The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-18

SNGP0foTs
| Around the World" with Ed Howe
at the high school Monday evening.
New electric elevators are being in
stalled in the general office building
| of the Santa Fe
The Washburn basket ball team left
yesterday on trip to Emporia, New
ton and Wichita.
Tickets for the Ed Howe illustrated
lecture at the high school Monday
night may be secured at Stansheld's
| drug store.
The sub-senior class of the high
school will present the play, Turned
| Up at the high school auditorium to-
night at S:15.
The snow and s,eet of the past
forty-eight hours has seriously Grip
pied the telegraph and telephone SER
vice Of Topeka and vicinity.
The athletic board of Washhurn
college has instructed Manager otahl
to secure the services of Coach Weede
for next season If possible.
The Kansas Retail Furniture Deal
ers association which has been in ses-
sion in Topeka this week will have
their annual meeting in Wichita next
year.
A large grey wolf was killed on the
of Oakland, yesterday by pack of
nine he unds which chased it from the
hills south of there.
e. w. Howe of the Atchison Globe
in lecture at the high school Monday
evening will tell of some Of the events
on his trip around the world which
impressed him the deepest.
While the legislature is in session
tho janitors of the state house are so
busy with politics that most of the
walks around the state house were
badly neglected yesterday.
The Kansas Childccr's Home So
ciety claim that it has not enough IN
fants in stock to supply the demand
which is being made on the society by
those who desire to adopt children.
DIR. H L. A1kire will tonight give his
first of three lectures on Practical
Anatomy at the Central Y. M. c. A,
opening a series of nine Friday even
ing practical'stafkssb by Topeka men.
Electric elevators of the newest and
most approved patterns are to be in
stalled in the Santa Fe office building
to take the place of the Anticipated lifts
which have been in use for number
of years.
1.-THE Great Refusal" is the subject
announced by Rev. c. A. Finch of the
First Christian church for his address
hall Sunday afternoon at 3:45- There
will be good music.5
The steady-<lrippSng from the caves
of the houses of the city which con-
at no time the mercury reached the
freezing point, and the melting pro-
cess continues this morning.
The Midwinter exposition played to
capacity last night for the first time
this season. and there was not mis-
understanding in the good natured
crowd which jostled about in their
efforts to gain advantageous positions.
lone mounted policeman wander
ing through the west side residence
section of the city has given rise to
talk in that neighborhood that there is
q possibility of that portion of the
city being afforded a regular guardian.
domestic in the family of M. c. Penne-
kamp, 100 Clay street, was over
come by fumes of escaping natural gas
Thursday afternoon and was only re-
vived after several hours of hard
work.
Warning & Company, grocers, have
agreed to sell home made cakes, pies
and other eatabIes Saturday for the
la dies of the Central Park Christian
church. The money realized from tha
sale is to be used IN purchasing new
seats for the church.
E. r. Hayes. a North Topeka COM
mission man, has announced his con-
didacy for councilman from the First
ward to succeed DIR. Ryder who was
appointed to finish the unexpired term
of F. B. Simms who resigned to be-
ocme commissioner from the north
district.
The sale of cakes and pastries made
by the ladies of the Boys club will be-
gin at noon tomorrow at the Topeka
State bank corner of Eighth and
Kansas avenue. A poster by Albert T.
Reid, advertising the affair. was hung
in the bank at noon today and is at
tracing a great deal of attention.
Recalling the fact that a boy oper-
ator was responsible for a wreck on
the Rock Island just outside of the
limits of the city of Topeka the sec
ond day of the present year, Repre-
sentative Policy of Republic county
has introduced bill providing that in
the future all operators must be 81
years of age and pass an examination.
The floor of the skating rink has
been resurfaced.
A small boy who lives near the cor
ner of Tenth and Tyler street has the
spot light of that neighborhood square
on him Just at the present time. With
the streets covered with sleet and ice.
coasting becomes irresistible to the
small boy and it was SO with this one.
who not having a sled pre-empted his
mothers dish pan and in this con-
trivia nee he docs stunts which are the
envy of the rest of his companions.
BUCKLIN is DISCOURAGED.