The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-10

and spend three weeks with Madame
Whittemore in Northfield.
\ Carl P. Bolmar, who recently rode
to Colorado on a wheel, returned to
4 Topeka this morning. After riding
past the Colorado line the trip was
completed on the Santa Fe to Denver
N He returned last night on the Santa
kFe.
| Rain prevented the Jop1in-Topeka
game yesterday afternoon and when
the office boy posted the postponement
| of the game the large crowd waiting
for the returns in front of the State
| journal office melted away in disap-
| pointment.
! Though he has led the van of many
| reforms F. G. Dreaming, city attor-
| ney, feels sighted because he has yet
| failed to receive a white rose from adj
miring constituents as John Schenck,
| county attorney, was honored by the
| w. c. T. U.
Business was limited at Vinewood
park yesterday afternoon on account
of the almost incessant rain. In fact
| there was very little stirring at all
yesterday and most of the people of
the city contented themselves by stay
ing at home.
Along about Is minutes after o'clock
last night low hanging, fierce1y black
cloud swooped down from the west and
good many persons imagined that
cyclone or a tornado was going to pay
the city a visit. Only a little rain and
wind came with it.
Emporia Gazette: E. E. Roudebush
of Topeka, who was granted fran
chise to pipe gas into Emporia, went
home yesterday without accepting the
ordinance granting him the franchise
He told the city clerk that he would
wait to see what the other fellows do.
Councilman H. B. Howard, chair
man of the council committee on
police believes that the force should
ho W addition
more policemen. This and civil SER
vice, Councilman Howard thinks, will
place the force in a much improved
condition.
The city plumbing inspector has
evidently failed to visit East Eighth
avenue for the brick pavement is in
bad condition in a large number of
places as the result of the excavation
made by the plumbers and the gas
company in making connections for
gas piping.
Thieves were discovered trying to af-
feet an entrance to the building at Vine
wood Park last week where the skates
are kept. Officer Hobson who discover
ed them emptied his revolver at them
but they made their escape in the tim
Der which is near the skating pavilion
on the south.
DR.. E. Lasker, the worlds cham
pion chess player, will give an exhibit
ton of his skill in Gemme1 hall at
T.. VI. u. a. &, L
evening, June thirteenth. He will
play a number of the best players of
Topeka simultaneously. There is to
be a small admission fee charged.
The annual tournament of the local
Y M. c. A. tennis association will take
place the last of next week on the as
ISOLATION courts at the corner of Ninth
and Polk streets. There are about
fifteen men who are eligible at the
present time. The tournament bids
fair to be the most interesting one
ever held by the association.
Summer school work has begun at
Washburn The classes are about the |
same size as those of one year ago, and |
are made up of those who wish to fin !
ish their college work nthe quickest
and most convenient way possible. Mr.. |
John Hughes of Fort Scott teaches |
the year and studies sum-
mers in this way to finish his educa- |
ton.
Frank vrooman. who has been visit |
inc old friends in Topeka for a few |
days after an absence of twenty-five |
years. left Saturday night for short |
visit in Kansas City, after which he |
will leave for Winnipeg. Manitoba.
After a few weeks visit there he will |
leave for the Hootkalinqua river in !
northern Canada where he has large
mining interests
At the Children's day exercises of
the Westminster Presbyterian church |
sunday SCHOOL a pecuildT lHclO0Ht OC-
Cured. A class of young boys and |
girls were on their way to the platform i
to represent a rainy day brigade just I
as a very heavy thunder clap made |
everyone jump from his seat. How
ever, nothing daunted, the little fell |
lows sang:
Were the Rainy Day Brigade,
'.And we're not bit afraid"
Supt H. W. Charles of the boys in |
dustria1 school left yesterday for Min /
neapolis, Mimi, to attend the National !