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DAILY-STATE JOURNAL. LI0ITD AY NIGHT.
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Interest in Grand Opera and
Star Increases.
Stand at Head cf Topeka Church
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feaih tthife J3F turn
Membership.
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Capacity of House Say J2a
Taxed.
STORY OF THE OPEBA.
Affords Hiss Nielsen Opportuni
ties for ller Voice.'
A Charming Conception
Italian Romance.
of
Encouragement .of the proper sort
is being given to the appearance here
of Alice Nielsen in "Don Pasquale,"
Tuesday evening- at the Grand.
The seat sale which dragged rather
elowiy during the last week has taken
on more activity and indications point
now to a house which will tax the re-
Orer 33.800 Adherents cf
Churches in This City.
EXCELLENT SHOWING
Only Four Thousand Feopls
Who Are Not Church 31 embers,
Thirty-nine Religions Denom
inations Are Represented.
There are just 39 different religious be
liefs represented in Topeka among a
total of 33,845 adherents. This is
report which Rev. Ralph Ward, in
charge of the taking of the religious
census of the ch:.y, raaje at the union
meeting Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium.
Alice Nielsen and Alphonse Rosa in "Don Pasnuale."
Cirand Tomorrow Nirlit.
Who Will Be at the
served seat capacity of the newly ren
ovated play house.
"The seat sale is now exceeding ex
pectations." said Frank Foster of the
pipe Urgan association.
"For a few days on account of the
Change from the Auditorium to the
Grand, and some confusion incident
thereto, the sale was was too stagnant
to be .satisfactory, but people have
begun to realize that the city has
more than douuied since the days
when the Grand was considered a
large house. At this the house filled
will make a very small house for the
fcreat expense involved in putting on
fcnmd opera for a single performance.
"A management that presents grand
opera by a traveling company with a
prima, donna in the cast, must get
$1,000 out of a single performance
before they is any profit. When we
contracted for Miss Nielsen, it was
with the idea of having her sing in
the Auditorium, and no thought was
entertained that we could secure a
genuine grand opera performance
with stage settings, costumes and the
necessary orchestra. When we found
that her company was prepared to
give 'Don Pasquale' complete, we first
arranged to have it in the Auditorium,
but when a measurement of the stage
was made it was found impracticable
to give it there and satisfactory ar
rangements were made for its trans
ference to the Grand. Here the opera
can be given with ail the accessories
of costumes, scenery and stage set
tings? and will be one of the most com
plete, beautiful and artistic musical
entertainments traveling. A large
number of tickets were sold for the
Auditorium before the change was
made. These persons who hold these
tickets should take them to Stanslields
and have them changed for tickets to
the Grand. A reservation has been
made for this purpose which will be
rteld until 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon." The scene is in Rome. Don Pasquale
Ja in a rage with Ernesto, his nephew,
because he will not marry to suit him.
Dr. Malatesta, his friend and physkipn,
contrives a plot in Ernesto's interest. lie
visits the Don and urges him to marry
a lady, pretending that she is his rir.ter,
though in reality she is Norina, with
-whom Ernesto is in love. He then ulls
upon Norina and lets her into the secret.
Fhe is to consent to the marriage con
tract and then so to harass the Don
that he will not only be glad to get rid
Cf her but also will consent to her mar
riage with Ernesto.
The second act is in Don pasiuale's
house. Ernesto is bewailing his fate.
The Don enters, ready for the marriage.
Norina appears with Malatesta and is
reluctant to sign the contract, but when
the notary comes she consents. No
sooner, however, has she signed it than
the drops her assumed modesty. Ernesto
is bewildered at the development of af
fairs, but is kept silent by a sign from
the doi'tor. Norina repulses all the
on's amatory demonstrations and de
clares Ernesto shall be her escort. She
lays out a scheme of housekeeping so
extravagant that the Don declares he
cannot and will not pay the bills. Her
negotiations with milliners and dress
makers appal him.
