The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-23

This is almost football weather.
Washburn college opens September Ia.
The board of county commissioners
will meet again Friday.
The board of health is planning to
get out health bulletins this winter
The slate for the roof of the Man
ual training school is nearly all on.
The fund for the new Y. M. c. A
building now amounts to little over
$31, 900.
The Saints will have another picture
taken of their squad before the season
closes.
Who is responsible for the cool
wave; the weather bureau, cider
Smith or Medicine Hat?
John Van de Mark, editor of the
Washburn Review, left today to spend
the remainder of the summer at his
home at Clyde, Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Fitzpatrick Will
move next week to Steeleville, MO-,
where they have purchased a 450-
acre farm and will make their home.
Charles H. Samson leaves today for
st. Louis where he has his two young
horses, The Pope and Wilkesbar, en-
tered at the exposition horse depart
ment-
Evangelist Onerman will preach to-
night at the Central Park Christian
tabernacle at Tenth Avenue ana Gay
street His subject will be ''The New
Jerusalem
Rev e. A. Fredenhagen, superin-
| tendent Of the Society for the Friend
| less, has returned from California. He
| says the society is growing on the
Pacific slope.
A government fish commission car
went through Topeka last night on a
| Union Pacific train loaded with fish
| to be used in stocking streams in the
northern counties of the state.
| President G. F. Menninger, of the
board of health, has written letters 10
Evansville, Des Moines, indianapolis,
Dubuque, Detroit, and several other
towns of that. size to find out their
methods of garbage disposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Holloway are
visiting the family of Captain H. q.
Rust. Mr.. Holloway is an engineer on
| the Lake Shore, running between To-
1edo and Cleveland. He is on his way
to Colorado Springs to spend his vaca-
ton.
Councilman Joseph Griley returned on
| Sunday from st. Louis. He will re-
main here until Thursday and then GO
| back to the Worlds fair town. He says
he came here on private business and
| to attend the council meeting Monday
night.
Councilman and General J. w. F.
Hughes attended council meeting last
night, but did not say a single wore
| beyond asking to be excused about
80 o'clock SO that he could return &c
his own little city on the HILL He was
not in uniform.
Major Tom Anderson, secretary OF
Commercial club, returned on SUNDAY
from Boston where he ATTENDED the
national encampment of the q. A X
'sThey do things right there" said the
imaior ''They gave us trip Over
Paul Revere's ride in sold PROCESSION
of 800 automobiles"
| The grocery store of T. w. Reynold
at Fifteenth and Lane streets was dam
LACED to the extent of $3.50 Monday
might about 10 O'Clock. The blaz
Istarted in the rear of the building un
der an ice box and spread up into tn
Iroof Sufficient insurance was carried
Ito cover all the losses.
| Bert Nichols, remembered in Topeka
as the fellow in the yellow sweater.
who played star game for ottawa II
tne great Thanksgiving day contest pc
Tween the Baptists and Washburn II
1900 will coach the Emporia colleg'
Football team this fall He was in TO
peka Monday.
A st. Joe saloon keeper wrote e
| Secretary Samson and asked what tn
| cost of the beer privilege at the fall
| grounds during the week of the stat
fair in Topeka would cost. Secretar!
| Samson replied that the beer privilege
| would cost $4,000 a day and that tn
| saIoonkeeper better mail his cheek II
| payment for the privilege to r. M
| Stahl Topeka. Red lemonade is tn
| strongest drink allowed on the fal
| grounds.