The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-31

cided success as an entertainer and his
renditiens of pathos and wit were as
! good as has been heard in Topeka in
some time.
The Santa Fe railroad during the
past year payed into the county treas
ury in taxes the sum of $25, 907.5S which
is the largest individual amount of
taxes paved in this county.
The Kansas Packing company filed
suit late yesterday afternoon against
Johnson Green Watson Speers and all
other owners of the Mckinley club for
$2S5, due for meat furnished the club.
W. Y. Morgan addressed the Swedes
of Topeka last night on his impressions
of Sweden during his recent European
tour at the Swedish Baptist church at
the corner of Fourth and Fillmore
streets.
Today is the worst day of the winter
for pedestrians. On account of the
slippery condition of the sidewalks it
requires a great deal of skill to keep
from sliding back about three feet for
every two in advance.
Mrs. H. c. Fraser, who was oper-
ated upon recently at Christ hospital
for appendicitis, has been returned to
her home, 1912 Lincoln street. Mrs.
Fraser suffered a relapse Tuesday
night, but is now resting easily.
So far no reports have reached the
newspapers of the city from the out
lying districts complaining that the re-
cent drop in mercury has injured
peach buds and that for this reason
there will be shortage in the crop next
season.
The city of Niagara Falls has also
heard OF the commission plan of gov
eminent which is about to be passed
in the Legislature for the benefit of
cities of the first class and writes for
more detailed information to the city
officials. ~
The special investigation committee
of the council which has been probing
charges of graft in the Office of the
city engineer has a list of eight civil
engineers with whom it is commune
eating relative to securing their ser
vices to inspect the Fifth ward sewer.
The members of the legislature
seem friendly to rabbits and want
them included in the list of game
which can not be hunted without a IL
cense and on the face of the bill it ap-
pears to be one of self protection if
the 'rabbity'' stories told on the mem
bers are to be believed.
IF the park commissioners would
like to do something to solidify them
selves with the skating portion of the
about two inches of water in the lakes
at Central park suggested a girlish
voice over the telephone this morning,
for the sleet last night has spoiled
Prof. L. L. Dyche of the department
of natural history at the University of
Kansas will be in Topeka Friday and
will deliver a lecture Friday night in
the auditorium of the Railroad Y M
c. A. The subject of the lecture will be
Savage Men, and will be illustrated
with one hundred lantern slides which
will show the habits andcharacteristics
Of a savage and barbarous civilization
A w. Bronson of 1920 Harrison
street skated down. town this morning
as gracefully as boy of IS. Mr..
Bronson hasn't used skates for. 20
years and when nefshbor offered to
wager that he could no longer skate
he accepted the proposition, buckled
on his sons skates and dashed down |
Harrison street on the sleet covered
walks and around the state house. |
Just as easy as it used to be-" said
Mr.. Bronson airily as he kicked off !
his skates.
Theodore w. Jones, of Chicago. a |
of the executive committee of !
the Colored Mems Business league. |
a national organization which will |
convene here in Topeka next summer. |
was in the city yesterday making
r'r"-n' +ior~ in advance for the big
meeting which it is expected will bring
- 1000 prominent men of |
the RAGS to Topeka for the three DAYS
that it is in session here. Booker I. |
is president of the league |
and Will preside.