The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12


tonight.
Tonight is the night, the rink is the
place, where the ladies will get those
beautiful souvenirs.
The regular annual row in one of the
Topeka negro churches seems to be
about to take place.
H.. T. Lamertha and VIM. Glass,
worthy president of the Owls club,
have gone 10 st. Louis on business.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas Woman's Press association will
be held at Topeka January 16, 1907.
William Taylor of 521 West Tenth
street returned from Chicago today
where he has been on a short business
trip.
The grading for the sidewalks con-
tracted for this year has been COM
pleted by James Ramsey. street COM
missioner.
James Mcfarland. who captained the
champion Topeka high school team last
season, has been elected as captain for
the next season.
made for the Inauguration of the re-
Gently elected state officers which will
be held on the 14th of January.
There are an even half dozen bicycles
at the police station which have been
stolen and recaptured by the police, for
which their owners have failed to ap-
pear.
The date of the annual meeting of the
Kansas Bee Keepers association has
been set for the 9th and the 2Sth of
December and the National hotel Sc
lected as headquarters.
The park commissioners have had
several teams grading Willow park
ana considerable of the work neces-
sary to bring the grounds to q uniform
has been accomplished.
A Washburn calendar has just been
issued. The calendar was devised by
the members of the art classes of the
college and is being sold by the girls of
the college Y. w. c. A.
The Christian Woman's board of Mis-
sions' union will meet Friday at 10: 80
for an all day session at the Central
Park Christian church. Lunch will be
served by the ladies Of the church.
Some of the prettiest window dis
plays of a holiday nature that have
been exhibited for several years are
noticeable on Kansas avenue, this is
particularly true of the clothing stores.
The work of letting contracts for sup
plies for the state charitable inStitu-
tions. which is in progress at the state
house, has brought large flock of gro
Gerry and druggists statesmen to Topeka.
With all or the agitation about the
exorbitant gas bills 1t is possible the
coal men are about to have an inning,
and that Topeka is preparing to go back
to good old days Of lxindling and ashes.
J. B. Hamilton, Santa Fe fireman,
was robbed of a $50 watch while lie
slept in a room at the r. r. Y NJ C.
A, which indicates that substantial
locks are sometimes safer than good
society.
The Washburn college annual ora
torica1 contest will be held at the coll
lege chapel Wednesday evening to de-
eide who will represent the college at
the state contest which will be held
next spring
Rain or snow is the forecast sent out
by the weather bureau for today and
for once about everyone who is COM
PEELED to walk a block is willing to ad-
nit that the prediction is based on ap-
parent facts.
The trade expansion committee of the
Commercial club will meet this evening
to discuss the parcels post proposition,
There is considerable difference of opin-
ion concerning the desira bility of a
parcels post law.
There will be a meeting of the To-
peka Rife club at its range at lis East
Eighth avenue this evening when ar
engagements for joining the national as
socia ton VIII be completed, and the list
of membership will be revised.
NJ C. Suttle of Louisville, Ky, who
has been in the hardware business in
that town, has accepted the position
of Sunday school evangelist for the
Christian church of Kansas, and will
make Topeka his headquarters.
The city engineer and the repre-
sentative of the Parker Washington
Paving company are checking over
the yardage of the new paving placed
on Kansas avenue preparatory to max
ing the final payment on the contract.
A report is being circulated about the
CITY that the lid which has been off as
far as the Joints are concerned for
long time will be reftted Saturday and
that from that da tie on there will be alb
solutely nothing doing in the thirst par
lors
I'll
placed against a Topeka man yesterday
who is accused of carrying away a hay
rack which indicates that the size of
the stolen article has little to do with
the charge placed against the one who
removes it.
This is the time that the man who
walks puts it over his plutocratic
friend who has an automobile-the
latter can't use his auto because If he
leaves it standing for any length of
time the apparatus gets too cold and
he cant star. it I'D
According to the press agent of the
Walack Theater company which is
playing at the Grand this week there
will be a real wedding on the stage af-
ter the performance tomcrIow evening.
in which two of the cast will sign con
tracts for a long engagement
The legislative committee of the
City club, the club working to secure
municipal government by commits
sion. is preparing printed matter SCI
ting forth the principles involved and
what it is desired for distribution
among the members of the lgislature-
The East Side Improvement assoc
citation met Tuesday night at the
Parkdale school, The association is
planning to use the surplus water
which sometimes flows through Biddle
creek to make an artificial lake in
Munyon's pasture
What is Santa Claus going to do this
n fixed
asbestos hack for the burning of
natural gas? No way by which he can
get into the house by climbing down
thu chimney and pumping comfort