peruna did the
work ! shall always speak a good word
IN its behalf"
A Congressman Uses Peruna In Ills
Family.
Hon. Thos. ] Henderson. member OF
Congress from Illinois. and Lieutenant in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
River Is Higher at
Washington Than Since 1881

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Mo. June 1.-The staan,sr
Washington has been at work all day and
yesterday taking people from the islands
Just above and just below Washington.
The Missouri River is higher at this nIacs
than it has been since 1881. and the hot
toms on the opposite side of the river. on
the Warren County side. look like an ocean
from this place
1t has been raining here most all day and
the river is still rising. The Missouri Pa
cifie Railroad below here viii be in danger
if the water gets much higher.
The loss from damage to crops and
drowning of live stock. in the vicinity of
Washington, already is heavy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Carrollton Farmers
Move Stock to Bluffs.

I'F.FJ EI-I- SFEIIAI,
Carro!lton. No. June The Missouri
River south Of Carrollton Is rising this
evening an inch per hour. Already thou
sands Of acres of wheat and corn are under
three and four feet Of water. In many sec
tons the farmers are moving their stock to
the bluffs II the water continues 70 rise
at the sans rate during the night the high
water mark Of 1851 viii he passed
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
River Seven Miles
Wide in Ray County.
REPUBLIc SPECIAL.

EEFI BIC SPECIAL.
oGessa. Mo-. June IA special to IN,
Logger iicm Wellington, Mo, states that
me Missouri kiver IL flooding all the low
l1nas IN that vicinity On the Lafayette
County side about 1,otJ acres of rich Earn:
lands are flooded with water and many oao-
pie are uIlescued Several miles from spar-
ia on the Ra, County s'ie the river 10 mr.
ntnS seven miles wide over the bottom.
Rescuing raItes have beec at work all
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
All Wheat Flooded
in Labadie Bottoms.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

INEFL BIC SPECIAL.
Boles. Mo-. June 1.-The Missouri River
has passed the danger lin. at this place
and is gradually Spreading over the bot
toms. the lower Labadte 30 tom and Hin
kle's Island being almost ltirely under
water. The river here is ris ng about two
inches an hour and reports from up the
river indicate that it will co.tinue at that
rate for day or more. The Washington
fssTyboat rescued the famili on the Is
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will manage to keep up its service to Chi
,,.;-

will manage to keep up its service to Chi
cago without interruption.
AT the office of the Santa Fe it was stated
this morning that one train had left for the
West, going over the Missouri Pacific tracks
to Paoli. kas. and from there to Ottawa
aud then on to California. AT the Missouri
Pacific this was denied, the statement being
made that no trains had gone over their
line to-day and the prospect was not bright
that any would be able to leave.
The Wabash officials announced that this
morning. that they would have a train cas-.
At 10 O'Clock. but as this train was expected
to leave over the Milwaukee bridge the
wabash hopes were blasted. and that line
Is Tor the time being out of business.
Union Pacific Abandons
Efforts Toward the West.
The Union Pacific has abandoned all Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
CLOUDBURST AT MADISON, ND;
FORTY HOMES WERE INIjNDATEn
R-PTpTTC SPECIAL.

10 81
IA
n ian
Crooked Creek overfe we'd nundany the
the rive
property damagew rreacht o
No iyesw we're los
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with the situation. and surgeons and medf-
cal supplies have been ordered sent from
Atlanta \ special train carrying a corps
OF surgeons and supplies arrived tonight,
making the total number OF physicians now
in the city about forty.
meeting was held tonight to Organise
= t!elef Committee az which it was decid-
ca 10 issue an appeal TO the public for
funds to assist the mill operatives who are
thrown out of work.
Gainesville. it is stated. can take caro-
Of those now suffering. but there will be
considerable distress cccasioned by thu
closing down Of ire mills
The physicians who have assisted IN thu
work of relief say that the scenes at the
mills were appalling. the victims being
crushed and mangleed In every concefya ble
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Asks Aid for Sufferers,

Atlanta. Ga. June 1.-Governor Terrell
tonight issued proclamation urging the
people OF the State to send contributions
to Mayor H. T. Parker for the relief of
the cyclone sufferers
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

day bringing in refugees from the knoll
But several persons have beer drowned, ans
Just how many more have been lost in :he
floods is no. known.
The lcss has already reached into the hun
dreds Of thousands and the river IS still
rising
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Farms Greatly Damaged
and Rain Still Falling.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC sFECIAL.
Hartvi!ie. Mo. June About afteen
inches of rain has fallen In Wright County
the past week. all rivers are rieh and
farms damaged greatly. still r. here.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Grand River Rising;
Lowlands Inundated.

