The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-13


The benefit confer.
'Twould be upon the twilight way,
A heightened hour with her
JOHN B. TABB.
Frank Cain. of Chanute. is visiting in
Topslza.
O.. p Updegraff was in Kansas City
Wednesday
F. E. Grimes is in Cottonwood Falls
on business trip.
Mrs. w. F. Sans and children, of
Chanute, are visiting in Topeka.
E. d. Harris has asked Judge Hazen
to divorce him from Della Harris when
the judge gets back from a fishing trip,
Ida A. Beeler has filed suit in the dis
tr1ct court against William P. Beeler for
divorce. She alleges cruelty and aban-
donment.
Burglars who entered George Eagles
home at 906 Quincy street Tues
day night, got only small watch and
rs cents in money.
A large number of stores in all sorts of
business will close on Wednesday, Au-
gust 10, for the GrocerS' picnic that is
to be held at Vinewood.
]. w. Williams, of Holton sustained a
fracture of the collar bone by falling
downstairs. He is the father of Hal
and Sherman Williams.
Mrs. ]. A. Berry leaves today for
London, Canada, to visit her old home.
From there she will visit Niagara Falls
and the Thousand Islands.
Nick Lonergan's place at lis East
sends. joint at ITO West Sixth were
raided yesterday afternoon by the po-
lice.
John F. Switzer and George H Whit
comb will leave this evening for Color
ado. They will be at Fairolay for sew
eral days and will also visit in Dem
yer.
Have you noticed that ten blocks of
city railway track has been laid on KAN
sas avenue in about the same time that
12-foOt streak of rust was laid under
the old regime
Several Topeka automobile owners
will go to Kansas City Saturday to at
tend the Interstate Automobile meet at
that place. 1t now looks as though
those who attend would have to go by
train.
Topeka is still waiting for the epidem-
ic of typhoid which was prophesied
would follow the flood in North Topeka
and elsewhere about town. There APP
pear to be no more cases of the disease
in Topeka than usual
Bets are being made at the court
house as to the wherea bouts of Judge
Hazen- He is located by the bettols al
all points between Mackinac and
Corpus Christi and Indian creek and
the Grasshopper- Hazen has way of
never telling where he is going on his
vacations. and then he can't be both
cred.
Wilbur Jennings, a small boy who
lives east Of the avenue, was in police
court Wednesday evening on a charge
of carrying pair of brass 'knucks."
A charge of theft filed against him had
been dismissed. Police Judge Hamilton
gave the boy a severe lecture and let
him go.
Jailer Carl Lawson took George Gay
den and Richard Mallory to the peni-
tertiary Wednesday afternoon CTaVden
pleaded guilty to the charge of assault
and Mallory will serve seven years for
committing a burglary. AS long as Gay
/ of Sheepshead Bay will rest easier.
Richard earle is coming to ToDeka
this winter in his new musical comedy
THE Tenderfoot" He has sent ahead
some plaster statues of himself. with
the idea that they be given prominent
places and thereby be a constant re-
minder of his coming. earle is funny,
and the little plaster cast, IS inches
high, is funny. To say that it is a
striking likeness of earle might make
that gentleman angry.
The Abilene Reflector says: Man
ager Doran, of Junction City. and
Frank Daugherty, of Concordia, came
in yesterday and started out with Cley-
son Brown for an overland trip to To-
peka for the purpose of laying out the
route of the Union telephone and tele-
graph cOmDany'S new line into Topeka.
The line is to be surveyed at once and
all possible effort made to- have it
working by the first of the year"