The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-13

lations provide that a review and
salute must be given to the governor
of the state in which the maneuvers
are held.
The Smith Automobile company has
sold an automobile of their make to c.
J. Lewis. who is a mining engineer at
Johannesburg, who will take the ma
chine to that country for his own use.
The paving material for Kansas ave
nue. is expected Will arrive in the city
some time this week. With the plant
UP and the material here paving oper-
atoms can commence. It will probably
not commence, however, until week
after next.
Just as people were leaving for the
ball game Saturday the fire companies
Kansas avenue. A cigar stub was
thrown in the awning al the Swearin-
gen jewelry store and set it afire. It
was scorched slightly.
The weeds in some places are be-
coming very rank in their growth.
There is place on West seventh street
between Topeka avenue and " eStern
avenue where the weeds are seven feet
high and nothing can be seen of the
sidewalk except a narrow path in the
center.
The grass on the field at the ball park
has been tall enough to NOW for the
past month and Saturday almost lost
the home team the game when Davis
in right field caught his foot in some
of the longest grass and fell just as he
was in position to catch a long drive
into his field.
Ny idea Of the hardest position to
fill at a ball game said a fan at the
Saturday game, lis to be the wife Of the
umpire and sit in the grandstand while
the fans rave and screech, hang the
umpire burn him, kill him and other
things calculated to CRATE on the nerves
of a sensitive person
Jack Johnson's Giants have at last
reached Chicago. They played against
the Leland Giants, the strong colored
team Of that place yesterday, and beat
them by a score of 4 to 2. On the pres
ent trip which has lasted over a month
the Giants have lost but two games
and they have played nearly every
day.
A distinctive and pleasing feature of
Rev. Loyal w Madden's out door
services at Fifth and West streets last
night was the singing of The Holy City
by Mrs. ". H Wood Mrs. Wood
has a soprano voice of wonderful range
and sweetness and her selection served
well for its display in all its richness
and purity
A camp meeting is to be started to-
morrow evening, August IA, at the
southeast corner of Eleventh and Blu
chanan, which viii be in charge Of the
Rev. DR.. p. F. Breesee of the Church
of the NaZarine. He will be assisted
bv the Rev. Herbert Buffum and wife
Of Manhattan. A special invitation Is
extended to all to attend the meetings.
The afternoon sessions will occur daily
at 1880 and the evening sessions will
commence at s.
What is probably the record for an
extra inning game in Topeka was play
ed IN North Topeka yesterday after
noon. The Taylor's Perfection and the
Eagles were the opposing teams. The
/ game was twenty-five innings long and
was called on account of darkness
with the score tie, 6 to s. At the end
1 of the eighth the score was 4 to 4 and
1 not another score was made until the
/ seventeenth when both sides scored
! one. In the twenty-frst each added
I another score.
Major A. NJ Harvey recently pur-
! chased q burro for the children of the
family and since that time the neigh
bors have been unable to sleep. A no
tice was recently served on him that If
1 he ever expects to break into the city
/ council OF anywhere else excepting jail
! that the critter must be disposed Of
( result the animal is advertised for sale
and 1t IS probable that the first pros
pective purchaser who applies viii lead
J a a wa nth