The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
81 sundav- school &C. il the FIrst

of Sunday school workers in the First
81. z, church this evening at 7-30,
The heavy roads and snow covered
pavements have had the effect of tenn
porartly subduing the monk of the
automobiles and guaranteeing a few
days semi-security on the streets.
Roy Penwel was driving in his cut
ter yesterday while he listened to the
jingle of a string of bells which had
belonged to his grandfather, and had
been in the family for half century.
Governor z. W. HOch has agreed to
lecture at the Independence Avenue
Methodist church ia Kansas Sity some
time within a few weeks He viii be
one of the attractions at church lee
ture course.
After three hours of speechifying last
night the city council decided that they
had completed their days labor and re
tired without as much as taking a look
at the bids submitted by the paving
contractors
The snow of Sunday enabled the
hardware dealers Of the city to dis
pose of a number of sleds which they
had prepared to carry over for next
winter, to say nothing of the skates
which were parted with.
The record of marriage licenses
granted by the probate court in kan
sas city yesterday shows that Orval A.
KingtOn, a Topeka man of % was
granted a license to marry Elizabeth
A. Lindsay, aged 10 Of Kansas City
d. c Daugherty Of HALEY, Idaho, is
visiting his old army comrade, M. o.
/ Frost this Wae1. The two men were
friends during their terms of enlist
ment but have not met since they were
mustered out of service at St Louis in
1854
1 Mr.. John c. Waters, who now objects
/ to being referred to as Johnnie, viii
1 make another bid for public attention,
/ BY placing an original stunt before the
public at the skating rink tonight at
4 the entertainment which is to be given
/ by the Topeka Elks.
The heavy snow of Sunday and the
succeeding conditions of the walks and
+ pavements made it necessary for the
( women who were interested in the city
campaign today to fail back on the
telephone systems for their means Of
/ electiOneering-
BY right active foot work on the
4 part of pedestrians last night they were
able to dodge the numerous bObsled
parties and cutters but there was no
way to dodge the jingle of the bells
| which ranged anywhere in size from a
marble to the COW bell
The members of the state board OF
charity will begin their quarterly tour
Of the state charitable institutions this
week in accordance with the law which
says that the entire board shall visit
each Institution in body at least one
time every three months.
There were six bob-sleds on Kan
sas avenue between Sixth and Tenth
avenues last night, each drawn by two
teams of horses and filed with partie:
of from ten to twenty people. anc
every sled load had a diffeernt yell
which they turned loose on the ave-
nue..
A man WHO refused to give his NAME
complained to the rolice yesterday thai
he had been robbed Of 500 In one oil
the disOrderly houses of the city. The
police were sorry but that was as mucF
as they could do for him. excepting to
5 close the place so that he would no
be taken advantage of again. at tn
same place
No, last night was not the coolest o.
the season. Your thermometer mus
have been wrong as the official instru
ment on top Of the Column ian buildinE
, shows that the mercury reached it,
lowest point at o'clock this morning
and at that time it stood five degree
above zero, and once before it was bu
two above.
The Zig doings fer which the Topek
Herd of Elks have been practicing TO
the past two weeks viii be given at TIL
skating rink tonight The program ha.
been carefully guarded, ana for fea,
that several Of their feature stunts vii