The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-02

They will be taken, some to Atchison
and others to st. Joseph, where they
will be provided for.
Only Water for Miles.
w. o. Neville, chief clerk in the Of
fice of the Rock Island general super
intendent's office, went in a boat for
several miles through this side of the
hooded district this afternoon. He
had field glass with him, and reports:
For miles, as far as / could see,
looking to the north, there was moth
ing but water. Our relief trains got in
on the north side of the city, near the
reform school. Miles of the Rock Island
track are washed out, and much of
the remaining track is up on end. 1t
will be week before we can get trains
into Topeka. Three trainloads of ma
terial for rebuilding the tracks have
been sent from Chicago, and we ex-
pect to be among the first people to
get passenger service started after the
flood goes down.
M. Baird, former foreman of the Santa
Fee boiler shops, went over to the
North side this afternoon to attend
some sick people. Their boat was
swamped, and word comes that they
are now in a tree
The Santa Fe is laying a floor on
its bridge across the Kansas river in
the hope of rescuing some sufferers.
General Manager H. u. Nudge has been
out there all day personally supervising
the work
The Santa Fe is doing a great work
in behalf of the sufferers. The facili-
ties of its enormous shops here are at
the disposal of those wishing to make
steam launch or other machinery for.
he ATH h1rv
pumping apparatus to be constructed,
and are sending supply of water
through the mains in the east portion
of the city. By boiling the water it
can be made drinkable.
The people of Topeka have respond
ed Loyalty to the calls for supplies and
shelter for the needy and the homeless,
Up to the present time the relief com
mittee has had no trouble to supply
what clothes are necessary and to feed
all the hungry.
Busy at Relief.
In order to take care of needy people
the relief committee is issuing orders
on grocery stores. The order is good
for from one to three days and en-
titles the holder to so cents or a dol
lars worth of groceries.
The response of the people in giving
has been cheerful and loyal. There
are great piles of clothing on the
stage of the auditorium. The women
have turned out in large numbers and
are working day and night to take
care of the people in need. The secret
societies are aiding in the work.
Miss Carrie Bishop and Mrs. Shu-
bert died at Christ hospital today.
They were injured and i'll from the
effects of their experiences in the
flood.
VisiIantes Shoot Thieves.
1t is reported that a vigilance COM
mittee last night shot two thieves
caught In the act of looting flooded
houses.
The reform school northwest of
North Topeka on Soldier Creek, cannot
be reached by telephone. The engine
and boiler house of the institution had
to be deserted last week even before
the flood became so terrible. The in
mates of the school are safe.
Harry Cowles, a farmer who lives
west of the city, while rescuing people
with scow, found a woman hanging
to telegraph pole, almost ready to
lose her hold. She had lost her baby.
Robert Stone, a lawyer, worked in a
boat all day Saturday and Sunday,
taking food to the people cooped up in
North Topeka. He says:
Topeka, had taken a woman and her
little child out of a house and was try
Ing to get them to the elevator. The
boat capsized 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"
At least 500 hundred slept at the
auditorium last night. At the Davis
elevator Mrs. Conroe was delivered Of
child in the cold and bare surround
ings. r51 =
Young Woman Deranaed.
The horrors of a night on the roof
caused the temporary arrangement Of
Miss Laura Irons.
The little son of G. H. Merritt,
fireman, was swept away before his
parents eyes, while rescuers were re-
moving the family.
While a man was taking a woman
and child from the North side across
to Oakland the boat capsized and the
woman and child were drowned. It
Is not known who they were.
A woman rescued from the roof Of
house on Curtis street, where she had
been for several hours, was holding her
dead baby in her arms. She was pay
ing so much attention to the child that
she was Indifferent about her own res
cue.
While a rescuing boat was remov-
ing Mrs George M. Story, her two
children and Miss Louise Seahaven
from their home the boat capsized.
Miss Seahaven and the baby were
drowned.
A woman and little child who were
cl1ngtng to house near the Gabriel
lumber yard on Kansas avenue north,
were seen to lose their hold and were
swept into the lumber ward
At o'clock the relief fund has been
swelled to more than $4,000.
Outside Aid Needed.
The Masonic bodies and all the other
secret societies of Topeka held a mass
meeting tonight and strongly condemn
ed the action Of the Commercial club
in refusing outside aid. They say the
conditions here will make the expendi-
ture of many thousands Of dollars nee
essary and that all offers of outside aid
would be welcomed, the town greatly
needing all it can get. The need will
be greater when the flood subsidies and
the work Of re-establishing the sur
vivors in their homes is carried on.
An organized effort is being make by
a robber gang to loot the uninhabited
houses Of North Topeka. Company A
and Battery B, of the state militia, are
In charge now near the flooded dis
friPf The