The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

AL summer games we bid farewell
And clubs or rackets either sell.
Or hang behind the door.
All summer games we bid farewell,
Football is king once more
w. S. Zemmerman-
The chimney sweeps are doing a
rushing business.
Dean Low of Topeka was the senior
Judge at the Omaha horse show last
week
Thursday by the weather bureau is a
little late in arriving.
George Sharitt, clerk of the United
States court, retrned from Kansas City
on Thursday afternoon.
City Attorney Spencer was in the
supreme court Thursday presenting his
arguments in the Dwyer hog case.
There was almost as much interest in
Topeka in the K. U.-Haskell game as
In some of the local games played here
The Clarion quartette will sing Stars
and Stripes Forever and Old Black Joe
with baritone obligato. at the Railroad
7. NJ. c. A this evening.
Dr. H H Keith of Topeka was elect
ed a member of the executive commit
tee of the National League of Republi-
can clubs at indianapolis.
There is still another sewer to be
built in Topeka this winter. The con-
tracts for the big Sixth ward sewer Will
probably be let in December
The Sons of Ichabod will try again
to play football on their own gridiron
on Washburn field tomorrow afternoon
with the State Normal team from EN-
poria-
Mayor Bergundthal will probably re-
fuse to sign the new city coal contracts
The council got things in such tam
gle that valid contracts with the coal
companies are probably Impossible
George r. Peck. who delivered an ad-
dress at Lawrence on Thursday, stop
ped over in Topeka at the Copeland
hotel Thursday night He left for Chi
cago today
Mrs. w. A. McCarter's class in litera-
fure viii meet at the Y. W. G. A. rooms
tonight at s o'clock. The course Will
be in modern classics A full registra-
ton is desired
The washburn football team prac-
ticed at 1920 a m, Thursday. and in
the afternoon, about half the squad
went to Lawrence to watch the X u
Haskell football game
The Republican first voters of Oak
land the Prosperity Glee club, the Oak
land drum corps. Police Judge Hamil-
ton, A. J. Bollinger and Col Stockham
held a political meeting in Oakland last
night
A Topeka man who took out a life in
surance policy yesterday made the in
surance agent set 'em up to a good
dinner. a quart of beer and three 10
cent cigars before he would close the
deal.
The attempt to organize Republi-
can drum corps Thursday night was
fizzle. The drummers failed to show
up The Flambeau club has about 500
worth of the finest drums in the state,
and can't get anybody to play them
The ways and means committee and
the streets and walks committee of the
city council will hold a meeting with
representatives of the Commercial club
this evening for the purpose of talking
over the Edison franchise.
This evening the annual free fight be-
tween the Freshmen and Sophomores
will take place at WaShburn college. 1t
is called a cane rush. The upper class
men have undertaken the job of keep
ing the 'freshfes' and ''sophs" from
killing each other.
Sousa's band played for the Epperson
Megaphone Minstrels at Convention
hall, Kansas City, last night. John
Behr. musical director of the Ministries
was in Topeka Wednesday night and
rehearsed the band on the minstrel
music after the Auditorium concert.
Mr.. J. B. Miller. who is better known |
as Buck Miller" is seriously sick at |
his home three miles east of Tecumseh, |
where he has lived nearly 40 years. His |
children and a great many of his grand |
children are at his bedside. Owing to |
his age. rs years, there is little hopes for |
mis- recovery.
Somebody started story Yesterday !
that Coach Outland of Washburn and |
Coach Kennedy of K. L. had row
during the game at Lawrence yester- |
day. during which Kennedy knocked |
rule book out of Outland's hands. The |
trouble is that nobody claims to have
actually seen the reported controversy. !
u s Marshal Mackey went to Flor /
ence on Thursday night to look at the /
tramps who were killed by an explos- /
Ion of dynamite. Mr.. Naekey thinks I
that they may be some of the men con-
cerned with the Rice county bank rob-
berries These safeblowers have been /
extracting nitro-glycerine from dyna- /
mite sticks, by dissolving the latter in ]
not water. Tt is possible that while do
Ing this the explosion occurred. and /
that the men killed may be some of the /
fellows for whom the officers have been !
looking for some time.