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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
7
The city mobilizes for shelter and clothes with a loyal volunteer relief effort. People are housed with temporary care, then sent to South Side homes as dry clothing is provided. No trouble has occurred yet and the biggest need is in outfitting thousands of homes.
Manhattan Kansas reports a 200 mile flood reach from Brookville to Kansas City with three to fifteen mile wide inundation. The Kansas River and Blue River converge near the city as rails and bridges hold. Thousands evacuated to hills and Kansas Agricultural College buildings while losses run to millions and dozens feared dead or missing.
The Missouri River at Jefferson City nears 1881 high water and continues to rise. Low bottoms flood, many islands almost covered, with great crop damage and potential loss of life if waters do not subside soon. Omaha reports peak near fifteen feet. Sioux City notes a fall while bottoms flood between Sioux City and St Joseph. Falls City becomes cut off with limited train service.
Des Moines reports flood relief improving as the Des Moines River falls eight feet in twelve hours. About five thousand Des Moines residents are homeless and aided by volunteers. widespread flooding covers bottoms ten miles up and downriver, with two thousand homes underwater. No lives lost or fires. cold weather persists and pneumonia fears rise. In Ottumwa nearly half the city under water, with West and East Ottumwa flooded and rail lines disrupted. 6,000 people possibly displaced and property losses undetermined. rescues ongoing and danger to some residents remains.
Rivermen for Swift & Co reach Armourdale packing district by wide circuit. No deaths in 12 hours. About a score of men at Cudahy Schwarzschild & Sulzberger and Swift plants tending cattle saved. Swift rep says chief loss is inability to fill orders and no danger of plant collapse.
Kansas City reports a vast disruption in rail service across the west and south as multiple bridges fail or are compromised. The Santa Fe bridge at Sibley remains the only intact crossing, with various lines including Wabash Missouri Pacific and Rock Island reporting no westbound traffic.
Washington reports the War Department will extend relief to flood victims using military authority. Acting Secretary Sanger will direct tents and rationing with careful distribution to avoid waste. General Gillespie authorizes boats and pontoon use. Major Leech says 1,200 feet of pontoon bridge can be built to reopen communications.
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia telegrammed Mayor Burgenthal of Topeka offering immediate assistance after Kansas floods. He would convene the permanent relief committee if needed and urged speedy word on requirements, noting Philadelphia’s history of aid.
Mayor Low sent telegrams to Topeka Kansas City and Des Moines asking if they needed assistance and offering New York City support. No responses were received by close of office hours.
Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the Martinique and West Indian Islands Relief Committee, says the balance of subscribed funds cannot be diverted to fired sufferers and that about five to six thousand dollars remain unappropriated. The money is earmarked for relief in the West Indies, and New York Chamber of Commerce officials indicate aid would come if needed, though local towns may cover their own needs.
The Mississippi River at St. Louis was 27.8 feet this morning as rain continues. Forecasts expect the rise to top thirty feet, threatening lumber yards in North St. Louis and prompting farmers along Horseshoe Lake to evacuate as waters advance from Missouri tributaries.
Wooster Ohio June 1 Professor John F Hicks assistant botanist at the Ohio Experiment Station died from a gunshot while pursuing a man who ran from Miss Mary Gill's yard. A former suitor is suspected and Hicks 30 years old had been with St Louis Botanical Gardens prior to coming to Wooster.
The drought worsens market supplies with peas slow to arrive from New Jersey and Long Island, while strawberries from Maryland and Delaware flood ahead of prices. Lettuce and cabbage suffer quality and price hits, turnips soar due to moisture loss, and buyers seek Boston and Buffalo orders. No rain expected today or tomorrow per the Weather Bureau.
President Roosevelt speeds toward North Platte after Cheyenne stop. He delivered citizenship remarks at Sidney Neb and attended a Wild West exhibition featuring saddle horse Ragalona. He praised the event and spoke to Secretary Wilson before departing for North Platte and later Iowa and Illinois.
An official from Schwarzschild & Sulzberger said meat prices in the city may rise modestly due to flood damage at Kansas City stock yards. He noted most livestock was slaughtered and shipped after river warnings, with stock from St. Louis and Chicago yards used to cover shortfalls. He expected no large losses and hoped for a quick subsidence of the flood.
Three firemen were overcome at a three alarm blaze in a five story brick building on Readest and Duanest streets. One Fireman was hospitalized while another returned to duty and two more were treated. The Merchants Rubber Sears Shoes and Hobbs firms occupied parts of the building which sustained about 10000 dollars in damage. A tender overturned on the way to the scene but the crew escaped with minor injuries.
Official dispatches report severe floods wrecking mail delivery in Southern Iowa Nebraska and near Kansas City. Rail lines suffer major disruption with water filling stations and depots. transfers halted. some routes diverted. two carloads of mail at risk.
Albany June 1 The Retsuf Mining Company Lavonia Livingston County challenges a special franchise tax on a pipeline laid without local consent. The dispute centers on whether actual use creates a franchise. lower courts differed, with the Supreme Court finding for the tax board and the appellate division reversing. The state appeals court arguments proceed.
Albany June 1 The Irish Literary Society of New York with main office in New York City was incorporated to promote study of Irish language literature history music drama and art and to establish a center with library and assembly rooms Directors include John D Crimmins William McAdoo Eugene A Philbin Justice Morgan J O Brien Eugene Kelly Joseph F Daly Lawrence Godkin William Deering J M Wall Thomas Addis Emmett and Townsend Walsh of New York City
The executors and heirs of the McComb estate appeal Judge Truax’s ruling giving Fannie McComb Herzog her pro rata share. They claim the estate now valued between 20 and 25 million dollars, with stocks bonds and real estate, income largely tied up. Attorneys Harrison and Byrd declined to comment beyond confirming an appeal of the ruling.
