The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-08

high water in the Smoky Hill here is
the most serious flood ever known.
Many thousands of acres of wheat
fields and corn fields are completely
that was built along the river here
broke last evening and water is run
ming into the east portion of the city
and has completely inundated most of
the farm land between the city. and
river. All the way from this city to
Chapman whole farms on both sides
of the Smoky Hill are under water.
The river continues to rise slowly. 1t
now stands thirteen and half feet
above it's level at low water The
Smoky Hill is within six feet of being
as high as it was year ago. The Re
publican river is within eight feet of
being as high as it was last summer
and the Kaw lacks six feet of reaching
its highest mark. The Republican
river fell a foot last night
With the exception of a short local
train, railway traffic has been sus-
pended in this part of the state South
of here the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
railway is washed out at a number of
places and there have been no trains
on the road for two days. Many fam
lilies are coming in from the country
with their stock and all movable prop
erty. The residents of the east por-
ton of the city are all out.
Most of the people have left for
safer quarters.
At Emporia-
The Cottonwood and Neosho rivers
began to slowly recede last evening at
ter having made the highest records in
high water marks since the advent of
the white man. The Neosho river was
four inches higher than ever known
before. The Cottonwood also has its
record and both rivers are from bluff
wide. There has not been a through
Santa Fe train through here since
Wednesday and the only train that was
able to get into town was III from
Topeka, which arrived here Thursday
Five passenger trains are in the
yards. the trains here over night were
No. 116, the fast mail train, second sec
ton of No. 2, No 4, No. Is and NO. IL.
The trains carried over a thousand pas
and they all had to be fed here.
The last train from the west says
that the flood along the Cottonwood
valley is deplorable. At Elmdale the
water was up to the second stories OF
some of the houses and there were
of families in the second story
of the school house. Saffordville. Glenn
ents and other small towns along the
bottom were as bad off as Elmdale.
The NJ K & t railroad is also knock
ed out and will not be able to run
trains for several days. The loss in
stock and household goods is not so
large as in the previous floods.
At Arkansas City.
For the past II hours the Arkansas
has been in danger of breaking its
banks and flooding the city. Already
the river is in the low lands surround
ing the city, and many farmers are
flooded. A number of houses have been
vacated. Great damage has been done
the growing crops. Big cottonwood
trees have fallen in the river, endanger-
ing the bridges.
The Frisco hitched an engine to
big tree which endangered its bridge
and pulled it out on the bank. On the
Walnut which joins the Arkansas
south of town, the water lacks only six
inches of reaching the high water mark
of last June. The basement of the Ar
kansas City Mill and Elevator company
is flooded. The water is too high for
the electric light company's power plant
so the lights are shut off The back
water from the Walnut has flooded out
25 families i'm the bottom. One small
bridge east of the river has washed out
All bridges are in danger.
The Walnut is IL feet inches above