The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03

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Tonight is fine for roller skating.
The recent rains put the tennis courts
ABOUT town in good shape. and the
game viii soon be on in full blast.
J.. Berlin of ]. Berlin & Co. of New
ork is in the city looking for a loca-
ton TO open a ladies' and mems ready
to wear garment store
Do not mistake the delegates to the
state socialist convention in session
here for anarchists, simply because
they all wear big red badges.
w. Y. Morgan. of Hutchinson, is in
Topeka today comforting with some of
the Republican state politicians.
Assistant County Attorney Jamison
delivered lecture at the Industrial
Institute east of the city this afternoon
at $3.50.
Two members of the Washburn fac
ulty. Prof. DANES and Prof. Todd, and
their wives, will start for Europe on
May ~, to be gone all summer.
James Cuthbert, the new White Sox
player. returned from Kansas City
with the team last night. Funk and
Ragan will also be in for today's game.
commonly known as the ladies favor
lite" arrived in Topeka last night. He
will work In the Sunday game against
lola.
o. B. Towne, formerly in newspaper
business in Topeka, and now running
today with his brother, who is visiting
Kansas.
The Santa Fe office baseball team has
arranged game for Saturday after
noon with the Democratic Flambeau
club aggregation to be played at
Skene's park.
Fred M. Bennors, formerly clerk at
t1,n Nd atAy hoc hos n khn
furnishings Of the Centropoiis hotel.
Kansas City, formerly owned by r. c.
Paterson Of that city.
James Tally who for twelve years
past was associated with Michael Hogan
in the undertaking business at 314
Kansas avenue will have charge of the
business in the future.
The claims and accounts committee
met this afternoon and added up the
months expense bills of the city. The
council will allow the payments OF the
bills on Monday evening.
DR.. Eva Harding is convinced that
there should be at least one woman
has accepted the Democratic nomina-
ton from the Second ward.
The red birds have appeared out on
the west side. They formerly fre-
quented the city in large numbers but
they have been making their appear
ance more and more rarely.
One Topeka man made a European
much in his pocket when he started
out and still had it left when he came
back. He took the trip in his dreams.
THE Surprise Party is a little
sketch at the Novelty this week which
is given by a quintette of three girls
and two boys. 1t Is one Of the best
sketches seen at the playhouse this
year.
Strideway, the Topeka pointer own
ed by S. F. Hogue, and prize winner at
the recent meeting of the Topeka Ken
mel club, captures second place in the
st. Louis bench show which closed this
week.
Three cases of smallpox and an equal
number of cases of scarlet fever were
reported to the city health authorities
yesterday Indicating a neck and neck
race for epidemic honors between the
two diseases.
Leroy & Mapes is a team at the
Aurora theater this week which Is
drawing a lot of patronage by their
playing and singing act. Mapes does a
good blackface stunt in connection
with the act.
The interior of the Rock Island depot
is being repapered and refrescoed.
When the work is completed and the
new seats are installed the Rock Island
Will have one or the nneSI WaltlnS
rooms in the state.
The weather in Kansas City yester-
day was too cold for baseball game,
so the White Sox returned to Topeka
on the plug last night. The team will
open series of three games this af
ternoon with the lola team.
A Topeka man is locked in the county
Jail charged with numerous thefts,
among the mthe canvas covering for
a new passenger coach which was re-
Gently shipped to this city for one OF
the officials of the Santa Fe.
The book of laws enacted at the
special session of the legislature has
appeared. 1t is bound in buckram. and
contains about 100 pages. This is one
of the books which the state sells, and
doesn't have for general distribution.
Councilman c. H. Kutz. who is
something of an elocut1onist and mas
considerable local fame along this line.
take part In the town entertainment
given there for the benefit of the city
library.
Mrs Gertrude Tracey Wilson, who
has been for three years instructor in
piano at Washburn college, has re-
signed her position to become effective
at the expiration of the present acad-
emic year. She will re-engage in pri-
vate instruction.
The socialists had a meeting at Rep
resentative hall last night and listened
to a speech by B. f. Wilson OF G1rard,
associate editor of the Appeal to Rea-
son. Wilson used to be a preacher.
and is counted one of the best speak
ers in the socialist party.
The teachers of the public schools.
especially the high school, are expect
ed to make a visit to Leavenworth to-
day to. attend a teachers association
meeting there. Some of them will
take a giddy whirl at Kansas City on
the return trip Saturday.
F. G. Dreaming has gone to st. Jo-