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The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
KUTz BODY FOUND.
It Is Recovered Near Where He
Went Down.

Two bodies of food victims were
found Saturday afternoon an1 one Sun
day. Two have been identified While
the third. that of boy about 10 years
of age, is still unknown.
The body of the 12-year-oId daughter
of George n. Story was found almost
in front of the home of County Com
missioner S. H. Haynes on North Jack
son street. between Norris and Laurent
1t was later identified as Mr.. Storys
child.
The body of Forrest Kutz. the Shorey
school teacher whose home was on North
Harrison street, was found a short dis
tance from his house, in the west part
of Holman's addition near Soldier creek.
EX-Sherin J. M. Wilkerson recovered
the body.
An unknown lad, 10 or II years OF age,
was found in front Of 1919 North Jack
son street. under a pile Of drift. THIS
body was at first supposed to be that
of RAYMOND Garrett. who was lost in
the capsizing of boat. but 1t was
proven not to be. The hody is at De-
moss & Penwells undertaking estab-
Hshment. These discoveries add but ons
TO the list of dead. This list now mum
bers 81. It is.
EDWARD GRAFSTROM. mechani-
cal engineer of the Santa Fe.
j. w. HOUSER, employed at Wolff's
Packing house. fell from Santa Fe
bridge
FORREST .KITTz. teacher: recovered.
MISS LOUISE SEAHAVEN. employ
ed at woolen mill; body recovered.
HENRY JORDAN, colored
MRS. ALICE BISHOP, Oakland, died
at Christ hospital.
JOHN l. ADAMS.
MRS. KIRRIE BUFORD, colored, 109
Adams street. died. at the hospital
An old soldier named WARD of Oak
land.
RAYMOND. the 5-year-old son of
Fireman C. H. Garrett.
Twelve-year-Old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George NJ. Story; recovered.
SIMON TAYLOR, colored; body re-
covered.
+ JAMES PHILLIPS. colored, son of
above: body recovered.
JOHN JONES. colored
MRS. SALLIE HALYARD, .colored;
body recovered
MRS. KENNEDY. colored.
MRS. TILDA WATSON, colored.
MRS. MINNIE KING. colored.
MISS MINNIE PURYEAR, colored.
MRS NELLIE WATSON, colored,
so years old: body recovered.
GEORGE McDONALD.c .co1ored; body
recovered.
MRS. NANCY SHONKWILER. 1913
North Harrison
GEORGE SHONKWILER,151 1913 North
Harrison.
MRS. JESSIE STOUT and four chill
dren, 1873 North Harrison.
P EDWARDS. colored; body re-
covered at Central avenue and Soldier
creek.
MRS. DORA REYNOLDS. colored.
NELLIE M'REYNoLDs. colored.
UNKNOWN BOY, twelve years of
age recovered.
The report that the family of J. R.
Eskridge of 1419 North Kansas avenue
is among the missing is wrong. Mr..
Eskridge IS working in Topeka while
his wife and two children are with
relatives in Jackson county. safe and
sound.
The others who have been reported miss
Ing but are not known to be dead. are:
George Turbill and family of Central
avenue
Dan Faunworth and family, who moved
here recently from Nebraska.
Miss Eunice Brown Of Wiisey. Kan who
was visiting here at the time of the flood.
The fact that many people were rescued
and taken to the farms and towns north
of the river and have been unable to pet
to or communicate with this side. gives
good ground for hope that they may now
be safe on the other side Of the river
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
A FEW WILL MOVE.
Most Merchants Win Resume on
North Side

While a great majority Of the North To
peka merchants expect to purchase new
stocks of goods and resume business on the
north side. there are others who are rent
ing buildings ana planning to establish
themselves on this side of the river.
Among these are Berry Bros. who have
grocery at 915 North Kansas avenue.
This store is a complete wreck and the
salvage will be very light. The proprietors
Of the store We're hard hit all around All
their household goods at their homes were
ruined and they say that the property
which they supposed themselves to pos
sess is almost entirely wiped away
Some Of the merchants VIII open tenn
porary stores on this side of the river.
at which they will hold bargain sales
of what is left of their goods.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Fate al nrrs. panilovgk7.

