The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-02
SELLING WATER.
That from the River Is Peddled
About Kansas City.
Good Drinking Water Is Bring
ing Fancy Prices.
THE CITY IN DARKNESS
Electric Light Plants and Gas
Works All Closed.
Not a Street Car Is Moving in
the Place.
Height of the Flood Is Thought
to Have Been Reached.
THE CITY IN DARKNESS

Kansas City, No. June 2.-The flood
situation has reached its worst. and
from now on VIII improve. the rivers
having attained their limit according 90
the weather bureau.
The Missouri and Kansas rivers were
stationary last night, but the Missouri
had fallen three inches during the day.
and the Kansas and other tributaries
of the Missouri are falling in their
upper courses. All the lowlands bOr-
dering the Kansas and Missouri river
are flooded from bluff to bluff. The
Armourdale and RiverView districts are
entirely under water, two-thirds o.
Argentine IS inundated. the stock yards
and packing house district are buried.
No railroad trains are moving. the fac
tories are closed. and in fact all the
large industries OF Kansas City are az
a standstilI. All the electric street rail-
ways and electric plants are shat down.
and the WaterWcrks have suspended
operation. Without water, light, tele-
phone service and street cars. Kansas
City is in a deplOrable condition Dirty
river water is being psddled about tbs
streets by hucEstels. and clear watei
for drinking brings fancy prices Deaf
ers IL food pI oducts have raised pricea
ia king advantage OF the general fear
of famine. All places Of amusement
business. Every alarm of fire creates
a panic. and this fear of fire viii prob
ably insure the city's safety, the lack
of fire protection being fully realized
Rumors Of loss OF life are abundant
and generally exaggerated. Excited
people declare that a thousand are
drowned. The best Judgment is that
less than fifty persons have lost them
lives There is TO reason Why any
should have been lost. the warning he
ing ample Twenty-Five thousand per-.
sons are homeless in Kansas City aad
adjoining towns and wei organized re.
lief work on gigantic scale is s.
progress None OF the refugees with
lack of food or shelter
The Missouri Pacific bridge across the
Kansas river ana the Burlington ana
sun stand, and this insures speedy Ie~
sumption of railroad traffic unon sub.
sidence oe the water
The storm era which has produced
these rains originated in the southwest
several days ag0 and moved to the
northeast. On May 20 the storm center
was ConcOrdia. Kansas, and under nor
mai conditions would ha I've assed TO tn
northeast and we would have had but
one days rain on the same dav an
area of high barometer. or known in
weather bureau parlance as high set
tied down from British Columbia over
the great lakes and Minnesota Owing
to the ret2fding infuerce the storm
center moved south and passed in a
Sem1-circie about x nsas CITY on u av
Fl the center was over northern Arksn-
sas and southern Missouri and stood
/ nearly still 1t diiftod very slowly
northeast ard yesterday morning was
central over northeast Of Arkansas and
Tennessee. The map show now there is
another storm brewin~ IN the southw Isl
and combined influence Of this and the
storm now may cause a continuance %
rain. This storm is the cause of the