The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

been issued a commission as nrst lieu
tenant Of Co. L, Of the Kansas Ma
tional Guard at Yates Center He was
reelected to the office last Saturday
night.
Councilman Green announced before
leaving that he was just going to Mime
apolis to escape the hot weather. Re
ports from that place would indicate
that Mr.. Green should have gone t.
Cuba.
The ''homeseekers excursions td
Vinewood park every Friday have
been extremely popular, and people
are now wondering if the new rate law
will prevent the continuation OF the
low rate excursions.
F. T. Dolan, general superintendent
of the Rock Island, will not return to
Topeka till September l. He has re-
gained his health and strength, but Is
to return TO his Office.
Owing to the depth that the sewer
and water pipes are laid on Jackson
street, it has been necessary for the
place its condu1ts eleven feet under
the surface of the street
'tAEuscogee Red told Judge UrYny
this morning that he was not drunk,
and not even overcome by heat but
/ simply tickled to death with the visible
prosperity Of Topeka. The talk made
good, and he was discharged.
Nice luscious peaches are a drug on
! the market at ID cents a peck basket
and in the country many farmers are
making no pretenses OF harvesting them
but are permitting them to fall to the
ground under the trees and rot.
The gas excavations on Kansas ave
nue. remind the ex-smal boy Of the good
old times when he used to dig the fes-
i tive pole cat out of his hole. Every
time the laborers dig a fresh hole they
seem to tap fresh key OF odor.
All the alterations contemplated at
| the Grand theater have been compIet-
/ ed, the plasterers have finished their
work and practically all of the stucco
relief work has been finished, leaving
the walls ready for the decorators,
| who have already begun. their work
City Attorney Dreaming has appealed
the case of Rebecca Pert to the su
preme court. She claimed that she fell
on defective sidewalk and received
permanent injuries and was awarded
$1,000 damages by jury in the district
court.
". L. Taylor, electric road booster.
came in from Harveyville at a late hour
last night in the Goodwin automobile
/ driven by A C. Goodwin. They came
! over strange road, and at a speed
! which caused Mr.. Taylor to make fire.
| quent threats of unloading.
It took the Cooleycrows eleven in
nings to beat the Oklahoma City ball
4 team out of the game yesterday. but a
that the home team shows marked i'm
provement; for did it not take them
u innings to win a game from them
1 last Saturday?
The skeleton of an enormous buffalo
was found at a depth of p feet in an
excavation on the S. S. Smith farm
south of Maple Hill last week The
horns were in a good state Of preserva-
ton and could be polishd. Part of
the skeleton was brought to Topeka.
At least 300 fans stood in front Of
/ the bulletin board until half past 6
o'clock last night waiting for the re-
turns from the Topeka-Oklahona City
1 ball game and then went home and
pleaded that they were detained by
business when storm threatened
them.
David Overmyer made speech
yesterday at the Chautauqua at Col
umbia, Mo. Two thousand people
| heard the address. Mr. Overunver
was introduced by E. W Stephens. of
/ Columbia who referred to him as the
man who could have anything he
wanted in Kansas. Mr. Overrnver
roasted the trusts and the protective
tariff.
A member of the State Journal force
was yesterday presented with q SIM
flower to wear on the lapel of his coaf
As the seed bearing part of this flower
has a diameter of ten inches and IN
! total measurement including the pe4af-
is somewhat over foot, the wearer will
probably attract some attention during
walk on Kansas avenue. The donor
DR.. F De Obert of Highland Park
says this is by no means the largest he
has grown IN his garden this year There
4 have been some whose centers measured
/ over a foot Great is Kansas ard great
1 is her floral emblenl ,
The police are very active in sun
pressing crime, and sometimes spoil a
good thing for the newspapers. A de-
/ tective interfered this morning and
broke up a possible s.shutzenfest
grocer named F<idder. at Tenth and
Monroe. had armed himself with the ex-
pressed intention Of shooting John Mo
| Knaught. a moving van driver. Nc
Knaught had driven across Ills lar
while hauling cut the household effscrs
OF neignpor, ana kfdder was flourish
/ ing a gun when Detective Ross apneaT-
ed upon ire scene Apologies followed,
and the shooting was averted to ff,s
mutual benefit Of both shooter and
shootee.