The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-25

lie upon the cots in the many wards.
Equally untirfng are the physicians
who have volunteered their services in
alleviating the suffering.
Today many of the patients began to
show such marked Improvement that
they were dismissed from the hospitals,
returning to their families or being
cared for by fellowcitizens. This pro-
cess of elimination is expected to give
both physicians and nurses a respite
tonight and by tomorrow hospital Of
ficials expect to have organized their
staffs into regular relays.
Storm sufferers are being fed in
churches and lodge halls. The city is
furnishing food for them and will con-
tlnue to do so until some semblance of
order is restored. Martial law still is
being strictly enforced throughout the
storm area.
Upon the soldiers rest responsibility
for the prevention of looting and fires.
The city health department is making
every effort to place the district in a
sanitary condition as rapidly as pos
sible. Garbage wagons and trash
carts were the only vehicles admitted
within the patrolIed section today. The
water supply remains IInimpaired and
adequate aid in eradicating unsanita-
ton.
Dead animals found in the streets
are being incinerated.
Privations of the storm sufferers,
are greatly increased by the heavy
snowstorm which is following so close
ly in the wake of the tornado. Women
tuggfng at heavy beams, hoping
against hope to find the living bodies
of dear ones beneath the tons of
wreckage, men gruffly cheering their
sorrowful mates; sniveling children
wrapped about with shawls, and
blankets, were among the sights which
the sunrise this morning greeted the
federal soldiers as they patrolled the
afflicted district, aiding in the rescue
work, and protecting the destroyed
and unoccupied homes from looters.
Later, city officials gathered within
the lines drawn about the district by
the soldiers and distributed clothing
and other necessities among the suf-
ferers. More than $4,000 already had
been subscribed for their relief, S25,-
600 by the city commissioners and
equal amounts by citizens who attend
ed yesterdays meeting of the commits
sioners and other individual subscrib-
ers.
Scores Are Homeless.
The injured at hospitals are receiv-
ing the best possible attention. Physi-
clans of Omaha and Council Bluffs
have volunteered their services.
Trained nurses have followed the ex-
ample of the physicians. Those pa
tients who have shown Improvement
porary hospitals to places which have
been provided for them by the city
officials. Most of them are home
less.
Many of the patients whose condi-
tions are considered more or less
critical have not been told of their
loss of property. The latest reports
this morning give the number of in
jured as 500, while the death list as
yet has not Increased over the night
report of 202.
The snow storm, which, according
to reports, is falling with blizzard
like propensities from Colorado to-
Central Iowa, has seriously interfered
with what slender thread of tele-
graphic communication which yester-
day afternoon was established out of
Omaha. Practically no information has
been obtainab1e this morning from the
devastated sections of Nebraska and
Iowa. The fact that such intense suf-
fering is being caused here by the
present storm in spite of the heroic
efforts being made by the city to pro-
vide for and protect all who have been
made dependent upon it, caused Gov
ernor Morehead to fear that the con-
ditions within the state are in de-
plorable shape. He stated this morn