The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-20

One week from today is Thanksgiving
C. H Rhodes is in Fort Scott actins
as judge of the poultry show.
Senator Jim" Allen was down from
Doniphan county Wednesday.
This is the time of year when the gas
meter begin to work overtime.
H V. Nichols. of Liberal, registered at
the Throop Wednesday afternoon.
o. w Andrews and daughter of Ross
vile were in Topeka Wednesday night
OF the nine cases of diphtheria report
ed to the board of health, four have re-
suited in death.
Miss Totes was lucky enough to draw
a gold watch Wednesday in rattle 1t
cost her 40 cents.
What has become of the cruiser To
peka that was stored in the state hous-
basement for so long?
The Cumberland Boys band has Of
fered its services to play at the news
boys Thanksgiving dinner next week.
It's a great wonder to the average
Kansas man why eastern newspapers
bite on the stories they do about Kan
sas.
The legislature won't be expected to
do much business until after the state
printer and United States senator are
elec-ad.
Now that the voice of the soellbinder
is no longer heard in the land the coun-
try lyceums can have full sway in the
district school houses.
John F. Mitchell. Santa Fe auditor of
passenger receipts. was the roommate
of Eugene Field at Columbia when he
attended the State univ ersity.
The bird collection in the state house
has been located on the ground floor III
the east wing, north side of the corridor.
It will probably remain there
The sale of seats for the appearance
of The Princess Chic" at the Grand
opera house Friday night opened this
morning at Flad's drug store.
The Lady Maccabees will give a social
this evening at the home of Mrs. C. T.
Purviance. Ill East Sixth avenue. for
the benefit of the charity fund.
There is a house party ION" at the
governors residence. and it will last for
the rest of the week. Governor Stanley
is taking his meals at the Copeland.
A whole lot of people are hoping that
A. J. Whitmore will be retained as chief
clerk of the Office of the secretary of
state. He understands the business.
Colonel Veale. custodian of the state
house, will commence renOVating the
senate chamber and representative hall
shortly for the use of the legislature
The new church workers of the First
Baptist church will hold thimble party
on Friday afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. c. E. Hawley, 1906 Harrison street.
The returns from the corn fields are
climbing up good deal like the recent
Republican majorities. The crop is bet
ter in many localities than the farmers
expected.
Herbert Robinson, who has been con-
nected with the state department of ag
riculture for some time, has resigned
that position and has gone into an in
surance Office.
The Pennsylvania supper at the Eng
lish Lutheran church last night was so
good that those who ate of it decided
it was more of a Kansas than a Penn
sylvania supper.
Excavations are being made in Cen
trail park for cinder walks The grading
which is being done at the north end OF
the park is improving the looks of the
place very materially.
Speaking of the coming of Ezra Ken
dali next week, a Topeka mans idea of
man with the name Ezra is an oldish-
like man with Dom Paul whiskers of a
sorrel complexion.
George Hughes. a Washburn student,
fell from a house at Fifteenth and Lane
streets Wednesday afternoon, and frac-
tured his left arm in two places Hughes
was repairing the roof of the house.
The office of the director of the state
employment bureau will probably be
moved to the room directly under Au-
ditor Coles private office in the west
| wing of the state house as soon as the
rooms are fitted
| Since Judge Hazen's return from a
duck hunt he has been locked in the
| innermOst recesses of his chambers
| working on cases that he has under adj
visement. Court will probably not be in
session until Monday
A good way for a girl to become fam
Gus these days is to deny that she is
engaged to Governor elect Bailey. It
may be that no one has ever accused
her of it, but that makes no difference
in making the denial.
| Secretary Coburn has House resolu-
ton No Il already typewriter and
ready for introduction into the house aa
soon a S the legislature convenes- Ii
gives the State Board of Agriculture the
right to use representative hall for Its
| evening meetings.
| The motto of the New York Sun is,
IF you see it in the Sun. it's so.' yet
the Sun publishes more fake stories
about Kansas than any other paper,
and it generally takes them so seriously