The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-18
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWS

Oh, where is mighty Kitchener,
. The man of grit and gore2
Ana Ellen Stone, ali, what Of her?
We hear her name no more
And what's Coin" Harvey doing now.
And .Sockless'' Jerry. say?
Where's Captain Lemley, anyhow
Has Funston passed away?
Where's Baden-PoweI- now. and who
Is watching Simon Sam?
Oh, what's become of Patty du
whose other name was ClamE
Oh, flames a fleeing thing. aiasl
The heroes come and go,
So many things are brought to pass
Within q year or So
Who. when the snowfiakes fly next fall,
Or still be able to recall
Chicago Record-Herald.
o. P. Updegrah was in Kansas City
last night to attend the meeting of the
Kansas City Driving club.
Dick Cooley left last night for
Townsville. Georgia. to join the Bos-
ton national ball team for practice.
Fred J. Lyman, a former Topeka
boy. now with Chas. Scribner Sons of
Chicago, is visiting in Topeka for a
Few days.
The Cana Sigma Literary society of
Washburn college has invited the col
Jege faculty and the ladies of the col
lege to attend the regular meeting at
Rice hall tonight.
The registration room exclusively
for ladies has been opened at the south
entrance to the Auditorium. 1t viii
be kept open until the close of regis
Tation on March 25.
The Commercial club, park commits
gtonerS, Civic Improvement league and
West Side Forestry club are invited to
meet Prof Routzahn at the auditor
FUN at T:30 o'clock tonight.
for anI
pensive treatment of lawns, back
yards windows and piazzas will be
made in the stereopticon lecture on
Civic Beauty by E. T. Routzahn at the
auditorium tonight.
This afternoon the streets and walks
committee of the city council will meet.
One of the things to be considered is
the raising of the banks of Soldier
creek at Central avenue in North To-
pel.a-
There does not seem to be a very
heavy response to the opportunity Of
fered people to register in the various
wards. The books will be brought
back to the commissioner of elections
Office after this week.
Washburn college students celebrated
Carnegie's gift of $4,000 to the college
by fastening an 1S-inch steam whistle
TO the exhaust pipe Of the boilers in
the heating plant shortly after mid
night Thursday morning. The big
whistle blew for about an hour before
the janitor could get it stopped.
The executive committee of the
Washburn college board of trustees
met at the college Thursday to select a
site for the Carnegie library. They
failed to agree upon anything. The
building viii be put either directly OPP
posite the chapel or else east of the
new observatory.
A Kansas City civil engineer by the
name of Mcdonald visited Topeka a
few days ago for the purpose of look
ing at the waterworks situation. He
wants the city to employ him to give
an expert opinion on the plant The
question of having an examination
made is in the hands of the ways and
means committee of the city council.
Charles Sessions tried to raise pota-
toes last year and failed. He will try
again this year. Therefore he dreams
about potatoes and his dreams are
world wide as evidenced by the follow
ing rush dispatch which he sent his pa
per: Heavy purchases from western
states by Japan have sent potato prices
soaring. A local commission merchant
says that prices have advanced 80 cents
per bushel within the past thirty days,
and that they will go up another 80
| cents within two weeks. The wholesale
p price of Northern seed now is 81. 40 here,
and it will soon go to s1.7G so potato
men say