The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-16

Jackson Long, father of Frank Long.
is seriously sick on his ranch near
Alma.
Street car service has been restored
to Oakland. after being closed almost 4
month.
Beloit has sent in $500 to the fund for
relief work being gathered by Governor
Bailey.
The teachers start for Boston to at
tend the National Educational assoeia-
ton meeting July 1.
The frame for the large addition to
Ingleside donated by Jonathan Thomas
is being put up today.
r. H. Knowles, who is engaged in the
cattle and sheep raising business at Las
Animas, Col, is in Topeka on business.
The brick kilns west of town were
drowned out by the flood and so far
have not been able to resume business.
The pile driver is at work putting
down the piles which are to support
the new approach to the Melan bridge
on Kansas avenue.
Today is the day when the joint cases
begin to receive attention in the dis
trict court If you are a witness you
had better appear before an attachment
is gotten out for you.
Fifteen hundred dollars have been
contributed by Topeka people to be
used as prizes for horticultural and
dairy displays in the state fair that IS
4 to be held here in September.
Rev. O. S. Morrow, secretary of the
chlldrens home finding society, is now
IN charge of the relief work at the
Aluditoriun, having taken Capt. H. NJ.
Phlllps place temporarily.
pond covering $50 acres has been
formed by the recent flood upon the
W. L. Thompson farm east Of town.
It extends over the J. W Taylor and
the Burrows farm adjoining.
John c. Hyde has asked the district
+ court n fr-r,477 ,-f,
! the revenue he was to derive from a
farm he leased to William Harder. The
reason is that Mrs. Hyde is seeking a
divorce.
which has been stopped for about a
month on account of wet weather. will
probably be resumed within a few DAYS.
The curbstone contractors are at work
setting curb.
A. S Kane held a mortgage of S2.S45
upon the stock of w. D. Lacey drug
store in North Topeka, which has
been placed in the bankruptcy court
Kane was the former owner of the es-
Enlistment.
Miss Emma Mexican, who for the past
five years has been head of the modern
language department of Washburn col
lege, left yesterday for her home in the
east She has resigned her position at
Washburn.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has given $1,000 to the relief fund. c.
J. DeVlin has increased his donation bv
5000 while Edward Wilder and the Mer-
Ram Mortgage company have each ad-
ded 800 to their original subscriptions
The tents to be used in the fair
grounds tent village, which were de-
/ layed in delivery by the Rock Island
/ yesterday morning were found in tbs.
! afternoon and transferred to the fair
grounds switch to be unloaded. They
are being set up today.
The will of the late Harvey D. Rice
was filed in the probate court Monday
afternoon. The prenuptial contract was
I opened. 1t was to the effect that his
wife, who was Mrs. Savannah NJ Wey-
mouth, should receive $4,000 from the
estate.
Soldier creek, east from Garfield Park
to where the wagon bridge used to be,
looks as though it had caught two
thirds of the wreckage of North Tope-
ka The houses in the vicinity of the
three bridges are not damaged serious
~
Speaking of proposed bond issues it
is we'll to observe that Topeka now has
on hand $160000 of paving bonds which
have not found a purchaser. The bond
market is very tight just now. and no
money is out hunting for a place to
stop.
Although potato seed has almost
doubled in price since the first planting
began this spring many of the persons
whose patches in the Kaw bottoms were
washed out are replanting. Under
favora bic circumstances they say a
crop can yet be made.
John Coyne yesterday officially noti-
fed the Shawnee county bar that his
potato crop is uninjured. 1t was rumor-
ed that he opened the district court by
saving. Hear vel Hear ye! John
/ Coyne' spota tocropisallright. Perhaps he
didn't say that but no one knew what
he did say.
Two beds of geraniums have been
planted in the city park since the flood.
Many of the shrubs which stood under
water for four or five days are showing
signs of life and some of the grass
looks as though it could be restored.
The park is, nevertheless, a very DESC
late place.
Chief Wilmarth states that the Kan
sas City fire engine will be kept in To-
peka for at least another week, until the
water company can complete the per
manent repairs on their water main. At
present. the water company can not
give more than so pounds pressure. and
the fire pressure is supposed to be be-
tween 120 and $50 pounds.
Subscriptions for the book to be is
sued by the Topeka Womens Fedora
ton of Clubs describing the flood have
been unexpectedly large Mrs. Mar
garet Hill McCarter is now at work
upon it. Women's organizations IN
many of the other towns and cities of
Kansas have already promised large or
ders for the publica ton. The proceeds
from its sale will be devoted to rehe.
WORT
A Topeka policy holder of the Kansas
Mutual was boasting that he had d
complete collection of all the circulars
which have been sent out by people try
ing to buy the company. He compared
notes with another policy holder and
found that he had failed to receive three
or four documents which have been is
sued and sent to policy holders.
Mrs. Buhre has purchased the Vie
toria Dining Hall at 11S West Sixth st.
and will serve home cooked meals be
ginning Thursday at noon.
The grain men of Topeka have ac-
complished much good in raising mon
ey for the flood relief funds At a meet