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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-27

Dayton, Ohio, March 26.-Flames
that destroyed eight buildings in Day
toms submerged business district to.
night cast red, weird glow over the
flood stricken city that added to the
fears of thousands of refugees and
marooned persons and led to appre-
hension that there may have been
many of the waters prisoners in the
burned buildings.
Soon afterward notice was posted in
the headquarters of tho emergency
committee announcing that the city
was under martial law" and several
companies Of soldiers arrived from
neighboring Ohio cities. The soldiers
we're employed to patrol edges Of the
burned district and prevent further
Iooting of homes freed from the floods
grasp. Up to late hour tonight there
has been no material disorder.
Rescue squads worked frantically
today to throw back the veil that
hides the true story Of the Dayton
disaster--the number Of dead. Late
tonight the arrival of motor toats
gave hope that by tomorrow the
northern section Of the city, now cut
off by the Big Mamis impassahle
barrier, may be penetrated and then
may be learned the fate Of hundreds
imprisoned by the torrent that poured
down the broken reservoir.
It was reported late tonight that a
number Of dead had been found in
houses at Fifth and Eagle streets, but
when rescuers worked their way into
the partially submerged dwellings, they
found a number of the flood prisoners
weak from fright and hunger.
Fire that appeared to threaten the
business section tonight was confined
to the block bounded by Second and
Third streets and jefferson and st.
Clair streets. In the block are the
Fourth National bank and several
commission houses. 1t was imnossi-
BILE to get within two miles of the fire
and from that distance it appears that
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Fifteen HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE
CROWDED INTO BUSINESS
BLOCKS OF CITY.
TOTAL DEAD UNKNOWN
6oatnen Still Busy Bringing suf-
ferers From lnundate Portions of
City and Until Their Work Is Done
or the Waters Recede Number Of
Drowned Cannot Be Estimated.

Peru, Ind, March 26.-Most Of the
$4,000 people Of Peru are crowded in
the upper stories of the business
blocks tonight near the courthouse,
which is the center Of the relief work.
All day they watched the muddy
waters which rushed over the city's
pavements, waiting for the flood to
subside and permit search of the
homes on the streets near the river,
which they believe contain upwards of
so bodies.
So far only five are known to have
been drowned. City officials and
members Of the citizens committee
assert that the death list will not be
the occupants of the IL cottages on
Wallace row escaped the rapids that
poured over the banks of the Wabash
river which after reaching a high
water mark on Monday evening, sud-
denly rose seven feet in three hours.
The river has increased in width
from 400 yards to four miles.
The identified dead are:
MRS. ROSE WHITTLE.
MRS. OPiE SMITH.
An infant is known to have drowned
and a boatman reported seeing the
bodies of man and woman in en-
brace floating down Second street.
Alexander Clevenger carried his
wife and three children on his back
through water waist deep to the
Miami county courthouse. Then he
secured roWboat and rescued a
neighbor and her infant. On the way
to the courthouse the boat was
crushed. The woman grasped some
telegraph wires and kept afloat until
Clevenger reached her. The child
was lost.
A boat carrying a man from his
inundated house to safety sprung a
leak and the man took refuge on the
ledge of a building, where he re-
manned for nine hours before relief
came.
Three women who climbed down a
fire escape capsized a boat and fell
into four feet of water, but were res
cued.
Carl Chapman today rescued two
women from the second story of a
cottage where they had stood in water
to their knees for four hours today.
A woman and her daughter We're
taken from the front porch of their
home on Third street. where they had
been for 80 hours. The child had
the mumps and may die from expo
sure.
The property damage in Peru will
total $3,000,000. Five bridges torn out
cost half that sum.
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.OH|0'S Fl 0OD
H|STORY'S
WORST
NUMBER OF DEAD CANNOT BE
ESTIMATED, BUT WILL RUN
INTO THOUSANDS.
GREAT PROPERTY LOSS
Not Since Galveston Was Almost
Swept From Map Has Any Disaster
Caused Such a Property Loss--Fis-
ures Leaking in From Small Ohio
Towns Add to Overwhelming Total.

