The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-27
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tlkEzz9S VI N.SS<>E2A46 0GE NEWS N
Wichita is planning to make a bid
for the next state encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The Republican city central commit
tee meets this evening at the court
room of the Topeka city court.
Ex-Governor Bailey of Atchison is
in Kansas City at present. where his
brother is sick in the hospital.
The boys are turning handsprings on
the grass and playing marbles on the
sidewalks spring is certainly here.
Chick Morton, city ticket and passen-
ger agent of the Rock Island, has re-
turned home from a visit to Detroit.
George NJ. Noble is seriously i'll at
his home, e15 Harrison street, from an
attack Of inf1ammatory rheumatism.
Justice Henry F. Mason was able to
/ be at his office in the state house yes
| terday for the first time in ten weeks.
Governor Hoch will deliver a lecture
| course lecture at Lyndon next week.
/ He is also billed to I'LL a date in Iowa
/ early in March.
/ Despite the unprecedented sale of
tickets for the grand opera, Madam
| Butterfly, a few we'll located seats for
/ the matinee may still be obtained.
Cirlincione, the great Arabian aero
bat. continues to delight the patrons
| of the Olympic at the four daily per-
| formances at this popular little thea
| ter.
A meeting of the east side property
| owners was held in the Commercial
club rooms last night for the purpose
Of talking over the proposed park on
| the east side
| The Central hotel on Kansas avenue
between Fifth and Sixth streets. was
| placed in the hands Of a receiver yes
| terday. The house has not been doing
much business lately.
The February issue of the Red Book
| contains a full page picture of Miss
Beulah Parker, daughter of H. H.
Parker of Topeka. who is with the Anna
Held company this season.
| Samuel Warnica, a former Washburn
student and member of the Washburn
college quartette, was recently married
| to a Peoria girl at St. Louis where
| Warnioa was seriously i'll in a hospital
| Paul Emery, a high school student.
| was overcome by stage fright while de-
| batting in the high school auditorium
yesterday. It was several minutes be-
fore he was revived. His condition is
| not serious.
| Chesterfield" the Arabian statue
horse of Rose Royal at the Majestic
this week does some clever stunts for
| horse. Some of them are almost too
difficult to seem real The horse is
worth $4,000.
| A number of Bethany girls are plan
ming for tour of EuI ope this summer
and there is a possibility that a Topeka
young man who had made plans to
start several months earlier will change
his date Of sailing.
George B. Palmer, Topeka's pioneer
undertaken. has sold his residence, 1921
Van Buren, street, to C. A. Morse, and
will move to Portland, Oregon where
his son Paul Palmer is engaged in the
mercantile business.
From distance the sound made by
the bowling and barking of the dogs at
the bench show in the Auditorium re-
sembles the Growing Of the ROSTERS
when they hold forth at the chicken
show at the same place.
The transportation committee of the
Commercial club will hold a meeting
tomorrow afternoon to discuss the
local railroad situation and see If the
local railroads are extending their best
treatment to the local shippers.
The factories Of Topeka are storing
steam coal in big quantities in antici-
patton Of a coal strike this spring when
the agreement entered into between the
coal operators and the miners union as
to the wage scale will terminate.
The state Of Texas has recently
adopted a new series of books for its
public schools. The Meyers-Brooks
arithmetics, which are causing consid-
cradle discussion among Kansas school
teachers. were in the list adopted.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Newell met with quite serious
accident the other day. She fell out of
a chair and rolled against the hot zinc
under gas stove. Her face was badly
burned. Mr. and Mrs. Newell live at
91S West Fourteenth street
The new style of paving in which
brick blocks are used with the grout
filler on a concrete base will be tried
on the new pavements out West Tenth
and West Sixth street. This, it is
claimed, will make these pieces of
pavement the best in the west.
Henry w Savage's English Grand
Opera company which will be at the
Grand in Madam Butterfly Saturday
comes to Topeka from Joplin and will
go to st. Joseph, the Kansas City en-
gagement having been cancelled on &C
count Of the Sunday closing law.
'I notice. remarked a member of
the Topeka Typographical union, that
the owner of a country newspaper is
advertising in the Topeka papers for
man to take charge Of his business,
and among other requirements he states
that the applicant must not smoke
Mrs. w. H. Kemper, as special deputy.
will go to Perry this afternoon, accom-
panied by the degree staff Of "a mem
bers of Capitola lodge and will institute
Perry Rebekah lodge No. 513 tonight
After the work is done they will re-
turn via the Santa Fe from Lecompton.
Major T. J. Anderson has been elect
ed secretary Of the Topeka and South
| western railroad to I'll the vacancy
caused by the resignation of A c.
Goodwin who has been elected superin-
tendent of the construction company
which has the contract to build the line
What is by far the most pleasing
team of eccentric comedians ever seen
| in Topeka is the team Bunth and Rudd
at the Novelty. Prof Bunth makes one
of the funniest speeches ever heard
from a vaudeville stage. Both men of
the team have the most elaborate
makeups.
Buffalo JONES'" who claims this city
| as his home, is in the moving picture
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