The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31

| saws more wood than the noisy fellows
He is a banker, and his money talks for
him.
Preparations are being made for a
bowling tournament to be played on the
T. A A, the Y. NJ. c. A. and the Elite
alleys between the teams representing
them. The tournament will be played
during January.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. McKeever are the
guests of honor at a party in Emporia
tonight. Mr. McKeever is president of
the Saturday Night club and will re-
turn tomorrow to preside at the banquet
at the Tnroop.
One of the most interesting exhibits
of school work in the display for the
State Teachers association in the state
/ house is that put on by the boys of the
State Industrial school. It was arrang-
ed in the Academy of Science rooms
yesterday.
Among the chicken men who are ex-
pected to be here next week with exhib-
its in the Kansas State Poultry show
are Laurens Haun. H. c. Short. N. r.
Nye, L r. Paxton. ]. E. Hartmen. Pc
ter Casserly, and George McGill of
| Leavenworth.
Special watch night services are to be
church. rev. DR.. Snelson will preach.
I A special feature of the service will be
the ringing out of the old year and the
ringing Ia OF the new, and everyone is
! nSrNCA ~ DAAhk d OClls
Lewis Lindsay Dyche, of Lawrence, is
in Topeka. He says that he will exhibit
at the coming State Poultry show his
famous GOulou bird, captured by him
while on his last expedition to the Gou-
| lou islands. 1t is the only known spec
linen of this curious fowl in captivity.
The health department received no
| tice yesterday that the family of Den
mis- Whitney, which lives south of the
city and has been quarantined for
diphtheria. is in destitute circum-
stances The poor commissioner will
| look after the case.
The opinion of attorneys seems to be
that about the smoothest thing the city
has done yet in the gas case is to test
the validity of the company's franchise.
There is a good show for the city to
win on that sort of fight, they say.
President c. c. Baker of the Topeka
City railway has returned from his re-
cent trip to New York and Chicago. He
left New York two weeks ago, and was
in Topeka on Christmas day, but was
hastily summoned back to Chicago,
where he has been ever since. He says
he has nothing to say about the con-
solidation of his road with the Vine
wood system.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Academy of Science will commence this
evening in the state house. 1t will con-
tinue tomorrow. The Academy of Sci
ence now has the rooms formerly oc-
cupleQ Dy the state DOard OIL agriculture
and an interesting display of Kansas
minerals has been arranged by Prof. G.
P. Grimsley, the custodian.
The eighth annual grand session of
the Imperium begins today in the
knights of Labor hall at sos West b
street in North Topeka. The sessions
will continue this evening and tomor-
row, closing with a public programme
tomorrow night. The election will be
held tomorrow afternoon. This is a ne
gro organiza tion with headquarters in
Atchison- Its organizer. DIR. w. H.
Hudson, is here to attend the meeting.
The order now has fifteen branch lodges
in the state and owns $500 worth of
real estate in Atchison. 1t is education
al and industrial in it's aims.