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The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
LATE ESTIMATES
OF FLOOD LOSSES

New York, June 1.-The latest esti-
mate of lives and property swept away
in the western floods Is as follows:
Principal states affected-Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri; also Indian
Territory.
Principal rivers in flood-Missouri.
Mississippi, Des Moines, Kansas Tor
kaw) and Big Blue.
Principal railroads affected-Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, Union Pa.
cific. Missouri Pacific, Southern Pa
cific, Wabash. Chicago Rock Island &
Pacific. Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy.
and Northwestern.
In North Topeka from 175 to $50 per-
sons drowned. although some believe
the number will reach 1000. Eight
thousand citizens left homeless. Two
hundred persons reported missing.
About 200 houses burned. Fifty
business blocks undermined and In
danger of falling. Value of property
destroyed, about $4.000.000.
Rock Island railroad trains carrying
| $50 persons stalled by high water.
In Kansas City fifteen persons
known to be drowned. All five bridges
swept away. Three blocks and 3,J
railroad cars burned. Entire stock
yards district. three miles wide and
four miles long. under water. Five
great packing plants and many whole.
sale and other business houses flooded.
Several thousand sheep. hogs and cat
the drowned. Property losses aggre-
eating several millions.
In Des Moines. seven persons
drowned. Six thousand homeless
refugees from North. East and South
Des Moines. Aggregate property losses
will reach more than 100000.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Texas Cattle Losses.

Amarillo Texas. May 30.-The enor-
mity of the cattle losses in the Pan
handle, caused by the terrible blizzard
tht swept over that section last Feb
ruary. is being realized by stockmen,
who have completed the spring round
ups. 1t is estimated that nearly half
million cattle were killed in the Texas
Panhandle during the past winter.
most of them dying in the February
blizzard AS an evidence of these
enormous losses, the railroad reports
show that 100000 cow hides have been
shipped this month from Hereford and
10 900 hides have been shipped from
Amarillo. The shipments from other
scattered points aggregate more than
zoe, 900 hides.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
.TRAINMEN EXPEL
DETECTIVE SPY

Denver, May 30.-In the convention
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men Thursday, E. L. Weiant. who ap-
peared as a delegate OF lodge No. OF
Chicago, was openly accused OF being
a spy. While the excitement among
the delegates was at fever heat ne
was searched and declared to be
guilty. Only the example of Grand
Master Morrissey saved the men from
offering violence. He was taken to his
lodgings, where he surrendered his de-
tective star and his notebooks and
papers. He left Denver at o'clock.
From the beginning of the conVen
tion Weiant had been in Denver. He
is said to have worked for the COLO
RADIO & Southern and the Illinois Cen
trail, and to have been member in
good standing in the Chicago lodge
where his real business was not sus
pected. He became engaged to Theirs
detective agency of Chicago, but it is
not known for how many years he has
acted as a spy over his companions.
It is stated that Weiant was under
suspicion from the day he reached the
ciay. and that Thursdays exposure is
only the result of careful planning. Be
ing given the assurance of safety he
was arraigned before the convention
Grand Master Morrissey called the
meeting to order and stated that he
would hold every delegate personally
responsible for what might follow.
After an Intellectual denial. Weiani
admitted everything and was taken un
der guard to his room at the Grand
Central hotel. There he was photo
graphed. His expulsion from the
brotherhood followed his exposure. His
description will be. sent to all the
lodges in the United States, Canada
and Mexico.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
PRESIDENT TALKS
TO RAILROAD MEN

