Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-11

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, No. II in Topeka, where seventy-hv,
, flood sufferers were cared for will
, meals and lodging. OF this number
more than half are children. Thu
. members of the Woman's Relief Corp
are thoroughly organized for this worl
} and are not only feeding but providing
all under their charge with needed
clothing The hall is open day and
night.
MEDoRA SURRoUNDED.-Little River
became mile wide at Medora. Every
building in town is surrounded and
water is over the floor Of the postoffice.
Thousands of acres of wheat and al
falfa are flooded and hundreds of farms
are under water. Many people have
moved to higher ground. Cow Creek
washed out the Missouri Pacific and
Santa Fe bridges north of Sterling and
traffic is at standstill.
In THE OLD WAY.-Kansas mules are
hauling mail out of Topeka, eastward
1t isn't costing the government any
thing. The postmasters at Lecompton
and Tecumseh each rugged up teams OF
four mules. In this way were the first
mails sent out from towns between To
peka and Kansas City. Some of the
mails have been going by the way OF
Emporia.
KANSAS VETERAN SPEAKs.-J. d.
Snoddy, of Pleasanton, Kan, who
served in the Civil war with the 9TH
Kansas infantry, (the Jayhawlters)
was the orator of the day at the Decor
alton day services at Covington, KY,
under the auspices of John c. Fremont
post No. 4, G. A. r. His address was
listened to by several thousand people.
DELIVERY TO FLOOD SUFFERERS. -
The delivery of all mails for North To-
peka residents at the window of the
superintendent of carriers in the To-
pelia postoffice was begun and all the
carriers who have routes north of the
river were at work in the office on the
south side.
ARMY RATIoNs SENT. Colonel Minor,
commanding at Fort Leavenworth, is
sued 10000 rations to Kansas City,
Kansas. He also has asked Adj. Gen.
Corbin to make Fort Leavenworth u
central point to meet the demand, and
send rations there in unlimited guam.
titles
CoNFIsCATED FooD.- AT one time in
Topeka there were over 90 refugees in
No. fire station. Food for them was
secured by breaking into stores along
Kansas avenue and confiscating what
ever could be used. Among the num-
Der in the station are five or six small
babies.
MURDoCK's SECRETARY Victor Muir
dock, congrcssman-elect, rendered to
David d. Leahy the position of private
secretary and Mr.. Leahy accepted it.
Mr. Leahy will probably do the WASH
ington correspondence for an Iowa
paper during the congressional ses-
sions.
By SAME STRoKE.-At Hutchinson
Lampman Strickley and A. Jarvis
were struck by the same stroke of
lightning; one of them at the signal
tower and the other in the station, the
lightning passing over wire. They
both survived.
HAIL IN BARBER.-A heavy rain with
some hail and strong wind swept
through the county extending as TAR
east as Wiuaeld. No serious damage
only to small grain.
Town BECAME AN ISLAND. Hill City
was SO situated. The towns had no
trains for over week, and provisions
got very low, causing suffering
TROUBLESOME TELEeRAPnINe. The
operator Mt Holiday was driven to the
top of the table by three feet of water
on the floor of the depot.
AT Eight inches of rain
fell there in As hours There was no
mail or Geographic communication for
80 hours,
LARGEST IN STATE. Lawrence claims
the biggest G. A. r. organization in
the state: Washington post, with Il
membership of 265.
TIE BOwERsoCK Mill. whole
of North Lawrence was under water.
The Bowcrsocll mill on the south bank
collapsed. Houses and live stock float
ell down stream.
ALONG THE SMOKY Hill. Besides
Salina, Solomon and other towns on
that river, Woodbine, Chapman and
Lexington became flooded The water
was the highest ever known.
HIS LAST RUN.-"Dad" White, con-
ductor on the Ellinwood branch of the
Santa Fe, asked and received permits
sion to make the trip from Ellinwood