The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-04
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Ea,W paws are ripe
The board of education meets this even
ing.
A sign on Kansas avenue reads: "Gob
Wanted
The decorations at the state house were
taken down today.
G. c. Clemens has returned from bust
mes strip to Chicago.
The wooden arch form for the last span
of the new bridge is being put in place.
The new building at the insane asylum
has gotten along as far as the first story.
Robert Leese has returned home to En-
poria after spending the week in this
city.
The Arion Singing society and the To-
peka Turn Verein each gave ball Sat
urday night.
The annual business meeting of the T.
a. a. is held tonight at the rooms of
the association
One drug store sold out four large bot
ties of brOmo-seltzer Saturday morning
before 10 o'clock.
Dr. c. z. Carpenter has returned to
Rossviue, after weeks visit with his
parents in this city.
Thirty-two warrants issued by the coun-
ty for selling liquor were served last week
and nine by the city.
J. NJ. Senter, clerk of the state board of
railroad commissioners, has been COM
missioned as notary public.
According to the register a press head
quarters there We're 175 Kansas newspa-
per men in Topeka last week.
The annual election of officers of the
Topeka Athletic association will be held
tonight at the association rooms.
Topeka will furnish large crowds for
the Kansas City carnival this week The
rubbernec6 habit is one that grows.
Frank Sheldon, Tom King and oscar
Charleson left today for Kansas City to
attend the Kansas City Dental college.
Most of the conductors and motormen
of the Topeka Railway company worked
from 10 to is hours every day last week
DR.. r. W. Hogeboom left yesterday for
Tolucas III, to take the position of ply
stefan at the Devlin coal mines at that
place
The Fall Festival colors are eolors of
the different branches of the army: yell
low, cavalry; white. infantry, and red,
artillery.
A letter has been received from Evans,
the former Topeka base ball catcher. He
is in Albuquerque and wants to play here
next year
Engineer AcKenna of Eimporia, who
has been sick for some weeks. is improv
ing under the treatment at the Santa Fe
hospital in this city.
VIII NIoeser. a Topeka man. was fined
500 and sentenced to sixty days in jail
at Lawrence for violating the prohibitory
law during the Douglas county fair
well known Topeka banker estimates
that the festival visitors left about $3.50
600 in Topeka. It will get into the gen.
eral channels of trade within the next
three weeks.
Miss Rosa Jackson of Fort Scott, who
vic Williams
daughters of the assistant state treas
urer, left today for Kansas City to at
tend the festivities.
Chief Detective ]. j. Kinney of the
Santa Fe had u detectives at work in To-
peka during Festival week. They did
much to prevent pocketpicking- They
knew the pickpockets.
The first monthly meeting of the Shaw
nee County Teachers association will be
held next Saturday at the high school
building. John Mcdonald will deliver a
lecture at this meeting.
The Topeka Railway cOmpany's receipts
this last week we're 5000 less than for
last years Festival week This was be
cause of the % cent charge at the fair
grounds on several days.
Mrs. T F. Doran was the first one to
make a correct guess of the lady's pic
ture on the button. Her guess that it
was Miss Edna Best's picture was filed
at p. m, September II.
Major Tom Anderson received the fol-
lowing today: Your festival was the
most perfect success I ever witnessed.
W. b. Shockley." Mr.. Shockley is secre-
tary-treasurer of the Soldiers home at
Ieavenworth.
J. r. Burton. through the influence of
George r. Peck, has been invited to re-
spond to a toast at the annual banquet
of the Marquette club in Chicago, Octo-
Der g. His subject will be: AN Epoch
And It's a Lesson
The Dan A. Stuart company, present.
ing the pictures of the Corbett-Fitzsim-
mons fight, closed an unsuccessful week
at the Crawford Saturday night. The
pictures ''trembled'' too much to make
a clear representation of the fight
Richard Colver of the Los Angeles La
Dor World and Silver Champion has re-
turned to this city after attending the
irrigation congress at Lincoln Neb, as
delegate from California. He viii re-
main in this city several days before re-
turning to his home.
At Joplin, NO., Saturday, stricklett, who