In the third act, Norina has prepared
for the theater and Don Pasquale ror
blds her going. This leads to a emurrM
end Norina boxes his ears and goes out.
dropping a letter, the reidiag of wh;ch
adds pangs of jealousy to the Don's
other troubles. The doctor drops in at
this juncture and condoles with the Don.
but he insists that Norina shall qait
bis house at once. The Joctor counsels
him to let his nephew marry Norina.
The Don then discovers that the doctor's
sister anel Norina are the same and ths.t
the marriage was a sham and he is so
glad to be free from her that he will not
quarrel with his friend and blesses tne
union of Ernesto and his sweetheart.
Miss Nielsen is under the management
of Messrs. Shubert and the perform
ances are directed by Mr. Russell. The
latter is one of the most successful voice
tpachers in Europe and is- impresario of
e New Waldorf theater, London, where
5 ; ir-3 Nielsen and Mme. Calve Sang and
iuse acted last summer. Miss Nielsen
l as many opportunities for the display
r.t her voice in "Don Pasquale," and
there are several beautiful duets and
t"nor and soprano, among them a lovely
serenade in the last act. The baritone
end the basso buffo also have many
chances. 83 the comic incidents" alter
nate with the sentimental ones and th
ftOoa is a rasid fire.
The showing for tne leligi.ius life
the city is a remarkable one. six-sevenths
of the popu'atio.i of Topeka are
affiliated with some ehuivn or ncli-jf in
some form of religious worship. In
reaching this report, attendance a:
church, membership in a church, ex
pressed preference tor charrh and the
sending of children to .SunJiy school
were counted as affiliation with tn.it de
nomination. The census revsilod the existence oi
some new types of lehgious fellow inr,
which are comparatively unknown, such
as the Church of First Born, Social
Brethren and the New Thought.
There is one lone follower cf Dowie
fn Toneka. This would seem to indi
cate that Dowie's teachings are not
well received here. The church of the
Latter Day Saints, Mormons, have a
fair sprinkling. There are ten families
in Topeka with forty individuals who
owe allegiance to this denomination.
The Methodists have the largest fol
lowing and lead by 1,615 adherents. The
Baptists come next. The Methodists
have a total membership of 8,100 and
the Baptists 6,584. The Presbv let ian ;
follow in third place with 3,609 mem
bers. The colored church membership census
was taken separately and this fact led
to some incomplete returns.
"The census of the colored church
goers 1 feel has not been as well taken
as it might have been," said Rev.
Ralph Ward. "In most instances we
left this work with the pastors of the
colored churches. Some of these
worked faithfullv.and hard and their
returns show it, but I feel pure that
others failed to turn in complete re
turns. It is evident from the face of
the whole report.
"We had some unsatisfactory re
sults from the census of the adherents
cf the Catholic denomination. .Espe
cially was this true with regard to the
number of children given as attend
ing Sunday seho f , or whatever they
call that portion of their service which
corresponds with Sunday school. I
am certain that there must be a great
er number of children attending that
service than is given in."
"The most sign meant thing about
the whole report," said Rev. Francis
M. Hayes, of the First Congregational
church, who spoke upon the report as
a whole, "is the 4.TS4 persons who are
given in as having no church prefer
ences. Over 4,0(10 souls in Topeka
who are waiting to be saved. It is a
significant fact. Every one has his
duty to perform. We should go to
these gently, prayerfully and persist
ently and bring them into the fold."
The census was unique in many re
spects, but the palm was given to the
fact that it was taken all in one day,
upon the 22nd of November. Four
hundred and fifty canvassers were in
structed in their duttes and sent out
on that one day. The first suggestion
of the census came from Dr. Wilbur
F. Chapman, and from the latter part
of October until the 22nd of Novem
ber the plans were being gradually
perfectetl.
