The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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Topeka Citizens Raised $100,000
To Start Aid.
OTHER CITIES AS GENEROUS.
Topeka, June 2.--TI10 loud began
fulling at 6 o'clock Sunday morning
unci in ten hours It had gone down
eight inches. A merciful ruin fell,
quenching the ,jr0 which raged in the
strickcu district. People on roofs and
in trees were drenched to the skin, and
they suffered intensely from cold, but
they were saved from the flames. Only
death frpm drowning confronted them.
The rescue coiuqiittee diuhied to
leave the refugees in the strong build-
ings till the flood recedes to the Kaw
liver channel. Dry clothing suflloient
for immediate needs hus been sent to
them in boats. * 1
Congressman Charles Curtis who res-
eued his mol her, paid t wo negroes $20 )
to rescue his w ife’s parents from u house
in a suburb.
I'cur is expressed that Topeka will
run short of provisions. The Wolff
Packing company is flooded and most
of the mills and wholesale bouses are
similarly situated.
mon narrowly escaped death. In the
morning the rescuers succeeded in
sending live loads of provisions, in-
cluding tanks of hot coffee, to the
refugees, which relieved their condi-
tion materially. Other provision boats
followed until the danger of starvation
was eliminated from Hie situation.
J opekn,.) line 2.—Hush messages were
sent to the superentendent and agent
of the Rock Island at St. Joseph by
Mayor llurgnnthul and the secretary of
the Commercial club, as follows:
Topeka wants three to six steam
launches and twelve clinker boats,
"Itii men to handle. .Send here by
special at once and rescue people in
North Topeka.”
I lie agent ut. 81. Joseph was ordered
(o load the train at once, secure a clear
track and proceed to Topeka. The
tiain was to feel its way us far as pos-
sible on the submerged tracks and then
the boats will be launched. Topeka
citizens guaranteed all the expenses of
the undertaking.
Routs were received hero on a nr.m-
berof special trainsrun by the Missouri
I aeifle ami Santa Fe over circuitous
totites. Two small steamboats were
put into service at 4:30 p. iu. Sunday,
otic from Ottawa and the other from
8t. Joseph. ISy this the work of rescue
was greatly facilitated. *
boats from Emporia, Ottawa, Kansas
Kansas Cl tv.
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nrr oio8 Prairie........ U AO
PACKING HOUSES and MILLS. —
Chicago 1,1 vs Stock.
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this city is practically at a standstill j HW.l.f! .?.. jf^
01 the floods'. The lioelc
Neosho River \ Jley Along The
* Worst Devastated,
lopcUtt, Juno 1.—Unit road traHic* in
MARKETS CORRECTED DAILY
. ..... 1 he gardens, truck •««» .rum cmporia, uttawa, Kunsus
farms and poultry yards which supply j City and St. Joseph are all .loin- good
the city are swept away. There j service. They are hauled two” miles
is not a pound of iee in the city, nor is j above town, filled with provision- and
Ibei-e a sufficient supply of milk, for j manned with rowers. Then thev are
the dairies are cut off by the bank-full j run across to the stricken quarters
Oioro ,re M'venly cii.es of scartct | John'. lumber sau»lH lire from
renifCO. ..ow quartcreil in ,|,c I " ‘“"l "*■
.u,l cl,of l“X „re ’ i in the
n nr l P • i noi tneast section ot town Out it was
On Kansas avenue, north of the j impossible to gel to it.