Chicago. June S.-Lured from home
bv fellow countrymen who believed she
ca t-f-ied a large amount of money.
robbed of $50 and then murdered, is be
iieved by the police TO have been the
fate of Mrs. Marie DanilOvsky. whose
body has been found in a lonely spot on
the Illinois and Michigan canal. The
police are also hunting for Edward
Danilovsky. nephew of the murdered
woman who is believed to know some
thing about her disap ppearance. An ex-
pressman also is being sought.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Chicago. June S.-CATTLE-Rec 90
day, . GOO head. Market slow. Good to
prime steers 81. .90d5.30: poor to medium.
$40o04.S9; S lockers and feeders, 5000 80:
cows. 81. 60d4 70: heifers. S2-50d500, Gamers
$1.60u3.00: bulls. $2.25Q4.40; calves. $500
6.75.
HOCS@Receipts today 39 600 head. Mar
ket steady to &c lower. Mixed and butch
ers'. IS. 6e,d5- 80; good to choice heavy, s. 5cI
sos; rough heavy S. 60d59o; light, $3.50
SIS: bulk of sales. S5.Sod5.90.
SHEEP-ReceiptS today, 1900 head
Market steady. Native wethcrs s.. .51d5- %.
native lambs, S4.50dT00.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Teachers, Resolutions.

The teachers in the Shawnee County
Teac hers institute have adopted tire
following resolution, regarding tha death
of Robert Monteith: We. the teachers
of Shawnee county. in institute assem-
bled. hereby extend to our friend and
instructor. Miss Mary Montieth our
earnest sympathy at the loss of her
father, Robert Monteith."
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Sheriff Lucas and Under Sheriff Belts
went up to Menoken last night on
Union Pacific engine and returned with
three suspects who are charged with a
robbery in that locality If they are
guilty they had evidently hidden the
plunder but were brought in without it,
and booked at the county jail as --sus-
poets" They gave the names of John
Levi. stanley Petit and Paul Syot
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Washington, Kan, June S-Dr n. s
Mayo, state veterinarian from Manhattan.
was here to look at some cattle belonging
to Clay McNitt. Eleven head had died ana
two more wiz die. Stock raisers were get
ting alarmed DR. Mayo saws there is no
cause for further alarm The cattle have
been bitten by a mad dog and have hy-
drophobia Only those bitten Will die Mr.
being there
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Send ID Mrs. Thorpe.

Mrs L. z. Thorpe, police matron. who
is actively engaged in helping flood suf-
ferers. requests people who can spare
them to send her brooms and dust-pans.
which viii be used to good advantage
in cleaning out North Topeka homes, or
up the quarters of the
refugees. There is a dearth OF dust on
the North side. but a dust-pan is
weapon which in the hands of a svo-
man, viii do service as q mud remover
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Ch1caoo Produce Market.

Chicago. III, June Market
firm Creamery. 15d22c: dairy, 15d1Sizc.
EGGS-Market steady, 13szn14izc.
POUITRY-Market firrn- Live turkeys.
10d12c; live chickens, 121za13c.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
CanfeId Sends $40.

A Topeka gentleman has received
from James r. Garfield. formerly pro.
fessor Of the state university at Law
renee and now librarian of Columbia
university of New York, a check for $50
for the relief fund with characteristic
letter from which we quote the follow
ing: But we cannot wait longer with
out sending you the expression Of our
keen appreciation Of the terrible condi-
ton now prevalent throughout such
large portion Of Kansas a condition
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Wall Street. New York June S.
STOCKS Selling of stocks were renewed
at the opening his morning and heavy
blocks of the principal speculative issues
were thrown over. The advance in the
discount rate by the Imperial Bank %
Germany caused some selling here for
foreign account Canadian Pacific and
Twin City were carried down IL points,
Sugar IA points Atchison rs points. Wis
consin Central. Pennsylvania and Missouri
Pacific & point Blocks of 1000 to 2.20e
shares were dealt in the stocks specified.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
A Benefit for the Flood Sufferers.