Tabulated forms printed on small
cards were utilized by the canvassers
in making their enumeration. A certain
number of square blocks from one to
two were assigned to each person and
the whole canvass was completed in a
tew hours. The compilation of these
individual reports was where the real
labor came in. This compilation was
finally not completed until late Satur
day evening. Very little difficulty was
experienced by the canvassers in their
work. But 30 pecple refused the infor
mation which was sought after. Three
hundred others were not at home but
A friend ot the homa
A foe of the Trust
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Complies with tn Pure Food Lews
of ell States.
55c Gas Lights, 35c
Mantle gas lights the
kind that will burn nat
ural gas have been tried
they have been found
satisfactory that's why
we are offering them to
you tomorrow at this spe
cial price marked price
55c Tuesday, 35c. Re
member we attach these
lights without extra
charge each one com
pete with air light globe Clo
ver burner and high grade
mantle 55c gas lights ORfi
Tuesday O VlO
THE WORLD'S BEST gas
lights similar in style to the
Lindsay they're just as good
we have tried these lights we
know that they give a satisfactory light and as
brilliant a light as any marked price 65c we
will attach these lights without extra Cp
charge on sale Tuesday UUU
25c Linen Towels, 19c
Pure linen huck towels well made
and serviceable hemstitched with col
ored borders 17x34-inch size extra
heavv the kind vou vav 2oo sS
for res?u!arlv in this Tues-
day's sale Jr
Fancy linen color towels with knotted fringe
on each end 22x46-inch size white only
beautiful designs being pure linen towels
they're serviceable and very pretty O&f.
valued at 35c special Tuesday, each... &Jj
SATIN DAMASK TOWELS extra large, in
floral and dot designs knotted fringe ends
24x4S-inch size; marked to sell at 75c
Tuesday special in the linen section,
each v O L'
DRESSER SCARFS 18x45-inch size
fringed with printed figures huck f
weave valued at 25c special Tuesday 1 Ji
Infants' 25c Mittens, 15c
Y WOM
You never saw quite so many different kinds of toys as you can see dis
played on the tables and counters in this store. Toys that are new you don't
End any of the old time toys only those that are the very newest and of course,
the most interesting some of these toys are in the hardware section, the other
portions in other sections these few descriptions give you an excellent idea how
prices run.
Warm all-wool mittens extra heavy long
wrists 25c mittens wnite ana colors vaiueu
at 25c you can buy them Tuesday,
per pair
INFANTS' PURE SILK MITTENS
knit, extra heavy wrists white and
colors 35c mittens Tuesday sale....
.be
-double
19o
Pictures Are Acceptable
We never knew of any one who didn't
like a picture as a Christmas gift. Use
care in choosing. Not all pictures suit
all people. Our stock of pictures is en
tirely new, These ara a few :
PASSE PARTOUT PICTURES size 8x12
"The Musketeers" 7 9c value, 3)c.
LITTLE DUTCH Pictures plain frames
green, each ;5!ic.
"THE ANGELES," "The Gleaners" and
"Meditation" gilt frames Pxl6-inch size
landscape priced at each fjc.
SMALL EBONOID FRA3IES with hunting
pictures, landscapes, etc. size 6x7-inch each
25c.
LANDSCAPE PICTURES in plain oak frame
Sxl4-inch size each 23c.
SACRED PICTURES in plain oak frames
9xll-inch size each :55c.
MISSION OAK FRAMES hunting scenes
- sine 22x24 each $1.25.
WINTER KCF,rT in veneered oak frames
gilt beading 18x24-inch panel picture each
S1.25.
LANDSCAPE PICTURES in small round
oak frames size 7xS Vz each 8c.
DUTCH PICTURES London smoke frames
6x7-inch size each 25c.
PICTURE EASELS worth $1.50 in oak
and white enamel several designs to select
from each 93c.
