Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1908 — Page 3

|NORDINANCE ■plating the Sale of I milk in the City of | Decatur, ind. S section 1- Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Deca■Tlodiaiia. That it shall be unlaw- ■ (or any person or persons, firm H corporation, or driver of any milk ■.icon or any agent or servant of any of milk, to sell or c ' ffer for sale - for sale - dis P ose of - exchange ■"£ live r within the city limits of the ■C o f Decatur. Indiana, or with ■&>' intent to do so as aforesaid, have Ha his or her possession, care, custody He control within said city, milk or Hwam without having first obtained a HSnse from the City Clerk of ■"jd ipy so to do. A license to sell Hmfs or cream, or both, shall be issued HjTtbe City Clerk upon the appli■atkn of any person, firm or corpora■ticn desiring the same, provided said ■utoiicant shall present a certificate Kpni the Secretary of the Board of ■Health of s »> d cit ? that the sald P er ’ firm or corporation is a proper to be entrusted with a permit Ho sell milk within the city of De■star and has complied with all the regulations and provisions of ■this ordinance. Said license shall be ■ issued to such applicant without ■i charge therefor being made and ■shall be kept conspicuously posted in ■ the depot, store, dairy, or upon the ■wagon of the license. ■ Section 2. Any person or persons, ■ flrni or corporation desiring to obtain ■the certificate from the Secretary of ■ the Board of Health as mentioned in ■ Section 1 of this ordinance shall make ■ i verified application for the same to ■ inch Secretary setting forth the fol- ■ towing facts: ■ 1. The full name of the person or S'jersons making the application. When the application is made in the tame of a firm the full names of all nembers of the firm must be given. When the application is made by or to hbe name of a corporation the tames of the officers of said corporalion and the name of the manager In charge must be given. 2. If said applicant is the owner of or in control of a cow or a herd of cows he must state the number of cows in his dairy herd and give the location thereof, and If not the owner of tor in control of any cows, be must i state th e name of the owner of, and the exact location of the dairy herd or herds from which the milk or cream is obtained and he must give the exact location of his place of business. 3. And the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Board of Health that the cows from which the milk or cream, which is to be sold or otherwise disposed of under the license to be granted upon said certificate, Is obtained, have been properly examined by a competent veterinary surgeon as provided for in Section 7 of this ordinance and must file with said application a certificate of said veterinary surgeon in accordsnee with the terms and provisions of said section. 4. Se’d applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Board of Health that he has complied with all the rules, regulations and provisions of this ordinance in every particular. Section 3. The Secretary of the Board of Health of said city shall, except as hereinafter provided, after all the provisions of Section 2 of this ordinance have been complied with, issue to said applicant, without a charge being made therefor, the certificate mentioned in Section 1 of this ordinance. Upon the filing of said certificate with the Clerk, the i Clerk shall issue to .'such applicant a license to sell milk or cream within the city limits of the city of Decatur during tbe time from the date of the license up to and Including i the first day of January next gucceed- [ ing the date of issuing the license. Section 4. Licenses to sell milk or I cream must be renewed and new li censes obtained during the months of January of each year The Secretary of the Board of Health of said city ®ay. in his discretion, reject any and 811 applications for certificates applied for by any person or persons or corporation. and in the case of such rejection no license shall be issued or renewed in favor of such applicant. Section 5. Whenever the Secretary of the Beard of Health of said city has knowledge that any applicant owning or having control of a cow or herd of dairy cows, or the person from whom such applicant obtains milk or cream, feeds or causes the cow or cows frim which milk is obtained to be fed, wholly or in part, either liquid, or solid refuse or slops from distilleries, breweries, vinegar factories or any similar slops, mish or refuse, he shall refuse to issue to such applicant a certificate authorizing a license to sell My milk or cream in the city of Decatur, which is produced by cows *bich have been fed as before mentioned. and when a license has already been issued to such person or Persons so feeding his or her cows such license shall be revoked and canceled « s hereinafter provided. . Section 6. Th e following regulation with reference to the construction, arrangement and sanitary condition of cow stables and dairy barns s hall be observed by all persons, firms in d corporations owning cows produc milk to be sold in the city of Decatur, to-wit: a " r ' be number of animals in a cow able shall be limited in such manner s to provide for each animal a cubic pace of at least 800 cubic feet. ' Cow stables shall be lighted by mdows whose light area shall be ua l to at least one-tenth of the floor •pace 3 ; The floor of the stable must be wsUr Ug ht and slope towards a gutter “■ch shall be carried outside of the

