The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-03
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siloam lodge No. 225 A. F. & A. NJ
will confer the first degree at the reg
rlar meeting Thursday evening.
The Eastern Sluggers and the MOT
will play at Garfield park at p. H. ~
morrow.
The Aurora theater will be reopeneu
+oroorrow night with a continuous PIC
t,,re show and illustrated songs aiteA
moons and evenings
The Kansas Authors club VIII nne eco
~ the office of DIR. w. H. Ropy, Ioo
a. en Venue this evening. The pro-
1ramIne will be devoted to poets anu
poetry 49,, hoard of
county commissioners yeSteiu ost
.amounting to $40, 711.56 Indicate lne 80
of running the county Ior siHe
month. .ha
Ar Dome tonight when the Morey
stock company, which is CRAVING ois
crowds. will present 1.-THE YANKEE De
tective." D;s
The bids for the new Martln,Den ms
sewer must be all hleo WIN nr1,
clerk by o'clock of June ls- "A nun IN
bar Of out of town contractors are eA-
nected to bid on the work.
The Hawaiian Quintette, singers anu
string instrument experts, are 1nahin I
a big hit at the Novelty TINS weeN
IS one of the best vaudeVille acss eAf'
bas been in Topeka in long time.
The knights of Columbus have
r,oved to their new home, the ola
pIower house. corner of E1ghth ave
me and Quincy street, wnlcn Will oe
remodeled as lodge and CLUB room
A whole lot of the old guards OF
washburn college are here this year
g. the Graduation exercises. There are
nrobebly more here this year tnan
there have been for a number OF years.
w r Hobbs, the oldest travelling
man in the employ of the Topeka
Paper company. has resigned, and VIII
accent a place with the Central Paper
companv with the official title of vice
president.
G. F. Morton, city passenger agent
for the Rock Island, will leave this
evening for Montreal Canada, with the
party of Bethany teachers and IN
structors who will sail on the 9Th OF
the month for Europe.
The new pure milk ordinance which
will provide for adequate inspection
of the milk sold to consumers in the
city. will probably be reported to the
council at the next regular meeting or
that body by the city board of health
The sun which shone for few hours
yesterday after a vacation of several
days duration, started fire in a win
dow display of fireworks at the Fair
department store. The blaze was dis
covered Immediately and the damage
was slight.
OF the So 234. 1923 paid to beneficiaries
in Kansas last year by insurance COM
panies Topeka receive but $90,3S5, which
may be taken as an indication that
Topeka is a healthy town in which to
live but poor one in which to carry
insurance.
John McBee, the hack driver who
was fined for driving on the wrong
side of the street, offers novel ex-
cuse which appears to one who has
travelled on West Eighth avenue be-
tween Jackson and HarrisSSs to be
valid one. He maintains that ne was
attempting to dodge the holes in the
pavement so that the comfort of the
passengers might not be disturbed.
The city council will meet this ev-
ening to recommend for passage the
resolutions for paving Locust street
from Fourth to Eighth avenue and
East Sixth avenue from the viaduct to
Locust street. Sixth avenue may be
paved out to the east city limits If
the council acts, favorably to such an
extent it will mean Is more blocks of
paving for the year not counted on
previously.
The river reading by the government
authorities at o'clock this morning
shows that the water was a foot and
six inches higher than it was at the
same hour Tuesday with the chances
IN favor of a greater rise. The water