The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-21

One of the songs in 1.-THE Emerald
isle" is "DOoley's Alibi'
The government thermometer ranged
between 10 and As Friday.
j. Willis Gleed viii lecture at Holton
Friday on Abraham Lincoln
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Switzer,
eos Kansas avenue, baby girl
The board OF county commissioners
Inspected the Orphans home Friday.
Now that the snow is about gone. the
dirt ON the pavements IS becoming ap-
parent
Mrs. J. B. straub, of Luray, Col. is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs ).
Young.
Thomas Page. the wealthy Topeka
miller, is one of Miss Blanche Boise s
bOndsmen.
The first of the week the epidemic
was frozen ears. Now colds have the
right of way
Rev. r. w Crannen win speak Sun
day afternoon at the regular meeting
at the Baptist church.
1.-THE Coronation" viii be given at the
Grand opera house next Thursday by
the best eolored talent in Topeka.
II. A. Ross and S. S. Clark of Cald-
well have been visiting the state lesis-
lature as guests of Senator Simons.
The Republican city central commit
tee viii meet this evening. F. A Lewis
will be present to defend his Republic
canism
1t is possible now to tell the people
from the short grass counties They
are the only ones who shy at an auto
mobile
Jefferson DeAngelis is here this aft
ernOon and tonight in The Emerald
Isle" If you don't want to call it that
call it THE Cares of Carrig- Cleena-
THE Shadow of the Gallows," at the
Crawford Sunday night, win not have
competition from Evangelist Oliver as
dow
night.
The council meeting to discuss paw
ing, which was to have been held Mon
day night, has been postponed owing
TO the sickness of City Engineer Nc
Cabe.
If there is a Topeka basket ball team
that has not been booked for a game
today it has not been recorded. Two
teams went to Lawrence and one staid
at home to play.
The girls basket ball team of Has
keli institute will meet the Topeka
girls high school team at the Y. w.
@. A gymnasium tonight. 1t promises
to be the most exciting game of the
season.
Two cases Of measles have been re-
ported to the health department One
is T. p. Nordell, the engineer at the
state house, who is sick at 200 Tyler
street. The other is a case at 40 Lin
coin street
Bailim John Coyne Of the district court
is planning to plant his front yard back
yard and all the ground he owns in po-
tatOes this spring If the com aissiOners
viii allow him he VIII put in a crop Of
Murphies in the court house yard.
County Clerk Albert Newman has a
fine new, roller top, quarter sawed oak
desk i'm his Office. 1t is large enough
and long enough to serve as bed. The
top disappears and when open it looks
like a nice, comfortable Pullman berth.
All three of the new aerial truck
horses are now at the fire department
ured for collars, and their harness is
being made. AS soon as the harness is
ready the horses will be put into train
ing
The Negro Voters league held a
meeting Friday at Metropolitan hall
A paper was read by the president A.
J. Lee, and several speeches were
made. The league is for the purpose of
getting more political offices for
negroes
"A policeman plays a prominent part
in Hunting for Hawkins" which comes
TO the Crawford Monday. The police
men who disturbed the audience at the
Gabrilowitsch concert had better go to
that play. They viii understand, APP
preciate and applaud.
L. f. Myers, the contractor who is
building the NineWoOd Park railway.
arrived in Topeka Thursday night, and
today has been in consultation with
the officers and attorneys for the COM
pany- He is said to be here to make
preparations for the spring work.
The Atchison Globe says: "The pres
ent row i'm Topeka wherein Rev. Mr.
Mcfarland is investigating the police
department because he recently abused
st, threatens to be the warmest in the
history of the town. Jailer D. II. Nor
gan has threatened to whip Mcfarland,
and there is much intemperant talk"
Ed Howe, the official brass band edi-
tor, in referring to Ellerys Italian band
concert in AtchisOn says. Did you no.
tlce that there wasn't a hollow checked
man I'm the band last nfght2 There is
q suggestion in this for the old girls
if their cheeks are falling in ler them
take a horn to the woods and blow it,"
City Attorney Charles f. Spencer has
filed motion in the supreme court for
the advancement of the quo warranto
suit which has been fled against the
Excelsior Coke & Gas company. I'm
less the case is advanced it viii be a
year or so before the court reaches it
In the regular order.
Creatore and his band will play
matinee and a night performance IN
Atchison. The band viii play only at
night in Topeka but Ed Howe is not
satisfied with one concert in COrnville.
He wants his I'LL of italian melody. The
seXtette from Lucia was played for
Howes special benefit.
A Kansas City paper says: Miss
Emma Kelly, the Topeka young woman
who was in the first rush to the KlCn-
dixie, has been informed by friends in
Dawson that pay dirt of great value has
been uncovered in several claims in
which she is interested. Miss Kelly re-
turned from the golden north over
year ago and brought with her sam