The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12


Detroit Free Press.
The epidemic of grip which has been
prevalent for two weeks is subsiding.
Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of Golden
avenue are the parents of girl baby,
born January 9.
The council chamber is being fixed
up for the meeting of the State Veter1-
narians association.
Things are moving pretty brislly in
Topeka this week with a half dozen
conventions in session.
w. E. Clark of Junction City is visit
ing his brother, Elon S. Clark, of the
New York Mutual Life company.
At Salt Lake City yesterday the wind
blew AZ miles an hour. Rather a fresh
breeze. In Topeka it blew two miles.
The attendance at the chicken show
| yesterday was about 100 greater than
it was on the opening day a year ago.
Have you noticed a drawn and siren
uous expression on the faces of the
candidates since the campaign COM
menced?
The Women's Mission Circle of the
First Baptist church met with Mrs. AK
tell, 30S Topeka avenue, this afternoon
at o'clock.
City Attorney Spencer will make one
of the addresses of welcome before the
annual meeting of the state board of
agriculture Wednesday night.
The annual meeting of the Topeka
| Commercial club will be held Wednes-
day night A lunch will be served for
the members of the club at 10 o'clock.
The stone crusher bought by the
county commissioners to be used in
building macadam roads in the county,
arrived from Chicago Monday after
noon.
County Attorney Hungate is consid-
| ering the Oakland third class city pro-
|
of county commissioners and the mat
ter will be taken up in a month.
It is getting close to the time when
the conventions will resolve that they
renew allegiance to the platform OF
the -- convention and declare our
selves for that magnificent statesman
= for @."
An old colored woman who has a
great reputation in Tennesseetown as
a weather prophet, says that the
and after that there will be some ter
ribly cold weather.
This is the season of the year when
amusements follow each other quite
rapidly The chicken show this week,
then the Midwinter exposition, then the
indoor circus, the Kansas semi-centen-
NAL and the st. Louis exposition.
Mr.. William Donahue. who left Topeka
to become a member of a theatrical
troupe. has sent word home that he has
sion on account of i'll health. He is now
working for the ST. Paul railroad
Richland Observer: Cider Smith
said there would be snow the first day
of the year and there was snow. AL
though it was pretty hard to believe
. the day previous that the weather de-
partment could effect such great
change.
The following directors have beer
elected by the Mutual Ice company fol
the coming year: H. R. Hills, A
Troup, H. Clarkson, o. J. Wood, E. L
: Copeland, J. B. Billiard L. A. Stebbins
: w. S. Bergundthal, David Bowie, w. NJ
Forbes and w. B. Robey.
The January quarterly meeting of thu
Topeka branch of the Woman'5 For
eign Missionary society will be held OF
: next Wednesday, January Is, in tn
lecture room of the First Methods
Episcopal church. Morning session, ]
O'Clock; afternoon session, 2 O'clock.
Twenty-Five young men at Wash
i, burn have organized a glee club. TIL
club will be under the direction of Prof
l G. b Penny. Most of the members o
the club have had some experience il
| chorus and quartette singing, and the.
! may arrange a concert later on in tn
! year.
: The Topeka friends made by Franz
: 3. Caskey, who made an extended visi
here with his uncle, S. c. Garrard viii
regret to learn that Mr. Caskey die
: shortly after reaching Phoenix. Ariz
where he went a short time ago. Hi
body will be taken back to Pittsburg
Pa, for burial.