The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-15
to form and then its grown will be

to form and then it's grown will be
assured.
Observer Jennings thinks summer has
commenced, but any one knows that.
Chas. L. Wood, National hotel will
make you a special rate for the sum-
mer. See him about nice cool place.
The work on the Washburn college
sewer will commence on August l, and
James Hanley, one of the firm of Wall
& Hanley which has the contract, says
that it will be completed by January l.
MIR. danley will employ a force of about
100 men in the work.
General Passenger Agent w. ]. Black
of the Santa Fe went to Colorado
Black. Mr.. Black is at the Springs at
tending meeting of the Transconti-
mental Passenger association. He Will
| return the latter part of the week.
Herman Beenkin, an Atchison man
recently released from the Topeka in
sane asylum and sent to Germany, was
robbed during the voyage across the
Atlantic. He had only $25 to start with,
| the remainder of his money having been
sent over for him after he had reached
| there.
The picnic of the First Presbyterian
church Sunday school was held today
| at Fort Riley. large crowd went up
to the fort on the morning train
Central park is getting the benefit of
| a large amount of dirt which is being
| excavated from Clay street preparatory
to laying pavement. The big ravine in
the middle of the park is being filled up.
M. A. Low owns six lots Immediately
in the rear of his mansion at Thirteenth
and Fillmore, and is having them filled
up to grade. The dirt for the filling is
| hauled from the excavation for the
Gleed building at Sixth and Topeka
| avenues. 1t is an expensive haul, as
| about As minutes is required for the
round trip of the dirt wagon.
e. w. Benedict is making extensive
improvements on his house at Thir-
teenth and Buchanan The house is be-
ing almost doubled in size.
1t was enormously stated in last even
ing's State Journal that Mrs. E. Burlin-
game, who was quite badly injured by
falling from a chair. is the wife of Ward
Burlingame, the assistant chief of the
dead letter office at Washington.
City Engineer McCabe says that his
figures about high water in the Kansas
river are right, and that the street cal
| officials are wrong when they assert
that the water was up so high thai
driftwood caught on the beams of the
bridge. Mr.. McCabe says that if the
water should get up that high, it woul6
be feet deep at Crane street and Kan
SaS avenue.
The Kansas avenue bridge was crowd
ed with people last night who wen
down to see the damage done to tn,
street car bridge.
e General Superintendent H. S. Cable o
. the Rock Island is holding an investiga
ton at his Office in Topeka to determine
the responsibility of a freight wrecl
that occurred recently at Fairbury
Nebraska. The trainmen who Were il
charge of the freight trains are In tn
city.
Congressman Charles Curtis has sol
. | a tract of property on Curtis street t
: Frank Raynor, the king bee of tn
6 North side jointists. The consideration
, | was $500.
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!, | T. A. McNeal will address the Dough
| erty Success club tonight.
+ The Ohio club has made arrangement
T for their annual picnic which will b
held September 8. Congressman Calder
! head will be present at that time an
deliver an address on .Ohio People an
| Ohio Things"
The bridge at Circle avenue, Auburn
dale, was washed out Monday by back
water from the river. The ravine whic