The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-10
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Wednesday was pay day at the city
oftlces. This afternoon the offices are
closed.
Haskins & Ramsey in the Mulvane
building make cement walks and sub
nit plans.
Football practice at Washburn col
lege will commence next Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 18th.
According to the present plans, the
Novelty theater will be reopened Sep
TENDER 2Sth.
''Pinafore" will be repeated at the
Auditorium by the Topeka Oratorio So
ciety tonight.
The firemen at station No. had the
big steamer out this morning and gave
her good test and oiling.
The Joplin team is making its fare
well appearance in Topeka this after
noon. A double header is being played.
E. H. Wade of Emporfa is in To-
peka today taking evidence in the In
ternational Harvester company's hear
ing.
Councilman E. F. Stanley is at
home again after two weeks spent in
visiting with kin in Indiana and Illi-
nois.
DR.. Frank Knight Sanders. the newly
elected president of Washburn, is in
Topeka and has assumed his new
duties.
H. o. Garvey, manager of the Topeka
agency of the Massachusetts Mutual,
left this morning for a few days in
Manhattan.
This is moving day for william Tay-
Tor who is moving his family effects
from 521 West Tenth street to- 4O4
buchanan street.
The meeting of the streets and
walks committee of the city council
has been changed from Friday to Sat
urday evening at o'clock.
The Eagles will give a dance at their
Van Buren, street home this evening
for the members of the order and
their families and visiting Eagles.
The athletic meeting to have been
held at Howard's sporting goods store
last night was called off on account of
the fair. 1t will be held next Tuesday
evening.
The Twentieth Kansas smoker will
be held at Music hall, formerly Hamil-
ton hall, on Quincy street, this even
ing. Good music and speaking will be
the side features.
1t took the White Sox thirteen in
nings TO run the winning score across
the plate at yesterdays game with the
Joplin team, but they were successful
and that is enough.
Edward SheIIenberger, district man
ager of the knights and Ladies of Sc
curity, is in Leavenworth this week
assisting in the initiation of a large
class of candidates.
The Webb City baseball team will
open in Topeka tomorrow. This will
be the last team to appear in Topeka
during the present season. Tomorrow
will be Ladies' Day.
The general opinion of those who
heard Pinafore last night was that it
was the best amateur shoW they had
seen. 1t will be repeated tonight at
the auditorium at Sis.
Topeka is entertaining the members
of the Twentieth Kansas regiment this
week and It. must be said to their
credit that a more orderly set of men
never visited in the city.
The city schools will open Tuesday,
September 18th, Monday being devot-
ed to the preliminary arrangements
which will be participated in by the
teachers and principals.
A permit was issued today to JOSE
phine Norton for a two story brick
business building to be built at 909
Kansas avenue at the cost of $4,000.
The building will be 25xS0 feet.
The fire department was called to the
residence of T. N. Sieger, $50 North
Madison street, Wednesday afternoon
Fire caused by sparks from a Rock
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done.
After standing for 16 years. the pac-
ing record of the Topeka track 2:1115
made by Riley Medium was broken
Wednesday afternoon by Don, who
lowered the record one-fourth of a
second. .Fa-- -s.t'.
Thieves visited three dentists Of
fees in Topeka since the fair opened
and made a collection of filling ma
hut Oxynrlnnlxad al ox--
eepting the leaf gold which is used for
this purpose.
The proprietor of one of the largest
Topeka dry goods stores has made
arrangements to keep his place Of
business open for the accommodation
of out of town visitors, in place of
closing it as was contemplated.
A horse belongin Ito ]. H. Hartman
was killed by street car at Sixth ave-
nue. and Jackson street Tuesday. The
accident was caused by a combination
of carelessness on the part of the mo-
torneer and driver of the wagon.
You may not have noticed it. but
Mack's Place between Seventh street
and Eighth avenue on the east side
of Kansas avenue, is closed and the
mechanical piano and sharp reports of
the % rifles will be heard no more.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
Democratic political meeting which
will be held at the Democratic Flam-
beau club rooms this evening. The
list of speakers includes John Schenck.
Robert Blair, L. NJ. PenweIi and F. B.
Simms.
A large audience witnessed the pro-
duction of "Pinafore'' at the Audi
torium last night. One hundred and
twenty-five people participate in the
chorus work of ''Pinafore." which VIII
be reproduced again this evening in
the Auditorium.
Malon Burgett, the Topeka prophe+.
has the following to say concerning the
latest news in the sporting world;
Wichita is too late but they almost
won the pennant. Topeka will win the