The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

In your melody.
Robin. robin redbreast.
spring Is nearly nigh,
Doubtless It win be here
IN the by and by
ANYHOW in June or
Maybe In July.
Rev; Edwin Locke will preach at the
EUCLID Avenue N. e. church tonight.
Dan Dyer, sergeant at arms of the
iast house OF representatives, is in
town. -
The engineering school of the Uni
Verslty OF Kansas has 342 students en-
This is the night that Charley Holli-
oay gives his dinner to the city officials
at the Elhs.
Washburn college and the Kansas
agricultural college play at Washburn
park on Friday afternoon.
Nobody has yet noticed the Topeka
street Car company putting up a plat
form at the baseball park.
J. s. Warner and A. G. Potter own a
ranch on Mill creek, rs miles west of
Topeka, Which embraces one Of the
best fishing grounds in the state.
The board OF railroad. commissions
ers has gone to Niotaze to investigate
some complaints about the insudicient
| drainage on the railroad right Of way.
Floyd B. Brockett was chosen by the
Junior class of the Kansas Medical col
lege to represent the class at the ban
quet Tuesday night. The subject of his
toast was Youth"
The Emporia Gazette says: M. H.
Arnold, who has been in the nursery
business here, has a position with
Kansas City wooden mill. His head
quarters viii be in Topeka.
Quite Encouragement of recitation
rooms will follow the opening of the
doors of the new Carnegie library. The
English and Sociology departments will
be maintained entirely in the new build
ing.
Judge Pollock discharged the petit
jury on Wednesday afternoon for this
number of chancery matters will be
heard however before the close of the
term.
The game to have been played between
Washburn an the White Sox this after
noon was called off. Topeka plays the
Kansas City Selects here Saturday and
the Kansas City Thomas Blues here on
Sunday.
1t takes $50 strokes of the hammer Of
the pile driver to drive one of the piles
at the Melan arch bridge down to its
required depth. Quicksand is consid-
cred one Of the hardest substances in
which to drive piling.
A free public entertainment will be
given by the A. o. Z. W. tonight at the
Auditorium. Tho affair is given in
compliment TO the degree teams tHslA
attended to the state meeting at Leav-
| enworth. The programme commences
at 8 o'clock.
Special holy week services are being
held in the First Lutheran church
this week. The Bible readings cover
the events Of the last days of Christ
and the sermon is on q gospel theme.
/ Good Friday services Will be neld to-
morrow evening.
The local board of the civil service is
furnishing the examination of class
of IA today. The class includes two
naval cadets, five farmer Indian SER
vice, four teachers Indian service, one
computer coast geodetic survey, one as
sistant examiner patent office, one Chi
nese inspector.
Harry Brent. formerly clerk in the
/ governors Office. was in the city yes
terday afternoon on his way to spend
the summer at Medicine Lodge, the
home Of Senator Long. Brent is now a
stenographer for Senator Long and is
stationed the greater part of his time
at Washington.
The Atchison Globe didn't expect Earl
! Green's team to win at Topeka. The
paper said Wednesday before the result
of the game was known: IF the To-
peka leaguers, who are really a strong
1 aggrega ton, can find any satisfaction
in beating that crowd of cripples, they
are welcome to it.
The Sells-Downs shows will give a
rehearsal Saturday afternoon at the
fair grounds This is the first try out
of the season when all of the perform
ers will be present and when the pro
gramme which is to be followed out
during the remainder of the season IS
given its first rehearsal.
A Denver paper of Monday says
that Lieutenant Governor Hanna Of
Kansas was there on that day, on ms
way to Topeka from Los Angeles II
was stated that Mr.. Hanna would start
fOv H7nrnI~o h1Tf the nTOna 6illfN
is that he tied up at Hill City for
while He is expected in Topeka
Monday night.
A clerk in the Office of superintendent
Jones of the Rock Island by the name
of Hazelnut, was taken with a light
form of smallpox and removed to the
city detention hospital Wednesday
Hazelnut .Foomed at the W. w Man
speaker residence at 1901 Harrison
street The residence was placed under
quarantine but the quarantine was
raised upon the completion of the funi-
cation of the place.
While returning from the Medical
college banquet Tuesday night. Dr. T.
nuet. was badly hurt by the overturn-
ing of his buggy. A strap on the mar
ness broke, allowing the shaTes 10
drop This tipped the buggy over.
and DR.. and Mrs. Peers We're spilI@u
ont Mrs Peers was unhurt, but Dr.
Peers sustained severe cuts on the
face and A bad injury of the leg. Dr.
Peers is now confined to his bed.
The state university news bulletin
savs, professor Erasmus Haworth
of the department of geology of the
University of Kansas has just com
Melted arrangements with a number OF
HRaieT boring state universities for CO.
operating in practical experiments to
demonstrate the curvature of the earth
and further to compute its exact size
Ali this may be very well but who,
cares for the acreage and per diem
and front footage. It would be more
interesting to know if there is a SPOT
Il, &c Enclzefeller hasn't SOWn aI.y