The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-25

will be three shows for one admission
fifty cents.
B. F. Pankey. president of the IN
dependent Telephone company re-
turned from a ten days vacation spent
in Colorado this morning.
Buddy Burson. who claims the los
pound championship of Kansas City,
No. is in the city and is making an
effort to get on a go with Willie Wolff.
The fire of yesterday furnished
grand opportunity for the "buttinskis''
to get in their fine work and not a one
in town failed to take advantage of it.
Congressman Charles Curtis is max
ing alterations on a business building
owned by him at 1T West Fifth
street. The improvements viii cost
$500.
The room in the rear of George
Burghart's cigar store is being rebuilt
and will be occupied by J. z. Rodman
with florist stock as soon as COM
pleted.
The federal building is partially de-
serted now. A number of the court
officers are in attendance at the ses-
sion of the United States district court
al Wichita.
The first real circus Of the season is
billed for tomorrow and the youngsters
OF the city have already selected their
points of advantage from which to
view the parade.
The superstitious idiot has suggest
ed that the reason for the great loss
at the Crawford opera house fire yes
terday was because thirteen streams of
water were used.
George Clark, the former famous
player of the 1900 football team at
Washburn, has re-entered school and
is now awaiting the arrival of a suit
which will fit him.
Now that the baseball season is over
] Z odd fr7.-- ~. T-1--
w. Dawson are getting into the public
eye at that place by their efforts to
drive out the Joints.
The force in the county clerks office
IS complaining that there is scarcely
any demand for hunters licenses, as
less than two hundred have been is
sued so far this season.
James T. Bradley, receiver of the
First National bank who has been at
Sedan, Kan, will return to Topeka
Thursday. The payment of a divi-
dend will follow soon after
The Little Topeka Giants defeated the
Oskaloosa team on Saturday by q score
of 8 to s. The batteries were Miller.
Parker and Bledsoe for Topeka and
Lewis and Smith for Oskaloosa.
The fire yesterday developed a great
many embryo fire chiefs who were
ready with directions and advice. Fun
ny how much talent lies around I'M
discovered and unappreciated.
The Moffitt Furniture company
have opened temporary quarters at
/ 625 Kansas avenue where they will
1 look after the interest Of their trade
until permanent quarters can be Sc
cured.
| Some of the women of the city are
! talking of getting up a fine supper for
/ the mem bers of the fire depa rtnent to
show their appreciation for the fine
work accomplished at the Crawford
opera house blaze.
When it is considered that about
/ 100000 gallons of water were pour
/ ed into the Crawford building for over
two hours yesterday, there is no Won
der at the damage wrought by water
in the stores below.
The driver of one of the wagons
hauling hot asphalt for the Kansas
avenue paving drove directly in front
of south bound North Topeka street
car this morning near Eighth avenue
and wrecked the fender of the car.
The gas company are making ex-
cavatiOns on Washburn campus and
! viii pipe their product into the build
ings of the college. This will do away
with the necessity of the students
wearing their overcoats in the class
room
Two cases of diphtheria were report
/ ed to the city health authorities yes
I terday: Inez Fay at 317 Liberty street,
4 and John Riggenberg at 702 Chandler
/ street. which makes a total of eighteen
cases reported so far this month, seven
/ Of them being in quarantine
A Topeka newspaper reporter ap-
+ peared at the fire yesterday in fire.
mans garb. He left his own clothes
on the roof of an adjoining building
! and when he was ready to forsak his
fire equipment for his citizen garb his
coat and vest had disappeared.
Tt is said that an unusually popular
zu4aziafN announced Anr