The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-01

money was turned over yesterday by
Street Commissioner Ramsey to the
city treasurer.
The district court will have most of
its time taken up for the next four or
five days with cases appealed from the
police court here in the city. There
are close to seventy-five of such ap-
pealed cases.
The Washburn catalogues for the
new year are being sent cat through
the mails. The catalogues are becom-
ing more and more extensive in their
scope and the half tones of the build
ings which formerly decorated its
pages no longer appear.
Occasionally Col. J. W. F. Hughes, ad-
jutant general, wants to go fishing and
when he does he can call out a cor
poraI's guard from the militia engineers
to dig bait for him and he can direct a
major don0 to accompany him as body
guard. The office has It's perquisftes.
The Emporia Gazette: If the right
rates can be obtained EmDoria will
probably be chosen for the meeting of
the Mutual Insurance companies over
Kansas. Heretofore they have been
meeting in Topeka, but as they have
about a hundred members they are
anxious to hold their convention in a
central Kansas town.
A real bargain day rush the kind
that you read about, took place at the
/ clearance sale at Crosby Brothers dry
/ goods store this morning. Before the
doors were opened this morning a long
line of bargain seekers were stationed
/ in front awaiting entrance. They had
read the two-page Crosby advertise
ment in the State Journal.
Superintendent Ward of the en-
cheering shops at the University of
Kansas has been notified by Superin-
tendent Purcell Of the Santa F'e shops
at Topeka that students in engineering
at the university can secure employ
ment during the summer in the To-
peka shops. About twenty students
have arranged TO take advantage OF
this opportunity.
Golfers Weekly has invited Prof
Carruth Of the German department OF
the University of Kansas, and who is
we'll known in Topeka, to write a sec
/ ton Of new book to be issued by
that company under the editorial
supervision of Miss Kate Stephens
| class of 1875 of the university. The
particular part to be written by Prof
Carruth is entitled Talks to American
/ Boys
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
/ Methodist church gave a programme,
/ and strawberry and ice cream social at
the church on Decoration day evening.
The programme consisted of recitations
and music. Mrs. Roy Finley appeared
/ before a Topeka audience for the first
time as a violin soloist and made a
favorable impression. She will play on
Sunday morning at the regular church
services. Mrs. Finley won the first
prize last year at the Southwestern
| Musical Jubilee.
The Emporia Gazette says: Although
there seems to be little prospect thai
Emporia will be able to sport a bal
team of its own, it may be that the To-
cal lodge Of EIks can be depended or
to win what honor there may be in be
ing the possessor of winning bal
team. After several months of prod
ding and roasting the Topeka Elks have
been goaded into saying that they
would probably be down here soms
time next month to play the Emporis
herd and the arrangements for this
game viii soon be ready for announce
ment.
Charles Moeser, who is spoken of Al
q probable member of the board o
Waterworks commissioners, states
yesterday that it was highly impera