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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-01

Des Moines, June 1.-THE flood situa-
ton in Iowa is improving. The Des
Meines river has been falling rapidly,
eight feet being reported at Boone IN
twelve hours. In Des Moines o-ooo
homeless are being cared for by the To-
cal committees. Provisions and clctn-
ing have been contributed in large
quantities and it is believed by all the
worst IS passed and no further trouble
will be experienced. From ten miles up
the river to ten below al the bottoms
are covered and fully 1000 homes are
under water. No lives have been LOST.
The Des Moines river Is now back TO
the mark which was its maximum LAST
year and constituted its record prior 70
the present flood. The river Is dechn-
ing at the rate of one inch an hour and
indications point to more rapid de-
cline from this on. The city authori-
ties are now directing their efforts TO
guard against the collection OF stagnant
pools, and are preparing to cut thru
the remaining Ieyees to enable the va
ter to run back to its normal channel.
The extreme cold continues and the
Hood victims are still without sufficient
clothing. Pitifui appeals are made for dry
garments for the women and children.
Most alarming reports we've received this
morning concerning the epidemic; of
pneumonia and kindred disorders. T'oc-7
tors are unable to get sleep. so nunler-
Gus are rha calls. and scores of fatali-
ties resulting from exposure seem in
evitable.
The smallpox hospital is surrounded
by water, and the coal end food supply
has been cut off for two days. but anX-
ious inmates have been treasured by
the declining of the water. The general
food and fuel famine that was threat
ened yesterday is now believed to have
been averted, as teams and boats have
succeeded in reaching the freight cars
that We're stranded at tie outskirts of
the city. The Northwestern. Minneap-
oils & ST. Louis and Rock Island are op-
Grating their trains regularly. and boats
and hacks are being employed to trans
port passengers to and from the trains
beyond the flood district. Other rail-
ways are still tied up. The river has
begun to decline at Ottu1nwa and Ed
dyville, below here, leaving a terrible
trail of ruin. Conditions at these places
are exactly as they were thirty six
hours ago.
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SUFFERING AT o7TuMwA.
Fifteen Hundred People Homeless
Much Property Damaged.

Fifteen Hundred People Homeless
Much Property Damaged.
Ottumwa, June Fifteen hundred
neople in Ottunlwa are homeless as a
result of the flood, which is sweeping
over the lower part of the city. The en-
tire fire department and police force,
aided by citizens, have been at work
taking victims from houses No casu-
aIties have as yet occurred. The great
est damage is being done in South OF
tumwa, where the river has broken thru
the levee and is flowing i'll torrent
thru the main street, tearing away side
walks, pavements and threatening to
destroy houses. The water on Church
street in South Ottumwa is now from
four to six feet deep, and the current Is
very strong. People are being rescued
from their homes from the second
story windows. An almost similar con-
dition prevails In the west end of the
city.
The water is rushing thru the streets
in torrents and the people are being
taken out in boats. The flood in the
east end of the city has extended all
over the lower portion. The John Nor
rell packing plant is flooded and from
all indications will be shat down If the
rise continues. Other business houses
and manufacturing plants may be seri-
ously affected. Citizens have opened
relief stations all over the city and are
caring for the victims
Provisions and clothing, were gath
cred frcm all parts of the city for the
use of flood victims who were driven
from their homes before they could Sc
cure clothing.
A big mass meeting WAS held yester.
day afternoon. at which $4,000 was
to aid the sufferers. Finan-
cial committees have peen appointed
and go to work today raising more
funds for the sufferers. In all the res
hotels and relief stations TN
the city last night victims of the flood
were being housed, some sleeping on
floors Churches have thrown open
their doors to care for the suffering.
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EPIDEMIC OF SICKNESS.
Another Horror Staring Des Moines In
the Face.