Pocatello, Idaho, May 3O.-President
Roosevelt re-entered Idaho Thursday
morning and received warm welcome
here. His train was met several miles
outside of town by band OF Indians
from the Blackfoot reservation, who
raced alongside of 1t into Pocatello.
The President was met at the depot by
large crowd and escorted by cowboys
and Indians he was driven to stand
up town, where he delivered an adj
dess. saying:
This is a railroad town. have been
and am now on trip during which,
on every day and during every hour
my safety and well being depends alb
solutely upon the vigilance, skill, nerve
and fidelity of the railroad men. and |
would like to say special word to and
about them this morning. The last
time | saw General Sherman he told
me that if there ever was war and he
were limited to choosing men of one
occupation, he would take all his SOL
diers from among the railroad men. be-
cause a railroad man has to develop
four of five of the qualities indispensa-
BILE in a soldier In the first place ca
pacity to face risk undaunted. Rail-
rOadlng is one Ol tneSe professions
which. like following the deep sea
fisheries. necessarily implies the ac-
ceptance of risk and danger. In the
next place, the man has not only
learned to endure risk, but to face
hardships.
More than that. they have to face
irregular hours. Any one who has ever
done any soldering knows that one of
the difficulties to be overcome by the
average man is to make him under
stand that he is not to sleep every
night. but just when the chance comes.
The railroad man knows that already.
Finally. and most important of all. the
railroad man has learned two things.
He has learned how to act on his own
responsibility in time OF emergency.
how to himself take the lead if the
need arises and also how to obey or
ders, and obey them quickly.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
TEN THOUSAND KANSAS PEOPLE
ARE DRIVEN OUT BY FLOODS

land. Union Pacific and Santa Fe tracks
are washed away, and two lumber
yards burned from the contact of lime
and water. Nearly all the business
houses are flooded. Scores of people
were rescued in boats to-day, after
having spent a whole night In trees.
Merchants are ali moving their stocks
to higher places, but it is generally be-
lieved that the worst is over.
Salina, Kan, May 29.-This has been
a day long to be remembered by the
inhabitants of this city. From early
morning until late tonight all has
been confusion. with business OF all
kinds practically suspended. Tonight
the city is in darkness. with the excep-
ton of few dimly-lighted residences
on the higher grounds, or lanterns
swinging from the bows of boats as
they make their way through the flood
ed district on their trips of rescue.
Abilene. Kan, May 29.-The flood
waters from Mud creek, swollen by a
twelve-hour rain. swept through this
city last night. doing damage estimated
at 500 600. Chapman. Solomon and
Talmage, nearby towns, Jared equally
as bad as Abilene. and the loss to the
county is tremendous Abilene has no
water, light, postoffice service or
newspapers. The damage here is esti-
waited at about 100000.
The water in the principal streets OF
Abilene was four feet deep. A three
story brick building containing the
stores of Minck & Taylor, Lloyds and
Mrs. Clark the Allen Commercial Col
lege and several offices COLLAPSED to
heap. They had been weakened by the
high water and several other buildings
are in a dangerous condition.
The pressrooms of the three newspa-
pers and the basement of Cases depart
ment store are under water. The un-
ion Pacific. Santa Fe and Rock Island
tracks entering the city have been
washed away and 200 houses are sub
merged. scores of families having fed
to higher ground. Rice. Johnston q
Nicolay's lumber yard caught fire from
lime and was destroyed. Loss. $12 600.
On the Smoky Hill bottoms 10000
acres are under water and persons are
being rescued in boats.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Moffat Road in Grand County.

Denver. May 3o.-The State Land
Board has granted to the Moffat Rail
way Company right of way through
section 30 of township / north, range
76 west, in Grand county. The right of
way is 200 feet wide. This move of
the railway people is good news to the
residents and property owners of Hot
Sulphur Springs. as it strongly indi-
Gates that the new road will be built
to that place. If this is done the line
will follow the course of the Fraser
river. which is tributary to the Grand.
The company experienced some trou-
BILE in securing a right of way over
county land, but this is reported as
having been satisfactorily acquired.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S RIDE
FROM LARAMIE TO CHEYENNE

