| Show PEOPLE OF TOPEKA OFFER AH OF THE president roosevelt telegraphs the governor of kansas relied boats at work loss of life greatly exaggerated topeka kan june 1 at 8 the kaw river is almost at A standstill with a slight tendency toward falling there is no rising water from above the rain haa fallen almost without cessation for the last 72 hours but at no time has it been in the nature of a cloudburst the situation at north dakota is improving there is but little more danger of death from drowning except in isolated cases the refugees have been cared for many are wearing insufficient clothing hundreds are sleeping in improvised beds tout it is believed all have been cared for boats have crossed from the south side to north topeka with abundance af provisions A of people have been pulled across from the stricken district over a wire cable under where the bridge stood A sand dredge was in operation after the manner of a breeches buoy it is impossible to obtain anything like an authentic list of dead at present topeka kan june 1 it is now believed that the number of lives lost in the flood will not exceed twenty no lives were lost in the fires and only eight buildings were destroyed by tire early reports were unavoidably exaggerated the burning of lumber kitei pave the impression that the whole north side was going and no one was found who placed his loss of info under the hundred with the smoke cleared away the kaw falling and the communication muni cation by boat less dini cult additional dit ional light on ane subject was le this morning and the reduction in the estimated loss of life follow ing I 1 about people are still at north topeka of them boeing toeing in the upper story of the woolen mills they are fed but extremely uncomfortable the following tol lowing is jhc alst of k dead i cobban colored sir ward aged man arthur stitt five year old son of mr garrett child of ir storey miss louise sirs jackson a widow henry ludington john L adams ada ms mrs ida montgomery karl and amelia rutt both children andrew pretzel forest kurtz the property loi from the best estimates now possible will amount to about the whole of topeka is still under water seven feet deep while the two hundred people penned up in the second stories of houses have plenty of food they are in great need L of good drinking water which 1 being supplied as rapidly as possible in bar 1 aels and cans the great fear at present is that some buildings in north topeka wilt collapse because of their dounda eions being undermined there ia no immediate apprehension that the wool en mill will go down but every effort will bo made to extricate people from that point as quickly as possible to avoid further loos of life today four more bouts arrived and in addition the chicago lumber company has constructed rude boats propelled by a gasoline engine this additional transportation expedited the work of relief very much loady in addition to those boats the rock island union pacific and missouri pacific aie trying to leip in some beeam launcher among the hiwing are dr IL C miner and his son in law A C keating tho ot the miner family took the women and children on the llast boat when they returned ane doctor not be found they lived in a one story house two miles down the river a marked A C keating was found roosevelt telegraphed from cheyenne to governor hailey offering the assistance of the federal authorities it needed as follows cheyenne wyoming june alion J W bailey topeka kansas an in J W bailey kansas an ln dreadful calamity that has befallen 1 topeka if there is anything that the federal a can do of course let me know signed THEODORE ahe message reached the governor t II 11 this morning only one railroad line can get in and out of tomeki today and that is the santa fe by way I 1 0 A train waa sent jo lim poria at 8 and another will be sent out at noon from emporia the train will try to go west via ottawa on the missouri pacific L mayor weaver of cay chiw sent the following telegram to mayor Burgen thai of to peem mayor of topeka abend sympathy for your people suffering from flood send m worl at once it we can help you signed JOHN mayor at noon the river showed a falling oaf of over an inch from the previous hour an improvised cable haa been erected from the north end of the kansada riar bridge to the ahre station along alo wire and are being rapidly to the couth side where they arc given food and clothing the family of T J P irish consist ing 0 five persons are reported missing late sunday a neighbor who has since been rescued saw them in rees no trace of them has since been acen the work of relief ia being carried on nobly A sad feature of the situation ia the tendency of thieves to loot buildings they go by raft boats away out in the where fhe homes 7 aro abandoned the rock island colorado flyer with a large number of pas is tied up at this point tha is erving them with rheala the union pacific is in a similar condition save that aliey iliavi no trains tied up at this point |
