The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-04

2 o'clock Friday afternoon, June 5. to
work for the benefit of the food suffer
ers- As many as can should attend and
come early.
Misses Fanny ana Laura Eshleman
are requested, in behalf of their Cali
fornia brother, to cali at A. Bergen's
Office in Columbian building as soon as
possible.
A. H. Brill and Rex Brill are safe at
Elmont-
This morning word was brought that
c. 5. Matthews and family and H. G.
Knox and family were still at 1919
North Harrison street.
Dr. Dawson came over at 10 o'clock
/ this morning with Mrs. Shirley, who
! lived in the two story stone house at
/ the corner of Van Buren, and Park
streets. She has been sick for some
time and was brought over on stretch
er. The doctor says they passed the
dead body of woman tied to Mar
pies livery stable, probably by some
! one to prevent its floating away. A
short distance farther I'D was the body
/ of a man. He was unable to identify
either one.
I. c. BaiIy has complete waterworks,
4 wind pump and 40 barrel tank and can
furnish drinking water. The pump viii
draw so barrels per day; hose connee-
ton out to wagon in street 500 Garfield
avenue. He viii not charge amy one for
water.
The police patrol wagon, which was
swept away in the flood, was taken
out al noon today on Kline street, east
of the Santa E'e shops 1t IS not dam
aged
Mrs. h S. Curry. Of 1920 North To-
peka avenue, is requested. on behalf Of
her California brother, L. E. Eshleman,
to call at A Bergen's office in the
gen where she can be reached. as soon
as possible
A note was received this morning by
Miss Armstrong. secretary of th-
North Topeka Young Women's- Chris
tian association, from Miss Minnette
Loop She and DR.. and Mrs. Haggerty
i are safely cared for in Holmans add
ton
NJ c. Holman sent word to the State
/ Journal office today that Mrs. Mccall
and her two daughters We're rescued
from a two-story house, taken to his
place, and afterward taken north to
the high land
All North Topeka policy holders of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com
+ pany are requested to send present ad-
dress to office rooms 4 0and Il Colum
bian building.
There are about nineteen head of COWS
4 and between twenty and thirty head of
/ horses at Tecumseh that have been res
cued from the river at that point.
George Kriepe. who lives two miles
east Of Tecumseh, reports that five
/ houses are floating on his farm and that
! he has seen two dead bodies in the back
water there.
When the flood swept down on Topeka
last Friday Lieutenant Ruddell of the
British navy was visiting his cousin.
James A. Campbell. at 1115 North Mon
+ roe street. Lieutenant Rudden is, Of
i course, accustomed to the sea, but he
hardly expected TO find one our here on
4 the. prairies fifteen hundred miles inland
+ When he arose on Saturday morning he
found the house surrounded by a wild
torrent Is this sort of thing common
/ here before breakfast" he inquired Of
the family.
President Miller of the College of En-
poria, is here looking after the comfort
of his mother and sister, who were
among the flood sufferers. The mother
is SO years old. and her daughter is So
The two lived on North Topeka avenue.
When the flood came up they took
refuge in the second story of their home
and on saturday boat took them from
the top of their bay window They have
80 h1'+A-e7 - - 4 > - 81 CO
There are IA people at the home of
the Small family near Shorey. There
are several cases of measles among the
children IN the party
Parties knowing the whereabouts or
/ fate of John S Miller and family, who
! lived II the third or fourth house west
of NJ G. Holman should notify the.
State Journal Mrs. E. b. Fulks. OF
| Buriingame. IS a sister of the missing
/ Mrs. Miller. It has been reported that
Mr.. Miller and family were rescued
and taken to relatives in the country
but nothing definite has been learned.
Volunteers are wanted to mend and
repair mems and boys clothing at th-
Auditorium. There is an efficient CORES
at work on the Women's and children :
clothes. but when volunteers We're
called for to work in the mems depart
ment this morning only one woman re-
sDOnded- Mrs. NJ E, White is in cha roe
and VIII be glad of assistance. More.
WOmens hats are wanted at the Audi
forum at once.
While Henry Steele was going to his
home to spend the night Tuesday some
of the jealous deputy sheriffs fired two
shots a him, barely missing their mark.
Ihey thought he was a r0bber. Steele
says if ne had had a revolver he would
have killed the men who shot at him.
~ tAdtC Ats1S YET Detn IOu1U OF I'd
ward Grafstrom, mechanical engineer
for the Santa Fe who is supposed to
have drowned when the gasoline launch
Icapsized Tuesday afternoon.
No fires have occurred in Topeka
since the flood, except a very small one
at the Santa Fe shops early this morn
ing. It was extinguished without loss.
A train of Santa Fe cars was run out
to Seymour's commission house yester-
day. loaded with pumps and machinery
necessary to begin pumping out that