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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
GENERALLY FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY) FRESII EAST TO SOUTH WINDS ON THE COAST.
ESTABLISHED IN 1820
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1903
DAII.Y-,7 A YEAB
MID-DAY TORNADO STRIKES
GAINESVILLE AN AWFUL BLOW
Came Without the Slightest Warning==Over One Hundred People Killed==Cotton
Mills, Depot, Stores, Hotels, Two Hundred Cottages and Other Structures
Smashed, Putting Inmates to Instant Death or Injuring Them Dreadfully—
Doctors Rushed to the City From Surrounding Country—Bell Telephone Wires
Only Heans of Communication—Governor’s Proclamation.
GAINE8VILLE. Ga.. June 1.—With
In the space of two minutes today I
tornado dealt death and destruction t<
the city of Gainesville and environ*. ,
killing at leaat one hundred people,
wounding one hundred and fifty more
and leveling one hundred cottages to j
the ground and tearing two stories off i
the factory of the Galneavllle cotton
mill. Of the killed probably two-third'?
were women and children w ho were ]
operatives in the cotton mills*. The i
death list Includes but about six ne
groes.
The slonn came from the south out
Of almost a clear sky. swooping down
on the Gainesville cotton mill* near the
Southern railroad station at fifteen
minutes before 1 o'clock.
With a terrible crash the two upper
stories of the building were swept away,
having thirty-two optratlvei dad »
the room. Th. tornado then .wept
around the outiltlrt. of the city to th,
euburb of New Holland, two tnllM
away, whare are located the racolet
cotton mill*, one of the large*! Inattttf
tlona of thla character In the *oulh.
The plant of the l’acolct company waa
not aerlouilr damaged, but probahly
one hundred cottages Handing nearhyy.
Decupled by operatives who were em
ployed In the mllle. were completely de
molished. killing thirty-three people.
These were mostly womei
ns the heads of the faintM*
nil In the factory at-Murk.
The store of Joseph I-ogan. near th
Gainesville cotton mills was crushed t
ruins by the wlml and elRht men wh
h ad taken refuge in U were Instant!;
killed.
I The second and third floors w<
I completely demolished and the e:
jloyp? ought under the wreckage a
n. «iigled. It Is now estimated th*
are aLJenst 75 bodies under the \vre<
nge of the third floor.
) It Is not known how m an y P*rsc
I on tjie second.floor of the building w<
killed.
The roof of the electric car barn v
| lifted umd the building bidly da rung
The railroad depot suffered also.
I Among the dead are:
I Mrs. Marshall Camp and child,
i Ja> k Murphy, aged 12, son of wld
ro . and two colored, were killed In the de- j fellow Georgians dying and to hundreds
i- | molitlon of Joseph Logan's store near who, though living, are left In hunger and
d . the Southern depot and one man and despair.
woman met death In the atore of] "As governor, 1 urge the people of the
CHANGE OF VENUE
FOR THE FEUDISTS
Commonwealth Attorney Springs a
Surprise—Guards Aronnd the Jail
Are Doubled.
JACKSON, Ky., June 1.—The Incident
of today In which most Interejt cen
tered, and which came as a surprise*
was the announcement of Common
wealth Attorney Byrd at the afternoon
session of court that he would ask for
a change of venue In the trials of Cur
tis Jett and Tom White.
Judge Kedwine indicated that the
change would bo ordered. The reasons
assigned Is the Impossibility of attor
neys for the defense and prosecution
agreeing on a special bailiff to perform
the duties of sheriff.
Tonight the guard at the Jail was
doubled, and unusual precautions have
been taken. It Is generally believed
that If the change of venue Is granted
tomorrow' the prisoners will be Imme
diately removed, and If an attack on
the jail Is contemplated, tonight would
offer the last opportunity.
Phy.
Mrs. T
M re
rife and daughter of W. B.
i lawyer, were fatally .Injured,
others reports.! injure! are
k- j George Jones, the woman being the
I wife of the proprietor.
At Millie Sulphur
r *' Unconfirmed reports frpm White Sul-
■ a , ! phur, seven miles from Gainesville, say
rj. j that about twelve persons were killed
there. Their names .ire not yet obtnln-
nble. and hopes are expressed that this
nW | report is unfounded.
