The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-15
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AT HOME NEWS.

Ex-senator W. A. PETER is writing his
autobiography
The gas pressure has been fairly re-
spectacle in the last day or two.
Bishop Millspaugh is still at Christ's
hospital. His condition is unchanged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Maxey of Chicago
have been visiting relatives in Topeka
Everyone seems quite well satisfied
with the condition Of Independent teIe-
phone lines in Topeka
The Topeka Ice and Fuel company
which supplies the Rock Island, has been
cutting ice on Mill creek at Paxico.
The attendance at the night school In
the Harrison building has been excellent
considering the recent cold weather.
The Santa Fe turned over eight cars or
coal to Topeka dealers which had much
TO do with preventing fuel famine.
The ice on the river is SO thick that the
no more attention to the bridges-they
just drive over the ice
The final details in connection with the
Kansas NIidwinter exposition are now
being worked out. The office of the sec
rotary is now in the Auditorium.
The small boys are having a great time
skating a smooth patch of ice along
the sidewalk on Topeka avenue between
Tenth avenue and Eleventh street
More than half of the 1900 Midwinter
exposition tickets which were placed IN
various stores of the city, are reported
to have been sold at ten cents a time.
of the State Good Roads association win
be held in Emporta. Large delegations
will attend from Lawrence, Topeka ard
WakaruSa.
Casey and Swat Milligan in their panto-
mime baseball laughing feature, Will be
one of the hits of the first week at the
Kansas AIidwinter exposition, January q
February 3.
The regular bimonthly meeting of the
Topeka Local Union will be held this
evening at the First United Brethren
church. A picnic supper will be enjoyed
at 6:15 o'clock.
The new board of directors of the Com
mercial club will meet this week to elect
officers. S. J. Hodgins is the man who is
most talked of for the presidency of the
organization.
A meeting of the executive committee of
the Karnival knights klub will be held
this evening to hear report of the COM
mittee appointed to make arrangements
for the coming minstrel show
The only warm house on College Hill
during the cold spell was the home owned
by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. With
coal and steam heat the fraternity men
were able to keep their feet toasted.
Ever since one of the Russians working
limb from under himself and fell to the
ground the foremen have been unable to
persuade one of them to climb tree.
A defective gas CRATE caused $50 fire
CORTLAND avenue in kenwood A num-
Der of defective CRATE fires have occurred
in Topeka this winter. Unreliable con-
tractors are the cause.
There were some people complaining this
morning of the cold weather. These same
people were knocking to just as great a n
extent July when the mercury went up
to 107 degree S-113 degrees higher than the
lowest point reached today.
In order to cut down the revenues of
the city plumbing board, the commission
ers have decided that the board shall not
meet more than once a month and only
then important business. they
shall only be paid after a meeting.
The soup line starts off with a rush
this week. Charles Wolff furnishes all
the meat, Charles w. Guild all the crack
ers and n. B. Campbell all the bread
Now if some one will furnish the salt and
pepper and pay the gas and water BILL
A special matinee of THE PITT for
CHARITY Will be given at the Majestic
Tuesday. All the receipts will given to
charity, the performers, stage hands and
orchestra donating their services The
prices are IS cents on the floor and 90
cents for boxes.
There are all kinds of human beings
said Rock Island official this after
noon. 1.-The other day we found It neces-
at Herington on account of snow drifts
below there. We did not hear kick
from our eighty California passengers
but one lone man going to q station
few miles below Harrington nearly raised
the roof of the entire train
I'VE have been fortunate in Topeka"
said Superintendent c. c. Starr today, ito
keep the SCHOOLS running last week. In
Wichita the schools closed down. We
had some trouble at the Central Park
school one afternoon on account Of a lack
of anything but slack coal to burn. We
have had a difficult time to get coal The
Southwestern Coal and Fuel Co. delivered
to the buildings all day Sunday, and NJ.
c. Holman. clerk of the board. spent sew
eral hours in his office keeping in touch
with the delivery work. "