The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

when not on the road. Will appear
with the Prince of Pilsen Company.
which opens for the week IN Kansas
City next Sunday
There does not seem. to be much doing
IN the way of bagg1ng quail IN these
parts. Most of the local nimrods come
nome from hunting trips and are only
able TO report progress. The largest
bA8 reported yet Is SIX birds hnockeu
over yesterday by Jess Elliott and Her
man Grow.
All sorts Of trouble is in store for the
promoters of the Elks' minstrel shows
one OF the requisites of an interlocutor
is that he be handsome. Every member
OF the club has put in a bid for the
place. and the committee is bound to
make a lot of enemies when it an
nounces its decision.
Large flights of ducks and geese are
reported but for some reason the
water fowl this year are giving this
section of the state wide berth and
the fights are so high that they are
not within rifle shot and but few Of
the fowls light either for feed or
water.
MIS-. Louisa NJ viets, the mother OF
Mrs. Fl. j. Whitcomb of POtwin, fell
On the slippery porch ten days ago and
LETT rib The injury has not been very
serious, but on account of old age and
rheumatic conditions, it will take some
weeks for her to regain her former
strength. q
Roy Johnson who is acting as press
agent and one of the numerous general
managers for the Elk minstrel perform
ance which will be given on the third
and fourth of December, says, There
is no doubt that the affair will give a
dollars worth of fun for every dollar
spent for tickets"
There is doubt that a part at least
of the money which was taken by the
man who robbed the, Newton bank a
few days ago is good, as about $500
of It was in bills issued by the Topeka
State bank. which had been signed
but never separated, but was in the
original strips in which it was printed.
The big roller belonging to the paw
ing company is again showing signs of
life and is chugging up and down the
east side of Kansas avenue between
Eighth avenue and Tenth street and
there is a chance that If nothing else
Ia opens lha- the paving on Kansas
avenue Will be completed by the last of
next week.
Mayor Davis thinks that the esti-
mate for repairing the East Sixth ave-
nue. Viaduct is entirely too high and
suggests that The 1ooI be laid single,
in the place of double as the street
railway proposes that it shall be- 1t is
claimed that the street railway COM
pany wishes to use a higher rail than
the one now in use.
Permission to erect a foot bridge on
the Santa ke river bridge was granted
by General Manager j. Il. Hurley ME-
Mr.. Hurley agreed to have the railroad
employees erect the bridge after the
material had been secured by North
Topeka people. The cost will be about
$1,000 and it will be used by shop en-
ployes in crossing to their homes on
the North side.
A writer on the Atchison Globe
wants to know what has been done
about a certain $4,000 shortage
which was discovered in the state
treasurery department; which
prompts a Topeka man to remark:
There was a story of that kind cir
culated some time ago by a firm of
accountants who made an examina-
ton of the treasurer's books
There is one thing like about this
system of cashing checks which has
been inaugurated by the r. r. Y. M.
G. A." said an employe Of the COM,
pany yesterday just after he had ex-
changed his check for the cash, land
that is that / am not compelled to buy
a quarters worth of cigars that /
don't want, or a round of drinks be-
fore l can make the exchange
After a spell of four days in which
not an arrest was made by the police
force things began to happen early last
evening and the entire force was kept
busy from that time until morning.
though there was nothing of a really
serious nature developed. That is If the
woman who attempted suicide does not
die and the man who was stabbed
gets we'll; and the man who was struck
with the brass knucks'' is not fatally
injured; and the buggies which were
stolen are recovered