The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-02
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r<brtef mo over the North
81 in ssnaf4 his morning 1e-
living paees ftleine at different
nIass rhere h@ las sickness found
no he ln ssat Tess. At Iseveral
psaet tire people had been left in
h0ust rep1f ed saTtage Of bread
stuff 51t sa5s that 5erwise they were
eomfftabla All tle who wish to
leave sheir nomes are being taken out
il a hs'rv. and by dirk there will b.
few le except those who feel them
selves ste. the patroiins rescue boats
and tlss numerous thieves. Chief Golf.
who is n the Davis elevator in the
nortAWeA IT Of tewn with about 1876
eaaple, ant word to the officers on this
Il 50 sad him y inchester rifles, An
attempt fas made 10 send them after
osrz last night b. Guy Ware and Sam
Esssiess, Hho started in a small boat
The boat vas capsized the guns ana eva
erythfng use lost, and the men hung iip
on a Telegraph wire until daylight, When
they mantged ta rsEEE Their Boat
They haa sbss feturned to the north
app4oassh ST the bridge when the State
Journal taporter and John Allendorf, an
exDeTienoad boatfaan. secured their skin
ana staftsa cut through the west part
THY STOPPED at the elevator to speak
to Cor. and tell hin II the loss OF the
gure He said shat b had been com
PEELED to stand on the reef Of the els-
vator yesterday and / tch some crooks
loot a house within q lock Of the Gle
vator when he called to them and ask
ed III m what they were doing they
jeering replied ifat they had found a
birds nest
Boat No. from st. Joseph was I'M
der the San today, and all parties who
started cut were cautioned to look out
for it and arrest the occupants, who
were known to be engaged in pilfering
houses. The occupants Of other st. Joe
boats were warned q be civil to all par
ties questioning them to avoid trouble.
last night by the authorized parties. but
No. is still at large. They are white
boats bearing a number and the word
Park both on the boat and oars.
There are some people engaged in the
rescue business who should be carrying
provisions on the bridge or pulling the
breeches buoy. They don't know how to
handle the boat.
This morning the reporter and his
companion had to go to the re1cue OF
an overladen boat, without a competent
oarsman and a hysterical woman on the
back seat. Her shrieks Of fear gave the
Of the little skiT the ldeA
that she was being drowned. A little
careful handling got the passengers
across the worst currents Mehl and
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burnites, are doing remarkable work IN
Kansas avenue. These young men ana
a few other WaShburn students have
strung line of rope from the river
eleven blocks north. making way for
boats to cross the fierce currents which
come through every street from the
west At noon today there were only
about half a dozen people in No ! fire
station, and they intend to stay. Twp
women are in the building. but no chill
dren-
Officers Carson and Miller were at the
station today with a rife watching the
country for thieves. Chief
sent five firemen, Hanlon,
Berger, Gurtler. Elder and Keller over
at noon today to assist in the police work
Of the north side. They win try to
guard against the loDting of the avenue
stores. which win probably begin in
dead earnest tonight.
One of the disagreeable things the
people who stay are forced to contend
with is the dead animals which lodge in
trees or were tied near the houses and
are beginning to be odoriferous.
Chief Wilmarth received word today
about noon from O. Capron that all but
posed 10 be in the hands Of thieves had
been recovered and we're being used to the
best advantage. No bodies of drowned
people have been recovered today and
there is no way of finding out how many
All the refugees in the wooden mill have
been taken cut and brought 70 the south
side via the Santa Fe bridge.
At 2.30 this afternoon @. NJ Capron was
sworn in as deputy sheriff with IS extra
ter rifles. They viii patrol the north side
in beats