The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

council spends a meeting or two dis
cussing the damage done to the pave
ment by the heavy wagons. but the
matter ends with the discussion.
The wide tire ordinance bobbed UP
again at last nights meeting of the
city council This is getting to be
about as regular an occurrence as the
monthly payment of salaries to the city
officials.
One of the perplexing legal ques-
lions around the court house these
days is as to the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court over married women,
who happen to be under fifteen years
of age.
The friends of John Schenck are call
ing attention to the fact that Charles
Curtis, who was once county attorney
with just such record as has been
made by the present official, is now a
United States senator.
J. NJ. Frank, who has been in the
grocery business for the past II years
in Topeka, has purchased depart
ment store at Bartlesville. Indian ter
ritorv and will leave for his new loca-
ton the first of August.
Who would have thought it? To-
peka humbled the pride of Wichita
as it has not been done before or
since this season. But Leavenworth,
the tailenders, seem to defeat Topeka
with the greatest of ease.
Graders will be put to work on the
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August 1 5 and September 1. The ter
minal facilities in Topeka have al
ready been arranged for and will be
announced in short time.
B. P Waggener, of Atchison, is ne
gotiating with MarshalFs band, and it
band Will play at the annual children's
picnic which will be given at Forest
park, near Atchison, July 49,
Real circus prices prevailed at the
cents each, and palm leaf fans of the
dozen dime variety sold for ten
cents. To be sure each peanut was
done up in an individual sack.
The city council last night voted to
allow Chief of Police Eaton $52.O5 as
expenses of his trip to Minneapolis to
attend a meeting of police officials
and there are those who are wonder
ing what the five cent item was.
The workmen on the Capper build
ing at the corner of Eighth and Jack
son streets spent nearly all day yes
terday pumping the water out of the
gangway, before they could continue
the work of excavating for the found
alton for the building.
There is a possibility that s. r.
Wells will retain his lease of the Nov
city theatre in addition to conducting
a high class vaudeville show at the
new theatre to be built by him at the
corner of Eighth avenue and Quincy
street. If he does this the new theatre
will be called The Orpheum.
Jesse Elliott was about the maddest
man in Topeka yesterday notwith-
standing the fact that there was a
circus here. He owns fancy bird dog
which has been wearing a muzzle in
conformance with the city ordinance
recently passed and yesterday an un-l
muzzled bull dog crippled him so that
he is scarcely able to move.
There will be two ga mes of ball in
Topeka July 4. The morning game
will be called at 10 o'clock while the
afternoon game will be called at $3.50.
Leavenworth will be the opposing
team and judging from the gait the
Topeka team is travelling at present
the two teams ought to be evenly
enough matched to draw good
crowd.
There are a good many interesting
things told by those who had the rails
ing of the $4,000 fund in charge. But
one that deserves good deal of praise