The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

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Today it is Postmaster Rodgers and
( Assistant Postmaster Newman.
Handban IS just now the most popular
! game at the Topeka Athletic associa-
/ ton.
] berg's Dancing Academy tonight. Gents
/ % cents.
The Grand VIII be given over to
/ vaudeville good shane Of the time
from now on.
The Washburn college team lost their
game played with the Kansas university
/ team by a score Of SO to II.
The wind blew so yesterday and the
! dust was so thick that the sprinkling
wagon was kept of of the streets.
Today is the first of March-two
months since you adopted those New
Years resolutions and broke them.
Get busy and work on the March
coming in like a lion or Ike a lamb
theory today You can have it either
O. e. Hungate, county attorney, went
to Rossville last night to 1unt ducks
Stroup.
George D. Lyle. who laid out West
lawn addition, viii lay out in similar
style the tract Of ground north Of
Christ hospital.
According to the schedule arranged
~ Liz AAsAt-orta u4AAN CA'HAty IQOERaAl team
they VIII play in Topeka on November
10. next season.
The Topeka Carriage company has
opened an Office in the building on
the northeast corner of Sixth and
Kansas avenues.
Commencing next week the rink will
be open to the public only on Monday,
Thursday and Saturday nights and Sat
urday and Sunday afternoons.
Clad Hamilton, who has been ailing
Tor some time past, left for California
| in the hopes that the trip and change
OF climate will be of benefit to him
The question now bothering the lie
grabbers is caused by the appointment
OF County Clerk Newman They are
wondering Who Will be appointed as mis-
successor.
At a meeting of colored people held
at Guys hall last night the meeting
refused to adopt resolution endors-
ing Prof. ". T. Vernon as register of
the treasury.
The residents living in South Topeka
Will present petition to the council
Monday evening asking for aid in
Strengthening the channel of Shunga-
nunga creek.
Miss Nellie Donegan, the worlds
champion lady skater, will be at the
rink tomorrow and Saturday afternoon
ana evening for benefit Of Orphans
Home. Tickets 10c.
The hremen at headquarters station.
station number 2, are building a gaso-
line launch which they expect to use
on the Kansas river for pleasure
Jaunts this summer.
Noting the large number of births
IN the city Of late, an enterprising
merchant has a widow display al
safety pins and other things which 20
to add to the babies comfort.
The high wind Of yesterday did at
least one good thing. It blew the ac-
IN the pavement on Kansas avenue and
carried much Of it into the river.
The Kansas State Temperance rr.ion
VIII mold ats annual convention in Tone
ka on May 8, 40 and II. The day sessions
VIII be in Representative han and ffa
night sessions in the Auditorium
Walter L. Payne, who is chief clerk
IN state Treasurer Kelly's office. re-
ceived word yesterday that his house
ana Darn At Clifton had been burned
TO the ground, entailing a total loss.
The thirty-first anniversary of the
rounding of the first Baptist church. cor
ner OF Ninth and Jackson streets. win
be celebrated this evening with apprc-
pirate ceremonies mainly Of speaking.
The Gamma Sigma society Of
Washburn college will entertain the
Alethian society Of the same college
at an open meeting on Saturday even
ing at the society's rooms in Science
hall
The last of two generators which
were recently purchased by the To
peka Edison company was received
yesterday afternoon. Two thousand
horse power IS the capacity of the gen
rators.
Those grave like trenches that zour
nelghbors are digging in the yarI do not
| indicate that a family pet has passed
| away. They are trenches fer sweet pea
beds, and now is the season Of the year to
make them
Dick Cooley says that within few
days he VIII be able to announce the
preliminary season schedule for the
White Sox- St Paul and Omaha have
50 far been definitely secured, but the
dates net yet fixed. A regular quota. of
games viii be played with Washburn
college as usual.
Colonel W. w. Denison. quarter
master general of the state has adorn-
ed the walls of his Office with large
pictures of George Washington, Betsy
Ross, Geo. H. Thomas, John A Logan.
Nelson A. Miles and II. ". Lawton
Colonel Denison has about the hand
soonest suite Of rooms in the state
house.
The Topeka Country club house is
rapidly nearing completion. The inside
finishing and woodwork is all that now
remains to be done. Five rooms for ser.
wants on the top floor have been finish
ed, and the work now being done is on
the first and second floors. The grounds
are now being looked after by expert
gardeners.
George c. Bowman. manager of the
Seymour Commission company
claims that no storage chickens are
sold here in Topeka. Bowman SAYS
that the cold storage chickens are all
[ disposed of in New York and San
Franc cisco. and that what are sold here
on the local markets come from other
cold storage points.
The new gate which the Washburn
Dramatic club will erect at the en-
trance Of the Wash burn campus will
cost $3.50. The profits from the re-
ceipts from the performances Of the
plays which the club has given Will go
towards erecting the gate. Cobble
stones, the red ones, viii be used as