The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-26

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All of the offices in the court house
new hnoleum.
A well known man about town is re-
ferred to by his friends as the Duke
OF Jerusalem
w. S. Amos has secured a permit
Tor the erection of a $4,000 residence
at 1925 College avenue.
The twelfth annual convention of the
Kansas Bankers association will be
| held in Topeka May 20, 81 and %.
| Today is The eighty-eighth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows.
Dean Kaye returned yesterday from
| months vacation which he spent in
the vicinity of San Antonio. Texts.
Water in tubs and troughs that were
out of doors last night, was covered
with a thin coating of ice this MORN
ing.
William Finney and Martha
Thompson secured a marriage license
of the probate court in Kansas City
yesterday.
c. w. Martin. a safe and scale ex-
pert of Kansas City who has decided
to locate in Topeka, is rebuilding the
Shawnee mills wagon scales.
The street commissioner has been
ordered to turn water into all of the
fountains in the city, by resolution
adopted by the city council.
Now that the paving microbe has
crossed the river petitions are pouring
in from all sections of North Topeka
asking Cor sidewalks and pavements.
City Engineer John Rogers an
nounces that in the future all paving
which must be by 8 by 21a inches
in size.
The last reminder of the dog show
which was held in the Auditorium last
winter was removed yesterday when
the building was scrubbed and fumi
gated.
1t is to be hoped that the Washburn
Dramatic club will give a better ac-
count of itself tonight than did the
Washburn baseball team yesterday af
ternoon-
Topeka is to have another vaudeville
theater providing the plans CT r. o.
NoSenitz, who is planning to open one
in the Bernstein building in North To-
peka, do not miscarry.
The board of supervisors of election
of elections yesterday and reorganized,
electing Councilman c. E. Jordan
chairman of the board.
A ball game has been arranged for
Sunday afternoon at Garfield park be-
tween Taylor's, Projections and the
Oakland Blues, Fbothc teams being
members of the Shawnee County
league. U.s.
Attorney General Jackson has ruled
that though voter may not have cast
his ballot at the special elections, he
will not be compelled to register pro-
viding he voted at the last general
election.
F. C. Sinner. secretary of the state
board of railroad commissioners has
prepared a pamphlet for free distri-
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by the last legislature affecting rail-
roads.
Washburn is having more trouble with
getting judges for the debate with K. Z.
which occurs tomorrow night. This time
however the two teams agree on judges
all right but it is hard to find any who
will serve.
Despite the cold weather yesterday
afternoon there were a large number OF
college students who braved the chilling
winds long enough to see their baseball
idols dragged through the dust by the
Catholics from st. Marys.
One man who is always keeping very
close to the correct styles of the season
was overheard to remark this morning
that he had changed from heavy to
lighter clothing and vice versa seven
times already this spring.
The last issue of the Washburn Re-
view which appears today is q Chris
tian association number and is devoted
to the interests of the Y. NJ. c. a.
and Y. w. c. A at Washburn 1t is
a handsome number.
One of the girls of the college set
who has beautiful hair paraded on
Kansas avenue yesterday afternoon
wearing a red carnation and her hands
encased in mittens without even a
scarf over her head. Notwithstanding
the cold.
There were several excuses for not
attending yesterdays ball game and
today anyone of them would be con-
sidered as valid" said a fan this morn
innings and watched the st. Mary's
score grow.
One of the features of the Grand
Army encampment which will be held |
in Topeka during May will be Elme. |
LOOMS of Girard, who is said to be a
double Of Abraham Lincoln. During his |
stay here he will be robed as President |
used to be.
An entertainment for the near |
future is being planned by the Civic |
Improvement club of North Topeka |
for the purpose of raising S132, the |
amount necessary for the completion |
Of the s1,635 which is to be expended |
for the foot bridge across the Kaw.
1t is expected that the citizens living i
in the vicinity of the Harrison street |
which will drown that OF the CANNES +
when they become aware of the fact !
that the city is contemplating estab-
fishing dog pound in that section of
the city.
Prof. c. A. Ellenberger. who has
charge of the musical department of I
college at Wichita, has been
employed as musical director and /
pipe organist by the trustees of the
First Methodist church. and will re-
move to Topeka at the end of the
present academic year.
s. Breithkaupt. president of the
Kansas conference branch of the
Young Peoples Alliance of the Even
UelioaI aSSocia tion which held its an