History of Topeka, Kansas, USA

TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 22. - Special Telegram - This city was this morning, visited by the most destructive fire in its history. The George W. Crane Publishing House, the largest printing establishment west of St. Louis, was totally destroyed, the aggregate loss exceeding a quarter of a million. the fire was discovered by the engineer at 5:30 o'clock, and before the fire department arrived the building was enveloped in flames. A bitterly cold gale was blowing at the time, the thermometer being six degrees below zero, and it was impossible to save anything. The fire is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion, as it quite certain there was not a spark of fire in the building. The building was one of the finest in the city, having been completed one year ago at a cost of $40,000. It was owned by Wilson Keith.

Over 150 employes are thrown out of employment. This is the third time that Mr. Crane has been burned out.

TRAINING THE YOUNG
Mortimer Remington on the Science of Running

Only a small percentage of the boys of the present day make any effort to develop their athletic ability.

There are some boys who never attempted to run who, if they would try, could best some of the best runners on the track. Even if a boy does not prove to be as successful as that, he will have just as much fun out of it and more, for when a man finds himself on top, with every ambition satisfied, he loses his interest and is apt to retire and rest on his laurels.

I am going to recount some of my first experiences in athletics and hope to prevent others from making some of the mistakes which I did through sheer ignorance of how much and what kind of exercise I should take.

In the first place, being very ambitious, I tried to do too much. I did not understand that I could not endure the same amount of hard exercise as a boy could who had been engaged in athletics for several years. I ran my first race, which ...

Topeka, a city, the capital of Kansas, and of Shawnee co., is situated on both banks of the Kansas River, 45 miles W.S.W. of Leavenworth, 29 miles W. by N. of Lawrence, and 67 miles W. of Kansas City, Mo. Lat. 39°3' N.; lon. 95° 40'W. It is on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad where it crosses the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and is also the W. terminus of the Kansas Midland Railroad. It is well built, and has wide straight streets which cross one another at right angles. It contains a handsome state house, 45 churches, 3 national banks, several other banks, a court-house, a high school, Washburn College (Congregational), the college of the Sisters of Bethany (Episcopal), and a Catholic seminary. Four daily and 4 weekly news papers are published here. Topeka has 5 flouring-mills, a rolling-mill, 2 iron-foundries, a pottery, 2 brick-kilns, a carriage-factory, a woollen-mill, a cracker-factory, &c. The greater portion of the city is on the S. bank of the river, which is here crossed...

Topeka, June 2. - While it is known that 34 people lost their lives by the flood, reports of other bodies found are still coming in. The flood is now receding. Looting is still going on in north Topeka, but the militia are on hand to head off the robbers.