The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-30
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"A double track to the ball grounds
would be appreciated.
Manager F. G. Kelly announces that
vtnewood park will be opened Sunday,
May 16.
Governor Stubs won more laurels as
q pitcher at Thursdays ball game than
Mayor Green as a catcher.
The baseball parade is nearly the
drst one in the history of the city that
moved on scheduled time.
The first annual meeting of the To-
peka Ad club will be held at the Com
mercial club rooms next Tuesday night
at six o'clock.
The indoor circus which has been
planned for the Y. NJ. c. A. for some
time will be given tonight and tomor-
row night.
Topeka has II more games at home
before starting on the swing around
the circuit. They will play IS games
before they return.
Mrs. Ralph Cav will tell the story of
DR.. Grenfel and his great work in
Labrador at the First Congregational
church Sunday evening.
Captain ]. G.. Waters is a loyal fan
but he bet against Topeka in the open
ing game-"just to give an added in
terest to the conflict" he said.
G.. v. Stamey is greatly incensed be-
cause some one circulated a report that
he had mistreated a sick horse. The
report was naturally unfounded.
A plan is under way by which it is
hoped that oil will be put on the road
to Gage park. The matter will be taken
up by the Commercial club within a
short time.
The State Journal is furnishing its
patrons with the results of baseball
games over a special line, Independent
Phone No. S1S. In one hour during the
opening game AIT calls were answered
over this phone.
Manager Hemphill of the Independ-
ent Telephone company has secured a
clue to the Identity of ]. e. Stratton,
the boy burned to death in the Central
hotel fire A few days before his death
he called Roy Pine at Wamego on the
Independent lines. Pine has not yet
been located.
President J. c. Wolcott OF the Eighth
District Christian Endeavor union
says that the report that ]. w. Erick-
son, who lost his life in the Central
hotel fire, was a delegate to the recent
mistake. Clay Center, his home, is not
in this district.
Mr. Oliver Tresner of 1401 Kansas
avenue who is employed as teamster at
the Merchants Transfer company, was
severely injured Wednesday noon by
being struck on the head with one of
the stakes on the fiat wagon they were
loading with the old pipe of the water
company at Seventh and Quincy
streets. He sustained a fractured jaw.
The Central Commission company,
the youngest of the Topeka grain buy
ing firms, has completed arrangements
for opening AN office at Hutchinson.
The parent firm has been doing a. bust
ness of sixty thousand dollars a month
and it is expected that the branch Of
flee will add as much more to the To-
peka bank clearings, as Hutchinson is
h. - r1ean fg-r. III
trict.
]. r. Kearney OF the Central Theat-
rical company, is back from Coffeyville,
after having added the airdome at that
place to his circuit The circuit now
consists of Winfield, Arkansas City,
Guthrie, Lawton, Ell Reno, Keefer, Nc
Alester, Muskogee and Coffeyville A
new airdome is to be built at Oklahoma
City. A booking circuit is also being
organized independently of this circuit
and already seven managers have
signed contracts to take the Topeka
concerns bookings