The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06


| gone to the plantation Of the former in
Louisiana.
L. c. Housed of Topeka had his for
mer residence in Salina destroyed by
| fire this week.
Mrs. Thorpe, police matron, is try
ing to locate Mrs. Ina Coleman and
Mrs. Marker.
The Topeka Bridge company has
large force of men at work on the
Sixth avenue viaduct
The case of Joseph Jacobs. who is
attempting to collect damages from
Shawnee county IS still being heard in
the district court.
The local members of the White Sox
commenced to get into shape Tor sIerinS
practice yesterday morning by taxing
a walk out to VineWood park and BACK
Baseball is the leading question
which is now discussed whenever two
fans get together. The advance of To-
peka is causing a great deal of en-
thusiasru to be uncorked.
There is at least one fireman who
does not care for dogs. That is against
all the ethics of the department. for
firemen are supposed to have a strong
prediction for dogs, especially bull
dogs.
York says people there refer to a sill
yer dollar as IAN iron man." Thus if
you buy an article for three dollars
you would say: II gave up three iron
men LOT 1t.
You can hold onto your pass at
ISOLATION at least. By the time that
another year rolls around probably
there is a chance to get job working
for the railroads.
The memsers of the legislature evil
IDENTIFY having learned that it is hard
work to do nothing, have been very
generous and voted themselves an in
crease in their salary which amounts
to 333 1-3 per cent.
The Kansas Children's Home society
of Topeka has been ordered by the
district court of Wyandotte county to
produce Chester and Cora Adams,
children of c. A. Adams of that coun-
ty. The two children were given to
the society for rearing.
The w. T. K. club which met at the
home of MIS-. A. NJ Cross North
Jackson street yesterday afternoon,
took a ballot on the candidates for the
maycraIty Nomination with the follow
ing result: Green Is and Swendson 8.
The Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic
association will meet in Emporia next
Monday. to decide upon the date and
place of holding the state intercollegi-
ate~traek -fneets--E4anager w. W.. Stahl
of WashbUrn, who is secretary of the
association, will represent Washburn.
John Ewing and Ed Green were
bound over to the district court at
their preliminary hearing held yester-
murder a man named Garner, and left
his body on the Union Pacific railroad
track to be run over by train.
On Tuesday and Friday afternoons
traffic on the east side of Kansas ave-
nue. between Eighth and Ninth streets
is almost blocked by the large number
of women who attend the matinees a
the Novelty. Yesterday afternoon dur
ing the performance there were exact
ly % baby carriages in front of the the
alter.
A new office building built of con-
crete is being erected at the Topeka
cemetery by the metery association. |
1t is located near the gates which give
entrance to the grounds and will cost
$4,000 before it is completed. Archi-
tect Lescher has prepared the plans
which call for a two story structure.
over 1900 people in addition to the
daily number of passengers passed
through Topeka yesterday and today
on the Santa Fe taking advantage of
the homeseekerS' rates and visiting the
southwest portion of the country. For |
ty-f1ve extra tourist sleepers, to say
nothing of a large number of chair cars
were required to handle the additional
crowd and six extra trains were run.
Two lectures open to the public in /
the series which have been given this |
spring were given this afternoon, one /
on the history of chemistry at 2 /
o'clock by DR.. Dains and another on !
art by Prof. Stone. Thursday after |
noon at o'clock Prof. Woods will
give a lecture on astronomy and on |
Friday evening Prof. Shattuck will I
cover some aspects of geology.