The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-06

fences around the race track were bad
ly damaged by people who attended the
sham battle
The handsome three sheet poster Is
sued last week by the Hall Lithograph-
ing company was printed by FRESHMAN
c. F. Bergman
Mrs. w. NJ. Forbes of Potwin place
who has been seriously i'll since return
ing from Colorado some time ago, is
now improving.
It is said by the Oldest inhabitants
that only four septembers in the past
2 years have been cooler than was the
one just passed
Henry Gentry, the dog and pony
show man, was in Topeka yesterday
talking transportation to Jerry Black
Of the Santa Fe.
James AIcKeever. who died in Chi
cago last week. was a brother of E. D.
McKeever of this city, and formerly
lived in Topeka.
County Attorney Stafford and Police
Judge Ferry are in Alma today where
the grave rObbing cases are called be
fore Judge Thompson.
Mrs. Edna B. Maxwell, who was in
jured in the wreck on the Santa Fe
Sunday morning, is now at the Santa
Fe hospital in this city
Coryen Faulkner, son of Supt. Q. E.
Faulkner of the soldiers orphans home
at Atchison, has matriculated at the
Kansas Medical college
The latest fad is said to be to get a
collection of all the pictures in all the
possible poses one can of ones self and
make an album of them.
One of the ladies who participated in
the Floral parade has been visited by
eight different photographers who Sc
cured views of her carriage.
There are two families of movers
camped at the fair grounds without a
cent to buy food with, and there are
four sick ones in the wagons
The work Of the associated charities
viii be conducted this winter on the
same plan as last year. Active work
viii be commenced this month.
Although the sewer hole at Fifth and
Jackson streets has been flushed late
ly by the street force it overlooked
greatly during yesterdays rain.
Justice Furry yesterday fined Rich
ard James $50 and costs for having
stolen a pair of shoes from an uptown
store. James is from oklahoma
Mrs. BeaI Of sl1 West Eleventh street
has donated several years of the
Youths Companion to the prisoners
and poor in Mrs Thorpe's charge
The Gas company has put two gas
street lights in front of its place at
Fifth and Kansas avenue. They are
the only gas street lights in the city
Captain Curtis is preparing the plans
for his improved kicking machine
which he says viii be in full operation
after November 3. Either side can use
it,
w. c. Edwards, secretary of state
and his Coyote club viii appear before
at Kansas City some noon soon by re-
quest.
A Topeka woman who has several
daughters has a scheme that beats the
curfew. The last one in at night has
to get UP and get breakfast in the
morning.
The policemen are glad the Fan Fes-
tival is over. Although there were no
more arrests than usual they all
worked extra Jack King on one day
put in p hours.
Guy Adams and his mother. who have
been spending the summer in Europe,
sailed from Southampton in the city
of ST. Louis last Saturday and viii be
here on the 14th.
The gymnasium feature of the T. A.
A.
by the mem bers. Last night the Off
GERS Of the association were reelected
for another term.
The popular price company at the
Crawford this week carries an Orches-
ira of nine men that is brave enough
to tackle all the grades of music any
theater orchestra does
City Attorney Bird promises to make
it warm for the men who ran gambling
places in Topeka last week. Gambling
wasn't at all necessary to the enjoy
ment of Topeka's visitors
A Topeka man has written to Nc
Kinley to ask if he may have permits
sion to name his baby boy after him.
The Topeka man has no baby boy He
wants NIcKinley's autograph.
The chart for Richard NIanshe1d's
performance Of A Partisan Romance"
win open on Thursday morning at 10
O'Clock at Rowley Bros store
Such large holes had been worn in the
asphalt pavement on Jackson street
between Fifth and iSxth streets that it
was necessary to fill them with Gin
ders until the repairing gang could fix
them.
Mrs. Charlotte stetson Perkins. who
Iectured in Topeka on social and do
nestle reform last spring, is very i'll IN
England. where she had been sent by
a Chicago society to study social con
ditions-
Thousands of Topeka people who
were afraid to mask last Friday night
insist now having seen how orderly
the crowd and how much fun it had
that they will join the High Rollers
next year.
IF everybody didn't have the big
gest times of their lives, and if every
body isn't satisfied with the way the
people were entertained, then want
to know" said Police Commissioner
Charlie Holiday.