The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
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Mrs. Mary Luttjohann of the New
Midland hotel will give an ice cream
ano cake social Thursday evening to
winch all Of her friends are invited.
Emporia Gazette: r. H. Burr and
w: l. Miller of Topeka. have bought
brought to Emporia for the Lyon coun-
ty fair.
z u. WEIGH, a former resident of To-
peka, has been elected chairman of the
montgomery county Republican county
central committee. His present resi-
oence is in Coffeyville.
The ways and means committee of
the council will meet this evening to
consider on the new levy which will
De submitted to the council for ap-
prevail Thursday evening
The last game of the Hutchinson
series Will be played tomorrow Wich-
TIA Will open here Friday for SER
les of four games, double header be-
ing played Sunday afternoon.
George NJ. Whitaker, government
dairy inspector, has arrived in the city
and together with Dairy Commits
sioner Wilson of Kansas. will make
examinations of dairies in and about
Topeka.
The board of election supervisors
has assigned all of Kenwood addition
lying in the Fourth ward to the fourth
precinct of that ward and all lying in
the Sixth ward to the first precinct of
| the Sixth.
Sheriff ]. NJ. wilkerson and family.
| Including the bloodhounds. Lucy and
| John. started on an overland trip to
| the home of Mrs. Wilkerson's parents
| near st. Joseph this morning at 6
| O'Clock where they will remain for a
week.
The best act at the Novelty this
week is the Wilhelma Francis-Jack
| Dunn & Co., in the little sketch known
| as THE Holdup." Miss Francis is a
| Topeka girl and is well known here.
| which makes the act all the more in
| teresting.
| According to the new schedule pro-
| mulgated by Dog Catcher Core, the
| man who has been in the habit of re-
leasing his dogs after supper for ex-
| ercise may expect trouble the assist
| ant dog catchers will remain on duty
| until O'Clock each evening.
Sheriff John Wilkerson has received
| comm unication from each of the
| three Cinnamon confined in the county
| jail awaiting deportation but they
are written in the mother tongue" he
is unable to say whether they are APP
| peals for release or confession.
1T may not be an item of news
| telephoned resident of the East side
this morning, but the territory in the
| neighborhood of Sixth and Locust
street is flooded as it is every time thai
| Topeka. Biddle creek is to blame. "
| The money for the Topeka-South-
! western road will all be in the hands
of the county treasurer this week and
the deeds for the right of way fixed up
| SO that there will be no hitch next
week when the actual work of con-
struction is scheduled to commence.
o." Gilfillan. former president of the
| Bean club, who has resided in Denver
for the past two years, is in the city
| for few days and has called a meet
ing of the Bean club to be held this
evening under the city scales. AL
members of the old organization are
requested to be present.
Fred Gates and George Wood will
have to stand trial for robbing the
postoffice at Leonardsville, Kan. in
January of 1907. The men had a
hearing before A. F. Williams. United
States commissioner and were bound
| over under a $4,000 bond to appear al
the October session of the grand jury
The last of the Topeka warriors who
have been defending Fort Riley for the
| past ten days from attacks from i'm
| aginary enemies, have returned to theil
homes. The carnage is, said to hav'
| been great but as none of the Topeka
members of the defending force were
injured or killed the supposition is tina
the loss fell to the attacking party.
The Topeka street railway ran e
train of three cars. crowded to
capacity to the ball park for the game
Tuesday. The train had just reached
the bridge over the Shunganunge
which is but a little ways from the
park when a train of empty cars came
| along headed towards town. The
crowded train was compelled to back
up to Eleventh and Madison to let the
empty cars pass. Such service as this
| is disgusting to the patrons.
GREAT RACE AT EMPIRE CITY.