Ifte TdSCs
Des Moines, Iowa, June An ,,pi-
demic of sickness threatens to follow
the other horrors of the flood which has
made from 5000 to 5000 people home
less in this city within the last three
days. The unreasonable cold which
has accompanied the last two days
rain is responsible for the sickness,
more than 100 cases of which among
those exposed in the flood are being
treated by the physicians. Former
President a. Nj. Linn of the state beard
of health and several other doctors join
in the prediction that there will be
several hundred cases of pneumonia
and kindred ailments among the child
rem. especially, of the flood sufferers,
and that the epidemic will begin to
show itself quite plainly tomorrow.
Arrangements are being made to care
for hundreds at the city hospitals.
When the flood, which was the high
est in the history of Iowa began to re-
cede yesterday morning the extent of
the damage it had done could be ap-
preciated though not accurately esti-
mated That the damage exceeded
half million dollars was apparent.
Many business men believe that it
will exceed $1,000, 900. Had the water
remained at the height at which it
stood Friday the loss would not have
exceeded 100000. The extra foot and
a half of water was what did the blsi
ness
The time for fighting the advance of
the water into the homes and business
district of the city having passed and
the water having its own sweet will
to go and come, the energy of the whole
city was devoted to the relief Of suffer-
ing homeless yesterday.
Committees appointed by Governor
Cummins established headquarters in
every part of the flooded districts as
early as Friday, and Saturday the
charitable people had filled large de-
pots with clothing, while the city and
county treasures were thrown open for
the purchase of food. Between 5000
and 5000 persons are homeless, and de-
pendent upon the public for food and
lodging. They are being housed in the
churches and school buildings until
the water leaves their homes.
Water Receding.
The water began to recede at an ear
" hour yesterday morning.It 1t fell rapidly
the entire day despite the heavy rain
which continued off and on until even
ing. The falling of the waters lent Sc
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near what remains of the Kansas av-

near what remains of the Kansas av-
enue bridge was abandoned. Boats
We're taken in wagons yesterday to a
point near Auburndale, a suburb two
and a half miles southwest. They were
launched and allowed to float with the
current to points where people are to
be rescued. This plan, of course. in
volved much danger to the rescuers,
but this was lost sight of in the de-
sire to help the unfortunate ones. 1t
lis impossible to force boats thru the
current The plan was abandoned when
a large number of the rescuers narrow
~ escaped death. 1t was then rec
ognized that rowboats We're of no use
In battling with the currents.
It was decided to secure steam
launches at once To this end rush
message was sent to NJ. o. Cay. agent
of the Rock Island at st. Joseph, by
&c. w. Jones, division superintendent, as
follows:
Topeka wants three to six steam
launches and twelve or eighteen clin-
built roWboats, with men to han
die Send here by special train at once
to rescue people in North Topeka.
The agents were ordered to load the
train at once secure clear track, and
proceed to Topeka The train felt it's
way as fer as possible on the sub
merged tracks, and then the boats were
structions to row to the people in the
houses and then take them to land or to
steam launches.
A similar request was rushed to st.
Joseph to Mayor Bergundthal and Sec
retary Anderson of the Commercial
Club. Topeka citizens guarantee all the
expenses of the undertaking. The may
or of st. Joseph was urgently requested
to confer with the Rock Island author
tiles and rush the boats out of there in
the shortest possible time. At 4:30
o'clock in the afternoon two boats ar
rived.
The beleagured ones yesterday were
encouraged as far as possible to hold
on while longer in the hope that res
cue will soon be effected. Eighty five
people in Page avenue in North Topeka
are in desperate straits for food, having
had nothing to eat since last Friday.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning two
boat loads of provisions were started
to them. They did not reach the ele-
yator after engaging in a hard battle
with the waters for over an hour.
Tells of Desolation.
Ex-Policenan r. NJ. Capron has just
returned from a fruitless attempt to
rescue some personal friends. He says
he could make no headway against the
current, tho he and his companions put
forth their most strenuous efforts with
their three -oared boat. Mr.. Capron
says the desolate condition of the coun-
try on the North Side is worse than
anything ever heard Of.
e. J.. Bailey and r. NJ. Alexander
performed some Of the most heroic
work of the early stages Of the flood. |
In the darkness, about 8 o'clock yester-
day morning. at the greatest risk of
their own lives, they succeeded In
reaching one of the burning lumber
yards and rescued Il dozen women and
children. One man whimperingly tried
to force himself into the boat already
overloaded to the danger line, but was
sternly pushed back by the rescuers.
On the way to the south shore one of
the women tainted from fatigue and
fright and this all but swamped the |
boat. The men made superhuman ef- |
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forts and finally reached the pontoon
bridge with their precious cargo. Here
willing hands seized them and carried
them over the Melan bridge to safety.
Heroic Rescues.
This is only one Of a hundred of
thrilling tales of rescues attempted and
made. The most prominent men of the
town donned oilskins and entered the
water up to their breasts, working for
hours rescuing Russians. negroes, and
men of high and low estate. In some
isolated instances men showed the
white feather. These cases We're rare,
however.
Women and children were given the
precedence in the work of rescue. AS
the result there We're scores of families
on this side of the river yesterday with
no head. Anxious wives forgot to be
thankful for their own safety in their
all consuming anxiety for the husbands
and fathers left on the other side Of the
swirling water. In the bulletin win
dows OF the newspapers appear no.
tices signed by twenty or more women
asking that information be sent to
them Of their husbands as soon as their
fate is known.
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FLOODS AT MANHATTAN.
Kansas Town Center Of Destructive
FIood-Covers Large District.

