The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-14

the Republican committee, estimates
that there will be four thousand people
at the state convention in Wichita.
That crowd would just ill the Topeka
auditorium.
1.-THE Dairy Farm which was played
in Topeka Monday and Tuesday, runs
continuously the year around After
playing for a week in Denver it will go
to Chicago for a thirteen weeks run
during the summer months.
Harry Postlethwaite who was sent to
the penitentiary from Reno county for
completely in the murder of a man
ernor for a parole He was only Is
years old when the murder was COM
mitted.
Indianapolis has an asphalt paving
fight on its hands very similar to the
one Topeka has just been through. The
Barber company is trying to be the
whole thing. If indianapolis has as
poor success as Topeka had in stopping
the deal, it is to be commiserat ted.
L. Blackman has a force of men at
work replacing the poor brick on JEFF
ferson street with brick of suitable
quality. Mr. Blackman says that the
brick which were used originally had
been left in the kiln over winter and
had been frozen, making them very
brittle.
J. H Humpe, general manager of the
Lincoln Traction company. and E. c.
Rewrick. secretary of the Lincoln,
Neb., Commercial club, are in Topeka
today looking over the Edison electric
lighting and heating plant to gather
ideas for the construction of a new
plant at Lincoln.
The following is from the Atchison
Globe: Topeka people have to pay dol
lar and half prices to see The Chris
tan" AtchisOn gets the some com
pany for dollar prices. The Atchison
theater management deserves consider
able credit for playing the dollar and
half shows here for dollar prices.
Bert HILL of the state printing Office,
has purchased the two double houses
on lots III, 179, 1S1 and 1873 East Third
street of H E Seymen. Mr. Hill drew
a claim in Oklahoma. A few weeks ago
| he went down to settle on his farm but
found man who wanted it, and so he
sold out and came home with the
money.
Pink Rice is jollying the members
| of the executive council just now. 1t IS
one of his annual Jobs at this time of
year. The council will let the contract
for the paper for the state printing Of
fee within a short time, and Mr., Rice
wants to capture it again for the Butler
! Paper company. He has had it for the
! past three years.
At a meeting Of the board of directors
( Of the society of the Native Sons of
4 Kansas last night preparations for an
active campaign for new members were
+ decided upon. Secretary H. E. Brent is
/ receiving communications from all parts
of the state from those who want to
| establish local chapters of the society.
/ The new organization viii undoubtedly
/ prove popular and enroll large mem
4 bership of the young Sons Of Kansas.
The annual debate of the ". c. L. s.
| of Washburn will be held in the Wash
| burn chapel Friday night. The question
will be- Resolved, that the United
States should take an active part in the
/ Chinese situation" The question will
be affirmed by Wallace Thompson, John
Dadisman and Mr. Dodge and denied
/ by Arthur QUAINT and Fred Drake There
is great deal of interest in the de-
bate
The Commercial club viii meet in reg
ular session tonight. One of the import
ant matters for consideration is the
question Of backing the Kansas State
Exposition company in giving a big
horse and live stock show. race meet
and fall entertainment. The entertain
ment committee Of the club has adopt
ed a resolution recommending that the
/ club follow out this plan OF action and
| the matter will come up for discussion
tonight
The May number of the American
/ Asphalt Journal came to town yester-
/ ton of the asphalt repair speci1ca tions
which were used in Topeka The
Asphalt Journal is published in the in
! terests of the American natural rock
/ asphalt trade, and it declares that the
reason Topeka did not have more bids
/ on its pavement repairs was because
/ the SpeclncaIlonS were drawn up to
/ fit the Barber Asphalt company's re-
i quirements
A Topeka newspaper man became
| very much smitten with the beauty of
| Miss Eddington, the ''Minties' in THE
Dairy Farm" cast. He wrote an effu-
! sive note to ''Mintie," but it happens
/ that the young lady is engaged to one
/ Of the mem ers Of THE Dairy Farm
/ company. She showed the note to her
/ betrothed, and if Mr.. Betrothed had
been able to locate the newspaper man
| during the company's stay in Topeka
| there might have been some police
court news manufactured on the spot
! Supt Addison Ludlun, who has been