The tornado did its appalling work In
such nn Incredibly short time that It Is
difficult to obtain a coherent descript
ion of Its chnracter. it appends to have
swept down from the routhwest, strik
ing the Galneavllle mills with a roar
like the report of artillery. After lift
ing two stories from this struture It
Talley arid daughter* badly hurt' on the northward, leaving a trail the city, and long distances lines
Jones, wife of Mr. Jones who ot destructlo nnlong Summit street.
keeps grocery store near Southern de
pot, badly hurt.
J. R. Logan, badly Injured.
James Simpson.
Maude Gordon.
John Simpson.
Anna Schubert.
Ols Miller.
Edward Skinner.
Resale Skinner*
Mrs. Doc Clark.
J. E. Summerville.
Alonso Ford.
Doc Stovall.
Joe Schubert.
Milledgt- Hill.
Willie Boone.
Perry Connor.
A SECOND AC COI N
state to send contributions to Hon. II. T.
Parker, mayor, or I). T. Flrtzgerald. cish-
ler of National Bank, Gainesville, who
will apply name to moot the i/csslng ne
cessities Of tho i»**plo of that city and
vicinity that have been rendered destitute
by the storm,**
WEATHER I!
ATLANTA. June
continues stormy Iv
ATLANTA.
1.—Tho weather
e. Heavy rains
have fallen at Intervals during today,
and at noon there was quite a fall of
hall, followed by a cloudburst. Hull
np large as bird eggs fell in grdat
quantities, and some of it Remained on
the ground for some! time, I
Telephone wires In every section of
out of order. It is estimated thu
storm of yesterday Impaired the i
at leas£ a thousand phones.
ANXIETY l.\ MACON
n Iiiciivllle Am iilleil
rentes! Interest.
Itement wns caused In
d children |
ere nearly |
GAINESVILLE
. ido of t- i rifle
ktil** this nftcrnd
auslng fearful 1<
ind New Hoi lam
June 1.—A
which la Inhabited almost exclusively
by negroes. Nearly a hundred cottages
of colored people on this street were
levelled to the ground, but by a 'fortu
nate circumstance the tennanta were all
I absent, having left the city In the mor-
J nlng to take part In a negro picnic.
At New lfollnud
The furious wind next descended on
I the plAnt of the Pacolet cotton mills
*at New Holland, two miles from the
Southern station. Tills is one of the
largest cotton mills In the south, em
ploying more than COO hands. Tho
storm apared the Pacolet factory but
entirely demolished a hundred of It
cottages, standing
by Its operatives.
u 'cre greatest, upwards of thirty-five Ietlns telling of this storr
persons being burled In the ruins of ' gered In and about the ofri
the cottages Bodies were blown hun- | way In the night, some going
dreds of yards and many of them when turning, while new fhces ccnsti
1 up bore no somblunce to human- ' l
the
Th» Jones uenersl store met » similar |
tat- and in the ruins' two people. 01
man and
death. 7
v.lfe of the proprietor.
Report* from Whit-
miles from Gainesville are
that the tornado struck th
rifle force, killing a dozen
however, is not absolutely
Dr. Smith, city physlctnr
it of u cPar sky.
f ilfe )a this city
I White Sulphur,
an can be calculated ot this
•• result* u«- eighty-five m<n,
md children d*od, and perhaps
: e • it » !y Injured, w Ith a i rop
i : • omethlng Pke $':*mi ,*<m T ••
Bt 1* yet Impi
death Iti
' bOJIrSh.
> tilled. Many of thorn w*
be yond recognition, the on
Identification being the rc
two cotton mills. In which
i victims worked.
