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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
FLOOD INVADES THE
BIG UNION DEPOT

At 10 o'clock mile of big whole
sale houses, elevators and freight de-
pots were entirely surrounded, base
ments that yesterday were partially
submerged were soon brimfull and
water began to reach the first floors.
Within fifteen minutes, the tracks en-
tering the western end of the union
depot were entirely submerged and at
II o'clock the water had risen at such
a rapid rate that the thousands Of de-
layed passengers were making prep
arations to leave for the high ground
up town.
At 1890 today a force of police be-
gan ordering out of the main waiting
room of the union depot the hundreds
of persons awaiting outgoing trains.
AT that time the water had reached
the trains. Passengers on the out
bound Santa Fe limited, who had been
waiting hours to move and others on
other trains were ordered out also.
Many went to the second floor, which
under any condition, will be safe, but
the crowds were so great that a ma
jOrity Of the people could not find
room there, and were forced to go up
town. By l o'clock a half foot of
water covered the waiting room, and
the ticket office, telegraph office, bag
gage and express offices were soon
flooded.
Although the water was rising more
slowly as it spread out it made it i'm
possible to move trains in any direc-
ton. The depot will, with the excep-
ton of the second story waiting
rooms, restaurant and offices, have to
be temporarily abandoned.
The only outlet now is over the
Santa F'e, Missouri Pacific, Alton,
Burlington and Wabash tracks in the
eastern part of the city, but as little
switching can be done outside the de-
pot, all trains finally will be stalled.
All incoming trains from the East are
laid out and the wires being down, it
is impossible to state the railway con-
ditiOns east of here.
The express companies whose Offices
are located at the lower end of the
depot, are all under four feet Of water
and expressage is being removed up
town as fast as wagons can move
through Union avenue, which now is
a swift current, the water reaching
almost to the wagon boxes.
Only a limited portion of this matter
can be removed, and already much
damage has been done. Freight also
is being removed from the various
freight houses by means of wagons,
but the work is slow and difficult.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
Floor Stolen by BURGLARS.

A robbery entirely without parallel
as to originality has just taken place
in Budapest. The theft of metal wa
ter pipes and portable fixtures from
vacant houses is a matter Of common
occurrence, but the offering gentry of
that city have elaborated on that idea
in manner highly satisfactory to
themselves, If less SO to the owner of
the pillaged premises.
A handsome residence standing ten
antless in a secluded portion of the
suburbs was the scene of the depre-
dations. During the hours between
midnight and dawn one night last week
thieves removed the wooden shutters,
loaded glass windows, sash and all.
handsome carved wainscotings of Ii
brary and dining room, parquetry
floors, porcelain tubs, kitchen water
boiler, solid oak doors and two stone
lions that guarded the entrance steps,
New York American,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
KANSAS CITY IN MIDST
STEADILY RISING FLOOD
Continued From First Page.

Supt. O'Connor of the weather bureau,
the level will be thirty-one feet.
The railway station was rendered
practically useless by the flood today.
Two-thirds of Argentine, railway
and manufacturing town, on the south
bank of the Kansas river, six miles
from Kansas City, is inundated by
twelve to twenty feet of water, and
probably 100000 damage has been
done. Probably 5000 of the $500 iny
habitants are homeless, and 5000 are
destitute. Three bridges have been
swept away, all the railroad tracks and
factories are under water and business
is suspended. The Santa Fe roads
loss is very heavy, but can scarcely
be estimated until the flood abates.
The railroad has 100 miles of track in
the Argentine yards, and several miles
of freight cars stand submerged. Some
cars have broken loose from their
trucks and foated down the river.
The current has left the old chan
mel and has moved south, taking all
the buildings in its path. The Santa
Fe track is under water all the way
to Holiday, eight miles from Argentine
up the Kansas river valley. The Tur
tine, went out at 1890 o'clock this
morning. It's wreckage lodged against
the county bridge at Argentine, which
succumbed at noon. The Belt Line
steel railroad bridge, just below the
county bridge, fell Immediately after
ward. Then in succession the Twenty
fourth street bridge and the county
bride at Fifth street were carried away.
The railroad bridge was valued at $751;
600 and the other four at $25,000 each,
making the bridge loss $175,000. Five
hundred frame dwelling houses are
under water and with a further rise
many will be swept away.
The river is full of Wreckage and
crowds of people lined the banks to-
day, watching the procession of houses,
cars, trees and other debris that f1oated
down.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
VICTIMS ARE SEEN
CLINGING TO TREES

