The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-10
RAINS ARE HEAVY.
Eastern Kansas Is DeIuged Once
More.
Topeka Has a Fall of Inch and
Half.
RIVERS ARE RISING.
Cottonwood Reported to Be
Nearly Out of Bank.
High Water on Santa Fe Near
EmpOria.
RIVERS ARE RISING.

Although rain fell steadily nearly
all night in Topeka, the earliest re-
ports do not show any damage as
result. An inch and 48 one-hun-
dreths of rain fell during the night.
The Kaw river at Topeka showed
very little effect of the rain this
morning. and had risen four-tenths
of a foot, and now stands at 1914. At
Blue Rapids, the river has fallen
feet and a half in "a hours, and 10
feet in 48 hours; at Manhattan the
river has fallen two feet and three
tenths in the past "a hours. Last
night the rainfall was heavy on the
portions Of Kansas which do not
drain into the Kaw river.
The rainfall reports from the KAN
sas weather stations are as follows;
Baker 10 inch; Concordia, Sc inch;
. Dodge City rs inch; Dresden, .; Fort
z Scott. 2.84 inches; Macksville, 10
. inch; Mcpherson, .86 inch; Manhat-
an. 1.26 inches; Usage City, 288
inches; Sedan, .92 inch; Topeka, Las
inches; Toronto, 2.10 inches; Wichita,
IS inch. At Kansas City, Mo: Just
half an inch rainfall is reported.
Shunganunga Behaves.
It is remarkable how food rumors
circulate these days with extreme
rapidity and are enlarged every time
they are passed on. A great many IN
nal office in regard to these rumors. /
This morning the report that the
Shunganunga was up again and was
doing queer things was circulated. /
The facts of the case were that the !
waters of the creek were rushing /
along at rather lively pace but did
not come in proximity to the top Of
the embankment. 1t was a late hour
this morning, however, before the
water began to fall The dWelIers
along the wake of the flood of Wed |
nesday morning did not become alarm |
ed in the least over the situation.
Biddle creek on the East side
caused some trouble this morning, the
water running down Locust street, !
for the street cars. By $3.50
the water had dropped sufficiently to |
allow traffic to be resumed Mill !
creek does not exist during dry wealth |
II and the bed of the stream in the |
vicinity of Sixth street has been filled /
and houses built on the spot Where |
the raYine once existed For TINS |
reason Locust street becomes nat |
ural outlet for the waters in case of a |
hard storm.
on Locust street this morning there |
" ere numerous boats sailing down the |
street-they happened to be toy ones.
however as the small boys Of the |
neighborhood were at large.
Indian Creek on Rampage.
Mr.. w. NJ. Bollman reports that In
dian creek, northeast of town, is on
banks and flooded the neighboring
farms with water. Two hundred acres
he reports to be under three feet of
water. although the stream began to
fall slightly during the morning.
Among those whose farms were
flooded were: L. I. Taylor, 25 acres;
w. NJ Chiddix, 25 acres; Mrs. SPOTS
acres; James Jamison, acres; Nels
Olson, 100 acres; A. Roast. 16 acres,
and Con Chumos. 25 acres.
Rains Were General
The danger of further high water and
possible floods over Kansas is not in
srrL,-, 20
last night. The rains last night seem
10 have been general all over the east
ern and central portions of the state at
least and were quite heavy in these
sections, while to the western portion
of the state there were plenty of rains
but not quite as heavy in precipitation
as those of the eastern and central
portions.
central portion of the state. Reports
received from Santa F'e officials by the
general managers office this morning
Indicated trouble along the Cottonwood
river A rise of six feet was reported
in the Cottonwood river at Marion, be-
tween 3 o'clock and o'clock this morn
ing. Two feet of this raise came be-
tween 6 and Z.
This will mean high water all over
the territory of the Cottonwood and
e. specially in the neighbOrhOod of EN-
Ioria where the Cottonwood joins the
NeOShO. Rain of from two to four
inches was reported all along this coun-
try and it is likely that before night
fall, that the Cottonwood and NeOsho
With their tributaries will be swollen
to the Overfiowing stage.
High water is reported also in north !
western Lyon county and western NeO-
shO- Near Reading, on a small tribu-
tary of che Marias des Cygnes the
" ater at the Santa Fe crossing is up
to the level of the bridge. There is no
danger of the bridge being carried out
but the track in the neighborhood may
become too soft for safety.
This Will naturally bring another rise
In the Marais des Cygnes, and the trou-
BILE at Ottawa may reoccur.
All over the outheastern section of
the state the rains are reported as
being very heavy, the fall being in |
the neighborhood of four inches
Santa Fe reports from Chanute indi-
cate that a heavy rain fell during the
night, and that it extended all over
tho Southern Kansas division of the !
Santa Fe, whose lines form a net I
" ork of rails all over this section of I
the state. This will result in the Neo- s
sno and Verdigris rivers being swoI- {
len for their entire lengths.
Heavy Rains In the North.
? The Union Pacific reports show '
steady rains in the central portions +
Of the state. At Manhattan the rain Y
fall was two inches, which will mean S
Z healthy raise in the Kaw at that h
place and subsequent raise here. 7
The Santa Fe reports that rain of :
from two to four inches fell all alonr t
he Superior branch on the road which O
extends from Superior, Neb., to StronE I
City. This Will be followed naturally
BY heavy raise in the Smoky Hill
and Republican rive~s -07 In mean
much more water for the Kaw.
The Rock Island reports a heavy (