The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
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The Colorado team is looking for
some light team to play them in To-
peka during the middle of the week.
Last night was this closing session of
the Baptist convention which has been
in session for nearly week.
It is another dark and lowering day
with the temperature considerably low
er than It has been for the last few
days.
People who took long drives in the
country yesterday afternoon returned
arrayed in rubber curtains and car
rage robes.
The odor offar greets the noses of the
people on Kansas avenue this mornings
Paving operations have commences In
earnest again.
Those who expected rain yesterday
were disappointed until evening, when
a drizzling sort of a rain fell.
The city council meets this evening in
an adjourned session. The council has
fallen into a habit OF holding council
meetings every Monday of late.
one of Topeka's sportsmen claim that
the game laws are being violated in a
fragrant fashion by hunters from To-
peka and the other cities over the state.
This Is the last week in which you
can register About 1900 voters have
that 400 day viii have to be regis
tered.
Members of the Wash burn football
team will scarcely have the bruises re-
ceived in the Colorado game doctored
up before they have to tackle Fort
Riley and Manhattan.
James McCabe, city engineer, is now
asking for estimates from expert cleo
trical engineers on their charges for
preparing plans for the rebuilding Of
the city electric light plant.
on account of the death Of Mrs.
Weymouth Parker. who was a mem
Der of Lincoln circle, the club viii
meet with Mrs. Mollie Hunter on We'd
nesday instead of tuesday.
The weather man says that winter
underclothing is going to be mighty
in demand by this evening. The biz
zard will strike here at about that time
under the predictions made.
Il have been married for five long
and weary years" says a comedian on
week, .tand the only thing we have run
ming around our house is a red fence.
fCoaoh GARFIELD zvsede of the wash
burn team left saturday night after
the game for a few days visit at his
home in Sterling. He viii return in
time for the game with Fort Riley
Wednesday. IL
Rev. John T. MacFarland, formerly
pastor of the First Methodist church
of this city but now one of the general
secretaries of Tie church, Will not be
able to come to Topeka this week on -ae-
count Of illness.
There promises to be a record break
ing crowd at the Auditorium on We'd
nesday night when speeches are to be
made by Governor Joseph ". Folk OF
Missouri and Col. W.. A. Harris, Demo-
cratic candidate for governor.
This afternoon the police are going
to have the pleasure OF uatangllng
little neighborly fight whlch occurred sl
in Little Russia Saturday. A keg OF
beer and black and blue spots VIII
figure largely in the evidence.
The West Sixth avenue car line was
out of business temporarily last even
ing while a conductor was quarrellng
with a woman about the validity OF q
transfer. The trouble ended when
passenger paid the woman's fare.
With socialist Iecturing. a phrenolo-
gist reading the bumps of the yain and
fine Salvation army at work, there was
plenty of entertainment for the Groves
on Sixth avenue between Kansas ave-
nue. and Quincy street on SATURDAY
night
The Fairmount football team. spent
sunday in Topeka. They arrived yes
terday morning from Emporia where
they defeated the Normal team SatuF7
davs afternoon. They will leave for st.
Marys today, where they play Qulg-
ley's team.
Not long since a local detective at
tempted to arrest woman OF color on
q John Doe warrant. The woman look
ed at the warrant and then scornfully
turned away from the detective. MY
name amt John, white man. 1 ain
goin' with you. And she did not go,
either.
Two colored boys by their remarks
amused some of the people on the west
,+ he FnnthqU Saf11T-
dav Law. look at that fellow VIII
1jaYnsi When that ole boy gifts de ball,
he neber do drop it. Amt dat White
a dandy2 He sure can dodge EN-,
can't he?"
The expert, on throwing games
whose walls were SO prominent during
the past season in the Western associa-
fior has again come to light with the
statement that the game last saturday
was prearranged IN order to get good
crowd out for another game which
will be played this week to play the
tie off.
After the game last Saturday night.
George White, the fast little left half
of the Washburn team. was Introduced
to several members OF the Colorado
team One OF them said: u am very
glad to meet YOU and get look at
you I chansed you all over the field
this afternoon and did not get close
enough to see what you looked like
Society was unable to resist the temp
tation Of a good show, even If 1t did
come on Sunday night and many people
who were at the theater looked
around with a guilty air to see if there
was any one they knew there. Then
when they did spy an acquaintance
they were frightened to death for fear
their friend would think that it was
their usual custom to attend the sun
day show
She Lived a Century.