Eighteen people were rescued this
afternoon from a house at 1908 North
Monroe street. From this place, in a
current which is now swift and after
great labor, the place was reached
The man who has just returned from
the scene of the flood says he could
see as many as ten persons hanging
from trees near the Ardou avenue
bridge at the foot Of Morse street. E.
D. Lang and Charles Waldron. Santa
F'e employees, started out in a boat
early today to rescue a Russian whom
they saw on the roof of a house not
far from the south bank of the river.
They got the Russian in the boat,
which Immediately capsized. The three
found resting places in trees, where
they remain at this time. Another
party is trying to rescue the trio At
3 80 the water had receded exactly sew
en- and one-half inches in an hour. Be
fore this a rise of an inch had been
reported. The gauge went up and down
all afternoon until 3 O'Clock, when a
fall set in. At 4 O'clock the water had
left the first floor of the Rock Island
general offices but was yet six feet deep
just outside the building. 1t was then
that a gang of telegraph men-esuc-
ceeded in getting a heavy wire cable
stretched across the top of the pontoon
bridge. A large sand dipper was at
ldcueu 10 lHlS anu uSeU TO take large
quantities of provisions to those who
were not yet rescued. The first flood
victim to be rescued by means of the
cable was the Rev. A. N. Pearson, pas
tor of thes North Topeka English
church. Mr.. Pearson said:
1--WE spent three days on the top Of
our house. We were fairly warmly
dressed, but only had two 1oaves Of
bread for our family of four during that
time. All day Saturday and today we
had nothing to eat. Our situation was
desperate and extremely uncomforta-
ble but we at no timeflost faith in the
ultimate ability of our friends to res
cue US. Yesterday my wife and chill
dren were rescued, today my turn came
and I cannot begin to tell how thank
full I am" a.. IS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
WHOLESALE DISTRICT
WILL LOSE MILLIONS

The losses in the wholesale district
will aggregate we'll into the millions.
and the losses to the various packing
houses nearer the river will be ire
mendous. The street directly in front
of the big Armour packing plant is I'M
der five feet of water. Armour & Co.
have a force of 200 men working at
pumps trying to keep the rising wa
tiers out of the buildings. At the su-
perintendent's office it was stated this
morning that the plant will continue
to operate with a full force unless the
water goes much higher.
All of the hundreds of smaller con-
Germs near the ordinary banks of the
Missouri river, which depend upon the
river for power, are under water, and
they will be forced to suspend till the
river recedeS, throwing thousands of
men out of employment.
The entire stock yards, situated on
the state line, are submerged. Many
of the pens are five feet deep in wa
ter. Teh basement Of the Live Stock
Exchange, containing a hundred rail-
road and other offices, as we'll as the
big barns Of the mule and horse mar
ketS in that district, are several feet
under water. There is no way of
reaching the stock yards except by boat
from point one mile east. Sheep
valued at $1,000, as we'll as many head
OF cattle and horses, have been drown
ed and the loss at this point will be
very heavy.
All night the forces of the stock
yards men were at work rescuing live
stock. Hundreds of head were brought
up into town. All trolley lines in both
cities have been shut down. the power
at Riverview being under water. and
only one or two cable lines on the Mis-
souri, side are running. All of the
freight houses of the USriO11c Yoo1z ~,
tering Kansas City, which are located
In the West bottoms, on a level with
the union depot, are flooded, and the
loss from this source alone must be
great. Because of the delayed traffic
west of Kansas City during the past
week, a great amount of freight has
accumulated here, and, now that the
railway yards are under water. it will
be impossible to move this, save by
boat. AS practically all the boats to
be had are being used to rescue people
much freight will be damaged
All telephone communication with
the flooded district is shut off, making
1T difficult to accurately estimate the
damage.
Three-fourths of Armourdale is sub
merged under an ocean of water. the
packing houses on the Kansas river
here are entirely surrounded and ff
teen feet of water surrounds the
Schwarzschild & Sulsburger and Swift
packing plants. The Kansas City DO
lice spent all night rescuing persons
and at nool- 10 deaths had been report
ed. The poliC> have thirty-five boats
IN service.
At Schwarzschild's plant $50 per-
sons, employees and people in the vi
cinity who had been driven from their
homes, are imprisoned. They have been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
HAD NOTHING TO EAT
FOR THIRTY-SIX HOURS