the water in souk* Dhires is up to Tiir* < < ,
Hie awnings. Throng all t c ! is- ! , , Cm‘ °f lh<? bi” lh,‘atei' wl'
comforting condition “of affairs wia ‘IT “TOral °tl,Sr Iar«e bllild'
udded the presence of a dismut "T, "ere
rain. The ardor of the rescue work of | ^dlim ll‘° ?*** °f the
l„c liereic not aOafc.l I *£
had been washed awa.v and no trains
were ruuning except the Missouri Pa-
in tiie least by the conditions which
in ''°;,',c°'»n,l'irZe "a" ’*** *"C P-
«- >• ...... their necks, ' £ CTI.....* ■"*
worked with might and main. Tonight f . 1 ", pa&Son^, s we,e
tliey can nromllv nnint m ton ^ fer‘e‘J *o tiie Missouri Pacific and taken
■ proniii.3 point to ,100 or more to Wichita
rescued ones who might have been V . t ,, . ,
swept away in the current. I ° U“ *"
Two little steam launches are cruis- ! Jnel.esTT t '* ^ had tro,K siv
>g up and down the river picking no I i , Water °D llluh
some survivors. A iarge is I ^of 77 °\ ^
expected here by a special train on the Thl waterT teeT tla"‘:i^e<l-
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The f-ir-
on account
Island and Union Pacific arc not run-
"ing any trains, while tin* Simla Fe
runs only to Emporia and the Missotui
Pacific to Port Scott. Tim flood situa-
tion is the worst ever known in the
state.
Perhaps ‘.‘SO houses are in the flooded
district in Topeka, including several
mills and elevators and the Wolff
packing house.
The Kansas river is five miles wide
at St. Marys and the town is half sub-
merged. The Kansas river bridge
there is partially washed* out.
Cloudbursts are reported from Man-
hattan and near Herrington.
Fifteen inches of water fell in Abi-
lene. business houses are collapsing
and the entire town is panic-stricken.
Water surrounded the whole of
North Topeka, driving out from their
homes 2,01)0 people. The court house,
state bouse and other buildings have
been opened for their reception and a
fund started for their relief.
Council (.rove, Kas.—The loss by the
flood in Morris county is estimated at
!M.000,000. Four persons were drowned.
Slacking lime set fire to the M. R.
Smith lumber yard, which was burned,
together with tiie Partners' and
Drovers bank, the Indicator store and
Robbins' drug store, the total loss be-
ing $50,000. The big Main street bridge
over tiie Neosho river went down. All
the business houses were flooded.
On the first claymore than a hundred
houses were under water and 25 had
floated away.
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Put in Lateat Improvement*.
The English town of Sunderland
has voted to put electric lights Into
the workingmen's homes owned by the
municipality.
Engineers Advanced at 8ea.
The British admiralty has suddenly
abandoned Its long and stubbornly
held position and placed the engineers
of the navy on full equality with
“executive" or lino officers.
Length of Cod Lines.
Some of the cod lines used in tho
fishing Industry measure 7,000 fathoms .
long, or about eight ordinary milesT'*
I having 4,080 hooks, the whole cost-
ing. in some cases, two or three hun-
dred pounds.
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Wlclilta Live Stock.
SteH E | II
More Than Fortunate.
A Vermont young man who went to
Troy to marry a girl the other day was
rejected. The object of his love then
gave him enough money to pay his
fare home. It Ib rare that good luck
visits a man twice on tho same dav.—
Buffalo Express.
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.
S^^:!?Ia.Jrnty*fOUr h0,,rs I *;'«* ^ floating8 arounth
if possible to run a train.
A trainload of small boats were in
use Sunday, but they were useless in
battling against the mighty current.
; Large contributions have already
been received for tbe benefit of the
burvivors. Tiie amount given bv To-
peka citizens alone will aggregate
$100,000. To this is to be added an
immense quantity of clothing, pro-
visions and general supplies. Outside
i niturc in many homes was ruined.
'Jopeka, June 2.—Thieves in boats
began to rob the flooded houses in
North Topeka. A heavily armed vigi-
lance committee lias gone to the scene,
it is made up of ex-soldiers of the
1 wentietli Kansas. Thev have been
ordered to shoot thieves on sight.
