The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-07


And jumped right out again.
Judge Hazen says that he prefers
1rogging to fishing.
Rev John A Bright is seriously sick
at his home in Lowman Hill.
Work has been commenced upon the
addition to the Potwin school building.
Mr. and Mrs. w. O. Anderson are the
parents of son, born Wednesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ o. Smith. s16 Klein
street, are the parents of a son. born
Tuesday night.
II. Hershberger, merchant from
Eskridge is in the city today pur
chasing goods.
W. E. Connelley has been welcomed to
Chanute by all the papers of the town.
He Will engage in the oil business.
A will made by Laura Trowbridge was
filed for probate Thursday. About
$4,000 worth of property is disposed of.
The court house lawn is being moved. !
The blue grass has made an excellent
growth since the depressed lawn was
filled up.
Strange how some men age after cleo |
ton. They cease to dye their hair ana
whiskers to make the voters believe they
are youthful
Ten gallons of paint were sent out
to Vinewood park this morning by the
railway company to use in painting the
buildings at the park.
The Western Negro Press association |
in session at Colorado Springs passed
resolutions endorsing the work OF the To- !
peka Industrial institute.
One day tomorrow, Stetson's and |
Florsheim's s. and Sc shoes-all kinds, |
all styles-for one day only, $3.50, at
The Palace. Be there.
Nellie Dove is not satisfied to fly !
through life with william Dove for a
mate and she has asked the district
court to grant her a divorce.
All hopes Of a Bachelors hall or
Brotherhood of Bachelors has been
given up Too many of the veteran
bachelors are getting married.
Several Topeka tennis players partici- !
pated in the Kansas City tournament
this week. but did not get within dam
gerous proximity to the prizes.
The Kansas Commoner, published al
Wichita. thus distorts the facts: |
Typhoid fever-It is quite prevalent
in Topeka. with prospects for more of
The ways and means committee will ]
meet this evening for the purpose Of
considering the tax levy for the ensu- /
ing year The question of the natural
gas franchise may also be taken up.
At the Western Negro Press associa- |
ton meeting at Colorado Springs Thurs |
day, Nick Chiles was elected president /
OF the association and w. r. Carter was 1
elected to a place on the executive |
board.
Inc residents along the west SlNln /
avenue road west of Topeka, believe /
that the completion of the macadam /
on the road is iridescent dream. /
Work has been going on intermittently |
for a year.
AID Kahr. who was sent out to Thun-
der Mountain by his employers the day /
after he returned to Topeka from his I
wedding trip, returned to Topeka today |
It might be limited that he didn't go TO /
Thunder Mountain.
mis- games viii take place at the courts |
OF the Topeka tennis club tomorrow. /
The courts are in better condition than |
at any time this year, and many spec |
tators watch the games every evening |
George Smith, the colored driver of an
express wagon. has paid his $40 license |
to avoid trouble with the license collec- |
tor. Smith said at first that he would /
not pay his license unless the city |
should give him regular place to stand
his wagon.
Two cars got off the track on the
Washhurn college car line about Z
o'clock last night and nearly destroyed
the service on it for nearly an hour
and Kansas avenue and the other at
the Fifteenth street switch.
The contract between the boar. of
education and Lundgren & Carlson, the
contractors for the work on the Park
dale school building, has been signed
and work on the building will COM
mence very soon. Willard pressed brick
IS to be used in the construction
There is some talk among the mem
bers of the city council of allowing all
the express wagons in the city the
privilege of a stand in front of the city
hall, and forbidding them the privilege
of standing on any other business
street
Sheriff Lucas has warned Lou Arnold
that she must not start a road house
on the Burlingame road south of To-
peka. He threatens arrest and raids If
she does not heed his advice. The
Arnold woman shipped some furniture
out to the place Thursday by wagon
A Topeka huckster uses his whole
family Of children in his vegetable bus
mess The oldest girl drives. 10 year
old boy and an year old girl run into
the houses of customers, and the head
of the family stands on the back of the
vehicle and yells.
The city street force was paid off at
the city yards this month. Two hun
dred men received city pay checks, and
by paying at the yards the city saved a
good deal of working time which is al