The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-23
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The students of Bethany college
were treated to an automobile ride by
| the faculty last night.
| A reluctant goodbye has been extend
! ed to the bankers who have been in
convention here for the past few days.
Perhaps you have overlooked the
fact that you have not voted today
| but the polls do not close until six
O'Clock.
A car load of Igorrotes which passed
| through yesterday on the Santa Fe at
tracted a great deal of attention at the
| local station
The Air Dome theater will be open
ed Saturday night for the first time
| this season and will be occupied by
stock company.
Roses of the climbing variety have
just started to bloom and soon there will
be plenty of porches in town which viii
be redolent of them.
The loudest machine in the Topeka
automobile colony from the color
standpoint is a new addition with a
body of bright green.
The thought may not have occurred
to you, Mr.. Voter, but today an cleo
ton is being held in this district to
select a successor to Charles Curtis in
congress.
The bankers convention closed last
night and the financial visitors of the
city have departed filled with praise of
Topeka as the best convention city in
the state.
The trip which the .washburn baseball
team was to have taken to Emporia
where games were scheduled with the
Normal and College of Emporia has
been called off.
A marriage license was issued. by
the probate judge of Reno county to
Albert H. Budd, aged 26,- of Kansas
City. and Viola A. Wallace, aged %,
of Kansas City. ssE
James E. Larimer, who has had his
law office with his brother, ]. B., has
refused to desert the Column ian build
ing with his brother but is still camp
ing in room 20.
Sprinkling the streets yesterday and
today did but little good. The hot wind
from the south dried up the water as
| soon as it fell upon the streets and the
air was filed with dust all the time.
A large crowd went out to Vine
wood park last night to see the free
performance of the trick bicycle rid
ers- which is one of the best acts of
that kind ever seen in Topeka.
Todayis election day in Topeka. How
ever it is so quiet all over town that
there is little to remind one of an cleo
ton. Dan Anthony of Leavenworth is
trying to beat out a socialist candidate
for congressman.
The attention of the friends of the
dog muZzle ordinance and the enemies
of the dandelions is called to the fact
that the cottonwood trees are budding
and that there should be a fuzzie
wuzzie ordinance passed by the city
council.
If the weather does not get any hotter
than it is now a good many persons
would be pleased, but all the Oldest in
habitants and other wiseacres are pre-
dieting that the coming summer is go
ing to be a record breaker for heat.
North Topeka with her carnival
week commencing next Monday will
be the center of interest for To-
pekans. The Cosmopolitan shows will
form the chief attraction and will
have their show on the vacant lots
between Quincy and Monroe on Lau-
rent street.
Jack Dillon arrived in Topeka
Wednesday with the remains of the
big Dillon automobile. Mr.. Dillon left
the auto on top of a hill in Kansas
City and the high wind started it,
When the car stopped at the bottom
after colliding with a telephone pole
there wasn't much left of it.
Those short sleeve waists which are
so fashionable with the women these
days have their disadvantages. Of
course the costume is not complete with
out long elbow gloves, of the silk varie-
ty for every day wear. These are hard
ly serviceable for driving gloves so short
kid gauntlets have to be worn over them
by the women who are lucky enough to
have a chance to drive This double
gloved effect is not very comfortable on
warm days.
Death Penalty Abolished
MonteVideo, May 23.-The bill abol-