The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-21

lists have already signed contracts for
Office rooms in the new Mills building
An effort is being made to make the
building headquarters for professional
men of this type.
The Christmas rush that tells on
the nerves of the clerks in the stores
is now on. The merchants are ask
ing the shoppers not to wait until the
last minute on Saturday before getting
the odds and ends.
ION account of having much COM
petition this year. said Captain Louis
c. Bennett of the original salvation
Army money for providing cheer
for the poor hasn't come as rapidly as
we had hoped it would.
Roy L. Bone, city commissioner,
states that the pen being built for the
capture of the wild buffalo is almost
completed. He will make the trip to
Pontiac in a few days and make an
other attempt at bringing the animals
to the Topeka zoo.
Sixty thousand of the Red Cross seal
stamps have been placed on sale in
Topeka and the courageous and hard
working women who have been placed
in charge of the sale are doing their
best to increase the sales ana sell the
entire amount.
The Washburn College Glee club will
sing at the state house tonight and to-
morrow for the state historical society
meeting The Washburn club is one
of the best in the country and has been
asked for a number OF engagements
around the country.
A Wichita man gave his daughter $500
as a Christmas present and then he top
pied over dead. This is warning that
will be needed by hundreds of fathers in
Topeka who were contemplating such
move but who have decided that 1t is
a dangerous undertaking.
The plan of giving pensions to city
firemen, described in detail in the
State journal few months ago, is
still hanging fire. The officials at the
head of the movement are waiting I'M
til sufficient funds can be procured for
the establishment of the scheme.
The Very Rev. Dean F. NJ Hayden
is in receipt of news from Ireland that
his brother, john P. Hayden. has been
reelected unopposed to the new Brit
ish house of commons from his native
county. This is the fifth consecutive
time he has been thus honored.
The Santa Fe officials are working out
plans to conduct an aviation meet over
Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Topeka
officers are arranging with several avi-
ators and balloonistS at this time to
make the trip. The balloon Topeka"
will be in the race if all goes we'll.
The board of managers of the Kan
sas State Fair association will hold a
meeting tomorrow noon at the Com
mercial club quarters. Plans for the
coming year will be discussed. other
wise. there are no meetings scheduled
at the Commercial club this week.
w. H. Kemper, a well known lodge
man and the Democrat who ran for
mayor not long ago. has been shaved
For many years Mr.. Kemper has been
noted for his long flowing whiskers but
he had them cut off last night Mr.
Kemper figures that a good many mat
tresses can be stuffed with the re
mains
G. H. Binger of this city. who is gem
orally considered the breeder of the
finest Buff Orpington chickens in the
west. won all first prizes at the recent
big poultry show in Omaha, Neb- He
will show large number of his birds
at the Topeka show January 2-7, some
of which he values as high as five hun
bred dollars.
The members of the Kansas state
legislature who have been asked to
make the Topeka Commercial CLUB
their headquarters while in Topeka
have answered and accepted through a
variety of complimentary letters to Geo
Badders, secretary of the club. This
was a popular move on the part of Sec
rotary Badders.
John E Harmon had narrow
escape from serious injury day or
two ago. He was walking past the
August clothing store, when a bucket
Of sand. used to hold an evergreen tree
toppled over on his head, knocking
him down. Though considerable bruis-
ed his derby hat probably saved him
| but, alas, for the hat,
Charles Reign Scoville. the evan
gelist. who recently brought 1900 per-
sons in the Christian church in Okla