The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

Zabud Council, No. will confer degrees
tonight.
Fred Freeman will return to New York
in a few days.
DR.. H. B. Hogeboom is in Pittsburg
Kan, on business.
The state military board will hold a
regular meeting tomorrow.
The state board of health will meet in
regular quarterly session next Monday.
Governor Leedy and a number of the
state officers will hear Bryan at Ottawa
Thursday.
Charles Case of Emporia has taken
position with the Kansas Creamery COM
pany of this city.
The Fifty-second Kansas supreme court
reports are in the hands of the printer
and will be delivered July 1.
The Amphion madolin club will furnish
music between the dances at the sub
scription parties at the wooden mill.
Mr.. F. D. Norton, superintendent of the
railway mail service at st. Louis, visited
railroad officials in this city yesterday.
c. c. Henshaw, of the auditor of freight
receipts office of the Santa Fe, went to
Chicago yesterday for short vacation.
Arrangements have been made by To-
peka people to have 40 Pottawatomie In
dams give a war dance at the fair
grounds July 3.
Guilford Dudley. Jr.. Leslie Guild, Will
Thrapp and Will Letson of Horton left
last night for Maple Hill where they will
spend week fishing.
A tramp who gave his name as South
ers, and who tried to sell cheap jewelry
in North Topeka yesterday was run out of
the city by the police.
Commander BotI1in has invited the de-
partments of Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado,
Missouri and Illinois to attend the Kan
sas state reunion at Leavenworth.
State Superintendent Stryker has re-
turned from a trip through Western Kan
sas where he has been attending COM
mencements and visiting institutes.
A man arrested by the police too drunk
to tell his name was dragged into the
city Jail and left in a heap the floor.
This is why we need more saloons, Ell?
The NGodren Woodmen's band of Coffey-
Vile has been Incorporated. H. V. Her
rick is president of the organization; Z.
R. Hawthorne is treasurer and manager.
Judge T. F. Carver is one of the
speakers who is assisting the state tenn
perance union in the Shawnee county cru
SADIE. He will speak at Linn Creek next
Sunday
Miss Mabel Hayes, stenographer in the
auditor of freight receipts office of the
Santa Fe, has returned from Southern
California after spending a two weeks
vacation.
Mr.. w. M Combs, train dispatcher in
the station office of the Santa Fe in this
city, left yesterday for Detroit Mich. to
attend the National Traindispatchers'
convention.
c. A Wright, whom Detective Price
arrested Saturday as he was getting a
trunk from the express office, has been
taken back to Wichita to answer to the
charge of horse stealing.
Fred Hedge, a young colored man who
has taken an active part in politics has
been given place in the post office de-
partment of the government at Washing
ton. He is now at work.
It is rumored that the police board will
remove all the Republicans from the po-
lice force July L This will include Pa
trolnan Fowkes, Detective Price and pos
sibly Patrol Driver Heartburg.
Arthur McCHntock, who had his skull
crushed Sunday afternoon by falling from
a swing on pile of stones, is somewhat
improved today and the attending physi-
clans have hope of his recovery.
A baseball game between nine lean men
and nine fat men will probably be played
in the course of a couple of weeks at Ath-
letic park. Frank Leech is organizing the
leans" and Ed Heck the fats
Mrs. Sarah Hargreaves has written a
commemorative ode" for the Topeka
Victoria Diamond Jubilee association.
Copies of the ode will be sold at Garfield
park at the celebration next Saturday.
Detective o. NJ Capron has received
word that his uncle. Mr.. Sanford Gilmore
of ST. Joseph, had been instantly killed.
Mr.. Sanford several years ago lived in
Topeka for a short time. He was a
wealthy man.
The Emporia Maroons will play three
games of ball in Topeka this week Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. The first
game between the teams, played at EN-
poria yesterday, resulted in a score of
to in favor of EmpOria.
Willie Adams. the 11-year-old son of
Geo. Adams, who lives IA miles north of
the city, tied one end of a halter strap to
his wrist. The horse at the other end of
the STRIP ran away and dragged the boy
several rods, bruising him severely.
Charles A. Taylor, assistant state aud
itor, went to Pratt last night. Tonight