The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-04

FIsHERMAN,s LUCK


Inc fact that he caught no fish at all
Does not distress him much.
Upon bad luck of such a kind
Tbn ri Is not apt to touch.
.Lamenting all the day
ana tel! OF how despite his pains,
Inc Dig one got away.
Although to catch necessities
we some of US may fail
we pass such things in silence by
nor stop to tell the tale
iuus "a the bigger sea of life
I'VE find that it is so:
me Worsh1pDers that we never got
SoHprlse our tale of woe.
M Y Sun.
bath last night
Carl +. Bolmar, an artist on the State
journal staff, will leave tomorrow for
| TWO months tour of Europe.
| MIR. and Mrs. Samuel Maeill are the
parents or SON which arrived at their
hoIlle' 1917 Lincoln street, Sunday.
HALF the stock for Terry Stafford's
new automobile company has been
subscribed. The capital is $4,000.
Inc democrats of the Thirty-seventh
oistrict have nominated D. M Howard
legislature.
The members of the Topeka motor
ooat club appreciate the rain They
can enjoy boating much when there
Is no water.
Mrs. James H. Devlin of SIS Mon
roe street, who was operated on at
kelth's hospital Friday is recovering
very slowly.
The new stone bridge across Indian
| creek on the lower road at the foot
OF Calnoun Bluffs, was opened to the
public Saturday
James r. Kearney, assistant man
| ager OF the Majestic theater, returned
L fvny, 81 49,
through Texas and Oklahoma.
Tom Madden, secretary of the Chi
| Gago travelling Mems Taft club, is in
Iopeka today scattering optimistic re-
| ports about the ideal of the club.
| Inc opening of Vinewood Park will
| take place next Sunday but it is hoped
| tnat there will be better weather for
the opening than that of yesterday
| The city council meets this evening
IN regular session. The annual re-
| ports of both the city clerk and treas
urer will be submitted at this time.
| Two hundred and forty-six arrests
were made by the city police officers
during the month of April and s1,O19.4O
| collected as cash fines from the Offend
ers.
Inc Shawnee delegation to the State
sunday School convention, which meets
at wichita this week, will leave To-
| Coe.
The management of the park in
south Topeka have closed a deal with
Colonel G. w. Jackson and his famous
| black band will furnish music at that
resort this summer
The announcement is made that the
Rock Island railroad will soon COM
mence laying heavy steel rails between
| Topeka and ST. Joseph, the 80 pound
variety, SO the report says.
William H. Beck, the Denver police
man who was shot to death by burg
| lar while on duty Saturday night, car
| rted $4,000 insurance policy with the
knights and Ladies of Security of To-
| peka.
Fifteen arrests We're made by the Do
lice department Sunday, a majority OF
| them being for drunkenness or disor-
derby conduct, an indication that IL
quor may be had in Topeka by those
| who desire it. sic
Just year ago Sunday 80 inches OF
snow fell In Topeka and vicinity and
while the precipitation was greater
this season thansl last during the day
and night 1t came in the more accept
able form of rain.
S. r. Wells, manager Of the Novelty
theater, left today for Hot Springs
Ark, where he will take a three weeks
treatment for the rheumatism. During
his absence Mrs. Wells will be in
charge of the house.
Arrangements are being made for the
last days Of the Shawnee county
of the schools in the northern portion
of the county having held their closing
day exercises Friday
The Springfield Midgets arrived in
Topeka this morning for a three game
series with the local aggregation. The
turn of luck than that which charac-
terized the series with Webb City.
The Shawnee County Medical society
viii hold it's regular monthly meeting
at the Throop hotel this evening. Those
on the program are Doctors w. S
Lindsay, A. B. Jeffrey, w. r. Frisby
T. w. Peers and c. B. Van Horn.
Employees of the street railway com.
pany will complete the stringing of the
heavy copper trolley wire for the sec.
ond street car track on West Tenth
avenue this week and the new track
will be ready for use within a short
time.
The Country club will be opened on
the 18th of the present month by a
musicale given by members of the
faculty and students from Bethany col
lege. The dining room feature of the
club will not be opened until the first
of June.
Ed B. Kellam, manager Of the Bel
Telephone company. drove from Silver
Lake to Topeka in his 1906 Smith auto
mobile Saturday in 30 minutes, a dis
lance of II miles. 1t was against q
strong head wind with the top of his
car up. too.
The Independent Telephone COM
pany will place the copy for a sup
plement to their latest directory in
the hands of the printers this week
It will contain several hundred new
| names and will be ready for distribu-
!, ton within week or ten days.
The jurors in the federal court are
going to earn their money this week
they begin their work every morning
at $50 putting at 1890 for lunch
returning at 1880 in the afternoon t.
remain until $50 and then coming
back at night to serve from 8 O'Clock