The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

raWford=StocE Company
.r-n,,erons camD. aDa4ties are being
organized and the time for the annuai
big feed Of the ciigre IS near at hand
Mrs. J. K. Price Of East Eighth ave-
lne has just returned from 6oltons
vhexe she purchased tine driving
horse.
been placed IN the Novelty theater 20
add 20 the comfort Of the patrons dur
ing the sultry days
sc Is quite a remarkable fact that
since the opening Of the Western associ-
aticn season not a single game mas been
postponed because of rain.
A four hundred plate banquet will be
given at the Auditorium tonight to the
members of the Navajo and k1ckapoo
tribes Of the Y. M. c. A
The rain with which Weather OBJ
server Jennings has threatened 70 spoil
the Topeka series OF ball games has
proven 30 far to be wind.
The summer theatsr at Vlnewood
which was deserted a portion Of last
week was reopened Sunday with
vaudeville as the attraction.
FL ". Hughes has purchased a new
Smith automobile to take the place of
an old machine Of the same make which
has outlasted its usefulness
The Washburn college ball team viii
start on another short tour Wednesday,
their first game viii be played with the
State Normal team on that date.
Reports Of the depredations Of flower
thieves are becoming as numerous as
complaints against the owners of chick
ems who permit them to run at large.
Another Topeka orator has closed a
date for a Decoration Day address and
Joseph Waters will turn his eloQuence
loose on the citizens of Wichita on that
day.
The plasterers have finished their
work in the new 7. NJ. G. A. building,
bus at that the new home will not be
ready for occupancy before the 1st Of
August.
Corn is up five or six inches. in a good
many fields in the vicinity of this city
and there are quite number offarmers
around here who have not yet finished
planting.
The Republican state central com
m1ttee will meet in Topeka Nay 18th
at the Copeland hotel to arrange the
preliminaries for the opening Of their
campaign.
Four double plays in one game Is
record made by the White SOx in Sat
urday's game which win make the. other
teams in the association hustle some 10
beat this season.
To finish up the business which they
were unable to complete at the regular
council meeting last Monday, the coun-
ell viii again meet this evening at an
over fifteen hundred visitors from out
of town passed the greater part Of yes
terday IN this city. They came on two
excursions run by the Santa Fe from
Moline and F'redonia
A small coal shed at the rear Of the
residence Of Andrew Burkhard, SIP
Topeka avenue caught fire and burn
ed to the ground last night The loss
VIII not exceed $50.
A chimney jack who IS painting and
re-lettering the tall Edison chimney
has been the cause of more "cricks" in
the naclCs than all other causes com
bined during the past week.
The local paving company which
VIII bid on the repaving of Kansas
avenue is having SAMPLES of the as
phalt which it viii use tested at New
York city by asphalt experts
The Topeka Athletic association is
considering the advisability of moving
TO the rooms now occupied by the 7. NJ
Q. A on Eighth street when that or
Eanlzahon moves to their new building
Dick Cooley IS by odds the most pop
ular man In town just now but his
many admirers should stop insisting on
shaking hands with him every time they
meet him 1t IS apt to put his throwing
arm out Of business.
Some Of the money that has gone