The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-03

Only about half the apples have
peen killed by the recent heavy
freeze
d. w. Ross was today appointed To-
cal oil inspector at Kansas City by
state Inspector Joseph Longshore.
G. w. Codington, station agent on
the Santa Fee at Baldwin, is here to
attend the funeral of his father.
Tickets of series 81 will be used to-
night at the May Musical Festival.
Series % will be used tomorrow night.
Frank H. Leonard of Brooklyn. n.
y, delivered lecture on Christian
Science at the Grand opera house
Sunday.
The regular bi-weekly meeting of
the Ministerial union of the city was
held this morning at the Y M. c. A.
building.
The Union Pacific's new time card
and the Inauguration of the new
transcontinental train will take place
Sunday, May 16.
A. F. Colson. steward of the Elks,
will have charge of the Country club
| this season. The dining room will
likely open about May Is.
The Sioux City team will leave to-
morrow night for Denver, over the
Union Pacific. The team has TO make
this long jump and play the next
| day.
| NlHcWOOu Will open IL,
| a week from next Sunday. This
| should prove a good day for the
| opening as there will be no baseball
game in the city.
Howard Nation of Erie has been APP
pointed to the place of bookkeeper in
| the state auditors office in place OF
Chas. Snodgrass who had resigned to
accept another position.
| Will Fish is quarantined with small
| poX at his home, 210 Lane. Mr.. Fish
| contracted the disease by handling
| some paper money he received from g
smallpox patient in Burlingame. Kan.
Mr.. ]. F. Weber of Orleans, Ne
braska, and Mr. H. E. Thomas of Cam
| bridge, Nebraska, have been in Topeka
| for several days visiting friends. Mr.
| Weber is a nephew of Henry Bayless
! county jailer.
| The very unusual event of a lady
| conducting a case in the supreme couri
was witnessed here today when Mrs. r
| V. Chambers of Hoxis appeared In the
| case of Lenland VS.. Long appealed
| from Cove county.
| Governor w. r. Stubs left this
| afternoon at o'clock for Kansas City
| Kan, where he will be the guest of the
| Mercantile club of that place at a ban
quet this evening. The governor is or
| the programme for an address.
| Orville S. Taylor son of DR.. and Mrs
Clara Bowman of Wichita We're mar
ried by Rev. T. c. Everett at the Third
Presbyterian church parsonage at nooI
| today and left Immediately for WITCH
tia.
Tomorrow, being pension day, is {
long day for the county clerks office
| 1t is customary for the office to make
out pension vouchers for the old sol
diers, and the office will be opened a
six O'Clock to accommodate the ole
| vets.
Suit for divorce was filed today by
Marie E. Emens against Schuyler
| Emens. She says they were married II
gross neglect of duty. Like the late
Barkis, Emens is Willin', and waive.
| summons.
Interest in croquet is being re.
vived by DR.. Lyman, who is fitting VI
his grounds at 1243 Tyler Some
Kansas City players next week, an(
| will later meet Burdick and Scott OF
| Nortonville who hold the champion
ship for this section of the state.
Representative Frank Merrill o
Miami county spent the day in the cit,
on his way home from a visit to Law
renee. Mr. Merrill declined to tall
politics and declared that he was no
here looking for a job for anybody, bu
had merely called to pay his respect t.
the governor. This 1S his first visit {,
| Topeka since the legislature.
w. B. Hersha, a farmer from nea
Dover, narrowly escaped serious acci
dent on a runaway load of hogs abou
Is o'clock this morning. After driving
| the Is miles to town with load o
Coburns choice for the Wolff Packinl
company, the team was still on mettl
at Fourth avenue, where they becam
unmanageable and broke into full rul
toward the river. They were stoppe,
at Seymour's and Hersha was throw
out.
In removing the old paving at the
| corner of Jackson street and Eighth
| avenue it has been found that there
are at least ten inches of pure
asphalt foundation beneath the reg
ular foundation of the present paving
This was used 90 years ago to raise
the grade for the new pavement. The
asphalt is as black as coal and is IL
fine condition. When the workmer
| found the strata they thought a new
| mine had been discovered.
Commissioner of Insurance Charles
| Barnes submitted to an operation TO
appendicitis at Emporia this afternoon
Mr.. Barnes has been in poor health TO
4 some time. He left his office here TO
his home some two weeks ago, expect
4 ing to return to work last Monday, bu
| became worse. His condition becam'
so serious last week that he was takeI
to Emporia for an operation. The sur
geons decided this morning that al
| operation would be necessary thi
| afternoon.