The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-28

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| missioner, is running a grocery on
West Sixth avenue.
Tom McNeal and Q. P. McClintoclx
will debate tonight before the meeting
of the Saturday Night club on the
Initiative and Referendum.
John F.. Stanton, the architect, de-
signed the proposed new entrance to
the fair grounds according to the sug-
gestions OF Secretary H. L. Cook.
The Topeka Industrial council has
adopted a resolution advocating the
promotion of Topeka teacher to the
position of city superintendent of
schools.
The committee chairmen of the
Commercial club will meet week
from Monday noon. At that time the
committee members will be an
nounced.
An Indian woman named Josie"
was lost ion the streets one night this
week and taken by an officer to the
police matron's rooms to stay until
morning.
M. C. Holman will have charge of
the congregation singing at the mems
meeting at the Novelty theater tomor-
row afternoon. The doors Will be
opened at O'Clock.
The secretary of the Commercial
club states that the Majestic tickets
for next Monday evening have all
been handed out, but that there are
about 80 banquet tickets left.
The Shawnee County Alfalfa club
was addressed this Afternoon in the
par1ors of the Commercial club by
Senator Arson Cooke of Mitchell
county and Senator w. NJ. Glenn of
Greeley county.
The building permit business in To-
peka, is picking UP again. The season
tors in the city are expecting a phen-
omenal growth in the city for the
spring and summer.
C. L. Wilkins for the last two years
manager of the Grand Union Tea COM
pany in Topeka, will go to Kansas
City as manager of a similar business.
l.. A. Wilkins of st. Joe comes to To-
peka to take charge of the esta blish-
ment in this city.
People in the neighborhood of the
city Jail yard deprecate the whining
and yelping of the dogs tied there for
convenience of the dog catcher. They
say it is more of a nuisance" and
disturbance of the peace than many
of the cases in the courts.
Malon Burgett, the mute prognos-
ticator, says that there would be plen-
ty of work for the white men in Kan
sas if the Mexicans were driven from
the state. Malon also gives the anti
baseball people to understand that
there are no more chances to kill the
big game in Kansas.
It has been definitely decided to
organize gymnasium classes for chill
dren at the Y. w. c. A. The young
sters will meet every Saturday morn
L a.
10 o'clock. Girls between the ages of
seven and twelve are eligible and boys
from seven to ten years of age.
This evening Dean Horace White
house of Washburn college will be the
director of an excellent musical pro-
gram which will be given in Gemmell
hall. This is one of a series of free
entertainments which are being held
at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. The con-
cert is open to ladies as well as men.
A car of meat standing near the
Union Pacific station was broken into
Thursday night and $50 pounds of
select meat was taken away by the
particular thieves. The robbery hap
pened soon after on inspection had
been made of the car by M. Hawkins,
city food inspector. The police have
no clew.
The garage building at Seventh and
Quincy streets is in process Of being
transformed into the largest moving
picture establishment in the city. The
theater will be fitted with eight hun
dred raised opera chairs. Paul Null
vane and ]. c. Elliott are joint manag-
ers of the new enterprise. The build
is being fitted with a stage.
DR.. Robert T. Hill of New York city,
will give a stereopticon lecture at the
Central Y. M. c. A. Monday at 1880
O'Clock on Brains and Dollars DR..
Hill is the educational secretary of
y, i,,+a r a
tee. He will spend Monday in this
city comforting with the local secre-
taries regarding educational work.
Two carloads of greens from Cali
fornia came to Topeka today. They
were ordered by General Manager
day noon. One of the cars was switch
ed on the street car tracks to the gen
eral office building and the other was
left in the Santa F'e yards and the
green hauled up in big transfer
wagons.
5 The Rev. D. w. Ross of Wichita,
who is conducting a series of revival
meetings at the First United Brethren
church. is drawing large congrega-
tions. Sunday morning he will speak
on 1.-THE Gospel Window" and in the
evening his subject will be Pitching
Tents The meetings viii be contin
ued another week. A number of con-
verts have been made.
Joshua Hill, the donor of the To-
peka herd of buffalo, has written a let
ter to Buffalo" Bone, city commits
sioner, declaring that he does not
favor the name which has been given
TO the largest buffalo of the zoo herd.
1t will be remembered that this buff
falo was named Joshua Mr. Hill
said: You know Roosevelt doesn't
like the name Teddy applied to dogs"
A. G. Pearson will be the speaker
at the Sunday afternoon mems Novel
ty theater meeting Mr.. Pearson for
two years was the secretary of the
Estes Park, Colo, Y. M. c. A. con-
ference. Much of his life has been
spent, in the mountains of Colorado
and Wyoming, and he is q naturalist
of some note. While living in Wyom-
ing, where he handled cattle. he acted
as United States marshal Follow the
Leader will be the subject of his adj
dress. Col. j. D. Norton will preside