The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

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There will be nothing doing at the
council chamber in the way of meetings
of that body until the first Monday in
next month. a.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Shawnee County Teachers association
will be held ON the third floor of the
county court house Saturday afternoon.
| The Santa Fe will send three of its
tsexpert electricians to San Francisco
next Sunday to undo some tangling for
which the earthquake of last SUMMER
| is charged.
F. A dozen hand turned hickory clubs
have been received at the police sta
ton and will be distributed among the
patrolmen who have worn out their
old ones ~
Shawnee county scored yesterday
afternoon by introducing the first anti
pass bill of the season. The bill, how
ever, has not as vet been passed.
A car load of water pipe four inches
| in diameter has been received in To-
peka which will be used as soon as the
weather permits for the purpose of
extending the city's water mains.
| AS this is the time for resolutions
why not make one that will be pleas
lure and benefit to you Smoke Burg
hart's Favorite cigars the coming
year. .>s.4.
Charles D. shukers, of Sedan, has
been appointed special assistant to the
attorney
succeed John Dawson Mr.. Shukers is
at present county attorney of Chautau-
qua county. 80 so
The lakes in Central park are froz-
en- over solid enough for the young
boys of the neighbDrhood to skate
upon. With a few more days of cold
weather the lakes ought to be in fine
shape. s.sT7fss2sss r
The new fire escape on the addition
to the Santa Fe offices has been COM
Of 170 or
fees are now provided with all the
of fire. sT 49,
The citizens of North Topeka are
clamoring for a five minute street car
service connecting 1.-THE two cities si1i-
waits between cars which they are now
iee County AttoTn Z u lahn Sole schenok has
qgn9uneea that Be- IH aRgf9I2t W. IL
fee. the place having been fllIed dur
ing the past four years by Mr..
Jamison. -- ,'sr LS''.-sl = 9>#5
y. The federal building will take on. a
officials will leave for Kansas City.
Kan, where the 'Upited States circuit
court will commence it's January session
Monday at 10 o'clock.
s. B. Marine of Rockford, ILL.,, is in
Topeka Mr.. Marine is one of the pro-
prietors of the Marine Clothing com
pany. whose store at 500 Kansas ave-
nue. is one of a series of similar stores
throughout the central west.
Samuel Hopkins, *who has. been in
the county jail since the latter days of
October charged with stealing a hog,
was released yesterday upon request of
County Attorney Hungate, upon pay
nnent of the costs in the case
United States Marshal Mackey will
leave for Washington, D. c., next week
in charge of a number of insane wards, |
prisoners at the federal penitentiary at
FIT. Leayenworth. The government has
an asylum at Washington for the gov |
eminent insane. S
Willow park, the new city park
near Potwin, has been put to grade, two
small lakes created and the park COM
of men to lay brick sidewalks along the |
edge of the park and cinder walks
through the park itself
It has been decided by one reporter |
at least that Representative Neyhart |
of Usage county is J the best looking |
member in the house and right along |
with this discovery comes the an |
nouncement that he was married last
Saturday.
Police Matron Thorpe warns the pub |
lie against Mrs. Emma Brown, who IS |
making a house to- house canvass on |
the streets for aid. Mrs. Brown repre-
sents that she is poor and IN need and
that the Provident Association refuses
to give her help. Mrs. Thorpe states
that this is untrue. 4 -
Richard Cooley, who despite his
name which sounds rather winterish,
manages to keep out of print excepting
in the summer season, announces
that he has signed Bill Douglass who |
will play first base and catch for the
Cooleycrows during the season of
1907.
Ernest Jester of the Santa Fe engi.
neering department is using his molars
to masticate his food since his baby |
bumped it's head against his mouth and
caused him to lose two OF his front
teeth the first of the week the accl-
dent indicates the possibilities or dam
gers arising from baby in the mousse
The directors of the North Topeka
drainage district have received petit
ton signed by more than one hundred
taxpayers of that section OF the city
asking that they prevail upon the street
railway company to- remove the plling
from the river where the old street car
bridge stood.
mercial club will take place IN the
club rooms tonight The CHER bust
ness of Importance will be the election
of a new board of directors several
new names will also de proposed TOT
mem bershfp. Several papers oT-1fn-
portant developments in the growth
of the city will also be read.
Lawrence Buckley hobo from
Chicago, where nearly all professional
tramps hail from. made a strong IalK
for his freedom this morning IN ponce
court, buts-she followed sassy
member of the fraternity whom the
judge sentenced TO pay hundred DOL
lar fine and the talk was ss1ohg
enough to secure him his freedom ana
he will have another hearing TINS
afternoon. SO
j. t. Weight. of the Second ward. |