The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-21

weight corduroy pants TOT iu6I al
the Palace.
Governor Hoch has been elected pres
ident of the Kansas branch of the Ma
tionaI Red Cross society.
The regular monthly meeting of the
United Commercial Travellers viii be
held next Saturday evening
The Methodist ministers of the city
and their wives held a picnic at the
Reform school grove today
The Junior league of the Lowman
Hill Methodist church held a picnic
near Washburn college today.
G. Music made application for and re-
ceived automobile license No. 72 yester-
day and the corresponding number.
The law students completed their
bar examinatio yesterday afternoon.
They learned their fate this morning
State Senator George B. Hayden of
Wetmore was in town yesterday visit
ing his brother, Probate Judge F. f.
Hayden.
The balloon ascension last night
created excitement in all sections of
the city where the big gas bag could
be seen.
Kansas avenue was crowded with
people last night The various attrac-
tions in town must have been well
patrOnized.
Colonel J. W. F. Hughes will return
from Fort Riley tomorrow where he has
been attending the military shoot which
is now in progress.
The work of remodeling the Grand
opera house is now well under way
When finished it viii be one of the
best playhouses in the west.
Steam was turned in the state house
Tuesday to take the chill out OF the air
in the various offices and that during
the latter days Of the month of June.
Bishop Millspaugh. will preach and
administer the rites of holy commu-
Mon and confirmation next Sunday
morning at the Church of the Good
Shepherd.
The city hall and auditorium are be-
ing fitted with gas fixtures and in the
future natural gas win be used in light
ing as well as heating the building. 1t
won't cost the city anything
A p. Tone Wilson this morning sold
four lots on Emmett street to Jacob
Schmidt, a Santa Fe shopman. The
property belonged to J. r. B. Rue of
Joplin, Mo. and sold for $500.
w H. Kemper, grand secretary of the
I. o. o. F., has. gone to Logan, Kansas,
to institute a Rebel0ah lodge Thursday
afternoon and win dedicate the I. o. o.
f. lodge room at that place in the even
ing.
A popular Topeka man who has
been dubbed Rough House Mike" by
an admiring friend, is threatening to
ask the courts for an injunction re-
straining him from further use of the
title.
The man who makes the balloon
ascension for the Red Men came down
near the baseball park last night This,
however, is not the first aeronautie
feat that has taken place from this
point
M. c. King of Chicago and W. S
King of Kansas City are expected at
the home of Mrs. X F. King. 500 Tyler
street, Saturday. to participate in
family reunion which will be held at
that time.
Miss Maude Rockwell, the charming
young soprano who made such a hit
at the FIks vaudeville show last win
ter, will be the guest of prominent To-
peka Elks at the annual meeting in
Denver in July.
Il don't know what David could have
been thinking about when he said all
men are liars that he did not include
the women remarked a Topeka woman
this morning who had been recently de-
ceived by one of her sex.
DR.. D. NJ Fisk, professor of sociology
at Washburn college, is now taking
He also expects to take some work at
Columbia university before returning
to Washburn in the fall.
A runaway occurred on East Sixth
street yesterday afternoon. A team be-
longing to the Topeka Transfer COM
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company's barn became frightened at
a flying piece of paper and started off.
No damage was done except to the
wagon.
Collection boxes have been placed
in a number of Kansas avenue stores
by the Salvation Army and the dona-
tfons received will be used to defray
the expenses of a picnic which will be
/ given at Vinewood park by that or
ganization for the poor children on
the 9Th of July.
Il see our finish today" remarked
Catcher Jack Henry of the Cooleycrows
as Howey and Andrews. pitcher and
third baseman. clambered into an auto
mobile from the rear axle OF Which was
suspended the hoodoo No. %. And the
result of the game yesterday afternoon
proved that his glimpse of the future
was correct as far IS yesterdays game
was concerned
1 What might have been serious fire
occurred in the music store of A. ].
/ King at 429 Kansas avenue, this morn
! ing about 10 o'clock. A large box of
old paper in the rear Of the store
caught fire in some unknown manner.
/ No one was in the store at the time ex-
| cept Mr.. Kings small boy, who by
| throwing water on the flames soon had
the fire out without the aid of the fire
| department
| A young Topeka man who admits
that he is greatly admired by his girl
friends in his home city had occasion
to make a trip to a neighboring coun-
try town this week. He was walking
down the main street closely followed
by a bevy of village girls, when he
overheard one of them say, He
doesn't look very good to me, even if
he is from Topeka, and now he is
wondering whose judgment is the best,
the home girls or the village beauties.
Rural Carriers Named.
VVael7iu qfon Tune 21.-Rural carriers
appointed are as follows: Kansas-E1-
linwood. route 3. Ray Smith, carrier.
Peter Smith substitute. Missouri-La-
mar, route 5. Jesse A. Mann carrier.