The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-26

IE WAS A CARPENTER

In the shadow of the tree in when
ba and his wife and baby boy spent tlis
y,iesht during the flood Of lSo5' CslieD
T7Idrad of 1881 North Harrison street,
lzsa5 If 5ropsv at his home about
oscloclx this morning. He has been peu-
fast for about a year. His sickness III
7irectlv resulted from the flood men
s;o-ed He was repairing his mousse
rT-I7ict was ruined by the high waters
and fell on his hip across Jolst- n
would have been SO years ola IN nAsA 49,
He was a well known carpenter a,Iu
<.e,1tractor and helped to install the
firzt swinging doors in the South sue
federal building He also punt via
is called the Northrup mansion III h>en
sas City, Kan 1t TOOK liiiee ee'-9
Mr. FIdred was born in Pittstown'
New York state, March II, ls4o- re
came to Kansas in the early days anu
soon located on the North side He 1ol-
4.,y1ye5 guaranteeing and become con-
s7.ac+or ne acquired some property
and had built a home and barn az lSz'
North Harrison street Mucn OF TINS
was lost in the flood OF 1888, 44nclualhs
a fine barn. The house also was threat
ened The water was nine feet deep N
fhe lower story Mr.. ans Mrs. Eloreu
and Vernon, then an infant, had taken
refuge in the up stairs ire Ilrst NJ sl1
of the food they saw the mousse on the
= LOT south OF TEeiG nome lAIAC0 hAO4AA 10
foundation by the force of the current
The building began to float toward
their residence. The man and woman,
peering through the window, were AFRAID
that the other house would strike
against their home and knock it from
its foundation and send it drifting and
topping in the rushing waters Just
at this time a plank dimly seen in the
darkness hoatsd by and Mr. Eldred
seized it from the window as a plan
4zrvJ, n &c ind
He got out on the kitchen roof and
laid the board from the roof to the
forks of a large tree at the southwest
corner of the house. With waters
whfrling beneath the timber, his wife
carrying the baby in her arms. made
her vvav over the narrow bridge to the
forks of the tree. Her husband follow
ed The three spent the night in the
forks of the tree and part of the fol-
lowing morning until rescued by par
ties in a boat.
After the waters were gone, Mr..
Eldred, like many other strong hearted
North siders, returned to the mud
splattered flood wrecked home and
made the best of circumstances Mr.
Eldred served in the civil war in the
New York heavy artillery
Aside from his wife and little son.
Vernon, he leaves another son, r. J.
Esldred, mechanic at the Santa Fe
shops, also a daughter, Mrs. Porter NJ.
Mitchell of Chicago. The funeral ar
rangements will be made later.
The following play was given al
Quincy school this afternoon, the close
of the winter term: The Rainbow
Kimona.'' The Rainbow Kimona is q
club composed of seven of the senior
class of Miss Penelope Wright's col
1egiate school, each member wearing q
1Simona representing one of the sever
colors of the rainbow In small
apartment an entertainment is arrang-
ed in which each girl assumes a lead
plays burlesqued in outrageously com
ica1 style. Incidentally, articles have
been mxsteriOusly missing from time tc
time. The purloiner is supposed tC
be ghost, but eventually proves to be
one of the girls walking in her sleep
The whole thing is a medley of the
most attractive and amusing kind.
The cast of characters follows:
Nellie Van TasseI, president of the
Rainbow Kimona society. ......-
Georgia Gunthe
Bertha Ashton, vice president
........ Eunice Rugge
Alice Marion, the treasurer -.
grace CdIlSol
isabel Sutro, the secretary -..-.-.
" Valencia Griffith
Beatrice Courtney, the class poet
" Frances Holman
Olive Mercer. president of the bas-
ket ball team Ada Russo
Winifred Turner, student Ethel ClOUs
Edith Jones, the new senior 1900.
. Gertrude Thompsoi
Rose Jackson. Miss PenelOpe's little
T. impish coIored maid Edith Kannar
Notes and Personals.
The jetties in the Kaw river about