The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-27

| A little rain would help out the early
gardens as well as the wheat fields.
Topeka dog owners have paid taxes
on zoos CANNES and but So are fe-
| males.
A special Lenten devotional SER
vice will be held at the Church of the
| Assumption this evening.
The newest thing in the automobile
line in Topeka is a runabout received
this week by Alfred Sutton.
| Carl and Queen have high class
| singing and dancing act at the Olym-
| pic theater this week which is decided
| ly popular.
Bishop Lillis of the Catholic diocese
| of Leavenworth will be here next
| Sunday and will conduct the services
at the Church of the Assumption.
The regular monthly meeting of the
teachers and officers of the Central
Congregational church will be held at
the church parlors Monday evening.
Harry G.. Larimer has resigned as
chairman of the Republican city central
committee and Hugh Mcfarland who
has been vice chairman will take the
place.
r. B. Mckee was granted a build
ing permit yesterday Tor the erection
of a two-story frame dwelling at 317
West Sixth avenue, which is to
cost $1,000.
F. J. Griffing has been appointed sup
erintendent of the Smith Automobile
company and E. NJ. Cooper has been
promoted to take Mr.. Griff1n's place as
shop foreman.
Seed potatoes for Immediate plant
ing are selling at from $1-00 to $1.4O
per bushel, the price varying accord
ing to the relative shrewdness of the
buyer and seller.
The seven or eight watering
troughs scattered about the city have
= s,,4@ Nd tow a
turned into them today by the city
water commission.
The combination of stock and vaude-
vile performances is meeting with pop
ular favor as is evidenced by the crowds
which attend the performances at the
new Aurora theater-
1t is planned to place the Washburn
gymnasium directly east of the obser-
vatory on what would be College ave-
nue. were that street extended. The new
building will cost $4,000.
The rush of voters to the election
commissioners Office for registration
indicates that there will be an I'M
usually heavy vote polled at the cleo
ton on the 18th of April.
The great Pescatel. the aerial con-
tortionist at the Novelty theater this
week is winning lots of applause from
those who see him perform. He is one
of the top notchers in his line.
A physical culture VIII
be given at the auditorium this even
ing under the auspices of the Y. NJ
c. A. in which one hundred and fifty
men and boys will participate.
John Kleinhans, deputy pure food
inspector was in Garden City yester-
day and while there discovered
| number of places where the new food
law had been slightly fractured.
Tom Davidson announces that he
has disposed of his celebrated steed
Pilgrim. so often exhibited in Topeka,
and in the future will lead the simple
life without diversions of any kind.
The Bladder Lavelle troup of three
bicyclists at the Majestic this week Is
one of the greatest bicycle acts OF the
vaudeville stage and it is certainly
making hit.
The management of the Topeka In
dustrial Institute has arranged for
series of eight lectures to be deliver
ed during the next ten days by BUSH
ness and professional men of the city.
Charles E. Lagerstrom has been in
vited to attend the twenty-hfth ami
versary performance of Ringing Bros,
Worlds Greatest shows, which will
take place in the Coliseum at Chicago
on the evening of April 2
The southwestern part of the city
which has always been considered a
dry district was extra dry for few
| hours TINS morning WINE d DioSh u
water pipe on Mulvane street was
connected with the city system
The final game to decide who will
| win the silver cup which is to be
! given to the best class team at Wash
| burn college will be played tonight at
Music hall The sophomores and
| juniors are the contesting teams.
The regular monthly meeting of
| the Shawnee County Alfalfa club
which will be held at the Commercial
| club rooms Saturday afternoon prom
| ises to be of especial interest to the
growers of the crop in this county.
The Independent Telephone COM
pany this morning commenced the
distribution of their new directory
which is less than half the size of the
last one issued, though it contains
more numbers than its predecessor
Paul A Lovewell, with his book.
| Football at Washburn,' is achieving
considerable literary fame. Several or
ders have already been received al
though the first edition has not yet
been printed and probably never will
be-
The grand jury has reached the
newspap per stage and number OF
| Topeka newspaper men have been
subpoenaed to testify today and to-
morrow and tell what they know of
the off side plays of the residents of
| Topeka.
| The Chicago White Sox who won
the worlds championship two years
ago are contesting with the local team
| at the baseball park this afternoon.
| The Chicago team will go to Kansas
| City tomorrow and play there Satur-
| day and Sunday.
The Denver Teddy Bears will open
| in Topeka tomorrow afternoon for
| three games. These games ought to
be good ones. Denver has been prac-
| ticing in Kansas City for several days
and has been trimming the Kansas
| Cityans with frequency.
Only about three thousand dollars