The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-21
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The friends of Mrs Jennie Iakey
VINO is seriously i'll at her home 204
Monroe street, are trying to locate her
son, Roy, Who left home two years ago.
John E. Rastall, formerly a Topeka
newspaper man but now in charge of
the printing department in the Chilocco
Indian school. is visiting in Topeka.
Today has been designated as ladies
winter and record-breaking crowd is
expected at the evening session of the
exposition
A large box skite which held place
in the clouds over the Second ward for
time Wednesday afternoon gave rise
to the report that the Girard airship
was passing over the city.
L. NJ. Crawford is in Wichita which
revives the report that he is to be in
terested in a $4,000 opera house which
is to be built in the Windy city accord
ing to Wichita publications.
Bale Waggener, of Atchison, for
mer state senator and general counsel
for the Missouri Pacific railroad, has
been visiting some of his old-time
friends in the senate chamber.
The time for filing the primary petit
tions of candidates for city offices has
passed and there is no possibility of
changes in the petitions which have al
ready been fled with C. B. Burge, city
clerk.
The Scottish Rite bodies of Topeka
are planning a midWinter evening class
in the lodge of perfection degrees and
beginning Friday evening the degrees
from the fourth to the eighth degrees
will be conferred
will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Y. w. c. a. rooms.
Those desiring to join the normal class
in Bible study and teachers training
should enroll at this meeting.
One of Governor Stubbs' boys started
to the Clay street school Monday and
failed to return the next day. com
planning that his seat was too small for
him. He is a young boy but his size
compares favorably with that of most
men.
The old Liberty bell which will be on
exhibition at the Rose festival which
will be held in Portland, Oregon, in
June will spend a day in Topeka, re-
newing old acquaintances, if the plans
of Mayor Green and the Commercial
club materialiZe-
The load of straw which was dumped
on a piece of new cement pavement a
month or such a matter ago to keep it
from freezing, is well scattered over the
territory between Kansas avenue and
the alley to the east and presents any
thing but an attractive sight.
Dave Upton, the colored contractor
of Emporia who worked to recover the
remains of L E. Lambert from the
ruins of the Copeland hotel, is conf
dent that the unfortunate man never
awakened after retiring the night of
the fire and was suffocated while he
slept.
The attention of those who think that
the Democratic members of the house
will not be recognized this session of
the legislature is called to the fact
that a bill introduced by L. NJ. Penwen
one of the Democratic members from
Shawnee county, was passed Wednes
day. BY its provisions the name of
Smead is changed to Mead.
James Cuthbert, who has been nomi-
mated as candidate against Mrs. H. o.
Garvey as a member of the school board
is in Scotland and the move was an
unexpected one by the friends of Mrs.
Garvey who supposed that she would
have no opposition at the primary. One
of the petitions was circulated by Sup
erintendent Whittemore of the city
schools