The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-02

cameras and photo supplies, gold fish.
etc.
R. r. vermillion of Wichita was in
Topeka Monday night.
The cold snap evidently had the eff
feet of checking the spread OF .iphthe-
ria.
w T. Watson of Kinsley was in To-
peka Monday evening. He formerly
lived in Topeka.
These are the melancholy days for the
paving and sewer contractors in To-
peka. All work is suspended.
DR.. Agnes Mckee Wallace has return
ed to Topeka after a visit with her
daughter at Saffordville, Kansas.
A Topeka man has given up whist
because he is satisfied that the neces-
sary brain work is causing his hair to
fall out.
S. NJ Scott OF Emporia registered at
the National Monday evening. He was
formerly a Populist leader but is now
an oil magnate.
For nearly half the distance between
Kansas avenue and the Santa Fe depot
Fifth street is torn up in the middle
for the railway track
Plans are being made to install a new
electric elevator in the National hotel
within a few weeks. 1t will have a ca
pacity of about eight people
Those large new second hand cars
which the city railway purchased are
HcdIcQ Dy oleClIlC1ly. 1neT6 Is a SD13li
cylindrical heater under each seat. They
ought to be put in use before January.
Some of the councilmen are so mad
over Mayor Parker's action in dismiss
ing Ed Smith that they would like to
hold up the mayors pay check until he
reinstates Mr.. Smith
The council will meet next Monday
evening to take up the proposed new
franchise for the Vinewood park rail-
way The railway company is planning
to build its Rock Island depot extension
this winter
There will be an election of officers
at the regular meeting of the knights
of the Maccabees lodge this week. Many
OF the fraternal orders of the city will
be holding their annual and semi-an-
nual election of officers between now
and January 1.
Grain Dealers association does not
agree with Secretary Coburn's figures
on the Kansas wheat crop. He clair;s
1t is not over 40 million bushels Co
from 20 to 40 in every county-and from
the assessors returns. Smiley gets his
from grain dealers.
Superintendent Nelson and President
Wilkinson of the State Normal go to
Atchison Friday to examine the library
and course of study of Midland college
to ascertain if they meet the require
ments for granting state teachers GER
tificates to graduates from the normal
course of the college. Midland is ask
ing authority to grant state certificates.
J. E. Manley, who was recently ap
pointed assistant secretary of the city
Y. NJ. C. A, has arrived in Topeka ana
will at once assume his new duties. Mr..
Manley has been a resident of Topeka
for short while in the past but his ex-
perience in association work was gained
chiefly while he was in attendance upon
the State Agricultural college at Man
haitian. He came here direct from Colo
RADIO.
The ST John A. NJ E. church iubilee
this evening will take the form of an
educational rally Addresses will b.
given by Frank Nelson, superintendent
of public instruction, w. M. Davidson.
superintendent of city schools. and W.
r. Vernon, president of the Western lunl.
'versity for colored youth. at Quindaro.
There Will be a recitation and special
music
There are e.1O6 school houses in Kan
sas and II 1,7o9 school teachers. There
have been 137 new school houses built
during the past year. OF the teachers,
1923 are school ma'ams and the rest
are men. Summer county has more
school houses than any other county,
lacking only one of 200. while Wyan-
dotte county leads in the number of
teachers, having an even 300. Shawnee
county has 12e school houses and 277
teachers
There will be a meeting of the direct
ors of the charity association this after
noon al TIE Office of Rev. D. s. Nor
row. The nine directors have been di-
vided into three classes. those serving
one two and three years, respectively.
Those w.zo are to serve one term arr
J. B. Larimer. John r. Muivane and
Rev F. E. Mallory: those who will serve
two years, o. S. Morrow, Frank Bone
brake and Thomas Page; and the third
class is composed of D. w. Nellis, ]. T.
Niss1ey and Rev. Francis l. HAYES.
The following is from the Atchisol, |
Globe: About a month ago a man |
came to Bob Branaman's house on
Sugar Lake and wanted to buy Brana-
mans farm They entered into writer
contract and the stranger put UP 5000 to
cinc.s the deal. He moved wa .onload
Of his goods there, and started to gathe-
the corn ere1 When the time arrived
for TIE deed to be made over to him
he backed out. and SAID that the climate /