Columbus, Ohio, March 26.-The loss
Of life in Dayton will not be less than
1000, according to the estimates made
this evening by Governor Cox.
Fire this afternoon which swept
the block bounded by jefferson, Sec
ond, Third and St. Clair streets sub
sided somewhat tonight. All those in
the block were saved. This final
word came early tonight from Tele-
phone Operator John Bell to relieve
the anxiety Of the crowd which hung
over the end of the wire in the gov
ernor's office all day.
All the women and children who
were in the block were taken to safety
to the Beaver Power building. There
were 80 of them.
Governor Cox said the building is
fireproof and the occupants will re-
main in safety. Sixteen persons are
housed in the Home telephone build
ing with block and tackle rugged as
means of egress if the fire presses
them. If the fire threatens either Of
these buildings during the night, a
dash will be made to them in boats.
Bell said it would be dangerous to
attempt a rescue now in the swift
current.
The fire jumped across Third street
into the next block, but is dying down.
The Fourth National bank building
and the St. PauPs Evangelical church
were among the important structures
destroyed.
From his station in the telephone
building, Bell could see the lights on
train two blocks away. This was
the relief train which arrived during
the day from Springfield over the
Pennsylvania railroad. The raging
river intervened.
Columbus, Ohio, March 26.-Ohio is
experiencing the worst flood in it's his
tory. Many estimate that the dam
age to property is the greatest since
from the map.
No relief had been brought tonight
to the scores of cities and towns of the
state that are inundated and cut off
from the outside world. Darkness
practically thwarted rescue work and
| increased the horrors of the situation.
/ Thousands of persons are impri soned.
| Although the waters in some places
are reported to be slowly receding,
there was no immediate relief in sight
tonight while the rain continued. In
many Of the flooded districts, cities
and towns are isolated and only rum
ors can be obtained.
Although reports of distress and
disaster are coming in from every
part of the state, the greatest damage
and loss of life, from all reports, is at
Dayton. While the business district
Of the city is under water and the es-
timated loss of life is appalling, fires
are adding to the horror and increas-
| ICnntinual on pa oa SaNanl
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this
banks
deserted their Should
predicted flood than that of Dayton
telephone Dayton )Opator Bell
n
March
burned unavaing impossible approach than mile
March Lebanon and Northern Railway has
IS
officials
Dayton Ohio March n.y. That fierce fire which appeared be
Bkl 200 flood
National Cash Register
building nearly miles from the
O
that the B house destroyed
Whether have been there tried only
believed the this afternoon the of the Patterson
aided exploding chemicals wholesale drug
establishments
Many
ssby the
appeared have worked from
distance of nearly blocks
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FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH FLOODED CITY
HOTEL CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES BURNS
WHILE RESCUERS STAND HEI PIESS BESIDE TORRENT
Ohio River Cities Threatened

Cincinnati Ohio March 27-cneinnai threatened with flood
Lawrenceburs mile city,
the Miami believed,
the Ohio Licking OF
57foot stage
predicted the this will mako
FLOODS IMMINENT KENTUCKY.
Richmond, 26-An continuous
conditions
Kentucky
the inhabitants
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FLOOD In DAYTON
KEEPS RESCUERS ON SHORES
Rescue Squad Equipped With Many Rowboats, Attempt in
Penetrate the City and Save Refugees

Waiting
Cast by Burning Buildings for Help the Dawn Is Expected Bring
Number of Dead Cannot Be Estimated Until Waters Rede
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MIssoULA

Is better off than most other
places. Do you realize it?
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THE WEATHER

Today-Fair.
TomorroW-Fair; warmer.
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Dayton Ohio March 27(3 m)The Lewstown
according telephone this morning from Lr
miles from Iewsown said high wind blowing water til
citizens living nearby have deserted their homes Should this
predicted flood than that of Tuesday will submege Dayton
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-25


