The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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Cuba's First Sleeping Car.
The first sleeping car keen lu Cuba
b now on exhibition at Havana. This
"dorraltorlo" Is (or use on the recent-
ly completed line to Santiago
The Clever Photographer.
A German photographer named
Kunwalu, when taking a picture of a
lady of doubtful age, places sheefs of
celluloid behind the negative and the
printing paper, thus producing a vory
aoftening effect, which hides the dis-
crepancies of age.
More Wireless Telegraphy.
A wireless telegraph plant of the
Marconi company will be placid at the
loot of Fulton street. New York,
which will work with all steamers hav-
ing apparatus. This will enable ships
hold outside Uie harbor by fog to com-
municate with the world.
Army Rifle to Be Shortened.
U having been found that the accur-
acy of fire of the new army rifle la
ot lessened by shortening its barrel
from thirty Inches to twenty-four
Inches. the standard arm for infantry
will be two feet long, and It will super-
sede the twenty-two-lnch carbine of
toe cavalry.
Saved His Life.
Whitehall III.. June Ktli.-- Mr I.on
Man lev had Blight's Disease and
after his home doctor had treated
him fur some time he finally told him
that he could do nothing more for
him and that he would surely die.
A friend who had heard of what
ttodd's Kidney Pills had done In
eases of Kidney Trouble, advised Mr.
Manley to try a treatment of this
•emedy
He did so and everyone was sur-
prised and delighted to see an im-
provement In a very short time. This
Improvement gradually kept on as
the treatment proceeded, till now Mr.
Manley is well. He savs:
"The doctor said he had done all
e could for me He gave me up. A
friend advised me to take Dodds
Kidney Pills, and Id a few weeks I
was nearly all right again
"I am not dead, and can truthfully
•ay that I feel better to-day than 1
have for years. Dodd's Kidney Pills
•re • wonderful remedy and I will
always praise them and recommend
them to everyone suffering as I did."
Mr. Manley's recovery has caused a
profound sensation, as no one ever
thought he would recover.
Whaling Station on Shetland
A Norwegian company is establish
big a whaling station on the northern
part of the mainland of Shetland
The Serious Young.
It is those who have reached middle
life who are the gay and frivolous in
these days, and the young who take
life seriously and make dally discov-
eries that the times are nut of Joint
and reform Is needed everywhere.—
London Lady's Pictorial.
Monument to Confederates.
The Dauahtern <•
uioro a IJninironzp monument typify
Ing southern valor and enduranc« dur-
tag the civil war. The group is nine
feet high and weighs 5,000 pounds. It
la now being placed in position and
Will shortly bo unveiled.
Lady Lennox Set Fashion.
lAdj Algernon Gordon l.cnnox ana
"%er wavy blonde hair were a great
blessing to New York hair dressers.
Every blonde who saw the English-
woman's mass of wavy locks became
possessed of a mad desire for similar
headdress. As a result they are pay-
ing )2 and $3 for each treatment, only
•iperts being able to do the work
Forage Crops Improve Soil.
Three stales which are noted for the
production of forage crops not only
bav.* maintained the original fertility
of the soil, but they spend for com-
mercial fertilizers less than 1 per cent
•f the annual value of their cr. s,
While those states which pay least ,.t-
tention to forage crops have Impover-
ished the soil and spend annually for
fertilizers Irom 5 to 9 per cent of the
total value of their crops
THAT'8 THE TIME
When Proper Food Is Necessary.
Proper food Is never more necessary
than when recovering from a wasting
sickness when over-eating would lie
fatal, and yet the body needs nourish-
ment and plenty of It.
At this time the condensed food
Grape Nuts Is shown to be one's most
powerful Friend. Four teaspoonfuls of
Grape Nuts and cream will sustain a
healthy man for half a day. ami a less
quantity In warm wllk will build up
tne convalescent wonderfully. No
■tomach is too weak to digest and rel-
ish Grape-Nuts. "1 was taken sick
with typhoid fever and everyone who
has had thJs disease knows how weak
and lifeless a person feels when be-
ginning to recuperate.
