The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-05


The Jed Prouty company stranded in
Topeka
Saturday afternoon will be children's
day at the Midwinter exposition.
This is Washburn day and there were
no classes after the chapel exercises.
$1O0 and $3.50 shirts can be bought at
the Palace clean up tomorrow for 35c-
The annual Washburn day reception
will be given at the Washburn observa-
tory building tonight
Bishop F. r. Millspaugh has been
elected a trustee of the st. Johns Mil
ttary school at Salina.
Again tomorrow the Palace viii sell
mems IS and "a patent and plain leath-
er shoes at S2.95.
Rev. d. M. Fisk will lecture before
the Sumner county teachers, at Wei
hngton, Saturday, February Is.
Prof Worran has ceased to take his
daily rides to Vinewood park. He
may resume the daily trips this spring.
James A. Troutman has accepted an
Snvitation to speak before the Standard
club. Chicago, on Linco1n's birthday
anniversary.
Judge w. c. Hook has gone to Tam
pico, Mexico to spend two weeks rest
ing. He has been in st. Louis holding
court recently.
Manager Berry, of the Haskell Indian
institute athletics, at Lawrence, will
become q teacher in the state Industrial
school at Topeka.
The candidates for county officers
who were not buzzing the pensioners
yesterday attended a sale in the west
ern part of the county.
Frank Aldrich has been elected presi-
dent of the senior class at Washburn.
Miss Renwick has been elected presi-
dent of the Junior class.
Topeka people are certainly fond of
vaudeville. They pack the Auditorium
every day and never tire OF the aero
bats and other entertainers.
County Commissioner Haynes is one
of the stockholders in the North Tope-
ka oil well. He is known about the
court house as Rockefeller"
The members of the Roosevelt och
club, of LOwman Hill, will hold a meet
ing in the Lowman Hill school house
tonight The meeting is called for s
o'clock.
The Lincoln Day joint memorial com
mittee will meet at Lincoln Post hall
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. All
members of the committee are expected
to be present.
Manager Brigham's supply of cold
white weather for his expo seems to
have been exhausted. Yesterday and
today the signs might have read IN
dian Summer Exposition.
The walls of County Treasurer Bow
ems office in the court house are being
painted a light shade of Sumatra wrap
per color and the ceiling is the color
of genuine Connecticut leaf.
The members of the fire department
have taken considerable pains to keep
the pavement clean in front of the city
hall during the NIidwinter exposition
They wash the street every morning.
They always come from Kansas. 1t
has been discovered that Joseph B.
GOggin, the Nashua, N. H, defaulteri
formerly lived in Topeka and was con-
nected with the Kansas Investment
company.
The members of the Argonaut club
the leading literary and social Organiza-
ton of North Topeka, are planning g
farewell party for Rev. and Mrs. w. B
Hutchinson, who will leave shortly fol
Salida, Colo.
It does not look as though the propo-
Eition to put Topeka in the big Western
league will make much progress. To
peka will wait at least until she finds
out whether her experiment with the
State league will be successful.
The street railway company expects
to have its river bridge completed by
the middle of the month. Tracks have
been laid on the new bridge some dis
lance out from the south bank, and
material is being hauled out on fiat
cars.
The next improvement the board of
county commissioners will have to
make on the court house will be to
supply better sanitation. Much of the
time the stencil in some Of the offices
and Railways in the building is some
thing terrific.
A dog passed through Topeka in a
mail car. He was making a trip from
New York to Los Angeles, Cal, and
has gotten this far en- route. 1t seems
that a mail clerk in New York got sick
and went to California for his health
but grew worse. He wanted his dog
but could not afford to send for him
so the mail clerk out of New York took
the dog to the end of his run and then