The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-19

blaze which was extinguished with but
small loss.
= The White Sox only lacked ia
points of winning the league pennant
anyhow. ffs doI.-
Adjutant General ]. W. F. Hughes
has gone to Chicago on business
not connected with the military.
This is the first day for months all
the women of Topeka have been good
there are no prisoners in the wonen's
ward today.
The watermelon social. which was to
have been held tonight by the Walnut
Grove young people at the home of Miss
Ruth osborne, has been postponed I'M
til the 29th. -sg N6
Many who passed :. the state house
grounds yesterday mistook the man
with the scythe. for Father Time. The
lawn was only receiving it's. regular
monthly hair cut. ~
George Monroe. a Kansas City boxer,
has issued challenge to any local man
of 100 pounds. The decision to be made
on points. He may be found at the
Fifth Avenue hotel.
The State Journal has packed all of
its baseball paraphernalia for the win-s
ter and having done so is not prepared
to answer queries on pitching records,
| batting averages, and SO forth.
All the committees of the w. C. T.
! u. will meet at the First Baptist
| church at 8 D. m. tomorrow. The an
nua1 state meeting will be held in To-
peka during the first week in October.
| The mana cement of Vinewood park
wish to keep the park open until the
| first of October IL the patronage will
| justify. They are making concessions
as far as the attractions are concerned.
| The contract between the city and
| Stoves & Son for the printing of the
| citys ordinances was signed by Mayor
w. H. Davis Monday afternoon and
this ends it.
| There was pool of water a foot deep
| at the corner of Tenth avenue and Lane
street last night. The pavement there
| is low and after every rain it fills up
and makes the sidewalk impossible for
| pedestrians.
! County Attorney Hungate refused to
mind the governor Sunday about the
| Wild West show and the governor inn
ney general to assist the county attor-
ney to find such laws as the governor
feels should be stretched.
! The Ministerial Union of the city have
| elected T. S. Young of the First Baptist
church president; ]. w. Reed, Kansas
! Avenue Methodist church, vice presi-
dent: secretary and treasurer, Ralph
Ward Westminster Presbyterian
church.
The body of Clarence Place, the small
| boy who was drowned in Soldier creek
last Saturday, has not been found. Men
| in boats have spent the time since he
was drowned in searching for the body
| but owing to the high water the search
has been without results.
The tin roof over the city building is
leaking again. This is nothing new, it
! is always doing this but it simply leaked
| a little worse than usual Monday after
noon. There were three separate and
distinct places which dripped like a
spring.
Manager Stahl of the Washburn foot
ball team is confined to his room on ac-
count of injuries sustained in otball
practice last week. Stahl while working
out with the football squad tore the lig-
aments of his right leg. 1t is expected
that the injury will keep him confined
to his. room for a week or more
The city will have to bear one-half
of the expense of repairing the Central
| avenue bridge over Soldier creek. The
bridge was moved out OF position and
| the approaches washed away The
county authorities have notified the
city engineer that the city's share OF
the expense will amount to about 800
The city has lost heavily on its bridges
by reason of the flood; it has cost up
wards of $500.
Il Some of these plans and specifications
for bridges must be sadly off. Another
city bridge, just constructed few
months ago, was injured Monday after
noon by the collapsing of retaining
Il wall. The Willow avenue bridge iT
II Potwin over Wards creek had the re-
4 tanning wall forced out by the earth fill
ing. The water soaked earth, swelle6
and pushed the wall out and down. The
city will have to pay for the damage.
The Swift Packing company have
finally settled upon establishing 9
branch produce house in the city. They
will lease the James building on North
Kansas avenue between Laurent and
Gordon This will help boom the
prices, for the Swift company will bus