The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-31

The fiscal year of the city of Topeka
ends today.
Paul Casant. of this city. is moving
to Atchison TO live
Chester Woodward has a new automo-
bile of about the reddevilette size
The book beer sign season is close at
hand but the exact date has not been
announced
Don't pick up an empty pocketbook
tomorrow nor take a kick at hat on
the ground.
The bricklayers are now putting up
the walls of the new manual training
high school
The Misses Coffin and Miss Har-
greaves. of Topeka. are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. Geo. Matthewson. at En-
ooria-
Bishop MilIspaugh will hold services
and confirmation at the Church Of the
Good Shepherd. in North Topeka, at 5
o'clock this evening.
The people Of the Third ward should
be congratulated on being given an op-
portunity to vote for q man like William
Green for councilman
This is the last day to pay dog tax
at the regular rate of 81 for males and
IS for females. Tomorrow the penalty
goes on, and it Will cost 81 and ST.
City officials are hard at work now
on their estimates of their expenses for
the coming year. These estimates go
before the ways and means committee
The electric lights on the west wing
of the state house were still burning
this morning at T:sa o'clock This is
probably because the night Watchman
hadn't awakened.
The ladies OF Topeka Woman's Relief
Corps No. "a will give an entertainment
and Easter social on Saturday evening,
april .. at their hall. 119 West Sixth
street to which everyone IS invited
Sheriff Lucas has collected more IN
paid personal property tax than any
other sheriff He has a list of about
200 persons who still owe the county
about $500. He will collect part OF that
A meeting Of the directors of the To-
peka Baseball association has been
called for the Commercial club rooms
on next Monday night Matters per-
tanning to the equipment of the team
will be taken up.
The committee Of 200 might now in
vestigate'' Burton and undo all that
the court has done. According TO the
practice in vogue before the commit
tees drum head court martials Burton
could clear himself by appearing and
denying.
Gus Kumburis, Il Greek boy II years
old. who runs a shining parlor in
Atchison. ran away the other day His
father, Peter kumburis, lives in To-
peEIa. and went to Atchison to locate
the missing youth 1t is believed that
the boy went to Chicago.
Tonight the members Of the Presby-
terrain church viii vote upon the resis-
nation of DR.. J. D. Countermine, who
has been in tbs pulpit of the church for
eight years. Quite a number of his
parishioners want him to remain and
have engaged in an active campaign to
defeat his resignation
The health and sanitation committee
went out and looked at the outlet Of
the Potwin sewer Wednesday It was
found to be cIogged up with sand and
separated from the river by a wide
sandbar. 1t Is probable that a ditch
will have to be dug leading across the
sandbar to the river
The members of the First Presby-
terrain church last night rendered q
farewell reception 10 Rev. Ned Adams.
who leaves tomorrow to resume his
work as a missionary in Korea Mrs
Adams will not go with her husband
because Of the RuSso-Japanese war
which is now going on in the far east.