The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-21
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


The man who likes dandelion green's
is in the hey-day of his glory right now.
The city park this year looks as we'll
as it did before the 1903 flood. The
grass is in fine shape
E. N. Gum. formerly councilman
in this city, is sick with what Is De
lieyed to be pneumonia.
Judge Pollock is planning to put in a
few days duck shooting at the close of
the session of court at Wichita
At the present rate of progress, how
4 long will it be before the Japs enter St.
Petersburg and kidnap the cars baby?
Secretary Logan of the Topeka Base
| ball association received four more aD-
plications from amateurs for try-outs
on Monday.
/ DR. L. Y. Sans of Rock Creek who
was operated upon last week for appen-
dicitis at Christ hospital is recovering
4 very rapidly
city Treasurer Hale took in yester-
4 heaviest in the way of receipts for the
season. The penalty will be attached
on the first of April
Miss Rose Crist win speak at the
First Cumberland Presbyterian church
4 on West street tonight. The meetings
/ are attracting attention and there have
] been 80 professions OF faith.
A young Topeka man named Hull
4 lett has invented a telegraphers call
bell, which he thinks is a great lnstl.
club to help him manufacture the call
bells in Topeka
The revising department of the A. T.
& S. F. general offices issues a chal-
lenge to any amateur team in the city
20 a game of baseball to be played Sat
urday March rs. A. B. Elliott is chair
man, and General Wilbur secretary of
the -Revisers.
Every street car on the system of
the Topeka Railway company was
brought to a standstill for one minute
lat noon today out OF respect for the
memory of John Wilson. one Of the
heaviest stockholders of the company,
who died at Peoria.
Joplin claims to have signed ole OIL
! son for the outfield- President Sheard
>. says that this is not the case, because
> he still owns the little Swede. Ole will
not play ball in Topeka this summer
from ali present indications. If a prop
er price can be obtained he may be
sold.
, About 100 students from Washburn
college will journey down to BALDWIN
l. in a special car this week, Friday, &c
? be present at the akel
= debate and the baseball game between
Z the teams from the two colleges. Tbs
Washburn debating team is composed
: of Dadisman, Hughes and Zumwalt-
The United States circuit court will
be in session next Monday and Tues
day for the consideration of specfa
matters On Monday the court viii
hear
the Union Pacific to prevent Farmers
along the right of way between here
and Kansas City interfering with the
construction of the double track line
Il It seems likely that the proposition
to vote bonds for the Council Grove
railroad will carry at the coming
election. The road will run southwes
y from Topeka into q territory abso
e lutely without railroads. and the IN
a i creased value of taxable property II
= Topeka city will more than equal TIT
r $50, 900 which Topeka is asked t.
v contribute.
: A gang of men from the street com
rnissioner's department is at work o.
n the Seventeenth street bridge betWee
v Lincoln and Lane streets repairing tn
n retaining walls. Twelve feet OF TN
a sixty foot retaining wall have caved IN
d The entire wall and possibly the bridg
It will have to be rebuilt within the com
y ing year.
street the other day and friend sal
to him: Jake, are you going to G
lie police force when the new mayo
e, steps in % mot on your life" re
4 sponded the ex-sergeanr emphaticall1
~ You couldn't drag me into it al
making $3.50 a day boilermaking, an
do you think I'd quit that job for tn
: police force"
Il A friend of the Topeka ProvideI
y association has offered to donate sol
a that institution. The building occt
% pied by the association at the cornF
le of Fourth and Jackson streets IS sat
n " in need of such a gift. The done
Of does not wish to make pubic
e. name.
r. The new Council Grove railroa
lg should not be confused with the lopez
~ e Northwestern railroad, now BEN
built. The Council Grove road, towaI
which the city of Topeka is asked
vote $50 900 in bonds, will be built o
to the southwest, in the direction
~ ~ Burnett's mound and Auburn and WI
lst open up new territory as tributal
fe to Topeka. The Topeka & NorthweS
Sc ern is being built northwest from II
no peka, is a Union Pacific propositlo
&c and asks no bonds.
There has been decrease IN Il
expense attached to the maintenan
. of the city's street department for t
last wear over and against that of $
wears ago of $1.482.74- contr
Xersv has lately arisen to the enc
that 1t was costing the city more
that department at the present tln
than six years ago. To prove that Z
contention was not well ground
Street Commissioner Snyder has COZ
piled the figures for the past elev
months as compared with the saI
time in 1898. In 1898 the cost
= that period of time was S25, so-4V;
1904-O5 S24,202.66. The extent OF g