The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-24
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Skating every afternoon and night.
| Two city commissioners from Ell Paso
Texas, were visitors at Mayor Green's
office this morning.
The election of a captain of the
Washburn football team for 1909 will be
held in the Washburn chapel, Saturday
morning, December s.
w. G. Mcdowell of the Mcdowell
sugar plant in ST. Joseph, was in To-
peka Monday making arrangements to
open the companys office in this city.
The Washburn football team is
working hard in an effort to retrieve
lost honors by defeating the Oklahoma
giving afternoon.
The street cleaning force was robbed
OF good weeks work by the down.
pour of rain Monday afternoon. All
the pavements in the city are in ex-
cellent condition today.
The Washburn Glee club is planning a
trip to California over the Santa Fe
and under the auspices of this road.
The glee club is working hard prepar-
atory to making it's debut in Topeka
next month.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon will deliver
an illustrated lecture at the Central
CONGREGATIONAL church Friday evening,
December 4. His subject will be Nor
way" and will tell of his recent travels
in that country.
meet in Topeka Monday and Tuesday,
February and 8. President E. P. Rip
ley of the Santa F'e will be invited to
make an address on the railroads side
or the railroad question. 1t is not
known whether he will accept or not.
In special session last night the city
council let the contract to the street
railway company for raising the grade
of their tracks on Madison street for the
sum of $5S2, providing that if the cost
3 L, l.
price was to be reduced in that
amount.
At the annual parish meeting of
Grace cathedral held Monday evening,
November %, the following named gen
tlemen were elected vestrymen for the
West, d. W. NeIIis, E. w. Thompson,
H. c. Kibbee, Henry Scandrett, A. Zah-
ner, E. A. Herbst. Earl c. Williams.
petition has been filed by the East
they ask the council to see to it that
the street railway company make their
permanent Improvements on this street
between Lake and Branner streets, so
that when the paving is laid on this
street it will not have to be torn up at
once by the aforesaid railway COM
pany.
This city is to be included in the
itinerary of the short tour now being
made by Madame Nazimova, the Rus
ton of New York and Boston for the
past two years. Few players have been
so widely advertised and photographed
as this beautiful foreigner who mas
tered English in six months and who
has played Ibsen for two seasons at the
Bijou theater. Her engagement here
takes place this month.
At the opening day of the federal
court in this city all the cases of public
interest We're disposed of in a very
short time The Arnold-Packard breach
of promise suit was compromised. The
twenty-eight hour. cases against the
Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe and Rock
Island railroads were settled by these
three roads pleading guilty and paying
fines on each of sixteen counts. The
cases against the Frisco and Katy
roads were continued. as was also the
Crawford theater insurance case and
the L. H. Perkins insurance case. About
fifty lawyers were present in court on
business at the first days session of the
term.