The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
ALL UNDER WATER
SWOLLEN RIVERS SPREAD OUT
OVER KANSAS AND Me-
BRAsKA.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
Ih NORTH TOPEKA TEN THOU.
SAND ARE DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES.
FLOOD BREAKS ALL RECORDS
LOSS TO PROPERTY WILL Be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
CATTLE LOST.
FLOOD BREAKS ALL RECORDS

Topeka, Kan, May 81. - The high
water has surrounded the whole Of
North Topeka and hundreds of houses
arc deserted. People are rowing out
or that portion of town as fast as pos
sible and great distress prevails. At
this time nearly 5000 have moved. It
will be necessary for nearly every in-
habitant Of North Topeka to leave Ills
home inside Of few hours, and this
will leave 10000 homeless.
The people on the south side of tina
river are trying hard to take care or
the refugees. The state house, court
house and other buildings have been
opened for their benefit. The rescue
work is proceeding under difficulty and
may have to be abandoned to-day.
Railroad traffic In this city is prac-
tically ~ a standstill. The food stu
alton is the worst In the history Of the
state. The Kansas river is five miles
wide at st. Mary's and the
Town Is Half.submerged.
Reports from Wamatego and other
river towns say a great volume or
water is coming this way and may
reach here to-day.
The river has gone out of bounds ut
Abilene and filled 100 cellars. The
tracks of the Rock Island and Santa
Fe are washed away, two lumber
yards burned and several buildings
collapsed.
At Wametego many people have
been compelled to leave their homes In
boets. In many cases the water Is up
to the second story window. Many
thousand head of cattle have been
drowned The surrounding country is
under water.
At Marquette the Smoky river Is
higher than ever before. Lindsburg Is
surrounded by water. At Concordia
many persons have been driven from
their homes by the Republican river.
Over five inches Of water fell there
yesterday.
At Newton the streets we're flooded
by a cloudburst last night. A tornado
passed through the country, doing
small damage, demolishing the high
school and Baptist church.
Four Lives Lost In Flood.
Council Grove, Kan, May 31.-The
less by floods in Morris county Is esti-
mated at s1,000,000.
Four persons we're drowned here
last night. All business houses are
flooded. More than 100 houses are un.
der water and twenty have fioated
away.
Nebraska Under Water.
/ Lincoln, Nsb., May 81. - Thirty-six
hours OF heavy and almost continuous
rain has aggravated the food situation
here. Salt creek and Antelope creek
are out Of their banks and the low-ly-
ing district in the western part of the
city is sea, many houses being sub
4 merged and partly submerged The
water is rising and a gre It many have
been forced to abandon their homes.
Beatrice, Neb., May 31.-Never be-
fore has this section of the state exs
peTienced such flood as 1t Is now hay-
ing At Hoag, near here, the Blue
river is thres miles wiz e. 1t is still
rising and tie rain is alling In tor.
ten inches of water on the bridge. The
electric plant is under water and is
closed down. Twenty-four residence
blocks on the West side and fifteen on
the South side are under from one to
five feet OF water. The property loss
| will be enormous. Peopls living in the
submerged sections in many instances
: have lost everything.
VIII Break All Records.
Kansas City, May 31.-The Kansas
and Missouri rivers are rising here at
! an alarming rate and the indications
| are that all previous r. h water REQ
ords at this point will bs broken dur.
ing the next forty-eight hours. Much
damage already has been done to
property In the lowlands and much APP
prehension IS felt for the safety of
! property In the west bottom district of
this city. The Kansas river is rising
! at the rate Of an inch an hour and the
heavy rains have added to the gravity
| OF the local situation. Supt. Conner
| OF the Kansas City weather bureau
! predicts that the rise of the Missouri
river during the next few days will be
unprecedented. He says that the vol.
ume of water FROM the Kansas rivor
enc other S cams for .gich the MIS-
souri, river is the outlet, added to the
usual June rise, will carry the Mis-
souri, to higher stage tran It reached
/ in 1881 and 1892, when It broke all
previous records. At the little town Of
Harlem, across from this city. the res
! idents In the flooded district were
rescued from house to house in boats
after losing most of their personal eff
fects.
Many Lives Lost In Oklahoma.
Guth lie. Okla. May 31.--Reports OF
destructive storms throughout the tor