"I had to be very careful about my
«llet and could eat only very light
foods. These did not Beetn to nourish
me and Instead of getting better every
day I was just at a standstill and
everyone began to fear a relapse. Oue
day while lying in bed very much dis-
couraged my sister, who was reading
to me from the paper, read an article
about Grape Nuts and we decided to
•end for a package.
"From the very first meal of Grape-
Nuts I began to Improve, strength
came In bounds and leaps, with the
result that I was soon out of bed; my
change for the better seemed simply
Marvelous My mind is clear and
•trong and my body sturdy. I am now
entirely recovered." Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich
There Is a reason.
A dessert that helps the body, that's
the thing' Any number of them in
•he Uttle recipe book in each package
a* Grape-Nuts.
LIVES AND PROPERTY SWEPT
AWAY IN WESTERN FLOODS
North Topeka and the Two Kansas Cities the Greatest
Sufferers—Famine and Pestilence Threatened—Thrill-
ing Description of Rescue Work at North Topeka.
LATEST ESTIMATE OF THE
FLOOD DAMAGE.
Kansas City.
Lives lost in city and
suburbs, probably . . 100
Homeless 20,000
Property loss (estimat-
ed) *10,000,000
Topeka.
Cases of sickness due
to flood 150
Lives lost 40
Property loss 1,000,000
Des Moines.
Cases of sickness dus
to flood 200
Dwellings submerged. . 2,000
Number of homeless.. 6,000
Property loss 1,500,000
| The financial damage is about as
great now as it is likely to become
There has been no suffering in Kansas
City beyond that sustained by the
people driven from their hotnes. Ex-
cellent work was done by the local re-
lief committees and those In control
of this work are confldent that the
city will be able to care for its own
without calling upon the state.
When the flood was at its height
If this proves the case the losses
will grow from day to day. The list
of the known dead follows:
Henry Jondan, colored; Ward, old
soldier; Garrett. 6-year-old son of
l'ireman ti. H. Garrett; Forest Kutz,
teachpr, Mrs. Forest Kutz. I>ouIso Sea-
haven, Story, infant of George M.
Story; John 1*. Adams; Mrs. Ida Mont-
gomery, probably dead; unknown fam-
ily of seven; unknown woman and
the muddy, do3olate expansion of the child; four people seen to fall from
Twenty-five hundred square miles
of the most fertile valleys of Kansas
and Missouri, including populous cities,
covered with flood waters ranging
from one to forty Icet in depth, a con-
tinuous sea. whose eddying and fast-
rushing surface was strewn with hu-
man corpses, the caracasses of thou-
sands of cattle and horses and the
ruins of demolished houses or great
Missouri's surplus water, known as the
"east bottoms," furnished a continu-
ous moving picture of difficult rescues.
Men, women aud children were ta-
ken from tree branches, telegraph
poles, box-cars and roofs. What ap
pealed to some of the police aa an al
most ludicrous state of affairs was
that In many instances the rescuers
had fairly to drag people Into the
boats. Like horses huddled in a blaz-
ing stable, they seemed to fear to
Irees by watchers at Sardou bridge;
Jackson, a widow, caushi 'n Her
home; Hrnry i.iidtngton of Oakland;
John L. Adams; Mrs. Ida Montgomery;
seven bodies reported floating in tbo
water on the second flbor of a house
in North Topeka.
One of the most distressing features
of the situation now is the possibility
that there will be a spread of contagi-
ous diseases. People of all classes are
huddled together in houses not large
leave their homes, although the latter ■ enough for them, and on all sides they
In most cases appeared uuequal to tlio are surrounded by water. Doctors and
task of standing long against the medical relief cannot reach sufferers
flood. to any great extent.
At Argentine. Kan., where the Santa A case of diphtheria was reported
Fo yards and buildings and two-thirds from the wooleu mill In North Topeka,
of the dwelling houses aro under wa | vhere there are a large number of
ter and 4,500 people homeless, a num- childron in addition to the adults,
her of houses were washed away. j There Is also a case or two of scarlet
#/i;
Bridge Over Kansas River From North Topeka Side.
•tore buildings, has been the situation
•.uring the past week.