McPherson, June 1—At Lindsborg
•.’00 feet of the Union Pacific track- lias
ers are very much worried over the
condition of tiie growing crons. The
......■ .'••mo i.i .wn na;
towns have generously offered and j been washed away and on the Rock Is-
notable among them is Galveston. Tex. j land and the A. T. & 8. P. east of this
Wichita. June 2.-Bulletins have just p,ace V™ .bp,d*“ have bee,i ui*she‘l
appeared here stating that there is six ' °‘U a'U t, ams are :l,l delayed. Fariu-
feet of water in tiie waiting room of
the Union depot at Kansas Citv. -
Tbe streets of Announiale. Ar^cn- I eonl","e<, I‘“i“ l,as not >*on a damage
tine, Rivcrview and tiie lowland north.i t0.t le C°l n tiley sa-v' bul H bas tf^atly
of tbe packing bouses were covered by ; l"J"r U,e 'vl,Pttt'
water eight to leu feet deep; also ifat-j l)es Moil>es>. la., May 30.—Another
lem, tbe east bottoms and Sheffield. ! wa» reported as tbe result of the
The stock- yards are under deep water. ’• torn!lc*° *** South Des Moines. Tlie
Topeka, June 2.—The rescue parties '“T °f Eie,,«rd.’Wallace, a car-
work day and night. Saturday ni.d.t I S?". ’ V'.“ t,*itr0i'ecl and ,n a
. . .. , .. t “ ° tli.it res listed from the kitchen stove
was terrible. Many bad not tasted I . , , e
t wa/i f * . • i . • : txAnj* ovei turned «i thi’ce-v’ciir-old
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children cried piteonslv for something i ?' ll,e,debrla- T1'« ^s Moines
to eat. A few lid their Z Z ! I'!'0'-, ^ 1 >e —ding
wheat found floating in the mil. Two j jj* "ater “aP,C °f :i vear
tjoats loaded with “provisions for tbe ! f ^ 7™8, ^ ^
sufferers were launched atmidnigb, \ " * being
° removed from factories with all nossi-
but they were swamped and the boat- 1 b]e spep(1 ' °6ft
Variation* of .A**m*u>euln.
Topeka. May 2‘.i.— State Auditor V/ells
is beginning to receive reports from
the county clerks which show the vari-
. ations in the assessment of pervitinl
to rise with such rapidity as to soon property. In some of the conntiessbeep
sSllt.Tr; reCOrv 7 the j were valued at only *<0 cents. It others
Sixth street bridge ,u North Dcs their value ha, been fixed by the co„„-
Motncs, the gauge was within six ty assessors at $2. The value of horses
inches of last years record of 21.4 feet, varies from *5 to $30; «ows from $5 to
In the heart of the city the gauge indi- ; $ jo; mules from $10 to $35. When the
catcd approximately 19 feet. The reports are all in they will be compile,1
’ VaS , “ al U,e rat° of I and expected U, show the in«.d-
1 ",cl,eS an Uonr‘ 1 equac;- of the pre-sent tax laws.
Trainmen (itt a KnUe.
Milwaukee, U’is., June J.—General
8uperintendeiit Potter of tiie Wiscon-
sin ( eiitral road officially tinnonneed
that beginning June 1 all the trainmen
employed cn that system would receive
.t raise of from 12 to 15 per cent in
wagon. The larger increase applies to
tiie freight men and the smaller to the
passenger men.
Mluncaota Flood.
Rochester Minn., June I. —The worst
storm it; twenty years raged here and
several streets in the city were flooded.
The 8mnbrettt river rose flve feet in
two hours and many houses and yards
were under water. A cloudburst was
reported at Rockdale ami some stock
was drowned.
The North Canadian river is higher
than ever known.
Ill some parts of Iowa the flood be-
gan to recede on Friday.
The entire street railway system of
Montreal is tie 1 up. Tbe strikers num-
ber 1,500.
Tiie paper mill of the Malone Paper
company at Malone. N. Y., is destroyed
by fire. Loss, $10,000.
