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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09

George A. Mason who is employed in
the Morrell market is able to resume
his duties after a short illness.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
TO VOTE ON URBAN ROAD.
Mt. Pleasant Will Hold Special Elec-
ton to Decide Electric Franchise.

Mt. Pleasant, July Tn accordance
with the recent action of the city coun-
Gil in passing the electric road fran
chise ordinance Mayor Hourihan has
called special election to be held in
all the wards of the city to vote on
the question of granting the franchise
for the third day of August. The fran
chise as passed by the council gives
Henry Traut. j. M. Green and j. O.
Ball the right to build and operate an
electric road within the limits of the
city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
Exports from Imports into
United States United States
DEATH OF A CHILD.
Infant Child of Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey
Died Yesterday Afternoon. H

From Tuesdays Daily.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
N. Bailey, who reside eight miles
west of the city, died yesterday after,
noon. The intermep+. which was pri-
vate took place at the Zion cemetery
this morning at o'clock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
Exports Of Grain.

Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending on July 2 aggregate
2,966,6S2 bushels, against 3.5lS,152 last
week, 3,211.215 this week last year and
3.7S7639 in 1901. Wheat exports for
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01

nokkurn TINA en- Peim mundi bj6oast eft Pe1r
settust az a ey0il0ndum, en- Peir eyoa rey.nd-
ar peim TINA til litiIs gagns fyrir sjalfa sig,
og pegar erfi0i PETRA, sem l0nd hafa teki0,fer
az bera av0xt og hagur fer 66um batnandl ar
fra ari, pa standa hinir,sem aldrei hafa eignast
I0nd, alveg t sta0 og Peir hafa litla eoa enga
Won UNI betri og vissari frantic fyrirsig ogg af-
komendur sfna.
Vestur. l%slendingar nttu 40 gera alt sem
/ beirra valdi stendur til a0 lei0beina fslenzk-
UNI vesturf0rum, og hjalpa Peim til Pess 40
eignast l0nd strax er Peir koma hingao %vestur,
og hvetja pa til a0 %etjast a0 i Canada meoan
bar er n6g af g60um l0ndum, en- ra0a Peim.
fra pvi 40 leita til Bandarikja anna par sem lit
il Won er al vesturfarar geti nokkarn TINA
framar eignast vi0unanlegar abylisj aror.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01
a.

Degar ]v0veldi0 var stofna0 a Cuba fyrlr
ari sloan voru margin, sem h0f0u litla
Won UNI ao pao mundi Prifast vel og lifa lengi-
Oar / eynni hafoi hin versta kdgun og har0-
stjorn r}kt fra fyrstu landnamsti0 og endaoi
me0 langvinnum innanlands 6frio. Loks err
Bandamenn na0u par yfrraoum komst a trio
ur og goo st 6rnarskiPun. En- B%andamenn
sti6rnu0u 0llu me0 hervaldi par / landi allan
pann TINA er Peir h0f0u par yfrra0. pao var
Pvf e,.gin fur0a pc margin spaou lila fyrif
ly0veldi Peirrar Pjo0ar, er Pannig var uppal-
in 90 par az auki var komin af sp0nskum @tt-
UNI, % naskyld Peim Pj60um fsu0or- og
Mi0-Amerfku, sem lengi hafa verio %frjalsar,
en- aldrei hafa lnrt az sti6rna sjalfum ser.
En- hin litla pij60 a Cuba hetir synt PAD,
az hun er fcr UNI az stj6rna sjalfri ser, Pvl a
pessu fyrsta ari lyoveldisins hefir hun teki0
svo miklum framf0rum al fur0u gegnir. Hun
hefr ekki az ems vi6haldi0 0llum Peim UNI
b6tum er Bandamenn h0f0u CERT par i landi
aour en- peir seldu p j6oinni 1 hendur s%jalfsfor-
ra0i, heldur heir hun / ymsu haldi0 lengra
afram i s0mu att og bygt margt nytt q Peirri
undirst00u, er Bandamenn h0f0u CERT fyrir
hama. pingi0 / Cuba haf0i miki0 a0 starfa
og heir afkasta0 6trdlega miklu, Pegar pess
er gao tao Pa0 haf0i engin 6ritu0 log % form
ar venjur til 40 fara eftir, en- purfti 40 ra0a
fran tr blum vandamalum smaum og st0rum
eftir eigin s~amkomulagi, ma af Pvi ra0a, a0
pingmenn hafa veri0 Pj60hollir og unni0 1
Peim tilgangi a0 vera sannir %fulltrdar Pj60ar
sinnar, PVT annars hefou Peir ekki getao franz
kvemt alt PAD, sem Peir hafa CERT. Au0vita6
lagu sum NAL lengi fyrir Pinginu en- fest voru
pau P6 dtkljao A0ur Pingi var loki6.
En- Pa0 er Palma, %forseti ly%oveldisins sem
4 mestan hei0ur fyrir ba0, 40 ly0veldio hefr
Pritist og b%l6mgast, Pvi hann hetr synt PAD
ollu, ao hann er vitur % agetur stj6rnari, o.
r vinnur meo 6serplagni % einl@gum Ahuga
1 az 0llu Pvi, erhann ser Pj60 sinni fyrir beztu'
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01
Vesturfarar.
20 ::

