The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-28

uary 81 the examina ton for piece
work computer in the naval observatory,
bureau of equipment will be open at
the same place.
Members of the First Wesleyan Meth
odist church gathered at the home of
Marion Owens, corner of Laurent street
and Topeka avenue, North Topeka,
Wednesday evening and after a praise
service presented J. c. Maze. who for
years has been a class leader in the So
ciety, with a handsome rocking chair,
and Mrs. Maze with sewing rocker.
Rev. c. p. Carkuff, pastor of the church,
led the prayer and song service.
Employees of the Sells & Downs shows
sat down to q fine dinner at the winter
quarters of the circus near the fair
grounds Thanksgiving day. The menu
sauce, mashed potatoes. tomatoes, cell
cry, mince pie and coffee. Mr.. Sells
and Mr.. Derham of the show looked af
ter the wants of their workmen. More
than 20 men partook of the meal Greet
ings were received from Mr.. Downs,
junior proprietor who is resting for
few weeks at his home in Toronto, Can
ada
Teachers of the German Lutheran
Synod Parochia1 school of this division
are meeting in Topeka Tor an exchange
of ideaas and the discussion of better
methods of teaching. These gatherings
usually take place on Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter. Today papers on
practical teaching were read by John
Sebald of Kansas City, Mo, and H H.
Steinkamp of this city. The programme
of Thursday consisted of reading papers
on Theoretical Teaching by H.
Kruntz. Norborne Mo, J. H. Meyer,
Alma George Roller, Atchison, and H.
Ressmeyer, Leavenworth.
The Was1burn Review, the students
paper at Washburn college, is having all
kinds of trouble with the faculty. The
Review this year has endeavored to be
a students paper in name as well as III
theory, and has talked pretty plainly
about what the students think, and has
criticised the Washburn faculty when it
seemed necessary. For one thing the
Review sided with Worsley in the foot
ball controversy, and was severely re-
buked by President Plass for not up
holding the faculty's action In its last
issue the Review published IN advertise
ment for a resort which is a joint mas
querading as lunch room This stroke
of enterprise on the part of the bust
ness manager is likely to make more
trouble. The faculty has ordered that
the ad be discontinued, and the manager
of the Review claims that the manager
of the place has contract for four
week..
Attorney General A. A GODDARD says
he expects to have bill introduced
during the coming session of the legis-
lature amending the present law gov
erning abstractors. Under the present
law an abstractor is responsible to no
one for mistake exce1t the man who
hired him to do tee work. said he
Say, for instance. that Smith sold Jones
a town lot. Smith is SUPPOSED to fur
nish an abstract to the lot. He goes
to an ahstractor and gets it made re
delivers II to Tores with the deed At
ter awhile Jones finds out that the al
stract is not correct and that the t:.le
to his lot is defective. Jones cannot
/ look to the abstractor for redress. The
! only one who could is Smith and he has
i lost interest because he no longer owns
the lot Therefore, Jones is out I want
the law amended so that an abstractor
is liable for the mistake no matter who
| owns the lot"