The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-14

Topeka today, visiting her father, |
who is ill at Christ's hospital.
| Friday only-For $3.50 choice of so
pairs odd lots mems patent and plain
leather shoes. 'Nuff sed. The Palace.
The South Topeka colored park
will open this evening, the program
being headed by a concert by Jack |
sons colored band
One of the best numbers on the
Novelty bill this week is Miss Mabel
| Meeker who is singer dancer and an
| acrobatic contortionist.
w. F. Jensen. president of the
Commercial club returned from a
four weeks visit to the Pacific coast
yesterday, much improved in health.
| M A. Low. general attorney for the
l Rock Island has returned to Topeka
( after having been in Oklahoma on a
visit with his son. Dean Low.
| Oscar Bischoff and wife will sail
on the new Cunard liner, 'rLusitania"
on May 27th for Brennan, Germany,
where they will spend the summer.
| John Macdonald. editor Of the
Western Schol Jouranl will sail for
| Glasgow, Scotland, July 18, for visit
with his mother who is "a wears of
age.
| Frederick Tennhardt Of Topeka, 50
years of age and Louise E. Kelly, 45
years Of age, also of Topeka, secured a
marriage license in Kansas City We'd
nesday.
Charles Fenstermacher, who is in
charge of the boys department at the
Central Y. M. G. A. has left for the
| Pacific coast VIII ere he will spend the
summer.
The Democrats of Topeka are maxi
ing arrangements for a special car
from Topeka to Denver for the con-
venience of the delegates from this
part of the state.
Ezra Meeker, the Oregon trail pio-
neer who has been in Topeka for the
past five days, will leave today for
Leavenworth on his way back to
Washington.
Among the ambiguous signs dis
played by one of the exhibitors os
dentists supplies at the Copeland ho-
tel this week is one which reads
keep a smiling
The local Bryan club met last
night and selected delegates to the
state meeting of Bryan clubs which
will be held in Salina on the goth of
the present month.
The Topeka-Webb City game was
postponed yesterday on account of rain
and wet grounds and as some Of the
local fans insist, the COoleysox were
spared another defeat.
The Will H. Cross Musical Comedy
lcompany opens at the Majestic tonight
and will continue there during the re-
lmainder of the week. 1.-THE Merry Kid
ders" will be their bill.
The state board Of dental examiners
is in session at the parlors of the Cope
land hotel today and the strange noises
which emanate from these quarters
may be credited to the clinics.
A design is being sketched by Walter
Arnold, assistant city engineer, for an
ornamental gateway for the Quincy
street entrance to Garfield park. The
design calls for reinforced concrete.
Arrangements have been completed
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park for the publication of the num-
bers distributed at the park emitting
the holders to complimentary tickets.
Steve vetoyan, known as the Ter
rible Creek and his trainer, Mike
Loras, en- route to the coast where he
is to met Kid Texas In the feather
weight class, stopped in Topeka today.
Dennis T. Flynn, prominent law
yer of Oklahoma City and author OF
the famous "free homes" bill while
delegate from Oklahoma Territory to
| congress, was a Topeka visitor yester-
day.
| Home grown strawberries have
made their appearance in the mar
| kets about the city, but this has not
resulted in a reduction Of the prices
which have prevailed for the past
month.
The reports of baseball games by
| wire will hereafter be given at the
olympic theater on East Eighth ave-
nue. on account of the closing Of the
Aurora Ladies will be admitted free
| on Friday.
A special meeting of the school
board has been called for Monday
evening for the purpose Of complet-
| ing plans for the Central park school
building which have been hanging
| fire for some time.
After having lived with her husband
| for twenty-six years and reared fam
l M Ko1, II Law
filed suit for divorce "Wednesday
charging her husband with drunken
| ness and desertion.
The fact that not case of smallpox
has been reported to the sanitary Off
GERS during the week past indicates
that the disease which was so preva-
lent during the latter part of the win
ter has about run its course in Topeka.
Games will be played in the City
league Saturday and Sunday of this
week. Saturday the Midgets will play
the Smith Auto team and Sunday the
game will be between the Topeka
Printing company and the Democratic
| Flambeaus.
The jewelers. of Topeka are protest
ing at the 81 charge made for inspect
ing the scales used by them to weigh
gold. They think 81 is sufficient and
C. B. Hamilton. sealer of weights and
measures, has reported the complaint
| to the mayor.
| Inc class OIL advertising eIudIldIlilS
from La Porte is not calculated to in
crease The patronage of matrimonial
bureaus, though so far, no public pro-
test has been made by Colonel Bogue
who is at the head of an institution of
this character in Topeka.
The game between Washburn and
the Kansas Wesleyan team from Salina
was postponed yesterday on account of
the heavy rains. The next game on
the Washburn schedule will be played
( y,e< UIoc hI1rv nd "a n.
dfans on the washburn grounds Satur-
day afternoon.
| Experiments and tests are being
made at the city engineers office with