The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-21
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| The graduating exercises of the
| Oakland school will be held this even
| ing at the Oakland Methodist church.
A good seat sale has been reported
| for the High School play. "A Little
| Savage" which will be staged at the
| Grand tomorrow night.
| Large crowds attended Vinewood
| Park last night and the service to the
! park had to be increased. The occasion
| was the first dance of the season.
A meeting of the members of the
| First Central church will be held this
1 evening for the purpose of discussing
plans for the contemplated enlarge
| ment of the edifice.
The recent rains in this part of the
state have kept the Kaw river well
filled with water and the Topeka
| motor boat craze has broken out in
| several new places.
The moving pictures at Vinewood
park are proving a winning attrac-
| ton this season; all of the seats in
| the natural amphitheater being filled
| at each performance.
| H. K. Goodrich, superintendent of the
| city electric light plant, has been in
Kansas City for the past few days in
the interests of the proposed improve
| ments of the city plant.
A car load of furniture arrived in
Topeka yesterday which is to be used
| in furnishing the New National hotel
which will be opened some time in
| the early part of June.
| An unusually heavy wind accom-
panied the rain which fell about day
! light this morning and many large
| limbs were broken from trees in the
parkings about the city.
! The Shawnee county institute which
| will last for month, opens at the
high school building on the first day
| of June, under the supervision of
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| A number of the members of the
Topeka council, U. c. T. left for Enid
| this morning to attend the state meet
| ing of the Kansas and Oklahoma
United Commercial Travellers.
| when You Are Married." an inter-
esting drama, will be repeated again
! tonight by the Paycen Stock company
| at the Air Dome. This company is de-
| servedly growing in popularity with
Topekans.
| Hazel Crabb the ten-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Crabb of
tured arm caused by falling down
stairs Tuesday night while walking in
her sleep.
Perhaps some one of the members
I of the Commission Mems association
] which was formed last week can ex-
plain why tomatoes doubled in price
yesterday over the cost of the pre-
| ceding day.
| The little shower which visited To-
peka early this morning has had
very pleasing effect inasmuch as it has
reduced the temperature several de-
grees, so that it is now somewhat pleas
| ant to be out of doors.
| A special meeting of the board of
| education will be called for some time
next week for the purpose of com
plotting plans for the new Central
school house which will be erected
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| The excitement incident to the
| burning to death of over a hundred
| children in an eastern school house
| having died down, the question of fire
| escapes for the Topeka school build
ingS seem to have been dropped.
| The Rock Island is contemplating
| the establishment of a rogues' gallery
| in connection with the local equip
| ment of the road. This is intended,
h however, for the crooks who fnfest the
Rock Island lines and not for any of
| the local officials.
| proportions was captured this morning
| in Potwin and turned over to B. B.
| Smythe of the Kansas Academy of
| Science. On each wing is plainly out
| lined W. which, according to ancient
| prophecy, means war.
Jacob Maze who is running a car
| for the Topeka Railway company, re-
ceived word from Sedalia yesterday
| that his brother, Otto Maze, formerly
an employe in the Santa Fee shops.
met with an accident Monday which
| cost him his left leg.
The Topeka Commercial club will
| probably make trade excursion
through the territory adjacent to To-
| peka, some time in the late summer or
| early fall, or at least that is the pres
| ent plan of some of the leading lights
| of this organization.
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works went over the report of the ap
praisers who returned the valuation
of the lots liable for the taxation for
| the construction of the new sewer to
be built in Martin-Dennis addition
| The report was approved.
DIR. w. F. Anderson, who was
! elected a bishop at the meeting of the
Methodist general conference in Balti-
| more yesterday is brother of E. H.
| Anderson of this city and year ago
| delivered the graduating address be-
| fore the Topeka High school.
| The furniture for the new National
| hotel has arrived-that is a good por-
ton of it. Drays have been busy back
| ing up and unloading for two days now.
1t will take about $4,000 or $4,000 to
| furnish the hotel complete. The hotel
will be opened early in June.
| Rev James Philip DeBevers Kaye,
dean of Grace Cathedral, has accepted
| an invitation to deliver the commence
| ment address at ST. Johns military
school, Salina, on June 2. He will also
| preach the baccalaureate sermon at
| the Hays State Normal on May 81.
| brief is being prepared by the city
| attorney and his assistant in the Sun
| day closing theater case which has
| been appealed from the district court
| to the supreme court. The hearing in
| the latter court will be had on June 5.
| The lower court sustained the city.
All the motor boats which were sub
| merged in the recent rise of the Kaw
| river have been recovered and the To-
| cal motor boat club claims that every
| thing is in fine condition for the
| nautical events which the club expects
| to pull off during the summer months.