The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13


/ Patrick's day ties .--.- -
| Frank ConIey is booked at the coun-
i " Jail on charge of selling liquor.
The publicity committee of the
commercial club viii meet next
| wednesday noon.
There is just a spot of snow re-
mafning on the ground here and there
in the shady spots.
The rear of the building owned by
/ w: n Hall. at 623 Kansas avenue,
will be-remodeled.
The Humor- and Pathos OF Scot
land" is the subject upon which the
Rev. Robert Gordon spoke at Eudora
Friday night.
The case of the state against An.
drew Kelley was continued today in
| the court of Topeka by Judge Hugh
Fisher until March %.
The meeting of the central civic i'm
provement committee under DR.. J. E.
kirkpatrick was held at the CONNER
cial club quarters today.
DR.. Frank l.. Lynch, formerly pas
tor of the First Methodist church of
Topeka and now of Rockford, Ill, will
be in Topeka next week.
Students of the high school are
looking forward to the assembly hours
THAT will be held in the spring after
the completion of the new auditorium.
DR.. NJ. F. Troxel, of the First Eng
fish Lutheran church, has been ap-
! pointed editor of the Kansas Synod
dA, q new CIluTCI
Burt E. Brown, secretary of the SEN
ate. has been presented with a leather
travelling bag by the young women
employees of the upper house.
Seats are being put in place on the
lower floor of the high school assem-
bly, hall. but it is expected to be the
first of April before the auditorium is
fully completed.
The slogan for the Central Y. NJ. c.
A membership campaign which will
I<a1C yo1o hi hoe
been: speed first; safety be
hanged.
w. Y. Morgan, lieutenant governor,
will speak Sunday night at the First
Presbyterian church on Travel in the
Near East and Observations on Mis-
sionary Work There
The Provident association and the
poor commissioner bought transporta-
care of at the Provident building for
week. They were sent to Salt Lake
City.
In the State Journal of last night
it was stated that Harry Ferguson, a
member of the high school graduating
class was out of town. Ferguson was
present and received his diploma. The
| absent member was Hobart M. Nc
Pherson.
A petition for divorce, telling the
old, old story of desertion, was today
filed in the Shawnee county district
court by Minnie Henry of this city
against Ross Henry. The plaintiff al
leges abandonment on the part of
Ross Henry for more than a year.
The melting snow made little i'm
preston on the stage of the Kaw
river. The lowest stage within a week
has been SIS feet; the stage today
was but 5.8 feet. Practically all of
the water has gone into the ground.
Conditions are favorable for wheat.
Since the present session of the leg
islature opened Senator Ben Wilson
n ~ a irfn
the class of real bankers. He has
been elected to membership on the
board of directors of the Merchants
National bank of Lawrence. This adds
one to the senatorial list of bankers
of whom there are about a dozen.
The Rev. Homer e. Wark, former
ly a Topeka minister and recently re-
turned from Calcutta, India, will
speak Sunday night at the First Meth
odist church. He will tell of the in
fluence of the war upon the Orient.
A meeting, of the principals of the
Topeka public schools will be held at
the high school building at 4:SO
o'clock Monday afternoon. .s't
The commissioner of elections Fri
day night announced that the full
number of election judges have been
selected for the city election. Two
new precincts have been created and
the number of officials has necessarily
been increased. The registration
day night The total registration to
date is 1882.
Prof. E. D. Schonberger read "The
Passing of the Third Floor Back in
connection with an entertainment
lege for the benefit of the Estes Park
conference. Miss Helen Wing rem
dered a piano selection. The enter
tainment was given under the auspices
of the college Y. M. c. A. The re-
ceipts proved sufficient to send sew
eral delegates to Estes Park.
The senate has concurred in the
conference report by which differ
ences in the penitentiary budgets have
been adjusted. The appropriation for
the deficiency in the maintenance APP
preparation for the penitentiary has
been agreed upon at $4,000 and the
appropriation to reimburse the revolv- |
ing fund at the Irvine plant settled at
$4,000 the original senate bill for
which was $4,000.
Senator Paul Klein is the proud
possessor of one of the pens with
which Governor Capper signed the
county agent bill. Senator Klein got
the new measure providing for the or
ganization of county farm bureaus
and the employment of experts to SUI
perintend their work through the up
per house after a hard fight and the
governor called him into his office
to see the bill finally signed.
"A Battle That Made a King" and
discussion of municipal interests by
the social service committee will be
subjects for discussion at the Business
Mems class of the Methodist church
tomorrow morning. Judge Huron, S. |
L. Lashbrook, Judge Hugh Fisher and
Professor E. C. Kittell will take active |
part. An old member of the class
will furnish extra music and due re-
spect will be paid to st. Patrick.
Some confusion was caused last |
night among the patrons of the street |
railway company who live on the west |
side of town. Dad Kinney. who has |
been running on the Washburn- Hun
toon line for so long that he seems q |