The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-30
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49,
The Kansas Midwinter exposition
opened this afternoon at 1870 O'Clock.
POSTMASTER Cox, of RossvilIe, who is
AZ Christ hospital. is reported improv-
This is the beginning of Ralph Brig
hams two strenuous weeks at the Mid
winter fair.
Last nights snow did not delay the
street cars on their early morning
trips today.
a senat a house and a KansasDay ban
quet in session.
The big pipe organ in the Auditorium
is completely d by the decorations
at the Midwinter fair.
The senate resumed its arduous Ia
bors at 4 o'clock hi afternoon after a
rest beginning Friday morning.
Weathernan Jennings brought the
proper style of weather to town for the
Brigham's Midwinter exposition.
The candidates seem to think nat
The only elective positions to be voted
for at the city election are city court
jobs.
some legislators who wenthome at the
end of last week to feed their stock and
do the chores may be showed in at
home for a time.
The railroads have granted reduced
rates to Washington, D. c., for March 4,
on account Of the inauguration of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
" anu DAIkGSS, I~ldud&GIS
of the Willis Wood theatre at Kansas
City, have leased the Tootles theatre
at st. Joseph, Mo.
Joab Muivane was in Salina, Kan,
Saturday, attending to some business
affairs of the American and Salina
plaster companies.
Jersey Pricer and A. Post. two To-
peka newspaper men who are now
working on the Kansas City Journal,
were in Topeka over Sunday.
John Howerton. one of the Shawnee
county representatives in the legisla-
ture. comes from Rossville where he is
known as Uncle John" Howerton.
The girls basketball team from
Washburn college will meet the girls
team from the Normal at Emporia on
the latter's grounds on Wednesday.
I. M. Orner, one Of Oakland's nur-
serymen. had a package of pear seed
sent from Japan. The packing around
the seed was Japanese
William Curtis, travelling passenger
agent of the Santa Fe, spent Sunday in
Kansas City. visiting his old haunts
around the Paeseo and the white lunch
wagons.
Tommy Butler, a senate page. has
started a song, Me me at the Auditor
iun. meet me at the fair, meet me at
the midwinter for thousands will be
there"
A memorial service was held at Lin
coin Post hall Sunday afternoon at 2:30
IN memory OF the sixteen members OF
h post who have died during the past
year.
Outhelder Henley of the L-eavenworth
ball team, who gained some undesirable
~notoriety by stabbing Pitcher Nelson in
the arm. wants to play in Topeka next
summer.
During the semi-centennial the dome
of the state house was filed with smoke
and fireworks. Tonight, during the
Kansas Day banquet. it will be filled
with food and oratory.
The Topeka Desiccating company
state that they are now running the
plant as they formerly did before the
fire. All Of the animals and refuse from
the city is being d~esiccated.
Russell Frost went to Linwood, Kan,
today, to begin work with the Union
Pacific engineering crew which is sur
veying for the grade of the second track
between Kansas City and Topeka.
The largest Sunday meeting YET held
sunday. E. B. Smith delivered the adj
dress. There were s-tereopticon views
and the singing of The Holy City" by
Miss Hazel Kaiser, of Fort Scott.
James Stewart, who las been in the
law offices of Gleed, Ware & Gleed
for several years. has accepted a posi-
ton with the Kansas City journal,
and has gone to Kansas City to live.
Turkey viii AXE the place of Kansas
corn fed porterhouse steaks at the Kan
sas Day banquet tonight William AL
len White inaugurated the steak fare
two years ago and it was voted popu-
lar.
The population of the present West
ern association towns, not counting
wichita, is 225, 900. To belong to class
such as the association advanced to
the other day, the circuit must have a
population of 10000.
If st. Joe and Omaha, both of the
western league, play Topeka before the
regular season opens, some sort of an
can be obtained of the relative
merits of Western association and
league baseball.
The enrolment at the high school is
LOOP. The capacity of the high
is now taxed to its utmost and
work is being hurried on the man
nal training high school in order to re-
lieve the crowded condition
Chancellor Frank Strong. Prof. F.
Marvin and Dr. Naismith of the
Kansas State university came to To-
neka to present the needs of the uni
before the ways and means
of the house of representa-
Lewis King1nan, formerly city engi-
aeer but now chief engineer of the Mex
can Central. accompanied his children
to Topeka and has placed them IN
school here. Mr.. Kingman will depart
on his return trip to the City of
Mexico.
". Fl. Mize, from Osborne. county
clerk of Osborne COUNT who has
filled the position for seven years and
has two years more to serve, is in To-
oeka for the Kansas day banquet MT
will be a candidate for state
in two years.
Many members of the legislature, and
heir wives, were invited to a function.
One bachelor was invited and his invi-
-ation read land wife" He began a
search for her at once but the best he
could do was to get her to say yes and
set The date for next spring and that
help him out in the present diff
ic11Ifv for the function will not wait. l.