The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

formed was entirely successful.
The Saturday Night club will meet
this evening in the State Journal build
ing. Frank P. MacLennan will read a
paper on the Russian-Japanese war.
Cold weather does not seem to in
terfere with the attendance at the
Midwinter show; another large at
tendance was registered last evening.
A representative of the Marsh Bridge
company from Des Moines, Iowa, is in
the city. The company expect to bid
on the north approach to the Melan
bridge.
An overh Gated furnace at the resi-
dence of W. D. Gossett, 1O15 Van
Buren, street, caused a run of the fire
department at o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
A scarlet fever case was reported to
the office of the city physician this
nue.. The case exists in the family of
Peter Hoard.
The registration of the women voters
by wards is as follows: First ward, As;
Second ward, 23S; Third ward, 76;
Fourth ward, ga; Firth ward, 65;
Sixth ward, 26.
Rev. Canon Burke will conduct the
services at Grace cathedral tomorrow.
No early service will be held, but the
Holy Eucharist viii be celebrated at
the IL o'clock service.
1t has been definitely decided that
the football season next fall viii be
opened in Topeka with a game be-
tween the College of Emporia team
and Washburn on September 80.
The session of the federal court in
Judge Pollock viii probably be COM
pleted next week. The next federal
court session in Topeka is in April.
A hazy sort of story is going around
the Western association circuit that
Owens will again umpire out here this
summer. It had been generally an
nounced that the Three-Eye had COB
bled him up.
The Shawnee County Medical asso-
citation will hold it's annual meeting
Monday evening at the National hotel.
The event of the evening will be a
banquet following the business meet
ing at which time the election of Of
ficers for the ensuing year will take
place.
The county commissioners today
devoted the entire regular session TO
the cancellation of $4,000 of war
rants. These represent payments for
treasury. authorized by the county
clerk. and date back to the first of last
October.
DIR. S. S. Estey will address the Y.
NJ C. A, III East Eighth street, to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock on the
subject Reserve Power There will
be a service of song preceding the ad-
dress, in which there will be a solo by
Miss Grace Eidwell and duet by Miss
Myrtle Whitaker and Miss Eva Curry.
All young men are urged to attend.
Marriage licenses were issued on Fri
day to A. w. Thompson of Carbonate
and Nellie Young of Topeka; Milton
Yocum Of Lincoln, Neb., and Lorenca
Johnson of Topeka; E. c. Robinson of
ElskridSe and Annie Wilson of Dover.
Probate Judge Hayden says that he is
issuing more licenses this year than he
did last year during the same length
of time.
Mayor BergundthaI paid his assess
ment to the secretary of the Repub-
Ican city central committee this
morning 1t cost the mayor $50 for
the privilege of running as the city
chief executive. The members of the
board of education have failed to pay
in anything as yet. 1t looks as If the
members had forgotten that a cam
paign was about to be fought. An
other strange feature about the can
didates for the board of education is
the fact that they have kept their
candidacy so quiet
The candidates for city offices con-
tinue to pay in their assessments to the
secretary of the Republican city cen
trail committee. Those who have paid
up are: Chas. Spencer, city attorney;
]. H. Squires, city clerk; M. NJ. Hale,
city treasurer; H B. Howard, council
man Third ward; Luther NJ Nell1s,
councilman Fourth ward; Arthur J.
McCabe. judge of the court of To-
peka: S. S. Urmy. police judge; J. M.
Sinner, councilman Fifth ward; s. A
Swendson, councilman Sixth ward; ).
r. Kutz councilman First ward.
Chief StahI has handed in his pay
roll for the month past. StahPs Sc
cret service is bounding down the Joint
drug stores and the dispensers of in
toxicating beverages cost the city the
fair sum of S201-50 last month. The
list is divided thus: Fifty dollars for
zone secret service man." $61.5O tor
secret work and information; three
special officers, $50. All of this money
is expended for the purposes above
named. In addition a bill amounting
in round numbers to $1,000 will be
presented on Monday night This is
for court costs in the district court on
liol1or cases in which the city failed TO
secure conviction. The latter is the
--oo,.fx- hill for 1904.