The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-30


The city council meets this evening
in an adjourned session.
Monday was enrolment day for the
next term at the high school
Among all the strangers who were
in the city Monday there was not a
dyspeptic.
Admission is free to ladies' who wish
to attend the polo game at the skating
rink tonight.
Glenn Hostutter. a semicentcmial
delegate and banker Of northern Kan
sas. is in the city
The official ballot this fail viii be
an immense affair. 1t Will contain up
wards of forty names.
An interesting game of polo will be
played at the Rink tonight. Ladies
will be admitted free.
There were probably two thousand
strangers in the city yesterday who
just drifted in to see the semicenten-
NAL start.
DR.. Francis L. Hayes left for the
home of his father in Maine yester-
day. being called there by illness in
the family.
Mrs. A. K. Wilson. who lives at tae
Kemper apartment house on Topeka
avenue, was severely burned yesterday
afternoon in lighting gas oven.
Amer Robertson, who was shot
during the high school holdup two
weeks ago, has sufficiently recovered
to be able to move about with the
assistance of a cane.
Besides running an extra number of
cars yesterday to handle the crowd
which was in the city. the street car
company kept u sprinkling wagon on
duty on Kansas avenue
Since Pitcher Howey has received
4 the assurance of the managers of the
/ White SOx that he will be on the
no & a a
for an excuse to locate in Topeka.
The state chess tournament will
I convene at the National hotel on the
/ 31st of January and last four days
/ On February 1 DR.. Emanuel Lasker
/ will deliver A lecture on THE Game of
/ Chess at Security hall
Hundreds of bolts of bunting as well
as thousands of flags were used for
/ decorations byA the merchants yester-
day. The city has not presented such
a holiday appearance since the return
4 of the Twentieth Kansas.
Charles Parker of the Parker car
nival shows of Abilene was in Topeka
yesterday taking a look around with
view to engaging some of the
vaudeville features for his shows
which have been featured at the Audi
forum.
f D. Turck, of Hill City. mayor of
| the metropolis of Graham county, IS
in Topeka attending the state bar
pioneers of that county, and reports
general prosperity all along the iina
in town and country.
To settle a dispute the following
facts are given; The bill admitting
! Kansas was passed by the United
| States senate January 81, 1861; it
passed the house on January IS and
| was signed by President Buchanan, q
Democrat, on January %.
w. T. Vernon. recently appointed
register of the United States treasury,
viii be the guest of honor at the
4 CoIored Elks' banquet Tuesday even
ing, Jan. 80. 1906. They expect to
serve ESQ plates. The banquet viii be
held at $50 Kansas avenue.
An aged woman depositor of the
First National was 50 feeble that she
lhad to have the care and attention OF
two of her daughters III drawing ller
dividend check. They carried a chair
with them upon which the old lady
was compelled to sit while holding her
tplace in the line.
Perry Tanquary, of Mitchell county,
ldeleeate to the Semicentennial meet
ing. is in Topeka Mr.. Tanquary oDe-
rates one of the successful Touring
mills in that county. on the Solomon
business man. and takes in few poll
tics as a side line
Five years ago Sam Zimmerman
offered to furnish a home and provide
{ for the education of George Swan, the
young man who shot himself yester-
day but the offer was turned down by
the persons who were caring for the
boy at that time To assist worthy
poor boys is a hobby with Mr.. Zim-
norman. and quite a number have
y received substantial encouragement al
his hands in the past.