WASH STAND. Side
board and Bookcase
these are finished in
light colored wood
wash stand is made
with large drawer, two
small drawers and a
compartment with floor
the sideboard is
ma.de with two large
drawers and one door
the bookcase is made
with shelves and two
glass doors these ar
tides stand 16 CA.
in. high, each... $3J
CHIFFONIERS full 28 inches high fin
ished in golden oak three large drawers
with brass handles large Q rj C
mirror t I I J
WRITING DESK finished in golden Oak
3 6 inches high made with book shelf and
place for curtains the lid opens and forms
a desk fitted wdth compartments tor pens
paper, ink, etc. these are useful
desks
FOUR-PIECE GRANITE TOILET SETS
these are made of good quality-four-coat, guar
anteed, white and light blue trimming soap
dish, pitcher, wash basin and slop pail with
wood handle these come complete in a box
the wash basin is 7 inch the set
complete
S1.98
..98c
50
IRON
Fire En
gine 16
in. long
complete
with two
horses and
driver fin
ished in red,
black, yellow and giit come complete
in box big bargain at
ROCKING
HORSES. on
hard wood
rockers, paint
ed red horse
is 33 inches
long, - 13 ; in.
high g r a y
horse with
white main
and tail upholstered
saddle, strong
stirrups well
built in every
way priced
at S3.50.
MECHANICAL CAT this cat runs around
on tne noor. dv clockwork noids a ball in its
tront feet a toy that will amuse the
children special for tomorrow. .
TOY EXTENSION TABLES finished in
dark oak, very highly polished top extend 4
feet round ends, center leg; they Qi fi flit
stand about 2 ft. high, pricec t&.OU
jt I rnJal'll mi J fi'fJ-..-r?-ltiT.ia.'.ftiiTY llT liTir l'iBMJi (" .
3
TRICK Bi
cyclist runs
around in a
circle the
back wheel is
adjustable and
turns in dif
ferent direc
tions made
with long wire
on one end
with weight
this makes the
cyclist go in a
circle the
front wheel is
equipped with
special 30C
MAGIC LANTERNS 10 inches high made
of Russia iron complete wih three lenses
each lantern equipped with six colored
slides also with oil lams- special JC
values at , OU
IRON RACE Horse
Toy made with long
handle being made of
iron it is durable by
running this toy along
on the floor you tnake
the race horse gallop
painted i n bright col
ors special
at
HOT AIR ENGINE on base 9x5 inches
these are hot air engines equipped with pat
ent alcohol lamp the engine is entirely sep
arate from the generator made with large
wheel, double cylinder well finished in nickel
and red enamel it is a practical toy better
than a steam engine, because it won't wear
out so quick and won't P Jk
rust 1.45
MUSICAL JUMPING ROPE GIRI this is
a mechanical toy girl inside of two rings
these rings go arounU in a circle on the floor
the girl's arms are attached to a rope which
swings around her body you can hardly un
derstand the working of this until you see one
of them a new mechanical toy
strictly new this season
4- . -v 1
Boys' $2.50 Suits, $1.59
Double breasted
suits plain knee
i o j r
jcaia suits guuu Trt
if . JJ
iur tne year rouna
suits that will wear
suits worth S2.50
nave a ion or ou ior ,V i
this sale Tuesday U (Ty-
you nearly a dollar
on every suit you
boys'
1. 1.3
25c
9ht
H W W
AUTOMOBILE Wagon "Columbia" body
and seat of sheet steel nicely painted red 4 5
Inetips lone. IS inches high the seat is 12
inches wide handle to steer the wagon op
erated as an automobile strong C CA
and durable each BUilIU
$1.49
Christmas Candies
Pj COCOANUT TAFFY this is pure sugar
sf syrup covered cocoanut shavings 20c
" quality per pound, tomorrow
f.3
1 FRUIT FUDGE fiv.e different flavors very
J delicious better than home-made; 1ft
t 25c quality, pound . i Q ij
hi MAPLE NUT CANDY hard center with
f:5 maple Ailing good 2 0c quality, pound 13c.
t YANKEE PEANUT CANDY fresh tb 10c.
