The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-03
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western avenue.
Topeka and Wichita High schools
are planning a football game Ior
Washington's birthday.
An eclipse of the sun is due to occur
this evening just before sunset. 1t VIII
be visible here only two minutes.
Mayor William Green. who has been
absent in New York for the past two
weeks, is expected to return to Topeka
on Saturday.
The motion docket will not be called
Saturday owing to the absence of Judge
Dana of the district court who was
called to Chicago yesterday on business
A B. Mul1in has purchased the w
L. Hayslip home, 1915 Jackson street,
the consideration stated being $3,SOo.
Mr. Hayslip and wife will board until
spring.
A decision in the incubator baby
case is looked for from Judge Pollock
sometime next week. The women OF
Topeka have taken very strong IN
terest in this case.
c. B. Hamilton, formerly proprietor
of the Throop hotel but now one OF the
owners of the oxford hotel in Denver
has remembered Topeka friends with
a neat diary for 1908
The city schools will re-convene
next Tuesday after a two weeks
vacation which was very pleasantly
enioyed by all students and which
oCOii'
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Shawnee State bank held In North
Topeka Wednesday afternoon the Off
GERS went on record as favoring the
passage Of a depository law
A Jolt for the owner of the help
hen: S. ]. Crumbine, food and. drug
inspector of the state has ruled that
the sale of stale eggs is a violation Of
the pure food laws of Kansas.
On the walls of Putnam & Browns
barber shop there are large and at
tractive decorations. Thirty-five or
more Topeka calendars are hung upon
the wall with a very telling effect.
A reunion of the May class from the
Topeka high school will be held Friday
night at the home of Miss Vera john
son. 311 East Tenth street; about 20
members of the class reside in Topeka.
Another Missourian came all the
way to Topeka yesterday to do some
trading. Miss Eleanor Harris, of
Liberty, Mo, came to Topeka yester-
day and purchased a large bill of
goods.
The Kansas University Glee club
will sing at the Auditorium tonight
making the seventh number of the
Pipe Organ course. Irwin Snattinger
of Topeka is one of the singers in the
glee club
Rain began falling in Topeka at 10
o'clock this morning, ano those who
came down town without protection in
sist that an error be given to the
weather service man who predicted
fair day.
The Atchison Globe is responsible for
the statement that Ernest Kloster-
meier resident of Ed Howe's town, is
in Topeka this morning attending
meeting of the Baptist church board
meeting.
Fifteen thousand tickets of admission
to the Midwinter Exposition will be
placed in the hands of the merchants
of the city for advance sale at ten cents
each, Monday, the regular price being
fifteen cents.
A deed was recorded yesterday
transferring the residence adjoining
the Devlin homestead from NJ. Hite to
I. M. Cobe of Chicago who purchased
the assets of the defunct First Ma
tional bank. $4,000 being the con-
sideration named in the instrument.
Fred T. Walker was granted permit
to sell intoxicating liquors yesterday
by Judge R. F. Hayden in place of the
one which he surrendered a few weeks
ago when a complaint was lodged
against him by Chief of Police Eaton
81 notice. remarked travelling
man, that while the boys on the road
insisted that the Missouri passenger
train service was of no value to them
that many of them have signed petit
tions asking that the trains be restor-
ed.'
Two young women assigned to front
seats in the Majestic theater last night
sat through the first part of the per-
formance with their picture hats OBJ
scuring the view of a dozen or so pat
rons who sat Immediately behind them,
and only removed their head gear when
requested to do so by the management
of the theater.
Roller skating tonight. Ladies free.
If the firm which has the contract
for the construction of the East Sixth
street viaduct should be compelled to
nav the penalty of $25 a day for the
of the structure it would be $4,000 in
debt to the city. The work was to have
been completed on July 1 and 1874 days
have elapsed since that time.
The fact that the sales of liquor filed
with the probate Judge for the month
of December indicate a decrease in
sales does not show the true condi-
tions as half a dozen or more druggists
had the misfortune to lose their per-
mits during the month on account of
the activity of County Attorney John
Schenck.
The complaint from people residing
in the Second ward against the street
railway company for making the Santa
Fe depot its terminal point on the East
Fourth street line, was taken up by the
judiciary committee of the council yes
terday but no satisfactory conclusion
was arrived at. The company charges
five cents if a passenger boards the
Fourth street line east of Kansas ave
nue. to go up town, providing the pas
senger gets on between Kansas avenue
and the Santa Fe depot, and then ex-
acts another fare from the same pas
senger from the Santa F'e depot to Kan
sas avenue. This makes ten cents for
a ride up town The people in the Sec