The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
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Dancing tonight at Vinewood.
Peter Heinz will make no deliveries
OF ice cream July 4th, to retail Gus
toners.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Shawnee County Horticultural society
was held at Garfield park today.
The postoffice will be closed at 10
o'clock July 4, and there will be but
one delivery of mail during the day.
Charles P. King of 9O6 Madison street
is seriously i'll at Christ hospital as
result of an operation for appendicitis,
Sunday.
If it doesn't rain tonight the Kress
Stock company which is. playing at the
Air Dome will present "A Country
Courtship."
Mr. and Mrs. o. Miller and son
Fred, left today for Sac City, Iowa,
where they will spend several weeks
summering.
The rainfall for the months of May
and June in Topeka was 1887 inches,
or a little more than half the average
amount for an entire year.
H. G. Larimer is judge pro tenn of
the city court during the absence of
Judge Simons who, with his family, is
spending the summer in Colorado.
Bruce Kinney delivered an address
on "MormOniSm' at the session of the
missionary conference held at Will
liams Bay. Wisconsin. Wednesday.
There will be no court as far as
Judge Dana's division is concerned on
the Fourth of July and the motion
docket will be called Friday morning
81 don't see what is to be gained by
boiling the water" said an ex-coIlege
girl, Il would just as soon make n
aquarium out Of my system as
morgue.'
Wilbert L. Stark, president of he
Topeka union of machinists, denies that
the strike of that organization, which
has been on for over four years has
been called off.
Congressman D. r. Anthony will at
tend the silver anniversary banquet OF
the Saturday Night club which will be
held at the National hotel roof garden
the evening Of July IL.
The waterworks people now enter
tain no hope of getting good water for
Topeka before week at least. The rise
in the river made it impossible to re-
pair the leaks at the well.
The White Sox not only lost two
games yesterday. through the work of
Umpire Shuster, but Cooley was fined
by the indicator man and Davis like
wise received an assessment.
Senator Charles Curtis will deliver
two Fourth of July addresses at lola.
one in the morning under the auspices
of the Woodmen and another in the
afternoon at a G. A. r. meeting.
The weather bureau which has been
moved on the inStallment plan is now
located on the top floor of the Bank of
Topeka building and the weather flags
can be seen from all parts Of the city.
Chauncey Brown, a Washburn col
lege law school graduate, who is will
ing to serve as county attorney of Fin
ney county If the voters so decide at
the next election, was in Topeka yes
terday.
j. S. Weir, janitor at the city hall,
has just finished celebrating his 74th
birthday and in all of his years of SER
vice at the city hall he has never
missed but one day from duty on ac-
count of sickness.
The weather bureau is now quarter
ed in the Mulvane building, having for
saken the Columbian building where
Uncle Sam has been paying rent for
the past sixteen years. The Mulvane
building affords better advantages.
The steps leading down towards the
Santa Fe depot from the East Sixth
street viaduct are nearing completion
and will be in use in a few days. This
will be a great convenience to those
who wish to reach the depot from
East Sixth or West Fourth streets.
The conference between the union
Wednesday evening regarding the in
crease asked for from 621s cents per
hour to 20 cents failed to bring any
settlement of the difficulty, both sides
holding out for the position which
they had assumed.
Three weeks yet and the books at
the office of the commissioner of cleo
lions, Auditorium, will be closed to
for the party primaries.
Voters who failed to vote at the last
election or who have changed their
residence since the last city election,
will have to re-register.
Atchison Globe: Two Smith cars from
Topeka passed through Atchison last
night. The men in charge of them
said that they had been to Red Lake,
Mimi, and were on their way back.
They had used up one or two tires,
but they had not had a single break
down, or any mechanical trouble. The
Smith cars are runners.
The Topeka team returned home to-
day after having spent the past nine
DAYS playing in Missouri. Today is an
off day but tomorrow the team will
open a series of six games with Spring
field. Two will be played the Fourth,
one in the morning and the other In
the afternoon. while doubleheader
will be played Sunday afternoon.
Six thousand dollars was paid in to
the city treasurer by property owners
who took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to pay their paving tax assess
ment in full in advance thereby es- !
Gaping the per cent interest which |
is always charged If the tax is paid in
the usual ten annual installments. |
About $4,000 will therefore be issued |
in bonds which will be offered at
popular subscription, the bonds bear |
ing 4 per cent interest. The original
amount would have been $4,000.
81 wish that you would say for me
that the sane Fourth ordinance has in |
no way affected the sale of fireworks |
at my store" said w. W. Wheeler to-
day. I'VE have sold five times as many |
fireworks so far this year we have |
ever sold up to this time in the past
history of the store. 1 was not In To-
peka last season but 1 have one man |
with me who has been in this store for |