stable unless the stable be connected with a sewer system and th e above i gutters leads to it 4 Every drain connecting a cow Prided’ with astray Kr ** slahtTn*? 7 ’ The lnßWe the stable shall be whitewashed at leasr once a year, unless it is wHh .k„. pau Vu in which case it shall be whi'tewlshed^^"* 1 hlßUad ° f belng M sr- -'»* MpYih? t ? e Se f retar y of the Board of a V: ° f 8411 city has knowledge that the cow stable or dairy barn of any applicant for or holder of a license to sell milk or cream within said city, or or the person or persons, firm or corporation from whom such applicant ius .J n J', k or crea m to be so sold, is unsuitable for such purpose, either by reason of its beinz defectively constructed or on account of its unsanitary condition or by reason of the failure to observe the rules in this section set out, he shall refuse a certificate to such applicant and when a license has already been Issued to such person or persons having and using such a barn as before described said license shell be revoked and canceled as hereinafter provided Section 7. The Secretary of the Board of Health of said city shall not issue a certificate authorizing a license to sell milk or cream in the city of Decatur, Indiana to any person or persons, firm or corporation who does not furnish once every six months, during the months of anuary and June, to the Health Department a certificate from a competent veterinary surgeon to the effect mat the cow or cows from which the milk or cream which he proposes to sell i s obtained ar e entirely free from disease; and said certificate shall be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health. The Secretary of the Board of Health may require the tuberculin test if any cow or herd of cows is suspected of infection with tuberculosis. All persons holding license shall be required to deliver milk to consumers in glass bottles, excepting to hotels and restaurants. Section 8. The license of any person or persons, firm or corporation who fail to furnish the veterinary’s certificate as required by Section 7 of this ordinance shall be revoked and canceled as hereinafter provided, and no license shall be reissued to such person or persons until all the requirements of this ordinance have been complied with. Section 9. No milk which is unwholesome or which has been watered. adulterated, reduced or changed in any respect, by the addition of water or other foreign substance, or by the removal of cream shall be brought into. held, or offered for sale at any place in the city of Decatur, nor shall any fine keep have in his or her possession, for sale or offer for sale in the said city any such milk except as provided for in this ordinance. Section 10. The terms “adulterated or unwholesome.” as used in this ordinance, are held to mean: 1. Milk containing more than eighty-eight (88) per centum of water or fluids. 2. Milk containing less than three and one-fourth (3%) per cent of butter and nine (9) per cent of other solid elements. 3. Milk to which any foreign substance has been added, especially those called “preservatives.” 4. Milk whose smell and flavor betrays any contamination. 5. Miik drawn from animals during the thirty days preceding parturition and ten days following the same. 6. Milk drawn from cows suffering from tuberculosis or any other dis ease so long as the disease or convalescence lasts. 7. Milk drawn from cows which 'have been fed on refuse from distilleries, breweries, vinegar factories or any other similar slops, mash or refuse. 8. Milk drawn from cows kept in a crowded or unhealthy condition. 9. Milk from which any part of the cream has been removed, except as hereinafter provided. 10. Milk which has been adulterated with water or other fluid, or to which has been added, or into which has been introduced any foreign substance whatever. 11. Milk which is unclean. Section 11. Cream which is sold or offered or kept for sale as such under this ordinance must be produced from unadulterated and wholesome milk ' and must contain at least 20 per cent of butter fat and there shall be no addition made to it of any preservative coloring matter or any other foreign substance whatever. Section 12. Buttermilk to be sold under this ordinance milst be produced from unadulterated and wholesome milk or cream and there shall be no addition made to it of any preservative, coloring matter or any other foreign substance whatever. Section 13. No dealer in milk, by himself or agent, shall sell, or have in his possession for sale, milk from which cream has been removed, in part or in whole, unless sold as skimmed milk and unless there shall appear in a conspicuous place on the can. jar or bottle in which such milk is contained the inscription “skimmed milk" in letters not Less than one inch in height, nor shall any dealer inmilk, or his agent or agents, sell as “skimmed milk” any milk which contains less than per centum of total solids, 1% per centum of which shall be butter fat, nor shall there be any addition of anw preservative, coloring matter or any other foreign substance whatever. Section 14. No dealer in milk >r his agent, shall serve milk in bottles to any dwelling or other house that has in it any contagious disease or diseases or that is placarded by the Secretary of the Board of Health for contagious disease or diseases until said placard has been removed by the proper authority, nor shall any person remove from such dwelling or i house any bottle or receptacle which has been used or is used for the purpose of receiving or storing milk.

