The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-07
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWS

ON "A 4 OnO Is Al Ii OM II n u w y
The Retvizan ashore they ran
30 sa-d the war dispatches
10 save her huh, for it was full
u DolLet holes and scratches.
In vain they tried the holes to hide,
We re told, with divers patches,
Bold Makaron said: Back her off
The rocks and close the matches.
THE harbor mouth. cast. north and south
Is fun of scuttled barges
. er hlch viii climb my ships each time
Ny gallant squadron charges.
Make my bold blood to curdIe,
FOR as may go out today
Each hulk I'll have to hurdle
In horrid glee they rushed to sea
With mighty engines humping:
Waen Warsnips go to jumping.
There in the van the Retvizan
was. though she had no bottom,
She steamed don't frown) turned upside
CYou want the facts-you've got emp
So full Of fight. they cruise all night,
But in the chase they find no trace
To show them where is Togo.
Then back they went, but i'll content.
Inc Retylzan with keel up
What wonder Togo finds it hard
Chicago News.
1t is rumored that Eugene B. Stotts
is about to return to Garden City.
The installation of the new officers Of
the Topeka Elks lodge. was held last
night.
J. H. Goddard has returned from New
York where he went to settle his faith
er's estate.
o. f. Sawyer, formerly of Topeka,
but now of St. Louis, was in Topeka
today on business.
New switch rails are being put in
at most of the functions in the West
Twelfth street car line.
OF course it is the irony of fate
which sends Senator Burton to the
Iron county Jail at Ironton-
The prognosticators better file their
claims on today's rain quite early as
there will be a number of claimants.
The Washburn college cars were
blocked for a long time Wednesday
night by a car off the track at Hun
toon street.
Joseph Griley, councilman from the
Second ward, went to Wichita We'd
nesday as a delegate to the Democratic
convention.
A Third ward voter remarked We'd
between William Green's political ma
chine and Darius Green's flying ma
chine.
The ways and means committee of
discuss Councilman Howe's ordinance
for the mana gement of the city water
works.
The directors of the Topeka Baseball
association will meet on next Monday
night in the Commercial club rooms
on important business. A full attend
ance is necessary.
Street Commissioner Snyder is ex-
aiming the Kansas avenue sidewalks,
and condemning those which are con-
structed over area ways in such man
ner that they are unsafe.
The following communication, heart
felt and unsigned, was today received
at the State Journal office: 1.-The Sec
ond ward wishes to congratulate our
new councilman, c. K Holiday"
A West Virginian has written to
the Kansas state board of agriculture
complimenting Secretary tCoburn's last
report. Coming from ansF- F. V. that is
a compliment, indeed-sO the writer
must think.
The streets and walks committee of
the city council will meet Friday to
clean up all the business which is still
before it. 1t VIII try to get things
in shape to turn over a new leaf for
the new committee which the mayor
viii appoint Friday night
The Northwestern Kansas German
Lutheran conference is in session at
the First Lutheran church at the cor
ner of Second and Van Buren, streets.
It will close tonight. Visiting minis
ters and delegates are present from
Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison
and other cities in the state.
It is planned to establish a chair of
electrical therapeutics in the medical
of Washburn college next
year The place will probably be offered
to DR. c. f. Judd. 1t will also be neces-
sary to appoint a new occupant for the
chair of osteology. DIR. S. A Johnson
who has had the place, has resigned.
The spring vacation begins at Wash
burn next Wednesday, April 49, and a
great number of the students will go
home for the week, which closes on
April 90. Most of the Kansas colleges
have already had their spring vacations,
but the Washburn faculty postponed
the event at the request of the baseball
team, which wanted to take advantage
of the days for it's state trip.
Upon request of License Collector H.
W. Page, the suit brought by the city
to collect $500 back license from the
Western Union Telegraph company
has been dismissed. The Western IN
the other telegraph and telephone COM
panies will probably follow suit Test
cases of similar nature in other cities
have been decided against the COM
panies.
Sheriff Mendenhau of Wyandotte
came to Topeka yesterday with
Arthur Gray, a negro boy, who was
sentenced to the reform school. Gray
had been in the reform school before
and it was found from the records that
he had misrepresented his age to the
in Kansas City Kan. A
boy must be under 16 years of age to