The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

Crawford=Vaudevil
Star=BurIesque
Grand-Indoor Circus
It will all be over by Saturday night.
The rink viii open tonight. New
music
The hoe. rake and spade feeling took
root again today.
An unusually good bill is on at the
Novelty theater this week.
Ladies admitted free to class dance at
Steinberg's dancing academy tonight
Gentlemen 25c.
Mr.. A H. Hagen, manager Of the
Novelty theateF, has returned from
business trip to Wichita.
The Scandinavian Independent Po-
litical club will hold a meeting at 3O6
Kansas avenue Friday evening.
The woman's branch alliance of
Unity church viii meet with Mrs c. S
Slayton, 1924 Clay street, tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30.
The officers of the federal court viii
leave for Wichita Sunday, where they
will hold session of court comm enc
ing the day following.
The next council meeting falls on
March 10. The council will award the
contracts for thirty-three blocks of
brick paving at that time.
There will be a meeting of the city
central committee at the city court
room Thursday for the purpose of Sc
lecting supervisors for the primaries.
The senior class of Washburn col
lege will stage a play shortly. They
are rehearsing now under the direc
ton of Prof. Towne of the oratory de-
partment.
The first case of diphtheria reported
to the city health department for
nearly two weeks is said to be in the
home Of George Gentry, 1927 Wood
ward avenue.
Five new points have been ordered
/ by the commissioners of waterworlzs
/ and will be driven as soon as they ar
rive, so that the citys supply of water
4 Will be increased.
c. H. Titus commissioner of cleo
lions, IS providing the various voting
precincts in the city with the neces-
sary supplies for holding the county
/ prina ries next Saturday.
As another indication that spring is
near at hand the drug stores are max
/ Ing window displays of sassafras bark,
1 the kind our mothers make a tea Of
! that is supposed to be a cure all.
Dick CooIey yesterday sent out formal
announcement to all mem bers Of the
White Sox to report for practice on
March rs. The first game will be with
the st Faul American association team.
The heavy travel caused by the cheap
rates offered home seekers by the Santa
Fe is causing extra trains to be opera
ted by that road. Yesterday train No. 5
carried 90 coaches and ran in three sec
/ tons. y.. .sF4s
81 Rev. J. H Jones, who was recently
/ selected as pastor of Unity church, was
! installed last night with special ser
/ vices. Mr.. Jones was formerly pastor
1 Of the Unitarian church at st. Cloud,
/ MINI.
The question as to who is the chess
/ champion of the state is yet a matter
/ of doubt, Major Harvey having won
one and drew another game at tie
/ contest last night with N D. Thomp-
son of Junction City.
The persistent pleadings and urgings
on the part of the candidates is fav-
ing its effect on the registration of the
voters In the city. Nearly 1000 have
called at the Office of commissioner of
elections and secured their registration
/ The Smoker which was to have been
given by the Commercial club tomor-
/ row evening has been postponed for q
week on account of the primaries
which are to be held Saturday, and the
probability of the lack of interest In
the smoker under the prevailing con-
ditions.
The city central committee of the
| Republican party will meet this even
ing at 8 o'clock in the city court room
the methods to be adopted in the COM
ing city campaign viii take up the
/ major toriion of the evening
The window decorators in the cloth
ing stores always hail the coming OF
spring with particular glee because
4 they cam then decorate the windows
with attractive looking wearables
which are also at the same time right
in season. In the winter the wearing
apparel runs more to the sombre.
Three weeks more and the dog
catcher will be making the rounds and
dragging reluctant dogs from under
meath porches and other hiding places
and putting them in the dog pound
The time limit is up on April /. and
the dog tax must be paid up by that
time or the penalty is attached. ONLY
225 Of the 1000 dogs in town have had
their tax paid.
On the reverse side Of the annual
passes which the Sells-FIoto shows are
sending out is the following: This
pass is extended with all the courtesies
at the command of the Sells-FIotC
shows. namely. you are entitled to visit
the side shows. occupy a reserved seat
attend the concert. eat all the peanuts
drink all the lemonade you want.
meals at the cook house, or, in otbe1
words, to tell the story in the sum to.
tai to make yourself at home without
any cost whatsoever to you"
MUTINY IN HARBOR.