The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-11
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| Governor E. W. Hoch is lecturing this
week in Iowa. He has three dates to
fill there and will return to Topeka
| Sunday.
Mr.. Harry Montgomery and son
John of Junction City were in town
for the day yesterday. They returned
last night.
| Adjutant General J. W. F. Hughes
and Col. w. w. Denison. are at FIT. Ri
| ley this week attending the state rifle
competitive shoot.
The rain last night had very cool
| ing effect on the atmosphere so much SO
that overcoats were to be seen on Kan
| sas avenue today.
Dora Thorne" has struck the city
and that IN midsummer and is the
| bill for the remainder Of the week az
the Air Dome theater.
Governor Hoch has received several
petitions from Wichita endorsing A. E:
Helm for attorney for the board of
railroad commissioners.
N. H. LOOMS is expected to return
today from Three Rivers, Mich, where
he has been spending ten days with
two of his sons fishing.
The regular civil service examinations
at the federal building will commence on
the 18th of the present month and con-
tinue until the 18th of August.
1.-TWO Old Sports" will be the bill given
at the theater at Vinewood Park the re-
mainder of the week, by the Raymond
Miss Ella Schenck who was operated
on at Christ's hospital is improving and
her friends hope that she will be able to
leave the institution next week
The performance at the Air Dome
theater last night was abandoned on
account of the roof not affording sufi-
cient shelter from the elements.
The Santa Fe will run an excursion
from st. Joseph to Topeka Sunday for
the Wichita-Topeka ball game, the fare |
60. friT aiT1cr oil
DR.. S. G. Crumbine, secretary of the |
state board of health, will start for the |
east soon to visit the jamestown expo
sition and other points of interest
A few of Topeka's pleasure seekers |
were caught at Vinewood park last |
night when the heavy shower came up. |
There was a lively scramble for shell
ter.
A number of the councilmen are fig
uring on taking vacation trips this
month and it is probable that but one |
session of the council will be held in |
August.
The North Topeka Chautauqua will |
commence Monday and for ten days the |
natives of the city will have a place
to go for their amusement and enter
tainment.
Another rumor has been released to
the effect that improvements the |
National hotel building will commence
at once and that at least one more story
will be added.
New potatoes raised by the gardeners
living in the vicinity of Topeka have
made their appearance on the local mar
ket and the price tag affixed indicates
their scarcity.
Charles Endeweiss, a foreman in the
employ of Charles Fellows at Needles,
California, will be brought to Bethesda
hospital to be operated on for an injury
which he recently received
Watermelons have been on the To-
r-1raf for
cartaloupes for nearly half as long, but
so far the paIatabie variety of either
variety seems to be minus quantity.
A Chicago brokerage company wants
to buy whats left OF the defunct First
National bank and it is from this sale
that the receiver expects to realize the
cash with which to make the last divi-
dend.
The Springfield ball team does not
draw the crowds that some of the 9TH
or teams do and as a consequence there
was a lighter crowd at the game yes
terday than there has been for several
weeks.
The sale of season tickets for the
Chautauqua which commences Mon :
day will close Saturday night and :
after that time single admission :
tickets will be all that can be Sc +
cured. G
Owing to the increased assessment {
in the city it is more than likely that S
the levy will be reduced about 20 mills /
this year which at that will increase S
he city's revenue between eight and
nine thousand dollars.
When John Macdonald returns
from Los Angeles, where he is attend I
ng the meeting of the National Edu-
cation association, he will bear a new
title having been elected one of the
directors of the association.
The fans of the city are manifesting a c
1eep interest in the selection of an UNI v
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he White Sox and Wichita which open I
Saturday. Jacobs seems to be satisfac- c
.ory to every one on both teams. +
T. L. Barns, was called to Colorado e
Springs Yesterday on account OF the y
serious Illness of Mrs. Barns who, L
With her daughter. went to Colorado '
asst week in the hopes that the change l
would prove of benefit to her health. I
So far Governor Hoch has not received j..
he acceptance of w. B. Ham to the
,roffered attorneyship for the railroad
BOARD and it looks as though the gov
.rnor's attempt to hand Ham something
n the way of an appointment may be
allure. y
A petition has been received by the -
vaterworks department from residents =
# the southwest portion of the city ask =
ng that water mains be EXTENDED on
lane from Seventeenth to Nineteenth Fl
treets and it will in all probability be &
granted. q
The man at the state house who has
he biggest snap nowadays is the .
tenographer for the attorney of the
abroad commission. There is no at
orney at present, and the duties of the ,
during the lnterregnun /
re not onerouS.
A petition has been filed for an ex-
ension of water mains from Seven
zenith to Nineteenth streets on Lane.
main is being put down on Fifteenth
treet between Lane and West streets.
mother extension will be constructed
n west street between Thirteenth and
streets.