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 20
the weather bureau.
The Missouri and Kansas rivers we-e
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 rive
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 paC king house district are buried.
Ne railroad trains are moving the fac
tories are closed. and ia fact all The
large industries Of Kansas City are TX
a standstill. All the electric street raj
ways and electric plants are shut down.
and the WaterWclks nave suspended
operation. Without water, light, tele
phone service ard street ears Kansas
City is ia a deplorable condition. Dirty
river water IS being peddled about this
streets by huCkstefs, and clear Watel
for drinking brings fancy prices. Deaf
erS iE food products have raised pTlceA
taking advantage OF the general fear
of a famine. All places OF amusement
are closed. and stores are doing llttl>
business Every alarm Of fire create,
panic. and this fear of fire viii prcb~
ably insure the city's safety. the lack
Of fire protection being fully realized.
RumOrs Of loss OF lire are abundant
and generally exaggerated Excited
people declare that thousand are
drowned The best Judgment is that
less than fifty persons have lost theit
lives There is no reason why aEy
should have been lost. the warning be.
ing ample twenty-five thousand per-
sons age homeless in Kansas City and
adjoining towns, and well organized re
lief work on gigantic scale is liz
progress. None OF the refugees viii
lack Of food or shelter.
The Missouri Pacific bridge across the
Kansas river and the Burlington ana
still stand. and this insures speedy re-
sumption Of railroad traffic upon sub.
sidence q the water.
me storm era which has producel
/ these rains originated in the southwes g
several days ago and moved to tha
\ northeast. o. May % the storm cantzr
; was Concordia9 Kansas and Nadel< nor
mai conditions would have passed 10 tho
noItheast and we would have had but
/ one DAYS rain. On the same day 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
i to the retarding influence the storm
center moved south and passed ia a
+ semi-circle about kansas City on II a. =
81 the center was Over northern Ark4n-
sas ard southern Missouri and atoai
( nearly stiN. 1t diIfted very slowly
northeast ard yesterday morning was
! central over northeast OF Arkansas and
/ Tennessee The map show now there is
another storm bTewin- ia the southw est
and combined influence Of this a I'd tho
( storm now MAJ cause a continuance af
rain This storm is the cause Of the