The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28

class who did not enroll today at the
| high school are asked to report at
Principal Stouts office between 9
and II o'clock tomorrow.
City Attorney Ralston has returned
to his office at the city hall after an
| illness of over a week. Mr.. RaIston
| has endured a combination of grip
and several other things.
Rev. E. r. Baleer of Holton has
been assisting for the past two weeks
| United Brethren church in holding
evangelical meetings each evening.
I. D. Graham, Rex Kriepe and Geo.
). Badders are representing the Kan
sas State Fair association today in
/ Wichita at a meeting of the secretaries
of fairs in the Kansas and Oklahoma
circuit
stating that Bradford and Greenwood
| had leased the building at 20S East
Sixth street for carriage and automo-
| bile shops. The address is 21S East
Sixth street.
Topeka has secured another con-
vention. On the fourth of May the
Kansas State Medical society will meet
here for the first time in ten years
1t is stated that the probable atten-
dance will be about 500.
c. c. Booher, who runs an express
wagon, promised in police court today
to pay his license by February 5, and
the case against him was continued
until that date. Mr.. Booher is one
I of the candidates for city commission
er.
The river rose and the hopes of those
who are praying for clear city water
fell. If this spasmodic condition of the
river lasts until spring it is hard to tell
when a fnI xrriI1 t1n oIa In
The people in the city are complain
ing.
In spite of the flaw in the commits
| sion law that might give Mayor Green
| the office of mayor under the commits
sion form without struggle, the mayor
| has stated that he will be up and going
and will conduct his campaign with
spirit.
Gilmore & Son stated to Mayor Green
| today that they would commence or
! their sidewalk laying as soon as the
weather warmed up. They have been
doing considerable piece work in the
! brick walks during the warm after
moons.
| Willie Wagner and Frank Perkins,
negroes were bound over to await
the action of the grand jury at the
April term of the federal court here
Campbell. Counterfeiting is the
| charge.
| Homer Bonebrake was yesterday
chosen captain of the Topeka high
school basketball team for the re-
mainder of the season to take the
| place of Snow Sears, who will receive
his sheepskin this evening at the au-
ditorium.
The annual banquet of Grace cathe-
| Grail has been postponed until Febru-
airy s. It was given this date on ac-
count of the absence of one of the
TrsIr7 IL.
| The banquet was to have been held
| three weeks ago.
1T makes me mad every time 1 think
of all these streets lying open over the
| city because the contractors were not
! able to pave them in the allotted time, -
| said Mayor Green this afternoon. And
| the same sentiment is expressed by
everyone concerned in the city.
J. M. Hockenberry, charged with
keeping liquor nuisance, pleaded
guilty in police court today and was
| sentenced to pay a fine of 800 and
serve 80 days in Jail. Fred Bradford.
who was arrested last night, is out on
bond. His case is set for February g.
Sam Radges will let the contract
| for the remodeling of the front
of the building at $40 Kansas avenue
today. The new construction and re-
pairs will cost $4,000. The building
will be made entirely modern and the
| lower hOOr Will De occupied by a shoe
store.
Since the publication of the story
last Saturday in the State Jouranl on
! chile con carne the dispensers of the
hot goods say that their business has
| increased. Many of those who had
not previously tasted their relish were
| curious enough to want to find out
what sort of an article of diet it is.
Mayor Green has not decided upon
| an expert engineer. He has num-
Der of well qualified men in view. The
| duties of the expert will be to check
over the records in the city engineers
office in hopes of cleaning up the
West Sixth curbing mystery and find
ing out any other sensations that
might be hid.
The members of the outgoing class
of the high school will be handed their
diplomas this evening at the Auditor
! ium by Col ]. D. Norton. president OF
| the school board. Educational Val
| ues,' is the subject upon which DR.
| Frank K. Sanders will speak Dear
Whitehouse will play the opening march
/ and one selection.
Chief Wilmarth of the fire depart
/ ment is anxious to procure a heavy,
| sound young pair of horses for use on
| the new No. station combination
lhose-chemical wagon. The chief il