The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18


bonus the town viii offer. The COM
pany IS now quartered in Ntw York
The Emporia Gazette says: The color
ed Topeka boy who played on the
Washburn team was the prize taker
among the Topeka boys when it came
to being a lady's man. He had the En-
poria colored girls rubbering.
The committee appointed by the Com
mercial club to do the work is out
soliciting money to make up the bonus
to be given by Topeka for the state fair
next fall. Last years fair proved q
success and the bonus is being given
more readily than it was year ago.
The Odd Fellows are making big prep
aratlons for the celebration of the
eighty-fourth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of their order. which will be
observed next Saturday. Bale Wag-
egner of Atchison will be here to speak
along with several other prominent men
of the order.
One week from today and the stu
pendous, startling, scenic street parade
or the colossal caravanic congress of
collected novelties will appear in Topeka
with the Sells & Downs circus, bigger,
better, brighter than ever Go, gaze,
gaWk, glory and marvel at the world
wide wonders.
Charles Samson has a horse. Topeka
Lass, entered in futurity RACES in which
the stakes aggregate $50, 600. The races
are the Kentucky Futurity 1904 Terre
Haute Matron Stakes 1904 $4,000,
Hartford Futurity, 1904, 81 600. and the
Horse Review stakes, Chicago, 1904,
$4,000 Topeka Lass is ? years old.
The Atchison Globe says: Robert
Johnson, of Topeka, is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs Isaac Calhoun. whose family
lately suffered so severely with small
pox. Mr.. johnson says he was the
first man to enter the Calhoun house
after quarantine was raised. The Cal
nouns live eight miles west of Atchison.
George WeIhouse, of Cleveland. O..
is here visiting his brother, Judge Fred
Wellhouse. the Apple King of Kan
sas. George Wellhouse spent the past
winter in California, and stopped in To-
peka on his trip east. Mr.. Wellhouse
frequently visits his brother in Kansas
and formerly lived here himself He is
now a capitalist and has large holdings
in and about Cleveland.
Since the opening of the new social
settlement work in the building at the
corner of Fourth and Jackson streets
the armory Industrial classes are being
moved srom the old court house at the
corner of Fourth street and Kansas av-
enue to the new location. It is believed
that under the new auspices the indus$
trial work. which has been conducted
by Police Matron Thorpe and her
friends will be advanced rapidly The
sewing classes are kept busy making
over garments sent in by charitable
families of the town.
If the proposition to increase the dog
tax in Topeka from one and two dol
lars to FIVE and ten never gets any
farther Councilman Neil's proposed or
dinance will have a least the temper
airy effect of bringing in this years col
lections at far more rapid rate than
ever before. People all over town have
read about the proposed new ordinance
and are bringing in their money before
the price is raised. A really consider
able amount of tax has already been
payed in and it is still coming. The
business of collecting dog license usual
~ occupies q man all spring and the
collector has not yet gotten at his worE-
At the present rate of payment the bus
mess of the collector promises to be ex-
frenelV light.