Kansas Town Center of a Destructive
FIood--Covers Large District.
Manhattan, Kan, June 1.-Manhat-
tan is the center of a destructive food,
extending thruout the Kaw river val
ley, from Brocksville to Kansas City.
a district of 200 miles long by three to
fifteen miles wide. The entire terri
tory is under water, one to fifty feet
deep. Probably fifty people have been
drowned. The loss to homes. barns,
livestock and crops, will run into mil
lions. In this city most of the in-
habitants fled to the hills, fifteen hun
dred being housed in the Agricultural
College building Every store is filled
with water. Telegraph and telephone
wires are prostrated. The city is In
darkness, the electric plant being flood
ed. The city is saved from being en-
tirely swept away, by high railroad
banks. All passengers have been taken
good care of by railroads. -Four births
are reported to have occurred during
the night, one OF the babies being
drowned.
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Neosho Valley Devastated.

Emporia. Kas.. June 1.--Reports from
the country indicate the valley Of the
Neosho above is a desolate waste.
Thousands of dollars worth OF farm
property and crops are wished away
and hundreds of cattle. hogs and sheep
drowned. There is no loss of human
life near here, but at Council Grove,
fourteen bodies are said to have been
found in houses since the water SUBJ
sided. The significant silence from the
country below here indicates the devasa
tation will be most complete.
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The Mississippi Rising.

ST. Louis, June 1.-The danger line
on the Mississippi river at this point
will be reached tomorrow. according to
the local weather bureau. Rain is fall
ing today, and this, added to the heavy
precipitation of the past two days and
the flood coming from the Missouri and
other tributaries of the north, is caus-
ing the river to rise rapidly. No. damage
has resulted yet but precautions are
being taken in anticipation of the dis
astrous flood.
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|B[ WEATHER IS
NOT R[ASgJR|NG
Weather Bureau Indicates Con-
ditions Offer Little Relief
From Flood Situation
STORM is CENTRAL OVER VALLEY
STORM is CENTRAL OVER VALLEY
Threatened Development of Another
Storm Area Over the Southwest Car
ries No Assurance Of Immediate Inn
provement-Mississippi at the Dan.
ger Line and Doing Great Damage.

