The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24
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Mr.. w. w. Miller will be in condition
to return to his home from Christ
hospital in the course of two or three
days.
Rev Mr.. Charles M. Sheldon
preached to an appreciative con-
church last night.
The Topeka baseball team will not
appear on the home grounds again
until June 9. when the Denver team
will oppose the locals.
Governor Stubs spoke at the dedi-
cation of the new Y M. c. A. building
at Mankato Sunday. The governor is
greatly interested in the Y. M. c. A.
work.
Mrs. e l. Hotchkiss suffered a pain
full injury at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Otto Kiene. She fell down
stairs, fracturing rib and sustaining
other injuries.
Prof, Ed H. Webster, dean of the
faculty of the State Agricultural COL
lege, will address the Topeka Alfalfa
club at meeting to be held on Satur-
day at o'clock.
tonwood trees is taking place and the
usual number are being annihilated.
When the hot weather comes their
shade will be prayed for.
The Memorial day exercises this
year fall to the lot of the G. C. Gage
among the different posts.
Kansas is entertaining some of the
Standard Oil officials today. They are
looking into the oil fields. Why not
kidnap them and recover some of the
velvet gained in past years.
There will be a special meeting of
the city council in the council cham
Der at the city hall this evening at
o'clock. Business of considerable
Importance will be transacted.
The G. A. R. veterans of Topeka
will make speeches at the different
ternoon, which is the last day of
school preceding Memorial day.
About 700 out of town people are in
| Topeka attending the big Swedish con-
ference. An excellent concert was
given at the Swedish Bethel church
last night. Mcpherson sent the largest
delegation.
This week promises to be gala week
in Topeka and Kansas. 1t is the last
week that the drug stores can sell IL
quor legally in the state. 1t will mean
a number of drug stores into the re-
ceiver's hands.
A meeting of the merchants and job
bers of Topeka will be held at the Com
mercial club rooms this evening, To-
peka Kan, Topeka Will and the Mer-
chants Week will be the principal top
les of discussion.
a
| cigarette on the streets Sunday and
was arrested. Very few of the young
boys have nerve enough to smoke on
the public streets since the new law
went into effect.
June is tag day. In other words it
is the day that man dare not go down
town without some small change in his
pocket. Otherwise his paper money is
snatched away without a sign of change
nothing but thanks and dimples.
The second annual Merchants
week will take place June %. "a and
! %. The out-of-town merchants will
| be shown a great time about twice
| the amount spent last season for en-
| tertainment. being dfsbursed this
year.
While working in the Kenwood
sewer three men were buried by a
land slide of sand caving into the
sewer near the Kaw river. Two men
| ducked back into the pipes and
saved themselves a bath. Nobody
hurt.
4 Motor boat trips on the Kaw since
its rise have been very popular. Sun
peppers" up the stream between
Topeka and Valencia. Those who
are lucky enough to go say that the
water is fine.
Twenty-Five workmen are building
abutments and preparing the old
Parkhurst-Davis building, First and
Kansas avenue. The building will be
built of concrete and is supposed to
be fire proof.
| One of the Y. M. c.. A. secretaries
remarked that last night he thought he
was sternuously engaged in distrlbut-
ing runners along the relay course,
and every time the bed squeaked he
fancied that was the "honk, honk' of
an automobile.
The relay race between Topeka and
Kansas City delivering letters between
the two mayors was better than the
mail service between the two cities
Why not establish a mail route COM
lposed of boys who are fond of spin
ming their stills"
Prof. r. ]. Kinzie is on the Sutton
| farm near Lawrence today with a class
of sixty students in stock judging. The
Sutton herd of Berkshires is consid-
cred one of the finest in the country,
and the herd of Aberdine-Angus cattle
has gained an enviable reputation.
| Commencement time is coming an6
the proud mothers and fathers are
gleefully preparing their dolls ano
their knights for the fray. The high
school and Washburn will graduate al
most 200 students this year. Washburr
will send out so world conquerers alone
Mr. Frank E. Smith, who from 1898
to 1895 was state secretary of the Y
M c. A. will be in Topeka tomorrow
evening on his way to st. Louis and
Omaha where he will attend confer
ences. His many friends will have an
| opportunity to Sc him at the Y. NJ
c. A.
The brotherhood of the FRS
Presbyterian church will give a din
ner at $50 this evening for all mer
of the congregation who are in
: terested in plans for the new addi
ton for the church. Plans will b'
presented and the manner of financ
- ing the project discussed.
The effects of the Washburn Re
| view election fight at Washburn ar
d being felt. The latest scandal was