Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-30

the volume Of water from the Kansas river
ana other streams for which the Missouri
river IL the outlet, added to the usual
June rise. will carry the Missouri to a
higher stage than Il reached In 1881 and
1892, when IL broke all previous records.
The Missouri gauge read 2S.1 feet above
low water mark at o'clock this afternoon
and Superintendent Connor predicts rise
Of three feet during the next twenty.four
hours. At the little town Of Harlem. across
from this city. the residents on the flooded
district were rescued tonight from house.
tops In boats after losing most Of their per-
sonal effects.
The embankment Of the Burlington road
Is holding the food from the rest OF the
town. but a rise OF few more inches will
carry the water over the embankment.
The Kansas river has forced hundreds of
families to leave their homes in Argentine
and various parts OF Kansas City. Kan.
The Easements OF the packing houses are
flooded and many other large business con-
Germs along the Kansas river are forced
out of their Easements.
The river has forced the Missouri Pacific
TO abandon It's bridge between Kansas City,
Kan. and Kansas City, Mo, and heavily
weighted cars are upon It to hold it in
place. The water is within ten inches of
the Belt lane bridge in Armourdale, and
the water is almost on a level with all the
bridges which croSs the Kansas river here.
Thousands, OF acres OF choice garden land
just. west Of this city are uoverfowed and
the damage to crops will amount to thou
sands of dollars. A thousand shack dwell
lers have been driven before the food to
places of safety.
Near ParkVille, Mo-, the Missouri river is
cutting new channel and hundreds Of
acres Of the most fertile farming land will
be washed away.
At midnight one-third OF the Armourdale
district of Kansas City. Kan, was sub
merged and the police were busy rescuins
women and children from their flooded
homes. A large number OF extra men are
assisting the police In the relief work. Nc
loss Of life has been reported but many
narrow escapes occurred.
Most of the cottages In the flooded dis
trict are the homes of well-to-do working.
men, and the loss on this property Is enor-
nous. A large force OF men is at work con
stantly saving movable property by meant
OF boats.
Cannot Locate Trains.
Trafic on the Union Pacific, Missouri Pa.
cihc and Rock Island railroads has been
suspended west of this city on account OF
the floods, which makes the attempt to run
trains unsafe. The Santa Fe has almost
abandoned its western traffic, but it is
getting trains through to Emporia with
fair regularity by using the Frisco tracks
to Olathe, Kan, where the Santa Fe tracks
are reached again. The Rock Island IL
sending passengers on Santa Fe trains over
this route. The Missouri Pacific is not
sending any trains west and no trains on
that line from the west are arriving.
The telegraph facilities along the road
are so badly crippled that the officals
here cannot locate stranded trains. Two
coaches of returning delegates from the
plumbers convention at San Francisco are
stranded somewhere along the line, but Il
is impossible to locate them. Many west.
bound passengers are here anxiously wait.
ing for trafie to be resumed All trains
eastbound and from the east are running
on schedule time. .7l t.,
The serious washouts. on the Union Pa.
cihc, Santa Fe and Rock Island are be.
tween here and Topeka The trouble or
the Missouri Pacific is west of Salina.
Death is Heroismas Reward. %
COUNCIL GROVE. RAM May 9Th,
loss by. food in Morris county Is esti
mated at $1,000, ,OoO,' -Four persons were
drowned here last might. Edward Clements
perished while endeavoring to save his
daughter. Ralph Phillips, while trying tc
rescue little girl named Woods, was
drowned with her. A baby was found dead
in the Missouri Pacific, yards.
Stacking lime set fire to the M. r. Smith
lumber yard. which was burned, together
with the Farmers and Drovers' bank, the
Indicator store and Robbins drug store
the total loss being $4,000. The big Mair
street bridge over the Neosho river wen,
down. All the business houses were
flooded.
Miles OF Missouri Pacific and Katy
tracks were washed out. More than 1OC
houses are under water and twenty have
floated away.
NeEress' Prophecy UnfuIaIIed.
ST. LOUIS. May PA special to the
Republic from Pine Bluff. Ark. says:
The tornado, which, according to the
prediction OF Ellen Jefferson. a negress
would wipe. Pine Blua of the map at
o'clock this afternoon, failed to arrive, al
though the heavy black clouds that lined
the horizon during the afternoon caused
much uncertainty to even those who haC
scoffed at the prophesy. Showers fell dur
ing the afternoon, but there was no wind
AS the fateful hour approached refugees
In other towns besieged the telegraph anC
telephone operators here. to tell them Il
the tornado was at hand.
Notwithstanding the tornado failed Il
come, the fears of the people will not sub
side until daylight.
DENVER, Colo, May ts--An traffic be
tween Denver and Kansas City was at
standstill this morning on all railroads, ant
in many instances no attempt was made t,
get trains out.
All trains between these two cities on tn
Kansas Pacific division of the Union Pa
cifc and the Rock Island have been an
nulled. Three Union Pacific trains loadec
with passengers which were sent out Sun
day Monday and Tuesday were returned I,
this city this morning after repeated fail
ures to get through.
The passengers had been we'll cared 70
by the railroad company and the citizen
OF Ellsworth. Kan. the easternmost poin
| reached.
EASY VICTORY FOR JOE CANS