Aldrei hefr innfutningur vesturfara fra
Evropu til Bandarikj anna veri0 meiri en- MI /
ar. Aour komu Aestir innhytjendur hingao
til lands ARID 1882: pa voru Peir ais 7SS,992
az mr0 t0ldum hurdra0 Pdsund, sem kom fra
Canada pa0 ar. En- a timabilinu fra l. mai 1
fyrra til aprilmanaoarloka Petta ar komu til
Bandarik janna S03, 702 innAyt jendur. I Peim
hop cru engir taldir, sem komi0 hafa fra Cam
ada, : enda voru Peir mjog fair = og ekki
heldur Peir, sem komu fra Mexico. ne heldur
Peir sem komu a fvrsta e0a 00ru farPega-rnmi
a gufuskipum fra Evr6pu, en- mccall PETRA cru
pc aIImargir er aytja sig bdferlum hingao. svo
lklegt err 40 allir innfytjendur, sem hinga0
hafa komie til lands si0astlioi0 ar s6u ekki
farri en- $4,000
Bandamonnum err fario ao Pykja n6g um
Pennan innAytjenda-s@g. og Pykir horfa til
vandrr0a eff ekki vcr0ur a einhvern hiatt revnt
a0 SIENNA stigu fyrir Peim a0ur Iangt UNI li0-
ur. DAo exki fj0Idinn, sem Peim ognar ems
mikio % PAD, 40 meiri hluti innaytjendanna
erf6Ik at Pvi ia 81 ,er varla Pykiri hdsum haft.
% fer alt af heldur versnandi. A0ur vcru
festlr lnnAvtjendur pj60vcrj ar. Nor0urlanda-
bnar % Irar. % Bandamenn t5ku Peim tveim
h0ndum. Pvi beir voru efnilegirmenn % ur0u
bratt hinir nytustu borgarar her / landi. En-
MI Aytjast Pessar Pj60ir mikIu minna en- aour
til Bandarikjanna, en- / PETRA sta0 kemur MI
allur fj0ldinnfr fra 1talfu 90 hinum slafnesku
Pj6oAokkum / Evr6pu, fj0Idinn af Peim skrfll
% vrnsta rusli0 hr lakasta sor pi Evr6pu- Pjo0a.
DER Pvrpast her helzt / st6rbrina 90 nAmurn-
ar viosvegar UNI landio, % lifa par vi0 hina
lngstu daglaunavinnu e0a slapast a0ger0a-
lausir en- hafa hvorki menning ne l0ngun til
a0 r"yna ao ri0ja s%jalfum ser braut % ver0a
meo timanum sjalfstnoir borgarar.
N~i0vfkjandi vesturf0ruln hafa or0i0 stor-
kostIegar breytingar her / Iandi asf0ustu tutt.
ugu arum. Fvrir r1ml. tuttagu arum si6ar
voru her n6g t;ekifari fyrir ALA dugandi vest.
urfara a0 eignast COCA bdj0r0 e0a koma Sc
fvrir 4 einhvern AMMAN hiatt. svo az frantic
PETRA vnri borgio % Peir gatu or0io efna0
If coa rlkir mem me0 timanum: en- MI er al
00ru mali a0 gegna: l0nd cru MI a0 heita m;
hvergi faanleg. sem nvtiIcg cru til bdskapar
nema fyrir svo haiti ver0,ao fastir innAvtiend
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01