General Benjamin F. Tracy denied any involvement with the American Equity League and said he had no lawyer consultations at Delmonico's. William H. Baldwin Jr. said his name was used without authorization. Charles M. Schwab claimed no knowledge, while Thomas H. Cochran said Tracy discussed the league with lawyers and business men and reportedly approved it.
William Franklin Miller once tied to the Franklin Syndicate is held at the Tombs under guard as a key witness against Colonel Bob Ammon who is indicted for involvement in Miller’s swindling operations. Miller’s health and confession claim are debated as District Attorney Jerome notes Miller’s potential truthfulness.
The Daily Mail reports that Lord Curzon's term as Viceroy of India, expiring next September, will be extended for two years.
The permanent treaty between Cuba and the United States was read in the Havana Senate and referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. La Discusion reports that London money appears abundant as Brazil’s $23 million loan is oversubscribed threefold, and Cuba’s Montoro is to gauge London financiers’ stance on a proposed $35 million loan.
A Durban dispatch reports the German Antarctic steamer Gauss, part of Professor Ehrich von Drygalski's expedition, passed Durban en route to Cape Town. The voyage began in Kiel August 11 1901 with scientists including Dr Ernst von Héffen and Captain Hans Ruser. A relief expedition was planned after reports of severe cold and privation and many at Kerguelen station reportedly died.
The American fishing schooner Helen F. Whittin arrived at St. John s Newfoundland reporting four men lost in last week s gale. The Gloucester Massachusetts schooner Elector was crushed by ice in Belle Isle Strait. eighteen crewmen escaped to land and walked eighty miles to reach a settlement in a famished state. The Trexie went ashore with twenty seven aboard and the crew narrowly escaped.
Two fourteen year old boys J. K. Horne and F. H. Lawson were killed when a master’s house at Eton burned early today. A tutor Mr Kindersley was injured as thirty three students escaped in night clothes from ivy walls after barred windows delayed rescue. Annual June 4 celebrations were cancelled. royal family at Windsor sent inquiries.
Paris reports the German cruiser Amazona grounded amid ships today on the Brest breakwater extension. She was floated later but believed leaking. Prince Henry of Prussia had recently left Madrid to rejoin the squadron at Vigo.
A San Salvador dispatch says the Salvadorean government, after earlier refusal, has received Senior Altamirano, the envoy of President Zelaya of Nicaragua, to renew the Corinto arbitration treaty. Acceptance is conditioned on guaranteeing that prisoners of the Nicaraguan revolution will not face capital punishment. The Salvadoran government initially supported the rebels but withdrew aid at the rebellion's outbreak.
London Kentucky June 1 two men John Farmer and a Whitaker youth were killed late day before yesterday near Bernstadt in the county. A brother of Whitaker was slightly wounded and the survivor, riding behind, heard shots then found his brother and Farmer dead. He was fired on from bushes and wounded in the arm as he fled, firing four shots in return.
A Jackson resident in Lexington says troop withdrawal from Breathitt County will not heal the area. He predicts either an exodus of anti Hargis men or a blood feud worse than prior Kentucky clashes, with tension likened to a powder magazine ready to explode.
A steam trawler arriving at Kirkwall reports a volcanic eruption in Iceland on May 27. The crew were fishing miles offshore when the sea around them turned to are soapsuds as the eruption occurred.
A Saigon dispatch reports Governor General Beau detained in Tonquin as Yun-Nay rebellion spreads into Yun-Nan-Fu with two French subjects surrounded there. Mong-Tze railroad works are interrupted amid rising tensions in Indo China.
Ain Sefra Algeria June 1 a battery of artillery was sent to the uprising on the Moroccan border after Governor General Jonnart authorized reprisals. He insisted the action targets offenders and does not imply occupation of Moorish territory.
Vienna June 1 United States Immigration Inspector Mr Brauns disclosures led to the arrest and conviction of thirteen emigration agents in Hungarian rural districts. They were fined and sentenced to ten to sixty days in jail for violations of emigration laws.
Vienna dispatch says authorities at Koepruelue in Salonica Province seized nine kilograms of dynamite and other explosives in the homes of two men, Alexo Minoro and G. Orguentschten, who are under arrest on suspicion of involvement in recent Salonica dynamite outrages.
The Treasury set June 1 for bids to remove the Maine wreck. Only Tiburcio Castaneda bid, offering to hand profits to the government after dismantling costs, with a $1,000 deposit. The Treasury committee delayed award, citing vagueness and potential government liability if unprofitable. Other bids were not submitted for the Alfonso XII, Martel, or ships sunk at Santiago and Manzanillo.
Vice-President Barros Luco opens Congress in Santiago with civil and military authorities present. The annual revenue is estimated at 110 million pesos and expenses at 120 million. A tobacco tax is expected to raise 5 million. Public reception is cool due to unmet prior promises. Riesco to resume public duties on Thursday.
Constantinople reports deny revolters at Smerdesh on May 21. Turkish troops attacked, and consular accounts say 200 inhabitants were massacred in cold blood by bashibazouks. The Porte appoints a commission to investigate the statements.
International commissions met in Caracas to determine the amount of financial claims by powers against Venezuela. Robert C. Morris led the U S case and expected adjustments within a month. The Hague tribunal will handle treatment in September.
The Jewish community of St Petersburg expresses deep thanks for American subscriptions aiding Kisheneer sufferers. The Jewish journal Voshzed praises the United States for leadership in material and moral aid, contrasting America with Europe and calling the land of the dollar generous and humane.
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