The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
COMMITTEE MEETS.
Large Appropriations Have Been
Made by Lodges.

At a meeting of the chairmen of the
relief committees at the Commercial
club this morning various reports were
made.
committee, reported the aggregate sub
scriptions received about $4,000. He
stated that the $1,000 subscribed by the
Continental Tobacco company went into
the state fund and did not belong TO his
G. N. Beal reported that the Modern
Woodmen had appropriated $1,000, 5000
of which went into the general reller
fund $3.50 to care for the suffering
members of the order, and $3.50 to go to
the North Topeka lodge of Woodmen for
its distribution.
The Masons have appropriated 81. 700
a large part of which will go into the
general relief fund.
w. A. S. Bird reported on behalf OF
the fraternities that the plan was to
cooperate with the general committee
and the principal part of the contribu-
lions the fraternities made would go
into the hands of the committee of
which Mr.. GODDARD is chairman.
H. M. Philips reported that his COM
mittee had found it necessary to buy
one hundred pairs of shoes at 81 a pair;
one hundred bushels of potatoes at 20
cents a bushel were also bought.
No one has been turned away who de-
sired food or clothing
An employment bureau has been es-
4 tablished at the Auditorium.
/ It was ascertained that the supply OF
] bedding was not quite equal to the re-
quirenents.
The relief committee finds that one
of its problems is to furnish feed and
a corral for the horses and stock which
have been saved from North ToDeka,
and arrangements TO this end Were
made.
W W. Webb reported that he and Mr..
Cole had been in boats over a large
portion Of North Topeka and they could
Stories to the contrary are untrue. He
said the indiscriminate shooting on the
part of unwise deputies was causing
more terror in North Topeka than any
/ thing eleSe: reVolvers were being fired
at pigs. dogs and cats, and the lives
of boatmen assisting in the rescue were
endangered.
A committee was at once appointed
to confer with the sheriff and stop this
firing of guns.
A committee was also appointed tc
/ effect, with the chairman of the boat
committee a new distribution of the
/ boats. placing them, so far as possible
in the hands of North topeka people
who could identify those who are prop
erty owners and who are on that side
for legitimate purposes only. A con-
ference with the sheriff was arranged
to this end.
It was made essential at the meetins
that North Topeka people should be-
discouraged from going to that side Of
down.
DR. Grubbs, of the emergency board
of health made a report in accordance
with the action of the board as told
elsewhere.
DR.. Grubbs said he believed through
the work mapped out to be done by his
committee that North Topeka could
be cleaned up in a remarkably short
time after the water recedes.
The emergency health committee ex-
poets TO receive a large number of vol
unteers among the Russians and Others
living in North Topeka who will go tc
work and scrub and flush out the
houses.
NJ. P. Henderson of the boat commit
tee reported that eleven boats had been
built here. nine had been received from
Ottawa, six from Emporia. twenty nine
from st. Joseph, including one steam
launch, six from Holton. two from
Pauline and a number from other
sources