The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
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The state board of charities adjourned
today.
w. J. Burgess and ]. c. Frey have gone
Mr. and Mrs. clifford Welsh are visiting
in Kansas City.
Charles s. Gillespie has returned from
visit in Denver
A c. Jordan of Lyons is visiting in
the city among the politicians.
The Turner society will render an Ella
borate programme of Easter services.
The members of the First Presbyterian
church gave an Easter tea last night.
Prof w. C. Stevenson OF the state nor
NAL school at Emporia is visiting in the
The finance committee of the Committee
of Fifteen will do no more soliciting until
next week
Tomorrow is display day for rnnilliners'
art and dressmakers' efforts. That is.
providing it doesn't rain
A. F. Chesney will take charge as jus
tice of the peace next Monday. He will
take Justice Growers docket
Local colored baseball players, have or
the Silver King base ball club.
A. o. Rorabaugh who has gone to EN-
porIa to open a store has bought the cash
carrier system in the Wiggin-Harding
store.
The performance of Margaret Mather,
in "Cymbeline'' at the Grand April %,
VIII probably end the theatrical season in
Topeka.
President w L. Brown of the state
board of charities went home to King
| man this afternoon to spend Easter with
his family.
Joseph p. Johnston post office inspector
in charge at St. Louis, is in the city at
| tending the session of the United States
district court.
W. L. McHenry of 627 Quincy street has
| reported to the police department that
Sunbeam bicycle, No. $500 was taken
from him Tuesday evening.
There will be 2. meeting at Lincoln Pest
hall tonight of the g. A R. posts in the
county to arrange [ for r5 as many delegates
Miss Nellie Post viii leave next week
for Kansas City to take the position of
| is q sister OF Miss Lottie BOwes.
Rev. D. D. Boyle, pastor of the First
| Christian church has returned from Ne
| of a new $50. 900 Christian church.
Some one has figured that the city
! would save from $1,000 to $1,000 year If
| the city Jail was arranged so that the
prisoners could do their own work.
w. P. Bishop who used to be in charge
| of the dress goods department at the
| Wiggin- Harding store hes gone to En-
| poria where he Will clerk in a store.
| Fifteen of the p students graduated
| weeks ago, have already located and en-
| tered into the practice of their profession.
| A mouse on Kansas avenue attracted no
| end of attention yesterday afternoon. Guy
| Adams brought order out of chaos by
/ driving the little animal down an area
way.
weather Observer Jennings has com
| menced the publication of his weekly
| weather and crop bulletins Inc bulIe~
| tins are discontinued during the winter
months.
Bfcycles owned by employees in the San
ia Re general offices will hereafter be
! left outside the building. A notice to this
I effect has been posted by John Hayes
John NJ Boss formerly superintendent
/ of the Topeka schools. and later presi-
| dent of the Oregon state agricultural col
lege. is now in the insurance business in
Muncie. Ind
Geo. H. Green the fireman who was
| killed by an explosion at the insane 2sy-
/ lum yesterday. had held the position for
two years. He formerly lived in Green
| wood county
! A colored girl named Melissa Wade lies
! dangerously i'll at 40S Crane street with a
! disease of the brain which puzzles the
! doctors. The physicians having given up
/ hope of Der recovery.
Under the provisions of the game law
/ it is now unlawful to catch bass and the
| iuterdict continues until July l. This law
| should be operativ as it is now toe time
| of the season that the greatest damage
| is caused
The city council will hold a special
] meeting tonight to make an agreement
| with the auditorium committee OF the
| Commercial club with reference to the ap-
| pointment of three members of the audi
| tOriuTn association.
| w. F. Schoek. John CLANCY and John
| Breidentbal have returned from Chetopa-
! annual meeting of the supreme lodge of
| the Partiarchs of America. John CLANCY
! was elected supreme patriarch of the ord
| er.
Frank Quist the young Swede who was
| arrested a few days ago for passing forg-
/ ed checks, had a DTellf01 mary nearing De-
fore Justice Guy yesterday. afternoon,
and was bound over to the district court
| in the sum of $500. He is now in the
county jail.
Henry Jordan, a Parkdale colored man.
| who was arrested for stealing coal from
a school house in that part of the city,
| court yesterday afternoon and fined SO
and costs. He will work out the amount
a the county jail.
It is reported that Charles E. Lobdell
| has been summoned to Washington TO
foF1
| under the national administration. Some
| of the politicians say that Leland may
gle for internal revenue collector.
James Murphy and John Sculley. the
| al Cim2rron. Kansas. some months ago.
entered a plea of guilty in the United
| and were sentenced by Judge Foster.
! Murphy got two years in the penitentiary
and Sculley one year.
Mr.. w. NJ. VanNess and Mrs. c. s.
Baker have composed an Easter anthem
which will be sung for the first time on
| Sunday. 1t is entitled Lift Up Ye Teav-
| Thomas win sing it at Unity church Sun
| day morning and at the First Methodist
! church Sunday evening. The music is
| so-d to be one of Mr. VanNess' most mer-
| itoriOuS compositions.
The stednnan Club, has . committee of
| discovery through which it finds and calls
| out large amount of the literary talent
of Topeka and the surrounding towns.
In this way, al many or ITS meetings
it presents q new author, or recalls an
old one to the public. Next Monday
| evening it Will present the public new
poet in the person OF Rev. H. B. FIeharty
| who will contribute "A Reverie' to the
| clubs programme
One week from tonight 20 of the best
players in the Kansas City whist club
will come to Topeka to play games in
return for the visit of the Topeka whist
club players recently in that city, f. I.
Copeland. president of the Topeka club
| has received word that the players will
be here and is planning to give them a
cordial reception. The best talent of the
/ n will N
Kansas City men.
Mrs. Edith L Peake the actress-evenge-