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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
3
Floods hit Topeka and surrounding areas as Kw river overflowed and submersion damaged homes and businesses. Citizens, volunteers, and officials coordinated rescue, with steamers and boats deployed to save residents. $100,000 in Topeka contributions and substantial clothing and provisions pledged to assist refugees and salvage operations.
Topeka May 20 State Auditor Welle revives county clerk reports showing wide variation in personal property assessments. Some counties valued sheen at 50, others fixed values by county assessors from $2 to higher. Horse values range 5 to 30 dollars, cows 5 to 20, mules 5 to 10. When complete, the reports will show the impact of current tax laws. A Call War Topeka May 29 Sheriff of Yates County asks Governor Halley to order out militia to protect J M Woolf a negro jailed for assault on Mrs J C Lind. Mob surrounds jail with lynching intent. sheriff and deputies request aid. Secretary Pleased With Chitoces Washington May 28 Secretary Wheeler visits Indian farming school at Chiloose Ol. school mirrors Curlata, teaching Indians industrial skills and general education. About six hundred pupils cared for.
June 1 reports from oepku detail extensive flood damage across Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. Marion depot flooded. Newton streets submerged after a cloudburst. a tornado damaged Strong Guy de molishing the high agricultural building and Baptist church. Lawrence dam water at thirteen feet. Marysville water at record heights. Vermillion towns flooded. Kansas City rail traffic disrupted. Oklahoma drowning deaths rise. trains halted across the two torrential regions.
Chicago may 30 twelve thousand hotel workers waiters waitresses kitchen helpers and porters refuse concessions in a union statement If a ten hour day and similar wages to twelve or fourteen hour shifts are not agreed to a strike will be called The Restaurant Keepers Association warns that a strike in one restaurant could trigger closings across the downtown district
Governor Batley extends the cattle dipping order for thirty days, via the sanitary board, to allow battlemen time to prepare and avoid dipping. The extension applies to cattle held by county sheriffs and requires no dipping during the period.
May 28 reports list twenty dwellings damaged by a heavy wind and rain in St. Joseph with South St. Joseph hardest hit where about a dozen frame buildings were blown to pieces. Estimated local damage reaches about seventy five thousand dollars and nearby areas report rising flood impacts and transport disruptions.
Topeka May 30 Charles Henry Niehaus the New York sculptor will carve the statue of the late Senator John J Ingalls for Statuary Hall in the Capitol at Washington The contract was awarded by the executive council Kansas will pay 96000 Mrs Ingalls 81700 the legislature allowed only 4000 Niehaus asked 7200 and Mrs Ingalls agreed to pay the balance The statue in Carrara marble will be seven feet high on a five foot pedestal The state officials defer to Mrs Ingalls judgment on the work Julie Wagener of Atchison aided securing the appropriation and supports a proper statue of the late senator
The Mexico Mormon civilization syndicate moved 24,000 calves through El Puso Texas area to Idaho. Over 11,000 Mexican cattle already headed north in two weeks. Forty thousand Lorrazux cattle will be sent north with a three week total near 100,000. In Ohio a violent storm hit Northwestern Ohio causing about 100,000 in damage, notably at the Ohio Briel plant. Life Union Pacific strike ended with boiler makers returning to work after settlement terms clarified in New York.
June 1 Topeka reports rail traffic halted as flood waters flood the city. The Kansas river swells five miles wide near St Marys, with North Topeka submerged and 2,000 people evacuated. Courts and state buildings opened for relief, and a relief fund is set. Morris county flood losses estimated at 1 million dollars with four drowned. Several businesses burned in Topeka as Main Street bridge over the Neosho fails.
General Superintendent Porter of the Wiccon sin Central road announced a pay increase for all trammen starting immediately. Freight workers receive 12 to 19 per cent more, while passenger workers receive the smaller raise.
A severe storm battered Rochester Minnesota with the Sumbreta river rising five feet in two hours. Many houses and yards were flooded and a cloudburst was reported at Rockdale. Some residents reportedly drowned amid the flood chaos.
The North Canadian river swelled to record levels while floodwaters receded in parts of Towa. Montreal streetcars were halted, and the Malone Paper Company plant was destroyed by fire. Springfield’s Smith & Wesson factory closed after troubles. Wives along the Union Pacific route from Cavians City to Denver faced service suspensions due to storms. Mexico inaugurated Grits Cerrazas as governor amid heavy snows and rockslides in Northern Man. Stock losses and fruit crop damage noted, amid indignation in Lotion East End Hebrews over attacks on their home region. Funds planned to be raised.
A Cincinnati era note describes Mr and Mrs Oscar Weber of Atlantic City as believers in the Rooneveltan theory and striving to earn a living as cabinetmakers for a large family. Their ten sons include a oldest at 25, with the youngest under three, and their Saxon Bohemian origins are noted along with a family photograph taken as one child was away.
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