By aid of the small steam and gas
olfne launches forty men in South Gar
field park were rescued. They had
perched themselves in trees. They had
had nothing to eat in thirty-six hours.
These men were in a fenced grove,
where they could not keep a close
watch on the situation. All they could
see was the angry water rushing about
among the trunks of the trees. One Of
the men said they could not hear each
other speak above the roar of the wa
ter. Uncertainty was thus added to
their other misery and not one of them
had any hopes of escaping.
Patrick Belle, his wife and three
small children. were taken from the
attick Of their small dwelling. The
parents were Obliged to hold the two
younger children constantly in order
to keep their heads above water. They
were nearly starved and probably can
not recover.
Miss Annie Noble, operator at the
Union Pacific railroad headquarters in
North Topeka, was forced to leave the
building when the water covered the
floor. With her mother and young sis
ter the plucky young woman took up
housekeeping quarters in an abandon
ed horse car. This was good enough
shelter until the water rose a foot
above the floor Of the car, but there
they had to stay until today. when they
were included among the rescued.
Near the Rock Island depot is a
passenger train of seven coaches STALL
ed by the flood. The train came in
Friday night. The Rock Island ''Y''
washed out. as did also most Of the
made land on which the rails were
laid, and as result cars cannot be
moved out Of here for two weeks or
more after the flood subsidies Ahout
$50 passengers are on the train. They
have not at any time been in real dan
ger, but their situation is anything
but pleasant. They are well cared for
by the road and most of them have re-
mained on the cars, preferring this ar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
Topeka is ASKING
NO AID FROM OUTSIDE

Topeka Is doing nobly by her suf-
Ierers. The wealthiest city of Kan
sas Is proud to acknowledge that no
CANS on outside help need to be made.
IL VIII ne necessary to raise a great
rund for relief work. Weeks must
elapse before order can be restoroKl
from the existing chaos Hundreds of
houses will have to be rebuilt entire
ly.
To all offers of aid from outside of
the county the Commercial club is
sending the following reply:
situation is very grave and it is
impossible at this time to estimate
the loss of life and property. We thank
you sincerely for your offered assist
ance, but we are not willing to accept
aid from the outside unless it seems
an absolute necessity. The city and
county and our own citizens will pro-
vide for the present needs
John E. Frost
President Commercial Club"
From the pontoon bridge to the Me-
Ian arch bridge and to the north as far
as the eye could reach is one great
expanse of water, dotted here and
there by badly wrecked or crumbling
buildings. The half mile from Second
street to the Melan bridge is covered
with water six to twelve feet deep.
through which a swift current was
flowing. On either side of the pom
toon bridge are sixty three brick build
lngs, which are completely ruined by
high water. Two have collapsed.
While the foundations of others are
crumbling. The loss in this respect
IN money will aggregate a half million
dollars. This is the district in which
all the wholesale commission houses
were located, and immense amounts
nave been lost by commission men.
All this is on the south side of the
river, where the damage has been COM
paratively Insignificant
It is aScertained that last nights re-
ports regarding the burning buildings
were somewhat overdrawn. Last night
the whole northern part of the CITY
seemed to be aflame. Closer investi-
cation today shows about one-third Of
the buildings on the North side were
destroyed by fire. Fully half of the
remaining buildings are so damaged
by the water that they are absolutely
useless. There is not a house in the
entire north part of town that has not
been seriously damaged.
The current is more swift and de-
structfve tonight than at any time
during the flood.
The Leischam family, which was re-
ported to have been drowned this
morning, was found to have been res
cued. Miss McAdams, who was stay
ing at that place, was also rescued.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

held there since early last evening.
They are safe from harm, and will not
be removed until those in greater dam
ger in the low-lying ground near Ar
mourdale and Argentine have been
taken to places of safety. A steady
rain has fallen here and west all night
and still continues, and all streams in
the stricken territory are rising at an
alarming rate. The property loss in
the wholesale district of the West bot
toms will be tremendous. Both Kan
sas Cities are cooperating in the mat
ter of relief, and today the great audi
forum of Convention hail. on the Mis-
souri, side, capable of seating 10000
persons, was turned into q relief camp,
and the unfortunates brought there
from the Kansas side
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
STEAM LAUNCHES ARE
RUSHED IN BY TRAIN

