The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-16

Wild geese were flying southwark
over Topeka today
The street car company is busiIy en-
gagged equipping its cars with heaters
Socialists, speaks at the Auditorium
tomorrow night.
President Scott Hopkins of the
Commercial club will return from
New York on Friday.
Howard E. Everett of the Kansas
City Journal, has returned to Kansas
City after brief visit in this city.
The lobby committee of the Cen
trail Y. M. C. A. will meet this evening
tC arrange a schedule of social events.
The Topeka Advertising club is
planning for a large attendance at it's
next meeting week from today when
William Allen White will speak.
A meeting for men will be held on
Sunday afternoon at the First United
Brethren church, conducted by Marcus
A. Wolf of Argentine.
The music lovers of Topeka are de-
lighted to read the announcement
that Signor Victor's famous Venetian
band will be in Topeka, November
% and "a
The Thanksgiving proclamation this
year is the same as ever except it has
a little fringe of Ireland hanging on
the edges. Dave Leahy made good
job of it.
The Y. w. c. A. campaigners started
cut this morning in full force and with
renewed energy determined to get the
= ecessary SIS, 900 for their new build
ing by Saturday night.
From the amount of corn that is
coming down the river it is apparent
that the water is up over some of the
corn fields above Topeka and up in
the northern part of the state.
The loss by fire at the First United
Rraf hrep church was f111Iv aovorad b.-
insurance and the structure will be inn
mediately repaired. The church audi
forum was not affected by the fire.
Mrs. c. F. Menninger's Bible class
met at the Central Y M. G. A. buildin g
this morning on account Of the fact
that their quarters at the First Presby-
terrain church are undergoing repairs.
The city officials are receiving bids
from the local printers on the new
report of the city officers which will
be issued some time next month. The
book will be illustrated and artistic in
every detail.
| AS long. as it is too cold to play
marbles, baseball and football the
| small boys are praying for ice and
with the old family file they are
| mutilating their skates to suit their
] own particular boyish fancy.
| On account of a deficit of $500 in
the general revenue fund Mayor
Green says that there is not enough
money on hand to raise the salaries of
| the firemen. He states that he is
against the raise at this time.
| A West Eighth avenue car collided
with a delivery wagon driven by Rolla
Andrews, for the Hindman grocery, this
morning near the intersection of Eighth
and Kansas avenues. Besides slight
damage to the vehicle there was nj
| serious results.
A bean supper will be served at 6:15
o'clock this evening at the Central Y.
| M C. A. Immediately preceding the
various Tuesday evening study classes.
Robert A Stone is conducting a class
| IN sociology which is becoming ex-
| tremely popular.
It is proposed to change the name OF
| the EvangeIistic COUNCIL to the Lay
mems Federation of the Churches. ,Ac-
ton in regard to the change in name
| will be taken at the next meeting OF
| the organization the date of which has
not been Set
| The semicentennial anniversary OF
the founding of the First Presbyterian
church will be celebrated appropriately
appointed consisting of ]. B. Larimer
DR.. Stephen S. Estey and w. w. Bow
man to arrange for the event.
In the near future the Brotherhood
Of the First Presbyterian church will
! hold a "houseWarming'' in the new ad-
clifton of the church which consists OF
| g Sunday school room with a seating
capacity of nearly 900 persons. The
! improvements are now nearing compile
ton.
ST am making big preparations in
my mind for my trip with Cook to Mt
McKinley," was the statement Of the
Kansas professor-naturalist, Lewis
Lindsay Dyche. II was examined
medically in Kansas City and the doc
tor said my heart was bounding like
a football
H. w. McAfee has left for Chicago
as a delegate appointed by Governor
Stubs to the National Farm Land
congress. He will attend tomorrow a
| meeting of the officers of the National
Good Roads association when plans
will be discussed for the coming con-
vention in Topeka.
holding sale Of cattle at the fail
grounds today and tomorrow. The sale
| Is in charge of Col. j. w. Sparks oil
| Marshall, Missouri, Col. L. R. Brady Of
Manhattan, and Charles Crews of To
peka. Forty head of shorthorn cattle
are being sold today and tomorrow dis
position will be made of a like number
of Herefords.
1t is said that the school teachers,
principals. and superintendent of the
city will support Professor Stanley in
his race for city commissioner. 1t is
probable that the children will also
enter the. campaign in his behalf and
lead their fathers and their mothers
to the polls. If Mr.. Stanley is elected
commissioner he will have to resign
his position as teacher.
Dry, pessimistic. and uncalled for
letters are now being addressed to the
newspapers concerning the extension
of the Melan bridge and the result of
the same. The city has decided
through advice of its expert engineer
that this bridge should be extended
and men who spend their time in
their Offices know practically nothing
of the advantages or disadvantages of
such a move.
That animals have a forgiving nature
is evidenced by an incident which oc-
Cured at the time the police raided
Porter Patterson's place in North To-
peka It is related thus by Detective l.
J. Wonderly: 1.-TWO of Patterson's bull