The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
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The Toreka baseball team moves
ever to Omaha tonight to play a series
of four games.
c. D. Wellman, federal court re-
porter, IS in lola acting as steno-
grapner during the May term Of the
court IN that city.
Inc Washburn summer session of six
weeks IN physiology, psychology, peda-
gogy, English, German literature and
music VIII begin June 7th-
Rev j. W. Rivers of Memphis.
Tenn; will preach at the c. M E
cnurcn sunday at IL a. m,
Fourteenth and Van Buren, street
Topeka IS represented al the bowling
Lournamenr which is now being held at
EXCELSIOR Springs, Mo-. by kirkpatrick.
A. WOLF, H. Wolf, Fuller and Barnum.
The ". C. T. U will meet at the
FIRST M E church at 3 .. M Monday.
prohibition Day addresses viii be given
ny Mrs L A King and Mrs. T. C. Reed
The rain IS undoubtedly all over for
the time icing, and the weather man
says 1t viii be fair and warmer ronor-
row The indication is that there viii
be but little wind
The small sewers in the city were
entirely inadequate to take care Of the
storm water sewers separate and apart
What Topeka needs is a number of
storm water sewers separate and part
from the sanitary system.
That the warm weather is here to
stay Is demonstrated by the number Of
barefoot boys that are seen or the
streets. The rain OF last night provided
the first opportunity for the boys to
go wading.
All Of the officials of the operating
department of the Santa F,e are in
Topeka today attending the annual
spring time card meeting. The first
session was held this morning. The
raj Il lax
the transaction Of all the business.
There Is not another city in the
country today the size OF Topeka that
has such an excellent fire department
and still such few facilities and
f1remen. It only costs S-97 per capita
TO run the local department. All
other departments run at $40 at the
least. What is needed-more men.
Uncle" Joe Baldwin. the oldest at
torney in Topeka filed case in the dis
trict court last evening. He Is attorney
for the plaintiff in a divorce case.
Weocome l. Bennett wants a divorce
from Katheryn Bennett on grounds of
abandonment, and has secured the ser
vices of the veteran lawyer to handle
his case
The county commissioners who
were supposed to meet the committee
from the Commercial club with Pro-
lessor Dickens Of K c. A c., and go
over West Sixth street road for the
purpose Of Inspection concerning the
proposed oiling Of the road, failed to
show up yesterday and the CONNER
ciaI club trailed around the city
alone.
Tonight at the Washburn college
chapel the local college and William
Jewell will debate on the commission
form of government This is es-
peeiaIly interesting to the people OF
this city at the present time-hecause
the new government Is before the
citizens Governor Stubbs viii be one
of the judges at the debate and re-
ception will be held afterwards.
The subject for the Waztaburn-FVIl-
liam Jewell college debate at Wash
burn tonight Is Resolved, That for
cities of the United States from 25,-
governments commonly known as the
Galveston-Des MotneS plan is pre-
ferabIe to the form now IN general
use The debaters are, for William
Jewell: Walter F. Davis. William NJ.
Farr Jeptha Todd; for WashbuTn:
Bert Chandler, o. B. Preston and
Floyd Webb
norton Of the sixth story walls
OF the Santa Fe office building are
being torn out today. and doorways
will be substituted, which will lead
be installed. Two new ones Will be
Installed On the east side, and prob
ably two more on the west side OF the
hTIiTding The general Office building
is already well provided with IRE es-
canes. but the company proposes to
INSTALL a. sufficient number OF escapes
SO that there will be a ready way TO
safety from any part OF the building
in case OF a fire.