. The death dealing stor
ot all
ards of the
with I ■
a little before 1 o'
• minute* It had kl
wired pe
the flve-l
early
ha haa v
led and ba*
► hundred dt
sited
k factory of the
nesvllto cotton mills, demolished al<
• t two hundred cottages, razed two
k stores to the ground and blown
at appears to be a miracle, the tor-
!o*s fury was confined to the out-
rta of the city, the main business
1 residence portion not being touch-
Torrent* of rain accompanied the
id. but within five minutes afte
it onslaught the sun was fill
n a scene of fei
With the
The keenest
Macon by the leport of the (JatnoHYlU<
tornado. People talked of little
during the afternoon. Herr, there
everywhere In the qlty wore g.ith
small groups discussing th awful
amity that swept down upon the North
Georgia city leaving death and desola
tion In Its wake.
Scores of people with anxlnjin eapres-
ensnted j slons, visited the Macon Telcn
the fatalities | flee and eagerly scanned the
storm. Charleston could not penetrate
tho earthquake shock and Jacksonville
could not fathom the mystery of her
fiery baptism. And yet Chicago, Gal
veston, Charleston and Jacksonville
have dated a new life from these
seeming calamities.
"Let Gainesville? remember this. A
greater day Is ahead of her, and all
over the land brotherly hands are ready
to help her In retrieving the awful los?e*
of today. Tho Gainesville of tomorrow
will bo bigger nnd better and grenter,
on account of tho. horror whope black
wings have today shut the sunlight
from her skies and blotted even tho
light of hope from out her heart."
ATLANTA’S GENEROSITY
ATLANTA, June 1.—At n regular
meeting of council this afternoon a
resolution was passed unanimously,
donating $1,000 to the Gainesville suffer
er. 1 !. The resolution was Introduced by
Alderman Longlno and carried with It
nn appropriation of $500, but by nn
amendment of Alderman Woodward
this amount was increased to $1,000. A
fund of several thousand dollars will
be raised by popular subscription with
in the next few* days. Several hun
dred dollars were raised this afternoon.
LAWS OF STORMS.
•.1 bul- I
The
lln- i
until 1
local physician
irlth the sltuatl
Ity. The trunk
found with the head decapitated ns If
by the guillotine.
From New Holland the tornado swept
onward to the east In the direction of
Whitt Sulphur, a town of nbout one
hundred persons The extent of Its
destruction th* to cannot bo definitely
told, but reports so fnr received Indi
cate considerable loss of life.
The bodies of most of the dead In tho
two cotton imIIIm were fearfully torn
and mangled. The skulls of many ot
them were crushed nnd the limbs
broken; some wore torn nnd crushed
about tho abdomen with the viscera
vlsjbly protruding. The local physi
cians who gave first aid to the Injured
say tho sights were horrible beyond
description. The death list Is expecteJ
to be of much greeter magnitude bv
morning ns nearly thirty are believed
to be hurt beyond hope of recovery.
Work of I’li) ■Iflansi
Gainesville has only twelve local phy
sicians nnd their services were found
to be entirely Inadequate to the situa
tion. Surgeons enme In tonight how-,
ever, from Atlanta and several other
point* so that th** number In the city
now Is nbout forty and nil possible care
and attention Is being given tho In
jured peopK
At u meeting tonight of physicians,
rt.im. 'J. ni * I newspaper men and cltlz*
Gainesville cot- | , fM
:olct mills, and
utly np-
>.* ured In thu crowd.
Reporter. 1 ? on the street representing
Hie Tel* .ph W Off halted every few
minutes by citizens who were deeply
concerned about the fato of those In tho
stricken.city. In suppressed tones they
wore asked for the names of those who
had been stricken" In deutli by the re-
mors -less wind.
Some would prefix their question by
the remark, "I have some relatives liv
ing In Galneavllle." Others said, "we
have some Intimate friends residing
near the city." Oa® stilted "my wife’s
nieces nnd . nephews are 'living in
Gnlnesvllle." And so It went.
