The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-20

boys have had their instruments only
about two weeks.
The baseball players Of the Y. NJ. c
A organized a team at the association
rooms last night and took the prelim-
mary steps toward forming a league.
The colored people of the city viii
hold a meeting Monday night at the
Commercial club rooms to organize to
support the Twenty-third Regiment
band
Everybody will have a soft seat at
the First Presbyterian church tomOr-
row. All the peWs have just been pro-
vided with very nice new cushions and
the pews are free.
President f. r.. Nichols of the State
Agricultural college was in Topeka yes
teFday afternoon He stated that the
new chemistry building to cost $4,000
VIII soon be commenced.
Atchison Globe: President Mckinley
will shoot through Kansas like a rocket.
but arrangements are made to have him
spend a whole day at Baldwin, a town
Of less than a thousand people
The state board of railroad assessors
has concluded its hearings of the rep
resentatives OF the different roads. The
board will have the making up Of the
valuations completed about May 20.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution met at the home of Mrs. n. F.
Handy at 1875 Topeka avenue yesterday
to listen to a recount of the battles of
Lexington and Concord by William E.
Connelley.
This has been the most progressive
and successful year of the STANDARD
School of Shorthand It has outgro mn
its quarters and more room viii lie ad-
ded also additional teachers and new
typewriters.
Governor Stanley is wearied with
shopping for furniture for the executive
mansion, but he wants to get it ready
for occupancy in time to receive PreSi-
dent Mckinley. if the latter's stay is
long enough. =
Any amateur photographer who has
not yet bought a new camera will do
wen 70 examine the line shown by the
Gibraltar Drug Co.. SZS Kansas. ave.
They are selling them at half the for
mer price
Knights Of Pythias lodge No 23s has
rendered Congressman Charles Curtis
vote of thanks for securing for
cation had been rejected by the commits
sioner of pensions.
Rev. E. Fl. Lovett Of ottawa is in To-
peka- He will speak at the First Bap-
list church Sunday morning. Mr.. Low
EFT is looking after the interests of the
movement to add an endowment OF $50,
600 to Ottawa university
Governor Stanley denied the parole
pardon asked for s. B. Spradley. who
shot Howard Hester in a quarrel over
q culvert. the construction of which
Hester. as road Overseer. was surer1n-
tending in Anderson county
Rev. r. w. Rogers Of Drew Theolog.
icaI seminary New Jersey, lectured
last night at the First Methodist cnurch
on The Bible and the Buried Cities OF
the East" He delivered the Phi Beta
Kappa address at the State university
Monday evening.
George ". Watson OF Kinsiey. for
merIy OF Topeka writes TO the state ag-
riculturaT department to know If the
Oklahoma louise has made its appear
ance in the wheat fields yet. There
have been newspaper reports OF the IN
secrs appearance as q destroyer in the
territory, but thus far 1t has not been
heard Of in this state
But few people realize the work the
building associations are doing to-
wards the building up Of Topeka The
report of the Capitol Building and Loan
association shows that during 1890 they
assisted in the erection Of IS new homes
and in the purchase of 101 dwellings
The beauty of il Is that by their month
" payments the homes eventually be-
come free OF debt