CHOCOLATE CREAMS the kind that melt
in your mouth good and fresh 25c (1
$2 Comforters for $1.49
72x82-inch cotton comforters extra
arge size covered with eilkoline in
iancy designs filled with
pure white cotton worth
S2 on sale all day Tues
day at
6 8x73? INCH COMFORTERS covered with
best prints absolutely fast colors very pretty
patterns comforters valued at $1.50 will
be sold Tuesday at a saving of 52c Aft
each 3dC
$1.75 WHITE BLANKETS, $1.39 double
napped, twilled weave white cotton blankets
11-4 size pink and blue borders; crocheted
edge blankets worth $1.75 you never bought
such blankets regularly under $1.75
Tuesday sale, pair.
- under $1.75 J
size
t twice
98c
WHITE COTTON BLANKETS 10-4 size
just as heavy as an all-wool blanket at twice
the price double fleeced made to sell
at $1.50 Tuesday special, pair
Women's Golf Gloves, 19c
an
:y
1
All-wool or mercerized golf gloves women's
and misses' sizes assorted colpri in fai ?y pat
terns made to sell at 25c you can IMp
-. . . . Tuoorlav ripir ......... Jm f J
75c Carriage Bags, 50c
Walrus leather carriage bags nickel plated
frarrle ball fastener Vienna handle coin
purse inside black and brown valued at 75c
OUC
2 5c saving if you buy tomorrow
each
Women's Waists, $1.19
Woolen waists made of cashmeres and nun's
veiling black and colors panel front set
with small cloth buttons full sleeves
wide tucked cuffs $1.50 waists J Q
Tuesday W
Monday,
December
11, 1905.
Satisfaction or Your Money Back
Corner Sixth and Quincy, Topeka, Kansas.
Monday,
December
II, 1905.
suits I
Men's $10
Suits, $7.50
Some meltons, chev
iots and cassimeres in
dark mixtures mostly
single breasted coats in
round cut the kind
always in style these
are winter wp(p-hf wiiifa
$10 value you will be just $2.50 ahead If you
buy one tomorrow while the price is $7.50.
opieiiuio. rot. oi men s tiu suits
Tuesday . . .
$10 and SI2 Overcoats. SS 93
Both plain and fancy styles all fancy coats
have belted basks and cut extra long coats
in this lot to suit all tastes positive saving on
each coat Of $1.05 to S3. OR muts mada
and were marked to sell at $10 and WO AC
12 choice tomorrow O.UU
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splendid
19 I.OU.
87.50
15c French Waistingsc
dot and stripe patterns these French waist-
ings wash beautifully 28 inches wide very I
fine material to work with valued at 15c f
"wu&nt x iirs iui aL a Kpeciai 111 i
price that's why tomorrow.
Children's Handkerchiefs
Hemstitched, plain white, soft and sheer
handkerchiefs they are such a good bargain
we can only sell five to a customer, otherwise
the lot would sell out without all cus-
tomers getting a share on sale Tuesday 1 y
Women's $5 SKirts, $2.95
pleasure at all for you
in saving money to
morrow, So skirts.
Tailor - made
skirts of plain
'and fancv
cloths 7 and 9
gore styles
panel front
tucked at the
gores singly
and in clusters
skirts made
to sell at So
we consider
them splendid
values at So
tomorrow $2.95
we give you
a saving of
over S2.00 a
saving you can
not ignore if
there is a n v
27-inch Eiderdowns, 22c
Long branch eiderdowns 27-in. width all
different colors you know the quality fl f I
priced at yard, 25c and 2J
36-inch plain and rippled long branch eider
down all different colors, yard 48c.
Women's $15 Coats, $12.50
Three-quarter length coats, made of heavy
rough suitings in plain and mannish effects
princess and plain back style very nobby
coats just the kind you admire so much on
other women made with stitched collar with
tucked cutis and full sleeves P f Cfl f
worth $15 choice Tuesday Di&.Oy
12 E
on later efforts made to secure their
name, 150 of these were enabled to be
interviewed. This leaves 150 families
still to be reported upon and the report
is incomplete as far as these are con
cerned. Altr.R-cther 8.6S7 families reported a
church pieierence while 994 others
claimed not to have any leaning toward
any church. There are 7.767 children
under 15 years of age according to this
census in Topeka, and of this number,
4.r;."ri attend Sunday school and 8,211 do
T I)
The report of the census in detail:
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Denomination.