There will be given in the First Meth
odist church next Friday evening a con
cert for the benefit of the food suffer
ers 1t will be under the auspices of
Mrs. G. J. Mulvane. assisted by our best
local talent. The cordial support of the
public is desired Admission p cents
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

which we realize affects a host of our
friends both directly and indirectly in
whose welfare We still have an abiding
interest. With the indomitab BILE spirit of
your people the state will soon right it
self and ride on even keel, but the inn
mediate suffering must be very great
indeed. VIII you be good enough to see
that the enclosed mite goes TO the pro-
per committee We wish we could in
crease it a hundred fold.'
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
FURNISHED by S. E. Lux, successor to ".
o. Anderson & Co. 30 Kansas ave-
These are ruling prices. but until train
service can again be established. supply
ORANG GES-Caiifornia Washington ma
vels. best sizes s3. 3.O0d3.25; or sizes S2-75J
100: choice brands. S2.15d2.90; St. NIichaeIs,
all sizes, $3.50 per box.
50 . per box; 240 and 400 sizes. 500 per
B5ANANAs-Fancy Port Limons. 81 259
2.75 per bunch; extra large punches up to
'PINEAPPLEs- Sizes "a. 30 ss per crate.
sTRA II ERRIES-Arkansss stock, s175
d200 per 24-box crate Missouri stock, fan
cies. 81 00Q2:5o; Kansas berries, S259n275
BLACKBERRIES-Pe crate $500.
TABLE OTATOES-Minnesota Bur
banks. 750S0c per bu-, Minnesota Rurals.
per bu.. 75@S0c; Colorado Pearls, per bu..
New POTATOES Texas. sacked. Der
bu $40; 5-sack lots, per bu-. sl.65.
HOME GROWN VEGErABLES.
GREEN BEANS-1-3 bu. hox Soc
RADISHE HES-Per dozen punches. 121ac; 10
dozen lots. 10c dozen; green onions, pc-
dozen punches. 15ci 10 dozen lets, lz12c ger
tSPjTfNAcH-Per bu.. 45c.
NEW TURNIPS-40c per Dozen
RHUBARB-In small lots. &c per b.;
~ 0AsPARAGTs-5oc 81 lfsl, per dozen punches.
IETTU CE-lz bu. basket, 20c.
PARSLEY-Pe dozen bunches. sc
SWEET POTATO ANTS-70c4S 90
per 1.000
CUCUMBERS-75c per dozen.
dozen
s3 IS. choice $3.50: 6-basket-crate.
TExAS NEW ONIONS. per ID. &c.
DATEs-Fair. 4lsa5e per ID. ;Fard. sGS1ko
cocoANUTs-Per 100. $500: per dozeu.
CHEESE Kansas Y. A. 14c lb.: New
York State. 15c ID; brick, 15c h.: Limbur-
ger. 14c lb.: block Swiss. l6c lb.; 20-lb-
Daisy 16c Id.
HONEY Colorado 32-rack case. $3.50
BUTTER. EGGS. POULTRY
UTTER-Creamery PIC.
EGG5Case count. 1Oc-
POULTRY-Hens. SC 1b. ROSTERS. 15c
each. ducks, sc h.. geese &C ID, turkeys
Joe ID; young ROSTERS oc lb;i live spring
7c ID: live spring chickens. 12c To-
HAY.
Market very firm.
PRAIRIE HAY-By car .--...-... 81. .50l7So0
PRAIRIE HAN-Sy ton (baled) ---.-.--q-0d
PRAIRIE HAY Qoose) --....--..... 6.50d7.O0
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Kansas city, June S.-Close-W WHEAT
July. 657s066c; Sept. 64c-
CO,RN-July, 435sq44c; Sept, 42Sz d425sc.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Carrick siens with Philadelphia.