ir begar hingao er komlo. Elna drraolo Tyr
If allan fj0lda vesturfara, sem MI Aytja til
Bandarik janna, verour Pv: Pao,a o vinna hverja
pi daglaunavinnu, sem by0st, og gera ser enga
Won UNI nett anna6 betra meoan Peir lifa her
/ landi, Pvi daglaunamenn eiga vanalega nog
me0 a0 hafa ofan af fyrir ser % sinum og PAD
err sjaldan m0guIegt fvrir pa az safna fe e0a
beta til muna lffskj0r sin, pc peir a0 aestra
d6mi eigi yfr h0fuo betri daga her en- / fest
um 00rum l0ndum.
Delta vita p.j60verj ar og Nor0ulandabd-
ar 90 PAD er s~jAlfsagt meo fran Pess vegna
a0 Peir hafa ekki huzt ems margin til Banda
rik anna hin sioustu arin ems % aour. DER
vita PAD, az PAD er MI miklu ertioara en- a0ur
var. fyrir f6lausa menn.ao koma ser q framfnri
her / landi, 90 Peir snkjast ekki eftir Pvi ao
lenda 1 h0ndum annarar Pj60ar, par sem 6vist
er a0 Peir geti nokkurn TINA or0i0 sjalfstno-
ir menn. En- skrillinn. sem MI fvzt hinga0
NEST fra lt0lum og Rdssum, hugsar minna I'm
pao,hvcrs Sc az vnnta Pegar hinga0 kemur:
ham hefr fra engu az hverfa og latur sig
litlu skifta hvar hann lendir.
fslendingar hytja MI fair til Bandarikj-
anna, en- P6 koma arlega nokkrir, helzt til
Nor0ur-Dak0sa. Flestir sta0nnmast beir /
Canada, og PAD er vissulega miklu hyggilegra
ems og Ri er ;statt. 1 Can. er enn miki0 land
rymi 90 st j0rnin par tekur vesturf0rum tveim
h0ndum o. Ieitast vi0 a0 grei0a g0tu Peirra
sem beet, til az nema hin 6byg6u l0nd. AUD
vita0 mega vesturfarar bdast vio Pvi, az pao
Sc ekkert seldarllf a0 %setjast 40 a 6yrktum
l0ndum ]angt fra jarnbrautum, % byrja par
buskap vi0 It'll e0a engin efni. DAD er g0m-
I'll saga,sem byrj ar me0 fyrsta landnami Banda
mamma. % hefir alt at sloan veri0 arlega end
urtekin einhver sta0ar herr landi. Nglendu-
MEM / New York 90 Pennsylvania attu VIC
s0mu erfi0leika a0 stri0a tyrir two hundru6 ar
UNI siear, sem ymsir nylendumenn veroa MI
a0 satta sig vio / afskektum heruoum / Mon
tana % Washington % sumum 0orum vestur-
rikj unum. = En- PAD cru einmitt pessir MEM.
sem ekki lata erfi0leikana aftra ser fra az leggia
h0nd a pl0ginn og gera ser j0roina undirgefna
, er NEST % beet hafa bygt landi6 90 oroi1
k arni bj60arinnar. Delta start, sem MI en
| komi0 langt & lei0 her / landi, err enn az miklu
, leyti ounni0 / Canada. og pa0 er einmitt HUT
verk vesturfaranna a0 vinna 40 PVT, og / pv
START er folgi0 PETRA beta tekiferi til pes!
: 40 veroa s alfste6ir MEM og sinir eigin herrar
n Margin Observation-Disclosures Ieiobeina, is
: Ienzkum vesturf0rum % hvetja pa til 40 lett;
r Pangao, sem Peir geta fengi0 l0nd til eigna
. % abdoar, en- PAD heir pc vissuIega ekki yer
ID CERT un of. fslenzkir vesturfarar setias
t enn margin a0 baj um e0a hja @ttingj jun sin
a UNI % k%unninggjjum ymsum heru0um par Sc,
{, engin l0nd er 40 fl. bannig ia vesturfara
I au0vita0 betri viot0kur 90 lifa bctra lif VI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03