5.' Si 2 2.2
Colored Church Membership.
The colored population was enumerated
separately, mostly by canvassers of their
own rac-p. The. following shows the re
ligious distribution of the negroes:
731I319S
775I304S
510!2iV7
r,TSiiS'n
139
9n! 41'
631 171
Rul 312
:14
3
.i! It9l
811 101
24! 99
261
J7i
V
91
81
61
Methodist Episcopal !1S4S;CS71'J760!
Tt.;tist U1S'4274:1S
Presbvterlan I X.V3, SIS'
Catholic
Christian
Ounregational
Episeopal
Lutheran
United Brethren
United Presbvterian
Cumberland Presbyterian.
Christian Science
Wesleyan Methodist
S-ediKh Mission
Seventh Day Adventist
Snlvstion Army ....
Spiritualists
Uvengelical Association..
I'nitarian
I'unkards
Jews
Quakers
Reformed Presbyterians...
Ur.iversniists
Latter Day Saints
Swedenborgian
Church of God
South M. E
German Reformed
Free Methodist
Social Brethren
New Thought
Church of First Born.....
Y. M. C. A I
Methodist Protestants ...
Associated Presbyterians
Christian Catholic tDowie
Free Thinker
No preference
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Denomination. ' t ' ,'"
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Baptists 615:2310 7tS 4S5
Methodists 392 132S 476 373
Christians ..." 23 126 59 43
Cumberland Presbyterians 22 S9 34 19
Congregationalists 14 63 17 13
Weslevan Metholists 12 6i 15 9
Roman Catholics 12 69 20 9
Church of God 7 34 15 15
Episcopalians 5 16 3 2
Zionists 1 4
Latter Pay Saints 1 2
No preference 101 510 152 27
THE KATE FOR WATER.
It Is Based on Cubic Feet, Xot
Gallons.
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II Si 51 4
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Refused information, SO cards.
To the,Edito of the State Journal:
In your issue of Friday the 8th, you
exhibit a table of meter rates that is
to be ratified by the council on Mon
day evening. In this table you show
that a rate of 800 cubic feet per month
is 50 cents per thousand. I desire to
know whether this rate is 5 0 cents per
thousand gallons or 50 cents per thous
and cubic feet, as I was informed today
by one of the city officials it was 50
cents per thousand gallons. I beg to
say that 50 cents per thousand gallons
is practically a prohibitive value for
any such purpose as gardening, lawn
sprinkling, etc., while 5 0 cents per
thousand cubic feet or 6.6 cents per
thousand gallons would not be oppres
sive. Kindly advise through your col
umns what it really is.
A. SUBSCRIBER.
The meter rate is based on cubic
feet and the rate is 50 cents per 1,000
cubic feet.
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
This is ladies' free night at the rink.
Two weeks from today is Christmas.
Judge Pollock is holding court in
Kansas City this week.
J. S. Dean, United States attorney,
spent Sunday at his home at Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Sawyer, of St.
Louis, are spending the day in To
peka. W .R. Stubbs is in New York. A
dispatch states that he is registered at
the Breslin.
A case of diphtheria is reported
from the home of George Thayer,
1351 Garfield avenue.
E. D. McKeever, assistant United
States attorney, went to Holton on
business this morning.
None of the indictments returned by
the federal grand jury will be tried un
til probably in January.
The Salvation Army is making ar
rangements to feed two thousand of To
peka's poor on Christmas day.
Dan Case, the son of Hib Case of this
city, is now county attorney of Maui
Island, in the Hawaiian Islands.
The federal grand jury which ad
journed Saturday night will reassemble
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. D. Costello of 624 Van Buren street
died Sunday. Mrs. Costello is also very
low.
