The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-08
SNAP SHOTS NEWS

AureIla, with the meek blue eyes,
And pretty curlS and pale gold hair,
Why is it that your memories lies
Upon my spirit like a prayer?
Modest you seemed as clustered nun
Or violet shrinking from the sun
You were in truth fiirt. the worst
That eer the peace of mankind cursed.
Jacinta, rose-brown, black-haired, tall,
With flashing glance and upheld head,
The wicked ones of whom I read
W Wild del Cleopatra pat a Helen box bold
And yet. I know, you knew you best.
A chfld's pure heart throbbed in your
Madeline Bridges. in Smart Set.
The water was two feet deep in the
street beside the Davis elevator.
The streets, cutters and sewers on
the south side of the river ought to
be well flushed by this time.
1t is time now for John A. Daley
to announce that the overflow is
caused by the Melan bridge
Shoe Bargain for Men: So FloSsheim
shoes-all feathers but broken lots to-
morrow for $3.50 at The Palace.
Men with small feet sizes, g. 615, Z. TX
can get a pair of So. so Washburn shoes
for $3.50, at The Palace tomorrow.
The board of education has kept men
at Grant and Quincy schools in North
Topeka to be on hand in case of a SER
ious flood and move furniture.
Two FL Paso Northeastern railway
engines of monster type are flood bound
at Topeka They were being taken to
FL Paso over the Rock Island.
The street gang was compelled to
tear up a portion of the pavement at
Tenth and Topeka avenue to drain the
water to the sewer after the last rain.
]. B. Belts and his family went to
Oklahoma last Sunday and in that
way escaped the flood. Their home
on Quincy street was surrounded by
water.
The reading of the government
gauge on the south side of the north
pier of the Rock Island bridge is no
easy matter since one span of the
bridge has been wrecked.
So many people went down to the
river last night to look at the water
that it became necessary for the po-
lice to constantly keep the crowd
moving to prevent a congestion on
the walks.
The street railway report for July will
show increased earnings on account of
traffic to the Melan bridge, but the traf-
fc of the sightseers will pay the ex-
pense of the loss of the railway bridge
over the Kaw.
Extensive repairs have been begun
at Bethany college in preparation for
the fall term. H. L. Mcclellan, the
new regent, who has now assumed the
plates a number of changes and i'm
provements in the college.
A man stood on the Melan arch
bridge wrapt in thought. He was
watching the turbulent water flowing
swiftly under the bridge. Finally he
asked the man at his elbow who was
also leaning over the rail. how many
barrels of water passed the bridge eV-
cry hour. 1t hasn't been answered.
Director Jennings and his assistants
at the weather bureau Office have
been kept constantly at the telephone
for the past two days answering ques-
lions about the rivers, the waters and
the rains. Central took the numbers
of phones wishing to talk to the
weather bureau and called them up
in order like barber shop next"
The three batteries of artillery
which came to Topeka on July on
their way to Fort Riley are still tied
up at the fair grounds waiting for bet
ter roads before continuing their
march There is not a highway out
of North Topeka now which is not
submerged. The Sixteenth battery
with it's heavy siege guns may have
to remain for week or more while
it may be possible to move the lighter
artillery by next Monday.