The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-02
REACHES CHURCH.
Communication at Last Estab-
lished on North Side.
Heroic Young Men Carry Line
Down Kansas Avenue.
FOUND HUNGRY PEOPLE
Boy and an Old Man on Top Of
Billiards. Mill.
Youth Played COrnet After He
Had Been Fed.
REPORTS DEAD BODIES
Searcher Says lie Found Five
in Two Houses.
Goodness Shown by Woman
Taken from a Tree.
Boy and an Old Man on Top of
Billiards. Mill.
Youth Played COrnet After He
Had Been Fed.
REPORTS DEAD BODIES
Searcher Says He Found Five
in Two Houses.
Goodness Shown by Woman
Taken from a Tree.

with heavy hempen cable stretched
along the west side of Kansas avenue
from the north approach of the Melan
bridge to the North Topeka Methodist
church, midway in the block north Of
Gordon street, safe connections can now
be made from the Rock Island depot to
that point Men were at work, under
the direction of Major A. NJ. Harvey,
stretching this cable from the two
street cars, which stand on the north
bank Of the river in front of the Fen
sky house all yesterday. These two cars
are almost upon the edge of the gap
where the approach to the north side
Of the two bridges was washed away
Vashburn college deserves the big end
of the credit for the dangerous work Of
running this cable through the swift
waters of North Kansas avenue
party Of 20 or more Washburn college
boys worked all day long at the two
street cars and in boats. relieving each
other from time to time but most of
them spending the entire day in North
Topeka. Louis Strauss, Bob TasNer, Gus
Mackey. and a dozen other young men
about town, whose names could not be
obtained. worked at the undertaking
also. Among the Washburn boys were
Hugh Mcfarland. Prof. o. NJ. Towne'
Frank Richie, Ramsey, Fred Richie
-Hen" Reed. r. p. Anderson, Pearley
Kelley. Frank Mohler.-C. steele. sam
Butts. Gill Donohue, VIII Carothers,
Roscoe Burns II. Coldren. Harry MAY
nard and John Dadisman. Or. Biorck
also spent the day there.
These boys waded from pole TO role
clinging to sagging wires and pullng
after them the smaller CORDS over Whicn
later the big two inch cable followed.
Then scoWs were sent up carrying more
rope and prQvifons for the unfortunatas
that rhiIhif ppen to be found. But
tha--g was f..AF demand for food than for
anything else. The tussle with the wa
Ter was one which the boys who took
part win not forget soon. 1t was easy
enough going north In the boats because
the current tended that direction as Wen
AZ east but the return was hazardous
and wearvine. The last boauoads did
mot come back until about o'clock
Monday night after which work was
abandoned till morning
Az will be readily seen this cable viii
he of untold service in giving connec-
ton to an parts of North Topeka east
az Kansas avenue. 1T Will be the malh
channel OF a thoroughfare with which
win be connected side lines into the
eastern part of town. which so Tar mas
haon nearly inaccessible on account OF
fho dangerous water with which its
Streets are filled The west part of tae
town has been throughly patroiled al
TOO much credit can not be given the
men who worked on that cable Push
ing their way through steadily deepen-
ing water until they We're obliged To
Five nm 7vadfng their danger of being
srrept away increased with each sue
feedine step. At Norris street the water
became too deep TO wade and north g
that the depth seems constantly to In
crease At Gordon street the cable run-
ners took cur men from a roof. tie
roof of d. 7. A Ryder's home. They
,~ere sent back to the street cars and
from there across the river Probably
twenty people were found in buildings
on Kansas avenue. but all of them ap-
neared to be i'm good shape and only the
FOUR mentioned wanted to be taken Off
AT Billiards. MILL at Curtis street. there
are several people; it was impossible te
tell how many, but probably not oNel
a dozen. Food was thrown up to
man and a boy on the roof YESTERDAY
afternoon. The boy was a little fellow
while the man wore long white hair an,
beard First some eggs We're secured
and tossed up. The boy caught then
unfaiInglv and set them down care
fully on the roof When one broke Ia
laDoed the yOlk and white from hf
palm before it could he wasted. HI
was very evidently hungry. When
can CT beef was thrown I'D to him III
executed q war dance and patted hi
stomach. and moment later the mar
and boy fell upon the ratons vora
ciouslY.
AS soon as they had satisfied theii
hunger the boy perched himself upor
the front wall Of the mill and played
i'Thc star Spangled Banner" upon Z
cornet which he had saved apparently
for the purpose of attracting attention
These were the only people who appear
ed to be hungry. Where the man ane
bow had come from was impossible e
tell because the mill had been aban
doned Saturday morning. All day yes
terday the people were being takeT
from the North Topeka fire station 81
that when the last of the cable runners
returned they reported that but foui
ueople had been left at that place
Ain day Monday boats went out from
and returned to the two street cars from
which the engineering work on Kansas
avenue is being conducted. One Of thes'
was il. c. Brubaker who. with anothe
man whom he did not known, carried
food to west North Topeka He report
ed huding five people who had drowned
TThase were in two houses, two in on
and three in another He was unable t