The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-31

The Midwinter exposition ends to-
night at IL o'clock.
The government Thermometer ranged
between a and 81 Friday.
"Othello' win be played by the Warde
company at the Crawford tonight.
The w c.. r. u. viii meet at the First
Methodist church at O'Clock Monday
The crowd at the Midwinterexpo Fri
day was enormous This is the last
das.
The Scottish Rite reunion closed last
night with the comforting of the 32d
degree
A 900 acre farm at Meriden changed
hands this week A realty movement in
reality.
The Ionian Literary society Of Sum
mer school won contest from the Dor.
ians Friday.
DR.. Coldren has moved his office from
S05 Kansas Ave, to I'll Kansas Ave.
over the Palace.
w w. Fisher. colored. win be can
didate for member of the school board
from the Fifth ward.
J. a. Guy has withdrawn from the
race for judge of the city court. There
IS large field still running.
j. L. Bristow fourth assistant post
master general, viii make weeks trip
through Kansas before returning to
Washington
Lewis Dvche. who hunts polar bears
Try show, recently sold two chickens for
IS per fowl.
Miss Minnie Fusselmen, who has been
employed in Donaldfs store at Atchi-
son, has taken a position with Crosby
Bros. in this city.
G. p. Pierce is contemplating the con-
etruction of telephone line direct TO
willard and Dover. This VIII add about
400 phones to the R0ssville circuit.
b. H. Tracy of Wamego passed
through Topeka Friday on his way TO
Kansas City and there was no excite
ment Time works many changes.
Bishop Frank r. Millspaugh has re-
turned from Salina where he went TO
arrange for the arrival of the new bish-
op OF the western diocese Of Kansas.
The Atchison Globe of Friday says.
ssJim Chisham came home from Topeka
yesterday afternoon. and left his ban
uuet beefsteak untouched. So did Jim
Challiss"
While in the senate chamber Friday
afternoon Mrs. NJ. NJ. Carson of yelling
ton lost her watch. Mrs. Carson was
visiting the senate as the guest OF Sena-
tor Simons. She is inclined to think the
watch was stolen
Last nights meeting Of the Law and
Order league adjourned until February
p. Nothing else was done at the meet
Ing although some of the people there
wanted to endorse candidates for coun-
cilmen.
Ralph Faxon, private secretary to
Congressman and SenatOr-elect Long,
left Tor Washington Friday. The other
private secretaries in Washington who
look after plain congressman viii turn
green with envy when F'aNon goes over
TO the senate.
Captain j. W. Haussermann Of
LeaVeuWorth was in Topeka to meet
General Funston. He served under
General Funston while in the Twen-
efof6 Kansas volunteers and mart oil
the time after his return to the Phil
lppines.
Charles Gormly. formerly Of Topeka
and in charge of several bands here be
tore he became bandmaster of the
Twentieth Kansas is now located al
Ottawa. He threatens to leave there
unless the townspeople give the banC
better support.
The old John Martin home. which was
located on the ten lots a t the southwest
corner of Eighth and Harrison streets
is being moved to q vacant lot at no.
Van Buren, street The board of educa
tiOn is preparing the ten lots for thu
proposed manual training high school.
on Tuesday and Wednesday. Febru
ary 10 and H. the annual convention o
the State Temperance union viii be il
session in Topeka The principal speak
ers viii be Chancellor Frank Strong o
the state university and Or. Francis Z
Clark of Boston.
According to the plans Of the indie
pendent telephone companies, recent.
IN session in Topeka. Topeka win 500
be the center of a net work of independ
ent lines, one connecting Kansas City
one to Belle le and another to WITCH
ita. These Il. Il ones are TO be inishe
within six months.
Plans are being made for the presen
tad0n Of Ships indoor circus at til