The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-08
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Tomorrow is Derby Day.

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Tomorrow is Derby Day.
The apple crop in the vicinity of To-
peka wiz be large.
Grafters are making their appearance
for the fair this week.
The Grace Hayward company Will be
at the Crawford tonight
Glen Davis of Topeka has secured
ton on the Kansas City World.
The country roads are rough. but the
weather is just right for a drive.
E. w. Melville is superintendent of
the sheep department at the fair.
T. b. Babst is the superintendent of
the beef cattle department at the fair.
The little rain this morning was just
enough to settle the dust. The fair week
starts off with fine prospect.
John Mespelt, foreman of the Santa
Fee tank builders, has been summoned
home from Chanute by the sickness of
his wife.
Human Hearts, was presented at the
Crawford Saturday by w. E. Nanke-
yille's company It was a little worse
than ever before.
Sergeant Owen will be in charge of
the police station and the reserve
forces at the fair grounds during the
day time this week.
Ernest Pyetzki. naval cadet who
recently arrived for visit with rela-
tives, left today for Newport News, Va,
where he will again go on duty
The city clerk today received petit
trail committee for the use of the Audi
torium on October Ii, for Bailey meet
ing.
A special train of twelve cars of fat
stock arrived in Topeka Sunday from
the Nebraska state fair at Lincoln. The
stock will be exhibited at the fair
grounds this week.
Tho ~ &c tha
name of a sick and accident branch of
the beneficiary ladge of Knight of Pro-
tected Ark which is to be organized in
Topeka Saturday evening.
Miss Mary Gibbons of Oklahoma City
is in the city for a visit with her
brother. J. w. Gibbons and family. She
is on her way home from Illinois where
she has been for some weeks.
Rev. A. NJ Ward, pastor of the A. M.
E. church on West Seventh street, will
close up his conference year September
IA and on the 18th will leave for WITCH
| tia where the following day the confer
ence goes in session.
William Day. formerly stenographer
| to Chief Dispatcher Combs OF the Santa
Fe, has been promoted from clerk in
| the office of the bridges and buildings
| foreman at Arkansas City to private
| stenographer to Superintendent Tice Of
| the Oklahoma division.
Rev. John Ar Bright has left Shelby.
| Ohio, where he has been visiting for
| some time. for Eureka At the latter
! place he has been engaged to speak and
| sing. during a g. A. r. reunion to be
| held September to IL. Mrs. Bright will
remain in Ohio several weeks, and then
| come home to Topeka.
| Archie Grant. a colored lad about IL
| years old, was struck by "a trolley post
on Kansas avenue between Eighth and
Ninth streets Sunday evening shortly
| after 6 O'Clock. The left side of his face
! was badly gashed, and he received in
| juries which rendered him unconscious
for a short time. He was soon able to
| walk.
| There was a meeting of all the build
| ings trades unions at 420 Kansas ave-
nue., Sunday morning, representatives
| of the following lodges being present:
| Wood-workerssf carpenters. building la
borers, federal labor union, plastererS,
painters and electrical workers En-
thusiasm prevailed and next Sunday
morning a permanent organization will
| be effected. srrk e-ds
Ringing Bros, who will exhibit their
CIRCUS in Topeka September %, employ
over q thousand men, women and chill
dren. To feed this great company of
people requires daily average of 900
pounds of bread. 1000 pounds of meat.
APO gallons of coffee. and everything else
i in proportion. These supplies as well
as 10 tons of hay. 300 bushels of oats
and 25 bushels of corn for the horses.
have to be secured daily
The following is from the ''immedi-
ate" climate and crop bulletin publish
ed at Washington September 1: Exam
sas-Heavy rains in corn belt greatly
improving late corn, but retarding cut
ting, blowing, and haying; late corn
green and growing: much early corn
cut, some being marketed and fed:
rains spoiled some hay. sprouted wheat
and oats in stack. and stopped thrash
ing: apples falling in several counties,
quality good"
Once in a while Kansas papers have
good things to say of Topeka. The fol-
lowing is from the lola Register: BY
the way, the Kansas exposition opens al
Topeka next week. The indications are
to eclipse all its predecessors. AT any
rate you won't lose anything by going
up to Topeka and getting better ac-
quainted with your capital. The ma
jority of Kansans are not half proud
enough of Topeka Topeka is not only
the most beautiful city in Kansas, but
it is far and away ahead of most Of the
capitals of other states.
The Auburndale baseball team defeat
ed the Democratic Flambeau team In
the last of series of three games, TAX
ing the series two games to one. The
game was played on the Poverty Hollow
grounds and it ended with the score OF
position on the Kansas City World.
for the Flambeaus for seven innings
holding Auburndale to three runs and
then retired in favor of Clark who wal
batted hard in the remaining innings
Dickson and Miller officiated on the rub.
Der for Auburndale and while ley were
batted hard they managed to keep thu
; of the series resulted in the scores o.
10 to 8 for the Auburndales, and to
in favor of the Flambeaus.
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