The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-05

I shall be soon,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
HORATIUS BONAR-
It has been showing in Colorado this
week.
Read the letter posted in the window
at The Palace.
1.-THE Redemption viii be given at
the Auditorium tonight
This is the morning the ninety and
nine say 81 told you so.''
The man who talked of a $500
najority-where is he?
Anyway he is entitled hereafter to
be known as "Jedge" Overmeyer
Charles Blood Smith and O. P. IJpde-
gran were in Kansas City Yesterday
The next cold wave will come soon
after the opening of the baseball sea-
son.
It is nearing the time when new
nshlng records, and yarns, must be es-
tablished.
The one big room in the court house
still dingy and implanted is the city
! court room.
Miss IzilIa Hartford. sO1 Madison
street is recovering from a serious at
tack of the grip.
Sophia Treadwell would be divorced
from E. W. Treadwel because he did
not treatherwell.
/ There was a frost last night and
mighty near a snowslide for some can
didates at the election.
The birth Of a baby boy has been re-
/ ported from the family of Charles
Myrich at 1881 Harrison street.
C. E. Pillsan has taken out a build
ing permit for the erection of a barn
at 104 Exeter street to cost 500.
marriage license was issued yes
terday to Fred Eberhart of Douglas
county, and Bertha Eller, of Shawnee
Rev. J. D. Mcfarland visited the
4 sheriff's Office few days ago, while he
was in Topeka, and paid up his back
l taxes.
This is the day when YOU will see
groups of, men telling each other how
each one swung the election for some
body else.
Lizzie Penney has asked Judge
Dana to divorce her from c. H. Per
ney because, she says, he has been
| cruel to her.
The paving being done by the city
railway between the car tracks on
West Twelfth street will be a stretch
of model brick pavement.
The new Baptist church building has
been mortgaged for SIS, 900 to a Chicago
ity for mortgage burning.
The executive committee of the Re
publican city central committee will
meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock to
4 Mayor-elect Davis doesn't live in
/ North Topeka now, but he spent the
i greater portion of his life there and
Igot his start in a little North Topeka
grocery.
A Lawrence paper says: 'Mr. and
Mrs Charles Decker moved their
household goods from Topeka today
and have rented a house in the 500
block on Tennessee street.
Isaac Baxter, well known farmer
near Auburn. is dangerously i'll at his
home with Bright's disease. He is Il
years Of age and has lived at his pres
ent home since 1854.
The Washburn and High School base
ball teams played a game at Washburn
park on Monday afternoon. The college
won. No one was able to find enough
paper to keep all the tallies.
The first chance of the FAIRS 10 see
what the Topeka team can do will be
given them on Saturday. at which time
a game Will be played with the Wash
burn college team. Sunday the Kansas
City Schmelzers are here for a game.
The regular meeting of the Dougherty
Success club will take place tonight.
DR.. H. w. Roby who was the first Off
cial court reporter in the United States,
and Typewriter Days in the North
west"
The council will meet Friday even
ing This will be the meeting at which
the retiring councilmen will relinquish
their seats in favor of their successors
and at which time Mayor Bergundthal
will formally turn over his office to
Mayor-elect Davis.
The Street Railway company is put
. ting in a new switch on the west
Eighth avenue line between Harrison
street and Topeka avenue A long
switch is being built in order to &C
l commodate cars to handle the crowd at
entertainments at the high school
The fire department was called to 1435
Monroe street at 1922 yesterday after
noon. The sparks from the engine
which runs the excavating machine on
the Fifth ward sewer set fire to barn
It was partially filed with hay and fur
niture. The loss will be about 500.
There will be no more lectures at the
Topeka homeopathic night school, the
work having been completed for the
school year. but the students are invit
ed to meet socially at DR.. Hardings
office Monday evening, April 9, and re-
cefve their credentials for work done.
The Leavenworth Times says: L.
NJ. Penwell of Topeka, president of the
/ National Funeral Directors assOcia-
ton. was in LeaVenworth yesterday ar
men from Topeka to this city in the
near future. There viii be several
hundred in the party.
Topeka. may now put on metropolitan
airs The country club house is prac-
tieally assured. The capitalist viii then
/ have a place TO go for an afternoon of
: golf after banking hours Will be able
: to get a thick steak for dinner and lis
ten to the orchestra in the evening
while he sips q good old mint julip
J Sheriff Lucas is great on clues
/ A few days ago he got a clue which
led him to believe that Probate Judge