The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-12

| $500
| tonight. See the race.
The big race for the one mile gold
medal at the rink tonight will be very
exciting.
leave for Kansas City Monday, where
court will be held next week.
Although Friday was not a particu-
| larly busy day in the house of repre-
| sentatives, 16 new bills were introduced.
The water works department is put
| ting In a main on Warren street south
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets.
D. ]. Hanna, the retiring lieutenant
governor, owns 120 quarter sections of
wheat land in Graham county and he
doesn't need an office.
Mrs. L. L. Collins has returned to
her home from Christ hospital where sho
submitted to serious operation from
which she is recovering.
A. c. Dyer, of Kinsley, Kansas, has
been in Topeka a few days this week.
Mr.. Dyer was formerly county attor-
ney of Edwards county.
The lastissue of the SportingNews con-
tains four column cut of the Topeka
White Sox, the winners of the Western
Association championship.
L. c. Smith & Brothers Typewriters
GO. have opened salesroom at 10Y ".
9th St, under the management of j.
A. Rhodes and E. D. Irons.
Steinberg's orchestra is in Con-
cordia, where they were called to fur
nish music for a social gathering and
the dance which followed.
Deputy United States Marshal Need
made a trip to Seneca. Neb., to bring
]. F. Scott to Topeka for trial. He is
charged with a postoffice robbery.
Sixteen bills were introduced in the
senate yesterday making a total of CT
which have been presented to that body
since it convened the first of the week.
There is absolutely no use to try to
forget it, for in less than five weeks
the Lenten season will be here and all
pleasures are supposed to be suspend
ed.
Topeka post No. II. G.. A. r., Relief
Corps No. "a. and Sons of Veterans
will install officers for this year at the
post hall, PIG West Sixth avenue, to-
night.
The independent Telephone COM
pany announces that it will have a
new directory ready for distribution
this month containing the names of
5000 subscribers.
Topeka council No. 4s U. c. T. will
give dance and banquet at their hail,
122 East Sixth avenue, this evening
commencing at o'clock, to which all
members of the order are invited
The house of representatives adj
journed at noon Friday until 4 O'Clock
Monday, and the senate held a short
session this morning, and then adj
journed until Tuesday afternoon.
The scarcity of carpenters in the city
has delayed the construction of booths
the Midwinter exposition but at that,
the work will be completed in time tor
the opening.
The street department made an I'M
successful attempt to clean the paved
streets yesterday. The attempt went
in vain for the streets are as dirty to-
day as they have been for the latter
part of the week.
The members of the women's press
club of the state are to receive free
transportation from the Union Pacific
and Santa Fe railroads for their meet
ing which is to be held in Topeka on
the 18th of January.
The frame work for most of the booths
at the Midwinter exposition is in place
and about all that remains to be done
is to finish the decorations and get the
displays in place for the opening which
occurs Monday evening.
The express Office in this city has
reverberated today with the cackles
and crows of the fowls returning to
their own roosts after having been on
exhibition at the state poultry show
at Wichita for a week past.
The doorkeepers at the representa-
last evening were not acquainted with
the faces of all the politicians for a
number of prominent men were forced
to cool their heels out in the lobby and
could not get into the hall. 4
The way the matter stands at the
present time the supreme court JUS
tees who are now on the bench will |
give their time to the state for $4,000 |
year while their colleagues who |
were elected last November will re- |
ceive $4,000 per year for their SER
vices.
AS Henry Allen sat in the Creamerie
restaurant last night picking the bones |
Of black bass he remarked: ''Thero |
will be three ballots on senator tonight |
and then the caucus will adjourn and |
the next time 1t meets it will elect
either Benson or Bailey; mark this pre-
dictton.''
]. E. Hurley, general manager of |