Above the surface, here and there in
isolated spots in the country, but
thickly in the cities and towns, white
flags improvised out of bed clothing
floated from second-story windows, i
The physicians of the city, under the
to Have Been | direction of the city liualth board, are
tasking heroic efforts to check the
mute signals of distress warning res-
cuers that people within were In dan
ger of death by drowning or starva-
tion.
Kansas City. Mo., Kansas City, Kan.,
and Topeka, Kan., were the greatest
sufferers. In all sections where the
people suffered from the floods tho
prices of provisions leaped higher and
higher as tho call for food became
more urgent. Eggs, that had been 12
cents a dozen, rose to 50 cents. Other
edibles, especially fresh meats and
vegetables, rose in proportion and
were almost unobtainable at famine
prices.
Much of tnis scarcity was due to the
flooding of gardens, stores and pack
There is considerable sickness, par . fever among the refugees on the north
' ularIy the people who were side. Hun dreda of cases of measles
forced to flee from Armourdale, and j are prevalent among the children, and
the hospitals are heavily taxed. j on ac< >unt of the exposed condition of
makiv >,. . tho patients will result fatally in manv
MANY DEAD AT TOPEKA. cases
Ing houses, but It is reported that I about |600.000 in the resldenc
merchants whose stocks were un-
touched by the floods combined and
agreed to raise the prices of their
products to double and treble what
they were before the coming of the
flood.
Forty Lives Known
Lost in Flood and Fire.
Forty people are known to have lost
their lives in the flood and flames at
Topeka. Probably a third of these
aro unidentified, and reports of oth?r
bodies being found are coming in. The
mortuary list may reach fifty.
The Kansas river had fallen four-
teen Inches from the highest point
reached. Reports from up-river are to
the effect that the stream at all tho
point of greatest danger Is receding.
Experts declare It is now reasonably
certain that the stage of extreme peril
is past.
The property loss will be $1,000,000
at least. This includes damage of
section
of North Topeka, losses by the rail-
road companies of $200,000, anil by
the Topeka Street Railway Company
of $75,000. Besides these losses vari-
ous manufacturing plants have been
, «. . -. seriously damaged. It is Impossible as
Sickness added its terrors to the , yet to figure out the total damage on
ff/.i-liMr tVi.i iinmoluui prifiii>..,.i. ......
suffering of the homeless refugees
from the flood districts. In Topeka an
epidemic of measles and scarlct fever
is rife. Thieves were busy there and
at Kansas City. Undaunted by the
swift waters which offlciaJs braved
with trepidation to rescue human life,
the thieves floated about in boats,
plundering deserted homes and busi-
ness houses. The patrolmen were or-
dered to shoot on sight any persons
seen to be stealing.
For two nights the city was In ab-
solute darkness. The flood prevented
the operation of either gas or electrio
plants. The water-works, too, were
shut down and the whole city at the
mercy of any fire that may break out.
The people of Missouri and Kansas
were not alone in their suffering. The
Missouri river as well as the Kansas
and all Its tributaries was In flood
from its source. Iowa and Nebraska
were deluged over wide areas.
The great danger at Kansas City,
now that the water has subsided, is a
typhoid epidemic caused by the lack
of city water for flushing. Tents are
erected in City Hall park and on
streets In the heart of town over sew-
ers and manholes. Laundries shut
•.hreatened calamity.
BRAVE FIGHT TO SAVE LIVES.
Eyewitness Tells of Deed* of Hero-
ism at North Topeka.
The scenes at North Topeka when
the flood was at its height and the
flames were threatening the destruc
tlon of all lives and property, are thus
described by an eyewitness:
The day was one of unceasing labor
and of constant display of bravery ami
unselfishness by hundreds and thou
sands of cltizenB in all walks of life.
The first thought was to reach the
people who were in must imminent
peril.
It was known that scores had been
perched in out-of-the-way places fo:
from thirty hours to three days with
nut food. The stories of those saved
from such plight only colored the pie-
ture of the human beings still making
account of the Inundation of the land. ! their final light against death
It is also feared that not a few struc- The early hours were given over to
tures will give way under the pressure the efforts of parties in rowboats to
of the water. | a|j the beleaguered. These endeav-
ors were persistent, and many people
were saved.