land the second day OF January. A.
D. 1919, respectively. and each
and all of said seven unpaid INSTALL
ments bear interest at the rate OF
five CD per cen, per apnum from
the 18th day OF January, A. d. 1909,
payable annual y az tbs same time
that the said several installments
become due and payable. rcspee-
lively.
All persons in .eTested are hereby
notified TO call and pay the amount
assessed. ut the CITY Treasurer and
Collectors office. at the First Banl.
and Trust Company's Bank, Nos.
609-611 Ohio Street, in the City OF
Cairo, Illinois. within thirty (30l
days from the date hereof
/. Dated this 18th day of January,
A. d. 1918.
JAMES QUINN,
City Treasurer and Collector.
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ard ths.- amount a =, u - e..
stsil5nents il ROW he s,ih f 1ys
Tkontand, Nlfe A6ndfed f14oaD
DO 't1fs t6Eh. sud M SAns bsesu
dne md payable On the SECOND lay
Of January. A. D. 1914, the ssf i'd
day Of January. a. D. 1915. the &C.
ond day of January. A. D. 1915. The
second day OF January, A. D. t'l7,
the second day Of January. 4 D.
1915. and the second day Of Jan
usfys A. ID, 1919, respectively, and
ssch and all Of said seven unpaid In
stailments bear interest at the rate
Of aye CD per cent. per annum from
the eighth day of November, A. D.
1909, payable annually at the same
time that the said several insi all
ments become due and payable, re-
spectiyely.
All persons interested are hereby
notified to cali and pay the amount
assessed. at the City Tscasurer and
Col ectsr's Office. 1t the First Bank
and Trust C0mpany's. Bank, nos.
s0s-61i Ohio street, In the city OF
Cairo. Illinois. within thirty 1900
days from the datc hereof.
Dated tbis 18th day Of January.
A. d. 1913.
JAMES QUINN.
City Treasurer and Collector.
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrant No. %.

Notice Pub ic notice is hereby
yiven that the county court of Alex
apder county, Illinois, has rendered
! judgment for special tax upon
property benefited by the following
improvement: For the filling with
earth of Eighteenth street, Nine
tenth street and Twentieth street,
from Walnut street to Cedar street,
and of Cross street, from point one
hundred and thirty-five $3.50 feet
west of Walnut street to Cedar
street, and of Cedar street, from the
north line of Seventeenth street 20
the north line of Center street, in
the Cit of Cairo. Illinois. from lot
line 10 lot Inc and to the grade now
established fcr tho said streets. IN
der Ordinance no. LIZ of said city of
Cairo. adopted December i4th, 1906.
and approved December 18th. 1905,
as vii more fully appear from the
certified copy of the Judgment on
die IN my office; that the warrant
for the co lection of such special Tux
is in the hands OF the undersi .nef
Said special tax is levied to be
paid in ten ANIMAL installments, and
the amount of the first instaIIment
thereof is the sum of One Thousand.
Seven Hundred and Ninety -Four
Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents
t$1,794.SSl, and the said Install
ment became and was due and pay
able on the second day of January
!. n. 1910. ard has been paid.
The se2ocd iastal!mtnt OF sad
srecia, tax IS fer the aur1 ot Two
Thousand t2oec) Dollars, and SAID
install ment became and was due ant
payable on the second day of Jan.
ua-y,. A. D., 1911, and has been paid
The third installment of sale
special tax is for the sum of TIVE
Thousand 10000 Dollars. and tn,
said ;installment became and was
due and payable on the second da,
Of January. a. n. 1912, and has beer
ipaid. ~
| Tbs fourth ,rs.ailmert Of SIT
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special tax lis, for the sum of Two
Thousand l2000) Dollars. and the
said install ment became, and was
due. and payable on the second DAY
of January, A. D. 1919, and is now
due and UNPAID. - -
The six remaining instaiiEents
of said special tax are for the
sum of Two Thousand t2000l Dol
lais each. and the same become due
payable on the second day of Jan
uary, A. j. 1914, the second day of
January. A. d. 1915, the second day
of January. 4. D. 1916, the. second
day of January. A. d. 1917, the sec
ond day OF January, a. ID. 1918, and
the second day of January. A. d,
1919. respectively. and each and ail,of
OF said seven unpaid installments
bear interest at the rate of. five (5)
per cent per annum from the eighth
day OF November, A. D.. 1909. pay
able annually at the same time that
the said several installments become
due and PAYABLE. respectively.
All persons interested are hereby
notified TO call and pay the amount
assessed, at i, the City Treasurer and
Collectors Office. at the First Bank
and Trust Company''s Bank, Nos
s09-611 Ohio street. in the City OF
Cairo. Illinois. within thic;y (S0l
days from the date hereof
Dated this 18th dag Of January.
A. D. 1913.
JAMES QUINN,
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the second aay, spf Jsuuarg. A. p
1913. respectively. and each and a.
Of said sssen unpaid attachments
bear interest at fae rate Of I'VE gu
per cent. per an. n from the Bro
day of Deeenhef. A.. y. 1908. pay
ab e annually at, the slime time that
the said several klstallments become
due aud payable. respectively.
all persons interested, .sre hereby
notified to cali and pay the amount
assessed, at the City Treasurer and
Collectors Office, at the First Bank
and Trust Conpany's Bank. Nos.
609s611 Ohio street. in the City of
Cairo. Illinois. within thirty t3e)
days from the date hereof.
Dated this 18th day of January.
A. d. 1913.
JAMES QUINN.
City Treasurer and Co lector.
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrant mo-. 18.