The special schedule meeting of the
Western association will probably be
held in Kansas City the last week of
January.
It is two to one that the question
of capital punishment was the biggest
subject of table talk in Topeka homes
yesterday.
Just a few red birds, the advance
guard of the army of red coats which
will appear later are to be found in
the hedges and orchards.
Mrs. Timothy McCarthy, widow of a
former state auditor, was married No
vember 15 to E. N. Wood, a wealthy
business man of Pittsburg, Kas.
It seems like an unjust discrimina
tion. About everything is protected
at this season of the year excepting
the rabbit and he must furnish the tar
get for every nimrod who spends a
day in the country.
The state board of control will be
gin awarding contracts for the sup
plies for state institutions Tuesday.
The letting will continue all this week.
Despite the fact that there is a law
to the contrary, the country near Tope
ka was overrun wdth hunters Sunday
and the day was a decidedly poor one
for "brer rabbit."
The next meeting of the Kansas
Authors' club will be on December 13,
at the home of D. C. Nellis, 314 West
Fifth street. An interesting pro
gramme has been prepared.
A kind of a lonesome feeling prevails
at the court hejuse this week, as the 24
men who have acted as jurymen for the
past six weeks have gone to their homes,
and the lobby and court room seem de
serted. Manager Hagan of the Sovelty the
ater announces that the program for his
theater next week will be increased so
that the performance wdll last for an
hour and a half instead of an hour as
it has in the past.
This is where the store clerk needs
any loose sympathy that happens to be
lying around. Christmas shopping
during the day must be hard enough.
But when the stores are also kept open
in the evenings it's filling the cup
brimful.
The attention of John C. Waters Is
called to the fact that Miss Anna
Rose, who as Queen Rose of Hilo
made such a tremendous hit at a fall
festival held in this city in 18 97, is
said to be clerking in an art store in
her native land.
Mable Brush, an incorrigible girl of
fifteen who has a police record, was
arrested late last evening on a com
plaint of a relative and locked in the
county jail. As soon as arrangements
can be made the officers will take her
to the institution maintained at Be
loit for girls of this description.
As a result of the decision o.' the
drainage law by the supreme court,
the officers of the Kansas City drain
age district will go ahead and issue
bonds to the amount of about $300,
000 for the purpose of building dikes
to keep the Kansas river from over
flowing Kansas City, Kas.
The fact that the jury has been dis
missed by Judge Dana of the district
court does not indicate that the court
is off on a vacation or anything of that
kind. From now on until the end of
the term the time of Judge Dana will
be given to hearing court cases, there
being an unusually large number of
these on the docket for the Septem
ber term.
Capt. P. H. Coney, of Topeka, has
applied to the Benton county, Mis
souri, circuit court for a writ of cer
tiorari to require the county board to
explain why his taxes were increased
$185 last year without notice bein
given to him. The board made a 30
per cent, increase in taxes, raising
thereby about $12,000 additional rev
enue. The reports that turkeys are scarce
and that the price will be prohibitive
during the holidays seems to have
been started by some member of the
turkey family with the view of havi no
some other brand of fowl on the menu
in the place of turkey. Commission
men claim that there are more tur
keys being offered than usual and that
the price will be no higher than it was
last year.
EXCURSION TO SOUTHWEST.
December 19, via Santa Fe.
r,6ljetmiiy low rates in effect thW
date: in manv cases lesa than "
Tickets sold to all sections of the gre-it
Southwest that land of opportunity
now attracting the attention of dis
cerning and shrewd investors, home
seekers and others. Unexcelled train
service. 1
For particulars apply to T. L Kin
city passenger agent, Topeka, kan.
mg,
WATCHES AT COST.
We will close out our stock of iew
elry, Rogers' silverware, clocks etc
at cost, to make room for a larger
stock of optical goods 6 r
CHAS, BENNETT, Optician,
730 Kansas Ave.
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