The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-27
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The Novelty theater is filed to
Overlooking nightly.
There is no session of the district
court while the State Bar association
is meeting.
A special meeting of the streets
and walks committee will be held
at the council chambers Friday even
ing.
Dispatches from Ottawa state that
the Crawford theatrical interests have
secured new air dome theater at that
place.
County Assessor S. H. Haynes has
completed his list of deputy county as
SCISSORS and his troubles are at an end
temporarily.
L. H. Pettijohn. receiver of the land
office at Dodge City, is in Topeka to-
day but denies that the anti-lobby bill
has any terrors for him.
L. E. Myers, president of the Topeka
Edison company who has been in the
city for the past ten days, has returned
to his home in Chicago.
A meeting of the Humane society
will be held at the home of Mrs. c.
G. Foster. corner of Eleventh and
Harrison street, Thursday evening.
w. r. Fisher of GA King street
has purchased new Smith car and
city license number 219 will be sus-
pended from the rear axle of the ma
chine.
The Santa Fe is making arrange
ments to raise the roadbed in North
Topeka preparatory to constructing
the new bridge across the Kansas
| river.
The city asphalt gang is at work
at the corner of Seventh and Jack
SON streets making repairs which
amount to all but new pavement at
this location.
The county commissioners have de-
cfded to make a change in the janitor
service at the court house and are
besieged with applicants who want
the positions.
w. O. Anderson of the firm of An
derson-Armstrong commission mer-
chants, has left for Panama where he
will spend several weeks on a business
and pleasure trip.
Albert Hoskinson of Garden City is
in Topeka today looking after the in
terests of ]. S. Stout. one of his clients
from the short grass county, whose
seat in the legislature has been con-
tested.
A special train from Leavenworth
brought over 100 members of the
Shrine to participate in the trouble
scheduled for the novices of the Ma
sonic fraternity who take the Shrine
degree.
The Majestic this week is drawing
capacity houses. due to the popularity
| of the present stock company
vaudeville combination. The bill for
Wednesday evening is THE Little
Minister.
Topeka always has its share of
lawyers but today it is filled to over
flowing with legal lights from all
parts of the state who are in the city
attending the annual meeting of the
State Bar association.
Whitaker Ray. advance agent for
Girls" which will be at the Grand.
February 3, is in. Topeka Girls is
Clyde Fitch play handled by the
Shuberts and Mr.. Ray says that it is
so funny that people are frequently
overcome by the eXertion of laughter.
This is examination time at Wash
burn college and there isn't social
event of any kind scheduled on the
college calendar until the deadly week
Is over The most popular poem at
the college today is:
'Oh, Lord of Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget, lest we forget
Another count for disobeying the
2S-hour law has been filed in the
United States district court against
the Santa F'e. The Santa Fe has been
receiving the big end of the number of
suits against railroads for bucking this
2S-hour law and they are keeping up
the record. The count filed last even
ing was for shipping 121 cattle from
Angelo. Texas, to Kansas City without
food or water. This was bad viola
ton.