needs to be said. is much worse than
not to advertise at all IN some other
wise good stores and trading places the
social atmosphere and manners en-
countered are not Of the inviting but
of the repenent kind. It is a great mis-
take and one hardly to be surpassed, to
forget that politeness and suavity are
real business assets. A merchant may
have good goods. and deliver them
promptly and tell no lie about them,
but if he and his clerks diffuse an at
inosphere of GOODNESS. and lack cordial
ity. they subtract nearly all the benefits
good advertising has to offer In other
words. they trip themselves up by not
backing the advertising sent out
1T is no doubt fact often noticeable
that there are persons in trade who
mean wen, who are thoroughly honest,
and who do not deliberately intend to
make a bad impression on the public,
whose temperament and address are
unfortunately not attractive. It is a
pity that they should be the direct in
termediate Of trade when they might do
admirably as bOokkeepers. and perhaps
fairly we'll as wholesale buyers or dis
coverers of bargains. Perhaps they
might even write the advertisements
that they don't know how to live up to.
1t is a curious circumstance that many
men can enunciate the profoundest busi-
ness maxins who cannot practice them
or go one step further than to theorize.
These people have some place probably
in a business plant but they should not
be selected to back up the stores adj
vertising. AS all advertising that ulti-
mately pays must be born of the truth
and bear criticism. there is some ad-
vantage in avoiding too many superla-
tives and relying mainly upon under
statements. For these can more easily
be warranted and followed. If the Gus
toner finds himself better pleased than
he was told he would be, the effect OF
the advertising win be immeasurably
enhanced. If he is assured of the inn
possible. there is something lost to the
advertiser through his boasts that could
not be fulfilled. There is one scrip
tural text in particular that business
man should hold to with especial regard
-one that advises making friendship
with the '-mammon of unrighteousness.
Every customer, whether his pocketbook
contains one dollar or one hundred, is
the person the dealer needs to cultivate
and consider. He comes with his money
and he is entitled to his whims and even
to his absurd expectations. The main
object should be not simply to corral
his money but to leave him pleased
whether he purchases or not. If his
manners are rude. and his demands are
unreasonable, the dealers should be
placating and unrufffed. For any Gus
toner thus met viii be a customer to-
morrow and will feel that the advertise
ment that first brought him had a real
foundation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
A cHEERFUL people.

The most cheerful people in Topeka
today seem to be those who have suf-
fered the most property losses in North
Topeka. They come smiling over the
breeehes-buoy cable, over the torrent
rushing where was the north approach
to the Melan arch. They are glad they
are alive and look forward with remark
able cheer to the time when they can re-
establish their homes and places Of
business on the north side.
They are brave people. those north
siders. and they have been succored and
fed and clothed by the same class on
this side
There is most hopeful feeling every
where Topeka and Kansas are rich in
helpfulness and our own sufferers win
be aided and helped by our own people,
put into their new homes. their new
places of business, by their more for
tunate neighbors.
The crops Of Kansas this year will
astonish the world in spite of the flood
and the wheat crop will yet be won
der
A few people in Kansas have been
hurt; great many more unhurt, have
been merely too badly scared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
STEAMER SINKS.
Flying Eagle Goes Down in 40
Feet of Water.
A Sunday School Excursion on
BOard-Three Drowned.