It lias been a long time since so much
Interest has been taken In any event
In Gsorgta or the south. For a short
while tho excitement was ns Intense ns
when the rep"rt M'»‘h*-d over th'* ■•Uf s
"Jacksonville Is burning." The two
telephones In the Macon Telegraph of
fice’ were kept ringing some time last
night by persons enquiring for the lat
est news relative to Gulnerville, espe
cially the list of the dend. i
REV. AI.EX W. DEALER'S COMMENT
Rev. Alex W. Usal’r, who Is in tho
city, thus expressed himself with l
gard to the Oslneavllle horror;
"A sultry atmosphere, beneath
changing sky as fickle as w-coquctt
KANSAS CITY TO
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Western Metropolis In Greatest Danger From the
Floods—20,000 People are Homeless—City in
Darkness and Provisions Growing Scarce—Death
List Increasing—Flood at Topeka Declining, but
Communication Cut Off and Food Supply Being
Exhausted—Boats Arrive and Begin Rescue Work
lace,
of the
list Of
Drnil.
f the dead so far obtalnabls
itiville cotton mills and In
the vicinity of the South-
, Miss hoggin
N ,1m ■ * Mrs. J. M.
publh j M1 ..
Waddell, E'
vllle a relic
with James
chairman, fl
the stricken
hi., i
f coinmltti r was forme
R. Gray of Atlanta, r,
applies will be rushed Ini
rity ns rapidly ns poaslbl
In sum
■vlthln the shadi
the
distant
■*ll.i
tho
vlthout ex
Ir .Lilly lal
Property
/ loss, It Is
icr’s heat, to cut
tig briskly dow
tain side,
little cloud rolling upward from
mtb, growing deeper and black
. 1,11,1. ! I', '..ml til.' /.••III! li .1!
and wet
lr. Weeks, the Weather Observer,
DInoumsok the Winds
Mr. Week* of the Macon weather, bu-
i*au, speaking of tornidoeH, said:
"Cyclone}, and tornidoeH are gener-
lly confused In the public mind bu
:«• two entirely distinct meteorological
henoinenu. A cyclone is nn extensive
rea of low nlr pressure, or storm are;
HUally covering a number of state
nd one or more may be scan on near-
y every morning’s wehfhsr chart!
"A tornado, however. Is defined as n.
inogr cwslve, limited, local, violent | homo; gone when lescuors came back
whirlwind, characterized by n funnel- for him.
mi which hangs suspended from Mrs. Ida Montgomery, who live
t* iiscly black mass of storm back of Citizens Bank on Kansas aid**
; the apex of the funnel cloud drowned In her room Saturday morn
i over the earth’s surface, some- lug.
touching It, and sometimes re. Andrew Pretzel, a market gardener
n again to | living east * f Oakland.
Henry Ludlngton, who lived in Oak
TOPEKA. Kan., Juno 1.—Tonight at
a o’clock the water In the Kansas riv
er had gone down 14 inches and is fall
ing at the rate of half an Inch i;n hour.
From Manhattan up the river, comes
the report that the wntcr there Is slow
ly falling. At Wamego the same con
dition prevails and'It Is now reasona
bly certnln that the waters here will
steadily recede.
At this time there are thirty-four
known dend ns follows:
Henry Jordan, colored.
—• Ward, old soldier.
Garrett, 5 year old son of flreman
G. H. Garrett.
Mrs. Foreit Kutz.
Forest Kutz, teacher.
Louis Zaiven.
— Story, Infant of George Story.
Mrs. Jackson, widow, caught In her
home by flood.
John L. Adams,"left on rrlSf Where
tils family was nscued from their
Island relief train had reached North
Ttopeka Ipst Sight In the vicinity of tha
roundhouse. The train brought sixty
boats and three steam launches. Bont-
mo.ir from Lake Contrary rfre In charge
and they are doing splendid work In
taking flood victims to places of safety.
A long train of Rock Island passen
ger couches were also brought, and In
these people will be taken to placsa
further up the track, some to Atchison
nnd others to St. Joseph, where they
will be provided for.
The people of Topeka have responded
loyally to the cnlls for supplies and
shelter for tiie needy and homeless. UP
to the present time the relief commit
tee has hud no trouble to supply what
clothes are necessary and to feed all
the hungry. Further"than thla no ateDS
have been taken.
The relief work’ Is well In hand And
Ih progressing In go<*l shape. The com
mittee has been able to keep up with
the limp upon lt"»—UPWWT
for
applies.
in the course of
10 cloud ns It moves forward.*
"Tornadoes are local In extent and
follow a narrow path, usually from
southwest to northeast. There are four
condition* which have been found es
sential to tho formation of tornadoes.
