The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

players
calls them all by name;
He carefully explains the plays, and tai
lies one by one
when the game is done
He tells her it is six to three or maybe
And then in charming innocence she asks
him: What's the scorer
The question Of the day is not how shall
we bust the trusts,
break each thing she dusts.
Nor who will be the candidate, nor what
Nor if we dig the big canal what will We
Nor SHAH We. buy the street car Ine-but
The question heard on every side today
Chicago Tribune.
It is about time to hunt up the ice
man.
County Clerk Newman is taking the
Scottish Rite degrees.
The next Semi-Centennial meeting
will be called by Chairman T. F.
Carver.
Geo. w. Hook Of sabetha is in town.
He is said to be slated for next post
master at Sabetha-
J. H. Shumate, aged II, and Virginia
MaybeFry, aged so, were granted
marriage license yesterday.
The Kansas City papers said that the
Sells & Downs show had the most mag
nihcent lot of horses seen in many a
day.
The Woman's Missionary. society Of
the First Presbyterian church Will meet
in the church Darlors on next Friday
at 2:30 p. m.
salina is becoming agitated over the
proposition to pave. Salina might buy
some second hand cedar block pave
ment in Topeka.
The fire department has got track of
a couple of horses at Holton which are
said to be good for fire service. They
viii be investigated.
An excursion runs from Topeka to
Kansas City next Sunday, and the
same day an excursion is run from
Kansas City to Pittsburg.
The neatest and handsomest automo-
bile that has appeared in Topeka is
the new four seated light tonneau car
just completed by the Smith company.
On Friday evening the ladies of he
ToItee Rite will tender a reception to
the Knights Templar and 32d deg. Ma
sons and their families, at Masonic
temple. ea
With King" Cole on the Topeka
timers like baseball at the baseball
park" as Dunn used to say from the
side lines.
The Office building and the club
room for the Topeka city railway en-
ployes is about ready for occupancy.
The interior is finished in oak and the
floors are hard maple
The doctors who read papers before
the Kansas Medical society at the an
nual meeting in Topeka next week,
are limited to 20 minutes. They VIII
probably all go the limit.
Miss Emma c. Low, president of the
National Alliance of Unitarian women,
Will meet the ladies of Unity church
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. J. T. Barley.
torney, rode the Elks' goat last night.
He was not alone. however, for there
were nine others who wear horns to-
day that had none yesterday
d. Green, who recently plead guilty
on three counts of selling liquor IN
Kansas without a license. has filed
bonds in each case for $500 in the fed
eral court. His case will come to trial
in the fall.
When the National billiard hall clos
ed and moved the happy family of fox
squirrels, which had been in the front
window for a year, went also The bill
lizard hall is not sorely missed but the
squirrels are.
Normal conditions have been resum-
ed in the family of J. Frank farrell.
Whenever Frank Jarrells children
can't start something, doctors might
as well go out of business.
The city railway seems to have for
gotten that 1t IS contrary 10 the terms
Of its franchise to haul rock into town
in day time from its Vinewood quar-
ries It is claimed that the rock be-
ing hauled is for commercial purposes
The Sunday School Teachers union
will meet at the Westminster Presby-
terrain church, corner of Huntoon street
and College avenue, Friday afternoon
at 2:3O Mrs. Helen NJ. Ingham will
teach the primary lesson. Mrs. Ida
A Hardy the beginners lesson.
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of the first baseball team organized at
Washburn college. The Washburn team
played its first game with + u that
year, and won it. Mr.. Holiday has
been a great friend of Washburn attn
letics ever since that time.
The postofhce department at Wash
ington has announced that no more
advertising matter like bills, posters,
etc, may be put into the rural route
boxes Quite a number Of advertising
concerns have done this in the past,
and Joe Bristow has sent an order all
over the country that it must be
stopped.
There is an old hen out in the west
part of town which is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a brood of chickens Yester-
day a big Maltese tom cat caught one
of her chickens. The hen few at the
cat and inflicted such terrible wounds
on him that he died inside of an hour.
This is a true story. The writer buried
the cat and didn't feel very sorry about
it either.
Chauncey Dewey is now in Colorado
and said to be engaged in the fuel bus
mess. Some Of the interested have
taken this as a cue that he and his
father viii not serve the one day JAN
sentence for fencing government land.
United States Attorney Dean doesn't
talk ike that, however. They are go
ing to serve it." is Mr.. Deans quietus
on that kind of gossip
Tomorrow afternoon Washburn col
Iege and the Topeka leaguers viii
meat for the CITY championship on