The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-16

The city league will begin its season
SUNDAY, april 26, instead of week
later as was at first intended.
SIX marriage licenses were issued
Yesterday by the probate judge. This
is the highest record since the day
before last Christmas.
Bleachers and a grand stand which
Will accommodate 700 spectators are
De1ng erected at Skene's park where
| the city league ball games will be
played this season.
Inc streets and walks committee of
the council will meet Saturday even
| ing at o'clock. This will be the first
meeting of the newly organized COM
| mittee.
Just two weeks from today the
| opening game of the Western associa-
| ton will be played in Topeka when
the White Sox will meet the aggrega-
ton from Webb CITY,
In conformity with the ancient
| custom 1T is fair to guess that the
small boys on the farms are secreting
eggs this week for the big event Eas-
ter Sunday. April 10th.
e. s. Lee. the druggist, was arrested
| last night for exceeding the speed limit
| with his automobile and promptly paid
the fine of five dollars which was as
sessed him by Judge Urmy-
The report for the first half month
OF Z. 3. Hamilton, cIry weight in
| spector, has been filed showing col
lections of s46 in the way of fees. At
this rate the Office will be more than
| self supporting.
The relay race and baseball game
between Washburn college and Kansas
university will take place at Associa-
| ton park tomorrow afternoon. This
VII! De the only ball game of the week
at the local grounds.
A new schedule has been adopted by
Chief Eaton which compels the pa
troimen to report every hour and then
wait until the report can be verified
This will make the patrolmen pay
more attention to their beats.
A special officer stationed in the
| residence portion of the city during
the early morning hours would make
| a good witness against the numerous
vioiators of the ordinance against
riding bicycles on the sidewalks.
1.-The Village vagabond" was play
ed In an interesting manner by the
Sherman Stock company at the Ma
Jest1c theater last night. This pro-
duction will be the bill at this play
house for the rest Of the week.
w. H. McAfee, chairman of the
good roads committee of the Com
merc1al club has issued a call for a
| meeting of those interested in this
| movement, Saturday afternoon, April
25th at the Commercial club rooms.
A marriage license was secured in
Kansas City yesterday by William Roll
| Ter of North Topeka, 35 years of age.
| which grants him permission to marry
| Malinda Landis,i "a years of age, a
resident Of the same section of this
city. APP 1 r1e-
| There will be at least three new
| faces on the local baseball team on the
| return from the present trip. Out
| fielder Kennedy Joined the team Mon
day at Bartlesville and Catcher Moore
and Jack Forester Joined the team in
time to work in yesterdays game.
Twelve memorial windows have
been placed in the Church of the AS
sumption. Under one in the east wall
| of the building representing the I'm
maculate Conception is the inscrip-
ton I'm Memory of Charles ]. Dew
| lin"
All of the offices on the fourth
| floor of the Santa Fe office building
were fumigated Tuesday evening be-
| cause G. Doel, an employe on this
floor of the building was quarantined
the day previous by the city authori-
| ties for smallpox
The FANS who have been hiber-
mating during the winter have COM
| menced to again show signs of life
and dozens of familiar faces can be
seen in front of the State Journal bull
letins every evening awaiting the re-
turns from the big league games.
| George R. Peck of Chicago, formerly
general attorney for the Santa Fe and
a resident of Topeka, will spend Sum
| day and Monday of next week in To-
peak on his way to Emporia, where he
| will deliver an address at the meeting
of the State Editorial association
| Tuesday evening.
| The city council dabbled in the
pardoning business last night, at least
| to a limited extent, when it issued alb
| solution certificates to Arthur Killing