Kansas City, June AT II o'clocl
he weather bureau issued the follow
ng:
There will probably be slight
change In river conditions at Kan
sas City during the next twenty
four hours. Slight fluctuations
mean but little in the way of relief.
so long as the weather conditions
remain unsettled. The storm area
is central in the middle of the Mis-
sissippi valley, from which the west
has not emerged, and the threat
ened development Of another storm
area in the southwest carries no
assurance of immediate relief. Rain
is falling over the greater part of
Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Ne
braska this morning."
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sight. as it has been raining hard all
day there.
Eddyville lies in the valley Of the
Des Moines and is protected by an i'm
mense dykes. The people were slow
in leaving the lower section OF the town
as they thought the dykes would save
them. AS the river rose backwater be-
gan causing trouble and finally broke
over the levees. The Des Moines river
is three feet higher there than one year
ago and it is said to be higher than was
ever known. None of the stores can be
reached except by boats and the stocks
of goods have been ruined. Manning
& Epperson's bank, located on the high
est site on the business district. was
flooded early today. There is consid-
cradle OF suffering on account OF all
means of traffic being shut off. The
Iowa Central is the only road able to
run trains anywhere near the town, and
they cannot cross into the main portion
as their bridge is expected to go out
almost any minute. The wagon bridge
leading into the town is also UNSAFE.
The refugees are being cared for In the
few homes that were not struck by the
flood and by the farmers in the adjoin-
ing country. A number were brought
to Oskaloosa and food and clothing is
being sent from here. The Iowa Cen
tral ran special train to Fddyvil!e
this morning and it is estimated that
two thousand Oskaloosa people visited
the town. The loss cannot be estimat-
ed, but will be many thousands OF dol
lars. No casualties are reported.
Oskaloosa In Some Danger.
Oskaloosa is safe, with the exceptions
of the Whitemore rolling mill and the
city water station which are on the,
banks oil the Skunk river. 1t is feared
that the mill will be swept away and
the water in within thirty inches of the
CRATES in the pumping station and the
river is constantly rising.
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Sun rises June 2, 4:25; set s

PAGE ONE.
Telegraphie News.
The Tide Turns at Topeka.
Appalling Situation at Kansas City
Number of Lives Lost Unknown.
Waters Receding at Des Moines.
Sickness Follows the Flood.
Terrible Storm in Georgia.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News In Brief.
Damage to Iowa Crops.
Death List at Des Moines.
A Tragedy at Davenport.
Presidents Iowa Trip.
Cummins Aids Flood Sufferers.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
Unions Should Beware.
Imports Grow Larger.
Business Features.
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
PAGE FIVE.
General News.
Invasion of Foreign Markets.
Big Fire at Racine.
Miscellaneous News.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
City News.
Iowa River is Receding.
Falling About One Foot Minute.
Mrs. Cook Seeks Divorce.
Fear an Internal Machine.
Some Water Trouble History.
The City Field.
PAGE EIGHT.
Iowa and Commercial.
Securities Case Abandoned.
Chicago Livestock Quotations.
The Financial Review.
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ALARMING AT oTTUMWA.
South, East and West ottumwa FIoo
Mo Railroads Operatinu.

South, East and West OttumWa Fioo
mo Railroads Operating.
Ottumwa, June With nearly
Of South Ottumwa under water, WI
threatens to take out houses and BIT
ness blocks. large part Of West
East Ottunlwa flooded and railr
communications cut Off. except on
main line of the Chicago Burlington
Quincy, Ottumwa is experiencing t
worst flood in its history. At II IL
the water stood at twenty-tS
feet. 1t is estimated that between 60
and 5000 people have been driven fro
their homes. 1t is impossible to est
mate the property loss. Volunteer re
l.ef committees have been working fl
the past twenty-four hours. All peop
caught in the flooded district have bee
rescued. with the exception of those !
South Ottumwa. where It is believed
hundred are in danger, unless there is
fall in the river soon.
The railroad situation Is alarming.
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Atlantic, Ca, June IA telephone
from Gainesville says torna-
do passed over the country near there
this morning, killing a number of peo-
pie.
The Gainesville Cotton Mills were
blown down, and fifty to seventy five
operatives killed.
Later-It is now said that hundred
people We're killed in the tornado which
struck Gainesville shortly afternoon. It
the city hotel, and other large
and destroyed the Gainesville
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RELIEF FOR THE JEWS.
Subscriptions to the Funds for kish-
inef Victims Gratefully Acknowl.

st. Petersburg, June 1.-American
subscriptions for the relief of the suf-
ferers at Kishineff are gratefully ac-
knowledged by the Jewish community
which recognizes the United States has
easily taken the lead both in material
and moral sympathy. The Jewish
journal Voshkod voices the sentiment
of Jews as follows: Land Of the dol
lar" as Europe terms America, has dis
played more humanity toward the vic
tins than Europe with its vaunted
idealism. tho Europe was unusually
generous. American sympathy in this
terrible crisis will render that coun-
try infinitely dear to our hearts"
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EDoYviLLE INUNDATED.
Nearly 400 People Driven From Their
Homes There.

Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 1.--Nearly
four hundred people at Eddyville, ten
miles southeast of here, on the Des
Moines river were driven from their
homes Saturday evening and this
by the high water. The busi-
ness district of the town is inundated,
the main street being covered with
from two to seven feet Of water The
liver was still rising at last reports
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cotton mills. where the most of the loss
of life occurred. Eighteen persons were
killed in four large stores, which were
blown down, where they had sought
refuge from the storm.
Atlanta, June 1.--2:sO p. m.-Reports
from Gainesville now place the dead at
200. Some OF the houses were torn into
fragments and others lifted from their
foundations and carried intact for
blocks. Surgeons and medical supplies
are being sent from neighboring towns.
The wounded numbers scores.
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alarming one Their supply is lin
tied to two or three days on every
thing in canned goods. If the rush of
buyers continues thru this afternoon
and tomorrow the supply of food and
provisions will soon be exhausted. The
supply OF meat is scarcer than any
other Prices for all articles of food is
exceedingly high. On peremoratory or
der of mayor all saloons in the city
We're closed at noon. Hundreds of peo-
pie are being fed at the convention
hall
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The Rush for Food.

Kansas City, June 1.-The matter of
obtaining sufficient food is becoming
a question Of vital Importance There
was run on every retail grocery, and
meat store in Kansas City this morn
ing. There is but ons wholesale grocery
store in the city that Is not under wa
ter. The employees ! that establish
ment We're almost swe from their feet
this morning by theS ssh Of buyers.
Merchants consider Il situation an
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RULE is ouARTERMAsTER.
olonel Humphreys Aepoints Mason
City Many to Office.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 1.-Colonel Hum
phrey announced today The appoint
ment of A. L. Rule, of Mason City, as
quartermaster of the Fifty-sixth regi-
ment, and A. L. Peddie, OF Emmetsburg,
battalion adiutant.
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High Water at Muscatine.

SpecIaI 10 IIINeS-HepuUIiCan.
Muscatine. June Hundreds of
acres of Illinois farming land are un-
del water In the vicinity OF Muscatine.
The Mississippi has raised six inches
in the last twenty-four hours. The
water is now within one foot of the
danger point. which means forcing
hundreds out of their homes in South
Muscatine. The damage here reaches
into thousands.
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Hutchinson Loss is $4,000, 900.

"
Hutchinson, Kan, June Cow
Creek has fallen since last night, but
water is still two feet high in the
main street. Every business house is
flooded to the depth of one foot. All
railroads are flooded for miles and no
trains moved.
Two thousand people in fifty blocks
are homeless. Hundreds Of boats and
crafts are rescuing women and chill
dren. Hutchinson is in a lagke five
miles square, but only five hundred
houses are above water. Thousands Of
acres Of wheat corn and alfalfa are
ruined. The foundations of'man build
ing have weakened andl they may fall.
There is much suffering but no deaths.
The Hutchinson and Valley property
loss is estimated at s2oo,ooO,o0o.
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FLOOD REACHES OFT
South Part of Town Unde.
People Homeless - Tras

South Part of Town Unde
People Homeless - Trai
doneo.
Chicago. June 1.-E. A. X. !
OF Fort Wayne. who arrived this
ing from ottumwa, in an iIs
stated last night at 7 o'clock G
tracks at the station were undey
and about a thousand persor
homeless. Citizens are arrangi
the care of families who have los
homes by the flood in the city h.
other buildings. At a mass N.
$4,000 was raised for the destituts
river was rising when he left a.
trains were running on the Burli
&c Western out of Ottunlwa. The
of the city affected by the flood
southern portion occupied by the
ing houses and factories. The
supply is shut off. There have be
deaths reported. Citizens general
throwing open their homes for tn
of sufferers.
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Military to Give Aid.

Washington. June 1.-The war de-
partment is exerting its full powers and
going to the extreme warrant Of law in
aiding flood sufferers in the west. Mil
itary officers in the distressed region
are directed to not only provide tents
to shelter the homeless, but will be al
lowed to exercise their Judgment as to
the issue of such military supplies ana
rations as can be spared from military