"They are etitol oh follows:
" A cyclone or area of low pressure,
the center of which Is to the north of
northwest (several hundred rnllei),
with a barometric pressure not neces
sarily much below the normal.
" *2. A temperature of almost 70 de
grees on the morning weather maps.
"’3. Great humidity, or a large
amount of moisture In the nlr.
" *4. That the tlmo of the yeur be
April 1 to July 1.*
"Any one of the
Infrequent bt
absent, torim
if
"An examination
chart for yesterday i
nil these conditions
North Georgln nnd
surprising tint a
probably a tomadc
■ conditions Is not
ly on** of them Is
ire not likely to
Of the weather
Horning shows that
were fulfill** 1 for
It Is therefore not
destructive storm,
laud. Last n **n hanging to th- limbs
of tre*» in North Topopka Saturday
morning-
Two dead Indies, seen by Munsey
family floating past the Munsey horn*.
Woman.and baby seen by f’arl Goff,
Jr., son of Topeka’s police < h(gf, to fall
from house roof, body being swept
away by the (Ajrrcnt.
Two unknown men, seen by a Prths
reporter to fall from house top.
Unknown girl, died roan after being
taken to hospital after her rescue from
heme at Koumjih avenue and Gordon
street Saturday night.
Unknown woman, seen by Milton
licit, of Continental f’reimery
P«ny. sw
Saturday
Unkno?
apt do
nlng.
i stated, can take care
fer!ng. but there will
I litres* occ i*lotted by
of the mills,
who have assisted In
< state that the seen*
Ja
thy 81a
idy L*
Mr*.
\ The follower
is nearly perf’ i
this 111n• ■:
Mr
Jonas, baby
Fatally Injured—Nathan J' n«*s,
Henderson. Claude Gordon. Basil'
ner. Joe Shubert, Daisy Bryson,
Connor, colored; Miss Willis
I)o. Stovall. • lored; Alonzo
colored; J. E. Summerville, Ola
Mr
Doc * ’lark, Jo
-on. Genera’. C
L- Miss
I sou, Gertie A<
Mi
'•let Mills.
Inlnegvllle Cotton Oil Company, $3,- *
11 ilnesvllle Ironworks, $5,000. j *
southern railway, $1,000. j f
T. T. Moore. 1300. t
J R. Clark. $400 j f
Mrs PfefTer, $:,/.«).
J. R. I.ogan, tv,vC0.
Uooper A S* roggs. $3,000.
B D. I^ingford J* ' 00.
Piedmont hot**!, $300.
W. B. Sloan, $3,000.
J. T. Waters, $l,w0.
Gainesville and Dahlonegft <
reached Its tbon arms t*
ns if to hug the valleys und tho hills
within its Iron grip.
"A freshening of the breeze blowing
toward the distant cloud nn If to quench
the horrid flames that flashed along Its
"A breaking of the clouds, a flashing
of the flr**s, a changing of th«* wind, a
of the thun-ler, the birth of a
with uncle -k?*l speed and rc-
^ sties* fury It *w«-pt across the p*oce«
ftil ■< i-n**. The light of heaven is blot-
t* d out, nnd only the lutld flash <>f the
f.'ry lightning plays upon the s-• n<*.
Th<- de |i In - of the thund'-r minglea
with the sound of human shrieks and
falling walls. The u p t„ filled with
lln.lii nt tt'-'-f. roofs of houses, sticks of
should have no
that section dur
ing the day, as at Gainesville.
"The cyclone nt 7 it. in. centered over
Arkansas and western Tennessee, the
humidity was high In Georgia., and
the lino of 70 degrees temperature
piHsel from between Wilmington nnd
Charleston, westward north of Augus
ta, thence southwest between Mucon
nnd Atlanta to Montgomery and from
there southward east <>f Mobile.
"Tornadoes form In much the mmt
manner as Deal thunderstorms and are
s*i limited In extent that It Is not prac
ticable to predict their place of occur-
ren o with sufficient exactness to be of
value any more than It Ih practicable
to pi«-llct the place where lighting 1 f <r ,,
will strike. Moreover, the chances of noo .
i!< tli by torna lo are less than those of ! fro| ,
death by lightning so that one nee 1
not feel alnrfned unless tb<* funnel-llks
cloud Is seen approaching.
