The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-04

The regular meeting of the Minister
TAI Union was well attended this morn
| ing.
There will be reception on Satur-
tday evening at the Central Y. M. c. A
Tor the men of the business college
| City License Collector Mattingly has
returned from two weeks visit at
his old home, Darlington, Wisconsin.
Dwight T. Harris. who was formerly
employed at Crane & Co.'S publishing
house, is now a reporter on the Kan
sas City Star.
Chas. L Wood has special accommo-
dations for Topeka people at the Sexton
hotel, Kansas City, during Priests of
Pallas week.
The first real football game of the
season will be played at the new Wash
burn park next Saturday with the
state normal team.
The social committee of the Y. NJ. C.
A. will meet at o'clock this evening
to formulate plans for the fall and
winter social events.
The state convention of the Baptist
church will be held at Concordia Oc-
tober lila. A large delegation is ex-
pected to attend from Topeka.
smouldering fire which caught in
the A. D. Bauer printing establishment
late Sunday filed the business place
with smoke but that was all
Eighteen buildings of the municipal
with suitable drinking fountains will be
furnished as soon as the fountains ar
rive.
The display of. the Topeka Wooden
mills at the Commercial club will be
continued throughout the week An
other exhibit will be secured for to-
morrow.
Calvary Mission sewing school at
Sixth avenue and Lake street under the
direction of Mrs. Chas B. Thomas,
mr. mn a 0nd f@- VIII, 500,
day.
There will be a meeting this even
ing of the board of education when
action will be taken in regard to fur
nishing fire escapes for the school
buildings.
On account of a lack of organization
among the milk dealers it will prob
ably be another month before the price
of milk goes up to eight and third
cents quart.
John H. Frazel is the evangelist at
revival services which are being held
miles east of Topeka. Thirty persons
have already been converted.
There probably will be some con-
troversy at the meeting tonight of the
city council in regard to the PROPOSE
ton for furnishing electrical power to
commercial establishments.
c. w. Thomas of Douglass, Kan, is
planning to exchange his property in
that town for a home in Topeka. He
considers Topeka an ideal residence
city and wants to move here.
Polk street between West Sixth ave-
thrown open. to traffic This leaves but
little of this thoroughfare unpaved in
the chief residence portion of the city.
The Baraca classes of the First Bap-
fist, First M. E., and First English
Lutheran churches of the city have
cd a mt xrTtth n n
Black of the First Baptist church as
president.
On account of the recent soaring of
the mercury not few persons have
been sufficiently bold to restore to use
their straw hats which on account of
to the rubbish heap.
City Engineer Rogers condemned
this morning about 100 feet of cement
curbing and guttering on Morris ave-
nue.. between Tenth and Eleventh
street The curbing could easily be
crushed by a gentle kick.
The .sY" will meet at the home of
Miss Mary Bunker, 813 West Sixth
street, this evening. Miss Mabel
Holmes will give report of the state
convention recently held at Clay Cen
ter.
The rummage sale for the benefit of
the Orphans Home will be held at 1872
Kansas avenue tomorrow and Wednes-
day afternoons instead of at Kansas
avenue and Fourth street as was an
nounced in Saturdays State Journal
Topeka still holds the date of the
appearance of Sembrich at the audi
torium this fall. There will be
meeting late this afternoon at the
roof garden of the National hotel to
see what can be done to bring this
wonderful singer to Topeka.
The employees of the Novelty and Ma
jestic theaters played a match game of
ball at League park Sunday and the
Majestic players were returned the
winners by a score of Is to 8. Batteries:
Ferguson and Howe for the Majestic,
and Wilcox, Lowry and Atzell for
Novelty.
Work is progressing so rapidly pre-
paratory to the erection of the LOOMS
building at 716 Kansas avenue and
teams that pedestrians found it neces-
sary to do a considerable amount of
lodging in order to continue along the
thoroughfare.
At the regular monthly business
meeting of the board of education
which will be held tonight, plans will
be discussed for the installation of adj
fire escapes on many of the
bublic school buildings of the city. The
plans now under consideration provide
additional means of safety for 16 build
ipgs.
The county teachers will meet on
Saturday morning at ten o'clock in the
grade room of the county building. An
interesting program has been arranged
which includes, Seeing the West" by
Miss Malvina McMurray; Current
King Lear as a School Master" by
Mrs Margaret Hill McCarter