McFee's ranch, the second relay sta
ton, was reached shortly after IL
o'clock.
At 12:45 Mr. Van Tassel spurted
ahead of the President, opened gate
close to the Van Tassel ranch, and
the President dashed through. closely
followed by the members of his party
The party stopped for two hours at
Van Tassel's and took dinner.
The distance of flfty-four miles from
Laramie to where the President was
met by Governor Chatterton was COW
cred in nine hours and thirty minutes
When President Roosevelt reached
point six miles west of Cheyenne and
three miles west OF Fort Russell, he
was met by Governor Chatterton and
party, who extended to him welcome
to Cheyenne. The party remained
seated in their saddles.
| At Fort Russell President Roosevelt
reviewed the troops and met the ofhcers.
After brief halt the ride to Chey-
enne was resumed.
The President was escorted 1nto
Cheyenne by parade of troops, CIVIC
organizations and citizens in carriages.
In SLOUGH hat, riding boots, spurs
and gauntlets, the President rode di-
rect to the speakers stand in the city
square and found himself greeted by
20, 900 enthusiastic and cheering peo-
pie.
Nearly 1000 school children occupied
an enclosure to the rights of the speak
er's platform. while in the square IN
front and to the left of the stand were
| gathered the old soldiers and sailors, the
government and state officials. soldiers
and militia the bands, and thousands
of citizens. while Ferguson. Capital.
Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets were thronged with the larg-
est crowd that ever assembled in this
city.
Senator Warren introduced the Pres
ident, who made ringing address ap-
propriate to Memorial Day.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
FLOOD DAMAGES
AT KANSAS CITY

Kansas City, May 31.-With the
waters of the Kaw and Missouri river
nearly four feet above the disastrous
level of 1881, and their swollen tide
spread over twelve square miles OF
the city and its suburbs. Kansas City
is tonight enduring the worst flood In
its history. In the valley of the Kaw
or Kansas river, between this city and
Kansas City, Kansas. a report has 1t
that a number of lives have been lost.
One report says fourteen and another
fifty, but in the midst of demoraliza-
tion of traffic and the ordinary means
OF communication, 1t is impossible to
verify these reports. The financial loss
has been increasing all day and bids
fair to continue. The heaviest loss is
at Armourdale, where the loss to the
packing industry and others is placed
at $2.500,000.
Argentine, another suburb. has suf-
fered losses estimated at 100000. and
other losses, which cannot now be es-
timated, will increase the total materi-
ally.
Armourdale. with a population oi
10000 people, is deserted. and its site
marked only by the tops of buildings
and a number of fires.
Seven fires, believed to be chiefly
box cars burning. could be seen from
the bluffs tonight. There is some
danger that the flames will spread to
the partially submerged buildings ad-
ding greatly to the already heavy loss.
The fires started by the intrusion of
the flood into lime house.
The refugees from Armourdale for
the most part are huddled together in
the immense auditorium of the Con-
ventiou hall, although several hundred
found havens with friends in more for
tunate parts of the city. All bridges
over the Kaw river are down. and the
only communication with Armourdale
is by boat.
Kansas City is tonight without
water supply, the flood having disabled
the pumping station. and the utmost
care is taken that no fires shall break
out. Only one street car line In the
city is running tonight, owing to the
disabling of the power plants by the
flood.
Not train has gone out of the city
except East to-day.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Topeka, Kan, May 29.-The high wa
ter at IL O'Clock tonight has surround
ed the whole of North Topeka, and
hundreds of houses are deserted. Peo-
pie are moving out from that part OF
town as fast as possible, and great dis
tress prevails. At this time nearly 81
600 are homeless.
1t will be necessary for every inhab-
liant of the North Side to leave there
by morning. and this will leave over
10000 people without homes.
The people south of the river are
trying hard to take care of the flood
refugees. The court house, state house
and other buildings have been opened
for their reception and fund started
for their relief.
The water plant is being worked un-
der great difficulties. and it is feared
that by tomorrow this will have to be
abandoned. If this is the case, the eu-
tire city will be without fire protec-
tion.
Railroad traffic in this city is prac-
tically at standstill on account of the
floods. The Rock Island and Union Pa
cific are not running any trains. while
the Santa Fe runs only to Emporia
and the Missouri Pacific to Fort Scott.
The flood situation is the worst ever
known In the state.
The condition in Little Russia" the
Russian settlement in North Topeka,
is serious. The entire settlement is
under water, and current has started
through the district. Fear Is ex-
pressed that the channel of the river
may change. Several houses already are
twisted on their foundations. and they
probably will collapse. Every family
has had its household goods damaged,
and some have lost everything.
Reports from Wamego and other
points up the river say great volume
of water is coming this way. Wamego
reports rise of two feet in the blue
and three feet in the Republican rivers
This will reach Topeka by morning
and the large Melan arch bridge will
have great difficulty in holding Its own.
For six hours to-day the flood
plowed like a river through Abilene
filling 200 cellars and driving 100 fami-
lies to places of refuge. The Rock Is
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Trainmen's Convention Closes.

