The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
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The rain today came at the right
time. The ball team is away fro1n
home.
George L. Walker is very low at his
home, SIG Lincoln street, as the result
of stroke Of paralysis.
Your lawyer, your agent your groc-
er, your friends may be reached with
out fail by an Independent Telephone.
The official stage door Johnny at
the Novelty this week, is having the
time of his life trying to keep away
competition.
The Mills excursions just about
doubled up the Sunday School con-
vention crowd and the city is well
peopled today.
Sunday school convention. An audi
forum to seat 1000 people has been
completed in that city.
w. E. C1endenning of ST. Louis
an advertising specialist, will be the
speaker next Tuesday noon at the
meeting of the Topeka Ad club.
The weather clerk should be COM
mended for delaying the arrival of
rain until the flag end of the Kaw
train had disappeared to the north
ward.
Six days will pass and then the
Kaws will return to meet Sioux City,
last seasons champions, on the 9Th.
The team will be at home to callers
for IL days.
The afternoon trains brought in
| moro delegates to the State Sunday
School convention. Suit cases and
convention badges are now much in
evidence on the streets.
The Triumvirate has been told TO
go ahead and run the city and take
the blame for it. The minority re-
fuses to share in the abuses of the
commission when it is denied dicta-
ton.
T. L. Laughy, the paralytic, who
posed to be crazy has been able to
tell the officers at the county Jail his
name, but they are still at a loss as
to what to do with him.
Paying for a dead horse or COW is
a thing of the past any place within
five miles of Topeka. The Topeka
Rendering Works are removing these
free of charge which is a big relief
and appreciated by the public.
From present indications 1.-The Price
| of the Prairie" by Margaret Hill Nc
Carter, will play to a crowded house
Friday night. The tickets are selling
fast, showing that much interest is
| being displayed in the play.
Several reports will be made by
those in attendance at the recent Y.
| w. G. A. convention held at Indiana
| opliS at the Sunday afternoon vesper
services which will be held at the
Y. w. c. A Sunday afternoon.
The night school for foreigners and
others which has been held during
the last few months in the Harrison
building will be discontinued for the
season the end of this week. The
school has served its purpose and
has been considered a success.
From Kansas avenue to Washburn
college there are ten bends, three
lurches and nine thousand bumps in
the Washburn car line. A person rid
| ing over this line four times a day
receives 40 jolts from the curves, IL
jams from the lurches and $4,000
bumps from the road bed. And there
| are many living to tell the tale.
| Mrs. Ida Burkholdt rises to announce
that she did not take part in the So
| cialistic festivities wherein things were
| said about I. Gilberg, and he was GUST
| ed from the society. notwithstanding
! Mrs. Burkhardt's name was reported
| by Mrs. F. E. Curry in the list of mem
b~rs who refuse to tolerate Gilberg' s
presence and listen to his arguments.
B. G. Walker, the unsuccessful can
| didate for city license collector-the
man who received the highest grade
from the civil service commission, but
who was turned down by the COM
missioners in making the appoint
ment-says he will not drop the night.
1.-The law is behind me-" says Mr.:
Walker, "I will do something before 1
give up
| w. T. Gray, for the past four years
w Oh the H B. Howard Athletic Supply
company and recently employed with
| the w. A. L. Thompson Hardware COM
pany, has accepted position with the
Peters Hardware company of Emporia
and leaves Saturday to take charge Of
the athletic department of the Emporla
firm. Mrs. Gray will remain in Topeka
a week or ten days.
Wisconsin Wants Lower Express Rates
Madison, Wis, May 3.-The lower
| ing of express rates within Wisconsin
| rs per cent, with an expected saving
| thereby of $1,000 a day to Wisconsin
patrons, is provided in a bill of Assem-
blyman W. E. Hurlbut of Winnebago
county, offered in the assembly Near
| ly all monopolies have in some form
| or other been dealt with by the legis-