No person suffering from, or who has ■ knowingly, within a period of twenty days, been exposed to diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, smallpox, or other contagious diseases shall work or J?!®* ln ? r about any dair ? °r dairv farm, and no proprietor, manager or fa™ rl t's Ddent of any dairy cr daSr y arm who supplies milk to the citizens of Decatur, Indiana, shall knowing, y permit any person suffering or exposed as aforesaid, to work or as- ( s«t m or about the said dairv or dairy farm. Section 15. When smallpox, astatic cholea, typhus fever, diphtheria croup scarlet fever, typhoid fever, or measles exists in the house of a milkman or dealer in milk, the milkman or dealer in milk shall not continue the sale or distribution of milk from his cows or place of business until the Board of Health from the locality where he resides has appointed, at the expense of the milkman or dealer in milk, a person to superintend his cows and dairy. Such persons shall see that those who attend the cows and milking and who look after the vessels for containing the milk and of the sale and distribution of milk shall not have access to the Infected house, neither themselves nor the milk or vessels and shall not have any communication directly or indlrectlv with the person who reside in such house. Such superintendent shall be maintained during the continuance of the disease and until the family physician and the local health officer shall have declared by certificate that the disease has disappeared and thorough disinfection has been practiced, which certificate shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Health of said city. Section 16. Milkers and those engaged in the handling of milk or cream shall maintain strict cleanliness of their hands and person while milking or so engaged in handling milk. Section 17. Every person keeping cows for the production of milk for sale shall cause them to be kept clean and wholesome at all times, and shall cause the teats and, if necessary, the udder, to be carefully cleaned by brushing, washing or wiping before milking, and shall cause each of said cows to be properly fed and watered. Such cows shall be taken out of the stable at least once a week and while they are outside, the stable shall be aired by opening the doors and windows and thoroughly cleaned. Section 18. The well or wells from which water for cows are taken shall not be dug in the soil beneath the stable, neither shall they be at a less distance than forty feet from any stable or pig-stye or from any dung or refuse heap, except in the case of an artesian or tubed well. Section 19. Any person using any premises for keeping any cow for dairy purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles of non-absorbent materials for the reception, storage and delivery of milk and shall keep them clean and wholesome at all times. The milking utensils shall not be brought into the stable until milking time and shall be taken as soon as filled from the stable or room in which the cows are kept. No milk or cream shall be stored or kept within any room used for stabling cows or other domestic animals. Section 20. No person or persons, firm or corporation, shall keep or have in his, her or their possession any slops or refuse from any distillery, brewery, or vinegar factory nor any similar slops, mash or refuse for the purpose of feeding the same to any cow or cows, the milk produced by which is to be sold in the city of Decatur. The fact that the above men tioned substance or substances are found in the possession of or on the premises of any person or persons having a license to sell milk or furnishing milk for sale in the city of Decatur shall be conclusive evidence of the violation of this section. Section 21. The dairy or other place in which milk intended for sale is placed and kept shall be a special and separate apartment used solely as a dairy or place to keep milk. Such dairy or place for keeping or storing milk shall be at least twenty (20) feet from any stable, pig-stye, dung or refuse heap. The windows and doors of dairies and of all places wherein milk is kept and handled shall be protected by fly screens from the first day of April to the first day of November of each year. Section 22. All cans, vessels and receptacles used in the handling of milk or cream, as well as all refrigerators or compartments of stores, or other places where milk or cream is kept, stored or handled, shall be used solelv for such purposes and shall be Kent" and maintained scrupulously clean and kept free from the presence or vicinity of any article of any kind likely to contaminate or injuriously affect the quality or sweetness of the milk or cream. All cans, vessels and receptacles in which milk or cream is kept shall be sterilized wit’, boiling water or live .steam .each time they are used and all cans, measures and dippers used in retailing milk shall be scalded or sterilized daily. All bottles and other vessels in which mint is distributed shall be washed clean and scalded or sterilized each time they are used and imediately before using. . . Section 23. Shippers’ cans must not be used for the storage of milk cream by the dealer or consumer but must be thoroughly washed and returned to the shipper or owner within twenty-four hours after thej shal have been received. Rusty or badly dented or mashed cans or containers shall not be used for the transportation or storage of milk or cream. I Section 24. Within forty-five minutes after milking, the milk or cream shall be cooled to a temperature of fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit at least and never allowed to reach a temnerature exceeding sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit previous to being delivered to the consumer Section 25. No milk over twentyfour hours old shall be delivered to a consumer except in cases where such milk within eight (8) hours after milk-1 ing in summer and twelve (12) hours in winter, has been sterilized at 220 degrees Fahrenheit. All milk shall be

