Show AND HOODS FLOODS I CAUSE DEAVY LOSS St Sl Louis Lotus July serIes of twIstIng wind storms o of cyclonic pro proportions proportions portions St Sf LouIs and vicinity today causing consIderable property damage injuring a few persons and Imperilling tho lives of passengers on the tho excursion steamer Alton In the tho Mississippi rIver The rhe heaviest storm was wag at Alton Ill and it was there thore that the pas passenger passenger steamer was buffeted by the wind Finding that his 1 boat oat could riot not make headway towards the regular wharf the tho captain he it across the river In an attempt to effect a landing on t the o aide The was ivas by br bra bya a shift of the wind which tossed the 1 big 1 boat hack to and threw tIre the passengers Into a panic The fhe boat was jammed 1 broadsIde Into nto the Iller of n a drawbrIdge The wInd he held the vessel firmly against the bridge until the were taken lalen ashore St Louis July l by bj the tho wind the waves dashed over the levee protecting Venice Ills front rom the Mis ilIs Mississippi river Ten thousand acres or of farm land Inundated and antilles wore were forced to flee Clee from their theil homes The wind attained a velocity o miles an hour and the tel messages state tato It was much north CommunIcation was Interrupted wIth Alton for an Later It was found out that none or of the passengers were Injured hy by the steamer being blown agaInst the pier HamIlton Ohio July Jub titan than titana thana a score of oC persons were Injured In a tornado that swept over the orth eastern part of Butler coun county Ir hate ale to today day At Sevenmile station the rune fune rai ml procession of Mrs Sarah Llo Lloyd tl was caught In the tho wind FIe car carriages containing twenty persons were blown across th the road injuring the occupants none fatally however Two carriages containing six Ix per pel persons sons was blown hown over oer a fence anti and the Injured slightly Ottawa Kas Fas July l The Des river foIl fell sow slowly toda today but heavy showers here hore and gathering storm raised anxiety The water at sonic some poInts along the tho Missouri Pacific tracks In southern Kansas Is fifteen feet feat deep There Is much uneasIness as to the of nh the brink anti and stone s In I tl n ti that t h have stood t d fo for J days y In Inthe inthe the flood From a all the valleys near here hereit it Is reported that sma small grain crops have hae been baen swept clean and that many bridges are arc gone 11 Ill July tornado struck Fithian near here today wreck wieck wreckIng lag Ing a or o stores arId damaging a largo large elevator there and also the power station o of the tho Illinois Trac Traction tion system So far as known few fow persons were hurt hurL St Tuly cyclonIc struck St Louts Lollis and auth su at oon today todar Telegraph mph and telephone wires were blown down Tn in inSL SL Louis county trees ivore uproot etI cd The wind struck tile the steamer Alton as ag It with passengers ers front from St Louis Louls draw of the bridge at Alton Ills miles north of here The steamer was swung round un until part or of the wheel was torn OIL oh against a pier of the I bridge The Tue b boat at was isas jammed there The wind here picHl II lii wagons and threw the horse and drivers to the ground Because of trolley troey wires be beIng belag lag Ing torn tom down the electric cars In certain parts of oC the city were stopped for art an hour Kansas City July 12 ith the main line of the Missouri Pacific rail railroad railroad road between Kansas City Cily and St StLouIs StLouis LouIs congested because of the great number o of trains of other roads do toured over oer It In an effort to reach Chicago railroad traffic Kan Kansas sas City and Chicago today was at a standstill Th The AtchIson Topeka Santa Fo Fe roa road had annulled all of Its Chicago morning trains and the Burlington Rock Island were malting making no I promises to Chicago passengers assens ls as aH to arrIval anIal time In the city The I two latter laller roads wore detouring via Ia I I St Louis Western train were run fling on time llie he Kansas and MIssourI rivers shoved no further rise hero toda today At Topeka the Kansas river reach oil cd a maxImum o of IS 18 feet 10 Inches last nIght but showed a fall faB of seven seen Inches today Hoa Heavy rains fell feB dur lag the tho night between Manhattan anti and Cia Center Kas Iii hi the Kansas river watershed Those These rains ralus will have hae a tendency to cause slight rises along tire the river within the next hours At Ottawa where the Marais Des Is running through the tho con center tor of the town tire tho rIver reach reached ed Its crest last nIght and has hai fallen rallen six Inches since midnIght St Sl Lotus Lonis July l the tho Mis river riel gauge reaching feet at 9 this morning the Ule govern ment weather bureau predicted feet for or tomorrow and 34 31 feet for forTe Wednesday Te The water hacked backed Into the buIldings along the levo eCe but no great damage amage was done Across the river on the sIde the lowlands I were flooded and ond the rise Wednesday will destroy destro property 1 The MissourI Pacific and Rock Is Island I land hand arc nio the only roads In Missouri on their own Other I roads are aro detouring their trains on the thc Pacific ho detoured traIns nie DIO usually twelve hours late In cross crossIng crossing Ing the state Chicago July s In the of Kansas City which have disturbed the railway lines enter enterIng log Ing the tho city hwe had the effect or of delaying the tho mails The rho railway mall mail servIce MS has joined wIth the traffic of In detouring antI and reroutIng the malls so that as little dea delay ns as pos will be caused by tire tho high wat el ci The rhe floods have C the Ow postal department mOle trouble tItan than has any similar occurrence In III yearn |