The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-20

If your horse interferes, we can cure
him in the shoeing. S. A. Hayes, 81
Jackson.
4 railing is being erected around the
park in front of the state printing plant
at Tenth and Jackson streets.
Try one of Burghart's ten cent Au-
rora cigars, the best ten cent cigar
made. All good dealers sell them.
With the present summer like wealth
er the crowds on Kansas avenue every
evening resemble a congestion of traffic.
large attendance is reported at the
revival meeting now being conducted
at the First Baptist church every night.
The visit of the tax assessor and
sales of spring millinery forecast the
coming of the gladstone summer days.
James NJ. Mcfarland was down
town Tuesday. This is an indication
that the baseball season is not far off.
Professor Haitian Jebe. instructor in
violin at Washburn college, goes to
Manhattan tomorrow night where he
will appear in concert.
Nearly all the tennis courts in To-
peka are being fitted up by enthusiasts
of the game and being put in readiness
for exhibitions of the game.
According to the figures issued by
the commissioner Of elections, there
were 4.537 voters registered who failed
to vote at the primary election.
Glen Cooper, the high school boy who
was removed to the pest house last week
on account of smallpox, has but light
case and will be able to be out in
few days.
Two more days in which to register
for the city election. The registration
books will close on the 22d. There are
several thousand voters who have not
registered.
Two and one-half miles of sidewalk
will be constructed by the city of Oak
land this summer. The extension of
the Santa Fe shops has brought pros
perity to the eastgside suburb
The Democrats ii have selected the
rooms formerly used for headquarters
direct their campaign, evidently be-
lieving that they are not hoodooed.
Two and one-haIf miles of brick
side walks are among the improve
ments planned by the residents for
Oakland upon which work will COM
mences as soon as spring is here for
sure.
The report that Clifford Short. who
died suddenly of diphtheria Monday,
was a pupil of the high school is in
correct as he has not been student
at the high school for more than two
years.
Charles Joslin is authority for the
statemena that Pete Heinz is the first
Topekan to brave the public this sea
son wearing a straw hat and that his
stay in the Hmelight was OF snort
duration.
The washburn squad is now engageS
in daily baseball practice and nearly
sixty candidates are on the field every
afternoon for practice. The indications
look good for the best team in the his
tory of the school.
Paul Gilmore, who IS a favorite in
Topeka, will be at the Grand tomor-
row night in his college play. AT
Yale There has been big advance
sale and it looks as though he will
have capacity house.
Contrary to all expectations, last |
night passed without a single robbery |
of any sort being reported and Incl |
dentally without any new innovation |
being introduced among the tactics of |
the banditti profession.
Large crowds still continue to at
tend every show at the Novelty and
every night the crowds which are
lined up waiting for the doors to open
on the different shows extends out into
the street. The bill this week is up to
the usual standard.
The old building at the southeast cor
ner of Fourth and Kansas avenue is be-
ing partially torn down and remodeled. |
The old buildings in that section of the
city are for the most part several years
Anticipated and are rapidly falling into
disuse.
If the scandal over serving the sum-
mons on witnesses wanted in the gam
blers case had happened before the re-
cent Republican primary it might have
had some bearing on the result of the |
voting for the office of marshal of the
city court
George D. Lyle, the owner of West
lawn addition to the city of Topeka, |
includes a clause in each deed made |
which prohibits the purchaser of the |
property from ever becoming the own
er of a parrot as long as he remains a |
resident of Westlawn.
The committee which is investigat- |
ing the Fifth ward sewer scandal has |
failed to strike bed rock either around |
or about the excavation and the in |
dtcations are that probing will COM |
mence in other quarters soon as
their report is filed.
The state convention of the members |
of the Student Volunteer Movement |
will be held in Ottawa Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday. The Misses Inez Fisk, |
Bessie Griggs, Grace Towner, and Mr..
R. w. Ayers and Mr.. Robert Sellers
will go as delegates from Washburn.
There are several handsome lawns
in Topeka at this time. Some of the