delivered to the consumer in the same condition as it was when it left the milking establishment, unless the change in the condition of the milk consists, solely in its pasturization or sterilization by heat in an intermediate establishment between th® producer and the consumer, the installation and operation of such a plant to be approved by the Secretary of the Board of Health of the City of Decatur, Indiana. Section 26. It shall be unlawful to allow cans filled with milk or cream to stand on the platform of railway stations or on the platforms of wharves or other transportation com-I panics more than 15 minutes before I the departure of the train, boat or other vehicle for its destination. On the arrival at the station to which i they are shipped, the cans containing milk or cream if not claimed within one-half hour thereafter, shall be put in cold storage at the station, at the expense of the consignee. Setion 27. Every proprietor of a milk depot, shop, store, or other place in which milk is sold shall I that such milk is kept in cold storage exclusively reserved for milk, cream and butter, and no milk shall be kept in a room, refrigerator or other place wherein it may be exposed to contamination by foul air or deleterious emanation. Every room in which any person sleeps and every place in unsanitary communication with any sewer or drain shall be deemed a place contaminated by deleterious emanation. Section 28. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board of Health after the end of each month to report to the Common Council of the City of Decatur, in writing, all inspections of dairies and milk depots made during that month with the names and location of the places inspected, giving a true report as to the conditions existing in the places inspected. He shall further report all examinations of milk or cream made during each month, giving names and locations of the vendors from whom samples were obtained, with a complete report as to the analysis and bacteriological examination of each sample. Section 29. The license issued to any person, firm or corporation violating any one or more of the provisions of this ordinance, after conviction of such violation shall be revoked by the City Judge of the City of Decatur. Indiana, and no license so revoked shall be re-issued until the person, firm or corporation has complied with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 30. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Secton 31. All ordinance and sections of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 32. This ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and legal publication for two weeks. C. O. FRANCE, Mayoi* r Presented by me to the Mayor of the Citv of Decatur, Indiana, June 2nd, 1908. THOMAS F. EHINGER, City Clerk. Approved and signed by me this 2nd day of June, 1908. 23-2 t C. O. FRANCE, Mayor.

■ o BY F. M. TILBURY Os Napoleon, Ohio — His Son Will Have Charge of Same F. M. Tilbury, of Napoleon, Ohio a brother-in-law of Mesdames J. T. Merryman and C. K. Bell, of this city was in the cit yFriday making necessary arrangements to install a union

delivery system in this city. He has made a canvas of the grocery stores and nearly all tbe merchants are very much in favor of the proposition. Such systems hav 6 been established in many of the surrounding towns and the union delivery has proven a win ner, both to the consumer and merchant. Mr. Tilbury was here a few weeks ago, when he started the movement. He left today fo r his home and he will return in two weeks to close up the deal. His son, H. A. Tilbury, will have charge of the delivery system if same is established, Mr. Tilbury being a conductor on the D. T. & I. railroad. Three convenient de livery wagons will be constructed ns soon as the contracts are closed and within thirty days unless plans do not miscarry, Decatur will have a system which should have been established here years ago. Mr. Tilbury lived in this city for eleven years, leaving the city twenty-five years age.

