The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-01

I scent her fragrant garments.
Her foot is on the stair"
The cherry trees viii be in bloom in
a few days
The West Sixth avenue paving Is not
improving with age.
Topeka streets show the effect Of tax
ing off the white wings"
Today is All Fools day. This is prob
ably not news to the reader.
Mrs. z. E. Porter, department presi-
dent of the W r. c.. was in Topeka
TuesdaT-
Topeka viii soon have a good street
car system, a fact that is worth men
uoning-
School work was resumed today at
Washburn college after a weeks spring
vacation.
County Attorney Galen Nichols left
Tuesday afternoon for ST. Louis to be
gone a week.
The Second ward Republican club IS
planning to meet this evening at 30j
East First street
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. R. RobIee went TO
Ell Paso, Tex, Tuesday. where they viii
make their home.
The Golden Belt Medical society
meets in Abilene Thursday. A number
of members live in Topeka.
The r. W. club will meet at the home
Of Mrs. White. 1854 Washington street.
The FrOebel Mothers union Will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. T. NJ.
Ramsdell at 52S Lincoln street.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Ellis have gone
to Cottonwood Falls to visit relatives
and to try their hands at bass fishing.
At least two Topeka women who
haven't been inside an opera house this
winter Will turn out tonight to see
Crane.
Today the rural route carriers who
work in Kansas will be paid of Tile
checks are sent out from the Topeka
pOstOfice.
Tuesday was the end of the fiscal yea1
of the city of Topeka Reports from the
various city officers have not yet been
made out
Is there any signiheance in the -ofn-
cial announcement" of merger of the
two street railways given out on the
first day of April?
The time lock to the vault in the
office of the state treasurer at the state
house is being cleaned and repaired. It
4 is cleaned annually.
During the past fiscal year, which
closed March 81, the Topeka fire de-
partment went to 173 fires This is 40
more fires than occurred during the
fiscal year ending March 81, 1902.
Evangelist Williams says his ex-
pense are more than $1,000 annually.
1t is doubtful if the wealthiest people
/ of Topeka can boast an expense ac-
count as high as that.
Miss May Wilson. clerk at Burg
/ harts saws she is not the Mary Wilson
that the registration board was after
/ May Wilson lives at S24 Quincy, and
Mary wilson at SIS Quincy.
Frank A. Post of the Kansas City
Journal is now located in Topeka tax
ing the place of the regular cores
ing after Seventh district politics.
The Washburn college actors and act
resses viii present a play at the Grand
on the evening of April Il and after
noon of April Is It is for the benefit OF
| the Washburn athletic funds. and the
play is Goldsmith's She Stops to
/ CONQUER"
City Engineer ]. F. AcCabe has pur-
chased through the Strauss agency the
Royal Matthews home at 1851 Mulvane
street, and will make extensive i'm
provements before moving into it Mr.
Matthews is now in business in Liberty,
Texas.
Clay street people have commenced to
object to the telephone poles in their
street They want them put in the al
leys. The Clay street folks can't be
blamed much for that and the suppress
sion telephone pole evil is a proposition
upon which it would be easier to get
the people of the town together than
4 upon any other one.
Topeka does not seem to be very crazy
on the subject of antiquities The 100
year old spinning wheel owned by Mrs
2. II. Blake was sold with the other
household goods yesterday and it
brought $3.50. An old colonial warming
pan brought the magnificent sum of
$1-75. Both were bought by a Topeka
secondhand man.
The directors of the Kansas State
Poultry association met Tuesday night
to discuss plans for the next chicken
show and incidentally decided to get out
a small report Of the last one. The as
ISOLATION now has a state appropriation
of $1,000. The judges chosen for next
year are w. S. Russell of OttumWa, Ia,
H. B. Savage of Bolton. Tex, and c.
H. Rhodes of Topeka.
Following are the officers recently
elected by the Elks lodge of Topeka:
Exalted ruler, ". H. Coulson; esteemed
leading knight, a. G. Goodwin; es-
teemed loyal knight, L. NJ. Penweil
esteemed lecturing knight, r. F. Hay
den; secretary. Henry Ruff; treasurer
L. c. Bronson; tyler, S. NJ. Lakin; trus-
G. @. Gilhllan and William Henderson
Annisoperys of the order Ietidopters,
family geometridae, alias canker worm.
the enemy of all elm trees is absorbing
the attention of the Civic Improvement
association. The best preventive for
the ravages of this insect is the appli-
cation of a cotton girdle saturated with
tar and coal oil about the trunk of the
elm tree 1t viii prevent the worm
from crawling UP and eating the leaves
REVISE NORMAL COURSE.