The Topeka state journal., 1902-07-03
POINTERS HERE.
Hints of How to Spend the Glor-
i0us Fourth.
Will Be a Big Celebration at
Garfield Park.
THE PRIVATE PICNICS.
Many Parties Are Being Organ.
lied Today.
Where the Kansas Orators Will
Hold Forth.

IoHlOffOW Is the glorious fOuftu VI
July. After II O'Clock tonight patriotic
Young America may show his patriot
ism in any. manner he chooses, SO long
as 1t does not conflict with the rights
of others. A city ordinance provides
for penalties for discharg ging firearms
and shooting firecrackers before the
Fourth of July, but the guardians of
the peace have been dealing leniently
with the youngsters whose unbounded
patriotism has led them to acts of rash
ness before the allotted time.
Topeka will celebrate the Fourth in
the usual variety of ways. Many will
go out of the city to attend picnics.
some will go on excursions to Kansas
City, or other towns, and by far the
greatest number will go to Garfield
park
The railroads are planning to bring a
great many people to Topeka for the
Fourth One fare rates have been grant
ed on the railroads for the round trip
for Fourth of July picnic excursions.
The largest celebration in Topeka will
be at Garfield park. Marshalps band
show will be given at the Casino.
In addition to these features special
arrangements have been made for a
balloon ascension and sensational high
dive. ball game and other sports
have been arranged for.
Included in the bill of attractions at
the Casino are: Frances Willis, butter
fly dancer; Bert Mayhue, eccentric aero
DdC1c WORK, r rank1e LIE W1CC ana troupe
of genuine white French pOodles; Little
Trixy, song and dance artist; Walter
Clark, blackface monologue and buck
and wing dancer; Allen McKieth, Chi
nese imitator and A. c. Daniels. gro
tesque and fancy dancing.
In the afternoon the programme will
be follows:
Marshalps band. until $780,
High dive $3.50.
Sports, ball game, ETC., 80 until 4:30.
Vaudeville 3:45 until $50.
Balloon ascension $50.
At night the high dive comes at 1880.
Marshalps band 7:3O until 8:45 and the
vaudeville show until 10:45. The bill at
the night performance will be supple
mented with moving pictures of the
opera "Cinderella.'
The annual celebration of the Fourth
at the Meade place at First and Fill
more street will occur from o'clock in
the afternoon until 10 o'clock. The cele-s
bration viii be of the old fashioned kind.
Invitations have been issued. The fol-
lowing is the programme mapped out
for the afternoon:
Address-The Rev. John D. Knox.
Saving contest-Ladies' prize.
Barrel race-GentlemenS prize.
Egg race-Ladies' prize.
Potato race-Gentlemen's prize.
Nail driving contest-Ladies' prize.
Walking race-Free for all.
Dance-Virginia reel.
A delegation of Topeka people will
picnic at the home of the Kansas Her
init at Lake View. The attraction there
will be the almost impossible under
taking of a Topeka girl to throw
huge elm tree three feet in diameter
into the river The tree is on the bank
of the river and the unknown Topekan
intends cutting the tree down so as to
make rostrum from the stump of the
tire from which she is to make her
speech of acceptance of the reward Of
fered by the Kansas Hermit.
The reward is a young Jersey cow
A few weeks ago the Hermit announced
that he would give COW to the Kansas
girl who would accomplish this feat and
Topeka girl has accepted under the
condition that her name be withheld
until after the trial.
The Kansas City plug on the Santa Fe
at 7:30 in the morning will be stopped
| at the Hermit's farm near Lake View
to allow all those who wish to attend
| to get off The train will stop on the
| return in the evening to pick up the
passengers.
| A ball game will be called at $3.50 at
| Washburn Athletic park tomorrow. The
game will be between Topeka and the
| Santa Fe Reds. HutchingS, who is soon
to leave for Fort Scott to join the Kan
| sas- Missouri league has collected the
| best players of the city, picking the
| strongest men from the asylum, T. B. c.
and the Limekilns to play the Santa
E'e Reds. Ino ReQS nave imported a
battery and with the strong players of
| the shops will have a strong team
| McCamDbell or Cook will be in the box
! for Topeka but the Reds battery is un-
known The Santa Fe boys are back
| ing their team heavily and expect to
| win. The game will be called at $780,
Dozens of picnic parties will go to
| the woods and groves in and about To-
peka and for miles in every direction.
|
Jackson's band is to play in the street
! in front of the postoffice at five o'clock
| tomorrow afternoon for the ceremony
of lowering the flag over the govern
ment offices.
! Many of the stores will be closed all
day tomorrow. The state house, the
i offices of the federal building and all
public buildings will be closed for the
| day. The banks will be closed also.
! The usual forenoon deliveries of mail
| will be made by the postoffice depart
ment The general delivery window at
! the postoffice will be open until TO- clock
and the stamp window will be closed
all day
The following is list of some of the
| Topeka orators who will make Fourth
| of July speeches and where they will
| be:
Captain Joe Waters. Rossville.
I r. F. Hayden, Silver Lake.
O. E. Hungate. Wakarusa-
| Arthur Green, Lecompton.
John D. Knox. Meade's celebration,
Topeka
| A NJ Harvey. Waconda Springs.
F. J. Lynch, Atlanta.
Captain Clad Hamilton. Clay Center.
4 Tom McNeal, LaCygne.
| Governor w E. Stanley. Wichita
Henry Allen, Osawatomie.
WI Bailey, Hutchinson.
Ed r. Smith, Mound Valley
| Homer Hoch. Marion.