Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-06

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some plot of high ground.
Provisions of all sorts are becom-
ing scarce. No freight trains have
entered the city for several days, and
as large quantities of groceries were
destroyed in North Topeka there will
not be enough for the people to eat,
II this situation last much longer.
Two Thieves Shot.
1t is reported that vigilance COM
mittee, Sunday night, shot two thieves
caught in the act of looting flooded
houses.
Henry Cowles, farmer who lives
west Of the city, tells a pitiful story.
While rescuing people with scow he
found q woman hanging to a tele-
graph pole, almost ready to lose her
hold. She had lost her baby, but
few minutes before she was rescued.
Robert Stone, of the law firm Of
Truman & Stone, worked in boat all
Saturday and Sunday taking food to
the people cooped up in North To-
peka. He says: P. T. Wise, ex-city
engineer of Topeka, did splednid work
in North Topeka. He had an unfortu-
nate experience with a woman and
her little child. He had taken them
out of house and was trying to get
them to the elevator. The boat cap
sized, and the child was swept away.
Wise tried to pull the woman out, but
her dress was torn off, and he was
unable to save her. Both mother and
child were drowned. Good work has
been done by Louis French and W. H.
Wilson, who worked in all the homes
near the Rochester schoolhouse, and
who saved many lives. Arthur Woolan
and Emerson McGraw, with little
hunting canoe, also saved many lives.
Society Girls at Work.
At least five hundred refugees slept
at the Auditorium Monday night. OF
the hundreds of pairs of stockings do
mated many needed darning, and the
society girls of Topeka have turned
out with needle and thread and done
yeoman service. The public schools
have been dismissed, and the teachers
also are aiding in sewing.
Robert Haggard and man named
Burch rescued w. II. Troutman and
his daughter. It took them four
hours battling against the current to
reach the house and take the Trout
mans to the Melan bridge. Four girls
named Wilson in the Troutman house
refused to leave.
Three women floating on a section
Of railroad track, where they had re-
NAMED all night, were rescued.
Charles Wallace, after rescuing
many persons with rowboat, fell in
to the water. He managed to swim
to tree, where he hung all night in
the cold rain. Near him was young
boy. Their cries could be heard all
through the night, but it was impos-
sible to reach them until morning.
At the Davis elevator Mrs. Conroe
was delivered of child in the cold
and bare surroundings.
Young Woman Driven Insane.
The horrors of night on the roof
caused the temporary arrangement
Of Miss Laura Irons.
DR.. Miner and his son-in-law, A. C.
Heating, missing since Sunday, were
found Monday on the roof of a house
where they had lodged after an at
tempt to float to safety on a poorly
raft.
II. c. Parsons went to Chief Goff's
house, and, taking Mrs. Golf and child
with him, started back to the Melan
bridge, which was then the rescue
point. The boat struck tree and all
were thrown into the water. Par
sons caught both the boat and the
woman and child. and towing them,
swan to tree. In assisting Mrs.
Golf to climb the tree he was COM
PEELED to release his boat. Then Par
sons swan to house dozen yards
away. He broke in window, entered
and secured blankets with which he
made his way back to the tree, tieing
his charges to the tree in which
they hung. Later the woman and her
child were rescued by others.
Rewards for Rescuers.
Robert Haggart and Bishop Hoard,
expert boatmen, rescued Miss Flor
ence Kimball and sister, and received
$50. Shortly afterwards the same men
started back to save the father and
sisters of James Troutman. They did
30 after strenuous efforts, receiving
800 rewards.
A man named ]. C. Moore foated all
the way from Topeka to Lawrence
before he was rescued. AS soon as he
got out he telegraphed back to To-
peka asking if his family were safe.
While a man was taking a woman
and child from the north side across
In Oakland the hoat capsiZed and the