The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
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All the records of the summer sea-
| son have been broken. This is the
| third day of continuously fine weather.
Tomorrow has been ordained by a
gubernatorial proclamation as Flag
day and will be fittingly observed in
Topeka.
Three days more of baseball this
week. Following the games with Jop-
lin Oklahoma will come here for a SER
les of four games.
Out of the eighteen games played on
the local grounds by the White Sox
yesterdays was the seventh game of
ten or more innings.
w. w. Hensley, who is on his way
to Illinois from his home in Howard,
Kan, is visiting his son, DIR. G. NJ.
Hensley of Ala Harrison street.
Unless business picks up with the
county officers the rock pile at the
county Jail will be abandoned tenn
porarily on account of a lack of rock
crackers.
Dog officer Core has his troubles
the wise ones are putting 50 male dog
tax tags on 81 female dogs and there
by defrauding the city out of IS for
each dog
Calvert still continues to draw the
crowds at Vinewood and another large
audience was present to see him per-
form last night. This is his last day
in Topeka.
as the country at large are preparing
to observe next Sunday as memorial
day in honor of the members of the
order who are dead.
Emmanuel Lasker, the champion
chess player of the world. is in To-
peka today and this evening will par
ticipate in Is simultaneous games
against local talent.
w. H. Davis. ex-mayor, and James
Sinner, formerly councilman, expect
to leave Saturday for trip to Color
ado to investigate some mining claims
in which they are Interested.
Novel situations will some times
arise" said a fan at the ball game
see Jack Henry presiding as a peace
making umpire as has occurred"
United States Marshal w. H. Mack
ey was in the city for a few hours
yesterday afternoon returning again to
Leavenworth where the United States
circuit and district courts are in ses-
sion.
The nervous condition of some of tn e
spectators at the ball game yesterday
is attributed to the fact that the heads
of many of the nails in the seats of
the grand stand protrude a quarter of
an inch or more.
Wilburn Clancy. formerly council
man from the Fourth ward, arrived in
the city today for a brief visit. Mr..
CLANCY is connected with a large iIri-
cation and electrical power company
at Pocatello, Idaho.
Postmaster A. K. Rodgers will dis
cuss How a Postmaster Should Treat
the Patrons of His Office" at the eighth
annual meeting of the postmasteIs Of
Kansas which meets at Salina on the
oath of the present month
City Engineer Rogers promises to
file his report covering the investiga-
tons of the Fifth ward sewer which
he has been working on for some time
and it is possible that some startling
Developments may be the result.
Sunday is the memorial day for the
members of the odd Fellows lodge
and memorial services will be held at
the First Baptist church. The graves
of the former members of this ord:
will be decorated during the day.
There were at least two souls made
happy by the result of Yesterdays
game. Apparently they were Mis-
sourians and made more noise during
the game than team of the quad
rupeds for which that state is famous.
State Labor Commissioner w. A. L.
Johnson has returned from Hartford,
Conn, where at a national meeting OF
the labor commissioners he was elect
ed vice president of the international
Association of State Factory inspectors.
The roofing on the city hall is leaking
again and timers and roofers put in a
large part of Wednesday fixing The
places where the leaks seemed to be.
The roof always affords troubles and
causes an expenditure of money very
year.
One of the firemen at the head
quarters station has solved the elusive
problem of how to keep cool with tenn
perature way up in the nineties by
reading fiction encased in magazine
covers of November and December
dates.
Professor c. S. Stewart of Elmwood.
ILL., who is son-in-law of John e.
Frost of this city, is in Salina where
he is an applicant for the position Of
city superintendent of schools made
vacant by the resignation of Professor
Crissman.
Revival services under the auspices
of the Methodist Episcopal church are
being held each evening at the corner
of German and Seward avenues. Sun
day afternoon. The Rev. Estep is con-
Quoting the services.
The travelling men at all of the no
tells were complaining yesterday about
this being the dull season. The cacts
of the case are that they would have
complained a good deal more if they
had had to work very hard in IhS
humidity and heat of the day.
During the heavy electrical storm
which prevailed over this section of
the state Tuesday evening the cUpola
of the Wakarusa school house was
struck by lightning and afterwards de-
stroyed by fire though the building
was saved by prompt work by citizens.
Donald Crawford and Stewart Drum,
two boys who live in the southeastern
norton of the city, are adding to their
promised supply of Fourth of July mon