The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-26
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| Io pains no longer sought.
o silver Autumn night!
Within the calm, clear ford
The moon a mystic sword
UnsheathS to mortal sight
A symbol of the days
OF fallen leaves and haze.
o brooding Autumn dark!
As t were EarthS deep drawn breath,
The insect chorus saith
In fascinated dread
Or winters frosty tread.
And, 0 sweet solemn hour!
Now, in the hearth fires glow,
/ once more lost joy days show,
Through memory, their power:
| AND briefly give us grace
To conquer time and spaced
l-Wiiiam Struthers in Boston Transcript.
George Hayden, of Nemeha county,
is visiting his brother, R. f. Hayden.
E. W. Thompson has returned to
Topeka from a trip to Lawton, Okla.
While in Topeka Senator Burton de-
clined to be interviewed on any sub
iect.
During the Scottish Rite reunion a
flag is displayed from the Masonic
building.
The street railway company has put
In new trolley wire on the Kansas
lavenue lines.
Y The court house Offices were closed
Tuesday afternoon for the funeral of
Captain T. f. Orner.
Carriages are being used to carry
voters to the commissioner of cleo
tons office to register.
John F. Strickrott has gone to Kan
sas City to take a position in a pho
| tographing establishment
| Tom Cave, who played baseball and
| football at Washburn two years ago,
spent this summer in England
Lincoln Post G. A. r. is reorganiz-
ing its auxiliary societies and is in
| creasfng its membership considera bly,.
| H. Ward Page, who officiated at the
Washburn-Doane game says that
Washburn should defeat K. U. Sat
| urday.
Edmund H. White, of Topeka, and
Emma E. Trickett, of Kansas City,
secured marriage license at Kansas
/ City Tuesday.
The women of Potwin will hold an
per at the Potwin school house Fri
| day afternoon.
| The new part of the Potwin school
! building will be formally opened Fri
day night The teachers have arranged
for an entertainment.
| While new front is being put on
~ watching to see If any cracks appear
in the front of the building.
Col. F. s. Savage of the Santa Fe
passenger department, says that three
days at the st. Louis exposition is
| long enough for anyone to stay there.
General Passenger Agent w. ].
| Black, of the Santa Fe, has returned
from a meeting of the passenger agents
of the Central association at st. Louis.
| A brick sidewalk from the bridge
across Wards creek on The Drive in
Auburndale is being built to the en-
| trance to the insane asylum grounds.
George Findlay, who had the con-
| tract for feeding prisoners in the In
dian Territory, was the chaperone of
| J. r. Burton while the latter was in
town Tuesday
i wv. e., FaiEchild -is4 the chief clerk, in
the office Of Probate Judge, Hayden.
/ He has filled ,tfae position from the
time the late. Captain Orner was con-
fined to his home.
| General Manager H. L. Nudge, of
the Santa Fe. has returned to Topeka
from st. Louis to attend the stock
holders meeting of the Santa Fe at
his office tomorrow.
The Grand Army Advocate of Des
Moines, Ia, published by Capt ]. F.
Bishop, is planning to issue a Kansas
edition of it's paper at Topeka, for
| the benefit of the Kansas G. A r.
Those who cannot attend the Wash
i burn-K. U. football game Saturday
may listen for the college bell to ring
or not to ring to know the result.
| The plan to move the Washburn art
school from the Crawford building to
one of the buildings on the college cam
pus is under consideration by the col
! lege authorities. -:.ez
Thomas Benton Murdoch, of the
Walnut. is in Topeka. He forgot to
| bring his fishing tackle with him so
that he might have a pegged down
fishing match with Topeka anglers.
| A football team which came to To-
peka forgot their suits; moving pic
J ture aggregation forgot to bring their
/ pictures. Is it the political campaign
that is causing all this forgetfulness
r. b. Jennings has never before
| missed attending a Scottish Rite re-
union but while this reunion is in
| and he simply has to look after the
| weather.
| An effort was made to hold a meet
| ing of the ways and means committee
of the council Monday night Only
| three members of the committee
showed up. and the meeting adjourned
| without action.
The electric light committee of the
| city council held a meeting Monday
afternoon, and decided that until some
plant, it will be useless to talk about
| putting on more lights.
w. o. Nevill, trainmaster of the
Rock Island. met with a painful acct
dent at Mcfarland. Kas-, few nights
| ago. He was riding on top of a freight
car while it was being switched in
the yards The engineer of the switch
engine set his air brakes suddenly and
threw Mr.. Nevill from the car to the
ground. He had one of the bones of
his wrist broken.
George H. Gillies and David P. Gill
lies left Tuesday for a two weeks visit
to the Worlds fair. They will attend
the meeting of the American Poultry
association while there. The poultry
exhibit at st. Louis this week is the
| largest gathering together of thor
| oughbred poultry in the worlds his
tory, comprising over 10000 speci-
mems. c. H. Rhodes, of Topeka, has
been selected as one of the poultry
| judges.