Toledo O.. June lliam Carrick- the
pitcher who has been playing with the To
ledo American association team. has been
signed BY the Philadelphia National
league and will leave for that city to-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Topeka Hide Market.

Iopeka- June 3
Prices paid in Topeka this week. based
on Boston quotations.
GREEN SALT CURED FLAT.
NO. TALLOW ---------- ----.-.-.-.--4aac c
City Ticket Office. Union Pacfaa
Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

! FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
FURNISHED by S. E Lux, successor to ".
o. Anderson & Co. 30 Kansas ave-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
ON HOW TO DRIVE A COACH.

AS popular as coaching is in some parts
of the country but little reliable informa-
ton has even appeared in the public press
respecting its history and development
At the town of Kotze in Hungary, in 1857,
the first coach was constructed. This
was soon afterwards presented to Charles
VII. at Paris. The first authentic record
of a stage coach in England shows that
six of such vehicles were in use there
in 1862. So popular did they become in
that country that a few years later they
We're in general use on all the principal
roads of the kingdom
Steam railways have, TO a large extent
done away with the use of the coach as
means of furnishing the highest type of
recreation, the coach and four is as pop
lar today in the British Empire and
France as it was when this was practical
ly the only means of locomotion in those
countries.
Stage coaching in America was almost
co-extensive with the settlement of the
colonies. and in the early history of the
country there were few if any places, of
any Importance. that did not welcome the
sound of the coachmans horn as one of
the fascinating incidents of pioneer life.
AS civilization pushed itself westward,
the stage coach was ever in the lead of
those agencies which blazed its pathway.
These vehicles. as we'll as their equip
ments, were comparatively crude in their
construction, and unpre;entiouS in their
appointments. but they admirably served
the purpose for which they were intended
and laid the foundation for the popularity
of coaching as a pleasurapie pastine,
developed in later years
Coaching parties had been popular in
England and Frence for several genera
tions before they were introduced in this
country. Yet the sport is so wholes me
and enjoyable that it cannot be doubted
that in that time it will become popular
here. as it is across the Atlantic.-Morris
T. Hewlett. in the illustrated Sporting
News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
CAUSE OF CRIME
Parents Neglect to Give the Children
Spending Money.

New York, Nov - In statement
covering the first years work here "a
the new court for juvenile offenders, JUS
tice julius NJ Mayer, of the court IF
special SESSIONS. asserts that the failure
of parents To supply their children with
spending mofsAy ia one of the principal
causes of crime among the boys and girls
of New York city. Lack of knowledge
of the first principles of practiced civic
he says, is another reason found for inn9-
cent offenses of hischievous children.
I'm many cases" the justice declares,
1.-THE parents are respectable. hard WORK
ing people; in many the children have
good school records, but the difficulty j.;
they have no money to spend. so that
they desire to have what other children
have-candy and the like-cannot be graf
flied.
1T may seem little thing, but ] firm
" believe that many child would he
saved from his initial wrong step if the
parent would make him a small allow
ance even two or three cents week. n
the cases where such a course is pursued
the child usually becomes sort of little
business man. outstanding mis- resources.
and willing to spend no more than his al
loWance'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
A CLOCKS MECHANISM.

