The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-09

ness districts of Topeka and will soon
| invade the resident portion of the city.
| Today is pay day for the employees
| of the city and the Office of the city
| accommodation of the employees who
commence their days labors at Z
| o'clock.
Miss Tina Crawford of the Scotch
quartette which will appear at the
| auditorium Friday evening under the
auspices of the Pipe organ Fund asso-
| citation will sing Rocked in the
| Cradle of the Deep"
The condition of Willard N. Hall, who
| has been confined at his home for sew
eral days by a slight indisposition, is
| such that he expects to be able to
visit his haunts in the business portion
of the city within a few days.
DR.. Howard Agnew Johnston who de-
livered an address at Gemmell hall at
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. building at
noon today will speak at the First Bap-
tist church this evening on 1.-The At
mosphere of Spiritual Power"
School will close in the various To-
peka institutions Friday, December 18
Many Washburn students have al
ready begun to pack their trunks for
their visit home.
cat last the matter is settled said
a member of the Topeka school board,
land the body will be a man affair for
yet awhile at any rate. though the
spring election may make change in
the dress of the board"
Numerous beggars have made their
appearance on the streets of Topeka,
many of them able bodied men who
make no excuse for their plea. other
than the stereotyped one that they
cannot obtain employment.
A force of men, at any rate one
man, was at work on West Sixth ave-
nue. today. resetting the curb stones
inc he I
started at work as soon the
weather conditions will permit.
Herbert R. Hadley, elect
of Missouri who was to have been the
principal speaker at the Kansas Day
club banquet, will not be able to at
tend on account of the meeting of the
Missouri legislature at that time.
Augustus Nash of Cleveland. o., who
has held many large and successful
meetings among the working men of
his home city, will speak at the Ma
jestic theater Sunday afternoon under
the auspices of The Central Y. NJ. c. A.
Samuel DoIman & Son, who have
the contract for the construction of
dikes on the north side of the river,
have been working near the mouth of
Soldier creek for some time and re-
port that favorable progress has been
made.
The Topeka State fair will be held
at the fair grounds the week of Sep
tenn Der 10. In the interval until the
meeting of the Legislature, the direc- |
tors of the fair will spare no effort in
securing an appropriation from the |
state.
The fact that Madame Nazimova re-
fuses to be interviewed by newspaper |
reporters indicates that she is not at
ali grateful for the thousands of col |
umns of free press notices which she
has received throughout the United
States.
There is little consolation in the
fact that the presidential message
published Tuesday is the last for
President Roosevelt" commented the
man who reads the daily papers for
the news ''as another message will
soon be due from another source.
The executive board of the Kansas
Bankers association will hold its an
nual meeting at the National hotel this
evening. The meeting is called for the
purpose of discussing matters relative