The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-10

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Ladies will be admitted free.
j. w. Robinson is in Salina for a few
days appraising a clothing stock which
was damaged by fire.
The Jefferson club will meet to-
night at 100 West Sixth to take action
on the death of David Overmyer-
Representative w. A. S. Bird of this
county has introduced a bill making
it misdemeaDor to sell undrawn fish,
game and poultry.
Twenty-Five bills were introduced in
the senate yesterday. the first real
working day of the session, while &c
found their way into the house hop
per.
A meeting of the City club is called
for Monday evening when the city
charter act which has been prepared
by City Attorney Dreaming will be
considered.
Mrs. Hartzen of College Hill has re-
turned to her home from Christ hospital
where she submitted to a serious OPP
Grafton from which she has almost en-
tirely recovered.
Sheriff Lucas left for Osawatomie
yesterday with Mrs. Margaret Clason
who was found to be insane by COM
mission appointed by the probate court
the day previous.
Norman L. Plass, president of Wash
burn college will read a paper on THE
Benefits of Washburn College to Tope-
ka'' at the meeting of the Commercial
| club Friday evening.
| The fact that Burghart's Favorite
cigar is the largest seller in Topeka is
a guarantee of its quality and work
| manship. Smokers who have tried
them refuse any other.
| w. Y. Morgan is on the programme
of the Swedish society of Topeka for
an address al. its next meeting and will
I talk on his recent experiences during
his trip through Sweden.
Il II Ra9nbine state forestry com
missioner located at Dodge City, is in
Topeka today looking over the lay of
the land, though there is but little
doubt that he will be reappofnted.
| After guessing for a week with in
different success the weather fore
caster in Washington predicted snow
for yesterday and the snow came and
with 1t the weather mans vindication.
Enough of the snow which fell last
night melted Immediately and formed
a smooth coat of ice on the pavements
and this morning horses not sharp shod
found it almost impossible to stand on
the asphalt.
The charter COMMITTED of the City
club viii meet Monday evening to go
over the new charter act which pro-
vides for government by a commits
sion. The act is being prepared for
presentation.
State Camp number 20 Woodmen of
the World and Night Grove Camp
number 1 3 will hold joint installa-
ton of officers this evening at the A.
o. U. w. hall. corner of Sixth avenue
and Jackson street.
It may be a coincidence but never
theless it is a fact that fire escapes are
being placed on the addition to the
Santa Fe Office building and revivals
are being conducted in a number of
the churches about the city at the
same time.
The Star Loan office, SOB Kansas ave-
nue., will put on sale at public auction,
their entire stock of unredeemed
pledges. - Sale begins Saturday, jan
uary- Ii. at 2;30 p. m. and will be held
daily at 2:30 p. m. and 1880 p. m. until
entire stock is sold.
twenty-five people have paid dog
tax on as many dogs. The city clerk
will have to issue warnings to pay up
at a faster rate, for about 500 dogs
will have to show tax tags or their
masters will be compelled to pay the
penalty which goes on in April.
The colored applicants for positions
about the legislature claim that they
are faring badly and that it is all be-
cause they chose to vote for Harris at
the last election in place of the Re-
publican nominee, and that they are
now to receive their punishment.
A check of $50 was presented to
Chief Wilmarth yesterday by G.. D.
Lyle for the benefit of the Firemen's
Relief associa ton. The check is a
token of appreciation for the work
done by the department in putting out
a fire at the residence of Mr.. Lyle.
The Auditorium, besides being
treated to a formaldehyde bath. was
scrubbed with a solution of diluted
carbolic acid and experts claim that
there is not a living microbe of any
kind about the building to catch the |
patrons of the Midwinter exposition.
Representative Chalk Beeson of |
Ford county, who wants the legis- |
lature to provide for board of dental |
examiners whose duty 1T will be to |
state, has evidently met some pain |
less" dentist in his travels who has |
proven a disappointment to him.
A recent bride who returned to Tope- |
ka this week after having spent the |
holidays with her parents, while her |
husband remained at home finds that |
during her absence the only cat owned |
by the family has disappeared, and the |
husband is under suspicion, as he and |
the cat were not on the best of terms.
IT cost Shawnee county $1,75O to
dispose of the cases against J. G. Lowe !
who murdered his wife at the reform
school several years ago and the case
against Morris and Wilson who were
charged with disposing of mortgaged
each of the cases being tried
first of the week.
The site of the proposed dam of
Biddle creek and the lake on the east
side was visited Wednesday afternoon
by Mayor w. H. Davis and COuncilmen
NippS, Griley and Horn on
the Invitation of the members of the
East Side Improvement club who ac-
them. The mayor sug-
gested that the east side form a bene-
fit district in order to raise the funds
for making the proposed lake.
Gasoline Prices Advanced.
Cleveland, o.. Jan. 10.-The Stand
ard Oil company today advanced