Denver, May 31.-The sixth biennial
convention of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen came to an end at =
o'clock last night in Coliseum hall.
Clearing away great amount of de-
tail work occupied the larger part of
the final days session. The vote on
the 1905 convention city was an
nounced. Buffalo winning the honor
The biennial election was completed
and the newly-elected grand officers
were installed with customary forms
of ritual The matter OF the establish
ment of a home for aged and disabled
trainmen was postponed.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
SUFFERING at pes Moines.

Des Moines, June 1.-Yesterday
afternoon the relief authorities an
nounced that they were confronted
with a food and fuel famine. Meat
markets all over the city declare they
have but two or three days stock on
hand. There are no trains entering
the city and no prospect of getting a
shipment of freight into Des Moines
in less than three or four days. Baker
les are overtaxed by reason of the de-
mand of the 5000 flood refugees
through the relief association.
The temperature of the. past three
days has been such as to cause great
suffering and to threaten great loss of
life through exposure.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Shamrock Starts for America.

Gourock. Scotland. May 30.-Sir
Thomas Lipton's fiotilla, consisting OF
Shamrock H. Shamrock l., the steam
yacht Erin and the ocean tug Cruiser,
whose combined crews number 40
men, sailed from here for Sandy Hook
at o'clock Thursday afternoon. Great
crowds bade them farewell, flags were
everywhere displayed and bands,
whistles and sirens combined with the
cheering of the spectators to give the
cup challenger great send-off.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Government viii Aid.

Washington. June 1.-The War De-
partment will assist to the extent of
its power in efforts to alleviate suffer-
ing in the flooded districts of the West.
Orders to this effect have been given
to Major Gen. Bates. commanding the
Department of the Missouri. at Omaha.
The supply department at Leaven-
worth, Kansas, will be availed of for
the shipment of tents to the flooded
localities should these be found neces-
sary.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
1oIstoi Holds Russia Guilty.

Chicago. June IA dispatch to the
Record Herald frora Philadelphia says
The North American sent Count Tolls
toi a cablegram asking him If the Rus
sian government can be held guilty ol
the massacre of the Jews in kishineff
Bessarabia. He replied:
moscow. May 2S.--Guilty is the
government. First. for excluding the
Jews from common rights, making
them a separate caste; secondly. fol
inculcating by force in Russians ar
idolatrous faith, instead of Christian
ity."
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Santos pumont Sails Again.

Paris. May 30.-During play on the
polo grounds in the Bois de Boulogne
yesterday. Santos Dumont and his bal
loon No. appeared unexpectedly over
the palaces and descended in front of
the club.
He reascended later. and after exc
cutting number of maneuvers at a
height of 500 feet, he returned to the
balloon shed at Neuilly.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Mexican Government Stops Gambling

Ell Paso. Texas. May 30.-The inau-
guration of Gen. Luis Terrazas as gov
ernor of Chihuahua. marks new era
in the history of Mexico in that he has
stopped all forms of gambling in his
commonwea alth. In contrast to that
country. always characterized for un'
restricted gaming. is Ell Paso on this
side of the border where all forms OF
gambling are wide open, downstairs
and on the principal streets of this
city.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

The big steamship trust has decided
to take more time hereafter in con-
veying the mails between New York
and London. This. however, is about
the only particular in which the trust
intends to 'go slow
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

A Bayonne IN. - man who has
seven children is unable to rent
house in that town because of the size
of his family. The thing for him to
do is to take the obvious hint and
move out into the country.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

