The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20


their annual election of officers last
night.
The Shawnee Bar ASSOCIATION will
meet Saturday noon at the Commercial
club quarters
Invitations were mailed today for
the annual Y. w. c. A. banquet, which
will occur on Tuesday evening. next.
The Knights and Ladies of Security
band Will be a drawing card at the
next Sunday afternoon theater meet
ing.
Dr. Ida H. Hyde of the State univer-
sity will speak to the girls of the high
school tomorrow during the chapel
hour.
The missionary union of the Presby-
terrain churches meet tomorrow morn
ing in the First Presbyterian church at
1920.
Some of the city politicians have de-
cided that their Waterloo was reached
when the meeting was held in the Aud
itorium last night.
The next meeting of the Shawn
Alfalfa association will be held a week
from Saturday afternoon at the Com
merciaI club quarters.
A Dutch drill will be a feature of
the = w. c. A. gymnasium exhibition
on February 2. The girls who partic1-
pate will wear wooden shoes.
H. w. McAfee is today represent
ing the Kansas State Fair association
at a meeting of the Central Shorthorn
Breeders association in Kansas City.
The Central Y. M. c. A. has put out
a neat window card advertising the
state Y. NJ. G. A. convention, Which
will be held in Topeka February 1918:
The Y. W. c. A. college extension
classes will meet on Saturday of next
week instead of Wednesday, as the
annual banquet comes Tuesday even
| ing.
There is man conducting manu-
featuring establishment across Quincy
street from the city hall who distrib-
| utes his preparations all over the
world.
The poles of the Western Union com
pany on Kansas avenue have received
| another coat of white paint. They look
! Ike a row of whiteWashed trees on
Lovers Lake.
The young people of the First Bap-
fist church will have charge of the reg
| ular fortnightly entertainment to be
given at the Provident Association
| headquarters tomorrow night.
City Attorney w. c. Ralston is un-
der the physicians care at his home
suffering from severe attack of the
| grip. James Clark. assistant city at
| torney. has been handling the affairs
of the office during his absence.
Work on the big six story fireproot
| building at the corner of Fifth and
| Cold weather made it impossible for the
cement work heretofore. The workmen
are now working on the fourth story.
Will Briggs. 112 North Jefferson street
] who is charged with illegal sales OF
! liquor on six counts, also maintaining
a nuisance on one count, was arrested
| last night by the police. He has pre-
| viously "done time for a similar Of
| Tense.
The last issue of the Show World. a
1 theatrical magazine. contains the State
Journal cartoon of Mayor Green put
ting clothes on the picture of a chorus
| girl on a Topeka billboard. This car
toon has been reproduced all over the
| country.
Dr. A. E. Winship, editor of the
Journal of Education, Boston, will
speak on 1.-THE New Boy at the high
ship has made a lifelong study OF
educational questions and is a strong
writer and speaker.
The ground around the Mills build
ing site is piled high with massive stee
Orders and plates which will be used
in the six story structure. Active work
en- the superstructure will commence
as soon as the materials are on the
ground and the weather permits.
An enthusiasm dinner will be held
at the Commercial club quarters Tues
day evening for the 25 men who lent
800 each last spring for the purchasing
| furniture for the new club quarters III
the Commerce building. Yesterday the
| board of directors authorized the pay
| ment of the balance of this borrowed
| money.
The city water is gradually clearing
up to the old time form. The water Is
row being pumped out of clear pure
| wells but the mud in the mains causes
the dirt. In the downtown district
| where the water is used more freely
and where the hydrants have been 1ef
open to clean the streets the water is
| much clearer.
The state Y W. C. A territorial ad,
justment committee, appointed a
Winfield in october, is meeting at the
National hotel today. The COMMITTEES
will plan for a reorganization of the
territory in this section of the coun
try. Miss Theresa WILDER, nationa
secretary, is here for the occasion, an6
Mrs. John Manley of Topeka is the
committee chairman.
| With big crystals of tears in her eyes
Mary Floyd, notorious character o
the bottoms districts. appealed to thu
police this morning and had issued
arrant charging John Smith with as
sault. 1t appears that the Floyd Wo
man was beat up, down. and all around
and all because she didn't keep Smitl
supplied with money. Anyway that il
her statement relative to the affair.
The cashier of the First Nationa
bank at Nortonville has notified tn
police, that John Niemann has Offered
reward of $500 for the capture o
Harry Norton. who shot and injured hi
|, | daughter, F.reida Neimann, in Topeka
| some weeks ago. The bank stand
back of the reward Letters threaten
; ing in their nature. have been receive.
by members of the Neimann famil
since Norton escaped from Topeka. Hi
. whereabouts are not known.