The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-07

ness through Kansas have been made
| straight limitedS to California and will
! not stop at intermediate points. The
California Limited will take on pas
sengers at Topeka for California and
not for local points.
Dougherty's Business college has
Just put in fifteen new Remington and
fifteen new Monarch typewriters in
their stenographic department-Adv.
The employees of Gage park caught
: an owl recently and placed it in the
cage with the zoo owl collection. In
/ five minutes they had killed the
| strange bird. The owls are jealous as
well as a pensive lot
| The New York World tells of a
! young woman who is paying her ex-
penses during the third year of her
studies at the University of Michigan,
as she did through the two preceding
years, from her earnings as a Stenog-
rapher and typewriter. She works for
many members of the faculty, and also
writes theses for the students, and
copies the law students briefs. See
page AT of the Dougherty Business
college catalog.-Adv.
The cause of the death of Old
Joshua has been attracting different
opinions from newspaper readers in
Topeka. After a thorough post
mortem examination it has been de-
cided that the death of the king buff
falo was caused Cd by an injury in
a battle with the other buffaloes; CD
blood poisoning of bullets buried be-
meath his hide; CD broken neart.
First United Brethren church, cor
ner Twelfth and Quincy streets, E. r.
Barber, pastor. Sabbath school 9:45
a. M, D. L. Hoatson, superintendent.
Sermon by pastor IL a. subject,
Tha MpSSan
sage" Endeavor at $50, Harry Kurtz,
leader Sermon 1880, subject, Build
ing the New from the Old" Music in
charge of Chas. Kettering, chorus di-
rector.
Topeka made a gain of II per cent.
in bank clearings this week. If all
the banks in town would clear" the
showing would be 40 per cent. better.
Why don't the banks clear? The Com
mercial club should answer the ques-
ton.
The hearing in the case of T. ].
Hankla, charged with obtaining gro
ceries from Thomas Horsfield under
false pretences, is set FIR hearing in the
county court Monday afternoon.
The divorce suit of Lille P. Anders
against her husband, Frank w. Anders
was dismissed without prejudice by
Judge A w. Dana this morning at the
request of the plaintiff.
Unless County Attorney Ernest r.
Simon is much improved Monday morn
ing when the Henry Moody murder case
is set for hearing the case probably
will be continued a few days at least.
Simon is reported to be improving, but
his Improvement is slow.
Charging fraud in securing posses
sion of grocery store, w. p. Rhoades
is asking the district court to restrain
T. J. Terrell from selling the store, and
also wants possession. Rhoades says
owned 800 acres of land ia Jackson
county, and other property, and n
such representations secured credit in
the purchase of the store. Oscar Glib
bons employed as clerk in the store ~
Terrell, testified Terrell told him that
to the tall timber
Prof J. w. Searson, of the State
Agricultural college spoke this morning
in the Manual Training building be-
fore two hundred Shawnee county
teachers. His subject was: How to
Teach Reading"
The management of the washburn
school will take over the old Bell TeIe-
avenue within few days. 1t is stated
that all the necessary money to COM
plete the payment with the exception
of about one thousand dollars is now
available. 1t has not been decided
the law school will be moved
to the new quarters in February or
next fall. It is thought that to ad-
vertise next summer that the school
will be in more adequate quarters, viii |
be a drawing card for students The |
building on West Sixth avenue has a
frontage of twenty-five feet and is one
hundred feet deep. 1t is understood
that a garage will be erected on the
back of the lot for the accommodation
of the teaching force.
The executive committee of the State
Teachers association will meet at Man
haitian in the Christmas holidays. Then
decision will be made as to the next
meeting place of the association. There
seems to be but little doubt however,
that Topeka will be the choice.
The Commercial club factory assist
ance fund is slowly but surely being
increased. Subscriptions now total $S5.
900. Only a small portion of the persons
whose names are on the list of pros
pective subscribers have been called up
on. An attempt will be made next week
serve as workers Those who have
been pushing the campaign are conf |
dent that the full amount-$250,0 900
will eventually be raised.
Albert NJ. Patten, general superin- |
tendent of the Topeka and Wichita |
street railways, has returned from a |
business trip to Wichita.
Wells Whips Rodel.