The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25

| They seeked him out at VineWood,
An they hunted all around;
| But all they ever found of him
| Was thist his tail and snout,
An the Igorrotes II git ye
Secretary of State Burrow Is out home
attending the county fair.
Thomas E. Wagstaff, county attor-
ney of Montgomery county, was in town
| Thursday.
Keep a tight hold on your dog when
you visit the Igorrotes at Vinewood
this week.
The work of extending the gas mains
in Topeka is to begin as soon as the
pipe arrives.
Edgar Leon, of Chicago, the man who
is going to paint an oil portrait of
| Governor Hoch, is now in town.
The Woodmen of the World are plan
| ming to run an excursion to Kansas
City on the Rock Island next Sunday.
Charles S. Eagle left last night for
Colorado points where he will look
after his interests in some mining
properties.
The flower beds in the south end of
Central park full of brilliant scarlet
cannas, are vying with the flowers in
the north end of the park.
O. E. Osthoff and J. J. O'Brien, of
Chicago, have been in Topeka looking
over the ground preparatory to the
work of extending the gas mains.
Bank Commissioner John Q. Royce
went with Governor Hoch to the cele-
bration at Logan, and then went on to
Manitou, Colo, to visit Mrs. Royce.
The fact that the Igorrotes are at
| VineWood park is not testing the ca
pacity of the street car system as did
| the presence of Times and his band.
| Rev. Robert Jarvis, pastor of the Clay
/ of 7inI1
| f. L. Williams and c. c. Coleman are
members, called at the state house yes
| terday.
| The game lost by the White Sox
yesterday makes the sixteenth straight
game that they have lost to their OPP
ponents, but then it will probably be
| worse.
Rev. L. w. Williamson addressed the
| employees in the coach department of
the Santa Fe at their regular meeting
which was held at the Y. NJ. G. A.
building last night.
Col. James Phillips, the old colored
man who distributes water from his
famous spring over the city, says that
the heat of the last few days has
nearly "prostracted' him.
AS a special for tomorrow the Fit
well Shoe Co, 500 Kansas avenue, will
| sell mems SO Goodyear welted shoes
| of heavy box calf leather, double soles,
all sizes, for yS1.95.
/ NeQ OSDOrn ana party maze a Trip
to the farm of F. A. Kiene on Mission
| creek. The distance of a little over
thirteen miles was made in so minutes
and the return trip after dark in one
hour.
Taking it all in all the Igorrotes
have some the best of their white
brothers. The law does not compel
them to wear clothing these hot days,
and their full dress suit consists of
nothing more than an ugly grin and a
| lice string"
a The little green bugs which seem to
always precede a fall in the tempera-
ture were so thick last night that they
are being swept out of the stores by
the thousands while underneath the
outside electric lights they cover the
walks and pavements.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Albers of Chicago,
are the parents of a daughter born
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Albers'
mother, Mrs. A. M Walker, 211 East
merly Miss Almorine Walker of To-
peka.
A good time to fit the children out
with their shoes for school wear will
500 Kansas avenue. will have a big
sale on school shoes. $3.50 vici kid
and box calf shoes will be priced at
CSC
The hot winds of the last few days
have burned up the corn again. This
this same catastrophe has happened
to this years crop, and yet the crop
promises to be a bumper. 1t must be
of the asbestos variety.
Col c. B. Samson who has been in
western Kansas for several days on his
ranch returned today. While at Gar
den City he purchased a carload of fine
horses, which will be brought to Topeka
where they will be conditioned for the
eastern market.
Word has been received by T. B.
Gerow, state free employment agent,
that fifteen men are needed at Hays
City to work on an addition that is to
be added to the state normal school
Two dollars a day are the wages to be
paid and the work will last about a
month.
G. S. Bowman, teller of the First Ma
tional bank for several years, will be
the assistant cashier and teller of the
new Capital National bank. George C.
Thompson, formerly of Topeka and
lately with the National Bank of Com
merce, Kansas City. will be bookkeeper
in the new bank.
Charles Shofner of Wellington, Kan,
and Margaret earns of Topeka, APP
yesterday afternoon and asked that
they be made husband and wife. The
bride, who was only IT years of age,
was accompanied by her mother who
placed her 0. K. on the marriage
| license.
The city of Topeka has an official
water wagon. There is one man, so far,
ION the water wagon by right of APP
pointment. He is John Paulson of the
waterworks department. The board of
; waterworks trustees has ordered that
the official city water wagon be re-
others be given chance to get on the
| wagon and all take q ride if they want