Women and children were always
given the preference, and there were
many pitiful Incidents of aged or
worn-out men. who had been clinging
to trees or hanging on to roofa for
many hours, meeting with stern re-
fusal from rescuers.
The condition of most of the sur-
vivors was terrible. The strongest
were reduced to utter weakness Tho
will power. • ,«. i,,vu of the father or
the mother for the offspring in nota-
ble cases alone accounts for the sur-
vival of so many.
No food for two days, and In some
cases for three, hedged In between
the branches of trees or in small
1 corns or lofts in factories, houses and
barns, no sound save that or the roar-
ing flood, no hopeful view, but only
the flashing of lire brands and a look
Into the murky, swlrliag water—all
these circumstances Intensified a
thousand times—combined to whiten
hair in a night and to drive to dis-
traction the coolest heads.
The ardor of the workers was not
abated by a cold drizzling rain. Citi-
zens of every calling, the rich and
the poor, donned oil skins and worked
for hours In water up to their arm
pits.
An epitome of those few hours in
Topeka is found in the stories of the
victims and their rescuers. The lat-
ter tell of the unutterable woe of the
refugees, of the heartrcndcring cries
for help, and, at times, of the plunge
to a watery grave of people who gave
up hope of relief when it was just at
hand.
The former, the people saved, are
telling of the unexampled bravery of
their rescuers. Testimony of remark-
able deeds and of terrible incidents
are not wanting.
In some isolated Instances men
showed tho white feather In nearly
every case, however, by their actions
they showed the material of which
true American manhood is made.
Women and children were given the
precedence In the work of rescue.
K. I.. Cowdry and his brother are
among those who escaped from the
flood. When asked for a story of his
experience the former said: vOh,
it was terrible; I can't describe It. It
seems as if I have lived in a horrible
nightmare for the last two days.
"Early on Thursday we saw that
the water would be high, but with the
usual persistence of people who dis
like to leavo their own homes, put off
departure as long as possible. It
came near being our undoing. Friday
the whole of North Topeka, It seemed,
overflowed within an hour. The water
came creeping up faster than the peo-
ple could get out. We were forced to
leave In such a hurry that we could
not even take a blanket.
"I am satisfied that our house was
destroyed, as It was in the direct path
of the flre. All I have In the world
is the clothing that I am now wearing.
Ilundhvts of others are in as bad a
condition as we are."
There are innumerable instances of
distress. Hundreds who were rich are
row poor and the poor people are in
distress. Many lost absolutely every-
thing. The savings of years were
swept away by water. Now they have
only the titles to the water covered
land, which ran never again be oc-
cupied with any degree of safety or
certainty of title.
W. N. Keppard and wiie, two aged
people, were saved. They were so
numb that they could not feel, and had
to be knocked down Into the water be-
fore the men could reach them. They
were standing close together in the
attic of a house, and so severe had
been their experience that their
ininds gave way under the strain.
They cannot recover.
Notwithstanding their precarious
condition many of the sufferers held
religious services in the buldlngs
where they were Imprisoned. It waa
u touching sight, the rescuers say, to
see people of all walks of life bowed
down in prayer together.
TESTED BY TIME.
Mrs. Robert _
D rod erick, ~-,l
who resides
at 1915 Vir-
ginia st„ In
San Antonio,
Tex., tells an
eipor lence
that will in-
terest every
reader; It
shows as well
that Doan's
cures are
lasting cures.
Sho says: "ITp to the early part of
(he year 1902,1 had been a sufferer
from kidney troubles for many years.
