The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-31

Had I but known the weary load
NV fallen brother carried,
had not scorned nor harried;
But had bent to lift, TO guide,
And held him safely by my side
Had I but known.-o Father teach
Thy law of love and feeling.
Thy rule divine. that ! Inay, reach
The hearts that need Thy healing!
The open book of life for mel
by Anthony F. Anderson in Young
Churchman.
Mrs N L. Filnton. of 634 Western ave-
nue., is seriously sick.
snowdeu ParIett. principal of the
Guthrie high school, is visiting in To-
peka.
There will be a full orchestra at
Steinherg's closing dance Wednesday
night.
Topeka is SO fun Of soldiers that it
reminds one Of the Spanish American
County Attorney o. z. Hungate de-
livered the Memorial day address at
Oskaloosa.
Wilder Metcalf. pension agent, went
to Lincoln to deliver the Memorial
day address.
/ Homegrown strawberries are on
the market today in abundance for
the first time
The Topeka Saints seem to find the
| lola ball team about as hard pro-
position at home as in Topeka.
The excavations for the Baptist
! Jackson streets are flooded
/ Lightning set fire to the Mt Olive M.
i E. church at 1872 Buchanan Saturday
night at 1890 and burned the steeple
| off.
A petition was filed today with the
city clerk asking for the location OF an
electric light at Sixth and Horne
streets.
! At 7:s5 Sunday morning the fire de-
partnent was called to Ali Kansas ave-
nue. where a chimney was af1re. NO
damage.
In the confusion of Semi-Centennial
week, there is danger that the state
house-newspaper baseball game will
/ be overlooked
used as a paint shop for the decora-
ton Of floats and vehicles to be used
in the floral parade.
The indications are at this time that
all preparations have been made for
a good hard rain during the floral
parade on Wednesday.
Jaekson's band benefit takes place
at the Crawford this evening. Doc
| Brown, Cyclone Brown, and other
noted cake walkers will do a turn.
Orders were issued today to members
of the fire department to put on sum-
mer regalia. This consists of caps,
summer shirts, white ties and light
weight coats.
r. A. McNeal has a bad cold, OBJ
| tanned at COncordia. where he went
| to deliver a high school commence
1 ment address. and his naelodious voice
is not in working order.
/ The Joplin league tetam will come
games. That will be the first time the
Miners have been here this year. And
they are stronger than lola.
The war correspondents in charge
| of the stage coach affair at Seventh
a
deal better job OF reporting than is
being done of the Russ-Jap mill.
The women in charge of the flower
parade have been fearful lest the
streets would be sprinkled before the
parade and thus cause no end of trou-
/ BILE but nature seems disposed to ar
range all that herself.
/ Eugene F. Ware, commissioner of
pensions, was down for speech at
! the Gettysburg Memorial day serv-
ices, but it was raining so hard when
his turn came that he did not speak.
The audience at the Taft speech,
spent considerable energy in compar-
ing the famous secretary with other
men. HE looks like Grover Cleve-
land" probably received the most
votes.
| After inspecting the new club rooms
| nrovided for the street railway en-
i ployes, Governor Bailey says that he
doesn't know but what he will apply
for job on the street car line after
next January.
The Crescent baseball team beat the
Martin q Dennis team Monday by a
score of 8 to 10. The Crescents have
not lost a game this year. The Saints
might secure some valuable recruits
| from thier ranks
After the Semi-centennial commit
tee gets through with the six mile
stockade around the southeast quarter
section of the State house grounds, it
might donate the boards to the To-
peka Baseball association forp a park
The exercises of commencement
week at the Topeka Industrial insti-
tute began Sunday. This evening the
| annual exercises of the Booker T.
| Washington Literary society will be
| held at the institute. Carriages will
meet the $50 and 1880 cemetery
| cars to take visitors to the exercises
J. A. DeBoer, president of the Ma
/ tional Life Insurance company, of
Montpelier, VT is in Topeka, the
guest of @. b. Merriam. Mr.. De Boer
will make a trip throughout Kansas.
1 inspecting the large property inter-
ests of his company here. Mr.. De Boer
is prominent in Vermont politics, and
may be the next Republican nomi-
nee for governor
Mrs. Margaret Brady, who lives at
Fifth and Taylor streets. met with a
painful accident at Ninth and Harri-
son streets Monday afternoon. A
runaway saddle horse ran into her
buggy, upselting it and throwing Mrs.
/ Brady out. Her arm and face were
badly bruised, but DIR. Mum, who at
tended her, says the injuries are not
serious. Mrs. Brady is SIS years old.
The people of Topeka had a pretty
| good lesson taught them last night.
When the Chicago Symphony orches-
ira at the Auditorium struck up the
/ star Spangled Banner" the regular
soldiers in the gallery stood up, with
arms at their sides. at attention p
4 And then slowly the big audience lift