The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-12
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vinewood now compares favorably
with any park in the. country
Otis Allen is in Wichita attending
the convention of the Kansas Grain
Dealers association.
The subsenior play was given at the
high school last night It was Men,
Maids and Matchmakers.
Mrs. Burnett, who has taken charge
of the Vinewood park cafe, is making
the place unusually attractive from a
culinary point OF view.
Kansas City, Kan, secured the next
annual meeting of the Kansas Medical
society which will meet in that city
some time in May next year.
The streets and walks committee
Of the council made an inspection
trip over the city yesterday where i'm
prOvements are contemplated
The Washburn and the Y NJ G. A.
teams are holding a tennis tournament
at the courts at the corner of Ninth
and Polk streets this afternoon
One of the good things that is prom
ised Topeka is the next annual meeting
of the United Commercial Travellers
which will be held in this city next
season.
Pundit N. Krishna, a native minister
from Bombay, India, and member
of the Universal Peace congress, will
deliver a lecture at Unity church sun
day evening.
Schepps' dog and pony show which
opened at Vinewood park last Sunday
found the life too lonesome and the
receipts too small and left for other
localities Friday.
Marshall's band met the Topeka ball
team at Wichita last night and gave
the boys a serenade. Members of the
U. c. T. also held an informal recep-
ton on the depot platform.
Secretary Van Hook announces that
fhn-n xxrfIi hn ~ h0XinQ h0IIfS
held at the T. A. A.. as 1t seems impos-
sible to arrange one that is not faxed
on the part of the participants.
The Kistler-Metzler wholesale gro
Gerry company will move into new
building which will be erected spe-
cially for them at Second and Kansas
avenue by the Guilford Dudley estate.
Two still fire alarms We're turned in
yesterday afternoon, one from the
Throop hotel, and another from the
Santa Fe power house. In both of
these instances the fires were of no
consequence.
The noise you heard on getting up
this morning was Mayor Davis prac-
ticing with a ball in the back yard.
The mayor pitches the first ball at
the opening of the season here this
afternoon
The College Hill baseball team was
defeated by the Polk sch ool team Fri
day afternoon by a score of Is to 8.
The batteries were: College Hill,
Foley and Miller; Polk school, Ander-
son and Freeman.
The Rock Island railroad will build
avenue and Jackson street to Third
street. The streets and walks COM
mittee of the council has passed IA
vorably on the matter.
G. W. Young, brother-in-law of c.
L. Wood, has been appointed manager
opened on the corner of Fourth street
and Kansas avenue by Williamson &
Wood of the National hotel.
The suit of W. w. Harvey for $4,000
attorney fees against J. G. Cooper is
set for trial in the district court for
Saturday. Cooper was sued by his wife
for divorce and alimony and secured
a judgment against him for decree and
$1,000 alimony.
over 400 excavation permits have
been issued from the Office of the city
engineer so far this month. As each
one of these permits represents 81, the
revenue is of considerable size. Last
month the total number ran up to l.
600. Most of the permits are for gas
connections.
Peter Heinz who was severely burn
ed about the head and face by an ex-
plosion of natural gas about a week
ago, is able to be about the streets. He
is not much to look at at the present
time. but the burns are healing nicely
and he expects to be in good repair
within few days.
There is not a contagious disease
in the city under quarantine. This
is an exceptionally good record for a
town of $4,000 inhabitants. 1.-The last
case under quarantine has been dis
charged and the quarantine lifted.
We have now not one case to our per-
sonal knowledge existing in the city,
said Sanitary Sergeant Pattison. Last
year at this time there was a scare on
from an epidemic OF smallpox.