Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-19
tE uv RIVER S AGAIN RISING
Ten L1uhes Of Ram IN Western MiHwuri
This Ndn,h.
4FEE INCHES Of RAIN At WICHITA
dast Of Truubis If RAILWAY Dus 20 Waaa-
tng Cut Of Small Bridges
MISSISSIPPI IS RISING At ST. Louls
Serious DamaEe AIaaE the water
Frunt In caused ~ the sud
den Rise af Ten
Feet

EeeE.
KANSAS CITY. sept M-Raln ias falien
N Kansas City and vicinity every iay sz-
-spUnE one m September. with rlraL
downfall 1o fare lf U1 inches m seventeen
nays. and to-day there was 10 prospects Of
lmmediHts cessation. Practically the same
conditions nave prevailed throughout
western Missouri. especially .n the nurtl-
western corner OF the state, and IN purtiuu
1f eastern and central Kansas. AS a rs-
suit al streams IN uuiH part at the country
cununue 20 rise and -ailway rraffc is be-
coming dsmura-ized because OF numerous
waahuLts.
Trains On nearly every ruHd between
Kansas City and Ct louis. and southeast
N here on the Missouri Kansas q Texas
railrund are several hours lars 1r nave been
annulled -empurarily
After rising sreadllv all last week and
then becoming stationary sunday. the Eaw
river a. KANSAS City, began again to-day
to come up. No danger Is anticipated at
this 2uint however "A the Missouri river
ia luw ana Is CARRYING on the excess wafer
from the Kaw The rruubie bsiuE
1srienced 1v The railways is frum wash
outs throughout the state in the vicinity
df Cz-roilron. Marshall and zedaIia-
A. Kansas City since yesterday one inch
and a half N rain ssu. while At Wichita,
Kan. the precipitation amounted % 2l4
inches.
Turkey -rsek. which flows through Rur--
dale Just across the lire in Kansas On cle
south vest, Is on a rampagH ana many
paopie along its banks were forced 70
move our uudHy-
Condition. Of RzfIruads.
"a .ua sir -
the Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas always
east and suurn 1f Kansas City ara expe-
r1enciug the y-eutasr -ruuhie. The Missouri
Pacific lH teruuriug rs ST L1uis-Eansas
City uralrs over the Burlington railway
via ChilIicurne because ur washuurs IN
central Missouri Al through trains ara
being dpsr1ted. bur are lata. those arriving
from ST Louis being from three u four
hours behind time. The nam truunie IN
the Missouri Pacific H being expsriencsd
as a result of the washing. out Of the steel
bridge over the Eagnins -fvsr ar 0rrsrvtlls.
5ame local trains Gn the Missouri Pacific
berween MyrfrH, BoouvtIle. jefferson CifF
ana sesfHlia have been snuuIled The Mis-
suurf Pacific used the Wabash tracks unriI
r1Ar road vas tied up by washuurs in the
vicinity OF Missouri City The Missouri.
Kansas a Texas also iE using rhe Burning
ton racks detuuring their rezas trains
by way Gf the Kansas Ciry branch The
Chicago & Alton is using rs own tracks.
as ara also the Burlington and the At1ntsun,
Topeka & santa Fs.
Damage AT 81. LGufa.
ST LOUIS sept B-Heavy rains and
swollen tributaries have caused a rise N
over rzu feet IN the Mississippi river dur
ing the Iasu rweury-taur hours and resulted
IN damage along me St Louis -tver front
amounting 20 many thousands N dollars.
vasr amount uf produce and other ship
ping property along -tle ievee iH Btin n
iaugar The river stage rhis forenoon had
reached 2s.T tasu a sudden rise uf 10ds
saer IN rweury-rour hours. The danger
line is thirty-ive feet The water 10 grad
ualy creeping up and ir IL predicted that
by nighufau rhe gauge will snow a stage
or rweurv-eighr feet
Produca houses and grain and curu1n
drus having -unsiguments stored along ms
.evee hastily 1rganized gangs Of Iaburers
ana endeavored 90 save their property rom
being swept away but the suddenuess 1f
the fresner inrsrfersd Co A cunHiderahie *
tent Thousands OF barrels 1f apples. bales
~ hav SACKS af grain. bales az COTTON and
IN one instance d no feet N lumber wsrs
swept away Mem worked breast deep in
the food nterceprug duariug merchandise
ana feet 0f szffs manned 1y men Win
boar hooks assisted in r1e salvage work.
six cirv carthage boats muorsd along tie
river front ara .u danger nf being swamped
This marks rhe quickest rise IN me rivar
st4ze since eleven wears agn. when the rfvsr
rose fourteen feet in one night
/ Washuurs in various places IN Missouri
I caused rhe alnuluenr today m i've trains
I slle here They were -le Texas accnnruo-
fariuu 1r the Missouri. Kansas Texas.
I Two trains tup from Kansas City On me
Missouri Pacific ana two trains tue rom
ne VEST On the Wabash. Trains On rna
/ Iron Mountain and Burlington Eysrsns
we're an hour or more iHta IN arriving.
/ Caseh-. KInEhom % Galloway.
l JEFFERSON CITY. II0. SEPT B.-rhs
I Missouri river Is rising -anidly here ana
I sDHrkruvur' inhabitants are moving from
ne iuvVar part M -le -4rv 20 higher gruund
\ THs. flood - washing through the CallaWay
I squnrv 1urrumH ACROSS me river trUm isrs.
I 4ud tar-uers have been driven trum their
I homes The tarm Ir one man. named
Z Laux Is under sixteen feet 1f wafer rha
\ recent u1rrenriHL -ainH supDiemenusd by
HacEwar=r from the river put al small
Streams OUT at -neir aanks. The Tanner
aridgn steel STRUCTURE spanning tha
yforaau -,ver has been swept awaY and
me G-senbsr-y bridge also spanning the
Marsau. Is ~ imminent danger OF going
. lur-
River Falls at FopeAA
I r0PE<A. kan. sept l.-rhe EaW -ivsr
Z here mas f4ueu hair foot since zunda y
ana Soldier creek winch 1id much danags
m Nar-l Topeka On sa-IrdaT Is again
. within rs lanks-
The -uiou Parinc east and west 1f here
Z IS clear bur the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific s FrI using -ls A-rhisUu. Topeka
& zaua Fe tracks between Topeka and
/ Kansas -irT
OTTAWA. kan. sept. rs Three nchas
. of water fell IN -niH vicinity .aat night AMI
[ tniIuwinE -l- --sm=udUuH 1uwup0ur N last
ve=il caused me Esirlls a. Cvgurs ners
and a10Vs u1 rise -apidlv d1odlng the low
. IancE.
ruwu nder " HreF.
MADISON KAN sept H-1ue 1r ne
worst 1C0ds -1dr has ever been -Epsr1sucs,f
here IS nuw -IE-rE The Verfisr-a has
1vsriCEed .rs lauks and nalr or Mldiauu.
Etrh a nopu.Hr0n M ass. n unfsr SAFER.
Grsat 1lncllIs - szRsTlsIassd ~ Dsopia u