The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-19

Albert Parker went to Kansas city
today on business.
The Sells & Down circus will be in
Kansas City next week on the 9th.
E. d. McKeever, assistant United
States attorney, is the latest recruit
to the EIks.
The hucksters are getting their
wagons ready for the spring and sum-
mer campaign
D. II. Martin is putting in the day
down at Lakeview with his shotgun
and hip-boots
William Sells promises that the cir
Gus parade will start on time next
Saturday morning.
The work of sprinkling the streets
has commenced again as regular
thing for the summer.
The men paving the street railway
right of Way on West Sixth avenue
have reached Clay street.
Sheriff Lucas is planning to take
party of court house officials to the
Stahl picnic next summer.
The jury in the district court will
have is criminal cases to hear the
first week the jury is in session.
The street sprinklers went to work
Monday on Kansas avenue. They
ought to have been busy nearly an
winter
Another meeting of the Semi-Cen-
tennial committee win take place in
the Commercial club rooms on Friday
night.
G A. Fellows. who is putting in the
foundation for the new Santa Fe
shops at La Junta, is in Topeka on
business.
One of the automobiles which made
the run to Silver Lake Sunday return
ed to Topeka, ten miles aQd a little
over, in 81 minutes.
The people at the city hall have one
never failing source of amusement. 1t
is to hear John Alexander and A. r.
Jester argue about religion.
The Topeka professional baseball
team practicSd yesterday afternoon on
the Wash burn baseball field. Gus
Alberts had on one of the uniforms.
Paul Adams, who used to be con-
nected with the State Journal is now
working on a ranch at Buckeye, lit
tie town 80 miles from Phoenix, Ariz-
All of the grand and petit jurors, and
witnesses in the session of the federal
court just completed, have gone to their
different homes in the state. They
numbered over $50
Who dares to say that Topeka does
not get the best theatrical attractions.
The management of the Crawford af-
ter a great deal of trouble has Sc
cured 81 Plunkard for one night only.
T. B. Sweet. Jonathan Norton ana
several other Topekans have bought
quarter section of land on the Dryden
farm in Wilson county on which to
prospect for gas and oil. The price
paid was $1,000
The benefit concert for Ohio Battles
will be given att the First Methodist
church tonight Mrs. Frances Hughes
Wade, harpist. and Mr.. G. Rawson
Wade, baritone, viii give the recital
assisted b. w. F. Roehr.
Church services of Central Congre-
gational church are to be held at the
Washburn college chapel for the next
three or four months, while the work
of building the addition to the church
is in progress.
The Washburn baseball team plays
Emporia in Topeka Saturday. For the
same date Gus Alberts has a game
scheduled with the Atchison semi-pro-
fessionals. Some sort of an arbitr1-
ton viii have to be entered into at
once.
If the effort to get the Orient rail
road to run from Emporia to Topeka
by the way of Auburn and Harveyville
succeeds, Auburn will give up its fight
to get the Topeka, Esl1ridge and Coun-
ell Grove line to go through its terri
tory and let Mission Valley have 1t
without opposition.
The firemen at headquarters are
working hard now days on the pre-
paration of the building for the ac-
commodation of a new team of horses