The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-25
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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Ed Little is expected home from Okla
homa next week.
There is handsome new flag pole on
the Santa Fe offices.
Governor Leedy will return to the ex-
ecutive office Monday.
The Committee of Twenty-eight held a
final meeting last night.
All the city railway wires have been
raised to a height of 16 feet.
Every office in the state house has a
sign Welcome on the door.
A Washington paper calls Thomas
Ryan Thomas Ryan Page
The Indians will arrive in Topeka to-
morrow morning at o'clock.
The Pompier fire tower at the fair
grounds will be completed today.
1t is good form to use writing paper
that comes done up in round bundles.
The high school has organized foot
ball team, with Fred True as captain.
Guests of Topeka people for next week
are already arriving in large numbers.
DR.. J. w. Donaldson of 1912 Taylor
street is dangerously i'll with spinal dis
ease.
There are portions of asphalt paving on
Kansas avenue which will soon need re-
pairing.
Ihe ofhc1al programme will be dfStrib-
uted free. There are 10000 copies of the
programme.
When in large crowd next week re-
member that old saying, Hand on your
pocketbooks."
A d. Hubbard has suffered a relapse
and his physicians say that his condition
is dangerous.
Miss Jennie Price of Turon, Kan, is Wis
iting Mrs. H. G. Lescher and will remain
for the festival.
Poor Commissioner Hale thinks there
will be less suffering among the poor than
usual this winter.
Portraits of the ex-state treasurers are
being made and will be put up in the Of
fees of that department.
Excelsior lodge No. 81, Degree of Honor,
will entertain on Fraternal day at G. A.
r. hail. 420 Kansas avenue.
The reception committee of the Sons of
Veterans has been allowed $25 to pay its
expenses in meeting visitors.
The Medical college faculty has donated
its services to the hospital corps on the
camp grounds for next week.
Topeka base ball fiends were never so
excited as they now are over the race
for the pennant in the National league.
Bank Examiners NJ. A. Waterman and
Frank Osborn are in the city making a
SSIlleuGHI WITH the Dank commissioner.
The disagreeable but oft-recurring burn
ing of weeds and leaves is now thorough
ly inaugurated. Is this part of the fes-
tival?
People who want to engage rooms for
two days the latter part of next week are
experiencing some difficulty in securing
them.
The Select Knights of the A. o. U. w.
will meet at their hall Monday afternoon
at 1 o'clock, ready to take part in the
parade.
Major Robert Atkinson, First regiment
K N G., arrived here yesterday and is
looking after the camp at the fair
grounds.
Mr.. D. H. Kresky, southwestern agent
of the Lehigh Valley road. with head
quarters in Kansas City, is visiting in
this city.
The Rock Island offices in this city
will close all day Wednesday next week,
and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons.
Several Washburn college and Topeka
high school students will act as transfer
men on the Topeka railway cars during
Festival week.
Mr.. Robert Pierce will return the first
of next week from Colorado, where he
has been for several weeks for the bene-
fit of his health.
"A party Oh young people OF Amer1cuS,
Lyon county, will drive to Topeka for
the Festival. They will start tomorrow
and arrive Tuesday.
The decoration of the offices in tire
state house will be completed probably
today, when the exterior illuminations will
be placed in position
A star 2S feet from point to point will |
adorn the front of Hamilton hall during |
the festival. 1t is composed of the K. |
K. and festival colors.
Mr.. ]. H. Bennett of Kansas City will !
direct the Mid-Continent band next week. |
Mr.. Bennett is a nephew of Mrs. Belle |
Macarthur of this city.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has re-
turned from official trip to Hutchin- |
son, having superintended the opening of |
three new banks in Reno county.
The state house people are rushing their |
correspondence this week, intending next |
week to do but little in addition to seeing |
the demonstrations and entertaining vis- |
itors.
The Rock Island will run a special train
to this city from Horton for the Karni-
val Friday evening of next week. The
train will leave Horton at $50 in the aft
ernoon.
Messrs. John H. Norton, Geo. w. Por-
ter, Geo. E. Heyden and H. w. Davis will |
compose a mounted escort of the floats in
the general office division of the Santa |
Fe parade.
A subcommittee of the Committee of
Fifteen headed by Major Anderson will /
meet the Indians at 5 O'Clock tomorrow
morning and escort them to iheic camp at
the fair grounds.
Last week but few financial supporters
of the Boston base ball team PEN
nant winner could be found, but there is
a considerable amount of money being
taken on Boston's prospects today.
Star No. 13 of the police force is con-