The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-20
THEY GAVE 1T UP.
Too Hot TO Bother About the Kansas
River.
Old Sol licked IIncle Sam.

Old Sol licked Uncle Sam.
The score was to 3. The whole Uni
third housekeeping, wilted, evapor-
ating. Umpire Brewster awarded the
game to r. H. Sunshine. OR. H. stands
for Red Hot).
The melee was pulled off in Kansas
City during the first three days of this
week. Under order of Judge Pollock,
United States Attorney J. S. Dean took
his team to that town on Monday, with
Colonel Dan Hamer carrying the bats.
c. F. HutchfnS and T. A. Pollock, two
Kansas City attorneys, played all the
other positions, 1t was the injunction
of the government that Mr.. Deans team
should prove to the world at large that
the KaW river is navigable for other
things than catfish and that no one has
a right to obstruct it
The other team was made up of Judge
Frank Doster. representing the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway Henry Scandrett
and G. A. Morrow. the legal adviser of
the Kansas City Belt railway.
S. M. Brewster of Troy. special mas
ter, was the umpire. On Monday the
fight began. The batting was heavy on
both sides, but perfect fielding prevail
ed. But Old Sol got busy at the same
time. He made the court room in Kan
sas City about the hottest place on rec
ord. On Tuesday he lifted the tempera-
ture a few notches. On Wednesday he
piled on extra fuel, and when time came
for dinner, both teams gave up. 1t was
too hot.
Umpire Brewster thought so. The
scrapping players voted Amen Lets
adjourn until the icicles begin to grow
again." was suggested. "Hurrah, y
chimed in the rest. And it was so or
dered.
Come back here on September 49,
said Umpire Brewster, land we'll finish
this game And everybody went home.
The taking of the testimony was to
have consumed ten days. The team on
ly stood it for three. Seven were left.
The score: Z to 3.
This morning bright and early
United States Attorney Dean and his
Office clerk. Colonel Hamer, came into
their office in the federal building
here. back from Kansas City.
What is the matter? ?" asked Assist
ant Attorney MeKeever, who stayed
at home to bulletin the score.
1--WE had to give it up. 1t got too
| hot We just naturally roasted down
there. The lawyers who were present
all stated that this is vacation time,
and that cool lake bfeezes, mountain
zephyrs and ocean gales were more
attractive than wrangling over Kaw
river mud. So we decided to wait I'M
til cool weather comes, until Septem-
Der IS. before we proceed" This was
Mr.. Deans answer.
Mr.. Dean and Colonel Hamer had
AZ wilted collars each, almost enough
! to load one laundry wagon. From
that it may be judged how hot it was
| in Kansas City.
The interference of the torrid tenn
perature in this case will naturally de-
lay the decision which is SO anxiously
awaited in many quarters After the
big flood two years ago great many
Kansas Cityans declared that much OF
the inundation down there was due to
the fact that number of railroads
crossing the rivers where the Kaw
and Missouri meet obstructed the
water with piling and abutnents and
in that way caused much of the over
flow. So an appeal was made to the
government to order the Instructions
removed because the river was once
declared navigable. Proceedings were
instituted by the government against
these railroads. Judge Pollock or
dered testimony taken under S. M
Brewster as special master, and this
is what was being done at Kansas CITY
when the mercury fell out of the tor
Of the thermometer and called all the
PROCEEDINGS off