The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-13
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| The Majestic theater closes SATURDAY.
night and will not be re-opened until
| August 80.
| DR.. ]. P. Raster of the Santa Fe
| hospital is in Enporia today on pro-
| fessional business
| DR.. Frank K. Sanders opened the
annual convention of Congregational
| ministers at Newton.
H. o. Swortwood, manager of the To-
| cal Rock Island telegraph department.
is In Chicago today on business
The new paving work has been
started on West Eighth avenue be-
| tween Kansas avenue and Jackson
| street.
On Tuesday evening next at the
First Presbyterian church commence
ment exercises of Mrs. C. F. Menning-
| er's Bible class will be held.
| James Hughes of the Edison com
pany for the past three years, has
gone to Coffeyville where he has Sc
| cured a position with the electric com
pany.
The street railway continues send
ing out their extra cars on the heavy
traffic lines over the city. This is an
accommodation duly appreciated by the
Strap Hanging Union.
AS soon as the last meeting of the
big Sunday School convention was held
it rained hard in Topeka Last night
the Elk convention ended-it rained
hard again. Now for a circus.
| w. z. hughes VINO manages William
| Allen White, Walt Mason and the re-
naming stars that make the E1nporia
| Gazette eonste citation assisted in max
ing the state meeting of Elks a sue
cess by his presence.
| The school children of the civ sold
upwards of $500 worth Of tickets for
the chorus event at the Auditorium
on Monday night, and thus assured its
success. The schools all did we'll ,but
the Clay school was ahead in point OF
sales.
The street commissioner says he il
t1ckted to death this morning. Thes
rains wash the pavements and clear
the streets far better than the worl
of human hand. It is poor rail
that does not do the street commits
sioner good.
The quarterly payments at the Uni
ted states pension office will be com
pleted tomorrow-nnost of the work be
ing finished today. Millions of dollar
/, were distributed in this payment an,
thousands Of weary hearts were glad
dened by the big white envelopes.
@" Gilfllan of Wichita was her
} attending the Elk convention and h
scattering himself around among tn
members of the clubs and citizens O
the city in an attempt to organic
one of his famous Bean clubs" H
received several promises but littl
support.
: The secretary of the Oklahoma Cit,
Commercial club says that he has neve
heard an oath, a bad" story or say
anyone take drink among the mem
: bers of the club since the organization
The Topeka men say the same thine
: Thus it is seen that there is NOR
than one benefit to a membership i
2 the Commercial club.
All of the old soldiers over the cit
are talking about the election of :
H. Rickel, of Chanute, as the neJ
1 commander of the G. A. r. Let IN
e tell you, I know that old boy" ex
: claimed an old soldier on the car thi
! morning. He is about the slickest an
L slippertest man I ever knew-too ba
: he got it, People are never too oil
: to fight.
+ Here is a secret that must not b
communicated to the wives of the Old
Ter federal building employes-especial
: ly those who work in the pension OF
flee: Practically every man in thi
1 building told his wife that pressin
t business would keep him at the ofic
last evening-instead they went t
] Three Weeks and were sorely dis
I appOinted