The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

There is absolute satisfaction in
smoking Burghart's Favorite five cent
cigar.
c. E. Morton. division passenger
Manhattan today.
Special Lenten services will be held
at the Church of the Assumption COM
mencing at 1880 this evening.
The ways and means committee of
the council met last evening but adj
journed without transacting any bust
ness.
The members of the North Topeka
Civic Improvement club who have
been securing that section of the city
for a location for their club have
been unable to secure a suitabl
building.
Clerks representing the five city
courts of the state are in Topeka this
week looking after legislation affect
ing their positions.
Miss Clara Crumb. assisted by sew
eral of her pupils and others, will give
an entertainment at the Railroad Y.
NJ. c. A. tomorrow night
Mayor w. H. Davis, who suffered
from an attack of grip yesterday, re-
turned to his office al the city hall this
morning feeling somewhat better.
w. H Heron of Topeka passed the
examination held by the state board
of pharmacy at Arkansas City Thurs
day and is now full fiedged pharma-
cist-
In the bowling tourney which closed
in Kansas City yesterday A. B. Kirk
patrick of Topeka won fifth place in
individual scores. He made a score
of 500.
The ]. r. S. is a good cigar. 1t is
the kind that makes a man risk burn
ing his lips to get the last Whit 1t is
the come again sort Try one and you
will buy more.
Today marks another monthly pay
day for the employees of the Santa Fe
and anticipating a squirt in trade most
of the stores of the city will be kept
open until ten o'clock
The fans will have but six weeks to
wait for a ball game as the Washing
ton Senators under Joe Cantillon win
be in Topeka March 29th which is
only six weeks from today.
Sam Zimmerman of Topeka, who
county little over month, has been
elected president of the County
Clerks Association of Kansas.
J. G. Jennings. superintendent of
telegraph of the Rock Island. was in
Topeka Thursday on an inspection
trip. He went west from Topeka to
visit the lines west and southwest.
7Otfs Hungate who is an authority
on the return and departure of the wa
ter fowls from this section of the world
gives out the statement that ducks are
plentiful on the river and lakes in this
vicinity.
The opposition date played by the
souvenir postal cards and valentines
during the past week is at an end and
the valentines will go into retirement
for another year while the postal cards
will have clear field
Owing to the award of the mails
between Chicago and Omaha to the
Burlington railroad, the Rock Island
will discontinue the fast mail train
that was established to run between
those points last December.
Mrs. Eugene Hagan will move her
dwelling house from the northwest
corner Of Eleventh and Van Buren, to
the southeast corner of Tenth and
Polk. The first named location has
been sold to David Mulvane.
Five. thousand invitations. more or
less, have been sent out to the Demo-
Gratis over the state asking that they
be present at the annual banquet which
will be given at the Throop hotel on
the 22nd of the present month.
The extension of the city water
mains on Mulvane street north from
Fourteenth street to Huntoon street
has been delayed on account of the
nOnarrival of carload of pipe neceS-
sary for the completion of the work.
1t is again announced that the Males
tic theater which is being constructed
ing will be opened Sunday. The lack of
a front to the building indicates that
the performance will be open to the
public.
After having been compelled to
close down for a greater portion of
the week on account of their inability
to secure cars in which to ship their
products. two of the largest mills in
North Topeka are again running on
full time.
State Savings bank, will speak at the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. tonight on the |
subject, Methods of Securing and In |
vesting Money" This is one of the |
series of instructive talks which the
Y NJ. C. A. has arranged for Friday |
nights.
Topeka has been comparatively free
from coal shortages well as all 9TH |
er shortages which seem to infest the |
country just at this time. but the COM
men of the city fear that there |
will be a shortage of seed potatoes this |
spring and are placing their orders
several weeks earlier than usual.
a special meeting of the members of |
the Commercial club is called for this |
evening when action will be taken in |
the hopes that the Santa Fe can be pre-
vailed upon to leave the passenger train |
just as 1t is at the present time |
and not remove the six trains which it |
has proposed to send over the cut off.
A peaceably inclined Topeka man has |
two copies of the State Journal sent to |
his home each evening and claims that |
since they have been arriving regularly |
that there has not been a harsh word |
spoken in the household as he spends
the evening with one copy. while his
wife has full possession of the other |
Sheriff Wilkerson received inforrna-
ton yesterday that Samuel Leberman,
the junk dealer who jumped a $500
bond Wednesday. had been seen at
but after beating the brush
in that vicinity all day he returned
without the fugitive convinced that his
informant was mistaken in his Identity