Brunswick. Mo-, June 1.-The fertile hot
tom lands in Carroll County south OF
Brunswick between the Grand and Mis-
souri, rivers. are inundated. and many of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
WOUNDED JOIN IL
THE WORK OF REsCUE

1t Is impossible tonight to give the proper
attention to the wounded. many Of whom
are going without drez ing for their In
Jures ard are at work with the rescuers
who are digging for bodies in the hope that
some may De found alive
Only partial lists of the dead ard injured
have been gathered The complete Death
list will not be known until the debris is
cleared away.
Among the dead are: Mrs. Marshall
Camp and child; Jack Murphy. aged IA SON
OF Widow Murphy; Eulah jackson. Ethel
Lyle. Annie Garrett and Claude Shedd
The wife and daughter Of ". B. Sloan. a
lawyer. were fatally injured.
Among others injured are: Mrs. Talley
and daughter. Mrs. Jones, a grocer near the
southern depot; ]. R. Logan. James Sirnp-
son. Maude Gordon, John Simpson. Anna
Schubert. Ola Miller, Edward Skinner, Bes-
sic Skinner. Mrs. D. Doc Clark, Mrs ]. e
summeryille. Alonzo Ford. Doc Stovan, Joe
Schubert. Miller Gehill. Willie Boon and
Perry Connor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
PETER EPPISGER

INEFI BLII SPECIAL.
Breese. Ill: June Peter Eppinger. r,n.rfn-
tendent OF the brfckyard here d!ed This eysn
iils rom he1rt disease He will be buried Wedf
STEVE H KoRIN
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
panyiile. Ill. June Steve II Kori, . .,.,
dav by shooting himself eNNiue SUE
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r . . 80 = . . = = . . = 80
: DECLINES OFFER OF
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

. Topeka. Kas., June L-President 4
o Roosevelt telegraphed to-day from 4
. Cheyenne TO Governor Bailey offering 4
. the assistance of the Federal au-
o thorities # needed. as follows:
. Cheyenne. Wy. May 51-Honor-
. able w. ]. Bailey. Topeka, kas.:
. Am inexpressibiy shocked at re-
. ports Of dreadful calamity that 4
q has befalien Topeka. II there is any
. thing the Federal authorities can do.
q of course. let me know,
. (SignedD
= THEODORE ROOSEVELT" Z
. Governor Bailey is absent from the
. city. His chief clerk wired Presi- &
. dent Roosevelt to-day as follows: 4
. While deeply grateful for your 4
. kind offer. the citizens OF Topeka 4
. feel amply able to care for the suffer 4
o ing without outside assistance 4
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Question of Food
Supply Grows Critical.

The food supply is rapidly becoming a
question of vital Importance.
There was run on every retail grocery
and meat store in Kansas City this morn
ing. Persons almost overran the supply
houses in panicky rush to buy up enough
food to last until the food shall subside.
The storekeepers handled the situation as
Systematically as possible. They attempted
to divide up the supply equally among the
buyers. Old customers were shown no IA
vortism in the matter of quantity. for no
large amounts were sold TO any one buyer
There is but one wholesale grocery store
in the city that is not under water
This is the establishment OF the Gregory
Grocery Company. and the employees of the
establishment were almost swept from their
feet this morning by the rush of buyers
Mr.. Gregory refused to sell large quantities
of anything. and held his prices 10 the level
they were on before the rise of the river
Merchants consider the food situation an
alarming one. Their supply is limited to
TWO or three days on everything except
canned goods. If the rush of buyers con-
tinues tomorrow as It was to-day. the sup
ply of food and provisions will soon be ex-
hausted Doubtless much of the wholesale
supply will have ben destroyed and no
provisions can be brought in until railroad
communication is re-established.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
Meat Is SCarcer
Than ANYTHING Else.

The supply of meat is scarcer than any
thing else. Butchers have only a limited
amount Of fresh meat on hand and few
hams and sides of bacon. Indications are
that supplies will not last after Tomorrow
No more can be bough, from the packing
houses. of course.
The food came at the time of the week
when the packers larders were lowest.
Many Of the retail stores placed orders on
Saturday with the wholesale houses for
goods to be delivered to-day
A steamboat will be sent UP to the broken
Milwaukee bridge TO which a supply of
fresh meat Will be brought
The coal situation is no less alarming
than the question of food. Coal COM
psnies have but few tons on hand in their
yards uptown. They could promise only a
few deliveries this morning.
At II o'clock this morning prices for
many staple articles of food began rising.
Potatoes. which sold last week at 50 cent?
bushel. were offered at $3.50. The ad-
varce was gradually increased as the GUS
toners became more numerous. Saturday
eggs sold in case lots at 49, cents per
dozen. This morning the price iumped
quickly to 25 cents dozen in the whole
sale way. At stores uptown the retail
price was 40 cents dozen by Ii o'clock.
This morning there were about 900 casas
Of eggs in the hands OF dealers uptown.
There are fully 5000 cases in the cold
storage warehouses.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02

The Union Pacific has abandoned all e,-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02
"Pe-ru-na is the Medicine for
the Poor Man.

~0o-o-~0.--~oo~oo-o-o~ -~--0>o~-~o-o~@~-~-S-oo~
Mr.. Geo. A. Hughes, sos Mass. Ave,
Indianapolis, Ind, writes:
"PeruHa has done me more
good than anything I have ever
taken. an forty-Gve years
s old NOW, and feel as good as I
: did az 20. WIS very fhfR and
run down, but Peruna acted Just
{ :uL. g, - ~,Sa an, a csrneI