Topeka Flood Toll and Rescue Efforts Amid River Rise
Reports from Topeka on May 31 describe widespread devastation from the Kansas River flood. Estimates place dead at 175 to 250 with hundreds missing, 8,000 homeless and $4 million in property losses. Rescue crews, aided by steam launches and a sand-dip cable, continue work as relief and aid pour in from Topeka and Galveston.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas River
McCable
Rock Island
Karl Rupp
Orville Rupp
Rupp
G. H. Garrett
Kansas Avenue
Galveston
Tex
Manhattan
Wamego
North Topeka Flood Devastates City Sparks Heroic Rescue
Destruction across North Topeka during the May flood leaves houses ruined and residents stranded. Rescue boats and steam launches are dispatched from St Joseph and Topeka as citizens take on dangerous currents to save hundreds including women and children. Police chief missing as townsfolk endure hunger and fear with dozens rescued by 4 p.m. and more awaiting aid.
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Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Sherry
Oakland
Reform School
Kansas Avenue
Auburndale
Rock Island
St.Joseph
Bergundthal
Commercial Club
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Page
C. N. Capron
E. L. Cowdry
J. Henry
Henry
Goff
Isaac Stanton
B-street Baptist Church
North
Monroe Street
Sardou Avenue
Morse Street
Ed Lang
Charles Waildon
A. N. Pearson
Ty Parsons
Parsons
Ottawa
St. Joseph
Dropped into the Ocean Injuring Dozens After Train Derailment
Nearly thirty people were hurt when four coaches of the Southern Pacific southbound overland limited plunged down a forty foot embankment into the Pacific near Rincon California. Severely injured include Mrs Nelson of Fort Madison and Mrs J C Smith of Los Angeles with amputations feared. Several passengers were crushed or cut with others pulled from wreckage as cars floated partially in the sea.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific
Overland
Pacific Ocean
Rincon
Los Angeles
Nelson
Fort Madison
J. C. Smith
C. W. Grady
Lawton
O. T
J. F. Carr
Creston
Alice Stebbens
Ithaca
J. M. Casey
Robert Casey
O. M. Wells
German Baptist Brethren Conference Opens with 25 000 Attendees
Twenty five thousand people gathered in Bellefontaine Ohio for the German Baptist Brethren World Conference. Elder D L Miller of Mount Morris NL Elder G J Fercken of Geneva Switzerland and Elder H B Trout of Lanark IL spoke at the assembly. Business sessions begin Tuesday with questions on church attire membership rules creeds and mission house control.
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Church of Sweden
German Baptist Brethren
Brethren
General Mission Board
Deaths Number 860 In Van Earthquake Report
London dispatch reports an official Turkish estimate of 8 killed in the Van district earthquake with extensive livestock losses. Dozens of villages were destroyed or heavily damaged and areas near Mount Gipan faced severe devastation as rural communities suffered major disruption.
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London
Erzercum
Van
Turkey
Mount Gipan
Smith Replies to Tulloch Charges Over Postal War Era
Washington May 31 Postmaster General Payne released former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smiths reply to S W Tulloch charges about the Washington city post office during 1898 1899 Smith says investigations showed most allegations justified by conditions of the Spanish war and war time mail demands He notes minor irregularities were corrected and details the funding and personnel measures used to meet wartime needs
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Washington
Payne
Charles Emory Smith
W. Tulloch
Washington City
Smith
Heath
Bristow
Mr. Smith
Postoffice
Washington Post Office
Mr. Heath
Tulloch
Mr. Payne
Mr. Tulloch
Francis W. Whitney
Suffith
Philadelphia
Henry C. Payne
S. W. Tulloch
Postoffice Department
Sema
Congress
Porto Rico
Cuba
New York
Treasury
the Treasury
Wynne
Mr. Wynee
Tmaster General
Rwice
West Indies
Roosevelt visits Warren ranches during Wyoming trip
President Roosevelt spent Sunday in Cheyenne with special services at the First Methodist Church and luncheon at former Senator Carey’s home. A procession then toured Warren’s ranches fourteen miles south, where a tour of the large Wyoming ranch was conducted before supper. Moody departed for Washington with the party.
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Cheyenne Methodist Church
Senator Warren
Cheyenne
Wryo
Roosevelt
First Methodist Church
Carey
Warren
Wyoming
Warren Ranches
Les Lodge of
Moody
California
Washington
Palma says Cuban coaling station leases to be negotiated next week
President Palma told an Associated Press representative that Cuba will finalize the leasing terms for national coaling stations next week. With Secretary Zaldo absent, Secretary Montes will act, and cost estimates for land from private owners are now being gathered to determine money matters and lease details. The president prefers Senate ratification of the naval station pact with added authority to finalize terms, and the Isle of Pines treaty is ready for swift conclusion.
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Havana
Palma
Associated Press
Cuba
Zaldo
Treasury
Montes
Senor Zaldo
Senate
Isle of Pines
Erie Without Police Crisis At City Hall
Mayor Hardwick accepted the resignations of the Erie police force after patrolmen signed an ultimatum demanding salaries raised from 60 to 375 before June 15. By 7 am Monday only Chief Sullivan Captain Cul Special Officer Marshall and a clerk remained, with no policing arrangements made.
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Erie
Hardwick
Sullivan
Cul
Marshall
Clerkin
Fatal craps quarrel triggers mob lynching attempt
Pittsburg report says a quarrel over a craps game at High Bridge West Liberty left two black men and a white boy dead and a third black man badly beaten. A white mob tried to lynch the injured man as officers intervened after hours of gunfire from both sides.
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Pittsburg
High Bridge
West Liberty
Floods Devastate Kansas City and Argentine Suburb
Worst flood in Kansas City history swamps twelve square miles as Kaw and Missouri rivers rise near four feet above 1881 levels. Armourdale and Argentine endure massive losses with hundreds homeless, bridges and rail lines washed away, water supply cut, and rescue operations under way as fires threaten amid floating wreckage and stranded residents.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Armourdale
Kaw
O'Connor
Weather Bureau
Union Station
Argentine
Kansas River
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Holliday
Kansas River Valley
Belt Line
County Bridge
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Fifth Street
Southwest Chemical Company
Refugees Flee as Waters Unleash Wrath Across Homes
Damp shores drive thousands from their houses as floodwaters surge. Early estimates of casualties range from fifteen to fifty with millions in property losses reported across affected regions.
Des Moines River Flood Strikes Armourdale Causing Desolation
The Des Moines suburb of Armourdale faces utter desolation as floodwaters rise threatening major packing plants and rail yards. Thousands displaced, food and clothing urgently needed while Water rapidly encroaches on homes and businesses, with massive losses expected across Armour Packing, Swift, and related facilities.
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Swartzschild & Sulberger's
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Union
Twelfth-street
Missouri Lime and Cement Company
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