The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15

i he w OOdTnen circle Will give DdH
on the night Of st. Patriek's day.
James P. Lacey. formerly K. U.
student, visited Lawrence yesterday.
It cost the county So. 3e0.7e to operate
the county departments during Feb
ruary-
The roof of the city hall is leaking
again, because Of the melting snow piled
on top.
The Washburn Review appeared in
larger than before.
Wednesday night the Mystic Shriners
will hold a meeting at Salina- Some
Topeka Shriners will 60
A company has asked the Kansas
City, Kan, city council for a franchise
to pipe natural gas to that city
City Clerk J. H Squires is working on
his annual report which has to be filed
soon after April 1, the end of the fiscal
year.
Granville council of the knights and
Ladies of Security will come TO Topeka
tonight and be entertained by Capital
council
Monday. He is interested in the Ep-
worth hotel on the Worlds fair
grounds
The Elks initiation will be held March
% instead of March 80. There is large
class awaiting the ordeal by which they
Will grow hOrnS-
The high school sub-senior class will
give a play Friday night entitled -
Case of Suspension" Miss Nellie Lin
coin is coaching the actors
The county commissioners Monday
afternoon reelected A. c. Hale poor
commissioner and ]. E. Taylor superin-
tendent of the poor farm
The students from the State AgEicuI-
turaI college who were in Topeka Mon
day with Prof. Err and Prof kinzer,
visited the Continental creamery
Director Jennings in charge of the
Kansas section of the weather bureau,
is preparing data for the climatic die
tionary 10 be issued by the weather
bureau
Ed Trotter was bound over in the
city court Monday on the charge OF
stealing hogs He will be tried before
Judge Hazen next term if a jury can
be secured.
The board of county commissioners
inspected the macadam being laid on
the West Sixth avenue road Monday
afternoon and visited the stone crusher
at Martins Hill
James Cuthbert Of the firm Of Cuth
bert & Sargent is now putting the roof
on the Lawrence court mousse MI
Cuthbert took men from Topeka to SUI
perintend the work
John Monroe was bound over in the
city court Monday to stand trial in
the district court on the charge of
stealing a watch from John Campbell
who was asleep in a joint
Rev. D. NJ. Fisk returned home Mon
day from a lecture tour of a month and
a half in the interests of WaShburn col
lege He will resume his work in the
southern part of Kansas and Oklahoma
City Attorney Spencer says he thinks
the city is not liable to H. K Good
rich for the $1,000 salary which it has
paid during the past year TO Porter
Mitchell as Superintendent Of the city
electric light plant
The girl students at Washburn col
lege are planning a buriesque on the
state oratorical contest They viii
probably provide the policemen in the
bur Iesque with feather filled clubs and
not with the real article.
The registration books are located in
the various wards of the city this week
Today they are at 1902 East Sixth
street, 5G7 West Tenth street, 100 Blu
chanan street, Potwin postoffice, James
& CampbeIFs book store, and 434 Taylor
street.
Harley Reisman was in Ottawa Mon
day making arrangements for the sale
of Schunann-Heink tickets IN that
city. There viii be a special train
service from Ottawa, and a large dele
cation is expected from that city. They
will have a section of seats reserved
for them in the parquet-
The shares of the KIondfke Oil and
Gas company are selling for two cents
each. and not for one cent. as recently
stated in an article about Chanute- The
Syndicate Oil and Gas company now
has three wells and the fourth drilling.
These two companies are represented
by Kelly & Kelly of Topeka
F. NJ Kimban of Topeka. who is a
stockhoIder in the Jewell coal mine,
had an examination made of the mine
I. l,5e- =, Low e Of
Canon City, Colo. Hoyt is a coal mine
engineer, and his opinion was that the
Jewell mine will prove to be an i'm
menseIy valuable property
W L Diekey and William Nottberg
of Topeka, made speeches at the ban
quet of the Western Ice Manufacturers
association held at Kansas City the
other day. The banquet terminated
three days strenuous work in conven-
ton. It is not yet know how much it
was decided to raise the price of ice
during the coming summer
Wichita Beacon: Mrs Hoch, of course.
is pleased She is quoted as saying:
7 am more than glad for the sake of
our children. The environment will be
such as to yield a beneficial influence
and the contact with the life and
knowledge at Topeka will no doubt be
of aid in preparing them for the sterner
struggles of life" Undoubtedly, uI1-
doubtedly If there is anything that
will prepare an individual for the .-ster-
ner struggles it is contact with Tope-
ka. But Just a word, Mrs. Hoch. !
wouldn't let Homer get in too close
contact with Topeka You ask Ed and
see if he don't agree that Washington
is a heap better place for the boy.
At THE Crisis to be given at the
Crawford here next Thursday night,
the entire first floor IS SIS seat,
while the same seats in Kansas City
two weeks ago for this same show
we're so and 70 cents. Topeka saw
Hackett in the play last year, and now
people are getting away from the ..the-
alter habit" They do not like to pay
twice as much as Kansas City houses
charge. and then there is a feeling OF
unsafety on the part of those who at
tend the Crawford Mr.. Crawford
should either fix up the Grand. a safe