The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-06

The candidates are becoming anx-
ious as we'll as insistent.
There isn't much wheat in Shawnee
county but what there is, is of excel
lent quality.
The site for the new Thomas Page
house on the West Sixth avenue hill
has been cleared.
Frank Merrick, lately of Mexico, who
has spent the last three weeks in
Shawnee, Okla, has returned to Topeka
and is visiting relatives.
Fred MacKie, chief clerk to General
Superintendent Fox Of the Santa Fe, is
confined to his home in Topeka with a
serious case of tonsilitis.
Henry Lautz, assistant to General
Manager Hurley, is confined to. his
home this week on account of Sickness
Nothing serious is reported.
Edgar Roudebush, aged s, son of
E. E. Roudebush, is suffering from a
at the Gentry show last week.
The candidate whose opponent fail
ed to file his nomination papers is in
the same position as the tennis player
who wins his game by default.
There is no use worrying about the
Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures. They
won't get around to Topeka until the
fight has been forgotten anyhow.
Radcliffe Lee, clerk of the court of
Topeka, who has been taking a holiday
returned to work today, relieving Tink-
ham Veale who has been looking after
the office.
]. E. Livingstone. a member of the
the Rock Island, leaves for Davenport,
Iowa, this week where he will make
his permanent home.
The city commissioners allowed an
appropriation of SOCIAL for the month
of June. This is one of the largest
monthly appropriations in the history
of the city, it is claimed.
An alarm of fire was sounded about
two O'Clock this afternoon which call
ed the department to the build
ing owned by W. w. Manspeaker at
706 Kansas avenue. No damage was
done.
There is a sentiment in town to pro-
hipit the showing of the prize fight
moving pictures. From the manner
In which the accounts of the fight
read there will be nothing exciting
about the pictures.
Eliza beth N. Barr, editor of "Cur-
rent Topics has seconded the motion
that love spoils many good reporters.
1t Is safe to say that Miss Barr will
never have her talent DESTROYED or
damaged in any way.
Although scarcely any Fourth of July
accidents were serious enough to be re-
ported atsthe hospitals, the usual num-
per OF pandaged hands and heads have
peen In evidence on the street since the
national anniversary was concluded
Out of the 719 high school students
who took the examinations for teach
ers' certificates, 615 passed and were
admitted to the portals of the educa-
tors- Nmety-nine high schools and
eighty counties were represented.
John P. Fritts, who has arrived from
New York to become editor of the
Merchants Journal, was born in Kan
sas. He began his newspaper career
| In Topeka and was managing editor
of the Herald while it was in existence
Woe to the park bench union-the
lovers of the twentieth century! City
Commissioner Holman says that he
! has not, will not and would not order
park benches Just big enough for
two. Il am against such a thing
two is company and three is a crowd.
We want crowds in our parks" This
is the statement that will cause gnash-
ing of teeth and tearing of hair.
Governor Stubs has received a tele-
gram from former President Roosevelt
| that it will be necessary to change the
date of the latter's trip through Kan
sas- The telegram states that it prob
| ably viii be necessary to select August
/ 81 or Septem Der 1 as the date when Mr.
Roosevelt will appear at Osawatomie
| The date had previously been set as
August 90.
j. W. EuIHonuS, cOiOred, 1870 van
Buren, street. has received a picture card
of the Reno fight throng from Hugh P.
Coultis, formerly of Topeka but late
of Los Angeles. 1t was written before
the fight and Coultis told how Jeffries
was going to win. Edmonds has writ
| ten a letter to Coultis. He said: ut
shows that if you give us a chance we
| will bring home the bacon
The members of the board of equal
| ization, which is composed of the coun-
| ty commissioners and county assessor,
| are spending much of their time driv-
ing in an automobile through the rural