The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-29

Thomas F. Doran is confined to his
home by the measles.
The G. A. R. posts at Burlingame and
Wellington have endorsed p. H. Coney
for department commander.
The city railway has taken out a
permit for the erection of its new ST.
O0O car barns at Jackson and Huntoon
streets.
The city railway is again busy recon
structing its system The attention of
the management is called to West Sixth
avenue.
The county commissioners will aid
Mission township to build a bridge on
the rural mail route through that town
ship. The county will help $3.50 worth.
Malon Burget, the deaf mute. who has
never missed political guess, says:
&C. K. Holiday is bound to win in the
Second ward, as he is the choice of the
people"
A Topeka young man who has gone to
Kansas City to work was so homesick
at the end OF the first day that he spent
two hours at the union depot looking
for familiar face
Trolley wires at the corner of Fifth
street and Kansas avenue fell yester-
day afternoon and caused quite a scare.
No one was hurt. although several had
narrow escapes.
Workmen are busy at the fair
grounds painting cars and wagons be-
longing to the Sells-Downs circus. This
means that the spring is here in dead
earnest.
Major Anderson wants all the men
singers in the city to join his Semi
Centennial patriotic chorus which has
its first meeting on Thursday night at
the Commercial club rooms.
". l. Taylor. of the Taylor Grain
company of Topeka, has gone to the
City of Mexico for the purpose of in
tfrrsar fr7c hn nd too f.er
grains from the United States.
James Anderson, who was formerly
employed by the Edison company in To-
peka, is now chief electrician of the
United States steamship Machias just
returned from long cruise in European
waterN
Rev. John G. Maver will preach the
sermon at the Masonic meeting Sunday
morning when the Scottish Rite AIasons
of Unity chapter Rose CrOix hold the
ceremonial services of relighting the
lights.
The city railway is hauling ballast
to the Washburn college line prepafa-
tory to commencing the work of re-
construction on that branch. Tie
Washburn line will be the next to he
rebuilt.
The Topeka Symphony orchestra re-
hearsed last night but contrary to ex-
pectations did not agree upon the date
of its Topeka concert. 1t Will come
first part of June.
Wednesday evening, the Republican
city central committee will hold a
meeting at the old court house for the
purpose of hearing the reports on the
progress of the campaign IN the Sec
ond and Third wards.
On Friday night. at the Elite alleys,
the Manhattan bowling team will be
here to compete with the Topeka five.
The latter aggregation was successful
at Manhattan in the last contest win
ming by total of 361 pins.
The Washburn quartette gave a con-
cert last night al the chapel for the
benefit of the library fund It was a
success both from musical standpoint
and in a financial way Miss Edna
Hazelton accompanied at the piano.
At the congregational meeting of the
First Presbyterian church last night
an effort was made to get at least
some sort of a subscription from every
member of the church. The session
was instructed to formulate a rule to
cover the case to be reported at an
early meeting.
The Rev. H. R. Best began a series
of evangelistic meetings at the First
Baptist church last night. He has Just
resigned his church at Winfield and
viii take uD a new pastorate at Sioux
Falls. S. D.. when the meetings are
closed in Topeka. A big audience was
out last night.
The Western Union Telegraph com
Dany will diSDlace the gravity batteries