The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-07

sence of the laying out sometimes
seen with excursions.
The citizens of Oakland are agitat-
ing the proposition of a park for that
portion of the city
The officers of the federal court left
Sunday for Fort Scott. where the May
term of court opened this morning at
10 o'clock.
The board of health reports that
there are but three cases of contagious
disease in the city One each of diph-
iberia, scarlet fever and measles.
F. A. Kiene. Jr., a Shawnee county
boy, is manager of the champion State
Agricultural college baseball team
which plays in Topeka tomorrow
DR.. anC Mrs. Norman Plass who ac-
companied the Washburn quartette on
included a trip to California have re-
turned to their home in this city.
The Washburn Academy ball team
played a game with the HOlton high
school team Saturday at the Washburn
grounds which resulted in a score of 5
to I in favor of the visiting team.
The Polk Street Tigers played the
Hall Lithographing team a game Of
baseball Saturday afternoon which re-
suited in a score Of 10 to 6 in favor of
the Tigers
A long and tedious meeting is an
ticipated by the members of the city
council this evening when the paving
proposition as we'll as other matters of
considerable importance will be CON
sidered.
A concert will be given at Roch-
ester school house Saturday evening
by the Wendall orchestra for the ben
eft Of the school, which is in debt
for piano which was recently pur-
chased.
About 40 participated in the banquet
which was rendered by Washburn to
the visiting orators and college dele
gates Saturday evening at the Throop.
H. G. Larimer, of the law department,
acted as POSTMASTER.
The Topeka Endeavor Union are max
/ ing efforts to secure a long lease on a
twenty-six acre tract of land near
Maple Hill with a view of erecting a
number Of cottages for summer occu-
pancy by members of the association.
The depositors of the First National
bank can expect something to happen
along after the middle of May. The
fate Of the holding corporation will be
settled by that time and the receiver
will be prepared to make an announce
ment of the next dividend.
Washburn will play the State Agri-
I cultural college ball team at the Associ-
alton Park Tuesday afternoon and the
+ prediction is freely made that if the
/ home team puts up an equal game with
4 the Manhattan team that the game will
/ be one of the best seen on the grounds
Z this season.
The three ton boulder belonging to
the senior class of Washburn college
which was buried seven feet under
ground by rival classmen a few nights
+ ago, has not been resurrected. It is
+ possible that the seniors will bring in
another boulder and anchor it to a
tree
The contracts for the heating. light
/ ing and wiring of the new building
which is being constructed at the boys
j Industrial school were let Saturday. The
/ heating contract was awarded to Tholen
/ Brothers of IeavenWorth, their bid of
/ 81, 629 being the lowest offered. The
plumbing will be done by Sutherin &.
/ Co. and the electric wiring by H. B.
Howard of Topeka
Il rather like your system here in
! Topeka" remarked a Kansas City
man who spent Sunday in the city.
while I am not able to get a shave,
7 have been able to find plenty to
/ drink, and I can get along without a
I shave for a day. In Kansas City it is
! just the other way. There is no
trouble to get a shave, but to be able
! to get drink on Sunday one has to
be a dandy"
Phil S. Creager, telegraph editor OF
/ the Kansas City Journal, who is vel
I known in Topeka, was operated uDor
at the South Side hospital. Kansas City
yesterday for appendicitis. and is re
covering we'll from the. operation. The
operation was performed by DR. E. F
Robinson Mr.. Creager has been all.
ing for some days. but stuck to his
desk until last Friday. when he wa.
obliged to go to bed. His disease was
diagnosed as appendicitis on Saturday
Geo. z. Dougherty, of Dougherty's
Shorthand school. took a party of about
10 students ana friends for a visit tc
Baker university last Saturday. They