After working ten hours a day for three
and one-hslf years, most Of which time
his right arm was useless because of an
accident. Marvin Shearer has perfected
what is probably the most interesting
electric clock in the world
Mr. Shearer is scenic artist Four
year sago he began planning the clock.
an dtoday he was able to announce to his
friends that he had finished IL He was
greatly handicapped in his work. and the
obstacles he surmounted would have ais
couraged most men.
Some time ago Mr. Shearer was painting
at a factory. where h. vas caught IN q
line shafting and injured SO badly that he
lay in the city hospital I'VE weeks semi
conscious. While oonvaIescing he plannel
many det.ils OF the clock. and after ieav-
ing the institution began work upon t.
His right hand was almost useless. but be
was assisted by his wife
Ths clock is called the Electric Won
der" II IS y feet inches high. feet
inches wide. and - Inches deep, and
weighs $50 pounds one large dial gives
standard time. while directly uoder il T.
i dial which shows III chang Of The
moon and gives the government weather
report twenty-feur hours in advance.
BY watching the clock one can sec
handsome pictures in the ships q tn
United states navy pass behini glass.
The ships ar arranged accord IL 10 Their
speed and TIE effect Is pleasing.
The history II Christ 5 shown from the
nativity 10 the asaeasi0n-the last sUTpe-
betrayal. cracffxiou. Ike reSurrec:i1n ard
ascension. By ricfures painted by The n
ren.or and Illuminated
one Of the mos. interesting features %
the clock IS a miniature Niagara PALS.
with real water turs.rliuE down. the color
or which appears 20 chsugs jest helow
the cataract Is an electric fountain and
AZ arch. asrsnEeI 70 produce a b-aaiifU'
effect;
Flags appear OF ssaS rear he center.
and in front % the dial. and Indicate IN
kind OF weather expected. twea;y-f9ur
hours in advauce Tee iaterpretstioa o.
the rag APPEARS oa The cz.eudar dial NJ
,sl,zrcorsly with The appearance - the
Tag TIE veathz- reports are prosre-i
By a rhe-sreuset.g a barometer. hydro
meter. z spsrst level. and c7rHprss
The history q TIE Omitted States. from
the lan.siux q Coseszn2s 10 ;he frsS-rt
tine = shown b. uiae,y SIX pssatsnss
-hsch a-e attached - a RIB = IS teet
Iorx. and rsaove6 BY electricity
wh~r the clock strike tie hos- IRE sE-
ur-~ ~ Urcie Sam and tne Gcedes- q
liberty pass CT % IN electric elevator on
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
TOWNS BELOW RIVER.

The people of seventy miles of the thick
ly populated Missouri river valley in Iowa
have just discovered that the Missouri
river is above their heads.
Prosperous towns and rich farms of $40
quare miles are below the level of the big
stream. The people have just been told
this by an expert drainage engineer in the
employ of the government. This means it
is entirely possible at any time for the
mighty stream TO leave the elevated
trough in which it now runs and put these
farms and towns at the bottom of great
lake. Had the Kansas City floods of the
early spring occurred on the upper end of
the river it is quite likely this great tract
woul dalready have been submerged.
AS it is. 10000 acres of land has stood
under water for five months, water that
fell in the unprecedented rains of this
year and could not be carried off because
no outlet had been afforded and could not
be absorbed because there was. two feet
of rain. The people sent for c. G. Elliott,
an expert drainage engineer of the De-
partment of Agriculture. They told him
when he came that they wanted to know
how they could drain the water that fell
on their land into the Missouri river.
Mr.. Elliott took his tripod and went
over the country. In few days he came
back and told the people the distasteful
facts
You can't make water run into the
Missouri river. for the simple reason that
up to date we have discovered no way Of
making water run up hill. This entire
bottom is from eight 10 twenty eight feet
below the level of the Missouri Your
town of Whiting is thirty-two feet below
the rivers level The only way you can
drain your land is to send the water out
through the Little Sioux river. which
flows parallel TO the Missouri until it
finds chance for an outlet fifty miles
below here"
The astonishing statement has greatly
alarmed this region. Il had never occur
red to the people that the reason the Lit
tie Sioux paralleled the Missouri 50 great
a distance was that it could not run UP
hill TO that stream.
Plans have been formed for protection.
This time 1t is not 10 drain lands. but to
provide an outlet for the whole Missouri
river against the day when the larger
stream viii leave its present course. So
they propose TO straighten the Little
Sioux river and build u great ditch. forty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

