Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-11
Flood Conditions at Kansas City
Much Better on the
Whole.
BIG MUDDY GETTING HIGHER.
VIII Continue 10 for Next Twenty
Unconstitutional tunning--Loss
Al Topeka Slight.

Kansas city. Mo. June 11--F1ood
conditions here were better on the
whole this morning. The Kaw river
began falling before daylight and the
water steadily receded from the mum
dated district. The Missouri river con-
tinued to rise slowly but 1t can do no
particular additional damage at this
point. From now on II is predicted that
the situation around Kansas City will
beyond here damage may be expected
to follow along the Missouri and the
Mississippi east and north
The I<aw river at Kansas City be-
came stationary at / o'clock this morn
ing when It had reached height of
ISL feet. At o'clock It began receding
at the rate of an inch an hour.
The Missouri river at I o'clock this
morning stood at 1913, a rise of foot
since 8 o'clock last night. This stream
continued to rise during the early hours
today at the rate of about half an inch
an hour and the weather bureau pre-
diets that 1t will continue to come up
at this rate for at tleast 20 hours
RAILROADS OPERATING.
All railroads were in operation in and
out of the Union station this morning,
with the exception of the Union Pacific
and Missouri Pacific, whose bridges are
under water, and the Santa Fe, the last
three named lines using the tracks of
the St Louis & San Francisco from the
Kansas side.
The water was still half a block from
the Union station at the west end and
with the fall of the Kaw all danger OF
water reaching this structure seemed
to have been passed. In the stockyards
the water was receding fast but busi-
ness was still paralyzed there and no
stock was being moved. Water still
stood several feet deep in one-fourth of
the hog pens, and there were two feet
of water in the basement Of the stock
exchange.
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Despite the fact that hundreds Of
persons are homeless in Armourdale
and Argentine. Kan. no actual distress
is apparent and the citizens OF Kansas
City, Kan, are taking care of all the
needy. But. seven persons sought smell
ter last night in Convention hall, on
the Missouri side, which had been
thrown open to the refugees In Has-
lem. the village across from Kansas
City on the Missouri side. the people
have been housed on the hills.
st. Joseph, Mo-. June 1.-The Missouri
river rose three tenths of an inch here
last night and is still rising. The DAM
age to crops in the bottom lands is
rapidly multiplying.
AT TOPEKA.
Topeka, Kan, June 11.--While some
of the lower portions of North Topeka
near Soldier creek and in Little Rus
sia" are yet submerged with dead
water the major portion of the town
is above water and street cars have
resumed service. Banks and stores are
open, Business men say the loss, aside
from the cost of moving In and out and
cleaning up. will nov amount to over
$500
This, of course, does not include the
Union Pacific railroads heavy loss at
their tie plant.
There has been no rain over this
section for the past IS hours and all
indications point to rapid resumption
of conditions before the food. The Kaw
has fallen five and a half feet since
the waters began recedlngi which is
about one and a half inch an hour. The
gage at $3.50 o'clock today registered
% feet.
AT Junction City, Manhattan and
Wamego the waters are falling rapidly.
The weather predictions are for more
rain,