The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-05

A new front is being placed in the OK
ford hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamm. Of 1917 Van
Buren, street, returned yesterday from
Kansas City.
Gus AIberts says that he is sure of
landing a franchise in the Western As
ISOLATION for next year.
Front porches are not as popular now
as they were before the epidemic of
mosquitoes struck Topeka.
Cyrus Leland must be near the end
of his political reign at last. A Topeka
paper refers to him as G. A. Leland.
There has not much been said about
the lid for the past day or two, and
the presumption is that it is still off.
Frank Moore who is supposed to have
/ lived In Topeka was killed i'm Lawrence
yesterday by load of telephone poles
falling on him
The first jury in the September term
of court made short work of their case
bringing in a verdict in a few moments
after they left the jury box.
The annual sale of condemned govern
ment property will be held at the state
house next week under the direction Of
the adiutant generals office.
The Washburn Athletic board met
last night and awarded the big blue
VS. which viii decorate the sweaters
of the old guard this season.
The directors os the Midwihter Ex-
position have decided to hold their an
nual exposition in the auditorium from
January p to February 3.
Rev. Joseph McKftrich, formerly a
student at Washburn college. has ac-
cepted q call from the United Presby-
terrain church of Ottawa.
George s Medlicott. deputy county
treasurer will be q candidate before
the county Republican primaries to
succeed the present county treasurer.
MI. Winfield F'raze1 until recently city
editor and cartoonist on the Oklahoma
State Capital has become a member of
the Reid-Stone school C art.
City Treasurer Hale says that he VIII
ask Anna Eva Fay about the fellow
who craWled through the transOm Of
his Office in the city building and
sWiDed $500.
James D. sullivan was awarded 5000
damages by jury in the district court
yesterday against his landlord. c. A
Miller, Cor damages done by water
which came through a leaky roof.
So far, so good. Last Saturday
/ Washburn beat the College of Emporia
/ at football by score o. 80 to 0. On
4 Wednesday Kansas university beat the
! Presbyterians 40 to 0. Neck and neck.
There will be a morning prayer
/ meeting Friday morning. October 6. at
/ SIS, at the First United Brethren
! church. corner Twelfth and Quincy
/ streets.
/ Dick Cooley viii return TO Topeka on
/ Friday from Kansas City. He is in
/ the Missouri town now trying to dig
/ up enough ball players to fix up an eX-
] hibition game at Association park for
/ next SUNDAY.
/ From January % to February are
/ the dates selected for the Kansas Mid
winter exposition this winter. r. S.
/ Brigham, secretary and general mana
/ ger has entire charge of allowing con-
! cessions.
Anna Eva Fay says that the deposit
/ tors of the Firt National bank
viii get q larger amount of their
deposits back than they have expected,
but then she admits that she is only
guessing and that she has no facts to
base her prediction on.
Senator J. r. Burton was in the city
4 yesterday and Cor about the first time
in his history refused to be interviewed.
/ He seems to have arrived at the con-
clusion that he has talked too much in
the past.
Receiver Leland of the First National
/ bank says that the business Of the
/ estate is in d satisfactory condition,
! That is not what the depOsitors want to
know. The point with them is, when. if
ever. will there be a dividend made and
how much will it be2
The ladies of the W. c. T. u. express
/ great confidence i'll Governor Hoch s
declaration that he is going to make d
thorough house cleaning as far as the
joint situation is concerned Evidently
it is the words house cleaning" thai
have made a hit with them.
c. F. Mowrer of PA Fillmore street
has something of a freak in the way OF
an apple tree growing in his yard. The
tree now has a full burden of ripe fruit
while on the same branches with the
apples fresh blossoms are appearing
Some time ago Mr.. Mowrer burned
pile of trash under the tree and the low
er limbs were scoTched, as these are TIT
limbs that are putting on new bloom
he accounts for the phenomenon in tina
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