The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
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hll1 N zE9E HoME NEWS. II
The. usual rainstorm arrived Short
ly after midnight.
G. H. Morrison has returned from a
snort business trip in the east.
Considerable progress is being made
on the rebuilding of the nome of tho
Bank of Topeka.
The theft of valuable dog collars,
! with license tags attached, is becoming
quite common, these days.
] f F. Doran has returned from Lin
| coin, Neb., where he appeared BEFORE
the railroad board in the creamery
| rate case. =
| Stained hands among the boys are
going to be scarce this fall, no wal
nuts to speak of anywhere, the frost
killed the buds.
band left for Kansas City this afternoon
| to take part in the Priests of Pallas
lparade this evening.
| Today is the first day of October and
1917 is three-fourths over and but
three more months remain until We
Will be writing it 1908.
A large delegation of Topeka people
left for Kansas City this morning where
they will spend the day and witness the
carnival parade this evening.
The weighing of the mail original
ing at the Topeka postoffice which
will continue for a month was com
menced at midnight last night.
The police department collected s7Oe
in fines during the month of September
and $206 worth on which the city lost
money were paid in cracked rock.
Several street car conductors are
wearing deputy sheriff stars. This
should help quell unruly characters
who often times bother street car men.
About fifty members of the Topeka
Christian churches left for Wichita to
attend the annual convention of the
denomination now in session in that
city.
John Devlin of SIS Monroe street,
an inspector employed in the Santa
F'e machine shops, is at the Santa Fe
hospital with an attack of appendf-
citis.
The annual meeting of the stockhoId-
ers of the Kansas Midwinter Exposition
company will be held Wednesday after
noon at the office of the president, w.
II. Davis.
Reports have reached the city that
hazel nuts are ripening and frequent
excursions into the rural districts are
being planned by those who know of
the condition.
The Sunday School Rally Day SER
vices at Walnut Grove NJ. E. church
Sunday were a success notwithstanding
the rain. The attendance reached over
325 with collection of $32.4.
Trouble is brewing for the small boys
of the city as Juvenile Officer Lucas
has announced that immediately follow
ing the date of the R&rnum ard Bailey
shows he will see to 1t that all OF scnool
age are attending.
The Methodist ministers of the city
have arranged a series of revival
meetings which will be conducted by
Rev Hugh Smith of New York city. |
and will continue Indefinitely.
ssFyy1SSin-' Smith one of the guards on |
the great X U: football team coached !
by Yost was in Topeka Monday. He
now lives in Hiawatha and is practising |
law Any one who could play football |
as well as he ought to be a good lawyer. |
With the weather acting as it has
been for the past few weeks frost
may be expected most any time
though the average date of frost IN |
of the weather department, is the |
18th Of october.
Not content with the ability Chief !!
of Police Eaton has shown to stir up |
trouble for himself the city council !
has given him an assignment to |
handle the routing of the Barnum and
Bailey shows upon their arrival in I
Topeka tomorrow.
One of the firemen at No. fire sta
ton. who is himself only lately over |
from the mother sod of Ireland, is re-
ported to be engaged to one of the !
/ 900 lassies who were landed at New |
York Saturday and over whom so |
much interest has been manifested.
good many of the office holders |
and their forces in the county court |
house are bowling for steam these |
DAYS. Most of the offices have open
fire places in them and these were !
worked to the limit yesterday morning
but they were not needed much in the /
afternoon.
The Topeka Kennel club at a meet
ing last night decided to hold bench
show sometime during the month of
February. Another meeting of the
Kennel club will be held November IL
to elect officers for the coming year.
These officers will have charge of the
for the show. s
A murder trial is set for Monday in
the district court, the first since Ollie
Smith was sent to the penitentiary for
the murder of Thomas Bair. The case
which will be commenced Monday is
that of the state against Harry Johnson
who is, charged with the murder Of Den
r is Dumford about six months ago.
According to information which was
furnished by T. B. Jennings, dill Actor
Of the local weather bureau, 1t has
been found that during the past twenty
years the average date for the first
frost of the season is October 18th. 1t
will be two weeks before that date
but it looks as though there would be
frosts in Topeka long before that
time judging from the present colo
weather.