o— MADE GOOD HIS GETAWAY, William Whitcomb Left for Parts Unknown. William Whitcomb, who after taking on a few too many drinks early Wednesday morning caused the incarceration of on e of his boarders on a false charge, has gracefully made his exit from the city. By those who know of the circumstances it has been stated that he was frightened because he thought Woodward would prefer charges against him for false imprisonment, he hurriedly made his getaway. However, before he went Officer Bohnke induced him to settle an account he was indebted to the Heckman flour mill in tbe sum of $6.40, and we are informed that several business men are holding the sack as a consequence of his departure.

ROYALLY ENTERTAIN J. A. Emsberger and Wife Spent Day at Club House Entertaining Th<? music commitete and choir of the M E. church left on th e early 1 I .train over the Clover Leaf Thursday I morning fo r Celina, Ohio, to spend the iday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Erns'berger. It was a jolly crowd that < | climbed off the train at Celina in the i early morning hours. Mr. and Mrs < Ernsberger were already at the depot ' 1 to greet their guests and piloted them I to the interurban which carried the j crowd out to one of the famous club houses on Mercer lake which Mr. Ernsberger had engaged for the day. With boating and fishing and music 1 the morning hours were ail too quickly passed. At eleven o'clock th? I' chief event of the day was announced and the happy crowd, sunburned and freckled, sat down to on e of the best dinners ever served in Ohio. Each lady had furnished what she consid-1 ered to be her masterpiece in domestic ' science and surely that dinner neve r was surpassed. With toasts and stor? telling in which Dr. Neptune rather 1 got the better of Dr. Wilcox At last reached thei Ce cream, strawberries and cake which Mr. A. R. Bell ~uld scarcely wait to eat because of his great desire to fish for bass. It is confidentially revealed that after rowing six miles he did catch a ringed perch six inches long. The ladies who were content to fish off the dock had better luck and caught a string of 35 and they can prove it. because they took their picture at three o’clock. Mr. Ernsberger conducted the party to his beautiful home, where supper was served and the evening hours spent with music and fi’ i . which will make this one of the chief ■ days m the calendar of our choir. Mr. and Mrs. Ernsberger are royal . entertainers and our only regret is that > w e had to return to Decatur without . them, but our great loss has been 1 Celina’s gain. Those who enjoyed ! the hospitality of this occasion were - Messrs, and Mesdames Dr. C. B. Wili cox, John Niblick, J. D. Hale, D. Sprang, John Myers, A. R. Bell, John i Vail, C. L. Walters, Dan Beery, J. Q. Neptune, Misses Marie Beery, Pansv Bell, Frances Merryman, Lucile Hale, 5 Mary Miller, Mr. Don Burke, J. A ■' Ernsberger and wife, Mr. Broadhart and wife of Celina.

—o MADE GREAT RACE Against George Steele for Congress in this District in 1884 Major Meredith 11. Kidd died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mcllvaine, at Huntington, aged seventy-nine years. It will be remembered by many of the older citizens of Decatur and Adams county that in 1884 he made the race for congress [against Major George Steele, in the old Eleventh district, of which Adams

s county was a part. It was one of the y hottest fights in the state’s history and ‘i Kidd was defeated by only fifty-two 3 votes. He contested the election in 1 ‘ congress, but the house had a repub- *' jlican majority and he lost. He was ’’ born in ConnorsviUe, Indiana, January v 7, 1825, later moved with his parents '■ to Miami county. In 1849 he began 1 reading law, but in 1852 joined the 8 fortune hunters to the California goid ’> fields where he remained five years. • Returning he located at Wabash and - in ' J6O was elected prosecuting at- '■ torn -for the district comprising Wabash, Miami, Cass and Carroll conn--5 ties. He served during the entire • war and served another year fighting • Indians, retiring as a major and in 1 1867 returned to Wabash and founded 1 the Plain Dealer. Later he again tried 1 army life, resuming law practice in i Wabash in 1873. He had been in poor health for several years and has live!

