The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-21
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Lincoln Circle Sewing society will
meet Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln
Post hall.
The W. c. T. U. will hold a silver
medal contest Tuesday evening at the
United Brethren church.
The skating exhibition of Prof De
Silvia at Music hall is the best ever
seen here. Tonight is his last appear
ance.
Henry Scandrett will read a paper
before the Saturday Night club to-
night on 1.-THE Duties of a Corpora
ton Lawyer
The Santa Fe shops which have been
closed since Thursday on account of
breakdown at the power house, will be
opened for business Monday morning.
w. S. Tinsman, general manager of
the Rock Island system, was a To-
peka visitor yesterday, stopping off
on his way to Enid from trip to
Chicago.
Some one has started rumor that
the city council is planning to redecor-
ate the interior of the Auditorium in
the spring, but the source of the story
is mystery.
The Majestic theater will be a
vaudeville house but one more week,
after which time it will be changed
into a stock company house for a sea-
son of three weeks.
Rev. c. A Stewart of Fort Scott is
holding a series of revival meetings
in the North Topeka Baptist church
which are attracting considerable at
tention on the North Side.
For the Lenten season the story of
the broken engagement between two
prominent Topeka people is travelling
with remarkable rapidity, and has now
reached the cause" stage.
Regular gymnasium work will be
included in the curriculum of Wash
Ill H.
ium which has been promised by
Jonathan Thomas, has been built.
The pupils of the Topeka high school
enjoyed a vacation yesterday, while the
entire faculty consisting of 81 instruc-
tors, visited Lawrence for the purpose
of hearing the lecture of Dr. Lyman
Abbott.
The clerical force of the governor s
Office has been kept busy this week
mailing letters to the papers of the
state urging the farmers to purchase
binding Irvine of the plant at the state
penitentiary.
There are 5000 residents of Tope-
ka who will be deprived of their OPP
portunity to vote at the spring cleo
ton If they do not see the election
commissioner and secure a certificate
Of registration.
From the Atchison Globe: Mrs. c. F.
Howe will take Winfield Howe to To-
peka tomorrow morning. to place him
In a private school Bets are made
that Winfield will be back in Atchison
inside of week.
The local baseball season will open
tomorrow with the game between the
White Sox and the All-Pro fessfonals.
This will be the last opportunity of
the season to see many of Topeka s
favorites perform.
r. J. Buckner, who has just returned
from a trip through Old Mexico. will
address the colored Y. M. c. A at the
association rooms Sunday afternoon al
o'clock, taking as his subject his trip
through Old Mexico.
The members of the North Topeka
Civic club have taken the prelirnin-
airy steps towards holding a street
fair on that side of the river as soon
as it is definitely settled that summer
is here for the season.
Seven thousand doiiars has been
subscribed for the state fair fund
which is now being raised by the can
wasting committee of the Commercial
club. This ought to insure the final
success of the committee.
Referring to f1lial love: W. S. Fersu
son of Colby crossed the state to wit.
ness his son David in the cast O.
Pete" In the Professors Love Story.
as given by the Washburn Dramatic
club last night at the Grand.
H. I. Allen of the Central Y. M. C. A.