miles long, according toTiAROINhatfeooa
miles long. afording two outlets for wa
ter. whether falling in rains or coming
from the Missouri when it wsnders across
country. To provide these outlets viii
cost the people of the valley $4,000. bat
they are gladly arranging to raise The
money.
Were these people situated near the
Mississippi river there would be little
cause for alarm. That stately stream
has habit of staying in one place. What
it chooses for it scourse is likely to re-
main so, except for the slow. gradual
change OF many years.
With the Missouri it rs different This
river has no equal in the world in its
capacity for destruction of sold land. The
people of Decatur, Neb., nave been hold
ing mass meetings this fall, to petition
congress for an appropriation TO save
their town from destruction by the river.
The Missouri conceived an idea this sum-
mer that it coveted the ground upon
which this town stood. The work of de-
vouring the townsite began. The river
whirled around steep bluff and hurled
itsell against the town. The land crum-
twenty blocks of the towns plat have
disappeared. Below Decatur two eighty
acre farms have been completely eaten
away.
At Sioux City the river manifested the
same power 1t had wended its way
peacefully in a narrow channel for many
years, so the town of Covington. Neb.,
opposite Sioux City. was laid out clear
to the rivers bank. No one thought the
river would object. But the cid stream
resented the familiarity and thew itself
upon the town. The result is that two
thirds of the plat of the original town is
now river bed, and the only reason why
the rest is left is that the government, at
a nexpense of $4,000. built a stone bank to
stop the rivers mad career.
At Yankton, S. D., the people establish
ed a ferry to bring passengers from the
Nebraska side. The ferry advertised it
would put people on the streets of Yank-
ton. The river chuckled and began leav-
ing the town. In its path it left treach-
trous, mushy sandbank. The ferry bust
ness was interfered with. People had to
go some miles around. United States
Senator r. S. Gamble took up the matter
and induced the United States engineer
ing department to appropriate $4,000 to
bring the river three-fourths of mile
back to the town. This the department
has already undertaken to do by con-
structing great dikes
But the people of this seventy mile VAL
ley. ranging from seven to twenty miles
in width, cannot build stone wall all
the way from Sioux City to Missouri Val
ley at a cost of millions of dollars, to
keep back the river. They can do moth
ing but take their chances and prepare
to carry off the lake that would be pre-
cipitated upon them by an avulsion OF the
river
The power Of the Missouri is made pos
sible by the great quantity of suspended
silt it always carries, which gives it its
name of Bid Muddy This silt is de-
posted in reefs. which turn The current
against the banks. The current is swift
an dthe suspended earth acts as a corrod-
ing force, accounting for the marvellous
destruction accomplished by the stream.
Kansas City Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
ISSUES BLUE BOOK.
Lays Stress on Magnitude of South
African Market

London, Nov. 1S.-The board of trade
today issued an interesting blue book con-
tanning the report of Henry Birchenough.
a writer on statistical and political sub
jects, who was sent TO South Africa as
special commissioner to inquire into the
political condition and prospects of Brit
ish trade in that country. In his report
he lays stress on the magnitude of the.
South African market, which, he says.
has increased go per cent in the last
tep years, sthe greatest increase. however.
having been shown in the last two years.
The annual value of this trade now ex
ceeds the sum of 1926 000, 900, and the COM
missioner says that the rapidty with
which South Africa has come to the
front as great market for the exploita-
ton OF British markets is almosh start
ling.
Commissioner 3nrchenough points out
that decade ago exports to South Africa
were only SIS 100000, while last year they
exceeded $3.50, 10000. Inu 1898 South Afri
ca stood sixth in the list of Great Brit
aims customers. but last year it was
beaten only by India. The commissioner
says that this year South Africa will be
the largest buyer of English manufac-
lures of the mother country.
Piso's Cure@0 years on the market.
and still the best for Coughs and Colds.
25c. per bottle.