Labor troubles have caused the clo-
sing of Smith & Wesson’s revolver fac-
tory at 8prlngfield, Mass.
All wires along the Union Pacific
front Kansas City to Denver were put
out of service by the storms.
- or the fifth time but not. consecu-
tively, General Luis Terrazas, states-
man and hero of Mexico’s Og-lit for in-
dependence and the richest man in tlic
republic, was inaugurated governor of
Chihuahua last week-.
The loss of stock in Northern Mon-
tana by reason of the deep snows and
the blizzards is estimated at $2,000,000
and tiie number of heads of stock lost
is figured at 90.000. The fruit crop is
a complete loss also.
An indignation meeting was held in
London by East End Hebrews, many
of them from Kisclienefl'. Passionate
protests were made against the out-
lages at their old home. Arrange-
ments were made to raise funds.
Minnesota Man’s Discovery. X
Adrian. Minn,, June 1st.—Phillip
Doyle of this place says he has found
out a medicine that will cure any
case of Kidney Trouble. As Mr.
Doyle was himself very sick .for a
long time, with this painful disease,
and is now, apparently, as well as
ever, his statement carries the con-
firmation of personal experience.
The remedy that cured Mr. Doyle -
is called Dodd's Kidney Pills.
In speaking of the pills, Mr. Doyle
says:
"In regard to Dodd’s Kidney Pills,
they are certainly a wonderful medi-
cine—the best that I have ever taken.
”1 was very bad for a long time
with Kidney Trouble and could get
nothing to help me till I tried Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
“I «sed altogether about ten boxes,
and I can say emphatically that I
am completely cured. I am entirely
well, without a sympton of Kidney
Trouble left.
“I can heartily recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills to anyone who is suf-
fering with Kidney Trouble, for they
made me all right.
“I have advised several of my
friends to try them, and not one has
been disappointed.”
It's hard for a man fo tell a woman's
age when she won t even tell it her-
self.
DVRg00'
" ben you cast your bread upon the
water don't tie a stone to it.
•Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
is taking tiie place of all others.
Only 8tatue With Umbrella.
There is only one statue in Great
Britain with an umbrella. This is to
be seen at Reading and represents Mr.
G. Palmer of biscuit fame, standing
bareheaded with a silk hat and um-
brella in hand.
NO RACE SUICIDE IN THIS FAMILY.
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Dunraven Sells American Property.
Ail the property of Lord Dunraven at
| Estes Park, Cal., including four sum-
mer hotels and 7,700 acres of ground,
practically comprising the whole of
this mountain resort, has been sold to
an Eastern syndicate.
Cancer Carries Off Many.
According to a report newly laid
| on the table of the house of commons
there were 2,893 deaths from cancer
In Ireland in 1901. This represented
a mortality rate of 6.5 per lO/ioO of
the population.
Handrail* flf Home* Dmerted.
Des Moines, la, June 1.—Hundred*
of families were driven from tlicir
homes by floods closely approaching
the record of last year and continued
Oscar W eber of Atlantic City proves
his belief In the "Rooseveltan theory"
by striving to pound out a living as a
cabinetmaker for a family of thirteen
children, teu of whom are boys. The
oldest child has reached the advanced
age of 25. and the youngest is half
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weber and Children.
past three.
Weber was born in Saxony and his
wife is a Bohemian.
The accompanying photograph of
the family Is a chip shy, as one child
was away from home when the camera
was trained on the group.
rratn Hay ton to Uk* Krie.
Columbus, O.. May 29.— Reports of
tornadoes in northern Ohio are current
here. Information by telegraph ami
U-lephonc shows that the storin swept
A Call Far Militia.
lopcka. May 29.—A telegram for
Governor Bailey was received from tbe
sheriff of $ utes Center request ing him
to order out a company of the state
Kartliqualir In Turkey.
