The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-20

All can't ride ter glory.
Kaze all can't ketch de muiel
Atlanta Constitution
All the carpenters in town are busy.
A new automobile arrived in Topeka
yesterday.
store at 62S Kansas avenue is being
laid.
There is town in Nebraska named
Takoma- It seems that the name is not
copyrighted.
The county commissioners have de-
cided to build new steel span bridge
over Mission creek west of Topeka
one of James r. sVick's children is
victim of DR.. Storr's measles epidemic
The card was tackled up yesterday.
The workmen are squaring up the
stone curling for the new pavement
south of Huntoon on Harrison street.
The cake to be walked for Thursday
toin in the show windows of the Palace
store.
Judge Hazen refused yesterday after
noon to grant Blanche Boise new
trial. The case will likely go to the su-
preme court.
Each one of the county officers was
held up for IS to help defray the ex-
penses of some of the G. A r. people to
Mcpherson.
Laura J. Haynes has asked the dis
trict court to divorce her from A. F.
Haynes. They were married in 1879. She
charges cruelty.
The county commissioners will soon
advertise for bids for the old court
house. This will be the second trial to
sell the property.
The Kansas river is not rising just at
present. but is liable to take another
squirt when the rains from the west
begin to come down.
Washburn field is believed to be the
only baseball ground in the United
States where people are charged for
seat on the bleachers.
Bunny Coldren, the star Washburn
pitcher who pitched in today's game,
will probably be the captain of next
years baseball team.
Some people, mostly baseball fans, be-
lieve that the right way to forecast
rain is to announce it for a day when
baseball game is to be played
The Topeka free employment agency
is expecting to send 500 men to the har-
vest fields this summer. The pay VIII
probably be about 81 per day and board.
The commencement exercises of the
Topeka Industrial Institute are being
held this afternoon, and State Superin-
tendent Dayhof is delivering the adj
dress.
Seward 4. Jones. until recently editor
of the Reloit Call. will move to Topeka
and become connected with the Mail
IiAiNlIB NOllDdIy ne WAS III 4OpCAd
Tuesday making the arrangements.
The commencement exercises of the
Jane c. StormOnt training school for
nurses will be held at high school as
sembly hall next Tuesday evening. DR..
VIM. A. Quayle will deliver the address.
The BARRIERS of the city will meet at
III Kansas avenue tonight to discuss
the new license ordinance, affecting
tonsorial artists, which goes into effect
july l.
Arthur Green. who formerly did
newspaper work in Topeka and later
went to Victor. Colorado. has been at
work CT the Portland Oregonian for
several weeks.
Miss SAKE will teach the lesson on
Abraham at Euclid NJ. E. church this
evening at o'clock All who have
missed this lesson in the course can get
it tonight at Euclid.
Edward Wilder accompanied party
of Kansas City men to Arizona yester-
day on business and pleasure trip Ia
the party. as printed in a Kansas City
paper, is F. o. Popenoe, formerly of this
city.
NJ E Younkin has been appointed
dog catcher. As about half of the dog
tax has already been paid, Younkin will
find his chief amusement in disposing
of the hordes Of NANCY CANNES which
infest the streets
The appointment of a successor to
United States Commissioner R. F. Hay
den, now probate judge, was not made
Tuesday as had been expected for the
sufficient reason that Hayden forgot to
send in his resignation.
Washburn college will probably not
engage IN a baseball game on Decora-
ton day. The Grand Army post here
has asked that baseball be refrained
from and negotiations with Emporia
will probably be suspended.
An important meeting of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution will be
held Friday, May % 2:30 p. m. at the
residence of Mrs. F. NJ. Kimball, 1915
Polk street A full attendance of the
chapter is desired.
The questions about the court house is
whether the walls will be painted, the
woodwork vanished and the inside Of
the building transformed from the pres
ent aspect of an Egyptian tomb to an
up to date court house.
c. S. Finch makes the following com
nent on the recent address issued by
the anti-faction machine. Funny, isn't
it. that AN Appeal in Behalf of Har-
mony" should be loaded to the muzzle
with hot shot slugs, scrap iron and
dynamite2
Archie Grant was taken to the Re
form school Tuesday He was sentenced
to that institution several months ago
but at the request of Rev. G. NJ. Shell
don the taking of Grant to the school
was deferred on account of the sickness
Of the bows father Archie ran away
and was captured serving beer in dis