The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-22

The Trapp-Stevic company. printers
have moved to 113 East Eighth
In asking the State Journal for base
ball scores please call Independent S4s-
Mr. and Mrs. James Stovall are the
parents of a boy, born last night at 81
Francis hospital.
The book known as Forty Years ni
History in the Topeka High Schooi
was distributed this afternoon.
This evening Mistress Meredith
will be presented at the Grand by the
senior class of the high school
DR.. Henry S. Curtis of Massachusetts'
second vice president of the Play-
grounds Association of America, Is n
the city today.
Sunday will be tuberculosis day IN
Topeka. Members of the Ministerial
union have agreed TO preach sermons
on the great white plague" on sunday
This afternoon the sophomores of the
high school are playing game OF pase-
ball with the subjuniors- tomorrow
afternoon, at Skene's park, 1t VIII De
the subjuniors YER subscribers.
Tomorrow win be the last day tnat
the 81 price will prevail for the sea
son tickets for the spring musical res
tival which will take place on Iues-
day and Wednesday of next week
The city board OF commissioners
morning by Mayor Billiard to act on
number of sidewalk petitions on the
East side. Nothing of importance was
transacted.
Bill LiIlis. the favorite cat at the fire
department headquarters, is missing
and has been absent for several days.
The f1remen made great pet OF the
cat and have been forming hunting eX'
petitions for him.
A delegation of Wagstaf boosters
from the western part of the state ar
rived in the city last night too late for
the big doings. They were disap-
pointed lot and returned to their
homes by the next train.
The only consolation in favor of the
end of the th2ater season is that the
dear pee-puP' will no longer put dimes
in the candy boxes and get nothing for
their money. Only about one-third "
the boxes have been working this WIN
ter.
Talk about prosperity in Topeka. One
day this week the fire marshal issued
almost 900 in building permits ana
all of them were for new residences
costing about $4,000 each. The business
section of the city is keeping the pace,
too.
Postmaster A. k Rodgers has re-
ceived word from Washington to prose-
cute all those who send nasty" post
cards through the mail. The drug
stores and post card houses will have
to Il, .ermine what is nasty and what |
isn't.
Now that natural gas and oil are the
materials burned largely in Topeka, it |
IS difficult to tell from which d1rec- |
tion the wind is blowing. 1t has been |
suggested that it would be good idea
TO put up a weather vane on the new
Mills building.
Work on the new southwestern cir |
cult of the city electric light system |
will commence tomorrow. This circuit |
will relieve the burdens of the wires in !
the southwestern part of the city and |
will make it possible to add many
more lamps in this part of town.
The people in the district covered f!
by the new fire station No have pre-
scented the men of the station with a
was given the firemen in appreciation
of the work they will do The flag
will be used to fly over the station on
special days
foundations for the new Memorial
building will be completed. Over 1900 |
cubic yards of concrete were placed in /
this work. The concrete gang will be |
transferred to the Mills building the
first of next week.
George Badders, secretary of tile |
Commercial club. who has been work
ing for the closing of the business
houses this afternoon, succeeded in
closing the Santa F'e offices. The 700
employees of the building are at the ball
game this afternoon.
Among the cars in the freight
yard" opposite the capitol building is
one labeled special fruit and vege-
table car A visitor to the state house
grounds would undoubtedly receive an
unfavorabIe impression on account of
observing a line of freight cars on
Jackson street.
A meeting of the executive COM
nittee of the laxmeu's council will be
held at the Central Y. M c. A. on Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock for the pur-