The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-25

tomorrow. After that time Governor
Leedy may be found in the executive Of
fee
At the meeting of the Saturday Night
club on Saturday evening, Mr.. F. N. Kess-
Ter read a paper on Dumas and His
Works"
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dix are the pa
rents of SON. Mr.. Dix is chief clerk
to General Foreman Manson at the Santa
Fe shops.
Rev. J. B. Thomas. formerly pastor of
the First Baptist church of this city, ad-
! dressed the Y. NJ. c. A. meeting yesterday
afternoon. h
A number of photographs of the bridge
across the Shunganunga in Quinton
Heights were taken yesterday by a party
of young people.
The state house steps have not yet
grown cold enough to prevent young men
| and maidens from sitting on them until
a late hour at night.
w. o. Trainer, who has been a reporter
on the Topeka Capital for three years,
the Chicago university.
A number of the supreme officers of the
! Scottish Rite Masons are expected to at
tend the Scottish Rite reunion in this
city November to Il.
Dana c. McVicar will be graduated in
law from the state university at Law
renee next spring. He attended Colum-
bia Law school in New York city last
year.
When the police arrest female prisoners
they are taken to the county jail for safe
keeping. The improvements at the city
Jail building will be completed about No
vember 10.
Carl Miller of Springfield, o., formerly
resident of Topeka, but now in busi-
ness in Chicago, has returned to the lat
ter place after a visit with the family of
his uncle. Thomas Cross
People along Quincy street ought to be
informed beforehand when the street is
to be swept by the street sweepers, 50
that they could shut down their windows
tight before going to bed.
The south end of the new bridge has
been connected with the bank by the "hll'
which is being made. The water was
very deep at this point and a sand dredge
has been used to deposit sand as dam.
The fremen were called to Captain r.
NJ. Spivey's residence at 100 Topeka ave-
nue. Saturday afternoon at 3:2O o'clock to
extinguish a blaze on the roof which had
caught from burning SCOT falling on it.
The damage was trifing.
The Sheffield home in Oakland, in which
there were three cases of diphtheria as
a result of failure the part of the Sani-
tary officers to enforce proper quaran-
tine, has been fumigated. The sanitary
officers car fare was paid.
Ida c. Barnes, chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the Kansas Y. w. c.
A, has submitted the annual report. The
most important announcement is that the
association must raise $500 for the ex-
penses of the coming year.
There is a colored boy who plays on the
Washburn college foot bail team. and Sat
urday when Washburn went to st. Marys
to play the St. NIarys players refused to go
into the game with a colOred player The
game was forfeited to Washburn-
At 11:4O O'Clock last night small barn
at Fourth and Locust streets was discov-
cred to be on fire and firemen were
called. The structure was badly charred
but the shell was left standing. The origin
of the fire is supposed to have been
tramps smoking and letting fall light
ed match.
Henry O'Brien. a machinist helper at
the Santa Fe shops in this city, had his
thigh badly mashed by a steam hammer
striking it while at work late Saturday
afternoon It was at first thought that
the bone had been crushed, but on exam
nation it was found that only the flesh
had been injured.
The front platforms of the trolley cars
will be reserved exclusively for the mo-
tormen when the vestibules are all fin