The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
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time of the shooting, but was an limo
cent bystander and was standing some
distance away at the time he was shot.
About twenty-five members of Mar
shalls band viii go to Onaga next
Monday to assist in the celebration of
that place and this city.
Ned Osborn and Ed KelIam have re-
turned from their auto trip to Cotton
wood Falls. They made the going trip
of SO miles in five hours. It took them
somewhat longer to return.
Judge Carver had his third round
with a Topeka jointist in the district
court yesterday and did not even get a
dog fall" as the jury turned the
jOintist loose after a short deliberation.
The Santa Fe ran a special train Of
twelve coaches from st. Joseph to To-
peka Thursday. carrying the Ben Hur
company The train consisted of
twelve cars and was pulled by two en-
gines.
Topeka can claim one more disfinc-
ton. one of the natives of the city de
feated the champion chess player OF
the world one game last evening in a
/ tournament which was played at Sc
curity hall.
Judge Phillips win not give his decis-
ion in the Fred Dumont Smith case for
some time yet. Yesterday he asked the
United States district attorneys office
here for some additional authorities con-
corning the defense.
The Commercial club is distributing
a lot of pamphlets entitled Topeka,
The Beautiful Business men about
the city are asked to send them out in
their mail. They can be obtained at
the Commercial club rooms
Herman Grow will be in charge of the
reserved seat stand for the athletic en-
| tertainment to be given at the Grand
theater on the night of February s.
Members holding membership cards will
receive reserved seat checks upon ap-
plication.
Almost $50 business men of Topeka
have signided their intention to go to
Onaga Monday on the special Union
Pacific train. They will be entertained
at dinner by the Onaga Commercial
club. MarshalTs full band viii also go
on the trip.
There are about fifty out of town
chess players in the city attending the
| tournament now in progress at the
parlOrs of the National hotel. Look
for men with high foreheads and
plenty of hair and you viii not miss
many of them.
A colored girl and her steady were
walking along on the street last even
ing and the girl was overheard to chide
her company and urge him to 60 to
work Fob it's goin' to get cold But
/ he refused evidently on the theory that
] she was an ullL6lldDlE WEctAAACA E4oJAAGt-
There seems to be more honor about
/ this championship of the world bust
ness than anything else. It cost the
/ Kansas Chess club only fifty dollars
and expenses to get Professor Lasker
to leave his happy home in New York
city and play an exhibition series Of
1 games in this city.
Gordon Cron. a Topeka boy, who has
1 been employed in the State printing Of
/ fee as a binder, has secured part in
Ben Hur. Cron has a fine baritone
voice and was for a time with the
Washburn quartette. He has lately
been training a choir in Chicago. but
/ the remuneration of SIS a week was not
enough to satisfy his ambition. He
gave this up and went to New York
I where within a day he had signed up
with KlaW & Erlanger for speaking
part in the Ben Hur production. Cron
has the part of Hortator, who has
charge of the galley in the second act,
and then is transferred in the third act
1 to Khlad, the servant to Ilderim, the
/ shiek.