The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-01
Emergency Stations, and the
Work They Are Doing.
The Sick People Are Being Well
Cared For.
WOMEN WORK HARD.
Society Leaders DO Much to
Relieve Distress.
Salvation Army Feeds Over 900
Hungry People.

All social functions in Topeka have
been called off on account of the flood. |
The people are in no mood for gaiety I
and the thoughts uDpermost in every I
mind relate to the problems of the res /
cue and relief of the victims of the ter (
ribIe disaster that has befallen the (
town. Nothing else is discussed. Miss
Wood and Miss Mabel Wood, who were /
to have had an afternoon card party
today, recalled their invitations yester-
day. Miss Allabelle Troutman, who
was to have entertained for Miss Har- I
riett Stanley and Miss Leila Purdue. OF
Wichita. Friday, has abandoned her /
plans and her guests viii postpone thcii /
visit. The weddings scheduled for the
week viii take place very quietly, bur
there viii be no other affairs The To-
peka federation of women's clubs has
postponed its programme meetine /
which was to have been held Thursday
afternoon at Unity church, and the
president. Mrs. A H. Horton has called
a meeting for Wednesday morning az
the church to arrange plans for the
further aid of the flood sufferers. So
ciety and club women are prominent
in the work of relief being carried on
over town. The heads of the commit
tees are. Mrs. Charles F. Spencer. Mrs.
A. A. GODDARD. Mrs. C. p. Bolnar, Mrs
H. o. Carney, Mrs. G. W. Veale Mrs
Margaret Crawford. Mrs ]. e. Hurley.
Mrs. S. NJ. Wood. Miss Anna Marie Nell
lis Miss Fannie Seymour Mrs. S. c.
Nichols Mrs. W. H Eastman Mrs
Grant Howell and Mrs. W. A. joins
ston- These were aided Saturday. sun
day and today by many Others but it
is a mistake to suppose that there is
superfuity of help at the different
places where the relief work IS being
carried on. Some OF the women at the
Auditorium have worked for the past
three days and until midnight Saturday
/ and Sunday night Two people cared
7 for Ia refugees in the new court house.
Sunday There were less than a dozen
4 people at the Salvation Army Sunday
I to care for 600 homeless men, women
and children. many of them i'll. The
relief work has not yet been sYstema-
7 tized. and the result is that many who
go to the Auditorium to offer aid are
given nothing to do and so home con-
Vlnced that they can be Of no assist
ance. But there is work for all who
have leisure and Will be for many
days. Efficient helpers are needed-thr
kind of women who can see what theirs
I is to be done and do it.
! 1t was reported Sunday morning THAI
more baby clothes were needed by the
relief committee and several young
4 society women went out to canvass tn
! brought in several basket loads Baby
clothes yellow with age, treasured for
] years among the mothers dearest pos
sessions, We're given willingly for the
( homeless little ones whose plight is one
of the most pathetic features of this
I catastrophe.
The Salvation Army fed 500 people
white and colored Sunday and about
$50 slept there last night Captain La
+ Plount and his wife are in charge of the
/ headquarters on lower Kansas avenue
There is a branch relief station in Pot
win in charge OF Captain and Mrs. Parr
whose home was inundated and who
lost everything in the flood but have Sc
cured an empty room and are taking
care of the Potwin and Auburndale vic
TINS. There are three little babies less
than three months old at the Salvation
/ Army hall at So Kansas avenue and Il
old women. 1t was reported yesterday
/ that baby was born at the Salvation
Army hall Saturday night but the ru-
NOR was unfounded although several
women in a critical condition have az
rived there and been taken to private
At the emergency hospital which has
been improvised in the council chamber
on the top floor of the Auditorium there
We're between 20 and 30 persons. men,
women and children this morning. Al
bert Artzer, a Russian who was in the
water from Friday until Sunday night
rescuing others was taken there last
night lie WAS unconscious out revived
and was better today. He is the father
Of nine children. all saved His wife
was with him at the hospital this morn
ing Another man who had been engaS-
ed in the rescue work from Friday I'M
til Sunday night was a young fellow
by the name of Gardner, a member of
the Otto Floto show which is tied up
here. eEIe was able to get up this morn
ing and returned to the work of res
cue
1-1,s v-boonfro couch ward at the
Auditorium hospital has eleven children
and three mothers are aiding the nurses
in looking after them. One little colored
boy was in a dangerous condition all
night He is 5 years old, had been very
i'll for two weeks and was in the water
for two DAYS before rescued. 1t is not
known where his mother IS He was
one of nine co1ored children rescued
with one woman who had gathered
them into her house and kept Them safe
until help came.
Two deaths have been reported among
the flood victims at Christ hospital. a
Mrs Bishop. an elderly woman suf-
fering with dropsy and a colored wo-
man whose name could not be learned.
She had chronic stomach trouble. Fright
and exposure cause their deaths. Six
teen of the flood victims have been
cared for at Christ hospital.
The Auditorium hospital is in charge
of Mrs. Margaret Crawford. of Christ
hospital. she is assisted by Miss Mary
Rutton of Christ hospital Mrs Kimbali
and Mrs. Kirk of the Battle Greek san
itarium. Miss Evangeline Ingersou of
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