The agent was ordered to load the
train at once, secure g. clear track and
proceed to Topeka. The train was to
feel its way as far as possible on the
submerged tracks, and then the boat
would be launched. Topeka citizens
guaranteed all the expenses of the un-
dertaking. 1t was expected that the
launches could reach here about
o'clock, in which event many of the
people on the North side could yet be
saved. Boats were received here on a
number Of special trains run by the
Missouri Pacific and the Santa Fe over
circuitOus routes, but the current in
the river seemed to be growing more
powerful every minute, and they were
powerless to cope with it. Meanwhile
beleaguered ones were being encour-
aged as far as possible to hold on a.
little longer, in hope that rescue would
soon be effected. The eighty-fiv peo-
pie in the Page elevator, in North To-
peka, We're in desperate straits for food.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
ROAMER is WRECKED
IN MINNESOTA
RIVER
'Dolph Schiffmann's Gasoline
Yacht Founders and Sinks
in the Turbulent Waters
Of the Stream Yachting
Trip to Henderson Attend
ed by Dire Consequences.

A boat wrecked in the Minnesota
river!
The Minnesota river has claimed its
first vessel, and the cruelest irony of
fate was at work when the overfiown.
muddy waters claimed the Roamer. the
largest gasoline stern-wheel yacht in
Minnesota.
The Roamer is the property of Ru-
dolph Schiffmann Jr., and the pride of
its owners heart.
Darius F. Reese had been nominated
by the citizens of Henderson to make
concluded by sundry members of the
st. Paul Boat club to make it an oc-
casion for a general good time.
They would go with Mr. Reese as
guard Of honor and urge him on by
their presence to great efforts.
In the party were Henry Orme, with
his gasoline launch, Aloha; Charlie
Patterson, with the little gasoline
launch Grace; BILLY" Simons, Dick"
O'Brien and Paul Benz.
The sail to Henderson was without
incident and the speech was pulled off
successfully.
Returning, the party plowed merrily
through the darkness, the RoanSr
ahead, cleaving the waters with power
full blades.
Look out for the bridge, Dolph!"
sung out. someone from behind.
I'm alright" came back the CHEEKY
answer.
Bang! And then there was a Kissing
and spluttering and the quick cessa-
ton of sound as the power was shut
off.
The Roamer, the beautiful f1fty-five-
foot Roamer had struck the pier of the
bridge in the darkness.
Then there was a second ''chug'' as
Orme's Aloha hunted into the crippled
boat. Save the bottle" some one
shouted, but in the darkness no one
could tell the speakers identity.
The Grace came to the rescue and
the crew of the rapidly-sinking Roam
er were transferred.
Nothing was to be done but start
back with the crippled vessel, and a
sorry party it was that arrived in the
city last night, packed into the smaller
boats like sardines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01


rangement to the uncertainty of Sc
curing suitable quarters.
AT o'clock tonight people are quar-
tered in North Topeka as follows: In
street church, 100; in Topeka wool
en- mills, 100; in Casey's flour mill. "a;
in an elevator, Sc; in the fire station.
The draining of North Topeka after
the river has subsidized will be a prob
lem of gigantic proportions 1t is al
most certain that the river will have
cut a channel through North Topeka
ana VIII open into Soldier creek,
through which it flows to the Kansas
river. To stop this it will be necessary
to build dyke across the channel.
HOW large this will be can only be told
when it is found how deep the channel
has been cut The roadbed of the Rock
Island and Missouri Pacific tracks is
pullt OF gumbo and it is possible it
has not cut very deep through this.
81.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
RESCUED TELL TALES
OF AWFUL EXPERIENCES

w. N. Keppard and wife, aged peo-
pie, were rescued at 4 o'clock. They
were so numb that they could not
feel and had to be knocked down into
the water before the men could reach
them. They were standing close to-
gether in the attic of a house and so
severe had been their experience that
their minds gave way under the strain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
The Midget Screws Used In Watches.