jat Huntington about a year. The funeral services were held at Wabash , Friday afternoon at two o’clock. Two i sons and three daughters survive him. o Mrs. W. A. Kuebler entertained about thirty-five ladies Thursday afternoon at a most delightful thimble ; party. Little Helen Dugan assisted Mrs. Kuebler in receiving the guests and Miss Naomi Dugan, Miss Marcella Kuebler and Miss Dorothy Dugan served punch during the afternoon. One very entertaining feature of the linen handkerchief was given as 6 prize to Mrs. Mary Snyder, of Muncie, who is a guest of Mrs. Eliinghani. Mr. Kuebler and Miss Edna Crawford assisted Mrs. Kuebler with the luncheon, which was enjoyed by all the guests. The rooms were beautifully decorated in pink and white roses and Miss Carrie Thomas rendered a number of piano selections while refreshments were being served, i

TWO CASES DISMISSED A Ditch Petition Found Sufficient and Commissioners Appointed The case of the Berne Hay and Grain Co. vs. Ernst Franz, note $275, was dismissed and the costs paid. The suit on note, demand S2OO, recently filed by the Continental Insurance Co. vs William Shoemaker et al, was dismissed and the costs paid. The petition of Frank O. Martin et al for a drain was found sufficient and the cause referred to drainage commissioners L. L. Baumgartner, Charles M. Morrison and Elias Crist, to meet

at offic e of the county clerk, Decatur, on June 22, proceed to view said proposed ditch and report on first dav of the September term of court.. William L. Raudenbush vs. Andrew W. Scales et al, default of all defendants, cause submitted, finding for plaintiff and title quieted in plaintiff P. G. Hooper appointed commlssione” to make deed, which was reported and approved. Amos Hirschy, administrator of the Peter Inninger estate, filed his final report, which was approved, and he was discharged. Deeds for right-of-ways have been given the Fort Wayne and Springfield Ry. Co. by Ulrich Sprunger et al for $250, and by Joseph Wisier et al for S3O. Anthony Glendening has deeded inlot No. 11 in Berne to James M Rose for $250; Peter Stuckey et al have transferred a farm in Hart.fo-d township to Alfred Romey for $35. Attorneys Olds and Sutton, Lutz and Hamilton, argued a motion or a new trial in the case of Weil Bros. vs. Davidson, the wool case. Judge Merryman said he would take the motion under advisement until the first day of the September term, but intimat’d that a new trial may be granted because of an error in one of the instructions. The former verdict favored the defendant. oMOVE FACTORY HERE The First of July—Lawrence Secures 4,000 Contract for Fencing

The long looked for time for thi completion of the new home for the Ward Fence Co. is now at hand and with the exception of laying th efloor, the building is ready for occupancy. This, however, would have been completed had not a shipment of lumber received for the construction of same been soft instead of hard wood. The room which will contain the producers and engine is completed and it is th e opinion of interested parties that the machinery will be installed and the Decatur Ward Fence factory in operation before many July days pass into oblivion. A large volume of bus iness is being done by this concern,and Mr. Lawrence, the new special representative, is securing many orders. He has gone to Merdian, Mississippi, to close a contract for the sale of 4,000 feet of fencing. The facilities of the factory wi! be greatly increased after removing the factory' to this city, especially for manufacturing iron fencing and farm gates, as well as square mesh field fencing, a large and improved loom being now under course of construction. The G. R- & I. company have constructed a switch, which is laid the entire length of the factory and the company has already placed an order for the first supply of coal with which the producers will be operated.

LOBSIGER ROAD TO BE SOLD Joint Session of Adams-Wells County Commissioners. To day was the date set for the second joint meeting of the boards of Adams and Wells counties in the Lobsiger county line gravel road matter. The Adams board arrived here at noou and the report of the visitors and engineer was read and approved and the road advertised and sold. The date for the sale of the contract for the construction of the road is July 9. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The Adams county commissioners must also be present at the sale. —Blufftja Banner. __£) Dick Burrell received a letter from his son Page, who just arrived at Dodge City, Kan., stating that while enroute, as his train was passing through Kansas City, Mo., water was so high that it covered the second step of the coaches. However, he arrived safely at his destination.