The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-08

Friday is the anniversary OF Lincoln s
birthday.
Blanche Boies received callers at the
county Jail Sunday.
Mrs G. E Woolverton has gone to
Fort Scott on a visit.
The Scottish Rite bodies will meet
Friday night for election of officers.
The cold wave came too suddenly
Saturday for the coal trust to advance
the price of coal.
Mayor Bergundthal says that he does
not think it will cost the city S14 apiece
to put in water meters.
The Willard w. c. T. U. will meet
Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Stat
ford 1106 West Euclid avenue, at p.
m.
1t must worry Sheriff Lucas to be
called to such a distant point as Norton
when a political campaign is going on
in Shawnee county.
Prof. Conant, dean of the Washburn
law school, delivered the first lecture
today before the newly organized class
in international law.
Oriental Lodge of Perfection of the
Scottish Rite will hold a special session
Wednesday night for the comforting of
the fourteenth degree.
Superintendent Taylor of the Shaw
nee county poor farm is making an
effort to secure old magazines and
books for the farm library.
A prize for the best music for Eugene
Wares poem "Quivera' will be offered
by the Seni-Centennial managers. The
song will be sung at the centennial.
Potatoes cost more per peck than
oranges just now, and it would seem
that the Californians better abandon
the orange groves and plant potatoes.
Once in while Topeka gets the bet
ter of Kansas City in attractions.
Malek, the famous Belgian pianist,
plays there at 81 to 81 per seat. In To-
peka the price will be a uniform one of
so cents.
A basket ball game between the
teams of the Topeka Y M. c. A. and
the State Normal school will be played
in the gymnasium of the Topeka asso-
citation Tuesday night.
Rev D. M Fisk, of Washburn. has
closed his work as teacher of sociology
at Washburn for the year, and will de-
vote the rest OF his time to field work
in behalf of the college.
V. B. Hovey, a farmer living five
miles southeast of Topeka, is suffering
from injuries received several days ago
in fall from load of baled hay. He
sustained fracture of several ribs, be-
sides other bad bruises.
"A Gamblers Daughter played at
the Crawford again last night. The
eastern company playing the piece went
to pieces several weeks ago. The west
ern company ought to. It is scarcely
ideal Sunday evening entertainment
jail, sleeps at home when he cares to
do so. As he is about the only joint
list who has served a term in Jail for
several years it isn't fair to keep him
locked up all the time.
License Collector H. w. Page has
served notice on the three express COM
panies of Topeka that they must pay
their 800 a year license or else stand
a lawsuit. The companies are consid-
ering the matter, but will probably re-
fuse to pay up.
A concert will be given in the Swed-
ism Bethel church next Wednesday
night by Prof. Gustaf Holmquist, basso
of North Park college, Chicago. He
will be assisted by Miss Alice Tucker
Miss Esther Watts and Miss Mabel
Thomas.
A man was registered at the election
commissioner Office Saturday who
when asked how old he was replied
IF you count it by the number of
birthdays I have had I am only 16, but
if you go by the number of years
have lived I am 81. 1 was born on Feb
ruary 2o.''
Evidently the Kansas City Journal is
of the opinion that the fact of being a
wealthy stockTnan of western Kan
sas" is of more~ note than being a
United States district attorney, for this
is the way that paper reports a visit
of United States District Attorney J.
s. Dean to Kansas City: J. S. Dean,