The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-14

himself presentable when he was ac-
costed by a roomer at the Y. M. c. A
building.
why, governor" said the mistaken
Y. NJ. C. A. roomer, Il am sorry TO see
you in this plight, come right up 70
my room.'' Il hated to deceive the
young man who thought that he was
| dealing with royalty, said Mr. EVANS
/ but / needed something to wear worse
than ever did before in my life and
/ accompanied him to his ROOM NOW
| just make yourself to home began
| the misguided youth and l VIII get
| you something to sleep IN ana you can
II wanted something to wear and /
didn't want to go to bed and told MN
so. I can furnish you with clothlhs
throughout said my benefactor as ne
/ piled out the clothing, all the time re
| ferring to me as governor. | mated 70
| do it but I left the room ntted out IN
almost as good a suit as owned Wneh
J I retired the night before and as pre-
/ pared to leave 1 disillusioned the klnd
| hearted young man and told him VINO
| | was 1t was an awful thing to do
| and 1 may suffer the penalty for op-
! tanning goods under false pretenses but
| | certainly needed clothing.
Major Fuller on Fire Escape.
Major Alvarado NJ. Fuller: My fam
i iIy occupied the suite across the rear of
tbe third floor My son was the first to
awake He ran to our door and woke
Mrs. Fuller and myself We put on our
shoes and ran to the fire escape at the
east end of the hall Mrs. Senator Jew
EFT and Mrs Fuller chung to the bottom
rungs of the fire escape for some time
before a ladder was brought. Several
men passed through the alley to whom
they called for help but they paid no
attention.
I'VE had furnished our suite our
selves. We lost everything, including
clothing jeweiry, furniture, a large
amount of china, silverware. cut glass,
o+o r.
age, so they are saved. place my loss
at about $1,000, on which 1 carried 81
900 insurance. Mrs. Fuller had con-
siderable sum of money in currency
which was lost. We did not even stop
to take our watches and jewelry and
think we did not get out moment too
soon.
Thank heaven my two daughters
were away at school.
Bare Footed Women in Snow.
H. c. Bowman of the board of con-
troll was rooming on the third floor
and when he found escape cut off
made a rope from the bed sheets,
down which his roommate. Mr.. Hop
kins, made his descent to safety. Mr..
Bowman leaped to the roof of the
dining room and sustained slight
bruises and sprainS.
Ex-Mayor G. w. Goodlander of Fort
Scott who is now travelling man was
on the second floor of the building
and made his escape in scanty attire.
Il lost all of my samples, valued at
several thousands of dollars said Mr..
Goodlander, but was glad to get out
81 had a particularly sad experience
or rather a number of them. When
left the room l slipped on pair of
slippers and when l got outside found |
lot of bare footed women standing
in the snow. L escorted them across
to the Y. NJ C. A. building and of
course couldn't see them walk across
the ice covered street in their bare
nnf nd II oil
The sad part of my experience con- i
sisted in dunning the women for the,
return of my slippers after L had left |
them at the Y. NJ. C. A. building
Sergeant at Arms. G. A. Swallow of !
the senate. was on the fourth floor |
and made his escape down one of the |
fire ladders which passed near his |
room. 81 hadn't time to do anything
ladder after 1 was awakened said |
Mr.. Swallow land lost most of the |
belongings which I had in my room" |
Manager Lawrence Puzzled.
George H. Lawrence, manager of |
the Copeland hotel, had rooms on the |
capped with scarcely enough clothing |
to cover him. ''I have no theory as
to how the fire could have started" |
said Mr.. Lawrence, but from its 1oca-
Kitchen. L was up late and sleeping |
soundly and must not have heard the
earlier cries of fire. 1 had barely time
to get out ara that was all.
When [ got outside the fire COM
panieS were at work on the flames, but |
the water reached only to the second |
story of the building. If the pressure |
had been what it should have been I
can see no reason why the Copeland
should have burned
Doctors Were Few
A scarcity of doctors was noticeable |
nf he fire
Inc injured were taken to the Campbell |
drug store, at Ninth and Kansas ave-
nue.. and others to the Y. M. C. A. Doc
tors We're phOned and DIR. H. H Keith |
was the first to arrive on the scene, and
was closely followed by several doctors.
l ne residents in the neighborhood Of
tered their homes to the injured, and all
were we'll cared for.
Jewetts Lose Wearing Apparel.
E B. Jewett and wife of Wichita. oc-
cupied room 339 at the Copeland this
room was in the extreme northeast |
corner of the building where the fire
originated and where it gave the
shortest warning of it's approach. I'VE
We're out at a little gathering Mrs. |
JeWett and /, last night and was tired
When l returned and did not remove
We were awakened by the bell boys
crying fire and I arose and opened the
door into the hall and the room began
to fill with smoke.
Then l became excited and Mrs. |
Jewett became cool and we proceeded
to the fire escape in the rear of the
building. was sure that / could never
go down that ladder and was fearful
that Mrs. Jewett would fall but we
made the trip in safety though We lost
everything that we had with US at the
hotel except a few pieces of wearing
and my trousers which fortu-
nately contained my pocketbook."
MatsOn'S Narrow Escape.
c. A. Matson of Wichita found him