The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-04

derland" have commenced in earnest.
Mrs. George E. Lerrigo's Bible class
at the Y. w. c. A. will not meet to-
night.
c. H. Hixon has taken out a permit
for the erection of dwelling to cost
$4,000 at 634 Fillmore street.
The red birds will repay any one for
trip to the country any warm day.
The hedges are full of them.
On account of the warm weather of
Sunday all the local vaudeville theaters
were taxed to their full capacity.
If you are worrying over a present 20
give him for his birthday. stop it. Just
buy him box of Burghart's Aurora ten
cent cigars.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Rowse of eos
Topeka avenue, are the parents of a
son to whom they have given the name
of Walter William.
John Macdonald has returned from
Chicago where he attended tbs meet
ing of the national association of
school suoerintendents.
The registration books will close
Friday. From now until Friday
bigger rush is looked for in the num-
Der of people who register.
One thousand bankruptcy cases have
been filed in the United States district
court here since the enaction of the
federal bankruptcy law in 1898.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
company presenting 1.-The Lion and
the mouse arrived on the MISSOURI
Pacific, the show was a good one.
Justice Henry F. Mason read
startling paper Saturday evening be-
fore the Saturday Night club on 1.-THE
Schoolmaster and the Mother Tongue"
Small damage was done to the Tope-
ka Laundry by a fire Sunday evening
at o'clock. The total lossc will not ex-
coed SIS. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
Efficient work of the fire department
save the barn of John Weber at sol
Lafayette street from burning down
though a small shed adjoining was dam
aged $50 at a midnight fire Saturday.
Petitions for holding bond election
for voting bonds to the Topeka &
Southwestern have been placed in
various public places where the tax
payers may have an opportunity to
sign them.
The legislature today commenced
on the work of the final week of the
session. There Will be many fierce de-
bates during the week on the impor-
tant bills which will be brought up for
the final time.
Yesterday was such a fine Sunday
that few people ceuld resist the OPP
portunity of getting out of doors. A
good many would have been glad of
an opportunity of going to a bali
game or to Vinewood.
AS a forerunner of spring most of
The local garden. seed dealers have in
their windows large displays of gar
den seeds and several of the hardware
stores are getting their stock of gar
den implements in view.
When the rolls was called in the
house this morning there were many
absentees on the books. These men
will probably not appear for the clos
ing days of the session, especially as
the pay has now been stopped.
Along with the epidemic of measles
which is reported by the board of
health there is a pronounced epidemic
of spring fever going the rounds
which is produced by the spring
weather which is now visiting Topeka.
Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon, after
lingering illness of several weeks, was
able to appear in his pulpit yesterday.
Next Sunday he will preach his last
sermon before leaving for a six
months trip to England and other
countries where he will lend his eff
forts in a big temperance crusade.
The raid upon the Mohawk club
which has taken place at this club for
several years. This raid had the eff
feet of putting the lid on tighter than
ever before and the dealers in liquid
refreshments throughout the city are
very cautious in their efforts to evade
the prohibitory law.
The Republican city central commit
tee meets this evening. 1t will consider
the protest against the eligibility of
Arthur Bollinger, candidate for COM
mitteeman from the Sixth ward in addi-
ton to the eligibility of Joseph Griley
for councilman The charge made
against BolIinger is that he has not re-
sided long enough in the Sixth ward.
The city council will take up the
claim of the Topeka Ice and Fuel COM
pany for an increased price on it's coal
contract due to its claim that it was
impossible to procure slack coal. It
has put in a bill for $508 for coal at
the electric light plant at $3.50 ton.
The contract price for slack was 81
and at this rate the bill would figure
up $3.50.
The members of the Denver base
ball team of the Western league will
report in Topeka for spring practice
| three weeks from today. Although
the ball season does not open until
May the fans will have plenty of op-
portunity for turning loose their base
bali enthusiasm from the time the
| Denver team arrives until the close of
the season next September.
A great many people of Topeka are
| being called upon by solicitors with
plea of help for some ".liano contest"
candidate. Some newspapers seem to
! never tire of working schemes: pre-
MUM propositions, and so forth, for
the purpose of trying to get subscrib-
ers to change from the state Journal
to their own papers. however, the
public is getting pretty tired of this
and in time the other dailies will sure
lv find out that the people still prefer
to read their favorite paper. The
state journal prints the news and that
accounts for the fact that nearly
everybody in Topeka reads this paper.
Measles at Leavenwo,th.
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