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

uncovered. The James Stewart prop
erty. the Small property and the Skin
nsr property now form the north bank
OF the Kansas river. West Of SINNERS
the kaw is slowly Withdrawing its arm
which encircled those properties on the
north.
THAT HEAVY CURRENT.
According to the statements of the
persons who watched its progress. the
river sent heavy current northeast
from the Updegraff farm. From that
point It drew a straight line to the Re
form school past whose front dor il
swept, hurting itself diagonally across
Soldier creek. For two days boatnen
were unable to trace the course of Sol.
dler creek. The transverse current OF
TINS SIDE arm of the flood obliterateG
It The current swept northeast to the
nils, dlsregarding the feeble efforts OF
the creek to guide it in its channel Re-
buned By the hills of the north Shaw
nee country 1t followed their skirts
closely to Calhoun bluffs. OF its course
tanned
OF the splendid work of the people Of
II Joseph no praise can be too liberal.
The people Of South Topeka have no
conception of the awful need which this
aid has relieved. On Sunday afternoon
Mayor Bergundthal telegraphed to
Mayor Borden of St JOseDh In two
hours 1rain was k5aded with 26 boats
and launch, from Lake Contrary.
sunday evening the ST. Joseph News is
sued an extra edition in which Topeka's
call for aid was taken up and echoed.
few hours after the newspapers of
the town appeared provisions, clothing
and money began pouring into the relief
stations. meeting of the commercial
club Monday morning saw a subscrip-
Ilon of $4,000 made in 10 minutes. NJ. A
Low OF TODeka was present and said
Topeka could care for herself John
Wilhelm, now here, rose and described
the geography of North Topeka and
said South Topeka would be unable to
reach it for days.
so THE RELIEF CAME.
Within dozen hours after Fire Chief
Kane first launched his skiffs to begin
the rescue work two car loads of food
had arrived by special train. With this
train came MI. Wilhelm and Mr.. Quen-
ton, representing the St. Joseph Com
mercial club With them came G. L.
Harrington of the St. Joseph News. A
telephone connection between the Re
form school and St. Joseph was by this
time reestablished. Now St. Joseph
knows more of the condition of refugees
on this side than does Topeka.
Immediately upon their arrival Mr.
Wilhelm and Mr.. Quenton consulted
Superintendent Charles The Reform
school was thronged with refugees and
the comlnissary was already growing
scant. The building was surrounded by
water and more people We're coming
from the flooded districts. AS soon as
the railroad began running MONDAY al
ternoon some of the refugees were sent
north to the towns along the line In a
day Elmonts food supply was Slne and
St. Joseph replenished her larder In
the meanwhile word was being received
that hundreds Of people were being fed
by farmers in the hills who were divid
ing their last crUsts. Then the system
was inaugurated which. under super
intendent Charles management Is sup
plying all in radius of six miles or
more.
Mr.. Quenton in particular has trav-
eIed for miles through the country north
I Of the river and but few farm houses
are not sheltering a dozen visitors
/ Now ElmOnt, the Rochester scnoo1
house where J. W. HOrseiy presldes
4 the J. F. Cecil nursery, Menoken ana
one or two other places in the ad1oln-
{ ing country are being made sub-sta-
tions for relief work A hundred PEG
pie a day are fed at the Rochester
school house. and farmers from the
vicinity get provisions there to cook II
! their own kitchens. HOyt and Holtoh
are feeding Is and $50 people day.
respectively. There are 80 people quar-
tered at Elmont, and an equal number
permanently at Rochester The people
who are able are pushing their way
/ through on foot to railroad connections
by which they may reach friends III
outside towns.
Today the train returned to ST. Jo-
seDh. bearing the gasoline launch
inch. unGer the guidance "a MI
/ Stautenrous, has carried out more than
/ 200 people from North Topeka. It's
work is done The people within
reach have been rescued, and the river
has sunk so as to make the use of the
big boat impracticable. It has done. It's
work as have also the TWO dozen small
boats from Lake Contrary at St Joe.
several of which have returned. But
though the boats may leave. the men
whoare provisioning the North side flood
sufferers are here to stay till their Work
is done Entertained with the best &C
I commodations of the Reform schooi.
their 1abOrs appear to be congenlal-
Supt Charles already overburdenei
with the increased cares of the insti~
tuition, is unsparingly deyoting himself
to the assistance of the homeless OF
North topeka
Frequent reports We're made Wednes-
day by boatmen to the effect that loot
ing Of flooded Houses was being done
by people quartered and fed in the B
street church. boat was kept at the
church which the refugees refused IT,
let go 1t was seen plying back and
forth in the streets of North TODeks
on numerous occasions The church
/ was exclusively occupied by negroes,
These reports of looting were probably
/ unt~na.
The Continental Creamery company
Wednesday, unloaded a car of milk =
cans which had stood during the high
water en- a siding near the Western
avenue relief station. The milk was
sweat
Chas. 'McCleary, rowing in North To-
peka Wednesday. saw hog swept
down tie river ard upon a porch roo;
al Taylor and st. Johns streets. a
window stood a few inches above tbs
waters edge. Raising itself on the sill
the hog knocked out the pane with its
foot and entered a second-story window
from which it looked placidly at the
flood which had so nearly claimed it.
The Stafford family own a magnia-
RrrFa rri whose
cry a large reward is now said to b
outstanding. While passing the house
Wednesday Chas. NcCleary saw the dos
on the roof Thinking he might be
hungry one of the boatmens held uH
two crackers In an instant the fam
ished animal had leaDed from the roof
and nearly capsized the boat in his
anxiety to reach the food. Securing tbs
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