The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05
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McRae's class party tonight. 25c
to all.
1t doesn't cost anything to be a
member of the H. H. club.
Madam Jebe will give "Anne's Ex-
periences in America" at dramatic
recital Monday evening at High
school auditorium.
The contract for the plans for an
$4,000 Christian church which is to be
built in Manhattan, was awarded to
Holland & SquireS, yesterday.
S. A. Bramlette, president of the
State Federation of Labor, will speak
at the rooms of the Topeka Industrial
/ council at 61S Kansas avenue tonight.
The condition of ]. B. McAfee who Is
! i'll at the home of his son, H. w. Nc
| Afee, as a result of a stroke of para
lysis seven weeks ago, remains about
| the same.
A. Reinisch, superintendent of Topeka
! parks, is working on a plan for the
| Midland college campus at Atchison,
! which he is under contract to lay out
| for that institution.
A number of the officials of the Rock
Island are in the city today in at
| tendance at a meeting held for the pur-
! pose of making a few changes in the
| time card of that road.
! The Independent Telephone company
! has about completed another supple
| they expect to have ready for distribu-
| ton by the first of the week.
S. G. Zimmerman, president of the
County Clerks association, has sent out
notices calling the next annual meet
ing which is to be held in Salina for
the 18th and 18th of the present month.
At one time during the session of
the United States circuit court this
week there were as many as thirty at
torneys represented in court looking
after cases in which they were inter-
ested.
The Salt Lake City, Utah, TeIe-
gram is the authority for the state
ment that Cyrus Leland of Topeka
has a double in the Mormon strong
hold in the person of Henry Law
renee.
David Page of North Topeka who
has been hunting big game down in
lower Mexico has left for New York
city, where he will sail for Scotland.
He expects to remain abroad during
the winter.
Two cases of diphtheria were placed
in quarantine yesterday by the city
health officer: One at the home of Will
lam Swearengen, 425 Chandler street,
and the other at the residence of j. d.
Dwyer, 125 Monroe street.
The thought may not have occurred
to you but this is Topeka day, and the
city is 50 years of age, the first settler
having located the townsite a few
years prior to 1854 and in that year
the city organization was effected.
Washburn college certainly has
some remarkable students. One stu
dent ran into a ditch on his wheel a
few days ago and received three brok- |
en- ribs as a result. He is still carry |
ing papers and attending school.
One Washburn student has achiev-
ed considerable fame as a spotter |
for the State Temperance union. Some |
of the evidence which he recently |
secured was sufficient to revoke the |
permits of a few Topeka druggists. |
Island road iS o. |
ing their winter time card and add |
ing another train between Kansas |
City and Chicago. w. S. Tinsman, |
assistant general manager of the |
Rock Island is in Topeka today at |
tending the meeting which is REAR |
ranging the time card.
The animosities between the fresh |
men and sophomores of Washburn |
college have progressed to such a |
point that a bunch of sophomores
waylaid a freshman a few days ago |
and removed a portion Of a beard |
from the under classman. |
The acquisition of Bert Kennedy of |
the Kansas team to the old star ag- |
gregation which is to play Saturday |
will strengthen the team about one
hundred per cent. The betting which |
has been about even all week, is now
about to in favor of the old stars. |
Another East Sixth street viaduct |
item: The committee of streets and |
council annul the contract of the To- |
peka Bridge & Iron company for the |
rebuilding of the structure for the rea- |
son that the time limit expired the first |
day of July.
The statement of the manager Of the |
gas company to the effect that there |
will be an abundance of gas about the |
first of the year is taken to mean that |
if the patrons of the company can
freeze until that time and then success |
fully thaw out, they will not be incon- |
venienced through the summer months |
by the lack of pressure.
There are just ten bricklayers who |
live in Topeka and the shortage of |
this class of labor is such that the
contractors are beside themselves be-
cause of their inability to hurry the
buildings to completion that are I'M
der construction. AS the bricklayers
makes probably more than the aver
age attorney there is an evident OPP
portunity existing in Topeka for as
piring young men to enter into
trade that will enable them to carve
out a fortune in q short time.
New Charters Granted.