Quincy, ILL.,, June 3.-Steamer Flying
Eagle and barge struck the Hannibal
bridge this morning and sank in 40 feet
of water. The Hannibal Methodist Sun
day school excursion was on board and
several children are said to have been
drowned. Most Of the passengers were
pulled off before the vessel sank.
Hannibal, No, June 3.-Three children
were drowned about IL o'clock by the
collision of the steamer Flying Eagle,
towing q barge filled with Sunday
school excursionists. and a pier of the
Hannibal bridge. The Dead
LONNIE CURTIS, aged Is.
LAURA COOPER. aged Is.
HARRY EICHENBERGER aged II.
About 250 children from the Park
Methodist church Sunday school at
Hannibal had boarded the barge and
number were on the steamer. The ex-
cursion left Hannibal shortly before Il
o'clock to run to Quincy and afforded a
view of the swollen Mississippi. AS the
boat swung out into the river the swift
current seized the craft and despite all
efforts bore it straight downward to the
stone pier of the bridge nearest the
shore. With a rush the steamer was
hurled against the pier and wrecked
but did not sink Immediately. For a
time it was wedged against the pier
by the current and held while the terror
stricken children and the accompanying
adults climbed up the pier to the bridge.
gers were saved. Before all could reach
safety the barge was versed around by
the current and finally swung loose
from the pier and foated down stream
In the sudden swinging out of the
barge the three children were thrown
into the water and swept away to their
deaths.
Carried by the surging water at a
rapid rate the barge. filled with scream
ing children. fioated into the channel,
for fir,7E cd hot a
doomed to perish But from further
down the stream the catastrophe had
been witnessed, and here were a num-
Der of skiffs and row boats of different
kinds. With one thought they were
manned and like a miniature fleet they
shot out into the swollen stream to
meet the barge. Encourag cement was
called to the children, and they were
urged TO sit down and be quiet. This
had a good effect The rescuing boa Is
surrounded the barge and the children
were quickly taken from it and We're
safely landed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. Dell Small and her daughter,
Adele, of North Topeka are with DR.. and
Mrs. G. T. Ashton.
Some of the steam laundries resumed
work this morning and expect to be
able to handle their work as usual.
Miss Bessie Beaten and Mr.. Elmer
Cline Of Oklahoma City will be married
tonight at the home of the bride on
Madison street.
J. f. Curliss of 72S Lime street, wants
to hear from his sister, Mrs. ThelIna
Edwards at Junction City He hasn't
heard from her since the food.
There viii be a special meeting of the
u & I club to transact important BUSH
ness. Thursday morning. 10 o'clock. at
the home of Mrs. Arthur Mills. 1919
Fillmore street.
A report was received from Washburn
college today to the effect that the
musical recital which was to have been
held Saturday evening had been called
off The oratorica1 contest which was
to have been held Friday evening has
been POSTPONED one day and viii be
held Saturday evening in place of the
musical recital The plans for the COM
nenceRnert exercises have not been
changed. The examinations viii be held
as previously stated Special arrange
ments will be made for the boys Of the
school who are assisting in the rescue
work at the river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
RISING AT ST. LOUIS.
Inhabitants Prepare for Flood
That Seems Inevitable.

St Louis. June 3.-The Mississippi
continues to rise. the gauge of 31-2
feet being shown at a. m. This is a
rise of 1.3 feet during the past "a hours.
It is expected that g feet will be reach
ed some time today, but weather bureau
officials think this may not come before
night. In the meantime people all along
the river front both here and in East
St. Louis are preparing for the big flood.
River men and government officials pre-
dict that the water will be over the
levee railroad tracks by noon today and
Officials of the different railroads affect
ed are busy making arrangements to
place their rolling stock where it will be
safe. The Mississippi below Cairo is
water at present in the st. Louis dis
trict will move out rapidly, thereby pos
sibly permitting the Kansas City stage
of water to reach here Friday or Satur-
day at a time when most of the flood
from the Des A1oines and upper Missis-
sippi rivers viii pass here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
NO EXTRA SESSION.
Governor Bailey Will Not Call
One Unless Necessary.

The idea has been suggested to Gov
ernor Bailey that he ought to call
special session of the legislature to cope
with the question of relief from the
flood situation, and he has received a
number of kilograms on the subject,
but he says he will not do it except as
a last resort.
Il will not say that 1 will not call an
extra session but 1 have not seriously
considered it, said Governor Bailey to-
dav Il would not take such action ex-
cept as an extreme emergency. am
then only after careful consideration I
would want it understood, too, that Il
would be only for the purpose Of copins
with the food situation and its results.
There have been so many bridges de-
stroyed all along the Kaw and its trib-
utaries that a special session Of the leg
islature might be necessary to enable
counties and townships to rebuild or
repair them. but if SO it viii develop
later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
nAoKTNa ApVrRrrsEnrFNrs-

