The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-23

! school and banquet room.
| 1t is safe to say that nine persons
out of ten are suffering these days
from colds of more or less intensity.
| The hour of the meeting of the Ca
| thedral church club at Grace Cathedral
| tonight has been changed from o'clock
| to o'clock.
| j. E. Hurley, general manager of the
Santa Fe left for Chicago yesterday
| where he will attend meeting of the
railway association.
The name of Warren street between
Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets has
| been changed to MulVane street by an
order of the city council
Owing to the continped dry weather
| of the past few weeks, the country
roads are said to be in exceptionally
fine shape for :llis season of the year.
If you ask a dealer for a good five
| cent cigar, one that he can thoroughly
recommend he will invariably Offer
you Burghart's Favorite straight five
cent cigar.
Warren & Potter have started a re-
plevin suit in the court of Topeka
against Nick Chiles to recover from
him surrey and harness of the
value of Sis.
The members of the Baptist church
are arranging for the establishment of
a mission Sunday school beyond Potwin
| station and within the limits of Au-
| burndale
The members Of the Dramatic club
| of Washburn college are now engaging
| in daily -ehearsal for the play, THE
Belle of Richmond" which will be put
en- at the Grand Friday night.
Washburn college students seem to
| be awakening to the fact that they have
| first class ball team this season Or at
any rate the attendance at yesterdays
game would indicate as much.
The City Railway company have
made a half fare rate to Vinewood
park on the occasion of the G. A. r.
camp fir which will be held at the
park during the cpcampment in May.
II must be marked easy in the book
agents directory" remarked a man
who is ''stung'' as often as his purse
will permit by members of the book
agent profession who hover about him.
In accordance with resolution adopt
ed at last nights meeting of the city
council two of the members will go to
st. Joseph to investigate the asphalt
repair plant which is in operation in
that city.
Perhaps there was a reason for it but
any way West Eighth avenue street
car developed a hot box yesterday and
it was necessary to call one of the
chemical engines to extinguish the
smudge
With a full head of steam on, the
private office of the county attorney is
net the only sweat box in the court
house. Almost any room in the build
ing is hot enough to thaw out the
most frigid.
Business at the Santa Fe depot this
week will be very large owing to the
many extra trains witch will be run
through on this road en- route to the
annual conc lave of the Mystic Shriners
at Los Angeles.
Owing to the number of complaints
which have reached police headquar-
tiers, Chief CT Police Eaton has an
noupced that he will rigidly enforce the
law regulating the speed of automo
biles in the future.
Arrangements have been made for
ball game Thursday between Washburn
game scheduled for Topeka before the
opening game of the season on the sec
ond of next month.
The performance given at the Novelty
theater this week is without doubt the
best thing of the kind ever given in
this city and that is saying good deal
when past performances at the little
play house are considered.
Mr~. George H. Langdon, of 1106
West Thirteenth street, who was oper-
a;cd on at Christ hospital MONDAY, IS
improving and unless complications
ensue she expects to be able to return
home within ten days or two weeks.
The White Sox were to leave for FIT
Scott this morning for two games but
the trip has been postponed for day or
lelI in that section of the state, making
the grounds unfit for a game at this
time
Train service was delayed on the
Santa Fe this morning between To-
peka and Kansas City on account of
the washing out of bridge on the
main line which necessitated the run
ming of several of the through trains
over the cutoff.
Next NIt nday night Washburn acad-
envy will debate against a team from
the Southern Kansas academy at Eur
eka. The d.bat.a will be held i'll Wash
burn chapel A year ago the two
schools met at Eureka and the Wash
burr academy won the debate.
There is considerable rivalry among
the Young women employed in the
various Offices in the court house over
the flower gardens they are culturing
in the windows. Judgment as to the
one entitled to the prize Will be hand
ed down later.
Among the Authorizations of a wo-
man whose mird is inclined to wander
sanity charge is one that a well known
who was engaged to act for
her in a similar proceeding some years
ago. was doped with drugged whisky.
Walter Boles of the White Sox team,
must be somewhat of a hero now, es-
peciaIly among the students of Wash
burn college Yesterday he won the
Wasnburn game from the Haskell In
dams by his pitching. when without his
work in the box the team would have
beer badly whipped.
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