The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-29
NORTH TOPEKA.

ILeave items for this column with the
Klmbau Printing Company, 912 North
Kansas Avenue.l
There We're so few scholars at Lane
school this morning that no session was
held
The river is now coming into Red
mondville and the eolored citizens are
moving out.
Mr.. win Endicott of Emporia is vis-
iting Mr.. and Mrs Mcmillan of s13
Kansas avenue.
Carnations soc a dozen at the North
street. Ind. Tel. 698.
Many of the North side merchants are
moving their goods out of the base
ments of their stores.
Mrs. L. P. Shoemaker of Horton is
visiting her daughter Mrs. H. W
Daub of Central avenue.
Bert Parks came in yesterday from
Rossville. He intends to go home today
and will walk to Silver Lake and then
drive.
superintendent Davidson was in
North Topeka this morning and dis
missed the schools held in the basement
of Grant building.
Miss Mabel Felker, a student at the
State normal at Emporia, is expected
today to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Felker, near Hoyt
Soldier creek is now running way over
its banks and this morning a family
living on Kansas avenue found three of
the park boats in the front of their
house.
Owing to the high water the Memoir
ial exercises which were to have been
I held tomorrow at Rochester cemetery
have been abandoned. but probably
/ committees will be appointed TO go out
and decorate the graves. The parade
will also be called off. If the weather
permits, however the exercises planned
will be held on the Melan bridge
! DR.. r. T. Shaw. of Holton. is visiting
his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Steele
/ of 1908 Jackson street The doctor visit
! is an enforced one as he arrived yester-
day from Oklahoma and went from
/ here to Valley Falls intending to take
the train for home from that point, but
as the tracks there were several feet
under water he concluded to return here
4 and try it from this place.
The condition in Little Russia is de-
plorable. In many cases nothing is
visible but the roofs of the houses. The
inhabitants of the place have moved
I from house to house as the high water
Increased until there is no place for
them to go. Yesterday Father Henry
/ came over and offered them a tempor-
ary home in the old Catholic church
! This morning they were gathering to-
gether what they could and making
I Preparations to move to this refuge
A considerable portion of the First
ward is under water. The lowest part
of the ward lies about half way be-
tween Soldier creek and the Union Pa
/ cific tracks and east of Kansas avenue
In this section the streets are under
water A large part of the territory ly-
ing east of the Union Pacific tracks
from the bridge over Soldier creek is
now flooded and reaches the railroad
embankment At IL o'clock today 2
+ strong current was flowing from the
river lust below the Sardou avenue
bridge towards the railroad tracks west
T of the Garden Place tracks. 1t is re-
ported that North Topeka is now an
island. the river having cut across the
! country into Soldier creek This may
be doubtful But the creek is far our
Of its banks and a vicious current is
flowing. The river above the Melaa
bridge is backing water up or down 70
the front of the Union Pacific freight
depot At this writing the river Is rls-
ing an inch an hour. West of the ave
nue. the water is almost as bad The
4 George skinner conservatories across
from Maple Grove are in danger and
the neighboring streets afford good
/ boating Central avenue IS protected ny
a temporary dyke around the south enc
of the bridge but tasre is danger from
the back water from the river which
now overhows the Eorth end o. Kansas