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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
7
Turbulent flood in Topeka Kansas devastates central North Topeka with widespread fires and submerged homes. Rescue crews in knee to neck deep water save over 300 people as estimates place dead between 175 and 250 with thousands homeless and billions in damage. Floating bodies seen, trains stranded, and steam launches deployed to pull survivors from the rising angas river.
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A Kansas City wire reports twenty seven men drowned when the Uniah Pacific Bridge over the Kansas river collapsed at 2 a.m. Monday. The flood swelled the Kaw and Missouri, flooding twelve square miles with heavy loss in Armourdale and Argentine. Reports vary on deaths, but at least fourteen to fifty may be lost. twelve bodies recovered. Homelessness climbs into tens of thousands across Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma as trains and bridges fail. Railways are disrupted, and rains threaten to surpass 1881 flood levels with more misery to come.
Des Moines reports the floodwaters receding as relief moves forward. Hundreds of exposed victims housed in schools face pneumonia risk. 100 sick under physicians care. Fatalities unreliabledue to unverified reports awaiting river clearance and home searches.
Des Moines river flood forces abandonment of Iowa Central north and Rock Island east lines at Oskaloosa and lower city sections flooded. Ottumwa reports heavy rain with the Des Moines river rising to near two feet above last year, driving families from homes and submerging hundreds of acres of valley farmland.
Lincoln Nebraska May 30 Salt Creek flooded lowlands within six inches of last year s high water mark. Thirty families seek refuge with friends as more housing is arranged in the courthouse. Beatrice Blue River rises twenty inches above the high mark flooding Court Street. South and west parts cut off. electric light and waterworks plants flooded. Burlington and Union Pacific yards flooded. trains unlikely today. No deaths reported.
New York May 24 Wall Street reports a dramatic reconciliation between John D Rockefeller and his brother William ending a stock market war that erased hundreds of millions in value. The peace, brokered with A J Cassatt, ties Western Union to the Pennsylvania Railroad, ends attacks on the two Rockefeller factions and aligns John D Rockefeller with the Pennsylvania syndicate to back the new stock issue.
Philadelphia employers refuse a fifty five hour week and set June 1 as the concession deadline. A strike by over 100000 workers appears likely starting next Monday. The Ingram Carpet Weavers' union with 3000 members in 63 mills and the Wool and Cotton Piece Dy ers' Wet and Dry Finishers' union with 1400 members have voted to strike, risking closure of ingrain carpet factories citywide.
Heavy rains soaked the eastern half of Nebraska and southern Iowa through the night and into today with no abatement. The Missouri River towns report severe damage as the lower valleys become flooded, rail lines soften, and many trains are canceled or late between Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley.
Chicago May 29 Announcement that a new line will be built from Ogden to the Pacific coast is expected next week upon A. C. Bird’s return from the west. Bird heads traffic for the Gould roads and in San Francisco he conferred with Southern Pacific officials. The Goulds demand a better traffic share through the Ogden gateway or a new line to the coast to secure satisfactory connections.
London January 1 The protectionist policy of Secretary Chamberlain dominates discussion with talk of reciprocal trade between Britain and the colonies. Debates center on a possible dissolution and the timing of an election as propagandists influence the House of Commons. If support grows a general election by year end is considered probable.
Postmaster General Payne approves salary reductions for assistants in fourteen second class post offices including Celro Illinois Clarinda Iowa Hast St Louis Illinois and Stevens Point Wisconsin. He also notes thirty six officials with unauthorized titles and orders salary changes to meet the law. Excessive allowances traced mainly to former superintendent George W Beavers who resigned after the investigation began.
Kansas receives nearly four inches of rain in one night flooding streams bridges washed out rail tracks submerged and vast bottom land under water. Telegraph poles down and communications disrupted as trains face delays and the Weather Bureau forecasts more rainfall. In Oklahoma City three and a quarter inches follow four inches Saturday night raising Reed drought concerns as the North Canadian river swells threatening rail traffic and blocked routes.
Sioux City stock and cattle prices across the market show steady to firm values with receipts around 10,000 head in Chicago and regional exchanges. Prices cover hogs cattle sheep and lambs with variations by type, weight class, and region, including South Omaha and Kansas City benchmarks and noted bids for heavy, mixed, and light categories.
In Lincoln on May 30 Bryan Dogsen rises to be interviewed about his stance on accepting the Democratic National Committee chairmanship, but details are unclear. The report notes interest in his position and potential candidacy.
A Hagerstown man applied to the pension office claiming birth in 1862 and a turbulent wartime youth. He says at age four he was left alone in a tap house during a skirmish and survived by cunning, presenting as his best excuse for his pension request.
A large brickmaking plant is to be built near Madrid, Spain, with two buildings covering 18 00 and 9 000 square feet. The plant, the largest in the world, will be equipped by Allis-Chalmers with King Alfonso of Spain as a primary investor.
In Daw son Alaska on June 1 heavy gold purchases by two banks linked to safe keeping deposits are expected to top 3 250 000 dollars The Yukon gold output this season is projected to exceed last year by between one and three million dollars a new reform wave similar in nature to that on the coast spreads with strong civic backlash against Babler and others involved.
June 1 report from official sources states Colombia will not ratify the canal treaty. The stance is firm among government members who argue the agreement does not meet national interests and warrants rejection.
In Chicago Henderson of the national house of representatives spent a quiet afternoon in room 1102 at the Auditorium Annex. A traveling man requesting a second floor room was assigned to 1102, prompting a bellboy to hear a man’s voice and alert a clerk. House detectives investigated the occupant, but Henderson departed unaware of the commotion. The incident ended with no disclosure to the former speaker.
Reports from New York on May 30 describe a rumored alliance between the Erie and the Northern Securities roads aimed at boosting Erie stock. Observers doubt concrete plans exist and note the involvement of securities interests. The Waldorf Astoria group reportedly pressured Canadian Pacific, driving it to 124 1 2.
In Rochester a man identified as Williams H. Stone reappeared after being presumed dead for years. Stone had drifted from Mt Hope cemetery area and was once pallbearer at his own funeral. The 105th New York Infantry attended his presumed burial and widow Mrs. Stone verified the body. He now reunites with family and police.
May 16 report from Tahiti says three small Pitcairn area islands were seized by England. British officials believed them valuable with canal completion, and an English resident, Mr McCo, moved to take control before formal guidance. A Royal Navy ship later confirmed actions, approved by the Foreign Office.
Mrs Della Banc village of Toledo is aged and affected by an unusual snake incident. Neighbors report the strange scare as she encounters a reptile in a local setting, drawing concern and prompting medical watchers.
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