TIC WIuHeI oCTeWs USED III WATCHES.
Here are some interesting facts about
the minuteneSs of some of the screws made
in an American watch factory 1t takes
nearly 10000 of a certain kind to weigh
a pound. Under a microscope they ap-
pear in their true character-perfectly
finished bolts. The pivot of the balance
wheel is only one two-hundredths part Of
an inch in diameter, and the gauge with
which rivets are classified measures to the
-thousandth part of an inch.-Tit-
Bits.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
DANGER FROM FLOOD
AT OTHER POINTS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Nav 31.-
The Missouri river has been rising here
at the rate Of one inch an hour for the
past twenty-four hours, and it is still
rising tonight. The river is spreading
out over the low bottoms along the
stream, and rise of two feet more
will carry the water over the big farms
of Galloway county.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

BONNEVILLE, Mo-, May 81. = A
continuous downpour of rain has pre-
vailed here for thirty-six hours The
Missouri river passed the danger point
last night. The Howard county bot
tom, containing thousands of acres of
wheat and corn, was flooded this even
irg. The submerged district is thick
ly populated, and in high state Of
cultivation. No lives have been lost
as yet Two feet more water will
flood Franklin Junction, across the
river, and pass over the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad tracks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, May 81. = About
twenty-five acres Of low land near the
packing house in South st. Joseph
are flooded. Numerous truck farms
are ruined. The loss in this vicinity
will amount to about 100000.
KEOKUK, Iowa, May 81. Both
the Missouri and Des Moines rivers
have reached and passed the danger
line here, and are flowing over the
Missouri bottoms. Several hundred
acres of crops have been destroyed.
Trains south and west of Keokuk have
been abandoned. r.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-10
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Special for this week, flower pots,
5-inch. Sc; 6-inch, SC; Finch, Sc; fine
toilet soap, regular, &c cakes, two for
SC; wooden rim sifters, 10-inch, SC;
Pinch, &c; imported china cups and
saucers, Coo set; water glasses, &c each;
engraved water pitchers, 19c. Savan-
nah Crockery and Hardware Company
305 West Broughton street.
Man is never better satisfied than
when smoking the choice brands OF
cigars at Ed. l.. Byck's, corner of Pu-
laski House. Tobaccos and smokers
supplies.
Call up Georgia phone $40 for a pair
of hand-turned Oxfords at $3.50. Twen-
ty styles to select from. ]. T. Cohen's
Sons, 215 Broughton street, west.
Try the new candy. French Blow.
Dainty, delicious, at Conida's.
Fishing Tackle-Our @. G. Hooks the
best made. We can furnish you ex-
actly what you need. Cornwell &
Chapman.
w. M. Davidson &c Co.. the real es-
tate company are the people to see for
your realty business, stocks and bonds:
thoroughly reliable. ITO East Bryan.
A. l.. Desbouillons, the reliable jew
eler, is showing fine line of watches
clocks and jewelry ware. Get prices on
rings. pins and charms. 43 Bull street
A. l.. Desbouillons. the jeweier, will
sell you goods in his line at lowest
prices ever heard of. A visit to his
store will convince you.
M. Dryfus, outfitters for men and
boys clothing; you know it. The peo-
pie come to this reliable store for hats.
shoes and furnishings.
M. b. Ehrlicher sells the purest wines
and liquors. bottled goods for family
use. All the choicest brands. BY the
pint, quart or gallon. Corner West
Broad and Liberty.
Green & Co., 1875 Whitaker, manu-
features picture frames of all kinds;
largest dealer in this city. Has also a
large stock of art material. Others try
to take pattern from us, but fail.
Give us a call.
I Garfunkel & Sons are showing a
rainy day skirt that is worth S4.0o
their price is $3.50, the styles are black
Oxford, brown and royal blue.