The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

the Santa Fe, and Henry B. Lautz, as
sistant to the general manager, are on
| an inspection trip over the lines in
southern Kansas and Oklahoma. They
will be gone all week.
| The big steamer at No. was re-oilel
and worked out in front of the station
| this morning. This is the best steamer
| in the service and is used on special
| occasions. So far it has served more on
| exhibitions than anything else.
| J. D. Brown of Topeka, who sings
| bass in the Amphion quartette, has
| been assisting an evangelist in Kansas
City. The Leavenworth Times calls
him lone of the most talented singers
| in this section of the country"
President F. K. Sanders, of Washburn
college, left Saturday for the west. AT
ter a series of addresses, he will go to
Wisconsin to spend his first vacation
in two years with his family, after
which he will return with his family
early in January.
City Clerk Burge received a COM
munication today from Sheffield In
asking about the Topeka water system,
rate and charges. Atchison is figuring
on new water system and will pattern
it after the Topeka works.
Rev. John A. Bright, pastor of the
Lutheran church of Campus, Cove,
than a week serving as petit juror in
the United States district court He
left today for Fairfield. Iowa, to join
his wife in visiting their son, Luther,
and from there they will proceed to
Strasburg, Ohio, to visit their older son,
George. Both sons are Lutheran min
listers.
The following members of the Com
mercial club have been appointed by
President Robert Pierce to represent
that organization in the effort to get
an appropriation from the state legis-
lature for the next state fair at To-
peka: E. H. Crosby, E. E. AmeS, Al
bert Patten and John E. Frost. The
jobberS and manufacturers have al
ready appointed their committee and
there remains only to be named the
committee of the exposition company.
Old Rice hall, the pioneer building on
Washburn campus, is not the Rice hall
of a year ago. After the fire last year,
which destroyed the roof and damaged
the interior to some extent, the build
ing was not used much for recitatiOnS
till recently, with the exception of the
dition than the remainder of the build
ing. Now the classes in chemistry,
botany, physiology and zoology ali meet
here, and it is only a question of few
weeks until the work Will become thor
oughly adjusted to its new quarters.
The top floor has been converted into
one large room, which will be the mus
cum, and contain all the collections of
the natural history department. The
building is now steam-heated and has
electric lights and telephone.
Another Improvement at the poStof-
flee will complete the big remodeling
feature that has been going on at this
building for the past few months. A
platform for the receiving of mail from
the screened wagons will be built on
the east side of the postoffice building,
just on to the alley. The windows and
doors on the north side of the building
have been used for both the dispatch
ing and receiving of mails and here
after 1t will be used for the outgoing
mail only. The bids for this new i'm
provement were closed Saturday and
sent to Washington for approval When
they are returned the work will COM
mence at once and by the time the
heavy Christmas business commences
everything will be in shape.
Everybody reads the State Journal