The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16

council chamber Tuesday afternoon.
They were killed mostly by the coun-
cilmen who were almost blinded by
their swarms. The gas lights killed
the rest.
Mrs. Sherman G. EIIIott, wife of
the member of the state board of
control, from Lawrence, was operated
upon at Christ's hospital in this city
Tuesday, and is in serious condition.
She will not be out Of danger for
some days.
Workmen in the employ of the city,
excavating for the water mains on
West Sixth avenue, struck spring be-
tween Western avenue and Fillmore
street Tuesday and as a result the
trench filled with water and several
sections caved.
In one of the preliminary rounds of
the city tennis tournament in doubles
on Tuesday afternoon. Lane and Fink
beat Montgomery and Lovewen the
first set GA, lost the second set 60,
and the third set was stopped by dark
ness with the score 6-6.
A dispatch from Bridgeport, Conn,
announces that W. A. s. Bird of To-
peka has been elected Great Prophet
in the Improved Order of Red Men. Mr..
Bird has held the office of Great In
cohonoe which seems to correspond to
that of Chief Muck-a-muck
c. H. Matthews, of Topeka, sec
rotary of the Oklahoma Kansas
I.aundrymen's association, is in Okla
homa city attending the convention
of this organization. 1t is likely that
the Joint state organization will be
dissolved, and separate state organ
izations made.
With the opening of the prairie
chicken season the fifteenth of Sep
TENDER comes a decrease in the popu-
lation of Topeka each year: twenty
five or more Topeka nimrods are now
following the dogs in western Kan
sas in the hope of bringing nome
mess of prairie fowls.
H. L. P. Hillyer has presented the
city library with twenty-one volumes
on fine arts in memory OF his wire VINO
was a member of local art CLUB. ne
has also set aside a sum of money the
interest of which is to be used by the
library each year for the purchase VI
books dealing with art
Topekans may soon expect to use the
''pay-as-you-enter' street cars. rms
type of car is now being used on the
lines in a number of big cities and IL
it proves a success it is only ques-
tion of time until all the street car
companies of the larger cities will in
stall this device on their cars.
The Topeka fans who attended the
game Tuesday were treated to the pest
baseball game of the season, eighteen
innings being required to decide the
game. 1t was the OTlSludl lIllSAlAOH u
the two teams to play double header
but although eighteen innings were
played it only counts for one game.
Mrs. Marietta Johnson, wife of
Geo. NJ Johnson who was examined
in the probate court Monday to as
certain his mental condition denies
that her husband had decided her any
property. She says her husband came
to work for her as hired man and
didn't have ten cents to his name.
All the property is owned by her.
L. P. Kimbau editor of the Lakin
Investigator, published in kearney
county was in Topeka for a short visit
Tuesday on his way to Kansas City on
an important business trip. Mr.. KIM
ball is one of the old timers in western
Kansas and like most of them has
escured a comfortable berth by hold
ing on to his early land possessions.
Topeka Democrats will have a
"houseWarming' tonight at the new
quarters of the Bryan club, ia West
Eighth street. These new quarters
will be retained as a permanent home
for Topeka Democracy even after the
coming election. At the meeting to-
Barnaby. John F. Switzer and others.
New students are overlooking
from College hill down town and the
central Y M. c. A is getting new
members and new roomers every day
from among the Washburn student
body. 1t looks as though the College
hill boarding houses were not going to
be large enough to accommodate the
large number of new students this
year.