Special Warrant No. IS.
Notice; Public notice is hereby
given that the county court of Alex
ander county. Illinois, has rendered
judgment for special tax upon
property benefited by the following
Improvement: For the construction
of a vitrifed tile pipe sewer, house
connections and inlets and brick
man-holes in Thirty-second street
from the line of the main sewer in
Commercial avenue to a point eigh-
ty-two tS2) feet west of the east
line of Washington avenue. in the
City of Cairo, Illinois, under Ordi-
nance No. 1ss of said city OF Cairo,
adopted August nth 1908, and ap-
proved August 14th, 1908, as will
more fully appear from the certified
copy of the Judgment on file in my
office; that the warrant for the col
lection Of such special tax is In the
hands Of the undersigned.
Said special tax is levied to be
paid In ten annual instalIments, and
the amount of the first install ment
thereof originally was the sum of
Nine Hundred and Sixty Eight Dol
lars and Fifty-Five Cents ($96S.55)
but the said instalIment has been re
duced the sum of One Hundred and
Forty-Two Dollars and Forty-Fivt
Cents (s142.45) by the judgment OF
the County Court of the County OF
Alexander, Illinois, and tile amount
of said insta1lment is now the sum
of Eight Hundred and Twenty-SiS
Dollars and Ten Cents ($S26.10)
and the said installment became and
was due and payable on the second
day of January, A. ID. 1910, and has
been paid
The second instailment of sale
special tax is for the sum of Thre,
Hundred (300) Dollars, and the
said fnstallment became and was
due and payable on the second day
Of January, A. D. 1911, and has beer
paid.
The third installment of sale
special tax is for the sum of Tire,
Hundred t3O0) Dollars. and the sal,
installment became and was due ant
payable on the second day of Jan
uary, A, D. 1912. and has been peid
The fourth installment of sal,
special tax Is for the sum of Thfe
Hundred 5000 Dol lars, and the sal
instaiiment became and was due an,
payable on the second day of Jan
usry, A. d. 1918. and Is now due an,
unpaid
The six remaining instaiIment
of said special tax are for the sun
of Three Hundred 5000 Dollar
each, and the same become dee an
payable ON the second day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1914. the second da
of January. A. d. 1915. the secon
day ~ January, A. y. 1916. the sec
ond day of January, A. p. 1917. tn
second day Of January, A. n. 1915
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrant No. 20.

6Htifdl w ia ant xFU. tSutt
Notice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court of Alex
ander county, Illinois. has rendered
a judgment for special assessment
upon property benefited by the fol-
lowing Improvement; For the for
nation of a sewer district. to be
called the Thirty fourth Street
Sewer District, and for the con
struction therein of vitritied tile
lipe sewer, house connections and
jnIets and brick manholes in Thirty
Fourth and West Thirty-Fourth
streets, from a manhole in the Com
mercial avenue main sewer TO q
point seventy-ffve t751 feet west of
the west line of Park avenue, in
rhirty-Fifth and West Thirty-Fifth
streets, from r1anhofe in the sewer
Sycamore street to a point SIX
hundred and twca.Y-threc .(s2Sl
feet west of Tire .west inc of High
land avenue. u thirty -siath am
West fhi-tv-sixth streets. from 4
-nanhoie IN the said Sycamore stree'
sever to a rcint FIVE hundred ans
twenty-three fs2Sl feet west of tht
vest line Of Highland avenue. IL
sycamore street., from a maDhole In
the Thirty-Fourth street sewer to /:
point two hundred t200} feet nosts
of the north line Of Thirty-sixtl
street. in Elm street. from a man
.olc in. the Thirty Fourth stree
sever TO the south iiuc Of Thirty
Seventh street. IN Washington ave
nue. The sewer being double TN
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrant No. 81.

