The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-24


inquired one young man. Nav,
haven't ct" was the reply I'D be
satisfied if 1 could get time to wash
my face"
somewhere in the archives of the court
house. 1t will either be found soon or
some of the offices will have to be va
Gated
The Kansas delegation to the ma
t1onal q. A. r. encampment IN WASH
ington has been invited to. stop over
in India napolis and view the famous
new soldiers monument there
During the busy season when a great
deal of surveying is being done the
city engineering department uses up
about wagon load of oak stakes every
month.
1t is reported to the Santa F'e officials
that the Santa Fe depot near Ness
City, Kan, burned Tuesday night For
some tine the town was cut Off from
telegraphic communication.
Do your won your home? If not the
Shawnee Building and Loan association
Will help You to do SO. Pay back in
small monthly payments. Office lis
West Sixth street Ask about it.
Expecting that the parade would be
on time many people came up town yes
terday at 10 O'Clock. However, they
waited until 1870 for it. 1t seems that
Gentry Bros can hit the time schedule
better than any of them
At Emporia yesterday the Topeka
Business college baseball team was de-
feated by the Normal team IA to 10. The
batteries were Slusser, McCampbell and
Stoves for Topeka and Cook and
Brookons for the Normals.
Miss Nina Watts of this city was one
of those who took part in the Powers
musical recital at Kansas City Wednes-
day evening. Miss Watts is one or
Prof. Powers pupils.
A Topeka man who did not see the
parade yesterday asked how many cal
Hopes the Wallace show carried, when
told that they had but one he was sur
prised. He said that he had heard at
least three.
F. w. Emerson is just in from Os-
borne county where the Prohibitionists
nominated a full county ticket and or
ganized committee to every precinct.
Rocks county also organized and noml-
mated county ticket.
Topeka is recovering it's lost reputa-
ton. The audience didn't allow the
Wallace circus ''spieler" to announce
the concert at the evening performance
turn in the afternoon.
T. w. Andrews filed suit In the dis
trict court Wednesday afternoon
against John A. Nadeau for 81, $50. Ma
deau was to feed some cattle for An
drews, who claims he did not carry out
his contract and asks for damages.
D. M. Fisk the Kansas field agent
for Washburn college, returned to To-
peka yesterday He has been lecturing
for the college for six n onths. He has
given nearly 20 lectures illustrated with
stereopticon pictures and says his tour
has been very successful.
Rev. p. w. Crannell, pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city, was
member of the council Of ministers
which passed upon the qualifications of
Rev. ]. v. Latimer who was ordained
pastor of the Emporia Baptist church,
Tuesday.
Journal this morning two monster
radishes which he had grown on his lot,
1717 West street. One measured 10
inches long and II inches in diameter:
the. other was foot in length and 8
inches around.
old game it did two years ago. 1t ad-
vertised a general admission of 25 cents
and then put out wagon at which
tickets were sold for 35 cents while
the 25-cent tickets were sold near the
entrance by a man who was very quiet
about it.
Gill, the Washburn baseball player
who is pitching for the Fort Scott team
of the Missouri Valley league was pit
ted against Kane, the hest pitcher in
that organization yesterday but he won
his game to 8, allowing Springfield
but five scattered hits. This is the first
game that Kane has lost.
| A meeting to organize another Emer-
son club will be held at the residence
| of A. G. Carruth, 1908 Bolles avenue, 8
p. M, Friday night. F. w. Leech, for
merly a leading Populist, is active in
forming this club. State Chairman De-
Lay and possibly F. w. Emerson will
be in attendance to address the meet
| ing.
| There will be an exhibition drill of the
Second regiment bugle corps this even
| ing at seven o'clock on Harrison street
| west of the state house. The organiza-
ton is made up of about twenty boys
| and they made their appearance in To-
! peka Memorial day when they blew
taps" at the river and again gave sew
! eral trumpet calls at the auditorium.
They are in excellent condition for the
! drill this evening.
| w. A. s. Bird states that he is work
| ing hard on his revision of the laws
| effecting cities of the first class. So
| far Atchison is the only city of the first
| class in the state which has refused to
| put up 800 toward the fund for en-
| ploying Mr.. Bird. Atchison has refused
to pay it's share because it thinks the
work will go ahead anyway and it can
| get the benefit without any cost. That's
very like Atchison. Will the Globe
| please take note.