The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-30
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Overcoats bearing the scent Of moth
balls are in use,
Paving on East Fourth street has
/ reached Klein street.
Arthur S. Kane is in Kansas City
on theatrical business.
1t is rumored that the sun shone for
three minutes on Sunday.
Otis E. Hungate is to be the Fourth Of
July orator at Wakarusa.
Marshalps band went to Beatrice. Ne
braska, Sunday. The joke Is on the
band
O. P Updegraff has been acting as
starter at the Denver races the past
week
Major A. NJ Harvey will deliver the
Fourth Of July grafton at Waconda
Springs.
There was a social dance at the Dem
ocratic Flambeau club rooms Saturday
evening.
Wade Barney Of Kansas city spent
Sunday with A. J. Blair at 5O7 Jeffsr-
SON street.
Governor Stanley has appointed his
son Harry to a clerkship in his Office for
the summer
one year ago the Thermometer was
registering SO and 100 degrees with pre-
else regularity.
The stockholders of the Rochdale Co
operative association will meet July
at APO Kansas avenue.
A pair of King birds are very annoy
ing to passersby in the vicinity of Nun
son and Morris avenues.
Governor Stanley is developing as q
bowler. He scored as high as 50 in his
game Saturday afternoon.
D. W. Mulvane spent Sunday ii. Kan
sas City. He told a reporter that it is
dull politically in Kansas just now.
If it wouldn't be out Of order, people
would like to have the weather man tell
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A report that Rev. Irving Todd is to
sever his connection with Bethany col
Iege is denied by the college officials.
The baseball teams from Cranes and
Halls played Saturday afternoon at
Lowman Hill and the score stood: Hairs
Il, Crane T.
A team from the Santa Fe Offices de-
feated the Lowman Hill Clippers Satur-
day afternoon on the latter's grounds by
the score of to 4.
The entertainment committee of the
Commercial club is arranging for the en-
tertainment of the crowds - the race
meet and exposition here this fall.
Mr. E. D. Benner, who has been with
the Kansas Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany the past thirteen years has taken
a position with the Mutual Ice company.
The Auburndale baseball team defeat
ed the Poverty Hollow team Sunday at
Poverty Hollow. Score Is to II. The
victors viii play the Wakarusa team on
the Fourth of July
The Oakland Blues defeated the Flam-
beau baseball team Saturday by the
score of IL to g. The Blues claim they
have not been defeated. They ought to
play the T. B. c. team.
c.. L. Seagraves travelling passenger
agent of the Santa Fe was in Kansas
City yesterday and attended the annual
picnic of the Kansas City Passenger
Agents club at TroOst park.
orsrr,aar. IIfT Observation-Disclosures Mill
ganize an Emerson club at 914 Morris
avenue this evening. Rev. F. w Emer-
son viii be present to speak and
quartette viii give special music.
The Lime Kiln baseball team played
in Atchison Sunday The news Of the
result has not yet reached Topeka. 1t
takes time for such news to filter
through the censorship at Atchison
The streets and walks committee has
taken no action in regard to the i'm
It is believed that the improvements are
necessary but the cost is what stands
in the way at present
The Westmoreland baseball team,
which played the Z. 3. c. team on the
Washburn grounds Saturday afternoon.
was an hour and half late in arriving.
The passenger trains do not pass
through WestmOreland.
The city council will meet this even
ing at o'clock and also at 7.15 7.30,
7;45 and s. The special meetings are
called according to law to hear the re-
port OF appraisers for big lot of pave
ment and sewer districts.
Earle r. De Lay, chairman of the
prohibition committee and F. W. Elmer
son, prohibition candidate for governor,
have opened cOmmOdious headquarters
at 90S Kansas avenue, the first building
south of the Copeland hotel
Announcement has just been made Of
the marriage of Miss Martha Stoekwell
! of Oakland to Mr.. William Sayer Of
Omaha Neb in Kansas City on May II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayer will leave Thursday
/ for Omaha, where he has an excellent
business position.
Mrs. John A. Bright has gone to Shell
by, Ohio, where she will remain several
months visiting with her son George
Bright Mr.. Bright accompanied her as
far as Kansas City from where he went
to Dennlson, Texas, to lecture for the
odd Fellows.
Residents of the locality near First
avenue and Adams street are mad be
cause Of the depredations of a 200 pound
hog which has been at large in that
nelghbOrhOd, making the lawns there
look like change for a quarter.
During the wind Sunday the Topping
of the ropes of the flag pole on the state
mousse dome made a person think the
sunday law had been violated to the
extent Of allowing the men to continue
their regular work on the building
The streets and walks committee will
recommend to the council this evening
that the street intersection at Thirteenth
anu Gay be not raised. The city engi-
neer estimated that this would cost over
$500 The intersection was laid below
/ grade by former city engineer.
The Y NJ c. A baseball team de-
Ieated the Santa Fe Reds Saturday on
4 the insane asylum grounds by the score
/ Of 10 to . The association players found
their class or the location for playing
was better suited to them than Wash
/ burn hill when they played the T. B.
/ c. team.
George NJ. Kellam of Topeka. one of
/ the jurors in the United States circuit
court at Leavenworth last week, served
/ on one Of the first federal court juries
summoned in the Kansas territory "A
/ years ago. Mr. Kellam came to Kansas
/ IN 1891 and pre-empted $50 acres of land
/ IN Shawnee county. now part of Oak