The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-20
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The job of the lineman is not enviable
just nov.
The piers for the Rossvnle bridge are
about completed.
high price1 his year esIs SCARCE -"0
The wiring for the electric lights at the
federal building IS nearly completed
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Howard of 100 West
Fourth avenue. are the parents of a son.
College and university students are re-
turning home for the Christmas holidays
Railroad men say there is considerably
more snow in the vicinity of ST. Joseph
than here
Some boys have found it possible to
skate ON the well beaten snow on the
-pavements.
in Topeka yesterday OF his way from
Washington
Rabbits are rather scarce on the Topeka
cents apiece
elusive with Civil cases.
c. @. Chandler. president Of twelve
different banks in southern Kansas. is in
Topeka for a day or two.
People who use gas are nov being trou.
water have similar trouble.
Lillian. Wilder KeeIer was granted a
divorce by Judge Hazsn yesterday after
A. B. Callahan. who is now a reporter
on the ST. Joseph Gazette-Herald, is in
Topeka to visit his parents.
A. K. Rodgers will be re~appointed as
sistant postmaster in the Topeka office,
says Postmaster John Guthrie
The Eiks' subscription fund for the Sal
walton Army Christmas dinner last even
ing had risen from $50 to $106.
Rev; Dr.: G G. Woods Of Arkansas city
Goddard. at 1913 Buchanan street.
Ernest T. Hogueland. who has been
studying law with R~ossington, Smith s.
listed. has been admitted to the bar.
The Ferris comedians viii play The
G !SPpn TIo or at the "a " g,iTdav tonight nigbf and
Atchison Globe: When Helm, the KAN
sas City brewer projected an electric line
1. E. Lambert, private citizen of EN-
poria, was in Topeka a few hours Thurs
day, but did not talk about the pension
agency row.
The court house corridors and court
rooms are favorite lounging places these
instructors.
The board of directors of the Kansas
a business session at the Commercial club
rooms this afternoon
DR.. A M. Callahan, clerk of the district
ton at Stormont hospital recently, is i'm
proving and may recover.
House Jsnitor John Dudley is
That ought to be reason enough Tor the
action of President Roosevelt.
Linemen working for the Independent
Telephone company and IN the poles re-
Gently erected realize the intensity of the
cold weather as much as anyon
Miss Lillian Sawyer will arrive from
Col9rado Springs Saturday to spend the
christmas Mondays Win neT parents, MI.
and Mrs. o. F. Sawyer. at the Copeland.
When anyone at the court house gets
hungry they drop in on Poor Commission
er Hale, who serves them with cracker
and brown sugar sandwiches. It's all he
has to serve except prunes and washing
powder.
Gerald Glasscock, stenographer for Chief
Engineer Storey of the Santa Fe, is still
in the Santa Fe hospital with a badly
sprained knee which he secured while
playing basketball, that mild and inno-
cent substitute for football.
The Christmas vacation began today
at Washburn college and many of the
students are taking advantage of the
holiday excursion rates offered by the
railroads to visit their homes.
A broken piston rod repaired with a
piece of gas pipe enabled the weStbound
Rock Island passenger train to reach To-
peka two hours late Thursday. The ac-
cident occurred near Grantvil1e.
The Kansas Medical college adjourns
today for the holidays. A large number
of students went home to enjoy the holt
day vacation, some staying to do special
work in the college The college session
will resume January g.
The Washburn college quarterly bull
letin has been issued It consists of six
teeen pages and is illustrated with pic
lures of DR.. D.. NJ. Fisk and the Rev.
Norman Plass, both of whom have re-
partment of the college
George D. West. a furniture dealer at
Eskridge. was -adjudged bankrupt in the
upon the application of the kansas City