Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-12
FLOOD IS SUBSIDING
Kaw Falling and Missouri Stationary
at Kansas City.
NO MORE WATER IN SIGHT
Both Streams Going Down Rapidly at
Upper Points.
FINANCIAL LOSS IS SMALL
Normal Conditions Are Expected
Within a Week.
EvICTED RETURNING HOME
EvICTED RETURNING
HOME
Preparations for Relieving Distress
Are Found TO Ne Unnecessary--
Railroad frame Being
Resumed.


height only once since the country was
settled, is failing more rapidly than it rose
Owing to the Missouri permitting a free
outlet for the gorged Kaw, the finapcal
loss has been small and within a week
scarcely trace Of the inundation will
remain.
The Missouri river has been stationary
here since p. m. at Ss feet and Is fall
ing al st. Joseph and above. There viii be
steady fall OF the Missouri tomorrow and
rapid decline on Saturday. The Kaw at
p. m. lad fallen ten riches since o'clock
this morning. II is now falling an inch an
hour. but the rate VIII soon be accelerated
At Topeka and points farther west the Kaw
is within It's banks. Tomorrow afternoon
the Kansas City stock yards. railroad yards
and AImourdale will be dry. Preparations
made to relieve expected distress we're un-
cessary. as the evicted are already re-
~-rning to their homes and their work.
Railroad traffic through Kansas has been
practically restor ed and the only delay now
is OF trains to the north. along the Missouri.
The kaw river at Kansas City became
stationary at 1 O'Clock this morning, when
II had reached height OF 2S1 feet. The
river remained stationery until O'Clock
Hhis morning, when It began recedng at
ne rate OF an inch an hour.
The Missouri river at O'Clock this
morning stood at 2s.3. rise of foot since
o'clock last night This stream continued
10 rise during the early hours today at
the rate of about half an inch an hour and
nie weather bureau predicts that it will
continue 70 come up at this rate for at
least twenty hours
All railroads were in operation in and out
OF the Union station this morning. with the
exception OF the Union Pacific and Mis-
souri, Pacific, whose bridges are under
water. and the Santa re. the last three
named lines using the tracks OF the ST.
Louis & San Francisco from the Kansas
side The Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul.
which had been starting its trains north
out Of its outlying Twenty-second street
station, ASsas hack In the Union depot. and
the Burlington, Rock Island and Wabash
each had an outlet
Union station stiI Dry.
The water was still half block from
the Union station at the west. and with the
fall OF the Kaw all danger of water reach
ing this structure seemed to have been
passed
In the stock yards the water was re-
ceding fast but business was still
parslyzsd there and no stock was being
moved Water still stood several feet deep
In one-fourth of the hog pens, and there
was two feet OF water in the basement OF
the stock Exchange.
Despite the fact that hundreds of persons
are homeless in Armourdale and Argentina
Kan, no actual distress is apparent and
the citizens Of Kansas City, Kan, are TAX
ing care 81 all the needy But seven per
sons sought shelter last night in Conven-
tion hail. on the Missouri side. which had
-.
lem, the village across from Kansas City
on the Missouri side, the people have been
housed on the hills
Missouri Rising at 81. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo. June 1.-THE Mis-
souri, river rose q ,ncn here last night and
is stil rising. The damage to crops in the
bottom lands is rapidly multiplying
RULO, Neb., June n.-(Special 1.-THE
Missouri river at this point is two miles
wide. II raised fifteen inches Wednesday
The Missouri bottoms are fast being COW
cred with water and in places will swim
a horse. There Is said 10 be a two-foot
rise to come yet After being two miles
wide Monday the Nemaha dropped two
inches by noon, but by 6 p. m. il raised
10 as high a point as Il was Monday. with
a large rise near al hand.
Normal Conditions at Topeka.
TOPEKA, Kan, June n.--While some OF
the lower portions OF North Topeka, neal
TO Soldier Creek and in Little Russia
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 mer
say the loss. aside from the cost of NOV.
ing in and out and cleaning up, will not
amount 10 over $500.
This does not include the Union Pacifi,
railroads loss. which has been heavy al
their tie plant
There has been no rain over this section
for the last eighteen hours and all indica
tions ppint to rapid resumption OF tn,
conditions before the flood The Kaw ha.
fallen live and one-half feet since IN,
waters began reeeding and is now falling
one and one-half inches an hour Tn,
gauge at $50 o'clock today registered 2
feet.
Al Junction City Manhattan and Wam
ego the waters are falling rapidly
The Rock Island and Santa Fe trains ar,
reaching Topeka today from Kansas Cit,
TO oiathe on the Frisco, thence on IN,
Santa Fe via Emporis The Union Pacifi,
continues 10 detour west over the SAINT,
Fe. The weather predictions are for NOR,
rain.