The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-28
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Barristers and Shriners are here IN IN
force so the weather clerk says. let Us
have rain to lay the dust
w. B. Campbell will imme6iateis 4od a.osi.
commence the erection of $4,oUo lesl
dence at 1430 Buchanan street.
County Attorney Edgar Roberts, W o1
Garden City, will deliver an ADDRESS a.
the meeting of the State Bar assocIA-
, tion. o,, 60
one of the strongest of the season, anu anu
each of the three daily performance
is witnessed by full house
A. r. Hetzer, Democratic county a. a.
torney of Kearney county, is IN roper =
Bar association this evening.
John Fuller, of Seneca, is numoer ere
among the out of town people VINO @ WIS
tied Topeka for the purpose oL
ing the Masonic work last Night
"Uncle Jimmie Green, dean oI an
law department of the state unlVeISIeS
at Lawrence, is in Topeka attenoIhs
the meeting of the State Bar assocld-
tion.
A dav nursery benefit concert is belng
arranged by Miss Shirley King, director
of +be Nursery to be given February
9th in the gymnasium of the Assocla-
ton building.
In spite of the fact that the forecast
for last night and today was talr' tt 10 -
an inch of rain fell during tHJ ~ Al end
and the indications are lhei' '--o
is not yet.
r Bauersline has been granted
building permit for the erection OF d
two story business building at 20 II an an
sas avenue, which calls lor 'i40
penditure Of $1,000
xUil1iaro Kinnear left for his old nome
in Glasgow. Scotland, last night, pelhs
routed by the Morton Steamship ageGluS .eIl.,S y
He will sail from New York on the 6iii-
press of Rriton-"
Tobn NcNary of the Kansas CITY
1<an fire department, has returned 10
his home after being in Topeka IN con-
sultation with Fire Chief WlllnaItIl l
relative to the Kansas fire escape laws.
Edwin McBrier, Al years OF age oe oe
Topeka, and Emma Clara LouthaI, L 90
years of age, also of Topeka, We're
granted a marriage license by the pro-
bate Judge of Jackson county, MISSOURI
Wednesday.
D. J. Firstenberger, a merchant ' VINO
has lived In Seneca for the past 30 years
vas in Topeka for the Shrine meeting
last night, and that was his hrst WISH
to Topeka during all the years ne mas
lived at Seneca
The stock company bill at the Ma
estic changes today from the proGuc-
+ion of Dora Thorne" to that OF Ine
Little Minister" The combination STOCK
and vaudeville is making a big NIT "lth
the Majestic patrons.
Eight little Chinese children rescued
from Chinatown, San Francisco, VIII
give a free entertainment at the Walnut
Grove NJ E. church tonight Ihey
range in ages from to Is years and
include seven girls and one boy
Nick Chiles, editor of the Plain
dealer. made his appearance at the cap
jtol Wednesday for the first time since
his late unpleasantness with Speaker
Dolley. He was in evidence prlnclpdI-
lv at the senate end of the legislative
floor of the building
F. NJ. Dunn, a prosperous merchant
from the short grass country, who
halls from Garden City, participated IN
the Shrine initiatory ceremonies last
night and left for Kansas CITY on an
early train this morning: He was ac-
companied by E. P. Griggs from the
same town.
Judge w. N. Thompson, of the Thirty
second judicial district, who has the
distinction of being the only Democrat
trict Is in Topeka today. He lives at
Garden City and as an excuse for his
presence in Topeka, says that he came
down to attend the Shrine meeting,
which by the way he did not do.
A woman giving the name Of Mrs.
White has been making a house to
house canvass of parts of the city So
liciting funds which she says are for
the Provident Association when in
truth no one has been given authority
refrain from aiding the woman in her
graft.
The six Provident Association con-
cessions at the Midwinter consisting of
the reserved seats, the check stand, the
candy booth, the pop corn and peanut
booth, the lemonade stand and the ice
cream counter, are all enjoying a
remunerative patronage which goes to
support the six departments of the as
ISOLATION work. the mothers club, the
dav nursery, girls sewing club, boys
club, cooking class, and the sick de-
partment.
''Possum'' Reeves, sheriff of F'fnney
county, is in Topeka today with the
Garden City delegation of half a dozen
or more who came down for the Shrine
meeting last night. o. P. or "Possum,' -
as he is known at home, is sheriff of
Finney county and is one of the few
Democrats who holds an office in that
part of the county. The name of
"Possum" was applied to him immedi-
AteIy following his election, for dur
irfg the compaign he was supposed to
have been asleep but the election returns
demonstrated the fact that he was very
much awake.