The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-29

miner who visited Butte,
Dressed up in a hundred plunk suite;
The society girls
And thought him exceedingly cutie.
A rancher near old santa Fe
Came to town for lark one fine de.
But the pace was so fast
Il B. Colby, in Chicago Herald-Record-
Clarence Ritchey completed the
paving of the West Sixth avenue right
Of way today.
J. W. Leedy. ex-governor Of Kansas;
Is practicing law at Valdez, Alaskasa ana
g city attorney.
Just as tan shoes are again coming
ln style the government is discardins
their general use in the army
Ike Kicker. jointist and Blanche
Boies, smasher, viii both be trleo III
the district court next Monday.
City Street Commissioner Snyder nao
his sweepers at work this morning on
the business streets of the city.
The Topeka baseball team has to
pay street car fare. It IS probapty tnS
only team in the league that - i0
CURED to do so.
This afternoon the Topeka 1eaguers
and Washburn college are playing the
last of their series Of three games on
Washburn field
The dog catcher has four fox. hound
will pay the pound fee of so cents.
They are in the pound at the city prls-
on.
Mayor Bergundthal is opposed to
making the city pay for any portion OF
the proposed extension of the Potwin
should stand the expense.
The second reception in the Wash
burn art series viii be given at the
rooms Of the Reid Stone school of art
in the Crawford building tonight. Dean
Kaye and others will speak.
Thiodoiros Satirapoulon, a Greek,
fell from A wagon at Pauline yester-
day Afternoon and broke his leg below
the knee. He was brought to Topeka
and is being cared for at Keith's hos
pital
New sewer connections are being put
in at fire department headquarters,
along with other changes which are
being made in the arrangement of the
building to accommodate the steam fre
engines
The academy of Washburn college
and a picked nine from Holton win
play on Washburn field Saturday at
ternoon previous to the Warrensburg-
Washburn game. The game will be
called at , o'clock.
The Clay school ball team added an
other scalp to its belt Thursday. 1t de-
feated the Martin-Dannis team by
score of II to s. The battery for Clay
,. Il
Dennis, Merrical and Foster.
Mrs. Hale will meet the w T. K.
club at Mrs. F. c. Bowen's residence.
2O9 West Tenth street, Tuesday af-
ternOon TO make flowers for the float
which this organization will have in
the Semi flower parade.
Owing to the fact that a large por
tion of the water which flows down
through Parkdale every time there is a
heavy rain is shipped" into the city
limits from the county. the city may
ask the county to cooperate with 1t in
arranging for some disposition of the
surplus water.
Washburn college and Highland
Park college of Iowa will debate to-
night in Washburn chapel The repre-
sentatives of the local collegians are:
Ludwig Katterfeldt, L. B. Fritts and
John Dadisman. Last year the Iowans
won the contest and the Missionaries
are after revenge.
On May II Sheriff Lucas will sell at
auction lots lib, lis. III and 119 East
Sixth avenue. The sale is to satisfy a
judgment of the Portsmouth SavinSE
bank against George ". Veale and
others for $31. 800. The lots are occu-
pied by the Warner & Potter imple-
ment and wagon store.
ST Hurst and lobe Tobias, tenders Of
the roulette wheels for several years
at the Royal establishment, left today
for parts unknown. Each carried a
large yellow valise and left town via
the Union Pacific. They are expected
to be on hand May 9 to receive a term
in the county jail.
The tickets for the. benefit ball
game for Harry La France, to be
played between Wash burn and the
Topeka league on May 4, Wednesday
of next week, were put on sale today
La France. who belongs to the league,
broke his leg in a collision with An
derson Wednesday while running the
bases.
At the stage hands benefit given at
the Crawford last night the stage
hands did their work of changing the
scenes with the curtain up to eluci-
date to the audience how it is done
If It was done as 1t usually is the au-
dience must have watched the stage
hands for about Is minutes during the
intermissions.
The investigation of the financial
condition Of John Spear at the time he
filed an application for bankruptcy
was continued from the hearing Thurs
day until tomorrow. Dispositions are
being taken in st. Joseph today where
some of the creditors allege that MI
Spear held stock in the Union Mer-
camille company to the amount of
$1,000
Warrensburg Normal and Wash
burn college viii meet tomorrow af-
ternoOn on Washburn field. The Mis-
souri, Normalites were beaten 27 to 6
by Sedalia yesterday. a Valley league
team The game Will doubtlessly be
good one. for the Warrensburg col
lege generally puts out a strong ag-
gregauon. Washburn Will line up as
usual with Honska in the box, and
Griggs at second base.
Mr.. James Sheasley, Esq. the ener-
geuc and effervescent proprietor of the
National billiard hall Indignantly de-
mes that he is going to abandon the
billiard hall. He says he has a two
year lease on the building where in his
emporium is located and that he viii
not move out County Attorney Hun
gate mas announced that the National
is marked to go. SheaslaX SAYS If VIII