The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-26
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There was shortage of gas Saturday
afternoon-Scipio was unruly again
C. A Ritchfe has secured permit for
the the erection of a $4,000 residence on lot
az Kansas avenue.
~, MRS. g. g Burton will speak at Hard
! ..l nall, Oakland. tonight on THE
Ihe Welfare of the Public Schools
County Attorney John ]. Schenck will
oehever an address at the meeting of
the Bryan club which will be held We'd
nesday evening.
r. ID. johnson of the Santa Fe pass
enger department has returned from
chicago, where he went to spend the
week end on business.
Homer Hoch seems to have decided
10 make his home in Topeka in the fu-
ture' at any rate he has been elected
MEMBER of the Jayhawker club.
Mr.. M. Jack of 91S Polk street says
that Mr.. Jennings is mistaken about
the snow last week. He says that on
Oct. IL, 1898, there was a II inch snow
in Topeka
The meeting of the Saturday Night
club scheduled for last Saturday even
ing was. postponed till this week L. S.
Ferry will read paper on The Future
Lawyer"
Next Saturday will be Halloween day
and the youth of the city will probably
indulge in their usual stunts of law
lessness-that is if the police don't
keep too busy.
Drake university and Washburn foot
pail teams will meet on the Washburn
field Saturday, and in the meantime the
Washburn squad is doing faithful
scrimmage work.
The Topeka colored Y. NJ. c. A foot
ball team will play the colored team
from the Sumner high school of Kan
sas City, Kan, at Skene's park next
Saturday afternoon.
DR.. H. B. Hogeboom has been ap-
pointed examining physician for the
United Commercial Travellers for To-
peka, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of DR.. J. A. Berry.
The chart for the sale of seats to Ben
Hur which will be in Topeka Thursday,
Rowley drug store this morning at
O'Clock, tickets for the three perform
ances being placed on sale.
The game which was scheduled be-
| tween the freshmen football teams Of
Washburn and K. U. for this after
noon has been called off on account of
the Indictment weather The two teams
may meet later in the season.
The flights of wild water fowls were
too much for many Topeka hunters
Sunday and the bombardment along
the river banks from early morning un-
I'll AFTER SunuOWn was SUGGESTIVE u
good shooting and fractured statutes.
The heavy fall of wet snow the lat
ter part of last week cost the local tel
| ephone and telegraph companies several
thousands of dollars and their lines
were crushed to the ground at points
| Immediately north and west Of Topeka.
The street commissioners force has
| completed the removal of the debris
| which lodged against the piers of the
| Melan arch bridge during the spring
| floods. A weeks time was consumed in
| the work and the cost amounted to
about 5000.
| DR.. H. H. Keith has ordered a new
Smith automobile to take the place of
! the one which was almost entirely con-
| sumed by fire last week. The old car
was so badly damaged that it would
| have cost half as much as new one
| to rebuild it.
Manager Dick Cooley of the local
Western league team, has returned
| from Kansas City and will devote his
! efforts for the remainder of the season
| to the organization of class A base
| ball team to represent this city In the
| higher circuit to which she has been
admitted as member.
! The enforcement of the Sunday clos
| ing ordinance as applied to the theaters
of Topeka has provided means for the
utilization of the theaters of the city
| for religious meetings. The Evangen-
| cal council OF the central L. NJ. ~ a
has arranged for a series of eight meet
| ings which are to be held in the Ma
! jestic theater during the winter
The residents of Holman's addition
have filed another petition With the
city clerk asking the council Tor
| crosswalk on Kansas avenue in front
| of Garfield park. There is low place
here and the mud extends as nigh as
| the shoe tops of the pedestrians VINO
| attempt TO board the street cars. rms
| is the second petition asking for TINS
walk which has been presented to the
| council.
| ]. r. Mulvane, whose lawn presents
| one of the most beautiful sights in the
! city during the summer season, mas
! solved the problem of caring Tor the
more valuable plants through the win
| fer months They have been removed
to the Bank of Topeka building which
| is owned by Mr.. Mulvane and distriou-
| ted about the Railways on the various
| floors where they are safe from freez-
| ing as the building Is not neated py
natural gas energy.
| City Clerk Burge is still having MS
| troubles over the milk inspection ordin-
| ance Something over 1000 COWS nave
been registered and the clerk continues
| to bear the brunt of the wrath ana
| questions Of the dairymen. But the nm
| ii was reached Saturday during the
| snowstorm when man nVlns seVeral
| miles out in the country called up Oh
/ the 'phone and wanted the city clerk 10
| come out right away and test MS nero
| of cows for tuberculosis.
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