An English chauffeur drove his au-
tomobile from London to Glasgow in
a single day and when his full score
in dogs, chickens, cows and human be-
ings is made public 1t is believed he
will be found to haye broken the best
Paris Berlin records.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

1t is said that only the very wealthy
and the very poor can AFFORD to live
in New York. The statement is proba-
bly, built up on the theory that the
very wealthy can dodge their taxes
and the very poor have nothing to be
taxed.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

A Chicago girl has written to Post
master General Payne that she would
like to look into his lovely brown
eyes," Let us hope she is not knock
ing the Chicago men.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

An Irish setter committed suicide In
New York the other day by jumping
from the roof of a fiat house, rather
than live in it. But this is not the
first instance on record where dog
has shown almost human intelligence.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

An Omaha man worth 100000 killed
himself for loneliness. There are
scores of people pining for the COM
pany OF the dollars which the Ne
) braska suicide left behind.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Parents may die of despair in Lime
stone. Me-. but the race is not in dan
ger of suicide there. Three sets OF
twins and one ff triplets came to that
town In five days.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Monday is the day of the week
when the entry in the tired house
wife's diary takes the same concise
form as that of the small boy in the
story, namely: Got up. washed,
went to bed"
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03
Fourteen Bodies Found.

Emporia, Kan, June Fourteen
bodies are said to have been found in
houses at Council Grove since the
water subsided. The valley of the
Neosho above here is desolate waste.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Warren b. Smith of White Plains,
N. Y, who died the other day. left
a fortune of $32.000,0oo. That would
be more than 81 apiece for all his
namesakes throughout the land.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

The eastern man who is growing
fish scales on his body has been told
by physicians that he has dermitalis
exfoliativa universalis." and he cannot
imagine where he caught such a ter
rible thing as that.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

A New Jersey woman has been sent
to jail for misunderstanding. Did the
court consider the probability OF his
having needed 1t?
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Hetty Green says every woman ought
to know how to keep house. Does
knowing how to keep house do Hetty
any good?
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Whitaker wrights claim that he
would have been worth $5O.OOO,OOO II
he had operated in this country is a
tribute of which America has reason
not to be proud.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

"Kicked by House" is headline
In the Halifax Chronicle. An old
proofreader's rule is: The larger the
type, the greater the liability to error.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

There is a minister in Middletown,
N. Y. who claims that he lives COM
fortably on $12 month. We would
like to know where he buys his coal
and meat.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Someone asserts that eating early
Strawberries causes mental depres-
sion. 1t is certain that pricing them
usually does.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

A pair of shoes can be made in a
Lynn, Mass. factory In thirteen min
utes; that is. as fast as 13-year-old
boy can wear them out.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Never marry a woman with an ar
tistic temperament" advises a New
York Sunday school superintendent.
Possibly he would not object to a
woman who is an artist at making
bread,
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

II 1t were not for the general In
terest in baseball. some men would
make a very poor showing at con-
versaZione.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Every time the merry yachting sea-
son rolls around the need OF COM
prehensive dictionary of yachting
terms becomes more and more ap-
parent.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Great as George Washington was.
he would probably be embarrassed If
he should come to life today and be
stood up against telephone
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

King Edward kissed the king OF
Italy repeatedly. both at meeting and
at parting. He hasn't visited Queen
Wilhelmina yet.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Miss Babie Sugar of Kirksville. Mo-.
is going on the stage. She Is saved
the trouble of thinking of name.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Wonder If William w. Astor also
secured quit claim deed from the
family ghosts when he bought Hever
castle.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Since the advent of the auto even
the French duelist Is becoming fatal.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

"That which wins a man will wean
him." says a current novel Not II II
was good cooking.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Policy King "Ar' Adams in sine
Sing is said to feel his disgrace Keen
ly. Well, that's what Sing Sings Tor
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Sir Alfred Austin certainly ought to
rhyme rhapsody on the kissing of
the kings.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-03

Even then, living at 10 cents day
would be dear in some places.