The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
SNAPSHOTS
nc g

John E. Cope was yesterday granted
a building permit for the erection OF
a $1,000 residence at 252S Buchanan
street.
The Eagles will give a box social and
lance at the Eagles hall on Thursday
evening, October "a. The ladies will
provide the boxes.
Charles Sneed and Lillian Jackson,
both of Topeka, were married at Law
renee yesterday by the probate judge
of Douglas county.
DR.. Charles M. Sheldon has just COM
pleted a new story which he Will read
from the pulpit of his church m
ing Sunday morning.
The river roads i'll North Topeka,
and both east and west of North To-
peka, are in an almost impossible con-
dition on account of the dust.
Yesterday was a busy one for City
Attorney Dreaming in the district
court; sixteen city cases being dismiss
ed and in the case tried the jury failed
to agree.
One of the balloons started in the
International a~eronautical cup race at
ST. Louis is said to have been seen
over St. Joseph, Mo-, sailing swiftly
towards Topeka
arranged for the teachers of the public
schools of the city will commence this
evening with a lecture by DR.. Fisk at
the high school building.
PROFESSOR n Mrs. Is. b.. Eyer O1
| Manhattan are the parents of a son,
born on the Goth. Professor Eyer was
formerly a member of the faculty of
the Topeka high school,.
Miss Agnes Lapham will give a piano
recital at the First Baptist church Fri
day evening, the proceeds to be donated
to the building FUND of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association.
A number Of Washburn students who
were organized into a rooters' brigade,
accompanied the Washburn football
team to ST. Marys today where they will
meet the Catholics on the gridiron.
Score one for Dreaming" whispered
one of his friends when the jury in
the M. Hosfield joint case announced
that they could not agree on a verdict
at yesterdays session of the district
curt.
A meeting of the equestrians of the
city will be held at the Commercial
club rooms this evening at T:30- An
invitation is extended to all who are
interested in riding to be present at
the meeting.
At the last quarterly payment made
by the pension office in this city, $15,-
807, 63S. "a was distributed in the terri
tory adjacent to this office, the largest
sum distributed by any agency in the
United States.
According to the count completed by
Postmaster Rogers last week, 1000 pos
tai cards were ndle at the Topeka
office or on an average of 1000 each day,
a large majority of the number being
of the souvenir variety.
The chances are that Topeka fans
will not have an opportunity to see any
of the big league teams play in this
city this fall as the Detroit management
has called off the western trip, which
included a stop in Topeka
Attorney General ackso will go to
Columbus, Cherokee county, next
week to start a law enforcement cam
paign in that county. Cherokee is
one of the few counties in the state
where the saloons are still running.
Washburn took 10 men to ST. Marys
game against the catheiics. The team
went through a very fast practice last
night and the Washburn people are
confident of winning from Quigley's
bunch.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the East
Side Improvement club will give an en-
tertainment Thursday evening at the
association hall on East Eighth street. |
G. K. Holiday, president of the Com
merciaI club and Councilman Lannan
will deliver addresses.
Several ndr new seats which
we're ordered for the Grand theater
months 6 have arrived and are
being placed in position today. The
old seats will be placed in the Majestic
theater according to the plans made
the theater was built.
Throughout the business section of
.ansas avenue every afternoon n
evening there can be heard strains of
canned music emitted from phono-
graphs at moving picture theaters. If
they would change their records once
awhile it would be more pleasant.
@. E. Denton, secretary of state, has
purchased a new 1t is a
35-horse power. Mr.. Denton brought
his new machine to Topeka Saturday,
IND IN SIJnd9V while Qhn11t five miles
west of Topeka on a short trip, broke
down. The machine was stored in a
barn until yesterday.
John G. Nicholson, of Newton, was
Topeka yesterday. Mr.. Nicholson is
engaged in collecting n claims in
on a contingent fee. He
s now trying to recover from the
government 1896 acres of land for the
state agricultural college, which it is
claimed is due because the college did
not get all that was due it in the first
grant
The Emperia people, who lost their
of h Kansas national guard
some weeks ago, are now p~etitioning
he military board to locate company
= at that place. The chances are that
1mporia will get the new company,
With Capt. Yingling in charge. The
with the old company seems
o ave been that it was not properly
handled.
Coach Quigley, of the St. Mary's
cam, Is getting quite a reputation as
n official at the big games in the
He has already been the referee
n two or three important games this
all. Last Saturday he ran the game
It ST. Louis between st. Louis univer-
ity and Arkansas. and next Saturday
lie is the referee In the Co1orado-Ne-
,raska game at Lincoln.
A great mystery has at last been ext
and now the wondering public
an explain the reason for the great |
hange in the demeanor of J. Elmer