Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-06-05
Great Many People Drowned
at North Topeka, Kan.
Property Losses Will Amount
to Millions Of Dollars.
Rivers at Kansas City and Topeka Are
FnllIng-ScarcIty of Food rs the
Worst Feature OF the Situ-
alton at Present-Ap-
peal for Help.

Topeka, Kan, June 2.-Last night
at o'clock the water in the Kansas
river had gone down IA inches and
was falling at the rate of half an
inch an hour. From Manhattan, up
the river, comes the report that the
water there is slowly falling. At
Wamego the same condition prevails
and it is now reasonably certain that
the waters here will steadily recede.
At this time there are "a known
dead.
The distress of the sufferers is
being relieved. Those who are still
in North Topeka are being supplied
with food, and they are in practically
no danger unless it be from sickness.
One of the most distressing feat
ures of the situation now is the pos
sibility that there will be q spread of
contagious diseases. People of all
classes are huddled together in
houses not large enough for them,
and on all sides they are surrounded
by water. Doctors and medical relief
cannot reach the sufferers to any
great extent.
Monday afternoon a case of diph-
mill in North Topeka, where there
are a large number of children, in
addition to the adults. There is also
a case or two of scarlet fever among
the refugees on the north side. Hun
dreds of cases of measles are preva-
lent among the children, and on ac-
count of the exposed condition of the
patients, will result fatally in many
| cases.
DR.. Grubbs says that the sanitary
condition of North Topeka when the
water shall go down will be such that
the place will not be fit for habita-
ton for some months. He says he
thinks the best plan would be to get
tents from the state and establish
tent city on some plot of high
ground.
Provisions of all sorts are becom-
ing scarce in Topeka. No freight
trains have entered the city for sew
eral days, and as large quantities of
groceries were destroyed in North
Topeka there will not be enough for
the people to eat if the present sit
uation lasts much longer. 1t is
charged that certain of the mer-
chants have formed combination
lOT IHe puTpoSe OI cOnJrOLlnS Jne
prices on provisions.
1t will be at least a week before
freight trains from the east can en-
ter Topeka, and perhaps longer. An
effort will be made to secure a stock
of provisions from the smaller towns
south of here and this may relieve
the situation somewhat.
A Rock Island relief train reached
1 l..
reform school. The train brought 60
boats and two steam launches. Boat
men from Lake Contrary are in
charge and they are doing splendid
work in taking flood victims to places
of safety.
A long train of Rock Island passen-
ger coaches was also brought, and in
these the people will be taken to
places further up the track, some to
Atchison, and others to st. Joseph,
where they will be provided for.
The Santa Fe is doing a great work
in behalf of the sufferers.
Topeka, Kan, June 3.-The flood
situation in Topeka may be briefly
summarized thus:
Known dead As.
River has fallen three feet and is
now receding at the rate of two
inches an hour.
Distress will be great among the
refugees.
Gov Bailey issues proclamation
calling for help for flood sufferers of
| the state.
Fifty deputy sheriffs, armed with
Winchesters, go to North Topeka to
protect property, with orders to
shoot looters whenever they are
caught stealing.
Gov. Bailey's proclamation calling
for outside aid was decided upon at
a mass meeting, when the governor
was requested to issue the call 1t
was decided to make this a general
appeal for the people all along the
flooded districts of the state, as well
as for those in Topeka. The plan is
to make Topeka headquarters and to
distribute the aid from here to the
other parts of the state.
There will be this general appeal,
an appeal through the fraternal or
| CARNATIONS and other appeals
through various sources.
There is no way of getting at the
amount of damage done by the flood
in Topeka and vicinity. The damage
may reach $2,OoO,OOO. It may go be-
yond that and it may be much less.
Crops in the Kansas bottom are de-
stroyed, which will cause an enorm-
Gus loss to farmers.
Kansas City, Mo-, June with
gas and electric lights extinguished,
the waterworks. shut down and the
Foul Play Is Suspected.
Chicago, June 3.-Relatives of Dan
iel d. Case, whose body was found
near Meridian, Miss, on Monday, be-
lieve he was slain by bank robbers or
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