"The destruction caused by a torna
do Is due to two things; First, the
and drowned
who slipped from
•<1 elilld. drowned
Sardo
bt ld«**,
ap-
TWKSTY THOt HAND HOMELESS,
KnnMaa City May Have to Fight for
Iter Very Lite.
KANSAS PITY. Mo.. Juno 1.—’With
gas and electric lights extinguished, th*
wnterworkH shut down and the city
practically at the mercy of the first
fir** that shall break out; with railroad
transportation feeble and uncertain,
Kansan Pity may, If the waters do ndt
rcred*' within th<- next two or threa
days, be compelled to fight for her vsry
Ilf**. And tonight the skies are dark
mid lowering—the ruin Is falling haav- *
lly—more stormy weather Is sweeping
up from the west, and tho Insatiable
river la stoutly holding Its own. It Is
practically stationary tonight, but what
tin* flood has it keeps, and there ts no
certain promise or when it will recede.
Th** Stage* tonight Ih 34.9. Chief Connor,
of the weather bureau, snys thaf while
tin* outlook Is for continued rains. It
would ncecsHltnte a very heavy full if
th*- present high water Is to continue.
Th*- first authentic Information from
Kan.-.i* <iiy. Kail., was received to
night. In that db.trlet. 30,000 people are
, homeless. Many have born drowned,
but the number cannot be estimated-
Th** property loss has been heavy. Th*
situation ther** Ih h parallel to the alt-
u |H.^I here. |h apparently no better but
rath* r vair»". There is no great prob-
I ability that there will be a great loss
j ,,f Me* if the river does not fnll aud-
I •!nly. All through tho wholesale dls-
j trlct and la East nnd West bottoms,
*■ nrn people still In the houses—
v of them anxious to be taken away
| — a goodly number of them content to
| r. main where th> y are, with all the
all the *■
ird a>: he
vay «
errtfle tornado, killing
i ml red persons, unroof
.1 1 In th- • t> • «•-
of town and th- ralt-
. The storm ha *. drlv-
Into th* s dotes fry.
were probably ;.l;
pe:‘o . - at ork i . the
a the «..<!* :.*- strut k.
vu* :*r; star.dti.g but
been recovered are: Mr*. H. II.
n Will Tatum, Myrtle- West-
land. Maggie Wait more land.' Mr*,
k Nix. Mrs. Neelsy, Mrs. Janice
■ r 1 1 b : y Mi - J B Wt .
tmo children, baby of Mrs. M »gee,
M v »'«.bo,* Mrs. Bryan nnd lit-
Bun
. May
child
Mrs. Marlon, Will
of II. I.. Li,lllips,
<*. Mrs. Willi mi
Mr- T< m Tm
W—tm. r* - d. Albert Loyd. Mrs.
<; K»-U .. Mrs. It. H. L m d I tt;
M’s A - • ■ i. i ii. n ini" un
known, and on*' oilier, a whip*, tnati.
wt:< h*- name bos not b*»-n .>•* * rtaL - d./
T*; >h<* fatally Injured t N* < H" l.u •
number about ten. in luding M *
Rob«
Jo** Reed, $300
R. I>. Grlggn, |
J. H Whlsenat.
Mrs K F. Littl
ny. $4/1
pittIDis way.
n a *!• .*lly' silence falls upon th 1
■n town, mute In the woe that ha
, $700.
vhirllnfi
enter.
the
r tho
icon*!.
n.
