The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-25

! sas drouth are now backing up on
| their theories with true tales of OPP
! timiSm. The east has come to realize
that bear" story about Kansas has
| its effect in the stock market
With the opening of the theater
| season in Topeka next week the bright
| light district will center around
! Eighth and Kansas avenue again.
| With the bank deposit showing gains
! every week, the theater season in To-
| peka this year should be successful.
| The management of the State Fair
| association received several entries for
the late closing horse events over long
distance phone from Illinois this
morning. They include some of the
fastest horses that are on the circuits
| today. The entries for the late clos
| ing events will close tonight.
a. B. Ramsdell, superintendent of
the Kansas division of the Rock Island
Lines. in Topeka in conference
manager today. The train bringing in
superintendent Ramsdell last night did
not puSh his private car into Kansas
avenue-an event of his last visit here.
The city commission this morning
accepted the resignation of B. F. Fail
or as a member of the board OF
plumbing examiners. He gave as his
reason for resigning that he has sold
his interest in the firm of Failor &
Disbrow to Disbrow and Redding. No
APPOINTMENT
made.
f. J. Smiley. secretary of the Kan
sas Grain Dealers association, and
George McDermott will leave Aug IS
for an eight-day excursion from St
Louis to St. Paul and return by boat.
| The trip to st. Paul viii take four
days. There will be a stop of a lay
at ST Paul. and the return trip Will
take three days.
The county commissioners. in ses-
sion this morning, were startled when
Judge Hayden, formerly probate
judge, but now a farmer, remarked,
Something ought to be done to that
road near me before the next flood
comes After the commissioners had
recovered, both Nipps and Simms
wanted to know how much time would
they be allowed before the next flood.
Il consider that accident on the
Sixth street viaduct the luckiest thing
in the world said Albert NJ. Patten,
assistant general manager of the y
Kinley Lines in Topeka. THAT span
was weakening very fast on account
of the condition of the steel and it was
only fortunate that a passenger car
did not go down to the Santa Fe
trackS.'
James Seybold of Rfchland. charged
by ]. G.. Stonebraker, with beating and
hruiSing the son of the complainant,
entered a plea of not guilty before
Judge Carver of the court of Topeka,
this morning. His trial was set for
10 o'clock Thursday morning. 1t is
claimed that Seybold merely forcibly
elected two boys who were fighting
on his premises and that no injuries
We're intended or inflicted.
There are 1906 persons of school
age in Shawnee county, according to
County superintendent of Schools
Eby. This includes all persons be-
tween the ages of and Il years of
age. Quite a number of married per-
sons come under this classification
For each person of school age the
county schools will receive 40 cents
from the state apportionment From
money from the sale of stray animals
and from other various funds this
state apportionment is increased ten
cents. making SO cents per pupil.
The weekly weather forecast sent out
from Washington reads in part as fol-
lows: THE distribution of atmospher-
ic pressure over the northern hemi- |
sphere is such as to indicate the con-
tinuance of moderate temperature for
the coming week in all parts of the
country except the far southwest.
where readings will be above normal. |
The rainfall during the week Will be
generally local and irregularly distri5- |
uted. A disturbance of moderate IL
tensity will appear in the far west
about Wednesday,, move eastward. at
tended by local showers and thunder
storms and cross the middle west
Thursday or Friday and the eastern
states near the end of the week.