pVCCldt WdFFdHL NC. u.
Notice: Public notice Is hereby
given tiiat the county court of Alex
apder county Illinois, has rendered
a judgment Tor special tax upon
property benefited by the following
Improvement: For the filling with
earth of the unified portions of
Thirty-fourth street, from the west
line of Commercial avenue to the
east line O.. Washington avenue. and
for the construction upon the SAID
Thirty-FoGrth street of vitrified
brick pavement, with a combination
concrete curb and gutter on both
sides of said brick pavement, at the
outside edges of said brick pave
mcnt, from the said west line OF
Commercial Avenue TO the said eas,
lire OF Washington avenue. and 80,
the construction Of t-sck catch
basins IN and teon said thirty.
Courth street, from the said wesi
line Of Commercial avenue 10 the
said east inc of Washington avenue
In the City of Cairo, Illinois. undo,
Ordinance No. III of said City o'
Cairo, adopted November 10th. 1908
and approved November, 18th, 1908
as will more fully appear. from til,
certified copy of the judgment OF
| iiIe in my Office; that the warran
for the collection os such spceta
FAX is In the hand. Of the under
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrant No. 10.

special warrant No. ~.
Notice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court of A ex-
ander county, Illinois. has rendered
Judgment for special tax upon
property benefited by the following
Improvement: For the construction
of a vitrified tile pipe sever, house
connections and inlets, and brick
manholes In Thifty-third street,
from the line of the main sewer in
Commercial avenue to point fifty
six 1861 feet west OF the east line of
Park avenue, in the City of Cairo
Illinois. under Ordinance No. 16o of
said City of Cairo. adopted August
18th. 1908. and approved August
14th, 1898, as will more fully a.re~e
from the certified copy OF the l,:dg.
ment on file in my office; that -
warrant for the eel cct;on of such
special tax is in the hands OF the
undersigned.
Said special tax is levied t. he
paid in ten annual installmeats, AID
the amount Of the first INSTALLING mt
thereof originally was the sum of
Eight Hundred and Eighty-Five Dol
lars and Forty-Seven Cents $685.
40, but the said install ment has
been reduced the sum of Two Hum
dred and Eighteen Dollsru rod
Twenty-Thrce Cents t$21s.2SJ by
the judgment of the county court of
the County Of Alexander, Illinois.
and the amount OF said iDstallment
is now the sum Of SIX Hundred and
Sixty-sesen Dollars and Twenty
Four Cents (s667.24), and the said
installment became and was due ana
payable oil the second day of jan.
uary, A. d, 1910, and has been Maid
The second instalIment of said
special tax is Tor the sum of Five
Hundred (500l Dollars, and said in
stall ment became and was due and
payable on the second dav of Jam
uary, 4. D. 1911, and has been paid
The third installmcnt of sal
specia' tax is for the sum of Five
Hundred 5000 Dollars and said in
stallment became and was due and
payable on the second day of Jam
uary, A. d. 1912. and has been paid
The fourth installment of said
special tax is for the sum of Five
Hundred (500) Dollars, and said In
stallment became and was due and
payable on the second day of Jan
uary, A, d. 1913, and is now due
and unpaid.
The six remaining install ments
If said special tax are for the sum
of Five Hundred (500) Dollars each.
and the same become. due and pay
able on the second day of January.
A. d. 1914, the second day of jan
uary, A. d. 1918, the second day of
January, A. D. 1916. the second day
Of January, A. y. 1917. the second
day of January. A. D. 1918, and the
second day of January. A. d. 1919.
respective y, and each and all of said
seven unpaid instalIments bear in
terest at the rate of five 60, per
cent. per anntm from the 18th day
Of January. A. D. 1909, payable am
nually at the same time that the said
several installments become due and
payable, respectively.
All persons Interested are hereby
notified to cali and pay the amount
assessed. at the City Treasurer and
Collegtor's office, at the First Baak
and Trust. Company's Bank, Nos.
500 ell Ohio street. in the city of
Cairo, Illinois within thirty (3o)
days from date hereof.
Dated this 18th day of January,
A. D. 1913.
JAMES QUINN,
City Treasurer and Col ector.