"A contributor to Printers Ink writes
something in the following that bust
ness men would do well to read:
There IS a question often asked that
you can answer both affirmatively and
negatively-'Doesa advertising pay? The
truth of the matter Is that it does. and
&c does not. To advertise with profitable
results requires as much preparation as
st does to go to war, or to enter college
or to do any one Of a score or more
of important things.
ut is no very extraordinary trick to
tell an advertising story that win bring
many answers. but Of what avail is it
If you have been careless in keeping up
your stock or. in order to do SO have
reduced its quahty2 In the first in
stance you exasparate or cool Off your
would-be customer. who will go some
where else to make his purchases, and,
fin the second, you make a sale perhaps
but it is a sale that does not satisfy
and viii therefore dismiss a patron.
These two persons-the one who was
not supplied and the one who got a poor
bargain-will be sure to tell their ex-
perience. and viii tell IL in such a way
as win nullify the most seductive adj
vertlsing that can be produced. Their
talk VIII go fast and far, and create
in very short order for the advertiser a
damaging reputation. His advertise
ment may have been the most attrac-
tive one that appeared the week on
which it was offered but the trouble
was the advertisers allure to back it
up. All such advertising, it hardly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
SENDS $4,000.
Continental Tobacco Company Con-
tributes to State Fund.

The Continental Tobacco company
has wired Governor Bailey the sum of
So. 500 for the relief of the flood sufferers.
This is the first contribution from out
side Of the state, and has gone to Major
William Sims, treasurer of the gen
eral fund for use through the state
In reply to the telegram offering the
services of Clara Barton and the Red
Cross society to aid in the relief of
suffering and the suppression of dis
case. Governor Bailey wired the thanks
of the state but said he did not believe
the services Of the Red Cross would be
necessary
The offer of the Red Cross came from
two sources. one through the New York
World and the other as follows:
New York June ?, 1903.
Wv. J. Bailey, Governor Of Kansas
Il regret to learn of the great calam-
ity which has befallen your community
Miss Clara Barton. president of the
American National Red Cross. wishes
me to say that she with q corps Of as
sistants, win be glad TO go to the re-
lief of the sufferers if desired.
SAMUEL NJ. JARVIS.
Member Executive Committee Ameri-
can Red Cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
COMES FROM SILVER LAKE.
No Loss of Life Reported There or at
Rossv1lle-

J. Henry came down from Silver Lake
at noon He drove TO one mile west OF
Reform school with team and was
brought over from there in a boat He
reports that he was able to get out Of
silver Lake on the north. and com
nunications have been opened to Ross
vile.
known. Mr.. Henry reports that peoDie
are very. well cared for. and viii be able
10 take care of themselves for eight or
ten DAYS Yet Everything between To
Deka and Silver Lake is waste Of wa
He reports the stock on the Updegraff
farm as safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03
LAYING THE CABLE.
Work of J. E. Wilson and Wash
burn Boys.

Some of the most arduous work that
has been done in connection with the
rescuing of the people in North Topeka
was the laying of the cable from the
north end of the MeIan bridge north on
Kansas avenue. The current on the
avenue was the swiftest that the men
had to contend with. Across Kan
sas avenue swept a veritabIe torrent
and all day Monday and Tuesday the
men were busy fighting their way
across inch by inch. Yesterday a party
of Washburn college boys in charge Of
J. E Wilson of the Wells Fargo Elk
press company. completed the laying Of
the cable to 3 point near Garfield park.
The men state that the current grew
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stronger the farther north they got and
at one place it took them almost two
hours to lay about $50 feet Of the cable.
Twice they ran out of rope and had TO
return to the cars at the north end OF
the bridge and begin over again. the
first boat which was manned by wilson
and Burns. Gregg. GIL and Mehl, al
Washburn boys, had the hardest work
to do. The second boat which contained
Anderson, Dales and several others fol-
lowed UP the first boat and picked Up
any. people who wished to be brought
over to this side Of the river.
The boys rescued many men who had
ventured out into the torrents on NQrtn
Kansas avenue. Many of these were IN
grave danger as it was not safe 70 90
cut in the current except by way OF tns
cable