The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
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All concessions will be open at
Vinewood tomorrow
Vinewcod park will be open to the
public on Memorial Day. L-
There will be but one delivery of
mail tomorrow and the poStof1ce Will
be closed at 10 o'clock. eF~s-
Washburn college and the high
school will have a holiday tomorrow
on account of Memorial Day.
The Cosmopolitan shows in North
Topeka drew large crowds again last
night despite the threatening weather.
A permit has been issued to Lewis
Lynch for the erection of modern
cottage at the cost of $1,000 at $50
East Eighth avenue.
Mrs. Tadlinger, the expert shooter
at the Wild West show in North To-
peka, was 4 school teacher in Mime
sofa before her marriage.
A newly married couple in town are
lavishing their surplus affections on
a kitten which gets more attention and
care than the average baby.
1t is the fervent prayer Of many that
the snow STORM and blizzard which has
been impending for several days will
hurry along and get over with.
Just a few more spells of weather like
those which have prevailed during the
past few months and the physicians of
the city will have all the ready money
in sight.
A meeting of the ways and means
committee of the city council is called
for Thursday evening when the pro-
position of lighting the city will be
considered.
Baker university defeated Washburn
in tennis tournament last Monday at
Baldwin. The Washburn team was
composed of Karl Bowman and Leslie
Montgomery.
On account of tomorrow being
Decoration Day, the State Journal will
be issued at noon to afford the, office
force an opportunity to properly OBJ
serve the day.
Final examinations are now on at
Washburn college and the students
are being taxed to their utmost ca
pacity in examining for the final tests
of the years work.
The rain arrived last night just in
time to make it disagreeable for the
homegoing of those who attended the
concert of the Topeka Orchestral So
ciety at the Auditorium.
The Lawrence Gun club is to hold
series of contests at the traps on Me-
mortal day and all Topekans who visit
Lake View are invited to take their
guns along and participate in the shoot
There is this satisfaction" said a
user of the natural product, though my
gas bill is not decreasing as it should
with the approach of summer SO far
have esca ped the clutches of the ice
man"
A. Robbins. who owns the daisy
farm three miles south of the city on
the Burlingame road, offers to fur
nish all who call with flowers of the
daisy variety for Decoration day pur-
poses free of charge.
The concert which was to have been
given a the city park tomorrow even
ing has been called off on account or
the condition of the lights in the
grand stand and the next concert will
be Sunday afternoon.
According to the change made by the
time card meeting of the. Santa Fe in
their session now in the city, the fast
mail train will make it last run Satur-
day June Is, which will be two weeks
from the coming Saturday.
The newsboys of Topeka enjoyed a
treat last night at the Cosmopolitan
shows, being the guests of the North
the bows were delighted with the diff
ferent specialties of this carnival cir
Gus.
TT appears to me as though Attorney
General Jackson and the representa-
tives of the brewing companies ran
dead heat in the hearing of the brewery
cases by the supreme court yesterday,
remarked an attorney who drives fast
horses as a side issue.
Il see that the president of the board
Of health states that there are between
twenty and thirty hogs in the city" re-
servation leads me to believe that there
are more than that with residences on
the street on which 1 live.
The far famed Rocky road to Dub
lin would have no terrors for the Oak
landites. The line of the Topeka city
railway in that locality is as rough as
it possibly could be and then to make
things a bit worse, if possible, most of
the cars used on the line have fiat
wheels.
The senior class of Washburn college
will leave a much needed improvement
at Washburn college this year. Elec-
trio bells will be installed in every
building which will be connected with
a clock in the observatory and will
mark the beginning and end of the rec
itation periods. This is a much needed
change since the big bell has been
cracked.
The annual election of the officers of
the 1. o. o. F. of the grand lodge of
Kansas is being held at this time though
the result will not be determined until
some time next week. Their plan of
electing officers is after the old Populist
idea embodying the initiative and refer
endum, every member of the order in
the state being allowed representation
by direct vote