The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09


seemed to realize his dangerous pre-
dicament and shouted Justify for help.
| The hay and bran as well as every
thing portable was swept from the
| buggy excepting the driver who chung
desperately to the seat.
| The horse was swimming most of the
time and the outfit finally washed
| against tree where the driver again
set up lusty wall for help. The hero,
| Herbert Low, was in earshot and an
| swered the appeals of his acquaintance
| and securing a boat rescued the horse
and drunken driver Before landing
| he managed to give Hartman a liberal
ducking by using the oars of the boat
| the programme which was enjoyed by
| the crowd which gathered to watch
the rescue was not an accident -@
May Damage Pavements
The current which is rushing through
Laurent street in North Topeka has
washed hole between Jackson street
and Kansas avenue several feet in
soft at this point where a hole had
been filled in, perhaps after the flood
! of 1903. The city officials fear that the
new paVementS on Kansas and Central
avenue near Garfield park will be
ruined, as they are several feet above
grade at this point. The foundation
is of sand and the fall which the wa
ter has at this point will undoubtedly
greatly damage the pavements if it
does not entirely wash them out
Good Work by Santa Fe.
Santa Fe officials are naturally graft
fed, and should be congratulated over
the fact that they have been able to
maintain something of an adequate
railroad service for Topekans and
those in the surrounding territory, de-
spite the flood conditions which are
raging hereabouts.
The Santa Fe is the only railroad
system running through Topeka that
has line out of the city in any d.
rection and besides operating it's own
trains on this line it is permitting the
Rock Island and the Union Pacific to
operate their through trains over it,
The Santa Fe is able to furnish ac-
cOmmodatiOnS for travel in any direc-
ton over it's main lines by running an
adequate number of stub trains from
this city to Emporia where connections
are possible with all of the through
trains going east and west on the sys-
tenn. Four, stub trains are being run
from here to Emporia and as many
from there here. These trains leave
here in the morning, at noon, at 5
o'clock in the afternoon and at 1875
o'clock at night. And they make ex-
cellent connections with the through
trains at Emporia.
by the Santa Fe between Lawrence and
Ottawa where connections are made
with the through east and west trains.
Gas Explosion i'm Restaurant.
The police protection has been ex-
celIent. Chief Eaton established sta
ton No. in the Sayler restaurant in
North Topeka early Monday morning
and had twenty, men over there last
night. He reduced that number to
ten this morning. Six men under
Sergeant Ross guard the approach to
the bridge at Crane street on Kansas
avenue and this morning would al
low no one to cross unless they had
urgent business on the North Side.
This patrol was established Monday
afternoon. No cases of pi1lage or dis
order have been reported. gas ex-
plosion at the improvised police sta
ton at 10 O'Clock last night caused
some excitement and wrecked the
front of the restaurant, but no one
was injured. When the restaurant
man moved out Monday he dfscon-
nected his stoves and did not cap the
gas pipes. The smell of escaping gas
was plainly apparent in the room
last night so the chief forbid any one
from lighting a match, to say nothing
of a lamp. At 10 o'clock some
deputy lighted a match. This was
followed by a tremendous explosion
which blew out the front of the
restaurant There were three men in
the place at the time but mo one was
injured. Sergeant Jenkins lighted in
the street like a feather blown by the
wind escaping serious injury by a
miracle. The police patrolled North
Topeka all day and kept perfect or
der.
People standing at the ropes
stretched across Crane street on Kan
sas avenue last night and this morn
ing, noticed white patches floating
down in the cutoff and remarked on
the foam of the current. These clus-
tiers of white were formed from wool
and cotton from the Schick mattress
factory that had been laid out to dry
in the yards of the plant on Jackson
street after the fire a few days ago
in the factory when everything was
flooded by water. The wool and cot
ton covered the water in front of the