The pain in my back became worse
and worse until it was a dally burden
that Interfered wjth every duty. I
was much afflicted with headaches and
dizzy spells and 4ras unable to rest
well nights. In May, 1902, after using
Doan's Kidney Pills I made a state-
ment for publication, declaring that
they had entirely relieved me of tbo
pain In my back. I have since then
had a year's time in which to study
the effects of the medicine, and whlla
I havo had slight touches of the trou-
ble since, the use of the pills has al-
ways driven away all signs of the dis-
order and I have becomo convinced
of the fact that the first treatment
was practically permanent in Its ef-
fects, aod I know that a box of Doan s
Kidney Pills kept on hand arc a suffl
clent guarantee against any suffering
from the kidneys or back. I should
advise every sufferer to take Doan's
Kidney Pills and I know that they will
be surprised and pleased with the re-
sult."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Broderick
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
FoBter-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Ftor
sale by all druggists, price 50 cents
per box.
Minnesota's Sumptuous Capitol.
The new Minnesota capitol, which
Is soon to be completed at a cost of
$4,500,000, will bo one of the most
sumptuous public buildings In the
world. It will be constructed entire-
ly of Georgia marble.
Irrigation Works.
The government is to begin the con-
struction of Irrigation works In five
localities. The Sweelwater dam. Wy-
oming; Milk River, Montana; the Gun
nison tunnel. Colorado; Trnckee, Ne
cada, and Salt River. Arizona. The
cost of the five plants Is estimated as
$7,000,000, and they are expected to
furnish water for 600.000 acres.
xsav
W0AT
wmmtOTTt
Liszt at Seventy-Five.
Even at 75 Lizst was a pianist whose
powers lay beyond the pale to which
sober language or calm criticism could
reach or be applied. Enough that Its
greatest charm seemed to me to Ite
in a perfectly divine touch, and in a
tone more rom«i*.l,l, nankii-ir
musical quality than volumes of dy-
namic force, aided by a technic still
incomparably brilliant and superb. -
Herman Klein In April Century.
Not the Same.
Recorder Golf is telling a story of a
brewer s agent who gave evidence the
other day to show that a saloon the
license of which was objected to had
been a well-conducted place since the
conviction of a former tenant. "But
was not that because the sword of
Damocles was hanging over the
place?" the agent was asked. "No."
he said, with grave surprise; "no one
of that name ever ran the saloon at
alL"—New York Times.
Objected to Moving Liberty Bell.
The city councils of Philadelphia
havo consented that the old Liberty
Bell shall be taken to Boston In sea
*on for the celebration on June 17 of
the one hundred and twenty-eighth
anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill. Only one member voted against
granting the request. He urged that
persons who wanted to see tho bell
ought to visit Philadelphia and not
ask that It he carted around tho coun-
try for their benefit.
S'"P" the Cough and
r .• ,)Vork" °ff "he rold
Uaxative Urooiu Quinine Tablet*. Price2Tir.
Fruits of modern philosophy seem to
t>e electric currents.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price. 75c.
Give the easy-going man half a
•hance and he'll cease to po at all.
Orfttt Ntrrr Hmto;
Map of the Valley ef the Kansas River, Showing the Prlae/pal Point* Mentioned In the Flood Dispatcher
PITt PWWMiMitty ran*. So fluor
TI I 9 lit.I Il unFor llr. Klln.Xl
5: '°r r|KK M.oo in i i
Jm. K. H. Illikk. l.t«l.. 931 An-h stnwt.
All well groomed men do not pos-
sess horse sense.
INSIST UN 11 KTTI.NO IT.
Some grocers say they don't keep lie
fiance Starch because they have a stock
in hand of 12 02. brands, which they
know cannot be sold to a customer wlio
has once used the 1« or. pkg. Defiance
Starob for same inonev.
We are told that the truth will out-
and it seems to be everlastingly out of
out people.
Ut rr-TO-UATK IIOtTHKKKKPKIta
Use Red Cross Ball ftlile. It makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. Ail grocers.
Home men would rather live in style
while they are allvo than in history
after they are dead.
THOttK WHO IIAVK THIRD IT
will use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal in Quantity or
Quality—16 or. for 10 cents. Othot
brands contain only 12 oz.
Thought Ha Wanted to Purchase.
"The other day." say a Marshall
Wilder, "I got on a Fifth Avenue stage
and found that J had nothing leaa than
a two-dollar note in my pocket."
"Well?" asked a friend. "I gave It to
the driver," said Wilder, "and ha
aaked mm- which hone I waalod."
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