Constantinople, June 1.— A terrible
earthquake occurred April 29 at
Melazghcrd. in Asiatic Turkey, in the
village of Van, 80 miles southeast of
Krzeroom. on t lie Euphrates. The
toun was totally destroyed with its
entire population, numbering 2,090
souls, including TOO Armenians as
well a* troops forming the garrison of
Melazgherd. In addition over 400
houses in the neighboring villages col-.
lapsed. A somewhat severe curthshock
was felt here.
from north of Dayton northeast to the | militia to protect J. M. Wood*, negro
lake region. Great damage is reported in jail there charged with assaulting
by wind through the oil fields. Hail- Mrs J. C. Lind, the wife of a farmer
stone* an inch in diameter, broke bun
dreds of windows, but no more serious
damage is reported at this time. Wires
are reported down northwest of a line
from Dayton to 8andusky ami com-
munication is cut off.
at lates Center. An angry mob sur-
rounded the jail with tile avowed in-
tention of lynching the negro. The
sheriff and his deputies said they could
not protect Woods much longer from
the crowd.
Moo.l at Kanaa* City.
Kansas City, Mo., June 1.—The Mis-
souri river at this |s>iut rose three feel
within twenty-four hours, and the
government guage stood at 21.7 feet,
"'Inch is slightly above the danger
line. The water hacked up through
the sewers in the west bottoms in the
wholesale district, flooding the district
of several houses and driving occu-
pants of shanties to higher grounds.
As heavy rains are re|«ort -d above here,
h further rise is likely which may re-
sult in feerious damage.
The Central Ozark Fruit Co., of To-
peka, Kuns., has purchased 2,050 acres
of lund in a body in Webster county,
Mo., which will be converted into an
orchard, making one of the largest in
the state.
The Presbyterian general assembly
by a unanimous vote adopted the re-
vision of the confession of faitli as pre-
pared by the committee appointed in
1901.
At Sioux City, Iowa. 500 persons
were driven from their homes along
Floyd river.
Heavy frosts did great damage about
Manchester, N. H., on May 25. Ice
formed upon pools of water.
A tornado at North Branch, Mich.,
destroyed the R.-JL depot and freight
house, a large grain elevator and sev-
eral other buildings.
The St. Louis court of appeals de-
ckles that a verbal contract by an au-
thorized a?cnt is binding. A policy on
a church expired and the insurance
agent agreed to carry the risk for a
s’.iort time, and the church was burned
before tho policy was received.
Heads the List.
All of the complimentary terms,
such as accomplished, brilliant, hand-
some, charming, gallant, etc., fade in-
to insignificance in old age before one
word that conveys more that is com-
plimentary; and that word Is ‘ pa-
tient.”—Atchison Globe.
EXPERT. TESTIMONY.
Coffee Tried and Found Guilty.
No one who has studied its effects
on the human body can deny that cof-
fee is a strong drug and liable to cause
all kinds of ills, while Postum is a food
drink and a powerful rebuilder that
will correct the ills caused by coffee
when used steadily in place of coffee.
An expert who has studied the sub-
ject says: “I have studied the value of
food and the manufacture of food
products from personal investigation
and wish to bear testimony to the
wonderful qualities of Postum Cereal
Coffee. 1 was an excessive coffee
drinker, although I knew it to be a
slow poison. First it affected my
nerves and then my heart, but when I
once tried Postum i found It easy to
give up the coffee, confirmed coffee
fiend though I wan.
"Postum satisfied my craving for
coffee, and since drinking Postum
steadily in place of the coffee all my
troubles have disappeared and 1 am
again healthy and strong.
"I know that even where coffee is
not taken to excess It haa bad effects
on the constitution in some form or
*ther, and I am convinced by my In-
vestigation that the only thing to do if
health and happiness are of any value
to one is to quit coffee and drink Pos-
tum.” Name given by Postum Co
Batti# Creek, Mich.
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