Bark-. $1/
victims out.
dess grief si
that has roi
J. T Du
J blowing out
ie so j throwing dow
f the wind
Ind velocity)
rco of the air at the
.«• Hud !en decrease In
i* th** cl md pus.ua
■huh-. In the cane of a
•'"ur--* outward from
hun Ire | poun fa or
foot, whl h comes very
t * like an exp oil jn.
irn and windows nnd
trails. The further ex-
rri*- hanlsru of a tor-
md In any recent text
The distress of th*- stiff* rers Is b-lng j
relieved. Those who are still In Tope- |
ka are being supplied with food nnd •
there Is practically no danger unless It remain where th- y
be from s’ckn* ss. chunces of tne flood. The police havs
One of the most listrrsslng feature* j done wonders today In rescuing people,
of the situation now Is the p«>Ability nnd have probably brought 250 of then)
that there will he a iprend of conta- j safe to the high ground since sunrise,
glous disease-. R-ople Of nil classes nr*. One hundred and fifty of these were
huddled together In houses not largo brought to the viaduct at* Twelfth
enough for them, and on all sides they j street, and th*» others were saveA In
are surround* -! by w* iter. Doctors and j th** Fast nnd West bottoms by boats,
ileal relief cannot reach th*- stif- Twenty people were taken from tha
fer- I Martin s< hool and thirty from O’Brien’s
ri^-.l j lodging house the East bottom. The
r ** M t «*f them were brought In singly.
Tonight. In the East and West bottoms,
a number of obstinate people are still
clinging to their homes. Although th«
police have run boats beneath their
windows and offered to save them they
i.-fuse to leave, nnd will take their
chances for another night at least."
bins thing the . jty mm;* J Th**re Is no possible way of gettlnf
ti. The physl< Ians of tho i at th<* names of the dead and no ch*nc«
the direction of th«- city I of forming any estlmat* that can con-
perslstent cf- I fldently be termed accurate. It la llkt-
ned calamity. 1>". however, that the number of fatal!*
nr** becoming | ti*s In Kansas City. Mo., will approtl.
fifty. The financial damage U
as great now as It Is likely tp
o. unless the wrater rises much
noon a can*- of dipt
from the woolen mill In North Top**
where there ar<- a large number of < hi I
dien In addition to th*- adults. Ther
Is also n rase or two of scarlet f**vr
I among the refugees >n the North Hid
j Hundreds of rose* of measles are pre\
I alent among the <lilldr*-n.
The possibility of an ephjemlc Is no
the most
| contend •
j city, und'
j health board, are run!
| forts to avert the th
Provblons of all sorts are be
c# In Topeka. No freight
■ entered the city for severs
f.OVKHNOH s PROf LAMATIOJf
•h are flashing out the j pH do
towns are sending help , hook on meteorology.”
Ilf. and smiles In gr.ttf- j PRESIDENT’S SYMPATHY
.r th‘- privilege of a TOPEKA. Kan. June 1. -President
ition. Boo*.-veil telegraphed today from
’tory of Gnlnesvllle, up | < ’heyenne to Governor Bailey offering
gift hills. This doubt- | the assistance of the federal authort-
rk and gloomy day for tb s If lie* d-d, .h billows:
r ruernb. r that, though "f’llKYHNNK. Wyo. May 31 Hon.
adore f«, r the night, Joy I W. J. Ball-y. Topeka, Km.: Am In-
sho
*-d at
the
11*
, colored; Mrs. T. .
Ireadful calamity that
•ka. If there is anyth
authorities can do, ol
IBS befail.ni
ng the fed-
course, let
were destroy'd In North T<
will not be enough for th*
eat If-the presegt situation
longer. It Is eharged that
the merchants hav- formed
tlon for the p irpose i-( , on
re i high.-
Mi/ wrecked.
biu*-knees of htr awful 1
"THEODORE HOOSEVF.Ut."
a*lvanced
It will I
freight tr.
Topeka.
f-,rt Will
provision}
situation
U was
••re, and this may relieve the
mrnewhat.
•ainwd tonight that a Rock
n | BOATS AT KANSAS CITY
Of j KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June i.-gevertl
i boats arrived here from Kansas City,
h- Kan., this afternoon and their occu-
iat j pants were able to give the first definite
all Information regarding conditions in
ind that city which hks been available
within thirty hours. The situation
Ihe I there i* almost Identical with that upon
t-r | this side Of the river. River View and
• f- | Wyandotte, which with Armourd*!*.
form Kansas <’lty, Kan., are thronged
with refugees, all the churches are fU!*$'
with people who have been driven from
their homes, and crowds of them lit
In the public buildings, wbsrs they bit